CONTINENTAL NEWS.

Press, Volume XVI, Issue 2191, 27 April 1870, Page 2

CONTINENTAL NEWS.

[FEOM OUa OWN COBEBSPONDKNT J Pabis, February 2G, IS7O. The Ministem, by an almost unanimous vote of the Chamber, have got a new lease of life and a freeh start. Thie indemnity absolves them from the delay in carrying out thi'ir reforms, tergiversations, their arbitrary arrrete of editors, their Draconian preee proaecutions, and their illegal suppression of public meetings. The Cabinet has a Chamber —not the faithful reflex of the nation, 'tis true, nor united by common sympathies, but kept in the leach by the threat of dissolution ; it has the chief of the State more than ever anxious and willing to approve of the repeal of all that is obnoxious and irritating in the Constitution ; it assures ue calm reigns everywhere in Europe, and nowhere more co than in France. ITow'e the day and now's tho hour for Ministers to apply to existing abu*oe the .Napoleonio maxim," strike quickly, and strike strong." M. Daru, the Foreign Minister, who so ably read the Ministerial bill of faro, assures us the Cabinet is harmonious and cemente3, and to strike down one member is to strike all. From Ollivier'a chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike. By tho fruits tlio Cabinet will be judged. Only lot the chief of ib (Ollivier) bo to himself true —be the honest man he claims to be —and lie will succeed in giving Franco re.*t, a atable Government, free institutions, and accomplish that peace which revolutions cannot give. He must eschew alike the fears of the brave and the follies of the wise—be just, and fear not. The nation desires no barricades, no Eocheforts —it wishes to live and let live, to have peace on earth and goodwill towards men. The arrest of Don Carlos at Lyons by the French police, and his forced return to Genera, may be said to end his projects of the invasion of Spain. He cannot cross the French frontier—although the Pyrenees no longer exist—and tho Portuguese Government forbid a raid from its territory. Aβ hid relative, the Duke of ilodena, has money enough and to spare, the only chance left is a descent on the coast. Spain does not want the Don, and it is equally difficult to know what are her desires. The position of the Peninsula defies all calculation and conjecture. France reduces this year her contingent by 10,000 men. This may have the effect of inducing Alexander of Russia to follow suit; and as Austria is only too willing to join the Holy Alliance of peace, Prussia would b« forced to "cave in," and thus necessitate v tranquil carrying out of the Treaty of Prague. Rome i> not like " a little heaven below." Never was such strife witnessed in any Church. His Holiness is determined to carrj the personal infallibility question, even if necessary by a coup d'Eglise. Tho French and Q-erman bishops thwart tho Pontiff by their refusal to accept the new dogma in the "swallow it dog" etyle. If proclaimed, this new article of faith—bo necessary to salvation as we are assured—will alienate the laity of France from 'Rome, nevor firmly attached at any time. It may be the beginning of the, end, as the occupation of Home by the French troops is booked for an early day'e discussion. The economic fit ia at present on the French, and they do not desire to expend money on Popes or Kaisers, by converting their eoldiera into policemen. The " 24th " passed off tranquilly. It was the anniversary of the '48 Revolution. The .Republicans mado no display, except Arago, who, in the Corps Legislatiff, alluded to the day, as one of hope, adding that no one ever dreamt of " observing as a fete, the 2nd of December, 1851,"—the Coup d'Etat. Thie was all the picrate of potash exploded. The second state b&ll at the Tuileries, came off on Wednesday, and was attended by 3000 persons. The Emperor entered the halls of dazzling light at ten o'clock, having the Princess Clotilde on his arm, the Empress having for Cavalier the Archduke uncle o f the Emperor of Austria, who looked very magnificent in hie splendid white uniform. At half-past eleven their Majesties retired to the supper room, each Ambassador selecting a pretty girl to accompany him to that sanctum of privilege, the Turkish Ambastedor,

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There w 9g) fco^ 03 ' great gathering of poor Jew», w },o < ! their and tore their hair" , lerfttlitiih grief. ~" tlu « The uueipccted death of Mr has brought matters Chinese to th»l . So far ns France is concerned hie n*^'"' , hod no praoticnl eonoluiion—NupoiwliJ' , eiaotlv Beo the sdvantagoi of hit rJS For tho Parisian, the Eml.« 7 „,* s.ry—a new thing—ioon mod up Hrory one vrent to eoe the Oeleitiil, « the. curious do rtu S noinont, to » C c if the rcjireiPinatiTe of the decreed Ambana. dor in Pans lit. put on white mourning rob« trance pndes herself on having m> poor lW but she has her poor alwejj w i t |, her to ' whom relief v carried by the nawd apoetlee of chanty— the clergy and the Si«ter», as well ac by rolunteer rehering offioen. There nro in Paris eeTerul hospicee where the aged poor are succoured. The funds for the maintcnunco of theee eatablithments ar<». railed by taxing with 10 per cent the receipts of tho theatroe, and other places of abatement in proportion. Manngere hare for yoarj rebelled againet the nightly carrying off of thi» tenth part of what they poneaie4, and haro ' " etruck "—decline to pay the poon' rate any longer, and double-lock their cash boxes, It wae the First Napoleon who decreed the tax —formerly the clergy , collected the rates from the artistes, whilo damning thorn at tho ' same time. The tax, after all, cornea out of the pocket* of the public It has never pre- \ vented any one from going to a theatre, nor has it been the cause of managers' bankruptcy —the most common of all " spectacles," , A Prince and Prinoesi—end Parie isfuH of them—very wealthy, a trait less common, and both young, were married four months ago; when the husband returned from his club, after dropping a considerable aiaovmt of money at baccarat—when pain and SMfliih wrung the brow—his wife proved B seibiV angel, by shying lamps, lustrci, and such knick-knacks, at his head. His Highness has applied for a separation, and his "hdje fair " warmly aupporte it. Tho most mi?e<rabl* olasa of men in Frase?, in 1 ahovo all in P.irie, are the apotftec6n*B> Not tlnit sharp misery has worn them to tha bones, or th»t their ihope contain but a bf>gs;irly arvount of empty boxes— thereia a memento mori expression in their features perpetually, contrasting e&dlv , and strangely with tho gfij and hilarious public. Bvea dflfing revolutionary times, when their ihoss are per* mitre.l to remain open all night, they Wβ M melancholy as mute*. Yet this grave elesi U also about adopting tho "tha order of tho day"—"a strike." It appears the law only allows apothecaries of the " first class" to hare their abiding city in Paris—the holder! of second class licences must keep outside tha walls—what eonte of them have not doss, but pitched their tents inside — Mns ilks lacrimce. The misery of Paris is represented by 101,570 individuals, of whom 40.000 are heads of families—the population of the city being under two millions. The average r&te of public assistance given to this number of poo? is one centime per day —the tenth part of s farthing, the flre hundreth part of a do'Jtr! Among the list of this crowd of vrretabedneas figure 4 apothecaries, 10 liiteratewe, 1 doctor, 1 dancine master, and 10 profoeeore of lea* gimgee, 227 scavengers, 2 " sprinklers of holy water"—whom the church ought to pension— and 190 persons who have never bad any occupation— & fact that loafers ought to digest. Ho much for the mrvle sex. Among tho women, 1772 milliners, &c —11S7 nssdie women, 457 eugarcandy mannfaoturere," 10 midwiven, 23 governesses, 175 nnraM, 10S scavengers. Garoiany ciintribntee Largely ket flaxen-haired daughters to sweep Faris—*od 221 who never had any proftwion. B*» Father Hyacinth's—or rather Mr Layeon's— new journal, "La Concorde," will be brought out under tho most favorable auspices. Bμ brother! and flOTflral other profoHO» of theology will be among the contributore, rt also the Emperor's chaplain. It will be. P» organ of the new Catholic party—the OJ»W» of the future, whose seat would be m Gsui instead of Borne. Tours, flier gaj and exciting, i» & towa inhabited by many English and & few American families. ''Detached ulla*" remind you oi the environs of London. The faofc of Wβ lfigh Court of Justice sitting here on the *i*<March, to try Prince Pierr* Napoieon, be» run up prices to an outrageous height, ipe fix judges have been named, and the speciaj jury, of thirty-six me.tnb«ri» v ia course oi being drawn from among the grind juries of ihe Empire. Public opinion has g«tt>y calmed down since the Prince-shot down Victor Noir, and attempted the earns on FoufUle—friend of the decewed-W who ,B the only witneee of the crime, let i authoritiee have cited 180 witnessee. J-«« trial will cost the nation 160,000 frenejs " J course no one expects the Prince will MM" to the scaffold—he will lose his pen*«on » • matter of course, 90,000 francs a year, enu after a short imprisonment will }> e J i&a^ a He still maintains that Noir etruck hwno uw face beforo he iirod. C'est & voir. Vram-Lucas, who obtained 140,000 from M. Cbaeelee, one of the &*t tcuoWw minde in France, has been " n^ n fS fitS*. years' imprisonment, and a fine w The forged letters that he impom on v?

A nfttared Pickwickian-—copies of originals, fmSt Peter, Lazarus, Mary •TSLnder to Aristotle, love letters of STbwineM one. from Charles Martei, the j Sw« Charlemagne, Ac., have amused the : m much as those from Pascal and! eet the Academy of Sciences to £ V over the claims of tho discoverer j Afßrttitotion. The prieoner, able and inMllLnt, asserts he only exorcised lm J*! Nt to amuse like othor novelist*, and if Sβ pliiloe^ crß were deceived by his strata--81 j t vac only a greater proof of hie ability. The C<> ort nOt Bee tJje matter * n tn * e V ht, nor M- Chaielee, who bought up all the nwe as speedily as they coiild be manuwas more tranquil nor better v-wed. T },e riote dv " D ? l^e eariv P art of eonth— which by a metaphor were called tSolntion—are ac forgotten as last year's • rrjje 400 madcaps arrested are " purgfcontempt" oo^ by short periods of imand will return to their homes Eten Eochefort, in his comfortDjiwo, as luxurious life as that ther B'ratas at large—Raepail. France is ftw&re at R° c^e f°rt was not a and the Corps LegUlatif exhibits no "raotoine of hysterics at his forced abeenee. Su conitituents, too, believe he ought to Sow ffl o, * sympathy with the prolhtaire sui.by working fifteen hours a day at •JJj o f the prison trades, and netting hie five Woman Taken in Adultery" still t arm \ht stock piece at the principal theatres. "Borgia supplies a nupper of horrors, ijjjlthi opera of Chiido c Giverna, the resurrtelisa of another Juliet; jfcltbough a journal announced that the 22ad instant was observed throughout the Sited States, as the 138 th anniversary of the fatk of Washington — which ought U> diipose of the question of the GenenJ'e nurse heiog now among the living—yet Parisian Americans feted the day as theanniversary of his birth, at the Minister's. Greater crowds have been seen at former Ministerial 'receptions j yet the official world was foirlj represented, and " dancing was kept up till a late hour."