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THE LATE Lonn HOLLANn.—In 1830 Lord Holland came in with the Whigs as Chancellor of the Duchy ofLancaster and Cabinet Minister. He went outwith them'in 1834, and came in again in ’85. He continued to hold the same office up to the time of his death. In conse-

' quence of his extreme infirmity, he was lately not so constant an' attendant in the House of

Tit-Lords as in his earlier life he .had been; but no

reat measure came on without his attendance. 1 here you would see him, wheeled into the V :2 in. a kind of carriage, with his crimson

‘ crutches, his white hair and full lace, - 1 living image of his uncle; and,assuredly, also, you would not fail to observe his loud, and somewhat ludicrous, “'hear, hear,” as some opinion was uttered so extreme that no noble lord but himself could be found to cheer it. The reader will find it worth while to refer to a speech of his in 1836, on the Irish Corporation Ques- tion, for a remarkable defence ofthe principle

' of agitation, which much excited the amusement of the house and of the country at the time. During the latter part of his life he became .of great importance to his colleagues, on the prin- ciple that drowning men will catch at straws. No cabinet was considered complete without him.’ He will be, in more than one sense, a great loss to them. The circumstances attend- ing his death have been variously stated, but we believe the truth to be, that feeling himself very unwell, and having a dinner party in the even- ing which he did not like to disappoint, he took opium to alleviate his pain, and it produced inflammation. remarked that he looked well, and he took ii carriage airing with Lady Holland. On Wed- nesday morning, however, he complained of the indisposition alluded to, and from the cause stated, he became in the evening so seriously ill that Dr. Holland was sent for, Dr. Allen, the

_ resident physician, being accidently absent. Dr. Arnott happened to be at Holland House at the time; ‘and the two medical men, in conjunc-

, tion with Dr. Allen and Sir Stephen Harwick, who afterwards arrived, were in attendance on the noble lord. They did not by any means anticipate his decease, but he expired about six o’clock on Thursday morning. He was in his 67th year, and is succeeded in his title and estates by his surviving son HenrylEdward Fox, Secretary ofLegation at Vienna, who is now in his 38th year, having been born in March, 1802: Lord Holland was a Fellow ofthe Royal Society, and of several other learned societies ..... ..Lord Holland was both an author and a patron of authors. His own works were not of any great importance, being confined to lives of three Spanish poets, a translation of some of the works of Lopez de Vega, and an editorial preface to the work of his nephew, historically descriptive ofthe earlier part ofthe reign of James the Second. As a patron of literary men he was well known. The sairees at Holland House were an object of ambition tO‘nlmost every literary aspirant—an invitation being almost tantamount to celebrity. The signet ring Of fame was, generally speaking, the only passport there. All the first intellects of the day' were to be found there; and, probably, will hereafter-he found there still, for Lady Holland is herselfno slight ornament of these reunions—Britannia.

The Hon. Mrs. Waldegrave, (now the Count- ess of Waldegrave,)who was married in Edin- burgh, last week, to the Earl ofWaldegrave, is the daughter of the veteran vocalist, Braham,

. and wasthe widow of the noble earl’s yolinger brother.

The Abbé de Chamisac, Canon of Perigueux, gave a dinner there, a few days ago, toa party offriends, in commemoration of his entering that

' day inlothe 100th year of his age. He didthe honours Of-the table himself with the utmost vivacity, and would not suffer his guests to de- part without making an engagement to dine with him again on that day twelvemonth. He was made canon when only twenty years of age, and is, probably. the senior of all these Officers ofthe whole Roman Catholic churcli.—Galig-

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Nuns AT MADRAs.-—On the 13th July, the knuns of the order of the visitation arrived at Madras. This event has been for some time anxiously expected by the Catholics of the town. We may venture to.state that in the large aSsem- blageof the people who had hurriedly crowded to the beach on Monday, there was not one, whatever may be his anti-Catholic prejudices, whom the very appearance ofthe venerable reli~ gieuses, as they proceeded in their habits, did not impress with respect, and even veneration. 'Mrs. Srayth, the lady superioress of the convent, is the widow of an English colonel. She speaks ' Italian and several of the European languages with ease and great elegance. The many sin- cere friends, both Catholic and Protestant, whom she has secured in the high circle to which she belongs; and which she adorns by her virtues, will’lind in the austere and laborious life which has embraced a new and strong motive of at- hinent. For alady ofthe highest rank, ofthe

‘ first accomplishments, accustomed to society, and with every temptation to cultivate it—for a lady so endowed and so valued by the world to aban- don what others call happiness, to immure her- ‘jm fin a convent and devote herself to the iii-

,Q-h. exqjtruction of the young and relief of the poor—to

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all this, ifit be not religion “ clean and unde- filed,” it strongly resembles that charity which fed the hungry, clothed the naked, and sufi'ered little children to come unto the person of the Redeemer. Many gentlemen of difl‘erentper- suasions were present at the cathedral. The solemnity of the entire scene not only excited their attention, but even deeply affected them. Among the clergy was the very rev. the kind dud amiable Prefect Apostolic of Pondicherry. This prelate was chiefly-instrumental in estab-

On the previous day, it was-

lishing the order of the Visitation at Madras. and on Monday, he seemed “justly proud of his good world—Madras Examiner.

AN awxwauo SiTUATioN FOR A YOUNG LADY. -—At Marlborough-street, London, a young fer male, .very fashionably attired, who gave her name Maria Davis, was lately charged With hav- ing been found, at. two o’clock the prevtous

ofsuch extreme intoxication as to be unable to;

overwhelmed with confusion and shame at the disgraceful situation she found herselfin, stated thatshe was returning with some friends from an evening party, when by some means she lost them, and, in a short time, found that she must have inadvertently drank more wine. than she was accustomed to, as she soon became totally unconscious of what was passing around her. She, however, remembered that she attempted to call a cab off a stand, and that three men then surrounded her, and that. after hustling her about, one of them snatched off her shawl, which cost 21 guineas, and ran off with it. Mr. Long said he was sOrry to see a younglady in such a scrape. and as he thought she had suffered sufficiently for her indi'screet conduct, he should not inflict any further punishment. She then retired With her friends. ’

A DUEL—A quarrel occurred at Jersey on Thursday, in a public place, between Mr. Iler- bert and Mr. de St. Croix. fiVhat is called “an outrage" was committed on either side, and'they resolved to wash out each other’s blows in each other’s blood. Some difficulties having occurred in.the carrying out of this purifying intention on that island, the gallants embarked, on Friday, together, in the swiftest vessel they could find, the “ Atalanta,” accompanied by their seconds, and a surgeon. They reached Guernsey at six o’clock, “took up a position” on the north beach, and, the preliminaries having been arranged, the parties fired twice at each other. The light, per- haps, was bad, but at all events no blood was to be drawn from either. How, then, could the blows be washed out? \Vhether one of the se- conds suggested soap and water, or whether it struck one of the principals that there were other abstergents equally efficacious, is not stated ; but it is certain that, instead of shooting on and on, as they were bound in common consistency to do, till blood enough could begobtained for the washing process, they shook hands; agreed that the smell of gunpowder was equally lavatory with the arterial fluid; that the blows were completely blown away; that they stood towards each other as honourably as if neither had ever been kicked —miraculous effect of the smell of charcoal and saltpetrel—and that they had better go home; which they did, to the great am_usementoquern- sey and its mocqueurs, and to the no less relief OfJersey and her sensibilities.

,A gentleman has written to the Times to say, that be planted some seeds given hiln by M. Pet- tigrew, which had been in an ptiaii tomb 3,000 years, and which produced very fine stems of wheat.

GLASS CLOTiI.—The process of weaving cloth of glass, is singularly interesting, and its results are beautiful beyond conception. The woof is of rich siik, arranged in figures for the Jacquard loom by the aid of the usual card di- rectors. The warp is also silk, as far as the shuttle is concerned, but threads of spun glass, of the finest and most delicate fibre, Of perfect ductility and brilliant colour, are cut in lengths suited to the breadth of the web; these are handed in small portions of perhaps forty threads each, to the weaver, who, after the action of the loom, and 'the reed on the transverse silk warp which has intextured the woof, draws the glass warp across the web, and again pass- ing the silken shuttle and acting on it with the reed, secures the glass in its place. The Queen, the Duke of Wellington, and other distinguished persons have, or are having, apartments hun with this exquisitely beautiful material.—Atlas.

SINKING or MOUNT ARARAT.—On the 25th ult. news was received at Petersburg, from Teflis, that at the end of Julie the whole ofthe upper part ofthe celebrated Mount Ararat, in Armenia, had sunk down. For some days before the phenomenon, a hollow noise was heard in the interior of the mountain, which was clearly perceived in all the neighbourhood ofthe settle- ment on the extensive periphery ofthe mountains; it is said that only a large village and an Ar- menian monastery, dependent on- the celebrated Etschmiadzin, are buried with their inhabitants. We have‘ not received the official accounts. Another statement is, that the accounts ofthe late earthquakeare terrible. Ourdabad, Nakshi- van, Erivan, Bakoo, and Bajezid, are greatly damaged, and there has been a great loss of life. Some, villages, both tO the south and. north of the Araxes, are totally destroyed, others partially so. One village close to Ararat was completely buried under a rock, with the whole ofits inhabi- tants.

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N’STUPIFYING INFLUENCE Oi? BODILY Tom.— othing, as old experience proves, has a more hebetating influence on our intellectual and mo- ral nature than severe and incessant bodily la- bour;that toil which leaves us so exhausted as to be fit for nothing but sleep, and which, the

Excellent it ma

strengthen the sinews and harden the muscles; to

quicken and develop all those qualities which we possess in common with the brutes. But it too frequently happens that as the brute becomes per~ feet, the man diminishes; the sensual nature sub- dues the rational; the creature can endure any amount of fatigue, or devour any given quantity of food after it—that is all we can say of him. He works hard by day, and he sleeps soundly by night: and toil and slumber make the sum total

morning, in King-street, St. Jaines’s, in a state -

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moment we awake, calls us to renewed exertion. b y be for the health ofthe body; to U

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SENTENCE ON CAPTAIN R. A. BEYNDhDS’.

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a plied so strictly in the o r , ‘M extended to the omen—Tunes. I . » We have hitherto, jcautiouslyyyirhhe h :. upon the procedings‘ of the col” ... fa - tain Rey'noldssand even! tic-viz, . . I .t, nected with one of the Mlflrml _ V particularly into the merits of the ’ been decided in the main pomtaspvgq . that it must have been dec1ded wn' I: ,_ transgression of the articles of war. An

been convicted upon clear 3 ,-' . h 1 his own admiSsion, of buying c _ ' - officer to fight a duel in lan tinge ‘ respectful; he- has for that 0 one; ,_ the service. SO far the members i _ .. tial who tried him have faithfully and dischar ed their duty, and If_ they thenise ves with this, 'their ju ; u .. _V _ given general satisfaction, much: as (V disposed to regret‘ the painful, though i» ,_ sacrifice of a gallant young gentleman I duty compelled them to .make. The ever, which tried Captain Reynolds,: proper to make an addition to their se . like every such appendage, must extra judicial, and therefore a fair sir version. * ‘* "’ The proposition the Brighton court martial, which we are not mistaken, the most umv bation, is, that “no dreams-tomes q," i can justify a soldier breaking from t order of military discipline.” It‘ls ’4 rous for men, particularly for unle l -, [out of their Way to propound abstract, ‘ The danger of doing so was never M than in the case before us. For ‘f “ gentleman,” and how does the pro t -. —“ N O circumstances of private irrita I fy a gentleman breaking from the estii of‘military discipline.” ‘What, though scoundr'elA—though he be cuffed, kicked," —tliough his with, sister, or daughter be, a gentleman, if he wear a military dress, v mit, with patience and humility—mus; and respectfully salute the aggressor, fink longs to “ the established order of n pline.” The Brighton court martial 7 says that the British army are not g _ '- Discipline questionless Inust be main must be maintained impartially—by abuse of authority, as well as by enforc mate exercise ; and the history of h will tell us all that the depositories of i a more vigilant superintendence than, to be used towards those‘ over whom cised.——S{andard.

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At a Gem-3m] 2‘53‘linStemt. 184i), and continued by bWCks’ on the t p h f llowin month, adjournments to the 5th of t e 129 of 52,16. 11th Captain Richard Jlnflwny Reyna ’ " . d u on (Prince Albert’s own) hussars, was aiiaigne p the undermentioned charge, Viz :—

'- “ For thathe, Captain Richard Anthony Reyn‘fl‘ls’ h 'n at Brighton, on the 27th Augusb 1840’ wnt' telllwflgd sent a letter to Lieutenant Colonel the Earl of Cardigan, of the same regiment: hls, conilmdlgg oficer, of an improper nature, and belng t efeuP personallyiordered by. the said Earl of Cardiganaas his commanding officer, to the effect followmg, Vin: —‘ That all letters addressed to him by Captain Richard Anthony Reynolds should in futuiit; lie strictly ofiicial.;’ nevertheless the Captain d - ard Anthony Reynolds, in direct Violation an 5- Obedience of such order by his commanding 01mg, did, on the some day—viz: the 28th August, 18 ! write and address to him, Lieutenant-Colonel the Earl of Cardigan, a most disrespectful, .lnSUDOI‘t-le- nate, offensive, and insulting letter, Imputing to him conduct calculated to excite him to depart from his duty as commanding Officer, and which lust-men- tioned letter is as follows :—

“ ‘ Brighton, 28th August, 1840.

“‘My Lord—Having, in my letter to your lord- ship of yesterday, stated to your lordship, that a re-_ port had reached me that your lordship had spoken of me in such a manner as l deemed prejudicml to me, considering the position in which I am placed, and having in the most respectful manner requested your lordship to allow me to contradictsuch report, and your lordship having this morning pOSItively refused to give me any answer, I must beg to tell your lordship, that you are in nowise justified in speaking xof me at all at a pliblic party given by your lordship, and more particularly in such manner as to make it appear, that my conduct has been such as to ex- clude me from your lordship’s house. Such asser- tion is calculated tO injure me. Your lordship’s re- putation as a professed duelist, founded on the hav- ing sent Major Jenkins to offer satisfaction to Mr. Brent, the miller; of Cantenbury, and your havmg also sent Captain Forrest to London to call out an attorney’s clerk, does not admit of your privately Ofl'ei'ing insult to me, and then securing yourself under the cloak Of commanding Officer; and I must be'allowed to tell your lordship, that it would far better become you to select a man whose hands are untied for the Object of your lordship’s vindictive reproaches, or to notes many a more gallant fellow than yourself has done, and waive that rank which your wealth and earldom alone entitle you to hold. —I am, my lord, your lordship’s obedient servant,

‘ “ ‘ RICHARD ANTHONY REYNOLDS. “ ‘ The Right Hon. the Earl of Cardigan, 45, Brunswick-square, Brighton.’ ”

“Such conduct, as aforesaid, being in the said Captain Richard Anthony Reynolds unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, prejudicial to the interests of the service, subversive of good order and military discipline.

“Upon whichcharge the court came to the fol- lowing decision :——, . 4

,“ ‘ The court having duly weighed, and most maturer considered, the whole of the evidence ad- duced on the part of the prosecution, together with that advanced by the accused in support of his de- fence, is of opinion that lie, Captain Richard Antho- ny Reynolds, of the 11th (Prince Albert’s own) hus« sure, is Guilty of the charge exhibited against him, 6 Articles of War ” the corm does, in virtue thereof; sentence him, tlie said Captain Richard Anthony Reynolds, Of the 11th (Prince Albert’s own) hussars, to be Cashiered.

“ ‘Thc court, having performed its duty, cannot separate without recording its opinion on the fol- lowing points of evideIICe :'— t

I“ ‘In the course Of the evidence to character, Witnesses have stated that they considered the accused was incapable of insubordination without some extraor- d_mary causes qf provocation ; or unless under rovoca- tlon which no man of honourable fizelt’ngs con] endure : —thus apparently sanctioning the idea that there might be circumstances of private irritation which would justifya soldier breakng from the establish- ed Order Of: military discipline—a doctrine so total— ly subversrve of the fundamental principles by which all armies are governed, that the court feels called upon to stamp it with marked repi'obation.’ ”

“ Her Majesty has been pleased to approve and confirm the finding of the sentence of the court. ~ “ The general commanding in chief directs, that the foregoing charge, preferred against Captain Richard Anthony Reynolds, Of the illth (Prince Albert’s own) hussars, together with the finding and sentence of the court, and her Majesty’s confirma- tion thereof; be entered in the general order book, and read tit the head Of everv regiment in her Ma— jesty’s service. "

“By command of the Right Honorable “ GENERAL LORD HILL, Commanding in Chief: “JOHN MACDONALD, Adjutant General.” BRIGHTON COURT MARTIAL. possession of the sentence, con- esty; and We have read it with n which we think the majority of have participated. That Captain has been guilty Of a very serious

DREADFUL CASES or Hrnnornonrn— Oct. 22.——A painful and extensiveinte excited here, in the fate of two fine 0 , V and girl, respectively six and two year-5 to John YOung, blacksmith, Caironm drie, who had just come to reside with father, for the benefit of sea bathing, , " ful apprehension occasioned by the,bite dog. Early on a Sunday morning, weeks ago, while their parents were ‘ these little children, in their night ’ gaged in their joyous morning gum " s, ‘ strange dog of the colley or shepherd spec denly darted into the house and. Inner severely about the temples and eyes, It work of a moment; the father could but j a glance of the furious creature. The wo profusely, and an elder brother was i _ a , , Llesputclied for surgical aid. On bieway he. ~ ved the animal in the act of Worrying a stone, their running Ofi‘ madly under, the impulse i frightful malady. A little further ht? 081119 “I? man standing with his finger bleedin from same cause, who, taking courage, seize a ’ paling from the Way side, and called to sistance. The dog was seen to. suddenly’ the middle of the road after crossings. brid bably~ from the deprivation Of power wli vicinity Ofwater is known to produce in the kind. The man, having some knowled symptoms of canine madness, said to the i a he would soon know whether he were in In or not, for if he were, he would not growl V was struck, and advancing up to him, he once and again. The dog remained ,q motionless, and, letting the piece of timhe from his hand, the man exciaimed, “I amgv. man.” Ilappily the boy succeeded in despu, the animal on the spot. The children Were ,. ' surglcal treatment in little more than - ' he wounds were sponged, and continued All copiously, and portions of the flesh werenrc “ The parts were then deeply cauterised, . , , tices applied for upwards Of eight days; inately showed that the operation had u”- very bone, and inspired a pleasing confidence}, am every particle of the malignant virus haleeBll . , ' ried away. The children were placed undefjflwu “» ble regimen, both medical and dieletic, further precaution, they were *brought here purpose already mentioned, until the ». i ' expire, which is understood in such casesgl, a" _ cate safety. All continued well until Wed“. .3 last, when the boy became feverish and fistfidi-ifld des1red to be put to bed. where he lay in a" and‘agitated state only a short time. CO ‘ of his head, his mother was in the act of a ' cloth saturated with vinegar, when he uttered, those frightful yells so characterisuc of the,