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of his enjoyment he was never known to extend his conversation beyond, "Oh! Lord, how fine! Oh! how delightful! God bless us, it's the finest thing I ever touched!" Of white bait he was exceedingly fond, and he frequently proved his liking by stuffing his pockets with this very perishable article. Nor did he always recollect it was there, till some friends, whose olfactory nerves were not so used to such odours as his own, detected the fact, and apprised him of it.

To the lovers of good things, the death of Sir Charles is a severe loss, but in different degrees. Those who lived upon his venison will find other feasts in the city to console them; but to those who lived upon his bonmots, his death must be irreparable. We know not how the editors of the "Age," and "John Bull," will manage, now that the father of their wit is gone. We trust they have collected a posthumous Floriana. By his relatives, his death is not so to be deplored. He has left behind him property to the amount of 550,000l., about 400,0007. of which he has bequeathed to his eldest son. To Mrs. Percival, his eldest married daughter, he has left 31,000.; to Mrs. Goodwin, his second married daughter, 20,000l.; to Mrs. Magnay, his third, 20,000l.; to two of his unmarried daughters 30,000l. each, and to the third unmarried daughter 4007. a-year.

MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.

Married.]-At St. George's Church, Hanoversquare, Captain Falcon, R.N., to Louisa Cursham, widow of the late Captain Cursham.

At St. Mary-le-bone, W. Scyffarth, LL.D., late from Dresden, to Louisa Sharpe, of Pentonville.

At the Hotel of his Excellency Earl Granville, in Paris, by the Right Rev. Bishop Luscombe, Henry de Triqueti, son of the Baronne de Salis de Triqueti, to Julia Philippina, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Edward Foster, Chaplain of the British Embassy at the Court of France.

At Castleton, near Dublin, the seat of Edward Conolly, Esq., M.P., George Fitz-Gerald, Esq., only son of the late Lord Robert FitzGerald, to Mary, daughter to the late Thomas Barton, Esq., of Grove, county of Tipperary.

At Woodchester, Captain the Honourable M. F. F. Berkeley, R. N., to the Honourable Charlotte Moreton, third daughter of Lord Ducie.

John N. O. Halloran, Esq., Bengal Army, son of Brigadier-General O. Halloran, C. B., to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late Major-General James Pringle, Honourable East India Company's Service.

At Milan, General Sebastiani, the French Ambassador at Naples, to the widow of General Davidoff, who was well known at St. Petersburgh in the saloons of the Count de la Ferronays. By this marriage the General has become the son-in-law of the Duke de Grammont, brother-in-law of the Duke de Guiche, and nephew of the Prince de Polignac.

Died.] At his seat in Cheshire, Charles Watkin John Shatterly, of Shatterley, in Lancashire, and Somerford Park, in the county of Chester, Esq., aged 67 years.

At Florence Court, in Ireland, the seat of the Earl of Enniskillen, in the 20th year of his age, Captain William Henry Wood, of the 10th Royal Hussars, and second son of Colonel and Lady Caroline Wood, of Littleton.

At Hammersmith, Sophia Charlotte, widow of Lord Robert Fitz-Gerald, whom she survived but twenty months.

At Boughton-house, Worcestershise, Georgiana, the only daughter of Charles Babbage, Esq., of Dorset-street, Manchester-square.

At Trengwainton, Penzance, Sir Rose Price, Bart., aged 65.

In Eccles-street, Dublin, the Baroness Talbot De Malahide, in her 87th year.

At his seat at Jarcy, Boieldieu, the composer of the "Dame Blanche." His remains will be interred at Paris.

On the Marine Parade, the Rev. James Stanier Clarke, LL.D., Rector of Preston-cumHove, and a Canon of Windsor. Dr. Clarke was the brother of the celebrated traveller, and was himself distinguished for his literary attainments.

At Ruel, near Paris, in the 70th year of his age, M. Classens, of Brussels, one of the most celebrated engravers of the age, and whose burin produced the fine prints of "The Dropsical Woman" and "The Descent from the Cross," after Rubens.

On the 23rd of September, at Hoboken, after a protracted illness, Comfort Sands, Esq., in the 87th year of his age. Mr. Sands was one of the earliest, most active, and persevering of the patriots of the American revolution.

Lately, at Amsterdam, at the age of nearly 70, the celebrated poet, Grinechus Loots, Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion, Member of the Second Class of the Royal Institute of the Netherlands.

PROVINCIAL OCCURRENCES

IN THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND, AND IN WALES, SCOTLAND,
AND IRELAND.

LONDON.

Destruction of the two Houses of Parliament by Fire.-On the evening of Thursday, October the 16th, the metropolis was thrown into the greatest consternation by one of the most destructive fires that has occurred for many years, and which, for a considerable period, seemed to threaten with total destruction the whole district, which includes within its boundaries the Houses of Parliament, the Courts of Law, the greater part of the offices of Govern ment, the venerable and magnificent Hall, and Westminster Abbey. The calamity, however, serious as it is, has fallen far short of the apprehensions which were very generally entertained. The Painted Chamber and the two Houses of Parliament, including the Library, and Mr. Ley's house, are entirely destroyed; the south wall of the Library has fallen in; and part of the Speaker's house is burnt. The Parliament offices, at the west end of the House of Lords, which are entered from Abingdon-street, are saved, together with all the books and papers they contained, and all the books from the library. The books and furniture of these two buildings were removed early by the police, and placed in the yard adjoining, and in the terraced garden, covered over with carpets and tarpaulins. The King's Entrance from Abingdon-street, and the Grand Staircase, are also preserved, the communication with the rest of the building having been cut off. Westminster Hall, for which the greatest anxiety was evinced by every one, is safe. Engines were conducted into the body of the hall, and their supply directed through the large window at the south-west end, over the entrance of the late Houses of Lords and Commons; all beyond that entrance and window appear to be a complete ruin. The Courts of Law remain uninjured, or have only sustained some very trifling damage. A more awfully imposing scene has seldom been witnessed in the metropolis. The associa tions connected with the ancient chapel of St. Stephen's and the House of Lords, every apartment of which recalls some great historical event-the vivid view of the rapid flames as they rolled round this large frontage of public buildings

driven by the shifting wind-the glare of the towering flames, the volumes of smoke which mixed with the raging element-the repeated crashes of the falling roofs, all combined to impress the crowds who attended the fire with feelings never to be forgotten. In the midst of this striking scene, the chapel of Henry the Seventh and Westminster Abbey appeared enveloped in flames; and the reflection of the fire on the tur rets, and delicate tracery of the architec ture of the chapel, produced a singular effect. The view of the Thames was not less remarkable. The river and bridges were covered with people, large parties contemplating the awful scene, and the water, like a mirror, reflecting the glare of the conflagration. The national loss from the destruction of these edifices, sacred to liberty and the past, cannot be estimated. The books alone destroyed were worth several thousands of pounds, independent of hundreds of most valuable records, of which it may take half a century to discover the full extent. The loss, considered as an ordinary business affair, is estimated at half a million sterling. Among those who were present, during the conflagration, and who were very active in giving directions, or otherwise superintending the people, we noticed Viscounts Melbourne, Althorp, Palmerston, Lord Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Earl Munster, Lord A. Fitzclarence, Mr. Hume, M.P., the Commanding Officers of the Guards, the Commissioners of Police, &c. Indeed, a spirit of rivalry seemed to pervade all parties to render every assistance possible. Mr. Sutton, the Speaker's son, arrived about eight o'clock, and, we believe, was the only member of his family in town. The police successfully kept the crowds from all interference with the engines; and too much credit cannot be given to the various bodies of troops who worked the engines, assisted in removing the great mass of property, and aided the firemen in most indefatigable exertions to extinguish the flames. There are several reports as to the origin of the fire, but none sufficiently precise

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to be relied upon. The most probable cause seems to be, that it originated in the flues which have been lately repaired, and in which some experiments have been making for the purpose of more efficiently warming the House of Lords.

Doctors' Commons.-Sir John Nicholl has resigned the judgeship of the Prerogative Court, and the Archbishop of Canterbury, in consequence, has nominated his Majesty's advocate to fill the important office, which nomination has been approved by the Crown, and Sir Herbert Jenner has been appointed to fill the vacant judicial seat. Sir John Nicholl is very nearly 77 years of age, and the able manner in which he performed the arduous duties of judge of the Prerogative Court up to his retirement has excited the surprise and admiration of all who know him. Sir John Nicholl will retain his seat as judge of the Court of Admiralty, the salary of which is 2500/. per annum, and to which he was appointed on the death of the late Sir Christopher Robinson.

The new arragements of the Exchequer have come into operation. The old Exchequer, with its antiquated machinery, has ceased to exist. The public will gain by a better system of account, by increased convenience and diminished expenditure. The expense of the old establishment is stated by the Commissioners of Public Accounts, in their report, to amount to about 45,000l. per annum. The salaries of the new establishment will vary from 68007. to 72007. per annum. With the exception of Sir John Newport, not a single new officer has been appointed, the whole of the situations having been filled by parties previously in the Exchequer or Trea

sury.

The Municipal Commissioners have been sitting several days at Guildhall to make inquiries respecting the various Companies of London, most of which, however, merely send copies of their charters, but decline answering questions. The Commissioners in several instances have closed their inquiries, intending to mention them in their report to Parliament.

Affairs of the Bank-The return of the liabilities and assets of the Bank of England on the average of the quarter, was looked for with interest. From it we find that the amount of bullion in the hands of the Bank is not so small as rumour assigned to it. The return states that the average amount in hand was 8,272,000/., which is only 296,000%.

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Hop Intelligence.-The extreme lightness of the hops in the present season, and the necessity of picking, in some instances, 1800 instead of 1200 or 1300 bushels to a ton, may be accounted for in the following ways:-The extremely hot weather, and the sudden ripening of the hops, caused each individual hop to swell, and the leaves composing it to expand. This, of course, made it take up more room in the bushel measure, which, consequently, was much easier filled. The hops, although full of condition, were miserably short of seed, the absence of which would hardly alter the bulk of the hops, but would make a woful deficiency in the weight. To these two causes-namely, the swelling of the hops and the absence of the seed -may be attributed the comparative deficiency of weight, compared with the bulk, which will probably materially lower the duty when the whole year's growth shall have passed through the scale.-Maidstone Gazette.

YORKSHIRE.

A Relic. There is an ancient bedstead at the Black Horse Inn, Little Horton, near Bradford, which greatly attracts the attention of the curious. The head and top are carved in the most beautiful manner; the posts are nearly a foot in diameter; and, with the rigorous cleansing it receives, it has become nearly as black as ebony. It has been in the family upwards of a century, and is said to have originally belonged to Kirkstall Abbey,

SCOTLAND.

Emigration. The last vessels for the season having now quitted this port for the Canadian Provinces, we lay before our readers a statement of the comparative numbers who have, from the 1st of January to the 1st of September, 1834, sailed from Greenock for British America and the United States. It will be observed that, during this period, more emigrants have gone to the States than to our own provinces; but it ought to be recollected that many persons going to Upper Canada now proceed to New York, and from thence avail them. selves of the canal conveyance to reach the British settlements:

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The Established Church.-The Archbishop of Cashel, Waterford, and Lismore, will not, in future, allow any beneficed clergyman of the Established Church in his diocese to hold the commission of the peace, or the situation of agent to a landed proprietor.

The Lay Impropriators and their Claims. Some surprise has been expressed at the kindness of Mr. O'Connell to the lay impropriators of tithes, to whom he proposes to give twelve years' purchase for their interest. The correspondent of a Morning Paper, endeavouring to account for this, says"In the diocese of Killaloe I find the following sums set down as claimed by Bindon Scott, Esq., of Cahircorn, county of Clare, lay impropriator, who is now father-in-law of Mr. Maurice O'Connell, M.P. :£ S. d. 166 3 1

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This amount, which, as things are going on, it is very probable may soon be merely a nominal one, would, if paid off at twelve years' purchase, amount to the very pretty sum of 15,4897. 2s. 6d."

Value of Land in Ireland.-A mountain-tract of land in the county of Li

merick, called Chonleharde, which was purchased in the year 1764 by the late Archbishop of Tuam from the Earl of Dunraven's ancestor, for 4500, has been lately sold by the Archbishop's son, Lord Decies, to Stephen Dickson, Esq., for 25,000. This is a rise in price more than sixfold in seventy years, taking the change of currency into account. What will the repealers say to this?

Projected Rail-Roads.-A new line of rail-roads is projected from London to Norwich and Cambridge. The company intend to apply to Parliament, in the first instance, for an act to enable them to complete these two branches first, but it is ultimately intended that this rail-road should unite the metropolis of England with Edinburgh and Glasgow, running through the heart of the country, and forming a perfect line of communication throughout a large portion of Great Britain. It is intended to divide this great work into sections at practicable distances. The first section will comprehend the lines already mentioned to Cambridge and Norwich, which may include a branch line to Colchester and Ipswich. The second section will extend in a straight line from Cambridge to York, communicating with all the great manufacturing towns in the north of England. The third section will extend from York to Carlisle, and the fourth from Carlisle to Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Progress of Roman Catholicism.—A map has been published by the Reformation Society, exhibiting the situation of Roman Catholic chapels, colleges, and seminaries in the several counties of England, Scotland, and Wales; and also the present stations of the Refor mation Society up to January, 1833. From this it appears, that the total number of Catholic chapels in England and Wales in 1833, was 423, and in Scotland, 74, being an increase in England and Wales since 1824, of 65, and in Scotland since 1829, of 23 Roman Catholic places of worship. The counties in England possessing the greatest number of Catholic chapels are, Lancashire, 87; Yorkshire, 52; Staffordshire, 25; Northumberland and Middlesex, each 19; Warwickshire and Durham, each 14; Hampshire, 12; and Lincolnshire, 11. There is no Catholic chapel in the counties of Rutland or Huntingdon. In Wales, Catholicism seems to have made little progress.

THE

NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.

THE SEASON OF FIELD-SPORTS.

AMONGST the strangest and strongest impulses human nature feels, is that nearly universal instinct which urges man to the pursuit and slaughter of wild animals. Of its strength, indeed, there can be no doubt. At one stage of society it has been seen to constitute the business no less than the pleasure of existence; at another, it impels a monarch to dispossess whole districts, to turn the inhabitants forth to perish, and to reduce the vast tract to a desert, simply for the purpose of gratifying this singular passion in its widest range. In later and more cultivated periods, it has continued to exert the same force in a similar direction and manner, though not to the same extent; to establish the dominion of lords of manors, and to rear a legion of marauders, against whose incursions a still more numerous watch and ward must be kept a-foot. It has engendered increasing disputes, and perpetuated never-ending jars amongst neighbours thoroughly well disposed to each other in every other particular. For a long duration of years it inflamed one, and by far the larger, half of the nation against the exclusive possessors of this envied privilege and commodity; and what is worst of all, it has been the temptation which has brought nearly three-fourths of rustic criminals to the end of their career of vice, by transportation or the gallows. It has thus added enormously to the national expenditure for their subsistence and their punishment, while it has served to introduce a wide-spreading disregard of moral and legal restraints. And all this to enable a man to level an iron tube, stop the flight, and extinguish the life of a bird or a quadruped, with infinite expense, toil, and trouble to himself; for there is scarcely any personal pleasure more costly or more laborious, or which involves so much of mental inquietude. To what class of animals the synonym Fera Natura applies, whether to the feathered biped, or to the implume bipes cum latis unguibus, philosophers must determine.

The only true definition of happiness perhaps is" the excitement of pleasurable sensation ;" and the more we reflect upon the variety of means, the more wonderful will appear the construction of our faculties for those enjoyments which by general consent are called the amusements of life. I am not about to philosophise more profoundly than to point out that the exercise of our powers, it little matters how, is in almost all instances the object and the end, perhaps, as Sir Walter Scott has pronounced, "It is the conscious pride of art,"

that lies at the bottom of all. But when I see a man thrown into positive ecstasies by the twangling of a string, by the screaming of a female or the grumbling of a male through certain (in themselves) unmeaning intervals or noises which he has learned by habit to admire (for nothing can be further from nature-English nature-than an Italian bravura, Dec.-VOL, XLII. NO. CLXVIII.

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