New-York tribune., 1869-04-03
earnestly try to trust is apocryphal My informant
a most reputable gentleman, assures me that his

would hold us ready. But said Informant nTther
deposes that that most intelligent and amlable Greek
patriot Mr Rangabe, discovers germs OF greaV nope
in this letter Of wise Ulysses and thinks Its INES
point toward o near triumphant close OF his long
Odyssey in search of his country-of living size
equal to his nation and its rights. tsI r1
In Trinity Church, where Rossini's funeral cereno-
nies were so lately performed. took place yesterday
the ebseques of Berlioz, the French Wagner. Pass
ages from his Norma and other of his compositions,
and from those of Gluck, of whom he once said to
Mendelssohn, Beethoven is my God, and Gluck is
his Prophet were executed at the Mass by the music
of the National Guard and the orchestra of the Grand
Opera. great throng of literary musical, and other
eminences present to do late honor to the un-
conscious remains of the ng-struggng, weary man
and artist. Two of his pall-bearers were Ambrose
Thomas and Gounod. The latter spoke proper words
Of eulogy at the open grave. Berlioz has left me-
mors, part of which were privately printed
few years ago. Some extracts from them, autobio-
graphical and critical that have ranspired through
the daily prints since his death last Sunday, make us
wish that they may be published. Whatever the
doubts and discussions as to his musical ability, no
one, unless hard hit victim of his severe witty
criticisms denies the eminent quality of his literary
composition. Few accepted, fewer still really en-
ioyed, his musical work in France. 1t was emnently
not French, and in sort hostile to the Italian. 1t
was not fancifully or Enthusiastically prettypleasing
nor long-drawn meodious. 1t music with princi-
ples-sounder in principles than felicitous in exc
cuton perhaps The Germans accepted, honored, and
liked it and him, as he had honored by admiration
and study their great masters. 1t may be his time Is
coming To friend who prophesicd such apprecia-
tive future. he said once. not whining. nor with
much bitterness, but with touch Of Characteristic
reactive humor, " Music of the future by doubt is
whether it will prove music OF the past" He was an
earnest selfrespectng man. an independent Protest
ant man, able to 90 alone. A rare faculty. After
that a most entertaining, shrewd. and sometimes
caustc writer his special art and its belongings.
Wagner whose Rienzi is about to be brought out
at the Theatre Lyrique by his enthusiastic admirer
Pasdeoup. the bold manager Of that house now, has
written long letter to Madame Mendez saying, as
how" and why he shall not come to Paris to help the
triumph or witness the failure of the experiment
The sum of the letter is: Whether my composition
Of which the Rienzi is well chosen as preparatory
specimen, shall prove acceptable to the French
taste when fairly presented, is question to
be decided by trial. in which l take deep
interest, but must take no personal part. Failure
or success not indifferent tome by any means. But
wait as Ihave waited. shall rejoice a favorable
and hardly expected issue grateful to my French
friends who have prepared it, An unfavorable issue
will be admitted, not accepted nor whined over"
The letter. very interesting revealing help to our
knowledge OF q man, does show Wagner mOdestly
forth in the rarely comforting light of mar self
conscious. self-respecting. really dgnifed; man
who, obliged to speak of himself just hits the point
that Emile OLIVIER in quite other kind has so wo-
fully missed in his grave manifesto IL 10 JGnrtcr.
mi -. a., w
mented since the third with the curious piece jast
cation referred to- quoted from and threatened in the
first two edtions-the letter of tho Pope TO the Arch
bishop of Paris This letter was written some while
ago. IL Is sharp reproof of Monseigneur Darboys
little attempts at independent fufment of his Eps-
copa duties 1t takes him sorely to task for, among
other things having presumed to treat the iHdperd
snt congregations within his diocese as sub
jects Of his parochial superintendent. In
his first edition, Olivier refers TO and
quotes from the papal brief, promising to
print It entire in an appendix. Instead ho printed,
in theso three earlier editions an appended note to
tho efcct that the publication OF this document is
withheld Professionally at the urgent request of two
Cardinals who, at the last moment before going 10
press, came TO him to deprecate its publication in
France in vulgar French as a scandal.
Within the past week, it has been published by
numberless thousands Of copies, in tho columns Of
several Paris newspapers, and in appendix to the
third and fourth editions of olliviers Apologetio
Volume.
The story of il is curious suggestive Of many refec-
tons and nearly as follows 1t written last year.
in bad modern Church Latin, signed by Pio Mono,
and addressed to the Archbishop of Paris 1t was
inspired by the Jesuitspoor Pho Nonos masters and
owners, as tho strong should be of the weakand in
their mot hs) interest takes the Bishops to task as
schoomaster would o schoolboy. copy OF It,
easily obtained from somo else than the sgncrs
or recipient was taken and published in Montreal,
Canada last year. That copy was reproduced by q
printing press in Geneva Switzerland 1t was then
an open secret The occasional protense of some that
il IS apocryphal is not worth word of refutatlon
Still it was in o Sort an unknown document TO
France 1t Is now a document Of quito grave import
Tho Pope IL he could would like TO withdraw IL from
circulation 1t is an invitation to France applied
lust on the eve OF tho meeting Of the Gcunemic
Council at Rome, which it Is eminently desi-
rablo that tho French national feeling, the old
tradition Of the liberties Of the Gallican Church,
should not be hostlely awakened against. Why the
Pope is almost ready TO grant or seem to be ready TO
grant one of the empty Cardinals hats to this very
insubordinate Bishop Darboy's waiting head. Every
body knows that Napoleon has proposed the head Tor
the old hat this long time.
It Ia pretty now snarl contributed to the precious
tangle of that old and supereminently involved
Franco Roman unanswerable Question.
OF diplomatic representatives away from their
posts. the visit homo to Paris Of III. La Guerroniere
from Brussels, and OF homo to Brussels Of Bogrus
from Paris, are most noted. Each has proceeded to
headquarters to give information and get final Or
ders respecting the settlement of that Franco Bel
gian railway business of which spoke two weeks
ago. You will reeolect that the origin of tie col
lision was tho voting early in February by the Bel
Qim Parliament of law affirming the right Of tho
nation TO control the sale lease 10 foreigners Of