The Sun. — 1868-08-28 (London, England)

CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS.  2FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) p-7 PARIS, THURSDAY, August 27.  The visit of the Count and Countess of Girgenti still occupies the attention of the ingenious. Driven to despair by the lack of greater problems, the Presse believes that Rome is to be the object of this interview, and that an unexpected solution of the Franco-Roman question may be loolced for. The Count de Girgenti is certainly the brother of the Ex-King of Naples, but then the Countess is the daughter of the Queen of Spain. Here is an admirable opportunity of a see-saw for the numerous politicians who rely upon their imagination for their facts. Those who reject the Rome theory insist that the Empress of the French would like to hear from the daught, r of the Queen of Spain respecting the events which are cc ur ing, or may occur, in the benighted peninsula. This is much more yraisemblable than the first theory. As to the Emperor, it is pretty certain that the statement of the Figaro is correct, and that there will be no interview between his Imperial Majesty and the Queen of Spain at Biarritz. By the influence of the colonel of the 83rd Regiment an inquiry has been made into the events which transpired at Nimes on the 29th of July, when a private meeting was interrupted by the police with several soldiers. It was reported that M. Lanier was struck and wounded by a lieutenant who has since been made a captain. The inquiry shews that M. Lanier was wounded by a bayonet thrust from a soldier, and that the lieutenant was behind. It is said that M. Lanier suffers much from the effects of hi 4 wound. But still worse remains to be told. The father of M. Lanier was so excited when his wounded son wail, brought to him that he died in four days from tiff nervous shock which he experienced. -More than fifty thousand persons were present at the funeral. Must we estimate amongst the merciful " dispensation; of Providence," to use Mr. Disraeli's phrase, that villany can never restrain itself within due bounds? A young dealer in jewels here established himself in business, and. was enabled to obtain unlimited credit on account of his being the nephew of a rich and highly esteemed merchant. To obtain jewels wholesale on the security of his signature, and dispose of them to the public for cash, was a highly lucrative business, and it is not surprising that the young trader prospered exceedingly for a while. The species of fraud which consists in obtaining goods without paying for them is not original, but it is profitable and safe. But our young friend could not stop here. One day he became possessed, on credit, of diamonds Ep the value of £14,000, and the temptation proved too great. Ile could not wait for the tedious process of realisation by trade, so he left his business behind him and decamped with the diamonds. When " wanted" he was abroad. Whether the defaulter can be captured, or whether the sale of the diamonds can be prevented, is a problem for the police ; but the boundary within which fraud is safe has been overstepped, and the " respectable trader " is now a criminal. Does not the difference between the crime and the prelude appear remarkably small? The opening of the Councils-General has been attended with few features of interest. They are presided over by some of the foremost Ministers, but the "utterances" so far have not been remarkable. The presidents have generally confined themselves to the stereotype routine of the harvest, the glorious success of the loan, and some Delphian predictions on the question of peace or war. The three forthcoming elections in the Var, the Nibvre, and the Moselle departments are looked forward to with extreme interest after the result of the Jura. The candidates have all been chosen, and are now vis-d-ris, but there are no means of estimating the results. The sale of the Figaro in the streets has been stopped— why, I cannot learn. This is the only press event of the week, so that the journalists consider themselves very mildly treated so far. Moreover MM. Pinard and Baroche have been summoned to Fontainebleau, and this is construed as an indication that the rigour of the press prosecutions is to be abated.  A dreadful crime has taken place at St. Denis. An old man of 73 years, with his woman-servant, aged nearly 50, have been murdered by a workman under circumstances of great barbarity. The murderer committed suicide on the spot.