GRANDOLPH VICTORIOUS.--Rather fresh Easterly-windy weather for racing, last week; glad, therefore, to hear that GRANDOLPH "had a lot on." His _Abbesse de Jouarre_ was not to be stopped by any _Father Confessor_, and came in first. What will he name his next probable starter? _John Wesley_?
RECENT letters to _The Times_ represent Tangiers to English tourists as the most Tangierble point for a holiday trip.
"A CENTAUR, MY CHILD, IS A FABULOUS CREATURE, NOW _EXTINCT!_"]
DEAR SIR,--You have on many occasions honoured me by inserting my contributions, and consequently it is to you I turn in the present difficulty. A few days since an appeal was made in the columns of one of your contemporaries which it is hard to resist.
_À propos_ of the Talleyrand Autobiography a gentleman, who had given some extracts therefrom, wrote--"What I have quoted shows the charm and interest of the work, but does not discount its publication; and this, I hope, will be enough to enforce on the custodians of the Memoirs the obligation of reflection before continuing to suppress and to frustrate the legitimate curiosity of the public." I have reflected, and, without making any admission, I submit that possibly the following passages may attain the end which the gentleman in question seemingly suggests.
When TALLEYRAND, in 1801, was at Amiens, assisting JOSEPH BONAPARTE in conducting negotiations with Lord CORNWALLIS for the final ratification of peace, he had an interview with the representative of England. I give a translation from a paper in my possession:--
"It was already the everlasting opposition of maritime and manufacturing towns that prevented this consummation. When Milor (CORNWALLIS?) observed, with insular bluntness (_bonhomie_), 'The outcome will be a new throne (_encore une chaise bien décoré_) for J. B.' I replied, 'This will certainly not be to the advantage of Son Altesse JOSEPH (_pas pour Josê_).'"
Does not this read as if written yesterday? Five years later TALLEYRAND entered into a direct communication with Fox by letter, and this led to a personal interview with Lord YARMOUTH. I make a second quotation:--
"I told Mister-for-laughter (_esquire pour rire_) that there would be no difficulty in restoring to England Hanover, which was then in possession of Prussia. The Englishman (_l'Anglais_), who had been imbibing some generous wine (_vin ordinaire à dix sous_), stammered out that he considered the suggestion piscatorial. 'Milor,' I retorted, with a polite bow, 'to a YARMOUTH accustomed to bloaters all things must appear fishy!'"