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Waikato Times, Volume II, Issue 100, 19 December 1872, Page 3

The 20th Makch, 1815.—A bon mot of Talleyrand which J has escaped Lord Brougham and Lord Bailing, must be new to many, and Lady Clementina Davies declares that she was present at the Tiiileries when it came off. It was rumoured that' Talleyrand was about to ask leave of absence from Paris, and when he approached the throne he was thus addressed bv the King (Louis XVIII): " Why, Prince, I bear that just, when Madame de Talleyrand has arrived in Paris you wisb to leave:" Talleyrand replied with a bow.. " Yes, your Majesty, it is my 20th of March." This was the date of the King's hurried departure on the approach of Napoleon, a departure caricatured by the sketch of a flock of geese waddling out of the Palace of the Tuileries while eagles were alighting on it.— The Times. A policeman on leave of absence who, in moments of convivialityj forgets that he is for the time being but an ordinary mortal and suddenly relapses into the constable, is apt to become a dangerous companion. Some little excitement has been caused in Manchester by the freaks of a policeman of thai city when on leave at Morecambe. It sccma that this oJßqct, having been treated with " three small brandies, by a iwßfcbreaker whom he met at a hotel, assaulted his entertainer with a stick, dragged him about, and tried to put a pair of handcuffs on him. ;With- the assistance c-f a.locai police officer who. .happened to come up, the unfortunate, horsebreaker was hurried to the police-station, but when the Manchester policeman was asked what charge he had to make against his prisoner, he replied, " I have no charge against him, but we can appreliend a thief and thrash him at any time in Manchester." For this eccentric proceeding the policrman was fined at the Lancaster police-court on Saturday 20s, and £1 3s 6d costs, which" it is to be hoped will be a lesson to him and other constables not to allow thoughts of business to engross their attention during their holidays It should ahwj'be a lesson to horsebreakers and others not to treat policemen, whether on leave or on duty, with ". three small brandies."