New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-02

Paris bankers and speculatore giving hst OIL ecce-
ssstcal stockholders in the Roman Railroad Com
pany, headed by his Holiness the Pope Plus l&., 70
whom follow his Exce1ency MOnseigneur the Carui-
nal Antonelli; ditto Cardinal Wiseman; then bishops,
apostolic delegates, etc Moses why, the stationary
guideposts and very church pillars are dashlng on Al
the rate Of thirty miles an hour after that w0ndrous
horse u brass who snorts FIRE and smoke, and
neigts so terribly And the astronomer, being de-
yout, would cross himself and pray for his perseeu-
tors-feeling sadly to think on the place where
vehicle going at that pace must land its passengers
After such discoveries these, the immortal
Pisan would doubtless have observed the morning
and evening papers daily, and would have been
much Interested to read the accounts with which
they have all lately abounded of the opening OF the
Southern Railroad from Toulouse to Cette. Inc
opening Of this section of the road-that from Bor-
deaux and that from Lyons to Toulouse having been
some time in operlton-cOmpIetes connection 0f
great commercial importance between the northern
aud southern portions Of France. The grand lnau-
gural ceremony took place at Toulouse. Beside
| flags garlands a dinner and toasts and long
speeches, the Church lent its high ministers and
| prayers and praises to sanction and add Dig
| uty to the fete. His Excellency Monseig-
| neur the Cardinal Donnet, Archbishop OF
| Bordeaux delivered an Grafton, in the course
| If which be lauded the Outstanding influence
| Of the railroad then the chorsters chanted the
Teni CREATOR and then the Archbishop of Toulouse
gave his solemn benedictOn to the two ardent uls-
sionary locomotives. After grace came the banquet
for FIVE hundred guests, at which VI. Emile Perere
| the President of the railroad company, presided;
and at his right, telescopes, there sits MS
| Grace the Cardinal Archbishop Domet And In
stead of roasting his host. Calico might suppose
Prince of the Church would ike to do-for NJ Pc
reire is jew and hath shekes past counting, tn
| boot-he tOasts him and speaks well OF nm, and
of the Press and of modern enterprise, being very
l. ~ Il k.,l lta.l
| | had occasion to say once before, when he made
| his inaugural speech as member of the Academy
| two wears ago. NJ Perere by the way, is not only
| All Israelite but was few years since, an earnest
| St. Smonan. and belonged to the famous commu-
| nity at Menilmontant, of which Michel Chevaller,
the Economist and Councillor of State, and other
| now prosperous wOrldlngs, were members. AT pres
ent he is devout in the Hebrew faith, and has waAed
exceeding rich in talents Of gold and talents OF sll-
yer of which he often makes generous distribution
| to the less fortunate.
Beside this iberality of Papal priests to Jews,
newspapers and steam, the place where the tete was
| held, suggested another comparison between the
past and present equally creditaole 10 the atter.
Toulouse, every one remembers was the capitM oi
the Cedennes whittier, hundred and seventy years
ago. that eminently pious Prince, Louis NV, sent
| a few priests and many bloOdthirsty troopers to
dragon the wretched Protestant peasants OF the IT,
| gon into the bosom OF the Church, where horrors
| were committed quite equal to any OF the much
| beshrieked French Revolution.
| - So much for the forward movement, at present.
| Now backward: beside the constant strain on the
breeding of the Ultramontansts in religion, and Of
Legitimsts and other sects in politics, the Minis
| ter of Justice has published within few days
lamentably grave report titles of nobility. What,
with the abolition of all titles at the time of the first
| Revolution their restoration and new creations by
the returned BourbOns, the intervening creations OF
| Napoleon the subsequent ones OF LOUIS Phiippe,
and the changes of the laws in regard to their as
| SUMPTION the matter stands to-day that any one
| whose vanity urges him, can put de before his
name with the name Of his native village after 1t, or
| split il in two and begin the second syllable with
capital and by such ingenious playing OF his visit
ing cards write himself baron count or vlscount, at
| pleasure. So simple Monsieur Eugene Labete, com
| ing I'D from Toumon in IS4S, has grown to be
| Nj. de La Bette, or NJ. Eugene de- TOumon.
| This little vanity is naturally offensive to
| the little vanity Of those who inherit their
| capital articles and connecting PARTICLES; but
the Minister of Justice has been ordered by his mas
ter to treat it serious evil. The pretense OF Gov
| eminent is to have law passed to protect posses
sors of hereditary titles. The real purpose is next
or with this, to obtain law provision sanction
| ING new creations. 1t will furnish another cheap
and large addition TO the Government means OF buy
ing mems support and paying their services through
their vanity. The legionary cross Is overworked IN
| that WAY. III now looks rs tnOugn n new crop Vi
nobes the creation Of which has been so often ru
| mored would at last grow up about the Duke OF
Malakoff who shares the distinction of the latter
half of his title with the latitudnsran pettcOats 80
much 10 vogue last year. The upon Malakof, by
the way, if am to believe the dry goods advertise
| ments has been superseded by some more swelling
combination of steel hoops. Is the passing of the
article from the wardrobe of fashion ominOus for the
| Dukes hOnOrsl Arma cedant t0g9. Lat. Gram.
Three days ago intended to moraize severely on
| this French folly-this European weakness-thls
idle distinction sought from empty words, which my
friend Col. WapshOt declares is sufficient proof that
| the French will never be Republicans. But meet
| Ing Yesterday two other Colonies and Major-all
without regments-and remembering that the gal
| liant WapshOt himself-being ex-ad Of all Ex-Gov-
ernor, and never having had a case OF bayOnets-ls
only Colonel in partibus thought it best to sup
| press the paragra ph. Msr. Col WapshOt nee Jen-
kins-and baptised Betsy Sally, writes herself Betse
| Sallie. She is very anxious to see the Russian
| Grand Duke Constantine when he comes here next
| week and likewise the dOwager Empress. Gen.
Todtleben, who has been here some time, she cares
less about The Imperial Napkin, rs seen in rapidly
passing through the panels OF the Imperial coach,
preceded and followed by pqueurs, mounted guards,
| Jockeys aud other military dry-nurses, she declares
to be beautiful che-ilh. l give her report for
what it is worth never having had autO-Ophthalmlc
| experience of that infants graces.
| The Colonel and Mrs. w. have an opinion in
| which Young Green, who beside his experience
/ the Eoulevards goes sometimes to the cheap balls
and popular fairs held in the outskirts Of the city,
quite agrees with them, that the lower orders" Of
| Paris haze work if they are a mind to work,