The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1845,

tTTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF
THE DUKE OF NORMANDY.

Great sensation was excited yesterday in Fulham, in
consequence of a diabolical attempt on the previous night
to murder Charles Louis de Bourbon, commonly known
as the Duke of Normandy, who is at present residing at
Mulgrave House, King's-road, Fulham.
The " Duke" professes to be the son of Louis XVI.
snd Marie Antoinette, and consequently the legitimate
heir to the throne of France. His life has been twice
?reviously attempted; once before leaving France, and
~n the 10th of November, 1838, in the garden of the
house he then occupied on Camberwell-green. On that
occasion two pistols were discharged at him, and three
balls entered his person.
The following authentic particulars have been col-
lected :

An order had been recently received for the manufac-
ture of some machinery of a peculiar character, and the
Duke of Normandy superintended the getting of it up,
and worked at it himself. During the last fortnight
ha had been working night and day in the shop in
which the engineer's lathes are fixed, and though
generally attended by some of his pupils, he was
occasionally alone, as was the case in this instance.
The shop is at some distance from the house, and easily
approachable at night from almost any part of the
grounds without the persons engaged being aware of the
fact. It is chiefly constructed of wood, and has a sky-
light and a casement with two sashes. The panes of
this window were whitened to prevent persons from the
outside observing what was going on in the shop; there-
fore a person from the garden could not distinguish the
features of the person who might happen to be at work.
altholgh there would be a reflection of the individual's
figure. Opposite to this workshop is another, in an un-
finished state, where there is every convenience for a
person to conceal himself in event of a sudden surprise.
The space between the buildings is narrow, and a man
presenting a gun at the window of the workshop would,
to obtain a steady aim, have to fire from the roof of the
unfinished building.
It appears that on Thursday evening, about half-past
seven o'clock, the Duke was at work at the lathe, which
faces the window, and was in the act of polishing a
piece of brass, when he was suddenly alarmed at a loud
explosion, and the place being momentarily in flames.
lie at first thought that some of the students had in-
cautiously left some combustible matter, which had
exploded ' • but a momentary sight of the broken window
convinced the Duke of the true nature of the explosion,
and he instantly blew out the candle and stooped down
beneath the lathe to avoid another shot. The report
instantly brought Mr. Tucker, the manager, and some
of the students, to the spot, where they found the Duke
in the state described. From a hasty examination it
was ascertained that a bullet had been tired through the
window, from either a blunderbuss or a large cavalry
pistol, that it had passed within an inch or two of the
Duke's head, and made its way through the boarding at
the back of the garden. From the size of the aperture in
the boarding, and the violence of the report and concus-
sion attendant upon it, two panes of glass were shat-
tered, besides the one through which the ball passed. It
is evident that the bullet must have weighed nearly two
ounces. The premises were instantly searched tho-
roughly, but the darkness of the night favoured the es-
cape of the assassin, and the only trace that could be dis-
covered was the mark of a man's footsteps coming up
and descending,the banks of the river close to the ferry
which separates Mulgrave House grounds from Sir Fre-
derick Roe's premises. The embankment is here not
more than three feet in height, and it is easy for an in-
dividual approaching the place by means of a boat to
obtain access to the grounds. Information was instantly
sent to the station-house of the V division, in Milman's-
row, Chelsea, and Inspector Sheppard, with Sergeant
Runt, No. 4 V, immediately proceeded to the premises.
which they also examined most minutely, but without
.uccess.

The Duke informed the police that he believed that
the attack was to he assigned to political motives ; that
he had recently abjured the Roman Catholic creed, and
consequently the Roman Catholics were inveterate
nainst him. He had received a letter from a French
priest three weeks previously, informing him that there
was a plot to take his life, and he had also received two
c.mununications from the Baron de Berryer, informing
him that two Frenchmen had endeavoured to enlist him
in a conspiracy to destroy him.
Inspector Sheppard asked the Duke if it was not pos-
sible that the attempt might have been made from mo-
tives of private revenge alone ?
The Duke said there was no one that he knew of
caving injured, or that had threatened him. He had dis-
charged a gardener named Eccles, on the previous week,
because there was nothing for him to do, and the man
laid he would mark the Duke.

The police have made inquiries after this man, and
ascertained that he quitted his lodgings in Fulham on
Nionday night last.
Yesterday morning Mr. Bucknell, the superintendent
the V division, visited the Duke of Normandy, and
rnade a strict inquiry into all the circumstances of the
!ase, and also made a careful inspection of the premises.
Poliee-constables Milne, 70 V, and Langton, 35 V, were
~mployed during the whole day searching for the bullet,
taut the fact of its being expended in the kitchen-garden
:wade their search a fruitless task. The general opinion
is, that the offence was committed by an individual well
-Acquainted not only with the premises, but with the
Duke's habits.
TIIE DUKE'S OWN STATEMENT.

After an interview with the Duke of Normandy
the Prince gave the following account of the trans-
action. The Prince said :—" I was standing at the
lathe, polishing a piece of brass, part of some ma-
chinery which has been ordered by a friendly
party (at which I have been working night and day,
sometimes by myself, and occasionally attended by cne
of my officers), when I heard my dog, which was fas-
tened to the kennel outside the shop, barking furiously.
I went out and released him, when he bounded down the
garden, barking all the while. I returned to the lathe,
and had not been at it five minutes when I heard an ex-
plosion, and saw my workshop all in flames. I thought
at first that one of my officers had left some combustible
in the shop which had ignited ; but directly I saw the
window broken, I knew then that my political enemies
had sent some one to shoot me. To save my life I put
out the light and stooped down behind the lathe. I
know it is a plot of my political enemies ; they thought
to shoot me, and believing the shop was full of my in-
ventions, they thought it would be set fire to, and I
should be utterly destroyed."
The Duke of Normandy, in the course of the after-
noon, had a private interview with Mr. Clive, at Ham-
mersmith Police-court.

subject of the melancholy event which has caused his ap-
prehension.

It may be observed, that had it not been for the effi-
cient aid of the electric telegraph, both at Slough and
Paddington, the greatest difficulty as well as delay would
have occurred in the apprehension of the party now in
custody.

the valve to be placed, as usual, in a chest, and the piston
in a cylinder, either above or below the conical valve.
Claim—" What I claim as my invention, and desire to
secure by letters patent, as an improvement on the well-
known conical balance valve, is, connecting the valve
with the balance piston, by means of a hollow stem, as
described."

COUPLING BARS, FOR COUPLING RAILROAD CARS,
LOCOMOTIVES, &c.—Wm. D. Chesnut, Wilmington.—
The patentee says, "My coupling bar has a jaw at each
end, which is kept closed by a spring, so as to embrace
the coupling bolt, and said jaws are so arranged as that
they may play freely to the distance required by the
curvature of the road, but that they shall open and free
the coupling bar from the bolt, should one of the con-
nected vehicles run off the track, or be from any cause
made to deviate a greater distance from a right line
than is due to the curvature of the road ; whenever such
► deviation takes place, a pin, or some analogous device,
is brought up against a check-piece under the platform
of the car, or, where a platform is not used, by a check-
piece otherwise situated, near the coupling bolt, and,
the jaws being thereby opened, the coupling bar will
be liberated." The pin, which is above described as
striking against the check-piece, to liberate the coupling
is attached to the bar, and independent of the spring, so
is to separate the bar from the spring, and thus open the
coupling; or it may be attached to a lever joined to the
bar, so that when brought against the check-piece the
ever may turn and force open the spring jaw. Claim—
" What I claim as new and my invention is, the so ar-
ranging of the bar, the spring, the pin, and the check-
piece, as that the jaw shall be opened when one of the
,:ars deviate from the track—the respective parts being
connected with each other, and operating substantially
the manner set forth."

ROTARY INCLINED PROPELLER.—R. F. Loper, Phila-
lelphia.—This propeller has four wings, or paddles,
forming a cross, and their places are at or near an angle
of 45 degrees, and, instead of having them project from
a cylindrical hub, as heretofore, they are all connected
together, or made in the solid, and then put on to a shaft,
and the propelling surfaces extend entirely down, form-
ing an angle at the junction of the several paddles, by
which means the inventor claims that he can obtain a
greater amount of propelling surface, within a given
diameter, than can be obtained by having the paddles
attached to and projecting from a cylindrical hub.
Claim—" What I claim as my invention is, the before-
mentioned manner of constructing the propellers, by ex-
tending their inclined planes or propelling surfaces into
.he hub or centre portion of the propeller. as set forth."

A PARROT ADMITTED AS A WIT

NESS IN A COURT OF JUSTICE.

The following extraordinary case was decided at the
College-green Police-office, Dublin, last week:—
Mr. Jones H. Davis, Anglesea-street, summoned Mr.
Moore, of the Quay, for detaining a parrot, his property.
Mr. E. Fullam appeared for_the defendant.
The complainant, on being sworn, stated that he
wanted to recover a stolen parrot (and here he pall,
out a bundle of papers). If his worship permitted bin,
he would read a statement of the case. He was abou+
to commence reading from the aforesaid papers, when
Mr. Hitchcock interrupted him, and said—Without
reference to that paper, did you lose a parrot, and when?
Complainant—Yes, your worship, I lost a parrot, and a
very good one too.

Slt:-. Fullam—The parrot is here, cr at least outside
the court.

Complainant—Then, bring in the bird, and I'll engage
I'll soon prove my case by his evidence.—(Laughter.)
Mr. Hitchcock—lt' the bird is to be examined as a
witness, he ought not to be in court; he must be subject
t,) the rule of other witnesses.--(Laughter.)
Complainant—Never fear, your worship ; he will not
say a word except the truth.—(Renewed laughter.)
Mr. Hitchcock—Well, go on, and let us hear your
evidence at any rate.

Mr. Davis said, on Sunday evening, the 28th of April
last, he lost the bird, and did not see it after that until
Friday evening last. [Here an immense cage, covered
with black or blue cloth, was carried into the board-
room amid a shout of laughter. The cage was placed in
the dock.]
Mr. Hitchcock—l said before, if he is to be examined,
he ought not to be in court.—(Laughter.) Is there any
objection made to his appearance ?
Mr. Fullam—l don't object. Tell me, Mr. Davis,
when do you say you lost your parrot ? Witness-1
will give up the whole matter if the parrot will not
prove my case. He is my principle witness.—(Roars of
laughter.)
Mr. Fullam—And do you swear, Sir, that Mr. Moore
stole him ? Witness—No, certainly not, for I don't
think he did ; but it may have been stolen by some per-
son, and sold to Mr. Moore ; I lost it. at all events; and
it was either stolen or taken away, which comes to the
same thing in the end, so far as I conce:ned.

Mr. Hitchcock—All I can collect about the affair is
the fact that you had a parrot, and that you lost it.
Witness—Just so, your worship ; but if you let me
read this paper it will explain all.
Mr. Hitchcock—You can tell your story without read-
in the paper, but you may refresh your memory by
looking at it.

Witness—Very well, your worship. The bird is now
in Court, and let me take him on my finger, and ask
him two or three questions, and if he don't answer to my
satisfaction s,nd that of all present, I will give up the
case, because he is my principal witness, as I said be
fore.—(Laughter.)
Mr. Fullam—Do you intend to have him sworn ? If
you do I'd like to know on what book, as it is very
likely he is a Heathen or a lurk.—(Laughter.)
A Voice behind—Get him a Koran then.—(Laughter;
in the middle of which the parrot commenced whistling,
" Take your time, Miss Lucy," amid a scene of the most
boisterous mirth we ever witnessed.)
Mr. Fullam—Let him be examined by you, and then
I have a right to cross-examine him.—(Laughter.) What
words did you teach him ?
Here the cage was uncovered, and the parrot stared
about the board-room for some time until Mr. Davis
stepped over to him and said, " Come, old fellow, give
me a kiss." The bird, which is certainly a very pretty
one, thrust its neck out of the twisted gyres, and kissed
Mr. Davis with great apparent fondness, whilst the by-
standers were almost convulsed with laughter. A fat
young fellow here came forward and said that the bird
would do the same to any one in the room, and, there-
fore, it was no proof that he belonged to Mr. Davis.
Mr. Davis said that the parrot would not kiss any one
but himself, and cautioned the lad not to try the experi-
ment ; but the advice was unheeded, and the boy, step-
ping over to the cage, asked for a buss also. The bird
looked at him for a moment, bristled up its feathers,
stretched out its neck, and seized the boy by the lip, out
of which it nearly took a mouthful before it could be
loosened, and the shouts of the lad mingled with the
laughter had a very excellent effect, indeed.
Mr. Davis requested any other gentleman that pleased
to ask the parrot for a kiss. but the invitation was politely
declined by the whole of the company. He again begged
the favour of a salute from the bird, which was granted,
as in the first instance, with Of .ction, and then he ap-
pealed to the bench and the audience if the kind bird
was not his property.
Mr. Hitchcock sa.d the evidence was very strong in
his favour certainly ; but Mr. Fullam said his client was
by no means satisfied with the proof adduced on that point.
Mr. Davis —Very well (taking the bird out of the
cage on the fore-finger of his right hand), I will ask him
a few questions now, and I think I will settle the matter,
" Tell me, old fellow, what does the dog say ?"—The
answer was a buw, wow, wow, so loud and musical that
one would imagine the " Kildare hounds" had run a fox
into the board-room.

When the laughter which followed had ceased, Mr.
Davis again asked, " Well, what does the cat say ?"
The parrot gave a sly glance round the room, and then
commenced purring a little, after which he set up mew-
ing, which forcibly reminded every person present of a
congregated meeting of all the torn cats in the city.
Mr. Davis asked was there any more proof necessary?
and

Mr. Hitchcock said the evidence was quite conclusive,
and he would order the bird to be returned to its original
owner, Mr. Davis.

Mr. Fullam said Mr. Moore was a most respectable
person, and he could bring proof that he bought the par-
rot in July last for 1/. 13s.
Mr. Hitchcock said that might ba true, but it was
quite clear the bird belonged to Mr. Davis, and he must,
therefore, make an order for its restoration.

Mr. Moore—And I am to be done out of my property
in this manner ?

Mr. Davis—You admit that you bought the bird after
the police notice was served on you. Here it is (showing
a printed notice).
Mr. Hitchcock—You bought the bird after you read
the notice, and I will not allow you anything for its sup-
port ; on the contrary, if Mr. Davis claims costs in this
case, I will give him a reasonable sum, which you must
pay him.
Mr. Davis said he did not require costs. All he
wanted was his bird.

Mr. Hitchcock—You have him now, and keep him.
The parties then left the office, the parrot whistling
" There's nae luck about the house,' amid loud and
continued laughter.—Freeman. --

A 111kN AND HORSE KILLED BY

GALLOPING INTO A LIME-KILN.
On Tuesday evening an inquest was held at the Infir-
mary, Sheffield, on view of the body of Thomas Wilkin-
son, a boat•hauler, residing at Masborough. The un-
fortunate man had been drinking on Saturday evening,
at the Lincolnshire rotatoe Inn, with his brother and
others, having on the same afternoon purchased a horse
for the sum of 1/. 12s. 6d. About six o'clock, or half-
past, he set off to return home, being at the time mounted
upon his new purchase. His brother was also mounted,
and had a little boy, son of the deceased, behind him
They proceeded along Blast-lane, the deceased being
behind ; and on getting near the toll-gate, the keeper of
the gate, named Dodds, heard a crash, but from the dark-
ness and fog of the night was afraid to venture towards
the lime-kilns. On the following morning, about nine
o'clock, he (the toll-keeper) proceeded towards the spot
where he fancied he had heard the noise on the previous
night. and there, at the bottom of a lime-kiln, some 20
feet deep, found the horse dead and the man in a state
of insensibility, having lain fifteen hours at the bottom
of the kiln. Hew as conveyed to the infirmary and died
directly. . .

Several witnesses were examined, amongst whom was
John Dodds, who said—l live in Blast-lane, and keep
the toll-bar near the works. I was coming from Shef-
field on Saturday night, and two men rode past me. One
heti a boy behind him. Something dropped, but I could
not see what it was. It was near the Mowbray Tavern.
They called to a woman to bring them a candle, and a
man picked up a cap which had been dropped. They
passed me on the other side those houses before getting
to the Mowbray Tavern. I thought I heard a noise as
of a horse falling ; when I got further on, nearer home,
I stood to listen if I could hear any further noise, but
heard nothing, and went forward home. I said to my
wite, " There are two men on horseback, and I thought
I heard the noise of a horse falling, but thought that I
must be wrong, because the other man did not turn
again, and pacified myself, thinking they must have gone
through the gate, as it was open .
'" and she said some-
body went through, but she could not tell who, as she
did not go out. I thought if anything had happened,
the other man would have turned again. I did not
tell the constable that I thought I heard the crash
and fall of a horse. On the next morning after break-
fast I took a walk out, and looked into one of
the kilns, and at the bottom I saw a man's leg and a
horse. I told D. Turnbull, who works for Mr. Travis,
what I had seen. We procured a ladder and got out
the man; he was just alive, but could not speak. There
was a great deal of blood about him, and also on the aide
of the kiln where he lay: his hat was off, but we did
not look for it. We saw the mark by the side of the
kiln where the horse had grazed it. The kiln was about
four or five yards from the centre of the road; it is a
private road to the work, and considered a very dan-
gerous one—so much so that I was afraid of falling into
one of the kilns myself. I had not thought the next
morning of finding a maa killed. The road ought to be
fenced off ; it is a dangerous road from Mr. Booth's to
the junction of the Attercliffe•road, and not fit for any-
body to go along after dark.
The CORONER said he thought Dodds was not altoge-
ther without blame for not looking after the deceased
when he heard the crash.
The jury thought the pits ought to be fenced off, and
that opinion should accompany the verdict of Acei•
dental death"—namely, That the road from the kiln
to the junction with the Attercliffe- road should ke
strongly fenced off."—Doncaster Gazette.

Dn. Worst.—Our readers will he gratified to
learn that authentic intelligvnce has reached Bombay
from :Persia respecting the adventurous Doctor. The
tyrant of Bokhara had permitted Lint to leavo, and ';‘,
was, when the Eiphins:one felt the Persian Gulf, sate in
Persia. We are heartily ,fad that he has escaped the
clutches of the barbarian ruler of Bukhara, but ti.ere are
some well-informed people who cl.) not think that Dr.
Wolff was ever in any danger at all, and might easily,
at any time, have retraced his steps without molestation
from the Khan.—Calcutta. Englishman.
A correspondent ("Anti-Rubric") compares Bishop
Phillpotts' attempt to revive practices which have fallen
into disuetude, to the case of a judge, attempting to re-
vive obselete statutes, without the sanction of his bre-
thren of the bench. He considers the Bishop, in what
he has done, has acted in open defiance of bis ecclesias-
tical superiors.— Western Times.

ROYAL ADELAIDE G,tILLERY.
The enterprising proprietor of this favourite Gallery a t
of Practical Science, and Theatre of Instructive Amuse-
ment, has mn.ie one of his most successful bits in
Ire
production of concerts a ti Juilien, since the disconti
ante of those charming entertainments at Covent-garken
l'heatre. The Gallery is crowded every night, and $ ,
'splendid performance of this orchestra receives
varmest manife,ta6ons of aopr,lhation from the nuniti,?`;'ll:4',:j„,-----"--",
'nes audience, which is evidently composed of pers.. 1!"?
from the ch.so of ,:ociety in watch the highest music .1 Ira j`k:- cl •
merit is most appreciat-fd. Last evening, besides the
carious concerted pieces there were two solos of rare
.nerit and brilliancy, by Mr. Jarrett. on the horn, end
by Mr. Shargool on the violin. They were much and
deservedly applauded. In a grand selection from the
Mose in Egitto, and the Guillaume Tell, there were also
introduced Musard's very effective and expressive solos
on the oboe, and cornet-a-piston—of the latter of which,
we must say, that licenig seems to have spread such a
rage for its study, that ere long his play wilt cease to be
regarded as miraculous. The exertion of the gentleman
(Mr. Davis), who takes Herr Kteaig'a place in this
orchestra, falls by no means far short of his prototype's
excellence.

Previous to the concert, and also between the first and
second parts, the gas microscope was exhibited in the
theatre, and a highly interesting and instructive explana.
tion of the wonders of minute nature and elaborate of
art therein displayed, was gi►en by the exhibitor.
In the course of the evening a good deal of sport was
afforded, especially to the younger portion of the visitors,
by the adrninintration of the laughing gas to a number
of adventurous and voluntary experimentalists, who,
upon their recovery from the a ects, enjoyed the laughter
which they themselves had provoked, in the most naive
and innocent unconsciousness of the capers they had cut
during their brief and hilarious intoxication. The drol-
lery of this experiment has the great recorumendatioa of
being as harmless as it is amusing.
The dissolving views continue to be very beautiful and
attractive, and, on the whole, it is gratifying to say, that
the Royal Adelaide Gallery receives and merits the
patronage which it has so liberally received from ►he
commencement of the present management.

MILITARY FRACAS and SUICIDE.
SITNDERLAND, THURSDAY EVENING. TOSlerday
being New Year's-day, as usual, a great deal of festive
dissipation and sccial drinking took place in this town
among the lower classes of the inhabitants, and the
public-houses and streets were rather numerously filled
with persons in various stages of intoxication, amongst
whom quarrels and fights were not unfrequent. As the
day waned away the excitement among the disorderly
increased, and the police had plenty of employment in
the different public-houses and tap-rooms to preserve the
peace among quarrelling disputants who were ready and
anxious to settle their grievances and maintain their
arguments by an appeal to the "fists." In this way the
day was spent in the lower parts of the town, and
amongst the disorderly guests at seine of the tap-rooms
were a few straggling privstes of the 26th, or Came-
ronians, the depot of which regiment is in garrison in.
these barracks. Efforts were made to get the refrac-
tory soldiers to the barracks by the police and the
sergeants and corporals of the corps, and this was
done without creating any mischief or confusion par-
ticularly calling for notice. A t the barracks, however,
matters did not pass off so quietly, and some of the
soldiers, being highly stimulated by liquor, and impa-
tient of control, quarrelled with the non-commissioned
officers whose duty it was to keep order, and a great deal
of wrangling, it is und,,rstood, was the result. A pri-
vate, who was greatly under the influence of drink, in a
fit of excitem( nt, untOrturo-tely seized the bayonet of the
picquet on duty, and with it made a rush at a corporal,
who was endeavouring to enforce discipline, and stabbed
him in the side, but we are glad to say the wound is not
considered to be very dangerous, and hopes are enter-
tained that the injured man will speedily recover. In
the hurry and confusion of the moment the soldier who
committed this desperate attempt made his escape from
the barracks into the town, and on being pursued by the
police and some soldiers, be made his way to the river
side, and threw himself over the quay into the Wear,
and was drowned before any assistance could be ren-
dered, the difficulty attending which was increased by
the darkness of the night. His body has not yet been
found. This unfortunate affair has been the subject of
gene:-al conversation and remark in the town, and, as
usual, many exaggerated reports of the occurrence have
been in circulation. The matter will undergo full inves-
tigation before the proper authorities. It is proper to
say, that the soldiers of this gallant regiment, whilst
they have been in this town, have conducted themselves
with becoming propriety, and that this unfortunate affair,
arising out of a drunken debauch, is the first reproach
that has attached itself to the uniform good conduet of
the depot.

THE LATE MAJOR-GENERAL SIR
WILLIAM NOTT, G.C.B.

The following short memoir of the career of the above
distinguished officer will be found interesting, We find
we were in error yesterday in stating that the decease of
Sir W. Nott took place at Neath. That melancholy
event occurred at Carmarthen

The exact date of Sir W. Nott's birth is matter of un-
certainty ; one very good authority setting it down at
1782, and another at:1780; if the latter date be correct the
gallant General would have been at the time of his de-
cease in the 65th year of his age. He was the second
son of the late Mr. Nott, of Pontgarney, near Carmar-
then, who was for many years proprietor of the Ivy bush
Hotel, in that town, and was an extensive mail contractor.
During his boyhood the military spirit of England was
elevated to its highest point of excitement, and so strong
was his predilection for the profession of arms, that he
joined the Carmarthen Militia in 1798, and Captain
Davis, of Myrtle-hill, near Carmarthen, Adjutant to the
Carmarthen staff, has sow in his possession a book in
which are entered the payments made to this distin-
guished soldier, then serving in the ranks as a mili-
tiaman.

tie was scarcely twenty years of age when he went
out to India as a cadet. His entrance into the military
service of the East India Company took place in the
year 1800, but the progress of an unknown and un-
patronised soldier was necessarily slow. Although his
talents, his activity, and his gallantry were universally
acknowledged, six-and-twenty years elapsed before he
reached the rank of Major. In the year 1626, finding
his health seriously affected, he returned on leave of ab-
sence to England, when he availed himself of that op-
portunity to visit Carmarthen, in the neighbourhood of
which he purchased an interesting seat, called "Job's
Well," where he resided for two or three years.
At the end of this time an event took place, which,
in a pecuniary point of view must have been considered
disastrous, but which, in reference to his professional
reputation, and his eventual eminence, must be regarded
in the light of an extremely fortunate occurrence. He
had invested by far the greater portion of his savings in
the Calcutta Bank, and the failure of that estublisnment
rendered it one, more necessary for him to become a
soldier of fortune upon the plains of Hindostan ; he
W 45 then nearly fifty years of age, and it is a remark-
able evidence of his energies, mural, mental, and phy-
sical, that at that advanced period of life, he should have
engagett in a fresh career of military adventure. Ills
promotion, however, did not now proceed at a " snail's
pace," for in three years he rose to the rank of Colonel,
and, finally to that of Major-General.
To relate " the moving incidents by flood and field "
through which this gallant officer led the troops under
his command, would be to write a volume, for which the
materials are alike interesting and abundant. By an
exercise of skill, judgment, and valour, notoften equalled,
and probably never surpassed, he extricated our army
front difficulties by which they were surrounded in Aff-
ghanistan, and succeeded in conveying them, and several
captives, whom he released, across the frontier, bringing
them with perfect safety, and without any loss of honour,
wi chin the limits of her Majesty's dominnins. The vie-
to.ci.es which he achieved in Candahar closed the Affghan
war, and drew forth the gratitude and the applause of
the whole British empire ; even the Duke of Wellington
deyarted from thatpeculiar severity of taste which marks
his generally sparing eulogium, and with • fervour un-
usual to him, he—the best possible judge of Indian war-
fare—pronounced in a manner the most emphatic his
unqualified admiration of General Nom- The Crown,
of course, lost no time in conferring on him the highest
military distinction—that of a Knight Grand Cross of
the Bath ; neither was Parliament slow to give expres- .
sion to the national sentiment. Both Houses voted him
their unanimous thanks for the intrepidity, skill, and
perseverance which he had displayed during the Affghan
wee. Unfortunately it is not every military commander
who,
ie
destined,
like
the of
p nk eefwheilsl
edangerso Wellington,
a nto
enjoy
nj
ehyi s toi
th
irltsy,
years of dignity and repose. The favour of the Crown,
the nation's gratitude. the Senate's thanks, replenished
coffers, high command, troops of friends, present no
barrier against disease.
lbheri
en
egs
cconcluded, , Sir
the Wh
eirl
dl isahinisptfsnfnada.
militarythat lhteh eAptr
life,rgehs asaunnrdewt oahfre insalubrity of an Indian
ginde;climate,a lh lye
la
n dhade landed
mveigoinureomf a
embarking
gstitteutir constitution impaired
rpalloisrsehtdonrotthtteiime at the Cape of Good Hope, on the home-
ward voyage, when he was attacked so severely by
disease, that fromethidattthiamt hete wars ltleepthereirtsoef
thhiesndeanathi
in-
valid.scarn hcelyis be a
arrival in England he naturally repaired
to Carmarthen;
O and it seemed to afford him much plea-
sure that he was enabled to re-purchase the place called
" Jab's Well." He caused the house to be pulled down,
with a view of building a residence there in the Eliza-
bethan style, but unfortunately he did not live to effect
its completion. His last illness commenced with the be-
gin ling of the present winter, and though his sufferings
were at first severe, they appeared during the last few
days of his life to have been adzoizether abut( d.

Sir William Nott was twice married; his first wife was:
the daughter of Mr. henry Swinhoe, an attorney. in the.
supreme Court at Calcutta. he issue of that atarrirge,
are-0e Rev. William Nott, Mr. It. N. Nutt, 'Alias Nott,
and Mi.;s Charlotte Nott, all ut whom. together with
Lady Nott, were present when the subject tit this me-
Inoir ceased to acts:.

We miderstand that in Carmarthen and its neighbour-
hood the pork.r cJasseS will have grekt rea,on to lament
the death ht*Sir William Nott, fir his tnuniticent chari-
ties were at 01..ce exterisA'e and wel!-directed.

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GREENWICH RAI i.WA T.—We have authority to
state that. Ih. parsgrat.,:i te•pectirg the cond•tion of this
line, which :ippr4red in the Globe this week, and which
was 6ubsequently e,pied inio Che Tin es, is utterly with-
out foundation, the railway and its appointments having
been found in a most satisfactory state when delivered
up to the Dover Company.— Railway Record.
FOREST OF DEAN RAILWAY.—The Quarterly
Court of Justices for Gloucestershire resolved, on Tues-
day, to " dissent " from the Forest of Dean Railway Bill,
on the ground that the line went too near the County
Gaol at Gloucester, although it does not approach within
less than forty feet of it.—Railway Record.