The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-02 00:00:00

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chester form an almost amusing contrast in the
language of their speakers. Happily, however,
there may be a great deal of outward difference
where all agree in really desiring the same things—
the maintenance of our institutions and the general
welfare of the people.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Thursday Evening.

The business in the Chambers is still of a local
and formal character, but to-day the nomination of
the Committee to draw up the answer to the Address
took place. The completion of this important pre-
liminary step of the session is expected to occupy a
fortnight. In the meantime the Chambers will
probably only discuss local matters.
The diplomatic documents presented to the
Chamber relative to the affairs of Japan are not
without interest. They describe the progress of the
negotiations of the French Minister at Yokohama,
concert with the representatives of England,
America, and the Netherlands, to insure the due
I execution of the treaty of the 22d October, 1864,
and to protect French interests in the conflict
between the Taicoun and the Prince Negato.
The four allied Powers have constantly given their
moral support to the Taicoun, without infringing
upon the principle of neutrality. The result is that
the Prince Negato has submitted, and the Taicoun
has obtained the sanction of the Mikado to the
treaties concluded with the Christian Powers.

The disclosures of the yellow-book relative to the
negotiations between England and France for
another extradition treaty do not form the least in-
teresting portion of its details. England, it ap-
pears, refuses to give up condemned persons, because
the treaty of 1843 only mentions persons accused.
France, for this and other motives, is very dis-
satisfied with that treaty, not from political consi-
derations, but, according to the yellow-book, the
propositions made by France in December last with
a view to the amendment of that treaty have not
yet been answered by the English Government.

One often hears of strange effects produced by
the announcements of the electric telegraph. Here
is a fact Which has just occurred. A commissioner
was sent with a message to the telegraph office.
The unsophisticated clerk on reading it almost fell
upon the floor with horror. The message was this
--" I have thought of a better and more expeditious
mode of killing Faure." The name appended was
Mery. The messenger was detained with great care
while inquires were made, and an intimation was
given to the police of some intended terrible assas-
sination. A visit was paid to M. Mery, whose ad-
dress of course appeared in the message, and the
dreadful mystery was soon cleared up. M. Mery
wished to announce to M. Dulocle, who is engaged
upon the opera of "Don Carlos," for which Verdi is
now occupied in composing the music, that he had
imagined another kind of death for the Marquis de
Rosa (a character to be sustained by Faure) than
by means of his being shot as Schiller kills him.
The musical world is on the qui vine for the pro-
duction of the new opera by M. Victor Masse. It
will, I hear, be played at the Opera Comique next
week. The libretto, by Messrs. Michel, Carne,
and Hippolyte Lucas, is founded on a romance by
M. de Lamartine. Amateurs in the secret speak in
raptures of it. It has however one feature, which
may or may not be very agreeable to the public.
It is in four very long acts. At all events this
opera is looked for with unusual impatience.
One often hears of the pleasure of residing in la
belle France, but it may not be generally known
that it is dangerous to stop in it in defiance of an
order of expulsion. This, however, was the offence
which has been committed by a lady of 46 years of
age (a fact which she would not admit, but which
was proved by official records of her time of birth).
This lady appeared at the Correctional Police office
to answer the charge of disobeying an order of ex-
pulsion, and was sentenced to four months' imprison-
ment. I must not forget her name. It is
rather a long and difficult one. Agnes-Alex-
andrine-Valentine-Leopoldine, nee Countess War-
stenleben. She is a lady of four husbands.
Her first was Baron d'Echarstberg, and at his
death she married M. Schendel-Palkorwski.
After duct Illournin and copious libations of

tears for that gentleman's decease, she became
Madame Wolff. Fate seems to have destined
that this lady should lose her husbands, for not
long after marriage the Wolff left his lamb,
and went either to America or California,
which place it is not known, for he forgot to leave
his address with his wife. At all events the lady
supposes him dead, in consequence of which she has
become Baroness Buloff. She has travelled in
almost all the countries of Europe, but her great
predilection appears to be for Paris. Why the
police of Paris oppose the inclination of the lady
does not very clearly appear ; but no doubt they
have good and sufficient reasons for so doing. She
is equally unpopular at Brussels, for it appears
that, for some real or imaginary offence there, she
was condemned, by default, to three years' impri-
sonment. According to her own account, never-
theless, she was not at all aware of this latter con-
demnation. What she did know, however, was,
that in the month of November, 1858, she was
served with an administrative order to leave France.
She returned, however, probably thinking that,
among so many names, her real name would
be forgotten. Besides—" What's in a name ?"
Police officers have good memories, and hence her
sentence of four months' imprisonment.

The Government has for some time had under
consideration the deficiency of the means of public
worship in the colony of Algeria. Its increasing
population and great development of its resources
render it necessary to increase the number of reli-
gious edifices. One bishop is not sufficient for the
spiritual direction of so vast a territory. The Go-
vernment has therefore entered into preliminary
negotiations with the Court of Rome with a view
to the regulation in concert with that Court of the
canonical questions arising out of the creation of a
new ecclesiastical province and two sees in Algeria.

The Jockey Club has nominated its committee for
the year. All the members of the old committee
were re-elected. The Marquis de Gontaut Biron
remains president, and Vincent Paul Duru vice-
president.
In noticing the brilliant ball given by M. de Goltz,
the Prussian Ambassador, I forgot to mention an
interesting incident. At midnight, during the
quadrille, the Ambassador received a telegraphic
message from his Sovereign, requesting him to
present the Empress with a bouquet on his account.
The Ambassador hastily obtained the most splendid
bouquet that could be procured impromptu, and
presented it to the Empress in the King's name, as
he was, desired. Her Majesty accepted it very
graciously, and a telegraphic despatch was instantly
returned to Prussia, expressing the thanks of the
Emperor and Empress to the King for his present.
The rectificatory budget fixes at 216,809 f. 80c.
the total amount of the expenses of the extraordi-
nary budget of 1866. The excess of receipts over
expenses is estimated at 995,266 f. In the explana-
tory portion a hope is expressed that the Budget of
1866 will be in equilibrium, and that the amortisse-
ment will in future be effected by real resources
without adding to the floating debt.

BANE OF FRANCE.

PARIS, FEB. 1.

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account :

DEBTOR.
Feb. 1.

Jan. 25.

182,500,000 -

Capital of the Bank 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
capital (Art. 8, Law,
June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches
Reserve in landed pro-
perty 4,000,000
Notes in circulation .. 955,472,925
Banknotes to order awl
receipts payable at
sight
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor
Current accounts, Paris . 143,636,760 47 136,879,090 54
Do. branch banks
Dividends payable 2,628,345 75 3,455,863 75
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last
six months
surplus of receipts not

distributed
Sundries

22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14

4,000,000 -
972,811,075 -

6,231,620 30 7,496,373 38

2,074,992 92 2,074,992 92

752,993 36 -
9,541,310 93 10,493,016 61

Total

Cash in hand and in

CREDITOR.

Feb. 1.

Jan. 25.

Branch banks
Commercial bills over-

due
Commercial bills dis-

5,549,986 02 270,465 73

counted, not yet duo 371,102,682 83 381,547,592 92
Do. branch banks 348,944,363 359,085,538
Advances on deposit of
bullion
Do. branch banks
Do. on French Public
Securities
Do. by branch banks
Do. on railway shares

5,591,300 -
6,732,100 -

6,058,500 -
8,631,000 -

11,931,700 -
6,817,100 -

12,186,000 -

7;128;100 -

29,374,900 -19,870,z80 -

and debentures
D. branch bunks
Do. on Credit Foncier
Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, Juno 10,
1857) 60,000,000
Government Stock re-

30,075,200 -
20,436,880 -

633,900 -
428,400 -

637,700 -
455,800 -

60,000,000 -

12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
36,449,737 91 36449,737 91

serve
Do. disposable
Rentes Immobalisees
(Law, June 9, 1857) 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture of
the Bank and landed
property branches
Expenses of manage-

100,000,000 -

8,414,061 -

8,398,169 -

ment
sundries ..

200,439 73. 48,676 57
16,296,571 96 11,915,515 18

Total 1,429,301,267 57 1,447,692,548 82
Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France.
(Signed) LOULAND.

MARKETS.---This Day.

MARK LANE.

The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to our market
to-day were moderate. The trade for ail qualities was in
prices were barely sup-
paosrltuegdg.ish state, and Monday's

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With foreign wheat the market was moderately sup-
plien. Tho trade was quieter than on Monday, and the
quotations had a slight downward tendency.
Floating cargoes of grain, owing to a large arrival off
the coast, were dull, at barely late rates.
Barley was in moderate supply, and slow request, at late
prices.

Malt—of which the supply on offer was moderate—.
changed hand at previous currencies.
The supply of oats on sale was but moderate. The de-
mand, however, ruled quiet at late rates.
Beans and peas met a slow sale at late prices.
Flour was in but moderate request at late rates.

bIIIrcARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
English and Scotch 2740 4010 2910 2210 1310
Irish
Foreign 12,050 2160

5370 1390 sks.
1690 brls.

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.

Moderate supplies of meat are on sale at these markets.
For nearly all descriptions the trade is dull at our quota-

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

SPAIN.

MADRID, FEB. 1 (Evening).
It is stated that the Catalan deputies to Congress
will hold a meeting to-morrow in order to request
the Government to issue letters of marque against
Chilian vessels.

CADIZ, FEB. 1.
The mail packet for the llavana has left this
port under the charge of the frigate Gerona.