Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-03-07
FROM OUR EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE
Parts. JANUARY 81, 1916.

| Prince PoLIGNAc, the famous and last Premier oil
CHARLES x, and the author Of the ordinances which
occasioned the Revolution Of July, has resided for
some years in the town Of Saint-G German, and en-
ployed himself in writing memoirs, poltco-philo-
sophical essays, and apologies for his fatal mea-
sures, in reply to the upbraidings Of the Legmists
Of this day. He has permission from the Govern
ment to remove to splendid iiatisioR and domain
which he recently purchased, and which belonged
to the sister of LoUIsXVI. AT the period of Polio
Macs trial il was with extreme difficulty that Gene
raj LAFAYETTE saved him from the vengeance OF
the mob. The accused Ministers owed their lives
to the humanity and adroitness Of the man whom
they would have willingly sent ID the scaffold.
PoLIoNAc enjoys the quiet range Of the most mag
nifcent of royal cities the Prince of Peace long
the master of Spain, and often SO near being torn
in pieces by the mob Of Madrid, lives, in very
modestway, IN my nsighboEhood id Paris, and is
remembered OILY when he is recognised OH the
Boulcyards. Having mentioned Gen. LAFAYETTE.
may add that his worthy son GEORGE, the head
of the numerous and estimable family, possesses
excellent health, and regularly attends in the Cham
Der of Deputies to vote for all liberal measures and
against every kind of public wrong.
You will see that the British are determined to
have the most, if not the BEST of the argument In
the Oregon question. Mr.. FALcoNER, who is cons
nected with the Foreign Office in London, publish
ed in the newspapers rejoinder to Mr.. BUcHAN-
ANS able reply TO Mr.. PAKENHAM. Mr.. IRA
yERs TwIss, DEL. and FRS, Professor Of Poll
tcal Economy in the University of Oxford, has put
forth an octave with two maps) entitled The Ore
gon Question Examined. The Hudson Bay Com
pany have piled the subject necessarily through one
or other Of the chief London organs. The titles Of
two more Of the books will suffice to show the rife
ness of the dispute
ready. in Svo Is. OREGoN TERRITO-
M. Claims thereto Of England and America considered its
Condition and Prospects By late resident there Non ego
sutes sed prsc conscious EUi. By Alex Simpson, Esq
"The Oregon Question determined by the rules Of inter
national law. By Edward j. Wallace, M Barrser-at-
Law, Bonbay."
| We were present on the 29th at very crowded
and brilliant meeting Of the French Academy for the
reception of the new member, ALFRED DE VIGNY,
author Of historical romances and romantic dramas
one Of the heads and idols of the romantic school, and
a literary foe of the Napoleon imperial rule. Count
Mole, i'm the chair, was of course to answer the
elects address, and the Count is auserely on the
other side in those matters. DE VIoNY,. "a dapper
gentleman, between thirty-fve and forty years of
age, holding gold pencil lightly between his fin
gers, delivered himself in too low and unequal a
| voice, and rather tediously on the whole. MOLE
replied, with clear dgnifed elocuon, exciting the
livelies interest in the whole assembly he criticised
in Short lectured him and his school on the nature
taste, and tendencies Of their productions and ca
mons wfsie thc~mss. polite aspsrity and emphatic
magistrality. The Journal des Debats has furnish
ed the whole reply.
/ On Tuesday evening last | went to the regular
soiree of Mr.. GuIzoT. 1t was unusually thin. The
Minister said few words to me concerning the
various and extreme difficulty of Sir RoBERT PEEL's
situation. Mr.. GUzoT himself, though kept in con-
/ IT, x<slI
him, in smooth water He has fatigued, worn
aspect, but retains prodgous vitality in his small
frame. The Apostolic Nuncio, with his two cleri-
cal secretaries, was present. Monsignor FoRNARI
resembles DIR. STAueHToN, the eminent Baptist
minister of Philadelphia; only more corpulent; his
attendants are contrast in their slim persons.
Nearly all the corps diplomatic, excepting the en-
voys of Morocco and Tuns, duly appeared.
Greater curiosity than concern has prevailed
here in regard to Sir ROBERT PEEL's revelations,
and his new scheme of duties on imports. You will
find enclosed some Of the opinions OF the Paris press
on the advantages of the proposed reductions OF the
British tariff to French trade and production. Doubt
less they will be considerable, as well as to the
American. Neither Sir ROBERT nor Lord JOHN
RUSSELL has risen, in my humble opinion, by the
late transactions The credit of courage, which can
be denied to Lord JOHN, must, however, be con-
ceded to the Premier. II is remarked by the editor
Of the Steele Sir ROBERT never changes doctrine
or course but under the pressure of circumstances
He encounters and uses circumstances with won
derfu intrepidity, confidence plausibility, and h-
therto) the happiest success. His d7nende honor
able, in his second speech, to the "proud arisocra-
cy, is perhaps the result Of calculation rather than
Of favorable /" second thought" During and after
the ministerial crisis, how he reviled and scorn-
ed by that aristocracy at the Proteconis meetings,
and how little spared by the orators of the League
At the Chichester agricultural meeting, Lord VIII
LIAM LENNox said |" The greatest political scoun-
dreL that euer eristed mild term to some that
he had heard applied to Sir ROBERT PEEL" DIS
RARLI is called here the Representatives. the Pre-
mier's personal enemies in the House of Commons.
The venom Of the spoutcr is apparent and exube-
rant vet il is impossible to deny that there is some
truth in his sarcasmssome foundation for the Tory
complaints and invectves.
| De LAmARTINE, the celebrated poet, has sent me
complimentary letter for RICHARD H. WILDE, Esq,
now Of New Orleans, in reference to his work on
the Lore and Madness Of Iasso. Mr.. WILDE is
emnenty successful in his TRANSACTIONS Of the TIA
liam verse which he has so frequently and happily
| introduced Mr. WASHINGTON IRVING, without
knowing how much relishcd these TRANSACTIONS,
observed to me, Are they not faithful and beau
tfnl"
Let me report to you little passage OF arms be-
tween Professor MICHEL CHEvALIER and your cor
respondent. The National Integencer of the 18th
ultmo contains series of my Random Notes, da-
ted 18th November, in one Of which there is an
account of most opprobrous representation, sign
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