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Parisian Anecdotes 



muster the sum — tlsey called tlie land- 

 lord — an explanation was entered into 

 — " Gentlemen," said lie, " it is evident 

 joii did not know tlie reputation of the 

 Kocher de Cancale." Tlicy offered him 

 the si.curity of their watches, which 

 he generously refuse d — " Gentlemen, I 

 should be sorry to be considered worse 

 than tiie fare with which I regale my 

 friends ; tlie sum is a triile, pay it when 

 you please." 



BUSTS OF NAPOLEON, 



After Louis XVIII. had ascended 

 the throne of his ancestors, one of his 

 first objects was to cause to be ellaccd, 

 on all the public buildings, the busts, 

 statues, and initials, of his illustrious 

 predecessor, and commenced with the 

 palace of the Louvre. Whether the 

 workmen employed imagined that his 

 reign would not be eternal, or they only 

 thought of making the changes with the 

 least trouble, we pretend not to say ; but, 

 on the reUirn of Na|>oleon, it was disco- 

 vered that all the N's were inverted into 

 two L's embracing each other, by a lit- 

 tle plaster of Paris ; and the bust of 

 Napoleon, by the addition of a tvig of 

 the same material, became very hap- 

 pily transformed into the bust of 

 Louis XVIII. 



THE TKICOLOURED COCKADE. 



At the commencement of the revolu- 

 tion the national cockade was green, as 

 an emblem of Hope; but, the Duke of 

 Orleans joining the jieoplc, out of com- 

 pliment the cockade was changed to the 

 colours of his liveries. And on the arri- 

 val of the JNIarquis de la Fayette from 

 America, the National Guard changed 

 its uniform to that of the American 

 army, which it has ever since pre- 

 served. 



BUITISH CENSUS FORBIDDEN TO BE PUB- 

 LISHED IN FRANCE. 



In 1812, a French author, publishing 

 a Treatise of Geography, inserted the 

 census of British population in 1801 

 and 1811, .as published by Parliament. 

 This document proving the inerease of 

 po])uIation, iiolwithstauding the war, 

 was not permitted to be published, and 

 the sheet was accordingly «:ancelled. 



CIVIC ELOQUENCE. 



In the sectional or parish assemblies 

 during the revolution, a cobler ascend- 

 ed the tribune — "My fellow citizens — 

 what do you talk of mending the state, 

 it cannot be mended ; neither the sole 

 nor upper-leather is worth a liard : the 

 l*oQstitution must be made ^uew, uo 



[Oct. 1, 



heel-tapped libprty, I say ; it will be a 

 long work and a strong work, I know, to 

 finish it; but, my fellow citizens, if we 

 do not live to see it completed, that 

 ought not to relax our labours, for we 

 have the glorious prospect of knowing 

 that our ancestors will benefit by it 

 to the world's end !" The speech was 

 highly applauded, as it ought, and or- 

 dered to lie printed. 



PROPOSALS OF THE DEY OF ALGIERS TO 

 THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA. 



His highness the Dey, .sovereign of 

 Algiers, ciiarged his excellency Abdalla 

 Bey, prince archi-pirate, and first lord 

 of his admiralty, to go to the Congress 

 of the Eurojiean sovereigns, and to de- 

 clare to them, that his august master 

 was ready to renounce his 7Haritime 

 rights, on condition that the following 

 prhiciples sliould be solemnly recog- 

 nized : — 



I. The European powers renounce 

 the right of pillaging, in time of peace, 

 frigates laden with piastres. 



II. They renounce the right of bom- 

 barding the capitals of their neighbours, 

 without a previous declaration of war. 



III. They engage for the future to 

 send declarations of war by a herald at 

 arms, allowing a delay of six months 

 for the commencement of hostilities, that 

 individuals may have time to save their 

 property. 



I^'. That they will bind themselves 

 not to sell either blacks or whites, either 

 individually or collectively, privately or 

 by diplomatic treaties. 



Y. On these conditions the Dej', so- 

 vereign of Algiers, promises an absolute 

 and pcr[)etual cessation of the cruizes, 

 which hitherto the system of public law 

 in I'iUrope fully authorized and permit- 

 ted to his subjects. 



HOW TO RECRUIT AN ARMY. 



After the Russian campaign. Napo- 

 leon made a law that the National 

 Guard should march to the frontiers to 

 defend them from invasion. This be- 

 ing deemed necessary, the measure was 

 willinglj submitted to. Liiidcr this im- 

 pression, 1UO,000 National Guards were 

 marched from difl'erent points to the 

 Rhine ; they there found the whole 

 army. In two days an order arrived 

 for the whole mass to march forward, 

 and tho National Guard had the alterna- 

 tive of marching to battle, or being cut 

 to pieces, in case of refusal, by the regu- 

 lar army ; upwards of 70,000 of tlicni 

 perished iu the canipaigu. 



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