The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-27

prisipg agility, and shows all the germs Of futnre
despesiaA In his determined manner Of oxercistng
sis nee W on al MATES, within q; co., Inc ;s
tense, ana the genuine amiabihty Of bot v never
more apparent Aan when the Oh ID is In their
presence. As to the Empress, It ems 70 be the
SeShs Of Gs sas aaS IN the duties Of
nifty she displays grave solidity and womanly ear
Destness of which she was not always supposed
capable. The health Of the Emperor, Il were ever
prisnsy recovered Coz He now rises 4 O'clock
frequently at work In his Cabinet by candle light,
and at 10 receives his Minister'S Marshals and high
functonaries, as heretofore The only difference OBJ
served In him BY those who are most intimately
informatiOns that he Ia often seized with long fits
Of abstraction, and will sit for hours sometimes
doing nothing; and yet it is evident that this k not
state Of inaction, for there are u1mstakable indi
cations of his mind being in constant operation He
has an affection Of the instep-a sort Of tic 1culeu,
reux, he Gala (which often prevents him drawing
on his boot, and indispOses him to move about. His
general health appears excellent, and thus secures
him from the luputation of govt. Sledges are pre-.
pairing for the court Of the most magnificent des-
crption and it is expected that to-day the Emperor
and Empress will drive to the Bos de BoulOgne,
where, If the weather continue there will be superb
skating the fine sheets of ice the reservoirs
will AFFORD.
The French law treats the appropriation by
the finder OF articles IN the streets as robbery;
and within the last three weeks several cases Of con-
demnsticn have been recorded; yesterday seller
of roasted chestnuts was sentenced to four months
imprisonment by the tribunal of Correctional Police
for having offered for sale to q jeweller, for 72f
sss he to pick
the mans right to sell the article, called him aside
and delivered him over to durance vile.
troG Spain we hear that the Queen has been
anxious that ODsnnel should accept the ST. Peters
hurU mi Init tah has rpSpocrfpllv 6aclinpd
the golden 0strscsm. The greatest possible ankle
ty is te}t about the reported dsiUg in Sicily but as
yet We are al in the dark The most curious Incl
dent in the political world is the sudden transfer
marion of the assemble Nationafe into thick and
thin advocate Of the English and French alliance
against Russia, whose organ 1t was during the war,
and whose faithful advocate 1t has renamed till
within the last two three days Indeed, it has en-
dured martyrdom formerly In the cause OF Russia,
and in consequence Gifts too energetic language had
It's mouth stopped by the censorship, for two months
1t now maintains that the meeting of the new con-
ference is check for no one, unless to the Pc ver
which is obliged to sacrifice It's prctensons TO de-
csion OF the majority and on these points 1t is of
the same opinion as the Morning Post, that Lord
Pslmerston has nothing to fear. II adds:-"h ap-
pears certain that France has rallied TO the opinion
Of England the questions of the Island Of Serpents
and OF the new Besearabian frontier This point
gained, the English Cabinet could feel no objection
in approving OF the conference, since l. was certain
70 OBTAIN the triumph OF its views" "1fmeo Daaos
It dona ferontesn some people will exclaim at this
strange cbopping round OF The political vane OF the
Assembiee Rationale, which, 10 be complete, only re-
qures few stirring articles on the Justice of the
Neapolitan interference. By the by, there is tee
graphic despatch from Naples to-day, which states
that part of the Swiss guard had been sent against
the Sicilian insurgents and tnat movement has oc-
cured ut Girgenti, (the ancient Agrigentum,) ca
the southern coast OF Sicily. An appeal TO the
Neapoiitan army on the part OF the people has been
circulated with great diligence and much secresy.
The splendid bon-bon shops OF Paris are prepar-
ing their Christmas attractions, or rather tor that
dies ntfasta, the Jour de Tan, when everybody is
expected 10 give 10 every body. But even Partisan
ingenuity is mortal and has its limits, and therefore
1t must not be expected that having Owed so deep
as IL has already in the well Of discovery there are
many lower depths still for it to sound. As far as
one can judge at present, any Of the nopeiiies
hibited have an unms,akeable look of old acquaint-
ances renovated like the sleeping beauty alter a
years retirement from the busyl world Doubtless
the "Rreat guns are kept back till the last La the
meantime, 1 confess, as habitue whose annual
day Of suffering Is drawing near, look with some
what jaunGiced eye on rhe preparations making for
giving tangible form to the aspirations OF my many
claimants cannot 90 to q house without finding my
young friends engaged in framing lists of wants
Tor the jour de Tan, which simply as an ingenious
curiosity shown to the vister Of course Sith
idea that he will avail himself of so agreeable an
opportunity OF supplying their desires; and as for
servants OF all descriptions from the concierge down
TO the sculery maid their interest in my health, in
hat of my wife, in my children in my very cat and
dog, is so painfully feeling that am in danger OF
becoming an invalid when contemplate the i'm
possibility Of agreeably remuneratng 50 much inge
nious solicitude.
While in the act Of folding up my letter, my a.ten
ton is drawn to the window Of my study by croSd
Of persons following OF the Imperial carriages.
II makes one smile in mockery at the absurd shifts
monarchical government Is compelled (, have re-
to In order to maintain its proper position.
The carriage contains that poor atom of humanity,
the baby Prince Imperial There he goes, down
the ne ffmDxTUfyfrp n n slow ar-
count of the CLASSY state Of the road. On Ae box
is fat imperial coachman In gorgeous green and
gold. Behind stand three footmen six feet high.
The carriage itself is FURNISHED ali over with
paint and varnish and gold. A troop Of guides
On guards fenue clustre at the Wheels the windows,
end In its rear; and by the side, as nanderin-
chief of this expedition which Is presumed TO convey
the hopes Of all France, rides in scarlet and gold,
one The mareschals OF the Palas. The poor little
baby that 10 many horses, so much tailoring, so
many gay and fat and valiant men should be all
afoot doing that which decent nursemaid
with strong arm and kindly soul, would do ten
times better by herself and that all this should be
thought necessary to give him importance in the
eyes OF those millions it Is fondly hoped he will
live and rule! Surely the gewga va and ginger
breadism of the sovereignty OF one must be near its
end when In the last half of the nineteenth century
the great grandson o; Corsican avocat can, by
such means, be converted into as Hghtful king AZ
though the Imperial purple had for centuries
-dorned his ancestors! know nothing 80 weak in
the Bonspartist pretensions as their slavish imta
ton Of Bourbon pageantry and etiquettel Shoald
Henri Cling ever find his way back again, M many
say he will day, he viii certainly find little to
alier. His palace will have been swept and gar
nished. all wholesome checks OF popular character
removed, and Richard msy be himself again, with
very little concession.
Our Berlin correspondence.
BsRLrS, Dec. 2, 1856.
Opening of The Prussian Chambers-Neut chatef-
Composition ofms Chambers-Prussian Finances
--hcreastd T'arotion--THe Resources Of the
(n1I Isnnifa nnd Zsnc- The Iru,n