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London, England, 1841-11-11 00:00:00

which the inventor gave the name of Prim of Wales's
gas,-in.honour of the event, the announcement of which
was received with so much enthusiasm in the building.
Mr. Lowe, as it was the anxious wish of the directors
of the Chartered Gas Company, that the lighting up of
the Guildhall, upon this occasion shOUld exceed any
former attempt, introduced a gas governor to insure uni-
formity of pressure, mid also his patent apparatus for in-
creasing the illuminating power supplying the three
large chandeliers in the hail, and the magnificent chan-
delier in the Council-chamber.
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MURDER OF GENERAL AYMERIC.
Extract of a letter dated " Palma, 28th October :"
" Our town, generally so tranquil, was on Sunday,
the !nth,. suddenly disturbed by a frightful crime.
General Aymerie, formerly a Minister of Ferdinand 111.
was assassinated in a dastardly manner by a party of
revolutionary eadtados belonging to the corps of officers
in the garrison. The following are the details of this
sanguinary scene, which I have collected and can vouch
for their autheuticity:—
" At about eight o'clock in the evening a body of
about thirty men, wrapped up in large cloaks, and
wearing hats similar to those worn at Valencia, sud-
denly sailed out from several streets leading to the hotel
where General Aymeric bail alighted in company with
his son. After posting sentinels at the extremities of
these streets, in order to blockade the passage, the
band proceeded to the hotel of General Aynieric. and de-
manded to speak with him. Scarcely had the General
appear,•d at the threshold of his.room when the assassins
rushed upon him, and dragging him by the feet through the
mud, they fell upon him with their poniards, and left him
weltering in his blood, singing and shouting as they with-
drew. A patrol, drawn thither by the disturbance, ap-
proached them, but was withheld from interfering, pro-
bably because they recogni-ed the rioters to be officers.
Finding„ however, the unfortunate General stretched
lifeless on the ground they hastened to raise him and con-
vey him to his hotel, where he expired yesterday morn-
ing amidst the most dreadful agonies, and without hav-
ing, even for a moment, recovered the use of his facul-
ties. While all this was taking place the General's son
was with the military commander of the town, whom he
had sought out to entreat, though in vain, that he would
afford succour and protection to his father ; for an offi-
cious friend had on the Sunday afternoon informed the
General's sun that the project was on foot of assassi-
nating his father on the same evening. All the entrea-
ties of the son to obtain only a guard of protection for
his father were useless ; the commander of the town af-
fected to disbelieve that an:7. flange: threatened the life of
General Aymeric, and even on hearing of his assassina-
tion he refused to order out the troops until the munici-
pal authorities had declared that unless that measure were
taken they feared an insurrection on the part of the in-
habitants. .

This inexplicable conduct on the part of the military
commander has spread alarm among the inhabitants of
our town, the more as it is perfectly ascertained that the
assassins were no other titan the members of the Radical
Club, belonging to the Secret Society (Cubdo) of
Barcelona. This Club still subsists, notwithstanding the
orders of the Government of -Mitdrid, who directed that
it should be dissoked, while, on the contrary, it makes
a display of such daring recklessness that the peaceful
citizens are alarmed, and already begin to desert the
town, and conceal themselves in the country. The
anarchy which exists among -ns is at its highest pitch ;
we have, it is true, the shadow of a Government, but it
is so weak that scarcely bas it strength to support itself,
much less to support its subjects anti protect them from
the fur- of these Radicals."

PARISIAN Ul[-HT CHAT.
• (From the Cbtotidienne.)
Discord is in the camp. The rue .de Courcelles is
arrayed af,rainst the chateau of St. C!oud, und for the
last week Queen Christina hls dosed her doors nt.la'ntt
M. Gu;7.lt and Count de Salvandy, the French
Ambassador to the Regent Espartero ; even the Duke
d'Aurnale, the to-he-son-in-liw of Christina, according
to the choice of the Debuts, has no longer access to his
mother-in-law in prospect: ve. since he refused to draw
his sword and go to the rescue of his intended, who re-
mains a prisoner amongst her rebel subjects. There cer-
tainly is a sere at loose between Christina and the Orleans
family, each reproaching the other with the unsuccessful
termination of the O'Donnell echauffourec. At St: Cloud
the ex• Regent is accused of Laving compromised the
French Government, by a badly-planned and not feasible
enterprise ; Christina, on the other hand, reproaches her
noble relations with the non-fulfilment of their promises.
All these recriminations of disappointed ambition would
only serve to be laughed at were not the name and in-
terests of France mixed up in the affair, and we might
ssy of Queen Christina and of M. Guizot, as of Le-
clerc and of his friend Cores—
" Mais aussitot quo l'ouvrage a pant,
Plus n'ont voulu l'avoir fait l'un ni l'autre."
The Duke d'Aumale is not, however, the only one
who is mis a pied in consequence of the defeat of
O'Donnell. M. de Salvandy himself feels like a fish
out of water. One hour be receives an order to start
for his post, the next ho receives a counter-order. He
goes from the Foreign-office to Saint Cloud, and from
Saint .Cloud to the Foreign.office, and the only con-
solation he derives in this equivocal position is from
seeing the daily announcement in the Court para.
graph, that " Count de Salvandy, Ambassador from
France to the Court of Madrid, was received by the
• r Kig " -It appears highly probable that he will not
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start at all. This calls to our mind the misadventure
which happened under the regency of Anne of Austria
to the poet Benserade, who had been appointed to an
embassy by Cardinal Mazarin, but who never went to
his post, which called forth the following piece of
pleasantry from Scarron, in one of his epistles :
" L'an que le Sieur de Benserade
N'alla pas a son ambassade.
The political dinners of M. Demidoff are beginning
to create a sensation. M. Thiers, it is well known, pre-
sides at them ; M. Guizot is uneasy at them ; and
Count de Pollen laughs at them. At the last dinner,
the Quintus Curtius of Napoleon proved that the Rus-
sian campaign was badly conceived and badly directed,
and that the Emperor committed blunders which he
(M. Thiers) would not have been guilty of. M. Demi-
doff, who looks upon himself as the nephew of the Em-
peror, considered himself called upon to defend the
plans of campaign of his uncle. M. Demidoff and M.
Thiers are to go together to explore the fields of Smo-
lensko and Moscow. Mme. Dosne and Mme. Demidoff
are to be of the party, for which permission is to be so-
licited from the Emperor Nicholas.
The Londoners are, it appears, to be gratified by
having French plays this winter. Mr. Mitchell, a
gentleman well versed in dramatic affairs, has been here
beating up for recruits. Carligny, Volnys,.and Mdlle.
Avenel, set off in 'a few days. Dejazet will go over in
March, and Souffle. and Mdlle. Plessy in April end May.
A sensation is created in the salons of Paris by the
project of reform about carrying out by Count d'Orsay,
who is going to abdicate the throne of fashion, and retire
to Brussels, where a grande dame of his acquaintance
has just purchased an hotel. A rival in dandyism con-
saes himself with the idea that when D'Orsay has left
" he shall sport the finest umbrella in town."

DISTURBANCE AT LEWES.—It has been thel
practice at Lewes, for many years, to celebrate the sth
of' November, by making a bonfire opposite the Town-
hall at Lewes, and letting off fireworks in - the public
streets' • Numerous accidents having taken place, and
in some instances houses having been accidentally set
fire to, several of the respectable inhabitants applied to
the police to stop the nuisance. Handbills were issued,
cautioning parties against the practice, and a number
of special constables sworn in to assist the East Sussex
constabulary. Notwithstanding these measures had
been taken, on Friday evening last an immense mob as-
sembled opposite the Town-hall, most of them armed
with bludgeons. In a- short time a quantity of faggots,
straw, and tar-barrels, were brought into the middle of
the street, and set fire to. The police, headed by Fagan,
the Superintendent, endeavoured to stop the proceed-
ings, when the mob made a most desperate attack on
them, knocking most of them down with their bludgeons.
Fagan received such severe wounds on the Lack part of
his head, that he was obliged to be led away. Several
of the constables, in addition to blows, got severely
burnt. The mob obtained complete possession of the
street, and continued their lawless career until nearly
twotl o'clock the following morning. During the time
ie thoroughfare was completely stopped, and the
beforei‘i
ath.e.,lltat,,,,is
. coaches(l and other vehicles had to take a circuitous route
to pass the lawn. Several of the mob kno4n have been
Magistrates at Lewes.
aPPrellended, and have undergone an examination
office, as patron
Wakley, we seegoifivseSeni
VY KLEy.—True to his self-appointed
tr(iilßeeaoTrboeurrti
endeavouring
Peel
to i n Pai
of Finsbury tolpersuadeian' theen t,
peoplel‘i .
great a hurry for cheap breordies time, and not be in too
sows how sincerely "he L.l And in this manner he
the Whigs brought their late measures
the time at which
the people would not then taket
hn forward, because
them with that spirit which their importance and support
How can those, or any other measures, rbeansee merited.''
their importance merits, if the people be advisedtippo
to
supported a s
such measures to their enemies, and to give their enemies
t
plenty of time for preparation? " Don't trouble Sir R. Peel
about the bread-tax ; give him time to prepare ; and
cry oat for the Charter. or anything else that will be a
diversion in his favour,' is the substance of Mr. Wakley's
advice to the inhabitants of St. Luke's ; and in St
Luke's they deserve to be, if they take it. lle very ap..
positely told them that he was "charged with having
ratted, but did not find that his tail was increased."
Those who become rats must submit to the risk of losing
' their tails thereby. But as 11, li-.
abandon
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the' nAoli'trCee( ce
a
in persuading his constituents to
squeak of an untai-ie4rn-
law agitation, the unavailing
r, rat
Peel's wi d . s .rn in that
is all the testimony to Sir Robert Le
quarter.—Nolning Chronicle.
THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—The de-
lightful weather we have lately experienced, has proved
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highly favourable to the farmers, enah ing them to se-
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cure the crops, which, from the quantity of rain ..hat had
previously fallen, were in a very precarious state. The
potato digging has already commenced, and the crop pro .
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raises to be an average, and of better quality than had
been anticipated.—Leinster Express.
WA LCOT PA RUCHIAL SCHOILS.— It gives tis
great pleasure to observe that this structure is fist ap-
proaching completion. The edifice is large arcl hand-
some, capable of accommodating 1,000 children. It is
erected in the Italian style, from a design by J. Wilson,
Esq., the talented architect, of this city. The lower story
will accommodate 400 inffints, while the upper school-
rooms will each contain 300 boys and the same number
. ©f girlS.- The cost of this truly useful and elegant addi-
don to our city will not exceed 1,7001:,--Eath and Chil-
fenham Gazette.

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