French diplomatic circles are greatly agitated by the peremptory dismissal
of Count d'Aulnay, Minister at Copen- hagen. It appears that the French military attaché at that Court fancied that the Princess Waldemar, who springs from the House of Orleans, could be used as an agent to keep France informed as to the temper of the Czar, who in Copen- hagen talks more freely than in St. Petersburg. He there- fore cross-examined the Princess with a directness which the lady, having adopted the Danish nationality, thought indis- creet, and of which she complained so effectually that the attache was censured, and removed. It seems that Count d'An'nly, on leave in Paris, told the story to some one, who indiscreetly published it in the Figaro ; and M. Casimir Perier, believing he had written it, summarily dismissed him. He protests that he did not write it, and is indignant at being " crashed ; " but he apparently must have told the story, and should have known it was not one to whisper.
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