_Montaigne’s Essays_ is open to discussion. At the same sale was sold “the Shakspere Cup,” made from the mulberry tree said to have been planted by Shakspere, carved on the sides with a medallion of Shakspere, and his Coat of Arms. This was for nearly 30 years in the possession of Munden, the actor, and it realised £21. In the British Museum is a beautifully-carved casket, made of the same wood, which, together with the freedom of Stratford-on-Avon, was given to Garrick by the Corporation of the town in 1769. The decennial Census, which began in 1801, was, according to the Act 3 and 4 Vic., c. 29, taken of the number of individuals who slept in the respective houses in each parish, throughout England and Wales, on the night of Sunday, 6 June. Scotland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man were also taken, but Ireland was not; and the following return includes only such part of the Army, Navy, and Merchant Seamen, as were, at the time of the Census, within the Kingdom on shore: Males. Females. Total. England 7,321,875 7,673,633 14,995,508 Wales 447,533 463,788 911,321 Persons ascertained 4,003 893 4,896 to have been travelling by railroads and canals on night of 6 June Scotland 1,241,276 1,379,334 2,620,610 Islands in the 57,598 66,481 124,079 British Seas Total 18,656,414 On 8 June, Astley’s Amphitheatre was burnt down, one life being sacrificed, and causing a monetary loss of over £30,000. This calamity so affected the proprietor, Mr. Ducrow, that he lost his reason, and died soon after, on 28 Jan., 1842. Here is another little story of the behaviour of gentlemen in those days, copied from the _Times_, 11 June: