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because he considered after five or six years resi dence in a foreign country (particularly in a despotic one) it would lie highly desirable that they should refresh their Eng lish feelin!..--( A laugh.) Lord Pensonby had been five years at Constantinople. He had discharged his duties with zeal Enq ability, and after so long an absence be (11. l not think it unreasonable that he should return, it he thought ft, to thy; country on his private business.—( Hear.) It was right al7o to observe that half the salary of an Ambassador was suspen ded during the period of his absence. Sir Charles Vaughan was not an Ambassador, but on a special mission, w nit the title of Extraordinary Ambassador. lie received no salary, but merely his experices, on account rendered, and fern tee state of their relations he (Lord Palmerston) thought this out lay highly necessary. Mr. FUME said, the Noble Lord was certainly to blame for selecting persons to fill these offices from the ranki• ~f the Tories.---( Hear.) Sir Charles Vaughan, it was welt known, held opinions directly at variance with the Government he represented. Lord PALMERSTON defended Sir Charles Vaughan from the imputatia, of the Hon. Member for Middlesex. 'll.e truth wa. Sir Charles was no politician.—( A laugh. ) Sir R. I'E EL said it appeare,:iwit evetyane had a defender except Mr. Urquhart ; but, perhaps, t he Kel ) le rd ros e again he would undertake his defence.— ,‘Laught2..., This gentleman had been appointed on account of his ea:flier: cial ability; but when the period arrived to try if be could s w-ire. another person was sent out to supersede him. Nothing could Lave been more convenient for the Noble Lord to carry into effect his doctrine than the opportunity afforded by Lord Ponsonby's asking leave of absence, particularly after five or six years' residence in a despotic country, for, according to the views of the Noble Lord, it was highly necessary that their Ambassadors should, after such absence, return home, to be impregnated with constitutional principles.—( Laughter.) I would furce them, said the Noble Lord, to come home after five or six years absence, because they might get so rusty that it would be desirable to refresh their old English feelings.— ( Renewed laughter.) The Noble Lord then sends out a co adjutor, who never arrived at his destination.—( Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord had taken the precaution to provide against the well-known tempestuous nature of the region, and the dangers with which the place abounds, to have a second Am bassador on the spot, lest any accident should befal the first— ( Laughter.) It was to be presumed that past experience prompted this wise precaution.—( Renewed laughter.) The Noble Lord had misconceived what his Right Hon. Friend had said in respect to that part of his speech in which his Right Hun. Friend spoke of Sir Charles Vaughan. His Right Hon. Friend merely contended that on a simple application being made for leave of absence it was not usual to appoint another to the place ; and that when the application for leave was withdrawn incurring the expense of a substitute, was hardly justifiable. But it was said that Sir Charles Vaughan was sent on a special mission, after an application having been made for leave of absence. But Sir Charles Vaughan bad the advantage of being sent out after having had close com munication with the Government. What were the circum stances ? First, there was the application for leave on the part of Lord Ponsonby ; then the desire that the Noble Lord should re-imbue himself with constitutional principles at home— ( Cheers and laughter)—and then the wish to have some one appointed as his successor who had been in immediate com munication with Ministers at home.—( Hear, hear.) It was not his wish to press too hardly on the Noble Lord, but he must say that the second explanation was not much clearer or more satisfactory than the first—( Hear, and laughter)—for it appeared that tile special mission did not reach further into the figean than Malta. Lord PALMERSTON, in explanation, said the Right Hon. Baronet had misunderstood him. When he spoke of communication, he meant that it was desirable Sir Charles Vaughan should meet Lord Ponsonby at Malta, and from a communication with him learn the state of things at Constan tinople, preparatory to his arrival there. What did the Right Hon. Baronet argue ? An Ambassador, a long time away from his own country, wished for leave to come home, and it was granted. The Ambassador then changed his mind, amid what di& the Right Hon. Baronet call upon Government to do ? He called upon them to say to the Ambassador, " You shall come home.—( Loud laughter.) As a reward for the good services you rendered, we gave you leave of absence— you change your mind, and express a wish to stay, but we compel you to come home."—(Renewed laughter.) Surely such conduct as this would be most ungracious.—( Laughter.) Sir R. PEEL—That's the Noble Lord's doctrine, and not mine. The Noble Lord said that if an Ambassador who had -been five years absent did not ask for leave to come home, he would compel him to come.—(Hear, hear, cheers, and laughter.) I think this is the only construction to be put upon the Noble Lord's speech—this is the constitutional doc trine which he has laid down, that after a five years' ab sence, especially in a despotic country, an Ambassador should, whether he wished it or not, be made to•return, for the purpose of having him re-imbued with British principles and feelings.—(Cheers and laughter.) Sir S. CANNING denied any intention of detracting from the merits of Sir C. Vaughan. Colonel SIBTHORP wished that Hon. Members on his side of the House would be more attentive in preventing the multiplication of commission after commission, and embassy after embassy. .a.• • ..,• y••• ..,,......., On the Order of the Day being read for going into Com mittee of Supply, Mr. HARVEY presented a petition from Sheffield (as we understood) against the New Poor Law Act, signed by fifteen thousand persons. Mr. BAINES presented a number of similar petitions from Suffolk, complaining that the Bill separating husbands and wives, parer.ts and children, and allowed no out of door relief. POOR LAW COMMITTEE. Mr. WALTER then rose to propose a resolution respect ing the Poor Law Committee. We understood_ him to com plain that the Committee was principally composed of persons favourable to the new Act, some of whom were themselves Chairmen of Unions ; and, under all the circumstances of the case, he wished to have his name withdrawn from the Com mittee. The Hon. Nlember then read documents, to show the e‘ it working of the present Act, and added that as mattersstood, he could not hope to effect any thing for those from whom he had received numerous applications on the subject. He complained also of the dilatory manner in which the pro ceedings before the Committee had been conducted, and the the troops of witnesses who had been called in to rebut the evidence adduced, though he had brought but two cases for hives tigation before the Committee. The Hon. Gentleman also complained of the selection of places made for the inquiry, and alluded to the difficulty he had in inducing the Committee to consent to a daily publication of their reports. Even these reports (as we understood the Hon. Gentleman) were given full or otherwise, at the pleasure of the Committee. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving that a copy of the ninth day's proceedings before the Cotnmittte on the New Poor Law Act be submitted to the House, and that the Com mittee should be required to report their opinion on the evi dence already given, including the testimony given on the Westhampeatt Union. Mr. FA ZAK ERLEY,4ts chairman of the Committee, did not think himself bound to follow the Hon. Member through all the statements contained in private letters, now for the first time produced. He, however, felt convinced that if the facts stated in them were fully inquired into they would be found as much exaggerated, or as entirely destitute of truth, as other snd similar assertions which had been made on the subject. When the Committee was appointed there were some doubts as to the nest mode of pmeeding. Some were for a general inquiry, others were for going into the cases of alleged abuse, and en deavouring to ascertain how far they went. At the sug gestion, and according to the wish, of the Hon. Member tor Berkshire Vie Committee agreed to go into the state ment of particular grievances, and he himself was per mitted to select the abuses complained of. The Hon. Gentleman first named a union in Sussex. The Hon. Gentleman complained of the dilatory manner in which the Committee proceeded, and of his having been overwhelmed by witnesses. Now, the dilatoriness was in some measure at tributable to the Hon. Gentleman himself, and any Member of the Committee would bear witness that a great deal of its time had been wasted by inquiries into paltry details which could have no effect one way or the ether on the general operation of the Bill.—( Hear, hear.) As to what was stated of overwhelming witnesses, the feets would best tell. There were 61 witnesses examined, and of these 38 were called by the Hon. Member.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) There were 17,187 questions put, and of these 3,370 were asked by the lion. Member for Berkshire. Mr. WALTER explained. After a few words from Mr. FITZROY and Mr. C. PELIIANI, which were not audible in our part of the gallery, there were cries of " Divide," and " Gone," the latter phrase alluding to the Hon. Member for Berkshire, who was for the moment absent from the House, but who returned immediately, wh en the gallery was cleared for a division. Strangers were excluded, but, no division taking place, on our return to the gallery we found Mr. WA KLE Y speaking. He thought that the poor cot tagers (contrary to the Tory doctrine) should be considered as much as the highest nobleman of the land, and although he did not agree with all the provisions of the Bill he considered it his duty, in which he considered himself backed by the common sense of the country, to vote against the motion of the lion. Member for Berkshire. Sir ANDREW AGNEW made some remark which we did net hear. Mr. ARTHUR TREVOR begged to assure the Hon. Member for Finsbury (Mr. Wakley) that it was quite con sistent with old Tory feeling to consider the poor cottager as much as the nobleman.—( Cries of " Hear, hear.") On these grounds l►e should support the motion. In the union with which he (Mr. A. Trevor) was connected a perfect system of tyranny was carried on towards the poor, which the law never contemplated, and which he anal his brother magistrates were completely powerless to resist. Lord J. RUSSELL would say a few words, not on the principle of the Bill or on its operation—for those were not the questions before the !louse—but on the specific motion of the Hon. Member for Berkshire. The Ilon. Member had made it motion for inquiry, which contained two heads ; the first, that the proceedings of the Committee on certain days should be returned to the /louse; and, secondly, that the Committee should pronounce an opinion when certain cases, already gone into, should be conchaded. With respect to the first proposition, he (Lord J. Russell) was bound to state that there were no grounds whatever for entertaining it ; and, with respect to the second, lie thought it would be, in the language of the Hun. Member for Finsbury, an improper and immature interference with the inquiry as it affected the law. He (Lord J: Russell) was surprised that the Hon. Member should make such a motion. With respect to the course pur sued by the Committee, he (Lord J. Russell) should not offer an observation on it after the statements made by his Hon. Friend behind him in its defence. Though only confined to a few unions these proceedings, however, had sufficiently shown what was the operation of the law in the agricultural districts. It was now proposed by the Committee that they should enter on the inquiry of its operation in the manufac turing districts and the large towns of the country, a subject on which he (Lord J. Russell) should be very glad to have some conclusive evidence, for there might Ire views in connec tion with it for which none of the Committee were as yet pre pared. lie (Lord J. Russell) thought the course of the Committee was wise and advisable ; and he, therefore, saw no reasonable grounds for interfering with it. Mr. D. W. H ARV h: 'l 7 , though very much disinclined on all occasions to suggest the appointment of additional officers for the House, could scarcely refrain from proposing one in reference to the appointment of Committees, more especially as the Noble Lord (J. Russell) had a very important Com mittee to appoint on Monday night. The duties of that officer he should propose to be phrenological—that is, he should have to inve•Aigatt‘ the heed of every Hon. Mem ber named to a Committee, and report on his fitness for it before the I louse confirmed the appointment.—( Laughter.) Ile (Mr. Ilarvey) had heard with eikonplary patience the lec ture of the Hon. Member for Finsbury on heads, and he subscribed with great cheerfulness to what had been 5441 by him in regard to the head of the Hon. Chairman of the Cony' mittec ; but he (Mr. Harvey) wished the Hon. Member had also pronounced judgment on the bead of the,Hon. Member for ile;(tshire.___( Laughter.) He would then perhaps, by the "-"overt' of cuution or secretiveness, be able to account for tibia to i4vine the meaning of the lion. Mem ' ""ghtaf , ) ;jO-1 (Mr. Harvey) the mo was in Cw'a 1 is !---,The first of the'Corfilll44eP t 40 Ole - I thew prop44l - his nut ot her's motiun.-o,_ tion was clear enough. which called for certain returns t second fur a report up to the present periou ings. But, to understand time Hon. Member's mu.._ would be necessary to refer to what occurred in an early stage of the sittings of the Committee. If the House viewed the question in connection with these occurrences, it would at once perceive that the motion and the proceedings of the Conimittee at that stage were in perfect harmony with each other. When the Committee first comreenced its labours it was resolved that after an examination into the operations of the law in four agricultural counties bad taken place they would next proceed to the manufacturing districts, and ultimately to to the metropolitan cities and boroughs. That resolution had, however, been gradually relaxed until they bad at last now come to a decision not to proceed further with the agri cultural districts, notwithstanding all the petitions that had been presented for inquiry, but go at once to Bradford, in the heart of the manufacturing districts. Now one question naturally arose on this decision ; were the Committee satisfied with the inquiry as far as it had gone, or were they not? If they were, what obstacle was there in the way of a report? If not, why abandon the inquiry into the agricultural unions, and go into that of the manufacturing ? The palpable effect of all this was to give an interminable character to the investi gation, and it would seem to be as impossible to come to a satisfactory conclusion on it as it would be to convince the poor that the measure itself was framed in their favour—to raise them in the sale of beings by encouraging and sup porting their spirit of independence.—( Hear , h ear.) That it had at least the appearance of being interminable he ( Mr. Harvey) needed only state one fact to convince the House. The Committee was employed for three months on four unions only. In that time they put 17,000 questions. Now, if such was the result of four unions , what woulai it be with 400—the number in the country ; or where would it end ?—( Hear, hear.) It was useless to expect anything like a satisfactory result from an inquiry of such a na ture ; and it was his conviction to that effect which in duced him to withdraw from the Committee. The Hon. Member then went on to complain that, while the advo cates of the Poor-law had every facility which power, and influence, and a host of officials could give, the party opposed to it, the poor, had no means of procuring a single witness in support of their case, and not one to step forward to uphold their interests. The Hon. Member for Berkshire should, however, be excepted ; for lie (Mr. Harvey) was sa tisfied that he bad already spent more than one thousand pounds in his efforts to obtain justice for the poor. On the one side there was machinery of the most perfect description—on the other there was the most wretched helplessness. It was stated that the Bill was working' well; but was that statement borne out by the fact ? He believed not. What was the result it produced ? The deduction of 25 per cent. from the poor man's weekly wages. Before he voted on the question he wished to know whether the Committee had terminated the labours in the agricultural districts, and whether they intended to re port upon them ? Mr. FAZ AKE RLEY explained. Mr. Sergeant G OULBURN said, as the motion of the Hon. Member for Berkshire would have the effect of putting a stop to all further inquiry, and shut the doors on the manu facturing districts altogether, he (Mr. Sergeant Goulburn) felt it to be his duty to his constituents to oppose it. Mr. WALTER said that, after what he had heard, he should, with the permission of the House, withdraw the first proposition in his resolution. The second ho should press. Mr. PRYME opposed the motion. Mr. HODGES said that all the favourable anticipations which he had entertained of this Bill had been disappointed ; but he still hoped that something might be done to make the measure beneficial. Sir L. PAUR Y said that the present Poor-law Bill was very much disapproved of in Wales. Mr. VILLIERS said that the only object of the present motion was to cast imputations on the Committee ; but if the Members for Berkshire or Finsbury had any charges against the Committee why did they not bring them forward manfully, and not deal in insinuations?—(Cheers.) If there was any fault the fault must he with the House, who had appointed the Committee, and he bogged to ask if either of those Members were prepared to make any proposition for a new change in the House of Commons ? This was rather a singular time for the Hon. Member for Berkshire to withdraw from the Com mittee. He supposed it was hems° the Hon. Member was about to offer himself again to an agricultural county, where perhaps lie had found that the course he bail taken on this subject was not very palatable. Mr. WAKLEY denied that it was his habit to deal in in sinuations, and the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton (Mr. Villiers) in saying so said that which was not true.—( Cries of " Order.") After a few observations from the SPEAKER, pointing out the unparliametary nature of the words used by the Hon. Member for Finsbury, Mr. WAKLEY withdrew the offensive expression lie had used. The House was cleared for a division, when the numbers were— For the original motion ll9 For the amendment Majority 59 ORDNANCE ESTIMATES. On our re-admission to the gallery, we found the House in a Committee of Supply. Sir L. HAY said that he would shortly state to the . Com mittee the nature of the Ordnance supply, for which he was about to move. There was an increase in the expense for barracks at Australia, New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Corfu, of 8,300/. ; for the survey in Ireland, 5,000/. ; for the geological survey of Great Britain, 11,0001. ; and other minor charges, making in the whole an increase over the vote of last year cf 100,456/. From this there was to be deducted 40,935/., which had been produced by sales of old stores and other things, making in the whole a surplus over the vote of last year of 61,9611 , and for this sum he now moved that a resolution be voted by tie Committee. Mr. HUME objected to the increased charge in this year's account, and especially to the two thousand pounds to which the Hon. Gentleman had alluded. There were many minor details into which he did not consider it worth while to enter at the present moment, as he should have an op portunity for referring to them according to their connec non with the votes, to be consecutively put in the course of the evening; but he would take that opportunity of ob jecting, as he had done for several years past; to the whole system by which the Ordnance Department was managed. Nothing could be worse than that system, and he was con vinced that a saving of at least half a million of money might have been effected by the adoption of a better one. The mi litary department of the Ordnance ought, he considered, to be placed under the management of the Commander-in• Chief. That had been done to a certain extent with regard to the corps of Sippers and Miners ; but why a principle which had been so strongly recommended in the Report of the Duke of Richmond himself had not been still further acted upon, he was at a loss to imagine. He could not conceive why the clothing of the Artillery and Engineers should be managed in a different way from the rest of the Army, and why they could not have one general supply with respect to all military clothing.—( Hear.) The Report of the Commission recom mended the separation of the civil and military duties of the Ordnance department, and that the Secretary of War should take the management of the civil, and the Master- General that of the military business. The Hon. Gentleman, after some few discursive observations, on different parts of the report he held in his hand, concluded by expressing his opi nion that the system on which the Ordnance was conducted was most unnecessarily expensive, and wished to know why the various reforms which had been recommended had not been adopted ? Sir A. L. HAY said he could not attempt to follow the Hon. Member through his discursive speech, and it was cer tainly somewhat unreasonable to expect that because the Re port of a Commission had been laid upon the table of the House, that Report containing, as it did, such a variety of re commendations, must of necessity be definitively acted upon. __( Hear.) He could not say that it was the desire of the Government to diminish the expense and accumulation of the stores as far as it was possible to do c o. As to the separation of the civil and military duties of the department, he was not prepared to offer any observations, as he only stood there to move the different votes of the Estimates, and to give any ex planations immediately connected with them. Dr. 130 W RING, in allusion to the credit side of the year's account, objected to the system of any department re ceiving public money for objects not necessarily connected with it. Sir EDWARD CODRINGTON had the greatest pos sible respect for the military officers connected with the admi nistration of the affairs of the Board of Ordnance, but he thought them, as far as the naval department of the Ordnance was concerned, by no means likely to be so competent as naval officers would be.—(Hear.) Owing to the present system the muskets supplied to the navy were of the worst possible description, and many of them absolutely dangerous.—( Hear.) Over that particular department a naval man ought certainly to preside. Sir H. HARDINCE said that such was the case under the Administration of the Duke of Wellington. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that it was not his intention at present to enter into the question of the consideration of the offices. It was a question on which considerable difference of opinion existed. THE SUN, LO all mmencement, without v" .cs it would be hater to make a co ev , e ,i r ch nothing would he done. Mr. HUME thought at After a short conversation resolution was agreed to. The next vote of 84,1v)51, for salaries at Woolwich,&c., ge., was, after a converiation. agreed to. Oa the next vote of 74,2L9/.„ for the corps of Royal En gineers, Sappers, and Miners„ &c. In answer to a question from Mr. NI•LE AN, Colonel LErrn HAY slid that :he employment of the Sappers and Miners in Spair. did not on the face of this esti mate appear to cvuse 2ny additional expense to the country. He was not prepared to say that the expense had not been in curred, but it certainly :aid not appear on the face of this estimate. After a short conversation the vote was agreed to. The next vote of 10,1291., for the medical and military de was also agreed to ; as was the partment of the Ordnance, following, of 165,3311., for the expense of superintending o..dnanee works and r'epairs of barracks. On the motion that 65,000/, should be ranted to defray the expense of Ordnance stores, uo A u fr se . thatCslt,aEr () A s Nt o s the i s at mountipred )ea of , 5 f r 37 n 0 oo l i t . l before ecu f t u he had r_ nished to the Queen of Spain. 113 x was this to be paid ? Sir A, L. HAY said that only 30,000/. were on the pre sent estimates. Sir G. CLERK complained of this addition to the large amount already due by Spain. Mr. MACLEAN remarked that the return of receipts for advances to the Spanish Government was nil. If, as was not improbable, that Government should become bankrupt in s;x month; what would become of the claim? Lor4 114 Efi.STON objected to pressing Spain for this sum, witch the eon. Member himself stated that country was nit titu verge of bankruptcy. The sending the muskets to - to reality, an advantageous disposal of the stores, - to those persons who took care of them ' gear, hear, and laughter.) Un on a large scale by this coun aws• Spaina s th saved viea4irt salaries s the i give,. -- I, ets could not be of try,les w away ich w was as to notbe v e rvery l engages ikey : : : entlemen regrets, s s , p t a h r e e r d e f o o n t r i e t e , h a i o e s f u h l e tl ad e . Hon. opposite service might le b r e e ffa 3 i i r r s . w A h l i A c h C I L i a E d A t a N k esna id e every d discussion alway always tried e o d n t Snis a o pa st:tt l e i the not h c i a n s g e offairly, D on w c i a th rl o o u s t receiving a t s o s s e t i a t n h n e o r f p ro a m rty t . his the Queen, and that even a t the p revent moment attempts but he believed that loans had been raised in this colluciturnly'tnrelowr; were made to obtain supplies for her party. These questions, however, though they bore strongly on the discussion, could not affect his opposing the vote, when be thought it mireason- able or improper. Colonel SIBTHORP said that he had not the pleasure of knowing Don Carlos; but he was quite certain that if that personage was on the Treasury bench opposite, the affairs of this country would be better conducted than they were at pre sent.—(Laughter.) He thought it unfair in the Noble Lord to screen himself for his present conduct by referring to the votes of former Governments. Each Administration ought to stand or fall by its own acts. Mr. BROTHERTON here moved that the House should adjourn. Mr. BORTHWICK said that he had not the slightest ob jection to second the motion, if the lion. Member intended to press it.—(" Go on, go on.") With respect to what had fallen from the Noble Lord opposite, it certainly was a novel doctrine to promulgate, that property worth half a rolliiPH sterling did net merit to have persons paid for taking care of it.—( Hear.) Such was the doctrine laid down by the Noble Lord.—(" No, no.") The Noble Lord certainly had said so. But, leaving that part of the question aside, he would now ask the Noble Lord if be was prepared to give a distinct pledge that he would exert himself to have the stores al ready sent replaced, and to have no others sent out of this country ?—( Hear, hear.) He asked him if he was ready to declare that he would no longer give his sanction to the cruel and barbarous warfare which was now devastating the fairest country in Europe. Mr. FORBE S said that the Government certainly showed little regard for British money or British blood, when they so lavishly disposed of the money of the country to promote the war in Spain. Lord PALM ERST9N said that he must repeat what he had already stated, that the vote was for the supplies neces sary to the Ordnance Department of the country, and not for the service of Spain. Mr. FECTOR called on the Noble Lord to answer the plain question proposed to him by the Hon. Member for Evesham. Viscount PALMERSTON said that that Hon. Member had asked him to give a pledge that no stores should for the future be afforded for the service of Spain. Now be was prepared to give the pledge altogether the other way_( Hear, hear)—and was determined to fulfil, as faithfully as he could, the treaties which bad been entered into relative to Spain. —( Hear.) He must again, however, declare that the present vote had nothing to do with the Spanish question. After a few words from Major BEAUCLERK, The vote was put from the chair. Mr. A. TREVOR moved as an amendment that the Chair man do report progress. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment ... 2 Against it 57 Majority —ss On our return to the Gallery, we understood that Mr. FECTOR had again moved that the Chairman do report progress. Colonel SIBTHORP recommended Hon. Gentlemen not to delay the business of the House after the division which had just taken place. Mr. A. TREVOR said, that as the Hon. Member for Dover had supported his motion, he felt himself bound to second his. Ile was besides so much opposed to the present vote that he should vote against it were he to remain until six in the morning. The gallery was then cleared for a division, and the num bers were— _ _ For the amendment Against it Majority The vote was then agreed to. The sum of 65,0001. was granted for superanuations and allowances to officers of the Ordnance. The sum of 203,3171. was, after a few words from Captain BOLDER O, who bore testimony to the accuracy of the Ord. nance surveys, granted for commissariat supplies for the Ord nance Department in the colonies. The House having resumed, the Chairman reported pro. gross, and obtained leave to sit again. Sir E. WILMOT said that it was not his intention to press the Summary Convictions WII during the present session. Mr. A. TREVOR wished to know what business the Noble Lord intended to proceed with to-morrow (this day). Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that the object of their sit ting to-n►orrow (this day) was to receive the report of the votes agreed to at this sitt►ng in Supply, in order to enable his Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer to bring on the Sugar Duties in a Committee of Ways and Means on Monday. He did not intend to proceed with any Bill to which there was objection on the part of any Hon. Gentleman. The Dublin Police Bill was read a second time. The Medical Charities ( Ireland) Bill, and Salaries to Offi cers Bi!l, went through a Committee. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the regulation of the Post-office. The other Orders of the Day being disposed of, the House adjourned at Two to Twelve o'clock this day. TILE KING, THE DUKE , AND THE FRENCII CAVAI.ItY.—I heard an anecdote the other day of this sove reign (George IV.) which shows he can at least bear contra diction, and that on a point on w h ich the nation itself is rather sensitive. The Duke of Wellington made one of his guests at dinner, and the conversation is said to have turned on the different armies of Europe. " I think it must be generally conceded," observed the King, " that the British cavalry is the best in Europe: is it not Arthur ?" for he is slid to have the affectation of calling the great man by h:s Christian name, by way of illustrating himself, it is to be supposed. " The French is very good, Sir," was the answer of the man who had sects a service very different from that which figures in his tories, novels, and gazettes. " I allow that the French ca valry is good, but I say that our own is better."—" The French cavalry is very good, Sir."—" I do not deny it ; but is not ours better ?"—" The French is very good. 4 , w e ll, I suppose I must knock under, since Arthur will have it so." You are to remember practical men say that the French cavalry is the best of modern times. Had this anecdote come from a laquais de place, I should not have mentioned it. Couper'.s England; with Sketches of Society in the Metro polis. SUICIDE AND DEATHS PROM DROWNING IN Urns. PA RK. —On Thursday afternoon and evening no less than three deaths occurred by drowning in the Serpentine River, Hyde-park. Between four and five o'clock, a man having the appearance of being a porter at one of the coach-Ofliees, was observed ascending the bridge over the Serpentine, dividing the Park from Kenstegton Gardens, and, before th e persons who witnessed the affair could prevent him, h e threw hims e lf into the water and instantly san k . Information of the occur. rence was forwarded to the receiving-house of the Royal Hu mane Society, when the boat was immediately manned, but, notwithstanding that every exertion was made for the recovery of the body, it had not been found up to a late hour y es t er d ay evening. Shortly after eight o'c lock, while a number of per sons were bathing, a man of remarkably stout and athletic ap rearance, who had been much noticed by the bystanders for his excellent swimming, was suddenly observed to struggle in the water and scream out for assistance, when two of the bathers instantly swam towards him, and endeavoured to support him towards the shore, but before the boat could reach the spot to their assistance, they were, for the safety of their own lives, .forced to loose their hold, when the unfortunate man imme diately sank. The drags were then brought into operation, and in a few minutes the body was recovered and conveyed to the receiving-house, where sev eral surgeons were pro m ptly in attendance, but their united exertions failed in restoring ani mation. The deceased has since been ascertained t o h a v e been clerk to eri eminent tailor in Prince's-street, Hanover. square. About a quartor of an hour afterwards another of the bathers, a young man of twenty year s of a g e, w as suddenly seized with the cramp, and, before asiistanee could be rendered him, he sunk and was not got out of the water for three quarters of an hour. The bodies were removed to St. G eorge ' s workhouao, where they await a Coroner's inquest. WHIRLWINDS. ...-_,We have had several brisk whirl winds this week. They raced tbro4gh tit: town, twisting and whistling the thatch from the houses, dashing tom, 4 Ri ,k and shavings into the air, capsizing pigeons in their airy gyrations, and making the little 4oye in the streets yell as if thunder struck. These eccentric humbugs geneFeliY glebe the our of the village in a few minutes, and seem to be in too much hurry to do any great harm.—Sandwich islands Gazette. SA' TRDAY, JUNE 17, 1837 SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The House of Commons was last night occupied with a discussion upon a motion of Mr. Walter, to the eff,:ct that the inquiry before the Poor-law Committee should conclude with the cases which he had adduced. Mr. Walter, it may be recollected, has opposed the whole principle of the new law, as well as the institu _ _ tion of the new machinery. The statement of his chief and foremost witness, the Rev. Mr. SocLett, was. to the effect that the new law has been brought into operation too quickly, and has pressed heavily on labourers with large families ; but that the condition of the aged had improved under its operation. Several other witnesses of Mr. Walter say that the Act has produced general evil ; but the majority in weight of his witnesses go no farther than Mr. Soekett ; whilst several whom Mr. Walter has called, speak as generally in favour of the new law. The following evidence is given by a witness whom Mr. Walter called : " You have said that it wzu constantly the interest of the single labourer (under the old law) to threaten the pa rish with marriage ; was it not very natural that the man who so threatened the parish should induce the girl to con sent upon such promising terms ?—That was one of the modes. " Wits there not, also, the certainty that the woman had that if he failed in the fulfillment of the promise of marriage, she would receive relief from the parish ; would not that be an inducement ?—Yes. " And if she had one bastard, was she not better off if she had two ?—Yes ; I have paid a girl that had four, and it was an income for her. " Then do the Committee understand you that the old system operated as a premium to married people on legi timate children, and to unmarried women that it offered a premium on illegitimate children ?—No doubt. " Both these premiums are now withdrawn under the new law ?—Yes. " Do you think that conducive to the morals of society or not ?—lt has made a beneficial change, no doubt. " Mr. CHICHESTER—You have had a thorough know ledge of the working of the system under the Gilbert Act ? —Yes. 6 And you have had a thorough knowledge of the work ing of the system under the present law ?—Yes, in the workhouse. . _ " Have you any statement to make of any alteration that you conceive necessary for its better working ?-1 have no observation to make upon the subject, for I do think that it works as well as could possibly be expected. " You thoroughly understand the Act ; you thoroughly understand the instructions of the Commissioners ; you carried them out, and you will not make any suggestion as to any alteration ?—I should not, indeed I cannot myself : the only thing whore the new Bill has the superiority over the Gilbert Act is, the Gilbert Aot gave an individual all the power that this new Act does, but the difEeulty was to fi n d 4 m that had nerve enough to enter into it. " Do You uoriPg , itis thqt the guardians should have more liberty of action than they 1 14 VP !it pro§Pg! - - - It 1 1' 0 .114 be monstrously dangerous. " Why ?—I have always seen that if you were to put the 13CIWOV into the hands of the guardians, in any shoe, you would find that in six months time it would he as 1344 as the old Bill ; that was the ruination of the old Bill ; or else there was every thing under the old Bill as under the new ; in my opinion it is a most dangerous thing to put the power into their hands. " 'Then you think the present system of keeping the accounts, the present system of managing by a board, under the instructions of the commissioners, and under the con trolling power of the commissioners, to whom, if you have any occasion to doubt what you are to do in any particu lar MO, you can make an immediate application to the board for advice, and it will be afforded, is a better system than the other? Most decidedly ; if you gave a discre tionary power, you would have to alter it twelve months." —Evidence of Mr. William Harrison. .It would be impracticable to found any organic change upon the evidence which Mr. Walter has ad duced, even if that evidence were unanswered by the other evidence which has arisen in the course of the in- quiry . . Scarcely one of his witnesses has expressed a wish to revert to the old law, whilst several of them to whom the question has been put, even the most fanatical opponents, disclaim any wish to revert to it. None even of the pauperised labourers expressed such a wish. Whilst it has been bruited abroad by the Times that the paupers in the workhouse hare been subjected to a " starvation dietary," it has been shown, upon the evidence of Mr. Walter's own witnesses, that the dietary is ample, as compared with the diet of a considerable number orindustrious persons who main tain themselves. Whilst it has been bruited abroad by the Times that the new Act has occasioned infan ticide, the evidence of the witnesses called by Mr. Walter rebuts that inference, and shows that within the districts referred to no infanticides have taken place, and that the number of the births of bastard children had diminished. A Coroner (Mr. Ellis), one of Mr. Walter's witnesses, stated that since the law has been in operation he had not had a single case. Whilst the Times has been loud in declaring that the law has been cruel in its operation on the aged and deserving objects, the majority in number and weight of Mr. Walter's own witnesses have rebutted that false charge as well as others, which we shall take occasion to show from the evidence which he ad duced. The allegation of Mr. Harvey and Mr. Walter, as to the disadvantage of the opponents of the law, that they had no organisation capable of meeting the agents of the Commission, the Se cretary and the assistant Commissioners, is a mere delusion ; for the opponents of the law on the Committee have a local agent in every unscrupu lous man who has lost power by the operation of the Act, whether Clergyman or Magistrate—in every.attorney whose bills of costs have been reduced by the Commissioners. Every beer-shop keeper whose sale has been diminished, every petty shopkeeper and parish jobber whose receipts from the parish have been checked, every Coroner and constable whose costs have been disallowed, and every shallow coxcomb who is ambitious of the title of the poor man's friend (while he is, in reality, every latouring man's enemy), is a ready, zealous,, unpaid local agent to aid the oppo nents of the law ; and every one of the thousands of indolent able-bodied paupers and impostors whose allowances have been discontinued is a ready witness to attest its cruelty. Beyond these every disappointed medical candidate, or member of the Local Medical Trades' Unions, is an agent and a witness ready to the hands of the Hon. Member for Finsbury. Besides these there are those for whom the Hon. Members for Finsbury and Southwark have advertised. Not withstanding the loud talk of increasing conviction on the part of the three or four Members of the Com mittee who remained of the same opinion still, very few impartial persons will read the evidence of such of the witnesses as have been called without being fully con vinced that the Committee is abandoned by them be cause their evidence failed them, and that they had no hopes from such witnesses as they could call. Mr. Villiers, by a single blow, developed and demolished the hypocrisy of the Tory patriotism for the poor man. We may observe that Mr. D. W. Harvey' s speech was, as usual, able, and was meant to be a mischievous one ; and Sit' James Graham found an opportunity, when the. Reporters were withdrawn, of speaking against his friend Mr. Walter.—Morning Chronicle. The discussion which took place in the House of Commons last night, respecting the proceedings of the Poor-law Committee, will be read with interest. The speech of Mr. Walter, in particular, will be found to deserve an attentive perusal, for the revelations it makes concerning the very extraordinary manner in which the Committee have thought it consistent with their duty to exercise the functions with which the House in trusted them on their appointment. For ourselves, we confess that we have perused these disclosures without surprise, though not without pain and indignation. At the very outset we saw and declared, that by reason of the palpably unfair manner in which Lord John Rus sell nzuned the Committee, no satisfactory result could possibly be hoped for from its labours. Almost every page of the evidence taken before the Committee has confirmed the view we originally took ; for we have observed that the examination of witnesses hostile to the Poor-law Act is invariably conducted, not after the manner that was to be expected from gentlemen filling the important and responsible station of legis lators, and whose only object should be to elicit the truth, but in the worst style of an over-zealous and not very mannerly advocate, who browbeats and bad gers (we had almost said bullies) every witness whose testimony seems to militate in the least de g ree against the ioterests of his client. No impartial man, who will take the trouble of referring to the Reports of the VAVTIaw Cooplittee, c4o fail to be Wocks, as we }}aye been, with this glaring peculiarity in the manner of the greater part of the members of the Committee— and peculiarity, we are happy to say, it is—for, ex cepting only the reports of Election Committees, we may safely challenge the production of a similar in stance of one-sided, nisi plus, cross-examination in the labours of preceding Select Committees of this or of former Houses of Commons. A ludicrous but most pregnant illustration of the effect produced upon bystanders by this mode of cross-examination was given last night by Mr. Waker. "It was suggested to me," said Mr. Walter, " by one of the witnesses on the first day's examination, that the poor ought to have counsel employed for them as well as their an tagonists—the Commissioners. How ?' replied L to the witness—' there is no counsel on either side.' I then discovered that, deceived by the zeal and ability of the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir James Graham), this witness had actually supposed him to be a person professionally engaged as coon eel for the Poor Law Commissioners." (Cries of " Hear," and a laugh.) Now such conduct on the part of a Committee of Inquiry is very bad, being equally discreditable to the Committee and disgusting to the public, but we are sorry to say it is not the worst of the matter. The reader will see that Mr. Walter adduces instances of positive unfairness in the mode of selecting the cases that were to be inquired into ; of evidence garbled, and of evidence suppressed ; and of the damning fact that the Poor-law Commissioners are, through the instru mentality of their agents, directing and controlling that inquiry which the House of Commons appointed a select number of its own Members to institute and to pursue—which inquiry, be it remembered, regards, in no inconsiderable degree, the conduct of those very Commissioners by whom the Committee have thus suf fered themselves to be guided ! Verily, the country ought to be highly satisfied with such a Committee ! —Tines. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, JuNs 16. EAST AND OTHERS V. HALL. AND OTHESS. This was an action upon a bill of exchange for 5001., dated the Bth June, 1831, drawn by one Charles Henry Curlewis upon the late Captain Nisbett, of the Guards, payable to Curlewis's order two months after date, and by him indorsed to the plaintiffs. The defendants, who were the executors of the will of Captain Nisbett, pleaded that on the Ist of June, 1831, Curlewis delivered to the testa tor a piece of blank stamped paper, that he might write his acceptances thereon, and afterwards deliver the same tc, Curlewis ; that before any bill was drawn thereon tho testa tor wrote his acceptance in blank and delivered same to Curlewis, who then filled up the blank- stamp so accepted, and converted it Into the bill in the declaration mentioned ; the testator at the time of such acceTtaneo mid delivery being an infant, uoon wl - 14,14 jpqe was joined. The action Fop flo gr E, st.itt in Ohancery instituted by the Count and Countess of Mortara, on behalf of themselves and the other legatees under tile, Hiil of Captain Nisbett, 4 2 1411;.'t tilP present defendants, the executors and trustees, fo'r the purpose of administering the estate under a decreo of the Court. A decree was pronounced on the 53th July, 1832, but was referred to the master to take an account of the testator's estate. Tho master made his 'report accord ingly, allowing the present claim. The plaintiffs in equity took exceptions to this report and allowance, which were argued before the Vice-Chancellor, who made an order that the present claimants shoulel bring an action on the bill. The present action was accordingly brought. Lady Nisbett was called. Having stated, in answer to a vestion by Sir W. FOLLETT, that she was a legatee under the testator's will to the amount of 12,0001., she was o'ajected to as incompetent, on the ground that as a legatee she had an interest in increasing the fund out of which the legacies were payable, and diminishing its lia bilities. His LORDSHIP saved the point. She was then examined by Mr. BAYLEY, and deposed that the testator was born on the 7th of June, 1810. Cross-examined by Sir W. FOLLETT—Brettenham-park was rented by Captain Nisbett. Sir John Nisbett died in 1827. He was a Baronet. Captain Nisbett was not. He was not my eldest son. He and the Countess of Mor tara were the only two children living. She was born somewhere about the year 1800. My son kept house at Brettenham-park. He was married 10th January, 1831. Re-examined by Mr. THESSIGER—He was only a Sub. Lieutenant in the Life Guards, but he used to be called Captain. Mrs. M'Namara examined by Mr. LEAHY—I am Mrs. Nisbett's mother. I was at Brettenharn Park on the 7th of June, 1831. I had been there for some months previ ous. Mr. Nisbett was there. Lady Nisbett and the Count and Countess Mortara came there. The Countess is Lady Nisbett's daughter. They went to celebrate Mr. Nisbett's birth-day. Mr. Nisbett could not possibly be in London between the Ist of June and the Bth. I saw him there all the time. Cross-examined by Sir W. FOLLETT—I had been there from the second week in April till early in July. Captain Nisbett was there all the time. There was a particular dinner, and his relations came down to keep it. He was married by banns at Stepney Church. I lived in Pimlico. My daughter was then 18 years old. Captain Nisbett was killed shortly after. lie was thrown out of his gig. To Lord ABINGER—He did not get a license. They were married at Stepney by banns, because his friends. would not consent, and that was the least likely place for them to hear of it. To Sir W. FOLLETT—My daughter's name was AMA mara. Mordaunt was only a theatrical name. An examined copy of the baptismal register was then put in. The entry ran thus—" John Nisbett, son of Roxana Waller, baptized sth July, 1810." Lady Nisbett recalled, and examined by Sir W. FOLLETT --My name is not Roxana, as stated in the register. It is Rosina. My name was not Waller nor anything sounding like it. I was very ill at the time, and did not attend the christening. W. Calley recalled—l attended in place of Sir John. Henry Charles Curlewis examined by Mr. THESSIGER —I was formerly a tailor. Mr. Nisbett dealt with me. He sent me a bill of exchange, enclosed iu a letter, through the post. It was not complete when I received it. The name and acceptance were written by him. All the rest was in blank. I filled it up myself on the Bth of June. I passed it to the plaintiffs the same (hay. Cross-examined—He was in my debt. I sent him the stamp for the purpose of paying it. lam positive the letter came from the country. I believe it was a week or eight days in my possession before I completed the bill. I never saw him after. I owed plaintiffs 2,0001. or 3,0001. Lord ABISGER summed up, and told the Jury the issue which they had to try was, whether the Bill was accepted before or after Captain Nisbett came of age. The Jury, after a short consultation, found for the de fendant. CRIMINAL COURT.-FRIDAY. OLD COURT. A youth of sixteen, named John 111 - najiald, alias Shugra, was indicted fur the manslaughter of another youth, named Wm. Redrupe. The particulars of the case have recently appeared in the police reports. The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. _ Eliza Herrot, who was committed for stealing a pair of turquoise ear-rings, set in brilliants, a " forget-me-not" brooch, and a vinegarctte, from the dwelling-house of the Duke of Cleveland, was placed at the bar at nine o'clock, upon an indictment charging her with stealing the above articles. Her Grace the Duchess of Cleveland appeared in Court, and was seated on the Bench beside the Learned Judge. The facts of the case being proved, the Jury instantly found the prisoner—Guilty. _ Her Grace then addressed the Judge, and begged to re commend the prisoner to mercy ; first, on the ground of her youth, and next, from the circumstance of the great temptation to which she was subjected, as the articles in question were carelessly laid in the room which it was her duty to look after. The ComstoN SERGEANT said that her Grace's kind re commendation would be attended to. The Duchess then retired. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. LAMBETH-STREE7'. Yesterday Mrs. Anna Algar, a middle-aged married fe- male, whose friends are very respectahle, was charged be fore the Hon. G. C. NORTON and JOSEPH TICKELL, Esq., on suspicion of murdering her female illegitimate infant. The prisoner, who was so faint as to be unable to walk, and appeared to be suffering exceedingly in body and mind, declined saying anything in her defence, and was removed in a coach to Whitechapel workhouse, to await the result of the Coroner's inquest. On Wednesday evening last a small cur dog, exhi biting appearances of being in a rabid state, flew at and bit the arms of a child named James Harming, six years of age, while proceeding along Denmark street, St. George's in the East. A man passing by, perceiving the circumstance, in- stantly killed the animal, and having acquainted the parents of the child with what had happened, it was taken to a surgeon in the neighbourho6d, who cauterised the parts injured.-04 Tuesday evening a small spaniel dog was obsorved to fly and srap fit everything that approached it it was destroyed ; and on the same evening a largo dog, in a similar state, was killed by police const4ble Baker H, 98. THE HIL:' , TORY OF TITE WAVERLEY NOVELS. (From Lochkares 1:4/ of Sir Waker Scott.) . I believe that Constable allowed nothing to interrup t _ll. psterual pride in the convert - is of his Review , un til the" Wu.... verley Novels" supplied him with another periodical p cation still more important to his fortunes. And t derable bs additiont ons uhmiz having i by that nottiin time o b n c g e 1 ( 1 1 e l l u a a y d e e d ginsl fragment, there appeared in " The 'Scot's fur February Ist, 1814. an announcement that .W •az Imo:r Icy ; or, iTis Sixty Years SiLes., a novel, in 3 vols. I EO would be published in March. And before Scott came into cant Edinburgh, at the close of the Christmas vacation on the loth of January, Mr. Erskine had perused the greater parthat ;toathe.ori. of the first volume, and expressed his decided opinion t " Waverley" would prove the most popular of his frie.l.ld. writings. The MS. was forthwith copied by J ohn B:1118u ~ tyne and sent to press. As soon as a volume was printed Ballantyne conveyed it to Constable, who did n ot for a fila ment doubt from what pen it proceeded, but took a few ;lay% offeredto consider of the matter, and the 700/, f or the copyright. When we recollect what the state ft novel lite rature in those days was, and that the only exception to its mediocrity, the Iri,h Tales of Miss Edgeworth,however a preciated in refined circles, had a circulation so limited, that she had never realised a tithe of 7001. by the best of them-- it must be allowed that Constable's offer was'a liberal orr.T. Scott's answer, however, transmitted through the FAlne ' channel, wa , , that 7001. was too much, in case the novel should not he successful, and too little in case it should. He added, " If our fat friend had said 1,0001., 1 should bPive been staggered." John did not forget to hint this cir cumstance to Constable, but the latter did not ehor dss to act upon it ; and ha ultimately published the work t h e foot ing of an equal division of the profits betwe.,,p . himself 1 18 d the author. There was a considerable e t r ase between the finishing of the first volume and the cor e menceme nt of tb n second. Constable had, in 181.'2, acquired the copyrigh t of the " Eneyelopseilia BritanMea," and was now preparing to publish the valuable Stipplenym to that work, which bas since, with modifications, L een i ncorporate d i nto i ts t e xt. He earnestly requested S co tt t o un d erta k e a f ew art i c l es for the Supplement ; he e.g ree d— an d anx i ous to grat if y the gat e ; ' rous at once laid asid e hi s t a l e un til be he finished two essays—those on Chivalry and the Draw They appear to h ave b een comp l ete d i n t h e course o f Apri l and May, f aonrdthhaeton Romance)-10Q1. receivedo awe_ o for i ea;h i of o. th i em—(as he did sub sequently The nest two et ters will give us, in more exact detail than the author's own recollection could in 1830, the bit tory= of the completion of " Waverley." It was publieue on the 7th July ; and two days afterwards he thus writes: " TO J. R. S. MODRITT, ESQ., M.Y. LONDON. " EDINBURGIi, JULY 9, 1814. " MY DEAR MORRITT, " I owe you many apologies for not sooner answering you r very entertaining letter upon y our P ar i s i an jcurney. hesi tilt' wish I had been of your party, for you have seen whatd trust will not be seen a ga i n a h urry ; since to enjoy the light of a restoration, th ere i s a necess i ty f or a prev i ous beu„' e ; versement of everything that is valuable in morals and Pe 1 " c i f which seems to have been the case in France since 17g 0 1 ', The Duke of Buccleu c h t o ld me yes t er d ay o f a very go od rep of Louis to some of his attendants, who proposed shutting tb doors of his apartments to keep out the throng of _peer; Open the door,' he said, ' to John Bull ; he has severe" groat deal in keeping the door open for me.' " Now, to go from one important subject to another, I Pl us : account for my own laziness, which I do by referring you t° ,,, small anonymous sort of a novel, in th ree vo l ume s, ' Wa v e r ley,' which you will receive by th e ma il o f t hi s d ay . It °air very old attempt of mine to emb o dy some t ra i ts o f those C ratters peculiar to Scotland, the last remnants of which nished during my own youth, so that few or no traces now main, I had written great part o f th e first volume, en d sketehed other passages, when I mislaid the manuscript, ape only found it by the merest accident as I was rummagiug a t % drawers of an old cabinet ; and I took the fancy of finishinc, which I did so fast, that the two last volumes were writtee;i: three weeks. I had a great deal of fun in the accomPl is ir ment of this task, though I don't expect that it will be popu t o, in the South, as much of the humour, if there be any, is loran and some of it even professional. You, however, who arc ho adopted Scotchman, will find some amuse me nt in it. it made a very strong impression here, and the good people oi Edinburgh are busied in tracing the author, and in findiugf oy originals for the portraits it contains. I n th e fi rs t case , t" will probably find it difficult to convict the guilty au thor, l e i though he is far from escaping suspicion. Jeffrey has to make oath that it is mine, and another great critic has ce p' dered his affidavit ex co n tr ar i o ; so th a t th ese a u th o rities divided the gude town. However, the thing has succeeded' very well, and is thought highly o f. I don't know if it L a got to London yet. I intend to maintain my incognito. me know your opinion about it. I should be most happY' f t could think it would amuse a painful thought a t this moue.' . I was in hopes Mrs. Morritt was getting so much better les this relapse affects me very much. Ever your's truly, W. SCOTT." • Mr. Morritt had, in the spring of this year, been present at the first levee held at the Tuil er i es b y M ons i eur ( a fterwac L Sharles X.), as represent a ti ve o f hi s b rother L oui s XV. sir. M. had not been in Paris till that time since 1789. The St. Petersburgh letters are much occupied wi th a discovery relative to the working of the Russian g old mil which, if truly stated, may com e t o h ave some influence on t , t , circulation of the precious me t a l s . A l etter o f t h e 26th th. t says, " There has been f oun d ou t, i t i s sa id , i n t h e Out ; Mountains a new mode of extracti ng go ld f rom t h e e arth, 0 0 or cm. The sand or earth has been put into a blast fully and melted, and the most extraordinary results obtained. washing, the method hitherto pursued in Russia, if 1 zuf h e nicks of gold were produced from 100 poods of sand, &a ; r e expenses were about c overe d ; 2.zolotmcks per 100 poods ' c o o worth working. Fine sand or earth rarely produced than 3 zolotnicks, and 5 zolotnicks were qu it e uneoll!„ ° 0 By the new process, on 100 . poods of melted, theyobt ak ol GO solotnicks in some cases, in others 40 to 50 zolotnicks, 40 on melting 100 poods of previously washed sand, they P t 4 to 50 zolotnicks of g o ld. Th ere i s li tt l e d ou b t o f t h e a ccts . : h . of these statements, but what the comparative expense of two modes is I cannot tell you, nor whether the Oural gr ° t , sufficient wood for fuel, and whethe r coa l can b e f o und th t e . nu t 11b. Russian contains 96 z o l o t n i c k s ; 100 poo d s arc aP" 3 k .5501b. English weight.' $ HORIZONTAL FLAT WATC H with accurately finished jewelled movemen t s , warrante d, a re off in Silver cases, pri c e Fi ve G u i neas each •, or in Gold eases' Nine Guineas each, at T. COX SAVORY'S, Watchmaker, Je ler, and Silversmith, 47, Cornhill, London. N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange/ BIRTHS. V• On the 13th inst., at Bo u l o gne-sur-31er, the lady of Lewes, Esq., 62d Regiment, of a son. it' s / On the 14th inst., in Hunt er - s t ree t, M rs. J . W . Flower , of t On the 13th inst., at Blackh ea th-hill , Mrs. William ul iv " a daughter. o f Mr. John Hill, of Leopard's-court, Baldwin's-garden., daughter. MARRIED. pojf On the Ist inst., a t O sp i s lale, Sutherla n d s hi re , George Esq., of Pitcaln;g, to Miss Catharine, daughter of Major 6' of Osp;ssiale. 00 4 On the 15th inst., at St. G eorge -th e- M artyr, Queen -'q' Christopher Cro t ch, E sq ., o f S out h ampton- b uil.t i ngs , Cosr io —r ta lane, to Isabella, third d aug ht er o f P . Fernandez, Esq., of '- Condutreet. et On the 10th inst., in Maitland street, Edinbur,. : ll, Arthur Lgl.' Esq., Major qd Regiment, to Eli za b e th H arr i et, you ngest u ter of the late H. Siddons, Esq. Ll ° On the 15th in s t., a t C am b erwe ll Ch urc h , J ames Esq., of Knowlbury, Shropshire, to Mary, daughter of 1 3 . Esq., of Camberwell-terrace. 11 64 On the 15th inst., at St. Peter's Church, Walworth, Afr. t • for ellf Kember, to Elizabeth G u y, on l y d aug h ter of the l ate 6. " Esq , of Walworth. t tWn On the 15th inst., at Ed mon t on Ch urc h , Thomas. You - ' e o s f th e of R. Wheeler, Es q ., o f Wy com b e, to M argaret, d au ghter - late G. Owen, Esq., of Carlisle. V °4 r 4 On the 14th inst., a t S t . G eorge ' s, H anover - sq uare, f i e iler Vansittart Neale, Esq., only son of the Re v . E. Neale, of 'F o ote pat k, Warwickshire, and Rector of Taplow, Bucks, t° NO of Sarah, eldest d aug ht er o f J . W m. Farrel., Esq., of wile Coo t York hire, and one of the Masters in his Majesty's fa h Chancery. eag eg of On the 15th inst., at Ed mon t on Ch urc h , Th om as, Y°, "t i ter of Robert Wh ee l er , E sq ., o f W ycom b e, to Margaret, daub _jest the late G. Owen, Esq., of Carlisle. On the 15th inst., at St. Mary's, Paddington, AVr°..• t &a/ - Esq., of The Bury, Chesham, B uc k s , t o M art h a , you°B— of R. Sutton, Esq., of Ross Way, Herts. On the Bth inst., at Dublin, Willi am N ev ill e Custard(', at youngest son of H. Cust ance , E sq ., o f W eston House' rapbell, Jane Bland, second dau g ht er o f Li eutenant- C o l o nel Ca the 95th Regiment. DIED. ~r On the 14th i ns t., i n B r id g e-street, Blackfriars, ga my Japil Chohneley, M.D., aged 60. eg ej 78' On the 13th inst., i n N or th amp t on - p l ace , Canonbury ) Sally, relict 13th inst., aof Mr. Spyer. r Mr. ° hilt' On the t Islington, Matilda, the Wire a' shave, aged 60. o f White On the 14th inst., a ge d 50, Th omas Williams, Esq ., , Ha-t-lane, Tottenh am , an d o f Cl ot h-f a i r , London. W if e of 1/.. On the 7th inst., a t Chi gwe ll, E ssex , Mrs. Dalton, T. W. Dalton, of Littl e Abi ng d on - street, Westminster. A htera On the 10th inst., at Pa r k H ouse , J oa nna Maria , Lia u g t, Gordon, Esq., of Park, ag e d 5. Car° l ` " On the 13th inst., at Li n t on - grove , Nottinghamshire, _ w ore. daughter of C. Manning, E sq ., o f Che s t e r-street, 13elgo%:DeeP On the 11th inst., a t Kennington, C a therine, relict 1 . , &le, Esq., of Dublin, solicitor, aged 63. On the l2th inst., at Rochester, Lieut.-Colonel Nathan ie' , f olip of the Royal Marines, aged 59. Sha We On the 13th inst., William Farsington, Esq- , c ' t Lancashire, We"' ;o° .°' Drowned, on his passage to Jamaica, Lieutenant _....„ s ua ._,a the Sth oi• King's Regiment. This excellent young.rlis c lotr. miring officer lost his life by plunging o verboard tb ": l ,: u ter, i ° _... “ ;, on, whilst the vessel was passing rapidly throne_ hope of saving a poor sailor who had accidentally_ Both unhappily perished ere a boat could reach tb . ,„_„ ara, E s q., On the 15th inst., Eleanor, daughter of H. li all , I 0. _Ale o. -* Wimpole-street, Merl , ". On the 14th inst., at Newcourt. Topsham, _........ Creswell, Esq., aged 73. fallen into the 'of YOUNG' Oa London: Printed and Published by A11111.1.)0 , in t he c 112, Strand, at 214 e Sun Office, No. 112, Stranu , 4t Niithileveu—Satutday, June 17, 1837.