New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-06-30

LONDON, Tuesday, June 49, 1869.
Teegraphic adyices have been received from
the steamship Great Britain up to Monday
noon. At that time she was IN latitude 49,
o. longitude 25o IL having run s23 knots from
Brest, and paid out GIG knots of the Cable The sig
nails were still good. All well.
AN AMERICAN CLAIM FOR DAMAGES.
PARIS. Tuesday, June 2s, 1869.
Mr.. j. Q. Warren an American citizen, has
entered o formal complaint to Minister Wash
burne of i'll treatment and arrest by the French
authorities during the recent election riots He de-
mands compensation.
THE EMPERoR's LETTER-FRENCH TEMPER
PUBLIC OPINION AGAINST THE RIOTS.
IRON OUR owS CORRESPONDENCE
PARIS, June 1S-The Emperor has published
brief letter, addressed. the shoulders of one
De Mackan to the pensive public who any time
since the elections have been busy conjecturing
changes of Ministry and programmes of new policy.
The essence of the document lies in the second of its
three sentences: Concessions of principles sacri
fees of persons alVAyH ino6io"oio"s ia presence
of popular movements and a Government that re-
spects itself should yield neither to pressure nor
momentary impulse, nor to a riotOus mob (emeuteD
That is, His Majesty admits by implication that re-
forms are to come, and Minister Ronher to go-but,
as Sir John insists, not on compusion He reasserts
the strictly personal character of his government;
any changes to be made as to measures are 10
be concessions of privileges by him, not acknowl-
edgements of rights inherent in the people, And
these concessions for sefrespects sake, cannot be
granted at the call of upward of 100000 electors
not at least while they calling with excited
earnestness That would look like fear at best like
confession Of having miscalculated the time when
they needed TO be made Betrayal of fear, doubt,
is surrender Of the Personal principle The condi-
ton of a personal Government is infalhbility lt
must confess to mistakes. 1t stands IN place OF
God Non possImps, says the Pope as Vicar; non
rolumus says the Emperor; Scm Deus ipSiSSimas lilo
can't seem TO bend lest he should break
And vet he is too well aware Of the formidable
pressure represented by the popular move
menp of the last year and the minority vote of the
last elections not to know that some show of salts
faction must be offered to them His method hitherto
has been TO make concessions, as in 1860 and 1864.
after period of calm. at moment when not OK
pected. This was not for the childish pleasure OF
enjoying the surprise they excited but of preserving
to them the quality Of free gifts, to himself the
quality of gracious giver 1t is highly questionable
when if ever under this regime, another OF those
long periods of apparent calm will succeed. The
street disturbances in the large towns are over and
the excitement of the electoral period naturally
queting down; but the awakened political life of the
nation is not very likely to go to sleep again in
sure" of the elections is permanent. The CON rolumm
of this very letter is anything but anodyne. Moth
ing could be better calculated to drive the Left Cen
ter toward the Left the Third Party into open OppO-
sjton 1t tells them and nearly one-haf OF the ma
tionthe younger, growing, energetic, most lnteul-
gent half-that they have violated the respect Gov
eminent owes to ITSELF that they shall not have what
they ask 80 long as they ask for it. What else them
left for them but to go TO the doctrine OF the
irreconcileables and take It'll
The letter addressed to NJ De Mackan an official
candidate elected by bare majority is logical III the
general and in particular when it says that any con-
cessons to the great minority of his district wOnld
he ineficacious "The meaning of the empire is that
Napoleon is to govern The meaning OF the elections
is that Napoleon is not to govern" What the mod
crate opposition asks is that the nation should be
taken into partnership with Government, leaving
Napoleon at the head of the firm. Napoleon proposes
only TO make minor changes in the manner OF con-
Quoting the business and changing some OF the clerks
one of these days-not now. One OF the immediate
objects in publishing this letter was to reply to one
printed three days before, written by Perslgny ana
addressed originally to Emile Olivier The EXPOSE
ton in this last of NJ de Persignys-eminentiy alb
stract ideas of Liberty drew little attention here
and deserves none from you. What amused us moro
are his slaRts At Mr. Rouher and other Ministers VINO
are charged with want of polite ability, energy
prudence, and youth. The accusation comes win
queer grace from Persigny who so wofuily mlsinah-
AGED the elections of 1863 when they were compare
tiyely easy TO manage, that rs PrevostParadol OBJ
serves in his mild way, the Emperors confidence has
since kent him in official retirement 1t lis equally
oueer that Persgny should be the publicprivate
confidential correspondence with Emile Olivier and
outright laughable that he should be recommending
an infusion of Young blood into the veins OF the en-
feebled Imperial reQme-laughabc TO us not to his
Majesty, who attens out the poor Duke 50 to speak,
in his letter TO NJ. DE Mackan.
The street riots. as said are cnded-were really