The Sun. — London, England, 1827-04-19 00:00:00

LAW ; INTELLIGENCE.—(THIS DAY.) COURT OF KING'S BENCH. sla JOHN PERRINO AND CO. V. WILKS AND VEREEICE. Mr*. SCARLETT (with whom was Mr. CAaIPBELL) stat e d t h e plaintiffs' case. The plaintiffs were hankers of considerable eminence, and kept their banking-house on r abill ; the def en d an t s had b een a bo u t a -y ear an d a h alf in Partnership as solicitors, during which period they be came the solicitors of several joint stock companies. The Present action was brought to recover 20001. and interest, , h eing the amount of a bill of exchange drawn by the de fendant John Wilke, jun., upon the firm of Wilks and Ver beke, of which he was a partner, and discounted by the house °f Perring and Co. on the 6th Jan. 18 4 6. It appeared that If r•Wilks was the active partner of his firm, and that all the 4nancial transactions were conducted by him, the capital reaaired for c arr yi ng on t h e i r b usiness as Solicitors be i ng ~.odged i n hi s name in the banks of Sir Wm. Kaye and Sir John Perring, which capital could, of course, only he paid out by a cheque fl . prn Mr. Wilke. In the beginning of the month of January, 1826, there was a balance in Mr. Wilke, favour to the amount of 1,7001., at the house of P erring and C o . ; and, on the 6th of the same month, Mr. barb er , the managing partner of the house, received a let ter from Mr. Wilks, inclosing a bill of exchange at two months, which he requested the house of Perring and Co. thoblige him b y discounting. The letter, which inclosed e bill, was as follows : wit IMY DEAR. SIR—To accomplish a particular object, o utinterferin g w i t h t h e b a l ance which I have at your house, and at Sir W. Kaye's, and without selling out stock or shares at a loss, I am in want of 2,000/. until d t il v e end of F e b ruary, and shall feel much obliged by your d it '!" uti ting the inclosed bill for that amount. It will fall ,us on the 7th M arch, and I s h all not want to have it renew-ed.-4 remain, dear sir, • Very truly yours, Th e d JOHN WILKS, Jun. t ; a Y on which this letter was re ce i ve d, M r . B ar b er in mated his intention of accommodating the firm of Wilke p a nd Verb e k e b y discounting the hill, and it was returned a peeptanc e , and the acceptance written by Mr. Wilke f or himself and, partner. The next day a cheque was drawn for the amount by Mr. Wilke, and paid to the Welsh I ron Company, in discharge of a sum of 2,5001., due by him for shares which he held under that CoMpany. Upon the bill falling due it was presented, and being dishonoured a personal application was made to Mr. Verbeke, who de sired that Mr. Wilke should be applied to, as he knew nothing of the financial transactions of the firm. Un der those circumstances the plaintiffs had recourse to the present action against the defendant to recover the amount of:a bill which was discounted upon their joint credit. Witnesses having b een exam i ne d i n support of the case, !dated by the plaintiffs' counsel, The Souctros.-GENttam. (with whom Was Mr. Parke) addressed the Jury in favour of the defendant Verbeke, for ; 11 0 m. only we understood hi m t o s t a t e , l ie appe a re d.— The facts o f t h e case were simple and uncontradicted.— , Wilks had inserted the name of his partner in the bill, l i v .ithout th e k nowledge or authority of that partner. The "l Wm discounted to serve hi s p r i v at e purposes ; and e jury had it in eviece that its amount was actually paid in discharger of a private debt of Mr. Wi 'aa to the Welsh Iron Company. Mr. Verbeke Was in utter ignorance of the whole transaction, until the 'north ~s, of . May, two months after the bill became due. """ h e Was applied to for payment, and naturally referred t k he 4 Pplicant t o M r. Wilk e, b y thi s ac t i n no d egree ac 10,4wledging his own liability, or that he possessed any , 6,"` ledge of the transaction. Mr. Wilks had drawn the hi l ' "Mr. Wilk s h a d wr i tten t h e accce pt ance , w ith ou t a _ partner's a u th or it y , an d to serve hi s pr i va t e o b jec t s ; nd if the Jury believed that the plaintiff, or any of them, had ; t alon to think, when the bill was discounted, that it was the priv a t e purposes of Mr. Wilks, under the entree of th e C ourt, he had t o inform them, that they were and to find for the defendayts; for if a verdict was given 1 :; th e Plaintiff s , M r . Verbeke, who was unconscious of the ! tr ansaction, and who had gained nothing by it, di -7 Qr indirectly, would become as much responsible as AZints, who had alone incurred the debt. That Mr. Who transacted the business- of the house of is i r g. and Co., had reasonable ground :for supposing s • • Wilk e required the bill to - be discouilted, was ma ' fieat front the terms of that letter in which .Mr. Wilke i ndried the bill, and which had heengothY the inter- A r ent ion of a C our t o f Equity: Perring and Co. had never .°!* discounted any' bill for the firm of Wilks and Verto- e Mr. Wilke wrote expressly, that he" Wanted to ac- L plial l a particular object," and under those circumstances I L lthrnitted to th e J ur y, as men o f sense , an d acqua i n t e d f'lt business, whether there could be a reasonable doubt at lair. Barber, when he consented to discount the bill, 4, 4 a ware that it was f or t h e private accommodation of arti - gc• SCAIL L ETT o bj ec t e d t o th e p ro d uct i on o f t h e l etter i,, - " r eased by Mr. Wilks to M r . B ar b er , un l ess th e answer i lc bich ft was contained, and whi c h h a d b een fil e d i n t i,r i tY, was also produced ; but the Court overruled the ' l ,, ecti °n, and allowed the letter to be given in evidence. JUSTICS said that the Counsel at both sides stated the law with considerable accuracy.— it e act of Mr. Barber was, in law, the act of _Loa fellow p ar tn ers , ' an d if the Jury 'believed that Z m et cadent Wilk e , b a d pledged his partner's credit, an d a c `, l 7 4 ilia name without the authority of the partner, and Printe •purposes, and that the Banker knew that it for Wilke s private purposes, when he r e c e i v ed an d dis - : 44 the bill, a good defence had been made out. It not • necessary for the Jury to believe that the de ant Wilke had contemplated a fraud upon his partner, Pled • 4 1, d .„..1 ug his credit, for he might have supposed tak e -4 ° good reason too, that he should have been able to 'pamper;nla the bill when it became due, and in that case the V• ii s credit could not have suffered. The question whether kr-'ll,theer-tem, plated a fraud, therefore, was . nOt the question jury " 1 1. The.question for the consideration of the know" whether Mr. Barber had sufficient reason to iis . that Mr. Wilks required the bill to be discounted for .roclwn purposes. In support of the affirmative of this postion, the defendant, Mr. Verbeke relied mainly on t taer w r it ten by Wilks, and inclosing the bill. That tl • had com e i nto M r . V er beke's hands, by bler_int erv ention o f t h e C our t o f E qu ity. If the Jury AL.'.7ZI therefore that that letter ought to have informed tr e aii u rber that M r . Wilk s was pl e d g ing his - partner's def end :lie private' purposes, they ought to find for the Zarhenatad; if, on the contrary, they believed that Mr. p os i tion tb.. . ‘us, minted the bill, upon a reasonable sup- Ar -- `i t doin so for the accommodation of the pi f g I finds for th Verbeke, they were holm( to fore); n • urY, without leaving the box returned a verdict e Plaintiff D - •vrest,) 7 "- a.lnagea 2,1461. 14s. 2d. (including the • COURT OP COMMON PLEAS. This SPiArt AND ANOTHER V. roasts. ale all', was AND a n action a t t h e instance of the plaintiff ' s, who enees la - a the def en d ant,- le . ho publi of the name of Lynch, against is! order to recoyer-then t calinein - erchant i Ivi rn aidnby Mark-anlane,in Lynch t o th e defen $u o f 50 /. dant; after h e had P bankrupt cy w i th committed an act of the latter'owledge. knowledge. Mr. Serge an t T A DD 'Y having Veral witn esses, b ut the questionstated the case, called having turned upon the se point a s t o t h e defendant's knowled 'committed Previous ge to the payment,of the act of bankruptcy the oly evidence f the plaintiff on this point/was the testimony n ot Mr. Hensoorn, the plaintiff's Attorney. It a p peared that on the evening _ of the 6th Octob er Lit . It Imnkrupe ens ho use was sold, d th a t A M r . Russell, t he defendant's clerk, was present, with several other creditors., Air. li aison s t a t e d, that next morning, at nine o'clock, Mr. Russell and Mr. Spratt and the latter inf.orfned id ol , in Russell's tailed upon him, Presence, that several writs hid issuedagainst the bank (Spratt) had eve r y r eaaen ti) believe that 111 1 , t, and that he the bankrupt had committedanac, two.fbankruptcy. Under these circumstances 11 .....e consulteddv 1 • d Itiriiraeastn" 'g notice he ' -411°u ld do, when witness a Whitbread "and CO. anti others who .ha.d f g uZd t s o f the bukulirupt in their hands, that a comtmhitss:tiownw'sheveorul,dhe is 4 --s. ' a ga 4 USt him. Notwithstanding Russell on th e up ed t arreste an pu into a le,a. s atne . d a y got the bankr . ,—"uP-up here he cuar...ged hi:, w recetv the 50/. and then dia.. about the 1, - 'ur. S ergeant WILDE, for the defendant, stated, that lie ° ald prove that Mr. Henson was m istaken ho • ur when the meeting took place. b ad Mr . Russell was accordingly called, thatand th d e ep 7 o t s i e i d oct ob October, got the money about four o'clock, on the Itnd that he did not see Mr. Henson till six o' h c e lock com in m t i li s- e ev ening. - The veitness's examination before t timers was then read, before whom he deposed 1 . 6th of meeting took place about a fortnight after t..e . 1 in October ; besides, the evidence he then gave, vane' that the several particulars from that now given. The Cuter JUSTICE having recapitulated the evidence, left it to the Jury to say whost testitnony they should lieve, that of Mr. Russell or Mr. Henson. lf they be lieved the-former, as the law stood at present, it was their be duty .to find for the defendant ; i ' , f the .. latter, then they would find for the plaintiffs. The Juri,'without any Hesitation; foitild*ii.thililaintitra ham es 50L • - : -At r. Margat, who has ascended 32 times inia balloon, bas been rewarded by the appointment of aeronaut to the King POLICE INTELLIGENCE.- (THIS DAY.) GUILDHALL. Doc &wailer-E.—John Newport was charged with having stolen s. dog called Spot. Newport was the servant of Messrs. Foster and Co., brewers, and he stated that the dog in question was his. That onthe 18th of November the dog went out of the stable, and was never afterwards seen till a few days ago, when he saw it in the street, claimed it, and on being refused it, he called a constable, and ordered him to take possession of it. Joseph Warren, a milkman in Margaret-street, Nor thampton-square, was the person from whom the dog had been taken by Newport's direction. He paid ten shillings for it to a person named Greaves. Greaves bought it of Pullen, and Pullen bought it of Payne, who bred it. All these persons swore distinctly to the dog ; but, with the exception of the milkman, did not carry with them very creditable appearances. Newport, Messrs. Foster and Co.'s riding-master, a person who cropped the dog for Newport, and one or two more labourers about the brewery, as decidedly swore to the dog's being Newport's. Mr. Alderman ANSLIE upon this conflicting testimony, decided in favour of Newport, and ordered him to have the dog. STREET-KEEPERS' CRUELTY.—Two street-keepers from Fleet-market brought up a poor woman in custody, with an infant in her arms and another at her foot, on a charge of having sold fruit in the streets. The fellows had sent the poor creature's nut-basket to the Green-yard, and, not satiated with that, brought herself and family , before the Magistrate. The poor woman said, she had been ex ceedingly harshly dealt with • by the street-keepers. She had pledged a shirt of her husband's to enable her to buy the nuts she had in her basket, in the hope of being able to make a trifle towards the sup port of herself and family by a sale of them. Yesterday morning she had 4s. worth of nuts in her basket; she had sold a shilling's worth of them, and then the street-keepers took the basket with its contents from her, and sent it to the green-yard, and brought her here. Mr. Alderman Asst.'s expressed the greatest indigna tion at the conduct of the street-keepers. He knew that the law prohibited poor people selling fruit in the streets, unless they had the consent of the inhabitants; but he really felt that that law ought to be altered. Many poor individuals might make an honest livelihood, if they were only permitted to do so in this way; but, by the conduct of the street-keepers, as bad been manifested in the present instance, poor people were thrown on the parish. He would be bound to say, that when this poor woman went to the Green-yard for her basket, not only would she have to pay a fee there, but there would not be a not in the basket. He desired the poor woman immediately t o go to the overseers of the parish, demand money from them to enable her to recover the basket, &c. and if they re fused to supply her with such, assistance, then .to come back, and he would grant a summons against them, c a ll_ jug upon them to do so. He could not help again re peating, it was most distressing that street-keepers should have the power of inflicting such cruelty in their hands, and he sincerely hoped it would soon be altered. BOW-STREET. Mr. Alger, an auctioneer, of King-street, Holborn, ap plied-for the Magistrates' advice, under the following cir cumstances :—He had received a green dennet on Thurs day week, with directions to sell it in a sale of furniture a few days subsequent. The gig was sent with a note, signed " John Barker." The morning previous to the sale, he received a letter signed as above, and inclosing a broker's warrant of distress on the effects of James Fuller, of Little Bedford-street, Stepney, and signed by George Brookes, as the landlord. On the day after the sale, a shabby sort of a fellow came with a note signed " John Barker," for the money the gig sold for. Mr. Algar made some enquiries as to Mr. Barker's residence, and discovered that the note was sent from a coffee-shop in the city, but could not find out where he lived. Mr. Alger refused to give the man the money, and sent his clerk to ascertain if the distress warrant was Correct. .The latter, - -however, found .no stick perions as •the landlord, Fuller; or Barker.- - • • . Mr.. A.-now produced the warrant and the letters. • - The !Magistrate. expressed their: Opinion, that he ought notto give up the 'gig untiLhe found .tha.Proper owner. Mr; Alger boweek and. retired. . • . THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY iqARKETS.-(Al ST-. JA t per Load of 36 Trusse..) MEWS, • - X. 8. X, s Lowland Mead. Hay 4 sto 5 5 Upland Ditto 5 5 610 Rye-grass Ha— 5.5 610 A large supily, and trade exception of" the highest prices 'o tamed in fewer instances to-day, SMITH, s. Z. s. Lowland Mead.Hay3 15 to 4 15 Upland Ditto 4 1.5 515 Rye-grass Hay 415 515 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Meadow Hay sq.;'Straw from last quoted ; prices of Clover 111 trade dull. X. a. X. IL' Clover Hay.......... 5 oto 7 0 Oat Straw ..... 2 2 2 6 Wheat Ditto 2 6 210 pOees as on Tuesday, with the of -Meadow Hay having been nb [FIELD. s. L. s. Cloy. Hay general] y 5 oto 6 15 ' Do. extra fine 0 0 7 0 Oat Straw MTh eat Ditto 2 2 2 5 2s. to 3s. per load lower than sy stationary. Supply good, and THE ARMY. The Bth (the King's Royal Irish) Regiment of Light Dragoons (Hussars) has received orders, after being in spected on Hounslow Heath, to proceed to Ireland. The, 15th (the King's) Regiment of Light Dragoons (Hussars) has received orders, after being relieved in Ire land-by the Sth Hussars, to return to England. Detachments belonging to the 4th, 11th, and 13th Re giments of Light Dragoons, marched yesterday morning, from Westminster, for the Cavalry Depot at Maidstone. The last Division of the 67th Regiment of Infantry, has arrived on board the Caroline, at Chatham, from Bombay. A Detachment belonging to the 67th Regiment of Foot, marched, on Tuesday, from Westminster, for Weedon Bar racks. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. . His' Majesty's ships, Victory and Britannia have been ordered to be paid off, and re-commissioned as the Flag ships at Portsmouth and Plymouth. Admirals Sir George Martin and Sir James Saumarez, are to strike their flags immediately, and to be succeeded in the chief command at those ports by Admires the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford and the Earl of Northesk. • Captain the Hon. G. Elliot has.been appointed to the Victory, and Captain Hawker to the Britannia. Captain G. W. C. Courtenay has been appointed to the Fairy sloop, and Capt. Geo. B. Martin, to the Mosquito. Lieut. Geo. S. Dyer, of, the Ganges, son of John Dyer, Esq., Chief Clerk of the Admiralty, has been promoted to the, rank of Commander. DRURY LANE THEATRE. A new Comedy, in three acts, entitled, " Fast and Slow," and taken, with some few alterations, from the French, was brought out at this theatre for the first time last night. It was a complete failure, and as Filch observed of himself in the " Beggars' Opera," " was cut off in the flower of its youth," on the very first evening of its announcement. The plot was both scanty and inefficient ; so much so, that even the attractions of Mr. Liston's face, (omnipotent as these are) failed of their wonted effect. There was, however, some good acting in the piece, particularly Mr. Cooper's right arm, which made up by its rapid and vivacious movement, for the discreet sobriety of its more dignified and tranquil brother. Dowton's Mr. Prompt, was also a meritorious performance ; and why 'should we re fuse to do justice to the luxuriant wig of Mr. Browne ? The house was well attended. THE NEW IMPROVEMENTS, CHARING enoss.—We are informed, upon good authority, that the houses on the north side of the Strand will not be pulled down for some time. Some disputed ownerships are said to be the cause. The fine growing weather of the last fortnight appear s to have been already, except in the most bleak and exposed situations, highly advantageous to herbage. The scarcity of sh eep -k eep may be cons id ere d to h ave, i n a great degree, subsided, and should the air continue to be mild, there will be a sufficiency- of grass in the cattle pastures, to enable grazier s to turn into them their full complement of oxen early in May. THE WELSH LANDOWNERS.—On Tuesday evening, a respectable Meeting was held, at the Paul's Head Tavern, Cateaton-street, for the purpose of taking into con sideration the best means of protecting the Welsh Peasantry, w h o , it appears,have front time. immemorial been per mitted to erect habitations on, and take ,into, cultivation, parts of the common and weak lands of tl ? p principality, and who have been or might be, r c i ecte 4 under the authority of Bills of Enclosure, without e9nveniation.for th e ii tene ments or their labour. After a mtracted dii;enssion the subject, in the course of which a variety of un i mport., ant resolutions were proposed. A petition to Parliament; on behalf of the Welsh peasantry, was carried unanimously, and subscriptions entered into for that purpose. SHIPPING INTELLIGENGT , i.r4UI I B pity.) • FROM LI.9YD'S.. , • DIAL, APRIL 184--Ifind s.p.A.--;Arrive4 th,e Francis, Constable, from Charente ; Petri], Antrim, frtir a H on _ dams. Arrived *pro 1,, On'fion fhe George, Forti;:for Der biee ; James, 'Walton, for St. John's. • . PORTSMOUTH, . APRIL 18.---Wind i N.W.—Sailed the Marquis of Hastings, Drake, for New South Wales. FALMOUTH, A Pg.IL 17.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived off the Port the Princess , Vittoria, Matthews, from London, for China ; and Fortune,. Brockes, from St. Thomas. GRAVESEND, APRIL 18.—Arrived the Heroine, Birch, from Lisbon ; Resolution, Aludge, from Gibraltar; Mariner, Douglas from ditto; Arethusa, Arrowsmith, from Honduras ; Cameron, Todd, from Berbice._Sailed the Julia, Sergeant, for Tobago; Providence, Pottle, for Smyrna; Duke of Sussex, Whitehead, for China; Alex ander, Arrington, for Monte Video; Clara, Granmure, for Jamaica ; Tom Bowling,.Borraston, for St. Kitts. ODESSA, MARCH 27.—The Waterloo, White, arrived this day, from Constantinople, in four days, and reports that a schooner, 45 : days from London, with manufactures, &c. on board, bound to Constantinople, was totally wrecked on the Dardanelles.---N.B. The Taget and. the Sappho, both schooners, sailed from London, about the time stated. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1827. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18. , ' BETTING AT THE NEW ROOMS. Very little has been done this evening on any of the Stakes, the sensa tion created by the Riddlesworth having scarcely. subsided. , Gustavus will, of course, go, and Va rennes will no doubt become a great favourite for the Oaks, but at present we can only give the following statement :- DERBY, 8 to 1 agst Glenartney 12 to 1 agst Defence 10 to 1 agst Espagnolle 18 to 1 agst Spondee' 12 to 1 agst Tatter 20 to 1 agst any other. 20 to 1 on Glenartney agst Sparkler. OAICS. ' 5 to I agst Donna Clara. ST. LEGER. 14 to 1 on the field. Memnon, Serab, and Abron, do not run for the 2d Class of the Oatlands en Thursday. Sweepstakes of 200 sous. each, h. it..fist. 41b. T Y.C. Duke of Grafton's b. f. by Woful 1 Lord G. H. Cavendish's f. by Partisan 2 Lord Exeter's b. f by Captain-Candid 3 • 5 to 4 on Lord'Exeter's f. - • Subscription Plate of SM. for two-yr-okis,'7lt. three, Sat. '7lb. and four4st. T.Y.C. • Lord Exeter's b. C. Re11gaunt1et........,-.......... . . 31r. Yates's c. Fairlawn 2 Mr. Chifney's b. c. by Whisker ' • 3 Mr. Greville's ch. f. hlizabeth ' 4 Lord G. H. Cavendish'i c. by AUegr0.......... Duke of Richmond's ch: f. ' Starch dr 6t0.4 on Redgauntlet„. -•. *, • • . . ' Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, h. R. for fillies, Bst. 41b. R. M. Lord Clarendon's by Partisan -Donna Clara I Col. Wilson's cb. by Rubens ..,_ .... . .... ...... ' .4 . - 2 Three others started, and six paid...-11 krion Lord Clarendon's. APPOINTMENTS FOR AMWAY. Subscription Plate of 504, for two-yr-olds, carrying fist. 71b. three, Bst. Mb. four, Bst. 131 b. five, 9at, 41b. six ; and 'aged, 9st. 81b. D. M. , The Port Stakes of 100 sous, each, h. ft . colts, Sst. '7lb., fi llies, Bst. 413. T. M. M. Lord Exeter's Recruit ,Mr. Oreville's Rachel Col. Wilson's Lamplighter Lord Wharncliffe's The Dragon Duke of Grafton's Goshawk Lord Wharncliffe's The Moslem Duke of Grafton's Saracen Mr. Thornhill's The General Lord Anson's Noureddin Sweepstakes of 200 soya. each, h rising three y Duke Grafton's Roderick Lord Orford's c. by Rainbow Mr. Rogers's Apollo Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, h. ft, for colts, Bst. '7lb. fillies, Bst. 41b. R.M. D. of Portland's c. by Teasdale Gen. Grosvenor's Half-moon Mr. Lambton's Tom Jones • Mr. Smith's Blaze Mr. Wilson's Protestant Mr. Nowell's bl. or. br. by Comus Mr. Rogers's Nonsuit I Mr. Wyndham's by Whalebone Sweepstakes of 200 sous. each, h. ft for colts . Bs. 71b. fi llies, Sst. 31b. rising three yrs old. MX Duke of Grafton's Paramour . 'Lord Anson's c. by Magistrate Sir J. Shelley's Johnny 1 Sweepstakes of 200 says. each;. - Fi. IL for-colts, Ist.:slb.- fillies, fist. 21b. D.M. Mr. - Rogerzil br. - e. Chinftilis 4 rLisrir 0:'.11. :Cii6iiialsli's r. by Duke of Grafton'iTurcornan Partisan Mr.' Grevlllet c. by Merlin .. ' D.'or Pottleind's c..by 'reasdale Lord Exeter's c. by Soothsayer Sweepstakes of 200 sorsi, each", h. ft. for - Mlles, fist. 41b. D.M. Duke of Portland's by Tiresias Lord-Orford's by Rainbow Lord G. li. Cavendish's by Par- Duke of Richmond's Gulnare tisan . - Mr. Rogers's. Whimper • .. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. - each h. ft. colts, Bat. 71b. fillies, Sit. 41b. Mr. Hunter's f. by Orville Lord Verulam's f. by Whalebone • Mr, Rush's c: by Merlin . . :': !gird VerUltun's Nbmber Nip Mr. Goddard's c. byAnticipation Mr. Perkins's Tick Match-100 sous. h. ft. A.F. Mr. Carter's Pollio, Bst. 74 IMr. Pettit's Wombs, Bst. 21b. NO DAY MENTIONED. Sweepstalter of: 200 sots. each, tuft :sat.' Sr/W.:MM. • - Lord - Exeter's c. by Soothsayer Lord G. H. Cavendish's c. by Lorddersey'sf Marnelnke ' , ' Paltishn: • Mr. l r Gevile's c. by Waterloo ft. colts, Eist. rilb. fillies, Bst. 31h, ars old. D. M. Lord Jersey's Glenartney Lord Exeter's c. by Soothsayer KELSO SPRING- MEETING, 1827. TUESDAY, MAY 15.--,The Kelso Spring .St. Leger Stakes of 10 gs. each; for three year' old colts Bst. Sib., fillies Bst. Mile and a half. Mr. Sitwell's b. c. by Otho, dam by Sir Harry Dimadale Mr. Jopling's b. c. Lennel, by Otho Lord Belhaven'S b. "e. by Champignon, dam by Stamford Mr. Baird's b. c. by Chattipigcon,--Anna Buller Mr. Bailie's b. c. by Champignon,Penelope . JULY MEETING.- Produce Stakes of 50 : gs. each; h. ft. for three year old colts Bst. 31b.,•fillies Bst..;• Sib. allowed, &c. Two miles. Mr. Baillie's b. c. by Champignon--31b Mr. Tartleton's b. f. by Whisker—sister to Wagtail-31b Mr. Baird's b. c. by Champignon--Anna Bullen Sir D. Moncrieffe's b. c. Strathtay, by Prime Minister b. f. Parisina, by Prime Minister—Rosamel Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each,,li. ft. for three year old colts Bst. 31b. ; fillies Bst. ; 31b. allowed, &c. Mile and half. Mr. Baird's b. c. Corsair, by Champignon Sir'D. Moncrieffe's b. C. Strathtay, by Prime Minister Sir W. Maxwell's gr. f. Scotch Thistle, by Viscount Mr. Baillie's b. c. b;• Champignon--31b. Mr. Tarleton's b. f. by Whisker, sister to Wagtail-3lb. Mr. Farquharson's c. Blaze, by Stainborough STOCKBRIDGE. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20.—Sweepstakes of 50 gs. each, h. ft. for three year old colts Sst. 71b., allies Eist. 41b. ; 31b. allowed, &c. One mile. Lord Grosvenor's br. c. Christmas, by Blucher--Plover Lord Palmerston's c. by Whalebone—Mignionette Gen.' Grosvenor's hl. c. Sparkler, by Blacklock—Brillante b. f. Icaria, by The Flyer Mr. Milner's ch. f. Millicent, by Connie Mr. Gaunslett's br. c. Gamelius, by Whalebone Mr. Shard's M. c. The Black Buck, by Buffalo Mr. Russell's b. c. Crony, by Comus—Scarbrough's dam b. c. Pandarus, by Whalebone Mr. Radclyffe's b. c. Windermere, by Whalebone Mr. Farquharson's b. f. by Wanderer—Meg Merrilies Mr. Ryan's ch. f. by Soothsayer Mr. Shard's Dominie, by Snrolensko; agst. Mr. Gaunt lett'a br. c. Gamelius, by Whalebone, Sst. '7lb. each. One mile, 50, h. ft. ARCHERY: Saturday the Royal Company of Archers turned out a field of 19 shooters, at their Grounds in Hope Park, Edin burgh, to compete for the annual prize of the silver bugle, at 100 yards distance, being the first prize of the season shot for in the field. After a close competition the victor was declared to be J. C. Wilson, Esq., James Lang and C. C. Stuart, Esqrs., being beat by one pdint only. PEDESTRIANISM. Captain Parry backed himself yesterday to run nine miles on the Staines-road, within the hour, for 100 sovs., and afterwards to drive his mare sixteen miles in harness within the hour, for a similar stake. The pedestrian per formance was accomplished one minute under the given time. The first seven miles were done in 46 minutes, when he stopped and took a tea-cup full of vinegar and wine. He again started, and came in in gallant style. netting was in this instance sto 4 against him. He then commenced c harioteeriug, with betting 6 and '7 to 4 in his favour, and won the match five seconds under the given time. FASHION:OLE AND MISCELLANEOUS. . . -The Duke of Clarence,came to town about foar - o'cloek, yesterday - afternoon from his seat in Bushy Park. , ! • • The Earl of Harrowby, the Earl of Carlisle, the. Earl of Morley,• Viscount Granville, Sir J. Copley, the Right Hon. F. Robinson, the Right Hon. W. Huskisson, the Right Hon. C. Wynn, and Mr. Under Secretary Hob house, had interviews yesterday with Mr. Canning, at his residence in Downing-street : after seeing the above-named noblemen and gentlemen, Air. Canning went to attend the KING soon after four o'clock. In the evening Mr. Can ning had a numerous dinner party, at which were present his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, the Marquis of Anglesea, Sir John Copley, the Earl of Harrowby, the Earl of Mountcharles, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Viscount Granville, Lord Bexley, the Right Hon. F. Robinson, the Right Hon. W. Huskisson, the Right Hon. C. Wynn, Viscount Palmerston, Mr. Herries, Sir G. Cockburn, Mr. Croker, Lord Howard de Walden, and Mr. Planta. The Duke of Newcastle, the Marquis of Lon donderry, and several other Noblemen, visited Mr. Peel yesterday. Earl Bathurst attended at the Colonial Office yesterday for a considerable time. Viscountess Hampden entertained a distin guished party to dinner yesterday, at her house, in Green street, Grosvenor-square. The remain.s of the Marquis of Cholmondeley will be removed this day from Cholmondeley House, Pic cadilly, for interment in the family vault in Cheshire. The Rev. J. T. James, formerly Student of Christ Church, Oxford, is appointed Bishop of Calcutta. The Right Hon. Charles Grant, of Glenelg, has paid a legacy of 2001. left by his father to the Society for propagating Christian Knowledge in Scotland. Mr. Grant has farther made a donation of 501. from himself to that Society. We understand that Lord Manners is pre paring to break up his establishment in this country, and that his servants are busily employed in packing up.— Freeman's Journal. By the death of the late Marquis of Cholmon deley, William Chambers, Esq., of Bicknor, Kent, comes into possession of upwards of ten thousand a year. The Committee on the Wells Election have declared the Sitting Members, J. Taylor and C. W. Tud way, Esqrs., to be duly elected. The King, who is at this moment so justly popular with the people, uttered lately a sentiment to a Noble Lord that is likely to-endear him still more to his poorer subjects. Speaking of the present distresses, his Majesty observed, " It was the wish of my revered father, that every .poor man might be able to read his Bible—mine is, that every poor man in my dominions may be able to get work, and be happy The lYiarquis of Lausdown has taken a house for a short time.on Richmond-hill; Mr. Brougham, who returned to town . on Sunday evening, paid the Noble Mar quis a visit 'on Monday. We believe the leading Members of the Whigs dined with Earl Grey, at his house, in Berkeley square, on Tuesday. The State Rooms at the Marquis of Hert ford's new chateau, delightfully situated on the margin of the lake in the Regent's Park, and built by Mr. Decimus Burton, are now finished ; the interior of them is in the plainest style possible—the taste of the Noble Marquis himself. The upper chambers remain in what is technically called plaster for the present.—The Noble Marquis does not intend to give his first dejeun6 until he has performed his Mission at the Court of Russia. Lord William Bentinck has been named as likely to succeed the Duke of Wellington as Master-Ge neral of the Ordnance. His Lordship was formerly the British Ambassador in Sicily, and afterwards distinguished himself when commanding the British Army which cap tured Genoa. He is, moreover, a liberal in politics, and nearly related to Mrs. Canning. Yet, for all this, the Marquis of Anglesey, though a violent Anti-Catholic, seems to have a better chance , of becoming head of the Ordnance, and of ,Ahus , obtaining-a seat in .the Cabinet under Mr.„Canning'i Administration.---Morning. Paper. The Empress Catherine ..never, omitted while making her different tours, to inquire of the inhabitants of the surrounding country if there were any abuses which could be abolished. ~When traversing the banks.of the Volga, she asked the fishermen if they were content with their lot? and they replied,',' We should be perfectly satisfied with the fruits of our labour, 'and particularly with the sturgeon fishery, if we were not forced to lose a part of our profits by annually sending a large quantity of these fish, which fetch a very high price, to your stables. This heavy tribute costs us about 2,000 rubles a ran". She replied with a laugh, I thank you ; I did not know that my horses ate stargons," and the abuse was suppressed. A gold coin, of the reign of Elizabeth, rather larger than a shilling, was last week ploughed up in a field in the neighbourhood of this town. It is in an excellent state of preservation, having, on one side, the representa tion of Michael, the Archangel, contending with the Dragon ; and, on the other, a ship, with the arms of Eng land quartered in a shield on her side. Round the one side are the letters Elizabeth. D. G. Aug. Fr. Hibe. Regina; and round the other are Adri. Fact= Est. Istvd. Et : Cinque Ports Herald. BERLIN, APRIL 7.—Madame Catalani gave her first concert yesterday, and though the prices were doubled, thehouse was crowded. It is astonishing that a person 50 years of age should have such a powerful voice ; but though the public applauded with so much enthusiasm, many of those who heard her in her prime found a consi desr,s,le difference. A PATIENT COMPANION.—A gentleman who once introduced his brother to Johnson, was very earnest to recommend him to the doctor's attention, which he did by saying, " Doctor, when we havesat together some time, you'll find my brother very entertaining." " Sir," said Johnson, " I cannot wait." Cardinal Mazarin, having been repeatedly teased by a clerical suitor for a benefice, one day when the young churchman had again been importuning him, turned to a sentinel, who was standing by, and said—. My good friend, I wish you would take up your &clock, and go and shoot an Abbot for me, that I may have an Abbey to give to this Gentleman." QUID PRO Quo.—A young chimney sweep, at Stafford, had been scolded a few days since by his mas ter's wife; or, as he said, she had been "blowing him up." —He resolved to give her a " blowing up" in her turn, and therefore put some gunpowder beneath the tobacco in her pipe ; then left the town : his mistress sat down to en. joy her evening whiff, and the powder exploded.—Pottery Mercury. CONSISTENCY.—A lady's age happening to be questioned, she affirmed she was but forty, and called upon a gentleman who was in company for his opinion : " Cousin," said she, "don't you believe I am in the right, when I say lam but forty ?" " I am sure, madam," re plied he, " I ought not to dispute it ; for I have constantly heard you say so for these ten years." ENCOURAGEMENT OF FRANKNESS.—Some years ago, says Richardson, in his anecdotes of painting, a gentleman Caine to me to invite me to his house : "I have," says he, " a picture of Rubens, and it is a rare good one. There is little H. the other day came to see it, and says it is a copy. If any one says so again, I'll break his head. Pray, Mr. Richardson, will 3oudo me the favour to come, and give nee your real opinion of it ?" A country Squire ,having indulged rather liberally in his libations to the jolly god, but still thinking himself sober enough to walk home, reeled off upon the right road as it were by instinct. Having walked about , two miles as h e co mputed, but which did not exceed a quarter straight forward, he met a man of whom he asked how far he had yet to go? Two long miles was the reply. " Oh, it's not the length of the road that troubles me, but the breadth of it," exclaimed the Squire—at the same time making a start to go forward, he gave proof of the truth of his assertion, by his first motion being zig-zag from right to left ! BERLIN, APRIL 7.—The Russians w h o came here to learn the Prussian exercise, have left us, after a stay of six Months. Each private received from his Majesty the King a present of six Louis-d'ors, and each of those th a t were married also a gold chain fo r hi s w if e . A singula r c i rcums tance was reported to have t a k en p l ace on this o ccas i on , n amely, that one of th e su b a l terns re quested to have three chains, because he bad three wives. _The soldier was a camel-driver, from the banks of the Caspian, and a Mahometan. It is well known that there are many of the believers of the Prophet in the Russian army. TURKS.--" I never have understood, and cannot yet conceive, the meaning of that strange and immoral system of policy, which obstinately protects bar barians, robbers, and fanatics, who depopulate, devastate, and cover with blood the vast regions they possess in Europe and Asia. Is it creditable that all the Princes of Christen dom should offer their aid, their presents, and I may almost say, their homage to a barbarous, stupid, and arrogant . G overnment, which despises tis,, Our religion, , our laws, our habits, our Kings, and which daily gives us the , mime of Christian Dogs, and treats us with nothing but insult and humiliation ?".•—Segur's ,Memoirs LITERATURE. PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURES IN THE PENINSULA, DURING THE WAR, 1812,1818. This is an amusing, gossiping, and intelligent little publication, which deserves, if it hare not already obtained it, no inconsiderable popularity. The author, who also writes himself down a soldier, possesses great readiness in sketching scenery and character, and details an anecdote. with archness and simplicity. In addition to this, he is manifestly a scholar; one, who judging from the internal evidence of his volume, can " quote Greek as naturally as pigs squeak." Our limits, unluckily, prevent us from entering more fully into his character as an author, so we will content ourselves with the following extract, de scriptive of the famous royal city of Braganza, in Portugal. Braganza has never known the horrors of war. The French, indeed, in the time of Sir John Moore, attempted its capture, but were repulsed by the brave peasantry who inhabit the raia. This city retains therefore all its original pride; and her second boast is, that her merchants are as honourable as they are wealthy. Here, it is said, a bank ruptcy has never been known. On approaching the city from the Miranda side, there is nothing of it discoverable but the castle, until you are on the point of entering. The castle itself is now in a state of ruin, although part of the walls are yet in good preservation, and furnished with some rusty cannon. Within its precincts are a number of little tenements, which serve as barracks to the militia of the place. Descending from the castle hill, you look down upon the tc en, which, iu its leading features, consists of two principal streets, running parallel to each other for shout half-a-mile, terminating in an extensive -praca, and thence diverging under new names to the right and left. The palace of the bishop is a magnificent building. His lordship however resides at Castro, a little village about one league distant, and in a very humble mansion. The palace is under the care of one of his chaplains. The clergy here are rich, and, as far as I can see, very much respected. There is a peculiarity in the costume of the canons which I. have nowhere else observed—except among the partridges,—which is, that they are all red-legged, their stockings being of a bright crimson. There are two convents for women in the city ; one appropriated solely to the reception of females of noble rank, the other much inferior both in point of wealth and discipline. To this last I have paid several visits, and they make no scruple to open the upper half of the door in the vestibule, where we are allowed to converse with the nuns under the surveil lance of two or three of the more ancient damsels of the order. GREAT SHOOTING. On Tuesday Mr. Knelven, a celebrated shot, killed 27 pigeons successively from the trap 21 yards distance from the gun. The performance took place on Bagshot Heath. The stake vas for 50 sous., and he had taken 40 to 5 about killing the 21 birds, and he shot on another bet. FIGHT BETWEEN :MURPHY AND M c CARTIIY.--.These two little ones fought near Hernsey-wood House on Tues day, for no less a time than four hours. Neither were much punished, although Murphy's eyes were nearly closed. Al'Canby showed the white feather, in constantly retreat ing, and to this the prolongation of the fight is attributed. lie was, however, declared the winner, much against Murphy's inclination, who would have fought on, REPRIEVE OF M 4 DERMOTT.— The two Carleys-anti .211 4 1)ermott, convicted at the last. Assizes for Westmeath of burning a house, were to have beau executed on Wednesday, but were reprieved. THE ROAD GUIDE. A very neat and useful work has just appeared under the above title, the first number of which is devoted to a full explanation of the road be tween London and Birmingham. A second number will complete the road from Bir mingham to Holyhead. The work has this especial claim to public approbation, that the plates, of which there are four, have been actually made from recent personal sur veys, and we can vouch for the correctness with which they are delineated, having been lately on the Birmingham road ourselves. The work is interspersed with a number of amusing or interesting anecdotes descriptive of the variety of scenery and public buildings along the road, and the traveller will find it a very useful companion as he jogs along to relieve the tedium -of the journey. It also possesses this peculiar recommendation, that the traveller can make himself acquainted with every town', village, - and remarkable thing on the road, with out the trouble of asking any learned companion for information on subjects of which he may be as profoundly ignorant as himself. Nothing is more agreeable than on entering a town to have acquired by anticipation a know ledge which the fancy is busy in compar ing with the first impressions of reality—giving each place a local habitation and a name. The chief inns in each town are given, and each mile on the road accurately marked. It is in tended to publish similar guides to all the routes in the kingdom, as will be seen by the following introduction : There are many and great objections to the existing Road Guides : a traveller, who wishes to pass over one route, must purchase a description of all the routes in the country, which is just as absurd in principle, as though be were made to pay all the coaoh fares—the descriptions which they contain are full of errors, and the number of these errors is increased in every subsequent edition—the dis tances are often inaccurately laid down—no notice what ever is taken of the geological structure, though that is, in all eases, a sure guide to the kinds of indigenous plants— and, instead of mentioning the best houses of entertain mert, as at present in existence, there will be found the names of some that have been razed, and their sites so oc cupied, that he who goes in quest of a dinner, may be treated with a hymn and a homily instead. This little work is strictly what it professes to be, it de• scribes only the road from London to Birmingham ; but it notices every thing along that road which can increase either the information or the comfort of the traveller. It may not be altogether free from errors; but thus much can, with truth, be said in its recommendation, that the information it embodies has been gleaned from those who have been in the habit of daily, or, at least, weekly, fre quenting the road for many years. The proprietors intend, at intervals of publication, as short as the labour of such an undertaking will admit, to publish similar Guides for all the routes in the kingdom ; and when a sufficient number of these have been published, the different parts which describe the whole, or any num ber of the sections of a long journey, will be stitched up together ; so that the traveller may be supplied with a companion for the whole of his journey, whether that be long or short. The Guide will, of course, answer for coming up to the metropolis, as well as going down ; only in that case the last page must be the first consulted, and so on to the first page. I lot ; both were subject to depression of spirits, 3 anu, from whatever cause, had contracted the same bend or stoop of the shoulders. In other respects, their frames were cast in a very manly and symmetrical mould ; the profile of their counte nances was nearly alike ; the phrenological deve lopments not dissimilar ; and to sum up all in one word, the principal disparity lay in the form and expression of the eye, which in Gilbert was fixed, sagacious, and steady—in Robert almost always." in a fine phrenzy rolling." Their father was a very remarkable man, and Gilbert was com pletely the archetype of his father. His piety was equally warm and sincere ; and in all the private relations of life, as an elder of the church, a husband, a father, a master and a friend, there never, perhaps, was a better man. His brother cherished for him the warmest affection, and uni formly venerated the judgment of one who was allied to him in genius as well as in blood. His writings, it is true, want that variety, originality, and ease, which shine so conspicuously even in the prose works of the Poet ; but they had many redeeming points about them ; and his excellent letter to Dr. Currie breathes not only the purest patriotism, but contains, we will be.bold to say, the germ of those enlightened views and reason ings which Mr. Henry Brougham has so beau tifully enforced in his preliminary dissertation to what is called " the Library of Useful Know ledge." His taste, too, was as pure as his judge ment was masculine, and we once heard him mention, that the two most pleasurable moments of his life were—first, when he read Mackenzie's story of La Roche ; and secondly, when Robert took him apart at the breakfast or dinner hour. during harvest, and read to him, while seated on a barley sheaf, the manuscript copy of the far famed " Cotter's Saturday Night." When the greatest of our bards was invited by Dr. Blacklock to visit Edinburgh, the subject of the present imperfect memoir was struggling in the churlish farm of Mossgiel, and toiling late and early to keep a house over the heads of his aged mother and unprotected sisters. In these circumstances, the poet's success was the first thing that stemmed the ebbing tide of the fontanel' of his family. On settling with Mr. Creeeh, in February, 1788, he re ceived, as the profits of his second publication, about 5001., and with that generosity which formed a part of his nature, he immediately presented Gilbert with nearly the half of his whole wealth. Thus succoured, the deceased married a Miss Breckon ridge, and removed to a better farm (Dinning, in Dumfries-shire) but still reserved a seat at the fa mily board for his truly venerable mother, who died a very few years ago. While in Dinning, he was recommended to Lady Blantyre, and though our memory doss not serve us precisely as to dates, he must have been an inhabitant of East Lothian for very nearly a quarter of a century. Her Ladyship's affairs were managed with the greatest fidelity and prudence ; the factor and his constituent were worthy of each other; and in a district distinguished for the skill, talents, and opulence of its farmers, no man was more respected than Mr. Gilbert Burns. His wife, who still survives, bore him a family of six -lons and five daughters ; but of these one son and four daughters predeceased their father. His means, though limited, were always managed with enviable frugality—as a proof of which we may state, Jhat every one of his boys received what is called a eras sical education. So far as we know, they are all upright, promising characters, and have done and are doing so well in the world, that we would be proud to enumerate their names and stations did not delicacy restrain and hamper our pert. In concluding this hurried, article, we have a fart to communicate, which the public will learn wits, unfeigned pleasure, and which should go down to posterity on the same " honest page" which records the fraternal feelings and high generosity of Robert Burns. And it is this : the 2004 which the poet lent to the best of brothers, so far beck as 1788, was only repaid in 1820. Gilbert, as we have said, was far from affluent; in early life he had to struggle even for existence, and though fortune latterly became more kind, lie was called on to support a numerous family, an aged mother, and one or two sisters. The knowledge of the fact that his aged parent was pro perly cared-for, was in the poet's eyes a full acquit. tance of all claims; his children too, we believe, viewed the matter in the same light, and repayment under all these circumstances was dictated solely by their uncle's scrupulous sense of justice. In 1819 he was invited by Messrs. Cadell and Davies to revise a new edition of his brother's works; to supply what ever he found wanting, and correct whatever he thought amiss. He complied with the in vitation, and by appending much valuable matter to the late Dr. Curries beautiful Biography, at once vindicated his brother's memory front many gratuitous aspersions east on it, and esta blished his own credit as an author. In regard to remuneration, his feelings were modest and (Bi dent in the extreme; but a literary friend fortunately counselled and kept him right, and on receiving payment, the first thing he did was to balance ac counts to the uttermost farthing, with the widow and family of his deceased brother. The letter which accompanied the remittance of the money was in the highest degree creditable to his feelings, end should be given to the world along with a more extended account of its author. Peace to the manes of Gilbert Burns! Years inorrecollection ; an d we may say of him finally, what his early tutor said o f have rolled on since we were honoured by the friendly a an n d ce pressure of his hand, but his patriarchal appear. a r d e e s m ti e l a l n fr o e u s r h , , sterlingu sense, . integrity, his father " 0 for a world of men of su c h disposi tion ! I have often wished, for the goo d o f man kind, that it were as customary to honour and per petuate the memory of those who excel in moral rectitude as it is to extol what are called heroic ac tions,—then would the mausoleum of the friend of my youth overtop and surpass most of those we see in Westminster Abbey I' On Monday fonmorning some one wa lk e d i nto the parlour No. 10, Brewer-street, Pim lico, and stole two gold watches. A short stout man i s strongly suspected, who was seen in th e ne i g hb our h oo d oadfary W. Flint, . without a coat with a basket upon his arm. The Eclipse, of Cardiff, John Davies, master, from London for Bristol, with a general cargo, was unfor tunately capsized yesterday morning, about six miles to the eastward Of Ilfracombe, by a sudden squall of wind off the land, and immediately went down, by which event the master and one man were drowned. The rest of the crew, live in number, including the mate, were enabled to reach come planks that had floated from the vessel,on br w ou h g ic: t they o the it bl remained for three hours, and were providentially picked t up byf Mumbles.--Cambrian. etsy a an m d bri Na a re n. cy, of Kinsale, and BONN, APRIL 9.—The Prussian Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs has given a fresh proof of the liberal protection afforded by the Government to the sciences in general, and to the branches of philosophy and history in particular, by the support given to a great literary enter, prise now in progress in this city, viz. a new edition of the collection of the Scriptores Historic Byzantine, now publishing under the direction of the Privy Councillor of State Niebuhr. Besides other encouragements to the happy completion of this great work, the Government has been pleased to order it to be subscribed for, for all the pub lie libraries in the Pruss an dominions, as well those of the Universities as of all the Gymnasia and other learned institutions. HEART-RENDING OCCURRENCE.---•AbOUt s ix o'clock on Wednesday evening Mr. Poole, of Culmore, wa s, with his usual kindness, taking home some of his neigh bours, who had been at the market in Londonderry, in his Norway yawl. They had only reached a part of the Foyle called the Crook, when, owning to some mismanagement of the sail, by a pertion to whom Mr. Poole had given (Erec tions, it back-filled and capsised the 'yawl, by which, of nine persons who went sn board, seven were drowned. The two survivors (Mr. Poole, Ludo man named M'Gandy) saved themselves by clinging to the kiel, until they were relieved-by a boit,'whith the Very Rev. Dean Gotigh had sent to their assietance.—...Dotblits Morning Register. DEATH OF MR. GILBERT BURNS. (From the _Dumfries Courier.) This most worthy and talented individual, died at Grant's Braes, in the neighbourhood of Had dington, and on the Estate of Lady Blantyre,* for whom be was long factor, on Sunday week the Sth curt., in the 67th year of his age. He hail no fixed or formed complaint, but for several gradualmonths i preceding ecay o of the his powers dissolution, infirmities of age, combined with severe domestic nature, and hastened the release of as pure a spirit as ever inbabitated a human bosom. On the 4th of January, helost a daughter who had long been the pride of the family hearth ; and on the 26th of February following, his youngest son— a youth of great promise—died in Edinburgh of typhus fever, just as he was on the eve of being licensed for the ministry. These repeated trials were too much for the excellent old man ; the mind which, throughout a long and blameless life, had pointed unweariedly to its home in the skies, ceased as it were to hold communion with things earthly, and on the recurrence of that hallowed morning, which, like his sire of old, lie had been accustomed to sanctify, by perpetuating the picture of the " Cottar's Saturday Night," he expired without a groan or struggle, in peace and even love with all mankind, and in humble confidence of a blessed immortality. The early history of Mr. Gilbert Burns is so intimately blended with that of the poet, that it would be a waste of time to attempt to trace it. He was 18 months yOunger than Robert, pos sessed the same penetrating judgment, and, ac cording to Mr. Murdoch, their first instructor, surpassed him in vivacity, till pretty.near the age of manhood. Both were early inured to toil, and familiar with the hardships of the peasant's * This Lady - died several yeaxs ago, and was succeeded by Lord Blantyre.