New-York daily tribune., 1851-07-17
FRANCE
Political and Miscellaneous Matters.
Correspondence Of The Tribune

PARIS. THURSDAY, July ,.
The Presidents speech at Potiers has
been tile political event of the week 1t has no.
Of course. excited the interest that attended the
DDon discourse, for it Is far from presenting the
pecuilantes Of that famous address This time
the Cabinet, If they had no hand in drawing It
up, at least were cognzant Of ~ principal fea-
lures. Unlike lis predecessor, too. there Is bu,
one edition, one version OF the speech. common
10 the Morrelr and the unofficial journals One
sentence, the most significant of the whole, Is
bnef but apt resume of the reciprocal rights and
duties Of people and Its rulers : The safety
Of the country proceeds from the will of the peo-
pie, freely expressed and relgiously accepted -
That Is Louis Napoleon desires tha: the coun-
try make known Its wishes through the ballot.
box, to which wish, thus legally expressed. he
VIII faithfully and religiousy conform. In theory
this is the base and essence OF republcansm,
and II II were a fair representation of the probable
course Of events. the future Of this country
would excite but little anxiety. But i, IS not.
The viii Of the country VIII not be freely er-
pressed. One-thrd of the legal voters will pro-
baby be prevented from exercising their rights.
The twO-thlrds that remain are deprived of the
privilege Of coming TO poper understanding OF
the wants of the country and the merits of the
several candidates, 10y the laws which have
throttled the press, and made discussion OF poll
teal subjects IN the tribune penal oitenSe As
for the second term Of the proposition, that the
President VIII rellglOuSy accept and abide by
the viii of the people. conveyed through the
ballot-box this Will be good news 10 those who
supposed NJ Bonaparte capable of attempting
conD d'etat, III case the vote went against hun.
1t is certainly the most significant phrase the
President has ever pronounced. Delivered on so
solemn an occasion, and under the impressive
circumstances of the case, It Is more than a
pledge. and partakeS almost of the character of
an oath To those who hope to see Louis Ma
poe0n BOnapaTte VaCate the Presidential chair
at the expiration of his term, and who trust IN
the succession of better man and a more SIN
cere Republican, this formal asSeveratlon gives
comfort and assurance.
Public opinion has quietly settled down in the
conviction that the first vote In the Chamber on
the question of revision Will defeat It by much
larger majority than Is required by the COnstltu-
ton The next effort of the revSlOnIstS will be
TO get up an Outcry against the Assembly. and
thus force it, at the second trial, to yield to the
manifest desire Of the country, as the saying Is
NJ de Tocquevle Is busy upon his report, which
sth of July 4 long discussion IN committee
may very probably delay, Its presentation to the
Assembly a fortnight longer.
The electric telegraph from Paris to Hayre was
inaugurated on the first Of the month school
of imitation into the mysteries OF telegraphlc
communication has lately been opened IN Paris
by the Government The students are prlnc-
paly old soldiers, rather disabled by the honora-
bic wounds they have received in the service Of
the country, and who are only too happy at being
able to earn an easy livelihood and thus cease
TO be a burden on the state. II the telegraph
were the same thing here that II Is IN the United
States, working day and night, swallowing down
a speech of Daniel Webster, or 4 Presidents
Message and making nothing OF 1t, these old TO-
gieS of the last century would hardly be the sort
OF thing the service would require man that
can remember when the mail was carried on
horseback. can never be made TO understand the
pTOprety of sending II on 10y lightning. But
here, on the continent, and especially IN France,
a veteran with a wooden leg, or an old lmpeIlal
Guard upon whom Austerlltz has left an ndel-
ible mark, IN the shape OF a missing arm Will be
amply up to the duties of the telegraph as 1t is
at present understood. A couple of lines from
Turin, embodying the wonderful fact that the
Ministry has obtained vote of confidence III the
Chamber something of equal import from Mad
I'D or Lisbon, form our usual daily consumption
of lightning. The Constitutional! OF to-day has
one line OF teegraphlc news the Debdts and Ma
tio1ai each three the Patrie two. bret dl-
ges. of the American news by the steamers at
Liverpool, appears IN the journals. Just three
hours IN adva OF the mail.
The steamers plying upon the RhOne, and
communicating between Lyons, AvlgnOn and
MarseilleS, usually run large part OF the dis
tance by night and the difficulty of the naylga-
ton cOmpels them to 20 at less than half speed.
One of these vessels has lust made trial OF
4. tl...
light extended nearly eight hundred feet. and the
river and its banks are rendered clearly visible.
The communication upon the Rhone will hence
forth be much more rapid.
The village OF Root, IN Pcardy, has Just
caused to be placed IN It's public square bust oil
the translator into French of the Thousand and
One Nights, Antony Galard He was sent by
Colbert 10 the East on account OF his great
knowledge of Hebrew and other oriental Ian
guages and on his return published the Arabian
Nights, and a treatise on the origin OF coffee.
For some months past, lottery on an immense
scale, authorized by the Government, and called
La Loterie dcs LmgotS dor or ofthe Golden lngots,
has been dISpOSlng OF Its tickets, preparatory TO
the drawing of the prizes IN August. The object
is 10 raise fund 10 send 5000 French emlgrants
10 California Seven millions OF tickets will be
sold at franc each. The prizes will cost about
two million francs, leaving profit of about
100000 fr The Minister OF Finance some time
ago, issued invitations for sealed proposals tor
transporting the 5000 emlgrants TO San Francisco
These were opened day or two ago. MeSsrs:
MaIziou & Co of Havre were the successful
bidders, having offered to convey the whole at
795 fl. per passenger. A firm at Bordeaux made
the next lowest ofier,-S00 per head This
lottery is of course perfectly above board and the
rapiditv with which the tickets are sold--oyer
five million being already disposed offs sufh-
cient proof OF the public confidence Personally.
however. am shy of Government lotteries, hav-
Ing IN 1916 invested certain amount IN draw
ing under the patronage OF N. Duchatel, Minis
ter OF the Interior, for the relief of the sufferers
by the inundaton of the Loire. The drawing
never took place, and the tickets all numbered
signed and stamped as they are, repOse lgnomln-
,oueIv IN a cuDboard tOCether with q pile of un-