The New York herald., 1869-10-11

conceded by themselves, the government turned u
people had no Intention 10 be trihed with, and gav
rise TO an Ill feeling OF which the records OF the pub
nc meetings previous to tho elections bear test'
mony.
This change being borne In mind Its immediate
result y apparent IN the sense OF the dimculy whlo
1t has created for the dynastic friends OF the Rona
parties 10 proclaim fourth Napoleon under the re
| geucy OF the Empress.
place OF the principal leaders OF the opposition. IL
| which It was decided tnat as the present Emperor
d'stat which had wrosted for nm ana rom more
legitimate hands the crown OF France, the country
at als death, would revert to the status quo winch
! existed immediately before the coup detaf, and
that hence she crown would become eectiye-a
| means, 1t Is said, Of placing the question or the
| Comte de Paris succession somewhat In the back
ground, In order to open the Held to competitors.
! such as the Due d'Aumae, whose ability and great
mental capacities are acknow edged by all parties.
| This decislon II ut Ill acted upon, Is all tho more
important when 1t Is remembered that at tue death
| OF tue C0ute de Chambord the Comte do Paris be-
comes the actual heir to the Bourbon hOnOrs and the
rgatiul successor 70 the legitimate kings OF France.
And again. that should such an election DO rei0red
to- 1t must equally be borne IN mind that IN COM
petluOn Of the kind Frenchman VIII always have
an advantage over foreigner, and that the
Orieanist princes, especially II strengthened by tho
moral succession which Henry the Euth must leave
them, are Frenchmen, bearing old traditional
French names, and fpsO Jact0 strong enough 70
appeal with success to their own compatriOts; at
time, especially. when this country IL sightng for
The very parliamentary form which has ever been
Identified with their rule.
kuo pCeaSlko OI Tue NApOloOn name ID SUCH luut C
will, throughout this century, ever rally around II n
largo number OF the people; but II cannot be for
gotten that In the late elections even the 0-caled
official candidates owed their return to the promise
which they were obliged to make TO their c0nsti-
tuents, OF supporting moro parliamentary form OF
government. and That In proof Of The necessity Of
o0eying the VIII OF the people modified consGltu-
ton IN tue sense wished for has, with whimsical
rapidity, been proclaimed in the Senate.
There renialtis another contingency which would
FAVOR the democratic party-that is to say, The rre
concables" II Is diicuit TO assert that this party
day against either OF the parties above mentioned,
and n at any time. which may be o matter OF
question, they owned Chief 1t can scarcely be said
that Prince Napoleon after ms speech in tue Senate
republican though 1t was IN sense, buG essentially
loyal In ITS expressions OF devotion to the present.
Emperor ana MS son, can be looked upon as the
head OF that party. State OF anarchy might pro.
baby reign for no little time, during which the rabld
democrats. such as Bancel, Raspar Carn0t and CAN
but the feelug In general would be against them,
owing mostly TO the fact that personally they carry
no moral weight with the people and are besides
considered as very insignificant men.
With regard to the more noted radicals. such as
Gambetta, Oiliyler. Peetan and Jules simon, there
IL q rumOr current that they are 0rieaniSt agents.
SUCH IS, in few words the state or France at the
present time, and 1t cannot be wondered at IT, under
the circumstances, apprehentions OF the future NIL
Oil Frenchmen with disquietude at tine announce
ment OF their present soyerelgns Illness ana pro-
duce almost similar result with foreign nations,
ngency Of the kind that has been feared for nearly
month, see III Il depreciation OF every kind Of
STOCK ana Ial Ill all COumerclal shares.
II would be unfair at this crisis to question the
benefits derived by the imperial rule over France;
but 1t must not be forgotten, nor do Frenchmen for
give II, that, thanks TO tue Emperor, Prussia has
grown into a threatening Power and Austria has
declined into an Insignificant empire: that while
tney prolec: i Rome, Italy has been formed at the
poweriess In carrying out Its mentions either ID
Mexico or even In Spain.
somewhat amusing parallel In the Gau,ois news
paper OF yesterday between Prince Napoleon and
Tiberlus. While, says the French paper, Ttberlus
succeeds 20 Cesar who had conquered half the
world, and Immediately after Augustus, VINO had
rebuilt Rome and Instituted the empire,
who was master Of Europe, and by the side
OF Napoleon Ill., who has remodeiied Paris and
Imagined that ne could combine hereditary and the
peblsclte whereas between the throne and Ttbe-
RUS there were the grandsons OF Augustus. so be-
tween the Prince and his cousin stands the son of
pacned Germany, punished IyrIa and conquered
Pannonia, Prince Napoleon IL said never TO have
conquered anything nor even to have chastlsed any
Art and Sketches Of Arts and Artists-Denth
OF T. T.. Dantnn.
PARIS, Sept. rs, 1859.
letter from Baden Of the 9Th inst. contains the
foiowing:-"To-day. at two O'Clock, expired at
baden the celebrated Parisian sculptor, Dantan,
jr. He died very suddenly. | suppose you re-
member the date OF his birth, tut II not exactly 1t
tar was friend OF the writer Of the above; but he
was every ones friend, Tor the matter OF that ana
all tue Paris papers OF this day have devoted
column and more to his memory. He was
called Daatan, Dr., to distinguish him from
Dantan, Sr.. hts brother, who is also sculptor,
aged eighty. The bantam collection, No. Al Rue
Blanche Ia one cf the most curious histories Of con-
temporary celebrities. There they all arebut carca-
tured lat their bidding in plaster, wax, marble,
stone or clay. His statues OF Ross inl, Meyerbeer,
Boleld,eu .Cheri yepeau. N6aton, &C, are all
great works. His busis are too numerous to be
recorded; but where Dantan excelled was In the
burlesque; aud those who have seon the OrIgi-
nas Of some OF his best caricatures are only
able to appreciate how profoundly he had studied
every mental weakness OF his models before
he would convey them to the cleverly manipu.
lated mould he used. visit to Dantan's museum
on lrst entering produces most ludicrous impress
son His copies are so perfect In point OF resenl-
blance that .hey almost gifted with the power
OF speech thus viewed in the attitudes peculiar to
them or In those they affected. Some are absurd;
others O winking, loungng, despondlng sitting In
strange contortions, Rrumbllng, begging, gesticu-
lating-it Is all species Of cold impdom. You turn.
expecting to be spoken to by the statuettes and
see wellington bootfui OF Wellington Lord
Brougham-such p0cket-handkerchief and such a
nose the Comto d'Orsay overcoming with fascina-
tlon; Rossinl, with MS head in dish Of maccaroni
Moyerbser, seated Mt an organ-such long fingers
ana the Atrtcatne screwed to his back; Balzac
with hts stick, Of which he boasted that II
had cost him hundred crowns; Victor Hugo, with
q hugo bump Of imprObaDilities instead OF q fore.
head Lamartine, as long and meagre as thirty six
DAYS without meat; Iiszt, In Hungarian uniform,
leyertshly humping inspiration out OF gr and piano.
while his hair Is hanging all about scared from his
temples In horror NJ the din. 1t Ia said that Iisz.
was very much offended at the length OF this hair,
ture for him with two feet running of out of 9
wig. The facility with which Dantan executed
is told to Illustrate this Of young attach6 at one
OF the embassies, who, calling on bantam, nsked
how he could make such admirable carlcatures. ao
| resembling. "Well, this Is how do" answered the
| sculptor, taking up handful OF damp clay. II be-
| gin so. and 90 on So and then put in my Hngeri
nere and bring them out there dye see After thai
| turn up and down." "Nhats the matter Y' ht
asked OF his visitor suddenly. .But thara meN ax