New-York daily tribune., 1861-01-04

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lChristian Majesty OF France. His puzzled intel
ects must be severely taxed Ia reconcile burglar,
and Christianity.
As natural appendix 10 the AnClo-French treaty
of commerce and in accordance with the spirit OF
the reforms. naugurated by the Imperial decree of
Nov. "a, the French Government has abolished the
passport system in favor Of English travellers. IL
will doubtless do the same for Americans, if our
Minister here properly urges request TO that effect
A similar abolition in favor Of the Begians is looked
for as n pendant TO the commercial treaty now IN
process OF negotiation between their Government and
that Of France. The next step, which long one,
since il would be stepping aside from traditional
routine, 10 which the revolutionary French are re-
markably addicted and is rather to be hoped for
than be suddenly expected would be the abolition
of passports for Frencnen travelling within the
boundaries ofFrance. II, however VI. de Persigny
remains long al his present post OF Minister OF the
Interior, the step may be taken. His intelligence
and liberal temper and .Angicized views of things
will lead him in that direction. As the futility of
the foreign passport system has been well illustrated
by Orsni's entrance into Paris, and Mazzlnis fire.
auent passage through France the futllty Of the
domestic passport system as means OF protecting
the community and detecting maefactors is now
illustrated by the escape, thus far from the search
of the police, of the suspected and signalized
murderer of Judge PonsOt.
again prominently in the order of the day. Lem
percm Francois Joseph I. d PEarOpe (The Emperor
Francis Joseph j. and Europe) is the title OF a
pamphlet that has created great attention this week.
The object of il is TO show that for Austria to cede
Neneta for pecuBlary consideration IL the only
practicable way of escape for Austria from political
rum, and for Europe from disastrous general war.
The rumOs somewhat current before the appearance
of the pamphlet that ii mad the same authorshipand
NIL th..T Te Te
famous Napoleonically inspired pamphlets, has been
dissipated by It's perusa That its pages have been
authOritatiyey prOOfread and In their corrected
phrase sanctioned for publication, Is however, not
improbable. II is supposed to have been written,
al least to have had all its financial argument fur
nished by one of tln Pereires whose friendly reia
tons with the Emperor. and position and talent as
fnancier, add considerably to its Importance.
Whether well or III founded, the persuasion is gen
eral here that England and France are united in
urging Austria to bargain away Venetia. The prob
ability that other Powers are also pushing in the
SAME direction has good ground. But whatever
Prussia, Russia, and the rest may talk Caprera, the
most formidable European Power in the ease, will
he sure To act next Spring. Ii Francis Joseph can
not overcome his obstinacy and pride soon, he viii
yield too late. Joseph Garibaldi does not mean to
wait beyond his fixed time.
mentioned in my last the Imperial nomination
10 vacant Sees OF four new French Bishops Ii s said
that Plus declines TO confirm them on the ground
that at present he is not sufficiently free and must
refuse 10 exercise his supreme spiritual prerOgatiye
in France. We should soon know authoritatively
whether this rumor be well founded Ii it be, it is
of most hopeful gravity: for hold it nearly GER
tain that Napoleon will not make any new large
concessions to Rome. They would amount 10
defeat, and a defeat in such ease would be az in-
furious TO his prestige with the nation as a defeat
upon a battlefield. Ii the Church party, which is
a minority is not 10 be despised still ess is the
French party the National party, to be disregardei
by him. He is the last man to forget that his pre-
essor in the Tleries had lost the respect of the
nation,
Meshtme his Majesty does not lie awake nights !
irom anxiety on that account On the contrary, he
finds leisure and the requisite calm of mind to pur-
sue his literary work. and has brought his Life |
OF Julius Cesar" 50 well forward as to have lately
read some finished chapters Of il 10 his nmates II
is notable that all his family at least his mothers
In Stands faIy, is touched with the cacochcs sor-
JeRdi Napoleon the Great was really great
writer, as his yOIunin0uS correspondence, now ia
course of publication furnishes vouninOus octave
proofs. Louis and Lucien also wrote, though badly.
The CapinOs have earned a little respectable place
in literature.
Arsene HOussaye, in his ingenious History of
- the Forty-iirst Armchair of the Academy, very
properly seats Napoleon in it. The present En-.
peror's . Life of Cesar" will De great success rs
his iOur octayoes Of "Msccllanes" have been and
are, Mr. Bonner or the Harpers could aford TO
pay something handsome for advance sheets. If !
Bonner can get off from his engagement with Bg. |
rhanan, iet HIM think of IT, j. u. should try his !
hand on the Life OF Marc Antony who went down |
n the dark Egyptian business. His last Presden- |
al essay il translated and reprinted here despite
Is struggling length--not because of It's literary
merits however, but because of his accidental I
,tiOn and of the question that he so e. Pr !
'ircumocutes about Leaving him :, aud ,,hat o., |
French say of it, till ne4. week let me retnro 't 70
nay prosperous author, Louis Napoleon.
The JOKE ran two weeks ago that his Majesty was \
o offer himself as candidate for the Academy 80
oon as ins Life OF Cesar was comr'nled The Tat
vas good one, and therefore -, o,terlv 80
I,o, ;V.,;,,,,in" w. tn immortal ar.h-chars OF
vs. purpose TO inc~ fV'es "s'i' o MS haJes'
,io6er cipI Il. ronor from iqyiy to fifty, even
Tbr .,er
r :, Daninicon father and justly celebrated
.eocier LacOrlaiIe, whose election made 30 much
,nia, win be received sOmetime IN the course ol
next month. His inaugural Grafton IS c0inpieied
and placed in the hands OF Gulzot who Is the nen'
ber appointed 10 deliver the respondent Grafton. lhe
delivery Oi these two dscourscs Will be one 1i ne
Great literary events OF the New leal-tntcd with
pronouncedlshades Of political interest, fthe public
already On cxpcc'mt riptoe, ,vatlcate rightly Guizo
is al work on Thoroughly revised new edition OF his
translation of Shakespeare, OF which the first vol
ulnr IL latry Our 0 press. Without respect 10 itS
merits or defects ii is worth noting a. the lth COM
pleic edition OF Shakespeare published or IN course
OF publication in France within the past ten years.
The publishers have undertaken II at the presumed
call of the public, while young Hugos remarkable
literal translation is vet in course of publication
Another acadcInician, Saint Beuye, has lately sent
through the press two volumes Oi marked literary