The Sun. — London, England, 1835-11-04 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. Mi Her Royal High ness th e P r i ncess A ugus t a , a tt en d e d by Wynyard, left her residence, Frogmore Lodge, near Find at the Pg, on a visit to their Majesties avilion at Brighton. „ •Colquhoun and Mr. Burnle 'had interviews yester with Lord Gl ene l g , at the r 6olo i nial-office. The United States Chzr ege d'Affaires transacted business The E ar l o f We at th e F ore ign -office era Mo n d a y. at the Col on i a l... office. 'Amoreland transacted business yesterday nRIGHTON—TUESDA Y. e . 4 ir Majesties arrived at, the Pavilion yesterday after zei) 11, Precisely at 25 minutes past 5 o'clock, and were re red on alighting by Lord and Lady de Lisle, the Earl 7 1 Co untess Brownlow, and Mr. Shiffner. The Royal 47 r iago was f o ll owe d i r.lo t h e town b y a large party o f Uuestrians, an d t h e assembled multitude repeatedly cheered i llustrious v i s i tors as t h ey d rove a l ong. A t n i g h t t h e i r Majesties' tradesmen illuminated, but there was no salute, 43 the Royal party did not arrive till nearly dark. a Aleut t en m i nutes after the King and Queen had arrived n e tl :ey: carriage drove in, containing Prince George of jlr m `'ridge, accompanied by his preceptor, the Rev. Mr. 30 d, and Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal. Her Royal Highness the Landgravine of Hesse Horn ."rg foll owe d , attended by Mademoiselle de Sein ; and lastly came Si r H er b ert and Lady ?Taylor. li Por Royal Highness the Princess Augusta, attended by • Wynyard, comes this evening. ti there were no vi s it o r s i nv it e d t o di ne with their Majes -.1 the party consist e d m ere ly o f th e Royal Family and atit. / N ames were left at th e P av ili on by Vi ce -Admiral Sir R., C oldst ream arid the Misses Ot wav , Lieut.-Col. Walton, of the `'uldstream Guords, and Mr. Eld, M.C. s h ,:rtle Countess of Jersey is staying at Hanover House ; I C Augustus and Lady Clifford, and Lady John Town . %IA at the Duke of Devonshire's house in Kemp-town ; the D'Ompteda on the Old Steyne. The Treasurer of his Majesty's Household, Sir W. H. Fremantle,ii has not yet joined his family, now residing in t. ru nswick-terrace, being detained in town in consequence l ' h ` a marriage • Baron and Baroness de Sargos remain at the Bedf or d . ri .lbe Duchess of Canizzaro arrived yesterday at West `4lfthouse. F our companies of the Coldstream Guards marched into ° I °,,ut C barracks on Friday from Windsor, under the command olonel Walton. KING'S COLLEGE. Mr. Preston, the distinguished lawyer, delivered on Mon `23' evening th e fi rs t l ec t ure a ft er hi s a pp o i n t men t as Law ofesso r of King's College. It was of a general charac- Z it . In the course of his introductory observations, he t ed that hi s p re d ecessor , w h ose re ti remen t h e h a d to re t,t,r Was one of the 300 pupil s w ho had been prepared for 4 e ' prof ess i on b y hi m ; t h at on t h e vacancy b e i ng an nounced,many learned and able barristers had presented seanSelVe% as candidates, but that when he proposed him for the office they all immediately did him the very hemour of retiring from all competition, whereupon eoliege had increased the honour by immediately ap tintiAq him to be its Law Profe ss or. In accepting the ee emolument was not his object ; he thought that in I)erf H o . rming its duties he could a d vance th e views of.that ge43 -ge, and promote the interests and the studies of such .71,tions of the rising generation as were connected with the ' l ege, and would attend his lectures. He considered the s 4l '.' as found e d on th e p r i nc i p l es o f our re li g i on , an d there :lsre as well meriting the countenance of that college ; and to °'iv that its s t u dy was no t i ncons i sten t w ith th e p r inciples 414111 d practi ce o f re li g i on , the Professor stated that some of the eminent of the existing lawyers were remarkable for ',ng also s t r i c tl y re li g i ous c h aracters . H e men ti one d that : n ad comm ence d t h e s t u d y o f t h e l aw w h en h e was sixteen "4,'4..rs of age ; and he began it with the determination of ming a mastery over it, if th a t wer e accomplishable by , per severing a ppli ca ti on . H e so f ar succee d e d th a t his first p u blicati on on the law appeared when he was twenty-one 4 : h il l s of age. H e had e d uca t e d 300 pu pil s , an d had had that his own immedi a t e cons id era ti on 70,000 cases ; so e, perh a p s , m i g ht b e cons id ere d as no t p res umptuous an Professing n aProfessi ng t o be aLle to give instruction and useful lec r," as to th e l aws o f England. He had, to a consider s extent, taught himself ; but self-teaching in the law I ts a lo ng and d;lficult course, while he hesitated not to a Z ° e . e lare that if t.h e s t u d en t were dir ec t e d in the course that Ought to p'irsue, the study of the law would become veroParatively easy. If the law were science, as all now dcorrectly er Y held it to be, like all sciences it could be re ed t o an d taug h t b y ru l es. Th at was w h at h e s h ou ld tempt to. do. He should give th r ee lectures a week, 2et he sl iould begin them with expl a ining the maxims and pr ecepts. o f the Eglish law, and those legal expressions and phrase's which required to be simplified to be understood by t u la e . Young beginner. The theatre was very fully attended, th a good deal of inconvenience was felt by many from itti e,babit of the Professor turning to one portion of the t Olence, and continuing to speak in that one direction to .ghat t otal loss to many in the other division of the theatre of he said. ITCOM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, OCT. 31, 1835. l ien 'rbt King has been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable I,i cti r Y Lord Brougham and Vaux, His Majesty's Chief Commis- X, lt et, and the Right Hon. Sir Edward Burtenshaw Sugden, 11 0 1 ; the Right Honourable Thomas Frankland Lewis ; the 11° 11 rable a n d R everen d R o b ert Ed en ; th e R e verend He nr y 1 Milman ; John Willing Warren, Esq. ; John Ashley 4 , Esq. ; Nicholas Carlisle, Esq. ; John George Shaw Esq. ; George Nicholls, Esq, ; James M'Mahon, r a ;,; Sir John James Garbett Walsham, Bart. ; William Sai n - „ , 4 E , sq. ; John Wrottesley, Esq. ; the Hon. Daniel Finch ; smith, Esq. ; Edward Romilly, Esq. ; Robert Mackintosh, ; George James Penninn, Esq. ; Francis Of 'Martin, ; William Au gus t us Miles, Esq. ; Edmund Clarke, Esq. ; Joh es ,Sedgwiek, Esq. ; George Long, Esq. ; James Hume, Esq. ; Michael Fellowes, Esq. ; Charles Humphrey, Esq. ; William Jo ' Esq. ; Henry Bertram Gunning, Esq. ; Patrick Francis ics_ ust on, Esq. ; and John M'Queen, Esq., his Majesty's other liiTtnissio ners f or enqu i r i ng concern i ng Ch ar iti es in Engla n d an d ‘tes, until the Ist day of March, 1837. Th FOREIGN OFFICE, OCTOBER 31. id a si e King has been graciously pleased to approve of Mr. Antonio tor "ai a-s trazilConsul-General in London for his Majesty the Empe. l e . e issions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Leicester. stershire Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieut. John Cradock to be P,l-441, yi•ze Mundy, resigned ; Cornet John Bainbriage Story to ttetatnant, vice Cradock, promoted; John Martin, Gent., to - " i ll et, vice Story, promoted. BANKRUPTS. lio s „ : fle4 01 IAS SAVILLE FLUDE, wine-broker, Trinity-square, I.l bi ;'render Nov. 9 a n d Dec. 15, at two, at the Court of Bank `Y. Pearce and Co., St. Swithin's--lane ; Whitmore, of -4.1 assingnee, Basinghall-street. itti o -, I C HA RD CHRISTOPHER HEIG H AM, beer-brewer, Nor -11,;',..1N0v. 16, an d D ec . 15, at t en , a t th e R ampan t H ors e Inn, 04 - t i ell• West, Norwich; White and Borrett, Frederick's-place, Nr Jewr y , L ondon. fop., l I . LIAM HENDERSON, ironmaster, West Bromwich, Staf lii.tuahire, Nov. 18, and Dec. 15, at twelve, at the Stork Hotel, Thorndike, Staple-Inn, London ; Wheeler, Bir jharn. ,oiIvILLIAM DAVIES and MORRIS DAVIES, timber-mer t,llll,,ts, Oswestry Salop; Nov. 9, and Dec..ls, at eleven, at the 1) 4 „. - "en Lion Inn, Wrexham. Minshall and Sons, Oswestry ; 7„n , Palsgrave , place, Temple-bar, London. 15 LYNTON, innkeeper, Cambridge, Nov. 9, and Dec. eleven, at the Woolpack Inn, Cambridge. Foster, jun., b A ur,„id&e; Hall, Queen-square, Bloomsbury, London. v I-D FRAZER, of the Carolina Coffee-house, Birchin-lane, t la ,j • 1 4, at one, and Dec. 15, at t we l ve , a t the Court of Bank- Edwards, Pancras-lane, official assignee ; Hodgson, trstreet-buildings, London. XI: 11 10R RICH, tea broker, Trinity-square, St. Mary, New o Surrey, Nov. 13, at one, and Dec. 15, at 11, at the Court tieakruptcy. Alsager, King's Arms-buildings, Cornhill (offi- Apipee ; ) Young and Vallings, St. Mildred s-court, Poultry. l it IL LIAM POLLEY, shoe-maker, Union-street, Southwark, C l 7 ' 13 , and Dec. 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. rAn, Aldermanbury, official assignee Evans, hant, East R Gray's Inn-square. A IES SYBERY SHARPE, spirit-mercetford, ' ln ghamshire, Dec. 1 and 15, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, to n I tetford. All en an d C o ., C ar li s l e - s t ree t, S o ho- squar e ; New ' Retford. beZILLIAM HUGHES, hotel-keeper, Cheltenham, Nov. 9, and I.i r , o p, at twelve, at the Star Hotel, Cheltenham. Shirreff, li t t's Inn -fields ; Packwood, Cheltenham. ,"_,RY COATES, cattle-dealer, Colchester, Nov. 23 and Sp al l'" Dee. 15, a t e l even , a t th e Th ree C u p s Hotel, Colchester. I ng, Colch es t er ; St e ,- ; fens, Wood, and Co., Little St. Thomas Natio DIVIDENDS. J. At the Cnurt of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. d Oldham laceman, Friday-street, Nov. 26, at two—R. Lee faq7•. bankers, Lombard -street, Nov. 26, at twelve—S. Shirley, Oke. asinghad-street, Blackwell Hall, Nov. 2 5, at twelve — E. Ithaie"„ I ° , *, Falmouth, Nov. 25, at one—T. K. Creak and Ca., Rotherhithe, Nov. 24, at one. In the Country. ~evromie, earthenware manufacturer, Burslem, Nov. 25, at I nall e r , , at the Roebuck Hotel, Newcastle-under-Lyme—J. Kirk th:Tl R. Hollinshead, merchants, Liverpool. Nov. 26, at eleven, ov - `"gel Inn, Liverpool—J. Tonks, wire worker, Birmingham, *vi et 4 0, at one, at the New Royal Hotel, Birmingham—lL Lloyd, -11.1.9t4:111.ber., ingham, Nov. 25, at twelve, at the New Royal ..irmingharn. wire illiianas J. A CERTIFICATES—Nov. 24. ..'-‘l., t rd, timber merchant, John-street, Tottenham-court -road 4 acti ir -n .L. Kesteven, mercers, Strand—l. Pemberton, pipe mann ---1, .e‘; w orcester—L. P. C. Hansen, coal merchant, Southwark , rope spinner, Newport, Monmouthshire—J. Tonks, l'it,Zger, Birmingham—J. E. C. Bentley, dealer, / '?ell s , h t- street, Lo ng - acre —T. Whit e , d ra p er , Birmingham—S. at ter, Wood -street, Cheapside. W. b PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. '-‘/, m r ° , 4 kin and J. Stokoe, attorneys, Hexham, Northumberland '4lhir al ta r and J. Chantler, hat manufacturers, Droyslden, Lan --..w '''W e n. • and W. J. Morecroft, wine merchants, Hammersmith ba l d , •-•na../na r n and G. Atkinson, builders, Leeds—W. Castleman 14., attorneys, Wimborne Minster, Dorsetshire—M. and W. Roberts, saddlers, Strand—T. Walton and to., joiners, Manches ter—N. and S. Rowse, tallow chandlers, Plymouth—H. Jackson and Co., cotton spineeTs, Colne, Lancashire T .l. and H. Good, wine merchanti, Winchester—A. ivl, an d J. thers chants, St. Alary-at- Leamington Pr.:„ fs, Boulton S. Pritchard, surgeons, Warrickshire—G. Wilson and H. C. Cock, screw quit manutkatirers, Salford, Lancashire—J. G. Fordham and Co., eit inVllers, Horns Mills, Hertfordshire—W. Witkings and J. A. 'Teague, attorney-at-law, Castle-Court, Budge-row—ll. Matthie and D. L. Hynde, shipowners, Liverpool—H. Matthie and T. Martin, agents to the Glasgow Steam Shipping Company, Li verpool—G. W. and J. Wragg, butchers, Birmingham—S. Thomp son, jun. and F. Eaglesfield, reel cotton winders, Desborough, Northampton. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. MALCOLM NICOLSON, cattle dealer, Ullinish, Nov. 12 and 26, at one, at the Inn of Dunvegan. Mr. Thornton has succeeded Lord William Hervey as acting Secretary of Legation at Madrid. • We may remark, as a negative tribute to the work ing of Lord Brougham's creation, the Central Criminal Court, that none of the Barristers who have occasionally complained of its arrangements attended to submit their views to the Judges, who were yesterday (Monday) engaged in fixing the future order of the proceedings. The Earl of Winchilsea is now visiting the Rev. Prebendary Benson, at his residence in the College Green. The Noble Earl arrived on Wednesday from .Aberystwith, and we believe will prolong his stay to Monday or Tuesday next, when he departs for N o rthamptonshire.—Worcester Herald. Lord Stowell entered his 91st year on Thursday last, on which occasion the Earl of Eldon came from his seat at Encomb, to spend his birth-day with his brother, as usual, at Early-court. The noble Earl, who is six years younger than the Baron, has since arrived for a few days in Hamilton-place. The Earl of Clare, the Right Hon. T. Spring Rice, his son and daughter, arrive at Dromoland, next Monday, on a visit to Sir Edward and Lady O'Brien. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has superintended for the last week the planting of a great portion of Foynes' Island, in the Shannon, which recently became his property.—Lime rick Chronicle. Lord Fiancis Egerton has given orders to Mr. Campbell, the sculptor, ttr execute a colossal statue of the late Duke of Bridgewater; which•ihe intends presenting to .the town.of Mandhaster; fbr the int rpose of being placed ina a conspicuous situation in that town, and of which it will form one of the most prominent objects. The two Princes of Conde, father and son, are buried at St. Denis, in the Royal sepulchre ; near their tombs is suspended a lamp, which is placed there, doubt less, at the expense of the legatees of the last of the Condos. This lamp consists of a glass worth four sous, a veilleuse, and a little common oil. It would, perhaps, be be impossible to fulfil the wishes of a testator at a cheaper rate.—Bon Sees. DEATH OF EARL NELSON.—WC regret to an nounce that Earl Nelson died on the evening of Saturday last, the 31st ult., at his residence, Brukworth-house, near Salisbury. His Lordship had been in a very bad state of health for some months past, and latterly no hopes were entertained of his recovery. Sir William Beatty and Dr. James Johnson had been for some time in close attendance on his Lordship, but no means could be found to stop the progress of his complaint. The Noble Earl was in the 49th year of his age. He is succeeded in his title and estates by his eldest son, Viscount Trafalgar, who is in the tenth year of his age. Earl Nelson was nephew of the re nowned Hero of Trafalgar. He had succeeded to the title only within the last few months. The melancholy and sudden death of Captain the Hon. Sir Henry Duncan, which occurred on Sunday even ing last, at his residence in Eaton-place, has called forth the unfeigned regret of all who had the happiness of his acquaintance. As an officer, Sir Henry stood in the very highest rank in his profession, and at an early age was dis tinguished for his zeal, coolness, and decision of character. The very able manner in which he conducted the duties of the office he filled in the Ordnance was highly beneficial to the service, which has lost in him one of its brightest ornaments. In private life the kind feelings which flowed from a generous heart endeared him to a large circle of friends, who fully appreciated his value, and deeply lament his loss ; indeed, it may be said that few men have lived more beloved, or died more sincerely regretted, both pub licly and privately, than the gallant officer whose fate we have the melancholy duty to record. Families and individuals are continually arriving to take up their winter quarters in the town. The packets have gone regularly during the week excepting on one day. The Harlequin London boat went out of harbour on Monday morning at 2 o'clock, in a tremendous gale of wind; the wind was S. S.W., she made the South Foreland in two hours and twenty-three minutes, and arrived at London in 12 hours. On her return the next day she fell in with a large whale about 7 miles from Blackness; it was 40 feet long ; and spouted out an immense column of water. - -Boulogne Journal. The term of service, as Port Admiral at Portsmouth, extendini , to three years only, Admiral Sir Thomas Wil liams, C 713., will shortly conclude his term for filling that situation. Several Admirals are named as likely to be his successor, but among the vague reports Lord A. Beauclerk or Sir H. Neale seem generally considered the most likely to be appointed to that port. MEMOIRS OF SIR THOMAS PICTON.—" These Memoirs are derived from the most authentic sources— from original documents in the me possession of the surviving members of the General's fam y, and from the immediate communications of many who accompanied him throughout the whole of his distinguished career. The work constitutes the only complete and continuous narrative of his life, even from his boyish days,' to his euthanasia at Waterloo. The history of the fighting division' (the characteristic cognomen of that which he commanded) comprises the most spirit-stirring passages of the war. Indeed, these Memoirs may be said to unite to the matter-of-fact dignity of authen tic narrative the imaginative interest of romantic fiction."— Morning Post. It is stated, in what are called the higher regions of the political world, that the direct object of the voyage of the Duke of Orleans in the Mediterranean is not so much to visit Corsica, and take part in the Algerine campaign, as to pay a visit, as it were, incognito and by chance, to the Neapolitan Princesses, his cousins, in the possibility of an alliance taking place with one of them, which project has not been entirely abandoned, notwithstanding the awk wardness of M. de Rigny, who had the management of the late negotiations. A decree of the Mayor of Cambrai, of the 29th of October, declares that, dating from that day, no civil mar riage shall in future be celebrated but from eleven to twelve o'clock in the day, and from seven to eight in the evening. It is further added, that no exception will be made to this rule. The number of passengers who arrived at, and left Boulogne, by the steam packets during the week. ARRIVED. DEPARTED. By Dover 7B London Ramsgate Po RTsmouT it,No v.:2.—Th is morning the Emerald Isle steamer arrived at Spithead from the River, with 120 recruits for the Queen of Spain. The men were put on hoard the Lord Lynedoch, which immediately got under weigh with a fine wind about two o'clock, and proceeded for her destination. Major Greville, of the Queen's Lancers, ac companied the expedition. The Lord Lynedoch has also shipped 60 horses for the same service. A great accommodation will now be afforded to the English residents of Boulogne, by the establishment of a Communal College. The English and French languages, Rhetoric, Mathematics, Physic, Chemistry, Arithmetic and the Classics, will be regularly taught, by Professors of the first rate talents and experience. The expence will be ex tremely moderate, and the students on passing their exa mination will have the same privileges as natives, as regards the different learned professions and pursuits.—Boulogne Journal. In the duel which was lately fought at Blackrock, near this town, between a surgeon and a subaltern belonging to the levy 'for Spain, the latter received a wound in the leg, while the bullet of the wounded man struck the ground close to his adversary' s foot. There was no want of spec tators of the combat. The wounded party appeared to disrzgard the pain while the ball was extracting, and seemed occupied with the misfortune of not being able to fight for the Queen of Spain for some time to come.—Cork Herald. Riding to Hounds on paper, over a bottle of wine, by a good fire-side, is one thing ; and riding alongside them for an hour, when going their best pace over a strongly-in closed and deep country, is another. Than the one nothing is more easy—gates, stiles, brooks, and fences are all taken in stroke, and nothing is too high or too wide. Than the other nothing more difficult—body and mind are both at work, and every now and then the courage must be screwed up to the sticking place.—Sporting Magazine. It is ascertained that the Bank have been large pur chasers of Exchequer-bills and India Bonds, lath previous to and after the issuing of the late order for extending the term of the loans on stock, and as these can scarcely be de nominated legitimate operations for a Government bank, especially. with the..knowledge that the measure adverted to must have some influence on the value of the floating seeu . rities of the money-market, the affair lies been `much noticed and discusied. It is probable that in neither case it has been -' 1 , i( 1 ; I)AY•) upied the whol e -al interest. Lg PAY•) REGNO. to discharg e , n granted by ~0... P defendant you! laintiffs were t: - 2heltenhana , Ler , who ran* not being sta tr ", ion of the Cow! ned Counsel 9, xs fatal to the is) be discbargt oug ht to be is'o .1 that the Ow 11 1' d ,he never wo )art heard case of Inch had Lot coy ; DAY•) ,E. of Hereford foitdst 'AIME, at the P.; had rirr the Plal r a new trial, oti wldence, and tlisit ited the effect oh un t was, that tl'e !ntly conducteli j and the sec°ll( T er sum of 001. ed notice to foi' es had be briveti:" ; the first :Ot leer had paid oubt that tbe su, as the accreditr, Lde by the Sherl of which he Oa the landlord 260' remainder. Lvour of the plain' for 500/., wheel sum withheld, .: The money ss not returnor stated that if Otis th e money it w ow' ther did not seep o' o° 'he groun d vs, my Lord. le, ;round of ill°vie paid in time. 0 1 t we must seeted, it shall be 01' of insurance f 0,,,, r r ° ich Insuralee fiord Chief bisPce red for a rul e 0 1 we of the Leato "7 important 4ee'rt that in the p reg"f he consideration ° n-merchant, awbeselk lk, and on the insurance upon P., t ," which, in h s i° " a drying kil°' bed as ‘.a kiln for in his instructio° o r kiln," and it 111 d peen brou b gh t n. _ 44 ' oak The bark 0: r, who was a &ion°,e g th e bark• lb the evening of 6 ! 'ally consumed Pile to an amount 'Disc.!: aim of the plilP4 buy, on the groej inr drying corn, vrj 'r Purpose. to the Jury. 11P" crying of bark ice they were. th a t there wa s ell than the dryingte And, thirdly rk r , drying of ba tj affirmative. licr nan gave it as over, but gave file erdict aside. hat on further el; estions put to No fraud bad beeel had been attrbet.A 'e had rais.deserilr that bad b een col ll Company who 4, th 9 vil the plaintiff. t! ved to interfere tbese usefulness of nscribed. 110 tend d to were inten 1.0 to a warranty of t c l i (ways applied, vi ta l)/ 0 r ou ld not h ave it to have your rill(' L. [ before gr. iligtitlic: es. —Verd ict for • a rule to sbovi c$.011119.! the g round °fee •,' s liet _ s w ere these jt b een maliciouoll .ay, a nd the Onto emises at a late Jto also been bee r u se 1 Df the propertl;4 u, but was ace Dn of gratification 7, r false • • mei —se In rlsoe.- it 1 p t 0 s for disturbia c 7; DA-v.) E. or° ~,,A teo oclerate, ana --0,00 d ve ry few Peoriptioj ',:es ; other aftooL, last rate. 'ota t our for' ief clu t ioilicV Oats. 4 1°1 _, .. , ,,71ir qrs. .- 3,690 ..."' no w. ,1,--•"" / ;5 0. 0 // to b 5. 2 3 32 3i -- 4C 38 sy 32 4 2 26 4 0 34 36 x4O t 32 45 28 TS. Octcrr.—• st 04 [ 1 rr; , i 1 fi:(01 , 37. n 1 910, i sos V....,4 i 4 2 w hereof w it!. 6.l2ths. oct. 0 OO ~ 36 , .c7.5:4 Od 1 55 oe ( i I ' l6 1i ' [ 35i Oa li Ce' .......... 10 °_ ce 22.d0W sup s Apennjues ier,ito abine liebovro ?:a violent )st°,, 'Ernst was esper: Oil of on in the choAor, ve sustained 000 'r. Briggs, 0e °Pei 14 deer With t ope s re at bid the Ore g:d through the os an d hit the Eeefroo • Penetrated. sis n, that both LIY at the safe P°l TI - ILE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1835. a voluntary proceeding on the part of tliti Bank, but done in the case of the Ekthequer-bills at the suggestion of the UeVerninent, to whom it is a immense importarleo tc , keep those securities above par; .ii?,st a itiglief of interest should be called for on the whole of the floating debt. In regard to the East India Company, the Bank are probably merely acting as the bankers to that corporation, for which they hold large deposits, and which could not find better employment than in taking up their own bonds at par or at a small discount. The jealousy with which the proceedings of the Bank are watched on all such occasions is, however, useful both t 3 that establishment and to the public. SURREY RADICAL ASSOCIATION—The second meeting of this Association took place on Monday even ing, at the Chapel, High-street, Borough, and was most numerously attended, Fergus O'Connor, Esq., in the chair. The Chairman strongly urged the necessity of the work ing classes joining the Association, in order to frustrate the attempts of the Whigs and Tories, and the despotic powers now exercised by the two Houses of Parliament. He ad vised them immediately after the appointment of their offi cers, to propose some question for public discussion, upon their weekly meetings, so that their sentiments should be known, and be an inducement to the formation of similar associations in all parts of the kingdom. He entreated every man to consider the cause as his own, and so long as he (the Chairman) found they were united in one common object—the salvation of their country—he should never des pair. Several resolutions were then agreed to, and some new members were enrolled, after which the meeting separated. THE REV. MR. GRIMSHAW'S COMPLETE EDI TION OF COWPER.—" The very beautiful edition of Cowper is now completed. In our notices of some of the volumes as they issued from the press, we have in a great measure forestated what we should have said at this time, for we see no reason to restrict the praise we have already bestowed on the work in its progress ; on the contrary, it appears to be every thing the Editor promised, and that we could de sire. The public have now a complete and accurate edition of the Life, the Correspondence, and the Works of this tender poet, delightful epistolary ,writer, and amiable man." —Asiatic Journal. EXTRAORDINARY PIKE.—The finest jack that has been caught in the Thames for many years was taken a few days since by B. B. Williams, Esq., - of Formosa, near Alhid'aithead: ' weighed and-Measured round the'sl odldeWl9l4l6ll6t.'-' Wiiki'forviarclediminediately to ;he King at Windsor, by whom, and by the inhabitants of he Castle, it was declared_ttr,he .as.lne -a fish: of the' kind as they had ever seen. EA R TII QUA KE.—About three o'clock on the morning of Saturday, the 3d inst., a slight shock of an earthquake was felt in Dunblane and the adjacent country, but particularly to the north of that place. 'We understand the concussion and peculiar subterraneous noise continued upwards of a minute, while the shaking of the shieling roofs of the shepherds became so alarming, that they fancied them selves about to be buried in the ruins, and, to use their own words, they felt so awe-struck that they had not power to move.—Edinburgh Evening Courant. A meeting has been held at Battle, the object of which is to organise an effective opposition to the newly projected road by which the town of Battle is proposed to be avoided. A joint-stock company has been formed for carrying a railway between Dundee and Arbroath. All the shares in the Gloucester and Birmingham Railway are appropriated ; and the directors will be under he necessity of refusing applications which have been made to them for many shares beyond the number required. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILROAD.—TWO more lives have been lost in the progress of the works. A man named Wayland Richards was killed on Monday by the falling in of a mass of earth ; and another called John Robinson, by the tumbling of a large piece of plank. In quests will be held this day. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.—WC some time ago noticed the suspension of a survey of this railway, owing to its interference with the crops ; and we are now authorised to state the general outline of its course, as fixed by Messrs. Stevenson of Edinburgh, who have lately been requested to complete their survey. The line of railway alluded to proceeds from the Wet Doch of Leith to Granton, in the direction shown on the plan of Granton Harbour, from which branches are to be projected to depots in different parts of Edinburgh. It afterwards crosses the river Almond between Carlowrie Bridge and Craigiehall, and passes Linlithgow on the north and near the town of Falkirk, much in the ,same direction as that surveyed by Mr. Stevenson in 1814, for a canal on one level. From Falkirk, the line proceeds on the north side of the Forth and Clyde Canal, along the lowest tract of ground which the country affords between Campsie and Shotts. It then crosses the river Kelvin, and terminates in two branches, of which one enters Glasgow by the Cow caddens, and the other goes to the Broomielaw. This line appears to have many advantages. While it embraces the trade of the considerable towns of Falkirk and Linlithgow, it is also well calculated to answer the great end of forming a rapid communication between the Friths of Forth and Clyde, and thus to preserve and extend a traffic which seems in danger of being lost to us, by the establishment of a railway between Liverpool and London. Another im portant object obtained by this line, is its connection with the most vi,luable districts of the counties of Lanark, Stir • ling, and Clackmannan. The prospectus and farther parti culars of this measure will soon appear in a more matured form.—Edinburgh Evening Courant. . HIGHLAND ESTATES.-11. striking instance o the increased value of Highland pastoral districts occurred list week in the sale of the Cromarty lands in Ross-shire. The Fannich lot, which rents at 180/. per annum, sold for 6,5501., being about 37 years' purchase. The Lochbroom lot sold for 9,2001. being a 34 years' purchase. The sale took place on Wednesday, in Edinburgh, and was pretty sharply contested. The upset price of the two was 13,1501. ; it rose 2,6001. higher, when they were knocked down, the two lots at 15,7561., to Murdo Mackenzie, Esq., late of Ardross, now of Dundonell. The principal cause of this high price (which a very few years ago would have been considered ruinous in the Highlands) is undoubtedly the spirit and intelligence with which sheep-farming is pro secuted in the north, and the present prosperous state of the country, particularly of that branch of our national trade. The improved means of communication, the excel lent roads which traverse the country, and the steam-boats which approach its remotest shores, have also, though not particularly applicable to the case in question, contributed generally to produce these favourable results. Before the opening of the Caledonian Canal, the Glengarry property did not produce above 1,0001. a-year, and it now approaches to 8,0001. The property of Redcastle, in Ross-shire, in 1790, sold for 25,0001. ; in 1824 it was re-sold for 135,0001. Instances of a similar kind might be multiplied in scores. The present system of sheep-farming was introduced, roads were made, and immediately a change was effected. Trade and agriculture began to revive from their languishing con dition ; the plough was driven into many a new soil ; lakes, streams, and bays were well finished for the southern mar kets, and belts of planting began to encircle the hill sides. At the present moment, we believe, many Highland proprie tors derive a greater revenue from their moors alone, for grouse shooting, than their whole rental amounted to " sixty years since."—lnverness Courier. MAD DOGS.—The greyhound which passed through this town on Saturday week, and was supposed to be in a rabid state, found its way on the same day to Gwynfryn, where it attacked Major Nanny's groom and bit one of his dogs, The groom was neither bitten nor seri ously injured, and both the dogs were immediately destroyed. The number of these animals that have been killed through apprehension in Carnarvon and its neighbourhood within the last fortnight, is scarcely credible.—Carnarvon Herald. On Wednesday, about mid-day, the body of a young man, a country servant of the name of Gilbert M'lntyre, was found in the Slate Quay, Paisley. The presumption is, that the unfortunate man had missed his way, and that he had incautiously fallen into the river.—Glasgow Herald. Within these few days the bodies of two young wo men have been found in the Paisley Canal, near Paisley. They were both natives of Paisley, but no certainty exists whether their death had been accidental or intentional. — Glasgow Herald. On Wednesda.y morning last, James M'Ghee, an old coal-driver in Paisley, was found dead on the road lead ing to Glasgow. It is supposed he had fallen off a cart with which he had been to Glasgow, and that he had been killed by the fall.—Glasgow Herald. DREADFUL OCCURRENCE.---AS some scholars attending the school at Lower Fenwick (Scotland) were playing about and amusing themselves, one of them, named Graham, about eight years of a ge, had leaped into a dung hill and soiled his feat. The other boys in consequence began laughing and hissing at him, and one boy, named Jack, about the same age with Graham, had joined and been rather conspicuous in the hissing. Graham being irri tated at getting himself dirtied, became highly, incensed at the ridicule of his companions, and at the boy Jack in par ticular ; he made a run t owar d s Jack, who was making his escape, when he was seized by another boy named Dun lop, aged eleven years, a cousin of Graham's, and held till the latter came u p. Thi s b oy ' s p ass i on seems now to have been raised to a d rea df u l p it c h, f or i mm ediately on coming near, he put his hand into his pocket, took out a large clasp knife, which he opened, and run into the belly of the poor boy . Jack, wh o was still fi rm ly held by 'Dunlop, inflicting a large Wound, through Which the intestines protruded. He lingered in much pain till Wednesday afternoon, when he. . expired. _ ~, i...~ „ r.. J.. ~ 1, L.. 4 - 1.1 • BRISTOL REGISTRATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Bnt,—lf the stAternents in the Tory paper's relative to the general results of the Rcgisfration `throughorit the country may be fairly tested by the accuracy of the State ments put forth by them with regard to Bristol, then fatal, indeed, must he the prospects of that party in the event of a general election. The Tories, it is true, have manifested some tact, if they have evinced but little scrupulousness in printing their statements first ; for by so doing, they have managed to carry their figures through the press, as yet, without contradic tion ; but falsehood may run too fast for its own purposes ; and in this instance, taking time for inquiry, I am enabled distinctly to state, that the impression founded upon the figures put forth by the Tory party—that the result of the Registration was favourable to them and unfavourable to the Liberal cause—is in every respect unfounded in fact. Indeed I am enabled to state most distinctly, from an in- , tirnate knowledge of every circumstance connected with the struggle, that the truth is decidedly the reverse of what the Tory papers have stated it to be, and that it is the Libe rals who have gained, and the Tories who have lost by the result of the Registration at Bristol. The Liberals have substantially 101 claims—the Tories .55. On the other hand, the Tories have failed in 164 claims—the Liberals is 68 only. The Liberals have struck out 187 householders and freeholders of the opposite party ; the Tories have succeeded in their objections against 131 Liberals. The Liberals have struck out 549 freemen ; the Tories 302 : there have also been 455 freemen struck out in addition, who were objected to by both parties. These the Tories have, with singular modesty, counted up on their own aide of the account only, and this constitutes one of the greatest fallacies in their statement. The total number of freemen struck out is thus, 1,306, of which num ber, there is not 50, perhaps, whom the Liberals, would wish to see retained, for they have no interest in keeping fictitious votes upon the Register, which is more than can be said of them upon the adverse faction. But the most promising fact to the Liberal cause in connection with the. Registration, is the large increase of .the household and freehold constituency upon the numbers registered the previous years. The registered number of freeholders and householders in 1834, contrasted with that of 1832, presented a dedrease of 417. On the other hand, the registered number of 1835 contrasted with that of 1834, presents an i increase- of 1,496, Now, at both the preceding Elections, the majorities against the Liberal Candidates were composed of the venal freemen ; for at both these Elections, the Liberal Candidates polled a ma jority of householders ! The decrease, then, upon the free men, contrasted with the increase of householders, is fraught with the most hopeful consequences to the cause of Reform ; and so shaken are the Tories with this fact, that in the Registration Court, points were avowedly raised by their professional agents with a view to a scrutiny—they fear that their majority of corrupt freemen is already broken down ; that permanent bribery clubs will no longer avail them ; and that in future they must adopt some other methods of securing success, than those to which their pre vious success is fairly attributable. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your very obedient Servant, Bristol, November, 3, 1835. J. B. KINGTON. THE FRENCH POST OFFICE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST. Sir—A paragraph has gone the round of the papers re pecting the losses of British property in the French Post- Office, which, it is said, Mr. Poulett Thomson values at, 10,0001. per annum. I have great respect for Mr. Thom son's talents, and I am therefore surprised that he has suffered so silly an use of his name in silence. If the para graph has appeared by his authority it proves that he knows very little of his subject. Nearly all the ameliorations that took place in the French Post Office from 1818 to 1830 originated with myself, as the documents in the archives of the Ministry of Finance will prove. Formerly the post left Paris before the hour of the Exchange; so that merchants and bankers could not give an account of the operations of the day to their correspondents until the following day. The merchants, being always accustomed to this inconve nience, did not think of applying to Government to delay the departure, but at their own expense established an estafette to Havre. I represented the matter to the Government, and the system was changed, and the post left Paris at six, instead of two, as formerly. In Napoleon's time a cabinet noir was established at the Post Office for opening suspected letters. The systetti Was carried on under Louis XVIII. This furnished the oppor tunity of abstracting remittances from letters, and not a week passed without a robbery of English bank-notes. I lost 501. in this manner. I collected a great number of facts and laid them before the Directeur des Postes. He replied that I calumniated the Post Office, and that all the robberies were committed at the English Post Office. I did not let the matter rest there, and by a well 7 timed douceur I got initiated into the mystery. The thief was made known to me—l followed him to Joseph's, money changer, at the Palais Royal, and saw him get change for an English bank-note of, I believe, 100/. Possessed of this fact, I applied again, and threatened a public exposure of the fact I had witnessed. My information was attended to. The very next day the same clerk was observed to secret several letters about his person ; he was suffered to go out with them, was arrested, searched, and the stolen property found on him. He was sent to prison, tried, con victed, and sent to the genies, and the robberies ceased. At that period all letters missent, or of which the ad dress could not be found, were sent to the dead letter office, where they remained unopened, and much property was consequently lost thereby. I suggested the adoption of the English system of opening the letters to discover the writers. It was done, and from that period all letters have been opened, and when the writer's address could be dis covered, a printed notice of the fact was sent to the writers ; many probably remained from the writers merely dating Loudon, &c., but wherever the writer could be found he has always been apprised that a letter is lying at the Post office for want of payment of postage, or inability to find the person it was addressed to. The assertion, therefore, in the paragraph which has occasioned this letter can only have been made in utter ignorance of the subject. The English Treasury arrangements, and the mode of collecting the revenue, were felt by the French to be far su perior to their own. M. Lafitte appears to be the only Minister of Finance who was ignorant of this fact, and it appears from a statement of Dr. Bowring, that Lafitte told him so perfect were their Treasury arrangements that a fraud was impossible ; this was re-echoed in the English House of Commons, but a rather awkward commentary on the fact appeared in all the papers a few weeks afterwards. A clerk in Lafitte's office, named Kcestner, went off with upwards of .50,000/., and it was proved that the abstraction of the money had been made two months before. It was for collectiag correct and valuable information like this, re lative to the French system of finance, that our Liberal Government, the Whigs, paid Dr. Bowring 9081., as we find in the list of civil contingencies for the year 1831, or dered to be printed by the House of Commons, February 6, 1832, the item runs thus :—" The amount issued to Dr. Bowring in reimbursement of the expenses incurred by him, and in remuneration for his services in reporting upon the public accounts of France, 9081." All comment is unne cessary.---I am, Sir, your obedient servant, J. BYERLEY. AN ELECTIVE HOUSE OF LORDS. (From the Examiner.) We return to the article in the Edinburgh Review, upon the " Last Session of Parliament and the House of Lords," which common report attributes to Lord Brougham. The writer's objections to some plans of reform that have been suggested, are stated in the passage we quote, in which difficulties are cleared as fences are cleared in hunting—by a flying leap : " It being perfectly manifest that a second House, some thing in the nature of a House of Lords, is necessary for sound and safe legislation, the only question is, how it shall be composed—and first of all, shall it be elective or heredi tary ? or if hereditary, shall the members sit by individual right, as they now do, or by election among and by the nobi lity, as the French nobles did in their States-General? Let us begin with the last plain and most obvious change. Would it avail us anything in remedy of the present evil ? Certainly it would have the directly opposite effect—for if all the members of the House of Lords were chosen by the Peers as a body, or even divided into any conceivable chambers of election, instead of two-thirds, or it may be three-fourths, anti-Reformers, we should not have a single Member of the House a Reformer. The Scot tish Peers are an example of this, of whom fifteen six teenths are Tories. Then, shall the Crown select Peers among the nobility as in France ? The consequences would be the same, with this addition, that the Upper House would be, the mere creature of the Crown. The only other course tien is to have the House elected, but not by the Peers—in other words, - that the people shall elect. Are they to elect by the same qualification by which they choose their own representatives? If so—the Upper House will be a mere duplicate of the Lower ; and after all difficulties are overcome as to how a local appor tionment of the elected shall be made, we shall only have obtained what would be more easily and just as effectually obtained by dividing the House of Commons into two, and making one half revise the proceedings of the other. But we hold it to be quite clear that more than a mere dupli cate chamber is necessary in order to insure an effectual revision. Such a duplicate will, in Most cases; only rtlieat the same errors -which the first has committed. That which secures discussion and gives the probability of real revision i atim4, correqtiorti-is mona %chamber being 'clic. • ~ , i.~.~.~ mil/ :.J rJrYV`• I_J jri; .11.. rently constituted from the first. Therefore many have suggested, what is indeed the American plan, that the elective franchise should be higher ; and consequently that the second chamber should represent a class of indivi duals different from those who choose the first. Suppose, then, that only persons of 5001. a year or upwards were to elect atiistng the Peers—or there being no distinction in fa vour of Teas, t appose they were to choose among all classes indiscriminately.--What would be the result? We are by no means certain that a tidier chamber than the pre sent House of Lords would not be found but we are very sure that it would be quite as hostile to liberal principles ; indeed it would probably be more hostile—for the wealthier classes would by no means return as many Liberal Peers as now sit by right in the Upper House. The new and elective House might be in some respects better : it would be more diligent, and it would lend itself to fewer jobs— because it would be accountable for its votes to a body of constituents. But, as these constituents would assuredly be very generally adverse to reform, we can have little doubt how the decisions in general would turn. Then be it borne in mind, that whatever extends the basis on which the House rests, arms the Peers with new power, and confirms their courage to re sist the propositions of the Commons and of the people ; so that even the present House of Lords would be far more domineering when it owed its existence to the voice of a large portion of its countrymen than it now is, without any title but that of inheritance or creation." The Reviewer objects that if the people were to elect the Peers of Parliament by the same qualification by which they choose their own Representatives, the Upper House would be a mere duplicate of the Lower. In what sense does he use the word duplicate Q If by a duplicate he means a body having the same interests, the same great objects, the same general views and dispositions, as the faithful trustees of the nation—if this be the meaning, the duplicate is precisely what is wanted. The Edinburgh Reviewer would surely not contend that the Upper House should have interests and objects at varianc6 with the pub lic interests and objects ; or that its views and disposi tions should be opposed to those of the trusted friends of the people. But if by a duplicate he means to say that the House of Peers, -as elected by the people, would be composed of the same classes as the majority of the Commons, the answer is, that whatever peculiarity there is' in the condition of a Peer, would belong to the Mem bers of the elected Upper House, as none but Peers would be eligible to it. The Reviewer will, we suppose, admit that the best Peers would be elected by the people ; and if the effect of excluding the less worthy from legislative authority would be to make the Upper House a duplicate of the Lower, let us be informed what there is of value in the present compo sition of the House of Lords, which keeps it from heirs- a duplicate of the other House ? In familiar terms, if to take the cream of the House would render it a duplicate to the Commons—what is the worth of it when it is not moll a duplicate ? Why, according to the Reviewer, the peculiar virtue in it, when not a duplicate of the Commons, consists in the preponderance of those prejudiced and factious Members, whom the people would reject, as opposed to their interests. From the idea of a House of Lords composed of such men as Lord Durham, Lord Melbourne, Lord Mulgrave, the Marquis of Westminster , Lord Lans downe, Lord Holland, and—we may surely add—Lord Brougham, the Reviewer would shrink with horror as a " duplicate" of the Commons ; but he is content with a House in which such men are overwhelmed by the New castles, Winchilseas, Rodens, and the like, for to their pre dominance it is owing that the hereditary legislature, born of the old corruption, is not "duplicate" of the Commons. The Reviewer having in one sentence taken fright at the notion of the election of the House of Peers by the people, as such a constitution would render it " a mere duplicate" of the other House, presently after takes flight also at his own suggestion of an Upper House chosen by a wealthy constituency, because, forsooth, instead of being a mere duplicate," the Peers would, by such a constituency, be armed with new power and more domineering than the pre sent House. And, undoubtedly, the effect of rendering the House of Lords elective would be to raise it in authority, and the more popular the basis of the electoral system, the greater would be the increase of its power—the broader its foundation in the public respect and confidence, but propor tionately great would be its responsibilities binding it to public duty. We agree that an electoral body of a high property qualification, would give a bad Upper House ; but why then propose an electoral body of a high property qualifica tion ? No reasonable being can desire to separate the inte rests of the Lords from the interests of the people, and the only effect of making the Lords representative of large bodies of the people would be to make them representative of common instead of narrow interests. Those Peers would be chosen whose opinions were generally thought accordant with the popular interests. Whimsically enough, the Reviewer, who objects to making the House of Peers representative, on the ground that it would be thus reduced to a mere duplicate of the Commons, places his special trust in public opinion as the power that is to control the Lords, and compel them to ac quiesce in the measures of the Commons. Now, what is an electoral system but the machinery for obtaining public opinion ? But those who scout the notion of affecting the Lords with the influeece of public opinion by a steady re sponsibility, %vitt yet place their first and last resource in irregular tempests of public opinion, which are to sweep away all opposition. They are , i n fact, f.r submitting the Lords to public opinion, with this condition only, that the Lords must not feel its force till it amounts to a hurricane. Mr. Grote observes, in a masterly tract on Parliamentary Reform, to which we have often referred, "Is it not strangely inconsistent to extol the opinion of the majority when collected under every possible disadvantage and de fect, and to decry and ridicule it when transcribed in full, when accurately computed, and demanded and delivered with such a degree of solemnity as to ensure the most ma ture deliberation of which each individual is capable ? Shall we hear it maintained that the desultory buz of pub lic opinion, the irregular show of hands, will be in favour of truth and reason • and that when a day named, and the solitary forewarned and considerate judgment of each indi vidual is computed at a poll, this decision will be reversed?" Shall we also hear it maintained that the desultory buz of public opinion should overrule the Peers of Parliament, but that it would be mischievous to affect the same men with more certain knowledge and the more steady operation of public opinion by responsibility to large bodies of-the people ? The sense of the public is ascertained with won drous distinctness by those who have an immediate interest in learning it. Responsibility is a mighty conductor of sound, and makes the most powerful ear-trumpet. It is to be observed, that all the arguments against Re form of the Upper House come to this same conclusion, that the Lords are to be subdued by public opinion : public opinion is at last to make their body the mere duplicate of the Commons, but would it not be more wise and just to bring them into harmony with opinion by the Representa tive machinery, than to leave them to run a oourse of error injurious to society, which is only to he checked and cor rected by some tempest of public indignation ? In the work despotisms public opinion is not without its restraining influence ; but in free, well-governed nations the difference is, that it has legitimate channels for a steady and unequivocal expression. It is curious that the present question as to the House of Peers is strictly analogous to the question disposed of as to the late Tory Ministry. We were told that they suc cumbed to public opinion, and would not dare to attempt any mischief ; but the question asked, and never answered, was, what disposition or vocation they could have to any good work ? The people say that it was not enough to hold a mad Government in a straight waistcoat, but that they had a right to the active services of willing hands. So, in the Lords, we require a legislative assembly with dispositions and motives to promote the interests of the people, instead of a body with propensities to mischief, which are only to be restrained in eases of extreme injury, by proportionate explosions of public indignation. The Edinburgh Reviewer admits the misconduct of the Lords (though he vamps up a defence of them in several culpable instances), and deplores their infatuation ; but the remedies to which he looks, in preference to origanic change, are, at first, the effect of a greater popular majo rity in the House of Commons ; and should that fail, his last trust is in a Free Conference, in which the two Houses, upon occasion of differences, would vote together. As to the first expectation, we ask why the Reviewer should object to the popular election of the Lords, on the ground that it would make the Upper House a mere du plicate of the Lower, while his great hope is that a power ful majority in the Lower House will reduce the Upper to submission ? In what respect then is a forced submis sion better than a concord, or the d..plicate abhorred by the Reviewer ? Is there any kind of good in compelling men to act against their will ?—ls it better to ha v e a House of Lords awed into acquiescence with the Com mons, than one agreeing with the Commons, because hav ing the same general views and responsibilities ? We ask these questions, assuming for a moment that the Reviewer has reason to suppose that the Lords would be overawed by a large popular majority in the Commons : but, desir able as it is, for many reasons, that there should be such a majority, it would but faintly and irregularly influence the decisions of the factious and infuriated Lords. As for the other resources of the Reviewer—the Free Conference—it is the most 'preposterous crotchet that ever was entertained by an intelligent man. As an expedient for swamping the Commons, indeed, nothing more effectual could be conceived. The present Tory majority in the Peers, added to a majority in the Commons smaller than the existing minority, would outnumber the Liberals in the two Houies. And a Tory Ministry, by creating Peers, could ' always command the majority in a Free Conference. A Liberal Ministry, it may be answered, could do the same !,10: of its: , ::. 1d,.. , •1! er i rjr„ „ . ,' - M - - 2 16 ----. but in that case, as the Revievt. .150.... : - C fets ' l -a e ( iksa 'House of Lords would be the mere Oitiaia t tli , , , ,v , en,, and, upon changes, each new Admin t ls'* i -01:Yun der the necessity of overtopping the m is f . y-cotifiiprede cessors. The House so run up would soon lu;nble to the ground, even if the people could meanwhile endure to see their representatives borne down by a mob of Lords. But such an expedient is so palpably absurd, that to com ment upon it would be an inexcusable waste of words, were it not for the quarter whence the recommendation proceeds. CORONERS' INQUESTS. MELANCHOLY ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon an in quest was held at the Buffalo's Head, New-road, Maryle bone, before Mr. Stirling, on view of the body of Mr. Christian illenry Spindelon, aged sixty, who was killed un der the following afflicting circumstances. Thomas Spindeloit, one of the deceased's sons, deposed that on Friday afternoon last he was assisting his father at the livery stables of Mr. Crowe, coach and cab proprietor, of Nottingham-mews, Marylebone, in painting some cabs. His father, having occasion to go into the loft, did not ob serve a kind of trap-door which was covered with straw, and in consequence was precipitated headforernost through, and alighting upon the stones in the yard beneath, was killed on the spot. Mr. Pearson, a medical gentleman, attended in a few minutes, and declared his inability to be of an y service to his unfortunate father, as life was quite extinct. In answer to 'questions from the Jury, the witness said that his father was quite sober at the time ; the door was unquestionably very dangerous. The Jury made some severe animadversions upon the door in question having no protection. A respectable man and father of a large family had been suddenly deprived of life, in consequence of Mr. Crowe not having taken due precaution to prevent any accident occurring. The 'Coroner desired the beadle to communicate to Mr. Crowe the feeling of the Jury upon the want of proper care on his part, which would have prevented so distressing an occurrence. _ _ _ The beadle replied he would do so. Mr. Pearson, surgeon, of Bulstrode-street, stated that the death of the deceased was caused by concussion of the brains—Verdict—" Accidental Death." FATAL ACCIDENT.—Last evening an inquest was held in the Board-room of Charing-cross Hospital, before Mr. Higgs and a respectable - Jury, on view of the body of H. Taylor, aged 30- Mr. Richard Bean, house pupil of the hospital, deposed that the, deceased was brought to the institution on the previous night, about ten o'clock. There was a large opening in the left side, exposing the lungs. Several of the ribs on the same side were fractured. The unfortunate man was sensible, and did not appear intoxicated. He (the deceased) could not account for the accident. Wit ness had no hope of his surviving, but every method was 2dopted to alleviate the sufferings of the patient until his death, which took place about six o'clock that morning. Mr. Thomas Brown, assistant to Mr. M'Queen, wine merchant, of Spur-street, Leicester-square, deposed 'that about a quarter to ten o'clock on Monday night he heard a voice call out " For God's sake take care of the horse, we cannot manage him." Witness going out saw the deceased and a female lying on the foot pavement ; the former was bleeding copiously from a dreadful wound on the left side ; the female was insensible, but only superficially injured ; a light cart was entangled with the post at the corner of the street, the shafts aad reins of which were broken. The horse was a few yards off the cart, but not disengaged from the broken reins. Two persons were 'in the cart at the time of the accident, both of whom appeared perfectly sober. Witness accompanied the deceased in a cab to tbis hospital, where his sufferings were most acute ; but he was sensible, and, on the way , exclaimed,bless my poor children, what will they do ?" The name on the cart which occa sioned the calamity was " Davis, No. 4, Museum-street, Bloomsbury." Mr. Thomas Pickers, a gentleman, residing at No. 7, St. George's-place, Hyde-park-corner, deposed that, a few days back, he arrived at Dover from the Continent. From Dover he wrote to Davis, the proprietor of the cart, to send his horse and cart to St. Katherine's Docks on his (witness's) arrival in London, for the purpose of removing his luggage to his residence. On Monday evening the! Dover packet arrived at the Docks, where the horse and cart were in readiness. The baggage was placed in the cart, and the carman proceeded towards witness's residence. The horse went steadily until it reached Green-street, Leicester-square, when the animal shyed at the barking of a dog, and ran off into Leicester-square. The reins broke, when the driver, who was perfectly sober, lost all command. On reaching Spur-street the cart came in:contact with a post ; the shaft of the cart entered the body of the deceased, who was standing at the corner, and at the same time wit ness and the driver were precipitated into the street, but fortunately escaped with a few bruises. Several other witnesses were examined, whose testimony was corroboratory of the above. The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death ;" but a long discussion took place as to the amount of deo dand, which was ultimately filed at ss. The deceased has left a widow in a state of pregnancy and six orphans. INQUEST IN THE PENITENTIARY. —Yesterday an in quest was held in the General Penitentiary, Milbank, before Mr. Higgs, on view of the body of J. Cooper, aged 32, a convict. Captain Benjamin Chapman, Governor of the prison, de posed that the deceased was admitted to the institution on the oth of May, 1834, from Kirkdale Gaol, having been tried on the 7th of the preceding month, at the Liverpool Assizes, for receiving stolen goods, and, being convicted of the same, was sentenced to seven years' transportation, which, under the Act of Parliament, was commuted to five years' imprisonment in the Penitentiary. Mr. James Wade, surgeon to the prison, deposed that the deceased was admitted to the infirmary on the 14th of last month, with fever and general indisposition. Every medical skill and attention was paid him, and he went on favourably for some time ; hut on the 30th ult. violent symptoms for the worse came 00, which baffled all surgical aid, and he died on the 31st from the effects of fever. Durinc , his illness he was attended by witness dail y , as also by''' Mr. White, the medical superintendent of the prison, and was supplied with wine, arrow root, sage, beef tea, and other nourishing articles. The Jury expressed themselves satisfied, and returiled a verdict of " Died by the visitation of God." Loss OF INILID OF ISLAY STEAMER.—We regret to learn that this find vessel sustained so much damage in the Frith on Tuesday n i t jht as to have become unfit for repair. She had come round from Dundee on that day, after a pleasant passage, and after landing her passengers, &c., at the Chain Pier, Trinity, proCeeied across the Frith to St. David's, to take in coals for her trip northward, when having, it appears, in the darkness come ratfir too far in shore, she struck on a reef of rocks a little to the eastward of the harbour of St. David's, and the consequence 121 LS been , as above stated. The engine was taken out by the u.'lder. writers on Friday. Roch Belard, who was guillotined at Paris on Saturday, for the murder of a person of the name of Dubois, requested before his execution took place, that all the prisoners in the dungeons of Bicctre might be let out of them, which request was complief.l with by the Governor. He met his fate with seeming fortitude, so much so that in reply to a question put to him by the executioner, whe ther his wrists were not bound too tight, he said' " no I thank you, I am very comfortable."—Boulogne Journal. APPREHENSION OF A GANG OF THIEVES.— Carlisle appears to have been i nfested for some time back by a gang of desperate and daring thieves. Their c areer, however, has been short, through the vigilance and activity of the Police, their course being nipt in the bud on Satur day last. For several miles round the city, petty robberies have been committed almost every night for the last fort night. On Friday night last, However, the thieves bad be come a little bolder, and ventured on a more desperate game, and one which happily led to their speedy detection. Carlisle Journal. FRENCH PRISONERS IN RUSSIA.— We have often beard mention of the prisoners of war who remained in Russia since the campaign of 1812 ; some days since, one of than was admitted into the hospital of Douai. This old soldier belonged to the chasseurs of the Imperial Guard, in which he was Quarter-master. Taken prisoner at the passage of the Beresina, be was conducted to Kamt scliatka, with 30,000 companions in misfortune. The first year they remained there they spent miserably, but gradu ally they had bread distributed amongst them, and their condition was considerably ameliorated. At the restora tion an ukase permitted them to return to France, but six teen thousand of them preferred remaining in the colony, where new advantages were offered to them. They were allowed to remain as freemen, not serfs ; they were left un restricted in their choice of wives. They were left altoge ' timer to themselves ; and so well did they prosper that, according to the prisoner at Douai, the part of the country where they are is in as high a state of cultivation as any in France. Those who are prevented by infirmity from work ing for themselves, receive from the local Government a sum sufficient for their subsistence. The old Quartermas terhad lost the use of his legs and feet, and has lived in this condition the last twenty years, up to the time when he un dertook the long journey which led him to Marseilles, his native place. He embarked at Riga, and landed some months since at Antwerp. On his arrival in France he was allowed to travel free. In this manner he was enabled to reach , Marseilles, %vhere lie still hopes to find his mother. His resting places in general, are the. hospitals, where he receives some solace for his sufferings.—French Paper. ~.+~ 5