Two ladies--_gentlewomen_ they could not be correctly styled--being seated in the _balcon_, were brought in closer contact, whether by the crowd, or otherwise, than was agreeable to them.

From remonstrances they proceeded to murmurs, not only "loud, but deep," and from murmurs--"tell it not in Ascalon, publish it not in Gath"-- to violent pushing, and, at length, to blows.

The audience were, as well they might be, shocked; the _Gendarmes_ interfered, and order was soon restored.

The extreme propriety of conduct that invariably prevails in a Parisian audience, and more especially in the female portion of it, renders the circumstance I have narrated remarkable.
Met Lady G., Lady H., and the usual circle of _habitues_ last night at Madame C----'s.

The first-mentioned lady surprises me every time I meet her, by the exaggeration of her sentiment and the romantic notions she entertains.