New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-09
AFFAIRS IN FRANCE.
From Our Own Correspondent
PARIS, Thursday, June 81, 1850.

PARIS, Thursday, June II, 1000.
If the proveTb, "No news is good news"
were universally true, people would be IN IRE
content than they are with the official silence
that is observed this week respecting opera
tons in the Crimea. In the present case the
silence of Government is interpreted az bad
news, or at best as confirmation of the bad old
fact, that SevastopOl is the 0bstinatest forth
fed place that ever was laid siege to. For
that the Minister of War is in daily receipt of
telegraphic spatches from the COMMANDMENTS
Chief, we all know; but as he does not publish
them we all conclude their contents to be not
of cheering nature; and as we have great faith
in Pelissier, and believe that anything which
can be done by courage and the ffeest expeadi-
ture of life will be done under his command,
we get painfully impressive notion of the for
midable obstacles that lie In the way of hts sue
cess. There is another view of the recent
"affaiIs" before Sevastopol which some are be-
ginning to take. Attic Oh there are no accu-
rate reports before the pablo of the Losses sas-
tanned by the French in tie last great actions
the opinion is spreading that they were as great
as those of the Russans-the very omission by
Government to publish the official reports
STRENGTHENING and tending to exaggerate that
opinion Taking the affair of the Mamelon Vert
as a measure of the future operations of besegers
and beseped, this is to be Kilkenny fight; the
French may finally carry the last fortified point in
SeyastOpOl, but the final +" affair threatens TO be
single handed fight between the last Of the defend
ers and the last Of the assailans. think they are
beginning here to count the cost III men. AS for
the cost in money, the Senate and Legislative Body
l.l Co.. bo of MI tn fhaf nr
rather TO approve and promulgate as law the pro-
position for new War loan that will be presented
TO them. The amount to be called for this time is
said 10 be 1000 000 or according to reports cir
culating at the BOurse, S0O,000,OO0 francs. In
prospect of such call the public funds have gone
down this week, but Three per cents are still held
at c. Money and confidence seem to be plenty.
The new City loan of 90 millions was taken up
very rapidly. The subscription was more than
completed the first day CAST Thursday and the
books closed The real balancing OF the expenses
of the war is to come by and by. The more press
ing question just at present is the Bread question,
TO which have frequently alluded What with In
undatons and the return, after few warm days, of
unusually cold, weather, the harvest prgs pect
is not cheering one. The cost price of bread, cal
cuated upon the last sales at the Corn market is 40
centmes the kil0gramme, for quality that Is sold
by the bakers at 40 centimes TO those who can pay
and at AZ centimes 10 the poorer classes. Our
Western farmers are likely TO find again large
market for their products at Havre. Meantime
the resources of science and mechanical ingenuity
are applied in various directions for the discovery,
development and increase in quantity and quality,
of farinaceous edible matter We have new Inven-
tons for cOrn-grinding, bread making and bread
baking. Agricultursts, more or less encouraged
BY Government are experimenting in the culture
of roots and grains new to the soil OF France.
Among these variety of upland rice may be par
ticularly mentioned. 4 Mr.. Callias seems In the
way to turn the ecula of horse chestnuts to profit
able account as substitute for wheat and pota-
toes if not the table at least in the industrial
ants The ecula of the horse chestnut is extracted
BY grinding and sitting, with the same apparatus
as il used for potatoes, the consumption of which
in the manufacture OF starch, &c, has hitherto
been enormous. Callias, who has made expert
ments on a large scale, has produced from horse
chestnuts -four which, mingled in the proportion
of two 10 three with wheat -four, gives a well ia
voured bread. The process for extracting the
bitter taste from these nuts is simply series of
washines in pure water. The entire horse-chestnut
crop of all the crown domains for this year has
been conceded TO Mr.. Calas for the purpose Of
encouraging the application of his process. May
not this be worthy of attention even in our boun-
tiful country 7
The French journals republish Nesselrode's note
of the 18th June in reply 10 Walewskfs note of
MAY % / purpose no criticism Of either of these
formidable links in the long diplomatic "COncate
"aatiOn accordingly" that has been dragging It's
weary length these two years up and down the
press of the civilized world cite it only as the
occasoa of turning attention to the eminently no.
ticeable add comforting proof which such plead
ines before the people of the civilized world give
of the fact that the world is mOVing-that the
opinion of the People is very much cared for
even by those moe. DESTROYS of suppressing opin-
ion. Almost eourted as auditors, the People are
on their WAY 10 be- recognized as the judiciary