New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-19

| 81 UtD, Bttter results may De pTOuuccu oS
competent administration with saving Of half a
million OF dollars.
| 1t il common enough in this country for men
| bern and educated in the humblest condition OF
life, 10 rise 10 wealth and distinction. Indeed il
| is the rule rather than the exception. In En-
gland, alsO il is not uncommon, and there are good
msDy Of the peers of the realm created within the
last G. injury that cannot trace their pedigree many
generations back without running against shop
keeper, small attorney, barber or robbler.
THIS is as it should be- and is proof Of the excel
lence Of the institutions under which it is possible
for merit to carve out for Itself career and pO
stion. We hre apt TO consider thst the chances OF
this sort are less on the continent where desI otto
ideas prevail, though We Imagine knowledge as
accurate of tie history of the pubic men there a.
We possess Of our own and the mother couatry,
would show that there is no great difference in
this particular between the results, though there
NAV be difference enough in the means and occa-
sions of the same. The FLIP which Bonaparte
gave to the old -fgimss Of Europe, and the benefit
his tyranny derived from the career opened to new
men and the new blood they infused into public life in
France, have not been without their effect on the
most exclusive Courts registered in the Almanac Of
Gotha Though, indeed the necessities of despot
ISM in all time, have driven it to use such tools as
beet served ito purpose whether found 10 the
palaces Of princely races or picked up out OF the
dirt Of the streets.
A rather curious case Of mutation Of fortune Of
this sOrt was that Of the late Baron Ward OF the
Grand Duchy of Tuscany and Of the Duchy OF
Lucca the news of whose death in Austria
reached us by q recent arrival. He was born in
York, England in 1910, in the very lowest cOndi.
tion of society. and commenced his career as o
stable-bOy and Ostlers assistant. From this he
rose to be Jockey, and accompanied Prince LIGHT
enstein Of Hungary, in that capacity, to Vienna,
where he dd honor to himself and his country BY
his successes on the turf. After being four yeors
in the service of Prince Lichtenstein he passed into
that of the Duke of Lucca, in the same capacity,
in 1890. From the stable hs was promoted in due
time, 10 the dressing room, and became the valet
Of the Duke, or, "a q cOurtly authority Describes
it. "he held an influential position about his Royal
"TIIghness's persOn." This influential position Ae
held until 1916, when he was promoted to the rot
inappropriate Office, considering his early training,
of Mater of the Horse. But the financial neces-
sites of the Duke requiring 8 fresh hand at the
wheel Of his little ship Of state, the MISTER of the
Horse was elevated to the dignity Of Minister Of
the Household and Minister of Finance, which
offices he held up to the cession of the Ddchy to
Tuscany in l947; the Duke receiving the Duc.lies
Of Parma and PiacenZs as consideration OIL the
death Of Maria Theresa, the widow Bonaparte.
When the revolution Of Isl. broke out, Ward
became au s,tive and not scrupulous agent Of
Austria in the reactonary struggle which ensued,
and when the revolution was suppressed by the
sword Of Radetzky, be returned " Parma as Prime
Minister Of Charles II, whose abdication in Is
vor of Charles III he negotiated aud Effected.
The post Of Prime Minister, however, be soon ex-
changed f0, that OF MnAter Penipotentiary q; the
Court of Vienna, as probably the more important
and pleasant Of the two. When Charles III Was
sssassnated as our readers will remember he w,sin
his own palace, in 1s54 the public life OF the Baron
Ward came 70 an end. The present Duchess Re-
gent, O daughter Of the Duchesse Do Berri, dis
pensed with his services, for what reason We are
not enough in the state secrets Of that P-nclPity
to inform our readers. He remained in Austria
sud betoos himself. like many fallen minister be-
fore him, to farming pursuits certainly as inno-
cent aud probably useful as that in which he hsd
,nsds himself great man on small scsk. He
had married in his humber days, woman of his own
condition st that time, Louisa Genihner BY name,
| by whom he leaves family TO continue his here
di,sry houors, and who, should they return to En-
gland, have The royal permission, granted to their
father, 70 use the style and title belonging To them
-necessary TO be obtained in al such cases, bat
| refused in none, we believe-thoush without sny
rghts of prece,isnce or otherwise in consequence
thereof.
| The Baron Ward seems 70 have been "Y0rk.
+" shire" in grain, and to have been credit 70 bis
native county through his excellence in those quail
| tiles which are commonly attributed 10 its sons.
We sppreheud, too, that he must have retained
spice Of the Jockey IN his diplomatic and executive
career, and knew bow to apply the tricks Of the
turf to the purposes Of politics. But it cannot be
| denied that he was clever man, who saw when
the tide Of fortune served. and knew how to take
il at the aood Notwithstanding his utter want of
education in his early lle he learned TO speak aud
write Freuch, German and Italian and va. able to
play his part With cr.dt in company with ancient
nob,es ana statesmen and diplomasis;s Of lifelong
| espereuce Of aTsrs. He was tool OF deiPetisu.