New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-12
FRANCE.

Alexandra Aupuste Ledru-R Ollin, ex- Minister OF
France who was compelled TO seek safety IN
England in 1913 on account of conspiracy against
Napoleon, is expected TO arrive here to-day IL is
reported that he will be promptly arrested II he
enters French territory.
NJ. Armand Barbes, an eminent Radical politician,
who has been an exile for many years has returned
to France, and il is reported is now IN Paris
TIE SHORTEST PASSAGE KNOWN.
BREsr Thursday, Nov. II, 1862
The steamship Pereire. Capt Duehesne, of the Cen
eral Transatlantic Company which arrived here on
Monday, made the shortest ocean passage on record
The Perere left Sandy Hook on the SOth ut at S:25
D. H.. and arrived at Brest, Nov. s, at s a m. Thus
making the run in days, 10 hours and IS minutes
apparent time OF days, II hours and 30 minutes
actual time This is equivalent TO days, q hours
and IS minutes to Queenstown, which has never yet
been DONE
TIE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE 26rH-wHY NJ.
RAsPAIL DID NOT GO-THE RADICAL FAIL
URE-M. PIETRIs OFFICIAL JOKE-NAPO-
LEON IN THE STREETS.
IRON OUR own CORRESPONDENCE
PARIS Oct 29.--The 26th of October has come and
gone aud Paris is ready for the next sensation l
saw. the next" as if we had already had sensa-
ton but in truth the condition of thepublic mind
so far as it could be got at by the dgent reading of
newspapers of all shades of opinion, and by watch
ing straws, would hardly justify the use of that
word in describing the feelings with which the Goth
of October was looked forward to by the population
of Paris. After Mr. Keratry's withdrawal from his
promise to make his appearance on that day at the
Corps Legislatif had been followed by the with
drawa in succession Of One after another Of his col
leagues of the Liberal party, and after Victor Hugo
had given the signal for the withdrawal OF the Radi-
cal party, the shop-keeping mOney-spendng, specu-
o4,11o 81 81 ho Y,fallr
breahed little freer and there only left asort of
amused curiosity to see what Mr. Raspall would do in
the emergency: how he would get out of the serape;
for it must be considered a scrape when man has
done a melo-dramatic thing when, hoping, no doubt.
10 be followed by hundreds of his feow-ctiZens, he
has declared that, on a certain day, he will be in
given place. "eyen if he were there alone" he finds
that there is but little doubt the hoped for hundreds
will fail to appear and that to be alone" will be
90 run the risk of imprisonment, fine, and perhaps
exile. As might have been known beforehand, Mr..
Raspail backed out after having been entreated by
bis friends, not to keep his word after having re-
ceved letter from his constituents expressing their
wish that he should do nothing disturb the public
peace; after having perhaps, consulted with his own
fears be made choice of that discretion which is
certainly the better part Of the vaor Of the Liberal
party in France to-day and stayed at home. Then
by twenty members of the party including Messrs.
Bancel EsquirOs Jules Favre, Jules Ferry, Gam
BETA GARNER Pages, E. Pelletan and Jules Simon.
It began thus: We are asked if we are going
TO the Chamber on the 26th of October. We are not
going and these are our reasons" And then followed
the reasons that had been given by each of the
Withdrawing Deputies in turn, the only reason. in
fact there to give viz, that the of liberty
would lose more than 1t would gain by the proposed
manifestation. There was not wanting the express
r IL. g voaln1 urn tuf lVk
easy to understand, that the Government, having
been forced into making the concessions had made
20 liberty, wished for nothing so much as an excuse
for tramplng out the fire il had unwilllngy lighted,
and there also threat that when the Chambers
do finally meet on the 29th of November the Left
will have serious questions TO ask and VIII ask
them but on the whole weaker manifesto was
perhaps never penned by victorious party IN the
hour of its triumph. The s0-called " leaders" Of the
Left have gained no reputation by the performance.
If they were leaders in any true sense of the word
they would have known enough of the condition OF
parties in France 70 have enabled them to judge
what course they ought 10 have taken, whether to
have restrained their followers OF to have pushed
them forward and when they had decided to
take a certain course after clear understanding of
their position and resources, they sAould have had
the courage of their opinions and adhered TO their
determination The reasons they gipef for withdraw
ing from their position existed in full force, when
they took that position and nothing in the situation
has changed but the minds Of the men who dared TO
threaten more than they dared TO perform They
knew well, yesterday, they know, to-day, Just
how willy, how cruel. how treacherOus, the man
Louis Napoleon and how all that is bad in him is
Kept at Ted-heat and fuel added at need, by the
cOunseOrs he keeps about him. They knew, when
they made their valOrous threat, that he would no
more hesitate 10 shoot them down to-day than he
ana IN December, and that he is many a hundred
thousand times better able TO do it now than he was
then. All Paris knows how cunningly this spider
has planned and woye his web, They know how,
Oyerground and underground, he has made
rasy roads for his favorite chassepOts TO
travel and that with the two armies
OF police and chassepOts, nothing but rising of the
whole population of Paris with arms in their hands,
quo one determined, manly purpose in their breasts,
win the courage 10 do, and If need be, to die, would
nave any slightest chance of against the in
iernal power with which the despOt who governs
rance has hedged himself about. They knew this
when they said they would appear at the Corps Leg
lsati on the 10Th Of October we'll they knew it
when they unsad it, on the 18th, and they had moth
ing 10 expect but the very reception their manifesto
met with. The Radicals were angry and insulting
tue opposition insulting and merry, and nobody had
g9od WORD Tor them. few days afteTward those
Oh ehen VINO represent the Seine Department were
caed 10 account for their conduct in a rather sum
mary way They received peremptOry summons 70
appear AT certain place, and defend themselves be-
oIe the representatives of the Department. 1t must
De eOnlessed that the call savOred not little of
u"Sitl, Vi Ihpudence not to put too fine point on
~. ENeh surprising that the call was signed as the
AoT"e says ~ was by 800 persons that number
Conllu haIdly be said to represent the
4VVVW electors Of Paris of whom
"l%VOV TOOK part in the last election But il
tnat tIe 1O audacious gentlemen knew their men.
ana also OF Lambetta who is III they all obeyed the
luminous meekly, and cOndescended 70 defend them
ELVES. NJ. .InlaA Favre answered the blunt demand