The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-30 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, Wednesday Evening.
A private letter from Berlin, dated August 24,
alludes to the difficulties in arranging the electoral
law for the Parliament of the States of the North of
Germany. The law, however, will only be tempo-
rary. It was under this condition that it obtained
the assent of the states in alliance with Prussia.
There has been a meeting of the Commission charged
to examine the project of law relative to the coun-
tries of which Prussia proposes to take the Govern-
ment. Several amendments were proposed, the
chief object of which was to point out that the King
took upon himself the administration of these terri-
tories in virtue of Article 2 of the Constitution, which
says that the frontiers of the State can only be ex-
tended by virtue of a law voted by the two Cham-
bers, and to the exclusion of any system of personal
union. M. de.Bisrnarck, who was present, accepted
this view in principle. The treaties which consti-
tute the Zollverein will be maintained between
Prussia and the States of the South, but they may
be terminated after a notice of six months. The
Wurtemberg Chambers are to meet in the course of
next month, when the Government will submit for
their approbation the Treaty of Peace which was
signed at Berlin on the 13th inst.
The Paris and provincial papers are to-day much
occupied with an idea emanating from the kSiecle,
that an easy solution of the question of the limita-
tion of the frontiers of the Rhine would be the in-
corporation of the German provinces of the left bank
into an autonomic free and neutral State like Bel-
gium. La Liberte in discussing this propo-
sition which it opposes, says that the Duke
de Persigny, long ago, mooted a proposal
of a similar kind. The Sicle denies this, and chal-
lenges La Liberte to refer to any speech or publica-
tion of the former Minister in which he promul-
gated such a mode of overcoming the frontier
difficulty.
The Nazione, of Florence, referring to the pre-
paratory negotiations between Italy and Austria for
the cession of Venetia, says that " the cession of
that territory will be without conditions. No in-
demnity has been consented to or even asked for,
except that Italy should bear her proportion of the
public debt for which the Venetian provinces are
responsible. The Italian propositions, supported
by France and Austria, have been accepted. This
arrangement will relieve the finances of Italy to the
extent of 200 millions. All our hopes are completely
realized. The peace will be concluded on an en-
tirely honourable footing."
A little excitement has been produced in the po-
litical world by a pamphlet written by the Marquis
de la Rochejacquelin, in which he takes a very de-
sponding view of the turn which events have taken
in regard to Germany. The Marquis argues that
the present arrangement will lead to eventual war.
The Marquis also by implication accuses both
Cabinets and the French press with having been
bought. I translate rather a remarkable passage—
" Elastic consciences known to all the world have
been put to the proof, of which various foreign
Cabinets, and particularly M. Bismarck, know the
price. It would be ridiculous to deny that public
feeling in France has been perverted with an
ensemble which will hereafter be deplored from the
bitter lessons which it will teach." In the course
of his pamphlet the Marquis argues that the con-
duct of the Princes of the present day will hasten
the time when European society will be ruled
under a new form. I must not omit to state
that the great panacea to avert all the lugubrious
anticipations of the Marquis is a close alliance with
Russia and Austria. A crusade (against all the rest
of the world I suppose) is the only thing that can
save monarchy in Europe. Such is the remedy of
this well-known champion of Legitimacy.
The new Pontifical money, coined in pursuance
of the recent monetary convention, has just made its
appearance at the bankers in Paris. The lira, or
franc, is about the size and weight of a French
franc. On one„sjilgisit
fl Dl fl--,1864 ;" and round
the portrait of Pius the Ninth, surrounded with the
legend, " Pius IX. Pont. Max. An. XXI." It is a
handsome-looking coin.
We have decidedly drifted into bad weather again.
The morning was very wet, windy, and miserable,
and there was little improvement in the afternoon.
It has been like a day late in October.
One very interesting feature of the Great Exhi-

bition will be a vast edifice devoted to all that ap•
pertains to religious art and construction. This
building will occupy 875 square metres. It will
have three naves. There will be two extensive
chapels, and it will be lighted by 40 apertures, the
whole forming a splendid exbibition of painted glass
of various styles. Indeed, it will comprise speci-
mens of every ornament and adjunct connected
with Roman Catholic worship. Altars, pulpits,
statues, confessionals, sacerdotal clothing, organs,
mural paintings, stained glass, each of these com-
ponents requisite to a religious edifice, and many
more, will be here exhibited in a building calculated
to excite admiration and increase religious venera-
tion. M. Marechal, the eminent painter upon glass.
is charged with the arrangements, and is engaged in
carrying them into execution.

Rather a malicious trick was played the other
day upon the bell-ringer of a commune near
Yvetot. He and some friends had been carousing
in a cafe, on the evening of the fete of the com-
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mune, and the proprietor could not get rid of them.
lie therefore went to bed, taking the precaution,
however, of making the clock advance four hours.
Thus at two in the morning the clock struck six.
The bell-ringer—albeit a little under the influence
of alcohol—jumped up in a great hurry, ran to the
church and rang the Angelus peal, as he is accus-
tomed to do every morning at six. The inhabitants
of the commune woke up in alarm, fearing that
there was a fire or some calamity. Some went to
the church, where the bell-ringer was still pealing
away energetically, and he was soon able to ex-
plain the Kistake, particularly as the proprietor of
the cafe volunteered to tell the bell-ringer why he
had put on the clock.

The most extensive failure which ever took place
at Marseilles has just cccurred in that city. It is
that of M. Etneseus, the head of the great sugar
refinery of St. Louis. The amount involved is at
least 13 millions of francs. M. Emeseus has taken
flight, but one of his partners was taken into cus-
tody. He has, however, been liberated on bail.
A letter from Cherbourg speaks of the continued
animation at that port. The fourteen transports,

long in preparation, are ready for sea. They aro
the Gavonne, the Girarde, the Durance, the Calva-
dos, the Nievre, and the Avegnon. It is said they
will proceed to Vera Cruiz next month, to bring
back the French expeditionary corps from Mexico.
There are two Russian vessels in the roads—the
frigate Osliaba and the corvette Vitias. The Os-
liaba carries the flag of Admiral Possicff, and has

,he Czarewitz Alexis on board. These vessels came

from the Azores, and made the voyage in seven
days. Three other Russian vessels of war were ex-
pected, and also a Danish frigate.
The outline of the building for the great Exhibi-
tion may be said to be finished. The grand gallery
has now a remarkable effect. It is 30 metres wido
and 25 metres in length. The machine gallery is
supported by 175 iron pillars, 26 metres high, and
each weighing 11,700 kilogrammes. If the weight of
the brick covering be added the weight of this gal-

lery alone will be 2,027,500 kilogrammes of iron.
Besides the fairy-like Egyptian palace, various con-
structions are being proceeded with rapidly iu the
Park. They include a church, the Imperial pavi-
lion, the international club, the building of the
society for the succour of the wounded of all nations
on the field of battle, a cowhousc in the Brittany
style, the horticultural exhibition, an international
theatre, and several other buildings.
Madame Bestall and her three young girls are the
" observed of all observers." They are the object
of all sorts of complimentary visitations. Even
poetry is made subservient to the ovations to them.
Here is a verse written by a poet of the quarter to
their honour :

"D'uno heureuso feconditC
Quills temoignages efficaces !
Quo nous apprend l'autiquite ?
V6nus est mere des truis Graces."
Decidedly ii a saris family three beads are better