Years. Months. Days. Pius VI., who reigned 24 6 14 Hadrian I. " 23 10 17 Pius VII. " 23 5 6 Alexander III. " 21 11 23 St. Silvester I. " 21 0 4 There is one numerical curiosity of a very remarkable character, which I must not omit. The ancient Chamber of Deputies, such as it existed in 1830, was composed of 402 members, and was divided into two parties. The one, numbering 221 members, declared itself strongly for the revolution of July; the other party, numbering 181, did not favor a change. The result was the constitutional monarchy, which re-established order after the three memorable days of July. The parties were known by the following nicknames. The larger was commonly called _La queue de Robespierre_, and the smaller, _Les honnêtes gens_. Now, the remarkable fact is, that if we give to the letters of the alphabet their numerical values as they stand in their order, as 1 for A, 2 for B, 3 for C, and so on to Z, which is valued at 25, and then write vertically on the left hand the words, _La queue de Robespierre_, with the number equivalent to each letter opposite to it, and on the right hand, in like manner, _Les honnêtes gens_, if each column of numbers be summed up, the result is the number of members who formed each party. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 A B C D E F G H I J K L M 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 N O P Q R S T U V X Y Z L--12 L--12 A-- 1 E-- 5 S--19 Q--17 U--21 H-- 8 E-- 5 O--15 U-- 5 N--14 E-- 5 N--14 E-- 5 D-- 4 T--20 E-- 5 E-- 5 S--19 R--18 O--15 G-- 7 B-- 2 E-- 5 E-- 5 N--14 S--19 S--19 P--16 ----- I-- 9 181 E-- 5 R--18 R--18 E-- 5 ----- 221 Majority 221 Minority 181 ---- Total 402 Some coincidences of dates are very remarkable. On the 25th August, 1569, the Calvinists massacred the Catholic nobles and priests at Béarn and Navarre. On the same day of the same month, in 1572, the Calvinists were massacred in Paris and elsewhere. On the 25th October, 1615, Louis XIII. married Anne of Austria, infanta of Spain, whereupon we may remark the following coincidences:-- The name Loys[36] de Bourbon contains 13 letters; so does the name Anne d'Austriche. Louis was 13 years old when this marriage was decided on; Anne was the same age. He was the thirteenth king of France bearing the name of Louis, and she was the thirteenth infanta of the name of Anne of Austria. On the 23d April, 1616, died Shakspeare: on the same day of the same month, in the same year, died the great poet Cervantes.