The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-08-15 00:00:00

MR. JEFFERSONIS DEATH.
Letter from Mr. T. J. Randolph to a gentleman in New

York :

" 3lontfrello. July 4.1824.
have withheld my leiter to announce, not, as had vainly
oped. my beloved gesndfatl• restnratlon, but, alss ! his death.
He expired this day, 10 miridtes I,vtore I p.m. I have to return,
for him, his and my awn ,eternal nraiitude foe the comfort and eon-
103t iOll which the unexampled kindness of yourselves and the New
Verb comntittee afforded hid* in his last moments. He died as lie
bad lived,the same calm, serene, benevolent, great man.—theerfully
committing his soul to Ithi Hod, and his child to his country : gra-
tified in hi. only wish' that this day and hour should be the moment
of his death. . I

" Tunstas J. RIStYMIPN."
•
It appears that the disease of which Mr. Jefferson
died
was diarrhoea of long cOntinuancc. He was buried on the
sth, without any romp or procession, in compliance with
his dying request, in the cemetery of Uonticello. He left a
'• Memoir of which will be speedily published.
The day of his birth was the Yd April, old style, answering
to the 13111 of the new.
Mr. Wirt (.Ittorney-Generei et the United States) was
unanimon, 7y appointed to deliver an eulogy on Mr. Jeffer-
son at IVashington: •

'the following is ao extract of a private letter received
Nesterday

" liattsarrs, Attn.lt.
"In one of my fanner communications I mentioned the probe-
'aility of e ime further change among the high functionaries of this
country;'w Mt+ has since taken place. namely, among the governors
l'hie removal of one of ths..t, that of Ems' ti lan-
iters, has neatens/feel other changes. 'But what has most excited the
public atteation is, the nomination of the Attorney-general, Via-
cuixte Vander Posse, to tits- place of Civil Governor of North Bra.
bunt, the chief town of which is Bois le hue. The cause of this
strange transplantation ie. hoverer, not unknown. Years ago M.
Vander Fosse was expected to hare a tumble, on account of very
serious differerces between him and the Minister of Justice. Van
31aanen, and which had been carried on with great animosity, so
that it was imposaible both shoald remain in stations which pre-
anted continually points of contact. After a long struggle, th
31inister has gained the tic ory ; and M. Vander Fosse changes
his black judicial gown and bonnet fur the embroidered coat Aral
plainest hat of Cover:no, and the brilliant residence of Brussels to
that of Beisde-Ituc, a most dull place.
••• Our funds are rising; the stocks of theSaciety of Commerce
of the Netherlands. which trete as low as 71;, me again at 114.
•• to Joseph Iluonaparte, whoM some papers mate already to
hoe taken s w.:lk through Brussels, I Coll assure you that he is
no: yet arrived anal that no preparations even are made for his rt-
cqtion at the lintel de Belle Vue ; in truth, lie cannot yet be 'tier:.
The p:ratission that allows hint to reside in this country was expe•
muted to him but three or four weeks ago. lie will certainly have
traiasl for it in the United S:ates, and thus. before it reaches him,
and he embarks for Europe, smite time will elapse.
• The joasoal de l'arrahurglt et the 15th dub" contains the
programme of the solemn enter and the coronation of the Emperor
or Bassin at 3loscow. Ills latjestv will make his entry on hrse-
hack, surrounded by the Grand Dukes and the Princes of Prussia
and Wirtemberg."
Extract of a Letter from an Officer on board the United
States ship Cyane, at Rio de Janeiro :
• We arrived on the Ist of 31arch at San Salvador, one of the
most beautiful harbours In the world.' Wisils'catinot describe its
splendour. It is built along en elevated and extensive ridge, coo.
manairg a stew of the commodious, spacious, and noble bay. The
houses are gencindly lofty, and built of white marble. In the rear
ot'thc city is a lake in theism of a crescent. San Salvador ia thus
neatly surrounded by water, and by nature almost impreanable.
The fortifiemions are very scientifically andatronsly constructed.
Ihrir.g our stay the Emperor and his family arrived on a visit to
the city..
_He was received with considerable parade. The Em-
peror himself has a military air, but the Empress has nothing vety
recommendable in her appearance. She was on one side of her
husband, and leis dere anti on the other. Ilia daughter, sited
seven rears, rode a little in advance. It Is said that the k.m-
pane has abdicated the Portugal Crown in her favour.
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"A man of wa cannot approach the city of Buenos Ayres
marathon within fifteen miles, where you lie in about Si fathoms
of wrer. This city. lies on a flat cheerless plain, which is bounded
by the river. The sea has evidently receded a considerable distance
from its old limit.. Tue population Is about 611,000 Wyatt:leis,
who is at the head of the Government- is a man of great ability.
1 hope he may carry the Benublicans safely through their present
war with the Brasilia's*. These latter have thirty sail of men of
war now in the river of Plate, consisting of frigates and corvettes.
Brown's fume Is much smaller, yet he attacks them on every wa-
it* without limitation. On the night of the Nth he engaged
Atkins' Lobo's fleet, took two schooners, and cut up one of the
large frigates in fine style, besides killing her Captain and forty
mot. With a larger force he would easily destroy the Brazilian
fleet.
we arrived at Janeiro on the 20th of June, in expectation of
Ending despatches, but were disappointed. Whither our next
destination may be 1 do not know, but probably we shall touch
at the several ports along the coast.
" We hare had the small pox, by which we last our aurge3n,
Doctor W. D. Rabbet. The dis:ase, however, soon subsided.—
lours, truly," ike.
HEALTH or Most La.—'rite W.gister states that there
has not been an interment in Mobile for the last nineteen
days.—Lowisiana Adverliar, June 19.
HEALTH ASSURANCZ roes M DIC AT. Meg—The.
following observations on Mr. Alison's scheme, in the
Dumfries Courier, we have reason to believe, are from the
pen of the Rev. Dr. Duncan, who has studied the subject
perhaps more carefully than any other person in this
country:-
- The scheme proposes that there should be funds coed:shed
snplicatle to the following purposes, viz. : —lst, Health Assurance;
SI. Deferred Annuities; 3d, Life Assurance; 4th, Annuities to
Widows; and sth, Endowments to Children." With regard to
the proposal that such numerous objects should be embraced by the
society, we detour a little. There are so many well established and
highly respectable institutions, which already embrace all that is
desirable in deferred annuities and life assurance, and which can be
mode to answer the purpose of endowments to children, that we are
not aware of any necessity for a new society to secure the attain-
omit of these objects; and we would humbly advis- the patrons of
the sche,ne to consider whether the including of these objects, at
least immediately, might not render their operations unnecessarily
complicated and unwieldy. Were they to confine themselves at
first to health assurance, and annuities to widows, or even to the
former of these only. they would, we think, bid fairer for ultimate
sucee.s, not merely for the reason already suggested, but also they
would have the great advantage of steering clear of all other insti-
tutions, and of devoting themselves entirely to the supply of an ob-
vioas and universally acknowledged desideratum. Now, an insti-
video for health assurance, is no other than a friendly society on
the common principle, the advantsges of which have been so long
and so extensively enjoyed among the labouring classes: and our
only wonder is, that these advantages should have been so long
confined to that rank of life. There can be no dubt that profes-
sional men may be benefited as much as those who live by the la-
bour of their hands, and that, speaking generally, they do not
stand less in need of it. To cluirity they cannot stoop like their in.
!ethos, and the strum;les and privations to which they must fre-
quently be subjected in supponiug their families, and in preserving
appearances when ill health has dried up their usual resources, may
be teadily conceived. Aftiendly society of the kind contemplated,
therefore, appears to us to promise much advantage, and we heartily
congratulate Mr. Alison on the judicious object of benevolence to
which he has devoted himself. Something of the same kind has
already been established with flattering prospects in London, and
we doubt not that the result in Scotland will not be less encourag-
ing than in the English metropolis. But it seems necessary for in-
suring success that those who favour the measure should imme-
diately declare themselves; for it can scarcely be expected that any
individual should continue to keep alive his zeal in promoting such
a scheme, should lie be met with lukewarmness by those whom he
is labourirg to benefit.
Madame Raymond has addressed to the King a suppli-
cation in favour of her husband, which M. Rothschild is
said to have promised to second with all his influence.
The Baron is also said to have presented Mine. Raymond
the sum of 10,000 franca, which Raymond left at his office.
An action for damages has been commenced against a
merchant a! Marseilles by a great number of French me-
chanics, who hail been induced by him to go to Egypt, in
the service of the Pacha. They have recently returned to
their native country, after having under4one great priva-
tions, and been ill used by the Pacha's Ministers.
Mr. David Lindsay, farmer of IVester Adamston, near
Dundee, being engaged in getting in his harvest, a relation,
Mr. George Martin, grocer, Scouringburn, agreed to assist
in overlooking the shearers for a few days. Ott Tuesday
evening, after the labours of the day had been brought to
a dow, Mr. Martin walked forth into a field ; and when
missed, tome time after, it was thought lie had gone home
to his houae in Dundee. Wednesday morning, however,
Mr. Martin was discovered in a field of barley, lying quite
dead. The body was cold and stiff when discovered ; and it
is thus conjectured that life had for some time been extinct.
There is a document circulating through the country, by
means of the newspapers, purporting to be an account of
the revenues of all the royal burghs in Scotland. he
Ihortfrire ti,,urier remarks, that with respect to that burgh
it is totally erroneous. We have the same complaint to
make with respect to its account of our own. It states the
revenue of Cupar to be 2,0821., and the expenditure to he
1,262/., leaving .surplus of 800/. This is too good news
to be true. We are informed that the revenue does not
at present amount to more than the above-mentioned
plus,—Fije Herald.