ACCOMPLISHMENTS REQUISITE TO FORM THE GENTLEMAN.—The Chronicle gives the subjoined
valuable hint for the education of gentlemen, which parents Ind guardians will do well to heed ; and in obedience to the intimation, they will not fail to send their young charges to public billiard-tables for improvement in the necessary accomplishments. "Sir Thomas Lawrence during his obscurity, ind want of employment as an artist, lived much on what is called 'the town,' and improved himself in the acc mplishments requisite to form the gentleman and the man of fashion. He was a scientific and successful billiard-player, and he constantly frequented many of the public tables, especially those at the east end of Exeter 'Change."
CAUTIOUS PotrrxNess.—Some of the inhabitants of Mary-la-bonne parish ap- plied a few days ago to the Commissioners of Police for information as to the number of policemen employed for the protection of the parish, a piece of intelli- gence to which they considered.themselves entitled in consequence of the large sum (11,0001. a year) which they pay for watching. To this application Mr. Mayne, the Commissioner, replied politely, that it was not considered expedient to mention the number.—Morning Chronicle.
DE Gusrints.—The Marquis of Santa Cruz, Di Marcenaro, a young well-in- formed man, who belongs to one of the oldest and most noble families of Asturia„ has married the widow of a hairdresser, fifty years of age, who is blind of one eye, and was formerly a dancer at a theatre, under the name of Vitoriana. — Spanish Paper.
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