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GUERNSEY.-Aug. 30. Sibella, wife of Major Wm. Stirling, of the Bombay Army, of Clifton House, Exeter, and youngest dau. of W. L. Hockin, esq. of Dartmouth. In the year 1836 she was shipwrecked on the uninhabited Island of Astova, where, during a period of 68 days, by the good example and great exertion, under the influence of religious feeling, of herself and husband, the comforts of the crew of the shipwrecked vessel were attended to, and discipline preserved.-On the following day, aged 6, Ellen-Mary, youngest child of the above; both of scarlet fever.

EAST INDIES.-May 6. At Kurrachee, in Sinde, where he had shortly before arrived from Rajcote, in command of the left wing of his regiment, aged 23, Lieut. George Frederic Thorne, of the 14th reg. of Bombay Native Infantry, third and youngest son of Lieut.-Col. P. F. Thorne, K.H. (late of the 94th reg.) Of a truly military family in one continued line for more than a century and a half, he early imbibed a high feeling for that noble profession, and educated at Addiscombe, he there gave proofs of talent which might have led him to look to the highest honours of the service.

May 26. At Jaffnapatam, aged 20, Lieut. A. F. Colley, Ceylon Rifle reg. only son of the late Major Augustus Keppel Colley, R.M.

June 27. At Kalka, Bengal, Major Urmston, H. M. 31st reg. fourth son of the late Capt. James Urmston, of the East India Co's Maritime Service.

Lately. At Hyderabad, Capt. Durbin, 29th regt. second son of J. J. Durbin, esq. of Cheltenham.

At Calcutta, aged 22, Charles Henry Thompson, fifth son of Abraham Thomp. son, esq. of Bewdley.

July 29. At Ahmednuggur, aged 29, Arthur Andrew Charles Forbes, esq. of the Bombay Civil Service, third son of the late John Forbes Mitchell, esq. of Thainston, Aberdeenshire.

WEST INDIES.-June.. Accidentally drowned, near Kingston, Jamaica, aged 21. Henry-Thomas, fourth son of Lee Shaw, esq. and nephew of Sir Robert Shaw, Bart. of Bushy Park, near Dublin.

ABROAD.-Dec. 3. At Rome, aged 33, Lady Maria-Harriet, wife of Sir Wm. M. Somerville, Bart. M. P. sister to the Marquess of Conyngham. She was the second and last surviving daughter of Henry the first Marquess, by Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Denison, esq. of Denbies, Surrey; and was married in 1832, to Sir William Somerville, but had no issue.

Feb. 10. At Bathurst, Cape of Good Hope, in her 79th year, Mrs. Ann Biddulph, widow of Simon Biddulph, esq.

formerly of Tamworth. She was the only daughter of Thomas Burnet, esq. captain in the Royal Navy, and great-grandaughter of the celebrated Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury, and (upon the death of her brother, Major-General John Burnet) became sole legal representative of that learned prelate.

April 3. At Florence, aged 61, Elizabeth, wife of Major-General Daubeney, eldest daughter of the late Venerable Archdeacon Daubeney.

April 19. On board the Fairlie, on his passage to England from China, Captain Cyrus Daniell, Paymaster of H. M. 55th reg. He served for many years with the 76th reg. and was in Spain under Sir John Moore, at the Siege of Flushing, in the Peninsula from July 1813 to Feb. 1814, including the battle of the 31st of August in the Pyrenees, passage of the Bidassoa, battle of Nivelle, operations in front of St. Jean de Luz; and battles of the Nive, on the 9th, 10th, and 13th Dec. 1813. He subsequently retired from the service by sale of his lieutenancy, and re-entered the army, Nov. 8, 1821, by the purchase of a second lieutenancy in the Rifle Brigade, and being placed on half pay, was brought on full pay as paymaster, 55th regt. March 14, 1822. Two of his sons hold commissions as Lieutenants in the 55th.

May 5. At Philadelphia, Professor Sanderson, author of the "American in Paris."

May 26. Drowned by falling overboard, on his passage to the East Indies, aged 20, Walter Oke Cleave, eldest son of W. O. Cleave, esq. surgeon, of Clifton.

July 27. At St. John's, New Brunswick, aged 40, Emily, wife of Mr. George Blatch, and eldest dau. of the late George Roberts, esq. of Warminster, one of the authors of " Pinnock's Catechisms," and various other popular educational works.

Aug. 7. At Castellamare, aged 5, Le Norman, eldest son of the Right Hon. Lord Brabazon.

Aug. 14. At the Villa Catagiole, at Florence, the youthful Archduke Rainer of Tuscany, third son of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

At the baths of Lucca, aged 63, Lady Hester Annabella Macleod, dau. of Arthur first Earl of Mountnorris and eighth Viscount Valentia, by his first wife, the Hon. Lucy Fortescue Lyttelton, only dau. of George first Lord Lyttelton; and sister to the late Earl of Mountnorris, of whom a memoir is given in our present Magazine. She was married in 1801 to the late Major-Gen. Norman Macleod, C.B. who died in 1831, and her son, Arthur Lyttelton Macleod, esq. is the

principal heir to the Earl of Mountnorris, sionary, and sister to the Rev. C. P. his uncle. Hobbs, of Market Lavington.

Aug. 17. At the Grand Hotel de Rouen, aged 69, Sarah-Maria, wife of George Suttor, esq. of Sydney, New South Wales.

Aug. 30. At Madrid, aged 37, the Duke D'Ossuna, brother to the Marquis de Terranova.

Lately. Drowned in the Danube, at Vienna, aged 19, George Drysdale, son of the late Sir Wm. Drysdale, of Pittenchar, Fifeshire.

At the Navigators' Islands, aged 28, Mary, wife of the Rev. George Pratt, mis

Sept. 1. At a very advanced age, the celebrated painter, Camuccini, Director of the Academy of Fine Arts at Rome.

Sept. 6. At his seat, Schetenburg, his Excellency the Minister Baron Von Schele.

Sept. 9. At Boulonge-sur-Mer, aged 7, Emma-Frances, youngest dau. of the Hon. James Thomason, Lieut.-Gov. of the Agra Presidency.

Sept. 10. At Paris, aged 63, RuthWilson, wife of Major Blundell, and sister of the Bishop of Calcutta.

TABLE OF MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS.
(Including the District of Wandsworth and Clapham.)

From the Returns issued by the Registrar General.

DEATHS REGISTERED from AUGUST 24 to SEPTEMBER 21, 1844, (5 weeks.)

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AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN, September 17.
Wheat. | Barley. | Oats. Rye. Beans. Peas.
S. d. 8. d. S. d. S. d. 8. d. 8. d.
47 7 38 821 0 39 6 34 1 35 4

PRICE OF HOPS, Sept. 20.

Sussex Pockets, 61. Os. to 71. 58.-Kent Pockets, 61. 6s. to 81. 8s.

PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW AT SMITHFIELD, Sept. 20.
Hay, 31. 15s. to 57. 58.—Straw, 17. 8s. to 17. 10s.—Clover, 47. 10s. to 67. 68.
SMITHFIELD, Sept. 20. To sink the Offal-per stone of 8lbs.
Head of Cattle at Market, Sept. 15.
Beasts
3666 Calves 144
Sheepand Lambs 33,960 Pigs 391

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COAL MARKET, Sept. 20.

Walls Ends, from 17s. 6d. to 23s. 9d. per ton. Other sorts from 15s. 9d. to 20s. 6d. TALLOW, per cwt.-Town Tallow, 43s. 6d.

Yellow Russia, 43s. 6d.

CANDLES, 7s. Od. per doz. Moulds, 9s. 6d.

PRICES OF SHARES.

At the Office of WOLFE, BROTHERS, Stock and Share Brokers,
23, Change Alley, Cornhill.

Birmingham Canal, 158.- -Ellesmere and Chester, 62.- -Grand Junction, 162.
Kennet and Avon, 10. Leeds and Liverpool, 640.-Regent's, 25.
Rochdale, 62.--London Dock Stock, 115.- -St. Katharine's, 117.- East
and West India, 137. London and Birmingham Railway, 214. Great
Western, 71 pm.--London and Southwestern, 75.-Grand Junction Water-
Works, 90. West Middlesex, 127. Globe Insurance, 141.- Guardian,

Gas, 40.

49.- Hope, 7-Chartered Gas, 67.-Imperial Gas, 85. Phoenix London and Westminster Bank, 264.- -Reversionary Interest, 104. For Prices of all other Shares, enquire as above.

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METEOROLOGICAL DIARY, BY W. CARY, STRAND.
From August 26 to September 25, 1844, both inclusive.

Fahrenheit's Therm.

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J. J. ARNULL, English and Foreign Stock and Share Broker,
3, Bank Chambers, Lothbury.

J. B. NICHOLS AND SON, PRINTERS, 25, PARLIAMENT-STREET.

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