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London, England, 1830-10-29 00:00:00

THE FUNERAL OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

We laid him down on his funeral bed,
By the waves of the boundless sea ;
And their moan was the dirge of the reckless dead,
With their wild monotony !
Beyond was the forest's darksome shade,
And around was the desert's gloom ;
Oh ! well did we fix on that lonely glade,
For the scorn of the Poet's tomb !
The sky was without its wonted blue,
In the noon-tide's sultry heat ;
And hoarse was the scream of the wild sea-mew,
As his wings o'er the sleeper beat !
And the winds around, and the waves beneath,
Were still as the sleep of the dead ;
All grew hush'd, save the sound of our thick'ning wrotth,
As we sobb'd by his lonely bed.
That bed was the boughs of the mountain pine,
And beside was the torch's ghee;
And we mournfully mark'd its flashes shine
Thro' the gloom of the sunless air !
We fir'd the pile—and the earth and sky
Were lit by its burst of light !
A moment it blafd, then died on high,
Like the spirit we mourn'd that night !
That spirit ! it never can light again
The form that is mould'rmg there ;
Does it mix with the storm on the angry main,
Or rove through the boundless air
Does it roam o'er the forest, the wave, the glen,
Away from these scenes of ,trite;
Far, far from the haunts of little men,

And the little concerns of life ?
Peace, peace to his ashes ! they sleep by the %ave.
But his spirit remains with us yet ;
Years and ages must roll o'er the Poet's grave
Ere the sun of his glory be set !"

Jesse's Tales of the Dead.

SCINTILLA.

SIR ALEXANDRit GORDON OF CULVCNNAN.

We noticed in our obituary yesterday the death of Sir Ales. lixdoa
of Culvennan. Few men have borne a more eminent character to F..
tegrit7 and usefulness, than this venerable gentleman has done, tluougi .
out the course of his long and active life.
lie became a member of the Faculty of Advocates in 1771. Abiai.t
eleven years afterwards he was appointed Sheriff of his native County et'
Wioown, and on a vacancy occurring in the Slitriff and Stewatdshiy
of Kirkcudbright in 17/34,1e becanie,Sheriff and Steward of that Ceuat,
in which he had his family scat.
The zeal and assiduity with which be discharged his judicial
Lions commanded the approbation and respect of all classes : and it is Ir
important feature in this part of his character, that wherever he had
in his power, he extended to the public the benefits of Trial by Jury.l...
which liberal and enlightened system he exhibited an early em‘t s:r
predilection.
Nor were his public services confined to the performance of thi,si:
ties : he readily and zealously lent his aid to every purpose that had
its object the interests of the country; and it will long be renienibtt„
that we owe principally to his exertions those improvements of the rna.',
and bridges of Galloway, which have opened up an easy and commoilicto
way of communication to all parts of a district, which, but a few yr
ago, was deemed almost inaccessible.
He was an attentive and affectionate parent--a generous and indu:.
gent master—a kind and considerate neighbour—and as: honest and
right man. The church, of which he was an office.bearer, has lust
of its most exemplary members—the cause of vital Christianity, a:B.-
bus and efficient supporter—and one really attached to that cause,
well wisher and a friend.

' On Tuesday evening the carriage of Lord Brecknock was
pelted with stones between Cappoquin and Dungarvan. It is suprom .
to have been mistaken for another carriage.—Waterford Mirror.
CORSOL•TION FOR THE TEN DEZ-HEA RTED.SOO.;
persona
of a desponding spirit arc in great concern about the vast nui: •
etis
ofipoor people who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and I have b:,l
desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken to ease tbr
nation of so grievous an ineumbrance. But lam not in the least pain
upon that matter, because it is very well known that they are every 'sv
dying and rotting, by cold, and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as
can be reasonably expected. And as to the lounger labourers, they
are now in almost as hopeful a condition. They cannot get work, I:r.d
consequently pine away for want of nourishment; and thus the countty
and themselves are in a fair way of being soon delivered from their evils.
—Swift. [Tle description of the sarcastic Dean completely suits the
present times.]—Morning Register.
In a letter addressed by Sir Henry Hardinge to Richard
()'Connell, Esq. of Tralee, it appears that the order for the late search
of arms originated nut with the inspector of police, but with the bench
of magistrates.

Acorrespondent of the Tipperary Free Press states, that
the Assistant Barrister at Thurles, Mr. Hobson, requires from all per.
sons about to register as 10L freeholders leases up to the person holdicg
the fee. If the statement of the correspondent be correct, this Barris-
' ter's decision is opposed to that made by Lord Plunkett in the Court e
Common Pleas on the appeal of Ur. Staunton, when the noble lost:
ruled thst the lease from the party under whom the tenant in possessio:.
derived should be deemed stint.

Mr. O'Connell took his departure for London at an early
hour on Saturday morning, and prinalely, contrary to his on.
ginal intention. He announced that he would leave his beloved Ire-
' land after last Mass on Sunday, which announcement was of course in-
tended as an advertisement for a good gathering of the boys. It having
however been intimated to him, that in the event of a riot which
was fully calculated upon, there were those who had determined to
make hist suffer for Ins agitious efforts in disturbing the peace of
the country...." the brave O'Connell" as he is called, still acting upon
the principle of self-preservation, prudently decamped without beat
of drum.—Dtablin Evening Mail.
The clergy, as usual, on the opening of a session, assem-
bled on Wednesday morning. it convocation at the Chapter-house, in
St. Paul's Church-yard, whence they went in procession to the e'tebee
drat, attended by the Judge's, Proctors. Ike. of the Spiritual Courts
--The procession was met at the great western door by Horror
Hughes, the Residentiary in waiting, the Minor Canons, aril Vicar'
Choral, who preceded them into the choir. The Archbishop of ('en-
terbury took his seat in the I)ean's stall. the Bishop of London on Ms
throne, and the Bishops of Salisbury and Bangor in :he prebendal stalls
to the right of his Grace. The latter then, se the junior BiNhop, rat
the Latin Litany, after which Handel's fine anthem from the Mersin'..
" The Loan gave the word," was sung by the choir, the solo pie,
" How beautiful," being admirably given by Mr. Vaughan. A Lstir.
sermon was then delivery' by. Dr. Barton, of Christ Church, Oxford,
Regius Professor of Divinity in that University. At its conclusion.
" Gloria in Exeelsis" was chestnut' by the choir, after which the
bishop dismissed the congregation with the usual blessing, also in
Latin, and the procession returned to the Chapter.house. There wa
a numerous attendance of proctors from the different dioceses in tit.:
country.
FATAL. AcCt DENT.-e—Saturday morning last, four bro-
thers (Driscollij who lived at Robert's Cove, proceeded in a small bo.":
to a bay in its vicinity, to gather sea-weed, which not having uhraine4
they were returning quite close to shore' when a wave brolse upon then'.
anti capsized their boat. Three of the brothers w:re, thrown upon
rock, which they held with difficulty. \Vile° tile fourth appeared or.
its verge, the youngest of them instantly three himself in the sea in J:.
der to assist his sinking brother, and after au ineffectual struggle, th.t
both sunk and perished. The shrieks of the survivor, brought tut
men from a field adjacent to their assistance ; the swell of the stair.
creasing. the poor fellows could with difficulty eel'', and with gnat
peril, hold together, every moment expecting to be swept away. 3r.il
increase then terror, at this moment one of the drowned bodies was
thrown on the rock. After the lapse of half an hour, they were CZ3-
bled to reach the shore with the body of their brother and friend. The
other body had not been found at an advanced hour yesterday.—Cork
Mercantile Chronicle of Monday.

BIRTH.
The filth inst. at Buarn.hall, the Countess ofDelamene, of a .on.

MARRIED.
The 27th inst. at Derby, T. Nunneley, Esq. of Leicester, to Sara'.•
second d-ughter of Th.. &den, of the former place.

DIED.
The 9th inst. at Berne, in Switzerland, Jane, daughter and only chip
of Major Cape, of Oloueesterplace, Portman square, aged 17—Th,
23d inst. at Knightstown, near Alount-Mellkk, Ireland, in his 52d
year, R Kenny, Esq.—The 13th inst. Mr. C. Cutter, of London-street,
Reading—At New York, on the 20th ult. R. Gillespie, Esq.—The
27th inst. Mr. W. Love, of Lamb's-buildings, Bunhill.row, in the
76th year of his age—The 27th inst. Louisa Jane, wife of the Rev.
A. E. Bowman, of Shiplake. Oxfordshire—The 4th inst. at her son's
house in town, Jane, relict of W. Briand, Esq. of Woodfecd, in the
74th year of her age.

Lownon : Puinted and eublisbed by Jos* MAYMI, at du yas•
Orracs, No. 1, Pickett-ewe, Tetaple.Hl*•