The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1837-03-08

! Dr. John Hunter, prlnclpul oil the United
College at 81. Andrews, died on the 18th
January. lie was one of the most learned
men Of his day; and is well known for his
editions Of Virgil, Livy, Horace, and other
Latin authors. He was a native of Close
burn, in Dumfrics- shire.
| DIR. Thornton, the celebrated botanist,
died in London on the 2ist. Prince Pol
ignac was among the numbers suffering
from the influenza.
The difficulties between the masters and
workmen, in the Staffordshre potteries,
were in process Of adjustment, and most of
the manufactures expected soon to be able
to resume operations.
SLIPPERY STATIsTICs.-A London paper
says that 1875 persons have been brought TO
the hospitals, during a late severe frost, hay-
ing met with accidents by falls on the pave
mcnt. Of those 63 were females-several
of the cases terminated fatally, and there
were great number Of serious fractures of
the head and limbs. Nlnety-three ofthose
accidents were the offspring Of inloxica-
ton.
LONDON, Jan. 23.-lnfuenza.-The me-
tropolis yesterday Sunday presented
melancholy spectacle of mortality, now so
generally prevalent. Funeral processiops
might be seen proceeding in all directions to
the numerous burial places in and around
London, each with long train of relatives
or friends, and presenting an unusual and
extraordinary appearance, the undcrtakers
not beipg able to supply the demand for
moI'rning cloaks. The ST. Pancros road
was crowded between the hours of 3 and )
O'Clock, and so numerous were the funer-
ais, that, at one time, they extended nearly
the whole distance from Kings Cross to the
large burial grounds beyond the turnpike,
near the old church Within the two hours,
not less than AZ collins were borne along,
attended by vast concourse of persons.
At the gates Of the grounds crowds collect
cd; and it was found necessary to station
/ policemen, to prevent the ingress of the
numerous persons who followed. None but
mourners were admitted. Many of the cof-
fins were borne by the friends of the de-
ceased, who relieved each other at stated in
tcrvals. For the last three days aud nights
the sections have been obliged to employ
excavators and gardeners to dig graves. ST,
Pancras has been mentioned more par!ic-
= ularly as coming under the direct notice OF
the writer, but similar melancholy evidences
of the facts above stated, were more or less
observable i'll the various parishes within
the suburbs, of the mortality occasioncd by
this alarming epidemic. While, however,
: the churchyards were crowded, the churches
were but thnly attended. The awful cir
cumstances were impressively dwelt upon
from the pulpit.
I On Monday RI funerals took place in the
burial ground of Christ Church parish.
Men were employed since o'clock Oh Sat
urdny afternoon in digging the graves, and
the minister was engaged in performing the
funeral services until O'Clock.
GREAT MoRrALITY.--Thc number OF
deaths now occurring in Glasgow and neigh
borhood, stands without parallel in the
bills OF mortality. In the beginning of this
week, in one day, there were twenty. five in
tcrmen!s in Cation; and on Thursday and
Friday, so great was the demand for hear.es
and mourning coaches, that numbers were
obliged to defer funerals, and alter the hour
in tho letters Of invitation. In Brdgton,
calls are made two or three times day in
some cases for aid to bury. One wright
Ooiner) alone made on Saturday last, from
10 in the morning till on Sunday evening,
no fewer than 81 cofins.- GidSgOw paptr.
France great topic of discussion
in the French papers is the result of the
strasburgh tIials-which has been the ac-
quital of the prisoners
The alterations made by the Chamber of
Deputies in the address to the King, on the
subject of Poland, arc said to have called
forth some diplomatic agltalons by the min
i.tcrs of Russia, Prussia and Austria; but
they had been satisfied by official assurances
that the said alterations arc TO be consid-
cred merely as words-of- of-course-a harm
less explosion of national sympathy, which
will lead to no action.
The trial of Mcunicr was expected to come
on early in February.
The discussions upon the address in an
swer to the King were marked by great vehe-
mcnce, but there seemed to bc strong
ministerial majority on all the questions of
great Importance. The principal Of these
were the unfortunate result ofthe expedition
against Constantine and the affair at Stras-
burgh.
! EFFEcTs OF INFLUENZA IN FRANCE-Pri-
vate letters from the Continent state that
the epidemic la cripple, or influenza, pre-
walls there more than in this country. AT
Paris 1t is raging to very great degree,
and there is scarcely family ofwhich some
branch is not confined by the effects of this
malady. In some parts of the French cap
ital bordering upon the banks Of the river
Seine the mortality has been most dreadful,
especially among the poorer classes in the
popuous neighborhood of the Faubourg St.
Antoine and the Quarter St. Jaques, where
they have died from 80 to 100 day. The
Hotel Dicu and all the hospitals are filled
with patients and it has also been very
prevalent among the troops ofthe garrison,
numbers of whom have fallen victims To il.