The Sun.
London, England, 1869-10-28 00:00:00

MEXICO.

The Congress of the Mexican Republic opened its fifth
session on the 16th of September. President Juarez de-
livered an address, in which he said that the amicable
relations of the Republic with the European
powers would soon be re-established, and that meanwhile
all foreigners residing in Mexico enjoyed the most ample and
secure protection in their persons and interests. Ho
hopes this just and benevolent conduct on the part of the
Republic would be duly recognised abroad. The revolu-
tion in Tamanlipas being subislued, the whole nation
was at peace, and the Executive intended to
propose several intej4ial reforms. Relations of
amity would be preserved with the United States. The
speaker of the Congress in his reply paid extravagant com-
pliments to Juarez, and declared his conviction that at the
conclusion of his term of office he intended "to deposit the
burden of •Government in the hands of his successor
elected by the nation." This passage referred to the
general belief that Juarez intends to constitute himself
Dictator. The " peace " which prevails throughout the
country exists only in the President's message, and tho
prospects of the Republic are anything but cheerful. The
report of the Minister of Finance shews a falling off of four
million dollars in the year's revenue, and public credit is
at a discount, partly owing to the prostration of commerce,
partly to the disturbed state of the country. The census
just concluded gives the entire population as 8,567,000, or
very little more than the last return. Great dissatisfac-
tion is felt at this, as there are little more than ten inhabi-
tants to the square mile, Mexico con+Qininz 833,000 square
miles of territory

Perfect tranquillity reigns to-day in Paris. A heavy rain
fell all the morning, and perhaps had the desirable effect
of keeping idlers withikt doors. Towards ono o'clock, how-
ever, the skies cleared, and soon a few wanderers appeared
in the Place de la Concorde, and stationed themselves near
the obelisk in the hope of •seeing, not M. Raspail, nor the
Count de Keratin nor any other political notability, but
M. Gagne. The poet did not disappoint his admirers, but
precisely at the hour of one,
and
dde
commenced
maepnpranceeadrceeading his verses. Before they
were finished, a civil officer and a sergent-de-
rille advanced, and gently suggested that he hild
better retire. M. Gagne made no objection, and walked
off quietly, followed at a distance by some curious gamins.
The Emperor loft the Tuileries about a quarter past one,
and taking the arm of General Montebello, walked on the
terrace by the waterside until two o'clock. He waspeeted
re-entered the palace most of the idlers dispersed. The
byG cheers and cries
Government
" -Vivo l'Empereur !" After ho had
acted wisely in not allowing its precautions to
be too manifest. The troops were not visible, neither was
there any extraordinary display of the civil force. The
most lavish preparations were talked of, as I have pre-
viously told you, but whether they were actually made
or not, they were neither required nor displayed. The
Faubourg St. Antoine presented its ordinary aspect. The
workmen were all at work. Some employers, anticipating
the absence of most of their men, had thought of closing
their establishments for the day, but they were dissuaded
from their intention by the workmen themselves. Perfect
tranquillity reigned at Belleville, at Montmartre, and at
the Faubourg du Temple.

Louis Blanc has addressed a long letter to the Temps
describing the Fenian amnesty meeting in London last
Sunday. He followed it during the whole route, lis-
tened to the speeches, &c., and evidently sympathised
in a great measure with the processionists. The one thing
which s:ruck him, however, and which he specially com-
mends to the notice of the French people, was, that at a
meeting openly hostile to the Government, and held in
defiance of' the Prime Minister's refusal to liberate the
prisoners, not a soldier was to be seen, and the only guar-
dians of public order were two or three policemen a mile
from the place of rendezvous. A Frenchman, he adds,
could not but blush in remembering that, at a similar dis-
play in his own country, the first question asked by a
spectator would be, "will the Chassepots be turned on
this unarmed multitude?"
Great interest is felt here in the English and Irish meet-
ings, and the Paris press seldom fails to point the moral of
the public respect for law and the absenoe of the ominous
police functionary.
The tonstitutionnel affirms that there was never any
intention of convoking the Corps Legislatif. before the
29th November, and that all the rumours to that effect
have been "inexact." The imperial manifesto is also,
according to this journal, an unsubstantial vision, and it
tells us with complacency that the Parliamentary inter-
regnum is to be occupied in the preparation of measures
resolved upon at Compi6gne. According to the Prase, it
was easily perceptible in these same deliberations at Com-
piegne that the influence of M. Rouher was greater than
ever, and counteracted all other influences for the time
being. M. Rouher advised the Emperor to make several
little concessions, but is anxious that these should be the
last, and that any more demands should be refused with
decision. There are not wanting, however, significant indi-
cations that the people are in no mood for such a policy.
The provinces display a strong democratic tendency. At
Conde there were five vacancies in the municipal council,
and five candidates belonging to the Radical Opposition
have been elected by an immense majority.
The Gaulois states that Prince Matternich has become
much worse The doctors were by no means prepared
for so serious a relapse as that which has occurred.
It is attributed to the imprudence of the Prince,
and to the want of care taken with respect to the surgical
dressings. Notwithstanding all those contretemps the
prevailing opinion at the Austrian Embassy is that no
immediate danger exists.

The Empress's visit to Constantinople seems to have
created quite a furore in that city. The Ministers and the
official functionaries have given themselves up to pleasure,
-and fetes are the order of the day: Never in the reco,loo-