The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-15 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Thursday Evening.
The new law upon the press, which was yester-
day submitted to the Legislative Body, completely
confirms the information I sent you that many of

the papers had raised a false impression as to its
character, by anticipating supposed provisions of a
stringent nature. The bill is, in fact, framed in a
liberal spirit, and suppresses many vexatious regu-
lations which formerly shattered the press. For
instance any one may now establish a newspaper,

aftvr giving proper notice, just in the same manner
as it is requisite to make a declaration at the Stamp-
office in England. Literary journals and periodicals
are exempted from stamp-duty. No member of the
Senate or of the Legislative Body is allowed to sign
a newspaper as director or manager. Imprison-
ment for offences of the press is abolished and a fine
substituted, of from I,ooof. to 5,000 f. The Tribunal
of Correctional Police or the Imperial Tribunal will
judge alleged offences of the press. For journals not
compelled to lodge security money the minimum
fine is to be 500 f., and the maximum fine 10,000 f.
An elector condemned for an offence against the

press may be deprived of his electoral rights for a
period not exceeding five years. A condemnation
for " crime committed by the press" miy entail the

suppression of the newspaper which has offended.
An appeal is allowed against the sentences of the
tribunals. Printers or publishers will no longer be

compelled to have a patent or permission. In short,
a very injurious monopoly long complained of has

been abolished.
The Moniteur states that the Emperor of Austria
arrived on Tuesday at Pcsth. The Hungarian
Ministers, the members of the Diet, and numerous
deputations from influential bodies received the
King at the station, and his Majesty entered the
city, which hadbeen ornamented and decorated with
flags, amidst great enthusiasm. An immense crowd
assembled, and exhibited every mark of devotion
and affection to his Majesty.
A letter from Rome, dated March 9, states that
the carnival was terminated without the least symp-
tom of disorder. Great numbers both of foreigners
and natives took part in it. The number of
foreigners in Rome is greater than in any preceding
year. The hotels are full, and money is circulated
in great abundance. The people are tranquil and
security reigns in the City. The same security pre-
vails in the other parts of the States of the Holy
See, except in a few mountainous districts near the
Neapolitan provinces, which are still desolated by
bands of brigands in spite of the efforts of the
Pontifical gendarmerie and the watchfulness exer-
cised by the Italian troops on the frontiers. King
Victor Emmanuel returned to Florence on Monday
from Milan.
The Constitutionnel, remarking upon the fact that
the Senates Consulte was agreed to unanimously,
says :—" Discussions like those which have just
taken place in the Senate, and which occupied two
long sittings, do the greatest honour to that high
assembly, which has thus acquired one more claim
to the confidence of the Emperor and the gratitude
of the country."
The splendid new room at the Imperial Library,
in the Rue de Richelieu, will be opened on► the let
of April. On the same day will also be opened the
Museum of Antiques at the Louvre, under the Gal-
lery of Apollo, formerly the apartraenta of Anne of
Austria. The part of the Grand Museum which
contains the " Venus" of Milo has been restored
and decorated with great taste and splendour.
The Paris papers being again nearly filled with
the discussions in the Chambers do not contain any
miscellaneous news of interest.
Italy is augmenting the number of her ships of
war in the waters of Candia. It is stated from
Toulon that two steam gunboats of the first class
have received orders to arm with as little delay as
possible. They are destined, it is said, to reinforce
the French Naval Division in the Levant under the
command of Vice-Admiral Simon.
The young Prince Imperial, who has been suf-
fering for some days in consequence of a contusion
of the leg, is now much better, and it is supposed
that he will be able to regain his accustomed exer-
cises in a few days. The accident occurred while the
Prince was practising gymnastics, and he has un-
dergone a slight operation.
The Directing Committee of the Races at La
Marche having fixed upon the 10th of June, which
is the day chosen by the Society of Vesinet for their
steeplechaser, the first day of the La Marche meet-
ing is postponed till July 14.
The visit of M. Benedetti, the Ambassador of
France at Berlin to Paris, which I mentioned yes-
terday, has naturally given rise to various reports,
some of them of a very puerile kind. Some papers
say his visit is connected with a project of the cession
of Luxembourg to France for 300 millions of francs.
According to others he has some suggestion to
make to the Ministry in reference to the policy of
M. Bismark. Further inquiries enable me to con-
firm what I said yesterday, that M. Benedetti, who
is accompanied by his wife, and whose stay in Paris
will be very short, has come solely in consequence
of the indisposition of the Marchioness de la Valette,
the wife of the Interior, to whose family he is con-
nected by ties of affection. The Marchioness, an
English lady, I believe is 71.
The Belgian papers contain further notices of the
spread of the cattle plague in Belgium. In the
commune of Zele, near Ghent, a flock of sheep which
bad been placed near a receptacle for cattle, where