The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-05-21

been fitted up at Cherbourg, and that the first will
sail some time next month doubt very much
| II they will make start so soon The French
are exceedingly slow in these matters, ana
should not be surprised TO see them take hall the
summer to get ready. When they do start, they
will not do the voyage so quick as the bri'iSn
vessels by three or four days. This Is CERTAIN
| believe.
There has been no great sensation mere during
the winter in music and theatrlcals Inc COM
pany at the Grand Opera is quite ordinary--that
At the Ope,u Comique pleasing, but weak. The
Italian opera was the best but that is closed-a
Spanish opera is to open IN few days ut the
italian theatre, and have doubt there will be
a great rage for that novelty. The Duchesse de
Montpensier the patroness ofthis novel attempt.
Her mother, Queen Christina, who is here, will
also be another. Rachel is still performing at
the Francois. She is great actress, no doubt,
but she is nearly as thin and skinny as q ghost
This has some effect against her efforts.
dThe number of concerts, morning, noon, and
night, which are given in Paris during the win
ter, is truly enormous-violinists, pianlsts, and
performers, and singers of all kinds, are asplenty
sands on the sea shore. | went 10 several of
all kinds, but many of them very ordinary
and nearly all are excessively tiresome. Visux-
temps, well known in New York for his failure
there to create a sensation against Ole Bull, has
come back to Paris and is received with great
and vehement applause. They think him here
far superior to Ole Bull, or any other professors
in fact, that he is the best now living Well, no
doubt Partisan audience and community have
rJar f,l in III
perhaps greater than in any city in the world
but don't think they are nfallible-nor do /
think that they can show any extraordinary
talent in certain matters-I don't think much of
their newspapers magazines-l don't think
much Of their political knowledge don't think
much of their commercial knowledge don't
think much of their enterprize-I don't think
much Of their horse philosphy-but they can turn
out brave men-good soldiers-cxquisite dan
seusss--ingenious philosophers-well dressed
women-capital cooks-superior dramatists-
good novelsts and historians. Yet in one hun
dred years and ten days exactly, New York will
give Paris six and beat her all to pieces.
have Just received several letters from Mrs.
b., but have had no time to read them all. She
has been at Naples and Rome. At Naples, she
visited the crater of Vesuvius-also the ruins of
Pompeii-the villa of Cicero, &c. &C. She was
at Rome during Holy Week; and the scenes
there presented were mixture of the greatest
magnifcence and most strange absurdity she
ever beheld. The procession up the Holy Stair
case is the most curious thing that could be ina
gined.
SHIPwREcK OF THE VIM. NEu.soN.-OUR Ma
RINE NEws.-Our readers will find, under the
ship news head in this days paper, an account
of the probable loss of the brig VIM. Nelson,
with all on board The names of those presumed
to be on board are given in the report, among
whom was the Hon. George Brown, of Beverly,
late United States Commissioner to the Sand
witch Islands.
We refer our readers to the daily report Of the
marine department of the Neio York Herald, as
we make it point to give all the intelligence af-
fecting the shipping interest under this head.
Many thrilling and interesting accounts are lost
to those whose interests lie in another channel,
unless they look over this marine record.
All should read it. GA world of adventure is
associated with the list"