New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-22
But "rosd,onf" IL more in accordance with the
italian idiom, and the document cannot be trans
lated into ENGLISH otherwise than as follows:

lated into English otherwise than as follows;
TIE .,o.t Ne rurde receives communication Jog n't's
u9s..1.s Of ii: Nt; Il the church ofNs Dsn- on ms
ocos.s D Of the taxing Of Sevs.toeoL <..>.A
tribahs the mem,e' Of The ai'On.'e corps who WIN
attend uk ceremony"
Another paragraph gave directions as TO the hour
and the door by which they we've 70 enter aDo
added: "On sera e~ astorme." But Oil me great
bodies Of state had been ordered by their Govern
ment 70 be in uniform, and this was added 70 Tue
nuncios note, il is reasonable to suppose, as
niece Of infor alton 70 the diplomatic corps: that
those who wished to come would appear in uni
form The above is the copy of the Invitation
which vas served by the nunc'o to the entire
coros. ard leave the reader to form bis own ap'
precia,on Of its force and its meaning.
When this document arrived at the different
embassies on Wednesday afternoon, there was
great commotiOn in the diplomatic world. hasS
visits were made between embassies and soon 'he
telegraph was set to working between ministers
and their o. yernmeDts; and it was DOT I'LL ~
o'clock next morning (the TIE Deum TOOK place az
12) that all were decided on the course 70 fopo"'
The following shows how each mloister ac'ed on
that day and is curious as an evidence OF the posi-
ton in which each government stands On the war
question.
Denmark Sweden, Belgium, Wdrtemberg, and
Bavaria, had no representative at the lie Denm;
ssxony and Hanover were represented only oy
their Secretaries of Legation, the ministers re-
naming away by instructions from their govern
,,ents lint sending their secretaries as kind OF
ba,t unv mrusuIr Tho three FIRST NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
of Denmark. Sweden and Belgium-hsve had
standing Instructions for year Gas well no doubt
"a the agents Of the same governments at st. Pc
tersburg and London) to abstain from attending all
such ceremonies as have any particular connection
with the war. But the governments OF Sweden
and Belgium telegraphed to their ministers TO llu-
inmate their embassies in the evening, which they
did. This they considered an external Formally
more as a CONCESSION the crowd which would
be found in the streets that night than as com
pment to the Government.
TO continue Wiirtemberg and Bavaria acted
without instructions, and as l have said before
remained away entirely and did not illuminate
Baden Baden, Holland and other small States that
are controlled entirely by Prussia AID Austria,
and indeed are nobody without the protection Of
those mowers. followed them, and were present.
But the Count Hatzfeldt, Prussian Minister, and
BARON Hubner, Austrian Minister, were in doubt
a. 10 their duty both teegraphed to their Gov
erpments, and both were ordered by their Govern
ments to 90 and others, acting under their lead,
went also. NJ Lightenfelt, Dutch Minister, did
not receive final instructions till 81 o'clock in the
morning. and it is said that it was be who influ-
enced the American Minister in going. This, II
&ba unafa
serious charge that lies upon Mr.. Mason in the
whole affair for certainly the petty Kingdom OF
Holland should not decide question of neutral
ity for government occupying so exceptional
position as that of the American Republic.
1t is evident that majority of the Ministers did
regard the question possessing political sgnlii'
cation. The element which prevailed in their
minds until they reco'',--- -. ;astructions O,
ninoo was the best 6Sfdekeow ...i
fact; while the responses of Prussia and Austria
backing up their Ministers in viewing it as sim
pie act of courtesy, which did not compromise
them with Russia is easily understood by those who
know the position uf these Governments DIS. d. els
the contending parties in the present ws-
All this settles in the mind of your correspond
ent, and will no doubt as well in that of your read
ers, where the question of neutrality lies, aud
whether or not the French Government had the
right to demand an attendance, or even desired to
exercise such right on the occasion of the late
Te Deum at Notre Dame But the American Min
lister had reasons for going which ought to b. heard
and duly placed to his credit. In the first place
he had no instructions from his Government which
could be followed as a guide in the emergency
which presented itself; and here is great fault of
Mr. Marcy, who knowing that such emergencies
would be likely to arise, and that fourl weeks are
required to obtain instructions from Washington,
should long ago have done as did Belgium, Den
mark and Sweden, and furnish them in advance.
In the second place Mr.. Mason did not regard it
as political question, but entirely as one of cour
tesy and knowing the suspicion which was al.
ready held concerning American sympathy for
Russia, and not wishing to increase that suspicion
by SO Insignificant an act, in his mind as staying
away from the Tie Dsum, he believed 1t his duty, in
the absence Of instructions, to go. He did not
view it as question Of great importance and he
feared that the staying away would be worse
cOmmittal than going for on the side Of going be
had the example of other neutral States, and he
had the general custom Of the diplomatic corp,-
which is, to answer all invitations to ceremonies,
come from what source they may; while to have
stayed away would have been too prominent an act
to have escaped dsagreeable criticism
If Mr.. Mason believed that an attendance upon
the Tie Deum compromised his neutrality, he would
deny the right at once of the French Government