The Women Of Our Time.

But , then , as the Irishman said , its " the subject , sure . " " Oh , woman , " says a grave philosopher , " you are alternatel y tbe plague and delight of our existence ; without you life would not be endurable , and with you man only plays the fool !" AVell"dulce est desipere in loco" and

, , I for one am glad to be able to maintain to-day , Avith the permission pf our good publisher , that our young married Avomen are not only , as John Jones says , " Angels , sir— Avhen they are asleep ; " but , as Dr . Bayley remarkson tbe authority of

Shakes-, peare , though I think he ' s wrong in that , and bis quotations are apt to get confused" Not outside show or painted toy , But , all our pride , our trust , our joy . "

Contemporary Letters On The French Revolution.

CONTEMPORARY LETTERS ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION .

Paris , February 12 , 1790 . ALTHOUGH discontent prevails throughout the kingdom , yet all hopes of re-establishing by force the ancient Government seem crushed by the speech of the King to the National Assembly . The Demoorates

Avill now be able to play on the King the same destructive battery tbe Long Parliament used against Charles the First—the arming the regal authority against the royal person . The derangement of the finances is now the last resource of the

Aristocratic Party , should the nation become ( as seems almost inevitable ) bankrupt . Anarchy and tumult Avill again lay Avaste the capital . It is probable iu that moment tbe National Assembly will be obliged to resign their power either into

the hands of the King , or of a new Legislature , but they will struggle hard to retain their situation , and they have in their bands the few resources that exist , and the National Militia at their command . The loss of discipline has destroyed

the army , that mi ght be opposed against them . All parties seem to look forward with anxious hope to tbe end of tbe present Assembly and the meeting of the new Legislature . The Moderes ( who are now called the Impartiaux ) begin to gain strength in tlie Assembly ; they now amount to near ei ghty , and they daily make fresh converts to their cause , but be

assured Avhenever the Demagogues find themselves hard pressed they will find some more successful pretext for exclusion than the Serment Civique , which Avas proposed on . the .. ay of the Seance Roy ale . All parties equally exclaim against it , and

even the people are scarcely caught by the idle show of administering it to the National Militia . All who take it avow a mental reservation , and that they believe all they haA'e sAvorn to maintain may be abrogated by a future Legislature . The

invitation of the Common Council of Paris to the National Assembly to hear Te Deuni , Sunday next , is already a subject of ridicule . The letter I enclose , which is Avriiten by Mons . Bergasse , once one of their most violent adherentshas given

, great uneasiness to the Demagogues . The Moderate People of both parties seem willing to uphold the proceedings of the National Assembl y , not that they approve of them , but that they compare the State to a ship in a storm which , though

they are sensible is driving far from its destined port , yet do they think it necessary to crowd all the sail they can , in the hopes of reaching any land Avhatsoever . Everything seems fast approaching to the great event of a National Bankruptcybut the

, terrible consequences it might have produced will be much lessened by the minds of the public being prepared for an event which to all now seems certain .

The " actions " of the Caisse d'Escompte lose daily in their value , their notes are in general discredit , and money is every day obtained with increasing difficulties , eight , nay even ten livres are given to change a note of 200 . The scarcity of specie has

been increased by the steps taken to diminish the want of it . A number of people attended in the Rue Vivienne who offered to change notes at 6 livres loss on 200 livres . This the Caisse d'Escompte considered as usurious and destructive of

their credit . A decree was obtained against the dealers in money , six were imprisoned , and what was before a scarcity is now au absolute want . Forgeries are daily committed , not only on the Caisse , but on the Royal Treasury . The warrants to the

members of the National Assembl y for their monthly salary of 500 livres , although necessarily to be countersigned by the members , bave been forged in great numbers .