The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-04-16
European Correspondence-No. 2.

PARIS, Feb. 16, 1870.
flf three evils that We have had during the
~ !, mJnth-barricades snow and iniuenza-the
has left few wrecks behind, sufficient to
u ard strangers who have focked TO the city to
Aufy their curiosity. The snow is rapidly
ting away, and with it the hard times for the
u r, whose suffenngs during the crisis we're ter
IL, as the weII-to-do, disgusted at the late
J., exhibited a great reluctance to open their
ss-strIngs. 1t was error to include the
1sauds who had no work to do, among the
iful Of rufians that provoked the disorders.
- lenza, which took the proportions OF an
smic, has relaxed it's grasp. 1t seized the in
= les of the TuiIeries, as well as the poorest
ject.
rance is now taking stock of her position
er the ordeal Paris has passed through. First,
d Parisians are becoming resolved to stamp out
e extremes for the time to come. Clubs OF
i nteers are being formed to act with the
.ihOrities for the future. These worthy Gilpins
.e been called the :. Hermaphrodite Guard, >
az an epigram kills in France, we Will likely
q no more Of the vigilance committees.
letter than all, the Provinces, jealous of the
hgs of the Capital. are becoming alive to the
essity of disputing with Paris the Dictator
u Of the Empire. The agitation is spreading
fule the country, not from Parisian point Of
F-but from q national One-tO govern France
rance entire. An excellent idea to cultivate.
shefort and FlOurens would receive in the
ptry districts a welcome they little suspect,
revolution has no roots in the Provinces.
re opinion says, guard the dynasty demand
it all the well-being, security, liberty and
onal honor, that your desired Government,
ther Legitimist, Orleanist or Republican
ID be able to give In proportion as Roche
a reyolted society, the Thames fed from him.
We saw the bug-bear Of his 100000 army of
Ek-men, when the moment arrived for action.
1ueed to 40 mserables, led by that hot-headed
nth FIOurens, more qualified for an asylum
b prison
Atteution too is being concentrated on the
smber of Deputies. Since the parliamentary
= em was inaugurated on the ID of January, it
b not contributed much to endear it to the na-
al affection. 1t is but regarded as one Con-
etiOn more, thirteen, an unlucky number in
bee, having been tried since 1871. Shake
re says, there is a divinity in odd numbers,
. r in nativity, chance, or death. 1t is TO be
a that this divinity may surround the new
stry. But up to the present, they have done
ing They have been occupied in sterile de-
-, petty scandals and reprehensible personal
Nj Before taking Office, their programme was
y and dried but the falling off has been
Fntable. They ought to take a leaf out of
4 book of Yigor of the Provisional Government
S4S. Instead of abolishing by - short
the Statute Book of arbitrary laws, and
t which there is no difference of opinion in
i country, they refer everything to q Commits
a the worst fate that could be reserved for
4 hing requiring immediate attention or pro-
u examination. Your French Deputy is too
r lent or too ignorant to 60 to the depths of a
tiOn. The Commission to inquire into the
hing Of commercial treaties, has been ap-
ted; so we are rid of protection grievances
year.
be necessity Of new Chamber is daily be-
ng evident. The Cabinet has no majority
he PRESENT House, sprInging from sympathy
their views. But before dissolution takes
1t Is imperative to reform the electoral
SO arbitrarily enacted by NJ. Rouher. to
ms othcal candidates. Recently four cleo
nave taken place in the Provinces, to re-
the Deputies elected in May, having been
0ken by the Chamber, owing to the inter-
pee OF the local authorities. Not only have
old eandIdates been beaten, but never were
ons more peaceably conducted So much
leedom of voting. In Paris the electors
50 increased that the Department of the
becomes entitled to twelve, instead of nine,
tes-that is, one for every $4,000 voters.
present stage Of the Bavarian question is
Of mild irritant. 1t is a black spot how
The Chamber of Munich is decidedly op-
TO Bismarck, as evidenced in the hostile
Fity against the Prime Minister, Prince Ho-
ne, who is regarded as the agent of Prussia.
Chamber of Peers, as well as that of the
#sentatives, is resolved to uphold the inde-
ice OF the Kingdom-and the army sympa-
With the movement. Those whom the gods
% destroy they first blind Louis the Second
open war with the national feeling, and is
y qualifying for forced retirement from
as lie invited the twelve Deputies, who |
ue courage TO vote against the address to |
O"n, which was refused by the King, to |
On the same evening the Austrian Am |
uOr invites the patriotic majority to a |
bet.
Ice is pressing Bismarck for speedy execu-
tne Treaty of Prague. In the interim |
ufaftIng the best horses to be found in the |
Anto the artillery. The neutrality of