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Yesterday being the anniversary of the Queen Dowager's birthday, the Dutchess of Gloucester went to Bushy on a visit of congratulation. In the evening her Majesty's various tradesmen illuminated their houses in honour of the occasion.

The Journal de in Haye contradicts reports in the Continental papers respecting the Royal Family of Holland-

" Since the writers of the journals persevere in saying that they are 'perfectly instructed,' we declare in the most solemn manner, that all which they have pub- lished respecting the projects and intentions of the King to abdicate have never had a shadow of truth, any more than the renunciation of the crown on the part of the Prince of Orange, the appointment of a regency, &c. It is equally false that the King has had an intention of quitting the kingdom for any length of time. His Majesty purposes, as he did last year, to visit his august daughter at Weimar, after the closing of the session; after which, it is his Majesty's intention to go for some time to his estates in Silesia, and then return to his dominions by way of Luxembourg. The absence of his Majesty will extend to about six weeks. This is the truth; the rest is a tissue of lies, and nothing else." -

By the Brazil mail, which left Rio de Janeiro on the 17th of June, we learn that the Emperor had just lost his infant son, the heir-apparent to the throne. The King has another child, a daughter; and the young Em- press was expected to be confined again within a few days.

The Right Reverend Dr. Griffiths Roman Catholic Bishop of the Lon- don district, died on Thursday, at his residence in Golden Square. He was much esteemed as an amiable gentleman, benevolent pastor, and dis- creet ecclesiastical ruler.—Standard.

The Irish obituary notifies the death of Lord Dtmsandle, by malignant typhus, on the 6th instant, at the family seat in Galway. The deceased had the reputation of being one of the best landlords in Ireland. The title, which is a recent creation, and the estates, descend to the eldest son, the Honourable Denis Daly.

Death has been busy lately among the veterans of the stage. Mrs. Eger- ton, the original representative of Helen Macgregor, Madge Wildfire, and Meg Merrilies, died on Tuesday sennight; aged sixty-five. Mrs. Egerton had retired from the stage for many years on an income derived from the Covent Garden theatrical fund.

Parsloe, the well-known prompter of Covent Garden, and brother to the Parsloe of posture-making celebrity, died on Friday week, after a long illness.

Mr. APGregor has resigned his post at the Board of Trade, in conse- quence of his election for Glasgow. It is understood that his place will be supplied by Mr. John Lefevre; and Mr. Lefevre's by Mr. Porter. On Monday, nearly all the journals announced the death of Mr. Bar- nard, the recently-elected Member for Greenwich. It turps out that the rumour was entirely without foundation, Mr. Barnard being in excellent health. In announcing the death, the Morning Chronicle mentioned that a requisition was in course of signature calling upon Mr. Hawes to stand for the vacant seat!

A paragraph has been going the round of the papers relating to the health of Mr. Thomas Duncombe. The honourable Member, so far from being "dangerously indisposed," is, we are happy to say, in his usual good health and spirits. It would be a great mistake in officials to speculate upon the chance of Mr. Duncombe's absence in the next Parliament, or, we trust, in many to come.—Morning Chronicle.

"Mr. Richard Cobden," says a letter from Stettin, written on the 7 h instant, "arrived here from Berlin, after a stay of eleven days in that city, and was received at the terminus by a large number of his friends and ad- mirers. A grand entertainment is to be given this evening in his honour at the Hotel de Preusse. He will proceed tomorrow morning by way of Dantzie and Konigsberg to St. Petersburg and Moscow; and return thence by Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Hamburg; where it is now expected that he will not arrive till near the end of September. This latter place will terminate Mr. Cobden's grand Continental tour, and doubtless place the crowning honour upon his triumphal career. Berlin, which may be con- sidered as the birthplace and focus of the Zollverein, procured for Mr. Cobden signal distinctions and sympathies, both from his Majesty and the Prince of Prussia, as well as the leading men both in the state and the commercial world."

A communication just made from the Treasury to the Commissioners of Customs intimates, that it is no longer necessary to require certain returns, ordered by a Treasury letter of the 21st July 1845, to be regularly furnished to the Foreign Office, stating the shipment of arms from British ports to Spain and Portugal.

The Spanish Consul-General has transmitted to Lloyd's the copy of a decree issued by the Spanish Government, in consequence of the very fa- vourable results of the grain harvest throughout all the provinces of Spain, permitting the exportation of grain under all the regulations in force pre- vious to the royal proclamation of the 14th and 23d March last, by which the exportation was prohibited.

The Commissioners of Fine Arts have issued their seventh report on the decorations of the Palace at Westminster. They express themselves well satisfied with the result of the competition among the artists in oil-colours, whose works are now exhibited. The frescoes in the House of Lords are to be completed during the recess; and the statues of Hampden, Lord Falkland, and Lord Clarendon, are in a forward state. The Commission- ers recommend that statues of eighteen barons and prelates should be cast in metal, to occupy the niches in the House of Lords; and that 2,7001. should be expended in the models. The Commissioners further present, with their approval, the report of a Select Committee charged to consider a complete scheme of decoration, with the object of maintaining a character of harmony and unity throughout the building.

At a meeting of the Council of the Shakspere Society, on Tuesday, all the members who were present agreed to give in their names as members of the Metropolitan Committee in connexion with the Stratford Shakspere Club. At the head of this Committee are Lord Morpeth and the Earl of Ellesmere, as Chairman and Vice-Chairman. Prince Albert has given 250Z, the Queen Dowager 1001., and the Corporation of Stratford-upon- Avon 100/. towards the fund in course of collection.

A. code of regulations on the diet and management of persons committed tmder the Small Debts Act, or under the Insolvent and Bankruptcy laws, for fraudulent or dishonest conduct, has been sent by Sir George Grey to the authorities of the various county gaols and houses of correction. It is provided that these offenders- " 1. Shall, as far as the construction of the prison will allow thereof, be sepa- rated from other debtors; but they shall not be placed in separate confinement, or with any class of criminal prisoners.

"2. They shall not be permitted to maintain themselves, but shall be restricted to the following prison-diet-

Males. Females.

Breakfast—I pint of cabman) pint of oatmeal gruel, 6 oz.

gruel, 8 oz. of bread .1 of bread.

Supper same as breakfast. Same as breakfast.

"When under the care of the surgeon, they shall be allowed such diet as he may 'direct.

" 3. They shall not procure or receive any tobacco, wine, beer, or fermented liquor, except by order of the Burgeon on the ground of health. "4. They shall be permitted to see their relations:and friends only once in the course of each week ; but they may see their legal adviser at all reasonable times, and in private if required. "5- In all other respects, the rules for the government of debtors in general shall be applicable to debtors of the above class."

• The annual conference of the Wesleyan Methodists commenced its sittings in Liverpool on Wednesday week: the Reverend Samuel Jackson was elected President, and Dr. Newton again chosen Secretary.

It is understood that Earl Grey will be a very reluctant attendant upon the Queen daring her Majesty's voyage to Scotland. The noble Earl suffers extremely from sickness when at sea, and prayed hard to be excused; but as there was no other Secretary of State at liberty to attend the Sovereign during her Majesty's absence from the seat of government, his Lordship has no alternative but to sub- mit quietly to his hard fate.—Newcastle Journal.

The King of Denmark has conferred the grand cross of the order of Danebrog on Baron Berzelius, the celebrated chemist; to which dignity the title of " Excel- lency " is attached. Retsina and Eckstrom, the Swedish physiologists, also re- ceived at the same time from his Majesty the cross of Chevalier of Danebrog.

The King of the Belgians has created IL Orfila, the eminent chemist, officer of the Civil Order of Leopold.

A discharged soldier of the Ninety-third Highlanders, named Angus Macpher- son, has just fallen heir to a fortune of 2,7001., by the death, in India, of a near relative. He is still engaged at his daily labour in the employment of the Duke of-Sutherland, and resides in Golspie.—Witness.

-We have heard that after some of the voters at the late borough election bad

MWednesday.onday... {Di of pint of soup, 8 oz.} Friday f bread 1 pint of soup, 6 oz. of bread.

'Sunday .... 3 oz. of cooked meat without 302. of cooked meat without

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Tuesday • • • bone Ob. of potatoes, 8 oz. bone, jib. of potatoes, 6 oz. Thursday • • of bread of bread.

Saturday..

taken their coffee before proceeding to the poll-booth, a re able seaiment was

found at the bottom of their caps; it was no other than a ver61whieh had probably been considered as an excellent substitute provided the coffee.—Leicester Chronicle. In the St. Katherine's Docks, which are filled with vessels of all nations, there are 60,000 barrels of wheaten flour afloat, waiting quay-room to discharge; be- sides a large quantity of Indian corn-meal and corn.

Twelve persons have already died of the effects of the explosion on board the Comte d'En. The Government has decided that the sons of the persons who perished by the accident shall be admitted gratuitously to the Foote des Novices.

Letters from Monte Video bring accounts of the death of a young Englishman, the son of Mr. F. C. Dickson, who was shot in the streets of that city under very painful circumstances. It appears that an Italian emigrant, who went out there some time ago, had engaged the captain of the same vessel who took him to Monte Video to bring out his wife. On her arrival there she refused to live with her husband; and showed such a decided preference for the captain in question that the husband became furiously jealous, and determined to take the captains life. For this purpose, he armed himself with a musket, and lay in wait at a cafe until the captain passed; when he rushed forth and shot him dead on the spot, in the open street. Unhappily, young Mr. Dickson was passing along the street at the same time; and the ball, alter passing through the body of the Italian captain, lodged in his, and caused his death in less than twenty-four hours—Liverpoot Times.

The ship Edward, from Dantzic, has been capsized:while beating up the Mer- sey: the mate, carpenter, and a seaman, were drowned.

Results of the Registrar-General's return of mortality in the Metropolis for the week ending on Saturday last—

Number of tiunimer deaths. average.

Zymotic or Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious) Diseasea 311 .. . 226 Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat 99 .... 103 Diseases of the Brain, Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and Senses ISO ... 137 Diseases of the Lungs, and of the other Organs of Respiration 185 .... 226 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 26 25

Disco-es of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion 106 ii

Diseases of the Kidneys, Sc 9 8 ChOdbirth, diseases of the Uterus, Sc 5 10 Rheumatism, diseases of the Bones, Joints, Sc. 10 7 Diseases of the Skin, Cellular Tissue, Sc. s 2 Old Age ss so Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 57 ss Total (including unspecified canoes) 998 sto

The temperature of the thermometer ranged from 10&0° in the sun to 32.20 in the shade; the mean temperature by day being colder than the average mean temperature by 0.4°. The direction of the wind for the week was variable.

The comparison of the deaths registered last week in London with the deaths which would have been registered if the rate of mortality had been the same as in Dorsetshire, shows these totals—London, 998; Dorsetshire, 684; excess, 314: r isitho