The New York herald., 1869-05-03

favored In the columns OF the HERAL
your Paris correspondent would resume th
state OF politics aud society here ey sketcn
ing an olive branch. for we are IN the enJoJ
ment Of unbroken peace. After M. de 10 Valette'
maiden speech the nation feels 1t can lock up tn
temple OF Janus and throw the key In the Rhine
And blessed be peacemakers therefore, blessed b
Marshal Neil who no later than Monday made
| concniatory answer TO NJ. Pecard, when the honor
able deputy of the opposition requested that the I'm
perial Guard should be suppressed as well as tn
six great general commands. To hear the Marsha
talk about peace be did proves thar his style o
cournng the goddess tby manufacturing for her spe
cai use IL, 900 Chassepots per day. somewhat differs
from that OF suitors who are not Ministers OF War
and nothing more. Some gentlemen WOO energeti
caiy, and the declaration from the Marshal that he
has 100000 guns ready, on the new model
conveys certainty that he Is one OF these neither
does he intend TO incur further expense as regards
future budgets He has spent good deal on
sending $1,000 men 10 Chalons, France
| We're going to send 100000 men to fight
fact so well prepared that q, 900 men Of tRs contin
gent have been sent home and ll,OO other men be-
Sides AS for reduction OF force, the Marshal how.
ever could not hear of 1t, he would rather dls0and
the army entirely.
Had the noble Duke been accused of personal
INJURY. or injustice this reused and ruied spirit
would be Unsuitable; but there never rises smoke
without some fuel under it, and the rumors were
based on documents which N. de Persgny placed
before the Emperor for appreciation. 1t was openly
known that Napoleon III. approved, and even
signed them, though they were Kept in his stud for
fortnight after, and while thus lying by statesmen
took advantage OF this space OF time secure per
mission 10 hold their posts until after the general
elections. NJ. de Persigny being al present very
much averse 10 grandeur might have ignored at first
how lar on dts mad gone yet Is positive that II he
did not dream OF the Ministry, the Ministry thought
OF him.
In reference to the Emperor's decree granting an
extra M pension 70 tne veterans or the grand army,
with rev exceptions the English press call 1t q
graceful and appropriate act; but many OF the
trencn papers wlfuly attribute Its source TO an
anaereurrent stirred up Just before the elections
putting all the poetry OF feeling aside for aged vete
rams, the proposed measure involves expense OF
100000 francs year, which will remain on the
budgets much longer than Is supposed, instead OF
disappearing with the oclogenarians that IL only
interests oelllgerent portion OF the nation, and
that 1t contrasts in a regrettable manner with
the recent rejection OF the modest amendment in
favor OF teachers IN the provinces and public
SCHOOLS. IL mas also been objected that though
France was great under Napoleon, general sent.
ment Will not agree IN calling his birth national
jubilee II all the ambition OF the victor Is remem-
bered, ana what 1t cost, when France was reduced
after hundred victorious combats to abandon the
shrink within narrower limits than those traced by
preceding rulers
The Franco Belgian incident appears destined to
end In simple agreement between one railway ser
vice and another The hours departure and arrival
are to correspond both sides OF the frontier be-
tween France and Belgium the companies are to be
totally distinct and each country have nothing TO
do with Its neighDor's managers, which think the
best part OF the regulation The tariffs of
for goods are to be the same in order to avoid the
painful necessity OF paying twice for what is quite
high price enough when once paid. Thus, two ine
inspectors could have achieved what 1t has taken
four Ministers to rush from Brussels Paris about
True. Paris has had new man to invite to banauets
TO !ook at within the Palals Bourbon and make
hero OF at the Tuileries, and altogether M. Frere-
Arban was the best possible representative OF Bel
gan urbanity that could have been selected from
large collection OF urbane Begians.
Quite large number OF deputies have obtained
leave OF absence from the President OF the Assem-
bee They are securing over their departments
and the p p c. written ut the corner OF their visit
ing cards Is read pour pre7tdre cdndidoture not
pour prend'e congo, as the uninitiated would
naturally suppose on seeing the honorable
members skedaddle. We have not only had
the remarkable and very admirable speech OF
the Minister or Foreign Affairs to applaud, but re-
ception at the Academies only, as we have four
ces 10 h itwould be cruel to analyZe the oratorca
disasters and nne eloquence OF all the speakers. At
the Antrau reception NJ. Cuvier- Fleury, moreover
made mistake into which |, as a writer, might fall
and such an occurrence would distress me ON re.
trospectlon he took out his watch aler address
tall eulogy, which had lasted hour then on
considering that the long hand had turned once
| have 70 say would last too long," Thereupon he
slipped his watch in his vest pocket, only he not
when the long hand turned round a second time
Fearing the repetition Of his prior conclusion van.
lshed. Ny sole anxiety as regards the Academic is
| TO know who Will succeed LamartIne
The excursion OF Prince Napoleon along the Adr
atic Is looked forward TO by him with much expecta
has lett Toulon for Marseiles. Meanwhile the Pom.
pelan palace he owned near the Champs Elysees is
being demolished as 1t Is found useless and un-
practicable for every description OF enterprise at
tempted In II. II cost the Prince three millions and
nai and really, considering It Is the only edifce
he has crowned, the French phrase III ma pas de
chance" seems an appropriate meditation.
The old vaudeville Is likewise lad low on the
Place de la Bourse. We are told an American specu-
lator has bought the prompter's box as q dra-
matte, matte monument = wherewlth TO enrich col.
Of Adding kas sSendS 81 the Proec.
on the top OF the Triumphal arch is being debated
The subject would be the apotheosis OF Napoleon l.
so many edi1ces have been erected many pala.
tal houses built that Paris landlords are lowering
their charges for NTH and sixth story nats No less
than 5000 locations have remained vacant since
last year on account OF their egregous pretensions
and grotesque prices for rent
disclosed how many lovers there are of wind IN str
ments who call music melody here below. at IL all
very we'll" said an amateur who Is not wagnerist
at the last performances; "he says he Is the harmony
OF the future, but the people In France never do
believe in such reports as that"
The Present state Of the French Navy.
The main feature in the Corps Legislatif on the
18th ult. was a speech Of M. Dupuy de Lorme on the
French navy, Of which the following Is the sub.
stance:--
He commenced by taking rapid review OF the
former state OF the navy, aud having pointed out
that France was the first naval power to construct
arfnor plated vessels, remarked that VI. Bethmont
blamed the government for having built too many
rohclad corVettes The TACT was true that certain
number OF vessels OF that class had been con-
structed, but not before the type-the Belqueuse--
had been tested In every possible way and with the
uniform result that every admiral captain who
had been on board her or had opportunlty OF wit
Messing her trials spoke In the highest terms OF her
seagOing qualities. some differences had been
made IN tue new constructions owing 10
the adoption OF heavier guns but all
that had been finished were excellent
lie would not enter into further technical details
but would show what had been done TO realize the
prOgrelnme OF 1857. According 10 1t 40 fast sailing
I nd frFefne
constructed; OF those IL OF the former and le of the
latter were terminated while II more Of the frrates
were wanting Of 10 corvette gunboats 90 were now
Completed and OF 30 floating batteries ~ were
ready. The whole OF the 10 transports were con.
structed a. well as lOi small vessels forming the
nOtila, and OF which the number proposed was l25
Thnre were besles craft for snncial snr,ico.