The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-18 00:00:00

AT tiRDA Y EVENING, OCT OB II 18, 1845

ing operations on the Bourse had met with such opposition
from the brokers that it would be modified considerably, and
an ordonnance to that effect issued forthwith.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
C/7' Y, QUARTER Tu TUBER.
The sales cf Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 2,500 to
3,000 bales, with a quiet dull market. Shares were very dull
again, and prices were lower.
It does not appear by the letters received from the Provin-
cial Share Markets which reached us to-day, that the Bank
notice raising the rate of discount has had anything like the
injurious effect that had been anticipated would have been
produced. --The demand for all sorts of shares and scrip was
very dull, but still it is not stated that anything like a panic
was considered at all likely. It is scarcely possible, however,
that prices can rally to any extent while the London market
is so heavy as it is now.
There are no late Colonial arrivals.
The usual return of the Bank of England for the week
ending on the 18th inst. shows, on a comparison of • its items,
with those of its predecessor, the following results :
In the notes issued there is a decrease of 286,8501. or to
28,066,8201. The Banking Department has of this 7,037,6001
The Rest is now given at 3,140,0061., a decrease of
489,972/.
The Public Deposits are higher by 79,478/., or at
8,782,9751. They will be much less in the next return.
Li the other deposits there is an increase to 8,474,8561.
The Seven Day Bills have been diminished from 1,081,206/.
to 1,088,1601.
"Other Securities" stood last time at 15,188,965/. ; now at
15,133,96:1L
The stock of Bullion is given now at 14,580,654/, a de-
crease in the week of 248,389/.
The rate of interest on the first commercial papers has not
undergone much alteration since the Bank notice came out.
The Court of Direetors, by the course pursued, wanted prin-
cipally to increase their profits, fur the benefit of the proprie-
tary body.
The quotations of the Funds have been heavy this morning.
The speculators are very inactive, and there is but a trifle
doing in the Consols. The sales for Money have been made
at from 97% to 9714, and fur the Account from 97% to 97%.
This is, however, a very unfavourable day to test the quality
of the Stock or Share markets. Exchequer-bills have fallen
back to 44'. premium, and the Three per Cents Reduced from
973/ to 9714 ; India Stock has advanced to 266.
Where transactions have been made in the Foreign Funds
to-day, they have been at rather lower prices. The Dutch
Four per Cents. have gone back to 93%; the Belgian Four-
and-Half per Cents. to 99%; and the Portuguese Four per
Cents. to 59, a fall of 1 per cent, in the last-mentioned, and
in consequence of financial affairs at Lisbon having become
again, according to the accounts received this morning, in an
unsatisfactory state. Baron Tojal, it seems, has made too
high an estimate of the resources of the country, though it
has of late been tranquil. The Spanish Three per Cents. are
only at 371 ; Mexican at 32%; the Grenadas at 21%, and
the Equadors at 4%.
The quotations of Railway Shares all day have been very
variable, and it is scarcely possible to give any report to be
relied upon. We refer, therefore, our readeis interested to
the official list.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 965/3/liii%
3 per Cent. Consols Anna 971%1/4
New 31/1 per Cent. Annuties
Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860 lO% s 13-16
Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1859 lO 11-16
India Stock 266
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. I%d. I%d.
1,0001.
500/. ....... ..... 45 47 pm.
Ditto Small
k'RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Granada, 1 per Cent. . . ......... 21%
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account 32%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent B4
Ditto Small
Ditto 4 per Cent.
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 —
Ditto 3 per Cent 37%
Belgian 4% per Cent 99%
Dutch 2% per Cents
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 94 931
Equador 4%
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE
O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Armagh, Coleraine, Portrush 1% 2% to
Boston, Stamford, and Birm. 22s
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto New 2 11% 11 to
Caledonian
11 Ditto Extension
Cambridge and Lincoln 11,4 6% •to
Ditto. New ...... to
Chelmsford and Bury ...
Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir.,
and Leicester ll4 3% to
Derby, Uttoxeter, and Staff'd 2%...... 3%% to
Direct Manch. (Remington's) 234 43/14— to
Ditto (Rackstrick's) SIA ...... 6/..... to 7
rirect Northern
Dublin and Galway
Eastern Counties
Do. New- 4L 16s
It/

HIINGERFOILII.
We had only moderate supplies of most articles offering
his morning. Generally speaking, the trade ruled dull at
but little variation in prices.
Er/MAD.
The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from
9d to 91d; of`Household ditto, 60 to 81d per 4lbs loaf.
HIDE IVIATZKET.
Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2id to 3d per lb; do. 641 b to
721 b, 24,1 to 3d; do. 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 3id ; do. 801 b to 881 b,
3id to 34d; do. 881 b to 961 b, 4(1 to 4d; do. 961 b to 1(41b, 4d
to 4d; do. 1041 b to 1121 b, 412-d to sd. Calf Skins, per skin,
4s to 6s 6d; Horn Hides, 13s; Polled Sheep, 2s 6d to 33 6d ;
Hal f-breds, 2s 4d to 2s 9d ; Downs, 1s 9d to 2s 4d ; Lambs
2s 6d to 3s 7d.

East Lincolnshire
East and West of England... 1% 2%...... to
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O .. ... 77
Ditto New VI Shares
Edinburgh and Perth l% 44 ...... to
Essex and Suffolk l% 0... 1 7
Gloucester, Aberystwith, and
Central of Wales
4trndUnion(Notting.&Lynn) 1% 3% to
Great Eastern and Western.. 21,4
Great North of England 100 220
Great Western BO l5B

I !Ditto 1,4 Shares
Hull and Selby 5O 1033% ..... to 103]
Irish North Midland
_ .

Liverpoolaanndd TLaemedssv e11iti1ri1e6cit...1.354.224%1 :. ... ........:.
2525/13 551.1/4 tote ---
..rsiToikxholme
Lancaster and Carliq'e
Leicester and Birmingham 22s. IA% p to --
Leicester and Bedford.. 22s. VA% p to
Leicester
London and Birmingham —lOO ......218 ..... . to 217
Ditto Thirds .......
scl,4
Btaerkelsv all . . .
•• 2
LoDnditotne
Do. New IIA-- 5 ...... to
London and Brighton
London and Croydon 131. 153. 9d. 25
London and South Western.. 41%,„.. 75
Ditto New ............ --- 2 - ... 14
London and Y0rk...... . 2% 6%14,... to 6
London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% 3% to
Londonderry and Coleraine... 2%
tot
......
3%4 to —172
o
Manchester and Birmingham 40
Ditto New Quarters... 2
Midland...... 100 173
54
Newcastle and Berwick
Enniskillen nB
Boston
22 ........
.... . to
NNNoee
to
Ditto, New .........•••••• 1
Northern and Eastern 45
ii,rwt' ar:r'kjia,
British
:ill esEhffinenl dis,
661/2 to 67
North Kent & Direct Dover 2% ...... ow,
North Staffordshire............ 425...... 514 p to 5% p
North Wales 3%
Norwich and Brandon l4 ...... 24
Northampton, Banbury, and
Cheltenham ...... ••• 2
Oxford and Worcester 2% ll% to 11
Preston and Wyre
Ditto,to
Shrews., Wolver., Dud., birm. 21/2 6% to
Half Shares
Shrews. & Trent Val. Union. 225. ...
Shrews., Herefrd &N. Wales 2% .... 3% ... to
South Devon ..................20
South Midland ............ 225...... 7 p to 6%-p
South Eastern and Dover ... 33%.,„,.. _
Ditto, New, No. 2 ....... . ..... 7
Staines and Richmond........ 1
Tean and Dove Valley l% 2%%... to
Vale of Neath ......... . ....... 2
Waterford, Wexford, Wicklw,
and Dublin ... ••••• 1% 2 .... .to 1%
Waterford, Wexford, and
Valentin .•
•1% 24...... to
Welch Midland .................. 2%
Wilts, Somerset, & Sthamptn 1%... .. 2% to
Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 2%...... 714. to 634
Wrster, Shrews. & Crewe Un. 1% 2%... .. to 3%
York and Carlisle 2:% 6% to
rork and North Midland .. 50 ......
Ditto, Selby
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens 8 ...... 12 ...,. to
Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette
(Espelete's)
Dendre Valley
Dutch Rhenish
East Indian
Great Northern of France
(Laffitte's) ...— ........ 4
Do. Do. (Rosamel's) ..... ... 2 ...... 3%i to
Great Western Bengal ss.
Luxembourg
Namur and Liege
Orleans and Bordeaux 4 ••••• 12%%.. to
Paris and Rouen ...
Paris& Strasburg(Gannern's) 2 .••••• 21/a to
Do. (Compe de L'Est)
Sambre and Meuse - to 7
Verona and Ancona 3 ...... 234 to
West Flanders
MINES.
Real del Monte, Unregistered ..... 43/4 to •-
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LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, Ocr. 18.—Wind W.S.W., moderate breeze, and
cloudy.
DEAL, OCT. 17.—Arrd. Mary Ruspell, Valparaiso.
LivEnrooL, Ocr. 17.—Wind W., fresh.—Acrd. Heroine,
Longregg, Saldanha Bay ; Bradshaw, Miramichi ; Alert,
Country Harbour, Grindlay, Perkins, and Tam o Shanter,
Prew, Montreal. Off port, Bellona, Montreal ; Ben Nevis,
Margaret, —.
Airn, OCT. 15.—Arrd. Magog, St. John's, New Brunswick.
DUMFRIES, Ocr. 16.—Arrd. Francis, Morriton, St. John's,
New Brunswick.
CLYDE, OCT. 16.—Arrd. Euphemia, Gowans, Newfound-
land ; Phoenix, Kerr, Quebec ; Agammenon, Quebec.
WATERFORD, Ocr. 16.—Arrd. Olive Branch, Charles,
Newfoundland.
CORK, OCT. 15.—Acrd. Grove, Saldanha Bay.
BELFAST, OCT. 16.—Arrd. Sea King, Dunn, Quebec. Sld.
16th, Victoria, M•Mahon, New Orleans.
SmEms, Ocr. 17.—The Elizabeth, of South Shields, on
the Herdland, 9th inq., has been got off with much damage,
and brought into the harbour.
LEITII, OCT. 15.—A water-logged brig, of about 250 tons,
apparently abandoned, with loss of main topmast, bulwarks,
&c., and a blue peter flying from the mainmast-head, was
passed 11th inst., about 124 miles E.S.E. of Fifeness, by the
Palestine, arrived here.

Our worthy neighbour, Mr. George Turner, of
Barton, has sold his prize bull, the Prince of Wales, to King Louis
Philippe, of France. His Majesty, who knows something of De-
vonshire, is determined to improve the French breed of cattle.—
/Pa tern Times.
A woode,,ek was shot in the pirisb of Hal well,
near Totnes, on Tuesday, the 7:11 instant.—Western Times.
The (medical) prulession has to regret the: 105 s of
one of its worthiest and most accomplished members, in the dcsth
of Dr. James Johnson, long known in medical literature as tre
editor.of the Medico Chirurgical Review. He expired at Brighton,
after a short illness, on Thursday, the 9th instant, in the 69th year
of his age,wlkledical Gazette.

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) ANC
i GROSS INSTANCE OF INTEM. I
COVJENT-Glll3. 3IPT M. PERANCE AND. NEGLECT.
Although the supplies of both Fruit and Vegetables 1 It would, perhaps, be difficnlt to discover a stronger
were again extensive, the general demand ruled steady at instance of the shocking :effects. of habitual intemperance,
the prices beneath quoted.—Potatoes, from 2s Gd to 5s per than has been afforded bYe an inquiry instituted on Mon-
cwt ; Turnips, is 6d to 2s 3d ; Carrots, 5s to 6s ; Onions, 10d , d4y and Tuesday last weekeat an inquest held by A.
to 2s • Greens, is 6d to 2s 3d; and Leeks, is to Is 2(1 B. Bone, Esq., Coroner of DeOpport. It having come to
per dozen bunches; Plums, 2s to ss; French Beans, 2s that gentleman's knowledge r that reports were in drew-
3d; Apples, is 6d to 4s; Pears, 2s to ss; and Spinach, I lation to the effect that a pauper, named Holmes, living
10(1 to Is 3d per half-sieve ; Hot-house Grapes, 2s Gd to 5s 6d ; in the neighbourhood of Cornwall-street, had died, not
Out-door Ditto, 4,1 to 10d; English Pine-apples, 5s to 8s; precisely by foul means, but through want and neglect,
and Filberts, 4d to 8d per lb; White Cabbages, 8d to Is 4d; so deplorable as to be criminal, Mr. Bone, very properly
Red Ditto, 2s to 6s; and Nectarines and Peaches, 3s issued an order for the exhumation of the body of the
to lOs per dozen ; Celery, is to 2s 3d; Brocoli, Is to deceased, with a view to the investigation of the real
2a 4d; and Horse-radish, 2s to 5s per bundle; Lemons, 8s causes of death. The remains of the deceased were
to 13s ; and Walnuts, 8d to is 4d per 100 ; Mush- accordingly disinterred, aad a post mortem exami-
rooms, 8d to is per punnet. nation having taken place, a jury was impannelled
NEWSATE AND zna.DE:rarszz. to hear the evidence adduced, and from which it appeared
Each kind of prime Meat. sold freely, other qualities slowly, that the deceased was a very old man, residing in the top
above quotations.—Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s Gd ; Mutton, room of a house. in Cornwall-street. On Friday, the 26th
3s 46 to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; and Pork, ;is 10d ult , a woman in a state of intoxication brought an overseer's
to 5s 6d per Bltis by the carcase. Turkey Poults, 5s 6d to 8s; order for medical attendance on Holmes, to the residence of
Goslings, 4s 6d to is Gd; Ducks, is 6d to 2s 6d; tame Rab- Mr. J. Bennett, one of the parish surgeons. Mte Bennett was
bits, ls 3d to is 9d; Pigeons, 6d to 86, and roasting Pigs, from home on professional business at the time, but having
is Gd to lOs Gd each; Fowls, 5s to 8s 6d; and Chickens, 4s returned about two hours afterwarde he immediately visited
to 5s per coup!e ; Pheasants, 2s 86 to 4s; Partridges, Is 6d the patient. He found Holmes lying on a bed placed on the
to 2s ; Hares, 2s 6(1 to 4s ; and Grouse, 2s each. floor, suffering from an apoplectic sezure, speechless, helpless,
NMATPOIST. very much emaciated, dreadfully pale, and evidently beyond
The demand was somewhat inactive, on the following hope of recovery. There was no one present, no furniture
terms :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 35 8d ; Mutton, 3s 8(1 to 4s 86 ; except a chair and table, the latter of which was turned up
Veal, 4s to 4s led; and Pork, 3s to 5s 4d per Sibs. and placed across the foot of the wretched bed to protect the
BILLLZNGSGATE. unfortunate man from the draught of the door, and the room
There was only a Moderate supply of Fish on sale, yet the was also destitute of food, drink, and lire. Mr. Bennett
demand was by no means brisk, at about previous quota- made inquiries to ascertain if the man had friends, and
tions. Turbots, 8s to 17s; Cod Fish, 3s to 9s; Lobsters, was told that he had a wife, but she was from home. One
8d to 3s 6d; Crabs, 6d to 3s ; and Whitings, 4d to 9d each. of the inmates of the house offered to go and fetch the wife,
WHITZCHAPEL. and in a few minutes after returned with her—she seas
Prime Beef, Veal and Pork, sold readily. In other kinds,
shockingly drunk. Mr. Bennett upbraided the wretched
comparatively little was done. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d;
creature fir her culpable neglect; and apparently succeeded
Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 6d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 4s to
in awaking feelings of remorse, 6.r she went down on her
5s 2d per 8 lbs. knees by the bed-side, spoke to the poor sufferer in tones
of affection, and manifected a desire to ameliorate his '
unhappy condition. Medicine and food were immediately
supplied for the relief of Holmes, and Mr. Bennett
regularly visited him, but it would appear that the amend-
ment was but transient, for the wretched husband was left
alone, unwatched, unattended, and unable to help himself
from the Friday until the Tut sday following, the 30th ult.,
when death terminated his miserable existence. The jury,
after a careful investigation, returned the following verdict :
" That the deceased died from apoplexy, but whether his
death was caused by the gross neglect of his wife, or by na-
tural causes, they could not from the evidence determine."
Another lamentable feature in connection with this case was
the awfully sudden death of anold woman who was employed
to perform the sad office cf preparing the body of the deceased
fur interment. Like the old man's wife, she also was a drunk-
ard, and whilst occupied in the duty for which she was en-
gaged, she left • the bed-room for the purpose of procuring a
stimulant, on returning with which she fell over the stairs,
broke her neck, and was laid dead by the side of the body
she had a few minutes previously prepared for buriall—
West Briton.

LAW COSTS —At the Bicester Petty-sessions, a
few days since, Sarah Tombs, a poor woman of Weston-on-
the-Green, was charged by a looker-out on the estate of the
Hon. P. Bertie, with having, when in search of nuts in a wood
at Chesterton, damaged the above gentleman's property to
the amount of one penny. She was ordered to pay one penny
fine, and the clerk's expenses, 4s. She was allowed seven
days to pay it in. At the expiration of that time she ap-
peared with 2s. towards the amount. This she said she had
borrowed, and she hoped " the gentlemen " would not ins st
on the other 2s. being paid, for she did not know how to get
it. She was told she must pay, but seven days more would
be allowed her to do so.

DEER- STALKING —Lady Seymour is at Achan-
carry, enjoying the noble and healthful sport of deer stalking. A
few days ago her ladyship took Own a splendid stag.

Several suggestions are' abroad as to the most ap-
propriate mode of disposing of the Hudson Testimonial Fund. We
feel, however, that it is a question rather for Mr. Hudson and the
Committee generally than for discussion in the public prints.
Besides, as yet, it is impossible to estimate the ultimate amount,
which already approaches 20,001:1.—Sunderland Times.
SUDDEN DEATH OF A LADY OF FORTUNE.—An
Inquest was held on Friday, at the Ship Tavern, Charing-cross, on
the body of Mrs. Louisa Webster Seahouse, aged sixty-five years,
a lady of fortune, lately living at the above hotel. The deceased
had been residing with a relation at the hotel for nearly five years.
She was exceedingly eccentric, and latterly had refused to have
medical advice, although she was at times very ill. She would
only allow one person to wait on her. She scarcely ever had any
regular meals, but lived upon milk, arrow root, &c. On
Wednesday she was attacked with violent coughing; a medical
man was then called in by her attendant, but she was evidently
sinking from the effects of suffocation. Tt e surgeon prescribed
for her, but she died in half an hour after from a long standing
disease of the lungs, which was the cause of death.—Verdict ac-
cordingly.

The deputation from the directors of the le of
Jersey Railway and Pier Ccmpany left the island for London this
morning.—Jersey Times, Oct. 14.

M. Thiers arrived at Nivart's Hotel, yesterday
morning, from visiting the Mat cols and Marchioness of Lansdowne,
at Bowood Park, Wilts, and in the afternoon left town, accompanied
by Count \Valor:ski, for the Grange, Hampshire, to pass a few days
with Lord and Lady Ashburton.

DEATH OF THE NEW GOVERNOR OF THE NAVAL
KNIGHTS OF WiNnsoa.—Lieutenant Robert Carter, who succeeded
to the Governorship of the Naval Knights of Windsor, upon the
death of Lieutenant Charles Carter, which took place on the Ist
Inst., expired at Exeter, where he had been staying upon a visit to
his relatives on Tuesday last. Tire deceased, whore commission
is dated August 14,1801, was midshipman of the Royal George, in
Lord Bridport•s action in 1795, and the Mermaid, in her gallant
action with the French frigate Loire in 1798, and was lieutenant
of the Swiftsure at the battle of Trafalgar. Lieut. Okes, brother to
the lower master at Eton College, who is the naxt senior Naval
Knight, according to the date of his commission, will be the new
Governor.

The majority of the chemists Lind druggists in
Newcastle-upon-Tyne have, in compliance with a memorial from
their shopmen and apprentices, resolved to close their places of
business at seven in the evening, instead of eight, as heretofore.—
Sunderland Tinzes.

Railways made of wood were first used in North-
umberland about the year 1633, and made of iron at Whitehaven
in 1738. The first iron railroad was laid down at Coalbrook-dale
in 1786. Steam power to convey coals on a railway was first em-
ployed by Blenkinsop, at Hunslet, near Leeds, and afterwards on the
Stockton and Darlington Bailway.

DEPARTURE OF MAILS —SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 17.
—The Royal West India steam-packet, the Trent, Captain Boxer,
went out cf dock at three P.M., carrying the West India and other
mails, also 100 passengers, and extremely full cargo. The Queen,
Captain Russell, one of the Peninsular Company's steamera, also
left the docks this day for Gibraltar, with the Gibraltar, Penin-
sular, and Corunna mails, a full cargo of goods, and the usual
number of passengers. The Clyde, Captain Symons, will take out
the next Mexican and West India mails on the 2d Nov. She is
expected to take 170 passengers. The Oriental Company's steam.
ship Duke of Cornwall, Captain Mills, will leave this port on the
3d, with the East India and China mails. The next West India
homeward mails will be due on Sunday.
MUNIFICENT DONATION.—The committee of the
Church Building Society have just received the munificent sum of
500 guineas, from " H. C. T.," as a donation in aid of the Incor-
porated Society for Promoting the Enlargement, &c., of Churches
at,d Chapels.

LOVE AND SurcrDE.—On Tuesday last, a young
man, named John Lang, a groom to J. Whipple, Esq., surgeon, of
No. 14, Devonshire-terrace, Plymouth, committed suicide by
hanging himself. The deceased, who is aged about 17, has been
in the employ of Mr. Whipple about two months, was generally of
a very cheerful disposition, and was greatly in favour with his
master. On Sunday he went into the country, for the purpose, as
he said, of visiting his father. when he had an interview with a
girl named Sarah Kellan, whom he was ardently attached to, and
with whom he had passed most of his boyish days. He returned
in the evening, but a particular alteration was observed in his con-
duct. He would frequently mention the young girl's name, and
on one occasion expressed to the cook, who was also called Sarah,
his fondness for that name. On Tuesday evening he was
missing for some hours, the time having passed over when he
usually fed his master's horses, a man named Taylor was sent
for to do that work. In getting some hay, Taylor had to pass
the room in which the deceased slept, and he endeavoured to
open the door. It, however, appeared to be fastened, and on his
forcing it open he saw the deceased hanging from one of the beams.
He immediately cut him down, and called for assistance, but the
pour fellow was perfectly lifeless, and had apparehtly been dead
some hours. On his bed was found a letter marked on the top
with an A, and written on several pieces of paper folded in the
form of a book; it was written very imperfectly, and contained no
date; it was as follows :—" Dear Sarah—These few short lines coms
to with my kind Love to you and I hope you will never marry no
other. So farewell to you and all brothers and sisters all I have I
give to Sarah Kellan and Mr. Shepeard, Boughton, Ermington,
Devon (in the name of the Lord so do). Its nothing but my
Sarah's crossness that had mad me do this thing
.but I hope that
the Lord will forgive at the rising of the dead so wicked world
forgive me.—Yours, J. M. LANG." A Church of England prayer
book, with a leaf turned down at the 62d Psalm, was also found
in the room. An inquest was held on the body yesterday, when
the Jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity."—Plymouth
Journal.

DEATH OF THE REV. DR. PEDDIE.-It is with
sentiments of deep respectful regret that we announce the decease
of one of the oldest and most esteemed of our citizens, the Rev.
James Peddle, D.D , senior minister of the United Associate Con-
gregation, Bristo-street, in the 67th year of his age and 63d of his
ministry. For the two last years, Dr. P. has been laid aside from
public duty by infirmity, but for 61 years he regularly ministered
with unabated acceptance to one of the largest congregations in
this city. He took an active part in conducting the affairs of the
large religious denomination of which he was so distinguished a
member, and was a most efficient supporter of all our great religious
and benevolent institutions. The original powers of his mind were
of a superior order, characterised by soundness, comprehensiveness,
and energy; his attainment s as a scholar and theologian were extensive
and accurate; his character as a Christian was exemplary in all the
relations of life; and his conduct as a pastor so faithful and wise as
to secure for him in an uncommon degree and to the end the
reverence and affection of his numerous flock. He was by much
the oldest of our city ministers, and with tile exception of two
clergymen of the Episcopal persuasion, was, we believe, the oldest
minister in Scotland of any denomination. Few men have ever
sustained for so long a time so high a reputation for worth and
wisdom, and carried Its honours so untarnished to the grave. Dr.
Peddie's death took place on Saturday, at half-past eleven in the
forenoon, at Laverock Bank lleuse, Trinity, where for some time
he lad been residing for the benefit of his health. His funeral, we
understand, is to take place on Friday, irn the Edinburgh cemetery
at Warriston.-.Scotsman,

The Government has at length commenced the im-
provement of the harbour of Harwich, for which desirable object a
Parliamentary grant was made last, session. This has been promptly
followed up by the formation of a Dock and Railway Company,
which we observe has for its object the making of suitable docks
at Harwich, so as to adapt that port for the traffic which the ex-
tension of the proposed line of railway Into the centre of England,
and its connexion with the great trtipk lines will necessarily demand.
We understand the plans for the docks are those of Mr. Walker, the
engineer, whose eminent name is a sure guarantee that the works will
be of such a character as will ere long render Harwich from its
favourable situation an important station for the mail packets, as
well as a depot for our owu manufactures as also for the imports of
northern and central Europe. We cannot but congratulate the in-
habitants of Harwich upon the prospects before them, nor can we
pass over the advantage which must accrue to the Eastern Counties
Railway Company, when they shall find what will be, in effect, one
of their termini converted from a small flailing town with a ne-
glected harbour, into a Government port, with Government and
trading vessels, and docks to contain them.—Railteny Times.
DEATH OF THE REV. DR. BAGGS, CATHOLIC VICAR
APOSTOLIC (IF THE WESTERN Dina-nom—Died, at Prior Park,
on the 16th, the Right Rev. Dr. Charles Michael Baggs, Ca-
tholic Vicar ApoFtolic of this Western District. He was born
in Dublin orl:2lst May, 1806. Af: er :studying at Rome, his
virtues, talents, acquirements, and urhapity of nuturiers, re-
comm,:ao.,l lSiut as the fittest person to succeed Dr. IVi6einan
in the gel-et-cm:AU ca tit Eng!ish College there, and he
proved himself a golieral favourite, especially with our gentry
who visited that city. On the i loath of Bishop Baines, he
was appointed his successor is this disttic.:; but did not reach
Prior Park until 30th May last year. his useful career has
been suddenly arrested, to the deep regret of all who knew
him; bat his end wxs in peace.-Western