The daily union., 1846-09-29
For the Union.
SIGNS OF THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE.
PARIS IN 1876.

sided over by prince who has been sehooled in
misfortune, had experienced the sweet uses Of ad-
versiry and had known what il was to eat the bread
OF his own ndustry-for the thr,ne Of the restoIa-
tion, vainly struggling against the spirit Of the age
and the popular will, have changed all this. The
wand Of an enchanter has been waved over the city,
aod magnificent transformation has been effected.
The ornamental has ceased to NOM police the aten-
ton Of government, and the useful has claimed s
due care. The frightful ravages Of the cholera, in
1872, efi n warning which has not been unheeded
In nn ncrc IDLY short space of time, a perfect sys-
TEN Of drainage by sewers throughout this vast city
has been completed Footways have everywhere
heen constructed. The system of carriage pave
ment with square blocks of granite, forming con-
vex road, with side drains leading TO the sewers,
has taken the place Of the cOncaye street with open
centre cutters. The offe siye effluvia which ex'
cluded the English vsiter from rtain quarters Of
Paris 40 longer exists, and the demon OF mslarla
has been expelled. Gas Illumination, extending
now through every quarter, including the interior OF
buildings well the streets, has superseded the
| suspended lanerns; and It is hard to say which
most attracts the admiration Of foreigners, the
gaiey Of the streets, boueyards, and public walks
hy day, or their brilIancy when lighted up by
night
'But the achievement which will be remembered in
connexon with the reign of LOUIS Philippe with
the most grateful feelings by the phianthTOpisI, 10
undoubtedly the example he has afforded even to
the advanced ciyzat Of Great Britain, IN hls el-
forts for the repression of gambling and prostitu-
ton He has accomplished what the English au-
laorities have not even thought Of attempting
There now no public gaming tables IN PARIS;
and even private play is subj ct TO go many re-
srants, that II has been stripped OF half s evils
The purest female may now walk the public thor
| .g "A urfFhH
the risk of having her sight Outraged her ears
polluted by the indecsncIes which are still suffered
to prevail in the most frequented streets OF the me-
tropolis OF Britain. The theatres and other public
places Of resort are equally purIhed. Even the
| PBlais Royale--that temple Of Woe--has been
thoroughly reiormed and il is due TO the present
king TO add that this reformation has been effected
by large sacrifice Of his private revenue, consid-
cradle portion Of the rental OF the Palas Royae hay-
ing arisen from the extensive and long blished
gambling rooms by which II occupied, snd by
the employment OF the loftier stories for still
impure and not less profitable purposes.
Among the Of intellectual advancement en-
| joytd by the ParIs,ans, we ought not TO omit the
mention Of the public Libraries, Of which above
twenty open to the public daily. IL is impossi-
ble TO refrain from contrasting these admirable nstiu
tons with similar public establishments Ia London,
only to the facilities which they offer to the pub
lIc but as to the extent 10 which the public avail
themselves Of the benefits which they present. II
the number Of daily readers at such institutions be
any indication Of the intellectual advancement Of the
people, then assuredy our French neghbors hav,
greatly the advantage Of To perceive Ihs, It is
only necessary to look into the sale de lecture OF the
| Bbhotheque Royale any morning, and call to your
recollection the readingroom Of the library the
Brush museum. Is the difference TO be ascribed to
the different state Of mental advancement of the peo-
pie or to the restrictions imposed the admission
10 the Of the latter library |! this last be to
any extent the cause, the sooner these restrictions
are removed the better In Paris, the public libra
res open without any restriction what You
have no permission to ask, no Introduction or rec
ommendation TO seek no qualification 10 stain--nOi
even name to acknowledge. Whatever be your
condition, rank, county, language or ga'b, you are
free to enter these institutions; write on a paper
which IS provided for you the titles OF the works
you wish to consult to study, and withou, further
| inquiry or delay they are handed to You by porlers
who are IN waiting for tie purpose; you have con-
yenient seats and tables in rooms well ventilated IN
| summer and warmed IN winter, with ink for ex-
tracts, and you are only required to find your own
paper. The number of readers who avail them
selves of this privilege is enor Gus.
while means so ample are thus presented for the
Improvement Of understanding, opportunities for the
cultivation of taste, and the refinement of the imag
nation, are not less profusely supplied and still
more eagerly and extensively enjoyed by all class
es, including even the most humble Of the opera
make promenade Of The magnificent collection of
! Versailles or of the museum of the Louvre, on any
Sunday or holyday, when the working classes
free. Those who in London would be found at the
gin shop, or at the smoking bazaar, here found
famarizing their eye with the productions Of Raf-
| faelle, Titan, Paul Veronese, the Poussins, or
Claude, or wandering among the antiquities of Italy,
Greece, and Egypt 1t is not overcharged esd
mate 10 state that every festival day, with favor
able weather, not less than fifty thousand of the
lower orders of Paris enjoy the selves in this
ner ~-Dublin University Magazine.
The Paris National, of the 9Th August, holds
the following language: ..@# - f
"How do you understood your constitutions l.
it, not based On the principle OF the sovereignty
of the peoples Is the king anything else than The
product Of our electioni May he not be cashiered
lawfully tomorrow, II tomorrow he should violate
the conditions imposed on himi ls not the viii thar
created him, and which can proclaim his dscheanct
or forfeiture, always above himi We do not refer
TO subversive revolutions; we keep within the strict
right and scope Of the charter. We pursue the
regular and insuperable consequences Of popular
sovereignty"
A further evidence of the spirit and tendency
of the times is in the following conclusion Of the
address of Marshal Bugeaud, Duke of Isly, to his
constituents D..
81 profess to love and to merit popularity
have always labored for the people; | am Of the
people, the son of my own works; cannot enter
tain arstocratic IDEAS" ".r.... f..
STILL ANoTHER-There are, it is said, at the
present time 'six members Of The Lafayette connex-
ION who have now seats in the Chamber descendants
Of the great apostle Of liberty, and friend to Ameri-
co who, under all times and under all changes was
ever true to the principles professed by him--tiberty
| iibertyi ...Hl U.s. EE# ..Drr :.
This republic has put this ball in motion, and
may 1t be propelled forward by steam over the seas
and terra hrms until it encompasses this nether
world. Fronce has awakened to proper sense ol
her rights as IA nation, and her progress is onward
lfnot at this time, the time will soon arrive when
she will be fully ripe for more liberal government
than she enjoys at present. .."
England or sneaking more properly, the masses
the people of England, are about thinking and
acling for themselves hence the repeal OF the corn
laws. Lord Morpeh, on his reelection for the
west-riding Of Yorkshire, in a speech to his con-
stituens upon the subject of the repeal of the corn
laws after compimenung Sir Robert Peel, Richard
Golden, the league, anu other prominent men labor
ing for repeal, thus expressed himself "The great
body of the English ueopIe when anhn,ittipg to