The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-20 00:00:00

they do not expect it, considering the inexpen-
siveness of the consommations. Generally, a gratuity
to waiters would render them richer than their
masters. The Sultan has reason (to use a French
idiom) when he admired the cuisine Francaise ; he
would have been still more interested had he had
an opportunity of witnessinghow greatly that cuisine,
when applied to the benefit of the working classes,
ameliorates their condition. Make a slight reduction as
to price in the carte I have just given ; take away a
little of ornament and luxury, nothing of real
comfort or utility, and the ouvricr, or working
man of Paris, has all the appliances and
comforts of living I have enumerated, entirely
within his reach. Let any one who wishes
to see the condition of the working men in Paris
give a look in at an establishment recently set up
near the New Opera, under the name of the Bazaar
Vinieole, and he will see a hundred and fifty men
seated on three long rows of talles—the cuisine at
the lower end of the apartment—where they take
what they require, paying for it at the same time.
Waiters are constantly passing, though not clad in
black, to supply them with wine, or whatever else
they may have occasion for, and the ensemble
gives one the idea of a public dinner in England at
eightecnpence or two shillings per head. In point
of fact, the sum of sixpence (English money) pays
for cooked meat, vegetables, wine, and bread, so that
it is actually as cheap, if not cheaper, for a working
man to take his meals at such establishments
than to return to his own dwellingfor that purpose.
At an age like the present of international concours,
the smallest item which can tend to the amelioration
of a people, perhaps I should rather say of huma-
nity, is not to be disregarded, and though France
has her defects as well as her advantages, there are
yet many things in which she can well give a lesson
to other countries. But I have, I fear, transgressed
the limits I can afford in my present letter, and
therefore, with a promise to continue in my future
correspondence such hints as may perchance be
found of some slight assistance to the many friends
who visit Paris, or who purpose visiting Paris and
the Exposition, I pass on to other matter. Im-
provement of the breed of horses in France is
rapidly progressing, as witness the triumphs of
Count Lagrange's celebrated horse Gladiateur. There
are, however, several additional circumstances
which tend to give that improvement an
additional impetus, setting aside the Conevurs
Ilippique, the Czar (by-the-by, a Russian corre-
spondent of one of the French journals has desired
that the word should be spelt Tzar), who, it will be
remembered, gained the only prize given in group
No. 9—viz., for the improvement of the breed of
horses—presented to the Emperor previous to his
departure the two magnificient stallions, one a bay
the other a chesnut, which he had exhibited (the
Russians, by-the-by, are celebrated for extraordi-
nary trotting horses), an example which has been
followed by his Highness the Sultan, in presenting
to his Royal host the magnificent grey Arab which
he rode on the occasion of the recent review--a
horse of the finest blood of Arabia, which, from
its personal beauty, as well as from the magni-
ficence of its housings, attracted general admira-
tion on that occasion. The Prefect of the Seine,
the members of the Municipal Council, and
the Prefect of Police paid a visit to the
Sultan and his Prime Minister, F tied Pacha,
before the departure of his Highness for Eng-
land. The latter has given, in the name of the
Sultan, the sum of 60,000 fr. for the poor of Paris,
as also a further sum of 100,000 francs to the do-
mestics of the Palace inhabited by the Sultan during
his visit. At the moment of leaving Boulogne the
Sultan addressed to the Prefect of the Pas de Calais
his regret at quitting France, where he had been
received with a sympathy with which he had been
profoundly touched, as well as the happiness he had
experienced in finding himself in the midst of his
brave Allies. A report circulates here that some
venerable Turks, previous to the Sultan's depar-
ture, had expressed a desire that he should place
in his boots a little Turkish earth, in order,
if possible, not to violate the precepts of
the Koran. I have heard of peas in the boots
and shoes of an offending sinner, and of one
who took the liberty to boil them beforehand ; but
a glance at the well-made boots of the Sultan
would not admit the inference of the aforesaid boots
being the receptacles of any other earth than the
feet of his sublimity, the heal of the True Believers.
The second ascension of the enormous balloon,
Le Geant, took place on Sunday Ina, in the espla-
nade of the Hotel des Invalides, in presence of a
numerous assembly, which would have been still
more numerous had it not been for the order which
compelled the closing of the gates at 4 o'clock. The
car contained the following gentlemen :—MM.
Simonin, De Fonvielle, Brieng, the captain of the
balloon, Camille d'Artois, and two assistants. The
ascent was scarcely so favourable as on the last
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A funeral service took place on Sunday even-
ing last at the German Church, Rue Lafayette, for
the repose of the soul of the Emperor Maximilian.
A mausoleum will be erected in this church in
memory of the unfortunate monarch. The mau-
soleum, of which the model was exposed at the
left of the catalque raised in the middle of the
naive, will have this simple inscription only
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Louis the First, King of Portugal, and his Queen
Pia have arrived in Paris, and are lodged at the
Palais Royal. The King of Sweden also, who
travels incognito under the euphonious name of the
Count Bockoskoy, has made his appearance at the
Grand hotel de Lyon, from whence he transfers
himself to Vichy, the chalet of which has been
placed at his service by order of the Emperor.
Berezowski has been found guilty, and condemned
to travaux forces a popetuite, or hard labour for life,
a sentence which, if what is said of the French
bagnes be true, yields little in bitterness to capital
punishment itself.
It is said that the Imperial Commission of the
Exposition have under consideration the arrange-
ment of a series of practical lectures or conferences,
accompanied by experiments to take place, either in
the palace or park, as occasion might require. Of
course the object sought to be gained is a more
serious appreciation of the adVantages afforded.
It has been officially announced that in the month
of August his Majesty the Emperor will visit the
camp at Chalons, and afterwards, during the first
week in September, will leave in company with her
Majesty the Empress for Biarritz. Notice has been
given, in order to enable all foreign Princes who
propose to visit their Majesties, to make their ar-
rangements accordingly.
The hotel de Ville still remains adorned with its
trophies; the saloons also still preserve their decora-
tions, a ball being in preparation at the end of the
month, the period when the Sultan will again visit
Paris en route for Constantinople. One of the
French journals, speaking of the very exquisite
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in any manner is to disobey the precepts of the
Koran, the objection generally urged to painters
being—" When those traits become animated at the
resurrection of the dead, how are you going to pro-
vide for them a soul." The predecessor of Abdul
Azziz, Abdul Medjid, it is said, once had his portrait
taken secretly on ivory by a French painter, named
Porthe, who was clandestinely introduced from time to
time into the Palace. Porthe, however, from an offence
against Turkish ceremonials was obliged to quit
Turkey in haste, carrying with him the unfinished
portrait and 4,000 francs, the gift of Abdul Medjid.
After his arrival in France the medallion was ex-
quisitely finished, but never forwarded to Turkey,
and the journal in question adds that a friend of
the painter, now in possession of the portrait, leaves
for London, in order to present to Murad Effendi,
the son of the late, and nephew of the present Sul