The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-07-08

The odd part OF Havre Is pretty nearly all docks sal.
makers shops, cafes cu,tom houses, soldiers and sailors
The merchants have built city the height which
the hAroor the view their pretty rural
villas was extremely refreshing to eyes thai nAa peeh iuh
OF brine for two weeks
Although we could not get apartments the European
Hote succeeded In obtaining excellent dinner al
about half the price that would cot in the ned States
h great deal eser to get into ssvre than to get out Of
It, Our chips mpsny about fourteen TONS OF bag
gage, all OF which cared 70 the Custom House. whore
Il overhsued for copiaeand articles The style Of
doing this susnes rather pecu lar The trunks
p like q iorti6cslion, In long one story building,
which was guarded by several Hesperan dragons
form The OF the pro cooled the mseves
and used prcspe language outside and as their trunks
the examiner, passed their keys through
ing ooers three In number occupied elevated seats aud
from thence ecrupized the packages Segars t,bacco
are the contabsnd articles geserav found. You may
take twenty or thirty segars ashore In your pocket but
for the rect there heavy and specific duty OF about
cents on each The work Of examination commenced
nj about -FOUR O'Clock; and at eight 10 the
ipg when the labor suspended only about half
trunks had been visid Through the OF lady,
whose perseverance, good nature ~helmed me
chief officer we secured baggage in to de ,ar
0y the ten = train o,, Having wing recovered
ompbused to the station for hve cents q head This
system Of lines OF connecting with railways
b "a been inflated In Bsumore Philadelphia Cincinnati,
York
The French railways models worthy Of imitation
The Carriages divided into Grs second and third
classes Tbs has for persons
cushioned and fitted like our American The thirt
n 6eCOnd
second class are twenty per cent lees thar the rst and
average three cents per mile. The class car
rages have compartments for eight persons, and two
places make comfortable q couch could desire
Tho Law requires that each passenger shall be sta
ton teen minutes before the time OF the departure OF the
train. BE cannot enter the until he has purchased
his ticket which he shows the qua d. who always says
Tbank you The passengers then placed in the
rages by other guard, and the doors locked AT
convenient points there retire. stations where
the very best articles eaAble and mbbabe sod and
ct n n IL
equally good You not required 10 show your tickets
after being placed in the cas- until you arrive
tvO tracks, With completes signal systems, Sc.
behind or ahead Of time. The engines fue as
ours AMI the engineer Is continually exposed to the
but believe lines Of railwa pay seven or
eight per cent per snnum The station houses,
the smallest places admirably constructed and uxu
have given this brief account OF French railway be-
cause desire 10 let your readers know that there
reas why journey should be dangerous and uncom
Portable as it is mace Ia the United States, where hun
dred people packe into badly ventilated car oted
BILE acciiene which have sprnked drops blood upon
every foot Of railroad in country There accident
Ia almost matter of course Here Ia almost an impos
sibhty feel as safe In rail way cor in France as in my
own apartments, ana almost comfortable Although
have travelled many housaod miles by railway in the
United States VII bout any positive fear, yet felt
positively rafe. Who could
We arrived at Rouen eighty nies) At twenty minutes
to the Hoel dAngleerre-old fashioned, but pleasant
clean and good. Everything in Rouen seems antique
ristcs OF France best preserved The Of the
lower class wear the olo wooden shoe with the Norman
dy cap OF white linen extending foot from the back OF
their head every thing in faot looks slow and old was
eomew bat amused by the establishment OF American
years old and who stated that he knew live Yankee who
lately applied for patent fer similar gate claiming IL -
an original nye 9 TO be suddenly Ssasporss from
tenth century Even there you have cathedral OF the
respectable age Of four cenuries where you may the
tombs OF thoe obstinate old Dukes Of NORMALLY. Who
PRIOR 10 Lon! XII gave the Kings or France 90 much Inn
puc little tribute You look at the stout Nor
horses and you think Of their ancestors who bore
mailed through seas Of blood in every Euro
pean battlefield. They viii show you the house
cuped by the first Duke OF Normandy, now used for
oioSing confectionery and flower shops 10 the outskirts
OF the Ct on height, the castle OF that Duke Robert,
,nPoney called "she Dey and about MON meyeroees
many and benous but why should we be obliged 70 SUI
shall not attempt TO describe the caihsdra-the pride
OF Nor mAndythe finest piece OF architecture In France,
or Of the splendid Interior nor OF the magnificent gardens
which surroun1 the edihce for truly am NOT writing
guioe book although perhaps may be repeating t~ice
sold tAle
gentleman than many Of the members OF Congress
asnaiee OF Wal street, packed US full OF churches pic
pri u and other rssh Of Una, kind showed US e house
OF Diane DC Poctiers, carved oak front, used
brush shop and then took US TO the square where Joan
dArc suffered tne extreme penay OF the Law for dong
good baiured action 10 oblge king, who, We In
Nee Englsnd, not enough 10 get his throne
until lie fairly hosted 10 Il Go side OF tue
rquATe Oh chape, where Mile Joan to
fe and having poihing confess confessed nothing;
the the palace OF the Esglrh commander OF the
fofoes They show you the little window, like those In
the TOP OF the Aston House. from which be the msdea
roasted and ,ney show 700 goat many more things,
pie would believe "though from the dead.
In the centre ~ tots square ouDt un commomoraes the
the ttest expsion Of the fouesi crimes THAI
ever shlDed the escucheon OF the Bsdfords.
"a pretty hard tbs g at seeing, aud everything
In R"uen mixed up in my grand ps pour
~ nke Tom Bakers quadrios The guide, anxious 70
his francs, would tlk all the time, though did
hint 70 him several times that some OF his ri story WAS not
exactly anyordipg 10 the bes authorities and OF hts
better for marines than old sailor, ~ Ike
ryteir Bot all alike "W oat," asked n street
ehos Of Mrs Sddons a she passed coptem puoasy
by bim "woai will become Of the profession unless we
nsist one snoiberY What indeed And paid this
Journalist of Normandy cheerfuiy.
Once more on the rail- we roll towards Paris, and we
are delivered az per contract the Roe ~ Iszare hs
ras, -four O'Clock in the afternoon Lot one moment earlier
later than the time table they be there on- bag
gage again visited BY the representative OF the Cuso
Housetbe relic OF babaro But this visitation i
OILY formal. having been Sufficiently o-erhsuied n
Havre TO the OF the freoch las
shall hear anon Then yos shall the o.ty pnn.
dersd The eonquerers; not TIE conquerers the city.
Pare, June 25, 1857.
IT. glcstOn IN Frasc,-TA< ras Of Pari-T Eup,ror's
Tisa 70 Ragsand-rAwror~n, p> AbseOnded BANKER d.
Il unfortunate that govern organs aid have
been 20 liberal In ther definition OF the term opposition,
applied politics France, In con,rad sneuOu 70 the
sense attributed 10 in Eng and for ithsanding he
cleS majority the elections have given TO the government
Ia certain there will be opposition; and the de
soip,lon gwen 10 beforehand be true one may be
supposed thai wbsi lacked In quantity viii be made up
IN quaity.
According 70 The mouthpisces Of the powers that be-
opposition In France simply revolution u has no hing
In character with her kaesys opposition In the British
Parliament, which whatever fs criticism or energetic
protest. adopt the same principles the government Il
opposes and sets out with from the same point In iis
dcfereDce 70 The commonwealth by sw established OF
Commous Lords and Crown and the breath Of the mo.
march may call upon TO uke the government, upon is
shyulders and b, responsible iai, r-putioa within an
hour aner by he language excited 10 utmost the