The Sun. — 1867-07-17 (London, England)

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.  (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Tuesday Evening. The fabricators of news and startling incidents are again at work, The Moniteur announces that the letter published by some of the journals, supposed to have been sent by the Emperor to the Emperor of Austria, respecting Maximilian, was not written by his Majesty. The affecting and romantic details, published by the Figaro relative to the execution of the Emperor Maximilian, are supposed to have been written by one of the popular French novelists, no such account having been received in France. Indeed, from the date, it was impossible that such a narrative could have been received here at the time.  Yesterday the Emperor received the addresses voted by the municipal body of Portsmouth, to congratulate his Majesty at happily escaping from the attempt of the assassin on the 9th of June. The jury, at the Court of Assize of the Seine, have made short work with the assassin. Evidence was given, but it did not disclose any new fact, and merely consisted of a recapitulation of the circumstances already known. M. Emmanuel Arago, the prisoner's counsel, made a long speech, in which, however, he did not deity the attempt. It was rather an appeal ad nasrecordiant to the sympathy of the jury. It, however, had its effect upon them. They were only in deliberation twenty minutes. They found a verdict in the affirmative upon the principal point—the attempt to murder, and upon that of premeditation—but they found " extenuating circumstances" in favour of the prisoner. The young assassin did not exhibit the slightest emotion on-hearing the verdict.  The President—M. Arago, have you anything to say respecting the punishment of the prisoner ? M. Arago—•l have only one word to say. lie is twenty.  The President—And you, Berezowski ? Berezowski made some remark, which was not heard by the reporters.  The Court retired, but in a few minutes the members of it returned, and the President pron ounced a sentence, according to which Berezowski found guilty of attempts to murder with premedit a, tion, a crime provided for by Articles 302 and 2 of the Penal Code, but in favour of whom extenuating circumstances were found, is condemned to hard labour for life.  The President—Tho case is finished, and the Session is over, gentlemen of the jury. The persons present retired with evident reluctance, and much excitement prevailed. It may not be generally known that the King of Sweden and Norway, who now visits Paris, is the son of a thorough-bred Parisian, Charles John the Fourteenth, born in Paris on the 26th of January, 1764, succeeded on the sth of February, 1818, to his adoptive father, Charles the 13th, and was crowned in Sweden on the 11th of May, 1818. His son Oscar, Charles the 15th, our present visitor, was born on the 3d of May, 1826, and was crowned at Stockholm on the 3d of May, 1860. He married the Princess Wilhelmine of Orange, daughter of Prince William Frederic of the Netherlands.  The Almanach de Paris, which is a more accurate authority than the Almanac of Saxe Gotha, says that originally Sweden was divided into several small States, and was governed by elective kings, of whom Upsala was the principal. Gustavus Wasa delivered his country from the tyranny of Christian the Second, and founded the houso of Wasa. To that succeeded the house of Deux Ponts, and subsequently Frederic de Holstein founded the house of Holstein. The present King of Sweden, who now comes to Paris to see the Exhibition, is the descendant of that monarch, who, from a poor simple soldier, became King Bernadotte of Sweden. The French have a proverb, " the first King was a fortunate soldier." The King of Wurtemburg and the Duke of Saxe Weimar aLonded Divine service on Sunday at the Protestant church in the Rue des Billettes. The Queen of Prussia also attended;Protestant worship, and has visited some of the Protestant schools of Paris.  The ex-King of Bail aria, although now 81 years old, is a man of wonderful activity and industry. Ile gets up every morn ng at five o'clock, and pursues literary or other labour until the time of his daily walk, which so metimes extends to a long distance.  At the Porchefo, ataino races on Sunday the steeplechase was won; by the Duke of Hamilton's Garus, Caprice seam ►d. The Course de Hares was won by La Sendee. The gentlemen riders' match was won by Bessie .  The Siecle, in r eferenco 0 the decision of the jury