The New York herald., 1876-01-16
A Stable Republic Making
Thrones Creak.
A WATER-GRUEL PROCLAMATION.
Rossi to Come to America
After All.
LUCCA's LARK WITH GYE.
Sharp Legal Practice by the
Prima Donna.
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61 AVENUE DE LOPERA,
PARIS, Jan. 15, 1876.
President MacMahon's proclamation is re-
garded here as q cannon loaded with water
Cruel, and the Ministerial crisis as wind
bag.
M. LEON SAY.
M. Leon Say prefers power to principles,
and so remains in the Cabinet
M. aAMBErTA.
M. Gambetta is riding four horses together.
He is candidate for the Assembly in Paris,
Marseilles, Lille and Bordeaux.
nIPERIAIIsr "cABB1Es."
There is project to restore the Empire by
cabmen, GOO of their votes having been
promised to M. Duval, the Bonapartist.
ChEAh1No TAhONES.
The courts of Europe are watching the
French elections. They are frightened by
the permanency of the Republic
TAKING LESSONS IN PARIS.
The foreign royalties are focking to Paris
to see how long their crowns will last.
THE PARIS THEATRES
The receipts of the Paris theatres are
sadly affected by the intense cold. Every
one is out on skates and the Bois de Bou-
logne presents fine sight
THE eRAU-RossI CONTRACT.
The new American contract between
Maurice Grau and Signor Rossi was
signed this afternoon. 1t provides for
sixty representations, the debut to take
place on the goth Of September, in the
Lyceum or Booths Theatre.
AN AMERICAN TENOR ENGAGED.
Fred Ruhlman has engaged the Ameri-
/ can tenor Adams.
| LUCIA AND GYE.
Lucca has outwitted Gye. She sang on
1 Wednesday in Brussels.
NICE LEGAL POINT.
Under the law of Belgium and France
he cannot compel the cantatrice to sing
without the consent of her husband.
Gyes contract was made with Baron Won
Raden. Lucca pleaded that she had
been married a second time. eyes law
yer gave her permission to sing He has
since discovered, from the dates of the
marriages, that he could have held her.
There is a general laugh all round.
WILL TRY IT AGAIN.
He will try and arrest Lucca in Vienna.
CONTRACT ANNULLED.
The contract between Boyer, Faure and
Merelli has been annulled. Faure secedes
from Gye and goes to Mapleson.
PRIZE PLAYS.
Five plays, one by an American, have been
selected for the decision of the judges on the
Michaelis prize.
Princeteau has completed his equestrian
picture Of Washington for the Philadelphia
Exhibition.
NJ Emile de Girardin's Rise and Fall of
France" appears to-day 1t is looked for
with interest.
A brochure, entitled France and Ger
many Next Spring" is attracting great at
tention.
AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE
There will be marriage in the circle Of
the American colony on the Goth inst. Miss
Bates will be united to Mr.. MacFadden.
THE PRESIDENTIAL BALL
Fifty Americans have sent in applications
for invitations TO the Presidents first ball Of
the present season.
MRS. STEVENS DIAMONDS.
Mrs. Paran Stevens has recovered her dia-
monds, which were stolen.
THE FRENCH PEOPLE INDIFFERENT TOWARD THE
PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION.
LONDON, Jan. is, 1870
Paris advces state saat President MacMahon's proc
Iamaton has fallen rather naI
The republican newspapers, which we're expected 10
greet with sharp criticisms, appear with the excep-
ton Of few irreconoabes, delighted with the recog
milton Of the Republic and the appeal for fair trial OF
the constitutional laws Al the Bourse Il produced no