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M. de la Mennais is to be prosecuted for his

recent pamphlet against the Government, which has been seized in all the shops. It was also published ins an article in the National.

The Indieateur de Bourdeaux of the 15th instant states, that a number of young men had repaired, after the play performed at the theatre, to

the Place du Champ de Mars, with the intention of singing the Mar- seillaise under the windows of the British Consul; but that they had dispersed on the first summons of the police.

Several of tine Paris papers of Monday contain an advertisement, stretching all across their columns, with large capitals, to the following

effect--' Appeal to Patriotism ! National Society of French Corsairs.

E. Corbiisre and Co. Capital of the Company, ten millions ; shares, one hundred francs, payable only in case of war. If the peace is main-

tained, the subscribers will not be bound to pay any portion of the shares. A committee of founders provides for all provisional expenses." This piece of rhodomontade goes on to detail the objects of the pro- posed company ; which are modestly stated to he the "executing ofjus- tice on the enemy's vessels of war, (the enemy is not specified,) the destruction of his riches, and the annihilation of his commerce."— Gullying/1i.

The illoniteur publishes the amount of the receipts of the indirect taxes for tine first nine months of tine years 1838, 1839, and 1840. The increase of the present year over that of' 1839 is 26,123,000 francs, and over that of the year 1838, 31,875,000 francs. The increase for the last three months is 6,155,000 francs over that of the year 1339, and of 8,001,000 francs over that of the year 1838.

The pickpockets of Paris last week adopted an ingenious mode of collecting a crowd for the purpose of facilitating their operations. One of them in the Calorie d'Orleans, Palais Royal, pointed to a lady that lie said was Madame Laffarge the murderess. He called out that she had been set at liberty in consequence of her riches, in spite of her con- demnation. The lady energetically denied that she was Madame Laffarge; but the man.persisted the more strongly that sine was. She was at length thrown into an hysterical fit by the strangeness of the ac- cusation ; which the persons who collected were readily induced to be- lieve, aud she had a narrow escape from their clutches. The pick- pockets in the mean time did not lose the opportunity.