The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-09 00:00:00

carry it. in spite.of him, but the House of Represen-
tatives, is expected to throw it out, so that either the
temper of the Radicals is moderating, or they are
bee,iming sensible of the public feeling against them.
Affairs in the South are going on safely and
quietly. General LEE, in his evidence before the
Reconstruction Committee, declared that there was
no sentiment of hostility to the Federal Government
in Virginia. The people, he said, were disappointed
and saddened, but had accepted their fate. It re-
mains for the Congress to decide whether they shall
profit by this quietude to rebuild the prosperity of
the Union, or degrade and insult the Southern
people until they irritate them into a fresh revolu-
tion.

CORRESPONDENCE FROg PARIS.

(nzom OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

P Anis, Sunday Evening.
The Bois de Boulogne, capacious as it is, could
hardly contain the mass of visitors and troops as-
sembled yesterday for the Review. The weather
was magnificent ;so was the spectacle. The troops
consisted of the brigade of Light Cavalry and Artil-
lery of the Imperial Guard, commanded by General
du Bavail and General de Rochebouet, and the
division of Cavalry of the First Corps d'Armee,
commanded by General of Division de Noue. These
troops, under the general command of General
Fevay, were formed in the following order :—First
Regiment of the Line, Guides, and Chasseurs of
the Guard, 2d Regiment of the Line, 6th Regiment
of Hussars, and Ist Regiment of Chasseurs, 3d of
the Line, Ist and 4th Regiment of Lancers, 4th
Regiment of the Line, Ist and 2d Regiment of
Dragoons (the former Regiment from Versailles),
sth Regiment of the Line, mounted and horse artil-
lery of the Imperial Guard. The Emperor, accom-
panied by the young Imperial Prince and the Prince
of Denmark, was received by Marshal Canrobert,
Commandant of the First Corps d'Armee, and Mar-
shal Regnaud de St. Jean d'Angely, Commandant
of the Imperial Guard. His Majesty was accom-
panied by a brilliant staff, among whom were
General Prince de la Moskowa, General Fleury,
Grand Equerry, General of Division Rollin, Adju-
tant-General of the Palace, and General Kaufman,
first aide-de-camp to the Prince Royal of Den-
mark. The Emperor having at his right the Prince
Royal of Denmark, and on his left the Imperial
Prince, reviewed in succession the whole line of troops.
His Majesty then rode to the centre, where he was
joined by the Empress, and distributed various
honorary rewards. The troops then defiled in
beautiful order, and his Majesty expressed his great
gratification at the bearing and general appearance
of the troops, and at the manner in which the whole
of the evolutions were executed. Their Majesties
were received with the utmost enthusiasm at their
arrival and departure. Indeed the cheers were so
hearty and so general that they could be heard in
Paris.

The political position to-day is to be described by
the word—nothing. The Siccle facetiously de-
scribes the communications between Austria and
Prussia by saying that Austria defends her arma-
ments on the ground that Prussia had armed, and
Prussia says she increases her army because Austria
has done so. William the First entertains the same
friendly sentiments for Francis Joseph as Francis
Joseph feels for William.
There is another instance of a second marriage
of the same persons. At the town of Barceul, in
the department of the Nord, an old soldier, named
Joseph Philippi, has been again married to his wife,
Marie Rose Deflandre. They are both 84 years
old, and have been married 60 years. The second
marriage took place in the presence of 74 children
or grandchildren. During the wedding repast the
mayor of the town suddenly presented himself and
announced to the lively old bridegroom, who is
decorated with the St. Helena medal, that the Em-
peror meant to bestow a life pension upon him, and
that in the meantime he had sent him a present,
which would partly pay the expenses of the wedding
breakfast. It was a very merry assemblage before,
but the news added to the gaiety, and served to
give fresh vivacity to the dance in which the newly-
married pair afterwards indulged.
Such is the popularity of the " Africaine" that
100 representations produced a receipt of 1,050,000 f.
The fees of the author, fixed at 500 f. per night,
amounted to 50,000 f. Among the many admirable
regulations for the benefit of the poor in Paris is
one compelling the manager of a theatre to se
apart a certain portion of the profits for their bene-
fit, which is distributed in the arrondissement in
which the theatre is situated. Thus out of the
total sum no less than 96,000 f. have been paid to
the poor. Madame Meyerbeer has written to the
manager of the Opera to thank him for the excellent
manner in which the music of her late husband's
Opera has been executed.
A scene which produced a great sensation among
those who witnessed it has taken place at the ginger-
bread fair at the Place du Trove. At a show where
two young girls were dancing an old woman sud-
denly rushed up the steps, and throwing her arms
round the neck of one of them, sobbed and exclaimed

"Ah ! Rosalie, have I then found you!" The
young girl, stupified and excited, recognised her
mother. The story is soon told. Six years ago the
girl committed a fault and left her home in the
country, near Montreuil, to hide her shame. The
mother wanted t 3 take Rosalie away with her at
once, but she said she would not abandon her com-
rades till the fair was over, as they wanted her
assistance. She will, however, then return home
with her mother to the family where, it is said,
forgiveness and domestic happiness await her.
Since the principle of the liberty of theatres has
been established several new ones have been con-
structed. Next week a new theatre, called the
Theatres des Nouveantes, will be opened in the
Faubourg Montmartre. The drama of inaugura-
tion is entitled Madame de Sommerive. A very
good company has been engaged.
A young lady, beautiful and accomplished, and,
perhaps what is better, very rich, Mademoiselle
Boys, has just been married to Count Julien de
La Rochejaquelain, son of the Senator of that name
The Bishop of Poitiers officiated. The bride, who
has only just left the Convent, has a marriage por-
tion of 250,000 f. per annum, and the Count also
possesses a large fortune. The family is one of the
most ancient in France.

An exceedingly clever, dashing, and impudent
young Swiss swindler is under examination before
the Tribunal of Correctional Police, charged with
obtaining the hand and fortune of a young lady,
still a minor, by false pretences. The prisoner, who
called himself the Baron de Taponier Plancey, is in
fact the son of a working man, and so far from being
an aristocrat, as he pretends, he has, in fact, been a
groom at the Hippodrome and also a cabman and
something more in the low scale of occupation.
The young lady's mother gave her a marriage por-
tion of 300,000 f. on the strength of the Baron's as-
sertion that his father would bestow upon him on
the wedding day 250,000 f. There was a long exa-
mination of the prisoner yesterday, and the further
hearing of the case was postponed till to-morrow
(Monday). I will give you all further particulars
of this extraordinary fraud when all the circum-
stances shall have transpired.

THE MINISTERIAL ABORTlON.—Speaking of the
Reform Bill, " Cato" writes iu the Times of to-day
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probabilities—after maturing their plans with a secrecy
truly portentous—the Ministry have at length con-
cocted a measure, which, I will venture to say, that
any ono of thorn, were ho sololy responsible for it,
would be ashamed to own. Ire all know that a sudden
fright, or other accident, to the parent will sometimes occasion
dejiarmity in the efpring. Some dreadful apparition must
surely have visited Earl Russell to have occasioned the produc-
tion of this one-legged abortion. It is quite certain that
nature never intended anything of the kind.
ACREAGE OF COMMONS AND OPEN SPACES NEAR
LONDON.—There are 38,458 acres of these kinds of
land within the twenty-five miles radius, and 13,301 acres
within that of fifteen miles. In the home counties the ap-
pointment is as follows :—Fifteen miles radius—Essex,
3,740 acres ; Hertford, 477 acres ; Kent, 1,568 acres ;
Middlesex, 2,213 acres ; Surrey, 2,295 acres. Twenty-five
miles radius—Berks, 2 acres; Buckingham, 1,022 acres;
Essex, 5.798 acres: Hertford, 3,912 acres; Kent, 2,601
acres; ALiddlosex, 2,069; acres; surrey, 22,357 scree.