New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-16

seLted our great and glorious Republic near Inc Court
OF Louis Philippe while George represented t- in'''-
tutiors near the people OF France. mat ~ "na'
should call la full Embassy When Mr. hing leiI
France be LETT George who became attach to one OF
two succeeding Ministers He had but recently re-
turned from st Petersburg. whittier be went 10 the
suite Of cur late Minister at that Court, when Mr.
Mason was fortunate enough 20 secure MS services
GeoTec j. black your hat, and speaks French Win
euyisble fueBey. lie is good natured well-behaVed
man, and Is courageous as Mr Soule. HIS good nature
and courage got hlm into scrape tere two years ago
AZ that time be getting living as best be could
in private capacty-snmetimes acting a. guide 0f
Jars 10 lis more ignorant and whittier countrynen
bile attending two of these day be chiSalrously
t,k up zone quarrel that they had nee3lessly begun
Which ended in bis being marched of TO Mazas prison,
ard in their marching OF to Meurces At the end OF
CutA two George came Out OF prison as the hero
cones 81 tie END OF the second volume, out OF novel,
wiser aid solder nsn. The two citizens for whose
protection lie had interefed in ext-a-diplOmatic
naurer never Acknowledged his services 20 them
BY word ccPpers or con Plneuts
The distance between embassies snd coats Is less
tsn tie brief nter al that separates tie sublime from
tie ridiculous. A bare eUbassadOr is no ambassador
An extraordinary minister his shirt sleeyes may be
considered in a temporary state Of resignation, strip
red o lis perI oteLce, sunk 10 the common level OF
unqualified humanity. A philosophical definition OF
Z u il ,ul desioeratum philosophical definition
~
TO be desired and lees 20 BE- hoped Tor, seeing that 20
its peteDess solution Of these Two questions Is
uteGiui: hat is nan hat is coat diplomatic,
sstGgc.tEr) You may have though: tha. Mr. SANFORD
lad settled this question as lar IS the trencl Court
was concerned For il is certain that Mr. Sanford
tlIen aide the embroidered ramen in which It had
tttn tie foolish custom Tor our Minister aud Secretary
Of / tlutcn 10 robe themselves and wore TO C0urt and
exc 10 Court balls tie uBlyeried garments OF Amer
lean gentleman And believe II also certain that Mr..
81 = f.h,-
STAGES, oiIect order 10 that effect from his
GOyeIIn Crt. And Il is also certain that Mr. Slnd,Ord
has. curing tie last seven eight months OF PLAIN
dressed existence taken quite good OF our for
eicn relations as an! Minister could have done, how
ever extraordinary and embroidered Ii his title had
been Consul, or simply American Agent he would
q, ubtless Lave taken care 81 them equally well But
nnor TuIIeih TIA; AFTER hatyears PERMISSION OF
American dress 70 the American representative, the
Court lad decided that he shall not in future be a.
loved to dance before Majesty in that guise. Most
petrle believe in tie truth OF this rumor DO not
Louis Ioleon is very bad man, but is not an ass
He PUTS livery bis icOimen, Senator's, Councillors OF
s,aie etceeIss with good reason It maras them out
o. his men Naturally, too, lie desires TO have spen-
did Court shout hint was the desire OF his uncle
before Lin-to dazzle the vulgar and 70 give 70 his
utw-ua Ge fortune old-iamy appearance But II 10
la1Cy conceivable that lie should run the rlsh OF OF
eLdiIc our country-aboye all at this time, when rs
Grain and its cotton and is money returned for French
ard Wien It's etmity would give fearful twist 10 the
tangled completely OF the Eastern question-aud run
flat fisk for the .ahe Of an embroidered coat at
Court ball But to look on tie darkest SIDE OF TINS
oueetion-a black coat and exclusion from Court balls
Tor this is the worst consequence from that premise
exclusion from Court, interruption OF communication
with heads CT depar ment do not follow The Cabnetot
Dlouin De Hugs is open to the most unreie'ed broad
cloth if borne pienipottntlaI Dach' No" suPPos-
mo saw Il q darkest side of this questi0n-what may
81 a. DusSI II
han at tie Iuileres amid the throng OF fair women
and brave men. for such are there-and scragey "o-
uen and base men, who also abound-and American
Potuhars and Potiphars wives (there is scarcity OF
IsrIs in the Court of this Pharoah) all brilliant
win old and diamonds and paste, and brighter than
the rest with precious stones, the ttular Duke oil
Brunswick the epault;es OF bis UNIFORM az eiFcrea'ed
general oil an uucreated army, one dazzling mass oil
dian ord,-and this thrOpg extraordinary minste-
rial American cCat elbows its way no American leg
plenipotental and full of power II need be, mngles IN
lie dance with similar members of the corps diplO-
matte and represents by Terpsichoreau em6ems the IN
erees OF our great and growing country mere that
is the worst of the gas viii be turned OH ana the can
dies 90 out with q smell, toward morning The world
will Keep turning-and America with the rest OF It,
As sad some tine ago, you may have thought that
Nj Sanford had settled the question Tor Others as
well as himself Not at all. Mr.. Mason attended
tie ball at the Palace Monday evening, appearing,
so | am told in the uniform OF an American Naval
Commodore Ny curiosity to know why that uniform
was selected gets better answer than the Ola piece
of information that Mr. Mason was formerly Secretary
Of the Navy. There may be some other reason ior L
am assured that MI NJ is OF COED sense and with
little fondpess for personal display Mr. seymour VINO
is getting slowly enyoyed toward 81 Petersburg, might
with Great proprety present himself at the Court 0i
tie Car in the uniform OF militia general OF the FORCES
OF Connecticut Of which State he was Governor and
e1.offcio Military Commander'n,Ch lef linen ne mas
his uniform of live Colonel in the Mexican war-and
bis other Uniform as Captain OF the Hartford Light
Guards His case il an easy He Will be troubled
At most only with eH'tGrras dc r,ehesse Dir: NC
Lane recently left here on his winding way 10 Cnns
He has been perhaps in the militia or other bedecAed
profession, that VIII Justliy snowy .olee ~, Mn
tie Emperor Of CANA insist on his wearing the ropes
of yellow. bu,toned mandarin But forget the Enl-
peror of China receives barbarian enyoys-not"ltf
standing We have large and peaceful relations with
China.
The successor or one of the successors OF MI Sand
ford who still acts Secretary OF Legation out mas
sent on his resignation to Washington, IS to DO Dom
Piatt. who has been resident in Paris since last sum
uer. Mr. Mason has taken apartments IN the hue
Gabriel in the Champs Elyslan quarter ana purposes
TO be hospitabe to his countrymen.
The Senate and Legislative Body are conyoked for
tie 9th of February There Is nothing said or done
in FRENCH polities novel or nteresng at least nothing
that tbe puhlie knows of The Government says
nothing of its purposes in regard 10 the war with
Rus,a The question of war or peace occupies pubic
attention more than ever and the injurious enect OF
its long agitation is pressing more and more severely
en- commercial and manufacturing, and through then,
oa all other interests The Bank OF France has raised
It's rate of discounts 10 1--WE per cent and the Govern
uen has raised the yearly rate of interest on treasury
bonds 10 four and half five and five and a half !
per cent according they fall due between three and
tve months between Elk and eleven months, or az the
end of full year from the time OF their respective
dstes And 50, while people are continually asking |
wlether there will be war and giving their shrewd |