The republic., 1851-07-11
neu Yorl. corrs.ponasnss.


Duiy.on Foreign Newspapers = Business Dull City
abandoned for the Coistry-I The Italian Opsra-
Return Of ParOdi- Washington cooler than Netv
York.
New YoRK, July 8. 1851.
The late decision Of the Treasury Department.
which subjects foreign newspapers to duty Of
ten per cent, causes good deal OF grumbliEg
among the dealers in these articles here; but it
will not be likely to cause much discomfort among
our own newspaper proprietop, whose interests
are entitled TO some consideration. Since the pas
sage between Liverpool and New York has been
reduced 10 ten days, the importation OF English
newspapers has increased to unsupported ex-
tent, and the order of the Treasury which lays
duty upon them will enable the country to learn
how much Of daily reading is imported from
the other side of the Atlantic. The papers most
extensively sold here are the London illustrated
Nsios, and Punch; the quantities of both very
large, and as they enter into direct competition
with our publishers, and are, to all inents,
books, although not in the shape Of bound volumes,
there is reason why they should be exempt from
duty. have been told that there is one house in
New York which imports, or did few months
since thirty seven hundred copies of the Illus
trated NttOs weekly; some idea of the circulation
Of that paper in the United States may be formed
from this fact 1t is newspaper only in name,
and ii comes in immediate competition with the
sale of books. The other weekly London papers
that largely sold here Punch, Dicks'is's
Household Words the Lady's Newspaper, Bells
Life in London, the Dispatch, Leader, Tablsi,
and ChamJers's Journal. The publishers of the
Paris L'Hlushation have established publica-
tion Office in Broadway, and issue edi-
ton of their paper, printed in Paris, expressly
for this side Of the water, under the title Of lie
NoniteIT Anpicain. Thus, under the existing
laws, every improvement in navigation which
brings us nearer to England takes US further from
ourselves This constant perusal Of English pa
pers cannot fail 10 have the effect of creating dis
taste for our own periodicals. A few years ago
there were good many weekly papers of high
character published in New York; but now, ex-
cepting the religious weeklies, there is not that
can compare favorably with some that were in ex-
istence ten years since The Algerines would
never permit native of their country to fill the
office of Dey, but chose to import their ruler from
Constantnople; and we are fast falling into that
very queer habit ourselves. 1t makes but little
odds who makes our laws, or has the honor of being
our nominal ruler, while we go abroad for
daily reading. If it is better to make the songs OF
people than their laws, how much better il is to
have the making OF their books and newspapers
Since the fourth of July, business, except Of daily
necessity, has come to dead halt. Wall street
has been descrted by all the principal stock opera
tors, and everybody who has the slightest apology
for leaving the business haunts OF the city ia off TO
the country; some under the preence of drum
ming up their delinquent customers, while those
who have country houses Of their own of course
need apology for prelerrng them to their town
residences
The opera at Castle Garden, our papers say, 10
brilliantly attended; and it is, with very bril-
liant moon and cool breeze; but there are
not many opera -goers in town, and the novelty
of cheap Italian opera has lost the charm it pos
sessed last summer. Parodi and Strakosch and
their man of business have returned from the
South; and Badiali, the great barytone from the
Havana opera company, will appear at Castle
Garden tomorrow night; but when is as hot
as Enceladus, half roasted under Mount Etna,
it requires something powerful than barry
tone. Ii requires very ''solid flesh" indeed to
sist the melting influences of the tremendously
hot weather under which we are now sweltering.
saw gentleman this morning just from WASH
ington, who said the weather much cooler
there than it 10 here; and readily believe it.
Yesterday had rain, and the weather was OF
that disagrecable kind called muggy; butt cleared
off this morning, and, Notwithstanding there is
lively breeze 1t is scorchpgy hot; butt with all the
heat, the city is perfectly healthy and the great
number of strangers here more than make up for
our absentees.
The peasantest day we have had this season was
on the Fourth which was bright, sunny, and cool,
and was kept up in q more spirited manner than
remember for several years S. X. s.