The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-05 00:00:00

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS.

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We copy the following with reference to some pro•
ceedings in the courts, which will be fresh in the recol.
lcction of our readers :

" At a meeting of gentlemen favourable to the protec-
tion of public journals against unjust attacks of persons
whose practices may have been fairly exposed, held this
29th day of December, 1846, at the Royal Hotel, Ply-
mouth, Benjamin Parham, Esq., in the chair, the case of
Huldsworth against the proprietors of the Plymouth
Journal being known to the persons present, and they
being aware that the heavy costs incurred by the pro-
prietors will have to be borne by them, it was -
" Resolved unanimously, that a subscription be en-
tered into in aid of the expenses incurred by the pro-
ietors, and that circulars be bmvarded to all establish-
ments and persons likely to contribute.
" Resolved, that Mr. Parham, Mr. Elworthy, Mr.
Mi•ud;, Mr. Patting, and Mr. Dabb be a committee of
management ; that Mr. Failing be treasure-I-, and Mr.
Mends be secretary.

" i'ARIIAM, Secretary.
" The chairman haviLg quitted the chair,
" Resolvtd, that thanks be given to him for presiding
on this occasion.

' Subscriptions will be received by the treasurer or
secretary ; and also at the Naval Bank, Plymouth ; the
Devon and Cornwall Bank, Plymouth ; and the Ply-
mouth branch of the National Bank of England.'

THE REV. MR. KING.
TO THE EDITOR Or THE MORNING ADVERTISER.

Sir,,—Your columns furnished an account of the con-
duct of the Rev. Bryan King, of St. George's, Bast, in
refusing to bury, as he supposed, a suicide, though a
coroner's jury had decided otherwise. It is requisite
that your columns should refresh the memories of your
readers, by telling them this is the same gentleman who,
for the last three years, by his " Puseyism" has dis-
turbed the entire congregation, and driven nearly all
from that beautiful structure. The consequence has
been, a neglect of nearly everything connected with the
establishment. Not a shilling can he get beyond what
the law allows him to enforce ; in fact, nothing has
stood by him but the church clock, and as neither he nor
the parish will pay for its being wound up, the clock has
stood at twenty minutes past eleven for about three
years. We know what sort of a man the Rev. Mr.
King is : I think we have a right to ask what sort of a
Bishop we possess, who should regulate his conduct ?
Jan. 2, 1847. Yours, &c. VIGIL.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
TUE HEY. BRYAN KING.—It will be recollected that
this gentleman stated to Mr. Yardley, the magistrate, on
Saturday last, that he had never received any burial fees
for the performance of the funeral service over the body
of Susan Whelan, who committed suicide in the London
Dock. It appears, however, that the fees were paid in
the usual manner during morning prayers, at half•past
eight o'clock, on the day appointed for the funeral. The
coroner's warrant for the interment of the body was at
the same time handed to the rector. The hour named
for the burial was half-past three o'clock in the after-
noon. A quarter of an hour before that time the rector
sent a message to Mr. Cook, an undertaker, who is also
sexton of the parish, that he did not intend to perform
the burial service over the body of the unfortunate
woman who had committed suicide. A few minutes
afterwards the mother and sister of the deceased went to
the rectory-house, and requested that the burial rites
should be conducted in the usual manner. The rector
was inexorable, and would notcomply with the request. It
was then too late to make other arrangements, or the corpse
would have been interred elsewhere. All the mourners
were assembled, and there was no alternative but to con-
sign the coffin which contained the body to the ground
prepared for its reception, in St. George's Churchyard,
which was done without any funeral rites. The parish
clerk, who received the burial fees for the rector and
churchwardens, and who entered the amount in a book
kept for the purpose, will, at the proper time, offer to the
Rev. Bryan King his portion of them.

CRUEL TREATMENT OF A SER-

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The unfavourable state of the
weather prevented her Majesty leaving the Castle this
morning.

The Royal family were also prevented from taking
their usual walking or pony exercise.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by
Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel Seymour, and
General Bowles, left the Castle for town at nine o'clock
this forenoon.

His Excellency the Baron de Brunnow, and Sir
Robert and Lady Peel are expected to arrive at the
Castle to-day, on a visit to her Majesty. _
The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening
will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
his Excellency the Baron de Brunnow, the Lady in
Waiting of the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth,
the Bishop of Oxford, and Sir Robert and Lady Peel.
The band of the Scots Fusileer Guards will attend
during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will after-
wards attend in the Castle.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert arrived at Bucking-
ham Palaceat 10 o'clock yesterday morning, from the-Pad-
dington terminus of the Great Western Railway. His Royal
Highness was cttended by the Hon. Colonel Phipps.
General Bowles, anti Colonel Seymour. The Prince left
the Palace soon after ot,e o'clock, attended by his suite,
on his return to Windsor Castle.

Lord John Russell will give a full' dress dinner' to a
numerous party of Members of the House of Commons,
on Mor.day the 18th of the present month, at'his official
residence in Downing street.
Mr. Ward had an interview with the Right Hon. T.
Milner Gibson yesterday, at the office of the Board of
Trade.

Sir Robert and Lady Peel left their residence in
Whitehall- gardens yesterday, for Windsor Castle, on a
visit to the Queen.
f't Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the
Colonial-office, for the Governors of the North American
provinces.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—MONDAY.
The extraordinary number of entries for the Chester
Cup have failed as yet to give any impulse to specula-
tion; only a few horses having been backed yesterday,
and those only in small sums. The Derby betting was
limited, and entirely without influence on the market.
The principal bets were 15 to 2 to 1751. against Van
Tromp, 13 and 14 to 1 to between 2001. and 3001. agst
Epirote, 1,700 to 100 against Planet, 1,000 to 30 and
35 to 1 to 250/. agst Lunedale, 50 to 1 to 751. agst Chris-
topher, 1,000 to 20 three times agst Projectile, and 1,000
to 15 about a dozen times agst War Eagle. For the
Oaks Clementina and Miami were backed for 501. each,
and the Farmer's Daughter for about 150/. at 12 to 1,
her backer very anxious to go on. The closing prices
will be found to agree with the transactions enumerated.
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP STAKES.
1000 to 20 agst Mr. Robinson's Morpeth—taken
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
Offers to take 5 to 1 about Planet
CHESTER CUP.
1500 to 30 agst Captain Pettat's Newcourt—taken and
afterwards offered
1000 to 20 agst Mr. Dawson's Crim Con—ditto ditto
2000 to 40 agst Sir C. Cockerells's Duke of Richmond—ditto
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Wilson's Punch—taken
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Hesseltine's Fitzallen—taken
1000 to 15 agst Lord Eglinton's Eryx—taken several times
1000 to 15 agst Mr. B. Green's The Lamb—taken
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Wall's Crown Prince—taken
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Meiklam's Bannockburn
1000 to 10 agst Mr. Smith's Master Downes—taken
(We have not thought it necessary to quote a few 5/. bets
on this event and the Metropolitan Handicap).
DERBY.
15 to 2 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp—t and aft off
12 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote-13 to 1 taken freely
17 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt—t and aft offered
33 to 1 agst Lord Caledon's Wanota—take 40 to 1
35 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Lunedale—taken and aft offered
35 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Allertonian—take 40 to 1
40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Hart—taken and
afterwards offered
45 to l agat Mr. W. Scott's Christopher—taken
45 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Bingham—take 50 to 1
45 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Marpessa colt—t 50 to 1
45 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigott's Conyngham—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. MostTn's Projectile—taken
50 to 1 agat Mr. O'Brien's Liberator
1000 to 15 agst Mr. G. Moore's The Reiver—taken
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle—taken freely
66 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Gabbler—take 1000 to 10
1000 to 10 agat Mr. Sittledale's Whetstone—taken.
OAKS.
10 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Clementina—taken
10 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Slander—offered
12 to 1 agst J. Day's Farmers Daughter— taken freely
16 to 1 agst J. Hawley's Miami—taken.
CHESTER CUP.
The following additional nominations reached us yes-
terday afternoon :
Black Strap
Buttress
Driffield ;
The entire entry is either 176 or 177. 12 are named
for the Two-yr Old Stakes ; 18 for the Chesterfield
Stakes ; 32 for Lord Westminster's Plate ; 49 for the
Cheshire Stakes ; and 6 for the Eaton Stakes—all in
1847 ; 27 for the Dee Stakes, in 1848 ; 31 for the Cas.
trian Stakes, in 1849 ; 23 for the Leviathan Stakes,
Autumn Meeting, 1847 ; and 30 for a similar Stake, in
1848.
According to accounts received from Newmarket, Mr.
Meynell's Derby colt died at Newmarket about a fort-
night ago. We have since been informed that it was a
yearling filly• that " has gone the way of all flesh," and
that Severus is still in the laud of the living.

Satyr
Roderick.

ST. JOHN'S- WOOD AND PORTLAND- TOWN PROVIDENT
DISPENSARY.—Tho second annual meeting of the general
committee and governors was held list evening at the
institution, 98, St. John's-wood-terrace. The Dispen-
sary was established a twelvemonth ago for the purpose
of affording medical relief to its members, the cost being
defrayed by their subscriptions, and donations ri ceived
from other quarters. The Rev. Edward Thomas pre-
sided. The governors, in their report, congratulated the
members on the progress made during the past year in
the affairs of the institution, the objects of which they
conceived to be fully carried out. Their distinguishing
feature was, that while the institution placed within the
reach of the necessitous such medical relief, drugs, and
other necessaries, as they might require, it also en-
couraged habits of providence, industry, and frugality,
by securing to mechanics, reduced tradesmen, and
other individuals of limited earnings, good and
speedy medical attendance, &c., when required, at a
nominal expense, and without the difficulty of procuring
admission tickets. In addition to the advice and medi-
cines dispensed, meat, wine, &c., had been provided,
and patients attended at their own houses in many cases.
The number of persons who had been enrolled members
since the formation of the institution was 418, among
whom 650 cases of sickness had occurred. The total
number of persons who had received relief was 580, the
relief in some cases having been gratuitous ; of these
525 had been restored to health, 7 had died, and 48 were
still under the care of the surgeons. The accounts of
the society were as follows :—Receipts during the past
year, 2491. 16s. 6d.; expenses, 1991. 10s. 9d. ; balance in
favour of the institution, 501. ss. 9d. The report having
been unanimously adopted, it was agreed to present
201. each to the two medical officers, as a slight return
for the valuable services rendered by them to the society;
after which thanks were voted to the chairman and to
several other gentlemen present for general attention to
its interest, and the proceedings terminated.

‘.
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—Yesterday the extension
of the electric telegraph from the Nine Elms terminus of
the South-Western, as far as the south side of Waterloo-
bridge, was completed. The ends of the communicating
wires are enclosed in a square wrought-iron safe, fitted
as a post, close to the kerb on the west side of Waterloo-
bridge-road ; in this they are secured to a brass plate,
having short projecting pins, upon which they are
fastened with nuts. The contrivance is extremely com-
pact, but placed too near the road, as the wheel of any
vehicle coming in contact might probably damage the
tubing and wires for some distance. The safe is fitted
with a lock and hinges, the door opening to the road.
A person who was not aware of its use would merely
consider it one of the ordinary posts to mark the foot-
way. Should the present weather continue, the whole of
the contemplated extension will be completed in a very
short time.

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SECOND BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK EQUITABLE
BUILDING ASSOCIATION.—A meeting was held last
night, at the Literary Institution, Southwark, Mr. Guil-
laume in the chair, for the formation of a second South-
wark Building Association. Mr. E. Hunt stated that
the principle of the first Southwark Building Association
had been found to work so well that its friends were
desirous of establishing another on the same basis. The
society proposed to advance from the subscribed funds
2001. on every share of 801., and 1001. on every share of
401., on the payment of an entrance fee of 2s. 6d. per
share and a subscription of I Is. per month—the ad-
vances to be made on the principle of the ballot, and
without requiring any interest for the money advanced.
The only difference between this and the first association
was, that'the present society would advance the 2001. to
every member requiring an immediate advance, at an in-
terest of five per cent. Mr. Hunt having explained the
details of the plan, and the advantages offered to the
working classes by building societies, the enrolment of
subscribers was proceeded with.
THE ACCIDENT TO THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA.—
KONIGSBERG, DEC. 20—In addition to my letter of the
17th, I am now enabled to give you the tollowing par-
ticulars respecting the accident which befel the Em-
peror on the 9th instant, at Kowno. :Planks of wood
had been laid across the stream, which was only half
covered with thin ice, over which the carriage was to
be drawn by men as far as the barge was stationed in
the open river. The ice close to the shore was deemed
sufficiently strong to render it unnecessary_ to cover it
with boards, and the Emperor was persuaded to remain
in the carriage with Count Orloff. But as the carriage
rolled rapidly down the steep banks, the wheels instantly
cut the ice, and the carriage began to sink more and more.
Ceunt Orloff escaped by making a leap upon the ice,
and the Emperor was about to follow his example, but
the carriage had in the meantime sunk so consi-
derably, that his Majesty was obliged to mount the
coach box. He then descended from the coach box upon
the shoulders of the Commandant of the city, who was
standing breast high in the water, and by one leap
happily gained terra firma. The occurrence took place
at midnight, amid the blaze of many fires kindled on
both shores. The Emperor repaired to the residence of
the Governor Kalkatin to take some repose, and at six
o'clock in the morning he was informed that the passage
was perfectly safe. Intelligence, in the meantime, was
received from Warsaw b) the night telegraph, that the
passage of the Vistula was most difficult, which decided
his Majesty on returning to St. Petersburg. His Majesty
presented the Commandant of the city with 1,000 silver
roubles, and granted two of his sons free admission into
the corps of cadets. The return of his Majesty to St.
Petersburg was hailed with. great joy. Algemeine
Zeitung, Dec. 29.

SrN'

PUNISHMENT OP DEATH
A meeting was held last night at the National; nail, r,.;V;r----?'
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Holborn, for the purpose of expressing, the opittioti of •
those assembled as inimical to the maintenance of capital -
punishment in the British empire, Mr. Charles Gunin-•:,--
in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN commenced by expressing his be ziScti.gsll
that the punishment of death was altogether opposed
to the teachings of Christianity, which directed forgive-
ness rather than such a sanguinary punishment. He
next alluded to other practical evils connected with the
existence of such an infliction, amongst which was its
irremediable character where the punishment was wrong-
fully inflicted, and instanced, atuungt other cases, one of
the conviction of a young man at Ipswich, a few years
since, who suffered death upon the false supposition of
being concerned in a murder, with which it subsequently
appeared he had not even had a remote convexion. This,
the chairman said, was in itself a striking instance of
the fallibility of human judgment--(llear, hear)--a
fallibility which was the more important for considera-
tion when it was reflected that it often resulted in the
awful and sinful infliction of the punishment of deaf h.

Mr. F. ROWTON proposed the 'first resolution, which
was to the ...Get that the punishment of death wcs totally
indefensible on grounds of policy, morality, and
and that in the opinion of ithe meeting it ought to be im-
mediately and totally aliolithed. He altogether dis-
avowed such a ground as expeelieney for defending the
continuance of capital punishment, for it ought to be
Opposed on principle, and altogether without relation to
expediency. But if it were necessary- to ditcuss the
question on such grounds, he could easily prove that
sanguinary and atrocious crimes prevailed in the ratio
of the maintenance of sanguinary punishments.—(lleac.)
The fear of death was, in fact, the lowest and worst
motive which could be given to a man to prevent him
from the commission of crime, and the carrying out of
the sentence only tended to brutalise men, and render
them callous and ferocious.—(Hear.) But, apart from
the objections he had alluded to, he would ask where was
the right of Christian men to put their fellow-men to
death ? We did not put madmen to death, although
many of them were more dangerous than some of those
who suffered death ; and why then should we assume a
right to put others to death because we did not teem
them mad ? The punishment of death was one that
was altogether opposed to the Divine clemency, and was
a disgrace to the statute•book of a Christian country.--
(Cheers.) The opponents of capital punishment had
with them all great and enlightened intellects. They
had with them Cobden, Bright, Fox, O'Connell, and all
the other great advocates of human liberty and of the
general good of mankind; and he had no doubt that
before long the cause which they advocated would be
found perfectly triumphant.—(Cheers.)
The resolution was seconded by Mr. ALFRED STE..
PRENS, who said that he concurred in the fullest manner
with the opinion expressed in the resolution. The effect
of capital punishment had often been to defeat the very
purpose for which it was intended, and to permit many
criminals to go unpunished, from an unwillingness in
persons to be accessory to their death by prosecuting
them. He would ask who were those that attended
executions ? Were they the pure, or innocent, or well-
disposed ? No, but in most cases the hardened and
guilty, and depraved, who indulged low and base pro-
pensities in witnessing the dying agonies of a fellow-
creature.—(Hear, hear.) He would call upon the meet-
ing to join with their fellow-countrymen who were ap-
pealing to public opinion on this subject, for if they
succeeded in bringing public opinion to bear against it,
no Government, whoever might be at its head, could long
maintain it.—(Cheering.) He hoped they would there-
fore, in the strangest and most emphatic manner, protest
against the continuance of the foul, barbarous, un-
christian, and detestable hanging law.
The resolution was unanimously agreed to.
Mr. H. VINCENT proposed a resolution pledging the
meeting to petition Parliament against the punishment of
death. He directed the attention of the meeting to the
importance which was attached to the object for which
they had assembled, namely, the rendering human life
more sacred. How could peace and good will prevail
over war and all its evils, if it were not laid down as an
unalterable principle, that man's life was sacred, and that
none but God might take it.—(Hear, hear.) If it were
a part of Christianity to forgive those who injure us,and
net to return evil for evil, then the gallows could not be a
part of Christianity. The truth was, the punishment of
death rested entirely on a principle antagonistic to the
spirit of Christ, for it rested on the principle of revenge
insteai of forgiveness.—(Hear, hear.) Experience had
shown that property was more secure now than when
men were put to death by dozens for the most trivial
offences ; and there was no doubt that the sanctity of
human life would be held more strictly when the punish-
ment of death was altogether abolished. He was the
advocate of the amelioration of the human race, and it
was because he saw in this question so much of advan-
tage to mankind embraced, that he would appeal to that
audience to ratify their opinion by a firm resolve to in-
variably express their opposition to this unchristian
punishment.--(Cheers.) All the enlightenment and
genius of the country were against this punishment—
public opinion was being brought to bear on it, and
nothing could resist the force of public opinion when it
was opposed to the maintenance of such an injustice as
the public sacrifice of man's life.—(Cheers.)
The resolution was seconded by Mr. HomAst, and was
carried unanimously, after which the meeting separated.

FINSBURY MUTUAL INSTRUC-

TION SOCIETY.

Mr. T. Cooper (author of " Purgatory of Suicides") de-
livered a lecture last evening, in the Finsbury hall, Bun-
hill-row, St. Luke's, " on the Conquest of Difficulties in
Learning and Seitnce," as examples to the working
classes. As may be suppoi.ed, a subject full of such in-
terest to those whose lot it is to toil for their daily
bread, and who have hitherto, from some cause or
other, been debarred the acquisition of knowledge, com-
manded a crowded audience, and the lecturer v, as lis-
tened to throughout with great and deserved attention.
Mr. Cooper acquitted himself of his task with ability
and credit to himself. Independently of his know-
ledge of ancient and modern literature, as well as
science, he is possessed of considerable oratorical
powers, and was, therefore, enabled to impress upon
his hearers, not only his own estimate of the im-
portance of attaining knowledge by the working man,
but the great and permanent value which such acqui-
sition must give to that class in their position
in society. Knowledge is power, said the philo-
sopher, and therefore the attainment of such know-
ledge must give its possessors an advantage calculated to
raise their position in the great social scale of human ex-
istence. Mr. Cooper having adverted generally to the
acquisition of mental acquirements, he proceeded to show
how futile was the idea that a working man could not if
he pleased—and even at what was called an advanced
ace—obtain a thorough acquaintance with at least the
elements of the Greek and Latin languages. By that
means the treasures of ancient classic lore would be
opened to them, and what was of equal importance, it
would enable them to trace the derivation of words from
their original source. Ile then enumerated many in-
stances of great and learned men—aye, and of the hum-
ble or working classes too—who had attained the ages of
forty and fifty before they commenced the study of the
dead languages, and yet, by perseverance and resolution,
not only obtained a perfect acquaintance with them, but
translated the writings of the must celebrated facts of an-
tiquity into the English tongue. The possibility of
acquiring a thorough knowledge of mathematics
followed, and was, we shall take leave to say,
the most practical part of the lecture, as ad-
dressed to his audience. We are not going to
deny but that a knowledge of the ancient languages has
been acquired by men in the humbler walks of life, many
of whom have adorned the countries which gave them
birth; nor do we say that such an acquisition is not an
advantage, but with the generality of artisans and work-
ing men it may be a question whether the time and
labour lost in the pursuit would be eventually repaid.
It is not so with science. There an artisan has an op-
portunity of testing his knowledge by the very employ-
ment in which he is engaged, of advancing, by his in-
genuity and skill, that great mechanical power which has
made this country what she is in arts and manufactures,
and of acquiring daily a practical knowledge which he
may apply to the great business of life, and
in the fulfilment of those duties and objects in
which all men are individually engaged. It is in
this that the study of mathematics afibrds the greatest
' benefits to the working man and to society at large,
and which no pursuit after mere ancient or modern
literature can ever bestow. And, talking of modern
literature, it did occur to us that the lecturer was rather
" hard" upon works of fiction as forming a portion of
the working men's library. It may be quite true that
those employed at manual labour have little or no time
for reading novels, or works of a similar nature ; and it
may be quite true also that that time might b better
devoted to the attainment of mechanical knowledge ;
but surely, at some period or another, there can be no
error in making themselves acquainted with the beauties
of their own language, with the works of men, though
novelists, whose genius will ever shed a lustre on the
land which gave them birth. The reading of such works,
to the exclusion of all others, may indeed be an evil of
great magnitude, but as a part of a course of literary
instruction it must confer vast benefits on those who do
so judiciously.
eroroemgrewthteoreadthed!
cleoc:itludrenwoats
contain many
vinerayn3,s,m:,hllo,
and, rhvte,
sought admission, but the interest created by the lecture
absorbed all other considerations. AL the conclusion
Mr. Cooper was loudly cheered.

THE NEW PUBLICATIONS.—Mr. Colburn has just
published the following new works, which can now be
had of all booksellers :-1. Vol 6 of Thiers' History of
the Consulate and Empire, the only authorised English
edition, translated by D. Forbes Campbell, Esq., Bvo., 55.
2. Vol. 7 of Madame D'Arblay's Diary and Letters,
completing the work. 3. A second edition of Hoche-
laga, edited by Eliot 'Warburton, E.-q., 2 vols., 21s. 4.
A sixth edition of the Crescent and the Cross, by Eliot
Warburton, Esq., 2 vols., 21s. 5. Lord Brougham's
Lives of Men of Letters and Science, volume the second.
6. Volume 9 of Agnes Stricklanu's Lives of the Queens
of England, comprising Mary of Modena, consort of
James 11. 7. Canada and the Canadians in 1846, by
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir R. Bonnycastle, 2 vols., 21s. 8.
The English Matron, by the authoress of. " The English
Gentlewoman," small Svo., 7s. 6d. 9. Mary Anne Wel-
lington, the Soldier's Daughter, Wife, and Widow, by the
Rev. R. Cobbold, M.A., 3 vols., with illustrations. Also
now ready, 11. Part I. of the cheap re-issue of The Nel-
son Letters and Dispatches, price only ss. 12. Part
of the re-issue of Burke 's History of the Landed
Gentry, ss.
THE WEATHER.—Yesterday morning, soon after
daylight, the frost rapidly broke up, amid a gentle fall of
rain, and in the course of the day the thermometer rose
to 40. The roads are in a shocking state, but the tem-
perature is now much more agreeable to the feelings
theta it has been for some weeks past.