New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-29

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population OF France in 100 was l9,6690OO souls
in 1881, J2,56O,93ji In 1876, 35,400,456.
The National Assembly of France contains
according to the statement of the MoRiteur a
actual or guondanl Ministers of Government -
ambassadors or persons who have represented
! France at foreign Courts, % Members Of the In
stitute, Vice Admrals and Rear-Admiras, 81
Generals, % ex.Peers of France, ITO former Mem.
bers Of the Chamber Of Deputies. OF the 900
members Of the Constituents Assembly only $50
were reelected, and form part of the Legislative
Assembly. The united ages of the members Of
the Legislative Assembly amount to 35,6l3 years,
giving an average of A. years to each member
The Oldest member was born in 1869 and the
youngest in 1928
- The long talked of autobiography Of Lola
Monies has at length commenced, aud the Pari-
sian newspaper called lie Pays, so distinguished
for its attachment to the cause of Louis Napo-
leon, has been honored with the first feuilletoH
it is addressed to the King of Bavaria and holds
forth the promise of giving the private opinion Of
that Monarch and of some royal celebrities Of the
present state of the leading powers Of Europe.
and above ALL of those who figured in the early
days of the revolution.
Some days before her death, which took
place lately in Paris, Mdlle. Eliza Forgot, ex-
directress of the Theatre Francois at London,
was conversing with some friends, when some
one knocked at her door, upon which her femme
De chsmbre whispered some words in her ear.
alt is my marchande de modes come to try me
on a new dress" said the actress, will you come
to see it 2" she then led the way to her dress
ing-room, ana her friends who followed her were
surprised and panied to see that the new gown
was a coffin. Tie coffin was in rosewood,
lined with white satin, and was placed against
the wall. She entered it to try it. Eyes"
she said smiling, 1T fits well, and l am pleased
with it"
An entertaining book is Lord Hollands remi.
niscences lately Published at London. 1t abounds
in anecdotes of Bonapste not before printed We
give one of the most Characteristic
On bis first nomination to the army of Italy, the
Directory is said to have been unable or unwilling
to supply him with the money necessary for the
Journey Of himself and his abide camps to the
spot, and their suitable appearance at the head
quarters of a considerable force. In this emer-
gency after collecting all that his resources, the
contributions of his friends, and his credit could
muster he is reported to have applied 10 Junot,
Young officer whom he knew to be in the habit OF
irequentiDg the gaming tables and conhding to
him all the money he had been able to raise, in
itself no great sum, to have directed him either
to lose the whole or 10 increase it a considerable
amount before the morning, as on his success that
night at play depended the possibility OF his TAX
ing the command of the army and appointing Ju'
not his aid-de camp. Junot, after succeeding be
yOnd his expectations IN winning 20 an A q "
lie iudgrentF eaua al to the exfgencies OF his ena-
pIoyer FASTENED to inform General Bonaparte, pat
he was not satisfied, and resolving to try his TOR,
tune to the utmost, babe his friend return, risk all
that he had gained and not quit the table till he
had lost the last penny, or doubled the sum he had
brought back to him. In this also, after some
nuct1ation, the chances favored him. and Napo
leon sat out to his headquarters furnished with
sufficient to take upon him the command with no
little personal splendor and ecfat.
Archbishop Hughes arrived in Rome on the
fourth day before Christmas.
AT the rehearsal of the ballet OF Faust at the
Apollo Theatre in Rome an alarm OF fire was
given, and the corps de ballet rushed wildly into
the street, to the great wonderment OF the
passers by especially the country folks and com
mon people, who, but for this contretempS, would
never have had an opportunity of forming ac-
quaintance with Goethe's sylphs and demons
The Secret Societies in Italy are very busy in
printing pamphlets. The first copies Of these
tisans of the Papa Government also put forth
pamphlets on the other side. The most recent of
them bears the title of the Sovereign himself
" Plus the Ninth in the Nineteenth Century, or
Reply to Joseph Mazzini."
1t is said that there has been a split in the
Society of Jesuts, as to whether the system of
tactics so long followed by the Society shall be
changed or kept up. Conservatism has carried
the day.
AT Berlin the filters ard makers Of ladies
dresses are men, who serve regular apprentice
ship to the trade. They bitterly oppose women
who try to live by the same business, because
they say they are intruders.
The Paris Exhibition of Pictures seem to be as
successful as was anticipated. A correspondent
Of the Daily NeTS writes as follows about it;
"The picture by Muller entitled The ROlcall
of the Last Victims Of the Reign of Terror, is
extremely remarkable, not only for It's SIZE, which
exceeds IS feet but for its execution. Mr. Muller
has a great name. His picture in the last xhiol'
bition, representing Macbeth, was most talented;
but bis last performance is superior to anything
he has previously done. The composition is good,
the drawing pure, and the color powerful: Horace
Vernet admires it vastly, and has been heard to
say: i wish had painted that picture. 1t IS
indeed difficult to remain unmoved by the
sights detailed in this vast and luminous can
vas This picture will doubtless obtain the
great prize-the one great encouragement given
this year by the Government to successful merit
1t may be, however, that NJ. Pollet, the statuary
who has exhibited a figure entitled ne heure
de la Mutt will dispute this grand prize with
bis rival in the other field of art There is pic
ture Of Jane Shore, by Robert Fleury, which IS
dstinguishable for the beauty OF its color, imi,
tating, by its Titianesque manner, the works OF
the old masters This is NJ Fleurys well known
style but there are other advantages oil drawing
and expression which make the picture truly an
important one. Some enormous stretches OF
space, painted over by Alaux, PhilipPottesux,
WON Delay and Alexander Hesse, are gener'
ally more or less bad-but they are bad. To be
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