Louis Napoleon

The Eniperor of the French is now in his sixty-second year, twenty-two of wbich have been spent aiuid tlie cares and responsibilities of the most trying positiou in the world. He bas suruived Orsini bomba and lumbago with the constitution of a salamander. Yet, as his family has not been noted for longevity, it may bo expectïd thathis end is drawiog near. It is vory diffioult, however, to malte out when he is re&lly sick. ïhe bulletins which areso often iesuedabout his health have such a closa and intímate coDnection with the Bourse that Ihere is no end to the canardá of thu bulls and baars. When he ia in good htalth and spirits tho bulls are happy ; when ho is stretched out for dead then tho bears rejoice and are exceediog glad. Then again the interest of his dynasiy and of tho einpiro, in its present disturbed condition, reqaire that people fhould bolieve that h 's life is good for forty years to come. Little relia nee, therefüri1, eau be placed upon thooCicial reporta whioh froin time to time appear in tlie Maniteur Official ooaesroing his mind and body. There ia little doubt that he will die ou the throue, the on!y Ir'rench sovereign who has done so during (be past century, with the exception of Jjouis XV. and LouisXVIIl. ; and tbelatter was fully entitled to the privilege, huving endured twenty-two years esile.