The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-02-21

/ ed Punishment to the dreary benches of oppo.
stated, in some degree at least, by the curiosity
he excites in ie monde elegant. Drop into any sa-
loon about ten O'Clock in the evening, and you will
Ind the little man perched on chair with his tlny
| feet dangling some six inches frox the ground Uhe
shortness OF his legs preventing him from resting
upon them, like Other people,) laying down the law
In very pompous but very general ana unineanlng
terms, all the political questions OF the day,
whilst crowd of joliss danes receive with wonder
ing admiration every word, and set OF spooney
members OF the Jockey Club try to look as 1t they
were really capable OF understanding It. No doubt
whatever that everybody, with perhaps the excep-
ton of ministers, who have to answer him, is de-
lighted that this dimlnutive specimen OF humanity,
but most able man aid most eloquent orator, has
again appeared In the political arena; for his ha-
rangues, if they do nothing else, will afford excite
meut and amusement and endless topics OF discus
sion and excitement and amusement and talk are
things inexpresslby dear to Frenchmen and French
who has purchased and paid for in ADVANCE, to the
tune, 1t is said, of nearly quarter OF a million
francs, the History Of the Consulate Empire" on
which the ex-Ournallst, ex-minister, orator and
statesman has been long engaged, may not share
the general satisfaction OF his plunging once again
into the everlasting strife of politics, for he may
fancy thatev hour devoted to the Chamber and
the tribune IS an hour snatched from the time that
ought to be devoted to the book which is anx-
iously expected, and WHICH is to send down to the
remotest posterty, the literary talent of Theirs,
side by side with the majestic genius of Napoleon.
But who rush for the croakings Of a wretch
ed editeur! Who heeds the growlings of bella
bored ministry lie petite hommc d'etat is on the
stage again, and people are too much occupied in
laughing at his freaks to think Of the misery they
may cause to the men of portfolios and the seller OF
books.
LAcoRpAiRE, the Monk, has finished his annual
course of sermons at Notre Dame. and is now of
to the province, to figure away in other puPis. To
he last hA ftndrr
church more like theatre than house of Cod
Among his audience last Sunday were two Arch
bishops, one Cardinal Bishop, and the Queen
Dowager OF Spain. His popularity is extraordina
rily great but no doubt IT Is owing In slight de-
gree to the within he took to turn Monk, and to
the habit of his order in defiance of the law. lie is
however, very eloquent pulpit orator, though his
style and matter both too clap-trappish for the
taste OF Englishmen. In of his sermons, as re-
ported in the newspapers, he made some prediction
OF the increase OF the Catholic faith, and then beg
sed his audience to meet him that day forty years
within the old walls of the Cathedral of our Lady
OF Paris What would be thought of such an In
vitation from pulpit in England But that is moth
ing to some Of the very startling things that he pro-
pounded, but they are of too dOctrinal character
to be meddled with.
And IT Is but step from the sublime to the rldic-
ulous, the descent from an austere Monk to pop
ular actress may be pardoned In newspaper letter
Mdlle. Rachel still maintains her ground with the
public, but she excites nothing like the enthusiasm
she used to do. II Is impossible, indeed, for the
warnest admirers of her talent not to feel wearied
withsthe constant repetition OF some six or eight
characters-whch Is all that she ventures upon
In the detestably wearsone tragedies oil the CLASH
cal school,. horse driving mill in the same I'M
ceasing round is not more mo0otonOus. Scores Of
new tragedies have been offered to her. but in each
and every one she has been afraid to venture. To
be sure, she did once appear in original charac-
ter in an original play MADAME Grardins J,.dith,)
but she failed, and the play failed with her. In
private society also she has lost much of her fcla
People who formerly sought eagerly for admitance
to her coterie now decline her invitations. And no
wonder for it is limited that she permitted herself
inculge in some most unwarrantable impertnences
to many OF her guests and adOrateurs. For instance,
II is said that she once had the cool audicity to tell
avenerable statesman grown grey in the service Of
his country, that she would take it as favor the
next time he visited her, to wear his cravat in a
different fashion! The Parisans are fools with re-
Spect to their clever actresses in private but they
not such fools to tolerate patiently such often
slve lmpcrtinencc.
IT is seriously announced that bills have been
posted at st. Maoes informing the people that the
gates of the town should in future be closed at
nine o'clock in the evening the intention being,
it is believed, to guard against surprise from the
Due de Bordeaux.
The weeks news from Spain may very briefly
be summed up: Mr.: Bulwer had presented ar-
tograph letter from Queen Victoria to Queen Isa-
bella, in reply to the notification Of the Queens
majority. The Government had issued a decree
her in 1911: Narvaez declined to be promoted to
the rank Of Captain General of the Spanish Armies,
the plea shat he wished to afford pretext for
suppusing him to be actuated by ambition or other
corrupt motive; but the Queen commanded his
acceptance. The elections for vacancies in the
Cortes proceeding throughout the country, were in
favor OF the Progresistas
The news from Spain is of an uninteresting cha
racter. Figueras had surrendered to the govern
ment. The elections were in favor Of the Progre-
slstas.
Prussia.
letter from Berlin states that Prussia is about
to conclude a treaty with the United States of
North America, for the extradon of some classes Of
criminals. II seems that civil suit respecting
the sale Of large tract of Louisiana, the
documents concerning which sale have been
bassador at Berlin, has given him occasion to
ask for legal measures against German family
formerly residing In Louisiana, but now settled in
Berlin: The request of the Ambassador has been
accorded to on condition of reciprocity. 1t is to
be hoped that the treaty will extend TO all the
States Of the Union.
The Commerce announces the intended marriage
Of the Duke OF Nassau to Russian prince, on the
18th ult., and adds, the Emperor Nicholas is by de-
grees ENGRAVING his family on the German prlnci-
palities. He has already contracted family alliance
with Prussia Bavaria, the Grand Duchy OF Iiesse,
and in short time Russian princess will be unit
ed to the heir to the throne Of Denmark.
New Zc ,iand.
New Zealand papers to the 2lst of September
have come to hand, according to which the excite
ment caused by the late fearful massacre in the
Wairon country, near Cloudy-bay, had in degree
subsidized. This unfortunate massacre seems al
ready to have prejudiced the minds of the public,
since the papers aude TO the refusal of emigrants
to leave Hobart town and Sydney, as they had first
intended to do, for permanent location in the Bay
of Islands, after receiving the of the conflict,
and the hope is expressed that this affair will not
be allowed to influence settlers respecting the gene
raj security of the colony.
The most interesting information received by
this arrival, is the commencement of the export
trade Of the colony, the Nelson the vessel bringing
these papers, being the first ship coming home
with full cargo of oil, whalebone and flax The
estimated value of the flax is E2O per ton. The
whale fishery had also been very successful, and
five or six vessel. were expected to be despatched
to England with it's produce.
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