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    routine in the direction of foreign affairs , by which he acquired a thorough knowledge of the details of diplomatic business . In 1834 he came to London with General Sebastiani , as second secretary , and subsequently succeeded M . de Bacourt as first secretary , when that gefrtleman was appointed minister at Washington . Having a good knowledge of our language and being familiar with our habits , he was quite at his ease among our countrymen , whom he charmed by his amiable and social qualities . It is stated that he was present one evening at a party at Apsley House when musicvocal and instrumental , formed

    , a portion of the entertainment . As usual , however , under such circumstances , it was listened to with indifference amidst the excitement of conversation , card-playing , and the incessant bustle of arrival and departure . Though celebrated as a musieal dilettante and the intimate associate of such men as Rossini and Meyerbeer , on this occasion M . de Bourqueney scarcely remarked the performance . It was quite by chance that his eye fell upon the concluding morceau o £ the programme he held in his hand , and which was no other than the " Hymn to Waterloo . " M . de

    Bourquency knit his brows and very naturally felt his sensibility wounded both as a Frenchman and as an official agent of the French Government . General Sebastiani , who was indifferent to music , was playing at whist in an adjoining apartment . To inform him of what was passing was the secretary ' s first impulse , and he immediately sought the Ambassador , and pointed out to him the unfortunate piece in the programme . The Marshal looked at it and read it mechanically ; but suddenly

    rising , he exclaimed in loud and excited tones : "The Hymn of Waterloo ! This is noplace for us gentlemen , let us be going ! gentlemen , let us go ! " and immediately quitted Apsley House leaning on the arm of his secretary and followed by all his attaches . It is scarcely necessary to add that theincident was purely accidental . The Duke of Wellington had no more idea than his guests of the contents of the programme , and the following day an explanation was ' offered ,-andean apology made , -which-was , of course , accepted .

    M . de Bourqueney remained first secretary in London , under the embassies of M .. Guizot and M . de St . Aulaire ; but when M . Guizot became minister for foreign affairs , he quitted London for Constantinople , where he filled the functions of Ambassador , until the revolution of February . Personally attached to Louis . Philippe from whom he had ever received the most marked favour , he was unwilling to servo under the republic , lie therefore offered his resignation and retired into private life As a proof of the amicable relations which existed between the Kins ? and J \ I . de

    Bourqueney , Louis Philippe took care that his ambassador ' s somewhat epicurean taste should be gratified when he dined at the royal table . Many of those who were guests with him at the Tuilerics still remember tho deferential air with which he would bow to his Majesty after having gravely tasted some delicate novelty and answer , " Sire , it is perfect . " . . During the period of his liberation from public affairs'ho married into the family of Juignie 1 , and thus obtained a standing in the Parisian circles which he < lid not before posses . Throughout the presidency of Louis Nupoleon he remained aloof from public affairs , though he begun to weary of this inactivity . Still comparatively young , and capable of rendering useful service to his country * notwithstanding his well known Orlonnist . predolictions , ho suffered himself to be persuaded by his

    friends to accept office . At first , Minister at Vienna , he was afterwards appointed I < Y < juch ambassador at that court by Napoleon III . \ and from March , 1854 , to the present time has rctaine'Khe appointment . lie has here displayed much tact and ability especially in conducting the difficult and tedious nogociations which resulted m the treaty of Docomber , 1854 . It wus greatly duo to him that the Emperor of Austria was enabled to preserve his neutrality during the Crimean war , and confirm hit ) alliance with the Emperor JSTnpolocm against the Emperor of Russia , his former patron . Ho was rewarded for these services by receiving the grand cordon of theLogion d'Honneui 1 . In the spring of 1855 it became neoeBsary to empower the French Ambassador at Vienna to meet Messieurs Gortsghalcoff' and Titotf " , the Russian envoys . M . de JBourquenoy was at first entrusted with the

    sole conduct of the negotiations on the part of : France while every other power was represented in the Congress by two plenipotentiaries . When the French Government saw reason to revise its decision , and appoint a colleague to act with him , M . Drouyn de Lhuys , Foreign Minister of the Emperor , was dispatched to his assistance . M . de Bourqueney is now approaching his sixtieth year . Few men have had the opportunity of seeing and studying more of public life with

    than he ,, and no one is better acquainted European diplomacy and diplomatists . His long experience and practice , enable him at a glance to seize the contents of a dispatch , and he is thoroughly versed in the history of treaties . In the early part of his career he was much connected with the French press . During General Subastiani ' s ministry he wrote the leading articles on foreign politics in the Journal des Debats , and no tloubt the support , of that , journal has materially aided in his political advancement .

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    GERMANY . Hanover , Nov . 23 rd , 1859 . The Times , which is considered by the whole Continent as the mouthpiece of Englishmen , and , at the same time , their oracle , has brought us into a some-¦¦ ¦ w-hat greater degree of favour with the German press . The alliance with France is regarded as dissolved , and that the two countries are upon the eve of war . It is evident from the articles in the journals and general gossip that this is a consummation most deroutly wished , for . Aristocrats and democrats are quite unanimous upon this point , though what they anticipate to gain by it is hard to be conceived . The aristocrats , perhaps , imagine

    that if England be victorious , the Grace of God principle and police coercion will obtain another fifty years' lease of rule . The democrats hope merely for a general conflagration , be the victory on whichever side it may . The mercantile world are almost in a state of panic at the articles translated from the Times , and all commercial transactions are confined to the wants of the moment . It is true , the only apparent foundation for the alarm spread by the Times is a statement made by exiles abroad of the vain jabber of a , Zouave with a " madam " of his own class . Parisian mud-larks in uniform , Dames de la Halle , and nymphs of the Quartier Latin have become political exponents of the sentiments and

    desires of the great Trench nation ! Suppose I were to give your readers , in the present dearth of news , -the-comments which I daily and hourly hear made upon the state of England , the qualities of her people , the conduct of her statesmen , why , I should leave the impression upon the render ' s mind that the Germans were the most malicious . and bitter enemies of the whole English , or , to chime in with the ignorant folly of the day , Anglo-Saxon race . It signifies , in truth , little what individuals in England may say upon the conduct of foreign affairsor what their feelings may be towards other

    , nations , but on the Continent the opinion ot individuals is not worth n thought , for 1 know of no country on the Continent where such a thing as public opinion exists . If your correspondent does not follow the example of certain French correspondents of the English press , it is simply because ho respects too much the understanding ot yourreaiders . This war alarm is the sole question of interest before the public . We have , indeed , long tlisniuolios upon the affairs of llossia , from Prussia , Austria , and the Hessian Government , but nobody reads them . and they consequently pass without

    comment .. In llossia itself the excitement upon the question of a little bit-of constitution or no constitution appears to be increasing . The Government , ' it would seem , lias nmimged to ge | j > up a counterderaonstration in favour of despotism . Prussia , and the Utilise Towns will vote in the Diet for the restoration of the Constitution of 1831 , undor condition , of course , that all opposition to the Federal Coinpuot be erased . ' It was rumoured , hut the rumour appeared ot doubtful origin , and therefore X did not take notice of It in my last , thiit nt tho laying of the foundation of tho Schiller statue , Jit Berlin , a very ufflv disturbance occurred . It is asserted by tho liberals that it was a got- ' up uttair— -some charge it to tho Krouz Zaitung ' s party ; others are so bold ns to assert , that if not encouraged , it was at least winked

    at by the Government , Some sensation was produced , a fow days ancr tho Schiller celebration , by the gratuitous exhibition . In the Gons tlarmea Plttoc—where tho statue is to be oroctod—of a bronze oolourod « poup ot plaster figures , which attracted a vast crowd . » ur " rounded with costly llotvcrs and rare hot-houso plants ,

    was a dog of middling size ; behind it a figure of Frederick the Great , about three feet high , crowned with a fresh laurel wreath ; behind this was the figure of . Louis Napoleon , with a nightcap on his head , and , resting against the figure was the bust of Robert Blum ( the democratic leader , shot at Vienna , 10 th November , 1848 ) . The Berlin public have been puzzling their heads fox a solution of this supposed allegory , but it would seem without success . The police thinking , possibly , that it was merely a freak to attract a crowd , impounded the whole group . The police have also prohibited the performance of a very popular farce entitled " Cassar Bock , "Caesar the Billy-goat , in consequence of the complaint of the French Embassy , the farce being founded upon scenes in the life of the Emperor oi

    the French . . It was reported last week that Prussia would propose in the Diet the fortification of the coasts of the North Sea , but up to the present nothing positive has transpired . It is said , however , that the Prussian minister uLEraukfort is in possession of instructions upon the subject , and most probably , the proposal will be made at the next meeting . The Austrian papers rather nonchalantly inform the world that the Emperor has commanded the deficit in the treasury to be covered by next year , nor do they appear to doubt the facility of the compliance . To do so would be to doubt the superiority of the despotic over the representative system of government . The papers are silent , though not

    remarkably so , upon the restless state of the bclavonic nations . The clue to the silence of the journals is found in the almost daily polite recommendations of the new police minister , who by no means desires to interfere with the legitimate -freedom of the press , as he observed on his acceptance of office , but of course the discussion of affairs of ^ government might cause the authorities some embarrassment , and tli ere fore he must recommend the journals to abstain . To so polite a recommendation it would be rude not to acquiesce . The journals have therefore refrained from noticing the trial of a priest charged with a certain carnal crime , but instead of suppressing curiosity this secrecy only increases it , and the stories in circulation are probably much

    worse than the reality . Th « address of the Hungarian Protestants , as was anticipated , has been rejected . Among the mass of festival reports which have filled the German journals during-the last two weeks I select the following description of the scene at the Working Men ' s Educational Association of Hamburg . After some preliminary amusements and ceremonies the audience were requested to arise from their seats , whereupon a Mr . LTlex addressing the dust of Schiller , said : — " " To thee , more than to any other mortal , Avas lent the power of song ; thoii , more than any poet before thee , knewest to combine mildness with strength ; thou taughtest tho profoundest wisdom and the puresfe virtue , and courageously , as no other before thee , wast thou the herald of the rights of man and

    of liberty . ,- ,,, " Behold here 1 , 000 working men who fondly love thee , and who desire to consecrate to thee some visible sign of their grateful acknowledgements . It possesses no value beyond what the sentiment with which it is given imparts to it . They have chosen this laurel wreath , with which they now , through me , decorate thy brow ( placing the wroath upon the head of the image ) . " But with such outward show , which thou thyself valuest so little , it clops not end . Wo would wish to afford thee , in the future , proofs of our earnest endeavours to imitate thee I request , therefore , the members of the Association to raise their rig-lit hands . In thy spirit , oh ! Schiller , to'livo ; morally to perfuctionlte ourselves ; to cultivate the goal and heautiful i to fight Tor right , truth , and freedtprn—a . 11 this

    We «»^ o > t " u s confirm this promise with a thousand times repeated loud-tonod ' . / a / ' ¦ <• In all times of trial , in all times of temptation , when t ho monitor—conscience—knocks at our breasts , then wo will think-on this hour , and tho spirit ot Schiller will guide us in the right way , ami save us from future repentance . Ho will strengthen our nrmnuro when wo uliall be eallod upon to stake our

    all for the land of our fathers . " Ami now to keep this celobration nlivo in our . memory , the following proposal shall bo m . uleatour oxt Brand mooting : —1 . That a memorial with the i inn ini of Suhillor and tho promiso just ma . lo , . shall o , mSunt tho hall of iho Association 2 . That annually , on the second Sunday in November , the Association shall hold a festival in remembrance , iimi the above promise called to mind . Stronffthonod by tho consciousness of this with noartieii ihuukhu

    orood Intention wo will now - noss give a threefold thundering " Lebe huoh . " And now with united voices lot us sing tho incomparable eong ' An die Freudo . ' The singing

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 26, 1859, page 1301, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2322/page/17/