New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-12
Nssua1ork Dailp Gribuns
NEW PUBLIC.1IION
A nIpIOMATIsT IN LOVE.
nv CCURTsHIP AND ITS COS.kQ 49,.
Hr,sY WIyoTY limo pp 80 oe''-

ff tLis famous diplomsait, In the Pi''u
k.,,ea under dificultie' With uop'fene'ed
.,,dor he has here uuf lded the particulars OF 'oe
ntrsue, taking the whole world INTO h' con
sA.n.s-hs,,ing chi, heart on he sleeve i'f
.o ,,ck ,."-abd. in the dearth OF pu1u'
.n..,os,,. presenting q plqnant nioe'da,s
wonder for the recreation o'soc'SV' us mar
,s,ive will no doubt be read with plous car''tyoy
,o.nfnI d.vo,ees Of both seXes. IL Goes nor IN
d..d afford rev version of 1.-The loves VI she
.,sels"-on the contrary, it has decided .inick
oftte teuesrill. Both parties IL TIE deiec'''ie
drama appear TO be old stsgers in the experience
OH. world--tteir May oilfc 400 the verge inc
Fellow leaf-Or q: any rate, they are sof'r
from The purple bloom south 81 baye pissed me
season for the dellci Jus bewltermen,s 81 " love
you,g dream" Their history, Is must be fetuct-
,ntly coDttssed, bears less reseDhla0ce to the
tender romance Of Abelard and El)se, toin TO
the .'Ismentsbe comedy ofPyramusand los'e
The admirers of "Coeebs IN Search Of Wife,
10 Which ~ortby the author compares himself
will find little 10 remind them Of their fayorlte
hero Ia this record Of a matrimonial chase, IN
which al astute diploma, il the hunter aud
WHY csquet,e the game. Still the s,oty IA not
without it's moral, which, as we extcact it from
the labyriuth o. incidents, is t0.t IN win
mig a fair ladJs heart, diplomacy y less 20
TINT than love. Here was the first grand
mistake Of the author. who seems 20 be sort
Of mod,rn admirable CrichtOn;" but 10 this
instance biz genius certainly led him a'tr4y. He
took too long road 70 reach bis goal. lnii'u''ed
with the charms Of Miss Ganble-she had re-
Gently come into posse ssioD OF large fortune
when be laid bis p'Ans-tbere was altogether too
much "methOd in his uadDess' Sach com
prcated pot--fucb elaborate my etifcatons-slch
systematic conceslmehts, subtietes, and logen1l'
ties--Rere never before brought from the aPpa-
ra,us Of diplomacy if order 10 l.y siege TO : one
little woman" Even the FIRST letter, ia which
the pensye inamoratO ventured TO declare his
passion was Addressed, not to the object OF his
idolstIy, but to another lady-the wife OF Mc.
Groie, the Grecian historian an Intima friend
of the writer; and this letter, ~ certain clrcum-
lOcutoIy sIstaeems was conveyed into the hands
of Mrs Ganlblc, who replied TO It's contents 10y
prompt prohibition OF further acquiiItance. She
did Lot, however, leave the sighlDg lover IN
despair. Her innate cOque'ry would not consent
to release tho victim who was apparently s'rug-
cling in her tOls. Sue holds out 90 hun Il Ger
tain CLEAN of hope and, from this time, the in
terest in the "disiGe comedy" commences.
The story describes series Of naneuvers On both
sides which exhibit about as much heart as the
affecting performances OF Punch and Judy. As
impartial spectators, we are bound to state tnAt
the diplOmatst is Outwitte1. lie does not always
Keep lis lead COOL makes several false moves
and at length is cbcckma'td. lie now resolves
on more stringent measures. The genius
of cabal is at fault, and an uulucby step
10 The consequence. TIE aspiring lover loses
his self possession, and in the petPit Atty OF the
moment, ventures on transactIons which are re.
garded by the Italian legal tribunals as the " alb
duction Of an ieress.' With oil bis special
Pleading to wbitewath the proceedings st Genoa,
which led to his trial and imprisonment, we must
hint our suspicious, that they were exceedingly
undplomatic Not that we discover any trace oil
mslppity in the conduct Of the lady 'bunteT,-ior
the whole impression of the story, if not that Of
"ipiured innocence on 5 side is that of a m,n
badpered by a vixen, who was more than match
for him-but he seems TO have so Tar !ost the
GOODNESS Of the old soldier that he is, as TO have
been willing to finch desperate game by despe-
rate means But the cruelty of his fair antsgo-
mist is positively lawful Having once game
power over her sdmifer she brings all the )rrors
of Italian Justice TO satiate her vengeance. Nesee
the print of her fierce talOns in the streaming
cheeks of the diplomat, rs she rejoces over hei
prey with the ssneuinsry delght OF an iniurated
eagle. Or TO express il more Picturesquely, the
English maiden is converted into bulldog, last
ened on her lovers throat. 1t Is admitted on all
hands tina! word from her lips would have soft
cbed the dire fate of the defeated, but that word
was not spoken Think of the miserable heart
broken siegart the admired of all admirers IAN
ornament to all who knew him. the bosom.adviser
of the ilustrious prisoner Of Ham, and the conn
dsnt of his throne the very flower OF chiyslry,
immured for fifteen long months in noisone
Italian prison, his valuable life exposed to the de-
youripg teeth Of obscene yermin-and not ray
of pity from the venerable coquette. Can such
spgers dwell in celestisl minds -
But We will not withhold from our readers
specimen of the edi ing revelations in this volume
The FIRST acquaintance Of our shIewd diplomat
with the queen Of his destiny dates as lar back as
eighteen years ago. She had left hef American
home to reside with IN sunt, who was the wife OF
sweslthy Scotch merchsat in London. The high
conflicting parties frat met in the house oil tals
gentleman, to whsm Wikof had brought letters
of introduction At that tine the charms OF the
lsdv were AZ TIA eliminating point. Size Was