The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-06 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS.

'FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, THURSDAY, Dtovember 5.

Under the improving and embellishing hand of rumour,
the difficulty between M. Rouher and Marshal Niel is
represented to be very serious. There is much, if not
conclusive, evidence that the two Ministers engaged in
something like a personal quarrel, that the , Emperor
interfered, and that they had "become frienth; again."
But it seems that Marshal Niel is not inclined to take
this view of the situation. He does not conceal the fact
that ho is in disagreement with his colleagues. He would
have been content to remain in the Cabinet provided he
might have preserved his autonomy, as it were, and remain
at the council table the opponent of peace and the
advocate of the necessity of war. But there must be some
sort of concord amongst Ministers. It is said therefore,
that Marshal Niel has again offered his resignation, but
it has been again decl:ned.
The last session of the present Corps L4gislatif is to be
a very short one. It will be opened about the 15th of
December, or a little later, and will close in March.
Then we shall have the elections. The prefects
have already been engaged in drawing up estimates
of the strength of the various parties. In this work,
which is done before every election, they seldom unneces-
sarily say anything unfavourable to the Government ; but
this time they have been compelled to announce that the
Opposition has made great advances.
A mysterious disappearance has occurred, and no
traces have been found of the lost individuals.
M. Lecoq de Boisbandrau, a young and unmarried advo-
cate, was in the habit of undertaking longpedestrian tours.
In September he started on a journey to Switzerland
and Upper Italy, and has not since been heard of. His
friends have now abandoned all hopes of again seeing him
alive. The last heard of him was on the 29th September, at
which date he left Scopello for Domo-d'Ossola; his trunk,
which had been sent on to the latter place, arrived in
safety, but the owner never appeared. On leaving
Scopello he was seen with a stranger of respectable appear.
ance, who also has not since been heard of. He may have
been murdered, or he may have perished by the inunda-
tions, though his body has not been discovered since the
waters began to recede.
A curious hunting incident happened the other day at
Anost. A deer was started, and, in some inexplicable
manner, was lost near a cottage. The huntsmen searched
for some time in vain, but, attracted by a noise in the
cottage, entered. The deer had taken refuge under a
bed, and an old woman, the grandmother of two terrified
children, was endeavouring to kill it with a crutch.
A somewhat extraordinary engagement has been made
ny Mdlle. Nilsson. An English concert society has en-
gaged this charming vocalist for a space of two months, at
the rate of two concerts a week. She is to receive £B,OOO,
one fourth to be paid in advance, besides the expenses of
herself and three persons.

A very interesting incident—l hope it is true—is related
of the jour des morts, the day when all Paris goes to pay
its annual tribute of respect to the memory of the dead.
In one of the most secluded alleys of the eastern cemetery,
a young lady, clad in black, was kneeling upon a tomb
with a wreath of imniortelles in her hand. In the
morning she had waited anxiously the departure of her
husband in order to attire herself in a black dress, wrap a
large cloak round her, and go to the cemetery. The tomb
on which she was kneeling contained the inscription
"Alfred X—, born 1840, died 1862." Notfar fromher, on
another tomb, was a middle-aged gentleman of some fifty
years. The grief of the young lady was silent, but her
neighbour loudly wept. The former got up to leave, and
in doing so her cloak brushed against the gen-
tleman. He turned round and looked up ; it
was the lady's husband ! She was young
and had been poor, but with a reputation beyond all
suspicion ; he was rich had taken compassion on her
destitute circumstances, and had married her. The
encounter was awkward. To the question respecting her
mission at the cemetry, the inscription on the tomb,
" AlfredX—, born 1840, died 1862," was thg sole answer.
Cross-examination elicited the facts that Alfred X—
had been the lady's lover, but had died before
she had seen her husband. " But what tomb,"
sho inquired in turn, " were you visiting ?" This
was a poser. The inscription above the grave which the
gentleman had come to visit was "Blanche." He was pre-
cisely in the same case as the lady. The two quitted the
cemetery, agreeing to come there that day next year.
Que la rie ne soit pas jalouse de la most I
The museum of the Louvre has been enriched by a large
wooden seat, similar to those on the public promenades.
This seat came from the Valley of the Tomb, at St.
Helena, and was that on which Napoleon wed to sit in
reverie, gazing out on the Atlantic.

THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY.