New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-03
EUROPEAN GOSSIP.

mon occurrence thos ~ '"y NV "
10 dwell little upon It,
The uey member Of the Academy ia really h|f-
~, .hsracter-M Ponsard, highly appreciated as
a. .u,hor of the tragedies "Lucrece, Agnes DC
us,,n,ep and Charlotte Corday,' and the come
Al. m1 ,'Hoppeur 1t rArgen',' and "Ls Bourse."
HIVE except few ll-timed and uncaIed'lor oeci''
.,st;op, AGAINST the romantic school, ShakesPeare
and Goethe the speech Of the candidae was re-
.syh.ble in more than one point OF VieW' IL
,hon,ded in the candid expression Of honest sentl
n.nts. and branded the prevalent vice OF the time'
tbe thrst for sudden riches, with the manly mdlg-
haitian Of pure heart. At moment when the
Catholic clergy is omnipotent in France; when
Jssuits are publicly appointed preachers Of the
Advent, and bold anathemas are daily darKd from
the pulpit against the friends Of civil and religious
liberty; when Protestant professors are dismissed
from the colleges and schools IN which Protestant
pupils are kept, formally communicated by some
bishops, NJ POnsard has yentured TO pay feeling
homage 10 YOtaire as the undaunted and indeiau-
cable advocate Of freedom aud liberation. AT
moment when the suspicion OF holding republican
spiniOns or Of fostering democratic sympathleS, Is
sufficient ~ bring persecution on the head Oi any
man. be spoke with love and yeneraton OF one OF
the statesmen of the revolution OF 1919 AlphOnse dc
Lsmartne. At a moment when stochJoboers, sue
eeesful gamblers and adventurous fnancers are the
nower Of the time, he exclaIms, speaking OF ny
zone oays, when the BOurse was not yet the tenn
nle which attracts the most wOrsbipers: 1T was
.'the time when people passlOnateiy puIsueu
ideas and not material interest only. Last
bat not least he finished his harangue without Tue
smallest allusiOn to the actual Government OF
France and its tyrannical chlef-aluslOn winch Is
generally expected from new members oi tne
icsdemy. 81. Berger, NJ. de BrOghe aud others
have. it is true, set the example; but then they
were political characters rather than authors. d.
Popssrd had moreover, been "hOnored' with an
autograph letter from LOui, Napoleon the day after
the first representation of his last comedy and the
Bonapartists we're almost inclined to look on his
election as triumph of their party; they must be
sadly disappointed by the disdalniul silence OF the
Young writer, who acknowledged openly and man
fully that he apostle OF the great principles
OF 1852
The intelligence of France is decidedly not with
the second Empire. Not only does the French
Academy reject with Obstinacy every BOnapartlst
candidate, but the barristers Of Paris appoint III
yariably adyersares of the existing Government,
most generally declared Radicals for their chefs
or batOnacrs The students of the public schools
hiss the professors who fympatbize with the EN-
peror, and are imprisoned for crying: "LOng live
Liberty! Long live Beranger at the funeral of
the lustriOus Democrat and artist, David d Au-
gers. The greatest of French, perhaps OF living
poets, Victor Hugo, sings far from his native cOun-
try, while the Imperial glOres are praised by poet
asters like N. BelmOntet or NJ Philoxene Boyer,
BY Republican apOstates like GuGrOnlere or Ane-
dee de Cezene and By A. NJ Graner Ode Cassag-
nac) whom NJ. GuizUt called publicly 50 the King
of Sharpers" de roi des drotes) 1t is, indeed, a
comfort in these days of moral degradation, to OBJ
serve that no party in France has delivered up its
Leading men TO the support OF tyranny. The
glories of the fEst Empire had at least, attracted
tfn1 81.
found strong gh to resist the ncessant intoXl-
cation Of victories and triumphs. Now, the OPP
posing press is senced, the editors are banlshed,
and the types are scattered to the winds. The
freedom of printing, which, according to Chateau
brand, is alone worth all the other liberties, ex-
ists no more. The police regulates ideas aud con-
sciences and the voice Of praise is alone allowed to
be heard But still, man Of real moral or intel
lectual value has been base enough to become Il
eourtier of Napoleon ILL.,, and that symptom shows
clearly enough that one must not despair OF man and
BOnapartst writers are SO scarce that the Minister
of PuOlic Instruction, NJ. ROuand, abiding to
some professors who refused To insert essays III the
Rsrue Contemporaries, says, IN MS oihcial paper,
'that he persists in the belief that iG is Just and
"loyal that those who accept situation OF the
"State free, indeed to write whenever they
"judge fit, must not blush to support literary re-
'views founded by the most eminent men OF the
"present Government" What do you say OF
Secretary OF State entreating his subordnates not
10 blush TO have their names inserted IN magazine
patronized by the Emperor! The avOwal is pre-
s;ous and shows clearly in what repute the French
literary world holds the Second Empire Il Addi-
sons Cato said:
"when vice prevails and inpious bear sway,
The pos, OF honor is private station"
Virtuous indignation against the prevalent vices OF
the day, gambling, embezzlement, luxury and CO.
auetry has become fashionable tendency. Actors
On the stage writers i'll the columns of the news
eapers attorney. generals on the bench professors
IN the chair, preachers in the pulpit dart the thun-
ders Of their eoluence and the acu,enesS of their
sarcasm against the speculations of men and the
hoops of women. They charm many, but convert
few; for daily the BOurse il filled by ten or twelve
thousand stockholders and the dress of the ladies is
stll as Punch would express it, in full breadth Of
Gshion. DeiacatiOns and decelts are carried to
fearful extent, and never could coquetry boast of
Eore numerous sacrifices of female virtue TO itself
ahan now.
The opera of the Trayiata has, then made its APP
pearance at the Italian Theater Of Paris in very
favorable circumstances, although il met only with
a doubtful success In London, the purltanic apOs-
trophies of The Times did not prevent the higher
Glass from crOwding the house 10 excess whenever
the fair PccOlOmini sang the part Of the interesting
prostitute The young Italian artist did not fail to
produce in the Frcuch capital, at her first appear
ance, the same impression which she made IN the
English metropolis. There Is something charming,
yoalhful and refractory III her cOunlenance as If
abe had just escaped from the nursery, although she
reckons already four years of experience in her
artistic career. Her Voice lis Just sufficient for
yerdis PARTITION in the first two acts and she
was much applauded in that part, together with
Mario; but then enthusiasm disappeared and the
opera ended amid cold and significant silence.
The audience was most brilliant and fashionable
and the boxes literally gllttered with dazzling
beauties. AUong the most enchanting, the spec
pointed ont he Madame a.,