The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-02 00:00:00

Mr. LIISHINGTON briefly returned thanks, and assured
them that if he were elected he should discharge his
duties with the greatest assiduity. Ile then proposed a
vote of thanks to the Chairman, which was carried
unanimously•, and, the Chairman having returned thanks,
the meeting broke up.

SUDDEN

DEATH OF DR.
CHALMERS.
(From the Edinburgh Advertiser.)
A very great sensation was created yesterday through-
out the city, by the intelligence of the sudden death of
Dr. Chalmers. That venerable and distinguished divine
bad been seen so recently in his usual health, that the
report of his having so suddenly expired came like a
shock which seemed to electrify the public feeling. It
was generally felt that an eminent character, a renowned
Master in Israel, had been cat off ;—that a champion
had fallen, whose name for the last thirty years had filled
so prominent a space in our ecclesiastical annals. The
particulars of this event, so far as we learn, are the fol-
lowing :—The Rev. D,,ctor tied been called to London to
give evidence before the Site Committee of the House of
retcr don Friday last to his own
rwir Edinburgh, apparently in
):: Sionlay, though complaining a
Fre • Clench at Mornincside in
,)y with Dr. Cunningham, and
rt ex the way home. Be called
ea dined with his family as
‘-alltei for a short time in his
•er from the country, and
d cheerfulness and anima-
,.n. Bef,re going to lea he wrote a letter to his sister
in England, intimating Lis safe arrival float London,ind
remarking that such was now the celerity of travelling,
that though he scarcely expected to have the pleasure of
seeing her, he might have the pleasure of seeing her, again.
Business elsewhere had prevented him from taking any
share in the proceedings of the Free Assembly, and in-
deed he had of late almost retired from his public
labours, with the exception of preaching.. But he had
intended yesterday to have presented the report of the
College Committee to the Assembly, which had been
drawn -up by Professors Cunningham and M‘Dougall.
Being desirous to see the latter gentleman, with the
view of making some slight alteration in the report, Mr.
M`Dougall called upon him for that purpose about eight
o'clock yesterday morning, but was informed that Dr.
Chalmers was in bed, and had not rung his bell Being
beyond his usual time, the servant then proceeded to
see if anything was wrong ; and, on entering the room,
she perceived the Doctor in a reclining position in bed,
dead, and the body quite cold, indicating that life had
been some time extinct. The immediate cause of his
demise is said to have been apoplexy, or the bursting of
a blood vessel in the head.
Dr. Chalmers was not an old man, nor had he suffered
much, notwithstanding the tear and wear of a busy life,
from the infirmities of age. He was in his sixty-ninth
or seventieth year, and bad been in the ministry about
forty-five years. Towards the beginning of the century
(1802) he was assistant in the parish of Cavers, near
Hawick. Afterwards, he was presented to Kilmany in
Fife, and this rural parish became the cradle of his future
fame; for it was whilst incumbent there that he wrote
his celebrated article Christianity," in the Edinburgh
Encycloptedia, which was afterwards expanded into his
Treatise on the Evidences. From Kilmany he removed
to Glasgow, where his eloquence as a preacher reached
the zenith of its fame. The next 'remove was to the
Chair of Moral Philosophy in the University of St. An-
drew's, in 1823; and in 1828 he was appointed to the Pro-
fessorship of Divinity in the University of Edinburgh,
which he continued to occupy until the secession of 1843.
In that memorable secession he took a leading part, and
we believe we are correct in saying that it derived no
small portion of its influence from the weight and lustre
of his name. Short time has he survived to witness its
progress and effects. If his living eloquence gave it vi-
tality and energy, his loss may well be regarded as one
of its severest calamities. Peace be to his ashes !
Many who, like ourselves, differed from him in the re-
ligious controversies of the day, will join his warmest
admirers in offering their homage of respect and vene-
ration to his memory.

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RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

BRISTOL, JUNE 1.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Great Western,
Quarters, 6 p.—Ditto, Fifths, 74 p.—Ditto, New, 41. 3s.
9d. p.—Midland, New, 3 p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New,
21. Bs. 9d.—North Staffordshire, 2%p.—Taff Vale, 1302.
Ditto, New, 2s. 6d. p.
LIVERPOOL, JUNE 1.

STocK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting..
ham, Boston, and Eastern Junction, 21s. 3d. dis.—Birming-
ham and Oxford Junction, 634 p.—Blackburn, Clitheroe,
ate., Preference, 1% p.—Caledonian (Clydesdale Junction),
12 p.—Chester and Birkenhead,. 4214—Ditto, 201. Shares,
1% dis.—East Lancashire, New, IA dia.—Ditto, New Scrip,
par—East Lincolnshire, 174 p.—Great Northern, 1% dis.—
Great Western, Fifths, 27—Leeds and Thirsk, New, 8% dis.
—Ditto, Preference, 6s. 3d. p.—Liverpool, Crosby, and South-
port, 1% p.—London and North-Western, 177—Ditto, New
Quarters, 103 A p.—Ditto, Fifths, 14% p.—London, Brighton,
and South Coast, 54—Manchester and Leeds, 21 p.—Ditto,
32/. Shares, % p. Ditto, Halves, (late L. and B. ), 114 p.
—Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), 1, p.—Manches-
ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 1% dis.—Ditto,
20. Shares, 2% dis.—Ditto (late Sheffield and Lincolnshire),
3 dis.—Midland Stock, 12014—Ditto, 401. Shares, 4% p.—
Ditto, New, 3 p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 214 p.—
North Staffordshire, 2% p.—North Union (A), 209—North-
Western, 114 dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham,9l. 12s. 3d.
Shares (B), % dis.—Shropshire Union Railway and Canal,
31s. 3d. dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, New, No. 1, Sb p.
—Ditto, Consolidated Thirds, 14 p.—Ditto, New, No. 4, IA p.
—York and Newcastle, Preference, 314 p.—York and North
Midland, Preference, 9 p.—Dublin and Belfast Junction, 12
dis.—Newry and Warreopoint, 1% die.—Dutch Rhenish,
23/4 dis• -_.________—.—