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The splendid Sherry presented with so much gal-
lantry to George the Fourth when Prince Regent, by the
Spanish Government, after having been captured, is, we hear,
so nearly gone, that it is now only put on table at Windsor
for the King's personal consumption. His Majesty drinks no
other wine but Sherry, and very sparingly of that.
DEATH OF DR. HENRY.—It iS with feelings of
the most poignant regret that we announce the death of one of
the most distinguished of our fellow-townsmen—one of those
ardent and successful votaries of science whose labours have
shed lustre on the town of Manchester, and rendered it con-
spicuous not merely in England, but throughout the civilized
world. Our regret, too, is much increased by the painful
circumstances under which this melancholy event has taken
place:—Dr. Henry, whose name must be familiar to all our
readers, died by his own hand yesterday morning, at his resi-
dence in Pendlebury, near this town. For some time past,
we understand, he had been in a very indifferent state of
health, and had laboured under great nervous irritability
His indisposition seems to have been considerably increased
by the excitement consequent upon his attendance last week
at the meeting of the British Scientific Association at Bristol,
from which he returned with a considerable aggravation of
the symptoms he had previously exhibited, and we understand
that he suffered under an almost total privation of sleep, which
appears to have finally overpowered his faculties. Yesterday
morning, about five o'clock, he left his bed and went into his
dressing-room, which, in the first instance,• on account of his
previous habits, did not excite any surprise ; but about seven
o'clock it was found that he bad left his dressing-room, with-
out having put on his clothes, in consequence of which im-
mediate search was made, and he was at length found in the
private chapel attached to his house, quite dead, having shot
himself with a pistol, the report of which had not been heard
by, any of the family. An invest will be held upon the body
this morning. We lament the pain which the publication of
the above details may inflict upon the relatives and friends of
the deceased ; but the circumstances attending upon the death
of a man like Dr. Henry neither can be nor ought to be
concealed. His death is a matter of ptiblic concern, and it
would be mere affectation to attempt to clothe it with rays-
tery.—Manchester Guardian of Saturday.
CONSECRATION OF THE JEWS' WESTERN SYNA-
GOGUE, ST. ALBAN'S-PLACE, ST. JAMES'S. —Sunday evening,
this very impressive service was performed by Dr. Hers-
chel!, Chief Rabbi, assisted by a great number of priests.
The ceremoney was one of imposing magnificence, and well
calculated to impress the imagination and the feelings. The
building is one of great elegance, and the display of splendour
in its sacred furniture, as shown by almost a countless number
of wax-lights, produced a dazzling effect. The greater por-
tion of the four hours, from six o'clock to ten, which the core-
money' occupied, was filled up by music of the very first ex-
cellence, both vocal and instrumental. The Rabbi and Priests,
after several Psalms bad been sung, circumambulated the Sy-
nagogue seven times, bearing scrolls, on which the laws were
written, and the sacred utensils, all of which were wrapped
with cloths of gold and jewels, which were then deposited in
the ark : after which a prayer was offered up for the King and
Royal Family; and the whole concluded with hymns of praise,
in which a great number of sweet voices united. A gallery,
all round the Synagogue, was filled with ladies of very elegant
appearance, many of them dressed in great splendour. A list
of subscriptions towards the improvements made in the Syna-
gogue, which caused the consecration, was read, and amounted
to about 5001.

The hopes of liberal men in the town and county
of Leicester, are extinguished, for the Conservativesha
have
met and entered into solemn league and covenantm
number,
keepthe
things as they are. When we think of the n
amazing influence, and above all, of the brains of the assembly,
from the Chairman downwards, we are qu
begin to think it time to yield to despair.Theilte appalled, and
Conservative
Society, has for its objects among other
good purposes the
support of the independency of the House_stahlished Church
0f Lords, and the
integrity, rights, and immunities of the
Fe state.—Leicestershire.
and its inseparable connection with tn
Mercury.
THE BURIAL-PLACE OF WILLIAM TIIE CON-
QuEnort.
—ln the church itselfi (St. Gervais), these is nothing
remarkable. A priory,
which,
The tranquil seclusion of this
has ceased to exist, was
Nirifor-
merly attached to this church._c
religious house induced William the Conqueror to order him-
self to be carried there when oppressed by his last illness. It
and there took place that extraordinary
scene, which,
was there he expired,
y
dt,
it teaches princes to reflect, offers a re-
volting spectacle of,i baseness and ingratitude. Scarcely had
the Conqueror breathed his last, when the lords, who
attended
vi
him
to their castles, the servants, who remained,
plul ..
'it hurried awaY d
the apartment and disappeared, and the body of that
at
Was left utterly alone. Sri complete was the de-
sertion,e
- l'elt - princer
that when, after some time, the ecclesiastics bad re-
pired in procession to' St. Gervais, and the Bishop had di-
rected that the body should be removed to Caen, there to be
interred in the church which the Conqueror had raised, not an
individual was to be found who would take charge of the fu-
neral. At length one of those gallant spirits who on' most
urgent occasions come forward to redeem the character of
human nature, Herluinus, a knight residing in the neighbour-
hood, bound by no ties to William, and wholly disinterested
in the matter, was moved in his own heart to supply the place
of those whose duty it was to be there; and having procured
all that was necessary, at his own expense. he caused the body
to be removed, and himself escorted it, by water, and by laud
to Caen.—H. C. Knight's Architectural 7'our in Normancig.

A law has existed in Tuscany, since the year 1593,
called " Le Livourninc," which ensures the foreign bankrupts
in Livorno, an asylum from the pursuit of their creditors. lit
conformity with the wishes long expressed by the Cha:nber of
Commerce of Livorno, the Grand Duke annulled this immoral
law on the 18th of August. 1836. Such a measure will be
of advantage to the commcranl interests of France, a num-
ber of Frenchmen having. even this year, availed themselves
of the existing immuniy.. The privilege of the same kind
which existed ut Nice Las also recently been done away with

COMMISSIONER—What have you to say to this, Mr.
Hunter ? Do you owe this good lady the money ?
Mr. Hunter—Why, as to that, I may probably owe her
a trifle, and it is her own fault if she did not get it sooner.
You should have called at my house for it long ago, and
then you would have been liberally remunerated.—( Here
Mr. Hunter looked at-the plaintiff with a patronising air,
and thrust his hands into his breeches pockets considerably
above the elbows.)

Mrs. Bayley—Why, Sir, I have been always looking for
him, and when I found out his lodgings he was not at home ;
and one day, when my knuckles were nearly worn out from
knocking, his wife said he was out ; but when I raised up
my head, I saw him smoking a pipe in his morning gown,
and one of his legs hanging out of the garret window.
COMMISSIONER—And what did he say to you then ?
Plaintiff—" I am delighted to see you, Mrs. Bayley,"
says he.—(Laughter.) •
COMMISSIONER—Pray what are you, Mr. Hunter ?
Mr. Hunter—l am a_literary man. _

COMMISSIONER—You write for the newspapers, I sup-
pose ? Mrs. Bayley—Oh, no, Sir, he has always assured
me that he would not condescend to write for any periodical
less than a magazine. He has shown me a number of ar-
ticles in Blackwood, Fraser, Tait, .the Monthly, the Me-
tropolitan, the Asiatic Journal, the Quarterly Review, the
Lancet, and the United Service Journal, and indeed in all
the periodicals of the day, which he said were written by
him, and for which he was paid ten guineas a-piece. He
used also to pull out pockets full of epic poetry, which he
said was bespoke,' and whilst I was reading the first of
these as a great favour, be would be sure to walk off with-
out paying for the dinner. In fact, Sir, he had such a way
of talking about poetry and the great people he knew, that
I used generally to forget to ask for the money until be was
gone, and when he came the next time he would scold me
so for allowing him to forget it. Then be would talk about
the " present crisis," and while I was engaged in looking
for the meaning of a work, he would watch the first oppor-
tunity and take to his heels like lightning. The worst of it
was, he was in the habit of inviting other men of letters to
my house, and walking off in like manner. One day he
invited three poets to dinner, and after waiting and picking
their teeth from two' till five o'clock, the poor gentlemen,
seeing there was no likelihood of his appearance, had to walk
away without a mouthful. .

Mr. Hunter said something about ingratitude and the
beef being tougb, but upon receiving a gentle admonition
from the Court, be promised to pay the bill in small
woekly instalments.

On all sides we hear nothing but expressions of the
most atounded satisfaction at the manner •in which the late
ConservatiVe Dinner passed off..— Stockport Advertiser.
[Our Conservative contemporary is fortunate in hearing what
no mortal cars save his own auriculars have been blessed with.]
GENERAL MlNA.—Private letters received on
Saturday from Barcelona, state, that on the morning of the
22d ult., General Mina had so rapidly declined, that not the
slightest hopes were held out by his medical attendants, in
consequence of which the Bishop was sent for, who adminis-
tered the eucharist and extreme unction. A number of the
military and people assembled before his hotel, crying out—
" Where is General Mina?—Long live the Constitution and
Liberty ! " and notwithstanding they were told he was in a
dying state, they insisted that he should show himself. He
was consequently drawn to the balcony on a sofa, but he could
not speak, and lie waved his handkerchief amid loud " Vivas "
from the soldiers. .

PUGILISM.—Last Tuesday evening two Rabbis of
the Jewish church, resident in Nottingham, had a set-to in
good style, in front of the police office. The combatants
fought several rounds before they were separated by the po-
lice. The immediate cause of the fight was that one of the
learned Rabbins called the other " Gannuf;" which, we be-
lieve, is an antithesis to " honest man ;" but we must leave.
its interpretation to " the peoples."—Review.
AMERICAN WONDERS.—On the death of a pa-
tient of a celebrated medical practitioner of that country, it
was deemed desirable to have a post mortem examination, as
the complaint had been a little puzzling to the learned doc-
tor; when on opening the body, there was discovered 11b.
and 10oz. of solid ice ! .The deceased was said to belong to
a tee-total society.—American Paper.

The cotton-spinning manufactory of Messrs. Dixon
and Co., Fineston, Glasgow, was totally consumed by fire on
Saturday evening. By this calamity the gentlemen have in-
curred a loss of 20,0001., and 300 individuals are thrown out
of employ. Glasgow Courier.
VIENNA, AUG. 23.—The accounts from the
Board of Health at Parma, received a few days before the de-
parture of the Arch-Duchess Maria Louisa, stating the great
alarm fel: in consequence of the spread of the cholera, induced
her Majesty to hasten her journey; she declared that the first
visit should be to the Chinese hospital to allay the people's
fears.

There are no fewer than four hundred and sixty-
one barristers who attend and profess to practice in the Court
of King's Bench, exclusively of twenty-five King's Counsel,
who attend that Court, and eighteen sergeants
A well-known poet sacrificed too liberally to Bac-
chus one evening at the Athenaeum, and was led home by an
acquaintance of his who was in a more sober state. The day
had been wet, and the kennels were full of water. The poet
fell into one of them, and pulled his companion after him, who
exclaimed, in allusion to one of the poet's lines-." It is not
/-ser rolling rapidly, but we-sir."
THE SCHOOLMASTER AND HIS SCHOLAR.--
A schoolmaster hearing on of his scholars read, the boy, when
he came to the word honour, pronounced it full ; the master
told him it should be pronounced without the h ; as thus, onour.
" Very well, Sir," replied the fail, " I will remember for the
future." "Ay," said the master, "always drop the. h." The
next morning the master's tea, with, a hot muffin, had been
brought to the desk, but the duties or his avocation made bins
wait till it was cold ; when, addressing the same boy, he told
him to take it to the fire to heat it. yes, Sir," replied the
scholar, and, taking it to the fire, eat it. Presently the master
called for his muffin. " I have eat it, as you bade me," said
the boy. Eat it, you scoundrel ? I bade
you take it to
the fire, and heat it." " But, Sir," answered the lad
,
"yes-
terday you told use always to drop the h."
THE ASIIANTEE PRINCES.—George Maclean,
Esq., the Governor of the British settlementsb on the Gold
Coast, has arrived from Africa, in the ship Governor Maclean,
Captain Frechody. He is accompanied by the son and nephew
of the late King of the Asbantees, with their tutor, Mr.
Smith. They have been sent to England to be educated.
These interestin(r young African. Princes 'are at present in the
house of Mr. Reader, the Crown, avern, Bow-lane, Cheapside.
For some weeks past differences have existed be-
tween some of the leading ennineers and their men relativz.., to
the hours of work, whit led the. latter to strike working.
Concessions, however, have been made by both masters and
men, and the latter have consequently returned to their work.
It appears, that during the strike about 1500/. weekly was re-
ceived from different pats of the country to enable them, as
they themselves express it, to " stand out."