The Presidency of the Garrick Club will become vacant on
the de- parture of Lord Mulgrave for Jamaica.
The preparations, which had been low, since commenced, for erect- ing a statue of Mr. Canning in one of the enclosures adjoining Palace Yard, have been suspended. Lord Cochrane will be immediately restored to his rank in the Navy. ..—Scotsman. [We suggested the propriety of this act of grace when Sir Robert Wilson was restored; we shall be happy if the announce- ment of our Scotch contemporary prove at last true.]
The Royal Academy of Medicine of Paris has commissioned M. Halm Grand to investigate the nature of the epidemic cholera of London.
The ballot of the Acadjmie Franr,aise, for the election of a member in the room of the late Alibi! Montesquieu, after a severe contest, terminated in favour of M. Jay. There were twenty-nine members present
The naturalists of Naples, from the present appearance of Vesuvius, and other symptoms, predict an approaching and very great eruption of the volcano-
M. Tellier, principal secretary of Prince Talleyrand, is a favourite amateur singer in all the coteries of the hant ton.—Glche. The New York papers announce im intended meeting of the young ladies of that city, for the purpose of devising sonie ',Ian to improve the morals and habits of the young gentlemen. The ol6ect on the part of the ladies is said to be, "not to keep company with any young gentleman who is in the habit of tippling, visiting taverns, theatres, oyster-cellars, Ike. whereby he disgraces himself and &lolly, and lays the foundation of his future ruin."
A correspondent of the Tillif'S says that the cholera morbus is preva- lent in Paris, and has been so for the last two months. •
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