The New York herald., 1851-10-21
Prince Do Montfort for the concerts which he raw.

Prince do Montfort for the concerts which he gave
in the Palszs' Orlandini. There were fewer
travellers then than now, and Florence had not
then as il now has, been adopted the capital Of
second rate English and American society. In this
vast palace, visiters looked If they were not
merous; but the long galleries and succession Of
stately drawing rooms had been constructed es-
pecially with view to avoiding that undi gnifed
thing, crowd; and however magnificent the hos
dificult to II these lofty halls. This space gives an
idea that each guest has intrinsic value, and is
ofimportance in the eyes of the host. There was
curious nefange of nations assembled at this par
ticular fqe, and some names sounded strangely IN
der the roof of a brother Of Napoleon-many of
them having been inscribed upon the list of his
enemies when he lived and reigned; now all were
friendly and courteous; all danced the sound Of
the same music, applauded the same strain as it
fell from the lips of the first artists OF
the day. Peace brings about strange things. Here
might be seen walking arm, in arm, the Russian
admiral Tchitcha Kcf, who was sent by Ale lexander
to cut off the Emperors retreat the Beresna,
and the brave and heroic Polish general Wonso-
wich, who bore Napoleon company in his sledge at
this fatal catastrophe. Then, memory taking US
still further back, connects the names We heat
| around us with the sanguinary annals of the do
mestic feuds of Florence, now dressed in the con-
ventiona al court dress; without either the coat Of
mail under the satu erkin, dagger under the vel
vet mantle-now Guelph and Ghibelline walk
arm in arm-all that remains of these mortal en-
mites is Via Ghibellina engraven the corner of
one of the streets of Florence. Then there were
ladies of every cline, from the fair exlsd Pole to
the dark-eyed Italian-many bearing names which
made your heart beat whilst gazing at them.
Here was the young Princess Mathilde, afterwards
the Countess Camerata, daughter OF Gllsi bac,
chisch, another Dec, whose face and look were all
her uncles. Here too was Russian princess,
Galibyen, celebrated for her wit; princess
widow of the hero who leaped with his steed into
the Elster) her daughter, Madame Monte Catini,
is one Of the great whist amateurs of the day,
and is often heard at these princey concerts; and
Whn han nj q m nd
chivalrous; here was the Ring Of Westphalia,
bringing back painful memories Of the field Of
Waterloo.
Samprssi was at the piano !; Mile Perhani stood
beside it. Mile. Degli Antoni an artist of great
repute, sat among q group of lades Tacchinardi,
whose voice could only be heard here, prepared to
siDg and thus surrounded by the living history Of
the great man who Overshadowed the last fftyyears,
looking on the pictures of Grss David, Girodet
and Vernet, which recorded his actions, while the
busts of Bosio, Canova, and Bertolni, retraced
those who were linked to him by family ties We
listened to the strains of the Pirate, Norma and
the Count "Org." And thus until morning dawned,
some never to be forgotten hours passed on, when
the perfume of night blooming flowers, the pre-
sence of q race of heros the smiles of lovely wo-
man, the arts, poetry, and music, united to thrill
with every enjoyment, both the heart and the
senses.
How to 20 home with this fever of the brain,
when the lights were extingushed and the guests
departed, the sounds hushed-through the streets
of Florence, as went, teeming with the works
and remembrances of the great artists, whom, ever
since modern art has striven, but strven in vain, to
initiate, Giotto, Michael Angelo, Benventano, Gel
ni, he Medicis fists in the art of appreciation
Sleep was impossible, and sitting down on the
Sasso di Dante, the stone on which he is said to
have sat- and taken yearning look over his beloved
city, ere he went into exile, watched the dawn
gradually tinge the mauresque towers of the Palaz
20 Vecchio, dreaming confusedly of the voice of
Hermann, the Prince de Montfort, the fascinating
Princess Mathde, the old and the Modern Florence,
the past age and the present, the bright eyes Of
the descendants of the Imperial Court, and the
battle of Waterloo. The bride Of the Count Demi-
for her that these parties were given and as she
paced the rooms (clad in a long robe of sky blue
velvet, fastened at the corsage with large bou-
quet Of diamonds, wreath Of diamonds shining In
her chestnut hair,) q corteous word to each,
smile for every guest, one felt that she ought to
have been called to shine in the most magnificent,
but evanescent, court of her uncle. Her dark gray
eye, so like his, had the ixety of expression,
making the timid and guilty quail beneath its
glance the mouth, when in repose, (Which it was
rare to catch, for youth and happiness unclosed
with Q SMILEY had the same exorabe 6rmness.
The Princess Msthilde had the most perfect man
ner ever accomplished by education, TACT and care,
combining at once the dignity OF the queen, the
grace of the woman of fashion, and the joyous
simplicity Of theyoung girl
The English Church IN the United States.
From the London Chronicle, Sept 1s.l
One Of the few events in the recent ecclesiastical
history of our country on which We can look back
with entire satisfaction, is the solid fact that some
how We did transmit the Episcopate to the Ameri-
one sense, bestowed but It was well timed as to the
future, If not as to the past. Years Of msgoyern-
ment, and campaigns Of fercer than civil hatred,
were at last replaced by bonds more solid than those
Of political union. The victors asked boon and
the defeated placed in the graceful position Of
being the spiritual benefactors OF those whom they
had failed to subdue in the field. Thus the origin
Of the connection between the Anglican and Anglo
yen IN
immediate relations Of the two communities, was
exactly Of that character which gave the most
promising omens Of intercommunion and perfect
equality. Other consideration, helped to cement
q mutual good understanding. Contreversially the
two Churches helped to support each other Either,
when reproached with its Isolated position, could
point with satisfaction to the millions ruled in dis
tinct sees by bishops holding the same doctrines,
but not OF tho same empire. The Church OF Eng
land could not be repro oached as being mere insu
lar political machine, for its bishops were In fall
communion with more than thirty prelates OF the
great western republic.
Upon every sort Of ground, and under every as
pent, historical. genealogical, and poemical, one
would think IL was the interest," IL not the duty Of
she two great Churches Of the Apglo-Saxon race,
on each shore Of the Atlantic to Keep the best
possible terms with each other. And II on either
side II would be more becoming to relax point Of
order, or to give the wall In the way Of canonical
etiquette II is the business Of the Church Of Eng
land to be him that serveth. In position we
usn afford IL. We are richer and older than our
daugnte we know that youth mas its pecuArltles,
and IL American Churchmen were not laudably
desirous Of having their own legitimate claims un-
derttood and acknowledged, they would form, in
this particular, a remarkable exception to what
seems to be a characteristic Of their race.
Well, then, We are theoretically in full communion
with the American Church-that is to say, an Eng
lbh clergyman may, for two whole Sundays, per-
NIT an American clergyman to oficiste in his
church. An American bishop has once or twice,
we hear, josted lawn sleeves With those of the
"Bench;" and we ask our sister Church in.her re-
presentatives-to dinner. We permit them, with q
datory discourtesy, TO stand at our aliarsperhaps
the same generous principle which the bishop Of
London indicated when he suggested that the for
egn ecclesisstcs, who lately visited England nigh.
be allowed to have their say somewhere, just for
Sunday OF so, because they were so soon to leave
the country" Admission into our benefces We do
not quite refuse our brethren--we let them hold
EnQiish living if thew can get the chean ancceda-