The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-27 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Sunday Evening.
The Moniteur announces the reception by the
Emperor of the letter by which his Majesty the
King of Prussia notifies to his Majesty the decease
of his Highness Prince Antoine Egon Charles
Frederic de Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, who died
from the wounds he received at the battle of
Koniggratz.
There was a Cabinet Council yesterday at St.
Cloud, at which the Emperor presided.
King William received, on the 21st inst., the
deputation from the House of Lords of Prussia,
charged to present to his Majesty the address in
answer to the Royal Speech. After a few touching
words upon the bounties which Providence has
heaped upon Prussia, the King added that they
could not conceive to what extent, in his quality of
Prince " born in purple," he was grieved to be com-
pelled to deprive so many of their Sovereigns of their
States. He had to sustain before accomplishing this
a terrible internal struggle, and it was solely the
conviction that the interest of the country com-
manded this rigorous measure which had induced
him to act in this manner. The King charged the
deputation to report these words to the House of
Lords.

The Memorial Diploniatique gives some parti•
culars respecting the mission of the Empress Char.

lotte of Mexico to Paris. After her last interview
with the Emperor her Majesty thought fit to send
a despatch to her husband, and said she should
delay her return to Mexico until he should receive
an answer from the Emperor. Her Majesty will
remain for a portion of the time at Brussels with
her brother, the King of the Belgains. Her Majesty
while in Paris had an interview with M. Fould,
Minister of Finance, which lasted two hours. Some
of the papers imagine that her Majesty was, to a
certain degree, successful in regard to the financial
portion of her message. I have some reason to be-
lieve the contrary. A Brussels paper states that
the Empress will not return to Mexico, but that
her husband, after Abdicating the throne, . will re-
join her in Europe.
The following is from the Siecle :--" The almost
unanimous vote of the address by the Prussian
Chamber of Deputies has caused some surprise.
The facility with which the progressive party made
concessions necessary to come to an understanding
with the other factions of the Chamber was by no
means expected. We believe the course adopted
may be explained by the impatient desire of the
whole Liberal party to put an end to the Constitu-
tional conflict, and to return to a normal position.
The recognition of the rights of Parliament by the
King and the request of a Bill of Indemnity being
accepted as a sufficient concession on the part of
the Crown, the Liberals hastened to come to a com-
promise upon that basis."
The Correctional Tribunal has decided against the
claim of M. Leopold Brouillet to have an article in-
serted in the evening Illoniteur in explanation of
some statements made in the course of a report of
the proceedings of the Legislative Body. The Court
also ordered the complainant to pay the expenses.
The decision is on the following grounds :—" That
the report of the Parliamentary proceedings placed
every evening at the disposal of all the journals
being a document emanating from authority cannot
furnish the ground, on the part of those third parties

who may be mentioned in it, to claim from the
managers who publish it, either for a reply to the
statements or for proceedings for injury or defa-

[nation."

Seeing that among the demolition of houses to
widen the approaches to the new square to be made
by the Theatre Francais will be that of the house
where the illustrious Corneille died in 1684, I took
a stroll to the Rue d'Argenteuil. Above the first
floor of the house No. 18 in that street there is a
black marble tablet on which is inscribed, " The
great Corneille died in this house on the Ist of
October, 1681." At the bottom of the tablet are

le words " Erected in 1826." It appears that

was only in 1826 the discovery was made that Cur
neille died in this house. In the court-yard of the
house, to which there is free access, is a handsome
bust of Corneille, and upon a crown of laurel over
the bust is written "Le Cid, 1636." There is also
the sentence written by Corneille himself to the effect
that to himself alone he owed all his renown. At that
time of day the Rue d'Argenteuil was a. fashionable
quarter of Paris. Now it is a narrow winding street
with a considerable ascent, all flag stones, and no
pavement on the side. Old curiosity shops, cob-
blers and dirty-looking fruiterers shops, possess it.
At the bo.ttom of the Rue d'Argenteuil there was
once a cobbler's stall, to which, according to tradi-
tion, the poet ran nimbly down one fine morning,
to get his shoes mended. Dangeau, who called him-
self the patron of men of letters, to whom Boileau
dedicated " L'Epitre sur la Noblesse" says in his
" Journal de la Cour de Louis XIV," " The good
man Corneille died yesterday. He was one of the
must skilful in our time in making comedies."
The sentence of death pronounced against Louis
Collignon, found guilty of drowning a child nine
years of age in the Seine, has been commuted to
hard labour for life. I gave you the particulars of
the case at the time.
The evolutions of the ironclad squadron being
concluded, the vessels have returned to the Gulf of
Juan, where they will be stationed for some weeks.
The weather was intensely hot both yesterday and
to-day. The air has been peculiarly oppressive and
enervating to-day, with slight showers of hot rain.
A case, which excites some interest, will be
brought before the Tribunal of the Seine in the
Orleansoffended
course of the wJek. A short time ago a boy, Albert
at
e
Vonore, son of the Prince of Monaco, was on a visit
h
seminaryhianhde
‘an
somev polfayting the boyswith
having
them, he threw a stone at a young child named
Yvonneau, and seriously injured him
in the face.
The father of the child claims from his Serene
Highness Grimaldi, Prince of Monaco, payment of a
sum of 15,000 f. as damages, and also
a yearly pay-
ment of 6,000 f.
Some articles having been missed from a mercer's
shop in the Rue St. Florence, suspicion fell upon
one of the shop girls. The proprietor sent for her
to his room, and told her that as she was suspected
of having robbed him he should take her to the
commissary of police. The girl said she was ready
to accompany him, but requested permission to go
to her room for an instant. She went upstairs, and
immediately jumped out of the window.
When
taken up both her legs
were broken, and she was
lospital St. Louis in a hopeless
conveyed to the I
condition.
The last victim of the accident at the Emperor's
fete has been identified. She is a girl of 22, named
Octavie Deceinhick, a native of Westroolk (Bel-
gium). She had been engaged as a femme de chambre
by a lady residing in the boulevard Malesherbe,
and was to have commenced her duties on the fol-
lowing day. It is feared that others of the injured
persons will not survive.
Various days Wave been mentioned for the dePar-