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of Castille," says an old historian, " being in the year 1.630, at Rome, 

 Pope Boniface, by way of marking his estimation of -the Prince's visit, 

 and of his great qualities, created him " King of Egypt." The Infant 

 was not aware of the compliment intended to be paid to him ; and 

 only learned it by hearing the sound of the trumpets, and of the 

 populace shouting, when the heralds made the proclamation. Upon 

 which, inquiring what was the reason of so much noise abroad, and being 

 told that it was the order of the Pope, who had caused his Highness to 

 be proclaimed " King of Egypt." " Well, we must not be outdone in 

 courtesy." he replied, turning to his own herald. " Do you go forth, in 

 return, and proclaim his Holiness, Caliph of Bagdad !" 



A horrible mischance befell an actor at one of the sraalle* theatres of 

 Paris, in the representation of a new melo-drama, in the course of the last 

 week, The performer in question, though not destitute of intellect, is 

 particularly unfortunate in his physiognomy ; and he had to play the cha- 

 racter of a Sultan, who in the course of the piece reads a letter, in which 

 he finds the news of some great calamity. Unluckily, the author at this 

 juncture had put into the mouth of the chief Sultana, who is present, 

 and has to exhibit great sympathy for the trouble of her consort j tho 

 words '* Sire ! vous changes de visage T The words, addressed to 

 any other man, would have been perfectly harmless; but to M. P. , tho 

 personal application was irresistible; and " Eh laisser le fairel" ex- 

 claimed, at the same moment, two wags from the pit. There was an end 

 of all hopes for the author as well as for the actor of serious attention 

 that night. 



Convict Wit. In the towns of Botany-bay, it may be supposed, from 

 the nature of the population, that robberies are not unfrequent. There 

 is one street, however, " Goulburn-street" in the map of the town of 

 Sidney, which is pointed out to strangers as " remarkable, from the fact, 

 that no burglary ever was committed in it ! Upon examination, the tra- 

 veller is informed of the cause of this mystery which is, that the street 

 in question does not contain any houses : it being, like many streets in the 

 towns of the colony, and of America a street only in anticipation. 



New books have been more lively than public events during the last 

 month* Voyages and travels have poured in upon us in profusion, and 

 some have been entertaining nnd instructive. General Foy's wofk 

 though not very flattering to English feelings is, in many points, a spirited 

 and an interesting production. Captain Andrews's South America 

 somewhat similar to that of Captain Head is a book not without 

 information. And Mr. Cunningham's " Two Year's in New South Wales," 

 though the author states his facts (as it seems to us) sometimes upon 

 rather slender authority, is the best book of general information that has 

 been written upon that interesting country, and one which will be' popular. 



Equivocal Evidence. Speaking of the extremely salubrious climate of 

 New South Wales, and the advantages attending a settlement in different 

 parts of it, Mr. Cunningham says "' No better proof can be given of the 

 health fulness of Bathurst, than that there was but one natural death in it 

 up to the year 1826, in twelve years." Considering the peculiar circum- 

 stances of the locality, one feels it just possible that something more 

 than the kecdthfulness of Bathurst may be wrapped up in the fact here 

 stated. Indeed, it is a singular apparent disposition of events if one 

 were disposed to be superstitious to fulfil a well-known, thoughnot uni- 



