The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-14 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, Monday Evening.
The anticipation in my letter of yesterday that
the treaty for the regulation of the affairs of the
Grand Duchy of Luxemburg would be signed on
Saturday has been realised. The Moniteur states
that the Government of the Emperor will without
delay lay before the Chambers the provisions it
contains.

The Prince of Wales has arrived in Paris. He
is for the present the guest of Lord Cowley. The
King and Queen of the Belgians are expected to-
morrow. The Grand Duchess Marie Nicolaevna,
sister of the Emperor of Russia, is also expected.
Apartments have been ordered for her at the
Grand Hotel.

The King of Italy left Florence on Thursday, and
arrived on the same evening at Venice. On receiv-
ing the authorities the King announced that he
should devote the sum of 50,000 f. to the poor of
Venice. His Majesty added that he intended to
propose a law to Parliament, allowing a credit of
10 millions of francs for various public works to be
executed at Venice, and particularly for the Arsenal.

! A letter from Florence states that information
has been received there from various parts of the
kingdom expressing the favourable impression pro-
duced by the explanation of the financial position
made to the Parliament by M. Ferrara, the Minis-
ter of Finance. The promise made as to the speedy
suppression of the forced circulation of bank notes
has given great satisfaction.
The Diet of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar
was opened on the 6th of May with a view to dis-
cuss the new Federal Constitution. The formal
opening of the session was made by the Minister of
State, who read a message from the Grand Duke.
After having alluded to the general advantages it
would confer upon all the Confederate States, from
the sacrifices imposed, his Royal Highness expressed
a hope that the Diet would appreciate the necessities
of the position, and that it would give its consent
to the act constituting the Confederation of the
North.

In the Senate to-day an important communica

tion was made by the Marquis de Moustier, Minister
of Foreign Affairs. It stated that the London Con-
ference had finished its labours, and signed on
Saturday a treaty, determining in a definitive man-
ner the international situation of the Grand Duchy
of Luxembourg. After mentioning the facts already
known, the document stated that the text of the
Treaty would be published as soon as the ratifica-
tions were exchanged. The chief points, however,
are that the City of Luxembourg will cease to be a
fortified city. The King of Prussia declares that,
immediately after the ratifications, the troops now
in garrison in the fortress will receive orders

to evacuate it. The Grand Duke of Lux-
embourg, on his part, engages to take the neces-
sary measures to convert the place into an open city
by means of demolitions to satisfy the intentions of
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verse times. It gives to our northern frontier the
guarantee of a new neutral State. It assures to
the King of the Netherlands entire independence.
Not only it suppresses the causes of an imminent
conflict, but it gives fresh guarantees for stregthen-
ing our good relations with our neighbours and
for the peace of Europe." A similar communi-
cation was made to the Legislative Body.
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Exhibition. The Prince did the honours on board
one of them, called Mathilde, in honour of a recent
visit from the Princess Mathilde. The Consul of
Sweden, M. de Fehnehjehn, was on board the other.
Several members of the international jury, and
scientific and literary men, were invited, and the
boats were beautifully ornamented with flags and
ornaments. These boats possess excellent nautical
qualities, and glide upon the water with much faci-
lity, and without vibration. In the environs of
Stockholm about a hundred of these boats ply like
our steamers on the Thames and those on the Seine.
They are fourteen metres long and three metres
wide. They can take sixty passengers, and with
four-horse power the speed is at the rate of from
two to three leagues an hour. They are coming
into use in Prussia, where many are to be seen on
the Neva. The Prince returned on board the boat
under the direction of the Swedish Consul. When
the experiments were concluded, M. de Watteville,
one of the jury, begged permission to propose a toast
to all around. " Alonseigneur," said M. Watteville,
" to your Royal Highness and to Swedish hospita-
lity." Prince Oscar replied—" Gentlemen, to
France. Let mee say to France, which I love as
much as you do." The air resounded with cheers at
this simple but expressive speech.
Every one in Paris knows the popular engraving
representing a sentinel on duty at a time when
Napoleon the First was making a tour of inspection.
The Emperor wished to pass ; but the sentinel,
in strict accordance with his orders, presented arms
and said, " If you were the Little Corporal himself,
I would not let you go on." The Emperor,
though annoyed at the moment, sent for the honest
sentinel in the evening,, and bestowed the order of
the Legion of Honour upon him. This soldier,
Jean Coluche de (fastens, has just died at Gouaix,
Seine et Marne, atd the age of eighty-eight. The
anecdote is founded on historical fact. The inci
dent took place on the 12th of March, 1814. The
old soldier went to Fontainebleau a few years ago,
and was very cordially received by the Emperor
and Empress, who laughed at it over and over
again. The old sentinel had a pension from Napo-
leon the Third.
Last night was very stormy, and to-day, until
the afternoon, it rained in abundance. It then
cleared up, and visitors in great numbers ventured
to the Exhibition. I took a passing glance at two
very remarkable objects, one in the Loglish the

other in the Russian department. In the centre of
the English exhibition is a very splendid embroidered
bed, which is exhibited by Lady Carrington. It
is a scarlet velvet, the embroidery of which, by Lady
Carrington, is exquisite. The work is said to have
been a labour of five years. Some of the Paris
papers have passed enthusiastic eulogiums upon this
specimen of English art. The Russian chef d'oeuvre
is a magnificent specimen of high-relief, after a
model of the Professor of Sculpture Vetali, intended.
for an ornament of the church of St. Isaac at
St. Petersburg. A prize was offered for the best
specimen, and the Academy of Arts of Russia
approved of this for the perfect harmony of the
design, the groups, and the general composition.
It is in repousse, and is considered to be the
most remarkable work of the kind ever executed,
because, from the height of the figures and their
great convexity, the execution was extremely diffi
cult. Its length is 44 inches. It was chased at the
celebrated manufactory of Salsikoff, of Moscow, by
the Russian artist Loscontoff. That manufactory
obtained two medals of the first class at the Lon-

don Exhibition. The silver is covered with platina.
The value is estimated at 10,000 silver roubles. The
subject is the Nativity of Christ. In addition to
the Virgin Mary and the infant, there are groups
kneeling in adoration, with two angels hovering
over them. Artists must take great interest in
specimens of art of this description. This species of
chasing in repousse was in use in ancient days, and
particularly in the middle age. Almost all the
works of Benvenuto Cellini were executed in this
style.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, May 13.

His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant on Saturday
evening despatched a special messenger to Kilmain -
ham Prison, commuting the capital sentence passed
on Patrick Doran. No decision has been arrived at
in the case of Burke as yet, but it is confidently
anticipated his sentence will be commuted also.
In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Saturday, an
application was made by Mr. O'Brien to admit a
prisoner named Ro:thfort to bail. The prisoner is
one cf those charged with illegally assembling with
arms, &c., in the county of Clare. Mr. Longfield,
Q.C., on the part of the Crown, did not resist the
motion, and their lordships admitted the prisoner to
bail, himself in £lOO, with two sureties in £3O each.
A similar application was made by Mr. O'Loghlen
in the case of the Queen v. Hickey and ten others,
who are charged with a like offence. Mr. Longfield
stated he would not oppose the motion in the case
of eight of the prisoners, but as the evidence con-
cerning the other three, named Geo. Dixon, Richd.
Fitzgibbon, and Stephen Slattery, was of a different
nature, the Crown did not feel warranted in con-
senting to their discharge. Their lordships, accord-
ingly, refused the application as to Fitzgibbon, Slat-
tery, and Dixon, but admitted Hickey and the
others to bail on each entering into a recognisance
of £5O, with two sureties in £2O each.

Thomas William Clarke, who was tried last week
on a charge of treason-felony
and acquitted, but who
was detained under the Whiteboy Act, was on
Saturday admitted to bail to appear at the com-
mission and take his trial on receiving ten days'
notice.

Constable Adams, whose bravery in connection
with the attack on the Kilmallock police-barracks
on the occasion of the late Fenian ruing will be re-
membered, has been recommended by the Reward
Board for a sub-inspectorship. Colonel Wood, the
inspector-general, has, as a preliminary step, raised
him to the rank of first-class head constable.