" One of our Ministers " says the Journal de
Paris, "has the sin guitar mania of venting his ill-humour by throwing his hat on sin, ground ; and as his irritation increases, the unoffending castor get: kicked all round the room. The affair of Prince Louis Napoleon- already cost his Excellency three hats." " In spite of the rigour of the September laws," says the Quotidienss "political caricatures are still occasionally produced. A late produe; tion of this vehicle for satire represents Diogenes with the features of a well-known personage, with the lantern in his right band, and an umbrella under his left arm, surrounded by numerous persons attired is all the varieties of civil, judicial, and military costume, each tending hit hand to Diogenes, as if asking alms. They, however, receive nothing but the quaint reply, I am seeking an honest man ! ' Many of the mendicants are easily recognizable."
The celebrated Café de Paris, the resort of most Englishmen fond of luxurious fare, was built by the present Marchioness of Hertford, (once Madame Fagniani) who inhabits the entire upper apartments of the hotel. The cuisine portion of the building is let to a restorateur, at an annual rent of twelve thousand francs.
The Bon Sens states that M. Cleemann in his late flight from Paris, forgot to take with him a small casket, in which were enclosed certain papers, likely to compromise the reputation of a number of exalted in, dividuals who had been his secret associates (in the Stock and Share jobbing.) In the apprehension that the casket might fall into their hands, and that he might thus be deprived of the only guarantee which he possessed for their not abandoning him, be offered 200 francs to s postilion to ride back to Paris ventre d terre, and to obtain possession of the valuable box. The postilion used such extraordinary expedi. tion, that in a few hours he had rejoined M. Cleemann, with the object of his solicitude ; which he bad taken from that gentleman's residence about ten minutes before the arrival of the Commissary of Police with a warrant to search his apartments.
The number of strangers at Brussels has at no time since tire Rev°. lution been so great as it now is; and yet the crowd increases consi. derably on every arrival of trains by the railroads. That of Monday, which arrived at eleven o'clock, was drawn by two engines, and brought about nine hundred passengers. The long-contested point of a bridge over the Danube at Pesth is ab length settled. The difficulty lay in the establishment of a toll, from all kinds of which the ambles pleaded that they were free. The multi- tude of exemptions from this cause would have rendered the bridge an unprofitable speculation. It has been at length decided that all ranks shall pay toll during ninety-seven years, when it shall be free to all. The English architect, Clarke, has undertaken the work, which is to be a chain-bridge.
Government has decided on establishing a line of steam.packets be- tween this country and Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the contract will be thrown open for public competition. We need not point out the advantage to commercial communications :which will result.—Globe. I. Our readers may remember an extract from the ingenious satire called The Clochmaher, which seems to have originated this scheme.] The death of Dr. Francia, announced some time since, is contra- dicted by a letter from M. de Bompland to M. de Humboldt, written from Paraguay at the beginning of July; at which time the Dictator was in g. 01 health.
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