The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-09

/ the breakwater. The railroad, too, between there
and this city is actually progressing. As you will
| already have learned, the eubvention to be given
! to the company, or that the company demand is
enormous. Itwould doubtless drive the Humboldt
and franklin of the course, if the American Con
gress should not judge fit to come to their relief.
One would hardly suppose, however, in face OF the
trial trip of the Ericsson, that those twenty steam
ers would be contracted for ON the old exploded
system.
Among the absurdities committed in the per i.
Torrance of Uncle Tom here is one of the mos I
ludicrous description. The fun introduced intothe
piece is entirely original with the dramatsts; /
believe it is not to be found in the romance There
is saye-owner who appears from time to times
and this saye-owner is himself negro Hia
slaves hold him in the most utter contempt, and
are continually amusing themselves at his expense
They do not venture to strike him. as there is a
law against slaves striking his master; go they
kick him instead. There is no law against that
Quite an amusing quarter of an hour is thus in
troduced between two heart-rending episodes of
the play. On the first night one of the two dogs
that represent the bloodhounds forgot him self and
committed peccadillo upon the stage. The trick
ling that ensued extingushed of the footlights.
funny critic says that this improperly was
doubtless due to the emotion inseperable dun
premier debut.
One edition alone-the translation of NJ. de La
bedollier think-has reached ts eley enth edition
of 10000 each. monthly periodical announces
that the work is by Mrs. H. B. How. a'
Madam Guyon, who plays the character of Eliza
at the Ambigu, and who is an admirable melo- dra-
matte actress leaves that theatre the close the
run of Uncle Tom, for the Porte St. Martin, ex-
changing salary of 10, 0O0f year for l6,OOof. a
L
Vaudeville for four years, at the rate of 90 0OOf.
year, with an annual benefit and two months leave
of absence His departure, involving the with
drawal of La Dame aux Camelias, convinced the
director that he could not get along without his
premier sujet. M. Gaillardet's comedy illustra-
tive of American manners, will not, think, see
the footlights under six months. Cornelius Ma
thewss Witchcraft, which has been translated has
foot note expressive of lively hope OF an early
representation. Roger, of the opera, earned S0,-
O00f last year in Paris, Berlin Vienna, and Brus-
sells. cannot say what Rachel earns in the course
of year. During her last congo the presents she
received from the emperors, kings, and princes
that formed the majority of Der audiences were
worth quite as much mere as the dollars and cents.
The twenty three theatres of Paris hold when full
81 900 persons; the average number of persons who
attend them every evening is 20, 600. Besides the
theatres, there are twenty cafes chautanfs twenty
cafes theatres, ten concert-rooms, seven exhibit
tons of jugglery, &C., three stages for dramatic
practice three amateur theatres thirty three ball.
rooms where money is paid for admission, thirty
four bathrooms where admission is free, and where
the visitor pays two or three sous every time he
dances. Twenty-four thousand persons, it is cal
eulated, attend these various entertainments
nightly. In all, then, Al 900 persons amuse them
selves at the public exhibitions nightly. The
cepts of the whole in 1851 were ten millions and
half francs; the theatres proper figure in this sum
for eight millions and half. The poor-tax was
first levied on the theatres under Louis XIV, when
there were but two-the opera and the comedy.
The tax was then six per cent; nine per cent. is
now levied upon the gross receipts. The twenty
three theatres empty four hundred and sixty seven
door openers, all women, seven hundred and fifty
FIVE employees, six hundred and thirty costumere,
machinists carpenters, &c., and sixty four hair
dressers. OF these the Opera claims eight, the
Italiens .i1, the Coincide FRANCHISE six, Sc, sc.
FRANCO.