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heme from reaping, a few days 
ago, having in his possession a 
gun, which he had taken out in 
the morning for the purpose of 
shooting birds off the corn, he 
perceived a rabbit, and fired at it, 
but did not kill the animal. A 
gamekeeper, named Salter, seeing 
this act, demanded the farmer’s 
gun, which he refused giving; 
the consequence was, the game- 
keeper endeavoured to wrest it 
from him by force; but failing to 
accomplish his purpose, he took 
his own gun, and began beating 
Toghill with the butt end of it: in 
the scuffle, Toghill’s gun went off, 
and, shocking to relate, he receiv- 
ed the entire contents of his own 
piece, which entered the groin 
and came out at the back. There 
are no hopes of his recovery. 
SEPTEMBER. 
Extract of a letter from Hayti, 
dated Sept. 1.—*« 1 was present a 
short time since, at the funeral of 
a member of the royal family ; it 
was no less than the prince of St. 
Marks! His highness was brought 
from his country seat to Cape 
Henry, and placed in a superb 
chair of state, in a grand saloon, 
to which there was access by a 
handsome corridor. Contrary to 
European custom was the cere- 
mony of exposing the body in 
state; for instead of lying in a 
coffin, it was placed upright, dress- 
ed during three days in different 
costly habits, including the state 
robes of the deceased. The room, 
the vestibule, and other apart- 
ments, were appropriately deco 
rated with white hangings andem- 
blems of death. Persons night and 
day sung canticles to instrumental 
music. After the prince had con- 
tinued the stated period, prepara= 
tions commenced in great form 
for the procession to the family 
vault, At six in the morning the 
body was removed into his high- 
ness’s own carriage, and placed 
in a sitting posture; then the mi- 
nisters of the emperor, and the 
other great officers of state, ar- 
ranged themselves in line, toge- 
ther with the military and others, 
exceeding 10,000 persons, horse 
and foot. As a mark of distin- 
guished respect to the Europeans 
then at Cape Henry, they were 
invited to attend the funeral, 
which they did, and followed the 
great officers of state to the place 
of interment at the emperor’s pa- 
lace, called Sans Souci. A tem- 
porary building was erected pre- 
viously to receive the corpse, and 
the interment took place by torch 
light, borne by the soldiers ; also 
each person in the procession car- 
ried a wax taper in hishand. The 
music was solemn, and the dis- 
charges of cannon and musquetry 
at intervals had a very imposing 
and grand effect. The body was 
afterwards taken to the church, 
and the ceremonies were perform- 
ed by a sable archbishop, attired 
in the usual robes, with all the 
grandeur of the Romish church. 
1.—An inquest was held be- 
fore a Coroner for the county of 
Kent, at Woolwich, on the body 
of James P. Mitchell, esq. a plant- 
er, of Tobago, who was drowned 
while bathing just above Wool- 
wich. The accident happened on 
the afternoon of Sunday last, the 
deceased having jumped out of a 
