21 MAY 1870, Page 3

The Regent Serrano, who, not being King, has no right-

to give it, has given the Collar of the Order of Nobles to Madame 011ivier, who, not being noble, has no right to receive it. In Paris it is suggested that the Collar is a reward for the high-dress movement, but Paris is malicious, and will have it that a shower of orders is about to fall on M. 011ivier himself. One would be typical, the Golden Fleece, for surely no Emperor ever obtained so much from the services of such a lamb.