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CHANCERY. —(THIS . The L ord Chancellor took lunatic petitio DAY , ) n, cause petitions, and appeals to day. This BL ARE V. LORD WALLSCOULT. ca use petiti on , which :_,tood on hi s I. , .rdsh•p's Paper for the application of hearin to d counasely,. was ordered t o stan d over, on ' • s BRI STOW V. NEEDHAM. U pon Tal c ause peti t i on was also ordered to stand over, Ilia the applicatio n o f M r. Cooper. Lottbstur, after disposing of the unopposed lunatic Ptitions in his paper, proceed, d with the hearing of tip- Peals. BOOTH v. cRESWIcK. the The further arguments in thi s part h eard appeal from re morning, de and decision of the Vi ce . C hancellor of England were re 44113(c1, occupied th e L ord Chancellor the in hole The LO glllßD CHANCEL LOR , at the conclusion of the a e r osi ti a. e llta, gave j udgment, dismissing the appeal with _ 11.01-1.-S' CO URT.---(T1IIS DAY.). Lo r d ot, NELSON V. LORD BRIDPoRT.-JuDGmENT. LANCDAL in •,. . • c1 ,, n3( nt, said this cause . eake E' gum g ju ' report. 1 , on on exceptions to the Master's rep icill 1 . w." P"s the raised • 'o a duchy 'all Nel ' un ' eased of estates of Br . ont if e, o in ra t t h " e ) b.. (°4l of Slily, which had been iv erdiaand, King of the Two Sicilies, 2( 1 1 defendant, Mt Earl II • • Nelson. The present conferred L ad _ ~, . , ()ratio 11...4(14.uthreh toll7,ol.claireed to be possessed of , that estate , her father, Earl William Nelson. I'he Awltaster had reported in her lavour, and the exceptions , bs il e t ta . impugn that report The law of 6ielly dins_n,sider(d,most "alerto hino Earl partieularly in this ca , e. Neautlitogare tne grant of the estate in Bronte Duke of g Bronte o l ' i l elsort in 1799, with the title . of la w _,!.., .at estate to descend, in conformity precedence of the ‘,'-'I 6,cily, the eldest ma'e child taking _eina,e with the ties'recillinger, and the male and his heirs of the that I Earl hor n • 4118 . It was further commanded estattletsl°' ICe j s°ll and his successors should hold the in question r al 3 sio n iftirofief, Earl Horatio Nelson had obtained ,per tinder t , ra Cleorgelll. to accept the estate L l %l b ne'e ennditions He was then Baron ofieh.e, eine,: Eaatrbiltdwiheiliaeturi subsequently created Viscount Ar ofl an•s) eldest Nell Bari Nei Nelson was the h e is ld ( e E st ar b l ro w th il e liam thoratio . c o. Mrs. Bolton, ranusoa, if slater, and the present plaintiff was her brother, en out certain Earl Nelson left his estates to his I r oste sp ee i 6 ,e. condition of his carrying It e to the terms el 4 l a money, the will. He was to convert, accord " Plirch ase Of the will, those estates `lld in e an estate of 1,0001. per annum into for his wife, made . i nt for sta ;,, ~„e,ease o f th .. s to be money derived from that sale being purpose the deficiency s estates in Sic .Y. itnegudPer°oti his hi 1 ' • il- II e th w en a his children, lett to '8 Property to his brother and . left . the The i ti lt the!, : In "oui l r oof 5 00/. to Lady Hamilton. tia:is suce;seorreferded appoint William Lord Nelson as 'nand an 0 the Duchy of Bronte, granted by Fee raention' e : er and te nt . -ed in the sub' bj7ct to certa d in . tr a u n s d ts th a a ft t e t r;ar in d - s 10 4 of ~ wi i aiready state , Na te in ilute testator with regard to that sale of the Ilecerdifi- -tome should be carried out as far as possible res e t, io g to th e l a , l* rteit • ei,°4l4rtaitYo! England, with it as the of Sicily would brother but law at all events as c 0 th e 4 41 1 1 : itthat in default of the issue of his IN mict , was to go to Susannah Bolton and her ektgOen, _. successors and that the remainder of his pro -48 to des e a the money ta... erloe \, en to another female relative, or Mrs. '''rttia ftthew. It then desired that Ire 141reate,,Irn the sale of the estate in Bronte England, be 44(1, lllivthe purchase of an estate in Eng theo law pf Sieii„ ales, in that manner in which tietattes:._Pitiointed 0 certain ut. The testator gavethenniswill, the intlif y 4. ~°lls which, and by a codicil to h Bronte to Lady 144, 4 ° l . out of hestates i n +fod ~,-11, n otwith • is . ee will. Horatio h.._ melsoti standing his form ers do will, as far ; f ast % of hl5 died on the 21st of October, 18 25, and the The only as regarded his English 411elitlet, qc, and correctly executed. property, in Sicily' s„. this as ati regarded the estate considered ,-,nordh,„ tluestion were to be the i 1 , 4 4' of Zile to the law of England unquestionably to eye tip trustees would have been . o. tty she t h e 8 law of this cou I ' saJ B nd toedh a e according to the n _q Weee tot °ye made the specified settlements. , rendered 4rasar y the circumstances and it was 1806, th ri we adopt other steps. In January, to 4 Xto 14°1 Nelson presented a memorial he ied g of the Two Sicilies, in which ! t ld a Wh at w e of the testator, knee.___, re the intentions - allow those Z11t14a.,71.4 he that his Majesty would he 20th of :10,1806-"tii_Je ea!ried into effect ; and on t the 44 te of ./i ) the litng of the Two Sicilies granted . ren t t his heirs kV tia,tiecesser • said e o the 'd Lord W. Nelson, erpe• - .list, ac 3, with the obligation of By this t,,t of hi* zding to the law of Sicily. Sicilies) ill,flillia na iellitY (the King of the Two o estates of heir to , with th: Pt'. became entitled to the 1 d upon the t ett to the a anae imitations that were placed who l'ith° . Ile b dthat time an only son, 1,1/8,1 Sisterlt 4-141111 e, 1 ta a ' ~ at defendant, his , a iach ak,..,. -0 the ira te ` l !ing the pres ent ma d e in Sicily . ) 1. n "'"ished th'lrtua a law was alienation 44,344- , e state i n e4,_10, preventing the A L rd W. then :- that kino.dorp, an- o. _ a ., tlvreNtb aPPointed Lady Bridport his heir, with It IIIIIiiill8derYt: will th ted the 20th ono February, 1835. , k itl e th e 0414 testament that Lady Bridport claimed, tos t : r the be te al of the present Earl Nelson was made_ n hiallikittin Of of the will of Horatio Lord Nelson. fur him 4tOrdgrt,lle of report it would be convenient f N' tt %.iterk ale to state the propositions owhich 11 ' h the 04414104 u erf t ,i ~ I ,„ lt sf - - teat report, the grounds uon which he dillie.ik.anpd`re taken, and the grounds upon . which 44.eti411,,:iteaa's,41e) had come to a conclusion in this very tta.,"" by - ,:,..:-the la w of foreign countries was to be a 411dR,;Int judge of this country, by facts, of which t a B rr.; qt (1,/,:' °Le, fur it could not be suposed withbe conversant ti? %1 4 , % tat e country could so . place in e0 1 .,,•' 8 of „ al ld the alterations that might take_ m to give 1 11' 4 stet tiee'''°;ther country as to enable hi might arise ,thette°,.4lPlie;l,B`,(4l upon those points that . _ il the cause, %IA uera,,e'•qu cause like the present l evidence N ld 111°4 the Court there was conflicting hat rendered 4 %1 Il t to litlittely h difficulties t impos ttr e 4 „,.,,, ot corer . conclusion almost and the I,lttoeti.ooltit'4"3lacy emu, , stimony 0111 :4 ts, ,„„R carefully to the testimony however ueh aelleoae-mq certainl leaving nothing, teaiti% lead; nilrcaL°Lte to ) Come to a correct conclusion, but it yet re tie' ti h - e his mind on the matter ; h d em eans e -a I,lna of ° r th l- rio acco tof ll the m h 'd a 'e'' li'll• -It t pur rat a h careful can er eoe i lel l hi s 11°8 e, and - upon t e d The Mas- No opinion had been forme • l-on held tlh ,!Itat,4 1,4 Were th Erl Horatio Ne - Nit .rll nit ill Bronte iat a • to the law of kti h e i t a, and according his successors 4,ll,lised tittrtall fertZhen he appointed d which cons east ~r 0 ,.- est ate .er Power over the lam not either, t o Kiv e c sepa,ate,, that the trustees had estate, or e. ti t lc° til t .. LY, any power to sell the . 'toe 'Le LoreUrchttser right or claim therein; hY Qlk:metatte 4 N elson " Y d 60 n, as sole feudal possessor, be tee llNtlatt 41k Itlit ' 4 the , ci • dal tenure and re of tb elia4 estate under a feudal absolute Nta] • Nut ges in the law became . afterd ~, an e. Beta i ' em 's - I. ' tile ;Mee Sin) le•His Lordship, ;i,hioll w as '4121 WilliZsßatio a P n . the exceptions, pro serlatice°Meted Nei ll o t o o k an estate in trust ~,"as etweeb to m h e a , hon • 1 dif kill to be the pa r °l .d, and the fundamental the trust one be ;.. coated,exetie, was, whether executed. thee, hei r ,. a" Was w Or could be .na.•en,. te Nat " llovten feuds 'ended that the estate was i 11 the i e w ao c in Act of Ferdinand, Aok i 4 % , er °lsBtitut,4 • By the held according I t e f eto the prazik a duchy, to be, , 0 be a % fed sa, L gure, ae _, 3 : it was then stated Sicily.. th,,deol Pwever e'llltog to the law of . s titel teanecigegeneeil also ~ contended that it ,w , to ben s eta °I th e 3. J. he defendants contended by ;kitl„,'ie detecirdio, , estate that it was not held in firma as ftrtnioea. by'•o the law of the Franks. Thisw t e os er tti oo did 4 a reference to the terms of the 11 t e ther Wh ethe r 9Peur, therefore, to be a con- s t t , % ti the f orm It was a feudum degeneran , it% orate, h cola strict be departed troll). b et tko t . ltd. co a was to 4tk. to % g no vo ,„ l ne to the conclusion that the estate bse,c3aldllot' feudt un• By the law of Sicily two vet ti)-" suid be appointed s uccessors. Lord Nelson h t itt h t , ahis fictueie estate himself, and "iven the same th °B do tithoriled 11.17 Y he irs, but it could not be alleged e•be h. els fid • 05 itetne..._ 'nisei/. • fiduciary heirs to do all he might s Wi N ilv,, - 'ca wh o b If it had been a feudum digeneran , 11 br a eotti , had been examined stated that plenary ~, iltcd. er red on the person to whom the estate Itt, n'''' 1.1 s - ttLefot '4-tkiN.ll Is DAY.) ek h ka i t e the to .---{ I %les,it`rnour ICE CHANCELLoR of ENGLAND.) short t 44 eau,e:/k.l!"PPosea cause petitions, petittons today. k 'il le 0 l'l'S t -----____________ tli. - bur GNU H.- ( r HIS D A Y.) . Itl t Cr t t cklk I-• nin. 'lo t - p4hi i . the new trial paper this mor t o h c int(rest occurred up to the time that 11 treas. ‘4411. 1 ,7" - ----_____________ n ~.,,,_ %. 1 4, 1 11 ' ,j„ x, --.‘i unT.--(THIS DAY.) L, - : 4 t„ -- tIN ii, --l'AitTE SHUTTLEWoRTH. 1,; I llt :IN 4'11.Y said that in this case his Lordship talkiteliato t N il s'pt of habeas corpus last Monday, to ltk,l4a ~.118Yler, 18 Court the body of this lady from a aid c fle now applied for time to make the Iv CRY,ttno'alt n a . ll d not be done before Monday next. k ) toll; the'!" whose instance the writ was granted, ,Je ei era P ro Interests of his client would not suffer if Ili 104 po 11/ blk4 11:14 to Bed were adopted, he had therefore no t k tt n led accord to the applieation.-The application to 44ingli,. al e b• eAtb v , j 41 1 , 1 % 41 , ~ -Zs/t4 ELL AND ANOTLIER.-TREAT3IENT IN. `4.L.0 B IN THE QUEEN'S BENCH PRis.,N. t tt arl IsiT/Nt rttlirst o brit, Moved in this case for a writ of % I , t Iv a tirnioa? ~,°P an indictment for assault from . the ce tl , t a Algal tk;ourt into this Court. The indict 11v ia' Mr II • prisoner in the 41 NI north Pri s e • . erring, a nfultette:, a r t , on, against two persons, named 1 e 1.„,4 up,. officers in the prison, fur an assault . , til. "lei 4 bin ` • in execution e k ,i s,h• actor,. Within its wails, the toqlt4sw 4, Jell th,m,',ag to the Act sth Victoria c. 52, s. rt,tlil44 1-o:?eretary of State was empowered to p p Tis _gat 4 J.._ 1n? prison. He had an affidavit which a N l' ft.tt `luestion would arise as to how far the td 4 °I. she Qt°"'l k ccord' how far the td cep , aetr, t ,, mg to the Act, and . out. It e ta a whilvere t h l rY of §tate bad been carried _ Itt"'q of w ould 'rquestions would arise upon those t , i ,r, be (14ee_,u ender it necessary to have the as he 4111);:artilig lewhe:anSei. 448 ?Orp ti had been brought up upon a writ r Ntni B to hes Itoloet 4 , ed to , v r the application) asked whether ItQtetii ta tice 114.,;re copies of the atlida.vits ih,culi ti , „ and t 1 . 1 :,, o.lsi said that he was not, until they lt, ,„ Lueh have` be would have to answer them Iv ton 'eic,i t hi copies at his own ex expense. If the 4 %14' the oral in t h e e . of P • ay tio t b y q,, eati e xec the rules of the k, B ‘h o w o to r e ,„___ on was whether the proper course iiitt It art c!'e the gu " i v i ? , the indictment. Ile could not 84 e k ,, ;leaving a tt i d t. 14 part" . 4 1 4, t 41,114 l'AT.rt: wss guilty of' no offence. aka t r. ti t ‘ Plac e io °N--You do not deny that the es,l4lt, b...114/xo ~.,_,enSecinence of a breach of the roles. -NttlottiZtorn„.7.,4_that the case was on e of common TiZtr:ed under the most g ravated cir -1 l'vess nothing which ag Would at all AN ENGLISH NEWSPAPER IN ROME. (From the Maneluster Guardian.) We announced last week, we believe exclusively so far as the Engll,h periodical press is concerned, the publication of an English newspaper in " The eternal city." The first number of that newspaper is now be fore us. It is called " The Roman Advertiser, Journal of Science, Literature, and the Fine Arts," and is pub lished every Saturday evening, by L. Piale, Monaldini's Library, 79, Piazza di Spagna, price 10 bajocchi (sd. English). This No. 1, which is dated Rome, October 24, is a small 4to. paper, of eight pages, resembling the Athenceurn in form and size. It commences with an editorial " Introduction," explaining the object and purpose of its publication. From this article we take the following extracts : " Cur first care shall be to provide a source of enter tainment and instruction to that portion of the generous public of Great Britain which may be resident, for a shorter or longer period in this metropolis, i%hether in the pursuit of amusement, health, or information." The educated traveller, it is observed, is well informed as to the ancient city and its remaining monuments, — "But of modern Rome, the majority of travellers know very little ; and the of glect of providing intelligence on this head has been as great, as have been the pains to collect every possible detail, to disinter every existant relic of the Pagan city. Her actual social state, the place she fills in the frroup of modern metropolises, her importance as one of the great centres of the intellect and civilization of Europe, are thus comparatively un known. " We therefore desire in these pages to supply to the utmost of our power the deficiencies hitherto to be re gretted ; and abstaining from all political and theologi cal disquisitions, having regard to the honour of the Catholic Church is illustrating her exalting influence over art and literature, but without in the least degree touching upon controversy, or attacking the opinions of others, to present the stranger with a picture of the ac tual state of things amongst us, and to facilitate him in searching out and judging for himself. " In this object, we shall give a summary view of the recent productions in the literature and science of Italy, of Rome in particular, but, as far as limits allow, of the render the que , tion an abitruse point of law upon which the jury at the Central Criminal Court would be at all at a loss to arrive at. a clear judgment. He could nit fee Counsel in consequence of tie expense he had teen put to, ar.d his friends had been denied access to him. Ile had brought an action against the he. per, and that action would be most materially prejudiced by the grant ing of the press at application. - Mr. BAI:LANTINE;aid that the writ had been issued against the keeper six months ago, and it had not been tried yet. Mr. HERRING said that it would come on at the sittings a!t'r term. Mr. Justice PATTEsort—But you have not declared yet, and cf course your indictment will be tried first, un• less some accident interfere. Mr. HER RING then went on tocomplain at great length at the regular system of annoyance to which he was sub jected by the officers of the prison, who would never suffer him to see eny of his friends or legal advisers alone; and who had followed him even into the grand jury room when he wen', to give his evidence, and had insisted on remaining there until they were ordered out by the grand jury. Mr. Justice PATTESON -It is not a very usual course to remove these indictments from the Central Criminal Court ; but in this case—the more I hear and the more I sec—that this case should be removed. If the keeper were here, he would say that this prisoner had infringed the rules, and given him a great deal of trouble. It is clear that there is ill feeling on one side or the other. I must therefore grant a writ of certiorari to remove it. The defendants were then admitted to bail in an in creased amount, and the case was ordered to be entered for trial forthwith. _ _ Mr. Herring again complained of the treatment to which he was subjected, and was eventually escorted from the Court, surrounded by four or five attendants, who encircled him whilst speaking to a friend, and so went with him across Palace-yard, followed by many people from the body of the Court. BANKRUPTCY,-(THIS DAY.) (B:•fore Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.) IN RE THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM EXTENSION TO LEAMINGTON RAILWAY COMPANY. In this case Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD gave his decision as to the alleged act of bankruptcy by the dis solution of the company by notice in the Gaze tte. The argument used - by - Mr. Pocock, the solicitor, to the fiat, was, that the dissolution was an act of bank ruptcy against the creditors, who could proceed against the company, although the shareholders had not de clared that the dissolution should be deemed an act of bankruptcy, which they were entitled to do in order to have the affairs wound up. The Learned COMMISSIONER very briefly gave his de cision, and said that he had consulted with his brother Commissioners, and they agreed with him in opinion, and he had come to the decision not to adjudicate in the case. The only remedy for the creditors appears to be to appeal to the Court of Review, and to endeavour to get an order of Court. SECONDARIES'.---(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary JAMES.) SEWELL V. MARTINDALE. This was an action to recover the sum of 161. on a bill of exchange. The defendant had pleaded that she did not accept, but a judge's order had been obtained, calling upon her to admit the handwriting, in order to save the expense of calling witnesses in cases where the defence was vexatious. The jury, accordingly, gave a verdict for the amount claimed. sister countries into which this peninsula is divided, no less ; notices of the most remarkable institutions of charity or public instruction, both in reference to their foundation and present conduct ; intelligence of all the ceremonies of the church, and in particular of the Capelle (the functions at which the supreme pontiff assists with the college of cardinals) celebrated with all the pomp and beauty of the Roman Catholic ritual, noticing the precise time and place of their performance ; as also accounts of the different academies for the advancement of art or learning, institutions of religious orders, notices of the dramatic and operatic performances of the theatre, con certs, exhibitions of painting or sculpture, and of the most meritorious works of the several studios in Rome, and, in fine, all that shall be deemed of importance for the instruction of our intelligent visitors." The next article in the papers is on a religious cere mony which would take place on Sunday last, Nov. 8, when the Pope was to proceed from the Vatican to the Lateran church, to take possession of the latter church and palace. If we have space, we shall give some ac count of this ceremony probably in our next publication. Under the title, "Institutions of the Fine Arts in Rome," this newspaper promises to notice these institutions from time to time. We copy the following notice of THE ACADEMY OF ST. LUKE.—Many courts and patrons of genius, in different parts of Europe, have founded and endowed acad?mies and artistic reunions in this city, for the benefit of the youth who gave promise of excellence in the three sister arts, assigning to such a competent pension, to enable them to devote themselves entirely to painting, sculpture, or architecture. The aim of these institutions is the perfection of the arts in the several countries of their founders, through the study of those consummate models that so enrich our excavating the streets that conducts to the Bracchi Pa lace, have been lound the remains of a small temple with twelve col umns, w i t h a pedesta l i n t h e midst for the statue of Apollo, on which the inscripion would have been placed, Ansure A polline Dicatutn.' The second article under this head relates to the " Mamertine stones at Messina," extracted from the " Continuation of Oscan Researches, by T. Mommsen." " The next announcement in the paper is that a book of addresses of all foreign residents during the season may be consulted during the season, at Monaldini's library. There are instructions for strangers as to pass ports ; the hours at w hi c h t h e ma il s arr i ve an d depart, including the Malta mail ; a list of the physicians in Rome, 11 in number ; the bankers, 5 firms ; and the English artists, resident in Rome, of which we give the names only : Painters, Sculptors. Miss Chauner Mr. Digby Wyatt Mr. R. S. Macpherson Mr. J. Gibson Mr. Dessoulavy 1 Mr. .1 , 1 acdonald Mr. Thomas Cromek Mr. Theed Mr. Tobin Mr. Gctt. Mr. Williams There is also a list of the first-rate hotels, 11 in number; and the remainder of the paper is occupied by about 20 advertisements. These are of a very miscellaneous kind. A young German tutor wants a situation; Jos. Lambertini respectfully informs the public that he has the best milk, butter, cream, eggs, and ass's milk, for sale on his premises, 67, Piazza di Spagna ; a Roman lady gives instruction in Italian conversation • a wine mer eltnt inform s " t h e E nglish nobility and gentry re sident at Rome, that he has established a sale of the very best wines of the country, the good qualities of which he can guarantee." Next comes a bootmaker's card, followed by announcements of works of' art for sale; one is a folio volume, containing prints of the works of art in the gallery of the Borghese Villa, by the first engravers; published at 65 dolls., and offered for 50 dolls. Another is a copy of the engravings of the Vatican Gallery, cne of the first impressions, the criginal price of ordinary impressions (in eight vols. boards) being 119 dolls., and this edition is offered for 80 dolls. Then the great picture by Fred. Barocci (figures life size) is offered for sale, representing the Virgin seated on clouds, with the infant Saviour in her arms, surrounded by angels ; below are St. Francis, St. Augustin, and St. Elizabeth, with the infant St. John. Then comes an announcement of the publication of M. Seraphic Dubois's work on chess, with an intimation that the author, who resides in Rome, gives lessons in the game. Advertisements of servants wanting places succeed. An Italian advertisemet of a publication re lating to the Villa Torlonia follows ; then a bookseller and stationer's announcement. To this follow two adver tisements of apartments to let ; and it seem the Italians have a somewhat different notion of what constitutes an apartment than we have. For instance : *To let, at No. a large, clean, and comfort able apartment, looking to the east, consisting of two sitting rooms, nine bedrooms, and a kitchen." So that one apartment in Rome includes twelve English apartments or rooms. Then we have an announcement of a steamer's starting, with a primitive cut of a steamer. " The Tiber will leave Civitavecchia for Naples, on Thursday, 29th October." Next comes an advertisement of an Italian grammar. To this suc ceeds a diary of the occupations, amusements, reli gious services and ceremonies of the week. On Sun day, October 25, it seems there were to be popular festivities in the Villa Borghese at three P.M. ; those fond of art might visit the studio of Overbeck, in the Palazzo Cenci ; and there was to be high mass at St. Peter's at nine, A.M.. ; vespers, at half-past three, P.M. On Monday the museum of the capitol open from two to five, P.M. ; and the gallery of the Villa Borghese, from eleven ; A.M. to half-past four P.M. On Tuesday, vespers at St. Peter's, at four, P.M. On Wednes day, high mass and vespers at St. Peter's ; and the gal lery at the Palazzo Rospigliosi, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Thursday, the gallery and museum at the Vatican, from two to five, p.m. On Friday the festival of the blessed Alphonse Rodriguez, at the church of the Gesu. On Saturday, vespers at St. Peter's, and papal vespers at the Quirinal palace, both at half-past three, p.m. The Rospigliosi gallery from nine a m. to five p.m., and the villa of Prince Torlonia (ticket requisite). The follow ing were to be open daily : except on Saturday :--The Borghese, Doric, Corsim, Sciarra-Colonna, Barberini, Farnese, Farnesine, and Colonna galleries, and the Orti Farnesiani, from eight a.m. to four p.m. To the follow ing places tickets were requisite :—Etruscan Museum and Studio of Mosaics, at the Vatican ; Cupola of St. Peter's, and the Villas Albani and Ludovisi. Books explaining the religious ceremonies of the Holy Week are advertised ; also guide books to Rome, and to Naples and Sicily ; and the last advertisement is as follows : city, as well as the rest of Italy. To give an idea of their nature and conduct, more in detail, we shall, from time to time, notice the principal of these estabiish ments, commencing with those that are of Roman origin. The Academy of St. Luke.—This famous institution being regared as the first of its order, takes the title of "Illustrious Pontifical Roman Academy of the Fine Arts." Itis called after St. Luke, because, as all ancient Italian bodies of artists were accustomed to place them selves under the patronage of some saint, this took for its protector the evangelist Luke, who has been regarded, from an ancient tradition, as a painter. The origin of a congregation of artists in Rome is most ancient. There exists records to prove that Sixtus IV, in the year 1471, gave statutes to the nniversity of the arts, which had &ready long been accustomed to meet in a chamber adjoining a small church dedicated to St. Luke, on the Esquiline Hill. This university was subjected to certain consuls, and placed under the protection of the Roman senate ; but having originally admitted arts of a less noble character than painting and sculp ture, it occurred to a painter of merit, named Muziano, in the reign of Gregory XIII., to found a new academy for the ascription, exclusively of the best 1 artists living. This was instituted by the authority of t he Pope, in 1577 ; but the death of Gregory, and that of Muziano, prevented the immediate enjoyment of its privileges, till these were finally secured, on the in stance of Frederic Zuccheri, by Sixtus V. in 1588. Zuccheri, who received the title of prince of the aca demy, gave the code according to which it was to be regulated, and fixed its locality at St. Martina's, on the Forum, where it still stands. The solemn inaguration took place in 1595. The code given by Zuccheri having been gradually departed from and modified, it was re served for the wisdom and high intelligence of Pius VII. to determine the laws by which, in conformity with its original purpose, it is now so admirably directed. The illustrious Canova was at this time president. The object of this academy is to promote the arts by exciting the emulation of those who cultivate them in awarding the honour of admission to its body ; and providing for the maintenance of the public monuments in Rome, and the states of the church generally. It is placed under the protection of the cardinal camerlengo of the holy church, at present his Eminence Tommaso Riario-Sforza. Its body is composed of a president (the Chevalier G. Sil vagni), a vice- president, a secretary of counsel, an econo mist, a perpetual secretary of the academy ; and the academicians, styled "of merit and honour," of the first, those of merit, are twelve for each class of painting, sculpture, and architecture ; and beside these thirty-six, as many as twenty are added who may be foreigners, either Catholic or not ' • there are also twelve others of merit in the school of landscape and intaglio. The academicians of honour are of an indefinite number ; amongst these many are sovereigns and artists of all countries. The academy possesses revenues bequeathed by different members, and administered by an economist. All its afl'airs are regulated by a council of twenty-four members, conjointly with the president and secretary. It holds also public schools of the line arts, supported by an annual stipend from Government of 5,000 scudi, for the instruction of those who cannot otherwise obtain masters. In these schools lectures are given on painting, sculpture, theoretic and practical architecture, geometry, anatomy, history, mythology, and ancient customs. All these schools are open in the new edifice raised by the Government, at Ripetta. The academy also presides over the school called that of the Nudo. The concourses are divided into sernestral, annual, and tri ennial: of the last there are two—one, founded by Clement 11., of painting, sculpture, and architecture, in which the subjects must be sacred ; and the other by Carlo Pio Balestra, a painter, who left all his fortune to the academy to this end, and in this latter the subjects must be profane. These two concourses are called the Clementine and the Balestra. Every three years one of these concourses takes place, and the works of students are rewarded according to the judgment of the whole academy. The adjudication is celebrated with much pomp, in the great hall of the senatorial palace, in the Capitol, in presence of the Sacred College of Cardinals The of academy original pos sessespie and the prelacy ; the Society of Academicians are ac customed to assist, celebrating the praises of the fine arts gallery tures, mostly by its own members, every merit,oi of whom is p m r o o s s t e a n n h d oin v e er g s a e l . in comapossmi compositions s but of or, at least, a his own portrait and one of his , works, . .. as an associate ofpresent obliged, on entering locality, was in cians having become too large for the of the last century, principally St Id to the Government sketch of one. The collection of portraits of acadenn- Tuscany, and a large portion of it is now attached to the Imperial Gallery at Florence. From produce the of this sale, the associates restored the church of St. Martins, annexed to the academy, and erected its pre sent facade. The next article in the paper is a very interestingone on the "Popular Festivities" of " October in Rome.'' 1 Of this article, which is from the pen of A. Marchetti, we shall give the substance in an early number. - To this succeeds au article entitled " Vespers in the Papal Chapel" for the vigil of All Saints, 31st October. This describes the ceremonial, briefly referring to the un rivalled music of the papal choir (some details of the character and history of which it promises on a future occasion) and notices incidentally that in the Pauline Chapel (which was erected by Pope Paul V. Borghese, in the year 1616), have been successively elected and have here received the first homage—" the Popes Leo XII., Pius VIII., Gregory XVI., and finally our pre sent most beloved Sovereign Lord Pius IX., created in , the unusually short space of thirty-two hours." The next articles consist of an exceedingly interesting ab 1 stract of the proceedings of the Institute of Archaeolo gical Correspondence, from its bulletin of October. These relate first to excavations now being made at cf,trboi whichehr ne thew r , re fissurroundedlatee:rdravdo(.Professor to rp,nriio.tnhfet edhs b isn y voer t r e s me ancienti cathedral, Terracina on the piazza before the cathedral, at the summit et ' the ancient city, and on the site of the old Luigi le s t ; el arcades, nhobpes being m et: iinll modern of :ft. eubuilt ot steps. ldescribeswater, va ot A l erearnan those dxaaiunnnrgd: in all probability one of the ancient Thermm. The'pro fessor thus concludes his letter : " Opposite to the vast edifice called the Palace of the Pope, is being erected a church in the Basilica form, of a magnificent aspect, ornamented with a portico or 'Theiiave naves, nterminating most in w an it d h is it t s ho cu w po o l r a i . , pronaos of lonic columns, the interior divided into five a b e L a u a t t l i t% 1 c e l l s :I , of the architect Antonio Sarti. Not far from this, on the shore, are seen the remains of the enormous port of Antoninus Pius, of a perimetre of more than three thou sand feet. Beyond the canal of navigation for entering the new port, in the place where the statue of Sophoclea, which now adorns the Lateran Museum, was found, are magnificent remains of other Thermm, with walls of reticulated work, and others of the same nature adjoining the Braschi Palace. This city, looked on from the sea, is very picturesque, and the eye is struck by the contrast between the red tints of those vast mountains and the cold colours of the gothic and modern edifices. The winter here is like spring ; the palms, cedars, oranges and other southern trees are [ abundant : but in the summer the air is nut healthy. I hairy just written to a friend the following words;—' In " ARGENTINE THEATRE. -- To - morrow, Sunday, will be performed, for the first time, rgia, an original drama, by Giuseppe Checchetelli, with music by Pietro Corbi." From the imprint, it appears that the directing editor of this paper is "C. I. Hemans ;" and the proprietors, " Prof. G. Brocchi, A. Morelli, and L. Male." It is altogether a very agreeable and interesting specimen of a literary periodical ; destitute, certainly of leading ar ticles, deaths, and marriages, local and provincial news, foreign and domestic intelligence, &c., but still furnish ing much light reading, coupled with interesting local information, especially as to the habits, customs, and religious ceremonies of the Eternal City, in this the nineteenth century. FAILURE OF THE POTATO CROP. AN APPEAL FROM AN: IRISH CLERGYMAN TO HIS ESTEEMED AND RESPECTED BRETHREN IN ENGLAND, IN, BEIIALF OF DESTITUTE AND STARVING POOR INHABITING A DIS TRICT WHICH HAS SUFFERED DEPLORABLY BY THE FAILURE OF THE POTATO CROP. Kilmore Glebe, Drumsna, Ireland, Nov. 9, 1846. Reverend Brethrt n,--I take the liberty of addressing you from an early knowledge which I obtained of your feeling and sympathy towards Ireland. Certain of those manifestations of your charity com municated through my h an d s I st ill f on dly retain, as illustrating that liberality which it has been my lot to observe on the part of yourselves and the lay members of your community t owar d s this country , i t i s no w my painful undertaki ng to solicit your humane exertions v!ithin . the spheres severa ll y allotted to you in mitiga tion of the most heartrending sufferings which our na ture can be subjected to endure. I allude to the appal ling spectacles of st arvat i on, wh i ch are d a ily w itnessed here, of fellow -creatures sinking under the most aggra vated privations, combating the agonising pangs .of hunger, sharpened in no rare instances by the afflicting clamorous wails of their craving children. Whilst engaged in addressing you thus far I have more than three times been obliged to drop my pen and to attend to persons supplicating for one morsel of food. Need I apologise to you under such circumstances ? Far be it from me, Reverend Brethren, to desire your alms upon the term s o f an overcharge d representation. Alas ! language ceases to exaggerate where it proves insufficient to express. Doubtless you are aware that the most strenuous exertions are being used under the Irish Board of Work s , i n con j unct i on w i t h di s trict relief committees, to avert the prevalence of such general dis tress, through the medium of extensive employment, as also that poor-law unions are in existence ; that many private individuals have come forward, besides public bodies, comprising troops on foreign service ; the Com missioners of W oo d s an d Forests, &c., in augmentation of grants liberally bestowed from the Treasury. Not withstanding suc h i s the extent of the sa d v i s itation, that further scope for benevolent exertion remains, as above described, and especially in regard of a certain portion of sufferers, whose necessity is at length only revealed at their last ext rem i ty to their overtasked parish cler gyman ! May I then entertain the hope of your kind inter ference and assistance towards furnishing aid for the re lief of such tarnishing fellow creatures around me, with out effecting any withdrawal of your bounty from other localities whose exigencies may, with not less veracity, be further represented to you? And, while inviting your utmost scrutiny, and pro posing to supply through the intervention of a local magistrate and the churchwardens of the parish such returns as your benevolence, moving under the impulse of discretion, may fitly ask in reference to the rigid ap plication of sums afforded in response to this appeal, I beg leave to subscribe myself, Reverend Brethren, your respectful applicant in behalf of suffering fellow members, ROBERT ICING, A.M.. Rector of Kilmore, diocese of Elphin, WINGLAND, THE NOVA TERRA IN THE COUNTIES OF NORFOLK AND LINCOLN.—In addition to the large tract of land which has already been reclaimed from the sea, a further reclamation of five hundred acres has been made during the last few weeks, and measures are now being taken to bring it at once into cultivation. It is said that such is the productive nature of the soil that the greater portion of the land will not be sold for less tF, for th e ability and economy with which the works have b een carried out.o the engineers, Fulton, than 1001. per acre. The success which has attend e d these and other operations conne cted therewith, entitl es to the highest praise the zea lous and respected Chair man of the Commissioners of t h e River Nene Outfall, Tycho Wing, Esq., after wh ose n ame this district h as beensir Johnc alled.R Much d Hamiltonit credit is also i du o e n Rennie and CENTRAL BARRACKS IN BIRMINGHAM. —Our Bir mingham correspondent says:—" Government has just concluded a purchase of about fourteen acres of land, on the east side of the town, for the erection of a great central barracks for England. The site is on the angle of the junction between the London and Birmingham and Birmingham and Derby Railways, and will cost, we hear, 25,000!. The new barracks will be the largest yet built in the United Kingdom, and troops stationed in them may be in any part of England, by one or other of the railways, in a few hours after receiving notice from head-quarters. We understand the electric tele graph is to be bronght into a centre at the barracks, and communicate with all parts of the country, extending along every line of rail that may be made." Loss or 3001.—0 n Wednesday the clerk of an extensive linendraper in Oxford-street, whilst proceed ing from that district to Cornhill, either lost or was robbed of a pocket-book containing, in addition to other valuable papers, Bank of England notes to the extent of upwards of 300/. No clue being obtained likely to lead to the recovery of the property, a large reward was offered for its restoration. The remains of Miss Harriet Churchill, of Manor place, South Chelsea, niece of the poet, and the last member of his family, were on Tuesday deposited in the ß f E atl E y E v w au sß lt i i n n s l a o re N t . 's_Ch c u o r l c o h n , e r e M stm ur i e n , ste o r i Caldwell, the Tory candidate, is likely, we hear, to be returned without opposition, the Liberals not being pro vided with a candidate, and being naturally reluctant to engage in a contest under that disadvantage, and so St E hI LE ar CT g close upon the period Of gener4 election.—ScotonKeh T.H. SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 13, 1846.! THE NAVY. (From the Times.) A 13tter " Navalis," in our paper of yesterday, expressed a dissatisfaction, welch is probably general amongst the mem b ers of the writer's profession, at the reduction of complements which all ships of war are forthwith to suffer. The intimation, however, of this determination on the part of the Admiralty was not the only remarkable piece of information contained in our naval intelligence of that day from which our correspon dent extracted the subject of his comments. If our readers had looked carefully over the column in question, they might have observed several statements bearing rather a striking relation to each other. It was there reported that the Vengeance had . great difficulty in en tering any seamen; that the Penelope was in similar straits; and that the Victory had been almost drained of her crew to supply sea-going vessels. Yesterday, too, we announced, in our intelligence from Portsmouth, that the Mercury tender had left that port for Plymouth with "one supernumerary." And at the moment that we were presenting the public with a record of Lieutenant Green's services and rewards, it was openly stated that the Admiralty had been involuntarily driven to the proposed reductions as regarded the officers in consequence of the " difficulty experienced in finding lieutenants to serve." Few persons will have any trouble in putting these facts together, and extract ing a moral for themselves. That lieutenants should not be easily procured will hardly be a matter of sur prise, considering the price offered by a grateful country for their lives and labours; nor is the appearance of the bargain much bettered by the fact that, instead of the honourable and useful services on which Lieutenant Green had the gratification of gratuitously expending his strength, an applicant for employment would now be almost certainly dispatched to the Gulf of Guinea, there to consume his health and his ardour in a task promising danger in abundance, but which he can hardly represent to himself as a patriotic service of his country, except by a most liberal interpretation of the phrase. The western coast of Africa seems as serviceable to our navy as the northern coast is to the French army. A superfluity of professional zeal can be admirably expended in the plain of Algiers er the Bight of Benin, and any troublesome tendencies to activity or enterprise may be effectually counteracted by the prospect exhibited of their issue. Connected—and very inconveniently too—with the circumstances to which we have been alluding is the report which was partially current not many days ago concerning the immediate equipment of a strong squadron of line-of-battle ships and frigates. That this rumour is incorrect may be very true, but the condition of Europe and our relations with foreign Powers have experienced such alterations since the last session of Parliament as to leave it at least possible that a speedy augmentation of our force afloat may be considered desirable. And at such a crisis what will be our condition ? There are ships enough in Portsmouth harbour to fight another Trafalgar—there are guns and shells enough at Wool wich to sweep the Channel like the ditch of a fortress— there are steamers enough in our royal and mercantile navies to blockade the ports of the Atlantic and the Me diterranean from Dunkirk to Toulon—but when we come to bring these powers into action it is found that we can hardly man an eighty-gun ship llf the destina tion of the Penelope be considered as rather damaging her attractions, the same excuse cannot be alleged of the Vengeance ; yet here is an example of the resources sup plied by the present system immediately under our eyes, at a period when rumour proclaims, and reason suggests, that we may speedily have to put these resources to a very trying proof. We do trust that the reduction of ships' complements may not be a necessity imposed on Government by the deficiency of ready volunteers, but we must express our regret t h at t h e measure should, have been adopted on any principle or from any cause except that of its avowed expediency. It has been a question, though one admitting perhaps of an easy solu tion, whether a very strong crew was not liable to more severe losses in action than a less crowded vessel, and we can understand a reduction confessedly proceeding on this principle; but an involuntary diminution of the complements of our ships must argue a mal-arrangement of our resources, or a miscalculation of our means. No Minister need for a moment hesitate to demand a vote sufficient to man, fully and effectively, by fair means and on honourable terms, as many vessels as the credit and interests of the country may be shown to require. But is it not now abundantly clear that our present system is utterly unequal to any emergency? Admitting that seamen are naturally less numerous in time of peace— that the prospect of active and honourable service would allure hundreds of excellent hands— that war would release the crews of many a merchantman—and that the coast-guard and the yachtsmen would form a very pretty little reserve—yet it must be obvious that this increased supply would bear no kind of proportion to our increased demand. Three ships of the line we might thus, perhaps, turn out splen didly in a week or two, but what is to be done with the next ten or twelve ? We fear that our old system of impressment is counted on with complacency by Govern ment and with resignation by naval men Os the expe dient by which carelessness is to be compensated and forethought supplied. Our condition then will be this: —Presuming matters to proceed in the most favourable manner, we shall tyrannically seize upon the services of thousands of our countrymen whose free aid we were neither prudent nor liberal enough to engage ; we shall hand these captive victims over to their respective officers, who will necessarily have to subdue the ignoranc, obstinacy, sullenness, or vicdictiveness of such a class by arbitrary and repulsive means ; and at length, when lashes and labours have formed a passable crew, we shall send them to face death for our honour and glory. This is the most favour able issue that can possibly be prayed for from our ad. herenee to the ancient system. If we can discover and seize our victims, if we can crush them into shape, and if we can escape a mortal struggle till these prelimi naries are completed, we have then got everything we could have hoped. But, suppose the course of our in justice to run a little contrary—suppose the more civi lized state of public opinion to revolt and rebel at acts of daily oppression and brutality which it passed unheeded forty 3 ears ago—suppose the improved condition of the individual seaman to interfere materially with the pf o jected discipline—suppose common cause to be made with the sufferers in these nightly razzias—and suppose the energy, strength, and discipline of the enemy to allow us no such law and license as in past generations we enjoyed—what will be our condition then? And which is the mare probable of these hypothetical alter natives ? We have never been inconsiderate alarmists on the state of our navy ; we believe our resources to be unbounded both of men and means, but it is strange that successive Administrations, while so laudably organizing the latter of these requisites, should so pertinaciously conspire to neglect the former. HOW V. TAMER. This was an action to recover the sum of 381., the balance on an account for grocery goods sold to the de ft ndant. The plaintiff is a wholesale grocer in the Bo rough, and the defendant had been a grocer in the Wandsworth-road. The Learned SECONDARY held that the showing the account in the ledger to a customer, if he made no ob jection at the time, was sufficient evidence of delivery. In'this case the defendant had distinctly admitted 301. to he due, by offering a bill for that amount. The jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed. SOUTHWARK.—(THIS DAY.) Philip Adam, a private in the 77► h regiment of Foot, was charged before Mr. Seeker with stealing half of a leg of mutton from a butcher's shop in Millpond street, Bermondsey. John Webb, foreman in the cc•mplainant's service, saw the prisoner snatch up half a leg of mutton off the stall board, and run off with it; witness pursued him and gave him into custody. When he was searched at the station-house his written discharge from the 77th Foot was found in his pocket, and also some money. answer to Mr. Seeker, the prisoner said that he had been invalided home from Upper Canada; had ar rived in London yesterday, and was about to proceed to his destination (Manchester), when the present awk ward affair happened. Mr. SECKER—What have you to say in answer to the charge? Ycu were seen to take the meat off the board on which it was exposed for sale. Prisoner—The wit ness has sworn to it, and I suppose there is no use in my denying it. Mr. SECKER—You are committed to gaol for one month, for having unlawful possession of the com plainant's property. CLERKEN WILL.-(THIS DAY.) Btnry Gray, described as a law-writer, was placed at the bar, on the charge of bresking into the house No. 25, Rawstone street, under the following circumstances : Mr. Thomas Glover stated that he was one of the trus tees of the late Mr. kinner, who held the above pre mises under the Brewers' Company, and a long litigation had ensued between them and the prisoner and other members of his family. Owing to the circumstance of the house in question having been, contrary to the terms of contract, converted into a beer-shop, to the detriment of the adjacent property, and the result was that he (Mr. Glover) received possession under the sheriff on the 11th inst. This morning, at three o'clock, the prisoner broke open the door with a hammer, for the purpose of re-enterir.g the premises, when he was taken into custody by a policeman. Mr. Glover now applied that the prisoner should be required to find good bail to keep the peace to all her Majesty's subjects as according to the present state of the case many other parties beside himself might be subject to his violence. Mr. COOMBE acceded to the application, and the pri soner was locked up in default of bail. A coal-porter, named Henry White, was charged with stealing a quantity of leaden pipes, the property of :►lr. J. Morgan, builder, of Islington-green. He was stopped with the proper y in his possession. The cise was remanded to Wednesday, as the police thought they should be able to establish other charges against the prisoner. LYCEUM THEATRE. —The prosperous season which this theatre has enjoyed was brought to a close on Wednesday night. The performances comprised To Parents and Guardians, Mrs. Harris, and the Magic limn, presenting no novelty beyond the transfer or a " tag," or finale, with which the burlesque conc!udes, from the good fairy to Mr. Keeley, who, not without emotion, briefly expressed his and the company's grati tude for the patronage they have received, and pro mised they would do their best, en re -assembling, to wards the promotion of "a merry Christmas." The Keeleys have produced, since the 20th of last December, when they opened with the original dramatic version of the Cricket on the Hearth, four burlesques, crammed with whimsicalities, and splendidly put upon the stage, and eight new farces, all more or less successful, from woich we may select the Marble Maiden, and Mr. Wigan's Loan of a Wife, as excellent specimens of their class. In comedy of larger pretension, they have pro duced, exclusive of a judicious revival of Jerrold's IVeil Gwyne, three dramas of considerable merit, one of which, To Parents and Guardians, ran fifty-one ccnse cutive nights. The season, therefore, has been prolific of attractions, and we are pleased to find that the public patronage has been so well bestowed. • LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN—TERMINUS.•.—HUN GERFORD-BRIDGE.—The desirableness of getting the extension of the London and South-Western Company's line to Hungerford• bridge carried out with the greatest practicable expedition is said to have been one of the leading topics under consideration at the recent meet ings of the directors, and, from the arrangements whieh are making, and the facility with which they are obtaining ground in cases where they anticipated vexatious obstructions and delays, they are now con fident they will be able to take up and put down pas sengers at Hungerford-bridge by June or July, 1848; that is, in little more than a year and a-half from this date; and it is calculated that in another year and a-half they will be able to complete their further extension to London-bridge. TESTIMONIAL TO THE REV. THOMAS DALE.— Yesterday evening, at a numerous and highly -respect able meeting of the pari:hioners of St. Bride, Fleet street, held for the purpose, the following resolution was unanimously agreed to :—" That the Rev. Thomas Dale, M.A., late vicar of the parish, having been ap pointed to the vicarage of St. Pancras, this vestry cannot allow him to leave them without recording their great regard for him individually, and their acknowledgment of his invaluable services during a period of twenty years, in promoting the welfare and harmony of the parish, in administering to the necessities of the poor, in increasing the funds of the charities, and the efficiency of the parochial schools ; and, above all, in his very able, faithful, and affectionate attention to the spiritual wants of the parishioners. They desire also to express their deep regret at losing him, and their hope that he may be equally liked in his new parish." ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE FROM FlRE.—Yesterday morning a public exhibition of the use of the society's new machines for the preserva tion of life from fire took place in Queen's-square, Bloomsbury, and excited great attention. The machines are a great improvement on those hitherto used, being calculated to receive several persons at the same time. Two new stations are fixed, one at Knightsbridge-green, Brompton, and the other in the West Strand, near St. Martin's Church. Th e society have now twenty-two stations, extending over more than one-third of the metropolis. ROBBERY IN AN OMNIBUS. —On Thursday, about noon, Mrs. Matthews, residing in Alexander-square, Brompton, was proceeding to town, and in Piccadilly made way for a " gentleman," who seated himself by her side. On arriving at her destination, her purse, contain ing 121. in gold, and some silver, was found to have been abstracted from her pocket. The suspected party having a short time previously alighted from the Dmnibus, there was, of course, no clue to the lady's property. ILLNESS 01 THE POET MOORE.—A private letter says--" I lament to have to tell you of the rapidly declin ing health of. Ireland's most honoured poet. The sun of life is fast setting, and it is feared that his dissolution is near at hapcl. —Ballinaske Star. THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER. On the sth of October we made the following state ment:—" We understand that a department of the Go vernment, hitherto carried on under a chief, is, for the future, to be managed by the same chief, assisted by a board of unpaid commissioners. The names of the latter we are not yet at liberty to disclose, but, if we mis take not, they will throw a very curious light on the present state of parties in this country." There is now no longer any necessity for preserving the secrecy that was at the time imposed on us. The department al ludvd to is that of the Duchy of Lancaster, and the in tended board of commissioners—however surprising the fact may appear to our readers—will be composed of the Earl of Spencer, the Earl of Lincoln, Sir James Graham, and the Earl of Hardwicke ! We were strictly correct in saying that these com missioners will receive no pecuniary emolument ; but we do hear that certain arrangements have been made in reference to the distribution of patronage, by virtue of which the new Board will not be left altogether without influt nce. Indeed, it is hinted that this provision is so ample as to have already excited no inconsiderable indig nation in a Noble Lord who imagines that he has been unfairly deprived of the advantages he formerly pos sessed. Of this, however, we know nothing ; it is for the present, quite enough for us to know that two members of Sir Robert Peel's late Cabinet, and a noble man who held an appointment in the royal household under the same Administration, have accepted office at the bands of Lord John Russell. Were we altogether wrong when, five weeks ago, we ventured to say that the circumstance would " throw a very curious light on the present state of parties in this country ?"—Post. [We do not believe there is any truth in the above. A commission of inquiry may be appointed, but no per manent Board superseding the present. —ED. Sun.] Mr. George Robins has for a long time threatened to furnish his beautiful Marine Villa, at Kemp -town. He has at length redeemed his promise. We have not been in the favoured list that have had a bird's-eye view of the tact that we learn is so conspicuous throughout, but we are assured there is no other mansion whose pre tensions can at all approach the one under review. Next week we promise our readers to go and judge for our selves. It should seem it is to be ready for occupation next week. Mr. Robins does not intend to let it for a less period than three or five years; he observes he cannot afford to have all the gold obliterated from the gingerbread before it has been six months occupied. It will be a treat to see it, and a private order can be ob tained from Mr. Robins at the Old Ship, to admit any one not determinedly bent on curiosity only. It will be seen there has been a great christening in East-street; Mr. Robins now proclaims Mr. Martin of old " the Brighton Gillow" for ever and ever.—Brighton Gazette. DEATH FROM LAUDANUM.—Yesterday Mr. Mills held an inquest at the Percy Arms, Great Percy-street, Clerkenwell, on the body of Mr. Samuel Matth.iesohne, aged 26, a wine agent, living at 22,. Soley-place. the above above neighbourhood. Mrs. Perms, deceased s land lady, said he had resided in her house in since March last. p ar Latterly he appeared much depressedmind,t, ahnndwcevoemr plained of having no friends. His complaint, was without a latefoundation . h e n r. On O h t n efollowing Sunday night morning s h he retired t o bed at e, knockeedshaet , a a n n d d f n e o n t nd re h ce im ivii . i in g se a n n . insen sible in r, bed. Mr. Fogarty, a surgeon, was instantly called entered sdo as bed u r s o u o s in i' in, and pronounced the case a hopeless one. Deceased died in the afternoon. Mr. Fogarty had since cpened the body,"ar d said the cause of death was apoplexy,in duced by laudanum. Several witnesses having proved the disturbed state of deceased's mind, and his habit of taking opium as a remedy, the jury returned the follow ing verdict:—" That the deceased died from the effects of laudanum, drunk whilst labouring under the effects of temporary insanity; but whether he drank it for the purpose of destroying himself, or took an overdose as a remedy, there was not evidence enough to prove." We perceive that Zadkiel's Almanac, which has had an extensive sale for sixteen years past, is reduced in price to sixpence. It is likely to sell largely ; but we hope that the prediction of disease in the wheat may not be as correct as was that this year regarding the potatoes. Colonel Sir Win. Gossett, of the Royal Engineers, Sergeant. at-Arms in the House of Commons, will for the future rank as Major-General in the Army, which be first entered in 1798. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. EXTRAORDINARY DELUSIONS. —EFFECTS OF PROSPERITY. Yesterday a commission de lunatico inquirendo was opened before Mr. Commissioner Winslow and nineteen special jurors, at the Manor House, Stoke Newington, to inquire into the state of mind of Mr. Thomas Teague, aged 37, described in the commission as of Birmingham, but now an inmate of Mr. Birkett's asylum, Northum berland House, Stoke Newington. The unfortunate gentleman is a wealthy tradesman at Birmingham, possessed of property to the amount of about 40,0001., having no relations who can at present be found. The commission, which was unopposed, was taken out by a friend, Mr. A. S. Stocker, of Bartholo mew-close. In support of the commission, Mr. H. Weeks, of Clifford's Inn, appeared as solicitor ; and Mr. Rupert Kettle, of the Chancery bar, as counsel. From the Learned Counsel's statement, the evidence of Mr. Birkett, of Northumberland House, Henry Croft, an attendant ; Mr. A. T. Spencer, surgeon ; Mr. H. P. Bee, surgeon ; and other testimony, it appeared that Mr. Teague was a native of Wales, that he had been apprenticed to a painter and glazier, at Birmingham, where he b ecame very industrious and frugal —even penurious. He afterwards established himself in busi ness, and continuing penurious as 1,61 as industrious, he became successful, and amassed property, the posses sion of which seemed first to have impaired his mind, which seemed t o h ave more decidedly given way on his inheriting freehold property in Wales. It was in the month of July last that his state of mind became appa rent, and his strange and incoherent conduct at the house of Mr. Stock, r, gunmaker, of the Strand, ren dered it ne cessary t h at he should be placed under re straint, and he was subsequently removed to Northu ü berland House, where he laboured under the delusion that he was Christ, and also that the Saviour was in the room with him, several hours at a time; that he was im mensely rich, possessed of millions, offering to advance thousands to many persons; that Northumberland House belonged to him, for which he was (as he said) paying 500/. a year; that he (himself) was God Almighty, and so was Mr. Birkett; that he had killed somebody; that he was Buonaparte, and Buonaparte's son; that their at tendants were all W e lli ng t ons , an d t h at h e turned into devils of all shapes, being satarised, as he termed it by a large quantity o f mercury, w hi c h h a d been given to him by a country doctor, &c. As a further proof of the state of hi s m i n d, h e was accustomed to anoint his person with filth, and even to mix it with his food. The unfortunate gentleman, a tall, slim, but wild-look -1 ing man, was introduced and seated by the side of the L( arned Commissioner. He said, in answer to questions, that he knew the nature of the inquiry ; that all his re latives lived at Mr. Birkett's ; that his property was worth 25,000/. a year, &c. A juror —Do you still carry on business at Birming ham. Mr. Teague (putting himself into a fighting atti tude)—Yes, I'll paint your portrait whenever you please. Having answered two or three other questions, he said, " It's all right—if you want to know any more, speak to Mr. Birkett, for I want my dinner." Here he rose abruptly, and left the room. The jury immediately expressed themselves satisfied,. and returned a verdi c t, d a ti ng t h e unsoun d ness of his mind from the 29th July, 1846. MANSLAUGHTER. Yesterday an inquest was held by adjournment, before Mr. W. Baker, coroner, and a jury, at the Duke of Wel lington, in John-street, Limehouse, on the body of Julia Fitzgerald, aged 15 years, who died on Friday last, from the effects of injuries she received on the Bth of Septem ber last, during a quarrel with a family named King. It appeared in evidence that the deceased was a waistcoat-maker, and formerly lived with her maternal parent, at No. 8, Samuel. street, Limehouse. fields. The family consisted of five individuals, the deceased, her widowed mother, two sisters and a brother, and they occupied one small room. They were all employed in making up slop work, by which they obtained a very miserable subsistence, their small earnings being scarcely sufficient to procure the necessaries of life. On Tuesday, the Bth of September, the goods of the mother were distrained upon for 12s. 6d., arrears of rent due to her landlord, man named King, who lived in the same house. A quarrel was the consequence of this proceed ing, and Mrs. King took away the slop work on which Mrs. Fitzgerald and her family were engaged. M rs . King was assisted in this proceeding by her two daugh ters, Mrs. Green and Mrs. Sumner, an d t h ey professed to claim the trousers, waistcoats, and other things, by virtue of an order from a magistrate, which had never been made. The three women followed Mrs. Fitzgerald, and Mrs. King knocked her down and took the property from her. The deceased came to the assistance of her mother, and Mrs. Sumner struck the deceased a violent blow on the back with her fists. The girl attempted to enter the house, and Mrs. Sumner again struck her a violent blow on her right side. Green also struck the girl on - the right side, and she fell to the ground and fetched her breath heavily, as if she was very seriously hurt. Richard King, a youth, eighteen years of age, the son of the landlord, joined in the outrage on the poor girl, and struck her on the breast close to the coal-hole door. The whole of the goods, which were of trifling value, were taken away by King, and the family here turned into the street. They subsequently obtained another apartment at a small house in George-street, Limehouse-fields. The deceased complained of severe pains in her right side the day she was beaten, and sub sequently she repeatedly said that Richard King had kicked her on the stomach, and that the wretches— meaning King and his family—had murdered her. Her body was se-verely bruised from the blows she received, and she continued in great pain until Friday last, when she expired. The CORONER summed up at great length ; and th e jury, after deliberating for nearly an hour, returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against Richard King the younger, and Sarah Green anddane Sumner, his sisters," and Mr. 13akc r immediately issued his warrant for their apprehension and committal to Newgato. The extensive and eligible estates of the late Wil liam Crowdy, Esq., the eminent solicitor of Highworth, in Wiltshire, have been for some time announced in our columns for sale by auction by Mr. George Robins, at the Goddard Arms, Swindon, un Monday, the 23d inst. The property includes the family residence at High worth, with lands and houses in all direction=, which from their excellence and position, will no doubt excite much competition, especially the lands, approximating upon the Swindon station of the Great Western railway. There are also farms at South Marston, Lechlade, and Letcombe, which offer excellent investments, and cannot fail to command the attention of capitalists. NARROW ESCAPE OF AN AGED FEMALE AND THREE CHILDREN FROM BURNlNG.—Yesterday fore noon a fire broke out at No. 1, Crown -court, Great Trinity-lane, City, occupied by Mr. Thomas Lane, which was nearly attended with disastrous consequences. During the absence of the mother, three small cnildren were left alone, in a room on the ground floor, when they commenced playing with the fire, and set the bed and furniture in flames. The discovery having been very opportunely made by some of the neighbours, the chil dren were rescued; but the flames having obtained such a strong hold, it was found necessary to send for the en gines, and the fire was soon extinguished. The smoke that was caused by the burning of the bed was so dense, and of such a suffocating nature, that an aged female at the top of the house, was prevented from descending the stairs, and she had just got to oi.e of the upper windows, and was in the act of throwing herself out, when she was laid hold of by Morris, one of the firemen, who carried her down stairs, and thereby saved her life. Mr. Lane, unfortunately, Mils uninsured. FALL OF THREE HOUSES AT OLD BROMPTON, AND Loss OF LlFE.—Yesterday evening, between the hours of five and six o'clock, the utmost excitement was created in the neighborhood of Pelham-square, Old Brompton, in consequence of the sudden falling of three newly-erected unfinished houses, situated on the south side of a recently formed thoroughfare, known as Alfred place, Pelham-square. It appears that about a quer ' ter of an hour previous to the occurrence upwards of twenty men were employed on the premises, but in con sequence of the approaching darkness nut permitting them to continue their work, they, with the exception of three, left the buildings. James Hashey, William Monney, and Patrick O'Sullivan were the names of the three individuals left at work. They were engaged at the top of the premises preparing some scaffolding, when they were called upon by a fellow-labourer, named Mullingford, to come down, for the house was falling. The men, however, unfortunately disre garded this warning, and merely replied that they were not so easily made fools of. O'Sullivan was then about to descend a ladder, but before he had reached the bottom the house fell in with a loud crash, immediately, followed by the fall of the ad joining house on the left side, and also the partial falling of that on the right. The workman who was descend ingche the ladder was pitched heavily forward,,b ywb h sustained numerous very serious wounds, re sult fatally. His companion Monney was buried escaped almost unhurt, but Hashey of the tall was doubt lessb lik ely aom O means ans in the ruins, and from the nature quite dark by this instantly killed, and it being no efforts could be made eleven to o'clock last night several de ceased. Shortly after heard groans proceeding from they _ time, the street being but i ndifferentlyreeerecover tlie lighted bedyu f with the gas, persons, fancying u w s h e en ga a v n e other portion of the upon them, and were about to raise the ru ins, ventur way, and fell with alreadyhalf d Hawkins, he was knocked down and very a heavy crash, and a brick falling on the head of a la bourer name dfeamileonlistliimedbehro, severely wounded. The deceased Hashey, about two or three weeks since, while employed on the same some of ti . works, met with an accident of such a severe nature as to confine him in St. Bartholomew's Hospital up to a day previous to his melancholy and violent death. The property thus destroyed belonged to Mr. Holmes, an ex tensive house owner in that district. RIGHTS OF THE WIFE.—The New York Consti tutional Convention has adopted the following section, by a vote of 58 to 44:—" All property of the wife owned by her at the time of her marriage, and acquired by her afterwards by gift, devise, or descent, or other wise than from her hubsand, shall be her separate pro ell a s t n d o h separatet s thereto, prn a p s (' mpororeperctl)e,arhleylddbey perty. Laws shall b - .. passed pr ov idi ng for the register well as rt o fi I n ' i t n h g e h w e i r fe r ' i s g her with her husband." RAILWA Y BRIDGE OVER THE TWEED.—We under stand that the contract for building the bridge over the Tweed, in connexion with the Newcastle and Berwick Railway, has just been let to Messrs. M'Kay and Black stock for 180,0001. Messrs. M‘Kay and Blackstock are the contractors for a portion of the Newcastle line in the neighbourhood of Belford, and we understand that their works there have given great satisfaction. The bridge will be a light and elegant structure, its height 120 feet, the arches are 27 in number, and we need scarcely say that it will be one of the noblest architectural objects in the kingdom. The works, we believe, will be com menced without delay.—Edinburgh Evening Post. COURT CIRCULAR, - - ------ , ' WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princess Mary, and his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, and attended by Mr. Edmond Mildmay, left the Castle to-day, for her residence at Kew. Their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz also took their de parture for Kew. The Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed early morning walk. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar and Lord Byron, and attended by Major-General Bowie, and Captain the Hon. A. Gordon, enjoyed the sport of shooting this morning. The Royal Family took their usual exercise this morning on the Eastern-terrace and grounds around the Castle. Lord Portman left the Castle to-day. Her Royal Highness the Princess Caroline of Hesse, attended by Baroness de Scheel and Baron Meysenbuch, is expected to arrive at the Castle to-day on a visit to her Majesty. The American Minister (Mr. George Bancroft), and the Hon J. Bligh, are also expected to arrive to-day on a visit to the Queen. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Princess Caroline of Hesse, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, his Excellency George Bancroft, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Scheel, the Baroness de Spetb, Viscount Palmerston, Lord and Lady Holland, the Hon J. Bligh, and Baron Meysenbuch. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attend in the Castle. Hoer Royal Highness the Princess Caroline of Hesse, attended by Baroness de Scheel and Baron Meysenbuch, left Cashiobury Park, Herts, the residence of her Ma jesty the Queen Dowager, yesterday afternoon, for Windsor Castle. The Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess M a ry, th e Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Meck lenburg Strelitz, and Prince Frederick of Hesse, returned to Kew yesterday, from Windsor Castle. The Duke of Norfolk had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. Mr. Laurie had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet. Viscount Palmerston arrived in town yesterday from Windsor Castle. The Right Hon. Fox Maule, Secre tary at War, visited his Lordship at the Foreign-office in the afternoon. The Noble Viscount returned to Windsor Castle in the evening. Mr. J. C. Layard had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. - Lord John Russell had a dinner party yesterday at his residence in Chesham-place. Mr. Charles Buller had an interview yesterday with Sir George Grey. Earl Grey had a dinner party yesterday at his resi dence in Belgrave-square. The nominations of the Sheriffs for the ensuing year took place yesterday (the morrow of St. Martin), in the Court of Exchequer at Westminster, before the Lords of her Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council. Before the proceedings commenced the Right Hon. Charles Wood entered the Court in his gold robe of office as Chancellor of the Exchequer, and was sworn before the Lord Chief Baron and the Barons of the Exchequer. The Lords of the Privy Council present at the nomina tion were the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Lord Pre sident, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the Secre tary of State for the Home Department, and Mr. Baron Parke. Seven of the Puisne Judges also assisted at the nomi nation; Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in Their Lordships and the Judges having been sworn, the nomination proceeded in the usual form, the English counties, and afterwards the Welsh counties, being called over, together with the names of the three gentlemen nominated for each county last year. The Judges who had been on the respective circuits supplied a name in lieu of that of the present Sheriff, and in cases where their Lordships allowed gentlemen (nominated last year) to be excused from serving the office, and their names to be taken off the roll, the Judges further submitted other names to supply the vacancies— three gentlemen being nominated for each county. The ceremony concluded soon after three o'clock. Mr. Hedworth Lambton, M.P., arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Upper Belgrave-street, yesterday, from Brighton. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. The following is a summary of the afternoon's betting ;•-• CHESTER CUP. .000 to 20 and 1000 to 15 agst Mr. W. Scott's Erin-go- Bragh—taken DERBY. 900 to 50 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet—taken 1050 to 30 agst Mr. Bowes's Lunedale--ditto 2000 to 50 agst Mr. Gully's Tantivy—ditto 1000 to 20 agst Mr. Gully's Mathematician—ditto 1000 to 20 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Liberator—laid twice 600 to 1G agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle—taken. THE VEWTORT PAGNALL STEEFLE CHASE. The following bets were laid in the course of the day :- 5 to 1 agst Mr. Lambden's Discount 6 to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's The Switcher 12 to 1 agst Mr. C. C. Brooke's Eagle 12 to 1 agst Mr. J. Power's Saucepan. Switcher's starting is said to he doubtful. SIVAFFLIAM COURSING MEETING. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE CUP. Mr. Bennet's Waterloo (late Ensign) beat Mr. Arabin's Attleborough. Mr. B. Smyth's Silesia beat Mr. Hanbury's Go-again (late Reginald). Mr. Bagge's Topsail beat Mr. Caldwell's Regard. Mr. Hanbury's Garlick beat Mr. Villebois' Negro. Mr. Bagge's Treasurer beat Mr. Wythe's Fortune-teller. Mr. Buckworth's Backsheesh beat Mr. Burroughes's Clansman. Mr. B. Smyth's Sam Slick beat Mr. Gurney's Aspasia. Lord Stradbroke's Mawworm bt. Mr. H. Villebois' Dandy. First Ties—Silesia beat Topsail ; Backsheesh beat Trea surer; Garlick beat Waterloo; Mawworm beat Sam Slick. TILE DERBY, FOR TWELVE DOG PUPPIES. Mr. Arabin's Ajax beat Mr. Bennet's Wings. Mr. H. Villebois' Dart beat Mr. Hanbury's Gamester. Mr. Burroughes's Cedric beat Mr. Hanbury's Gift. Mr. Buckworth's Buonaparte beat Mr. Villebois' No bleman. Mr. B. Smith's Steamer beat Mr. Gurney's Albert. Mr. R. Bagges's True Blue beat Mr. B. Smyth's Science. Ist Ties—Steamer beat Cedric. True Blue beat Dart—Buonaparte beat Ajax. OAKES STAKES FOR i 2 BITCH PUTTIES. Mr. Bagge's Trifle beat Mr. 11. Villebois's Dewdrop. Mr. R. Bagge's Twilight beat Mr. Hanbury's Gadfly. Mr. Burroughes's Cobweb beat Mr. Arabia's Q Airy. Mr. Rennet's Why Not beat Mr. B. Smyth's Stop. Mr. Gurney's Amy beat Mr. Villebois's Nora. Mr. Buckworth's Briar beat Mr. Gurney's Augustus. First ties—Cobweb beat Trifle, Amy beat Briar, Twilight beat Why Not. —• MARITAM DOG PUPPY STAKES. Mr. Buckworth's Brutus beat Mr. Arabin's Agricola. Mr. Gurney's Alladin beat Mr. R. Bagge's Titchtield. THE WALTON STAKES, FOR SITCII PUPPIES. Mr. Gurney's Atbalia beat Mr. R. Bagge's Token. Mr. Arabin's Q Airy beat Lord Stradbroke's Mountie. THE NARBOROUGH ALL AGED STAKES. Ur. Hanbury's Gertrude beat Mr. Arabia's Q Alpha. Not run out. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) ASHDOWN PARK COURSING MEETING—TIIULSDAY. The Derby—Second Ties. Wyandote beat Lightning 1 Stockton beat Baltimore. Oaks—Second Ties. White Rose beat Lucy Neale I Waterfall beat Caprice. The Cup—First Ties. Fancy beat Lamprey Will the Smuggler beat Wit tle beat Lothario Bronze Star Elegance beat Enford Lass The Craven Puppy Stakes. Mr. Lawrence's Lanercost ran a bye. Mr. Bowles's Zariffa drawn. Mr. Goddard's Gladiator beat Mr. Gordon's Cabrera. Sir H. Fleetwood's Flash beat Mr. King's Worthless Winks. Sir H. Fleetwood's Flower of Orange beat Mr. Etwall's Wit. The Craven All-Aged Stakes. Mr. W. Etwall's We won't be beat, beat Mr. Goddard's Creeper. Mr. King's Wee Pet beat Sir H. Fleetwood's Foundling. Mr. Rake's Reserve beat Mr. Bowles's Blessington. The Ashdown All-aged Stakes. Mr. Etwall's Etonian beat Mr. Bowles's Beat.me-if-you-can. Mr. Rake's Roxana beat Mr. Gordon's Cockfighter. Mr. King's Winnibald the Wise beat Mr. Rake's Rasper. The Weyland Puppy Stakes. Mr. Goddard's Bracelet beat Mr. Bowles's Bohea. Mr. Etwall's Whitefoot beat Mr. King's Warminster. SWAFFUAM COURSING MEETING—TnnnsDAY. MARHAM SMEETH. Second Ties for the Cup. Silesia beat Garlick. I Baksheesh beat Mawworm. Second Ties for Derby. True Blue beat Steamer. I Buonaparte ran a bye. Second Ties for the Oaks. Amy beat Cobweb. I Twilight ran a bye. Narborough All-aged Stakes (First Ties). Camilla beat Titchfield. I Camilla beat Gertrude. Match. Mr. Wythe's Firefly beat Lord Stradbroke's Mac. TROTTING. Two MILE MATCH FUR 251. ASIDE.-Mr. Greatorex's diminutive pony, under eleven hands, and Mr. M'Donald's Jim Crow, trotted their match for the above sum yester day, on the Western-road, near Hounslow, from the eleventh to the ninth milestone. By the conditions Mr. Greatorex received two minutes' start, which was, as the event proved, of small service to him, inasmuch as his little quadruped not only started slowly, but when urged, broke so many times, that a short quarter of a mile only was covered in the given time; the pony on each occa sion being pulled and stopped American fashion. Jim Crow started at a rattling pace, and made his vehicle, to which he was attached, " wheel about" to such tune, that he caught his opponent in the first mile. The tiny one now trotted in an improved style, and Jim Crow came in the winner by rather better than thirty yards, which, however, it struck us, might easily have been in creased, had his owner and driver so wished. NEW MAYORS.—Basingstoke, R. Cottle, Esq., re elected; Bewdley, T. T. Lankester, Esq.; Bolton, Jas. Slowcroft, Esq.; Chichester, W. Mason, Esq.; Evesham, J. B. Haynes, Esq.; Hastings, F. Ticehurst, Esq.; Here. ford, R. Archibald, Esq.; Hertford, J. M. Carter, Esq.; re-elected (sth time); Leominster, T. B. Stallard, Esq.; Ludlow, Francis Massey, Esq.; Newport (Isle of Wight), R. Sewell, Esq.; Portsmouth, B. Bramble; Romsey, Josiah George,.Jun., Esq.; Stockport, Alderman Orrell; Wigan, Thomas Morris, Esq.; Winchester, C. R. Thomas, Esq. We are enabled to contradict the report circulated through the medium of the German journals, of the dangerous illness of the Eerl of Westmoreland, in Berlin. Beyond a trifling cold the Noble Earl is in the possession of good health. •