Our Parisian contemporaries sometimes fall into ludicrous errors with reference
to the designation of Englishmen. Day after day we have met with the followirg paragraph—" Sir Baumont, mare/sand de charbon, bas just given an order for different articles of furniture in Paris for his house in London to the amount of millions of francs. The bronzes alone will cost 200,000f." We presume that this paragraph refers to Mr. Beaumont, M.P. for Northumberland, the very wealthy proprietor of very extensive coal mines in that county, and very far removed from the condition of a " marchand de charbon," which may mea» a petty retailer of coals. We are not aware that Mr. B. has lately received the honour of knighthood. His chivalrous pranomen is, therefore, purely of French invention.— Galignani's Messenger.
The trustees appointed to manage the national subscription for M. Jacques Lafitte, having invested the amount subscribed in the purchase of Al. Lafitte's mansion, have put up in the principal elevation of the house a black marble slab with a gold lettered inscription, purporting that the luitel was the gift of the nation to its respected owner,—Paris Paps.
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