311,isrtilautuits.

The Reverend Canon Hamilton has been appointed to the see of Salis- bury, vacant by the death of Dr. Denison. Educated at Eton, and after- wards one of the favourite pupils of Dr. Arnold, the new Bishop took the highest honours at Oxford. He was elected, from Christ Church, a Fel- low of Merton, where he became the acquaintance and finally the friend of Dr. Denison' acting as his curate in the church of St. Peter's in the East, Oxford. Dr. Denison made him his examining chaplain and Canon of Salisbury.

Mr. Crowder, Member for Liakeard, and leader of the Western Cir- cuit, has received the Judgeship vacant by the death of Mr. Justice Tal- fonrd.

The Earl of Lichfield—at whose house the famous "Lichfield House compact" was made—died on Saturday last, at the age of fifty-nine. It was while Lord Lichfield was Postmaster-General that Mr. Rowland Hill's Penny-Post system was introduced. He is succeeded in the title by Viscount Anson, Member for Lichfield.

The Indian army has suffered a severe loss in the death of Colonel Mountain, son of the late and brother of the present Bishop o Quebec. He was Lord Gough's Adjutant-General in China' he commanded a brigade at Chillianwallah and Goojerat, earning great distinction and at the conclusion of the war he resumed his appointment of Adjutant-Gene- ral. He died at Futtyghur, on the 18th February.

Prince Lucien Bonaparte has visited Turin, Genoa, and Venice—the first instalment of his Italian tour. At Turin he had an audience of King Victor Emmanuel Prince Joachim Murat, son of the late King of Naples, was married on Wednesday, to the Princess of Wagram, granddaughter of Marshal Ber- thier. The marriage was celebrated in the chapel of the Tuileries ; the Emperor and Empress being present.

General Nordin, the Swedish Ambassador to St. Petersburg, has ar- rived in that city. The Swedes complain that he has married a rich Rus- sian lady, and cannot act independently.

Mr. Bell, the English engineer who was taken prisoner by the Rus- sians while serving on board an Egyptian steamer in the Black Sea, has been released, and is now on his way to Vienna.

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

Rymotic DlseaSeS Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels Ten Weeks 011844-us.

2,023 303 2,074 1,322 438 .... ... • •• • . •••• • • • • Week of 1S54. 217 58 193 144 35

Diseases of the Lungs, and of the other Organs of Respiration

2,295

. • • .

237 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion 627 • ,. • 65

Diseases of the Kidneys, Sc

143 • • • • 17 Childbirth, diseases of the Uterus, Sc 99 • .,.. 6 Rheumatism, diseases of the Bones, Joints, Sc 71 • .... 7

Diseases of the Skin, Cellular Tissue, Sc..

18

Malformations.

34 •••••: .... 11 Premature Birth Atrophy 11 ....

Age 601 • • • • 46 Sudden

99

• •.. 10

Vlohnce,Privation,Clold, and Intemperance 871

•••• St

—

Total (including unspecified causes)

11,223

1,188

The French Ambassador gave a grand dinner-party on Tuesday to the Duke of Cambridge and Lord Raglan, on the occasion of their approaching departure for the East. The other guests were, the Duke of Newcastle, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Viscountess Palmerston' Lady Raglan, Lord tie Ros, Sir James and Lady Graham, and Mr. Sidney Herbert and Mrs. Herbert. Lord Pabiterston was unable to at- tend : 'hoNis been suffering from gout. After the banquet, the Countess Walewski held a reception.

ViscounCralmerston gave a grand banquet on Saturday. Among the guests were the French, Danish, Portuguese, and Austrian Ministers. At Lady Palmerston's evening party which succeeded, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary, and the Duke of Cambridge, joined the circle.

The Speaker held his second and last levee on Saturday, after his sixth Parliamentary dinner.

Sir Charles Wood, having recovered from a recent indisposition, bad dinner-party on Thursday ; the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Marge: of Lansdowne, and Mr. Macaulay, were present. Lady Mary Wood after., wards held a reception.

A marble statue is to be erected to Lord Harris in the island of Trinidad.

The Legislative Council of New South Wales has voted a pension of 1001. a year to the widow of Captain Flinders, the Australian navigator, with re- version to her daughter. [A tardy and partial tribute for services very in- adequately appreciated before.] Mrs. Chisholm will shortly leave England, to join her husband at Mel- bourne.

Lieutenant Lord Gilbert Norman Grosvenor, son of the Marquis of West- minster, died very suddenly, on Monday morning, on board the Boseawen. The ship had just got under weigh at Spithead, to sail for the Baltic, when Lord CI' bert expired, from a heart disease.

The infant Prince Oscar, son of the Prince Royal of Sweden, is dead.

The young King of Portugal is expected shortly at Brussels. The object of the visit is said to be matrimonial.

M. de Maupas, the French Minister, was to leave Naples on the 14th. He will be succeeded by /d. de Lacour. 'It is said that M. de Maupas offended the sensitive Neapolitan Government by his decision in protecting French interests.

Prince Frederick William of Prussia has made a brief visit to Naples,. whence he proceeded to Palermo.

The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are at Naples.

M. do Villele, who was Minister of Finance under the Restoration, died at Toulouse on the 13th instant.

Mr. Winterhalter has painted "official portraits" of the Emperor and Empress of the French, to serve as models for copies required by public es- tablishments.

A letter from Oliver Cromwell to his "esteemed friend Mr. Cotton, pastor to the Church at Boston in New England," dated October 2d, 1651, and en- closing an account of the battle of Worcester, was sold by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson on Wednesday, for 36/. There was a sharp competition, and the. letter was knocked down to Mr. H. Stevens, the American collector.

In the Lenten Indult just issued from Rome by Cardinal Wiseman' his Eminence regrets his absence 'from England at the present epoch, but ex-

presses a hope "to be soon in the midst of the faithful at home." He en- joins "that as soon as war shall be publicly announced, (should the Divine mercy not avert it,) there shall be inserted in the prayer recited after mass on Sundays for her Majesty the Queen, the clause—for forty years omitted- hoetem superare that she may conquer her enemies." The document is ordered to be read in all the churches in the archdiocese of Westminster.— Essex Herald.

The Roman Catholics are taking measures to send out a number of priests to give spiritual aid to the Roman Catholic soldiers who have proceeded to the East.

The Gateshead Observer mentions a frightful case of rejoicing. The fore- man of extensive works died ; as soon as it was known the Men and boys

employed began to cheer, formed a procession' marched to 'the dead man's house, and gave three cheers. On the day of the funeral they assembled, and yelled at the procession' and when locked out of the burial-ground, they stripped one of their number and carried him on a plank to represent the corpse. The cause of all this was that the deceased had originated a " tommy-shop" and "hell's kitchen," or dram-store, within the works.

The total number of arrests in Paris last year was 19,782. Of the accused, 4192 males and 454 females were under age : only nine had received a supe- rior education.

The Corporation of London don't know what their tolls on carts and wag- gons produce, but they report to Parliament that a contractor pays them 58101. a year for the privilege of collecting them.

The embankment on the Middlesei--sliOre of the Thames was commenced this week. There will also be an embankment on the opposite shore front Vauxhall to Battersea.

A general fall in the price of bread took place on Tuesday throughout the Metropolis of a halfpenny in the four-pound loaf. The best bread at the West end is now 101d. and 11d. second quality, 9d. to 91e1. ; and third quality, 8id. and 8d. In the Eastern and fiouthern Metropolitan districts, the same quality of bread is sold at all times one halfpenny less than in the Central and Western districts.

The price of best flour in Paris fell last week no less than from 8 to 10 francs per sack. The late Mr. Judah Tours, a citizen of New Orleans, has bequeathed a million and a half of dollars, and Mr. Elliott Cresson, of Philadelphia, has bequeathed 127,000 dollars, for charitable objects. Such "princely" be- quests are not unfiequent with our Republican cousins. A commencement of rice-cultivation in France has been made at Testy. The produce is said to be superior to that of India and Piedmont; while land is turned to account which was otherwise almost unproductive.

The company established for building bonded warehouses at Paris have received new concessions from the Government, and they purpose an ex- tension of their scheme by constructing docks and warehouses in the prin- cipal French ports in the Channel Up to the present time the war in the East has not in the slightest degree depressed the export trade of Southampton. The latest news from California tells of an extraordinary dulness in trade, caused by a surplus stock of goods and a lack of gold-dust. Many manufac- tured articles were selling at a large reduction upon the home cost, and an extensive system of credit had sprung up.