OUR CONTINENTAL LETTER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume V, Issue 1309, 27 January 1868, Page 4

OUR CONTINENTAL LETTER.

(FaOU ODlt OV7X CORESSroXDENT.) Paris, November £G, 1557. The F.mp'.-nx's spsecb. is now the leading topic of discussion; everyone is Benkiiiß to construe it-icaro-fullv weighed vet mrscerions sentences according to Li«o»n peenlf-r vi«>« of th«.n. and truly there ifuli °cc".o t« l> t-ii.t, for tho orali-m contains a hiile of overvtbiiir, und'y.-J nothing Mi it anything can be made of'W What is the mmte.r plotting? D.-OS ho m".m war or peace? Will he recall his troop* from R.i.ne. or will he rttu-n them thero iu-iefi'.iitely ? Will ho vis , * the big fight with Itulv and p.-u«iii—for it is that both n»tion< will' oppose Israi at once —)r will ho (jet tho lukewarm Consri",* anyhow together, and abiilo by their quiet vtrilict ? H:'is ho sufli:i>nt eanfidnnc-j in his cJiasscpot to set all at d.fimcn? Kvents alone must the question; maanwhilo the. ■rreatest disgust prcvaQs and tlio future looms not brightly. Oaribalui is still a prisOTier—if that term can be applied to the caaifortabie quarters t'..,i Kin' of Italy poiitelv ii-.i : .:!!.B upon lii-; nccupyin"— tho bugbe.'ir o'f hia l!ii|>i?ii-il r.-aiiy to be rulrased and fo'.lovrcd (jiothiipj t> victory, that's the rub,) by tsna of th'>i!--3i(!s :>i will'iig hi'h-rs. Italy, it is rertain, has thoroughly ii-ido up her aiin.i to iieknow--leda:e no other eipiiil than riomc, and to obtain her end will risk her without, hesitation. 7ho qu:slion natira'ly ft""'! , , is thrrs liny v.nco'sity for thu fea:ful tii.il? The lOinpsror wh brara und wi*e enough to from !Hcs.;eo, why not nia':a a:iothsr s:ic:'iQ-f> :uv:l givu up Homo to the i-omans? It is mach t.-> bs feared'that Napoleon In? set his amour prnprc on this pjint, and will yield only to force, d..-s;.i;o the declared opprsiiion uf the nvijority of his suhjeoti ; nnd if so, w.ir lumt coma, and liod defend the right! Thj Pope," if k!i.i' wb are told i-. tru?, is now plvin' all' his attention to the orjrimization nai '•n:re.-T>n of his nnny, and takes inoro in'erest in so tlian in ttuJyiog the welfare of his Church nudtho maintenance of her spiritual rights. lie should understand that he must yield to the forci of events, ct'.d that there is nothing in common between his titl-3 ro respsct «3 a clergyman and tboaa of the just territorial demands o! hi» political co-reli-gionists <tnd CjUiitrjmen. Very snoi: lie or his euc£C3sOi* must give way. Why not do so, as a Christiin nt once atici of his om\ free will and gracefully ? The Italians, qui'e aa much ns the French, Aintriiins, and Spaniards, ars deeirou- of proteotiaa; him nnd supporting the Chorea uf-vrhich he i* the head ; but the former, ks a body, will novsr henceforward recognise him as a. la:ulli>r.l and. horeJitirv holder of tlieir worldly properly nnd prhihws. Lotliiin note, ere it be too late, that no dependence can be placed on the few Troops it i= in his power to rauntain, r.nd that in tho French army sow supporting him he is not upheld by France but onlj by i oais Napoleoi —one life—in-! wjieii left to its-.'lf aa uttsrlj lesj clerical nsrty. T!ie Jardin reserve of tho Exhibition closes this day, so that now all is ore.- with the «ra-id undartaking boyon.i the oleorir,;? siwav it* ront r ntj aud structure, a i-i mooted of preserving the Park, but th.ro is sm.ili likelihood of it. I.eini re:»li-eil. The spa<::« is r?e:ii:niieJ by the w i:i:ai-ter f>r tho requireroaa'sof the wn'i'M. an.l t'lf I'eturr. of the ground at tin* cess o'" tho .'xMbi'iDn wis the spechl conditi')ii nn-.ler which h-> ma'ie th^C-viccs -i"n. Unless the Emp?ror dtc:des utiiirwiso ;;• must bo returned to him. B , th ! mij, th* fcVieme after hII, or->vej a p ivint; one. nnd uhout thrfe milli-m f:':incs remain t>) be divioed am..'nr,st tho •■narantor?. No one who ■watched" the projre.'.s of the work-i ■-.-■d the bad mana«e:nent v.-.r.iiii have expected eo good a result, but it merely shows how -plendid was the ratr-nageof thepabiic, and haw willingthev were, 71 epite of e»erv dra.vbfi'kmd bad t-eatment, to commingle with all nations ani etudy tbo progress of art and industry. Although closed so short h time, the buildincr is alreaiy emptied of its contents ; nothing remains but a few stalis, some heavy machinery :m 1 *u h £joods as are intended for rrcDentation to thj French Go•vernment. In the l-;tfer catcTory en tors the greater portion of the Indian tral Austral-tin ejection. Our colonies have been very g->:ierom in t':.i3 reeoect, and it does them honor. Their gifts are well bostowei, and will be properly aopreciated. Nearly every one who has visited Paris lhis season will remember Bill's restaurant on t:ie Boulevard des Gapucinea; it may interest susii to mention that a serious fire occurred there yesterday morning and destroyed property to Ibe amount of 15,000 francs. It is reported that tho proprietor wa3 not insured. A fire ia of such rare occurrence in Paris tint walook upon it SB quite .in event. Duelling continues to be the order of the day, especially literary men, but i'ortunateljdeath rarely occurs. The fir.it bload, in most instances is all that limar (?) requires, and the arm is usually the contributor. The love of dolls 13 still increasing in Paris, an 3 a new Theatre de% marionettes i* b«mig Viuilt on the Boulevard du Priore .Eugene oa a settle of great magnificence. Thero is very little to announce in the theitrical world here further than that Offenbick's opera of "Eobinson Crusoe" is promised for ri.e 29th of this mnulh, and that Ccndritlon U 10 bo supplanted by Acs Voyager de Gulliver at the Chatelet.