The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-09

that the great majority in Paris is adverse to any
violence, they are advocates of legality and it is
probable that they may be disposed to acquesce in
maintaining the status quo for some time to come
Nothing but an lnsurrection would lead them sud
denly to adopt any form Of monarchy. Whether
the Assembly, when convened, may adopt any mea-
sure tending to modification OF the constitution
II is impossible now TO predict.
In the absence of political news, II may not be
out OF place TO send you some gossip OF more
eocal kind.
We have, as I mentioned to you IN my last letter,
numerous reunions, such balls concerts, recep-
tons, &c, which crowded nightly. Since my
last, the President of the republic has given another
ball. II took place at the Elysee Pauon, on Wed
you trust, however, to the glowing descriptions of
this fete, which you will find given by the Paris
| correspondents OF the London journals. Nothing
Ss.s De completely the Of n IMAM
| ever cause it may have proceeded, this second
ball has been complete failure, and is the
source of deep and heartfelt dissatisfaction and
disgust to the President himself 1t is true that the
the WHOLE less brilliant than that of other reunions
of more select kind; but you know very well
that the Partisan females OF every rank and condi-
ton, above the lowest, have passion and taste
for dress, which must be INDUCED coute gut coute,
and, therefore, the company assembled at the
Eysee, ON this OCCASION presented to the eye OF an
observer, unacquainted with their real chlracter
and position, sufficiently brilliant coup dGa They
were, however, as they say in Paris, societe tres
NAL ccnposte. The corps dplomatque were, OF
course, present with their ladies' and so far, there
was certain ependor Of rank and fashion. large
portion of ecompany consisted of the wreck ofthe
imperial noblesse. An old officer Of the empire affirm
ed that ne recognised among the elder portions of
the females, the widows and ancient cherc dmies Of
| the great illustrations of the imperial court.
| Among these were some truly venerable and re-
fpecable persons, the most conspicuous of whom
| were the widow Of the brave Ney, who entered
the room leaning upon the arm of her son, Edgar
Nav nj yhnc- dn- pf fHa vdAn
Other imperialist ladies', however, did not ava ken
| the respectful sentiments which this lady excited
on every side. large ingredient OF the re-uni n
consisted Of persons sufficiently respectable in their
pected to find there, ut least not in the same pro-.
potion. The inferior clerks Of public Offices and
Of railways. with their families, were present
Third and fourth rate hotel keepers, especially
those frequented by the, English, the clerks in the
shops of the English booksellers and reading rooms,
with their wives and families, were also recog-
missed but these were not at all the mosl objec-
tionuble part Of the assembly. No small portion
of those fcnn'es gdlantes, who are seen promo
nading the Champs Eysees and the Bots du Bou-
logne every day in snowy coupfs with glazing live
rice, were there. An instance in particular has
been mentioned as worthy of notice. A lady was
monds as 10 make her an object Of special atten-
ton and much curiosity was exhibited as to who
the jewels she wore indicated parsonage Of great
| wealth, if not Of high rank. She was at length,
| however, ascertaned to be the femme entretenue
Of wealthy jewelry in the Palais Royal. The
Faubourg st. German shone by her absence:
Nothing was spared which hospitality could sug
| gest. A magnificent supper was provided, with
profusion of champagne. 1t was said in the room,
that the contractor for the supper was bound to fur
nith that beverage at the rate of two bottles per
head for each OF the male guests; and II was since
ead that such justice was done to this, that not
bottle remained full. AS the hours rolled on, the
stimulating effects Of this became apparent, and
more noise and confusion than was at all desirable
for the place or the occasion, were exhibited.
1t will be asked how such result could have &C.
CURED. This has been explained by stating that
the tickets Of invitation were issued in large num-
beers persons who did not, or could not attend the
ball. and that large number of those were trans
ferred, or somehow or other fell into the hands of
other parties, who thus obtained admission upon
them. 1t was ascertained afterwards that the
names on many Of the cards had been erased and
others substituted and thus that large number Of
persons who had never been invited were present.
There is no doubt that this cause operated to q
greater or less extent but still it is admitted that
the class of persons whose presence was most des
rabe were absent, not by accident, but by design
| II will naturally be asked, how this could have
| occurred, seeing that so large and respectable
portion Of the Elite of Partisan society, and espe-
cially Of the Faubourg st. German, were present
| at the famous entertainment which reported to
you in my last letter To explain this, it is said, in
the first place, that the number OF the higher classes
who attended the former ball was greatly exagge-
rated. A complaint made by many families
Of the Faubourg ST. Germain,. whose names
had appeared in the semi-offical journals OF the
government as having been present, who did
not attend on the occasion. dsavowal
was accordingly inserted in the Moniteur, in which
it was stated that such reports were entirely mex
act, and that they had not emapated from any al-
leading legitimist families did not attend the for,
mer ball. but most of those who had been invited
declined. None of that class had accepted the in
vitations on the present occasion. The rumor now
is that the annoyance felt by the President at the
result Of this last ball lis such that other festival
of the game kind will be attempted, at least tor the
present.
The President is not fortunate in the members
CT his family, or connexions, by whom he Is sur
rounded He had hoped at first that the Dowager
Grand Duchess of Baden, his aunt, could be pre-
vailed on TO come to Paris, to do the honors OF his
court. This lady, however, declined, and at pre-
cent no lady Of his family is put forward to receive
his guests--he alone receives them.
II may not be mnteresting to give here a sketch
par,e family especially of those who, are in PARIS
The Emperor left four surviving brothers..Joseph,
formerly King of Spain; Iucien, Prince OF Gamma;
Louis, formerly King Of Holland . and Jerome:
alone survives. Joseph left daughter, who after
wards married the eldest son of Lucien. This
eldest son is now the Prince of Canine, and holds
a prominent position in the, newly proclaimed
Roman Republic, or the Constituent Assem-
bly of which he is vice-Prcsidcnt.
Iucien left several other children, all of whom
still survive His eldest daughter is the Princess
Gabrielle. His second daughter, Lettia, married
Mr. Thomas Wyse, the member for Waterford,
from whom, utter she had had one child, she sc,
parated. She has since, however, had family OF
illegitinate children The third child of Lucien
bears his name, and is now in Paris. lie was
elected lately representative to the Assembly for
Corsica but his election was null and void. The
fourth child was Pierre, also elected representative
for Corsica, and now in Paris: The fifth is
Antoine. who resides in Italy. The SIXTH Marie,
married to a cousin and the seventh, Constance,
a nun Such was the family of Lucien,
nino. his eldest con, married, as have stated,
to the daughter of Joseph, has eight children,
the eldest of whom is now twenty-five years.
Most Ct the younger members OF this family
have lately arrived in Paris for the purpose Of
their education.
Louis Napoleon, ex-King Of Holland, has left
only one surviving son, who is now the President
of the Republic 1t will be seen, that by seniority