Glasgow Courier. — 1846-04-21 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

ENGLAND.  Narrow Escape of Prince Albert's Brother.—The reigning Duke of Saxe-Cobourg Gotha incurred some danger, on the 31st ult., at Marseilles. Hs horses having ran away, the prince jumped out of the carriage, and fell on the road. Fortunately he escaped with only a contusion an the leg. The Duke and Duchess Gotha landed at Barcelona on the 3d inst. The Brussels Gazette of April 4 says:—. We regret to have to announce the melancholy death of Mr. E. Astley, brother to Lord Hastings, who was found drowned, a few days ago, in the Ourthe." The Grand Duke of Baden has directed that a sum of about £1,400 shall be laid out in the purchase of seed potatoes, either within the Grand Duchy or in foreign parts, in order that they may be sold at a moderate price to the growers in that district where there is a dearth of them. The Agricultural Association has been charged with carrying this order into effect. Accounts from Batavia, of the Ist of February, state that in consequence of the failure of the potato crop in Holland, orders had been given to export a large quantity of rice. The duty on exportation had been remitted. The Cologne Gazette states that the proposed new tariff in England has greatly raised the price of provisions, particularly of meat, in Hamburg. At Reweastle, an association of ladies has been formed to adopt measures for the reformation of females discharged from prison. Marriage of Mademoiselle de Hayn.—Mademoiselle Charlotte de Hayn, the celebrated tragic actress, was married on the 3d inst., in the cathedral of Berlin, to the Baron Charles Theophilus de Hoven, one of the richest land proprietors of Prussian Silesia. Mademoiselle de Hayn, who followed a theatrical life from taste, is descended from a most ancient noble family of the duchy of Brunswick, and is possessed of property to a large amount. She numbers many illustrious men among her ancestors. The celebrated Curt de Hayn (died in 1532) was one of the staunchest supporters of the religious reform in Germany, and a statue has been recently erected to his memory at Sambleben, not far from Brunswick. Owning to her marriage, Mademoiselle de Hayn has bid farewell to the stage, to the great regret of the Berlin public, and, it may be said, of all Germany. Tawell'sConfession.—At the Bucks Easter Sessions another attempt was made to induce the chaplain, Mr. Cox, to give up the written statement confided to him by the murderer Tawell just before his execution. At a meeting of the Magistrates, a resolution requiring him to lay the document on the table at the next Quarter Sessions, was carried by six to three. The chaplain was present at the meeting, and in the course of some observations in opposition to the motion, said,--" I have made up my mind from the first that no earthly power shall extort from me that which was committed to my custody, let the consequences be what they may. Ido not hesitate to say that, standing up in conference with a fellow-creature, on the brink of eternity, and on being supplicated by him, I consented to hold as private and confidential that which was committed to me. I did give that promise."