PART OF A LEI TER FROM PARIS.
The balloon scheme is not abandoned. I was yesterday at the ateliers of the proprietors, and ascertained that they had got a taw thou- sand francs subscribed, with which they intend to make an experiment. Most of the scientific men support them, and assert that there is nothing visionary in the plan. As soon as the Chambers meet, an application will be made for a law to sanction two or three experimental railways; but M. THIEIIS has abandoned all his grand schemes for establishing railways through- out France If SOULT had remained in office, there would have been at least two or three great lines undertaken; and it is stated that the ply
of putting the soldiers upon public works was conceived in this u iew. Money for materials, however, as well as labour, must be had.
Parrs still contains an immense number of English. They are chiefly divided into the very wealthy, who come here for pleasure ; and the sharpers, who come to prey upon the rich. There are few respect. able middle class families ; for Paris, as a place of residence, is now more expensive than London. Meat is as dear, poultry is even dearer ; butter is dearer ; groceries are 10 to 20 per cent. dearer ; lodgings, if you look to appearances and do not mount up seven pair of stairs, are almost as dear ; clothing is 10 per cent. dearer at least. But wine is cheaper?" So it is : but only your fine wines, and they are not 1s. lid. a bottle cheaper. Putting wine against beer—com111011 wine, I mewl—
it is 100 per cent. dearer. What bottle of French common wine at a franc can be compared to a sixpenny quart of London ale?
The Scottish Tories intend to get up a dinner which shall at least ;qua! the Whig display- at Edinburgh. The Glasgow Courier says- - LI, l me, we believe, the Dike or Wellington and sir Robert Peel will visit this ; met then, we hose, the West of Scotland it ill take I Ito lead in pa■ lug's these ,!ah••wett a compliment commensurate to their nil 74Itieh as the good folks ti ll:r E.t.d. are putting' themselves about to do honour to Earl ILet. at the Itithliag of ffe Edinburgh Clique, we, at a Aveek's warning, van transcend them at any time, whether ors regards numbers, health, and intelligence, or in esptimat, in getting up an of adequate size and magnificence, for the enteitaitiment of such dist ingui,hed guests."
Some of the Bishops openly bestow their patronage on their rela- tion:. Others, more crafty, in order to save appearances, form it sort of confederacy for interchanging patronage, that the public may not suc- ceed in tracing the connexion between the patron and the incumbent. If Sumner Bishop of Chester, bestows a living on the son of Law Bi- shop of Bath and Wells, and Law again bestows a living on a relation of Bird. the public may suppose that no other motive gohled the be- stowal in either ease than the desire to reward merit and learning.— Ho +tiny Chronicle.
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