POSTSCRIPT.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
"Paris, Thursday night. " This week has been barren enough in events ; besides the wonderful suc- cess of the loan, there is nothing to record ; all are agreed that even the large sum actually subscribed would have been greatly increased, had the time been prolonged by a few days. The small capitalists, who it was feared would have monopolized the whole loan? are represented by a sum of 80 millions ; the body of stockbrokers are said to have subscribed for a sum of 35 millions, and the house of Rothschild alone for 125 millions. Five hundred and twenty-five thousand persons came forward to lend their money to the State, a proof that the war is not very unpopular.
"Of the doings in Italy I know literally nothing, and I don't think any-
body else is much wiser ; it is said that the new rifled cannon of the French, have been tried and given satisfaction, and that the Austrian riflea have been found inferior in range to those of the French ; I am enabled to inform you on very good authority, that it is the intention of the Emperor to return to Paris after the first victory, and to leave the fortresses of Lombardy to be taken by his generals. Tho Paris journals have each their special correspondent at the seat of war ; that of the Journal des De'bats relates that, in a cafe at Genoa, some officers of her Majesty'.s ship Orion sat down at a table, and that the French and Piedmontese officers immediately rose up and left the room. All the correspondents agree that the Genoese aro traders as well as patriots ; the price the privates are charged for .oranges, and the officers for mules and donkeys, prove that the love of lucre is as strong as that of Italian independence. The attitude of Germany gives great anxiety ; Frenchmen are making up their minds for a much more ex- tended war than was at first promised them : it is thought that the entrance of the French into Lombardy will be the signal for a rising which all feel must come sooner or later. Of the final results no fears are entertained; there is faith in the star of France and the Emperor.
"Lord Palmerston is angry at its being thought possible that he would join the Derby Ministry ; he wishes to be considered the leader of the liberal party. "The statement in the Morning Advertiser as to the plan of attack is un- founded ; the Liberals have not yet agreed whether they will attack, much lees settled the plan. "I have just heard on good authority that a Prussian army is to be sent into the Duchy of Baden; of course this will necessitate a Trench army on the Rhine."
"Friday Evening. "The tone assumed towards France by the Morning Herald these last few days is the subject of remark in the Paris newspapers : it is fervently wished that the new Parliament will commence life by ejecting the Derby Government from power.
" By a decree published in the Moniteur of this morning tho supervision of the press is placed in the hands of M. de In Gueronniere, the Imperial pamphleteer : the measure has given general satisfaction ; it betokens a relaxation of vigour. " The railway returns far the past week have excited much attention ; for the Orleans railway the excess over the corresponding week of last year is 10,0001.; and for the Lyons and Mediterranean the excess amounts to the large sum of 37,0001. ; these are the two lines over which the troops and war mat6riel pass."
Another correspondent describes the taking of the loan.
"Coming past the Treasury atmidnight, I saw crowds waiting to get first turn the next morning. They slept on the pave all the night long ; read books as the sun rose, and shouted for the Emperor when they paid their money. Young girls and old men, boys, old women—all classes were push- ing, crowding, begging for a standing place. For public sentiment feel in the ket. The Emperor has done so and finds France rich and the war popular."
Previous page
