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London, England, 1835-11-03 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

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think cannot fail to leave an impression on liberal
minds highly favourable to its Rev. Authors. Both
volumes are..embellished with plates of average merit ;
and sets of tables are annexed which purport setting
forth at one view the relative numbers of the different
denominations of religious sects in the United States.
We should have been glad, for the sake of the work
itself, that such tables had not been appended to it ;
as by comparing them with official documents in our
possession, we find them unworthy of the slightest
credit. We have no doubt, but that Dr. Matheson,
by whom the Statistical Tables were arranged, was
led into this error, by adopting the returns made to him
by the Pastors of the several Churches which he visited,
instead of consulting the archives of the States.

MEMOIRS OF SIR THOMAS PICTON. 2 Vols.
Bentley, London. 1835.
The present volumes are derived—a thing by no
means of frequent occurrence among modern biogra-
phers—from the most authentic resources ; by far the
majority of the documents having been expressly fur-
nished for the occasion by the surviving members of
Sir Thomas Picton's family ; and some few by the
communication of those Mit) accompanied the gallant
General through the most important portion of his
military career, who were the eye-witnesses of his un-
daunted courage, and were every way qualified to attest
his merits as a skilful and experienced commander.
General Picton was a man who had the misfortune in
early life to have his name tarnished by an accusation,
which was publicly brought against him, of tyrannical
proceedings in the island of Trinidad ; and though he
was afterwards proved to have been wholly innocent,
yet he seems to have never recovered from the effects
of the charge thus hastily brought against him. It is
to this—for we see no other cause—that we must at-
tribute the very penurious way in which his unques-
tionably great services in the Peninsula were rewarded ;
while others, his inferiors in skill and experience, were
rewarded with Peerages. The highest recompence he
ever received was the Grand Cross of the Bath. The
present volumes place the public and private character
of Picton in a very favourable light before the reader ;
and show him, as he really was, the cool and skilful
officer, humane, though a rigid disciplinarian, and, like
Marshal Ney, the " bravest of the brave."
'We select a few amusing extracts, culled at random,
from Mr. Robinson's Memoir of 'this accomplished
soldier :

ANDRIEW BIRD, D.D., AND JAMIS MATHESON, D.D.
In 2 Vols. London, Jackson and Walford, 1835.
Early in the year 1831, a vast body of the Protes-
Zet Dissenters of Great Britain and Ireland formed
remselves into a Congregational Union, or confede-
, of Independant Christians, with a view to ascer-
rthe relative strength of their own body throughout
ti Empire, and also to establish a point of centrali-
eitiinn for the regulation of religious worship and dis-
dine• Among the earliest labours of the indivi-
,4 selected for fostering this project, and charged
1 4ring it to full maturity, was an effort, eventually
41 eeeSsful, to open a communication with such bodies
of
Dissenting Christians as professed the same tenets,
141 adopted the same church discipline in the United
States of America. After considerable trouble, the
t difficulties were surmounted ; and at last it was ar-
led that a deputation consisting of certain chosen
pastors in England should pay a visit to the
A
4raerican churches, with a view to ascertain their
hi4e,iPlitte, their numbers, their zeal, and the pro-
Pie fruit of missionary labours among them.
The persons chosen for the fulfilment of this mission
there the Rev. Gentlemen whose names are affixed to
isi; narrative ; the principal part of which, however,
io 'nn the pen of Dr. Reed. The narrative itself is
e form of letters written to a friend in this coun-
tt thin
tiiY, Which, notwithstanding all that may be said in
their Praise, lose much of their interest by not having
e dates refixed to any of them—not even to the
r't• Thus we only know that at some period the
itpotation, consisting of Drs. Reed and Matheson,
wllit London on a Monday and travelled to Liverpool,
hlenee, on the Sunday following, at noon, they sailed
ahiethe Europe for New York. They had a favour-
ai Passage, and lived on the best terms with all their
ii!nnates, with some of whom they formed intimacies
tleh subsequently ripened into friendship. During
vett Stay in New York they were kindly treated by
rs' Ccx and Peters, and the Rev. W. Patton, who
teete aPpointed by the Third Presbytery to do them all
Tvlseretice as fellow labourers in the Lord's vineyard.
ere they attended several meetings of the Presbytery,
after being much edified, they, after attending some
obiie meetings, and visiting several churches, departed
h Washington. As Congress was then sitting, they
ad the
pleasure of hearing the debates in the Senate
htithe House of Representatives, and afterwards were
o r'°'lred with an invitation to the President's table,
liih ere they were treated with marked consideration by
WChief Magistrate and his household. From
In to
teo ,Lih g n they again returned to New York, to at-
" meetings of the Presbytery, of whose proceedings
orr• Reed gives a rather long account. Of the state
einoral and religious feeling, both in this city and the
itPital of the States, he speaks in the most enthusiastic
ailna• From New York the Reverend sojourners
leent to Boston, where they were most affectionately
peeived ; thence to Burlington ; and thence to the
tells of Niagara, of whose wonders Dr. Reed gives
It: best description we ever remember td have seen in.
the
Y work on the subject. Having spent three days at
tow ralls, they travelled to Buffalo—a handsome
n) situated at the junction of the River
or: agara and Lake Erie. Here they embarked
the board a steamer, which carried them to
rat t.,(ytt of Erie, where the reverend travellers sepa-
when, Dr. Matheson to visit a relative in Pennsylvania,
otoere he proposed remaining as his health was delicate,
pttit`..l:3l'. Reed to pursue his way alone over the
mines of the Far West. The more hardy and enter-
of using of the travellers soon found himself in the State
glo hi°, the scenery of which he describes in very
great
and picturesque language—particularly the
ii;e:t forests. In Columbus and Cincinnati, Dr. Reed
v_with a friendly reception, and as he happened to be
ati lie latter city on the fourth of July—the anniver-
tlerYs °I its independence--he had an opportunity of wit-
titiostitt the celebration of a ceremony of which he cer-
vil does not profess himself a warm admirer. Louis-
ase the next place of note visited by our tra-
te, ; thence he went to Lexington, where he stopped
e11)10re Weyer's cave, the cavern adjoining, and the
Atural bridge, of which he gives a minute description.
eharlotteville he had an opportunity of examining
ofh e e°hdition of the University founded by Jefferson,
iieliwhich he very properly availed himself. He was
aortgutted with Richmond, its inhabitants, and tile
iaanding country. The Theological Institution
it,p rtneetown particularly pleased him, on account of
,excellent library, and the laudable efforts of the
Pro
4`!ssors to encourage the cultivation of useful science.
1101:ing stopped to admire Trenton Falls, on the Hud-
vqte 1)1*. Reed went to Amherst, where he again de-
legd his leisure to inquire into the state of the Col-
A 4 which proved very satisfactory. Northampton,
;41 1.37er, Maine, Yale College at New Haven, were
tt:sited in turn, after which the Reverend travellers
in New York ; received the congratulations and
tresses of their brethren in the New World ; and
sailed for Europe in the very vessel which took them
fo Liverpool. Their passage homeward was exceed-
14Y favourable ; and they were restored to the
th:at of their families without suffering more
leh the ordinary inconveniences attendant upon such
The
wanderings through a strange country.
rttilue above comprises a general outline of the nar-
toftle' Which is almost wholly completed in the first
ao exin_ei. The second is entirely devoted to subjects of
tei,,intsively religious character, and so sectarianly
of ?I:itis too, that we do not comprehend the meaning
e4re3na„ve long
\to the terms in which they are expressed. Thus
essays on " Revivals," " New Mea-
" kal " Anxious Seats," " Act and Testimony,"
aN, 'Way Covenants," and several other phrases, as
lioatt° us as we doubt not they will be to a large
Ft of our readers. We certainly regret that the
ey,
44_ Gentlemen have not given their very interesting
the world, without loading it with pom-
lie,
bey° and some times very silly expressions, never heard
cli:d the walls of a conventicle. Dr. Reed is evi
bleat J a man of great intelligence, with a mind
enjoyingcapa-
:hirks..oernart.i whatever is most extraordinary in the
tioa ure, and most impressive in the pioduc-
„,. ref, His tastes are not only naturally good,
*he refined by education ; and his habits of reflection,
blitit; the subject- is not the narrow, degrading, and
tlie,eta3 speculations of a sect, appear to us to be
are
°f a man of comprehensive views, with a fair
We a.
have
sourid ethical discernment. Upon the whole
ueets greatly pleased sv 11i the work, which we

" After General Picton had made every disposition for
the reoeption of the enemy, and visited the particular posts
occupied by his division,—having been awake the whole
night,—a short time before the day broke, he wrapped him-
self in his cloak, put on a coloured nightcap (his usual
custom), and, after giving orders to some of his staff, that
he might be called upon the least alarm, he stretched him-
self on the ground, to snatch a short repose. Brief, how-
ever, were his slumbers ;—the sound of musketry on the
left suddenly aroused him, when, throwing off his cloak,
and putting on his hat, he sprung into his saddle, and was
the next moment at the head of his troops, defending the
pass of Saint Antonio. From thence, when this point was
secured, he gallopped to the spot where the enemy had
obtained a partial success. Here his presence retrieved
the lost ground ; he rallied the retreating troops, and urged
them again to the attack. Major Smith placed himself at
their head, and fell, leading the attack. Picton, at the
same time, placed himself at the head of a Portuguese
battalion ; the eyes of the men were fixed upon him as he
cried, Forward !' and pointed towards the foe. When
arrived within a few yards, with some encouraging words,
and a loud hurrah,' he gave the word charge : and, at the
same moment, taking off his hat, he waved it over his head,
totally unconscious that it was still covered by his nightcap.
His appearance, at this moment, was sufficiently grotesque,
and caused much merriment."

The following is, also, characteristic of the man. He
was careless of every thing, save fighting ; always in his
element where the battle was thickest and most perilous :
—" He was in the constant habit of tidily, with a stick in
his hand ; and even in the heat of battle he sometimes re-
tained it. When the firing commenced, he might be ob-
served tapping the mane of his horse at measured intervals,
in proportion to its rapidity ; as it became quicker, and the
fight grew warmer, this movement of the stick would be
increased, both in velocity and force, until, at length, the
horse would become restive. But this seldom drew Pic-
ton's attention off, as his firm seat saved him from all ap-
prehension of a fall."
With a leader so stern, so fiery, and so collected, it is
not surprising that his division performed prodigies of
valour. He was daunted by no peril ;he was satisfied by
no excuse ; and peremptory in his demands, as the anec-
dote which we shall extract sufficiently testifies :—" During
th• Peninsular war, when provisions were rather difficult to
be obtained, a young and dandified commissary had been in-
structed to supply the rations for the third division, at a
given place, by a certain time ; but, by some mismanage-
ment, this officer forgot to fulfil his engagement, and the
division was, in consequence, left to its own resources,
which were bad enough. A report of this neglect was
brought to Gen. Picton, and he forthwith sent for the com-
missary. Well, Sir,' commenced Picton, as he came in,
where are the rations for my division ?' This being the
very question that the commissary was not prepared to
answer, he hesitated for a short time, and then stammered
out some well-worn excuse. Picton was not, however to
be cajoled by excuses, while his men were kept with empty
stomachs : so led the alarmed commissary to the door, and
pointing, said, Do you see that tree ?" Yes, Sir,' was the
reply. Well, now,' continued Picton,' if you don't get the
rations for my division at the place mentioned by 12 o'clock
to-morrow, I will hang you up there at half-past.' He was
then released, when he proceeded forthwith to Lord Wel-

lington, and told him, with an appearance of injured dignity
of General Picton's threat ; but the commissary was dread-
fully alarmed, when his Lordship coolly remarked, Ah !he
said he'd hang you, did he ?'—‘ Yes, my Lord.' Well, if
Gen. Picton said so, I dare say he will keep his word.
You'd better get the rations up in time.' Further advice
was unnecessary,—the rations were there to the moment."

DISCOVERY OF A DIABOLICAL

PLOT.

On Thursday night, the watchman stationed opposite
the shop of Mr. Arthur, chemist, 31, Gallowgate, Glas-
gow, observed the porter, the shop-boy, and Mrs. Arthur,
coming out of the shop, the latter of whom saw the door
locked and got the keys ; and in less than a quarter of an
hour after he observed a light under Mr. Arthur's shop-
door, and knowing that the inmates had left it, he sprung
his rattles, which brought the next watchman, and they
examined to see what was the cause. The light was
pointed out to him, but it instantly disappeared. A mes-
senger was then sent for the superintendent of fire engines,
who, with Captain Watson, immediately repaired to the
shop. On obtaining access a most extraordinary scene
was discovered. On the floor of the shop, from the front
door, as far as the steps leading to the back room, and into
the room itself, they found a train of gunpowder, about
ten inches broad, and of considerable depth, and from this,
near to the door of the back room, they found two other
trains, each carried round the counter to the windows, and
equally formidable in point of extent with the one between
the counters. On making a search through the shop, they
found two small powder barrels, empty, the one having had
the bead of it stove in. At the end of the train leading to
one window,.and connected with it, they found a barrel of
Balsam of Capivi, a most inflammable material, and at
the other, a barrel !of what is called Naptha or Tar oil ;
while in the back room, the termination of the train
was connected with a large quantity of Camphor, the
whole having been, with apparently great care, so
designed as to render the destruction of the shop inevitable.
On the top of the glass cases, which lay on the counter, a
quantity of Lucifer matches were spread out as if to catch
the first flame which might reach the top of the counter.
'The top of the box was found, but the sand paper was
gone. Captain Watson, with his hands, then lifted as
much powder from the floor as filled one of the barrels.
The powder thus collected was very damp, owing to a quan-
tity of turpentine having been spread over the floor of the
shop. Means were at once adopted to prevent any further
danger, and:persons were set to watch the premises.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur, the porter, and the shop boy,
were instantly apprehended and taken to the police, where
they underwent a long examination. It is stated that two
small barrels of gunpowder had been seen in the shop for at
least a fortnight back, and it is further alleged that they
were bought by Mr. Arthur on the 13th current, from an
ironmonger a few doors from his own shop.
Had the train done its duty, the whole three stories and
garrets would to a certainty have been destroyed, and the
people living in the upper flats, as well as the crowds of per-
sons passing and re-passing at the time, would have lost
their lives. No motive can be assigned for the act, on the
supposition that it was the work of a stranger. The pro-
perty is said to be insured to the extent of 1,200/., but
this it is alleged, is not nearly the value of the property
which would have been destroyed.

A judicial investigation into the circumstances is going
on.—Scots Times.

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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1835.

COURT CIRCULAR.

Their Majesties left Windsor Castle at a quarter before
eleven o'clock yesterday morning, accompanied by the.
Landgravine of Hesse Homburg, Prince George of Cam-
bridge, and Prince Ernest of Philippsthall, for the Pavilion,
at Brighton. Sir Herbert Taylor left the Castle early in
the afternoon to attend the King at Brighton.
Viscount Bcresford and Mr. Colquhoun transactel busi-
ness yesterday at the Foreign Office.
Despatches for the Marquis of Sligo, Governor of Ja-
maica, and for Sir Howard Douglas, Lord High Commis-
sioner of the lonian Islands, were sent off last evening from
the Colonial Office.

The Right Hon. C. P. Thomson has left town for St.
Leonard's.

Sir John Macdonald had an interview yesterday with
Lord Glenelg at the Colonial Office. _ _

The Princess Augusta is expected to leave her residence,
Frogmore Lodge, to-day, on a visit to their Majesties at
the Pavilion.

for endowing Churches out of the corporate funds is, ' the
ease of tender consciences of Dissenters and others.' If

they had said that it was to case them of their money
under false pretences, it would, at least, have been honest,
for Churchmen cannot, surely, think that the Friends and
other Dissenters are so wanting in discernment as not to
know that the revenues which they furnish to the Cor-
poration in town dues, rents, fines on the renewal of leases,
&c., are the sources from whence the Church and Clergy
are supported and paid.".
A dinner is to be glTen by the Liberal Electors of
Bath to their Representatives, on Wednesday the 11th of
this month.

Earl Spencer was on a visit last week to Mr. and
Lady Ann Coke, at Holkham.

TIIE BOOK OF GEMS, AND MISS LANDON'S
NEW POEM.—We are requested to state, that " The
Book of Gems" and Miss Landon's new poem, " The
Vow of the Peacock," with a beautiful portrait of the
accomplished Authoress, are now ready, and may be had
of the publishers, Messrs. Saunders and Otley, Conduit-
street, or of their agents in Dublin and Edinburgh, and of
the booksellers throughout the Kingdom.
ACADEMIE FRANCAISE.—The prize for poetry
has been awarded to M. Bignan. The subject proposed
was an eulogium upon Cuvier. The Monthyon prize was
bestowed upon the authors of three works. Messrs. Aime,
Martin, and Dameron, the Laureates, received the congra-
tulations of the Academy. The prize of three thousand
francs is offered to the author of the best essay upon moral

THE QUEEN.--Her Majesty was, we are told,
'greatly pleased with the good humour and honesty of the
Mayor on her late visit to Oxford. On the Queen's ar-
rival, the Mayor was observed driving at a quick rate in
his little open carriage, to the inn where her Majesty
stopped, to offer his congratulations without loss of time.
Some experienced friend luckily made him pause, and got
him into a shop, where he was properly rigged out for the
occasion. One of the city functionaries brought him the
mace. Another was seen carrying the robes of office. At
length he was properly rigged out, and waited on the
Queen in due style. After the usual introduction, the
Mayor energetically asked, " How is the King?" On re-.
ceiving her Majesty's answer, "in perfect health," he re-
plied " Glad to hear it—God bless him. The King and I
are six weeks off and on." Finding himself not at once
understood, he explained that the days of the birth of his
Majesty and himself, were within six weeks of each other,
and that the King had the advantage of him, being six
weeks older. The Mayor would have continue ,1 the con-
versation, had he not been warned by some officious friend,
that it might be reckoned indecorous, but he declared that
her Majesty was so condescending that he could talk to
her as easily as to persons in any other rank in life ; and
her Majesty was heard to praise the blunt but sincere man-
ners and greeting of the Mayor of Oxford.
TREATMENT OF LORD BROUGHAM AT THE
WHITE HART INN.—We perceive that two of the Tory
prints of the county have given insertion to paragraphs
from " correspondents," containing false statements of in-
sults offered to Lord Brougham, at the White Hart Inn,
Wakefield. The paragraphs bear as much the stamp of
falsehood as of vulgarity on the face of them.—Stockton
Observer.

courage.
A FERVID ORATOR.—A Rev. Divine amongst
the Ranters, on Sunday last, in a chapel not 100 miles
from Darlington, was so elevated by his subject, that he
stood on the place where the Bible is generally laid on the
pulpit, and told his audience he would have mounted up
to heaven there and then, were it not for the ceiling which
kept him back.—Shields Herald.
A potato of a very fantastic shape, weighing up-
wards of 2i lbs., which grew on the farm of Mr. W. Reid,
Hayston, near Kirkintillocb, has just been shown us. In
the field where the above potato grew there were fifty others
of nearly a proportional size.—Glasgow Herald.
THE TRAP FUND.—Lord Normanton has sub-
scribed 5001. to the thing called the Lay Fund, for going
to law with the Irish people for the recovery of tithes, but
which, truly described, is a fund for entrapping the land-
lords into their own undoing, as was clearly demonstrated
by our legal Correspondent, Agricola, on Thursday.—
Dublin Evening Post.
HACKNEY-CARRIAGE PROPRIETORS' FRIENDLY
SOCIETY.—Last night there was another meeting of this
Society ; Mr. Mead took the chair. After subscriptions
had been received, some new members admitted, and other
business gone through, Mr. Norris addressed the meeting,
urging on the members the necessity of subscribing for the
protection of their trade. In reference to Alderman Wood's
Bill for the Regulation of Hackney-carriages in the Metro-
polis, Mr. Norris said that it was not free from objection—
a charge of twenty shillings for the license ought, he thought,
to be borne by the public, and not by the driver. This
twenty shillings, with the five pounds license, would press
with unjust severity on those in the trade, as would also
the expense of Commissioners. It was not generally known,
even Members of Parliament were ignorant of the fact, that
each number paid twenty-six pounds a-year to the Revenue.
He, therefore, repeated, that activity next Session would
be requisite, or the Bill would proceed, and with it its ob-
jectionable and burdensome provisions. After a motion to
the effect, that the hundred pounds surplus capital should
be kept in hand, had been carried, Mr. Bird addressed the
meeting, and communicated what had taken place, in conse-
quence of the instruction of a previous meeting to wait on
Sir F. Roe with their rules and regulations. He concluded
by recommending the preparation of a petition to the Trea-
sury, praying for a reduction of the number to one thousand,
or make such reduction in the present number as they in
their wisdom might deem right. The proposition was
adopted. The business having been disposed of, and fur-
ther subscriptions having been received, the Society ad-
journed.
Mr. Pike, mate of the _Mary Jones, while occupied
in the hold of the vessel, on Thursday morning, dropped
down dead. He was in good health and spirits the moment
before, and was only 31 years of age. He has left a widow
and infant child.—Liver pool Albion.
TIN COINAGE.--The Michaelmas quarter's tin
coinage was ended at Penzance on Saturday. The quar-
ter's total is 5,087 blocks, being the smallest coinage which
has taken place for many years.—West Briton.
We are glad to hear that the carpet trade of Kidder-
minster partakes of the briskness and well-doing which are
stated to attend on the manufacturing interests of the king-
dom generally at the present time. Not only, we are told,
is every factory in full work, but the masters have a diffi-
culty in obtaining a sufficient number of hands to execute
in due time the extensive orders that are pressing upon
them.-IVorcester Herald.
A great sensation exists in Boston, in .consequence
of the extraordinary disappearance of Mr. Thomas Taylor,
of Frith Bank. The prevailing opining is, that TS'lor
has been murdered and buried, and that his hat was thrown
into the river as a blind.—Lincoln Gazette.
THE WARLOCK PEAR.—There is a singular story
connected with the family of Lord Dalhousie, which has
never appeared in print. Lady Dalhousie is of the ancient
family of Coulston, one of the ancestors of which, Brown of
Coulston, married the daughter of the famous Warlock of
Gifford, described in Marmion. As they were proceeding
to the Church, the wizard lord stopped the bridal proces-
sion beneath a pear-tree, and, plucking one of the pears, he
gave it to his daughter, telling her that he had no dowry to
give her, but that as long as she kept that gift, good fortune
would never desert her or her descendants. This was in 1270,
and the pear is still preserved in a silver box. About two
centuries ago, a maiden lady of the family chose to try her
teeth upon it, and very soon after two of the best farms upon
the estate were lost in some litigation—the only misfortune
that has befallen the inheritance of the Coulstons in six
centuries—thanks, perhaps, to the Warlock pear.—Willis's
Pencillings.
The coursing season has commenced in the north,
by the decision of the Grand Scotch Cup, which has excited
much interest among the amateurs of the leash, and we are
informed that the Ashdown-park Coursing Meeting, the
most celebrated club in the south of England, will take place
on the 16th inst. The extensive sheepslade over which the
coursing takes place, and the abundance of hares, have
raised the celebrity of this club for sport. It was originally
established by Lord Orford, of coursing celebrity, under the
patronage of the then Earl of Craven, and continues to
thrive in the present day under the zealous patronage of
the present Earl. A large attendance and much interest
are anticipated at the ensuing meeting of the club.
REMARK ABLE FACT.—On Saturday afternoon
last, in consequence of the faint barking of a dog having
been heard to proceed from the booth, on the race ground,
in the occupation of Mr. Villerett, Doncaster, and which
booth was kept locked up, Mr. V. proceeded to the place,
and on opening the booth, to his great surprise, beheld his
dog, almost in a dying state, and reduced nearly to a
skeleton. The poor animal, which was in very good con-
dition when first missing, had been locked up in the booth
since Monday the 28th of September, and had thus been
without food for a period of twenty-seven days. The dog
walked home with much difficulty, falling two or three
times by the way ; but is now, by proper treatment, fast
recovering.
FIRE WITH LOSS OF THREE LIVES.—A dreadful
fire broke out in the dwelling house of Griffiths, a mason,
in the parish of Beguildy, Radnorshire. Every article of
household furniture was deStroyed, and a little girl of five
years of age was burnt to death. The father in endeavour-
ing to rescue his child from the flames, was so severely
burnt, that he lingered till the next day when he died.
Another daughter, eleven years of age, was rescued, but
not until she had received such serious injuries, that she
too has since died. Thus three lives have been sacrificed.
The wretchedness of the surviving widow and mother can-
not be described ; she and a son are left entirely destitute
by this sudden and awful bereavement.—Shrewsbury
chronicle.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT ON BOARD HIS MA-
JESTY'S SHIP CALEDONIA, OFF ZANTE.—Extract from a
private letter :—" We had a very dreadful accident on
board here at half-past 10 P.M., on Friday last, October 2,
whilst lying at this anchorage. Lieut. Harris, R.N., chal-
lenged one of the midshipmen to go inside the main-rigging
into the main-top as soon as he would go outside. When
Lieutenant Harris got two-thirds up he lost his hold and
fell upon the deck upon his head, and fractured his skull in
several places. Drs. Hillier and Birtwhistle, the surgeons of
the vessel, gave immediate attendance, but his death was
instantaneous."

Mr. R. A. Dundas (ex-Member for Ipswich, son,
in-law of the Earl of Elgin) has just received a vast acces-
sion of property, by the acquisition of the Bloxholme
estates in Lincolnshire, which were bequeathed to him by
the late Mrs. Manners, of Grosvenor-square.

The Earl of Westmoreland and his daughter, Lady
Geurgiana Fane, arrived in Grosvenor-square yesterday
from Brighton, whence they proceed to Apthorpe, in Nor-
thamptonshire, to receive fashionable visitors, during the
absence of his Lordship's son, Viscount Burghersh, on the
Continent. The Viscountess and her children have been
staying at her Noble Uncle's (the Duke of Wellington's)
at Walmer.

A requisition is in progress in Limerick to invite
the Right Hon. Thomas Spring Rice, to a public dinner
in that city.—Dublin Freeman's Journal.
The Duchess of Kent's munificent donation of 2001.
to the Charities of the Isle of Thanet, have been thus dis-
tributed, agreeably to Sir John Conroy's letter. At Rams-
gate, 95/. ; Margate, 90/. ; Broadstairs, 15/. ; total, 2001.
Her Royal Highness having had applications for the use
of her name and that of the Princess Victoria, from sonic
of these charities, expressed herself, through Sir John
Conroy, willing to accede that privilege to all, where those
persons who conduct them consider their use may prove
beneficial to their interest.

The Duke of Newcastle, who, with his daughters,
is at present residing in Aberystwith, has given 500 guineas
towards the completion of the Breakwater forming at that
place.—Cambrian.
On Monday, the 2d instant, a General Assembly of
the Academicians was held at the Royal Academy of Arts,
in Somerset House, when Mr. Daniel M'Clise and Mr.
Solomon Alexander Hart were elected Associates, and
Mr. Samuel Cousins, Associate Engraver of that Institution.
LORD MAYOR'S INAUGURATION DINNER.—
The inauguration dinner of Mr. Alderman Copeland, the
Lord Mayor elect, was given yesterday at the Hall of the
Goldsmiths' Company. 203 gentlemen sat down. The
usual toasts were drank. On the health of the Lord
Mayor elect being drank, Mr. Alderman Copeland re-
turned thanks, and assured the company that he would
endeavour to discharge his duties in such a manner as he
trusted would secure the approbation of his fellow-citizens.
He would persevere in the course he had hitherto pursued,
and act honestly and independently. The Lord Mayor
elect, in proposing the " health of the Recorder," passed a
high eulogium on him, and observed, that since the Learned
Gentleman became Recorder of London, the electors of
the University of Cambridge had chosen him as their Re-
presentative in Parliament. " The Duke of Wellington,
and one cheer more." " Mr. W. Ward, and prosperity to
the mercantile interest of the City of London." Several
other toasts were drank, and the conviviality of the meeting
was kept up till a late hour.
REGISTRATION AT BRISTOL.—The result of the
registration at Bristol, as respects claims, gives a balance
of 47 in favour of the Reformers ; they have also sustained
247 more objections than the -Tories. The total number
of the constituency appears to be 10,446.
RADNORSIIIRE.—The revision of the list of voters
for the county shows a total of 1,844, being an increase of
770 ; and every Reformer will be glad to know that the
registry exhibits a sound majority of upwards of 300 voters
for the Liberal cause.—Cambrian.

STATE OF THE LIVERPOOL BOROUGH ELEC-
TION.—Number of householders on the corrected list 9295,
of whom voted, at the last election for—

Ewart and Morris 2319
Sandon and Douglas
Sandon and Ewart
Did not vote last election

- 9293
Freemen 3550

Total
There is an increase in the householders of 530 and a de-
crease in the freemen's list of 177,—the joint -register of
last year being 12,492. . .

HEREDITARY SINGERS !—A provincial paper
says " the Misses Smith—by whom the sweetest power of
song is shewn at Stamford—inherit all the vocal genius and
more than all the musical talent of their distinguished niece
the celebrated Miss Stephens. These matchless vocalists
and truly respectable young ladies with their highly gifted
parent, have formed engagements for a limited number of
nights at the Sheffield and Doncaster Theatres." [We
happen to have heard these young ladies lately in town, and
know that their rising reputation in the musical world is
strong and substantial enough to remain uninjured even by
a puff of such exquisite absurdity as the foregoing—other-
wise we should commisserate their fate in not being spared
from such friends as our provincial critic.]

REDUCTION OF POOR RATES.—At the recent
examination of the Overseer's account at Swindon, before
Colonel A'Court and a Bench of Magistrates, the Gallant
Colonel expressed himself very much satisfied in finding the
expenditure of the rates in the parish of Highworth, to be
upwards of 900/. less, than it was three years ago. The
additional Overseer at the same time stated, that he thought
that a reduction in the expenditure of the poor for the pre-
sent year would be above 4001.
THE SOUTH LANCASHIRE CONSERVATIVE
ASSOCIATION.—The Tory club have treated the reporters
for the independent press in the county just as might have
been expected. On this, as on all other similar occasions,
the Tories pursued their usual pusillanimous course, and
excluded all reporters except those on whom they could
rely for giving a favourable account of their proceedings,
and for conceaing any awkward circumstances which might
arise on the occasion.—Carnarvon Herald.
SYNOD OF ABERDEEN.—The Orange members of
the Synod of Aberdeen must be highly delighted with the
attention which their illiberal and anti-Christian declara-
tion has attracted. They have obtained the object they
had in view. Their conduct has been praised by the re-
negade Times, the ultra-Tory Standard, the mendacious
' Albion, and the blackguard Age ; and they have received
a public letter of thanks from one of the deepest-dyed
Orange Peers in the kingdom.—Aberdeen Herald.
LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL.—The Liverpool
Albion reports some proceedings of the Council on Wed-
nesday, from which it appears that the self-elected gen-
t'emen are now assuming the right of doing, under a sup-
posed inherent power of their own, what they unsuccess-
fully attempted to do in the whole of the last Session of
Parliament, first, under the Liverpool " Police and Clergy
Bill ;" next, under a Bill " To Provide for the Endow-
ment of the Parochial and other Clergy of the Town of
Liverpool ;" and, finally, under clauses prepared for and
proposed to be inserted in, the Municipal Corporation
Bill. I t appears that " the sum proposed to be borrowed
for the pious purpose intended, is from 110,000/. to
120,0001., in addition to endowments already obtained, by
Acts of Parliament, for St. Michael's, St. Luke's, St.
Martin's, St. George's, and other Churches. The pretext

DELIBERATE MURDER.-It is melancholy to re-
cord that a most deliberate murder was committed on the
lands of Grange, on the high road between Ross and Ar-
thurstown, county Wexford, on Thursday morning last, by
a man named James Power, on a girl of the name of Fo-
ran, about eight years old. It is supposed that the
wretched man, who had been many years at sea, and in
Newfoundland, laboured under aberration of intellect—or
entertained some revenge against the family of the poor
child. Power met the girl with two others on the road,
and selected her as his victim ! He observed, " I would
have killed your father, but I feared he was too strong for
me," and immediately split her skull with a spade he car-
ried in his hand, and on which was found particles of her
hair, blood, &c., when he was taken into custody. That
active officer, Thomas R. Barry, Esq., with a party of the
police from Arthurstown, soon after the occurrence, had
the unhappy man lodged in the guard-room of the bar-
racks ; and he was committed by Jacob W. Goff, Esq., to
Wexford gaol, to abide his trial at the ensuing assizes.
He affects a total recklessness of his awful crime, as if
quite unconscious of his situation,—Wataiord Mail,

PRICES OF CAN .uS, DOCK STOCKS,

ASSURANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. &c.

LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3.
Number Dfridend Price
of per CANALS. per
Shares. Annum. Paid. Snare.

, . __..........
1,760 6i pei cent. Ashton and Oldham.... Average 97t 18s. sit.
1,482 6/. Ashby.de-le-Zouch .........Average 113/. sh. 05
1,260 ...... ... Basingstoke lOOl. sh. .5.1
1,005 5/. Brecknock and Abergavenny 150 sh. 55
4,00015 h. 121. 10s. Birmingham, i share 171. 10s. 259 k
4,000 ...... ... Ditto and Liverpool Junct....l(V. sh. all pd 301
600 Bridgewater and Taunton -.1004 sh. all pd 61
400 51. Chclmer and Blackwater 100/. sh. 102
500 421. Coventry 1001. sh.
4,546 Croydon Average 311. 2s. 101 sh.
2,0601 31. 10s. Dudley 10.4. sh. 74
6.10 61. Derby 'OOl. sh. 120
3,5751
231 431. Erewash 1001. sh. 400
1,297 28/. Forth and Clyde Average 41)01..,:5. sh. 01,0
11,500 121. Grand Junctir--, I(P.I. sh. 225
2,849 f Grand Un)nn 1001. sh. 25
1,511 Grand Surrey - 100/. sh. 15
20,0001. 4/. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOOl.
3,096 Grand Western
600 13/. 12s. Bd. Glamorganshire, Average cost 1721. 13s. 40. 280
1,960 Gloucester and Berkley 1004 sh. 15
749 10s. Grantham 1501. sh. 202
6,238 1/. 10s. Huddersfield Average 57/. Os. 6d. sh. 341
100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 10
25,328 11. Kennet and Avon, Average :',91. Bs. 100. sh. 191
2,8971 204 Leeds and Liverpool 1001. sh. 530
515 121. Leicester l4O/. sh.
907 4/. Leicester and Northampton... Aver 83/. Ins. 80
550 5/. per cent. Liskeard and Looe Union 251. sh. all pd. •25
70 1441. Loughborough Average 1421. 17s. sh.
2,409 9/. Monmouthshire 100/ . sh. 180
250 91. Melton Mowbray 100/. 611. 199
500 251. Mersey and Irwell 1001. sh. 581
3,000 Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 56
247 151. Neath 100/. sh 300

100 Nene Navigation Bonds —KO/. sh. 1(101. pd. 100
1,758 321. Oxford lOOl. sh. COQ

2/ Oakham 130/. sh.

2,400 41. Peak Forest Average about 7SI. sh. 106
21,418 14s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. 16s. Bd. sh. 151
5,6E9 51. per cent. Rochdale Average 851. sh. 141
500 Si. " Shropshire 1251 .sh. 140

_.. .
800 101. Somerset Coal 1501. sh. 160
45.0004 61 percent. Ditto Lock Fond Stock l2l. 10s. sh. 12
700 36/. Stafford and Worcester 1401. sh. 690
500 11/. Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 243
300 Si. Stourbridge
3,647 1/. 10s. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 791. 9s. Lad. sh. 39
. 533 131. Swansea
___

3,762 1!. Severn and Wye and Railway ...Ai 354 sh. 171
2,601 sh. 221. 10s. Treat and Mersey, + shares 1001. sh. 620
8,149
1,0005h.1 il.. Warwick and Birmingham 1001. sh. 280
I,ooolsh. '
980 12c. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 220
6,030 31.10 s Worcester and Birmingham... Av. 784 Bi. Mi. 85
20,000 - 255. Wilts and Berks .. Average 671. 10s. Bd. sh. 20
800 6/, Wyrley and Essington 1254 sh 75
126 Wisbeach —1054 811. 45
905 1/. Wey awl Arun llO/. sh. 221
DOCK&
2,60060
sh } 3p. c. Commercial 100/. sh. 581
1,54
1,93,667:/. 4 per cent. East India Stock 84
3.238,3 iOl/. 5Gs. p. ct. London Stock 511
Ditto Bonds
1,380,0001. 5/. per ct. West India Stock
2,20,1 3/. 6s. 4d. Bristol Average 147/. 19s. sh. 85
68,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll6
1,352,752 3 per cad. St. Katharine Stock 741
500,003 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds lO3l
200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years lO4
Shoreham Harbour

2 500 ........ Deptford Pier L. 001. sh. U. pd II