Star. — London, England, 1828-05-29 00:00:00

PITT CLUB. ‘Taaterday. at the City of London Taaern. wit eel,. brateJ the Anniversary of the Birth of the late Right . Honourable Wria:sxm PITT. About three hundred, Noblemen and Gentlemen, Members of the Pitt Club. , dined together, and so highly distinguished a company' Ins perhaps never been assembled on a similar occa sion. The entertainment commenced about seven o'clock. Lord SICANIKRSDALIC presided. Anaongst t h os e present were The Doke of Wellington, the Sari of Elden, Rarl Bathurst, the. Varquis of ChieJes, M.P. the Earl of Harevrood, the Earl of, Aberdeen, the Earl of Glasgow, Lord Kenyon, Lord Rolle, the Rot Hatiotirableyiettry Gotellidrn M.P. the Right Honourable , J. C. Haile', M.P. the Right Hinourable Sir George Henry Rose, ALP. the Bight Honourable Sir George Hill, Bart. M.P. t he Honourable Lloyd Kenyon, the Hon. Edward Cust, M.P. the Honourable l. Toirinend, M.P. Sir T. S. Gooch, Ban. M.P. Sir J. D. Miley, Bart._ M.P. 4ir Q. H. Smythe, Ban. M.P. Sir Thanes Lethbridge, tan. M. Sir John Gibbons, Bart. Sir Thomas Meshed., 'Bert. Sir .M. Vaughan, M.P. Sir James Wimatom, Henry Millie', Esq. M.P. J. Taylor. Esq. Alexander Prater, Esq. John Stuart, Esq. Henry Stuart, Esq. Charles Kerr, Esq. Mr. Alderritaii Varglirother, Reverend Dr. Bulwer, William Grant, Esq. William Higgins, Esq. General Peacbey, M. P. G. H. Sumner, Esq. Thos. Greene, Ping. M. P. filuintin Da. Nqn. M. P. Iltaxnat Warden, Esq. M.P. John Capri, Esq. M.P. George Moore, Emil. M.P. Charles Ross, Esq. ALP.' Hugh Dick, Esq. M.P, Colonel Conyers, Itirerend C. 'Rieke Admiral Sir E. Har m, K.C. B. N.P. Colonel Struts, M.P. ' Captain G. P. Rose, M.P. John tunas, Esq. General Scott, David Clark, Esq. Lieut.- General Sir SI. Nightingale, K.C. B. M.P. Colonel Wood, M.P. It. A. Dundas, Esq: M.P. Knees 13arkly, litl. Henry Shank, Esq. Jahn Fable, risq. William Sairbridge, Esq. John Dodson, Esq. 'l c L W. B. C.lnendetN Esq. Lieutenant-ColoneLTyireen,.W.ll.- cenwright, M.P. John Relisitd,.Esk. ,J. A. Houblon, Esq.' It I F .S. Wells, .U. Heatheute, 1,41. Sir John Monlock. Sir John rt. Sir George Thiekef, Bart. 311 9 William Fawn's, Ban. Georg 'Janke', Kit AP. Henry Winchester, Esq. Major Woad, Rev rend "kitty -Fouls, Re4erenJ C. Tyrrell, Sir John Tyrrell, Bart. Sir IL Gunning, Bart. It. B. Cooper, Esq. M.P. W. Veraghan, Esq. Colonel Vatigliati; It. P. Glynn, Rig. A militiry band played at 'intervals during the im tertainnient; and the vo.al department , was sustained with the usual ability by 'Messrs. Broadhurst, Charles Taylor. Hawes, Golden, Leete,,and King. ' On the removal of the cloth. Lord SkiisMensbaLe said, the first toast I shall have to propose is one which, as good subjects and loyal subjects; I have no doubt you wilt receive and chink with those lustiness to which it is entitled- . * The •King"—three times three—(Great • apgdause). Air, * God save the Kin g ." TIWCHAIIII4AN-1 now beg to give you, with three times thiee. the health of • e The Duke of Clarence, and the other branches of the Royal Rimily"--draolt accordingly. Air," Hail, Star of Brunswick." The CHAIRNIAIt—It is now my duty to propose to you the toast which at this period it uniformly given at meetings such' as the present. Before doing so, how.' ever, 1 shall beg . permission to say a few words intro ductory of it ; and I should certainly think right to apologise for doing so, were it not that an unbroken custom in this Club has made it neetssary that I should Offer one of two remarks—indeed, I should otherwise ikon any observation in recommending this toast quite seperfluous. 'Die peiiod of two-ind-twenty years which has elapsed since the death,of' Mr. Pat has been one of the most eventful' Iltpt jbe', pets of history records ; but to dwell upon the occinfences of that period in address. ag a company, every one of whom must be as well acquainted with them is I am , would, I should con ceive, be extrernely ill judged. •it is well known to all of you, Gentlemen, that Mr. Pitt was called to the Councils of hi, King at a very early period of life, and that sitile,..staturing a plan for putting the finances of this country upon a footing that could not have failed *tamely to raise it to the highest pinnacle of • great- j nets at home and abroad, a war broke out between as iqg krrinfe. ' It is not for me tb detail to you the, incem i iiiiiiiis litthat War. 'Mr. Pitt was then Nine; MitiSte4 and I need scarcely remind you that he bad Ile *Ring 'difficulties to contend with, and that he did contend against them with signal success. At the time he assumed the direction of his Majesty's Councils he found the army in a state of . dis organit &on: I do not mean that disorganization which proceeds irons 'any want of personal courage —teethe bravery of British soldiers is what no man is his senses will be disposed to doubt; but, I say, that in all-the arrangements which tend to render a na tional army formidable to the enemies of its country, he frond it deplorably inefficient. With these difficulties be struggled, and fine* by his efforts they were over come, until at length the army coming into the hands of his lase'lloyai Highness the Duke i I York—(great applause)—it *as brought into a state fit to be com, nianded by the greatest Captain of - the age—the Noble Duke who now sits meth" the—(Continued applause). Mr. fitt•had. 40444 fortune to live long enough to witness the'Wects of his own prodigious exertions ; he died the-Victim of ill health, brought on by the mot tification lie sustained at seeing. the weak and faithless conduct of our Allies. He had-not, -I say, the good fortune to witness the results which ensued upon the wisdom of his commit's and the blow which the country sustained at his death was followed up s not long after, by the strioui illness of his late most Gracious Majesty Ueerge 111. • Happily the mantle of that Monarch fell upon h is son the Prince Regent, and he, with a knowledge of human nature that was most striking, and with that true love of his country. of which there could not at any neat .be • the slightest doubt6As(applause)—with that muteness of intellect, for which all whoever approached him must have strongly felt—chose Lord Liverpool for his Prime Minister, and intrusted a high command in its army" to the Duke of Wellingusn-4-(Applause.) . Undei such auspices,. it was impossible but that the affairs of the nation should prosper, and they cliff Prosper accordingly. The fame and the suctesses of our . °T oy, it was wed known, went on increasing. No one Who remembers the Peninsular war. but also remembers lite victorious were our arms in eve: y general action., until their tiiamph was easnuninuued in the field of Woe' loo—(Great applause). You must feel, Gentlemuri2 that I have great difficulty and reluctance in touching Upon these subjects in the presence of . one whO took lo distinguished a past in the occurrences to which I al lade; but he has so distinguished himself, and it is his. non acts by which the eulogium which I am .peo-t . nemeleing ate brought upon him. Ido not step otit.of my way for the purpose, and it is therefore no fault ol mine. I repeat, Gentlemen. that Mr. Pitt had not the good fortune to witness the glorious termination of that waggle, which, if he had not so well commenced. it Would not have terminated so speedily. Bet it may be aniseed to us to h. opt., that where he now is he may be permitted to uitness the effects at those principles, *bich it was the business of his life to sustain and ii-, Nitrate, and which it is the object of this Association to preserve, and to cbesish, and to perpetuate. I do hope, that in his present state of exigence. his disem bodied spirit may be pumitted to look upon' passing events; and if se, it is impossible but chat he must re- Pod them with great satisfaction. I feel, Gentiemen, thet X shuts d depart from the line which toy duty pre knees were 1 to occupy fitly more of your attentiou with truths so obvious and so generally admitted, that it would be almost idle, •under any cirtufloottuttosi to ottimpe risettiorce them.--still woes idk and idtperti. /int would it be, under circuteisieltts like the resent, ad Nr4 . • • • w) en tic Tact of your presence I ere amounts to the fua admission of tb.'tn, and affords their brit confir motion. I now plopose't . o Ou t " 'the inemci4 the Rite Right Honourable William' Pitt"— thcee times tbree--(Great misuse). Ilse next toast, was—" The Navy and Army of the United Kingdore—three times three. The CHAIRMAN.theik proposed `The House of firunpvick, and may they never forget the principles Which placed then) upon the Throne of these Realms." Upon which great applause ensiled. *hen is had nearly subsided, Lord Ectocim cried" Once satire'!" ind the cheers were enthusias- deadly renewed. The CitAtasuria—The 'Manner in which you received the last toast, •convinces me that neither you, nor the House of BrunsWick, Will ever forget the principles hich seated that Instrictits VamilyNyon the Throne, and therefore I can easily anticipate with what degree of satisfaction yoi; will receive the neitt toast, which it is my duty to propose to yoo. namely- - " The Protes tant Ascendancy."—(Drunk with immense applause). The CHAIRMAN-+I must now crave your indulgence for a few minute,, while I propose to you the health of his Majesty's Ministers. At the last Meeting of this Club, the Government of this country was intrusted to hands, of 0 hich the present company, I belieie, did not altogether approve—in whom, at least, they did not place implicit faith. On this subject I wish not todilate much further. and I trust you will excuse Me. When you recollect that the then head of that AdMinistration was my early and private friend; and though My dif ferences from him on political subjects were strong lot h -decided, they certainly were not of a character to dis ftersonfl friend4hlp, , UnderthOte circumttanceso I trust you will feel I am not , caned. - uppn to enter. into invidious comparisons.- I. shall thilefote pass to more aweeable topics the present constituent': of the King's Government ; a Government, I . will say, possessing nut only the confidence of this Club, bUt of the nation at large. How can it be otherwise than that a ver y large majority of the inhabitants of this country should yield to it unblended confidence, coin pos-d a• it i, of the•men•whom I now ve around nui? Kh-n I see at its head the Noble Duke who led the arttues of England vie oriuusly ever a great part of the .. Condo-nt. where they met and overcame some of the most highly distiplined 'troops in the world, how can I doubt that they possess that confidence? And how can { i for a moment doubt that that confidence is well be stoWed, when I we on my right hand a member of that Government, a Noble E.rl bred up in the • school of Pin, venerating his character, and inheriting his princi plea' Again, can I doubt that that confidence is well bestowed, when I know that there is also included within the pitsent Cabinet such a man as the present Secretary of State for the Home Department—who, I am instructed to say, would have telt great pleasure in 'being het on the piesent occasion, had he not been un avoidably prevented i one who, young as be is, his performed many and great public services, and were they confined to the simplification and consolidation of the criminal la,v, he would have been eminently entitled to the gratitude of his country ? Also my belief in the existence and excellent foundation . of that confidence is' increased, when 1 see it this table the Noble Earl, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; when also we have such a Chancellor of the Exchequer—one who, when he was Minister for Leland, conciliated that coun try as far as it was possible for any person to conciliate it. There is likewise the Master of the Mint. With such men. who can doubt its principle, or Who is there can avoid hoping success? The Noble Duke now placed at its head, has by this time most probably discovered that peace and quiet are not synonymous terms ; bit I trust the time is not distant, when by hit aid we shall, enjoy not only.peace abroad, but (Wet at home; and I sincerely trust that he will be enabled to apply the leisure which the pacific condition of Europe now permits, to that domestic pacification of which we are notv to mulch, in want. " The health of Ms Majesty's Ministers" was thee drank *id lone and reiterated cheering. The Duke of WaLLitrovon—l beg leave, Gentle- Men, on mr &Ora behalf and that of my colleagues, to return you my most warm and grateful thanks for the manner in which our names have been received, and to assure you, Gentlemen, that it is our wish, as it will be our duty, so to conduct ourselves as to merit your ail : probation. In contemplating timbre of that great man whose character and fame it is ttie business of this day to commemorate, I cannot but observe, that his priaci• pies were the principles of the Constitution, and that the history of his life, when examined, proves to be no thing less than the application of those principles to the interest and benefit of the country; and that every act of that life tended to defend the Constitution and the world from the misery with which at that time it was threatened and assailed. Then, Gentlemen, with perfect sincerity I can assure you that it is my intention and that of my Noble and Right Hon. Colleagues to uphold those ,principles, and through, as we trust, their successful operation, to proniote the security, prosperity, and hap .piness of the country. Tunes arid circumstances may change, but I trust at no time, and under ho circum• stances, will his Majesty ever be in a situation where he may not find men from whom he may select servants, capable and willing to imitate that great man whose memory we are assembled to honour—(lsoud applause) —and though we be now placed in circumstances far different from those in which he stood, I hope that my Noble Colleagues and myself miy venture to pursue the course that in similar circumstances he would have preferred, and to follow those principlei of which he has set us so noble an example—(Long and continued cheering)." ' The Cliftitailitir said, that the toast be had next. to proposelp-them was.one to which the speech they had just heard,Stons.the Noble Duke was an admirable pre &ice ;I,o4'aiiiiidingly, in introducing it to their notice, biefrras saieid the necessity of making a•siagle observa icift.'-. The toast ri: tr y.th. raT es kwilh il the tt uau alw al a Zon ta ou ni r ma s atnedt m lie uc ee k ap en p el ia ls use of Th/OenArawas--Gentlemen, the next toast is one whie'h Tenstwill think standing. but in silence. It is, -. •IN:Tise Memory eellis late Royal Highness Ike Duke of York." ~. .:Drunk aceosilingly. • The Caa;amasa--The task which I have now • to perform! is. line most grateful to my feelings--it is to propose the health of an early Friend to the Pitt Club.— one to whoa' it is under many obligations—one to whom the country At large is under many obligations, as well for his conduct as a Peer, and as a Member of his Ma jesty's .Government, as for the exercise of his talents and learning as a Judge in the Court of Chancery— (Applause). I now propose to you the health of the Earl of Eldon—Drunk with three times three. . Lord ELDON—I really, my Lords and Gentlemen, feel extremely embarrassed in attempting to give ade quate expressiin to the feelingi which have been ex cited in my breast by the very gracious manlier in which you have been pleased to receive the mention or my name. I was an early Member of this Club, •and As long as life is spared to me I shall feel it my duty to, attend its Meetings. Be assured that I will attend its Meetings on every occasion when I am not destitute of strength to do so. For twenty.two years have I been it bleiaber and a constant attendant of your Meetings. • I have been so fo r m . minus reasons. Ent, 1 recollected the personal sa;Atitetde excited in my breast by the kiodness that great man, whose faire and prin ciples it is our object to'. perpetuati. I attended these meetiOgs,. tint only because I thought it my duty as , an individual, 'bin beans, I thought it a duty impoied on me as it member of that great so ciety on which Mr. Pitt had conferred such great and lasting benefits. 1 attended theth alsO TOT another rea• son—l cdriceive that meetings of thik kitia aye of great public benefit ; for not only do they keep 'alive certain political principles, but they transmit the sentiments of the generation which is passing away to that which is rising into existence. 'The; excite in young men st• feeling of sympathy with their seniors, and impart to youth somewhat o f t h e experienie of age. Can any' man whose heart beati with attachment to his country, attend a meeting such as this, without being conscious that generous sited really patriotic sentiments find their best organ and depository in an Asiociation such as the present? It is upon principles such as these that • 1 solemnly declare my intention. so long as sou gives me life and sttength, never to be absent from your meetings. I humbly repeat, that whilst I have exist ence, you will never find me an absentee. Having no% said all, and perhaps more thin was sufficient, respecting myself, i will try to make a single observation or two respecting the illustrious inditriduil whose memory we are assembled to honour. No man who ever ekisted'ha4 a more intimate acquaintance with his political senti ments than I had. I had a thorough acqtaintance with his sentiments on every subject:"And I should be want., dog In truth s did I not assure you that one great difb. malty which he always had to contend with was, is collyisick hiiihelf that he was bound in duty to put thoip.re,t4ctions upon kivil liberty, by which alone that kOuld be saied; lb ihi tithes When he lived. There . was one great grinciple of the English Constitu tion vtlitch this nation had the good sense to submit, to, but that was one which helad the utmost teluctance in prOOrsing to Parliameiit, namely, the suspension of our townies for a time, in order that we might keep them. in existence for ever. I now speak to many individuals hardly old enough to rememberrinf their.own knowledge, the occurrences which took place in this cduntry,t nd in Europe genes ally, from the ear 1788 to 1798. , And I consider it a great Inistortune . f.hat they are not suffi ciently remembered. It witsin.that period that he and the other friends of civil and religiinls liberty took upon themselves, through evil report and 'through good re• port, the heavy responsibility of suspending, for a brief period, the fulness of freedom which this country en joys, in order that. the same tnight be preserved for ever. In doing this, I perhaps need not assure the present company. at this time of diy, that we were solely in fluenced by considerations of duty ; and that had similar occasion's arisen in after times, we should !cave fearlessly puisuecra similar course. During that great struggle I professed myself, as 1 do now, to be merely the hum ble disciple of that great man; though in common with him and others of my superiors, I was exposed during the priod of which I speak, to every species of abuse. tlnt, I trust that those civil and religious righti which we were then instrumental in sustaining, may flourish so long ai this country nista. In the observations which I have now submitted to you, you will perceive I have been merely applying myself to the past situa• tion of the country. But to speak more imme diately of its present situation, I would say. that never did tidy man more heartily or more cordially join than I do: in the expression of an earnest hope, that . things are now settled upon a satisfactory basis, that confidence and hope wilt be restored to every friend of the Constitution, that all will yet be right, and Great Britain become %hat she ought to be. The Noble Earl here sat down amid lotitcheeta r which had accompanied the whole of his speech. .4. The Cuazahtiut thku proposed the health of a distioguithed meno but (lithe Club. the Duke et •WaLumcrow.—Drunk with three dais. three, With great applause. The Duke of MILLINGTON—In offering to you my warmest thanks for the highly gratifying manner in which you have been pleased to receive the toast just proposed by my Noble Friend, I assure you I have telt highly honoured by the favourable reception which has at all tines awaited me in this Club ; and I can follow up the promise of frequent attendance made by another Noble Friend on my left, by saying that I shall have great pleasure in being present at your meetings as fre quently as my other avocations will permit. tnnw beg leave to call your attention to a point on which I expect the fullest sympathy throughout the meeting. I allude to the obligations we are under to the Noble Lord who has io ably presided over the present entertainment— who has conducted himself in that chair with so much talent, and who has evinced through a long political course unshaken attachment to the principles of Pitt. It now,. only remains for me to propose the health of our worthy President.—Drunk with three times three. • The CHAIRMAN declared, that he was quite at a loss to Sin jtsitice to the feelings with which the present oc• cation inspired him. The Noble Duke had well described him as a. steady and unshrinking supporter of the prin. cip:es of Pitt ! - He had beenin public life between thirty tWer and thirty-three years. He and his lather before him had been steady in their attachment to their great leader. To use rather a homely expression, he was a decided old Tory—(Applause) He would now propose tOthem, 14 The health the Earl of llarewond, who certainly, be be. lievetl; would feel but little flattered on being called a Whig."— Drank with three times three. The Earl of liaitawoon returned many thanks for the Measlier in which his'health had been received. • In meetings of that kind it was not usual wholly to omit political topics, and in the short notice which he might feel himielt called on to take of such subjects, he would endeavour to promote as far as possible the good humour which then so happily prevailed. The last time hr had the pleasure of addressing them, it was ob served that he must be • very fastidious man indeed, who could not find among the then Administration a person in whom he could safely place confidence, and yet he believed that the Club was fastidious enough not to place very great confidence in that Government. And he thought that circumstances which had since oc curred fully warranted the sentiments then entertained. He tOosideied associations of that nature as of high political importance ; and he did so the more, especially when he recollected that hundreds nay thousands, were occupied as they were. He thought such institu tions of great value in every point of view they brought men together not otherwise likely to be connected— they produced interchange of sentiment, and .promoted sympathy and good understanding. As to the present Administration, he would say but one word. He looked with great confidence to the enlightened views and straight forward and manly dealing of the . Noble Duke At its head. He would say, as his oiria pricitte. opinion, that he considered that distinguished individual a, placed' in circumstances of great difficulty. But be sincerely trusted, that au able, efficient, and...united Ad ministration would crown his efforts for the public good. TM nett tout was, “ Ta. Duke di Atbol sad tilt Pitt Club of Scotland." The Earl of GLASGOW returned thanks. !: • • • . ' • The next tnast war LcrJ Kum and arty Piet waiek His LONDIMIP, in returning thanks, said be had gree t pleasure. in noti c i ng t h e (avowable mewing , Pt t Club. of Wales, the more especially as the Principality 'ent into their body many distinguished Members — An glesey. Combermerc, a n d Pi ston . • The Clualtssax then prdp&nt—s , The Landed ind Com:wrest Interests, and may they be toe ever oohed." The Era of ELDON—I was alawyer for many ;years, though I have. for some time reared practice. Still I ' may venture to . givean . opinion, that t went y- two yeas undisturbed pOsseision constitUtes something like a legal title. • Now tbere is one pleas.de,)f giving which has been my teclusi,e 'prnpeety forld years, and I shall not allow any other person to pm pose it until you tell me I must not do so. The toast is ." Prosperity and perpetuity to the Pitt The company then separated, after as evening spent apiattaily to their entire satisfaction. ODE op TIR iMOMS* SY Of Tlat 1111111.-111 T THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM MOW S .1 'y~~i MIT US, 18211. HT JOHN TAYLOR, 11Q. : octrisse tx okitaahe 4* its can hub sannal. isaintinks "'midst the turnt.of fate below, Where all things human ebb and low, Pare still retains his state; Through life be toird for Britain's weal, . ' Wad all who for their country fed, Must deem him good and great! like his fina'd Sire, be wealth'despised; • His country's glory sit be prib'd ! And, with his parting breath, lie rais'd to ileav'O a.pairiot priy'r, She still might be 36 guardian care ! Then calmly sunk in death. bur last pifre hioisaacu, ere his ndaii In all its nobler pow'rs Gave P i us supreme command ; And He who now the sceptre sways, And shines with such transcindain rayi4 Chose Ares iagiciolu band! And may there still on Earth be found, 'Till Time shall close his mortal round; Those who this day revere ; A day the Wise and Virtuous claim, A day that History gives to Pam'e, To Pier and Oasts dear! And ye who here again unite To celebrate the Natal Rice, • Jh ! to your Mice transmit • Those Palomino which firmly bind In social safety human kind—:. The principles of Pere • ' 7 tv-fif ' Si .. LONDON SESSIONS, Malt 28. TO•day these Session's commenced before the LORD MAYOR, Snails:rat, several Aldermen. and the Sheriffs. Ait74 Lowe was called up for judgment upon an' indittment, otl which at a former Sessikons shti was found guilty, for keeping a disorderly house in Bow. lane, and ordered to be imprisoned ih the House of Correction for three calendar months, and' there kept to hard labour. • trultUtritt's mom. Mr. table, of the Rose and Clam public-house, Queenhithe, applied fôr the renewal of his berme, had been refused on a former occasion. The objection to the granting of • the license was the embarrassed cir cumstances of Mr: Cablenn objection was raised to the moral character of the applicant. • • Aldermen WAl•rnarAW and BROWNE were decidedly Of opinion that:the Court nught to grail t the !keit.. as in their estitnation they had nothing to do with the pecuniary circumstances of Mr. Cable. The Radbituan cleAtty thought that the Court ought to be assured that the party keeping a public•house was not in that state of poverty' that laid him open to the temptation of keeping disorderly hours. Sir C. Husritt thought dip applicant entitled to hive his license, on giving security that he would keep good hours, and otherwise conduct himself properly, .notice of that bail being to be given. This was agreed to, and the license Mdered. Llaat...6-Thls day. in the Court of Common Plias * . an action was brought by the Right Honourable sici4 very Rev. the Lord Archbishop of Tuitu, against die . Printer and Publisher of the Morning Herald 'newt, paper, for an*alleged libel. published in,that jour e# the Bth. of November, 1827, which imputed to iheneblei • ft Plaintiff corrupt conduct, in offering to one Mr. IttiGuire,.a Roman Catholic priest. a bonus of WOOL and 8001. a-year, if he would change his seligion, and, conform to that of the Protestant. After Counsel had been heard on both sides, Lord Chief Justice' Barr summed up to the Jury, 1014 found a verdict for the PlaintiffD images .501. Dispatches were received yesterday. at the Colonial Office, from Lieutenant General Sir G.L. Cots, at the Maniitius ; from Lieutenant 9eneral Mauna. at New South Wales ; and from Colonel G. Anima, at Van 'Dietnen's Land. Tuesday morning, about one o'clock, the home of Mr. Brown, of Fore. street, Limehoube, was broken open by two men, who were seen to enter the house from the water-side, when, an alarm being given, they made their escape by the front door into Fore-street, 'eating behind them a brown great coat and a blue bag. There was caught last week, at Marle6eld, a 'rung crow entirely elute. The bird was forwarded to Edinburgh, in expectation of its being thought de serving of preservation in the College Museum. Ow Monday , last another young crow was shot at Mertoun with three legs. The extra leg is placed between the two ordinary ones; it is attached to the skin only, and has no joint above the claws; the claws are 6ve in. number, of a yellowish white colour, and in form of a, man's hand. In all other respects it resembles its ft) . . lows.—Kelso Mail. A melancholy event took place at the village of Roskeztat, in the parish of Levan, on Friday last. Early on the morning of that day, a man named Lemon, and his wife, left their cottage, for the purpose of working in a field at some distance, leaving two children, a boy and a girl, in bed. On returning to breakfast, about eight o clock, the woman was horrorstruck at a dense body of smoke issuing from. the . nitese; she opened.the door, aad rushing to the bed, succeeded in dragging thechildren from it, bur unfittunafely too late to save their lives ; both-were suffocated, and every attempt to restore animation gnu found unavailing, Exeter Alfred. ' Yesterday esoruing, it worinnu named Dunn, who was employed at the new buildings erecting on the site of Caritas( Palace, win knocked dik. by the handle.of thevriodless, which idipped whilst hell.. asleep Ids ikall‘tas fractured, unit he was conveyed to iMe hew pital without hopes of tCCOlrefy. ~: - . ; ♦. I I 4 ?- ~`