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shares of 201. each, of which number 525 shares were sub-
scribed for by the Eastern Counties Railway Company.
After a fruitless opposition, the Bill was car-
ried at a small expense to the shareholders.
The original intention of the Company was
to cross the turnpike-road at Lower Edmonton on a
level, but this intention being strongly opposed by the
Metropolis Roads Commissioners, the engineer suggested
a diversion of the present turnpike-road, and the rail-
way would now be crossed by a bridge at the rear,
instead of the front, of the houses on the line
of the present turnpike road. This arrangement bad
met with the sanction of the Metropolitan Commis-
sioners. After paying their parliamentary agents
and solicitors sums of money on account, the
directors had a balance in the hands of their bankers of
2,0661. 4s. 9d.
The report of the directors on the motion of Mr.
T. Bralsford, seconded by Mr. Richardson, was unani-
mously received, adopted, and ordered to be printed and
circulated among the proprietors. _ _ _

Mr. SMALL, in moiing- the re-election of the present
directors, complimented them on the economy they
had exercised, in obtaining the Act, and stated his
belief of that economy being unexampled in the history
of railway companies, especially one in which they had
met with such unexpected opposition as the present.
Mr. RICHARDSON having seconded the re-election of
the directors, the motion was declared to be carried
unanimously.
On the motion of Mr. Smale, seconded by Mr. Dow,
it was unanimously resolved, that 2501. a year be appro-
priated to the directors.
Mr. Dow and Mr. Chambers were appointed auditors,
with a remuneration of ten guineas each a year.
Thanks were voted to the chairman and directors,
and the meeting broke up.

'IA SALES OF RAILWAY SHARES BY
AUCTION.—(THIS DAY.)
The sale of railway shares to• day, at Messrs. Lamond
4 and Co.'s, went off very well, and prices generally were
Ji steady. The following are a few of the principal sales .-
1 Madras, Nellore, and Arcot ... £0 6 9
Great Western of Bengal 0 8 0
Great Southern of Madras 0 7 6
'lli Leicester and Bedford
Goole and Doncaster
•
Staines and Richmond 1 3 0
. Cornwall and Devon Central
.0 York and Newcastle, New
54 Caledonian, Halves
li % Louvain ala Sambre Ol5 0
Northern and Eastern, Quarters
% Vale of Neath 1 0 0
Jy6 Manchester and Southampton
os. Italian and Austrian 2 0 0
London and York, Halves 1 7 6
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate... 0 17 6
34 Direct Northern 1 14 6
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham
13 6
London and Manchester, Rastrick's

THE RIVER PLATE.
(From the Gazette of this Evening.)

ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 21, 1846.
Dispatches have been received at this office, from Rear-
Admiral Inglefield, in the River Plate, addressed to the
Secretary of the Admiralty, of which the following are
copies:—
Her Majesty's ship Vernon, off Monte Video,
17th June, 1846.
Sir,—Adverting to my letter, No. 94, of the 9th inst.,
I have now the satisfaction of forwarding to you, for the
information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admi-
ralty, a copy of the report I have received from Captain
Sir Charles Hotham, of her Majesty's ship Gorgon,
acquainting me with the successful passage of the con-
voy (of 110 vessels) under the protection of the English
and French vessels of war, named in the margin,* past
French—San Martin, Fulton, Gassendi, Coquette, Procida.
batteries which General Hoses had caused to be
er ,cted lon the heights of San Lorenzo, in the river
ra7ana, for the express purpose of obstructing the pro-
gr2ss of the convoy down the river.
Although this success, owing to the grounding of the
Br tish barque Caledonia, was not perfectly complete,
ye I feel persuaded their Lordships will give the
fit lest credit to Captain Sir Charles Hotham, and
hi; colleague, Admiral Trehouart, for the able and
judicious manner in which their arrangements were
made, and also to all the officers, seamen, and royal
marines serving under their orders, for the cool and
steady manner in which this difficult service was per-
formed, fortunately without a single casualty in any of
, I the men-of-war or merchant vessels, a circumstance
which, considering the strength of the position of the
Buenos Ayrean batteries and continuous fire, cannot but
be regarded as quite providential.
I trust their Lordships will permit me to call their
attention to the names of the officers whom Sir Charles
Hotham especially brings under my notice, as having
occupied situations more prominent than others.
Their Lordships will be gratified by learning, that the
unanimity and good understanding which existed be-
tween Sir Charles Hotham and Admiral TrCihouart, and
the respective vessels under their orders, from the com-
mencement of the expedition, has continued, without in-
termission, to subsist between the two squadrons, a re-
mark which, I am happy to be able to assert, is equally
Lee I applicable to all occasions when English and French
have been acting together, during the time I have had
the honour to hold this command.--I hare the honour
to be, &c.

(Signed) S. H. INGLEFIELD.
Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.
The Secretary of the Admiralty.

Her Majesty's Ship Gorgon, Obligado, June 7.
Sir,—l have the honour to inform you, that the con-
-178,
voy of merchant vessels of all nations, amounting to
4s 110 in number, have passed the enemy's batteries and
2s obstacles in the Parana, in comparative safety.
6 The severe treatment4which her Majesty's ships Alc cto,
(1, L;zard, and Harpy experienced from the batteries and
!; infantry stationed on the heights of San Lorenzo, in
i%2 their respective passages ;tip the Parana (as exemplified
114 in my dispatch of the 20th ultimo), rendered it incum-
bent upon Admiral Trehouart and myself to adopt
every precaution which might tend to obviate disaster.
The heights or barrancas of San Lorenzo are sixty
feet above the river, the face is nearly perpendicular, and
the ground, frcm the edge of the cliff, recedes ; a table
land, of five or six miles in length, extends from one end
to the other, presenting a dead level, with every facility
for transporting artillery on travelling carriages to any
required point.
At the north end of this barranca, the cliff projects
and tends westerly, thus offering a salient point for a
battery commanding from N.W. to S.E.
Half a mile to the southward, a position, nearly
similar, had been selected for a second battery, and
parapets, with embrazures, had been erected for single
guns along the remainder of the barranca; the general
breadth of the navigable channel is about three-quarters
of a mile, widening gradually from the north-west en-
trance, with a current of three knots per hour running
through.
It was obvious that the nicest gunnery could alone
drive the enemy from their guns ; the immense thick-
ness of the embrazures and parapets protected them
from a flanking fire, and such was the character of the
ground, that even with a spy glass nothing could be seen
but the wheels of a carriage or muzzle of a gun.
Having carefully weighed these difficulties, Admiral
ihouart and I decided upon the following plan of
attack, as best suited to the protection of our convoy.
That the heavy steamers of both squadrons should
anchor and engage the batteries during the time the
convoy were passing, and that a masked rocket battery
should be prepared on the island in front of the second
battery, distant about one thousand two hundred yards :
the convoy in the mean time passing at allotted distances
under cover of the sailing ships and small steamers
named in the margin. 1.
Accordingly, being favovoured with a breeze from the
nothward, at 8•30 A.M., on the 4th instant, I made the
general signal for the steamers, Gorgon, Firebrand,
Alecto, Gassendi, and Fulton to weigh. At 10•20 A.M.
the Gorgon opened her fire; and the Firebrand and Gas-
sendi, having reached their appointed station one thou-
sand yards from the north battery, anchored in an enfi-
lading position.
The three remaining steamers, Gorgon, Fulton, and
Alecto, proceededjpast the batteries and anchored nine
hundred yards from the barrancas abreast, and two
thousand from the first battery.
On the first gun being fired from the Gorgon, the
rocket party unmasked their battery, and opened a
heavy and effective fire, which helped to divert the
enemy's attention from the three steamers, who were
passing within grape and musket range.
At 10'40 A.M. the action had fairly commenced be-
tween the batteries, field pieces, infantry, and the
steamers of the combined force, and the English rocket
partyg a channel five hundred yards wide was left
between the steamers and the islands for the convoy.
At 11.50 A.M. the Dolphin, leading the convoy, passed
the Gorgon, the respective divisions sailed by in their
proper order, about twenty only remained, when I was
sorry to see the British barque Caledonia, uninjured, and
with the wind dead aft, run on shore on a small bank
off the point of the second island. In so ill assorted and
numerous a convoy of all sizes, badly equipped, and
lumbered with enormous deck cargoes, I confess I cal-
culated on the loss of some, but I bad hoped to have
been spared the pain of witnessing a fine English barque
handled in a st) le by no means creditable to those
on board. and grounded without any reason under the
enemy's fire.
I immediately signalised Alecto and Lizard to proceed
to her assistance. At 12.50, the convoy havidg all passed,
I made the general signal to weigh.
The Caledonia still remaining immoveably fixed, she
had beaten over one bank, and lay on her port side, with
her bottom exposed to the enemy's fire, through which
six or seven shot had already been put, and the offieers
sent on that service being unanimously of opinion that
she could not be got off without discharging her cargo,
by my direction she was set on fire to prevent her falling
into the enemy's hands, and two coasting vessels, simi-
larly situated, were also destroyed.
This was the only drawback to a most satisfactory
day ; the arrangements answered even better than my
colleague or myself had dared to anticipate. The enemy
brought into playfrom sixteen to twenty guns ; during
five months they had prepared heated shot and studied
every stratagem to secure themselves and punish us, in-
stead of which we dismounted some of their guns, and
drove them repeatedly from others.
We selected the steam force in consequence of the ad-
vantage which their pivot guns give, and it is difficult to
imagine finer gunnery than they displayed. Marvellous
to say, that although each of these vessels were hulled
and hit repeatedly, and that more than three-fourths
of the convoy were severally struck, there is not a man
killed or wounded amongst us. I have received
every assistance and support from the officers of this
squadron, but some have occupied situations more pro-

* E nglish—Gorgon, Firebrand, Dolphin, Fanny, Lizard
Harpy, Alecto.
English—Dolphin, Fanny, Lizard, Harpy.
French-6Q Martin, (ix Pr9cida.

minent than others, and I feel it my duty to bring them
to your notice.
The officers in command of the rocket party were
Lieutenant L. B. Mackinnon, her Majesty's ship Alecto;
First Lieutenant C. L. Barnard, Royal Marine Artillery,
her Majesty's ship Firebrand ; Mr. David Ham, gunner,
her Majesty's ship Alecto ; the party were obliged to
remain two days and nights concealed unter the enemy's
nose, and they, with the marine artillery and seamen,
deserve credit for the discipline and skill with
which they conducted their operations, and I consider
that they rendered us most essential service. I have
repeatedly derived advantage from the ability and zeal
of Mr. Henry Baker, Master of this ship, during my ab-
sence from the Gorgon; he made a most excellent chart
of the passage and channels near San Lorenzo, and he
piloted this ship, leading the steam force past the bat-
teries, much to my satisfaction.
Monsieur Mazires, Lieutenant commanding the
French steamer Fulton, on seeing the disastrous state
of the Caledonia, hastened to her assistance, and I hope
this Officer will permit me to thank him for his uniform
and effective co-operation.
In all pay communications I have alluded to the great
satisfaction I have derived in having Admiral Ts i-
houart as a colleague ; during eight months we have
acted together, and I make bold to say that more perfect
harmony and unanimity has never existed than between
the two commanding officers, to whom yourself and Ad-
miral Laini entrusted the direction of the service in the
Parana--I have, &c.,

(Signed) CHAS. HOTHAM, Captain.
Rear-Admiral S. H. Inglefield, C. 8.,
Commander-in-Chief.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.
(THIS EVENING.)

Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Edinburgh.
Edinbnrgh Regiment of Militia—John Fletcher, jun., Esq.,
to be Captain, vice William Fraser, resigned, June 27.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Northumberland.
Northumberland and Newcastle Yeomanry Cavalry— Lieu-
tenant John Cookson to be Captain, vice Weaverson, deceased ;
Cornet Adam Atkinson tc be Lieutenant, vice Cookson, pro-
moted ; Cornet James Henry Hollis Bradford Atkinson to be
Lieutenant, vice Parker, resigned, Sept. 10.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.

David Marks, pen manufacturer, Huundsditch.
BANKSRUPTS.
_

John Lamont, ship-owner, \\reliclose- square, to surrender
Sept. 30, at two, and Nov. 5, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lom-
bard-street ; Linklater, Leadenhall-street.
John Richards, jun., banker, Reading, Oct. 2, at half-past
two, and Nov. 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Tur-
quand, official assignee, Jewry-chambers; Holmes, Great
James-street, Bedford-row.

William Evans, draper, Piccadilly, Oct. 7, at one, and
Nov. 5, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards,
official assignee, Frederick's. place, Old Jewry; Lloyd, Milk-
street, Cheapside.
Richard Benbow Bradly. jeweller, Bishopsgate-street With-
out, Oct. 2, at two, and Nov. 2, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street;
Lepard and Co., Cloak-lane.
Peter Thorn, bottled ale merchant, Castle-street, Leicester-
square, Sept. 30 and Oct. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Philp,
Great St. Helen's.

William Aston, malster, Lapley, Staffordshire, Oat. 3
and 31, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie,
official assignee, Birmingham ; Jackson, Gray's-inn ; Great-
wood, Birmingham.
George Grant, tailor, Kidderminster, Oct. 13, at ten, and
27, at half-past twelve, at the Birmingham District Court.
Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Boycot, jun., Kidder-
minster.

Edward Swanrick Boult, stock broker, Liverpool, Oct. 6,
and Nov. 3, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Morgan, official assignee, Cook-street, Liverpool ; Humphries
and Co., Gray's-inn-square, London; Forshaw and Co.,
Sweeting-street, Liverpool.
John Orange, boot maker, Liverpool, Oct. 6, at one, and
Nov. 5, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Commove,
Liverpool; Oliver, Old Jewry, London; Evans and Son,
Commerce-court, Lord-street, Liverpool.
William Lancaster, ship owner, Liverpool, Oct. 6 and Nov.
3, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan,
official assignee, Cook-street, Liverpool ; Comthwaite and
Co., Old Jewry-chambers; Pemberton, Cable-street, Liver-
pool.

Matthew Norman, jun., cubinet maker, Richmond, York,
Oct. 8 and Nov. 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Freeman, official assignee, Leeds ; Jones and Co., John-street,
Bedford-row, London ; Harle and Clarke, Leeds.
Ebenezer Hodgson, ironmonger, Richmond, Yorkshire.
Oct. 7, and Nov. 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court,
Young, official assignee
.Leeds • Fiddey, Temple; Simpson,
Richmond; Barr, Lofthouse, and Nelson, Leeds.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.

Ed.eard Morgan, George Beth ell, and Thomas Ballard
surrendered to take their trial upon an indictment
charging them with feloniously stealing a clarence car-
riage, the property of Richard Kean.
Mr. Doane prosecuted, and Mr. Clarkson, with Mr.
Ballantine, defended the prisoners.
The circumstances under which this charge was pre-
ferred against the defendants were of rather a peculiar
character. It appeared that Morgan was engaged in
business as a coach-builder, and he had had some trans-
actions with a cab•master, named Worthington, and on
the beginning of the present year there was some nego-
tiation between them respecting a clarence carriage, the
result being, according to the statement of Morgan, that
the vehicle was hired by Worthington for 51. a month,
but the latter declared that a purchase out and out had
been effected, and that it was to be paid for by instal-
ments. Very soon after the carriage came into Worth-
ington's possession, it appeared that he took it to a re-
pository and got an advance of 20Z upon it, and be then
ordered a person, named Kean, to whom he .was at that
time indebted, and who had brought an action against
him, to repay the 20/. so advanced, and take the carriage
in liquidation of his debt and costs. It then appeared
that Morgan, having become acquainted with those cir•
cumstances, went to the place where the carriage was
kept by Kean, accompanied by the other two defendants,
and under pretence of purchasing it, they obtained pos-
session of it, for the purpose, as they said, " of trying it
upon the main road," and took it away altogether. It
appeared that the matter bad been investigated by the
magistrate at the Hammersmith Police-court, and he
dismissed the charge of felony, but the parties subse-
quently went before the Grand Jury, who found a true
bill.
The jury returned a verdict of Not guilty.

THE IRISH SOCIETY'S ESTATES.
' A deputation from the Irish Society has been for some
days inspecting their estates in Derry, with the view to
making improvements and giving employment to the
poor. In a report of the proceedings of the deputation,
given in the Derry Sentinel of Saturday, there are the
following passages :
" The building leases of the society, generally speak-
ing, will be extended, and most of the tenants who either
have expended, or who intend to expend money on
building, are satisfied with the terms granted them ; but
with a few who hold under the society in this way the
deputation have not come to a complete understanding,
they being desirous that the occupiers and not the mid-
dleman or intermediate tenant should derive the chief
benefit.
" A deputation of their tenantry atterded at Milton
Lodge, and they were well pleased with the result. A
long conversation arose respecting the state of the poor.
The society are determined to aid, in every possible way
in their power, in providing work during the approach-
ing winter.
" The deputation had small parties to dine with them
every day, as it was their object to procure from the
clergymen, magistrates, and gentry of this district, who
were best informed, their several opinions respecting the
condition of the people, their wants and wishes. When
time permitted, they also drove round different parts of
the neighbourhood, in order to ascertain the exact state
of the crops, and the weather being remarkably fine,
they had an excellent opportunity of gratifying their
desire on this subject.
" Another matter which engaged their attention de-
mands our notice at greater length than any of the pre-
ceding. It has frequently been remarked that the north
coast of Ireland abounds with fish, and that Culdaff
Bay and the Back Strand of Magillan, which are both
open to the sea, are abundantly supplied with turbot,
sole, plaice, &c. That they are abundantly furnished
with cod is beyond dispute, but, notwithstanding, from
the apathy that exists, and want of skill, there is no
person of sufficient means willing to fit out a craft pro-
perly equipped for fishing this boisterous and exposed
coast; nor has it yet been ascertained if a vessel adapted
in' every way for the purpose would repay herself, al-
though the prevalent opinion among those best qualified
to judge is, that if knowledge and industry were com-
bined, she would make a handsome return for the ex-
penditure. It was lately represented to the society by
their officers, that a subscription to a pier to be built on
their slob at Moville, would benefit the lough and trade
in various ways, especially in affording shelter to craft
employed in the deep-sea fishing, and they imme-
diately granted 3001. and the ground on which it
was to be built. The late deputation, on their ar-
rival here, inquired what progress had been made with
the pier, observing that there was the harbour at Port-
rush on one hand, and that the pier of Moville would
shortly be completed on the other, and that these ought
to afford abundant protection to the small fishing craft
of Ennishowen and the county of Derry; but, on being
informed that the latter work was not even commenced,
and that their Admiralty yacht was well found in sails
and ground tackle, they immediately proposed to lend
her to two of their practical officers, and to grant a sum
towards the purchase of a first-rate trawl, provided
proper persons were brought from Liverpool to instruct
them in all the branches of deep-sea fishing, and that
they would supply the vessel with all kinds of fishing
lines, make such alterations in her at their own expense
as were necessary, keeping a true account, to be fur-
nisht d when called on, of the income and expenditure,
and submitting to other regulations, as required by the
general agent and the vice-admiral.
" Their subscriptions to schools and places of religious
worship were on the most liberal scale, and we greatly
fear that if the pm party of the society was placed in the
hands of persons resident here, local prejudices and
various other causes, which it is needless to specify,
would operate very seriously to the detriment of those
valuable and important public institutions to which the
present lords of the soil are such munificent benefactors."

CLERICAL INTOLERANCE.
(From the Newcastle Guardian.)
A glaring and shameful act of clerical intolerance has
just occurred in this neighbourhood—a case, unhappily,
not uncommon, but, for that reason, all the more de-
serving of the most unqualified condemnation. It
appears that the Rev. Mr. Armstrong, the incumbent of
the parish of Wal!send, deems the rite of baptism to be
valid only when administered by a clergyman of his
own denomination. Accordingly, when recently asked
to. grant Christian burial to the child of one of his
parishioners, he stoutly refused, on the ground that the
child had been invalidly baptised by a Wesleyan
minister, put the keys of the church-yard into his pocket,
and, unceremoniously walking off, left the poor heathen,
as we suppose his Reverence would call him, to bury his
child the best way he could. The corpse of the child was
taken to the church-yard, conducted through the sexton's
house, instead of by the usual entrance, and interred
without the customary service. Can any one imagine
the feelings of the parent so harshly and so rudely
treated ! He immediately communicated the circum-
stance to the Lord Bishop of the diocese, who as
promptly returned the following reply:—
" The Bishop of Durham is very sorry to hear that any
of his clergy has acted in the manner stated by Mr.
Giles. If Mr. Armstrong has refused Christian burial
to a child, because it had been baptised by a Dissenting
minister, he has acted unworthy of his calling, and ren-
dered himself liable to punishment in the ecclesiastical
courts if Mr. Giles or any other wish to prosecute him.
The Bishop will not fail to write to Mr. Armstrong."
This is the answer we should have expected from the
worthy Bishop, and it is highly creditable to his lordship.
The parishioners followed it up by sending a deputation
to Mr. Armstrong to remonstrate with him on his un-
feeling conduct, and to assure him that unless he'pledged
himself never to repeat it the bishop's recommendation
would be carried out, and proceedings instituted forth-
with. This is said to have had the desired effect on Mr.
Armstrong, and we are promised that such an outrage
will not again occur at Wallsend. We purposely delayed
noticing this until its publicstion became absolutely ne-
cessary. Such cases, we know, are not more disagreeable
to dissenters than to many pious and liberal members of
the establishment. Yet the system that allows a
minister of any religion, Episcopalian, Congregational, or
Wesleyan, to practise such acts of intolerance must be
bad—radically bad—and in need of serious reformation.
Mr. Armstrong is blameable; but how much more so
are the laws that allow him or any other clergyman—we
care not of what religion—to degrade themselves and
their, profession so miserably ? Verily the country has
need of many reforms, but church reform is the crying
necessity of the times.

EAST SURREY REGISTRATION.
The Revising Barrister, S. C. C. Fyshe, Esq., com-
menced the revision for the above portion of the county
of Surrey, at the Town-hall, Reigate, yesterday.
Messrs. Drummond and Chrees attended as the Con-
servative agents ; Mr. Jeans appeared as the agent for
the Surrey Reform Association, and Mr. R. Russell at-
tended on behalf of the free trade party. The Learned
Barrister went through the lists of the whole of the
parishes, but none of the cases involved any new point,
or any question of importance to the public. The next
court will be held at Croydon on Wednesday, at eleven
o'clock.

ANDOVER.—CONCEALED TREASUIE.—Some alter-
ations being found necessary to an ancient dwelling.
house in the High-street, the workmen, in removing the
bricks from the bottom of a chimney, were agreeably
surprised by finding several gold coins of great antiquity.
It is conjectured they were concealed by the removal of a
brick and replacing it, nearly two centuries since. Two of
the pieces are about the size of the present half-crown,
but much thinner ; they were coined in the reigns of
James I. and Charles I.,and are in good preservation,
having apparently lain ormant almost from the time of
their issue. It would appear they were deposited in their
hiding-place wrapped in linen, but which was entirely
decayed, leaving only a decayed cover of dust about the
coins.—Hampshire Independent.
The paragraphs which have appeared in the English
papers, stating that saloons were to bo provided on the
Eastern Counties line for the accommodation of smokers,
have attracted much attention on the Continent, which
is but natural,
as there every male traveller is by habit
a consumer of cigars. The example will most likely be
extensively followed in Germany and Holland, should
the system be found to answer the expectations of the
Eastern Counties Company. Without wishing to inter-
fere with the taste:: and pursuits of the public, we think,
however, that smoking on railways ought not to be en-
couraged, simply on the ground that it must be more or
less dangerous. With a strong current of air passing
through railway carriages in motion, there must always
be a chance of ignition in the case of clothing and other
inflammable articles which may happen to lie loosely in
the way. The accident on the Versailles Railway a few
years since, from fire, should operate as a caution to rail-
way boards with regard to smoking. The paint and
varnish were found, on that occasion, to contribute freely
to the melancholy and extensive loss of life that took
place.