New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-03
- Ala NOT answer our expectations and we
cei'.e = IT. We find the poetry OF Md. dc

n eU 81 ,bat lovely. rich and ingenious mind,
hsn she writes in prOse cold, stiff, and even ouii.
What contrast with her sprightly pictures OF
mnnr eYs ard her moving plays!
From Pan n authorizes 70 Russian literature
the distance ia great indeed: it is that between
LANGUAGE an th. decline and & tongue which begins
onIv 10 shor signs Of life. II. NekTassotl has just
Uublished volume Ct poems at Mosc0". lie u
man of worth and talent enjoying hlgn rePuVa-
ton in his country and deserves equally 70 he known
abroad. The same could be said OF many other
Russian writers although too many Ofthem now con
fine theiriDgenuity TO foreign tran.lalon' al lL-
tstions. On the other hand Russia enters ooi"y
on tie path of material Improvements. ie" "eeSs
AGO a Journal Of Shareholder was announced
and the creation Of a review OF pohucaI economy
actually on the taps. The list OF contributors con
taiDs many names II weli-earned lame, among ON
ers that Of the JiplOInatist Baron de Meyendort
NJ Vernsdski will be the chief editor. The eco
nouical and railway mania has, very likely, got
neyc chance in the Far East; but we sincerely
hone that our bluDders and mistakes may be les
son 10 the MuscOyltes
The GREAT literary event in Germany is the an
MANAGEMENT that the last volume OF Alexander Won
HumbO.dt's Cosmos viii appear IN the beginning oil
thenext year. am informed that this last part OF
the great work Of the illustriOus natural phllos0-
pher will close in brilliant manner one OF the
most irnportsnt publications Of our age. The King
Of Prussia called Humboldt "the greatest man
since the deluge," and the learned Of all nations
will be glad TO ratify this designation.
The old Luthorans Of Germany, who recognize
for their creed the - Confession OF Augsburg, Waih
more and more in the steps OF the English Pusey-
ites La Bavaria, the clergymen endeavOr 70 re-
store surcular confession. In Prussia the Cabinet,
ob.yiBe the impulse of the devotees, propose re-
stricfj0ns TO the law of divorce. Until now, the
PrusgiaD civil law (fHgemeines LaHdreeht) admitted
as motives Of divorce beside adultery ana deseruon
at1iiIf Of
TIE Ecclesiastcal Conference of Berlin Laid great
stress on the eyily of the last-named cause, al
though tie French Code Napoleon had made II the
principal motive before the right OF diyorcng was
altogether bOtted out by the Catholic bishops. The
Government, indorsng the Scriptural views OF the
Protestant clergy proposes to reduce the causes
of divorce TO those Of ndulterOus behavior
and desertiO mahti0sa although much Is LETT to the
decision Of the Judge who Can fix delay OF one or
three wears before the divorce becomes dehnltlye
I'm London, The Keepsake for 1857 has already
appeared and is still edited by the handsome Miss
Power, the niece Of the Magdaen Of the English
ari.tocracy Lady BlessingtOn to whom so much
has been pardoned because she has loved so much
The Keepsake OF next year Is what 1t
has been for years-the golden book OF the
patricisn beauties of Great Britain. 1t Is
the ONLY inheritance which Lady Blesslngton has
left 10 her niece / am mistaken the latter has also
inherited the ncxhaustiblc Wit aud talent OF her
new volume. This is very lucky for Miss Power,
for the celebrated phalanx, who once disputed with
so great an ardOr the honor OF wftnga page OF that
book at the time when Gore House was the .1b-
bduedur- Bots Of London, has dispersed since the
fair authorizes left this world. Walter Savage Ian
dor, the Oldest of the Athenians who surrounded
the Countess, the wonderful OctOgenarlan who Is
still endowed with the strength OF mind and the
warmth of heart of youth of twenty, remains
Ill. b,aa tbnrp f Ibn acf Of he
il also absent, but his SOD, under the pSeudOnym
Of Owen Meredith, makes the flowers speak with
q rapture and feeling not unworthy Of the Pei
hams The uncle, Sir Henry Bulwer one OF the
most faithful sguires of the lady, is bent on dpO.
macy Mr.. Disraeli, the Incompatible photographer
who depicted Count D'Orsay with so much truth
is intriguing at Paris. Barry Cornwall (PrOcter)
once the devoted trOubadOur Of Gore House, has
almost lost his voice. The illustrations, this year.
represent Lady Moleswortl, the beautiful Andalusia
Carstars, who is already m her second wdowhoO1
and Lady Grey. The second picture could well be
taken for that of Lady Blessngton herself, when
she was, as Margaret Power, the fair among the
fair, the lily of the valley.
An incident before Alderman Sir Robert Garden,
the terror of London street beggars, has again
called public attention to the assumed charitable
institutions which multiply daily in the English me-
tropos. A relieving officer of City work house
declared publicly, and HE declaration was c0rrobo-
rated BY a policeman and an Inspector, that the
samaritan Institution, which is patronized by
many persouages, especially by Sir Fizroy Kelly,
has no other utility but ta furnish a salary and
carriage to a secretary. The charitable will, here
after, reflect before they give away their money.
A large number of Greenwich electors, having
pronounced themselves for the ballot, The Times
takes this opportunity for declaring that it is not
worthy of the English people, who want to vote
openly; in other words, it being the interest of the
dOmineerng class that tradcSmen and farmers shall
be obliged to follow the impulse of their lords,
great word must cover base practice. The prac-
teal good sense of the British will, however, soon
discover that this il fair play" 1t is Just the
same thing as with the salary of the members. The
Times and its friends pronounce against IT, because
they want gentlemen i'll the House. Recent events,
in France as well as in England, have shown that
gratutOus service i'll Parliament is by no means
guaranty for the return OF rich candidates. Minis
tiers are paid, landowners are paid, every servant
ofthe people or the Crown is paid, but the men who
take money even for allowing their names to appear
III the cOmmittee.lists Of new financial companies,
call il patriotism and gentiiy TO frame laws with
out a sufficient indemnity Nenal representatives
find always means to get stipend at greater loss
for the public. When Louis XVIII. and Talley-
rand of cunning memory, concocted the Charter
of 1875 the sly diplOmatst asked the restored King
what salary should be given to the deputies.
Nothing" was the answer Of the Bourbon
Nothing " exclaimed Talleyrand Nothing
That is tar too dear :" n.
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