Sunday dispatch. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1845-1854, 1852-03-28

Venice on the I'd of this month, aged IS years.
The last Of the Marshals Of the Empire is now no
more. rL.
NJ Armaud Marrast, formerly editor OF the
NatiOna, ex-member of the Provisional Govern,
ment. and subsequently Mayor of Paris anu
President of the Assembly, died day or TWO
ago, after long and painful sickness.
A TYRANNIcAL DECREE.
must not forget to mention decree which
anneared Yesterday in the MonitelW, by which
the dictator arrogates to himself the right to ap-
noint and to revoke the appointment OF the mem
bers of the Upper Council (ConSeI spPe1eln) ot
public instruction the rectors and medical pro-
fessors Of the Colleges of France OF the Museum
of Natural History of the School Of Living
languages the bureau of Longitude Of tho
Paris and Marseilles Observatories; and the
keepers of Public Libraries. To commence
with, he has dismissed two members of the Con-
sell sltperieltr, who are well known IN the ltera-
ry world viz; MN. Cousin and DUBOIS Sol tne
| Loire Inferieure) 1t is to their political senti-
ments that these two illustrious men owe their
derivation of Office, but the effect Will be only
! to exalt them in the eyes Of honorable men
Hencefo tn, also, all magistrates Will be Compel
| ed to resign office at the age OF ~ years; Inns
decrei has occasloned mucn qlseonOenD s'tl ~
do not tn nix it wrong in its object Tor at tna6
age few men are capable OF fulfilling their ou-
ties in proper manner
| THE WEATHER IN PARIs-AN IMPUDENr FRoLlc 80
DUEL.
For the past fortnight we have had glorious
weather. little cold perhaps, but tho sky has
been without cloud, and the streets, the parks
and the public gardens, We been reYelllng N
the sunshine, and they have been crowded daily
with the elite of the capital Everyone seems to
rejoice in the prospects of Spring, ana not sitn-
standing all the trouble we have passed through,
there is still as much fun and frelc in Paris al
ever there was, and sometimes people have e
nav dearer for their jokes than they anticipated
AS an instance of this, few days ago fOu you
bloo6s entered one Of our principal restaurants
together, and being little Tightly from th'
fumes of the wine they had imbibed, they enter
into a conversation that did more honor to ther
! imagination than to their modesty One OF then
wagered that he would kiss any lady that M
companions pointed out to him, provided sh
were Young and pretty. The wager was accep
ted, and he four youngsters left the hotel toge
ther When they had reached the Bouevar'
De la Madeleine they saw an elegantly dresse'
and handsome lady ep from smart carriage
"There's the woman you are to KISS, saio on
of the young men to him who had laid the wager
and the young man Immediately stepped up t
the fair Partisan and kissed her, saying at tn
same time,
s All! nv dear cousin, how it has surprise
y me to meet with you so unexpectedly IN Paris
! | When did you arrive z!
& sMousicur,' said the lady, embarrassed, an
somewhat alarmed, " doubtless you labor unde
) a mistake for do not know you"
" g Comment you are not Madame de -
Il Thoulouse g. said the young man pretendin
the utmost surprise.
{" Non Monsieur, and another time | advi'
you not to act with so much precipitation, sal
il the lady, turning with an air of offended dignit
r. from her insolent intruder, who ran laughing
- reioin his companions, who were locking upC
the scene with amazement-
u 81 won the wager" he cried merriiy
10 No one disputed his victory, and he became
Ii proud of what he had done, as to boast OF 1t b
a. fore his friends and often before strangers
One day gentleman approached him al
said
a Monsieur, | am the husband of the la'
b. whom YOU insulted, and cannot allow SO fair
opportunity to revenge the outrage, to esca
me, so saying, he threw his glove in the lace
20 the young man, who stood for the moment st
W pifed at the unexpected provocation. Ho wev
sw the two antagoni4ts exchanged cards and N
Of the next day on the Bois de Boulogne, where
of Young m N rec lived a sabre thrust that neal
- cost him his life. He is, how yer, likely to
~ cover, but in al probability he will have be
10 mt the lesson that there are certain boun
aT ,. la.. tioussess that cannot be passed withc
10. rendering the transgresser liable to punishme