The Express.
London, England, 1868-01-14 00:00:00

WAIFS AND STRAYS FROM PARIS.

New Year's-day has come and gone at last
What pyramids of bonbons, what cartloads of
sweetmesta, what monster heaps of coined gold
have changed hands during the last few days !
New Year's day is an institution in Paris ; but an
institution in the worst, most objectionable sense of
the word ; one of those institutions which was
good, perhaps, and pretty in ita origin, but over
the moss and weeds of abuses have now
germ so thickly that the destruction of the whole
; thew Ito!ld
_be hailed as a bleaied boon by all
I L'-'"Weeinw lase-ef January is -we to a
; day towards which any one, save servants and
children, looks forward with pleasure. Without
being either stingy or niggardly people may, well

_ _ •
M. Vintry, in reply to M. Magnin, said that . such a manner as to retain, the raped, of .
government had already declared that it would - -IV— -.
P people the impression that he is a person of con-
resent a bill against the abuses of the system of hearers. He may argue badly, aqd yet produce on holese • nuisanie a dm, on whi from sunrise to
sunset they are compelled by custom—harsh, unre-
providing substitutes. siderable intellectual power But Bishbp Hopkins
. lenting custom—to distribute all sorts of costly
All the amendments proposed were rejected, and did neither one nor the other: He so shocked and ussiwitronlifese's grandmother to all saute
dniothern ot
degPesPlwe' beginningi
ithidoeen
Article 13 was adopted. Article 14, the last of the disgusted his broth ...,..._,___
brother ...net.... by his apologies or so of persons at whose table one has had the misery
bill, will come on for discussion to-morrow.
—...--- Ifor slavery, that the' clergy of Pennsylvania, of dining once or more during the twelvemonth.
At feet, that is fifty or sixty years ago, a man ex-
the bishop at their head, found it news-I
COUNT VON DER GOLTZ. Ipended fifty francs on twenty cornet, of chocolate
pAitig, JAN. 13. 1 sary, on seeing Bishop Hopldne
slavery
I pestilke or burnt almonds, and had therewith suffi-
' pamphlets used as electioneering documents, to
imeut to silence all his friends; under the bourgeois
This evening's Etendord says that on Saturday
meet in Philadelphia a few years ago, and I reign of Louis-Philippe things
morning Count Von der Goltz, the Prussian Am- never went beyond
baassdor at this court, underwent • long and pain- repudiate all participation in his opinions, and all 1 this, and every one was more or less content and
ful operation, lasting ten minutes, which has nom- responsibility for the arguments by which he de- happy; But ever since the
different fashion
of tteSide-;
pletely succeeded. The operation was effected by fended them, from the feeling, and the very just 1; !_eT Empire
the Ile
v tions of New Y 's day havev be-
Dr. Nestor, waisted by M. Kolb. The count is feeling, that they brought discredit on the church. I w""
1 eymore extensive and more expensive. Tho
stated to have been chloroformed. But his bringing discredit on the church was not ! humble paper cornet, with its little gilt flowers
A bulletin issued by the medical men, dated the worst of his performances; he brought discredit 1 and its naive coloured portrait of the celebrity of
on Christianity itself, for none of its enemies could the day, bas been exiled to the servants' hall.
this morning, announ that the patient's state
was very satisfactory. but take comfort in seeing a minister of religion as Handsome inlaid enamelled boxes are expected
'
The Emperor Napoleon, the King of Prussia, highly placed as he applauding what the vistaembroidered and figured with silver ; and no
and Count von Bismarck inquire daily after the lixed world was giving up as the sum of all villa- longer will the flaming portrait of M. Guizot, M.
ambassador's health. nisi.. Moreover,he had not the excuse the Southern Thiess, or M. Lamartine suit. There must be a
The Etendard contradicts the report that Count bishops had. He was not born and bred amongst sumptuous water-colour landscape, or first-rate
von der Ooltz was about to be superseded. slaves. His neighbours were not slaveholders. scene de genre on the lid, and the whole must not
His comfort or influence was not dependent on his cod 2t. 50c. as of yore,buttwenty, fifty, a hundred,
or five hundred francs ; the more it costs the more
- --”,. T kW. 'upholding and glorifying the system. He is Bishop
welcome will it be.
poLA, Jew. 13. lof Vermont, one of the most Northern of the i And the children, too! Think not that a pink doll
The Austrian war frigate Novara, having the • Northern States. His diocese is peopled by free , with plenty of sawdust inside will any longer do
f6lllllilll of the late Emperor Maximilian on board, ' men of the best sort, and he could never look out ; for them ; think not, oh father, to gladden thy
with the frigate Radetzki and the gunboat of his windows without seeing in the wonders which 1 offspring with a small wooden 'horse standing stiff
Velebich acting as escort, arrived here this free labour had wrought on the most unpromising on its legs, and covered with the good old red
morning. The squadron was received by the forts soil and most inclement climate in the Union I spots which delighted thee in thy youth.iv forThht
. year, the Prince Imperksl
and all the vessels in harbour, with mourning the comfort, the happiness, the order, and intelli- : arcane. real miniature steam-engine, with a real
salutes. gem* which " free society " bred and cherished. miniature tender and saloon to match ;
There was, therefore, absolutely no excuse for and a ?canine of rail, five h metres long,
his making himself the champion of • Southern has been laid down for him in the private gardens
I abuse. What kind of champion he was I can beet !of the Tuileries, so that every morning now, when
maybeseen riding up and down in
illustrate by citing some of the argument(' he used 1
, IV' fine, he
ce which he works himself,
in its defence, and they will at the same time give I anmexperiyenosd stoker' riding along with him the
you some ides of the mental and moral qualities I while to prevent accidents. This does not mean,
which he brought to themervioeof the church at the . however, that all the =breeched youth of France
Pan-Anglican Synod. - i will now he asking
for eteurengmes and saloon
: no, not quite, at least for the present
i
In 1862, the bishop, feeling satisfied that the I can
maiisagyeast.• - °
ience ' noes if eto:dr and meanwhile 1
world, and particularly the Northern States, were saw the other day a three-storied doll's-house some
going to the dogs, made an attempt to save them by I live feet square, furnished in rosewood and satin
laming a pamphlet, which he called the "Bible from roof to floor, with ten dolls inside, all of wax,
View of Slavery." Shortly afterwards an associa- all having clothes which come off and on, trous-
lion of pious gentlemen of the Southern persuasion ! sesux of linen, and dresses in their bed-room
cu boards, and real jewels round their
was got up in this city, calling itself a " Society ! necks and fingers
this trifle was marked
for the Diffusionof Political Information"—the
--e in- ' " sold," end the price thereof was five thousand
formation being, of course, intended to show that 1 francs (2001. sterling). Man que unite-. roes P
the North war all wrong, and the South all right, , Every one would be glad to rid himself
about slavery. They began to issue and distribute lof the onerous taxation which escorts the
! dawning of each new year ; but no one is bold
" papers" accordingly ; and No.l was Bishop Hop- 1
1 enough to strike the first blow at the abuse. It is
kins's pamphlet. This is his account of the the old, old story enacted in every land, and under
" divine institution " of slavery : 1 all circumstances political or social ; whatever is
The first appearance of slavery in the Bible ia the won. I ancient and deeply rooted seems to foolish people
derful prediction of the patriarch Noah, "Curved be ; respectable and venerable.
Canaan, a servant of servants shall he be to his brethren. I On the 31st December, at 1 o'clock in the dayand
, all
Blessed be the Lord God of Shem, and Canaan shall be . the military bands of the Paris, Vincennes,
his servant. God shall enlarge Japhet, and he shall dwell ' Versailles garrisons went to serenade the Imperial
in the tents of Simi, sad Canaan shall be his servant."— , family in the Place du Carrousel. The sight was
Gee. ix. 23. The burner irreverence which Ham, the ' very imposing. At 1 o'clock all the drums of the
father of Canaan, displayed towards his eminent parent, garrisons, some two thousand five hundred strong,
whose piety had juM saved him from the deluge, prevented ; drew np in a square under the palace windows; all
the immediate occasion for this remarkable prophecy ; but ' the drum-majors were present, but one particular
the actual fulfilment was reserved for his posterity, after , drum-major, pro stantissimue, towering .a head and
they had lost the knowledge of God, and become utterly shoulders above his fellows, stood in the midst
polluted by the abominations of heathen idolatry. The with his cane uplifted ; there was a moment's dead
Almighty, foreseeing this total degradation of the rftoe, silence, then one of the windows opined and the
ordained them to servitude or slavery under the deacon- ,Em rod EmPrees, and the Prince Imperial ap-
dants of Shem and Japhet, doubtless because He judged i
.t peered on the balcony ; at the same moment the
fall, and a noise like that of ten claps of thun-
to be their fittest condition. And all history proves how mme
eenirately the prediction has been accomplished, even to . der bunt from the two thousand
once. One can understand the semi-ni-
-1 the present day."—P. 2. I toxication which the din of a battle field produces
The bishop then shows that men are not born ' upon soldiers, for at the formidable rattle of these
"free and equal," that they have not an =lien- drums one felt the blood fly to one's face and one's
able right to " life, liberty, and site pursuit of temples beat time, throbbing. The e
rose crashind
fell
g lasted
happiness," as the Declaration of Independence five minutes, after which the can an
d all the drummers hushed together. The
alleges ; that Christ did not disapprove of slavery ; sgtar hands then
came forward, mustering all
that slavery, so for from violating the Christian
mcombined about four thousand men, and played
law of love, afforded the brightest example of its .. partuit pour la gyrie,i. that sing-soug melody
fulfilment; and then defends the institution against written by Queen.Hortenee, and autituted since
the charge of "cruelty." I shall quote what he 1881 for the stirring Meneillaise," which is and
do to the
says on this point. A whole book could not give ever will be, spite of all governments may .
you a better view of the bishop's mental condition °.° Uag , the true national anthem of France.
donne, Emperor, music, and spectators dispersed to
I than this one passage. The account of the retri- make room for King Snow, who had just made his
bution which overtook Ham, for his bed behaviour 'ap for the hest time: this y
nt with the
ear.
towards his " eminent parent, " anybody might I theatres are all aglow at prese
have written ; but the following defence of 1 usual yearlT revues, which act in lieu of our panto-
" lamming" could only have come from Bishop 1 fse:
goTvemy age
entfolivas alwmays • s so
of inter
Hopkins's pen. if it meets the eye of the Dean '
i dictions in hand to prohibit allusions to really im.
of Westminster I am sure it must remove any !portant subjects. This year it is the Exhibition, the
Ilsoreness which the bishop's late letter to him may . Grande Duchene& &rotate* and the mum Jacob,
have caused him. that' military quack of ludicrous memory, who form
I the butt of all the current dramatic wit. Mr.
The nut objection to the slavery of the Seethwe 1 sothern too
si Lord Dundreary, comes in for kw
States
laits
presumed srsel", h..ass. the rem...Yds.. ! share oimild chaff. The Parisians have not fer-
n punished with oorporal correction. But our Northam
_, him for being
or • good actor, and they oonti-
law allows the same is the case of children and appren- will' Mi. -• ridiculed mule,
j nut() ridicule him now, as they
tines. Suva was the established system is the army sue , igathewa a few years ago. It is time to get rid of
She as" until very
lately. Th. whining-pest "I
6 the old-Tangled notion that the French public is •
fixed inatitation in Eagles:4 and Massachusetts, and its ' ...,. roue and polite one. The French are
discipline was administered even to free citizens daring ro-7JatTwile .
erns their own celebriti but they hue
the lest century. Stripes, not a:cleating 40, were appointed little tolerance of sttangen . wig% English artists
to offenders in Israel by Divine authority. The Saviour especially they are cold, if not worse, and we in
himself
used a smuge of small cords when
Hs 6‘.. the England might well teach them a lesson in manners
money changers from the temple. Are our modern after ep Lading ea are did eo long the Galicia=
--merciful than Christ, and wiser then a awe, -M. geohter, and Mane.
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RUSSIA.

ST. PETERSBURG, J. 12, Eviengo.

The semi-official Journal de St. Petersbourg con-"
tradicta a statement published by the Epoque, to'
the effect that Lord Stanley had addressed a com-
munication to the Russian cabinet respecting the
agitation at present in progress in Roumania awl
Crete.

•
SPAIN.
MADRID, 3•11. 13.

In the Chamber of Deputies to-day the govern-
ment brought in a bill asking a credit of 810,000
crowns for army purposes•

THE PRUSSIAN RAILWAY LOAN.
BERLIN, JAL 13.

An agreement was concluded on Saturday
between the Ministry of Finance and certain bank-1
ing houses of the highest standing in this capital
with respect to tho 24 million thalers railway
loan, granted by the law of March 9, 1867. The
agreement stipulates that the loan shall be fur-
nished to the government by the aforesaid bankers.
It is understood that lista for the public subscrip-
tion of part of the amount will be very shortly
opened.

AMERICA.
(BY ATIASTIIC 'MIGRATE.)

NEW YORK, JAL 13, Noon.

The North German Lloyd's steamship America
arrived out at 1 a.m to-day. The Inman steamship
City of Cork has also arrived out.
Gold, 1391. Sterling exchange on London, 1091.
5-20 United States Bonds, 1882, 109 k ; ditto, 188 d,
1107 k ; 10-40 Bonds, 1021 ; 134 k ; Erie, 76.

Stella Colas. It is 'far to add,' however, that
the French are more hospitable towards English
works than they are towards /English artists: in
(lancing over tie playbills the other day I found
half a done or more English titles to operas and
comedies. The Lyrique was giving and
Joliet: the (hitt, Hamlet ; the Amble, Jack
Sheppard ; the Athlete, Afon s
thoreagh ; the Opiks
Combine, Baines Cries and Ths ifiehiesiessr'
Night s Dream; and the Ohansiet, Gelliser's flpensisi
• roos"t"er piece, which it took 10,0001. to pet mow
the slag", and which wowed a dead bane air the,
first night. The °Midst, whirl is, per eisellinee,
the theatre reed spestesk, is now
' mina 00.11/2 which will all INA have the* ess4"lnit
•PcroPrlnivanoss, should a wee beak ealt, an it
the
is
feared, in the spring. The piece is celled