New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-21

.,nov him in any way and it has been intimated
10 her that il the name of Mr. Head should be
mentioned in her forthcoming memoirs, her allow
ance will be stopped.
! -Lamartne went to England lately to sell his
new book, The History oftke Directory TO some
publisher he said he would put his whole SOU
in it-Dalpstdnt dactuGltS it would astonish Eu-
rope-and he would content himself with poor
FIVE thousand pounds as kOn0r0rtum. The Puolsn-
er declined the offer. He is soon to PRINT II In
Paris. Granier de Cassagnac, noted newspaper
hack. is writing on the same subject in opPo
sition.
! -Lamartine has written novel entitled The
| Tailor of Pierre de Saint Point He has sold IL
TO the Steele newspaper in which it will shortly
appear.
An entertaining book has appeared at Paris
called The History Of Journals or the Biography
| of Journalists. The author is Edmond Texier
The Journal des Dt5ats reports that Norway
has lost the most distinguished Of her philologists
| in the person of NJ. Christian Lauritz Sverdrup
who had died in his seventy ninth year. M.Sver-
drup has occupied the chair of phiology at the
University of Christiana since the foundation OF
| that establishment by Frederick VI King OF Den
mark, in 1909.
The Prussian sculptor, Wolf, who is well
| known in England from having executed, beside
many classic groups, some busts OF the Royal
Family, and statue of Prince Albert as Greek
warrior, has just completed an exquisite figure OF
Paris. His four statues, personifying the seasons,
have been purchased by an English amateur Mr.
| Gibson is commencing the models Of two very
important works-Queen Victoria on her throne
between two allegorica figures, representing JUS
tice and Clemency, for the House OF Lords and
the colossal statue of Sir Robert Peel.
Lord Ellesmere has just published at London
history of the Military EveRts IN Italy, 1882
it is translation or rather compilation from Ger
man writers.
"A critic in The Times writing in a condemna'
tory strain of Thackeray's KicklebaryS Upon the
Rhine contrasts Thackeray and Dickens, by say
ing that to his own taste the aspirations toward
sentimental perfection Of another popular author
are infinitely preferable to these sardonic divings
after the pearl of truth, whose uster is eclpsed in
the display of the diseased oyster.n The illustra-
items, the critic thinks are better than the story
itself. for the reason that even Thackeray cannot
draw his men and women with their skins off,
| and therefore, the eHigies Of his characters
pleasanter to contemplate than the fayed anato-
| mics of the letter press.
"A vigorous effort is now making In England
for the abolition of the tax on paper.
"A new exploring party, consisting Of Mr..
Henry Gassiott, Mr.. Doman and Mr.. Alfred Dol
man, has just set out from Algoa Bay for the inte-
rior of South Africa. They are in search of the
sources of the Limpopo River.
There are 597 Roman Catholic Churches and
Chapels in England and Wales; 81 in Scotland,
beside 90 stations where divine service is per
formed. Coeges-England, To- Scotland, l.
Religious houses of men in England, II; Con-
vents in do. SO. Priests in England and Wales
s26; in Scotland lls. Total priests 10 Great
Britain, including bishops, 972. Total increase of
priests as compared with last year, 80. There
are also IS Roman Catholic bishops aud Wears
apostolic i'll the British colonies and possessions.
1t appears, from statistical account, that IS
| physicians have died in Paris since the lst Of
January, ls49. Pans contains at present 1851
| ply sicians and surgeons Ia ls49 there were
1889 of whom sc have since left Paris. OF these
10 have emigrated to California Among the de-
ceased are the celebrated names of Alard, B arOn.
Blainvile, Blandin, Bourgery, Capuron, FOuquier,
/
Paris, beside physicians and surgeons l7so6fciers
de sSntt, 8sl apothecaries, and $50 midwives.
The priests on the Scottish border keep up a
sharp competition with each other for the chance
of marrying couples that away in order to
get bucked together under the more liberal laws
of Scotland. The other day, when the Duke and
Duchess of Northumberland were driving into
Berwick.upon Tweed, they were surprised and
amused by the Standardization of polite stran-
ger, who rendered his card, and solicited the job
of making them man and wife.
-Itis said that Mr.. Mitchell of London, late
lessee of st. James Thester of that city, is in
gotistion with Mile. Rachel with view to her
performing in America and Europe. He has
offered, according to the report $4,000 for fifteen
months, he also paying the actors and actresses
who accompany her. Ofcourse the performances
would be in French as she speaks no other Ian
guage with the necessary facility. 1t is supposed
that the other members of the Company will cost
MIR. Mitchell about 800, 600 besides travelling ex-
peuses, rent, &c They would probably go to St.
Petersburg before coming to New York.
Sir David Brewster the eminent Scotch savan
has given in his adhesion to what is called Elec-
tro Biology. BE describes some remarkable ex-
periments made by Mr.. Darlin, in the presence
of several scientific gentlemen and says; "They
were all convinced as i was, that the phenomena
which we witnessed were real phenomena. and
as well established as any other facts in physical
science. The process by which the operator pro-
duces them-tbe mode by which that process acts
upon the mind of the patent-Snd the reference
Of the phenomena to some general law in the
constitution Of man-may long remain unknown
bat it is not difficult to see in the recent discove
ries Of NJ. Dubois Raymond and Matteucia, and
in the laws which regulate the relative intensity