New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-09
THE PARIS SEASON BEGUN.
OPENING OF THE MISUNDERSTANDING
CENTENARY OF 4 JEWEL ROBBERY.
Paris. September "a.


some success for crowds of people filled the house
the other night. no doubt curious to e"e what III
nrovcnerts the new managers had made. IL must
be confessed. although they claim 20 have renewed
thcir troup, and TO patronize new and young an
thors' that the difference between MM Mare ana
Desbeaux's and NJ. Pores management ~ not NeI!
obvious The Chatelct has inauguratcd the au-
tumn season with piece by the famous comic
pInywrishte, NM Blum and Toche. entitled Mhe'
PAmiracn But the play was vast dlsappoih' I
ment 10 the literary part OF the audience At 10
one CT those madeup pieces, concocled 10 orins ia
one or two clevcry managed scenes, Dmt "hch
on the whole are uninteresting and even "cHi-
some The Grand Opera gave last SUNDAY ue
first Of the popular representations oil Inc seaNo''
Robert lie Diabc" had a great success ara 'he
audience was nearly as fashionable IN appearance
as on Wednesday nights.
The French shooting season is now open
throughout the length and breadth of the country
First, the southern. then the central and eas'rrh'
ard lastly the northern and western departments
have had the interdct removed from them by rreel-
dor,ial decroe publishcd in the journal Oilci'l
This system of putting restraint upon me ardCr
f rho snorsmcn I'm one district, while II Is allowed
FREQ cverci-e in another j. ncceSstaifd by marked
difference. of climate and average tcmperatut" IN
var;ous narts Of France Whereas the climate IN
tbc districts, Of Pirardy. Normandy ana brittany
bordering thc sra scarcely differs from that OF
Eastern New-York. the similarity becomes very
slicht whor we reach those departmnts when en-
inv what is termed the Gironlin climatc-the oc@
in Francc-and is lost atogcthrT in the Mchi'cr-
,oneor rrcion Tho game like the crops. hene
fits nv the warm Sunshine Of hprn. and carly sU'I-
ncr i'm the southern departments, and might re
killed without any qnalno oi conscience ~ me
lcoinninc of August if the Government allowed
the SPORTSMAN to choose his own 'Inr IN fanc"
ANYBODY can shoot haTes. rabpl''' plf'fl"l'~'
ouails and other creatures which are rcalN "'H''
if he will only provide himself with gun loeh'''
and This he can do AZ n cost OF abont -. IL H.
takes ont his license in a certain commune hP clh
shoot all over the lands within its bOuni1i"S-
nriya.c preserves. should there be any excepted
without risk OF unpleasantness For, so long -
bis crops are MT injured and he has no susp!ci'l
Of "miraudcrs7 the French farmers bll" does NOT
rise when he Sos a stranger trampinc over his l1ni
Moreover. if is ~ understood thing that during
the shooting season boundaries in n general way
are not 10 he REGARDED. This freedom would b.
worry pleasant TO the rowing sportnan II game were
NOT unite so scarce. The time ana patience
u.roIIv required 10 kill hare or brace OF par
tridges are ant 70 wear away enthusiasm rather
ronidly, except in Tie very wild and uncultivated
parts of France
\ week ago was the hnndrcith anniversary oil
thr day when the famous Pitt. or Recent III
amond disappeared from the Carrie Meuh" IN rams
This ROYAL rcasnrc-housc was situated AZ the west
,rn corner Of Rue Royalc and Place de- In Con-
rorlc where now the Offices Of tie Minister Of
81, mil. atf,.i
which. under the old refine. were thrown ol"n {
Ihc public on every Tue day. tn" ir't room wa
slod with historical armor, In the second hnn|
10 magnificent tapestries Of GoebiinN an Iar''r''
the third room was reserved for the more precious
furniture and chatte's-cr1wn di'mond-. COOPERATION
vessels ecclesiastical plate, vases. hanaps. etc.
Among thcsc diamonds wcrc the Pitt better
known a, lie Regent, and the scnrccly less
lannon's. though inferior, Sancy.7 one Of the tilIcc
,tonc, which Charlc, the Bold Of Burgundy Is all
IN have "droppcd' on the battlefield OF Grdnson
1870
All OF a sudden a rumor passed through the cap
tai 10 the effect that in The night Of September
Is a burglary had been committed al the Garde-
,icnblr. and that the rccalia Of France hid taken
INTO itself wings On entering the Treasure cham
,cr Screcnt. on" Of the three commissioners up
pointed 70 watch over il by tie Commune" Of
Paris. aud his two colleagues found that the IS,
Gals had been broken. III" presses ol"n"d. with
~. tlc least t,acc Of violence. AMI that the whol"
contents had been carried of. II is needles -
nrak Of the great excitement and deep concern
which such an event created.
-Four Of the thieves were arrested soon alter the
.ohhcry and confessed that thr burglary ha u been
planned in the prison OF Ia Force: that II had b on
. rrird on; on six consecutive NIGHTS following SEP
cmhor . and tina: the characters ami anicc"dcn'S
# the perpetrators prccluGed every suspicion Of
political motive All tboso whom the law conl
AZ hands paid for their crime with their l,,ads.
But of the Regent no, a worL TEcn s'rrac
hing occurred The Commune Of Paris receive
IN ANONYMOUS letter which indicated a certain
Itch in tie Alice dies Vcny"s As rrceptlc" OF part
4 the stolen Jewels and gems Sargent. who was
onc suspected aud carried the nickname of ser
,cnt-Aeatc TO the tomb, and his conductors rc-
paired 70 the spo mentioned and. sur" enough,
ound there, among various other precious object,
he Regent The store is now placed in a Ella Is
,asc IN tie Galcrie dApollon Of the Louvre,
where il daily attracts croWd Of spectators Ac-
'ording 70 the latest valuations, the worth of the
Regent" is set down at from i2,0O0,0O0 u 49,
,c0, 900 francs.
\ great sensation has been created here by the
news that the gigantic which surmounts
the Pantheon is about 70 be removed THIS r..
n0val has long been demanded by the lbrcsp,n-
euss, but was not granted owing to the difficulty
md expense of pulling the cross down. At LENGTH
il has been resolved to tackle il, and 10000
francs have inscribed in the Budget Of Public
Works for that purpose That sum is not large,
neither is il likely TO upset the equilibrium of the
Budget, but the dcsccration Of the holy cross has
aroused great storm Of Indignation. Comment
ny on this instance of vandalism NJ. Francis Mag
1ard, the talented Editor of the Figaro" writes
TO be consistent the librcs- penscurs ought to
lcmolisl the Pantheon altogether First of all,
{ is built in the form Of Greek cross; then the
paintings which its walls are all cons Grated
% the glOrication Of Catholicism in the persons
If its defenders, Saint Genevievc and -. Louis
The librcs-penseurs, who think Of nothing but Of
prosecuting the opinions Of others, and who ara
hc real descendants of the assassin of St Bar