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now in Paris than at any previous period Ev-
cry month the arrivals from America increase.
Poor O'Conncll is sinking daily. The &C.
counts which come to hand, through the medium
of the French papers, show that his earthly ca.
reer is drawing to close. Like Warwick, who
created and deposed kings, the man that made
and unmade cabinets, is physically powerless as
babe. Such is life-;such ambition! "The
path of glory leads but to the grave" Differ
ences of opinion do and will exist respecting
the nature of his influence on society; but all
who can contemplate mental powers through
eyes less jaundiced than those of political parti-
sanshp will place him in the category of nobil-
ty,-one of those iron-nerved souls, fit to COM
mand a world, and rule it when It's widest"
The grave softens asperites. We war not with
the dying or the dead Even brave foe that
has fallen commands the respect and sympathy
of brave men. We stated some months ago,
through an exclusive source, that the hand of
death was upon OConnell He is now, poor
fellow, in its embraces. Devout Catholic as he
is, O'Connel is anxious to reach the eternal
city-so be dismissed to his great reckoning, by
the head of his church. Whether his aspra-
tons will be realized, is another matter lie
has been obliged to tarry at Lyons, from sheer
inability to bear the fatigucs of travelling; and
he has been compelled to decline the compli-
mentary addresses and visits of the adnring
Frenchmen who thronged his hotel. His sand
is run out, but he has seen the number of days
allotted to humanity.
FASHIONS FOR MAY. Taffetas noires, pekins
foutanges, popenes, India muslins, toiles de
Nankin of silk, taffctas chimes with wide stripes,
gaces silks checked or striped, intermixed with
bouquets brooches, fouards de ane, pekins de
rois, are all fashionable materials at this mo-
ment many plain and gace silks are embroid-
cred az passe, commencing at the bottom of the
skirt, and diminishing gradually to the corsage.
Slighter materials are trimmed with several
rows of flounccs, the corsages full, and demi-
large sleeves. For redngotes fancy buttons, or
nDuds of ribbon, or Of the same material, are
the only trimmings used. They are sometimes
embroidered with narrow gimp. Fouards are
much used for pegnors, ornamented with dem
telc de sole, the color of the dress. Velvet will
continue in favor to ornament dresses, as well
as iringes and gimps of every variety; tlounces
are indispensable for full dress; lively bright
colors are fashionable. Tight bodies have the
backs forming rounded point at the waist, but
not in front for redingotes which finish with
ceinture and buckle the ceinture cannot take
the form of the point behind. Muslin dresses of
the redingotc form are ornamented with tulle
and lace the corsagcs high and full, as well as
the sleeves, which have coulisses from top to
bottom placed little apart The mantle mar
quise, and the mantelet Andalouse will be the
pardcssus most in favor this season. The mante
marquise partakes little of the visite, but is
larger and fuller, without being so heavy there
are three different styles of trimming. For de-
mi-toiette the irills are the same material, that
is, of tatlctas plain or glace of dark color with
or without gimp. When required handsomcr,
they are embroidered all over. as well as on the
frills. Still handsomer are those trimmed with
two frils of lace.thc lower one very deep, headed
by one about third the width of the first. The
mantelets for dcmi-toiette are of plain dark tat
fctas, trimmed with the same material the form
will vary but little from those of preceding
years, but they are shorter in front. Black is
less worn for all pardessus this season; pale
colors glaces are preferred. The spring Eonnets
and capotes are a little more open in form the
crowns round, and the fronts not very deep !;
lilac, pink, and light green are the tavorltc col
ors. Flowers are the usual ornaments, or fo-
liage. The materials are, as usual at this sea-
son, paile de riz, GRAPE tulle lace, fancy straws.
Items.
The number of sailing vessels, wrecked in
Is IS amounted to 537, the tonnage to 81 ,S99.
Some curiosity has been excited at Cork by
the arrival, from New Orleans, of ship wholly
manned by blacks.
| Her Majesty lately subscribed E2OO in aid of
the Gaelic schools under the superintendent OF
the Free Church
Mr.. Bancroft, the American Minister was
prevented by illness from attending her Males
TVS levee on Wednesday last.
Mr.. Etty's picture of Joan of Arc, in the
Royal Academy, this year has realized the hand
some sum of $500 guineas.
Mr.. Robert c. Winthrop, representative OF
the city OF Boston, was present at her Majesty's
levee.
| The Queen and Prince Albert visit the Ital-
ian Opera in Covent Garden, and the one in the
llaymarket almost every alternate night.
| The Irish poor relief commissioners state, that
between the 9th of February and the 10th OF
April, in the shape of circulars, &c, they have
consumed fourteen tons Of paper.
The son of Mehemet Ali, who died in Paris
lately, has been conveyed to Marseilles pre-.
vious to the body being sent to Alexandria.
A vessel named the Isabella, arrived in the
Mersey on the 22nd ult., from Lima, with spe.
Gle in cargo to the amount of E26O,oOO.
On Monday the Mayor of Wexford sent the
Mayor of Liverpool a present of $50 shipwrcck
ed emigrants by the Roche ster, contilnr them
to the justice and charity Of the people of Liver
pool.
ne uistic>s III oa'oy 10 1T present 1T
great, that throughout every part of that coun
try, extending along the lake of Geneva, bread
is now selling at ten sous per pound
Il. NJ. Ray, the Repeal Secretary, has issue,
a private circular appealing earnestly to the
members to renew their subscriptions for the
present year, the funds being at the lowest ebb
A copy of the work written by Henry VIII.
in answer TO Luther, and which had bclonge,
to the celebrated Cranmer, and contained hi,
autograph, was sold in London last week fol
ESQ los.
The materials already used in building thu
new House of Parllam mt, include eight to nine
I hundred thousand tons of stone twenty-foul
millions of bricks, and five thousand tons o.
iron.
Sir r. G. Booth, of Sligo is fitting fine
ship, of 800 tons, for the purpose of conveying
the poor on his estate to the North American
colonies.
Disturbances have taken place at Prague, ow-
ing to the number of hands thrown out of EN-
poyment. The military was called, and it is
feared that blood was shed.
The Spencer Zeiiung says that the States Of
the Zollverein have agreed not to renew the trea-
ty of commerce and navigation concluded on the
2nd of March, 1871, with Great Britain.
! The latest accounts from Ireland represent
the mortal career of the Lord Lieutenant as
drawing rapidly towards close. The Dublin
Evening Post holds ont no hope of his recovery
The British colonies throughout the world oc,
} cupy an area of 2, l9,70S square miles, with a