The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-06-02

correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.
PARIS. May 10. 1869.


mug oil The 18th, following" the meeting held
III inc thatalct Theatre, and which was con-
yokcd 10y NJ. Emile Olivier, Il moderate
h'hcrai, TO discuss politics with his oppO-
hcht, M. Bauccl. 1t is between these two
candidates for the third electoral district of
tariS That all importance is centred. 1t
- Il trEtl OF strength between the moderate
party, aided by the Govcrnmcnt.--as it has
no other choice-and the revolutionists, re-
presented by NJ. Baucel. Upwards of fifteen
thousand persons beSiegcd the above thea
ire for admission, broke down the ratings,
forced the doors, and rushed in. All order
disappeared. With great difficulty the ora
tor of the evening was heard. Finally the
meeting had TO be dissolved, it became so
hoiStcrous and disloyal. The crowd moved
towards the Bastile, yelling scditious cries
aud singing the MQrScllaSc. Some sixty
arrests were made. On Friday evening
political rctinion took place at the Napoleon
Circus. Inside, the crowd was great, but
outside still greater. Ultimately, both
crowds met and swept down the Boule-
Yards. tearing down ratings, trees, and
uprooting stones. Shops We're closed as
quickly as possible. Revolutionary songs
and cries became general. The police were
maltrcated with stones and lifc-prcscrvcrs.
one Inspector is reported to be dying, and
several of the men are more or less injured.
City Guard. These cleared the road
way, the police charging the side paths.
All was soon over. Succeeding eve
ninSS witnessed bands of young men
marching through the streets singing pro-
hibitcd songs and expressing illegal cpl
thct>. The students had little affair of
their own. The city is now calm. The
right to hold these public meetings expired
on Monday night. Five days will elapse to
allow excited passions to cool-the news
papers alone having the privilege to write
warmly-and on Sunday morning at s the
vote by ballot opens, ending on Monday
evening at (. Some allowance must be made
for these Disturbances it has been the first
exercise of the right of clcctionccring
under the Second Empire. The French
press is correct in saying there has been
n"thing in these cXccsSCS like what takes
place during election times i'll England,
America, OF Switzerland. Very true ; but
there is this difference, that in France an
election not may end III a reyolutlon-In
placin~a bonnet rouge on the head of the
>oycrcign-Sacking the Tuilcrics and gut
tin" the PalaiS Royal for "auld acquaint-
ancc' sake. OF course, Frcnchman still
want the complement of libcrty-thcy have
4 right to ask for more; but let it be done in
a constitutional manncr-lilkc frcemcn.
What is still their due, it is certainly not
worth while ovcrthrowing dynasty and
ucluGing streets with blood TO attain. Ut is
I more prudent policy to give Caution ~
national characteristics remembered than
10 give all at once. and then be forced
hereafter TO recall. 1t is this latter course
that has ever proved most disastrous for
al Governments in France-rcpubllcS ILL
cludcd. II is this conditional install
mcut--rinm of liberty, the natural conSc-
cucncc of an individual system of govern
mcnt, that meets with most approval hy
those who know France best. and which
ihc general election will undoubtedly ratiiy.
People want rest-arc beginning to find out
that perfect government is no more mo-
nopoIy Of party or dynasty than virtue Is OF
sect. The Emperor is fully alive to the fact
that matters cannot continually continue as
they arc. The scm-otlicial press herald the
change hy going over to Liberalism. III Is To
he hoped the new Parliament Will at last
sec the "crowning Of the cdllcc.'
IN SPAIN
the prospect of Scrrano being elected Re-
gent. with Prim rs President of the Coun-
ell and Minister Of War, gains ground.
Possessing an lrbanitv only cquallcd by
GOOD sense, and devoid Of ambition, Scrra-
nos appointment would tide over present
difficulties. and allow Spain to drift into
federation. Prim is ut home with the army,
Of it all the partiSans of Isabella. or even OF
Don Carlos. either by giving them unlimited
leave or placing them i'll positions to render
them nowerlcss for mischief. As for Don
Carlos, he is rs poor a> church mouse has
Il few SympathiZcrS, but not alniltary leader
to marshal them. Strange that 1t Is at the
Vatican his prospects look brightest, and
Francis the Second would swear by the
Farnc>c Palace that Don Carlos "Shall be
King hcreattcr.' What Spain wants most
is Il competent finance minister to redress
the grievances of the cXchcqucr, plundercd
in the past and discounted even i'll the
future. Such are the latest views floating
about as to Spain by parties who have just
returned from it competent to form an
opinion.
wHITSUNTIDE
is still a great holiday time in France, but
nothing to what it was. On Sunday last Inc
chapes were very well attended, but the III
tl,lX of visitors not so great as in former
wears. The weather is at present OF il March
character. with plenty of heavy ram, con
slant thunder, and much lightning. Inc
elections, too, keep many people away ana
already several families are taking their Ge-
part,lre for the seaside or the chateau. Inc
Court, it appears, will not go to Fontane-
lleau till the 30th and it is runorcd that
series of invitations will be issued, some
thing like Cumpcgne. The Nlceroy OF
EuyDt will bc among the earliest arrivals OF
the privileged few. The Empress's voyage
70 Jerusalem is spoken of as likely to be
POSTPONED for another year. 1t Is considered
enough for her to assist at the centenary OF
Napolcon in Corsica and inauguratc inc
Suez canal. These finished, she Will be able
ia have n short rest before the commence
mcnt of the next Paris season.
ROMANTIC.
There is story going the ROUNDS tht' thc
Emncror of Austria, desiring to mark MS
cstrem for the distinguished manner iii winch
Tho prjnccss Mctternich does her part OF the
rr,rcScntafion of the Austrian empire at
pir;s demanded of the Princess i'll what
,,,v he could best exhibit it. She replled,
"To forgive the Arch Duke Henry" This
:. lid 1o he the history of the reconciliation
toI,rnnn fhc Eupcror and his brothcr-the
,,ttnr having committed the nearly unpar-
Ional,Ic fault of marrying IN actress OF IRE
nro,rhable character, her face beng hci
rp,,Iv fnrtune She will now take high rank
ut Court.
TIE PRINCESS BEAUVAU-CKAoN,
whose mother attempted to have her re-
oarded rs a lunatic for the term hcf ha1ll-
ral life. has escaped this mateInal soliclt',ou'
I,hc princess was considered lunatlc ior 10y
inp the "olocicS," horses, ana INC Shl-
rit?;. ;" as a set-olr to an unhappy nome. fne
Cont decided TO administer ltseh hcl iot
1une. and allows her 1000 francs lhoh'il'
She was subject TO being imposed upon III
this respect.
.. PARIslAN LIFE.
We have had some types OF Parislah ne