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niscd, if the property, which was the property of the Church, was now at the disposal of the Crown and Parliament—the hereditary revenues. lie would be ready to consider w hether these funds were not available for the purposes in view, and whether these could be effected in he manner in which it was now supposed they could. If these funds were found insufficient, and it was reported • to be wise and expedient, then he for one would go farther upon the subject, and say that the subject ought to be im mediately taken up and receive serious consideration. The Earl of ABERDEEN was very sorry that the Noble Viscount had not said a little more upon so impor t' tent a matter. He had now only repeated what had fallen from him three years ago ; he was then prepared to take the subject into his immediate and serious attention, yet ' nothing had been done, and the Noble Viscount was , only yet ready to give his attention to it. If it was reported 4 to be wise, prudent and desirable, then he would give his serious attention to the matter, in order to see w hether it would be expedient to take from the fund created by Bishops' rents and tithes for Church extension. That t fund was, in the opinion of one of the first of lawyers and authorities in Scotland upon such a subject, inviolable, and could not be applied to any such purpose—he meant • Lord Moncrieff, whose decision he thought would be respected by the Noble Viscount. Earl BELHAVEN could assure the Noble Lord that Lord Moncrieff's opinion was, that fiends belonging to pri vate persons were inviolate. The Earl of ABERDEEN. —It was not so reported in the account he had seen of the proceedings of the General Assembly. Earl BELHAVEN could assure the Noble Earl that such was the opinion of Lord Moncrieff, for he had not only heard the speech in question, but had conversed with him upon the subject. The Earl of CAMPERDOWN said, the reported opi nion of Lord Moncrieff, as given by his Noble Friend (Belhaven), agreed with a report he then held in his hand. The Earl of ABERDEEN said he had then been misled, but whether so or not, it would bo neither more nor less than taking the money as a grant from the Consolidated Fund.--( Hear, hear.) He could assure the Noble Viscount that there was no political feel ing upon the subject. It was universal in Scotland ; and, even on the score of economy would be beneficial, for many were of opinion that there would be a great dimi nution of crime, if there were an extension of Church ac commodation and spiritual instruction.—(Hear.) Ho had the honour only a few days ago of seeing her Majesty take a solemn oath to preserve inviolate the Scotch Church. It depended upon the Noble Viscount whether that oath were kept in spirit and sincerity. Most certainly the Noble Viscount would not give satisfaction to the country if he did not agree to their almost unanimous 1 prayer. Lord CAMPERDOWN said that the subject was one of the greatest importance, and occupied a great portion of the public attention in Scotland. He did not, however, agree with the Noble Lord opposite in respect to the conduct pursued by his Majesty's Ministers, for if they had been remiss, or negligent of the subject, Ihe would have been the first to complain of it ; but on the contrary he did not see what other lino of conduct could have been pursued by Government than that already adopted. The Commission appointed by it had already reported in a large district, and Governnment had acted on it, and in reference to the opinion of Lord Moncrieff he had stated that it it was impossible for Government to do what was urged by the Noble Lord opposite. He (Lord C.) T had waded through a large portion of the Report, and he found that in Edinburgh there were 21,000 seats unappro priated, and this did not evidence a want of Church accom modation. H e did no t w i s h to introduce politics in religious !discussions, and he had read with dissatisfaction the declaration of Dr. Macleod, that although politics should be on every occasion expelled from the pulp, yet as electors, the Clergy of the Church of Scotland had a right to come forward as electors ; for the clergy of that Church, by pursuing an opposite course, had acquired the affection of the people. The Earl of HADDINGTON defended the conduct of the Scotch clergy in coming forward, particularly when they considered the Church Establishment in danger ; and, he considered the Noble Lord had done them such injustice, that he felt it to be his duty to defend them in com ing forward in opposition to a Government who, whilst professing to support Church Establishments did so with heavy blows and great discourgement. The Clergy of Scot land did not seek for the franchise ; but this having been given to them, a duty was imposed on them which they were bound to perform. The Clergy of Scotland did not de serve the attack made on them ; and he was sure that, in exercising, their political rights, they would acquire the affection still more of the people of Scotland, in maintaining by it those establishments to which the people )f Scotland were sincerely attached. About two years ago t commission had been appointed, and that commission had ! made one report. if there had been no want of Church accommodation a sum voted by Parliament had been very uselessly expended ; but he would contend that it had been applied to a jus t an d a pi ous purpose. A sum of 50,000/. was voted for the building of churches in the Highlands, and that sum was of course voted upon the admission of a want of accommodation. A further sum of 50,000/. was voted by the House of Commons, but the Bill was lost in that House, and the people of Scotland had never had the benefit of that sum. It was well known that the people of Scotland were not much addicted to unnecessary subscrip tions ; but they had subscribed the sum of 150,000/. for this purpose ; and did not that fact prove that a want of accommodation existed? He would take the statement of ais Noble Friend as a beginning, and he trusted it would , he th i e be f g s innin l g o d f a great and important benefit to the The Earl of CAMPERDOWN explained. The Earl of BELHAVEN replied and the petition was ,ordered to lie on th e t a bl e . QUARTER SESSIONS COURTS. The Earl of WICKLOW rose to move f or a d ocumen t . which he did not t hi n k would b e refused. I t was we ll known that the re were f ew i nst i tut i ons pro d uct i ve o f more , good and les s o p en t o o bj ect i on t h at t h e C ourts o f Q uar t er "L 1 Sessions. Th e mo d e i n w hi c h t h e b us i ness h a d b een con tducted was such as to give uni'ersal satisfaction ; and, not ' withstanding this, her Majesty's Ministers bad thought it littecessary to carry their passion for Reform into these in stitutions. They were then not only desirous of reforming, '.but also of creating patronage, and, therefore, under the upretence of assimilating these Courts to the Courts of il Assize, they determined to create an entirely new class of .officers-34 Crown solicitors for conducting the criminal ibusine ss of the Courts of Quarter Sessions. He (the Earl .f . Wicklow) did complain of the manner in which persons [ =tad been appointed to this office, who were notoriously op 'c+posed t o t h e i nst i tut i ons o f t h e country, an d a d voca t e d a iif , . ',tepeal of the Union ? The document he was about to move If for was a copy of a circular of the Attorney-General for Ire rl and, addressed to the solicitors of each county, requiring them •',,to forward t o hi m a ll i n f ormat i on ta k en b e f ore t h e M ag i s t ra t es , - .;,'i, order that he m i g h t arrange t h em , an d d ec id e w hi c h case s louglit to be brought t o tr i a l. Thi s , it was s t a t e d, w a s to I! plassimilate the practice of these Courts to that of the Courts "';of Assize. He (the Earl of Wicklow) presumed that it was in order to give the Attorney-General a check over the proceedings of the Crown solicitors. This was one of the 'i.peints on which he was desirous of obtaining information. rile next point was, in what manner was the Attorney ; General to be remunerated for his services ? One of the "'sources of the revenue of the Attorney-General was a fee of ' , fifteen guineas for every batch of cases submitted to him Oefore the Assizes. Now, if the payment for the cases .;,.before the Quarter Sessions were to be the same, what an ~'=immense increase would be made in the revenue of that lotfieer. Th e cases h ear d a t th e Quarter Sessions were just 'l,lotir times as man y as th ose h ear d at the Assizes. Although ,this question might at the first view appear to be an Irish 't;one, yet he thought he could prove to the House that it ttiwas also an E ng li s h quest i on. I n t hi s country t h e costs o f ,t he p rosecut i ons were paid by the county, and therefore, the 'county had a controul, and could prevent any jobbing ; but 31to su c h pract i ce prevailed in Ireland. All the fees came ( out of th e C onsolidated Fund, and no application to Parlia , ‘ment was necess ar y. H av i ng made th i s statement, h e was /Jlanxious to learn, first, on what ground this circular was ad ,*dressed t o these Cro:vn solicitors, and next, how it was in -44t end e d rten,.e. to remuner a t e t h e Attorney-General ? i The E ar l o f M ULGRAVE said that the Noble Earl !moved for a letter dated the sth of May from the Attor ?ney-General, referring to an alteration in the Courts of Quarter Sessions, The Noble Earl said if the alteration ','lead worked well, what was the use of this letter ? Perhaps tithe House would be s urpr i sed to hear that it was no new :(•ircular, but that it was pr ec i se l y and technically a common ''f or m, addressed to the clerk s o f the Crown at the Assizes, land for the clerks of the peace since the alteration. The letter might have been more stringent in it s t erms, an d felt nis such by some individual clerk of the peace ; but the '4ractice was this—every Crown solicitor wrote to the clerks ','of the peace for the informations, and if he did not get them • wvithin a reasonable time, the name of the Attorney-General 1,:, was mentioned. This was the history of the whole matter. F r The obje c t o f th e a lt era ti on i n th ese institutions was in ord er r' to establi s h a more e ff ectua l system o f prosecution in th e Court s o f Q uarter S ess i ons, an d to put d own those brut a l ~ j . and f eroc i ous habits which the people were accustome d to ''', exhibit at fairs and riots. He held in his hand a letter from ...,; Mr. H ow l ey ' , the assistant barrister for the county o f Ti ppe - Trary, who said that the offences triable had greatly decreased ;'within the last twelve months, and that for the same period r z, there had not b een any faction fights, riots, waylayings, as- Pisaults, 're scu i ng prisoners from the police, or any single oc- L- currence of that description. With regard to the opinion of rp , ~, this gentleman upon the subject it might be sufficient to say that every man in the county bore testimony to his ad , miral,le chsel'arze of his flutieg. He (Earl Mulgrave) met Lord Bloomfield coming down to the House, and that Noble Lord had said that he could never thank him enough for having sent Mr. Howley to the county Tippe rary. With respect to the patronage, the utmost extent which could be received for these offices was 50/., and very , often it wus not more than 101., as the fees had been re duced, under the new arrangement, from two guineas to one guinea. With regard to the distribution of the pa tronage of the Government of Ireland, he begged, once for all, to say that he was ready to take the whole responsibi lity of it upon himself. He desired to shift it upon no one. With regard to the peculiar instances to which the Noble ' Earl had alluded, of the appointment of these solicitors, who were called bar attorneys in Ireland, the only object which his Hon. and Learned Friend (the Attorney-Gene ral) could have was out 'of them to recommend to him only those who were best fitted to discharge the duties of the offices which they were called to fill. With regard to their religion, Mr. O'Loghlin had stated to him that it had never been his practice to ask those solicitors any questions in that respect ; but that he had found it impossible in many places to recommend any but Catholics, because none but Catholics could be found in the profession. The Noble Earl had also been pleased to complain of them as being what he called " public agitators ;" but if there was anything which rendered them obviously unfit for their situations, a specific motion should have been made on the subject. He thought be had given sufficient explanation of the grounds on which those appointments had been made, and he was himself perfectly satisfied that the system would answer well. But the Noble Earl thought that it was pro bable to confer some great emolument on the Attorney- General : now he need only say that latterly the Attorney- General had declined any remuneration ; but, supposing he had taken it, he (Earl Mulgrave) had been informed that in the Munster Circuit, for instance, the amount would have been 50/.. ; the rate of remuneration, he understood, to be 15/. for every fifty cases, and that was a considerable re duction from the amount which the Noble Lord had ap peared to intimate. The Earl of WICKLOW replied. The Marquis of WESTMEATH was sorry to see poli tical agents appointed to such situations ; but the fact could not be denied. He knew that in the county of Sligo the gentleman appointed was a member of the treasonable so ciety in Dublin ; and in the county of Westmeath the gen tleman appointed although he wished expressly to avoid saying anything against his character—was yet notoriously known as an active political agent. The Earl of GLENGALL said, the great evil of which they complained was the appointment of persons as Crown solicitors, who were the members of the Association in Dublin ; that was the conduct with which they really found fault ; and he was himself aware of four or five Crown solicitors, also members of that body. Now it was well known that the members of that Association were pledged to obstruct the law as regarded tithes ; and that the Crown solicitors were sworn to protect them. What, then, be wanted to know was this : whether in such a case they were to attend the pledge given to the Association, or the oath which they had taken to maintain and administer the law i Lord DUN ALLY was understood to deny some of the assertions of the Noble Earl respecting the state of Ireland. Lord FITZGERALD observed that while he concurred in opinion with the Noble Earl as to the valuable services rendered by Mr. Howley towards the production of tran quillity and peace, he was at the same time glad to have the opportunity of vindicating the magistrates, the asses sors of the county, and he was the more glad because parti cular credit had been given to the Government for making those appointments in consequence of the conduct of the magistracy ; and because they had been said to be par ticularly valuable, as the magistrates, so far from being desirous to put down these disgraceful outrages, had en couraged, or, at the least, connived at them. On the part of the magistrates of that county, he denied the truth of that statement amongst so respectable a body, who dis charged duties not only of obloquy but also of considerable danger ; no such feeling would be allowed to prevent the zealous fulfilment of their obligations. He entirely ac quitted th e Noble Earl himself of any desire to advocate his appointments on that ground ; he had placed them on the proper footing, of their own merits. The Earl of MULGR AVE felt that to the cordial co operation of the bench of Magistrates he was indebted for much of his success. With regard to the motion, perhaps the Noble Earl would think it necessary to press it, as the circular had been a matter of form for many years. The Earl of WICKLOW consented to withdraw it, and the discussion then terminated. THE REGENCY BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR rose for the purpose of moving the second reading of this Bill, and thereby asking their Lordships to provide for an event which, although they all hoped that it might be very remote, was still pos sible ; but undoubtedly it was the duty of Parliament to provide for every event which might by possibility interfere with the administration of the Government of the country. Under the present circumstances of the Royal Family, the Heir Presumptive residing out of the boundaries of the kingdom, it was obvious that whenever the demise of the Crown should occur there might be considerable difficulty if some provision were not made for carrying on the ordinary bu siness of the Government. When he (the Lord Chancellor) hod introduced the Bill to their Lordships, he had intimated that the statute of Queen Anne had been adopted as the pre cedent to be followed on the present occasion. The machi nery introduced into the Bill of Anne appeared to him free from all objection. That measure had provided that five persons, holding any important office in the State, should, with the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, be constituted Lords Justices for the purpose of carrying on the executive functions of the Government ; and further, in order to give the heir of the Crown the power of enabling them to come into his place, it was provided that be should have the power of no minating an indefinite number of persons whose names were to be made out in three lists, to be kept in the charge of three officers appointed for that purpose-Ist, an officer, to be nominated by the heir presumptive-2d, the Lord Chancellor ; and 3d, the Archbishop of Canterbury.— ( Hear.) Those three lists were to be kept sealed until the event should happen, when they were to be taken and opened before the Privy Council ; and it was then provided that the persons so appointed by the heir presumptive should, with the seven other persons, be constituted Lords Jus tices to exercise the sovereignty of the kingdom. That was the proposed scheme, to which it had been necessary to refer as a precedent for the present case, with the exception of that part of it which restricted the justices from perform ing any other powers and duties attached to the Crown. It had been provided that the Lords Justices should not dis solve Parliament, and should not give the Royal assent to any Acts affecting the prerogatives of the Crown or the in terests of the Church. He would now suggest to their Lordships that that precedent should be follovved, that the power of the Lords Justices should be restricted in a simi lar manner, and they should not be allowed to create peerages, make grants, or interfere with the privileges of the Crown, except so far as might be necessary for the pur ' pose of carrying on the Government of the country. In the second section of the present Bill there was s provision upon which it was his intention at a future stage to move an amendment. It had been thought inconvenient that the Lord Justices should consist of an indefinite, unlimited number of persons ; and, accordingly, as the Bill then stood, the presumptive heir was to appoint so many persons, " not exceeding seven in the whole," giving thereby a clear majority over those in whose hands the Executive Government rested at the time. Subse quently, upon reflection, it was considered better to leave it entirely, both in point of numbers and all other respects, to the discretion of the presumptive heir. That altera tion, therefore, it would be his duty to propose to their Lordships at the proper time, when they had gone into Committee upon the Bill. With the exception of that variation, the provisions of the former Bill were adopted in that the second reading of which he then moved. Lord BROUGHAM said that undoubtedly this Bill followed the precedent of the 6th of Anne, excepting that part which provided for an unlimited number of Lords Justices ; but upon that he would not dwell. There was, however, another subject to which he felt bound to call the attention of their Lordships. Whether at that late hour, and in the empty state of the House, he ought to proceed to enter upon it he would leave to the pleasure of the House. It would be sufficient for him to postpone it until a future stage, and only in the meantime to enter, as it were, a caveat against the measure, so that he might not be supposed—for his objection went, in some de gree, to the principle of the Bill—to agree en tirely even in its principle.—(Hear, hear.) The gene ral aspect of the difficulty he could state in a few words. At the period of the passing of the 6th of Queen Anne the Royal Family were placed in different circum stances from those which existed at present. There was then the Queen herself, and the Electress Sophia, and the heirs of her body, to whom the Crown was limited ; but the rest of the family were placed in the peculiar position of being denounced by that very Act as persons to assert the title of whom was declared therein to he high treason ; consequently, any provision which took place with respect to them must be wholly out of the question. Disposed as he was to regard that precedent with all respect—the re spect which was always due to precedents in matters of such importance as those touching the succession to the Crown, and the respect which was especially due to it, in consideration o f t h e great and em i nent l awyers w i t h w h om it originated—it was at the same time his duty to con sider whether they would probably have pursued the same course had th e c i rcumstances heel different ; and whether in that c ase t h ey might not have doubted the expediency of Lords Justices altogether as being an expedient and makeshift for another office—the custos regni ; but, be it that they might have preferred that scheme of Lords Justices. as for v.ry obvious reasons they certainly might, then arose a question of consiuc cable doubt whether those famous Constitutional lawyers would have entirely omitted the names of any members of the Royal Family of mature age, and resident within the realm ; and whether they were not more likely to have acted on the principle of including the members of the Royal Family within the lists of the Lords Justices. His object was not at present to object to the proposal of the Noble Lord ; he merely desired to call the attention of the Government to the plaint to which he had just adverted, if it had not already been maturely considered. They c uld take time at the present moment to examine the point, and at a future stage it could be discussed. It was sufficient for him now to enter his caveat against the Bill on the score of his present objection, and to declare that if the measure was not altered he should bring forward a mo tion with a view to improve it. Lord WYN FORD said, that if any part of the great officers of the kingdom were chosen, the whole ought to be included. He thought it would be the best course to allow the next successor to the Throne to choose, and to give him a controul over the power which might be dele gated to these functionaries. For his own part, he was perfectly content With the measure in its present state, and saw no necessity for a change. Lord BROUGHAM wished to remark that the Con stitution recognised the claims of the heir apparent or the heir presumptive, as it did the office of the Archbishop of Canterbury, or any other functionary. He referred is his remarks not to the King of Hanover alone but to any one who might be next heir to the Throne. Lord WYNFORD explained. The Duke of WELLINGTON said that the objec tion seemed easy of settlement if the Government was car ried on in the absence of the Sovereign. At the same time he thought that there existed an absolute necessity that the proper administration of the Government should be secured during the interval which might elapse between the decease of one Sovereign and the arrival of the other. What was the Government then to do ? Why, in or der to effect the desired object, the Chief Justices and certain other great officers of the Crown were to be ap pointed, and the successor should have the power of add ing others, at his option. In exercising that privilege he should be invested with some power as the Sovereign ab solute, and he might appoint any of the Royal Family to exercise the functions if they were proper persons. The Members of the Royal Family were not imposed on him, but if they were eligible persons they might surely be se lected to conduct public matters in his absence. The House had a competent precedent before them, and he thought it best to adhere strictly to that precedent, and there was no more prudent mode of acting in case the So vereign did not immediately arrive than to instruct the Lords Justices to act in his absence. The Earl of WICKLOW said that the Noble and Learned Lord opposite (Brougham) had forgotten to allude to the arguments used in the case of George 111. The right of the heir apparent was strongly urged in that case, and eventually George IV. was obliged to act with such restrictions as Parliament imposed. Lord BROUG HAM said that he merely desired to im press on their Lordships that the precedent of Queen Anne's time did not strictly apply. He should like to be shown a single instance where the Royal Family were excluded from the Regency, provided they were resident in the realm and of proper age and faculties. In Queen Anne's time this was not the fact, and in this respect he maintained the cases were different. He desired to remove the possibility—the bare possibility—of any misunderstanding on the question. The Bill was then read a second time. THE COMMISSIONERS OF BANKRUPTS (IRELAND) BILL. Lord BROUGHAM said that as this Bill had been al tered, and the causes of objection had been removed, he should not offer any opposition to the measure. The Bill was than read a third time and passed. The House then adjourned. THE St IN LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 4, NATIONAL MONUMENT IN LONDON TO NEWTON. The following is the petition presented to the House of Commons by the Chancellor of the Exchequer : To the Honourable the Commons of the United Empire, in Parliament assembled. The petition of . ThomasgteelC, Esq., of Lough-O'Con nell, in the county of Clare, and of Magdalene College, Cambridge, a Member of the London Astronomical, and Civil Engineers' Societies, Respectfully showeth—That when petitioner was in London under the order of a Committee of your Honour. able House in the year 1824 (the Shanno❑ Navigation Committee), for the purpose of giving evidence with respect to the state of navigation of the river Shannon, its lakes, and estuaries, and navigable tributaries, he republished the following letter, marked A, and published the letter marked B, in some of the London papers. (A.) TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Magdalen College, Cambridge, October 15, 1825. Sir—lf there be any name which more than another has done honour to England, it is the name of Sir Isaac Newton ; and I beg permission to suggest, through the medium of your paper, the means of erecting a monument to him i n London, not unworthy of the nation and of his memory, When travelling through Italy I was powerfully struck by the unique situation and the singular appearance of the primitive chapel of Assisi, dedicated to St. Francis. As you enter the porch of the great Franciscan church you view before you this small cottage-like chapel standing directly under the dome, and perfectly isolated. Now, Sir, among the many splendid improvements which are making in the capital, would it not be a noble, and, per haps, the most appropriate national monument which could be erected, if an azure hemispherical dome, or what would be better, a portion of sphere greater than a hemisphere, supported on a massive base, were to be reared like that of Assisi over the house and observatory of the writer of the Pr incipia The house might be fitted up in such a manner as to contain a council chamber and library for the Astronomical Society ; and it is, perhaps, not unworthy of being re marked, that it is not more than two hundred yards distant from the University Club-house. Protected by the means which I have described, from the dilapidating influence of rains and winds, the venerable edifice in which Newton studied, or, perhaps, to speak more properly, was inspired ; that "palace of the soul" might stand fast for ages, a British monument more sublime than the Pyramids, through remote antiquity and vastness be combined to create their interest. I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, ****** (B.) TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE TIMES. Royal Astronomical Society's Rooms, Lonion, June 23, 1834. Stu—Permit me to solicit a republication with my name, of a letter which I wrote anonymously some years ago from Cambridge, and which you did me the honour of publishing in the Times. _ _ _ . I feel confident that you will give the aid of your potent journal to prevent the house and observatory of Newton from being tumbled into a heap of rubbish to make way for new buildings. _ _ • I have been informed that when this house was a hotel, a Frenchman, enthusiastically devoted to mathematical science, took delight for several years in having the Obser tory as a study. Now, Sir, assuredly a very pure, and refined, and en nobling delight this must have been, for it must have acted as a constant force generating lofty sentiment, to be con stantly reminded that " auinii vi grope Divina," a mere mortal man could have achieved such triumphs in the re gions of knowledge. How sublimely potent is the working of that instrument of Newton's invention, that mystical calculus, that meta physical talisman, " Won from the void and formless infinite" of intellectual being—the gorgeous talisman of the fluxional ealeulus. The feeling of the Frenchman must have been, indeed, elevating, as he sat in his study ; for who is it that will op pose the edict on the marble tablet to the memory of New ton, in the sanctuary of England, Westminster Abbey ? " 6 Sibi gratulentur mortales, Tale tamtumque extitisse, lIUMANI GENERIS DECUS." If you comply with my request, I shall republish some lithographic prints from my drawings, in illustration of my design ; and shall publish along with them the whole of that magnificent Latin inscription from which I have quoted. The body of Newton has long since mouldered into dust, and earth, and ashes, and these arc not different from the dust, and earth, and ashes of the other great men of Eng land, who repose around his sepulchre. But that " airy hall," the observatory, which I now again, for the second time, call upon England to save from ruin, was the ethereal citadel, from whence, while he lived, the spirit of Newton made incursions into the abyss of celestial space—the empyrean, " the blue serene," the hyaline of heaven ; and in its flight made, as if it had taken to itself, " the wings of the morning," it seemed as it were almost to disindentify itself from its human essence, and to blend with those superior existences described by Milton, those " pure intelligential substances, with thoughts which wander through eternity !" I have the honour to be, Sir, your m- , st obedient humb:o servant, THOMAS STEELE. A member of the Cambridge Senate, and o the London Astronomical and Civil En. gineers' Societies. Petitioner further most respectfully takes leave to show, that at one of the meetings of the General Committee of the British Association held last August in the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin, he read those letters, and also ef)';iii bited the pictures which he had drawn in illustration of his design, and declared his intention of preparing a petition to your Honourable Ilouse, that nil:ler the sanction of the imperial legislation what he proposed should be carried into execution. Petitioner, a native of Ire"an 1, presumes to hope that even on an occasion of this kind, your Honourable House will permit him to indulge in an expression of personal pride ; and he does feel proud that the resolution passed on the occasion when he read the foregoing letters and ex hibited his pictures, was proposed by that illustrious Eng lish philosopher, Professor Sedgwiek, of Cambridge, who condescends to honour petitioner with his private friendship. The general principle of petitioner's architectural design having been thus laid before your Honourable House by these letters, he earnestly prays that it may be distinctly understood by the representatives of the people of the United Empire, the Right Honourable the House of Com mons, that petitioner does not presume to suggest any particular architectural plan beyond the erection of some such solid, and well-ventilated structure, as mny for centu ries longer protect and perpetuate the existence of the house and astronomical observatory of one, of whom it has been most truly said, " the scientific character of Newton is the glory of England." If, however, it were a thing which a petitioner address ing your Right Honourable House might do with pro priety, your present petitioner would, without hesitation, affirm that in this case the protecting building , t The dome of thought, the palace of the soul," in order to be worthy of the mighty British empire, and of the memory of him whose scientific character is the glory of England, ought to be a majestic pile, vast in its dimen sions, and magnificently executed ; but this, however, is a matter of secondary consideration. The magic interest in the present case is, in the building saved from ruin, protected and perpetuated, and not in the surrounding tower, and super-incumbent dome, even al though that dome were to be as gorgeous as the dome of the Vatican. Lord Byron wrote in his " Childe Harold" the following passage of resplendent beauty : There is given, Unto the things of earth which time bath bent, A Spirit's feeling, and where he bath leant His hand, but broke his scythe—there is a power, And magic in the time-worn battlement, To which the palace of the present hour Must yield to pomp, and wait till ages are its dower. Your petitioner most respectfully presumes to hope that, however intensely just and beautiful the sentiment of this passage may be, and is, as a general principle, the British House of Commons will be of opinion that the observatory of the writer of the " Optics," and of the " Principia," and inventor of the " Fluxional Calculus" forms a transcendant and refulgent exception. He dares to feel confident that our honourable House will give proof by the passing of a Bill to preserve it as long as possible from ruin, that it is not considered by the Representatives of the British people as one of the " things of earth," which " must yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower," for its spiritualization, for its " power and magic," and " spirit's feeling." Petitioner respectfully presumes to call to the memory of your hon. House as a precedent in confirmation of his prin ciple, the immense sum which has been expended, and so honourably to England expended, in the renovation of the mere exterior of that exquisite Gothic structure, Henry the Seventh's Chapel in 'Westminster Abbey. Petitioner bath read in the newspapers what he believes to be perfectly true, although he has not actual knowledge of the fact, that the late venerable Earl Fitzwilliam, even as a private contribution, subscribed 60,0001. towards the restoration of Yorkminster Cathedral after the conflagration In order, however, that your Honourable House shall not be without an alternative in case the execution of the proposed building on a scale of great magnificence should be deemed by the representatives of the people of the em pire inconsistent with public prudence, petitioner thinks it his duty to embody in this petition another plan, taking occasion to observe that if either the one or the other be adopted, the site, by the removal of four or five old houses in Leicester-square and St. Martin's-street, is an incompa rable situation for any public monument or public edifice of any kind, in consequence of the splendid opening afforded for viewing it by Leicester-square, (as will be clearly per ceived by the accompanying map) and its central situation with relation to London, the metropolis of the world. Petitioner's second, and, to an empire, very.cheop plan, of protracting the duration of the house and observatory of Newton, is the following :- 1. Let the underground story of the house bo filled to the level of the street, with stone and mortar very well grouted. 2. Let a great column of the most durable granite, and solid and perfectly executed masonry, be erected, of proper dimensions, ascending through the house, until it come to join the bottom of the observatory, and let it be so con structed as that the observatory shall derive its future ver tical support from this massive and most firmly-constructed granite column. The column to be of such dimension as that every point of the bottom of the observatory shall rest upon it. 3. Let the observatory itself, a very small room, be in crusted with marble. 4. Let the brick-walls of the house be incrusted both on the outside and inside, with massive masonry of solid blocks of the most durable granite, and after this external and internal incrustation shall have been formed, let a solid and massive wall of the same material be reared above this incrustation until its elevation be several feet above the summit of the observatory, and then let the whole building be roofed in and covered in the most durable manner which human ingenuity has as yet invented. For this purpose an arch of granite will be found not to be ex celled. Now, consequently, the observatory of Newton, instead of being, as at present, exposed to the dilapidating effect of the weather, of frosts, and heat, and rains, and winds would be protected by being thus placed under the solid roof of the general building. Inscription on the tablet in Westminster Abbey : 11. S. E. Imams Newton, Eques Auratus, Qui animi vi prope divina, Planctarum motus, figuras, Cometarum scmitas, Oceaniquc wstus, Sua mathesi faccm preferente, Primus demonstravit. Radiorum Luck Dissimilitudincs, Colorumque lode neseentium proprietates. Quas nemo ante Yet suspicatus crat, pervestigal it, Naturze, aniiquitatis, S. Scriptune, Scdulus, sagax, fides interpres, Dci. opt. max. majcstateim Philosophia asseruit, Evangelii simplicitatcm moribus exprcssit. Sibi gratulentur mortales, tale tantumque cztitisse, flumani generic decus. Natus XXV. dccemb. MDC XLII. obiit XX. Mart. MDCCXXVII. An intellectual power, " almost divine," is the descrip tion of his intellect, on the tablet in the sanctuary of England. The Omniscient and Omnific God is described by Mil ton, in his Paradise Lost, as going forth from heaven in the full effulgence of his glory, for the purpose of evolving order out of chaos, by the creation of the universe ; and as kin.- attended on that occasion by the gorgeous seraphim, with ° their dulcet voices, and the radient cherubim, with symphonious harps. and the archangels and angels, and all the inferior host of heaven. If it May be permitted that petitioner should give ex pression to the sentiment, which he does not i rreverently, but with the most sanctimonious recognition of the deep solemnity of the subject, he will conclude his appeal to the British House of Commons by saying, that after Newton wrote his " Principia," and his " Optics," and had invented the ethereal " Fluxional Calculus," if God, the Omnipo tent and Onlnific, the great " I am," who fills infinity in contemplating the system of the creation, had deigned, while contemplating the work of his own omnific word, to he attended in the empyrean by any intellectual existence inferior to the host of Heaven, Newton, whose ethereal spirit, penetrating into the mystic abyss of space, animi vi rope divina, discovered and expounded the eternal laws of Nature, and whose name, consequently, belongs not to England or t hi s wor ld alone, nor to time, but to the uni verse and eternity, might perhaps have been found the ‘ pure i n t e lli gent i a l su b stance " most near l y approximating in sapience to the celestial essences. " Sibi gratulenter mortalcs," and let the people of Eng land exult above all others, " talc tantumque extitisse hu mani generis dccus." Petitioner respectfully, most respectfully, hopes that this appeal to the House of Commons will not be made in vain, especially in an epoch like the present, in which the light of science sheds an Elysian effluence on the world, although it be now, in comparison with what it will be hereafter, only as the cool dewy roseate dawn of the rosel blushing morn ing, in comparison with the meridian torrid glory of " the arch-chemick sun." This must be the case, in consequence of the inevitable progressive development through future ages, of portions, to use the words of the mighty metaphysician Locke, of " those masses of knowledge which still lie hidden in the secret recesses of nature." And petitioner will ever pray, THOMAS STEELE. Shore of the Atlantic, County Clare, July. 1836. For some days past the town has been full of a re port of the discovery of a treasure said to have been merle in a house which has lately changed owners. It was said that the workmen employed in pulling down an old wall had found a quantity of gold coin, worth at least 300,000 francs. The truth is, that numbers of ancient gold and silver coins, some worth five florins, the others two florins, have been found. Tl•e ♦alue of the whole is said to be 3,000 francs.—Brussels Paper. fliE QUEEN. KENSINGTON, MONDAY EVENING.—On Sunday morn ing the chapel of Kensington Palace was crowded to suf focation by respectable persons, attired in deep mourning, long before the hour at which Divine Service usually commences, but to their great disappointment neither the Queen nor any member of the Royal Family was present, her Majesty having had service performed before her in her apartments by the Very Reverend the Dean of Chester. Throughout the afternoon the avenue leading to the palace was thronged by persons, most of whom were fe males, who were anxiously inquiring as to the time when her Majesty would take her accntomed drive. The time of her Majesty's departure having for the last two or three days been kept extremely secret, no intelligence could be obtained by them on the subject. At a quarter past five o'clock, however, the Queen's new landau, drawn by four horses, and preceded by two outriders, en tered the gates of the palace gardens, adjoining the Princess Sophia's apartments, on which a general rush took place to the spot. In a few minutes afterwards her Majesty, accompanied by the Duchess of Kent, the Princess of Leiningen, and Baroness Lehzen, got into the carriage, amid the salutations and cheers of the assem blage, which was far more numerous than on any previous occasion. The Queen, we are happy to say, app eare d i n very good health and spirits. The Royal party proceeded up the Edgware and New Barnet-roads as far as Pi nc hl e y, and returned to th e p a l ace a t twenty minutes to seven o'clock. The crowd assembled to witness her return was far greater than on her departure, and the Queen appeared much pleased at the enthusiasm with which they re ceived her. This morning Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty. His Lordship remained at the palace up w Irds of an hour. Very few calls have been made at the Palace during the day. This afternoon, about half•past five o'clock, her Majesty, accompanied by the Duchess of Kent, and the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, drove out for an airing in the neigh bourhood of Wimbledon common. Fier Majesty looked as well as she did on Sunday. The Royal party returned to the Palace at seven o'clock. The Duke of Sussex took an airing both yesterday and ,o-day. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen gave audience yesterday at Kensington-palace ,o Viscount Melbourne. The Duke of Sussex visited the Princess Augusta on Sunday at her resicknce in St. James's-palace. The Princess Augusta dined with the Duchess of Gloucester last evening at Gloucester-house. Baron Munchausen (in the suite of the Duke of Saxe Meiningen) left the Queen's house, St. James's, yesterday morning, accompanied by Baron Gersdorf, the Saxon Minister, for Windsor Castle. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt held a meeting yesterday at the office of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street. The American Minister, M i r. Stevenson, and his lady, left town yesterday for the Isle of Wight. We arc happy to say that Mrs. Stevenson has recovered from her late severe indisposition. Sir Robert Shaw, Messrs. Saunders, Morris, and Coie, had interviews with Lord Glenclg yesterday, at the Colo nial-office. The Austrian and French Ambassadors transacted busi ness yesterday, at the Foruign-office. Lord Bloomfield visited the Chancellor of the Ex chequer yesterday. The Earl of Listowell and Lord Rossmore, it is reported, will be raised to the rank of Peers of the United Kingdom at the next creation of Peers. There will be two more nights of Almack's balls after his Majesty's funeral ; they are said to be fixed for the 19th and 26th of July. The Earl and Countess of Hopetoun have arrived at the Lansdowne Hotel, Dover-street, from Paris. At the present advanced period of the season, and under all existing circumstances, the Committee for managing the Highland ball at the Opera-house have felt themselves compelled to announce that it will nut take place. It is generally circulated that her Majesty intends to create six new English Peerages after her first Draw•ing room. The most beautiful public fancy ball of each season has hitherto been the Academy of Music ball; that of the pre sent year is fixed for the 14th ; and although, in consequence of the number of families who left town, it is not expected to be so much cro•xded as last year, still a number of the Pa tronesses are in London, and with their parties will render it a choice assembly. Miss Cotton, who is about to be united to the Earl of Hillsborough, eldest son of the Marquis of Downsbire, will inherit a large fortune under the will of her maternal grandfather, the late Hon. Captain Fulke Greville, and also a moiety of the splendid fortune acquired in the East by 1 er gallant parent, General Viscount Combermere. The young Earl is in his twenty-fifth year, the Lady is in her twent'•- second. _ _ _ The Duke of Elehingen and General Baudron have arrived in town on a special mission from the King of the French. They are bearers of letters of congratulation to her Majesty, and of condolence to the Queen Dowager. The Dowager Duchess of Richmond, accompanied by Lady Sophia Lennox, has arrived in town from a conti nental tour. It is generally believed at the west-end of the town that her Majesty win hold her first drawing-room on Thursday, the 13th instant. _ _ The Duke of Wellington, it was remarked by his numerous guests at the grand dejeuner yesterday at Xpsley House, never appeared to be in the enjoyment of better health, or of higher spirits. The attention paid by his Grace to the company was incessant. The Marquis of Douro, who is a fec simile of his Noble father, returned from Norwich to be present at the nuptials of his cousin, was marked in his devo- I lion to the fair visiters assembled on the occasion. The Marquis of Queensberry•, Sir Robert Brown rigg and friends, Colonel Finch and family, Colonel Ste mart and family, Baron de Salve and family, General Dumoulin, Dr. Granville and family, Lieutenant Hotham, R.N., Mr. St. Leger, and several other passengers, left town on Sunday last, by the Batavier steamer„for Rotterdam and the Rhine. Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor have arrived in Park-street from Leamington Spa. His Lordship has taken the elegant mansion of the Earl of St. Vincent. The Noble Lord and Lady are expected to stay in town for about six weeks, when they will proceed to Halkin, the seat of the Marquis of Westminster, in Flintshire. Princess Lieven is daily expected in town from Paris. Count and Countess Pozzo di Borgo, the relatives of the Russian Ambassador, are daily expected at Ashburnham House from the Continent. Viscountess Burghcrsh has arrived at St. Leonard's, where her Ladyship will reside some time for the improvement of her health, which is in a delicate state. In one of the metropolitan churches, on Sunday, no fewer than five female infants were christened by the name of Victoria or Alexandrina. A similar manifestation of public feeling took place at the period of the death of the Princess Charlotte, and at the time when proceedings were first insti tuted against Queen Caroline, the consort of George IV. The following is the resolution reported in the House of Commons on Saturday, relative to East India postage :—" That upon every letter transmitted by packet boats between Suez and Bassora, or any other convenient port of the Red Sea, of, the Persian Gulf, and the East Indies, there shall be charg ed for every- single letter, Is. ;. for every double letter, 2s. ; ; for every treble letter, 3s. and for every letter of one ounce weight, whether a single, double, or treble letter, 4s. ; and for every additional ,quarter of an ounce the postage of a single letter. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.-011 Saturday, Mr. Howard, son of the late Col. Howard, led to the hymeneal altar Lady Fanny Cavendish, daughter of the late Hon. Wm. Cavendish, and sister of the Earl of Burlington. The cere mony took place at the Duke of Devonshire's villa at Chis wick, and about seventy of the distinguished and numerous branches of the Cavendish family were present. In the ab. sence of the Duke of Devonshire, the fair and accomplished bride was given away by bis Grace the Duke of Sutherland. Amongst the company were the Duke and Duchess of Suther land, Countess Dowager of Sutherland, Earl and Countess of Burlington, Countess of Durham, Sir Augustus and Lady Clifford, Lord and Lady Lismore, Hon. George and Lady Louisa Cavendish, Mr. and Lady Catherine Cavendish, Col. Limbton, Lord Morpeth, Lady K. Howard, Mr. and Mrs. Brande, Sce. After the ceremony the company partook •of a sumptuous dejeuner a la fourchette; the fruits were of the choicest description, brought from Chatsworth. The bride wore a valuable emerald and fine gold armlet, a present from the Duke of Devonshire. At four o'clock the company de parted. The honeymoon will be passed at Chiswick. THE GERMAN SPAS.—We understand that a well known Physician, of extensive practice and great experience (Dr. Granville), having devoted some time to a professional examination of the whole of the German Spas, is on the point of giving to the world, in a popular form, the result of his re serches on this highly interesting and important subject. It may be well said that the curative art is in its infancy, when we recollect that the mineral springs of Germany (unquestionably the most important existing agents in that art) arc as little known in this country except by name as if they existed in the wilds of America, instead of in the very heart of European civilization. If what we hear of Dr. Granville's forthcoming book be true, this reproach will speedily be removed—to the no small advantage of that class of the community who can afford to visit these health and life giving waters. On the 4th ult. the workmen employed by Mrs. Summerville, of Sorn, Ayrshire, while engaged in forming a footpath in a romantic wooded dell on that lady's property, unexpectedly disembowelled at the tiny depth of three inches a hoard of copper and silver coins, which had remained buried no one can tell how many yeers. The deposit chosen is im mediately beneath a projecting feathered rock, and the coins, which number about 500, bear the iasign'a of James IV. and VI. of Scotland. .—Scotsman. DOVER-MONDAY. _ Arrived from Boulogne, the Water IVitch steamer, Co; tain W. Hayward, with her Highness the Pri :eess Leis e on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Suthe..!and, and ti • Count and Countess Pozzo di Borgo, on a visit to his Exce'. lency the Russian Ambassador. The whole pa .ty proceed itrrnediately to London. The three candidates for the representation of this place '; the ensuing Parliament, Sir John Rae Reid, Mr. Feetor, at Mr. Rice, have been actively engaged in their canvass for st.• veral days. The general cpinion is that Mr. Rice is seem. of his return in the Liberal interest, and that the second se. will be very severely contested by the present Members. PREPARATIONS for the GENERAL ELECTION. DEyoairowr.—We stated yesterday, on the authority of th I.)cal jou, nal, that the report of Lard %%Mewl t startin g %yaw, confirmation. To-day we arc informed that his Lord hip has the temerity to try his strength against the two Liberal Abp. bars Sir E. Codrington and Sir G. Grey. Lord Val;eto, is the eldest son of the Earl of Mount Ellgecumbe, and a Con seryative of the craftiest and most grasping order. Happily he has not the slightest chance of taking any thing by his elee tion motion. A meeting of influential and respectable gentle. men was hell last Monday, for the purpose of taking into consideration the best means of securing the re-election of tit. sitting Members for the borough. ABERDEENSHIRE. —A candidate on the Liberal interest is. we believe, to be started for this extensive.county ; and Duke of Richmond has made known to his tenantry that th. will be at perfect liberty to vote as they phase.—Abtrieet Herald. GLAbiORGANSIIIRL—Lord Ad ire, eldest son of the Earl of Dunraven, and sou. in-law of Master Goold, of Merrioo-squ,re is a candidate for the representation of this county. HAMBURGH PAPERS. LETTERS FROM HANOVER, JiTsE 26.—His Majeaty, our pre sent King, Ernest Augustus, is expected here this evening, to-morrow morning at the latest. Several, of the principal officers of State have gone to meet his Majesty. The hem) artillery will fire a salute on his Majesty's arrival, and the cit will be illuminated. There are various reports, as is usua on important occasions. It is said his Majesty will stop her, a fortnight, then go to Carlsbad, and afterwards to make hi solemn entry into this capital. A most joyful , sensation w a created by a report spread here that his Majesty bad propose , to his brother, the Duke of Cambridge, hitherto our belove• Viceroy, in an affectionate letter, to retain under the new Go• vernment the posts of Governor-General of the Kingdom an( Field Marshal. It is doubted whether the Prince will accep this proposal. Yesterday all the citizens, to the number et, 5,000, repaired to the Palace of Nlontbrillant to offer to hi. Royal Highness the tribute of gratitude justly due to him, fo the innumerable benefits he has conferred on the country, an for his auspicious government during a long series of years The Duke listened with great emotion to the address ' M. Rumaun, the Burgomaster, and assured the deputy tion that the welfare of the Hanovarians would be always the dearest wish of his heart. Ilis Highness then wen down among the citizens, who were waiting in the court yard, filled with feelings of sorrow ; and when Royal Highness came to the window to thank them fo their cheers for himself, the Prince, and Princesses, fear e)e were dry. Prince George of Cambridge, accompanied his Aid-dc-camp, Colonel Cornwall, is to set out for Lonlui to-morrow. The addresses proposed to be sent to the Queer Dowager and the Viceroy were read in the second chambtt yesterday. Many persons affirm that the Viceroy will go with his fa-1 mily to Italy. It was reported some time ago that Prince George was to visit that country, Others think that his, Royal Highness will go to the estate which he purchased several years ago in England. _ . . . . St. PETERSEURGH, Ju' 24.—Mr. Milbanke has had the honour of an audience of the Emperor to present his crude!). tials as British Ambassador, and afterwards to be presented, to the Empress. rIANIBU RG BORSEN HALLE, JUNE 30. Bills. Money . Austrian Metariques, 5 per cent. Ditto ditto 4 per cent. — pit!. ditto 3 per cent. bitto Rank Shares 1363 .rtil , Anglo-Russian Loan lO3 1004 Paper inscription, 6 per rent — Russian 3 per cents. Metal. Rusaian luscriptioa, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th • ~.• • Series Ditto, Certificates rortuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent 413 Ditto 3 per cent. 2Bs4 Dittel; 23, per Cents. 52 Ditto 3 per Cents — Polish i;ontts, 3 per cents. New Tickets 1,7 ~, 147 w Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents 7l • 70h Not wegian Lean of 1R34, 4 p.-r cents. Spanish, in plastics, 3 per Cents Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent •al Greek 1 per cents. 15:33, guaranteed by France 93 92% EXCHANGES ON LONDON. Ilsomi , at., JuNu 33.-19 10 3 4 ; two months. 139. ClinisTisNis, JesEl:C.--Three months. 5 6. ST. PETIMSEORGO ' Jose. 23 —Three months, 10 . 37-61, BREMEN, JUNE o.—Two months, 6114. S•rocanot.m, JUNE 23.—Two months, 12 16. BERLIN, JuNe. 27.—Three m•iiths, 6. 21. —Hamburg Papers. June :30. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held fur the despatch of public business. THE COMMERCIAL RAILWAY BILL. Mr. ANDERTON brought up the Report of the Parlia mentary Committee on the proceedings in opposing the Blackwall Commercial Railway Bill in the House of Com 7 i mons, and for opposing the said Bill in the House of Lords.: When the Report, which consisted merely of the details! of what had taken place in the Committee of the House ofi Commons, was read, The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee had thought it necessary to leave it without any comment to the Court to decide whether the opposition should be contioc4.l, to the Bill, which had passed the House of CommonsAwd bad been read a first time in the House of Lords. Deputy CORNEY moved that the Committee be iustrtictedN to oppose the Bill in the House of Lords. -. !:1 Mr. WHEELER. and Mr. CHRISTIE supported the in-::' - struction to the Committee Co oppose the Bill in the House'c, of Lords, and 1 Mr. STACEY opposed it. 1 Mr. CORNEY replied, after which the motion was put and agreed to by a large majority. q Mr. CORNEY then moved that a petition should be sent'il, to the House of Lords, praying that their Lordships would reject the Commercial Railway Bill.—Agreed to. ,4 !t,il W I The beautiful yacht, the Gem, purchased by Air.:, Wood, a relation of Sir Mark Wood's, of the Marquis of Wai. . terford, was about a fortnight since so damaged in a gale in': , the. Bay of Biscay as to be rendered totally unserviceable. We i" have heard that the expenses of this short trip will cost tlie4s j - 1 owner about 2,0001. LP A REAL YANK EE HORSE.—YCS, as I was saying, 91 this " Old Clay" is a real knowin one, he's as spry as a colt,' yet, clear grit, ging er to the back bone; I can't help a think-' ing sometimes the breed mist have come (corn old Kentuck4 half horse, half alligator, with a cross of the earthquake. I ',-7 . , hope I may be tee-totally militated if I'd take eight hundreVl dollars for him. Go ahead, you old clinker-built villain, said% he, and show the gentleman how wonderfully handsuni youi s o can travel. Give them the real Connecticut quick step.r That's it—that's the nay to carry the President's message to 's,: Congress, from Washington to New York, in no time—that'st's . the go to carry a gall from Boston to Rhode Island, and trice ► her up to a Justice to be married, afore her father's out of bed iq of a summer's moroin. Aint he a beauty ? a real doll ? tione r s! of your Cumberland critters, that the more you quilt thern,sti the more they wont go; but a proper one, that will go frceN gratis fur nothings all out of his own head voluntcrrily. Yes,q;.l a horse like " Old Clay" is worth the whole seed, breed, andp generation cf them Amherst beasts put together. Ha's a x e horse, every inch of him, stock, lock, and barrel, is Old C1ay. , ..! —The Clackmaher ; or, Sayings and Doings of Sam Slick. .' Accounts from the north of Germany say that iinsii . , mense magazines of grain are formed on the shores of the f. Vistula, near Dantzic. The quantities already collected arerss so great that the ordinary stores are insufficient, and it has been 4 found necessary to occupy others more distant from the water. ; The stock in these magazines amount to near 60,000 charges. COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE AND ~ HUMORIST TOR JULY is a capital Number. Mr. Theodore Hook's Gurney Papers are continued with undiminished spiri4 l Captain Marrs at, in addition to his " Phantom Ship," has corn- , A meneed a series of articles, entitled " Confessions of Ralple7l Restless." " Patty Larkspur's Watch," by Douglas Jerrold ; " The Inconsolables," by Laman Blanchard ; " A case of Furious driving," by Alfred Crowquill," are infi iitely ( nter4": taining. Leigh Hunt, Miss Landon , t h e auth o r of " Glances '`' at Life," " The Old Forest Ranger," and others of distin-t guished ability, also contribute papers of great interest. " The sl Recollections of Grimaldi," " The Pleasures of Relationship " Mr. Caboose," Ike., will be found highly amus i ng . There':- is also a memoir of his late Majesty, accompanied by a por trait, which is engraved in the first style of art. N Last night a numerous and respect a bl e muting oil the inhabitant householders of the p ar i s h o f St. J o hn thek - s1 Evangelist, Westminster, was held at the Infant School, Vin-Psi cent square, for the purpose of taking into consideration the 0 most effectual method of securing the return of two Reform Members at the forthcoming election. George Shenton Kemp son, Esq., of Abingdon-street, was in the chair. The meet ing was addressed by General Evans as well as by Colonel Thompson, Dr. I3owring, and several other gentlemen. G 2..?" neral Evans was received in the most enthusiastic manner. Front the lateness of the hour at which the meeting broke up,, we arc unable to give a report of the speeches. THE ARISTOCRATIC RIOTERS.—A Bill of In-', dictment was this week preferred at our Quarter Sessions fors., the County against the Marquis of Waterford, Sir Frederick=? Johnston, 'dart., the Hon. Augustus Charles Hyde Villiers,t , and Edward Horner Reynard, Esq.; and through the discredit able conduct of certain Grand Jurymen, the aristocratic peace-' breakers nearly escaped from the grasp of Justice. It is likely, looking to the usual course pursued in such cases, that the indictment will be sent down by the Court of Queen's Bench for trial at our Assizes; unless (as we have heard it whispered, it is doomed to be waylaid in its passage to "a, higher tribunal, by divers evil-disposed persons," and laid t& -- sleep by the drowsy influence of Mammon. To this whisper we are not disposed t o listen : we c anno t b e l i ev e that t h e pro !' secution will be suffered to fall to the ground.—Leicester' Chronicle. V,