The Sun. — 1866-01-19 (London, England)

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.  FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)  PARIS, Thursday Evening. General Prim is not caught yet, but, on the contary, he has effected what it was said was impossible—he and his followers have crossed the Guadiana, and have been able to reach Zalamea, a small village dear the frontiers of Portugal, at the foot of the mountains which separate Estremadura from Andalusia. The )lloniteur publishes a notice to intending French exhibitors at the Great Exhibition, in which it is stated that some portions of the Palace will be ready to receive products from and after the 15th June next.  In the absence of any real information in regard to the insurrection in Spain, I may state that according to a letter from Madrid, the committee of the Senate appointed to report on the demand for bringing General Prim to trial on the charge of sedition has decided that it will first be requisite to have a conference with the Ministers upon the subject. Three opinions were prevalent amongst the committee. Some of the members of it propose that Prim should be summoned before a Council of War. Other members say it will be better to have him tried by the Senate, of which body he is a member also. General Pavia, on the other hand, demands that General Prim should be tried by a Council of War, but says there is no need of any permission from the Senate for this purpose, as the law is the same for all military men, no matter what their rank or station. Reports are published of another trial for murder and robbery. It took place before the Court of Assize of the Alpes Maritimes. The accused is a farm labourer named Icard, 24 years of age. The crime is alleged to have been committed on the 21st of March last year, in the environs of Nioe. The prisoner on that day broke into the house of an old man and his wife, named Gastaud, during their ab' Bence, and stole from a drawer one hundred and sixty francs in gold. Just as he was about to leave the house, however, he was met in the passage by the old lady on her return. The prisoner drew a dagger from his coat and stabbed her with it about the head until she died. Suspicion having fallen upon the prisoner, a search was made at his lodgings, where a coat and trousers, stained with blood, were found. When the police put some questions to the prisoner, he at once admitted that he was guilty, and, indeed, told them where he had hidden the weapon. Blood was found upon it. The prisoner's counsel argued that he was insane. The plea prevailed to a certain extent, for the jury found the prisoner guilty, but with " extenuating circumstances," and he was sentenced to hard labour for life.  A duel has taken place between M. Henri Rochefort and Prince Achille Oarat. The seconds of M. Rochefort were M. Taxile Delord, a newspaper writer, and M. Plumbete, manager of the Theatre du Palais Royal. The seconds of the Prince were M. Jerome Napoleon Patterson and M. Antonio de Ezpelata. The challenge was given by the Prince in consequence of an article in the Figaro throwing ridicule upon some letters written by him, which were produced in a recent horse-case concerning Mdlle. Cova Pearl. The duel was with swords. A mutually vigorous attack took place. M. Rochefort wounded the Prince in the breast, and the latter also gave a slight wound to M. Rochefort upon the hip. Upon this the seconds interfered, and thus the matter ended.  It is stated that a broker in the Rue de la Madeleine has made a discovery which will form an epoch in the history of the fine arts. This discovery is no less than this :—Among his dirty old pictures he has found a painting of the Virgin, the undoubted work of Corrcggio. Amateurs are of opinion that the painting embodies in a high degree the qualities of that great master. The Siecle to-day draws a curious contrast between the English Government and that of Spain. It says—" The most grave fact of the day is the placing in a state of siege the city and county of Dublin. That an oscillating and threatened Government like that of Isabella 11. should adopt at the first alarm exceptional measures is not surprising, but that the Cabinet of St. James's, in a constitutional country, should resolve to proclaim a state of Beige, gives reason to suppose that the situation of Ireland is alarming."  The Monitour_of this evening states that in spite