The daily gazette., 1880-02-11
PARIS LETTER.
tRegular correspondence.)
PARIS, France. Jan. 81, 1o

PARIS, france, Jan. ~, lS6O.
As an example of the dangerous
trash that is now set every day before
the good people l commend TO your
notice the following hysterical appeal:
The Presidency is nothing, In fact,
but relic of royalty. It is the Amer
lean type of English royalty, and the
the third Republic is no more French
than Gambetta. 1t is an exotic, hav-
ing renounced its nationality, it's ira
ditions, and its French vitality by af-
fecting angelicisms. 1t is certainly
no longer the daughter of Danton. II
has nothing in common with the Re-
public of 80, nor with that of Athens.
1t is Republic with three kings.
This extract from an article in the
Mot d. Ordre, shows with what kind of
enemies any French Republic that en-
deavors to keep in the middle course
will have to contend. The turbulent
spirits represented by the Mot d. Ordrs
and other papers of a similar type, in
the war they are waging against estab-
lished institutions, put in the foremost
place for accommodation the present form
Of Government, more hateful in their
eyes than even the feudal regime. The
article explains that the three kings
already alluded to are president Gre
Wy at the Elyses, President Martle at
the Luxembourg, and President Gam
beta at the Palais Bourbon" It adds:
"What a pity the Tuileries were
burnt Oh, French people, why did
you guillotine Louis XVI? Is Paris
so rich, is France, 80 blessed by ma
ture? Is there less misery in the
streets and hospitals? Are there
fewer prisoners, soldiers, priests, and
functionaries, after four revolutions
under this Presidential Republic a''
The drift of this article can easily be
guessed. 1t is return to the Con-
vention, with president elected for
fifteen days, with no official residence,
The Chamber met this after
noon in spite of NJ. Jules Favre's
funeral, but many of the benches
presented a meagre appearance, q num-
ber Of the Deputies being at Versailles.
The tribunes on the other hand were
we'll filed, as NJ. Janvier de Ia Motto
was expected to int+rpelate M.Lepere on
an affair which had taken place at FL
delaire. NJ. Brisson presided in the alb
sence Of M. Gambetta, who was still III
disposed, and, like the President him
self, opened the sitting punctually at
Two o'clock. A number Of bills having
been adopted without one word of dis
| cussion, NJ. Janvier de Ia Motto (pere)
ascended the tribune and declared that
N. Lepere had accepted for to-day the
| dahata IN an ipfarnaIIa atiny, ralafiua -
the suspension of the ddjoint of the
commune of Fidelaire to the dissolution
ofthe local band and the exercise Of the
right of holding private meetings. The
Minister Of the Interior was, however,
at the funeral of M. Jules Favre, and as
he had expressed q wish that the inter-
pellation should not be discussed In his
absence, he, the speaker, would defer to
his desire. N, Louis Blanc laid ON the
table Of the House proposition In favor
Of the pleDary amnesty, and demanded
the declaration OF urgency, which was
accordingly granted. After the discus
sion of few topics OF purely local ia
terest, M. Jahvier de laMotte's interpret
lation was postponed until Saturday
next. The sitting then terminated At q
quarter past three.
A charitable fete, under the patronage
of Queen Isabella, Is to come off at the
Continental Hotel, on Friday, the 30th.
There will be concert and ball. The
Marquise do Molins and the Marechale
Canrobert figure among the lady pa
troDesses.
History has repeated the Duke of
Clarence's tragical fate in the person Of
humble uenddngeur. A vineyard pro-
prietor of the Haute Gamoue was re-
Gently engaged in testing his wine, and,
coming to large vat of the last vintage,
was shocked at what he described as Its
Fantastic flavor" He accordingly al
lowed 1t to run off into other vessels, and
proceeded to examine the bottom Of the
receptacle, when, to his horror, he dis
covered the body of one of his own
workmen who bad mysteriously disap-
peared last October. The comfortable
piece intelligence is added that the au-
thorities have forbidden the sale of th Q
wine, but the sequel is less satisfactory
to brandy drinkers, who learn that the
fluid, which has been undergoing such
unusual treatment since October last,
will be handed over to the distillers.