The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-05-01

PARIS, April 10, 1855.
t,.dicton-oois.ary of me C.ar-Dac S1.@ars -
Gui,ot-H Holy Week-Letter from 81. Petersburg, dc.
Notwithstanding the restrictions Of the French press
the number of newspapers and other periodical pubc
tons Paris Is four hundred according the Annu-
aire de Commerce for 1855. DR. Renaudot could scarcely
have dreamed that the means Of publicity which he de-
vsed for the convenience Of PAisians in general and
for the Of his noble patients in particular
would be developed in less than two centuries and
quarter to so great extent. His Gazette the first
French Journal published the 3Gth OF May, 1881
Rchelieu readily authorized its publication
he Compounded how important journal might prove
ha should recoun. events under dictation and ia
the sense Of the goverpms Mt" Napoleon Ill. knows
better than Rcheeu the importance of public opinion
The Monie,y is as much as was the Gasste uader the
dctation Of government and the tire press is under
its strict control The Emperor has studied the history
Of his uncle too thoroughly not to remember that this
latter said-f to give the liberty OF thu press
my power would not three days" He needs no ".
ever and shire wdy seeks, now by menscessand by
aattery OF that popular sympathy, or show Of
popular sympathy which the remnant Of n1uence left
to press may for him. than his uncle needed
or sought Even the show of opposition which he in
duges NJ de Girardin OF the Fresse and NJ Havin of
the Steele is advantageous to him. for it couutenaaces
the notion that liberty of the press still survives
France. Fer similar the multiplication of jour
mails is by no mean, discouraged by him.
The imperial patronage was pledged, am told, to
project which seems to have besn abandoned because
did not promise to sufficient amount Of public
suppor-a Journal to be founded uuder the title of
lie Franc Juge, by LOUIS yeuillot of the Unoers Ora
ner de Cassagnac, of the Consitionne Barley d'Au-
revy of the Pays and sainte Beuve of the Momiteur
well the French Academy, aud (although Kissed
fIara t1aG ana ~aAfEr l-l. -
Nicolardot, the drty minded man, who smet out and
rake together book all the filthy associations that
bad stained the private lives of voltae and his
contemporary scepttcs-is missing in this pload of
names, which sufficiently indicate the reaconary ten
denotes of the Franc Juge
There is als which may all end in tak-a. least 50
fer Lamartne is concerned-and which certainly bids
fair to be sanctioned like the Franc Juge by imperial
encouragement, of establishing both daily political
Journal and review, under the joint direction Of La
MARITIME and of Eugene Pellstan The latter pubcist
has just left (afer stormy controversy with his col
leagues the Steele, OF which he of the abest
and most popular editors The Importance of tee Steele
"reminiscences Of republican sympa thes, has been
considerably lesseEed by the loss of NJ Peetan who
had vainly tried to persuade NJ Havin to initiate the
dgned silence Of the Journal des Debats upon all those
questions which the "powers that be" have, In fact,
and by force, placed beyond the limits of free dis
cusscn.
The Charirari lately leYeled its raileries against
host of poygot journals which have ruihed into print
at the approach of the great Paris exhibition. After
mentioning among these, The american, &c. &C., it
nouncss that the King of Botacudo has appointed
commissioner to represent the interests of his subjects
at the exhibition. It adds:-"A great number of the
Botacudan manufacturers intend visit Paris with
their productions consisting in fish bones piercing
the nose seal oil and cogs fat there could not
more favorable moment than the present 10 establish
Botacudo paper the need Of wsich has been felt for
some time"
The recent attempt of Victor Meuner of the Prose-
topopularzs scientific reading BY his Ami de Science has
proved successful to call competitor into the
same field Of labor. Augusse Blum, formerly of the
Polytechnic School, who has founded with NJ Babnet,
of the Institute and long list of other associates,
daily tri weekly, and weekly journal entitled La Science
The fsuetons are be devoted to biographies of dis
tingushed of science and the series begins With
tIarsation by Ayre Bureau, of the autobiography Of
BENJAMIN Franklin.
Among the numerous ssnon .politicap journals which
have lately appeared for the 6rs and noa few for the
las tme, have noticed three that Autographed;
but of the latter the Sans L. entitled
found that if cost more, might pay better to
pearn ordinary print The title OF the latest publication
poet poetaster has the credit Of having got tired Of
living credit, in Bohemian style He had not only
recUg and selling his verses to people 10 the streets
The novelty Of the experiment helped its success and
him several times curing the past winter
ed by crowd that the lead pencil maa and the
strop man would not have disdaned am afraid that
he will be less successful editor. Bohemia (omi
title) desgna.es, ia Paris that Limbo where SO
many .aspirants for fame wander and cuotent their
pipes, on the way to Chchy or the Morgue.
7o has lust been founded at Paris in emulation OF the
success Of penny magazines and family magazines of
cheap useful and moral literature in Great Britain and
the United States Transitions from foreign literature
will form prominent feature in this magazine, and in
the first number notice translation by A Leroy. Of
Longfellows Notary OF Perguex illustrated by Gustave
Dore end of one of Mrs Anna Stephens stories, by
Mime Fl. Loreau
detained you reader longer than isten led, let me
point to the title OF another Journal La Fronie,
only to say that it is not in this or any other
married indication of thar spirit of opposition
to the csult party, which under louis XIV.
cal motives during the last month and this proves that
the Fronde exists, although it's murmurs for strong
reason are not echoed BY the press ! scarcely need
in the Journal des C0mmissoires de Police.
Nest of the journals copied without word Of com
reror and the reply of korquast to his former col
league at the BAR who wished TO avoid the customary
Of n Ssss 'ns
the msenapmity OF the Emperor in leaving the great
Agitimist orator disregard usage comply with
be impossible The Emperor could easily afford to
pliment the orator and writer in whom he no longer
Lucrice Of Agnes de Mran OF Uysse and Of pHonneur
PArgent who has since been elected to the Academy,
did not betray the same reluctance as Berger vi
SIT the Tuileries and M Guzot was obliged accompa
ny him. So many vacancies have lately occurred In the
ranks of the Acas emicians that tas ex Minister of
Louis Philippe, in virtue OF bis duty as iutroducer Of
the members, 10 becoming quite frequent visitsr
at the TuiIeres. The oldest member of the Academy
Iacatee the historian has left another arm chair va
cant at the Academy.
As most Of the Acadsmicians have survived the old
parties called by the lmperalis@, without losing
their old predictions the Institute is eyed suspicious
ly from the Tuileries and its public msetings
have often occasoned little scandal revealing, BY
ingenious tricks of speech worther after all OF rhetor
clans than OF bold patriots at the vitality and tbs
impotence OF the Ff0g6s.
lmpotent though may be-ihe Frorde--tbe spirit OF
opposcn Is alive. foreigner at Paris must bs very
igno-ant Of the French language lead very solitary
lie to hesr much more fro m the Crmea than he
reads in the Moniteur. He has been furnished With
stateme nts enough to form strange goss upon the