The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-17


COURT GOSSIP AT rHn WEST BBD-hsssas. BU'
CHArAr. tIcKLSs AID SANDERS vs.. fdB NEW
York CORRESPONDENT OF rHB LorDon rIhns
In the absence Of any decisive dispatches from 81
Petsrsburg diplomatic circles have been obliged to
resort to gossip and scandal Of hoae manufacture
is is seriously assertsd-and quite ~ ssrioasy DO
lieved by some people that the French Emperor
was concerned in the Madrid plot-one day TO kill
the Soules and sssthsr to get rid Of the heress ap
psrest to the ancient throne Of CASTLE and Arrsgon
In another cotsIie hear MI abou, the Intervention
OF bis Royal Hgbbess In the affairs OF State; and
olly day before yesterday Was said very respsc
table authority, thai the Queen bscaue quite iadg.
nant after reading the leader in the DAILY Morsing
Aartisr, OF the 3d. that subie=t, sent fer Lord
John RUSSELL and inquired whether 1t we're really
true that be intended to assert the dignity Of her
crown and her matrimonial rights" When Parlia.
ment assembled. 1t appears that the Queen is &C.
tsrmined to play the part Of the wife in this matter;
and ii seems to people Of sense rather impairment
for English politicians to attempt to pry into the pri
vats affairs Of the royal family since the Queen GER
tainly has the right to her own domestic " Caudle
lectures" Is well as the next English woman.
But decidedly the racisst OF al matters Of court
gossip concerns your venerable Ambassador 70 the
Court Of st. James, Mr.. Buchanan, and his Secretary
Of Legation, Mr.. Sickles- Contrary to all etiquette
in such matters, West End rumor has even pene
trated "the City" and fetched" out Mr.. George
Sanders, yoar Consul. Since the time Of Mr. Ste-
phsnscn, / do not RENE nber that court gossip has
soudescended TO Itself with the afsirs Of your
"courtiers" much less has the West Fad ever trou-
bled tself about your Census. You had for mauy
yeArs Q veteran soldier here In the capacity Of Am.
roan Consul, whom everybody respected, and to
whom more British sovsreigns than one showed to
kens Of regard; but you have very queer fellow
hers now.
Well this matter has made 20 much talk that 1t
certainly will xmuse your readers, aud shall be
ratser specific In some OF my details, ~ happen to
have had (more by accident than apyt thing else,
perhaps,) . good opportunity OF know wing somewhat
about IL. 1t Ia said that Punch intends to get up
some illustrations opropos csci They ought to DO
among his beat dsneatons for, really that anything
Of the kind Of which am to speak should ersr have
taken place. Is none too crsditable TO General Pierce
or bis representative
So widely circulated and powerful Journal as the
London It~ss i OF course, very thoroughly scanned
byinteligent readers Its correspondence il also sub
jected to the ssversst scratipy but DO not remem
Der that any special interest his been taken in
the letters Of any Of It's American correspondents,
until TWO or three years ago. when became evident
that mere vigorous hand was as work In that do
partment The lstrers Of "Our OwG Correspondent"
from New York, since that time have been read with
considerable interest and often they have formed the
subject Of conversation In the prrcpa circles OF the
diplox attic ~ well as the commercial world. Some
tire last May or June the readers Of the Tin's,
.I<xtx tl,n -hI m
produce The downfall Of General Plerses Adminstra
ton Everybody bad been led to suppose by the
previous letters Of the correspondent that the min
israson had gone into office with the entire cond'
dence Of the nation. Everybody, therefore, WA SIR
prsed to od that 1t had suddenly brought ITSELF
into contempt; for the letter Of which speak con-
veyea that impression. Subsequent events have 81
tisied the world that the T.uss correspondent,
although perhaps the nrr 70 forecast results, was
fully justified in the posi don he early took That
letter produced no little sensation In London, and
was commented on extensively by continental jour.
halls. tspoks especially Of tho selections which had
bsen made for American representatives, 1T the courts
Of Europe and In terms OF censure. But results
In marvellous manner to have Justified the opiai,ns
q the writer. Mr.. Soule has managed 70 get into
personal quarrel with the French ambassador at
Madrid, and his son, with only the promise
OF beard" (as one OF the French journals says)
has had the honor Of duel with the Dake d. Alba
Mr. DaAisls, the American Charge AffsiIes N Turin
sppeArs to have written . most disgustingly affen
sive letter to the American press in regard 70 the
coury, the noble, and the refined circles OF the capt.
tai Of Piedmont. A German Je wish money changer
Of New York was selected for the Hague maa
who had for many years, II Is said, been the mere
agent Of the Rothschilds, and the paid spy OF tho
Austrian government, whose consul he Was. This
appointment amazed Europe. Only last week We
heard that Mr. Mason, q believe It ISL the new Min
ister to France had required Mr. SANFORD, the Ame
ricsn Charge d'Affaires, to appear at tho imperial
court in gold lace, when everybody had applauded
him, and be had been received with special respect,
for appearing in the American cour. dress while he
represented your government there The intcL
gence has been received with delight that he has
refused to comply with the Instructions u mis- new
superior, (Who has decked himself out most I'm %
rally, urder the special direction and management
Of Of the under court taors) and has resigned.
You cannot suppose that much respect will DO felt for
your government when man OF 30 much real dig
nifty Of char .cter Mr.. SANFORD Ia allowed to be dis
placed by such q man as We Judge Mr.. Mason must
be, and, above all, for such cause.
But IL what am about to relate is fully smbstau.
tiatedand much Of it Is absolutely known to be true
your representation In London will prove BE- the
shsbbest Of all II Is said, that soon after the
arrival Of Mr.. Buchanan at Lo idon, he sent Nr.
Sickee his Secretary Of Legation 70 The Office of the
London 1',nes on q special and private mission.
The bland aud some hat obsequious Secretary sue
ceeded, by dint OF showing his diplomatic card In
penetrating his way ,hroug, lolg past es 20 the
sehce VI the editor, OF some who represented
him. In that mincng, supple, and almost issiAuAt
ing way, which tie Secretary has, he at last made
know the object Of his visit 1t was, taat their
,own American correspondent had written about
general Pierce and his Cabinet in ash terms that Il
bad become quite offensive TO the American govern
ment.
"WeIl, Mr.. Secretary that Is quite prob able will
yon have the goodness 70 tell me how that concerns
the legation!'
"Wby certainly, Mr. EDITOR. The Times Is known
TO be very powerful sDd influential journal"
"Wsll Mr.. Secretary"
aIVelt Mr. Edjtor