The Sun. — London, England, 1829-11-03 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGINCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. JIID©MENY•~IN THE MATTER OF EDWARD DAVIS, A surrosen LUNATIC. The LORD CHANCELLOR, on taking his seat, delivered tulgment in this matter to the following effect : In this ease of Edward Davis, which was heard before tne the other day at my house, I expressed, at that time, Thy wish, and from the moment I heard the case up to the present moment I have been desirous, if possible, to avoid the necessity of issuing a Commission, on ac count of the great inconvenience that will result from it in the particular business in which Mr. Edward Davis is e ; °ll !°Yed and also the great expcnce that must attend the Inquiry, consequent on the issuing of such a commis :lnn. I was desirous that the Lustiness if possible should on carried on under the superintendenoe of Mrs. Byewater, Mother of Mr. Edward Davis, and that some arrange- Inept Should be made for the comfort of Mr. Davis, in "ter that the suggestions of the medical men, at least "tot of the medical men, should be carried into effect. t i . t is with gr da t regret I find those suggestions ye not b een acceded to by the parties. It is necessary there fores for me, upon the affidavits before me, to decide w hetter or not a commission ought to issue. I have read the affidavits with attention, and upon the facts they dis %lose, and upon the medical evidence given in those affi davits, I think I have no alternative but to direct a com luiujon to i ssue . I don ' t at all pretend to say what will be the result of the viva voce evidence upon the facts on which t°7 ituignsent is formed ; but I think I should incur it _ N " . " . 7 heavy re s p ons i b i lity, and expose Mr. Edward Davis so very great danger (on the evidence before me), if I sire_re not to grant a commission. I beg leave at the same to lu ggest, though I don't mean for a moment to say that,a what Mr. Edward Davis feels is well founded, yet I t ink, from the circumstances that have occurred ) it will "m e very m uch to k eep u p hi s i rr it a ti on a nd exc it emen t If should be continued in the place where he now is, which should be avoided, and therefore I think it gill be 14.° Per to prepare an o th er place for his accommodati o n. Sir CHARLES WETHERELL, who appeared for Mrs. 137exyater, said the last observation should be attended to. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL was for Mr. Edw. Davis, and submitted that as the enquiry could not be entered 'Von Without his client having the means of defending him self, and as there was a cash balance of 8001. in his libelh an d s, t h ose w h o represented him should be at 4i berty to resort to that fund. 11 4 LORDSHIP considered this reasonable, but hoped it be Would not be drawn up on t o an ex t en t b eyon d w h at should found to be absolutely necessary. Sir Cna.atas WETHERELL was aware that there might be many Cases in which this might be proper, but be he lievell there was no authority to show, that the Court could in point of jurisdiction make an order for the dis posal of such a fund in this way. The LORD CHANCELLOR—One of two circumstances must he establish e d : either it will turn cut that W. Ed ward Davis is of sound mind, or that he is not; if he is, then the fund will he entirely at his own dispo-al; if he is not, t h e Court, which will have to deal with it, will sanction its outlay in this way. ,__ T his seem e d t o sa ti s f y a ll part i es, an d t h e comm i ss i on 'vs* ordered to issue. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. The Court was occupied till we left with hear ing Pleas a'l4 41 0 accounts Demurrers, involvint , principally questions of practice, totally devoid of any public interest. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. "l at. CO} • IN lIIGH LIFF. -LORD BRANDON V. LORD Th . ItT:LBOURNE. " ", being fixed to cme on this morning, the I Co urt taw , a prett well filled befor o e the usual hour of sitting. a£Tnc Counaely retained for the plaintiff were Mr. Goa- Ilnot•crrast, Mr. Poaaocr, Mr. C. Pitman's, Gad Mr. Cor SON ; and fir the defendant, the ATTORNEY "itAL) s Mr. PLATT, and 3lr. AL- Thenal,eox . 11.1.1A31. Special Jury having been sworn, Arr• t% C. Pitman's opened the pleadings: ' GIJAN ZT stated to the Jury that flat was an action )3. t he plaintiff, Robert William Lord Brandon, to re- Foyer from the defendant, Lord Melbourne, compensation dennage s for criminal conversation with his wife. The Ilartarit!ant pleaded " Not Guilty." The plaintiff married t hen he was the Rev. Mr. Crosbie, azabeth Laeouche, l ''ho was aso most highly connected. They lived happily together, and Lord and Lady Brandon had a daughter j aae it hin thr ee y ears a f ter t h e i r marr i age , w h o woul d now ti n to regret the loss of a mother, whom he had no () tan ahe had now loiit from her misconduct. In the 3.e ar 1823, the Rev. Mr. Crosbie had been pr esen t e d w ith it!weZlntl?le living in the county of Killarney in Ireland, and ii,lLn sHuoc'eg in Dublin. He then first became acquainted tot Lamb, the present defendant, who had p een ceeded to his title. The Hon. Mr. Lamb bad 'Ppointed Seatarr to the Lieutenant of Ire and, when he was introduced to Lor I l an Lady Brandon, i.,„4" continued to visit them on terms of the greatest hal- CY. It was necessary for him (Mr. G.) to observe, IQ the plaintiff was not a yonng man, in fact he was r '!" the a ge of sixty. At that time his health was so bail that it became necessary for him to leave Dublin, and he /vita induced to come to England, and repair to Harrow- Rate' and the baths at Buxton. He afterwards retuaned r o e , l ? *ins and subsequently went to France, where he it n e D r te d a letter w hi c h i n d uce d him to think th a t an oPer intimacy existed between the defendant and Lady t He returned, and her guilt was unfortunately -gu "TParent, a s s he suddenly quitted Dublin with her a t . Her unfortunate husband was for a long time w : B44 nr anger t o h er place of concealment, although, as he to daughter from her care, he made ev er , . reserve their k in } 'squirt'. At last, however, Lord Brandon ascer r ed that her Ladyship had arrived in Londan, and had is pa ' e dgings, first in Northumberland-street, afterwards h on z- d srli anient- ' street, and subsequently in the . neighbour -6f St. John's Wood, where she was living under an th n ned nam e ; and when the agent of his Lordship, who thate r eeovererl possession of his daughter, informed him 01 : e n doubt cou ld b e en t er t a i ne d o f a cr i m i na l inter rae ha ying existed between them. Lord Melbourne had ue en coming out of the house as late, 1;e believed, as re e o'clo c k i n t h e morn i ng, an d h e s h ou ld b e a bl e to ' l " ro va hi e h av i ng taken a hackney-coach, and ether means, ') ,;° 4 l oleservation. At hi s L o rd s hip's time of life and ;„ - "' ll nitY a divorce would be of very little consequence, „ ) , r -t ha felt i t hi s d uty to b ring th i s action to clear up hi s n character, and to show to the world char he had not Rl a k e at the crime with which he now ged the de- Il l e t• The Learned Counsel then called— • hir• Magrath, who produced an extract of the mar tt c f L or d an d L a dy Brand on , w hi c h too k p l ace th "othf arnham on the 3d May, 1815. Wit ness k n ew e R evs Mr. Croshie, since Lord Brandon, and also Eliza- Latouche, since Lady Brandon. First bec a m e ac taftl4eaid with them in 1822. Lord Brandon was very ‘4 ".I!ton•ate to Lady Brandon, but the latter did not se e m aetionate towards her husband as he was to her. 4 .7 4a- examined by Mr. ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Had know th at Lord B ran d o n was turned of 58. Did no t beca - si on be „ age of Lady Brandon. Had dined with them N IA , a ny since 1822. Lord Brandon was not much in Had k nown hi m , h owever , t o s t a y t h ere as l ong I :o%; ‘ ,', e k at a time. Continued to visit Lord Brandon, abs ent net Ladyship, till 1826. Had known him to be 1,1: oc casionally two o r three months from Dubli n . ti oo of Learned Counsel deferred a further cross-examina into t his witn ess , as lie did not, he said, wish to enter Tl P l : tt iculars if t h ey were uncalled for wasalleYs Edward Moore, a nephew of Lord Brandon— till I thent et his marriage, and was with him frequently iro ny 23 * They appeared to live together with great bar- Reect k Lord B ran d on treated Lady B ran d on w i t h in pi t : ted oese. He bought her a hous e , an d f urn i s h e d it, i nen awilliam ' .aquar e Dublin, and ev e n went beyond hi s taatir.El2 to "nipport h e r in an establishment worthy of their tnrCrienrge L atouche, Lady Brandon's brother —Knew thp. Lr andon intimately. They appeared to live toge ,Ld' 1828. very good terms. Lady Brandon left Dublin in sh er°%/4-exarnisied by Mr. ATTORNEY-GENERAL 7 WIien left Dublin, a member of her family accompanied her. kb 'e went to the house of her sister. She left from the rt Prehe a'ion that her daughter would be taken from her. :‘‘74% arranged that witness should follow her, and that 11:it.nather brother should accompan her to England. Her biiedr'' i maband C t Haiton, y was living near Ton dge tr ' her a e p sh a e n remained two or three months. thil not kn ow that she was under apprehensions of her d being ta ame. ken from her. She came to England under n t I Sc.aser.zyr also d e f erre d a f urt h er cross.examina an of this witness. „LIP-Award INlacue h a d b een in the service of Lor d Bran ,l; Went into his service in March, 1827, _aiiinrir of 1827 witness knew Mr. Lamb, who dined th at Lord in Dublin. In and Lady Brandon frequently. In the autumn 'Ait year his L or d ship had a paralytic attack ; he came 11 "gland and went t o H arrowgate an d Buxton baths;4:ftervrards went to Bath. He returned to Dublin in 10 18 28. Il ls Lordship then went to the baths of 4 6e, in France; he returned from there about March last. WaneSs Went with a police officer to tate Latly Brandon; found her resid;ng near St. John's Wood, with her daughter ; that was on the 9 h of April last; her daughter was then tak!ri from her. Cross-examined—Loud Brandon left Dublin in No vember, 1827. He stopped at Dublin about sve or six weeks after he had been to England, and before he went to France. Her Ladyship was lift in the town house, Dublin. Many other persons dined with his Lordship as well as Mr. Lamb ; they kept the best company. They received a good deal of company in the evening. Was present when the young lady was taken away. The po lice officer had a pi-tol. His Lordship had a cottage on the Lakes of Killarney, which was about two or three hours ride front Castle. bland, where his glebe and pas turage were. John Ambrose Wilkinson, husband to Mrs. Cardin, the dress-maker of King-street, Soho, recollected a holy named St. John being a customer in last November. She was recommended by Mrs. Mirr, who keeps a house acid lets lodgings in Northumberland-street. Had seen her (Mrs. St. John's) servant, a foreigner, her name was Rosaline. Did not know if she was in England at present. Enquiry WJS made after Mrs. St. John after she left Mrs. Marr's. Heard of her again in December or January last, when she was living in Parliament-street, No. 21. Lost sight of her again. She owed witness a bill, and he afterwards found her in April at St. John's Wood-grove. Mrs. St. John, he had heard since, is Lady Brandon. Never saw her hut once, and that was as she was step ping out of a carriage in Northumberland-street. Lord TENTERDEN—C4II somebody will prove some thing.—(A laugh.) Mrs. Struthers lived at 28, Parliament-street; did so in 1828 ; recollected Mrs. St. John coming in the latter end of November 1828, and lodging with her; she had a French maid whose name was Rosaline ;- she stopped there ten weeks and a few days ; did not know where she went to afterwards ; few persons visited her, but there were inure than one came; there were two or three gen tlemen, but her own maid attended to the'door, and wit ness did not see much of them ; did not know Lord Mel bourne, or Mr. Maurice Fitzgerald, the Knight of Kerry. Cross-examined—Ladies might have called, but not as witness knew of. Emma Marr, lived in Northumberland-street, and let lodgings; Mrs. St. John came to lodge with her in the au tumn of 1828 ; she had a young lady and her maid with her ; she stopped there two months and a half. Two gentlemen called, one was a Mr. Dickenson, and the other she did not know, he was a middle sized man, his name was Lord Melbourne or Lord Mellyborough. A livery servant brought some pine apples for Mrs. St. John, and he himself came and stopped from eight o'clock to eleven ; he said that the lady expected him, and the French ser vant showed him up stairs. Lord THNTERDEN—CaI! any body else, will you, Mr. Gurney. William Hall war, in April last, a hackney-coachman, and took up two gentlemen in Belgrave-square ; one gen tleman wore a cloak ; the other got out in Albemarle-- street; drove the first to Lisson-grove, when he got out, and told witness to stop; he stopped, and the gent/eman returned, and told him to drive to a house with white 01- lais at Whitehall ; he then knorked at the door, and told the servant to pay witness; the house in Lord Melbourne's. Joseph Ealing was a hackney-coachman in April last, and took a gentleman from St. James's street to Lisson grove, and stopped there fur him ; he came to him again at Indf-past one, and witness then drove him to Melbourne House ; he was a short gentleman. Lord TENTEIMEN-You must bring it nearer than this; you have not taken him to the lady's house yet. Sir J. SCA IMETT—If there is any suspicion it must at tach to the short gentleman.—(Laughter.) Joseph Mills, another hackney-coachman, took up a gentleman who came out of Melbourne House. Did not take much notice of him, but took him to Lisson Grove, where he waited two hours till twelve o'clock, and then brought the gentleman back to Melbourne House. Did not see what house he went into at Lisson Grove, as he got out and left witness in the road. This was the plaintiff's case. Lord TENTEUDEN-Call the plaintiff. The plaintiff was then nonsuited. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. GRINDALL V. LAWSON. This was an action of trover brought by the plaintiff to recover possession of a certain quantity of goods. Mr. Serjeant Arinitrws was stating the cue to the Jurv, when Mr. Serjeant WILDE, on behalf of the defen dant, said he was willing to refer the matters in dispute t o a gentleman of the bar, which was agreed to. A verdict was in consequence returned for the plaintiff, with SOU damages, subject to a reference. STARLING V. CABLE. This was an action to recover compensation in damages for an assault. Mr. Serjeant WILDE stated the ease. The plaintiff is a respectable gentleman living in Wilmington-square, and the defendant an extensive brass-founder, residing in the same neighbourhood. On the 30th of May last, between six and seven o'clock, the plaintiff returned home, and, whilst sitting at tea with his family, he heard a noise in the passage ; shortly afterwards the parlour door opened, and in walked the defendant. " Oh,"said he (addressing the plaintiff), " a pretty scoundrel you are;" and, not content with using that and other opprobrious epithets, commenced assaulting Mr. Starling in an aggravated lim ner; he struck him, and shook bins by the colhr. This, however, did not appear to be sufficient, for he upset the table, and . kicked the dishes, decanters, cups, saucers, &c., about a valuable carpet, by which it was much in jured. The ladies were very much :Alarmed, and sent for an officer, who succeeded in ejecting the defendant from the house. It was for this outrage that the present action was brought. Evidence was adduced in corroboration of the Learned Counsel's statement. Mr. Serjeant Cross, for the defence, said, a verdict must pass against his client, but it was his duty to address some observations in mitigation of damages. The defendant on the day in question had been dining with some friends, ;:nd bad taken too much wine ; no one could more regret than be did what had occurred, and offered to make any apology to prevent a public discussion of so unpleasant an affair. The Jury returned a verdict for itie plaintiff, damages —4Ol. OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. Edward Bennett, an old offender, was transported for life, for picking the pocket of a country gentleman, walking through St. Paul's Church-yard. George Carman, labourer, aged 45 years, was capitally indicted for uttering a forged bill of exchange for 471., with intent to defraud Mr. J. D. Child, wine -merchant, Bishops gate-street Without. On.the 29th of September, the pri soner, whom the prosecutor' had known when he kept a public-house in the Old-street-road, called at his ware house, and asked him to discount the bill i❑ question, which purported to be drawn upon Mr. James Ellis, the great hop-planter at Barming, Kent. The prisoner ob tained 2/. on account, and on his return for the balance was taken into custody, it having in the meantime been discovered that the bill was a forgery. The prisoner put in a written defence, in which he in serted that the bill bad been given to him by Smith, an itenerant hawker of fruit. Mr. Mortimer, a partner in Whitbread's house, Mr. Sewell, a distiller, Mr. Smith, auctioneer, and other wit nesses, gave the prisoner a good character; they had known him for the last five months. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty—Death. . Henry Mortimer, aged 19 years, the son of a mechanic in his Majesty's dock-yard, Portsmouth, was capitally con victed of stealing two watches, a mourning ring, and other goods, from the dwelling-house of Mr. Drake, watch maker, Crispin -street, Spitalfields. William Glegg, aged 16 years, was found guilty of stealing a gold watch, value 201. from the house of his master, Mr. Mann, a fishmonger, at Paddington. At half-past twelve o'clock, the Judges having gone through the capital charges in the calendar, adjourned the Court. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). HAY Di A RKETS.— t per Load of 36 Trusses.) ST. JAMES'S. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 6 to £2 15 New Meadow Hay Useful Old Ditto 3 0 3 12 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay ..... Clover Hay 3 10 5 5 Oat Straw £1 18 to £2 0 I Wheat Straw... 2 2 2 5 A good supply, and a dull trade, at barely Saturday's prices. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowl an d M ea d ow H ay £2 2 to ..C2 15 New Meadow Hay 2 0 3 0 Useful Old Ditto 3 3 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay ..... Clover Hay (extra tine)...Xs 5.. Generallo' Oat Straw £l 12 to £1 16 I Wheat Straw 1 16 2 0 Mead Av Hay, in most instances, from ss. to (is., Clover'llay 55., and Straw from 46. to ss. per load lower than last quoted. Supply good, and trade very dull. Lady KING, the mother of Lord KING, ex pired at East Lodge, the marine seat of the Earl of EGRIC -140217 here, on-Sunday lest....—Brighton Paper. FASITIONATILE TNTT.T.T.!Ir.NCE. _AR it IVA ',S. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisimr:.., lanover-squa',, from Earl Cowper's seat, Pan.angcr, Rests ;- D,wager M,rahlo ness of Salisbury, in Arlington-street, from Sir Gore Ouse,ley's seat, Claremont. llerts ; Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, at Burleigh, Lincolnshire, from Newmarket; Duke and Duchess of Argyll, in Upper Brook street, from a tour ; Lady Cowley, at the Clarendon Hotel. Pond-street, from Vienna; Earl and' onn. tess of Sefton, and the Ladies Molyneux, at their house in At lington-street, from Newmarket ; Robert Ward, Esq., at *l'al3.'s hotel, (late Miller's,) Jermyn-street, from Kent ; Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, in Grosvenor-square, from Totten ham Park, Wilts ; Lady Wellesley, at the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury's,:in Arlington-street, from Vienna; Lord and Lady Sheffield and the Hon. Captain Legge, in Portland-place, from Ramsgate; Colonel Gilbert, at Symmons' Hotel (late Jordan's) St. James's-street, from his seat in Devonshire; Sir G. Wood, Bart., at the Burlington Hotel, from the North; J. S. Lumley, Esq., M.P., in Park-street, from a tour ; Captain and Mrs. Os wald, in Pall-mall, from Paris; Earl of Buckinghamshire, at the Hyde-park Hotel, Hyde-park-place, from Hampden House, Bucks ; Sir Alexander Campbell, Bart., at ditto, from Scotland ; Sir Wm. and Lady Conway, from Devonshire. DEPARTURES. The Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria, from Broadstairs, for the Bail of Winchelsea's seat in Kent; Lord and Lady Churchill, from Newmarket, for their scat in Oxfordshire; the Earl and Countess Gower, from the Marquis of Stafford's seat, Trentham Hall, Staffordshire, for their scat, Lilleshall, Salop; \V. A. Roberts, Esq., from Newmarket, for the Duke of Dor set's seat, Drayton House, Northamptonshire; Colonel and Lady Harriet Forde, from the Burlington Hotel, for Ireland ; Sir Jenison Gordon, Bart., from ditto, for his seat, Haverhohn Priory, Lincolnshire ; Wm. Hawkins, Esq., from the Bristol Hotel, Jermyn-street, for the Continent; Lord William Mon tague, from the Berners Hotel, Berner's-street, fur Gerrard's Cross ; Lady Hughes and the Misses Hughes, from ditto, for Ramsgate; the Archdeacon Probyn, Mrs. and Miss Probyn, from ditto, for Longhope, Gloucestershire. The Duke of CUMBERLAND returned to his residence at Kew, from a visit to his MAJESTY at the Royal Lodge in Windsor-park on Sunday evening. His Royal Highness came to town yesterday morning, and in the afternoon returned to Kew. The Earl of ABERDEEN visited the Duke o WELLINGTON yesterday at the Treasury. The French Ambassador had a long confer ence with the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday morning. The Spanish Minister had an interview with the Noble Earl yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Marquis of DOURO arrived in town yes, terday afternoon from Portsmouth. The Bavarian Minister, Count MUNSTER, Count MAtrucEwin, Monsieur ROTH, and Monsieur DE NEUMANN, were of the dinner party given by the Duke of WELLINGTON on Sunday evening at his residence in Downing-street. Mr. T. P. COURTENAY, Vice-President o the Board of Trade, left town on Friday night for Paris. Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD arrived in town on Sunday morning, from a visit to the Marquis of HERT roan, at Sudborn Hall, Suffolk. Mr. HUSKISSON left the seat •of the Marquis of Henrrotto, Sudborn Hall, on Thursday. On his way to town the Right Hon. Grnt;man remained to enjoy a day's shooting at the seat of Lord RENDLESHAM, at Hen dleshatn Haul, Suffolk. Mr. 11. arrived in town on Friday night. On Monday evening, the 2d inst. a General Assembly of the Academ'cicars was held at the apartments of the Royal Academy of Arts, in Somerset-house, when CHARLES RountT Coca:sand., Esq. was elected an As— sociate of that Institution. DOVER, Nov. 2.—At a Common Council held this day, GEORGE BAKER, Esq. of St. Stephens, near Canterbury, was unanimously elected Recorder of Dover, in the room of the late WILLIAM KENRICK, Esq., and the Freedom of the Town of Dover was at the same time un animously voted to him. It is currently reported in the literary circles that Mr. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM, the Nithsdale bard, has purchased one of the Newspapers in the south of Scot land, and purpooes to take upon himself the Editorship of the paper.— Carlisle Journal. Madame PASTA is engaged at the King's Theatre for the approaching season.--Furet de Londres. LISTON is said to have an exceedingly droll part in the forthcoming new two-act piece announced for this evening. Miss Moitakywr has also a part in it. It is entitled Snakes in the Grass, and is attribnted to the pen of Mr. BUCKSTONE, of the Adelphi Theatre, who al ready stands before the public as a successful dramatist. Mr. H. WALL ACK, we are sorry to hear, having met with an accident, was unable to perform last night in Julius Gesar—he will re-appear as soon as he has recovered from its effects. TALMA, in his recitation of the French tra gedians, carried to such an extreme his peculiar taste for concealing the rhyme and relieving the ear from the mono tony of versification, that a celebrated poet once said to him, with great naivete, that he " recited his verses so well, be should not know them again. MR. BANNISTER.—The Chronicle, speak ing of this admirablelactor's performance of Tristram Fic kle, in the Weathercock, says, " We shall never forget the energetic vivacity of BANNISTER ; how be bounded about the stage, despite of occasional fits of the gout, and how the words started from his lips like the cork from a bottle of champaigne. The la . st time we saw him, he was hobbling along Tavistock-place, by the aid of the area railings and a stou; cane, is la pilgrim and the peas ; but his eye had not lost a spark of its spirit, nor his mouth a particle of its benevolent expression." We learn, by letters received from Malta, that 2,500 English troops were to be embarked for the lonian Islands.—French Paper. A correspondent, residing in Bristol, requests us to insert the following recipe for rendering leather im pervious to water :—Take of frankincense one ounce; olive oil, four ounces; oil of turpentine, twelve ounces. Dis solve the frankincense in olive oil by gently boiling, and, when nearly cold, add the turpentine." He directs a little of this mixture to be well rubbed into the inside of the shoes or boots before they are worn, about every second day for a week, and once outside. For ladies shoes, sup posing the smell of turpentine may be unpleasant to their delicate olfactory organs, he advises two ounces of the oil of spike lavender to be added. This composition, he says, will not only render the leather completely impervious to water, but also supple, and protect it against the caustic quality of the fashionable blackings of the day. He par ticularly recommends it to sporting gentlemen, and those who suffer from corns or bunions.—Berkshire Chronicle. MESSRS. BRAITHWAITE AND ERICSSON'S STEA M-ENG I N —We understand that it is intended to apply the principle of these gentlemen's steam apparatus, the superiority of which was satisfactorily proved during the recent experiments on the railroad, to the propelling of vessels. A vessel is forthwith to be fitted up with their angine, and the experiment will, we hear, be made as soon as it is complete. One of its great recommendations will consist in tie saving of fuel, as well an in the dead weight in coal which every steam-vessel is compelled to carry for use during a voyage. A small quantity of coke will, it is conjectured, enable a steamer, fitted up with Messrs. BRAITHWAITE and ERICWN'S patent engine, to cross from England to Ireland, and vice versa. These gentlemen's apparatus will, it is thought, be admirably adapted for inland navigation, from the ease with which it works; and there is some intention of trying it on the Shannon, under the auspices of the Irish Inland Navigation Com pany, recently formed by C. W. WILLIAMS, Esq., of this town.—Liverpool Chronicle. An undertaking of some importance as re gards the prosperity of our coloniee in North America, is about to be submitted to the monied interest of the city, with the view of obtaining the degree of assistance requi site for its completion. We refer to the formation of a canal in Nova Scotia, from the town of Halifax to the Bay of Mines, by which a very circuitous and danger. ous sea navigation will be avoided, and this, according to the estimates prepared, at an extremely moderate ex pence, more than half the distance being practicable by the natural advantages which the lakes and rivers pre sent. The whole cost is calculated at 75,000/, of which 18,000/. has been subscribed for in Halifax, to which a donation of 15,0001. has been added by the provincial legislature, leaving the sum of 42,000/. to be provided for in England. The legislature of Neva Scotia has fur ther voted an annual grant of 1,5001. fur ten years, to assist in defraying the interest on further loans or subscrip tions. A considerable portion of the 'canal is already completed, and the, whole is to be made navigable for ves sels drawing eight feet of water. We have seen, how ever, no estimate of the annual sum expected to be de rived from the passing of ships through this canal, on which of course its fitness as an investment of capital will depend. • coLOSSEUNT. (We hnt•< s redly invited public attention to t h e !!..;.twcs tl , is stupendous masterpiece of genii's an i “it ; ::ow feel pleasure in copying following testimovy to it% merits frsan the Times of yesterday.) The sapid resress which this estrordinary under tAites iti realdeg towate!s eempletien is highly cre ' disable to the good tests. of the persons into whose hands its direction has fallen. The picture is at length entirely finished, and is unquestionably the most magnificent work of the kind that has ever been produced. It displays for the first time, and in the only shape in which it could be properly understood, a distinct and accurate view of the me tropolis. It is impossible, as every one who has ascended the gallery of St. Paul's Cathedral knows, - to see any part of this immense town free from the vapour which always hovers above it. Even at the earliest hour of the morning, and in the finest sea son of the year, there are some obstructions in the atmosphere which render the greater part of the extent invisible, and a very large portion of it is always obscure. This painting has, however, been lexecuted with such extraordin a ry m i nu t eness an d correctness, that every point of detail—all that gives interest, whether on account of local association or for picturesque beauty, are carefully and punctually represented. In addition to this merit of representing the greatest city in the world in its true form and features, is that which belongs to the panorama as a mere painting, in which respect it is at) admirable pro-' duction. The difficulty of arranging the various parts of an extent so immense as that of the canvass which fills the building, of uniting the discordances, and supplying the deficiencies, must have been immense; and this has been performed by Mr. Parris with great skill and as great success. It now presents that harmonious effect which is absolutely necessary to a picture; the distance, which is beautifully painted, is so managed -as to produce the precise effect that it was intended; the tone, of colour which pervades what may be called the middle ground, is very happily devised, and gives a perfectly natural appearance to the scene. But that part of the picture in which the artist's skill, as a painter, is most forcibly manifest ed, is the fore-ground. The nearer houses are so drawn as to keep up the delusion, that they are looked upon from a much greater height and dis tance than that at which the spectator is really placed, while the truth of the local colouring, and the ingenuity with which the artist has availed him self of such circumstances as give character to that part of the town which is represented, as the names of shops, passengers, coaches, &c. tend powerfully to create the impression that the reality is before one. The two Campanile Towers of the church are works which as paintings alone possess a very high charac ter. The difficulty of drawing must have been con siderable; but that is a difficulty which practice and study will always overcome. The manner in which these towers are painted give, however, indi cation of talent of a much higher order. The aerial effect which is produced by them could not have been attained but by a close observation of nature, a happy sense of that which is true and beautiful, and a free and prompt hand to execute it. These towers form in the picture the main attraction, as. in the scene represented, they occupy the most pro minent station; and although every one must be in .terested with the view generally, stupendous as it is, the lovers of art will turn to this as the ablest and most agreeable part of the whole work. The effect of the panorama is much improved by the whole of the scaffolding and every thing else which denoted a want of finish being removed. The ma chinery of the ascending room is completed, and vi siters are now conveyed to the galleryiwithout the fatigue of mounting the stairs, its perfect security, and by a motion which is only in the slightest pos sible degree perceptible. 'I he saloon contains some good specimens of sculpture, by modern artists, and some very admirable bronzes. The conservatories are undergoing an improvement which will consi derably increase their attractions, and the prepara tions for the waterfall which is to be seen from the Swiss cottage are in a state of great forwardness. That part of the undertaking which is finished has been perforMed so well as to realize all the expecta tions that have been formed of it during its progress, and in those which are in a course of completion there is evidently so mach energy and good taste engaged, as promises to remove the faults that have been committed, and to finish the whole undertak ing in a manner which shall be worthy of its design, and entitled to the national encouragement. It is singular that the Swiss, who have come the last into the field of competition of manufactures, have at once beaten all the scientific in France, and all the un scientific dyers in England, in colouls. Neither Man• chester Ror Glasgow , :an produce colours such as are given by the Swiss to the very coarse handkerchiefs wrapt round the head or neck of most of the peasant girls on the continent. FAMILY DISTINCTIONS.---A. person resid ing in a town in this county, was lately heard to boast that his family had been noticed by the late Loan CHANCEL- Loa more than almost any other person; for in the course of a few years, his Lordship issued commissions of bankrupt against this person's father, his uncle, his uncle's brother-in-law, his uncle's cousin, his wife's mother, and his wife's brother, his sister's husband, and that husband's sister's husband ! Moreover,—which is, perhar., a coin cidence more curious than the above circumstances are in themselves remarkable—Lord ELDON was a pupil with the great uncle of the person alluded to for two years.— Durham Chronicle. NOBILITY REFUSED.—The King of the NETHERLANDS, in visiting this summer a part of his king dom, stopped on his journey at Thuin, at the house of M. TRW?, the comtnissary of the district of that town, and was very willing to accept a breakfast. Some time after wards M. 'Nom received a brevet of Baron. He, regard ing hospitality al a duty, and not at all a title to such an elevation, took the respectful liberty of sending back the brevet to his Majesty. THE HEIGHT OF PRESUMPTION.—An old woman was praising, in rather unqualified and enthusiastic terms, the sermons of a Scotch minister, who bad acquired a great name for depth and sublimity. The suspicions of her auditor were a little roused, and she ventured to pro pose the quetien to her, " Weil, JENNY, do you understand him ?" " Understand him I" said JENNY, .holding up her hands with the utmost astonishment at the question, " Me understand him ; wad I hac the presumption ?" THE ADVANTAGE OF A SQUINT.-A gen tleman in the south of Ireland received a visit lately from a party of Itockites, who were armed with sticks. Ile had just time to seize a pistol, which he cocked and presented towards the party. "Be off," said he, " you get of vil lains, or shoot one of you, at all events. I have my eye upon him at this moment." Luckily for himself he was blessed with that happy and pictorial obliquity of vision which caused each particular ruffian to fancy himself to be the marked man, and they withdrew without obtaining the spoil they had come for. SMUGGLING EXTRAORDINARY.--SOMC strangers made their appearance in Mayo last week, and contrived to dispose of several rolls of tobacco at an extra ordinary low price. On examination of their bargains they turned out to consist of l9lbs. of clay and I lb. of tobacco carefully rolled round the outside, so as to deceive the most experienced eye. The clay was, we suppose, pipe clay ! SIIAKSPEARE ALTERED " A LITTLE."- Most of our playgoing friends are aware that the signal for " Macbeth's" entrance is the distant sound of a drum, on which one of the witches says, " A drum, a drum! Macbeth (loth come !" FITZHARRIS (who performed some time ago at Covent garden) was lately enacting the part of the regicide in a barn in Ireland ; and, before going on the stage, called to the prompter, "Now for it, with the drum." "By J-, we have no drum ' for it,' with. " Sound a trum pet, then." He did, when one of the witches who saw the necessity of altering the text, exclaimed with equal promptitud e and coolness, "A. trumpet, a trumpet ! Macbeth doth stump it." The audience were amused, the hero of the Right was as sailed with shouts of laughter on his entree, and the inte rest of the piece, at least for some time, totally destroyed by this ingenious effusion of Irish wit. . SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. The settling for the Houghton Meeting was heavy, and occupied the better part cf the afternoon. The betting was almost exclusively on the Derby. the odds being taken about Mummer, Brunswieker, and Wat Tyler, pretty freely. Cetus was quoted at 1:3 to 1, but his friends were shy ; so were the backers of Sal, Cressid t, Mahmoud, and the Major ; the betters of the odds forming a great majority of the subscribers present. Bud is likely to risc for the St. Leger, the odds (9 to 1) having been ►aken by one of the leading betters; nothing else was done on this stakes except an offer to take 30 to I about Mummer. The following were the closing offers : 7 to 1 agst Sir Mark \Stood's The Mummer (taken) 13 to 1 agst Sir Mark Wood's Cetus 14 to 1 apt Mr. Petre's Brunswieker (taken) 17 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Malnnoud 17 to 1 agst Mr. Chifncy's Cressida colt 18 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Sall colt 20 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Wat Tyler (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's The Major 20 to 1 agst Lord Cavendish's Mouse colt 25 to I agst Lord Sefton's Captain Arthur OAKS. The only bet made on this Stakes was 20 to I against Lord Queensberry's Sister to Emma. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS FOE THE PRESENT WEEK. His Majesty's Stag Hounds, on Monday, at Welling ton-bridge, Virginia-water ; and Friday, at New Lodge, Wink& id—at Half. past Ten. Sir John Cope's Hounds, on Monday, at the Bottle, Oakinghain ; Wednesday, at Short Heath, Sulliamread ; and Friday, at Compton—at Half-past Ten. Captain Freeman's Harriers, on Monday, at Childrey Fuize Tuesday, at Chilton Pond ; Wednesdaf, at Church Manny Field ; and Saturday, at Clanfield—at Eleven. Sir Richard Sutton's Hounds, on Monday, at Glen worth ; Tuesday, at Sudbrook-house and Kenwick Thorn Bar ; Thursday, at Saxilby and Barrel! Village ; and Sa turday, at Clay Bridges—at Eleven. The Cambridgeshire Ilounds, on Monday, at Caxton Gibbet ; and Friday, at White Wood—at Half-past Ten. The Puckeridge Hounds, on Monday, at !rule End ; Wednesday, at Wadesmill; and Saturday, at Aaron Bury. The Royston Harriers, on Tuesday, at Royston ; and Thursday, at Wallington—at Half-past Ten. The Cottesmore Hounds, on Monday, at Clipaham Wood ; Tuesday, at Tilton Wood ; and Thursday, at Ufhington Wood—at a Quarter before Eleven. Lord Yarborough's Hounds, on Monday, at Stslling borough Hall; Wednesday, at Thonock Hone; Friday, at Wootton House ; and Saturday, at Ludhorough—at Eleven. The Brighton Harriers on Monday, at Patcham; Wed nesday, at the Race Course ; and Friday, at the Dyke—at Half-past Ten. The Brookside Harriers, on Mondty, at Newmarket- Hill ; Wednesday, at Asheornbe, the alternate Wednesday at the Kennel; and Friday, at Telseombe Tye—at Half put Ten. Mr. Wieksted's Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Boar's Head, Walkerton; and Friday, at Checkley Village—at Half-put Ten. The Cheshire Honnds, Monday, at Sandiway Head ; Wednesday, at Ox Hayes Farm ; Friday, at Duddoa Heath; and Saturday, at Highwayside--at Ten. Mr. Meynell's Hounds, 011 Monday, at the Flourish ; Thursday, at Morley Turnpike; and Saturday, at Mark- Paton—at Half-past Ten. The Conoek Harriers, on Monday, Beckham Furze; and Friday, at Imber Furze—at Eleven. The Kempstone Hounds, on Monday, at Mr. Wright's, Ilougharn ; Wednesday, at Sporle Mill ; and Friday, at Norton Hall—at Eleven. Sir Jacob Astley's Hounds, on Monday, at Miter's Bridge ; and Ft iday, at Guist Bridge—at Eleven. Mr. H. Villebois's Harriers, on Tuesday, at Fincham Turnpike ; Thursday, at Hale Dale ; and Saturday, at Fryar's Thorns—at Eleven. The Quorn Hounds, on Monday, at Kirby Gate ; Tues day, at Bardon Hall; Wednesday, at Kettleby ; Thurs day, at Barkby Hall ; and Friday, at Widuterpool Inn— at Half-past Ten. Lord Anson's Hounds, on Monday, at Bosworth ; Tues day, at Kirkby; Thursday, at Lindley; and Saturday, at Burbage—at Eleven. Mr, Fo'jambe's Fox Hound., on Monday, at Cloqwesth ; Tuesday, at Scroohy Inn ; Wednesday, at East Markham ; and Friday, at Aston Nall—at Half-past Ten. The Badsworth Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Hut Green ; Tuesday, at Haddlesey Bridge ; Thursday, at Haanpole Inn ; and Saturday, at Notton Village —at Ten. The Earl of Harewood's Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Collingbam Bar ; Wednesday, at Boot and Shoe ; and Friday, at Deighton Bar—at Ten. The Shropshire Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Mnntford Village; Wednesday, at Stoke Heath; and Friday, at Woodcote—at Half-past Ten. . The Montgomeryshire Fox Hound*, on Tites6y, at Llanfair ; and Friday, at GuilAeld Village —at Ten. Mr. Dansey's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Kentehurch Park; Thursday, at Barrington ; and Friday, at Kyrewood— at Ten. Mr. Shave's Hounds. on Tuesday, at Thickbroom ; and Friday, at Fisher's Mill—at Half-past Ten. The Blackmoor Vale Hounds, on Tuesday, on Bideombe Down, Bradley ; and Friday, at Cadbury House. The Cadbury Harriers, on Monday, at Cncklington ; and Thursday, at East Hill. The Worcestershire Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Staun ton Swan Inn ; and Friday, at Leigh Sinton---at Ten. The East Sussex Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Latighton ; Tuesday, at Clapham House ; Thursday, at Southease; and Saturday, at Ringmer-green---at a Quarter to Eleven. Mr. Bulteel's Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Hall Planta tion ; and Friday, at Roborough House—at Ten. Mr. Osbaldeston's Hounds, on Tue.:lay, at Kelmarsh ; Thursday, at Misterton ; and Friday, at Pytchley—at Half past Tea. Mr. Drake's Hounds, on Tuesday, at Bletchingtom ; Thursday, at Waddesdon ; and Saturday, at Crowkin--at Half- past Ten. Mr. Berkely's Hounds, en Thursday, at Roxton ; and Saturday, at Harrold Kennel—at Half-past Ten. The Glossop Harriers, on Tuesday, at Stirrup ; and Thursday, at Picknase. The Marquis of Cleveland's Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Watlass Lime Kilns; Thursday, at Bedale Plantations; and Saturday, at Morton Bridge—at Eleven. The Lambton Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Elemore ; Tuesday, at Panshaw Mill ; Thursday, at Ecaneepeth ; and Friday, at Wardenlaw—at Eleven. The Warwickshire Hounds, on Monday, at Compton Verney; Tuesday, at Farnborough ; Thursday, at Ufton Wood ; and Saturday, at Oxhill Village—at Half-past Tea. Lord Kintore's Hounds, on Monday, at Ashdown Park ; Wednesday, at Cold Harbour ; Friday, at Kingston Inn. The Craven Hounds, Monday, at Tottenham] House ; Wednesday, at West Woodley House ; and Friday, at Sbefford-gate—at Half-past Ten. Mr. Jolliffe's Hounds, on Monday, at the Hooky House ; Wednesday, at Brockbam ; and Saturday, at the Kennel —at Eleven. The Surrey Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Addington ; Thursday, at Westerham ; and Saturday, at Grinstead Green—at Half-past Ten. The Sanderstead Harriers, on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at the Kennel—at Ten. The Pembrokeshire Fox Hounds, on Monday, at Wal terson ; and Thursday, at Scotland Wood—at Ten. The Hambledon Hounds, on Monday, at Berry Lodge; Wednesday, at Wickham Gate; and Friday, at Basing Park—at Half-past Ten. Upwards of 1,200 Scotch and Irish vagrants passed through this county to Lawton Gate alone, during the last quarter, besides a number of others which crossed the country in a different direction ; and it is supposed that the expence to the county would fall very little short of 6001. Staffordshire Advertiser. BRUTAL ASSAULT.—Yesterday THOMAS ANDERSON, a labourer, from Leith, was placed at the bar, charged with a brutal assault on a servant girl in a gentle man's family in Claremont-street, and biting her severely in the cheek. It appeared in evidence that, swine years ago, ANDERSON had married a servant out of the family, and was in consequence well acquainted with the internal order of the house. He had gong there on the fast-day, when he expected the family would be at church, and made a violent assault upon the girl, but Was, by her determined resistance, thwarted in his criminal purpose; when, in re venge, he bit her severely on the right cheek, The poor girl latterly got out of his clutches, and made her escape by a window two stories high ; and the assistance of the police being obtained the fellow was secured. A more disgraceful and cruel case of assault never came before the court ; but it appeared from its records that this ruffian had been twice before at the bar for similar offences. In the first place he was fined 2/. ;in the second, sent to the lock-up house for twenty days. The Sheriff nox sentenced kim to sixty days' confinement in Bridewell, a punishinentwhich no one will think mor e tha n con-.men‘urate with his savage and dastardly crime...— Scotch Paper. SPIRIT OP TIM PUBLIC JOURNALS. The most afflicting circumstance connected with the assassination trials, now or recently under progress at Cork, seems to be their hav ing originated in causes which would bespeak a repetition or extension of similar atrocities. The old Irish enmity, between conqueror and van quished, has been modernized into that between proprietor and occupant, or rather between terri torial usurer and his debtor,—him'who will not lend his land but at an interest which he, who is compelled to borrow it, can in many cases perish more easily than pay. The frequency of this result to leases of small amount in Ireland, which - constitute by far the most numerous leases is one—and a prolific one—of those poisoned fountains out of which has flowed the bitter ness of the pauper tenant against the landed proprietor, who have ceased to be to each other like lord and vassal, in so far as unfeeling scorn and rapacity on one side, and on the other profound and rancorous hatred, have succeeded to those mutual impulses of kindness and reverence which formed the cement in former centuries, of the savage, though not heartless, relationship between rich and poor. Men, it is true, of easy condi tion, though of peasant race and habits, have been implicated in these conspiracies for the de struction of Irish gentlemen ; one who has heels convicted we may name—John Leary ; and the probable explanation is, that he had imbibed the the instincts of his caste, and espoused from public spirit (for such we have no doubt he con• sidered it) a quarrel, to which no personal want or interest had provoked him. What a revolting picture does this one fact present to us of the effects produced by law, in a country where the law was not made for, but against the people f It is a fashion of long standing amongst flippant gentlemen and ladies from Ireland, to call the peasants " deceitful, ungrateful, and incorrigible." Persecuted slaves are always " deceitful." Men who are generally (we do not say universally) treated with harshness, and spurned with on tempt when they murmur, will be apt to enter. tain habitual feelings towards their superiors, which a solitary or unaccustomed act of mercy may not all at once displace ; and as for the " incorrigibility" of Irish peasants, what pre tence have they to complain whose only instru ment of correction is the police-man, the lash, r o i i h n e t a c n o c i e m t p h r i t s e n ?, o N r V er e' cl t a o s o s , o l f la l v r e is s lT e N a N% k (i o n o o r w from s and di nthose doors—in havesv—trts trust, known t excluded ! e ' ois t fromt of it—on duty, and freed from its obligation . s, as beg gars, labourers, servants, soldiers; and from such - knowledge we can conscientiously affirm our belief; that the instances have been rare in which they have been found to be unworthy of confidence, dis trustful of their friends, insensible to kindness, untouched by gratitude, or incapable of strong and steady attachment to those who thought the hearts of the poor worth winning. But the truth, we fear, has been for the most part, that their affections in their own country arc wrung, by those who have the best means of winnin g them, not from individual temper, but from a sort of conventional necessity : the needy land lord yields to the mad competition of the pea , sentry for his worn-out acres, as reckless of fu turity, his station considered, as the most frantic bidder who besets him for a potato-field. The squire accepts the promise of the highest rent, and shuts his eyes to the impossibility of payment. The rest is insolvency—the sheriff's officer—des peration—vengeance—and the gallows. What is, or can be devised a cure for this horrible system ? The system must have a systematic remedy. The administration of the laws must be taken away from one faction, that the other faction may not be justified in considering the law as an instrument in the hands of its enemies. There must be a code of poor laws established for Ireland, that the landed proprietors may not henceforth be enabled to make paupers with im punity, but that the rich may have a direct selfish interest in promoting the poor man's comforts. The vices of the Church establishment of Ire land must no longer be confounded with the means of upholding the Reformed religion in that country ; but the working Clergy must be better remunerated for their diligence at the expense of the idle, who deserve no remune ration. The revenues of the Irish Bishops are a reproach to the Church, and an incubus upon the state : yet they come now, like Bishop Elling ton, whining about the " first fruits," and the want of parish churches. The first fruits, as originally intended, were one year's income of each preferment—we believe of each Bishopric also,—which the new Bishop or incumbent was bound by law to pay for general purposes, of which the building or repair of glebes and churches was one. But the first fruits, as va lued centuries ago, are no longer a tithe of what they ought to be, in proportion to the modern income of Bishoprics and livings : yet, when ever one word is said about a new valuation, so as to make the thing correspond with the name, and to raise from the riches of the church itself, a fund which might answer the objects of the law, and be equivalent to one real year's in come of the clergy, an outcry is raised as if the Protestant faith was in danger, aed the establishment about to be subverted. This must undergo a reform,—a " revolution," if Dr. El rington so pleases. Something, in spite of his Holy Alliance politics, must be taken from the ministers of corruption, and given to those of religion. Something more must be done. All attempts to organize anew the Cumberland con spiracy for defeating the operation of a law which the members of the conspiracy could not frustrate in its passage through the legislature, must be narrowly watched and vigorously crushed, or Ireland is lost a second time. What business has Lord Talbot now in Ireland,—the man under whose absurd administration the whole of Munster was thrown into open re bellion ? What business, we say, has this cast off badge of the old Orange tyranny again in the neighbourhood of Dublin. Will he trust himself there now that the ditches • are filled up, and the palisades levelled ? Yet there lie is reported to be—closeted with Mr. Gregory, a well-known personage, within a how shot of the Duke of Northumberland and Lord Francis Gower ; and an ill-omened apparition his Lordship may be assured he is, to every man who knows what Ireland suffered when that system was in its plenitude, of which Lord Talbot was the last, and most appropriate, vice. regal representative. iNnosht ample What t a mission has L or d Talbot received from the Duke of Cumberland ? is pub licly questionasked an d w w h e i which recommendeve have it t l o e t a ll r e d ic inghe 8 oughtPri e t Minister, I in obtainis te theas a fit V subject l on i which e information. If Mr. Gregory is to be retained in office, let him be rigidly confined to business purely offi cial. He is at best an anomaly in the construc tion of the present Irish Government ; and, un exceptionable as he may be in private life, his po-