The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-22 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Sunday Evening.
The ittoniteur has no private accounts from Spain
to-day, but it gives a report of the discussion in the
Senate, the result of which, as I have already in-
formed you, was the adoption of the resolution to
prosecute General Prim for sedition by a majority
of 141. Indeed there was only one vote, that of
M. Campuzano, against the proposal. It appears
from the various official despatches of the Spanish
rlnfb,,,,ifias: fn thn a-wernment that a.noral Pr4,-r,
and his troops had arrived at li.ava, and had left for
the frontiers of Portugal. The Governor of Tarra-
gona writes to the Minister of War as follows :
" A man, named Escoda, with 200 men, is scouring
the country in the environs of Priorato. The mani-
festation of this fool is more ridiculous than serious,
and does not merit the attention of the Govern-
ment."

The Moniteur publishes a circular addressed to
the Corps Legislatif by the President, stating that
the Session will commence to-morrow (Monday),
and requesting the attendance of the members of
the Grande Salle of the Palace of the Louvre, at 1
o'clock precisely. The session will be opened by
the Emperor in person.
The Emperor, who extends his solicitude to what-
ever can possibly affect the health or comfort of
the inhabitants of Paris, is almost übiquitous. Yee-
terday he presided at a Council of Ministers, after
which he proceeded with Baron Haussman, the
Prefect of the Seine, and the leading engineers of
the capital to inspect some important drainage
works near the Place du Chatelat. The Emperor
descended and made a careful survey of the opera-
tions, with which he made himself perfectly
acquainted by minute inspection and frequent ques-
tions to the chief engineer.
The Siecle has but a brief commentary to-day
upon the position of affairs in Spain. After stating
that General Prim was on the 19th at Fugenal,
between Andalusia and Portugal, it asks, " But is
it towards a foreign land, or in a contrary direction,
that this insurgent is proceeding, whose position the
Monde, which is not always so happy in its appre-
ciations, thus defines—' General Prim is always in
flight. It does not appear that the troops who have
orders to pursue him are also ordered to reach
him. "

The police of Toulouse are still actively engaged
im their inquiries respecting the murder and muti-
lation of the girl Marie Guilhomet. The proprietor
of the wine shop, M. Aspe, persists in saying he is
innocent, but facts discovered strengthen presump-
tions against him. A truck, or hand-cart, has been
found which was seen at the door about the time of
the murder, and with which it is supposed he took
away the mutilated body. Blood has been found
on the bed, and also on one of Aspe's shirts. The
girl, it appears, had saved some money, to obtain
which was probably the motive for the crime.
Dr. Lamouroux, a distinguished French botanist,
has just died at Paris.

A satirical journal has just appeared with the
title of Prison for Debt—journal of prisoners—the
object of which is chiefly to enlist sympathy for the
principle of the abolition of imprisonment for debt.
Some of the supposed advertisements are not bad.
Here is a speciemen :—" Marriage—A good-looking
young man wishes to get married in order to pay
his debts. Address, M. X. aux Petits Cannes "
(Petits Carmes is what is called the debt quarter of
the city). "To be sold, an importunate creditor.
Great facility will be given for payment." While
speaking of satire I may allude to a very prevalent
expression, " Rien est sacre pour un Sapeur." It
would appear also that nothing is sacred for a
French newspaper writer. The author of a notice
of Poncet, the murderer iu " Figaro," says—" I was
not pleased with his deportment in Court. There
was nothing sensational about it. He was so stoical
that it is utterly impossible to find for him the

general excuse that his emotion was inseparable

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rona the anxiety always felt by an individual when

he made his debut in any character."
News has been received in Paris of the serious
illness of Prince °don, third son of the King of
Italy. The Prince is at Genoa, and is suffering
from a virulent scrofulous affection. King Victor
Emmanuel and an aide-de-camp of Prince Napoleon
are about to proceed to Genoa. •

The financial operations of the week were seriously
affected towards its close by a report that the Credit
Mobilier has decided to endeavour to procure an

important modification in its statutes. Its object
is to dotAblQ it 4 capital by icing it from 60