ntered Parliament in 1819, and from that
time till 1847, continued to have a seat in the House of Commons. Mr.
Attwood was one of the bankers of London, of the firm of Spooners and
Atwood, and the founder of several successful joint-stock companies.

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CARDINAL D'ASTRS, Archbishop of Toulouse, died near the end of
September, at an advanced age. He was, it is said, the person who caused
the bull of excommunication, pronounced by Pius VII. against Napoleon,
in 1809, to be posted up on the walls of Paris. The bull was issued in
consequence of the seizure by Napoleon of the States of the Pope, and
their annexation to the French empire. The act of excommunication was
followed by the arrest of Pius VII. through the instrumentality of
General Radet.

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THE SERASKIER EMIR PASHA, commanding the Turkish army in Syria, has just
died, and his death has caused a great sensation at Constantinople. He
was highly esteemed for his prudence, energy, and incorruptibility. The
rapidity with which he succeeded, in October, 1850, in suppressing the
revolution created by the Emir of Balbek, the care and skill with which
he introduced the Tanzimaut and the Conscription into the Syrian
provinces, had procured him great credit with the government. No
successor has been appointed.

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The French papers report the death, at Moscow, of M. ALEXIS DE SAINT
PRIEST, a member of the French Academy, formerly a Peer of France, and
the author of several historical works,--of which the most celebrated
are his History of the Fall of the Jesuits, first published in 1844, and
_Histoire de la Royaute_, 1846.

Ladies fashions for January.

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From the journals of fashion in London and Paris it appears that furs
are very much worn abroad this winter, but hitherto we have not marked
their very general adoption in New-York. The sable, ermine, and
chinchilla are, as in previous years, most fashionable. Sable harmonizes
well with every color of silk or velvet, and it is especially beautiful
when worn with the latter material. Cloaks, when trimmed with fur,
should not be either so large or so full as when ornamented with other
kinds of trimming. Many are of the paletot form, and have sleeves. They
are edged with a narrow fur border, the collar being entirely of fur.
For trimming mantles Canada sable is much employed