, 1863-10-29
ARISTOCRATIC MARRIAGES
IN FRANCE
How the Eatcaes arc cNegotfntsd-Tl4c
Great Matrimonial Agent Of the N7c-
1ropeli+ In Courf-fffs hppcarNnce,,
Fortune and Style 0f Living.
Paris {oct- . Correspondence Of the Ltvespoo

Paris {0ct. . Correspondence Of the Ltrespoo
Jou7Int.}
1t is wondyous to observe hOw the e3grossest
at rtee beeome By long habit admitted to tIe
rapK OF lnssitutiens, and are acceptcd at last
with as much energy as they had been re-
pplfed ut first
The French method Of negotiating mar
RIGGS for irs.atce, which had bean long
known, End about which no secrecy had ever
been observed, yet had never been duly weigh.
cd and trie5, ard It's Legality tested bef're tae
tribunals. 1he last week, however, presented
approval or refusal By Fronch jurisprudence.
Mat1me do ST. Mart, the great pu:ycyur Of
fortune ana position iu this shape Of husband
C. wifs, according to the demand made upon
her Ingenuity, appe.rcd before the court the
payment of the 1icenEe by which ehe Is styled
. butineee cgent-" Now Madame de S4lnt
Aisic, whose business Is pleasure to herself
AID all whom it concerns, and who can scarce
~ be called N agent, as she acts on her own
tioH aid Injured In purse by 1he den9mina.
1ion, ard appeals to tic court TO be relieved
IRON tbs tax vhic1. h.s been imposed u2o1
ltr calling In consequence Of The erroneous
denoniLaIlon by which it has been Designs:
It'd. Madame De Saint Marc is Nontan OF
high respsctatllity and great Influence. She
calls heIssf i, ,an.t striesse, and, holding
Lerself r1aT onaibse fer the real .e4istence OF
tHa central by fantastic delusIon called q
dot, BIZ 11omise Of which French mothers
uansg to get their daughters married, is, Of
coUr6e. accustomed to lift every c1rcnnsta0ce,
motive and expression to the very bottom.
1her fore 1t 1ould take tough zeasone. to
beat Aaeame de Stint Marc ct argument.
And, sure enough, IS she stood before the
b. uct--a fire, poTtly dame In black moire
a1tfque, serious as the affairs she. Is In the
labiI Of t1ea!ing, all gli'tering with bugles
bright ss the hopes Ele holds gut to her Gus.
tomer*, covered with guipufe de1icate and
Tine a. the sentiments che Is bound to in5pira
amongst her c!.ents-she took up her posi-.
tion at cnce, without a1y Of that vulgar hesl-
tatinn MD embarrassment which tho 'bnst.
neta egertn mentioned IL the formula would
certain1y hare experienced upon the occasion:
What: Casl The mstriages ne55otiatsd ~
Msdsmc dc Saiet Marc by The horrible name
| Of business. Such denomination was never
| heard Of In good society; eua IS MedAne de
| saint Marc's quivering lips repeat the dread.
| tul sound, they TEEN to 'rdrnur threats OF
| Ii libel and defamation, Gamagea ana in1em-
have givcz rise to. Besides wLi:h,, Madame
| de Saint Ma1c, who considers th.t the 1aH
| WIS matc for the good of the community q.
1arse invohes It's p1ote:tfoD,- when il Gays no
| ,ssiknnn working Oh his own account, m"
| TO tLe tax Hereupon the argument became
! VAIN. It WaE co1teIded that II Mudame de-
S.trt Marc carried On tic trade on her owa
account. it must simply become a case Of po-
l52any; neither could sbe work BY the daY
er hour" as tue marriage tie Is .indiaso1aole,
nor 6oes Sue work Nth her own 1naterials--
u1s Ct which conditions are specified in the
set under which she eesks to shield her pro
fstsion: Agaiu, If she d-ntes herself the com
fort Of m apprentice, It Ia only because she
ia compelled to TINT prudence and dlscre
ticn'-1he motto with which she adorns ths
little pe1fnmed billeta ehe dispatches to he
various customers, This Court therefore
DISMISSED the appeal made by the pri:sless .