Granville Sharp, amid tho severity
of his studies, found a social relaxa
tion in the amusement of a barge on
tlieThamos, which was well known to
the circle of his friends. There was
festive hospitality with musical de
light. It was resorted to by men of
most eminent talents and rank. His
little voyages to Putny, Ivcw, and to
Richmond, and the literary inter*,
course they produced, were singular
ly happy ones. “The history of his
amusements cannot bo told without
adding to the dignity of his charae*
ter,” observed Mr. Prince Hoare, in
his* very curious life of this great phi
lanthropist.
Some have found amusement in
composing treatises on odd subjects.
Seneca wrote a burlesqe narrative
of Claudian’s death.
Pierius Valorianus bas written an
eulogiim on beards: and we had
learned one recently, with duo grav
ity and pleasantry, entitled “Eloge
do Por-qes”— eulogiunron wigs.
Era .nus to amuse himself when
travehng in a post-chase, composed
his panegyric on “Moria or Folly
which, authorized by the pun, he
dedicated to Sir Thomas Moore. —
Exchange paper.
The Progress or Paris. —lt is an
interesting study to watch the pro
gress of a great city like Paris. In
the thirteenth century the population
of Paris was 120,000. In 1474 it had
receded to 100,000;.under Henry II
it was 210,000. and in 1500 it had
again receded to 200,000. Under
Louis XIV it was 402,600; in 1719,
509,640 ; 1776, 658,000 ;1775,670,000 ;
1784.660,000 ; 1798,640,00: 1802, 672, s
000; 1816, 713,966; 1827, 890,431;
1836, 909,126; 1841, 912,633; 1846,
1,053,897; 1851, 1,053,262; 1866, 1,-
825,274. Tho population has there
fore doubied since 1841.
