New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-11

efy, Ill the ladies Iose, one excepted, niu"!I th'
petty little countess. The bug duchess got ehas-
I,raied at this want of etiquete and expressed he
dsplcasurc IN the most pungent terms; the other
replied, and
= tish a. ias- ;ke &C r.eF. rose,
FroIn words they truly came = blows
If say blows" i: Is merely for NE sake OF inc
rhyme. fer il was rather kick: yes, KICK, gwen
by heavy though female and aristocratIc loII' III
frli criDollpel TIE scandal vas great indeed Poor
Lady David Ieireatel with blushing tsee and
wourded hoops audsit the field IL the stout Goliath
VITO had for once, carried the day. There the mat
ter rests; for happily duels between ladies' are OUT
Of fashion Society will however, gain by ms iact
tie knowledge that, if in England noble lady is
recognized as such when she does not pay her debts
Size qualities herself in France, line high'ored
Lorse, by wel-aimed kIch.
7 The English papers, while rliculng the stay of
the Russian Grand Duke at PARIS, cajoe han IN
spite OF their bad humor. and enGeayor 10 coax him
into visit 10 London IT al lsas 10 Port sInouth.
The Osborne Yacht is fitted ont in the most splendid
msIDer in order TO fetch him from Cherbourg To-
Osborne, whittier he bas been invited by the Queen.
Now | put the serious question: " I'll COhstdht'ile
be allowed while ca board Ia Use the elegant bed
room Of Queen Victoria II | take into cons'dera-
ton the lauekablc reverence with which the servants
o tie Yacht force every visitor to uncover MS head
vbep.ver be- approaches that sacred spot which has
been s6uctifed Ly the presence of the sovereign,
am not quite that loyal Englshlnen viii not look
upon what j. about to happen as an odious proina-
ton. At all events let Us hope that British snob-
ism will not induce the ladies' CT London 10 follow
The boxing ext Inple set by their Partisan sisters.
A viraeo is nv no means uncommon an apparl
ton rs some people believe. Ny readers remember,
rerhaps. the story If the Ch,rdiitr or rather the
rLtraitre d'Eon whose real sex has in fact never
been accurately ascortdined After having IN sue
cesson been & colonel Of Dragons. a knight OF ST.
l . .l..r tom
| confidential agent Of ling LOUIS Nv, he or she
lived during fourteen years in England and appeared
spnn at Par, under the reign of Louis XVI, IN the
| palb e gentle lady Babshed a second time by
| tie Revolution. poor Madame DION gained living
in London by fencing exhibitions, ~ which the
famous Chevalier Saint-GeOrge likewise played
part. In Il somewhat humber sphere OF
life, Paris has lately been favored with
sec,,d edition If the Eon mystery, in the
person Of distinguished pianist. lie wore black
dress coat and irreproachabe trOwsers aud
WAS remarkable for two things only: pair of blue
spcctacies and the particularly that be dedicated
all his pOlkas and tyrOliennes (Or nowadays every
player is also a composer) TO the Maid OF orleans.
Alas il was at hast found out Why ne had chosen
the virginia. Jeanne dare for his patroness, though
be was not armed cap-a-pe like the French heroine.
Monsieur +. must, by order Of the almighty police,
resign himself to be called MademoIselle h. In
despair she wrote a petition 70 the Chief nagis-
trate entreatiDg to be further allowed the use OF the
masculine he: but laws and morals are inhexlbe.
However, the poor pianist did not resort TO Inc
trowsers in order to commit fearful havoc among
tie enemies Of her country; she adopted the male
costume simply in order to be less remarked for her
uncOmm, uglncss In the garb of "a woman, she
thought herself impossible and uubcarable; in the
dress Of man, she was but natural. The c0mplI-
ment is not fatteriDg for Us unseemy lords OF the
creation: our costume Is a har0Or Of refuge tor
:. .f.-t nj.
the decelu aphorsm " that power is on the side Of
the beard -
"Du cote 4, ia ba,Je est Ia toate pai''ance"-
for facts speak too often against the saying; and
now the example of the modern Miss d Eon tells US
that comeliness is altogether Incompatible with that
masculine ornament
To return tor a moment TO the RussOmania, which
has so unexpectedly taken hold of French high So
ciety. / dare not venture 10 omit that among
many coarse Muscoyite impOrtatOns, there is one,
at lesst, which carnot be charged with want Of
gracefuiness. | am speaking of the fair dancer,
Mile BogdanOff. She appeared at the Nentadour
Theater the same evening when Madame Rlst0rl
PLAYED her terrible N6Gea-that horrible and pow
eriul character in which the great tragedlan
reaches the pitch If scenic art. TO please an en-
thusisstic public after such marvellous perform
ance much grace and beauty WAS wanted, but
Nile Bogdanof WAS rot found deficient. She was
recalled and almost drowned under a shower Of
flowers and bouquets. The Medean terrOrs were
ofaced and forgotten; the tragedy had fet before
the enchanting smile of the Musc0vte sy!ph, and
tie venerable corps dc Gall counts another brilliant
star.
Other news from the same quarter: Rachel, the
iDmitable Rachel has returned to France from the
banks Of the Nile Her travels in the interior Of
Egypt, her stay at Tbebes in the midst of mummes,
obelisks and hierogyphcal Inscriptions her rambes
under the luxuriant doum palm trees, seem to
have entirely restored her health. But, if we are
to believe the papers of Southern France, she is
threatened by disease of different kind; if their
statement we're correct, should in conscience have
to exhaust the wonderful vocabulary OF Madame de
Seyignf, so rich in epithets referring to surprise.
They state: " Ii has often been announced that
- Mile Rachel had the intention to embrace
Catholicism. Recent circumstances seem to con-
" finn the statement. During the passage from
" Alexandria to MaIsees, the ustri0us tragedan
"conyersed frequently with Monseigncur Pellerin
Apostolic Vicar Of COchn-C china, and listened 10
the learned prelate with the deepest attention
.'hlIe Rachel was, moreover, at mass while IN the
harbor at Malta, and everybody remarked her de-
''votion." All who know Rachel will startle at
this information, for until now no jew of the
Felix family ever embraced Christianity, and the
most celebrated Of the tribe has never cared
for any temple except that of Melpomene.
In re- of the German Theater, we have 10 mention
an orera in four acts, Ldndgraf LEduig'S Braut-
faint {" The Wedding Tour of Landgraye Lewis"),
ccmposed bys Belgian, VI. Edouard Lassen, and
represented at Weimar under the high patron.
soc Of the illustrous List. The Royal Theater Of
Brussels had refused the work; but the " German
Athens" showed herself hospltabe toward the de-
serving stranger and now there is a new meteor in
the musical sky. AT a banquet given in honor OF
the successful young maestro, List spoke IN high
terms Of that small City of Weimar, which in for
mer times harbored the greatest poets of Germany,