Parisian Notes.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XV, Issue 25, 14 October 1887, Page 7

Parisian Notes.

«^ TTJ^ N mes Beemed to occur tfl e other day when the office of the New York Herald in this city was invaded by tS T police who eeized every copy of the paper they could lay their h2d? on The cause of tbeir action was the publication by the newspaper i ? n reco? nition of tbe republican fite in July, of the famous S"l?B?Zt dm," composed in honour of General Boulanger, and wMch haTS placed under the ban of the Government. It is a mere lilt aufte unworthy of the people among whom such songs? parexemp?eZ ™f h°/f 6 Tf e S W -^ P ° P , ular - A 8 a Bam P le - tQe commenS Unes may be translated without losing much in this way :— s uneß " A Minister he's ce&sed to be, But still a patriot is he ; And when the baneful hour comes round Our lot partaking he'll be found." It will be seen from this that the poetry is not of a very high order.

The refrain of "II Reviendra " has taken a tragic associationmay it prove the only one it will ever know !-from^n event renor^d with respect to the condemned murderer Pransini The^unforTunate man hes awaiting his fate in the prison of LaKoquette, and not knowing the mormng on which he may be called up Irom his bed to take

II reviendra quand le tambour battra Quand l'Etracger menae'ra ' Notre frontiere, il sera la. Xt chacun le suivra Pour cortege il aura la France entiere Boulanger that his praises should be celebrated by them

™ th An , oth^ accid f tdi splays the difference between the lay nurses living child's parents, some weeks before. It is generSlv adm tSd Jakenp?a ccce cc. the ° £ SiSterß DOBUCh ™J£^^££

and bearing as those of a true martyr.— The Church will certain!? S^ThV lrUe meat a * d if it decides tSatMarrSuart

adopted of making itself independent of the P State, or in otS word* mmmst

•nrtiiJ' £"ft • Pi : en Y er ' has Slivered a speech to a mixed audience which is praised as a statesmanlike and moderate deliver, ance. There is, nevertheless, litrle true sympathy between the plrty he represents and the Conservative partyf by which he is suppK only to avoid the lapse into extremes that must otherwise occ-uV. A great deal must be compromised to avert a triumph of the fixtremt The Congress of the Revolutionary Socialists has jusfc terminated It was a noisy and disorderly assembly. Among its resolution! were those of urging a relentless war against the Bourgeoisie in all th«S branches, and of putting an end to capitalism. in fhi £ 6W illußtratio ,V E <?» morality of the period has been afforded nffSl fCaBlf CaB lu c - Pa i ß f d *°? liceDßin g gaming-houses. The only excuse £ ,!'h V el^ IOnB l tep i 8 the needof Producing revenue! To^yT^F^tS;^ bGen IODg ac^-^edf and that The revived question of the Channel tunnel is causine some znterest here. The fears of England on the subject are wonderedTt and ridiculed. The Figaro recalls the Duke of Wellington7objectioJs £ T I he ?f/ t T^ OUofarailway^ tweenLondona^Southimpton lest it should facilitate an invasion of the metropolis. F ' i .. The Bonapartists have been banqueting, speechifying reading letters, and drmk^g toasts. The hopes of the pLty arenow ceutS on Prmce Victor N»po eon, to whom they have renewed the pledee of their unalterable fidelity They express a strong hope of brin B u2 back the empire, and, when we remember how eventful and sX! have been the fortunes of the House and of the party, we may heS as to pronouncing finally against the apparent wildnSs of tnei? GXp6Ct)&t>lODSf