New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-23

FRANCE.
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,.sm, te have raais,ed al over the country. has
Evrssa not only the 6elds-new green with grosiog
tApr. and the towns and villages no longer enveopei
n sacsas but the whole aspect Of the people And this
cheerful eject has been heightened BY the pacific news
~ o. the atest intelligence is generally construed
fvn the East The prospect of peace aud good wheat
10 enough 10 cnliven anybody. Even the dull English
ere susceptible 20 IT, Az Tor the mercursl French
Axy are Affected ito degree by the slightest change
N The atmosphere A stockbrokcr told me the other
ssy that the state Of the weather would often raise or
Serres the price OF funds AZ the Paris Boure several
ver cent; and il Is said here that smart shower Is
sneash 20 QuencA revoluSon. am disposed there
SIRE 10 translate the common French expression in fine
vrStAer IA SAT As. literally rather than literally thus
"a s..s reel II hoped just nov, that one good effect
q VIII BE- 10 reduce the pre- Of bread and grain
E,ery hiy shares in this hope except the SPECTATORS
vhc are So greedy ot gain at ths moment that IN
,,e PARTS Of France the local authorities have literally
srparsed them from the markets, even as the
ucae, changers Of old driven from the Temple at
Jerusalem In one instance corrspeculator was COM
PEELED 60 sell portion of the stock which he had laid
sup in harms ~ price fixed BY the project an inter-
krercc With free trade much protested against in some
snSIters but nevertheless often jusuhabe by crcum
stsrees SILKS and sstns tobacco wines aud spices may
De accumulated in warehouses and nobody be much the
verse for il; but among people almost compelled to
kye hy bread alone grain. ST least should be sacred
from monopoly. Hence, organized as society now is IN
Fnce the Government seems to me lustlhable Tor In
ssrce in fixing the price OF bread which, by the way
u
81 cents per pound small advance on the last prices
bat net In rigid proportion 10 the OF -four
The average price is about cents The consumption
Of bread in Paris amounted in 1850 "a good average
year to about S76ocOOc, less curiousy enough tnan
ihs, Of vine which was shout S9,S0O0o0 there being
in ,he city COL bakers and Slc2 wineshops' Perhaps
the two or three Temperance Societies Instituted last
wear in the north Of France will some day or other be
initiated in the metropolis TO sufficient extent, az least
10 diminish this fightfu discrepancy. The common
iSss that there is but little drunkenness IN France
ID the reverse of the truth. Go 10 the Barrieres
,ny SUNDAY or Monday and the agreeable deln-
non viii be dssipsted at q glance. Monday IN
f,rt ia called among the people the Fac deS
,.e,lsrSs-the drunksrd's festival 1t is hardly too
much TO saw that that day at least halt OF the work
inS population of Paris abstain from labor and devote
themselves the pleasures of the bottle Ihesad result
Of this state of things may be read plainly enough mine
Police reports of Tuesday and Wednesday for IN rance
A. N al other civilized" countries drunkenness Is the
most prolific parent Of misdesmeanors aud crimes
A singular distinction here Is that among the aborng
classes Sunday is observed f at a at home, and Mon
day st the Public House. Both days are pretty general
k.reuembered" though il would often be well il they
could sfterward be forgotten. The religious remem
brsnce Of Sunday according 10 our American notions Is
comparatively unknown though great eh"rt being
made Just now by the ultra Catholic party, under the
spcstlesbip of Montalsmbert, and the editorshp of
EUmrose to accomplish a reform in this respect 10
fact spece ofTota Abstinence Society has been formed
IN Paris sl} many other towns In France the members oil
which pledge themselves TO ABSTAIN from
work they and their servants and their maid servants
therox and their Sunday unless by special permits
the Church 1t is even proposed to have KIND oil
Maine Law enacted the subject visiting offenders
with fines and imprisonment petition OF this elect
has recently been Paris from Marseles, and has
led 10 an acrimonious discussion between the ultra mon
tame Unrerse of the capital and the liberal Esperane
eNsney the former advocating legal GEORGIAN the latter
moral suason For the present at any rate the latter IS
sure to triumph LouisNapoeon though he processes TO
be the Saviour of Society and the Imperial Patron OF
the Church has idea OF enforcing religious obligations
by the power of the State lie goes IN for candestlne
union between the Church and State-maklns the Church
the States mistress rather than the States we-and IS
careful therefore not incumber the relation with too
much legal show Still he continues steadily in the way OF
and assocatng the Empress in the work scat
favos upon the Clergy and their institutions every
day. The Moniftur of this morning furnishes us with
new and instance of his devotion in Great
ing a special decoration for the Metropolitan Chapter
(of Notre Dance who assisted at his marriage. The
decoration consists of white and violet enameed cross
with five branches to be worn suspended from the neck
BY light blue ribbon On side of the decoration
appears an egy of the Virgin and ON the other the in
scripton
Napoleon III. Emperor.
Favored in so many ways by the Emperor, the Catho
ics-the Jesuits especiay-are III high feather Just
now and renewing and multiplying monastic nstitu-
tions in every direction Monks and friars-a greasy
race Of cesturesare walking about the streets in
their long beggary robes, contrasting strongly with the
higher order OF priesthood who roll by in costly equip
ages and 90 dressed in purple and fine linen
The Pope delighted with the renaissance of religious
pcmp throughout the country endOws il with new Car
dnals and ndtes letters TO his faithful son in Christ
Louis Napoleon in the most aectionae style possible
Plate and IIerod were not on better terms.
On the 9th ult the Pope held Consistory in which
he conferred the Cardinals hat on NJ. Bonnet, Arch
bishop of Bordeaux, and NJ. MOrlOt, Archbishop of
Tours Who il viii be remembered elevated to the
Cardinalcy on the 9TH Of March last His holiness after
ward appointed Cardinal Donnet Member of the Sa.
cred Congregations of the Council of Ecclesiastical
"lmmunitts Of Rites Indulgences, and Sacred Relics
Cardinal Morlot at the same time appointed Men,
Der of the Sacsed Congregations OF Bishops and Reg
uars of Ecclesiastical lmmunities, OF the Index and
Of Indulgences and Sacred Relics"
The Catholic and Protestant excitement IN Holland
has in measure died away and the last accounts from
that Kingdom speak Of bill which has just been intro
duced to the Second Chamber of the States General
and which on the whole, appears TO be very liberal
The first article allows 10 the different religious com
munions perfect liberty TO worship God according to
their own consciences, but provides that the organza
ton of churches must be submitted to the appreciation
of the Government which, for that matter has always
been tolerably impartial
So much for Catholics In the way of Professionalism
observe that community of % families has just been
established at RaurAllah near Jerusalem, and another
at Beyruth Syria both under the auspices of Luther,
Bishop of Jerusalem. may also add that the Proies-
tants in Paris pleased 10 find one OF their CO Tel
gionists tM Hau,slnann) is now Project Of Police.
NJ Berger by the way. the late Project has just been
presented By the Municipal Council of Paris with gold
medal as a testimony to his fidelity, sc. ". The curi-
Gus have obst rived that the of Of the city,
which appears on the medal has restored 60 il IFS old
fsHrs dc U.s. The last heard OF this unfortunate
emblem was that poor fellow was sentenced 20 seme
months of Imprisonment for wearing in his but