lirtistellantous.
A selection of correspondence on the affairs of Spain. and more espe- cially relating to Sir Henry Bnlwer's dismissal from Madrid, has been laid before Parliament by Lord Palmerston. The papers published consist of sixty-eight letters, with some enclosures, running from the 1st March to the 18th May. Six only of these are from Lord Palmerston himself, end had been previously published. Among the letters is one of the 11th May, in which Sir Henry Bulwer tells a story, how an unktiown " respect- able tradesmen " came to him and deposed in the presence of Mr. Otway to conversations of General Narvaez, and the details of plots framed on his demand, against Sir Henry's life. An assassin was already bribed with 4001.: if successftil, he was to be arrested and tried; and the people were to be deceived in the execution by the substitution of another crind. nal condemned to death. Sir Henry felt no alarm, and would in nowise alter his course. There is also the Duke of Sotomayor's despatch of die. missal, dated the 17th May. The Duke alleges great animosity in sye,_ drid against Sir Henry's person- A selection of correspondence on the affairs of Spain. and more espe- cially relating to Sir Henry Bnlwer's dismissal from Madrid, has been laid before Parliament by Lord Palmerston. The papers published consist of sixty-eight letters, with some enclosures, running from the 1st March to the 18th May. Six only of these are from Lord Palmerston himself, end had been previously published. Among the letters is one of the 11th May, in which Sir Henry Bulwer tells a story, how an unktiown " respect- able tradesmen " came to him and deposed in the presence of Mr. Otway to conversations of General Narvaez, and the details of plots framed on his demand, against Sir Henry's life. An assassin was already bribed with 4001.: if successftil, he was to be arrested and tried; and the people were to be deceived in the execution by the substitution of another crind. nal condemned to death. Sir Henry felt no alarm, and would in nowise alter his course. There is also the Duke of Sotomayor's despatch of die. missal, dated the 17th May. The Duke alleges great animosity in sye,_ drid against Sir Henry's person- " The efforts of the Government would not be sufficient to restrain the deep resentment which the worthy inhabitants of the city and its loyal garrison enter_ Min; and her Majesty's Government has serious apprehensions for the safety of the person of the representative of Great Britain at Madrid, if, unfortunately, the scenes which twice have filled with tribulation this pacific capital should be re.. peated." On all these accounts, he requests Sir Henry Bulwer, " within the term of forty-eight hours, or sooner if possible, to quit this capital; for circum- stances are urgent, and there would be much to lament if this took place too late."
In a previous page we have mentioned the coincidence of political com- motion in various parts of Europe on the 15th of May: a letter from Ber- lin mentions other coincidences- " Every person here is convinced that foreign emissaries, especially from Polaed and France, great numbers of whom have been observed here, as well as at Berlin during the disturbances there, had a hand in the affair. Letters and papers from Paris, dated the 15th, anticipate the Vienna demonstrations on that very day. In Cracow also, it was foretold, that there would be a rising on the 15th in that city."
Indian and American mails arrived in the middle of the week; bringing dates from India to the 1st, and from New York and Boston to the 16th and 17th of May. The news by each is solely commercial, and of no general interest.
A wicked wit at the Carlton is reported to have said, when the French Revola- lotion broke out, "It is lucky the Conservatives are not in office, or we should have had Lord John taking the chair on Kennington Common, and Mr. Tufnell breaking windows at Charing Cross."—Iforning Chronicle.
Number of Spring deaths. average.
Zymotic Diseases 266 .... lie Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat 43 .... 50
Tubercular Diseases. 155 .... 202
Diseases of the Brain, Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and Senses . 124 .... 122 Diseases of the Heart and Blood..vftsels Diseases of the Lungs, and of the other Organs of Respiration... 85 ..... 129
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion 410 .... 62 Diseases of the Kidneys, &e I —.. to
Childbirth, diseases of the Uterus, &e, a .... 12 Rheumatism, diseases of the Bones, Joints, &a Diseases of the Skin, Cellular Tissue, &c Malformations . I .— . 2 Premature Birth 82 —.. 20 Atrophy 30 ..... 16 Age 35 .... 65 Sudden ' 7 .... 12
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 51 .... 29
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Total (including unspecified causes) 979 943 The temperature of the thermometer ranged from 97.1° in the sun to 31.0° is the shade; the mean temperature by day being warmer than the mean average temperature by 5.5°. The direction of the wind for the week was variable. Results of the Registrar-General's return of mortality in the Metropolis for the week ending on Saturday last—
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