The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-29 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Tuesday Evening.
On Sunday the Emperor received at the Tuileries
a deputation from the Society of English Tourists,
when the President of the Society had the honour
of presenting the following address to him :—" Sire,
It is with a real feeling of pride that I approach
your ltijesty to introduce the persons to whom you
have so graciously given permission to offer their
homage to you. The English workmen, siro, come
to France with the products of the industry of their
country to exhibit them by the side of the articles
of industry of France, and other countries, to com-
pare them, and to derive fresh emulation from that
comparison.

" Sire,—They come to look at the brilliant capital,
so much embellished by your hands ; but they come,
above all, to reciprocate with the French workmen
the sentiments of cordiality which unite all the sons
of industry.

" God, who disposes of all events, only knows if
the benefits of peace, which your Majesty has pro-
claimed as being the mission of his vast Empire,
ma,y,
Bbnetp, preserved Europe
tmoeEnurworom.
I present to-day to
your Majesty w.xiously hope, for their own country,
and for themselves, that the ardent demonstration
of international courtesy will be successful iu en-
tirely destroying antiquated national rancours which
the progress of civilisation, the impetus to which,
directed by your Majesty, has hitherto been power-
ful enough to repress.
" The gracious reception given by your Majesty
to the industry of England will form a new element
of concord and friendship, and your Majesty may
be certain that with the same sentiments of loyalty
with which we are animated towards our own well-
beloved Sovereign, our hearts join in the same
ardent wishes for your health and that of the Em-
press and the Imperial Prince."
It is stated from Vienna that the last bulletins
respecting the health of the Archduchess Matilda
have dispelled the fears which naturally arose in
consequence of the late accident.
Letters from Jerusalem mention that the ceremo-
nies of the Holy week of the Latin, Greek, and
Armenian clergy, as well as the Easter fetes, were
accomplished with order and devotion. A painful
incident, however, has thrown the European colony
into mourning. Madame Stephen Bey, the widow
of the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of his
Highness the Viceroy of Egypt, who was on a
pilgrimage in Jerusalem, died suddenly at Jourdain.
By the care of the French Consul-General and the
local authorities a funeral service was celebrated in
the church of the central convent of Saint Souvenir
to the memory of Madame Stephen Bey, who was
of French origin, and her remains were interred in
the Latin Cemetery at Jerusalem. _ _

Monsigneur Philippes, the new Catholic Syrian
Patriarch, who is returning to Mardin, where his
See is situate], has arrived at Damascus, where he
intended to stay a few days.

It is announced by telegram from Berlin that the
evacuation of the fortress of Luxembourg by the

Prussian troops was commenced on Saturday. The
Prussian troops are also to evacuate Saxony, leaving
garrisons, - however, at Dresden, lioenigstein,
Leipsic, and Bautzen. The reason for this latter
precaution does not seem to be known. It is stated
that a good feeling existed between these Saxon
cities and the Prussian troops. On the other hand,
at Luxembourg there is a great desire for their de-
parture.

The question respecting the execution of article
5 of the Treaty of Prague, the difficulty in regard
to which I have noticed, begins to assume a phase
of more importance than was supposed. The
Minister of Prussia at Copenhagen, M. de Heyde-
brand, has had a conference upon the subject with
M. Frys-Frysenborg, president of the Council of
Ministers in Denmark, but the result is not yet
known in Paris. Some Is-ell-informed journals
have, however, expressed apprehensions upon the
subject, and allude to several circumstance, which
lead to the belief that there will be delay, if not
difficulty, on the part of Prussia in carrying out
this important provision of the Treaty, although
the point is simple and plain.

The French ship Arequipa has brought to Havre
from Callao 29 copper vases which were a:covered
during some arche )logical researches in the envi-
rons of Lima. These vases are in the form of jars,
and weigh each nearly a pound. About 274 similar
articles having been found near the same locality,
is is believed that they belonged to a necropolis of
Incas, which contained Indian mummies such as
are now frequently found in Peru. At all events
they are evidently of great antiquity. It is believed
that these vases are alloyed with a considerable por-
tion of silver.

The first rowing matches of the season of the
Paris Rowing Club took place on Sunday opposite
the island of Billancourt. • The Rowing Club prize
was won by Hirondelle, the Prix d'lssy by
Emerande, the Prix de l'lle St. Germain by Con-
drillon, the Prize Cup by Rose, and the Bellevue
Prize by Lutinc.
The Union is a religious journal, and, albeit un•
used to the facetious mood, it tells an anecdote
which is more gay than grave. Au eating house-
keeper, in a country village, the other day bought
a very fine turkey, and, with a view to attract cus-
tomers to the dinner, which was to take place at his
house on the succeeding day, he wrote a large pla-
card which he intended to place round the turkey's
neck and parade it through the town. The bill
announced that the dinner would be a franc a head.
There was an N. 8., with the words, "It is forbid-
den to touch the animal." Just as our innkeeper
was about to hang the notice round the turkey's
neck, the chief magistrate of the commune came
into the house to take his glass, and the innkeeper
hastily threw the bill on the chair. The magistrate
finished his wine, and left, but in a few minutes
shouts of laughter were heard. There was a crowd
in front of him who were intensely merry, but when
he turned round the laughter was increased and
soon grew " fast and furious." The grave authority
was equally vexed and astonished, particularly as
some of the police officers were prominent in their
mirth and hilarity. The bill, which had • been
ready pasted for the turkey, had stuck to the tail
of the magistrate's coat, and the notice that the
bearer of it would be roasted for dinner the next
day could be re.td by all the astonished villagers.
When the grave magistrate caught sight of the bill
his rage was terrible, and he was particularly angry
with one of the men, whom he asked the reason
why he did not tear away the notice from his coat.
The man replied, with much gravity, pointing to
the " The bill says it is forbidden to touch
the animal."

The Presse of Vienna contains a letter from
Jassy, dated May 3, announcing some rather
serious disturbances in the latter town. Bands
paraded the streets, and there was a demonstration
against the Jews, the cause of which is not stated.
The Consuls of England, Austria, and Russia had
made strong protests to the Minister Bratiano upon
the subject.
The laying out of the two French parterres in the
park, near the Porte Rapp, the centre of which is
occupied by colossal statues of Charlemagne and
Dom Pedro, is now completed, and they add much
to the beauty of the aspect of that portion of the
park. The aquarium in the reserved garden has
been filled with fish.

A scientific commission has been formed, which
includes members of the Observatory, the Institute,
and the College of France, to arrange the meteoro-
logical experiments which Nadar is about to com-
mence with his great balloon, the Giant, and his
smill balloon, the Cylinder.
The change in the weather to-day has been as
astonishing as it is agreeable. It has been a warm
summer
tdaeyE which seems to have attracted half
Pa Exhibition, for I have never yet seen it
so full. It has been enlivened by the presence of a
large body of the Francs Tireurs des Vosges. The
institution of this band of volunteers took place in
1791 and 1792, when there was a grand
levy of volunteers in France. The department
of the Vosges, animated with patriotic zeal, raised
15 battalions, who served in almost all the armies
of the Moselle and the Rhine during the first wars
of the Revolution. In 1815 this force served during
100 days, and the present force is a continuation of
it. The men in their picturesque costumes were at
the Exhibition to-day, and partook of an excellent
breakfast in one of the restaurants near the, Porte
St. Dominique. Their arms and baggage lay out-
sinidg e. At intervals
and patriotic
considerably to the pleasures and novelty of the
airs,
their
abandn d
their presence added
played some enliven-
Exhibition to-day. Each day there is some change,
some novelty, some fresh attraction at this marvel-
lous and unparalleled Exhibition. Visitors may go
every day, and will find that it improves upon ac-
quaintance, for familiarity with it does not '4 stale
its infinite variety." On the contrary, the more you
see of it the more you like it.