PARISIAN THEATRICALS.
The old battle of love and honour against fortune is fought anew in a comedy written by M. Leon Lays, and recently produced at the Theatre Francais with the title Le Due Job. Achille and Emma, the children of a rich banker, trained to believe that wealth is the only object of im- portance in this sublunary world, are both engaged to be married; Achille to the daughter of a millionaire, Emma to a prosperous adven- turer. However, there is a certain cousin on the mother's side, by birth and title a Duke, on whom Emma has set her affections, and as he is so extremely poor as to have raised the appellation of "Due Job," while his name is Jean, a strange contest arises between the dictates of her heart and the prejudices of her education. Certain discoveries respecting the character of the millionaire bring to an end the marriage project of Achille, and this indirectly frees Emma, for the lady who is thus released from her engagement is a welcome bait to the adventurer. Emma marries Duke Job, who becomes rich through an unexpected legacy. At the Gaite, there is a new drama, by MM. Dennery and H. Cremieux, entitled Le Savetier de he Rue Quineampoix. The action takes place during the speculation mania created by John Law, and the hero is a cobbler, who makes his fortune and becomes the good genius of the piece. An exhibition of the different forms of that mental malady which we ccannaonly term " nervousness " occupies the three acts of a vaudeville, 'written by MM. Barriere and Banton, and produced at the Palais Royal with the title Les Hommes Nerveux.
The aggregate receipts of the places of public amusement during the month of October amounted to 1,265,278f. 90c., being an increase of 319,510f. 96c. on those of September.
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