The New York Herald Newspaper, September 14, 1869, Page 4

4 EUROPE. 1 Li and Constitutional tion in France. SS Napoleon’ Rea Prince Na oleon’s Speeeh----The Hangers of “Bespotism” and “Semblanees” of Bemoeracy. Catholic Prelates of Ire- land Demand. What t The Cuna! » Java, Captain Cook, from Liverpool ihe.4th and Queeustown the Sth of Sep- tember, reached this port at an cariy hour yesterday morning, bringing our special correspoudence and a European malt report In interesting detail ef our cabdlo telegrams, dated to her day of sailing from England. A Londo: periodical in an article a “St. Martin le Grand’s Adopted Child,’? ex 8C3 ap. proval of the tranefer of the telegraph lines of the country 0 Luc ent, aad en! planation of gements whieh are utilizing then, Wne writer states that tures kinda of omices w. established—ofices of deposit, sab- telegraph oles and head telegraph ottces. In the frst wil be received; they will also be collected in stravgling aistricts by the p: ger and ¢ i cartdriver, The offices will bo in connection with a “lead centre,” from which they can be sent ail o the country. The chief ofli.es will act like the General Post Oilice m the case of | ill “forward”? messazes col- lected at in tations, and by Uicm obtained at tho var positon grate, first pt loag continue, th think: sled that it is a goo: wel 2 money order system which the Engiish gov ut proposes to establisa finds much favor with the public. The peo remark that the custom of tel aphing Money 1s prevaleat in Belgius a Swit land. The plan ased 1s sinrple, and very much like that which present prevaiis ¥ post money order vwo sin forms have been Miled upin the o 2 Way by the remitter; the amouat of gent. ‘ihe ‘ecelves Liese ca mouey. Hi one of theia and gives it back to the se: anything he y Wish by way Of telegr en sent vo the igiegreph onice, and the r appiylag with the teiegrain at the district post ofilee, obtains the monty. A letter in ine London ity of cotton spi grow cot It is inte the We! of a Can stated, ts to ied to prom veh in the 2 Le the dbject of which, itis rights and abolish the e’'—a large aud s uculariy ve programme, which is, however, for , to be limited to the abolition of the State Chur The Pal tie of July 4 probable couing legislation on tu ton, say: u Gu probabie that the much exciten of the Corn 18 Nob the leas! s that Ib sh tar siort e. Land Knowled, in soma thot it w ‘whiten é1 ished, cous: class. The Londo The sec Saturday R nit empire Las imposed a trace on the facitons hitfoond contesdmg tne control of the Fr nation. But ibis e contribuic tug toward cou lasting pe mere hivt of the pos ible im- a3 shown the fg the estabii sovereign, rest! t of an a he peasantry a3 unrestrained ? or sestton of the p The Peace Co 288 01 Geneva have in all naval actions there should be ¢ devoted to the accommodation of the wounded, which, car hould be exempted ug a pecullar Gag, 8! nada and ¢ English ¢ ion, too, has deciare its introd: into Great Britain. 7 nister proposes sion should be ap; the purpose o to foreiga countries trical stead nay serve to reader th Copeahagea piace in richly adora mark, the C other tilustriou Aletier from ¥ ‘The revo! by VCotoneis ilampel Compelicd to tail back. A communication from Cairo of the Litu of Aue gust says. — Two day which ai tr eight in ti tuan had quence of the pre expressly fos mony, Theorl cient ra; and caicula the Nile bas re and no doubi Egypt will and consequently © A letter io London by Hong Koug, gives the fol encounter w Anew crntse ngaiast the native taken Iasi inonth, has just termun Daptain Livyd, of the Eoglish gunboa sailed in the boxtr if dune from ported by t hes of te Ch Fial Navy, sccer Archipelago of Fetize Loung, li of Songuin, gud Was pol long before he discovered severai junks mounting eight or ten guns of nanned by fifty or sixty well a series of engagemenis, the goiher, Ou shore or kilied and ered over witu m China, dated at lars of an ty prisoners have Were subsequeutiy seat to the authe Some of the junks, driven on the sho been burned. and the yunboats have, moreover, tured twvouty in good condiliow, buted with Nn goods, wud provisions aud mouiilous of all Various conjectures as to the cause of L stone's long-continued absence from civilized town in Africa were sil!l put forward im Great Britain. It ie stated that Dr. Weiwitsch, the Angolan explorer, has exproased bis optuton, founded on an interview with Livingstone on the occasion of tue tatter's frat visitto Loanda, that the discoverer is marveling across the mysterious portion of equatorial Central Atrica; githough, when the explorers were together, Liv- did not say directly that he would attempt ipo faa bib aster we twe Dad parted, Woiwatach . Living: was impressed with the conviction that Living-— stone’s minu was deeply tuterested in Cho question. FRANCE. Napoleon’s Llness aud Convaloseuce—His Lito in Danger—EKagento’s Returu—Prince Napoleou=General Prim’s Visit ond tho Cuban Questiou—Tho Burliugame-Ohina Negotiations, Parts, Sept, 2, 1869, Toe absorbing topic of the week has been the Emperor's tiiness. He is now convaieacing, and the truth is leaking out, Itseems he has really been in danger, but during the crisia the greatest pains were taken to conceal the facts of the caso, It was stated that he was transacting business with his ministers and taking his usual exercise, when tn fact he was confined to his bed and allowed to sce no oue save his physictaas. When the Empress and her soa left Paris for their jaunt to Corsica all danger was cousidered to be over, but telegrams passed almostevery bourof the day betiveen the Palace of St, Cioud and the anxtous travellers, whose minds were doubtless filled with the most harrowing emotions, It waa the Hmperor's em- phatic wish that tue journey in quostion should take place, ag had been so widely announced, aud he dia not regard his situation critical enough to justiiy its beiug abandoned, The excitement caused by lis Lilness was pro- found enough ag it was, but i would have beem a hundred fold deeper had the Empress re- nounced her trip, It may weil be Imagined that the Ovations dud entiusiasm that greeted her at every step of her progress could lave afforded her, under the painful circumstances of the case, but littie satis- faction, arllicted and even terrified as she must have been at the possibility of the Emperor's demise in her abser Mer yleiding to her husbaud’s inyunc- tions in pectorming this journey from a mere motive of policy must e been oue of the most trying acts of ner life. Tus is another striking instance that the most exalted stations are not more exempt from wie 0st crucl sacrifices than those of humbier jots, ‘The exact nature of the Emperor's malady is kept so careiully conceaied tat 16 is really diilicult to give any precise information about tt; but one thing ig certain—thas he ts sutfering from a chronic aifec- uon tbat is steadily growing worse with every new attack. Two-yeurs ago he was compelled to take to his bed, but since thea it was hoped that his natu- rally strong constitution would vanquish it, This last and more violent attack has dissipated this san- gtuine expectation, and now it ts feared that no final cure can be eivected. The malady, which is said to be a disease of the biadder and adjacent organs, is Which so recentiy carried oif the very similar to tha’ the severe mental labors of his Majesty, to say noth- ing of the urylug bodtiy faugues incident to lis sta- tion, must ierd very considerably to aggravate any physical disorder to whica he is Incurabiy subject; but there 15 no escape from these unless he is disposed to lay down his sceptre and seex in the repose of a calin end seciuded life that Ireedom from anxiety and tol that might prolong his days, and, perhaps, restore his health. ‘fhis is more than im- probable, if not next to impossiple, The Emperor, jike Macbeth, is ‘‘ehained to the stake,” and must fant it out tal be fa When this catastrophe 4 occur no Luman p cience can foreteli; but all seem to agree tat 1 13 less distant than had been hitherto supposed. For the sake of Fraace, whose we ntly And conscientiously sought to pro.uote, et us hope that this fatal ull gy postponed. ‘Yhe Senate has reasseinpied to decide on the fate of the proposed mociications Of the constitution of 1862. ‘The result, of course, is not doubtful. They wil be ugeninously voted and duly carried out, probably within a week from present writing. The usual formatty of a debate must, however, be gone trough, und tis began yesterday. No donbt we shail have some ilue parliamentary displays, and it remains 10 be seen whether the meeilect of the ‘uctical than that of tae rst speaker yesterday was the who, 1 stated some time ago, aston of ventilating his oratory. if not critical, and you may beleve, the “A & good deal to find faule with, J 18, unquestionably, a man of great natural powers aid bigh cuiture; but, like ail nis country- inen, Le is sadly deficient in sound juagment. He is au adnuravie speaker, both Quent aad elegant ta his diction, but lus vie are never very clear, still less practical, His influence 1a public aud private hile is iar ie8s3 than his capacity and station warrant, and tulsis to be attriouied Lo his unjustifiable and un- grateful opposition to the government, as well as to his haughty and tmperious manners. ‘Phe friends of the empire regard him as jitle less than an enfant ierridie, and i Uaey bad thelr way they would pack him of to hia iathe-tu-law, Victor Emanuel, and forbid bis residence in France atall. lie owes his marriage, fils palace and his honors to bis cous, the Emperor, who seems to be greatly attached to un, in spite of all lis wayward and silly conduct, ne Hmperor has givea bun a hundred substantial proufs of lis esteem and affection, but the Prince in return des uever lai'ed onany occasion to cause bim all the vexution and anvoyauce in his power. The 8 considers tim @ heartless, if not unprinel- an, and regards him wil undiszuised dis- ifever the Regency falls into ner hands she 1 will send him tiyiug as the worst enemy of her family and ol France. isa Bverybody admits that his conduct tor if the empire should fall he wouid be neeremomoustly kicked out of France by 113 succes- sors, Whether they were Orlcanists or republicans, or anytuing eis he would be ininiiely more esteemed if he gave his cordial co-operation on all occasions to its patron, the Emperor, or if he could not al- ways, at all events honestly, retrain from throwin; difficulties in lus way. The Prince affects great liberality i politics, but his bearing is so haughty as to prove that tuere 1s no sincerity 1a his democratic professions. jcis Wie same game as that of Philippe Egalité, vho voted for his cousin’s (Louis XVi.) death, hop- ing to get his pl it is the same game Louis ppe play who intrigued to upset his cousin, cs Whose place he got but couid not keep. fortuuace if Prince Napo'eon took a 1 UN aspiring Oricaaists of the younger a ‘ General Vii, generally regarded a3 the master of the situation im Spal, has paid & Visti to Paris this , dud HO GOUbt bIs real purpose is to coniab wth the Kmperor on the crazy things in Sp more espectally on what ha one with Cuva, Pim and the Kegent are sorely abled on (us poiat, which 1s fuil of dimcultes ind dangers. if Wey liad their choice they wouid gladly give itupand take the splendid indemnity They might get for itnow; but the opposition in Spiim to parung with it 13 so profoaud that they 4 to wake & move in that direction, What with aba, th list priests and the intrigues ior the throue, Ww have anyvaing but au easy time ot a seems regolyed to let them work vic OW valvation. He availed himseli of bia li bealth to ¢ any couference with General Prim, who is i oi to drink the waters of Vicay, by way of setiiig tis stomach, if he cannot get any j out jor iia wormed mand. The Kmperor bas er enoug! of lis own without shouidering the fardel pressing on Prin and his colleagu: ‘Yhe American-Chinese Ambassador, Burlingame, nas had lis eariully disturbed by a mivshell thrown impertimently at his massive head @Londva snes, which, 0a tke strengtn of a telegram, ostensibiy Irom Mong Kong, decidedly stated that the 4 an Alandario bad been repa- diated by the Pekin government. ‘Tals was, in truth, a startiiog announcement, and hideous visions of lost prestige, dimimished resources aud the ignobie close of his peregriuations rose betore the affrighted gaze of the usually placid and complacent Burlin- game, Happily for his present repose and future spects the vile rumor turned outa mere sham— 118, a9 far as cau be ascertained; but ihere Js lit- doubt that intrigues of all sorts are at work In na With a vieW (0 cut short te gorgeous career of tive envied and dreaded Burlingame, fis rise was 80 rapid, and lis rewards and honors are s0 magniil- cent that Chinamen, as well as Koss Browne, must be jealous and anxious to pull him down. Forty thou- saud a year perquisites, including the best tea, are worth fighting for, and the rivals and enemies, secret and open, of the Chinese-American Am- bassador will have their hands full if they expect to succeed In despotling him, It wouid be aa weil for alm, however, not to tate Hannibal and go to sicep in tne modera Capua, else the vigilant army of his pursuers and detractors may steai upon him unawares aud bring him topping dowa. He should be up and domy. Make the tour of Europe as he proposes; deliver lots of speeches to potentates and prine mun sign treaties and eat no end of good dinners; give and receive presents; then hurry back to Pekin and get all his acts, dotags and say- ings so endorsed by Prince Kuog and ail the rest of them that China would be in danger of utter demo- Ure coalition of the clylized world it she should e thereafter venture to pick a flaw in the or autuorily of Mandarin Burlingame. Tis | @idone and accomplished, tiea let him lay aside robes and pigtalis belonging to his rank, whether he ever Wore tiem or not, Wilh ous of the best cargoes of Nowery e@ can jay his hands upon, steer direct evtera Land of Promise, aud eee whether for the sunoing for the Presidency 1a ag pleasaut a thing as cantering over Kurope in the georgeous way he 16 now doing. After what he has 80 lately accon pilshed in China, there is nothing impossible for him, and the quond, Cuinese Ambassador, trans. formed into the biacs-coated President of the United States, may have tie rare aud novelieicity of carry- log Into eXecution tie very treaties he wad previe | ously manulactured, Prince Napoleon’s Mpeceh. Tho French Senate held a sittiag September 3, M. Rouher, tho President, in the chatr, for the purpose of commencing the general discussion oa whe Senatus Consutium, The members prosent were about a hundred and forty, and amoung them was Prince Napoleon, ‘he Mintsvera were in their Places, Subigined ls aroport of te proceedipes, with the complete text of Prinoe Napoleon's specch onthe Svratus Consuls and the general coud! tion of the empire:— Count BouLAY Ds LA Meurrae said he felt somo emotion tu euceriug on the discussion of a constliu- tional act Which ulast necessarily have an immense inituence on the destinies of the country, Moreover he Could not disguise an apprehension that the great benedits conferred on France by the conatitutl 1862 would be compromised by tue new systeut, * * * With regard to the journals, ho. orable members had beea witnesses of the excesses and scandais committed not only in France, but in foreign countries. (Here the Speaker read an article in @ London news- paper siguatizing the spirit of gratitude and depre- ciation that marked ail the French opposition press when speaking of the Emperor's concegsions.) Geuerai Vinoy—What is the name of the paper? Count BOULAY DE LA Maurrak—The Morning Herait, whack is considered In Engiand a very seri ous journ BaucnanD—That is the paper of the Ai. QUENTIN tories, M. QUENTIN-BAUCHARD—The only conclusion to be drawa irom the remarks which had just been deliy- ered was Liat France must return purely aud simply to the consitiution of 1362. He could not seo aby sucht necessity, Under the new regime, the Legis: lative body would obtain every tuing it could desire— the rigat of amendment, of interpellation, the initia- tive of lawa, order of the day with reasons as- signed, the power of nauing its own oificers, aud, moreover, deputics mighty become minister: What more was asked for by public opinion? Ani if such wore the aspirations of the country, could the Emperor be blamed for having listened to lis voice? Ividently not. me would now saya word on the reapousibility of ministers. If that principlo constituted Parliamentary government, there was no reason Why it saould be practised at the present day as it waa under the restoration and the govern. meat of July. ‘here was a fundaental ditference wiich lay in the responsibillty of the 2mperor, side by side With that of the Cabinet. No sovereign up the present day had been placed im suca a siua- jon. General Count DE LA Kus had but little hope that the new concessions would bave the effect of dis- arming all heatie parties; he, therefore, felt more anxious about the guarantees wiico ought to be in- sured to the Executive, in presence of the extenucd privileges of the parliaimeutary power, Prince NAPOLEON BoNavani's satd—Before exam- ing the Senctus Consutiuin I think my duty requires: me to express my gratitude to the sovereign Wio, La a time of profound peace, commences tue transfor- mation of the empire of personal authority, to use the expression of our venerable President, into cue of liberal leas. | approve of the present measure, but 1 do not think 16 goes far enouga, and 1 suould iike to see other provisiuns introduced tate it, In the first piace, and to clear the grouad for discus. sioa, I al: aaxious to adirm my entire and complete devoteduess no! Only fo (he Breperor, but atso to his som (Loud applauss.) 1 undersiand better than any one that my interest, a3 weil as my atteciions, are indisdolubly bound up in the empire. (Hear, hear) diy personal vanity might be gratilied, L admit, by what is now going on, as for a long time past I had been a partisan of the present trans- formation, I had aiso asked for the liberty of the press and the right of meeting long before they Were couceded, 1% princtple at least, by the letter or the lgth of January, 1567, I am happy to see the Senate now called on to accomplish @ pariiamentary reform Of great imporiance, but I regret to see that boay aud the conunltree manifest tn the work a cz tain feeling of hesitation aud of want of coniidenc ‘They seem Lo approve reiuctantly aud to make re- serves, (Movement.) M. DR Mavras—Such, Monseigneur, are not the sentiments of the committee. (Movement.) The Prasipsxt—Nor of any or its members, Prince NAroigoN—Tihas, at least, is the spirit and tendency of ihe report, and wheu the country sees an examination accompanied with so much reti- cence and made with so little ardor it may ieci un- easy and inwardly doubt whether in reality these reforms are desirable, As for myself, I accept the: unreservedly. I believe the coexistence of the eu- pire with liberty to be perfectly possibie, and those mien who think that it is not are themselves as {rr conciladle as they Maintain those tivo words to be. Liberty may be for a time eclipsed, but it 1s a beacon. towards wiich all civilized nations are tending, and France has a right to count herself among the num- ber, Those men who look upon the present reforms as contrary to the principles of the empire are cac- Mies of the government; those who consider them ag an experiment only are equally dangerous, I would have the einpire of personal authority burn its vessels and abaudon all idea of receding. Zhe art of governing ts lo give way to jusi aspirations, not (o resist; when allaroupd us in industry aad science Is advaacing would you ligve political insti- tutions to remain stationary? Progress 13 as neces- sary in the latter as in the former, and that onward mareh belongs to the tmperial traditi ‘The con- stitution of 1515 did not resemble that of An VIIL: Napoleon L had not abdicated his past, but had accepted parlamentary government ciple, I do not say that in the application there were not sole hesitations, the consequence of his previous carecr and the nature of his genius, but [ aflirm thet hia reason had converted hin to constitutional government, and tie writers of the time, such as Uenjamin Constant and Sismondi, and ataiater period M. Thiers himself, adinitted tnat the fundamental law of 1515 was a wise progress, although opposed to that of An VIIf. One objection made to the present reforms is that parliamentary rovernment 13 aa importation from #neand; that rance is not placed in the same coadilions as that country, and taat a new organization of our institu- tions wiil be only possible when there shall be no more hostiie pares or pretenders to the throne, I believe that whoever would adjourn liberty until those adversaries should have all disappeared wouid have to wait fora long time. ‘To atcribute an Eng- lish origin to constitutional rule is a complete error. Whenever such a regime has been adopted tn Prussia or in Austria, the same formula has been adopted, because tt is the right ene, and caunot differ between one country and auotker. Bbesites, did not Napoleon I. copy Eng!and—be who was in a@ state of irreconctleable hostility toher? What was the constituiton of 1815 but an imutation of that of our neighbors? But I do no! objet to liberty because It exists la England. It is oi all umes aud of ail countries. As to the question of opportuneness we are toid that the changes may be good, but that they should have beea accomplished gradually, ‘The advice is no doubt good; but thatis a quesilon of degree and not of eine! ple. Our constitntiion has been often modified, but on the Initiative of the sovereign, and. because it was not perfect. Inthe same sense the Senatus Consultan pleasea me; but [should have liked to see It go further, asin two or tires years you will be forced to resuine the work to complete it, I would wish that everything reasonable should ve done, as by inat means aii fresh desires would be forestalled—at least all that are practicabie at pre- sent; for there will ever be new demands, and let us not complain tf there are, An opposition tsa stint lint toa government; tt ts the salt af politics, Al- jow me to quote @ remark of a statesman whose talents i recognize, without sharing his ideas, He said:—“You can do anything with bayonets, except sivon them.” (Laughter.) And [ beiteve that any- thing may be done with despotism, except to make Miast. (A ment.) The principle of the changes being accepted, what method should have been fol- lowed? On that point 1 approve of the mode adopted by the government. Two courses were open—a plebiscite or a Senctus Consultum, Certain mon, deceived by appearances, were in favor of the former. As for mysef, 1 am entirely opposed to it, 1 do not approve of plebiscites; they are only a sem- blance of democracy. 1 the Emperor has a right to appeal directly to the people he should exercise it rarely—periaps never. It is @ sheet anchor—the last stage beiore revolution, I admit that the nation may be consulted in exceptional circum- stances on a ciearly defined subject—peace or war, for instance; but the question must be ciear and simple, and 1 ask you, gentiemen, in all your political life, how many such have you met with? The government has thevetore acted wisely in choosing the Serattus Corsuitum. I arrive at the consideration of the measure itself, and which | may describe in a few words. Ail (Nat is in itis good, but all that 1s good 13 not in it, Jn the report of the committee | remark some omissions at which | was paimed. I refer to the conclusions in which M. De- vienne draws up a balance sheet of the empire in the form of an invocation to the present genoration. “You lave accompiisied great things,” he says. “You have done tis Jor the savings banks and that for the telegraphs,” &c. But he forgets tie four capital eveuts of the empire—the Crimean and italian wars, commercial reform and the amnesties, When a great siination is sketched the culminating Points should be brought out, Those could not pos- sibly have escaped your learned reporter. If be did’ not speak of them the reason was he would not. And why? ii he did not refer to Ma- genta and Solferino, it waa not because he had jorgotten those victories, aud still less becauze he does not share fully t ory of our arms, But how Mention the Italian war without speaking of 18 consequences. 2 enancipation of a great nation, the nuit acountry? ile would not bring for- ward the naine of ttaly before the Senate. Thence his reticence ‘This passiug over of that war In- yoived @ similar siicnce on the Crimean expedition. The commercial reforms have raised objections in the country from Interested parties; but M. Devienne does Nol Laine them. Yet they are the cause of our Wwealtl, and to tuem we are indebted for increased communice| tous and relatively cheap bread, Netther were the amne. forgotten; but the writer, although he docs not blame (hat unconditional gene- rosity, did not tituk it necessary to attach any great importance toil. He does not consider them as the preface Of anew liberal regime. For me the are a pledge for a policy which, commoncing by suc Acts, must develop lseif, Vovlesse oblige. 1 regret those omissioif; Lhe historian who shall write ofthe second empire Will speak of those four points as 1ts chief titles of glory. That silence 18 most unfortu- nate; If reminds we of an inscription | once saw at Venice—**God preserve me irom my iriends; 1 will look afifr my euemies myself.” 1 now touch on what 1 will call the ive things wanting in the Sena- tus Consulium, The iret resers tothe question of muinisteriai responsibility, on which discussion ts exhausted, ‘The cause is pleaded and judgment has now tobe given, We fre in presence of a people sometimes louical to excess, but tue fact of the Bud peror being alone accountad'e for all the acts of the governinent does not exciude a palpable, practical and daily secondary responsipility ‘of the Ministers, ‘Yhe Ministers, hittierto poustole administratively, become so politically; (hey were so individually and areso collectively; but to whom? What find in the various articles Ou this subject Is vague, while everybody nfight have boon #o cusiy satistied by the jugertion of the simple phrase Mintsvers are responsible to the Chambers, ‘The PReStMBNT—And to the country, Prince NAPOLKON—To the couutry represented by the Chaubors. @ ‘The PErsiDsnt—They are ao, M, BOINViLLIBES Lb bs #0 DrOvided, NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER ‘16, Prince NavoL“on—No, tt is not, and it ought to be, for uo doubt should exist on the subject. Ihave @n- other detect to poiné out, and tt concerns the optgia and composition of the senate, Ldesire tor vis Chamber @ thorough participation with We other ti the legislative power. Appreties entertained by some persons ag co the iuture have been spoken ol, Weill, in my eyes, I a biack spot exisis on the horizon 1018 the Gauger which would be created oy the Omalpotent isoiauon of a single Chamber—a cou- vention IM preseace of a Casar. 1 should pre- fer for the Senate a complete legislative power rather than au iliusory constituent one. ‘the latter ought to be shared by the Kmperor and the two Chawbers. { do not like those subue distinctions and imaginary demarcations of attributions, in my view & coustituuon ought to consist Of a Bwall nuIMber of essential privcipies, such us the form of the government and the chotce of the dynasty, while questions of mere constitu. tional mectianism are ouly secondary in imporiance. ‘The best réglne for a country i as little theory as possivie and a judicious application of waat has beea decidea on, AS to the composition of this As- sembly, I suallonty say that in order Lo give strength to aminsiiution you must go to the source of its iorce. lection 18 certainly nore powertul taan auy mere nomination, aud Lisiory bas proved that the fertile soil of universal suilrage is more favorable to the Vigor of aay body than the mere brilliant sand oi wnaperial favor. ln order to finish With what con- cerns the Senate I will describe what its position Wii be alter the Senatus Consuitum, ‘The members are named exciusively by the Emperor; his Majesty can presiie over’ the sittings if he thinks proper (Senaius Consultum of 1852); if possesses not only a permancnt constitueut power, bus mm case’ ol a dissoi.uuion of the legisianve body and the Gvuvocation of the new one—a period which might extend 69 six montis—it 1s tavested with the right of providing fox gil legisiative neces- sities, apparently laciuding the voting of the budget; such privileges are exorbitant aud embarrassing, abd to make use of them would be a dangerous ex- uemity, ‘those powers alarm me, t avow, and I woulu recommend their abandonment. I arrive at another point, 1 see, by the jouraais, that an aimend- ment had been presented asking lor the suppressiva of the Seaatus Consuiium which pronibits the dis- cussion of the constitution. I entirely agree with that demand, for 1 consider that the duty ot every good citizen requires him to take an lutereat in polities, Indiffereace in such matyers is dangerous jor a country. Ishould aiso desire @ modificauion oi the ariicles regarding the nominauoa of deputies, their number, and the formation of the clecioral circumseriptions, (Murmurs.) The number of members ought to be augiented and the arrondissement adopted as the basis of electoral districts. 1 shall not dwell upon tie in- conveniences of the present system; they involve an anacbron'sm whicn migat become dangerous to unose who employ it, 1uow come to another and graver 1 witudo to iuunteipal reform. (Noise.) I the opinion of those who advocate the elec- tion of the mayors by the municipal councils, or, if you are not disposed to go so far, | ask for t.¢ sup- pression of the article Which enablcs the Emperor to select those functionaries ouiside of the local body, and I also desive thai the proceedings of the latter should be made puolic, Those are the prin- cipal points waich i supmit to the exammation of the Senate, Ihave contived my arguments to dis- cussing the constitationai obstacies which oppose the foundation of that dream of my life, a liberal empire. Hereafter wien we come to the discussion of particular measures other questions will arise, such as the suppression of what remaius of the law on genera! safety, the apolition of article 75 of the Constitution of Year Vill; a bill ou the administra. tion of the ony of Pat me on the relations of - Chureh and State; on primary, gratuitous and obli- gatory instruction; ou the liberty of superior teach- ing; on decentralization; Ou the emancipation of the citizen; on the reduction of expenditure, and on foreign po! Then will come the real struggle, and we shall see all ancient abuses and superannu- ated practices vanish. 7/2 mission of tie empire is to do. what no other government has been able to do—wiuid not have dared to attempt—lo act im unison wh the great popular and demo- erate aspiration. Do not allow yourselves to be irightened by the spectre Rouge aud other well known evocations. ‘Tie best method of combattla; revolutions 1s to adept what is good in taem, au this ig the path on which the government has en- tered, Jet it pi ‘ere. (Applause.) M. De ForcADs LA Rogustre, Minister of the Interior—!n the spe which we have just heard, by the side of iiverai sentiments, in which the government {ully participates, there are propositions, tterpretations and a series of observations Which are personal to tue speaker. Hear, hear). We cannot accept any other responsi- iuliy (han taat of cur Own opinions and acts, and before those we shail never recoil: bat I can declare that I would never be the responsible Minister to a Ppoilcy such as has been just set forth, (Great appro- bation). iam pot of those who doubt the possibi- luy of the alliance of tie Einpire wit liberty. My Aria velief is that the d eons are destined to es- tlish constitutional ‘monarchy tn this country, (Great applause.) Bus liverty is not founded with temerity, with that impctuosity which pretends to suppress all Obstacles. (Hear, fear). fhe Minister, after recommending confidence in the compatibiity of the Empire with liberty, con- cluded as follows:—Tne underteKing 1s difficult we know, but it 18 worthy of a Napoleon; and permit me W say that it is perhaps the only work that can still acid Bomething more to the greatacss of wat name io history. (Great applause.) ‘Lhe discussion was then adjourned, A Question ef Order=Personal Altercation. ‘The Senate held a sitting next afternoon, M. Rou- her, tho President, in the Chatr, The Ministers were im their places and Prince Napoleon present Tho order of the day was the adjourned discussion on the Senatus Consuiium. Count DE SEGUR-D'AGUESSRAU rose and sald—As I perceive Prince Napoleon in his place, [ ask leave to speak on @ personal matter, I listened yesterday Wilh great attention to the sad, ailicting and scan- dalous speech—(loud exclamatiol . The Marquis DE GnicouxT whom are you speaking? ‘The PRESIDENT—You should respect the opintons and, above all, the persons of the speakers. Prince Naro.eON—Tnere 1s nothlag scandalous here about your language. Count DE SEGUR-D'AGUESSEAU—I will prove in a moment the correctness of my expressions, (KRe- newed noise.) The Marguls ps GricourtT—Respect in this assem. bly the nephew of the Emperor. Count PE SeGuK-p’AGUES=BAU—I repeat that I know nothing more fuily calling for the severe ex- pressions wiicn [ have used than the provocation to disobey the constitution and the laws brought to this tribune by the First Prince of the blood, (Vio- leat exclamations.) ‘The P&EsipeNT—Speak on the personal matter. Count DE SkEUR-D’AGUESSRAU—I am coming to tt, I allude to the ineorreciness witli witch Prince Napoleon was informed, or rather thought himself to ve 80, of @ pretended proposition that I made to abrogate the Senaius Consiituns of 1866, interdict- ing the discussion of the constitution Lp any other body than the Senate, and, besides, prohibiting all examination and criticism of the same in the press and in nou-periodical writings of 1es3 than six pages of impression. ‘he Princo has been very inexactly Informed. I declared ia the committee that it was better Lo abrogate a law than to ailow it te be vio- lated with impunity; but I never proposed the abro- gaiton in question, becanse it would have been to consecrate the violation which the government had been wrong to tol Auch more than that, 1 said that an energetic execution of the Senatus Consulvwn ought to be insisted on, I now wish to add a few words on another subject. The PREsIbENT—As you have done with the per- sona ut, Lcannot aliow you td continue, in the place of speakers regularly ingeribed, ‘The tacident Uica veruinal French Cpinion of the Crisis. The Paris Journaia of the 41h of September—al- most the whole of the clty press—remark on Prince Napoleon’s speech, some of them joining with lt the remarks of M. de Forcade la Roquette in reply. The general opinion is that the Prince displayed great ability and a liberal spirit which sounded somewhat strangely in a “Prince of the blood.’? Hence, the imperialist journals express considerable discontent and declare that the speaker went too far. We pub- lish the main points of the comments. ‘The Consttiutionnel says:-—All the interest of the sliting was concentrated in a magnifieent spoech from Prince Napoleon and an eloquent reply from M. de Forcade la Roquette. The former, with great force of expression and cicvation of thought, drew a picture of the existing situation, and declared that he recetyed the new reforms with so much the more favor that they are @ first and large satisfaction given to tie Idea of hia whole life, But he considers them Iusafficient, ‘he D bats expresses satisfaction at the speech thus:—However little we may be inclined to play the courtier’s part, we cannot help highly applauding the ideas, as prudent a3 liberal, expressed by the Emperor's cousin, We found in them, with great pleasure, the larger part of those which we have constantly sustained and which have so often brought down upon us the bitterest atiacks of the semi-oiiclal press. We did not hope, a few raonths back, that those doctrines would so soon find in the high Assembly itself an interpreter placed 60 near uie throne, La France, of Paris, remarks:—The Prince began by placing the ideas he was about to develop under An invocation of the most absolute devotedness to the empire, the Emperor and the young Prince, ‘The exordiam, bearing an impress at once of gran- deur avd emotion, will remain a3 @ page of history, ‘The dominant idea may be comprised in two words; to make te empire subsist together with liberty; to render their uaton not a marriage of cold reason, but one of feoling; not a timid and ephemeral ex- periment, but an indissolubie alliance. From one end to the other the speech of the Prince breathes the most lively faith in that result. The public 1s not satsied. tt says:—The speech will certainly make a profound impression. But of what nature willitve’ Good or bad? The latter, we do not hesitate to say, Prince Napoleon loves frankness; he possesses that quality, and will noj, therefore, be astonished that we should use it In re- ard to himself, Weill, then, his tnserference in the ebate of the Senate t# simply an act quite out of place, Butif ever circumetances Imposed upon a prince o° the blood tae ob.jgations attendant on cer. emonial and on faintly ties, they are those at present existing. If ever impatience or ambition waa suro 10 produce an evil effect It would be at this moment, and tls speciosa of es! ly down everything on the part Ol the Princo. if It mot ip reality the useaores on eacalade, has all the appearance The Paces 7¢ ips saya:—This speech from the com- Mencoment nvyested the gueation with proportious inflnively tnore vast and liberal tuan were contained in the ene Measure. Therefore project aud report have visibly paled. The Prince had not pre- ared us for an initiative so decided. A doubt has n expressed in regard to the importance of the reforms which we are engaged in carrying ont, and of the crisis which ihey imply. In order to estimate their importaace we should only require to read the funera) oration pronounced by a prince of the blood upon the unfortunate coastitution of 1852, There is not mach remaining of it. ‘The Avenir National makes the observation that the Prince was applauded only at the commence- ment of his speech, when protesting his devotedness to the Emperor. Tho Presse comments thus:—The Prince considers that all which the Senatus Consulim contains 16 00d; but he denies that everything that.iz good is be found there, und is speech is only the devol- opaiege and rapid defence of that supplement, the absence of which he regrets, The Minister, on the contrary, considers the work satisfactory, and he will defend it in ita actual shape, and with its omis- sions, which he characterizes as prudent, and its ambiguities, which he increases, as if designedly, by the manner in which he interprets tuem. ‘The Siecle writes in @ strange fash »n on the speoch, treating, in one place, with great contempt, while in another it na and endoraes mauy of tue points which his Highness insisted on. IRELAND. Tho Schools and Land Questions—What the Catholic Prelates Demand, From Ireland we have the following official exposé of the actual demands of the Catholic prelates on the all important subjects of public education and the land questions. The record reads thus:— The Catholic Archbishops and Bishops of Ireland, assembled at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, on Wednesday, the isth of August, 1869, his Emimence Cardinal Cullen presidivg, deem it their dut place on record at this important crisis the follow- ing resolutions respecting the education and laud questions:— Resolved, That they reiterate their condemnation of the mixed system of education, whether primary, intermediate or university, as grievously and {intrinsically dangerous to the faith and morals of Catholic youth; and they declare that to Catholics only, and under thé supreme control of tho Church in all things appertaining to faith and morals, can the teaching of Catholics be safely entrusted, Fully relying on the love which the Catholics of Ireland have ever cher- Ished for their ancient faith, and on the fillal obedtunce they have uniformly manifested towards their pastors, the bishops call upon the clorgy and the laity of their respective flocks to ‘oppose by every constitutional means thee: Peluation of the mixed aystem, whether by ow institutions, by the maintenance of old ones or by changing Trinity College, Dublin, into a mixed colloge. Refolvod, That at the same time they recognize the right as holic woll as the duty of far as pos- sible for their children tho advautages of @ good secular edut- cation, Justice demands that Catholic youth should enjoy en- dowments and all other privileges on térms of perfect equality with the youth of other persuasions, without which equality in the matter of education religious equality cannot be said to have any real exisience. Rezolved, That the bishops, without any wish to interfere with the rights of persous of 'a different denomination, Mand for Catholles Catholle education, which alone is con- sonant to thelr religious principles. x Resolved, That the assembled prelates, sure that it is the intention of her Majest, resent advisers legislate for Ireland in accordance with the wishes of the people—and of this they have given good earaest--trust that the distinguished statesman now atthe head of the govern- ment will with the ald of his able colleagues, give to Trish Catholics a complete system of secular educativn based upoa religion ; for it alone can be in keeping with the feelings and requiremonts of the vast majority of t! ation. te ‘1 regards higher education, aince the Pro- hada Protestant university for years, i, the Ontholic people of Ireland clearly have a right to a Catholic university. "Resolved, ‘That should her Majesty's government be willing to increase the number of universi in this country the bishops declare that religious equality cannot be realized unicas the de endowments and other privileges en- joyed by their fellow subjects of a different religion, be Piaced within the reach of Catholica in the fullest sense of equality. The injustice of denying them Ss pesticleatian in those advantages, except at the cost of principle and con- solgnce, is aggravated by the consideration, that whilo they cotfribute their share to the public funds for the support o eaticational instifutions from which consefence warus them away, they have moreover to tax themselves for the educa- tion of their children in their own colleges and univoraity. ed, ould ft please her Majesty’s government, therefore, to remove the many grievaucea to which Catholtos fare subjected by existing university arrangemonts, and to establish one national univorsity in th: ingdora for ex- amining candidates and conferring degrees, the Catholic people of Irelan: entitled in justice to demand that in b universities, or annexed to it~ (a) They shall have a distinct college, conducted upon purely Catholic principles, and at the same time fully lei- puting in the privileges enjoyed by other colleges of what de- nomiaation or character. (+) That the university honors and emoluments be acces: ble to Catholics equally with their Protestant fellow subjects, (¢) That the examination and ali other details of university arrangement be free from every influence hostile to the re- arents to procure ag ey arning with plea- ligious sentiments of Catholics, and that with this view the Catholic element be adequately represented upon the Senate or other dy by persons enjoying tl preme university bo goniidence of the Catholic’ bishops, priesta and people of eland. Resolved, That the bishops also declare that the Catholics of Ireland are justly entitled to thelr dua proportion of the ‘nliherto set apart for education 1n the royal nieeeeet et the university question. to be eomplote and, at the jement of ‘the univers same Une, in accordance with the wishes of tho Catholic eople of freland, must include the rearrangement of the 4 colleges on the denominational principle. Resolved, That, finally, the bishops of Ireland, deeply sym- pathizing With the sufferings of their faithful flocks, believe thas the settlement of the land question 1s essential to the pence and welfare of the United Kinglom, They recognize the rights and the dutfea of landiords. ‘They claim, in the ‘amo spirit, the rights as they recognize the duties of tenauis, y believe that the comparative destitution, the chronic discontent and the depressing diarourasement of thi of Ireland are at this period of her history to be al more to the want of a settlement of this question on equitable principles than to any other cause. ‘Therefore, in interest of all classes, they tly hope that the responsi- bie advisers of the Crown wiil take this raost important sub- ject into Immediate consideration, and propose to Parliament ‘Such measures as may restore coutidence, stimulate industry, increase national wealth and lead to general union, content: ment and happiness. The above resolutions were unanimously adopted at a meeting of all the Catholic archbishops and bishops of Ire- land, held at Maynooth on the 18th August of the present year 1:69. +PAUL CARD, CULLEN, Chairman, POMANS SUFFRAGE, Meeting of ae Twenty-third Street Associn- tion Yesi.rday=A Spicy Talk About Bread, Morality, Beofsteak and Voting. The usual weekly meeting of the Woman's Suffrage Association was held yesterday at its headquarters in Twenty-third street. There wererpreseut in the cosey parlors of the housejsome twenty or thirty ladies of different ages, every one of whom tooked as ifshe had just emerged from a highly perfumed bandbox, where she bad been enciosed for weeks to avold the dust of the outside world. There were several young and handsome women among the audieace, and the greater portion of those present were handsome too. Mrs. Cady Stanton, looking as fresh and bencvoleut as though she had never fought @ battle for woman’s rights in all her life-time, pre- sided with her usual grace and amlability. Mra. Davis, all the way from Providence, was in- troduced. She looked for ail the world like a sister of Mrs, Stanton, and spoke with the same quiet dig- nity which is so characteristic of uhe head and front of the new “revolution.” She gave tie audience some information about tho Newport Convention, and then moved that certain resoiutions passed at that convention siouid be endorsed by the assocta- tion, which vas done, Among other things she sug- gested, and which was acted upon accordingly, was striking out the word “national” before the word convention, and mserting “world,” whtch ap- peared to give the ladies present a world of pleasure. Mrs. BLAKé called the attention of the association to the fact that a certain naughty paper in this city still persisted in stigmatizing the ladies of the asso- ciation as “crowing hens.’? Mrs, STANTON remarked that the ladies of the asso- ciation seldom or ever read the tll-starred paper, aud 60 they could aiford to let it crow. At this the reporter of the paper alluded to—who tg a lady, by the way—biushed very percepitbly. Mrs. STANTON Sgain arose, and, after referring to the breakfast Mr, Ureo'ey had had at tho associa. tlon’s expense a lew days ago, and that she thougat Mr. Bigelow and Dana were coming out strong for the women, spoke at some jengtn on Mr. Greeley’s hankering after good cooking. He believed that above ail things @ woman'shouid be @ goo! cook, but, im -her opinion, to be a good cook tt was necessary to be a good chemist. There were few good cooks nowadays bocause the cooks were not men of science, and sie Was con- vinced that mon suffered more from bad cooking than any one other thing she kaew of. In fact, we coulda’t have good cooking ‘ui the male and fe- Male mind became united on that subject.” Man ciaimed to have more inventive genius than woman, aud if that were 80 he should point out the manner in which woman could cook properly. Sie doubted very seriously whether Mr. Greciey, with all his talk about the culinary art, could make & good loa! of bread or cook a beefsteuk well. In fine, she couldn't soe Why & Woman should be the “satellite of the pot” @ny more than every man should be compelled to aig ditcves as a fine art. Mra. Gispons was surprised that Mr. Greeley should be so particuiar about cooking. She remem: bered wien he was well contented with Graham bread and cold water. Now ie wanted the best of Fifth avenue beelsteaks, Mra. Bronson, Who had been Invited to read an essay entitled “Our Distranchising Franchise,” a philippic against suffrage im general, made her Apologies. First, because she did not think it a proper essay to be read to an association advocating suilrage, and stcondly, because she had not brought the essay witu her. ‘he latter apology would havo suiliced without the other. Mra, NORTON thought the association was the pro- | oy party to judge of the propriety of the essay alicr t should have been read. Mra. SOMERVILLE Wanted to hear both sides of the question, She wanted lignt and desired no idol to stand between her and trath, Until somebody would prove to her that man was more moral and lors solfish than woman she would gook for Information. Voting was now so demoratizing a mis that gcd women would stay away from the polly if they | 4d the right to vote, Mra, Nowron considered that fact ought to bo sui ficient to sow that woman was more moril aud less selfiah than man; for she never knew of @ man Wo stay away from tue polls because he knew voting was demoralizing. . After a good deal of desultory discussion on this subject, 1a which en individual called ‘Doctor’ somebody or othor oatentatiously enmaged. the maar jag adjourned. OF EDUCATE Tho Residency of Pupila of she Pubile Schools—financin! Condition of the Board Report of the City Superintendent. Tne Board of Commissioners of Common Schools convened last evening in stated session, with the President, Mr. R. L. Larremore, in the chair. The members of the Board were all present, with the exception of Commissioner Gross, Ex-School Com- missioner Merrill occupied a seat within the sacrea circle, whiie the forms in the lobby were occupied by a large number of school teachers and citi- zens generally. After the usual preliminary business had been disposed of a large number of communica- tlons from local boards wore taken up and referred tothe appropriate committees. A report from the City Superintendent, Mr. 3. S, Randall, on the con- dition of the schools at the opening of the present session was then read and ordered on file, This re Port shows that the Superintendent and his assist- ants Lave visited all the schools since the opening of the current Session, and that they found all the schools had been cleaned and ren- dered more comfortable during the vacation. The report also shows that on the day of the opening of the senoola there were prescnt in the male grammar schools 12,275 pupila, in the female scliools 11,016, in the primary schools 10,722 and im the colored schoola 681, making an aggregate of 68,910, At the close of the last session in July there were present 65,496, or 3,414 leas than. at the opening of the current session, At the open- fag of the schools subsequent to the vacation tn 1883 the attendance of pupils was larger than thia year, owing to the facts that the schools opened a week earlier this year and also that the children of Hebrew parents were en; last week in celebrat- ing a festivalof the Hebrew Church. The opin- jon 18 given to-day there must be at least 80,000 pupils in attendance. Of the 174 male teachers employed by the Board there were or three absent on the day of opening; and of the 1,! female teachers there were 10! absent, ‘The prim~ ary schools, the Superintendent TepOria are fo. - generally overcrowded. Grammar school and primary schools Nos. 17, 33 aod 27 still remain closed, while the pupils of No, 34 still occupy tem- porary apartments, At No. 20, on Greenwich street there are 225 of the pupils of the late primary school No. 83, who occupy the assembly room dally, and some 120 or 160are crowded on galleries which are intended to accommodate only seventy or eighty. ‘The Superin- tendeut recommends that the surplus of pupils and the nine teachers of No. 38, who are now neces- sarily unemployed, be sent to primary school No. 15, in Stone street, The assembly room of No. 44, on North Moore street, is daily occupied by some 200 or more pupils, while there is room enough in pee School No, 11, on Vestry street. In connection wit the report the Superintendent recommends the adoption of a rule reatricting the number of pupils to be admitted to the extent of the accommodations, A communication was received from the Mayor nominating James S. Hennessey for inspector in the Filth district. Tne communicauon was referred, The okies resolution was then offered vy Mr. 8 LL Resolve!, That the Bo: dency of pupils as follow: 4 interprets tho rule of the rasi- ‘The legal resifence of the puplt shall be rather as that of tue father; or, it ho be dead, of the mother; or of the guardian if both parents bo dead; OF. if the parents” be logaly divorced, of ths parent entitled vy law to the custody of the pupil. ’ Al! principals or acting principals are hereby directed to conform Lo this inter- pretation in registering the naines and residences o! pupils. ‘The resolution was adopted. Commissioner BRENNAN, from the Committeo on Supplies, reported that the contract for furnishing the schools with coal had been awarded to J. 1. Barnard & Sons, who propose to furnish 6,000 tons of coal of the several kinds called for at the average price of $7 903 per ton of 2,240 pounds, The report of the commitiee was adopted. Commissioner Lewis, from the Auditing Commit. tes, reported that au examination of the accounts of che clerk of the Board shows as follows:— Balanos in iands of City Chamberlain July 1 Deposited since by Comptrolter. 19,998 ‘Total assets. Payments on Stilt outstandiy, Paid....+. sees Warrants issued from July 1 to September 3. Outstanding. . iy ‘The bani book showa a bal Boasd: ++ 20,087 ‘The report was received and ordered on file, Commissioner BELI, from the Committee on Event Scnools, reported adversely to the establishment an evening sckool in grammar school No. 54, in 1u4th street, near Tenth avenue. He also reported in favor of the trausier of the evening schoo: irom 39 to 67 in the I'welfth ward. The reporia were adopted. Commissioner INGERSOLL, from the Committee on pong reported in favor of authorizing the trus- tees of the Tweilth ward to lease the basement of the Bloomingdale Baptist church tor a period of three years aud seven months, at a yearly rental of $3,900, Commissioner SMYTHE said it might be ne to build a schooi in that neighborhood before turce years bad elapsed, and that the rent was rather high, and he, there/ore, ofiered an amendment to the effect that the trustees be authorized to iease the premises for one year, with the privilege of one or two years additional. The amendment was accepted and tne report a3 amended was adopted. Comuussioner WCop calied attention to the fact that @ resolution providing for the discontinuance of the French and German languages in the schools had been referred to the special committee in Jaly, and that 1¢ was somewhat strange that no report on the subject had been made io the Board, and he asked if tn view of the fac: that the comiittee had fated to report on the subject it would be out o! order to discuss the question at the present time, 9~ Tho PRESIDENT stated that as the matter had beck before the Board and had been referred toa com- mittee tt would seem indccorous on the part of the Board to take any action on the subject until the committee should report. Commissioner SayTu, from the special committee, Sede progross on the consideration of thé sunjee Commissioner SANDS offered a resolution author, jaing the appointment of a special committee of tive, whose duty it should be to examine into the whole public school system, with a view ef ascer- taing in what way a reduction of the expenditures may be effected without impairing the eficiency of the GF ae The resolution was adopied, after whic! Commissioner SMyTH offered a preamble and reso- lution reciting the fact that from 15,009 to 40,000 children are dally roaming the streets of this city, never atiending ay of the schools, aud authori zing the appointment of a special committee to consider the matter and devise means to bring these children lo aticnd the public schools, The resolution was adopted and the Board shortly after adjourned, OPENING OF THE FREE COLLEGE. The regular sessions of the College of the City of New York were commenced yesterday under very favorabie auspices. At nine o’clock A. M. the stu- dents, to the number of 600 or 700, together with the tutors, assembied in the chapel, when the faculty entered, headed by Mr. R. L. Larremore, President of the Board of Trustees of the college, arm in arm with Professor Dochariy, the senior member of the. faculty, and General Alexauder 8. Webb, the newly elected president of the coliege. Profeasor Docharty, with lus usual pleasant semi-simtle and goo: natured style, conducted tie opening exerciser, ana after reading a eeiection trom = the Bibie, mtroduced Mr. Larremore to the students, Mr. Larremoro made a few congratulatory remarks on the general good appearance of the popity and the pleasure the occasion afforded nim, and then formally introduced General Web) to the faculty and the students, ‘The now president was received with unmistakable manifestations; of good will, The General briefly addressed the students and gave them to understand that they would be obliged to do their duty, and urged upon them to endeavor by all means to advance the reputation of the institution. He stated, among other eg that he looked on the alumni as the right arm of the col- lege, and that any suggestions from the alumni would receive from him carefal consideration. At the conclusion of the General’s address tue students repared in order to thelr respective class rooms to prepare for the work of the sessiow. The nevessary arrangements will scarcely be complete so that the regular studies may be pursued belore the opening next week, AMMERIGANS IN PARIS. The following is a list of Americans regi the banking house of Drexel, Harjes & Uo,, Paris, for the weck ending September 2, 1860;—Pilladel- paia—Mr. Win. J. Chaloner, Mr, Geory , Athole, Mr. Charles Iteid, Mr. Thomas J, Clayton, Mr. T. M. Drown, Kev. Richard O'Connor, Mr. and Mrs, Mac- Gregor J. Mitcheson, Mr. Persifor Frazer, Mr. J. Henry Powers, Jr., General W. D, Lowis, Mrs, Clara F. Lewis, Mr, and Mra. J. ©. Howoll, ‘Mrs. M. Re Johnson, Mra. 11. P, Johnson, Mr. Alfred Hand, Mr. M. H. Bywater, Mr, peoree T. Bispham, Mr. i. D. Beunett, Mr. Wharton BE. Harris, Miss B. 1. Harris, Miss A. Harris, Mrs, M, R. Rogers, Mr. John 8. sar- tori, Mr. F. W, Sargent, Dr. 5. W. Gross, Mr. Thomas R. Dunglison, Misa Harriet L. Vungiison, Mra, Schol- lenborger and son, New York-—Mr. and Mrs, D. H. Wickham, Mra. Jano Knight, Miss A. Knight, Mr. and Mrs, Join Mi: . W. Darling, Mra J, T. Eversteld, KR, T. Capron, Mr L. Morton Montgomery, Mr. James W, Varnum, Archbishop McCloskey, Rev. F. McNetrny, Mr. 0. EH. Mildeverger, Mr. and Mrs Seth W. Hale, Mr, J. B. Norris, Mr. P. D. Orvis. Boston, Mass.~Mr. H. M. Clarke, Mr, Augustus ogg, Mrs, Heury Flanders, Mrs. Guy H. de Vries, fr. 5. D. Warren and family, Mr. and Mrs, &. ©. Emerson, Miss Emerson, Mr. He M. icknor. Pittsburg, Pa.—Mr, John §, Dickinson, Mr. W, K Fitzsimmons, Mr. vu. Yeager, Mr. , House. Brie, Pa.—Mr. W. ©, Curry, Mr, and Mrs, R, W. Rud. soll, Mra. W, D, Walbridge. Paterson, N. J.—-Mr. James Hand, Mr, Samuel J. Watson. Baltimore, Md.—Mr, Joseph T, Atitason, Mra, Honry May and family. New Jetsey—Miss O. Bradley. Chicago, ll.—Mr. Eben Lane, Albany, N. Y,—Mr. and Mra, 4, ©. Crocker, San Franclaco, Cal—Miss EF. Badger, Mr. UG. Lathrop. United States Navy— Dr, W. M. King, United States of America—Mr, W. §. Lingle and family, Rome (italy)—-Mr, B, Furéd. Paria—Mr, Alfrgd Lockwood,