New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-04

Tmores, The citadel Of Por. Louis, for.ress .tst
defends the entrance Of the hHbor Of Lonen.. /:
was N s room of tie for, tbs. Louis Napoleon sat
close prisoner in the glt omy days Of November, 1885
waiting for the ship 20 be go, 10 readiness t,a'
transported the unlucky leader OF The St;asooCrg
rot 20 the United States. The chamber vas re-
stored as exactly ~ possible 10 the state 10 which
the unfortunate adyenturer ei. Il % 60 on board Of
the Andromede twenty-five years ago. Except The
Empress and the old woman who IN that lime waited
upon him. no ore VAS admitted 70 disturb re
reflections Of the imperial visitor upon The contrast
between now and then.
There is 81 gong o. sone talk sb0u. Chert jurg
and its bearing upon the alliance. Some OF the
French are foOlish enough % be ye1ed WITH the
aInusipg out not Oyerwise remarks OF Mes,rs. Roe
buck and Lindsay, at TynemOuth. They cannot o.
vii no, understand that these two NJ. P.'s, when
speaking outside the walls Of Parliament, are bn;
t.o private Enslishmen. As certain EngEshclen
cannot or vii not understand that not all printed
matter in France is sanctioned by Government.
And therefore these latter have given undue IN
portance to one or two recently published pamphlets
IN which Cherbourg, the alliance, the respective
marine force OF the two countries and the French
capabilities Of invading England treated Of with
more warmth than wisdom. The most irritating OF
these pamphlets ;s "CherbOurg ct rAngeterre,"
sad 10 be written by VI. Jules Lechevallier. hope
for the saIe Of your old correspondent that the dis
credjtabe rumOr is incorrect. To give you an idea
Of the authors competence 70 write on the theme
be has chosen il viii be enough to cay, that he sets
forth the opinion that French invading army,
bearing IN one hand the Cote Napoleon, and 10 the
other Suffrage UnicerSGi, would be welcomed 20 the
shores OF Enga land By the mass Of lts Inhabitants.
The rhetoric Of the pamphlet is on IA par with the
soundness Of the We've Il reveals. An undue IN
portance il attached TO it, the ground that Le'
cheyallier-formerly a Socialist and an ex.le-s
employed IN some one Of the Ministries; aud
ignorant or mschiev0us persons argue from
this fact ard from the known power that may be
exercised over the press by Government, that the
sentiments OF the pamphlet are sanctioned by the
Emperor. But it is perfectly vel known TO all who
are tolerably well. informed IN the case, that sub
ordinate clerk in ministerial bureau ia as free L
write nonsense when away from hls Office deck as
member Of Parliament is to speak nonsense when
away from lis official bench, for which Government
can in no sense be held responsible. Aud u IL
equally well known 10 all who are at all familiar
with current French literature, that however absc.
lutte in theory may be the Government control Of
the press, not week has passed within the
last eight years without the publication Of sentl-
ments which the Government must wish uBpub-
lished. The columns Of the opposition jOurlals,
tame as they are the new volumes from the pens Of
Theirs, GuzOt, Villemain, De Tocqueyle and Mon
tslembert furnish abundant proof, if proof were
press is greatly limited.
Among rlimored promotions is that Of Prince Ma
pOleOn to tie grade of Grand Admiral and 70 the
position Of Minister of the Marine. II is found
more and nore difficult TO disentangle his Algerne
and colonial from naval functions.
Another promotion in the Imperial family has an
equally good foundation in previous services and is
more amusing You know that the Napkn--who
according to all accounts is really nice little fe
lCw-entered the world and the ranks of the Gren-
adiers Of the Guard about the same time. The fol-
lowing order Of the dag, addressed 10 the lst regi
ment of that corps, shove how the little fellow Is
getting on His Hghness the Prince Imperial
" Napoleon Louis Eugene John Joseph, regis
"teIed 3,463, is appointed corporal i'll the lst bat
"tsoD, Ist company, to fill the rs :ancy left by
Corporal Prugnot, etc. Versailles, Aug. IA,
"ls5S. (Signed) The Colonel De Brettevile.'
The honorary dinner given 10 Mr.. Morse by his
countrymen III Paris, on occasion of the completed
telegraphic union of E2rope and America, csme OIL
on Monday at the ITOis Frerss. About eighly per-
sons were present-s Americans. IL was, te-
leve the largest purely American feslye meeting
that ever gathered in Paris, and one of tnt most
agreeable TO all it, members Col. Preston of South
Carolina nresded. Speeches were made by him,
.he onest of the evening, Minister Mason, Governor
Fish our American banker, John Munroe; our
spiritual American Minister, the Rev. Mr.. Seey our
Roman Minister, j. r. Chandler I. A. Tefit Of
Rhode Island, Jas. S. Thayer of New.York, and
several Others-all of which, am assured, merited
the fixed attention and the loud applause which was
given to them. The best of feeling prevailed till the
breaking up, which did not occur till after midnight,
and all Of the guests whom / CHANGED TO meet next
morning were still feeling -Gry vel, Gould any
higher testimony than this be given 10 the elOquence
of the speakers aud the qualities Of the wines j
may say in adoition that several of the impromntG
specimens Of dinner oratory which l have seen
read very well in Ms. AZ all the proceedings Of
the dinner, the literary side, will soon appear in
printed reporS, / abstain from abstracts and
analyses. You will be pleased, however, to hear in
advance, as a proof of growing taste, that the
spread.eagle element was less prominent in toasts
and speeches" than is apt TO be the case on simi
lar occasions Mr.. Charles Sumner, whose state Of
health forbade bis personal attendance at the din
ner, wrtt te graceful letter to Mr.. Morse, which
WILL l am told, be printed in the report. Mr.. s.
left Paris this morning on his way to AK les Bains,
IN Savoy, whittier he goes TO try the curative effects
of the douche as complement to the moxa.
Apropos of Partisan fetes and festive banqlets.
must speak Of one that is, perhaps, more peculiarly
Partisan, certainly less American, than those above
mentioned. This was a dinner given by the Hal
items in Paris to three of their fellow. islanders,
Masters Faubert, Desa and Dupuy. These indi.
vduals-they are Messieurs, young gentlemen in
despotic France-m certain parts of free America
/ am afraid they would be likely "Boys Instead
of having prizes offered for their capture have lust
received prizes In the recent distribution of scbo.
lastlc h0nors for their excellence in the departments
of rhetoric, logic and Greek composition. NJ. Gi.
rard the teacher Of of the young laureates and
who in his younger time carried off high prizes al
the University examinations, is a very likely
man of color, and now a nuch-esteemed Professor.
He was one of the invited guests DIR, Audaip
another coored man, was present, and made
speech remarkable for elevation of IDEAS and
breathing the spirit of an enlightened and ardent