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‘this respect as the majorityis master of the Cab- | inet ‘Visrron.—You do not believe, then, in the acces- sion to the Presidency of M. Grévy? M. Sruon.—It is desirable, but not, perhaps, in- dispensable. Nevertheless, the Marshal wouid do | wisely to retire, particularly as he knows that he | leaves the position to an honorable man like M. | Grévy, who enjoys the confidence of the republi- cans without exception. “LE FIGARO." Morning paper; ordinary circulation 70,000; conservative semi-oficial organ of M. de Fourton. M. DE VILLEMESSANT. M. de Villemessant, about sixty-eight years ot age, iseditor-in-chief of this paper. He is very corpulent, full of life and gayety, however, and Rimseif takes the editorial direction gf about ‘thirty editors. Noone but himseif knows exactly ‘whom of his staff to employ for a particular work, He is most interested in all that concerns Paris; be cares very little about the provinces, and he | Ooks upon foreign countries as if they formed part | of another world. About a year ago M. de ‘Villemessant inaugurated a system of correspond. | ence from all the Efiropean capitals, but he has wince squelched them all. He never wanted letters | from America, because he considered that country “too far off.” He is, indeed, the first journalist of Paris, the samo as M. de Girardin may be called the first journalist of France. He 1s exceedingly de ‘voted to works of charity. By means of his journal alone he raised for the poor trom 1872 10 1876 the @normous sum of 1,100,000 francs. He always has Bis hands open for the poor and never permits Politics to disturb his equilibrium, He himself isa degitimist, but he permits his collaborators to write ‘what they please, so long oniy as their articles re- tain @ conservative color, It 18 very dimcult to see him at the Figaro building, tor when- ever he is there he prefers to talk to! ‘his editors. He goes from one desk to another (for he himself has none there), and tells them some fresh anecdote that may inspire them for the next morning’s paper. He receives everybody at his Inxurious hotel in the Avenue de l'Imperatrice. He permits nobody to wait upon him; hence he always has four or five visitors in his room, where he lives 1m the midst of the portraits of his children and the | royal family. The most refined of his visitors never fail to admire the extraordinary good taste dis- | played by him in the management of his hotel. | “You desire to ask me questions,” he told me | when I called upon him. “You desire to know my | Opinion in regard to the coming elections? I have no opinion whatever. I see so many people, and | each person has his own little opinion, which | differs from that of his neighbor. Only, most of | them seem to agree upon the figure of sixty or eighty members thdt is to be the majority of the | government over the reds, Nevertheless, some- thing tells me if they were disposed they could | strike a big blow aud got a very heavy con- | Servative vote. If some one told me that | on such and such a day my newspaper, | which ordinarily las a circulation of 70,000, | ‘Would do considerabie good by increasing to | 200,000 or even to 300,000, 1 would find the means to make my paper sell to 300,000 persons, and I | wonid find them. Well, it strikes me that an election—though I am nota politician at ali—cao be just as easily managed, OORRESPONDENT—What do you think wil) happen after the elections ? M. DE VILLEMESSANT—I don’t know anything about it, and I prefer not to be compelled to | think of it. CoRRESPONDENT—Do you think we will have trouble ? M. De VILLEMEssANT—So long as the Marshal is there we'll have no trouble, that is sure, These fellows will not stir an inch so long as this soldier remains at the head of the government fhe momeft they begin to think of putting some one else in his place then look for trouble. CoRRESPONDENT—W hat do you think of M. Grévy? M. Dr VinLemEssant—M. Grévy? Who the deuce ia he? What do you mean by him? “LE JOURS Ie Journal des Débats was formeriy the organ of the liberal Orleanists, but has since the war come found to the Republic. Its editorials display marked ability, and some of the ablest journalists in France have written for it. It counts among its editors at present the celebrated Juin Lemomne, and has given the policy of the Marshal a firm and vigorous opposition. It has a circulation ot 8,000, and is generally regarded as the organ ot M. Leon | Say. 1. DES DEBATS."? M. BAPST. M. Bapst, the editor-in-chief, thinks that the gov- ernment will gain about eighty votes in the clec- tions. FrRiEND—What do you think willbe the conse- quences of the election? M. Barst—The majority will be divided on the | following aay, for it is not quite agreed on the prin- | cipal point, which is the overthrow of the Marshal, | Many wiil hesitate as soon as it becomes certain | that the Marshal will not resign, and a reign of | vexatious annoyances will commence. The Mar- | Shai will then seek to strengthen tus power by the co-operation of other elected bodies, which are the issue 01 universal suifrage, or the Councils General | If he resorts to this, which I believe he is coun- | selled to do by his Ministers, iv will be Lecause he 1s certain of an affirmative result Farenp—And afterward’ M. Barst—Afterward there will be a compro- mise 80 as toarrive at 1880. The Left Ventre will | rally to the Marshal when strengthened hy a ple- | bescite or other such means. Friesp—Then the future does not seem dark M. Barst—No. Ali will be arranged more easily | than the most coniident beiieve. Frrexp—And M. Grévyt MM. Barst--He will have no chance of playing his | “LA FRANCE.” Evening paper. When M. De Ctrardia took hold of this journal it had a circulation of 3,000, to the popularity attached to his name he has ine creased it to 60,000, and it is continually ine Le Franee is the organ of Gambetta and ts opposed Owing asing. ‘vo the policy of Marshal MacMahon. EMILE DE GIRARDIN. M. Emile de Girardin is seventy-five years old, Gecorated with the Cross of the Legion of Honor, He is recognized by ali as the first and greatest | journalist in France. Small and nervous, but ofa sound constitutional strength, he leads @ most | active life. He rises at four o'clock in the morning | and at once fixes in his own mind the contents of the journal he is to issue, Surrounded by docu ments collected during @ lifetime he has always near him his printed notes ou all public men known in the waiks of journalism and poiitical ‘fey ond It is trom their past utteripgs and writings that he always draws the means to combat them on | their own ground. He knows exactly the process by which to manipniate such writings, for no- | body has changed as he has, Whenever any one reproaches him on this subject he replies, but asa rule he contents himself with attacking his adversary with a violence which has no equal in French periodical literature, As a rule he‘does not go to the ofice of his paper, but he sends us servant with a package wrapped up nicely in a napkin, which contains bis entire news- paper. He resides all ajone in the magnificent hotel which he bas built for himself near the Champs Elysées, in Rue Tanquet Villejust, Tne approach to this residence is along a gallery full of objects of art, all of which contain o printed ticket giving the name of the per- sou who has donated it. It is considered the most perfect reunion of all those who belong to various political parties. Among the names are those of sovereigns and princes, of prominent women and great financiers, for M. De Girardin is also a man of business, who has made an immense fortune, which he is always endeavoring to in- ‘These objects of art are the only attrac- tion of M. De Girardin’'s residence, where elegance, asarule, seems to have only a very feeble sup- port. What strikes the eye particularly ts the yellow color which meets one at every step. A visitor's reception 1s at once coid and enthusiastic, and he feels that he enters the residence of a man who has no time to lose. “I can assure you,” he said, as I met him, ‘that the Marshal will be terribiy defeated. The repub- licans will have more than four hundred members, 1am sure of it." OCORKESPONDENT—-And what do you think, M. De Girardin, will happen after the election? M. Dk Grranpin—The Marshal, who prefers to remain at the head of the government, not because he likes {t, but because his wife will not give up her position, will,on @ second sober thought, ar- range matters with the republicans, All he will want is to select as member of his Cabinet a Min- ister known to be devoted to the repubiican party, It is not necessary that such a man should be a member of the House of Deputies. Ail such aman needs to bring ag @ certificate of good character are proofs of political ideas entertained by him. If necessary @ mediator from the Right would be welcome. It would not be a very difficult matter to convince the Duke of Magenta that the repubil- cans do not threaten the social order of the country. CORRESPONDENT—Then you do not anticipate any trouble? M. DE GInaRDIN—Troubles can come only from the government, whith may create them, either by its present attitude or by calculating upon the effect of its own intimidations, CORRESPONDENT—And M. Grévy? M. DE GIRARDIN—M. Grévy would be elected President of the Republic of France if the Marshal should abandon his post or should die before 1880. CoRRESPONDENT—And in 1880? What will happen then? M. DE Grranprn—There exists every reason to believe that in 1880 M. Gambetta will be charged with the Executive power. “LE PETIT JOURNAL.” Morning paper; ordinary circulation 550,000; radical, opposed to the government. The political editor of this paper—which otherwise does not contain important personages among Its editors— is M. Emtiede Girardin. It will be easy to gather its views, aspirations and suppositions from the preceding sketch of M. Girardin. “{/UNIVERS.’—LOUIS VEUILLOT. M. Louis Veuillot is editor of the Univers, an ul- tramontane journal, having a circulation of 6,000, He was born in 1813 at Boynes, in Gatinais (Lotret), of very humble parents. He is purely a self-educated man, having studied by himself and acquired a style atonce attractive and incisive. His first expert- ence in journalism was in connection with a little sheet called PEsprit Public. He was next engaged on the Echo de la Seine-Inférieure, then on the Journal de Rouen, He became editor in chief of the Memorial dela, Dordogne, of Périgueux, which he left to take a position on the La Paix, Paris. In 1838 he went to Rome, and was presented to the Pope asa writer of great promise and brilhancy. crease, Ten years later he undertook a journey to Aigeria and became a complete defender of everything in the interest of the Catholic Church, When the revo- lution of February broke out he sald it was anevent specialy ordered by Providence. He made general war on the socialists, philosophers and revolution- ists, and attacked men and measures as a veritable free lance. When he was cen- sured on one occasion by the Archbishop of Paris on account of the erratic tone of his arti- cles, he appealed to the Pope, which necessitated peculiar judgment on the part of His Holiness, However, Veuillot received absolution, and he has since continued his onsiaughts against science, liberty, freedom of conscience, &c. During tne last Ecumenical Council he rendered especial ser. | viee to the Church; he championed the infallibility | ot the Pope and the transformation of the an- athemas of the syllabus against modern societies, Veuiltot’s greatest hatred is M. de Villemessant, editor of the Figaro, because he serves his papers to iced Tates, priests at re Veuillot 1s one of the best living writers language. @ Speaking to your correspondent, he said he be- Heved the government was laboring under serious iusions. The result of the election would be de plorable. It would be better to let things take their course, M. Dufanre and Jules Simon would | have, one after another, used np Gambetta, Naquet That was the trae means of | and other radicals, making tabula vase. Marshal MacMahon, by dis- solving the Chamber, excited the sympathy of the bourgeotsie, Which can only satisty its parvenn van- mong Journalists of the French | ity by coustant opposition. It would have been better to have a i Dndgets and budgets aes cultes than to have refused } then the shopkeepers and thelr wives would have taken alarin, and thet® | opposition would lave served the conservatives | instead of the radicals, as now. CORRESVONDENT—What do you think will be the consequences of the elections ? M. Vetin.or—They will retard a conservative settlement. We must poss through the extreme i reasonable, The Mar- he inust seek his ministers in order to reach anyth shal will remain, but from among the eccentric coteries nurtured by the Left. ‘These, having wearied the country, the Marshal will excite its alarm, and when proposing to retire will be supplicated to remain, thus be- coming master of the situation, which he will shape as he pleases. CORKESTON DE: would be MacMahon’s course in case of this eventuality? M. VEUILLOT—I think he would demand a pledis« cite to give him the Presidency for lite, with a 6uc- cessor whom he could indicate, CORKRESPONPENT—Suppoting MacMahon should diet M. VeUILLOr—Wilingly or not, the Chambers would be obliged to replace him by another soldier, probably General Chanzy. “Le Pays.” Eventing paper; ordinary circulation 4,000; Bona- Partist in opinion; sustains the Marshal. M. PAUL DE CASSAGNAC. M. Pan! de Cassagnac, the editor in chef of this journal, is now thirty-five years of age; he has a military aspect, tall, somewhat massive and bent, and of a mulatto complexion. He is of Creole origia. He bas enjoyed a great deal of notoriety, and he is always happy to show his person to the public gaze on the boulevards. Heis @ continual source of annoyance to M. Rouher, the Bonapartist leader, ; whom he never obeys. Ho seeks to make himself | the chie/{ of the imperial party, but he gives more tronbie than help to the young Prince. The foilow- ing conversation was held with this gentleman:— CORRESPONDENT—W hat, in your opinion, will bo | the result of the elections? M. DE OassaGNAC—The government will gain suf- ficient votes to raise the minority up to 240. CORRNSPONDENT—What Will be the consequence of the elections? M. DE CASsAGNAC—The republicans, who have connections with the International League, the jeaders of which are German, will demand imme- diately the re-establishment of the National Guard and the suppression of the territorial army, The Chamber will refuse to accede to this demand. ‘Then the issue about Gambetta will come up for consideration; by that time the courts will have pronounced their judgments upon him and he will be expelled from the, Cham- ber; but he will be sustained nevertheless. In face of this illegal act, MacMahon will be obliged to bring the Chamber up beiore his electors. Then will follow @ new dissolution, alter which the majority will be wholly conservative, Then we will work to get rid of all the republicans in placeg from which they rose in 1870, and by this means we will gain the Jead in 1880, These future elections, which I prediet, will be accomplished in conjunction with he present conservative Cabinet, into which, it is probable, Will be introduced an element of the Left Centre; the Chamber will be forced to vote the budget under these conditions. ‘This will be the first thing proposed to it, and, if the request should meet with refusal, dissolution would naturally fol- low, since tle government would be obliged to stop payment on the loan. CoRRESPONDENT—Do you think that troubles are in store for the country? M, DE CassaGNac—lIn Paris, perhaps, but not else- where. CORRESPONDENT—What is your opinion of M. Grévy? M, DE CassaGNac—He is too grotesque to call for serious judgment. “LE CONSTITUTIONNEL * Morning paper—ordinary circulation 3,000—con- servative in opinion—sustains Marshal MacMahon, M. GRENIER, M. Grenier, editor-in-chief of Le Constitutionnel, is decorated with the Legion of Honor, and is one of the oldest editors of that old newspaper. He leit it one day to found the Situation, which had been started in Paris, under the Empire, by a German sovereign whom Prussia was menacing with depo- sition. Later he wrote for the Figaro a series of remarkable letters, which were called “Letters by a Conservative.” He is a type of the old fashioned Parisian journalist. The changing customs of the new style have pot converted him. He continues to dress in the old Bohemian fashion. He ar- rives at his office every morning as though he were coming fresh into the world, having forgotten everything. He seizes the first paper at Mana in order to recall to mind the situation, and begins an article upon the first subject that strikes him, it matters little whether itis of great or small ac- count. M. Grenier writes*a sheet, which he carries himsell to the printer; then he returns to Alter this he goes back to the printer, and, after delivering his copy, says to him, “Tell me when you get enough.” Upon a first introduction he is open—brusque even—but generous and kind. All who have had relations with him have found him to be the possessor of an exceedingly sympathetic nature. Answering my question without leaving me scarcely time to finish my sentence:— “You ask me,” he exclaims, “what I think of the elections? Well, my opinion is that the republicans will elect their 400 and that they will overwhelm everything.”’ CorreEsPONDENT—Whiat will the Marshal do? M. Grenter—He will kick them out, with-the in- ward conviction that he is acting with the utmost loyalty. He is not far from believing that he alone is the true guardian of the constitution, It will not be dificult to make him believe that he is going to become the sole guardian of constitution, He Jooks upon it as he would Jook upon & military rule. For him itisa brutal order which does not admit of ambiguities like those in his manifesto. M. Thiers is no,longer among us, and it is tn the name of the constitu- tion, one and indivisible, that the Marshal will break up the second Charnber, ConRESsPONDENT—And alter that? M. Grenrek—Another will be formed, CorrEsPONDEST—And then? M. GReNTER—Yon ask me too much, CORRESPONDENT—What is your optnion of M. his desk to write another. the Grévy? M, GrenteR—Anything you please—that ts, noth. ing at ail. EDMOND ABOUT—“XIXME SitCLE.’? Fdmond Avout, of the Aixme Siecle, is about filty years of age sruished talent. He was born at Dieuze (Meurthe) in February, 1828; studied at the Lyeée Charie magne, taking the prize of nonor for philosophy in imws. ‘The fies of the Revue des Denx-Mondes teem with the evidences of his genius, He is one of the most brilliant writers of contemporaneous history. He was at one time an associate editor of vhe Constitutionnel. His political brochures and works on historical and educational subjects are legion. In 1858 he was decorated by Napoieon with the cross of the Legion of Honor. He recently missed a seat in the Academy for want of the vote ot Jules Janin, who was confined to his house with gout. At one time he was a protégé of the Imp rial family, of which he has since been a most severe critic. In conversation with a friend the other morning | he said:—I believe the result of the eleotion will | bo a large republican majority, at least 400 votes.’ YuiEND—What will be the consequence? and & writer of distin- have occupied public positions during the past seven years. A Dutaure Ministry will bo the first cuisine. - Then young men accepting accomplished tacts will join the Republic, The Republic will re- ceive these recruits joyfully, and they will com- plete the personnel necessary to every administra- tion, Friexp—What will become of Marshal MacMa- hon? M. ABovT—He will retire to his estate in the country, leaving the presidency to M. Grévy. Frrenp—You believe in Grévy then? " M. Anour—I believe in him becanse he, only is Possible. We must have a President of transition—- &@ constitutional President, to be what Queen Vic- toria 1s in England, what King Leopold is in Bel- | gium—a guardian while we are waiting for the predestined man, | FRrenp—And who fs that individual, pray? M. Asout—I wish | couid tell you, “L)EVENEMENT."? Morning paper; ordinary circulation 20,000; radi- cal In opinion, devoted to the Republic. M, BDMOND MAGNIER, M, Edmond Magnier, the editor-in-chief of the Evenement, was formerly the editor of a country | Paper published in Boulogne; in the year 1870, at the | period of the war, he was added to the staifof the | Figaro by M. Dumont, who then directed this paper in the absence of M. do Villemessant. M. Dumont desired to give a republican toue to the Figaro, and | to place M, Magnierin the chair of the editor-in- | chief. M. Villemessant, being warned in time, lost | no time in returging to Paris, whereupon he turned M. Magnier brutally out of doors. Since then M. Dumont, @aving qaitted the Figaro, founded the Avénement in conjunction with M. Magnier. The latter, in turn, got rid of M Dumont, and became, in consequence, the sole master of the Evénement. One day all the editorial corps left | the paper in a body because M. Magnier refused to reply to a gross insult directed against the Evene- ment by M. Paul de Cassagnac and published in the Pays. He is more occupied in seeking to be elected as Deputy than in attending to his news- paper, which is left in the hands of M. Camille Etieran, the real editor-in-chief, who is the gentle- | man we have seen. The interview with M. Etieran was as follows :— COuRESPONDENT—What will be, sir, in your opinion, the results of the elections ? M, Erteran—The republicans will have an over- whelming majority—-a majority of from 380 to 400 strong. CORRESPONDENT—What will be the consequences of the elections? M. ET1ERAN—They Will be radical for everybody except the Marshal, who wiil be opposed to please | the electors, but whom the republicans will not try to depose, because they have not had time to pre- pare a successor. As to the others, all the Minis- ters, all the Prefects, all the new personnel will be thrown out of office. As soon as this clearing pro- cess is finished the Marshal's turn willcome. He will be replaced by a man who will represent a harmonions body, a8 he would have been replaced by M. Thiers if the latter were not dead. CoRkESPONDENT—Do you tuink there are troubles in store for the country? M, ET1ERAN—None whatever. ConRESPONDENT—What do you think of M. Grévy? M. Erreran—While awaiting a better man, he would be, & good candidate; in this part he would only replace the Marshal—the same person minus the uniform. ; “},2 REVEILLE”—HENRI ROCHEFORT, Henri Rochetort, the well known French arch- agitator who first came into prominence as editor of La Lanterne, was afterward expatriated and con- fined in a (tress, again came to the front under the Commune and was again imprisoned, but sup- sequently released trom confinement, is now at Geneva,whence he directs the columns of Le Revetlie, He signs his articles in this paper with a star, and the views he expresses are still shared by a large nuinber of his ol colieagues on the preas and on the Tribune. He said recently to a number of Parisian journalists who visited him at his Swiss retreat, that at to-morrow’s election the repub- licans would return to power with an increased majority. They would find it incumbent upon them toexpel Marshal MacMahon from power, so as to rid the country of a man who was only the tool of the imperialists. He did not expect any troubie, no conflict of arms between opposing po- litical elementa, but he felt that a time was rapidly approaching when a great revolution would occur in the sentiments of the Fronch people, all of which would result in the most emphatic and sig- nal triumph of communal principles. These once estabilshed would be maintained atall cost, regard. less even of the quantity of blood that was re- quired to uphold them to the end. “(LE RAPPEL.”” A morning paper; ordinary circulation 60,000; radical in opinion, opposed to the Marshal. M. PAUL MEURICE. ‘M Paul Meurice, the. editor-in-chief of the Rap- pel, 18 an old..man, at least sixty years of age, with long, gray hair, a thick mustache, and, in gen- eral appearance somewhat rough. He is, never- theless, very affable to visitors. He was in days past a dramatic author, having written in con- junction with Alexandre Dumas. He ts, in a word, a notable man, To the correspondent’s first question, “What will be the probable result of the elections?’ M, Meurice replied:— “The elections will give to the republicans a ma- jority of 400 votes. I think I can afirm this with. out partiality, for M. Hement, our editor who has made all the necessary calculations, has done his work in the most conscientious manner.” ConnEePONDENT—Wiiat will be the consequences | of the elections? M. Mecrick—The provable Presidency of M. Grévy. ConnEsPoNDENT—Do yon believe that a sudden rupture with the Marshal will take place? M. Mrvrice—No, nothing ts gained by haste; evi- Whatever hap- | dence will be more persuasive. | pens, the present Cabinet is lost, with the excep. | tions of Admiral Giequel de Touche, Secretary of the | Navy, and General Bertnant, since he has been in | the Cabinet, has shown strong sympathy witn the members of the Left Centre. The Cabinet will be quickly replaced by another; already tt is rumored that the Marshal is treating with M. Dufaure, But, | like M. Thiers, M, Dufaure is only a shelter, eighty | years old, who may die before the elections take place, We shali demand pariiamentarily, but firmly, facts and not persons, After the change in the | Cabinet the administrative changes will follow. CoRRESVONDENT—Lt is said that you wish to act in | the most radical fashion. . M. MEURIcH—Yes; but by calling the times to our M, Avour—A retarn to ofiice of all the men who | assistance. NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1877.-QUINTUPLE SHEET. GonnxsronpENr—What about the amnesty? M. Mevnice—It will be proposed anew to the Chamber, for we will reciaim it with all our strength. OoRRESPONDETNT—Do you think it will pass? M. MEUVRICE—TMat will depend upon the Dew President of the Council of Ministers. “LB GAULOI.” M4rning paper; ordinary circulation 8,000; Bona- partist in opinion, defends the Marshal. M. RDMOND TARBE. Mr. Edmond Tarbé is about forty years of age. He was a former editor of the Figaro. In tne year 1868 he founded a newspaper which was intended to be a rival to the Figaro; his new enterprise was crowned with success, for at the present time the | circulation of the Gawois is greater than the Figaro. His adoption of Bouapartist opinions alter the war separated the public from him. Neverthe- Jess, Ml. Tarbé preierred his opinions to fortune. In Mlustration of this it may be mentioned that he re- fused to ell the Gaulots, for which excellent offers were made during the Presidency of M. Thiers, who wished to count the number of newspapers. M. BLAVET. . Arecent misfortune has drawn M. Tarbé from his duties, and M, Blavet has taken his place. ‘The latter, who is a gentleman of nervous tempera- ment, is not over forty, but is, at the same time, a thorough journalist, He is the author of the opera of “Bravo,” which has just been reproduced at the Théatre Lyrique. - The interview with M. Blavet was short and pointed. Jt was as follows:— CORRESPONDENT—What, air, do you consider will be the results of the elections ? M. Buavet—The elections will result in sixty to eighty votes for the Marshal, nearly all of them Bonapartists. CoRRESPONDENT—What will happen then? M. BLAVET—Nothing good, until the dissolution takes place, which will give a real conservative majority. CoRRESPONDENT—What does the Prince Imperial think of tis state of affairs? M. BLaveT—I do not think he troubles himself about them, CorREsPONDENT—And M, Gambetta? M. BuaveT—All is over with him. CORRESPONDENT—What is your opinion of M. Grévy? M. BLAVET—A bad plaster, which certain people are trying to apply to a wound that has no exist- ence, “LE MONITRUR UNIVERSEL.”” A morning paper; ordinary circulation, 18,000; conservative in opinion; devoted to the Marshal; devoted to the Duc Décazes. Le Petit Moniteur, circulation 100,000, and La Petit Presse, circula- tion 150,000, are published by the same society. M. PAUL DALLOZ M. Paul Dalloz 18 the director of a society owning and publishing the thtee newspapers mentioned above, in addition to other publications. He is fifty years of age, an oficer of the Legion of Honor and was formerly director of the official or- gan when the Moniteur was the government jour- nal M. Dalloz is also at the head of an- other enterprise—the Bulletin des Communes— and he does the printing for the Cham. ber. Untortunately M. Dalloz was not in Paris when your correspondent called upon him, but, judging from conversations with his secretaries, his opinion is that the government will gain from sixty to eighty votes, making a minority with which the government may be car. ried on. This opinion 18 based upon the reports from correspondents of newspapers established in all parts of France. These reports must be ac- cepted for what they are worth, for most of these correspondents are uncultured men. “LE TEMPS,”? Le Temps, an evening paper having a circulation of 26,000, republican in tone and devoted to the policy of M. Thiers. M. HEBRARD, M. Hebrard, the managing editor, is a man of forty years of age, and has succeeded M. Nefftzer, in conjunction with whom he estabiished the paper, which, under the Empire, was regarded as the organ of the Protestants. M. Hebrard 18 in per- sonal communication with M. Gambetta and his immediate followers. He began by being business manager of the paper, but on the death of M. Nefftzer he assumed the editorial management. The following are M. Hebrard’s views on the sit- uation, as given to the HERALD correspondent:— CORRESPONDENT—W hat, in your opinion, will be the result of the elections? M. Hesrakp—The government of the Marehal, which will have already gained some twenty seats through the action of {ts 1unctionaries, will be able tosecure forty or fifty more through the death of M. Thiers, thus bringing the minority up to about two hundred votes. CORRESPONDENT— What do you think will be the consequences of the elections? M,.HesBARD—The fate of the next Chamber will be in the hands of the Left Centre, which will prob- ably enter into negotiations with the Marshal be- fore the commencement ot the debates, and the President of the Republic will be induced to part with his Ministers, with the exception of the Duc Decazes, who 18 useful on account of his familiarity with foreign affairs and with dipiomatic questions, General Berthout and the Minister of Marine, whose fanctions are of a special character. By this means he will be able to get along smoothly for a while, after which M. Gambetta will Know how to become master of the situation and to impose his will, which, after all, willhave more of a conservative than a radical tendency. CORRESPONDENT—DO you believe the elections will lead to any troubles? M. HeBRARD—Through indifference or enervation France will not stir “LA LIBERTE.” ‘This is an evening journal, having an average cir- culdtion of 30,000, supports the governmeut and ts opposed to the policy of M. Thiers, M. LOUIS GALs M. Louis Gal was the business manager of the TAbverté at the time when M. Detroyat, now editor of L'Estafette, was editor-in-chief. M. Gal, who is an ex-lieutenant of the navy, has now the sole edi- torial management. He is a man of about forty- five years of age and has frequent intercourse with M. De Fourtou. In an interview with the HeraLv correspondent M, Gal expressed himself as follows :— ConnesPONDENT—What do you think will be the result of the elections? M. Gat—The government will gain at least eighty seats, which will bring the conservative vote up to about 240. ConnesPONDENT—What will be the consequences of the elections ? M. GaL—The government, possessing an impos- ing minority, can continue in power by making @ few changes in the personnel of the Ministry and everything will go on better. This solution appears to me to be the most heaitby, because the state of things will be such that we shall have a Republic administered by monarchista—that is, freed trom embroilments, If, on the other hand, as M. De Fourton affirms, the government should secure a majority by gaining 110 seats, all would have to be begun over again, because no sooner would the elections be over than the three monarchical par+ ties would commence to tear each other to pieces, CoRRESPONDENT—LG, a8 M. De Fourtou says, the government should have a majority, do you nos think that scrious troubles would ariaet M. Ga1—There would be & little blustering iq taverns, but nothing more. : “LA GAZETTE DE FRANCE” —M. JANICOT. M., Janicot fills the honorable position of editor of the Gazette de France, This is the oldest journal published in France, it being already in the third century of 1ts existence. M. Janicot is inclined to take a discouraging view of things. In a conversa, tion with your correspondent he made the gioomy statement that the result of the elew tions will be deplorable, no matter what this result may ve “If the republit- cans gain the victory,” says M. Janicot, “the different factions of the party will tear each other to pieces; if, on the contrary, the conserva. tives win the day, the three monarchical parties will actin the same way. In either case France will lose credit abroad, As to M. Gambetta, that gentleman owes his power to the indifference of the conservatives) Nothing but & cataclysm ia able to drive such men out when they are once in.” When questioned about M. Grévy M. Janicot re. Plied that he had known Grévy in 1848 “‘At that time the latter was one of the rising stars among the advocates of Paris, two others of whom were Berryer and Juies Favre. Grévy was the most dangerous of all, because he advocated the sup- pression of the Senate and the re-establishment of the Convention. If he should be placed in the Presidential chair he would not govern France long, 1 anticipate a republican victory. The Ministers anticipate a gain of 113 seats. This is purely vision~ ary. ‘They may gain sixty votes, but scarcely more than that. The Left Centre will do the rest, and there may result a séatw quo which will last until 1880, This would be the best thing that could happen.” “LA PRESSE." Lo Presse is an evening paper of advanced opins fons, opposed to the government, and has a circus lation of about 3,000, M. J. DEBROUSSE. M. J. Debrousse is the chief-editor because hig father has purchased the paper. He is a big boy of thirty of years of age, who is ignorant even of om thography. The real editoris M. Massicault, wha was Director of the Press under the Ministry of Juleg Simon, and who 1s waiting for the election to be come something again. He 1s a person of no ax count, who re-echoes the talk of four hundred votes, the fall of the Marshal, &c. The interview with him was without interest. “(LE BIBN PUBLIC,” Le Bren Pubdlic is anevening paper, having a circum lation of 5,000, is ofadvanced opinions and opposed to the Marshal. M. XVES GUYOT, ‘This journal was originally established by M, Thiers, who made it his organ, with M. Henr{ Veignault as editor. It has since passed into tha hands of M, Menier. the chocolate manufacturer, and has on ite staff none but men who follow tha star of the great capitalist. They are, properly speaking, employés rather than editors. However, the gentleman who has the name of being chief editor, M.. Yves Guyot, in a private conversation held recently with the HERALD correspondent, seemed 1o separate himself, so far as his calculation of the future is concerned, trom his money bags. He said, confidentially, that the conservatives would gain from sixty to eighty votes in the Chamber and that in that case, although in possession of a majority, it would be the duty of the republicans to make advances to the Marshal if they wished ta save the Republic. “LE SOLEIL"? Morning paper, ordinary circulation 35,000, of Orleanist tendencies, and supports the conserva tives, ! M, HERVE. M. Hervé, a gentleman decorated with the ribboy of the Legion of Honor, about forty years of ago, 1g the editor-in-chie of this journal He hasa timid look about him and his appearance is’ somewhat ree served. His bald head is fringed with black hair on the sides, and any one would take him to be the professor of a college. Being a writer of com siderable merit he established under the Empire, with another gentleman of talent, Mr. J. J. Weiss, to-day Counciilor of State, the Journal de Paris, which he broke up suddenly one day, because he declined to make @ trade with his paper and refused to pass it over into other hands. Some years ago, at the end of a discussion, in which M. Edmond About sbowed himself a very lively antagonist, M. Hervé, others wise a very inoffensive gentieman, challenged the former to fight a duel. When I called upon M. Hervé I was received in an apartment, furnished without ostentation, and in response to my questions bearing on the ap. proaching election M, Herve said:— “{ have so often given my opinion that I am de. termined not to give it again. 1 am at a loss myself what to say. Itis only five minutes since two publia notaries from the interior were seated on the sofa you are now occupying and telling me that the country people do not commit themselves, They reuse peremptorily to say what their intentiong are. They are silent to all intents and purposes, What I can tell you positively is that if Thiers had not died the government would have been com pletely defeated already.” CORRESPONDENT—What do you think will be the result of the election? M. Herve—If the Left succeeds a monarchy will be the inevitable result. When 9 nation resists all that we have gone through in 1870 and 1871 she cane not succumb, Besides, there are to-day on the Eu. ropean Continent really only two nations—Germany and France. You see what Russia amounts to, and we know what Austria 1% A monarchy will be the upshot of all, and it will be the saving of France. The very worst of monarchies could at any time get more votes irom the people today than the Marshal and his candidates, It is better than what we are having to-day, and besides the monarchy will give us alliances, which we have not now. CORRESPONDENT—Do you support any candidates of your own? . M. Hunys—No, the monarchists who are candi |