Denton Examiner, Audenshaw, Hooley Hill and Dukinfield Advertiser. — 1877-01-13 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

THE FIRST FRENCH DAILY PAPER. (Fran the " Gautte.") . _ . . .  On the occasion of the new year the Gamlois' pub Balled the fac simile of the first French daily paper, La Journal de Paris, which made its appearance on " Wed nesday,January I, 1777,and the 22d of the Moon:' The Nereeire had been started more than a century before Le Journal de Paris, but it was only published once a year; the Gazette, which contained advertisements, was brought out in BM: and La Gazette de Prance, which is still in existence, commenced its career as a monthly paper in 109. The first number of the Journal de Paris contains a letter from Voltaire, in which the Patriarch announces his intention of subscribing: "The plan of your journal (he wrote) appears to me as wise as it is curious and interesting. My great age, and the maladies with which I am overwhelmed leave bale hope that I si.all be able to produce any further work deserving of your attention. If I had a prayer to make, it would be to undeceive the public with regard to those little writings which are continually imputed to me. I have received in my retreat whole volumes printed in my name, in which there is not a line I would have written. I would also supplicate you to be good enough by a word of warning to deliver me from the crowd of anonymous letters which are addressed to me. I am obliged to return all letters the seals of which are unknown to me. This warning, inserted in your journal, will excuse me to persons who complain that I have not replied. I have no doubt bat your paper will have a great success. I count myself already among the number of your subscribers." Among the events of the day one reads how H. de Beaumont, inspector of police, transported himself on the night of Sunday to the Hotel d'Angleterre to arrest a locksmith named Leffvre. He found the culprit in company with two accomplices. Louvre at once drew a pistol and took aim at the inspector, but the powder flashed in the pan. One of the accomplices presented a second pistol, which also missed fire. "The inspector, animated by the love of duty and by the countenance of the culprit (sic), seized him roughly by the collar, and stretched him with his face to the ground. Lefolvre, knocked down and without hope, armed himself with two knives, and finding it impossible to stab the insrector, pierced his own heart and died instantly. The two accomplices were arrested. The two pistols were charged with three balls each." Lefforre, we are told, was a very old offender, and had already been hung in effigy. Had he not committed suicide he would have probably been broken on the wheel at the Place de Grave. after having been dragged thither eon hurdle. In the way of legal news, one has a child claimed by two fathers ; a private gentleman who hanged himself and was unhanged by his wife. This culprit was first condemned to the galleys for life, then acquitted, and pleaded against ihis fanuly. The final reeult isnot given. In the obituary we learn the death of the celebrated doctor, Borden, which gave rise to a bon mot, at least. Madame la Comtesse de B. said Death was afraid of him, and Itook him while he was asleep. There was a Journal de Paris the other day, an Orleanist paper, ably conducted; but it struck its flag when the present Constitution was proclaimed, not wishing to write treason and stir up strife. The first number of the Journal de Paris contains no political news, nor anything official beyond the fact of a few declarations by the King registered by the Parliament. It was published by the printer of the Prince de Conti, and all letters and papers are to be prepaid.  FIRES IN THItATRES.—The terrible fire in Brooklyn Theatre has made Mr. Boucicault, who is now in the United States, press upon the publie notice his invention for rendering theatres fireproof. An experiment was made at WaHack's Theatre, New York. Two large pieces of scenery were exposed to the nozzle of a large flame about five feet long. The scenery refused to burn, and the only effect was that the portion of canvas exposed ta the flame for a long time crumbled away into a black powder, leaving a round hole in the scenery. Mr. Boucicault afterwards explained that the scenes had been saturated with a solution of tungstate of rods for half-an-hour. After they were dry they bad been primed with a solution of silicate of soda. The same solution would also render the woodwork of the theatre practically fire-proof. A still more efficient chemical had lately been tried—lungstate of molybdenum. Mr. Boucicault asserted that the whole stock of a theatre might be rendered fire proof for 8100 (£2O), and he urged that all lessees of theatres should borequired to adopt this precaution under pain of forfeiting their licenses. AN