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NEI, SPAPER
• GENOA AND ITS -PAi-
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will be read with interest :—" St:141(61.
morning a regiment of grenadiers ckathelku
disembarked, and the Genoese poPulation, tired
of the white turbans of the Zouaves, de.
dared, by loud shouts and expressive pantomime,
their admiration of the high hairy caps and martial
bearing of these veterans, almost all of whom ex_
hibited the Crimean medal. The Zouaves
received the new comers with a shower of
oranges which they had bought of the vendors
on the quays and which the grenadiers eagerly
seized and eat. By the bye the sale of oranges
has become a question of importance. The first
troops who disembarked, seeing in every street and
square, large oranges exposed for sale, asked their
price, and the dealers, speculating on the ignorance
of the soldiers, fixed the price at a sou. The sol-
diers, pleased with their bargains, bought the
oranges in heaps, and were loud in praise °fa, city_
where they could get oranges for a halfpenny which .
in Paris they would have to pay five pence for. The
matter coming to the ears of the Syndic or chiefmagis-
trate, be issued a proclamation, in which he appealed
to the patriotism of the orange merchants, and
desired them in future not to take advantage of
the inexperience of our soldiers. The fact is that -
the soldiers had been cheated by being charged a son "
for what is hardly worth a centime at Genoa and
all along the shores of the Mediterranean. How_
ever, the soldiers finding that they had been
" done," took their revenge by insisting on having •
six oranges for a sou instead of five, which, is "the
usual number given in exchange for that coin.
With the exception of the orange trade, in which
the desire of gain got the better of patriotism, the
Genoese population received the French like
brothers. The ladies of the aristocracy have
placed their opera boxes at the service of -cur
officers, and the night before last the first
and second rows of the theatre Carlo Felice
were filled with French uniforms. AU the palaces
of Genoa, and you know they are numerous§
are open to our generals and superior officers.
Marshal Baraguay d'Hilliers is lodged in the Royal
palace, General Brazaine in the Doxia palace, ane
General Forey in the Durazzo palace, and a curioult
sight it is to see our soldiers seated in these maitble
halls or leaning their elbows on the marble bal-
conies. The Strada Balbi and the Via Nuova con-
tain a unique assemblage of costly palaces, as re-
markable for their artistic merits as for the beauty
of the material of which they are built. All is
marble ; the caryatides, the mascarons, the bal-
conies, the pillars, the basements, the cornices ;
and, in the interior, the staircases and
walls. All these palaces seem to have been cut
out of a gigantic block of marble, and they are
so numerous, not only in the Via Balbi, the
Via Nuova, and the Via Nuovisima, but in all the
streets, that a man who goes to Genoa, must indeed,
be an outcast if he cannot find some humble little
marble palace to shelter himself in. My lodgings
are in the ancient Grimaldi palace, which neces-
sity has converted into furnished hotel. My
room is paved with white marble, and to reach it
I ascend a staircase of black marble, after tra-
versing a hall whose roof is supported:by- eight
marble columns, each a single block. Do not '
imagine that I am favoured in this. For two franca
and a half in ordinary times, and for five francs
now, when Genoa is crowded with strangers,
anybody can enjoy this marble luxury. lam
bound to add, however, that great power of
limb is required for its enjoyment. At Genoa,
the smallest palaces are ten stories high. Each
palace, wishing to have a view of the sea, looks
over its neighbour's shoulders. A palace not tall
enough to get a peep of the sea, is a dishonoured
building. The pleasure which the Genoese have
for viewing the vessels which plough their, way
through the blue gulf, makes them prefer the
upper stories. Thus the rich Genoese live in
wrial altitudes, which are usually attained only by
means of balloons. For my part, I ought to be
grateful for being lodged in a story of honour—the
eighth ! From my marble window, I see the port,
the towers, the lighthouses, the forts, the citadel,
and, beyond and around them, scattered here and
there amidst groves of myrtle and orange trees,
costly Genoese villas; but I cannot enjoy this
splendid view without scaling a staircase of 162
steps ; and when, pressed for time, I have come down
again from this elevated region and find that I have
left an important letter on my table, you will not
be surprised at my wishing to exchange the
grandeur of the alace for the convenience of the
entresol. EDMOND TEXIER,
" Genoa, April 30."
Between the present condition of Europe and
the circumstances existing during the first French
empire, many parallels have been drawn. Even
the names of the continental sovereigns engaged
in the last gre'at war, were identical with those of
the present reigning monarchs. The Emperor of
Russia was then, as now, named Alexander ;—The
Emperor of Austria, Francis ;—The King of
Prussia, William; and the Emperor of the French,
Napoleon.

PRICE 4D. STAMPED, SD.

June. The whole of the Lancashire regiments of
Militia have received similar orders.
The West Suffolk Militia are expected to be as.
sembled shortly for training and exercise.

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

The 'will of William James Chaplin, Esq., of 2
Hyde Park-gardens, was proved in London on the
17th of May, the personalty sworn under £lBO,OOO.
, After payment of a few legacies, amounting to
about £1,200, he has left his property to his
widow and his eight sons and six daughters. To
his executor, Charles Pressly, he leaves £lOO ; to
his clerk, Charles Palmer, £lOO ; to his eldest son,
William Augustus, £l,OOO above his share in the
residue. The testator had a fourth share in the
extensive business of the firm of " Chaplin and.
Horne," railway carriers, the value of which con-
stutes part of the residue, as also his interest and
share in the business of a brewer at Stockwell, as
partner with his son Horace, of the value of
£12,500. Has bequeathed to his widow bis term
in the leasehold residence in Hyde Park-gardens,
and leaves for her absolute use the furniture, plate,
linen, china, books, jewellery, pictures, articles of
virtu, and such carriages, horses, and harness as
she may select. The residue of his estate, real and
personal, to be divided into three parts; he bequeaths
one-third to his widow and the remaining two-
thirds to be divided into as many parts as there are
children (fourteen). The executors are Elizabeth
Chaplin, the relict; Willidm Augustus Chaplin,
Esq., of Mansfield-street, Portland-place, Ernest
Chaplain, Esq., of Victoria-street, Westminster,
' tvro sons of the testator ; and Charles Pressly, Esq ,
of Surbiton-hill, Surrey. The will was written
on seventeen sheets of paper, and dated August 17,
1858. The testator died on the 24th of April, 1859.
Miss Jane Clarke, the Court milliner.—The will
and codicil of Miss Jane Clarke, of 170, Regent-
street, and of Bold-street, Liverpool, was proved in
London, and the effects were sworn under £45,000.
The charitable bequests amount to £1,700, being
£lOO to each of 11 metropolitan police courts, £lOO
to the Liverpool police court, and £5OO to the
Westminster Free Hospital. The greater part of
the remainder of her property is left to her sister,
her nieces, and great nephews and nieces. Be-
queaths £2OO to each of the children of her three
nieces, numbering 11 at the date of her will. To
her sister, Rosetto M'Laren, £3, and to her sister's
children, David and Mary M'Laren, £l,OOO each.
To each of her executors, William Gilbert, Alfred
Gilbert, and Samuel Howell, £2OO. Legacies to
two of her assistants—to one an annuity of £2O, to
the other a legacy of £l.OO. To Edmund Graham,
residing at Chelsea, an annuity of £5O, as well as a
legacy of £5OO. There are other pecuniary legacies.
Bequeaths to the National Gallery an original, oil
painting, "The Blind Beggar," by Dyckmans,of
Antwerp, formerly belonging to Leopold Redp?,t h,
and sold with his effects and paintings at Christie s;
i nlea-rldalywasbd.hTeyi
and bequeaths to the British Mimi= avaer by
Benvenuto Cellini. Leaves the residueen of .4 p
ahnear
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pe.rty to be equally- divided tretwee
nieces, Margaret Gilbert, Jane 811 Yis
johooto .
of
Howell. It is a long will, oocu_pythiir
tilled in. A codicil
paper ; but the date was not
was made thereto on the same day—the Bth of
March, 1858—by which are given the charitable
e. Miss Clarkedied on the
ade thereto on the same day—the . of
bequests and the vas
of Lady Domvile, of Ashburton House,
28th of January, 1859, at St. Peter's-square, Ham-
mersmith.
The will
Putney, relict of Sir Compton Domvile, Bart., of
Santry House, Dublin, and of Grosvenor-square,
London, was proved in London, by Daniel Boys,
between
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—lllustrated London News.

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