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The death of Dr. Faussett, Margaret Professor of Divinity at the Uni- versity of Oxford, leaves not only the Professorship vacant but a Canonry of Christchurch. The election, which is vested in the Graduates of Di- vinity, is fixed for this day.
M. Karnicky, the Austrian Cho.* d'Affaires in Switzerland, has re- turned to his post at Berne.
27, directs a change of military uniform- forth to be discontinued within the United Kingdom, as well as in the A circular letter from the Adjutant-General, dated Horse Guards, June " The use of white linen trousers by general and staff officers is hence- North American Colonies; and the blue and Oxford mixture trousers, pre- scribed by the regulations, are to be worn throughout the year, with the dress and undress uniform respectively."
Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, Commander-in-chief of the Army in the Presidency of Bombay, issued an order in May last making some excel- lent alterations in the army clothing. Chief among them is the discon- tinuance of the leather stock ; a plain shirt-collar to be worn inside the jacket-collar. It is also ordered that clothes be less absurdly tight about the chest, arms, and hips.
Two Captains of the First Battalion of the Rifle Brigade, stationed at Dover Castle, were placed under arrest last week by the order of Major- General Wetherell. Some unexplained quarrel in the mess-room is as- signed as the cause of this proceeding.
Result of the Registrar-General's return of mortality in the Metropolis for the week ending on Saturday last.
of Ten 'Weeks 1843-32. Week of 1853.
Rymotic Diseases 2,161 .... 211 Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat 468 .... 45 Tubercular Diseases 1,861 ,... 190 Diseases of the Brain, Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and Senses 1,203 .... 113 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 316 .... 41 Diseases of the Lungs, and of the other Organs of Respiration 939 .... 116 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion 612 .... 69 Diseases of the Kidneys, Sc 103 .... 10 Childbirth, diseases of the Uterus, Se 112 .... 6 Rheumatism, diseases of the Bones, Joints, Sc 83 .... 11 Diseases of the Skin, Cellnlax Tissue, Sc.. 17 .... 3 Malformations 19 .... 2 Premature Birth 241 .• •. 20 Atrophy 189 .... as Age 389 .... 32 Sudden 237 •••• S
Tiolente,Privatiou, Cold, and Intemperance
697 —. • • •• " —
Total (including unspecified causes)
9,737
990
An Essex Magistrate points out in a letter to the Tines, that the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, the patrons of the living of Burling and impro- priators of the rectorial tithe, not only perform no acts of charity in the parish, but have permitted the church to remain for some time in a disgrace- ful state of dilapidation. The large East window of the chancel has been blown in and covered with a tarpaulin ; and the other window to the South, likewise broken, has been repaired with a plank! According to the Glasgow Chronicle, the occupation of tailors and semp- stresses is gone. An American sewing-machine is now in operation at Glas- gow, which sews with great rapidity, producing not " slop" work but close and beautifully regular stitches. The machine is small, and the motive power is worked by the hand, but can be so adapted as to be turned by the foot. A Jury in the Irish Court of Common Pleas has given a verdict of 6001. damages and 6d. costs against the City of Dublin Steam-packet Company, in an action brought by the widow and the mother of James Purcell, a passen- ger lost in the Victoria. On the evening of the 20th, a fall of snow took place at Weston and its vicinity, between Ross and Gloucester, and two fields were completely cover- ed; it also remained for some time on the banks and hedges on the road- side.—Hereford Journal.
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