The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-28 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, MONDAY, July 274
The report that the Government intended to suppress
he seratin de ballottage at the elections to the Corps
'a6gislatif is so positively denied by the official journals
hat I have no alternative but to believe that it is untrue,
Emperor's Ministers possess a tolerable capacity for
.hinge of purpose and sentiment, but they would hardly
'enture to term a report " absolutely false " (which is the
xpression used by the Con,stitutionnel) and, then practically
'erify it. I need hardly remind your readers that the
Change would have the effect of ensuring the election of a
tandidate by a simple majority, and would greatly in-
:rease the chances of the present Imperialist majority being
iustained.

I have heard on good authority that there is no prospect
whatever of the elections coming off this year. It is even
announced that there will be a short session in November
and December. 'I he elections are counted upon for next
Nlarch. This statement has the confirmation of the
Epoque, whatever that may be worth.
The astronomers would lose their occupation were it not
for the great catastrophe which is supposed to have scat-
tered the numerous fragmentary and irregular planets
which revolve between Mars and Jupiter. At the last
sitting of the Academy of Sciences a letter was read,
announcing the discovery of the hundredth, small planet of the
Juno and Pallas class. The discovery was made on the
[Bth inst. by M. Coggia, at the Marseilles Observatory.
With all due respect to the men of science, are they sure
there is no danger of some of these fragments being
discovered more than once ?

It has been freely reported that the French translation
of the Prussian report on the war of 1866 was published
for the express purpose of creating ill feeling between
Prussia and Italy. This is difficult to decide; but there
can be no doubt whatever of the effect of the controversy
which General La Marmora has so imprudently opened.
The publication of Count Usedom's despatch proved, I
fancy, that the Prussians were as rash as the Italians
were ineffective. Apart, however, from all contro-
versy as to the merits of the argument on each
side, I believe that there is very little chance,
even if there be any requirement, for another alliance
between the two countries. A small pamphlet, which is
exciting great attention, has just appeared at Florence. It
is marked by extraordinary precision of detail, and by many
is attributed to General La Marmora himself. It throws
the blame of Custozza entirely upon the King, in assigning
the second in command only to La Marmora. The two
generals who commanded the first and sth corps de arm&
are also inculpated. The first, it says, made a mistake of
route, and the other, knowingly, altered the plan of attaci'
which had been assigned to him.
Several meetings which have roused the suspicions of
the police have, it is believed, been held in some of the
wine-shops in the district of Mont Parnasse.
Another village has been burned down. A fire broke
out on Friday in the village of Dalmaz, in the department
of Haute-Savoie. Everything had vanished, say the
Papers, " in a quarter of an hour."
M. D— is a merchant in a northern department. A
few days ago his wife disappeared from the conjugal
domicile, and was nowhere to be found. Beyond doubt,
thought the husband, she has gone to Paris ; and with-
out delay he set off to the centre of French dissipation.
At Paris his difficulties did not diminish. He lost
fifteen days in vain searches, to the great detriment of his
business. At length he received intelligence that Madame
D had taken up her quarters at a certain hotel.
Disguised as a journeyman mason, he watched the hotel in
question, and speedily experienced the lively satisfaction of
finding that his wife was really there, and of seeing her
go out several times with a young man. To frustrate
the destroyer of his peace, the aggrieved husband applied
to the police commissioner, and by his assistance
penetrated to the apartment of the faithless
fair at one o'clock in the morning. The sudden
apparition of three men -- the husband, whom she
lid not recognise, and two police officers naturally
startled the erring matron, and the usual result followed.
The scream brought out in haste from the neighbouring
bedroom the young man whom the betrayed merchant
considered the source of all his woes. Grand tableau.
The unmitigated villain was pointed out as the
accomplice, and the police agent explained the
object of his visit. The U.V., however, speedily
put a new face upon affairs. Madame D— was
his mother ! It appears that the lady was a widow when
she assumed the cognomen of D—, and had a son, whose
existence she kept a profound secret. She had resolved to
come and live with her son at Paris, and she had
the more readily decided upon that course because
D— himself was frequently absent from
home and could give no satisfactory reasons. She sus-
pected an intrigue. " Ah, " cried the enraptured hus-
band, " let us not deceive each other. I have a daughter
whom I kept concealed, and my absence was caused by
visiting her!" The police agents quitted the happy
scene. Here is a story which passes current in Paris for
fact. Many a play, nay, many a novel, has been con-
structed on less foundation.

THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY.