The Sun.
London, England, 1835-11-27 00:00:00

sidence on the banks of the Yarrow, on Saturday last, the
21st current, at the hour of noon. For some weeks pre-
vious he had been confined to bed by a severe attack of
bilious fever, Ivhielr latterly assumed the .form ofjaundie7F-
both, in all probability, originating in exposure to cold, or
some latent affection of the liver. During the fever ;he
suffered great prostration of strength, and for a week or
more his friends and medical attendants bad begun to fear
the worst, particularly after the accession of jaundice. And
their fears, we regret to say, have been realized ; -for it is
but too true that one of the sweetest poets that ever
framed a lay, and by far the first man of his class, with the
single exception of Robert Burns. will, on Friday first, fol-
low to the grave his illustrious friend Sir Walter Scott, at
the distance of little more than three years; We believe
they were born in the same year, and that- Mr. 'Ho..tg; had
he survived till the 25th of. January next[iv6iild'llii.e
reached the age of 59 or 60.
" The above sentences, hastily penned, amidst other ,avo-
cations, a few hours after receipt of the mournful 'intelli-
gence, and before the hour of to-morrow's publication,
:are
merely submitted by way of intimation. Hundreds of pens
will, of course, be employed in sketching the character of
the Bard of Altrive Lake ; and though few, perhaps,-knew
him better than ourselves, we dare not intrude farther until
the last solemn duties have been paid to his memory. The
funeral has been fixed for Friday, the 27th curt:, and his
remains will be attended to a cemetery (Ettrick church-
yard) closely adjoining the cottage in which he was born,
by a crowd of mourners such as has rarely been witnessed
in the pastoral valleys of the Ettrick and Yarrow. The
letter to which we have alluded states distinctly that the
death of one who did so much to illustrate, the district in
' which be resided, has excited feelings of so vivid a nature,
that the entire population may be described as one exten-
ded family of mourriers."—Dumfties.Corerier.

DREADFUL STORM-FORTY-EIGHT

LIVES LOST.

The Scotch provincial papers are filled with the most
lamentable details of the effects of a violent storm, which
appears to have been- general on the northern coast of
Scotland, on Wednesday morning, the 18th instant. The
previous night was clear and calm, and the aurora borealis
more than usually brilliant. The morning was equally fine,
with a mild breeze from the southward, When, about half-
past 10 o'Clock, it veered suddenly to the north, and in a
very short time blew a perfect hurricane. A great number
of fishing=boats were overtaken by the storm, and notwith-
standing the most experienced seamanship on the part of
the crews, were unable to survive the tempest. The fol-
lowing particulars of the mournful event have been gleaned
from various sources :

Coßingham 1 b3at lost, and 6 men.
Peterhead .. 1 ditto, 6 ditto.
St. Comb',l
(Leaving 27 children to deplore their loss.
Gardenston
Cullen Bay 1 ditto, 8 ditti,.
Johnsharen ... ,

Total

48 men

In addition to the above awful catabgnc, several fishing-
boats are still missing, and there is much reason to fear
that their crews have met a watery grave. Several coast-
ing vessels were totally wrecked, but providentially all their
crews were saved. The hurricane is said to have exceeded

anything 'of the kind ever remembered, unroofing houses,
and driving slates, tiles, &e., before it like chaff. • In the
country many stacks of grain were blown away.

EXECUTION THIS MORNING.

This morning John Smith and John Pratt suffered the
extreme pena!ty of the law in the front of Nen'gate, being
the first who have been executed there for thirty months.
Since their condemnation, the conduct of. the prisoners has
been exemplary in many respects ; but they appear to have
been insincere, and had recourse to subterfuge, rather than
a real repentance. They both denied their guilt, or, ad-
mitting it in part, they contended enough had not been
prol • •e(1 to —arrant a conviction. This they did in the face
Of evidence, which was as clear as the sun at noon. Last
. .

l/a •
night a Dissenting Minister visited Pratt, at. the request of
some of his friends. The Rev. Gentleman being aware of
the facts connected with his case, khOrtedhim to confess

his sin, and not depart the world with a lie in his right
hand. The culprit pertinaciously denied his guilt as to
the crime for which he was about to suffer, but admitted
that his life had been irregular. The clergyman left the
cell, but no sooner had he gone, than the convict said to
Severn, " I have told that gentleman a great lie—l'm sorry
for it." •Severn (a respited convict) said, " Let him be
called. back." He was so .called, and then Pratt for the
first time declared that his crime was abhorrent, and his
punishment just ; and after that he appeared to have dis-
burdened hi:s mitid, and became more tranquil.
This morning, at an early hour, the convicts were visited
bv the Rev. Mr. Cotton and Mr. Biker, who have paid
daily visits to them for the last nine weeks. They found
them placid and apparently 'resigned, hut extremely taci-
turn. A little before eight o'clock both the High Sheriffs
and their .Under Sheriffs proceeded to the Tress-room, into
which Smith was imMediately'conducted. He walked with
a firm step, and his behaviour was extremely decorous.
Pratt was then brought forward, to undergo. the ceremony
of " pinioning." His groans and sobs were diiiressing ;
he cried at intervals to " God to be merciful:" But al-
though, like his fellow-culprit, a muscular man, his physi-
cal powers appeared to have forsaken him. The awful pre-
liminaries having terminated they proceeded to the scaffold,
which Smith ascended first, and was ftillowed by Pratt, whe
_required the support of two persons to enable him to ascent
the steps. Caleroft, with his usual celerity; speedily ad-
justed the ropes, and within two minutes 'the plank fell, and
death terminated their earthly sufferings.
Both the malefactors were formerly what are called
" Gentlemen's servants," and their character, down to a
certain period, was respectable ; but there exists but little
doubt that they became leagued with a gang of miscreants.
Upon this, however, they were doggedly taciturn.

Tuesday night two thieves burglariously broke into
the villa of Mr. Sergeant Arabin, at Walthamstow. They
effected an entrance into the butler's pantry; fro* which
they removed some articles of plate ; they were, however,
prevented from finishing their " job," as their inroad was
discovered by the inmates,' who routed the thieves, who
decamped over the lawn in front of the house, and escaped
with very little plunder.'
FIRE AT EAS'fON HOUSE, NEAR COLTERS-
WORTILL-At an early hour on Tuesday morning a fire was
discovered to have broken out in the. mansion of Sir M. J.
Cholmeley, now undergoing very extensive repairs, from the
designs of Mr. Salvin.• It broke out in the kitchen part,
and was occasioned by the injudicious placing of some timber
near a flue. By great exertions and a pleotiful supply of
water, the devouring element was checked, and finally stop-
ped ere the arrival of the Grantham engines, which had been
sent for express at four in the morning, and where great
alarm was excited from ringing the fire bell. The damage,
we are happy to learn, will not exceed amount.
On Monday afternoon a shabbily-dressed man threw
himself from the top of the column in the Place Vendome.
He fell first-on the garlands which surround the basement,
and thence rolled on to the iron rails, where he was fixed
without sense or motion.—Galigtutnis Messenger.
The inhabitants of Folkstone met on. Tuesday, and
adopted resolutions with the view of encouraging the fishing
on the south-eastern coast of England—a source of wealth
and employment too long neglected.
MILTON IN WEEKLY SHILLING PARTS WITH'
TURNER'S lt.trsTaaTio.Ns.—Mr. Macrone announces for
immediate publication a new and cheap issue of his admired.
edition of this great national poet, in thirty weekly parts,
price only one shilling each, embellished with.* Turner's
exquisite imaginativrdesigns. To all who are not already
poseseion of the beautiful edition, jiisomompleted in six
five shilling vcduraes,the present will he found an excellent
opportunity of praeing Within their libraries, at to extremely
moderate cost, the• first complete and perfect edition of
"'The Poetical Works of Milton.".. The attractions which
have rendered this edition superior to any tTiat-lias ever ap-
peared 'are-Ist, An original.life of the poet by the editor,
Sir Egerton Brydges, Bart., which ifai been pronounced by
the collective press of England, the most.comprehensive and
discriminating biography in the• langinige.-2d, A most
carefully revised text, from which the errors of all for-
mer editions have been expunged.-3d, Copious, original,
and selected notes, by Johnson, Addison, Pope, Newton,
Minster, the Whartons, Todd, 'flyer, Warburton, Hume,
Brydges, with familiar introductory remarks
on each poem by the'editor.-4th, Mr. Turner's splendid
illustrations, engraved by the first artists of the day ; two
fine original portraits of the poet; copies froin Mr. Westall's
celebrated pictures of L'Allegro and n rensrroso; Rom-
ney's beautiful plate of Milton. dictating lairs: Daughters,
&c. sth. Paper and type of the very beiflquality, the
latter cast expressly for this edition:- l'art,:lz will appear
on Saturday, the sth of 'December- 'The remaining num-
bers will be published on every succeediag..4turday until
the issue is completed. Oiclers should immediktely be sent
to the Booksellers arid Newsmen, that carlyetopies of the
plates may be secured. 3, St. Jainds'i.ictuare, Thursday,
Nov. 26.
A few seat-holders in the Presbyterian congregation
of Armagh, entertaining hostile feelings' towards Earl Mul-
grave and the Administration with which he Is connected,
had the presumption to censure their 'resytti&ible Ministe,
and the Members of the Session, 'fordcldtrising
Representative on his visit to that'citr: reirThis most
un-
justifiableu-
assumption of power Jvai74rY4 firoperly
tested against by three memberS;al. the King's
,the congregation.—
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