The French camp at Fontainebleau was broken up on Friday,
with a grand review. The King distributed about forty decorations, and the
rlpke of Nemours delivered .a gaining .speech ;but the weather was 4' dreadful." In the.eVening, all the 6enerals, Colonels, and Chiefs of Oorpss dined with Louis Philippe.
Sir William Follett and his family were among the company who visited the camp at Fontainebleau; and Galignanrs Messenger says that the lawyer appeared to 'witness the military evolutions as closely as thotigh he had been professionally engaged for that purpose.
On Saturday last, a funeral service was performed in the church of St. ,Reel, near Paris, in v of Queen Hortense, the mother of Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. lit was attended by a number of faithful Mends and old servants of the Imperial Family.
Alarming symptoms of discontent have been lately observed among the labouring classes of Paris, who are reduced to the greatest misery On account of the increase in the price of bread.
' -.Commercial distress is felt to a considerable extent in the pro- vinces. The Bank of Lyons Ilas deemed it necessary to contract its operations, in consequence of recent failures in the department of Isere. -.The amounts received from the French departments on Saturday and Sunday, spoke more favourably of the late harvest, and in terms of
W i ilifaction of the vintage now n full operation. " The quantity ex- pected from it would exceed the hopes of the most sanguine," we are told, ." and the quality prove Superior to any since 1934."— Times.
A:letter from Clifiteanroux states, that where the vines were not attacked by cold, they yield abundantly. From Sancerre we learn, that the grapes are fully ripe, and that the rains which fell lately, instead of injuring them, have swelled them out, and rendered them much more productive than was expected. In the district of Paris the vine *ill; it is said, be rather less in quantity, but equal in quality to that of yfl34., The accounts from Bordeaux are equally favourable. Many 1-. the growers of Medoe state that the grapes have attained full maturity, and will yield very fine wine.—Paris Paper.
, Letters from Murcia state, that the hopes formed from the superb appearance of the olive-trees had been blighted by the extreme drought afthe !season.
Van' Amburgh was -wounded a few nights ago by a yowl,' lion, with sts_ 140 ha was going through the usaal performances, at the Porte St. 3Iartin Theatre, in Paris. He accidentally hurt the animal ; which immediately turned upon him, and clawed or bit his leg. Nevertheless, Van Amburah went through the performance, and actually put his head in the same lion's mouth.
Pauline Garcia niade a most successful di:but on Tuesday last, at the (Meets Theatre, Paris, in the character of Desdemona in Rossini's Otello.
Robbery and assassination are again becoming frequent in Paris. 'Within the last fortnight, at least twenty persons have been robbed in the streets ; and two days ago, two females, who keep a mercer's shop In one of the most frequented streets, were stabbed at seven o'clock in the evening, by a ruffian who went into the shop and demanded money. The assassin was fortunately secured by the neighbours. In most cases, however, crimes of this nature are committed with impunity, and hence the frequency of their repetition. It is a curious fact, that in London, where Toil are well lighted and have an active police, although 'your population is double that of Paris, ou have not one street or house robbery for-ten that occur he.re.—i'aris Correspondent of the Globe.
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