New-York tribune., 1879-11-22
yEw-YoRK DAILY TRIBUNE, SATURDAY

the theme. upon Int Hulluultitn VI
the climate of the Eternal City aud the edile
changes which are being accompls shed there
The NunciO rs handsome, young for the eccleslastl-
cal position that he occupies, hvey polished ana Is y
gifted in an eminent degree with the sociabe
qualities of his lie speaks french admlraDi''
and IN leaving the Petit bourbon trusted that ne
would often during his mission have the pleasure OF
meeting the President of the Chamber of Deputies.
The Chambers are to meet on the 9th November.
look forward To stormy session and to good deal
of political fever The last time was at the Petit
Bourbon was struck with the show there was of
military force. sentinel was posted Mt the inner
and outer extremities of all the leading to
Nj. Gambetta's residence, at every alley In the gar
den and at every door. There was nothing OF tins
before the President of the Chamber departed for
Switzerland in August In the Cabinet of the Pri-
vate Secretary. NJ. Du Mangin was getting rid of
unatic who had escaped the night before from
Dubois's private mad-house and had come TO solicit
protection from his persecutors.' He was stand
ing near n desk where the gentleman | have
named read letter in my hearing to the poor de-
mented creature. 1t was TO n commissary OF polce
and humOrcd the fancy of the lnnafic, a
thin dark man with bright eyes in which
there was 10 speculation. and no interest
expressed in the objects which surrounded
him. | never saw depicted in the physOgnomy
clearer case of mental alienation. NJ. Du Nlangin. on
reading the episte. civilly offered 10 call an usher
who knew where the commssarys Office was. and
the place is inf sied with unatics. ard that he us
ally gets rid of them as he did the one had just
seen. Gambetta may congratulate himself on TINS
symptom. Ii shows that his prestlge Is undlmln-
ished. When the Emperor Napoleon III. was
deemed the greatest mind in Europe, men and
women whose brains dsOrdered focked TO the
entrance TO the Iuieres known as lie Gu chei de
PEchee. Thiers, when chief If the Executive. also
drew subjects for DIR. Blanche. Grevy does not
draw those suffering from mental alienation,
whereas they flock as flies round sugar about the
Petit Bourbon.
Sardou Will soon read a drama to the COM
pany of the Theatre Francas. 1t sin five acts and,
the author hopes, it will be played in London and
New-York The interest does not turn ~ breaches
of the Seventh Commandment. SardOu will not
allow his play to be adapted. 4 free translation
only Will be made of t. The heroine. MHe. Bdrtet,
is young girl brought up at Geneva III the Pro-
testant Communion, and in the habit of rubbing
shoulders at school and at the temple with English
and American girls. Her lover-I use the word
lover in the pure sense we attach to its a man
of honor. But he is also atheist, and bis atheism
creates a great gulf between him and the pretty
Protestant. who a feryd Christian. pious lady,
in whom members of the Reformed
Church of France will likeness 10
Madame de Gasparin, will be brought upon the
stage. She is sweet, interesting, venerable, but a
little bird tells me that she has tiresome mania
theological dIsquisi uOns. Snch character VIII be
an innovation at the Franc is NardOu viii ask
Mile. JOuassin To accepi TINS IOie. she mature
enough am afraid she is not. Mile. fayart ~
too much the tragedy queen 10 III into II, and
think Madeleine BrOhan tco notouously n Samarl-
tan won n Tor the public to accept her wearing the
mask OF picty. hcitier Coquclim the younger, nor
Sarah Bernhardt Will be assigned parts. The FOR
mcr indeed. dcciiucs to have any dealings with
saTd9u who lampooned his friend Glmoeita IN
"Rabpgas" Toe gifred Idol Of London society,
Mile. Bcrlhardt, wOald not have asked better than
to perform the part Of ME. Bdri. But the au-
thor of the drama, who for some time has had " a
crow to pluck " with her, objects 70 her as being
too 0lu sister of the heroine, who serves as
conhdant, viii be pcrsonaied by Nile. BarIctta, a
charming ineenue. D'launay VIII he the inter-
esuug atheist. and F,bre VIII be the guardian Of
the two sisters. genial man of the world brought
up in the Ca,vinist creed be plav of couIse. ends
in the gulf being bridged oyer and the Protestant
heroine meeting on II her unDelicYing lover They
both, ~ "A preliminary to marriage, embrace nom
dogmatic sort Of Christian deisn
NJ. Henri Martin Will be received at the Academy
on the 18th of November Emile OLIVIER to con-
sole himself for not being allowed to receive the
historian, has published virulent attack on NJ.
Ihers. whom he attempts to rob Of the name he
earned in the closing years of his lie of statesman.
"Ne,her statesman nor patriot" cxclams NJ. Emile
Olivier "but self-secker and short-sghted sceptc
and a lover of small cxpedients.' Thiers was at
once what y grateful country proclaimed him to be
az his funeral. and what the hcmme an tCV tegtr
afiims he was But as he advanced IN he he cast
of the dTOss with which the me gud OF ms moral
and meutai nature were associated. Some of the
anecdotes which Nj. Olivier cites IN 8ttcmi ting to
dim the great Presidents glory are furnished by hs
own father. Demosthenes. Republican OF -, and
now ~ his S4th year. He resides at SAINT IrOpcz,
IN the Department of the Var. in the country house
OF the author of the attack on NJ. Theirs.
Prince Napoleon begins to form a hoyal or lmpe-
rial household in anticipation of lis wife's return
to Paris Messrs. PhIis and AdelOn Will be the
chanberlains aud gentlemen ushcrs, and one Of
the Hubauds private secretary. paragraph go
ing the rounds of the Bonapartst press states that
II is in pursuance of a desire expressed by her
brother the King OF Italy. that Princess Clotllde
has decided upon returning 10 live IN PARIS. and
that the poor of this city will have 10 bless
the decision. From this we NAV infer that she viii
be put forward Lady Bountlfnl, character in
which Madame Greyy does not seek to shine
The ST. Hubert Mass was the occasion at Chan
tilly of a great O.leanist gathering the 9th in
stant. All the packs of hounds In the Due GAu-
males kennels, which the most extensive IL
France, were drawn around the chapel and the
favoriie dogs of Ills ROYAL Iighness were brought
INTO the sacred cdiice The 81. Hubert Mass Is an
antique ceremony, and the canine species are sup
posed alone to benefit by H. In the oden time il
was supposed to preserve hounds from beng
gored by wild boars torn bv wolves or bitten bv
serpents. Il he Comtesse de Paris left Chantily on
the eve OF the ST. Hubert festival one Of her L.
dren being Ill from measles at the Chateau d'Eu
Her cousin and sister-ln-law, the Duchesse de
ChartTes did the hOnOrs and followed the stag hunt
to which the RELIGIOUS ceremony preface She
and all the other ladies " no rode in her train were
in Royal blue velvet habits. The Princes of the
House OF Orleans wore tunes OF the same color
ana the otber gentlemen scarlet coats.
THE EXCITEMENT IN IRELAND.