The Sun. — 1841-01-26 (London, England)

TILE LATE ALEXANDER GRANT, ESQ.— On Friday we noticed the melancholy suicide of tliia gentleman at his residence in Banffshire, Scotland, supposed to have arisen from the failure of some speculations in tea. The Observer supplies the following additional particulars :—Mr. Grant was upwards of fifty years of age, and had spent the greater part of his life, after reaching the years of maturity, at sea. He was for many years captain of a ship trading between India and China. He had retired from the naval profession about two or three years years ago, when he purchased the estate of Carnousie, in the county of Banff. The price was somewhere about 30,0001., and he wise supposed to have retired with a fortune of from 50,0004 to 60,000/. For the last two or three years he spent a considerable ortion of his time in Lender, having been employed in prosecuting a suit of divorce in the Consistorial Court against his wife, who, it will be remembered, appeared a few years ago unfavour. ably before the public, in consequence of an action for criminal intercourse with her, brought by Mr. Grant against the captain of the ship in which she was brought from India to this country, prior to her husband's arrival. Mr. Grant became a candidate for the El;in district of burghs IS or 20 months ago, and was oppos d by the former representative, Sir Andrew Leith flay, and by Mr. Duff, of fladdo, the latter gentleman appearing in the. Conservative cause. So late as the Ist of the present month Mr. Grant gave nine bolls of oatmeal to the poor on his estates, and no one was led, from any alterst:oa in his appearance or otherwise, to appreheni any such unfortunate catastrophe as has occurred. A letter from Chalons sur-Saone, of 17th inst., gives the following account of a lamentable event which had just occurred near that place. It appears that tho Citis steamer had arrived there with the boilers which were made at Pont ( Haute-Saone), end a portion of tire steamengine, to receive the remainder from the establishment of Creuzot, one of the chiefs of which, M. E. Schneider, was on board with M. Bourdon, the engineer, M. Pognon, the Mayer of Cretiz,t, M. Bresson, the captain of another steamer, and several mechanicians and workmen to assist in the experiments. All the usual precautions had, it is said, been taken, when suddenly a boiler burst, and a terrible explosion took place, which carried away the stern of the steamer. Seven or eight persons, amongst whom aro mentioned Messrs. Pognon and Decagon, are said to have been either drowned or scalded to death ; the others escaped as by miracle. M. E. Schneider received no injury, and M. Bourdon had only a slight contusion on the heed. The account adds that it was impossible at the moment, owing to the sudden submersion of the vessel, and the great height of the river, to ascertain correctly the extent of the accident. The following rash expression in the London Times, of the 15th inst., shows exactly what state of feeling they aro now in. In declaiming against the appearance of the missionaries of the Anti-Corn-law League in Walsall, our Contemporary thus expresses himself :—" It may be a question fit for the Legislature to consider, whether individuals shell be permitted to combine, in an organized society, ft* the purpose of influencing elections in so shameless and unconstitutional a manner as this." Yes, yes ! put the rr uzzls on all those who dare to protest against the doings of their high mightinesses, the aristocratic bread-taxers of the country. Gag the rogues without delay : silerce, punish, imprison them, by all re cans. —Liverpool Albion. NEWPORT (ISLE o IVIGIIT).—A public dinner was hell at the Green Dragon Hotel on Wedntsi'ay, to celebrate the anniversary ut the first open election, when both of our highly respectable and talented Members, M‘ ssrs. Hawkins and Blake, were present, and addressed their constituents, greatly to the satisfaction of all reasonable and right-thinking men. C. Day, Esq., of West Cowes, wins unanimously called to the chair, and presided with considerable ability. The room was decorated with evergreens, arid the ladies' blue silk banner was uncurled at the cast side of the room, with " Purity of Electio ."o r it, in large gold letters; and another blue silk banner waved over the head of the Chairman, with a ciic Garter and Buckle, on Which Was written " This Borough Emancipated December, 1832," and in the centre " Union is Strength," and " Knowledge is Power."