New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-14
FRANCE.
From Or Own Correspondent.

From Or Own Correspondent
PARIS, July 90, 1853.
Although the cause Of your correspondents
silence as to French affairs for the past three weeks
was bis sbsence ftom the country, it might be as
simply accounted for by The sbseucs IL current
French history during that time Of any startling
event; or, more pretentousy, your chroni'ler
might explain the gap in tis record By the present
happiness Of the French people. To say that the
French people are happy people, will appear ab
sud to many, to none more go than to those illog
cal theorists whore exaggerated estimate Of the
all-sbsorbiDg sll controlling imperial onniposelce
lot oply leaves out of account the thirty six md
loos of French brains and right hands, bat FUR
ui-hes the most effective contradiction to .beir
theory Of popular power and right Of sslf-govern-
ment No; under this imperial sway tue mass of
The people ietain ruff ,eutly large power Of action
and sufficiently unrestraDed faculty Of enjoyment
TO justify the theory of popular selfgovernment
and to prove that-on the whole, aud as nations
gO-they may pass just now for happy people. l
say just now, for present circumstances are more
ayOrabe to such condition than were the circum-
stances Of Il period recently past.
On the material side, the crops Of grain and
early fruits are if sOmew hat diminished in quan-
tity, by the long Summers drouth, Of more than
average abundance and Of excellent quality.
Notwithstanding the reported appearance of the
odium in SEINE of the whey ards of the Bordelsis,
larger yield Of wine than has been obtained for
many years is confidently expected The weather
thus far acceeratlng tue maturity OF the grape,
promises everything for quality. The only crop
that has suffered this year is the grass crop. The
yield of silk was also somewhat DjuriOusly afected
by the excessive heats of June. The immediate
Naot e tba n mir at of bsv
however, TO diminish the price of meat-a cOnse.
quence that is not likely to be regarded as msfor.
tune by the eating mass II would concluslvey
appear, by the way, from careful paper just pub
lished here, that the consumption of meat-One OF
the large tests Of peoples well-belng-is on the
increase in France. Here, as 10 all ether CONNER
cal countries, trade, commerce aud finance are
not yet recovered from last Autumns crisis but are
in state Of ss healthy convalescence as anywhere
else in the wofld. Lauyrsy, in his last weekly bul.
letD, writes: The movement of commercial
affairs is growing more and more general,
without having as yet taken great de-
velopment." he adds that all the looms
of Lyons have work on hand for several
months to come and that all sorts Of merchandise,
whether manufactured or raw msteria, are COM
msnding higher prices. The Custom-House returns
for the month of June, 1858, bear encouraging Dm-
parison with tLose otpreyious years There Is little
mo, emont at the BouIse-and indeed the present is
alwsys the dead season with speculators. But noT
msny Of the speculato-s are dead. Meantime, If
affairs there are in low state, they are Ia toera-
bly, healthy state Here probably, is the advantage
enjoyed by France over our own country for tue
coming resumption OF commercial activity in all de-
partments, that il tests al present on 4 sOunder
basis. which, reached by aess violent and destruc-
tive fall at tie time of the crisis. Another adysu-
tage is that Government here does It's best TO pro-
tect its own producers aud traders partial re-
ductiOn ofexcessve duties wool iron castings, and
one or two other articles, first ordered some years
ago by decree, AID now proposed to be made per.
msnen, by law, forms no more than al apparent ex-
ception to its fixed policy on this point. Ia the
country labor has been in demand since the begin.
ming of harvest. Some of the artisans and traders
in Paris and other towns hsye still Ia complain Of
the lack Of work ard customers while all that e
aon Of hote.keepers, shcl keepers, guides, valets
DC place who, like New-Jsrsey, I've upon strangers,
have 10 complain Of the lack Of travellers. found
this complaint universal in a recent trip over the
much haunted routes OF Germany aud Switzerland.
Added to the above material grounds OF comPara-
tive rational happiness, and closely connected with
some of them, are political causes. The change in
the Ministry Oi the Interior from sword to gown,
from Gen. Espinssse TO Judge Dehnge, had a
moral effect that still continues 20 operate in allay
ias fears and awakening hcfes-the importance OF
which is hardy ls.seaei By their indehusels's, aud