The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-08

before their departure o most superb banquet was
given the officers by the Emperor at the Tuilsries.
Everything that regal pomp could furnish to give
munidceace Of which It must be admitted Napoleon
10 no niggard. The plate was Of msssive gold, the
fruits and viands Of unsparing cost, the wines the
choicest the im1erial &C liars conld produce. A baud
percr were more than usually punctilIous; his ord.
navy reserve was completely laid aside /; and Il was
easy to perceive that Napoleon's desire to be popu-
lar with the army. Is a principle which he never Tor
introduced to the Empress, and when about to de.
pAit, q cloak lined with fur and admirably adapted
for defence against tire vic issitudes Of an ungenial
siDn : s. W, was P pre- ssd., to each; :. NC G. my dear
cup to his lips, I" absent from you, I shall be more
with you, than If present"
TIE adhesion or Piedmont to the Western All.
apce Ia highly estimated, and 1t Is thought here,
that England wsuld do well to subsidise 5000 OF
her troops.
The state Of Spain is q subject Of considerable
anxiety TO the French government. Fears are en-
tertaiDed lest she should not be able to hold her
ground, even Throughout the year 1856, when IL Is
hoped tho eventualitits of war will be 30 favorable
70 France that an active Interference may b. justi.
fable. Espartero Is looked upon as one admirably
acspted to play the part OF an imperial warming pan
TO be Q really honest enthusiast, sincerely desirous
Of trying the experiment, and saDguine In the be
lief OF parliamentary g0vernments-a government
which Napoleon considers impossible for any No.
lion, except those Of AngIo-Ssxons. But he Is, NOT
withstanding, most anxious that the experiment
should be fully carried out, that the parliamentary
gas should DO suffered to e~scape-that the talk
should be well over ere the time for action arrives.
II ID the Spanish question which produces the
American ~jaundice, and when N. Lazuriaga, the
Ministsr Of Foreign Affairs, in public Cortes, Is
heard to speak o: the critical state Of tho country
and when challenged as to bis meaning 8, to say-"I
used that language In consequence Of information
which has reached the government from abroad
and at home, but which l cannot communicate to
the Coites"-it Is to America that he Is thought in
great measure 10 point.
Even the absence Of court balls cannot entirely
FepIess the spirit Of gsiety which takes up its abode
II. Paris as its rightfu! domain. The Americans,
who never at any previous period were 80 hume
rous, have much to do with this; and what with
their unbranded wealth, the exquisite beauty Of
many Of their daughters, and the luxury and hospi.
tahty which is everywhere displayed when they take
the helm, one bears infinitely more Of the people Of
the Uuited States than Of the English. These last
are particularly, few in number ~ compared with
former years-the many deaths occasioned by the
war has something possibly to do With it-but at
lady Blennelhasset's party . few evenings ago, Of
foreigners the Americans comprised BY far the
have taken . splendid hotel in the Roe Matignon,
were, alike by their natural beauty and the taste Of
their toilets, especially remarkable. Mrs. Parlange
Is On the lookout for an hotel where her already
sunptuous entertainment may be given on . larger
scale; in the m 9 anvil lie, her soirees dansantss are
universally sought after. The Princess Lieren, who
for 20 many years inhabited apartpen 3 in the Hotel
1aleyrapd, Rue st. Florentin, and who, whes the
Russian Embassy was Obliged to eclipse, retired to
Brussels, hasn't. ADELE dictu- returned 20 her hotel;
whether as o permanent resident or not, I cannot
cay, but should rather think not. That she Is here,
ard receiving a. usual for the moment, In certain.
General Lowesttne's superb hotel In the Champs
Ely sees, has been iaken by the Due d Alba, brother
n.law Of the Emperor.
Those predestfnariaLs who pin their faith {, tina.
. m us star Of Napoleon, which, now In the ascsn-
dant, Is thought TO be twinkling more brightly than
ls55-of course the month Of June, when in 1915 It
10 totally disappeayed-will see after forty years
the NspoleoDic circle once more described: that the
Austrian alliance, that broken reed in ire hand Of
the f,st OF the name, will be great fact
that Italy win be dangling at the nephew Of my Ur-
cle's stirIup-tbat Spain viii be b,ding his nod,
and that Prussia will once more have TO beg the
French Emperor for o place among the nstions--
the only difer nee being that England, Instead Of
Russia, will be his hacker.
The following short table OF the various industrial
pioftssiors in Pals, will probably interest your rsa.
dtr:--
[The statistics no wever, the Honieur states, have been
taken by preference from those OF the year 18s7 IL
Butchers, SOL who employ 1,42o individuals, and tn
value Of their transactions Ia estimated at 1893, I72i.
Pork butchers, 3Sl-employing s33 individuals, ~ OF
whom are women. Value 16,7sl,312 francs.
Brewers, 22-empioying 23S persons. Value Of trade,
Chocolate manufacturers, s4-aoe workmen. valu,
1888, 600 francs.
SUn!0cIloners, tl-empIOyiDR Oos, ZS4 v U whom are
women. Value Q, 262, 800 francs. In the sixth Arrondis
sement alone, the value 10 B. 4s, ooo francs.
l26 Distillers-have 3ls workmen, and produce s,276,-
SEQ francs.
lt2 Pastry -~cooks-hsve.a personnel OF 900 workmsn.
Value IL, 255, 900 francs.
Q Sugar reaners with 435 workmen-produce % mil
lions and o half Of goods.
4,o6l Buiiders-employ 4l,Go3 wortmen. Value las.
I3s Carpenters employ lin ordinary times, just now,
this numter must TO very much under the marx 3,545
%workmen, producing ia, 13I .oco francs.
lls Plumbers-have 1,1B workmen. Value ~e,os2,6oo
800 Mascns-employ $3.50 worl man. Value 90, $751;.
7s0, (this also Goes not spply to the present busy period.)
10 Marble cutters-emplo for building 9S2 workmsn.
Value 4 ,72S, 9s0f.
l,o2o superior carpenters, turner's and manuisiars-
sT2 house painters-employ 5,b7l workmee. Value
10, l34, 500f.
$Sa fsrrlsrs Cblacs.ml,hs)- employ 1880 ~orkmen.
742 loeLsmi,hs-employ a,soo worsm.n. Value
Is, coo, scot.
In the way Of thsatricals i" II Troy ,.ore'' at the
Italias loses none tf is prestige, but rather ~incneases
In attraction. A charming ballet at the Grand opera
called LA Fonte" alls The house every night.
Rosaii Genes out In 1t a ma rifle, ard brings down
thunders Of applause. Her grace and the exquisite
ptetrg OF her mute pantomime rival that Of faglioni.
ard the gre uping and costume Of The corps do ballet
is vnat no othtr country In the whole world could
produce but France. As a-singcr at this theatre, a
very successful debut has been made IN Lucia dl
Lomermof" b. Sonora Angles + ortuni, a 5~panisrd.
she has q voice singulsriy agreeable, without being
equal to that Of CTuvelli; the 10 also young, ex,ed.
iDRly pretty, and possessed OF q head Of hair tina.
puts oil TIE coifisu 8 Ia Paris In ecstacy. Another
change, IL is said, Is TO occur In the management Of
the theatre Frsncaiss, and that the Emperor intends
10 testow the functions on q Senator, with q salary
Of % ,00CE.
At the Institute Horaee Yernetis now picture
Cniended for the Grand Exhibition) Ia now being
exhibited. The subject Ia "rhe Celebration OF
Mass In the French Camp In the Chnsa." While
the priest reiss the hosfis o ball falls In the midst Of
the assem- bly,, and covers several Of them with the
ard Animation SispIsyss in The Ggnres. and above
oil, the effects OF light and shade, are peculiarly
striking and truthful.
Tie fashionable marping occupation for
just COW, the manufacture Of lint. TIE Empress
feneif sets the example. BERTiE.
r. S-M. Guizot, the Minister Of Louis Philippe,