The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-04 00:00:00

PARIS CORRESPONDENCE.

FRIDAY.

The ballot for the Fourth Circumscription of the Seint
takes place on Sunday and Monday, and some little un-
easiness is being manifested lest, the Moderate Liberals
being off their guard, the Irreconcilables should carry the
day. M. Barnes, the inasserinentO, opposes M. Glais Bizoin and
great efforts arc being made on his behalf. If the Irrecon-
cililables succeed in carrying this election by a coup de
main it will be some consolation for their disappoint-
ments.

M. Rochefort delivered his first speech in the Chamber
yesterday, and succeeded better than was expected, pos-
sibly because he was wise enough to be very brief. He
reminded his bearers that popular assemblies had often
been betrayed by those whose duty it was to defend them,
and he proposed that tho National Guard, composed of
electors, should be substituted for the troops of the line
for duty at the Corps Legislatif. His proposal was sup-
ported by the Left and Left Centre.
An incident which occurred in the Second Bureau of
the Corps Ljgislatif was yesterday the theme of conversa-
tion. Thirty-three members were present, the Left
having only one member, the Left Centre six or seven more.
M. 011ivicr opened the discussions by thanking his colleagues
for having elected him as President of the Bureau
the previous day. He greatly regretted that the dis-
sentients of the 116 should have estranged them-
selves from him and his friends. "It gives me," said he,
" extreme pain, but I feel bound to persevere in the way
that I have chosen. We are menaced by popular
passions. We must gather round the dynasty so as to
save the Empire and liberty." M. Mortel could only ob-
tain a hearing for his reply through the intervention of
M. 011ivier. It was not, he said, the dissentients who
had abandoned the Liberal Empire; it was M. 011ivier
who had separated himself from the Left Centre to ally
himself with an intolerant fraction of the Chamber,
which had strenuously opposed the Liberal movements of
the Government. M. 011ivier, continued the speaker,
could not be ignorant that his recent alliance with the
extreme Right could not profit the Liberal cause.
"Let him not accuse us of marching towards
a revolution, for we too sincerely desire the
maintenance of the dynasty. Like M. Emile
011ivier, we would save the Empire, but by liberty." M.
011ivicr upon this, found it convenient to remember parlia-
mentary etiquette, and apologised for having impugned it
by making a speech as President of the Bureau, it being
the first time that he had been chosen for that office.

A fresh rumour is afloat respecting M. 011ivier. He is
to enter the existing Cabinet, according to this state-
ment, to which, however, no great importance need be
attached. Neither party would be much strengthened
by the union. M. 011ivier's friends, aghast at
his loss of position, are advising him to make
a very Liberal:speech, and attack the Right, over whose
meeting he has just presided. It has been sagaciously
observed that by doing so the deputy of Var would com-
plete the task which he appears to have set himself, of
offending every party in turn.

The Figaro declares that several times since the Empe-
ror's return to Paris he has been visited by an old gentle-
man, and that on inquiry the individual in question has
turned out to be M. Guizot.
It is believed that a good understanding now prevails
between Mgr. Darboy and the Holy See, in consequence of
some
explanations which have been given by the Arch-
bishop. Although the latter is rather French in his views.
he will in all probability return to Paris as a cardinal.
Rochefort's new raper, the Marseillaise., which ought
to be ready by this time, will not appear for eight days.
Some attempt was made to join the Marscillaise with the
Commene, which M. Felix Pyat is to publish; but it proved
a failure. The multiplicity of these Radical journals does not
militate against the Imperial interests, for when there are
so many of the same kind, the effect is neutralised.
Cont 6, the contractor, who was struck by Prince
Joachim Murat, was dismissed by the Chamber of Correc-
tional Appeals when he preferred his charge against
the Prince. He now demands from the Minister
of Justice that he should allow the High Court to con-
sider his case and pronounce judgment aceoraingly,
Mdme. Grisi, in a clause of her will, desires to b© buried
p.ear_hcrl7foilqest daughters.. —4(

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