The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-12-27

WISH London IN ORDER 10 Shak master
There are five acts IN verse, eleven ableaux, and
witches and ghosts are put in high relief Macjuh
expires along with Macbeth. The versiher, Deschamps
remarks that he has merely echenf Shak speare-iha
is, cleared away the caterpillars Legouve, who lee
lures at the College of France, has published good
y ociayo,, OF which the purPort is the present con-
[ners, and compared with what of yore, and what
it might be rendered. lie represents the weaker sex
the whole, the most unhappy in the rich and fashion
able He regards the theory of ga perfectly free woman
as the worst possible" adding, 81 would rather her
in the subsection which she now endures than licensed
without limits" The Theatre Francois has its magnetic
and lucrative noyey in comedy OF Ave acts entitled
La VieAssse de Ricaeien the old age of the duke SO ia
French memoirs. A critic in the lionitea 6niuersd
Justly describes i in these terms: THE piece is nde
ns s,y e p prot b and text simply would
tends that our theatre is school of morality; but if our
comedy will not help morals. i might at least remain
braed castle, Fsrncy, has been sold to rich ewecr of
Paris He has restored the poets furniture 10 The rooms
and authorizes the sale Of tickets Of admission, Of which
the proceeds destined for the poor of the neIhbor
hood The French savants occupy themselves much
with applications OF science to practical benefits NJ de
Quaelages has conceived and explained means of doub
Ing or TRIPPING Inc quantity OF fishes IN the ponds and
rivers and in the the coasts The processes
are not difficult nor uncertain He dilaes on the abund
ance of a-oe (nutri,ion) in fish diet. The Academy of
Sciences has approved in form the ebuloeope, nstru
men TO determine the quantity of alcohol in wines and
all the spirtuous beverages 1t detects all fasfcaons
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mon Intelligence. al
The library Of the arsenal has lost It's oldest and most
famous functonary, M. Rgolet, aged ninety-two. He
served in it hfytwo years successfully and called
the Living Catalogue He could put his hand nme.
daey on any one OF the two hundred thousand volumes
qucnters of the institutions by constant good humor and
the utmost acry in furnishing any book and any l,era
| ny information requested
LeyeTer opened his of astronomy at the Sor-
bonnie, the 18th inst. His class very large. lie
stated TO be his purpose to exhibit not the present stu
alton OF astronomical science but the difficulties of the
study, daily increasing from the very progress and
teach how they might be overcome He added some fine
remarks on the singular consealions-he ne6uG, the
millions and billions of clustered stars of which the
naked eye give scarcely an idea Sir John Herschel
in paper read before the Royal Society of London,
signs the places of two thousand five hundred nee and
clusters OF stars of which five hundred were discovered
from the time OF Sir William. Much is expected from
the Mfchamque Celeste of Leverrier He lectures
| a,lOre and with a superior elocution.
The toll at the Paris gates on sugar has been abolish
ed too injurious TO the vendors and manufacturers
within; they were undersod at establishments outside
hundred mil lions OF pounds introduced annually,
of which the domestic consumption is supposed to be
twenty four The rest is sent back TO the provinces or
abroad by the refners, conecioners, and so forth
The nine hundred members of the National Assembly
cost the treasury hundred and twelve thousand five
hundred francs per month. On Saturday last when the
bers the taps. suggested that the per diem
of those who absenIed themselves should be suspended
The President of the Assembly exclaimed "That prop
osion would be contrary to the constitution" This
might be questioned The Presidents votary of Gen
Cavagnac--was anxious to grauy all applications, be-
cause they were made chiefly by members whose errand
it is to the General in their districts Although
motion for prorogaton was rejected by very large
majority, the detection IN this way is such that quorum
scarcely 1t will be necessary reduce the
ted quorum in order to continue the transaction of bust
ness
| block of red porphyry has been received from Rus
sia avre for the slab of the tomb OF Napoleon
| 1t weighs ninety thousand pounds. When the French
capital by its example and doctrines breaks up social
and political order elsewhere in Europe it stops great
" lessons the demand for its fabrics of luxury, upon
which it mainly depends it mpovershess and douby en-
dangers itself. We may be struck with the following
London paragraph;
The resources continental consumers, though positive
y diminished in amount will probably be expended more
cause being produced where capital and labor work
in security, they will be produced more abundany and
duced On the continent. If German and French manu-
actuers do not buy yarns their custo MUST before
shall probably find exports Profitable than before
in proportion to their gross value, including more labor
| and less raw material. l
Cavagnac remarked, in one of his speeches. to the
old dynasc opposition 81 respect your intentions, but
dsrust your instincts" They now retort this phrase in
ausion to his democratic predictions But in his
cent CIRCULAR or manifesto, as candidate for the president
ship he pledges himself to the cause of order and law
in terms which might fully satisfy the friends of that
primary national interest
MademoiseIle George still keeps the stage in deep
tragic characters such as Lucrea Boga She must be
admirable performances IN 1908, when she was at the
head OF tragedy and the handsoRest of the Paris actress
eS. Her person has grown unwleldy, and her rantng
could be borne only by French audience.
Some time ago congress OF the provincial press
held at Tours. Thirty nine editors, Orleansts, legti-
msts moderate republicans, composed it. The professed
object to procure for the provinces their proper
share of political action and influence" and maintain
the independence of the government chosen by the
ton, against the pretenslons and factions of the capital
To these ends they pledged themselves unanimously on
separating they agreed to cry not ure Ia repubquc, but
p,ue la France. They established permanent commit
tee, who met in Paris last week. and have Just issued an
address in relation to the presdentshp Of the republic,
wherein they utterly repudiate Gen Cavagnac and for
mally adopt Louis Napoleon Bonaparte That able Journal
lie ConstHu,onnd the organ of NJ Theirs and of nlu
entail party, has done the saTne while the Journal des
De5dts protests, prefers Cavagnac and reasons
pauslby than ITS monarchca contemporary. The
tagnards have proclaimed Ledru Rolln the exclusive
Vincennes Lamartine announces again that he
hesitate to serve If elected Marshal Bugeaud and the
| other Algerian generals decline.
Some dealers in leeches were heavily fined last week
for selling them gorged. They admitted the fact, but
added that all the other vendors did the same. The pur
veyors of milk plead that they put in their
pals than the universal custom warrants.
In the popular drama OF Napoleon and Josephine, four
acts made up by her suppcations against divorce,
and his extreme distress tender sensiby and reluctant
hearing Of his less scrupulous retnue of politicians He
IS admirably mimcked by the actor who persoaates him
in every detail
| A few weeks ago. Lamartne, complaining TO a French
acquaintance of mine of an mportunaie visitor, said,
lie is of transatlantic stupidity" This should be
known TO transatlantic gentlemen who write him adua-
tory letters OF which they forget the postage Former
y, the American consul heavily taxed for such ad
dresses TO the members of the royal family