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The festivities of the season at Woburn Abbey, which for :five -weeks . have been a pantof attraction to. the large and varied circle of those who s-enjoy the .privilege -of a Visiting acquaintance-with the Duke and-Duchess of -Bedford, -"-may now-be -considered over," write the chroniclers of . fashionable. movements. .The. amateur theatricals were wound up on :New-Years Day, with a pleasant diversity in the shape of a charade, acted with magnificent-appliances, in the saloon which her 'Majesty occu- pied on her first visit-to a subject after her marriage, and which has since ; that incident-borne the name of the Queen'sDrawingroom. The season is not so far passed but that our- young readers will enjoy-picking the --literary kernel from the elegant scenic description.

".A: CHARADE, : IXTEREE SCENES.

-"Scene -First.—A fair, "with brilliant and.. beautiful stalls, people of-all nations :buying and soiling' amen" others a Jew, who deals the -hardest largains- to- every one, and makes -himself -very -prominent throughout the whole scene.

"Scene Becond.--sThe fair is-nearly aver, when two wandering maidens :from-a foreign land.atop -to -buy some siaind at Mrs.. Measure's stall. As they are going away from the stall, after -having concluded their . purchase, qtrs. Measure charges-one of them-with atealitig several ells of riband : this they deny, sing a -duet from La Garza Ladra, 'descriptive of their sufferings under a false acauiatien'; . but Mrs. Measure being obstinate, they are de- ..livered over tothe constable. Just- as. he is taking them away, however, the riband is-discovered. :Tableau. sSeene cleats.

"--Seene.Third.-s:The populaee,- -determined :to show their-satisfaction -at stheinnocence of the poor-girl-whowas charged- withthe theft, determine to 4form a procession to a noble mid kind lady ; the procession is received very . graciously ; the innocent maiden is crowned-with a crown of amethysts ; and sthe:Clristmasstcree of the Duchess. cif .Bedford _is -revealed sparkling with jewels. ` Godaave- the Queen ' - was .played at the-termination of the charade."

.T/aere was to: be ,a -"grandalight "—a "benefit" night for all—hr the ;Theatre on. Friday ; butsMr. Ode-Russell, the Duke of Bedford's nephew, became suddenly indisposed during • a rehearsal ; -he recovered, and the ""_ positively last Right's'' petformance came off on Saturday, " under the ..,ptitronage saf.:Lord-Elphinstone." ::The plays-were a three-act play, en- titled "The Youthful-Queen, or Christine of Sweden," and mfarce with -the sesquipedalian 'title of "No." Lady Georgiana Romilly and the ,f1fonourable 'Mrs, Villiers are said to have acted .excellently ; and Mr. silingustus -Stafford-was -again- histrionically preeminent among themen. -4:Baron-Parke, casting aside the-grave habiliments of his judicial -oho- -ratter, condescended to RR the. position Of prompter," and played his part .salraost With the effectiveness of stage-experience. On Monday. and :Tues- siday, theeempany at Woburn separated ; 'Viscount Jocelyn. and Lord.and Lady Ashley joining the unpolitical private circle of Viscount Palmerston :_atBrocullands, Mr. Stafford for his seat in Northamptonshire, -and most siof the others for the-Metropolis.

'The Queen has granted pensions on the Civil:List Of 100/. a year each istosMrs.-iielzoni, -the aged widow -of Alm celebrated traveller ; and to;Mr. -1,Poole, the-author of PaulTryrand of several- contributions' to periodical 'literature, who is as great safereefrom bocAly.infirmities.

It is expected. that-Major-General Delmer; of the -Forty-seventh Regi- sment, will-succeed the late ' General Sir"W. Gordon in the command of ,;the Royal -Welch Fusiliers. It is also rumoured that Major-General sitightfoot succeed-to the :command, of the ;Forty-seventh Regiment, Isientenant-General Earl 'Cathetut to. the First Dragoon Guards, and 'Major General Bouichier to the vacant Cavalry'Regiment-sGlobe. With reference to.a -paragraph concerning the 'promotion of Govern- -anent- eleiks Which we some days since copied from.a morning contempo- sraryswe'ruade.rstancl-that the reclassification .of, offiCiaLs alluded to is con- 'fined to one department :of the:civil service at Somerset-House. -.Some srecognition-Of the claims of about forty junior clerks in the statistical de- 1,partment to- promotion- was deemed indispensable and pressed on the at- rtentioncofithe. Government by. the be eslahlithinent. Hitherto the clerks were ranked under the two- headsssenima and juniors ; by-the new arrangement there 'are three classes, which classification -promises more speedy promotion to those individuals who have been longest in the aaervice.,Crisibe.

. iThe:Conmlissioners Of the :Divoree.Cerninission- held:A/1E4r first meet- 's/Lug on '-huradays.lat the:Home Office. . Lord 'Campbell,- as head of- the Uommiasion, 'has nominated--Mr. ' Macquearto ameretary : the appoint- -merit-is aushonorary -one.

deratIttion of the patentees of new inventions in the -West Indian Xoloniea, leaded by Mr.; F. :Berkeleythe'Membeefor 'Bristol,. had an in

aterviewswith; Mr. Laboachere atthe 'Board of_Tracle en Mendey,.te. confer on the state of the law as regards Colonial patents.

r""Wwhavelbel,sorsvocistualioril:0''' that" Xitvntneeting-of the parents 'otital guardians affithe-youthmso cruelly-sent away from the Woolwich. and Card:talon establishments, sit: iwas :unanimously :resolved to appeal dor

redress- Mbcith Houses' cif :Parliament, and that -ample failds were mib - -scribed for that purpeft---/tforning Cheer:Sete.

'Mr-Chancellor Cottenham was, according to thelatest accounts, still in - vcsy indiffereiathealth at La Valetta, Malta. Lord Crowhurst, the Earl's eldest son; had arrived at Dresden.

The Governor of Tobago, Major Gnome, died on the 14th December, of paralysis, after an illness of only a day and a half. The Globe has the following obituary notice-

" Major Gremme had been for sane time back so impaired in his-health that a temporary sojourn in England became unavoidable. During his stay here he had a very severe attack of paralysis. lie was, however, sufficiently recovered to return to the colony in April last, and, we believe, with the mosteincere disposition to do all in his power to correct those abuses of -local maladministration which, we have reason to know, contributed very consi- derably to the injury of his health. The conduct of the -Tobago House of Assembly, in its habitual breaches of faith to the officials-of the island, from the Colonial Secretary and Solicitor-General down to the very turnkeys of Scarborough. Gaol, was distressiog to the spirit of a humane and conscientious man, and much more than a sensitive and nervously-predisposed temperament could endure. 'It elicited from Major Grmme the expression of a very decided opinion, that a Legislature so faithless to personal and public obligations ought to be deprived of the privileges of self-government. Our private accounts -represent the:existence of a deep and universal sorrow -as consequent upon the -death of this estimable gentleman."

Advices via Trieste report the death of General Beni, at Aleppo. 'If this-proves true, the General has died in the Moslem faith. —Morning Chronicle.

The Westminster Review concludes- an article on Educational Movements with an allusion to the official misinformation as to the activity of public feeling in favour of the National [late Lancashire] Public Schools Asso- ciation and gives an illustrative statement worthy of general record. " We know," says the reviewer, "that just before the ManchesterCon- ference the belief was entertained in-Downing Street and its neighbour- hood, ;hat there was scarcely any cause so hopeless in this country as that which had been undertaken by the Lancashire Association, in pro- posing to-separate, in education, the province of the schoolmaster from that of -the divine. There were those who thought that beyond a few liberal rich millowncrs, there was not a person above the rank of the middle classes who would subscribe five shillings towards so chimerical a project,"—Sir Kay Shuttleworth, doubtless, among the number, when he wrote.his letter.declining to-assist the movement. But on the very day Sir Kay wrote his letter—the 29th October—there was forwarded to Mr. Hickson who Was announced to preside at the aggregate meeting on the 31stsa draft for 500/. in support of the national movement, on the con- dition that it-should first appear quite certain that there would be no compromise of the two fundamental principles—the Protestant right of private judgment in matters of religion and the old Saxon right of lo- cal representation. The chairman obeyed the instructions: the meeting by-its resolutions placed those principles beyond jeopardy ; and Mr..Hick- son then announced his secret. The donor was Edward .Lombe, Esq., the owner of an estate of 15,000 acres in the neighbourhood of Norwich ; not a millowner, nor a man connected with the manufacturing districts, but a Norfolk landowner : this was not his first offering to the causer nor will it-be the last.

The Archbishop of York has made the following reply to an address from the clergy of the East Riding of Yorkshire.

" Bishopthorpe, .December 24, 1850.- " Reverend and dear Brethren—I welcome with great satisfaction your assurance of uncompromising opposition to the errors of the Church of Rome, as they are distinctly set forth' in the formularies, articles, and homi- lies of our own Church. And I have no reason to doubt that, in your public ministrations, you faithfully endeavour, in strict accordance with your ordi- nation . vows, to banish and drive away all doctrines contrary to Hod's Word.'

"It is likewise gratifying -to know, that you repudiate with indignation the attempt of the Bishop of Rome to impugn my, spiritual functions and the jurisdiction of my ancient see, by intruding' on your portion of my diocese a stranger, and conferring on him a spurious title,' in direct violation of the canons of the universal Church.

" You calmly but decidedly protest against this rude breach of discipline, as the virtual 'denial of the validity of our orders,' and as an indication of further and more daring encroachments with a view to substitute the cor- rupt creed and fallacious traditions of the Romish Church' in place of that pure faith and that simple worship which it has been so long our-happy pri- vilege to enjoy. "Nor will the natural jealousy with.which you regard this invasion of the prerogative of our Sovereign, and this attack on the- independence of our Church and country, be diminished-when you call to mind, that -the probable author-of this presumptuous movement has been already raised to a dignity which may entitle him to .aim at, and ultimately to obtain, the highest position of authority.and power in his own Church. The result-of his ele- vation to the Papacy might, without vigilance on the part of the people, disturb the-peace and endanger the liberties of our country by the more ex- tended influence which would then be at his command.'The-late attempt is only a foretaste of what might be expected but for that determined spirit of resistance which has been everywhere manifested.

"It is therefore the bounden duty of all, in the present instance, to reject the insidious experiment of the ruling Pontiff, and to use (as you propose to do) all godly means' to preserve -our constitution in Church and State from all ulterior -designs of a like tendency;- that we may hand down unimpaired to posterity the glorious inheritance of civil and religious freedom, which, under Divine Providence, has been transmitted to us.

"With sincere gratitude for the kind wishes you have expressed in my behalf, and with earnest prayer that Almighty God may confirm and esta- blish you in the truth, and make you fruitful in every good word and work, "Lremain,sreverend and dear brethren, your faithful friend and servant,

"T. EBOR.

"To the: Reverend-the Clergy of the East Riding of the county of York, who signed the address."

Tbelltevereed- Sir Frederick Ouseley,' Bad., and Sir John Harington, . both of Oxford University, have, it is stated, seceded from the Established -Church. Sir 'John "Hrtrington was Mr. 'Beirnett's Churchwarden. --DallY ;07.11ato.

.1he Rattler,.frorn Genoa,-anived at Liverpool a'_few days sinceshaving, amongstothetsaarge, a- complete suit of sacerdotal .habits for his Emi- nrattmaGarslisialXibeinan. ,The,aase ,coitainiAg theau.novel *Ports is at present lying in the transit-shed at the Nelson dock, until hislEminence shall have certified that the vestments are required solely for the pur- poses of the celebration of divine worship ; otherwise, a duty will have to be paid on the material of the habiliments, being foreign manufactured silk. Besides the pallium, the red stockings, and various richly embroi- dered vestments, the case contains a mitre, and the hat of more than Quaker dimensions of brim. There are also several suits of liveries for his Eminence's official attendants.-Daily Papers.

Tuesday's Gazette notified that the Commissioners for the Reduction of tlie National Debt have appropriated 865,7881. 13s. 3d., being one-fourth of the surplus of 3,463,154/. 13s. Id. by which the revenue exceeded the expenditure in the year ending 10th October 1850, and also 3818/. 10s. 11d, received on account of donations and requests, towards the reduction of the National Debt.

The Board of Trade returns for the month, and for the eleven :months ending December 5, show a continuously favourable commercial progress. The exports of the month were in value 671,1581. more than those of the same month last year; those of the eleven months 6,310,716/. more. Nine out of the eleven months of the year have shown an increase of ex- ports over the corresponding months of last year. The imports of flour were large in the month, but not so large in the eleven months, com- pared with the same periods of last year ; the aggregate import of grain was a diminished one, and that of provisions generally also diminished. Of raw materials the supply was balanced-the wool and flax diminish- ing, and cotton, silk, hemp, &c., increasing. Manufactures of glass were imported in larger quantities, and manufactures of leather in smaller : quicksilver fell off throughout the whole year.

The resolution passed on the 1st instant by the engine-drivers and fire- men on the Southern division of the North-western Railway, expressing satisfaction with their position and intimating the desire of the men who had received notice to quit to remain in the service of the Company, was forwarded, at the request of the men, to Mr. Georon,, Carr Glynn, the Chairman of the Company. Mr. Glynn has replied with a letter pointing out to the men, that they rejected his counsel at the interview he had with them, and that he must now therefore decline to take any step in the matter, except to bring before the locomotive committee the separate eases of the men, in the hope that the committee may, should they see fit, as opportunity occurs, replace them on the staff of the company : "it would be an act of great injustice to dismiss the new men who have been engaged, in order to keep in the employ of the Company men who by their own acts, after warnings, have exhibited a spirit destructive of all confidence and subversive of all order and discipline."

So great is the influx of people expected to be from the Midland dis- tricts to the exhibition during May and the following months, that the Midland Railway Company are building one hundred splendid carriages for the conveyance of passengers.

The following official document from the Executive Committee of the Commission for managing the World's Fair in Hyde Park, presents to the mind a more clearly marked picture of the Exhibition than has yet ap- peared under official signature.

ARRANGEMENT OF ARTICLES IN TRE BULLDING.

The general principles which will govern the arrangement of articles in the building are as follow.

I. The productions of the United Kingdom and the British Colonies will be grouped Westward of the central transept.

The productions of the United Kingdom will be arrang,ed in the following thirty classes as far as practicable- RAW MATERIALS- 1. Mining and quarrying, metallurgy, and mineral products. 2. Chemical and pharmaceutical processes and products generally.

3. Substances used as food.

4. Vegetable and animal substances used in manufactures, implements, or for ornament. Maori:czar-

5. Machines for directuse, including carriages, railway and naval mechanism.

6. Manufacturing machines and tools. 7. Mechanical, civil engineering, architectural, and building contrivances. 8. Naval architectural, military engineering and structure, ordnance, armour, and accoutrements.

9. Agricultural and horticultural machines and implements. 10. Philosophical instruments and miscellaneous contrivances, including proces- ses depending upon their use, musical, horological, and acoustical instru- ments.

MANEFACIERES-

11. Cotton.

12. Woollen and worsted stuff goods.

13. Silk and velvet.

14. Manufactures from flax and hemp.

15. Mixed fabrics, including shawls.

16. Leather, including saddlery and harness, skins, fur, and hair. 17. Paper, printing, and bookbinding. 18. Woven, spun, felted, and laid fabrics when shown for printing or dyeing.

19. Tapestry, carpets and floorcloths, also lace and embroidery, fancy and indus- trial works.

20. Articles of clothing, for immediate, personal, or domestic use. 21. Cutlery, edge and hand tools and surgical instruments. 22. General hardware, including locks and grates. 23. Working in precious metals, jewellery and all articles of luxury not included in the other categories. 24. Glass.

25. Ceramic manufactures, china, porcelain, earthenware, &c. 26. Decoration, furniture, and upholstery, paper-hangings, papier machE, and japanned goods.

27. Manufactures in mineral substances, used for building or decorations, as in marble, slate, porphyries, cements, artificial stones, &c. 28. Manufactures from animal and vegetable substances, not being woven or felted. 29. Miscellaneous manufactures and smallwares. FINE A n76'- 30. Sculpture, models, and plastic art, mosaics, enamels, Ecc.

2. The productions of each colony will be placed together, and classified as far as practicable into the thirty classes aforesaid.

3. The productions of each foreign country will be placed together Eastward of the transept, except machinery in motion, which, on account of the motive power be- ing at the North-west end of the building, must be placed in that part of the build- ing. The productions of each country will be classified nation by nation, and as far as practicable into the thirty classes already adopted for the United Kingdom,

4. As a general rule only machinery will be placed at the North-side, and raw ma- terals and produce brought to the South-side of the building. The intermediate parts will be occupied by manufactures and fine arts.

5. There is hardly any choice in respect of light, which is nearly the same in all parts of the building. The South-side as well as the roof of the building, both in the North and South side,, will be covered with canvass. The sides of the upper and the gallery tier on the North will not be so covered. 6. The following decision of her Majesty's Commissioners may be here repeated-

" V. The building will be provided to the exhibiters free from rent. "JX. Any manufacturer exhibiting articles which can properly be placed to- gether according to the classification already announced will be at liberty to arrange such articles in his own way, and his arrangements, if compatible with the convenience of other exhibiters and of the public, will not be disturbed. In

like manner, if it is wished to exhibit together the productions of a particular town or district, all such productions, if they can fairly be said to be of the

same sort, will be admitted together. The ultimate decision, whether they are so admissible or not, must, of course, rest in each case with the discretion of the Commissioners.

" X. Where it is desired to exhibitprocesses of manufacture, a sufficient num- ber of articles, however dissimilar. will be admitted for the purpose of illus.. trating the process; but they must not exceed what may be actually required.

.,In all cases where the productions of an individual are exhibited to- gether, his wishes with regard to the treatment of them will be complied with

as far as possible ; but should they be of a nature to involve expense, the Com- missioners cannot undertake to meet that expense out of their funds, but must. call upon the exhibiter to defray it himself. Glass cases, frames, aud stands of peculiar construction, and similar contrivances for the display or protection of the goods exhibited, must in like manner be provided by the person requiring them at his own cost.

" Mir. Should any exhibiter desire to employ a servant of his own to preserve. or keep in order the articles lie exhibits, or to explain them to visitera, he may do so after obtaining permission from the Commissioners. Such persons, how- ever, will in all cases be forbidden to invitevisiters to purchase the goods of their employers, the Exhibition being intended for the purpose of display only, and not. for that of sale. Any violation of this or any other rule must lead to their exclusion from the building. " XV. a. Iler Majesty's Commissioners being desirous of affording every fa- cility to those persons who may wish to exhibit machines or trains of machinery in motion, have resolved to allow such machinery to be managed and worked,-as- far as practicable, under the superintendence of the owners and by their own men. The Connuissioners will also find steam, not exceeding 301b. per inch, gratuitously to the exhibiters, and convey it in clothed pipes to such parts of

the building as require steam power. Parties sending machines, or articles re- quiring to be driven by steam, should send with the same a small portable steam- engine, to which a steam-pipe can be laid on. The above will apply to all en- gines from 1-horse power to 6-horses; beyond which power it hpresumed no single branch of manufacture or article will require steam-power. As regards machines too small to require an independent portable engine, arrangements- will be made to place them in groups to be exhibited in communication with some steam-engine, also sent for exhibition, in motion. Exhibiters proposing to. exhibit portable steam-engines should understand that their engines may be employed for driving other machinery, unless the owners of the steam engines Object to such us?. " XV. b. Her Majesty's Commissioners have made arrangements to supply water at a high pressure, gratuitously to exhibiters, who will have the privilege of adapting it to the working of their machinery, Ste."

7. The Commissioners, accordingly, with confidence resign to the exhibiters then- selves the proper exhibition of their goods, and the responsibility of making the ne- cessary preparations for displaying them, subject only to such general rules as shall be conducive to the interest of all parties. The Executive Committee are desirous. of pointing out that great mutual advantages will arise from exhibiters of the same

description of articles acting as much as possible in combination in the fittinupoL

their spaces, and in arranging for the cleaning, watching, and general superintend- ence of the respective articles; and exhibiters on a small scale should bear in mind that by such a system of combination they may be able to secure, at a small ex Pense to themselves, the services of one person jointly to watch over and clean their goods and furnish explanations to the public. 8. It may be convenient to exhibiters to know that Messrs. Fox, Henderson, and. Co. the contractors for the building, are prepared, in accordance with the wishes of

exhibitors, to construct counters, shelves, frames, stands, and every necessary

fitting for the proper display of the articles to be exhibited, and to lend or sell glass- eases where required. A tariff of prices may be obtained of Messrs. Fox. Hender-

son, and Co., at the building. At the same time, exhibiters are at liberty to make any other arrangements more satisfactory to themselves; but in exercising their own judgment and taste exhibitors will obviously bear in mind that the effect of the Ex- hibition must materially depend upon the mode in which they exercise this privilege thus confided to them.

9. Every exhibiter who desires to attend himself, or by his representative, during the Exhibition, must obtain permission to do so from the Executive Committee. He must deduct the sitting or standing space for such attendant from the super- ficial floor or counter space allotted to him; but he will be allowed to make up the deduction by building up and arranging those goods properly authenticated for ad- mission on shelves one above the other, within the boundary of his allotment, to any height he pleases, under nineteen feet from the floor.

10. There will be a central passage, 48 feet wide, a corridor at the North and South side, each 12 feet wide, and two intermediate passages of 8 feet, all running.from the East to the West ends of the building. As a general rule, these will be inter- sected by passages at right angles, running from North to South. 11. The building is divided laterally (I. e. from North to South) by ranges of so- litmus of 24 feet from centre to centre. Spaces of 24 x 24 feet, as at A; 48 x 24

feet, as at B and C; or 48 x 48 feet, as at D; and in some cases of 72 x 24 feet, asrat K; or 72 x 48 feet, as at F; or 72x 72 feet, as at G, running from North to South, may be arranged according to the wishes of the exhibiters; provided always that there shall beat least one entrance and exit passage of 8 feet running from North to South, or else two eittrance or exit passages of not less than 5 feet each for every space of 24 feet ; anti that no communication from East to West between any pan- sages shall be established without special leave of the Executive Committee in writing. 12. The exhibiters of the United Kingdom to whom space has been allotted by their various local committees, and whose names have been duly returned to the Executive Committee, will be arranged into the thirty classes. As a general rule, the articles of an exhibiter will not be separated. A certain space will be allotted to each class, and specific places to subdivisions in towns, &c., and finally to each ex- hibiter.

13. Spaces of the requisite dimensions will be set apart to receive the productions. of the Colonies and each foreign country; and the charge of these departments,. as- well as the arrangement of the productions, will be handed over to each commis- tinier or agent representing such colonies or foreign country.

14. The length of the floor and counter spaces will be regulated by circumstances, the width of them may vary from one to sixteen feet. The height of the counters should be generally about two feet six inches.

15. The wall or hanging space will be obtained either with or without counter in connexion, between the columns running from North to South. The wall, or par- tition space, if required to be solid, may be built up by exhibiters to any domed. height. The banging space for light goods may be obtained by suspending lines be- tween the columns and from the girders in the galleries. 16. The wall or hanging spaces may be of any height under forty feet, and ex- periments in this building have shown that it is desirable that hanging fabrics should, as a general rule, be of not less than from seventeen to twenty feet drop.

17. All communications from exhibiters on the subject of arrangement must be is writing in the first instance, addressed to "M. D. Wyatt, Esq., at the building for the Exhibition, Kensington Road, London," and marked at the top of the sheet "Arrangement" (raw produce), or (machinery), or (manufactures), or (fine arts), marking also which of the thirty classes it is to which they belong ; and the Excess- live Committee request that they may not be mixed up with communications refer- ring to other departments of the Exhibition.

By order of the Executive Committee, M. DIGBY WYATT, SeCECIAT. Exhibition Building, Hyde Park, Jan. 1.

Mr. George Drummond, one of the partners in the eminent banking firm at Charing Cross, died suddenly, at his house in Wilton Crescent, on Sunday afternoon. He bad just returned from church, and his nephew liadi just joined him at luncheon, when he exclaimed, "Oh dear, dear I" and put his hand to his head, as if in acute pain. He sank back, and after breathing heavily for a minute or two expired. His surgeon gave evidence before the Coroner's inquest, that Mr. Drummond died from disease of the heart, which has for some time threatened a sudden death; and stated eat Mr. Drummond had in his lifetime expressed a desire that his death might be sudden.

A letter from Rome, of the 26th December, mentions that the funeral of M. Frederic Bastiat, the distinguished French political economist, took place. in that city on that morning, in the church of St. Louis. " On Saturday morning," says the Paris Constitut:ionnel, "a hmuble hearse, followed only by an old woman, leading a dog by a string, left the Rue de l'Hirondelle, near the Pont St: Michel; it contained the body of a female who, under the Directory and the Consulate, had been one of the most fashionable merveilleuses. She was the daughter of h poor fraitwoman of the Rue St. Victor, but her extraordinary beauty caused her to take to the pave. Whilst leading that life, she attracted the attention of the late Eng-

lish Marquis of and he gave her an hotel in the Rue Caumartin, a o and four horses, boxes in all the theatres, and the toilette of a queen. In three fetes of Longchamps, Tubereuse--such was her nomme de guerre-cast, by her luxury, that of all the Parisian aristocracy into the shade. But some escapades caused the Marquis to abandon her, and her own extravagance and orgies reduced her lower and lower; her beauty at length also faded, and ahe was obliged to become a seller of oranges and oysters. She subsequently became a dealer in poultry in the market, and so continued up to her death."

Results of the Registrar-General's return of mortality in the Metropolis for the week ending on Saturday last : the first column of figures gives the aggregate number of deaths in the corresponding weeks of the ten previous years..

Zymetic Diseases Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat 'Tubercular Disease...

Diseases of the Brain, Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and Senses

Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels Diseases of the Lungs, and of the other Organs of Respimtion Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, /ke Childbirth, diseases of the Uterus, &c Rheumatism, diseases of the Bones, Joints, &e Diseases of the Skin, Cellular Tissue, /te.

lialforMations Premature Birth Atrophy Aita Sudden Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance Total (including unspecified causes) Ten of Weeks 1839-99. 2,313 596 1,751 1,401 389 2,362 649 90 106

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• • • • • • • - • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • - • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Week. of 1830. 239 51 201 119 1,3 321 73 12 8 7 1 1 34 16 59 32 124 1,369

The Gazette of the 3d instant notified that the corn averages, calculated frcun_the prices of the seven !years preceding Christmas, were, per bushel, 6s. 5.1d. for wheat, 4s. for barley, and 2s. 8d. for oats. Mr. Charles Wil- lich, the author of the "Annual Tithe Commutation Tables," communicates the calculation' on this basis, that the value of each 100/. of tithe rent- charge "will for the year 1851 amount to 96/. 118. qd., or about 21 per cent lower than last year." The worth of 100/. of rent-charge in each of the years from 1815 to 1851 has been-in 1845, 103/. 17s. 11.1d. ; 1846, 1021. 178. 8Id. 1847, 991. 18.9. ; 1848, 102/. is.; 1849, 100/. 3s. 72(1.; 1850, 98/. 16s. 10d. ; 1851, 96/. 11g. qd.

The Paris journals say that the fall in the price of corn has continued. -4" From the regulating-table drawn up by the Minister of Agriculture, it appears that the general average for all France had fallen, on the 31st De- cember, to 14f. 100. per hectolitre for wheat, which is an additional diminu- tion of Wc. per hectolitre. This downward movement has been the more sensibly felt in the markets within the range of districts which supply Paris, where the fall is nearly if. The prices have been kept up in the markets af Saumur, Nantes, and Martins, in consequence of the exports to Enkland."

The highest price of wheat of the first quality in Paris is 23f. per 11. hec- tolitres, which is equal to 35s. 8d. per quarter ; and the highest price of white wheat of the first quality in London being 45s. per quarter, it follows that wheat is about 26 per cent dearer in London than in Paris. The highest quotation of flour of the first quality in Paris* is 29f. 30c. the 100 kilo- grammes, which is equal to 29s. 911. per sack of 2801b. English ; and the highest quotation of flour in the London market being 408. per sack, it fol- lows that flour is nearly 34i per cent dearer in London than in Paris. The price of bread of the first quality in Paris is 26c. per kilogramme, which is in to about 41.(1. per 41b. loaf English weight; and the price of bread an 'London at the full-priced shops being 61-d. per 41b., it follows that bread is about 431 per cent dearer in London than in Paris.-Tinzes, City Article, Jan. 9.

The Jersey papers contain a copy of the mandate of justice in the case of Miss Julia Rush against Cardinal 'Wiseman. The proceeding was instituted for the purpose of recovering a sum of 492/. advanced by Miss Rush to build a convent in Jersey, and as the price of the purchase of the site on which it has been erected. For some reasons that do not appear in the report, Dr. Wiseman withdrew his consent to have the convent established as originally agreed upon, though taking the conveyance of the premises to himself and other trustees. On the motion of his proctor, the case was allowed to stand over until the first day of next term ; when Cardinal Wiseman and his co- trustees will have to pay the amount claimed, unless satisfactory cause to the contrary be shown.

On the 30th October, an article signed by M. Viennot, reflecting on M. C. Hugo, one of the editors of the Eves:anent, appeared in the Corsaire, of which M. Viennot is an editor. M. C. Hugo took offence at this, and sent M. Mery and H. Dumas, the eminent authors, to demand reparation. An explanation was given ; but some misunderstanding subsequently arose, and a duel was resolved on. As, however, M. C. Hugo is a very young man, and M. Vien- not a very old one, it was settled that H. Viennot's son should fight in his place. The meeting took place with swords in the wood of Meudon, and H. C. Hugo was slightly wounded. On Saturday, M. Viennot junior, and his seconds, M. de la Pierre and M. de Grimaldi, and the two seconds of M. C. Hugo, M. A. Dumas and M. Mery, were tried before the Tribunal of Cor- rectional Police for having been concerned in the duel. Each of the accused gave explanations ; and in the course of his M. A. Dumas said that he only consented to act as second to M. C. Hugo on the express wish of his father, M. Victor Hugo, that he should fight. The Tribunal condemned M. Viennot, IL de la Pierre and AL de Grimaldi, to 100 francs fine each ; H. Mery and M. Dumas to francs each.-Galignane 8 Messenger.