The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-17 00:00:00

IMPROMPTU.

ON THE DEATH OF JOHN WILSON, THE " SCOTTISH
MINSTREL."
Alas, poor Wilson! rest thy soul in peace—
Thou sweetest minstrel, death hath bade thee cease;
The Muse's potent charm hath pass'd away,
Oft breathed by thee, in many a Scottish lay;
Soft as the gushing of some wandering stream,
Or music 'magined in some fairy dream;
Or unseen angels bearing far away
The spirit parted from its parent clay!
The chain is broke—the spell of life is o'er,
And " dust to dust" lies on a foreign shore.
No lowly laverock at the creek of morn
Shall warble o'er thee from the rising corn;
And few the pilgrims, clad in grief and gloom,
Shall hang in sorrow o'er thy distant tomb;
But Scottish swains shall long thy loss deplore,
And mourn their minstel, now, alas: no more.

THE CHOLERA. .
RETURN OF CASES, AUG. 16.
Attacks.

Deaths

In London and vicinity, viz.:—
Lambeth ... 36
Rotherhithe
Southwark
Shureditch
Bethnal-green ... 17
Other localities in London ... 237
In England and Wales, viz.:—
Liverpool ... ... 151
Merthyr Tydvil ... 22
Dowlais ... 20
Cardiff
Plymouth ...
Newcastle-under-Lyme ...
Leeds ..
Other towns in England .
In Scotland, viz.:—
Dundee
Brechin
Greenock

Total

160

... ... 793

THE DUKE OF LEUTCHENBERG.—IRS Imperial
Highness the Duke of Leutchenberg left the Russian Le-
gation shortly before ten o'clock yesterday forenoon for
the terminus of the South-Western Railway in the Wa-
terloo-road, thence to Southampton, to embark on board
the Russian war-steamer Kaintschatka, for the Mediter-
ranean. His Imperial Highness was accompanied by
his Excellency Baron Brunnow and M. de Berg, prin-
cipal secretary of Legation, and attended by a numerous
suite, including Chevaliers Roux de Diannani, Prince
and Princess de Bragation, Count de Ogearoflsky,
Madame Mussard, Madame Fiscker, &c. The French
Ambassador, General Prince Castelcicala, Prince Lieven,
Baron Rehausen, Count Rossi, Chevalier Bunsen, Count
Perponcher, Count Rosen, M. Canofari, Count de
Montherot, the Marquis of Clanricarde, his Excellency
the Brazilian Minister, and many personages of
distinction, paid visits to his Imperial Highness at Ash
burnham House previous to his departure.
DEATH OF THE REV. ALEXANDER MAHONT, P.P.,
CF BLACKR( CK.—We have just learned, with deep re- ,
gret, the death of this exemplary clergyman, which took
place at his residence, Blackrock, at eleven o'c!ock this
day. His death is attributable to cholera. We well
know how these melancholy tidings will be received by
the citizens of Cork, by whom the modest virtues and
ns of Cork
unobtrusive character of this good priest were so justly
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aggerate when we express our beliet that the grave
seldom closed over a ph3 sician who so truly comm-
bended the exalted nature and objects of his noble
prat, slot, Cork Examiner ot Wednesday. lamented
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MASTER BOOT AND SHOENIAKERS' BENEVOLENT
SOClETY.—Yesterday a meeting of the committee and
subscribers to the above society was held at the Free.
masons' Tavern, for general business, Mr. H. Taylor in
the chair. repot t stated that there are now eight
annuitants on the funds, the males receiving 201., and
the females 151. per annum. The balance was 121. ss. 9d.
Theo annuity fund invested amounts to 2,2001. In the
beginning of July last the first stone of an asylum was
laid, on tin eligible piece of ground at Mortlake.