Itliscellaneous.

We have much pleasure in announcing that a Privy Council will be held at Windsor in the course of next week, at which a day will be appointed for a general thanksgiving to Almighty God upon the great decrease of cholera. We have no doubt that the day of thanksgiving thus announced will be everywhere observed in a grateful and becoming spirit.—Times.

Tuesday's Gazette notified the appointment by the Queen of Lieutenant- Colonel the Honourable Charles Beaumont Phipps to be Keeper of her Majesty's Purse, and to be Treasurer and Cofferer of the Prince of Wales,— offices held by the late Colonel Anson; and of Lord Augustus Charles Lennox Fitzroy to succeed Colonel Phipps as Equerry in Ordinary to her Majesty: also, Prince Albert's appointment of Colonel Phipps to be his Treasurer, in the room of the late Colonel Anson; and of Colonel the Ho- nourable Charles Grey to be his Private Secretary, in succession to Colonel Phipps.

The Gazette notifies the appointment of Mr. George Bott, Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, to be Superintendent of the Penal Settlement of the colony of British Guiana.

The following letter, dated " Hama, October 27," is one of the series ad- dressed to the Morning Chronicle by Mr. Adderley.

"Sir—I must request you to be good enough to allow me to report, through your columns, to the several municipalities of the Cape settlement, and others of their public bodies, as well as special associations formed for the purpose, that, upon their requesting me to act as their friend and representative in this country in defending their interests and claims in the late emergency, I immediately wrote to Lord Grey, informing him of the numerous petitions they had placed in my hands; and, on the plea of the probably distant period of the meeting of Parlia- ment, I stated to him at once the nature of their prayer,—namely, that the order in Council making the Cape a penal settlement might be revoked; and I begged for that amount of information with which he might think proper to enable me to reply to the applicants, and which, were Parliament sitting, ! should have a right to ask for. "Lord Grey declined to communicate in any way with the petitioners, except through the Colonial Governor. "I wrote again; by no means disputing the rules of official correspondence, nor in any degree complaining of his Lordship's refusal, but only pleading more ur- gently the desire of my colonial constituents for some direct intimation of his in- tentions, and of the probable fate of their petitions; and humbly suggesting, that there might, perhaps, be some partial communication of the intended policy at once submitted to publicity in this country, and some concession made to the de- sire of the colonists to use the assistance of friends in this country rather than rely entirely on their own sole resources at home. "Lord Grey, however, again declined, on the grounds of the unalterable rules of official correspondence: on which I most unfeignedly submit myself to his better judgment, and acknowledge the courtesy of his replies. " I understand, however, from private intelligence, that this official silence means consent, and the petitioners are to have their prayer; in which case, I am sure they will not quarrel with the mode of their gratification, however tardily or mysteriously yielded. " I have informed the Cape agents and merchants in London, and my friends in the colony, of this correspondence ; and so left matters entirely in their hands, to take whatever steps they may think proper for themselves,—unable to assist them further until the meeting of Parliament ; when, should their cause still need support, I shall be ready again to coOperate with those whose sympathies, I be- lieve, have already saved the colony to the British Crown. " I am your obedient servant, C. B. ADDERLEY." An intimation has been given by Lord Grey to parties interested in emi- gratioa to the Cape of Good Hops, that the plan of sending convicts to that colony has been withdrawn.—Liverpool Chronicle.

M. Francis Pulszky, late Envoy from the Hungarian Government under Kossuth, is now, with Mrs. Pulszky, on a visit to the Marquis and Mar- chioness of Lansdowne, at their seat, Bowood Park, Wilts.—Daily News.

General Klapka, the military Governor of Comorn, Colonels Fornet, Ahednyanzky, Bandgya, Bereuyi, Hamvossy, and U. Shaz, Hungarian re- fugees, arrived in London, from Hamburg, at the beginning of the week.

- rietroll'since Frederick of Schleswig Holstein, Augustenburg Noer, is "about to emigrate to Australia in the Alfred barque, of Hamburg, which, it

Isittited; call at Plymouth for other members of the family bound for the sumo destination. The property of the family is understood to have been much reduced by the war carried on in the Dutchies; the property on the Island of Alien having been ravaged by the Danes, and rendered next to valueless..—P/prouth Times.

Mr. Urquhart, M.P., in going in a small craft from Chesmd to Ipsili, was attacked by pirates, and robbed of everything in his possession, even to his clothes. The weather being very mild, Mr. Urquhart did not suffer much inconvenience from the absence of his usual covering. Mr. Urquhart be- lieves the captain of the pirates to have been a Russian.—Times Corre- spondent at Constantinople.

The obituary records the death of two venerable Whig Peers; the Earl of Albemarle, and Lord Talbot de Malahide.

William Charles Keppel, Earl of Albemarle, was one of the stanchest Whigs of the old school, and one of the few remaining companions of Charles Fox. Oa the brief accession of his party to power in 1806, he was appointed Master of the Buck- hounds; and when the Whigs obtained a larger tenure of office in 1830, he suc- ceeded the Duke of Leeds as Master of the Horse to King William the Fourth, and was made a Privy Councillor. The King derived especial pleasure from the so- ciety of a nobleman:who was at once amiable, witty, and solidly informed; and con- ferred on him the Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order. Re- tiring from office with his party in 1834, Lord Albemarle resumed his place in 1835; continued to hold it on Queen Victoria's accession, and for the first four years of her reign; when, on the suggestions of age and infirmities, he withdrew from public life altogether. Lord Albemarle was never a prominent speaker in Parliament; but he was a politician of weight from local and personal interest, due to fine temper and solid ability. The deceased Earl was born in 1772. In 1792, before attaining his majority, he married a young lady who had scarcely seen sixteen years—the Honourable Elizabeth Soutbwell, daughter of the twentieth Lord de Clifford; and by her he was father of sixteen children. One of them, Lady Anne Keppel, married his especial friend Mr. Coke, afterwards Earl of Lei- cester. In 1822, five years after his first wife's decease, Lord Albemarle contrac- ted a second.marriage, but it brought no children.

The late Earl is succeeded in his title and estates by his eldest son, Augustus Viscount Bury; who was born in 1794, and married in 1816, but has had no issue. The heir-presumptive is the present Earl's next brother, Lieutenant-Colonel George Thomas Keppel; who married a daughter of Sir Comm Trotter. The Dutch origin of the Keppels is well remembered. The late Earl was nephew of the famed Admiral Keppel.

Richard Wagan Talbot, Baron Talbot de of Malabido Castle, in Ire- land, was born in 1766. He was married twice ; brt by neither wife has he left surviving issue. The Honourable James Talbot, his eldest surviving brother, is his successor in the title and estates. The Talbots de Malahide have been set- tled at Malahide mom than six centuries: they are descendants of the Norman Richard de Talbot, from whom sprang the Earls of Shrewsbury.

The "Cholera Committee" some time since appointed by the Royal Col- lege of Physicians have agreed to a report on the subject of the fungoid bodies discovered by Messieurs Britten and Swayne: the report bears the signatures of Dr. William Baly and Dr. William W. Gull, and it concludes with the following summary of results- " 1. Bodies presenting the characteristic forms of the so-called cholera fungi are not to be detected in the air, and, as far as our experiments have gone, not in the drinking water of infected places. " 2. It is established that, under the term 'annular bodies' and cholera cells, or fungi,' there have been confounded many objects of various and totally distinct natures.

"3. A large number of these have been traced to substances taken as food or medicine.

" 4. The origin of others is still doubtful, but these are clearly not fungi. "5. All the more remarkable forms are to be detected in the intestinal evacua- tions of persons labouring under diseases totally different in their nature from cholera.

"Lastly. We draw from these premises the general conclusion that the bodies found and described by Messrs. Britten and Swayne are not the cause of cholera, and have no exclusive connexion with that disease; or, in other words, that the whole theory of the disease which has recently been propounded is erroneous, as far as it is based on the existence of the bodies in question."

Zymotic Diseases Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat.. 36 ....

Tubercular Diseases 139 ....

Diseases of the Brain, Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and Senses 108 ....

Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 41 Diseases of the burgs, and of the other Organs of Respiration 132 Diseases of the Stomach. Liver, and other Organs of Digestion 58 Diseases of the Kidneys, &.c 1 t 11 Childbirth, diseases of the Uterus, are 16 10 Rheumatism, diseases of the Bones, Joints, &.e Diseases of the Skin, Cellular Tissue, &c 2 Malformations 1 Premature Birth 19 Atrophy 20 Age 39 Sudden Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 32 Total (including unspecified causes' 902 1162

" The total number of deaths registered in London in the week ending last Sa- turday was 902; the weekly average of five autumns is 1,162; the present return, therefore, shows a decrease of 260 deaths on the estimated mortality of the sea- son. The numbers in the last three weeks, during which the mortality has con- tinued to fall below the average, have been successively 1,075, 1,028, and 902. In last week only 25 deaths from cholera were registered; the numbers returned in the first three weeks of October were respectively 288, 110, and 41. Of the 25 deaths of the week, one occurred in the sub.diarict of Longacre, two in the district of Pancras, one in Islington, one in the workhouse at Lower ilornerton, one (after puerperal peritonitis) in Cock Court, Bishopsgate, three in the district of Shoretch, three in Bethnal Green, two in Whitechapel, four in St. George-in-the East, one in Stepney, two in Poplar, and one in each of the following dis- tricts—Bermondsey, St. George (Southwark), Lambeth, and Camberwell. The deaths from diarrhea% and dysentery in the last week were 51; the average is 27: their continnous decline is shown by the numbers returned in the first three weeks of October, which were 146, 105, and 63. Typhus was fatal in 52 cases; the weekly average is 56. From smallpox there were seven deaths (about a third of the average); whilst those from measles, scarlatina, and pooping-cough, were re- spectively 20, 33. and 16, the three epidemics exhibiting at present only half of the usual mortality. The mortality from phtbisis is also much less than the usual amount. Besides a case of cholera, already referred to the deaths of 13 women after childbirth were registered in the week.

- The reading of the barometer was 30in. on Wednesday ; the mean reading of Results of the Registrar-General's return of mortality in the Metropolis for the week ending on Saturday last—

Number of Autumn Deaths. Average.

307 49 178 125 90 214 65 8 1 4 23 13 57 12 as

the week was 29.87. The mean temperature has been throughout the week leo, than the average of the same week of seven years; on the last five days it was from 9 to 12 degrees higher than the average of corresponding days. The mean eta, week was 55 degrees." The mean direction of the wind for the week was south'. west.

The Reverend Charles Rookes, against whom the Commission appointed under the Church Discipline Act reported that there were prima facie grounds for l ther proceedings, has made his submission to the Bishop ; who will in a staror; time pronounce his judgment upon the case against the defendant, without any further hearing.—Western Luminary.

The surviving daughter of the late Mr. Murphy, of Dublin, the celebrated ne lionaire, is, we are informed, about to enter a convent; so that the greater pore of the enormous funded property left by the deceased gentleman is likely to be so- voted to the purposes of religion.—Iforning Post.

Mr. Randall, a wealthy solicitor of Southampton, was in the habit of malting , tour of two or three mouths every year; and he would suddenly leave home, hardly telling even his confidential clerk of his intended departure: the next newaof would be a letter from Petersburg, Vienna, or some such distant place. Ttio year he departed in his usual way: three weeks ago a letter from him announced that he was in Canada; and subsequently, a missive arrived from a gentleman wit had made his acquaintance but a day or two, stating that Mr. Randall had been seized with cholera, died, and was buried, all within twelve hours. The deceased was a bachelor; he was a collector of pictures, and his gallery is valued at 20,0001.; he has left a large portion of his property to charities and schools in Southampton.

Amongst the passengers in the Canada was Mrs. Patterson, who was married in 1810 to Jerome Bonaparte, but whom, by a decree of Napoleon, he was com- pelled to divorce. Jerome is in Paris. Mrs. Patterson is sister-in-law to the Mar- chioness of Wellesley and the Dutchees of Leeds.—Liverpool Courier.

The New York Tribune has " good news from England," and surprising toe " The work of the Lord is progressing very rapidly in England and Wales. Since Captain Jones left Wales, there have been over eight hundred baptized in the Church of Jesus Christ, and the sick healed by the power of faith, and many be- lieving. By the Millennial Star, we learn that the cholera is cured, the dumb made to speak, the deaf made to hear, the blind made to see, devils cast out, fevers re- buked, leprosy cured, and many of them after they had been attended by physicians who could not effect a cure, and even then cured almost instantly, by the laying on of hands and the power of faith."

After an interval of eighteen years, Jedburgh witnessed an execution last week. John Wilson, one of two Irish railway-labourers who were convicted of murdering William Lauder at St. Boswell's fair during a riot, suffered the last penalty of the law. The other convict, Brady, had been respited tbr three weeks: the Bowe Secretary intended to make further inquiries into his case, but it is said that the respite is not an earnest of actual commutation of the sentence. It is not known whether Wilson confessed his crime to the Roman Catholic priest who attended him; but on the scaffold he protested his innocence. He said—" I am going to be launched into eternity to face my God, and I am not going with a lie in my mouth: I neither lifted stick nor stone on the fair day; I am about to suffer for another man." He added, that be pardoned the judge, jury, and witnesses who had condemned him; he also freely forgave all his enemies. Brady and other rioters who were in the prison were made to carry the body within the walls and bury it.

On Tuesday week, a bottle floated to the beach at Snettisham, with a piece of paper enclosed, with the following melancholy intelligence—" Charles Knight. Whoever picks up this bottle I wish you to write to Abram Qaay, Rainham; Wil- liam Knight, near Rochester." Under which was added, "and say we are all gone in the ' deeps.' We sprung a leak on Sunday morning." Signed, " Charles Knight." This intelligence was brought to Lloyd's agent in Lynn, whoimmediately attended to the mournful request.—Arorfo/k Chronicle.

A youth has been killed at Writtle by the explosion of a walking-stick gun which had been bung against a wall loaded: another lad took it down to examine it, and it was accidentally discharged. The gun had been hanging up for three months, and the people in the house did not know that it was loaded.

James Shaw, the whipper-in to Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, has been drowned in the river Dee. During a hunt, the fox took to the water; Shaw attempted to follow; but his horse jumped upon a large stone, and fell over into a deep part of the stream, throwing his rider.

Early on Tuesday morning last, as Police-Constable Cordingley was passing along Upper Kirkgate, he found a coat and waistcoat laid near the stocks. Oa subsequent inquiry, it turned out that they belonged to a drunken fellow, who, seeing the upright posts on each side the stocks, had proceeded to undress himself, under the idea that he had got to his own bed. -Halifax Guardian.

The temporary drying-house attached to the baths in Goulston Square, White- chapel, was burnt down on Monday evening. The fire was discovered about biz o'clock, when it was found that the clothes hung up to dry and the building it- self were in flames; and by nine o'clock the structure and contents were con- sumed, though the rest of .the premises were preserved. The disaster probably originated in the high temperature of the stores employed to dry the clothes.

Mr. B. Poole, the goods-manager of the London and North-western Company's

Liverpool lines, proposes, in a report to the directors, He the traffic in coals, and carrying them from Lancashire to London. He affirms that a long heavy traffic of this character, run at low speeds, even at moderate rates, would produce more money for dividend than the traffic of express passenger trams—Morning Post.

The rock in the Grange Quarry, near Edinburgh, is now blasted by voltaic agency. The other day, a huge slice of freestone was detached by the simulta- neous discharge of six deposits of powder, without any very loud explosion. The mass was sixty-three feet long, thirty-onebroad, and forty deep; and its estimated weight is 5,580 tons. An old " pack-horse " bridge over the Lune, near Boroughbridge, has been swept away by the swollen current. The venerable and picturesque structure was considered to have been the work of the Romans, during the reign of Aurelius. A gentleman crossed the bridge shortly before it fell: his passage was hastened by a tremulous motion in the structure; and on his return, five minutes after- wards, the arch was gone. A noted grower of geraniums, who lives near Portsmouth, is said by the Hamp- shire Guardian to possess a geranium which measures twelve feet round, and which has yielded during the present season 715 bunches of blossoms.