The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-25
F r A N @ e.
Village Fete in the Champs
Elysees.
Proposed Revival Of Camb-
ling Tables in France.
Iefcit of Two Hundred Million Francs
in tho French Budget.
THE ASSAULT ON GABMETTA.

PARIS, June III, 1874.
Melvtl sainte Suzanne Bloncourt, Deputy for
the colony OF Guadaoupe, has been Sentenced
to death .'in con tumaciamn by the Third Coun-
cil of War, for being concerned In the Com
munist rebellion. He was born at Guadalupe in
1923. came to Paris early and amassed compe.
tency by writing for the radical press ON the
outbreak OF the Commune he was appointed By
Delescuze TO be Chief OF the Enrolment once, and
IN this capacity he enlisted three OF the most
bloodthirsty corps OF the Commune, Les Enfants
du Pere Duchesne. les Turcos de la Commune and
Les Deienseurs de la Repuolque. All this he did
under the name OF Bloncourt without that OF
Melvil. and after the riotlng was all over he got
himself elected member for Guadaloupe, nobody
suspecting that he was the Bloncourt Of the rebel
lion. One day. however, he was recognized In .
cafe by two soldiers who had oeen taken
prisoners by the Communists and whom he
mad endeavored to get shot. Despite his
assurances that he was Deputy he was
then dragged summarily on to the police
station. and N. Grevy, being apprised OF the mat
ter, advised him to resign his parliamentary
functions and go quietly out OF the country. But
he declined to do so, and N. Theirs government,
which was upon the whole composed Of prudent,
elderly gentlemen. not desiring to have any more
scandals allowed him to be liberated On Marshal
kacMahon's accession to power, however, General
Ladmiraut, Governor Of Paris who was aware OF
all the facts OF the case asked leave OF the Chamber
to prosecute M. Melvi Bloncourt ana thus fore
warned, this gentleman Immediately absconded.
1t easy him away, for 1t Is not lawful
to arrest a French Deputy until the Assembly have
authorized his prosecution, and the formallty OF
obtaining this authority Is seldom completed In
less than week. There must be q discussion in
committee, the drawing up of q report public
motion debate, and finally the Presidential assent
before Parliament man can be shut up-so that
any delinquent OF this sort has always q good
start. Mr.. Ranc Deputy OF Lyons, escaped In the
same way and he, too, was condemned to death.
M. Melvil Bloncourt is an uninteresting creature,
with shifty eyes, cammy hands and shy gait-the
very man to commit atrocities and disown them
with hood OF sentimental JGsyon. II this were
not such strange world 1t would be o wonder
that the Guadalupe colonists should have elected
him their member; but the truth Is that the
French colonies cannot get influential merchants
and planters to leave their business and cross the
Atlantic Cor the pleasure Of legislating at twenty
five francs a day they compelled to select
colonial residents in Paris, who are generally
speaking, pompOus, curly creoles with too
much money blatant adventurers like this Blon-
court.
PROPOSED REVIVAL OF GAMBLING TABLES.
1t has been again recently proposed to revive
licensed gambling tables IN France. and one NJ
Paul Brut has addressed long petition to the
Assembly at Versailles proving that II they we're
revived in Paris ana the principal watering places
in this country, and that n government took the
management of them INTO their own hands, 1t
would be possible to pay or the five mil
lard loan at FIVE per cent and set France once
more in prosperous way. The petition Is likely
to give rise to important DEBATE. The budgeI
Of this year shows deficit OF 200 O00, 900 francs,
and great many Deputies are OF opinion that
France may very well do as the Germans did before
1870. Gambling tables would bring rich strangers
by myriads to France. and 1t may be noted in
passing that they we're abolished while NJ Theirs
was Home Minister to Louis Philippe In 1885,
VILLAGE FESTIVAL IN PARIS.
On the Atm June was held in the gardens Of the
Concert Besseeyre brilliant Jete In aid OF the
"Societe de Charite Maternelle." This charity was
founded by Marie Antolnette. and has for Its
object the relef OF poor women who, having
already .hree children, are about to be confined
fourth time. A bsoys layette and twenty francs are
given then, and 1--we francs month for the nine
months after confinement. Last year l. 800 poor wO-
were assisted In this way, but 1t has been felt
that the sums given were not large enough, whence
this Jete. which has produced the handsome sum
OF $780, 600 francs. The Duchesses De Moucny and De
Galore, Mesdames Daguier, Furtado-heine, Lam
brecht, Pothrau and De Rorhschlld kept refresh
ment stalls; Mesdames De Padone, De Waiewski,
De Montmorency and De Las Marismas sold cigars.
The Duchesses OF Trevise, Malakon and Caraman
sold gloves. The Countess De Mercy-d'Argen-
teau, Mesdames Despeunles Cahen and De Faiily
sold sweetmeats, toys and nicknacks Princess
Metterncn and countess De Pourtaies. assisted BY
Count De Turenne, the Due De FtZjames and
Hubert Delamarre Kept o toDsb0ld al i've francs
the ticket. NJ. Edouard Fould, whose horse Salta-
relic gained the French Derby the other day. won
beautiful bronze statuette sent BY q banker; q
bashfu man who had taken put q single ticket
carried % sevres coffee service sent BY Mime.
AacMahon and worth thousand francs.
M. de Viiiemessant, editor OF the Figaro, won
China flower vase, and 1t seems rather q curious
peculiarly OF French gentlemen to resort to
charitable institutions for the purposes OF profit.
Surely 1t Is a queer way OF relieving the poor TO
buy OF them for 81 an object worth 5000; and 1t Ia
remarkable that among 80 kindly and generous q
people the French, not OF the winners OF
these prizes left mis- gains behind him that they
might be sold TO swell the total OF the receipts
paid to the charity re came to patronize. Indeed,
there Is some douot whether even the highest bred
French gentlemen have preserved their ancient
dehcacy in money transactions. Here, for In
stance, Is an anecdote which will illustrate that
rather unpleasant truth. At q charity fair which
was held recently, the expenses far exceeded the
receipts, to the utter CONSERVATION OF its pro-
moters who demonstrated altogether very nosily
among themselves "Bah.n observed frog out
sider. cbeeriulJ, tine poor can subscribe among
them to make up the dencit.n
Besides all the buying aud selling among fair
ladies and fine gentlemen at the festival in the
Champs Eysees there were, OF course. merry 20.
rounds, swings, Aunt salues, two military bands.
dancing lawn for children, and all the customary
machinery OF Irritation. 1t was In every way q
great success and the French are great people.
DEATH or n. HAMON. THE PAINTER
Jean Lous Hamon, the charming painter Of
French home scenes. died the other day in italy.
He was born In 1924. and was q pupil of PAU Dea-
roche. Drink Is said to have killed him, and ne
had sunk into partial paralysis some months be.
fore his death. HIS best pictures we're INA snur
M eat pas.n "I.es Orphelinesu and La Con- eale