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FINE ARTS. SWISSERLAND-PART IL O. VIRTUE—London. We have more than once spoken of this little work, in terms of the highest praise ; so shall content our selves on the present occasion, with stating that it does not fall off, either in the quality of its engravimgs, or the style of its literary illustrations. The views of the present number are some of the most picturesque in Svrisserland—particularly that of " Erindelwold," With its high unassummig cottage in front, and the bleak, frowning crags in the back-ground. CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY) The MASTER of the Roils and Mr. Justice 130SANQUET sat as Lords Commissioners to-day. Their Lordships took motions, none 'of which *ere of any public importance. VICE-CHANCERY-(TAIS DAY.) His HONOUR took motions to-day. LEWIS V. LANODON. Mr. KNIGHT, with whom was Mr. DUCKWORTH, applied in this case upon notice for an injunction to restrain the defendant from using the name of Brookman and Langdon, on pencils ma nufactured by him. The defendant was the son of Mr. Langdon, the eminent pencil maker, and the plaintiffs were the personal re- Zesentatives of the firm. The defendant, lived at No. 27, Great 4 ussell=street, Bloomsbury. The defendant was the executor of Mrs. Langdon ' and had been in the .habit of putting the name of Br oo k man an d Langdon to the pencils he manufactured. Sir Wm. Hoawx.and Mr. WAKEFIELD opposed the application. His HoNoun. directed the injunction to issue, but as the case Was one of great importance, his Honour felt called upon to direct a ease for the opinion of a court of law, for the purpose of ascer taining the defendant's right to use the names of Brookman and aangdon to the pencils manufactured by him. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) THE ICING V. THE JUSTICES OF MIDDLESIZE. The ATTORNET-GENERAL, in this case, shewed cause against a ' ~ de for a mandamus moved for against the Justices of Middlesex, !Id commanding them to issue a warrant of distress for enforcing r payment of certain rates assessed upon David Myers, William l'rookbank, John Goodlad, I. Bell, and other inhabitants of the Parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, by a rate and assessment made tlrt th' e 9th April last ; for defraying the expenses of paving, watch . ug, cleansing, and lighting that parish. The case had been D rought before Sir F. Hoe, hnd the other police magistrates of 1101 ' -street, who had decided that they could not interfere, and an a pplication was now made for a mandamus, the effect of which never be to make them liable to an action of trespass. There '"er was a case in which there was less ground for such an appli- A ' a tion, for the parties had their remedy by civil _action under two different Acts of Parliament. In this case the Magistrates had a reasonable doubt of the validity. of the rate, and this was Mother ground why the Court should not consent to the t Pplication. The Paving Board, by whom the rate had been im- Posed, had been appointed by the select vestry of the parish, under " Act pa sse d i n th e 23d y ear of the reign of Geo. 111. The third section of that Act provided for the appointment of twenty fo°l' inhabit an t s , inhabitants, twelve of whom were to be vestrymen. On the " of February, notice was given of, a meeting of the select vestry f or this u e and on the 15th they assembled for that purpose ; but purpose ' the .lmmediately afterwards a large number of the inhabitants forced ir way into the vestry-room, and insisted upon their right to ap point the Paving Committee, they being of opinion that there was ;_Io • legal select 'vestry existing in the parish. Mr. Church . warden Holroyd, who was in the chair, immediately, adjourned the Z i q, and the parishioners proceeded to t i elec a Paving Board, but eg ? never acted as such. A notice was ssued by the Vestry rk, calling a meeting of the select vestry the same evening at 7 I3 elock, and they proceeded at that hour to appoint a Paving Board, :21tio have since that time conducted the business of the parish, and nosed the rate in question. The Learned Counsel contended flat if the se l ec t ves t r y was a l e gal one, the' appointment had tat been made within the hours of ten and to, as prescribed the Act--that the Chairman had no - :autho w rity to adjourn the e y, est rY, and that the meeting 'in the evening was a distinct *f . which notice should have heen gven in tl;e Church. be Pon all th ese groun d s he submitted that the i rile in this case - should discharged. at Mr. PLATT - folloWed on the same side. It was evident from the r ,,,.t:oment made by the learned - Attorney-General, that the Paving 4 - 7mittee by whom the rule had been imposed, were not appointed "lACcordan ce with the provisions of the Act, and therefore the ma tistrates were fully justified in refusing to issue their warrant. The question (*whether the Committee appointedby the inhabitants was g oo d or not, had nothing to do with the case before the Court. Sir Wu. FOLLETT in support of the rule argued, that if this was 14 °t a leg a l b o d y, t h e r e was none i n the parish. It was of very great importance to the parish that the Court should at once dis- Ire of the case, as th e Co m mittee were anxious for their Lord- Ps' s opinion as to whether they had been legally appointed or not. Until the point was decided the parish must go unlighted and IMwatched, as a great number of the parishioners had refused to Pay the rate. It had been urged that the parties could bring their action' but even if an action could lie, of which he had some doubts, there was no time, as the funds must be at once raised. Lord DENMAN said the Court was of opinion that this rule roust b e discharged, and of the small and simple ground that the Pastie s had a speedy remedy, under the Act 57 Geo. 111. sec. 38, :ailed Mi c h ae l A ng elo T a ylo r 's . Act, which seemed almost framed for that purpose. Because, most undoubtedly, if the question !.° l lld b e t r i e d by action, it was muc h b e tt er t h e op i n i on o f th e uourt should be thereby obtained, than that a mandamus should Re to the trustees to compel them to do an act which would expose Z e t m i tn a n act i on o f trespass. On these grounds alone, and with of the asvc'nge the s ma ll es t op i n i on or i nt i mation upon any of the facts , the Co ur t .f elt that it would best discharge its duty by of tellK in ing individual., that w h ere another course was open, the Court dischar g ed, ged. 's Bench should - no t b e move d f or suc h a purpose..—Rule EXCHEQUER COURT -(THIS DAY.) -ROSS V. HUMHRIES• This actio n was tried before Mr. P Baron Gurney at the sittings after last Term, when the plaintiff was nonsuited. Sir WILLIAM FOLLETT now moved for a rule to show cause why that nonsuit should not be set aside, and a new trial hid. The ac "on was brought by Mr. Ross, a barrister, as a trustee, upon a eon tract by which the defendant bound himself to pay to certain trus tees a sum of 1001. per annum so long as he was allowed to retain a situation as commission-agent for the sale of the produce of a I .,Vest Indian estate. The first ground upon which the Learned nulge had nonsuited was, that the plaintiff was bound 'to produce contract in writing, which he did not do. The second ground 4 1 ‘ts, that there was a variance between the proof and the declai a "°o. With respect to the first, which was the main point, hewould oidy cite the ease of Barnett v. Glossop in the Common Pleas, Where it was held that unless the matter was specially pleaded, the Objection could not be raised, because it then formed no part of the r ecord, The - COuirr iefused the Rule. - - While Mr. Baron BOLLAND was reading the Judges' notes of the ~,41eti g ce iven on the tr, r. Ross, aintiff in the was sitting behind ial Sir M W. Follett, the rose pl and said " That rause, is M r. Baron G oRNEY—Mr. Ross, after I had taken the evidence, read it over to the witness, and she assented to it. M r. Boss—Not that part of it—not that part of it lam certain. . The other Barons . , who had been quite astonished, desired Mr. Ross to sit down. Mr. B aron G URNEY -1 too k d own every wor d o f the e v id ence h m ost caref u lly, an d th en rea d ever y word of it to the witness as it I t ilow been read, and she assented to it all. A `r. Ross — My Lord, you haVe taken it down incorrectly. ,IT ! Baro n A LD ER SO N—M r . Ross, you must sit down. "r• Ross—My L or d; the' L earne d Judge - has tak.c . n down the "Kleoce incorrectly. All th e B.sitoris—You must be quiet, Sir—sit clown. . ,2 1 r. Ros s —l cannot sit here and hear evidence so perverted. I "L. i treated with great injustice. el fG • - M R • •conduct now, is it was on th e Baron URNEI —V. R o s s, our `` 4ll , is most indecent. That is a most indecent observation. 14„ .. , the evidence most correctly, and it was assented_ to—every o ld, of it—by the witness.,. de Mr.. Ross--It is not correct—it is a gross perversion of the evi . sown,Baron ALDERSON (with much warmth)—You must sit . M. R oss ( cons id era bl y exc i te d) - 1 ca n not s i t h ere , a nd h ear perversi on of d own .P Ba ron A LDERSON (with increased warmth)—You must sit o W, Sir, and behave with more ropriety if you do not, the t : u cers must removeyou from the Co p urt. lam sorry to be under eecssit v of saying so to any gentleman of the Bar. th e ' r he, Cou'om then proceeded with their judgment, and refused th e ??OS :-+eTted Mr. Baron Gurney, saying, " Mind m - .•- ,„ anner in which the contract Was you ed." v g '"r. Baron ALDERSON—Mr. Ross, you really must not do so. 3 . i s ,4 are personally concerned in the case, and such an exhibition I ndecent. Had it b een p ro fe ss ional warmth or feeling, it would ,c ac been more excusable. Ross--My Lord, I have no pecuniary interest in the matter, .. : ! 1 1 a mere trustee. tp r• Baron ALDEON—II is a personal feeling; you are brother law to the witness. RS Ibis' extraordinary scene here terminated, and the Court pro• - " , u with th e new trial paper. SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. nEAL, MAY 29.—Wind N. E.—Arrived and remain in the O w ng, the Eden , Slader, from Jamaica, and William, Hadnett, i, °l3 ) St. Vincent's. Arrived from the River and sailed, Post Boy, , tr Yrnan, for MA ore and President, —, for New York. " rt . • )(mount, MAY 28.—Wind variable, the MAY 28.—Wind variable, light breezes.—Arrived Tartarus steam .packet, from the Mediterranean, ieft Malta Bth 4 41 ., Gibr a lt ar 18 t h , an d C a di z 19 t h . O ff por t, H as h em y, - Stuart, orn Calcutta. Lt ylaPooL, MAY 28.--:-Arrived the Crescent,.Heyes,, from— i7•• Off_port, Cervantes , —, from Leghorn. - " , c, MAY 27.—Arrived o ff port, the Monarch, Buchannan, CARD FP °M Calcutta. MAY 27.—Arrived the Fortuna, Balow, from Memel. 13 I DPORT, MAY 29.—Arrived the Byron, Lindsay, from-Riga. tiNULL, MAY 0 9.—Arrived the Royal William, Laycock, and rc, So!tiv, from St. P e t ers burgh ; Margaret, Sutton, and Ed- A li a ro , ra, Fo lir rs ai te m r, an f7 f m rom ßiga ; Ariadne, Olhmann, from Memel; (Extract of a letter from the Correspondent to Lloyd's, dated May 2, 1835.) th e " The ice bridge a t C arouge i s b ro k en up. Early this morning William Ash, from Bordeaux, was telegraphed.. She has not Ito port , but.as the wind is the Eastward, she is ex ielt_° eti before dusk. Th ere i s a goo d deal going down w ith th e tide. d o master reports much ice in the gulf and the river, d an that he fro " not see any vessels- bound up. No steam boats yet down Montreal. The • ice in the river St. Charles has S not yet Bllt , I\tINGIIAM The Hiah Bajliff of Binning hatn, i ' *--- ::, to 11 compliance with a requisition, has appointed a public . 4/ 4 .`"lg at the Town Hall, on Monday next, to address his of t i tY on the recent change of Ministry, and on the subjects . urch are Corporate Reform. LITERATURE. MEMOIRS OF LORD BOLINGBROKE. Br GEORGE Wixo.norx Coosz, En. 2 K;Ils. Sm.—Richard Bentley, Burlington-street, I :33.; . This is a very animated account of the life and cha racter of one of the greatest men of modern times. If only considered as the bosom friend of Pope, and the founder of that philosophy on .which the celebrated " Essay on Man" is constructed, Bolingbroke would demand the labour of the biographer ;. but when to this claim are added the conspicuous station he held in the political affairs of William 111. and Queen Anne, his character as a writer and orator, and the signal mis fortunes which threw a cloud over his latter days, one can scarcely mention any personage in modern 'history whose " life" may be more profitably studied than that of Henry St. John. Mr. Cooke has, therefore, ren dered a permanent service to biography in general by the pains he has taken in investigating the career of this remarkable wit, philosopher, and statesman, and by the light which his researches have thrown on many disputed points in Bolingbroke's actions and motives. His connexion with the Earl of Oxford, and the ani mosity which arose between him and that minister, are I fully developed, and a most amusing representation is given of the Coutt intrigues, by whose agency those notorious female rivals, the old Duchess of Marlbo rough, and the upstart Mrs. Masham, contrived to fool Queen Anne. , St. John's conduct as Secretary at War, and his subsequent tactics in opposition, his manoeuvres against Harley, his tampering with the cause of the Pretender, his final disgrace and banish ment, and his behaviour during his expulsion from his native country, are all revealed with a masterly hand, and enable the reader to understand clearly the real character of that man who, more than any other, has furnished a subject for perpetual controversy. Dis gusted with fis treatment at home, Bolingbroke, on his arrival on the Continent, accepted the office of Se cretary of State under the Pretender, and in this capa city was the bearer of a mission to the Court of Ver sailles ; but becoming at length worn out by the dis tracted state of the Chevalier's Councils, he retired from his service, and, to,add to,his other misfortunes, , was impeached by that ,Prince. These circumstances, taken in conjunction with the private affairs of Boling broke's life, form a narrative more stirring and fuller of variety than the generality of memoirs ; and we doubt not that the reader's curiosity in tracing them will equal that which animated us in the perusal of these volumes. The critical portions of Mr. Cooke's work will interest the thpughtful inquirer no less than those occupied by narrative. He passes in review, not only Bolingbroke's,, character as a politician and moral philosopher, but examines his writings,, and ex poses with an unsparing hand the fallacy ,of his theolo gical disquisitions.' . - PHILANTHROPIC' ECONOMY, or the , PHILO- SOPHY 01 ...HAPPINESS, Practically, applied to the Social,..PoPical, and Commercial relations V. Great Britain. BY MRS. LbUDON. London: Churton, Holies Street. 1835. Mrs. Loudon is an amiable as well as a most intelli gent woman. Her'book breathes throughout a spirit of goOd-Will to every hunia.ii being, which is as differ ent from the common cant of the political and social optimists of the day as light is from, darkness.- She possesses in an eminent degree the faculties of a close reasoner, and easily anticipates the strongest objections with which her arguments can be opposed. Her work is an invaluable production, because• it completely reconciles the leading doctrines of the' science of poli tical economy with those sacred precepts inculcated by the Divine Founder of the Christian religion. This is the first great object of her book, and admirably has she attained it. So far the work is not only original, but invaluable in its originality. It has hitherto been the prevailing practice •- with all writers on political science to regard the doctrines of the Christian faith as an abstract code, which it was nei ther convenient nor necessary to allude to, in arguing the probable workings and consequences of certain systeins of taxation, or certain restrictions on commerce. Mrs. Loudon has departed from this mode of discussing , political questions. She has undertaken to show that all restrictive systems are not only morally evil, and in their results injurious to the welfare of society, but that they are directly at variance with the precepts contained in the written law , of God. To us her rea soning appears quite conclusive ; and many of her ar guments in defence of Free Trade as stronger than any to be met with in the works of Adam Smith, M'Cul loch, Miss Martineau, Professor Dew, or any of the writers in the Westminster Review. One of the chief recommendations of Mrs. Loudon's work is the total absence of the unintelligible phrases .so common in all other treatises on political economy, and the simple form in- which every pact of the system is placed before the public mind. The jargon of the science is thrown aside; the first principles fully explained; the importance of the study briefly stated ; the objections to it fully and ably answered ; so that before a dozen pages are carefully gone through, the uninitiated reader is surprised •to find that political science is less difficult of compre hension than a resson in music, or a chapter in his tory. Mrs. Loudon does not shrink from freely ex pressing her opinions on all the great questions which now agitate the country. She advocates the abolition of all. monopolies ; repudiates the system of indirect taxation ; condemns the law of primogeniture and • hereditary legislation ; considers the policy of poor laws for Ireland ; and devotes a chapter to a subject hardly ever touched upon—the awful responsibility of voting in. Parliament: The work contains many fine passages which might be offered as extracts ; but we give the following from- her chapter on the collateral benefits of a Property Tax, because it treats of an important subject, which will, in the course of a very short time, force itself upon the attention of this country : " But lay the burdens of the state exclusively, or chiefly, on already realized property—that is, make the tax-voting order the tax-paying order—and the representatives cf property, whether reformers or . non _reformers, would immediately feel, and therefore understand, the necessity . of rendering those burdens as light as circumstances would permit. Sinecures and unnecessary offices' would be abolished, and the indispen able ones remunerated moderately ; or, if the property class thought fit, instead of each dividing his own possessions among his own children, to keep up, at tbe expense of the order, establishments in which their younger sons might still be placed to scramble for the prizes, it would bec ome a sort o f club affair, and, whether wise or not, would at least cease to be unjust to other classes. Another most essential advantage attendant upon laying the burdens of the state exclusively on already realized property, calling in always the aid of new property as fast as realized, is, that such an arrangement would not only teach the represeptatives of already realized property, now the law-making order, economy, but also, which is of infinitely more importance; give them an immediate per sonal interest in the increase of national wealth, and therefore set them upon devices to bring about and secure general pros perity. Industry—that is to say, the immediate interest of industry—would thus, ,at length, be virtually represented : a privilege it has never yet possessed, and which no reform in the freedom of election, not even universal suffrage and vote by ballot, could bestow upon it. F or th e man wh has his daily bread to earn bas seldom education, never leisure, still less a legal qualification to take himself a seat in Parliament, and so become the actual representative of industry; and it is in vain that by his vote, however fairly given, he sends thither a dele gate who has made his fortune in the same occupation at which lie is himself still a labourer ; by the very fact of having ac quired a fortune that delegate has ceased to be the representa tive of industry, and become in fact, and, what is still more important in feeling, the representative of property ; it has become his supposed personal interest to devise laws for the more than just protection of already realized property gene rally, and special enactments securing to the property portion, or great capitalist of his own peculiar trade or calling, some ,Unfair monopoly, calculated to oppress at once the public and the operative.; and such, therefore, has been in general the conduct pursued by what is called the great mercantile interest in the HouSe—men who, though risen from the people, are no banger of the people. ,In fact, our boasted three estates have long had absolutely no existerce. Whether the maintenance of such a fancied harmony, arising out of discord, is either desirable or possible, is another question. Again, the real identity of interest of the whole community is a truth which is little understood, and less acted upon. What we have at pre sent to deal with, therefore, is the supposed separate interests of the various parties in the state; and these consist, in name only, of King, Lords, and Commons,--in reality, of King; Property, and Industry. Lords and Commons thus, instead of being two such supposed interests or estates, are united, by the possession of property, into one such supposed interest or estate ; and industry, while ground into the very dust to pay whatever this united interest chooses to demand, is shut out from all particle of share in the virtual representation. And yet the national importance of already realized property, com pared with industry, or the power of creating wealth, is but as that of the income of an estate for a short period compared with that of the value of the estate itself. What rents would lands pay without labour ? What interest would money yield unless the principal were employed to set labour in motion ? Now there is no question that what both Houees of Parlia ment vote, constitutes law; yet already realized property, this" comparatively unimportant interest, is represented in both Houses : industry; or the power of creating wealth, that stu pendously important interest, not in either. Thus the great stability giving majority of the nation, whose property consists in this power of creating wealth by labour, though they send nominal reprosentatives to Parliament, have no one, with an interest felt to be identical with their own, to plead their cause in any constitutianal form, except indeed the drawing up of humble petitions for that which they have a right to demand. If, therefore, neglecting the prayers of those petitions, the property-holding, corn-growing union,—being also the law framing, place-holding, subsidy-voting, and subsidy-appropri ating union—choose to make industry or labour, which it is their supposed interest to buy cheap, unprofitable, and bread, or the produce of the soil, which it is their supposed interest to sell dear, unpurchasable, and yet to take (for so doing) large salaries levied on industry,—what has industry left ? The terrible remedy of turning the ploughshare into the sword 111" We trust that this work will find its way into the hands of all classes. Rich and poor will act wisely in studying it. It can give offence to none, and may benefit all. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. At the Court at St., James's, the 27th day of May, 1835, PRP:SENT, The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. This day the Right lion. Sir Richard Hussey Vivian, Bart. and the Right Hon. George S. Byng were, by his Majesty's command, sworn of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took their respective places at the Board accordingly. BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, MAY 6. The King has been pleased to appoint the Honourable George Stevens Byng, Comptroller of his Majesty's Household, vice the Right Honourable Heory Lowry Corry, resigned. WHITEHALL;;MAY 23. The Lords Commissioners for the custody of the Great Seal have anpoirited Michael Cohen D'Lara, of Sheffield, in the county of \'ork, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lords Commissioners for the custody of the Great Seal have also appointed William Edwards, of Spalding, in the County of Lin coln, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. . _Z// -~__ ~,..~, TM: SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, .MAY 30, 1835. WAR OFFIC 4 E, -MAT 29. 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards.—Surgeon G. A. Stephenson, from the 89th Regiment of Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Peacock, .deceased, May 29, 1835. Ist Regiment of Dragoons—Staff-Assistant-Surgeon W. Reuny, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Steele, promoted in tlie . l6th Regiment of Foot, May 29. , . , - 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons—A. Scudamore, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Trollope, who retires, May 29. 9th Regiment of Light Dragoon's—Lieut. J. 11. Grant, to be ' Captain, by:purchase, vice Willis, who retires ; Cornet C. H. lb betson, to, r be Lieutenant, by purchase, yice,Grant ; t if. Meiklam, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Ibbetsen, May 29. 16th Regiment c)t - Light -Drragoons—Cornet W. P. ,Waugh, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Syfeetman,who retires ; J. C. R. Wegnelin, Gent., _to be Cornet, by purehase,, vice Waugh, May 29. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards-L-Capt.- Hon. R. Bruce to be Adjutant, vice Stuart, who resigns 'the Adjutancy only; H. T. D'Aguilar, Esq., Page of Honour to the King, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, without purchase, May 29. 2d Regiment of Foot—Capt. R. W. Brough to be Major, with out purchase, vice Hunt, deceased; Lieut. J. Carney to be Cap tain, vice Brough ; Ensign J. E. Simmons to be Lieutenant, vice Carney ; Ensign R. B. Walton, from the Half-pay of the 90th Regiment ; of Foot, to be Ensign, vice Simmons, May 29. 11th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel G. L. Goldie,- from the 35th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Keightley, who exchanges, May 29. 13th Font—Ensign E. King, from the 39th Regiment of Foot, to be. Ensign, vice Whish, whose appointment has not taken place, May 29. 16th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon W. Steele, from the Ist Regi ment of Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Sheen, appointed to the 89th Regiment of Foot, May 29. 17th Foot—J. D. Barnes, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Stewart, who resigns, May 29. 22d Foot—Gentleman Cadet M. W. Goldie 'from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sheppard, who retires May 29. 24th Foot—Staff-Assistant-Surgeon J. M. Drysdale to be Assis tant-burgeon, vice Loi ixuer, promoted . in the 79th Regiment of Foot, May 29. 30th.Foot—Ensign T. Maunsell, from the half-pay 63d Regi ment of Foot, to be Ensign, repaying the difference ' May 29. 35th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel John Keightley, from the 11th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Goldie, who exchanges, May 29. 39th Foot—Ensign T. White to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Maule, promoted ; Ensign R. F. Ord, from the 79th Regi ment of Foot, t o b e E ns i g n, vice King, appointed to the 13th Regiment o f F oo t ; G en tl eman C a d e t H. W. Humphreys, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice White, May 29. 40th Foot—H. Halkett, Gent. to be Ensign, by, purchase, vice Hinde, who retires, M a y' 29. 43eF00t,--Staff Assistant-Surgeon W. Hamilton to be Assis tant-Surgeon, May 29. _ . . 46th FootL--Lieut. C. W. Zuhlcke to be Captain,' by purchase, vice Coultman, who retires ; Ensign W. H. 31: Ogilvie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Zuhlcke ; A. Vesey, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, Vice Ogilvie, May 29. 60th Foot--Lieut. G. Bulman to be Captain, by purchase, vice Byng, who retires. Second Lieut. R. Aldridge to be First Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Bulman. H. Holbech, Gent. t o be Se cond Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Aldridge. , D. Morrice, M.D. to be Assistant-Surgeon, May 29. 63d Foot—Captain H. B. S. Seymour , from the.half-pay of the 23d Light Dragoons to be Captain, vice J. Gibbons, who ex changes, receiving the difference, May 29. 71st Foot—Staff-Assistant-Surgeon A. AVG' igor, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Ferguson, appointed to the Staff, May 29, 72d Foot—Lieut. R. Baillie, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Henry, who retires ; Ensign C. Moylan, to, be ;Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Baillie ; J. A. Harding, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Moylan, May 29. 79th Foot—H. Smith, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vi e' , Ord, appointed to the 39th Regiment of Feot„May 29. 86th Foot.—Gentleman Cadet J. R. C. Smyth, from the Royal' Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice, Moriarty, who retires, May 29. 89th foot.—Surgeon R. .Snean, from the 16th Regiment of Foot, to be .Surgeon, vice Stephenson, appointed to the 3d Dra goon Guardi, May 29. 90th Foot—Major G. G. Nicholls, from the half-pay Unat tached, to be Major, vice H. Mackay, who exchanges, receiving the difference, May 29. Rifle Brigade—R.- V. Agnew, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Stewart, promcked, May 29. UNATTACHED Lieut. W. , S., Conway, from the 3d Ligbt Dragoons, to be Cap tain, by purchase, May '29. HOSPITAL STAFF. - - - To be Assistant-Surgeons td the Forces--Assistant-Surgoon G. Ferguson, from the 71st Regiment, vice Hamilton, appointed to the 43d Regiment of Foot ; H. F. Minster, Gent., vice M‘Grigor, appointed to the 71st Regiment of Foot ; J. C. Ottaway, Gent., vice Drysdale, appointed to the 24th Regiment of. Foot, May 29. MEMORANDUM. Captain Joseph Hill, upon half-pay Unattached, has been per mitted to retire from the Army, with the sale of the Unattached commission of Captain, he being about to become a settler in the colonies. OFFICE ,OF ORDNANCE, MAT 28. Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Major-Cenral Sir J..• Maclean, K.C.H., to be Colonel-Commandant, vice Major General B. Young, deceased, May 29. BANKRUPTS. WILLIAM BURROWS, pluniber, Leicester-square, Middlesex, to surrender, June 5, at two, and July 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Todd, South-square, Gray's Inn. WILLIAM DAY, plumber, Providence-buildings New Kent road, June 5, at twelve, and July 10, at eleven, at the .Court of Bankruptcy. Richardson, Ironmonger-lane. JOHN CLIFFE STRETCH, auctioneer, Worcester,•June 23 , and July 10, at twelve, at the Hop Market Inn, Worcester. Gwin nell and Hughes, Worcester; Becke and Co., Essex-street. JOHN BUSItILL, jun., bricklayer, Leamington Priors, War wickshire, June 8, at two, and July 10, at three, at the Lansdowne Hotel, Leamington Priors. Burbury and Lampray, Warwick and Leamington ; ;Myrick and Cox, Red Lion-square. JAMES PAWSEY HARVEY, maltster, Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk; June 16, and July 10; at eleven, at the Six Bells Inn, Bury St. Edmund's. Leach, Bury St. Edmund's ; Bromley, South-square, Gray's Inn. JOHN MOLYNEUX BIRD. chemist, Liverpool, June 18, and July 10, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Kaye and Co., Liverpool; Dean, Palsgrave-place, Temple-bar. DIVIDENDS. T. Cocks, oilman, Little Lant-street, Southwark, June 20, at two, at the COurt of BankrUptcy—J. Thomson and J. Woods, ho sers,'New Bond-street, June 20, at twelve, At the Court of }Laic ruptcy—S. F. Gray, chemist, New ,Bond-street, June 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy—H. Smethurst, hatter, George-street, Great Surrey-street, June 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy—S. King, baker, Kinnerton-street, Knightsbridge, June 19, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy—H. and J. Cazenove, merchants, Broad-street-buildings, June 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy—W. Ec c l es a n d J. Stalman, tailori, Hattori-garden, June '22, at eleven, at the Court of Ban'kruptcy—j. B. Foster, brickmaker, Lower-road, Islington,June 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.D. James, banker, Dartford, Kent, June 19, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. Broadberry, coal dealer, North Collingham, Nottinghamshire, June 26, at four, at the Clinton Arms Inn, Newark-upon-Trent—H. and J. Hage, printers, Newark; June 27; at eleven, at the Clinton Arms Inn, Newark, Notting hamtshire,--J. Cripps, blacksmith, Winson, Gloucestershire, June 19, at twelve, at the White Hart Inn, Cirencester--J. Woollicy and J. Seeker, wine merchants; Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, June 24, at eleven, at the King'S Head Inn, Great Yarmouth —j. Booth-. royd, stone mason, Stayley Bridge, Lancashire, June 23, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, illancliester—W. Toone, lace manu facturer, Lenton-row, Nottinghamshire, June 19, at twelve, at the Gawp the .fourth Inn,. Nottingham—J. M. Mulliner, coach • _ Maker, Northampton; June-22, at one, at the PeaeoCk.lnn, North ampton—G. Nippur, upholsterer, Northampton, June 22, at two, .at the Peacock Inn. Northampton—J. Tiffney, woollen cord manu facturer, Deighton, Yorkshire, June 19, at twelve, at the Offices of Messrs. Jacomb and Tindall, Huddersfield—C. Martyn, draper. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, July 1, at the Bankrupt Commission-room, Newcastle-upotk-Tyne. CERTIFICATES, JUNE 19. W. Green, silk warehouseman, Cheapside—J. Whitley, money scrivener, Liverpool—P. Hatton, innkeeper, Heaton Norris, Lan cashire—J. Hodgkins,brush manufacturer, Liverpool—J. Smith, surgeon, Wheatley, xfordshire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED, T. Vanse, and G. Vanse, lime-dealers, Blibvvith, Yorkshire— J. Weatherald, and T. Cooper, coach-builders, Manchester—W. Weymouth and R. 11. Adams, wine mzrchants, Dodbrooke, De vonshire—G. Lee and S. Ardon, horn-scale' cutters, Sheffield— J. Cormaek and W. Cormack, seedsmen, New Cross, Surrey— T. Carson and G. W. Croke, attorneys, Liverpool—R. S. Atche son and W. Ridge, jun, attorneys, Duke-street, Westminster—D. L. Chambers and Co., ironmongers, Bishopsgate-street—H. Hearne and W. Pollden, innkeepers, Philip's-buildings, Somers' Town. LATE ELOPEMENT. MEETING BETWEEN SIR COLQUHOUN GRANT AND LORD SEYMOUR. We are authorised to publish the subjoined letter and statements : LITTER FROM. SIR C. GRANT TO LORD SEYMOUR. MY LORD—Such has been the stupor and 'subsequent agony of mind I have endured since the sad event that has deprived me of the only remaining prop and comfort of my life, that till now I have not beet, able to calm my senses, or command my reason sufficiently to enable me to examine the circumstances connected with this foul transaction. " If I have found it hard, very hard my Lord, to bear up against those afflictions which the will of Heaven has visited me with, till but only one of all I had to bless my home was left to me, it is, L find, beyond humanity to endure that this last solace of my life, for whom alone I wished to live, should be torn from me by a train of artifice disgraceful as it is cruel. " My Lord, I have said thus much, not with any wish or hope to move your sympathy for that mockery would from you be fresh wrong ; but purely that you may know that if I have a heart that deeply feels a grief, it can as acutely feel a wrong. _ _ . " The guilt of this my wrong, my Lord, is shared by many ; by some placed beyond the reach of that vengeance due from me, and whom I must leave to the honour and character of society to punish ; by others, too, whom the laws of honour bring within my grasp ; among the latter I have just grounds for fixing you, my Lord. " It might be hard, however so decided by law, in home cases, to hold a man responsible for the acts of his wife— such as where he could not, with the most honest feelings, control them ; but surely where, by active or tacit concurrence, he witnesses, wickedly or tamely, the most grievous injury done by her, the husband cannot complain that that redress which could' not in such - case be obtained from the wife should be -de manded at his' hands. In this precise predicament is your Lordship placed with regard to me. , At your house, from whence it was known, mark, that my child had eloped, were assembled, with yourself and Lady Seymour, Mr. and Mrs. Norton, Mrs. Blackwood, and Mrs. Sheridan, in whose presence (added to that of Colonel and Miss Armstrong, just arrived) my friend, arid, in the'event of my death, my daughter's guardian, as he stated himself to be, Sir Robert M'Farlane, required of your wife intelligence of her flight. This, in your hearing, and in that of all present, Lady Seymour yet - used . ; "And you, not enforcing Sir R. NfiVailane'S right to trace my daughter, Will, I think, be ac cused by all, as well as by myself, of having lent yourself to the plot, and for thispost dishonourable conduct I demand that yoli render me satisfaction. • ' " My friend, the `bearer of this, will, with yours,- arrange Patters without delay to this end.—l have the honour to be, my Lord, your obedient servant, ' (Signed) ' " COLQUEIOUN GRANT. ":Grosvenor-square, May 28, 1835.7' • " 1 'C-A PTA IN 'llO SE'S. Sir AT2MEN T. , - • . May 29, - 1835. " I waited on Lord Seymour with Sir . C. Grant's letter (a "eoliY of ivhich is" inclosed); on Friday motaiing. His Lor - ship said that, before her took any steps with regard- to, that letter, he wished to see Sir Colquhoun himself, in order to.re meVe an erroneous impression which appeared to exist in Sir Colquhoun's mind with'-regard to the share 'Lady Seymour bad had in the matter referred to, stating, at the same time, that the explanation which ha wished to afford Sir Colquhoun would be without prejudice to the measures which be would subsequently adopt respecting that portion of the letter which had reference to himself. This, I said, would be perfectly irregular, and that I could not advise Sir Colquhoun to'grant such an interview ; and that unless his Lordship could state that Miss Grant did not elope from his house, and that he was not present wh6n Sir Robert M'Farlane demanded informa tion as to her route after her flight, Sin Colquhoun's opinion could .not be altered. Mr. Bentinck called on me shortly afterwards, and again repeated Lord Seymour's wish that Sir C. Grant should separate Lady Seymour from any share in the transaction, in which he said she had been in .no way concerned; stating, at the same time, that Lord Seymour was perfectly ready to meet Sir Colquhoun immediately, and give him any satisfaction he might require for any share he might suppose him to have had in the affair. I then said that if Lord Seymour would state that he had no knowledge of the transaction previous to the moment of the elopement. 'I would endeavour to change 'Sir Colquhoun's determination.. This Mr. Bentinck said was out of the question, as Lord Seymour had known of the transaction an hour before it took place. An - immediate meeting - was 'then agreed upon, previous to which Mr. Bentinck again urged that Sir C. Grant should state in writing that he called upon Lord Seymour for satisfaction for his Lordship's share in the business, and not for any participa tion which Lady Seymour had had in it. I thoug h t this a fair request, and submitted it to Sir Cdlquhoun, who refused to' accede to it. The parties met in a field near Hampstead, and after a change of shots, without effect, Sir C. Grant begged me to lead again. Mr. Bentinck came up to me at this mo ment, and asked if I considered that "I,Ord Seymour had afforded Sir Colquhoun the 'satisfaction he required?. I an swered that I conceived he had ; upon which Mr. Bentinck stated that Lord Seymour was now ready to explain to Sir Colquhoun various circumstances connected with the transac tion which had caused the meeting, and which would probably much alter his opinion with regard to it. The parties then left the ground without any further communication. " GEO. PITT, ROSE." " I have read over the above statement, signed by Captain Rose, and I consider it to be a correct account of what passed on the occasion. " White's, May 29." " G. BENTINCK. AGRICULTURAL RELIEF. ON THE MEANS OF EFFECTUALLY RELIEVING THE LANDED AND FARMING INTERESTS FROM THE DISTRESSES WHICH THEY NOW EXPERIENCE, BY ISSUING • 'EXCHEQUER BILLS; EXCLUSIVELY. APPLICABLE TO THEIR RELIEF. BY THE RIGHT HON. SIR J. SINCLAIR, BART. Exchequer Bills were first created in the year 1696-7, on the suggestion of Lord Halifax, then Chancellor of the Ex chequer. They were issued for five and ten pounds, as a substitutiOn for money, and they have' since been found, on other occasions, a most effectual mode of restoring confidence, and, relieving public . distress. •-• • A similar s carcity of public credit having taken place in ,1193 (an account of which is given in the History of the Re venue, vol. 11. p. 295), Sir John Sinclair was induced to re commend the same plan to Mr. Pitt's attention. That able Minister immediately saw the utility of the measure, and lost no time in carrying the plan into effect. A report'in its favour was presented to the House on the 29th of April; and with such celerity was the business conducted, that an Act, sanc tioning the plan, (33 Geo. 111. C. 29,) quickly passed both Houses, and received the Royal assent on the Bth May fol-, lowing. The success of the measure exceeded the most sanguine ex pectations of those who proposed and supported it. There is not, indeed, in history, an instance when such essential benefit was rendered to the commerce and manufactures of a country, in a manner so sudden, and so easy in its.exectition, and from which indeed the public derived some pecuniary advantage, in stead of its being productive of expense. The Government has at the present time nothing to do but to adopt the same measure, in order to restore at once the agricultural prosperity of the country. Let an able intelligent Committee be appointed without a moment's delay, and let an Act be passed for the issue of Exchequer Bills for the relief of the landed and farming interests, and . consequences equally be neficial will he the result. And surely the agricultural inte rests are as well entitled to the attention and support of Go vernment, as those of Manufactures and Commerce, however important they may be. In order that some idea may be formed of the deplorable state to which the landed and farming interests are•reduced at the present crisis, the following statement of the gradual de preciation in the value of wheat, from the commencement of this century, to the present period, is submitted to the' reader's consideration. _ _ Annual average price of Wheat per quarter, in England and Wales : Years. s. d. Years. s. d. 1800 llO 5 I 1812 122 8 (Years. s. dr 1824 62 -0 1825 66 6 186........ 56 11 .1327 56 9 1828 6O 5 1829 66 4 1830 64 • 3, 1831 66 4 1832 53 8 1822 53 5 1834 44 8 1801 ll5 111 1813 lO6 6 1802 , 67 91 1814 72 1 1803 57 11 1815 63 81 1804 • 60. 5 1816 76' 2 1805 ' 1806 1807 73: 1 1819 72 3 1808' . '78 : 111 1820.- ...... 65 10 -1809... 94 5 1821 54..5 1810 lO3 3 1822 43 3 1811......... 92 61 1823 .. 51 91 - Since the Ist January, 1835, the price has gradually receded frOm 21. Is. sd. 'to IL 18s. 6d. per quarter, on an average of all England and Wales; and in the Berwick market, it has been as low as 1/. 15s. 10d. Is it then to be wOndered at, that the farmers should be brought to ruin, when the value of their principle' crop has been reduced, since the commencement of the present century, from six pounds two shillings and eight pence, .to one pound fifteen shillings and ten pence per quarter? It cannot be justly contended, that There a sufficiency of circulating medium, when the most valuable article produced by the soil, is so materially depreciated in its value ; and the agricultural classes can never be restored to their former prosperous state, until there is a sufficient amount of capital itrgeneraltirculation„ to revive confidence,-and to give that remunerating price to the farmer to which he is so justly en titled, by which means alone the agriculturists can possibly sustain the heavy burdens under which they are now labouring. It is impossible ,to suppose that .a. British Parliament, who voted twenty millions stertmg for the relief of the planters in our West Indi:t settlements, should hesitate a moment, by a similar grant, to relieve the distresses of the proprietors and farmers of •Great Britain and Ireland; who haie dill stronger claims upon their friendly exertions, and without which their utter ruin seems inevitable. THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH AND MRS. MASHAM. ( From " Cooke's Memoir;of Lord Bolingbroke.") The _ disposition of Anne was peculiarly susceptible of flattery, and prone to induce her to allow those who studied her pleasure an unrestricted influence over her conduct. During the reign of William, she had been entirely guided by the Earl of Marlborough and his countess. Their influence continued after she had ascended the throne ; and cnc of the first acts of her reign was to create Marlborough a duke. Her :partiality for her friend, who had not then achieved those exploits which afterwards silenced his enemies, exceeded that of her 'Commons, who refused to concur in some grants which she proposed to confer upon him. His duchess was the most favoured of her female attendants; and, together, the influence of the Marlboroughs was all-potent. Long enjoyment induced a security which alone could have afforded an opportunity for opposing favourites so firmly established. The close at tendance and the constant adulation which had raised them to 'power became irksome when the object was gained ; and while the attentions of the duchess became less assidtious,.her tone of remonstrance or advice became more haughty. In order that she might retain an undisputed asceudeney over her mistress, while she relieved herself from the necessity of per sonal attendance upon her, she introduced info her service a Mrs. Abigail Hill, who, being a creature of her own, she con sidered as entirely devoted to her. The Duchess of Marlborough was herself the most scheming and successful practiser of court intrigue of her day. But in this instance she was fatally foiled ; and a discovery of the arts by which she had been herself outwitted, seems to have led her to indulge in moral reflections, which seldom intruded while those arts were only employed in furtherance of her own deSigns. Since she was unquestionably the victim of ingratitude, she may be allowed to relate the history of this transaction her self. "It was about this time," she says, " that .I discovered the base returns made me by Mrs. Masham, upon whom I .had heaped the greatest obligations. The story of this lady, as well as of that gentleman who was her great adviser and director, is - worth the knowledge of posterity, as it will lead them into a sense of the instability of court favour, and of the incurable baseness which some minds are capable of con tracting. " Mrs. Masham was the daughter of one Hill; a merchant in the city, by a sister of my father. -Op grandfather, Sir s John Jenyns, had two-and-twenty children ; by which means the estate of the family, which was reputed to be about 4,0001. a-year, came to be divided into small parcels. Mrs. Hill had only 5001. to her portion. Her husband lived very well, as I have been told, for many years, till, turning projector, he brought ruin upon- himself and family. But as, this was long before I was born, I never knew there were such people in the world, till after the Princess Anne was married, and when she lived at the Cockpit ; at which time an acquaintance of mine came to me, and said she believed I did not know I had relations who were in want ; and she gave me an account of them. When she had finished her story, I answered, that indeed I had never heard before of any such relations ; "and imme diately gave her ten guineas out of my purse for their pre sent relief, saying I would do what I could for theni. After wards, I sent -Mrs. Hill more money and saw her.. She told me that her husband was in the same relation to Mr. Har ley-as she,was to me; but that he had never done anything for her. " I think Mrs." Masham's father and mother did not live long after this. They left - four children, two sons and ,two daughters. The elder daughter, afterwards Mrs. Masham, was a grown woman. - I , took her to St. Miens ' 'where she lived with me. and Ty children ; and I treated her with as great kindness as if she had been my sister. After some time a bedchamber-Women of the Princess of Denmark died ; and as in that reign, (after the princesses were grown up,) rockers, though not gentlewoman ' had been advanced to be bedchamber women, I thought I might ask the Princess to give the vacant place tq Mrs. Hill. 'At first,' indeed, I had some scruples about it ; but this being removed by persons I thought wiser, with whom I consulted, I made.the request to the Princess, and it was granted. As for the younger daughter (who is still living) • I engaged ,my Lord Marlborough, when the Duke of Gloucester's family was settled, to Make her laun dress to him, which was a good profision for her. And when the Duke of Gloucester died, I obtained for her a pension of 2001. a-year, Which. I paid her out of the privy purse : and in some time after I asked the Queen's leave to buy her an annuity out or some of the funds ;" representing to her Majesty, that as the privy purse money produced no interest, it would be the same thing to her if, instead of the pension,to Mrs. Hill, she gave her at once a sum sufficient to purchase an annuity; and that by this means her Majesty would make a certain pro vision for one who had served the Duke of Gloucester: •• The Queen was pleased to allow the money for that purchase ; and it is very probable that Mrs. Hill has the annuity to this day, and perhaps nothing else—unless she saved money after her sister had made her depuq to the privy purse, which she did as soon as she had supplanted me." 4 * The Duchess goes on to show how she provided for all the rest of this family ; summing up the favours she conferred, to increase our sense of the ingratitude with which they were re .paid. She tells us, that she got the eldest brother a situation in the Customs ; and took the second, who was a tall boy all in rags, and who was afterwards called by the bottlemen Honest Jack Hill,' under her protection, and sent him to school. Honest Jack Hill afterwards rose, by his sister's in terest, to be a general ; and the Duchess cannot sufficiently express her resentment, that when Mr. Harley attacked the Duke of Marlborough in Parliament, this once ragged boy whom she had clothed, happening to be sick in bed, was never theless persuaded by his sister to get up, wrap himself in warmer clothes than those he received from his benefractress, and go down to the House to vote against her husband. " As for Mrs. MaSham herself," she continues, " I had so much kindness for her, and had done so much to oblige her, without ever having- done anything to offend her, that it was too long before I could bring myself to think her other than a true friend, or. forbear rejoicing at any instance of favour shown her by the Queen. I observed indeed, at' length, that she was grown more shy of coming to me, and more reserved than usual when she was with me ; but I imputed this to her peculiar moroseness of temper, and for some tithe made no other reflections upon it." - • - The first circumstance which opened the eyes of the Duchess to the plot which was so covertly laid to supplant ber, was the discovery' that Mrs. Hill had contracted a private marriage, at which the Queen was present. She was immediately alarmed that this should have been industriously concealed from her, who had:been usually consulted upon the most ordinary move ments of her royal mistress. It was the circumstances attend ant upon this marriage which gave Harley so absolute an in fluence over the new favourite, and enabled him by her means, to' execute the ambitious designs he had in view. Harley, although he had neglected his relation when she was in want of his ass:stance, was assiduous in his attentions now that she amid be of 'use to him in his projects. The most fulsome' flattery was lavished upon a woman who was not less influenced by it herself because she sari in the habit Of . exercising it upon others ; and so thoroughly was Harley master of the arts of dissimulation and address, that he soon insinuated himself into her entire confidence, and drew from her a secret which be well knew how to turn to his own advantage. Mrs. Hill, if we receive the somewhat suspicious testimony of her indignant benefactress, was possessed' of few personal charms, and still fewer intellectual endowments. She repre sents her as'ordinary- in person and morose, in disposition, ex cept when her interest compelled her to restrain or dissemble her natural temper. We know that her hopes of fortune were confined to the expectations she might entertain from the favour of the Duchess. Mrs. Hill, therefore, was not likely to make any impression upon the gallants of the Court. She had fixed her affections upon a gentleman much younger than herself, a Mr. Masham, then page to the .Queen. But she appears to have distrusted her own pOwers of fascination to obtain .for ber.the object of Tier preference; and she commu nicated her passion and ber'despair to her sympathizing cousin. In obtaining this secret, Harley rightly imagined that he had a means of establishing a strong claim upon her favour ; and .he made her concurrence in his plans the price of his assist ance. He employed a veteran courtier to break the matter to Masham, who aroused the young man's ambition, and fed it with the most magnificent promises. Harley's plan succeeded : Mrs. Hill became Mrs. Masham ; the Queen was present at the private marriage, and Harley and the bride bad already advanced far in the prosecution of their common purpose. Whether the gratification of her passion inspired her with a gratitude which no other kindnesses could kindle, or whether she found that her own interests and those of Harley were identified, it is unnecessary to inquire : certain it is, that Mrs. Masham became entirely subservient to her new ally. The Duchess, secure in her opinion of her relation's fidelity, had frequently been absent from the Court for several weeks tope= ther ; and these opportunities were not lost by her treacherous rival. Gradually her absence was less remarked, and her presence less desired ; so successful had been the waiting woman's endeavotirs to ingratiate herself with her mistress. All her Influence was now employed to prepossess the Queen in favour of Harley, and to give him frequent access - to her presence. Once admitted, the address of the courtier soon won the confidence of his weak and unsuspecting mistress.t He entertained her vvith , conversation most adapted' to please a woinares ear ; now detailing the trifling topics of interest, 'and the secrete gallantries of her Court; now descanting in Strains 'of polished adulation upon the happiness and devoted loyalty of her people.. So attached did Anne become to his society, that she often remained long after. her usual hour of rest closeted with him and her new favourite. * Conduct - of the Duchess of Marlborough. • This work 'was written'. by Hooke, under the immediate superintendence of the Duchess. It is said that he received 5,000/. for his performance. Hooke was a diligent compiler, but a poor writer. t Bolingbroke bears testimony to Harley's insinuating address. In his ironical dedication of his , Remarks on the History of Eng land to him, lie compares him to the serpent of the Old Testament: —" Where anything was to be got, he could Wriggle himself in ;, when any misfortune - threatened him, he could find a way to wriggle himself out." • • . . • The Earl of Derby bas resigned to his son, Lord Stanley, the entire management et his sporting stud. his Lordship was at Newmarket during the lastraces.—Blackburn Gazette. +F_ ~:~';- - :^ 1111 1 b - - ~. IM ' SP OItTI I TELL' GEIsi_CE. ST. ALBAN'S RACES. Tnt7RSDAT. ,latell for 50 sots. lOst. 101 b. each. One mile. Mr. W. Baker's br. g. March, beat Mr. '1 hoinas'e b. in..lSou venir. The .Verulam Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 25 added. Once round, and a distance. 6 Subscribers. Mr. Coleman's ch. m. Amadou, 4 yrs. Hon. G. Ongley's ch. g. Cottager, 5 yrs 2 Mr. Bishop's b. m. Jenny Wren, 5 yrs 3 Mr. Moss's br. m. Eagle, 5 yrs The Borough Plate of 50 sore. Heats, two miles. The winner to be sold for 150 soya. if demanded, &c. Mr. Sheppard's b. in. May-day, 4 yrs 0 3. 1 1 Mr. Cochrane's hr. g. Turf-cutter, 5 yrs 1 2 3 • Mr. Lambden's b. g. Revealer, 6 vrs Mr. Coleman's ch. g. Doctor Sewell, aged 3 0 dr. Mr.' C. Hornsby's ch. in. Caroline, 5 yrs 0 3 Mr. Arnold's b. f. Blue Bell, 3 yrs - 2 drawn A Hack Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 20 added. Heats, one mile. • The winner to be sold for 70 sous. if demanded, &e. S Subs. Mr. J. , Messer's ch. h. Florance, 4 yrs 1 2 1 Mr. Sowerby's Catalonia,.s yrs Mr. White's b. f. by Harry, - 3 yrs 3 0 0 Mr. Roxburgh's ch. m. Wasp, 4 yrs 4 0 dr. The follossing also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Nightin gale's b. m. Lewes Lass; aged ; Mr. Baker's br. g. March, 6 vrs. ; Mr. Moss's br. m. Eagle; 5 yrS. ; and Mr. Alpine's br. f. few_ drop, 3 yrs. The Tally-ho Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 26 added ; free for any Horse. Gentlemen riders. Heats, once round and a distanoe. The winner to be sold for 100 sons. if demanded, &c. 5 Subs. Mr. Grant's br. g. Cannon-ball, 6 yrs. (h.b. ).... • 1 1 Mr. John Tilbury's br m. Parasol, aged... 2 2 Mr. Firth's b. m. Figurante, aged 3 die. PYAAS RACES, TUE3I)Ar. The Warblers, a Hunter's Sweepstakes of 5 soya., p.p., with 30 sovs. added. Mr. G. Barry's ch. f. by Battledore, 3 yrs 0 1 1 Mr. Lunn's Cannonade, by Napoleon, 3 yrs 2 2 2 - Mr. M'Evoy's Ho'locker, 3 yrs 1 8 0 Mr. Bat tersby's ch. f. by Turcoman Sweepstakes "of 5 sovs„ h. ft., with 24 sovs added. Captain Vanneck's Deceiver, aged Mr. ManSfield's Ruby, aged Mr. L. DUffy's Pasta, aged 2 0 Mr. J. Mackay's Maid, 6 yrs Mr. Griffin's gr. g. by Roller, 5 yrs Mr. Fitzpatrick's Dust, 4 yrs TURF APPOINTM .ENTS FOR 1835. Goodwood Haverfordwest AUGUST. JUNE. Epsom South Shields Manchester .. Reigate •••' Ascot Newton Tenbury Knighton Bibury Club Ruxt on Nottingham The Pottery Worcester . . .• Brighton York Wolverhampton Devon and Exeter Stockton, Burton-on-Trent Stourbridge Weymouth... Newport Pagnel SETITMBER. JUL]. 25 26 '27 Ludlow Liverpool July • Newmarket Wctiluck Mansfield Cheltenham . Derby Lancaster Newcastle-under- Lyme ' l4 Hereford • .; .21 Bridgnorth - 22 Winchester Warwick - 2 Lichfield e . . Leicester Doncaster Heaton - Park ... Blandford • Newmarket First October % OCTOBER. Newmarket Second Oct l2 Newmarket Houghton 26 THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) COVENT. GAIII There was a good supply to thif was dull at nearly last week's prie, IEN MARKET. morning's market, but the trade s. d. to AM Putatocs (cwt.) ..... 0. 5• 0 Ca' , !),qe,, White t l2) 0 9 • 1 6 Cauliflowers ' - 0 f..,r§c2 , a,lish:h..atigh,r) I r: 2 6 TS: -- '3-o ... 0 4 0 9 C,ler) • 0 9 I 6 Mt/liar)) 6 4 " 1 -0 Carrot. 2 b..6ches;" 3 1 6 3 i'nleutort • or Greens -6• 3.. 0 Young Onrans .6 g Tuinip ltaddishes 0 1) 1 6 aegis 1 0 1 6 Mushrooms (pummel) 0 9 1 •0 S a Bail Small Saila(' It:aldishes ( h 2 hands) 0 2 0 4 Cos Lettuces (per score) 1 .0 . 1 "6 Cuctnr.bts.rs (each) 4 1 6 Straub. rries (oz.) 0 .6 1 0 • F. (I to s d. Spinach (half-,iere) G 6 0 8 Apples 2 0 5 0 Gooseberries 2 0 4 0 1- naive_ 0 if 1 0 Cabbage Lettiv es 0 6 1 (1 Onions I U 2 0 Sivcßt Orai c (100) . S 0 14 Sc vale (iringe:l . if 0 (6 C (4 0 16 0 Asparagus French Span. Chesv it* (peck) '4 "0 6 0 French dn., 1 0 4 0 Spanish tiaz!enuts ..., 4 .(I 6 0 Brazilian ...... 0 4 (I For. Grapes (per 1b.).... 0 8 2 0 English, Forced . viire Apples (lh.) New Potatoes 0 li 0 3 Cherries ..... 7 0 10 0 t per Load of 36 Trusses.) It LA ND. HAY MARKETS.—(A CUMBEL______. Cons,' heavy Lowland Meadow Hay ..................E4 5 to .C 4 10 Yew Meadow Hay - . Useful Old Ditto Clue Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay Clover 1ay........ .... ... , ... Gat Straw. .... ...... 1 . 2 oto ff. ) . 41 Wheat Straw .. 9 6 2 $ • - SMITHFIELD Coarse helvy Lowland Meadow Hay / .. A3 15 to £4 0 New Meadow Hay Viet.' Old : :IR° Pine Upland MeAlow and Rye-grass Hay 0.. . ....... 5 0 5 5 Clover II O' :extr a 1ine"..... 5 15 Generally .., ..... 4 10 5 10 Oat Straw ...... .. z• 1 16 to i 1 IS • Wheat Straw HUNGERFORD. _ _ Coarse Meadow Hay £4 0 to £4 5 New Meadow Hay Useful Old-Ditto Fine Upland Meadow nod 'aye gra,s Hay Clover Hay • 4 15 5 10 (tat StVa.. , £l 16 to X 1 18 1 Wheat Straw PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Brcad in th, Pletropod.t is 7a. for t';e 41:i. Loat there are others who sell From a half-peany to threo halt:pcalco below that rate. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, cr mputed :row the Returns made in the week ending the i6tlh day ul May, 'KIS, is o. lOd. per Hundred Weight, exclusive of the r Attics of Customs paid or payable thereon on the Importation thereof into yreat PRICE OF 20S.—Nay 29 Per Juarter, St. Foin - Rye Grass. ........... ... '2. s. 3 . , s. 453. Pact.) , Grass s. 40s. s'B. Linseed, for Wetting —s. 453. sti3. Ditto, for sowing —B. 7, hi. 80s. Ditto, for crushing - s Zxls. Mis. Canary —s. 4fis ME. Hemp --s. :Qs. 4tes. Per-13146110. White Mustard Rs 0.1. Ps. G 3. Brown Ditto "farts . 4s. 6d. tis. (kl. t ;Ali. ::3:. .I , oreign 291. 311 ti I (.)Na —May 2:.0. . 5 5, 6. 0 to ('1 93. 6/ 10, ti!. Os to 4) , . '4/. JO,. 0, C, to 5i It/. 0,5/. .0• to 5/. Si. 5' is , 5' 12 to ('I Q., Bath Per Cwt, NewEngish fled Cliver42s. 503 53s OW alto Ditto —s. —s. —s New Foreign Ditto —B. —s Old Ditto Ditto .4.!5. 503. 5 s. New White Clover sos. 03. ties.' :..;1.1 Ditty Ditto New Tread . Ns 20s. 223. OA Ditto —s. 143. rs. Rib Grass l4s. his 20s English Carraway —s 60s. t:53. ForelnDlito —s 5-13. 023 Coriander , —s 103. 123. Rapeseed, English tine (per Las PRICE, OF t- K •ut I-octiots (v,r cwt.) Choice ditt0......., Kent 8a5.... ' Sussztx Pockets Superfine ditto - • WitITECHAPEL HAY 51AltN.KI. --May •Iti day ' «. 95s • d to lOss. ( d , Clover 951 ed. to I las lid. Straw Ilis i d to 423. I'd PRICES OF POTATOES AT SPITALFIELDS Kidneys (York from vessel I/ Wm. to sl. (Is. per tom Scotch Reds ditto. .. l/. 103. to 21..108 ditto Common Reds 01. Os. to 01 Os. ditto : . I)aws I . RI:. to .21. 01. cia o Chats . 0' Is, to,. ditto PUT( E uIL Rape Oil, brown, per ton, us —Reaped, 53 lOs Linseed Oil, 471 las. Linseed Oil Cak, at the Mill, , lOs --Rape Cake, per ten, 5: 10, PRICES OF LEATHER Per lb d to d. - Per Ih. d to d. Crop !lidos, 30 to 40th each II 13 Horse Hides, f;erman '4 VS —J. , I' - s'i - l3} 16 Spanish -;',o GJ Bull Hides Butts, Vitriol --- English . - --,- 711 14, .14 21 r °reign ............... 13 . Ili Seal Skins, 1arge............... 11 13 Foreign hides l3 12 -- small III let Dressing Hides ...... : ...... 11 IS Kips —,---- Shaved ... 3 16. liii4llS S li lie .t S,alillers Hides Horse Hides, English ...... 14 19 Shoulders 7 1.. ; 1 • If rounded 2.1 to 4d per lb more Pit ICE OF ICA W FAT, per stone of bib. - Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallny Mel ters) ... as. 10d• !'tilt;:: OF TALL() '. S 0,11!„ NC per 1121;). I'own Tallow 403. did Yellow Soap Yellow IlliSSia White —s. Ikl Curd ..—ti Od. 31a, Ditto —s id Graves ls. lki. Melting Stud' Into Rough ... PRICE Ot? CANDLEs. The price of good Store Candles in the Retail Shops is as follows ; Cam:les, per dozen, s d ;. inferior, Mouhis, S* ed. Sixpeuce pet doien discoimt for ca:11 Per Ton COAL MAR s. d 17. R.Er— May '29. Per Ton E. d. Wails End He.iton l9 ti Walls End Hilda Walls End Killinworth 19 3 Walls End Northuntherlaud l9 0 Walls End Peareth l5 S Walls End Perkins l7 cs Walls End lltaddyll's '..!o 9 Wal a End Ilettcm Walls End Laibt.at Walls End Stewart 8 \Va Is End Gordon l9 3 Walls End South Durham l9 0. Walls End Tees Adair s Mean's Pri:nroae E.ist Pc rev lB 0 Pontop Windsor l ,l 6 ... .._ .. . _ ._ West 'Hartley Wylam Howard's Netherton Main— 17 0 I.langeimech Coal Haftley ........ .... ••• ;8 6 Silica:one Held and Ca.. ... 16 6 wars End Pell and Brown ... 0 Walls End Bewicke and C 0... 1) 6 Walls End Brown's lB li Walls Gosfortli Ships art iced since 1, last markvt-day, 177 COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING TIIE WEEK. - - Y 8 40 42 46 41 911 :IS 51 36 4) 33 42 sd. ti,d 00 o 0 : l'el WheaL I Barley. 47 58 I 34 18 '23 38 •44 aasing,toke 34 501 w 35 .2430 • :;9 44 ttali Briggessater.—.... 48 22 26 20 25 '32 34 Bristol 4B 51 128 - 12 111 20 01 38 Chesterfield 44 52 29 33 16 2•2 41 . 48 Derby 43 45 , 55 'l3 25 39 42 43 50 t:9 40 21 28 40 46 08 26 22 44 42 48 Di 29 17 20 32 40 Gloucester. —......... 34 41 21 32 20 32 34 44 thingetford 31 40 22 .34 .2.1 28 54 40 •U} • 40 Newbury '2B 44 27 33 27 28 41 42 .Bonsey 36 46 ,27 • :34 t?) 28 35 44 Shait,lstry • 51 _25 • 17 ' Shcpbn 111aOet 31 42 32 35 25 28 40 42 .46 -.52 26 . .L 2 21 :7 38 44 42 3(1 IS 34 33 - - 42 28 - 30 2,1 24 :34 SG 140 54. 28 30 6 40 i'cr !s. s. 6. s. d ' s s.(l s, st:i. t .w.ury i 6 0 6 6 4 4 49.50 . 08iL0 OC, Pease RIR niNGI - 1 A NI CORN id AltKEf, 'May 28 Wheat, 62 ib. Billio',. lilperial quarter Do. (*raiding, 4:i lb. Oats, 391 b 01d Beans, 66 lb l6 0 17 0 .New ciao New White Boiling Pease, 0 . imp. bush IS 0 VA Dttto Grey 44to . The new street leading` from London-bridge to the Mansion House will be opened* about noon on Monday with some ceremony by the London Bridge Committee, who will afterwards•embark at the Adelaide Steam-wharf, and din 4 at 23.