New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-17

Prince Imperial will be announced for his next Drh
day March 10. The regular weekly statement OF the
condition of the Bank of France IS made pnohc 10
day The bullion in vault has decreased to the extent
of 100000 francs since last Thursday,
THE CHINESE EMBASSY
Mr.. Burngame and the Chinese Embassy depart
for Stockholm early next week. ..
EARL CLARENDON. ...
The British Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Earl
of Clarendon, is in town. and yesterday had an au-
dience with the Emperor. -st
THE PRINCES SPBECH-THE KINGS EVIL.
PARIS Sept. S-The Senate debate on the Senatus
Cousutum, which began three days ago. grows in
spirit and vgor it goes 1t is not likely to have
for its immediate result any noteworthy modification
Of the bill as reported from the Committee 1t has
as yet brought forth no strknglynew views or Opn
ions; it is hardly possible that it will The novelty
of this Senate debate lies in an animation and ear
nestness of speakers unusual at the Luxembourg
The ground they are going over has been traversed
for months in all directions, and worked to quite as
great depth the profoundest of them penetrate
by unofficial talking and writing pubcists and
thinking of all degrees. But although this
debate is not TO immediately affect the
teIt of the bill and adds nothing
TO arguments already familiar, it is to be by
40 means sterile. AS Michel Chevalier well
laid yesterday, in the abest speech yet delivered in
the Chamber What we are arguing for and urging
now needs TO be granted and probably will be
granted before two years are past" The debate IN
the Senate is the reGditng in a comparatively "con-
venient form for reference of the discussion of the
Constitution that the French people have been busy
with for the last month. The new form of the faml
lar arguments keeps up their interest. This Consti-
tuition cannot bear long discussion. Such iteration OF
line upon line preeept upon precept shall be fatally
hamnable to il. When he presented and pushed his
points yesterday, Mr. Chevalier surely knew they
were not TO be carried at this session. and knew
well that they were to be advanced-are advancing
He maintains in the spirit of an amendment rejected
by the Committee achange of the Constitution of 1852
much more thorough than the Senatus Consultum
proposes. He wonld have the Senate become legis-
the two bodies for completeness and co0rdiDateness
of power, to the Lerds and Commons of England, or
the Senate and Representatives of our country His
illustrative argument was largely drawn from the
successful example OF the United States.
said his is the ablest speech yet spoken IN the
discussion at the Luxembourg. SO IT seems TO your
reporter. One uttered by Prince Napoleon the day
before was longer, and has made more noise within
necessarily as utImated above, devoid of sensational
novelty in matter, il ~. thus far, the sensational
speech of the session lhis Is the Ilrst time since
his famous Ajaccio speech-when he frankly con-
demned his cousins Mexican expedition and senSeless
mpolicy toward the United States during the Rebel
ion, and himself fell under such sharp condemnation
for that frank expression OF sound oplnlons-thai
Prince Napoleon has openly appeared IN the political
arena. Tenderness, delicate consideration Tor the
feelings of others, not his weakness. His skill IN
making omelettes has never been proved, IS ex-
tremely questionabe his capacity for breaking eggs
is brilliant. He began with giving proper thwack
to the Committee and their reporter for their ungra
cOus, unwilling, and-since they ended with the
fOregone conclusion Of aPprovlng|thelr mpoh1lc
manner of approving the Senatus Consutum. lie
then applied his considerable talent to condemna-
tory criticism of. the bill as reported, showing up
its defects of haf-Wayness, vagueness tlmld yield
ing and timOrous restriction equally illogical and
impolitic He would have il so amended as TO effect
by it thorough renovation OF the Consutut .t,
making of this now the marriage instrument that
should unite in happy wedlock real democracy
with Napoleonic Imperialism This should be,
ought to be, the work OF the Senate; but
70 assure the working harmony of this
life of people welded TO man, numerous
reforms in the national household hitherto ruled
and misruled must be straightway instituted. And
here he briefly indicated what these reforms should
be, such Abrogation of the foolish and useless
Senatus COnsulum of q few years ago that forblds
the barest discussion of the French Constitution to
all Frenchmen foolish and useless: for it has come
10 be the constant theme Of discussion by all think
ing and numberless thOughtless Frenchmenl; In.
crease of the number of deputies the boundary OF
electoral districts to be regulated by law instead OF
decree; Mayors to be chosen by the communee, OF,
al least, by the Municipal Councils; abrogauon al
least modification better sense Of article 70 OF the
Constitution of the year VII. l799-in hne, tolera-
bly, thorough reformation, not TO say revout0nlZlng
Of the political administrative machinery OF France
AS his speech was. in essence. emneDtly opposition
not to saw revolutionary the Prince took noticeable
pains at the outset TO declare himself thoroughly
Oyal subject and even loving family third partner
bluf frankness, quite as crafty as crude when you
rome TO think Of il, emnently true any way, that
his personal interests were the Endorsements OF MS
given certificates of loyalty to the head OF his
bOuse. ,,.-, :.
What amuses me now, looker-on here since 1851, ls
the transient but excessive. wel-ngh ridiculous I'M
pOrtance that passably sensible French folks aot 10
Prince NapoleOps spoken edition OF q set OF liberal
ideas notions views, and OplnlOns-Do one OF when
mo disrespect TO the real talent OF the prlncey
spesker has not been better set forth any time the last
two years IN any one OF the twenty more OF ess o
persOns-not otherwise incapable OF the simpler pro
sesses of Acknowledgements yesterday IN nnu-
ing wonderfully additional element OF slRnncanco
a. of hope in commonplace liberasms, because they
had been enunciated by Prince Napoleon, first Prince
Of the Blood etc. They ignored the constant TACT
Of NapoleOnic history since 1851 let alone SINCE the
earlier date when Prince President Napoleon had 10
come out In public depreciation and denegatlon,
apropOs of his consn, Prince JeTolnes speech az boz
deaux duplicating the liberal policy OF the former
when the latter was on his way as Minister OF the
Republic, to Madrid They ignore the nearly con;
stant fact that Prince NapOleons oratorcal land
platonici aspirations toward democratic liberty have
mol been responded to by his Cousins Government
lon the contrary, quite otherwise.
Still the Princes piece is not quite lost. 10 was
spoken day before yesterday. AT the opening of the
House yesterday, il furnished occasion 10 TWO or
three hold back Senators of the old red sandstone
norted the Senatus Consultum for an uncommony
risky and amusing ebullition Of speRdidd 0hs An
other one of the now fast crowdlng, nuIDDerless
proofs of the new life France is growing rooi tne
jD the Paris Senate yesterday morning, Tor lew
minutes o SceRe-what in Amercanlsh we style row
that Washin Rton need not have been ashamed Of
The Emperor is getting on--nearly got wen thls
time AGAIN of one of those ugly attacks under the
neYt worst recorded of which he came 50 near 10
,pcenmbny in 1884 What definitely his chief active
malady is, cannot be assuredy asserted by your re-
porter His primary disease, inevitably fatal IN the
tono rnn H. NJ course chronological lie was born III