A ball has entered above his hip-joint, and there is very little hope that he can recover.
"We have heard that the cause of this desperate duel was a blow which the chevalier ventured to give to the Hon.

Mr.D.If so, there is some reason for the unusual and determined manner in which the duel was fought.
"Mr.Deu--a-e returned to his hotel; whither his excellent father, the Right Hon.

Earl of Cr-bs, immediately hastened on hearing of the sad news, and is now bestowing on his son the most affectionate parental attention.

The news only reached his lordship yesterday at noon, while at breakfast with his Excellency Lord Bobtail, our ambassador.

The noble earl fainted on receiving the intelligence; but in spite of the shock to his own nerves and health, persisted in passing last night by the couch of his son." And so he did.