New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-05-10

IT, the people, which made the rIo'hiona Wv
| ernment might have m sde the Duehess-a regent
| That would have been fatal and unviss. The
country VISA aroosed. all the various political pas
SONS so long chained were freed They would
| have preycd upon the weak woman and upon
each other The proclamation Of the Republic
solved the doubt and saved the country. for 10 an
nouDced a sovereignty that no party dared deny
| Then It's foundation was wise and now, because
its destruction would kindle al the Old 6ames OF
dissord, Il Is . practical necessity.
| Tins 10 probably the sum OF the hrst chsPters OF
his Revolution Of Februsry-ot which the trst vol
anne will appear the hut Of May and the second
and lss; the hrst Of June. Raphael 10 now an
noupced with bis conss at ~ the second volume Of
| the Condolences
| Grizot ha, written letter 70 bis constituent
| and will undoubtedly sppcG in the next Assem-.
| Div 10 the great SORROW Of Nj. Theirs, who VIII
| thu, be depOssd from his sOd-hesd and 10 the
srest 10Y of those who wish 10 see al parties
Tepressn,ed by their sblsst and siscerest men,
HI, letter quietly ignores the possibility Of Re
public in France and says that the only chance Of
safety IL In the ua,ou OF the three parties OF order
that 10, OF the two monsrchies and the BonaPar
| tists. NJ. Gsixot does rst say upon whom they
| should write az type OF order.
OF course there . no cessation Of the shower
OF political pamphlets and the majority are very
able and interesting. La RochejaQasgin has pae-
| lishsd his letter. Wild monaphicsl roar-s most
emasculated absolutism-a most constitutional
despotism. He and his friends know nothing be
tween 4 Republic and Legitimacy, and the a&th
Of ed. he took occasion to cay much in the
Deputies 70 Monseigneur 10 Due de Neno1Is. who
presently departed, disguised. THIS brochure made
aot much impression.
Another squib from the monsrchical battery was
the q" VISIT to the Duke Of Bordeaux, or Henry V.
that shall be. If the hopes OF Austrian plains
sing a. soothy a. the witches OF Scottish heaths.
| This was by NJ Didier, and mounted imme
1 4ief.lx e., IA clearly
| q teeer; but IL does not draw the portrait OF
| King. and such King a. the France OF today
needs but OF pleasing young sentsm an OF sslons-
| the sans fame which had heard in Venice W. here
| De lived tor some time. One figure in this little
| pamphlet is interesting The Duchess Angoa
| enc, daughter OF Marie Antoinette aud Louis
NVI-she is old now aud lelisious-'o ysaS old
with q q strong voice, brusQus manner aud de-
| manded OF NJ Didier If the people OF Paris were
| religion, Not much 10 said OF her she vas sim
| ply dressed and of no beauty, yet altogether .
| very sad and interesting figure. The daughter OF
Marie Antoinette, who Is forever young aud fair
| IN history and imagination, an Old woman " with
| out personal pretensions reading her bible and
waiting 10 die
But what 10 all this heavy work Of politics,
when Paris knew on Monday evening that
A new opera Of Meysrbeers was In the act
Of its first representation NO slight Camp
Of Silesis" one-acted opera good enough for
the easy Niennese; but grand religious
| work of Eve acts, produced with the EXTREMIST
| EFFORT of theatrical msguihcencs at the Grand
| Opera, and received by the most select OF audi
ences, magnihcently sppareed The verdict was
| a FORE gone conclusion. The Partisan has long
since determined that Meyerbesr does nothing less
than sublime, and the journals with unanimous
| chorus announced success like that OF Robert and
| the Huguenots
| TWAS impossible a month before to got place.
aud the whole house is engaged Tor more Ihan a
| dozen representations. I pom the evening ineh,
| single tickets were offered upon speculation at an
hundred francs All the nsighborIus streets were
| sarrisoned with mounted Dragons and an end
less muthed roll OF carriages paused only " dis
charge their divlnites drspcd in clouds OF lace and
gsuEe who presently rose radiant in the crimson
| lOges ~ smile bsnsdction upon Niardot, daros
| and Roger.
| Twas not there, unhappily. but az no one hints
n failure there 10 no doubt that IL was great tuc
| cess The music, according to q general medium
taste s OF the same character AZ that Of the other
operas-yery fine and very wesrsome, or felgio-
dramatic music like that OF the Huguenots. which
the audience admires and which sadly bores it
| There il skate-dance in the opera which Is new
and striking. Bat there was no Tagoni to witch
| wondering eyes a in the Nun. Ballet OF Robert
| A lew evenings since had TIE pleasure OF see
| ing Ncverbeer at a cafe. ltwsstowsrd midnight,
| and he came in with party OF ladies 20 eat ices
He is all undistinguished man In his appearance
| without tll5 slgnttst w iomhheo W ~
| turesque artistic negligence. He was, Oh the con
trary, habited handsomely in black, with high
| white crayat and collar, aud would not have boon
| noticed IN any chance party OF gentlemen. HIS
portraits represent an abstracted intellectually
| concentrated man, without sentiment or passion,
indeed, but interesting ss looking like the idea his
| music suggests Of him. He has however, grown
| a heavy moustache since they were taken, ard
| seemed in such a casual rencontrs, merely the
pleasant man OF the world. His Jewish blood
stamps its character upon his features, Tor Meyer
| beer ike so many remarkable and profound men,
what 10 so often and so foolshly snccrcd At.
German Jew. Yet ideally, one would say nothing
could be finer in its result. than the union OF those
| two races A Jew may be everything but Tool.
| Tho most fascinating and revolving human OF
| tremes are visible In the micn and character N
| the race. A student OF men might lind In the
| Ghetto at Rome Illustrations OF the most startling
| and appalling forms Of human uginess and vicious
suggestion but In Prsgus-st least had he looked
tor It last Maya beauty more passionate and
commanding than that OF any hebecca OF his
dreams.
IL was returning from a concert Of the Conserva
| toire that CHANGED 70 meet Meyerbeer. These
concerts are probablythe most perfect In tho ord
| The orchestra drilled by Habensch, . German who
died this Winter. is composed Of Frenchmen-
Students and Professors Of the Academy. The
| concerts are given in a small thester and AZ oil
the places are held by permanent subscription,
only the absence or death oil some subecrlDef pro
cures a stranger entrance. But as the fssbions'
bic world loves the golden grease for the smoother
rolling of It's wheels there are usually lew sesil
dispOsable.
The great fortune OF this evening was the heroia
| symphony OF Beethoven. Can the French play
Beethoven IL wns natural inquiry-bu what Z
solution The Royal Orchestra at Berlin 10 the
only com pettor Of this extraordinary orchestra ID
the Conservative. IL 10 not its rIval-woDderful
and beautiful az it 10. The execution 10 simply
perfect. IL is as one Instrument-even 20 The
choruses are az one yoics and the listener could
only pray the Madonna, granter Of oil beautiful
Blooms, that the composer might have been con-
scioos Of il, and know that Justice comes from the
children Of the Fathers who would not interpret
because they did not comprehend these sublime
| strains.
Yet it was strange to turn from the Booleyards
crowded and busting with the brilliant life oil q
warm April evening, and closing the ear upon The
'iyely chatter OF the French, to open 1t upon tbs
the voice, solemn, asd sad and searching, OF the
great German.
IL has been wisely determined that the annual
exhibition Of contempary pictures, Instead OF tho
Louvre shall take place at the Tulieries, which u
being arranged for its reception. 10 10 an unpar
| 10 able habit all over tae ContIDeDt-or has beer
until these approaching Republican days-to hans
| fuvf. fhr-a M inf ~