FUNERALS AT PARIS.-A great many take place at night, and
are lighted by torches to the place of rest. All the cemeteries are without the barriers, so that there is generally a long space of ground to traverse. The biers move in a line of from seven to ten, each con- taining five to eight coffins, as may happen ; on their arrival at the burying ground, the bodies are packed into a wide and deep fosse, which has been made of great length, and will be able to receive an im- mense number of bodies. A quantity of slaked lime is then thrown in, to fill up the interstices between the coffins, and the processions return to fetch a fresh supply. The cemetery of Montmartre, to which these remarks principally allude, is situated very high; and at the upper part of it a man is stationed to watch the approach of the biers : as soon as he perceives them ascending the hill, he gives a shrill and piercing . whistle through his finger, to apprize the sexton of his approaching labours. The whistle, heard in the stillness of the night, and accom- panied by darkness on one hand, and the gloomy light of the torches on the other, has a singular but highly romantic effect.—illosning Post.
The Echo de l'Est of the 19th instant says—" The road from St. Dizier continues to be covered with emigrants from beyond the Rhine, transporting themselves and their household goods to the two Americas. They are accompanied by their priests, their schoolmasters, and their physicians. They spend very little money on the road, their large waggons serving them as tents, beds, and kitchens. They are a stout and healthy race ; and those with whom we have conversed say, that 12,000 families are preparing to follow them in the course of the summer."
The trade of Holland, since its separation from Belgium, has consi- derably increased. The imports into London from Belgium and Hol- land, in 1830, amounted to 1,168,0001. ; and from Holland alone, in 1831, to 843,000/. The exports from London to Belgium and Holland, in 1830, amounted to 1,512,000L ; and from London to Holland alone, in 1831, to 1,220,000L The duty to Government, paid in London, on the articles of butter and cheese imported from Holland in 1831. ex- ceeds 110,0001. From Newcastle and Sunderland, several hundred car- goes of coals have been exported to Holland in 1831; while previous to the separation, heavy duties existed in Holland on English coals, for the encouragement of the Belgic coal-mines...—Correspondent of Times..
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