The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1866.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Thursday Evening.
The Moniteur does not contain any official news
to-day. It states that the original portrait of the
Emperor, which was first placed in the Museum of
the Luxembourg, has just been sent, by order of
his Majesty, to the Tribunal de Commerce of La
Seine.

The present was received by the Tribunal as an
additional proof of the kindness of his Majesty, as
well as a precious souvenir of the visit made by the
Emperor and Empress, on the 24th December last,
at the inauguration of this new and important
building.
To-day the Paris papers are more occupied with
the Reform Bill and English affairs than their own.
Mr. Bright is a great card with them for the moment,
but from their note of preparation he seems likely to
catch it.

A brief was recently published at Rome by the
Pope in favour of the Company of Jesus (the
desun6). 111 loot, some members of that body
formed a college of writers, whc proposed, by means
of the press, to defend the doctrines of the Church,
and founded a political periodical called La Civilta
Cattolica. The Holy Father has thought it expe-
dient to consecrate this college in perpetuity, and
to form it into an institution under the direction of
the head of the company. The writers will have
type and books provided for them. The profit to
be derived from the work in question will, it is
stated, "be applied to sustain and extend the en-
terprise, and to resist the increasing attacks of our
adversaries."

A letter from Rome states that, on the 20th inst.,
the anniversary of the birthday of the Emperor of
the French, there was a solemn mass in the Basilisk
of St. Jean de Latran to invoke blessings upon the
head of the Sovereign of France, benefactor of the
Chapter of St. Jean de Latran. Several cardinals
were present, and among them Cardinal Antonelli,
Secretary of State. Count de Sartiges, the French
Ambassador, Count de Montebello, and many other
persons of distinction, were present, including the
Countess Campello, a princess of the house of
Bonaparte.
Reports having reached the Minister of Agricul-
ture and Commerce that the cattle distemper had
manifested itself in some of the communes near
Dijon, he sent veterinary surgeons to the depart-
meat of the Cote d'Or to investigate the matter.
They have just reported that the disease which has
appeared among the cattle in that department has
no resemblance to the bovine distemper, and that it
is to be attributed to a season exceptionally wet,
and to privations cf all sorts to which cattle have
been subjected in consequence of the insufficiency
of forage.
The Journal Yr Espalion mentions the death of a
widow at ninety years of age. She was of very
miserable, sordid habits, but at her death she was
possessed of 40,000 fr. She never paid for food, but
was fed by her neighbours, at whose fires she
warmed herself in cold weather. A little time
before her death, however, she made a will, leaving
3,000 fr. to the parish church. She called a meeting
of persons who owed her money,and said she would
make them a present of the amount. The rest of
her money she left to be distributed among some
poor families, and a few days before her death she
purchased some wood for them. Though no money
was left to her relations they found a good, many
pieces of gold concealed about the miserable room.
She was always clothed in rav:l-
- financial Committee of the great Exhibition
have already taken steps to organise a club for
foreigners. It is tobe callei the Circle International,
and it seems likely to form a very useful and attrac-
tive feature of this great undertaking. The club-
room will be capacious and elegant, and the esta-
blishment will comprise all the features of a first-
rate club, and something more. The exhibition
will be closed at 5 o'clock in the evening, but mem-
bers of the club will be able to stop there till 11
o'clock, and at that hour there will be trains for all
parts of Paris, so that, live where you may, you
may be at home in 10 minutes. There is no lack
of clubs in Paris, but this International Club, to
which members may be admitted on ♦ery moderate
terms, seems likely to prove the most useful and
agreeable of them all. Our principal clubs
are the Agricultural Club, the Artists' Club, the
Railway Club, the Commercial Club, the United
States Club, the Jockey Club, the Imperial Club,
the Paris, and the Union. Every day marvellous
promises are held out about the Exhibition. One
of the papers sneaks of a gigantic ball in the Champs
Elysas, to be given by the authorities of the city of
Paris, to which 30,000 ,persons are to be invited.
Fancy what an orchestra there must be to produce
" a concord of sweet sounds," while all those per-
sons trip it on the " light fantastic toe."
The clerk of the branch Bank of France at Poitiers,
who managed very adroitly to abstract 700,000 f.
and decamp, has been arrested at New York, and
the usual proceedings under the extradition treaty
have commenced with a view to his being brought
to Paris for trial. 1110 regulations for the gaiety

of the cash at the bank at Poitiers were very strict
and minute, but the unfaithful cashier frustrated a
daily examination and inspection for many
months.

I gave you at the time the particulars of the in-
genious devices of a swindler named Taponnier,
who, pretending to be a man of title and the pos-
sessor of a large fortune, induced a young Swiss
lady to marry him. The trial before the Correc-
tional Tribunal, which has lasted a long time, is
now concluded, and the swindler, having been
found guilty of this and many other frauds, has
been sentenced to imprisonment for four years
and a fine of 100 francs.

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

SPAIN.

MADRID, APRIL 26 (Evening).

The Epoca states the • committee in Congress
upon the National Bank Bill will authorise the
Government to create a new Bank, but without
granting the concession to particular individuals.