New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-04

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Mn be appreciated by financial men;
Ths,s Yss an afair--what call q funny 90
I-n;t,--,n the back yard Of the Tuileries the
~, a.y which must be mentioned. Queen
v,stoy;s ksd sent over bushel or 90 OF medals
ar ssv a peck-there were about 20, 600 OF then !"
M sire Of dollAr-to be given to the troop ie'
armed from the Crimes. These troops were @o-
soylingv assembled in the backyard of the palace,
Uien The Duke of Cambridge (whe Is suppose 70
~, in the council of war; made them short
.nSeeh In indifferent good French, (pot prooaeiy
IND. oy;o,n.l composi,ion, wherein ne TOLD them
lin more than London assurance That tney, brave
f.nows were his dear eoInrades aDu no" ne was
Aonsred IN giving them the medals that victoria
a. ant them In token Of alliance, etc. The
Ennsror and many other aignitaries, including
a. rretty Empress and an ingenious public,
S.stsd eravely on from their respective positions
=. hor,ebsek. in the palace windows, and behind
fke grating Of the court. I'd. Then came the
aistYibution. One Of the first recipients was the
General Prince Napoleon BOnaparte, whose most
noted operations in the Crmea were rather private
than military in their nature-rather domns than
AslE-rather internal than foreign affairs. IL Is
perhaps the only recorded case in history where
= medal for dysentery was ever given. what ADDS
N the peeuliarity Of the is that the dysenerc
general received bis decoration from an insane
general. Verify, if ell the Dukes brave ana
~dear comrades" had come away when ne ana ms
brother princely general oid, 1ne occasion IoI s'.
ms ont medals would have been as they were, IN
ihe vocative.
What might seem almost as much OF Joke Is
fAis Ia an article 10 be found In one OF the last
weeks numbers Of the Moa'teuy, wherein the
Senate is taken to task, roundly taken TO TASK
even for not more diligently attending TO lts con,
stitutional functions. That "solemniy' constituted
imposture." having done for the past five years
what II naturally enough supposed il was consti-
tinted 10 do-nOthng-and drawn the handsome
animal salary Of Sc, 600 for the service, is now
told that ts business is to suggest ameloratons OF
fbe public state in political aud economical senses
The head Of the state, being oyerbusied with
press Of affairs, and especially with the war, can
not do ali the thinking for thirty.six million
Frenchmen's welfare. He constituted this body
ss supplementary to his omniscience, and it is high
time they did something beside promn'gate his
ready made laws and draw salary. The article,
A. the first and only official commentary on Nup0-
Icons Constitution since TrOplongs really able
predatory apology to the Senatus Consultum OF
Is52 ia sufficiently curious. The fact oil lts ap-
pesrinq in the Monitenr, of which the Emperor is
responsible editor, has drawn considerable atten-
ton TO il. Some say that it has no other sgnih-
canoe than to hint TO the Senate his desire that
that body present some proposition, as If from the
people, (whose organ by way OF petition, 1t the
orstcally is,) for regency in case of his depart
are at the head of an army; for Senatus con-
saltum respecting the young Prince N tLiHro, Qt
In spreed that il shall be a Prince, or for some
other form of words about other matters, which
shsll seem 10 qualify his autocrstic rule by pop
Oar or at least constitutional element. For my
own part / could conceive that the article in
question might mean more nearly what 1t Gays.
In the goodness-mOral goodness-of the En-.
peror's motives, / have not mustard-seed OF
faith; in his shrewdness in his ststesmsn's abi-
ty, the events Of the past five years force me 10
have great deal. believe that France is essen
tally democratic in sentiment aud / do not see
why his Majesty should not have discovered the
fact as readily as your correspondent. Surprising
that he has, what more natural than that in oscu-
latior Of his ow interests he should desire TO intro
duce gradually, and so far as he can with safety
60 bis imperial position something OF practice into
the theory OF his constitution, whch, as theory is
far frsm being utterly ""ndemnAble or contempt-
klsf Why should he not seek 10 take tho wind
cat Of the sale Of the opposition which always ex
ssss here, by meeting the sprit Of liberal re'olu'
sioa half wayf
tion 10 the fact Of opposition. said It always ex
lists. II has recently cropped out slightly IN
the Polytechnic school and among the young civ
ilisns Of the Latin Quarter. The POLYTECHNIC
Schoel and the School Of St. Cyr-both being mill
tary, took part in the trumphal entry OF the Cri.
mean troops the other Saturday. In presence OF
she Emperor on the Place yendome, the st, Gym
TIE Polyteehnic, among whom Republicanism Is
traditional, persevered in striking siIenct on that
occasion II is perhaps because of this silent man
isestation that the old purpose revives OF moving
he Polytechnic School out of Paris and removing
from ii every thing but its purely military elements
The students at the Sorbonne expressed so strongly
their disapproval Of NJ. Nssrd at some Of his late
lectures that number Of them were arrested. 81.
Eisard is noted apart from his literary attainmenis,
for being always what is yulgary called " butter
aide up" He is Republican, imperiO- Republican
or Iuperislist according as the Government oil the
day is- Add TO this he now goes out OF the way
80 abuse Yoltaire. All this the students did not
relish; hence the kissing and interruption of the
lecture; hence policemen in the lecture-room and
arrests.
President Pierce's message il Published in full
in Tie Menite1y and for the most part in other
prominent journals. They have not yet had time
for comment st length. ! should say that in gen.
ersl il was well received. The portion most
likely to be commented upon unfairly is that re-
ferring to the Sound Dues. At bottom the opinion
Of every sensible European out Of Denmark Is IN
accordance with the main principle laid down by
Marcy and Pierce. But Just at the present mo-
ment the eager desire of enlarging the alliance
against Russia, leads many pubheists, If NOT
directly TO deny their opinion and rensunce the
principle at least 10 attempt 70 give the hope TO
Denmark that she may be able 70 force the United
States to better than the proposed terms II she
will Join the Western Powers against Russia.
That France and England should seriously under
fake the defense Of Denmark in an erroneous doc
trine, recognized by themselves as erroneous
against us for 80 slight consideration as hor
alliance in the present war, seems to me, IS it
always has seemed, absurd past the worth Of dis
cussion. People that talk seriously on this point
must be ignorant Of the amount of American feur
that has been brought TO H.yre this season Of the