The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-14

Such occasions are rare enough Of lsse. TIA
dismal weather which has succeeded the otogm that
buEss over 1e capital almost imnsdiately afssr ne
suicide a. November weather in London. The last
days Of the fall races ct the Champ de Mars have
been distinguished by the absence Of the sun and Of
fashionable crowds Tho moving ssenes winch
the 18th Of October. have sorely tried the nerves
alike Of lodgers, propret0rs, and passors by. Hugo
furniture wagons have been rumbliDg night and day
over the pavements You would almost imagine
tn at the Coesacks were about to invade Paris. and
the inhabitants were taking to fight. Tho Cos
sacks might almost be welcomed, II they should
expel forever, fourffths of the house propretors,
and larger proportion ssal Of that other detesta-
invariably the cause Of most Of the dsnsnagenents,
(YemOvals,) that four times year make Paris re.
sembe vast curiosity shop, with all It contains
tpmbliDg about as II possessed with the devil and
St. Vitus. The Parisans are thus forced 70 keep up
an nterminable game of hide and seek, which re-
minds You in some respects Of the famous Macabran
dance scuptured on the gray walls Of old cashedr ais
by the fantasy Of the middle ages. Az remedy for
the increasing evil Of frequent removals, it has been
suggested that practice which has long prevailed
in Rennes, in Brittany and Ii provided for by tho
Code Civil-the purchase Of separate apartments Of
portions of h0nse-sh0uld be adopted In the CAPT
tai Of France. But TO purchase an apartment in
almost any Of the multitude Of new buildings erected
here during the past two years, would cost as much
as q castle anywhere else, save In Spain. Simply
TO rent one, albeit at the top Of the house. on the
fifth floor, costs, in many instances from 1900 to
5000 francs o year. The prepriet0rs, dazzled by
the golden perspective which the approaching ex.
hibiion of 1855 opens even to the dullest magina.
tons bave run rents up to such an exorbitant rate
that it might we'll suggest to government the cree.
ton Of similar buildings for the accommodation of
u world Of people with moderate incomes and mear
gre salaries TO those already erected for the exclu
five use ofthe working classes As II Is now, not
few deDizens of that world" turn their eyes visit
Cxl1. l. <1n~ Tcln uodh IA
of German emig, anis to the United States, whom
they have encountered during the past fortnight
irudgiDg sturdily from the 6rasburg rail way station
to that OF Havre. Within fifteen days past no less
than twenty one thousand German emigrants have
passed through stras5urg, on their way to Amer q,
by Paris and HAVE. The Heidelberg, which has
just sailed from Havre, took out among its passen.
gers, says the Constitutional, MonAgneur Martin,
ries and twelve Sisters Of the Good Pastor and Of
the Sacred Heart. Mrs. Nightingale, 1t seems,
has been provoked to good works" by the heroic
example of the Sisters Of Charity in the East, and
counsels and aid Of several members Of that unri
vailed community on the journey which she is to
undertake with company OF English nurses, TO the
camp Of the allied armies. The proseytiDg zeal of
on the psrt''of the chsplains Of the French army,
and the entrance Of Protestant pastors into the hos
pital at Constantinople has been prohibited. On
the other hsnd, the Bishop Of La Rochelle has for
mdty IOTUOu6u Tue cure VI VIC lhlc VI ak VI ViStt
the Russian prisoners there. L. this because the
Catholic clergy must have naught to do with schis-
mates, or because It was required by Icourtesy to
the Pope of the Greek Church In Paris, who lately
visited the priscners2 Did you know before that
Here, again, your Partisan interrupts HIMSELF
but, lighting his segar, he continues without drop
ping the match. We have Also manufacturer Of
wonder Of the world. Il turns out daily three mil.
lion eight hundred thousand matches. Bnt the
ninth wonder Of the world IL the factory Of Batha
Mertens al Lessines. which turns out daily from
seven to eight millions of matches. single mstch,
however-that which Cruveli has just made With
Baron Yigier, con Of an industrial notabnity
Of the reign of Louis Philippehas lit more curiosity
than all these. The fugitive from the opera has
fed to the arms Of q husband: She was married, it
seems, at Frankfort on:the Maine. she had pre-
viously deposited with the banker Rothschild the
one hundred thousand francs which she forfeited by
her flight. A wedding ring that cost 100000
franks ought to be brilliant! Rachel-that
other capricious child Of genius and fortune
was on Saturday condemned, on such days as shall
be designated by NJ. Legouve and the administra-
tion Of the Theatre Francais to resume and CONT
nue. the rehearsals Of "Medee,"a three act tragedy
BY Mr. Legouve, and to play the pert allotted 70 her
BY the author ard accepted by herr and, in default
thereof to pay 200 francs (about forty doliars for
each cay Of delay, during two months. The demand
Of 1s sSs ss .ss las
encount. rcd, was not sustained. The tribunal, on
the other band characterized as chmericd the lie
pIets put forward by the actress for refusal to
fulfil her engagement, "the Chi nerical dread OF q
check, failure, at the moment Of quitting the
Fierch STAGE" In the course OF the process, seve
rel Charming letters OF Rachel we're produced, and
these together with other sufficient evidence, left
DO doubt that the tragedy had been read at her re
qrest corrected and then Lot only acceoted but re
hearsed. Her lawyer, N. Chalk DISTANCE, one OF
the moet ingenious and skilful advocates in Paris
thought it hard that Rachel should be compelled to
pelsonate monster Of mother, who murders her
children. The public is also disposed TO think that
N. Legouve might have found in antiquity some
less revolving character. The public is malicious
enough to ask: who Is this NJ Legouve, that he
should do what peiiher Csssimir Delavique nor Pom
saId thought Of doing when the illustrious TRACE
d,enne, sfftr having accepted the File de Cid of
the one and the Charlotte Corday Of the other, SON.
Guided to return both pieces unacted to their au-
thcrs2 Dots not M. Legouve. the son OF the author
vellous impeIsopation OF Adriepne Lecouvieur, and
to the elegant toilettes which Rachel was fond Of
displaying as Louise de Lgueroiss, not only large
sums OF money, but the reputation "a which he bases
lis clsms TO prospective arm chair at the Acade-
my? NJ. Legouve was but collabordteur- half
author of these two Ilsys-the inferior literary me-
rit Of which has been redeemed only by the splendid
acting by which Mile. Mars immortalized Lonise
and Mile Rachel both Louise and Adrienne Tribu-
mails ofustice, however, are less indngent than the
public, when even great actress like Rachel fails
IN fidelity to an engagement. and the civil tribunal
Of the Seine has endorsed the truth which her pro
scouting toirey, M. Matthieu, asserted, that
rim ne dispense dc Ia probte, pas meme le genienot
even genius can dispense with probity.
memoir of Rachel, by NJ. de Mericourt, will ap-
pear in few days. In addition to abundant bio
graph al details, anecdotes, &C., careful analysis
Of each Of her principal roles is promised.
sale Of autoc rapids supplied by the correspon-
derce which the late Mr. Ladvocat held for twenty
five yeaIs, With the celebrities of European ltera-
ture, has taken place within q few days past
Tbacleray should seize upon the history Of Lad
vocat, and use 1t in his controversy with those
iersry geniuses" who believe that authors all die
in hospitals while publishers all live mllionairss
Here, st least is one publisher who died ia a
hosl ital and he was the first publisher of tsimir
Delsyiene, LanariiDe, Victor Hugo, Vilemaiu, De
BaranIe, and Guizot. He was the jealous French
oPa. at,r OF Shakespeare, Byron, Schiller, Gosthe
and Aferi. His hosptabIe table at his hotel On the
Qusi N-lsquais used to be surrounded by mir iste g.
acedenicars, authors turned statesmen; and he dies
last ahespitai. One CT the famous writer's whom
have AIRED has Lot forgot,s his first and gen.
erous publisher. The bounGifnl nature Of Lam artiae
J. unchanged by sge aud mis- orture. Struggling