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 SKETcHEs OF ScE AND DuaAs.-Eugene Sue Is stout built. rather pale-shas long hair, and thick beard, cut ia inc Freuct Iashlon Amongst other foibIes, he Is very desirous oi making people believe that l,e hardly ever eats When al dinner-pariy, he desires his servants to bring him some vegetables, or. perchance, only an egg, and bottle of SeIt- ger water. But those of his rivals of cen sorious sPirit accuse him ot taking gnod care io have. on such occasions, some roast beef and pudding in his own private room, an,l oi making d good dinner there before he makes his appearance at the general table. Every one knows that. before he wrole .rhe Mysteries of Paris be published History oi the French Navy which met w,lh very poor success, and emtailed no small loss on the publisher. The work was too serious for a novel. and too romantic for a history. Something rather disagreeable happened to the author few weeks after the publication sf this work. He received parcel from foulon, through the Foreign office, with three seals attached He opened Il very anxiously, and found small box wIthiH, containing silver medal, on which was en- graved the following inscription m French: To Monsieu Eagens Sue, token of grali- tude iro.n the Ffeneh Navy This was en- gyayed in large letters, ba, under II, tn very small characters, were ound these words : For the History of ,he French Navy he did not write

 Monsieur Dumas Is the son of llie repub- iIcan Preach general. Andrew Dumas, who il is reported was thrown iBio prison by ihs father of the present kIag ol Naples. AI- though the author of so many works, which are highly paid for by the publisher, Dumas keeps no carriage, nor have his servants any livery. He Is one of that class of inen in France, who have the greatest number 0, what are called friends. Some people speak in warm and enthusiastic terms of hiu,, while others do qai,e the contrary Those wllo seem to know him best, and who have the opportunity oi seeing him in all the llfisr- eni phases of public and private life, say lisai he E delightful on tirsi acquaintance bat ,hAs his head ruling hts heart, he loses hi. friends very rapidly Oas of tfe most GU rious ianeies of Dumas, and some other Hss rary men. such as vicies Hugo, Thephil. Gauies, Se., is to wrlie long articles. nay even volumes. on the manners. customs. sas character of a people, without even havia,

 