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London, England, 1833-10-30 00:00:00

then, for 101,0001. (including the timber). We are glad
to find that this valuable estate has fallen into the hands of
a native of the county of liberal principles,— Welshman.
The report of an augmentation of troops
being ordered for the West Indies, is without foundation ;
the regular relief being all that is on the move.—
Hampshire Advertiser.

THE ENGLISH IN GERMANY.—A curious
laffray occurred a fortnight back near Baden. A party
of English, including Sir John Sinclair and his son, were
walking on the road, when some ruffians in a charcoal
cart spat on the ladies. One of the gentlemen (Captain
Grevel) in the indignation of the moment, having nothing
else at hand, threw his hat at, the fellows. It fell in the
cart, and wishing to recover it, he jumped in after it.
when one of the Germans seized him by the collar, and
the others drove off the horses at a gallop. The Captain
knocked down his assailant, and afterwards gave him a
good thrashing, and the other English coming up did as
much for his companions, to teach them better manners
for the future.—Hampshire Advertiser.
The census taken last week of the inhabi-
tants within the parliamentary boundaries of the burgh of
Elgin, in terms of the Police Act, give a population of
1,257 males and 2,996 females, making a total of 5,243
persons. The unmarried ladies will be astonished to
learn from this list that the females within the parlia:nen-
tary boundaries exceed the males by 729.
When the body of Cromwell was disinterred,
after the restoration, it was found in a vault in the middle
aisle of Henry the Seventh's Chapel. In the inside of the
coffin, and on the breast of the corpse, was laid a copper-
plate finely gilt, enclosed in a thin case of lead. On one
side of this plate was engraven the Arms of England
impaled with those of Oliver, and on the reverse the
following legend :—" Oliverius Protector, Reipublicas
Scotian et Hibernise, natus 25 Aprilis, 1599,
inauguratus 16 Decembris, 1653, rnortuus 3 Septembris,
ann. 1658, his situs est."—Encyclopcedia Britannica.
The cholera, which has prevailed at Falmouth
to rather an alarming extent, is said to be decreasing.
The Rev. Archdeacon Sheepshanks, Vicar of St. Gluvius,
had a small portion of his glebe enclosed at his own
expense, as a burying place for the bodies of persons
dying of cholera, should that epidemic reach the town of
Fenryn, which is situated in that parish.
IRISH MILITIA STAFF.—The returns re-
lative to this body called for by Mr. Littleton refer only
to the number of sergeants of each of the corps at head-
quarters, and are designed for the information of Lord
Melbourne, the Secretary for the Home Department.
We subjoin the number of persons connected with each
staff:-1 Captain, 1 Sergeant Major, 13 Sergeants,
one of whom acts as Quartermaster Sergeant, 1 Drum
Major, and 6 Drummers—in all, 1 Officer and 21 men
receiving Government pay.
LONGEVITY.—A poor woman, called " Kate
the Sailor," of the great age of one hundred and four
years, and in perfect possession of her faculties, is now
living at Eglwysbrewism, Glamorganshire. A woman
named Ann Samuel, of the still greater age of one
hundred and six, now resides at Rowminster, Mon-
mouthshire, and is able to walk about her house with
tolerable facility.—Bristol Mercury.
Peter Cunningham, the very ingenious son
of Allan Cunningham, has recently put forth an elegant,
cheap, and accurate edition of the Poems of William
Drummond, of Hawthornden ; in the progress of which
Mr. Cunningham professes to have derived some interest-
ing facts relating to the poet's life, from that learned
antiquary, David Laing, of Edinburgh. The utter
worthlessness of the edition published by Jeffery of Pall-
mall, in 1791, renders the present a valuable accession
to the reprints of the popular poets, who flourished
during the reigns of Elizabeth and James the First.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—Mr. J. Read, of
Islip, near Oxford, aged 34, died on Saturday, Sept. 28.
On the Saturday preceding he trod upon a nail, which
pierced his shoe, and, as was afterwards found, the point
of which remained in his groat toe. He gave his foot
rest and applied poultices till the Tuesday following,
when so little appeared to be the matter that he was able
to attend to his business as usual. On the Thursday
evening lie complained of tightness in the chest, which
be attributed to a cold. In the course of the night he felt
spasms in the neck, and medical assistance was called in,
when it was found he was suffering from lock jaw. The
wound was examined, and a small portion of the nail ex-
tracted. The spasms continued to increase, and lie lived
in dreadful agony twenty-seven hours, when death released
him from his sufferings.-4Vorthampton Herald.
A female infant was, born eight months ago
at Verdun, with the germs of the disease called hydroce-
phalus, or water on the brain, which has gradually in
creased till the head has become so enlarged that it mea-
sures three feet in circumference. The bones forming the
vault of the head have yielded thus far to the expansion of
the brain. The space between the two [tones is sensible
to the touch, and the whole head is so nalliealde that it
changes its form according to the position in which the
child is laid. She could see with only one eye when
born, and has since becoine totally blind. She utters
plaintive cries, but is not yet reduced to a state of maras-
mus, as the digestive functions continue to act regularly.
It cannot, however, be long before death puts an end to
the sufferings of this unfortunate infant.— Galignani.
CAPTAIN OWEN'S VOYAGES.— " Africa
may he said to possess a stronger attraction than most
other regions of the globe, from its having been lass
explored; and, consequently, affording a more fertile and
I extensive source of novelty for the gratification of curiosity
and adventure. Great as the progress has been in our
day in the development of geographical information,
relative to this great Continent, consequent on the exertions
and zeal of Hornemann, Park, Oudney, Denham, Clap-
perton, Laing, and many other travellers, not forgetting
the modest, unpretending Lander, much still remains to
be done to complete the geography even of Northern
Africa; and as to the southern part of this continent, it
continues to exhibit almost a blank on our maps. A
survey of its eastern coast was the main object of the
present expedition; and the united labours of the surviv,

ing officers of the little squadron arc detailed in these
volumes. The results are highly iciportant."— Quarterly
Review.

CAPTAIN Ross.--Yesterday afternoon,about
3 o'clock, Captain Was waited upon the Commissioners
of Police, in Scotland-yard, for the purpose of giving
information of a loss he had sustained of very considerable
importance, and requesting they would, if possible, cause
it to be regained. It appears that Captain Ross had had
in the morning an interview with the Lords of the
Admiralty, to whom he presented some of his papers
connected with hie late perilous exploit, which on his
departure were restored to him. The Captain called a
cabriolet off the stand in Parliament-street, and desired
the man to drive tc his residence at the Portland Hotel.
With n ten minutes after his arrival, he, to his confusion,
discovered that he bad unfortunately left in the cab the
whole of his important documents and papers. The
Commissioners On hearing of his loss instructed Sergeant
Shackell, of the A division, to proceed immediately in
search of the cab, which Captain Ross described as being
drawn by a grey horse, and the body of the cab being
painted yellow. The number is not known. Should
the driver of the cab see this, he will doubtless immediately
restore the papers.
The news of Captain Ross's return was re-
ceived at Stranraer with thrilling enthusiasm. Ross is
one of us (says our correspondent), and many of his com-
panions are Gallovidians. Stranraer was the last spot of
British earth which the voyagers' feet trod before they
started on their perilous course. It is not wonderful, then,
that every heart was gladdened by their return. Tuesday
was indeed a day of joy in Stranraer. The feeling might
have been displayed in a more imposing manner, but deeper
or more sincere it could not be. Flags were flying and guns
firing during the whole day, and all the vessels in the
harbour were decked out with flags for the occasion.
Many of the inhabitants were anxious that there should
be an
needed illumination, but this the magistrates forbade, as the
news
confirmation. Some brilliant fireworks were
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displayed in the course of the evening from a private bat-
tery erected by
-,058 himself.—Ayr Observer.
DREADFUL EFFECT OF ANTICIPATED
MUNICIPAL REroam.—Such has been the effect produced
by the municipal commission at Coventry, that the mem-
bers
of the corporation of that city have given up their
annual dinner, which for 500 years has been proverbial for
its constituttonal attractions. We fear that these inqui-
sitive commissioners have substituted that hotnely dish
called slew. It appears that R. K. Rotherham, Esq., the
late mayor, a tory pur excellence, has not been re-elected
according to the good old friendly way of doing things,
but that Mr. Hawkes, who has been a reformer of corpora-
tion abuses, has been appointed. —Birmingham Journal.
NAPOLEON'S LETTERS. The following
brief and characteristic letter from Napoleon to Josephine,
announcing the victory of Eylau, is from a series in the
Court Journal :—.66 To the Empress in Paris.--Eylau,
Feb. 9tb, 1807... My dear Josephine—A peat battle