, 1868-04-03
A FAsr pa1NcE.-Ala lady friend translates


A FAST PRINoE.-A lady friend translates
for US from the French journals gOssipy
sketches, which we herewith present to our
readers
Mr.. Ceyras relates a recent adventure OF
a royal prince, who left very agreeable mem
ories at Paris, and took prominent part IN
the international pleasures offered to Europe
by the Exhibition. During three months he
made penance at fox hunting and little be-
side his young, sick spouse; then, he sud-
denly repassed the Ocean, under pretence
of Journey to the Court of the King, his
father in-law, and the Cafe Anglais saw him
back ,ain at joyous table this last week.
A well-known jeweller, from the Rue de la
Paix, also saw the brilliant lord come and buy
of bin several of his choicest caskets, and
certain lady, not less known, admired the
charming effects produced by the lordly jew
els on her white shoulders and plump arms.
But when be wanted to set out again, the
ieweler presented to him a bill amounting to
10000 francs, and the great lord not being
able to pay, was very near being detained as
hostage Very luckily banker interpOsed,
who owed some gratitude to the young
Princes country, and the $4,000 francs were
paid, and the imprudent traveller able to set
out again, keeping, however, his incognito
and swearing that he would never be thus
caught again. 1t was the Prince of Wales.
THE EMpERoR.-Th foreign papers amuse
themselves spreading tie rumOr that the
Emperor is going to abdieate as soon as the
Imperial Prince is of age; that is in i've
wears, in which case the Emperor will apr
point a council of regency and retire to Al
eeria. where be has always wished to live
We do not need to say how unfounded these
tidings are !; the activity of the Emperor,
who works every day with his ministers,
proves how little he thinks of retiring.
BADLY SHoT.-A singular event occa-
stoned in Italy controversy between the
ministry of war and the one of justice. This
is how a correspondent of the Perseverance,
tells it: A few weeks ago, a deserter who
had become highwayman, was sentenced to
be shot All the formalities accomplished,
the doomed man was led to the cemetery,
where he was to be buried and soon FIVE balls
struck him. The Sergeant who commanded
the picket which fired, noticing that the man
was not dead, his gun aimed at the unfortu-
nate mans breast, he gave him the coup de
grace. 1t was thought he had ceased suf>
fering, for he lay still on the ground. The
body was committed to the sexton How.
ever, as it was already dark, the latter thought
fit to wait till next day to dig the grave
The corpse remained at the same place where
it had fallen; life had not quite left it
The cold of the night, irritating his wounds
brought the executed man to life. Will
great difficulty he crawled on his knees tt
the fence, to which he pulled ladder tina
happened TO lay near by, and having passeC
over the fence, be went, all bloody aud witt
his arms broken from the balls, to give him
self up to the delegate of public surety a
the nearest village. The ministry of wa
and that of justice now disagree upon tn
question to whom belongs this dead brough
to life again. We think they will conclud
by asking him to be pardoned, for his wound
are not mortal,