The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-17 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Tuesday Evening.
The fabricators of news and startling incidents
are again at work,
The Moniteur announces that the letter published
by some of the journals, supposed to have been sent
by the Emperor to the Emperor of Austria, respect-
ing Maximilian, was not written by his Majesty.
The affecting and romantic details, published by
the Figaro relative to the execution of the Emperor
Maximilian, are supposed to have been written by
one of the popular French novelists, no such ac-
count having been received in France. Indeed,
from the date, it was impossible that such a narra-
tive could have been received here at the time.

Yesterday the Emperor received the addresses
voted by the municipal body of Portsmouth, to
congratulate his Majesty at happily escaping from
the attempt of the assassin on the 9th of June.
The jury, at the Court of Assize of the Seine, have
made short work with the assassin. Evidence was
given, but it did not disclose any new fact, and
merely consisted of a recapitulation of the circum-
stances already known. M. Emmanuel Arago, the
prisoner's counsel, made a long speech, in which,
however, he did not deity the attempt. It was
rather an appeal ad nasrecordiant to the sympathy
of the jury. It, however, had its effect upon them.
They were only in deliberation twenty minutes.
They found a verdict in the affirmative upon the
principal point—the attempt to murder, and upon
that of premeditation—but they found " extenu-
ating circumstances" in favour of the prisoner. The
young assassin did not exhibit the slightest emotion
on-hearing the verdict.

The President—M. Arago, have you anything to
say respecting the punishment of the prisoner ?
M. Arago—•l have only one word to say. lie is
twenty.

The President—And you, Berezowski ?
Berezowski made some remark, which was not
heard by the reporters.

The Court retired, but in a few minutes the
members of it returned, and the President pro-
n ounced a sentence, according to which Berezowski
found guilty of attempts to murder with premedit a-
,
tion, a crime provided for by Articles 302 and 2 of
the Penal Code, but in favour of whom extenuat-
ing circumstances were found, is condemned to hard
labour for life.

The President—Tho case is finished, and the
Session is over, gentlemen of the jury.
The persons present retired with evident re-
luctance, and much excitement prevailed.
It may not be generally known that the King of
Sweden and Norway, who now visits Paris, is the
son of a thorough-bred Parisian, Charles John the
Fourteenth, born in Paris on the 26th of January,
1764, succeeded on the sth of February, 1818, to
his adoptive father, Charles the 13th, and was
crowned in Sweden on the 11th of May, 1818.
His son Oscar, Charles the 15th, our present
visitor, was born on the 3d of May, 1826, and was
crowned at Stockholm on the 3d of May, 1860.
He married the Princess Wilhelmine of Orange,
daughter of Prince William Frederic of the Nether-
lands.

The Almanach de Paris, which is a more accu-
rate authority than the Almanac of Saxe Gotha,
says that originally Sweden was divided into several
small States, and was governed by elective kings, of
whom Upsala was the principal. Gustavus Wasa
delivered his country from the tyranny of Christian
the Second, and founded the houso of Wasa. To
that succeeded the house of Deux Ponts, and sub-
sequently Frederic de Holstein founded the house of
Holstein. The present King of Sweden, who now
comes to Paris to see the Exhibition, is the descen-
dant of that monarch, who, from a poor simple sol-
dier, became King Bernadotte of Sweden. The
French have a proverb, " the first King was a for-
tunate soldier."
The King of Wurtemburg and the Duke of
Saxe Weimar aLonded Divine service on Sunday at
the Protestant church in the Rue des Billettes. The
Queen of Prussia also attended;Protestant worship,
and has visited some of the Protestant schools of
Paris.

The ex-King of Bail aria, although now 81 years
old, is a man of wonderful activity and industry.
Ile gets up every morn ng at five o'clock, and pur-
sues literary or other labour until the time of his
daily walk, which so metimes extends to a long dis-
tance.

At the Porchefo, ataino races on Sunday the
steeplechase was won; by the Duke of Hamilton's
Garus, Caprice seam ►d. The Course de Hares was
won by La Sendee. The gentlemen riders' match
was won by Bessie .

The Siecle, in r eferenco 0 the decision of the jury