The Sun. — London, England, 1841-03-01 00:00:00

I vow. in that Duke of -lit into onalk" ouch to e , s. lia," is itute a Spea k " us t hat s elfish i s de ,est an d a verY s burs t ' it of t he a lways t riat 6 rbs th at so us ' cc Wll O E .° tidi ed." ACCdote, n emoir s ) lb, we a Lord, al Queen st su perb . 1 cour t suit c i ling round a i ban cd Tre"r abrio tod coo- his icklese pbovf s a do'' a s cr ee n as p is ronei to t he jos.e , d e un o? 0 ' Lion for Carel es a l ran n, Lnd feel tless fare her Ali, brea ks nee, eqtle" n' S li S k o f Ed to US Indiu all illus' $ y MORNING "maims!, 4tt!binne, he seeme d t o t hi n k I was ecserving i!st w t!lit the last time I was at his house, 1 mentioned something ),otit.Count Woronz4, and he fancied 1 had been sent by orf , nzof to communicate it. Yet there was about him a middeal of sympa,hy, (it . intelligent sympathy: a curi , us re too, of what as natural and what waq factitious. lie a la sort of systematic plan for gaining people. I was quite surprised to find the interest he had shown towards me. The t a rtieulirs did not immedirtely occur to my thoughts, nor did I immediately gather up the threads of them till long after wards. He had many projects for marrying me to ladies of his att lustintance. Bentham relates several anecdotes of the yo unger Pitt, all which prove that he was a man of c old, stern temperament, and impenetrable re serve. How different from his great rival, Fox, the most social, affable, and kindly of beings ! fr o Rhymes for the Corn Ki ng s " are, we presume, m the pe n o f Eb enezer E ll i ott. Th ey are not m hishappiest manner. The truth is, he has Worn the subject threadbare. " Tories, Whigs, and the Law of Libel" is a fierce assault on Mi nisters for their recent Chartist prosecutions. law w r i ter observes, " the Whigs inherited the 4 w of libel from the Tories; they have carefully Preserved it, and rendered it snore stringent ; and when they are turned out of office, as they soon Must be, they will restore to the Tories their ori ginal instrument of torture for political offen ders, much improved fur their purposes." This r umnark has some truth for its basis, but it is too munch exaggerated. MONTHLY MAGAZINE. This periodical would be far more popular t t'au it i s , were it not for the frequency of its essaysl. on subjects so vague an d m y s ti ca l, as to 7eeP the rea d er i n a constant state of perplex i ty. the present Number, for instance, we find an article entitled ".Foreign Aids to Self-Intelli gence, designed for an Historical Introduction to th e S tudy of Ontological Science, preparatory , a Criti que o f P ure Being." We have read thi s t articl e w i t h some attent i on, b ut can didl y ; r ifess that we can ma k e li tt l e or not hi ng o f i t . There is, here and there, some acute reasoning th ere it, but sense i s so m i xe d up w i t h j argon, an d , l ere is su c h an o b v i ous want o f a l uc id arrange ment of ideas throughout it, that we are com pelled to abandon in despair the task of getting ?lbe writer's meaning. "On the Date of the ti?.trOduction of. Painted Glass," informs us—and , 11 s is its o n l y mer i t — t h at t h e " use o f pa i nte d glass. for the ornament of churches was estab eshed in the fifth ce n tury," w hi c h is a much earlier date than we,should have thought of as -I:ghtling to thi s o: amental experiment. The " i Plomacy of. Society" is an ingenious es ay, not want i ng i n a certa i n f ree and sY pla y o f arc h h umour. " E ng li s h Wit s " i s li l'zi.enioir of Congreve, accompanied by a brief I ,` l. ' ti eisni on the works of this witty comic dra sitiStt WllO still continues to charm us, de iNte the clumsiness of their plots, and the gler -11,7 it aprobabilitv of all their chief personages. dan le Critic is right when he observes that Sheri was a close imitator of Congreve. Had the oth er never written the " Double Dealer," the would n ever have written " The School for S an dal." On the " Christ Rejected, of West," a so graceful poem by the Rev. Robert Oxlad—a ?Inewhat unmusical name for a singing bird of e f il tassus. " Leaves from the Fragment of a - ` e " is a prose tale of average merit. TEE POLYTECHNIC JOURNAL. or l:ne first art i c l e o f F. Winslow, Esq., " Author t he Anat om y o f S u i c id e ," & c ., con t a ins some „ fl gular facts, illustrating the wonderful changes ; (1 1. °duced on the animal frame by cold. Indeed, singula r are th e y, th a t b u t f or th e re spectable t C il es by which they are attested, we should e classed them with the tales and lies of the tincha usen sc h oo l ; an d , notw i t h s t an di ng th e au thoriti es we believe many readers will still be se or e )tical, so contrary are many of them to the i onary laws of nature. In short the treatise is s n o te resting, not only in this respect, but for the 11 , 11 _1 1 ( 1 practical advice it affords to persons who, necessity or choice, remove from one tem perature to another. " The popular practice," ;7s i t he writer, " of waiting till a degree of cool oress leas taken place before quitting a hot room, th before going into a cold bath, is dangerous in Per extreme. It is questionable whether any 1: 1.8 , 0 n ever received an injury from cold after ef nng a heated assembly, if he left while he 4 i -il tinued warm, and either by exercise in the r) or b y a warm covering, kept up that warmth 8 , 1)111 e degree till lie arrived at home." On the da tnority of Dr. Currie, nothing can be more 1 ,, i n gert.us for persons in a state of perspiration, t l° \vial t) bathe, than waiting on the edge of , i le bath , or at the water s id e t ill t h ey are per `47 tll- cooled. They ought to plunge in at once, to kll d sudden chillness, often of the most dange r,tis charact er . The following are a few of the It i , 0 0 1 ,t remarkable instances given of the effect of Bomare affirms that on the Andes there r() e found some of the bodies of the first ccuque pars of South America, arrested by cold on their ,„,!Sage . to Peru in quest of gold. They are still ,7 8 ,erved with all they carried with them, and a .. ,tne various attitudes in which they were frozen surprised by death some 300 years ago. Et „ alt k 'Walton, on the authority of Gesner, gives a - account of some large breams being put into th Pond which was frozen next winter into one the y of ice, so that not one could be found, yet ks e l Were all swimming about in spring as lively w.' l v er• Captain Franklin saw a carp leap about ti l , lll great vigour after it had been frozen for , ) 41.t Ysix hours, with others that had been split Piwith a hatchet like a piece of wood. And, p e i e°ll ing to Gangin, quoted by Fletcher in his dilYsiology, there is a people in Moscovy who l: every year, about the 27th of November, and ie not restored to life till towards the end of April ! N e i re is a curious article also on the duration of P A at i n the United Kingdom, from which it ap and lrS ) that in the northern districts of England in Scotland, there is coal sufficient to supply e current annual draught for a period of 1,727 Years,,i: independent of the vast beds in Wales, 4 eh would supply all England for 2,000 years h , e• The present generation may, therefore, C, L satisfied that they shall have coal fires at e4 st fo r the duration of their lives. THE SHAKSPEARE SOCIETY. k 111 0 first publication, or rather the first work i-sued by t he Shakspeare Society, was delivered on Friday u such mem b ers as have pa;d their subscr i pt i ons. I t h Dul wich for title " Memoirs of Edward Alleyn, founder of D t ikiult v i ch College," a most distinguished and prosperous ,:ter in th e re i gns o f Eli za b et h an d J ames 1., an d, con sluently, contemporary with Shakspeare, Ben Jon 4'. Messinger, Marston •Dekker, Heywood, &c. Re 'Pectin; the se an d o ther s the v o lume con t a in s much h e w and interesting information. It has been compiled r Y Mr. J. Payne Collier, from original manuscripts f l "erved at Dulwich College, of the existence of most °f whic h until recently, nobody seems to have be.in I re. They most curiously and authentically illus ‘ro, ' e the condition of our stage, and of dramatic poetry, itt Abe . h t • e period when it reached its utmost perfection, t i affording a number of particulars hitherto en re4Y unknown respecting Alleyn himself and his family. o r ," ev 'ral points of Shakspeare's life are touched on in th e Memoirs" regarding which the infor mation is ent i re l y new . Fir s t h e i s men ti one d i n so m e ;'''e; sent to All et n , probably about the year 1592, L b w hich Bentley, Knell, Ketnpe, Phillips, Pope, Bur- Ni 4 P , and other great actors of the day are named. , ex', it i s e h own t h a t Shakspcare was acting in con iett with Ilenslow's company, at the very time when old Hamlet, the old Taming (f a Shrew, the old q u eHr lY &c. (which Shakspeare used in the subse of ut ,eemposition of his own dramas) were in course I , P u ulic performance. Thirdly, we have an original icter from Mrs. Alleyn to her husband, in which „ la k , Peare is introduced by name. Fourthly, it is 1; tdbished th a t Shakspeare was upon the stage at a Qri°d considerably subsequent to the usually assigned ,r 9 ; and in the fi`th place, evidence is produced to ~:t ." that Alleyn was the purchaser of Shakspeare's t '• "est and property in the Blackfriars theatre at the o l p n o l i. w a hz . the latter retired from London to Stratford lifelhese are matters of much value in relation to the .°1 our greatest dramatist. Then as to Ben Jonson, aides ve rses i n h is h an d- wr i t i ng , we h ave th e f a ct as itiertained that he killed Gabriel Spencer, a fellow actor, f ot , lll , e ) - ear 1758, in the duel he is known to have Cg" 1 0 Horton-fieldsi. Malone proved that Massin tter, W as iu pecuniary difficulties in 1613, but docu in n ts are now before the public (or more strictly speak bekre tl-ie members of the Shakapearian Society), , fte 'ch aff or d ev i dence of that poet ' s di stresses two years to i rwt t'ds• Marston is shown, under his own hand, 1,141, : t 41 , ovag to e n d written o r i a g play on the adventures of Colum- Litr fekker to en his circumstance e s, s rom and inclo D sing a panegyric 4 ,ree, are i nse t e d i n th e course o f M r . Collier's nar stely, • The title•page makes no mention of Lodge or ?ilea Gosson, but the information relating to these gartloguislied lit erar y men is cacti fuller than that re • ` li ng severalothers who are rendered more pro -o:the whole of the preceding information, it will be c„ s e e i r .‘ 4 red, is independent of any facts connected with c of Alleyn and his foundation of Dulwich Col aer". Ne ar l y the whole of t h ese ( s i ngu l ar as i t may 'Pear) are nea , and important, even to the remarkable yeeurnstaece of hi s t l es i i e to b e knighted in his latter e ars, with a v e.v perhaps to grat i fy t h e van i ty o f hi s etl"d wife, Constance Donne, the daughter of the etated poet and divine.—Morning Chronicle. e , I A fine - -------- male dromedary was born at the Y to d Zoologi; a 'clen 9 , in six Regina:. Park, on Tuesday, and . o Well. This is the second time !hat there has ' 0 a successful birth by this animal in the Menagerie. A ~_:::. ~. 'llll SUN, LONDON I/CONWAY, MARCH 1. ie4i,l mEsstis. WRIGHI"S BANK. RLTPTCY. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—Fs.n. 2.7. ( Before Mr. Ccmmissioner HOIROYD. ) This r:f ernoen, at ore o'clock, being fixed for the ad journed examinati,,n of Messrs. Biddulph, Wright, and Co., the Court wi s much crowded with merchants and geritle men who formerly banked with the firm, and who now at tended to prove their debts. Mr. Bacor. the barrister, attended on behalf of a credi tor named Henry Burton, a clergyman residing at Atcham, in Slop, arid Mr France, of a: Ilford-row, represented a gre..t many parties interested in large amounts of money in the stocks. Mr. Hamilton, of Henrietta.street,Covent garden, attended as solicitor to the fiat. A gentleman applied to the Learned Commissioner to know if he could prove a debt against the bankrupt's estate under these circumstances :—He Tees ived a check from a person who was a customer of the bankrupts on the S turday precriding the Monday when the failure took pla-e. The customer, it turned out, was indebted is a large sum of money to the bankrupts, and the balance re maining in tde;r hands had subsequently been carried to the account of the customer, and deducted from the dent due fom him to the estate. He (the applicant) there fore wished to know if he could prove for the amount of the eh( ek received from the customer before the failure. The Learned COMMISSIONER sail that ih-re were cer tain cases in which the applicant and the customer might hsv,.! joined for the purpose of pr,.ving the debt ; but under the circumstances stated he was of opinion the proof was inadmissible, for even if the bank had continued it was questionable if the check would have been honoured. Mr. Hamilton said that a gentleman named Holmes, re siding in Arundel, Susses, was anxious to prove for the sum of 3481. 03. 6d. against Mr. Robinson's separate estate. M. Holmes was executor under the will of Peer R. Lally, Esq., and a sum of 3931 4.. 3d. Bank Annui ties was standing in the name of the bankrupt, Robinson, in the books of the Governor and Company of ttie Bank of England. The stock was liable to be Landed over t) the assignees, and the question was whether Mr. Holmes was entitled to prove against Mr. Robinson's separate estate, or the Joint estates of the bankrupts. Mr. France said it would be much better if the assignees were to let the trust moneys in the stocks alone, and let the stockholders fight out any dispute that night arise among themselves. Mr. Commissioner HOLHOYD said he was of opinion the actual receipt of the stock by Mr. Robinson, with the knowledge that it was trust money, was equally a breach of trust on his part with the trustees who bad parted with it. Mr. Hamilton said that the real estate of the bankrupt was answerable in many instances to parties who had not set been discovered. Mr. France said he was desirous that the assignees should have the stocks that were unclaimed. as they were perhaps the parties best entitled to them, but he contended they had no right to meddle with funds which clearly be longed to other parties than the bankrupts. A gentleman said that the funds referred to in Mr. Holmes's ease originally stood in the name of Mr. Ito linson's father, in the character of trustee ; and Mr. Henry Robinson having been appointed executor of his father, who was dead, that was the way in which the mo ney had got into Mr. Robinson's name. He was willing, if the proof was admitted against Mr. Henry Robinson's separate estate, to abandon Lis right to the stock. Mr. France said he could not object, and the proof was admitted. Mr. Bacon next drew the attention or the Court to the Rev. Mr. Burton's claim of above 20,000/. ; and in doing so, it would be remembered that on a former day this claim and three others were admitted, subject to any in quiry which the assignees might tt ink proper to institute. Mr. Burton appeared in the character of surviving exe cutor of the estate of Messrs. Plowden and Blount, late of Shropshire, who were executors under the will of the lite Mr. Thon.as Wright, the father of the bankrupt, George Anthony Wright Biddulph. The latter bor row ed, it appeared, the sum of 20,000/., under a bond dated the Ist of July, 1822, which sum was to bear inte rest. Messrs. Plowden and Blount and he (the Learned Counsel) held the bond of indemnity which was g'ven upon the occasion, as Messrs. Plowden and Blount had no power under the trusts of the will of the bankrupt's father to make any advance out of the testator's estate. Mr. Hamilton said there was nu doubt the advance had been made, and the only question was whether the bond of indemnity was invalidated by the statute of limitat:onc, it basing been executed so long since as 1922. The Learned CoarattssioNne sal I that he had, since the last sitting, looked into the Art of Parliament, and he had found that it required a lapse of 20 years from the ex ecution of an instrument to bar the claim. The proof for 22,8501. was then admit'ed against the separate estate of Mr. Biddulph. The like proof was next received from the reverend gentle nan, and allowed, against the separate estate of Mr. J. Wright. Mr. Hamilton said he did not attach much importance to this being dono, as Mr. Biddulph's estate would pay 20s. in the pound. The vestry clerk of St. Paul's, Covent garden, was al lowed to join, under the provisions of the local A( tof the parish, wish one of the churchwariens, in the proof of a debt of 9/. 4s. 5d., collected asex Church-rate, and depo sited for security with Messrs. Wright and Co., on behalf of the rector. In answer to a question from the Court, it was stated that Mr. Henry Robinson and Mr. Jerningliam, two of the bankrupts, were in attendance, and prepared to pass their exan.inatior. The balance sheet of the joint estate was h indel in, which showed the following results : Credit )rs £691,648 5 0 From dead Ledger 2,650 8 10 Creditors on Stock soli Liabilit;es—And also account for which no consideration has been given except in some cases in the deposit of securities 52,668 17 0 Upon Bills discounted for Customers, and re-discounted £760,663 14 6 69,015 3 7 Total of debits and liabilities Supposed good assets Deficiency £399,734 18 5 The item under the name of good assets is thus made up : Good debts £276.686 10 0 Deduct 10 per cent... 27,608 13 0 ------- £248.837 17 0 Doubtful Deduct 85,435 15 5 —...... ------ 60,000 0 0 Property Cash in hand 6,966 16 0 Total £429 943 19 8 The total amount of bad debts arc stated to be 5,2671. 9s. 2d. Mr. France then proceeded to question the bankrupts at some length, and they state! that the firm had no claims upon the various stocks of which they had given an ac count in their balance-sheet. A separate stock le lger was kept for transactions in the funds, and the sale of stocks sold by order of the holders all appeared in th.t book, but it contained no entry of those effected in the name of the house except by an especial order. The firm had sometimes invested the moneys of the hoagie in the trust stocks, but not always. The moneys paid away by the firm were known to be part of the moneys for which they were trustees. Mr. Robinson said he was not aware whether all the partners knew the trust moneys were being used by the firm. Mr. Jerniagham here remarked that he never was aware of it. Mr. Robinson stated that Mr. Wright Biddulph bad not been aware of the transactions of the house for many years past. He was expressly exempted from any participation in the management of the concern by the deed of copart nership. No intimation of the insolvency of the house was ever given him up to the moment of falure. He (Mr. R.) was otten going to mention it to him, but Mr. Wright said if Mc Biddulph knew it, he was such a ner vous man that he wsuld come to town and atop the house at once. Mr. Biddulph had recently had two paralytic attacks, and the effect of any such communication would have been fatal to him. All tt e other parties belonging to the house, except Mr. Jarningliaw, knew that the moneys of the firm were taken from the trust stocks. Mr. Jerningham stated that he never was in the habit of investigating the stock ledger. He used to look into it, but never took any particular notice of the sale of stocks. He never knew that the trust stock was disturbed until tea or twelve days before the failure. He was quite correct in what he stated, that no communic t:ion was ever made to him, either by Mr. Rubinson or Me. John Wright, that the trust stocks were being improperly sold and converted. Mr. Robinson—Mr. Jerningham always thought our moneys were the property of the house, that is, the moseys of the partnership. Mr. Jerningham repeated that he was aware stock was purchased and sold, as he usually signed the letters con taining the advice, but he was not aware that any of the moneys standing in the names of the firm as trustees were sold, and he also begged to state that none of the stock was ever insured or transferred into his name. This concluding the examination of Mr. Robinson and Mr. Jerningham, the Learned Commissioner declared them to have passed their examination. Mr. Hamilton said that Mr. John Wright would require six weeks longer to make up his accounts, and Mr. Bid dulph was not in a state of health to leave his residence, in consequence of a recent attack of paralysis. An appli cation bad been made to the Court of Review to empower the Learned Commissioner to adjourn the examination of these bankrupts from time to time, but he (Mr. Hamilton) was not aware his Honour, Sir George Rose, had made any order. He likewise had to request that the Learned Commissioner would direct the continuance of the allow ance to Mr. J. Wright and Mr. Biddulph. Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD said that was a matter in the first instance for the consideration of the assignees— and it was afterwards discretionary with him to approve or otherwise of the course proposed to be adopted upon appli cation being made thereon. Mr. France said he wished to obtain a public declara tion from the asigmees that they either would or would not resign their claims to the trust funds. Mr. Hamilton said that the assignees would take time to consider the subject. All that they wanted was prqer protection ; and they thought that a short petition ought to be preiente i to the Court of Review, for the purpose of obtaining the direction of the Court in the matter. The assignees did not wish to put Mr. France's clients to any expense or unnecessary litigation, but wished to act with safety. Mr. France said, that after calling upon them in so pub lic a manner to abandon their claims to the stocks, he doubted if suits in Chancery were commenced against him, in the went of their non-compliance, if they would not base to bear all the costs personally. Mr. Ilamilton defended the course taken by the assig nees, and after some further discussion the time was ea larded for the cxottlriltion of Mr J. Wri'4llt and Ma, 13ictdrilph, and the Court, with ti-e concurrcoce c f the as.. rignces, Stltte!incd the continuance of the allowance of 5/. per week to each cf 013 bankrul The debts prove I amounted to nearly 10 0 ,000/., and among tl-e pilcipal creditors were the well-known Mr. Crr ckford, who fr ved under a bond dated the 3.1 of Jur e 1839, signed by W. Jernincharn and othi r', t) s-cure the payment of 38,250/. to H. Grey Wyar and John Hemming Esqrs., and by them assigned to Mr. Crockford in con sideration of the sum of 33,750/. The Plymouth Com pany of New Zealand proved fir 3,9861. ss. I Id. ; Captain Thomas Gardnor, of the 2d Life Guards, 20,754/. ; J. Irving, Esq., a director of the Australian Company, on behalf of the Company, 2,717/. Sr. 101. ; George Bray, E.g., committi e of John Bray, a lunatic, 339/. 189. ; Thomas Hamilton, Esq., the solicitor to the fiat 2,5261. 10'. Id. ; Mr. Few, of the same of: e, 254/. 53. ; the releiver cf Lyndon Evelyn's estate, (John Nixon, F,iq ), 1.775/. ; Lord Pare, John Sorimea, E=q , and William Hutt, Esq., trust(e3 of the New Zealand Company. 9721. 43. ; the Wet Rev. Dr M.Daniell, vicar aystolic of the 1,10 of Spain and Bishop of Olympus, 460/. 33. 33. ; Mr. John Clark, of 22, l3edford- t eet, proved for deposits of Poo- rates of St. P:u l , Co%ent Garden, 6501 23. 21. ; and Mr. John Spreck, churchwarden of the same pariah, for two sums of 213/. 2s. Id. and 91. 4s. 83. There were likewise among the ered:tars a nuniabir of dignitaries and other clergy of .he Church of Romp, for sums varying in amoutt up to several hundred pounds. STATEMENT RESPECTING STOCK HELD IN TRUST BY WRIGHT AND CO. For the better part of a century the house had alwa2C; held, in the names of one or more of the partners, a csrs sider:ale amount of st ►ck purchased by order into the names of the firm, and held in trust for various parties. It is wa. known in the money markr t, that while the rate of inter st on Exchequer bills and other flaa'ieg securities is frequently very high, that on stock in the three per cent. erso's money may be obtained at an exceedingly low rate of irr crest. Indeed, in some instances, from ace unt day to ac :trent day, f► r netting, and it has happened often, as our h.soks will show, that we have received profit on the loan of stock, instead of paying intere>t on the loan of mo ney. It was this state of things which probably induced Mr, Wright, about fourteen years ago, to introduce a syst .m of taking up temporary loans on the deposit of this trust stock. In every instance in which these sales were made, up to la recent period, the stock so sold was invariably purchased back for the account. This practice always met with the di ci led disapprobation both of Mr. Selby and of my father, whom I gave known to withhold his signature for weeks to a power of atterney, from a re luataece to confer tea power of any liberty being taken with the stock so held. As respects myself, I will at enco avow, that though I could not approve of it, yet knowing the' at that period there was no possible risk, and that we always held Exchequer bills or India bonds to an amount very much more than sufficient to replace the st)ck at an hour's warning, I r q/arded it then as a matter of comparative indifference. Not so, however, for the last ten years ; when the difficulties of the house became apparent, I felt the deepest anxiety to have the stock re placed, and f. e lueetly spoke to Mr. Wright on the sub ject, particularly when the danger became more immi nent, when I urged bias to have this done imnieliatele, evrt if tie house should be obliged to stop the next dal., and Mr. J -rningham and I had determined that, happen what might, to re-purchase the whole deficient capital on the day before tLe December shutting. Sanguine, how ever to the last, and deceiving us, and probably himself, by the prospects which be held out to us of the successful issue of negotiations for immedi tte powerfal assistanc he allowed the time to pass by, and destruction came upon the house so rapidly in its last moments that it could not be done. I have spoken only of sales made far the use of the house. There were two incances of stocks sold by Mr. Wright and appropriated to hi: own pnrposes, of which I knew nothing for a lmg time after these transactions cc curred. Subjoined is a statement of sales and purchases of stock made for the use cf the house since the 17th of July, 1839, on which day the whole has been bought back, and stood in the names of one or more of the firm, with the exception of 10,000/. Consols sold again on that day. Subjoined also is a statement of the clsimints of stock, and of the amount unsold, and in what names it stands ; and further, cf what investment may have been made sub sestuent to any sale, or otherwise " ear-marked." It should be observed that stock stood sometimes in the joint names, and sometimes in individual names of the firm, and sometimes in the name of the stock-broker for the convenience of transfer, and our books cannot show at what period these changes took place. THREE PER CENT. CONSOLS. PUItCHASILS. 1839. Stock. £ s. August 29 15,000 „ £25,000 SALES. 1829. Stock. £ E. July 17 Aug. 29 Oct. 15 1840. Ser. ►7 ..... .. ... 15,000 Oct. 14 29 75,000 Sold 25,000 Bought £50,000 No addition to the stock standing in the consols NI as made subsequent to the last sale. In the Cons, Is the Claimants, as per list below, amount to 63,6991. 13s. 9d., against which there remains un sold, In the joint names of Anthony George fight Biddulph and John Wright .£3,111 1 8 In the name of Henry Robinson 136 18 0 And in the name of John Wright ... 46 6 9 There have been sold, ail the produce of then carried to the credit of tke house, as per account annexed There have been sold by Mr. John Wright, at what time is uncertain, as also whit became of produce There is an unaccounted tor deficit in the Consul Account of £63,699 13 9 CLAIMANTS OV TIIREE PER CENT. CONSOLS. Madame L'Est,e. £l29 16 3 Monsieur Lefebvre Stoneyhurst College William Jerningham's children Eliz. Gerard and others Countess de Chateauhriand 1,539 9 11 Mrs. Macdonald and otherp, k.f Winchester 10,919 13 2 Madame de Heush ~ 7B 11 5 Si lney M. Preston Frances Ann Preston M. F. Preston 2OO 0 0 Ti-ustee3of Do►othy Jackson George Osborne I eresa Tholozan and others _ _ k;;Cuters of Oliver Plunkett 152 6 7 _ _ . _ _ B. Slaughter Rev. Chas. M'Donnell and othera 3 500 2 0 Mrs. Sturdy S 1-2 4 10 John Doughty Mary Lady Petro Rev. John Ftewry, deceased Mrs. Webbe Weston ... • • 63 11 5 Administrators of Henry Slaughter Hon. Mary Lucy Stourton 879 17 5 Iler,ry Havers A. 111o3ett and others Jos. Lamoureux and others 33 8 7 Thomas Doughty 458 11 5 Alexander Broadway Teresa M. Duck 550 19 3 Edward L. Prettot) 196 8 7 £63,699 13 9 NEW 3i PER CENTS. 1839. Str:ck. Cost. May 31 June 31 July 17 Oct. 22 236 17 7 1840. Jan. 10 Fob. 3 £19,000 0 0 1839. Stock. Produce. May 27 Sept. 24 Oct. 1 29,000 Snld 19,000 Bought £lO.OOO No addition to the stock standing in the New Three and-i-Half per Cents. has been made subsequent to re cent private sales made per order of the owners. The claimants in the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., as per amount to 19,892/. 18e. 6d. The-e remain standing in the names of Anthony Geo. Wright Biddulph, and J hn Wright. conjointly £2,928 6 1 In s le name of Henry Robinson 6,866 10 5 Of Thomas Wright, jun., John Wright, Nicholas T. Selby, deceased, and Henry Robinson, decease,' Of A. G. W. Biddulph, John Wright, Nicholas T. Selby, deceased And the deficit of stock sold as per state ment lO,OOO 0 0 X 19,884 8 11 N. B. In this fund there appears a small unaccounted for surplus of IL 10, , . sd. New Threc-and-a-Half per CPntJ. Claimants of the above fund. viz., New Three-and-a-Ralf per Cents. Rev. John Turnir• £1,145 3 1 Ditto 954 16 11 Rev. John Dunnt Abbe de Sauvage:: Georgi , Hughes, deceased 283 10 0 Rev, B. T. Laney Mary Hardin.. 23 4 6 Executors of Eleanor White 1,470 0 0 Executors of Louis Simon 242 2 0 John Thomas, deceased 230 9 11 Stonc)hurst College Elizabeth Macdonald 2,299 16 6 Ditto 602 5 2 Rev Thomas M. Moltem 420 0 0 Elizabeth Jarrett and others 2,753 12 4 Elizabeth Plowden 39 12 1 Wnl,_ fi'sriortoo, as vatsoutlr of 11.0ri.t,4 B , rington Ma y Hernr , on Wizham, dycoa,c3 R. LythgGo, deqe.,secl liar• Troy Sophia Witter Ali,ia Gorman Mrs H. M. Bland's Trust 102 2 6 200 0 0 1,719 1 3 1,200 0 0 50 0 0 434 14 9 61 9 0 630 0 0 * Dividends on 2,1001. New Three .and-a-Half per Cents. are paid to the Rev. John Twiner, Catholic incumbent of I-loline, in Yorkshire. fi Dividends to Rev. J. Dunn, Catholic incumbent of Dray cott, Staffordshire MORTALIT Y in the METROPOLIS. The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes Registered, in the week ending Saturday, the 20th February, 1841." The Table is issued from the Office of tie Registrar-General : Weekly -CAUSES or , 2 - TotaL Average 1838-9-40. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases l6O 204 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 162 151 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Flea-t and Blondvessels Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion _ _ oigesti....__ ... Diseases of the Kidn.) s, &c. Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c Diseases of Uncertain Seat 125 103 Old Age, or Natural Decay 92 71 Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 32 '25 Causes not specified ...... Deaths from all causes 1056 - Average Weekly Deaths .. 926 Deaths in the Average Weekly Week. Deaths, IE3B-9-40, Western Districts ........ 164 --•• 139 North Districts Central. D istricts 234 190 East Districts 243 --- 211 South Districts ... ..... - 238 - - Total 1056 --- 926 It is stated that under the term Metropolis are com prised the 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City G f London within and without the walls, the City and Liberties of Westminster, the out parishes within the bills of mortality —and the parishes of St. Marylebone ; St. Pancras ; Kensington; Fulham ; Hammersmith (Chapelry) ; St. Luke, Chelsea; Paddington; St. Mary, Stoke Newington ; St. Leonard, Bromley ; St. Mary-le bow ; Camberwell ; Greenwich ; St. Nicholas and St. P.Oll, Deptford; and Woolwich. The population as enu merated in 1831 was 1,594,890. The weekly average for 1838, 1839, 1840, was obtained by dividing the deaths in the three years by 156. General Register-office, Feb. 25, ]B4l. Matiwaln—John Covey, to the Monarch. Gunn7r—Wm. Conybear, to the Monarch. Gunner's Mate—W: Sparkes, ofthe Excellent, to be Acting Gunner of the Victory. ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY—First Lieutenant A. Sava;:e, to the Exccrent, vice Holloway, to head quait2rr. _ (From the Hampshire Independent.) PORTiMOUTII, FEB. 14.—1 t i, reported that the Queen, 110, will be forthwith completed for foreign service, and despatched to the Mediterranean to relieve the Princess Charlotte ; and that Admiral Sir E. Codrington will shift his tlag to the St. Vincent, 120. TLe Royal Tar steamer, arrived at Falmouth on Sunday last, with the Peninsular mails. There Nava been no movements amongst her Ma. jesty's ships during the past week, nor has there been a singl arrival or departure. The Indus and Tweed both remain in the harbour, and the Pelican at Spithead. Lieute iant Caffin, of the Excellent, has gone to Da vonport to inspect the gun carriages and ports of the Royal Adelaide and ships fitting out there. Wire rope has been directed to be fitted to the masts of the Pelican for lightning conductors. The Wolverine, arrived at British Accra, on the 10th of December from Ascension, and sailed again on the 18th for Cape Cosst Cast'e. The Lynx sailed on the Bch of December from British Accra on a cruize. At Spithead.—Pelican. In Harbour—Queen, Victory, Escol'ent, Royal George, Indus, Tvite3, Rapid, Sylvia, Alban, Echo, and Finny tender. FALLING OF TWO HOUSES IN FLEET-STREET. (From a Sunday Paper.) A most awful casualty occurred last night, at half past t'n o'clock, in Fleet-street. A few weeks since a fire took place at the hothe of Mr. Bundy, trunk maker, Fleet-street, two doors from the office of the Weekly Dispatch newspaper, and the ruins were left, as was imagined, in a state of perfect security. Ili!, however, by the melancholy event which has just oc curred, appears to have been an error. Th 3 writer of this account had been passing the evening in the house of Mr. Simpson, the Kings and Keys, four doors from the scene of the accident, and the first intimation of the affair was gives , by Mr. Simpson, rushing Into the room in a state of great agitation, exclaiming " Oh, my God, a house has fallen down, and several people are buried beneath the ruins." To deseribe the consterna- tion of the company is impossible. All rushed into the bar, which was fu ei with a cloud of dust, and were met by Mr. Simpson and the other members of the fa mily bearing several females in a state border ing upon phrensy to the upper rooms of the Kings and Keys, bitterly bewailing the loss of the inmates of the fallen houses. For some moments it was impossible to reach the door, the cloud of dust prevented the possibility of doing so, and the confusion that existed prevented anything Lite active assistance being given. Mr. Simpson, in a state of despair, lament ing the want of power to render aid, from all his ser vants havinc , rushed to the scene of desolation. On reaching the street, the scene that presented itself to the spectator was frightful. There was a wide and fearful gap of falling bricks and timbers, supported by gable ends and ricketty boards, rendering the ap proach of aid a matter of the greatest danger. The crowd that was collected—the fearful and hysterical cries of passing females—the gathering together of the police—the busy intermeddling of officious strangers, rendering. abortive the well-directed efforts of the local authorities, tended t, in crease the difficulties of the parties anxious to relieve the sufferers who were buried beneath the ruins. The parties taken in by Mr. Simpson turoel ont to be Mrs. Calvert, the wife of the printer of the Weekly Dispatch, her daughter, and servar.t. One policeman who was seen a moment or two before tae accident has been missed, and it is feare Ihe is kil'ei. As soon as it was possible arrangements were made for clearing the ruins, and a strong body of police and firemen were assembled. No one was in the house of Mr. Bundy, but several fa milies were resident in the adjoining premises, occupied by Mr. Dobson, a bookseller, but their fate is at present unknown. Soon after the accident Mr. Harding and Mr. Ward, builders in the neighbourhood, were sent for to examine the premises, as was also Mr. Elmes, the City Surveyor, who sent for a number of builders, but was not able to obtain their co-operation. A man named Wm. Megson, a journeyman tailor, was let down by ropes from the back room on the third floor of Mr. Dobson's house, about a quarter-past eleven, and be stated that he had been in bed about an hour when he heard the crash of the timbers. He instantly jumped out of bad, and endeavoured to open the door, but finding it impossible to do so, he lighted his candle and dressed himself, and remained standing upon half a foot of board for nearly three-quarters of an hour, until he was released by the police in the way just mentioned. He also said that finding his room door going out of the level, he frequently warned Mr. Dobson of the danger, who, however, laughed at his fears. The polies state, that about twenty minutes before the catastrophe they observed that the houses were falling, and knocked at Mr. Dobson's door, and succeeded in prevailing upon him and his family to leave the house. (FURTHER PARTICULARS.) It appears that a fire occurred about a month since at the house of Mr. Bundy, when the interiar of the home was almost destroyed by the devastating element. The premises were undergoing repair, and some com plaints existed that the house was not properly secured while these operations were going forward. The house adjoining belonged to a bookseller named Dobson, who, with his wife and several children, fortunately had timely notice of the impending danger. Police constable Dal ton, 366, was on duty during the evening, and he was alarmed by the sound of a loud cracking, which, upon closer investigation, he found proceeded from the walls of Mr. Dobson's house giving way. The officer imme diately proceeded to the nearest station-house, in Week- Horse-court, and apprised Inspector Foresby of the cir cumstance ; and within a few minutes he returned, in company with a kerge ant named Taplin, of the city police, the inspector, and a constable named Smite. Every precaution was taken to arouse the inmates of the ad joining house to the perilous situation in which they were placed, and the police having made a communica tion to Mr. Dobson, a hackney carria;ie was obtained, and Mrs. Dobson, with four or five children (the state ments vary), were placed in a vehicle and driven to the residence of a friend. At this time the cracking of the tottering walls became more loud and fearful, and the police observing the upper part of the houses bending forward, raised a shout of "It is coming." The con stables took to their heels, and a c ib, which had just set down its fare, was peremptorily ordered off. The driver happily took the warning, and lost no time in leaving the spot, which in a very brief space of time presented a melancholy instance of the desolation thus creLt:d. £19,882 18 6 In the statement of these New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., th?re arc two items which are very disfnctly ear-marke I." The first is 9541. 16s. I Id. New Three and-a-Halt' per Cent. Stock, in the names cf Thomas Wright, jun., and others, which stock represents 909/. 7.. 7d. Navy F.ve ler Cents., for which a spe.ial declaration of trust was Riven, and which was not trans ferred in'o the names of Thomas Wright, jun., and others fur more than a year after lie had left the firm. It forms part of a claim of 2,100/., the residue 1,145/. 3.. Id. Ne v Three-and-a-Half per Cents., being a conversion of 1 090/. 12 , . 5 4 . Nlvy Eve per Cents. tr.insferred into tie same names in 1816, and a special declaration of trust given, as was also at the same a capital of 1,000/ ritay Five per Cents., and a declaration of trust g;ven ; but upon the retirement of Thomas Wright, jun., Mr. Anthony Wright's name was introduced in lieu of it. The otl er capital, "ear-marked," remaining, is that of 341. 15s. 6tl. bought in the names of A. G. W. Biddulph, John Wright, a nd Nicholas Tuite Selby, for Sophia Paris, now Sophia Winter, in which names it still remain.. It form; part of a claim of 434/ I4s. New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. of the said Sophia Wirt r. 3i PER CENTS REDUCED. None cf this stock was ever sold for the use of the house but 1,750/ 31 per Cent. Reduced were sell out by Mr. J ,hn Wright without the knowledge by the firm of when it was due, or of what became of the proceeds. The claimants are for 5,3341.5. Id. There are in the names( f Anthony George Wright Biddulph, John Wright, and Henry Rohilson, cleceised . £721 12 Of Biddulph and Wiight In the time of John Wright For Rglit Rev. Dr. g, subsequent to any sale... Mr. John Wright's deficit as above 400 0 0 1,750 0 0 £5,334 6 3 N. B.—There is a title unaccounted for surplus h re too, of lg. 2d. CLAIMANTS OF THE ABOVE 3 PER CENTS. REDUCED. Mr. M'Donald and others Robe, t Throckrnorton 159 4 0 Moos. Lefebvre Ann Wright lO2 5 8 Ralph Shaw, decease]; Executor, Richard Marsh Executors of Henry Clifford Stoneyhurst College Executors of Anthony Wr:ght Dr. Milner and others Cameron and cthers Guardians of Thomas Wright Guardians of William Wiight Mrs. Neve and others Dr. Polding 300 0 0 68 0 2 900 0 0 296 3 7 900 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 240 0 0 271 10 9 400 0 0 £5,334 5 1 CLAIMANTS OF REDUCED THREE PER CENTS. £277 14 0 Person unknown Executors of La iy Mary• Eyre T. Mort (to credit of Gerard and others) 100 0 0 James Laurenson and others ( Lythgce and others) S. L. Angier, deceased Dr. Milner and other; Ex, eutors Mary Ilauchett 3 320 19 1 14: Camoys l7O 12 1 £6.074 6 2 CLAIMANTS OF NEW SOUTH SEA ANNUITIES. E s .itibeth Jarrett and others £lo,ooo 0 0 Elizabeth Macdonald and others £14,000 0 0 CLAIMANTS OF OLD SOUTH SEA ANNUITIES. Piz. Macdonald and other- £lso 0 0 Rev. ;has. Macdonnell and others 250 0 0 £4OO 0 0 CLAIMANT OF ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. Rev. Char'ei Macdonnell £792 0 0 These four last-mentioned capitals, viz., Reduced Tire per Cents., New South Sea Annuities, Old South St a Annuities, and Royal Exchange Assurance Com patiy's Stock, have never been disturbed, and may be transferted immediately to the respective owners on a dis claimer from the assignees, who have no lien upon them. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 27.—The Satellite, 18, Com mander Robb, was put out of commission on Tuesday, and such of her crew as had served four years were paid off; the remainder are volunteers for the Excel lent and the ships fitting out. The Volcano steam vessel arrived to-day from the West Indies, and proceeded this evening to Woolwich. Iler sudden return from the West Indies is in conse quence of some derangement of her machinery. The Asia, 84, on her arrival from Malta, will pro ceed to Sheerness, to be pat out of commission. Tne Bederophon and Pique will come into this harbour for the same purpose. A new brig, to be called the Frolic, is ordered to be laid down in this Dock-yard, upon the principles sub mitted to the Admiralty b, Captain Hendry., She will be 110 het long, and 80Ci •ons burthan. '- Tic Pelican, 16. Commander Napier, is still at Spithead, without orders. The Mercury has sailed for Chatham and Sheerness, with men paid off from the Satellite ; and the Emerald, to Devonport, with marines for the Plymouth division, and men paid off from the Satellite. The Syrea, 16 guns, building in the Woolwich dock yard, will be ready for launching by the end of March, and the Devastation steam-vessel, also building here, by the middle of April. The Nautilus, 10, Lieat. Bcaufoy, is expected at Shithead, from Sheerness. A new line-of-battle ship, to carry 90 guns, and to be called the Prince Albert, will be laid down in this yard, as soon as the slip, now under repair, is ready. The timbers for her are al - eady deposited near the spot. At the paying off her Majesty's ship Satellite, the Seamen and Marines School, Bath-square, Portsmouth, received 4/. 118.10 d. from the ship's company. The Navy Estimates this year will contain provision for 6,435 a dditional seamen, and 1,500 additional ma rines. We believe the seamen are already employed, but the marines will have to be recruited for. The ad ditional expense is 760,6411. A statement of the va rious items of this interesting document will appear in our next. The Bayne transport, Lieut. Aldridge, Agent, and the Prince Regent transport, Lieut. Jeffery, sailed from Gibraltar, on the 4th inst., with the 33d Regi ment on board, for Barbadoes. Lieut George Lennox, 4th Madras Cavalry, son of Lord George Lennox, landed here on the 20th instant, after an absence in India of nearly five years, and pro ceeded to Bognor. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. PROMOTlON,—Commanders John Robb, late of the Satellite, and Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds, to the rank of Captain- Lieutenants—Lewis Maitland, and Thomas Graves (the latter of the Beacon surveying vessel), Henry Broadhea , l, and Arthur Jcrningham, to the rank of Commander. APPOINTIEENTS. Lieutenant—Rochfort Maguire, to the Vernon. Surgeon Dr. J. M‘Kroy, to the Persian, vice Salmon, warrant cancelled ; Thomas Robertson, to the Andromache. Midsbipmam—Charles Compton, to the Excellent. Master's API istant—Christopher Grigg, to Endyraioa. SIR ASTLEY COOPER. The following particulars respecting this celebrated Surgeon, we copy from the Medical Gazette : In 1787 he spent the winter in attendance on the me dical classes in Edinburgh ; and in 1792 he went to Paris, having previously married Miss Cock, a connection of Mr. Cline, by whom he had one daughter—his only child, who died in her second year. During his residence in the French capital he attended ch'efly to the lec!ures and practice of Desaul', at that time the most distinguiibel surgeon in France, and of whose instructions he enurtair.ei a very I.i,r,h opinion. Here Sir Astley was present during some of the horrors of the revolution, aid among other things was a witness of the celebrated attack upon the Tuil ries, and the mas sacre of the Swiss Guards, on Vie lo,h August, 1792. On his return from Paris. Sir Astley permanently set tied in practice. In I Moo 13^ became burgeon to Guys Hospital—an appointment which he retained t'll 1826, when he was created consulting-surgeon. Sir Astley's first home was in Jeffrey's-square, St. Mary Axe—not a very fashionable part of the town cer tainly, but where he was content to sojourn not less than six years. He then removed to New Broad-street, where he remained for seventeen years in very extensive practice, and in daily inc easing reputation. His income was certainly at one time greater than that of any other medical man of the present day, having, we believe, on more occasions than one, exceeded 20,0001. w;thin a year. In 1815, when at the height of his reputation, he re moved to Spring Gardens; and he was one of the few with whom the migration from the city to the west-end has proved fully successful. A few years afterwards he was employed professionally by George IV. to remove a small tumor from the scalp—al operation which he performed with all his wonted coolness and dexterity. Soon after this (in 1821) he was created a baronet, the patent extending to his nephew and name-sake, Ast, ley Poston Cooper, fourth son of his brother—the present holder of the title. From this time till 1827 he continued to enjoy an excellent practice, and to make a very large income. He then, in the full zenith of his fame, volun tarily retired into the country to enjoy the riches he had accumulated, and spend the remainder of his days in the dignified repose of a country gentleman. But Sir Astl .y was not made for the otium rum diynitate, and a ve-y short time saw him back again in the metropolis, where, on more than one occasion, he publicly refereed to the period of his seclusion, and declared that if he had remained idlc he should certainly have banged himself. His nephew, Mr. Bransby Cooper, having been installed in his old re sidence in New-street, Spring-gardens, Sir Astley took a house in Conduit-street, where he gave a series of con versaz ioni, which were attended by nearly all the medical world in London, and which were intended apparently to convince his brethren of the reality of his return. He brought with him bis great name and unblemished repu tation, but never had, and probably never desired to have, the same immense business as before his temporary re tirement; others, of scarcely inferior note, bad gained possession of, and retained a considerable portion, of what . had before been almost exclusively his own. As an operator we need scarcely say that he was bold, rapid, and skilful, almost without parallel,--qualities which tended greatly to enhance ha own reputation, and to heighten the character of English surgery. We well remember having been present at a conversazione at M. Maunoir's in 1817, attended by most cf the sc'eptific men in Geneva, when the fact was comnamicated of Sir Astley having cut down upon and tied the aorta in the living subject; nor shall we readily forget the expressions o f a dmiration, Wort quite unmisi-d with consternation, with whic'l the announcemo - t was received. Probably no surgeon of ancient or modern times has enjoyed a greater share of reputa.ion durirg his life than Lai fallen to the lot of Sir Astley. The old and new woild ha; alike rung with •his fame ; and, perhaps, we cannot give a better example of this than one to which we remember having alluded on a former occasion—e e mean, the fact of his signature being re:eived as a pass port among the mountains of Biscay, by the gild fol lowers of am Carlos. A young English surgeon, seek ing. for employment was carried as a prisoner berore Zu malaearregui, who demanded what thstimonigls he had of his calling or his qualifications? Our countryman pro seated his diploma of the College of Surgeons; and the name of Astley Patton Cooper, which was attached to it, no sooner struck the eye of the Carlist leader, than he at once ITc-slated his prisoner with friendship, and appointed him a surgeon in his army. Sir Astley had, for years, been subject to occasional attacks of giddiness, which he was naturally anxious to corceal, but which sometimes proceeded so far as to corn pel him to de,i,t from whatever he was exployed about ; and, on one occasion, he evea fell in the street. During the latter part of his life he also suffered a pod deal from occasional fits of the gout, which, however, did not present ary thing remarkable. For some time his countenance ex hibited a purplish tinge, as from some embairassmeet iq the circulati n : and, latterly, he had been heard to protest, that he must decline visiting patients who were up two pairs of stairs—a 6: eat which, though meant as a kite, had evi dently originated in the exertion distresing him. In deed, we understand that he had sere aedly expressed his belief that there was " something sarong," and that he had not long to live. The last and fatal att ick, however, was of resent date, and in it he had the assistance of Dr. Chalmers arid Dr. Bright. The body was examined after deatheswhen the diagnosis pre,iously given was confirmed, by the heart being found to be enlarged, with some atheromatous depc sit in the Botts, and effreion into the pericardium and cavities of the pleura. Sir Astley Cooper was a handcome mar, and of s•riking appearance, wall de erring the " c'e.st un bel I:omme I" which was often bestowed upon him as he walked round the Hotel Dieu vii b M. Dupuytren. Thoughout his whel c trier nothing cou!el exceed the uniform f,irness of his canduct towards tll his brethren, or his kindness towards tie younger memhess of the pro fession, especially those whom he saw to be possessed of merit. There a-e few among us who do not fell person ally grateful to him for his conduct on some occasion. Sir Astley, as we have seen, long enjoyed a large share of public patronage; but we believs the actual amount of his fortune, when stated at half a million, is considerably over-rated. His personal expenses were not great ; but he was very liberal to his relations, on whom we have head, on what we believe to be good authority, he be 'towed between two and three thousand pounds annually. He is also said to have spent 20,0004 in bringing his bro ther iato Parliament. Nor was his liberality confined to his own family :—when Dr. Bailie and some others made up a purse for Dr. Pemberton, in the difficulties brought upon him by his ill health, Sir Astley contributed the munificent sum of 5001. MARIE ANTOINETTE'S ADVO- CATE. (From the Gazette des Tribunaux of Sunday.) M. Chauveau Lagarde, Councillor Lt the Cour de Cas satioo, died on Friday, at six o'clock in the evening, in his seventy-sixth year. He was born at Chartres about the latter end of the year 1765, and was alrea ly en joying a well merited reputation at the bar of Paris, when in 'B9 our political regeneration gave him the means of displaying his taint on the vast and san guinary theatre which the div,:rs changes of the revolu tionary contest offered. Being the undanted antagonist of Fouquier Tinville, he defended, amongst others, General Miranda, Brissot, Charlotte Corday, and Marie Antoinette. His energy during the prosecution of that unfortunate Queen caused him to be arrested, as well as Troncon Decoudray, who shared with him the d In ger and glory of that defend. It was endeavoured to force them to reveal secrets which were supposed to hava been confided to them by their august client ; but their interrogatory dissipated unjust suspicions, and they were set at liberty. In Charlotte Corday's defence Chauveau Lagarde found himself nearly brought to a stand still by the heroic attitude of the accused, who, not caring a straw fur her life, gloried in the murder which she had com mitted. He fulfilled his mission, at any rate, as well as his exceptional position allowed him, without either compromising his character or the opinion he might have formed, as a citizen, on Marat's assassination. He limited himself to implore the indulgence of the Judges, in maintaining the political fanaticism and ex citement under the sway of which Charlotte Corday hai rendered herself guilty of homicide, an asser tion which caused his client to interrupt him, as she persisted in having her act considered as having been meditated in the quiet moments of reflection, and under the intro influence of patriotic excite ment. Charlotte Corday, however, aft r her judg ment had been pronounced, addressing herself to her counsel with an expression of gratitude and energy which did not fail to strike the Court, said, " You de fended me in a delicate and generous manner, citizen, and it was the only one which could suit me ; I thank you, and I will give you kprnof of my esteem. These gentlemen have Just informed me that my property is confiscated ; I have some small debts in the prison, and I charge you to discharge them.—Moniteur. The honourable and intrepid anneal hastened to fulfil the pious mission which he had accepted with gratitude. But some time afterwards he was arrested, notwith standing the crelit of Coffinhal, his friend and com panion in early days. Being restored to libe ty after Robespierre's downfal, he defended, in 1797, before a military commission, the Abbe Brothier, who was ac cused of Royalist conspiracy with Durand and Laville eurnois. He became avo cat to the Council of State in Islspoleon's reign, to whose decheauce he felt bound to adhere in 1814. After the events of 1815 and the second res'o ation, Chau%C.ll.l Lagarde devoted his talent and eloquence t 3 the defence of the proscribed of another party. Ws plea:!ing in the prosecution of the brave General B noire, who was falsely accused of having ordered the deathof Colonel Gordon, was an evidence that the tt- lent of Marie Antoinette and Charlotte Corday's coun sel had not diminished. Afterwards, in 1826, he pleaded, conjointly with M. Isambert, the cause of the free men of colour of Mattinique. In 1828 M. Chau veto Lagarde, who ha I already received from Louis XVIII. a patent of nolylty at the same tune the oreer of tf)e Legion of Honour was conferred upon him, was named Councillor at the Cour de C4ssation. M. Chauveau Lligarde. has published, first, an histo rical notice of the prosecution of Marie Antoinette of Austria an] of Madame E'izabt th of France, at the revolutionary tribunal (1816) ; second, a simple and faithful detail of the conduct of General Bonnaire, ex commandant of the Place de Conde, who was accused of having ordered the murido. of Colonel Gordon, who had been sent by the King to Conde to Full-, and with having participated in that murder (1S16). Whilst at the Cur de Caseation, M. Chauveau La garde nev,,r disavowed any of the reminiscences of his life, and of his former profession. His death adds a cruel loss to those which have for the last year so pain filly affected the Magistracy and the bar. CRIM. CON. 1N FRANCE ; OR THE PARISIAN LADY IN A FRENCH PROVIN CIAL TOWN. The Tribunal de Senlis lately had to judge a de 'nand of separation between a married coupe living in the vicinity of the town, and, as the affair excitsd a certain de;rce of interest, the Court was much crowded. M. Cognassen appeared on behalf of Madame (!e Lavalle:•, the wife of tl:e attorney of Neuilly on Toe!, and asked permission to prove cc-twin ill-tie ttment, and other injuries which his client had experienced from her husband, and in virtue of which that lady appealed to the court to pronounce separation between the parties. The learned counsel stated that one day when M. de Lavallee teturKei home from sporting, he accused his wife of being intimate with the tax-col lector of Neuilly en The!, and declared, with his gun pointed towards her, that he would shoot her as he would a hare, were it not the fear of the law, and flnaly flung a chair at his wife's held. On another oc casion M. ds Llvallee struck his wife, and told her that were it not for legal consequences he would strangle her. Soon after he gave her two slaps on the face, on account of a pretended walk she had taken with some young man, and had repeated the same brutal act a few days after, under pretext of his wile having circulated a report of his being intimate with a young and pretty maid servant then living in the house. M. Cognassen having expatiated on the behaviour, hoped that the Court would grant the prayer of his client relative to the separation, and would give orders that she should be provided with a sum of 1,5001., and an annual allowance of I,ooof. M. DUFAY, for M. de Lavallee, applied for separa tion, and regretted that he should he obliged to raise a veil which served to cover acts highly efflicting to pub lic morality ; he would have to show the marriage vow violated by a guilty wife, not merely once, but in the most profligate manner, and would have to describe most scandalous conduct under a husband's roof, conduct not confined to the place where her husband resided, but which bad been equally infamous in a lm quarter of the capital. He (M. Dufay) Propee (ien less than 41 items in support of his client s prayer, and asserted that Madame de Lava lleeost earyo had been one continued scene of criminal con versation. She had been intimate with the tax collector of Neuilly en Thel, from 1830 to 1834 ; with the notary's bead clerk from 1836 to 1838 ; and with M. d e Lavallee's own clerk in 1838 ; not to say a word of tw o medical men, who had borne no indifferent part in the assaults on M. de Lovalle e 's honour. Modesty prevented the reading of the state ment abl: proved by t h e test i mony a prove th at t h e con d uct o f of‘ ,tf) o e f i facts which ne w Madame de Lavdllec was of so slight a character thet cou plets and songs were composed about her. Her husband had frequently remonstrated with her on the culpability of her conduct, but she paid no a.ten don to his ob , erTations, and continued Ler improper conduct. She ever) Sunday frequented the public 01 of the town, remained there till a very late hour at night, 954 16 11 34 15 6 two MORNTiNG EDI= Inf ~: and danced and took refreshment) Vfjk....Ao, s l„ uus man, who solicited her. M. Dufay, th coi husband, brought forward a string of fact : not here be repeated. He quoted a lcitif 4 ithialii44:4l l o de Lavalleu in ,ehich she sent a lock of her daughter's hair, enclosed in au envelope, in which she had ;fitter, " The hair of your 'Ale girl, who resembles you al ready ; I solute you." This packet was addressed to the lover, asd was intereert.td by the husband. . The counsel also maintained, that since she had quitted her husband's roof Madame de Lavalice had continued Ler guilty conduct, while living in different p'aces in Peris, and argued that the demand for prov.sion was exor bitant. M. C. LEDRII, counsel for the wife, said that every fiing had been done to avoid this open appeal to jus• lice. M. de LAvall , e had been called to Paris., in hopes that the affair might have been arranged amicably be tween the partie, , . H r contende I that fie ill-cojiduct of the husband towards htr was the scla can se of ter giving way to any irregularity of condi et, bt t denied that ell Vie charges brought were jast. She was a ie rniticably beautiful wcmac, and as such was liable to be assailed by fl ittery ; and, coming from Paris, her dress and fashionable manners astonished the weak minds 01 the provincials, particularly the feaiLle portion, who all Lean to imitate her toilette to the great detriment of fieir husbands' and fathers' finance'. The poor hus band at list began to ('cite pity among his ne'ghboure, and every one was condoling him at his misery at having marrieds coquette tweed of a homely la-mer's daughter. Witnesses were then called on behalf of the wife, who stated that the charges brought against Madame de Lavallee were groundless, that with regard to one of the charges of the husband coming home late at night, and finding a young man concealed in the cup board, the real facts of the case were these :—M. do Lavallce returned home late one night with his imagi nation very warmly excited with the quantity of wino ha had drank. He went im:ta:?cliately to hat', but the next morning protested that he had seen, on coming home, the feet of a young man protruding beneath a cupboard door in his wife's bt.d-rooir. He most likely dreamed of some representation he had seen at a theatre during a late visit to Paris. The Court then retired to deliberate; and in about an hour return d, and prenounced judgment, condemn ing the husb.ln ', M. de Le.va:ler, to a present payment of 1 50Y w., al an annual allowaneJ of 9001. ; hiving each of the parties liaerty, however, to bring forward further proof in support of their rest dive caws. COURT CIRCULAR. Her M.-ksty and Prince Moen, and her M-jeAy the Q leen Dowar , ' er, attcrickd Divine Serb ice yesterday morn. ing in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Bishop of St. David's pre tched the sermon, ttl i.,g his text from St. John, chap. 13, vitt- e 38. The prayers were read by the Rec. \V. Hall ; the Lessons and Litany were rtal by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the Alter Service was nal by t' e Bishop of London, the Rev, D-. Sleath, and the Rev. W. Hall. The Chant was Beekoith's in B flit ; t e Te Deum and Jubilre 'in B Fiat (Di. Smith); the Sanctus and Resoont,es, Dr. Smith ; tho Anthem " Ay cr•.be unto tl e Lord" (Travers) was sung by Messrs Hobbs a.d Walsh. Sir Ge)rge Smart presided at the organ. The Bishop of Nortv'eh, Clerk of the Clerk, was in wait'rg. In attendance on the Queen and Prince Albert acre the Ma-ciiioness of Normar.by, H,n. Miss Paget, Hon. Miss Anson, Lord Pollimor,, Lu:d Ge, rge Lennox, Sir Frer'e-ick S:ovin, Colonel Wem)ss, Col- nel W7lde, and Captain Francis Sejmour. In attendance on the Qsee D.Avagor wore the Countess of Mayo, Hon. Miss Eden, Hoo. Mi s Mitchclt, rind Eall Howe. tier Majesty P. ni Prit.ce Albeit wa1 . .e.1 in the garden of Buckingham Palace 3 e>tercar afternoon. Baron Bulow, the Prussia, Mi:.i.ter, had an audience of his (top!) Ilighucss P.ttice Al er:. The Duchess of. Keat viiitei the Q cea on Saturday, and ren.a.'nod to lunch with her 111.jesty and his Royal Ilizhresi Prince Al ,er. Viscount Melbourne hid an a•sdience of her M jesty on Sa:nrday. Th e Royal sinner party on SAurelas- evening included the Marquis of Normanby. the E4ll of Errol, the Earl of Uxbridge, and the Hon. Covvpe.. The avid of th, R .yal Regiment of Horse Guards was in alendance at Buckingham Palace on Saturday evening. His Royal I-Ughness Printe Albert, attended by Lord Robert Grosvenor, Groom otthe Stole; Mr. George Ed waßi Anson, Treasurer; Lori. George Lennox, Gentle man in Waiting; Captain Frances Seymour, Groom in Waiting ; and Colonel Wylde, 'Equerry in Waiting, ho noutel the Corporation of the Trinity House with his company at dinner on Saturday evening. Her I`,l.j.sty the Queen Dowager attended Divine Se vi. e yesterday afternoon, in 'L e Chap:4 Royal, St. 11111( . 41 ' V. Her Royal 'Highness the Duchess of Kent sA -/ Divine Service yesterday morning at thtsCbapeillp sington Palace. Lady Fanny Howard MIA is was n 0 her Royal Highness. The Duke of Catnbii 'go sttende I Divine Service( - terdav morning, in Grosvenor Chap, I. Baron Koes and Major Stephens, were in waiting on his opal The Duke of Cambridge honoured the Viscountess Palmerston wi..h his company on S to day evening, at her residence in C.triton Gard( M.j)r 'Stepbetat► wed wattrfig - onrtlis Royal Highnesz. A Cabinet Cout.ei: was ha , ' on Sa'ureay afternoon at the Furcign-office. It was attended by al the Ministers except the Lord Chancellor. The Council sat two hours and a half. Mr. Mark Philips, M. P., and a Deputation frOm Man. chaster had an int2ivi2w with the Marquis of Normanby on Saturday at the Home.otEce. • MR. BEIJLER' S CONCE7IT.-Mr. take a bcnefit en this evening at the Cro' Tavern, when we hope he will meet with a I and a large audience to witness his performances. These are of an original eht:racter, as is well known to a numerous class, fill of humour, generally (.f a good moral teneencv, and never containing the slightest allusion that can . give offence to any human being. Some of his songs, we are convinced, have been productive of great good in humanizing the minds of the lower classes, and inducing him to treat brute animals with mercy and kindness. This is no small merit and deserves particularly the support and encouragement of the Society formed far the prevention of cruelty to the brute creation. A few good songs with this tendency, and adapted for the class to which Martin's Act is intended chiefly to apply, would be of more use in repressing cruelty than ten thousa d fines, and all the "humanity men" together. On this occasion Mr. Beuler will be assisted by some excellent singers, and we may there fore recommend the evening's entertainment to the favourable attention of ,he public. DEATH OF THE EARL OF ROSSE.—We at his Lordship' re gretresi- to announce the death of the E el, of Rosse, which l g yhton raid of Friday. d tt e pl i a n ce l i 3 o ru n ii N s V , e ic t s s q d u a . y rr e . v_en ß in The deceased was in his 83d year, having been born May 21, 1758. Ha sec e_qied his uncia in 1807. By his wife, Atit!e, daughter rt . .IJhr. Lloyd, 'Esq., he has left four children, the eldest of whom, L( r,l Oxmantowu, who formerly represente i the Kint4's County in Parli trnert, is in his 41st year, and married in 1836, Mary, eldest daugh ter of Llin Wilson Fi Id, by whom he has several children. The 1 rte Peer was one of the IZei,r,sentatives of the Irish Peerage sitting in the Irepe:ial Parliament ; his death consequently creates a v..cancy in the number of that body. THE GOVERNOR FENNER, LIVERPOOL, FEB. 26.—None of the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers have yet been picked up, and it is conjectured that unless they are on board the wreck, they have been washed into the Channel. The American Captain is anxious fur the fullest inquiry, and has waited upon the Mayor for that purpose. It would appear from the reports made by different surveyors, that the vessel on leaving Liverpool was a good and seaworthy s hip. An action at law, it is understood, will be commenced immediately Letwecn the owners of the steamer (the City of Dublin Company) and the owners of the Governor Fenner (Messrs. Andrews of New York), the one claiming com pensation from the other for the damage sustained. Captain Andrews Laving put his helm apoit, according to the rules and reaulations of the Trinity Hou , e, and adopted by th• steam ship owners of Liverpool, lays all the blame upon the steamer. . The House of Lords, in Sording the excellent accommodation which they have done to the representa.- e importantP3r trfi (.tl t rives and agents of the public prows, have set an examp l e which tr 1 1 , no doubt, be followc I by Mr. Barry in t le construction of the new Houses of Parliarre t. Every Chandelier Noble cT i d n raise, on public grounds, is du.r to the vvr old enable ( Duncannon) at the head o f athteh their promptitude vv:th of Woods and Forests, for the i w n •l s i t i , e l l n i c l e ie s u li b as se o g n ac a n i t l ly oc t c o as t i l o w nc t , ri p a l r at c t i e t ,tuohircit;lB:9. a , r e i l i ia i o n f t d h C e a a ff r r o d e r i d g O e a u dn t listened to the suggestions of the. them evory facilty for the discharge. duties. We would knt, elat 10"'.'''f.: t h e the gallr.ry, or devoting them to Fee better than they do at prcs, nt.—Evening.Paper. thos e n ear its frost, TRAVELLING IN TOE LAST AND PRESE NT CENTURY. --When PrineeiGe a o l rg i e r f Denmark undertook to visit Petworth, the ro.la tr his d er was engaged for nine hours in t o iiin , cl°"n t ) estina ion (a distance of ' and the account iv . ebout es miles) ( n by cot.temporary easures taken to g chron:c'es of the r m eco , ion, too 1 ensure safety and ex et ier r e .:ition o n Ibjt ilie 'ourne with the narrative of the n ishar , °" J y, is as irksome to read as !he it,olf must have braved to ' journey tie Royal ti a e ler. Id the difference t I,' Now beliel.2ll a little more thin a cen has hrouglit about in th tury cse matters I Lock at the of a locontor . w onders lle as compared to a stite-carriage I Another Royal Prince, on his way to • com Denmark vs e what George of t 1 is country, to be -as at t h e time, quits the sta tion-post of a Belgium rai lroad at the extremity of a line of one hundred mile= ~ to reach the sea that separates him from hir , • • Queen ; and in h a lf the time of his Royal pre:ecessor, accomplishes more thin double the distance without a single event the telling of which could occupy more than a li .e in the narratise of liii jourr.ey.— Gran ville's Spas of Enyland WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.—On Saturday a number of persons were summoned before a Bench of Magistt wee, at the board-room r f St. Andrew's work hnuse, by Mr. Reeve, one of the inspectors of we i ; zhts and mr auires, for using ~ f ' Alse scabs and measures. 11r. M‘G.ilicy, the vatry 'c:e , k of St. Pancras pa_ nisi), in which the several deLn.. 3 .ants resided, ob jected to t; e power of the Mr g i'r,.te; to determine the cases. The inhabitants of the district he reprt sented were governed by a local Act, wl i.:11 appointed an inspec•or r f weights, ever whom the Magistrates of the county had no control. He I roduced the opinion of Si • John Campbell, which bore lirn out in the view he had taken. The Bench sriii it was a greet evil. Here were a number of fraudulent tradesmen detrwed by a duly authorised insreotor, and because of the opposition they would go unexposed, and be permit ed to continue tin ir imposition on the i • poor neighbours. The master of the parish prior-house is the inspectoe . vf'Weights and tree sures, and it is an impossibility f.r hire so perform the duties of both situations.. • . .... 'ts Si') , , i. . Beuler )wn and Anchor hearty welcome,