liberty to spend the rest of the Sunday in any
way which is not in itself vicious or criminal.
The Journal de Montreuil gives the List of
Prizes for the local cattle-show this year,
and the conclusion of the whole is, that
"The Exhibition will be held on Sunday,
July 11, 1852, at nine o'clock in the morning,
in the square of the Hotel de Ville of Montreuil."

I did not think to have found in France
so apt an illustration of the connection
between godliness and cleanliness, as is given by
the previous number of the same journal:—
"The inauguration of the water-works, and
their benediction, will take place next Sunday.
It seems certain that the inhabitants of the
neighbourhood, both in town and country,
will visit Montreuil, in order to be present at
a splendid fête which the administration
proposes to give, and the programme of which is
this:—City of Montreuil-sur-Mer. Inauguration
of the raising the water into the town.
Benediction of the building containing the
hydraulic machine, established in the lower
town for forcing the water. The Mayor of the
City of Montreuil, Chevalier of the Legion of
Honour, considering that the raising of water
into the town—an event offering so many
difficulties to surmount, has at last been
accomplished, and thus fulfils the wishes so
frequently expressed by the inhabitants, that
it is an event which the town ought to mark
by a solemnity—Decrees:—Art. I. The civil
and military authorities will be requested to
assemble at the Hôtel de Ville next Sunday,
April 25, at half-past twelve, in order to
proceed thence in state to the Ville-Basse, to the
mills called du Roi, for the purpose of being
present at the benediction of the building,
which contains the hydraulic machine
established at that spot to raise water into the town.
Art. II. The company of Sapper-Firemen
will be present at this ceremony; it will
assemble for this purpose within the walls of
the Hôtel de Ville, the said day, April 25,
present month, at half- past twelve:—The band
of music of the old national guard of this town
will join the company of Sapper-Firemen:—
After the religious ceremony, the procession
will return to the Hôtel de Ville in the
same order in which it left it:—Art. III. The
said day of the ceremony, at seven o'clock
in the morning, a distribution of bread and
meat will be made to the poor of the town."
The following amusements are next
promised: " At two o'clock in the afternoon,
a shooting-match. At three, a tennis-match.
At four, a foot-race (the prizes to be trousers
and a waistcoat). At six o'clock, a
public ball in the Place Verte, during which
the public fountain was to discharge wine.
At nine, a subscription ball, for the benefit
of the poor, in the saloon of the Hôtel
de Ville; " which, with the engine-house
and reservoir, was to be illuminated all
night.

Contrast such a Sunday as this with one in
Glasgow or in Edinburgh, and a man can
hardly believe the Scotch and the French
towns to be situated in the same quarter of
the world, and to form part of one common
Christendom. At the festival above described,
everything went off marvellously well, to the
great edification of the people. It is right, we
should add, that the most perfect order reigned
during the benediction; two addresses from
the clergy touched all hearts, and the divines
returned with the procession to the Town
Hall, amidst respectful salutations and joyous
shouts. The shooters shot, the runners ran,
the tennis-players frisked. The fountain that
spouted wine caused inexhaustible fun, and
the illuminations and the two balls closed
the entertainment. " We cannot spare
room," says the newspaper reporter, " to
give an exact account of this fête; suffice
it to add that the whole town was in a
state of joyfulness, and seemed, that day, to
consist of only one single immense family,
presided over by its kind mother, the
Municipal Authority."

It is to be expected that papers, which are
politically restricted, should contain an extra
quantity of small talk and wonderful events,
of the same nature as those which help our
sub-editors over so many gaps. Here,
however, the penny-a-liner signs his contribution,
and openly reaps all the glory which his
poetic genius may have earned. Thus:—
"Yesterday morning two cows were butting
at each other in the farm-yard of citizen
J. B. Dupuis. One of them darted across the
yard, arrived at a well from thirty-six to forty
mètres (more than one hundred feet English)
deep, and fell into it. After unheard-of efforts,
they managed to draw her out; when,
extraordinary to relate, the animal, which had
not received the least injury, walked into her
cow-house.—TRIDON."

One would like to know whether the credit
of this performance is due to the talent of the
cow, or to the learning of M. Tridon. The
feat may have originated in the columns of
some English paper. Some of these scraps of
news, however, are sufficiently marked by
local characteristics, to protect us from the
risk of their naturalisation in Great Britain.
"Auxerre, November 15th, 1851.—Last
week, at the moment when a railway tender
was passing along the line from Saint
Florentin to Tonnerre, a wolf boldly leaped
upon it and attacked the stoker. The man
immediately seized his shovel, and repulsed
the aggressor, who fell upon the rail, and was
instantly crushed to pieces. (National)."

The horrid passion for gambling seems
spread over the whole continent; and it is
found by experience, that of all the different
forms of gambling, lotteries are the most
fearful instruments by which a people can be
made to scourge itself with its own vices.
Long may we be before our papers can show
paragraphs like this. "Lottery of the Gold
Ingots. To the particulars furnished yesterday,