, 1865-08-08

PARIS, Fr1eay, July 81, 1s65.
wi en- a1luding the other day to the rumor-
ed attempt at renewal OF the scheme for a
Peace CopEreAs, I did not hesitate to say that
1mysclf placed DO confidence In the assertions
put forward to that effect. This expression
Of opmfon Is nov cor1oborated By the Noni-
1tur itsslf, which intimated yesterday th. in
correctness of the reports In question. "The
idea Of = general assembly Of the Euro
pean Powers WAS, Indeed" The official Journal
says, "orce conceived by the Emperor, with
q view to the solution Of existing difficulties.
and the prevention Of new ones. No one
disputed the v1sdom Of the conception, and
the c1na!ct which ensued between Germany
and Denmark was not long in proving its
correctness. But the Imperial Government
will new leave to time the task Of lustI1ing
sill more completely the wisdom OF his
M&jeety's connsel's." That is to say,. ac-
cordng to the -Aont<ur, that the Emperor
Napoleon, baying orce made au attempt at
a etnttnl payl1c4 ton and Arrangement Of all
Causes oi diff renee, present or to come, and
having been thFart: In this design BY tho
lukeWnrmrcss of some Powers and tha d.
II ct tpps sltiou Of England, now washes his
hands Of ths whole concern, aud does no: To-
sition TO be sgain hualliatea by REFUSAL
quite right; for il va were
10 brtak out seriously In Eur ,pe,
France and her sovereign ara the leas. likely
Of su the powers to be the losers By It. All
seems to l,e IN 3 state Of complete disunlon
and Distraction. The smaller States vonld
be onlY too willing to take up arms against
the tytan1} Of The two greater p.Wers; aud
The lAtttT, besides that one, Prussia, Ia ever
snd anon on the verge Of civil war, and the
Other, Austria, on The verge Of na'ional
osnklnE.cy@are, moreover, alxays ready to
at least the disposal Of the spots Of the q In.
ish var. Evidently, Louis Napoleon popu-
1sr in his own person ind ruling over Ffahce
strong and united, has no,htng to fear from
that quarter, where the least hostile mave-
ment would place tie bourdar.es of the R15na
com mplet*ly at hts mercy. Hta lt8llAn ue!go-
bors ~ould simply make common cause with
him agsinst ali pa ties North Of the Rhine, and
allow him willingly any aggrAndisement on
the side OF PEuskls, in return for the optnad
spo2id which Italy would not fail in such case
to Hrcst from Austrix. Russia Ia far of and
detires only to b. let slone, Spain ts not
England and her Chancellor Of the E1.
chequeT would resolutely md yAllautly-
button up their poelets! IfA ~arb.okc out
in Europe, France might do inst what she
liked. Why should Louis Napoleon then
bother himself about Peace Co1gressee, or
subject himself to snubb ncs from those
whom he holds in reality u-der his thumb?
Such is the ye.1tAble aspect and balance of
Europe At the present moment.
TIE Emperor 10 gone to Plombiere to bath
and drink, like sll the rest OF the world. The
Empress and Prince Imperial have taken
tteir departure TO Fonta!1ebleu, leaving
Pa1ia to heat, Dust and dts,lattou. Before
their MsJest1es lsft us, little lnclden. took
llace which Ia worthy Of notlce. 0ce dne
summer night last week about 10 o'clock,
when the moon and the gas were shining
with almost equal brilltfancy, the shops
brilliantly lighted and the crowd Of farenTs
ard ioafere, ae uEual at this teason, very uuet
the Bouleya1ds were surprised hy ths sud
den apparltiou Of the entire imperial party,
In open carriage and four, with out1.ders,
driving through the s'reets at that very un-
usual hour. The ttrt'Ation 10 au 'oyation"
Was Irresistible, ard tie deeied object, II 1t
tpas desired, OF this a1mt st midnight POM
e1 ade, Waa speedily and most successfully
attained. The conrt carzisgee were sur
rounded and even blocked up and broughtto
q stand, d,aull by masses OF the population,
who cheered and shouted FIX T z npertu!
with Ehat sppeared TO be genuine loyalty;
AID so the Emperor parted apparently On the
best tt1ms With lis Pa'isian suhjects, and
went off to enjoy hts simmer recreation,
probably with mind vtry much at case ssas
to the tu:use.
We aIe nov fsl,ns every week more SIN
The fashionable Parts OF The city arc quite
deserted soc!al and even political Life sesins
almost et,kW rded, and Paris Is t. be found
a1moet anywhere ra' her thAn at home. Only
In the business and commercial quarters, and
at the Bourte, are sigma Of aetiEt still vtsi-
BILE. There The emission, Of the new ci.y
loan, speculation In Ae1feau securities and
tie t ad state Of The Spanish dnaoces fofm
tie leading obj cts af attention and t'ausAc-
lion. Tbs loan OF two hundred aud fifty MIL
lions, mwillipgly anthor zed By the Cotps
Legislation the continuation Of our city i'm
proytments. is off red to public subscription
ftom the 25th to 1he 31st Inst, in the ah4pe
81 s91s s9z q z F ST. 9I Ss1s
s3ea'1y Intarest, Of 20 france. aud besid-s
this, ado1 1daa chance Of winning one of the
spikes" which are NOW bfcone q Necessity
ard teecb tlal feature In all French financial
echsmts for rats'tg the wind. Formerly the
drawing cfthese lots ustd onlT to take plhee
at The end Of q cons'd.rable lapse Of tine
af,er the tubs .1iptio1 Of the loan.
But the great sncccas which attended
tbs late Mexican transaction, when
the "1otte1y" began almostimmediatelY, has
proved that htre Is nothing like Great NJ an
excitement At once and keeping it up. 80
thu ci,Y authorities advertise p.izes 70 the
extent Of !, 10000 francs per anuum, to b.
drawn quarterly at the rate Of oS5. 900 francs
per quarter. The first bond drawn in each
qua Ter wins 150, 900 francs, 80 you may i'm
Rgtne the excitement which will thus be Kept
up all the year round amongst the masses Of
the population, who will rush to deposit their
ANAL earnings IN the loan, or borrow money
TO enable them to purchase bond and have
chance for a prize. The means res,rted to
are no doubt highly successful, but that per-
hapa is almost all that can be said in th.lr
favor.
The situa'io Of Spain, both tinaucl,l and
political, Eetms to grow worse and worse,
French capital has been largely EN-
barked thera IN enteEps;ses Which
hare now deprecated In Yalue twenty, ffty
and even eighty psr cent. The alarm Is
great, aud numerous petitions aud repre-
eentationa 10 the Sp.nisA government are
bling got up and signed here by the parties
Interested or implicated. Msuy .rsons
Openly pztdict that The universal conyu,si5 n
In Spain, which WAS only fortultoussy aree.t-
cd by the diecoyezy Of the Valencia cons ii.
racy, will break out ere long, and DOUBT only
whether the present ministry and the Liberal
Union. of which association they are mem
bers, will not be found at the head of the
rvnlutiouarr movement The dethfope.