The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-12-07

Thee is one thing which It seems neither IN
teFnational visits, nor daily communication. nor
railways, nor newspapers, hoT books, nor friendly
political relations, nor extensive commercial deal
ings can possibly change-and that is the ENGLISH
man Of the French stage. As he was yesterday, 30
he IS to-day, and he viii pFobabIv be for ever
he has already existed calm, serene, UNCHANGED
during the of VOltaire, the reign Of Louis XVI
the fierce Revolution, the Consulate, the Empire,
the Restoration, the Reign Of Louis Philippe and
the infancy Of the Republic-aud there is no earthly
reason why he should not go on in the same way
i'll time shall be more; war, anarchy, famine,
the overthrow Of thrones and destruction Of repu5-
lies, clearly affect him not. He s 7lSkogE in rank
possessed Of boundless wealth, full Of the Wild
est eccentFicities, yet displaying the proioundest
gTavity-cOnstanty calculates Hauhhshp aud
Nhohh dresses absurdIy, and is for ever perpe-
tratiDg suicide. In melo-drama farce, vaudeville,
pautomime, opera, the poor man has been servedup
hundreds Of thousands Of tmes-has Distributed
mints Of money-swallowed tons Of poisoa-cut
his throat oftener than would be easy to count
In his walks in the street he is constantly accom-
panied BY brace Of Bengal tigers, who piayfullV
deVour the passers BY, and the Enqlishmaa repairs
NE damage sustained BY the sorTowing families Of
Ihe deceased BY few thousand ligyss stsrliHgs.
IN ms house he has boa-constrietor and a Young
ephaht ior ms children 10 play with If he goes to
~ pay he Always hlres the whole theatre If on
steamer he has il all to himself Sometirnes he Is
married, but then 4Bizdf is sure tn drive hin ~ 5
| spar, ~ gaiivanting with handsome French
man. he be single he sSops a uerfscf -sr,,,.eri =,
ne street and asks her 70 wed him. He never
stlfS out without pfussle acid or razorz in NJ rref
| IN case sudden whim 70 die shoul5 80. f; -,
his way, OF any Of his friends should yvsnf n TsI
an exit from this weary world h - -,
line Of the Tines (pronounced Tsmnsl e,lsvv ~
OF his life. He pays people to throw thsmssive~
into rivers, of lofty columns, or let thelssiy~s ~
baited by bulls. He sometimes commits r6,srier.
occasionally dabbles in dplomacy, is invariably gro
tesqneiy absurd and always displays his pluck by
stripping of his coat and offering to bogez-uoz,S.
In short, he is one Of the droest fishes that ever
| swan out Of water.
q" Itwould make very amusing article for a u1ag-
azne to take the stage Englishman Of the last hun
dred or hundred and fifty years. and show the innu-
| merable ludicrOus fashions in which he has been
made to figure. And they, moreover, would dia4
play the astonishing ingenuity Of French dramatic
writers IN squeezing so much amusement6ut OF one
| oheracter-ln making one type serve as a peg on
which to hang all kinds Of comic dialogue and stu
| atoms.
Just now the everlasting, Interchangeable an
gLais is again being served up at the Theatre des
Raretes--wih, Of course, the usual sauces-ecoen-
| trclty, spleen, and suicide l have not yet seen
the piece, but according to all accounts II makes
the audience screech' with laughter. Hoffman il
| the Englshman-E0rd Spleen he comes 10
France to restore an ill-gotten inheritance after
| which he purposes to commit suicide he falls ID,
| at his hotel with pretty girl who is weeping ths
loss Of her lover 'Ah lHaaeuoisslZe, says he, By
way of consoling her, let die together-come to
/ my room-there is some good poison there -
| But says she, to be found dead by your side
would compromise my character That's true
he replies, but let's go to the Consul, and BE mar
| redp As soon done as said, and On their return,
arsenic and makes his lady-wife do The same. The
! foolery of all this is it seems, relieved BY smart
dialogue, and especially by the inimitabe acting Of
Hoffman Cor. Of London Literary Gazetfe-