, 1861-10-29

iCorrcEpondence Of the n. 7. World.I
PAHIs. October II, 1SG

PARIS, October II, 1861.
Within the past ten days We have been
nearer to revolution in-Paris than at any
time since the coup d'etat and the CAUSE Of It
has been the same IS one Of the great exciting |
causes Of the frat French revolut1on-the
high price Of bread. The French government,
in its paternal care Of It's subjects, has not
neglected to provide against the extortonate
demands Of the sellers Of the staff of life,
who, if left to themselves, might at any time
market to raise the price Of bread to such |
standard IS to p1ace It almost beyond the reach |
of the working classes, and the government |
well understand, too, that 60 long as the L.
boring population Of Paris bnve plenty Of !
sa work and plenty Of 6rtad ,5hey VII not
nothing to impede the revolutions Of |
the great governing machine Since the found.
alton OF tie empire, in order to regulate the
price Of bread, and keep 1t In all the 1ucsua-
standard rate, Caisse de Bo,dan9ere was es-
tablihhed, attached to the procedures Of the
different departments Of France Oacs every
two weeks placard, posted all over Paris,
and particularly in the shops OF the bakers,
signed BY the prefect, announces the price at
which bread Of the first and second qualities
shall be sold Tor the fortnight then ensuing.
The bakers themselves are appointed by the
government, and only certain number are
allowed, in the ratio Of one to every eighteen
hundred inha5itants, and regular fixed Per
centage OF profit only il allowed them;
Although the general rule Of the CdisN de
Bou2dngeTie regn1ates, through the project Of
the department, the prlee Of bread in accord
auce with the market value OF wheat, such 1s
not always the case, bread being sometimes
sold at considerable less than its cost price,
the bakers being Unidentified By the govern
ment, which intends to make up ths loss when
| the -four becomes cheap. During the Crimean
war, for example, when grain was enormously
! high, The price Of bread remained unchanged.
The result Of this, and the subsequent Low
| rate at which it Was kept, Was that the mUhl-
| cipality owed the bakers $50 600 Of francs,
which has since been reduced, by q gradual
| increase In the price of bread, to 1900, GOO.
! AS the city iB now spending enormous sums
! tcriptione, 1t was not considered desirable to
I cucumber the finances with an additional debt
for bread, and SIS grain Is unusually high, on
account Of the comparative failure Of the grain
| crop in France, on the first Of the month the
bread WAS raised to the maximum price, fifty
centlmes the kilcgranne [aboat dye cents q
pound, which Is higher BY more than cent
round than 1t has eVer been before since the
government took in hsnd its regulation.
EThc smmediate result Of this was manifes-
among the working population, which throngs
the FaubouJgs St. Antoine and St. jacques,
which have always been the hot.beds Of re7o.
luton, snd the points at which barricades
| nave nGEr1Ened. CfoWde OF angfy anu excited
men gathered about the bakers shops, and
were dispersed By the police after number Of
arrests had been made. pl2cards we're posted
upon the chop windows during the night de
| manding \ reduction in the price Of braad !;
and the notices Of the project Of the Seine,
fixing the rate at which it should be sold, !,
t. were in many cases emeared With filth. The
project himself received hundreds OF anony-
mcuE letteIs, threatening all sorts Of things,
if bread Was net put at lower price; and
the following couplet Of doggerel was posted
, | up in various pars Of Paris, and a copy Of It
afi1ed to one Of the gates Of the Palace Of the
Tuileries.
.'Le pain est Yingt sous--
LIE baionstte ett an bout
"Bread is 1t twenty sous Lost and the bayo
net is at the end Of IT,
, The reBnlt Of all these denominations ha.
| been, that about : hundred arrests have been
+ made, and uote has been published In tn.
r. 1tomiicar to the effect that the present rate o
5 bread being ths maximum 1t cannot 60 an,
a higher, ard that recent arrivals of grain ffon
i America and the north Of Europe give reasol
to believe that It will he lowered. This vii
A probably be done On the 18th, and the caus
Il Of dissatisfaction removed. The governmeu
= had rather pocket the loss than have reyolu
y | tioD.
Tie Prince Napoleon and Princess Clotild
a1rjded ut Brest on Wednesday, after q min
l. days passage from Boston. They are expec
I'd in Pstfa to-day.