AWFUL VISITATION.-On Sund...
The Times, 1824-10-15T00:00:00

AwrFtL VISITATIOS.-On Sunday ev-ening, Mr. Robert Nosely, anL inbabitant of Great tileuin Leicester, after eating hi, anpper wvas sitting in a friendly chat with his dmaghter and her hus. band, !lr. Thomas Hill, who resides at Blouumsgrnve, in the pari%h of Radford, when Alt r. Hill, perceiving the voice of his fathter..i._ law materially altered, rnse fiom his chair, and took hoid of him - he found him totally deprived of speech and animatiorn, anr life was extinct in the short space of five tnmmutes. Nottir4ha.sn Rev., C(IRISTtANITY 1S, INSt&.-The first Protestant rit- irlonary in Calcutta, was John F'rederick Kiernander. This hum- ble preacher of the Gospel came to Calcutta in the year I7, an,, was received vwith nrarked favour by Lord CLive and the metmbers of the Suprerne Council. A house, rent-free, was assigned Lo hinp, "nd a subscription was raised ;e enable him to open a sehool, which was soon attended by a l-rge number of children (belonring to EHes. then, lllahomnedan, and Portu,tese parents), wtio were instructed. in the Enplish language, reaAing, writing, arithmetic, znu the pras. cipies of Christianity. In 176-7, Mr. Kiernander, being obligal o give up, for the use ot Government, the house which he had Ilr.- merly occupied, resolved to build a churchi at his own chatge, ned on his own grouud-ndawork, which, during the next three veur, rwss brought to a successful termitnation, at the expense oF 65)0Oe sicca ropers. This edifice was opened for diviae s'erdcc iDt the vear, 1770. and with some subsequenit imnprovements, is now she elegant building known by the name of the Oid, or Mlissiotn Chstrch.C4. cutta Scat . FArLcoNrtv.-The Kinp's falcons were ancientlv kept vwhere the stables now are at Charing-cros5s and it was fr;:tm that circumstance that it derived its name of Afewes-a tern3. used in fal- conry, which has since been getlerally tpolied to aLl collecdonre of stablingr the place was appropriated to stables in the time of Ed- w.ard VI. FXTRAOaPTlNARY PRODUCE.-A single grmin of ciat having accidentally fallen upon a quantity oi burnt cly in ra fl, bclongien r t e. John Juckiee. oF ?io l Toree.t v rer, ;r. n the astonihing number of 2,945 grains. SELLIN!G UNtfEIt PRIMtE COST.-A lady seeing at the window of a liuen-eraper, who had but latelv set up in busine&q, the common lure, " 7'Tegrroad. of thifs shp selling underpri;m, cosf,"- stetsped into the house of a friend who livedi in the samoe street, and asked him whether he thought his neighbour was tsegy selling under prime cost. and Ift it was likely she could ret any good bar- gains? "9hy, as to the bargain,,"' replied her frieod? "that I cannot answer for, bmmt I am satisfied there is no4 any tWlng in hiD shoP that can be sole under prime cost, for to mry knowledge he bet one.r yt paid a sintlk sixpe-mcc for any artiek it coetains.", The costume of the Arinentan women of Astracan is the richest in Itutssia, and perhaps in the world. It is surprising that they can sustain the wmeight of their dycs. The firat, or inner robe, is of silk and gold ; the second of black velvet, heavily ladea wit) gold and pearls; the third, or outer vest, is almost of nmasstw go.d, in ponderous embroidery, with large gold knobs, gold buttos, gold tassels, goldi fringe, &-c. The turban is white, hangs over tehe left shoulder, and conceals the face, except the nose and cyes. The only hair dILscdosed is generally false, two thick locka, one on each side, being brougbt in front before the cars. LAdvertisemett.J-Of the Leitserary Gazrtte of the 16ts (No. 404,) nearly one-fourth will be devoted to very inte Iit,g co.v.. sations aunanecAotesof Lord Byson byCaptain lledwFin. Tcegi-n clude details respecting the destroyed Mii. AMemari, his Lordsbhj'n mnarriage, separation, amours, quarrel with Southey, opinions of Sir IV. Scott aMd Afr. Jeffrey, and many other curious tpic Reviews, Drarwatic Criticisms, Sciences, &c., as usual. Pttblished every Sa- turday, by IV. A. Scripps, 362, (Exeter 'Change,) Strand, price8d. or stamped for country circulation by post, price ls. LAdverttisment. -The Setndap Thnm -..Since theaannuacerien; of the affidavit of the sale of this paper for August last, the numbm has increased 700, whici has brouirht the sale to nearly 6,00, wbic offtrs a greater circulation to advertisers than is possessed by anr paper tow circulated on Sunday. 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They axe designed to renovate the tone an d energy of tise stornacir; to correct torpidity of the bovwls, by actinig as * gentle and ePient lasatve, but not as a direct urpa- tive; and thus to promote digestion without distrersingor ,vet the cohstitution. The Toxic PILLS may be had of respectable venders of public medicines in London, Dublin, Edinburgh, (flss- gow, and MoSt principal towns. Eac:b acket is signed "John Towers" on the label, and sealed with the &loyal arnrs. |Advertisement4|Several cormplaints havi}g been made respect- ing the iipositions whick are daily practised, bys shopkeepe ve-Al- ing thbir spurioug artidea t!Dr the Original, the Nobility ana Gentry are requested to observe that this sharmeful practice is now generally adopted with rev,ezt to the new invented HASP BaRusmi miade by Ross and Soixs, 119, Bishopsgatestgreet, London. 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