New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-28

.-oercisI occasion Mr.. SANFORD shoula no. be
pe". ur,e,s in court costume. II vas known how
io ;th,, Mr.. s would not yield on this point. and
H., ifrejected, he would protest Il, wa' admitted
..;,,out nurpur, and treated with ths uud con
''ae,,ton which is paid lie American representative,
y,o Nos.fsu. with delicate courtesy winch can vel
!. ,,preeated IN lie account Of tie ball next morn
=, sid that "eyery individual Of the three tnou'ald
arr,,eut carried either tie court or "iI''A o'S
.isnf" The precedent therefore i wen e''a
a. the Court of France. that the GoTe'a"en' u ''o
r,ited States las tie same right as other '''D''
.. dictate what Kind Of costume iis req ''e"'''0
ALI w,or II the French GOyernment were h''
.,,,eed of that fact. or if it were dispose
- 10 exigeant the people at the ruere' might nave
'I.our s.odso,d How is this, sir Il seems that
no Co,e,ppen. order under which you are acting is
-, ,e,er,p,ory. AtBcrn, at Madrid at Alexandrla'
.,Turiu and other places your new diplomatic agents
,,poitted under this order, 60 to court ~ Costume
We have the same right and ii the order is fot abso'
.,o,e. we demand that you DO tho same thing
A. the grand reception at the Tuilerics on New
Years Day, al the repre- sentaYes Of foreign powers
rot altogether Insignificant drove 20 the door OF me
,sce in equpeces which would have excited more at
.s,,io. in the streets of arstocrac New-io even
,tss the ca,alcade Of an Derant iiP2otrome is was
,erit,lle " Lord Ma,ors show Would the Amer
can people Ike to sec their representative drive
"a The door of a palace 20 pay respects to mon
.rch, in a carriage enblazoned "ith s"i'cH e'n'ieh'
,,d o,nouen,s preceded and followed by servants
an bareback dressed in gold and swan SHOWN AM
arriving insignia with three or four servants srn
,rly rjreed GROWING the carriage and the Minister
himself decorated like theatrical count OF the Last
tentuIyl Would they Ike to pay for it All this -
4, much part of tie court costume as WHAT the Min
aer wear, himself if be adOPs part OF ' that which
,slstos 10 his pereona decoration, it is ackrOwl
6euent Of the principle aud he may we'll a!op, the
lsbolc--ii he can afOrO it
On this occasion tie court Of the Tuileries was
|rowded with the magnificent eqIipagcs OF the diplo-
lat, corps and of hs tunctonaI Of State. Spas
thousand dollar lOrses were chauplng their bits
nd paving the ground. while the fine carriages AMI
he gold embroidered livery OF the numerous attend!
MS forU ed an outside scene of royal elegance not
fen witnessed Presently. into the midst OF this gay
srsrleroalis Rdod a modest, genteN liitle coupe,
avn by one torse, which perhaps did not cost more
ban three hundred dollars. and driven by servant
Iressed neatly ia black, with a io0tmsn at his SIDE
tmilary dressed. Tbs was the equipago Of tie
representative Of the United states &c was re-
|pee,able, it was in keeping with the dress of the
tpros sentative and it keeping with tic HABITS
N the country which Lie is sent abroad % represent
there was an immense difference between bis cqIi.
nee and those OF his colleagues but if he had adopt
theirs he would have sloudered tue institutions an1
sbi;s of the country which he was representing. II
vss certanly only "onehorse representation; but
here was principle behind 1t that VIII one DAY over
set End swallow up all he oriStocratic imposiUre which
looked DOWN GA il with contempt