The Duke of Orleans sent a subscription of a thousand
francs to the National, in part payment of the last fine imposed upon that journal by the Chamber of Peers ; but the donation was returned, because the name of the giver was not to be made known. The Piince of Orange has in a great measure recovered from his Maim.
After a trial which lasted eight successive days, at Brussels, the Count Duval de Beaulieu has finally obtained a sentence in his favour,
with all costs and expenses, against the commune of Moortzel, on ac- count of his Lady, the Countess de Toict. This extraordinary law- suit commenced two hundred years ago, and related to the avenue of a country-seat belonging to him at Moortzel, in the arrondissement of -Antwerp, which the commune claimed as a public road.
The anniversary of the death of Beethoven has been celebrated lately at Berlin, in a manner honourable to his fame and memory. A public concert was given, attended by all that was noble and influential in the Prussian capital, the entire performance being derived from Beetho- ven's works, and commencing with the " Sinfonia Eroica."
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