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Extracts from our Paris Letter.

Pabis, December 1

General de Cissey's action against Rochefort's and a few other Ked journals for defamation of character has lost nearly all its interest since General Farre, Minister of War, declared in the Chamber that during the administration of his once predecessor, De Cissey, no act reflecting on his honor or probity could be discovered.. As for his liaisons, these do not enter into the question. General de Cissey, having placed his detractors in the corner, they hare "not been able to adduce any proof in support of their allegations thus far, and they must be prepared to allow, as it were, judgment to go by default. Rochefort very maui fully stated, in reply to the judge, who remarked justice dealt with facts and not presumptions, that in giving an echo to the gossip in circulation he believed he was not committing a wrong, as; after the ruin of the country by the Empire, he felt its generals could not be scrutinised too closely. However, it i 3 not the less very reckless to boast you have an armful of proofs against a man's villainies, and, when called upon to produce them, to confess they do not exist. The evidence of the military authorities combined to show that the War Minister was subordinate to sub-committees composed of the most konorable offices in the service, and that without their collusion it was impossible to act corruptly. The trial is only an illustration of the three black crows. May .Radical writers lay the moral of the trial to heart, viz., that no one should be condemned till duly heard. It is time for France to finish washing the family linen in public. The War Minister has been elected a life senator by a majority of ten. This is a personal triumph for Gambetta, General Farre being his intimate friend. It is not the less a victory for the Government, as the division proved that even with the aid of such Republican rats as Jules Simon and other disappointed aspirants, the Senate can give Ministers a working majority, and so allow the legislative business of the country to proceed. The case of Admiral Clove is invaluable as indicating the necessity of constituencies returning representatives withhigher aims than personal rancour. He is accused of having served Macmahon'g Ministries, while prefect of Cherbourg, by the Deputy of that city. The Admiral retorted, he has served loyally all the forms of Government that France has conferred on herself since fifty years;' that many Admirals and Generals had done likewise—that he attends to the interest of the navy, not to politics, and presumes it was for his special business qualities alone he was invited to join the Cabinet. There is a fund of wisdom in this reply of the Old Salt's.

The Havre Congress have now formally wound up their proceedings; they con,rsisted of two currents of opinion, presumed to represent th« labor question: the real workmen discussed the drawbacks of their position with" moderation, admitting time alone, and common, sense agitation, would ensure the remedies. In these hopes there is nothing Utopian: the Legislature and the public are well^ disposed to do their part. The corigresß^ of dissenters have met with no sympathy public opinion having long since classed' them as lunatics, knares, or fools: their object is to abolish the classes that posiesa property by means of revolution, and then distribute their wealth among all—the despoiled even would have their tithe of mint and anise—for. the collective good. Some of the speakers of the concluding meeting avowed those who shared their Arcadian views were very limited, that their journals did not sell, the artizans preferring other . papers. The " Collectivists," or Communist!, adopted a new insignia, that of a triangle —emblem of equality, with a musket— the symbol of conviction. Mile. Michel, the returned Communist, heads this faction, and proposes for motto on the red flag, "eyefor eye and tooth for tooth." r To all these extravagances the public oppose the most profound indifference The ex'schobl mistress Micheliolaims the* role^of YeraSaszoulich -.< but she is alone m her hallucination, as she will never create m^ France a party ofA assassination. This high pnestess of the Eringes, ought to .remember .that the? Turie^S punished crimes such as disobedience towards parents, disrespect to old see murder,_ perjury, violation of the law^f! hospitality, and improper conduct toward*^ supphants. We belong : - to =the Tatter class, m praying that the prankstf the Commune be not renewed.

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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3782, 10 February 1881, Page 2

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Extracts from our Paris Letter. Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3782, 10 February 1881, Page 2

Extracts from our Paris Letter. Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3782, 10 February 1881, Page 2

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