New-York daily tribune., 1854-04-28

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us, forced ON Turkey and the West By Russian amol-
tior because il, chees the progress OF eiviLahon'
And n AZ too is well though to be sure emlnenty the
atriraI French Colonel decaimng against war
Soue Of YOUR readers will think that am gl'ing ZOO
uueh weioht 10 few theatrical sentiments 0i peace
and coed wl-scattered withal through play "hica
ia in general and essentially OF military Intention
will only saw in qualification OF their thought that tue
French heater as different from the American inca
ter as this people is from our people AZ aE d, tue
decree of innueuce-I 10 not coufound the xmas OF
rfrerce-upon the respective audtores Is concerned
Partisan thcster is more fifty comparable 10 an Amer
lean church The rapid development OF oar oFai III
erature by popular lecturers will soon offer points oi
more striking likeness. -.
Ar the tbeater of the BagIOes RussoTurkish mill
tarv drama entitled l. Orient draws fail houses iadi
Mturice one of the most spirited ana successful OF The
fur hundred living Partisan playwrighs, has written
drama for tie Porte ST. Martin, Of which sidny Is
the hero Les Russes is the title of piece whlch Is
nightly al pauded at the little tbeater of the Luxem-
bourg Another If the theaters has IN rehearsal an
adapted translation Of play by Russian poet Nco-
las Goeol Tie writer is an exile, IN punishment Tor
his roe op;ncns Besides these and one OF two other
pieces whose titles at least bear upon the question oil
tie day, the ons.since famous CoSaTes OF Ia Gatc
theater continues to be tavorlte WITH tAe PUBIC
PERHAPS on the whole it would be as well for Govern
ment hot 10 encourage the Development Of the drama
in this direction, for it is encouraging defamation
against Russian despotiSm. Now French despousn Is
certainly more iolerable than the Russian sort because
the French, being more civilized than the Russians,
would not tolerate the Russian variety. But after all
tie two are if not brothers, at least OF likeness
and Narcleon really does unwisey to suffer hi oxgoOd
friend TO be- 50 III spoken of before his own subjects
II is a proyocatiOn TO comparisons which become
odous Il be feared also that the soldiers n the
East-wha with fighting for liberty and assocatlng
with tie English and singing the Marseaise IN answer
10 God rave the Queen-will bring home bad Ideas IN
their heads 1t is curious that the soldiers are permit
ted 20 sing the Marseillase hymn, ami did slIg that
revolutionary dithyrambc at Malta. with their whole
souls in their mouths. Ii they had sung 1t III France
tLey would have been taken possession OF By the
Police.
French journals copy the list of prizes awarded by
the Jmy ot tic Newl ork Worlds Fair. 10 which they
add sells ratulStOy comments on the large proportion
OF prizes allotted 20 French exhibitors. One OF ny col
leagues will send you accurate translation OF tAe
regulations adopted BY the Managing Committee tor
tie French Worlds taf, to be opened IN May, lsol.
Their great libcrality toward fore gn exhibitors merits
tie att,ptitn OF mechanics and manufacturers Do
let Us lave fuller rep-ese on OF our products, aud
a 1T mittoe 0t agents TO attend 10 them than
We had in J., ndon.
A dinner eaien by nearly one hundred Americans,
was girea TT the Trois rcres last Monday evening to
our late Charge d'Afsires Mr. Sanford. lt was pre-
sided over by Mr.. Mchae, our Consul. Mr. Mason was
present and ot the speech makers on tie occasion
Mr. = leaves here in tcw days for home, thus dmln
ishing the small number Of our competent diplomatic
representatives. abroad The good wishes OF numerous
friends American aud French, follow him across the
water.
Az Tie recent Congress If Delegates from the French
leaned societies, ot the members called the at
ten1ion Of the citing 10 the plan which is already
nearly assured 0 successoi erecting colossal statue
of tie Nirgin Mary ON Mount Cornelile This eleya-
ton rises in the midst OF the picturesque scenery of
the Upper Loire Tie statue ID to be Of bronze stand
ing On pedestal of granite. Its dimensions viii be
larger than those OF the Minerva on the ancient Aero
polls at Athens Of Schwanrales Bavaria at Munich.
lie JourrGt dcs Chemins de Fer gives a comparative
table of the receipts Of French railroads during the
fret months Of 1853 and lSJl, respectively lt shows
handsome increase the present over the corresponds
ing period OF the past year and Is mentloned as
striking proof of tie intrinsic wealth OF French re-
sources, Independent of political agitation.
From Our Own Correspondent
PARIS Cbursday, April Is, 1854
What a elorioas thing il is 10 have royal blood IN
ones veins Talent, crit, long services, ace begs-
teles of the most visionary order aud when brought
into the presence of princes sink into The insisa.
cance of notbingness Just now we suiocited
with prncey bulletins prncely eulogies aud princely
dopgs, generally. Aprince of the house OF Bonaparte,
the same wLo III the Legislature which preceded the
corp ddat was a violent Mobtsgnard oDd denouncer
of lie imperial tendencies of Louis Napoleon, has
started TO take q command in the East ana one is
nauseatod with the details of the attempted triumphal
march which the Government telegraph trying to get
up for him on his way to his destination. One might
suppose rom the length of the daily nstaments dealt
out the readers OF the minsterie Journals OF how
the Prince received here, how his health was there
and bow loud the name Of Napoleon was shouted IN
another place; that instead OF a young whose
military knowledge and military services were limited
to halt years labor In carrying the title Of General
Of Division it was veteran whose scars and long ser
vices gave lin a legitimate title to the enthusiasm OF
his fellow. citizens Thus the movements OF Marshal
St Arnaud, the COMMANDMENTS Chief of the Eastern
army, and TO whom Prince Napoleon is inferior Ot
GER scarcely find room for mention. To the public
lie is hidden from view by the towering Importance Sf
the "c0usin Of His Majesty"
So il is in regard to that other Off shoot OF royalty
Prince George Of Cambridge. For three days all Paris
has been in a Juror TO see the Duke of Cambridge.
This gentleman, who is cousin to Queen Victoria, 30
years o. age and handsome, is going out to fight the
COssacks under the command OF Lord kegland, as
Prince Napoleon il under Marshal st. Arnaud. His
debut before Paris audience has been the occasion OF
series of grand iates Of public reoicngs and Ofioud
trumpetings in the newspapers, which would have
done honor to the Queen herself The Duke Of Cam
bridge received at the depot by the dgntaries OF
Paris; he was conducted to the Tgileries in the
state carriage OF the Emperor grand ball was
given him at the Palace; review of 5000 men
was gotten up for his benefit grand mill
tary dinner was given him at the Tuleries the
carriages Of the Emperor conducted him ID the opera
etc And little did the Parisans know that that gray
haired man with but one arm, who rode quietly in the
rear of the Duke among inferior officers, was Lord
Raglan, the commander of the said Duke. They did
not know il because like Saint Arnaud he hidden
trom view by the towering importance OF the cousin
" If Her Majesty" II might have been that Lord
Raglan kept in the shade from fears that his bod
Is mutatiOn and PeninsHlar and Waterloo history
would bring up recoilectons of disagreeabe charac