The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-26

ROYAL AND lMfEhAL NEAL k<oiAiE OTLnA-
11SSas,-Some of our sharp real estate operators
in Wall street must have very strong feeling
of fraternity with the royal and imperial
brokers of Europe who conduct the business OF
land conveyancing on a most magnificent scale.
The principles upon which the royal brokers
act are nearly identical with those of MIR. Close
Shave, the great New York operator. He shaves
the buyer and the seller, and divides with one
or two stool pigeons, who hold the basin and
rub in the soap. In like manner the Emperors
of Russia, Austria and France, and the King of
Sardinia, play into each others hands. France
wants the small farm of Savoy, and is willing to
exchange for 1t some improved city property
in Tuscany. 1t is quite true that the Sandman
title to Savoy is not prime, nor has France the
smallest claim to Tuscany. But the imperial
brokers do not stand on such sms.a.. points; they
carry their titles to otbe.i peoples property in
their cartridge boxes, and serve writs of eject
ment at tie mouth Of sixty Eight FOUNDER or
at the point Of a sword bayonet. They have
even tried to disturb the poor old Pope in some
ianaa yhich the Church appropriated so long
ago that the title has at least the respecta-
bility which the dust of ages gives
to law parchment. For this the brokers have
been heartily mathematical by all the faithful
in every part of the world, and they have sus
pended operations in that quarter.
The Russians have rather large farm of their
own, but, like some people little nearer home,
they are not satisfied. Turkey and Persia are
outlying domains to the Russ, and if Austria,
who bankers after more Italian palaces, will
agree to help Russia in robbing the Oriental
sovereigns, the Cossacks will join the sharp
shooters of Francis Joseph on the plains of
Lombardy. In the old times Spain did great
deal in the real estate way, but failed in bust
ness through laziness and inattention. Just
now the old lady has walked up, and thinks she
would like to have bit of Morocco-proba-
bly, for vegetable garden, a military drill
ground, and horse.breeding farm-the chief
use which France makes of Algeria.
The combinations and complications and in
trigues of all these brokers are extremely inte-
resting. The Emperor of the French is the great
bear of the market. Heis Jacob Little, George
Law and Commodore Vanderbilt rolled
into one-sovereign, politician, stock operator
and real estate broker, he manages Europe ex-
actly as clever man keeps a dry goods shop,
or operates in Wall street, or buys and sells
houses, lands, politicians, Congressman, Alder
men and other property, real and personal,
steady and fancy. He has his agents and stool
pigeons in every European Cabinet, and even
in the Vatican itself. His best go'betweens
are members of the government and Parlia-
ment of England-best, because they are used
without knowing the fact, and they work faith
fully for Napoleon, with the impression that
their efforts tend in a contrary direction. As
the Chevalier Webb has recently ascertained,
among other wonderful discoveries, the En-
peror is wonderfully clever man, and the
king of the real estate brokers; he reigns in the
Tuileries by the will of the French people;
heis Emperor of the stock and real estate mar
ket by courtesy of the British government