New-York tribune., 1868-01-03

make the declaration he did last week respecting
Rome Int avoided carefully any repetition ol the
never" and any abuse of Italian National as-
plation. SO far aS New-Gcrniaiy was concrIncd he
again treated VI. Iier, with singular drioTrncc,
though without sb>cIlLi "a that orators favorlie
bygone theory of the equilibrium of Europe: :.
In defining. or rather avoiding definition OF Naro-
Icons principles of fUriun policy he dweIt mostly IN
gcnrrai!rs of which tins Is the most glitteTug s1i-
pie end q" Defense OF the national interest. profound
aversion To all solutions that require force for their
instrument an energetic sentiment for The maintc-
nance and preservation uf the right While the glIr-
ing contrast which the Mexican, American. Polish.
Italian ntcryrui0ns present 10 such talk ~ TINS EN-
ancrs its hillancy II suggests the plncheck 1tlal-
ify of all NJ Rnuhor's authorized dcclarations. That
Roman never is mere wash relative for its eternity.
The first object Of French foreign policy 10 day is TO
attempt to recover the chances ot alliance Which were
temporarily sacrificed lay that declaration last Thurs
day; and the effort ut recovery is particularly
directed toward Italy.
yon viii note that there j. still talk-l mean diplO-
matte falkland underwriting about Conference.
Napoleon is still in search Of others 70 relieve Inn
OF his responsibility to slnre i; MeIHihTi hs 'aiH.
peace with Temporary sincerity WITH lialy Just
thrown into BismRcks hands. fight with Prussia
would he hopeless. Appearances to-day favor the
belief that the new Army bill even in IFS last modi-
fed form. will not be insisted on by Government
that its final consideration VIII be- reaGJoulntd io ne
next session, which is equivalent TO It's rclinquiS-
ment.
OF high politics" as old Dr. NcfOn used To plIlsc
offers Of wling concession to internal liberty. is like
the whole siiuatiou'-is ali dubious. Six months or
80 ago this strong NapolrOuc Government permitted
Victor iugO's Hermann. after II years hansiinent,
to reapreor on the stage Of the Theatre FInncaS. IL
met the of IT'S liSt triumph. briliant sue
cess that is not yet exhausted At the sans line
the manager 0f the Odcon Theater applied TO the
poet fOr the privilege Of Reproducing AT that house
Rny Bias. The author consented. and the author;
ties were supposed by the manager 20 consent-,!id
consent in the time. and i'll principle az .lle do-
mats say who consent 10 tho Conference Bnt fnal,
positive permission was deferred and hagglcd about
for months. till at last this week the manager was
officially informed ly the strong Government that ne
must not pnt the piece the stage. II has bee snf-
frred to be played at Versailles and another pro-
vlnCial town this past Autumn.
Mention Of Hugo reminds mo 10 speak or Ilou-
rcnS the naturalist, who the second OF the sue
cessfnl competitors of Hugo before the latter sue
ceedcd in making his election sure TO the french
Academy. The other preferred candidate tO thlt
immortal honor was one Dupaty Frenclinen fainll-
iur with their national literature have TO consult
biographical dictionary brfoIc they can answer ihe
questions: Who was Dupatyf fluurrns had better
claims to the armchair and sat with yet bct ter grace
IN the Academy of Sciences. HIS merits aS an tX
prTmental physicist ara admiralty set on 10y MS
merits as n writer. Beside his official euIogles oil
Cuvier St. laire, and other OF his fellow
of the Institute his History Of the Discovery OF the
Circulation OF the BlOod and lis longer ESSAYS. are
admirable specimens OF RE ire ch fine art OF popu
larizug science rs isychoosie ComIaTee, on de "a
HdisOH. du GeHis d de Ia fOte, IL the most Icadau,t
aud sireiy-c -cne of the most Intelligent ana lhrln
gbe treatises on the subjects indicated in Us ttie
lnterastug. curious are sessays on ililnAn
Ity in which ho maintained AMI df@0H proved, tHat
han uught, and - scusIble man would, i've 10 the
age Of hundred. The learned, brilliant ahth1r iiu
been gradually sinking luiO mbccIiity tiOm shOity
after the date of the last publication OF hs deas on
this subject and died out last Thursday night at Inc
premature age of scvrniy-livc.