The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-02 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, MONDAY, June 1:
The Emperor has returned, andthePrince has departed.
These are almost the only items of news to-day. The Pays
certainly asserts that three men have been arrested at
Rouen for conspiring against the life of the Emperor. This
is entirely new: if it be true, the Pays, "Journal de
I'Empire," has contrived to keep the matter to itself,
for none of the other journals that I have seen—
and I have turned over a pretty large number of them-e-
-has a word about this. Of the Imperial visit to
the Norman capital there is abundant information.
The Emperor and the Empress were to have left the
station in the Rue d'Amsterdam at eleven o'clock, but
being detained by the length of the service (it was Whit•
Sunday), they were a quarter of an hour late. However,
the engine-driver made up for lost time, and reached
Rouen by the appointed hour, 1.25 p.m., stopping at
Vernon and Saint-Pierre-Louviers on the way. At Rouen
station their Majesties were received by the official nota-
bilities of the place, and in the waiting-room the mayor
presented an address and the keys of the ancient city.
In spite of the jeremiads of M. Ponyer-Quertier,
who is deputy for Rouen, the mayor assured the Em-
peror that the trade of the city owed much to him, and
that the people desired to express their gratitude and
unalterable loyalty. To the Empress, the mayor said
that her presence " embellishes every fete, completes the
happiness of the people in their hours of prosperity,
and consoles and relieves them in their days of affliction."
(The italics are mine.) The Emperor replied by express.
ing the sympathy of the Empress and himself with the in-
dustrial and agri cultural population of the department. "We
have," he said," pitied the sufferings which have been borne
with courage, and we have applauded the efforts which you
have made to diminish their effects. You know well that I
have at heart the prosperity of this city. I will forward
with all my power the measures which should increase its
development. Now that the bad days aro passed, I hope
that a favourable era will open for the agriculture and the
industry of this rich m:ovince." Their Majesties then
drove from the station to the cathedral amid an enormous
crowd which seemed to have been gathered from
every part of Normandy. The Emperor, who was
dressed in black coat and white waistcoat, and wore
the broad ribbon of the Legion of Honour, looked dull,
dispirited, and weary. Ile leaned upon his stick in the
back of the carriage, and rarely raised his hat. The
Empress, in a mauve silk dress, and petticoat of muslin
and white lace, and mauve bonnet with a lilac flower, and
a green parasol, kept smiling and bowing every minute as
if to do away with the bad effect produced by her hus-
band's gloom. The Cardinal-Archbishop Bonnechose, sur-
rounded by his clergy, received their Majesties at the
entrance to the cathedral, and when the latter had taken
their places under the dais, the Cardinal read them an
address, which was very historical, and referred, among
other things, to the fact that the heart of Richard Cceur de
Lion lay beneath the place where the Emperor was
standing. Adverting then to the Church festival, he ex-
pressed the wish that the gifts of the Holy Spirit might
be poured upon the Imperial family, and he invited them
to offer their supplications within that venerable house of
prayer. The Emperor replied : "It is never without pro-
found emotion that the Empress and I enter these ancient
basilicas, where so many illustrious heads have bent, and
where every day the faithful find support and consolation.
The Church is the sanctuary where are maintained intact
the great principles of Christian morality which raise men
above material interests. (This, of course was a reference
to the recent debate in the Senate.) Let us, then, ally the
faith of our fathers to the sentiment of progress, and never
separate the love of God from the love of country. It is
thus that we shall be least unworthy cf the divine protec-
tion, and that we shall march with head erect in the path
of duty over all obstacles." A "Te Denm " was then
chanted. After the service their Majesties visited the
Horticultural Gardens and the Horse Show. They then
went to the Grand Pavilion and received the religious,
civil, and military authorities, and the Emperor gave the
prize of honour to a farmer who, by his excellent farming,
had succeeded in obtaining 1,200 fr. per hectare (about £l9
per acre) in twelve years. Several persons then received
the Cross of the Legion of Honour from the Emperor.
The Imperial visitors left Rouen at 4.40, having been just
three hours and a quarter in the city, and reached Paris a
little before seven.
The Emperor may well look weary just now. There is
no doubt that he is working very hard for a man who
has passed his grand climacteric. Every day he has long
interviews with Marshal Niel, the Minister of War, and
of course this fact is not lost sight of by the vigilant
watchers of every symptom of war. On the other hand,
the rumour is very general that the elections will take
place this autumn. This would imply that at all events
there will be no war this year.

La Lanterne, M. Rochefort's new paper, is likely to be a
success. The witty editor has made a great hit by
declaring his devotion to the Bonaparte dynasty, and
adding that his special admiration was for Napoleon 11.
Of course that sovereign reigned, says M. Rochefort,
_ _ _ _ _

for is not our pr;s2nt Chef de r Etat Napoleon III.? And
what a happy reign it was. I can find no traces of any
wars or foreign expeditions costing milliards, nor enor•

mons taxation, nor heavy loans. Napoleon 11. is my man.
This joke will last, you may be sure, and it is one that
the Government cannot resent, but must not the less

wince under.

Another journal is to be started here, of which great
;hinga are said. It is to be called the Universel, and

;ill- be Liberal without being invariably Oppo-
sitionist. M. Jauret, who was for six years on

the Presse, will connect himself with it. There is also
to be a new weekly paper, the Revue Politique, which will

;tike the place of, and I hope be more successful than the

defunct Benue Nationale. Its first number is to appear on
Saturday, and its literary staff comprises a large number

of well-known men.
A curious trial comes off to-morrow before the Imperial
Court, at Metz. Some time ago a chateau in the Ardennes
was purchased for the Prince of Orange, son of the King
of Holland. He now refuses to pay for it, and the vendor
has brought an action to recover the amount. The Prince
has retained M. Jules Favre.
There has just been another great picture sale, at which
some high prices were given. The works were chiefly of
the Flemish and Dutch schools. The highest sum was
£1,G40 for a Van der lleyden ; a Gabriel l\letsu fetched

000.
A Parisian, M. Adrien Scholl by name, has just been
fortunate enough to become the possessor of the person
(and purse) of Miss Irene Perkins, daughter of the great
brewer. The Paris papers, in announcing this fact, men-
tion an incident for which they must be responsible. They
iay that in the year 182.2 there was a certain huge vat
n Mr. Perkins's brewery, the beer of which had such a
delicious bouquet that everybody was asking for it, and
the vat which should have lasted a month became emptied
in a fortnight. When empty, the secret of this fine
flavour was discovered. At the bottom of the vat was a
dead negro, who had committed suicide in a fit of disap-
pointed love. " There are still," says the Petite Presse,
" thirsty souls in the Strand who speak of the negro
beer' with an air of sadness. Bordelais (the people of
Bordeaux) gossiping about the ' comet ' wine could not
assume a more melancholy air." I suppose that now-
a-days there is more spirit than body in English beer.

The Pays asserts that three men have been arrested at
Rouen on a charge of conspiring against the Emperor
Napoleon's life. The Pays is not a trustworthy authority
on most matters, but being devotedly Imperialist, and
calling itself par excellence "Journal de I'Empire," it is
scarcely likely to have spread a report of this kind with-
out some foundation. The Constitutionnel, however,
denies the statement.

The Liberte says that on the arrival of the Cretan depu-
ties at Athens, the French and English consuls with one
consent addressed energetic representations to the
Government of King George, advising it to refuse entry
into his Parliament to deputies come from a country
under the rule of the Sultan of Turkey. Taking this
advice into consideration, the Greek Government had the
prudence to elude the demands of the Cretan deputies,
lii-Tsequently have not entered the Greek Parlia•

1; Although the morning. papers still continue to receive
fetters from their special correspondents in Abyssinia,
the interest in the campaign is gradually dying away.
When the stock subject of the weather is considered to be of
such importance as to have more than a column devoted to
it, it may be taken for granted that no stirring incidents
are occurring on "the march" to deserve attention. All the
communications bear evidence of being " padded," and
the sage remark of the representative of the Herald—that
he is sure the British public must be getting heartily sick
of Abyssinia —will be agreed to without a murmur. When
"specials" have nothing to chronicle but the price of a
bottle of brandyand a box of matches,it is evident that the
" sound of strife" has disappeared.

Burying alive in India does not appear to be altogether
an extinct crime. Lepers weary of life now resort to this
means of getting out of the world. The Friend of India,
in mentioning the matter, calls attention to the difficulty
of preventing the practice. Vain are the threats of death
or imprisonment to those assisting at the ceremony, for,
seeing that the offenders are lepers, death would in many
cases be welcome, and they know that no prince would in-
troduce them into his prisons. Therefore, the practice is
unfortunately increasing, though happily but slowly. The
list for six years contains less than twelve cases. Our in-
formant suggests that lczArettos should be erected, in
which the afflicted crea'Airee world get sorn!? god of §)*toT
and coon:v(4lv° comfort,

NAVAL AND MILITARY INIELLIGENCE.

The Victoria and Albert, Royal yacht, Captain
his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, left
Portsmouth yesterday for the Baltic.
Admiral Sir T. S. Pasley, Commander-in-Chief
at Pdrtsmouth, shifted his flag yesterday from the
Victory to the Fire Queen, Staff Commander Paul,
and proceeded to the Channel Islands (calling at
Portland) on his annual inspection. During the
Admiral's absence the duties of the port will devolve
on Admiral Superintendent G. Wellesley.
The armour-plated steamship Bellerophon, Capt.
Macdonald, flagship of Rear-Admiral Ryder, second
in command of the Channel squadron, went out of
Portsmouth harbour on Saturday and anchored at
Spithead. Yesterday she received her powder and
shell, and will leave this morning for Portland,
where she will remain a few days before proceeding
to Ireland to join the Channel slaadron.
The screw steamship London, Capt. W. G. Hall,
R.N.R., arrived at Spithead on Saturday night
from Gibraltar, with 67 military invalids and time-
expired men from various regiments, also 11 sol-
diers' wives and 13 children, under the command
of Lieut. Millett, R.A., and in medical charge of
Staff Assist.-Surgeon Nash. The invalids were re-
moved to the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, and
the time-expired men disembarked at the dockyard,
to be forwarded to their respective depots. There
were also 30 passengers who proceeded to Loudon
in the ship.
The Terrible, paddlewheel steamer, went out of
Portsmouth harhouryesterday morning and anchored
at Spithead. She exchanged salutes with the Vic•
tory, flagship of Admiral Sir I'. S. Pasley.
The 97th Regiment, under the command of Col.
Gloster, left Portsmouth yesterday morning for
Farnborough, en route to Aldershot. They will be
relieved by the 67th Regiment, Col. Thomas, from
Ireland.
The officers and sappers of the Royal Engineers
at head-quarters, Chatham, have commenced their
summer course of out-door instruction in field tele-
graphy, under the direction of Captain R. H.
Stotherd, principal instructor in telegraphy at the
Royal Engineer establishment. Yesterday the
Royal Engineers were engaged in practising the
new system of military telegraphy for field ser-
vice, by means of which lines of telegraph can
be carried over a space several miles in length
in a very brief time. In order to facilitate
e waggons have been spe-
the operations two larg
cially constructed to accompany the field force, con-
taining the whole of the material and equipment
for laying down a line of telegraph and for carry-
ing on telegraphic operations from headquarters or
to the base of operations. In one of the waggons
are conveyed the whole of the batteries and appa-
ratus for communicating by telegraph, while the
second waggon is filled with several milec' length
of wire, together with telegraph posts, tools, and
other appliances to enable the sappers accom-
panying the working party to run out and fix
the wires wherever it may be found necessary to
lay down the lines. Each waggon carries a com-
plete equipment for laying down and immediately
working a line of telegraph from four miles to six

miles in length. The result of the operations which
have already been made at Chatham show that no
difficulties whatever exist, but such as can be
promptly surmounted, in laying a line of telegraph
wherever required by an army in the field.

Yesterday Major-Gen. F. Murray, commanding
the division at Chatham, inspected the detachments
of Royal Engineers and the 29th Regiment, under
orders to embark for Canada, on the general parade-
ground at Chatham Barracks. The troops will
leave the garrison to-morrow and embark at Liver-
pool ou board the mail steamer Moravian.

Yesterday No. 2 Battery 17th Brigade Royal
Artillery, numbering about 100 non-commissioned
officers and gunners, with four officers, arrived at
Gravesend from Hull, and proceeded to Dover,

where the battery is ordered to be stationed.

An order has been received at Chatham garrison
directing quarters and stabling to be provided in
the North-square, Bromptou Barracks, for four
officers, 100 non-commissioned officers and men,

aud 70 horses of B troop Royal Engineer Train,
which will arrive at head-quarters on Friday, from
Aldershott, for the purpose of going into summer
quarters. The dismounted portion of the troop,
with the women and children, will arrive at the
garrison to-day.

The C and D Batteries, 11th Brigade, Royal
Artillery, are under orders to proceed to Aldershot
to-morrow, under the command respectively of
Capt. the Hon. L. Addington and Lieut.-Colonel
Ingilby. The C Battery arrived at the Royal Ar-
tillery Barracks this day from Shorncliffe, en route
to their destination ; a troop of the Military Train
is also under orders to leave the garrison for Alder-
shott.

Yesterday morning the 3d Hussars left Houns-
low Barracks, en route for Chichester. The regi-
ment was conveyed by special train, which quitted
the Hounslow station of the London and South-
Western Company's loop line at 10.43 a.m., and
proceeded, via Clapham Junction and the Brighton
line, to Chichester.

A detachment of the 17th Lancers arrived al
,he Waterloo station of the London and South.

Western line from Brighton yesterday morning,
and left London in order to take posses-
sion of Hounslow Barracks, just vacated by
the 3d II ussars. The main strength of
the regiment, which is commanded by Colonel
Lowe, quitted Brighton shortly after seven o'clock,
and are on the march by road for Woolwich, where
the troopers will remain till Hounslow Barracks

are ready for them. Till then the regiment will be
stationed in detachments at Woolwich, Kensington,
and Hampton Court.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Staff-Commander Chas. Bow-

den, additional, to the Indus ; Staff-Commander
George B. F. Swain to the Medusa, in command ;

Staff-Commander Benjamin B. Stuart to the Indus,
for the Black Prince ; Lieut, John W. Jones to
the Rapid; and Lieut. Philip W. Mayow, to the
Eclipse.

THE PROPOSED VOLUNTEER REVIEW
IN WINDSOR PARK.

The following notice has been issued from the
War Office :

" Her Majesty the Queen having fixed the 20th
instant for the review of volunteers in Windsor
Park, commanding officers of corps which are de-
sirous of being present on the occasion are reminded
that their applications for permission to attend the
review must, if not already made, be transmitted
through the lords-lieutenant of their respective
counties in sufficient time to admit of the receipt of
the applications at this office on or before Alonday,
the Bth inst., after which date no further applica-
tions will be received.

" The troops will be formed on the review ground
at four p.m.

" Further instructions will be issued when the
number of volunteers intending to be present has
been ascertained.

' War Office, June 1."

Brorsen's Comet, which is one of the few whose
path is eliptical, and which consequently returns at
fixed intervals, in the present case of five years and
a half, had been lost sight of for some time, but
has quite recently been re-discovered by M. Tempel
at Marseilles, M. Schmidt at Athens, and M.
Bruhns at Berlin. The latter has even published
an ephemeris of its path.

A popular edition of the translation of Dante by
Philalethes (King John of Saxony) has just ap-
peared at Dresden.

EMIGRATION FROM THE MERSEY.— The monthly
mitten prepared by the Government Emigration agents at.
Liverpool shows that during May the total number of
ships sailing under the Act was—to the United States, 24
ships with 14,032 passengers ; and 8 to Canada with 4,937
passengers ; total, 32 ships and 18,969 passengers, of whom
613 were in cabins and the remainder steerage. The
steerage passengers consisted of 4,310 English, 362 Scotch,
3,190 Irish, and 11,107 foreigners. In addition to these
thero were 18 "short" ships, conveying 779 passengers, of
which 8 ships with 603 passengers were for the United
States, and 3 with 103 passengers to Victoria. Tho total
emigration for the month was, therefore, 19,748 persons
against 17,864 in May, 1867, being an increase of 1,884.

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