The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-01

Hope" is a standard English classic and
worldwide favorite, and Glasgow will dishonor
itself if it loses the opportunity-now that ths
opportunity presents self-of rearing monu-
ment which. while it will do honor to the
memory of the bard, will be an ornament to
the city. The Scott monument in Central
Park shows that Scotsmen gain rather than
lose in taste and spirit by crossing the Atlantic.
President THEIRS and tho Committee
or Thirty.
President Theirs. it appears, is not satisfied
with the proposals of the Committee of Thirty.
On Thursday he informed NJ de Larcy that
tho constitutional project submitted to him by
the committee did not, in his Judgment, meet
the requirements of the situation, and that,
consequently, he could not accept it. Tho
new constitutional project agreed upon by the
committee provides for the creation of .
second Legislative Chamber, for new cleo
toral law and for restricting the Presidents
privilege of addressing the Assembly on occa-
sions when bills are before it. The President
is known to be in favor of second Chamber.
but, naturally enough, he is opposed to any
limitation of his rights. On several occasions
since his advent to power his appearance in
tho Assembly has had the happy effect Of
securing order when crisis seemed immi-
nent Tho majority, however, do not like tho
influence which the President is thus enabled
to exercise over their deliberations, and it is
their determination to limit his power in this
direction.
How the President may act it is difficult to
say. 1t was understood that he would appear
before the Committee of Thirty yesterday to
state his views. It has always been our opinion
that the real difficulty of the present situation
in France would reveal itself when the Com
mittee of Thirty gave in their report to the
Assembly. Everything has been done to
crisis. The President has had the opportunity
of consulting with tho committee, and the
committee has had all along free access to the
President Ii agreement is not possible the
report of the committee to the Assembly will
do much to make an end of the present un-
certainty in France. President Theirs ia
strong; but the Assembly is stronger than he
IT, on the report Of the committee he is voted
down, he must either resign or do his best to
force dissolution. We may rest assured that
he will not resign rashly, and dissolution he
knows will prove a most dangerous expert
ment. If we had less faith than we have in
the skilfulness of President Theirs we should
conclude that the situation in France is at the
present moment most critical The President
however, has got out of SO many difficulties
that we are willing to believe he will still
be able to hold on to the helm of the ship Of
state. 1t will be well if such proves to be the
fact; for so far as we can see Theirs is the
only man who can now save France. Tho
Empire for the moment is dead; the Monarchy
is ambitious; but the Republic exists. Theirs.
who knows France, stands by the Republic.
Robberies in the Upper Part OF the
City. 1 r1
Almost every day brings to light burglaries,
larcenies from the person, or felonious as
saults, in the portion of the city north of the
lower end of Central Park. Policemen have
no more faculty than other people to be in two
supposed to watch over nine streets from the
Park to the rivera beat which it takes him
five hours to walk. How can he protect resi-
dents OF Seventy-ffth street and Fourth avenue,
when he is at Eighty-fourth and avenue Ar
We are informed that there have been four
in Seventy-eighth street in the last
week. While the police is required to cover
such large territory with so few men it
rests mainly with the thieves to regulate the
number of their crimes. They of course, do
not steal under the nose of the patrol, but a
slight observation would tell the expert rogue
when he need expect no disturbance from his
enemy. No remedy for this evil
can be found except large addition to the
police force in the upper wards Citizens re-
siding there are as well entitled to protection
as those in the closely built districts Burglars
are most apt to operate on scattered houses,
where vacant lots and open spaces afford them
to elude pursuit and to secrete
their spoil. This subject should be carefully
considered by the Legislature in settling the
provisions of the new charter. True reform
requires an efficient police as well in the new
and rapidly improving portion of the city "a
in the business quarters. All the avenues
should be under the care of the mounted police,
and the ordinary patrols should at least be
doubled in the Cross streets.
A Great Nautical Feat.