New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-22

Fsllcux, each had their plans Of an Illegal change in
| the form of government. Count Mole declared Ms
early as March, 1850; We must r-,issablsh the
Empires It is the only means OF swing ourselves
Z" from this confusion. have in M possession
letter from Lord Lyndhurst expressing the same
opinion; it has long been mine" Theirs was IN
favor Of prolongation Of the Presidents powers for
| ten years. Mohislembert urged another form OF
| violation.
Long before the close of ISL, the Legislative
Assembly had mainly lost all moral authority IN the
| country, and deserved TO lose ii. NJ. Berger did
not think SO, for speaking from the tribune Oh tn
lst Of December, when the expectation OF sn mint
| nent corp fttat was general, he s.id: " me
prince will never dare to undertake anything
against the Assembly; the heads OF the army are
=" not with him; and when j, comes to directing
troops against this Assembly, he viii not ind a
| cOrporals guard to obey him." The next morn
| ing showed the grievous mistake of NJ. Berger.
| In the evening of that same LIST of December III.
Falloux sent confidential messenger 10 the Elysee,
bearer of proposition for coup d6tat, in the exc
\ cution of which he offered all his strength and
| fidelity 10 the end. Napoleon replied to the mes
| seDger o. am delighted at the good news YOU
bring, but just at present l am much occupied.
GONE and see lie Tomorrow morning at 10.
I'VE will talk il over" at 10 next morning the
messenger csme-to give in his adhesion to the die
| tstorship that had been made over night.
There may be some paiation OF Napoleon's
| breach Of faith III the general inhdehty Of those
| about him 10 their constitutional engagements.
Certain IS that for that other causes, the mere
perjury is not held damning sin against him by the
! minority Of Frenchmen. OF the political necessi-
ties aud properties of the they are, perhaps,
| better Judges thsn strangers. Perhaps strangers
| would DO as well, until accurately informed OF the
character and political capabilities of the French
| people, TO hold their Judgment in suspense. But
IL tstr .rk
10 approve U the coup dtdf, for no better reason
than that il has proved present success aud that it
was executed so boldly The hardiho0d of one man,
with very doubtful means, striking 40 great blow
the grandeur of the hazard, now that it turns
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS them; the admiration Of the
on, corsar virtue throws into unnOticed shade the
accompanying CRIME.
A curious fact, made known for the frs. time by
M. Granier, must qualify the admiration. Gen.
Mapnan, the commaneel- in-chlef Of the army of
Paris. assembled all the generals of that army,
tweuty.one in number, at his apartment in the
Tuileries on the Goth of November. He made them
a speech, in which be informed them that the coup
Tftat was at hand and urged them TO JOIN i'll ts exc
cuton, declaring that he should support it TO the
end. This discourse was received with enthusiastic
applause. When silence was restored Gen. Mag
nan resumed: Let US all here swear that none of
JUS will speak to any human being of what has just
spassed between u.s. The twenty-One generals
took the oath with eagerness, and it has been
well kept that (Granler) are the first to make
"known after more thaa SIX years, the existence
and the results Of this mOrable meeting" The
colonies of the same army had also given in their
adhesion in advance.
description of the immediate preparations at
the Elysee for the execution Of the long planned
com dfat is well told and interesting like many
others of the manufactured Observation-Disclosures
in which French history abOunds But it offers
nothing new, nor have We further room for ex-
tracts Only as one instance out OF many OF NJ.
Granier's peculiar logic and treatment OF facts,
where he needs them for the maintenance OF his
opinions cannot omit reference TO three passages
which may be read Oh pages 402, 403 and 407 re-
spectivey. in his second volume. He is speaking Of
the seizure and incarceration of Theirs Cayagnac
| and others on the morning of the I'd December.
"Tbe indifference manifested by the people at the
| "sight or on the passage OF the prisoners showed
that opinion aud feeling were on the side OF the
"clect of the 10th December Now the fact
being rs NJ. GraDer himself states that these pris-
oners we're seized in their houses at O'Clock m,
December =, put into carriages, and driven to prs
on before o'clock, one may judge how many OF
the people would b. likely to see them passing
through the streets Of Paris and also judge NJ Gra
ners acuteness rs All observer Of popular man.
lfestatOns, and his fitness for historical writing
generally. Later 10 that same day he assures us
dent and smiling" NV own observation continued
from o'clock till nightfall that day did not dis
cover any great number Of cheerful or calm physisg
Monies His account of the number Of killed in the
streets is LEES than that officially recognized i'll the
Noniteu. lie gives it a. his opinion that the only
proper Office of newspapers is to inform and favor
| the Government. He gives it as fact that g the
Legislative Body enjoys as much effective useful
Liberty as any deliberatiye assembly ever had
TIL. orped Of money king which has been
for the past two or three years fertile theme for
sermons, PLAYS and books, is the subject of two new
volumes: Les ManaHrs dtrgent, which is partly
historical, showing how some years ago tue nordl-
nate love of material goods set men to work for their
acquisition and partly moralizing, showing how We
are carrying the passion too FAR, and how II we
would only acquire the habit Of thinking about
something else We should not think so much about
that The book is well meant, we'll written and well
enough IA read and will not have the slightest effect
in furtherng the authors purposes-except that OF
getting a percentage on the sale. The other vol
ume is a novel entitled Les Pigeons de Ia Bourse; 1t
has some little merit as showing forth the tricks and
dapgers Of speculation and none at in It's 1artisc
porfrsyal of the depayties Of PRAYED portion of
the Partisan worlds subject which French writers
of books and dramas and feuilletons and songs,
French painters and sketcheIs aud cdricaturists,
have treated in all its varieties al aduseam and to
exhaustion.
Les JoLurs dor is & story Of Australian life, or
rather Of Australian death, with twelve murders,
hanging three natural deaths, two ilegituate births
and three weddings. Otherwise the book in itself
has nothing remarkable. 1t is the production Of the
Countess Celeste de Chabrillan, wife Of the French
Consul at Melbourne. II has not line or word in
enticnslly immoral and, excepting that lacks In
terest is a very proper w.rk. The Countess Ce-
este was formerly Mile Celeste Mogador, one Of the
celebrities Of the Partisan public balls. In brief