The New York Herald Newspaper, December 29, 1869, Page 4

4 EUROPE. General Progress of the Free Think- ers, Deists and the Hie- rarchs in Council. The French Elections, Imperial “pine Laying” aud Legislative Position of the Radicals. M. Louis Blane on England as the “Accomplice” of Bonapartisin. Count de Chambord to the Pope. The THE EMPEROR OF AUNTRIA. SPEECH OF The German mat! steamship America, Captain Bassius, (rom Bremen and Southampton, arrived at this port yesterday, briuging our special European correspondence and a mail report in detatl of our cable telegrams dated to her day of sailing from England, The America was detatned of Sandy Heok from a very carly hour im the morning bya dense fog, and delivered our files at the Henao Budding about five o'clock A. It appears from a telegram in the Italian papers that the Free Thinkers’ Council, heid in Napies in opposition to the Ecumenica! Council at Rome, was closed by the authorities, The reason given is that tne members raised cries of “Down with the Em- peror of the Frenci,"’ and ‘Long live tne republic.” An open air demonstration in opposition to the Heumenical Gouncil and ta honor of Savonarola took place tn Florence, The proceedings were marred by very unfavorable weather, heavy rain falling all the time, and the attendance was but scanty—about 300 persons. Father Gavazzi was among the speakers, and his attacks upon the Papacy weie received with @ good deal’of cheering. A report of M. Magne, the Minister of Finance tn France, was published in the Journal! Officiel, ot Paris, It represents the finances as ina very Nourish- ig condition. The floating debt has been greatly reduced, there is a surplus on the budget of 1868 and also on that of 1869, and an estimated surplus for 1871. For the first time aftera long interval, M. Magne says, “‘the expenditure for pablic works will be defrayed from the ordinary revenue. The Court of Queen’s Kench, London, deli vered judgment in the litigation between Colonei Dawkins and Lord F. Paulet, The latter wrote two letters to his commanding officer, stating that Colonel Daw- kins was incompetent in the field and unfit to con- duct the business of a@ battalion in barracks. Colonet Dawkins thereupon proceeded against Lord F. Paulet in the civil courts for libel, and the ques- taon was argued before (he full Cours whether, sup- posing the letters were written withont reasonable cause, an action could be maintained” upon them, The Lord Chief Justice held that it could: bat the opinions of th) other judges, including the late Mr. Justice Hays, were that this was a subject for tnvestigation solely by a mulitary tripunal. ‘The trial of the Indictment egamst the six direc- tors of Overend, Gurney & Co, was begun (a8 noticed by cable telegram) im the Court of Queen's Bench, the Lord Cpief Justice presiding, The Gefendants were Mr. J. H. Gurney, formerly mem- ber of Parliament for King’s Lynn; Mr. H. £. Gurney, Mr. K, Birkbeck, Mr. H. F. Barclay, Mr. 4. G, Gor- don, and Mr. W. Rennie. They were indicted for baving, on the 12th of July, 1865, published a faise Prospectus, with intent to defraud the shareholders, There are thirty-two counts m the indictment, Dr. Kenealy, the leading connsel for the prosecution, laid before the Jury an elaborate review of the cir- cumstances which led to the disastrous fall of tue “corner house” on the 10th of May, 1866, He went minutely through the prospectus and the Ogures of the balance sheets, contending that the defendants, iustead of forming anew company, ougut to have gone into the Ban¥ruptcy Court. He also argued that they had violated every engagement into which they had entered with the subscribers. At the close of the learned counsel's opening speech the court adjourned. ‘Ihe case, a8 we Kaow, terminated ta an acquittal, The Peuple Francais, of Paris, which 1s consid- ered an organ of the Tuileries, makes the announce- ment that in future the Empress of the French will not attend any winisteria! councils. Mer Majesty's alleged partictpation tn politica! matters has recently formed the subject of remark in the Paris papers. ‘The Rappel even goes so far as to intimate that “the press prosecutions which the inpertal governmént has just set on foot have been due to the intinence of the Empress.’ In the Shertit's € were given ag damages againgt tae Metropolitan Railroad Com- pany iu the c fa widow who vad been injured in 8 collision at the Portland roud station. Another deaih from starvation was the cause of an ingniry before the Middiesex Coroner, ‘ve de- ceased, who was @ Workman ont of employment, was aixty-two yeur# of age. A verdict stating that the wan had died from want of (ood was returned. Hinson, the Wood green niurderer, Was executed Within the walls of Newgu ‘The Pall Malt Gazette of | r 1 We learn from Ireland that in consequ tain information which reached the government through private sources last wee nb found necessary to take precaulouary measures against posible S@ltempts at insurrection tn certau distr: Jord Strathnaira received instructions to pre} seven aying columns under picked officers, ready to move a an hoar’s warning on any parts of (ne coun- try \hreaigned by Fenian aisatrection. Lhe Londow News of December \4 reports:— ‘The ma@ux of troops withiu the las: few days is spreading @ beliei that the goverument are in posses sion of mformation that ail is not going on so smootuly inthis country as the nuinitiated would suppose. There 13 alnple confidence in te power of the Zoverniment to suppress auy attetupl at reteilion, but it 18 scarcely ary to suy that the indust ous and peace-loving classes Uf we community Would prefer that Ulere should ve uo rebellion te auppress, FRANC Blection Parties aud El The Legislative “Ceuire andl How T Are Made Up—Serutiniziag the Ballots—A Widespread Agitation Against Free Trade From the Saez CaualThe Eastern Quen tion-What People Say of the Empreas— Domestic Management in a Delicate Crisis, Panis, Dec, ¥, 1469. At last the Gay on which the Emile Ollivier Minis- try will assume tle reins of government may tv Jearned with tolera acuitude. It Is probable that the validation of the clections will be termina. ” ted during the next three days, aud the Inter- pellations will then commence. In consequence of the programine issued by M. Ollivier qua nts friends they Will be much reduced, sou wili not oc- eupy the attention of the Chaimver jor more than a week, It Was delerinined that the new mumlstry should Dov take © until a me dimenines connected With the old pilots of the empire had been cleared up and as this wil be eflected by we tin 1 have stated we may expect to ¥ e new hands take the helm about tue vu) Up to twelve signed to support Olivier week his party WL) nun seven, peroape ven, « extreme left’ who will Join; two have airendy done ‘The only question that caused them t@ wevese was tual concerning tho mayors, whieh het now been setieu. The “extreme right’? numbers 130; in & month frou tila date wt will not namber twenty, The ‘extreme le(t” cou- sta of Wnirty-five, Which, as we lave seen above ‘will be greatly reduced, M. Ollivier will thus Lave ateolute power inthe Corps Légialavif; he will, in get, cerry m his pocket the means of dissoiviag the Chamner and appealing to the country should uw be necessary to do #0, Not that such a nocessity will aries, aor Would it give satisfaction to any one, We 0 overwuelming majority, mk Y ay 149 deputies have nd Wefore the ena of the 4 or 1. There are et ; adhesion to Olavier, | the paragrapls tn the letter ts, so far as | remember, Dave had enough of elections for many a long day to come. For the information of your readers who may not be up im the tecinicalities, { may state (nat the Ollivier party is the “right centre," and the Ande- Jarre the “left eoutre.” In a previous letter I said that M. Guizot had written to M, Plichon, advising ‘The exact wording of one of “that the ‘ers parti’ ougit not dispute among themselves, but form a compact party, or the repub- licaus would sooner or later come torward and Upéet the empire.’ Although some of the papers miay assert (hat he fature is beset with dificuilies you may rely on the avoye aud following facts; they wid give you a correct idea of the Birengtii of the future ministry, The Peuple Frangais, which bas a larger circulation than any other journal ub Vranece, is ie Emperor's Owa newspaper; tt is pub lisved at his own expense, M, Clement Duvernois, deputy and editor of te /eupe Franyats, las sigued Wo support ollivier, The Marlement, of when mM. Kouber is Ue ruling power, supports tae new ministry, ‘Tbe members of Lue baperor’s Houschold Who Have been elected deputies resign their seats, av tla’ they sth im the Corps Legisiaut and ius Merease the Olivier Inajorny, Waich ws supported by tue enure press, Wilt Lie exception OL the ultralipe- ruls, Jhus it may ve considered Unat Olivier repre- sents tue expire, Lue resull ut lie second scrutin in whe Fourth clr- couseripuon 1s a direct muniteataion against te ceassermentes. M. Glas Bijou obuathed 16,650 votes and M. barbes $197, AL she Lrst serutin the ue sermeentes candidates, or those who decline Co tu the vata, Mud 1,609 votes, The nume of Barbes— popular as ibis WIth lis party—can only aga 1,500 votes, Vorlu (out, Chat can be obtaiued roi the Bow aduerents Lo the radical repubite, in (he Corps Legisiaul taere has been a lively dia. cussion Wili respect to the eiecuun OL M, Du Aural, li appears Wat Lie person Lo Whom bad been con- fided the tass of constructing tue electoral urn could HOU gel Lut necessary aricie ready in Une tor the eleclOn, HOLWiLustanding Lhe entreaties of the Mayor Of BuUSseres; the letters oF M. Le sous, Préiet; the aemanuds of the Preies und the circwars trom te Muster of (he interior, They aii tried ta vain—tue urn Was uot jortucouiug—and ue iree and enlightened elvetors Were forced to place their youes m “the ura vi Wiuch anil now they lad Inade use—a soup tue reen.’” Eyery precauion was taken to prevent iraud. Soals Were phiced on the Gover of the ewcto- ral tureen, and the celebrated soupiere was placed ua cupbuard, Which Was also sealed up. Accord- jue to oi. Du sural the nuyority is very Weak tn tue commune; 50 the juke ov M, de Pilancourt can be easly understovd——*Haiis vette soup ere ua regu une trempee.” The jeeling against free trade is rapidly increasing, And (he MMuieslo agalust existing treaties, Wlucu as been pubished, 15 Siaved Lu be he echo OL tha Chambers of Commerce, Coambers of Manufactures, and commercial, 1udustril and maritime meeungs, trom one end of france to the other, irom Marseilles to Like, from Havre to Bordeaux, Ln iny opimon, however, “iree trade’ whi carry the day, as, against several rivals; and, though at the head of the poll, he had not the requisite majority, and another election was ordered. On the present ocet sion his only opponent was Arnaud Barbés, who came forward o second time as the representative of the revolutionary school. I have told you, I believe, already that Barbés' 13 one loug-continued fight against the government. During the reign of Lows Philtppe he was tue leader of repeated insurrections, and on one occa- sion he was imade prisoner, and, after formal trial, was condemned vo death. But the King, who had & horror of the guillotine—tis father having been one of ia victims ta 17%—reiented im the case of Barbes, and ats sentence was to banishment. He turned up again the revolution of 1543, and for bis long viees in the cause of tnsurrection be was rewarded with alucrasive post, But nis promotion was uot high enough to suit him; so lie took an active part in the auempt of that year to overturow the repuviican government he bad been 80 long ostensibly contend- ing for, and was again obliged to take fo his heels, AS street fighting has gone out of fasuion nowadays, for the simple reagon that Napoieon LLL, 13 too sorml- dable an opponent to tritle with, Barbes comes quieuy back to vindicate his-subversive principles at tie polls and to make untversal suffrage the arbiter be- tween his aspirations for power and the govern. ment or the day. Glais-Bizoin 13 a wan of progress, but a determined foe to revolution. These were the two candidates on Monday last, and nothing could be more conclusive as a test of the disposition of the Paris population in one of its largest districts than the vote given on twat day. Out of 42,500 regisiered electors some 20,000 only voted, and of these 16,000 and odd voted for Glais-Bizoin gid 3,000 for Barbés, So revolution has gove to the wall, and its representaive may hang up hls flduie of discord for all time to come, Tue wre revolutionary organs of Paris—the Kappel, the Kiforme and the Aéveil—are considerably disconcerted by this decisive vote, and resort to the transparent trick of crying out that te govern ene aided Glats-Bizoin; but they do not say the govern. ment prevented anybody rola voting for Burbeés, Foreign countries must uow clearly see from tis significant election’ of Monday last now really ua- founded were ail the cries and clamor about a revo- lution tn Paris, Thece may be @ few thousand “rougus” who woud risk their lives for pillage, but only when they saw there were chances of suc- ces. Lf any of tuis class bad tltusioas on this pons the meagre vote for Barb's must have effectually dissipated thein. It is @ tittle over a week stnce the Chatabers have commuted 1 aituough the northern towns, such a3 Roubaix, Lie, &G, Where the cotton Workers dweil, are dead aeainst it, The wihe districts and sux wanufac- turiug ciiies are in its iavor., ‘What there shoud ve a stroug leeling against tree trade in England 1s a cause of consMeravie astonisument to the French, General Banks, and Mr. N. Appleton, the delegate from tue Boston Board ot Trade, have recurned irom the openiug Of tbe Sues Canal. Mr. Appleton Wul maxe a full report Lo the Boston Board o1 ‘Trade, A letier of congratulation, signed by a large numoer of Americans, Was presented to ML. de Lesseps at Cairo. f Yue report ol a conference in reference to Rast eru aifaurs has again been current. it is wituout foundation; and it is equally uatrue that France hus assumed an attituue independent of tue otuer vowers. ‘She report arose i cousequence of (he numerous mectings Whica haye taken place be- tween tte ambassadors aud tei jos action in en- deavoring to brug about @ recoucillation between Tae Sultan and the Viceroy, In Egypt a great civalry exists between Frauce aud Eugiand., The later country las always maiiaimed a consideravle mtu. elice over Lhe viceroys tn consequence o: her Indian possessions; in lact, Great deitain had the mouopoly of intuence Unuii the days of BL. Garrot, the French Consul General, when Frauce began to gain grouna, Phe sues Canul bas how give a predoiuimant post. Hon tu France, to (he greal anuoyance Of bngtand. Tue Vicervy is decidedly in Javor or France, but ue is } mitch abnoyed ab the delay in bringing tow conclision te “report of the coumisstoners named to examine the capitulation, which be ‘attriputes to the French geverament, aud parucuiarly to the late Marquis de Moustier, the “cupttwation’? L may as well explain. The! people are, as far as Turks can be, greatly iritated against the iniquivies of consular authority. ‘they say, and with trata, lec strangers be tied by them respective consuls, but disputes between bgypttans and foreigners should ve decided by a mixed commission of Turkish and Europeaa au- thorities. There seems to ve no doudt that the pre- sent aificuity will be arranged; but the irritauug germs still exist, and @ conilict hereatier will be Inevitable. As the case now stands, in Egypt a foreiga subject, whether be bring an action or has one broagut agains’ him by a Turk, the aifuir is tricd by his consul, ‘dhe system of each consul calming wo wy his compatriols 13 the cause oL duuy disputes, An Englishman and a Freachman ave a bone Of Contention, In the shape of a quarrel ora debt; ie question arises ov which Consul i the cose to be tricd, aud SiX montis are lost in aipiomatic b ‘lake, lor lastance, the Egypuan Bank at Ales the adminisirauion 1s couposed ( Kugel, Freacu, Belgians and Germans. A Turk brings au action agaiust the bank. Beiore the consul of what country 43 the case to be tried? The Viceroy compiitined ot tue anomally, a cominitiee Was uppoinied, it has veen sitting for the last eigiitecn munits dud cunnat come toa conclusion. The Empress has returted safe and sound, im ex- cellent health and spirits. Paris rejoices in the pos- session of One more pretty Woman, 1b 1s extraor- dinary that 10 the mneteenth century people can be brought to believe that ker Majesty's Journey was in consequence Of having commilted & gigantic rob- bery. M. La Forcade de Koquette, the Minister of, Interior, Was on Saturday jast wendimg bis way aloug the rue St. Lonere, on lis road homewards. Belore bun Were Wo Workinen, Whose conversation he overheard, One of tein informed the other that “ib 8 posiuively true that the Hinpress has run away Wich 5,000,000 Of tae people's mou ‘the Minister of Interior tapped tim on toe “You don't know all, my gvod fr Apress: has idden the monev wader one of the pyramids, and you bad better gu and yet i."” Speaking of the Mintster of Interior reminds me that M. Olivier has not yes decided whetuer he will lake that onice or become President of the Coun- cu. ‘The risiag star is much angoyed wt having so large a majority, He wished tor a par- uenwry Oppasivan lke im Hugland, without uosuilly, I cannot say 1 buis is modesty on the part of M. Olivier: | ean only tel: you wiat he saya. It is possible tuat many of your readers may not understand Lhe lunetions of tie Council of state; Wik your permission { will deseribe them:—All jaws Deivre promulgation must be examined im the bureanx of the Counet of stale; deed, uo diseus- stou im the Qnambers can taxe pl until unis jormality be effected, ‘The Council of state had the power Of Aitering @ proposed law ut of refusiug ib tn too. tn the Corps Legisiaill & law can be pro- posed, bat it must be sent to tue Council of Stave to sported on before any further action can ve it is thea sent back to tie Chamber to ve examined by each of the bureaux of the Corps Logis- laut, of which there are nine, The selection of the members composing tue bureaux 1 made vy draw. ing weir nalwes [rom au ura. They tuen elect a president aud secretary, The president reports to the Chamber the resait of their deuberations and the: Jaw ls alierwards discussed oy the Corps Legislauf, The Marquis de Talboues will, without doubt, be Muuster of Foreign Affairs, Aa the other posts in the new qwinistry are not as yet definitley distributed 1 do n&® give you Lie naines of propabie future ministers. We are likely to be enlivened with a good scandal. ‘The gossip-mongers will ere long be tu tue seveuib heaven o1 delignt, A family law suit will settle the division of property, wilh Which a curious anecdove 18 connected. For obvious reasons | suppress tue names of interested parties. A wealghy merchant Wad @ pretly dauguter; one day he sent fora young inan in his emapioyment, who gad Dot veen absent when Dame Nature was dapensing good looks. fie wadressed hun 1 Words to Lhis efeci:—"You are a a good, industrioas, intelligent young man.” sigus oF acquiescence on tue part of the zonng man. i wish lo give you aa taterest m the business.” T employe, who eked out a miserable existence on i, francs per apnuin, Was thunderstruck; ie stuttered and staniuered out compiunents im tae best way ne could; for the briiliaus omer had knocked our young friend lato the middie of pext week. ile was brought to is senses by the Gla gentieman, who added, “Would you like to marry?! “Hardly thought of that, yet, sir’? “My daughier's taken @ fancy 6) you; [ whl give you 400,000 franes as a wedding portion, clerk, however, thought there waa something pacu- var io (ue affair and suggested the propriety of ré Hection. ‘Don't hesitate, aud | will give you 400,000 franes."" This Was ooMnuel for young Frauce, who said, ‘Will you pera me to ask you why you make the proposition?’ “yy? why? why? stammerea the old yentienan ta tw cir. “She is pretty, ste may lave committed a faa take the dear gir, i Wii give you $90,000 Trans.’ ‘The bargain was oon- cinded ava the day named. ‘Two aays belore tue wedding the old gontieman called pis son-in-law and jnformed Lint “buat lus duagller Was In aa lutercat- ing couditiou.”” AS I befure satd, the young et ploye was Intelligent; we dociared without bestta- Tok that the afar could Hob go on we Lie prive, money #taud in your Way,” said lils em- J wil give you a gale stare ia my bust ‘This clenched the bargain, the marriage Wok piac in due course, a8 did also (he death of the oa gen- Ueman. The lave coms wi 1 anes per y 18 One OF The Wealtinest men ta Tacticn of the “Reds” und Revolutioniste= What the Poopie at Large Want of Govern- mont—M. Rochetert “in the House’—Jales avre’s Pesition=Outaide and Inside Polit 1 Arrangemcats=How Members Will Count on a Division. z Vata, Doo. 19, 1469. Another election ta Pacis for a member of te Chamber of Deputies, and the laat for the present, came off on Monday; and the result was very striking. One of the candidates, Glats-Bizoin, I evoke of in a former ictier, tig tan op November 22 assembled, and in the lower House they have been busy verifying elections, This ig all the real work done. ‘I'wo incidents, however, took place worth noting. M. Rochefort snowed himself to the mem- bers, the most of whom had never seen him, by risiug in dis place and making a proposition avout the national guards taking the place of the regular soldiers a8 sentinels wt the Chamber. This said, in the fewest possible words aud in the mildess possi- ble manner, he sat down. There were surprise aud disappeintuient; for everybody expected some exiravagaut and Violeat demoustration from the eaitor of La Lanterne, 1618 one tug, however, to write avuse in the recesses of your aiding place and another to speak 16 in the preseuce of your fellows Rocheiurt has surunk from the test, aud though the Jouruals give him the credit of behaving Wilh pur- Lauentary propriety it 1g certatu tus violent tollow- ers wil call Liu a pultroon aud deciave they lave been tricked. ‘rhe ext incident of the week ts a move made by Jules Favre, who ligures a3 the leader of the left, or iwreconcliavle opposiuion, Without waiting for the Chamber to constitute itself by veriiylug certain elec: tious and other preiminary business ie Jucaped up al the urst sitting aud oitered @ batch of resolutions, all of ab extreme Character, ‘Tne lot may be judged ol by asampie., te proposed that the whole legisia- tive power sivuld be vested in @ single Chauber, and Lais in Ue fave of the repoated failures of a sin- gle Chamber in France as well as In idogland aud the Untied states. Of course ip all this Jules Fayre represents the views of lus party of extreme opposi- tou, aud they have dispisyed aiready want of tact caraelty M imakirg 2 premavure move and pro- iming & doctrine coudemned by experience and public opiuion, So much tur the déout of the “irre. concilabies’’ in the Freacd paridtaeutary drama of 1369-10. Qutside of the Chamber there has Deen a deal ot akiliul political manwuvring preparatory to action, that t Wil essay to descrive as brieily wad uteliygi- Diy ay possible. The old majority of the Cai that has sustained the government throug: aud thin since 1352, When tae Emperor ory: Mlutters ad Le deemed expedient, Was Knocked ito smithereens last June by tae Huperor humseie when, atarded by the goneral clections of May, be thougit it wise to modily aud reconstruct things. He saw ib was uecessury to give the Legislature more power, and to that extent diminish uly own. Ha did it promptly, a8 you remeiuver; and 1 certainly did nolL agree With him, as fe (ell very Lil soou after, us you remember, fe loresaw, veruaps, tual vy abau- doning Nis sagacious coatrot France mail go wil wroug; OF possibly he dreaded the jucreasea trouvie the poulclans were likely bv Cause lua, But he did Mal vhe saine, dad thal Omulpotent majority dis- solved on tie Instant—lell all Lo pleces—became just 80 mnuch Hotssur and jetsam, al tue mercy of te winds and waves of the poiticat ocean, The majority did uot like tt, and were disposed to turn on the Kmperor With a 14 Krure rewonscrance, but Napoleon probably reminded them in a whisper of the sad fate of Louis Philippe’s Majority tn Is4s, Who could pot live aud teara. The greut Juv of tue past week las been to reorganize a new majority to carry on the new system of govern- ment, lognenceforth, and, 1 suppose, forever, The Emperor ls no longer to govern France in the abso- Inve ijashion he has done for the last eight years, but the Legislature, more particularly the elective house, 15 60 have Its share. We are going to have a new trialof what is yclept parliamentary govern- meni, a8 practised im Engiand since 1634. Tuere the legisiative power governs and decides every tulng, ‘the Executive 1 4 mere shadow, voz et preterca nie Such a government 1s not possible in the United Staceg, and it will be some tune, reckon a jong time, before li will be practicable tn France, assuredly not whie Napoleon Lil, lives. flourish under his son, which ‘The problem of the week has, been “to arrange — matters such that the Legisiature and the Executive couid get on comfortably together. This was easy enough Woea both parties were willing. Andy Jolin son and Congress could not come to a pleasant un- dersianding, Simply because Andy or Congress Wanted too imuch fis or tts Way, There was & con- stant squabbilng, thereiore, avid finally an mpeach- ment, in Paris, however, things are working far more smoothly. ‘Yo explain. The old majority fas, during the week, chauged its costume, 1s name and its benches. It used to occupy tue right ol the legisla- uve hall, but io has moved toto tue “right centre.” So1ne of them have pushed on @ ilttie farther and are called “leftycentre."” Others again remain quietly ou the “right”? Now these various designations as understood in Paris al: mean certain shades of difer- ence on political opinion, The “rigut’ go in tor statu quo; “rights centre’? think I% best Ww trim o little, and the “left centre” alitie more, Now ait these genticmen are On the best terms with the £ peror, becuuse both see their interest in it. 1b is true Wat the right and the two ceutres could pass what laws they pleased; for they constitute decided majority, and they could aiso snap toeir fingers at the Emperor, but then they wouid risk von, tingencies, Which, a8 sensible men, they wou't io. Here, then, 18 the majority reorgatuzed, weariug the fashiouable parliamentary cowrs, and the next Wing 13 to g@t Mp &@ Hew minisiry to represent this majorty, &@ Cangidioe. Emile Olivier 18 the coming man, and simply because lie hag had the tact for w year and upwards to work im harmony with fe Emperor, He raised the cry of “the empire and liberty,” and that now 1s the accepted doctrine. ‘Tue last election on Monday proved it. But) must not omit due mention of another part of the chan ber “opposite St. Peter,” tle teliside., Here su ue rreconcilabies,” headed by Juices Favre, Simon, Picard, Puletan, &c, ‘They constitute a small squad of able men, bat linpracticable. All tuey Gad do 1s to atuuse themselves aod advertise taersvelves by ir ing thei lances at Ue majority and hogurg ta ladict awound., Above the “irreconciiabies’ sik two yen tlemen who glory in solitary distinction of be more itreconcilavie AUI—namoly, Raspaii, chemist, aud Rochefort, the parnvhiev Yoeum up the description f lave given of tie consttnent parts of Wie Chumber of Deputies tabular acacement, as follows, Wil aiford w eaupreheusion of its actual eoudluor The Kight Centr . ’ Left Ven re | Right.a..0.. therefore, iy a way a the Total... .. ore The Lett (irrecunclablas). ....... 660+ Extreme Lety (Maspail and Kochelury Total vées Oe Average pumber absent . ‘These constitute the Waole vambe the Chambre, 202 deputies, {3 overwhelming, Fr of mempers of You seo the majority Suowd Ute majority ever come into collision WiKA the Etuperor, What would Happen tuen? i regret! have hot time to say something anous Was pr {ult Fuad OW Mouday Finie Augier’s new play, wie: along flourish a6 the Thédire f aad fell soubor £0 tHe gLound. | Imperial “Pipe: Laying low a Newspaper Advocate Wan Kewrned to the Legislature Renction or Bonapuctivom—Tie Kuiperor to “bey? (Carta (Dee, 10) correspondence of London Post,; Vhe debate on the election of M. Dréolie, better kouown aa @ sermi-oMelal journahat than 4 politictan, yesterday proved the most miportant that has yet taken place. The revelations which were made of omMcial interference to procure the return of the DPliant journalist who hea devoted himself to the giorification of M, Rouher, first in the Patrice and NeW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1869.—TRI gen now In the Public, elicited from M, de Forcads la Roquette a speech which produced great impres- ~sion on the house, and the eloquence and straight forwardnesa of which it would be unjust not to acknowledge. M. de Foreade said;—{ have been so directly ap pealod to that | feel it my duty to address the House, 1 will go through the facts Laat have been iaid before you and point out those for which Lam answerable, and those which took place without my knowledge. For these f will never consider myseif responsible, but neitner will I ever desert functionaries whose sole criine 18 that they have comunitted a lew errors of Judgment, without taking into account the ser- vices they have done not only the government put the country (tres bien, tres Kiwn), Lt have no opinion to offer as to the future prospects of oilicial candi. dateships. A new state of Ungs may bring about a change of system, but there is one point as to which every governmeut, be it absolute or uberal, Monareieal or republican, has wever varied, and will never vary a point as to which Vasimir Pertcr aud Cavour entertained no duference of opinion—that is, that # government must be prepared to act and to resist. I have ad- visedly used the words ‘inonarchical or repuo. lican;" were I to quote the circulars of M. Ledru Roihn you would see how omecial candidateships were understood in 1848. We are now discussing merely isolated and detailed cases, At that period Not less than 159 commissioners or deputy commis sioners, sent into the departments to get up & repub- lican feehng, Were candidates Jor seats In the Asseim- bly, and every one of them was supported by the goverument. (7res bien, wes bien, Uproar on the left.) At that perodin one singie departinenc (the Herault) not les3 than 140 mayors were revoked by the government coinmissioner, Who Wis a!so & Cau dicate, (Frestt applause aad uproar.) But { will not dwell on the past; | will show tie house how wi dealt with official candidatesips uuring the elec- tions of 185/—and here I musi appeal to your memory. Last Apri { was “interpellaved’’ on this question on several oceasions, | gave an ex- plicit answer, and the approbation of the house did not fa me when T vindicated the right of the government to support those caudidates who personified its policy. I think tinue under any régime the Ministers, be they who they may, Wiil have to endorse that principle. The only dilference 18 a question of degree 1n its application. But at the same time | explained tothe House that the official candidatesnips ought to be worked by appealing to the sympathy of the conatimencies, and LT urged all functionaries to do all they couid to win @ndy that sympathy, refrain trom resortung to any- thing in the shape of corraption or intimidation (Yes, yes,” “Pres bien, irés bien”) Genuemen, such were my woras, and 1 did precisely what i said. There are two ways of applying adminiscra- tuve pressure—on the mayors aud on the peopie, As regards the mayors you may recollect: how severely the revocation and suspension of tuese manicipal functionaries was criicised on the ovcasion of Lhe previous general election. ‘The subject did not es- cape uy attention, and on the 3d of May last! for- warded a circular to the prefects requesting them, at the ume of the elections, to refrain as much as possible from these suspenasions, which might be con- sideied a3 having & political character. (*7res bien.’) ‘That is exacuy che pressure that was applied to the mayors. During the elections only five of them were suspended, and on account of very exceptional cir- cumstances. The mayors freely adopted such or such @ caudidate. Nay, some of them were canai- dates themselves. !a short, we appealed to the mayors’ confidence and sympathy, but we put ho pressure upon them. (Renewed approbauon.) 1 now come to the populations of the rural districts, which constitute the chief element of strength in our army, aud which avove all represent the morality of the country. (7rés bien.) 1 have always heard that part of our population represented as Incapabie, wallowing tn brutish ignorance and debauchery. Weil, { won’t say that such sights are not to be seen, but it ts 1m large towns tuat L have seen them—(ii¢ vien)—it is alWaya in the towns that those atucks originate against tne principles which secure pro- perty, order and indtvidual liverty, and form the groundwork of society itself. As for my part, if wu versai suifrage be really exposed to some dangers, itis not at phe hands of tae country voters, bur of the town VOters thatishoula apprehend those dangers if & Vigorous government, strong in the consciousness Of 18 Might, were Hot at hand to re- press evil passions and insane doctrines, (Ap- plause.) Wuat pressure have we put upon the eie worst You heard me teil you from this tribune how Limeant to respect their independence. Well, my words were printed and circulaved ail over the country In addition | sent @ circular to the prefects for the carrying out of the laws relative to elecuons, What was the drift of that circalar?) Why, that the respect of the law should pe enforced, by securing the sincere mani- festation of the country’s will (res Dien). Wivnin the jasi few days the conduct of a mayor has beea Diamed, aad justly Dlumed, for having taken tue Votes in & soup tureen, which he used as an electoral urn. Now, Lam anxious to state that a circular nad beea sent to the prefects, recommeuding them to have proper voting boxes estab ished in all the com- miuines, and that the Home Olive forwarded abou 2,0 of these boxes to the poorer communes that might not ve able to afford the expense. I now come to the election of the Gironde (M, Dreolie). Here { ind two grievauc ‘irs, the prefect sendiag Voung papers by post under his oficial frank, sud a ielter to the mayors, in Which the prefect cautioned tueu tuat 4 band of maleiactors Were going about the de partment under the precence of being engaged m election busiuess. As regards the sending of tho voung papers, 1 don't approve o1it. if 1 had been Consulted [should have said that tne prefect gave himsell @ great deal of unnecessary troube. Bue cau itbe lookcd upon as a means of tatunidaing the electors in a department so puaculious about is independence? 1 veileve, Moreover, thar tie pre- fect only meant to siitnulate tue Zeal of some of the electors. (Uproar.) 1 repeat that 1 don’t approve of bts having done $0; but | reaily dou’t thing iv ia asuiicient motive tor quashing the electiou. As to the second grievance, it 14 beyond question very much more serious, It 18 either a most unjustuiable electtoneering manieuvre, or It is @ perfectiy legitimate manquvre, For my part, 1 beiteve that it was periectiy legitimate, and tuat the prefect really believed that his department was exposed to reai dangers, (No, no,” and uproar va the ieit.) Tae Vepartment o: the Gironde was nov the only one which wasa prey lo great agitation. (Uproar on tae leit.) Here ia Paris bands of mate. actors went about the streets—they were tried and condemned by the Court of Assize. At Si. Euenue, on the night of May 24, the Jesuits’ College was_pil- laged, and an attempt made to burn ttdown. Well, the Preject of St. Buenne, whom L stall also have tue honor to defend on a future occasion, was pub- licly Uianked by tne aireur, ihe most advanced journal of the country, There were distur! pes tb Aries, at Amiens, at Lille, at Nantes, at Bordeaux, At Bordeaux two bands of mhaielactors invaded tae Quai des Chartreux, aud Nung a quantity of goods pled up there into the river. ‘The existence of these maleiactors was, therelore, no fancy on the part of the preiect. We went through a period of grave disturbance, and whea we compare tue ductriucs that have been preacned and the outrages Unat have been courmitted, we cannot but nowledge that malefactors are growing strangely coaident, (ioud applanse trom the right and ceutre M. JULES FAVRE—Have tuere been any proseca- ttons? M. p& L’HorrraL (Government Commussioaer)— Yes, at Bordeaux, and convictions too, M. DE FORCADE—And the Gironde newspape Wich described the prefect’s cirvular—a contiden- biai circular, observe—as “avomimavie’ in its tirat page, bitterly complains farther on that the admin. s.ration should allow the thieves and pickpockets to have it ail their own way, Wniveiteinploys the police on election duty, (tprour on che ett.) M, GAMBETYA uttered @ few Words, Which the noise fendered invudibis. 4g AUNISvEK—I have not heard what M, Gambetta wad. M. GAM#ETrA—I am sorry I interrupted you, for 1 have veek using all my power of self-control to Histon to you palicnuly. (Uproar) Watt sad was tuat your account of what appeared Iu the Guu ta quwovle aawortay of the House and of yoursell. (Uproar). M. oe FoRCADR—Well, tne Guyenne, which ts an oppesiiion (legivmist) print, aud which supported some opposition candidutes, Made a witty varallei between ihe tWo ariicies OF Ue Gironde, one cum- Platuing buat propercy Was novsafe, the other tuat Lae preiecv’s circular had scattered terror througa- vat tae department. Terror, indeed! {t was created no doubt, but vy the electioncering ageuts Who Went about the public houses. In the Upper Loire, lor Instance, vote insulted. ryone has more or less suffered from that kind Of violence, and even you, gentiemen of tue lett, you have not been spared. We depivred this dispiay of violence, even thouga It was directed Against political adversaries. Let us consign to oolivion—iet us bury for ever—that ghost of aduiin- istrative presayre which is haunting so perseveringly some oi the members of this House, ‘ine Salient features of the elections of 1869 18 the absoliue freedom with which ey. were conducted. Now, we wish for freedom as honcsuy and us ardently as you do, and winch we mean to were beaten, Knocked down and { PLE SHEET. years—you judge our past with great severity—we view tt with gratitude and respect, for tt has given the country prosperity and boty i But we wean vo bestir ourselves, to advance? and strengthen our- selves in this new path which will Jead to the estav- Ushinent of liberty through the empire, (Loud ap- plause.) This onward movement is not an incident of the present reign; it is the consequence of several measures, the first of which we can trace back lo 1860, It is not with big words and with sully and golem programmes, such ag that laid before you Us day (the drait of a constitution by Rochefort gad Kaspar), that iverty can be founded, (fres bien, tres bien.) M. Kocugerorr—The Convention saved l’rance. M. be Forcape—{ am not taiking about the Con- vention, Jam examming how liberty can be essib- lished. To found it the empire has progressively Bavanced. {thas not rushed in ita embraces with the calidlike simplicity of the men of °89 and 'D1. (Uproar) ‘They were men of great courage un- doubtedly—but they were simple, imprudent and Irivojons; they were devoid of experieace—aad their immaccutate but feeble grasp suflered tue monarchy to decline unt it fell into a republic and were un- able to rescue loerty from the grave in which it remained so long entombed. ‘To-day—to the honor of the country be it spoken—it means to advauce towards liberty, pradeutly and temperately; but, at the same time, resolutely and confidently, 1 say coutidentiy—for tis great country does feel contidence in the progress of public man- ners; it has acquired experience, and at the first giuapse of revolution sets it mexoravly aside, (1res bien) We have witnessed duriug the present year all the attempts of tie revolutionary party. We have seen newspapers tn the enjoyinent of the Suresh liberty actuaity proclaiming the repubue, revev= ing the ola republican calendar, suppressing all hat has taken place since 1804, just as sre Loviquet in isid suppressed the empire and made (he jirst Napo- leon “Lieutenant General of the King’s armies” Well, all these feverish and silly manuestavions the country views them with indisrence, for ib knows thein to be the utverly powerless etfects which ever avtend a real and great endeavor to establish liberty, ‘The country is bent on resisting revolution, but nas Set Lbs lave against reaction. The country wants a strong governineat his to look at danger in the face; but tt does uot flunk that ac the very first sign ofa diteulty it 1 worthy of the government to allow itself to be swayed by vague anxieties, even when those anxieties are startled by its Iriends, You Heard the nobie words uttered at the opeuing of the Cham ber—L'order jen reponds, aidez moi a sauver le verte That sums up the programme which we solicit your co-operation to carry out. After a lew words more about the election, M. de Forcade sat down amid loud cheers. Jules Fayre, like a skiliul general, made a rusting charge to cover the retreat. The sting of nis specct 18 vo be found its conclusion, After congratulaung M. de Forcade on his conversion lo the liberal poiucy which be so earnestly repudiated wnen replying to Priace Napo- leon in the Senate last August or September, he “It will not say that it 1s too late to found y; but Lda say that it will ve too late if you fail to comprehend that you must establish the gov- ernment of the country by the country—and that solitary will whose exclusive Junction was vo com- mand must henceforth resign itself exciusively to obey.” (Loud applause from the Left.) The voting on this election showed that M. Olli- vier’s “compact” majority is composed of very inad- hesive materials. ‘I'ne left and left centre voted together. Kile Ollivier himself held aloof, and ull his nght centre friends joined the right, aud valid- ated the return of M. Dreoile,a triumph due solely to the very clever move ot M. de Forcade, who, so far, I ge, ts likely to reduce poor M. Emile Oliivier once more to the rauk of second fiddle, It ts plain now that M.de Forcade has @ majority, and that M, Emule Oilivier has, as usual, given himseif a great deal of trouble to secure the oficial position of the Minister wiose shoes he expecied to step into. Sic vos now vools over again. M. Ollivier did the bard Work and M. Worcade tulit Aonvres, British Eutente With Napoleon. M. Louts Blane's first contribution to the Paris Roappel is entivied “England, the Accomplics of the Empire. Posterity, M. Louis Blane thinks, will have some dtilcuity tn belleving that in the middle of the nine- teenth century a Bonapartist party existed in this country, He reproaches England for being the frst among European nayons to turow the muntie of its alliance over tue horrors of the coup delat, and to take Louls Napoleon by the and snd intro- duce him into the ctrele of crow! reads. op Napoleon, le says, quoting Mr. King- ‘ed upon the Crinean war tn order to give Atmselt a social position in the worid, and it was free England which aited to accomphsn iis object. ‘That war, M. Louis Blane maintains, was as disas- trous to ns a8 it Was advantageous to “our august ally.” Nay, more, since the establishment of the empire we bave been mecessautly mcreasing our armaments, forvifymg our coasts and inventing fresh engines of destruction, knowing that it de- pended only upon the caprice ol one man to pluuge the world in ames. This is the Newesis, according to M. Louis Blanc, Which has overtaken her for sup- porting & despot. Raspail and the Free Thinkers. Raspail, naving been elected honorary prest- dent of the Lyons Society of Free Thinkers, wrote the following letter to the secretary: My Drak Fettow CiTizen—I am proud to be thought worthy of tne title which your society Has conferred upon we, The faith you now profess has Jong been mine, 1 have practised it since the age of nineteen, 1 therefore accept this honor with euthusiasm; but aliow me wo make one condition— namely, that the wembers of tais society should set an example of free thinking by adopting this motto;—"Be born without a priest, marry witnout a pnest, and die without @ priest. Honor and con- sctencte—this 18 the only religion Which nature has engraved on all our hearts. RAoPALL, M. ELL CACHAN, Dec, 2, 1869. AUSTRIA. The imporors Speech to the Legislative Body. The Austrian Retchsrain was opened in Vienna December 13. His Majesty, in his speech from the turoue, spoxe a3 follows:— HONORKD GENTLEMEN Or Borit HousKs OF THE REICUSRATH—In assembling you agai around me to-day 1 bid you all hearty Welcome. {do so with the satisfaction Which the retro: t of your suce ful acuvily, ed by & patriotic Sprit, auriag Lue past session afferas, and witu the cuntidence vo which you bave ac cessiul labors. npire entrusted to my guardiansinp by Providence has undeniably under- gone in ail directions a progressive development on the pasis of constitutional insticutions, But much a8 (he appreciaing judgment of discerning slatesmen at home and avroad on the progress of tus development i calculated to strengtuen our courage and our coniidence in the fuifiment of a great duty, equally greatave the tasks wich remain for us to avconiplish. Lhe putting inio operation of the arty reorgant/ation law Uas, ut one portion of the empire, caused the populauion to assume an attitude of armed opposition, aud bas compeiled us to employ exceptional measures, respecting which, my government Wil jay before you a Lill as required by the constitution, Most deeply do 1 depiore the aperration witch has rendered this measure necessary, and Wikh the hope that tt will soou be vrought to an end, 1 have direcied my government to miligate, us much us possible, the sad resulta arising ereiront 80 SOON ae law aud order shail lave beea restored. You wil have manivid occasion to carry jorward the work of legislation and to deal with a series of measures affecting the most important branches of jurispru- dence and adinimstration (some of which were laid berore you during Lac past, aud others which will be presented to yout the ensuing session), in the sae Spirit of prog’ and of moderation and 1ore- sight, Ito the peculiar circumstances and politico- econot julreiments of the empire, which has ituerto Marked your steps on the past of legisia- tou. It is, however, necessary nob alone to pass laws, but aiso, based as they are npon the constitu. ton ttsel/, to Obtain for them that general and actual recognition which, to my great regret, has not been accorded w them ip many quar- wrt. If eXperience has stown that allerauons of the constitution are desirapie, he way to effect them is to be foand in the constitution itself. Most of te representative assemutios of my king: doms ahd countries Mave occupied themselves with questions respecting elections to the Keichsrath, and my governweat will wake a communication tO the Retclisratu on tits subject and piace it tn a posi- tou to pads SUCH Meusures as come WiLuin Lie range of its competency. ii Lhe desived unaaimity may ve establish either with you or withous you, We de not conceal from ourselves ti au it rly 1s beset by many dangers, bub We do not jagniiy uuse dangers because we are amoung those wuoace des titute neither of confidence vor resoinnon. 1 upwards of a ye. Pie empire ts dead 3 people who dare nei aitack it. JUNTUTOHAM (Lond We are wold every anpire est more! by Value to attach to such We look tuoi full in the jace, and find them met away. ‘iat 14 the reason Why We are coniident We shall ve wie | to establisa libervy, and mean to succeed where every preceding government faye faile i 6 Know that there nas ever been in tie whole World any governraeni—not even ihe reputnican govern- mental has displayed so much strength aud caim dignity, a8 the empire mM presence of the violent, the insane attacks that have bee levelled against it. (Applause) Way ia tt that we tc resolute? (Uproar on tie iefl.) Give me leave ly say, gonilemen, tual you lave forced me into the U wad tuatl mean to say alll Lave to say (app! 1 have toid yon the reason why we felt re (ste). Lo will also vell you way we feel contin {am amoug those who have applauded wl reforms, and Who mean to devote their Lives Lo pro- mote aud expand them. 1 think—and that thought 18 also entertaine’t Claewhere (meaning at the Tuii- erles, no doubt)—-that there i something better worth living tor than personal raie, and iiat is tue glory, the honor of establishing liberty Im tus coun try. bab great word hag seauced other govern. ents; all of them have been wrecked In an Crneuie. ‘The rostoration faved, nowwithatandmg the genius eloquel of Collard aud ty of Laue and Mar- iugnac. standing the eloquence of MM. Thiers and Guinot and the firmness of Casimir Perier, ‘Vue repuvie ean government fatled, in spite of (he lotty Intellects and great minds tt humbered in its ranks, and to whom | tender my tribute Of respect (tree bien, tres bien), We have the confidence tiat wa shall be more fortunate, nore skiltal and more reso lute. (Loud applause) We have lased eianien We Know wiat | Hriness, | she governmens of July failed, wotwian- | attained ou this Important matter, the solution of | all olber questions appertaining vo the constitution } Meay be anticipated Wich so mem tue more cont. deuce. Bub, tough the form of ‘the consutation Mord the freest opportunity tor the reauzation kinds of views and ¢ ence to 1s furtuer development, tue y are, neverthe- loss, enits drawn ta more than one direcuion by the very navure itself or Ue empire. ‘The constitution Was Hot fraine OM the Mos) Careful conswera- tion of tke special circumstances of the Kingdoms | aad countries, aud (heir just claim to regulate those CAPCUMStaAnces in an indepeadent manner, { 1 trust that the intention to contiue this claim within barrower limits than are required for the | Manitenance ol the power of the empire at home | and abroad will not come and stand im the waf of the general Wish for a ood undersianding. On the | other hand L_ lave no apprehension of 4 invention. ally happening that tuese limita should be per. mianenuy extended lo tbe detriment aud danger of tae empir Tain sure that all my peoples are convinced with me that te fame of an honorable past is only re- vived by the clear reaizauon of the present—the present misunderstood but too easily casts a gloom over the past. in this respect also | derive Tost coniident hopes from tial patriotism on which I, ike my ancestors, have never reed in vain, I derive them irom the consideration tat that patriousm, in falthfully volding fast to the convicuon Unab) the welfare of the whole om- pire is Neceasary to the real inverests of the differ. ent Kingdous and countries, must and certataly Will bring about the union of confiicting views, Great will be my joy if thesa my expectation are falfiiled, and if my inventions, which are guided by @ sincere love for ail my peoples, should coincide with your accurave discerument a8 regards your own interests aod your equal'y slong feeling of duty towards up- hoiding the weltare and Blory of the empire, Honored geusiemen-It has been a pleasure to mo to greet yor y retarn (row a jong journey which 1 have iately undertekea in countries with which niente we are spectally destine? to keep op s8@ active and increastug intercourse. tt ws wible Satisfacuou that | iniorm you that every- where i have met with the warmest sympathy for our Fatherland and tts future. (nave taken part io the taauguration of @ Work which does honor to the enterprising aptrte and perseverance of its au- tUlor—a work which promises in its development to open up a new field co our trade and manufactures, for that progressive and creative commercial acti- vity, the furtherance of which [ recommend to your Most earnest consideration. ‘This 18 @ task to Which ali who are qualided may give their undisturbed at tention, since they are sumimoned therevo moat un quivocally by the panos situation abroad. Our relations on all sides, even where passing ap- pearances seemed to cioud che horizon, have how assumed @ fmeadly and peaceful aspecet. pupported by these peaceful circumstances, L Jook forward to the (uture with a stout heart, and expect, lionored gentlemen, that a similar sentiinent wil anunate you in your Jabors aad bring thew 0 a happy termination. Count de Chambord and the Council. We Jearn from Paris that Count de Chambord had Intended to join bis numerous relations ‘now at Rome and remain there during the session of the Ecumenical Council, but be thought is expedient first to ask the Pope whether he saw any objection to the visit. Tbe precaution was not a vain oue, for his Holiness has now written a very “affectionate aud paternal” letter to the Prince, recommending lum by all means to stay away, lest his presence in Rome during the grand assizes of the Catholic Church should serve as a ‘pretext for conflicts or divisions,” The Count, of course, accepts tls ad- vice as acommand, and ig expected to pasa the greater part of buis winter at Vienna, The Papal Allocution, An Buglish correspondent, dating in Rome 8th of Decomber, says:—*Being obliged to close my letter of yesterday before five o'clock, to catch the post, L could not send & translation of the allocution wich the Pope addressed to the Council, Lundersiand that at some parts of it the Ponti! wag moved even to tears, It is as follows: VENERABLE BRETHREN—What we ask of God by many suppilcations and prayers—thas we may be able Ww inaugurate tue Mcumenical Council a@ppoited py us—tiis has been granted, bo our great joy, by the remarkable and singular grace of God, Our heart, thereiore, exults in the Lord, and is suilused with inconceivable consolatio: because on this 10st suspicious anniversary of ti featival of Wie Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God, you who have been called to. Parucipate in our solicitude have assembled ta greater number than formerly in uhis citadel of the Casholic religion, aud we tuoroughly rejoice tn your presences, Now, venerable brethren, You are assema- led here im the naine of Christ, that with us you may bear testinony to tie Word of God and Jesus Christ, tia you way teach the way of God in truth to all men with us, and that you may judge with us, under the guidance of tne Holy Ghost, of che oppo- sition Oo! science, falsely so calied. For if there ever Was a time wnea Zeal for the Divine glory and the saivation of the Lord’s flock demanded of us to surround aad derend Zion, i¢ is now, For sou see, Veneravie breviiren, with wilat violence the old enemy of the human race a3 auwacked, and stil attacks, the house of God. Under his guidance that wicked couspiracy ol the impious 1s widely diffused. Strong in Uaton, powertul ut weaith, protected oy institutions and wearing the liberal veil of malice, and full of weakness, 1t.d0es NOL cease its Most bitter war against the sacred Church of Curist. You kuow the navure of that War—its power, its arms, its pro- gresa, 103 counclis, You have continually before your eyes the trouble aud coniusioa, the grievous perversion of ail right, the various arts of bold lyimg and corruption by which tae Mr Acleacme bonds of justice, integrity and autuority are lovsené4, the Worst passions are indamed, the Christian faith rooted out from. souls, KO that the end of God's Cuurch might Well be feared now, 1 it were possibie for it to be destroyed by any machinations or endea- vors of man, Bul, us St. Johu Clirysostom said, Vothing 1S nore puwerlul taan the Church; tue Cuurch is strouger tian heaven itsell.” “Heaven aad carta shall pass away; val My words shall not pass." What words? ‘Show art Peter; and on thts rock I siall ouiid My Church, and the gates of het sitll not prevail against 1.” His Holiness, im conclusion, hopes for peace among nations, laws among barbarians, quiev 1a monasteries, order in the churches and discipline among the clergy a8 the result of the deliberations of ihe Council, Vonscious of his owo weakness he invokes the presence and aid of the Moly Spirit, the prayers oi the Motuer of God and of tie angels and archangels, and tag Priage of tae Apostios and sail ine salts. SPAIN. Peet Some TRAE EES Republican Attitude Towards Council. During the sitting of Cortes tn Madrid, on the 7th of December, tie Minister of State, M. Martoa, stated that “fears are entertatued tn various countries that the resolutions of the Council may be guided by: ullramontane ideas; he was of opinion that the att- tude of the aasermoly of Po at Fulda and that of Mgr. Dupanioup seemed to Indicate the révival of Gallicautsm, wate the extreme party is seeking to separate the Church of Rome trom modern civiliza- tion; if decisions shouid become so contrary to the principles of the Spanisn constitution of 1669 the goverument would combat them with all its power, aud telegrams lad been sent to the Papal capital io tat effect, the authorities being fully determined to make all Spantards wiivout disunction respect the constitution.” ‘The Minister of Jastice said that he would lay be- fore the House documents having reference to tue prosecutions directed against the bishops. AFRICA. Another Letter from Dr, Livingstone— Work Remaining to be Done. the Papal We appena the fetter from Dr. Livingstone, dated the seth of May last, and received at Zanzibar by Dr. Kirk, her Britannic Mojesty's Consul, on the 24 of October, which has already been referred to;— From Mr. Joho Kirk, the Political Ageut ana her Majesiy’s Consul, Zanzibar, to Mr, C. Gonne, Sec- Aury lo goverument, Bombay, ZANZIBAR, Oct, 2, 1869, Sir—1 have the honor to envlose herewith, for the informquon of the Right Honorasle the Governor in Council, the copy of a letter from Dr. Livingstone, dated the soth of May, 1869, and recerved at Zanzibar this day. The requests nade by Dr, Livingstone in a previous communication that reached on the 7th uli, having been already complied with I shall lose no time in suppiyiug the things heretu demanded, ‘There will, however, be some dificulty in geting faithful men, as the Arabs of Unyanyembe, being of the El Hao tribe, are by n0 means loyal subjects of Sey Majid. and, as Dr. Livingstone tetls as, stil engaged in Lue slave trade. 1 have, Ac., e JOHN KIRK, DR, LIVINGSTONE’S LETTER. Jutit, May 30, 1869. My Dean DR. King—This note goes by Musa Kamaals, who was empioyed by Koarjt to drive the buflaloes hither; but, by overdriving them unmere: fully 10 the sun and tyiag them up Co save trouble in herding, they all dled before he got to Unyanyembe. He witaessed the plundering of my goods and got a share of them, and [ have given him beads and cloth suiicient to buy provisions for himself on the way back to Zanzibar, He has done notuing bere. Hey neituer went near the goods here vor tried to prevent their being stolen in the Way. 1} suppose taal pay for four montis in coming, other four of rest and four m guing back would be ample, but | leave thus to your decision. I could not employ him to cacry my mail back, nor can [ say anything to hun, for he al once goes Lo the Ujijans and gives hia own version ofall fe hears. He is untrathéal and ti-conditioned, and would hand off thu mail to any one who wished to destroy it. tr people here are, like the Kilwa traders, haters of the Eug- lish. Those Zanzibar wen whom IT met be- tween this and Nyassa were gentlemen, and Here, a8 In the haunts of aving 19 a Series Of torays, and they dread exposure by my letters. No one will take charge of them. 1 have got Thani bin Suelum tu take @ tnall privately for Lransinission to Unyan- yembe, It contains a check on Ritchie, Stewart & ©o,, of Bombay, for 2,000 reais, and some forty lct- ters, written during my slow recovery. J fear iv may never reach you. A partly was sent to the coast two mouths ago. One man volunteered to take a jevter secretly, but his master warned trem all now to do #0, because 1 might wiite something he did not like. He went out with the party and gave orders to the headman to destroy any letwer he might uetect on toe way, Thus, though Lum good friends outwardiy With thei ail, Lean get no assistance in ng carriers, and, a8 You Will see if bie matt comes to hand, Fsent to Zanzibar for fitteen go voatmen to act as carriers If required, eighoy pi of meriirano, forty ditto OF Kiatita, twelve farasaias of the veds called jaimsain, shoes, &¢.; and 1 have written to Seyd Majid begging two of his guards bo gee to the saicly of the gouds bere Into Thant bla Suellim’s haods, of into those of Mohammed bin Salub, Aa to the work to be done by me, it is only to con- nect Wie sources Which } have discovered from 40 wo (00 mules south of Speke and Baker's with ther Nile, Tae volume of water which flows north from Jatitude $20 south is so large, L suspect, that L hava been Working at Lhe sources of the Cango, a4 weil as those of the Nile. Lhave to go down the easicra line of drainage to Baker's turning point, Tanga. nyika, Nyige Chowainbe (Baker's?) are one water, and tue head of it is 300 mules south of tila, The western and Central lives of drainage converge inio an anvisited lake west or southwest of thi. Tue outflow of this, Whether to Cango or Nue, | have io ascertain, ‘The people of this, called Manyera, ace cannibals, if Arabs speak truly. Limay have 1 go there first, and down Tanganyika, 1 | come out une eaten, and find my new squad from Zangvar. FT earnestiy hope that you will do what you cau to help me with the goods and men; £400 io be seat vy Mr, Young must surely have come to you throngh Pieming & 00. Tam, &o,, A long box paid for to PRM grid hal sd UU was leis as Us 1 e1abe, and av itd othe Donen ay ANSe