The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-13 00:00:00

CO#BEFRONDENOE FROM PARIS(

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT,)

PARIS, FRIDAY, JuiiE 12.
There is 'scarcely any news to-day. The Emperor is
still at Fontainebleau, and M. Rouher holds Cabinet
Councils twice a week in his Majesty's absence. It is un-
derstood that the Emperor of Austria has finally aban-
doned his visit to Paris. Prince Napoleon's visit to
Vienna is still the chief theme of gossip. He was
to have met two of the chief Austrian generals, but
as they were away, and their sudden return might
have aroused suspicion, it is understood that he will have
an interview with them at Pesth. He goes to Prague
to-morrow, and will return to,Vienna before'going to Pesth.
He has had several interviews with Baron von Beust and
Count Andrassy, and also with Count Potocki, who repro-
Bents the Polish portion of the empire ; and this last fact
has caused considerable excitement among the Poles resi-
dent in Vienna, who firmly believe the report that the
Prince is endeavouring to get up a Franco-Prusso•Austrian
alliance in order to keep back Russian barbarism.
I recently expressed strong doubt as to the statement
respecting the improved relations between France and
Italy. It seems that I was justified in doing so. It is
stated to-day in one of the papers that these relations are
more " strained " than ever, and that General Menabrea,
the Italian Premier, is constantly urging our Government
to withdraw Baror .lalaret, and send some representative
who would be snore welcome at Florenc?.
The Government proposes to call out for 1869, 100,000
men of the class of 1868 for the recruiting of the army and
the navy. The intention, however, will be strenuously
opposed, and already an amendment has been presented
signed by Picard, Gamier Pages, Simon, Viscomte
Lanjuinais, and others.
M. Pouyer-Qiiertier means to make another Protec-
tionist demonstration when the contract for the Trans-
atlantic mails comes on for discussion.

An Italian, Della Noce by name, is said to have
invented a new rifle, more deadly than any yet discovered.
He has entered into arrangements to supply the Spanish
Government with it. The Municipal Guard of Paris is
being armed with a new rifle, not the Chassepot, but I do
not know whose invention it is.

A new vacancy has arisen in the Corps I.6gislatif by the
resignation of M. Edouard Fould through ill-health, so
Ministers will have another opportunity of testing the
feelings of the electors. At the last election their =di-
late had a large majority.
M. Berryer had a bad fall a day or two ago in the Bois
de Boulogne. I believe he was not seriously hurt, though
when one comes to his 79th year such contretemps arc
npt to be awkward. All France would lament if any-
thing serious were to happen to her distinguished advo-
cate.

I am glad to be able to give you a better account than I
gave the other day of M. Forcade. The brother of the
well-known litterateur writes on the 10th to the Temps
that since he has been placed under the care of special
attendants his health has greatly improved. He has
become more calm, has more rational ideas about his
future, is able to gossip and play billiards, no longer
offering to stake a million, remarking that that would
be a " foolish " thing, and that he would play for only
a franc.

M. Paulin-Limayrac, the late editor of the Constitu-
tionnel, recently appointed Prefect of the Department of
the Lot, has just been received at Cahors with a triumphal
procession. The new prefect was very modest under the
panegyrics and congratulations which were poured down
upon him. He declared that he was afraid he should find
his new sphere too vast for his capacities !

The Prince of Monaco has arrived in Paris " with a
numerous suite," the papers tell us. " Numerous " is, I
suppose, a comparative term, or I should infer that the
Prince had brought nearly the whole of his late subjects
with him.

The new weekly paper Tribune i 3 to appear to-night or
tomorrow morning. It is anticipated with much interest,
for its editors are two of the most distinguished members
of the Opposition, M. Pelletan and M. Glais-Bizoin.

The Times does not know what to make of the Servian
tragedy, and has a long article, the gist of which is that
unless something happens something else will. Our con-
temporary believes that there is no' chance of any con-
federation between Servia and Roumania, and that unless the
Triumvirs charged with the temporary administration of
public affairs prove equal to the task of keeping order
in the interval, it will be difficult to say on which
of Servia's powerful neighbours and patrons the care of
"saving society' may devolve. Prince Michael , was
undoubtedly an able man, for not only did he manage to
obtain virtual independence from the Sultan, but con-
trived to keep clear of the Czar. Some persons
suppose that the Prince owed his deaths to Russian
agency in consequence of Russian influence having
sustained a check in the National Assembly on
the evening before.- On the other hand, the Radano-
witch family are said to have committed the deed,
in order to avenge the dishonour of their sister, between
whom and the Prince some love passages had passed, with-
out, as it was hoped, leading to marriage. One of the
Prince's cousins, probably the one that was murdered by
his side, had taken the place of the Eadanowitch sister.
The Prince had been married, but had set aside
his wife for the same reason that the First Napoleon
set aside Josephine, and the divorced lady was living in a
convent at Faris when her husband was murdered. He
was the son of a simple shepherd, Milosch, who had raised
himself to the foremost place in the country. Prince
Michael's legal heir is a nephew, but, as he is only
nine years old, there is small chance of his succeeding to
the throne.

It is said that King William is going to Hanover, the
unfriendly feeling against the Prussians having sufficiently
subsided to render it safe for him to make the journey.
The Steele remarks. sarcastically, that the officials have
received sufficient notice of the King's visit in order to
make things pleasant for him. Caliph Haroun-al-Raschid
sent his Vizier to travel incognito, and the Sieelc suggests
that Bismarck, instead of going to Pomerania, may really
be going to Hanover secretly, in order to ascertain the real
sentiments of the population.
Letters from Berlin give details of Bismarck's illness.
He was at work all the morning of May 29, when at 2.30
p.m. be was attacked with severe pericarditis, and for
some time was in great pain. He is now better. The
King visited him at his house. A letter from Cannes
says that orders have been received to hire a house there
for the Count, who will pass next winter in that agreeable
watering-place, according to the advice of his physicians.
This sounds rather apocryphal. The winter is six months
off, and there is no knowing what will happen before then.
The Cretan deputies have insisted upon being admitted
into the Greek Parliament, and the Greek Premier has
had to give them a peremptory refusal, on the ground
that admission would compromise the relations between
Greece and Turkey. It is clear that the remonstrances of
the Great Powers have at last frightened even Greek

The Spanish Government has just given another proof
of its bad faith, which certainly was not needed. A few
weeks ago Messrs. Bischoffsheim and Goldschmidt under-
took to bring out in this country a Spanish Colonial Loan,
which was to bear the guarantee of the Spanish Home
Government. As usual, the contractors made a deposit,
which in this instance amounted £lOO,OOO. It soon appeared
that the Government had no power to give such guarantee,
and the contractors thereupon announced that they would
return the subscribers their money, with interest at the
bank rate. Of course the contractors expected to receive
back their deposit, the failure of the loan having arisen
through no fault of theirs. It is, however, stated that the
£lOO,OOO will be forfeited. We presume that there can
now be no doubt as to both the fairness and the wisdom of
the decision by which the Spanish Government is ex-
cluded from competing for capital on equal terms with
other nations.

The Imperial Review mentions one or two items of poll-
"tics,' interest. In the first place it states that the Comp-
trollership of the Household, vacated by the resignation of
Lord Royston, will be offered, in the first i nstance,toViscount
Holmesdale, M.P. for West Kent. In the event, however, of
his lordship declining the office, we believe that it will be
conferred either upon Lord Mahon or the Hon. T. De Grey.
A. strong disposition is said to exist among the independent
Liberals in the House of Commons to get rid of the bill
now introduced by the Government, with a view to facili-
tate a general election in the autumn. If the rapid pro-
gress which has been made with public business during
the last fortnight continues, the session may be
brought to a close a week or ten days earlier than has
recently been the case. The last week in July is now
considered the most likely time for the prorogation, and,
unless anything unforeseen occurs, it is improbable that
Parliament will have anything to occupy it after the Ist
of August. In connection with the second of these
announcements, it is questionable whether any "strong
disposition" really exists among independent Liberals to
emharrass the Government. Mr. Gladstone, on behalf of
the whole Liberal party, has sanctioned the bill brought
in by Ministers, and as yet no sign has been made to
oppose the second reading on Monday night.

The Law Times takes the Post to task for its attack on
Mr. Justice Blackburn in connection with the fracas in
the Court Queen's Bench. It says that a great judge
has been shamefully libelled, but happily the character
and attainments of Mr. Justice Blackburn arebeyond the
reach of., such attacks. Our legal contemporary shrinks
from sacrificing any of that judicial calmness with which
it endeavours to clothe opinions expressed in its columns,
but confesses that it never was more strongly tompte 4
4o p tjtan upon the pTesent9scasion,