New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-09

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N. only cares Of French sOciety. Nothing el.e j.
eapakIe OF moving the ParisianF, who seem no" eA-
sIs,isely born for pleasure and gambling. bu' are
they on that account lost for the European Ie'"-
bstisn. the bold promoters Of which they nave ootn
from 1889 down 10 IS4- We cannota al MT OF 'uSn
decline Of the French nation, lnaspucn a. s"9
great risine Of the last century wa a''o
Nv the schndalous reign Of Louis AF.' ana ihe IN
s1rrection Of February by the corrupt monarchy
AZ ouis Philippe The voice Of warning Il airoahy
h.a,d IN Inherent quarters, and the nslng youth
az Paris are not altogether insensibe 10 generous
seIngs. A curious instance Of this disposition has
l.en gyen in the lecture room OF the lhe0logical
E.cpl,y al the 'rSOrbOnne.' The Able MarOt.
friend Of the late Archbishop SibOur, Professor OF
Catholic Doguas, opened his lectures by speech
On n. Jules Smon's book on Duty on. Smon
was formerly Republican professor and repre'en-
tstye Of the people,. The ecclesiastical students
even applsuded with enthusiasm when the learned
lecturer read the following extract from the preface
Of the second edition:
"People ha,. row en into unlv.I.. westns.s a,,yi.y
prevails Only pursuit Of maes Interest," Eyer
,esfrs uxpTy without wealth mines are ~. .'~n'y %
ga. sn1 We s.55 Of oci 5ber, o1ey
ava, from agriculture and thrown .Iio sanIs Iouea ~
o,t sdAbe eIsfpes are reno cred BY eop' es
RAN sveu before There zeS Tor
studies Which DO Immediately produce nne' of et+f
and elevate thu mind Of moral TEACHING Th. as are
s"nes,,S . in honor l. II not enough sued
t.us7 Shall remain ia this stsgnsnt slough "
This picture Of France under Napoleon III. 10
by no means exaggerated, but, nevertheless, We
DO not despair Of the future. The French prOverb
save: Great evils ask for great remedies; and,
10 speak with NJ. jules Simon " The heart Is rot
ten: the heart must be cured Besides, French
literature is not confined to obscene novels only,
and the last few mOntss have witnessed the pubca-
tnn Of many interesting historical works As
writers are prevented from busylng themselves
with political questions, they recur TO bygone
times and retrace past eyents The same tendency
yas 10 be remarked under Charles Y, when
France could boast Theirs, Mlgnet, Barante,
GuzOt All the volumes which have been pup.
l,sbed in 1856 sing, more or less, the praises OF
liberty and the revolution. Thus, Alexis de Toe
oueyille. who was a Minister Of Louis Napoleon
before the coup dttat, and who, twenty years ago,
eait ed so much renOwn by his book on American
Democracy, has, although by no means a Republi-
can. completely justified the rising of l7cJ IN his
excellent work on The Old Monarchy and the
Revolution" BOnIemcre has, IN a weWrltten
and interesting history Of the Peisantry, retraced
the fearful oppression under which the cultvators
Of the soil grOaDed under the Kings and the nObl-
ity The Count de Montalemberi, IN his essay on
1.-THE Future of England though it II written N
a Catholic point Of view, shows how liberty alone
leads people toward real greatness. Mlchelet
in The fourth volume OF his excellent history OF Tile
sixteenth century, " The League and Henry
", :" opens a new chapter OF that dark age when
the influence Of the clergy was al-pOwefi1i. LOUIS
Blanc cOntiI ucs his beautiful and accurate History
Of the French Revolution, and even the English
papers pass the highest and most fatteriDg eulo-
GUM on his work. II. Guizot himself in giving to
the world a memer of the late Sir Robert Peel
draws, without intending it, parallel between
liberal and enlightened statesman and the Wallets OF
the French Emperor who style Themselves MIMIC
ters. The President Of the Senate, NJ. TrOplOng,
while endeavOriDg to celebrate the grandeur of the
Roman Caesars, proves the decline Of Rome under
their despOtc sway NJ. Vfron the doctor subtil's
who has so grossly Gattered the regning usurper
In his " Memoirs of Partisan Bourgeois, is Oh
Ep.d in his new book, -Four Years" to acknowl-
edge that more freedom is required. At all events,
these historical publications are Il curious siga OF
the time
The great talk Of what is called the good society
of Paris, is the marriage of the Count de Morny.
Young Sir Robert Peel, in his amusing lecture at
birmingham, called the French ambassador at the
Court Of ST. Petersburg most lucky Spectator,
and be was indeed, justified in using that express
sion. NJ de horny, who liz, If not officially at
least publicly, called the Emperors brother (being
the aduterOus son of Queen Hortense aud the
Count de Flahaut) possessed nothing but debts at
the moment of the coup dttat, in 1881. lie became
minister and a very successful stockJobber. Now
moreover, an ambassador, and possessor OF hand
some number of millions, and his name Is wor-
shiped at the Bourse When he was sent 10 ~.
Petersburg 10 represent Louis Napoleon 1T the
coronation Of Alexander H., he took with HIM
some splendid carriages and pictures, which he IL
said 10 have sold az an enormous Proht. But De
best Of all his spccuatons remains 10 De toiu'
Although above middle age, he is about 10 marry
a Young Russian princess, beautiful blonde win
black ewes the graceful Sophia IroubetskOl
daughter of Prince Sergi Troubetskoi. The Gar
II il WHISPERED will give 10 the handsome bride an
estate amounting 10 $50, 600 yearly IRcome. HIS
halcbrother will name him " a Prince of the En-
pre." The diplomatsts are lucky spectators IN
deed About a year ego the brilliant ambassador
WIS on the eve of marrying young American
lady, Miss H. Matters were advanced so FAR that the
sorbeiH was already bought; and NJ. de Morny had
made the acquisition Of some exqusltely beauuiul
ard rich diamonds, But Miss III. is a Protestant.
and demanded that at least her future daughters
should be educated in her own religion. The ac-
complice of the coup dttdt became suddenly very
stern Roman Catholic, aud declared that he could
have n,ne but orthodox children 60 which re-
heion be long the children of the married Countess
de Lehon y However that may be, the projected
match was broken of.
As have just spoken of ST. Petersburg, may
as well mention that the Russian theater OF that
capital has really made wonderful progress mas
much as original Russian dramas not Transitions
from the French. are performed on this stage.
A very successful play, "Probity," by an anony-
nous author, scourges in the most stringent terms
the abuses committed by government othcials.
Could the thing be done IN Paris
In Berlin the lnustriOus sculptor CHRISTIAN
Rauch 10 whom we owe the beautiful mOnumento oil
Frederick the Great, Inter den Linden, has cele-
brated hrs e0th birthday. The members OF the