The Express.
London, England, 1849-11-06 00:00:00

DEATH OF JAMES STUART, ESQ.

(hem the Non Nag Llreakk.)
We bore to announce, with much regret, ths
bath of James Stuart, Itsq., one of the impactor,. of
TM deceased pendulum, the eldest son of the late Roy.
Dr. Chat,' S east, bclonged to and was nearly connee.• '
Ms the tobls fimily of Norm. He was lied to the pro•
hsieso' the law, and beeline • writer to th' mows in
IN He bid excellent Wants for business, and bad be
re• it doe vtt• stoop, he would most pro.mblylo.ve attained
bide highest disUnetion is his profession ; but having in-
haled a r.spectable property in the meaty of Fife, he be.
mai attacked to svicalturel parasite; and these, with
be laths as • smeary gentleman and magistrate, and
the outiicsl eugsgenteots Intl which he entered with the
lass. warmth, sp.odily engrossed by far the greater
"mks of hb Wes and aiteaCes. He was • seems
ml ea ascompremising Whig. N. lath ewe misted mom
d,vo•ed to his party, or more disposud to mak.
awry povobls thertios ant seeriles to promote its objects.
the halcyon days of toryida. whim the Dandates were ell
let enaipment is Sescland, Mr. Stuart maintained hi, per-
hd Milapeademes, and distins• shrd hieusill by the vig.ter,
de Midas, ss4 the boldness of his political dinduct. At a
lad period, tubes the liberal interest began to make some
ay is 11.vdend, and pal spirit ran very high, Stuart wa.
delays le be hula la the limit of the battle. His advice, his
AM, and his game, Weft .ever wanting to forward the
MN be lad et MM. Hewer he naturally Irina* en obj• et
d besealley ft the Meer perthe of the tap pert!. Anus.,
doll sena was heaped open hla. Most pen at it, htted,
memo earthed' and Meitemptible to deserve any notice ;
ad bet tJe the einumetame ite haling hens SSW vexed
that dm Al, made, Bowe% Bart. woe use of its principal
it would have_ speedi,y sad quietly sunk lot. able.
sflits discovery led to the duel us which Sir Alithindsr
Dowell nit his death. The trial which followed was in the
liglint Apse ereditable to Ilr. Stuart, who, it was admitted
es all Mae mild Lot have actedotherwise than he did.
His hesimess misemicy sistsred by them. continsous dia-
tribes; sad his seems were crippled, chiefly by the ex-
plosive improvements he aff • ed on his pat, Minna! estate
d Damara, and by the expenses in which they involved
Wm, and partly by his too generous horpitality. Being of
•eatreessty: Gurnee disposition, he attempted to repair
Is Lucas by spieulsting in lan& but the crash of 1526
puffed fetal to his schemes, and involved him in embarrass-
✓am by which he was Leery/64MS.
As he bad dose Lothi. g dishonourable he might easily
Isse settled with his credi,oes, bet his feelings wuu d not
in him to face them, and I. toil the rash and uufortu.
me moth' ion of retreating to America. Oa his return be
&davit his dis, wn's. but he bet the eitiaatione he had
MI is Rdinbargb, which he might have retelsed bad he
st lett IlmetlasL

Oar his return Kr. etaart published an amnia of hie
tswelsia W Usited &ate. ; and, though sot witty profound,
this week gives on the whole as extremely said, thoegh
saw whops a little too flattering, aanount of our trsest.t.
kris kismet. liton after the publieetimi of this work,
6.8 earl because the editor of the Courier, and, true to
kit priesiples, he gave lo this capacity every support in his
pew to the whin or liberal party.
lis was sppoiated by lewd Melbounse to the situation of
hoary I, specter, whisk he held till his death. And it
at umis much to hi • credit that is this difilsialt position he
Iniested himself so as to acquire the esteem sot merely of
16assehetarers, hat of the great majority of the work-

lie too great seneibiliy, his impetuosity, and his obeti-
Ms Whereat* to the opinion@ and steps he bad either
weed or taken, sometimes hurried Kr. Stuart into difil.
Mies and embarrassments, which more cisssionate,
glutei sot abler or better men, would have avoided. But
hi. bearing aid meaner he was a perfect gentleman.
AM his may easellant qualities made his be highly
Mad and beloved by a wide circle of attached sad
Worn% trie,ds. U over the history should be written.
skeet' deserves to be, of the rise and progress of liberal
=in Scotland daring the present century, the name
Stuart will occupy ono of the most, prominent and
!Nonrable places in its pages.
_llr. Stuartwas robust, active, and singularly arable of
Lefookos fatigue. lie died is his 74.1 year of a disease of the
k, sm. probably induced by the excitement In which
.ailicated the greater part of his life. When a young man
mhomed a salon, productive of unalloyed domestic felicity,
Mk Yin Illosbray, of Cockairny In Filo. Ho had so
holy, bat his disconsolate lady still @arrives.

Ma Belts Or ENGLAND.—EITENNITII ISPROYE-
-1111111•,, —ls eesee‘seree of the groat iscrease of beaus is
midenlis leaking department of the Beak of England,
elisheablo alterations and improvemoste are now being
SIM Liao effect in the interior of the badieg fee the
enessodeloa of the nosterocc clerks, whkh wUI be mew
OM is the nouns of a few days. The sits os which this
Ash erected is as the moth aide of the Bank, adjoiaing
Illwest wise. It is shout 138 feet is Length, 46 feet in
Writ, and 44 feet in Delight, with a roof in the form of a
!lies, la which ere Fear " sky " lights—inky fluted M-
aim it either eel, with ornamented pilasters. A hitches
*eke be constrected, for the purpose of providing dinner
ed refreshment for the clerks who will have their meek in
s establishment • new smosstant efilee is to be built,
lb Um eras to be occupied by the prime banking depart-
net wee &swirly that in which the essonntaat cake stood.
-Week fp Chrome.'"
FATAL. ACCIDANT ON TSB WYNN RAILWAT.—Os
Nay a man wee accidentally kill des the Wyss line a short
atom from the Maedkad station, while espied in at-
kkiag se elegies to some we The deceased, wham
km was Wm. Bevis eon, who lived at Medley, near
been, was a stoker 011 Ai Am of Tiampe engine, and wee
tpg.d about nine Vika yesterday morning is hooking
te easier to tome weggene, seer Um we. bridge as the
tyre Iteilway, adjassat to Mr. Basilan's atW, who. the
bar smile tie foot and threw hiss down. Ho eon-
wed
to sensahl• .is or ones yards Wore the eagles, hot
11l set able to receiver his %tries, and ea the engine could
14 be .topped is time, it pima ever him, Messily doebliag I
`cep between the meek* lont end the (Mad. He wee!
`Feed from bit horrible situation, sag extricated from I
kw., z the elegise sad tits leader, bat was bond to be
Silkily ',Jared. Serried assistance was *rot far, sad
ko Dem an , Mr. Feerewel4* •predily at! ended epos his
Idle flake Tavern, where be had hem nmoved, but their
kraut* meld be of no avail, the poor fellow being foo-
-1 him He lingered but • coupled hours—Previews Piled.