Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-07-18

Not few rich people and public unconares have admission
gratis Although the stage cannot boast Of than five
SIX rsrafe players in tragedy and comedy yet its porfor
mances, of comedy particular invariably and peculiarly
gooda compensation for the time and money bestowed by
any individual far dramatic representation goes in that
respect.
In the recent examination several appropraonsor the the
aes in the Chamber Deputies remarked that the
for and tragedy snot what twenty years ago
that the musical theatres the melodama the vaudeville and
broad farce draw the public and that the Paris stage
chiefly supported by str@ersmeanng foreigners and pro-
vncias Napoleon reduced the regular theatres within the
walls OF the capital to twelve they are now twenty
have heretofore mentioned TO you that LAaARrISE poet
carried appropriation of hundred thousand francs the
Odeon, second French theatre by beautiful eusion of
rhetoric He argued that such theatre was aimportant
for the quarter in which 1t is situated that quarter contain
ing three hundred thousand inhabitants eight thousand stu
dents OF law and medicine, the great public schools the Uni
yersy, the Institute the Observatory He styled the we'll
known pays Latin the city Of letters and the the
ggated youth needed rational entertainment their
ingsinsuuctve examples, fine literature classicay reced
national interest provide egregous literary stage
to form the hearts and minds of such multitude from every
section Of the kingdom every of the parents would in
stanty vote for the appropriation order their
from the minor theatres and coee-houses and
other rendezvous resorts. The literary
future Of France should not be abandoned the whole aid
allotted to men of letters was but egheenhundedh part
of the budget of the Government. SONY this" exclaimed
the orator. docs the Treasury do for the ideas, the conce
tons which have conquered the world for her. and more
faithful than her arms have preserved the noble con-
quests which they will keep forever. France feels in her
literature, her authors her dramatic art, part of her
nature, of Ter glory, of her influence the world Such
is public sentiment The majority of the pieces performed
at the Odeon far from sustaining the Poets defamation
about the formation of the youthful heart and they
cannot be compared with the drama the old school in genius
and dicton any literary recommendation the morality
the Odeon comedies sufficiently known the Deputies
but every prone accept his appeals national
pride of talent and taste, and to relish his oraoca and
glow on his ground.
More than hundred thousand francs have been voted for
the preservation Of the ancient public monuments LOUIS
PHILIPPE lets the edfce Of the Theatre Fraeas the com
pany for fifty thousand francs per annum-deemed very
moderate charge In the investigation of the separate budgets
of the several branches Of the Ministry, every subject public
expenditure is critically and uneservedy handledbrecs of
horses, national studs, irrigation, DAMS dykes ports coast
deences river practice and law, public woods food for army
and navy, national stores, education, press elections and
special capacity and knowledge ready and fearless
for each the heads Of departments brought the ring
and merciessly baed in the minuest detail The compost
ton of both Chambers is extraordinary and unque all the
learned and administrative professions CLERGY exceped)
sgnaly and efficiently represented the generals and ad
mrals, dpomates, DOCTORS professors of the nsi
tute academicians, engineers manufacturers agrcuurist
historians, poets noves dramasts take ample share in the
debates and reports and enrich the Moneur with prodgious
mass, altogether of fact science and authoritative opinion
But neither body politically Independent You have already
been told how the Ministerial majority is constituted and
tanned Last week it shown by Deputies that garsons
arbitrarily stationed in districts where dis
turbance could be feared In my district said one soldiers
quartered in the parts where there legal
elsewhere When complaint made by the inhabitants the
answer OF the local authorities Your Deputy is liked
by the Government choose another aid Of the King
example, and the troops will soon be removed"