During almost the whole o...
Duritig almost the whole of the last century, the fanmily -of the Parisian executioner, so celebrated amongst the people unde, the name of Chariot, inhabited a soltiary house, situated about tilE centre of the Petite Rue St. Nichols, between the faubourg St, Den'nis and St. Mlartin. At the commcticesnent of the reign oa Louis XV., M1. de lelly,sinceso celebrated by hisurhbapjpy destiny. attehe eclat which filial piety has given to the re-establishment oi ahit1ne, returnei towards midnight, with some youths of his own nwe and rank, fiom the Guinguettes of Rapee, renowned at this pe. diod for their excellent matellates. As they approached near the ho,xoe of Chariot, they heard violins and sounds of merriment. whence they concluded that dancing was going forward within; fleated with the good cheer they had been enjoying, they tool a fancy to partake of the amusements which these sounds infornne,1 thesf they were near. They ktocrked; a servant opened the door; they asked leave to cnter. The girl, not daring to take upon hersel to admit them, called lher nmaster, to whom these young gentlenmen repeated their request. " It is impossible' to receive you, gentle. men," answered C lh4sot, " my house is net public: I amuse illy. self with my faniily; and our 8porLs are about to cease, for I per- ceive tbat it is already very late." These wild youths, however in. sisted, and hoping to secure their admixsion if tbey made themseives known, they said they belonged to the Court, that they came frora a party at the Rapee, and intended to finish thleir evening by joining the amnusements of an honest and respectable family. Charlot, after making useless eftorts to dissuade Lhem- from their project, found there were nO other means of ending titematter butby saying-" The higher your rank, geetdemes, the lcsx possible it Ls for me to receive you you would approve t'f my refusal if yct4 knew who I am."- I, And r7ho are you, then ?" said one of the party. " (Gentlemen, do you insist upon it ! know, then, that I am tne hangman of Paris." " Ah I this is atrange !" cned At. de Lally. " I5 it you who hang, break arms, legst &c." Charlot interrupted him uld said-" These are, in fact, my duties; but I have assistants for obscure criminals. flowever, when a man of your rank, Sir., has the misfortune to fall under the ri,our of the laws. I consider it a dtuty, an honour to Per form msyelf the decrees of justice." Twenty-ave years after rW. de Lalv died under the hands of this Famne man. there is now itl full bloom, in the liot-lholuse of Robert Codringteoi, Esq., df Bridgewater, a bteautiful plant, called the Re- nlairnissz,ueta3 . It is a 7ative of India, and rises by the bankg of the Ganges to the height of upwards of 20 feet. In this country it is a workof uatsa years to get them to blossom, and has been genc- rally considered by florists as almost hopdelas. The greatest atten. tion' mugt 1avo been given Xo th e hot-house. alluded to, to bring this bvaqiss iipwes to perfecuion.-S/sxc~rstcr Mcfrcery,.