The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-02-07
FRANCE.


The Emperor's speech and the Pnrisian Press.
PARIS, Jan. -, 1869.
The Emperor's speech still continues be the sub
ject OF comment and, like thermometer the de-
grees OF appreciation and dsapproval vary under
the influence Of outward PRESSURE The great pulse,
which is the Bourse, has risen by twenty-eght
cenrimes. so that It may be said the nation
is enjoying six sous' worth Of satisfaction
The middle classes seem secure that fresh liberalism
will be supported by order and authority. Dipl0-
matists believe in peace, aud the army is sorry to
entertain the same opinion. The manufacture OF
chassepots is however. still progressing for the army
in reserve and that OF small field pieces also. The
only military changes made consist in the discon-
tinuati0n OF experiments with the new firearms The
most absolute secrecy prevails among the officers
concerning former experiments. and measures to
this secrecy are such that the different pieces
OF war engine are constructed In different factories
and none Of the men employed on them know
whether the steel and Iron in hand are for the army
or naval batteries, for France or Algeria Apr0pos,
Marshal Mcmahon will leave Paris In a few days for
Algers and the only reforms he has been able to bring
about for the future government of this COLONY are
changes OF attributtons and nominations Thus the
present Secretary, NJ FARE win be succeeded by one
Of his selection only out OF the three candidates
neither suit the Marshal, and the question Is still
pending
The words in the French language remind me that
statisticians have counted how many there were in
the Emperor's speech, and cOme1tO the conclusion
that he says good many less than was his wont
year ago. In 1897 his speech contained l. ITO
words last year l34a ana this season I,ol2 It only
proves the eloquence OF ChaSscp0ta London re-
ceived the whole address Ia fourteen minuses Ber-
lin In one hour and nine minutes; Florence in one
hour and forty minutes; Brussels in f0rtynve min
utes; Vienna in one hour and fifty minutes; Rouen
that Geographic transmission having been erected
by two wires or the Hughes apparatus, four were
employed for London. There never was such q rush
on the printing news presses a. this year. Formerly
it usual for the editors OF political papers to 20
to the imperial printing establishment and a. soon
as the Emperor entered the throne room to deliver
his speech, copy thereof distributed 70 each
Things were conducted differently this year. All the
editors went to the Minisrere de lnterieur and as
sembled in q saloon, In expectation OF the arrival of
M. Theophie Gauthier, cher In the press depart
ment commissioned TO bring tho document FROM
ter past one and repented OF It, for he was almost
torn to pieces by the irrepressibe editors aud
the goddess Truth without raimenE
The terrible editors then rushed down the minis
teilal siairs-and they are sombre--one over the
and there was struggle at the door, when all got
huddled together rs TO who would squeeze out
Hoa.e plunged into Scre an' ali the 1 ps
pers had y line OF nacras down the street
along me Place , ana good
one had the best horse. on they clattered, In for
any amount OF pour loire and they did not stop TIL
tors were all standing in shirt sleeves. The speech
was then cut into as many pieces there para
graphs aud distributed. In few seconds this
mosaic was revised and put together: in ave
minutes more out came the sheets, and ~ they new
forth they were carried high In air al wet, 20 the
crowds OF paper sellers In the printing yards, and
there the scramble recommended, Tor the first
numbers sold tho Bouleyartis fetched
ten SOUS, on the Erchdnge one franc. The France
was the first. as guessed il would be- far It COVE
the Temps tremendous Kick as they were ali get
ting down stairs, but IL got up lrate and appeared
"a Hr.f nam I'm nfss.1a
lowed. At two O'Clock Paris was inundated and the
vendors cries were varied. One woman shrieked
sthe Emperors speech to the working classes " aud
IN no time she mad sold whole pile. such chronic
utterance5 a discourse from the crown have,
therefore, put the whole capital In fover for day.