in addition to its wares and their attendants and these make no impression on the vast capacity of london while they go away as soon as they have satisfied their curiosity and ceased to attend the fair giving place to others who require no more room than they did i suspect theirs are not the only calculations which will be disappointed by the ultimate issues of the world s exhibition ths my first day in paris was sunday so after breakfast i repaired to the famous modern church of the one of the finest in europe this was the day of and by the church the spacious edifice was filled in every part though at least a thousand went out at the close of the earlier service before the attendance was fullest i was never before in a place of worship so gorgeous as this over the main altar there is a magnificent picture on the largest scale to represent the progress of civilization from christ s day to s napoleon being the central figure in the while the and the virgin mary occupy a similar position in the rear in every part the church is very richly and i pre ornamented i did not comprehend the service and cannot describe it the and the swinging of and ringing of bells the frequent appearance and disappearance of a band of dressed priests or bearing what looked like were inexplicable dumb show to me and most of them unlike any at thing i remember to have seen in american catholic churches the music was generally fine especially that of a chorus of young boys and the general bearing of the people in attendance that of reverence and interest peace be with all whatever their with all who send up holy thoughts on high but i could not bring myself to like the continual circulation of several officials throughout almost the entire service collecting rents for seats they were let very cheap and begging money for the poor of the church as a stout gross herald who preceded the loudly proclaimed i think this collection should have been taken before or after the mass there was no sermon up to one o clock when i left with nearly all the audience though there may have been one afterward i xv the future of france paris wednesday june will the french republic withstand the of its enemies is a question of importance with regard to the political future not of france only but of europe and more of the world even and stifled as the republic now is � a and blind in the toils of the � it is still a potent fact and its very name is a word of fear to the grand conspiracy of and who are intent i n pushing europe back at the point of the into the and thick darkness of the ages it is the french republic which with nightmare visions the of the russian and him to summon of his kings at and at � it is the overthrow of the french republic whether by open assault or by sinister which the attention of those and kindred throughout europe out the light and then put out the light is the general and the fact that the actual republic is reasonably moderate peaceful so far from their hostility only it can never feel safe in his exaltation so long as the jew is seen sitting at the king s gate and if france is to be a republic the and of europe would far sooner see her bloody bs at turbulent and intent on conquest than tranquil and a republic absolutely ruled by and would be far less appalling in the eyes of the privileged luxurious and idle classes of europe than one peacefully pursuing its career under the guidance of de or while in england i could not but smile at the by the press and readily as well as diffused by the fortunate classes with regard to the deplorable condition of france and the absolute necessity existing for some radical change in her government yes you get along very well with a republic in the united states where you had cheap lands a vast and fertile wilderness common schools and a general reverence for religion and order to begin with but just look at france � such was and is a very general line of argument if the french had been equally into and their hopeless state could hardly have been referred to more all this time france was as tranquil as england herself and decidedly more prosperous though annoyed and by the incessant of in her and other exalted stations to her to sway a may often seem less wealthy and prosperous than his dashing lavish neighbor france may not display so much plate on the of her and as england does but every day adds to her ability to display it while great britain and the united states have undertaken to with each other in free trade france holds fast to the principle of protection with scarcely a division in her on the subject and she is consequently in silence the wealth created by other nations the gold which mainly comes to new york in payment for goods but on that gold england has a running fast to maturity for the goods were in ram future of part bought of her and we owe her for millions worth beside but france has a similar on it for the grain supplied to england to feed the of the goods and it has hardly reached the bank of england before it is on its way to paris a great share of the golden of the of the and san now find their resting place here but what asks a say if they do is n t all commerce an exchange of must we not buy in order to sell isn t gold a 