New-York daily tribune., 1856-05-24

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fashion ttose in Wall street could discor,
nothing that should lead one to doubt that the
Imperial frabc here Was as almighty "A the
Republican dOor on tho other side ef the water
or that Msmmon does not court smOog hi, yyor
slippers a. f4ihful Catholic as Protestant deyotees
Fortunately, neither tie Little Exchange (or the
BOurse proper nor wall street is complete ia.
dox q Crest aA..en. With this comfortable no.
10 say philosophical reflection, threw out nv
cigar stump into - mdst of these stock gambler:
and hing ny ~sy through throng Of them. WI,
were encumberlng the lower passage de FOoerq
l presently reached the Rne Laftte When
reached the upper end Of that street found it aud
all the space IN front Of the church Notre Dame
dc LOrette occupied By crNyd more compac;
than the one had Just left On the side walk OF the
Boueyards There might have been a thousand or
fifteen hundred persons standing there very quiet
and serious. The office Of preserving order was
slnecure for the policemen present for there were
sergens dc uWe here also. The church. as learned,
was already filed to its utmost capacity-with
mOuIDers. as | saw by the funeral hangiLss that
shrOuded lIs elegant pOrtcO. An honest blouse.
who came up at the same time az mysef respect
fully asked who was the de ceased 10 whom such
bonors were shown. An iUpedng old woman.
who stood in frOSt Of on the curbstOne, and had
heard the question and ny reply Of ignorance,
courteously turned to tell US that it it was " the
great composer. AdOIph Adam" the author o the
IOSulOH " LOHJUHtCuQ vi ot 4 ttUfS f.O1r anu NUM-
berless other pieces. operas aId ballets.
On Friday evening last he in apparently
perfect health aud IN his usual cheerful spirits.
lie was at the grrnd opera with his friends that
hight, and afteWaId accompanied O1e of the ~
the Theatre Lyrque. where one Of hs operas,
So j'etais Ron. a favOr1te with the public. was in
rehearsal for new series of representations
On reaching home he wrote letter and some
notes of music, which be left on his piano. Not
having appeared at his usual hour next morning,
bic wife went to bis room at o'clock 20 call him.
She received no answer, approached his bed, and
found cold corpse. He died of disease Of the
heart. As physicians say, the extinction of sljal-
ity must have been nstantaueoGs-witbout warn
ing without pain-such death as the i'lustfOus
composer had desired-wthOut precedent decay,
in the midst OF his strength aud hOnOrs. He had
expressed dread of OUTLYING the productive
power of his faculties and the attendant public
applause.
When The solemn services of the church were
ended, procession, composed of artists in all
hidds, amateurs, men of letters, and q very nu-
merOus body Of friends numbering in all "a il is
loosely rated some three thousand persons fol
lowed his remains TO their last resting place.
Three thousand men of all professions, leaving
their business on MOnd4y spending three or four
hours in the heat of the day IT, do honor TO an
artist 1t wss foe Offset TO the money-makog
tbrong on the BOuierard des H0henS and, l ven
tured to observe 10 myself, more characters
tcally national demonstration. One maO-a large
manufacturer of pianos, Il friend OF Adam gave
holiday TO all the wOrkmen of his establishment,
paving them their wages, with the request that
they would attend his funeral. The Theatre Lyrque,
where one Of his operas, as ] said above, was to
be performed wa. closed that night. The BohGes
Pdrisiens, another operate theater where some of
his compositions had been performed, was also
closed. At the Grand Opera the performances
10, .,lt Rod kaap dah Aata in
advance by the Emperor, as treat for his guest,
the King of Wurtemberg and went on as usual,
but the proceeds. also by the EmperOr's command,
haye been handed over to the widow of the de-
ceased So well does Louis Napoleon understand
his French. That the opera COm'qae was not closed
on the same occasion, has been the theme of much
indignant comment here.
The funeral Of Victor MOrpurgo. publicist
whose writings that have appeared in the Presse
and otberwheres referring to various topics OF the
eastern Question have won him high and de-
served reputation for ability and right feeling, was
also attended that day bs the best of what remains
in Paris of independent journalists and thinkers.
Talking of these funerals that evening, over
steaks and cut.ets at Madame bvSques round
table it WAS finally agreed to modify certain de-
cisons upon French character passed at our
morning session.
There is no very exciting news in the city this
week. The King of WUrtemberg, brother-in' law
As he is travelling under an assumed name, 1t Is bu
decent to respect hisincOeDtO. One OF his attend.
ants. however, Il forget now whether Chancel
lor or II General brinss his own name with him,
snd it is such funny one that must recordt since
there no ndelicacy in the case for the beneht oi
the diaphraems and sweetbreads OF your readers
sneak of the noble and well-b0In, the Baron
UeIdtgg
An Arch Duke of Austria is to be here il few
1ays The wiseacres see in this visit. great, but
indefinite political significance. They say II lsthe
prelude 10 a visit from the Emperor Francis Joseph
himself If had To venture al opinion IN so grave
n matter | should say that II had more to 90 win
the ceremosy of the approaching baptism OF httie
Napkin than with any settlement OF the vexed
question OF Italian pOlity the political question OF
tie moment A little Swedish Duke, relative of
L. n Bonaparte, is also announced among the
Summer visitors at the palace.
The churching of the Empress took place last
week. Preparations are now making on sum
cently magnificent scale for the baptism 0t her
little boy. The ceremony is to take place at Notre
Dame sometime in June-prObablv on the ami
yersary of the baptism Of the King of Rome. One
would not think that the omen of such assocla alon
were auspicous The boy father il seems, likes II
-cbacuH d sou pom The Duke of Bordeaux,
the present king Henry ', IN pdriibuS. and the
Count of Paris, Louis Philippes disinherited heir.
were severay bsptised in the same church ln the
month of May. The Dukes baptism was l"Iio"tu
by ffies that were prolonged for fortnight; the
baptism of the little Count of Paris Was conducted
very modestly Ii all came TO the same thing.
Any one curious as TO the history of Napoleonic
taptisms may read the whole story of that of the
poor Duke Of keichstadt, in Thiers's thirteenth
Voum, of the CoRshlat Ct FEmPire. which is just
published. Any enc curious as to the moral OF IT,
lad best read BeraDgers song OF which spoke IN
ny iast.
Y | have more than once in the past three years
touched upon the bread question, the really vital
question OF the time and spoken of the sacrifices