The Sun. — 1869-10-01 (London, England)

PARIS CORRESPONDENCE.  pltrßSDat  Another MinisteriarCouneilivai had —yesierday at SI Cloud, under the presidency of the Emperor, which lasted two hours and a half. Nothing was, however, decided respecting the convocation of the Chambers. That important point is, it is said, to be settled on Saturday, when another council is to be held after the return of MX Magne and de Chasseloup Laubat. All is expectation, therefore, as to the result. I understand that it is likely an early day in November will be fixed for the opening. It is much to be hoped that the Government will fix some definite date, and so put an end to that restless anxiety and excitement which prevails everywhere on the subject. The Public affirms that as yet neither the President of the Senate nor of the Corps Legislatif has received an invitation to attend the Council. Meanwhile the paper warfare still goes on. M. de Kdratry has replied to M. de Jouvenel through the columns of the Siecle, declaring that, in his opinion, France would commit national suicide by preserving silence at this crisis. He has, he says, been threatened by the gendarmerie should he carry out his programme of the 20th. M. Ernest Picard has published a letter in the Electeur Libre, in which he declares that although M. de Keratry's proposal may not be universally approved, it responds to the public feeling. He wishes for his own part that his colleagues of all parties should assemble in Paris before the 20th, and concert some definite plan of action. The Left will not, it is said, support the movement of M. de Kdratry.  The Tresie announces that the Government is busy preparing a Senatur-Consultum regarding the municipal nominations. It will suppress the 57th article of the Constitution of January, 1852, which provides that the Mayors shall be nominated by the Executive, and may be chosen outside the municipal council. The Government will, however, reserve to itself the nomination of the mayors of towns whose population exceeds 10,000. If this be true, it will be a step in the right direction. There is a succession of horrors just now, and the Parisian world had scarcely realised the full details of the Bordeairx calamity when their attention was excited by a catastrophe in their own vicinity. Last night at eleven o'clock the Hippodrome was destroyed by fire. No lives were lost on the occasion, and no one was seriously injured, but the fire presented the most alarming appearance to the throng of spectators. Half-an-hour sufficed to convert the building into a heap of ruins. In that part whore the fire raged with the greatest fury all the surrounding buildings were enveloped in flames, and it seemed to the lookers-on as if the whole town was about to be destroyed. The violence of the fire may be appreciated by the fact that it was not entirely extinguished until halfpast eight o'clock this morring. The wind was unfortunately very high, and this must account for the amazing rapidity with which the flames spread and engulphed the immense amphitheatre of 18,000 metres. It is said that three horses were burned. The flames which rose from the fire were so clear that on the hills of Chaumont people were able to read by their light, and the firemen came from all the surrounding environs directed by the brilliancy of the conflagration. The Pantin murder has created the most extraordinary excitement, and it seems to be the chief topic of interest in all quarters. During the last few days the employds of the Stamp Office have been almost exclusively occupied by the stamping of the Figaro and the Gaulois. These journals have given the most complete details of the crime at Pantin, and their sale has consequently increased at an extraordinary rate.  AIVFUL CALAMITY Al