New-York tribune., 1868-05-21

freshness OF its short life, and the opera NO acb
iOiced in greater or more brilliant houses. h
heroine has been welcomed with the cheers OF hen
admirers, and with bouquets raining down on tho
stage. Adelina Patti is object of very tender in
terest because the world does not know whether She
is still Mile Patti OF the MaIquise de Caux The
Figaro, highest French authority ia sucn matters,
announced positively that between Pattl ana the ti
gallant Marquis dc CauX had been perfOrmed tho
civil ceremony OF marriage tllat they WeIe !uele-
fore man and wife. since in France the reI9lous
oeTemOnyls not essential-S sentlmental supernulty
that may be attended to at any eonyenlent tlne ana
in this case would be performed when the DIVA had
fulfilled all her engagements. II might be some years
hence. Confirmation of the figdrO's news was sup
posed to be furnished by the Marquis himself, who
obtained leave of absence from his post IN the En-
perOrs household and hurried over to London next
day after his divinity had flown from Parls-lS
beyond doubt now i'll London. But the positive
Figaro and its believers are confOunded by letter
from Salvador Patti who begs, III yesterdays paper,
to say that the statement as 10 my daughter having
If il were true The probable and possible marriages
of Mile Patti are of the most unfailing topics iOr
paragIaph-writers in the English and French press;
MIR Froude came ont at the dinner of the Royal
Academy, in favor of Mr.. Matthew ArnOlds proposal
for an Academy of Literature, on the plan OF the
French Academy. They are not by any means the
only men of letters who long for an authority ar9l-
trary enough to keep lawless medlOentes III Doun9S'
Naturally, those who wOuld be made 70 ieel lhe
chastening influence of such an INSTITUTION are nor
those who most approve it, The Telegraph lets loose
its "young lionso to war against the restraint OF
bars, and there are, no doubt many classes IN 'ne
any of the preventive laws which the community rs
a whole thinks necessary for its protection ~ Is
The Telegraph which has introduced into Engssn
journalism q sort of stuccO style, bearing much tne
same relation to literature which the ornamentatlOh
of Bayswater bears to architecture. 1t ls beheye,
the only English newspaper permitted to DO sold on
the Bo1leyards i'm Paris The cause of this exccp-
tOnal favor is not fully understood but the Emperor
is strongly opposed TO freedom OF the press ana no
NAV be willing that his subjects should see Tor thei-
selves what such an institution can produce In En-
gland And yet there are one or two men on nc
telegraph worthy of better cOmpany-men IKE sli;
Dicey who can write simple masculine English, ana
who must he ANYTHING but happy in the companion
ship of such vagabonds as Sala But the PIetadiIS Pd IS
character OF the paper Is aDnaGant t its nronriG
tors TO write for no other daily journal CoDsiueInB
the amazing fecundity of this writer, perhaps tne
world has cause TO be even grateiui 10 Inc A'o
The Queens Journal is TO be translated into both
Gaelic and Welsh. whereupOn 1t Is asked why n0'
also into Irish il being Just now the NODE 10 c3nG
ate the Irish otherwise than by suspending the ha
beas corpus. From her publishers point OF view thls
book has been not only great sensati4n az s t out
some new bit of information which answers 70 keep
the volume in mind with the public. Her Majesty
had a rstTate notice from Mr.. Dlsraeii az the Lter
ary Fund dinner Oh Wednesday last. Perhaps IL Is
too late TO tell the story after the event. but hcafd
before the dinner that the Queen herself requested
Mr. Disraeh TO mention the book on that OCCASION ~
he naturally enough might, and did IN proposing the
usual toast to the Sovereign. That Her Majesty also
requested her Minister to audc 10 II IN
AT a recent meeting of the Royal Geographical
Society Mr. HOtten an industrious collector Oi euri
osties exhibited some Interesting pen-aEalnk
sketches made by a German named Essler, one oi
the liberated Abyssinian prisoners. Apparently the
captiveS had ample leisure to observe and make
notes on things about them. The sketches were
much liked by Sir Samuel Baker and others, ana wiz
shortly be published. go
An illustrated work of interest will soon be pub
lished by Mr. HOtten entitled "A Carlcatnre HIS
tory of the Georges: Or Annals of the House OF
Hanover; from the squibs. window pictures. broad
sides lampoons, and pictorial caricatures OF the
time by Thomas Wright +, ). A.
MessTs. Hachette, the Paris publishers. nave com
menced an action against MOXon x Co. OF London
who really are Emma Moxon and j., Il. Paynel toI
threatening to deface GuStave Dores drawings ana
seeking to pass off eecTotypes as original steel en-
cravings to which MessTs. Haehette are entitled
Whether this has anything to do with the Iennyson
illustrations cannot say, but suspect the pubic IL
Slowly coming round to Mr.. Ruskins 0un..Jn of
Dore. at least as an illustrator of IenLyson
Ten wears ago one of the gree. features of the art
world in London w2s W. P6skin's serial and annual
Note ..n. ,.,, at RQgdl academy Exhibition" which
Syara discontinued i'll 1859. series IN imitation OF
Mr. RHsIins IS 10 he undertaken by Mr. Swi inburne.
who stays his hand at nothing and by the well
known critic (brOther of the eminent pre-aphaelito
artist Mr. W M ROssetti, and sensations ore antci-
pated. =, " "'o'