The New York herald., 1876-03-12
PARTISAN FALSETTO.
Discomfort with the Left
Centre Cabinet.
THE CRY FOR SPOILS.
Financial Vagaries Of Turkey
and Egypt
NEW PLAYS--MUSICAL NOTES.
Lucca and "L'Africaine"-Her
War with Gye.
NEW PLAYS--MUSICAL NOTES.
CLASSIC NUDITY ALA MODE
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Things have gone smoothly al Versailles since the
organization OF the two Chambers, the opening hav.
ing been conducted with rare dignity when il Is
announced in Paris that We have not "yctr had any
parliamentary riots you win understand that souie
unseemliness expected II not hoped ior BY some
parties in Legislature with republican majority
To THE vIcToRs BELONG THE sroIIs.
The majority, however, want more orices. and the
impatience arising from the neglect OF the Cabinet
to remove the obnoxious monarchical and Bonapart
ist projects and other movable servants of the
government may tend to preciptate the conflict Of
parties.
THE COMPROMISE CABINET.
The Dufaure-Ricard Ministry, chosen as II is en-
tirely from the now comparatively small group Of
the Left Centre cannot last.
MAcMAnoS DIsouIErED.
The unmistakable symptoms OF discomfort at the
ministerial selection leaves President MacMahon
discouraged and uneasy
GAMBErTA's STRENGTH.
On the other hand, in proportion as the discomfort
takes organized shape, NJ. Leon Gambetta becomes
more confident and hopeful, and Is undoubtedly tie
most powerful man In the Parliament.
AMNESTY.
Victor Hugo is the leading figure in the movement
for general amnesty to the exiled and imprisoned
Communists and win shortly make a demand there
for
France and England are engaged In Offering bail
for Egypt in her monetary difficulties, each trying TO
obtain the best mortgage on the revenues OF the
Khedive, who does not object to giving lien on the
future II the present is made financially easy for
him.
ANOTHER TURKISH LOAN.
The Porte is at present raising new Turkish loan
at the enormously high figure of eighteen per cent
With its present deficits former loans this extra
ordinary bait is necessary to get any money all
and that too, ut quotations which viii increase the
promised percentage to unknown proportions. The
Sultans immediate need for money is to settle the
OF pay due his soldiers present unsuccess
fully engaged in the attempt TO butcher Christians
| Don Alfonso returns from the north TO lind fresh
republican insurrection brewing In Spain.
NEW PIECES AT THE THEATRES.
Two new pieces have just been produced. One at
the jolly little Palais Royal is entitled "Poste Res
tante." 1t is lively, bustling comedy written to
inagurate the re-engagement OF those droll actors
4 al andR ha MI ndc in
situations and rattling buifoonery.
| STAGE EsGLIsHMEN.
! The other piece has been produced at the Theatre
de Cluny and Is called "Lord Harrington" This Is
q very curious piece, the author exhbing the most
confused notions OF British manners and customs
The stage Engishman here Is, however. SUI 0enerts
and as unlike anything English as the ravng French
man OF the old English farces was unlike anything
French.
sTILLBoRS.
! In musical circles IL Is rumored that the new
Theatre Lyrique will die before It's birth for want Of
lead the orchestra the first six nights for which
"AIda" has been announced.
PRIME DONNIE TEACHING SCALES
Among the former queens OF song who have gravi-
tated from the stage the class room are Frezzo-
| lin, Lagrange and Laborde who now give singing
lessons here Nine. viardot also has class.
LUCIA AND THE PARIsIANs.
At the Grand Opera House they are preparing
grand revival OF "LAfrlcaine" which win bring out
Pauline Lucca in the title r0Ie. 1t may be recalled
that Lucca created the part in London in 1894 few
months after the first production OF the opera in
Paris. 1t was then stated that Meyerbeer before he
died had selected Lucca for the part in which after
ward she made so great success. Notwithstand-
ing all this 1t Is doubted here that the Parsans viii
listen to the wife OF a Prussian officer
THE THEATRE TAX.
The Partisan managers expect that the new Cham
bers will abolish the theatre tax, which, under the
name OF "Droits des Pauvres" nets a large sum an
nualy for the Charities OF Paris. The tax has ex.
listed either As pure bounty legal tax since the
days OF Monere.
BELoccA COMING.
Nile. Belocca sails for New York on the 30th inst
AMERICAN ARTIsrEs ABROAD.
learn from Milan that Nile. Albanl could not sing
either Lucia di Lammermoor or La sonnambula at
La Scala, because the huge theatre possessed no