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London, England, 1818-11-24 00:00:00

ings, we did at hear the 'result without receiv-
ing a great shock 'the mind naturally reverts, on
hearing of this catastrophe, to the period when her
MAJESTY -arrived in London, on the Sth of Septema,
ber, 1761„ the youthful bride of our revered KING.
What a multitude of mighty events have taken place
since that day ! . What suns of genius have then and
set! What fluctuations have taken place in public
opinion ! Through all these changes our Queen has
steadily maintained the high character of a virtuous;
,affectionate, and prudent wife and mother, and an
excellent and dignified Queen. She has died full of
years, and full of honour, exhibiting in the last pain-
ful stage of her existence a magnanimity which be-,
came her high rank, and a piety and patience wor-
thy of the Christian tenor of her life!"

1, EDINBURGH. NOVEMBER 21.

" Upon the arrival of the intelligence of her MA..
JESTY'S death, yesterday morning, the royal standard
on the Castle, and the flag on Ner.sores monument,
were hoisted half-staff high. The ringing of the
music-bells in the forenoon was stopped on the same
account The Loan PROVOST and Magistrttes have
given orders for the Ktmo's seat and all the public
seats in the High Church to be put in mourning to-
morrow, and for the pulpits in the different churches
to be covered with black.
" The Court of Session met yesterday forenoon,
at the usual hour. Their Lordships held a full meet-
ing in the First Division, when the LORD Parsiotztr'
said, that in consequence of the melancholy intelli-
gence that had come to town that morning, of the
death of our lamented Queen, he considered it pro-
per, as a mark of their Lordships respect and loyalty
to the Royal Family in general, and in particular of
their gratitude for the amiable virtues and exemplary
conduct of her late MAJESTY, to move that the Court
should adjourn for one day, which was agreed to ac-
cordingly.

" Yesterday was the usual day for holding the
Commissary Court, and the Commissaries met, hut
in consequence of the Quisrs's death, adjourned the
Court till Tuesday next."

On the evening of the 9th instant, as the jolly-boat
of his Majesty's sloop Harlequin was going from
Carrickfergus to that vessel, it blowing fresh, she was
upset near the Pandora sloop of war, by which Mr.
M,Quitsky, the gunner; Mr. M'CuLLocK, the car-
penter; Mr. BUCHANAN, the pilot; Mr. BARRON, the
purser's steward ; a woman, whose husband was in
the boat, and a boy, were drowned.
. A most melancholy kccident occurred on Tuesday
,morning in the vicinity of Winchester. Two lads,
sons of Mr. Mould, cabinetmaker, had gone out with
a gun, for the purpose of shooting small birds; and
while the elder was nicking
.the ffmt, the piece went
off; and lodged its contents in the side of his brother;
who was immediately conveyed to the County Hos-
pitidorhere he lingered till Thursday afternoon,
-►lrers death put an end to his misery.
Saturday last a boy, employed in the Cast Iron
Factory, in Stockport, near Manchester, was caught
by the strap of one of the wheels, and killed on the
spot.—On the same afternoon, a man emplOyed in
Priston and Wood's factory, was killed in a similar
manner, his leg and thigh being torn from► his body.
Yesterday evening, at seven o'clock, an Inquisition
was take; in the Board-room, St. Bartholomew's
Hospital, on the body of William Keith, one of the
persons who were killed in Lombard-street, on Sa-
turday afternoon, by the falling of the wall of Mr.
Smith's house, which had been burnt down on the
preceding night. The deceased was only eleven years
Ind seven months old ; and besides him two others
lost their lives. Verdict—Accidental Death.

Saturday morning as the Windsor coach was pas-
sing Longford, a young man, servant to Mr. ADAMS,
near that place, asked the coachman's permission to
ride, to which he assented. He had not been long
seated before he fell to the ground : he was taken up
and put in the coach, and carried to the first public-
house, where it was found he was quite dead.
Yesterday morning the residence of Miss Etrettstt,
in Brompton-row, and two Gentlemen's houses, in
Michael's-place, were broken open and robbed of
plate, and other' articles of value, althouh there
were two private watchmen within a stone s throw
of each other. They also carried off the provisions
frdm Mr. Blom' s, and Mr. LEACH'S, in Brampton-
row. To shew how systematic are their proceedings,
they had the temerity to carry off a ladder left by
some work people. The house of Mr. BERNE was also
attempted ; but one of the female servants being alar-
med, and getting up, the villains fled. A Mr. Taas-
LovE's has been three times assailed ; and Mr. GOR•
'she's twice.
Thursday, John Weston was convicted before two
of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the City of
Oxford, of maliciously and wilfully preventiug John
Bradstreet, cordwainer, from employing Thomas
Slade and George Meyland in his manufacture, trade,
or business ; and, by virtue of the statute foriprevent-
ing unlawful combinations, he was eommitted to thipl
City Jail for three calendar months.
Advices from Demerara state, that the slave com-
monly called Captain Frank, who caused the negroes
on the Beehive Estate, belonging to B. Van Bark,
Esq. to revolt, in March last, and who commanded
them while they continued in a state of insubordina-
tion, was executed on the 6th ultimo, dressed in all
the paraphernalia of 06.9ises opposite to the said
estate, and his head was severed from his body, and
placed on a pole on the spot where he was executed.
The negroes whom he had misled, but who after-
wards returned to their duty, and were therefore
par
Boned, as well as the others belonging to the estate.
were present at the awful ceremony. Captain F.'s
wife has received SOO.lashes, and been sentenced to,
work the remainder of her life in chains, in come.
quence of having most inhumanly murdered two Eag-
' lishmen, who went oat for the purpose of persuading
the negroes to return to their usual occupations.
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