The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-10 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Friday Evening.
The Moniteur in its bulletin says:
«
The Federal Council. of Northern Germany wil
meet in a few days at Berlin. Prussia will be re

Presented by eight members, among whom, in addi-
tion to M. de Bismark, Federal Chancellor, will be
Generals De Padbielski, De Pueben, and Messrs.
De Ponimer, Esche, and Philippsbon. The Saxon
Government will be represented by M. de Priesen,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, whose post will be filled
in the interim by Baro❑ de Falkenstein, the Presi-
dent of the Council.

" On the 29th of July a treaty was signed at
Berlin between the two Governments of Prussia
and Saxony for the construction of a railway be-
tween Leipsic and Zeitz, by way of Pegau. Zeitz
is already connected by railway to Gera, a rather
important manufacturing town in the principality
of Reuss.

" Duke Christian, of Ilolstein, and the Princess
Helena, of England, his wife, are now on a visit to
the Court of Saxony."

Lord Lyons has left Constantinople for Paris to
assume his functions as Auabassador:from England.
Great preparations have been made at the English
Embassy, in the Faubourg St. lionord, for his
reception.

The title of Federal Chancellor, recently con-
ferred upon Count de Bismark, gives an influence
of great importance not only for Prussia but for the
whole of Germany. According to the Constitution
the powers of that high dignitary are much greater
than those of a mere Minister. The Chancellor is
the only real executive power of the Confederation.
It is he who appoints all the Federal func-
tionaries, and receives their oaths in the
name of the Confederation. Alone he forms with
the King the Federal Government. It is he who
presents the proposals made by the Federal Council
to the Reichstag, who promulgates the Federal
laws, who superintends the execution of them by
the Federal States and their functionaries, and who
is also charged with all that the Presidency sends
back to him under the head of " Superior Director."
This is an extraordinary position, which would not
have existed if the Reichstag had succeeded in cre-
ating a Federal Ministry.
The King of the Belgians has left Brussels for
Ostend, where his Majesty will stay several days for
the benefit of sea-bathing. The Queen of the Bel-
gians has returned to Tenueren to stay with the
Empress Charlotte of Mexico. The private accounts
respecting the Empress represent her to be in a list-
less and melancholy condition, and very indifferent
to passing events.
The Emperor has Mt Paris fur the camp at
Chdons, where he will remain for a week. The
King of Sweden and the King of Portugal took
leave of him at the station. His Majesty was ac-
companied by General Fleury, Generals de Failly,
Le Beeuf, and other officers. Her Majesty and the
young Imperial Prince will go to the camp onThurs-
day next. His Majesty's fete will be celebrated by
the royal family at Chalons. The Emperor after
that day will leave for Salzbourg, where he will
arrive on the 18th to meet the Emperor of Austria.
The Emperor and Empress will travel in strict
incognito. On his return from Salzbourg the Em-
peror will go to Baden Baden to have an interview
with the King of Prussia, the latter Sovereign in-
tending to stop at Baden after his return from the
waters of Ragatz, in Switzerland.
The Sultan has returned to Constantinople, where

appreciated, for, in addition to gold medals given
to the establishment, one of its chiefs has been
de.-ervedly rewarded with the cross of the Legion of
honour. If all employers were to act like these
amiable and enlightened gentlemen there would be
very few " strikes." Upon various exceptional
occasions—for instance, when provisions become
unusually dear—they spontaneously increase the
wages of their workmen. Of all the wonders
of the Exhibition their department is pro-
nounced by all to be the most wonder-
ful, and the arrangements they have adopted
for the comfort and prosperity of their workmen in
the precious metals deserve to be recorded in letters
of gold.
negotiations between France and the holy
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See for a literary convention have been attended
with success, and a treaty of that kind was signed
on the 21st of July by M. Sartiges, on the part o
France, and by Cardinal Antonelli for the Pope.
It is expected also that the two Governments will
agree to a treaty of commerce and navigation.
The Emperor has Sent a letter to the Marquis du
Chasseloup Laubat, President of the Geographical
Society, with a sum of 50,000 francs towards the
expenses of the French expedition to the North
Pole, which I described. Ilis Majesty also expresses
a hope for the success of the expedition, " so inte-
resting for science and so deserving of the greatest
encouragement."
The Russian Prince Nicolas Tabowski has com-
mitted suicide at Turin.