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zances were not entered into. The Hon. and Learned Gen- Vernan then went on to argue, from the provisions of the Gren ville Act, that it was competent to the House to enlarge the ti me, upon proper cause being shown. The ground upon which he w ould rest his application was, to give an opportu nity to the parties of entering into a better and less doubtful form of surety than that adopted. The only thing necenary Would be to substitute one name for another on a sheet of Parchment. He moved that Mr. Potter be called in. Colonel SIBTHORP rose, and moved, as an amendment, the adjournment of the House till to-morrow (this day). Mr. WARBURTON wished to know from the Chair whe ther, if they then delayed calling the witness, they could pro ceed with the question at another time? Sir H. II ARDINGE considered that the Speaker, who had acted with such impartiality in this matter, ought to be requested to state to the House his opinion whether the time could Le enlarged or not? The SPE AKER said he would not express any opinion upon the subject, but would merely state that the witness had presented one set of recognizances which wore not formal, and upon being informed of the fact took from his pocket a set that was formal.—( Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman then called the attention of the House to the fact that the question before the House was a motion for adjournment. Mr. P. THOMSON recommended an adjournment of the case, as the debate upon it would be a protracted one. After a few words from Mr. Mauls, Sir H. Hardinge, Sir T. Fremantle, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Colonel SIBTHORP withdrew his motion, and Mr. v Potter was called and examined. Tlie following was the result of the examination :—The witness stated that he lived in Dublin ; that he was the agent in the Sligo, Porter lington, and Carrickfergus petitions ; that he sent once to his partner in Dublin printed forms to be filled up ; that in the Carrickfergus case the recognizances had been sent him, both joint and separate ; that he had been most anxious, to have good recognizances and good forms in all the cases : that the blanks in the printed forms were filled up ; that he took with him to the Speaker's Secretary the recognizances in the Carrickfergus c: ;e, believing them to- be quite right ; that he handed in the separate recognizances to the Speaker's Secretary ; that he handed in those which were not in conformity with the forms of the House, without having read them first ; that be had referred to them since, and con fessed he had been in error; that, from his general knowledge of law, he believed the recognizance , were such as would be binding on the sureties ; that he did not know whether costs could be recovered upon them, although he believed they could be estreated ; that he had sent in the printed forms which had been given to him by the officer of the House ; that he had examined them, but not with the schedule of the Grenville Act before him ; that he ha 1 such a general knowledge of the forms of the House as to know that they corresponded with them ; that he had no communication with his partner as to how the blanks were to be filled up in the forms ; that he was aware there were joint and separate forms ; that the written forms he sent over to Dublin were filled up ; that he bad handed in the re cognizances in the Portarlington and Carrickfergus cases on Friday, and the Sligo on Monday; that he had received the recognizances of Patrick Welch on Wednesday morning ; did not know one Galogher ; that there were fcur petitioners, of whom he had seen not one ; that he knew a petition had been sent by one Nelson; that he had had no communication with any of the parties on the sul)ject of remuneration. Did not know Mr. Jones, the petitioner ; had been in England only three weeks ; that the petitioner Jones was in daily communi cation with witness's partner in Dublin; that he was not aware whether the order on the petition of Jones had been discharged by the Speaker; that he had not yet applied for an extension of time to put in the recognizances ; that the petition was pre sented on the 4th of December; that it would fall to the ground on the 19th unless the time were extended ; that he did not know what arrangement his partner had made with re spect to costs, but that he expected to be remunerated like all other professional:persons for his services ; that he knew nothing of the petitioners in the Carrickfergus case, but that a party who had come ova- from Belfast for the purpose had employed him to put in the recognizances ; that the sureties had justified in both eases, but not in the Port arlington case ; that he knew from the Votes that the order on the petition of Lawler and Gorman had been discharged by the Speaker, but that the Votes did not show that the petition presented by Jones had been disposed of; that there was a clerical error in the recog nizances in that case, but that, in his judgment, it was one which, on motion, that House would hare allowed to be cor rected. The witness having withdrawn, .Mr. M AULE said that, a7ter the evidence which the wit /lessee had given, he did not think it necessary to say more than that those who heard that evidence must be satisfied that the error in the recognizances was a perfectly accidental one. The Hon. and Learned Member then moved that the time for putting in the recognizances of the petitioners and sureties in the case of the Sligo petition be enlarged to ten days. Mr. MACLEAN said that he must object to the propo sition of his Hon. and Learned Friend on the several grounds of the inconvenient precedent which such a course would establish, and the gross and culpable negligence of which the witness, even according to his own showing, had been guilty. He had admitted that he knew the form of recognizance which Cie Act required, but, notwithstanding this, he had not been at the slightest trouble to ascertain whether those which he delivered were correct or not. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that after the evidence which they had heard it was impossible any ese could say that there was the least ground fur imputing an.fairness in this case. For his own part, he must say that he wester knew of a case more free from imputation, and he therefore hoped the House would grant the indulgence which was asked for, and which could not be denied without injustice. Colonel PE RCE VAL observed that it would he his duty to leave the House, but before he withdrew he was anxious to bear the Speaker state the opinion which he entertained on the disputed question of law.—(Cries of " Oh, oh,” and " No, no.") Captain FORRESTER said they had now arrived at a time of night when they should adjourn, and he must there fore move the adjournment of the debate until to-morrow. The House divided on this motion, and the numbers were— For the adjournment Against it 69 Majority —42 On our re-admission to the gallery we found the SPEAKER putting the original question. Mr. FITZROY moved, as an amendment, that the House do now adjourn. Mr. YOUNG did not think that by such a motion the po sition of the minority was likely to be bettered. He wished the matter to be decided at once, and as2far as he was con cerned he should vote only in accordance with that which was his own conscientious conviction as to the justice of the case. —( Hear, hear.) The testimony which the witness had given had failed to satisfy him that there had not been gross and culpable negligence on the part of the witness ; and, as that was the conclusion at which he had arrived, he must say that the case was one in which indulgence ought not to be given. —( Hear, hear.) The SPEAKER asked whether the Hon. Member for Lewes meant to divide ? Mr. FITZROY replied that he did. Mr. FRE SHFIELD hoped the Hon. Gentleman would slot do so, as the consequence of an adjournment of the House would inflict serious injury on the parties in other cases. Mr. FITZROY then moved that the debate be adjourned. Mr. ELLICE did not think the course which the Hon. Gentleman had taken would look well in the eyes of the .country.—( Hear.) He hoped the matter would be brought to a conclusion that night ; but if it came t o a vo t e' he must Say that he would act on the same principle which had go verned the vote which he gave last night. He thought then, and it was still his opinion, that they had no power to afford relief after twelve o'clock on the last night. The Grenville Act was passed for the protection of the sitting Member, but, at all events, there had been such gross neglect in the present case as ought to induce the House to refuse the indulgence sought for.—( Hear.) Mr. AI ACLE AN agreed that no advantage would be ob tained by the adjournment of the debate, and therefore he hoped his Hon. Friend would withdraw his motion. Mr. FITZROY said that, as be was always anxious to com ly with the wish of the House , he should at once withdraw his motion. Mr. COURTENA Y said he entertained a very decided opinion with respect to the construction of the Act of Par liament, and he was quite satisfied that it did not justify the I:louse in the course they were now called upon to take. The Act of Parliament provided that in all cases where the recog nizances had not been perfected within the fourteen days. the order should stand discharged, unless upon matters specially Stated upon oath. Now, surely the evidence at the Bar of the House could not be held sufficient. The special matters mentioned in the Act could not be held to mean an admission of negligence or ignorance. There ought to be some swat ters of fact proved, to show a satisfactory reason for enlarg ing the time. That had not been done, and ho did not think that any construction of the Act of Parliament would warrant the House in acceding to this motion. The gallery was then cleared for a division, and the num bers were— For the motion 55 Against the motion Majority for the motion —3s During the exclusion of strangers it appeared to have been moved that there should be a similar extension of time with respect to the Portarlington petition, and on our return to the Gallery we we found Mr. KEMBLE on his legs. He protested against the in troduction of a new subject of debate at that advanced hour, and we understood the Hon. Member to move that the peti tion should be taken into consideration this day. Mr. WOUL FE contended that there was nothing in this ca•se to lead to discussion. The same set of facts applied to law:h cases. They had heard the evidence, and they were beer sly to come to a decision. The SPEAKER said he thought that, for the purf ose of Th.eintsining the forms of the House, it would be necessary that the witness should be re-called and examined. Colonel PE RCE VAL said before the House came to any decision on _this question there was one point to which, as a becessary consequence of his situation, he begged to call their attenti on . It was necessary that the day after the recog bizances were entered into he should hand in a statement of 116 qualification. As a certain enlargement of time had been granted to the pe titioners, whom he knew to be pauper s, he hoped the House would extend the time for handing in his qualificatism, and be trusted that •some lion. Friend would Move that this act of justice be' extended to him. He was teady t o hand in his qualification at that moment, but he did hat wish to do so until these recognizances should be completed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he 'aid not think that there could be any intention to subject the H en . Member for Sligo to any disadvantage that be :Vould not have been exposed to before, and he was sure that every one in the House was disposed to deal justly by him, With respect to the other question, if any Hon. Member at the other side objected to going into it, on the ground that it would open a new discussion, he did not think it would be just to ask them to go into it at that hour. Mr. KEMBLE said if they proceeded with the other case it would be necessary to have the witness recalled and exa mined at length, and under these circumstances he felt bound to persevere in his motion that the consideration of the petition be adjourned to this day. After a short conversation, the motion for adjournment was agreed to, and the consideration of the petition postponed to this day. Mr. 0. GORE moved that the time for the Honourable Member for Sligo to put in his qualification should be enlarged to three days after the recognizances should be perfected. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL feared that the Act of Parliament did not authorise them to enlarge the time so far. Ile had no objection that a reasonable time should be ex tended, and made the observation lest the Hon. Member might be placed in a disadvantageous position. Colonel PERCEVAL wished to be guarded by the reso lution of the House from any advantage that might be taken to get rid of the responsibility of the sureties in case this petition against him should be declared frivolous and vexa tious, as he expected it would be. The House had now placed him in his present position, and they were bound to take care that he should have the power to recover any costs that he might become entitled to. Mr. WOULFE said that the petition against the Hon. and Gallant Member was on the ground of want of qualifica tion. He thought he could not put in any qualification but that which he possessed at the time of his election. Colonel PERCEVAL never thought of taking any ad vantage of the extension of time for such a purpose. He would undertake to give no qualification that he had not been in possession of for the last thirty years, nor would he add one single acre that had not been already set down. His object was, that until the sureties were completed he should not be compelled to give in his qualification, to be overhauled by four paupers, one of whom was a beggar in the streets of Sligo, and whom be had often relieved, and at a recent period, with twopences and sixpences. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL thought the best course, and the safest as respected the Hon. Member himself, would be to adjourn this question until to-morrow, and in the mean time they could look into the Act of Parliament, and ascer tain what extent of time could be granted. After a few words from Mr. 0. GORE, the question was adjourned to this day. On the motion of Mr. FRE S FIE LD, the consideration of the Limerick petition was postponed to this day, and the petition was ordered to be printed with the votes. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and at a quarter to three the House adjourned to a quarter to four this day. THE NATIONAL LOAN FUND ASSURANCE SOCIETY. (From the Maidstone Gazette.) A most respectable meeting took place on Thursday last, at the Bull Inn, Maidstone, to receive an exposition of the prin ciples and objects of this excellent institution, from T. Lamie Murray Esq., the Chairman of the Society,—with a view to enable the middle and working classes of this town to profit by the establishment of a branch in Maidstone. There were present, amongst other gentlemen, Dr. Sibbald, W. Knox Child, Esq., Captain Castles, Sibbald, Esq., &c. &c. Dr. SIIMALU having been unanimously voted into the Chair, T. L. MURRAY, Esq., Chairman of the Board of Directors, then proceeded to explain to the meeting the objects of this Society. lie observed that there was no subject so important or so intimately connected with the social relations of life, or one of which the principles required to be so widely dissemi nated amongst the people at large, as that of life assurance. When a man assures his life, his object is to benefit some por tion or the whole of his family ; and the ordinary means of doing so is by an annual saving, measured by the contingency of life at the age at which be enters. Life assurance had, not withstanding, extended its advantages but a short way into society at large; and these who had availed themselves of it, and enjoyed its benefits, eight be said to belong entirely to the upper classes. The object of this Society was to admit a wider extension of its advantages to every class of persons, so that it might be no longer confined to the rich. Although the number of assurance societies now existing was about 45, yet, notwithstanding the great activity in their management, they contained not more than 80,000 persons as life assurers, whose families were entitled to the benefit of their prudence. This disparity led him (Mr. Murray) to inquire into the reason why the benefits of life assurance were so limited. When a man entered into a contract for a life assurance he engaged to pay annually a certain sum. or in other words an annuity, in order to sscure a certain sum payable at his de cease. If you ask a man of 30 years of age, where expecta tion of life is 28 years, not in the possession of a certain in come, to grant an annuity during his life, he would be somewhat startled. No man would undertake to do so unless he had some certain income not to be diminished by ad verse circumstances. At this point we find—while it:is admit ted on all hands that there are great advantages arising from life assurance to those who can afford it—we come, as regards society at large, to a " dead lock ;" and thus, upon the present system, life assurance may be said not to be capable of further extension beyond the income class. Why should not the middle and lower classes also enjoy the benefits of this system ? He took it fur granted that the great advantages of life assurances were admitted. Now, if this extension were to take place in the middle class, it must be by some plan differ ent from those already established, because men in the middle class were subject to misfortunes which did not occur to those of the income class. The plan of this institution offered a se curity against these misfortunes in life, as well as security to his family in the event of his death. The great casualty to be guarded against affecting the working classes, and which was not subject to any calculation, was want of employment. Ano ther casualty equally common to them was old age, and which was capable of being reduced to calculations ; and it was the object of this Society to bring these calculations to bear so as to mitigate the evils of the one, and provide for the other. If they could reduce by observation the want of employment to an average quantity, there would be no difficulty in as certaining the rates of premium to be paid for an assurance against it; but the nearest approach that could be made to such a provision was the use of the loan fund, whereby a man could avail himself during temporary misfortunes of the savings of his prudence during the previous period of prosperity. Viewing society on a large scale, and the constant vicissitudes of this nature to which the work ing classes were exposed, he (Mr. M.) had observed that the want of employment had never extended over a period of time that would exhaust the savings of former prudence. In this Society a man would not only enjoy the means of protecting himself against the vicissitudes of life, but also against super annuation, and in addition would compensate his offspring for his loss by death. This Society partook in this respect of the nature of a savings' bank and life assurance Society—the one ! to supply his temporary wants as a provision against casualties, the other for for a nobler object to found the independence of his family. There was no class of society to whom this system was more advantageous than to the farmer. A farmer who assured his life for 1,0001. could at one period of the year, when he wanted to stock his farm, borrow two-thirds of the amount of his payments ; at another period of the year he could repay the loan, without losing in the mean time, in case case of his death, the sum for which he had assured his life, as the loan would only in such event be deducted from the sum assured. The same advantages would be derived from this Society by the shopkeeper, when lie wanted to supply his shop. As a mode of accumulation, independent of its other advantages, it was a superior one, as a man at twenty who as sured for 5001., living to his longest expectation, actually paid only 290/. Benefit Societies were originally clubs, merely to afford provision against sickness; they afterwards branched out into superannuation allowances, and subsequen.ly into the granting annuities to persons of the ages of 65 or 70 years, and some have included funeral expenses. This was the scope of these institutions; but, in his opinion, the new principles adopted in this Society rendered it no longer necessary to ap propriate any portion of the saving towards a provision for sickness, so that the whole amount of the saving now paid in benefit societies for these insurances might be made to increase the amount of the superannuation. Sickness but amounted to a casualty, and that casualty less fearful than the other cocain. gencies to which members of friendly societies were subject; though there was great contrariety of opinion as to the ave rage amount of sickness during a man's life, yet the differ once was comparatively trifling. The Highland Society had cal culated it, between the ages of 20 and 70, as equal to one year and ten months. Now according to the calculations of benefit societies, out of Vol. per week nearly one half was appropriated as a Provision against sickness, which had of course, the effect of diminishing the amount of the sum to be appropriated to superannuation. He had calculated what superannuation lid. per week paid by a man aged 20 would secure him when he reached 65 ; and he found that the Society would guarantee the sum of 301. per annum for the remainder of his life—a sum adequately sufficient for all the purposes and and ease and comfort of a working man ; whereas, out of the same payment of 74d. per week into a friendly' society, he co uld not be assured much more than half that amount as a superannuation. The defalcation arose from admitting sick ness into the calculation of the latter, whereas by the plan of this Society, through the loan fund, he was protected not only against sickne ss, but a g ainst ever other casualt y , b y the faci lity with which he could withdraw an adequate portion of his savings, and at the same time be secured in his insurance. The Society w ould also give him the opti,,n of receiving a sum of money instead of an annuity at sixty-five, equal in value to the annuity, or by combining other tables, this sum (say 250 1 .) wo uld be made payabl as a compensation to his family for his loss, provided he did not reach the age at which he would be entitled to receive an annuity. The tables upon which the calculations of this Society were bated were the Carlisle tables ; tested by the experience of the " Equitable" Society, one of the most respectable assu rance companies of the day. After some remarks on the ef forts of Dr. Halley, Dr. Heysham, Mr. Milne, and Dr. Price, in bringing these tables of mortality to such perfec tion that thei r results may be relied or with comparative cer. tainty ; he proceeded to show the superior accuracy of the Car lisle over the Northampton tables, as ascertained by the expe rience of the " kquitable Society, by reading the following comparison No. of -------. _ Esti:natcd deaths. Actual deaths Carlisle. Northampton. " Equitable." 370 618 309 448 886 43 5 67 965 569 678 1,086 652 754 1,260 900 Persons. Between 6,460 10 and 20 6,090 20 and 30 5,642 30 and 40 5,075 40 and 50 4,397 50 and 60 By the Northampton Tables two deaths or claim s would re quire tube provided for instead of one, twin other words, those Societies who us©d the Northampton Tables up to the age of 50, charged just double the risk, while those who depended on the Carlisle Tables alone, at high ages, might find themselves mistaken. It was a great fallacy to suppose the public were not more interested in paying the correct value for life assur ance than in insuring at a low rate of premium—if it could be proved that such premiums did not cover the risk as the con sequence of any error in such calculations to the assurers could not be repaired. The assured are bound to look mo derately on the side of prudence. The Tables of the Society had been calculated from data above alluded to by an eminent mathematician, Mr. Woolhouge, whose first object had been to ascertain the true risk at each respective age, and it would be found in reference to them that besides combining the ut most security, they were also more moderato than nine-tenths of the other offices. After some further observations. Mr. Murray stated that he should be most desirous of answering any question that any person present might wish to put to him, respecting any branch of the subjeet upon which he might not have entered. It would, indeed, occupy several hours if he were to enter into all the advantages of the plan—but he believed them to be so obvious that he would mush prefer any question being put to him on any apparent difficulty that might arise in the mind of any one present. The CHAIRMAN observed that Mr. Murray had said nothing about the advantages that were likely to accrue to person who took shares in the Society. Mr. MURhAY replied that the Company had already sold all the shares they wished to sell, with the exception of some which had been reserved for the purpose of forming branches. They would on no account sell shares to any person who would be likely to take them into the market. The principles upon which life insurance societies were now established were as well understood and as certain as those upon which they would build a bridge. These principles had been established by emi nent medical men, and were certain in their operation. If they only realized a profit of 5,0001. that would pay 5 per cent. upon the amount raised. Other offices were deriving profits of 80,000/. a year; and if they succeeded in introducing the system of life insurances into new and wider channels, there was no reason why they might not anticipate proportionate ad vantages. His object was not now to sell shares, which in fact they were desirous not to sell to a greater extent than was ne cessary for extending branches; but his business was to ex plain the advantages of insuring in the office. Oaly 21. ss. had been deposited upon each 101. share, and no chance existed of any call,—and consequently the fewer shares they sold the better it would be for the present holders. After replying to some further questions, Mr. Murray concluded. Mr. G. BENTLIF said that after the lucid and satisfactory exposition they had heard, it was not necessary for him to make any remark in support of a resolution which he was about to move. Every one, he believed, must be convinced that the principles upon which this Society were founded were sound and equitable. He had great pleasure, therefore, in moving " That the Meeting having heard the exposition of the plan of the National Loan Fund Life Assurance Sosiety, made by T. L. Murray, Esq., the Chairman of the Society, highly approve of its objects, which they consider eminently calculated ta confer great benefits on the middle and working classes in particular, and on the community at large ; and that a branch of the above Society be forthwith formed at Maidstone." Mr. J. La=ze briefly seconded the motion, which was car ried unanimously. Mr. DALEY then read a letter which he had received from a most respectable member of tho working class applying for six shares, which application he had been induced to mako from reading the prospectus.—( Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN then took ten shares to begin with, and shares were also secured by other persons present. Thanks having been unanimously voted to Dr. Sibbald, for his kindness and urbat.ity in presiding, the meeting adjourned. THE ARMY. Lieutenant- Colonel Holloway, C. 8., of the Royal Engi neers, has arrived in Dublin, and assumed the command of the engineer department in Ireland, in succession to Colonel Ar nold, K. 11. ; and Lieutenant-Colonel Slade has arrived at Cork and assumed the command of the engineer department in the Munster district, in succession to Lieutenant-Colonel Holloway. Lieutenant-Colonel Mercer, of the Royal Artillery, has suc ceeded Colonel Brough in the command of the Artillery in Nova Scotia. Major Arabin was in temporary command until Lieut- Colonel Mercer's arrival. Captain Archibald Maclean, of the Royal Horse Artillery, will be appointed Aide-de-camp to Major-General Sir Wm. Macbean, K. C. 8., who is to assume the command of the troops in tha south-western district on the Ist of the ensuing month. The service companies of the 10th Foot embarked at Corfu on the 10th ult. for home, and may be expected to arrive at Cork shortly, where they will be joined by the depot compa nies from Wexford. The William Miles, freight ship, arrived at Cove on the 11th inst., and the drafts from the depot companies of the Bth and 68th Regiments, destined to join the service companies of those corps, embarked on board that vessel on the following day for Jamaica. From the United Service Gazette. CAVALRY. th Dragoons—Sergeant Nlaccafry of the troop of Innis killins, quartered at Tiuro, was tried by a Court•martial last week, and sentenced to be reduced to the ranks for drun kenness while on duty. INFANTRY'. Ist--Capt Brooke, Ist bat., has been appcinted to the splendid grenadier company of this battalion. Lieuts. Haw kins, Sanderson, and Hinton, are on leave ; also Ensign Par ker, and Assistant-Surgeon Christian. Capt. Blacklin's com pany (the light infantry) is said to be in first-rate order. 2d—The Queen's were in excellent health at Bombay on the 19th of September. Lieut.-Colonel Baumgardt was re ported in arrest. 6th—The troops under the command of Sullivan, at Bom bay proclaimed her Majesty as Queen on this 19th of August. 10th—The service companies embarked at Corfu on the 15th of last month for home, and may be expected to arrive at Cork about Christmas-day, when the depot from Wexford will join head-quarters. I Ith—The regiment at Zante has been ordered home in ships of war instanter, and without relief, it is supposed in consequence of the aspect of affairs in Canada. They are ex pected to land in England, and that the depot will be ordered from Spike Island. Orders have been given to countermand the embarkation of the draft from the depot companies at Spike Island. The service companies of this regiment proceeded abroad in the year 1626. The depot companies expect to em bark for England in the course of the ensu►ng spring. 12th—The regiment at the Mauritius are to replace the 21st at Van Diemen's Land. . 14th—A draft arrived at Cork from Bristol last week, to await the arrival of a transport to convey them to the West Indies, where the service companies are stationed. 21st—Are to proceed to India from Van Diemen ' s Land. 25th—Lieut. Ethelstone, from Limerick garrison, has re placed Lieut. O'Donnell in the detachment at Newcastle. 27th—Lieut. Smith has obtained leave of absence from the 6th of December to the 9th of March. 30th—This regiment will be removed from Bermuda, in the event of more troops bring required in Canada. u 3 ol 2 lc d e — o T f ht the head disturbed- q uar t e :t r u s t e h a o v f e t hmeolvaetdtetrodNisltoriiiettr.eal,Aingeaonngseo-f eight or nine ruffians attacked a private of this regiment on duty at the Commissariat, Montreal, an d se i ze d hi s il re l oc k ; however, the main guard turned out and caught five of them. 33d— Lieut. Erskine, acting Adjutant of the depot, has left Boyle for England, on two months' leave. 34th—The accident to Lieut. Norris occurred in a fox hunt. Mr. Lumley's fox hounds met at the form-yard near Littleton, where, having drawn the adjoining cover blank, they proceeded to Archerstown, where a sporting fox was quickly found, and soon broke cover, running through Coolkennedy and Turtulla plantations, to near Killough-hill, where he turned, and ran by Maxfort, through Parkstown to Curragheen, where he was earthed without a check, save that of which we are speaking, when the following accident, which we regret to state, occur red :—ln running towards the Horse and Jockey, Lieut. Nor ris had his thigh broken by his horse falling oa him over a fence. He was speedily extricated from under the animal by Mr. Phillips, of Gaile, who was just before him, or, serious as the accident was, he must have been more seriously injured. He was conveyed to Laurel-ville, the residence of Vernon Lamphier, Esq., where every attention was paid hies. As sistant-Surgeon Smith, of this regiment, quickly arrived from Cashel and set the fracture, and he was able to be removed to the barracks, Cashel, the following day. Lieut. Norris's horse has been the occasion of another accident, by throwing lser rider in a steeple chase last week, by which Lieut. Glubb lost 51. The distance was two miles, with 40 leaps. 37th—A detachment, consisting of 1 captain, 3 subalterns, and 61 rank and file, embarked on Thursday se'nnight on board the William Miles, freight ship, at Plymouth, to join the service companies in Jamaica. 43d—Have arrived in Canada, from Nova Scotia. 46th—On the occasion of a visit of the Duke de Nemours to the lines of Gibraltar on the 22d of November, this regi ment and the superb band were particularly noticed by his Royal Highness. On his landing, the troops in garrison, consisting of the 33d, 46th, 52nd, 68th, 81st, 82d regiments, and Royal Artillery, were formed in a line of contiguous columns, along which, after the general salute, his Royal Highness proceeded. The troops then marched past in slow and quick time, and then performed various evolutions under the command of Sir A. Woodford. At the close of the re view his Royal Highness was pleased to express his gratifi cation at the opportunity which had just been afforded him of arcing troops so remarkable for their discipline and steadiness. 51st—Captain Holden has obtained leave of absence front the 15th to the 31st of December. 53d—The draft intended for foreign service will embark in the Christina. 55th—The regiment in Madras were in the enjoyment of excellent health in reSecordingtember. They have formed a temper ance society. I n recordin the death of Lieutenant H. A. P. Daubeney, of this regiment (son of Colonel Daubeney, of Bath), at Secunderabad, on the 24th of August last, of dysen tery, after a pai n f u l an d protracte d ill ness , w hich he bore with exemplary fortitude and resignation, it is gratifying to us to be enabled to mention a circumstance no less indicative of the unanimity of feeling which prevails in the regiment than of the esteem in which this excellent Tonng man was held by his brother officers ; a request has been prZerred to Colonel Dan benoy, that he would allow a monument to be erected at their expense in his parish, b ear i ng a s i mp l e , touc hing, and appro. printe inscription, and recording the fact of its erection by the officers of the 55th, "as a mark of their esteem and affection, and as a testimony of the deep regret they feel at the loss of one who endeared himself to them all by his gentle and amiable qualities." 57th—Lieutenant Jackson has obtained leave of absence from the 15th December to the 14th February, 60th—A detachment under the command of Lieut. Palmer, e übarked on Monday, at Chatham, for the Mediterranean. 68th—This Light Infantry Regiment is to be conveyed from Gibraltar to Jamaica in the Maitland and Hound. 69th—Late accounts from Demerara left the regiment there far from healthy. Dr. Turner, assistant-surgeon, has fallen a victim to the fever. Captain Garland and Lieut. Tudor were confined to their beds. Mrs. Colonel Monins and Mrs. Tudor were seriously ill. The yellow fever has swept away many Europeans, but has not touched the natives in the island. 68th—The transports Numa and Barossa are to proceed to Gibraltar, to convey this regiment thence to Jamaica, which corps will not for the present be replaced at Gibraltar. 73d—The regiment at Corfu has been suddenly ordered home without a relief, supposed to be in consequence of affairs in Canada. Orders have been given to countermand the embarkation of the draft at Spike Island ; they will rejoin the depot Companies at Clare Castle : this regiment went abroad in 1827. 78th—The head-quarters are on their way home in the Barrosa, from Ccylon, and may be hourly expected. 82d—The regiment at Gibraltar, under Lieut.- Col. Hogarth, were inspected by the Commander of the Forces there about the 20th of November. 83d—By the arrival of the Spey this week, with letters of the 13th of November from Halifax, we learn that extraordi nary military movements were almost daily taking place. An officer of this regiment had arrived at Halifax with some des patches for Sir Colin Campbell, from Quebec. Some of the merchants were applied to on the sth of November, to furnish vessels to convey troops to Quebec, but the Commander-in- Chief, in consequence of the lateness of the season, had aban doned the idea of sending them by water, and an order had been issued for the 43d regiment, stationed in New Bruns wick, to proceed by land to Canada, which regiment was to be replaced by the 84th, from Halifax. 84th—The regiment in Jamaica will come home in the Maitland and Hound, on their return from taking the 68th from Gibraltar. 89th—Captain Graham is ordered to join the depot at Gos port. Captain James is the next officer to join the service companies. 92d—Lieut. and Adjutant Spiller, has joined from leave. Lieut. Aldworth has gone on two months' leave. 93d—These gallant Highlanders stand fast for the present ; but expect to go eventually as a reinforcement to Nova Scotia. Royal African Corps—Such has been the dreadful ravages of yellow fever that two schooners arrived at Sierra Leone in the middle of September, from the Gambia, with 90 rank and file of this corps witnout a single officer. Royal Artillery—An inquest was held at the Royal Court house, Guernsey, last week, on Gunner William Walker. who was found dead on the ground, a few yards from the Royal Artillery barracks. He was about forty years of age, and had been near thirty in the corps. Sergeant Major Dick stated that the deceased had been long affected with a cough and shortness of breath ; that he was at his house that day per fectly sober, and accompanied him part of the way to the bar racks. The jury brought in a verdict of apoplexy. Major Whyte, of the 70th, proposed sending a band of buglers of that regiment and a firing party, as the number of the artillery were so short in Guernsey, but Captain Slade, attributing his death to drunkenness, the deceased was buried privately. Royal Marines.—Lieut.- Colonel T. Aslett is ordered to hold himself in readiness to proceed to join the battalion on the north coast of Spain. First Lieutenant Griffin, from Portsmouth, to be Captain at Chat'eam ; First Lieutenant T. Park to be Captain at Chatham, vice M'Arthur, appointed to Woolwich ; First Lieutenant Henry Savage to be Quarter master at Chatham, vice Park ; First Lieutenant F. Maltby to be Acting Quartermaster and Paymaster at Pembroke: First Lieutenant Dwyer to take charge of the duties of that department until the return of Lieutenant Maltby from Ascen sion. Second Lieutenants Arnold from Chatham, Hocken from Woolwich, and Erskine from Plymouth, to be First Lieutenants at Portsmouth. Captain Plattoun is ordered to the north coast of Spain. Second Lieutenant Varlo, or Ports mouth, and Second Lieutenant Moubray, of Woolwich, have exchanged divisions. It is considered strange that a Field Officer has not set been ordered to Pembroke in the room of the late Lieut.-Colonel Baillie. First Lieutenant P. Priest, and Second Lieutenant W. F. Foote, with four sergeants, two corporals, aad twenty private Marines, have embarked in the Alligator, to form part of the settlement which Captain Sir J. G. Bremer is about to establish near Torres Straits. Lieuts. Wood and Dwyer, R. M., have relieved Lieuts. Barnes and M'Dougal at Pembroke. Lieut.-Colonel Owen, having arrived in England, and taken upon himself the duties of Adjutant-General of the corps, the vacancy created at Pem broke by the death of the late Lieut.-Colonel Baillie, as com mandant there, is expected to be forthwith filled. There have been several applications to head-quarters by senior officers for the appointment, which has been withheld hitherto solely for the return of Colonel Owen. First Lieutenant Langley, of the Chatham division, has proceeded to Pembroke on com mand duty, in place of First Lieutenant Shoveller, ordered to head-quarters. It is Mr. Charles Yates Stewart Moubray (son of Captain Moubray, R.N.) who is appointed to the Woolwich division. The undermentioned officers retired from the army last week :—Paymaster Graham, sth Dragoon Guards ; Captain Evans and Lieutenant Robertson, 4th Foot ; Captain Mor den, 6th Foot; Second Lieutenant Campbell, 21st Foot; and Lieutenant Stirling, 42d Foot. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, Drc. 15, 1837. The Queen has been pleased to nominate His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, K. G. K. I'. to be the first and principal Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath; and to constitute and appoint His Royal Highness Acting Great Master of the said Most Honourable Order. WHITEHALL, DEC. 16. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rey. John Pollock to the church and parish of Baldernock in the presbytery . of Dum barton, and county of Stirling, vacant by tha transportation of the Rev. Henry Moncrieff to the parish of East Kilbride. MEMORANDUM. Her Majesty , has been pleased to approve of the Worcestershire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry being styled the " Queen's Own Regiment." Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of North ampton.—The llon. H. Fitzroy to be Deputy Lieutenant, Nov. 13. Oundle Troop of Yeomanry-Cavalry.---J. D. W. Russell, Esq., to be Captain, vice Russell, resigned, Dec. 1. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. LOTT PYETT, bricklayer, Stow-upland, Suffolk. BANKRUPTS. RICHARD RAYHAM, stationer, Theobald's-road, to sur render, Dec. 29, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, official assignee, Basins hall-street; Brutton and Clippertou, Bedford-row. WILLIAM LEE, stock broker, Bristol, Dec. 29 and Jan. 30, at one, at the Commercial-rooms, IZristol. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London; Bevan and Brittan, Bristol. THOMAS HIGGINS the younger, watch-maker, Gloucester, Jan. 8 and 30, at ten, at the office of Mr. C. Smallridge, Glou cester. Jones, Crosby-square, London ; Smallridge, Gloucester. WILLIAM BIRD, innkeeper, Cambridge, Dee. 22, and Jan. 30, at ten, at the Red Lion Inn, Cambridge. Bradley, Cambridge ; Robinson, Piccadilly, London. FREDERICK WHEELWRIGHT, retail brewer, Birming ham, Dec. 29 and Jan. 30, at eleven, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Bir mingham. Harrison, Birmingham; Chaplin, Gray's-inn-square, London. .. „... OWEN O'HARA, butcher, Frith-street, Soho, Dec. 26, at twelve, and Jan. 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Aldermanbury, official assignee ; Moresby, Gray's Inn. THOMAS MEASE, flax-spinner, Stokesley, Yorkshire, Dec. 29, and Jan. 30, at eleven, at the Greyhound Inn, Stockton, Durham. Sowerby, Stokesley ; Williamson and Hill, Verulam buildings, Gray's-inn, London. FREDERICK JONES, apothecary, Newchurch, Isle of Wight, Jan. 9, and 30, at twelve, at the Bugle Inn, Newport, Isle of Wight. Mackey, Southampton ; Hughes, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London. JOHN RICIIARDSON HUGHES, vendor of cigars, Ox ford, Dec. 29, and Jan. 30, at nine, at the Roe Buck Inn, Oxford. Philpot and Son, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury-square,London; ltackstrow, Oxford. JOSEPH JOPLING, linen-draper, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Jan. 11, at eleven, and 30, at one, at the Bankrupt Commission room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Church-yard, Cheapside, London; Stokes, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. WILLIAM EPPS, butcher, Margate, Dec. 27, and Jan. SO, at twelve, at the London Hotel, Margate. Kirk, Symond's Inn, London ; De Lasanx, Canterbury. THOMAS WATERS, hay and corn dealer, Pillgwenlly, Mon mouthshire, Jan. 12 and 30, at twelve, at the 'Westgate Motel, Newport. Phelps and Dodd, Newport, Monmouthshire ; Rickards and Walker, Lincoln's-inn-Fields, London. SALOMON LIPMAN POLACK and RUDOLPH LIP. MAN POLACK, merchants, Manchester, Dec. 30 and Jan. 30, at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Denisoa, Humphrys, and Cunliffe, Princes-street, Manchester ; Walmsley, Keiohtley, and Parkin, Chancery-lane, London. HENRY - NEW, iron -manufacturer, Worcester, Jan. 6 and 30, at one, at the Black Horse Inn, Kidderminster. Parisell,Clifford's inn, London ; Goode and Bolton, Dudley. JOHN CLARKE and THOMAS PARRY, drysalters, Lan— caster, Dec. 30, at eleven, and Jan. 30, at two, at the Corn missioners'-rooms, St. James's-square, Manchester. Makinson and Sanders, Elm-court, Middle Temple, London; Atkinson, Birch, and Saunders, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. W. Shaw and A. W. Elmslie, merchants, Fenchurch-build ings, City, Jan. 15, at half-past one—E. H. Gough, dealer in wood, Daleton-rise, Hackney, Jan. 12, at half-past eleven—W. Dickinson, hair and plaster manufacturer, Ewer -street, Southwark, Jan. 9, at one—W. Armstrong, merchant, London, Jan. 9, at half-past twelve —W. R. Mott, tavern keeper, Throgmorton-street, Jan. 9, at two —J. E. Far, carpenter, Baldock, Hertfordshire, Jan. 9, at half past one—S. Benton, linen draper, Fore-street, Jan. 11, at eleven —B. B. King, stationer, Fish-street-hill, Jan. 11, at twelve—T. 'l'apster, ironmonger, Quadrant, Regent-street, Jan. 11, at one— H. H. Newington, chinaman, High-street, Southwark, Jan. 11, at two—F. W. Schamali ng merchant, Fenchurch-street , Jan. 11 , at half-past one—C. Craven, grocer, Bridlington, Yorkshire, Jan. 11, at half-past two—A. Witherby, merchant, Nicholas-lane, City, Jan. 12, at one—J. Cochrane, bookseller, Waterloo-place, Pall mall, Jan. 9, at one—J. Marks, horse. dealer, Foley-place, Jan. 10, at eleven—D. Currie, army - accou t r ement maker, Regent-st ree t, Jan. 10, a t one—H. Jones and W. T. Halton, furnishing under takers, High-street, Islington, Jan. 10, at twelve. In the Country. S. and J. Knight, bankers, Mold, Flintshire, Jan. 18, at eleven, at the L eeswoo d Arms Inn, Mold—W. Jones, lead-merchant, Pwllmelyn, Mold, Flintshire, Jan. 19, at one, at the Black Lion Inn, Mold—S. Pearson, innkeeper, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, Jan. 15, at eleven, at the Elephant and Castle Inn, Knaresbo rouh--J. Griffiths, victualler, Swansea, Glamorganshire, Jan. 12, at eleven, at the, Mackworth Arms Hotel, Swansea—W. Hill, nail, trace, and tile-manufacturer, Cradley, Worcestershire, Jan. lb, at twelve, at the Vine Inn, Stourbridge—T. Benbow, mercer, Chel tenham, Jan. 8, at three, at Yearsley's Hotel, Cheltenham—H. Pope, wine and spirit-merehant, East Ret ford, No ttin g hamshire, 11, at eleven, at the Office of Messrs. Newton and Gylbv, East R e tf or d—J . G oo d c hild , sen., J. Jackson, W. Jackson, 3. Goodchild, jun., J. Jackson, and T. Jones, sen., bankers, Bishop wearmouth, Durham, Jan. 9, at one, at Kay's Hotel, Sunderland— P. Brandstrom and W. J. Thompson, commission-merchants. Kingston-upon-Hull, and Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, Jan. 9, at one, at the Kingston Hotel, Kingston-upon-Hull—F. C. pen cer, wine and spirit-merchant, Halifax, Yorkshire, Jan. 18, at ten at the Magistrates' Office, Halifax—W. HelEwell and W. Smith. card-makers, Elland Edge, Halifax, Yorkshire, Jan. 18, at twelve, at the Magistrates' Office, Halifax—S. Thompson, clock-maker, Darlington, Durham, Jan. 20, at twelve, at the King's Head Inn, Darlington—J. Honey, linendraper, Redruth, Cornwall, Jan. 19, at eleven, at Pearce's Hotel, Truro—T. and C. Vining, corn-fac tors, Bristol, Jan. 12, at twelve, at The Commercial Rooms, Bristol. CERTIFICATES, JAN. 9. J. Wollison, plumber and glazier, Leamington Priors, Warwick shire—D. Mott, poulterer and dealer in game, Leadenhall-market— J. B. Jacques, biscuit-baker, Bristol--T. Millward, builder, Chel tenham—Barbara Bedford, merchant, Barnes, near Bedford, Bed fordshire—J. P. Birley, plumber and painter, Luton, Bedfordshire —W. Boutland, ship-builder, Bill Quay, Durham—D. Barrett, grocer, Fetter-lane and Holborn-bars—H. Curme, cabinet-maker and upholsterer, Bridport, Dorsetshire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. C. MN, H. J. Iliffe; J. Davis, jun., and W. Burt, jnn., horn button manufacturers, Birmingham—J. Bagley and W. Collier, hosiers, Leicester—M. A. Bowles and P. E. Cuyer, schoolmis tresses, Rectory House, Bow—i. Gillbarik and E. D. Burton, li censed ♦ictuallcrs, Wych-street, St. Clement Danes—J. and G. Lockitt, brewers, Congleton, Cheshire—C. G. M. J. Hopkins and L. Gilbert, tailors, Oxford-street—G. Haggar and A. Capper, common brewers, Hertford—J. and G. Lockwood, fancy cloth manufacturers, Huddersfield, Yorkshire—J. Stephenson, R. Faw cett, and G. Moss, stone masons, Nottingham (so far as re gards R. Fawcett)—W. Minton and Harriet Powell, bakers, Bewd ley, Worcestershire—J. Ashby and H. Sutton, looking-glass ma nufacturers, Old Compton-street, Soho—G. Ritherdon and W. J. Smith, whalebone manufacturers, Aldersgate-street---L. Butter worth, A. Garrett, and H. Macoun, cotton spinners, Bolton-le- Moors, Lancashire (as far as regards L. Butterworth)—L. Broad bent and W. Race, surgeons, Ashton-uuder-Lyne, Lancashire— G. S. Read and M. Amison, pot manufacturers, Hartshorne, Derbyshire—W. Watkin and J. Ransford, wharfingers, Leaming ton Priors, Warwickshire. LITERATURE. THE MINING RE VIEW, No. X. London, Simphi►: and Marshall. This practically useful periodical to all to whom the knowledge of geology, mineralogy, and metallurgy, is an object of importance, is conducted by Henry English, the able editor of the " Mining Journal." Most of the articles are contributed by gentlemen distinguished by their scientific acquirements, and all members of different learned Societies. FINE ARTS. AGES OF FEMALE BEAUTY. Tilt, London, 1837. We have here a handsome collection of engravings, from drawings by the most eminent masters, illustra tive of the different ages of female beauty, from the period of infancy down to that. of extreme old age. The idea is an ingenious one, and the execution is not unworthy of it. " Infancy" is represented by the figure of a rosy, chubby little child, who is lying fast asleep in a light shell, which is floating over the quiet waters. This engraving, which is well handled by Ryall, has attached to it a poem by Barry Cornwall, remarkable for the ease and melody of its versification. The " Maiden" is a half-length figure of a very lovely girl, who seems all peace and beauty, like a rainbow. The countenance is thoroughly English, and full of the sweetest and gentlest expression. The " Coquette" is not so much to our taste ; it is coarse and masculine, with a dash of vulgarity in the fea tures. " The " Bride" represents a young pensive brunette, dressed out in a profusion of Brussels lace, and waiting apparently the approach of the bride groom, who is to conduct her to Church. Hope, fear and timidity seem struggling for the mastery in the the expression of her countenance. The " Mother" and the " Widow" are both clever engravings, but there is too great a sameness in them. The " Old Lady," as a work of art, is the best and most carefully finished in the volume. The lights and shades of the sunken face are discriminated with great skill. Of the prose and poetical illustrations to the different en gravings, the best are the two poems descriptive, one of " Infancy," the other of the " Widow." MORPET H. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sett—Concoiving that some explanation is required re specting the manner in which we are now charged for The Sun Newspaper, I take the liberty most respectfully to apply to you for information in this matter, leaving entirely to your own discretion the form in which you may think proper to grant it. When the price of the Paper was seven pence, we were charged 91. 4s. per annum ; and now, when the price is five pence, instead of being charged about 6/. 125., as we ought to be, wo are are called upon to pay 71. Ga. per an num. We—and I express the opinion of several others, as well as my own—we think there is something wrong here : wrong, because a large portion of the benefit in tended by the Legislature to be a public one has been ar rested at its source, and applied to the aggrandisement of a powerful act interested party. Comparing the old stamp with the new, five pence is as good a price to the Proprietor as seven pence, and " a little more ;" and if not content with this—if still further demands are to be made upon us by the Fourth Estate, we ought not to be surprised at being again threatened with an issue of unstamped Newspapers, nor allow ourselves to be shocked at the late alarming deficiency in the revenue de rived from the sale of stamps. To ask for the insertion of this letter would, I am aware, be asking too much. Tile matter is, however, in this neigh bourhood, beginning to be seriously thought of ; and I beg to assure you that your explanation will be looked for with some degree of interest.—l remain, Sir, Your most obedient Servant, A READER OF THE SUN NEARLY TWENTY YEARS. [We have no objection to insert our Correspondent's letter; but perhaps lie is not aware that the Post Office charges a halfpenny for each Newspaper put in after Six o'Clock : and as probably our Correspondent receives the late edition of The Sun, the extra charge is thus ac counted for.] Mr. O'Connell arrived in town this morning (Sa turday) in excellent health and spirits.—Dublin Pott. Died, at his seat, Brynkinialt, North Wales, on Thursday the 14th instant, after a lingering illness, the Right Hon. the Viscount Dungannon, in the seventy-fifth year of his age. His Lordship is succeeded in his title and estates by his only surviving son, the Hon. Arthur Trevor, one of the repre sentatives in Parliament for the City of Durham, now Viscount Dungannon, in the Peerage of Ireland. Friday night an inquest was taken at the Hope, Lisson-grove, on the body of Elizabeth Scafton, aged 83, who died in a miserable back kitchen in Stephen-street, Lisson grove, from exposure to the sold and want of proper neeessa series of life. A verdict was returned to this effect, and the coroner censured the conduct of the parish officers. Another inquiry took place at the Paradise Tavern, Rotherhithe, on the body of a fine little girl, six years of age, the daughter of Mr. Melby, a respectable carpenter and builder of Rother hithe. It appeared that the child had gone into her father's counting-house, in which there was a ship's stove, and had in advertently removed the blower. The current of air instantly carried her pinafore to the fire, and her clothes became ignited. After some delay she was rolled in a carpet and the fire extin guished, but death ensued from the injuries she sustained. Verdict—" Accidentally burnt to death. "• On Saturday, while the servants of Mr. Roberton were engaged in deep ploughing a part of the farm of Friars, in the neighbourhood of Kelso, the plough employed for that purpose struck against some obstacle, at the depth of about eighteen inches from the surface. On examination it turned out to be two ancient brass pots, apparently Roman, in a very perfect state of preservation, excepting that one side of the larger one, within which the smaller one was placed, had been slightly broken by the coulter of the plough. The pots are of excellent workmanship, and of a handsome and elegant form. —Kelso Chronicle. A very important work, we observe, is on the eve of publication—Tun PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE OF THE CELEBRATED SARAH, DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH. It Will give, no doubt, considerable insight into the secret history of the Whig Government of the reign of Queen Anne, so famous not only in the annals of England, but of Europe. " MARY RAYMOND," the heroine of Mrs. Gore's new novel, has been felicitously defined as the Desdemona of private life; just as the heroine of " Stokeshill-place" was de scribed as the Cordelia. These two sketches form a charm ing addition to the female characters created by our modern novelists. We should say that Margaret Barnsley was a model for daughters, and Mary Raymond the perfect picture of a wife. The reig n of the French Monarch, Louis XIV., was one of the most splendid and eventful ever known in modern Europe. His Court was never equalled fur its brilliance, either in wit or gallantry. The time of Louis Qultorze was the Au gustan age of France. For statesmen, he had Mazarin and Colbert—f,r warriors, Conde and Turenne—for men of letters, Corneille, Racine, Molicre, La Fontaine, and others ; while the women who moved in his splendid circle, included the Duchess de la Valicre, Mesdames Montespan, de Maintenon, Sevigne,,Fontanges, &c. No reign was so fruitful in curious and piquant incidents; and we are therefore glad to see that Mr. James, the popular author of" Richelieu," " Darnley," &c., is about to publish a Memoir of the Court and Times of the Grande Monarque. LA. W INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEENS BENCH, DEC. 19. STOCKDALE V. CHAPMAN, ESQ. , . This was the second trial of an action of trespass aid false imprisonment. The plaintiff is a person who nas convicted in this Court of a conspiracy, and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment in the prison of the Court. At the expiration of that period, which occurred on the night of the 9th of February, 1835. he claimed to he ds charged on the morning of the 10th ; but he was told that there was certain fees which he must pay befbre he was entitled to his discharge. The plaintiff reused to pay any of these fees, and he was told that if he would apply to the defendant, the Mr.rshal, to be discharge:l without the payment of these fees, on the ground of poverty, he might go away at once. He refusr , d to do this, and was there lore detained for one day. On the llth he was told that he might go, hut he refused, as Le said that he had written to the Chief Justice. On the former trial the defendant's pleas did not justify a detention for all the demands, but tbr each of them separately. The Lord Chief Justice had therefore left the case to the jury, as a matter for their consideration. On the present occasion the pleas had been ,mended in that respect. The fees were defended under the authority of the llth Geo. IV., and 1 Wm. IV., c. 58. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 5 1. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOU USE. A man, who has been long known as a loose fish about Billingsgate-market, was charged with having stole❑ fcur pair of soles. Roberts, one of Mr. Goldharn's men, having seen the prisoner sneaking about the market, and suddenly leay . ng it in time that was too rapid to be honest, followed him a little way, and soon perceived that the queer customer's breeches had fish as well as flesh in in them. The prisoner, upon being asked whether he had not a few dabs abt ut him, replied that he had nothing but what was his own. Witness, however, took the liberty to drag eight fine soles by the gills out at the waistband of the prisoner's kickseys. The LORD MA - volt—Do you mean that they were next to his skin ? Roberts—Yes, please you, my Lord. He was what they calls a. cooking of them. They'd a been done in a few hours if he had to go far i❑ a wiolent run. These people that go about looking after fish in this way never smells of anything else, cause they always embraces them next their body.—( Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—And what do they do with the fish they escape with in this way ? Roberts—They soon get rid of them, for people don't know the disagreeable place they tome out on, or they would'nt like to buy 'em. That's the reason gentlemen should never buy of fellows of the kind. A person in the crowd.—The fish don't take no harm, 'cause it's kept w.irm a little, and I hope your Lordship will give it to some as will eat it? The LORD MATOR—Prisoner, you have been lately dis charged from Bridewcll for pilfering in this way, and 1 must send you there again. The prisoner had unfortunately lost his character, or he would be believed when he said that he was employed to carry the fish for another person. The LORD MAYOR—What! next your skin? The prisoner—Aye, please you, my Lord. There's so many thieves now, that they'd almost steal the very skin off your back.—( Laughter.) The Lora) MAYOR—WeII, you shall go to Bridewell for two months, and see what you can catch at the tread-mill. BOW-STREET. Yesterday Michael Hughes, whose case has already been reported in the pipers, appeared at this office, to get a copy of the letter he had written to Lord Lichfield. Mr. l‘lissuoLL ordered the letters containing the money sent by charitable individuals for Hughes to be brought, and, after reading them to him, the several sums which they contained were presented to him. A letter from the General Post-office was then given to him. It mentioned that Lord Lichfield had ordered in vestigation to be made again into his case in Ireland, and the result of the inquiry was that the Postmaster-General considered his dismissal was justified by his conduct. Hughes then went into an explanation of the charge of forgery which bad been made against him ; he denied that he had ever been guilty of such a crime, and stating that he could prove to the satisfaction of the public that he was innocent. The total sum received by Hughes was 191. 10s. HORRID MURDER at WARRINGTON. The town of Warringtou has, within the last few days, been thrown into great excitement by the murder of a fe male of the name of Minshull, the daughter of Mr. T. Higginson, of the Leigh Arms public-house, in that town, who was found lying dead in an outhouse on the morning of the Bth iest. The case was investigated by the Co roner, but no clue arising to excite suspicion against any individual a verdict was given, " That the deceased came to her death by violent means, but under what circum stances was unl:nown." On Saturday, however, something transpired which excited the attention of the police, and a man, named William Hill, a weaver, was apprehended. The case was heard by the Magistrates in their private roam. The first witness examined was Mary Prichard, who usually slept with the deceased. She said on the night previous to the murder the deceased desired her to go to bed, and said she would wait up until the company were gone. The prisoner was then in the house, and the rest of the family had gone to bed long before. Witness tell asleep, and did not awake until five o'clock in the morn ing, when, finding the deceased not in bed, she became alarmed and got up, struck a light, and examined the rooms for her, but could not find her. She then went down stairs, and found the door open leading to the gate, and discovered the deceased quite dead, lying on her back. The yard-gate, which had been fastened the evening before, was found closed, but unlocked. Mrs. Thomas, who lives next door to the Leigh Arms, stated that, as she was going to bed, about one in the morning of the Bth inst., she heard the scream of a female, as if at the back of Higgiusen's house. She opened her room window, and cried out, as it appeared that some one was abusing a female. There was a fight in the front of the house, and she was afraid to go out. By degrees the fe male's voice grew weaker, and at length the scream ceased altogether. Several other witnesses proved the prisoner's being in the house ; and one stated that the prisoner swore to him that he would criminally assault the deceased, be fore he left the hous. There was a fight in the house, and the prisoner assisted the deceased to put the persons out, and he was the only person left in the house. As soon as the company had left the door was locked, and at that time the prisoner had no scratches on his face, but on the following morning he appe :red to have been scratched by four fingers all down the left side of the face ; and, when asked to explain the circumstance, he said he had got them in the row at Rigginson's. He also admitted that he remained with the deceased a quarter of an hour after the company lid left the house, and had drunk some ale with her. Dr. Davies stated that the deceased had died of stran gulation, and the marks of a person's fingers were found on her neck. . The prisoner was remanded until Monday, in order to afford time for further inquiry. FURTHER PARTICULARS. From the activity of Mr. Jones, the constable of War rington, further evilence was procured, which was brought betore the Magistrates on Monday, which clearly established the guilt of the accused. This is no less than a confession made by bim to the overlooker of the factory in which he worked, that he had crimindly assaulted the deceased— that he robbed her, and left her, as be supposed, asleep—it was the sleep of death. There was no doubt of the prisoner being committed for trial. At the Marylehone police-office Friday several drivers and conductors of Paddington omnibuses were brought up, and convicted on the charge of furious driving and racing with each other. The pleas set up, either in mitigation or bar of the charges, afforded considerable, amusement. One worthy asserted his innocence, because " as how his osses cou'dn't go more than seven mile an hour," while another, with a knowing leer, assured the bench that .‘ He didn't know how it was, but the hanimals he driv was so sagacious as always to start off into a gallop venever they seed a policernaa, afeard he was going to take their numbers." In consequence of a paragraph, which first appeared in a Ministerial paper, the Globe, and has gone the round of the Liberal journals, noticing the absence of Lord Douro from divisions in the House of Commons, and also asserting that it was not the intention of the Noble Marquis to defend his seat against the petition of the Norwich Whig- Radicals— we feel it incumbent on us to state, that the sole cause of Lord Douro's absence from some recent divisions was (and we men tion it with sincere regret) a severe attac►k of fever, from the effects of which, however, his Lordship is happily fast reco vering. As to defending their seats, we have the best au thority for assuring our readers, that it has never for a single instant been a subject of the least doubt or hesitation w►th either of our Representatives. In fact, the most eminent Counsel are already engaged on their behalf; their agents and friends in this city having long been assiduously em ployed in making the necess2ry preparations.—Norfol Chronicle. IRISH REAPERS.—Lord John Russell, in the House of Commons last week, whilst speaking on Poor-lans for Ireland, stated, on the authority of Mr. Stanley, of Dub lin,- that from Dublin alone twenty thousand labourers came over to this country annually, who carry back with them from Si. to 151. each; and that nut less than five hundred thousand pounds is earned by these labourers in this country every year. This a mount etas considered too much by Mr. French and Mr. Lucas, who stated the " average earnings" as low as 31. each man. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1837.