There has been no renewal of the riots at Paris
; which, as we stated last week, seem to have confirmed the power of the Minis- ter which they were meant to shake. The recent elections have been generally in his favour, and the opinion of the public goes along with him. Perhaps, after all, the fall of Warsaw, which has for the moment terminated the struggle in Poland, was fortu- nate for the peace party, though it assumed at first so different an aspect.
The Minister of Finance has proposed a vote of credit for eighteen millions of francs, in order to enable Government to make advances for various public works throughout the country ; and it is said that not less than one hundred millions, in addition, will be laid out at Paris—in the introduction of water, the making of sewers, and the perfecting of the defences between Vincennes and St. Denis. There is to be a new opening to the city leading from the colonnade of the Louvre, through the church of St. Germain l'Auxerrais to the barrier of St. Antoine, which will cost forty millions. It is now decided that the King shall take immediate, possession of the Royal Palace of the Tuileries ; there .is to be a public levee there on Tuesday. This is what the Monarchists have long ad- ; and trifling ItS it may seem here, it is-looked on by many in Paris as a necessary step to the consolidation of the King's power. The Republicans cannot of course object to it, without the avowal of objects which the laws regard as punishable, whether they be punished or not. Sonic attempts have been made,thoneh unsteady and feeble, at obtaining a remission of oppressive taxes. The salt-tax has been singled out as one which requires modification at least. These.are good symptoms. They are a sign that the French -begin to look on their Chambers as assemblages by which something is to be done, not as a mere theatre for political discussions.
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