The Sun. — London, England, 1837-10-18 00:00:00

THE QUEEN. accustomedellTGllTON IG.—The Queen h as no t t a k en h er eeld accu stomed a i OCT. ' ring to. day. The weath er b e i ng somew h a t but her M a j esty was fearful of renewing her cold ; p n t her. is ulajesty has been walking in the gardens of the tit! i n er M ajestY honoured Sir David Wilkie, R.A., with to-day for a picture of State. Litntilee Earl of Surrey left the Palace this morning for Hampton. 11 1 .41 e Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Brand also quitted the Palace -„r's ,morning, on a visit to their father, the Hon. General ,e,or, at Glynd e , near Lewes. . Co untcss of Ch ar l emont ' s d ut i es as La d y i n Wait -1),"3„r vlng expired, her Ladyship quitted the Palace this Al . o, and took apartments at the Bristol Hotel. t h,'"ss Dillon and Miss Paget drove out in a pony chaise is afternoon r • resite ,ripsey tender to the Howe, Lieut. Otway, Com r, has arrived off Brighton. o ur r. 'Be schooner yacht the TVonder arrived in and r :ads thi s morning, on its way to Bolougne-sur-Mer, . Th ured a Royal sa l ute i n h onour o f her Ma j esty. jest,ge. f ollowing h a d t h e honour of dining with her Ma ll? " addition t o t h ose we i nserted yesterday :—Col. t addition Col. Jodrell, Sir George A nson , E ar l o f Chiches "and Lady Dillon. o rhe latest calls at the Palace include the Recorder of ndon, the lion. Mrs. Law, and the Misses Law , Bishop ti °t a t e r hich ester, and Mrs. Otter, Sir Adolphus and . _ Lady e , Yr°Ple, Viscount Templeton, and General Sir Georg W"' Mr. G. P. Mr. and Mrs. Shelley, Misses Aji l s ibr hani, Colonel and Bushe,i Ravenshaw, Mr., Mrs., and s Campion, Mr. C. K. Murray, Mr. Henry Colton. COURT CIRCULAR. Th e 'n W ood 'Juke of Cambridge went yesterday to Coombe th e His Royal Hi g h ness b a d a se l ect party at dinner in eveni n Vis g. ta•-e() iA tint Melb ourne l e f t t h e res id ence o f t h e M arqu i s of , 1 1"owne, B owoo d Park, Wilts, on Monday, for Brighton. sae, The Chevalier de Aguilar, the Spanish Minister, tran- V busin ess yesterday at the Foreign-office. " • • D. C oa t es transacted business yesterday at the Co 'al-office ' Queen's Messenger arrived in town on Monday night, Potent . nespat c h es from ° Mr. George Villi ers , Mi n i ster Pleni iarY at Madrid, for the Secretary of State for Foreign Sir James Duke transacted business yesterday at the '`ulue.. o fE ce famel4' • Hon. Sir Charles Grey, with his Lady and , nave arrived at Farranee's Hotel, Belgrave-street, Yesterd al, O (.IY, from his seat, The Oaks, Surrey. Mr. Ewart rived from Liverpool. hectworth Lambton, M.P., and lady have arrived in 4 estc. , .r-street, fro m th e Earl of Jersey's, Middleton Park. ONABLE INTELLIGENCE. Sir ARRIVALS. t owli c D ni r ane and Lady A n n a M ar i a D onk i n have arrived i n at p °4l Scotland • the Hon. Mrs. Leeson and Miss Brooke, t— 'l4rB Hoar Delgrave-street, f rom St. L eonar d' s ; at ditto, from his seat in Buckinghamshire ; ' Vera and family, in Grosvenor-place, from the Continent. The LI DEPARTURES. the Continent uon. Captain W e ll es l ey , from Grosvenor -street, for Ho ; Lord Henry R usse ll, f or P ortsmout h ; t h e C_II• Edward and Mrs. Jerningham, on a visit to Lord and burLovat, at L ovat Castle, Inverness-shire ; Lord Shel- A i h n i e ' from L ans d owne House, for Bowood ; the Hon. Wm. t n e.Y, for Wi n d sor Castle ; Lord and Lady Encombe, for shi r e _ l34l be Hou se , t h e seat of the Earl of Eldon, in Dorset. ; Miss Talbot, on a tour ; Colonel Lyster, Guards, Hill , P c . ar ty, to j o i n t h e Melton Mowbray Hunt ; Captain G. stone''°re seat of Sir Rowland Hill, Bart. M.P., Hawke airs Gladstone, from Carl on-gardens , Brighton. . CHANGES. .e Duk e o f Rutland and Lord John Manners, from etsivorth, at Belvoir Castle • the Duke and Duchess of tittherland , the Marquis of Stafford, and Lady Elizabeth and 1. 1 44 3' Louisa L eveson G ower, from edinburgh, at Castle e P vrd, th e seat of the Earl of Carlisle, in Yorkshire ; Lord ! e And Sele an d th e H on . Fi ennes Tw i stleton, from Art°,l3.ghton Castle, Oxfordshire, in Grosvenor-street; Mr. ur Shakspeare, in the Albany, from Brighton; Lord d e4l You, at Fenton's Hotel ; Captain Leith and Major Gor rlQn, for Canterbury, from Brighton ; Lady Francis and Miss ;:rildsey, from Southampton for Brighton; Captain Dundas Portsmouth Sir John and Lady Crawford, for Brighton, s:rßamsgate; Mr. Montgomery, in Piccadilly, from the i llon Spa; Mr. Wightman, in Hereford -street, from E Quintin Dick, from Curzon -street, on a tour; Neill, from a tour, to Slanes Castle, Antrim ; Mr. R. V illebois, in Gl oucester - p l ace , f rom hi s seat in Suffolk ; -Sr Wm. Keith for S ussex ; M r . A n d rew Ro b ert Drum 11%111d Lady Eli,zab from R iley Brighton, for Southampton Tornline, Esq. Grove, Brigg, for Earl to o wnlow's, Belton House ; Mr. Benjamin Hall, from New rt, t o Ll anover Court, near Abergavenny ; the Earl of k a r rdigan for Wansford, Northamptonshire ; Colonel and an DA from Northampton, for Edinburgh ; Sir John j l'atis' Hamilton, from Ramsgate, to Bath ; Mr. and Mrs. 41nes Bradshaw, from Park-lane, an a tour; Mrs. General w w v " , in Portman-square, from Brighton; Colonel and Mrs. Wtenhnel,in Gloucester-place, from Brighton ; Mrs. and Miss B t Gloucester-place, from Ramsgate ; Mr. R obert . at. Charing-cross, from a tour ; Captain O'Neill, in ed An street, from Devonshire • Lady and Miss Campbell 13;7 aPtain James Campbell, in Curzon -street, Mayfair, from ranee, the Hon. Mrs. Leeson and Miss Brooke, at Far f-noe's 4 Hotel, from St. Leonard's ; H. Hoare, Esq., at ditto, 11 his scat in Buckinghamshire. 1/ 4 " -- "er Majesty gave anot h er s i tt i ng yes t er d a y t o M r . vielutrer for a full-l eng th p or t ra i t i n t h e ro b es o f s t a t e . Th e e sto b e engrave d b y M r . H enry C ous i ns , an d w ill ~7,1)11 is at No. 14, Pall-mall East, by her Majesty's "bbitsliers, M essrs . C o l nag hi . y es ? ii i Gagarin, w i t h h is f ami l y an d su it e , re t urne d to erda Y to Gould's London Hotel, Albemarle -street, from ' I ," in the provinces. His Highness and family purpose Sh is a Ting in t own till a ft er th e mee ti ng o f P ar li amen t. 4" r ttY after th e P r i nce ' s arr i va l h e was v i s it e d a t th e q_ ° ve hotel b y C ount K noc k amo ff, C oun t T o l stoy , an d deral Sablenkoff. has he rank o f Fi e ld-M ars h a l i n th e R uss i an army b een conferred on the Archduke John of Austria, who has present at the manoeuvres recently held at Wosnesensk. k* tit [ he D u k e an d D uc h ess o f S utherland and fam i ly cl visiting the Duke of Devonshire, at Chatsworth, on r'day next. l ett i- t ord Carrington and th e H on . R o b er t S m ith, M.P., T ci wn yesterd a y f ur W ycom b e Abb ey. -k,ord ui f-, enlyon has arrived in town to superintend L i e rr angernents for his father's funeral. The widowed 1 1 , 1 2 Gleoiyon was at Aluwick Castle when the melancholy of her husband's death arrived. it tki George Gipps, Governor of New South Wales, 4er.flis Lady; Mr. Henry Watson Parker, his private ; and Mr. Gilbert Elliot, his Aid-de-Camp, em t4,:',,ed on Monday last from Plymouth, by the Upton Cas tor tr'3- ta g , i s ; Bruce, Mr. Pearsall, and Mr. Machin are en aortb °r cuneerts at Birmingham, Broseley, and Bridge m. - on th e 24th , 2 6t h , an d 27t h o f t hi s mont h. of IL r, Ilendrie, of Tiehborne-street, has the honour Le ''Ppointment of Perfumer to her Majesty. eol): 3r d Palmerston left town this morning to meet his gues at Bowood Park. 4 1t 114 t °41 Glenelg v i s it e d Lord Palmerston yesterday h e. ri For e i gn D epartment. y est, "° Bishop of Nova Scotia transacted business b r daY at th e Colonial-office. te,dae,Patches, dated the 11th inst., were received yes tit o!_ 4 t the F ore i gn Department from the British Consul t crto. Y Qst 4Patehes dated the 17th of June, were received Al i d e t r l4 3' at the I n di a B oar d f rom Lieut.-General Sir P. b 44 d. the Governor Of Madras. ttrd:ktatelie s , dated the 6th inst., were received yes -4°,14 n t the Colonial-office, from Major-General Sir Alex xi Woodford, K.C.8., the Governor of Gibraltar. b°tvvitlistanding the thinness of town, Rory 0' More the visited at th e Ad e l p hi d ur i ng th e l as t f ew n i g ht s following fasliionables—Countesses of Mulgrave and Nt 4a ar t , L a di es Charlotte Bacon, H arley, an d D u dl ey t ot jt. th e E arl of Chesterfield, Marquis of Waterford, 114 1ti 4 4 4 14 : 1 eY, Alford, W. Beresford, Charleville, W. ace. t e f° l lovving letter has been addressed as a Z-ir -4.ord ° the Parliamentary friends of the As t kkini Russell Whitekf , emment by I- uo . 4th of v use of Commet. 16, 1837. Sir— nr.;ns will meet on Wednesday, the r t keed o ',7 ven t" - er, for the choice of a Speaker, and will e ar - Monday, the 20th, to the despatch of business, •= - Ni tto request your attendance on those clays.---I hay? , nr to he your most obedient servant, ...1. RUSSELL. Nite lt 4 Robert Peel and his family are not expected to 1 4 .. tend t IR stay in Belgium. On leaving Brussels they Iliiij oh tl3 l3 Preeeed to Bavaria, and will probably return to r h r rn ofore the opening of Parliament, be e 4 Tee most 'favourable accounts of the vintage have g i tik kotit. e ' v ed from Montpellier to the 9th of October. The Df grape & qklor: anti gathered, and of wine produced, exceeds oipations of the proprietors, who have conse -44. 7 otbitted .d baskets the to provt e and casks sufficient to t o ° wealth u nexPected surplus of this exuberant vegeta-_ 1" 4 42 , ,„ s° much so that they are quite incapable 3P Nitie; tt estimate of the aggregate quantity likely to 4,.be d It is a facteficien worth commemoration, that the e Y of rain bas enabled the fruit to acquire a 11 " It i 3" of devel o p ement , an d th e w i ne a superior qua toP, ia ttee in the bl ac k gra pe that this extraordinary produce go vegatation is observed. The white grape will mueh. NEW CREATION OF PEERS. (FRONT A CORRESPONDENT.) Speculation is at work as to thZ eolifse Ministers will take to obtain a majority in the House of Lords, by which to enable them to carry on the business of the iiountry—to forward the declared intentions of her MAJESTY, and to meet the tltQefit and jilst demands of the people, for Reforms in all those institutions of the country---on the proper working and adaptation of which, the fottune and welfare of this country and, we will add, the welfare of Europe, depends, The object of every people, by their formation of the society they live in, is Good. Government--by which they expect to obtain the greatest comfort and happiness which their individual sacrifices for the support of such Government entitle theni to have. Government, there- fore, is but a means to an end—the end and object is the happiness of the people. There are many men whose characters we admire, and whose talents, pre eminent amongst their fellows, entitle them to great respect, who care little about the forms of the Govern ment, provided the object and substance are secured to the millions. They applaud the military monarchy, or rather despotism, of the King of Pit UsSIA, as one of the best governments in Europe ; and they allege, in proof, that the people who live under him, in his , varied possessions, from the shores of the Baltic to the confines of Switzerland, enjoy more good government and real happiness than do the people of France and Eng land. We will almost admit the truth of that asser tion, and will, as a reason, observe, that as the Prussian Monarch has set the example to the civilized world of educating every person, rich and poor,high and low, to prepare them for knowing their rights as citizens, and their duties as men---as he has put arms into the hands of every man in his dominions at the age of eighteen years, and taught him, for the space of three years, the use of these arms—it is quite evident that he de lights in having an educated and an enlightened people, and that he is confident that he governs them justly, and with their love, affection, and cordial consent. He leaves in the hands of, at the least, 800,000 citi zens, arms, to the use of which they have been trained, and it is quite certain that he could not, with all his military corps, coerce or tyrannise over a nation so prepared for resistance as are the Prussian people. What a contrast between the State of Prussia and that of Ireland, under the dominion of England ? For ourselves, however, we prefer the forms of a Go vernment which establishes responsibility to the people as the best security for good government ; and although the Prussians may enjoy good government, and be really happier than their neighbours, as long as their present KING lives, yet they have no security that his son, or successor, will follow his example, and admi nister justice with satisfaction to the people, as the present KING has done. We, therefore, are of opi nion that our own forms and institutions of Govern ment, which take their origin from the will of the people—which have the happiness and good of the people in view----and which hold out complete respon sibility from all who administer the laws under these forms, are better than those of Prussia ; although, from the abuses and imperfections that have ,crept into them, they have not been for a long time productive of the benefits which we expected, and to which the people are entitled. The knowledge of those de fects in the Government, and the sufferings of the people from the abuses in its institutions, have caused the people to demand a change—not to destroy, but to reform—to restore our popular institutions to their former efficiency ; and we are now in the struggle which becomes a highminded people to make for their liber ties and rights—a struggle between the aristocracy and the democracy. These observations have been called for by the perusal of an article in " Tait's Magazine," en titled, " The late Election of Scottish Peers,"— which is written in a proper spirit, and paints the ceremony of that election as a mockery and disgrace. The part which the heavy-headed Tory, the once citi zen LAUDERDALE, acted in that drama, is well described ; and, if shame bring blushes on the cheeks of a renegade republican, his past and pre sent conduct ought to bring blushes, deep as scarlet, on the old and withered visage of LAUDERDALE I When we consider the nature and mummery of that election of Peers, and the effects that will be produced on the affairs of this nation by sending sixteen decided Tories—enemies of the popular cause and of all na tional reform—to the House of Peers, to swell the already too great majority in that House against the demands of the people, we are led to question the wisdom of the institution which permits such unal loyed mischief to the people, for whose benefit the Peerage was instituted. If we have dethroned, and can dethrone our kings, there surely cannot be any ob jection to our reforming the House of Peers, if its pre sent constitution be proved fatal to the liberties of the people. The second branch of the legislature is not more sacred than the first—the Peers than the Sove rign, who created and may create them without number. If the Peers do not act in accordance with the rights and liberties of the people, it ought to become a question how to correct, or get rid of them, as being an obstacle to good government. Good government is the right of the people. If the Peers fail in performing the duties assigned them by the Constitution, whether they do so from incapacity, from the absolute nature of their office, or from corrupt and sordid views, it should be the duty of the people and of their representatives, assembled according to law, to take into consideration the misconduct of the Lords, if such really exist, and deal with them as the Con stitution points out. My Lord Jo FIN RUSSELL may talk against organic changes, and he may at tempt to protect the Lords in their selfish and unjust proceedings towards Ireland and other parts of the empire ; but he can only do so for a short time, unless he will give his support to, or introduce such reforms as shall by degrees deprive the P e er s of the power of doing mischief - to, or of withholding good measures from, the nation. The people, suffering under the evils of bad laws, and their bad administration, will not long tolerate the oppression of two or three hull- tired Peers, if they persist in refusing amendments to these laws, and withholding the requisite corrections of the existing institutions through which the laws are to be administered. Patience will become at last ex hausted, and the downfal of those old institutions may he the result. We, who are anxious to see Lord MELBOURNE'S Administration continue in office to carry out the reforms they have promised, and which the people expect, would offer a suggestion to Lord JOHN RUSSELL (who is a hater of organic changes) viz.—that in order to punish the heavy-headed leader of the late election of the Scottish Peers, and all his clique, who have so completely excluded every Liberal Peer from the House of Peers, he should immediately call up to the House of Peers, every Scottish Peer whose Opinions arc known to be Liberal, and who, when made a British Peer, will support Lord MELBOURNE'S reforms, and in this way punish the Tory Peers who have so acted, and enable her MAJEsTy's Ministers to carry the measures which they introduced to the last Parliament, and which are essential to the well-being of Ireland and of the empire. We think those two objects most important to be effected ; and if the Mi nisters, who, it is understood, have powers from her MAJESTY for that purpose, will now act with vigour in the way we recommend, Lord jOIIN RUSSELL, in that will not be required to have recourse to I organic changes. LORD CrLENELG and EARL GOSFORD, The Chronicle has published an address from the people of New Brunswick to Lord Glenelg, requesting he will sit for his portrait to be placed in the Provinte: We wish Lord Glenelg tvould sho* the Saiii'e teaditieo to do jiistitb to the Canadians and to enter S 8 Id art td r ;c + Pit the approbation instead of the curses and exe crations of the people of the province, The following are only samples of the Resolutions, agreed to at every public meeting, in counties and cities in Lower Canada, And they state this truthwhich we blush to pub lish as the acts of Lord Gosford, whose father's minute in 1825, r speeCng the Battle of the Diamond ought to have been in his recol•e tion Resolved- ;- , -That this Committee sees with indignation that the Governor of this Province continues to abuse the powers vested in him, by harassing many of our felloiv• citizens holding Commissions in the Militia, on the pre tence of having attended public meetings, at whinh it *0.9 their right to assist s and for the exercise of which right they were hi ho *ay responsible to his Excellency. Resolved—That the excesses committed by his Excel- lency, in thus dismissing from his Magistracy and Militia, gentlemen of unimpeachable worth and patriotism, have very naturally created such disgust in the minds of many honourable and spirited men, that they are impelled, out of respect to their own characters, to throw up the o nerous Commissions which they hold as Militia Officers or Magis trates, considering it a dishonour to serve under th e pre sent corrupt, violent and odious administration. Resolved—That the people of several populous parishes are thus entirely deprived of Local Magistrates and of all means of procuring justice in their immediate neighbour hood, and are obliged to travel several leagues from their homes and occupations, at a great expense of time and money, whenever they require the assistance of a Ma gistrate. Resolved—That besides the ordinary security conferred by the militia law, there is this peculiar provision derived from the law as it is constituted in this province, that it fur nishes coroners and peace-officers throughout the country parishes, (captains and other officers of a lower grade acting in that quality,) in aid of the administration of justice throughout the colony. Resolved—That the country should and will hold Archi bald Lord Gosford, the present Governor-in-Chief, respon sible for any injury that may result to the lives and property of the people of this Province, in consequence of the with drawal from the public service of such magistrates and peace-officers, who without any remuneration have assisted in the administration of justice, and of whose gratuitous services the country is now deprived, to the manifest danger of the public peace, through the violence and insane conduct of the present head of the executive. Resolved—That this Committee tenders its willing thanks, and the thanks of the people at large, whose senti ments it expresses, to Lieut. Abm. Marchessault, of St. Ours ; Capt. Joseph B. Hebert, of L'Acadia ; to Paschal Persillier Lachapelle, jun., Esq., J. P. of St. Laurent ; L. R. Blanchard, Esq. M.P.P. and J.P., of St. Hyacinthe ; to Lieut. and Adjt. Antoine Daigle, of St. Ours; to Capt. Hyp. Chapdelaine, of St. Ours ; to Ensign Joseph Mo narque, fils, of Riviere des Prairies ; and to Ensign Fran cois Malo, of Pointe aux Trembles, for the readiness and public spirit with which they sent back with scorn to their country's oppressor, the Commissions they held in the Militia and Magistracy, the moment they were given to understand that those Commissions were granted but to cor rupt, and to induce them to betray their country and their own rights as freemen ; that this Committee declares that these public-spirited gentlemen deserve well of their country, and hopes that their good and spirited example will not be lost or thrown away on such of our fellow-citizens as still hold Commissions under a Government which rules but to oppress, and distributes office but to corrupt. Read the General Order of Militia, dated Quebec, 7th Sept. 1837. On motion of Mr. Alexander Dubois, of Montreal, seconded by Mr. Flavien Desjardins, of Vaudreuil, Resolved—That the dismissal of Captain Louis Dokon, Surgeon Dorion, of the Ist battalion of Richelieu Militia ; of Captain Chas. Monjeau from the 2d battalion of Ver cheres Militia ; of Captain Jeannotte and Captain Aug. Marchesseau, from the 3d battalion of Vercheres Militia, should be, and is, considered by their fellow-citizens throughout this province, a mark of respect paid by the enemy of Canadian liberty to their unflinching patriotism and uncorruptible love of country. 'e mentioned last week that most of the colliers in the neighbourhood of Glasgow had resumed work. The consequence of this has been, that coal has this week fallen 3s. a waggon, with an immediate prospect of a farther de cline. The late struggle and exorbitant price of coal may he considered as the last that will affect to the same ex tent the inhabitants of Glasgow. Before the men can have recovered from the effect of the " turn-out," and the.mas ters have had time to collect hills of trash, that can only be sold in a time of scarcity, railways will have brought this necessary article to its proper level. MORAL AND MEDICAL ETHICS.--WC are not emulous of coming to -a hasty conclusion upon subjects of enlarged and important principles—and would even hesitate in offering any observations upon medical works—but in the present instance we deviate from eur usual caution, inasmuch as the publications we allude to (Messrs. Goss's Treatises on the IBgis of Life, &c.) are deserving of public attention. No complaints are more distressing , than those which arise from indiscretion constitutional weakness or mental anxiety—the " secret sorrow" rarely meets with sympathy—and for those thus circumstanced Messrs. Goss's works may be recommended as a system of moral and medical ethics, expressed with equal confidence and delicacy. 111141 SUN, LONDON, WEDNISDAY, OCTOIllat 18, 1837. POOLE-TUESDAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN: Sin,—l have much pleasure in handing you the result bf Otir Borough Registration, which concluded on SaturdMy last, after four days' close attention on the part of the ite ititik ParriAteia; Meisrs: al ward and Graves. The re sult is as follows the Lectors Who voted at the late contest the Liberals have lost 9, and the Tories ‘ - j4- ; of the LibgrOs claim 28. th e T or i es 26, leavieg Thus the Lib era l ma j or it y has L';;CP in ureai?oSu rn e dw rt vb r o O ttf tti eusi l7 to 84, and judgitv From the conduct of the Tories here, well do they know that their remotest chance of any future success in Poole is at an end. The cause ti the "Reformers ivas ably supported by Messrs. Aldridge, Phillips, and Aberdein, and the Tories by Musts, Parr and Arnold. D. T. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, OCT. 14.---On Saturday last the Rev. A. T. Gilbert, D.D., Principal of Brazennose College, having been re-nominated Vice-Chancellor of the University, took the oaths of office, in full convocation, and entered upon the duties of the Vice-Chancellorship for the second year, with the accustomed solemnities. The following heads of houses were afterwards nominated by the new Vice-Chan cellor, to act as Pro-Vice-Chancellors during his absence from the University, via.:—Dr. Jenkyns, Master of Bal liol ; Dr. Jones, Rector of Exeter ; Dr. Bridges, Presi dent of Corpus ; Dr. Marsham, Warden of Merton. On Tuesday last, being the first day of Michaelmas Term, the following degrees were conferred : MASTER or ARTS—Rev. C. G. Owen, Queen's College. BACHELOR OF ARTS—Rev. E. J. C. Gosling, Magda len Hall. PREFERMENTS, &C. The' Rev. Edward Postle, of Colney, to the rectory of Yelverton, Norfolk, on the presentation of the Queen. The Rev. John Casebow Barrett, 8.A., of Christ Church, Oxford, to the perpetual curacy of St. Mary's, Birming ham, vacant by the death of the Rev. Edward Burn. The Rev. Thomas Finch, 8.A., appointed assistant cu rate of the parish of Morpeth, by the Rev. Frederick Ekins, rector. The Revs. John Mason, of Tuxford, Morgan Watkins, of Southwell, and Thomas S. Basnett, of Southwell, have this week been appointed by the Archdeacon, Surrogates for granting licenses for marriages, within the county of Nottingham. The Rev. John R. Barnes, to the curacy of Drumcon dra, diocese of Meath. Rev. Thomas Phillips, of Holybourn, to be chaplain to he Newport House of Industry. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SECOND OCTOBER MEETING.— YESTERDAY. Match, 100, h. ft., A.F.—Lord Exeter's Comate, received forfeit from Mr. Wilson's f. by Emilius, out of Maria, Bst. 41b. each. Match, 100, h. ft., T.Y.C.—Mr. Poyntz's f. by Camel, out of Ursala, Bst., received 25 sovs forfeit from Lord Tavistock's c. by Taurus, out of Mysie, 51b. each. (First Class)—Fifty Pounds, for two-yrs-old ; colts, Bst. 41b. ; and fillies, Sst. 21b. T. Y. C. Colonel Peel' s P agan i n i Davis 1 Lord Berners's ch. f. by Lamplighter, dam by Oscar 2 Lord Chest er fi e ld' s A nc h or it e Lord Exeter's f. Kirtle, Sister to Green Mantle ... 4 Won by a neck. The following also started :—Sir S. Graham's c. by Emilius, out of Variation ; Mr. Thornhill's Munchausen, Mr. J. Weather by's Padrone ssa , an d D u k e o f Ri c h mon d' s c . by Tranby, out of Conciliation. Betting—Even on Anchorite, 5 to 1 agst Paganini, 5 to 1 agst Lord Berners's f., 5 to 1 against Munchausen, and 6 to 1 against Kirtle. (Second Class)—Fifty Pounds for two years old; colts, Bst. 41b. ; fillies, Bst. 21b. T.Y.C. Mr. Hunter's Osprey Colonel Peel's St. Vitus J Day 1 2 Won by a neck. The following also started :—Mr. J. Rogers's b. f. by Long waist, dam by Soothsayer, out of Miss Teazle ; Lord Exeter's f. by Sultan, out of Salute ; Duke of Richmond's Hoogley, Mr. Blake's b. f. Mirth, by Grey Momus ; Mr. Sowerby's Marigold, by Stiff ; and Lord Jersey's f. by Priam, out of Johanna. Betting -6 to 4on Osprey, sto 1 agst Mr. Rogers's f., and sto 1 asst Lord Exeter's filly. Match, 200, h. ft., D.M.—Mr. Thornhill's Egeria, B st. 81 b. (Conolly), be a t L or d Exeter's Velure, Bst. 11b. Betting-7 to 4 on Velure, who was beaten by three lengths. The Clearwell Stakes of 30 sons, each, 20 ft., for two-yrs-old; colts, Bst. 51b. ; and fillies, Bst. 31b. T. Y.C. The winner of the July Stakes to carry 71b. extra. Colonel Peel's lon Colonel Peel's Paganini Mr. Thornhill's ch. c. Saintfoin ... ......... ...Paris 1 Won by a length. The following also started :—Lord Exeter's Mecca; Lord Exe ter's f. by Sultan, out of Ramona ; Mr. Bowes's gr. c. Grey Mo mus, and:Lord Suffield's Bamboo. Betting-2 to 1 agst lon, 10 to 6 agst Grey Momus, and 6to 1 agst Saintfoin. Monday night. The following are the only particulars necessary in addition ,o those sent from the Heath : The Handicap.—Toothill made the play to the new ground, where Puppy went in front, and kept so till within three or four strides, when Toothill challenged him, and won by a head, after a severe race. Florestan was beaten upwards of a length. The Garden Stakes.—Velure made running at a severe pace, was always &length in front, and won by three lengths. Mango was in difficulty before he reached the ditch, and was so lazy that his-jockey was tired of whipping. Castaway never had a chance. CLEARWELT , STAKES, P.P. 6 to 4 agst Mr. Bowes's Grey Momus 4 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Saintfoin 8 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's mares, Mecca and Kirtle—taken 10 to I agst Lord Chesterfield's Anchorite Offers to take 6 to 1 about one of Colonel Peel's, supposed to be .on. THE DERBY. 12 to 1 egst Mr. Bowes's Grey Momus—taken 12 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Cobweb colt—taken 17 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's The Early Bird—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Armitage's colt, out of Nonplus's dam—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Coombes's Cobham—taken 12 to I agst Nonplus and Lord Chesterfield's Bamboo—taken In the course of the last week Nonplus has been backed for nearly 1,0001., and Cobham for upwards of 1,2001. Vulture is the favourite in her match with Grey Momus. ARRIVALS.--The Duke of Rutland, Marquis of Granby, Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, Lord and Lady Chester field, Lord and Lady Suffield, Lord and Lady Seymour, Lord and Lady Albemarle, Lord G. Bentinek, Lord Stradbroke, Lord Jersey, Lord Villiers, Lord F. Fitzroy, Lord C. Man ners, Sir L. Glyn, Sir J. Graham, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Anson, Hon. General Grosvenor, Hon. George Byng. Hon. Captain Fitzroy, Hon. Captain Rous, Messrs. C. Wilson, Sowerby, Neville, D. Radcliffe, Elwes, Thornhill, Hawker, Portman, Irby, Roberts, Gardnor, S. Stanley, Newton, Gre ville, Batson, Crommelin, Worrell, Hunter, Lushington, &c. The following fashionables have visited the Hay market this week, to witness Sheridan Knowles' admirable comedy of The Love Chase, which is increasing nightly in attraction—Princess Augusta of Saxony, Earls Belfast and Charleville, Lords Augustus and Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord Errol, Sir H. Webbe, Hon. Lincoln Stanhope, Hon. Fitzroy Stanhope, &c. NATIONAL LOAN FUND ASSURANCE.—WC hailed as a national blessing the establishment of a Loan Fund Assurance Society some months since, when we were informed by the Metropolitan journals that Mr. Lamie Murray had such an in contemplation, and we then gave our opinion that a Society founded on the principle of encouraging providence, thrift, and industry in tradesmen, and persons of limited and uncertain income, would do more to elevate the character of that numerous and important class than anything that has taken place in Ireland for the last century. We arc happy now to learn that the project of Mr. Murray is likely to meet with general support.— IVaterford Chronicle. MRS. TROI.LOPE'S NEw WORK OF FICTION, " THE VICAR OF WREXHILI.."—Mrs. Trollope has pro duced a very important book, and one not only very likely to make a general impression upon society in this its dullest season, but further to work its effects upon our time, and prove its gifted authoress invested with the rare power of influencing, in some degree, the manners of the period in which she writes. There is no lady writer of the present day who can approach the novel before us, either in its strong masculine purpose, the fearless mode in which that purpose is executed, or the great controul over the narrative, its style, its incidents, and its events, which Mrs. Trollope wields and evinces with a power and a pliability quite beyond the reach or conception of me diocre minds. Mrs. Trollope grasps the episode of society which she has chosen to work upon with the grasp of a giant genius, and faint must be the emotion she does not depict, and worthless and insignificant the shade of cha racter that eludes her vigilance or defies her detection. She is in the Argus of her theme, watching it with the hundred eyes of mind. Nothing passes her unheeded ; persons, characters, and things ; passions, sentiments, and principles ; motive, disposition, and temper ; she marks, and reads, and digests.them all as they pass ►n review before her ; and the impress that she gathers from them she de livers in graphic depth and vivid brilliancy to the world. " The Vicar of Wrexhill" is, beyond all question, the best and most striking novel of the season. A meeting of the Directors and Friends of the Lon don Miss►onary Society was held yesterday morning in Exeter Hall. W. J. Blair, Esq., Mayor of Bath, was in the ohair, and opened the proceedings of the day ; after which Dr. Fletcher, Dr. Philip, and several other reverend gentlemen, entered into a statement of the results attend ing the labours of the Society's missionaries in India, South Africa, and the South Sea Islands. Not the least interest ing part of the proceedings of the day were the addresses of several gentlemen, about to proceed to these colonies with their wives and families, all of whom attended, for the purpose of bidding a long adieu to the Society, under whose auspices they are to commence their arduous and difficult duties. LOWER CANADA. PROOFS THAT THE CANADIANS ARE RE SOLVED TO RESIST THE OPPRESSION OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. THIS IS THE WAY IT WORKS. Meetings have been held, we understand, in several pa rishes; to elect officers of Militia to replace those which have been dismissed " Her Majesty's service." Those who incurred the disapprobation of the Executive were, as might have been expected, promoted to commissions in " The People's service." MORE POPULAR HONOURS FOR THE DISMISSED. The Militia-men of Captain Moge, of St. Ours, lately " dismissed," assembled on Saturday last, and honoured their patriotic commander by planting a May-pole before his residence, as a mark of their respect. The May-pole bears the following inscription : " To Captain Moge, dismissed, but re-elected by the people." The most singular feature in this matter, remarks the Minerve, is, that Captain Moge was deprived of his Com mission on a charge of having attended the meeting of the county of Richelieu, at which he was not present at all! So great has been the disgust at the mariner in which Capt. Moge has been treated, that even the Sergeant of the Com pany demanded to have his Commission cancelled, and would not consent to act as Sergeant, until he was elected into office by the Company. It gives us great pleasure to find the people thus establishing Elective Institutions in the country, in spite of their rulers. If we cannot get them for asking, we must take them. Captain Marchessault, of St. Antoine, lately dismissed "her Majesty's service" by the Baron of 11Thirlingham, was recently entertained by his militiamen and fellow-parishionyrs in a most hospitable manner. Captain Renaud, who is also:about to be honoured by the head of the Administration with a dismissal, was likewise feasted by his militia-men on the 4th instant. After the harvest is finished, is intended, we understand, to give public dinners in various quarters to gentlemen dismissed from the Militia and Magistracy. MESSRS. BALD WIN and CRADOCK'S AFFAIRS. Yesterday afternoon, a meeting of the creditors of this firm was appointed to take place at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-street, which was very numerously and respect fully attended. After Mr. WOODFALL, the highly-respectable printer, had been unanimously voted to the Chair, a statement of the affairs of the concern was submitted to the meeting, by which it appeared that the liabilities of Messrs. Baldwin and Cradock, in round numbers, amounted to about £180,580 0 0 THEIR ASSETS. In bills and cash to £69o 0 0 Book debts, including pub lishing account, to about 21,000 0 0 Supposed ♦alue of stock and copyrights, works at press, stereotype, cop per and steel plates, wood-cuts, lease, life interests, &c., to about llO,OOO 0 0 £131,690 0 0 Showing a deficiency of about £48,890 0 0 It was on all hands admitted by the meeting, that a deed of trust would be a preferable mode of proceeding to that of a fiat of bankruptcy, because of the great sacrifice of property, which the latter mode would be certain to entail upon the estate, and, upon a motioa to that dr:et being submitted to the meeting, the following gentlemen were unanimously appointed to the responsible duties of trustee ship—John Salt, Esq., banker ; Mr. Henry Pouncey, sta tioner ; Mr. T. C. Hansard, printer ; Mr. Lepard Smith, stationer ; and Mr. Marshall, bookseller. A synopsis of the deed of trust, containing the usual clauses, was afterwards read by Mr. Foss, the legal autho rity in attendance, and all, save one to which objection was taken, and which was in consequence expunged, were agreed to, The amount of accommodation paper, it ap peared, was inconsiderable, not exceeding 2,0001.; but a question subsequently arose as to the probable amount of mortgage to which the several copyright shares were liable, and many present expressed an opinion that this ought to have been stated to the meeting, whilst others contended that it was rather the province of the trustees to ascertain it, and afterwards, should it appear necessary, to convene a special gartered meeting of the creditors, to submit this and other matters to its consideration. With proper ma nagement it is thought that the estate ma yrealise 'from 10s. to 12s. ad. in the ponoti. After voting thanks to the Chairman, the wading so parated, At the Kingston Quarter Sessions yesterday Mr. Lawson, the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Surrey, announced that he had, in consequence of his advanced age, tendered his resignation to the Lord Lieutenant. His Lord ship accepted it, and immediately appointed Mr. Lawson's son to succeed him. At Mr. Heyes's, in Rivington, near this town, there are 210 patotoes (40 of which are large ones), the produce of One set, a whole potatoe.—Bolton Chronicle, THE DIIPILIN AUCTION. The following are only afew very short extracts from the Dublin Press In respect to Mr. George Robins's first appearance in the Irish capital, FERMENT AMONG THE KNIGHTS Or THt HAMMER. " Sampson, When bearing off great Gaza's gate, Was proud, no doubt, to carry such a weight ; Hercules cleansing the Augeln mangers, Of course could scoff at labours and at datigers ; But Robins far surpasses both in power, J-lc'd knock down half a town in half an hour."—Anon. The übiquitoti; George Robins--the rival of Sir Boyle Roche's bird, " in the regard" of being in two places at once—who, while we deem him " going, going," is actually "gone"—the concentrated essence of magnificent hyperbole has arrived in town, to offer for competition the Coolishall and Glenmore estates, which be will praise with " the taste of a painter, and the enthusiasm of a poet," and appraise with the tact and genius of a Robins ! We understand that the Dublin auctioneers--a " nice lot"—are plotting to give their monarch a regular " knock down" in Morrisson's best style. There is, in fact, a " public competition" among them as to who will be " the highest and best bidder" to the symposiack fund. Albeit unconnected with the trade—hem !—profession, we mean, George—verily we will be present, armed with a patent feck, to rival George in his favourite pastime—taking notes.—Evening Mail. SALE OF ESTATES IN IRELAND.---Mr. George Robins, the celebrated London auctioneer, attended at Morrisson's Great Rooms yesterday, to sell the Coolishall and Glen more estates, county Waterford, the property of George W. Jackson, Esq. Curiosity attracted an immense number of persons to see this best bepraised of general vendors. On mounting the table, he gave what is called an " exordium," this being his first appearance on any stage in Ireland. He lamented the loss he had in not having his tongue tipped with a little of the brogue, but as he pro ceeded in his harangue he proved to every one present that he did not want one bit of the blarney. He began the sale with Lot 2, which he said was an Irish mode of doing business, commencing at the wrong end. This lot was knocked down at 6,450/. Lot No. I, at 8,4501. Mr. Robins seems to be an agreeable talkative man of the world, and one who appears to have some estimate of his own va lue. Many of our Dublin auctioneers attended to take a lesson, and joined in the good humoured sallies which ema nated from their London brother of the hammer.—Saunders' News Letter. SALE OF tho COOLISHALL AND GLENMORE, OR EAST BALLYGAWLEY ESTATES.—The übiquitous George Ro bins sold, this day, at Morrisson's Groat Rooms, in two lots, the Coolishall and Glenmore estates, county of Waterford, for some time advertised in the Packet, at the very high price 'of 15,3001. The lot marked No. 2, Glenmore, otherwise East Ballygawley, was first sold ; it fetched 6,4501. ; and the lot marked No. 1, Coolishall, fetched 8,850/. The attendance was as numerous as it was respect able, certainly not less than 500 were in the room, includ ing much of the wealth and respectability of Dublin. The purchasers were Messrs. Bruce and Symes, the stock brokers, who, it was understood, acted as trustees for some great unknown. There were not as many knights of the hammer present as had been expected, but those who did attend must have been amply compensated, by the wit and eloquence of the Prince of Auctioneers, for the first time devoted to his short essay. He kept the room, all through, in the most perfect good humour—it has been quite an event in our city.—Evening Packet. SALE OF ESTATES BY MR. GEORGE ROBINS.—Mr. Symes, the stock-broker, was the purchaser of both the estates put up to auction this day, at Morrisson's, by the celebrated George Robins, The Coolishall estate brought 6,450/. ; the Glenmore, otherwise East Ballygawlly, 8,8501. —Dublin Post. EXTRAORDINARY SWINDLING. (From the Birmingham Gazette.) Friday a fashionably-attired and respectable looking young man, who gave his name as Henry Palmer, was brought up for examination before Richard Spooner and Francis Lloyd, Esqrs., charged with uttering certain fictitious bills of exchange, purporting to be drawn by Abrams and Com pany, of the " Sheerness and Quaenborough Bank," and by the Flintshire District Banking Company," upon the London and Westminster Banks, such banking establish ments not being supposed to exist. These bills were made payable to John Pearson and others, some of them being endorsed " Mark Vernon." The prisoner had tendered and discounted several of the bills at the Birmingham Banking Company, the Commercial Bank of England, the Town and District, the Birmingham Borough, and the National Provincial Banks. Representatives from these establish ments were in consequence in attendance, and considerable interest was excited to hear the investigation, apprehensions being entertained that a wholesale system of fraud must have been but too successfully practised here and else where. The prisoner, who is a remarkably shrewd man, and evidently well acquainted with banking transactions, insisted upon all the notes being good, and urged the ma nagers of the London and Westminster, and the Chelten ham and Gloucester Banks, to ascertain whether the notes were genuine or not, offering to pay the expenses that would be necessarily incurred, in order that he might be (as he expressed himself he most assuredly should be) released from his unpleasant and painful situation. The magistrates asked the prisoner for the residence of the parties who en dorsed the bills ; but he declined giving an answer on the ground that he did not wish to disclose his connections, and he also refused to give any distinct account of his arrival and stay in the town. Several witnesses were examined, and the Magistrates, after a long examination of the managers of the various banks he had favoured with his discounts, and others, con sidered the circumstance of his offering two bills invariably, one of each sort, to so many houses, and his taking such bills as might assist him in passing away larger amounts before they became due elsewhere, together with the fact of both the Flintshire Bank bills and the Sheerness Bank bills being drawn upon a bank which is precluded by law from accepting bills from the country, sufficiently strong to justify them in remanding him till Monday, when Mr. E. Lloyd would have returned from London, whithei he would go that night, and Mr. Smith, a clerk in the Banking Company, would also have returned from Chel tenham, furnished with particulars of the bilk and the par ties drawing them, it being understood that in the event of these gentlemen returning on the Saturday, the pro ceedings should be immediately resumed. In the interim, however, Mr. Gilbart, the principal manager of the Lon don and Westminster Bank, accidentally passed through Birmingham on Saturday, and waited upon one of the ma gistrates (Mr. F. Lloyd) ; and we believe, from what has transpired, that an extraordinary c.rposc of a deep and well-laid scheme to levy contributions to a fearful amount upon the banks will be made this day at the public office. REGISTRATION REFORM.—The glorious uncer tainty of the Registration process is going forward with confusion more confounding than usual. The Barristers all over England are asserting the vulgar right of speaking their own minds and maintainining their own individual opinions in spite of any body ; but the worst of it is, that these Barristers who have all one business to perform, have so many opinions as to what that business is, that a great part of it is left entirely undone, while another part is done in the most slovenly manner imaginable. Such is the intelli gibility of the law, and the shrewdness of its interpreters.— Coventry Herald. THE NEW HOUSES• OF PARLIAMENT.—The preparations for commencing the River embankment wall of the new Senate-house arc already far advanced. The space between Westminster Abbey and St. Stephen's Chapel, fronting to the water, is covered over with timber and workshops, so as to have the appearance of a carpen ter's yard. About 100 piles have been driven into the bed of the River, in a double row, at a distance of about fifty yards from the existing embankment wall. The water space between is covered with rafts of squared logs well lashed together, and which workmen are now employed in sinking and making secure against the sides of the piles, so as to form a capacious and secure cofferdam, within which . the new walls may be solidly based. The cofferdam will extend the entire length of the intended Houses of Parlia ment, will project fifty yards into the bed of the River, and will perhaps be the most capacious ever formed in the Thames. From not being exposed to so violent an action of the tide, it will in proportion be of more easy and less expensive construction than were the cofferdams within which the piers of London-bridge had their foundations laid. 'The progress of the works has already made it - ne. cessary to block three arches of Westminster-bridge on the Middlesex side, for doing which the requisite authority of the Lord Mayor was obtained. The River embankment will be of stone, and will require a very deep, broad, and well-secured foundation, as upon it will be reared the main wall of the projected Houses of Parliament. On Sunday morning last, two young men of the names of Green and Sidebottom, went into the house of a neighbour and requested the loan of a gun during the day. He refused, and remonstrated with them o n the impro priety of shooting on the Sabbath. Shortly after he left the house when the young men took the g un. A slight scuffle ensued as to who was to carry .it, On seeing this, a young man, of the name of Benjamin Hobson, went up to the parties and strove to appea s e them. While thus engaged, the gun went off, and the whole of the charge lodged in his head ;he was killed on the spot. What makes the circumstance still more distressing is, that his mother was standing • near and witnessed the whole transaction. The effect was such as to cause mental aberration, in which deplorable state she still continues. The young men were not aware that the gun was loaded.— York Courant. No less than seven horses were stolen from the town of Sherborne, Dorset, and the immediate neighbourhood, in the night of Friday the 6th inst. CITY ENTERTAINMENT TO KING GEORGE THE SECOND. The following account is taken from a manuscript in the possession of Mr. Charles Hick, Vie present Sword-be, rer of the City of London. It is fro n the boik of the City Sword-bearer of the year 1727, immediatel: after George the Second succeeded to the thione, and is the only record, meagre as it is, of that entertainment : " 1727.—L0RD MAYOR'S DAY, WHEN THE KING DINED IN THE CITY. " October the 29th, being my Lord Mayor's Day, but. happening on a Sunday, it was kept on the 30th, Monday— hour eight for nine—scarlett gown, to meet at Guildhall my Lord's crimson velvet go:via ; cap of maintenance ; pearl sword ; damask gown ; and chain, and mace, and collar of S.S. The Aldermen breakfasted with my Lord on roast beef and burnt claret. We proceeded to the Three Cranes and took barge, and went to Westminster, and after walking round the Hall, and making a bow to each Court that were then sitting, went up to the Exchequer, and after making three bows, dropped the point of the sword at the last of the three. The sword-bearer sat on the cryer's seat. The Recorder made a speech concerning the occasion, with the Mayor on his right, and the old Mayor on his left hand ; and then my Lord Chief Baron made a speech coin-- plimenting the new and late Lord Mayor, and then they swore in the Lord Mayor, and swore the late Lord Mayor to some particulars. They then gave the Recorder some parch ment to read. After that was done they returned, making three bows as before, the sword being on the right hand and the mace on the left, then round the hall again, making our compliments as before, and leaving a parchment at e .ch court, and inviting the judges and sergeants that were then sitting, and then returned to the barge, and went back to Blackfriars, took coach, and in Cheapside stopped and dropt the point of the sword because the King and Queen were there, and then proceeded to Guildhall. The sheriffs returned to Cheapside on horseback, at the sign of the Bear, a linen-draper, where the King and Queen were, and conducted them to the hall to dinner. My lord mayor met the King at the gate, and presented the sword to him upon his knee. The King touched it and returned it. My lord then carried the sword before him to the council chamber, the sword-bearer walking before. When dinner was upon the table, my lord carried the sword to the hust ings, were there was a splendid entertainment provided. When the Queen and two princesses were set some time, the King dismissed my lord, and the Queen my lady mayoress (she waited on the Queen, at the same time as my lord waited on the King). Then the sword-bearer took the sword, and carried it before my lord, the point down wards, to my lord's table, which was at the other end of the ball, where the Sheriff's Court is kept. After some time their Majesties drank to my lord mayor's good health, and prosperity to the city of London, and the trade thereof, which was proclaimed by the common crier, at the interces sion of my lord chamberlain. " After some time a health was proclaimed by the com mon cryer after the following manner :--` My Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council drink to his Majesty King George's good health. The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council drink to our gracious Queen Caro line and all the Royal Family's good health.' As soon as dinner was over, my Lord returned to the King, the sword being down till he came to the hustings ; then my Lord took it and carried it back to the Council Chamber. " After they had been there some time they went into the matted gallery and began the ball. Their Majesties expressed a great satisfaction, and staid till half-past eleven o'clock, when my Lord and Lady waited upon them to their coaches. My Lord staid till three in the morning. There were tables in the body of the Hall for the Privy Council, Judges, Foreign Ministers, and the Common Council. Galleries on each side of the Hall for the lades ; the music in the balcony between the gyants. The swords bearer's table was in the Court of Common Pleas. " The King gave orders for 1,0001. to be paid for the discharge of poor debtors. " This entertainment was ordered by a Committee of Aldermen and Common Council. All the officers were in waiting, and those of Guildhall also. The common hunt, and so many officers as attend the Lord Mayor elect, at tended the late Lord Mayor on this day. " N.B. The King always dines in the city the first Lord Mayor's Day after his accession. In the morning the sword bearer sends word to the common hunt a little before my Lord Mayor moves, because of tile old mayor meeting and falling in the rank. " Upon this occasion the sword-bearer has 5/., and a new damask gown, ordered by the Committee. The officers discharged until the sth of November." THE LATE MR. SAMUEL WESLEY. The remains of this celebrated musician were gathered to the tomb of his fathers yesterday morning, amidst a large concourse of his relatives, connections, and friends. The family vault is in the small burial ground attached to the old church in High-street, Marylebone, and was con structed at the express desire of the Reverend Charles Wesley, who, differing from his brother, the Her. John Wesley, entertained a strong feeling against interment in unc onsecrated ground. Th vault is small, and was ori ginally designed to contain no more than five coffins. That of the deceased has now filled up the only unoccupied niche. The bodies of the Rev. Charles Wesley, Mrs. Wesley, Miss Sarah Wesley, and the brothers, Charles and Samuel, therefore, sleep together to mingle in one common dust. About the hour of twelve, Mr. Turk, the organist of Westminster Abbey, arrived with a strong band of choris ters, each emulous of spontaneously offering their homage to departed genius. Amongst them were the Masters J. and W. Coward, and two others of the young gentlemen of Westmin ster Abbey, Messrs. Lloyd, Hobbs, Brownsrnith, W. A. Neild, Turner, Chapman, C. Purday, Atkins, A. Novelle, R. Clark, &c. Shortly afterwards appeared the hearse containing the body, accompanied by two mourning coaches. Of his own family the mourners were the Rev. Charles Wes ley, Mr. John Wesley, Mr. Samuel Sebastian Wesley, and Mr. Erasmus Wesley, four of the six sons of the de ceased, and Mr. Glenn, his son-in-law. Of his friends were Mr. Adams, Mr. }larding, Messrs. Gauntlett, Mr. Wake field his medical attendant, Mr. Davison, the Rev. Mr. Jackson, &c., &c. The presence of Mr. Moseheles, Dr. Crotch, and Mr. Attwood was prevented by their absence from the metropolis. The high and solemn service of the cathedral was performed with a splonlour and dignity which produced a visible effect on the spectators. The sublime ritual of our Church was chanted to the strains of Purcell and Croft ; and the affecting cerernany closed ith the beautiful chorus from Handel's funeral anthem, " His body is buried in peace ; but his name liveth for evermore." The pure intonation of so many practised vocalists in the open air produced an effect which, together with the solemnity of the scene, will not readily be forgotten by those who witnessed this last sad tribute to one of the greatest musicians this country has ever produced. There was a slight error on the coffi n p late. Mr. Wesley died on the 11th of October, egcd 71 years. ------- The Duke of Buckingham is sufficiently well to take daily airings, and occasionally enjoy pheasant shoot inc.,: in the Stowe preserves, which arc said to be well stocked.—Bucks Gazctic. , The British Association, in its zeal for the interests of science, carries its scientific views even beyond the limits of the British empire. Through the medium of M. Arago, an illustrious member of the Association, they moved the Bureau des Longitudes to solicit from the French Govern ment the publication of the series of observations on the tides at Brest, and a reduction of the astronomical obser vations made at the Ecole Militaire. The Brest observa tions have accordingly been printed. The application to the French Government was accompanied by a vote of the General Committee of the Association to appropriate 500/. for a duplicate reduction of the astronomical observations, with a view to secure the utmost accuracy in these impor tant computations. At a meeting held at the Falcon, Gravesend, a few 1 days ago, Mr. Park, the treasurer, repelled the tand otal amount of subscriptions received for th e captain,- mate, crew of the /lledwoy steamer, which was burnt a s hort time since, to be 1361. ss. The, Committee appointed for dis buting the money, after examination of the merits of the case, awarded it in the following manner :—To the captain, 0 5/. ; first mate, ° 5 l . ; sec ond ditto. 121. 10s. ; engineer, 12/. ; three seamen and two stewards, 81..55. each-411. 5s two stokers, 5/. each-101. i stewardess, 71. ; waiter, 2/. ; boy, W. 10s.-1 301. ss. Yesterday morning, between the hours of twelve and one o'clock, the engines belonging to the Fire Esta blishment Station in Whjtocross-street and Jeffery's-square, were required at a serious fire which bad broken out in a workshop belonging to Mr. Christy Brown, fancy brush maker, No. 71, Gardener's-row, Old-street•road, Saint Luke's, which terminated in causing considerable damage to the premises, and the suffocation of thirty-six pigeons. The fire was seen by some of the inhabitants burning with great fury in a detached building at the back of the houses in Gardener's-row, and connected with Mr. Brown's pre mises. On the alarm, the most praiseworthy assistance was rendered by the persona living in that neighbourhood, and the poiiuc, who lost no time in sending for do talistan w of the engines. Fortunately, however, before their °Trivia l the lanes were got under by buckets of water be!pg titres; n over them. A loft above the workshop was the reccp. taclo of thirty-six pigeons, all of which perished by suffoca tion before they could be released. The stock on the pre. mises was partially burnt and damaged by water ; but in what manner it originated is not known. It was conjec. turcd to have been cause d through the negligence of one of the workpeople, in leaving a lighted candle on the premises when he left work. The loss, we understand, will fall on the Imperial Fire Office.