The New York herald., 1845-10-21
rn Correspondence OF tho Herald.


PARIS, lst October, l8a6.
T,ssan,fy of Europe-Newspap~ Speculafion-Rai
Road Man,a-bcrsdibie Speed Of the Trains--
Opening ofthe Season-I -Iheatricais-Steam htr-
duced IN the Production Of Literatuve-1Ae Pota-
TO Misunderstanding IN Snmnler-Afiss Cush-
man-A,n9icans IN Russia, &c. &c.
The profound calm which regns in politics, is
balanced by the rage which spreads throughout all
classes in the commercial countries Tor speculation.
lately noticed the railway mania which has spread
here and in England, and the hardly sane condition
of Threadneedle street and the Place de la Bourse
Railway shares, however, have not afforded sufi-
cient scope for the play speculaons in Paris You
are probably aware that newspapers here are estab-
ished by what are called actions, that is TO say
shares, similar exactly to those in railways or
canals. Thus, to establish daily paper, company
is formed with capital SAY OF two millions OF francs
divided into twenty thousand shares of hundred
francs each "A president, directors, editors, pub
lishers are duly appointed. A prospectus is issued
and the scrip is daily shouted tor sale, by the dealers
and gamblers on the Bourse. II would have been
strange indeed, if this form Of speculation had been
overlooked in this condition Of the public mind
Within the last month prospectuses have been lssued,
companies formed, and shares offered, in no less
than fourteen neiC newspapers. Two of those pro-
pose to Issue daily sheet as large that of the
Times. Several have issued specimen numbers
and in order to meet every conceivable variety OF
taste, and to satisfy every variety of demand one
company proposes to publish three papers viz two
daily papers Of different sizes, large and small,
and one weekly There are already some twenty
journals or 30, regularly established here. Every
party, nay, every clique in the Chambers has its
special organ. Guizot, and the ministry OF Louis
Philippe. speaks in the Journal des Dcbats Count
Mole and the independent conservatives are repre-
sened by the Presss. The lett centre, and its lead.
er M. Theirs, are embodied in the Constitutionnci
Wa. ,Xryn tna 1Ext xtoa LII
Odillion Barrot. Then comes host of Others such
the National, the Qsotidienne, Gazette, the De-
mocratic Pacifque, &c. &c. Truly, il the present
projects realized, France will be the best press
ridden country in Europe
In the excitement for the extension of railways,
the improvement of the locomotive efficacy is not
forgotten. Speed must be had-speed at any price
no matter at what destruction OF life and limb
John Bull, especially, cannot brook delay. BY
late return, it has been shown that the average
speed of the express trains stoppages included, on
the principal English railways, are as follows, at
present: On the Northern and Eastern railway, 45
miles an hour on the Great Western, AZ miles an
hours and on the South Eastern, being the slowest,S
miles an hour. Now, when the number of stoppages
in country SO thicklystudded with large towns,
England is, the long spaces necessary to get up
high speed and to bring the train again to rest,
are considered 1t will be apparent that to attain an
average speed, including stoppages, amounting to
45 miles, the actual speed, while in full motion,
not be less than about IS miles an hour! Can we
ed every week on the theatre OF such tremendous
operations
The season is just now about to commence in Pa
rs, and for three months to come this city will COM
blne the attractions which at other seasons it only
shares with London. The Italian opera opens on
the I'd instant, and soon after the Odeon. When
this takes place, there will be in full blast about Is
theatres great and small, all well filled and amply
supported. AT the Italian the troup includes Grisi,
Persani, the two Bramblas, Lablache, Mario, and
some nni,lora sidcra But, alas, Rubin, the god of
song, and Tamburn, are absent AT the Grand
Opera we have Duprez-but we have HIM alone, un-
sustained either by the necessary male voices, or
even by any tolerable sopranos. Meyerbeer came
here lately. induced by the directeur, to ascertain
personally whether there were power adequate to
the production Of new opera of his composition,
but declined the risk. A new and hitherto unknown
composer IS about to produces at this house, an OPP
era called David and Balfe is here, preparing to
produce his opera of the Enchantress.
A curious revolution is said to be intended in the
ballet department Of the grand opera, which will
consist in aboishing, altogether, the gentlemen dan
GERS, all the male parts being executed by the adies
This change has already been actually commenced.
In the splendid ballet lately produced, called Dabie
Qndtre, there are several pas, consisting Of equal
numbers of each sex, all, however, executed by dan-
senses. There Is one spirited performance OF pas
de 22, executed by twenty two ladies', eleven OF
whom are appareled as cavaliers.
Carlotta Grls at present the prei<re artistic al
this theatre. She has the advantage:i in youth and
appearance, over Taglloni and Elssler, but IS still
greatly inferior to either OF them In her art, what
ever she may be hereafter.
Aubsr, the popular composer of Fra Diavolo and
Masanielo, has lately brought out several new ope
ras, which promise to be as popular as any OF his for
mer works. Among these may be mentioned the
Baccarolle, the Slrene, La pont du biable and Un
Voix. This Is certainly the most prolific composer
of our age, not even excepting the eternal Donni
zetti.
The annexation OF Texas has been passed by on
this side of the channel with great indifference on
he mart of he Nh nna IN oaro SONG
whether 1t belongs to the Union, TO Mexico, to it.
self, or even whether it be submerged in the ocean
A swarm of works OF fiction are issuing, usu-
al, from the press. 1t is the fashion here to publish
novels first in space at the foot of the pages Of our
newspapers called Feuiileton Here each novel is
doled out from day to day, chapter by chapter, and
the public is compelled to swallow it in homGopa-
thc doses. In this way the Wandering Jew was
published in the Constitutional and that journal is
now publishing in the same manner the entire works
Of Eugene Sue, to be comprised In fftytwo volumes.
The exclusive right of publishing In the same way
all the works which the same popular novelist may
write for ten years to come, has been purchased by
the joint stock company which possess that Joui nal
Another announcement Of similar kind followed
this by the Steele, which ls about to publish the CON-
plete works Of Alexander Dumas in its feuifleton,
consisting of two hundred octave volumes !!
considerable sensation has been produced in
the literary world by fiction called Les amours de
Paris, from the pen OF Paul Feva, the author OF the
Mysteries of London, which is said to rival the
most successful works of Eugene Sue.
good deal OF public anxiety has been produced
here by the epidemic (if the word may be allowed,)
which prevails among the potatoes. The apprehen
sions OF scarcity have induced some OF the north
ern countries to reduce the duties on the mpor.a
ton of flour. The King of Belgium has ordered his
household to abstain from the use Of the potato.
An ingenious individual here has invented novel
species of amusement which is worth the attention
OF some Of your Yankee spectators, and would,
suspect, pay better than the Bowling Saloon, even
though the latter be as your a6iche in Broadway
tells US, the larges, in the world" This invention
is, skates for all weathers The skate is Of the
common form, strapped in the usual way the foot,
and the performer is supported, as usual, on two
strait and level edges Of iron. But in each ofthese
edges are fixed pair of well constructed rollers,
made to with very little friction. One is placed
under the heel the other under the ball of the foot
The surface on which the performance is made is Of
the substance called asphalte used here for foot
ways, and forming hard and smooth surface All
the usual tricks Of skating, such as moving back
wards and forwards, describing circles and splras,
cutting letters and figures, moving the outeredge,
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