It is reported that the station-master forsaw the danger as the mail-train approached, and asked if signals were up to stop it; a porter said they were: the train still came on, and the station-master sent men forward with hand signals, but without effect. An alarming Railway Collision occurred on the morning of the 25th, while the main train of the London and North-Western line was passing through the Camden-town station. The train left Euston-square about five minutes after 10, and was assisted up the incline by a pilot, which had "hooked off" only a few seconds, when a goods engine improperly attempted to cross the main line at a point just beyond the ticket platform, and striking first the engine of the mail, grazed three or four of the succeeding carriages, and cut the train in two about midway. The collision blocked up both the up and down lines for a considerable period, and the traffic in the early part of the day was consequently much disturbed. The escape of the passengers may be considered most providential, two or three of the carriages having been much shattered, and thrown to a considerable distance. Camden station is well known to all travellers on this great trunk railway to present a perfect labyrinth of rails extending from the Regent's Canal to the Chalk Farm Bridge. Looking northwards on the left is an engine shed, and a long range of repairing shops. Upon the right is the goods and cattle station. In order to keep up a communication between these localities, the main line has to be crossed at a point northward of the ticket platform. There is a standing rule in the company's book of regulations, that no driver shall attempt to cross with his engine without first receiving the proper signal from the pointsmen, of whom there are always two on duty here; the distance between the points being about 150 yards. There is too much reason to fear that an infringement of this salutary rule on the part of the driver of the goods engine occasioned the present disaster. There was some difficulty in extricating the occupants of the carriage resting on its beam ends, but this was at length accomplished, and the passengers having taken their places in the uninjured carriages, were brought back to Euston-square, where the train was re-made up, and despatched shortly after eleven o'clock, the passengers, with very few exceptions, continuing their journeys. The Marchioness of Anglesey and the Bishop of Lichfield were in the train, and they were also among the passengers who went on at eleven o'clock. One of the foreign Ministers, resident at this court, with his wife, did the same. The only passengers at all injured, as far as could be ascertained, are Lady Blayney, who being considerably shaken, preferred remaining at the "Euston a few hours before continuing her journey; a Mr. Dacre, of Stone-buildings, who sustained a slight incised wound on the ear; and a Mr. and Mrs. Matis, who have since left London. It is stated that the engine-driver and his firemen are under the surveillance of the Company's police. The American ship Mobile, bound from Liverpool to New Orleans, was Wrecked off the Blackwater Bank, near Wexford, during the storm on the morning of the 29th ult. The ship went to pieces immediately after she struck. There were nearly sixty passengers, and a crew of twenty-three. Of these only eight sailors and one passenger escaped; they lashed themselves into the channel bends, and were rescued by two passing schooners. The survivors state, that being favoured with a fair wind, the Mobile pursued her course at a rapid rate, and at midnight the captain went below, leaving the second mate in charge, with strict injunctions to steer West-south-west, and to see that the captain was called at two o'clock, or sooner, if the weather assumed a more threatening aspect. The wind at the time the captain went below was blowing a fresh breeze from East-north east, with a heavy sea, which increased to a violent gale; he was, however, not called until two o'clock. On coming on deck, the captain inquired whether the ship had been steered as he ordered, and then found that the second mate had misunderstood the orders given to him, and had ordered her to be kept on a west-north-west course which had carried her directly on a lee shore, from which it was found impossible to extricate her, although every human effort was made. During a late storm at Sutton Valence in Kent, some twenty hop-pickers sought refuge in an oast-house; the lightning struck it and Killed three Men and one Woman, besides hurting several others. The bodies were but little disfigured. The poor woman was set on fire both at her head and feet; her shoes were completely torn off, and the nails in them partially drawn. One of the men had a steel watch-guard round his neck; this was completely fused, so that it crumbled on the touch, while of the watch the glass was cut in two and the works and case more or less damaged. Another had his leggings torn off as well as his shoes. A youth has been Struck Dead by Lightning, during a storm at Hundleby in Lincolnshire. He was the son of a miller, and his father had sent him to the top of the mill to repair a chain which was broken; while he had the chain in contact with his body, the only flash of lightning during the storm was attracted by the chain. A frightful occurrence has happened at Ñevin, North Wales. The wife of a labourer had occasion to go for milk to a farm at some distance, and during her absence locked her three young children in the cottage; a large quantity of corn in the straw having been previously placed there. This became ignited, and on the return of the woman she found the house on fire and her three children Burnt to Ashes. A melancholy death from Hydrophobia occurred near Newcastle on Tyne on the 6th instant. About six or seven weeks before, Mrs. Newton, who keeps the tollgate at Blackhill, had her little granddaughter, a child five years of age, who was playing at her door, bit by a hound-dog belonging to one of her neighbours, which was in a rabid state. It was followed as far as Annfield Plain by a number of men, who destroyed it, but not before it had bitten several dogs on its way. The child was bitten in the face and lip, which bled profusely. Medical aid was obtained, and the child's face healed, no unpleasant symptoms occurring until Sunday, the 26th ult, when the child complained of her head; she gradually grew worse, and at length died in great agony. A workman in the employment of Messrs Bury, dyers at Salford, has been Killed by falling among the Machinery. He had been drinking, and had consequently been ordered by the foreman to go home; but seems to have returned before he was sober. A person working in a room adjoining the machinery suddenly heard a crash, as if something had disturbed the motion of it, and running into the passage, he saw the unfortunate man in the act of being torn to pieces amongst the wheels. He lost no time in going to the engine-house and getting the machinery stopped. Every exertion was then made to drag the body from its position, but this was a work of great difficulty, and when accomplished, it was too shockingly mangled for description. Both legs and both arms were torn from the body, only the head of the unfortunate man being uninjured. Altogether, the body was in above 201 pieces. Life had of course passed away long before the body was extricated. An English vessel, the Helen, has been Destroyed by Fire on her passage from Para, in the river Amazon, to Liverpool. Mr. Wallace, a naturalist, was a passenger in her to England, and her crew, including the master and mates, numbered ten. On the morning of the 6th of August, much alarm was caused by a quantity of smoke being observed to issue from the fore scuttle, and it was discovered that the flames were raging in the after part of the ship immediately below the cabin. Efforts were made to extinguish them, but the flames rolled up both sides of the vessel with such fury, as to render all hopes of subduing them impossible. Mr. Turner the master, anticipating the fate of his ship, had previously directed the long boat and gig to be lowered, and as much provisions as could be procured placed in them. But a small quantity could be obtained. At length it was deemed prudent to order the hands to take to the boats. The crew, with Mr. Wallace, put off from her in the long-boat and gig, and hovered about her at a safe distance, in the hope that her blazing state might attract the attention of vessels passing by, and in bearing down would see them, and pick them up. Morning came, however, without any sail being in OCTOBER, 1852.] SOCIAL, SANITARY, AND MUNICIPAL PROGRESS. view. Exposed as the men were to a powerful sun, their sufferings from thirst became most intense, and as days passed by without there seeming the least chance of being observed, a terrible fate appeared to await them all. The boisterous weather tried the boats severely, and the fear of their foundering kept the poor people in a most painful state of suspense. Several became much exhausted. At length, on the evening of the 16th of August, they espied a sail in view. Happily, they were perceived by a vessel, the Jordeson, the master of whom promptly bore down to their aid, and picked them up near the island of Bermuda. Their sufferings, however, did not altogether end on their being got on board the Jordeson. The latter's provisions owing to the addition of the Helen's men, and a somewhat protracted voyage, ran short, and all on board were put on a very small allowance at one time, almost next to nothing; indeed, but for a supply which was obtained from the Ocean Wave, homeward bound, they would have been all starved before they reached the Channel. Some rats were caught on board, and being cooked, were devoured with much relish. The contents of the grease pot were also consumed, and indeed anything that could sustain life. Mr. Gibson, a well-known portrait-painter in Edinburgh, has been Killed by a shocking accident. Mr. Gibson had been actively engaged on the committee superintending the hanging of the pictures in the West of Scotland Academy's Exhibition, previous to its opening. It appears that after he had gone home, he returned to the exhibition-rooms in Buchanan Street for some purpose or other. Nothing is known of his subsequent movements till the watchman on the station, between ten and eleven o'clock, found him lying at the foot of the stair, leading to the Academy's rooms, in a dreadful mutilated condition. He was conveyed home, where he lingered in a state of insensibility till the following night, when death terminated his sufferings. It is supposed that he had missed his footing on the dark stairs, and been precipitated to the bottom. He was frightfully injured about the head and face. A large quantity of agricultural produce, with barns, implements, and some live stock, has been Destroyed by Fire on the premises of Mr. Petley, at Ash, near Sandwich. The farmer's loss is estimated at 15007., only 8007. of which is covered by insurance. There seems reason to believe that the fire was wilfully caused; though Mr. Petley is acknowledged to be a good master. An English vessel, the Enchantress, Captain Buckland of Yarmouth, has been Lost, on her passage from Pernambuco for Falmouth. The Enchantress struck on a sunken reef three days after leaving that port, and immediately went to pieces. The captain, two mates, one man, and a boy, were washed off the reef and drowned. The remainder of the crew, six in number, succeeded in constructing a raft out of the bowsprit of the wrecked vessel and another which they found on the reef, by which means they reached a small uninhabited island some distance off, called Lass Island, where they remained for 25 days, enduring the worst of privations, the only thing they had to subsist upon being the eggs of sea birds. There seeming to be no hopes of their being taken off the island, they again put to sea on the raft, when they were fortunately fallen in with by the brig Richard, and were taken on board, most of them in a dying state. The Richard has arrived at Liverpool, and brought the intelligence. SOCIAL, SANITARY, AND MUNICIPAL PROGRESS. THIS is the season of Agricultural Meetings. The prevailing feature of those held recently has been the abandonment of Protection by its former supporters. The meeting of the Worcestershire Society was attended by four members connected with the County. General Lygon, Captain Rushout, Mr. Wynn Knight, and Colonel Clive, attended the annual meeting of the Worcestershire Agricultural Society. They all gave up Protection as hopeless, complained of the slack supply 229 of labour, and recommended the farmer to imitate the The Surrey meeting and ploughing match was held at Epsom on the 5th instant. At the dinner, Mr. Gadesden, the chairman, warmly urged the farmers to meet their difficulties by increased energy, by adopting scientific improvements, and using machinery. The toasts of the County Members brought out Mr. Alcock, Mr. Drummond, and Mr. Evelyn. Mr. Alcock proposed to "wipe off the malt-tax," and substitute for it an increased income-tax, not by raising the percentage, but by abolishing exemptions. Mr. Drummond echoed the judicious advice of the Chairman. Mr. Evelyn dwelt upon the prospective difficulties of the farmer, which he thought would arise out of a scanty supply of labour; and he proposed machinery as a remedy. Colonel Challoner told the farmers they must trust to themselves, and not suppose that any Government could or would in future pass any law exclusively for their benefit. At the nineteenth annual dinner of the South Buckinghamshire Agricultural Association, given at Slough on the 5th, the farmers were told that they must trust to themselves; and when Mr. Trumper, a large and intelligent farmer, said he had the "utmost confidence in the honesty and talent of Mr. Disraeli,' and ventured to hope that "there was something good looming in the distance," he was met by a loud burst of laughter, and loud cries of derision. At the meetings of the Waltham, the Herefordshire, the Chertsey, the Cranbrook Associations, in like manner, the topic of protection was either passed over altogether, or slightly and evasively noticed; the object of the speakers being chiefly to advocate agricultural improvements. The Manchester Free Library promises to be of immense utility. At night, when the hours of labour are over, the place is crowded, and in both reference library and the room below-in which the books for lending are kept-its greatest use, however, being as a reading-room for newspapers-young men and boys are frequently seen sitting on the floor in corners, because there is no room at the tables, or chairs for them to sit in. Most excellent order prevails, and the demeanour of the readers, in most instances, equals in seriousness and intent that of the frequenters of the reading room of the British Museum. A point of considerable moment was recently discussed at a final meeting of the general committee of subscribers. Under the Free Libraries Act, the burden of providing for the care and service of the institution alone devolves upon the corporation, and for that the halfpenny rate is available, but no portion of it can be spent in the purchase of books. Hence, unless the original subscribers exert a paternal care, in the course of years the library must become deficient in current literature, though not more than one-half the amount which the rate will raise (1700) will be required for maintenance; and it is suggested that the corporation shall raise a fund with which to purchase books, and keep up the completeness of the library, or perhaps, what will be more legitimate, that they shall spend the whole amount that the rate realised. A project is on foot for having two courses of lectures delivered in the reference library, one by the Rev. Dr. Vaughan, on modern or English history, and another by Mr. A. J. Scott, principal of Owen's College, on modern poetry and fictitious literature. The Duke of Sutherland has ordered an announcement to be made to the entire tenantry of his estates, authorising them to Kill all the Hares and Rabbits on their farms. The following statement of the Annual Growth of Cotton in the United States since the year 1839, will well's-lane," and "Cromwell-house," though, except show the fluctuating nature of this supply: From this it will be seen that the large crop of 1840 fell in 1841 about 550,000 bales; in 1843 it increased again about 750,000 bales; in 1844 it decreased about 350,000 bales; in 1845 it increased 360.000 bales; in 1847 it decreased 616,000 bales; in 1849 it increased 1,000,000 bales; in 1850 it decreased 630,000 bales; in 1851 it increased 259,000 bales; and in 1852 it has increased 660,000 bales. All this proves the uncertainty of the cotton crops of America, and their instability as a source of supply. This is a most important consideration; for, should there come a scarcity of cotton, it would be far worse than a scarcity of food in the manufacturing districts, where the operatives would be starving in the midst of plenty. A large and important Meeting of Solicitors was held at Derby on the 13th inst., at which several members of the Metropolitan and Provincial Law Society, from London, Manchester, Liverpool, Carlisle, Hull, Leeds, Birmingham, Lichfield, Derby, and other places, attended. The object for holding an aggregate meeting of the profession was, as stated in the society's circular, "for the purpose of taking into consideration their present position and prospects, and devising the best means of obtaining increased support for, and thus giving increased efficiency to, the association." Mr. Palmer, of London, who is the president of the association, having taken the chair, a series of resolutions to the following effect was proposed and unanimously adopted: "That with a view to promote the welfare of the legal profession, and to assist its members to discharge their duties to their clients and to the public, it is highly expedient that the practising attorneys and solicitors of England and Wales should be united in an association. That the objects of such an association should be to assist all well-considered plans for improving the law, especially as relating to the practice of the courts, and to maintain an honourable position and character for the profession. That the Metropolitan and Provincial Law Association, having been founded in 1847, and conducted from that time upon the principles expressed in the foregoing resolution, deserves the cordial support of every member of the profession, and this meeting accordingly pledges itself actively to endeavour to increase its power and usefulness by procuring a large accession to its number of members.' garden walls of great strength and solidity, there are no remains of his time. The lower part of the land is familiarly termed "Brompton-grove," and is ornamented with some really fine timber in the gardens and grounds still remaining on the southern part of the estate. The first tract of land obtained by the Commissioners was from the trustees of the parish of St. Margaret, Westminster, from whom it is understood about 20 acres were obtained, at a cost of 60,000l., or thereabouts; but the principal purchase (a very recent one) is from the Baron de Villars, who has sold 48 acres of land to the Commissioners for the large sum of 150,000l. For some smaller purchases to complete the boundary as much as 4000l. per acre has been asked, and, we believe, given. The general scheme is stated to be this,-About 200 yards on this side of the turnpike at Kensington a road is to be cut, 100 feet wide, from Kensington Gore to Brompton, coming out at the back of Onslow-square. This road will furnish an enormous frontage for the new galleries to the west, and the façade will return at the south end to any depth required. The quantity of land secured will also allow of ornamental grounds around the building to a considerable extent. The opening of the Liverpool Free Library took place on the 18th, in the presence of a large number of ladies and gentlemen, who had received invitations to attend. It is stated that Mr. J. A. Picton, in April 1850, first brought under the notice of the council the desirability of establishing a free library, when a committee for the purpose was formed, which reported favourably, but difficulty was found as to suitable premises. In 1851 the Earl of Derby proposed giving his fine collection of natural history if a museum were established, when the corporation purchased the premises in Duke-street, known as the Union Newsroom, with an adjoining piece of land, upon which an extensive wing has since been erected. Subsbriptions were solicited, and the sum of 13897. obtained for the purchase of books. Ten thousand volumes have been collected. The committee intend adding four thousand more volumes this year. The library will be open from nine in the morning to ten in the evening, and the committee intend recom mending, at the earliest practicable period, the establishment of one or more lending libraries. The museum, numbering 18,700 specimens, is in the course of classification, and it is hoped will be shortly in a position to be thrown open to the public. Among the speakers were the Mayor (— Littledale, Esq.), Mr. Picton, Mr. Wm. Brown, M.P., Mr. Charles Turner, M.P., Mr. Thorneley, M.P., the Rev. Dr. Hume, Mr. Samuel Holme, and the Judge of the Liverpool County Court (Mr. J. Pollock). The last of these said, in the course of an eloquent address :-" The greatest security for law and order was to be found in the increasing intelligence and wide instruction and education of the community. Those who knew their own rights would recognise those of others; and he believed, if there was any class to whom it was of peculiar and essential importance to know the rights and privileges possessed by the meanest inhabitants of the country, it was more important to the poor than to the rich, to the miserable and degraded in worldly circumstances than to the wealthy and enlightened.' The Royal Commissioners, who were constituted a permanent body by a charter granted by her Majesty immediately on the closing of the Great Exhibition, have recently completed some very large purchases of land, which it is understood are to be applied to The The recent accounts of the State of Trade in the ProErection of New National Galleries, in combination vinces show a general increase of activity. At Mancheswith museums such as that now at Marlborough-house, ter both the home and export demand has been or generally for the promotion of arts, manufactures, extremely large, with advancing quotations. At and commerce. The charter gave power to appropriate Birmingham the rise in metals is causing some perplexity the surplus derived from the Great Exhibition to such on the part of consumers, but at present there is no purposes, but the extent even of the land purchases diminution in the orders for manufactured goods. In must have already exhausted that surplus, and the the woollen districts transactions have been unprenation will have to supply the requisite funds for all that cedentedly large, at very firm prices. With regard to is to follow. The site chosen is at Kensington Gore. the consequences of the introduction, during the past Behind Gore-house and the line of houses which season, of new machinery in place of hand labour, it is stretches almost uninterruptedly from the new houses stated that the work which on the lower class of hosiery of Hyde Park-terrace up to Kensington turnpike is an lately cost ls. 6d. is now performed for 2d., while at the same extensive tract of land, now principally occupied as time the average earnings of the operatives have greatly market gardens, and beautifully situated, gradually increased. In the Irish linen-market there has been sloping to the south from the high ground of Hyde Park undiminished employment, and from that quarter, as down to the Old Brompton-road. Great part of this land, well as from all other parts of the kingdom, the condition in the time of the Commonwealth, belonged to the of the working classes is described to be more favourable Protector, and the name is still preserved in "Crom-than at any former period. All our manufacturing In districts, in short, are now most flourishing. All the mills are in full employment, and more mills are rising on every side. Most of the cotton-mill owners are under contracts; and persons having new or extra orders cannot get them completed. Complaints have been heard from more than one person of inability to get executed the orders sent by their customers from abroad. almost all our markets-those of sugar, coffee, tallow, wool, cotton, &c.—prices are rising, and the demand for the raw materials of manufacture, and for articles of consumption, is rapidly increasing. Amongst our shipping there is great activity, and notwithstanding the immense quantities of goods carried by rail,-or perhaps we should say in consequence of the quantities brought from the interior of various countries by this new method of conveyance,-freights are rising, and there is an increase in our navigation. To meet the various exigencies of this rapid growth, several new chartered banks are announced, new projects of railways are brought forward, various new companies are forming, and speculation is alert, active, and bold. A court of investigation into the Administration of City Charities was held on the 25th by the Lord Chief Baron, with Aldermen Challis, Sidney, Lawrence, and Wire. The clerk of the Leathersellers' Company was called, and proved that the company had to administer Robert Rogers' Charity, amounting to 2007., and to pay 41. a year to poor prisoners in the city. The company had not done so. Since 1825 no payments had been made to such prisoners, except on special application. The charity was in Chancery. The company also administered a charity called George Humble's Charity, the interest of which was 87. a year. This charity was also in the Court of Chancery. Since 1835 no part of the interest arising from the charity had been paid to poor prisoners (the objects of the charity), except in 1842, when 31. was paid to a freeman who had made a special application. He had not been able to examine the state of the accounts as between the company and the charity, nor had they been made up since 1835. Monies had been paid to the keepers of the prisons and particular applicants, but he could not say how much. He had not the books of the company with him. The company was ready to pay up any arrears that might be due to the charity. There was a charity administered by the company called Garner's Charity. That charity was also in Chancery. By a scheme made by the Master, one-third of the annual proceeds was to go to poor prisoners, but that had not been done. The recipients of the third were widows, but he could not give their names. The court thought this a very strange and unsatisfactory statement, and passed on to the management of the Mercers' Company, which appeared to be of a much more favourable character. A preliminary meeting of gentlemen connected with the borough of Marylebone was held on the 25th at the house of Mr. Oliveira, M.P., at the requisition of that gentleman, the object being the establishment of a Free Library in the Borough for the benefit of the working classes, on a plan similar to those which have already been so successfully opened in Manchester and Liverpool. A number of resolutions were passed, calculated for the accomplishment of the object; and before the meeting separated Mr. Oliveira stated his intention of presenting the library with five hundred volumes, an intimation which was received with loud cheers. PERSONAL NARRATIVE. THE Queen, Prince Albert, and the royal family, left Balmoral on the 12th inst. for Windsor Castle. The royal party went, by the way of Preston and Chester, to Bangor, and visited the tubular bridge over the Menai Straits. They then proceeded, by Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton and Birmingham, to Windsor, where they arrived on the 14th. The Duchess of Kent arrived on the same day in town from Abergeldie, after having staid for a short time at Doncaster. Lord Hardinge, commanding the army in chief, has appointed the following officers as his aides-de-camp: Colonel Lord Charles Wellesley, unattached; Lieut. Colonel Robert Blucher Wood, C.B., half-pay; Captain Charles Earl of March, unattached; Captain Henry Marquis of Worcester, 7th Hussars. Lord Fitzroy Somerset has been appointed Master General of the Ordnance; and Lord Combermere has succeeded to the Duke of Wellington's offices of Constable of the Tower and Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets. The Earl of Derby was elected, on the 12th inst., Chancellor of the University of Oxford. The Hon. Joseph Ingersoll, who has succeeded Mr. Lawrence as ambassador from the United States, has arrived in London. Mr. Ingersoll is a native of Philadelphia, in which city he has resided all his life. For many years he was a distinguished member of the bar, and by his professional labours accumulated a large fortune. He retired on his election to Congress several years since, and after having served his constituents with ability and zeal for two or three terms, he declined a re-nomination. Amongst recent emigrants to Australia are a son of the Bishop of Exeter, who has gone out as a settler near Melbourne; and the Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel's son, who is gone out to practise at the Australian bar. The Queen has granted a pension of 2007. a year to Mrs. Caroline Southey, "in consideration of her late husband's eminent literary merits." 66 A pension of 751. a year has been granted to Miss Louisa Stuart Costello, in consideration of her merits as an authoress, and her inability, from the state of her health, to continue her exertions for a livelihood." The Queen has granted a pension of 1007. a year to the widow of Mr. Pugin the architect. Mr. Pugin had contributed greatly to the decoration of the New Palace at Westminster. Dr. Anderson, chemist to the Highland Society, has been appointed by the Crown to the Chemical Chair in Glasgow University. Mr. Adolphus, the reporter of the Court of Queen's Bench, and Solicitor-General for the County Palatine of Lancaster, has been appointed to succeed Mr. Amos as judge of the Marylebone County Court. The Prince Albert, the small vessel dispatched in May 1851, by Lady Franklin in search of her husband and his party, has returned without any information respecting the long lost adventurers. But it has brought intelligence of considerable interest as to the expedition which started at the same time under Sir Edward Belcher. Substantially it confirms what Mr. Penny asserted last year. His discoveries had made it tolerably clear, that northward and northwest of the Wellington Channel there exists a passage open when Barrow's Straits are closed, leading into a climate comparatively temperate, and fitted for the habitation of man, and extending probably to the eastern shores of Northern Asia. It now appears that some five days before the arrival of the Prince Albert at Beechy Island (where her commander received the despatches of Sir Edward Belcher from which these particulars are extracted) the squadron under the orders of that commander had steamed up the channel to the point indicated by Capt. Penny, and had not returned. the distance is short, and if no such passage had existed, Sir Edward Belcher, on detecting the mistake, would have returned to the rendezvous at Beechy Island. It may be taken for granted, therefore, that the passage does exist, and that Sir Edward Belcher has entered it. The sanguine inference will of course be that Sir John Franklin did the same before him. It is at least the only hypothesis on which can be grounded the strong belief still cherished by many that some at least of that gallant company still survive to reward the expectation of their anxious country. Yet According to a programme which has been published in the newspapers, the funeral of the Duke of Wellington will take place between the 17th and 19th of November. The Duke's remains will rest at Walmer Castle till four days before the funeral. When removed, they will be taken to Chelsea Hospital, and there lie in state three days. On the evening before the funeral, they will be taken to the Horse Guards; and next day to St. Paul's, by Charing Cross, the Strand, and Fleet Street. Six regiments of infantry, eight squadrons of cavalry, and seventeen guns, will take part in the procession; the escort due to the rank of Field-Marshal. Eighty-three veterans from Chelsea Hospital, the number corresponding with the years of the Duke's life; and a body of marines will also assist. The bâtons of FieldMarshal held by the late Duke will be borne by the Marquis of Anglesea, and the accredited representatives of foreign armies. It is recommended that the procession be as much as possible a walking one, to avoid delay and a train of carriages. The streets will be kept by the police, and not by the military. The body of the Duke will be buried under the centre of the dome of St. Paul's. Over the grave will be constructed a gorgeous catafalque." The interior of the cathedral will be profusely lighted up with jets of gas in all parts. Four huge galleries, intended to accommodate 10,000 persons, will be erected; three for the privileged spectators, and one for the choir; and these will be hung with black cloth. All the statues will be covered up, except those of Nelson and Cornwallis, which will be partly shrouded in black drapery. There is to be a separate gallery for the members of parliament who may attend. Lord Medwyn, one of the judges of the Court of Session, has resigned. Mr. Marshall, Dean of Faculty, is mentioned as his probable successor. Dr. Macpherson has been admitted and inducted to the Professorship of Divinity at King's College, Aberdeen, and has received the right hand of fellowship from the meeting. The Will of the late Mr. Neild, which has excited so much interest and curiosity, is now in Doctors' Commons. It is written by the deceased himself, in a clear bold round hand, and only occupies the front of a sheet of foolscap. The will begins by saying, that he, James Camden Neild, of Lincoln's-inn and Chelsea, in the county of Middlesex, wished his body to be interred in Battersea Church, and in a vault as near as may be to his beloved father, James Neild. He bequeathed to his executors 1007. each, and directed them to pay all his just debts (which were very trifling), and hereafter he gave and bequeathed all" real and personal property to which I may be entitled at law or in equity unto Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, for her own private use and advantage, and her heirs, executors, and assigns." And he expresses a hope that her Majesty will be pleased to accept of the same. He appoints as his executors, the Hon. the Keeper for the time being of her Majesty's Privy Purse, the Very Rev. Henry Tatton, Archdeacon of Bedford, and Mr. James Stephens, of the county of Kent. The will is attested by Charles Shadwell, of Gray's-inn, and George Tatton, his clerk. The will was proved on the 21st inst., by the Hon. Charles Bowman Phipps, Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse, the Archdeacon of Bedford, and Mr. Stephens, the executors appointed under it, and the estate sworn to as under 250,000. Obituary of Notable Persons. VICE-ADMIRAL BULKELEY MACKWORTH PRAED died on the 6th inst., at Acton Castle, Cornwall, at the age of 82. LORD ROLLO died at his seat of Duncrub, in Stratherne, on the 8th inst. MR. THOMAS WILSON died on the 9th inst, at Hackney, in the 85th year of his age. He represented the city of London in two consecutive Parliaments, from the year 1818 to 1826. LORD DINORBEN died at his ancestral mansion, Kinmel Park, on the evening of the 13th inst. He had long suffered severely from epileptic fits, and was attacked in an alarming manner on the Sunday previous, from which attack he never rallied. COLONEL SIR DIGBY MACKWORTH, BART., died on the 23rd ult., at Glen Usk, county Monmouth, aged 62. Malaga, whither he had proceeded for the benefit of his health, DR. TOWNSEND, Bishop of Meath, died on the 16th ult. at and where he had only arrived the day before his decease. He had been suffering for some time from a pulmonary affection; and latterly there had been little hope of his recovery. the Right Rev. Dr. Patrick Torry, died on the 3rd inst., at his residence, Peterhead, N.B., at the age of 89. THE BISHOP OF ST. ANDREW's, DUNKELD, AND DUNBLANE. EARL SOMERS died on the 6th inst., at his residence in Grosvenor-place, in his 65th year. JOHN BENETT, Esq., late M.P. for Wilts, died on the 1st inst of apoplexy, in his 80th year. MR. THOMAS THOMSON died in Edinburgh on the 2nd inst. He was a coadjutor of Jeffery, Sydney Smith, and Lord Brougham in the establishment of the "Edinburgh Review," and was a prominent member of the Liberal party at the Scotch bar. He held for many years the office of Deputy Clerk Registrar, and in that capacity rendered the most valuable services to the public, by collecting the national records, and making them available. 28th ult., of disease of the heart, to which he had long been MR. WILLIAM FINDEN, the celebrated engraver, died on the subject, but which was aggravated by a violent cold. He was in the 66th year of his age. MAJOR-GENERAL COLBY, of the Royal Engineers, died at Liverpool, on the 2nd inst., in his 79th year. His name will long be associated with the Ordnance Survey of this kingdom, at the head of which he was placed by the Duke of Wellington, when Master-General of the Ordnance. MR. BARNES, the engineer, who was the director of the construction of steam-engines and vessels for the service of the Messageries National of France, died on the 24th ult., at La Ciotat, near Marseilles, France, in the 54th year of his age. King of Sweden, died at Christiania on the 24th ult. He landed PRINCE GUSTAVUS, Duke of Upland, and second son of the there on the 16th ult. with their Majesties, and complained of indisposition. On the following day he was seized with violent fever, which ended fatally. GENERAL CASTANOS, Duke of Baylen, died at Madrid, on the 24th September, in his 95th year. The sole military feat of the aged General was the capture of Dupont and a French army, at Baylen in 1808, with a body of regulars and patriot levies. For this service, which roused the despairing insurrection, he was made a duke. Mrs. PATERSON, one of Burns's heroines, died at Mauchline on the 15th inst. She was Miss Morton, one of the five "Mauchline belles" commemorated by the poet. She was in her 87th year. Almost to the last she retained her faculties unimpaired; and on one of her grandsons asking her a few hours previous to her decease if she still remembered Burns, she at once replied, "Ay, brawly that." COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES. THE India Mail brings intelligence from Bombay to the 15th of September. At Rangoon preparations were making for an advance by detachments up the Irawaddy as far as Prome: using the steam flotilla. Reinforcements were hastening to join General Godwin's army; which would, when complete, amount to 16,000 men, exclusive of the flotilla men, who muster 3000 strong. As yet there were no cavalry in the army of Ava. The Marquis of Dalhousie, when he returned from Rangoon, countermanded the orders for the advance of some of the Madras regiments named on the receipt of General Godwin's requisition. This is taken to indicate that the Burmese will be more easily overcome that it was at first anticipated. Captain Tarleton had been superseded in the command of the steam flotilla by Captain Shadwell of the Sphynx. August have been received. The news is unimportant and consists of the usual information respecting isolated frays with the Caffres, rebel Hottentots, and the colonists. In one of these it is said the rebel Hottentots used Minié rifles and conical balls, supposed to be those captured at the Konap from the detachment of Sappers, some time before. Military patrols continued, but no engagements are recorded. General Cathcart was encamped on the Ox Kraal River on the 4th of August, preparing for the Trans-Kei expedition. He had been joined by the cavalry. It is stated that the turn-out of the burghers will be small. The Craddock men say they cannot turn out if unsupported by the Graaf Reinet men in their rear; and the Albert burghers object that the Colesberg men will not join them. But there had been some arrivals at the camp from Port Elizabeth and Albany. A frontier rumour stated that the enemy had driven off his cattle in the direction of the sea-coasts and the forest of Bashee, burning the Accounts from the Cape of Good Hope to the 23rd of grass in his rear. |