New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-27
FRANCE.
from Our Own Correspondent


PARIS, Oct. Is, 1859.
The Zurich Conferences, that were to have closed
this week, last week. week before last, hold out
"bke the Widow Cruses OIL" But they have
ceased to greatly interest the public.
The topic of the day is the Emperors response
TO Archbishop Donnet at Bordeaux last Tuesday
II ia not likely to make as much noise in the world
as bis last oratorca performance in that city some
eight years ago, wherein he assured the Bordelals
and listening Europe, generally, that the Empire
was only another name for peace; since which
time we have had the Crimean and Italian wars, as
every one knows, TO cay nothing of the Chinese and
CochnC Chinese expeditions, and smart chance
of wsrlike rumers, exploding bombsbels, conspra-
cies ct ce'era. But the Bordeaux speech was q
very clever, sensible little speech all the same, in
which, firstly: The French Bishops who have been
coming out lately 80 fercely in defense Of tbs
Popes temporal sovereignty, and abusive attack OF
Napoleon himself, received, saving their reverences,
a smart rap over their episcopal knuckles; IN
which. secondly, the dilemma Is very well put be
tween the anarchy that must follow the withdrawal
from Rome of the French troops (Which cannot
sways be kept there), and the preliminary institu
ton of reforms that alone can prevent it; IN
which, finally the speaker leaves his special epis-
copal auditor and open-eared mankind IN general,
very little wiser than he found them as to his plans
for the paci6caton OF Italy.
The chief significance OF the speech is addressed
to the leaders of the clerical party. lie sho rs
them, with a calmness almost approaching con
tempt, that he considers their present concerted
movement in favor of an impossible restoration aod
confirmation in every particular of the old tempo
raj power of the Holy See without fear and without
favor. II will not drive bin from his own old pol
icy of reform in the Papsl States and is ilchosen
means of furthering their policy of conservatism.
1t will be interesting to watch what effect 1t will
have upon that movement, which has been itself
for the past three weeks the most interesting phe
nomenon of current French history. / have al
ready twice spoken Of the outward signs Of this
movement in the shape of Episcopal mandements.
Wi hin the ten days last past the signs have greatly
Increased in number and violence, and had taken,
IN several instances the shape of political letters
addressed BY Bishops not only TO their hocks and
TO the Pope and TO brother Bishops, but even 10
the editors of newspapers. An immeasurable, sui
cdai 6unse this on the part of these reverend cip
talns IN the service of the church militant,
who ale entering on war without counting the
charges so long as they kept in their fast
Desses, Episcopal chair or pulpit, sounding on 9th
ers to battle with "drum ecclesiastic," they had
an immense advantage over their lay opponents.
They baye now begun TO renounee this advantage.
They have entered the arena with publicists, and
the pubcisis, relieved by the act from special re-
spect for their sacerdOtai Office and character are
giving them very hard blows. When the Church
was content 10 fight aganstthe world with spiritual
weapons, they bad large chance of triumph in
the iact that while contrary 10 the State proverb
the King did die from time to time, the Church
never died. But newspapers have no. only the
pretended continuous vitality Of Kings, and tie