The New York Herald Newspaper, January 30, 1870, Page 4

EVROPE. The Free Trade Agitation in England and France, French Debate on the Position and Du- ties of the Ollivier Cabinet. The Gladstone Ministry on the Relations to France and America. SPANISH AND IRISH RADICALISM. The German wail steamship Deutschland, Cap- tain Neyneber, from Southampton on the 18th of January, arrived at this port yesterday noon, bring- ing our European files and specia! correspondence in detati of our cable telegrams, dated to her day of éailing. Mr. Charies Mathews passed through Paris on his ‘way to the anttpodes. A Paris correspondent states that @ considerable crowd waited ou Friday night, January +14, outside ‘the prison of La Roquette, in the full persuasion shat Traupmann was to be guillotined on Saturday morning. ENGLAND. The Gladstone Cubinet on Free Trade—Irish Radicalism—Tue Relations to France and America. Tae right honorable Mr. Forster, the Vice Presi- dent of the Engiish Privy Council, accompanied by Mr. Miali, his colleague in the representation of Bradford, addressed a densely crowaed meeting of his constituents iu St, George’s Hall of that town on the 17th of January. Both honorable gentlemen moet with @ most enthusiastic reception. Sir Titus Salt, Baronet, who presided, briefly opened the pro- ceedings. Mr. Forster sald:— Is 1s pleasant, geutiewen, to meet you once again in this hai, tis pleasant; itis cheering. I know noth ng whicu can cueer on a man who has the duties to perform tuut { have equal to a reception euch as thus irom bis coastituents; but, pleasant and cheering thougu it be, 1 feel tbis evening that 1 Speak to you itm some respects, with more dimculty thau { ever had betore. * * * * Look at the lezisiation of the pasi; look at the last quarter of a century, and observe how it baa been spent in the work of abolition and destruction. We abolished siavery—cneers)—we repealed the penal disabilities against dissenters and Koman Catholics—(cheer2)—we repeaiea the Corn laws and ail the oid commercial monopolies—(cheers)—we re- pealed-aiso the oli class uopoly which necessi- tated the rst Reform bull r8)—and nothing will more clearly slow *' > nce berween the past and the present thay. 1 change from last year to this. Whar did we Gu ...% session? Last session our chief business was Wwe dizestablishment and abolition of the Irish State Church. What will be our chief business this session? It will be constructive, not aesiruotive; it will be the fram- jag of a vew Ire Land bill and the buiiding up of now relations between the lagdiord and the tenant. (Clheers.) Notalug can mark more clearly than tus the aifference between the Jegisiation oi the past and what wiil be the legisia- tion of tne tuiuie. in future our chiet work will be, a3 1 bave suid, constructive; as, for instance, to make stich laws lor the punishment of criminals as will tend to prevent the crime; to so administer the Puodlic money as to Dest promote education; to so administer the poor laws as in the best way to check pauperism, and, to some exteat, to remodel the Nicensing laws, 50 asim the best way to check drunkenness. Ali these questions we nave to con- eider, and all these probiems we have to solve, wiih the utmost regard to the individual liberties of the subject and the rights of the citizen. There is po doubt that some parts of the country have suffered trom tue effects of iree wade under the French treaty; but we, in Bradford, have not been tie sufferers. What Bradiord has gained the French Bradford, Raubaix, has aiso gained—(cocers)—and it 19 an Wustration of the trade between the two countries that the removal Of protective duties nas been an advantage to botu. (Chesrs.) 1 am uot alarmed a3 to the ul‘imate coa- Sequences arising from the French tariff. | wasa litue alarmed at one ume, because 1 thought the protectionisis might, carry Fraace by strom; put I @m convinced that free trade wil: prevail. (Cheers.) It would be a great calamity ff 1% should be other. wise; but the lacts will be so clear, the more the question 18 discussed, that the whoie world will per- ceive that the trade betweea this country and France has increased to the advautage of both; and thay the resuit beyond that has beeu che establisnment of a feeling ol irteudship Which never existed before— (near, hear)—and, therefore, | am not cast down by anything | hear from the atcempt of the protection- isu to retarn to the old system, Some of my fnends talk as if they were depressed in consequence o1 the Present stute of poiitical questions. That im- pression exists ainoug good meu of all classes. 1 am neither depressed nor cast down, 1 think the times are certainly very auxious and very seri- ous. We have a serics of home questions to settle, bat I think the times are not bad for their settic- ment, Until now certam questions bave not been asked; but now they are asked, and have to ve a@oswered. I think, with all our anxiety at the pro- sent time, it is full of hope and promise. Now look abroad. K at the state of the Continent, Some men Will say, Wuat «an be more deploranie than the state of Europeau quesiions at the present tine? Many men think it would be better to fight it out at once than to be in the expectation of a dreadful war. But look at the other side of vhe question, We see freedom of speech and seif-government passing ou from one nation to another. Look at the progress that bas been made within the last yeur, fer more than in any one of our experi- ence. Look at Europe as it now stands before us; jook at Hungary, peacetully obtaiming her rights; ook at Austria, endeavoring Lo compensate for c! losses in war by tree government; 100% at Prussia their glories in war, and the extension of their do- minions, only makes tne Prussian people—l should rather say the German peopie—imore and more de- termined to have a stili greater voice in the future government Of their country; took at Italy, preserv- dag its ireedom and nauopality bat Inst every dill- culty; Jook at Spain—thaf country, Th niany respects 1s, indeed, sad to look upon—but who, knowing what Spain was until last year, could have sup- posed that it would have stood up against the triais which it bas undergone this year, and still remaimed with tie principles of freedom not destroyed in her? (Cheers.) Look at France; iJ ao not know in the whoie range uf hia- tory what appears to be a more peaceful revolution than that now occuring in that country. (Cheers.) We may be too suuguine—we may tind at any momeni our hopes falsified; but it does appear as if that quick and high-spirited nation would, without revolution, obtain again seli-government, and obtain it av tne hanas of that ruler whom we should haye expected would never bave wiilingiy granted tt. (Cueers.) We have hard work at home with our own ailairs; but every one of us must offer something of thanks and something of prayer in wishing lor the success oi the Frencn people in their endeavors. If the) succeed, freedom is made safe ali over tne Continent; for with france surrounded by free nations despotism 18 dismissed from Europe, end the great jess 10 has been learued by all its peo- pies that they can obtain freedom without resorting to armed forge. ers.) When 1 look across to our kiigin2n In Auiérica, 4gain Iam full of hope. (Cheers.) It wouid require a whole evening to go into the aiscassion of most of these questions, especially tne colonial one, which has excited s0 much atten- ton of taie; but 1 cannot sit down witout stating that while L disagree with much that has been said by the representatives of the colonies lately, yet I ejvice that the wuestion has been brought rorward, masMiich as it ies made it clear to me that neither in Engiand nor the co.onies do we intend that the empire shall be bruken up. (Loud cheers.) It may be a dream—but scill 1 believe in ite fultilment—I ve- leve-that the time will come when not only England and her colonies, but ail Engiish speaking nations, will gladiy euter inio one great confederation, (Cheers) 1 beueve a'so of this otner great dream, whatever the present diMicuities will be, that the tme will come, and is coming quickly, when there will. be no differences between as and our kinsmen in the United states, Cheers.) I hope tuas there are many here who will live to see it. I hope that there will be such a firin and lasting union established be- tween al! English speaking people as wiil confer not only incaicaiable Viessings upon thein, but that their example will be followed by ail the clvilizea communities atlarge. Many men will say that these are poetic and vague dreams, empty aspirations. [ do not believe them to be go, but I kuow full weil the only way in which we can fulfll our dreams and obtain our aspirations 18 not oy dwelling in the dreamland, but by doing the hard work of the day. (Cheers,) So only 18 it that we cap advance the in- terests of our country. Wemay be quite sure that to matotain Englanu’s position on the Continent and to keep Engiand’s place in the family of Eng- lish-speaking peopie, we must rely, not on the traditions of the past, glorious though they be, but on the deeds of the present. (Cheers.) We must | rely, not on the number of the inhabitants of these two small islands, but on thele power: and their power 18, aud must be, measured by thelr national ‘wealth. To increase the national wealth we must | uge the best means we can. * * * aay, “You have not succeeded in suppressing every manifestation of disatfection in Ireiand.’’ We never ex! todoso, There are some men who have so committed themselves by hosulity to English rule that Mr. Gladstone and Parliament couid not have made them cease to be disaffected; but we are taunted because these men show their disaffection. , sembly. reply is that these men kuow well that, before tong, Putte trage ‘will be taken from them, iéod that if they are not disaffected now with tue legisiation we bave begun, there 16 little hope of fomenting dis- adection hereafter, (Cheers) My reply to to NEW tory taunt is that tne Fenian leaders conta aflord to wait while you were in power, but they cannot afford to wait now thas Gladstone ts, (Cheers.) But let not any one s that any of these sad attempts—exagerated a6 they are and Have been, but still to some extent oxisting—to keep up the apie of disaifestion will make the Mimstry, or the House of Commons, or the country, swerve Jor one moment from its determination to pursue 1s Polley of justice to Irelan'. (Cheers) I cannot tell on the decails of the Irish Land oll that will be rought forward; but I am sare that nother the principles nor the details of that blii will be auvectea by any Unog that bas happened in Ireland, Although T cannot say Wat measwies the Ministry wilt brig forward, | venture to vay what % ib that che Kuglsa' nauon desires on this matter as rogards general principles. What do they desire? That no lawiess deed by the Fentang suail cause the Mouse of Commons for one moment to diminish Us eJor.s to prove the land; that no agrarian outrase saail “¢ WO MAKE Us girtve to Improve the relations ween the landlord and the tenant ta Iretana, but that in ireland, ag in England and Scotiand, out- rage sal! be pumshed; and a8 ta the last session, 80 in the next session, I believe the majority of the iouse o: Cofamons will determine to carry out the tue principle of uvion betaveen Englund and ive- land. And waat do | understand that union to ve? 1 have often said it, both here and im the House of Commons—I consider that idea co be ao abaviute dts of ali distinctions between Knugland and Ireland when imperial iuterezts are concernod; the utmost regard and cou- sideravion sor Irish tecings, Irisn wisnes and Irish interests when Irish affairs alone are concerned. While we are devermined to carry out the priacipie of that idea of the union for the future ag in the pust, yet Mat union must and shall be main- tained, — cheers.) One word more. WO lusnmen do not like to have political prisoners; we Wistt Lo open the prison doors and to tet the Feman risoners 20 free; but order must aod shall bo kept. e know full well shat no civil community can ais- that principie of seit-defence wiich applies to communiues as Well as to individuals, and that nO civil community can consider an attempt to cause civil war under any other form tian as & crime; but we trust and believe that suca is our policy vowards Ireland, und suca will be .our Policy in time to come, that very soon we shail take from every man in Ireland the motive to commit crime —(cheers}—and so we can aiford to gay shat we will keep the Fentan prisoners in Jallas ioag as che saiey of the couatry demands. (loud choer}—and no longer. (Kenewed cheers.) Weill, | bave made U8 allusion to the past of last SesSION—And A MGs’ LupOrtaDt One It Was—tO pre- Vept the suspicion Of being taumted with tae wish to avoid 1 ‘neve 1s auocber act, very lnpurians, although not so important as this, and 1 wilt allude to it because J hud something to dv with It—1t ww the act Wuich we acuieved with respect to endowed Schools. 1 allude to it simply for this reagon, because 1 wish, appearing were vetore my constituents to give thanks to wuose to whom I think thanks are due, in tne firdt place, | appeared to have a great deal to do with vial acl, because | had the honor or conducting it through the House of Com- mons. |i that act 18 considered & good set, as believe it gencrally 1s, 1 mever would have been passed without’ the assistance, the ability and the sssiduity of Pari de Grey; and I have this also to say—thas he and I would aave bua helplesg if it bad not veen for the report of tue Schools Inquiry Commission, and that report would never Have been made without one memoer of Lhe commission, Whose services Lam glad to acknowl edge, and that is Dr. empie, the present Bishop of Exeter. (Cheers.) If taey be any merit due to auy one for this resorm of the endowed schools, whicu we trust is complete—and viese schoo muct needed reform—it is due ty no oue more than to Dr, Temple; and 1 may say tis vo Sir. Mial, my coi- league here, taas il ip sue House of Lords the new Bishop ol Exeter dispiavs auything like the ability, tue industry and command of temper, Lhe resources and the general Knowledge in the detence of tie Englisa Chorea that he bas showa in his determina- on to reiorm tue endowed scnools of Knylaad, my Irieud Wi'l be a mucn longer tle than ne expects beiore he sees the Engiush Chureu aboisned. * * * We lawmakers, and cuoosers of lawmakers, must strive to solve these quesitogs to which | al- luded. However heavy may ve the tasks of the day, overcoming weariness, We tnust strive todo them, aud so, returning to that soecial task to which it has been my duty io pus my haad, 4, as your member, cali upom you, My Constiiucats, to aid me, Local upon the peopie of England to aid the goveramear— Ulespeopie governed to ail the people governins—to pass such o law a3, 80 far as law can, Stall, without devay, ensure that the negicct of Bugilsa children shail BO louger Undermine Engiang's prosperity and eudanger Lugiand’s weitare. Social Reform and Actual Crime. Lord Derby presided at te annual meeting of the Mauchester Prisoners’ Ald Society and delivered an aduress. lis lordship aiintained that if such. an Instivation were connected with every jail im tne country, $0 that no prisoner need be cast loose on the worid after undergoing his punishinent, a very substauhal unpression Would be made upon the mass ol crime, Nimploymeut of some kind was now offered to tne discharged convict, while education, model dwellings wud temperate habs might also aoulst. ‘There was an adjourned meeting in London under the bankrupicy of Mr. Vining, late lessee of the Princess’ tiaeaure. The debts amount to £6,196 aud the wasets to £337. ‘Che solicitor to the assignees ap- plied fur aa adjournment, in order that time mignt ve give wo lnvestigave the accounts, and tis Was granted. xeorge Dyer, who gave himself up to the police on Q confession of murder, was aguin brought eg at Bow street. A telegram had been despatch -d to Austraiia (or information respecting tne circum- stances mentioned by Dyer, but‘us no reply had been received the prisoner Was remanded on bail, Mr. Demetrio Pappa, formerly manager of the Oriental aud Commercial Bank, appeared at tue Mansivn House on a charge of having embezzied £538, ‘Lhe evidence bore upon the question whether the defengant had veen authorized to purchase sbares for the bauk, and two of the directors were calied to prove that tuere was no resolution of the board giving such auvority. The inquiry was ad- Jjourned. The young woman who was so barbarously mur- dered la Curtstopaer street, Finsbury, was identited as one Cecella Aldridge, of Flower-and-Dean street, Spitalicids, She was avout twenty-four years of agé. ‘ihe injuries inflicted by the murderer, accord- ing to the post-mortem examination, were of the most shocking character. FRANCE. Parlinmentary Debate on the Condith of the Empire=The Cabinet Requested to De- flue the Position—Premier Oliivier’s Ree ply“ Violation of the Constitution and Laws?—Liverty Against Revolution. ‘The Senate of France met in sesston on the 15th of January, M. Rouher in the chair. Prince Napoleon was present and the pubitc tribunes were crowded, The order of the day was the intervellations of M, de Maupaug fod otners on the home policy of the government. * te M. de Maupas said—The object of my interpeila- tion is—First, to permut the country to know its reat political situation, and, secondly, to ask the government tO dissipate the state of incertituce which has lately seized on the public mind. ‘The time has now arrived to substitute for an uude- termined state @ precise and deiinite under- standing, audif the declarations of the Ministry are the allrmation of @ clear and decided policy, I shall congravulate myself on having given to it an opportuniiy of expiaining Itself, to the advantage of its authority and to the interests of the country. The real cause of the present unsettled state is the translormation now going on successively without any definite programine, aud which has naturally allowed certain contradictions to subsist. Task the government to close that transitory period. So far the change hag gousistad of three successive stages— the message, the Sendiis Con aye aud the speech from thé throue, of the 20th of Noyewher, Ali is not, however, yet at an end, as is shown by that adaress of the Emperor, which announced a further modifiga- tion in the constitution i the abrogation of article 57, which confers on the Sovereign the right of choosing the mayors outaide oi the municipal conn- cils, 1 ask whether, after those taree periods, we aro to expect a fourth, which I think { may call the last of all, I wish also to know on what conditions the accord has been established between the ditferent members of the Cabinet. When the country shall be satisiied on that point it will know whether tt nas obtained the natural conditions for a definitive con- tract between itself andthe government. I admit that the present Cabinet enjoys more power tlan anv other ministry before it has possessed; it ta a delegation from the sovereign, and at the same time an emanation of the legisiative body, which itself bas 6 in in the nation; the present administra. tion nas thuspauthority and influence suMicient so ropose to the commtry and to the Senate, which will afford its co-operation, all that can be found wanting in our constitutional condition. I ask, in fine, of the government, ciear, precise and definitive deviarations; they will be well received by the country, for they will restore confidence tn the Iuture and faith in our institutions. (Appiause.) M. EMILE OLLIViER, Minister of Justice, said:— The ronment cannot but participate in the motives which bave determined the honorable Sena- tor to present his tnterpeliation. We admit with him tbat the country has a right to know what we are tending to. We, however, maintain that the nation koows already—our presence here ts a suf- Hcient explanation. Nevertheless, if a further expo- sition is thought necessary, 1 will give t readily and in @ manner which I trust will sal thia podle As- For tne last five or #ix years there bas ex- isted in the country and in the poittical bodies which Represent it @ very great divergency of opinion ag to whether the Emperor's goveroment was consistent with @& régime more liveral than that of 1852. On the one hand, it was said, the overnment cannot aud should not abandon the Institutions of that year; it cannot depart with im- punity from its origin, which 1 the principle of suthority. All preceding governments fell becanse they had the weakness to make concessions when it would have been more wise and politic to resist; experience shows that ail the governments which abandon themselves to those chimertcal fancies will meet tle same tate. To thar thesis it was replied that the imperial government might and could accord @ wide extension of political rights because it had its origin in @ particular fact unknown to any other ater and which was universal oul loreover, history shows that govern- ments have never been saved by resistance; their strength and wellare is always due to timely conces- sions, What did Napoleon I. say at Fontainebleau, after his defeat, and in one of those sad and 3 YORK HERALD. SUNDAY, fatal moments which give lucidity * ‘fo those men who 4 ther and treason, he replied:—N0, ned by ihe armies bmp And when he (reason, I have not of Butrope, but by Ubergl ideas.” came Co attempt to recover the crow. ance he sought was that of liberty. ‘no tho firat alli For twelve JANUARY 30, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. the pian ‘nitnerto pursued amore correct one, If his views prevailed he should ce, because he deemed them well founded; but if a contrary ays- tem was definitively approved of, he should it, but would bow to the behest like @ well 4 - | tloned citizen. ( Applause.) Louvar observed that when @ foreign produce passed through France without Le tg | sufficient to the Bm- years we have aiways in our coun time to be manufactured, It evidentiy ought not to Deror's government aimrmed that ie OO (ere be subjected to any-duty on re-exportacon. But for Siou'd grant the widest excension to & wwe was | that rule to hola good tought not to leave the door liberties, (Hear, hear; bravo!) ‘That langm open to abuse or Injustice. It was, however, noto- heard, and We sovere of a man who is su gn, Showing that rareea, *), | jcdent for tWo taska, afer 1b mto pracuve by the union of the principle of authority wiih the most complete liberty, ‘The task Was duficult, we do net deny. ‘the confitct con- tinues, but the characcer of it has been changed. Liberty now exists, but @ second combat has com- meaced, A new party, composed uf audacious iin, earnest and respectavie, have risen up to oppose that empire founded on liberty. We do mot accept you, they say; Wwe will oppose you witu- out mercy and withont ceasing; you are a@ coustitudonal, partiamenines bourgerwe liberty; we ure the revolution, radical, inde- fatigabe and inflexible, and we open the conflict. (lear, bear.) We aocept the challenge—(oravo, bravo)—aud our mission, I say ¢o our honor, will be not only to maintain the conilict, bus to triumpa. (Applause.) We wiil triumph wale continuing with Joulous care to represent faithfully toe legimmate Mesires af public opinion, (Hear, hear.) We will tri- umph by employlug, af necessary, reaistance, Out never rection, (¥resh applause.) b M. s Mavuras—that ts tae real measure tn which 0 act . . M. Ewin OLLivies—Our attitude is clear, prec! and resolute. We have sigued two prow and we accept them integrally. The differei tween them are not considerably. ‘The dtiught Ceuire said in general manner that tuere was @ necessity to Open an inquiry pravioas to presenting & bili on inu- nicipal decentralization, The Leit ro wished tor ® Special law LO give vo universal suffrage a grouter influence 1m the Bomination of the mayors; but never mtenaed that the right of election shouid be conferred on tue municipal councils. (Hear, heal Such was the first difference between the two pr grammes. The second interests you more particular. ly, Biuce it invoives the queséion of Ure constituent power, should i be shared besween the Legislative Asaeinbly and the Senate? Is & reorganization vf the latter body required? On those points, gentle- men, the government ts resvived to do nothing with- out conoeriiug With the Aysembiy velore which | am speaking. (Loud applause.) Accortingiy, wich respect to tue mayors the Caoinet will not presen: to you a Senarus Considtum vo deciare that such junc- tionartes are to be selected trom among the mem- vers of the miunictpal councils; ib wilt baerely pro- pose a document of that kind to affirm that tie nom- Ination Of such oficials 18 & logisiative ineasare, and hot # constituent one. (Applause.) And w'terwards, when that assertion 18 Voved, we will preseat a bill on the subject in sue ordinary mavner, (Kenewod applause.) Prince NAPOLEON—That 18 the proper course to pursue. M. EMILK OLLIVIER—Such ts the point of tho pro- gramme which emanated froin tue Lett Couvre not found in that of the Kight Centre. You thus see, geatiemen, that Complete unity exists between us, and that our ieas are clearly conceived. And now tuat 1 have cepiied co all tue the questions addressed 10 us, 1 ask you with confidence to accord us your friend'y co-operation. (Approbatlon.) We are fully aware of the patriotism, elevation of mind and tn- teiligence of tis Assembly. Tae governmen, Teckons On the support of the eminent men who compose it, and hopes to receive the aid of their long experience. You have a great part to play ia our. Work, @3 you will keep us straight and advise us. Should you 80 dectae, you wiil be, not the ob- tacle which arrests—that would be a great mtsfor- tune—bus the momentary barrier which wili obuge us to collest our strength together, in order to yo forward wiih greater certitude and courage. (Ptu- longed cheering.) Count DE SEGUR D'AGUESSEAU Inalsted that an absolute necessity existed lor the country to emerge frum the suse of anarchy in which i had beco placed for the last ten months. If the Minuster of Justice would declare that he intended to cause the constitution and the laws tobe duly observed all presont would be satistled. (Noise) He had no Vhought of making any opposition to the govern. ment, but he should stand upon no ceremony in ex- ail his tdeas. (interruption.) NAPOLKON—Nobody here is under any con- straint in speaking his mind; that privilege, Mon- siour le Comte, is common to you and all your col- leagues, (Applause.) Count DE SEGUR D’AGUESSsEAU—I only spoke for myself, My honorable interrupter bas given Irequent proofs of an absence of all restraint mm expressing his thouguts. I sbali endeavor to imitate his frankvess. Tne honorable mem- ver went on to say that he addressed to the government the @ reproach that might also be applied Lo the preceaing Cabinet—tnat of haviig tolerated the existing situation, and of not having put an end to it by a formal declaration in the ofi- cial journal. The last words pronounced in the Chamber by the lamented M. Delangie were to ask the government not to allow the laws to be violated, The constitution now so sharply attacked had given to France not only eighteen years of tranquillity and peace, but tue present constitutional ragimne, M. MaGNe—It was not through weakness or vacil- lation the late Ministry had allowed tne press und public mectings, during six months, ty enjoy a complete nberty. the members of tne Cabinet mignt have been wrong, but they hav ontaneously, voluntarily, and, he would add, courageously, tolerated all the excesses which the country had witnessed. They had thought that the beat course to pursue was not to instituce prosecutions, but to provoke and produce, in its turn, an insurrection of the honorable press. a re- volt of public opinion against all excesses, and that result had been attained. Was it not, in fact, a grand spectacle and a real triumph to see the coali- ton of au the respectable journals protesting against the outrageous language of three or four disgraceful prints? And what had been the result? In the midst of all those excitations, tnose allusions to dates of sinister augury, those preparations for the subversion of all social order, the streets had been free from contiict. The government, as in duty bound, had armed itself for the defence of the law, but nad not been obliged to use its weapons. The real danger to the situation at that time layin the confusion of parties, there being mixed up together —- pe dynastic opposition, parliamentary opposition. &c. jount Dg SEGUR-D’AGUESSEAU—The government, then, does not condescend to reply to my tnterpella- tion? 1 ask it, yes or no; 18 it resolved to put an ond to the violation of the constitution and of the laws? (Enough, enough.) M. EMILE OLLIVIER—Allow me to say that the gov- ernment cannot accept the language of the honor- able Senator when ue says that we do not “‘conde- scend” to answer. The Ministry replies readily when its duty is to do #0, and if it remains silent at present tie reason is that it thinks it bas said al) that was necessary. (Applause.) Four orders of the day have been presented, all eXtremely similar tn terms, Ab last the priority was given, on account of its brevity, to the following, proposed by MM, Monier de la Sizeranne aud de The Senate, accepting with confidence the explanations given by the government, passes to the order of the day. This motion was adopted unanimously, minua one vote—that of Count de Ségur-d’Aguesseau. The Commercial Question—Free Trade or Protection English Competition and the Cotton Trade. « In the sitting of the French Senate, January 14, the order of the day was the adjourned discussion on the Interpellation concerning the commercial and Manufacturing situation of the country. M. Louvet, Minister of Commerce, said that accord- ing to the method indicated the inquiry ought to be composed of three elements:—Commussioners named by the legislative Pon others by the Senate, and others by government, That plan had appeared i the sauce to have the disadvantage of being altogether new and without precedent; the intention of Ministers was to leave to each of the great bodies of the State its entire liberty of action. A. general tarlif composed of those set down |p the treaties would be presented to the Chamber, and then the legislative body would either institute or nos 4 par- Mamenvary inquiry. The measure, if voted, would then be brought before the Senate, which, if it thought proper, would institute @ second inquiry, M. Rouber began by Saying that the plan proposed by the Minister would be attended with the tncon- venience of the Senate having to wait for the end of the debates in the legislative body without iterfer- eace. The iegisiauon of temporary admissions under condition of re-exportation was universal. Jt existed tn Belgiam, all Germany, the Zollverein, and also in Austria. In England, indeed, t¢nad dis- appeared, because all duties on the importation of goods had been abolished; free trade had been es- tablished. The honorable speaker then, in succes- sion, remarked on the various branches of French industry, and pointed out how much they had become developea under the commercial treaties. Adverting more particu- larly to the cotton manufacture, of which the two principal seata were at Rouen and Mulhausen, he observed that the former town was not much affected by the system of temporary admissions, it printed only coarse stuffs for home use. The con. trary was, however, the case in Alsace, where the manufacture was principally for exportation, aud he admitied that there the business in question had much suffered. England fad inundated the East with her cotton goods, and Germany and Switzerland had followed the exampie. France had done some- thing, although not much, in the same direction; but her efforts must now be entirely tmpeded by she de- crees lately puttished. No doubt couid be enter- tained that England would be well pleased at tne late act of the French Ministry, as ws gave her goods @ great advantage over those of France. In the late cotton crisis France had suffered least, for she had, as a rule, Kept tolerably free from speculations in raw material; but still the evil had gradually gained round even in that country, and the result was that he price had risen so that the profits were less. That, and not the treaties of commerce, was the real cause of the present diMicuities. The honorable gentleman took up the subject of the tron trade and argued that the effects of the late measures would also very/seriously aitect that oranch of trade. In conclusion he expressed the opinion that no greater misfortune could occur to @ goods-producing coun- try than to undergo such oscillation: were inevi- tabie from the sudden change of system which the [pecs government had inaugurated. He believed ue late act to be founded op error, and oe thought lofluence of the | fay} . | rious that both for cotton and for trou the Pyitem rave acts rat ne te Ing accorded everything iO authority, venerm® *\4 reich eallad taunts tae eecmeee ion, The howoradie abandoned timself to liberal priiciples; @&& * | Minister orate out numerous instances of the iustiuied a constitutional government. (La™® | Kind. anatnsiated that the government could not beget at Ri Ag are Cis we with any propriety permit them to continue. ho representatives of that dew. wore ask cacy at aw moment not orittesl, but sorious. to, pus | . Oath Duete did not believe tn the eitioacy of tree am, 2¢ bo relieve the suffering state of (he national and queted the example of tne silk manu. ‘nat trade, which down toa besa tea since the revooa- tion of tm ¢ Edict or Nautos, had fallen into # state of depression, aud the nanuygcturers demanded com- mercial hbe"tY as yomedy, Yet, when thelr de- mand was aaveded $0, what was the result? Cla total of four pions hehe hi millions of ex- porta at prevent those of ailk gecounted to only Sweuty-OVe OF tt fo a“ ana oie teed princl classified consisted of mixgures ci Daly ‘of other textile substatces. He w.08 in favor of a moderate degree of protection. P t ‘The MARQUIS DB CROLX, Itving in an tagiustria district, was able to confirm we a of the manuracturers. He considered that tue rygbt , von to the sovereign to modity te customs aa'tes by treaties or commerce was a danger to bi0 country, the MARQUIS DE BUTENVAL claimed for Turgot the honor of firss propagating the ideas of commercial hnberty, long before England had thought of them. M. Bawoons believed thas after tho inquiry the whole country would be in accord. No one woul) wen be able to say that they had been {edsed end executed without being heard. He bogged the overnment Hut $0 abolish the right of temporary importauon ef cotton immediately; the error of such ® course would be seen after pe: .urbations, which would seriously damage one of tic most glorious branctes of manufacture in France. M. Burret, Minister of Finance, protested against the suppoaition that the government had acted with- out due reflection, He admitved that no serious de- cision should be made without a proper Inquiry; but @ conciusion must eventually be come to, and be saw ary, = ‘ein England, Cortaan ,2ertod had no utlty in pusting off the judgments from month to month and from one inquiry to another. (Ap- plause.) @ ‘M, ROUHER was confident in the aptitude of France to susiain the compelinon of England ; she already supplied in Europe manufactured goods to the wmount of 1,700 millions, watle the latter country only sent on the Contiuent articles of the same class to the amount of 1,200 millions. ‘A vote Was then taken, and the order of the day. pure and simple, was adopted. What the Protectionists Demand. ‘The Permanent League of Industrial and Commer- cial Liberty instituted in France has published long manifesto, which terminates in these words:— ‘Along experience in business has'imparted to us the con- ve ak Serer eas cuanntaotares are capable of sustaigiog competition with those of foreign countries. Neverthi fo protect tho intereste and, above all, the rights of each, we shall insist on the following measures obtaining the force of Taw:—First--Amelioration ‘and completion of our regime of navigation in rivers and canals, and suppression of all dues {a those routes, just as we abolished, nearly a century ago, to the great advantage of trafic, ‘the transit duties in ‘rosie and. wars.” Second—Suppression of ail custome’ dues on coal, which has been justly bread of industry. ‘Third—Revision of all’ the regulations that atili weigh “00, our merchant marine; adoption by all maritime nations of the aamo bases and the same methods ‘assiinilation of abips to fixtures, and » replacing ‘untier he common law of all those who live by the produce of thelr owa fishing or navigation, Fourth--Reduction to a Biting exteat of tue tarife of the railways; uniformity of Claseiication 1u the diferent routes and abbreviation of the dei. 3 in transport da. Fifth—Substitution for the Oo- trols, which have become reat internal customs, of taxes levied fi barrassing manner and more equitably dis- tributed. —A remodelling of the customs tar- fa, allowing sil to prooure for themselves, at the most pri nis they use and the raw ma- et, We consider the tem- id the warrants (ac/uit-a-oantiin) a9 grave inconveniences of protection, thout occupying ourselves with disputes about equiva- Jonts oF identities, we suall support thi tenance of them {ill the day when ‘the customs tari 1 no jonger prevent workmen, sinall or great, rich or rom employing thelr intelligence, tholt facuitisa, thelr {ime ‘OF thelr capital fo any way they may think most conduoive to their own interests. We repudiate duties called compensatory, because they are nothing more than protection dues under the name of @ioan, and can have no other effect than that of umposing fresh the already congumer. In demanding protectionists forget that they-cannot get them producers, and that tho money must necessarily ‘Of the pocket of the national consumer. Under ¢! rty and common Jaw all our industries, we firmly convin fll make rapid progress; our commerce willextond over (he whole world, and our agricuituro will see its prosperity increase day by day. Tne document is signed by the honorary Presidents, M, Jean Doilifus and M. Aries Dufour; the President, J. F. Cail; the Vice Presidents Emile Menier and Henri Fould, and the members of the committee, representing twenty large manufacturing houses. Imperial Revenue and Public Taxes. An ofictal French return gives the produce of: the revenue in 1869, compared’ with the two preceding years:—Tho indirect taxes amounted to 1,312,186,000 francs, being an increase of 26,030,000 francs on 1968 and of 69,946,000 francs on 1867. Compared ‘with last year the principal tsems on which there ts an augmentation are, in mullious:—Tobacco, 6%; potable liquors, 6; Post OMice, 534; stamps, 4)<, and Tegistration dues, 4, There was ® decrease of 3 millions on customs duties other than sugars. 0} the direct taxes assessed at 575,655,000 francs, only 17,955,000 francs remains to be recovered. Government Advertising—Favhionable Move- menta—M. Raspail and Noir’s Memory. In the French Legisiature M. Prax-Paris presented @ bill concerning judicial advertisements. He pro- poses to proceed by means of adjudication, a certain extent of circulation having been proved, or should no adjudication be arrived at to give the inserdon to the journal having the greatest number of sub- scribers. ‘The Princess Julia Bonaparte, Marquise Roccagio- vine, who bad issued invitations for a ball in Paris, sent cards to her friends to say that it would not take place, This lady isthe niece of Prince Pierre Bonaparte. Rear Admiral Ohler, Governor ad interim of the French possessions in Cochin China, arrived in Paris, He is provisionally replaced by Rear Admiral Cor- nuiler Luciniére, commander of the French naval forces in the China and Japan seas. Tne journals of Nice announce the arrival in that town of Baron and Baroness Haussmann, and Viscountess de Pernetiy, their danghter. M. Kaspail sent fifty francs as Ins contribation to the cost of a monument to M. Victor Noir. M. Etienne Carjat writes to the Aappel to say that the aushorization to sell portraits of Victor Noir atic death has been refused nim by the Ministry of thé Interior. ‘The Abbé Bauer, chaplain to the Empress Eugénie, arrived in Paris trom his Egyptian tour. ‘The Left-Centre held a meeting at the Grand Hotel, Paris. The object of the gathering was to discuss | tho commercial question. ! Tho Cabinet Position—Prim and Rivero on the Crisis: One of the most tmportant sessions of the Spanish Cortes was that of Tuesday, January 11, when Gen- eral Prim introdaced bis new Cabinet. There was acrowded house, and great anxiety existed to know what Prim had to gay as to the late crisis, and what Rivero had to say in his new-ca- pacity of Minister of the Gobernacion or Interior. Prim disappointed pubilc expectation by attributing the crisis simply to the frac.so of the Weneese can- didature, while all Spain believes other causes ex- isted for the retirement of two such important men as Martos and Zorrilla, and the entrance of Rivero, which latter invoives hia resignation of the Prest- dency of the Cortes, the Presidency of the Vorpora- tion of Madrid, and the Command tn Chief of the Volunteers of Liberty. Sefior Rivero, in his speech, said:—‘‘Law, as the foundation of order and public liberties perfectly exorcised, is the best title of the authorities to re- spect. The severe castigation of those who, in the sphere of authority or In the the sphere of the gov- erned, are wanting to this high deposit, this element of power and command im society, will be the in- flexible and invariablé rule of the Minister of the Gobernacion. The establishment of public order upon these bases by means offorgantolaws is @ point the government propose to effect. ‘hey also pro- ho to resolve the coeenicns of finance, to raise our falien credit. They believe, if the Cortes will lend their acquiescence, that the situation of Spanish finance 13 not so bad as is generally believed. What has occurred to it arecommon and constant acci- dents of a radical revolution." \ Imperial Visit Constitntional Government. The Archduke albert of Austria, travelling under the name of Count Friedeck, arrived at Toulon on | the 17tb of January. ‘The death is announced of the Princess Antonia Khevenhueller Metsch, née Princess Lichnowsky, Lady of the Palace to the Empres@ of Austria. The deceased was well Known in the higher circles of | Vienna for her beanty and wit. | The Vienna Gazette publishes the text of two re- ports presented, to the Emperor Francis Joseph by the opposing (ractions of the Cis-Leithan Ministry. Those documents Gil twelve columns of the journal. Communications from the Austrian capitsi mention | the “serious uppression produced on the people by the publication of those memoirs. Every one re- marks with eurprise tbat neither the one nor the other puts formard a clear political programme to put an end to the state of confict in which Austria finds herself at this moment.” - The /ndépendance Belge has the following:—The situation im Austria begins to be more clearly de- fined. This time jt is the Emperor who has given to hig ministera and to parties @ lesson of true constitutionalism. IRELAND. Radical Revolutionary Arming. A letter from Dublin of January 17 says :—It ts but Coo probable that an ofizatiiaed aut BOOeT HET tem of distributing arms among the poopie ts in pone under Fenian auspices, and from the dex- rity of concealment manifested in tne few cases isoovered, 1. nay be inferred shat it ts but too suc- ceagiul. ‘Tho attention of a constable was attracted at Ballyshannon rallway station, a day or two ago, by @ large deal oase, direcied to ‘Mr, Gallagner, Donegal,” and without much expectation of fnding @nrtbing objectionable in ib be caused 16 to be opeued. The contents were eight fine rifles, longer than those used by the constabulary, with sword bayonets, and all the necessary socompaniments of Scabbard, slugs, pouches, builet moulds and Wregches, besides a large quantity of cartridges. THE BONAPARTE-NOIR TRAGEDY, Judicial and Medical Examinations - of the Prince. Personal Injuries and: Life in Prison— The Prince's Account of Nolr’s Ac- tion—M. Rochefort’s Position and the Feeling: in Paris. - The European journals to hand by tho steamship Deutschland at this port contain a considerable ay ount of interesung matter relative to the Prince Piex,re Bonaparte and Noir shooting case in Paris. ‘The &>llowing reports, dated the 18tn of January, are aadith nal to those already published in the HERALD ‘— THE COURT OF EXAMINATION. The exam Ninations relative to tho crime committed at Auteuil by Prince Pierre Bonaparte on M. Victor Notr were caitinued January 16 in the cabinet of M. @’Oms. Nine witnesses were clted—M. Montreux, chemist at Auteati; M. Vinviolet, M. Perniet, secretary of the Commissasy of Police; Dr. Tardicu, #. Gevaudan, peace officer; M. Hess, proprietor, and MM. Paschal Grousset, Ulric de Fouvielle aad Sauton. ‘THE PERSONAL INJURY 70 THE PRINOR. I¢ is af rmed that tho medico-legal examination of the person of Prince Pierre Bonaparte established the fact that he was seriously brulsed on the left cheek by M. Victor Noir. The inspection was made at the same time by doctors appolatod by the judicial authorities and those of Auteuil, who had been sum moned to attend the dying man. THE PRINOB IN PRISON, Prince Pierre Bonaparte remained at the Concier- gerle, and received numerous visits on the 18th of January. ‘MENT OF THE PRISONRR. The Paris Pays relates the following incident:— In tho course of the interrogatory M. d’Oms asked the Prince how it was that, when he saw M. de Fou- vielis draw out a pistol, he had fred upon M. Victor Noir, who was unarded. ‘Because,’ he answerea, “{ feit the outrage before I perceived the danger.’ This reply is simply admirable, and we guarantee its authenticity. b= jens RADICAL TERRORISM. Areport was in circulation in the lobbies of the legislative body, in Paris, that several Deputies had received anonymous letters contulning a threat of death if the prosecution of M. Kochefort was authorized. SECRSSION FROM M. ROCHEFORT. The Mayseiliaise announces that M. Flourens, one of the writers on that journal, has withdrawn, and M. Rochefort explains the act in these terms:— Thore was on Wednesday among the democrats who attended the funeral of Victor Noir two opin- 1ons—some wanted to traverse Paris with the cofin, while the others were anxious to preserve to the manifestation its pacific character. Asi was the only Deputy present, the crowd consulted me; but when the crowd 1s determined to act it never con- suits any one. I was well aware that 100,000 men and al! the cannons imaginable had been valied into requisition. We were little, or not at all, armed, anu found ourselves at Neutlly, that 1s to say, almost 1n the country, and obliged to besiege Paris to gain the strategical points on which a struggle could be en: 1d. Furthermore, and here is what renders more marked its difference between slourens and me as to the course to be pursued in the cage that what Robesplerre called the most holy of duties shuuld become a necessity, the intentions of the day nad been imprudently ramored about the even- ing before in the various meetings. A revolution 1s something unexpected, and if you publicly inform your enemy that the next day at two you will viow out his brains, he will be sure tw tare proper pre- cautions, and you will not succeed in doing anything of the sort. TRE ROCHEFORT PROSECUTION. The following is the provision of the French penal code under which application 1s made for permission to prosecute M. Rochefort. Itreads:— Is punished by imprisonment of from two to five years and 8 finé of from 590 francs to 10,000 trancs every individual who has publicly excited, in any manner whatever, to the crimes indicated in articles 86 and 87 of the code, even when such provocations have not been followed by any overt act. Those offences are an attack upon the life or person of the Emperor or the members of the imperial family. Public outrage against the same people, and acts having for object to change the government or to create an insurrection. (Law of the 27th February, 1858, article 1.) A ROCHEFORT MANIFESTO. The Marsetllaise newspaper contains the following passage, signed by M. Rochefort:— 1 bave no occasion to impress upon my readers the profound indifference I feel relative to the appli- cation for permission to prosecute me, which the majority of the Chamber will hasten to accord. When I say indifference 1 am wrong, for I stiould be vexed if the demand should be withdrawn, and if the government should not add one more blunder to all those for which the present Ministry has rendered itself responsible. PRINCE PIERRE BONAPARTE’S ANTECEDENTS. The London Times, referring to the Bonaparte-Noir case says:— , The following letters, referring to some prece- dents in the Iile of this unfortunate Prince, may be either taken as an Choe or an extenuation of the alleged offence for which he ts now to answer, pes | as peop é niay be willing to allow for tne gmpiré df temper over reason. ith respect to the eketch of Prince Pierre Bonaparte in Vapereau’s Dictionnaire des Contemporains, and with more particular reference to his supposed combat with valikares, Mr. J. Cartwright writes as follows:— Where the writer obtained the information I don’t know ; all that I know {s that I was at Corfu at the time, holding = responsible aituation under government; aud for the truth of By statement I am prepared to vouch riz. that the Prince engaged’a boat at Corfu to carry him over to the coast of Albania, in order to enjoy a day's shooting; that the boat ‘was manned by two sailors, nailves of the island, whore depositions I had the honor ‘of taking down in writing after the arriving at on the coant of Albania, ‘attempted to board to ascertain whence the boat came,jwhen, without any provocation the Prin This’ Palikare was an elderly man, and tl ‘The boat immediately put of ordered to leave the island and the Ionian government— Sir Howard Douglass then Lora High Commissioner—had the satisfaction of paying a handsome recompense to the family of the slaughtered officer. Again, a gentleman tn whose words we have every reason to put implicit reliance, writes:— When | was in Brussels twenty-five years since the Prince was living in the Ardennes, where he got into a poaching scufe with some gamekeepers. One of these was either killed or much injured, I really forget which. The two episodes bear close resemblance to one ancther. ll these particulars will have to be brought to light at the trial, and will be more than sufficient evidence of the ungovernable fits of fury to which the Prince has heen at all times Ilable. The only wonder is bow the Prince should so long have escapea the consequence of his excesses, and how the scandal they must have created could be for 0 long a time partially hushed up. Opinton of the Paria Press, Galignani’s Messenger of the 18th of January gives 8 transiated brief summary of the comments of the Paris journals on the debate reported above, thus:— The Paris Patrte considers it interesting to make @ collection of some specimens of the rabid lan- quage published by the radical press, but It regrets that this revolutionary anthology 1s far from being complete, It says :— . We have only extracted the most striking passages, wish- ing, above all, to be bri as to avoid fatiguing our @rs, who could only tol such virulence In small doses, People will remark the perceptible diiferenes in the tone of these journala before and after tie late manifestation, and will truce the source of thelr discomfture to the firm attitude of tue government. ‘Take, for example, the Kérail of the 12th, which expressed itself (hus:—After the iast honors had been aid to Victor Nolr.the account will not be closed: The con- iemnation of Pierre Bonaparte cannot absolve the past, of which be ts the most complete representative, ‘The evil must be out out by the root, and Parts will not be wanting for that duty. France ewaite the result. But the Révetl of the 14th deciares itself satisnea with the manner tn which the day of the 12th went off as follows:— ‘That day's manifestation will inspire painful reflestions to the powerful of the day and energetic bopes to the 64,000,000 of men who, since 185, serve for their victims. Here, then, thé onsiness in hand is not to cut off or eradicate anything, but only to inspire “painful reflection.”” In the number of the 12th Citizen Cour. jet, constituting nimself alone as a high court of fustice, pronounces the following sentence against riuce Pierre Bonaparte: ‘The Bonaparte crime tnvoluntartly 8 to un that of Vraslin, The peer of France escaped the soalfold by anivide. Tue Bonaparte should bs at least invested with the garb of the convict. To the galleys, miserable wretch! Thie is rather summary; the judge does not ap- pear to have all the calmness aud moderation re Tin uncer such circumstances, We put aside the farseillaise. After the appeal to arms, waich every- body has heard of, that journal has inseasibly moill- me yore is tye ‘ermore!, an excellent lof the and Robes; ows Tel nearly as sweeping in its judgments as M. Cournet; it sim- ply puté Prince Murat out of the pale of the law:— ‘And in the first place,” it long as Prince Hurkt aba Soy yng x run pare Mt at ao" aay vith ay hae Svar ther mect him." . elas auaheom And in tue same number tt gives its opin occurrence at Auteull:— xj nen ee Certain ft is that Ifafter the murder of Anteut! of Mr Victor. Noir and the indignant people with thers hos attacked the domiotle of M. Pierre Bonaparte, massacred the monster in his den and set fire to bis house no honest man would have refused to admit in his soul and consclence that simple juatice had been done. ‘he Réforme of January ‘14, paying an imphed homage to the moderation of the government, says:— ‘The police having prudently abstained from its usual ah Rewent off quietly. The Ministry had to the oilicisis the moderation in 1b at variance with the usual practice. For that this population, ao calm, but so determined ‘and susrgetic, could mot have been orovoked with impunity. The Cloche of the same date says:— I was rather in too great a hurry to congratulate the police, From its lurking piace it made » rush ou tho multitude re turning from the funeral. Tt has had ite hour aud ita prey 5 and people have been struck, knooked down and killed. Nivier Alinistry s like all'the othurs ; it has the sano pas # ond the samo bloodstains. I to my col 0 task of relating the circumstances of this foolish art uso ‘lees repression, In this way M. Ullbach bas solved tno diMculs problem of surpassing his competitor in bad faite, since nO bae Was Knocked aown or killed. In con~ cixling, We ropeat tho observation we made abouts the change of tone im the same Journals from the eve to the morrow. One day they call the population to arms aud the next they ataiate It on une calm- ness which It has displayed. This fact throws & alrong light on tue influence which the Irrecon¢ Journals plume themselves on possess'ng. Tho Caso in the Parliament. A telegram from Paris of the 17th of January~ evening—reports :—In to-day’s sitting of the legisla- lve body, M. Katancelim moved the following order of the day :—"*That tne Chamber, having confidence in the Ormness of the Ministry, @nd ren jus tice to the measures it has taken for the mainven- ance of pubiic order, deems it ane that tae de- mand for authorizauioa to prosecute M. Henri Kocke- fort should be withdrawn.” M. kmiie Ollivier dectared thas the Minutry could not accept the order or the day brought forward by M. Estanceilu, and would consider any vote of the Chamber refusing tae application jor permission te prosecute M. Rochefort as a step rendering 1 ble the task the Ministry had undertaken, M. Henri Kochefort then rose and said:—“There are occurrences which authorize one 10 say any- thing. ‘the people will believe, u this application te granted, that the government wished at any price to. remove from the Chamber a Deputy it disiiked. 5 shall not defend myself. Ido not wish to preven’ the government from contivuing its blunders; for every musiake comuitied by the empire turns to the profit of the reyuvlic.’’ M. Ernest Vicard delivered a speech againat the prosecuuon, and said he regretted that the govern- Ment should have made of suca @ subject a Cabinet question. a. Emule Ollivier again rose to insist be ioe the: prosecution betng autuorized. He said:—“f desire absolute liberty of the press; but I do not consider that liberty to mean the right to ap- peal to arms—a proceeding which tae govern- Ment wil put down by the strong arm of the law. The renewal of what are known as the June days will not ve permitted. The government will not allow any revovution, but aims at the reconcilla- tion of parties end the development of pubiio liberties,” Alter speeches from M. Jules Simon and the Mar- quis de Piré the Chamber sanctioned the autnoriza- uon to prosecute M, Hepri Rochefort by 226 voles agalnst 34. English Opinion. {From the London Standard, Jan. 18.) * * * The Auteuil affair has been a severe test of the strength of the new Ministers and of the sin- cerity ot the Emperor's adoption of constitutionalism; but the test bas been well sustained, and, pernaps, alter ail this awkward accident, which bas seeme the worst piece oi ill-luck that coud have hap- pened to tne Emperor, or to the cause of Frouca liberty, will prove to have been @ real boon to both. (From the London Post. Jan. 18.) - * * To suppose that the want of common. decency which leads to the trial of @ Kochelort can turo to the profit of the republic 1s to suppose the absurd, for the Frencn people have no natural taste for af outrage alike upon decency aod common sense. They are much more intelligent thao M. Rochefort would have us suppose, or than he proba- bly oimself believes; and tue only result of his trial, however it may end, can be but to fill the measure of disgust with which he is Progeny by his country- men. MM. Ollivier has taken the right course, {From the London Times, Jan. 18.) It was hardly necessary thap M. Ullivier should declare that he and wis colleagues looked upon tue procuring leave to prosecute M. Rochefort as a Cabinet question. Even witnout this strong adjura- uon the Chamber was sure to support the Ministry ‘on such @ subject, and to sacrifice, if necessary, its own inclinations to the exigencies of the occasion. it 1s hot @ case in Which every deputy has consulted nis own judgment. By tar the greater namber of them have acted as M. ‘mers proiessed that bo would do. His convictions, he suid, were against the prosecation; nis vore would be for it. HGW SHALL WE PAVE? To THE EpITOR oF THE HERALD:— The attention of the municipal authorities of this city ts, at the present time, largely directed to the subject of paving; necessarily so from the numerous atreets and avenues constantly being opened, and the importance which the public are more and more attaching to the material of which pavements shall hereaiter be made, The common, but quite erro- neous notion 14, that the wooden pavement isa peculiarly American inveution, andyas yet, an ex- periment; whereas it has for a long period been tn successful nse in Russia, has for several years been steadily and successfully fighting its way in England, Scotland and France, and is rapidly eweeping away the old fogy idea, so long prevalent in this country, that stone is the only material fit for tnat purpose. ‘The tact is, and it 1s the duty of the preas to spread it broadcast, that in every practical aspect in which 1t can be viewed wood is the best possible material for paving. ‘The highest scientific authorities, after exhaustive examination aud experiment, have em- phatically endorsed its superiority. Dr. Ure, in hia Mechanica: Dictiouary, estimates the saving in the life of horses used upon wood and stone to be in favor of wvod in the proportion of five to two; the saving in the wear and setting of shoes at least one- half, and the economy in the wear and tear of venicles incalculable. Another emiment scientific authority, Mr. T. F, Alope, a civil eugineer o1 the nighest position ab Liverpool, in an elaborate article on pavements, con- tributed tothe Glasgow Practical siechanivs’ and Engineers! Magazine, states, alter a variety of ex- periments, that the weight which @ horse can draw, with the same exertion and at the same rate of speed, on @ macadamized road, ona granite, and on @ wooden pavement, is as foliows:— Owl. On a granite pavement. 28 On a macadamized ro: 34 OT On a wood rement,. ee 50 Hitherto a larg pave- 8 prop wi ment put down in this city is the Nicolson; but it may be questioned if it is much longer to enjoy that pre-eminence. A iresh competitor appears in the Stow pavement, which, alcuough laid only @ few hundred feet in Maiden lane, has, nevertueless, for four years been tn use In San Francisco, where it ts the pavement and where results have shown. It to be the best that has ove tested in that city. We have before us documents signed by the Mayor, by every member of the Hoard of Supervisors, by the Super- lutendent and Deputy Superintendent of Streess, ity Surveyors and several presidents of city rati« rouds in San Francisco, which certily that after four years’ use they have come to the conctusion that “for durability and adaptability the Stow ts the superior pavement, But were the two equal in every Other respect ne facility with whic the Stow can be taken up and reaid whenever It becomes neces- sary to displace it for the purpose of laying down gas or water pipes, shouid entitie tt to preforence and public favor." ‘The Stow, unlike other wooden pavements, 18 1aiG upon a substratum or sand, by which it gains ail the advantages of moisture from beneath, whie tts covering of tar and tine gravel prevents atmospheric action on the surface, and secures the moisture below, even in dry weather, and meets the Kussiaa mode of providing against frost, It presents @ unl- form even surface which does not. setue or become uneven like other wooden pavements, thus giving Tull scope to the horse tu exercise mis powers to the greatest advantage with the least effort. ‘yhe Common Council of New York owe it to the people, and especiaily to taxpayers, to give this new aspirant tor pubiic favor the consideration + which 118 intrinsic merit and’ its thoroughly tealed excellence ewewhere fairly entities It THE PEABODY FUND iN TEXAS. {From the San Antonio Express, Jan. 18.) ‘The existence anu condition of the city free schools having been properly represented to Dr, Sears, Vene- ral Agent tor tne Peabody educational fund, Mayor ‘Thieiepape has received the following jeter from bim:— STAUNTON, Va., Jan. 3, 1870. Hon. W. C. A. TAIBLEPAPE, bala ila ich Siw ~ jonse 60 yO Loa en raigy $1000 to Ald yon In extending the benedta of pour public free school to the largest number of childesa practicable. Very respectful! . G. SEARS, eral Agent Peabody Fund. P. §.—We can pay about the middie of the year, reckoning from this tine, or even a mouth or wo earier, if your schoo, year began then. So far very good. Dr. Sears has lent a helping hand to the only free schools in the State, and al- though $2,000 would have come nearer meeting the necessity, $1,000 wil, be @ great assistance, and we hope when the Doctor comes to Texas again he will ‘visit San Ancoulo aud see the fruits of his donation. ‘The city im now spending about $400 per month ta maintain the schools.