... THE DEATII BED. X BY DIES LACROIX. TmvT night Al. pelfosse died 'lhe most horrible of deathis. .vith his ,scull fractuTed,. and his ribs broken, he lay rnotionless upon hiiq bed, and insen- sible since his fall. Ele had been bled, bu't the cares of the surgeon bad produced no 'effect; his wounds were beyond the reach of hufian skill to cu Lr e. ' Turiaf Nvq Natchoig by his bed-side-MAadarn'ie ...

... 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. ...

... PECULIARITIiES OF TIHE AZOREAN FUNERALS. Our opposite neighbour, an old man who died in the previous night, was buried yesterday morning. The priests chanted a part of the funeral service in his bed- room, which was lighted up with many candles; after which, and preparatory to burial, the body was borne to I the church in an open bier. This is the custom with the poor of these islands, who are ...