New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-10

IS those OF a three-yesrS onnu. uossalrode
From what he says below of Count NesSsr ,.one
it may be inferred that the ola s'ateeih"A
committal, to say the least: h.,sador,s.
dlued a week AGO at the British Amgbs ere there
and two days ago at Sir James nns5y The Prusslan
Minister he English and several other sSn there
Count Ee;s 5ISs y wfs The K Emperor s
same dsy don't Rnow whether have ever Sautoorat
to you tho great buresucrat 0 o. nose and spec
sces Of aabe and supple manners a Ss6 pSsro he
gifted with ubquty for nave hv several short In
eryiews with him, and regret that o,a mo- might
down his conversation IN nave usually been tho
state Of tho weather the heat Of the rOoms this
comparative view Of the state OF ne ali these sub
ecs OF general and exciting nsd his opinions
general infOr@atto,nS r.. s anne time with ahness
hardly TO have been expected u "
versed In the wiles OF dipioma0y'
There is much genuine fun IN inc iOnO"-s
account of a diplomatic imbrogi1o' 49,.
taken the trouble to read in the nS%SRa aSSs and
iarcica quarrel between the Courts sD 81 topc Of con-
Russia which has n f ts Sace e' Count the
Rnssa0 at Paris loft post D on
SnaS T. ay s1 making saR swh s "
senior Ambassador. Louis PHILIPPE aiready away
on leave to b taken ii upon e day q the I@8sTo Of
fete Tor day DISTINGUISHED both arsn1aiion but at
the e ea%e a6 time the 10 e5sS bis
atey afterward in the most public Src,e On the
Dss Of fei ndsposOn and the next day appears b IN
the Nevskoi Prospect and the same ,Smaasey dis
t nsssSss f Courier to Mr. kssce ChaSo at
Paris ordering him to be al mH Ns% Years Day Mr.
Sisselei acsornsy himself and his S SSnt
.son same sD1 T%S a smse ss dposS
This completes the first act G a the tho
If tSe Court ce on The Russian New Years pay
which, luckily for tie successful tSsn fERa OF the rest
~ cSristspdom and with tho appearance oI inc
French Charge at the Court 6an nro On I'VE pSspcned
because the Emperor would Ct that Rs 1t naS SS
been Obliged to converse with perer, m manner
The act closes with the Of tn me speT
Court ball at Paris the &c, snr1an falls The
whole thing however chiefly ian m society
illustrates the g, s chi sT t 81 WSois ST.
burg nobility have discontinued al GSe Because
Re e Sannenea 10 have been invited before the plot vas
discovered and their whole course e hre Of society
ss veil as Of upon the win of the Gar
On beginning his History of the RISE OF
the Dutch Republic Mr.. Motley took residence nc
| for a time at Dresden, afterward moving 10 Inc
| Hague for convenience Of reference 10 MS ooou-
| mentary authorities. The Saxon life struck MN
as vegetative to O degree, though not without
certain attraction. He says, apropoS also Vi hi'
| historical taska ,
There Is little actV0 eAlSlSICc aiI
interest felt or allowed to be felt, IN what Is Eos M
In the world around that one soon mus nv over
him and berins to think on the whole that t is better
to be goS orned than to govern TO seocPS bshaye
as good bows sholld 60 to bed at ten shut the door
after yon smoke pipe drink pot on DSs music
never audo 70 politics nor 70 SnySa mn to ~ your
gs Sr r 9Sn B Be ana a. political rights
on the Emperor Of Russia and Austria and the poSe,
and so 4easy, live and quiet die' as OO"iO'aOi0
There Is something almost refreshing in the utter
peoples lives which IS refreshing for time, after me
noisy splutterng politics which constitute our VIA
now occupied as am ton hours day, with folks who
lived three centuries ago. 1t is rather sGnveSsnSe
than otherwise not TO have my attention taken Oh Dy
any thng that Is going on about me- II Is comfort,
make seoGho; or write sSgS RaHS s ne~ Or
Emperor Nicholas or President BonSgs5e 70 Be aSis
Into the pSfe Of Ave aaa aa s t s
Spe my R sneSt Which Il had tie sdysa
S.s three hSTGG ysf would a
Titled me to be- burned alive average twice day
sRS T. OT 3 tsst Of not finding publisher
treason for fear that & wont pay the only rack sn that
scorchng, red-hot review.
| In 1855 he met Bismarck again, and thus speaks
| Of the reunion:
When called, Bismarck was ct dinner, 40 lcft
| my card and said would come back In half an hour.
learned aftcrwardJ he sent servant after me to tho
| hotel. but had gone another way. When came
back = T yS SS Cordially S he r0ceTed me-
been his brother instead Of an old friend be e9aa
10 no' nsT mn find / Ike him even better than
| thought did, and you know how high an opinion
He is man Of Very noble character, and Of very
| great powers Of mind The prominent place which
| he now occupies as statesman sought him He
ad not seek It. or any other Office The stand which
| he took IN the Assembly from conviction, on inc
OCCASION OF the outbreak Of toAg msC h s a. Of
In the summer Of 1881 he told me that the Minister
Mantcufel. asked him one day abruptly 4 he would
accept the post OF Ambassador at FRANKFORT 10 Whch
10 him as il / should hear by the next mail that
had been chosen Governor OF hassachlsels nv
another word. The King, the day, sent for him
and asked him II he would accept the place, to which
eSprssed little surprise that he made no inquiries
or conditions. whom Bismarck replied that anythin nm
which the King felt strong enough TO propose TO him
detaS t i You %Sy have an &ca Of the man strict
honor arm religious belief united with remarkable
talents. make up necessarily a combination which
h Be found De- any G esy IN S be-
unless his Obstinate truthulncss, which IS apt to be
stumblngblock for politicians, STANDS III MS way
The prediction here is particularly interest
ing, and Motley lived to sec it more than fulfilled
In 1857 he went to London 10 prosecute
researches in the State Paper Office. He found
| cIrcumlocutlon IN MS way, aliu uS'oH'N' "'
situation with his characteristic banter:
sisyphus with his rock was an idle, loadng lndt-
vidual compared to the martyr who Is doomed 70 worn
up the prccipce OF English routine. / have been VI
| London a month, and my rock has Just come down
upon my toes for the fourth or nfth time. have not
yet got into the State Paper oHiee, where expected
to have objected my entrance after tho iirst day Oh
two succeeding my arrival I thought 10 have done Q
great deal Of work there this time. But the American
Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and nc
Minister OF the INTERIOR and the Master OF the Rolls
(who, by the way, is not a baker, as lowell would
probably suggest, and various other digntsres pave
ali 10 be made lin Pckwickian sense) that ar
insignificant individual lko myself Is DESTROYS OF read
ing some musty and forgotten old letters which no
ono OF them could read or vouh wish TO they couia
friend OF mine once went into soda~water shop n
Boston on very hot day, and was told by an elderly
Individual behnd the counter that his son john pro
nrstor OF the establishment had Como Portland, bu
that upon his return he would undoubtedly be very
] happy to prepare him glass. This Is exactly my