Star.
London, England, 1826-11-16 00:00:00

TOULOUSE.

In the vault under the church of the convent of the
Cordeliers at Toulouse, seventy dead bodies, both. of
men and of women, perfectly dried with nothing but
the skin over the bones, are ranged in order by a long
wall. On entering the cloisters, a priest informed and
that I could not enter the vault until after evening
service, and that no female could be admitted; •'that"
said he, 6, was a favour which had been denied even to
a Princess." I advised our Ladies to stay there till I
returned, when having looked over many holy curiosi-
ties in the treasury, lights were brought, and I descended
into the vault. I told the holy father that I could not
think of giving so much trouble without offering some
donation for charity to the interiors. He replied that
.6 it was not customary ;" but if the Ladies still remained,
he would suffer one of the dead bodies to be carried out
of the vault into an adjoining cloister—this was all that
was required. I imsnediately fetched the Ladies to
make their due acknowledgments: the body brought
out had been dead four hundred years, yet was quite
entire ; it was of the colour of dark dust, and the firmer
flesh appeared now only like rags; it felt like marble:
the eyes were sunk, the hair was rather long and stiff.
like silver threads ; the hands were closed together, and
the nails were complete. I then again, with the priests
and attendants, descended into tills dreary abode, and
saw the remaining bodies; the vault was perfectly drys
but much att., I am convinced, had been made use of
by stoves or ovens in the first process, to bring them to
this state. The whole was horrible, and I was not sorry
to come into broad daylight again)

The Duke of YORK received visits yesterday from the
LAID CUANCILLOR and Air. Secretary Pals. MS ROO High%
ness transacted official business with Sir HERIIRST T , ►is
military Secretary, previous to Sir Hillitlll.l holding a Levee at
his Office i■ the Horse Guards, as military Secretary to the Cum•
mander•in.Chief.

Yesterday the Portuguese Ambassador, and the
American Minister, transacted business at the Secretary of State's
Office for Foreign Affairs.
Tuesday the books and papers belonging to the
Board of Trade were removed from the temporary office in Great
George-street, Westminster, to the new built office in Whitehall,
adjoining the Treasury. Yesterday the first Board was held in the
new once at Whitehall. Mr. Hesfissou presided.
Yesterday the Earl of Live/moor., the Earl of
Itaaaowev, and Viscount hfetvitta inspected the interior of the
new buildings for the public offices at the cetaer of Downing-streak.
Saturday, Earl BATHURST underwent a surgical
operation in his nose by Sir Amer Coors*.
Saturday morning the funeral of Miss ROBINSON, the
only daughter of the Cruacettoa of the &amulet took place at
Norton, in Lincolnshire. The Right Hon. Gentleman and Lady
Saaau 141113160/4 followed the remains of their beloved daughter to
the silent tomb. They were so extremely affected, that they re-
quired supporting, particularly the Right lion. Gentleman.
Iftvitareor..—W. B. LAWRINCE, Esq. Secretary of
the American Legation at our Court, and his Lady, arrived here
se Saturday, in the packet-ship Pacifist Capt. Caws's, from New
York; there were twenty-seven other cabin passengers.
Yesterday the fence was completed in front of the
Amen of Carlton Palace, preparatory to its demolition; and the
workmen have begun to uproot the trees in the gardens, for t!fr
purpose of beginning the new square about to be erected in ilu
quarter, which will include the griond that Warwick House has )4
long occupied.
Perhaps the longest period of widowhood on record
is that of Lady Margaret Hay, relict of Robert, third
Earl of Roxburgh, who was drowned in the Glocest'
frigate, coming down to Scotland with the Duke of
York, in 1682. This Lady died in the year 1753, after
having survived her husband, without any second nur
tials, no less than 71 years. She was 25 years of age at
the time of the Earl's death, and lived to the advanced
age of 96. Had she lived two years more, she would
have seen her great grandson, John, the celebrated ,
oibliomanist, in possession of the title, being the 101'1
us succession Irons her husband,