The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-02-11
pARIs, January 26, 1869.
FRENCH AFFAIRS.


Pending his Majesty Of Greecc's reply to
the collective note of the congress, France
and Austria are becoming very gracious,
The Austrian ambassador, Prince Meter
mich, is almost daily closeted with the En-
peror, arranging an alliance, offensive and
defensive it in gaid, between the two en-
pres. The Prince is the man for such an
affair he was the schoolmatc Of Franz
Joseph, and is the bosom mfriend Of Napo
Icons, if the latter believes in such rela-
tons. Austrian alliances have never been
very fortunate for France. Austria does
not appear to he "lucky" empire and
to unite herself intimately with France
throws Prussia at once into the embraces Of
Russia. The fight for the championship Of
Europe has yet to come off between France
and Prussia "belt" is in allegiance ;
and in such case it would be more the in
terest of France to narrow the conflict down
to Prussia alone. The French would pre-
fer Russian alliance to any-but the
4" sick man" p" stops the way.
The French Blue Book" has appeared,
which treats of the internal state of the
Empire from the statistical point of view.
The " Yellow Book is the Our Own Cor
respondence" with foreign Powers. This
year it is fiat, stale, and Improbable.
True, it gives telegraphic dispatches thir-
teen months old, and some information
about Japan and the Pacific republics but
Prussia, England, and Austria, have even
"Not the honor to be named"
A supplementary "Yeilow" is promised,
with something a bout the Greek business.
RoUMANIA.
Matters in Roumania are uneasy. The CO.
lonists of Roumanis in Paris-every country
in the world supports colony here-are
fretful. They ell believe their princi cipality
is destined to be the nucleus of south
ern Prussia, as they do their language will
one day be the universal medium of com
munication. What did they elect a Prus-
sian prince for, if he was not to tread in
the footsteps of the Great Frederick 7 The
dispatch in the French yellow book, re-
minding Prince Charles he was treading on
delicate ground and pursuing perilous
little Powers to play the fable of the frog
ard the bull.
THE LEGISLATURE.
The Corps Legislatif is commencing to
settle down to work. About the middle OF
March the budget will come on for discus
sion. The debate on the massacres st the
Isle of Reiuion may close this week. The
Government feel themselves safe here. Up
to the present the opposition has exchanged
no broadsides with the Ministers. Some
skirmishing has been INDUCED in. NJ.
Pelletan, alluding to the Emperor's speech,
said it was fashionable now to quote Scrip
ture, and improved the occasion" by tell
ing M. Rouher, the principal minister, that
it was impossible to serve two masters-the
nation and Napoleon at the same time. The
Tribunal has displayed dangerous severity
during the week by Furnishing the orators
and chairman of the tolerated public meet
ings, four in number, by imprisonment
varying from two to four months, in addi-
ton, in some cases, to fines from l00f. TO
200f. A representative of the police force
attends every public meeting, and is armed
with power to dissolve it, if necessary. In
the meetings in question he had the ser
vices of a short hand writer, many of whose
adverbs and adjectives we're objected to.
The police officer, however, recognized them
ALL Everywhere faithful memory is the
Dadge Of the " force" 1t would be better
10 Leave I'll "tall talk " to be discounted by