The Sun. — 1867-10-17 (London, England)

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.  (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)  PARIS, Wednesday Evening.  The Emperor, Empress, and the Imperial Prince, who left Biarritz yesterday (as I informed you would be the case), arrived at the Palace of St. Cloud this morning about two o'clock in perfect health.  All the Paris papers publish a telegram from Florence to-day announcing that a great victory bad been obtained by the Garibaldians over the Papal troops at Nerola. This pretended victory is only an inflated re-hash of the encounter to which I alluded yesterday, and which occurred at Monte Librette, near Nerola. The real facts are these. On Sunday ninety soldiers belonging to the Italian army made a daring attack upon the Garibaldians, who blocked the route of Monte Libiti, and re-occupied the town. The Garibaldians, however, obtained considerable reinforcements, and before this unequal force the Pontifical troops were compelled to retire with only 10 men wounded, but they also took several prisoners from the Garibaldians. The loss of the Garibaldians was considerable, and the report at Florence was that Menotti Garibaldi had been severely wounded. The result cf what is heralded by the telegraph as a great Garibaldian victory was that the insurgents thought it prudent to evacuate MonteLibrette, and even I'olvatera, and the Roman troops are now in undisputed possession of both these localities. The papers favourable to the insurgents pretend that Colonel Aeserbi, who commands these forces in the province of Viterbo, has managed to rally 3,000 men to support him. The Pope has traversed a part of the city of Rome on foot, and was well received. The old story is revived of numerous arrests at Rome.  The Pope's Nuncio has had an interview with the Marquis de Moustier, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and remitted to him a copy of the circular of Cardinal Antonelli, to which I have already referred.  Garibaldi, we are now told, has not escaped from Caprera, but remains there out of danger. He, however, issues numerous proclamations: which betray great want of purpose. A copy of one of the proclamations, which I have seen, does not say a word about marching upon Rome to " destroy the monster," but the terms of it almost justify the idea that one of his points is now to foment a Republican movement. There was a•Cabinet Council to-day at St. Chad, at which the Empress was present. The anniversary Mass for the repose of the soul of Queen Marie Antoinette took place this morning at the expiatory chapel in the Rue d'Anjou, St. Honore.  Another suicide has taken place from the column of the Place Vendome. This morning a young man precipitated himself from the monument. He breathed when taken to the shop of M. Gallois, the apothecary at the corner of the Rue St. Honors, but he only survived a few minutes. The body was identified by some papers found in the pocket of the young man, and it was carried to his mother's residence, Rue Richelieu, No. 73. The fatal act is said to have arisen from a disappointment is love. An important section of the Orleans Railway, that from Rochefort to Angouleme by Cognac, was opened yesterday with great ceremony. The Minister of Public Works, M. Forcade de la Roquette, presided at the ceremonial, which was attended by the Bishops of Angouleme and La Rochelle,. The Bishop of Angouleme made an eloquent and remarkable speech upon the occasion. The succeeding banquet went off with great eclat. It is finally arranged that the marriage of the King of Greece with the Grand Duchess Olga, daughter of the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, will take place on the 23d inst. After the fetes the newly-married King and Queen will return to Athens.  It has been reported that the ship Algerienne has been lost in a violent storm near Bougie. No information of such a catastrophe has been received at the Ministry of Marine.  The weather has been again warm and agreeable to-day, and the indications of more storms have passed away. The evening papers abound with inventions and lies about Garibaldian successes.  2E