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HIGH LIFE.—Mr. Watson Taylor occupied a princely mansion at the corner of Harley Street. It employed the artists and workmen

upwards of four years in embellishment alone, and hundreds of thou- sands were expended on it. His chateau at Eristoke likewise cost him an immense sum of money. On Monday, the superb furniture was re- moved in waggons from the town mansion in Grafton Street, by the order of Mr. Taylor's solicitors, who put in the first execution ; Messrs. Miles of Bristol did the same thing, on the same day, at Eristoke Park. The first process was for 4,0601. ; the second for 14,5001. ; the third for 25,0001. The service of plate, which was first used in Cavendish Square (Mr. Taylor's former residence), when the late King and the Duke of York dined there, was the most massive and the richest in sculpture in the kingdom.—Morning Chronicle.

The Honourable and Reverend Dr. Grey, Dean of Hereford, will, it is said, be immediately raised to the see of that diocese, vacant by the death of Bishop II untingford ; in which case another vote will be gained for the Reform Bill.—Globe.

Government is proceeding to reduce the Second-Majors of the Ca- valry Regiments, by promoting the officers holding that rank to unattached Lieutenant-Colonelcies.—Morning Herald.

Colonel Belford Wilson, a son of Sir Robert, has been appointed to a Consulship in South America. Colonel Wilson distinguished himself in the Colombian service, in which he held the appointment of Aid-de-Camp to Bolivar at the death of that chieftain.

Several Peers and Members of the House of Commons have arrived in town, to be present at the reassembling of Parliament on Monday.

His Excellency the Marquis of Anglesey arrived at Kingstown on Saturday morning.

M. Van de Weyer has again arrived in London.—Globe.

The Countess Guiccioli and her brother Count Gamba are at pre- sent residing at the Sabloniere, Leicester Square.

Kean has been engaged, and will soon appear at Drury Lane for a short engagement.—Herald.

The course pursued by some of the Aldermen of London, on their becoming Governors of Christ's Hospital, by virtue of being elected to the Aldermanic gown, has been followed by Sir Chapman Marshall. He placed the first presentation to which he was entitled in the hands of the Common Council of the Ward ; and after the selection of the candidates, in order that no undue partiality should be shown, lots were drawn for the successful one. The child to be presented to the noble foundation of Christ's Hospital, was Edward Marklew, son of Edward Marklew, of Talbot Court, Gracechurch Street.

The sums received by churchwardens in England and Wales, from Easter 1830 to Easter 1831, was 446,247/. 12s. ; in church rates, 51,919/. is. ; from estates, 18,216/. from mortuary or burial fees, 41,489/. 17s. ; poor-rates, 39,2821. 12s. ; pews and sittings, and from other sources not stated, 66,5591. 16s.—total, 663,814/. 18s. Of which

was expended, in repairs of churches, &c., 248,125/. 16s. ; organs, bells, &c., 41,710/. 15s. ; books, wine, &c., 46,337/. 19s. ; salaries to clerks, sextons, &c., 126,185/. I7s.other purposes (principally visitation fees and travelling expenses), 183,5231. 2s.—total, 645,8831. 9s.

Glew, the collecting clerk at Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co.'s, who absconded in September last with between 4,0001. and5,000/., has been apprehended at Columbus, in the state of Georgia, by the British Consul, and 3,300/. recovered from him.

On Thursday last, as one of the ferrymen, who is in the habit of car- rying people over the Thames for a trifle, was paddling his way to the opposite shore from Cbertsey to Laleham, his boat became suddenly arrested by some extraordinary power in the water. Rather surprized at this unexpected stoppage, he was anxious to inquire the cause, and giving his vessel a push off, soon disentangled himself from the awk- ward position in which he was then placed. From the circumstances connected with this interruption in the river, it appears that Julius Cwsar, on landing in Britain, must have crossed the Thames to attack Cassil,elaunus, King of the Frinarbantees, whose army lay encamped on the Surry side, and who, it seems, had implanted immense iron stakes in the river, in order to obstruct ihe Roman legions. This large piece of iron has since been taken out ; it measures six-and-twenty feet in height, and is now at the boat-house.—Globe.

On Monday week, as the servants of a respectable farmer at Ald- burgh were digging in his orchard, they discovered a most beautiful tesselated pavement. Its extent is very considerable, and it exhibits a great variety of colours, and the figure of a lion rampant represented in the centre. Aldburgh was the site of Iseur, the capital of the Bri- gantes. On the conquest of the Britons by the Romans, the name was altered bya Roman termination to Isurium ; and some of the most splendid occurrences in Roman history were witnessed within its walls, till in 766 it was sacked and burnt to ashes by the Danes.—York Courant.

Three individuals who have recently died in the town of Newcastle- upon-Tyne, have left property to their heirs exceeding in value one million sterling 1---Darkant Advertiser.