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Lieutenant-General Sir George II. F. Berkeley, K.C.B., has been ap- pointed Surveyor-General of the Ordnance, in the room of Major-General C. R. Fox.

Mr. Roebuck has been ill, but not to the degree at first reported. The Times states, that "after undergoing much fatigue during his canvass at Sheffield, and being much reduced by a severe regimen, he had a alight paralytic attack, which for a time impeded articulation. This soon appeared, and under medical treatment the learned gentleman is rapidly gaining strength, although he will probably not again appear in the pre- sent Parliament."

Madame Goldschmidt (Jenny Lind) arrived at Liverpool, from America, on Wednesday. France has lost two eminent sons,—a young and distinguished states- man, in the Marquis de Manny, son-in-law of Marshal Soult ; and an artist of established fame, in M. Pradier, the sculptor, whose works gained our admiration in the Great Exhibition.

The death of M. de Mornay occurred suddenly, last week. It was il- lustrated by an eloge at the grave of the deceased by M. Guizot, of re- markable poetical beauty and solemnity of moral reflection.

The death of M. Pradier was also sudden. His eloge will be pro- nounced for himself by every admirer of those exquisite female figures which were the sculptor's specialite, and whose grace and beauty were not surpassed in modern times.

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

Ten 'Weeks Week of 1841-50. of 1851.

Egmotic Diseases 1,915 .... 246 Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat,. 472 .... 45 Tubercular Diseases 1,880 .... 195 Diseases of the Brain, Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and Sense* 1,119 .... 106 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 276 .... 41 Diseases of the Lungs, and of the other Organs of Respiration ... . 1.037 .... 126 Macaws of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion 541 .... 76 Diwases of the Kidneys 61c 103 .... 9 Childbirth, diseases of the Uterus, Sc 86

Rheumatism, diseases of the Bones, Joints, ikc 86

Diseases of the Skin, Cellular Tissue, Sc 6

Malformations 27

Premature Birth 104 .... 22 Atrophy 187 ..., 27 Age 459

Sodden 91

Violence, Privation, Cold, and Laemperance

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Total (Including unspecified callus) 8.770 1,000

At sunset on the 27th of April, the steam-ship Oriental weighed anchor, and was proceeding at nearly half-speed out of Aden harbour. All the pas- sengers were on deck, when a little boy, George Frederick Edmonstone, tour years and a half old, fell from the port of his cabin into the sea. A servant of the ship, named James Luckie, -who was seated at the sponson, seeing the accident, immedietely sent his fellow to stop the engine, and jumped into the water, as he was, to save the child's life. It was some time, however, before he reached him, and had the greatest difficulty, when he did so, in supporting the child ; and had not a boat from the Company's sloop Elphinstone, where the accident had been observed, seasonably come up, they must both have been drowned. The passengers on board the Oriental were so pleased with Luelcie's humane gallantry, that they immediately opened a subscription, and a collection of 80/. was made and presented to him.

The Burgomaster of Termonde in Belgium having reason to suspect that the police of the town were not so active as they ought to be, got up at an early hour in the morning a few days ago, and found the men, instead of being on duty, snoring in the guard-house. He slipped quietly into the place, and possessed himself of each man's sword, and then got clear off. When the policemen awoke, they were astonished to find that their swords were gone, and they looked for them everywhere. They visited all the sus- pected houses in the town, and made a descent into the lodgings of certain bad characters; but they could find nothing. The policemen were greatly mortified, and the scoffs and jeers of the inhabitanta were not wanting. Three days after, the Burgomaster sent for the Commissary of Police, and gave up the swords to him ; but he published an order blaming the men for their negligence, and ordering that each of them should be confined for eight days.