New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-21

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IT, uext edition u the Calarnites and Quarrels
f Anth.rs might be largely added TO from the trials
" ,noden French writers. do not refer to tho
s,,,vaton and untirnely death in boeptal and by
suicide Of unappreciatcd, nor to the duels IN the
Bots de BOulogDe Of pugnacous scnboers, but 10
trial. before courts Of justice IN which Preach au-
tbors take more frequent part thaa thOse OF any
other nation. One Of these, which announced IN
the beginning Of it some months ago. the ease of
the Duke 0i Ragusa's MeInoirs, hss excited much
attention during its progress, and il Just brought to
a con, lusion Marshal Aiarmont, tn be cure, is
dead, and death generally puts an end to oil elrthly
trials. But they have changed all that in France.
The DUKE left behind him, as you know, nihe
volumes Of memoirs, which have been published by
Perrotin In the sixth volume, a charge is brought
against Eugene Beauharnais Of having dsObeyed the
direct orders Of Napoleon in reference to the evacu
aiion Of Italy in 1873 and by at desertlon
Of The Emperor at the crit cal period, contributed
10 bis downfall. The Due de Raguse supports the
Alterations, injurious to Beauharnas character,
uuinly on Ire testimony Of General Anthonard
Now the descendaDts Of Eugene, inhcritors OF his
good fame, prosecute N. Perrotn, or rather
demand Of The Court to force upon him the
insertion. in that same sixth volume Of
number Of documents furnished by them
which reiuie the charges put forward by the Duke
The advocates VI the different parties, WHO are
tmong the most eminent of the bar OF Paris be-
came for the nOnce critics and reviewers and elo
Quent critics they supposed themselves. The
amount of time required to resd up" this singu.
lar case and 10 look up unpublished documents, ac
counts for the prOlongatiOn of the trial, and ind
Gates the extent Of research on which its conduct
was founded. The Court finally decided in favor OF
the plaintiffs, ON the grounds that the allegations
presented by Marmont are false that the
honor Of fathers being the most precious pa'r-
mony Of families the children of Prince Eu
gene should not be denied the right OF Judi
cially estabi hing their falsity; that the right
of an historian does not extend to the rash ut-
terance Of erroneous statements which are contra
oicted BY The gravest testimony, and 10 founding
upon such inexact assertions opinions Injurious u
the reputation of persons to whom the facts thus as
serted are imputed.
You will observe that the charges made By the
Due dc Ragusc have been ia print these many years
and during the lie Of Eugene who did not see tit to
proceed against tie authors Of them, and also that
PeIrotiD had already voluntarily consented to publish
at the end OF the ninth volume of the Memoirs a
considerable number OF documents tending to rclute
the charges printed in the sixth volume; and hence
perhaps you will conclude, as do, that this trial.
il it had taken place at al, would have come to q
different conclusion, had not nephew OF the calum-
mated Prince Eugene been tie supreme ruler OF
France.
Ex.Celeste Mogsdor, now Madame the Counties
de ChabIilian Just home from Australia on VISIT
has also been into court complaining there Of the
publishers of her Memoirs, which they were stopped
frcm Issuing at the sixth volume by the authorities
As they were not prosecuted, however; the COun-
tess .h.nls they might have gone on and published
the rest: she finds it very hard that just as she was
coming in Mt, to the reformed portion OF her days,
they should have stopped, leaving the world fully
enlightened only as to her naughtlncsses, which
were rank and manifold; in any ease, she demands
an account Of sales ID the first five volumes and
asks for 200 francs damages. The Court order
an account of sales, but do not grant the damages.
Let me preface the title of an extremely valuable
work with the following lines from recent notice
of it by Pierre Vincard: ave beg the reader in
advance not to be frightened at IT.. Ii sa cnaste
''serious, and truly phosophc work, preferable in
"many respects to some moral treatises." " DE
"la Prostitution dams Ia Vile de Paris" considered
in its relations with the public health, morals and
municipal control, by Parent Duchateet The
value Of the new (thrd) edition OF these volumes is
much enhanced by new documents and notes, ond
by review Of the state OF prostitution IN the pnn-
clpdl cites Ol fuTVIt, hs icsPc'tS hlSNno' '.'F'
ties and municipal administration. Let thoughtful
men in Ncw-York and our other large cities read.
The terrible evils here treated of will never be
cured by good people shutting their eyes to their
existence or turning them away in disgust.
Future travellers TO Venice should all take, as
their guide to its treasures OF art, little volume
by Charles Blanc, entitled Ode Paris Venice
Notes au Crayon"-From Paris to Venice, Pencil
Notes 1t combines the best qualities Of cata-
lopue raisonne and of discriminating appreciative
criticism, the result OF great knowledge Of, deep
love for. and fine taste in art.
Travellers in the same direction of musical tastes,
will find entertainment in novel BY Mr.. ScudO, the
severe musical critic, entitled SaTtl. The scene
and character of the story are Venetian The
abundance Of musical criticism, running into essays
sometimes, detracs from the interest Of the story
Lablache reported dead in my last letter, is
alive and hoping get well at the baths OF KSsinsen
in Bavaria.
Prince Charles Lucien Gcnaparte, the naturalist,
died this week.
Theirs has just sent to press another volume Of
the Consulate and Empire.
LATE IND INTERESTING M.uENICCA