The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-07-01
Sudden and Singular DisaPpearaDoe from
the World OF Fashion In Paris.


the World OF Fashion In Paris.
Paris letter in the London Atlas, June IL
The sudden disappearance from the world OF
fashion of the Marquis de F and his beautiful
wife, with the wOndrous story connected with the
cause of such a sudden and unexpected STEP, has
given US ample food for gossip, scandal, ana ex-
element during the past week Their loss VIII De
greatly felt by ali. They were the kind purvey-
dalous Of endless subject of nvestgatonto the Pry
ing and curious and it not for the mysterious
tale of their sudden determination to retire from the
world, every particular of which | can warrant to
be true and whereby they leave us legacy worthy
of the high name they have always borne in the an
nails of LIE Sport, should almost regard their Sc
cssson as mortal Offences Msns"Ss ,Syhns any
bourg st. Germain, the Marquis de F. had
always held q most conspicuous place in the Pari-
sian world by virtue OF his enermoIs wealth and
cess is infallible in place where beauty is rare
and the Marquis had become more influential
through this means than even by the great pains he
had always taken to entertain his friends in manner
becoming his great fortune. The origin of the
Marquise herself mystery even to her best and
most intimate friends, even to the interchangeable
in anyother city By somo she was given out to be
grsette, with whom the Marquis had fallen IN love
during the time he was a student residing in the
Pays Latin; by others it was said that she had
been singing girl at OF the CAFES he had ire
quen.ed by some that she had been rider at
Franconi's and by others that she had been
q lion queen at one of the menageries on
the Boulevard du Temple; all agreed, how
ever, in praise Of her grace and beauty,
and of the admirable manner in which she
did the honors Of her salon, giving us succession
Of tetes from January to December, each one &C
cordng to its season, and each in its own good
time. There was the winter advertisement Lass
year, Of which everybody talked so much, when
the ball room of the Hotel de F-was transformed
into complete imitation of the Ice Palace Of the
Empress Catharine; then we had endless plays and
proverbs in the little theatre, all performed by amA
teurs, and which furnished us with gossip and scan
dal sufficient to occupy us the whole year through;
then the summer fetes at the beautiful little cha,
teau at Passy-they were the most delightful of all
FIRST the fete des Lhs, then the tee de Scringas,
assembled to dance, and irt, and make love in tn,
sh ade of those tall chestnut trees, beneath which
Franklin had once meditated and philosophical
all these are lost for ever, and what is worse, the
queen Of all these reves has disappeared also, to
return no more. A vile decision Of the tribunal
condemns the fair Marquse to exile, and her friends
to despair; and the circumstances of the story are
80 within steal, that all the while we are mourning
the loss we have sustained we cannot help re-
joicpg to find that the fates have not forgotten us
quite and that still to be furnished with sub
iects for feuiuetos and vaudevilles long there
shall be society in Paris. 1t appears that about
seven years ago, upon her first entrance into the
world as the bride of the Marquis dc F., the
Marauise had made the conquest of young noble
man Fl ON the south of France, who, having just in
herted his fathers vast estates, was making
great noise in Paris by reason OF the tremen-
deus rate at which he was living, and the va
rious follies he was committing, of the nature
of those which all young men just let loose
upon the world, having been kept rather short
Of cash by niggardly father, are sure to fall
into From the first hour Of his meeting with the
fair Marquse, however, the whole dream of life
seemed to centre in her alone; he gave up much
of his wild course Of conduct to spend his whole
time in her society; he reIinquished his graceless
companions, with whom he had hitherto associated,
to devote himself entirely to her. All this, be it
understood, was en- tout bien toa honour, and by the
entire approval Of the good honest Marquis hmself
who might be any day at four o'clock, driving
his carriage round the Champs Elysees, while the
dear little Marquise and her sentimental sonpra,n
recned within, talking reaso2 and morality with
allowable by our French code Of morals, and the
arrangement being here so very common, we are
led to suppose that there cannot possibly be any
harm in it, and that it is only an old fashioned
any objection to these triangular
friendships, so highly appreciated on the continent
The young man, meanwhile, was observed gra-
duay to droop and languish, and lately to present
every appearance Of rapid consumption, and it
prised Of to learn few months ago, that the
first doctors in Paris had pronounced his case to be
hopeless, and that he had but short time to live
The good little Marquse, however, would not be
lieve in the gravity of the case. She went on
dancing and flirting in her good natured efforts to
amuse him, with as much vivacty as ever; AMI. in
the month of January, she gave the most splendid
ball at her own house, with view 70 cheer he
friend, and arouse him from the state of Tango
into which be had fallen. The poor youths power
were already lost for waltz and polka, an | he
danced but one quadrille, and that one Of course
with the Marquise. 1t was observed by all
present that, during the moments of repose allotted
to the dancers, the pair were most eager and ear
nest in their conversation, the young man evil
IDENTIFY imporing and duplicating, and the Mar
quise endeavoring to dissipate the serious humor
by which he was influenced. When the dan:e
was over, the young man bade good night to many
friends and tender fare well to the Marquise, and,
complaining Of great fatigue, disappeared, to be
seen 10 more upon this earth, for that very night
he died, having made his will the day before,
leaving the whole of his property to the Marquisc-
his hotel in Paris-his chateau in Auveigne-his
forests in Lorrane-to compensate for the want of
the dowry which had failed her on her marriage,
and to afford token of his admiration of the high
mind Of the Marquis who had sought out and shown
himself capable of approaching the great beauty
and talents Of the poor portionless girl he had 50
generously made his wife. These are the very words
contained in the will, and this had been the subject
Of their conversation while dancing the quadre,
and the poor little Marquise with tears aud trem-
bling loved to repeat the very words which the poor
young man had uttered. How be had told her upon
what solemn duty he had been employed during the
day, and how lie had left his whole ioi tune to the
person on earth he loved best; no v she had tried
to turn the conversation and had recounted TO him
an anecdote Of her childhood, when n wild gypsy
woman had told her of the high fortune which
would befa her, and Of the great marriage she would
make, had warned her that evil days would begin
by rich legacy which she would one day receive,
aud which would be her ruin should she accept. She
declared that 1.-The yourg man was 80 overcome at
her story that he had turned quite pale aud that Il
was at that very moment he had hurried away IL
appears quite certain that the Marquise was de-
cidedly in favor o. total rejection of the bequest,
and that she strOve hard with her husband
TO obtain his consent TO the measure but
The Marquis, who, being a philosopher, cared
rot fig for gpsies CT their prop 1ecies, being al
ready enormously rich, Of course had natural de-
sire for more wealth, insisted upon acceptance,
and therefore the chateau, he woods, the miacs,
md af th.al sa1 NIL AZ
belonging to the Marquise de F., aud according
TO the marriage law Of France, beco ming likewise
the property of her husband For time tne happy
pair we're douby courted, doubly uttered dJuoiy
envied, and doubly sandcred in consequence Of the
rich legacy, and their JdeS attended with re-
newed zeal rs soon as it became known that from