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

Dr,ru OF ARMAND BERrIS-French journalism has
ps,aned severe loss in the person Of Armand Berlin
chief editor and exclusive proprietor of the Journal ds
Df5ats for nearly forty years the most influential among
European Continental papers Mr. Berlin inherited the
Dats from his father who died in the year 1871 at ad
yapced age twas a rich nhertan e. lie had been eiu
Gated for its mana cement from childhood He was abs
rous man though he did no. write much himself the pa
per never issued from the press without his having care
fully reviewed all its contents The deceased was about 50
years old OF pleasant features and ova good humond
preston black hair and black eyes tall stout and of that
class of fat liked equally by Caesar and Louis Philippe
His convictions his faihi be had any-were identified in
those OF his newspaper which the representative and
gan Of bankers wealthy spectators and the higher bour
peoisie of France His social and political creed ex
cusve concentrated in the existence OF this class and he
hated the nobility equally with people Though he had
great Influence the Palace during the reign OF Louis Ph
ppe he never crossed the threshold of the Tuees
asked any favor for himself any decoration for his button
hole but satisfied with being able TO adorn with ribbons
the dress coats of his callaborators.
The death of Mr. Berlin will very possibly prove fatal to
the ournol des D6Jots This paper was founded in the
year 1882 on the outbreak of the great French Revolution
BY Barrere who was famous afterward member AID
reporter of the Committee of Public Safety during the
Reign of Terror Its name that time the Journal 9
DEGREES In $500 the brothers Berth bought and gave
its present tide After the coronation Of Napoleon it 70
ceived the of the Journal Of The Empire but at the
Restoration returned to its previous appelaon During
the reign of the Bourbons independent paper de-
tending more or less all the successive ministers Finally.
however opposed that Of Pognac and previous to the
celebrated ordinances of July 1880 it sounded the note Of
opposition and contributed to overthrow not only the cab
met but the dynasty and to enthrone Louis Philippe and
the golden age of bankers and of tho bourgoose For
this reason Berlin the father called Warwick the
King maker.
The Journal des DdJas has reflected faithfully the char
acter of its conductors and that Of the class of the bo
eeose which they represented There is moth ng steady
and well determined in their intimate convictions in thor
actions Skeptics matersists Votarians, they stick II
monarchy while they defend the Government of the Pope
and the abuses of power exercised by the priesthood De
prved of oil generous impulses senbIy enthusiastic
only for material well beng without any taste for theories
cautious and attracted towards what days called
ideas-they possess certain kind of spirit and talent
Nearly all the eminent political and scientific writer's Of
France have various epochs contributed to the columns
of their journal and nearly all the power from the
Restoration to Comp Of December have been
way or other cloeted in the cabinet of is chief editor
The ournai ds DeJdts the creator of special kind Of
literature which has extended from it to oil other Partisan
and French newspapers We refer to the literature Of the
Fuetons 1t originated under the Empire with excellent
criticisms of the drama written by the celebrated Geofroy
and continued since by Jules Janin and several others
Very soon not only critical articles but whole
and memoirs for example those Of Chaeaubriand
thus published in the F1tOns ofvarious journals Among
the prominent contributors this literature Alexander
Dumas Eugene Sue, Lamarne, and crowd of names in
the present French literary world.