New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-25

are even induced 70 think that the English 10 trans
loted from q German translation. Z. AragO,
brother Of the late illustruus astronomer il Of
the wOsi ARGENT French Republicans. After having
been, IN 1S4S, Postmaster General of the Re public
aid X, preventative OF the people be was exled 10
Consequence of the 18th Of JUNE, l-49 and lived at
Brustls whence he was recently expelled upon
the demand Of Louis Napoleon. Ii Va are act
mistaken be is DOW living somewhere 10 S~tzer-
tspo. Before be became dramatic author,
l. ierDe Arago bad been distinguished pupil OF tue
Pol,technic school, aud had taken an active part
in NE resolution of 1880. May it be comfort to
him. il the dreariness OF exile TO sear that the ku
eli,h public which speaks GENERALLY so hghIy OF
the French refugees, has BEN highly recreated by
80 close an imitation Of Ons OF his lighter Pfoduc-
t,ps, III Justice to the English actor, we must
ado that The Blscb Boon has been very well
given. Mr.. Charles Mathews especially, IN Tue
character Of the mysterious gentleman, reminded
us of the distinguished French actor, Felix, "ho
appeared 10 us many years ago to be az lnim'Iao'e
Robin
Tie death Of the Princess de Lieven has become
a pubic. aud as it we've, a histories event; and al
the French, English and German papers have puo
hshtd biox raphies Of that sInabIe dpomatIst IN
pettlcOats We deem it useless therefore, to re-
ueat the v el-known details Of her life. There is
something more than life there Is royalty eX-
tinct v Der; for the Princess actually relgned
over FL all people, IT is true, but one more un-
goyerDabe than the fefcest Democracy oi the
world ipasmuch as Al her subjects had III one
way or another. taken part in the administrative
enhancement of mankind. Prince de Ligne used to
say Of Catherine III. That she was porn All em-
perOr;" il might well be said OF Madame de
Ieven that she was born an ambassador; ana sue
remained il Office until she breathed her last. NJ.
oe Ki.selef looked upon Der as colleague; and
when be arrived at Paris, of the first visits he
l.. ~. a.uh no
Princess from her high position; and, as she wds
very fond OF diploUacy-whlch is, after all, better
suited for the acute and quick understanding OF
lades tlan for the naughty aud seconcelted spirit
Of maD--she was afraid Of death But when sne
was made sure of the fact that her last moment
was at land, her firInDess returned; aud, accus-
toned as she was to be always well Informed III
lie, sbc SAID, " have now great curiosity Tor
DEATH
Mary reports are current concerning her " Me-
mUrs" bur these are mere suppUsitions ltmay be
that Madame Oe Lieven had imb'bed that universal
tase for recording private deeds, which Is fatal
symptom Of our time; for, as Mlchelet soule-
Where remarks, individual memoirs are the proper
signs Of WAX epochs. But, even ii t0ey exist,
Der " Memoirs" will probably hot come to light
very soon I he most Interesting piece vi iDiOrma-
ton would be the lady's correspondence: She
wrote in very short sen'eDces, and employed often
simple lnfnilives or isolated words without verbs,
but there was always all idea in each. She has
sometimes summed up whole dispatch III small
note.
Her hotel was the rendezvous OF the leaders OF
the monarchical parties III France; we never heard
OF Republican who crossed her thre shold This
hotel or rather the part of it which she Inhabited
was once the abode of the famous and witty Talley
IaLd. Here were held the cOnyenticles of the
cOnspirotOrs who plotted against Napoleon |. ia
favor Of restoration of the BourbOns. Here
81 llt.IC
at Paris, tie conferences in which the Charter OF
lel4 and the Treaty OF Paris were discussed. How
many dark intrgues these rOoms must have Wiz
neesed and if the waits could speak, now many base
traitors might be discovered But n w The mask
is remaining on many hypOcrltical face.
The difficulty is to 6od "a worthy successor OF the
Princess de Lieven. new star has, il is true, rsen
On the sky Of Diplomacy, aid dazzles every eye by
it's raoiunt beauty. l am speaking of the Spanish
tmbassa address,, the lady of Marshal Serrano, whose
appearance produces always lively sensa 1cn at
the luileries, ana II must be acknowledged that
: he does hot her trumphs 10 the magnlhcence
OF even the elegance OF her toilet. An I'D n,rng
circle proclaips that the ideal sung by Byron Is at
last Il uId; but Sonora SerranO is too beautiful to
Lecome clever diplomatIst At all evcuts, she
would be a dangerous one. How belt, we should
most willingly prefer an assault OF dark eyes anu
losy lips to the "ring.fght attitudes Of Lord
Stratfoid dc Radcliffe and Sir Henry Bulwer
Lyttsn.
Diplomacy and Justice are in our days equally
cop,tmptible. The highest court IN France, tue
" CouI de Cussation," has decided that at public
elections, 10 ballot ticket be 1t printed or simply
u rittep even if il should cODtain nothing but The
name Of candidate, could be put into circulation
without the previous authorization OF the projects.
Thus the Court declares officially that this mucd
talked-o universal suffrage OF the empire is mere
farce All the barristcrs Of France aud halt OF the
imperial courts have prom )unced themselves against
this jurisprudence, out the ttryile aud Obedent
Wallets of The supreme tribunal have obeyed toe or
ders which they received from Government. III
one reflects thai the embers Of the High Court oil
.Justice (whO in 1851, at the moment OF the coup
d (tat declared sOlemDy that the President OF the
Republic, Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, had violated
his oath and the Constitution, ana summoned hn'
in consequence before their jurisdiction were
Judges ii this same selvile Court of Cdssat N, one
may easily account for the mstrust with which the
French look upon their mag strates. chancellor
Of the sixteenth century, good old L'Hopital, Ouce
said sOrrowiuly pointing 10 bis long white beard,
as Il venerable bishop had done before him. "Whea
this snow shall be melted, there will be DothIng
but mud" Alas, how true this prophecy has
proved
In one week the courts of Paris have refused
10 hear the witnesses Of Nerger, sentenced to
prison number of innocent Nell accused of be-
Ion gil TO the secret society Marianne, and pro-
nounced against the Rtrae de PaIis. A French
Judge Of form er days once said boldly 10 u king:
The magistracy renders judgments, aud not ser
vices" Nowadays, they render services aud
not judgments. The lawyer who asserted that
IF he were accused Of pocketiog the tower of
"Notre Dame, his first act would be Ia run away
lad certainly clear insight in the Judicial stare Of
Lis country. But there are men accustomed TO
public contempt, and who, as Chateaubriand Oh
served, 90 not care more for their memsry tlan for