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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING . OCTOBER 31, [842.

AMERICAN NEWS.

importance as seemed to require your early attention,
yet I am induced by reasons of public convenience,
and with a view to an early resumption of our joint
labours, to put a close to the present session.
" I have to thank you for thzeal and assiduity
with which you ha considered and perfected the
various measures in which a short period of the ses-
%ion has been occupied. These, I trust, will be an
earnest to the country of the principles by which I am
guided, and of the advantages which may be expected
from the cordial and united efforts of the several

ARRIVAL OF THE COLUMBIA.
LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY MORNING.
The steam ship Columbia arrived here last
Fight, shortly before twelve o'clock, with thirty-
one passengers- She sailed from Boston on the
16th and from Halifax on the 18th, making the
voyage from the latter place in eleven days and
eight hours. The Britannia arrived out in eleven
days and a half, facilitating the escape of the
notorious Bardekin, manager of the Manchester
Bank, who took his passage and his booty by her.
The death of Dr. Channing, at Burlington,
Vermont—a name not merely of American, but
of European celebrity is the most striking
event recorded in the United States -papers,
which are otherwise occupied with the autumn
elections, and local matters.
Sir Charles Begot has dissolved the Canadian
Parliament in a kind and conciliatory speech
which, however, makes no direct allusion to the
recent. important executive changes. It is to
meet again in November. The AttorneyeGene-
ral for Eastern Canada, Mr. Lafontaine, had
been returned by his old constituency, the fourth
riding of York county; but his coadjutor, Mr.
Baldwin, Attorney-General for Western Ca-
nada, had been less fortunate. He was defeated
for Hastings county by the Conservative can-
didate, Mr, Murney, who headed him on the
pell by 41. The election was accompanied by
rioting so violent, that the military had to be
called out, and the return will be set aside, it is
said, .on the ground of obstruction and illegality.
Before separating, the House of Assembly had
imposed a duty of three shillings per quarter on
United States grown wheat.
Mexico has commenced the invasion of her re-
volted provinces, Texas and Yucatan, in right
earnest, and with a degree of energy little cha-
racteristic of her people. Santa Anna has two
English steamers at his comniand, plenty of men
and resources, and his forces had taken San An-
tonio in Texas, arrested the-principal inhabitants
of the place, and proceeding to the Civil Court,
which was sitting, seized the Judge, the Jury,
lawyers, and all! These vigorous proceedings ap-
pear to have been quite unlooked for by the
Texans, who have been resting on their oars, for
their navy is (or was at the date of the last ac-
counts) lying idle at New Orleans, and no means
had been taken nearer home to receive the un-
welcome visitors. Galveston, to get at which
the steamers, with their small draught of water,
would be very useful, would, it was believed, be
the next point of atack.
The operation of the new tariff had quite crip-
pled the trade with England at New York, large
quantities of goods being daily transhipped to
this country on account of its provision. Busi-
ness was unusually dull. The rate of exchange
on London was 7.1 to 7l per cent. premium, with
a very trifling amount of business doing. e, this
respect matters were likely to get worse instead
of better. As in England so in America, dis-
cussions in the press on the advantages or other-
wise of free trade as opposed to " protection" to
native industry were of daily occurrence.
TRADE WITH CANADA.
It appears from a letter of Lord Stanley, published
in the Canada papers, that the matter of regulating
the duty on wheat imported into that province from
the United_ States, has been left entirely to the discre-
tion of the Provincial Parliament. Accordingly re-
solutions have passed that body to impose a duty of
3s. sterling per imperial quarter upon American wheat
imported into Canada—such duty to go into effect on
the sth of July next. The preamble expresses confi-
dence that upon the imposition of a duty in Canada
upon American wheat imported into the province,
such wheat will be admitted duty free, or rather as
Canadian wheat, into the ports of Great Britain. A
Bill was afterwards introduced, embracing the sub-
stance of the resolutions, and will no doubt become a
law. The Kingston Chronicle says :
"'the English Government offers to the province to
etpeal the imperial duties, levied in England upon wheat
imported into England from Canada, if the Provincial
Parliament will impose a duty on wheat from the
United States. The provincial administration has
agreed to accept the offer, and proposes to fix the
duty at about 3s. sterling per quarter, or 51d. cur-
rency per bushel. Supposing the importation from
the United States, to be about a million of bushels,
this offer will add to the provincial revenue about
370,0001: sterling. If it shall only amount to
200,0001. it will be an enormous addition to the pro-
vincial revenue, which will, no doubt, be applied to
imblie works—to 'the erection of public buildings, in
which, as contrasted with those in every great town
in the United States, this province is greatly deficient;
and, it is to be hoped, to the erection of schools.
" To some extent the duty will be a tax on the in •
habitant; oc the province, namely, upon so much of
the wheat imported as is consumed here. if the duty
was merely on wheat, treating it as Canadian wheat
when exported, it would amount to the duty levied on
Canadian wheat in England, but the amount will be
much more, and as the wheat will be manufactured
into flour for exportation, the province will have the
profit of the manufacture. This is the first time that
the Imperial Government has given up to a colony the
duties it thinks proper to impose in England on colo-
nial imports for the regulation of its own trade."
The following is an extract from Lord Stanley's
letter above referred to:—
" By thelaw, as it has hitherto stood, Canadian wheat
and wheat flour have been admissible into Great Bri-
tain at a rate of duty estimated at ss. per quarter,
until the price in the English markets reached 705.,
at which amount the duty fell to 6d. By the Bill
which is now before Parliament, a duty of 55. is
leviable only while the price is below 555., and at 58s.
falls to ls. only. But in addition to this reduction in
the amount of price at which the lower duty becomes
rayable, it is proposed to take off the restriction which
has hitherto been imposed upon the importation of
Canadian flour into Ireland, and thus to open a new
market to that which may justly be considered as one
of the manufactures of Canada.
"It is true that the Imperial Parliament, atthe time
they admitted Canadian produce at a nominal duty,
might constitutionally have imposed a co: responding
duty upon the imports of American wheat in Canada,
an might thus have placed a check upon the undue
influx of foreign, under the name of Canadian pro-
duce; but, whatever might be the view taken by her
Majesty's Government under a different state of cir-
cumstances, in which a tax imposed by colonial autho-
rity; andof course receivable into the colonial treasury,
upon wheat imported from the United States, might
secure the agriculturists of England against the corn-
petitiou of foreign growers, they have been unwilling
to impose such a tax, by the authority of Parliament,
upon a raw article which might be'required for home
consumption In Canada, and, in the absence of such a
tax, have felt it impossible to propose to Parliament a
nuttier reduction than thatwhich they have submitted,
*in favour of wheat and wheat flour, shipped from the
Ports of Canada.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) "STANLEY.
" The Right Hon. Sir Charles Begot, G.C.8., &c."
The object of the British and Canadian Govern-
ments is two-fold, viz. :
1. To compel American heat intended for the
English market, to go through Canada; and, of course,
tobe ground in Canadian mills, and shipped in British
vessels. This is to be effected by exempting it from
duty in the English ports, if coming through Canada,
and :,1113jecting it to a high duty if brought from the
United States direct.
2. The other object is the protection of Canadian
agriculture. The farming interest in that province
has been quite opposed to the idea of admitting Ame-
rican wheat free of duty, because the effect would be
to reduce the price of Canadian wheat. The 3s. duty
to be imposed in Canada, agreeably to the above men-
tioned Bill, will be so much protection to the Cana-
dian wheat grower, but will not check the import of
American wheat into Canada, provided little or no
duty is imposed upon it. or the flour made from it, on
its arrieal in England.
Unless our Government should adopt some counter-
vailing measures, we do not see but these objects will
be accomplished. It is true, the words of the British
law admit, and may continue to admit, into England,
only Canadian wheat free of duty, but it is evident
from the tone of Lord Stanley's letter, that in practice
all wheat or flour imported from Canada will be
" deemed and taken" to be Canadian.
This year the Canadians have got their fingers
burnt by grasping so eagerly at a trade which belongs
prciperly to us—and so far they are welcome to it.
ELECTION RIOT IN CANADA.—The Montreal Tran-
script contains a letter, of the sth inst., from the
county of Hastings, of which the following is an ex-

branches of the Provincial Legislature:
" Gentlemen of the Haase of Assembly,
"I think you, in the name of her Majesty, for the
liberality with which you have voted the supplies re-
quisite for the public service ; and for your ready co-
operation in carrying out the views of her Majesty's
Government,
" Honourable Gentlemen and Gentlemen,
" In relieving you for the present from farther at-
tendance in your legislative capacity, I would express
my confident hope that, when you return to your
homes, you will use your just influence in promoting
in your several districts that unanimity and good
feeling which it has been my endeavour to establish,
and in diffusing those hopes of permanent peace and
prosperity, in which I trust you will unite with me in
believing that we may now, under Providence, be per-
mitted to indulge."
The Honourable the Speaker of the Legislative
Council then declared the Provincial Parliament pro-
rogued to the 18th day of November next.

LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO,

(From the New Orleans Crescent, Sept. 27.)
The steam-ship Medway arrived at the Balize on
the 23d, ha-ving left Vera Cruz on the 15th.
G. S. Curson, Esq., bearer of dispatches from Ge-
neral Waddy Thompson, our Minister in Mexico,
came passenger in her ; also Mr. Eafeiul, one of the
editors of the Courrier des Etats finis. They came
up in the Governor Yell. The Medway had on board
$250,000 in silver for England.
There is a strong hope that the cutter Woodbury
is safe. She arrived at Vera Cruz on the 28th, after

experiencing head winds all the way. On the 13th
inst. she sailed for New Orleans, having. on board 15
Texian prisoners, to whorii General Thompson had
given a free passage. She had also $BO,OOO in specie.
Officers and crew all well.

On the day the Medway left Vera Cruz, General
Almonte, Minister Plenipotentiary, near the Govern-
ment of the United States, and suite, among whom is

the son of the late Emperor Iturbide, were to leave
Vera Cruz in the bark Eugenia for New York. Herr

Cline also sailed in the Eugenia.
The Yucatan navy is safely moored under the guns
of the fort of San Juan d'Ulloa. The general impres-
sion was, that no more troops would be transported to
Laguna, the force at Yucatan at present being deemed

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sufficient for all purposes.
The war steamer Guadaloupe was at Vera Cruz
preparing to sail immediately for Galveston, for the
purpose of reconnoitring the island, and capturing
any Texan vessel she might fall in with, previous to
the sailing of the expedition for the invasion of Texas
ny sea, consisting of two steamers, two brigs, and
three schooners of war, and the transports to be em-
ployed for the purpose of transporting the troops,
6,000 in number, who are at present stationed
at Puebla, Zelapa, and Vera Cruz. A large num-
ber have also been sent by the northern route, and
have for some time been encamped in the valley at
the foot of the Sierra Madra. We have before us
a letter from a friend in the city of Mexico, stating
that General Wall had communicated to a friend
there, that he had marched from Mier with 400 in-
fantry, 200 dragoons, 200 recruits, and 4 pieces of ar-
tillery, to take possession of San Antonio. The same
epistle states that the bad understanding existing be-
tween the two Governments, in consequence of the
insulting tone of Bocanegra had been arranged to the
satisfaction of General Thompson, who, at the request
of the President, held an interview with him in the
Palace of the national Government. This was ef-
fected, the letter adds, by the high and manly tone
assumed by General Thompson on all occasions.
The "Napoleon” had also a presentiment that a
United States fleet would soon be off `era "Cruz, a
visit he was not at all desirous of receiving.
Mr. Curson left the city of Mexico on the 9th inst.,
and leaves for Washington immediately.
TEXAS AGAIN INVADED—CAPTURE OF
SAN ANTONIO—PARTICULARS OF THE
GREAT GALE.
(From the New Orleans Bulletin, Sept. 27.)
By the politeness of Captain Boylan, of the steam-
packet Merchant, we have full files of Galveston,
Houston, Matagorda, and Austin papers, to the latest
dates. The news rom Texas is of a startling and
important character, if we may place full credence in
the following extract from the Galveston (extra)
Times of the 20th. That paper says :
" We stop the -extra to give the following informa-
tion, but this moment received from a gentleman who
has just arrived, and met the express the other side
of OysteiTreek.
" San A!ntonio was completely surprised on the 11th
inst., by; 1,300 Mexicans, under General Wall.
Fifty-three of the principal citizens taken. The pro-
clamation of the President, headed "The enemy
again," orders the marching forthwith of the militia
of Brazoria, Austin, Fort Bend, Colorado, Victoria,
Gonzales, Jackson, and Matagorda counties against
San Antonio; and the counties of the Upper Brasos
and Colorado to march to Austin, and the citizens of
the other counties to hold themselves in instant readi-
ness. The orders of the Executive are direct, that
in the event of the evacuation of San Antonio by the
Mexicans, ,they are to be pursued beyond the Rio
Grande, and chastised as " their audacity deserves."
In the event of a formal invasion, the western coun-
ties are to hold them in check, until the rest of the
Republic can rally to the rescue.
' P.S. When San Antonio was taken, the Circuit
Court was in session, and the Judge and officers of
the Court were made prisoners.
" It appeared that the'equinoctial gale swept along
the Texas coast and over the Gulf of Mexico with
frightful violence on the night of the 18th, causing
the waters of the Gulf to flow into Galveston Bay
until it was full to overflowing. When things were
thus situated the wind suddenly changed to the N.E.
and N.N.E. about ten o'clock at night, and blew with
terrible violence for the space of about four hours,
during which period the water arose with frightful
rapidity into the streets of Galveston, until the depth
ranged from two to four feet in all the streets situated
within 300 yards of the bay shore, in the principal
business part of the city.
" During the prevalence of the storm, in the dead
hour of the night, many families were compelled to
flee from their falling houses, and seek shelter with
their neighbours, after wading through a raging surf
propelled by a hurricane."
The Times adds—" The Episcopal church, a stately
edifice, just completed, was blown from its founda-
tion, and though still partly standing, is a heap of
ruins. The Catholic church (unfinished) is nearly as
much injured. A fine new residence, just completed
by Mr. Savage, is unroofed and seriously damaged.
The store of W. Hall and Co. is measurably de-
stroyed, and a fine stock of goods almost totally. lost.
De Lacy and Co., store and goods much injured. A
house belonging to J. M. Jones blown down. Glad-
man's barber shop totally destroyed. Colonel Jack-
son's kitchen blown down (two servants narrowly
escaped destruction). Captain Simpton's house and
furniture much injured. The shed of the Cotton
Press blown down, and other injury sustained.
Many small buildings destroyed, and much injured.
A portion of the second floor of the Merchants' Ex-
change fell in, caused, as is supposed, by the wind
entering the building and forcing the walls from an
upright position.
' Mr. Colton, the owner of a 'trading sloop, had his
leg considerably bruised by his vessel coming in con-
tact with the San Bernard, but the wound is by no
means serious.
" The war schooner San Bernard, blown from her
moorings, now lies in two or three feet water, but not
injured. Brig Atlantic stranded, and said to be much
injured. Prize schooner Mary Elizabeth ashore at
high water mark, near the Custom-house. Schooner
Endeavour capsized. Sloop Picayune stranded, mast
broken. Several sloops and small craft high and dry.
Steam-ship Merchant slightly injured, but is now
fully repaired.
"The total loss of property and injury sustained,
it is supposed, must have amounted to 50,000 dollars.
No lives lost, or persons seriously injured, that we
are aware of. ..
" The English bark Funchal, lying within the bar,
near the east, end of the island, rode out the gale in
safety.
" The street along the strand presented a ruinous
spectacle on Monday morning, from the accumula-
tion of wood, lumber, boxes, barrels, wrecks of houses,
and goods."
TIIN CRISIS IN TEXAS.—Present appearances indi-
cate that the Texians are to have another struggle for
the maintenance of their independence ; and if suc-
cessful, it will probably be the last. For months past,
Santa Anna has been engaged in raising and drilling
an army for the invasion of Texas, and he has also
contrived to get together a respectable naval force,
including two steamers from England, armed with
Paixhan guns, and manned with British seamen. As
preliminary to the invasion of Texas, he has sent his
squadron and 1,700 soldiers to reduce Yucatan to
subjection ; and should he succeed in this object, asb
Ihe probably will (having already captured Laguna
and the Yucatan flotilla) the whole disposable force of
Mexico will be available for the invasion of Texas.
And against Texas we have no doubt it will be di-
rected. We anticipate a combined attack by sea and
land. While the Mexican squadron, with perhaps a
land force in addition, operates against Galveston and
vicinity, the main army may
be expected to enter
1
from the west. • A portion of -this army according to
,
the last accounts, had already surprised San Antonio,
capturing the principal inhabitants, including the
Tudge and officers of the Court then in session, law.

tract i— •
" We have had a most tremendous riot to.day, and
the returning officer was obliged to close the poll. Mr.
"gurney, tho Conservative Candidate, is 20 a head,
and there is not the shadow of a doubt that he will be
elected by a handsome majority. This village is in a
re -.):4 horrible state ; it is not safe for any man to go
through the streets alone. I have seen several per-
so::.3 'knocked down because they would not hurrah
'for Mr. Bald Win ; his party are the authors of all the
mischief. • I am also informed by the most respectable
people of the counts', that great blame is to be at-
tached to Mr. Sheriff Moodie, the returning officer,
who has throughout shown a great partiality for Mr.
Baici
P.S. The Riot Act has been read.'
SIR CHARLES BAGOT'S SP.EfiCIL
Th.? followio is the speech of Sir Charles Dagot.on
elOing the session
Gentlemen of the Legislative Counk,lill
and. Gentlemen of the_Legislative..Assembly,
"Althibugh I anticipated, when -I called you to'. •
&f Ow, that
.your consideration might have been
giveu tit tile present session to such public business of

yers, clients, and all. It seems strange that the vigi-
lant Texians.shonld ha,Ve allowed, tlioniselves,to be
" comedeer " so handsomely. A few months ago
they took the alarm, and prepared for the defence.
But the immediate danger having soon passed away,
the militia were discharged, and affairs were suffered
to go on as if the midst of a profound peace. Never
since the declaration of independence was Texas more
unprepared for a Vigorons contest than at this moment.
Her armydigbandEd ;—her ships of *ar lie idle at
Ndw Orleans, for want of funds, when their presence
urgently needed on the coast of Texas and Yuca-
tan ;--her crelit is utterly prostrate, and money she
has none. Still, she has brave hearts and stroll..
hands, and When the crisis comes, we trust she wlll he
found equal to it.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.—OCT-,15.
SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE.

5,000 dollars State 51-'s of '6l
2,000 dollars Kentucky 6's 76-4
.

19 Shares Manhattan Bank.. 6l
10 ditto Bank of Commerce, full ... 8-1
10 ditto Bank of Commerce Scrip 9li
50 ditto Harlem
50 ditto ditto.
20 ditto Syracuse .. . 1011
5 ditto Auburn and Syracuse

DEATH OF DR. CHANNING.
(From the New York Evening Post.)
Letters were received in this city yesterday, an-
nouncing the decease of William city
Channing,
D.D., late pastor of the Federal-street Congregation
in Boston. This eminent man died at Burlington,
Vermont, on Sunday last. His age was about sixty-
three. _ _ _ _ _

Dr. Channing was born at Newport, Rhode Island.
His grandfather was William Ellery, one of the
signers of the Declaration of Independence. His
father was an eminent merchant of Newport, of the
firm of Gibbs and Charming: His grandfather re-
tained the powers of his mind to extreme old age,
being accustomed to read one or' more chapters every
morning in the Greek Testament—a practice which
he continued until he was upwards of ninety years of
age. He once remarked that if old men would exer-
cise theiV minds more, they would retain their Intel.
lectual faculties as long as they did their physical
powers. Dr. Channing inherited the vigorous intel-
lect of this revered relative. _ _ .

Of the doctor's father we are not particularly in-
formed, but Dr. Channing himself, though for many
years an invalid, was, in early life, quite vigorous.
Though small in 'stature, and possessing a light frame,
he had muscular strength, and in college was con-
sidered an athletic young man. He was also one of
the leading spirits in his class. During a part of hi.;
collegiate course, his friends expected that he would,
on taking his degree, pursue the study of medicine ;
but his attention was turned to the ministry by
the Hollis professor of divinity in Harvard College,
where Dr. Canning graduated. At commencement,•
when he took the degree of A. 8., he had a distin-
guished part, and was then looked upon
„by compe-
tent judges as one of the most promising young men
of the day. Soon .after, he went to Virginia, where
he resided some time, we believe, as a teacher. Here
he was supposed. by exposure or neglect of his health,
to have undermined his constitution. He never fully
recovered the robust state of health which he had pre-
viously enjoyed.
In 1803, Mr. Channing was ordained over the con-
gregation in Federal-street, Boston. The lines be-
tween the Orthodox and Unitarian denominations
were not, at that day, so distinctly drawn as they are
at the present time. In fact, the term Unitarian was
not in general use. Mr. Channing was considered a
serious-minded young preacher, of irreproachable
morals, with a cultivated mind, refined taste, unique
eloquence, and leaning to evangelical views in theo-
logy. The Rev. Dr. Mason of this city, and other
stanch divines of orthodox sentiments, in different
of the country, used to preach in dr. Channing's
pulpit. Circumstances occasioned a more marked
division of theological men, not many years after, and
Mr. Channing's preaching and theological writings
assumed a more decided character. His celebrated
sermon at Baltimore at the ordination of the Rev.
Jared Sparks (the historian) made this division more
complete. Mr. Channing's congregation increased—
his people erected a more spacious edifice on the site
of the old church—and a colleague, the Rev. Mr.
Gannett, was associated with him in the charge of
the congregation.
Dr. Channing's published sermons during the war
of 1812 brought him into general notice throughout
the country. Subsequently his review of the writings
of Milton, the character of Napoleon Bonaparte, and
other able performances, .established his reputation
among the eminent scholars and belles letters writers
of the country and the world. The taunt of the
Edinburghßeview, at an early period, that Dr. Chan-
ning " touched lofty keys, but with no very great
force," was not echoed by the numerous readers and
admirers of his writings. Dr. Channing's publications
on the subject of American 'slavery have attracted no
little attention throughout this country and Bur+.
He belonged to no anti-slaYery. society—he even
doubted 'the wisdom of, these associations—but he
was an uncompromising , enemy to slavery, and
thought, spoke, And wrote accordingly. One of the'
latest, if not the last performance of Dr. Channing,
was on the Ist of August, the anniversary 'of eman-
cipation in the British West Indies, when he deli-
vered a discourse in Berkshire county, Massachusetts.
A report of it was published, and attracted the admi-
ration even of those who do not espouse the cause in
behalf of which Dr. Channing directed so much labour
and sympathy.
Dr. Channing was a man of great independence of
mind. He was never swayed by popular applause to
do an act which his principles condemned. He paid no
respect to men on account of their wealth or office.
He honoured moral worth wherever he found it. His
sermons on the paternal character of God, on the
loveliness of the example of Jesus Christ, on the evi-
dences of Christianity, and on political and moral in-
tegrity, are admirable. He spoke out, in intelligible
terms, on conjugal infidelity and licentiousness. In the
pulpit his gravity and solemnity exceeded that of
most preachers, and many who toast of more correct
theological principles might have taken useful
lessons from him, net only in the pulpit, but in all his
social circles. In all circumstances, his feelings were
under_ great self-command. On one occasion, at a
dinner party, where a distinguished orthodox clergy
man overstepped the boundaries of propriety, Dr.
Channing remarked to the person near him, " A strange
man that." On another occasion, when the audience
were greatly affected by the eloquence of a distin
guished preacher, a professional brother, whose' feel-
ings were easily excited, expressed astonishment that
Dr. Channing appeared to be so little moved. "My
tears," said Dr. Channing, " are not so near my eyes
as yours are." •
Dr. Channing had great contempt for ephemeral
popularity, for office hunting, for the airs often as-
sumed by upstart aristocrats, for the tricks and com-
pliances of politicians. What was worthy of esteem
and veneration in men, whether they were rich or
poor, white or coloured, he reverenced, and could look
down upon arrogance, folly, and the unprincipled,
with pity and virtuous indignation. His elocution,
as has been intimated, was peculiar—his eloquence
unlike that of any other man: His preaching and his
writings were corroborated by a life of high moral
character.
Dr. Channing was the poor man's friend and advo-
cate. He prized the principles of our Government,
hut was chiefly anxious that the people should be
righteous, rather than prosperous. He loved the cause
of peace, and by his tongue and pen did all lie could
to avert the calamities of war. In fine, however much
men might .dislike his theological opinions', no one wliO
knew him could fail to prize his purity of character,
his inflexible integrity, his lofty purposes, his literary
taste, his eloquence, and his able discussions. His
death is a greafloss, not only to his family. but to the
city where he resided, to the country which gave him
birth, to the cause of letters and freedom throughout
the world.

DEATH OF ALLAN CUNNINGIIAM.—We regret to
announce the sudden and unexpected decease of the
above distinguished artist and poet, which took place
at twenty-five minutes past eleven on Saturday
evening, at his late residence, No. 27, Lower Beigrave-
place, Pimlico. Mr. Cunningham was in his usual
state of health on Thursday last. He was absent
from home during some part of the day, and retired
to rest quite well in the evening. Shortly after six
o'clock on Friday morning, Mrs. Cunningham dis-
covered him in a state of insensibility, and the medical
attendant of the family, Mr. Bloxsome, of Ebury-
street, was sent for. On that gentleman's arrival he
at once pronounced Mr. Cunningham to be labouring
under apoplexy. The deceased never regained con-
sciousness, and died without pain. It, is scarcely
eleven months since the deceased's friend and patron,
Sir Francis Chantrey, died under very similar cir-
cumstances. It will be recollected that Mr. Cun-
ningham was appointed executor and manager by that
lamented artist. As a mark of respect the shutters in
Lady Chantrey's residence (29, Lower Belgrave-
place) were closed yesterday. The name of the de-
ceased has long been familiar to the literary world.
Mr. Cunningham was the son of humble parent% and
born in Scotland in 1786. After receiving an ordi-
nary school education, he was apprenticed to a stone-
mason, and followed that occupation for several years,
His poetical taste, which was early developed, attracted
the notice and patronage of Sir Walter Scott, and he
was already favourably known as an author when he
was intrusted by Sir Francis Chantrey with the
management of his extensive statuary establishment.
Mr. Cunningham's principal works are, " Sir Mar-
maduke Maxwell"—" The Mermaid of Galloway"—
" Life of Paul Jones"—Life of Robert Burns"--
" Lives of the British Architects, Painters, and
Sculptors,"- in the "-Family Library," and several
.minor volumes of poetry. Mr. Cunningham had,
completed his " Life of Sir David Wilkie" but Iwo
days before be died.