THE LATE DUKE OF SUSSEX. (From the Court Circular. )

APPEARANCES otissnvan on INSPECTING THE MORTAL na- muss or ms ROYAL HIGHNESS was DUKE or SUSSEX.— _.A‘FlllL 24, 1843. - .

.1n the head there were no signs of disease, except that a serous fluid was effused' between‘ the membranes by which the brain is immediately invested.

'The mucous membrane lining tho throat and wiizdpipe was ofa dark colour, iii consequence ofits vessels, being un-

were in a perfectly healthy state.

1 In the Chest-

The lungs presented no appearance of disease.

.The heart was of rather a small size and the muscular structure was thin and flaccid. On the right side of the been there was no other morbid appearance ; biit the valves 'en‘theleft side, both those between the auricle aiid‘ventri- cle,_snd those at the origin of‘tlie aorta, were ossified' to a cenéiderable extent. The coronary arteries were consular- sbly ossified also.

In the sbdoiiien— . I V

iThoilivbr'Wss in astute of disease, presenting sgraaular sp esraace throughout its whole substance. '

\ ii-the lower bowel there were some internal hoemorr- holds, but there were no other marks ofdisease eitherin this or any other ofthe viscera. _. I ’

, laggigned) WiLLuM FREDERKCK CHAMBERS, M. D. ' T ‘ HENRY Hermann, l\l._D.

BENJAMIN C. Baonin, Sergeant Surgeon. Romain- Kna'r, Sergeant Surgeon. JOHN Dona'r'r.

Joan Nusssv.

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ENGLAND AND AMERICA.

We dn'not bélieve there is a single reader of this paper— We hope at least there is not one—who will, without emo— timis of pleasure, peruse the passages which we give below

from a speech of Lord Brougham, delivered in the House 0.“

Peers on the 7tl. ult., on his-motion of thanks to Lord Ash- burton for [negotiating the Treaty of \Vashington. We cou- fess our own unaffected gratification at such sentiments from such a source, and will add our belief that language at Once so friendly and so complimentary, and at the same time so glowineg expressed, would hardly be as highly prized in this country from any other source in England as from the distinguished statesman from whom it proceeds.— T. S. National Infelligencer. ' ’ [EX’I‘RAC'L]

, “Then it was said (said Lord Brougham) that Lord Ash- burton had, at a public meeting, talked of Aili‘erica as the ‘ ' cradle oflibcrty. [Lord Campbell: Bostou.] Yes, and this said to be u cotiipi‘oiiiising not. But this was after the negotiations wore over; this was “the song of triumph,” to useJau expression of his noble friend opposite on a former evening. At this public meeting at Boston .there was no

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’ business to be transacted, but it'lwas held for the purpose of r

celebrating the alliance re—niade and the recoucilement effected between these two great kindred nations. He inar~ yelled to hear the Whigs object to atiy such proceedings at

a public meeting, but above all, to hear Whigs, or a. sort of

Whigsat least (a laugh,)object to any thing that was said in favor of the cradle ofliberty. He should have thought the very language was so sweet and dear to every friend ofliberty - that: it might reconcile them to what might otherwise have appeared a breach of dignity and decorum. Now there was one other-authority, and it was the last to which lle‘WlSlHTtl to relish—that of our revered monarch, George 1". He did not consider that" he stooped from his high degree, or that he adopted a truckling and unbecotriing tone, which iii his‘reception ofthe first American Minister who represent- ed his revolted subjects, and had thereft'ire a most difficult

JOSEPH HUME, ESQi, M. P.

On any night when the British House of Commons is in committee of'Supply, and the Army or Navy-estiiiiates, or any other of the many estimates so cou‘iplete is their totals and so complex in the items by which those totals are arrived at,aro under consideration, the visiter may see a rather stout thick-set elderly gentleman, with a broad countenance and massive head, sitting about midWay down the house, on the second opposition bench from the floor, with a well- iised copy of'tlic‘ said estimates in his hand, deeply and car-

. . , . . ' stl etiu'an'edin atask which by common consenti seem! usually turgid With blood. In other respects these parts "'6 y n a v . ,

coat-oiled to him almost sxolusively. \Ve necd scarcely say, that the task ~isth'e narrow examination oftlie nature and amount of every vote, and that the man who pcrformsit with such energy and good-will is Mr.Joseph Iluine, the member for Montrose. There he is, ofteuei' on his legs than

by smooth or vague- generalities, and with more inquisitive- iiess than an‘iiicome-tax couiiiiissiouer. His name is one of the few that stand out before the public as known and famir her as a “household word,” and assoeiated throughout the empire with the . principle of'slate economy. His reputa- tion has‘beeii gained by the thorough-going manner with which he has applied liimselfto that branch ofpiihlic . busi- ness for which, from his peculiar qualities, lie is best adapt- ed. He has an intimate knowledge of'liiisiiiess and accounts, and grout dexterity in applying that knowledgcao the ef- fairs before him ; while he possesses,'also, three great requi- sites for man a who undertakes an almost individual opposi- tion to the government, «prompted by the not very gracious motives ofsuspiciou and distrust,—stout nerves, good com- mon sense, and a strong constitution. Nothing can deter him, nothing tire him out, nothing can put lllll’l down; once resolved, he is the most iiiiii‘ioveable of Men who ever took ti seat in the house or a stand on a principle. Abuse, even if the forms of Parliament tolerated it, would be of no avail; cajole‘ry with him is not to be thought of; and to sarcasms or satire ho is perfectly inseiisiblc : to the glittering shafts of'wit his nature is as impervious as the hide ofa rhinoceros is to the light dart of the African hunter. Ho ‘lll'l be met by nothing less than a thorough explanation, or a majority. As an orator he cannot rank; for tlioiigli'pi'acticc has made him a fluent speaker, his language is involved and his senten- ces almost always incomplete. Though few men speak more frequently or at greater length, he can better manage the figures of'speech; and we should think him more likely to vote for an addition to the secret-service money than to give utterance to a metaphor. Of'imagination he has not a spark, and as to poetry, anything i'ese-iiibliiig it is not him. Should he ever quote, it will probably be the “Thrift, thrift, Horatio,” of Sliukspeztre, who, by the way, described a kin- dred spirit in the honest steward of'the prodigal Timon of Athens, who says of himself— , “\Vlieti chambers reeled

\Vith tliunken spilth ofwinc, when every room Has blaan with light and braycd with minstreliy, I have retired me to a Wiistefulcock, And set iiiiiie eyes at flow.”

Our steward, however, is made of rather sterner stuff and his more practical bent of'iiiind would haveled him in the

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the cock and stopped the extravagant effusion iii the most uiisympiitliising manner poseible. ,

Mr. Hume must be now verging to sixty years ofage, but he is still halo and hardy; time can scarcely alter his in- grained complexion ; even his hair is as thick and bushy as that on heads that might belong to his son, though its liuelis a decided grizzle. He seems to have been in Parliait‘ient halfa life-time; he whein the house when many ofits pre-

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sent members were in their cradlesnnd yet when looking at him he does not impress you with any idea of age. He has never licldruffice himself, but he has politically out—lived—

Task ,0 pe,.,o,.,,.,_w,,o ms, fewest,de mesa revoked 8",», we should be afraid to say how many adtiiiiiistrations. And

jects at the court oftheir sovereign, whose allegiance they hadfivshakeu ofi,and which sovereign was known to have

wrestedfi'om his royal grasp—he took the opportuii‘ityof

0 giving a most courteous reception, and of saying—which

was unnecessary, but needless though it was, he tliought’fit _‘ to Sélf—Il'mt although he Was the last man in his domitiions 'F . that consented to the independence of Aiiiei‘ica, there was

normal: in his dominions that wislied'better to that independ- ence, and felt more anxious for tlie' prosperity of'tlic new world. This was after the whole 5fthe’military proceedings lied cl'OSot], as the speech of Lord Asliburtoii had been . made aftert e negotiations had closed. [Heur, been] My lords, [said t is noble and learned lord,] l breathe thestinic pm 1' which my late sovereign expressed upon that memo- rabl ,occasion. I hope and trust, for the sake of'Aiiierica first—for the sake of'England next—for the sake of humu- nity, ofmaiikiiid st large—that the prosperity and happiness

of that great peeple will be perpetuated forever. My Lords,

H cannot view with indifference the iiiiigiiificeiit empire yvhich Englishmen have erected in that, land, and my heart glows. when 1 reflect that to England is Oiviiig that which America never scruplcs to confess she. owes to England—— those laws, those institutions—above all, that spirit ol'liherty, 'ofreli-gious as well as ol'civ'il liberty, which has made the American republic the greatest democratic nation that ever held eXistence upon the face ofthis earth. Conteinplated in itself, there is enough to fill oiie with admiration, with hope, With exultation ; but, in order to appreciate its merits and to carry those feelings to their utterniost, it is necessary that we compare and contrast it with what has happened elsewhere, in other parts of the new world, where all the grits of Nature were not attended with the blessings ol'social existence. Look at South Aiiiei-ica; look ‘at the events which have separated the Spanish colonies from the parent State; contemplate fora moment the rich abundance of im- tu-ral-blessmgs, of'pliysical resources, of'animal power, of all that ca'n make a people great and prosperous, and powerful «above all, the gifts which ought to make them thankful to Heaven—peaceful and contented with one another; their boundless expanse of'spaco diversified with every species of bod which can pour into their hip the produce of industry or

scent the air_ with perfnmes, or enrich man bv the wealth, the proverb) y

. _ .al and unsurpassed Wealth oftlieir minerals; every diversity of tlie‘most delicious climates, varying from thote'mperate to the torrid; every thing in absolute perfec- ttou, in abundance; these, a people of boundless capacitv, numerous, various in their race, from the industry of’tlie negro to the swd'tucss of'the Indian, and the ability the practised'ability of Europeans and their descendants, All ‘these rich treasures which Providence showered on them in such unmeasured abundance had none ofthem sufficed to prevent anarchy from being entbrotied there, had totally failed to'secure the establishment of even the semblance of" a steady, fixed, regular Republic. But then turn your eye to: the contrast, and compare them With North America where yousee men who struggling with a hard cliiiintc" with, in many. places, an ungrateful soil; their numbers, small at first. increasing rapidly; becoming countless and spreading over a vast extent oflaiid, had erected a system which was tried in every political storm, and struwglcd wiil‘. success out ofit, and, above all, came triu‘mphaifi over the greatest‘tempestTtbat of the European revolution—which had ever laid waste .liuman society. ,To what was the con- trast owuig?—‘—It was because the Spaniards (lid not carry (out with them, the blessingsofa free constitution or the JH‘ECHCGS or' principles of'civil orieligious liberty, and . be- cause North America was crowned with all these political blessmgs. And ifs passing cloud has come overthem fora lllOtTelenl—aml it_is but fora moment—and if there should jean-rte lie, and Pbelieve it is only the semblance of any ‘ l‘égepgrture on their .side .nnd in their conduct from those 0 _iii vfeelingsvaiidvstrict principles ofreligiou aii'dr'commer- 613i lmlmffl'y add perfect national good faith which had al- ways distinguished them, I have no more (loiibt than that l spoyyjstnnd here addressing your lordsliips, that that cloud yv-ill‘pass’avviiy, and that the (Americans will once more and in no long space Glillllm, feel proud and feel glorious in bnce fitporesresummg their station—«a station wortbhy oftlisir Bri- tish descent and of their British kindred—by feelin and actingtais-‘they liavofelt, that no stain should be suffcigd to rest on any part of their national honor.”- (Che'ersd '

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to do Joseph justice, he has been very impartial iii denoun- cing the financial doings of all of'tlicm. He had made no

distinction between ’I'yriiiii, and Trojan ; they were ministers ,

and therefore to be watchetl;tliey spent money and there- fore were ,to be called tab—Account for the same whenever they - . . . Attempted to dispense wilh Cockcrs'rigors, And grow quite figurative with their figures.

Unless the, present ministry proves long lived indeed, he bids fail" to do the same for several Governments to come ; and he has bothered so many different Chancellors of'tlie Excliequei',tliat we can see no reason why he should not continue to do so. Braliam has just taken a new lease ofliis voice after more than lialf'a century’s use ofit; Jo- seph’s is not so sweet certainly, but it is rather an additional chance of'its durability. As he sat in many I’urliuiiieiits, so‘ he has represented many places. He was long fixed in filltl; dlesex, but since "he lost his seat from that Metropolitan county he has been rather unsettled; wandering from Ire- land to England and to Scotland, where he is at present re- turned f'roni Montrose. During l'llS absence from the house for a part of last session, his place and duty were attempted to be filled by Mr. \‘Villiaiiis of‘Coventry: but be was immedi- ately sent to the place he sits for; he had not Joseph’s cali- bre; anti the house, though tolerant to power and originali- ty of'any' kind, could not permit what ’was felt to be a decid- ed imitatiou. ' -

‘ THE DEATH-WATCH.

In the free city of Frankfort-on-the-Maine, the bodies of the dead are not kept for several days, as with us, in the house of mourning, but are promptly removed to a public cemetery. In order to guard, however, against pl‘Bllmllll'e interment, the remains are always rotained'nbove ground till certain signs of decomposition are apparent; and besides this precaution, iii case ofsiispeiidetl animation, the fingers of the corpse are fastened to a bell—rope, cotiimuiiicating with an alarum, so that on the slightest movement the body rings for the help which it requires for its resuscitation—a watch- or and a medical attendant beingr constantly at hand.

Now, the duty of'answering the life-bell has devolved on one Peter Kloppwuo very onerous service, considering that for thirty years since he had been the oflicial '“ Dcath~ Watch,” the metallic tongue of the alurum liiid never sound- ed asinglc note. ‘The defunct Frankforters committed to his charge had remained, one and all, man, woman and child, as stiff; as still, and as silent as so many stocks and stones. Not that in every case the vital principle was neces- sarily extinct: in some bodies, out ofso many thousands, it doubtless lingered, like a Spark amongst the ashes—but dis- inclined, by the national phlegni,-to an active assertion of its eXistencc. . ,

For a German, indeed, there is a charm in a certain vapor- ous dreamy state, between life and death, between sleeping and waking, which a transcendental spirit would not dis- solve. Be that as it might, the deceased Frankforters all lay in their turns in the corpse-cliaiiiber, as passive as‘sta- tues lulllllll'lde. Not a limb stirred, not a muscle twitched, not a finger contracted, and consequently not a note sounded to startle the ear or try the nerves of Peter Klopp.

In fine, he became a confirmed sceptic as to such resusci-

The bell had never rung, and he fell. certain that it never would ring—unless from the vibrations of'aii earth- quake. No, tic—death and the doctors did their work too surely for their patients to relapse into life in any such inan- nei'. 'Alld truly it is curious to observe, that, in. proportion to the multiplication of physicians and the progress ol'medi- cal science, the number of revivals has decreased. The. ex- spimate no longer rally as they need to do some centuries since—when Aloys Schneider was restored by the yolting of his‘coflin, and Margaret Schoning, leaving her death—‘de walked down to slipper in her last linen. _ l ,

So reasoned Peter 'I{l0p[.), who—long past the first tre- tnors and fancies of his nowciatc—had come,’by dint o'fcug: tom, to look‘at the bodies in his care but as so n bales ’of goods committed to the temporary custody of a Plutauian Warehouse-man or Letliian wharfiiiger. But 'he was doomed 'to he signally undeceived.‘

In the mouth ofScptetiibeimust after the autumnal Frank- l fort fair, Martin Grab, a middle-aged man, of pletlioric habit

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left to the care and vig

in his seat, badgcriiig theMinister to the very verge of offi- ' cial endurance and parliamentary courtesy not to be silenced _

above situation not to have wept, but simply to have Illl'llt‘d‘

bullace sauce, carp, in winekj‘ell‘y, bloodsausage, wild-boar brawn, herring‘ealad, sweet pudding, Leipsic ,‘larks, sour cream With cinnamon, and a bowlf'ul‘of plume, by way 01' dessert—suddenly dropped down insensiblea As he. Wu pronounced to be dead by the doctor, the hotly was convey- ed, as usual, within twelve hours, to the public cemetery, where, beitigdeposited in the corpse-chamber, the relt‘wa‘l i‘lance of the Death-rWstcli, Peter KlOpp. » a ’ Accordiiigly,.liaving taken a last look at his old acquaint- ance, be carefully twisted the rope ef'tho life-bell roand the" dead man’s fingers, and then, retiring into his own sanctu- run'i, lighted his pipe, and was soon in that foggy paradise,

ofAraby the Blest, and the society of the l-Ioui-is. “And did'tliat fat man come to life again 9” _ “Patience, my dear madam, patience,laud you shall bear. 1‘ It was past midnight, and in the corpse-chamber, hung

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with dismal black, the’ lifeless body of Martin Grab was lying in its shroud as still as a marble statue. .At his head the solitary funeral lamp burned without a flicker—there was no breath ofair .to disturb .the flame or to curve-the long spider-lines that hung perpendicularly from the ceilitia. The silence was intense. You might have heard the ghost of'a whisper orthe whisperof‘a ghost, if'there had been one present to utter it—liut the very air seemed dead _si_id stag— nant—not elastic enough fora sigh even from a spirit.

“In the adjoining room reposed the Death-Watch, Peter Klopp. He had thrown himself, in his clothes, on his little bed, with his pipe still between his lips. Here, too, all, was silent and still. Not a cricket chirped—filo! a mouse stirred ._nor a draught of air. The light smoke of the pipe mount- ed directly upward, and mingled with its clouillike s_hadow_ anthem-tiling. The eye would have detected the flitting of a mote, the 'ear would have caught the rustling of :a straw, but all was quiet as the grave, still as it's-steadfast tombs—- when suddenly the shrill hurried pools of the alarum-bell— the very same sound that for fifteen years he had nightly listened for—tho very same sound that for as many long years lieliadaitterly ceased to expect, abruptly startled the slniiiberiiig senses of Peter Klopp!

“In an instant he was out of bed nml on his feet, but without the power offurtlier progress. His terror was ex— treme. To be Walked suddenly in a fright is sufficiently dreadful; but to be roused in the .dead of'the night by so awful a summons-by a call, as it were, from beyond the grave, to help the invisible spirit—perhaps a demon’s—to reaiiiinate a cold, clammy corpse—~what wonder that the poor wretcli stood shuddering, choking, gasping for breath, with his hair standing upright on his head, his eyes starting out of‘tlieii' orbits, his teeth chattering, his hands clutched, his limbs paralysed, and a cold sweat oozing out from every pore.ofbis body! In the first spasm of horror his Jaws had collapsed with such force, that he had bitten through the stem of his pipe, the bowl and stalk falling to the floor, whilst the mouth piece passed into his throat and agitated him with new convulsions. In the very crisis of this strug- gle, a loud crash resoutided from the corpse—chamber—then came a rattling noise, as of loose boards, followed by a sti- fled cry—then a strange, unearthly shout, which the Death- Watcli answered with as unnatural a shriek, and instantly fell headlong, on his face, to the floor.”

“ Poor fellow! Why it was enough to killJiim.”

“It did, madam. The noise alarmed the resident doctor and the military patrols, who rushed into the building, and, lo! a strange and horrid sight! There lay on the ground the unfortunate Death-Watch, stiff and inscnsible; whilst the late corpse, in its grave-clothes bent over him, eagerly administering the stimulants, and applying the rostoratives that lied been prepared against his own revival. But all hu- man help was in vain. as Martin Grab was alive and actually stepping into the dead man’s shoes, became, and is at this day, the otficial Death- watch at Frankfort-on—tlie-Maiiio."