_Hospitals_.--The income of the hospitals is 9,762,154 francs, or about £406,756.; the average cost to government for a day in the hospital, is about 11-1/2_d_. The maniacs from two prisons average 3,000 a year; and the majority of mad persons are unmarried. _Lottery_.--The average annual receipts of the lottery is about a million sterling--of which the treasury receive about £180,000. the remainder being the adventurers'. _Marriages_.--The average of marriages is 6,316, or 1 marriage in every 108 persons. Marriages are most frequent in February, and least in December. There is rather more than an average of three children to each marriage. _Births_.--The births average 27,000, or 1 birth for every 12 minutes; of the number, 8,760 are illegitimate. _Gaming Houses_.--The annual receipt is £360,000.; the whole expenses £60,000. Those who lease them clear in 6 years about £83,000. _Wine Tax_.--The annual revenue is a million sterling. _Theatres_.--There are 10,000 persons daily at the theatres, Of these, it is estimated, 6,816 pay for admission. The annual average receipts of all the theatres is £209,298. _Tombs_.--The price for a tomb in _Pere la Chaise_, is about £4. without the right to the grave; some have cost £1,400. Those erected to women are fewer by half than those for men. _Travellers_.--The average since the peace of 1814, is 17,676 English residents or travellers in Paris. * * * * * MOTTO AND TRANSLATION. _Presto et Presto_. Double quick time. * * * * * DIALOGUE BETWEEN GLUTTON AND ECHO. The following lines, written in the year 1609, are said to have induced Butler to pursue the same idea in his _Hudibras_; _Dialogue_. _Glutton_.--My belly I do deify. _Echo_.--Fie. _Glutton_.--Who curbs his appetite's a fool. _Echo_.--Ah! fool! _Glutton_.--I do not like this abstinence. _Echo_.--Hence! _Glutton_.--My joy's a feast, my wish is wine. _Echo_.--Swine. _Glutton_.--We epicures are happy truly. _Echo_.--You lie. _Glutton_.--May I not, Echo, eat my fill. _Echo_.--Ill. _Glutton_.--Will it hurt me if I drink too much? _Echo_.--Much. _Glutton_.--Thou mock'st me nymph, I'll not believe it. _Echo_.--Believe it. _Glutton_.--Dost thou condemn then what I do? _Echo_.--I do. _Glutton_.--Is it that which brings infirmities? _Echo_.--It is! _Glutton_.--Then sweetest temperance I'll love thee. _Echo_. I love thee.. {If all be true which thou _Glutton_. { dost tell, {To gluttony I bid farewell. _Echo_.--Farewell. W.A. * * * * * EPITAPH ON A GAMESTER.