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XXIX.

A TRIBUTE of SYMPATHY ADDRESSED to MOURNERS.
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L 0 V E is the leading feeling of the human
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every other impulse of nature, and is not only stronger than avarice,
but more engrossing even than ambition. No man is exempt from
its influence, or can avoid its sway ; and business, pleasure, philo-
sophy, and divinity itself become neglected under the enthralling
power of LOVE, which, unlike most things, increases in intensity
with time, until it receives the sacred consummation of marriage.
When union does not take place, however, this passion, this
fervour, this golden tido of the manliest feelings becomes a deadly
poison in tko heart, which now darkens, as it before bright-
ened, all things upon earth. flow is it that men, of most un-
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time spent in the fulfilment of every engagement, snap the very con-
tract asunder which should be most binding to an honourable mind?
It is the effect of conscience. The Lover, by enervation of early
habits, or the results of secret disease, knows himself to be
disqualified, and dares not enter a state which has been
Instituted by Divine Law for tie fulfilment of important
ends. The wretched condition of such a being must subsequently he
beyond measure deplorable 1 Loving and beloved, he entails the
most miserable disappointments on the object of his choice, and upon
himself a desolation the most horrible, when the simple possession of
natural attributes would change the scene, and yield to both a life of
unalloyed happiness. The subject is interesting, and deserves the
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SELF-PRESERVATION,

illustrated by forty coloured engravings on the anatomy, physiology,
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RETIKW OF IRA WORK.
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taught innocence the book is not, of course, needed; but wherever
laxity has prevailed, the tender yet awful voice breathing in these
pages is likely to prove as strikingly beneficial as the admonitions of
a homily blended with the practical advice of a writer on medicine."
—United Kingdom Magazine.
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THE CHOLERA.:—The new cases reported since our
last publication are as follows:—In Edinburgh on Mot.-
day 25, Tuesday 12, yesterday 14. In Leith Sunday
and Monday 24, on Tuesday 14, yesterday 12. The
deaths in Edinburgh during these three days have been
41 ; in Leith 13. The recoveries ascertained since our
last publication are in Edinburgh 6 ; in Leith 9. The
cases still remaining are—in Edinburgh 83 ; in Leith
87 ; in Newhaven 1. About the end of last week the
epidemic broke out in the village of Loanhead, and
from the parish of Lasswade there have been 29 cases
reported, of which 18 have proved fatal. These
were nearly all colliers in Loanhead, living within
400 yards of each other. From Crookston, parish
of Stow, one fatal case is reported, that of
an itinerant hawker, who had left Edinburgh a few
hours before being taken ill. In Musselburgh as well as
Portobello we are informed that cholera has appeared, in
several cases fatal, but as yet there has been no authentic
return from these places. There have also been seven
cases reported in tire parish of Liberton, four of which
have proved fatal. The sheriff has issued a circular to
the inspector of the poor of each parish in the county.
requiring him to make a daily return of the cases of
cholera in his parish, properly authenticated. The 24
cases reported from Leith on Monday were chiefly in the
centre of the town. In Edinburgh a great proportion of
the victims resided in some part of that long line of over-
crowded streets, extending from Croft-an-righ, near
Holyrood, to the Grass-market and West Port. Among
the new localities in Edinburgh is the Water of Leith
village, where the disease first appeared on Monday.
Caledonian Mercury.
POLISH BALL AND CONCERT AT GUILDHALL ON
THE I6TH INST.—Another n
mee ti g of the committee
for conducting this annual entertainment took place at
Guildhall on Tuesday, under the presidency of Mr.
Holt, the deputy chairman. From the reports mado by
some of the members present, and also received from
various quarters, there is everyf reason to believe that the
o
exertions of the friends A Poland will, as usual, be
crowned with success. ost distinguished list of
patrons and patronesses,headed by her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent, vas laid before the committee by
Lord Dudley Stuart, and his Lordship handed likewise
to the treasurer several donations which he had received
for the benefit of this benevolent undertaking. Every
precaution has been taken to facilitate the co:nfort
and convenience of the
visitors;a separate saloon,
brilliantly lighted and embellished with shrubs and
evergreens, having been prepared,fo in addition to the
other refreshment rooms,
Thex. the numerous company
expected on the occasion,
of excellence of the con.
cert, under the able directionlr. Benedict and Mr.
Lindsay Sloper, forms of itselfta great attraction, com-
prising as it does the names
nefisshezossat eminentss vocal
fists—Miss Poole, Mrs.
Ransford, Miss Messent, Misses' A. land M.araliams
Miss Dolby, and Miss Miran; Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr.'
W. H. Harrison, Mr. Charles Braham Mr. Whitworth,
Mr. Weiss, Signor Burdini, Mr. Williams, and Mr.
Frank Bodds; and no small feature of this musical treat
will be the performance of the celebrated artiste, Mon-
sieur Chopin, who has never as yet been heard before
the public in London. Several distinguished persons
have signified their intention to honour the ball with
their presence ; and when the gay scene presented on
the evening of the fete, in the splendid hall hung with
flags and banners, brilliantly illuminated, and filled with
a diversity of rich dresses and gorgeous costumes, can
be imagined, it is not surprising to see it, as it has ever
been, fully and fashionably attended by the votaries of
the dance, and many other persons anxious to testify
their feelings in a just and right cause.
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which will surpass, in size, build, and equipments, every
other sailing vessel yet constructed in the United States.
This ship will measure, in length, 200 feet; breadth of
beam, 41i feet; depth of hold, 28 feet; and will carry
1,600 tons of cargo.—New York Herald.
RUTLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—We are re-
quested to remind our readers that the entries close at
three o'clock on Monday next, the 13th inst., for stock
intended to be exhibited at the approaching anniversary.
—Stamford Mercury.

Yesterday being the seventh anniversary of the
birth of his Royal Highness Edward, Prince of
Wales, it was observed as a holiday in the offices of
the Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster. The children
of the Welsh School, in Gray's Inn-lane, of which
his Royal Highness is patron, were regaled with a
feast and holiday.
At Windsor Castle her Majesty gave an entertain-
ment, and a grand review of the troops stationed at
Windsor took place in the Home Park, in the after-
noon, in honour of the event.
For the first time since the birth of his Royal
Highness, in the evening a general illumination took
place at the theatres and houses of the royal trades.
people in the metropolis. The following are some
of the principal emblematical devices :
The Royal Italian Opera in Covent-garden—A
brilliant Star of the Order of the Garter, the centre
being composed of the initials " H. R. H. P. AV.," in
elegant scroll-work—a magnificent gas illumination.
Theatre Royal, Drury-lane—A Star of Brunswick,
with the initials, "P. W." on either side—a brilliant
gas illumination.

Lyceum Theatre—A Star of Brunswick, brilliantly
ighted with gas.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD, Nov. 9.—ln a congregation holden this
morning (being what is termed a bye day), the follow-
ing degrees were conferred, viz.:—

MASTER OF ARTS.—Rev. Arthur Fanshawe Stopford,
Fellow of All Souls' College.
BACHELOR OF ARTS.—William Benson Richardson,
John Scott Bankes, University College; Hon. Augustus
Byron, Merton College; George L. Beckwith, Clerk of
All Souls' College; Henry Septimus Pigot, Brasenose
College; Joseph Tice Gellibrand, Henry Mallory Ma-
pleton, Edward Thornton, Heydon Aldersey Taylor, St.
John College; Daniel Thomas (scholar), Charles Tudor,
John Bowman, Jesus College; Richard Cattley, John
Estcreet, Walter Field, Worcester College; Henry
Swaby, scholar of Pembroke College; John Goss,
William Norman, St. Mary Hall; William Davis,
Robert Hughes, New Inn Hall.
The Margaret Professor of Divinity (Dr. Fausett),
will begin a course of lectures on Thursday, November
30, at twelve o'clock.
The lectures are intended for those who have passed
their examination for the degree of B.A. Gentlemen
desirous of attending are requested to call on the pro-
fessor on Wednesday, the 29th, between the hours of
twelve and two.
Candidates for honours, of which there are forty, are
required to attend at the writing school, on Saturday,
the II th instant, at ten o'clock.
CAMBRIDGE, OCT. B.—At a Congregation holden this
day, the following degrees were conferred:—
M.A. (by Royal Mandate)—H. Woodrow, Caius Col-
lege.
B.D.—George Williams, King's College.
LL.B.—T. C. Williams, Catharine Hall.

M.A.—P. H. Anderson, Corpus College; James Hut-
chinson, St. John's College ; J. 11. Lang, Magdalen
College.
At the same Congregation the following graces passed
the Senate:—
" 1. To appoint Mr. Rowland Williams, of King's
College, an Examiner of the Classical Tripes for the en-
suing year.
" 2. To authorize the removal of the University Mu-
niments from the room which they at present occupy in
the Pitt Press, and which is damp and ill ventilated, to
the great room in the same building recently occupied
by the Mesman Collection ; the Syndics not seeing any
probability of the latter room being wanted for the
purposes of the press, nor any objection to such ap-
propriation.
"3. On the :recommendation of the Syndics of the
Press, to grant to the lonian University of Corfu copies
of all books which have been printed at the Pitt Press
on account of the University, and also of such editions of
the Bible and Prayer Book as may be selected by the
Syndics.
"4. To confirm the report of the Botanical Garden
Syndicate dated Oct. 28, 1848.
" 5. To allow Mr. Walker of Caius College to resume
his Regency."
TRINITY COLLEGE.—The following prize subjects have
been given out :
English.—The political and social condition of the
Italian Republics in the middle ages, compared with that
of the Republic of Ancient Greece.
Latin Alcaics.—O navis referent in mare to nevi
fluctus. •
ANTIQIARIAN SOCIETY.-11ectings have been appointed
for the following dates during 18411 9, to be held in the
Philosophical Rooms :
Michaelmas Term, 1848.—Monday, Dec. 4.
Lent Term, 1849.—Monday, Feb. 19 ;
Monday,
March 5.
Easter Term, 1849.—Monday, April 30 ; Friday (An-
niversary), May 14.

Among the public works to be undertaken during
the winter season will be the 'viaduct over which the
western railroad will cross the Chaussee du Alain() at
the Barriere du Maine, between the present and the now
station. This viaduct will be formed upon a single arch i
of cast iron, upwards of 65 feet in span, springing from
abutments of solid masonry.—Galtgnani.

HISTORY of the PHILOSOPHY of MIND:
4 Vols. By Robert Blakey.
Among all the departments of knowledge, that of
Mental Philosophy, or the Philosophy relating to the
faculties and powers of intellect, is the foremost. Since
the time of the Stagyrite, it has been emphatically
distinguished'as the First Philosophy - all the °that
branches of thought, those referring to external
objects, and thoseolgain, devoted to the ccnsideratiots
cf moral duties or obligations, being based, in the
first instance, upon the truths established in this
paramount field of investigation. Notwithstanding
this incontrovertible fact, notwithstanding the univer-
sally ackno a 'edged pre-eminence of Metaphysics
over every other description of Philosophy, it is
marvellous to reflect that since the close of the
eighteenth century the cultivation of this profound
study has been almost entirely neglected in our owe
country, and that until the appearance of the very
remarkable work before us, the science of Mental.
Philosophy was altogether without an historian. For
two powerful reasons, therefore, we are disposed to
welcome the publication of these four volumes by Mr.
Blakey with a satisfaction in some measure commen-
surate with the dignity of the subject, the develope
ment of which that gentleman has here narrated with
so much eloquence and erudition. Hitherto, we have
said, Metaphysics have been without an historian.
Political Philosophy has had its Brougham. Moral
Philosophy has had its Paley. Physical Philosophy,
or Natural Philosophy, as it is more frequently
termed, has, in each of its almost innumerable divi-
sions, had some illustrious exponent—in'Chemistry a
Braude ; in Optics a Newton ; in Astronomy a
Copernicus ; in Anatomy, a- Quain ; in Geology, a
Buckland ;' in Hydraulics' a Galileo; in Ethnology, a
Prichard; in Zoology, a Buffon ; in 'Botany,
.a Lin-
mous ; in Philology, a Leibnitz ; in Mechanics, a
Fergusson; and so on uninterruptedly through acou-
stics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, navigation, entomology,
ornithology, meteorology, ichthyology, conchology,
helminthology, mineralogy, and the rest of.-these in-
exhaustible departments. But Metaphysical Philo-
sophy—the philosoPhy which above all others most
required a certainklegree of classification in order to
render its results available, and its progressive ad-
vancement comprehensible—remained without any
book of nomenclature. Until Mr. Blakey com-
pleted these four noble volumes there was no book
which attempted, even in the most elementary or
superficial manner, to depict the rise and the pro-
gressive development of the most purely intellectual
of all the sciences. Metaphysical Philosophy was
never until now deliberately mapped out, chronolo-
gically or otherwise, if we except the incidental cone
tributions towards a chart of metaphysics contained
in Mr. Hallatn's " Literature of the Middle Ages,"
the preliminary treatises of Cudworth, Enfield, and
Stanley, together with the isolated Dissertation by
Dugald Stewart, prefixed to the latest edition of the
Encyclopedia Britannica. At length this won-
derful hiatus, in the records of human know-
ledge has been" 'filled up by the scholarly
and laborious hands of the author of these pretentious
octavos—pretentious we mean in their simple charac-
ter, in spite of the graceful humility expressed as to
their ulterior destiny in the " Preface." Mr. Blakey
has not only done good service to the student in me-
taphysics, but has, in like manner, let us hope, taken
an appreciable step towards the revival in England of
that study which was placed in the van of all the
sciences by the venerable hand of Aristotle. By the
recent changes effected in the scholastic administra-
tion at Cambridge, natural philosophy has heen ad-
mitted to a companionship with classic literature and
mathematics—let us hope that the first philosophy,
the philosophy treating of mental powers and facul-
ties, will no longer be excluded from the general
course of university education. By discontinuing
the cultivation of this spiritualising and elevating
study, England has tended to propagate in an alarm-
ing degree those barren and hideous doctrines of
Materialism which have found advocates and pane-
gyrists in a long catalogue of godless philosophers,
dating from Volney down to Humboldt. In Eng-
land the exclusive cultivation of the physical
sciences has led to one extreme. In Ger-
many the exclusive cultivation of mental
philosophy has led to another. In the latter country
the system has produced visionaries ; in the former
Deists and Atheists, or—which is, if possible, even
worse—an enormous multitude of indifferentists and
latitudinarians. By a gradual infusion of more sober
inquiries into the philosophic schools and coteries of
Germany a beneficent alteration is being already
effected—" spiritualism is gradually becoming more
material, and materialism more spiritual.' The
extremes of the credulous majority and the sceptical
minority are being knit up together, and on the
anvil of revolutions they will doubtless be soon
welded into one solid and homogeneous mass. In
England a modification of an equally surprising
character remains to be effected : and for the further-
ance of this great social improvement we do not
recollect a more distinctly initiative step than the
publication of Mr. Blakey's novel and ingenious
" History of the Philosophy of Mind." It is a work
abounding with treasures culled from the golden
reliquary of classic literature. It is of such mar-
vellous scope (extending as it does from Thales to
Whewell), and'of such various character (embracing as
it does the gaudy hallucinations of Paracelsus and the
practicable schemes of Gioberti), that it brings irre-
sistibly to our remembrance the panegyric pronounced
by Byron on the masterpiece of the inimitable Bur-
ton. Any one, said Byron, after reading the " Ana-
tomy of Melancholy," might pass through life as a
good classical scholar, although wholly unacquainted
with any other work relating to the Greek and Latin
literature. Any one, say we, might pass through life
creditably, as a proficient in metaphysical philosophy,
after perusing this single work on its developement.
The symmetry, so to speak, which is imparted to-the
knowledge of mental philosophy by the mode in which
the different metaphysicians have been classified by
Mr. Blakey, is something surprising, after the chaos in
which the mind of the student has hitherto floundered
about without beacon or landmark, without either
compass or rudder. To afford some conception of the
manner in which this is accomplished, we may cur-
sorily advert to the construction of the materials con-
stituting the four volumes of the " History." Volume
One, consisting of thirty-eight chapters, describes the
origin and progress of metaphysics from the earliest
period of mental speculation to the commencement
of the scholastic philosophy—particularizing in the
mental philosophy of Greece, the lonic School
(Thales, Anaximander, Diogenes, Anaxagoras' • &c.) ;
the Italian School (Pythagoras) ; the Eleatic School
(Zenophanus, Heraclitus, &c.) ; the Second Eleatic
School (Empedocles, Democritus, &c.) ; the Greek
Sophists (Socrates, Protagoras) ; the Cyrenic and
Cynical Schools; the Schools of Megara, Elis, and
Eretria (Euclid, Plato, Aristotle) ; the Sceptical
School ; the Stoical School ; the Alexandrian School,
and its numerous followers. Subsequently is men-
tioned the Roman School of Moral Philosophy, illus-
trated by the genius of Cicero and Lucretius. Next
come the United Philosophers of India - the Gnostic
Metaphysicians ; the New Platonists,.and the Ancient
Fathers of the Church, including Origen, Isidore,
Tertullian, St. Augustine, Cassiodorus, Cyprian, Eu-
sibius, Ambrose, Jerome, and Chrysostom. The
Arabian Metaphysicians, the Persian Sophists, the
Cabalistic Metaphysicians, the Philosophers of the
Jews, and the Metaphysicians of the Saxons,
such as Alcuin and the Venerable Bede, bring
the first volume to a conclusion. Volume
Two, numbering thirty chapters, carries the sciences
down to the period of Locke—recording the labours
of the Scholastic Metaphysicians (Lanfranc, St.
Thomas Aquinas, St. Bonaventure,D uns Scotus, &c.);
and on the appearance of Dante, Raymond Lully,
Erasmus, Cornelius Agrippa, Paracelsus, Luther,
Calvin, Melanethon, Knox, Lord Bacon, Hobbes,
Montaigne, Descartes, Pascal, Malebranche, Spinoza,
Bossuet, Huygens, Fenelon Fontenelle, Leibnitz,
and John Locke. Volume Three,' containing twenty-
two chapters, proceeds as far as the first French Re-
volution at the close of the last century, particulariz-
ing such men as Wollaston, Butler, Stillingfleet,
Bayle, Muller,: Berkeley, Hume, Rousseau, Turgot,
D'Alembert, Reid, Horne Tooke, Diderot, Voltaire,
Helretius, Hartley, Priestly, Darwin, Fergusson,
Emmanuel Kant, Volney, Condorcet, and Cabanis.
Volume Four, comprising nine chapters of consider-
able length, terminates only with the present time,
detailing the labours of Dugald Stewart, Thomas
Brown, Coleridge, Whewell, Macintosh, Schlegel,
Fichte, Royer Collard, Lameanais, Buchez, Benjamin
Constant, Brissot, Victor Cousin, Claude Henri,
Count de St. Simon, Charles Fourier, Pierre Leroux,
Tommassen, Gioberti, Mamiani, Van de Weyer, and
Emerson. From the mere enumeration of these more
prominent among the metaphysical writers of ancient
and modern times, some notion may be formed of the
effort required in the accumulation of facts for the
composition of an historical work such as the one
undertaken by Mr. Blakey. The abundance of ma-
terials almost defied compression into the compass of
four volumes, but this compression has been effected
by our author with very considerable skill. Occa-
sionally, it is true, the necessity of reducing matters
to the briefest possible compass has induced Mr.
Blakey to abbreviate precisely where some slight
extension would be most. agreeable. Take, for ex-
ample, the chapter upon Socrates. It occupies scarcely
three pages, including a note of reference. Of all

STAmronD, Nov. 10.—Yesterday's fair, for horned
and polled cattle, was the largest ever known. On
Tuesday and Wednesday there were arrivals at the vil-
lages and inns in the neighbourhood from almost all the
northern parts of the kingdom; they came by rail as
well as by road, and many of the lots were accompanied
by Scotch and Lishdrovers. On Wednesday 200 beasts
reached Stamford direct from Glasgow, and yesterday
morning the trains brought trucks filled with live stock.
It is impossible to judge uccuratAy cf the number of
beasts offered for sale, but they were supposed to amount
to between 12,000 and 15,000. or three times the ave-
rage number exhibited at Smithfield market on any day
during 1847. The open fields extending from the back
of the Rock-gardens to Emlyn's close were crowded,
and so thickly were the animals studded in the town that
St. Peter's-street and Scotgate to St. Paul's-street (in-
cluding the intermediate streets, the Sheep-market, and
Red Lion-square), were for a time nearly impassable
except to those engaged in buying and selling. A cal-
culation was made that there were 1,500 beasts in Broad-
street, 800 in Scotgate, 300 in High-street, 600 in Red
Lion square, All Saints'-place, and Barnhill, 100 in
Ironmonger-street, 150 in the Sheep-market, &c. There
was an abundance of bus ers, but they took advantage of
the extraordinary supply to manifest a shyness in offer-
ing; the sellers, however, generally refusing to give way,
sales at length became pretty brisk, and some thousands
changed hands at prices a trifle below those obtained at
recent fairs.—Stamford Mercurty.
THE EDINBURGH CHARTIST TRIALS.—On Tuesday
the trials of the Edinburgh Chartists commenced before
the High Court of Justiciary in Edinburgh. The Judges
on the bench were the Lord Justice Clerk, Lord Med-
wyn, and Lord Mackenzie. The case having been
opened, an objection was raised, which has been deemed
of such importance as to be laid before the whole bench
of Judges, who were to assemble on Thursday to hear
the pleadings, and decide upon them. The general im-.
port of the objection is, that while the major proposition
of the indictment charges the prisoner Cumming with
contravention of the Government Security Bill, sedi-
tion, and conspiracy, the facts set forth in the minor
pioposition amount to the crime of high treason. The
libel, or indictment, having been read, the case was ad-
journed for the purpose of arguing the objection stated
above.

INQUEST ON THE BODY OF MR. DEAN, THE
INVENTOR OF THE DIVING APPARATUS—This inge-
nious mechanician was formerly a caulker, but devoted
his time exclusively of late years to the invention of the
diving apparatus and other things, for which patents
were obtained. Intense application to his pursuit, it is
supposed, impaired his intellects, and he was accordingly
confined for some time in the lunatic asylurn at Peck-
ham. He committed suicide on Tuesday morning last,
by cutting his throat with a razor. The jury, after a
careful inquiry, returned a verdict of " Temporary
insanity.",
ROBBERIES ON LORD MAYOR'S DAY.--NUMerOUS
robberies were committed yesterday amongst the crowds
of persons assembled in the streets to witness the pro-
cession. Purses, pocket-books, and watches rapidly
changed owners. No less than thirty charges of pocket-
picking were entered at the station in Fleet-street in the
course of the day, and many other similar robb
r.
were no doubt committed, but, from the dexterity ofe lees
thieves, the vigilance of the police was baffled.
ST. MART'S NEWINGTON.—In consequence of the
apprehensions entertained of the spread of cholera in the
close and crowded streets of St. Mary's Newington, a
special meeting of the governors and guardians of the
poor was held at the workhouse on Tuesday evening,
with the view of determining the measures to be adopted
to insure immediate and efficient medical attendance upon
any of the poorer classes when attacked by the epidemic.
After some discns'sion, it was determined to elect ten
medical officers in addition to those already appointed,
one for each particular locality, but each gentleman
being required to act in any part of the parish should
it become necessary. The fee was fixed at 10s. 6d. each.
case. The following gentlemen were accordingly ap-
pointed :—Mr. Boddy, 12, Saville-row, Walworth ; Mr.
Marshall, 9, Marlborough-place; Mr. Nolan, 11, Church-
row, Newington; Mr. Hicks, 4, High-street; Mr. Mason,
High- street ; Mr. Ho witt, 5, Apollo-buildings, Walworth;
Mr. Darville, Dean's-row, Walworth ; Mr. Crisp, Char-
lotte-row ; Mr. Townsend, Newiegton-causeway ,• Mr.
Lewis, , Brighton-place, New Kent-road ; Rath_
bone, Webb's County-terrace ; and Mr. Hawkins, Great
Dover-street.

HORNCASTLE.—An awfully sudden death occurred
here on Friday last. About eight o'clock in the evening,
Mrs. Houlden, aged 63, widow of Mr. Houlden, of
Revesby, conversed as cheerfully as usual with one of
her neighbours, and on wishing her good night, repaired
into hee own house, fastening the outer door. As she
lived alone, and was not stirring so soon as usual the fol-
lowing morning, one of the neighbours got assistance and
entered the house, where Mrs. Houlden was found quite
dead, sitting on a chair in her kitchen. It seems that
she was seized with death as soon as she entered her
house the preceding night, as no preparation had been
made for retiring to bed, which was, usual with her about
nine o'clock.— Verdict of the coroner's inquest, " Visi-
tation of God."—Stamford Mercury.
DIINEAR.—On Sunday last, in consequence of the
insufficiency of the railway fence, several fine sheep
escaped from that portion of it which runs through the
farm occupied by Mr. Archibald Lawson, West Barns,
and, although seen lying
on the line by the engineer,
such was the velocity
at which the train was going at
the time, that no efforts of his could avert their destruc-
tion, and seven of them were crushed to pieces. Luckily
no accident occurred to the train, which arrived in safety
at the Dunbar station.—Caledonian Mercury.