New-York daily tribune., 1857-04-16

d.yeteiness The sentiments expressed IN 'he alaih'
are all # hugh and generous temperature IL aiSo
avoids The frequent failure Of our cotemporanrohs
dramatic competitions. The whole play consists oi
one idea which is developed in all its aspects, upto
| tie necessary conclusion. There is no ssSemblagc
of uconreced scenes, gross artifce, no fcoie -
| tie Frnch siy. alludlng 10 the strings by which
| puplets ore moved ,e
| world nnd now every stOckjobber thinks there Is
s,methng Of Shakespeare or Moliere in his
| money bag NJ. Solar, We-knONn speculator has
written vaudeville, and newspaper announces
| c,ncdy bv NJ Emile de- Girardln, under the THE
| of "The MilEonarcs Daughter" The millions. and
| those who possess them quite fashionable. both
On the sta ge and IN society; there Is no other topic
| now On the stage which, To Schiuers eN-
I urrs.i,n. signify the world Even the ludcrous
| Dr. Nrron who, after having grown immensely nch
bv meals ot the pdfe pectOrate, the opera and the
GorstntionRei has felt the laudabe ambition To pub
sh his n.t oiTs and the history Of Louis Napoleon,
is desiruus If also gathering the laurel of dramatic
author Speculation is the queen Of the day and claims
every Kind Of triumph The jew Mires has already
written II long, and must say witty letter against
| A-Xandre Dumas the yOungers drama, The
| Money Question" Another member ot the BourS5
fraternity, NJ. Mlsud, has also taken mp the pen in
! the journal d,S ActiOnndIres, special publication
| for shareholders, aud says: 1t has now-adays be-
C, NE the fashion to attack the spirit ot enterprise
"snd specuatiOn All cry cut out against the hnan-
| "ciers. they are lampooned IN the theaerS, they
''are made the expatory rams, loaded with the sins
"snd mi,tortnes Of nations. Wit reyenges itself by
"lihcls against that fortune which II pursues too
",ften in vain" M Miaud endeavOrS, moreover,
| 10 prove that France has in the last twenty
| wears. grown richer BY 6.O0O000,OO0 francs.
| | cannot dare to give the lie to such an eminent
calculator; but how is il that in France bread Is SO
| dear and money so scarce, that wine and meat are
| inaccessible luXuries for the peasantry aud the
working classes, and that credt-that precious fowl
--ays only her golden eggs Tor few privileged cap
| iialistsl How is it that, since the blessed coup
| dftat of ISL under the glorious reign of the bo-
s.m-chid of stockholders the population ot France
has actually decreased, while the number OF prison
ers sentenced for common crimes has increased ac-
| corng to official report, by about 5000 cuI-
prits How is il that the number OF children com
nittcd Ia prison for various Otiescs-whlch IN lroO
amounted only to 5,2o0-is now 9,olS If these
! are signs of prosperity and wealth, may God pre-
| serve the nations from improving!
We are We must confess IT, no great admirers O
noble or wealthy authors, because they are generally
| such clever literary pirates. You remember, per-
| hnps the Indignation of the English newspapers,
ne Years ago. when they onnd out that Slr. Dis
| rael had delivered a speech which was literally
translated from NJ. Thiers, who had himself accom-
nodated an article Of French journal to the p0lltl-
| cal eNicenccs Of the moment. Something of the
same Kind has recently happened to French Duke,
| NJ de NOailleS who Is member at the French
| Academy. and has nevertheless borrowed whole
| papes from NJ. Lavalle's history of Saint Cyr
| ~ NiSard. who has constituted himself the de-
| fender of priyateering emperOrs and dukes takes
the part Of NJ de Noaillrs and declares that he has
| simply commiteda most innocent mistake; be says:
q" II is not the writer it is the subject which has
taken its property where II found it, The dlstlnc-
| ton is very NICE the more because the bon mot
/ So, ln u hon snmphoIy
| preached him for his numerous limitations of foreign
comedies returned the answer: Il" am a man at
"wit, and take my property wherever find 1t.
But them Moerc Mollcre, and VI. de NoailleS ia
| merely grand s,igneHr and NJ NiSard hattercr.
Tie pirate NOaies is, at least, real duke,
| genuine noblcman: but there now So many
spurious barOns and counts III France that the SEN
ate is occupied with law purpOrting to restrain the
mania for titles. In your blessed New World,
which is freed from this weakness, thanks to your
Republican institutions, you can scarcely conceive
| how easy il is for shurper to dupe the public be-
| hind the shield ola hgh-Sounding name. NJ Gulzot
| once said in the House Of Deputies that there were
| still some fools left who glad to give money for
| title but many chcraierS dindnSrie and tOTettes
| took titles without paying. We have, however
suggestion to offer 10 the French Senate The Sell-
ators have not TO go very far in order to meet ndl-
| yduals who call themselves counts, marqulses,
dukes &C., without being in the least entitled to II.
They have Smpl! to ca. TO their bar the ministers
| and ambassadors ot their Imperial master Why,
fer instance, does NJ Fialin call himself Count de
| Persigny Is it because he was formerly nom
commissioned officer Of hnssars
The French Court continues to lead a joyous life,
and by no means in want Of distractions Since their
iuyorite spiritconuror Mr. Hume is departed they
again frequent the theaters. They spend one even
ing in the Ow Palais Royal, appaudng the obscene
i,kcs Of GrasSot and the next day they admire
some vulgar me0-drama full of terrible incidents.
Then they have also the masked balls of honest VI.
Fmld, the religious and political renegade take
| from Belgian contemporary the following episode:
"A graceful dominO of Eastern shape, IN blue and
silver Algerian stuff with small holes before the eyes
went several times through the drawing-roomA, and
after several meamorphoses, she betrayed herself by
her majestic grace: ,"cesS" Pdf"h De1. m
Ii is not enough for the Countess Montjo to have
become an empress; she is already goddess Where
will the hattrrers stop Two persons were, be-
sides remarked at this ball: Lady Cowley, the En-
oi,h Embassadress beautiful and noble in The his
| toricnl costume of Mary Tudor, and NJ. de Newer
teroue WLO wore the costume Of Il true savage
hut il was costume. Madame de CastiglOne
| produced a sensation in the gorb Of peasant
", man If Normandy with high cap and without
an atom of crlnOllne
But balls are not the only enjoyment Of those
| who call themselves the arstOcracy because, as
one Of them defined il, they are awake while
| other persons sleep and desplse other people.
| This year private theatrcals are in high favor.
| 1Lus, in tie drawng-rOom OF Madame de Loe-
ventbn tie mistress Of the house and Prince Gar
| toriski performed a proyerb BY Octave Feuillet.
The BuroIess Barber has given on her side, repre-
sentaon Of lie Piano de Berthe. Other performances
| are announced in the palace of Madame de Mayen-
| dorf at the Marchioness de Bethisy's, at Madame
Pozzo ii Borgos aud In fact the theater s an
| excellent preparatory school for diplonatists. At
Naples, ii hindo Royal Highness, the Count de sy-
rncuse has twice enteltaned the sO-caledhgh sO-