-44 E W S OF THE WEEK.
MHE Emperor of the French arrived at Troyes, in Champagne,
on the 8th inst., and received the Mayor, who read an address, previously, of course, sent him for the purpose. It contained the sentence, "Peace, the object of all your desires, and without which industry cannot prosper, will engender new progress." To this the Emperor responded that he hoped progress would con- tinue, for "nothing to-day [wejourd'hui] menaces the peace of Europe. Have confidence in the future, and do not forget that God protects France." That is very nice, and encouraging, and reassuring, and so on ; but Parisians, when they read it, rushed to sell Rentes, the Bourse fell for three days in succession, and keen persons remarked that the Emperor, like a Cmsar, gene- rally expressed faith in God when he was about to offer up a hecatomb. We fancy, as we explain elsewhere, that Napoleon was sincere, but it is most unfortunate that the clearer he is the less his subjects believe him.
