ANOTHER AND ANOTHER.—II is stated that the Right Honourable Lord
Frederick Fitzclarence is to be appointed Colonel Commandant of one of the regiments of the Life Guards. ALEXANDER Haw sozs.—This gentleman, one of the representa- tives of Louth, died at half-past one o'clock on Sunday morning, at his lodgings in Downing Street. He took an active part in the debate on the grant to Ireland only on Wednesday week. Mr. Dawson was dis- tinguished in Parliament as an honest and indefatigable friend to every liberal measure ; we need not say he was a steady and zealous Reformer. Indeed, it has been asserted that the closeness of his attendance on the Bill contributed not a little to shorten his days, by the debility which it occasioned.
Ma. Weramsr,sm—This gentleman made his appearance in Chancery on Tuesday, for the purpose of requesting from the Chancellor an order to permit him to see his daughter. The Lord Chancellor promised the order, as soon as he had seen Mr. Courtenay to arrange the form of it.
TURNPIKE TRUSTS.—Government, it is said, mean to take all the trusts of the kingdom into their own hands. [We hope with a view to the removal of tolls, and the imposition of a wheel-tax instead.] TILE QUEEN'S CORONATION Caowre.—The following is given as a de- scription and estimate of the precious stones on this splendid piece of head gear.
Twenty diamonds round the circle, 1,500/. each 30,0001. Two large centre diamonds. 2,0001. each 4,000 Fifty-four smaller diamonds, placed at the angles of the former 100 Four crosses, each composed of twenty-five diamonds 12,000
Four large diamonds, of the tops of the crosses 40,000
Twelve diamonds contained in the fleur-de-lis 10.000 Eighteen smaller diamonds contained in the same.. 2,050 Pearls, diamonds, Sze., on the arches and crosses.. 10,000 One hundred and forty-one diamonds on the mound 000 Twenty-six diamonds on the upper cross 3,000
Two circles of pearls about the rim 300
111,9001.
GENERAL GROUCHY.—This officer, whose conduct at Waterloo has been the subject of so much discussion, arrived at Brighton last week, from France, by the Talbot steam-packet.
YANKEE PRIDE.—TWO officers of the Kensington, American corvette, went on board the Caledonia the other day, in plain clothes, and sent up their cards to the quarter-deck. The lieutenant of the watch being busy in refitting the ship, and observing they were not in uniform, handed their cards to a midshipman, who was desired to show the gen- tlemen round the ship. For this supposed slight, they sent a letter to the lieutenant of the watch, demanding satisfaction. The letter was de- livered to the Commander, and the Commander handed it to Captain Curzon, by whom it was given to the Admiral (Sir E. Codrington), who very properly enclosed it to the Admiralty. The two American officers have since had an interview with Captain Curzon, and wished to with. draw their letter, but it was too late.—Hanzpslare Telegraph. THE 'UTILITARIAN SYSTEM.-The skeleton of Corder, the murderer, has been placed in a recess of the Museum of the Suffolk Infirmary, Bury St. Edmond's. It is covered with a glass case, beneath which is a box to receive contributions. Every visiter is expected to put silver into this box, which money is applied to the wants of the necessitous patients. By an ingeniously constructed spring, the arm of the skeleton points towards the box as soon as the visiters approach it. The receipts are said to average 501. per annum.-Globe. QUARANTINE AT DuNor.n.-There are at present about fifty vessels riding quarantine in our river ; a greater number than ever was known to be in a similar situation here. We are not aware that sickness pre- vails among any of theie crews.-Dunelee Courier. RONZI DE BEGNI;._Madame is now the reigning favourite at Naples, where her success has been so great, that Mereadante, the celebrated composer, is writing a new opera expressly for her, the subject taken from Voltaire's Zaire.- Globe.
Loon AT HOME.-The French reproach the English as being a nation of shopkeepers : it is curious that the first person who was being with letters of nobility in France was a goldsmith. The following are the words of Millot, in his Elemeas de CHistoire de France: "On trouve sous ce regne (Philippe le Hardi) les premieres lettres d'anoblissement en faveur de Raoul l'orfevre."-Times. CHARACTERISTIC Mauxs.-A runaway negro is advertised in Georgia, " the white of whose eyes is red! "-Western Carolina.
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