The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-21

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nal Committee. The Moniter announces this fact,
and adds that Mr.. James vain, Commissioner from
b mas DesI hss the
oogpized Mr.. Edward B. Buchanan, as Commissioner
nom the State Of Maryland, and Mr.. Faunsell B.
Field, Secretary Of Legation at Paris, ad interim,
as Commissioner from the State Of New York.
This appointment Of Mr. Field has given great salts
faction TO all who know his peculiar qualifications
for the duties which he win be expected to perform
More will be expected OF him. perhaps, taan ought
10 be required for his familiarity with the French
language win be of no less service to his fellow
commissioners than his scientific requirements, his
taste as connaisseur In the arts and his ready and
Mr.. Mason. American Minister, is slowly recover
ing, was told last night, from his shock Of
spoplexy. FIGARO.
Our Paris Correspondence.
PARIS, Jan. 8, 1855.
n Poppy Amongst the Roses The Great Hen Party
at the Hiieriss-W Witty Repavtee Of French NO
man to the First Napoieon-A Spectacle Without
Spstafors-E nterception at the French Post Office
efthe Netc York Misunderstanding Letter from
Se6astopoi- Unusual Madness Of the Winter is
Paris-The Italian Opera- Production Of Yer
DIS :" II Tropatore, :" and debut of Bsaucardi.
The beau monde is more happy than it has been
for weeks, FOR the subject which extended my last
TO- fear, most fstiguiug length has given il some
thing TO talk about Tho wits laugh at tie Emperor,
leon deserted at the foot stool of his throne exacting
obeisance and fealty from thrice fifty women others
say that His Msjesty is perfectly consistent and in
ths as in other matters, follows implicitly in tho
soststeps of his great model, who had always au
fond certain degree of malice prspense against the
sex par excellence. Il is remembered that when that
great man was Consul, and grand banquet was
given, some of the PRINCIPAL ladies were placed by
themselves at a table over which the hero Of Ma.
rengo presided. Eating was a short operation in
those Napoleonic days, and as under such ctrcum
stances conversation could not be expected to be.
very lively, one of those awful pauses or chasms
took place, which Gods and hold alike in horror,
and was thus applied BY Bonaparte Pray, Ma
dame, how old are you? And you, Madame? And
you Throughout the circle. Such an unforeseen
assault was perfectly overwhelming at the onset,
ard the most invidious Of questions was prom oily
and meekly responded to; but there were thirty
ladies' 10 ore man, and Napoleon had entered
upon campaign for once, without calculating the
odds; little fencing soon manifest on the part
Of one or two Of the besieged; then came a mn mi
recordo, and at last some one who was on the shady
side of forty, had the hardihsod to reply,"I was
born in the same year Monsieur that gave to France
. master, but to women tormeatw The applica-
ticn was unmistakeable /; general laugh broke out,
and like many other tyrants the young consul, then
about thirty years OF age, received speedy condem
nation. So the world continues 20 run ss round Of
repetition, and Napoleon the Third, who has beat
his uncle hollow at eoup detat-who, without
Talleyrand or Foucae holds France 10 his hand,
and makes all Europe follow in his wake-is bound
70 improve upon him likewise in rebus fan'iesr.
Some will hsve it that the Empress is decidedly
ente and that to her from the fatigue Of stand
ing this expedient was reso-ted to- but from the
preparations made, ii was evident very much lar
ger number Of persons WAS expected and the thio-
ness Of the attendance Ia felt to be reflection.
The court tnn of the right sort in France,
under the existing dynasty, the really noble families
refusing 20 put foot insids Of 1t, aud is not wss
10 seem TO insult those OF responsibility and station
who are willing to supply the vacuum court desert
cd ia q desert indeed, and crowned heads must
never suffer themselves to forget that the nobsss
and most .erpy interesting part Of every spe ,tsce
Ia the spev.e.o,s themselves. What was ic made
the funeral tro,esaion Of the Duke of Wellington
the grandest sight che world ever saw? 1t was MT
She cortsge-France can improvse fifty bstter in an
hour bur there is thing she cannot do she can
not people her housetops, her broad seways, her
shops, her easements, the pinnacles and towers OF
her churches, her trees, and very lamp posts, with
clustering hives Of sympathetic human beings, who
make the earth trembls with tneir nervous voices,
silence expressive thaa the rumbling throes of
an earthquake. In England the Queen uses high
stool on State OCCASIONS.
But enough, and pe rhaps toe much, Of this. 1t
grieves me, even By implication, TO say q word
aga INST the Emperor; but one canne help Deing put
out when women seem to be made fools OF, and men
are deprived Of their journals. Stop and gag the
French press have nothing to say-that concerns
but the French; but lattery every package OF
the New YORK HERALD ia riaed of halt or three
fourtns offs numbers and your ways, your sayings
All ell nA1 al
terous to as II you were in the centre of China
The parcel to-day contains bat one copy-that Of
December the 18th.
The following letter in the Pat,ie, dated the 10th
ult. from Sebsstopal, is worth reading If only as
contrast TO similar documents from the English
army
We are in the trenches up TO the knees in mud, and
the nights far from agreeable We prefer therefore,
going attack the outposts Of Prince Mcnschkof who
does and then the honor to fire few guns u.s.
butsithout doing us much harm. Notwithstanding all
things soldiers gay, and animated with
spirit They well clothed and well fed, thanks
the INCREASING solictude Of the Emperor from whom
are daily receiving some new benefits Never was an
army better treated and did General take such
care OF his troops General Canrobert does He has
heart Of gold enclosed in body Of iron. We at work
raising batteries and shall soon have two hundred
guns In line. The Russians attempted sortie this
morning but received with sharp fire, and driven
back at the point of the bayonet to their trenches They
the streets OF sebastopol with all kinds of obstacles
But II troops enter the battle of the streets
win not teirfy for stronger than tney and
shan soon get the upper hand
So extraordinary Is the mildnes Of the season
and the fecundlty given to vegetation by the nces
SAINT rar that in the gardens of the ruieres roses
and flowers are as luxurant as In the fest days OF
autumn. We hear nothing az present of those things
without which the Partisan would shriyel 40 like
scroll Of parchment namely bals-excspt that the
Court declares that such things will be out of the
question until better arrives from the seat of
war. Napoleon Ia possibly no. sorry, for Of all his
heavy labor, that Of going through these court
galas must be the most onerous. lt is usual on the
Ias,r dc IN tort he min n
ariee 10 dine With the chief magistrate, but this
occasion Prince Jerome Bonapsrte relieved hts