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V.) es, con! and col , f the ng n sustaii ptcy of d been, any act ng of asmucb e testatr tire ma' ction as Fished ie ustee co-trust the test tstee, manag idntt tRt e inonrl for in b I his cost, ave t erectio° ottenbao if having d for il l ber o l its repot/ in orde ( he Court' teetitor lieteee, of am wrier petition w paid to e the will e trustee variatinti! e origins )n of the oppdsedi , ro*e st Pli IN• morning mintioni !mire to 1. Mr. 3 a very take big rmen of 5 of big paperh oners. y under the rule bappY c other to Mr• r - id Mr• Council •ady to to the . The and it; .mbled of the dges of e is a !rmen, 'or th• r, still is so liliff of om no the heriff. ighest thorpe OURT OF CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.) T he LORD CHANCELLOR ;as occuph d the whole of the °l ting in his private room, upon a petition in the matter L ord Ward.—His Lordship will deliver judgment in the ping cases, at the rising of the Court:—Shaw v. ea, Pell v. Stephens, Walburn v. Ingilby, Kiln3inster ' 4 nel, and Darlington V. Darlington. CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) EARL OF RITPON AND OTHERS, V. HOBART AND OTHERS. ,!.4r. Pstrvs applied this morning on behal f of the !, l lntiffs, who are the General Commissioners un d e r the qof the 2d of George 111. for draining the low lands O . fens in Linenlnshire, and for the protection of the river 'ltharn, for special injunction to restrain tie defendants, t trustees under the Act for draining lands in the district Nocton, from erecting or using steam engines for the !rpose cif.throwing the waters on the lands in the dis ct of Nocton into the river Witham. From the ,ett account of the Learned Counsel it a pp eared 6 4 the lands under the control of the de dants were originally drained by windmills, but in t iler to car r y off the water on the lands in a less space of ' r me, the defendants were erecting stcam-engines, the '!et 'f *Melt would he to choke up the dikes appro. hated to the purposes of draining, and cause the water low with such rapidity, and in such large quantities t() the river Witham, as to destroy its banks. The Learned Counsel was addressing the Court when Reporter left, and the case appear s likel y to occu py whole day. rated id del AY.) it and owe a A the ,Ma ; his ; and gale last day- ward, and from from :elso, rerva, as tle, from und, from usta, ark— both was Yeti. fast, 16th nan, An tter, -A me, tee, ch ion TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,—lt is quite amusing to observe the horror expe iLeOced by the Tory portion of the p r e ss, at the sli g htest Nication on the part of the present Government towards I L reform of the manifold abuses bequeathed to them as heir • :, r4 4 by their predecessors. In no depar tment of the :Late is it more requisite than in the army ; and yet a hue bd cry bas been raised on this subject, by certain inte- Ited individuals, in order to alarm the minols of the timid ; t ltensitive, and prevent, if possible , the labours of the elect Committee being attended with any beneficial re. All this is perfectly natural ; the defenders of the ;Present system are those who would suffer most by its ex. °la i tire and destruction ; and when such g reat ban-dogs as t Duke of Wellington and Lord Fitzroy Somerset have tat thought it beneath them to open their mouths on the t ecasion, we are not to be surprised at the 6 ' yelping t'eble" which arises from their hungry followers, and inte ie. ti ned partisans. But the public are not to be misled by e apparent candour of the two " Noble Authors." Atm assumed his real shape at the touch o f Ithuriel's 1 ,1 1 ,5 a r ; a n d thus the staff of Reform, like the w and of ' tt atlequin, has changed the Duke and his quo ndam Secre -11, from gallant warriors into interested scribblers. This 1 110 t to be wondered at ; they and their aristocratical t aunexiona have been " Lodged and fed at public charge" I °o l4 o long to relinquish without a struggle the warm cover tZ of their numerous sinecures ; an d, therefore, do we ad them arraying themselves in the rusty armour of pri 'lege and precedent, and sallying forth, in defiance of public opinion, to defend those abuses which they either '"ltered or created. Let not the public, however, be led astray b y the voice a( "lying prophets," or the outcry of their followers. hen every portion of the state requires reformation, hY should the army be exempt fro m its salutar y info ilice, and its abuses upheld, because those who are already ell provided for would suffer by s uch a p rocedure ? Afte r 18 years of peace, is the country to be still saddled w ith th e task of pensioning the holders of imaginary leernmente? Are the obsolete situations of the " olden t 'Ole" to be still kept up, as a means of affording compen sation for the performance of duties, which have long fallen into desuetude ? The very idea of it is m onstrous, involved as we are in a la b y rinth of Acuities, and deafened by the cries of a starving population. Let us not, therefore, he alarmed at the selfish c lamour of those souls in purgatory, the sinecurists ; or ;'ttgine that a reduction of these es tablishments, would ;heavy upon those who have deserved well of their wintry, and have little else to support them. There 4 5 bat few of this class who participate in the "loaves S ad fishes." The distributors of them reversed the miracle o f old, and instead of feeding the multitu de, reserved the u °llnty of the country for themselves and their immediate connexions. They were not like St. M artin, who divided ail cloak with the beggar. Their charity began at home ; and though it certainly covered a multitude of sins, they were the sins of their friends and relatives, — sort of bastard charity, which could only exist in a selfish atmosphere, and became fresco the mo 'tient it ventured beyond its partial influence. Like the drunkards in the Tempest, when plundering the ma gician's wardrobe, they answered each expostulation by ezel a iming-66 0, ho, we know what belongs to a frip ?try and incontinently commenced clothing themselves l o the stolen apparel. In short, the public purse was hy the Gallant Duke and his flowers, in the same ight as the " good warm watch-coat mentioned by Sterne, " with which the possessor was not content to toter his own shoulders, unless he could also cut out of i t Petticoat for his wife, and a pair of breeches for his ' O n;" and in this design it must be confessed they have t acceeded admirably. Can we wonder, therefore, at the outcry they have r aised? Like persons subjected to the torture of the In quisitien, the moment these abuses are compressed in the t igorous grasp of Reform, they cry out, and, by their Pitiful exertions, endeavour to arrest the arm of the execu tioner. It is not the injury the service would sustain by t i tle proposal of the Committee which alarms them, but the "fetus it would make in the income of certain individuals ; not the salutary check it would place on the exercise of an absurd privilege, but the pecuniary disappointment it would inflict on certain Field-Marshals, Generals, Colonels, &c. All these personages start forward, put the lance in rest, and muttering some unintelligible nonsense about the hatred of the Whigs, assail the champions of Reform with t he rusty weapons they have hastily snatched from the dusty armoury of past abuses. Gallant cavaliers ! who would fain make us believe they are the advocates of the heat interests of the country, instead of being the defenders a corrupt and worn out system, created chiefly for the nenefit of the higher classes, and which every real lover of t he army would rejoice to see shattered to its foundation. These disinterested gentlemen, however, are not con tented to plead the existence of certain musty privileges : t hey also remind us that the number of these governments *as much greater in former times than at present. What, Sir, a re we, with all the advantages which the march of Iturnan knowledge has afforded, to recur to the darker Periods of our history for obsolete precedents to sanction the extravagance of this? Are we to derive no benefit 'ram experience? Are 18 years of peace to glide by un• ,Productively, like the lazy stream which sp reads its waters into a stagnant marsh, instead of carrying away the ina- Purities which clog its channel ? And shall we, because th e expenditure of the public money at the commencement and during the wars of the revolution, was profuse lied unexampled beyond measure, continue it with equal Prodigality now that the cause for it has ceased ? I remember the advocates of slavery pleading for its conti nuance, on the ground of its having existed from the earlie s t period ; but I believe no o ne g ravel y thought that a sufficient reason for perpetuating a system so repugnant to the rights of mankind, and the feelings of humanity. It is in the same spirit, and with the carne view, these constant references to the institutions of the previous century are made. The zealots of a certain Party are anxious to erect a standard out of the fragments of the past, to regulate the expenditure of the Present, instead of putting them tip as beacons to remind us of the extravagance of our predecessors. They have no doubt left us much that is worthy of preservation ; but these r easonerswould have us bluffly adopt the evil, as well " the good. If it be wisdom to retain the institutions of the past, without questioning their propriety, why have We expunged the " trial by battle," and other absurdities, from the statute book ? Simply because they were incon sistent with the advanced state of civilization we had 'cached ; and it was therefore fit we should exercise our Judg me nt, in retaining or rejecting the materials they have bequeathed us. Age may sometimes impart value to Lumen institutions, but not always ; and time, is not in every case, the beautifier. Old women, as we well know, are not quite so agreeable as old wine. The fact is, Mr. Editor, the advocates of past abuses are making a great struggle, to retain the hold which a suc cession of corrupt administration had enabled them to ac quire over the resources of the country. They perceive th a t the time has at length arrived when the public will not allow the revenues of the state to be squandered on thos e who do not work, and are therefore making indefa tigable exertions to make " the woree appear the better reason," in the hope of being permitted to retain the emo lument for themselves, if they cannot succeed in bequeath ing t h e office to their successors. They are willing to sit like an incubus on the body of the community, and oppress it with their leaden weight—but they do so in fear and trembling, as they cannot but feel conscious that the giant will soon an aken from his slumber, and indignantly shak e if the useless burden which has encumbered him for ages. VINDEX. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria walked and drove in Hyde Park yesterday. The Chevalier de Vial, the Spanish Minister, and the Right Hon. Sir Stratford Canning, transacted business on Wednesday, at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The mail for the West Indies, which was to have left town last night, has been ordered to be detained till this evening. Viscount Melbourne has been entertaining the Right Hon. Edward Ellice and a select party, at his seat, Brocket Hall, Herts. The report that the Duchess of Kent has been annoyed in her walks by troops of beggars, and that Col. Rowan, the Commissioner of Police, bas been written to in con sequence, is without the slightest foundation. BRIGHTON, Dm. 19. In the forenoon of yesterday her Majesty, accompanied by the Duchess of Gloucester, drove out in a close carriage and four, round Kemp Town, from thence along the cliffs to Hove, and hack to the Palace. The King did not take his accustomed carriage exercise yesterday. His :Majesty gave audience to the Duke of Richmond and to Vice Admiral Sir J. Rowley. The Princess Augusta is confined to her ronm from the effects of cold, but her Royal Highness was much better this morning. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond continue on a visit at Western House, with their Noble Relatives, the Duke and Duchess of Argyll. Mr. Baron Vaughan and Mr. Justice Gaselee took their departure from Lewes at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, for Kingston, where they will open the commission this morning. The Duke of Richmond and the Hon. Mrs. Sullivan, Lady Harriet and Miss Mitchel, Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, Marquis and Marchioness of Conyngham, and Lord Ashbrook, had the honour of visiting their Majesties yesterday. Sir Wai hen Waller and Sir Henry Halford arrived on a visit to their Majesties yesterday, with whom they had the honour of dining and passing the evening. The invited guests to dinner to the Palace last evening included—Sir William and Lady Freemantle, Sir J. Row ley, Lord Ashbrook, Captain and the Hon. Mrs. Pechell, Miss Bathurst, Sir Henry Halford, Miss Harvey, Sir Wa then Waller, Colonel Woodford, Captain Wood, Lieut.- Colonel and Mrs. Grey, and the suite and household. The third " Almack's Ball" took place last evening at the Old Ship Assembly Rooms, under the Patronage of the Duchess of Hamilton, the Marchioness of Downshire, the Countesses of Rosse and Listowel. The compiny comprised about 240 of the Nobility and Gentry of the town and neighbourhood. Colonel Wyndham's hounds met yesterday at New Tim ber ; there were present more than 200 sportsmen, in cluding Lord Lake, Sir R. Faulkner, Sir C. Pratt, Earl of Errol, &c. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. During the present week, the arrivals of all kinds of Grain and Flour have been abundant. The Wheat trade is dull; but Monday s rates are maintained. Barley, Beans, Pease, and Oats, are also in slack demand ; but we cannot report the prices ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour. English 8,060 qrs. 18,330 qrs. 14,580 qrs. 1,2050 sacks Irish - p 520 3,860 - Foreign B2O - - - SMITHFIELD MARKET. This day's supply of Beasts was both great and good ; of Sheep, Calves, and Porkers, limited. The trade with each kind f meat was dull, with Beef at a depression of from 2d. to 9d. with Mutton, Veal, and Pork, at barely Monday's quotations. Milch Cows, which were in but moderate supply, sold tardily at last week's prices, a useful Short-horns, with her small Calf, produc ing from 191. to 201. PRICES PER STONE OF SLBS. TO SINK TIIE OFFALS, s. d. to s. d. s. 4. s.d Inferior Beasts 242 6 \ Large Lambs 00 0 0 Second quality ditto 2 8 3 2 Prime small ditto 0 0 0 0 Prime large Oxen... 3 6 310 1 Large coarse Calves 4 2 410 Prime Scots, &c...., 4 0 4 4: Prime small ditto 5 2 5 6 Inferior Sheep 2 6 3 0' Large Hogs Second quality ditto 364 0 1 Small Porkers 3lO 4 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 4 4 81 Suckling Calves 10s. to2Be.each. SouthdownWethers 410 5 0 Quarter old Pigs 12s.tol8e.each. SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beasts. Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs. 935 2,290 149 150 I DENH ALL MARKETS. by the Carcass. NEWGATE AND LEA At per stone, t I s. d.tos. d. - s. d.tos. d. Beef , inferior 2 2 '2 4 Mutton, inferior ... 2 6 210 - middling 2 4 2 6 ---- middling.. 3 0 3 4 - prime large 3 2 36 -- prime 3 8 4 0 - prime small... 3 4 3 8 Pork, large 3 6 310 Veal 3 S 5 0 small 4' 4 8 SOUTHALL MARKET.—Dec. 18. This day's supply of Beasts was good, both as to numbers and quality ; of small stock rather limited, but most of them tolera bly prime. The market was rather numerously attended both by London and country buyers, and the trade with each kind of meat was moderately brisk, at the following prices per stone of Slb. to sink the ofrals 33.8 d. to 58.0 d. 4s. 10d. to ss. Sd. I Mutton 4 2 5 0 Pork...* 3 8 4 4 The foregoing quotations are Beef from '2d. toed., Mutton 2d., and Veal from 2d. to 4d. per stone dearer than on this day se'n. night; prices of Pork stationary. Beasts, 458 ; Sheep, 2,1:2; Calves, 59 ; Pigs, 73. A small portion of the supply left the market unsold. LEWIS M A RKET.—llee. 17. 46.0 d. to 56.0 d. I Veal Os. Od. to Os Od Mutton -- 4 6 5 4 Pork --- 310 4 2 Supply good, and trade rather brisk. RUMFORD MARKET.—Dec. 18. R. d. to s. d. 2. d. s. d. Beef.. Mutton 4 0 5 0 Pork 3 8 4 4 Suckling Calves, 10s. to 2Ss . ; Quarter old Store Pigs, 12s. to 20s. Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, 101. to 151. Supply moderately good throughout ; the primest Beef, Veal, and Mutton somewhat brisk, but otherwise dull. ARRIVALS. Major, Mrs., and Miss Napier, at the Waterloo Hotel, Jer. myn-street, from Boulogne ; Uvedale Price, Esq., at ditto, from Staffordshire; Robert Baker, Esq.. at ditto, from Win. chester ; Wilmot Horton, Esq., at ditto, from Titsey Park; John Moon, Esq., Mrs. Moon, and the Misses Moon, at the Hyde-park-place Hotel, Hyde-park-place, from Tunbridge Wells ; Ambrose Hussey, Esq., Mrs. Hussey, and the Rev. Daniel Eyre, at ditto, from Bath ; J. Shepherd, Esq., at ditto, from Oxford. DEPARTURES. The Rev. G. H. Templer and Mrs. Templer, from the Wa terloo Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Shapwick, Somersetshire ; Lady Harriet Drummond and Miss Drummond, from the Hyde-park Hotel, for Albury Park ; the Duke of Richmond, for Goodwood; the Duchess of Beaufort, from Upper Brook street, for Eustone Hall, Oxfordshire; the Earl of Brecknock, from Camden House, Green-Park, for Bayham Abbey, Sussex ; Lord and Lady Louth, and Captain the Hon. Mrs. Ryder Bur ton, from Park-square, for Naples ; Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Anson, from Curzon-street, for Paris; Lord Huntingfield, for his seat, in Suffolk; Colonel and Lady Mary Fox, from Addl. son House, Kensington, for the Pavilion, at Brighton ; Sir Clifford and Lady Constable, from Burton Constable Hall, for Tixal Park, near Lichfield; Mr. and Lady Lilias Oswald, for Brighton ; Lord George Seymour, for ditto ; H. T. Hope, Esq., M.P., from Duchess-street, on a visit to Viscount and Vis. countess Beresford, at Depedene, Dorking; Rear Admiral Lord James O'Brien, for the Pavilion, at Brighton ; Major and Lady Augusta Baring, from Brighton, on a tour; Sir John Milley Doyle, for Paris. ARRIVALS AT WEYMOUTH. Lord and Lady Encombe ; Lady Kinlock ; Hon. Mrs. Mur. ray ; Sir G. and Lady Gibbes ; Lieut.-Colonel Balfour and family ; Dean of Salisbury ; Major and Mrs. Vandeleur ; Ma jor Martin ; Captains and Mrs. Bolden), Warrington ; Cap tains Chapman, Evans, Curtis, Yates ; Dr. Piethman ; Revds. Mr. and Mrs. Meade, Smith, Evans ; Revds. Mr. Harrison, Trenchard, Scott ; Mr. and Mrs. Innes, Slade, Dyer, Tobin, Trenchard, Holden, Taylor, Mabury, Sealey, Pestal, Strode, Brune, Steward, Wardell, and Wainwright; Mrs. Pear , son and family, Wardel, Van Courtland ; Miss Neade, Wil liams, Strode, Birkland, Oliver ; Messrs. Nugent, Trevelyan, Burton, Ryder, Hutchinson, Dodd, Allen, Chapman, Evans, Richards, Dunster, Scott, White, Andrews, &c. &c. Lady Lyndhurst, who was compelled to re turn to Paris when she bad reached Beauvais, on her route to England, with her Lord, by an attack of indis position, has returned home. Her Ladyship was, for several weeks, a leading fashionable among the English beau monde in the French capital. It is understood that the Marquis of West minster will reside chiefly, during the approaching season, at Moor Park, Herts, the delightful house and grounds purchased by his Lordship from Mi. Williams, the b +liken This is in consequence of the vast improvements now going on at the mansion of the Noble Marquis, in Upper Grosvenor-street. The edifice now only exhibits bare walls, for even the old oak wainscot has been removed. Among the Neapolitan Noblemen now going abroad in a diplomatic capacity is Prince Santa Severina Gruttber, a young Nobleman of great promise, recently appointed attaché to the Neapolitan Embassy in London. He is well informed respecting mercantile affairs, and a perfect master of the English language. It is thought that a commercial treaty between Great Britain and the King of the Two Sicilies may be in agitation.—French Paper. Viscount Althorp's seat, Wiseton Hall, is at Bawtry, Yorkshire, and not, as it has been stated, in Not tinghamsbire, where the Spencer family have no estates. His Lordship, and his noble colleague, the Duke of Rich mond, delayed their departure from town for the Christmas holydays, in order to be present at the annual festival of the Smithfield Cattle Club. Lord Brougham is expected in:Manchester on the Sth of January, and it is not improbable that be will visit Liverpool also.---Liverpool Courier. William Augustus Brooke, the venerable head of the Civil Service of Bengal, and agent of the Go vernor-General at Benares, closed a long and highly meri torious career in death, on the 10th instant, at 11 in the morning, at a very advanced age.--Bengal Hurkaru, July 16. Mr. Elliott, late stage-manager of the Queen's Theatre, Tottenham-coutt_road,:hae, we hear, taken the Theatre (now the New Queen's) in Great Windmill-street, Haymarket. It is undergoing entirely new decorations, the stage is enlarged , E re. Lc., dit will open on Thursday the 26th inst. The w hole com p any of the Queen's are with Mr. Elliott, and we wish them success in their new field of enterprise. We call the attention of our readers to an ad vertisement of the Athemeum London Literary Journal, which appears in this day's Paper. A Mr. Simper is giving mechanical lectures in some of the provincial towns. He is exactly the person, we should think, to illustrate the laughing gas. INCENDIARISM.—On Monday, the 9th inst., a stable containing two cows and a ram, the property of Thomas Hinchey, a farmer, residing on the road leading from Dundalk to Soldier's-point, was maliciously set on fire and entirely burned down. Hinchey and his family %vete first alarmed by the bellowing of one of the cows that had broken out of the stable; the other was almost consumed. Had Hinchey not been thus alarmed the dwelling-house and inmates would, in all probability, have shared a similar fate. On the 4th inst, the diligence which runs from Carpentras to Avignon, was soon after its departure, at five in the morning, stopped by a single footpad armed with a gun, who compelled all the passengers, thirteen in number, to alight, and, having robbed them of their coon-y, ordered them to walk on towards Monteux. One (if the travellers, however, contrived to escape across the fields; with a bag containing 3,000 f., and a lady, who had I,ooof. in a basket, managed to take the money out, and conceal it under her cloak, and thus got off with the loss of her basket only. The robber, after all, did not get more than 100 f. This is certainly the most extraordinary robbery that has been committed since that of poor Major Sturgeon and his friends, in Foot's well-known farce. The footpad, on the present occasion, almost in, rited the small sum lie got for his intrepidity.-- Galignani. SPORTIN INTELLIGENCE TATTERSALL'S. The attendance yesterday was very limited, and scarcely any business done. The following are the closing prices:— THE DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's Bubastes 7 to 1 agst Mr. Yates's Bentley 12 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Plenipo 16 to 1 agst Mr. Chifney's Shelelah 18 to 1 agst Mr. Walker's Delirium 20 to I agst Mr. Gardnor's Comet 20 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Olympic 20 to 1 agst Colonel Cradock's Emigrant 30 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Viator OAKS. 7f to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Rosalie 71 to 1 agst Mr. Walker's Cotillon 13 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Louisa HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Mr. Codrington's Hounds meet on Monday at Rowde Ashto❑ Lodge Gate—at 10. Mr. Farquharson's Hounds meet on Monday at Stour paine ; Tuesday, at St. Giles's. The Burton Vale Hounds meet on Tuesday at Burton Common. The Somerset Vale Hounds meet on Monday at Ebor Wood ; Thursday, at Downside Kennel. The Inglewood Hounds meet on Monday at Whinfield ; Thursday, at Cumwhitton—at 10. The Norfolk Hounds meet on Monday at Testerton House ; Friday, at Snettisham Hall—at half-past 10. The East Kent Hounds meet on Monday at West Bra borne ; Thursday, at Lydden ; Saturday, at Ashley—at half-past 10. The Cheshire Hounds meet on Monday at Kingsley Windmill ; Tuesday, at Alpheton Hall ; Thursday, at Sutton Pinfold ; Saturday, at Minshull—at half•past 10. Lori Petre's Hounds meet on Monday at Ueley Park Green ; Thursday, at the Capons ; Saturday, at Wimbledon Green—at half-past 10. The Hove Harriers meet on Tuesday at Whitelock Bot tom ; Saturday, at Erringharn—at half past 10. The East Sussex Hounds meet on Monday at Exceat Bridge—at a quarter before 11. The Herefordshire Hounds meet on Tuesday at Eng land's Gate; Friday, at Ruckwall Wood. The Shropshire Hounds meet on Monday at Petton ; Tuesday, at the fifth mile stone on Baschurch road ; Thursday, at High Hatton ; Saturday, at Withington Village. Mr. Wiekstead's Hounds meet on Tuesday at Stoke Heath ; Friday, at Aqualate. The Albrighton Hounds meet on Tuesday at Sutton ; Thursday, at Whiternore ; Saturday, at the Summer House—at half-past 10. Mr. Browne's Hounds meet on Thursday at Bishop Froome Village. The Cottesmore Hounds meet on Monday at Witchley Warren ; Tuesday, at Brook Hall ; Thursday, at the Bull, Witham Common—at a quarter before 11. Mr. Meynell's Hounds meet on Monday at Loxley Park ; Thursday, at Drakelow ; Saturday, at Hoarecross—at half past 10. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT TEIE COURT, BASINGEIALL-STREET (From the London Gazette.) TO-MORROW, DEC. 21. F. and J. Mills, wholesale stay-manufacturers, Wood - street, Cheapside 1 at 10 DIVIDENDS.N. A. M. Griig, wine-merchant, Great St, Helen's M. IL ENGLAND V. FRANCE.---MATCH FOR 50,000 NAroLgoNs.—This match commenced playing on Monday evening, and has continued every evening since. The play stands thus:— Monday—England won Tuesday—France won 1,200 Wednesday—France won SOO Leaving England still 2,8001. a-head. An order was received in this town, on the 4th inst., from the War Office, requiring an immediate return of the age and services of the Adjutant, Non commissioned officers, and drummers, composing the staff of the First Somerset Militia. A description was at the same time demanded of all the arms, accoutrements, clothing, and stores, at present in possession of the staff. —Taunton Courier. The registrar of the electors rf the Northern Division of the county of Durham shows an increase of voters since last year of 492, the total number now being 4,759. For the Southern division there is an increase of 130, the total number being 4,466. Several letters from Russia mention, that the nobility are very favourable to the projects attributed to the Imperial Government for making successive en croachments in the East and Asia, with a view to lessen or destroy the power of England in India.— Galignani's Messenger. MILDNESS OF THE SEASON.—We saw a butterfly alive yesterday that had been caught in the morning in the Regent's park. Roses, primroses, and violets were gathered the other day in the Park, and many of the trees are shooting out as in Spring. In Mr. Col hach's garden, too, at Rose-hill, there are, or were very lately, violets in full flower..—Brighton Gazette. The following is the amount of exportation of the precious metals from the port of London, from the 6th to the 12th inclusive,—viz., silver coin to Sumatra, 31, p 5 10 ounces ,o 22 ounces 0 ; gold in bar ; loNaples,l3 to Ha 5,000; Nambsiulrvge: 480 i bouarnseet,o. The stock of silver in bars at the Bank is believed to be reduced much lower than has been the case for a very long time. The foreign exportations, it will be observed, have been principally of this metal. HEDGETIOG.—This animal keeps retired during day, but in motion the whole night, in search of food, chiefly insects and worms, especially beetles; and so peculiarly are the organs of its stomach adapted to this latter kind of food, that it has been known to have eat hundreds of canthatides without inconvenience, while a single one produces the most horrid agony in a dog or cat, and most other animals. CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.-011 Thursday last, a heifer, belonging to Mr. Hawking, of Linton.on- Ouse, calved a malformation of the following description: —it had five legs and enormous body, which, en being opened, was found to contain between the paunch and the vent, a large piece of loose flesh, enclosed in a caul, and weighing 141bs. The monster was killed in the birth.— York Chronicle. WHO IS THE TRAITOR? (From the Temcs.) Mr. Shell has broken silence on the charge of double dealing brought by Mr. Hill against some one Irish member, whom he stated to have given his vote against the Coercion Bill, whilst he went secretly to men in office and advised them to pass it, as essential to the protection of life and pro perty in Ireland. This, we think, was the substance of the accusation. Mr. Hill stated that he heard the fact from re spectable authority, known as such to his consti tuents. Whether the reproach was, on the whole, a discreet one, or directly called for in vindication of the support rendered by Mr. Hill himself to the principle of the Bill, is a question irrelevant to the subject now under consideration, viz., the conduct of the Irish democratic members sirce the charge was made. With regard to the nature and amount of the alleged delinquency, we consider it to be one of those crimes which are by no means rare with men more weak than deliberately wicked. The dread of seeing perpetuated in the south of Ireland, through the inefficiency of the ancient law—a system of ferocious and cruel outrage—of bloody revenge and universal terror—might induce very natu rally an honest man to wish for such a restraint upon offenders, temporary of course and superficial, still such an experiment as the Coercion Bill. If, on the other hand, it should happen to be an Irish Member of Parliament who was pondering upon this remedy, he might be likely to ask himself, " How will my vote in favour of it affect the safety of m y stack-yard—of my house—of my wife and children ?" (if he had any). " How, again" (if he were one whom the vain ambition of being a Mem ber of Parliament had blinded to more substantial and noble objects)—" how," he would say, " will my open support of this Bill, indispensable as in my conscience I know it to be, affect the feelings of my Radical constituents, and the chances of my return in a future Parliament ?" The result of such self-interrogation would be different with different minds. The man bold and upright in conscious truth, and aiming purely at the public good, would either resign his seat, if he considered himself the delegate of those who had elected him, and there fore not a free agent in respect of his Parliamentary course ; or, if he held that a Member of Parliament was no otherwise bound upon general questions than by his own conviction of what was best for the country, he would protect what he conceived to be the interests of his constituents, though against their declared inclinations, and, voting for the Bill proposed, he would resolutely brave the consequences. Another class of men there are who have no aversion to promote the public interest, provided they obstruct not their own selfish ends. One of these would say, " The Bill ought to pass," but " I ought not to lose my seat by seeming to be its advocate." Such a man would be just the person to act as some one Irishman is represented by Mr. Hill to have demeaned himself. He would furtively recommend the enactment of the measure, and vote and harangue against it openly. There would, it is true, be neither high principle nor high moral cou rage in such a proceeding, but we have seen enough of political pretension and of human weakness to doubt whether the offence imputed by Mr. Hill be one distinguished for its novelty. The charge, however, made a sensation, as it is termed, among the Irish Members of a certain clique. Mr. O'Connell, in a roundabout and ra ther mitigated way, pronounced the assertion to be " false :" why ?—because it was incredible, which was merely begging the question. There was, how ever, a murmur of discontent and indignation, and (real or assum-d) incredulity among them ; and the question asked by every man very naturally was, d• Who is the traitor ?" " Who can he be ?" And the very childish demand is made that Mr. Hill shall give up his authority. With this demand Mr. Hill knew better than to comply, and it was the more unnecessary because, having made the allegation he had already taken the 'onus of it on himself. Mr. Hill, therefore, was the mark for every Irish Member anxious to have a satisfactory explanation. But Mr. Hill took another step for the satisfaction of the liberal gentlemen from Ireland. Knowing that he had not named the culprit, unwilling that the inno cent should be confounded with the guilty, and desirous that the saddle should be fixed upon the right horse, though at the same time not inhuman enough to expose any individual by a public an nouncement of his name to the frantic and inhuman vengeance of " the finest peasantry in the world," Mr. Hill said very quietly, and the step was not less manly than humane, " Gentlemen, to save you any further wondering, guessing, or scolding, if you will only put the question to me in private, I will save you all sort of trouble, and tell you whom I specially pointed at as the delinquent." The publi cation of these several responses of the learned gen tleman would then set the matter at rest. We observe that Mr. Sheil calls upon Mr. Hill, not privately, but in a public letter, addressed to the Dublin Morning Register, and not to inform him whether he (Mr. Sheil) is the party alluded to by the Member for Hull, but to do that as a preliminary which ought at least to be a subsequent ' part of the proceeding,—viz., to give up the name of Mr. Hill's authority. Why, Mr. Sheil is riot, as it appears to us, entitled to such a communica tion, because he has never been pointed out by ' Mr. Hill as the person upon whose private con sciousness of the necessity for the Coercion Bill Mr. Hill had built as an argument justifying his own adhesion to that measure. At present Mr. Hill himself stands in the shoes of the individual who gave him the information. Mr. Hill, until he shall disclose the name of his informant, bears the same responsibility as that informant ; and if he still chooses to conceal the name, no one can complain of it, because Mr. Hill is there in propria persona. For our own parts, we think that more has been said of this business by some of our brethren than it by any means deserves. It is merely because others have made so much of it, and because this letter of the eloquent and unwise Member for Tipperary has in some degree forced the subject upon us, that we have now, for the first time, troubled the public with our sentiments. That Mr. Sheil was one whit more liable to the imputation alluded to than any other Member of Parliament we should be heartily sorry to suspect. Some of his votes, and one or more of his recent speeches, have excited in us more of sorrow than of anger. Mr. Pease, we find in the Irish papers, has written a letter to a gentleman in West Auckland, which contains more trying passages for the nerves and temp er o f Irish Members of Parliament than anything asserted by Mr. Hill. We pub lish the letter of this " freindly " representative which is remarkable in many points of view :-1, For what the worthy gentleman states to have been the general character of the Irish Members who supported the Bill, as compared with that of its opponents from the same country ; 2, The unani mity with which his correspondents in " every part of Ireland" called for the enactment of the measure, as one of indispensable protection ; 3, The levity and effrontery which he ascribes to the Irish Mem bers " most hostile to the Bill in the House," who, he says, boasted how much law business and money they had got, by taking up the trade of agitation; 4, For the declaration of Mr. Pease's motive for voting against large meetings in Ireland, because of the ignorance and violence of the people, and the .evere punishments to which they were brought by the excitement of a "fiery orator, free himself from harm." ------ (Prom the Morning Register.) " Long Orchard, Te m p lemore, Dec. 15. " . Sir, -1 y esterday saw, f or the first time, an observa• tion!n the St andard, that I h a d not yet, explicitly and in writing, made Mr. Hill. Th e statement ma de by me was, as I conceive , any statement with res p ect to the s p eech of explicit ; and, with regard to its not having been in writing, I followed the example of Mr. Hill, for 1 selected in a full public meeting the same medium for the defence of my character as that gentleman had chosen for the vindication of his conduct in the House of Commons. I readily, however, set down in writing what I have before dis tinctly averred. Mr. Hill is reported in have said, in a st'eech which he has not disavowed, that an Irish Member who had spol;e:s violently and voted against every clause in tho Coercion Bill, wet'l't. t.';' the Ministers and told them not to give up one jot of it, for if they ite tlt , .ire would be no living in Ireland. This allegatio❑ is distinct arffl unequi vocal, and upon its faith the vote of Mr. Hill appeals tor have been in a great measure given. If it has been ap plied by Mr. Hill's informant to me, it is a base falsehood. On this positive averment (reserving to myself the right of adopting such further steps as I may consider to be proper) for the present I take my stand. I trust that in this stage of the transaction (of which it is reasonable to anticipate the development by 'the informant,' upon whom 1 call to come forth) this assertion will be considered sufficient by those oho conceive that at the bar of public opinion a man is to be tried upon principles analogous to the maxims of that law into which Mr. Hill has been selected by his Majesty's Ministers to inquire. Placed near the highest legal authority in the empire, and connected by his official relation with our system of salutary judicature, Mr. Hill must look with abhorrence upon that tribunal in which the accused was apprised of the charge, but all knowledge of the accuser was withheld. As the learned functionary will be slow to suggest the reception of hearsay evidence in those courts of British justice whose practice he has been nominated to investigate, he will be the first to feel that no man ought to be sentenced to the loss of character open the authority of an anonymous whisperer, by whom, in a moment of yielding credulity, the virtuous reluctance of a popular representative was overcome. " With regard to Mr. Hill's letter, I shall content my self with making a single observation. He has omitted to mention that he will furnish his informant's name. 'Who is he ? The character of Mr. Hill may stand so high at Hull that his constituents may not think it necessary t , ascertain whether the recollection of his informant is in perfect coincidence with his own; but although the people of Hull may conceive that the authority of ' an informant,' whom I shall not call nameless, but who is as yet without a name, is quite sufficient for the exculpation of Mr. Hill, it is manifest that, without the disclosure of that name, the question of treason or calumny cannot be determined. Mr. Hill made what at Hull may be considered an ap proach to specification: lie said that he could refer his hearers to a man well known and much respected at Hull. Why does he not refer to him ? At Hull the materials for conjecture are afforded, but beyond its precincts no light is supplied. It is not, therefore, very unreason able to call on Mr. Hill for the authority on which he not only acted in Parliament, and defended his conduct out of it, but has been instrumental in putting the most injurious rumours into circulation. It is to be presumed that the informant of Mr. Hill cannot have any objection to the disclosure. If he have, what opinion ought to be entertained of the gentleman ' well known and respected at Hull,' who influences one Member of Parliament by the imputation of perfidy to another, and having endeavoured to do the deepest detriment to a political antagonist, and involved in embarrassment a political adherent, shrinks from the resentment of the man be wrongs, to put forward the man on whom he prevails, and skulks in ignominious security behind the screen which the convenient generosity of an accommodating confidant may induce him to supply. Let Mr. Hill's informant announce himself, or let him be disclosed by Mr. Hill, and I pledge myself to open an mmedlate communication with him. " RICHARD LALOR SHEIL." MR. PEASE ' S LETTER TO ---.0. ICELBURN, ESQ., SUR, AEON, &C., WEST AUCKLAND. " Southend, 4th Month 1, 1833. " Respected Friend, —Fairly presuming from the very respectable petition which I had the pleasure to present to the House of Commons, that many of my worthy friends at West Auckland and St. Helen's Auckland have felt a lively interest in the discussions which have taken place, and have now issued in the passing of the Irish Disturb ance Bill, and presuming also that some of them may have been disappointed in my not giving the measure my firm opposition, it seems due to them, as well as myself, to offer to their consideration a few of those reasons which have influenced my conduct : they will not accuse me of more than error in judgment, as I seek favour and affection from no man nor set of men, as the independence of my votes proves. I trusted in the real Bill as much as any one need do, but after much anxious thought re solved to write letters myself to every part of Ireland, to ascertain the wishes and feelings of the thinking portion of all classes, and to assure myself that an Act so out rageous was really called for by the circumstances of that fine but unhappy country. Now, every one of my answers contained expressions of the greatest anxiety for the passing of the Bill, even in its original shape. 1 need not say bow greatly its severity has been mitigated ; truly it is not like the same production, the monstrosity of its birth is scarcely to be recognized in its present shape. Well, all this has been the result of an increasing force of representations of the friends of a reforming Ministry, who have quietly from time to time urged upon the Govern ment and others those ameliorating changes—not the result of the clamour of a fierce Opposition--one of those who have thus secretly endeavoured to soften the Bill, I have been still, and would have voted against military tribunals, &c. &c., why then not ? (one or two nights I was ill and in bed) I have spoken of letters unanimously in favour of the Bill—again, the majority of the Irish M.P.s deci dedly, almost all the respectable men, were in favour of the Bill. I believe Ireland to be fairly represented, and to speak the majority of her representatives. Many of them told me ' English Members (tight to vote for this Bill ; we dare not, as our families would be murdered, our houses pulled down, at the instigation of the agitators,'—then I could not vote for it, and for those reasons I could not vote against it, if the majority of my own constituents— thinking men--wished a measure I did Lot approve, 1 should be justified in voting against it. " Again, the most hostile to the Bill in the House laughed and joked out of the House how much money they had got—how much law business—by becoming agitators ! and only deplored the Bill ruining the most shameless of trades. "Against large meetings I did vote, because the Irish are ignorant and passionate, and a fiery orator, free himself from harm, brings a multitude into severe punishment by ;; ritating them about their real and great grievances. "Now, I shall be one to claim redress of those wrongs. I have sat pretty regularly from 11 to 16 hours per day, rarely never indeed till 3, and I mean to do nay duty. " I am, very respectfully, " J. PEASE, Jun." [ln the above letter the copyist must hare made several omissions, as some of the sentences are quite unintelligible.] (From the Morning Chronicle.) We direct the attention of our readers to the letter of Mr. Sheil on the stale subject of the Hull speech of Mr. M. D. Hill. Mr. Shell, in a peculiar and lengthy mode, has at last given a written con tradiction. We confess there is something ambi guous and curious in the way the Repealers have dealt with this question and the individual notoriously its subject. The pleadings have been tedious, but Mr. Hill adopted a-manly and specific course, and we presume that the issue is now to be tried in the House of Commons. It seems to have been eon-, venient to Mr. O'Connell not to turn out the bag fox, aware that Reynard may be run and killed at any time. No man can more admire than we do the talents and genius of Mr. Shell ; but we confess we are sorry to perceive that they are no longer at his own command. Our admiration of genius ex torts from us the wish that Mr. O'Connell may not take an ungenerous advantage of the success which circumstances have given to him. (From the Morning Post.) Who is the traitor ? Mr. O'Connell, in a letter dated the 14th inst., addressed to the Pilot, observes that of the Irish Members who can properly come within the scope of Mr. Hill's accusation there are only six remaining who have not yet disclaimed ; and he adds his opinion that thej may " all dis claim with perfect truth." The six are : J. M. Galway, Waterford ; James Grattan, Wicklow county ; Henry Grattan, Meath county; W. N. Macria mars, Clare county ; Fitzstepben French, Roscommon county ; N. A. Vigors, Carlow borough. " Six more disclaimers," says O'Connell, " and Hr. Hill is overthrown." The rumour is again confidently revived that Mr. Byng, the Member for Middlesex, will be called to the Upper House before the meeting of Parliament. It is said that the recent visit of the Hon. Gentleman and his lady to Brighton, where they were invited to the Royal table, was connected with this subject. It is, however, we believe, certain, that the name of Mr. Byng has been for some time on the Ministers' list of Commoners, who were willing or anxious to receive the peerage, and who are said to have received an intimation not long since that " it" (the list) had not been finished, and they would be thought of at the proper time. Mr. Byng having no family, the peerage (should it be crea ted) will be entailed on his nephew, C a pt a i n Byng, who married Lady Ape, Paget. Mr. Byng is one of the oldest Members of the House of Commons, having represented Middlesex in 12 successive Parliaments. THE WOOL TRADE. The attention of the manufacturers and others engaged n the wool trade has been drawn, during the 1a.4. three daya, to a series of public sales of wool, the result of which st - a-s looked for in Yorkshire, the West of Engl end and other places where wools are extensively used with th e greatest solicitude, the present high prices of the stavl e ziri:i4st of trade baying, in some instances, tended to indue the mamitatturera to refrain from working to the tarn extent they wrifig have done bad the raw material bee attainable upon easiee terms. The demand which exis however, for manufactured woollens rendered the importe r f colonial and other wools extr,?r.oely firm, and the sale' , as far as they have proceeded, tend to show that no chance exists, at least for the present, of a reLluction in prices. The stated quantity of wool declared for sale during the present week amounted to nearl y 3,200 bales, of which nearly 2,400 bales are importations from our co!onies er New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. T, , e reniinde, eonsisted of Spanish, Russian, German, Odessa, Cap . Tuscany, and other wools. The sales up to yesterday afternoon have been very fully attended by buyers, and from the clothing districts ; and taking into Consideration the quality of the wools offered, they have obtained very firm ricer, and folly equal to the highest rates which have been paid since the extraordinary rise that has taken place within the last 12 months in this important article of trade. This remark applies to the finer qualities of wools offered at the sales which have al ready occurred this week. For middling and low wools the inquiry was very brisk, and the buyers were compelled to submit to a slight advance on the last sale's prices. The desire to purchase colonial wools was the more eager, as nearly the whole of the last clip has now arrived from New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land; and the stocks ou hand in the hands of the importers are very limited. The colonial wools already disposed of amount to nearly 1,000 bales. The finer Australian fleeces offered obtained from 3s. to 3s. Bd. per lb. ; the second qualities from 2s. 4d. to 3s. ; and the lower sorts from is. 4d. to Is. 10d. per lb. The Van Diemen's Land wools, for the finest samples offered, were sold at from 2s. to 2s. fid. per lb., and the low qualities at from Is. 4d. to Is. 11d. per The Spanish wools, of which above 300 bales were sold yesterday afternoon, obtained good prices, having gone off at from 2, Bd. to 3s. per lb. for good and fair qualities, The exact number of persons on board the . Lord Blayney steam-packet have been much overrated in the accounts already published of this lamentable event. The only cabin passenger was Mrs. Purdon, of Newry ; and by the advices received this morning at the offices of the Company, the whole number of souls on board is ascertained to be under fifty, instead of eighty, as stated.— Liverpool Courier. A BEEF-EATER !—On Tuesday night last a gormandising exhibition took place at the shop of Mr. Woods, a butcher, near Bargate Drain, Boston. Oliver Wood, a boatman, undertook, for the trifling wager of one shilling, to devour the large quantity of two pounds of raw beef, in the short space of 10 minutes, without either water or bread, which task he accomplished, with much apparent ease, to the astonishment of about 20 spectators. We understand that the Firebrand Govern ment steamer, on the Irish station, has been ordered round to Falmouth to take out Lord and Lady Howard de Walden to Lisbon. The Firebrand will, it is expected, return with Lord and Lady William Russell to England. The grippe has at length reached Naples ; and we are sorry to add that a few cases of cholera are still to be found in the Military Hospital at Gros Caillon and the Hotel Dieu of Paris. A HAMPSHIRE LUNATIC.—Last week a maniac escaped from the House of Industry, Southampton, and entering the premises of Mrs. Llewellyn killed one pig, and when secured was making off with another. A hay-rick, the property of' Mr. Charles Hunt, was maliciously set on fire on Saturday last, at Little Compton. The County Fire Office has offered 1001. reward for the discovery of the offender.— Gloucester Chronicle. SPOTS IN THE SUN.—(From a correspon dent of the Glamorgan Gazette and Merthyr Guardian.) --On the 17th of last October two spots were distinctly seen, through a good refracting telescope, near the edge of the sun's western limb. On the Bth of November, and for some days following, this large spot was again observed, and at the same time traces of considerable disturbance in the portion of the solar atmosphere occupied by the eastern and smaller spot (now vanished), were distinctly remarked. On M tnday, December 2, at one p.m., the larger and only remaining spot appeared coming again to view on the sun's disc, with small penumbra if any, and perfectly black. Perhaps the determining the precise period of the sun's rotation on its axis, commonly stated at 25 days and ten hours, may be a matter of interest to some of your readers ; if so, it may now be advantageously watched. BOYS AND GIRLS WANTED FOR CANADA. —A letter from Canada contains the following passage : —" Apl in has been suggested to obtain the names of a number of respectable persons in this province (Upper Canada), of various denominations, from clergymen, mer chants, civilians, farmers, shopkeepers, and tradesmen, do.en to the most industrious classes, to authorise an in dividual to proceed t 3 England, to engage for each of them, one or two boys or girls, or both of a certain age. I don't know how it might take in England ; but I have no doubt the person referred to could find probably hun dreds, from parties unexceptionable in every respect, and from a great number (most desirable for the children) who would take them as apprentices, and teach them some trade. The projector is desirous of getting opinions from your side as to the success of the plan, before he will ven ture on the undertaking." \VEYMOUTII.—NO sooner is our roadstead cleared by one change of wind, than another succee Is, and we again witness as it were a floatine; forest of masts, from the number of craft with which our bay is covered ; vessels of every description are driven in to seek that pro tection from the fury of the elements which they are sure of finding in Portland Roads. Oa Thursday last, the wind having veered round to the not thward, our bay pre sented one of the prettiest and gayest sights we have seen for a long time ; the whole of the shipping which had collected during the preceding week got under way, and, working their course round Portland, seemed more like a Regatta than any thing else ; the whole of the morning engaged the attention of our fashionables by one of the most interesting scenes imaginable. The violence of the wind during last Tuesday have induced the collection of a great many vessels outward bound, who must wait another change to permit their proceeding on their destination.— gterborna Journal. MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.—Last Friday after noon, as the workmen were employed in digging the foundation of a wall in front of an addition to the grounds of Miss Nelson, in Bootham, upon the site of a house which has just been taken down, one of them was alarmed by observing the skeleton of a hand protruding above the surface, at the depth of three feet, and not below the t e foundation of the house. The earth was then removed carefully away, and the whole of the skeleton WAS exposed. It a allpea appeared t teetho b e thewe were perfect, of but a boy t, the skull 11e seatexhibited d )ib of age, indications of much violence. A medical gentleman, known t thirty a y n e y a r ol s i f . g so h t There auppp on who saw the remains, gave it as his opinion that they ie had been in their mysterious place of sepulture, which were no indications of any remnant of wearing appar e l, nhnothinget to parlour elucidate floor, o w about n an o occurrence throw this evidence of some dark and strange affair. Sur e ly a Coroner's inquest will be held upon these r ema i ns , an d some awnadsunder apr steps present s et taken i rently recent a date.—York Courant. A SCOTTISH GUNSMITH MADE GOVERNOR OF MEDINA. —Among the soldiers under Toussoun Bey who signalised their bravery at the siege of Medina was a young Scotchman, about twenty years of age, a native of Edinburgh, named Thomas Keith. He had served as a gunsmith in the 72d Highlanders, during the English ex pedition into Egypt, where he was taken prisoner, and purchased from a common soldier by Ahmed Bonaparte, its whose service he changed his religion and became a Mussulman. A favourite Sicilian Mainlouk of his master having offered him some insult, the indignant Scotchman drew his sword ; blows ensued, and the aggressor fell. To escape the consequences, Keith, who now bore the name of Ibrahim Aga, implored the protection of Mohammed Ali's lady, who befriended him, and recommended him to her son, Toussoun Bey. Here, again, on account of some trifling neglect of duty, he incurred the displeasure of his master, who gave orders that he should be put to death. His room was beset with slaves, ready to e xecute the capri cious mandate of the prince ; but the brave fellow defy tided the entrance with his sword fur half an hour against the assailants, and then threw himself out of the window, and escaped to his kind protectress. Toussoun r was soon re eenciled ; and being sensible of Ibrahim merit and ap proved courage, be made him chief of his Mainlouks. Keith was one of the two horsemen that stood by the prince at t he pass of Jedeida , on whic h occasion he,was promoted to the office of treasurer—tile second in rank at the court of a Paella. At Medina be fought with e(iril c ourage, being the first man that 'wonted the breach, and, after distinguishing himself on several other occasion., he was made governor of that city in April, It3lb.