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THE TIMES, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1871. before the House from tlie Treasury Bench tlhoet warning or detiberatiotw The Boom has apprised bsforehand whew the Go aunent intend, to call in question in of the rOTttial principles Erilih Lav Ilia prc iwlatiati of property and industry. To ton wide ta03ooi thw heeaisly thrown open induces a ju distrust of the gravity and wliich the Government coiuiderthe freat in 1 institutions of the country. A stone getEfbtly ett rolling from the Tiwcsy Bench fft always bt stopped before mischief ia joo; sad Um retpect dot accorded to official must leeds ba lessened whtn they ara rit without a deliberate rerl to their conee yjfrt Tlx Government 01, we trust, learn beat the result the wisdom of not hanging great itta a email yk Organization of Charitable Belief, aa pro Mt(d by the Society which held IU ascend annual paraa" yesterday afternoon, ia specially charac sjristie of modern London. In old Catholic time Cbarity without ttiut and without discrimination retried as a r3igioui daty, but the idea of (Ty rn baring a right to bo insured against star ntioa by the Stat was absolutely unknown.

Doles daily giren away at the'doors of Convents to eee ds of clamoroat Mendicants, and bands of frly Yejrat roamed orer the country, living free quarters, yet there can be no doubt ii many more people died of hungtr than at preact. Then came the dissolution of the Jlocasteri, the Draconian lavs of tbe Tctoica tpiatt Mendicity, and the first recognition of the jroxdple that no criminality or improvidence can irprir a man of his indefeasible claim to a bare ssbsittawo. This principle is still the basis of oar fMr Lsw, though not adopted to an equal extent is say foreign country, and there are those who look apon the unparalleled out of English Pauper am as direst and inevitable result. However this may be, there can be no doubt that, under a irttea like oar own, the Metropolis vill generally lasr more than its fair share of the national Ppor Ratav There is a natural impression in the soeatry, by no meant confined to the humblest i'iti. that in so rait a city as London there must hi room for all, and the means of getting a iacsat livelihood.

London, indeed, is ever attract lag, with a force as constant aa that of gravitation, all the nomadic and unsettled elements of th Eogiuh working classes. They flock hither, tsQ knowing that, at the worst, they can get food ti lodging in some London workhouse, and that is the meantime they can take their chance of em ployoent or Charity. In many cases, as Lord Dixit truly said in his very practical speech, the first application for charitable assistanoe is made bond fit, and not without a sense of shame. This toon, hoverer, wears off, and a few successes are quite eaffirirnt to convert the victim of casual misfortune into the habt'tnal begging letter writer. The conse eience it that, besides paying enormously high Bates, fie Charity of Londoners is most asvertly taxed for th support of strangers who, even if they deserve fBTate relief, should be relieved by their richer atigaboors ia their on country parishes.

Nor it tab all. Paaperiam and Mendicancy are already so tacroughly organised in London that experienced bpostor hare been known to derive a comfortable boom from seTeral independent sources. The rule eiich forbids us, In giving alms, to let our left haad know what our right hand is doing vaa ksvobeyed literally by Societies as well as by in diridaala, and the same person might be a pensioner of several Institutions at once. It is only tndar such pecnliar conditions as those created by Us humanity of our Poor lav and the immense km of this Metropolis that audi anomalies could fro ap, and it vaa high time for a defensive move zxxt to be initiated. we are but diacharzing, a debt.

Again, it is too often forgotten that Poor Rates are in themselves neither more nor leas than organised public Charity, and that persons who have paid, a con atderable of their income towards providing the poor their own district are not justly open to the charge of neglecting their obligations if they give little or nothing through other channels. At the same time, no man who teels the heavy responsibility of wealth in a society where the inequalities of fortane are so glaring will be disposed to content himself with the falfilment of his legal duty. The only quertiou for a rich man iu London ia how to do the most good and the least harm in attempting to alleviate the poverty which surrounds him. Here we agree with Lord Dxcsr that a treat service mar bo rendered by the Society. It is a complete mistake to suppose that impostors get their living at the expense of the rich.

They get their living at the expense of the poor, not only because the monev they obtain ia diverted from others who need it, bat also because the exposure of their frauds naweua the hearts of the charitable public against real tales of misery. The worst enemy of the deserving poor is the professional and importunate begsar. The primary and the most useful object propoeed to itaek by the Society for the Organization of Charitable Belief is to prevent the waste of endowments and subscriptions already available. It does not so much aim at superseding existing charitable agencies as at bringing them into connexion with each other, and facilitating a division of labour between them. Lord DxaxT expressed his oavictioo that the aggregate funds devoted to Charity in London have been rather ander rttiTnatod, and that they are amply sufficient to cover: all legitimate demands upon them.

These demands, it must bt remembered, do not include the support of people who ought to be in receipt of Poor Lav rebel. However diflcult it may be to draw the Eat between the prevention and maintenance ef Paaperiam, it is absolutely necessary that aa attempt should be made to do so, and that tfet managers of such a Society as this should con taat to act ia concert with the Poor Lav authori tiev We observe with satisfaction that Lord agrees with us in doubting the utility of Kjkt Refuges, except under very strict regulations, since the recent modification of the lav. On tbt other band, there is, perhaps, no way in which on raod may be done by private Charity, with has risk of abuse, than in helping a poor man to ttt lis tools out of pawn, or otherwise to re ftmhis power of working for himself. It is Wt known that Dean Swirr, with an en. bjfcteament rare in those days, earned the grati taseotthe DabUn poor by making small advance fetteh purposes, which he always expected to be repaid, though without interest.

Assistance of thW kind, jadirionsly applied, ia no more than a aaapmaslko for the inherent disadvantage under ich every man it placed who has no capital aat hit ova labour, and happens to be disabled bj so taalt of hia own. No doubt, in these days Intra art Benefit Clubs and Friendly Societies aaarble to all, but while their financial condition Bander the aero tinT of a Boval Gommissioa an heaatt lslouxer may be pardoned for being by misfortune without having any weekly aWsace to fall back upon. This is just the case which, if be lived in the country, he would pro My be helped by the Squire or the Clergyman, asd in which, if he lives in town, he may probably tanaiped, directly or indirectly, by this Society virtually undertake to act as almoner for who are too busy to make the necessary in tbiat for themselves. To show how grossly Charity miaaixJiad where these inquiries are not Lord Dcxst cited the story of a vtslthy old whose periodieal bounty to the poor imme round ber own resdnce had raised cottax that locality a shilling a week. ordinglv.therrpreesion of Mendicity and Im Jr, Uwogh a second try object of the Sodety, ly described by Lord Dixrr as one of great mes raportanos.

It Jtat been said that it Is good teiakabUantoof the West end to be reminded of price which luiury costs in human tuSering by exhaitioa of misery and destitution at their Soori.WeeotirtlyoUmurtoanysochrepiwnU as at aisiitiiTIi mUr mnA In the raes, the destitoU poor of the East end, on ossbthalf so many appeals are made to ns, hare rwtbiag'to do with the householders of "Pave or Orotvenor sauare. beinr. to all intents gBfposes, as much the inhabitants of a distinct a a they were at Manchester xk lArerpooU 7 are not the under paia slaves of luxury and the xMt Dart. highly.paid dock aortnstomed to work by the piece and IntheUouseof Commons on Tuesday evenine a very old question was discussal with as much animation as could be expended on the newest and moat exatinc topic of the day. Even the Abolition of Purchase in the Army scarcely occasioned mora sensation for the night than tho proposal to make a harbour of aome kind or other in Filey Bay.

We are obliged to state the case thus vaguely be cause there was really no kind of agreement about the actual thing to ba done, whether the pro jected 'work should represent a Harbour of a sheltered anchorage, or a naval station was left en tirely uncertain but, on the other hand, there was a positive certainty about another point The ex pense, a nominal 800,0001., was to be borne by the national Exchequer, and it was this attempt to draw upon the Imperial revenue for local purpose! which provoked so keen a debate. It is now tome time since we placed the various aspects of this subject before our readers, but in point of fact there is hardly another public question admitting of such different and conflicting expositions. Lord Clavd Job Hamiltox enumerated with great exactness the several points in favour of the measure he proposed. The East Coast of Euglsnd is notorious for wrecks, and equally notorious for the want of harbours, so that the two facts might be reasonably in con nexion with each other. The trade along the coast very great, and the amount of property at stake large in proportion.

Every year, at the JKrrei iivjuUr telle us, the losses are repeated, and if, therefore, these losses could be prevented by the construction 01 a naroour at tns cost 01 wJU.UWi. it would be an excellent bargain for the Stats. Compared with the saving of life alone. the proposed outlsy was peltry, and, what was more to the purpose, it had actually been recom mended more than onoe by Commissions or Com mittees. and even sanctioned br a Government.

These were the old arguments, reproduced for the occasion, and none the worse, as we freely admit. for keeping, but recent events suggested one entirely new. Heretofore Governments, or, at anv rate, liberal Governments, have been held pledged to economy all that, aa Sir John Pakixoto urged, has now been changed by Mr. Army Bill, and money no object" is to be taken as the motto of the present Ministry. So, just as the proposal to vote eight millions for the Abolition of Purchase was employed in disparagement of the comparatively small vote for the increase of the Army, it was also employed to depreciate the still smaller amount asked for Filey Harbour.

Eight millions" is, then, proclaimed as a standard up to which anybody may go. A Government which ia prepared to spend that sum for so doubtful a purpose cannot think of objecting to any smaller outlay on a purpose described as more beneficial. That is the ground now taken on questions of public expenditure; so that the Purchase System hat much to answer for. Omitting, however, that point for the present, we mutt remind the public that every one of the allegations advanced by Lord Cuico Joair Hamilton admits, not, perhaps, of contradiction, bat certainly of neutralization. The wrecks ou the East Coast are sadly numerous, but not, according to Mr, Gladstone's statistics, more numerous than on other coasts; so that Filey has no special claim upon the Exchequer.

Again, supposing the proposed harbour constructed, is. it certain the num ber of wrecks would be diminished I Not ia the least, declares the Paxxx MixitTxi, fr when you have got a Harbour of Bef uge the diffi culty is to induce a good ship to go into it. Such places are nothing but premium on bad sea manship and rude navigation. well manned and well found steamer wants none of them they are useful only to such vessels and inch ventures as need riot be encouraged. Take the oast, moreover, a nominal 800, That waa not a sum actually calculated, but the "first outline 6f an amount" based upon no estimate whatever.

That its original dimensions would ultimstely be doubled trebled must trom all experience be re garded as certain, and even then the cost of maintenance would have to be added. Besides, if all these considerations could be overruled and si vote of public money agreed to, there would still be agreement at to the spot to be selected. Why Filey more than Hartlepool, Bedcaf, Bridlington, or Whitby I Why any of these places rather than any on of a dozen others In point of fact, such selection would be absolutely detrimental to the in terests of shipping all along the coast, for it has been found far better to make loans of moderate amount to various local bodies in aid of improvements their respective porta. By the application of that principle much good had actually been accomplished, whereas by giving Filey a monopoly of the public money all these useful efforts would be discouraged. As to the sanction of Government, no doubt it had onoe been obtained, but that was years ago, and ainc then one Ministry after another had recon sidered the proposal, until, as Mr.

GlaDsto.ii an nwinwV it was the duty of Government to meet it with a determined This negative was supported by the House on a Division, but the truth is our experience of such affairs is so unfavourable that Mr. Lowx's broad ob jection to the employment of general revenue on local purposes might be easily sustained, unless by a miracle of lock.it is certain that any such proceeding as was here proposed would end ia miscalculation and disappointment at every turn. The expense would iufailiby be out of all proportion to the estimate, and when it had been incurred we should find or be assured that it had been incurred to no pur pose at alL Our new harbour, so soon as it was finished, whenever that might be, would be described as in the wrong place, and a source of danger rather than otherwise. We should be pressed to recommence our work at a more eligible point of the coast, perhaps at halX a doxen, and all the while the wrecks would be as numerous, the shipping interest none the better, and the Treasury a loser by the whole amount of outlay. It this should appear a cynical conclusion, we can only say that it might be gathered pend money in improving its harbours for the preservation of life and property.

No doubt that is the case, but it is not the whole case which questions of this kind represent. We have to inquire whether the proposed improvement of harbours will really render navigation mora secure whether the particular harbour selected for improvement is the best that could be chosen whether the expenditure may not do as much harm aa good tand whether, above alL it is not in principle injudicious and impolitic to enoouraga such applications for public money, it happen, unfortunatuly, that whatever such an expenditure may fail to do, there is something which it will do to a certainty it will enrich for a time a local community at the expense of the public, and relieve it from contributions which might otherwise have been provided from its own funds. Now, that is a very agreeable prospect, so agreeable that no seaport in the Kingdom would be blind to its charms. What Filey had got its neighbours might hope to get, perhaps with as much reason, and the end would be the decay of all private enterprise and the reliance of everybody in turn on the public Treasury. Tho system actually in use escapes these perils.

We. do not undertake great works or majuiScvut national monuments, but money is ad ran cad in aid of enterprises which local opinion sanctions and local interests support, so that ultimately, as at Newcastle, more is acoom to better purpote.than could be insure by other meant. The policy may be unworthy a great but it secures the end in view, and preserves us from niany a piece of folly and extravagance. 1 spend all their earnings as fast aa they re almost word for word from the suggestions of this Far be it from ss to discourage very asoaie, ana we old stories 01 noiyneaa, Aldemey, and other erperunenta might be conve niently brought to confirm it, It la, of course, easy enough to argue that a rich commercial country like England can vail afford to 'weMaaee to the East end for distribution trustworthy Clergymen or tha agents of 8oeieW. bat we most emphatically protest asaaoptioo ia thus coatotraUBg TI1K SStfEXOR A POL tax.

(nwM cnRREsroicDrjrr.J WII.HELMSHOHE. Mabch 14 7 A.r. To day the period which will render Wilhelms hohe famous for ever comes to an end. Napoleon will leave by a special train at noon. For the last weeks we bare lived here in a curious state of suspense.

Though the preliminaries of Peace were signed, no ortier arrived trom tleal to release the ImnArtftl TiTtunrurr until FnH.v All ments for this contingency beine made previously. no unnsuai sur or bustle is observable. Msrsnal lUxaine and hia wife, who are expected to remain at Cassel for some weeks to come, arrived here yesterday to take leave of the Emperor. A nume rous crowd, who wished to catch the last opportunity or navmg a glimpse at napoleon, were disappointed, for he did not take his usnal afternoon walk. At this moment the remaining horses of the tmperor and two oWis heavy toureons are taken down to the stationSb be embarked for Areneu berg.

Four otheiUHrnaees will go with the special train this afternodcLbut they will be left in Belgium a place for the permanent sojourn of Napoleon not yet being decided upon. It is understood, that all his aides de camp and orderly officers will ac company Napoleon to England, but only Ueneral Castolnau and the Prince de. la Moskowa will re main in his immediate while the rest wiu return to France. It o'cloct Since 9 o'clock the scene becomes more animated. Carts arrive to take the luggage down to the station servants are running to and.

fro; Prussian officials hasten into the Chateau in full dress. The Boman Catholic Dean of Cassel arrives to celebrate mass for the last time. A iruard of honour, com posed of troops ot the 834 Keciinent, the same who received Napoleon on the 5th of September, is drawn, ud in Iront ol the Chilean, fetzht carriairea are waiting to convey the Emperor and his attend ants to the station. Ueneral Uount Alonts, Uover nor of the plsce, drives up to the Castle. A short time afterwards Napoleon, in civilian attire, appears under the portico.

The soldiers present arms and drummers and fifers strike up. Napoleon enters the carnage, drawn by those four beautiful kebne stallions which the Emperor William sent from Berlin, and Count Monts taking the seat on his left, General Vaubert and Commander Hepp opposite, be drives down to the. station. STATION. WILllELUSHOHE.

II O'CLOCK. The station is guarded by another company of the 83d Beciment. There are present about 300 people. The Emperor arrives, followed by two car nazes, conveying his aides de camp. Six drummers and the band begin to play the same tone with which he waa received wlien he arrived a prisoner.

the great "Zapfenstreich." Perhaps the ex Emperor msy nave expected to sea lumaell honoured by this military display for the last time. Having had the opportunity of seeing him many times, I may fairly say that I never aaw him moved to such a degree as now. The reflection on times bygone was apparently 'overwhelming for him. Followed, by General Castelnau and Count Moots, he walks up and down the rrontof the soldiers presenting arms. and then he takes on bis list in saluting them, not being able to suppress a tear in ms eye.

Then the moment arrives when he enters the carriage a first class one from the Hanoverian Bail war he shakes hands with General Monts, and a few seconds afterwards, exactly at 11. 4o, the train leaves the place, which will be memorable to mankind tor ever, Coxsasxca iloxzr. The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges the receipt of the first halves of notes for UW. lor income tax on uncer tain American receipts. Tai Exntox NAroLtox.

Every day since the arrival of tb Emceror tt Chiselhnrst. be baa walked about tb fToaods ia front of Catnpden hoew. Th Princs Imperial tutoiBta toe Ubuelbanl troop of tb west Urnl (Queen's Ow) Yeomanry Cavalry, eoamaoo'ed by th Eari ef Dinner, and comprising mtsy of tb eount atrr. In yoasf rrtae wss rrrwot si dnu oa Unlacl innt Ootnmoa oa Tscudav. In Uslo elotbe.

Qnsrter asster Hun mood his received, instructions to prvpar Us niform and aeeontremrats. aod hm will probsuy I 'Ue In' th rinks of tb EngtUb Volnatn at tb weakly rill on Wcdsesdsv nsl or the Wcdaeadsr foUowiot. Thk Dcxz or AaoTtU On the marriace of the Uanuit of" Lorn and her Royal HljhntM tb rrInoes Louise, tb Dtk of Arjjll rav suMtaatlal diaser is tb Assembly Bos, Keoslnrtoo, to abov poor par rsi Urine In tb imnediata aeizbbonrbooil of hit reiidence oa usmpucn nui. AIes. utAbirro5K8 iticimox.

lAst msrht Jirs. Oladston had a raeeDtiou at her faaillr resUenc oa Carl ton bouse MTTas. A aansarous company reapooaea 1 ncr Till Lord Chaxciixor. The Lord Chancellor and Lady Hatherley cnUrtalaad a lam party at diaacr yostsrdar coin? at tbair reaiilcnc in Onat Ocuty aarra iiuneriej UKrwuw naa a racvpuon, woica waa namerooalj an4 laaaiooaMy atundsu. wjumuxnea UostitaL.

A donation ot Z.UUU.. has bean preaeaied to tb Weatmliisur lloaptsal by Ht, JUebanl WaUacav Maltiso Bauxt wrraoor onc Yesterday at tb Barnaley Ooart hous. Mr. J. Miltborp.

maltatsr, was charred with haviu welted steeped IRt bnihals of barley in two cisterns, without arlos gives tb ofSoer of Kxeia Z4 bonra aotio of bis intention to do ao, aa ruirJ by lb statalo. In answer to th chart defendant aaaj lb waur taps bad been allowed to let tb watar now inw vat eisteras by aoddcat. A fic of ZDi. was laBicted, with ncoauDandatioe to tb Exeia for a further rtduction. St.

Dathts Coixeoe, Li nrlTXR. Th Uandaa Diooaaaa Ohnrea Jtzteoslon aoaely bav rosolrsd to spend lOtx. a year la schola ramps tor stndents at bl. Uavul'i CoUete. LatsreU r.

Tax avzz Uanu uur Malta uorrespondent writes oa tb 14th of March The fotlls( meroantil steamers bar oallad here to coal, on their way to and from India tit tb Sos Canal I Th Tapcaard, 913 toes, on tb 11th Inst, lSdsTs from Loaloo, with a general cargo, for Btexsvor ue ikanraroo, 1,412 toa, on ID aam day, dava from London, with tetazranb. eahl foe HioraDora tb Scanderia, 1,548 looi, on the 13th, 37 dajl trom Calcmta and at ran Iron AMsaodria, with a gneral earo, for Loo Hon tb Kaera, 1,3113 tons, on th saaw day, 30 days from Somhav. with a evneral carro. for Livcreool tb tXrinoa. C90 tow, to day, II days from Cardiff, with eoala, for Aden." BtTxircR.

or. tri Co lost or Victowa. The ran of Victoria for th year 1S70 arss 3.070.U53Z. This la 139.SOU. lea tbsa tb rtnn in 1809.

PonrLanox or Socth Acstbaua. Tha Bezit traraeral tints th population of South Australia at tb end of lsTU at 11, 10, showing aa inert ol atariy fi.000 in tb vear. Goto or Ilaw Zxalaxs. The yield, of gold for tb year 1870 shews aa iner of ovtr tb pra eedisgtweyaan. I Ax Ocxax Bat whkh apptand is our paper of yeaterdsy, ar ronstd to any that, aacordiac to Uoyd's list of th 20th inatboth tb ColUarror and Whit Eatl arrivad Adalaid 00 th Referring to a paragraph of reaterdaT.

ar rannastod aaoi dav vis 16th of Janaarr. Wkstkxx AcrniiUA. Australian papers state that December aaw tb opening ot th ftrrt rpraatativ Ltfialativ Coaaeil in thi colony; Since thnTral las psTtast Beuures bar been patif, all ttadiar to plae Cwtr la ta etaut 01 ncai tuiaonuea. jtmonf snwa ma; named tb formation of moairiDalili ia tb eriaciD towat, tb traaafar ef th repair aad makiaf of roadato diitnct Boardi.aad the adapuen ef tb Er than Bankruptcy Jaw and other laws ef tb mother eonstry. It Is propoaad to barrow 100,0006.

to be txpeodtd oa reprodnotiT pablie worts. Tb trad in Jarrsh timber is seisiag attaatiaa. Tb paari ftaberiet th aorUxrn aottleaat are pro lac satisfactorily. Ia fator Malay drirtrt ar be laored, HE CIVIL WAR IN PARIS. (rsox oca shciai, ooakEsroaorxr.) PAEU, Makch II, 8 AJt The Bevolutionary party have socoeeded in thoroughly justifying their appellation, for they have completely upset everything, and are in no small degree embarrassed' by.

the confusion and difficulties by which they find themselves surrounded. There is one power which is no respecter either of persons or of Governments, and which, sooner or later, must cause both to bow to its stern demands. The Socialists of Paris have not yet beeu long ecough directing its aluirs to have solved the problem of getting on without money. The Bank of France at been almost entirely emptied, and the Central Committee will soon hare exhausted its ecu tents. LIo, then, are they to pay thirty sous a day to 339,003 members of the National Gusrd They are even now driven to resort to the lystem which they have bad an opportunity of learning from the Germans, and are beginning to live by requisition already grocers and bakers hare been heavily taxed, and the demands will be increased largely to day, or many of the men had private resources which lasted for a day or two.

Now the blauk alternative is beginning to stare them in the face, and they will have to choose between robbing or starv ing. There can be no question how they will decide or what we tnty expect unless take some. very new and unforeseen turn. We shall re oeive a very rough lesson in Communism indeed, and require all our philosophy calmly to accept the prio 1 cipie inai ueuevuie and juonimartre nave the ab stract as good a right to our property at we have oar selves. My own impression is that the majority of the fourgioisU are as yet so little familiarized with the idea of thus bestowing their goods upon tho poor that thay will cry aloud to their old enemies for help.

It need not be a scream much louder than a railway whistle, to near are our late besiegers, and so anxious and willing are they to come and rescue us from the men who would devour our snbstance in illustration of their politico economical ideas. Vhat a curious satire npon the capital of civilisa tion is the city from which Europe is. supposed to have derived all its groatett moral lessons, if these barbarians" are at last called in to protect tt from its own population if the eSect of their civilization has been to make their lower classes so ferocious and' their upper classes so effete that the one mutt' extinguish the other, unless the despised outer barbarian" steps in to the rescue and yet it seems coming to this There are no indications on the part of tne respectable classes combining for self defence 'for the hut three days they hare been lounging oa the Boule vards and Champs sitting in front of eafls. or dancing attendance npon the female part of the population, which, although it is of questionable character, inspires one somehow with more retpect than the male. Ever since the Government has abandoned them they hare been running together like sheep who have lost their shepherd, and who try to find comfort by squeezing into as compact a mass as crying "Ba a Up to this time I have not heard anything very much mora to the purpose uttered than this.

Last night the crowds were denser; than, ever and somewhat more animated, so thst columns of JVaiioaaux were or dered to clear, them. As they did so they were whistled and hooted at, as they had themselves whistled and hooted at the Prussians on which the Guard turned and the people scattered. It waa curious to see an armed mob re pre en tins? the party of disorder hooted and howled at by the party of ortier and moderation. The exasperating effect of conduct on the part of the Belleville' and Montmartre battalions may easily be conceived. CSrcuUz, Mtsnturt it nifaut patformtr da grvupu set," shouts the Guard," Go to Belleville, where yoo belong, replies the crowd.

you won't find any groups there, and leave us alone we don't require your presence down here. Saertt I overheard one of the Saiionaax ssy in a low tone to we shall have to shoot them all before we can get Order." This wss too violent a view for his comrade, who cursed the whole thing, and said he would jiol come out any more, he had had cnou jh of it. It is not pleasant to have to a population gra dually working itself up to a high pitch of excite ment, to be whistled at, and execrated and abused, and not paid for it all. A tailor of the' party of Order has in despair posted a red bill, to which he has signed his name, a name that should be handed down to biatory as that of a truly brave Parisian" Bonne" calling upon all Na'jona' Guards of his Quarter who are ready to rally in defence of law and order against those who have overturned it to come to his shop, armed and ready to do battle in their own defence; If there were a few more Bonnes in Paris, Belleville and Montmartre would soon be driven out of the Boulevards. In default ot them, I am afraid poor Bonne will be shot by the propagators of liberty, and the contents of his shop appropriated under the laws of Communism.

I am sorry to say that both yesterday and the day before the summary executions of persons suspected for various reasons or obnoxious to the party in power were nume rous. Many of the moderate prints are suppressed. 5 r.M. I have just returned from witnessing a demon stration which may encourage one to hope that, after all, the bovrytoisU have got a little backbone still left. Hearing the shouts of many voices, perceived a dense crowd turning from the Boulevard down the Rue de la Paix.

A man the front rank waa carrying a tricolour. on which was inscribed Fie let "Lu litmmti dCOrdrtr Behind it came column or respectable, well dressed citizens, stretching quite across the street inacompsctmau, which extended from the Place Vendjme the Boulevards. Here was evidently some of the best blood in Pans, and probably aome of its wealthiest citizens, drawn out at last into the streets by the very presence of the rowdyism under which they have been suffering for the last three days, and taking part in a great moral demonstration, which presented a spectacle at once imposing and inspi riting. So. emotional a people as the French could not resist the infection windows flew open, the contents of the different floors rushed to their baloonies; ladies waved handkerchiefs, and.

cried JlntrOnfrs" from every house and window pro ceeded cheers and clapping of hands. Fitw VAtttwJUi National shouted the friends of Order, vehemently waving their ahining silk hats with delicately gloved hands Five Is 11 cm ma tfOrdrt replied the occupants of the balconies, the male portion ot which rushed down to join the procession, which by this time had turned into the Place Vendome, and was making straight far the post of the National Guard. The Nationaux posted at the entrance, unable to resist such a formidable mass, drew up at the aide, and lifted their caps in obedienoe to the cry of Fim It PtmMimt I Fin VOrdrt At the window appeared an elderly, gentleman' in a kepi, evidently puzzled at the unexpected demonstration he was greeted with yells and shouts by the dense mass below, who wared their hats and gesticulated vio lently. A small serried mass of bayonets blocked up the entrance to the Hotel of the Etat Major, and a picket stood by their arms near soma cannon, but, did not unpile them. Suddenly there was a ruth of a portion of the black coats and hats in a panic back towards the Bne de la Paix, but they were rallied by a brave young fellow who sprang on a gun and began to address the crowd.

This gradually increased again, and tha ooetrpanti of tha hotel were evidently embarrassed and alarmed. Two or three more officers of the National Guard came to the windows, and one of high on the ladder of intelligence, and that enlightened" people seem, as often as not, to be tatisftwl with reouinmt; in darkness. The absurdi them, who, I afterwards beard, wat a If. 1 tijs which fall from their lip would form a auSciant Grenier, a member of the Central Committee, commentary on their deplorable conduct and 00 pale aa a sheet, seemed inclined to address the their miaerabla weakness. people There was some reason for his alarm, for The National Guards Wert aSroutcd in the) the National Guard below began to throw the butts first fnatance at not being consulted, werw it of their rifles in the sir, an evidence of fraterniza tion which was received with loud apptaite and dapping of hand by tha Party ot Order, who now acquired fresh courage, and came pouring in great numbers into the Square, while the Party of Disorder at the window were getting evidently demoralized.

Presently If. Grenier rainested permission to speak. After a great deal of hushing, silence only for the form of the thing, aa the choice of the new General put over them. They saw with displeasure that they were set aside when the question of retaking cannon pointed at the heights of Montmartre and BetleviQe was mooted. A good many, from ignorance or vainglory, cannot forgive tho Assembly for having voted for Peace.

They do cot concern themselves was at last obtained, and he bezan Cilovm. about the consequences which would have fol the Central Committee," upon which ensued 1 "P0" cootrary imagine that there fresh shouts, shaking of fista, violent 1 some even who tcnoaalv affirm uat there waa no and expressions of duapproval. The pale Jack of proviaioos, an that if people were eating man got paler and more hajjard looking, and his I black bread it was became the Government of the military companions teemed as uncomfortable as if I Defence kept the floor coacealed. A coord. to they were in the presence of the Prussians instead of 1 them the contest wss pot only possible, it would have a peaceful demonstration.

At last order was anin restored, and the pale gentleman offered, to go as a deputation from the Party Order to the Central Committee, a proposition which was received with' loud cheers, and tho procession at once moved off apparently satisfied. invert It drapsai," shonted the leaders of the procession, and away wo all moved back up the Bue de? la Paix and along the BoaVvirJs to the Made I lei ne, calling upon every suspicious looking National who looked aa if he might belong to the opposition to lift his cap and shout Firs ZOrdrt and if he refund to do so he was called assassin' and told to rejoin the cjnitH to which he belonged this was a great relief to the feelinzt of the procession as they moved triumphantly along, and they enjoined upon one another the necessity of using no violence) even to their political opponents, so as to show them what liberty really meant at the aarne time it was difficult not to use a hard word or two generally be easily detected by their extraordinarily I these are the expressions of people whom I had surly and ill favoured countenances and amalL un thought very sensible, who hold a certain rank iu been triumphant Nothing would have been easier than to drive out the Promises, and if it was not done it was because peop? did not choose to do it. Can yoo be surprised that this incorrigible class of thParisiaaoowrwus allows itse If to be ruled by set of scoundrels I Even the murder ol officers whet had been abandoned by their meo cannot excite are prepared to think it a good thin; that the insurrection ha overturned "the Government of the Provinces." After all, Paris is always France, is the lizht, the torch of the universe. Paris alone has shown nrmndns, dignity, courage. Pari has always defended itself, has always been victorious while the cowardly, sol fish Provinces aSandcnvd it, and were always Everyoue tells them, and' they believe it, that Paris was the admiration ol the wotld then, why should they bow to the will of France Why submit to the laws el tho Xmtia Is it not better to bend to the yoke of the "Trades Unionists" and obey the occult power whose tint care is to burn the judicial archives, and efface tha history ol their past Uveal Do not suppose, however, that' this is language overheard only in the open air gainly persons.

Passing down the Bue Royale amid tha acclamations of the spectators, we reached the 'Minis try of the Marine, which had been abandoned by its occupants, and then went on to the Place de la Cbnoorde. Here there was some discussion at to whether they should go next to Admiral Saisset's, the new Commander in Chief of the National Guard, or to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They decided upon the latter course, and I left them as they were crossing the Pont de la Concorde. This movement has been originated chiefly by young men ol family, and the oouroeout have allowed themselves to be drawn into and may possibly now show some more energy and vitality than they hitherto exhi bited. The popular impression seemed to be that the moral effect of this demonstration would be to frighten the Central Committae back to their xu oourzs and although, as a friend remarks it would not alarm a Parish Beadle in England, the timidity of all classes of the population here is tuch that'll may, indeed, prove eScacions without any actual acta of violence, being necessary.

Meantime the! effect on the demonstrators has been propor tionately encouraging they have aanounoed their intention ol makiotf another demonstration to morrow, on a larger scale and with muskets in their hands; and, although they have no cannon, if it comet to' fighting they will probably prove less liable to ranios than their enemies. As I returned from the Place de la 1 found the entrance to the Place Vendome from the Bue de Bivoli strongly guarded. No oat vis allowed to pass into the Place, which was now entirely cleared of people. Several of the cannoa which wero in the Place yesterday hare since been removed to Montmartre. It may ba that the Central Committee will withdraw into its fortified positions and abandon this part of the town, in which no.

barricades have been made. All this while the German! are hovering about the north side like a kite over its prey. This morning a large body ol troops, accompanied by aome cavalry, marched right up to the Clignancourt gate, took a good inspection of the Heights of Montmartre, and slowly retired to St. Dents. (nos a raises coastsrosExsT.) PARIS.

Xascr ax Events in Paris progress more rapidly than the pen can record them, and they are now taking so sombre an aspect that the pen will soon hesitate to reproduce them. In my last letter I slowed amid what dangers and diScultiea the new legal 1 Government of the country would find itself placed by not taking a decided step in reference to the forms of institutions, and by bringing the" Assembly i nearer to the Capital. By fixing the seat of the Assembly at Versailles, by maintaining the provi sional state, by protracting misunderstandings, they returned to the system of half measures, from which France wished to escape, and which has the misfortune ot displeasing many people without really satisfying any one. It engenders indifference in some, audacity in others, and creates for the Government an undecided, and consequently a precarious position. It was easy to foresee that the delays ol the Government, by giving time to the rioters to organize themselves and to take heart, must bring about the conflict which they hoped to avert by temporizing.

Their moderation has been looked upon by Conservatives as faltennsr, and by the disturbers of peaco as a sign of weakness, and on the day of the struggle, the 18th, no defenders were found to support a power which seemed to give itself up; against an insurrection, which, however, only drew its strength from the apparent powerlessness ol its adversary. Bl oontrived, ill conducted, the operation, the object of which was to take away from, the refractory battalions of the National Guard the guns which they claimed as their own, resembled all the battles of the lat campaign, and the army ended by being beaten and by laying down its arms. The discipline of. which it had shown but little before the enemy was destined to fail entirely in the face of the insurrection. In front of the enemy the soldier could not reverse his musket without the imputation of cowardice; in front of the rioters it was almost an honour to refuse to fight.

It is always' a mistake to employ against insurgents troops whose fidelity is' not perfectly assured, and to place them under the orders of Generals who have no real influence over them. If the Government were not certain of the passive obedience of soldiers who have been for some time worked upon by the leaders of the democracy, they have prolonged their system of temporizing, or only have made use of the Police, of the old Municipal Guard, of those men on whom they could absolutely count, and as they had not, from the very first day, cut out the root of the evil, they should have waited, before acting, for a 'formal injunction of the Assembly, which would bare been equivalent to a command from the whole 'ol France. Then, no doubt the battalions of the National Guard belonging to the commercial and peaceable quarters would have responded to their call, and they would have drawn the army after them as they did in June, 1343. The sound portion ot the ot Paria has evidently committed a serious fault in refusing its co operation, but it is not impossible to discover the causes of its withdrawal and to explain why Paria has endured the disgrace of being overpowered by a handful ot insurgents and escaped prisoners. It must be acknowledged that this sound? portion of the popviatioa does not ascend rsrr the middle classes, and who certainly would be very little pleased to see their shops pillaged and their houses plundered.

But th pride of poe. seating a uniform and a musket has been their rum. fans resembles a vast madnouae. it would ba fortunate if there were only to be met in it that mild and harmless form of insanity which consists in imagining that the Prussians have been defeated, and that they ran away as soon aa they perceived the irritated attitude of Capital but there are also raving madmen to whom these harmless lunatics will certainly have to apply strait waist coats. Wounded vanity would not suffice, however, to explain the state of prostration' into which the population of rar.s has fallen and the disgrscw in which thev allow themselves to be steeoed.

Self interest plays its part also in this dark Aranug ue siege son itauuuai ua aau uewui sort of National Workshop, with this difference ia favour of the latttx.that the National Workshops of 1343 did useless work, and that the National Guard of 1870 71 did no work at all. Tho workmen, who have become unused to work, aad know that the pay must one day be suppressed, would gladly see) disorder perpetuated for the take ot maintaining it. Even the good workmen, whom the uncertainty ol the times deprives of work, lend a morw willing ear to bad advice, and allow themselves to be persuaded that the Government ia conspiring against their rights" and against their weubein. On the other sides great number of tradesmen, and even great tradesmen, who only kept up their business by the help of credit, and will be obliged shortly to pay their bills and the rents that' have fallen due, would not be scrry to see appear thst day ot "general liquidation promised by the Badical set ef the Internationale. Without sharing their principles, they would willingly profit by their acts.

The Government presided over by M. Thiers cannot decently render them the little service ol freeing them from their debts. It is only an anonymous Government composed of lawless men which coutd give them' this agreeable satisfaction, and lasueawritbf bankruptcy. Why not try to draw at least this good from it I do not pretend that this reservation has penetrated the cxHircience of ail the small Parisian tradespeople to deaden their scruples, but yon may sure thst it is installed there in a latent atatrnd that it has had something to do with the remarkable eagerness they hsve exhibited to bow before the transcendent merit ot the Central Committee of the National Guard. Why do you not take up arms in your Quarter was asked ol a merchant.

Because they have made a bad law on bills of he replied. I not that a sign of the general downfall of men and things Everything is foundering. conscience, honour, intelli guoce. Amid the reasons for the easy success of the insurrection there is one which I cannot overlook. though it may seem stranze, at a moment when the union of sentiments ol all honest men, of all parties, is commanded by the stern ricaity of circumstance.

It must bo CAmlessed, M. Thiers and the men who compose the Ministry inspire but a mod erst conS duce alike in decided Republicans and determined Monarchists. The brat, taking literally the publican declarations of M. Thiers, persuade themselves that he is a convert to the elective form of goveru mentTand that he will do everything to substantiate it in defiance of the wishes and the interests of tho country. The latter, on the contrary, fear that by hia ties to the Orleans family and tho monarchical turn ol hia mind, be may be disposed to prepare the bed on which will soon be laid a restoration of Royalty.

It is not easy for M. Thiers to steer between these two rocks, and to bring into port a nation determined to be lost. Not having taken frankly the straight line, which would have led more surely to safety, he strives to satisfy everybody. He leans alternately to the right and the lei exhaust himself in clever msnoruvrea, but does not succeed in giving to this Government ad interim that cohesion which it would require to conquer tho rebellion, and drag France out of the abyss into which she has been plunzvd by to many misfortune. All these reasons, moral and material, explain why the peace party, those in favour of Order, whom we aaw rue up against the insurrectionary attempt of the 31st ot October, have offered no resistance whatever to the revolutionary movement of the 18th of March.

The Government had too long proved itself fainthearted when they wanted to attempt a bold stroke they found themselves alone. The time of unlimited credit was passed. There had been time in a fortnight to commit enough faults to compromise the influence they possessed at the time of the Armistice; and as they had. not yet been able to realize any such restorative measures, fit to give back life and quiet to the nation, they had no shield to protect them against the recollection of having been the instrument of a necessary, but painful Peace. I predicted that they would never receive credit for the sacrifice they made in signing it, of their feelings, and their popularity.

The result has been mora rapid and mure complete than I had expected. Makch 21. The insurgents who have so easily 'made themselves masters of Paris, thanks to the want of discipline of the army and the weakness of well meaningmeaning citizen, are beginning to be somewhat embar raased with their Not one serious newspaper, not one man of any notoriety, not one of the elected Mayors, or of the Deputies of Paris and Heaven knows there are some) advanced Radicals among them has lent his aid or his name to this parricidal work. If they have not all, as they should have done, loudly and energetically disavowed this act of criminal folly and the murders which have ensued from it, they have at least endeavoured to stammer out before the Assembly aome excuse to relieve themselves from responsibility. Some ot them, and of the Mayors elected by universal suffrage, have attempted conciliatory advances towards the sinister authority which miss at the Hotel de Ville.

Tho latter being completely isolated in possseiioa of the streets, of the public the ministerial offices, but without action, without authority, in face ot a passive resistance which is organising itself feel their powerless). nest, and do not absolutely refuse all negotiation,.