OUR PARIS LETTER. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Paris, February 12.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1991, 11 April 1885, Page 4

OUR PARIS LETTER. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Paris, February 12.

T'i'r pljyum .it /•li'jiito mi Sloudiy evening em hi ii ' '• u sei\c eit'ini \Avz limiinployed oi th ■ Republic. Jt will fiightPßii away .soai ti ti it 1 ,ouK, vvlio K.illv h.ivu no reason 111 1 If il iiine I, a-iifl it will.Uiuril thocnemie-. of t'l int.'- 'lit u , 'i.iio .i new fulciuui for ,',•.'' \. Tuo a'lth mtijs shdwol they wei<> (1 ' rii'iue'l not t> be suipn>ed by the ( ,i^' ,i i of <hs'i dii, but tlu-i laud.ible I'll 11 '-.stlV t'.U !„' S '(.'lll-i t<l btJ lost OH thi ciou.l, bv Jon". »ls pieacliing up sonietiiiii^ l.'.w ill- s ..acd Might of in>uiii'ction, .1,1 I fi i*; thu i.)\ wis auaiior'd i>v the poh • l i eloik the bhiiidei-. ot ti <"' il)iiut (l .'i i ■ loliuii? ck'stiovs all i expect, and n,i I iim -. ill lmulhlcmicu' l,'nliapi)ily, at t'li-, lauctMii 1 M. \.'uhi v u\, ,i deputy ami c „it.ct ■! • p ibe ■, ,>nl)li In s the loin in-. i.ii cs of his oxpeiic.icc in olhco uniL'i the pie-i'Mt R< public, wiieic tl)i)->o who can i .1 li-tv c\ I) 1 hi' 1 ' will pniervve he low i.l lo ii.v in i tilv iiioful to an ui o 'j tm a (lisLk'uiv >, i.ii(l to siibii<li/vj journals to iu> i i i-ly iltick an I 111 1 d 'fond t'i<3 poweis th it 1 ) 1 . Th it policy ice dN tho svvoid of M I'ioud'i iinmo to (ncifcuin tin* constitution oi to muntiin it. Tin 1 uiiseiy m b*aris i-. i'\ i ( n orati.l, but it u bjin^c formed for politic d puiposci. In Russia, so poifoct is the system ot espMinge, tint one dotcctno is told otf to di'ti u another. Under the second Empire, M. \nrhou\ states, the Kmpcior had his diU 1 tno chief, M. Ligvangc, and the Em]>ie^s hois, M. Hyrviiu, who reported on tin- pnvato lifo of Napoleon 111. when away ftoni liome. The rink and file of thedctecti\' -. juee/od money out of both chiefs, and Ihu c v^h of tho Secret Service Fund was li'.ki '! v expended in contesting conspuacie^ Minst his M ijesty's life and society. Now tint tho hist gush of satisfaction is ou i .it th» success of tho Mahdi, thoFiench eoiiinn>nco to peiceiye that England's difficulty l . not exactly France's opportunity. A studio with JMahomedan fiinaticisin in >\ ottcud .ilso Vi Algeno. and Tunisia — c mi, itnes winch have to be guarded by XVi on '.oldu is. It is being felt that Enjf1 'i' I i not only lesisting tho Mahdi, but Im it !i.) will sji/i» th 1 occasion to exhibit li, -ti n^'tli and poitmicity to ui'hold hor , pn ti ''•. Die evacuation of Egypt is not iiirv 'l-uiiufkd liv even til' 1 in >st l.ibid Vii I i pholu in joiun il. <)li\ki Pain, if ho 1.- M flu- il -'i, is not i - p.-ct jj to ask lvigl.ni'l to !■ in tio S iiid in, in tli" n, ime of his in i ti i, th" I' d'" Pioph'-t Tin' imceitamty a-b ait (joulon's f ifeo — unlit u y men com hide he has boon killeJ, defending himself againxt his own ti.utor soldiers — impartial opinion here considers ought only to induce the more liniiii'ihati 1 ]>iishmg forvvaid of troops and w u in .t. mlI, for the ciptnrc of Khartoum, foi Cut eitv, in osp jL.ti\o of (Joi don's fate, ui'i^. 1)^ c tpt :ii il. (tuni'inl Wol-aley's upthi' i>ei cinpugn, had not many admirers iii I i vic 1 . f one > mtoi no dissenters about tin n ce-jsity ifo.iomng a lail-iouto from I'snakim to Uoilie 1 . That laiupait will show tin' tubes t'l it Knglaud is lesolved to .ic'n ' > hi r e-ul, and that must be at Li '1 I.%'inll -ss ot cost. Fi.vmc" is veiy ;,'i i • 1 it E I^l uul hiving pmti'il away tli 1 i In,' fjitin -i-toi, It.'ly. Tho new .il'j i.v ■, n itui.illv n the b"st reply to all tir t!n>f In died it John [iu.ll! Ho has in ,ii ,i,i • 'i-l' nt in iiiugu d" l ii-jon, nil ti'ii. t, \ hil l'l.ince is i»i the look out foi .! - 1 1 i ;■, pii fiiei, h'tt compelled to kfe[) to II I 1 ,"A'l Ji.t, J>! 'll'Kk It Would > J O.rl, tl, tin. iiafmiisai. bioiight t > know each > ;i'i fh- 1 ; r i .it i In ,• >. dim their disinclination to mv.'li tojrothor. Another jwint -t, > ti ■; . "ic'i lot^ibiy, tho union of all piilili' il puti , should n to shoulder, to l.'pi'i ti. • ci.or-. of th«? pist, and get iln t ir tiio s't'i'tim. The, rospoiisibihtiiM v ill hj eximined later. it is tir opiinoM tli.it tho number of tioois s^nt to China is still iumui l\ it for t'u new campaiifii, a tut iiiiijt I'lovenient mi Canton, t'li.ni-'ii tli" ))! ounce of Yun.in. Befoi uo--.ing th'j frontier, the Celestials will Ii orti'id inotliff oppoitunity to come tit i l--. li !''i'i in i-1., the woist enemy the J'n nil Ii iV- to di-al with, is tho hci\y sick Ii ' uul a defective ciuiimm^aii.it, M ny b'Att \ c th l*- with the expulsion of tin .Ii ~uif~, tlic .'!) ihtion of public piayers t< i tiiili -public, the -ccul u nation of schools ai d hospitals, almost the last vostigol of i. li.ion Ii id been Jiaii.shod. Complete cn "i, foi Mi l)io>piis, a town councillor h i'<! , that nothing is done, so long as ivnytliiii,' uiu iis to bo done. The Antil)'"sU, a. soct not tlirce months old, have foi plitfoim, tin expunging fiom the I'iciu'li language of everything relating to tin' diet.. En attendant that good time c lining, \fr Dieypus has discovered in the .srho'il manuals several shocking passages. A Lmdley Murray contains the model verb ' to pi ay, for pai >inpr pm poses : another litU ■ wjlnin.' contiins the Lord's Piayer : a bi ik ot e'l"£, uit extiacts for readinjj:, lias j)o-itivelj loli^'iou-, quotations fitun Hugo, Le^oiive de. Hugo. Th. Butisli Chamber of Commerce has ]u-l. held its annual dinnoi and ball. It is the 1 ist link in that chain which maintained tin .utihcial fucndship so long between the two nation-, but vvhosfl relations are now b.iMd on tho moie solid principles of md> j> ndencs, self interest, and lelative inrlilt. ..'nee. The ago_ of gush and mutual .uliiiii itiou is past ; tho peoples aie livals, but ii >t eiieiiiif;>. A.t the dinner the toast of " The L ulies" was, by a hnppy innovati ii, leplu'd to by a latiy, Mrs Ciawford, in an addu*" > nt once witty and vvne. This I "\) is a di-tinjfiushcd writer, and the duty ot u'pl\ing tn tho comphuicnt to her sex fouii 1 iii I' 'r " the light woman in tho ri^ht ]>' '< Mh 1 naid a tribute to woman thus ■ >'i .inni'j th'-u lights, winch in confidence tli ■ wen' willing to take— and as much b i! ,- I- they could get. She hoped that ' ' ii n itio'i would lotain its special c ! u.oten li.^-> ; that Pans would rem un ( v i i'.uisi in : Join Bull lctain his jmstine \n! i t. !">„ )tl.i id hor thnft, poctiy and ho pitality; uid lieland, her nativo land, vi' 'ii 1 1 uhes weif lovrd chiv.ihous.ly, i ii'imil" to find in hei sham rock tho coMi'in of v,. lour and fi iteinitv, and of the ii ti 'ii il ti mity in unity." Let ahe cutter 1" il tli if. Yt .Jules S'tiion, ovci eloquence it I', uulul'-C'vl m vinic moral philosophy ot Ih • pi k 'ii il type, stating Ins IHii-f that lili i d n iti iis ( miiot but lie .allies, and tli it iin . ' iM 111 1 lit 'i gom/ to the dogs. \t I!' .| , i dulm,,' liiuldl'' .ig.'d wminii ii i. ii 'I i 'oi i iii' i, vho hi-.bt en ten tunes imp' i 'in d is In in}^ tiled foi b 'V. itching mi "Id lul\, I'M' ')uiil, .uul t il. ing fiom In i I Iln . j v.l and .SOCK) fi , f.-iM foi .Mid ni'iMs to ,ii iiifile hei with 1» r lil '! 1 liili'V flu- ]>l ill \S l> to s(>cillO i|i ■ in "i '!>i' miti f.i tli< old v inn, in ; r In iI i i I, Ii i-Ifupin In i Ii d mom, ■ 1 I Lin ii.li' on tin 1 I Itb of Jist.Fuly 111 nit mil h>bdi\, pl.tc Ihe ilynannto in ' i >;•;» i in pm on ,i \eiy hot stove. 'il i tilt \\ i-, tin 1 wiiklows and doon w n blow n lo pi« c< ■< ; tho iitM^hbounnif Ii I--, win shdo h, and th>' olfl lady In, If huil' d into the sticct, dr.'adfully in hi! it' I At in 't tli crowd li'lievi-d tli \ wi i' Ii i'i< ti ited in cxti.i hie-woiks, t>'i lli • i' hm cvpluntd. I'oimiiii'i in mitt un- md Ii i piti' it -uppoit, lici, though d, ' 'ii <i f. i hf , tint ti" dyi.tnnto was t 1 I if 111 I ] '!"!", 'if I) 1 1 s 111-111-l l\t. to ih h i 'uLi'i , M >th 'is ln-law aie t ' - '. i i to t i tumble, as tho sp irks to ily lljH 1(1 Tin' S .id, is de dm;.' with the amended I' id iI- Kill T)i" finiltv of leWtinjr )li ,Ii i linn}" fi.i tln % eioud i if habitual nil ii id >t I u^o a. id in pi lion, to be s| ipp"d, will 1>" left ti the (Jovernment. A> 111 1 iii hi- and the C'ni.niMl Office must be 1. 1 (','• look '"it fm •'(jiidN. With (Jeininn pnt'.itioiis in the Snutlwin Pacific and «\ii\ I'lu'ii , iiid th" po-1-.ibility of Ki.mcf" v.l lining hi'i p'liitentiaiy VA l)orado-< in t!i O.i in hi Yichip'-lago, an iddition has In n in id to tlio very iiiflaminablo niif ii.di so piofusely fl>ing about the Wi,| Id it li.v b 'en alleged tli it tin' b"st way to «(<mi t ! io Fnneh tiking in .% supply of Ii tniiil oi c nfi % np 'i ii v know Icdcfu is to «', ii iti-' it. TJi < 'ij i E-i in (I J] in theatre ." I mi tins piinei|il'' . it h. s just piod need .i lil , id and tliuinlt r di 'in i in live acts and f. i t ible il, Tii ■- 'i me us ,ni Tonkin. It is ay md.'i tin X i'l.t il oi \nnchists have !!• it- 1 1 no m" Itni \> 's t, ni.'iKi uvic of .hi- li ii v , to i,. 'o1o 1 tin-. iuipo|)iilar war ji.i ii, i, oi to securi" a maj »rity of the <'iiiiu'o , Im liii Stiutin de Listo IJill. 'i ', iii« unit of p-nnpowdur consumi'd h ]m ■ J i _, i • m i ■. ; tho iimmil) i iif fJl.'xk l''li'iKs tlnici .Urn (iioi.nous ! Only the death of km li.ndniiin is coitun- Commander Him if-li' 1 dies with all honoius. Tonr', a liiu-t, fiom tin st.i'. rr ' 1 point of view, 1)" .i 1 ii of pin* di li'-diL The tfods weio so im i lit' 1 .!-, to lanj,'ii when the nativo dialect ■W I ] 'il ' 21. Tii' 1 v'.i'idovilli 1 Tiicitri 1 ha piodiiccd a p I'll, lifrn .in "Clir ' Soled, ' a thioo act i ,ii d !. vfr , -, I! (Jondin^t and Si .1 if Un 1 itti ito bo .icvtu.ite is a lady. T' i pii'c 1 i > •' mo t huiriorous tissue of t ii"c il mi indeisf Hiding-., vvherein two l,i idi -i, on tlu n honeymoon at jS'ieo, nro i it-|i, i di ippi'inl'd in their visions of in 'tiimoiiv, and discoiK i it.d by a false rli\ ' Tli' u 1u 1 ii no plot m the comedy, it is all fun. Tho acting Vi excellent, and

weic it -honi of nuith tint causes decent people t<> blush, it would |>io\e a success on Anfflo-SoAim boa-ids. M. Tannery do Wo n -au attubiitos all tii'3 ills of life to oiu not. knowing how to hu 1 sumptuously p\ery day mi hilf .i franc. H > gives a list ot n-vuh l>o dishes, all pioducts fic.;ii the \i>uetablo kingdom, which, aided bv a little buttei and milk, would e'lMiu: l<ni' n 'euty t<» man, and his escape fi>uu ill ivnous (li^c.isuii. We h.vse luifpi'imv diimeis in Pins, but could M. de Wi >!M.n b i.ud citi/.'-iis with squ.iio meals at Ink" a fi me |u<i eli>, he would be aw aided thu M iiitvon iniz-e*. He states the Jap me-' 1 -3 > millions 'trong-lhe on a siLinlai s,nn. The gieit advantage of thn n >w >e o 'iin^ vo.ild )w to cuisethe rich to lw jimloii-, .iiid the p ipuhtion of Fiance to 1 1 \ <i I tho ■'et'il ol Vbi.ih mi.