PARIS.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 18, Issue 1126, 21 September 1871, Page 2

PARIS.

[from ottb own coeeespondent] LCON.GJ.UDED.]

Saturday, July 15, 1871. The Assembly is getting through a good deal of work, with an occasional waste of time. There are a few Marplots in the House, but they must be endured. The explosion of hostility against the Germans, was natural but imprudent, and can be excused. The press has had an old fetter re-rivetted the deposit of money before a journal can appear. Then journalism has had a quarrel with the 4 ?seino ly- The latter appoints questors, a sort of Ser-geants-at-Arms. One of these is aM. Baze, whose peculiar duty is to accommodate the press, which he does, by inconveniencirg it as far as he can. He is an incurably irritable old man—a reporter gives him the fits. The provincial press has a syndic- -its head is a M. Merson. The latter required some favor, and Questor Baze threatened tq give him in charge of the police. Now journalists are no more angels than other men, so M. B<*ze received a challenge for his insult, which he declined to accept, alleging that he only did his duty, which the Assembly corroborated At present the position of the Fourth Estate is curious- -it is not settled whether the reporters will be allowed their gallery, or whether the press will retaliate on the Assembly by declining to publish the debates. The Assembly has not yet decided when it will resume its sittings in Paris. It is said that two months at least will be required to fix up the old Corps Legislatif —for the present Assembly counts nearly three times the number of deputies—-750 —as existed under the Napolean regime An important piece of evidence has turned up that the Assembly will not be long resident at "Versailles. A letter from a representative to his mistress in Paris has been found and published—he therein assmes his '* treasure " that it is agreed upon that the Assembly " will very soon return to Paris/' and he will thus be enabled to " throw himself daily at his darling's feet," Paris is as gay as she can be under martial law. We desire visitors, and wish them to keep away. The ruins are disappearing as rapidly as they were made. It will soon be a crime to allude to them. The suburbs surpass the capital in the effort to obliterate scars. There is Asnieres, which was a complete wreck, and is smiling once more. T accompanied a friend, to show me a " ruin " at Neuilly, wherein he lived as a refugee in a cellar, for twenty-one days, pending '.he pounding ma f ch be tween the Communists and the Yersaillists, He was next to disgusted to find not only has the building been made as good as new, but flowers were blooming where wais a desert, and a fountain dropping refreshing showers on carp in the basin. This is only an instance of how the work of restoration goes on. But the great drawback is the theatres. Until the state of siege is raised, not even the puppet shows can bring out a new play—and we are blase with the old ones. Eleven o'clock all public places of amusement must close, and clients separate with a somewhat Trappist adieu—" Brother, it is necessary to die " The police are now fully organized in everything but their uniform, and the patrols assure us all is well. If the government desires still to add to their number of 32,000 Communist prisoners, the best thing to do is to leave the theatres free. It is a fact, that all the great criminals, after the commission ol their crimes, go to witness the Courier of Lyons. Possibly if the occasion Avere afforded, Felix Pyatt might be tempted to go and see it. It is not necessary to cover Paris with crape—the capital has cried and Avell, her tears have ceased to flow—the eyes are dry—she demands now pleasure, fetes, luxury, commerce. The suburban railways are not fully repaired —the " express trains" go slower than the ordinaly ones —-a " wild cat " train would astonish us as much as a fresh proclamation from the Commune, or a Uhlan riding down the Champs Klysees —to drive outside the ramparts, the gates may be closed against your return, to say nothing of procuring a cab, which is next to an impossibility unless. you are a first cousin of cabby's.

Tiie opera has at last reopened, and has given us Auber's La tyLuette* How changed the house ! Only two ladies with diamonds, and one decollete—who demanded of a gentleman who leaned over her box, as she covered her bosom with a fan, what he was regarding, he replied—" Madame, I was looking at nothingness." The Chinese Ambassadors, Avith crystal but-. tons? alone vied with the lustres in dazzling light. The ex-imperial box was occupied by three young men from the country —the green-room was full of unknown visitors who took one another for celebrated personages. The. representation was fully interpreted bythe Chinese—they yawned after the first act —music is so overpowering.

The municipal elections are fixed for the 23rd. There is not the slightest interest felt in the selection of the required sixty aldermen. Paris having sent sixteen good representatives to the Assembly, and alone subscribed for the. loan, believes she has done quite enough. Yet the municipal council demands imperatively sage men—possibly such will be there, as politics are excluded from the meetings. Somebody is not neglecting the city—the sewers are flushed with carbolic acid daily, and the streets, hitherto macadamized, are being repaved. Tn reference to these two manners of road-making, so injurious did the Omnibus Company consider the macadam for their horses that it offered to pave at its own expense the roads their vehicles ran over. There has been a cessation in the expulsion of humble tenants for non-payment of arrears of rent. Public opinion declared itself strongly against landlords for a heartless taking advantage of a flaw in the. law.

General Faidherbe is becoming a special favorite with M. Thiers, who is. believed to share thai generals views on the future military organization of the country—these are known vO comprise the making of every man a soldier, with short periods of servitude in the active army, and longer exercise in the reserve. General Faidherbe has much, of the cool, patient elements of the Teutonic character in his nature, and objects to be reforming in a hurry, for the next struggle with Fat erland will be a momentous one Faidherbe, when governor of Senegal, conquered the King of Oayor, who gave his daughter —a young negress—with two millions of francs in value—to the general in marriage. The general sent the bride elect to France to be educated, and she is now one of the wits of Parisian salons.

The Gileanist princes Lave duly celebrated the anniversary of the death of the Duke of Orleans, who died from

the effects of a carriage accident in 1842 outside Paris. He was a most popular man, and had he lived the history of France would have been changed since 1848. It was at Dreux, near the Loire, where the family meeting took place, and which Louis Phillipe founded as the St Denis for the members of the younger branch of the Bourbons. Louis Philippe and his queen have not yet been interred there—their tombs await them, however. The mortuary chapel is underground, and the light enters marvellously subdued, ghing to the statues the aspect of -spectres, ready to take wing at the slightest noise. It was the first time the Oomte de Paris and his brother saw their father's tomb —such penalties of exile inflicted by the Republic of 1848 and pardoned by that of 1871. Both princes entered the vault alone, to pray and weep. In the mortuary chapel was erected a catafalque on which was placed the crown of France. At the low mass celebrated, several friends "assisted."

Auber's funeral will take place today in Trinity Church, where his remains temporarily rest. The music will be selected from Cherubim's works, as Aiiber could not boast of much sacred music in his repertoire, beyond a few trifles composed for the Tuilenes chapel —his baggage is all theatrical. He will be buried at Monti rartre, and the Orpheonists will sing round his grave the prayer from La Muette. Next week will s % ee the Communist assizes open at last. Assi will be first, tried, ilochefort, whose health has improved, will come fifth. Excepting the leaders, the others will not be seyerely judged. A.U will be certain oi's

fair trial —which the ex-empire would never have given them. Arrests still continue to be made in the city, and not a few big wigs of the Commune are found. tTp wards of 150 insurgents were marched oifon Thursday, between a tile 0 f infantry to Versailles. A bank derk, fearing to be late at his desk, dashed through the cortege to cross the bridge. He was quietly pushed back among the prisoners, and was duly liberated on reaching the journey's end , Versailles.

A mother, after difficulty, procured some souvenir* of her son, an officer killed and buried at Sedan. Locks of ]jis hair, and regimentals, she daily prayed over, until this week deceased's servant returned from Germany, where he had been imprisoned, and gave the poor mother the real effects of her son, who was killed and buried outside Metz. The mistaken brave deserved a stranger's prayers. The infants commence to play on their own ground in the Tuileries gardens. They are nearly all in mourning. Said one child to another: — " Why are you not in black for your j >apa 1 " Reply : '' Mam in ah as found another papa for me,'' A grocer's assistant is to be tried for injuring his master. The latter was in the cellar, and a cask of brandy burst. He sat on the vent, and subsequently the assistant applied a match to that part of his pantaloons, and fired him.

Several Australian and New Zealand colonists have been "doing" the ruins of Paris since the close of the war.

Referring to the non recognition of the Marquis of Lome by the Prince of Wales, the Western Morning News sa p . —The Prince Imperial of Germany is also understood to look with little favor upon his sister-in-law's marriage, and those persons who are interested in such mutters are looking forward with some curiosity to see if any courtesies pass between the German Prince and the Scotch Marquis. By the way, it is rather absurd for the Hohenzollerns to be so particular. They are but parvenus compared with the Mouse cf Savoy, and it was but a few months ago that the second son of Victor Emanuel married a subject, who is now Queen of Spain. It is to be hoped that this important question of Marquis or Princess' husband —outsider or member- of the Royal Family—will be speedily settled, otherwise it may mar the approaching festivities at DubJin, Thesse are to be honored by the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince Arthur, the Princess Marchioness, and the Marquis of Lome. Prince Arthur Avill by that time, probably, bear another title, and if it should be, as rumored, Duke of Ulster, he will be all the more heartily welcomed by the Irish, Prince At thru* is very popular in this country also. The Duke of Edinburgh once remarked to his eldest brother, jokingly, that he (the Prince of Wales) would never come to the throne, for that long before it ber-ame vacant, succession would depend upon a competitive examination, '* and then I shall beat you by a long chalk." But Prince Arthur is generally reported to have a better headpiece even than Prince Alfred. He is said to have many of the tastes which were possessed by his accomplished father.