The Express.
London, England, 1868-09-04 00:00:00

OUR PARIS LETTER.

(MOW OTni OWN 0010ANNPONDIINT.)
PARIS, l'ltsenur Evvoia.
M. Andre Parquet (now secretary of th.,
Electeur), bOlllO tan.. since offered a prize
2,000 fr. for an essay on " the best means for tie.
French people to recover their legislative
The judges appointed were MM. Berry(T. Mari,,,
Pkalue, Jules Fevre, I)ufanre, Desman-st, owl
Allou, all past blitonniers of the Paris bar, Tin,
committee Lea now made its report. Sevonty_
five pamphlets have been submitted to it., pidg.
taunt, of which it thinks four worthy of hiou;i4
mention, although " not one of them fultil.s th.,
essential aoriditions of the prugraruw., and tie,
object of that programme remains tulattaiii...l,-
It, however, votes that the 2,000 francs shall Iw
divided among the authors of the paiziphlo„,
bearing the following mottoes :

1. " Under the Empire we dimippeared." &c. - A
M. F. IMohard.

2. " The strongest is never strong enough to be ale sit
strong, unless he transforms tome into right and 0h.,j4,.„
into duty."—Author unknown.

3. "Surlum Corda."—Authar, H. Boympt, tin
sentative of the people.

1. " There would be no limits to the power of a ri
did ho not stand in need of his subjects' money"- A tr, ,r
M. Lecannt.

Ibis award of a spmulative prize which a
forgotten comes very apropos for the time..
tions this mond).

The Figaro publishes a letter from M. de 'VI
measant to M. Pinard, setting forth in a tai,.,
form the 118.1110 N of all the licensed bookseller. :n
Paris who sold his paper on September 1, togohoi
with the number of copies taken by each. '1',,..
figures show that the consequence of the, inteel.
tion of the sale of the Figaro in the public
was an immediate increase of 3,000 in tie. • imi• ~
tion, without reckoning a number of new
tions by the month—a shorter period than u 4...-
cepted before. The circulation of the p,
now 47,300. M. de Villemeesaut th••n
Minister of the Interior that the meastur takea
with the intention of punishing him has done
him no harm. But he says his heart 1,1.1.1.;
to think of the numerous poor families A 11.113 v.• by
the sale of newspapers in the kiiseliie4, old w!, ,
lose from three to six francs every evening by •
decree meant to injure the Fe faro. These ven•l•-•
pester him so by their complaints that he
walk along the foot pavement of the bouleva: i•.
but goes in the middle of the street among •
carriages. Many talk of shutting up their kiosk .
fur they say the government journals have no cir-
culation worth speaking of, and that when prop.
are put to the trouble of going to a sh
to buy the Fi.jnro they purchase there
the same time other papers which they w•eil
otherwise have bought on the boulevard.. M
de Villemessant feels persuaded that if M. P.:: I
were to take the trouble to review the kiosk; :7. I
learn for himself what the keepers of them sae, '.
would not leave to his aueveasor the plea.ser• .f
taking a liberal measure which would cor--
the gratitude of four or five hundred families:. I
told you lately that 31. de Villeiu.,..saut w •
man of infinite resource; but ingenious t:. •
above argument is as an advertisement, I d•ai•:.
if it will influence 3f. Pinard, who proba:ly wil:
understand it as a pleading pro • • •••.
Although the curiosity of the pu'oh.:
see a paper persecuted by authority mace
them go to buy it at a library for a whi..•.
I have no doubt that in the long run th
deprivation of the facile sale in the streets is an
injury. If M. de Villemessant did not think so he
is not the man to break his heart about the kiosk -
keepers. Until the country becomes strong enotiZ::
to put a stop to the abitrary power in which IT
Pittard revels, there is no doubt it will
used.
A l'ari...; tailor, named Avenant, has • -
ti.ticed to two months' imprisonment 1.: -
hely exciting to hatred and contempt et
Ilis offence consisted in rea•li:._- .

wine•-slap thereyolutionlry i rozramm•

t a" C. ntral Coltimitt.... .Ac ••‘. •
origin:lll,y d I_.y th.• rot and
to a " Y..ii bla..h to 1.- •

man. The empire 16 611,ine and nil- re
.IE. Dumont. the Prris ortger i 'Le
paid to the I'o6t-ethee on Friday t•%en:n. \
the t normttus stun of 2.159 ft. for the cal •::.: !
tuailwr of L•::,'....• 6 whit h he intendt,d
for the department: anti foreign countriei
next day. Arringtment6 of this kind aro f :t
made by large publi,hers to rive time. Ott .-
turday morning. Aug:m.4 all the r. i7t
the Post-otlice wrre cteizeti. M. Dumont sityl:- I
to the Po.ttnaster-General to get hack his tuout• .
The latter thought he could not return it. La:
6:titl he would atdc the Pin.tno‘ 3linider. 31.
Moo: holds by the maxtin mt money ill:trued.'
and M. Dumeut mean:, to Trio;; an :101.1 ~St
to try the point. which is a 11,W on.'. a, it w.I ;
never helot,: worth while to rate it. 1 :trim L: !
the law is on the •thle of the post-ettke.
ready to perform it, otlitrret. and ttnlv •.-
by a CI,/ 111,,w.
The Bourse wa6 very film. Bente •

both for cult and account, .t: 7. '
mid 711 fr. S:/e. Italian ro,e 1••
2fr. ;ale. Credit Foncior 1,-11 I : 2

A ,A nti i• in /• / ",,,t .11^!i• a. 01,,
Jf.di.a(.l„a,,,dl',ti at Neiatou t .ir..•:

rank of senator. hints. that his retirement it: in 1.•
may not be compub-ory. For the Last two orthn, . .
he ...ay., NO-Liton ha. been withdrawaiz •
from practice and a .ear ago he voluntarily rco :a
prof. ssor-htp. h in action on the part of Xeli ii
tribute., to the fact that thatlntent ilk‘• •
other men advancing iu a;;e.Obliged 1., 11.,
aid hi:. vi,lon. and that he very couscienta,..-li
lying obliged to .1, a:d. to
overating. " A pt.dessor of etimeal sid.gcry.'• N. lc
relaut..a to lose often said. " ought to be able t, '
without the help of and. a, he was ol •
ha.e recourse to their aid. he reugned •• -
Such i. cue veigion o. a subject to whi,h we Al
week.

Btrlstl STATISTICS..—We weremuch •
not to Say surprtred. vu looking over the out-1,:t:, !..
cidunt books of the various London ho,,rittis
months, to find Mut of b 24 •bof different k • •
entered, 1$ were attributed to men or women. s.!:-
number was in excel., of any other animal, wtth th,
eeption of dogs, who were accused of indicting the
untuber of S.). llors.e-bites numbered
the monkey ma donkey being aeensed of one et
two remaining were simple entered as bit.- %, •
rettaiule have no remora to IJe rlrOttil of our e•.t't
dish ma,g tpl