The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-08 00:00:00

DIPLOMATIC ET IQ U ETTE.

An anecdote which has scarcely transpired even At
Frankfort, where the occurrence has recently taken
place, proves what importance is bestowed on preee‘
(knee by the diplomatists of Germany. According t°
custom, the Ministers of every country give precedence
it home to the members of the fort ign diplomacy This
is but a compliance with the ordinary rules of politencss
whereby the master of a house always cedes le pus to
his guests. At Frankfort, as elsewhere, the Diet'
which is on its own ground, does the honours of preee'
deuce to the Ministers of foreign States ; but in the
way of reciprocal courtesy, the Ministers and Envu)s
to the Diet have resolved to give up the pas to the
president of that assembly, so that the corps diploma;
tique have the pas after the president, but before all
the other Members of the Diet. It is the Austrid
Minister who is in possession of the Presidency ;
he was present all was therefore settled ; but having
left Frankfort for a time his station devolved ad interim
to the Prussian Minister, who, though but temporal'
President, laid claim to precedence over the forei4o
diplomatists. Hence the momentous discord we bac°
to record among the events of 1840.
Mr. Anstell, the Russian Minister, to whom 1‘1;
d'Oubril has now succeeded, had invited the corps ell'
plomatique to a dinner at his house. According t°
him and his colleagues, it was the French Minister, a°
being the senior member of the diplomatic body, ssl3°
was to have the pas ; according to the Members of the
Diet, precedence was due, on the contrary, to Bare°
de Nagler, the Prussian Minister, and ad interim Pre'
sident. It was with these jarring notions that all the
guests assembled in the drawing rooms of the Russia°
Legation, when all eyes were directed to the two dipir,
mntists upon whose spirit, dexterity, or nimbleness t 11"
decision of so grave a question depended. The 09,
ment the folding-doors were thrown open, and the wortill
" Madame la Baronne est servie" were uttered, the Ed'
voy of Prussia, who was evidently on the watch, leaPe,
from his chair across the room, and gallantly tendered his
arm to Madame d'Anstell, luckless France being still ill
search of thejlady of the house, when triumphant Prussic
had already secured her seat at table by her right side'
M, d'Anstell, who had beheld the issue of both s'°,
nceuvres with indignation, entered the dining-room after
the other guests, and anxious both to arrange the corP
diplomatique and soothe Gallia, roared out to his °is:
sals, " Vous servirez d'abord la soupe a Monsieur
Ministre de France !" The order was executed, sad a°
votage was handed to the Court of Berlin until th°l
of the Tuileries, making up for its previous sluggiohnes,i;
had had leisure to convey its spoon repeatedly from
it
plate to its mouth. The soup retaliation would seeo
to have given great satisfaction to the guests, since it
affirmed that they next day despatched couriers 1"
their respective Courts, to inform them that the que
tion was settled, and th:.it their Ministers would heeee;
forth secure precedence in the tureen when not Vie
enough to assert it elsewhere.
Pugnacious as France has proved herself of later:it,
it is fortunate for the peace of the world that her 11/493'';
ter obtained the support of Russia at the Franitfrr
dinner, the account of which we derive from the ReoSii
des Deux Mondes, for that he had the worst of it °I;
will agree who prefer fair lady to soup, whether a
Julienne, Aurore, la Reine, or /a Bonne Feninie•
was lucky also that he was not an ambassador, o.ll°,
description of Minister is, in diplomatic etiquette, tall,
only one considered as representing his Sovereign,
„,
the other classes, such as Envoys, Ministers, Resicie'ii
Ministers, and lastly, Charges d'Affaires, having a trillcv
less majestic character. The soup satisfaction was Prt,
baby accepted the more willingly, as to uphold his Pe,,
sonal rights the French Minister would have had !),
appeal to the odious treaties of 1815, in compliance 014
which diplomatists rank among themselves, in 61'
class, according to the priority of arrival.

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