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of Litchfield, and the ■wife of Dr. Young, 

 M'ith a table-cloth and cushions to 

 match, and a g;old cup and plate given 

 at the same time. Vi im ri<: 



J all/ 2, 1816. 



For the MoiithJi/ Blagazine. 



PARISIAN ANECDOIES of 1815 — 16. 

 ALMIGHTY LOVE. 



SUCH was the aversion of Ihe royal- 

 ists in 1815 to the violet, that ;ill 

 those who daied to wear it wcic arrested 

 and imprisoned, as the friends of Nujio- 

 Icon. iMadenioisellc jNIars, the first co- 

 mic actress in Trance, has never con- 

 cealed her predilection for Napoleon Ic 

 Grand; and not only displays, in her 

 sumptuous apartments, his l)ust, his 

 portrait, but also in every t)ouqnt t the 

 obnoxious violet. Tlie :Mi!iisler of Po- 

 lice, M. de C , falling pussiouately 



ill love wliti) lier, paid her a visit at her 

 own house; and, tliouRli his eyes met 

 ©very where the insignia of the ex-em- 

 peror, to testify his dispUa.sure was iiu- 

 po.ssible, but "he tliought it \\m\\A be 

 considered singular if he did not allude 

 to it in some way ; he said, " Ah ! how 

 sweet it nnist be, madam, to repose on a 

 bed of violets." " JMonsieur,' Mademoi- 

 selle Mars instantly replied, "tlic lime is 

 not come that is prophesied of in Sciip- 

 ture ; when the lion and the lamb shall 

 lie down together, and the lily and vio- 

 let mingle their sweets." " t )h yes. (he 

 exclaimed, imjninting a burning kiss 

 upon her hand,) it is arrived ; it nmsl. It 

 shall, be so." "Agreed," said Mad. 

 IHars, instantly taking a v iolet from the 

 bouquet, and sticking it in tlie same but- 

 ton-hole to which was atlaciied the Or- 

 der of the Lily. Gallantry would not 

 permit him to remove it, and therefore 

 Le wore it the whole evening. Such is 

 the force of mighty love ! 



SNl'FF OF THE GRAND DIGNITARIES. 



Napoleon is a great snutl-taker, and 

 the maimfactnre of tobacco and smilf 

 has been always in the hands of govern- 

 ment, for a period long anterior to the 

 revolHtion. As the Emperor was a great 

 epicure in the iirtiele of snutf, various 

 attempts wen; made to iiit his taste, and 

 they at length succeeded ; he gave the 

 mixture the name of, Tohuc des grmuh 

 digwtidrts ; and it was prohibited to sell 

 it to any person without esjjccial licence 

 from govertmient, and then only in quan- 

 tities not h'ss than twenty pounds. 

 What should wo think ui England of 

 such a rcgulatiou ? 



Modern Parisian Anecdotes. 



[Aug. 1, 



AliOLlTION or TITLES. 



Tiic gardeners, to keep pace with the 

 other bodies of the slate hi the abolition 

 of all titles during the revolution, 

 changed the names of their fruits ; as, for 

 example. Prime de 3Ivnsii'iir (our Or- 

 leans plum), they called. Prune dii Ci- 

 toyen ; and the Prune dc la Reiiie Claude 

 w as denominated, Prune dc la Citoyeiuie 

 Claude. 



TRANSLATIONS FROM THE ENGLISH. 



'i'lie editor of a work called, "the Pa- 

 norama de rAngleterre,"wlio slxlcs him- 

 self Professor of English, has made a 

 wonderful discovery of mice, six feet 

 high, adorned with antlers, and vhose 

 speed outstrii>ped the wind! Inlrans- 

 laling a description of the iMoose Deer, 

 he had recourse to his di(;tiouary ; and, 

 not Ihiding IMoose, but jMouse, he very 

 readily concluded the word Moose to b« 

 wrongly printed furMouse (jVoKrijfJ; and, 

 as these Souris were described to be six 

 feet high, he very properly translated 

 Moose Deer, by Crrands Souris! 



The same learned translator has very 

 justly been excessively severe on the 

 shameless indecency of the editors ot 

 the English newsjiapers, who blusli not, 

 lie says, pnl.dicly to print the most ob- 

 scene expressions. As, for instance, 

 they call an action for adultery an action 

 for Crim. Con.; and what, he wischj ex- 

 claims, can more etlectnally mark th» 

 dreadful depravity of Jinglish manners, 

 than print in a jtublic journal a word 

 wliich no woman can read without 

 blushing, tlio obscene expression Crim. 

 Con. ! 



MAGNANIMITY OF THE EMPEROR NA- 

 POLEON. 



Oil the arrival of the Emperor from 

 Elba, iXI. Founiier, prefect of the dcjjart- 

 ment of the Isere, issued at Grenoble 

 .several proclamations, to excite the in- 

 haijitants to repel " the adventurer, the 

 rebel, who had disembarked anew on 

 the <oast of Erejus." The advance of 

 the emperor compelled Ennrnicr to fly, 

 and he took refuge at lijons. On Na- 

 poleon being informed of the fact at 

 Lyons, he sent for M. Eournier. "M, 

 Fournier(said he), the first lime 'the ad- 

 vcnturcr' landed on these shores it was 

 to dethrone anarchy, and this time he 

 has landed only to dethrone despotism ; 

 and he beholds with pleasure the 

 learned and enlightened M. Eournier, 

 who accompanied General Uonapaile 

 to Egypt ; and he feels that he cannot 

 better avenge himself for the proclama- 

 tions of the prefect of tlie Isere, or bet- 

 ter 



