New-York daily tribune., 1843-11-22
!, Bull. are sending over articles of intrinsic

John Bull, are sending over articles OF intrinsic
value.
Paris has the appearance of City under Mar
liz, Law. It's National Guard is doing duty as
Policemen. Sentinels are stationed at the en-
frances of all the Public Institutions. Detach.
ments of troops arc quartered near each other.
throughout the city, The number of soldiers now,
doing military and civil duty, in and about Paris,
is over $4,000 All the young men Of France,
over Is wears old, are liable TO be drawn into the
| Army. Indeed Bonapartes odious Conscrptlon
law. by another name is now practically IN oper
alton When new leves of troops arc wanted, all
| the Young men of Paris ale warned to meet III
their respective Arondlssements. If the number
| assembled be a thousand, and a hundred soldiers
| are wanted, thousand numbers are prepared
| from which each draws, and those VINO get li!e
| numbers from l. to l00,' are doomed TO the
army for eight years. Those who are able o'
| arc fortunate IN having wealthy relatives or
| friends, pay their seven, eight, nine, ten, ana
sometimes even fifteen hundred francs tor sno-
stitutc. The pay of french soldier IS 'oo"' one
SONS DER dav or thirty-five dolarsior eight years
Their meat ration is less than half the weight CT
a soldiers ration in the British or American army
The trooDs are understood men with slight
frames, but they are alert in their movements,
and are capable Of performing hard service and
enduring fatigue and prlvation
The French live much out doors and at Gales
The. are seen, in great numbers, IN Gardens, III
| Cafes and round tables upon the Bouevards
| Families, instead of dining at home, 90 frequent
| " TO Cafes and Restaurants. The guests OF the
| Table d'IIote Of the most fashionable Hotels con-
sist in part of ladies and gentlemen who reside
! in Paris. The poorer classes, IN great numbers,
ro for their dinners without the city barriers,
where they get wine which has not paid the
Octroi duty, and is therefore very cheap.
t The BoULEvARDs are the ornament and the prlde
of Paris They surround and enclose the city
They are TO this Metropolis what Rcgent-strcet
is to London, what Broadway is to New 7 ork,
and what Chesnut-strcet is to Philadelphia,
though far surprising either and all in magniti-
ccnce and beauty This delightful Avenue IN
its graceful sweep around the city, is nine miles
in length There are rows of fine trees planted
upon terraces which divide the broad carnage
wav from the ample sidewalks. In the evening
the Boulevards are brilliantly Illuminated, and
then the fashionable stores, the fancy shops ano
the various Picture and print windows, rcsP!cn-
dent with all the productions of genius and taste.
produce a most dazzling effect. Then, too The
the Boulevards are graced by the fashion ana
beauty of Paris During the Summer evenings
fruits and creams and wine are served upon ID,
bles under the trees. These scenes are enlVeneo
by music particularly upon the +" "bouieVafa deS
Italiens" which is the resort OF inc hlos' i"7"
ionabIc. The humber classes congFegalc more
IN tho 8. Boulevard des Temple" where they are
amused with shows, panto'nllnes' rouge eil noti
roulette s., SC. The gambling here however
;s onlv for cakes, fruit, candies, &c. Among
other contrivances for gaming Vhc French are
curious in all such Devices they have something
like a ten pin alley,' with this difference, that
the pins are knocked down by the spinning OF
top. instead of rolling ball among them. The
prcat gambling houses or hells" of Paris, IN
which such frightful robberles were formerly
perpetrated, have all been suppressed. The
Revolution of $780, among other good things,
put an end to licensed Gambling Houses and
Lotteries But the French passion for play is as
strong as ever, though now lndulged less lnlurl-
Gus to themselves and others. Men spend days
: and nights at Cafes playing chess, domino, &c
: Billiard tables are as common here as Corner
= Groceries" in New-Yovk Porters, boot-blacks
3 &c, who have their stands at the corners of the
streets, fill up their time with card playing. In
! walking for halfan-hour you will see half dozen
different parties at cards upon the corners of
public streets.
: regret to perceive that the editor Of the Bos-
ton Courier has taken offence at an Incldcnt
mentioned in relation TO the festive meetings Of
Free Masons at the hotel where / lodged in Lon
don. He has quite Inexperienced the spirit in
which that incident was recorded. scribble
down what strikes me curious, amusing Or
instructive. The fact which | mentioned was
not, the editor OF the Courier supposes, drawn
from my imagination" The facts occurred Just
as stated them, in the presence of several gen
tlemcn two of whom Bishop Hughes, Of New
York, and George F. Leitch, Esq of Skaneatc
les,) are now in America
perceive, too, that my very poor letters have
attracted the notice of clever writer in the New
World. They were hastily and crudely written
for the indulgent and forbearing readers OF the
Evening Journal without the slightest expecta-
ton that they would have been deemed worthy
either of the friendly or the critical attention o.
other Journals; and am quite sure that the
writer in the New World will find no terms o
disparagement in the Justice of which l shall no
assent.
{ DR. WlSTAR'S
I BALSANE OF WILD CHERRY