New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-09-08
FRANCE.
Miscellaneous Matters.
Correspondence Of The y Y Tribune.
PlRIs, Thursday, Aug q. i

Those who have followed the auctions carefully,
say that no less than 10000 cups and saucess, with,
of course proporiionaie quantities OF plates, dinner
services &c. have already been disposed Of All
the ware IS without exception, from the mandatory
at >tvres and bears upon d, the stamp OF the estao-
lshment besides the designation OF the. palace for
which Il was made and the royal initials l. z or l.
O.-Louis Philippe Of Orleans. Some IS from
Fontalnbleau some from ST Cloud, Versailles, the
Tranon o. Neully. There are four different styles,
the quality of the porcelain being the same IN all,
The difference beng IN the painting and ornament
The first IS the Kings own" the second the ser
vice Of the Princes the third that Of the officers of
the household and the fourth that of the servants.
The Americans. particularly cannot comprehend
that any family. royal or not could need the TWEEN
,leth part OF The ware that bears the crown and
cipher But II is easily explained. Five or SIX
palaces were furnished for the entertainment Of AS
many guests as they could conveniently hold At a
French dinner Of ceremony every single individual
uses from ten 10 fifteen plaieS-for entertainment
at which twenty persons should SIT down, therefore
no less than from two 10 three hundred would be
required For be II known, that plate upon which
vop have eaten salmon Is never washed IN violent
hurry. wiped with damp dishcloth and sent back
hot and s,eamng. Just IN time for your green peas
The fifteen plates are all fresh and when once done
with, are seen no more for one day at least Many
persons declare that the government are IN league
with the Seyres' factory, and that they paming
off upon the guble public porcelain made for the
purpose and stamped with the necessary insignia
France is the last country in the world where
forging of any kind could be practice!, and be
side that. seyres would fail tomorrow If It sold
the products of ts beautiful art at the prices paid
49,. 81 AZ NpurpauN WOull engage
TO furnish house from top to bottom with
everything that could possibly be needed IN the
porcelain line, all Of It OF the frs, quality, bear
ing at least three different stamps at one-thlrd less
than s6yres' porcelain of second quality, without
anv stamp at all, could be bought, nelc, at any
crockery shop in town. One reason why the prices
are so low Is that almost everybody has already fur
nished himself with some memento of the last King
of France or. that being well aware of the quaint
ties that vet remain be sold holds back for cheap
er luck next time another is, that the secondhand
dealers who usually run things up pretty well do
not feel able to invest money IN stock IN which IL
must lie iallow for some years 10 come they must
wait long time yet, until this initiated porcelain has
become novelty, before they can expect 10 sea
again with profit.
The auctions are conducted with the utmost fair
ness and equity. II article IS cracked or chlpped
1t is either withdrawn from the set or the buyers are
warned that It Is imperfect or broken One day The
bds were risDg rapidly upon very handsome blue
preserve DISH which had unuckily "A good-Sized Jag
IN It's side. Two gentlemen were playing an exciting
game OF battledore, and neither Of them was willing
10 let the bird drop Are you aware" SAID the auc
toneer that the article you are striving for, Is pretty
considerably damaged John, show the gentlemen the
flaw" ltby any chance person outbldS HIMSELF his
error is at once corrected, and he whdraws the deer
nal augment that he had unwittngly applied to his
own previous bid. But IN New-Nork such mistake Is
looked upon as one Of the best Jokes OF the season
1t furnishes atheme for general harty and for some
Of the most classical saes of the auctl0neer was
once tent on having a barometer, that was gong TO
be knocked down 1t a sale IN Leroy place. | offered
81 30 for H. ard shortly afterward having been think
ng Of something foreign to the subject IN the interval,
increased my offer to s2.75. The fun that succeeded
was lndescrlbable. One man laughed I'LL he had the
hccoughs and was obliged to leave. Well, sir, this
was taken as a genuine bid, and had to pay $275
for my barometer. | preferred private sales, ever
after, til left the United States.
The annual report of the Minister of
Justice upon criminal statistics has Jus, been pub
shed II has reference to the administration OF JUS
tee during the year lei9 extract from this docu-
ment the following interesting details
The Court Of AsSzes passed judgment IN lsi9
uron 20l5 accusations OF crimes against persons,
and SOS accusations OF crimes against property.
The number OF the former class much larger
than an any year since 1926. The number Of the lat
ter was much smaller than IN lsI7 ors. Political
crimes were very frequent IN lsi0 While there were
only IS Of this nature IN lsi7 and 226 rs the
Der N ls49 rises 10 337. The crimes OF murder Of
nanticice Of ssauit and battery have also largely
augmented Out Of the 6,9s3 persons tired IN 1919
there were 9,9l9 men, OF IS per cent, and l,ooi
women or IS per cent. This gives one man accused
out Of every 1904 inhabitants, and only one woman
out Of every 1878 inhabitants. The principal
crimes committed BY women we're afantIcide, pol
sonlng ard domestic thieyery. Out Of the 9s3 per
sons tried, So under 6 years Of age, and O51
under 81 There were also As octogenaries. In
married men form more than one half Of the whole
number accused-3,747 out Of 6,ss3. There were
also 35l wdowers. In the department Of the Seine
tParis more than twothirds Of the accused are un.
married Out Of the whole plumber e9l had no oc-
cupatlon al all Also worked for themselves 3 $50
worked for other people. Out Of the whole number
1886 could neither read nor write, 1904 could read
but write 99s could do both, and 326
degree persons Of education As ageneral Inference
Il may be stated that the latter class commit many
more crimes against persons than agaIns, property
Out Of the 6se3 accused and tired, 27f were acqut
ted and 429 condemned 80 to death 1876 TO hard labor
FOR fe, s35 hard labor for specified periods, 7Os
seclusIon, TO transportation, q 10 detention,
2,567 10 Imprisonment, and 70 fines Out Of the
thirty nine capital convictions, "A have already
been executed Out of the whole number Of accused,
6,ss3 90 per cent. were for the second ofense For
this class Of offenders the jury Is more severe
than for those Who have never been tired before
l. per only Of those recdivists were acquitted
II IS remarked that offenders who have been bat
slightly punished for their first peccad.lo, are quite
sure 70 repeat their ofense. ago were tired twice
2e3 three times II .our times ~ FIVE times TX