15 MAY 1875, Page 2

La Volonle", the organ of Prince Jerome Napoleon in Paris,

states, apparently on authority, that even if the Prince Imperial died, Prince Jerome would make no attempt to revive the Empire. Hereditary succession, it says, is dead in France, and a departure from the true Napoleonic principle. France, moreover, even if consulted by plebiscite, would energetically pronounce in favour of the R,epublican form, the most compatible with the principle of universal suffrage. That little manifesto is, of course, intended to be in some way a dig at Chislehurst, but its direct object, we oonfess, baffles us. Is the Prince convinced that the Republic will win, and going to run for the Presidency?