The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-27

Russia has no thought OF stirring up the aahe1 q the
dre which was fortunately for her damped out in
March Of the present year. She win be sstlsded by
having gained the point ofs conference at all, after
such defiant had been used in reference to II
by England After a show of resistance she will
find occasion to add her crochets to the mediation Of
France, and great object win have been gained In
exhibiting before the nations Of the continent and
the world ia general, the increased and increasing
am ~ between herself aud the great military nation
with whom she has been 80 recently at war. That
the day is not far distant when this smty will take
practical character and hostile front against
England is certainly very popular error error 1t
be; and many do not scrupe TO assert the renewed
conference will form an admirable screen for some
fscses treaty highly prejudicial to the Liberties OF
men that the present denouement OF che political
events which began In 1853 and ended with the
treaty Of Paris, is precisely such "a the Emperor
Napoleon had been throughout laborng to effect. AS
- the dynasty Of BoDaparte but q cold friend;
but little good humOred wrestling and an
awkward black eye or two, has now rem
dered the parties friends for life. These long
sighted men content themselves with expressing
their firm belief that whenever another war shall
break out, whatever may oe its nature and its
cause, France and Russia win be found on the same
side.
But there is certainly another view of the ques-
ton. There are those who persist in believing that
Russia is still menacing and redoubtable, for she
will gain from the allles money for those railroad 5
which ten years hence she will not fail to turn
against them. With these, it is said, when Louis
Napoleon and Lord Palmerston have long passed
away from the scene, she will transport live
six hundred thousand men to those frontiers where
no feet OF France or England will be able to with
stand them. Then she will only need to cross the
Danube in order to enter tina. land-always to her
flowing with milk and honey-of Turkey. the pos
session of which she believes will endo her with
domination Of the world. Austria might indeed,
oppose her by means of Hungarian ana Wall achian
railroads, but much cannot be expected from that
Power. In the meantime the part which the West
Is performing is instructive Journalists, diploma
tsts, and influential parties of all kinds, ara blsy
squabblng about Naples and other matters, which,
IN comparison with great danger, are in the nigh
est degree trivial and absurd.
The Emperor, accompanied by an officer of his
household, both in plain clothes, drove on Monday
in phaeton through different parts of Paris. HIS
Majesty followed the Rue de Rivoli as tac rs the
Faupourg st Antoine, and returned by the Rues de
Ranbuteau, Train6e. Coquiiere &c, to the gate
way OF the Pont roarnant, where the Emperor
ahghted, and walked through the gardens 10 the
Tnileries.
TIE Project Of the Seine has just delivered his
annual report on the financial situation of the CITY
OF Paris, which, from cent reports has been looked
for with unusual interest
The lard tax personal and furniture tax, and that
ON doors and Windows, for 1856 amounts -
% fncfe3Sc
7,774 0s6 fr., and which will be still greater by
357 1888 FIR. in 1857. In other words. the taxes
OF Paris in twenty yeas are half as much
again. In order to remove an impression that
generally prevails that 1t is the richer quar-
tsrs of Paris which have most been benefited
by the number OF new buildings, the report states
that the eighth reimbursement, which comprises
The Faubourg st. Antoine, and where the working
principally reside, has only had 100 houses
taken down, while fourth Of the total number Of
buildings is in that quarter. Il also declares il
to be mistake that the new buildings are not as
much subdivided as the old ones, and consequently
less efficient in accommodation. 81 am" however,
says the Project "far from disputng that greater
number Of disposable accommodations would not
have been useful, in order 10 keep down rents but
what deny Is the cause which is genera y assigned
for the increase OF rent and which appears to have
also taken place in all great towns where the ex
tension of railway communication has caused sud
den increase of population The report goes on 70
throw all the baneo f financial difficulty on the year
1883, which, from disastrous law oil the 10th OF
May, rendered the city Of Paris incapable Of meet
ing the charges imposed upon it. Thanks" 1t
adds, Ito the measures OF finance Of 1855, we have
now entered on new era, and we hen,eforth hope
TO be able to maintain an equilibrium between the
receipts and expenses. This will not at first be ef
fected without difficulty, but the government Of the
Emperor, who has resolutely undertaken the difficult
work from which former governments have shrunk
that Of re establishing order in the departmental
budgets-wi devise means for preventing . recur-
renee OF the embarrassments Of the past
PARIS Dec. 4, 1856.
Snop IN Paris-7Hs City Finances-The Imperiai
Prinee-7as Imperial Displays, in Public,
&C., &c.
The ground Is covered with snow, and the frost
is 20 sharp that all building operations are sus
pended; and there is that dull livery of gray per
vading the atmosphere which promises q continu
ance Of severe weather. The appearance Of the
city as the eye wanders over 1t from the heights
Of Passy, is singuay picturesque the domes OF tue
Hotel des Inyalides and Of the Church Of the As
somption, and in the far distance that OF the Pan
theon, have majestic effect, as, looming through
the frosted atmosphere their snow-white robes,
like gigantic parachutes, swell over the panorama,
and spire, and tower, and uted portco, glistening
in their pure winter panoply, are only relieved from
q monotonoly OF white by the thousands OF trees
which, eafless and gaunt, shoot MP their hard.
black, staring boughs, Ia living testimony Of the
feeting nature Of beauty and luxuriance. The
accounts nom the departments all concur in speak
ing OF a very marked change in the weather since
Sunday. Snow had fallen heavily on Monday at
Lyons, valence, Bordeaux Havre, Cherbourg, and in
the whole northern part OF France; In fact, winter
would seem to have set in With considerable severity.
In Paris Yesterday morning, snow came down
heavily, and continued to fall during the day. The
thermometer IL now at 20 Fahrenheit.
II is impossible not to feel some misgiving as to
tranquility being preserved should the present
weather prove a presage Of heightened severity.
The government, 1t is well known, has made ample
provision, as far a. regards Paris, TO meet casual
necessities The manuisniion Is stored with every
description Of corn, and government purveyors are
prepared 70 enter the market purchasers for the
relief Of those whom the inclemeucy Of the season
shall have cast upon their hands. The power Of alb
soute government Is complete that IL has nothing
but TO win an interference with the laws OF con-
merce, In order to meet an exceptional demand,
and It's win becomes law. STILL the distress In city
gorged with tens Of thousands Of lsborers attracted
70 II by such gigantic works as have been going on
for the last FIVE years. cannot but be enormous; IL
from any circumstance the employment Is suspend
ed, II viii require no common vigilance and pro