New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-19
FRANCE.
GOSSIP-PARADISE LOST AS A COMIC
OPERA.

En- Our Own Corr-sPopdent
PARIS, Thursday, March q, 1856.
They ssy that Orlof will remain here after the
tlosirg of the Conferences, in the character Of
Extraordinary Embassador. His first duty in that
tflce viii be to inform Louis Napoleon that Mich
elss is dead, and that Alexander is Car of Rus
,i.-two facts which the French Emperor, as In
Diplomatic politeness bound, is supposed to be en-
h-ely ignorant Of.
Tie Empress is doing well, and little Napkin is
Is z, ting On bravely. II is said that DR.. Dubois,
he sceCucheur who let him into this fleeting
show Of ours has received fee of 30, 900 frances
DR.. CouLesu, as assistant doorkeeper on the &C.
essioL has received s. coo france, and other medi-
cal bystaHSers each GUO0 francs. Napkin has a
guaIG over bis cradle, Gin the next room, not OF
iniaLtTy as you might fancy, but OF fuilgrown I'M
perial dragons. Their commanding officer re-
eeiy.s lis orders only from Napkins governess.
Nov, bow il would surprise aud amuse French
ira, eler il America, aud be text for page or two
sp he chapter Oh HOasn IN tie United States, when
he returned home and published if he should dis
cover sOne Eere ia the course OF his observations
IN our country, that Mrs Colonel Jenklns's chllds
nurse lad command Of a cOrporals guard OF the
Colonel regiment!
Last week bold you pleasant story in which
ihe Fmreror and Empress figured. have another
10 tell to-day, on just as good authority as the
jsst While the poor lady was in her labor, which,
YOU know, was unusually long and severe, she
begged 10 have chlOroioTm administered. The
physicians objected, and she then entreated her
husband 10 order it. lie, pale and agitated with
sympsthetc suffering, replied that he had given
foil pow ers to the doctors and dare not interpOse
his authority in the case. She then desired one
of tie attendants to request the gentlemen in the
next room to pray for her in her trial. These
ptptlsmeD YOU will recOlect were certain minis
7ers Of State, princes OF the imperial family and
otLe1s assembled by order to be vita esses OF the
birth OF the child. When the request to pray was
repeated TO them, they looked at each other RAISED
heir e. ebrOws, shrugged their shoulders, Mud
went Oh whispering Of this and that. In the room
was the oratory of the Empress, an image OF the
Virgin. and q prie-dien (prayiHs chair) As the
bouI IF deliverance approached, the pains grew
SHARPER, and she again besOught an attendant to
ask tpe gentlemen TO offer up prayers Tor her AL
deviation and safety. The cOurtly messenger went
AGAR. t0 the other room, whore he found the dis
tneC.shed penonages sitting. yawnlng, standing
On oue leg seeking repose and finding none, In all
sorts of positions except on their knees. lie was
khocled or pretended to be. AAons done, Hes
si<rri," be exclaimed, "pray little for her Maj
etty f. They looked at each other ss before, only
more drowsily. FOuld alone dropped on his mar
row. bones before the Virgin Mary Fould, the
xselile, with more or less guile" AS | said,
you ;nay believe this story with as much reason as
he dne sent last week Observe that respect
ing 10th of them, one thing is true and not en-
trelj without sgnih canoe. They are both circu'
lated freely from mouth ~ mouth, and more than
tslf|beeyed
Atd new, from the TuileTies and Napkin and
Es Ehth let me pass to another scene aud subject.
II bss occupied my mind with oltmnish emotions
for Ihe last forty hours. They would have been
profoundly sad ii il were not, that IN Paris, any
cont eiyable train Of emotions will be many times
thrown OF It's track in long course, by thou
ssnd ard one Obstacles meets in It's route comic
snd:,Isric- rustling sifa rsbes, fluttering rags
ycui lie 10 be saved ia crossing the BOuleyards
ytu. dinner TO be eaten, the evening paper, mes
tsgc reported by the Concierge, letter to write
10 TbE TRIBUNE. But still tiDge of gravity is
yeit ne fem the frat somber effect of that Para
disc Lost. l do not SPEAK OF the original which
first brought sin into the world and all our woo
nor vet of Millions copy but OF one after that first
represented at the Am5igH Coniqas three nights
ago Here is the bill less the imposing capitals
and v.regated paper on which they are printed:
Ii,e6u PoIs; Dyems grand spectacle ae's' ., II
eal5etz .ie.I-LG Chsts ssi AassI Ls PaaecnoHis IL
ASqs 81 Ere Ili-norf q ADD Ia Justice DiTsa< IV-Ls'
E'iGHs - Cain. We Dsisss % SiS FarSa W. Ds@a..s
,a ts.:,(s par rSs Dc SaSA. Nae Psyi0l j1sa 10
,SeS Ace esssi Dc h0v~s Aessss ct hesd y, d. &c
go lot laugh. as you naturally might, as |
vty mistakenly did, at first sight OF this.
I'D you, reverend Sir, DO not frowu. You
your whole congregation, slips and CALLER
might have gone with me the other even
a and come out Of the house at midnight
orse than you went in. For, what is re-
able about this singular drama in FIVE acts
M we've tableaax is that it is not ony not ride