The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-02-17

IasnlOn, y one down, tother come on.
The absence, II seems, OF portion or the whole
OF the New York mail, has caused great incon-
venience and annoyance; and long and unsettled
countenances are the effect. The number of let
ly'' small We received our Mexican and West
India letters by the Teviot steamer, this morn
mg@she was looked for seven days ago.
30th Jan, M-Still no account of the CO.
lumbia, Patrick Henry, Aoglo-American, or the
Marmion. Wind continues S. E.
PARIS 18th January ls4s.
Even Of high interest here have occurred since the
date Of my last dispatches. The oldest and most
cherished friend and counsellor and Of the most be-
loved Of the relatives of the Monarch Of the Barbados
has departed this transitory life after seventy years
passed amidst vcssitudes seldom paraleed in the life
and fortunes Of any individual Of any station rank
The late Princess Adelaide of Orleans person of
strong masculine understanding and exercised the
mind Of her brother great influence She 1t was who,
when the wife Of Louis Philippe shrunk from the offer Of
the crown made at Neuily by NM. Theirs and Scher,
in july 1880 stood boldly forward pledged herself that
and offered go personally to The chamber through
the tumuts Of the Streets her then could be
the destnies Of the new monarch. She inhabited the
pavilion Of the Tueries which forms tbs angle Of the
,u Of on bs
she died On ths restoration her good fortune to
and the chief part Of the property Of which she had
quentiy regainsd It, Its amount very considerable,
being estimated in actual value at the death Of the
Princess ct twelve millions Of dollars. With the
exception Of some legnces, she left this to the
sons Of Louis Philippe, hsr nephews The Duke
late Duke Of Bourbon, received no share. The
Duke de Ncmours being the natural nhsritor Of the
lpps, has received only millions of dolarr The
mainder divided In equal parts between tho Prince de
will thus be possessed of most muniacent fortunes
The Duke do Monpenser got with his wife fortune Of
above six millions Of dollars and the Prince de Joinv
tho nf Rroz
dover OF scarcely less amount
Since this stroke of afliction Louis Philippe
tions before his family and the public has only augment
cd their effect and those who best acquainted with
days Of tbs sovereign will be- abridged BY this shock al
though 1t Is certainly untrue that there were imme
a s % bss @ % Mss
rendered conspiciously manifest by the efoct pro-
ducsd at the Bou.ss hs slightest alarm respecting it
The moment the death Of the Princess Adelaide
nounced the three per cents fell frano not of
of the princess hsrs. but from the effect
feared that her death would have on the king Since
then every rumor regarding his health has caused
huctuation 1t is literally true that he cannot
Another event. Of which you will doubtless have
heard is the surrender Of Abdel Ksdsr that formidable
Africa, to the Duo d'Aumae. This Was lucky Incl
DENT sort OF windfal OF glory to tho young governor
me- makipr Var with The French coonv in Arius He
attacking the Emperor OF Morocco by whose army
he was beaten He found himself bsset on one side by
the victorious troops Of Ab1erhaman and another
by the frontier Of the French colony bristpg with bay
onets under General Lamoricere and in his the
desert There WAS no escape. He offered to surrender
to the Duo Aumale, her General Lamorciere,
the condition of being sent with his family and suite
lions were granted and the Emir with his followers
amounting to about an hundred persons were accord
iogy sndec az Mat'e ah ai rLencn sseam i,igaie
granted proved to be thing but acceptable
to back ont Of the affair." without violating the word Of
the genera! Of Ageria, the con OF Lous PHI
lippe This has just been however, most adrpity
nsged. Abd-el Ksder has been wheeded and hattered
by the agents of Louis Philippe until he has been ac-
usly persuaded to give up voluntarily the conditions
which he surrendered, and to throw himself the
generosity Of the King of the French.
The reform movement has assumed dimensions and
Importance such to command the serious attention
OF the government which that 1t will not do to
treat it with ptuous indifference The Revue des
Deur Mondes semi-ofhcisl organ Of the cabinet, In
can no longer to tho reform banqust but
Is rite for discussion In the Chamber Tnis the
fret step towards practical egsation and 1t may be
considered that ere long the colossal eystem Of
electoral and parliamentary corruption, which forms
the instrument by which the government in France
mands It, The ministerial majority Themselves admit
that ana no cabinet permanently
this universal demand At the moment that write, 1t
10 rumored that negotiations are going on between tn:
Court and Count Mole, for change OF cabinet; but
believe they will lead to nothing.
In music and the drama, the great event Of the last
fortnight has been the production of Aubrs new opera
OF Haidee or, The Secret This work has been pro-
duced with every attention to effect whether In the
music, the lbretto the mise seen'" The librets
by Scribe and has been found fault with being
picated and but the briancy of the music
and the spleudor Of the scenery and cotume draw all
attention from criticism upon the drama The opera
in its character and STYLE belongs to the GLARS
"Mssanieou and although written for the Opera CO.
mque, ought to have been produced at the Academy,
where alone justice could have been done to 1t, sod
where 1t might have been nusr tied and adorned with
those delicious bales to which the strains Of Aubsr
so admirably adapted Such as it s however 1t has
been emnenty successful, and 10 likely to on the
alternate nights through the present 1t also
about to BIS exported to London, where 1t will be pro-
duced, it Is said, at Covent Garden.
Verdi's opera Of " Lombard" transmitted into Je
drass its slow length along in gorgeous and heavy
msgnfcencs ct the Academy. 1t has not been
full and Notwithstanding ell the artistoa skill and the
boundees expense lavish ed Its production not
destined to live Indeed neither the Parisian nor the
London public have been able to relish the com,
positions Of Verdi Score after has been produced
In the and the other capital and tho managers have
omitted expedente TO success yet the public
has been insensble to the OF the maestro Moth
ing is more incomprehensbls to the amateurs Of
London and Paris, than the invarable success
es seTd n. Italy tho one. that
would be sure to put audience to fight In the
capital Of either England or France, while nothing else
necessary to ensure crowded and enthusiastic audi
in Milan Venice, Bologna Florence, Rome, or Ma
Piles In fact in the transslpins theatres, Rossn and
Belini are defunct and Verdi alone lives.
In chamber music, Paris IT, as 1t has always been, def
Client The Paris public loves the spectacle and although
vs attracts audience Of connoisseurs yet stage
Is the only arena in Paris in which composer hope
for real triumph Up to the time WRITE the season
has not been marked by the production OF single
cert worthy Of mention Chit Damoreau has, however
just announced concert In which she proposes to take
her fuai farewell Of the public.
The stream Of fashionable Amusement In Paris, has
been interrupted and certain branches of business er
ously damaged by the court mourning Of two months
falling It does unfortunately, in the very middle OF
the Paris AL receptions and balls at the chateau
are OF course discontinued and the suspension Of
social amusements take place BY etiquette at all the
embassies at all the mnisrie and In short in all the
circles directly indirectly connected with the court
and cabinet Many families also glad to effect an econo
my Ia their expenses shelter themselves under the
text of fashion and adroy curtal their expenditures,
and do homage to the powers that be- In the
sure Even In public, at the opera for example, con-
siderable proportion Of the audience appear In black.
This IL at fashionable and cheap. Nevertheless
balls and entertainments continue In tho Fsubourg st.
Germain and the evening Of the 1sth the great
nual public ball In aid Of the extinct civil list Of the
Reator alton ciyen In tha Jardin d. Hiver a