New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-25

been able 10 find il in the verses left By the N ~
ceurter bu. frankly state that j was at Toes u
when il might be attributed | learn now, oy
LEspr,t des fnir,s that the real author is an oo-
sctre grsmmarian, Tereutius Maurus whom CarGI
nal Richeleu called Terence the Moor. and VINO
died long ago. The provcrb has outlved him.
There j. another saying: Primns IN orbe docs tecd
tipor {"Fear the first made gods in the world j
The senteDce was generally attributed to Lucretlu'
though il belongs to Status. King Louis WILL
who was somewhat Of a scholar, mad fallen into me
coumon error. NJ. Fourn;er has the following
pretty anecdo,e on the SUBJECT:
when be nortIeh received 81 &c Ponse-yle, re h'?fJ
,,rtaor n De Ns.ura Reru1 be wanted 20 pay hin iae
eoHpH ent q quotation from as poet O course Pe
..s aid be- to d. Ponserc Te question Wa faihT trouble
rne or the AcadeH4n VII luckily witty and cieye! n
nporizus nsttd Of vins ;Le e:5r be knew VIA; .
tiTi ii IN qnotsouh c-st!fet his sesty with follow
rg tsnatGn atrspfe Ia era.ae IA pJsMers eEiGaa i
e - II he tryrz fud this unpublished verse N h.
nrriacry tLtn Very w-n Sir aid be- very veil nieed
ret tTsa,son had isr1ned IN, Mos. Christian Kias''
You see that learsed courtier can always come
safely out Of a sCEape. Let las see how lie N0'd
Of Brussels, which has constituted itself the
MoniteuT of the Grand Duke Constautines travels
will arrange blunder committed By one 0i inc
Danpeaus who describe, for that paper the sayings
ard doprs oftne Russian prince. The latter to the
disappointment Of grumbliug Englishmen, paid on!
an intimate and familiar visit In the Queen at vs.
borne, and, in consequence, the unucky London
correspC ndent, who had gone on purpose 10 CO"es'
having no reviews balls, no banquets 10 narrate
found himself obliged t. retail the historical rem.
iniscences of Vhuxhall Weylridge, Claremont ana
Winchester, which lay along the railroad. lhen,
emhsrkirg at Southampton, he eXclaims, with a
really touching emotion:
could lot behold the shore without eyokins the r~uern'
Trance II RCTIs Ny ey'. is-d nehauicsy ir lhr P.e-
81 n. leseh where tie lufouus'r mouch, shocked by the
praise. Of b. cousr. oFied ont i9a e. me
that STs ,S % nd no, 70 To- touch M
In English hoot # history, the saying is attribu-
ted a. Canut,: We wonder if il is otherwise on the
continent Perhaps the correspondent OF lie NOTt
i, inclined to say with Moiere's peasant-doctor who
placed the heart on the right side 1--WE have
changed all this.
The learned AugsJurg Gd:cne itself is not free
from these blunders in spite Of It's connection with
the Austrian chsncery. In my last letter men
toned the Life cfHdndd, by Victor Schecher. the
French Aboltionst, politician and exile. The organ
of German absOutsm, speaking o.; the work, called
NJ. ScLnlcher q German exile, and pluned itself on
tie fact that German alone could be able 70 write
such GOOD English. The name SchGlcher has, In
deed Teutonic sound, but man of go much note
should not be unknown 20 protested politicians; AMI,
besides. the 4ugsburger iHgemtiRe ia on such good
terms with the police of the German Diet that the
names of the German refugees should be no secret
to it.
The Grand Duke Consantinei is not the only travel.
ing prince and this Spring monarchs vie with the
birds of passage: all are on the road expresses,
kings dukes and pOpes. When the latter was on Tue
eve OF leaving Rome, PdsquinO said to MoqH,o,
What will become of US. poor sheep, since the
shepherd is going TO leave us BE calm,
answered Morfario. ''the dog remains behind"
The compliment is not very catering for the Cen
erals of bis Imperial Majesty Napoleon III.
We must also not forget to mention that Queen
Victoria embarked III her ROYAL yacht, in company
with Prince Albeit, Duke Constantine and the
Duke Of Cambridge on a sunday, and was greeted at
Sptlead by ten man-of-war carrying together 201
guns. Happily the Queen s, i'll the eyes OF her de-
voted subjects, endowed with many divine at
tributes that nobody ventures to speak Of Decorating
the Sabbath. They never found fault with the fact
that the bands of the Guards play every Sunday at
Windsor Castle Prince Henry OF Prussia one day
told the learned Formey that sermon at court should
be different from sermon Ill Il village. ION. your
" Hiahness," remarked Eormey. before God We
" are all mere Christian rabbe.' This was good
for Prussia, but in aristocratic England there i. u
higher class and cdadUe even III a religious point
OF view.
But preaching in general is in a state of decline in
Great Britain, and the words of Goldsmith on the
subject are, in days, more applicable than ever.
He said
Their d:co's' from the Pun are ssnersy dy
zeal and uushect9s deyeTea WIN ,he mos m Pa Id @
tie cushion wLich toIe be seems 20 address lie might DIS
cover his sudeIce instead brs awakened 20 reaorse act
Usy ce ri-E Over lis lnetnodics ana aboIed competition
And how is this state of things TO be wondered at
when We can daily see manuscript sermons adyer-
tised in the religious parers-that Is. sermons
printed on fooscap SO 10 deceive the eyes OF the
most scrutinous congregation Ii reminds Que OF
the old French ePgrtm
On dit que T AL6t Rochete
P,tole ie. str0oa, eutrEi;
No, gvi qSH lee dcie'e
Je soHtieH. ga'itf 'oai a iut
1bey .sv that the Able Rochet,e aches the sermons OF
oth.r people who Ino" that he buys i"en "a'A inst
they are bis owl
mcr Minister of Public Instruction in France under
Ltuis Philippe. and Secretary Of the French Acade-
nv has published. under the title Choir d'Ltudts
sur la Liffrature COnt6nporciae. some most eSqui-
site sketches of Chateeubrand, Oh. de Renusat Al
fred Nettement, Lord Brougham and other cele-
brated writer's II is hardly necessary to add that
these 6indes are full of ingenious observation and
solid criticism. The classical purity ol NJ 'lielnal ia
is well known b. his lectures on literature his Las
raris and other work.. Neither antiquity, nor mod
ern times. nor France, which exces 10 ms style
Of writing possess memoirs superior to his SOnrens
Contemporaries.
NJ. Antoine de- Latour, the French translator of
Silyio Pelicos Prisons has u-t gwen Us III volume
SRr,o PtHioos Unpublished Ldters. 1t eont9'ns no.
the hrst dated the 'th oil May, lol0, anu
to Ueo Foscolo, the latest Of the 18th oil OCTOBER
l-53, addressed TO Count Luigi Porro.
Ihus lived say, NJ Ls:oir. aid au' died a. eminent;
snd coed man correspondence will Be read Ihe whole
Eu:ope has read With emotion tie s;ory h'el q, hle
has to't II zen yer. Of his lie one necessary " %
the sequel how the who lad maze .1eh
marvellous captivity Lad used eeT, 10" &c haa Prsc
iced in epoch AID coalty fuN OF Storm, 'a' sa
i4ioEs those maxim, o the GOsPe which had '1o" 80 o
sIiy before his eyes the darkness. Of d.nseA iH-' ehd
Of t-sutiful history il holly in these letter.
Among the publications announced | remark the
works OF Edgar Quiret and Those OF Frederick the
Grrnt. TIE nte Professor Of the ColIegede France.