If she conducted herself properP meanwhile, she would be discharged at thi end of three month., and till then she woulc be left under the guardianship of her parents The decision was greeted with applause by th' crowd of people in the Court. EcCENTmciTY.— One of the most eccentru old ladies in Europe died theother dav al ncr residence, m the Stralauer Strasse, Berlin where she had lived in all but absolute reclu sion for nearly half a century. She was wei off, and denied herself no luxury iv the wa of eating and drinking, but would neve permit her apartments to be swept or he : furuiture to be cleansed, so that, upon enter ing ber dwelling after her death, the polici authorities found everything withiu them except the kitchen utensils, covered witl layers of venerable dust from two to fou inches thick. For many years she had won no liaeu or any other body garment but i man's duffel dressing-gown. -It was he qustom; to wear a boot ou one foot aud a sbo< on the other, and she never took off he gloves, day or night, except to change then for new ones when fairly worn out. Sb always passed the daylight hours in bed rising late in tbe evening and occupying he nights with cooking sumptuous meals fo herself and her companion, making a pom of finishing her repast before diwn. She kep a great many dogs, cats, and birds. In thi strange fashion she lived to the age of eighty two. Her whole property, with the excep tion of a handsome legacy to her faithful ol servant, is left to a graudniece, resident i: England, to revert, after her decease, to ai asylum for dog*. An early disappointmeu in love is believed to have been the origina cause of the misanthropical resolve whic prompted her to seclude herself from th world for nearly three-fourths of her lon existence. SYNOPSIS OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. A meeting of the Governor's Reception Com mittee will be held on Monday next. Tenders for the erection of a school at Grov Bush are wanted. Mr W. Searle, of the Albion Hotel, Blufi inserts a card. The well-known estate of Verulam is to be le by tender. 