The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-01-14


The following comparison between the Eng.
lish and French school Of political economy,
recently made by leading Paris paper, ex.
presses to perfection the idea of the French on
commerce and enterprise in general. The
English principle, which it repudiates, is de-
fined to be, Gin manufactures, to produce as
much as possible, in commerce to exchange
as much as possible" The principle, On the
contrary, which that paper claims as exclusive
ly French, is "to moderate production to our
wants, instead of multiplying our wants in or.
der to stimulate production"
The race of Princes and Dukes is on the IN.
crease. Napoleon has just proclaimed that
General Napoleon, Henry Edgard Ney, his
grand huntsman, and one of his aides de. camp,
shall take the title of Prince de Ia Moskwa, and
transmit it to his heirs male, either natural or
adopted, by order of primogeniture.
A ball given at the Grand Opera House, for
the benefit of the poor Of the seventh ward
came off most brilliantly, Saturday might, the
18th instant; the receipts surpassed all expect
| atoms. The whole house was most tasteful
arranged, the vestihules, staircases, green room,
and couloirs, were all carpeted, adorned with
flowers, and lighted up with giraudoles bearing
clusters Of wax-lights. But the dancing saloon
surpassed all in the dazzling brillisncy of it's
illumination; long rows of lustres lit up with
gas were suspended from the lofty roof of the
ball room, formed of the stage and pit thrown
into one. Seats were placed in awphitheatre
all round the saloon, and were reserved for the
lady patronesses. The first, second, and third
rows of boxes were also filled with ladies in gay
attire, sparkling with diamonds and other pre-
cious stones The area below was thronged
with gentlemen, who formed one compact mass
around the large open space allotted to the
H.. Id o,I d. .Aoo Il
following WIN irresistible eatraiement the
magic stroke of Strausss bow, which led the
well trained orchestra with its usual precision
energy, and vivacity. The Bullets were well
provided with all the delicacies of the season
and were resorted to with pleasure, az a delight
| ful escape from the over heated atmosphere oil
the ballroom. Dancing was KEEP. up till a late
hour, and the brilliant success Of this, the first
entertainment of the winter, augurs we'll for the
gsyeties of the coming season.
Spain is saved, happy country Lucky Scan.
| iards Your Queen has given you Prin ce
whose baptism has come off, with all the pomp
and ceremonial usual On such occasions. The
font in which the famous Saint Domingo de
Gunzman was baptized, and which belongs to
the church of st. Sebastian Labreuega, in the
Province of Burgos, was conveyed to Madrid
for that occasion, under the strong conviction
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preserve the Prince of the Asturias from all
evil. A Madrid journal, in giving the particulars
of the ceremony, mentions that " His Royal
Highness cried frequently, and that his loud
cries sounded most agreeably to the ears of all
present, for they prove that he is a robust III
| FAINT" After the baptism, the royal infant was
| conveyed by the King, ACCOMPANIED by the
| Duke and Duchess de Montpensier, the god
mother, and the Pope's Nuncio, who represent
ed the Pope, who is godfather to the royal
baby, to the Queen, who had remained in her
chamber. The lucky baby was then made
Knight of the Order Of the Golden Fleece; the
| King himself decorated him with the collar and
other insignia. Amongst the latter there was
a crucifx of oak, ornsmented with brillian,s,
called the Cross Of Victory, famous for having
| figured in battles against the Moors, and was
presented to the Prince by Geputaticn from
| Oviedo, in the Asturias, to which town it b.
longed The Prince was also made knight Of
the Grand Cross of the military order of St
Juan de Jerusalem, and the orders of Charlie;
| III and Isabella the Catholic. The names
given to the Prince are Alfonso Francisco dc
| Asis Fernando Pho Juan Mariana de la Con
| cep lion jaime Pelayo.
The Queen has granted number Of annes
ties to political offenders, on the occasion O.
the birth of the Prince. In accordance with
an ancient custom, the soldiers who were acting
as sentinels at the palace at the time of the
birth of the Prince, were discharged from tho
army. No words can express the Joy mani
tested by those lucky fellows thus happily re
lieved from much-detested service, and years
of strict discipline.
TIE celebrated German statuary, Ranch, diet
on the Sd instant, at Dresden, aged eighty. Ht
was the son of poor parents, and entered thu
| 6 T rf
William Ill, as ralet de pied. The Queen re
marked that the butter served upon her table
was beautiful, and most tastefully designed ant
that the models varied almost daily. This excl
ted her curiosity, and she inquired who execu
ted these remarkable little chefs d@uUres. i
was then she first heard the name, Ranch sb,
took him under her protection, and procured
for him permission to attend the classes o
the Academy of Fine-Arts at Berlin, and after
wards sent him to Rome to Gnish his studies
| Ranch in due time became one of the mos
celebrated sculp,ors of Europe. In 1911, HI
was sent for to Berlin, to ornament the moru
ment of his benefactress and his statue o
Queen Louisa is considered the mos. charming
and touching of bis productions. The mos
important Of his works, however, is the monu
Eent of Frederick the Great at Berlin.
His remains were, soon after bis death, con
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studio, where his admirers thyonged to pay
last tribute to his memory. Among the higl
pers9 who visited them WIS the Princess
! of Prussia All the Princes of the royal fam
lily, headed by the Prince Of Prussia, followed
him to bis last resting place.
A curious triel recently came OF, respecting
the exorbtant charges for embalming and i
| brought forth many witty remarks by tho press
from which / extract the following, for the ben
eft of your readers:
"Before Canals system of preserving deaC
bodies, embalming was most revolving opera
tom" says Partisan journal. "The corpse
was cut to pieces to extract the Aeshy parts, tht
remainder impregnated with proper substances
to prevent putrefaction. We are in this re
spect, however, still much behind the Egyp
tians, whose dead are preserved for thousand
of years, for the benefit of Champoilions ant
paint manufacturers. Fmbalning only few
years past was very costly operation.
"The embalming of Louis XVIII, Who's
body, according to M. Talleyrand, was neve
sentt 81 bon qudpres so mort, cost FIVE thou
sand dollars. A more simple mode of embalm
ing costs from two to three thousand dollars
. "Under the Empire, the Senators were buried
| in the Pantheon, and the nation from gratitud,
made contract with a druggist, stating tina
every Senator should be embaned for the prict
of one hundred end sixty dollars-an amour
thrown away, for they were stuffed, rather tina,
embalmed.
1.-THE aunt of Murat, King of Naples, VIZ
. treated with even less ceremony. Murat wa
was Of p!ebeian race, the son of an innkeepe
in small village near Cahors. Having be
come General, Marshal, Grand Duke of Berg
brother.in.law of Emperor Napoleon the Greai
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