The Sun. — 1827-08-02 (London, England)

GRONINGEN, JULY 25.—The ordinary annual assembly of the States of the Province was closed yesterday by the Governor in the King's name. From an extremely long official account of the epidemic which raged in 1826, the following particulars serve to show its violence;-Though this province is one of the most healthy in the kingdom, and the number of births annually exceeds considerably that of the deaths (in 1825 the excess of births was 1921); in 1826 the births were 5,126, and the deaths 7,563. This difference is still more deplorable in some plxces; thus in Groningen, in 1825, the births were The deaths  Excess of births  248  But in 1826 the number of deaths was of births  Excess of deaths  In the five last months especially, the mortality in this city was dreadful. In three months of 1825 the deaths were only In the same period of 1826 2360 In September, 1826 In September, 1825 Yet this number of deaths (if we deduct those which occur, owing to other causes), may be said to bear a small proportion to that of the sick, for it may be safely affirmed, that in Groningen and some other places, nearly the whole population was seized with the disorder in a greater or less degree.  Notwithstanding the horrid murder of Mr. Waterhouse, leis eccentricities have been a subject of considerable jest and laughter. We can furnish our. readers, however, with a parallel in another Rev. Gentleman, who died about 30 years since, and resided in the immediate vicinity of this town, viz. the Rev. W. Curteen, Rector of Bradfield St. Clare.—The purchase of boots being considerably greater than shoes, the Rev. Gentleman, when he wore them, by way of economy invariably went without stockings. In our earliest days, we remember seeing him mounted on a horse, not unlike the steed of Dr. Syntax, as regards his plight, slowly trotting from Bury market, the which he was in the habit of frequenting, for the purpose of laying in a stock of provisions for the ensuing week. —A half-pound of butter, a small quantity of cheese, with an egg or two, and some sugar, tea, &c. might be seen indiscriminately deposited in a judelore, (vulgo, a chamberpot), attached to his waist ; with it, as a rarity, sometimes hung a leg of mutton or a pound of bacon, suspended from a leathern girdle which lie wore. His tithes were exceedingly low—perhaps a fourth of their real worth, and he often talked to his parishioners of raising them : a Mr. 8., in answer to the Rev. Gentleman, once observed— " That if his tithes were rather low, be would make up the deficiency by presenting him with a few fowls."— Here the matter ended awhile, but the following week, Mr. B. killing a tremendous large hog, thought nothing would be more acceptable to the worthy Rector than a spare-rib of vork. The pork was sent, with the compliments of Mr. B. to the Rector, who, the instant he saw it, exclaimed in an attitnde of astonishment, " God bless the man ! he's starving his family ; take it back—take it bark !" Then taking a clasp-knife from his pocket, he cut off it about a quarter of a pound, and returned the rest.— Mr. 8.,. who narrated the tale to us, observed, that he doubted not that the pastor's thoughts really were, that lie was depriving a large family of their food—such was the scarcity of meat that he was in the habit of bringing to his own table.-- Suffolk Herald.  FMC OF Jigsll Bank Stock , 217% ('onsols, 3 per cent 8634 Gov. Stock, SY, per cent. 98)4 Ditto, New 4 per Cent. lOl Gov. Deb. 3!,.; per rent ...WA% Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent Ballast Office Deb. 4p. ct —  MA Arrived. Due. • O America 0 O Brazil 0 0 Buenos Ayres 1 Dublin O Flanders 0 1 France O Gottenbtirgh 1 I Guernsey & Jersey 0