The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-01 00:00:00

COCKS'S MUSICAL ALMANAC.

This Almanac, which is very neatly got up, gives
us a complete chronology of the musical occurrences
of the past year, and a complete list of all the musical
moieties for the year 1851, with the names of their
respective officers, in addition to the usual contents of
all almanacs. To all musicians, whether amateur or
professional, the possession of this Almanac is an in-
dispensable requisite.

THE BRITISH ALMANAC AND COM.
PANI ON for 1851.

Honour to Charles Knight, who was not only the
first to give us a common sense almanac, free from all
the " mummeries of superstition" which for centuries
bad disgraced this class.of periodicals, but who has
ever since continued to furnish us in his " British
Almanac and Companion" with one of the most valuable
digests of facts, statistics, and general information
published. The present impression needs only a list
of the reigning Sovereigns (the omission of which, in
such a publication, is unaccountable), to render it one
of the most complete almanacs extant.

ODERATOR OF NEXT ASSEMBLY.—It is said that
the Rev. Dr. John Smith, first minister of the parish of
Montrose, will be proposed as Moderator of the next General
Assembly of the Church of Scotland.—Scotch Paper.
SUICIDE IN ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL.—
Last night Mr. William Payne held an inquest in St. Bar-
tholomew's Hospital on the body of David Spikesley, aged
36. The deceased was admitted in October last, suffering
from paralysis of the spine. He went on well, bat was very
low.spirited. On Monday morning the nurse found that
when in bed he had cut his throat in a frightful manner with
a'pocket-knife. The sister of the ward tried to stop the
hemorrhage, when deceased attempted to get his hands up
to pull open the wound. He, however, only lived ten
minutes after committing the act. Verdict—Temporary
Insanity.

DEATH FROM HYDROPHOBIA.—We regret to state
that in the month of July last, a young man of the name of
Stewart Fraser was bitten in the thumb by a mad dog.
No
notice was taken of the accident at the time, though the dog
died a few days efter the accident In the course of time
Fraser felt his arm affected, as if with rheumatism, and he
was treated accordingly. However, last week he became so
ill, that it was necessary to have a man in the house to watch
him ; at the sight of liquid he became still more restle9s, and
was removed to the infirmary, where he died on Sunday
last. This, we believe, is the fourth case of hydrophobia
that has occurred in Edinburgh during the past season, and
is a sufficient justification of the stringent measures taken by
the police fur the abatement of the dog nuisance.—Edinburgh
Post.

A new Episcopal church has been built and opened
for worship at Ballieston, in the diocese of Glasgow, princi-
pally for the use of the colliers residing in that and the neigh-
bouring villages, comprising a population of 4,000 souls.
The Rev. F. Oakeley makes an appeal to the
readers of the Tablet, in its last number, for help " towards
making up a little sum for the bare maintenance of a person,
who, by the prospect of downright destitution, is tempted to
renounce the faith."