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.PAIiIS, MAY 22 ! TELEGRAPHIC…

THE PYRAMID OF DRINK.

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THE PYRAMID OF DRINK. TUB operation of drink; in its various (legreeii may be represented by a pyramid, thus TipSey, Sobriety.-—The silber moments which imn?e- mediately succeed to dinner are the most miser- able in existence. The langour, the of utter iiietlteacy, mental and bodily, are dreadful. After a few glasses you "ascend the ifrst step of the pyramid, and become comfortable, fif this state you are oot much disposed to talk. There is a tranquil luxury in your feelings, and a re- verie comes On, which, if you drink no IIlIIre is likely to terminate in sleep. A philosopher sel- iiompaises the point except in company. Drink on and jou step up to liiJelu. Now you begin to talk, and your remarks are smart and pertinent. You have the reasoning power in high perfection, hut aided wi hal by a happy fertility of illustration. This may be considered as a mental aurora announcing that the sun of fancy >s about to rise from the 4 purfile Wave.' Fies/i. — There is more "fire and coibtjr in your ideas now-, lor ttie sun has risen. You grow more eloquent and less logical. Y'>ur jokes are )our own estitn;ifion. Your percep, lions are siill tolerably clear,'beyond yourself. Very l,rfsk.-Yoiir er)(iveria(ion it m'lre and mote high coloured. Your eloquence is impas- sioned, and you overwhelm yofcr c.rmpSflrons with a d -od ,I talk. You begin to suil IRe action to the word. Ideas not quite. coher-n-i but lan- guage s 1111 tolerably distinct and correct. 'l'ipsl'ty-Now on the top of the pyramid Pll) begin to grow giddy. Gestures very vehement, and epithets much exaggerated. Argumentative but not rational. Words considerably, abridged, and ideas lamentably obscured. Very Tipscy.— Yitu find out that yc, ti have a turn for vocal music, and regale yi>ur friends with a solo. Speechify in incoherent language, and evince a most decided tendency to mischief and locomotion. Proud aq a peacock, stout as a lion, and amorous as a dove. Drunk.Perversely quarrelsome, and stupidly good oatored. Dealing much in shake hands, and knock dOwai. Tongue stammering and feet unsteady. Pery Drunk.Aborlive efforts to appear sober. See every fhrng double. Balance totally lostv you drift about like a ship in a gale of wind. Vocabulary reduced to a few interjections. Stupidly D,-unk.-Flead and e-tomach topsy- turvy. liye fixed and glaring. Utter incapacity of speech and locomotion, accompanied with an indistinct yet, horrid consciousness of your si. tuation. Deud Drunk.-An apoplectic sleep, and con- tused Uiearns of the devil, or your creditor-?.

PUGILISM.

MARRIAGE.—THE NEW BILL.

WELSH BARDS.

CLERICAL NEfFS.

'I---:I-ÕI [ CampenUt0U5 Botice5»

SKELETONS DISCOVERED.

'.''BANK ii LJ i, ;

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