The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, _ LONDON, WEDNESDA Y MORN f NG, NOVEAII3 ER 25, Is4sl.

_ maw- sirs at4,,..0•ww
still! which gild the ruined temple, the broken, crumbling
relic of the past; or softly shine upon the tender flower,
or clustering curls upon the infant's- brow ! which
gloriously adorn the sacred pile—stream through the
painted glass, and shed a holy radiance round the holy
place ; which glance upon the sculptured tombs, where
sleep the dead i or softly touch the snow white robes
which mark the ministers of peace.:
" In every place, at every time, those beams are bright
and beauteous, but shining in softened radiance in a
church, the sunshine seems the smile of God I"
The author, however, evinces an affection for nature
under every guise. Here is a pen-and-ink picture of
a landscape covered with snow :
"It was, indeed, a glorious sight. They stood upon a
rising ground; beneath them lay the broad expanse of
country, now white with the untrodden snow, which
served to make the remotest distance visible. Although
the hand of art had done nothing here, the scene seemed
scarcely natural—rather, it was a glimpse of fairy land.
This was far different from the glowing sunset, the
smiling beauties of the verdant plain ; but it had other
charms—it was the very emblem of purity and peace.
Alas! of earthly purity and peace, for the same sun, but
just come forth in brightness, for a short u bile increased
its beauty, and made it more apparent ; but that same
sunbeam should, in a little time, melt that fair beauty,
and destroy it all! Thus is it with our peace and purity
—the sunshine of the world's prosperity shall dissipate
the one, a breath the world's slander sully the other's
whiteness.
" But not of this thought our friends, gazing with ad-
miration on the scene ; and, indeed, well worthy was it
of admiration. What various forms the snow assumed,
and yet bow beautiful in all! There it seemed, one un
broken mass of spotless white; here it just tinted, slightly
and gracefully, the withered boughs of many a noble tree,
clothing them, as it were, with a new foliage. There
were the cottages, clearly defined by that fair outline,
and here the village church, the village graves—how
meet that snow-white robe of purity seemed for the
sacred place!
" At a slight distance might be seen a ruined tower,
the weight of ages in its crumbling form, the frost of
winter on its hoary brow. It seemed like some grim
hermit looking upon the youth and strength around—
some mighty record of the past, telling of what had baen,
and showing what all must, alas! soon become. But the
most beautiful sight of all was where the hills abruptly
stopped, and by a rugged precipice descended to the
plan: ; along the height a gentle stream had flowed, then
in a wild cataract had fallen down the steep declivity.
The stream was now all frozen—the very waterfall was
there in ice, as though congealed even as it fell. A tree
that grew on the hill side, hanging across, had bathed its
branches in the falling shower, that shower congealed
now hung suspended from its trembling boughs. It all
seemed magic, it was as though the enchanter's wand, in
one short instant, had transfixed the whole. And it was ,
magic—surely no potent wizard was ever so wonderful,
so powerful, Eo amazing, as gentle, genial, kind, yet
awful Nature!

As a contrast, we transcribe the following vivid ac-
count of a most moving spectacle—a monster meeting
of the Anti-Corn-law League in Covent-garden
Theatre, and the welcome of the great apostle of free

trade, Richard Cobden. ' •
" They arrived early at the theatre, in order to avoid
the crowd ; and seated in their private box, had an ex-
cellent view of the whole house. Evelyn was amazed
and delighted. She had often been at the theatre to see
the regular performance, but never had she beheld a
scene like this. Wherever she looked, was a vast sea of
human heads ; bmeath her the crowded pit seemed one
compact mass, and all around, even to the very roof, was
the same assemblage of eager earnest countenances. And
there, before her—upon that stage which had erst re-
bounded with the actor's tread—which had been wont to
exhibit in its mimic show, great kings and mighty
heroes, battles and victories—to revive with its magic
power the glorious events of history, or pourtray fancy's
most divine creations—there, on that stage, was assem-
bled the mighty body, whose power was great as any
king's, and marvellous as any hero's ; whose battles, al-
beit with other weapons, were valorous and desperate es
the hard-wen fights of old, and whose victory—whose
crowning, matchless victory—was already shadowed
forth its glory beaming bright amid the darkness of
futurity. The gorgeous memories of the past—the fair
imaginings of the poet—all, faded to nothing, before the
present majesty of reality and truth. Before he was the
League !—the all-puissant League, whose power, ema-
nating only from the people, was employed only in the
people's cause. The great fact' never looked more im-
posing—and yet the assembled thousands were as no-
thing, compared with the high principles that inspired
them.
" The chairman addressee! the meeting, in his own
mild and impressive manner, but Evelyn heard him not:
she could heed nothing but the crowded multitude around
her. These then were the people of England, the objects
of her aspirations and her dreams. how interested, how
earnest, how animated did they appear—with what
breathless attention did they listen to the speaker—how
their cheers rose in unison! But while she thus watched
them, one universal spirit seemed to pervade the whole.
The mighty multitude arose, even to a man—their deaf-
ening shouts sounded like thunder—living thunder! and
scarcely could they die upon the echoing walls, ere they
were again and again renewed. Evelyn was amazed—at
first almost alarmed—she could hardly believe this
tumultuous exultation was what she had often read of,
designated "(cheers)." There must be some cause for
such extraordinary excitement—some great speaker was
about to address them ! They shouted his name ! and
Evelyn turned eagerly to behold him—him of whom she
had heard so much—whom she had so long desired to
see—and she saw him! Standing near the front of the
stage, behind a little greeu-covered table, waiting till
the enthusiasm which had greeted him, subsided. Tall
and thin, slightly bending forward, one band resting
upon the table—he appeared far from strong, indeed in
ill-health—hut his expressive countenance bore the Stamp
of a great mind : the power of high intellect was en-
throned on his thoughtful brow.

" He spoke ! and the mighty thunder changed to a
death-like silence. Evelyn listened with earnest atten-
tion : she had never heard a public speaker before, and
at first she was rather surprised—it hardly seemed like
a speech. There was uo studied voice, or affected man-
ner, no formal exordium, no rounded period ; in fact,
nothing forced, strained, or unnatural. The' speaker
appeared rather to be talking to her, and to every one,
individually, in the most easy, unstudied, natural man-
ner possible. There was an almost colloquial freedom
in his eloquence, yet how effective was it 1 A style so
simple and so perspicuous, clear to the humblest com-
prehension, convincing to the most sceptical (if unpre-
judiced). Unanswerable facts followed one another with
startling rapidity ; luminous arguments varied with
lively anecdotes enchained the attention and kept alive
the interest : logic had here a peculiar triumph ; by her
aid, dull things became clear, dry matters all-attractive.
The cheers of the audience attested their approval, their
undivided and animated attention evinced their deep in-
terest and sympathy. Evelyn listened with delight,
never had she felt so thoroughly convinced, so charmed,
so captivated by human reasoning. She marvelled how,
after hearing him, any one could doubt. She believed
all, and could have listened on for ever."
But that our columns are pre-occupied, we would ex-
tract the entire of the fifth chapter to the second
volume • it contains an affecting interview in the
garret Of the sempstress, which should be perused by
every one, from the gentle lady and the statesman
downwards. We cannot refrain from giving a few
simple but suggestive sentences relating to the Em-
peror Napoleon, the latter part of which recalls to our
recollection some similar remarks in " Tom Burke of
Ours," by Charles Lever.
" And the receding shores of France were viewed with
heartfelt grief by one, whose fortunes were as momentous
as the Scottish queen's, whose power and glory were
greater far than hers whose fate was as appalling. W hat
must have been the feelings of the proud conqueror and
mighty monarch,—the obeyed, the beloved, the adored,—
as hastening from the scenes of his grandeur and tri-
umphs, to wear out his prisoned life on a barren rock—
he beheld for the last time the land of his heart, the home
of his glory. In the fresh ardour of early youth, the
young Corsican first landed on the shores of his adopted
country—the country he was to rule, and to lead fore•
most among nations; and now the brief and bright
career was ended; conquered and captive, from the
deck of an enemy's vessel the eyes of the hero last be-
held his beloved France. One of the companions of
that melancholy voyage thus describes the touching
scene:— _ _

" ' The coast -of Brittany threw off the clouds which
concealed it, and presented itself to our eyes, as if to
receive our last adieu. France! France! was the spon-
taneous cry which resounded from one end of the deck
to the other.
The Emperor stood still, looked at the coast, and,
taking off his hat, said, with emotion, "Adieu! Terre
des braves, je to salue! adieu! France, adieu!"
" ' The emotion was electric: even the English in-
voluntarily uncovered themselves with religious respect.'
" Who is there among the most bitter of his enemies
can read this page unmoved? All who have hearts must
feel for the agony that mighty breast endured. We may
contemplate what we cannot comprehend, and who shall
dare to analyse his feelings ? Who shall say what
undefined sensations bound his soul to that beloved
land ?
" His history was twined with that of many nations.
The Ausonian skies shone o'er his early glory ; the
Italian plains witnessed the dawning of his high ambi-
tion. Amid the burning sands of Africa, he overthrew
the desert chiefs, and was hailed by the wondering
moslems, Sultan of fire.' On the shores of Asia he led
his daring army, and by the walls of Acre he missed
his destiny.' At Vienna, the capital of the haughtiest
of empires, monarchs waited in his ante-chamber. Amid
the snows of Russia he led the obedient host ; in the
little isle of Elba hope again inspired his heart. Yet
which of these count' s could compare with France? Not
here had he fought his battles and seen the foeman fly ;
but dearer, better far, here were the ,murmurs of a
people's praise, the rising incense of a people's love.
Other kingdoms laid down their arms ; this gave its
heart's devotion ; here had the diadem been placed upon
his brow,—here, in the hours of peace, he had earned the
statesman'., the legislator's, noble fame,—greater, far
greater, than his soldier's glory : and here, too, had he
enjoyed the happiness of domestic life ; here had his
heart first beat with all a father's rapture over the
promised successor of his greatness, but alas I the heir
of his misfortunes.

" And now the increasing distance removes that
country from his sight—for ever! But even in the land
of exile its memory is dear to him; one of his last
wishes is to be buried there—' au milieu des peuples
Francais quo j'ai tent aircei.' And on the bed of death,
ere his mighty spirit departed, after almost uncon-
sciously addressing his son, and alluding to the army's
head, the last word that lingered on his dying lips was,
France!' "

AU the most important political questions of the

-day are touched upon with some adroitness, and
always in a manner remarkable fbr its liberality :
The Ten Huns' Bill, the Corn-laws, Ireland, the
Allotment System, the Game-laws, the destitution of
the agricultural labourers, and divers other subjects
of a like description. Turn we, however, to the brief
but cordial mention of Sir Robert Peel's resignation
—that resignation which is unprecedented for the
glory and popularity with which it surrounded the
retiring Minister :
" Rousing himself from these meditations, he repaired
to the vicinity of St. Stephen's, not so much to hear the
formal resignation of Ministers, about to be proclaimed,
as to witness the reception of Sir Robert Peel by the
people he had so nobly and so triumphantly befriended.
And right glad was Arbridge that he had come, when
he beheld the heart-stirring scene. It was an appro-
priate and a touching tribute to the retiring Minister.
For two hours the crowd had assembled before the Par-
liament House—for two hours it continued increasing in
numbers and in eagerness, till the anxious, excited,
human line extended along the whole course that he
would have to traverse. Ignorant spectators stopped to
inquire the cause of the unusual and universal anima
Lion. 'ls the Queen about to pass?' No; only Sir
Robert Peel!' only Sir Robert Peel—only the Minister
about to resign in the senate-house his official post, and
to receive from the people's unbiassed and cordial ap-
probation a more gratifying distinction—a more honour-
able reward than the peerage he had been offi.red and
had refused. He camel—the pensive smile on his pale
and placid countenance expressed the emotion and the
satisfaction he must have felt. The eager multitude
closed round him—their glad shouts resounded in the
air. Such was the downfall and defeat of him—sclf-
!acrificed for the people's cause! Arbridge joined gladly
in the enthusiastic cheers, which proclaimed how the
multitude responded to their Minister."
" Evelyn Stuart" is a novel, which, while it fasci-
nates the attention, cannot fail to arouse all our dor-
mant love for fatherland, and to deepen our interest
in the welfare of our poorer brethren. The author
has spoken in a voice of simplicity, but with an ear-
nestness which is thoroughly heartborn.

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("rand Union 100 1/. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 15/. -
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THE ATTEMPTED MURDER AT ISLINGTON.—At
Clerkenwell Police-court, on Monday, George Wilmot,
alias George Smith, was brought before Mr. Green-
wood for further examination, charged with having at-
tempted to murder Mrs. Susannah Haines, the wife of
Mr. James Haines, plumber and glazier, of Paradise-
terrac,., Liverpool-road, Islington. Mr. Greenwood in-
quired as to the present state of Mrs. Haines, or whether
the officer had brought a surgeon's certificate ? Ser-
geant Howard, 22 N, produced a certificate from Mr.
Haines, surgeon, of the Liverpool-road, purporting that
the injured woman was still confined to her bed in a bad
state, and it would be unsafe for her to attend at the
Cow tin less than a week. Mr. Greenwood-, addressing
the prisoner, said it was not necessary for him to require
the attendance of Mrs. Haines, as they had already
taken down her deposition ; but if she should die, the
charge will be a very serious one. He should, therefore,
remand the prisoner for another week.

A NEw WAY OF HEARING TIIE NEWS.—A
fellow climbed one of the poles of the electric telegraph,
in West Kent, the other day, and applied his ear to the
wires, in order to hear the news.—Dover. Telegraph.
We are enabled to state that our excellent Member,
P. W. S. Miles, Esq., is about to lead to the hymeneal
altar oue of the lovely and accomplished daughters of
Major-General Sir W. F. B. Napier, Lieutenant-
Governor of Guernsey.—Bristol Mirror.
LOVE AND SUICIDE.—On Monday between one and
two o'clock, Ellis King, aged twenty-one, servant out of
employ, was admitted into the Charing-cross Hospital,
under the following circumstances : She was a few
weeks ago in a situation in the neighbourhood of Wal-
worth, where she formed an attachment to a young man
who promised to marry her, and on whose account she
is alleged to have left her place. She went to lodge
with some friends at No. 9, Duke-street, Adelphi, when
her suitor failed to keep his appointments to meet her
upon several occasions, and she became so melancholy as
to excite the attention of her friends. On Monday morn-
ing she went out in an unusually cheerful manner, and
returned almost immediately, exhibiting symptoms of
illness ; it being suspected that she had taken poison,
she was removed to the above institution, where she was
at one pronounced to be labouring under the effects of
some deleterious potion, and she expired in about an
hour after her admission.

FATAL VAN AccznENT.—Yesterday Mr. Payne
held an inquest at St. Bartholomew's Hospital on Mrs.
Caroline Thomas, aged thirty years, the wife of a
copperplate printer, residing in Dorrington-street,
Clerken well. On Friday last, about eleven o'clock in
the morning, deceased was crossing Warner-street, when
she came in contact with a van drawn by one horse, and
heavily laden. She was knocked down, and fell under
the hind off wheel. Her body completely " scotched"
the wheel, and she was pushed along the road for up-
wards of twenty yards. She expired almost immediately.
A great number of witnesses were examined, but it ap-
peared that the driver, who is in custody, used his en-
deavours to stop the horse, but ineffectually. The house
surgeon said deceased died from the injury having caused
an effusion of blood in the abdomen. Verdict—Acci-
dental death.

PROJECTIONS OF SHOP-FRONTS; DOUBTFUL CLAUSES
IN THE BUILDINGS ACT.—The award of the Official Re-
ferees, relative to projections of shop-fronts, &c., in-
volves matter of the most serious importance, not only
to the profession, but also to the owners of ground in
the metropolis. Without reference to the particular case,
the principle therein enunciated is no less than this—
that in almost every case of a rebuilding in the city of
London, where every inch of ground is so valuable that
the houses are split up into small tenements, the owner
must, without compensation, or even without any ade •
qoate benefit to the public, as I shall subsequently show,
give up" a portion of his ground, or forego all attempt at
architectural decoration. I cannot imagine that the Le-
gislature, by a side-wind, intended in this irregular
manner to widen the thoroughfares, as it would thus only
be done piecemeal, at the option of the building owners;
and the lines of streets would present a serrated jagged
appearance, like an. awkward squad regiment, and be
full of nooks and nuisance corners. On the other hand,
if the houseis set back, the paving committee will take
possession of the ground surrendered, pave up to the
line of the house, and the inconvenience, if there be
any, of projecting cornices, will exist, to the same in-
jury to the public as before. It appears to me that there
is an ambiguity in the word projections, which, I sub-
mit, is used in three different senses in the three clauses.
In the first, it is applied to architectural decorations,
which are allowed ; in the second, to projections which
do not form a portion of the building, such. as balconies,
verandahs, &c., which are also
. allowed, with a proviso ;
and, in the third, to projections. which
. do form essential
parts in a building, such as prc.pc.tions.on plan. (a wing
and centre for instance), or projections in elevation, such
horotctsoerbiselsleedt
braocokm. s.I
dTohneoste
parorepopserothhiis
reading of the Act, but as a construe-
tabaissiot nebadnaoYfui-niwtiglhieeensndsci :ltauhwusess es, which has been held reasonable by
many persons, who have endeavoured to rake out sense
from obscurity.—The Builder.

DEATH OF A FASHIONABLE
SWINDLER.
Several months ago, a gentleman of very captivating
manners took up, as many of our readers will very well
remember, his temporary abode at the King's Head
Hotel, in this city, under the name and title of the Hon.
Captain Wyndham. It will also be remembered that he
made a somewhat precipitate retreat, after having
honoured some of our banks with a kind of patronage
not altogether profitable or agreeable. He was subse-
quently heard of at Slough, at Windsor, and various
other places, sometimes as Captain Wyndham, and at
other times as Captain Wellesley ; but for some months
past his names and deer's have not been before the pub-
lic. This is now accounted for—he died—as it has
transpired, on the 20th of June last. We are informed
that when inquiries were rather urgent as to his where-
abouts, he shrouded himself in the great metropolis,
whence, when the fame of his banker's cheques, &c.,
had in some measure declined, he departed into
Wales, and took with him a young female.
The character he assumed was that of a lover
of the picturesque, and he and his companion started on
the romantic tour of the Wye, which they pursded to-
gether for some distance, when the gentleman, while
fishing in the above beautiful river, caught a violent
cold, and was compelled to take to bed at an inn. A
medical man was sent for, who at once informed the
supposed wife that her husband's condition was hopeless,
and that he was in fact on the very point of death. The
female thereupon acknowledged that she was not a wife,
and that her male companion was an entire stranger to
her till they encountered each other a few weeks pre-
viously in London, and that she did not know who he
was or who were his relatives. The fears of the physi-
cian were soon realized—the stranger tourist died almost
immediately, and on examining his luggage, in order to
ascertain who his friends were, that the mournful event
of his demise might be communicated to them, there
were found the engraved copperplates of two address
cards, in the well known names of Wyndham and
Wellesley, together with an itinerary of the
various towns and places which he had visited,
with the names of the different banks, &c., which
had honoured his fraudulent cheques. We believe the
search also afforded information as to his real name and
connexions; and we deeply regret that our tale should
have to include the very melancholy incident that on his
death being communicated to his sister, the effect was
most seriously injurious to her feelings, and :he also died
within a fortnight. We are also given to understand
that the real name of the deceased swindler was Page;
that he was of very respectable connexions in the neigh-
bouring county of Hereford, where he has a brother
living in affluent circumstances, and of high reputation;
and that the deceased was formerly in the army, which
accounts for his assuming so well the military cha-
racter, and for the knowledge of military persons
and military incidents which he turned to so good
account in his late dishonourable adventurous career. He
was married, and has left a wife and two children in desti-
tute circumstances; but their misfortunes, we are happy
to hear, have excited the sympathy of a female relative
of-the deceased, and she has undertaken to provide for
them. Thus ends, so far as we are able to disclose it,
the " strange and eventful history " of the Hon Captain
Wyndham, alias ;Captain Wellesley, alias Mr. Page,
whose career affords another illustration of the way-
wardness of human nature, and the misdirection of in-
genuity and talent to purposes of fraud and dishonesty,
which ingenuity and talent, properly applied, might
have made their possessor an ornament to and a valuable
member of society; and the wretched termination of his
career, " in the worst inn's worst room," an outcast from
honourable society, and without relative or friend to
soothe and cheer his last moments, suggests a moral
which we hope will not be entirely lost on others who are
pursuing a similar career of duplicity and crime.—
Gloucester JournaL

IMMENSE LOSS OF PROPERTY

ON BOARD THE AJAX STEAMER.
This noble ship returned to port this morning, after
experiencing the effects'of the gale on Thursday night,
and suffering much from its severity. Indeed were it not
for the great strength and superior qualities of the
vessel, and the prompt and judicious exertions of her
commander, Captain Mowle, it is most likely that very
disastrous results would have followed.

The Ajax left the quays at four o'clock on Thursday
for London with a very large cargo, principally consist-
ing of live stock and provisions. Until she had well
cleared the harbour there were no indications of its
coming on to blow hard, but about eleven o'clock at
night, when she was forty miles from the land, the storm
rose with tremendous fury, and heavy seas struck the
vessel with such force as to tear away the bowsprit and
smash in the forecastle deck. The stairs on the paddle boxes
were at once carried away, and the flooring of the deck
under the mate's berth also stove in. The vessel, having a
very heavy deck load of cattle, &c., it was found necessary
that she should be lightened as much as possible, and
accordingly out of 120 sheep on deck, all but nine were
thrown over board—the pigs were next thrown over to
the number of ninety, and then as many as could be of
the bullocks and cattle ; but from the terror and con-
fusion of the deck passengers, of whom there was an im-
mense number, sufficient assistance could not be had to
throw them overboard, and the poor animals were killed
or smothered. Out of ninety-three head of cattle on
board only twenty were this morning landed alive. The
fury of the gale continued till day-break, the ship be-
hro, ing nobly all through, when the captain put back and,
laying to off the harbour all night, in consequence of the
number of ships in Cove and the river, he arrived at the
quays this morning, with all on board in a miserable
plight. The poor passengers suffered the greatest hard-
ships, and their appearance when landing was most heart-
rending, many of them being bruised, their clothes torn
and their limbs swollen from being crushed together
during the greater part of the time. The deck re-
sembled one vast slaughter-house, animals of every kind
lying dead and bleeding all about. The violence of the
storm and the force with which the seas struck the ves-
sel may be judged of from the fact that one of the chain
boxes, weighing six tons, was carried off the rail it is
usually moved upon from one side of the deck to another,
and thrown on two pigs, who were literally crushed to
atoms under its weight. Men are all day employed un-
loading the dead cattle, and removing them. They were
principally shipped, we understand, by Mr. Jas. Adams,
though not all on his own account, and by Mr. P.
Murphy and son, whose loss no doubt will be consider-
able. A great number of the cattle and sheep also be-
longed to Mr. Connolly, an extensive grazier and cattle
dealer, near Kilmallock. Fortunately, no loss of human
life occurred, and the injuries which the ship sustained
are of a nature that will admit of being speedily re-
paired.•—Cork Southern Reporter of Saturday.

Archdeacon Shirley has been appointed to the
Bishopric of Sodor and Man.
WWIEACH.— STRANGE FATALITY. —D uring the
last few weeks Mrs. Rowell, of Town-end, has lost her
whole family by typhus fever. The death of her husband
was just published in our obituary, and now we have the
melancholy task of stating that her two daughters, from
ten to twelve years of age, and her last-born son, three
years old, have each fallen (a few days apart from the
other) victims to this messenger of death, while the
mournful widow is in an advanced state of pregnancy.
It is a singular circumstance that Mr. Rowell was in a
profuse perspiration, in the act of catching a runaway
horse, when he took cold, and was heard to say that he
should die the death of his father, which was brought on
in a similar manner, by running after a horse which had
escaped from his owner—both cases terminating in
death by fever.—Cambridgelndependent Press.
A few days back, a billiard-table, that had been
carried away by the late inundation of the Loire, was
found in a field near Blois. It belonged to a eaf6 in a
little commune near Orleans, 15 or 20 leagues from the
spot where it was found.—Galignani.
ELGIN BURGHS.—Sir A. Leith Ilay, the present
representative of these burghs in Parliament, has an-
nounced his intention of again offering himself at next
election.—Scotch Paper.
DANGER OF LUCIFER MATCHES.—Monday after.*
noon, about four o'clock, an accident, which was nearly
attended with fatal consequences, occurred to a little
girl about ten years of age, named Sarah Griffiths,
residing in Park-street, Kennington. Her mother had
gone to take her husband his tea, and during her ab-
sence her daughter reached some lucifer matches from a
shelf in the room, and was playing with them, when
some of them ignited, and set fire to her pinafore. A
woman living next door, on hearing her screams, ran to
her assistance, and succeeded in extinguishing the
flames. The child was so severely burnt about the arms
and legs that it was thought necessary to convey her to
a surgeon's close by, who dressed her wounds. It is ex-
pected she will recover.
THE EXPLOSION AT OLDBURY.—An inquest on the
bodies of the two sufferers by the explosion in Mr. Par-
ker's pit, at Oldbury, was hold on Monday at Dudley.
Several of the men who worked in the pit said they had
complained of the imperfect ventilation, and of the col-
lection of " sulphur," but that no notice had been taken
of their complaints. One of these witnesses, named
Edward Foley, nineteen years of age, said he had been
so frightened by the accumulation of " sulphur," and by
"comical dreams," that he did not return to the works
and so escaped. Mr. Elwall, a mine inspector, said the
principal defect of the pit was, that the air heading was
too narrow, and had not been carried far enough, and he
said the accident might have been prevented had the air
beading been cleaned out more frequently. A
public meeting was held in that town yesterday, for the
purpose of memorialising the Government to appoint
"mine inspectors."
THE GRESHAM LECTURES.—Monday evening, Pro-
fessor Taylor commenced his series of lectures for the
present term, the subject selected being the dramatic
music of England. He proceeded to consider the state
of music generally, and the state of the theatrical pro-
fession, at the commencement of the reign of George
the Third. At the period alluded to, glee writing under
that Dame commenced, stimulated by the Catch Club,
which was established some time previously. At first it
was confined to bacchanalian purposes, but gradually, as
these compositions improved in character, they were
introduced into the most polished circles, and formed a
prominent feature in the best concerts. Attention was
then drawn to several operas, which were, at the period
more immediately under consideration, the principal
favourites with the public, and Artaxerxes was chosen
for the purpose of illustration. The duet, " Fair Aurora,
prithee stay," was given effectively by Mr. Hobbs and
one of his pupils ; as were also "In infancy our hopes
and fears," " If o'er the gentle tyrant, Love." and seve-
ral others, which, as the lecturer remarked, though
perhaps known to many, were welcome to all. With
the quartet, " Let nut rage thy bosom tire," the lecture
closed.

It is reported that the marriage of our respected
county Member, Captain Dalrymple, with the eldest
daughter of the Duke de Coigny, which has been the
subject of private rumour for some time, is to take place
early in December,—Galloway Advertiser.