Year: 1859

Lord Seymour who died recently mt Paris
lett to the hospitals of that city property yield
ing an annual income of $3.50, coo. This was
probably meant a. some atOnement for the life
uf pleasure he had spent in that gay metropolis.
lie was by profession man Of pleasure. When
Young he was possessed of great physical
strength, and became leader of the wild
young men of his class. Not folly could be
peTPeiTated in Paris, nor could there he n noisy
party masquerade. or any Orgie character
lzcd by an upr"sr and whipping of the watch
men o hich was not all put down to Lord Sey-
il"ur- 4 ve-y amusing account is given of the
manner IN which this reputation Of his once
prevented diplomatic complication Ii WAS
IN the year lo2J. toward the end of January
VI de EoihSchild gave grand ball The in
Ni'ei guests were so numerous and the file of
carriages 80 long, that for nearly nine hours
the passage in the rue Lafitte and on the Boule-
ward MAS entirely intercepted. Some young
gentlemen who bad been dining ut the Nelson
Il Dr and who wished to 90 to the opera.
VaIHly attempted to cross the street The car
TIaGes touched each other. and it was found
absolutely necessary to take a very circuitous
T'ute, or else to pass under the horses bellies
tine OF cur thoughtleSs young men then had
recourse TO one of those comic expedients
which champagne inspires, and which do not
suggest themselves until after dinner. At that
moment the progress Of the carriages was
stopped Right before him was large and
ancient coach, drawn by two powerful Ger
man horses. Our imprudent youth very grayeIy
approached, cigar in mouth opened the coach
d"or. let down the footboard. entered the car
rlage lowered the glass of the next coach door
passed his arm outside, opened the other
side. and leaped over the other side of the
street before the occupants of the carriage
thrown into a state of stupefactiOn couId have
time To ask what he wanted. The companions
"i the young man followed him, and the whole
"t their society passed by that means: then the
"ther persons, SIMPLY passing that way, stop
pet on their march or pressed by their bust
Ness or their pleasure. seeing that carriage
"pen-ServIns, so to speak, as a bridge for per
sons on toot-lmltated cur young madman,
aud more than two hundred persons thus
pss'ed through that respectable coach But
that coach belonged to n German diplOmatist
Ta0 was seated by the baroness, his wife You
may judge of their stupefaction But the pas-
sage was effected before they could seek an ex-
rIanatlon of such strange adventure. They
did not understand il until some time after
wards, and then German patience gave place
10 the most violent anger. On entering the
saloons OF VI. de ROthSchild, the diplomatist
was aS red As cock comb. His gray ewes
flashed like fire. He recOunted the adventure
and tine insult which had been shown towards
HIM His auditory could not help laughing.
winch completed the evaporation of the Ger
mas The same evening he addressed a din
i"natic note TO the President of the Council
concerning the violation of the coach A great
many notes we're exchanged. The diplomatist
demanded his passports. The President of the
Council feigned that he wished to do him ius-
tee. An inquiry was ordered for the discoye-
~ "f the name of the guilty party-that il. of
him who first crossed through the coach. The
inquiry was fully successful and some davs
afterwards the diplOmatist was convinced that
the guilty party was none other than Lord
seymour. France was free from blame and now
u was to England that he lad to make his cpIn-
plant. That changed the whole state of things


~ that period France did not know as ut
present. what to do in order to cause herself To
bc respected abroad and it was believed that
people were permitted TO do as they pleased
with her But in the case OF England there
Wa more respect. The dipomatist now sat
I>hed, ceased 70 ImpOTtuuc the authorities with
his troubles. II must be added that Lord Sey-
In"ur was complete stranger to the whole Of
that affair; that it was not he who had gone
through the carriage; AMI that the President
II the Council Of Ministers had cleverIy profited
10y his reputation to turn away the storm which
mcnaced France.