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leans DO not wish to see the play produced, and
would prevent it if thew could So s@*s & {,f-E-

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would prevent 1t if they could. sss-s
The peddhng Of hooks. pamphlets and engrav.
Ings is about to be regulated by general law.
Heretofore permissions and refusals depended upon
the projects OF each department., and it often han
pened that work that was authorized by one was
pronloited ~ another and thus it was current on
one sioe OF boundary line and contrab i'd on the
otner. AS the peddlers often sold, nevertheless.
ilnnioral oooks and obscene engravings which had
never been submitted to the project for his assent
.ne Munster OF Police ordered that every thing au-
.horized should be stamped at each prefecture.
Dut aiitnls has not cured the evil, and the gov
erhment has just appointed a central committee
IN Farls, to undertake the duty of granting autho-
rizations for the whole of France. Notwithstand-
ing the presence in this committee of pretty con-
siderable political representation. the measure will
doubtless be productive of good STILL its province
is wholly preventive. 1t forbids the circulation of
bad books; it does not encourage the spread of
good ones. This want remains as it always has
done, The great misfortune of France. 1t is to the
incomplete, insufficient education of her people
that she her revolutions, her restlessness her
discomfort, and her late degradation.
The first warning of the new series has been
given to the Union de J. Quest, published at Anglers
The motive was collection of items, headed
"News and Rumors,' of which portion were
ERRONEOUS" The editor had selected them from
other newspapers, which had not been warned for
their publication. The journalists were beginning
to hope that the millennium had arrived But the
time has not yet come when the lion shall lie down
with the lamb, and the project fraternize with the
printer man.
M Pietri has placarded notice in Paris to the
effect that people must not rush at the Emperor,
when he in fbo afro e.
upon him; but that The porters of the Tuileries
have received orders to receive all that may be Of
fered, and to hand lem at once to the secretary
for examination
ADD ell, Kader and his suite have left Paris de.
hnitively for Marseilles and Brouna. They num-
bered forty-two in all-one emir, one mother, one
legitimate wife, three supplementary wives, three
sons, two daughters, one nephew, one mother in
law, one nurse, two kafats, and quantity of
subordinates. The French part of the expedition
consists of Commandant Boissonnet, whom ADD
-Kader was directed to invite, physician, and
two interpreters. The steamer Orinoco takes
them at Marseilles and conveys them to small
seaport on the sea of Marmora, twenty-five miles
from Brouna. "a sa
Corsica has offered its mite of admiration to the
new Emperor. The municipal council of Ajaccio
has passed the following resolution: ssWhereas his
Majesty Napoleon Ill. has conceived the grand
and generous idea of isolating the house in which
Napoleon was born, it ia unanimously decided
that a bronze statue shall be Immediately erected
to his Majesty Napoleon H., opposite the nata!
house of the Emperor Napoleon /. In the name of
the prophet'-beans!
Seven kilometres, or about two miles of the rail-
road around Paris, were inaugurated yesterday,
Sunday-just one year and one day from the date
OF the decree ordering its construction. The Sec
ton completed unites the stations of the Rouen
and the Strasburg railroads.&c. suburbs of Grizzly
and La Chapelle-the northwest and northeast
outskirts of the city. rapid ride over the route
in a train brilliantly bedizened with flags, COL
lation at the Strasburg station, sundry speeches
and toasts formed the ceremony of Inauguration.
You may or may not be aware that the larger
number Of the theatres in Paris, besides the per
centage upon the receipts paid to the authors for
every performance of their productions, give to
each certain number of tickets, and that the
sale of these constitutes an important part of
their revenue. They are sold in the vicinity of
the theatre, by agents, generally in some conve-
nlent fruit store or other frequented spot. They
are sold for fourth less than at the ticket office,
and many people never go to the theatre at all un-
less they can obtain one of these coupons under
par The theatres do not object to the practice for
it is matter of course that when the attraction is
great enough to fill the house at the full prices the
tickets outside can only be had at these rates,
and sometimes even at an advance. Though
provided with one of these, you have not all
the privileges of those who engage their seats
beforehand, for the ticket is never numbered,
and you must follow the line-you cannot enter
by the middle door with those who have paid
premium at the ticket Office for reserved seats II
would not do to allow the same advantages to
tnose VINO pay under as TO those who pay over the
established rates. This custom prevails generally
IN Paris; the Coincide Fransaise has always been
an exception. notice is painted over all the en-
frances, that tickets obtained elsewhere than
at the offices will not be received An interesting
lawsuit has just arisen and been judged, relative
to this matter. M. Henri Marger, the author of
LIE Bonhomme Jadts wrote some weeks ago an ad.
mission for two persons to front seats in the first
tier of boxes. M. Barre and his wife presented it,
were admitted but were refused front seats Thew
protested; an upper employs was called, who, when
he found that they had entered with an authors
ticket, plumply told them that they could not re-
main, and with some trouble got them out of the
house. M. Barre sued Arsine Houssaye, the d.
rector, for damages. His advocate cited the ex-
ample of all the other theatres in Paris; mentioned
that M. Marger was allowed to sign tickets of adj
mission to La Vie de Boheme at the Varieties, Why
could ne not at the Franeais? The advocate of
the theatre replied that tickets were given to the
authors as favor, but not to sell, while M Barre
acknowledged that he had bought the two in
which originated the misunderstanding. The
Judge decided against the manager, and con-
demned him to pay M. Barre 100 francs damages.
Several of the cabinet ministers being already
commanders in the order of the Legion of Honor,
it occurred to the Emperor that it was nothing
more than simple justice to promote the rest to the
same rank The next day the Moniteur contained
the necessary DEGREES. Thus far there have been
no creation OF dukes, counts, or barons, although
several OF the presumed candidates for nobility are
Familiarity sauted by the titles supposed to be in
tended for them. 51 ~
Paris is hereafter o-haye a winter circus as we'll
az a.summer one. magnificent arena has been
built upon the Boulevard du Temple, and the
whole of Fransoni'scompany have been transported
there from the Champs Elysees. 1t is called the
Cirque Napoleon, and the Emperor was present at
the Inauguration. The workmen who had con
structed the edifce presented him bouquet of vic
lets, in return for which he gave them speech
three lines and a-half in length-type of the Mon
iteur understand that they expected some more
substantial token of gratitude.