I had a prejudice against this gentleman, because I was unable to believe that any one hailing from the Horse Guards could under any circumstances make himself a useful member of society.

I find, however, that he is a man of energy and good common sense, with very little of the pipeclay about him.
From Monday next a new system of the distribution of meat is to come into force.

Between 450 and 500 oxen and 3,500 sheep are to be daily slaughtered.

This meat is to be divided into twenty lots, one for each arrondissement, the size of each lot to be determined by the number of the inhabitants of the particular arrondissement.

The lot will then be divided between the butchers in the arrondissement, at twenty centimes per kilogramme below the retail price.