The Plymouth Chronicle states that the Bishop of Exeter is
obliged, by his duties in the House of Lords, to postpone his Episcopal visit- ation. It is a pity that Phillpotts cannot doff his lawn sleeves and be- come a politician in toto.
The Club of the Royal Society gave a farewell dinner on Thursday to Sir John Franklin, previously to his departure for Van Diemen's Land, of which colony he has recently been appointed Governor. Sir Robert Inglis took the chair ; and gave great satisfaction, by his courtesy of demeanour, and readiness in complimentary speechification. Sir John Franklin, the American Ambassador, Baron Charles Dupin, Professor Von Raumer, Dr. Hare of Philadelphia, and Baron Moll from Holland, each addressed the company. The colonists over whom Sir John Franklin is appointed to rule, will see from the respect paid to him by men of eminence in Europe, that he is looked upon as a dif- ferent scrt of person from Colonel Arthur.
Mr. Rothschild died at Frankfort on the 28th of July ; Mr. Tra- vers, the eminent London surgeon, having arrived too late to be of service to him. Mr. Rothschild was only in his sixtieth year. The newspapers have of course teemed with paragraphs about the de- ceased loan-monger ; but very little has been mentioned not pre- viously known. About thirty years ago, be left Frankfort, where his father was a money-lender in a small way of business ; and came to Manchester, as the purchaser of goods for the German market. He soon found his way to London ; where he married a lady of some for- tune, and commenced operations as a stock-jobber and dealer in bul- lion. His shrewdness, constant attention to business, and cautious anode of proceeding, were rewarded by immense success ; and he is said to have died worth an enormous fortune. Mr. Rothschild was a mere dealer in money—coarse in mind and manners, and reckless of the injury he caused to others in the pursuit of his own projects. If thwarted, he was not unfrequently spiteful ; and though liberal by fits, was generally close-fisted. His corpse has been sent to London for interment, and his funeral will take place to-morrow. It is said that his business will be carried on by his sons, with the assistance of their uncles, who reside in Paris and Frankfurt ; and who are also men of large property, though by no means so wealthy as their deceased bro- ther, Nathan Meyer Rothschild.
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