... DEATH :OF LORD CHATHIAM. , Lord Chatham entered the House of Lords for the last time on the 7th of-April, 1778, lenning.upon two friends. He was wrappdd up in flannel; and ldokied pale'and ema- cated. His eye:was stil penetrating,; pd. .though with tbetevident appearance of; a dyingjman. there never was seen a figure of more dignity* he appeared like a being of a superior species He-rose. ...

... THE, LATE COUNTESS OF EXETER., .. OUNT.SS This amiable woman, wyhose virtues gave a lustre to the title of Countess of Exeter, and who died in 1797, lamented by all *klio knew her, rose to her rank and title by a sin- gular train of circumstances. c When the late marahis was a minor he' married, at in I early age, a, lady, from whom he was divorced in 1791. After the separation had taken place ...

... . It. . ArEmU H DEiATH. With Jtypiast life there iseantwkied a recolleetion which ,nether. tune norzircumstanceaJ cin diu. Years. (aad thoae, te6,'ftrgbt!'witthb canea;:tiaeel, ande cre) have passed ,awat; .obey lodhd is-etged into'..tyontb ;l yotet hasR 'teen sodaeded by mahabood, but'. jet, .the scene of diatevent, wiwth'all atadstdilsuijs befdre- fns, sand seems bute'as ti' oeftesterday. ly ...

... COURTSHIPS AND MARRIAGES. Tn 1559, the people of Erance were married at the door of the church. W hen Elizabeth of France, daughter of Henry II., was married to Phillip 11. of Spain, Eustuche de Bellay, Bishop of Paris. performed the ceremony at the church-door of Notre Dame. et was then thought in- decent for them to grant permission in the church itself for l a man and woman to lie together. ...