The southern press., 1851-11-06
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banday sen'night, the ssmi- annual races At
Chantiliv were namsrously and brilliantly A.
tended. The British anbassador and my Lady
Normandy were present, t,--certainly not - rep
resenta ives Of the established church. The
handicap wAs won by colt named Maryland.
After the race, the elect were favored with .
grand stag g-hunt. The animal had noble antlers,
aud gave his pursuers, for nearly two hours, =
run OF five or six leagues. The Paris races, GU
Sunday last, attracted vast body Of spectators;
the fashionable booths were filed; the number Of
rich equippages and we'll mounted horsemsn
was greater than it was supposed the capital
,uld furnish at this season President Louis
Napoleon arrived with Prince" Murat and sew
ersl Of the military household, ut three O'Clock
He was s6ficiently huzzaed on his appearance,
and the reporters have not failed to tell how
cheerfully he seemed to converse with the ladies'
by whom he was surrounded in his tribune Rain
fell in the morning; the sun Of Auslerlitz burst
forth at the proper hour.
As vet we have not experienced the slightest
frost or cold But little Of the foliage of the
groves Of the Tuilsries has changed color; the
yerdure of the parterres is not impaired. There
! Is splendid blow of geraniums. A brighter
or more temperate autumn is not within my
recollection. II has particularly served the
strangers and shopkeepers.
Yesterday, at print shop on the Boulevards,
my eye was caught by Autographed portrait
OF General Lopez, in full uniform, bearing q
flag, on the place Of his landing in Cuba; be-
hind, In the roadstead, steamer. The print
| seller knew not whence it came. We may
suppose that it was prepared in reference to his
presumed success You will note the endearing
epithets which Queen Isabel has conferred by
decree on her Island of Cuba. Her Majesty
completed her twenty first year on the 10th inst,
and 10 advanced seven months in her pregnancy.
The dinner which Sir H. l.. Bulwer, the Minis.
ter Plemipotentiary whose table-oratory has
won 50 much favor for him in the United
States, accepted, in the Palais Royal, from
General Narvaez, and other eminent political
grandees, did not pass unheeded by the London
and Paris editors. They connected it with the
subject of Cuba and his visit to this capital
also, with the same, though susceptible Of a
less recondite explanation. Your intelligent
correspondent at Washin5t0n---a very good
writer by the by---has touched occasionally on
the purchase of the island by the American
government The probability is that it could
not be bought. Some years ago two statesmen
| of SPIN, who had been more than once men,
bers Of the cabinet, assured ms that no ministry,
no ROYALTY, would ever dare to barter away,
or detach in any mode, Spain's most valued
jewel.
| A sensible, useful rebuke has been admins
tered in the Paris journal, LIE ePays,-Lamartine's
orgars,--to the exaggerations from New York,
respecting monetary embarrassments, failures
and mercantile alarms. Your general conner
cial resources and prosperity are well represent.
ed and Just complaints preferred of the injuri-
Gus effects which such mis-statements have for
the branches of French trade and industry inter-
1 II - A boo; l.
sued in lie Pays, long, eloquent, and curious
defence Of himself against the charge OF his
meaning to come forth as candidate for the
Presidentship of the Republic He says-"If
this were the case, would have been 80 desti-
tute of all sense Of dec0rum and shame, as to
have accepted the direction of journal in order
to possess trumpet to bear my name from my
own mouth to the ears of the ten million of vo-
ters-to voci!erate my own public virtues and
various pretensions :" He expatiates on his mi
racuous popularity Immediately after the revo-
luton of February and during the provisional
| government and on the total loss Of popularity
which he has experienced since. He aifirms tina.
he could have been, il it had so pleased him, al
the first epoch, president dictator or consul
whatever he wished; but that he would moi
consent to obey the democracy that had conided
in him, even to crafty the fond spring (elan) OF
France towards him as the champion of social
order He then declares that he will not off 4
himself as n candidate; still, if, by possibility
he should be proposed. and elected. /" he would
blush, he would lament, but he would accept
without hesitation"
We are glad to zee that Dr. Edward Hitch
cocks Religion of Geology and its connected
Sciences is so strongly commended by the British
literary journals. The veteran American theo
logian and geologist has rendered important SER
vice to the cause of Christianity and of knowl-
edge. The reviewers pronounce his series OF
lectures to be 80 many scientific sermons, per
spcuous, logical, always earnest and often elo-
Quent. have been struck by the following ad
vertisement in the London Literary Gazette oI
the 18th inst.-a Mr. II. BaillIere has just re-
turned from America with large selection OF
scientific works i" large selection-that, in
deed, sounds we'll More tributes are paid in
Europe to the memory Of Fenimore Cooper
Ills novels will outlast those of any other man
of the century-Sir Walter, Of course, excepted
One of your necrologists observes-"Mr. Cooper
is popular in foreign countries because he repre-
sents to the old world the material prosperity
and physic grandeur of the new" This view
appears to me quite eliptical his Pilot, his Wa
ter Witch, the Red Rover, are not specially con
versant with American scenery or nature YET
tey aTc as Wiuefy uiiuScu anu Iedu III buIope
as the other master pieces. He was endowed
with original genius with that he wrought
admirably on ola and new themes and characters
1t is that which makes the worlds author-the
volumes for all languages Translators found
more difficulty with some Of his productions thar
with those of Walter Scott The nations OF
this continent, however, equally relish and under
stand his pages. The able committee formed al
New York, in relation to his name, will, no doubt
enucleate his prodielous sucoess. Mr. II. C.
Carey and Mr.. Isaac Lea, who were his publish
ers in Philadelphia, and truly liberal friends
must have store of interesting biographical
and bbiograhical anecdotes, for his life.
Statistics of the prizes allotted in Lon 'on Ia
the French exhibitors are adduced, with abund
ant self-laudation, in the Paris papers. They
boast of thousand and hfty-four, Gncludine
honorable mentions,) ont of total of five
thonsand two hundred and four. They obtained
nearly third of the great medals; more thar
fifth Of the secondary, and sixth of the men
} tons. The number of French exhibitors were
} 1914; not less than two thousand nine hundred
" e. a. IL