CHRONICLE. 



39 



the Archduke Constantine accom- 

 panies his brother, or some gene- 

 ral officer; and, in like manner, 

 the king of Prussia is at times 

 joined by some one or other of the 

 Prussian Princes. Both these So- 

 vereigns pass from their seats in 

 the theatres without any attend- 

 ants or retinue ; oa the threshold 

 of tlie theatre, an officer or two 

 may chance to wait to shew them 

 to their respective carriages. 



On the 16th, the Emperor of 

 Austria visited the catacombs at 

 Paris. These are immense exca- 

 vations, in which the bones with 

 which the church-yards of the 

 capital were overcharged have been 

 deposited, piled in various forms, 

 appropriate to the religious awe 

 that the mortal remains of a 

 hundred generations should in- 

 spire. The emperor of Austria 

 is the first Sovereign that ever 

 visited them. 



The Emperor of Austria never 

 goes to public places at Paris but 

 in great state. He is attended by 

 his great officers and a guard, 

 which keep their place during the 

 whole performance at the back 

 of the Imperial box, suffering 

 none to come near it. As he ap- 

 proaches to his box, and retires 

 from it, he is preceded by several 

 branches of lights, before which 

 the crowd are forced to yield way. 

 In his person he is of the medium 

 size, rather spare and thin, and his 

 features small. 



21. Cows, sheep, pigs, and poul- 

 try, to a considerable extent, were 

 imported last week at Portsmouth 

 from France, and produced there 

 a reduction in the price of meat, 

 although not in the same propor- 

 tion as in other places in that part 

 of the country. At Southampton, 



pork was sold at from 6d. to 8d. 

 per pound ; fowls, butter, and 

 eggs, were at equally reduced 

 prices. At Weymouth, pork from 

 Cherbourg was sold at from 4d. to 

 6|d. per pound. 



22. An official return of the 

 number of regimental officers of 

 the regular army, printed by ordei" 

 of the House of Commons, states 

 them at, Field-Marshals receiving 

 full-pay, 5. — Generals receiving 

 full-pay, 4 ; ditto, half pay, 7 ; 

 total, 1 1. — Lieuteuant-Generals, 

 full-pay, 113 ; half-pay, 44 ; total, 

 157. — Major-Generals, full-pay, 

 152; half-pay, 69; total, 221.— 

 Colonels, full-pay. Ill ; half-pay, 

 41 ; total, 152. — Lieutenant-Co- 

 lonels, full-pay, 518 ; half-pay, 

 100; total, 618.— Majors, full- 

 pay, 572; half-pay, 40; total, 

 612.— Captains, full-pay, 2,504; 

 half-pay, 450; total, 2,960.— 

 Lieutenants, full-pay, 3,009 ; half- 

 pay, 816; total, 4,725. — Cornets, 

 full-pay, 224 ; half-pay, 66 ; total, 

 290.— Ensigns, full-pay, 1,920; 

 half-pay, 378 ; total, 2,298. 



28. An engraver at Somer's- 

 town, named Wilkins, died a few 

 days since, in consequence of hav- 

 ing fractured his skull in the fol- 

 lowing manner : He was drinking 

 tea, and, according to his usual 

 practice when seated, was balan- 

 cing himself upon the hinder feet 

 of the chair, when he lost his 

 equilibrium, fell backward, and 

 struck his head against a marble 

 slab ; he was taken up in a state 

 of insensibility, and survived only 

 four days. 



30. A transaction, peculiarly 

 lamentable, took place at Sher- 

 cock, in the county of Cavan, and 

 was stated to the public in tlie 

 Dublin Journal, and the Free- 



