The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-13 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Monday Evening.
The Moniteur contains the text of the treaty con-
cluded on the 16th December last between France
and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg for the reci-
procal protection of the copyright in works of litera-
ture and art, the particulars of which have been
made known. It also publishes a report respecting
the administration of criminal justice in France and
Algeria during the year 1864. This report is fol-
lowed by a summary on the part of M. Baroche, the
Minister of Justice, in which he says that the year
1864, so far as regards the administration of crimi-
nal justice, did not present anything of striking im-
portance, and will rank as an average year.
The Ambassadors from the Sultan of Morocco,
who recently came on a mission to the Emperor at
Paris, reached Tangiers, on their return home, in
the Eldorado frigate on the 4th inst., very much
pleased with the cordial reception which attended
them in France.

Another strong proof of the reality of the entente
cordiale between England and France is afforded by
the disgust and contempt exhibited by the Paris
papers at the very absurd and wicked oration of the
Marquis de Boissy. Journals of all shades of
opinion join in denouncing this display of impotent
malice and foolery, and some express regret that he
should be allowed to make an annual display of
envenomed spleen calculated to bring the Senate into
ridicule and to weaken the legitimate influence
which it ought to have over the public. The Avenir
says th at the Marquis may utter som e truths by chance,
but these truths are swamped in a torrent of
absurdities. The France becomes classical in
its condemnation of the Boissy philippics, and says
they remind it of Camille in the Iloraces addressed
to England—" London, the only object of my re-
sentment." The France appears to see in the ora-
tory of the Marquis an illustration of the sentiment
of one of the characters of Shakspere, " And with
this wanton, wicked world, eternal war I'll wage,"
and says he talks about everything and complains of
everything, without order, method, or reason.
The Patrie thinks the word speech an inappro-
priate one to characterise the rambling and incohe-
rent commentaries of the Marquis upon everybody
and everything, but says that some readers may
derive a certain sort of pleasure from bold and
daring denunciations. As to the Epoque, that paper
seems to excuse the fooleries of the Marquis because
he was " lively." I may resort to a real English
phrase and say he was " deadly lively."
The Moniteur continues to ignore the existence of
any fresh insurrection or revolutionary indication in
Spain. Letters from Madrid, however, state that
there is great excitement in the capital. The Siecle
confirms the accounts given in the private commu-
nications. It says—" The arrests continue at Mad-
rid. More than 60 persons were arrested and sent
to prison in one day only, the 6th of February."
As to freedom of discussion, one fact may serve to
illustrate the extent of latitude allowed by the Go-

vernment. A democratic journal, La Discussion,
has a notice to its readers to the effect that its
manager, M. Antonio Castane, had been condemned
on the previous evening (the sth) to nine years'
imprisonment for an article entitled Mi Patrona.

When the time arrives for the procession of the
Boeufs Gras all other subjects lose their interest with
the Parisians. This year the first day's procession
(yesterday) being favoured with fine weather, more
than usual interest was attached to it. The prin-
cipal boeuf gras excites much competition among
the butchers, and is bought at a high price. The
purchaser this year is M. Flechelle, who has a very
magnificent shop in the Carrefour Gaillon. It is
the Beau Nivernois. A day or two ago I gave you
an account of the other arrivals. The procession
starts at ten in the morning, and returns back at
six in the evening, after parading through the prin-
cipal streets of Paris. The route is changed each
day. The Emperor deigns to receive the procession
in the Court-yard of the Tuileries, and makes a
handsome present. Prince Jerome Napoleon also
receives it at the Palais Royal, and chats very fami-
liarly with the members of it ; at least he did so
last year. Upwards of 3,000 persons join
in the procession, and it is really a beautiful sight.
It is arranged in a very artistic manner by a master
of the ceremonies. The chief attraction this year
was the car of Gargantua, the mechanism of which
was curiously contrived, so that the mouth of the
glutton opened continually to receive all sorts of
contributions. The figure was 10 feet high.
Around the car were all the various adjuncts of
the kitchen ; and the Fashions of France were per-
sonified by men and women in all sorts of fantastic
and beautiful dresses. After the car of Gargantua
came the splendid car of Boeuf Gras, drawn by eight
oxen, his inferiors, however, in fat and weight.
Nearly 200 musicians, in fancy dresses, enliven the
procession with excellent music. Next followed the
grand car of the vessel, the Ville de Paris, beauti-
fully decorated, and with cupids in the shrouds.
Perhaps, however, the principal attraction was
the car of the goddesses. The goddesses
are assisted by shepherdesses, and a little
goat dressed as Cupid was not only very
attractive to the crowd, but the Emperor and
Empress took her in their arms. The gods and
goddesses have a good luncheon in the course of the
day. Prince Napoleon is a great patron of the
Bceufs Gras, and last year was very liberal to those
who formed part of the procession ; but he has just
left Paris for Italy, no doubt to the regret of the
breeders and butchers.

The procession yesterday arrived at the Tuileries
between 1 and 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The
Emperor, Empress, and the young Imperial Prince
came out on the balcony of the Horloge to receive
it. All parties seemed intensely pleased with the
exhibition. The next arrival to the Beau Nivernais,
which weighs 1,360 kilogrammes, is the Evenenzent,
weighing 1,330 kilogrammes. The Tremblay weighs
1,310 kilogrammes. By a rather strange coinci-
dence the Nouvelles weighs 1,330 kilogrammes—the
same as the Evenement. The Patrie somewhat
satirically remarks that the news of the day and
the event of the day is of the same value__
at least as far as weight is concerned. To-day the
weather has been still finer than yesterday, and the
procession has excited a good deal of interest. The
fat ox was presented to the Princess Mathilde on its
route.

In my account of the execution of Poncet, in The
Sun of Saturday, a misprint made the exclamation
of the crowd on his appearance rather unintelligible.
The assembled thousands, on seeing him, simulta-
neously cried—" Voila Poncet !" " There is Poncet !
there is Poncet !"

Mr. Sothern on " Spiritualism."

....,. ---.-----.

The following letter, addressed to our leading
contemporary by Lord Dundreary, appears in the
Times of the 10th of February :

Sir,—l greatly regret that lam compelled to address you
on a personal matter. In your columns you have inserted
an advertisement commencing " Mr. Sothern and Spiri-
tualism.—Extraordinary Disclosures.—See the Spiritual
Magazine, &c."

When I inform you that the publications thus brought
before the world through the agency of your circulation
contain the foulest and falsest libels on my private charac-
ter, directly and openly charging ma with the grossest and
most extreme immorality, you will, I doubt not, recognise
my right to suggest to your consideration whether you
should not, in justice to me, publish the reason of your
now withdrawing such advertisement from your columns.*
Of course, I entirely absolve you from all knowledge of the
nature of the libels which have thus been forced into public
notice through your instrumentality.
With those who have written and published those libels
I shall deal through the action of the law. I have deemed
it my duty, when my name was being used to support the
cause of irreligion and delusion, to state my honest
opinion of what is called "Spiritualism," and to sustain that
opinion by record of my own experience. For doing this I
have been singled out as a mark for vituperation and
gross insult, which have culminated in the most atrocious
libels, and I deem it not less my duty to teach the perpe-
trators of such an outrage that I am not one to be so as-
sailed with impunity.—l am, sir, your obedient servant,

E. A. SOTHERN.
Theatre Royal Haymarket, Feb. 9, 1866.

* We (Times) refused to republish the advertisement in
consequence of Mr. Sothern's representation that the arti-
cles to which it referred were false and libellous.

We are requested to state that the grant of a
pension to Lady Eastlake was entirely spontaneous on the
part of her Majesty, whose pleasure in the matter was com-
municated by Earl Russell to Lady Eastlake.
A PROUD AND HAWTY SuTHENEß.—Feelin' a little

peckish I wont into a eatin' house to-day, and encountered
a young man with long black hair and slender frame. He
didn't wear much clothes, and them as he did wear
looked onhealthy. He frowned at me, and sed, kinder
scornful, "No sir, you come hero to taunt us in our hour
of trouble, do you ? " " No," said I, " I come here for
hash ! " " Pishaw !" he sed, sneeringly, "I mean you air
in this city for the perpuss of gloatin' over a fallen people.
Others may basely succumb, but, as for me, I shall never
yield—never ! never ! " Hay' suthin' to eat ?" I plea-
santly suggested. " Tripe and onions !" he said furcelY ;
then he added, "I eat with you, but I hate you. You're
a low-lived Yankee ! " To which I pleasantly replied,
"How'll you have our tripe ? " "Fried mudsill, with
plenty of ham fat." Ho ate very ravenus. Poor feller.
He had lived on odds and ends for days, eatin' crackers
that had bin turned over by revellers in the bread-tray at
the bar. He got full at last, and his hart softened a little
to'ards me. "After all," he sed, "you hay sum peplo at
the North who air not wholly loathsum beasts ?" "Well,
yes," I sed, "we hev' now and then a man among us who
isn't a cold bludid scoundril. Young man," I mildly but
gravely sed, "this crooil war is over, and you're lick't. It's
rather necessary for somebody to lick in a good square,
lively fite, and in this 'ere case it happens to be the United
States of America. You fit splended, but we were too
many for you. Then make the best of it, and let us give
in and put the Republic on a firmer basis nor ever. I
don't gloat over your misfortins, my young fren'. Far
from it. I'm an old man now, and my hart is softer nor
it once was. You see my spectacles is misten'd with
suthin' very like tears. I'm thinkin' of the sea of good
rich blood that has been spilt on both sides in this dreadful
war. I'm thinkin' of our widows and orfuns North, and
of your'n in the South. I kin cry for both. B'leeve me,
my young fren', I kin place my old hands tendely on the
fair young hed of the Virginny maid whose lover was laid
low:in the battle dust by a Fed'ral bullet, and say, as fer-
vently and piously as a venerible sinner like me can say
anythin', 4 God be good to you my poor dear, my poor
dear.' " I riz up to go, and takin' my yung Southern
fren' kindly by the hand, I sed, young man, adoo ! You
Southern fellers is probably my brothers, tho' you've oc-
casionally had a cussed queer way of showin' it. It's over
now. Let us all jine in and make a country on this conti-
nent that shall giv' all Europe the crambo in tho stum-
mock every time they look at us. Adoo, Adoo." And as
I am through, I'll likewise say adoo to you, jintlo reader,
merely remarkin' that the star-spangled banner is wavin'
round loose agin' and that their don't seem to be anything
the matter with the Goddess of Liberty except a slight
cold.—" Artemas Ward (His Travels) among the Mormons,"
by E. P. Hingston.

THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.—The printing of
the official reports of the battles of the late Ameri-
can war, with such correspondence and documents as the
Secretary of War can with propriety furnish for publica-
tion, is now to be commenced forthwith. The superin-
tendent of the public printing of the United States estimates
roughly that these papers will fill 20 volumes. Eleven
thousand five hundred copies are ordered to be printed.
The aggregate cost will approximate $350,000. The roster,
or roll of all field, line, and staff officers of volunteers, also
ordered to bo printed, with a statement of casualties and
other ;explanations, will make four volumes of 700 or
800 pages, also costing not less than $1 50c. for the print-
ing and binding of each volume.

MISSING SIIIP.—The Harriet Moody, which
sailed from New Orleans for Liverpool 11th of October,
was parted with in the latitude of Savannah, by the Home-
ward Bound, from New Orleans (arrived at Liverpool 6th
of Decomkter), and has not Nino been heard of.

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

THE FRENCH SENATE.
DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS.
PARIS, FEB. 13.

In the debate on the Address in the Senate yes-
terday, M. d'Agnesseau, General Gemeau, and Car-
dinal de Bonnechose spoke at great length upon
the September Convention, expressing distrust of
the Italian Government.

M. Boujeau, in a speech on the same subject,
said that Italy would rigorously execute the Con-
vention, but the temporal power could not last.
M. Rouher, Minister of State, said the September
Convention had created in Italy two distinct tem-
poral Sovereignties. He defended the loyalty of
the Italian Government. France, said the Minis-
ter, has reserved her liberty of action. By an-
nouncing what she will do she would fetter and
destroy that liberty.

France continues to keep in view the reconci-
liation of the Pope with Italy.
Paragraph 9 of the Address was afterwards