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Paarsrax Gossir.—At a ball given, a few days ago, by

Baron Rothschild, where the Duke of Orkams, the foreign ambassadors and their ladies, and a vast number of other distinguished persons, were pre- sent, a young gentleman having approached a lady of his acquaintance and asked the favour of her hand for the next gallopade, she declined, saying, that " she bad promised the Duke of Orleans." The disap pointed suitor on this went to join a group of young men in the salon, one of whom asked him why he did not dance ? " It is not my fault,'' replied he ; " I asked a young lady for the present dance ; but she tot d me, she was engaged to the Grand Poulot.'" His friends looking ex- tremely grave and confused at the answer, he felt convinced that he had done something more awkward than he intended ; and, turtling his head, perceived the Duke of OrMans regarding him with a look of well- merited displeasure, while the duke's aides-de-camp, who were by his side, endeavoured to turn his attention in another direction. Before rising next morning, he was visited by the two aides-de-camp of the king. On inquiring their business, they replied that he could not be a stranger to it, when he should recollect the occurrence of the preceding night. " I confess," said he, " that I called the duke a Grand Fouled have you come to demand satisfaction ?"—" No; we do not wish to push matters so far ; but you yourself must admit the impropriety of the expression."—" Oh, as you do not come to quarrel, I at once admit that it was wrong ; but assure you I was not aware of the presence of the prince." Satisfied with this, the aides-de-camp retired.—Morninv Herald. [We are not acquainted with the offensive epithet " poulot," which our contemporary translates " a big chubby child." We sup- pose the spelling ought to be " poulet," a chicken ; " grand poulet" would in that case be equivalent to the Italian " pollastrone," which means nearly the same thing as our common phrase for a young man of large person and small wit, " a great calf." The epithet applied to the present Prince Royal, is a play on that which was applied to the Prince Royal under the old regime—the Dolphin.] TuRKEY AND EGA-yr.—The military expedition against Syria con- sists of three regiments of infantry, about 10,000 men, and four regi- ments of cavalry, about 2,009 men. To these may be added, three companies of cavalry, and some parties of irregular troops, Albanians and Bedouins : these latter march across the Desert from Cairo to Syria : 6,400 infantry were embarked on board the fleet. The whole invading force amounts to about 50,000 men.

The Prussian government has suppressed all the entrance duties at Coblentz ; so that vessels may now proceed up the Rhine without im pediment. Those for the Moselle, however, are maintained.

A letter from Brunswick says, " It is reported, that a convention has been concluded between our government and that of Hanover, by which no writing relative to the affairs of Hanover shall henceforth be published in the Duchy of Brunswick, unless the MS. has been previ- ously sent to Hanover, and approved there."