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the choir at church ; quondam jus- 

 tice ot the peace ; and heir appa- 

 rent to the clerkship of the parish. 



-As a person from Little Haylicid, 

 Derbyshire, was returning home 

 from Manchester, his horse took 

 fright and threw him off; in a vio- 

 lent ras^e, he drew a strong stake 

 from tlie side of a gate, with which 

 he beat the pooi- animal so unmerci- 

 fully upon the head, as to occasion 

 instant death ! after stripping it' of 

 the saddle and bridle, he then walk- 

 ed home, a distance of seven miles, 

 very properly substituting himself 

 for the poor beast, although punish- 

 ed much too slightly for his barba- 

 rity. 



25th. On this day, at noon, the 

 pope arrived at Fpntaiiiblcau, for 

 the purpose of officiating at the co- 

 tonation of the new emperor of the 

 French, which took place in the 

 following month. The emperor, 

 who was enjoying the chacc, Cit 

 was on a Sunday) at the moment of 

 his arrival, being informed of the 

 approach of his holiness, nlet him at 

 La Croix de Saint Ilerem. The 

 emperor and the pope alighted, and 

 embraced each other. Six of his 

 majesty's carriages then came up, 

 into one of which the emperor first 

 entered, and placed his holiness 

 upon the right. They arrived at 

 the castle throngh two lines of 

 troops and the thunder of artillery. 

 Cardinal Ca])rara, and the great 

 officers of tlio househould, received 

 them at tlic bottom of the stair-case. 

 The emperor and the pope proceed- 

 ed together by the gilt stair-ease, as 

 far as the place which separated their 

 apartments t his holiness having 

 there qnitled the emperor, was con- 

 ducted ))y the grand chamberlain, 

 the grand marshal of the palace, 

 and the graud master of the cerenio- 

 l 



nies, to the apartment prepared for 

 him : having rested some time, his 

 holiness paid a visit to the emperor; 

 and immediately afterwards to the 

 empress. Her majesty re-conducted 

 the pope as far as the second room 

 of her apartments. The pope hav- 

 ing returned to his own apartment, 

 the minister and great officers of the 

 empire were presented to his holi- 

 ness. At four o'clock the emperor 

 sent notice to the pope that he in- 

 tended to pay him a visit, and re- 

 paired to the closet of his holiness. 

 Tlie same ceremonies were observed 

 as on the visit of the pope to the em- 

 peror ; at each they remained alone 

 together, for about half an hour. 



29th. A bird of the hawk or eagle 

 kind, was shot at Stocktield-park, 

 near Wethcrby, by Mr. Cummins, 

 game-keeper to the countess of 

 Aberdeen, in the grounds near the 

 house, of such enormous size and 

 strength, as to receive the shot of 

 three discharges before it was se- 

 cured, and it then defended itself so 

 powerfully, as to elude every device 

 Mr. Cummins could exercise to 

 seize it, till he offered the muzzle of 

 his gun, which it seized with such 

 avidity, as to hang in that position 

 whilst he carried it home to the 

 house. At this date it was alive, 

 and measured nine feet four inches 

 between the extremities of the wings; 

 and its beak, legs, and talons, indi- 

 cate astonishing strength. 



Died.— 5th. At Acton, Middle- 

 sex, aged 105, John Thomas, far- 

 rier. 



22d. At Gloves, near Athunry, 

 Ireland, after a short illness, Mr. 

 Denis Coorobee of Ballendangin, 

 aged 117. He retained his faculties 

 to the last, and until two days pre- 

 viously to his death, he never re- 

 membcred to have any complaint or 



sickness 



