Paris has been the scene of two more dynamite outrages.
The first took place on Friday week at 135 Boulevard St. Ger- main, in a large house occupied by many respectable families, one of which is that of M. Benoit, a Judge who has tried many Anarchist cases. A bomb, believed to contain dyna- mite, had been placed on the second floor, and exploding, shattered the doors and furniture, and blew a hole through the parquet into the story beneath. The third floor was also injured, but no one was killed ; and on the fifth floor, where M. Benoit lives, the damage done was slight. On Tuesday, again, a cartridge, believed to have been full of picrate, was placed on a window-sill in the Lobau Barracks, and when exploded, wrecked the soldiers' dining-hall, and broke the ancient stained-glass windows of a neighbouring church. No clue to the miscreant who fired the bombs has been discovered, and the motive is still uncertain, though the idea of private spite seems to be negatived by the utter unlikeness of the two scenes selected. The official theory is that the destruction was the work of Anarchists ; and the Premier, questioned in the Chamber, replied that such villains existed in all countries, while M. Ricard, Minister of Justice, brought in a Bill making an attempt to blow up an inhabited house a capital offence. The Bill will pass, but, as was observed in the debate, it is evidence that is wanting, not sufficient means of punishment.
