New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-01
FRANCE.
The Rupire-Tbe Preparations THEREFOR
Literary News.


Ahhoueh we are in the last week OF the Ne
,ublc. and next Monday evening at o o CLOCK
shall have become the French Empire; mere
are no visible signs Of excitement, hardly any
Of interest in the approaching chahge; nc,
10 nothing strange in this. AS LOUIS NaPI,oon'
the man Of all others the most IKE 10 hno",
.ntly said the other day, the change is manly
ono of form. And as the election Is without
sbo;ce az every one kno,cs the predetermined
..snit tho excitement of suspense, the interest
aS curiosity find no place. There are no lber-
t;ss leit m lose. The increase of taxes Is de-
ferred question. The present conditions OF ma
terial prosperity are rather confined Inc
F,npire is peace" has been so acclaimed, and
recited and sung and fiddled and danced by all
sorts of high dignitaries, actresses, orchestras
aDdfurantes, that war by land or sea, annexa-
ton of neighbOring territory or naval expedl-
ton TO the English coast or the Cuban coast
Cor che American COAST are forgOtten-the 1li-
ture contingencies Of that Empire, are forgotten
M the din. All the BOurse spectators are play
ing deep in all sorts Of stocks, making fortunes
almost between sun and sun. In the WORK
shops artisans are busy hlling orders lot ehe
holiday sales The dealers in fancy articles are
aryancipg with French haste their brilliant
goods in the windows of the fine streets; the
ed the site for their booths along the spacious
side-valks of the bOulevards, looking for an I'M
accustomed harvest at the holidays. Keepers
Of Maisons MenblfeS, restaurateurs and all who
take tribute from strangers are III high spirits
in view of the present abundance and constant
influx of proyincias and foreigners, which will
keen I'D till after new years, and the imperial
fcte. Public works and the erection OF build
ings By private enterprise are going on all over
the CITY The theaters bring out new dramas
full OF attractive crime, morality, Jun aud ex-
travagance; the opera houses are not behind
hand in entertaining their public. In line, the
population Of the metropolis, occupied ana
amused. appear TO trouble themselves but little
about affairs of Government, with winch they
could. at present, but trouble themselves, let
them do their utmost The same apparent III
difference prevails in other parts OF the coun-
try, as is strikingly enough illustrated by
municipal election lately held at ltOchefOrt,
where out of 1884 inscribed electors, but $50
resented themselves at the place OF voting.
IL is, however, well understood that there is 10
be great vote cast ont the 2lst and 22d inst. for
Projects, Sub-Prefects, Mayors 81 III OmRe genus,
are taking effective measures To that end. They
willhave the rigorous co0peratiOnOi che higher
eleray Tbus, the bishop of Rennes in a circu-
lar lately addressed 20 the clergy of his diocese
the churches, writes as follows: Incapable OF
declining any responsibility when 1t belongs TO
our pastoral office, We say 10 you in all frank
ness, aud openly: Vote yourselves, and make
all those of your parishiOuers whose confidence
Won possess vote in favor of the Senatus Con-
sultum which is TO be submitted to the ratlilca-
ton of France; let all put Yea into the eiec-
toral urn Be the advisers OF your obedlent
6ock: stimulate their natural indifference guide
their inexperience and direct theirvOteS Fear
nothing. Invoke our authority, if need be, III
your defence, and put upon your bishop all the
responsibility OF measure, which his conscience
accepts without fear and and without reproach,
Cor he believes it to be the formal accomplish
ment of duty"
According TO official returns, the votes OF last
December numbered 1,4Sl23l. The number
required for the coming election will naturally
enough be larger Whatever is wanted will be
had. A very few OrleaniSts, Lcgitimists and
Republicans will vote No. A few Nos will look
well--a little show OF opposition will be useful as
q pretext at hand for the continuance or renewal
Of restricted measures The Prince President,
in his speech last March naugurating the Gov
ernment of that date, promised that the preSer-
walton of the Republic should he jeOparded only
BY the "conduct OF parties The negative
votes would prove thai parties had been con-
Quoting.
Ii is said that some of the exiled Republicans
Of various shades, have endeavOred to circulate
in France printed maniiestOeS of evil political
tendency. A paper of Lille pretends that
l75,0C0 copies OF these maneStOes were seized
on the frontiers a few days since. On this point
the Government favored by the unfortunate,
criminal extravaganza of expression, in which
irritated exiles naturally indulge, but which de-
-. 4 mill
with a shrewd semblance of that boldness which
comes from strength and honesty. The first
column of this mornings MonitcUr begins as
follows: "Grcat efforts and maneuers of all
kinds are set at work TO distribute among the
people, az the moment of the solemn election 10
which il is called, the protests OF parties. The
Government has no interest in opposing their
publication; il wishes TO publish them itself;
for in this great National movement which i'm
pels France 70 the establishment of the Empire
the opinion of the people must be an enGght
ened one, and the unconstraine1 manifestation
of its will must be the expression of its
conviction" Then follow three maniestoes--
the first issuing from the Revolutionary Com
mittee the second from the SOciety-La RsrO-
Iation, both of London, and the third from - The
Prescribed Socialist Democrats (DemOcrdtes-So-
riaiisteS) Of France, resident IN Jersey, and mt
IN General assembly the 3lst October 1852"
This last is signed by IictOr Hsgo, FourbeHaiH,
and PhiiiPpe taare, as Committee. They are
all addressed to the Citizens. The first
breathes the worst spirit of the worst days of
the Convention. The second is hardly less
violent, - let it Says common faith animate
you, the revolutionary, implacabe, persevering
faith, bold as that of our fathers in l79S, and
always ready to rise and strike The third
has truth mingled with its extrayagant rhetoric,
but like the others predicts and calls for p
bloody revolution. The official writer IN the
hosiieHr adds no new comments 10 these three
unfortunate documents Their circulation
throughout France will do more to strengthen