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6 EUROPE. The Framers of the Spanish Constitution. Russian Students and the University. Tho Mania for Speculation in Austria. uur budget of European correspondence pub- lished in this morning's Herat is of a very inter- esting character, SPAIN. A New Constitution Wanted—A Committee Appointed to Supply the Necessity-The Men wito Compose the CommittceWhat is £xpected trom Their Labors. Manat, March 9, 1809, * Phe majority are giving good proofs of thetr desire to hasten the work of preparing a constitution. ‘They are pushing matters forward with great zeal, aud it 13 to be hoped that we shall soon see some of the results of their labors, A few nighis ago uajority, which is formed of most incongraous ma- terial, 1rom conservatism vergtng on absolutism to liberalism of an advanced school, approaching re- publicanism, met in the hall of the Senate to discuss abe of legisiative operations. There was a very full attendance, and party lines were shown with a distinctness that gave no pleasure to the govern- ment. i Sefior Rivero, as President of the Cortes, the leader of what is called the democratic party and tae bolder of the balance of power on the government side, figured, very naturally, as the leading man ia the conference, His proposition that the commit tees having charge of the tinanctal bill and those re- lating to the internal government of the country should be voted for oy the entire Cortes, and not in the sections, as has been done hitherto in Pp yous conventions, was adopted. Then he propesed that a committee be elected by the Cortes to consider the point relative to the monarchi- pted for the constitution, and the enunciation of medividual rights, After a very long debate, which lasted weil iato the morning hours, the proposition to de pare the basis of the constitution was edopted and selected to form the committee, rge of the financial the various rty-tive, were desig- basis, of the ument, and on Keguia- sted by the complete control of Seven d to prepare nated as const seven W tions, Cortes, re tl 1 gover of the best forms of con- cated that of 1856, Which Was consid- hose days, with ‘some adartions ex- of individual rights; "but his sugg 4s not Weil recetyed. and it Was deier:nmed to hands of the comuuttee of renort re; larly to the Cortes. ing out the resolutions of the ted empers to dratt » Luvough Seaor iiz, just adunit- g taken to an stitution, adv diteen, wich Yesterday in caucus the Cortes the constitut Garrido, one of the ¢ ted to his seat, ob, prepare a constiution until the delegates from the Anuilies, Which nad deep interest in the future char- acter of the government, had arrived, His reque: was not taken Into consideration by the Cortes, a a Vote on the prop 00 Of the majority was pro- resulting in the election of ifteen per sons, headed by the great sainstiano Olozaga, by 181 Votes—tne republicans casting fiity-tive blanks, ‘The committee elected by the Cortes to draft a con- stitution are not of a cha 0 give much promise » individual or col Olozaga, the mar- tous, craity, selfish, ‘gh coimes tie lective, to the people, piot of the revolution, reactionary member, bi Aguirre, da antique of iod; Rios Rosas, an elegant orator, nding forever on the conswtered Hberai half a century rrera, €X-nou received Manister to Morel y Prendegast, Mortos, and 1 kaow not what all. If hberty or advan t of any kind ad have not » sizgi aud wh commute resentative the monaren, is decidedly Spain ‘a re Go becier Mortos and men of tat st than tae people expect; ui it is quite as Well to Wait aud see tue r Sesor Pe ex-Ampassador to Rome, r aumittee of ity on the ta bie Pepul od threw hin enough, if it ch 1, wo defeat the who have ni tere has teed will at ouce set # have the constuta- very soon, though exerel i fe wonareht ato very | form Of ov upon & pe 1a tie eat. Wi mn and t iin powe 1 the form of govern- ‘of the iis of rt es. Months and perhaps years in making out tue detatis of a new when te governmen: is tir can very well #0 on. ‘That eject now. it may be ail cis t to-day that is the arut. constitudon, but seated that dsc RUSSIA. soontent Among the Sti- Canse—Celebration of the Vit- Emperor’s Messase The a tioth Anniversury—The on the Occasion=-A Hingly Giit—Liberaiity of the Czar. University-<B ~The PRTERSBURG, March 7, 1869, ary 29, was a day which will be Saturd: mAbeEre long rem m the annals of our University. It was the fifiveth anniversary of it ‘oandation, and was of course to be suicmnized by 1 graud Jubilee, for which preparations had ing on for some time past. Not this festive vce however, ac- counted for the extraordinary ¢ ment with Which the greater part of our young ud old people looked forward to the day, Anxious rumors were afloat. The course of university life had not r smootily lately. Boyish discontent against some o} the professors aod certain rules and prohibitions considered obuoxioud had been smouldering for some time’ and very nearly come to an ontburst tt Degember last Lecturers had been met with aggressive silence, small meet ings held—iu itself a serious 1afringement, although in private rooms and without apy Gegree of order or organmation (formal public meetings can be heid but by special permission and under survetttance), Lastly it had been agreed to demand certain rights and liverties to Wluch government has been hostile ever since students’ ball rivtous demonstrations on behalf of these identical mygits and liberties in 1861, avd a day had even been fixed fora preliminary atiack on the rector in the lecture room, Luckily the present rector is a very worthy man and a favor- ite of the young people. He kuew that mischief was brewing, and without waiting wo be addressed he addressed the students of lis own accord, and by friendly advice and remonstrance prevaiied on them to keep qniet, at least for some time, until farther provocation a the hottest beads among them, Though the aair and What might ye: come of i was, with kind intent, kept as hushed as possible, and even the press, aa > eye forvore w mention it, in order noe to Jend it fleitious impor. tance aud W atiract more notice on it than could possibiy be avuideu, by making an elephant of a fy, O58 KUASON Saying is, Feb it could not bat kuowa aud much discussed in private aud famliy NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MAKUH 28, 1869.-QUADRUPLE SHEET. nd real consternation spread among all the inte eens wellkwtsners of youth and progress she pro! Prospect oj uew sovlish a new Tepressive measures—ia short, of a repetition of the ill-j doings on one side and of the ex- cessive ites on the other Which have made the Year 1861 one of tho saddest in the memory bota of the sufferers and the lockers-on, It was ru- mored—with how much trata I do not pretend to aflirm—ihat the Emperor was much ane gered cod had been heard to say that “the boys liad better beware; that he would not bear with their fooiery, and if necessary woud not hest- lute to slut up the University for a time.” Theee Were not nuspieious circumstances for a jubilee, aud the more ominous rose the day that it was reared the Jvung poople would take the opportunity as favor. able to some solemn declaration ot their feelmgs and | grievances, it was with a heavy heart, then, that all our best }» lormeriy students of the Petersburg Untyer- statesmen, Literary and professioual ssemoied tv hear the reports, cougratula- 3 and commemorative motions with ¢ solemnity is marked, to end with a grand ud toasts, Profound silence was in the hail when the Minister of Puvilc Instruction, Count ‘Tolstoy, arose and read a message of the Emperor, wo proved imuch longer, hinder and more ap proving than had been auticlpated. “Ll have always watched its (the University’s) progress with sincere sympathy,” says Alexander among others, “and haying myseif mm youth enjoyed the guidance of some of 1t8 professors 1 have in subsequent years chosen some of its mew- vers as teachers to my children, On this solemn an- niversary it affords me pleasure to remember the mierits OF many Of its former aud present members, and to express my grateiuiness and benevoient icellugs towards the St. Petersburg University.” ‘Phe imperial message was received witu joud and Joyous applause; but when, alter its termination, Count Tolstoy Went on to state ints Majesty, Ln commemoration of this happy retura of a most !, Was pleased to listitute a yearly fund Of 3,000 rubies, silver, to be divided into one hunared yearly rates of 800 rubles, silver, each, for nee of a8 many young men, whose wid not enable then to en doy a university education, and turtuer to assign a sum Of 2),000 rabies tor immediate distribution to the idost needy among the present students, there was & tremendous burst of grateful surprise, such a Pp cl uproar of boisterous euthusiesin among the young people that the very Walls were shaken with the sound, until the general unspeakable rapture found Yeat in a spontaneous chorus of “God save the Czar 1" Jsever, perhaps, was our national ); sung with rentratwor deeper emotion—nor a voice ab- ‘mod. from joining in the svrain; not an eye, pro- bably, Was dry. Discontent, rrotous thoughts, sul- len aggressiveness, alt went to—never mind where, “The victory of supreme authority over (be clory spirits was compiete,” to use tae words ich a friend of mine—a gentieman of great dis- tinction—recapitulated tne effect, when he ‘called ea me the same evening, fresh from the solemutty. Minor favors and recompenses were iso distributed 80 judiciously as to exeite general peeasure and approbation, and the conciuding fes- Livittes (750 sat down to dinner) ended more happtly and gayly than dad been hoped in the morning. Pri- Vate benevole’ also, wus not at fault. Count Naryshx uted seven yearly stipends of 200 rubles exch, which, by special desire of tue Emperor, wi bear lis name. Tt is lles3 fo comment upon this kind and gen- tlemanly act of the Emperor ales r, but tt once more coudrms the reiaark that Whatever he does of himself, without being instigated or nindered by wien WikOenjoy more tian their due of nis regard &ud coniideuce, bears the mark of genuine generous aud unmistakably Kberal feeiings. ‘The only lasting siain on kis Rame will be mis not having pardoned Kacazozon; but even that, more mistake than cru- elty, Will aot by haf be latd at his deor by those who. know how severe Was the struggie with ls own heart, which prompted him to merey; how fuily de- cided he was to grant the poor deluded wretch his ile, and low he was only dissuaded from it by the imsistance of his spiritual father, Bajanor, who re- presented such an act of mercy us a peraictous en- couragemeut to crime and an untimely display of uuwholesome softheartedness, The Sceiety of the Skoptsii and Its Intentions. ‘The following extraordinary statement appeared in a recent number of the Moscow Gazette:— There is great excitement in the government of Tambow consequent on the foliowing disclosures:— it appears Muat one of the principal merchauts of Morschansk and @ leader of the sect of the Skoptsii, M. Plowisyne, has been arrested and jus preuisgs searched by tue police. Nine mutilated women wete discovered in the house, and im the cellars were cou- cealed heaps of goid and siiver aud buudles of bank notes, Muouating Wo the enormous sum of Lweive milions, besides thls treasure portraits were seed of Selinvanow, of Schilow, of Peter Lil. and of Anae Safonow, Wuou the Skopisti regard as tae mother of God, Toe money forms the capital of the sect, at jeast for a part of Russia if not for the whole em- pire, and is destimed to found a new kingdom, re- Piecing the accual government of Russia aad form. lng the Commencement of a new era, Among the papers of AM, Plotuisyae has been found his correspondence With the skoptsil, o: Sioeria and St, Petersburg, a militonnaire Oi tae Lacter pi seriously conipromiscd. ‘The Skoptsii of Morscbauss lisd reiutious With a Poiisi revolutionary party, head on Hamed Orjekowski, residing a! Coas' y aimed ab Organizing a gising of these i by coustauuly beinging forward the name of Peter iL, Whose persoa 1 raditionally sg nong them. In ad of this oject nine ei furnished with considerable Taunds have 0 nt tv the governmenis of Moscow, Yambow, Koursk, Sunbirsk and Voronege, sors clansk, Where the dweiluny of Ai. Piougyue forms of ts the Jerusalem, aad Ue Village of Of ile Skopisu, ior Were Lue persons are bora, . On New Year's at lati-past eleven P, vant of M. Plolitsyne came to the house of a Captian With the sumo! auied by a neve from M. Plo- wi to set ab liberty until morning Ud Who liad Ueen diready arce: i baving hiddea tn d the poice master having drawa circumsiauces, received tac money which he at o: urtied to the Mayor of Lue town, M. Plosiisyne bas § for ais deeace the Praace Ouroussow, of tae Moscow var. AUSTRIA. iund a curtau up a re) The Railroad Mania—All Classes of People Attecied by It—Tie Rage ior Speculation-- Increase ef importationsHow Kailway Speculations Agect the Lotteries. Vianna, February 23, 1899, Alone in Europe the bourses of Vienna and Pesth are at the present moment the seats of a railroad, banking aad general joml stock company wania which is equal in rabies to anytiing which nas oc- curred in Great Britain, the United States and France since tre construction of railrowls cou- menced, and that is saying @ great deal. ‘fo-day 1 will coufine myself to the larger of the two bourses mentioned above, tat of Vienna, and merely say that tuat of Pesth faithiully reprodaces tae main features of the Clsletthan capitol, Speak to a Vienese on politics and, ten to one, you will find him the veriest pessimist you can conceive, but broach the subject of mone- tary investments, and ho is the Wildest of optimists, very body is investing and speculating; the door- keepers of the private houses and the walters in the cafes have long furnished @ well known contingent to the queues which form tn frout of a banking house wheu saut house ts receiving applications for shares in ® bascent company; but now we hear of the factory operauves rushing into the vortex and bringing home in trramph a bank share. or rather, the serip Of @ shure in @ bank not yet actually founded, Of the speculation m scrip more anon. Let us first take the quovations of shares in the most solid of Austrian cnierprises and compare the prices of a few of them with what they were oniy twoyears and one year ago. The quotations for 1867 and 1863 are taleen from Menop’s Stock Exchange Calendar:— Feb. 28, Feb. 29, Feb. 2, ise?. 1403. 186, Northern R a 2,327 southern » stale Ratiroad. $20 Shares of the Austrian Credit COMPAUYs...+ 06se4008 0218s agg Shares of the Angio-Austrian The premium on silver at thé three avove dais respectively Was 25%, 14% and 20%. ‘The above five quotations are given as specimen bricks, but the rise in the shares o tae two nancial and banking companies (ast numed better representa the present Compiexion of the bourse than do the quotations of the railroads, which do not seem to ofier so any temptations as the monetary institu- tions do to the giddy specalating crowd. But the most inflated of al! departments of speen- lation ig not the share, but the scrip de; New ernissions take place every fortmgnt, and th scrip 80 thrown on the market immediately mands a hign premium. The fact that aii the scrip ts eagerly caught up and negotiated at se premium of course simulates adventurous indi viduals to devote themselves to the business of get- ting Up companies, so that they may net tne pronts Which follow on the first issue of the stock. The weekly returns of the National Bank of Austria show statiouary or receding figures in the item of lept on bills of exchange, but tantly increasiag amount of money put out by the company on loans in public and private stocks. It stands to reason that the phenomena above de- Seribed couid only take place in an easy money mar- ket. Money 18, deed, plentiful, and to be had at reiatively cheap rates of interest. The Austrian and Hungarian specniavor, with his inconvertibie State and bank notes in his portiolio, no drain of bullion, 00 Lge of England screw, and never needs to look with a lon towards the deciiue of the bank's “reserve of notes.” Anotner legitimate deduction from these nes ‘Would be that in this speculative era the éfective consuning power of the people has increased wud is increasing. ‘The mport returns for 1 68 have just been published (the export ditto bave not yet ap- peared), and if we take the two articics of codes eid teaaninantaiioenes se liar ss eal and tea we shall dad clue to the condition of the dass of the population, Igor, 1868, Import of cofee 4ha.380 danas Anport of tea. ‘R075 24 +. 2 aud tea winister to the animal pat of our nature; but if we take the article of Dooks they bear similar evidence to the Increased demand for foreign productions:— 18a,” 1807, 1868, Cit, Cut. Cul, Import of books........ 20,486 26,900 28,700 The moraltst always shrags up his sho.dlders at spaquenre periods such as that which is now rife in this empire, He prays for a crash, and ig either the couscious or unconscious friend of a bank ‘screw’? pie ape egy oe. But for meecanscln on I Will add that just im proportion as the love investing im joint stock compames has increased has the love of buying lottery tickets diminished. Now, [contend that it 13 better to gamble tn bank and railway shares than to gamble in eee. Another result of. the speculative mania is a it and sudden increase of im which 18 not cout terbaianced by the exports. lence, a8 a farther consequence, and in the teeth of the ever mereasing contidence, a slow bnt steady increase mn the pre- miun on silver, Which bas gradualiy risen since last August, When It was eleven and a half per cent, to twenty-one, its — gure, The increase of con- fidence, a moral factor, tends to lower the premium, but the inerease of imports, consequent — an augaiented demand for labor-and conmodities and a lower tari, is @ material factor, waich overbal- ances the moral factor above mentioned, Of course the upwara movemeut of shares and serip will go on, m obedience io its own momentum, unt it meets with a sudden check; and, as Provi- dence takes care that trees do not grow into the sky, that sudden check will come ere—ere blag mpimtiinay to be safe, let us say before the Suez Canal is opens to the public; but as a sudden coilapse of inated values on the Vienna and Pesth siock exchanges Will not be accompanied here by auy currency panic, with its widespread disasters, the gulty or the fooltsh—in other words, the particy in this whirl of speculation—will alone sutier, and the apa dent, steady going person, who holds himself or herself aloof from i will escape unscathed, the west of Europe, especially in England, a cur- Tency pantie always supervenes, and that sirikes right and ieit, confounding the mnocent with the guilty. Tn Austria and Wungary, 8s in tae United states, the customs duties are payable in coin, but a3 coin 4s not in general circulation the importer 13 obliged to lose his time im purchasing it from exchange brokers. In the open country, where exchange brokers are not at paar the be pi often is obi to let his goods lie for days ar the Custom House be- cause he cannot procure the coin necessary to pay the duties. The mercantile community of Prague, hav- tug felt the evils of the present system, are pestirring themseives with a view to obtain such an aiteration of the Jaw as will atlow them to pay the equivaient of the coin duties mm the legal tender paper money of the empire, They say that the government may gain by the change, as the importer will always be wiliing to pay one per cent in excess of the day’s premium on silver in exchange for the privilege of discharging his jtability in the current legal tender of the reala, A iuunt, this, io General Butier and his friends. The Policy of the Emperor’s Visit to Crontia. The visit of the Emperor of Austria to Croatia has, according to the Independance, 4 special political importance. He goes as constitutional King to pre- sent himseif to a 7 profoundly attacted to his dynasty, but who have only within a short time been in the enjoyment of their political rights. The presence of the King of Hungary and of the king. doms of Croatia, Sclavonia and Dalmatia wil seal tue renewal of the pact recently concluded between the crown oi St, Stephen and the annexed countries, ‘The only black point that may disturb the horizon of the imperial /éces 13 the Dalmatian question. Never- theless the Emperor will, in succession, vusit all the ports of thaé country, as well as ‘Trieste. FRANCE. iow the Gevernment Encourages Art—What Have Been the ResultsMusical Gossip of the Frezch Capital. Paris, March 12, 1869, A writer on the city budget, Jules Narvac, calis the attention of the country to the cost of the new opera house—32,000,000f, An equal sum will be spent before the decorations are completed, to which we must add the subvention given by the State. He has calculated that the interest of the sum total would bring m a yearly revenue of 128,000f., or £600 English sterling per day, enough to give a meal to 50,000 starving fellow creatures, and, he asks, what has the opera done for French music? Its great com- posers have beea Rossini, an Italian; Verdi, another }tahan; Meyerbeer, a German; Felicten David, though a Frenchman, was not a pupil of the Cénservatoire. Gounod and Auber remain the sole resait of these millions, If I leave these considerations and con- Unue on in the same strain I shall find that the caucun is the only ue and national production of French dramatic-art; for I may ag well say as to "$ that Mario is an Italian, Tamberlik a Ger- Nme. V, Garcia Bargho and Patti are not Mdile. Nilsson is a Swede; but this 1s @ hasiy conclusion, There is much Freach ope- ratic taleat. ‘here are Faure, Mme. Gueymard, Mime. Carvatho, Mme, Krauss aad Jesser stara. What is truly defective is tie Preach Conservatoire. ‘Tals instituuion aad the Academie de France, with the torty immortals in arm chairs, are ta want of a lite siroeco fanned over their unsuspecting geniuses, VYhis musical gossip reumiuds me tw iform your readers that iossini’s “solema Mass” was executed for the frag time at the Itaiiens last Sunday week, to celebrate the seventy-ninth caniversary of Rossiu’s birta, Svery place dad been taxen ai least tea day in advance, aud notuig can exceed the spiendid, aspect of the house, Co.ntesse de Pepoli (Albon!) reappeared before the public on this eceasion, and created the saueenthusl- asin a8 10 1347. On listening to her with closed eyes her voice is exactly that of a full, rich tenor, Ler Agnus Dei, produced the greatest etfect. Mime, Krauss was no less aimired thaa Aiboni, whose metiod is such that sue fas tn these latter days beea calied the “Professor of aul professsors.” At ts say- jag much for Mme. Krauss, therefore, whea it is averred that she was not inferior to Aivoni, though her voice is not irreproachable; bat tis arust has @ soul—her singing is called tuspired, aad in sacred music this is the unbougnt jewel. ‘The stage was arrayed as foliows:—un the front plan and in the centre, attired in rich black, sat the two lady artists, with Nicolini and Agnesi; behind tnem the orchestra, and in the backround the choristers. ‘The boxes were one glitter of diamonds, every celebrity of tue demmmonde even attend! jin due respect most correct attiude, The Resurrextt and the Sanctus are two spiendia songs of overwhelming joy; but the Cum Sanco aad OSaluiaris are in the light Kossinian style; tae Gratiag 18 @ Chant of gratitude, rising into gushing outpouring, bat the Kyrie, Agnus vet and Christe are Considered best of all. So far as personai criticism is concerned, I scarcely tunk an lauan opera house tae proper place for such a celebration. An oratorio or large music would have been more suLable. ‘Therelore it is that general l appreciated the perforimauce of te last reagarsal more than the festuve execution of this great work. it did truly take piace at the italian opera; but the house hi been darkened, the few ligits that flickered about only showed up the outlines of tae figures on the stage, the boxes were oe ® few iriends and critics or intimate associates having only been in- Vited, Cathedral suade couid be faucied, quiet cata- combs a Church Vauits, @ud meaawihiie Lhe giorious harmony pervaded every corner, Array of litat from heaven forced im its way irom a loophole in the upper part of the building and fell directly on the singers. They were thus strangely tinted. A mar- bie bust oO; Kosaini, crowned with a wreath of goiden laurel, stood oat in reliel quite behlad, With noth ing but what I have described for a scene, reverie swie on the enchanted listener, and when tie last piece Was over it was like golug forth in anutier world, All present wore traces of cmotiou on their faces, ‘Tae other great sensation of the week ts the first performance of Gounod’s “Fast,” with Mle, Nilsson as Mal ‘et, Faure as Meplustopheles aod Coin as Faust. Of the spiendid decorations I have aiready Spoken, and to do Justice w tue opera a study should be made on éach part alter oue or two hearings. Iam of opiaion that at the Theatre Lyrique, where it was first brought out, before Gounod revised the work and fitted it for the opera, it produced a more pleasing eifect than in the Rue le Peiletier; not so sumptuous 4 dispiay, not so famed an array of tulent, but more of the real Goethe, more of the ideal in abstraction, Mile. Nilsson is thought more periect in the last two acts than Mine. Carvalho, but mfertor to tins artist In the two first, The scene of the garden, a% interpreted by Mime. Carvalho, was @ cresceado of innocence that koew no harm, suspected no evil until it imatly burst away, leaving an tmpassioned sou tn its place in an ecstacy of first love; whereas the same scene, by Aule, Nilsson, shows a gitl, any girl, ready to love \! wooed and courted, Whea, however, the satanic Dower 1s over, and she is @ castaway, all the fury aud sortow of remorse acted by the Swedish diva are in- fowparable. ‘The alist is one of those successes one widom prepared for, @ totaily unexpected treat, With Mile, Fiorett and the laatlo beauty Mile, Moat. @udry, both us diabolic ag Mepuisto a tmadif, FORE'GN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Tie report that the Prince of Wales intends to keep @ stud of racers is contradicted. ‘The general Post Oulee ab Bombay, East Indies, was totally destroyed by fire on tie 20 inst, ‘The Court Journal, of London, mentions that yy ‘Tennyson has again refused an offer of @ peor A woman of Jammape Tested on a charge of having cnmtve te dawn of Oot fond daughter's children by turusting pins into Me A new giganto financial enterprise 18 being or ganizen in Paris under the title of the Bank of Paris. 1 18 to bs hoped thatmore care will bo ovserved in the mani expose ‘The Société d’Hmulation at Roven, Frat founded prize for the beat historical weties on the o r de la Salle, Who discovered tho mouths nie the diseisaippt wud and Ww Louis XIV, Uovernoe of tas Bors of ieee hs jaion of the funds than is sii tue Credit Mobili ‘ Hignores PARIS FASHIONS. The halls given all over Paris to celebrate Mid- Lent on Thursday last were, with the exception of the reception at the Austrian Embassy, of a secoad~ ary description. It was everywhere @ repetition of what had been seen at the opening of Carnival. High life has been so satiated by masks at the four bails given unto it by M. Arséne Houssuye that it Was thought nothing could divert in the same order of ideas, The truth is folly and excess are worn out, 80 that joilities have been ieft to the populace this year, and they have not been behind in apeing their betiers, “Paris démoli” walked about in a costume half new and half in rags. “Pride” was buteher, with a large sun on his bosom, and round it was written rof soleil, a hit at tuis Louis XIV. simile period. The famous wines of Europe were represented by laundresses in mus- lin, trimmed with vine leaves, each haying @ ticket round her throat with the name of the wine on it and a bottle in hand; then there were swarthy fat pork butchers, dressed as the professional déve, with bibs and leading strings. Nothing could be more repulsive than this motley set in painted gaudy cars and carts as they drove down the Boulevards, It was hideous when the sun shone on them—a disgraceful exhibition; but people stood tm thick crowds, open mouthed, with a broad grin on thelr faces; and the more mdecent tie aiti- tude assumed to raise a laugh the more bold the woman who, half undressed, would spit down on them, the more they applauded. Ribald jests, drunken coachnien, shivering children, dressed up in tarlatan anil thin silk, and trates pco- ple in holiday clothes, were the other fea- tures of the day. Disappointed, indeed, must be the American and British tourist who put themseives to an inconvenience to be in Parison a carnival day. Noteven can the dat masqué at the opera make up for the dissatisfaction. True, when at midurght one of either does come on the scene of cancan the magic sounds of Strauss’ band must oe suggestive to the most uninitiated thigh and heel; the thousand lights, the dizzy whirl, the strange at- mosphere, that Parisian volubility from a casca- dette’s lips, the soft arm thrown round his neck to draw hint to the buffet, the familar box on his ear from a second while he is being thus led along, the secret confided to his whiskers from a third do naturally cause him to experience novel sensations, ‘and he cannot be blamed, only he does not remain captivated, Tiere is no mystery. All the satisinc- tions available are too easy of attainment. It 1s riot, debauchery, madness, and, afier saort reflec- ton, the visitor conciudes it Was no pleasure at ail. it 13, copsequenily, a gratification when carnival 1s over and our Paris society cools down to the dis- use of everyday life, to shot silks, to paniers, to Fried-tounced, -puifed aud. pleated costumes,” It be ill taste, but I was delighted on paying an aiterooon visit to a very plous lady (during Lent) to find she had dressed her marble Venus aud cupid mn frilied cambric, “Anything covered up rests the eye, she observed, and she had no sooner suid tais than one lady situng aside, remarked ina low voice to another, “now, a really devout woman would never have had such an idea.” ‘Tuere is no saying What very religious ladies may do; at present they are all going about on angels’ visits collecting for tae poor, ‘This is how the taing is carried oa. ‘They generally set out by twos, and two3 in a coupe belouging to one or other of them. Their tones are claret or prune, or cigar shade, made saort aud foanced. The underskirt 15 always of silk; tae overskirt looped over it is of cioth, casamere, veivet or piush. ‘Tne peiermes are friiied and bordered wita the material preferred to match the suit, the bonnet is a diadem of fluted vel- vet of the shade of the toilet, with a spicudid bow or bird of some bright sade, and ends or tails sticking up; the voliette is of tulle, tied over the ciignoa and falls in square ends behind, It 1s neither hemmed nor edged, it is cut from the piece and tied over welace. Plain white tulle is being preferred. ‘The coachman’s livery on these occa- sions is black. Tne usuai method adopted 1s to rise early w call one for the other, and whie rattling over the bridge from the Faubourg Saimt Germame to the opposite side of tae Seine 0 consult notes as follows:—Vicomte Adrien goes to breakiast at Mai- son Doree at tweive, he can be one of the last; Comte ernest de P—— was at the opera last evening, wil not be up before eleven; n de F— ls shaved every day by a barber, and his valet told my lady’s maid he lovxs awfully bristly and sees no one before haif-pas tea; Comte de L * * * we can cali on him lirst; he takes ais coffee at the, corner of his street ov his way to Lue Heole de Médecine; Chevalier P, 1 have pat dowa for the Babies’ Nursery insti- tute, teu iouis; my dear, we must be very cloquent about tuese vavies Just now; my confessor says tas is the Gane Ou account of the fuss about the nurse who took teu in to feed and killed them. ‘Then there 1s the “ald mau’s friend,” Prince D—-, gave me tweaty louis iust year, and Ido believe It was to get me oif very fast, for, my Gear, there Was @ chignon on a side tavie, a crinoline on # cuair, and — you know he is @ bacheiuvr, My love, scratch tuat dou ** *out, te vas hls mother stopping with him from their evécean, ‘This is but a sketch Of the pious enterprise of ladies Who are at the head of every chariiabie 1oundation of tuelr parish. Znere ts emalation also bevweea tieia whieh is Kept up by tiie clergy, ana any of your male readers cau fancy What @ maa feeis when scarcely roused trom sieep and suci peacetul, pbilanthropic messengers are let ito his drawing roow and lis servaat brings in their cards. A man lixes to ioe nice of @ moraiag and does not like to keep ladies waiting. ‘Tnere 19 considerable hesita- tion, however, besween a jacket very tight to one's maaly muscie and @ flowing morning robe; thea tne becktie or collar, whica rye A Lag Cerone or suppers; cigar, or paper in hand. it 13 very awiward. “fae worst, however, 18 the touching pleading of these early visitors. There they st: in dister of Charity meexness, resting their small feet in high-neeied kid boots, O2e crossed over tie other, tueir wands gioved to periectioa are oa their rch mulls. {here 1s notuiag but aristocratic superiority in their manuers, stil they are awiuily accesibe and vome eves lave Lis season consented to luke us many kisses as louis Wor, ‘foe bionde 18 sure to be volumes of speaking silence, the branetto to bo a tolio of Bossuet. maa cannot be mean in such Circumstances; he has to be capitaily executed Like @ maa, aud the conse- quence 1s that his name 13 elther kept on the list ior invitation waen ftes wre given or allowed to drop according to ius generosity on these occasions. Let Do one sup tual the Parisian belle lies ta bed of # morning, It is bewween seven o’clock and twelve that the real ile of the most eiegant Parisian is car- ried on. When truly retgious the heiress of her facher’s presuge goes to mass Lefure breakfast every Gay, after Whica she Visits her poor. If met by any of wer friouds no aioe (wan hardeit & bow ia exchany out we never; cloth morning walking ra means incojniio, 1 will follow her. Bue is goiug Howe aiter her rounds, and stops beture @ substantial dwelimg House between @ spacious court yard ia front and garden beluud, itis the elegant suelter Of an, elegant existence, one for above @ liga ground floor, staoilog and coach rigut and jeft, On the first step of the wide stair- which is covered with purpic velvet pile, a ey are in i robe, froat, wich shows an underskirt of plain en, truaued wit iruis of Valenciennes; the robe ig quilted and Boed With White satin or silk faille; its jooge trom the neck beiind; bat of whatever cub and material the second breaktasi, Which her husvand always at- never taken in the dining rouin more Saone y cals are received tn tne grand ‘Salon. it than kand of winter garden or hothouse, faStished ‘bamabous ‘nO servants are present, two called or duwb waiters are provided with everything at arm’s length, ‘and we papers caa be discussed a8 well us private correspondence Without itsteuers, Alter breakfast the marquise goes to the library, which is ry , Here se writes her leters, setties her booKeases are made of dark rose- game. ‘There are lowers in every large mirrors, in aad creeping t unging from suspended baskels; none greece oXotics Which iast a Whole season cultivated rath & feather broom, ving no periume and are simply decorative, When the bas writ read and em- broliered @ little, to gone ag ng yes smoking baby with his iather's grey: Foods, Were Biri ta just to ony that Preach motiers z a rien nursery rules are acch- jife, botn nurses and Bassery and their rule ts tyrannl is over the marquise dresses oon, AS she intends to jor visitors, she puts on @ faille; pale gold (the newest style), It is Wwitich is ounced; a panier it tassels and trimmed round wil malives lace irom the neck in ati down; higt-heeled shoes to malines rosetic. Sie has had two Wo her chiguon behind; she has gad certaiuly Blt painted. alrealy, as formeriy, me ib Iv ts no'longer thought conceit to ¥doue a8 talse hair is dis- od, All WomeN Lave not the courage to resist say, the uchesse de Tali,“ am the honor Of this house aud should be grieved here vo play tne baat) The’ mmorguiog Dae ainted sotentificatly; her are nether Gast, wor ber hips oe rea nor hooks Visi our in, Gounod’s “Feast? is ettowad,: oss ase” eulogized, | : a ih 3 ; i i # . in i H ? mouatachios My ioyred ee cut them off; the Empress’ last coord age romances tried, While the marquise has a word to say to every one, from the grave to the frivolous fits per iny mamma aes ot ness, criticism” and appreciation are “alway reserved: under all sorts. of forms vf speech, oltencr expressed the last vi has wheeled Her bedroom aad dressing room are lighted, The former is hung with Pompadoar brocade, as Is 2180 the latter, ‘The t Tantohes the tapestry. ‘The clock aud iy Jabras are of old Sevres china, it 1s not a wadded temple Itke that of @ queen of the demi-monde, nor x cord, chaste bara, e . It is a comfortae bedroom, with a piano in one corner, On Which old masters pee plage at bit: ‘of ditfere vate enjoyment. The chairs are shapes, the and easy seats placed about without a view to: » DUE With & View LO CUln- ornament, fort. A virgin of the old Lialian school hangs over & canvas-worked prje-diew, somewhat Wworu out by tue marquise’s mot "3 Knees, and by baby, who will stand on it to say his prayers ‘There are family Portraits in miniature rigit and left of the pier giass against the wall, belore which all the ancesiurs have dressed for presentation at court. Nothing in this room seems new.’ Every object is au autientic souvenw excepting the dinner robe spread out on the bed, which is hung tike the rest of the chamber, The tarquise ts blonde; she is powdered with iris, and not enough to make her tresses wiite, but hazy. A diadem of variegated tulips bend their exible stems above her foreliead; & train of yellow satin under @ white satm’ Alen: panier adds cou- siderabie height to ner stature. ‘The panier is tooped with tuips; the yellow satin shoes have iace rosettes on the instep, A Florentine necklace of enaine) medallions encixcles the throat. The earrings are medaliions suspended on chats to matci. The fan is of white iace mounted on perforated mother of pearl Tue opera civak is white lace over yellow satin Lning, with very wide, open magician sleeves and wiute lace hood. It is trummed all round with swans’ down, ‘This is ag near as ible the faithfal account of the tastes shared and type of the existence of women of haut ion, Pos haut ton 18 exclusively royailst; the tunperial fon is very different and shall be de- seribed later, I have no novelties of much note to record this mau, We suall have a conference at Fashion s vesidence next week, whea the spring Tasiiens are to be disclosed to her private mints- ters, one of whom | am proud to be. J am prepared 10r new shades, some of which [ have hav glimpses of; tae Queea of Navacre ruil! —; but lt ts a piate secret Wil next mail, YACHTING IN ENGLAND. Mr. Ashbury’s Positioa—Thames Measure ment ia the English Clubs—1ts Uniairness Keeosnized—Objections to Changing the Rule—Zac Cambria. Lonpon, March 13, 1869, The unfortunate postiion in which Mr, Ashbury, the owner of the British yacht Cambria, has been placed since his frst galiant challenge to American yachtmen, through the want of untformity in mea- suring yachts for tonnage and the singular discre- pancy between the venerable Thames measurement and all other systems, is creating quite an excite- ment among the vartous clubs, on this side of tho Atiantic. It is felt, and not without rea- son, that Mr. Ashbury, through his allegiance tothe Enghsh rules, has been placed in the false position of having appeared to back out of am ocean race for which he haa projessed to be eager, on a mere technicality, or to avail himself of a one-sided and absurd system of measurement to obtain an undue advantage over a competitor. Various propositions have therefore been mado for a revision of the whole subject of measurement, 80 tuat yachts of nearly equal tonnage might not be made to appear upon paper to differ 100 per cent, and so that a gallant yachtman, spoiling for a race, might not feel himself compelied as a rigid discipiina- rian to decline the contest with competitor after com- petitor after having put forth so liberal a challenge as that offered by Mr. Ashbury, between two and three months since, It seems to be conceded on all sides that, n view of the difference in model of the Ameri- can and English yachts, the Thames measurement is absurdly unfair towards the Americans, and in a race between the two countries no candid person can see any reason why the contending vessels should be subject tothe Thames measurement any more tothe New York measurement, Yet by New York measurement the Dauntless and the Sappho are both within a few tous of the Cambria, wuue by the partial Thames measurement they are both made to about double on paper the measurewent of Mr. Ashbury’s yacut. ‘The best meshod of equalizing the imeasurement 1s Consequentiy tne only point upon which English yachtmen differ. Numerous prop sitions have been made chrough the papers, but tuey all seem to excite ba F gerne | and quite a number of advocates of the oid system are :ound who deprecate any chauge at all. Uf course this must be attriputed to the pecu- harly conservative character of weaithy Engushmen, aud not to any desire toretain an undue advantage over rival vessel. The upshot of the whole matter appears to be that the question of measurement ts tc ve referred to tne Yacht Congress, and so far as Mr. Ashbury and his recent chatiel is concerned, you will see by his ietter to Mr. las, of the New York Uluv, that he expresses his williaguess to abide by any mode of measurement upon which the con- gre-8 may decide, ‘This is all very fair, 80 far agit goes; but it does not appear uhreasonabie to suggest tiat as an iter- national race is proposed betweea American aud Brinsh yacats, America should be represented with an equal voice in any body wiich may'be einpow- ered to settle this important question of measure- ment, 80 lar as such contests are concerned. In- deed, the proceedings of the Yacht Congress a lew se aiuce do not seem to hold out much pro- imise of any action On tts part that will remove the diiicuity at present in the way of the sng aan or American Popes opty propositions by Bag- sh fren The chairman of the congress, aller some discussion, auuounced that it was tue in- vention to advere to the es measurement for the present year—a fact wich seems likely to pula Stop to the projected ocean race of the Cambria. 1b is true that Mr. Ashbury tas subsequently to this meeting held out a promise of some fair jastment of the difticalty through the medium of the congress, but is eagerness for a race may reader hun more hopeiul in this direction than are overs who are auxtous to see such a contest come off upon some- thing like fair and equal terms, . ‘rhe Cambria will be laancued, after her alteration, on the 29th of the present month, and will be ready for sea on the 26th of April, Her owner has aiready procured a very beautiful and unique prize for the winner of the ocean race from Cowes to New York, 60 that nothing seems to be wanung bus @ vessel which it wil suit him to sail agaiust. Let us ope thas he may not fud himself in the position of the well-advanced bachelor who, having made up his mind to marry at aes his wedding suit and a ring for the bride as the first step in the ope. ration. aud then failed to find @ lady to share in the specmauon, captain Lovett, of tho Royal Thames Yacht Club has contributed £20 a3 a prize for a race trom the Toames to Gibraltar, provided that teu yacits of an: nation will make @ Sweepstake of twenty pouud: each ana coatend for the victory. If ive American yachts should come over tai spring and enter tor tis race it may come off, In that case five Bagush yaehts would no doabt be shamed tuto entering, but otherwise tbe Captain’s proposition ts not likely to be taken up. The Owner of the Cambria Defines His Position. At @ recent meeting in London of the Royal Victoria Yacht Ciub the heaith of Mr, Ashbury was given, with some expressions complimentary to the Cambria an& to her contemplated wip to America, Mr. Ashbury, in responding, said the quostion of contending for the cup held by the Americans, and which must bo looked upon as an international trophy, was first raised by him when the Royal Victoria Yacht Ciub gave its annual dinner, about tweive months ago; and he then suggested that @ chailenge should be sent over to tucir friends across the waler. He did so on that occasion not so much from any feelings of a selish or egotistical character, but with the simple desire that ho should do his part, in con junction with others, to endeavor, if possible, to bring back to this country that cap which had been taken trom them 80 ii years ago and unforiu- had been aliowed to remain there cor so long aperiod. (Hear, pet) een: not for him to enter inco the reasons why hi hor yachtmen had not ined him when he proposea Lg hard there; but here be had had the | crossing the Atiantic in conjanction with other English yachtmen. About tweive months LY ited that a prize be given of sui my itty ame. brethren to come acroas to these waters to and afterwards to race them His suggestion was that a certain sum be subscribed among ysacht- men. robably among the outside public—lor he upon the matter as aa international affair, whereby a splendid prize could be offered; and, so fur as ho was ho them intimated his wil- Jingness to enter the Cambria and subscribe aay sun fiom £1 to £600, Me had had tie honor ot throwing out that si jon last year, butit had pot been taken up. Me hoped thoy would agree with him, aiter having venvured to send the challenge to Armerica in the form and in the manner he did, that he had not done so with any personal or seliish mo- tive, ie » lear.) He deepiy regretted, in common with all yacntmen and Engiishinen in general, that 80 long @ period should have been permitieda to elapse without ao effort being made to bring bace cup vo this county. After his race with that the Sappho he very much that the ature, of his, engagements to go to Madeira and the Mediterranean with a Faw hig friends pre- ‘vented him from ent into another contest with that vessel; but if they Ciub, as t to have known tha! of that character it was should accept his challen; le knew the dificul- Ues of the New York Yacht Ciub iding yond of the exact tonnage of the and he (Hear, bear, and Applause.) ‘The Dauntless accepied his ehal- lenge, but he had shown tb she was— 80 far he could make out tho scale as he adopted by the Americans—ninety-nine per cent, or nearly double the ane of the Cambria, and therefore not witht equitable to accept the Bennett; for when he (Mr. Asibur, in the timits of his challenge, and he feit ty gent lenge he did so simply as an individual and without the fest idea one or other. Tae subject hi 80 much interest would be at- tached to a chailonge of that character, elther on the side or the ad on in the American and the Bngiish papers and had a roused biG interest, 80 ti his own desire avoid the semblance of the white feather, he tantly decided upon not yoring Be. Dauntless, Was hot a purely personal matter, but the proportions of an ‘international contest. pl hat, might be to accept the challenge and reluc- as tt had assumed He Was not prepared to say that the Thames measure- ment was not open to modification; but what he had suggested aud proposed was that the New York Yaché Club should send over their rules and regu- their yachts, and thea he bo arg that the two tems of measurement shoul Which they show the measurement of be submitted to tl Royal Thames Yacht Ciub commedore, or to any commodore of any royal Jeading member of a yacht clul ‘acht club, or any other to decide us to whether the Royal Thames Yosht Cinb measurement meet the should be m ed or not, in order views of the Americans. If the shoutd decide that the Royal 'T! Al was quite prepared to abide by that decision, and that the it should be decided match for the Cambria he could only accept that view, and after the Ryde regatta was: he would start for America, He had written a Dauntless was a fair over long ietter a few days ago to the New YorK Herat in which an reply to certain leading articles, and had backed out of tho race with the Daun Mr. Bennett (one of the to show the white feather merely because the! not think proper to accept his terms he coul say that they did not Know the man they had to with—(hear, bear)—for, if he kept bis health strength the Cambria shoul York at any rate, (A) ause.) If the proposed did not comme olf the they a) nee to say that he had shown the white feather less rf Proprietors of the New YORK HERALD). But if they tet he was going only deat and id cross over to New , bria should go onto New York, aud he should spare no time or Srpae. 2 endeavoring, if this country the cup. taken away tn 1851. (Cheers.) ‘They were doubtless aware that the owner of the tay tend had a ad specially to send him a challenge, ey were dissatisfied with the defeat oi that vessel round the Isle of Wight. He (Mr. Ashbury) had pro; that they should sail three courses, and the w! oftwo to be declared the victor—viz., round the isie of Wight, alsv from there to house and back, and then from the Soient to bourg breakwater and back. The same reasons for not racing the Dauntless would justify him in re- fusing to race the Sappho; but he to forego the ditference in tonnage He might inention, as an instance showing the portance attached to this between thee im- international yacht match, eter a co the London papers to some stric- I. tures of Pi Graves for proposing his health and giving him opportunity of explaining his part inte adair. . Bennett had peen telegraphed over to the New York papers, Mr. Ashbury thanked Mr. the He would spare no trouble or expense to insure a vic- tory to the ciub to which he had tie honor to be- long. (Hear, hear, and applause.) ts i Mr. W. theta @ specch of some length and warmth, asked t je company to drink the health of the Commodore of the New York Yacht Club, When across there some twenty years ago ne hi received with the greatest cordialil they ail knew now how to a) ‘The Americans jad been ity, and he thought preciate their brother had what all their yachts could do, having exact figures other giving the area of the ways showin: perlect d the canvas of each, and in ipuon. distinction by that their records were of the most He believed he might make saying that tne English ‘achtmen, but not scientific.. He should not like them to separate without drinking to the health of the Yacht Club. Commodore of the New Yor! ‘The toast was enthusiastically taken up, and three times three heartlly given, New Thames Yacht Club. At the last monthly meeting a letter from Captain W. Conway Gordon, vice commodore of the Royal Albert Yacht Club, was then read. it stated at some length the anticipated visit of foreign yachts during the coming season to ‘England, and suggested the up of a grand international regatta upon the Sooasion, wit Ee rorthy of 6. Nae mn, With tae of prizes wort tion, The letter af timated that two yachts were expected from America, and two or three more from Sey Bali others, and invited the New Thames Yacnt Club to send a representative to a mee! officers to be held on an early day in Lon of Alter some conversation upon the subject Mr, Milis, one of the committee, at the request of consented to attend the mecting and hear what proposed in detail, Yachting Notes. tho club, wad The sloop yacht Madeleine was launched success- fully on Saturday last ai Rye, from the shipyard of David Kirby, the same builder that modeiled tho Addie V. owned by Jacob Voorhis, Jr. She ts about ninety tons burden, and la ‘The Washington correspondent of the Boston Fost, writing of yachts, says:— auother ag merchiut vessels, ‘Tnis, besides amount to a very considerabie tax, is 2 source sometumes delay and inconvenience during te pleasure season. ‘fhe owners of some of the crack yachts of the country, inelaiag. James Gordoa Boaaeti, Jr.; the Lori the Vanderbilts and others, wio do a great deal of sailn seem to think it would not be amiss tor the a the uring: suminer = States to follow the example of Bugland and except private yachta from the po beng of tonn Ir and the matter has been brought to atten! du ae, ioe itis probable that Seaator Caandier, chairman of tae Commitiee on Cominerce, will enter bill to accomplish the desired evect. THE TRAFFIC BcTWEEN THE NORTHWEST AND THE BAND. SEA Killing the Goose That Lays the Golden Egge (From the Buffalo Express, Marca 25.) ‘There seems to be some encouragement to believe that ail along the line of commercial intercourse be- tween the northwest and the Atlantic seaboard the pie coucerned in that immense traitlo are wak- ag up to a realization of the necessity for ing the transmission of Westorn produce to ite ket, [tis certain that at each point in the dealers and forwarders and handlers of the mm question are ver, atevery over point, and now it tulations will ouly react u wing avout a sort of consviidal un the much alive to the overet voir their mutual ext one auowuer, to conviction on the subject, it is possible that they may come to agree all around Upon general concessions and @ common eifort to diminish the taxes on commerce. ‘The fact is, they are au ‘iniserabie matter. The grain whien ere” in the ts Irom the Western farmers to be sold at New York 18 charged too mach for railroad transportation to it ts charged too much elevators at those cities; it- 1s charged again for handling by the cievatora at Buitaio; cago OF MiWwaukeo; jor nor A by charged too much for tolls on the New York can it is cl need to be beeause the State wii not enlarge locks to permit the use of larger boats; 16 iy eh too much again tor the handing at N city; and 60. at every siep in from the producer wo taxed at the its the consumer it ls over. Not one of twice the ireigitt on those Ganais that ¥ expense of buih. tne intermediate parties having to do with it is inno- cont of the wrong. They have no right to accusations at one anotuer, ney are gutity cago Watones With alarm the beginning ot ments down the M transportation and trausfer are taxing grain out of the Ki "8 rich profits for the cievawors blind, fatuons policy from the begin of the string, and the wonder is, not thal signs now of a general wi ig that tt should have veen persis! in 80 long. at and between them they are Killing ng go08e iy bind sulp- pi. ‘those high charges for Westera it markets in the first piace, Lm driving 1 into other channels in the second, and to ite olly, but y up Ys gi there are touches of human natire which make the Whole world kia, and this sort of greedy foolishness is one of them, If there 1s any consolation in such companionship, tie sult 8 pote a at be ‘ork ma} pleased Biumiiarl; provoking the wrath ts beat, as the lat movement of breadstuits which we of Western oneaee, micago and Buitalo and kuow that New Orleans ts of St. Louis and doing bret accuses, to i back the exerting ourselves Wilh @ to remember the dave | good deal of versisience to push inte its hands,