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r, tne kings Europe cOntended Tor
this mantle, it parted in their hands. and
each monarch retained fragment in his
grasp. The King of Holland held Bel
GUM; the King Of Sardinia, Savoy and
Piedmont; and the Emperor of Aus
tria, Italy. Geneva still remained at
tached to the original garment for no
one was able to take it, though no one
was wiling to leave it in the possession
of France 1t was therefore presented
by Congress to the Swiss confederation,
and received the title Of the Twenty Sec
ond Canton.


Among all the capitals of Switzerland,
Geneva represents the aristocracy of
wealth. 1t is the city PAR EXCELLENCE,
Of luxury, of equipages, of watches, of
jewels, and of chains of gold. Its three
thousand workmen furnish all Europe
with trinkets. Seventy-6vc thousand
ounces of gold and fifty thousand marks
Of silver are annually transformed in the
hands of these workmen, from the bull
lion to merchandise; and their wages
amount to two millions, one hundred and
fifty thousand francs The most fash
ionable jewellers shop in Geneva is,
without contradiction, that of Beautte a
sight of his collection is enough to craze
Partisan woman, and to make Cleopa-
ira thrill with envy in her sepulchre.


These jewels are subjected to duty
when they cross the frontiers OF France ;
but, for commission of five per cent,
M. Beaute will bind himself to deliver
them in Paris, he assuming the risk of
smuggling them. The bargain to this
effect is made openly, as if there were
no custom house officers in the world :
and M. Beautte certainly possesses mar
vellous adroitness in putting such Off
GERS at fault. The following anecdote
will illustrate the extent of his skill.


When the Count de st. Cricq was
director general of the French customs,
he learned this smuggling was carried
on openly and in defiance of the vigilance
of his agents, and he determined to put
the famous jewellers ingenuity to the
test He proceeded to Geneva, called
at NJ. Beauties shop, and purchased
jewels for thirty thousand francs, on con-
dition that they should he delivered at
his hotel in Paris, free of duty. M
Beautte acceded to the proposal as a
matter Of course and presented the
purchaser for signature a bond by which
he obligated himself to pay the thirty
thousand francs on the receipt of the
jewels in Paris, together with the GUS
tomary commission of five per cent.
The Count smiled as he took the pen to
subscribe this bond, and then signed it,
at length, De ST CRIco, DIREcToR Cen


ERAL OF THE FRENCH CUSTOMS. He re-
turned the paper to Beautte, who look
ed at the signature, and calmly replied,
with respectful inclination of the head,
Monsieur le directeur, the articles you
have done me the honor to purchase
shall be in Paris as soon as yourself


De st Cricq, who was somewhat Piqu-
ed at this remark, returned to his lodg-
ings, dined hastily, sent for post horses,
and was on his way home within few
hours after his bargain was completed.
ITO be continued.
The pen ismightier than the sword"