New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-29

victoria, when is sald a. have greatly stren,.aA
,he Irehay' Intimate quality Of thu political IN
p'.Meeu the "o' leave the report % Won, C.
London Coiresp" 1dent within whose province ava
Before begin ing this letter. ~, s'1os Nhss
"ord oohsp" <y in large, round hard. on , 10, ae
of paper 'hs { lies before my eyes lest sbo1 .e
forget The. sometime famous Mazzinian co,ffIs |
People lad done talking or thinking ahout n ,Ir*
before the bret trial was over 1t excited but I,
cur Jsty while 1t was going on. TIE srss, ~.
T,iracy that was to snake the State tI,rn. a.,
NretcLed fasco. The great band Of Psas,kE"t
Socialists the representatives Of the Iihs,i,
sition of France dwindes down TO thres EoPie
two { them reckless worthless ignoran, v.sshSns-
with. Ut political idea in their heads, aud orsSaSS
without an idea of ever risking their lives 20 An ~
Fmperor. The third, Tibald is something ms,s .
a man; be at least is competent mechanic a.
probably did partake of Mszzlni's taste for en-
spiracy But nothing SO concl1slVely Shove fora
the insignifcance Of the whole matter as he g.
that the Government prosecution, having eyerue,
its own way, was willing TO let the prisoners hass
tolcraby fair trial and that the result OF the tra,
only verdict OF hard labor for fifteen year, On.
nounced against Grill and Bartolott, and Of tranA
portaton for life against Tibaldi.
Next 10 the idle exaggeraticn OF the extent aui
gravity Of the plot before the trial, the siess m
of the affair has been the downrs ht foolish peras
ence Of the prosecution in constantly speaking d
Ledru-ROllin as partner 10 the plot. The hs
than shadow of proof, so far as yet appear a
which this shsineiul accusation rests is 20 be foul
in the testimony of one of the prisoners, who y
beon with. confesses himself an arrant Lar. n,
witness testifes 10 having seen some one with NM
zini whose conversation be could not understand
whose name he cannot pronounce, whoee appearance
according 10 his description, bears very loose resem
blapce 10 that of Ron. Ii would seem very probabs
that Maparenti, and certain that Mazzini, were CO.
gagged in the so.caed plot-a plot which, howeyu
absurdy exaggerated in iis proportions by uteress1
reporters, was equally absurd and criminal on u
part of it's authors. Mazzinis naturally line insk.
gence has been mastered by one idea, and he he
brooded over il in the bitterness of exile I'LL b hu
become a Monomaniac, a mad, mlschIevoas COO
sprator. In this light he is considered aud hin
plottugs deprecated by all the intelligent Liberals
France and Italy, who feel bitterly how much Asr
cause suffers by the forced association made BY IA
common enemy, between him and them.
TIE National, or rather Imperial, fete Of the liA
will he grand show, as usual Instead OF taknt
the Malakoff from the Russians, as was TO be don,
in sham fight in the Champs de Mars, there is 10 Ia
the mimcking Of some taking incident in the recent
successful campaign against the kabyies. The
change of subject has been made out OF respect 10
Russian susceptibllitiss. The difference s similar
10 that betw een the battle OF New-Oreans and q
skrmsh in the Seminole war. However, the fight
ipg. and burnt gunpowder, and French glory, will
he al the same. and the crowd will be- equally
amused. II reminds one of the changes sklfully
ADAPTED to the times, made by the late Mrs. farley
in the names and dresses of her celebrated war
works.
Death has been strangely busy Of late with tue
uotablites of French literature. Close pressing
on the last steps of Alfred de Musset and Berangsi,
Eugene Sue has now gone down to the grave.
With his greatest work, 1.-The Mysteries Of Paris "
all are familiar At the time of its publication i
WIS more generally read than any work that has
since appeared in Paris, unless We except Dumas's
"Mousquetaires" and the numerous Transitions d
Mrs. Stoves "Uncle Toms Cabin" He bad
already written number Of novels, Byronic an4
Satanic to the last degree OF exaggerati0n, and had
dissipaed in ByrOnc and Satanic excesses mingled
with large expenditures for the qualification OF ele
CANT artistic tastes, enc moderate and one yeg
large inheritance, when he began the composition
1.-The Mysteries" about 1910. AT this time hi
best friend and most Needed counselor, NJ. Goubau
advised him to study, what he was entirely uasc.
| ouanted with, the people. They had never ap
| reared in his earlier works. Their ndeness, thei
uncleanness were instinctiyely offensive to bic ee
CANT tastes, to his artificial, morbdly refined hib
| itudes. But suddenly he took the advice, bought
dirty secondhand blouse, cloth cap, clumsy shoes
and pair Of cotton pantalOOns and, soing his del
icate white hands, Of which he ordinarily took espe
| cial care went to dine alone at low cabaret ID
| the Rue aux Feyes. Those who have read "Tbc
| MYSTERIES" will remember the name Of the nov
celebrated street. A quarrel arose among other
| guests while be sat there, and furnished him the
| types of the Chourneur and Fleur de Marie. He
| went home and wrote the first two chapters d
"Tbe Mysteries Of Paris" Many of the ober
/ characters and incidents of the work were careful
| studies from the life, and the whole work, or At
least the first six of the ten volumes, was made up
largely OF direct transcripts from real experience,
without precOnceiyed theory or moral purpose.
| The success was prodigOus. Eugene Sue walked
| up to find himself famous and a Socialist. Thu
tact, be it observed does not at all detract from,
indeed it rather confirms, the likelihood of tae sin
cerity Of his popular sympathies. When he once
| came to see the miseries and virtues Of the lower
Hasses be nvoluntarily, and all the more honas!'
| ~, became their champion. The spur which INA
book gave to private charitable acton is We
known. 1t is not, perhaps, 50 generally Known I'm
Sue blmself gave largely and constantly ID suern
| poverty. Everybody has read the hghly-colore
descriptions of the sybaritc luxury IN which d
| lived at the Chateau des BOrdes. Alexandra Dunn
assures us that this famous chateau, which be viz
| tied in the time of its splendOr was or finally
| building for the storsge OF farm prOdu ,e-a some
| thing between barn and farm hOuse--on the estst
Of NJ. Caillard, Sues brother-new, which Sue ha
divided into apartments and fitted up with his ord
nary taste for elegant luxury, adding fne green
house. IL is tue that be did lead the lie Of sn an
choret in this retreat; il is also too true That at
peAOd would his private life, in many respects bea
| The Inspection Of even charitable moral censors
but il is also true and what everybody has not read
that his acts Of hindnes. endeared him 20 al th
poor in the neighborhoo3 of BOrdes, that be- va
! greatly loved by the children there At Annecy
Savoy, where he has passed the last Elk years
exile, he lived in simple style, and there, too, Wa
| noted and loved for his generous benefcence.
The works OF his exile the latter part of th
| Mysteries If the People, LInstitutrice, La Fami
Jrnfrov Cilhort OF e. N. RI and "A B,une Avantors