The New York Herald Newspaper, April 30, 1854, Page 2

INTERISTING FROM EUROPE. AMERICANS IN PARIS. ‘Phe Dinner to Mr. Sanford, late Charge d’Af- faires—Speeches of Judge Mason, Hugh Maxwell, and others, &., &c. OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENO®. Panis, April 11, 1854. While you are shivering over your anthracite fires, or wading knee-feep in mud, snow, and “ slosh,’ we are enjoying the opening of # delicious spring. For nearly three weeks not a cloud has dimmed the sky. Well may this be called sunny France, while such weather lasts, | Our past winter has been a severe one for the Parisians; & constant succession of snow and ice. On New Year's day, Tastonished some of the natives by turning out ina Russian sleigh, upon eight inches of as fine sleighing as T ever saw—something unknown for many years. For the moment I fancied myself “ some,’”’ on account of the at- tention we attracted. Well, all this is past, and here we are with June weather and war. The latter I do not care to write about, having made all due and proper prepara- tions for immediate flight the moment the Emperor of all the Russias and Czar of Muscovy appears before Paris. Paris is dull, very dull for the season of the year, and made doubly so by Passion Week, apon which we havo now fully entered. And that which will cause this par- ticular Passion Week to be remembered for many years | to come with feelings of pleasure, is the dinner which was given last evening by about one hundred resident Americans to our recent Charge Affaires, Mr. Sanford, whois about leaving us for his native country. The din- ner was almost an impromptu one, gotten up at only a few days notice by gentlemen of high standing, without regard to party or to any of the questions which have #0 recently been agitating the community—being simply an expression of good feeling towards Mr. Sanford, for his uniform kindness, urbanity and courtesy towards all ‘vith whom he bas come in contact. Filling an office of esponsibility and diMficulty, he has acquitted himself lith singular ability, and he leaves us with our warmost tishes for his future welfare. I will now give you am outline of this magnificent af- vir, which took place at the ‘Trois Fréres Proven- eaux.” Mr. McRae, of North Carolina, our Cansul, pre- dded. On his right was Mr. Sanford, and on his left Judge Mason, of Virginia, our worthy and genial Ambas- sador. ‘Tho vice-president was Mr. Francis P. Corbin, of Vir- ginia, upon, whose right was Mr. Auguste Belmont, | our minister at the Hague, and upon his left Judge Piatt, of Ohio, our future secretary of legation in Pari The following is the letter to Mr. Sanford and his | answer:— Panis, March 30, 1834, Henry 8. Saxvonp, Fsq.:— Dxar Sin—The universal expression of regret, reached us from our fellow countrym-n on the » ‘our approaching departure from Paris for Amorica, in- ‘to ask you to favor as with pportunity to moet you ina social friendly way that we may tender you our parting regards, and oxpress to you our warm wishes for yous prosperity and happine ve behine which has | asion steful memories of the many 85 8 anity which your fellow countrym at your hands,and you will carrywith youl ness of having conferred not only upon your nu- & friends, but upon ot ms were those of « common country d pportunitios for visiting and socingwith advantage sure many things on interesting occasions whieh y position cnabled you to offe withold at your pleasare. | To the unhositating kindness with which you have dis: | charged tho social duties incident to your position every | one ust bear witness. i, whose 0 ir deta | mntiments as we do, and desirous to | meet you bofore your departure, you will add sn obligation | to those already conferred by naining a day, if it be possible, on which we may meot you asour guest at s parting dinner. sir, with the warmest soutiments of ro John Munroe Albert H. Dorr, do. Dudley Selden,'N. Y. ‘Thos. W. Ludlow, do. N. Borry, Conn. 3. D_B. Curtis, N. Y. W. H. Babbitt, R. 1 Dennis Kimberly, Conn. B. G. Wainwright. do. ‘Thos. W. Stonon. Mase. G. Boyiard, Jr.. Pa. . Louk: N J. Louba . Charles Morey, Mass. 5. Parsons, Conn. C. M. Kustis, Mas: Mr. Cowdin, Mr. Dana, M. G. Bates, esi tat latte Jas. Allain, N. Y. F. Vandenbroeck, Paris. Mr. Woodman, M. Dr. F “ OP Zit Pre Stewart i. Mr. Hid. Mr. Clark, H. Pennington, Md. . Mr, Hook, Samuel Glover, N.Y. Nicholas Len, N. Y. Renshaw my CA. N.Y. G. Flemot, ex United States ‘Consul at Martinique. P Gewtiewen—| Cha John Ridg Panis, March 31, 1854. ethe honor to actnowledge the ro- pt of your letter of yesterday, tendering me, in torms eh aro highly gratifying, the compliment of a parting dinner, and desiring me to name a day when it will be con r me to accept it. ‘The evidence of the 0 herbeth, way. Pa gz of my countrymen, distinction, to offer mo this ore gratifying as it per- tercourse of several years to perceive my desire plim. me to believe, that in my em, they have not fail act ina similar spirit, rem: ing only the fraternal ti of our comm: atry. 1 would, therefore, designate M day,-the 10th prox » aa the time when I will “be happy to meet you onthe occasion proposed. [have the honor to be, with sontiment) of great respect, your obediont servant, U. 8, SANFORD. To Mesers. Corbin, Munree, Dorr, Selden, Ki ‘ly, Lud low, Wainwright, Barry, Storm, Levering, Curtis, Post, Billings, avd others. At each end of the splendidly decorated table Mest John Munroe and Albert H. Dorr officiated as Vice Presi- dents. Among the invited guest were Hon. Judge Mason, Hon. D. M. Barringer, Auguste Belmont, Judge Piatt, Mr. McRae, Wm. H. Vesey, Consul at Havre; Robert Walsh, ex-Consul at Paris; 8. C. Goodrich, ex-Consul at Paris; Col. Magruder, U.S. Army; and Lieut. W. A. Bartlett, U. 8. Navy Dinner was served at 7 0’clock, and the following was the bill of fare:— OPCS Oc cces cecsccoecoeocceseeoes ° DINER BU 10 AVRIL 1854 ° 3 AUX TROIS FRERTS PROVENGAUE. ° Hors d'muvre variée | Hors d’wuvre variés. 0 QvuATRE Poraces ° Le Consommé anx Initues. 0 Le" aux patos d'Italis, 0 Reunves. ° 1. Lee filets de bonf garni] 1. Le Tarbot sans crime et 9 sauce Hollandais 2. Les Jambons d’ made: Exe. a parée de marrons, de champignons farcis. Saumon sauce géne voise. anTR mes d’agne: hevreuil | 4. aux truffes, 41 4. Les 6 ° . Los Salmis de perdreanx 0 Pi ac a ln Rei Sorbets au Rhum. 2. Les Béoasses ct les Bé. onanin 1. Le Poulet Reine bardé. ° Poulardes braisée a 0 f ° .. Sorbets au maraschino. 0 2. Les faisans de Boheme o ot les Pertreaux. 1. La Trnite de Gendve. 2 OO7TI7ITS =“ Te ecoccccoo SCC COE CeO OCD DCC O DCC SS ° ° PIECES DY MILIEU, Les Buissons de coquillages | La Corno d’abondance 0 Le Croqu’ youcbe & l'o garnie de fruits glacés. o rang ° saLADR. Exrnewers. satave. 0 4. Lee Asperges en bran-| 2. Les haricots verts nou o ° 2.Le AVanglsise ites A ananas. o ‘ @ glacée au ot aux liqueat! 9 ° sere ° DFSSERT. ° vines. 2eseRvice. o Bordeanx Saint Julien. o Vieux Pommard ° ° Champagne Moet frappé. 0 ak ° CATE ET LIQUEURS. ° ° P00000000000e0 000s 00000000000005 After proper justice had been done to the various and delicious dishes, to say nothing of the drawing of sundry corks, the regular business of the evening commenced, by the chairman giving the following toast, which was drank standing and with repeated applause:— The President of the United States. After which the following regular toasts wore drank, with all the honors. By the Chairman— France and the Emperor of the French. By the samo— ‘The memory of Washington. By Dr. Fourgeaud, of San Francisco. ‘The memory of Lafayotte—Th. Sorte rend of on Santry: @ groat, the good, the aret By the Chairman— ‘The Army and Navy of the United States. Lieut. Barrier, of the Navy, responded, and took his eeat amid loud applause. Mr. Conpin then gave The Amerioan Ministor at the Court of France— ty hia countey for hie virtues a2 Ris talentewish aneuaited , s- we fool confident that ber interests are safe in his ‘ ° Mr. Masow responded most happily as follows, fre- quently interrapted by applause :— I thank you, Mr President and gentlemen, for the kind confidence manifested in the sentiment just an- nounced, and the cordial manper in which it has been received, Ihave l continued, but little diplomatic ex- perience, but I have ‘and will always endeavor to t ‘« of American diplomacy, to ask » ht and sabmit to nothing whieh i see around me many of my listed in France, have pursued tifying succes: thers who nt, or social enjoyment, have we season in this beautiiul metropo- | smericans, and allenjoying the protection and bty Of France, ber government and ber people. | on the great | h whieh is » | It is not inappropriate that I should select this moment to tell you that I have witnessed in my intercourse with | the Imperial government evidences of a high appreciation | of our great country, and I persuade myself that France, | our first ally, is yet our fast friend. f lear, hear.) Her public affairs are administered with far-sesing ity, ‘and I cannot but believe that the peaceful relations of the two countries are destined long to continue; and when mutual interests are so manifestly to be promoted by increased freedom of commercial and social inter- course, I cannot doubt that the enlightened wisdom of | the two governments will remove ali those constrictions | on trade which only operate to the injury of both. As | proof of the justice and an instance of the wisdom of the French government, I take pleasure in calling your at- tention to their declaration on the subject of neutral rights, which will be respected during the pending war. | The great principle of the freedom of the seas and of the equality of independent nations, has been recognized in the declaration that the 1 potest the cargo, plause) and humanity will rejoice at the decla- ation, that France will issue no letters of marque authorizing her individual subjects to make war means of gratifying only a sordid cupidity, by marauding om the private property of anenemy’s subjects, ani in the practice of privatecring, proving more annoying to ne tral commerce than public cruisers. These, with the d claration in regard to the belligerent right of blockade, | have made the seas what the God of nature intended | they should be—a free highway, on which all have equal right of pursuing their lawful business, without fear or molestation The Almighty gave no one nation authority in any form to place toll-gates on this public thorough- | fare; and France has declared that she at least will make no such attempt. (Applause.) Honor to those who have thus wisely recognized the right, and, disregarding immediate advantage in wrong, #0 often before commit- ted in the world, has asserted the great principles for which America has ever contended, and in the mainte- nance of which she is now more interested than aay other nation. (Loud and continued cheering.) The duties of 4 minister to his country, and to that to which he is ac- | eredited, are onerous; but they are not all his duties. He owen’ obligations, wherever he may be, to his indi. | vidual countrymen. The first are weighty, and, if well performed, will briag gratifying proofs of public appro- bation. Less seen, but delicate and difficult, are the last, | although not less grateful to every generous heart. | Their performance, too, brings # reward, and this is evi- denced by the circumstances by which T am surrounded. | (Applause.) I beg to assure you, sir, that it will always give me pleasure, while residing here, to do, as near as I | can, justice, and promote cordiality and good feeling smong my countrymen who may sojourn in this distant land. I would exhort them to let differences, if any may | arise, only be known at home. This is not only the dic- | tate of my judgment, and the impulse of my heart; but | my feelings in regard to such unhappy differences and demonstrations of discord among Amoricans abroad can better be illustrated by an anecdote of one of our naval heroes. Com. Hull, who, in the war of 1812, had won the first naval victory, subsequently commanded an American squadron on # foreign station. His flag-ship was his fa- vorite frigate—the Constitution. (Voices—‘Cheers for | the old Constitution.”) ‘The time of the enlistment of | her crew expired, and the men, stickling for their rights, | demanded their ceeaae: every inch a sailor, was thought to be no orator. | ordered the men to be piped on deck. When assembled, | he addressed them:—‘‘Men,”’ said he, slowly uttering his | | | | e Commodore, hoe le _ words, as he paced the deck, “your time is out—you | want your discharge.” ‘‘Aye, aye, sir,” was the gene- ral response. ‘Weil,’’ he proceeded, ‘‘you are entitled | to it; the purser will pay you off anc discharge yeu, and | I will have this good old ship laid up here to rot in a fo- reign country; and this will be a pretty story to go home | with.” ad cheers and laughter, with cries of «What | said the sailors?”) Why, gentlemen, touched with this appeal, the crew gave three cheers, went to their duty, and carried home the noble old Constitutien, with her | stars and stripes flying. | ‘Mr. Mason sat down, amidst leng and loud applause. | The Cuarmmay then gave Our Diplomatic Representatives at the other courts of | Europe. | Mr. Bxmont responded in a short but happy speech. The Cuarnwan then said :— Gentlemen, the toast I am about to propose will meet, Iam sure, the hearty and cordial approbation of all now assembled around this festive bi The sentiment I am about to utter, and for the reception of which you | have been requested to prepare your glasses, isa senti- ment which every one present will respond to in sin- | cerity and in truth. We have assembled, gentlemen, to | mingle for a short time in social and pleasant intercourse with a personal friend, on the eve of his departure, and , to offer a testimonial of respect to one who was but lately | our nation’s representative, at the close of his official service. The occasion is worthy of us all. The testi- monial is alike grateful to those who offer and him who | receives. Nothing more stimulates a public servant to a | true and faithful discharge of his trust than the weil- | founded hope that the public who employ will approve | his efforts. And surely, surely no manifestation is more | gratifying, no offering ‘more acceptable, no boon more welcome to an honorable and intellectual mind, than | warm and generous commendation from genuine friend- | ship. Gentlemen, we occupy at this moment a peculiarly | pleasant position, Separated by an ocean from the land | we love—standing on foreign ground, within the juri: diction of a foreign government—fascinated by the classic | beauties of this world-metropolis, inspired by its constant exhibition of mechanic, artistic and scientific attain- | ment—subdued by the touchimg incidents which mark, consecrate and hallow every spot we tread—yet turning aside from all this beauty, grandeur and pathos to our own sc-ial re-union, when, forgetting all elae, we feel only that we are fellow-countrymen, and bound to one | another by the strongest chords of sympathy. A com- ) mon ancestry, common kindred, a common home—all | unite (o inspire us with li e emotions, sympathies and | alections. We feel that we are Americans and brethren, | on whatever eoil we stand—within whatever clime we meet, And who can forbear an emotion of prite at the thought of ovr country. The whole world views her with , aftonishment and admiration. Withia a century born ond maetured, she stands at this moment a giant among the nations, unsurpassed, as well in moral, intel- lectual and political character as in those othor attri- ules of fordearance, generosity and magnanimity, which 1 meha n conscious of its strength aud its integrity. serupulous ever in her concessions to the righ!s and diz- nity of others; serupulous always in he maintenance of her « never permitting herself to interfere in th» affair of other governments, her settled policy is that | none others shall intermeddle in hers. Gentlemen, is, it should be,» matter of pride and sntisfaction with us all, to feel that the eye of her bold eagle everlooks us, the folds of her broad banner wave around us, and that in all our lawful and rightful pursuits, the power of her strong arm will uphold and protect us, wherever the breezes blow or the glad sun shines. But I forbear to occupy your time. It was not unfit, however, that I should associate our country with the occasion and with your guest. It is now near thirteen years, Tlearn, since, With a broken constitution he left America, in pursuit of health. Since that time he has filled positions bestowed by his country, of responsibility, of importance and of honor. Hi will return to his native land with « mind ners and customs, the laws, liter- f the olden world, and I am sare he un empty handed, but that he will bear back to the country which gave him distinction a recompense for the honors she has conferred. In his future, which will no doubt be marked by labor and, of course, with care, he will have in the retrospect the pleasing associa tions of this time to animate, to solace amd cheer. Make this occasion, then, gentlemen, a heart’s pleasure to your friend. Lord Bolingbroke has somewhere sai, that in all comedies he had observed that the best actor always played the part of the droll, while some scrub of a regue was put up for the hero or fine gentlemen; and from this observation he deduced the conclusion that in the comedy of life, wise men always spend their time in mirth, while only silly ones are serious. Let us act on this oceasion the part of wise men on the Bolingbroke platform. And Carlyle somewhere remarks that no man can be irreclaimably depraved who takes an honest drink and laughs heartily and wholly. from irreclaimable depravit: Let us save ourselves by the recipe of Carlyle. departing in no solemn sense) a clear bumper at parting. Let us salute the our and the theme, not with blank cartrilges, which are “‘yox et preteria’nihil,”” but with one full joyous round of grape, from the battery of the banquet. The health of our distingnishod guost—May he have a fair vo: .& candid welcome to his native land, and a future redolent with prosperity and happiness. Mr. Sanrorp responded. He said Mr. Cnaikmax—Centlemen—There is one privilege, or one right, which I believe is never denied to those who receive from their friends tokens of kindness, of gen- erous consideration, altogether beyond their deserts— the sacred right to fee! very much embarrassed. In this Tclaim your indulgence, for I feel that I have very great need of it. The good taste and the elegance with which your Chairman knows how to say the most sensible as well as the most flattering things, makes me wish that it was his duty to reply to himself in my behalf. 1 should feel sure thot he would find words to express my feclings in a mauner as becom- ing and as graceful as that in which he has clothed the | expression of your generous sentiments towards mo. Put you will permit me, gentlemen, to express in a lain way, with frankness and great sincerity, my cor- | dial thanks for this evidence of your consileration, which I can only aseribe to the partiality of my coun: trymen, and to their readiness on all occasions to recog. | nise and to encourage the humble efforts of those who | are governed by a desire to discharge their manner to merit approval. In this view I m: | tltted to remark that this festive demonst flattering to me, also reflects credit mpon you, as it shows your willingness to treat with dignity and with respect Your servants, who, like myself, can make no higher claim to your consideration than that of good intentions, You have remarked, Mr. Chairman, with great propriety | and truth, that there is nothing more encouraging to @ | public servant than a public expression of the approval | Ue-bis efforts, Our goverment is 80 constituted hap. pily so constitute®—that its officers cannot look to it for an open and visible manifestation of its approbation. It has no preferments, no distinctions, no honors to be. stow; the distribution of those rewards has been re- served by the people, to whom the government iteclf, as well as its officers, must look for that approval or con- demnation, which it may be their fortune to merit. And I know no better evidence that the sovereign we serve is both clement and generous, than your presence here this evening. Nearly five years have elapsed since I came here « stranger, I believe, to all present. My only claim to your notice was a mark of the confidence of our government in confiding to me a public trust; | that confidence found here a ready response. This pe- | riod has been continuation of marks of your consile. | ration and kindness. I have been welcomed toa place | at every American board and hearth, and have been | made to feel here, that among my countrymen { was at | home. also take the liberty to add that the rare ap- peals which I have had occasion to make to your bene- lence on behalf of the wants of our less fortunate untrymen, have always been responded to in a man- ner so liberal and generous, that I have felt proud to be the medium of conveying your relief to those wi required it. This social and | also had its lessons of profit. e learned from y good example to agree with my enemies—by which I mean, that differences of political faith are no obstacle to the enjoyment derived from the accomplishments and cultivation which exist in so high a degree in this greyt centre of refinement. Your chairman has remarked with point and force that our country, ‘scrupulous in her concessions to the rights and dignities of others, is fiso scrupulous in the maintenance of her ow.” i | | of mind of the European world. rogre: | startling the continents of the OlaWorld from their ‘‘pro- | priety”? by theclarion notes of freedom swelling in the | valleys and on the mountain tops of Europe. But what | maker, and the wig was to be ready at the day When we consider the great influence which our country is beginning to exercise, and the yet greater influence which she is sure hereafter to exercise upon that public opinion which has so ‘a share in the government of mankind, the growth a: Progress of which marks the progress of clvilization, we all feel the importance of en trusting our representation abroad to those who are sen- sible of their position, of their mission, and are compe- tent to perform it. In this respect, I am happy that it is in my power to congratulate you upon the choice which the government has made in its recent appointment of minister to this court, in the selection of a gentleman al- ready known to the world as a statesman of ability, of experience, and of skill. His position here is 1 peculiar- ly favored one. The early friendship of France for our country has happily been perpetuated, and still exists in @ degree which renders the intercourse of our representative and of our countrymen with this court particularly plcceast and ble. This cecasion, gentlemen, which is so fruitful of agreea- ble emotions, brings also to me its regrets at parting from those with whom I have passed such agreeable associa tions, and from whom I have so often received evidences of regard. But here, again, I have the happiness to re- mind you that my place among you will be filled, and more than filled, by one who unites to the great quali- ties I have ulresdy named, the social accomplishments of a gentleman of the most genial, cl and bappy temperament. And I feel confident, gentlemen, that he will continue to enjoy the same good fortune, the lavish hospitality and kindness, which those who hav preceded him have received at your hands, and at those of the French people and authorities. now, in look- ing back upon this long period of pleasant intercourse, I have no remembrance of any disturbance of those cor- dial relations which are so happily existing, and should always exist, between our people and their public officers. Amid the eventful scenes we have witnessed, b1 in- structive leseons to us republicans, our faith in ta. bility and fitness of those institutions which are our ride and glory, has not been shaken. Like the collossal statue of Minerva, which seen from a distance by the Athenian multitude, ap} in all its harmonious pro- peers so our political system is viewed, removed from al details, the subject of party differences, as one har- monious whole, with in love and ‘admiration. Gentlemen, it remains for me to bid you farewell. I re- tur to private life, to my quiet home, with a heart filed with emotions of ‘affection and gratitude for all your kindness to me. This last crowning act of your regard shall ever during life be remembered with pride and gza- titude. Permit me to offer you my sincere and heartfelt wishes for your continued prosperity and happiness, and to inelude, at the same time, those to whom TFect indedt. ed for # large share of the happiness I have experienced among you, and whom I pledge with yourselves in a part- Dg cup — Your wives and familicr—Americam wives, Amorican fa- milics. CHARMAN then gave, Our Country—Happy in the blessings of peact tional liberty. Hucn Maxwer1, Esq., our former Collector in New York, responded at length to this toast. Mr. Maxwaut said:—There were words that burn, ani Inspired thonghts that breathe. They inspired sonti- ments of gratitude to God for the protection he had ever extended to our country, from first efforts in the cause of independence, through all the trials of the War of the Revolution, to the present condition of power, pro- gress, and freedom. Reference had just been made by a gentleman to the contrast between the state of our country at the commencement of the Revolutionary War and its present condition. Well may such contrasts be made. ‘They gratify our pride, they stimulate our pa- triotic feelings, they inspire 'us with sentiments of ater love and devotion to the principles of republican itutions. Bishop Berkley, more than a hundred years ), among others, wrote these wores: “Westward the star of empire takes its way.” To the reputation of 2 poet and philosopher this distinguished Englishman has added that of prophet. Well, indeed, may it be sald now that the prophecy is almost fulfilled. “A hundred years ago, what was the population of these colonies of Great Britain? Less than three millions of people, thinly seaitered along the seaboard, almost out of sight and out id ra- millions of freemen, with their enterprise and p: 38 is all this compared to the admitted condition of the United States as it will be at the end of this century —within the lives of children now living, porhaps within the lives of somo of the young men assem- bled around this social board? Nearly two hundred millions of men will then be found within the pre- sent limits of the United States. What a prophet! What a destiny! With the blessing of God, true to the principles of rational freedom, the Union, and the constitution, the prediction of’ Berkley will be f accomplished. After further remarks on this topic, Mr. M. referred to the present state of miunufacturing indus- try and the arts as compared to what they were previous to the Revolution. He said during our Colonial vassalage the hands of the artizan were chained down by the re- strictions of the mother country; penal statutes para- lyzed enterprise and struck an icy coldness to the heart of industry. Now, in all that constitutes the power of na- tional aims, grandeur and developement, we yield to none, and we are still advancing with unwavering confi- dence in rivalry with the workshops and the manufac- tures of the Old Worli. As to commerce, what was the commerce of the Colonies when George III. asconied the throne of Great Britain? It was not known in the statistics of the sea, with the exception of the fishe- ries. The exportation of afew pounds of tobacco, a few barels of tar and rosin, and some spars for naval pur- poses abroad, constituted the bulk of our shipments; for be itromembered that cotton—that silver fleece, more | | | | | Now, with twenty-five | nectous than any golden fleece ever conceived or aunz | y the poets of old—had not 1soms of English industry. But now, what is our condi- | Hon as to eommacclal enterprise? that the commercial marine of the United States ig | The stewar | greater thar that of any otber natiog, Great Britain not | excepted. Mr. Maxwell then referred to the territory of He said, the old thirteen States and the present limits. ox’ce the United States might be found dotted margin of the Atlantic, looking out panse of water, and on the land by an almost interminable forest. ‘Taen mo star spangled banner danced upon the wave, no wool- man’s axe in the hands of sturdy yeoman soaniet the music of a clearing in the Wesiern wilds Now we look from ocean to ocean. Now we have room enough, and to spare, should we toss within our limits some of the kingdoms of Europe; for our territorial pos- sessions at this inthe proportion of ten to one. Besides, mot content with such respectable possessions, we are charged by some of our trans-atlantic friends with having establish- eda colony on the continent of Africa. Yes, inleed, we are proved to have done some work in that’ direction—not under the name or by the authority of the government of the United States, but by the power and means exerted by individuals, acting in several of the States, and under the eanction of State authority. Our people have read in the Bible that Etniopia shail stretch out her hands ols and repab- ican frica, and they thank God that they see a way opened at last for and in the end cure for M., after referring to some tainly true that Jonathan has become quite a smart farmer, a8 they would say down East—or the owner of a co.isiderable Jantation, as his friend the Consul would say in North it was said that Jonathan had, like Jack the Giant Killer, put on seven league boots lately — aomie one has intimated that he has added spurs to boot, od. They behold churches an unto G ican institutions prospering on the shore of the influence of Christianity, the blight of slavery. Mr. other topics in this connection, said:—It is ‘arolina. Indeed, are larger than France and England Thave lately, said Mr. M., made a visit to the gallery of the Mint of France, and have been delighted to examine commemo- American They were struck by order of Louis a collection of medals deposited rative of the men and events Revolution. XVI. He ‘was the friend and ally of our coun- there, of the try, “and now who, will not say licnor to his memo- is a medal, being a duplicate of one in the gallery. It is executed with great skill and Let us quail with our departing friend (1 use the term beauty, Lock at it, gentlemen, there is the figure of France, armed from top to toe, with lance and shield ry. (Cheers.) Here rotecting young America fro fou. Young Jonathan is re; crawling out of his cradle. bantling might haye been r. his relations with clothing, let him be quite so destitute as t presented. ‘they certainly did not ho French artist has re- Laughter.) He was certainly kicked and Jet found its way to the | | | at the top of his voice for his plate. | several minutes, unable to get the notice of a steward, a | have addreased you, to permit me to do justice to theme however teresting. But I must venture to you from the remembrance # them while I pr. pose to you 's toast, to which Iam sure, in advance, of a hearty re- sponse. Gentlemen, we should be doing injustice to the propriety and deni wie which our presi‘ officer this e harged his agreeabl we should do injustice to the same honored individual in his capacity of consul, to whom we are to look for pro- tection and counsel in moments of difficulty in foreign land; I think we should do snleiice to the excellent re- putation which has preceded him from his own count to Paris, to the abilities and graceful eloquence of whic! this evening has furnished proof, and to the amiable and effective manner in which he discharges the duties of his office, if we were not to offer the inadequate compliment of a cordial toast. I therefore ask you to join in drinking ‘The health of the Consul of the United States at Paris, our able chairman on this interesting occasion. Mr. Aaron Laconrrt then gave of be ranked smo ‘The company here adjourned toan adjoining room, to partake of coffee and to smoke their segars in a sober manner, and at twelve o’clock I trod inthe banquet hall alone. Thus ended one of the most pleasant evenings I ever spent. I should now say that Young America was present in full force, but had no opportunity of express- ing their feelings on this occasion, so much of the eve ning being occupied by the ‘heavy business of the hour.” It being so near the time of closing the mail I cannot add to this report, and regret I am obliged to write so hastily. ‘We have this morning received a telegraphic despatch announcing another battle on the Danube, the Russians being victorious and taking 12,000 prisoners. The report wants confirmation aa to numbers, but not as to the fact of a battle having been fought. ADON. Our London Loxpow, April 12, 1854. English Courtesy as Exemplified at the Dinner of the Lon- don Theatrical Fund. Society—Disrespectf ul Treatment of the ry of the American Legation—Sketch a la Dickens of English Manners. It is not many years since Mr. Charles Dickens, a gen- tleman of acknowledged genius, visited the United States, and was received with every attention it was in the power of a hospitable people to bestow. Mistaking the kind- ness of an enthusiastic people, who are prone to welcome strangers with a warmth of feeling they cannot under- stand, he repaid it with the worst of ingratitude ; he prostrated the nobler traits of genius for the gains de- rived from the sale of a few more sixpenny books, ‘Throughout the country there was little that pleased him—little that he could speak well of—little that he | could not exaggerate and turn into ridicule, of which"he gave s pound for every drachm of truth. At hotels, men | made themselves intolerable bores ; and he, being a little | lion—greatly magnified within himself—was overwhelmed by their stories, their rude remarks, their want of civili- ty—the absence of everything gentlemanly. He descend- ed into the lowest, rudest, and roughest grades of Ameri- can society, drawing forth the menial, clothing him in the lowest and most vulgar slang, and presenting him to his countrymen as a true specimen of the | American gentleman. With him Americans were all gourmandes, and addicted to other habits equally pernicious. We have ever viewed Mr. Dickens’ vulgar tirade, with which he repaid kindness, in the most lenient light, attributing to vanity what more properly belonged to selfish motives. In our belief that the more liberal-minded of Englishmen entertained friendly feel- ings toward America, we have forgotton prejudices, charged them to waat of information on our institu- tions, and endeavored to cultivate a better understand- ing. Yet, notwithstanding this, we are constrained to say Mr. Dickens, in representing American character, must have drawn his models from home, and pawned upon his countrymen specimens of their own rudeness for the genuine American commodity. We never were more favorably struck with this fact than on last Mon- day night, at a dinner given by the Theatrical Fund Society, at the London Tavern. “ Given simultaneously with the Dramatic Fund dinner in New York—a dinner at which every respect is extend- ed to Englishmen—something grand was anticipated. Mr. Sickles, Seer of Legation, Mr. George Sanders, our Consul, and Mr. Welsh, were invited guests; and, it being suggested that appropriate toasts would be given, Mr. Sickles, according to invitation, was prepared to re- spond. Ascending to the dining room, a few minutes after the chair had been taken, Sickles, in company with another American, pet of @ person at the door, having the appearance of a steward, if he would condu him, or inform him where the seats of the American Consul and Secretary of Legation were located. ‘You'll find seats somewhere, if you go in,” was his gruff reply. Rtas can we find one of the stewards?” Mr. Sickles inquired. ‘o which # dogged response was given: ‘Pass in, sir— pass in; I don’t doubt you'll find seata.”? They’ passed in, when the rivalry of spoor 15 WAS 80 HYenongh to say | great that everyman seemed contending for a wager. , in their hurry to get their money's worth, were despa:ching their soup, heads down, spoons plying as if by steam power, and servants running riot in fear- ful yapidity to serve som xious individual, bellowing Here thoy stood for waiter—any body. They saw no alternative but to with- draw; finally, as they were about to do so, Mr. Sickles recognized Old Chippendale sitting at one of the tab! and begged that his friend would inquire of him what provition had been made for seats, After penetratin, through a erowd of waiters, he reached Chippendale, an was informed that seats had been provided at the extreme foot of the table. To add to this visible want of common courtesy, this evident disrespeet—(for Chippendale im- eelf had remonstrated against \t)—they found their seats at the fag end of a little table at the extreme foot of the room, where the wind, sweeping up the passage and through the door, was exiremely chilling. As if this was not insult enough, cards were placed at their plates im the following rotation:—* Adams, Esq.;” “Sanders, Esq., American Consul;” ‘— Walsh, Esq., Secretary American Legation;” — ‘Sickles, Eaq., Secretary of ‘American Legation.” Mr. Sickles’ name being at the extreme foot. Fortunately, neither Mr. Sanders nor Mr. Walsh were present, and it was quite evident Mr. Sickles felt mortified at the indignity. Waa he ne as @ private citizen the coarseness of the pathic New would not have rankled so deep in his feelings. Never theless, he maintained the dignity and coolness of a gen- tleman, determined not to return disrespect for the want of courtesy he had received at their hands. Re- maining till the cloth was removed, he joined in the toast to the Queen, cheered with the rest, remained standing while the national anthem was being sung, (a singular contrast to the conduct of Mr. Crampton at Washington, ) ad with his friends, retired as soon as it was con- cluded. that since he has been It is due to Mr. Sickles to sa: Secretary of Legation in London he has cultivated the most friendly feelings with the middle classes, and al- though he has, with an Americaniam it would be well for others to follow, abstained from toadying to the aristo- cracy, has, with this single exception—tho Dramatic Fund Association—been received with the highest re- #pect wherever he has gone. Some of his speeches have been decidedly American, but they were not reported be- cause they were not made at festivals given by the aris- ocracy Now, this Dramatic Fund dinner was presided over _ by R. Moncton Milnes, Esq., M. P., and there were cuffed, but like good many others, when he got rid of a, for } bad master and set w) the world. Laughter Mr. Bull thinks he ‘is likely to improve more. But it is certain that this child, as nvelf,” he has prospered in .) Since he cut his eye-teeth | till repre- sented here, has passed from the gristle of the cradle to | | the bone, muscle, and shirt of manhood. creased in stature, he has improved in p! strength. His words are constantly ;— ward and on- | the height and proportion ef a giant, not of the wost, As he has in- | jical and moral | werd.’ Advancing and advancing, he towers at last to | but of a continent. He looks over the highest summit of | | the Rocky Mountains; he scans with eagle eye the shore | of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. He’ plants nis foot upon the centre of a new world and proclains his mission | and his destiny. With one hand he extends the olive branch, as the symbol of peace aud welcome to throng- | ing millions, and with the other holls forward the mgis of his protecting power to succor and to save all unter tLe stars and stripes of his countr. cliff that lifte it form, vale and midway Ivaves the storm, 0 the surging ad tlemen, he continued, is another medal from splendid collection. Who does not exult at the mention of the name of Franklin, the patriot and the philosopher? There you read inscribed around his head the glorious motto:— “Falmen erepuit ewlo—eoeptrum que tyrannia.” Mr. M. then pronotfhced an eulogium as to the charac- ter and services of Dr. Franklin. He begged to relate an anecdote. As Dr. Franklin was our first representative at the Court of France, our diplomatic friends presont might be pleased to hear it. ‘The etiquet® of the Court required him to come in a wig. He employ But as accidents will hap, in the best regula! lies, the wig was entirely too small. What was to be done in this awful state of affairs? The Doctor applied to the proper offcer of the court, and stated the micchance which had ha i The answer from the King was— “Ne ind the wig; one of Dr. Franklin’s capacity and virtue is always welcome.’’ (Great laughter, in which Mr. Mason and Mr. Sanford joined.) This anecdote was related by the late John Quincy Adams, to my friend Mr. Vattemare, and I give it as it was related to me. An- other medal, representing Washington and the Baitle of Bunker Hill, was referred to. The character of Wash- ington was adverted to, and a tribute paid to his glorious memory and services. The policy of his administration was commended as the stanlard of political wiaiom and safety. The question likely to grow out of the present European war, and affecting our rights as a neutral na- tion, were briefly alluded to. Mr. M. concluded his ad- dress with expressions enjoining the cultivation of good feeling and fraternal regard, by Americans at home and abr |. He concluded by giving the following svnti- menti— The Law of Nations- As expounded in the codo of hu- mavity and jastice—as sanotioned by the rights of peace, ) rogrers and freedom, Mr. Donn rose and said:— Gentlemen, I rise at a moment when our blood ye! stirs and our recollections are yet too warm with th: liilliant thoughts and gloquent sentences of those who | many leading Jiterary’ charactors present. But we have supped on the cold shores of Greenland, joined in a repast on the banks of the Ama- ron, and di In the backwoods of (iecorgia, and never, in our hasten) have we seen such gormandizing, such grasping for viands, such dise patching, such seeming anxiety lest the money’s worth | should not be got, and such a want of common decency ata , site us, as if astonished at | med; “Champagne! hollo—are we to yg common table. A person op; its appearance, ex have champagne, too? How many glasses are we to have, waiter?””—and seizing the bottle from his hand, filled two glasces; fearing he should not get another, hs kept a firm hold of the bottie—despatched one glass—filled up again, | then passed the bottle across the table, saying—“You better lay Lold of some of this or you'll not get a drop. | It is quite right, sir, that every man sheuld look out for limself, here.’” Not responding to his rudenoss he with: duew the bottle, and putting another glass at his own dis- yosal, passed it to a friend at his right. Another got his i lote full of fish, which he had been from time to time }icking up, and finding that the ready manner in which he plied knife and fork attracted observation, he turned to # waiter, who had come to inquire if he wanted an- «ther supply, and emptied nearly half of that upon his jJate back on that in the waiter’s hand. Presently, a ivan specimen of an Englishman, representing himsel he landlord, camo ong apologizing for our position at the foot of the table, and in the draft of the door. He consoled us by saying we must get along time—there were more than he expected prosont, that things would be very different the next time we come. Another thirsty individual, while one of the waiters was carrying off the half empty glasses in his dredge, seized one of them, set it before him for a minute, then drank the wine, In this instance the waiter in vain remonstrated, telling the man it was leay- ings. An individual, sitting not far from us, when the rose water came round, not content with using it for his lips and fingers, washed his face with it, and then, in the most disgusting manner, used his napkin for a “wipe,” plying it to his nose. These scenes are no exn; then? there were even worse and more Vulgar Srosentti a —proceedings that would have disgraced the back woods of South Carolina; but we forbear to give them, hoping it will never be our misfortune to witness them again. An Englishman on our left, who informed us that he had been in New York, begged that we would not take what we naw as a specimen of proceedings at public dinners Unlike him, however, the only individual at right, and who every few minutes took oc- casion to assure us he was one of the stewards, yet had no power to act, would inquire what we would like to be helped to, order the waiter to bring 1t, and when it camo grasp the dish like @ bird of preyhelp himself bounti- folly, then pass it 10 us, enying we. would be sure to find it very gov Mr. Sicklos, | suspicion, is not known. In the same manner, that, after inviti the Secretary of Legation, no seat was provided for him, except at the foot of the table, no toast was proposed to the President of the United States. In this it was doubly fortunate that Mr. Sickles withdrew in proper time. We ore informed that Mr. Corbyn, of New vo responded to the toast of the American Dramatic Association in an ap- propriate speech. At the [ramatic Fund Dinner in New York there has elways been a kindly feeling toward the English, They | have been the invited guests, and have reveived the warm. eat tokens of res; ect. Those holding official positions have deen honored with seats becoming the dignity of their Oflice. Our only wish is that the Dramatie Fund Society of New York may continue to Jon Eig for how, throu ei that Serva ‘that they appreciate Our Paris Correspondence. Paris, April 10, 1854. Departure of Prince Napoleon—Magnitude of the New Levies—The Montalembert Affair—The New Loan—A Piece of Democratic Affectation om the Part of the Bm. peror—The New Imperial Guard. Prince Napoleon left, yesterday, for the East. The Paris journals were ordered to employ the same terms in speak- ing of his departure as were used by the semi-official newspapers. The despatch of troeps takes place but slowly. Everything is wanting for the material of the fleet, and as it is to France that Turkey looks for the most considerable portion of the promised aid, the effect of this delay in Constantinople must be extremely dis- couraging. And yet France has made a levy for the purpose of this war, which is without precedent, even under the first empire. The reserve of the three contingents of 1852, 1851 and 1853, has just been called out, amd, notwith- standing that, the levy of 1853 has been raised to 140,000 mon, which makes, in less thana year, a total levy of 800,000. Such a number was never raised under the first Emperor. That great destroyer of mem made a si- milar effort in 1813, but it did not sueceed. But this is not all. In order that three hundred thousand men may be brought under the dra; , seven hundred and fifty thousand must take in the or drawing, the different motives of exemption, necessitating the inscrip- tion on the lists of nearly twice the number of men actually called upon to serve. The of sub- stitutes is now txtremely high, and the consequence is, ite Tone tapas bit tora ihe Sieusty sons Tor 1e sum to purchase them off. pegigers it The ne tna English guests, ‘The Montalembert affair has terminated in the tive Corps without reflecting credit on any one. government has succeeded im presenting to the public the nr apeire of # Parlismentary struggle which it ‘was thought its régime bad abolished. The ies eee atten by hi faectee Dg age , ax tee . Billault, is ven an odious turn to the affair, when it might have been quietly cush ioned, and M. Montalembert, humble and submissive at first, in the bosom of the Assembly, finding it to raise himself in public estimation by that easy cour- age of martyrdom which can brave a few months impris- opment ‘a fine, at last becomes violent and loses all par ee over himself, Such is the résumé of this ridi- eulous 3 Accusations have been current against the government, of making use of the letter of the Emperor of Austria (which, although polite and gracious, e him in nothing beyond the terms of the protocol,) for Bourse Manceuyres in connection with the new loan. I know not if these cha ‘be founded on fact; but if they are 80, they show but short-sighted calculation on the part of the government, as the rise occasioned by the color given to the Emperor’s letter was followed by as sudden .& fall, occasioned by the rumor of s Turkish defeat, which, up to the present time, has not been confirmed, although there may be some truth in it. The review in honor of the Duke of Cambridge takes lace to-morrow. The Emperor has forbidden the erec- ion of any sort of tent or reserved gallery, even for the women, which might have the effect of interrupting the view of the spectators. ‘‘The sun shines for every one,” he is reported to have said when issuing this order. This affestation of democratic equality in a despot forms a curious feature in a political character which bears ® Tesemblance, in many points, to that of Cromwell, | ey are now ing at the Cis a nd spectacle, entitied “The ast,” fa, which are tobe found all episodes of the war.” The piece is like'y to have » great run, | The organization of the Imperial Guard is rapidl; ceading ‘with. It will conslst, at fist, of about hine thousand men. Panis, Monday, April 10, 1854. M. dela Guerroniere on the Prospects of the War—Depar- ture of Prince Napoleen for the Kast—Religious Present of the Emperor to the Fleet—Revolutionary Symptoms on the Continent—Discase i the Beet-root—Heavy Loss of a French Actress by the Czar's Prohibition of the Export of Gold from Russia—Lablache in Luck—Swicide of Le- peinire the Celebrated French Actor—Health of the Em- press—The Improvements in the Bois de Bouwlogno—A New Way ef Spending the Heneymoon—The Princess Borghese’s Concert, éc. The strange buoyancy of the English fands is the con- stant theme of discussion here. It is well understood that English securieties are not so sensitive to every ca- pricious gale as are those of the Paris Bourse, and why they should just now exhibit such a determined upward tendency it is not easy to guess, unless there are some hopes of the German powers, which are not generally patent to the world. M. dela Guerroniere is one of the ablest writers of France, and it has been observed that on peculiar emer- gencies he seems to write to order, for on those ocei sions his language is appropriated by all the government organs, especially by the Constitutionnel and the Pays, | and at this moment en article has appeared from his pen in which he talks of the war ‘“‘being reduced to s mari- time blockade of Russia for a common interest, instead of a conflagration which might inflame the whole world. Between Austria and us, he says—and incidentally he in cludes Prussia—there is no longer ny dilferenco than that of the hour.” Prince Napoleon left Paris yesterday morning at half past ten, for the army of the East. He was accompanicd t, the station of the Lyons railway by his father, the ex King Jerome. Their Imyerial Highnesses were receir-1 at the station by Marshal Magnan, andagreat number of general and other officers, and by numerous friends of Prinee Napoleon. His Excellency the Turkish Ambassa- dor, and his first Councillor of Legation, accompanied the Prince to Toulom. The day before, (Saturday,) the Emperor had given grand farewell’ dinner to Prince Napoleon, at which were present the ex-King Jerome, Marshal de St. Arnaud, and a great number of officers. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrives here to-morrow, and the Emperor will take the opportunity of reviewing the army of bell ear interesting event I hope to forward you on 0 a Asa ark of his solicitude for the spiritual condition of the sailors of the fleet in the Black Sea, the Emperor has recently caused the Minister of the Marine to for- ward to Vice-Admiral Hamelin an oil painting, repre- sentirg the Virgin Mary, who is considered the special patroness of rs. Solemn mass was performed on its arrival, and the different chap'ains of the fleet attended in their robes. The Austerlitz has just joined Admiral Napier in the Paltic; so, that while the Emperor says ‘Pray to God,”? he does not the less seem to intimate by such expressive messengers the necessity of ‘ keeping your powder dry.” It is to be hoped that the accounts which flow in upon us from all parts of Germany, that Prussia has declared herself ready to give her adhesion to the propositions of Austria, in case the mission of Gen. de Lendheim to St. Petersburg should fail, may be true, and that thus the flames which are everywhere ready to burst forth ma be smothered; but there are ominous symptoms in corners of Europe. At Madrid it is with the test difficulty that out- breaks can be kept down. hundred rioters were arrested the other day; but the police were stoned, and | the military are not to be depended upon. In italy everything is ripe for a general combustion. Every post assures us that the people burn to throw off the detested yoke of Austria. AtTurin the Fence theatre was sud- denly closed a few eee since, order of the police. It appears that one of the largest boxes belongs to a musi- cal club called ‘I Febi,”” who, a few nights before, present- ed a bouquet to M’dile Albertini, with little flags inter- spersed among the flowers, (white, red and blue,) in which some of the airs which that ‘distinguished artist particularly excels were marked. This demonstration ‘was to be followed by a still larger bouquet on the night | ve alluded to, and @ quantity of white and red came- with their leaves, had been prepared in the box of “i as before, one of them bearing a lias, the Febi, the'legen¢ colors represented by political demonstration, or that some other cause excited Certain it is, that the theatre was ay up, and several members of the Febi were ar- risted. A disease, I regret to say, has manifesivd itself in the beet root, which is producing consternation ia the north of France ; and detters inform me that in Portugal the vines are much more infected than last year, aad more generally ro. Brandy is 445 per pipe, quadr On Saturday 1,300 Germans ed through Paris, en rete to Havre, for America. eir staid gait, and firm, but half sad countenances, a3 slowly the troop wound ita way through the streets of this gay capital, attracted ked attention. Emigration iv a thing generally un- utelligible toa Frenchman, who, whatever the form of government, still erfes, ‘ France, avant tout !? The prohibition of gold by the Emperor of Russia, af- fected lately a French actress in a manner exceedingly disngrecable. She had occasion to remit 60,000 francs to Paris; but, being obliged to do so in Russian paper the money value was only 45,000 francs. Lablache had the great good luck to start the day before the ukase bei out, and brought away with him a handsome sum in old. le the average price. A painful sensation, by the way, was caused in the theatrical world yesterday, by the ‘intelligence that on | the previous day a body had been taken out of tho Canal St Marting whieh was recognized to be that of the distinguished retired actor M. Lepeintre, senior, aged 71. The body bore no marks of vielence, which leads to the belief that he had committed suicide. Yesterday took place another steeple chase at La Marche, near Ville d’Avray. ‘The attendance of specta- tors, though far from being so numerousas on the last occasion, was very considerable, and there was a very large gathering of handsome equipages and of geatlemen jorseback. The Princess Mathilde present in a carriage and four, but not the Empreas. The “Con: lation Stakes"? were won by M. Delamarre’s Lady Arth ridden by Donaldson. She, was pressed hard by M. Li zardi’s Andante, ridden by Lampleugh, bat, when about to take the lead, rider and horse fell over a mud and on examination it was found that the poor animal’s neck was broken The Empress of the French has very delicate health, and though almost every day the imperial cort)ge con- veys her from the Tuileries, at three or four o'clock, for on airing, such crowed scenes as steeple chases’ are doubtless too much for perpetual repetition. She derives benefit from sea-bathing, and, every morving, water from the sea is brought up from [Neppe by railway, that she may have the benofit of it. ‘The distance would be, pro- bably, about one hundred and twenty English miles. Nothing can exceed the amiability of this Princess, and she never moves but to attract crowds of interested syec- tators. A few days since she visited au institution, and being streek by the beauty of some poor Woman's ch\id, she took it vp in her arms and kissed it. But the tm: yetial lady little knew what she was entailing upoa her- ris the following day—the de- | ith Tittle dags “Re,zlember March, 1854.” Whether the three | the camelias were considered a | ‘So true it is that one touch of nature makes eff the whole world akin. ‘The beautiful lake in the Bois de Boulogne—henceforth to be called the Park of Boulogne—was fitled on Saturday with water, the Emperor himself turning the tap which let in the waters of the Seine. Rocks have been set up, and cascades are to follow. Already is the park the Great scene of attraction. Indeed, it promises to be one by) = plead a of allt the late improvementa, to spend some time at after the Haster season The report tat ty Queen of England the ° is to honor French cabpeny in London by her presence, on the 12th of May, almost confounds the French. What with the ractising of ‘God Save the Queen” by their military ds, and an English bands and an English prince of the blood royal to review Beat , that certain wags—it bel the poisson d’ Avril of France—have issuing notices selves by ie that they were to arrive railway station on a day and hour. Thousanis of oe collected in consequence, when, after wait till their patience was exhausted, a fresh notice them that the mistake was in the railway, and that in an hour hence they were positively to arrive by another line at a specific station; and away, therefore, started the bewildered crowd, to the great amusement, of these mischievous sprites. The Figen Prince and Princess Murat occasionally make their fg tone in public. But their mode of spending the cape Heagges is peculiar. A professor of music, a few days since, was giving a lesson to the young Prince habe ig youth about 18—when he was in- terrupted by banging of doors and a sort of cry like Seep Sa) a not mind {t, said the Prince; my ‘and ber husband playing ‘cache-cache!?? Monsieur, do you play, also, at hide and seek? 4 tainly,” he re “we all three play together!’ The ex-King Jerome you soa! it was said, used to play leap-frog tyes reat eer aaee ;and why 4 e loachim, ex-King 'wo-Sicilies, a cache-cache with his bonny bride? A grand concert has just been given by the Princess Borghese, at which all the beau monde were present, ‘The American Minister, Mr. and Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. Living- principal Americans in Paris, aa- Panis, Thursday, April 13, 1854. Review in the Champs de Mars in Honor of the Duke of Cambridge—Sowvenirs of the Review Ground—The Troops—The Spectatore—Enthusiastic Reception of the Duke—Admirable Precision of the Military Evolutions— Grand Bamquet at the Treis Freres to Mr. Sanford, late American Charge @’ Affaires. ‘The annals of the Champ de Mars are full of the records of memorable events. It was there where, on the 14th of July, 1790, Louis the 16th, in the presence of five hun- dred thousand of his subjects, swore to maintain the new constitution. It was there where the great Napoleon held the famous Champ de Mai before the battle of Waterloo. It was there where, in 1830, Louis Philippe distributed their colors to the National Guards, who so signally for- sook him in 1848. It was there where, less then two years ago, Napoleon the Third held the célebrated féte des aigles, and once more uncaged the Bird of France. And it was there where yesterday took place an event which in historic interest will surely be second to none of those which have preceded it. Napoleon, the heir of the Prisoner of the Rock in the wide waste of waters, holds a review of forty thousand of the picked troops of France in honor of a Prince of the blood of the royal house of England—of that England who has ever been the most determined and the most victo- rious of all the foes of France. If on such an occasion the clouds hung heavily over the city of Paris, and seemed to moisten with silent tears her palaces and many sculptured beauties, it was obsery- ed that the sun breke forth and beamed its cheer- ing rays on the armed host, who, in all the pridevand pomp and circumstance of war, were col memorable field to do hdnor to the occasion. oe Thirty regiments of infanty, including three battalions of Chasseurs de Vincennes, were on the ground before 12 o'clock. Of the cavalry, there were the first and second carabiniers, the ninth and tenth cuirassiors, tho Faldes, the fourth regiment of light dragoons, the twelfth dra- ns, the sixth hussars, and the seventh light dragoons, f the artillery, batteries of the first regiment attached ak co army of Paris, And of engineers, a large and pow- erful corps. The infantry, divided into twenty-four battalions, were formed into far lines, om the left of the ps de Mars, entering from the Pont de Jena. Each nded t! entire, beagth of the Champ de Mars, sween e: there was a distance of about fifteen yards. The ca’ were drawn up in lines on the opposite side, and were di--— vided into four brigades, consisting of forty-five squad- rons. The artillery, consisting of seven batteries with forty-two es was rany in front of the Ecole Mili- taire, which from its ition commands,the ificent oblong of which the Champs de Mars is composed. ‘The cavalry and artillery were about 8,000 strong. Senrcely had the various troops beyan vo take up thet positions, than that which is, after all, the most splendid reature of all great occasions—the’ spectators them- selves—began to evidence itself in the thousands upon thousands which ann ee in from Paris and its suburbs to take up their places on either side the linos f this ample arena. The stands which are erected for he races ordinarily beld here, were filled with the more jtivileged classes, chiefly by ladies in all the charms of Yeantiful toilettes. Other tribunes were arranged to give further accommodation. Tables, chairs, forms, and temporary scaffolds were scattered down the lines, an were eagerly occupied. The Eeole Militaire inevery window and front end to end of its immense roof, wa: ronged, It was irtearoe od in front of this, on stands covered with crimson, that the Empress, the Princess Mathilde, the Prince Jerome, Lady Cowley, the h Ambassa- dress, and many American ladies, remarkable for thor beauty and elegant costume, occupied seats. Indeed, from this point it is dificult to describe the beauty of the general effect. On either side were collect- ed a Parisian Fopulace, by which term is meant the best dressed, the best humored, and the best behaved body of people that the world can produce. There they wel with their gay porseols, their many colored habits, ani their laughter-loving faces, presenting @ coup d’cil of in- | effable amour Poly ale conientment. And in the midst, before them, glittering in their polished arms, were those sons of war whose fame is so deservedly dear to every man, woman, and child of France. Precisely at twenty minutes past one o’clock, the Em- peren, with the Duke of Cambridge on hisright, and Lord glan and the French Marshals on his left, while a clus- ter of foreign uniforms followed immediat behind, en- tered the Champ de Mars. It was at this moment, as if | Providence designed to bless the auspicious day, that the | elouds in to break, and the slight drissling rain dis- | persed. The sun beamed forth as if with weeping eyes; it smiled on this ratification of the alliance of two na- | tions, whose former divisions had been interminable. The drums of all the fovees beat their sonorous roll; | the trumpets sounded their joyous welcome, and the as- | sembled troops presented arms. The military bands, as | the sound of eae and drums died away, filled the air, and, for the frst time in the annals of France, with the national anthem of Great Britain. Aw “God save the | Queen” came floating on their ears, the English, who | constituted a large portion of the thousands who were 1B, UNCO' their heads. The Emperor himself set ie example. The Duke of Cambridge, who was conspic- | uous by his scarlet coat, his drooping feathers, and dash- | ing military seat, again and again acknowledged the com- | pliment as vive Cambridge, vive le P | vive la reine d’ Angleterre met his ear. French and Eng- | lish indeed seemed to vie with each other, and for once | Cressy, and Agincourt, and Waterloo, and la perfide Al- | bion were torgotten. | _ The Emperor, the Duke of Cambelige, Lord Raglan and their staffs placed themselves now in front of the stands in the centre of the Champ de Mars. The infantry formed in columns by battalions. The cavalry, by an admirably executed movement, were formed into squadrons, and collected near the Ecole Militaire, behind the artillery. The artillery were also put en colonne by half batteries, After these movements, the filing off commenced. The infantry went first, the Chassours de Vincennes heading them; then came the artillery, and then the ca- valry. Each division and brigade was preceded by its reapective generals. Nothing could be more perfect than this filing off. ‘The vast masses of men moved with al- most mathematical precision, and the English Prince and | his staff could not restrain their enthusiastic approba- | tion. When this operation was concluded the cavalry | formed in masses extending the whole Jeng of the Champ de Mars, and executed bee is whic! pod sc haps the most penis movement of t! sae a | that will long be remembered in the re of English and French history. ‘A banquet has just been yenceaux—the most rechere Sanford, the late American Chi than one hundred Americans from al took part in this festivity, which was presided over by ven at the Trois Frirea, Pro- restaurant in Paris—to Mr. WaAffaires, More Mr. McRae, the Consul of the United States. Mr. Mason and his secretary were present as invited guests, snd members from all the diplomatic corps, and officers of the French army and navy now in Paris assisted. M. Drouym de I)Huys was present. Indeed, the popularity of Mr. Sanford has been so great that’ his departure is looked. | upon with universal regret by all who have ever had any | nasociations with him. It is to be hoped that Mr. Mason will not deem it unbe- coming his position to imitate Mr. Sanford in many of | those particulars which no gentleman fulfilling a situa- tion like his can afford to dispense with. A t coun- | try like America has a right to look its dignity in the face_ | of Europe, and ita representative should not be a man of | vulgar habita, and ignorant of those niger shades of eti- | quette which often supply the place of real amiability. | Perhaps a food dinner like that given to Mr. Sanford may | prove a valuable hint. | We have no news that can be relied on from the seat | of war. The position of Austria and Prassia continues to excite great anxiety, and exact intelligence from the Danube is anxiously looked for. There is something daric | and troublous im the foreign political horison, and alt | parties complain that the Turks seem to be left a little (oo long without help. A ra of light is alone observed in the region of the Baltic, where Sir C. Napier is exhibit- | ing every token of vigorous action. Important news duily expected. Tt is felt on all hands that the only w to insure the co-operation of the German Powors, fs to show them that. Russia can be chastised without them. The British Army In the Tarkish War. ‘We can now state confidently that Lord Raglan will take bis departure, to assume his high command, on Tuesday,111h inst., accompanied by his Roval Highness the Duke of Cambriige, one of the generals of divis: The other commanders of division, Generals Browne, England, De Lacy Fvons, and Lord Lucan, having already proceeded | to their destination, The brigadiers are with their re- | apective regiments. Admiral Boxer, who is appolalod j the chief naval officer for the saperintenience of trana- porte, stores, provisions, ko., will accompany Lord Naglan, and will hoist his flag at Constantinople, where his howd ¢ | |