The Sun. — London, England, 1829-06-11 00:00:00

BALLOON ASCENT. AMOW- .ong the various amusements prevailing at this season of the year was the ascent of Mr. George Green, in his balloon, which took place yesterday, from the Gardens of the Jamaica Tavern at Ro therhithe. The balloon was inflated so early as Tuesday afternoon, when many persons were admitted to (view it, and not a few of both sexes were indulged of course by paying a fee) with a seat in the car, when it-ascended to a height of about 150 feet, but Was prevented from ascending further by ropes be ing fixed from the balloon to' the ground. Yester day the Gardens were thrown open at one o'clock, between which time and seven o'clock they were thronged with highly respectable persons, and at the latter hour we should suppose that not less than one Thousand p ersons were present. The day was ex emely fine, which, added to the attractiveness of an excellent band, tended very much to enliven the scene. The balloon was nearly new, and composed of about 1,100 yards of silk; it was supplied most copiously with gas, by the Phoenix Gas Company. This was Mr. G. Green's 70th ascent, and it was fully expected that a lady and gentleman would ac company him in his aerial excursion. In this, he and the company were disappointed; but a gentle man who happened to be on the ground, named W estcott, w e ll k nown in the city, concluded terms With Mr. G reen, and eventually accompanied him in his excursion. For about an hour previous to Mr. Green and his companion starting, a great number of ladies and gentlemen, anxious t o try t h e e ff ect of a short aerial v-u gage, were permitted, for live shillings each, to ascend to the height of about 200 f eet . Thi s de layed the fi nal ascension so much that Mr. Green Was at length obliged to refuse all further accom- Modation of the like, and at seven o'clock he and Mr. Westcott stepped into the car ; in a few mi nutes the ropes were di sengage d f rom the machine, jand the intrepid aeronauts ascended in the most ma estic s t y l e almost perpendicularly. After they rose several hundred feet they got into a current of air which drove them towards the Brighton road, amid the deafening cheers of the p ersons assembled withi n and with out the gardens , as well as on the tops of the n e i g hb ouring houses,' which were crowded with spectators. They remained in sight for upwards of half an hour. ..........,--.___ IRELAND• -FIRE AND LOSS OF LIVES l t is again our most painf u l d u ty t o recor d ano ther destructive fire. On Wednesday night th e out-offices of a respectable and highly worthy man, Junes Fortune, of Churchtown (Carne), were to tnilY consumed. On Monday the unfortunate man had - given up his dwelling -house to bathers, and he and his brother's son, a fine child of eleven or tvelve years of age, slept in a place which had bee n fitted up for the purpose in part of his out office's. On the night mentioned, about eleven o'ci n eks he was roused from his rest by fire falling pon his face. In alarm, he started up and called on ie boy to follow him; he did so for some distance; bbut Wh et h er the loft fell, or that the poor child was ildered b y t h e fright, or suffocated by the smoke, ot now be known—he nev e r came f ort h. For tuneP • . his distraction — and he is a m a n w h o h at - "g laboured under severe bodily infirmity—had not Presence of mind to observe, whether the child was W e. His sister--who, like himself, was unmarried ""vberl roused from her bed, which was in the divelling-house, seeing her brother safe, and not °se rving her nephew, rushed with frantic despera ,Si°o, and impelled by an affection equal to ma- Ls ' er nalp into the blazing house. She sought him '' the bed --he had left it. All around, above Il nd below her, was on fire, still she continued to search for him. It was in vain ; and when she ( *lane forth, the unhappy martyr to her humane affec tions was a burnin g ma sa . Clothes she had none; let she came forth actually burning, and lived for the space of two hours after, when the cold and de sirable hand of death relieved her from the burning t orture she must have suffered. Fortune's brother, rho lives in a part of the country ten or twelve stoles from the scene of this melancholy catastrophe, ease ? down in t h e course of the day afterwards ; and d urrible was the sight dto him. Hi s s i s t er em , all ov er b urned —his beloved child, his eldest t b q. a mutilated half cinder-like thing, for the de ructive elem en t h a d separated the head from the e r dr, and t h e feet were totally consumed. There no prob a bl e cause known how the conflagration 0 ecurred. Some believe it must have been by a tj l , l y in g on or very near t h e f i re, w hil st others to lr . l n it was from lightning. By this dreadful visi th however it originated, poor Fortune has -los! Hp fruits E v e long and honestly industrious life.— eVni'd ing Post. EXTRAORDINARY FACT. fo I : her e lives (or rath er th ere was yesterday alive,ft it se emed as if th e f ra il b o d y could not contain evert night the principle . of lif e wit h in it)in Ship ) Horseferry-road, Westminster, an old sea- Fnn, n ow trembli ng on t h e verge o f hi s ninety -7.11!111 Year, near l y a l together deaf and quite blind. bl ood lB aged tar h a d spent hi s v i gour and even his thr in defence of his country, and at last was ) 5- () Wn asid e , lik e a useless tool, to languish in ii i ver tY, havi ng b een rewarded with the miserable ii t atice of seven pounds a year. H e i s a na ti ve o f w n orthern part of the island, a n d I b e li eve was ell known in Westminster, by_ being led about with ta littl its e d og —the mute, though eloquent, pleader of a ster. t Por these eighteen months he has been confined thr ee s wretched hovel, and was discovered about wi i e e Weeks ago by some benevolent individuals, , t °, to their honour, though not in affluent circurn th4t.lees themselves, endeavour to save a little out of k elt. small income, that they may have it in their h h ‘ v i er to soothe the sorrows of misery, and lighten th' i le abodes of despair. He was discovered al ‘idihtkirl a state of nudity, lying on the damp floor, to e ;" had been his bed during the winter, wasted , And.'skeleton, not by disease, but by starvation . ti ) ,„: What d o you t hi n k , Mr. Editor, kept the old \v aliv e jilive during the " winter's cold ?" It ellurnis little d og , w hi c h no temptat i on could of its :ess-not even hunger—from between the feet oil. 1 Master. This is a fact, but this is not qj,.:, 4s t night the w r it er o f thi s not i ce saw t hi s Wit e ic` of misery lying on a pallet of straw, tio 4 i Which he was supplied by the indivi livi 2 already referred to, a living, yes, actually a 05:1g sk eleton,—he had tasted nothing for three he ',l/' poor old woman, who attended him, said btv; e4 ted a little wine, but a pennyworth of this 11th,, 4 , 1 ge could not be obtained, and vinegar was t htit t • lte ted in its stead ! The faithful Cupid, for 4 ' 44 18 the little dog's name, seems to know that his 4 4 4 1 ' 1 ' has refused his food, for he has likewise re tth,Qe,d from taking his sorry pittance from the I tlt a ', 4 of tnisery, and does nothing but stretch him ti't - ,, t he feet of his dying master, and shed floods tio e ,, - ; s • Perhaps some may think think this a tic ;ll ,"„ t t ale. or a highly coloured fact; but it is truth, eve l e t 'llog more, and the writer believes that in a tf h 5 Ys the same grave will contain the remains Nh t-e master and his faithful atteradant.—Morning eep 04 Iv; Wedne s d ay last, the corporation of Ber- Dr Un • °llibt4,lllnusly rescinded their ancie n t s t an di ng order \t cii,t6 lt t the apprenticing of " Papists " fo r th e freedom. 47 :91L Advertiser. 114.1. tE PREMIER'S PROGNOSTIC OF Hr r.. the early part o f th e D u k e o f WELLING- Iaary career, he was known amongst his immediate to ovp hi ha ve not unfrequently used language, with respect myqUalifications, similar to the following —" As i 4 t l tr, ltilli tary tal en t s , 'tis all a mistake; I have none. 411 4 '"er intended me for a soldier, but a statesman." Y o;c4,Qte will, doubtless, b e recogn i se d as aut h en ti c by t 'e t " Duke's early comp an i ons i n arms .— United e Joitrnal• THE KING'S COURT. His MAJESTY held a Court at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, at his Palace in St. James's, which was at tended by the Loan CHANCELLOR, the FIRST LORD of the TREASURY ; the SECRETARIES Of STATE for the HOME, FOREIGN, and COLONIAL DEPARTMENTS; the PRESIDENT Of the BOARD Of CONTROUL, the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER, the PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE, the LORD CHAMBERLAIN, the MASTER of the HORSE, the LORD STEWARD, the Gloom of the STOLE, the TREASURER and COMPTROLLER of the HOUSEHOLD, the Earl of Rosstyx, Lord WYNFORD, Sir NICHOLAS TINDAL, Sir JAMES SCARLETT, Mr. SUGDEN, Sir HOW ARD DOUGLAS, &C. Lord WYNFORD (late Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas) was presented to his MAJESTY by the LORD CHANCELLOR, and kissed hands on being raised to the Peerage. Sir NICHOLAS TINDAL was presented by the LORD CHANCELLOR to the KING, and kissed hands on being ap pointed Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. Sir JAMES ScA aLErr was presented by the LORD CHANCELLOR on being appointed his MAJESTY'S Attorney- General. Mr. SUGDEN was presented to the KING by the LORD CHANCELLOR, and kissed hands on being appointed the KING'S Solicitor-General, on which oceas;on his MAJESTY was pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon him. Major-General Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS was presented to the KING by Sir GEORGE MURRAY, as Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, on his return from his Government at New Brunswick. Lord ELLENBOROUGR had an audience of the KING, and resigned the Privy Seal. The KING held a Privy Council, at which Mr. BULLER attended as Clerk. The Earl of ROSSLYN was introduced, sworn in a Privy Councillor, and took his seat at the Board accordingly. Sir NICHOLAS Tr NDA L was introduced, sworn in a Privy Councillor, and took his seat at the Board accordingly. The Earl of Rossiix was sworn into office as Keeper of the Privy Seal, when his MAJESTY delivered the Seal of Office to the Noble Earl. His MAJESTY'S Speech, to be delivered on dosing the present Session of Parliament, was arranged at the Council. The Duke of WELLINGTON, the Earl of ABERDEEN, Mr. Secretary PEEL, and the ArroariEr-GENERAL, had audiences of the KING. The Earl of FIFE and Sir WILLIAM LUMLEY were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. The Court broke up about half-past four o'clock. THE KING'S GRAND DINNER. His MAJEsTy had a grand dinner party yesterday even ng, at his Palace in St. James's. The dinner was given n the banqueting room, and the preparations were on as splendid a smile as on the occasion of the last party. The dinner table was ornamented with a number of magnificent centre-pieces, four of them designed by FLAX MAN, representing Venus rising from the sea, h av i ng fi gures of Neptune, A m phit r y on , and Tritons, executed in full relief at the sides; one in the middle of the table was sur mounted with the figure of a Centaur carrying off Dejanira. The sideboard of Gold Plate, occupying the entire width of one end of the room, contained the same unrivalled collection of plate as on the former occasion, with the addi tion of a few other pieces and a profusion of tankards and cups from his AIAJESTY'S collection, several of them having representations of different subjects exquisitely sculptured in ivory. In the middle was a large dish of an oblong form, curiously wrought into imitations of birds, beasts, and flowers, supposed to be the work of the ancient Peru vians ; on one side of this dish, corresponding with an Egyptian temple, was a temple supported by marine horses--the top of the temple forming a basin—with a superb canopy; close to this temple was a tankard with a Bacchanalian group in bold relief, the figure of Pan forming the handle; the subject of the corresponding tankard was the Relief of Vienna, by JoHN SOBIESKI. The effect of this splendid display was heightened on the present occasion by darkening the windows of the room, and thus excluding the day-light, which made the room appear to greater advantage. Among the company were—the Dukes of GnArron, PORTLAND, RICHMOND, DORSET, and LEEDS; Mar quises of CLEVELAN D , EXETER, and TAVISTOCK ; Earls of CHESTERFIELD, CLARENDON, VERULAM, STRAD BROOKE, JERSEY, SCARBOROUGH, WILTON, and MOUNT• CHARLES; Viscount LOVf TREK, Lords WHARNCLIFFE, G. CAVENDISH, J. FITZROY ; Sirs M. W. RIDLEY and JoHN SHELLEY ; General GROSVE.NOR ; Colonels Rus sia, UDNY ; Messrs. GREVILLE, IRBY, PRENDERGAST, THORNHILL, SLOANE, STANLEY, PETRE, SCIBTT, PAYNE, BATSON, and DELME RADCLIFFE. The Marquis CONYNGHAM gives a grand dinner party, on Saturday next, to most of his Majesty's Ministers, and a number of the principal Nobility. Mrs. OTWAY CAVE'S Ball, on Tuesday evening, was numerously and elegantly attended ; it com menced with quadrilles and ended with waltzes, at half past five o'clock. The supper was arranged in the rooms on the ground floor with great taste. There were pre sent—The PRUSSIAN, DUTCH, HANOVERIAN, and NEA POLITAN MINISTERS ; the Duchet.s Dowager of LEEDS ; also Lord and Lady GARVAGH, Dowager Lady ELLEN BOROUGH and the Misses LAW, Lord GRAY, Lady and the Misses TROLLOPE, Lord LOWTH, Lord WILLIAM PAULET, Hon. Captain and Mrs. BURTON, Countess of Snazwsnuav and Lady MARY LONG, Lord and Lady ONGLEY, Mr. and Mrs. BUTLER DANVERS, General and Mrs. MUNDY, Captain MUNDY and Mr. WM. MUNDY, General and Miss LOFTUS, Lady W. FREMA NTLE and Miss HARVEY, Sir JOHN and Lady PALMER, COI. EUSTACE, Colonel HUGH BAILLIE and Mrs. BAILLIE, Mrs. and Miss BENYON, Sir Jacon and Dowager Lady ASTLEY, Lord and Lady CHARLES TOWNSHEND, Lady and Mies Sinus, Mr. and Mrs. ASKEW, Mr. and Mrs. HANBERY TRACEY, the Viscountess KEITH and the Hon. Miss EL PIIINSTONE, the Dowager Lady BaowNLow, Cap ain and the Misses CUST, Sir CHARLES MORGAN, Major HOOD, Mr. and Mrs. HERBERT, Mr. and Mrs. SCOTT, Mr. and Mrs. EDGELL, Mr. MASTERTON 'IRE, Mr. and Mrs. DRAKE GARRARD, Mr. and Mrs. MOSTYN, the Misses PUSEY, Lord and Lady PETRE, Captain RooKE, Madame FALCK, Countess MUNSTER, Sir EDWARD and Lady CODRINGTON, Captain CODRINGTON, Mrs. GREATHEAD, Lady and Miss SMITH, Lady MARY SHEPHERD, Mr. and Mrs. BISHOP, Mr. and Mrs. HEATHCOTE. An English messenger arrived at the Custom house on Monday afternoon, in the Lord Melville steam packet, from Calais. He came from the south of Europe, and had voluminous and (it is supposed) important despatches for the Earl of ABERDEEN. An Italian messenger arrived in town last evening from Ancona, with despatches from Sir PULTE-. NET MALCOLM for the Admiralty, and also from Sir FEE DERICE ADAM (the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Isles) for Sir GEORGE MURRAY. DUKEDOM AND EARLDOM OF LENNOX.--- The Earl of DARNLEY has presenteila petition to the KING, claiming the dukedom of Lennox. His MAJESTY sent it to the House of Lords, and their Lordships have referred it to a Committee of Privileges.—London Paper. [CHARLES STUART, sixth Duke of LENNOX, and fourth Duke of RICHMOND, died without issue in 1672, and CHARLES the SECOND was served heir to him. The last male re presentative of his family was the Cardinal of YORK, who died at Rome in 1807. Lord DARNLEY claims the title of Lennox as heir of line of that family, being descended from CATHERINE STUART, Lady D'AUBIGNY, sister to the above CHARLES, sixth Duke. Should Lord DARN LEY succeeded in establishing his title, it does not inter fere with that of the present Duke of RICHMOND and LENNox, which was a creation of 1675, nor with the claim of the WOODHEAD family, as representatives of the ancient Earls of LENNOX of the name of LENNOX. Thus there may be two Dukedoms, and one Earldom of Lennox in our Scottish peerage.] —Scotch Paper. Yesterday morning at half-past seven o'clock the regiment of Royal Horse Guards, under the command of Colonel HILL, marched from their barracks in Hyde park, headed by the fine band of the regiment, and pro ceeded to Wimbledon common, where they had a field day. On their arrival on the ground, the troops halted and then formed line, when their Colonel proceeded to put them through various fine movements, such as forming squadrons, half-squadrons, deploying on the leading half squadron, advancing in double open columns from the centre, forming line, advancing, retiring in open column from the right of wings, forming close column left in front, deploy ing on the leading half-squadron, right thrown forward, changed on the right, left thrown back, echellon half squadrons from the right, formed close column, deployed into line, advanced in parade, &c., &c. All the evolu tions were admirably executed. During the movements of the troops the band entertained the company on the common (which, from ita being holyday time, was more than usually numerous) with a variety of airs from the most celebrated composers. The regiment returned to their barracks soon after twelve o'clock, the band occa sionally playing on the road. lame. IRISH LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, DUBLIN, Jura 6. THE RIGHT REV. GEORGE DE LA PORE, LORD BISHOP OF RILMORE V. THE RIGHT HON. LORD PLUNKETT. This case, which excited much interest, having been fixed for Saturday, the hall of the Court was crowded at a very early hour. At a few minutes after eleven o'clock the doors were thrown open, and in a moment every seat was tenanted. Shortly after, Baron SMITH took his seat upon the bench, when the names of the jurors, who were especially summoned, were called over. Mr. Fox opened the pleadings. Mr. JOHNSTON, K.C., stated the case. This was an action brought by the Lord Bishop of Kilmore, to recover the price of a pair of carriage horses, sold to the noble defendant in July, 1828.' The price was 200/, and the sale and delivery were not disputed. The defendant resisted payment upon two grounds, both of which it was essentially neces sary to his Lordship's case should be sustained. The first ground of objection was, that the horses were warranted sound by the plaintiff; and the second ground of resistance was, that the horses were not sound. The circumstances of the case were briefly these :—The Lord Bishop of Kilmore wanted a pair of carriage horses, and in October, 1827, he commissioned his agent, a Mr. L'Estrange, to buy a pair of young horses at the fair of Ballina sloe. Mr. L'Estrange accordingly purchased a pair of untamed four-years old colts, for which he paid the sum of 110 guineas. These were the horses in question. From Ballinasloe the horses were brought to Kilmore-house, whence they were sent by the Bishop to Belturbet, in order to have them rough ridden by one of the Dragoons there quartered. In the middle of the ensuing January (1828), they were sent to Dycer's repository, for the purpose of having them broken into double harness. At this time there was no idea of selling them. The beauty of the animals caught the attention of many gentlemen, and amongst the rest of the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Plunkett, whe was at the time looking out for a pair of carriage -horses for his father, the noble de fendant in this action. Mr. Plunkett, as well as many others, inquired if the horses were for sale, and Mr. Dycer always replied in the negative. Dycer at length asked Mr. L'Estrange if he thought the Bishop would dispose of the horses. Mr. L'Estrange said he thought his Lordship would sell them, as they were a little too large for his use, and at the same time asked Dycer what he thought they were worth. Dycer said 200, guineas. Mr. L'Estrange bid Dycer sell them for 200/. if he got it. On the 16th of July the sale was made. On the 15th of July Dycer wrote a private letter, by post, to the Bishop. It ran thus:— "My Lord,—l sold your horses to Lord Plunkett for 2001., if sound leaving your Lordship's yard. Give them to the coachman. "EDWARD DYCER." This was the letter upon which Lord Plunkett rested his case, because it contained, as he alleged, an agreement —a condition upon which the horses were to be given up. But this was a great mistake, as the Noble defendant could have known nothing of the letter; and moreover, Dycer had no right or authority to make any stipulations. Edward Dycer sworn—Knows the horses in question. Had them in his yard. They came to him on the 31st of July, 1828.—(Loud laughter.) Mr. O'CoNNELL--The 31st of February you mean.—(Continued laughter.) Mr. WALLACE—That is a clear mistake. Serjeant GOOLD—Then you begin your case by a mistake.—(Laughter.) Mr. WALLACE—Much better than end in one. The witness here drew out a memorandum, and was about to look at its contents, when Mr. O'CONNELL objected to the witness's reading from any thing unless the books of his office. Mr. WALLACE—You had better send for the books. Mr. O ' CONNELL—And for your money also. Mr. ROLLESTON—i must call Mr. O'Connell to order.—(Laughter.) Mr. O'CONNELL--Oh ! I can't be heard at the table.—(Roars of laughter.) Dycer then went down, and the next witness called was Mr. J. Whyte, a Quaker, who averred that the horses in question were bought from him for 110 guineas, at the fair of Ballinasloe, in October, 1827, by Mr. L'Estrange; they were then quite sound; one of them had a swelling on the off foreleg, b u this was no impediment; they were foaled at Eden. derry, in the King's county : never had them exa , mined for corns. Dycer was again called upon the table. He swore that the horses came to his stables on the 31st of January; they left on the 26th of March, and were able to work every day with him. Saw them every day; they were to his knowledge perfectly sound; saw them last on 15th of July, 1829.—(Laughter,) Mr. O'CONNELL—On the 15th July, 1829! (Laughter.) Mr. WALLACE—You know Pastorini is nothing to Mr. O'Connell at making out things.—(Con tinued laughter.) Cross-examined by Mr. O'CONNELL—Does not write as well as his clerk; the letters to the Bishop are in the clerk's handwriting; had warranted the horses sound in Dublin, at the time Mr. Plunkett offered 1701. for them. Mr. O'CONNELL—So you can get your clerk to write to a veterinary surgeon, desiring him to make light of corns 7—Witness—l do not. - Mr. O'CONNELL (handing the witness a paper)— Is that your handwriting ?—Dycer--It is. Mr. O'CONNELL then read the note as follows : " Dear Walker,—Please pass off the corns as lightly as possible to Lord Miltown, as he would keep the horse, and you will oblige yours, &c. " EDWARD DYCER. " Mr. James Walker, Marlborough -street." The reading of this letter produced shouts of laughter. Mr. O'CONNELL—Did Walker pass off the corns lightly ?—Dycer--He did not. O'CONNELL-" False as Dycer's oaths !" Nov, if Walker passed the horse as sound, he would have much obliged you ?—Dycer—He would. Dennis Kennedy sworn—Had shod the horses for Mr. White : they had no corns then. Richard Johnson—ls a veterinary surgeon ; saw these horses, examined them lately; they have no corns; one of them has a cap-hough; they are now sound, but have some blemishes. John Garvey—ls postilion to the Bishop of Kul more; drove these horses; never perceived them Serjeant GooIA for Lord Plunkett, addressed the Jury. The Right Rev. Prelate did not appear to follow the rule of his Divine Master, nor to abide by the Gospel precept—" If a man go to law with thee, and that thou losest thy coat, let him have thy cloak also."—(Laughter.) —Th e Learned Serjeant contended that a warranty had been given, and that the Jury were bound to find for the defendant. Baron SMITH at half-past seven o'clock began to charge the Jury, who found for the plaintiff— Damages 2001., and 6d. costs. CAUTION.—Two children were poisoned last week at Chidock, by eating the herb commonly called " Lords and Ladies."—Brighton Gazette. We are happy to learn that much interest con tinues to be made, for the purpose of getting the French mail removed from the present passage by Dover and Ca lais to that by Brighton and Dieppe. A gentleman residing in Paris lately waited on our Ambassador at that Court, Lord STUART DE ROTHSAT, and had a conference with him en the subject; when his Lordship expressed himself warmly in favour of the project. The adv an t ages o f t h e measure are so obvious that it might be thought needless to insist upon them. The difference of time is considerable, as we have frequently pointed out ; and at this moment when the French Government are taking steps to facilitate the trans mission of the post between the two countries, it cannot be supposed they would be . indifferent t o th at w hi ch i s calcu lated to forward so materially their views. It might no doubt be found unadviseabl e to send the mail by this route during the winter; but if we can secure greater expedition during the six months of summer, is that an object of so little importance to the commercial world, as to be unde serving of attention ?—Brighton Gazette. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. LEGACY DUTIES. An Account of the total Amount of Revenue received in the United Kingdom, in each year since 1823, for Stamp Duty on Legacies (distinguishing those on Direct and those on Reversionary Bequests, if possible), on Probates, Administrations, and Testamentary Inven tories ; distinguishing the Amount from England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland. ENGLAND, WALES, AND SCOTLAND. IRELAND. Probates, , 1 , ----, c. ~ :;) 4 Administra. tions, and 1 P ro b ates and Legacies. Testamen. ' Legacies. Ad min i stra. P. 5 1 . tary Inven- tions. ii tories. ----- -------- ----- X. s. d. X. s. d. X. s. d. X. s. d. 1824 981,241 13 8 820,599 8 0 16.296 14 5129,411 10 10 1825 1,049,458 3 11 851,940 14 6 23,552 16 1 0,112 16 7/ 1826 1,056,906 6 11 874,511 7 0 •i 0,259 13 21,34,552 0 0 1827 923,323 2 2 815,037 9 0 21,053 12 4 38,102 911 1828 1,033,053 6 3 868,789 6 0 35,750 0 9 32,166 10 0 1829 1,170,294 8 9 877,594 10 0 27,557 14 5-1 41,659 in o NOTE.—The mode is which the accounts of this department are kept does not distinguish the legacy duties paid on rever sionary bequests from the duties paid on direct bequests ; nor can the legacy, probate, administration, and testamentary inventory duties for England, Wales, and Scotland, be respectively distin guished. THOMAS LIGHTFOOT, A. and C. G. Accountant and Comptroller-General's Office, Stamps, May 28, 1529. THE PEERAGE. IRISH TITLES EXTINCT SINCE 1822. Earl of Barrymore. Baron Coleraine. Earl of Carhampton. Baron Milford. Viscount Netterville. Baron Eardley. Viscount Bulkely. Baron Whitworth. Viscount Carleton. Baron Castle Coote. Viscount Newcomen. Baron Glenbervie. As the King is empowered, by the articles of the Union, to create one Irish Peer in the room of three that become extinct, and as there have been but three created since 1822, there is now one at the disposal of the Duke of Wel lington. The three bestowed are— Baron Downes. 1 Baroness Fitzgerald. Baron Bloomfield. BRITISH PEERAGES EXTINCT IN THE SAME PERIOD. Duke of York. Baron Bulkely. Earl of Bridgewater. Baron Douglas of Lochleven Earl of Whitworth. Baron Glastonbury. .Viscount Hampden. The marquitrite of Cornwallis and earldom of St. Vinceni are extinct, as is also the Irish earldom of Farnham ; but the titles still exist, though in a lower rank. PEERAGE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. British Peers and Peeresses 337 Scotch Ditto B7 Deduct, being also British 2B Irish Peers and Peeresses 208 Deduct, being also British 5B English Spiritual Peers. Irish Ditto Sodor and Man 546 26 22 1 The Countess GROSVENOR'S party is un avoidably postponed from Thursday, June the 11th, to Friday the 12th. Mrs. B. COHEN gave a ball at her house in Wyndham place on Monday evening to upwards of two hundred and fifty persons of fashion. The company began to assemble at eleven o'clock, and at half-past dancing commenced with the Masaniello Quadrilles. At one the company partook of an elegant entertainment, after which dancing was resumed with great spirit, and continued until a late hour. There are few tragedies that have so long kept possession of the British stage as OTWAY'S Venice Pre served, nor do we think that there is an actress now living calculated to do such justice to its chief character, Belvidera, as Miss SMITHSON, who has, therefore, wisely announced it for her benefit to-night. Most performers fail in this character, not so much from any defect of com prehension as from an over anxiety to make the most of the last scene. Miss SMITHSON, we trust, will not aim at too great a display of pathos or insanity on this occasion ; her judgment will temper her sensibility, and she will doubtless go through the part with the same alternate energy, tenderness, and power of solemn elocution, that rendered her Juliet so delightful, and her Jane Shore so unexampled in its impressive character. The forthcoming novel called, " Rybrent de Cm uce," is attributed, we know not how justly, to the sister of Capt. HEAD, whose Journey across the Pampas attracted so much public attention. " Rybrent" is said to be a perfectly original work in its nature and treatment, and will, no doubt, add another female name to the list of emi nent authoresses. The treaty which is said to be concluded be tween France and the Republic of Hayti appears to be the same as that of which M. ST. MACARY laid the basis at Paris. Hayti is to pay to France, every year, 3,000,000 of francs, till the complete payment of the 150,000,000 promised. Every year, besides, the republic is to raise a fund of 600,000 francs for the redemption of the debt. We understand that Government have re solved to make a grant for rebuilding the edifices of St. Andrew's College, which are now in a state of ruinous decay. The sum named is 23,0001. The money will of course be paid out by annual instalments, like the grant fqr building Edinburgh College.—Edinburgh .Advertizer. The salmon are more plentiful in the Wye than they have been for the last thi►ty years, a convincing proof of the obstruction the late weir offered, and the benefits which have resulted from its removal, which every succeeding year will probably increase.—Bath Chron. SALMON FISHING.—The success of the tacksmen on the Tay stations is very unequal, but the season on the whole, proceeds favourably. Wednesday afternoon 32 fine large salmon were taken at one east at the Stanyard, and last week a draught of 38 were taken at Elcho, also at one haul. There is also a plentiful supply from the Earn and Highland rivers, wh;ch are retailing at 3d. to 4d. a pound less than the Tay fish. Few grilses have yet come up the river, but trout are plentiful.—Perth Courier. TRADE.—The state of trade in this city, during the last week, has rather improved. As one proof of this, an extensive manufacturing house in town engaged 100 additional wea vers , at the O c t o b er pr i ces of last year. Glasgow Cou r ier. Both here and in Paisley, trade is so far brisker, that more hands are employed, though there be yet no advance in wages. At Johnstone, the cotton works are going full time ; but should the drought continue much longer, they will be stopped for want of wat er . Th e water in the Paisley Canal has within the last ten days fallen nearly four inches.— Glasgow Chronicle. HAY HARVEST.—Haymaking has corn menced in several parts of this neighbourhood, but in con sequence of the long continuance of dry weather, we are sorry to state that the crops are generally unproductive. The price of hay is considerably advanced.—Cheltenham Chronicle. On Tuesday night last, Mr. BROOKS, of Chart, met with a serious accident by walking into a cooler of scalding beer which bad been placed in a situation unknown to him. He immediately jumped out, and threw himself into an adjacent pond. The intensity of his suffering caused him to faint away, and, although every assistance was speedily rendered, he still remains in a dangerous state.—Maidstone Journal. The amount of the liquidations under the Emigrant Indemnity Law, of which the inscription was authorised up to the Ist inst., is 771,936,075 fr. in capi tal, or 23,158,261 fr. in rentes.— Galignani s Messenger. My good friend," said a Gentleman to an Irish peasant standing idle in the road, " you seem to be doing nothing." The man negligently began strik ing the stones. "Oh ! that won't do ;do you call that hard work ?" " Su re ," answered he to this expostulation, " Sure, isn't it time now, and not labour, we are bound to give the master ?"--Letters from the Irish Highlands. I cannot understand that the Turks have a better opinion o f our mental powers than we have of theirs ; but they say of us that we are " a people who carry our minds on our fingers' ends;" meaning that we put them in exercise constantly, and do what we do with celerity, dispatch, and ease."—Life of Ledyard. There is a man who at this season of the year devotes the whole of his time in scampering over the country, in pursuit of butterflies. He has a machine something like a parasole, but with four much larger handles : with this he pursues his victims till he catches them—Brighton Gazette. Mr. JOHN STREET, of Bolewood, near Shank lin, who had been in a low state of mind for two years, shot himself with powder only, on Monday week, while his wife was gone to the top of the cliff to milk her cows. He lived till Thursday in the same week, and then died. He said, previous to his death, that he was sorry for what be had done. --Brighto n Guardian. EPSOM RACES. (From a Correspondent of the Times.) At Epsom, on Thursday night, a gentleman was nearly meeting with a similar fate which befell Lord Mount Sandford at Windsor during last Ascot races. Epsom town, like Windsor, during race-time, was swarming with gaming-rooms, open for play every evening, immediately after the races were over, un der the superintendence of the most desperate ruf fians connected with the gaming-tables in the neigh bourhood of St. James's. These rooms, as is usual at all races, were the resort besides of a vast number of another description of pickpockets belonging to a most extensive gang of London prigs. About twelve o'clock on Thursday night, a gentleman had the temerity to venture alone into one of these infamous haunts, when immediately a cry was falsely raised that he was the auther of Life in the West—a work which has effected a great public good by its fearless exposures of the ruinous practices of the gaming system. " Turn him out—turn him out," inter. mingled with the most horrible imprecations, in stantly resounded from all parts of the room. Upon this a person connected with the play-table, struck the table violently with a bludgeon, and exclaimed with an appalling oath, " Then murder shall be committed to night." This threat was the mere fearful, as it was pronounced by a man who was not only an acquaintance of John Thurtell, who murdered Weare, but bears a very striking re semblance to that execrable monster; and the blud geon which he flourished was well calculated to effect so diabolical a purpose. It was a description of walking-stick with a knob handle, nearly as thick as a man's fist, with smaller knobs projecting out in different directions as large as the first joint of a man's little finger, and the rest of the bludgeon was as thick as a man's thumb. The gentleman, alarmed for his life, hastened away, pursued into the road by the people of the gaming-room, and the thieves who were about the table, full fifteen or twenty ruffians in all. He was immediately surrounded, and, in spite of his protestations that he was not the obnoxious individual they took him for, he received a blow from the bludgeon in question, which was aimed at the side of his head, but, most probably owing to the crowd which pressed upon him preventing a good aim being taken, it struck the brim of his hat, and glanced off his shoulder down his arm without doing him much hnrt. Had the blow told, from the peculiar construction of the weapon, it must have proved fatal. Upon the blow being struck, an in stantaneous rush was made for his costly watch and seals, and also for a valuable cloak which hung over his arm. The gentleman being but slightly bruised, and being a powerful man, fortunately succeeded in making his way through the villains that en compassed him, and gained the inn where he put up without further molestation. An officer of the town was sent for, but he refused to interfere, al leging that he did not see the outrage committed, and therefore could not act; and besides that, he bad to look to his own safety from such a set of desperate vil lains. Many robberies were nightly committed upon the Downs, and also in the town, and no doubt by part of the same gang. One gentleman, at night fall, on the same evening of the above occurrence, was knocked down in a booth, where gaming was going on, and after being plundered of his hat, purse, and gold watch, was left upon the Downs in a state of insensibility from the effects of barbarous treatment. At about five o'clock the next morning, he came to himself, and found his head bleeding profusely from a deep cut he had received. He bound his head up with his handkerchief, and took shelter in the training house on the right hand of the race-course, which was open as a place of re freshment, where every kind attention was paid to his pitiable condition by the humane occupiers of it. It is to be hoped that these facts will make a due impression upon the Magistrates of Windsor and the surrounding district, so as effectually to prevent such horrible places from being established at Wind sor, or on the course, during the ensuing Ascot races ; or, at any rate, that they will prove to be a sufficient caution with persons of respectability to avoid these dens with abhorrence. The gaming rooms at all races are open throughout the night, and afford a shelter to the most desperate thieves and ruffians. Quarrels are picked with genteel looking men upon the slightest pretext, and these wretches profit by the confusion created. The in gress and egress of gentlemen are narrowly watched, where their property is placed is strictly observed, and on their departure they are followed out, way laid, knocked down, and robbed; and they must think themselves fortunate if they escape with their lives. SPARRING AT THE TENNIS COURT. The Ex-Champion, Tom Spring, took his benefit at the Tennis-court yesterday, and, as we antici pated, had a strong muster of Corinthians as well as humble supporters. The expectation of a display of good sparring seemed to have awakened the dor mant spirit of the admirers of the fistic art ; and to this, as well as the respect which the good conduct of Spring throughout his pugilistic career had ex cited, may be attributed the throng which was as sembled. The display of self-defence was of the first order, and gave very general satisfaction. The games opened with a display between Black Davis and Donovan, who were followed by Sheen and Smith, Bitton and Spencer, Ben Burn and Tom Oliver, Young Dutch Sam and Baldwin. This set to attracted the fixed attention of the spectators, and drew down bursts of applause. Neither of the men was in, slap-up condition, Bob training too ge nerally among the swells of the Metropolis, and Sam having injured his right hand in a recent "turn up ;" still both resolved to do their best, and an admirable contest for superiority followed. The jobbing of Sam was very powerful, and his quick execution when in, was equally creditable. Bob caught it in the muzzle rather severely several times, and at length had his cork drawn; he made some good returns, but Sam, in our opinion, had the best of the bout. Towards the conclu sion, Bob gave sam a cross-buttock, but in the closing Sam was even with him, and threw him as neat a back fall over his hip as we have ever seen. The match was closed amidst enthusiastic cheers. Ned Neal then set-to with Gaynor, and had his cork drawn. Then came Alick Reid and Harry Jones, Cousins and Berry, Simon Byrne and Tom Reynolds, Reuben Martin and the Cheshire Hero, and, as the wind up, Tom Spring and Peter Crawley. Spring returned tha►►ks for the kind maner in which he had been supported, and was warmly applauded. Simon Byrne looks well, but has still six or eight pounds of flesh to get off. He will finish his train ing in the neighbourhood of London. The fight between him and Sampson will take place on the 30th inst. Deaf Burke and Fitzmaurice both shewed, and their heads exhibited evident marks of the pepper box; but Fitzmaurice had most to complain of. The Deaf-un had an arm in a sling, from the in juries which he had received in his right hand. P 'eter Warren, the pugilist, died on Saturday last, ai his lodgings in Heneage-street, Brick-lane, Spitalfields. His death is attributed to an injury which he received in his battle with Cocks, of Nor wich. He has left a widow and two children in a destitute state. BILIOUS COMPLAINTS, CONSTIPATION.— For the purpose of cleansing not only the Liver and Glan dular System, and effectually carrying off redundant bile, slime, and other matter from the alimentary canal, with out debi:itating the system, the Composition introduced by Dr. DICK, an eminent physician of Bengal, under the name of BENGAL ANTIBILIOUS PILLS, has proved more efficacious than any other. These Pills do not, like most antibilious purgatives, irritate the rectum or occasion piles ; and after their operation the patient uniformly gains strength, and remains free from head-ache, eruptions of the akin, and symptoms of indigestion.—Medical Guide. —These Pills are sold, with full directions, by SANGER, 150, Oxford -road ; Medical Hall, 170, Piccadilly; NORTON, Bristol; HITCHCOCK, Taunton; MoxoN, Hull; and HAY, Portsmouth. SPIRIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS, The foreign papers perplex themselves with laborious commentaries on articles which have appeared in this journal, touching the war in the East. We are charged with exhibiting Great Britain in an attitude of menace and hostility towards Russia. We have done no such thing: we have but shown what must be the consequence of hostilities directed against the rights of Eng land, or against the independenc e of Europe. But it is easy to transfer the blame of unjust proceedings from the aggressor to the sufferer— we mean for a short season. We are asked if Russia has in any particular transgressed the stipulations of the Greek Treaty, by making this war upon the Porte ? She may not, perhaps, have violated the letter of the Treaty ; but states men must look at things, not words. If Russia, paying respect to forms, should be found to have infringed the substances and principles of understood engagements,—if, without renounc ing the Greek Treaty, she has judged it more politic to render a compact for the liberation of Greece essentially subservient and conducive to a. design against the existence of Turkey,—we beg leave to ask, is not that a case which calls upon France and England to deliberate ? —Times. The letters of our Dublin correspondent begin to present a topic of considerable interest in their allusions to the progress of the new registry of freeholds under the Disfranchisement Bill. Where property is broken up to such a degree as in Ireland, and where the great bulk of the old county electors was formed of individuals whose qualification arose out of the very smallest subdivision of land, it was absurd to pretend that the number of voters would not be very sensibly reduced by a law which substituted a standard of 101. for one of 40s. When we heard, for in stance, that in Clare, which is a small county, from two to three thousand notices of registry for 101. freeholders had been issued, we na turally anticipated—what has since occurred that many of the claimants upon such notices would experience a severe disappointment, and that some vexation at least, if not bitter re sentment, would be the necessary consequence. But such feelings will, we trust, be soothed, by a general conviction of the fairness and impar tiality with which the assistant-barristers are dis posed to exercise their judgment upon the claims submitted to them. If the notion once gets abroad that party mixes itself with the decisions of those to whom the law has intrusted the right of admitting or rejecting freeholders, the agita tion produced by such a fancy, however delu sive, may long prove troublesome to the public peace. It is probable that the soreness of men whose titles to vote have been refused, may ren der them unjust to the authorities which have defeated them ; but we should be sorry to have gro ground forsta standard, imagining, high enough for Ireland, s h ou ld b e d rawn st ill higher by artificial obj e cti ons an d su btl et i es i n which, t h at like in that any of instance o/. is a freehold the construction of the recent law, more rnner. ous than had been fully contemplated by the le gislative body which framed it. In the great county of Limerick, one may look for a more than average amount of new freeholds; yet, guessing from the four baronies, where, if we understand the accounts transmitted to us, the registers have been finished, and the numbers (fifty-five only) of freehold qualifications ascertained, the whole county, containing ten baronies, would not yield above 140. This, however, is a vague criterion. In Cork, the Irish Yorkshire, no more than 31 freeholds had . been registered at the date of the last letters; and in the county of Tipperary, which ranks next to Cork, although the gross amount of notices is near 2,300, that of the ad mitted freeholds for the whole county it is not conjectured will exceed 400 altogether. Now, if this be a measure of the general condition of Ireland with regard to the county constituency, we fear it may exhibit a basis too narrow to an swer the full purposes of a system of national representation. In other respects, there are ap pearances of improvement throughout the coun try,—the affairs are advancing, and when money is laid out with more freedom in purchases, a strong proof is afforded that confidence and se. curity must have revived.—lbid. In the Chronicle of yesterday there was an account of an Inquest at Lewisham on the 4th instant ; from which it appears that Mr. Carttar, Coroner for the county of Kent, laid it down, " that a medical man who gave his servict, gratuitously (as the dispensatory Apothecaries do) is not bound, and cannot be expected, to bestow much attention upon pauper patients." Mr. Carttar has been led by analogy to transfer to unpaid Physicians the favour shown in our Courts to unpaid Magistrates. Except a cor rupt motive can be proved, an unpaid M ag i strate has full scope for his vagaries ; except it can he proved that an unpaid A po th ecary intended the death of a paup er , th e : C oroner says he m a y purge, bleed, and blister the paupera without mercy. Mr. Carttar, we suppose, is one of those who hold in horror the dissecting the dead bodies of the poor; but provided the dead body be protected, he thinks that any liberty may very properly be taken with the living. An unpaid Tailor, or an unpaid Shoemaker, will be apt - to be somewhat remiss in the execution of orders ; a Barrister, who is Counsel for a client who sues in forma pauperis, will hardly over-work him self in the cause ; and few who have heard of the wish ßa re b t r who ofall sha ved the handsr of sn ch a Go God, would p e w r a o t u o l r d . It would be unfair to impose harder terms on unpaid Magistrates and unpaid Apothecaries than on unpaid Barbers ; and hence, no doubt, the consideration of our Courts and Coro ners for these two mer it or i ous classes a citizens. In a monthly Journal, dedicated to Jurispru dence and - Legislation in Scotland, entitled Th e Scots Law Chronicle, a which we have the first number before us (it is gratifying to per ceive that the attention paid to this important subject is so rapidly increasing), no little wonder is expressed by our Northern Contemporaries, at the predilection of the people of England for unpaid Magistrates. They quote upon us a passage in a M emor i a l to the Hotta() of Peers of the Lords of Council and Session (1807), that " the jurisdiction and office of the Sheriff-de pute in Scotland, undoubtedly, is one of the most valuable and beautiful parts of our system of administrative justice ;" and another from Mr. Bentham, that " Scotland has the happiness of possessing alre a dy a set o f l oca l Courts i" an d seem to think it odd enough that it should never have occurred to any of the grave anti wise men in either House of Parliament to in quire whether the Institution wag or was not be neficial ; and if btneficial, whether there was any thing in the idiosyncrasy of a true-born English - - man which made any other administration of jus tice than the very rawest quite unsuitable for him. The lurirAiction of the Sheriff Court (says the