The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-10 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

frnom OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.'

PARIS. WEDNESDAY, June 9.

The one seat the result of which was unknown yester-
lay has been won by the Opposition. This makes a total
if thirty-five out of the fifty-nine circumscriptions. The
ialculations of the various Liberal journals accord pretty
much with my own. One put§ the total strength of the
Dpposition at 90, another at 01, another at 93.
These little discrepancies arise from the doubtful atti-
tude of some of the Independent deputies. Some
enumerations place one or two of these in the ranks of the
government supporters ; others class them as Liberals.
Nly calculation was 95, and I believe that on the
luestion of persOnal government, for instance, at least
That number would be found arrayed against the Emperor.
The conduct of the police has borne its natural fruit.
The riots of Monday, which were owing solely to the
)fficious intervention of troops of sergents-de-v;1le, have
oeen renewed. It is natural for large crowds to collect
'n the main streets at the close of a general election, and
especially such an election as this. In London the elec-
tion excitement is swallowed up in the immensity of the
electoral boroughs. But then the people of your capital
take much less interest in these contests, proportionately
to the population, than do the citizens of Paris. In your
:ounty boroughs, however, lively scenes are of frequent
)ccurrence. Crowds and horse-play are supposed to be
regular concomitants of a keen struggle. The practical
jokes played are often more cruel than humorous, but it
is impossible to prevent a few incidents of this kind.
Nobody would imagine that electoral effervescence in
England could be kept down by ordering all the croivd to
go home. But this is precisely what the police did in
Paris on Monday. Large bodies of them were collected in
different places. The crowd was immense, covering the
whole of the leading boulevards. Its movement was
all but impossible ; nevertheless the police insisted upon
the formula of " Move on !" Where the people could not
move on they were hustled—and hence the shouting,
pelting, and arrests.
Yesterday these scenes were renewed to a certain
extent, though by no means so seriously as the official
papers represent. The Litfrert4 says that about eleven
o'clock last night " considerable agitation was created
on the Boulevard Montmartre by the presence
of strong bodies of police occupying the pavement
on the north side. The corner of the Faubourg
Montmartre, in particular, was the centre of nume-
rous crowds, of whom the police formed the majority.
Some timid cries, uttered by persons who took care
to hide themselves, were uttered at very rare intervals.
The sergents-de-ville were in quite a jolly humour, and
appeared enchanted with the nocturnal promenade which
the fear of the Rochefort partisans had procured them.
Most of the shops in the neighbourhood were closed at
half-past twelve, says the Gazette des Tribunaux, the
crowds still keeping together, notwithstanding the efforts
of the police. A battalion of the Paris Guard and asquadron
of cavalry were brought up. These troops, commanded
by a colonel, were preceded by drums and a
commissary of police. Thanks to this shew of force
tranquillity was restored. This is all that the Liberte finds
to say about the riots. The Temps has a similar narrative.
It says that last night a large crowd collected, and that
the noisy, but harmless, demonstrations of Monday
were renewed. The police, as on the preceding
evening, were in great force, and chased the people
about with the same brutality. It adds that
all this parade of force, the battalion and the squad-
ron, and the blows of the police were not deemed
necessary at the first voting. There was certainly nothing
to fear from a few workmen shouting " Vive Rochefort ! "
and singing the "Marseillaise ;" and if the police had had
the good sense to keep quiet, as they did a fortnight ago,
nothing would have happened.
Numerous letters appear in the papers of to-day, com-
plaining of the brutality of the police to passers-by. One
gentleman writes that whilst he was going alone towards
the Place de la Bourse he was seized from behind, and
maltreated by several sergents-de-rifle. He was struck
on the head with same heavy instrument,which inflicted a
wound from which the blood flowed freely. Another corre-
spondent says that he witnessed one charge made by the
police down one side of the Boulevard PoissoniZ re. The
sergents-de-rille overturned everything on their route—
tables, bottles, glasses, &c.—entered into the caf6s, and
struck some of the inmates. In this case there had been
no provocation by songs or cries. Both these writers give
their names and addresses.
The Gazette des Tribunaux and the Patric give fright-
ful accounts of the breaking of windows and the dis-
mantling of railings, but these statements are directly
denied by the Monacavr and other papers. The wbele
affair has clearly been another battle of Clichy.

At Nantes much excitement was caused by the victory
of N. Gaudin, the official candidate, over N. Gm'pin,
the Liberal. Nantes had given a large majority in
favour of the latter, but in this case, as in many others,
the votes of the town population had been swamped by
the rustics of districts which bad no connection with
Nantes whatever. The crowd was indignant, and
well it might be. There was a good deal of uproar,
which was speedily met by a charge of cavalry,
sabre in hand, several persons being wounded.
Here, too, the intervention was excessive. The
same may be said of the disturbances at Bordeaux. N.
Lavertu.:on, the Opposition candidate at that city—a
highly-respected Liberal, whose failure all deplore—writes
strongly, blaming the police. lie says that a com-
paratively quiet population has been treated like a
band of rioters. Cavalry, foot soldiers, and police were
called out, charges made, and yet there was never serious
danger of a disturbance.

A stranga event happened at the procession of Corpus
Christi in the Church of the Madeleine. A fellow was
standing with his hat on, and on being asked to take it off
or quit the edifice, used insulting language, calling the
congregation fools and idiots. One man, unable to con-
trol his indignation, stepped out and struck the fellow a
blow on the face, breaking two of his teeth. Both were
arrested. It then turned out that the defender of
religious sanctity was a Jew. He said that he was present
as a simple spectator, but had been disgusted at the inso-
lence of the brawler, and knowing that Christians are
forbidden by their religious law to avenge injuries, he had
interfered on their behalf. His generous interference may
cost him something.

The Bishop of Salisbury is reported to be somewhat
improved in health.

Lord Stanley of Alderley has considerably rallied
since Monday morning.

Returns relating to the Patents Office, published
on Wednesday, show that the annual excess of receipts over
expenditure ic, on an average, about £65,000 a year. This
is paid into the Exchequer through the Stamp Office. The
annual cost of printing is about £16,500, and the fees to the
Attorney and Solicitor-General for England amount to
£lO,OOO a-year.
On Tuesday afternoon, three men, named William
More, William Marsden, and John Burke, were killed by a
full of coal of thirty tons weight, at Rounds Hill Colliery,
Princes End, Tipton. The unfortunate men were so terribly
crushed that their remains had to be brought up in bags.
Four hours were occupied in recovering the bodies. All the
men were married and had families.
The masons' strike continues at it The
masters propose to pay 7d. per hour, on a week of 501 hours,
which would make the wages 295. 51d. instead of 295., as at
present. Tho men, however, object to the hour system;
and though the employers propose to postpone the settle-
ment of the dispute for two months, the men decline to ac-
cede to this compromise.

Mr. Goldwin Smith's reply to Senator Sumner's
speech was published on Wednesday by Mr. Rotten in a
sixpenny pamphlet. It is very eloquent and forcible. The
following is the last sentence :—" There is no living Eng-
lishman who has more reason to be grateful and attached to
America than I have, but a man's attachment to an adopted
country is worthless if he has no regard for the honour of
his own."

On Tuesday evening a handsome presentation was
made to Col. Hogg, the late Conservative M.P. for the city
of Bath, who was replaced by a Liberal at the late general
election. The colonel represented Bath for four years, and
his supporters, on their champion being beaten, resolved
to present him with a testimonial. It consisted of a three-
quarter length portrait of himself and another of the Hon.
Mrs. Hogg. The pictures were painted by the Hon. Henry
Graves. There was also presented to the colonel a magni-
ficent silver centre-piece, two feet nine inches in height,
with nine branches adapted for either lights or flowers. The
centre piece is designed in the Italian style.
One of the Liverpool County Court Judges, Ser-
geant Wheeler, has been engaged in trying Admiralty
cases, under his new jurisdiction. In ono it was decided
that the delivery of certified copies of bills for disburse-
ments to the egent for a vessel in a foreign port was
equivalent to delivery to the owners; and a captain Ivlu so
account was withhehl by the mortgagees under such cir-
cumstances was awarded the full amount of his claim and
reasonable remuneration for his detention here to prosecute
the suit. In another case the Court held that there was
no authority in ship's articles to change a cook and steward
into a seaman, and to withhold his w ages when he refused
to work in the new capacity. He might be disrated and
paid lower wages, but the nature of his employment, for
which he had signed articles, could not be so who'ly changed.
The plaintiff, who sued his captain, recovered all he asked
for—namely the full wages at which he shipped. It tran-
spired in cross-examination that ho had been very brutally
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