New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-06-22

Of the priests and their priest1y fellows have no
a wtrd to say. God forbid. If the Liberals
the world were all as sincere and self-sacrifcing,
many contests that now distract the world would
have been settled long since. But sm wandering
little from my theme or thesis, which was simply
this, that the pohtica, intellectual activity Of the
French was remarkably awakened and in move
ment of late.
/ noted last week, perhaps too sarelessly, the
sinqularly clever pamphlet Of Provost Paradol, en-
titled =" Les Anciens PARTS" As it seems his Ma
jesty's Government thought more of it than your
humble correspondent, and ordered its seizure. The
seizure touched some hundred copies, more or less,
of the brochure; if you want hundred copies OF 1t
can furnish them at little adpance on the original
price; the police commissary who was empowered
to seize them at the printing Office, 40 far forgot
himself in his zeal AS to knock the innocent types
into pie-for the which extravaganza of blindly de-
vout zeal he was deprived of his Office, which act
of deprivation was communicated from the Minis
try Of the Interior to all the Paris daily papers
and published by them the next day. despite the
which, venture to say that the Over-zealOus DIS
placed COmmissary is, has been, or will be, well
provided for. The reason for the seizure of Les
1neiens PARTS did not reside entirely in the witty
pages of that singular pamphlet Impnmis its
author, Provost Paradol is the bOldest, sklfulest
cunningest of all the sackwire dancers in the OPP
position press Setting aside all political interests
and opinions, his articles in the Dfbats, before he
left that paper two months ago, were wonderful
as specimens of rhetorical gymnastics. How near
he would come to the floating limits of that fast
and-loose law on the press, forever on the brink,
and, by pure force of intellectual muscle, II one
may so speak, saving himself from topping over
and being caught in the snare, was marvellous His
pamphlet of the other day had to answer in part
for the sins of its antecedents," undoubtedly, as
well as for its proper own. But the root OF the
matter lies deeper.
The law on the Press is little less hard, and, if
possible, more indefinite in respect OF pamphlet
than of newspapers. The advanced branch OF tn
the sO-caed Orleanists--their filter and nober
name would be NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. represent
a tive men are Provost Parado flor wit and in
genous literary shifts-a really respectable principle
being always preseryed); D'Hauponville, for wit
and intimate knowledge of the laws and intellec
tual subtety, he has been already more than once
spoken of in terms beneath his worth in this mper-
feet correspondence); and Remusat (for large solid
acduirement)-the men and their fellOw-think-
ers had devised devices" for publishing series of
pamphlets, one or the other OF which should touch
or revive every living question OF the day. L have
before me, as / write, the titles and the names OF
the authors of eighteen pamphlets which were to be
published in sequence Of the Aneiens PARTS of Par
adol, and pamphlet of NJ. de Broglie, on the Ad-
ministration of the Colony of Algeria. Some of
these pamphlets will yet come to light and print.
Among their authors are the very first names of
French thinkers and writers. only take note of
them in passing and take occasion from them to
direct the attention of any of your readers who fol-
low with consecutive interest the course and devel-
Opment of French history TO the fact that the pot-
ico-intellectual Gntelectopoltica if you like that
barbarism any better) movement is growing, swell
ing, and gushing out and forward in a very hopeful
yyav and Df late a very noticeable Yay,
And here is just the bungle of witty, intellectual,
ingenious narrow minded Provost ParadOl. He
thinks that Crimean and Italian campaigns distract
the attention of the French from their own affairs.
MOI bit of it, The more interest that is taken by
Frenchmen in italian liberty the greater the imphca-
ton of the Napoeonic regime (Which must be popular
at any expense) in the liberal wants and aspra.
tons of the French. | speak Of Monsieur ParadOl
as narrow-minded, l won't say in Pickwickian
but in strictly dictionary sense. The man is, do
not doubt liberal and generous, but he has not freed
himself from party swaddling clothes. The direct
service that he has rendered and continues to rem
der to the general cause Of liberty, commands the
respect of all her inferior servants. L should be
sad TO think phrase Of my last weeks letter had
inspired unfair judgments of Parados last pamphlet,
Les Anciens PARTS. For the rest it is OF little i'm
portance whether / moderated or not its intrinsic
merit. The thing to be noted is that this pamphlet
is sign of the decidedly increased activity of the
politicO-inteectua movement in France.
, The mail closes ten minutes hence. j owe post
script to this letter that must wait for next mail
1t is stated that Immediately after the formal annexa
ton of Savoy and Nice France will address note to
the European Powers notifying the fact and demanding
reply as recognition Of the annexation by Europe
The French Government had requested the Belgian
Cabinet TO make proposals with the objects of eonclu-
ding Commercial treaty.
The health of Prince Jerome Bonaparte had 80 far
improved that no bulletins were being issued.
Mrs Faulkner and her daughter, accompanied by
Mr.. Faulkner, the American Minister, had been pre-
scented to the Emperor and Empress.
The recent storms are said have considerably dam
aged the growing wheat crop.
The Paris Bourse was very dull and on the 9Th
closed at 6S20.