The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-10 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

:;YRO3I OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, TUESDAY, June 9.
I judged rightly in attributing no importance to M.
Rouher's mention of " next year" when referring on Satur-
day to the elections. The Minister has been interrogated
upon this matter in the Corps L4gislatif by M. Gamier
Pagls, and in reply M. Rouher said that he meant to
say clans tin temps prochain, not Vann& prochaine; i.e.,
44-Soon" instead of next year; for the right of dissolving was
the prerogative of the Emperor. This explanation was
very little satisfactory to the Opposition, and is very little
creditable to the Government. The Chamber is retained in a
state of uncertainty in order that the Government may use
all its immense influence to prepare the way for carrying
its own candidates, the Opposition being all the while kept
in the dark.
Pinard's defence against the charge of being a "show"
Minister was very warm and angry. He Mon dieu-ed,
appealed to his past services, and waxed very indignant
at the thought that he could ever submit to hold an office
in which he was not supported by his colleagues. M.
Emile 011ivier's reply was very cool, but also very
sarcastic. He said :" I have no doubt that the Minister
is ' oratorically' true, and that he believes what he has
said. But how about the facts ? There is at least a con-
tradiction between what you say and what you do. Any-
how, unity is absent. If it exists between you and your
subordinates, it does not exist between your words and
your deeds. Make your choice."

The papers mention that Prince Napoleon, who is
travelling under the none de Voyage of Count de Meudon,
has been received by the Emperor of Austria with the
utmost empressement, The Emperor called upon his visitor
at his hotel, has given him a grand dinner, and has shown
him every attention. The Prince has had frequent inter-
views with Count Andrassy, chief of the Hungarian
Ministry. He is going not only to Pesth, but also to
Prague. It remains to be seen if he will be as well re-
ceived by the Czechs as he is sure to be by the Magyars.
He keeps up constant telegraphic communication with
the Emperor Napoleon, the despatches being of course in
cypher. The Prince's visit is not exciting so much
notice as his recent journey. Nevertheless, in Russia it is
looked upOn with great suspicion. The St. Peters-
burg Golds publishes an article so violent that the
French papers will not venture to reproduce the whole of
it. The portion which they do translate asserts that the
object of the Prince's journey is to connect the Eastern
question with the Polish, so that both may be raised at
the same time, in the hope of embarrassing Russia. The
Golds prophesies that if Austria takes any part in this
conspiracy it will be she that will suffer, and predicts
that the Austrian Empire will be broken up into two or
three fragments, and that the House of Hapsburg will fall
irretrievably.
The relations between France and Italy grow more and
more unfriendly. The Gazzetta di Torino, an influential
journal, has been seized at Paris for containing a 'violent
article against the French Government. It is even said
that the contingency of war between the two countries is
ft. 'y contemplated, and that staff officers of the French and
of the Italian army are inspecting simultaneously the
frontiers of the two countries, with an eye to hostilities.
One word more about the races. It is noticed as a
curious circumstance that of the six races which have
been run since the Grand Prix was established, three have
been won by French and three by English horses.
Vermouth, Gladiateur, and Fervacques won in '64,
65, and '67 ; The Ranger, Ceylon, and The Earl won
in '63, '66, and '6B. Only one of the six—Gladiateur—
has won the Derby or the Two Thousand Guineas.
The three English winners began their successes
by winning the Biennial Stakes at Newmarket. The
Marquis of Hastings is reported to have netted £280,000 on
Sunday, besides the prize and the stakes, which amount to
£5,00. During the race there was a tolerably hearty
quarrel between an Irish gentleman named Edgeworth
and a French gentleman named Boulay. Mr.
Edgeworth had a carriage, and M. Boulay persisted
in putting his child into it against the owner's consent.
Angry words followed, then a challenge from the French-
man to come down and fight, which was speedily accepted,
to the great discomfiture of the Gaul, who was felled by
two scientific blows from the Milesian. The crowd then
interfered, and shouting "ct Las les Anglais," attacked
the descendant of the famous writer of " Moral Tales,"
and, dragging him beneath his horses, gave him a some-
what severe punishment.
The report of the " Society of the Prince Imperial " has
just been published. This society was founded by the
Empress some seven years ago, in order to lend money to
young workpeople below 18 years of age for the purchase
of tools and other matters connected with their employ-
ments, and to afford them relief in time of sick-

ness. The association has grown rapidly, and the last
report chews that its resources are over £BO,OOO, and that
during the year ending March 31, 1868, 3,060 loans for
nearly £50,000 were male in the department of the Seine
alone. In the other departments there were loans made
to about £6,000. The income of the society is derived
from subscriptions, some of whom pay 100 f. (£4) once for
all, some 10f. a year, and from the weekly deposits of 10
centimes (about id.) from the children associates.

THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY.

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METEOROLOGICAL REPO aTS.

Extreme Sea
Wedn sday,
F. I 1
June 10, 13. T. W. Ito F, D. W 11. to
8 a.m. 12 2
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Nairn
1 1 W b. 1
3 5 W. b.rc o'o4 2
30'08r. 57 51
1:799 9593rr.• 5565 4950 .41VV. W. W.
Shields
Scarborough 30'17r. 61 56 W. 2 3 W. c.b. 2
Yarmouth 3)-22r. 58 55 E. 2 3 W. c.o. 2
Helder
Cuxhaven
Skudesnres —.—
Valentin 3l'26f. 54 49 S.S.W. 4 4 W. mco 4
Cape Clear 3O 2lf. 16 54 S.W. 2 3 S.W. c. 2
Roche's Pt 30125. 54 s') W. 2 4 W. c. 2
Holyhead
Liverpool
A rdroasan 301 Ir. 54 50 S.W. 4 4 S.W. o. c. 3
Greencastle 30'09f. 54 51 W.S.W. 4 5 W.N.W. r.c. o'o2
Penzance -
2
Plymouth - 1
Weymouth
Portsmouth 30/3r. 59 54 N.W. 1 3 W. c. 1
London
C'peGrisNez
Brest
[:Orient., 3023r. 52 50 3 3 N.W. c. 2
Rochefor 30/Ir. 69 54 N.E. 4 5 N.B. c.b. 1
Biarritz
Paris _
Strasbourg —
Lyons
Toulon
Heart's Con-
tent (6 a.m.
local time) 130'035. 54 54 S.S.W. 1 1 S.S.W. f.r. 016 2