The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-04-24
Our Paris Correspondence.


PARIS, April s, 1850
Passion Week-Imposaaq Ceyemonies at the Churches of
Kadelsne st Rech 81 E,astache and Notre Dan,e-De
potion of the Pa,isiars-Imnense Attendance Of Wor.
shipers-Pecar Relations Be,een the Church and State
Caused by the Papol Qtiestion-Grdnd Case of Theft
H. Fbmtana the Sufferer to the Tune Of $50 ,o00-A Sc
cc~d Warming to French Re,gious Neospaper-Lord
John Rsseps Abrcgdio~ Of the Alliance Bet'ceen Eng
land and Di.tyus Of the French Empsror-7em-
porary Retuyn Of Conn! P,rsigny-Wdr Gossp-Aue9ed
Di,loyalty Of BriaA Subjects Louis Napoleon an
Eqxestrian-A Fancy Fd& at the Briish Emtassy-Zs
Names Of the Lady Pdtronesse-Anricdn Pauperism in
Pau-DeaM of Lody Elgin-A Memoir Of this Diain
outshed Lady-Rsored Naval Alliance Betoeen France
and Denmark, dc.
This being Passion week, gay metropolis sets an
example of religious decorum. Ball, concert and drama,
and every other species Of excitement ordinarily SO in
dispeusable are for the moment, dispensed with nothing
now heard from early morn To dewy eve but the sound
Of church bells and the solemn music which tells Of sin
and suerng-of cruoifxion and atonement The 1enrcs
La Gene, or the washing of the feet OF twelve poor
persons imitation Of the Savior and Apostles and the
exquisite Of the Saba yesterday performed
OF the Madeleine st. Roch St. Eusache and Notre Dame
de- Iorete such various hours permitted the attend
anoe Of all classes /; and It must he admitted that
everywhere the population exhibited the greatest eager
ness to avail itself Of the privilege. Never at
any time during the last ten years do remember the
sacred edices to have been crowded. to have in
stanced emphatic signs Of popular devotion Many
OF course frequent the churches from curiosity sim
love Of sacred music but so exqusitey touching 30
soul eevatng the ceremonies Of the Catholic church
nj this epoch that be the dosyncracy
which IL not affected by them.
The peculiar relation OF the government ALSO towards
the Sovereign Ponuf is not without s effect on many
A.,v,1 frAp, fnn
late to the humbles Of his order and the huuders Of
the Meniteur are evoked to remind them again and
again that no bull other illumination from the
Papal Chair can be published commented on
without express authority nevertheless Is equally well
understood proclaimed at the market place that the
chief executive in France, as in Sardinia s under the
ban Of Christs vicar; and now, att time when all are
commemorative the agony and passion Of Him by whose
suffering alone cometh salvation the thoughts Of many,
doubtless, dwell his time honored representative, and
mingle devotion his person with their more elevated
sympathies.
second warning has been given by the Minister OF
the Interior to the Ami de Ia Religion for having pub
lished an article which described as containing
formal attack the organic law, which, FORMULATING
the Concordat and ,e.tstablishng the exercise OF Ca
thoc worship regulated the relations Of the
Church and State
N yeuio lot, the propretc- lie Uniceys, whose voice
has been summarily close has Lad on his return from
Rome domiciary visit from. Ice, and his papers
seized.
Notwithstanding that the official journal somewhat pom.
pously calls attention the beneficial influence which the
commercial treaty between England and France though
signed only two months ago, beginning to exercise
French commerce, everything il dulness personifed.
The speech Of Lord John Russell, cutting adrift the ALI
ance repeated in every corner Of the Empire the
peace loving part of the community, they Who live and
move and have their being by trade, are paralyzed
What they say 70, tina: may be for good
or evil, but the Emperor's policy Is emphat-
caIy one Of present disrust to al-that no
man knows where TO place him; man can reckon upon
his word. Tho Efforts keep up the funds too trans
parent to deceive any one, and are simply humble.
rather an abortive imitation Of the First Empire dodge
but without the same adequate MEANS for then the col
l 70 of the Tuileries gprged with specie.
The French Ambassador u the English court Count Per-
signy, here and mot OF the English Foreign Minister
les, since his arrival been In everybodys mouth, viz,
hat France be whstood now, the peace OF the
world has gone Other things kewse the talk Of tho
salons since Tho return Count dc Persgny. We hear
the results Of IN open rupture very calmly discussed and
among other things averred, on what called reliable
authority that Notwithstanding all the fuss now made
about the volunteers, and the whole country bristlnr
with arms In England that the masses, whether Of the
agricultural or manufacturing districts, would not Gre
shot1n behalf OF England.
stated that 90 wce s the space between tho labor
g classes and their employers, complete has been
the destruction Of the middle class between these two
the small yeoman farmer and honorable milowner-tha
the country Is now than divided into the two
sections Of wealth and poverty. We hear observed