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,uthority, h e sue cent, tority to a proper he might on any wa s re -400,000L Informed nee they n 3. other Y to her mission. IwiS , iOD+ isiohl L ' — , e ,rd who brought forward this motion said he up, observing that that was the way in which he could f h ro oted the Government would prevent this discovery blow up a number of vessels.—(Laughter.) He said to -ePassing into- the hands of other Governments. him, I don't care two straws about your expenses, but I ... ow, h d _ , e had heard from very high authority that the want you to exhibit te me the effect of the long range.— _''?overy- was offered to the Government of Prussia, (Hear, hear.) He was not sure if the Noble Lord was _.'eeki the negotiation with the Prussian Government not present when Captain Warner said he could blow up wnt off on the very same point on which the Govern- all the ships in Portsmouth harbour froaa the Isle of te„._e_en4 .that t a h thome ref use d t o h ave an y t hi ng t o d o w ith it— Wight. He replied, "If you will prove tome that you Captain Warner required a large stun of can blow up a ship at a distance of 'five or six miles, m I °' ey befo re h an d . He hoped that, if any s i ncere de- will stand up in my place in Parliament and give my n w • as manif es t e d b y C apta i n W arner to test hi s expe - op i n i on i n your f avour ."—(H ear , hear.) He must say a!ent, an opportunity would be granted tohim. that Captain Warner did not accept his challenge ; he the * ll ° WARD DOUGLAS said he was very glad always returned to the invisible shell, andohyed at 4 , c orrespondence was to be produced, as it would questions ressecting the long range to take effect at a e uew that the Government had offered Captain Warner distance of five to six miles.—(Hear, hear.) He pro titeentY... opportunity of testing the full powers of his inven- , posed that Captain Warner should place himself We e and that his colleagues and himself had acted to- ' somewhere near the Downs, and that he o : a r a us him in a spirit of the utmost kindliness and fair- should' throw his shell from a certain distance, tun it (Rear, hear.) He wa s g l a d a l so t h a t an o pp or - b u t finding that Captain Warner was not to be easily Y w 4, as afford e d hi m Of contra di ct i ng , i n t h e stronges t d ea lt w ith, h e h a d troubled himself no f u rth e r a b ou t th e s Z a, a report which h e s aw i n th e Ti mes nees p a p er , matter up to that moment.—(Laughter.) Now, the only w Llig that there was a diff er en ce a s to Captain thing of which he thought Capt. Warner was entitledeo e r eer's proposition amonest the Commissieners. complain was, that his request to have the Earl 61 Hard * there never was the l east " d i fference b etween t h em w i e k e an d t h e N o bl e L or d (L or d I ngestre ) a dd e d to t h e seth e m t wee , I st perfect uniformity of opinion existed be- Commission had not been complie I with. He had be 19b , Ta Sir Edward Owen and himself ; thew came to the such confidence in both those Noble Lords, that he be eir'ion that the only part of the alleged invention lieved the addition might have been made without any 411 01 was worth anything was that of the " long danger to the public in:erests.—(Hear, hear.) As to . the h e ," and when Sir Byain Martin succeeded him question of price, Captain Warner asked 400,0001 for an he read over the documents, and, on the 3 fst of March, improvement in war, which, perhaps, as the Right Hon. _ , wrote a minute, stating that he entirely concurred in Baronet halobserved, never could be used, in cerise aw!!tit. his predecessor had done, and he stated his own quence of its danger, and which, even if it could be used, P i nion that the . only thing worth purchasing was the would soon become known to the enemy, for it was im w2r,lg. range." They asked Captain Warner what he possible that such a poWer could be long concealed from 04:pdyido, supposing there were twenty sail of the line the rest of the woed.—(Hear, hear.) He would say wh i , og a roadstead like Torbay, for instance, nothing further on the subject, except that he thought . % a e , ' was three miles, hoW he would close up the Government had given Captain Warner a very fair pi sa .,P„assage—how far his shells were to be chance. He would have them give him a still further f t \„„`roln each other, whether there was to be a per- chance. Let Captain Warner go to Sonthsea . Castle, to ec h - " u nnunication between them, and how they were and when he (Sir C. Napier) had stationed a ship at the th e ; s il t d out. They asked how this was to be done in Havant light, let him blow up that ship, and then he e o i :lee of the enemy. Captain Warner said he would would be satisfied.—(Hear, hear.) T h .' b y means of cutters, and schooners, and boats. Mr. AGLIONBY said the Right Hon. Baronet oppo eie'Y,asked how he would do it against wind and tide. site and the Noble Lord (Lord Ingestre) were, per the sa id he would do it by a steamer, and that he would haps, the only persons who, from the knowledge of the vishlock up the passage. He admitted that Captain circumstances, were competent to give an opinion as to C; that had discovered an explosive power greater than the recent experiment, and they both expressed their C l Y ele tiat Was yet known ; but how was it possible that opinion that the experiment deserved further investiga bplaani Warner could lay his invisible shells, and block tion. It was dangerous to listen to a speech like that of at e : Passage with them in the face of an enemy, with the Gallant Commodore, which had convulsed the House a nd i: , (l ,,ers, cutters, and schooners, and with perhaps wind with laughter. He thought they ought not to enter into p ut `fe against him? It was worse than the attempt to the discussion at all until they had seen the whole a the thinr on the bird's tail.—(Laughter.) They did not correspondence. The mode in which the examination ~,,,e . that the invention of the " invisible shell " was one of Captain Warner had been conducted by the Commis.- required a moment's consideration. With regard sion to whom the question had been referred, was, to his lie experiment which hid taken place at Brighton, mind, far from satisfactory. The Commissioners seemed bad not think it was- any more than what to have arrived at most extraordinary and unfounded takenWhi e h_ place. on the punt in the fish-pond, conclusions from the answers of Captain Warner. He the see !'" drawn by horses. It was nothing more than knew nothing of that gentleman except what he had be d a me experiment on a larger scale. A vessel must heard in that House, lsut he must say that, with due pre siae—,,Pl, in the wake of another, with ropes on each caution as regarded the public interest, he thought the l epse a* her bows ; the force would cause them to col- experiment worthy of further consideration. He agreed Otte s 1 1 . 1 'd if there was explosive matter the force would with the Right Hon. Baronet that the point most worthy the e e „" s te burst ; but when one vessel chased another, of consideration and of the utmost importance was the wai t , ( "i• s e, generally pursued was not to follow in the long range. He thought the Government - ought not to tee d ''' that vessel, but to tack in the Wake. This power grudge some expense for the purpose of trying the' ex tesTifinot be used to any great extent, notwithstanding the periroent of the long range. He thought it was unfair strevi„c use which was said had been made of it in de- to Captain Warner to refuse to have Lord Hardwicke thaf t h'; two French privateers. He therefore thought and the Noble Lord who had -brought forward the are the e only thing worthy of seeing was the long range. question that evening, on the Commission. He hoped, hi s ex Y proposed to Captain Warner to proceed with though the question was dismissed for the present, it ves se i c ,Pe,riment, and for this purpose they had procured would not be wholly - lost sight of. If the invention for iii:' b at Captain Warner wished to procure a vessel was of the nature stated it ought not to be lost by this , . ow ., vess e l s „ _,. experiment. They wished also to have the country. tale Ai r 'latter their own personal charge, and that Cap- Mr. BROTHERTON doubted, even if the invention tot his should no t c h oose th e pl ace w h ere he was answered. all that Captain Warner proposed, the policy free; niS experiment. They did not mean anything of- of. the Government encouraging, by premiums, these fsi r i„ e h to Captain Warner; they wanted only to decide destructive machines. He thought it would be better alsoj ei s "ween the public and Captain Warner. They that the invention should remain with Captain Warner, perim ished that Captain Warner should make his ex- than that the world should know anything about it. tare e , nt as if upon an enemy's vessel. Then, with re- Mr. WAKLEY said, if war could be prevented, he lte s ' 0 the material which. was employed; if it for one should rejoice at it ; but as long as it lasted he Sli g h t 8 ° explosive that it would burst on thought they should get the best means they could of ait atio PereUasloll or concussion, he had no he- defence against their enemies. He was ghtd that the w hish u s in saying that a ball striking the vessel in Right Hon. Baronet was inclined to give an opportunity th e Iv , uch explosive matter was contained would blow to Captain Warner of trying the long range, - because he kke n l° s ie UP- With regard to the part which he had considered that he should have an opportunity of show tire 0 4 a Commissioner, they, of course, declined to ine, what he could do. He did not think that Govern heesitiaaptain Warner a guarantee for any sum of money, ment had acted unfairly to Captain Warner ; they had, they co they had had no power of doing so. They said in his opinion, done more in this case than any other he Prie c i el "_lu have nothing to do with any reward, either in recollected, because they had offered that he should try oet wee r: or amount ; that their duty was to judge his experiments at the Government ?xpense. As indi s i d „_,tne public interests and the interests of an to the experiments at Brighton, looking at . what kee tto s7 h l, and to report their opinions of the experi- had been stated 'in the newspapers, he did not e Government. He was necessarily called up by think it worth a straw, because Captain Warner had th e niot' the ! , I , l °n made in that House late the Hon. Baronet the been on board that vessel before the experiment was h e e lensher for Wiltshire, the Sir Francis Burdett. tried, and he had the vessel in tow by a steamer. If colosnecessarily put on the defensive as one of the Captain Warner could succeed in blowing up a vessel then, sioners. Everything which had taken place in which . he had not been On board of, by means of the Prie t. „°!• uniunications with Mr. Warner was now in long range, then he ought, in his opinion, to receive a C oioes ,i s here had never been any differences between the competent reward for his discovery.— (Hear, hear.) en ee tu,' sioners and Captain Warner, except in refer- He regretted the subject had been brought under the b etween ' 0 the experiments ; and, as to any difference consideration of the House, because now the question c a , Was, ths ,. etain Warner and himself, all lie could say must be determined. , Pre sene !‘ he never -saw Captain Warner except in the Sir J. COCKBURN hoped it would be clearly un biliadvidpnaaealesetiof the Commissioner, and every word which derstood that any further experiments would depend between himself and. Captain Warner, as in- upon Captain Warner showing the power of the long the se s , was contained in the correspondence. In all range. As to the invisible shells, he looked upon them to ans,,°lllmunications with Captain Warner they had be of little or no moment. ee to Wed by telling him that they were not desirous of Lord INGESTRE replied. After the statements of but tl i ," l „g„from Captain Warner any part of his secret, the Right Honourable Baronet, he would leave the for to. 7:' " L ey merely wished to arrange the experiments whole subject in the hands of the Government. a wer - -‘ing its Powers, and they advised him not to an- With respect to the experiment at Brighton, ho q thatY question which might tend to elicit any part had no hesitation in saying that there was no mini s secret. In the letter of 16th of April, they corn- explosive matter in the ship, and that the same were le t ed to , him fully the experiments which they effect would have been produced upon any vessel. trot to eterroined to have tried. They took nothing for He thought the Hon. Member for Salford had acted of t h e t_t_; thg did nothin but insist on seeing the effect unfairly in repeating those accusations against Captain lon g experiments, and particularly owthat wi h th e , respect to the Warner which he had' brought forward last year, and nge. He did not ki' fUrth s rto say. He would had anything which had since received ample explanation; It was a only say, in conclusion, that difficult thine for Captain Warner to contend single had,"e! no objection to thhear done of these papers, handed with' all the prejudice which had been raised feeling certain that they give ample opportunity forptrhoet:enetioaallorin their power to against him, but he felt confident as to the result of any whilst providing for the rests,—(Hear, hear.) trial of the experiments,. investigation which might be instituted, either as to the Sir C. NAPIER sa i d , the public inte- character of Captain Warner or the merits of his in- Sir Noble Lotd bust that he vention. There would be no difficulty if he were part of th e that throughout the greater treated with confidence, and not called upon to expose to doubt his sanity ; . was almost inclined the nature of his invention without being guaranteed a when he heard him say that reward by the Government, in the event of his experi- With one vessel Ca to Warner would be able to keep ment succeeding. The offer which Capt. Warner had 4 whol e fleet in harbour, he must say he almost came made was that, if he succeeded, he should be rewarded ; It to the opin ion of Sir Hussey Vivian.—(Laughter.) but that, if he did not succeed, he should not receive a ord'cud * t t was strange t h at . an officer of such talent as the Noble single shilling, and that offer he, on the part of Captain to fame.. a e s . et his head so completely wool-gathering as Warner, again repeated. tie „.r.Y..,..utiathing for a single moment.—(Laughter.) Mr. BROTHERTON explained. eels (sir Napier) looked upon it as one of the wildest The motion was then agreed to. H e am ever presented to the consideration of the INSOLVENT DEBTORS BILL. - anllse---(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord had given them The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, in moving the second account aer h.., , certainly of the way in which Captain War- reading of the Insolvent Debtors Bill, said that he was his ..*" . t'een treated by the late Government, and if all prepared to go into the discussion at once, should it be h,s_aeuetements were correct, he certainly did appear to deemed necessary. But what he proposed was—to take hew been knocked about from pillar to le 3 s in the hafS . Th Hd - d discussing 't • and Post- In 1829, the second reading now, without 1 , eat:...-- an s 0 Ir omas ar yan Sir R. to go into .Committee on the Bill on Friday next, tc;',,,Lwo most distinguished officers. 4; ix - - - at twelve o'clock. tak en. , GESTRE—The Gallant Officer was mis- Mr. HAWES did not object to the adoption of that toe li lt came to his knowledge in 1829, and he then course, but before they went into Committee he thought Sir sort of history of the thing. • it si e ,„_% NAPIER—No matter. It did certainly appear it would be as well that some statement relative to the Bill should be made. sinietar thing that when those officers died not a Mr. WAKLEY said the Bill created great anxiety fer e b n e ee d e'eument was found amongst their papers in re- out of doors, and he wished to know if it was the de tect to this invention. —(Hear, hear.) Such men of cided determination of the Government to pass it warner-ess'vere not in the habit of losing papers.. Captain during the present session. l ee th en went .toPortugal. He had some recol- The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said it was the un stett:lr. o . f id sheing there. If he had found him there doubted determination of the Government to pass the serial to use this destructive machinery, he would Bill daring the present session. , de g i re u f a have tried it. The Noble Lord . said he was -The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to D be.oki ej the , late King not to use his invention'against be committed on Friday next at twelve o'clock. nile is 6 11 QI. He would like to see the proof that King- CASE OF MR. JOHN HEATHCOTE. , C 1 It Constitutional dto the use of this invention infavour - House M. GIBSON rose to call the attention of the gi .eet, hustltutional Government against a usurper.— to the petition of Mr. John Heathcote, which had rbqtse t a r ,t? Then the Noble Lord referred to Sir been presented a few days since by the Noble Lord the a ei . , p 4 rd. Captain Warner was thrown overboard Member for Dorsetshire. Mr. Heathcote had been for la rge_ ...Robert. Stopford beeause the Commission was too ten years a superintendent of factories, and during that aiefrtdh.at were the case, would it not have time had discharged his duty with fidelity and zeal, and rs e il l sY to reduce the number 9 —(Hear hear.) Then had given satisfaction to his inspector. He had b t4t4 : l etn :t ri e jl x y t: (imr_3" ree msol . inary statement that , this extraordi- since been dismissed by the Government on e•Aiti%hte in war was upset by the Reform BilL— a charge of having written an anonymous to °ll ,.id eotra')t all was a sort of allegation which he l e tt er to the Hon. Member for Knaresborough, h is eard lieu) , comprehend. They were theti referred an d h av i ng denied that he had written such letter. The e ns life --,q , bo urne, whom the Noble Lord wand out of charge was so much that he had written the anonymous to ettl ed. ' , lt.rghter)—but the matter was still left letter as that he had denied it, the gravamen of the (s i P r iek up an lit Noble Lord was next obliged charge being that he had been guilty of falsehood. He *a, e l Igapier) lieutenant named Webster. Why, he was willing to admit that in general no subordinate was so n that th e _ saw Mr. Webster, and he ventured to dismissed by the Government until the charge was k _ n .--e o .. _se never was a greater driveller in this brought against him, and it had undergone a full inves isr it Jes‘peese.at laughter.) He need not make any re- tigation, and he believed that the present case was one th e 'dusts, respect Captain Warner's communication with of misapprehension on the part of the Right Hon. Gen %....,exp,rr , ivies'. Well, then, he came at last to - tleman. The facts were these. In March 1843, the li 4 r , lent. , r i nc itts which were tried. He had not the Hon. Member for Knaresborough had received an e s ?;cledg e "ht that Captain Warner possessed the anonymous letter, suggesting certain alterations in the . e nt r iale Rx‘ ,.. °l a: strong explosive power ; but was there Factories Bill. The letter contained nothing to which 40....wiiii gailii:ro ellill'3l9sseast:eie c g e e d n chemist in this country, who did any person might not put his name. The Hon. Member chi o ,l e ‘ta wh e s ame ?—(Hear, hear.) Why, therewere for Knaresborough gave the letter to the Hon. Member . n ix, loe et . -. would tell , them that a single drop of for Dorsetshire, who submitted it to Mr. Homer, the in was so powerful, that they could gi f "t of Ca et Y, even go near it. Now, what was the specter of factories, who said that thehandwriting closely resembled that of Mn John Heathcote, one of' the super th cctly Ptain Warner's exploding power? He could ose under d Mr. Horner wrote to Heathcote on the f err. , ~tw,„ _ stand how Captain Warner exploded inten ents. subject, and Mr. Heathcote denied positively that he had th e "i i ', 'eh v e e s . sels to which the Noble Lord had re- written an anonymous letter to Mr. Ferrand. Mr. Horner in a ce a lker it `: 11 "tg had b een d on e f or ty y ears ago i n then authorised Mr. Heat h cote to procee d to hi s d u ti es , dad not o f ; e a as•—(Flear, hear.) He held in his hand Nac e `.state ns :" experiment. (The H o n. Member then and he had every reason to suppose that the accusation had been met by his denial. Mr, Horner, however, laid c hor ea l ° the Do f a successful experiment which took the correspondence before the Secretary of State for the er tar' abr east ns in 1805. A large vessel was an- Home Department, without having had the courtesy to elip ee Mil e °f Walraer Castle, at a distance of two inform Mr. Heathcote that he intended to take such a ro , r Sh el i a 5 4 fr^al the shore, when, by the running of a step. The Right Hon. Gentleman wrote to Mr. Heath sei4• u r. .!lder . her bottom, she was instantly de- cote, requiring a justification or explanation of the boutimeot. i ttand Sir Sidney Smith witnessed the charge. Mr. Heathcote replied, that he had offered 20%,There was a large copper shell, containing m atte os. of explanation, but had solemnly denied having sad , Th e c _, gunpowder, which was attached to a written the letter. He received another letter from the lieu e ',I thi s "ne Carried it under the counter of the ship, se „:1 Ca_nialeans the vessels were blown up.. He be- Home-office requiring him to state that he did or did tio ie nperaeresa Warner had performed precisely the not write it, and he wrote back in these words :--" I' do most positively deny, that I am the author of an _ had lon at 13r . e. q4 dr. d tehton.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") anonymous letter received by Mr. Fernald, and sig . ned, I •.1- th rop ed f or • e vp s , P ono of his invisible shells .An Overlooker.' " The similarity of the hand-writing- Virqd by i s e k h,nd whether the experiment was per . • was, however, such, that in the opinion of the Home (lie no w, h work or by a trick made' no difference. ti etb. , r, h en; \ow did this copper work in practice ?---- offiCe it counter-laalanced the assertion of Mr. Heath. ta i , 'Yard *) lie had cote, ' a gentleman who had always borne the highest t o • e n served his time under Captain Ni, beengne the_ a . month of November they were sent to character; and who produced the highest testimonials ese e see ° ds, with all kinds of boats which had from his superior officers, and from the residents in his district ; and on the 29th ?f April, last b , ,eat 1 n, Gemini, Cancer, and every other animal. t . 4t on .aueb t , year, he received his • final dismissal. Tho -ste n - a !Se, ',' Qr) They had these coypers in . the nephew of Mr.. Heathcote, Mr. Gilbert, hearing of ei, a , .„., n ember night when th ' til w i th cold__ ss , , eir teem were cnat noi e. o n 7 - skewer.) On the first night they ran the charge w r a h m . came forward had been brought against his uncle, te n tile , , tne second night the set out for the declared that he was the author of sei y w,,, u,, itoorder to blfl ill A oce They thought that. biome-office. eete the , uUt fief order Pt' s ' COeks e they had ow v i ne the ot. a• way determination of the Home- • got in sight of the ves- the letter. This declaration, however, did not shake the die °ate , w aln of one of the boats said, "See ! the at laughter.) Overboard it went, as notwithstanding the p both the unce and nnepehrewhsadstbaeteemn egautilhtyadohfefeanisechoorrood. etas e Lu • e borated by 'vll o l t t'ent, t h e coppers a'so, and to their horror andM Gilbert had written this letter. e t . _e his tor ., ~ Y floated under the boats. That was the ‘ his instigation that , r. a gentleman, who had stated . that it was at , f 30,0001..L,nd result of the expenditure of 20,0001. and Mr. Heath- Sit d cstro 3 ,i n p(llee.r, hear.) The Noble Lord te.ll, a After Mr. Heatheote s dismissal, he and Mr. Gilbert had. gone before the MayAr of Manchester, that h ,, qui t o, -,‘. fleet. Why, if he would •• ketrles Is l .' a 1 . 11 his place and Allow him g , cote had made a solemn declaration he was not t ‘ h a e . 3 ( u s ! ir ' authov of the letter, and Mr. Gilbert had made d i ~..7cler under to put a few oun tea of un eteuee "er his bottom—(The ration that lie himself was. The Right Hon. , Gentles ea- w as drown e d tom—(The remainder of the shouts of laughter.) g man said that the letter here no resemblance -to the ate ' he h dLi in repeated handwriting of Atm Gilbert, and the Right Hon. Gentle,- oe— a hunsel mit er hi , .z Years ago,. _When ho-wpnt to -C .. aR w eer f . oto „ f taken up Capt. Warner's case very man had permitted himself and the Hon. Member for. Salford, to inspect the documents at the Home-office. • 91 Yeti dig a picture of a whole fleii'l iNtalw.nri The Hon. , -Member' for 'Salford had sledded - that - the anonymcous letter Wm net the mite lotudwriting M 14r, 11 E SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST I, 1844. Heathcote's. He himself thought that the anonymous letter - bore more resemblance to tlia writing of Mr. Heathcote than to that of Mr. Gilbert, but still the resemblance - was not sufficient to induce him to condemn Mr. Heathcote. They were all aware how uncertain was evidence as to handwriting, and he would call the attention of the House to - a case which appeared in the " Annual Register" for 1831, in which a man was indicted before Mr. Justice Alderson Rh. lending a threatening letter.- Evidence was given as to the handwriting, and as to the fact of the paper on, on which the threatening letter was written being of a similar quality to that found in the pri oner's possession. He was found guilty ; and notwithstanding he protested his innocence, the Judge, in passing sentence, said that the evidence was sufficient tosatisfy any reasonable man, and that he would rather trust to such evidence than to the most solemn declaration even made. on the scaffold. The man was sentenced to transportation for life. The judge and the jury then retired for a short time, and the son of the prisoner, 17 years of age, acknowledged that he had written the letter without the knowledge of his faher ; and being furnished with pen and ink, he wrote varyingat the table a letter, only in a few words from the letter which was the subject of the indictment ; and which, when compared with it, left no doubt on the mind of any one on the subject ; and all the words which were mis-spelt in the threatening letter were similarly mis spelt in the one written at the table. On the return of the judge the copy was laid before him. His Lordship expressed his surprise that the facts had not been brought forward before. He said it looked like a trick, but though the application came late, it was never too late to do what was right. He was tried upon two other indictments of a similar nature in both of which he was acquitted. The son was convicted and sentenced to seventeen years' transportation, and the father received the royal pardon. He thought the,Government had dis missed Mr. Heathcote upon evidence of tin unsatisfactory character, and they were not justified; 'on such evidence in convicting Mr. Heathcote of falsehood, and leaving a stain on his reputation which *must be prejudicial to his prospects through life. It should be recollected that in dismissing this gentleman under existing circumstances they were inflicting a stain upon his, reputation, and the Right Hon. Baronetshould be very cautious in exercis ing a power which might deprive a man of the means of earning an honest livelihood.(Hear, hear.) Alr. Heathcote was not dismissed because he had discharged the duties of his office negligently or inefficiently, or because he was not a useful and 'diligent officer.— (Hear, hear.) There had been no complaint of the kind against him—there was no evidence to show that he had not discharged his duty with fidelity and 'assi duity. Mr. Horner, the inspector of factories, stated that if Mr. Heathcote could free himself from this accu sation of writing this anonymous letter, he would be very glad to act with hien in a cordial and harmonious spirit in future. The prevailing opinion in Lancashire was that he had not been fairly dealt with. He (Mr. M. Gibson) had received letters from several gentlemen of the highest respectability, from mill-owners in Lan cashire, some of whom Mr. Heatheote had prosecuted under the Factory Act, and from extensive mercantile houses in Manchester, and all these gentlemen stated their firm belief that, frcim the manner in which Mr. . Heathcote had discharged his duty, they could not be lieve him to be capable of so gross a falsehoOd, and en treated of the Government to grant a full and fair in quiry, and to give Mr. Heathcote an opportunity of being heard personally in his own vindication. He did not quarrel with the power which the Government possessed —it was, perhaps, very often useful, in order to ensure a proper observance of the duties, of office that so prompt and effective a power should be in the hands of the Executive; but, at the same tune he though that every opportunity should be afforded to the individual about to be dealt with, to rebut the charge, and give every explanation in his power. It should not be forgotten that a third party had . come forward and avowed the authorship of the letter ; and with so strong a fact, he though he was fully justified in mov ing that the petition of Mr Heathcote be taken into con sideration. - Sir J. GRAHAM said he had no reason' to complain of the tone or manner in which the Hon. Member had brought forward the question. He would assure the House, that of all official duties, nothing was more pain ful than that of dismissal.—(Hear, hear.) Since he had the honour of holding office under the Crown, this was only the second case in which he felt obliged to dismiss an official. The Hon. Gentleman was correct in stating that his (Sir James Graham's) decision was impar tial ; it was so ; he did not know—had never seen or heard of—Mr. Heathcote until this affair. Many persons possessing great influence, and to whose opinions he would be most anxious to defer, had endeavoured to persuade him to re-consider his decision, and, amongst others, his Noble Friend the Member for North Lan cashire. He had acted with the utmost deliberation. He had not come to his deeision without weighing all the facts of the case ; but he felt it his painful duty to state to the House that nothing which he had heard before or during that night had shaken his conviction. It should be remembered that Mr. Heathcote held his situation as factory sub-inspector under Mr. Horner, and it should also be recollected that he held that place during plea sure. An anonymous letter had been received by the Hon. Member for KnaresboroughArsigned • 4 An Oyer looker." This letter was placed is his hands by Lord Ashley. It was sent to Mr. Horner, and that gentleman at once recognised it as the letter of Mr. Heathcote. In this letter there was the, strongest internal evidence that it was written by an inspector or sub• inspector of factories. The particular mode in which the books were kept appeared in this letter; the time-book, which stated the hour at which the mill started, the time the mill stopped for meals, and other such particulars.--(Here the Right Hon. Gentleman took up a copy of the anony mous letter)—that letter could be no other than the production of a person intimately conversant with these subjects. The moment Mr. Horner received the letter, he knew it to be Mr. Heathcote's. The other inspector (Mr. Saunders) also gave it as his opinion that the writing was that of Mr. Heathcote. The fact of Mr. Heathcote's communicating with any Member of that House, without the co n sen t of his superior officer, although it must be rather an original mode of proceeding, would not in his (Sir James Graham's) opinion have involved any great degree of culpability. He would not have attached much importance to that; but the whole substance of the of fence was that when Mr. Horner asked Mr. Heathcote if he had written that letter, he had solemnly denied it; that was, in reality the whole matter. Mr. Homer after this denial forwarded this anonymous letter, and Mr. Heathcote's letter of denial, to him (Sir J. Graham), and thus the whole matter was brought under his considera tion. Upon the reception of these documents he di rected his Hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State to write to Mr. Heathcote, asking for explanation, and to give him an opportunity of reconsidering the matter; he held Mr.Heathcote's answer to that letter in his hand, in which he stated—" Sir, I have the honour to acknow ledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th inst., and I beg leave to request that you will inform Sir James Graham that I most positively deny having written the anony mous letter addressed to Mr. Ferrand, and signed An Overlooker: (Signed) " JOHN HEAT 'MOTE." By the oddest coincidence possible the paper, ink, and writing was the very same as that on which the anonymous letter was written, and this formed the strongest conviction that both letters were written by the same hand. This was his (Sir J. Graham's) opinion, but he did not trust to his own judgment. He put all the letters into the hands of Mr. genie, the Solicitor to the Treasury, who forwarded the two letters signed by Mr. Heathcote, and the anonymous letter, to the in spector at the Post-office, who, after the most minute inspection and comparison, declared he entertained no doubt but they were the same handwriting. Now, there was the opinion of a person conversant with Mr.Heathcote's handwriting (Mr. Horner) and two witnesses, altogether impartial, the Inspector of the Post-office and he (Sir James Graham), and their unanimous opinion was, that they were in the same handwriting. Having arrived at this conclusion he considered that it would be impossible for him to retain Mr. Heathcote in the public service. —(Hear, hear.) The next step in the matter was Mr. Gilbert, writing a letter to him stating that he was the author of the anonymous letter. He compared Mr. Gilbert's with Mr. Heathcote's letters, and had no doubt that the handwriting of the anony mous letter, and that of Mr. Gilbert were entirely dif ferent. He however, took precisely the same steps in this as in the former instance, and the inspector of the Post-office was of opinion that they were not written by the same hand. The case quoted by the Hon. Member for Manchester, and the decision of Baron Alderson did not at all support the Hon. Member's case. In that case the writing of the son was different from the father, and entirely corresponded with the letter produced in evi dence so there was no parity whatever. He thought the facts of this case were conclusive against Mr. Heathcote. In conclusion, he must say, that if he was to be respon sible for the mode in which be performed the duties of his office, he ought to be allowed to exercise his own judgment. Mr. BROTHERTON defended the character of Mr. Heathcote, and contended that the Right Hon. Baronet was labouring under a mistake. The letter in question was written on the -25th of March, and Mr. Heatheote• had satisfied him that be was from home on that day. In the next place Mr. Heathcote had solemnly denied that he had written the letter, and after that Mr. Gil bert had acknowledged himself the author of it. , He (Mr. Brotherton) had examined all the documents con nected with this case, and his firm conviction was that Mr. Heathcote did not write the letter. And after all there was nothing in the letter of any consequence. There were two sentences as to the necessity of inspec tors of factories residing in their districts, and no doubt this would create a prejudice in the minds of Messrs. Horner and Saunders. On comparing Mr. Heathcote's letter with the anonymous one, ho (Mr. Brotherton) perceived a difference in the characteristics. Further than this, he had that day received a letter from Mr. Gilbert, which was in the same writing as the anonymous letter. (The Hon. Gentleman here handed the letter to several Hon. Members round him, .who compared it with the anonymous one.) Mr. Heathcote was opposed to him in politics, but, believing him to have been unjustly treated, 'and knowing him to be a respect able man, hp had taken up his case, and had done all he could to get him reinstated. Mr.'BRIGHT thought the internal evidence in the letters in question was not so conclusive as the Right Hon. Gentleman imagined. As to its containing phrases used by inspectors of factories, that could be easily ac counted for. Such phrases were common to everybody residing in Lancashire, and any person writing on the subject of factories Would be sure to use them. The letter of Mr. Homer to Mr. Heathcote was not of a na ture to lead Mr. Heathcote to suppose he had committed any great offence. What motive was there to induce him to deny it, if he wrote it ? On the other hand, Mr. Gilbert made a solemn affidavit that he was the author of the letter. The Right Hon. Baronet pointed to the sig nature of the letter—"l am, An Overlooker," and to the resemblanceit bore to the other. Why, he (Mr. Bright) would' not, or, - to UM • a common phrase, hang a dog on such evidence. The letters " k." and " r "were as diffe rent 115 they could well be, so that the evidence from the letters was rather favourable to Mr. Heathcote thanother wise. This gentleman had been i n L on don f o r more than seven months,' endeavouring by every means to get his case considered by the Home-office, for the sake -of having his character cleared, if he could not be restored to his situation. He did not believe that a man would loie so • much time and money, if he did not possess•honest feel ings. He understood that Mr Horner would-not now object to act cordially with Mr. Heatheote ; - and if the Right Hon. Baronet could only be induced to regard the question, in a different light, there would be no difficulty on this point. The person charged solemnly denied hav ing written the letter. A second person had avowed that he was the author of it, and a third party had de. dared that he induced the second-per'ion to write it. He would ask whether, in any court of justice, this weight of evidence was not enough to bear down the unfortunate suspicion that had taken possession of the Right lion. Baronet's mind ? Mr. B. ESCOTT said it was a'question whether this was a case that ought to be discussed in the House of Commons; but when a question of this kind Was brought before them, it being one of great importance to an in dividual, they ought, from a sense of justice, to express their opinion honestly on the -state of the facts. He must say that there. was one deficiency in the statement of the Right Hon. Baronet. One of the reasons he had given for dismissing Mr. Heatheote was, because ho had denied having written. a letter, which the Right Hon.- Baronet thought he had Written: Now had this gentle man or either of. the parties,' been called before the authorities of the Home -office in order to defend them selves ? He did not . think the evidence Oisimilarity of handwriting was alone sufficieat. Mr. M. SUTTON denied that the similarity of the writing was alone the ground of the. dismissal. There was also the resemblance of the ink and paper. He contended that Mr. Heathcote alone had published the ground of his dismissal to the 'world. Mr. HAWES said, the question. -was who wrote the anonymous letter, Mr. Heathcote or Mr. Gilbert ? The • evidence against Mr. Heathcote was, that the real letter agreed with the anonymous one. .On the other hand, Mr. Gilbert sip he wrote the anonymous letter. But then it was said, that Mr.'Gilbert'shand-writing.was dissi milar to the anonymous letter ; and that Mr. Heathcote's real letter was similar to the. anonymous one. Now, if they assumed that Mr. Gilbert disguised his hand writing, that would account for -one- great difficulty in the case ; namely, the dissimilarity in the hand-writing between Mr. Gilbert's real letter, and the anonymous letter. Then, when - they considered that Mr. Gilbert ha l access to Mr. Heathcote's. office and papers, it would not be surprising that the-anonymous letter should exhibit-a style of hand-writing somewhat similar to-Mr. Heathcote's. They had, on the other hand, the positive denial of Mr. Heathcote, that he wrote the letter, and the acknowledgment of Mr. Gilbert that he wrote it. He did not think that the internal evidence was of muob value. It principally consisted of 'a tabular statement, to which a person only in the official situation of Mr. Heathcote could have access. But then It was known that Mr. Gilbert had access to his his office. Mr. WAICLEY said it was one Of the most difficult things - in the world to decide with regard to hand.- . writing. He knew of a case in which a most distin . guished author was provoked with some handwriting that was shown him, and yet it was his own. He hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would recollect that this was a factory question, and that lie would reconsider his decision.—(Laughter.) The Right Hon. Gentleman had asked the House to reconsider their opinions on a former occ.asion, "and the House consented. The Houie now asked the Right Hon. Gentleman to •reconaider his 'opi nion, and he hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would consent. He did not think that the Right Hon. Gentle man had adopted the best means of coming to a correct conchision, that was, by getting both Mr. Heathcote and Mr. Gilbert to write a copy of the letter. If he did that, he was sure everybody would be satisfied with the decision to which he had come. _ Mr. MILNER GIBSON replied. Tie entreated the Right Hon. Gentleman to consider whether the evidence of handwriting were sufficient, and, if there were any doubt, to re-open the case. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he only wished to say that the question whether Mr. Ileatheote had been guilty of falsehood, or not, was a question, not raised by him, but deliberately raised . by Mr. Heatheote himself. The House then divided, when there appeared 7--- For the motion _ . AgAinst it • 23 Majority against the m0ti0n...... • ART-UNIONS. On the motion for going into committee on the Art- Unions Bill, " Mr. WYSE said the Bill, as it now stood, applied only to the art-unions of - Dublin and Edinburgh. - lie proposed so to change the preamble as to make it applicable to the art-unions of England, and particularly to that of London. _ .The Bill then went through Committee, and certain amendments were agreed to. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter before Twelve. MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. The subject of our disastrous campaigns in " Affghanistan" is ably treated in the Number before us, but notwithstanding the writer's assertion to the contrary, it is a subject completely exhausted, and on which the public has long since made up its mind. As for interest, whatever it might have possessed when the matter was fresh in popular - recollection, little or none now attaches to it. It has been a nine days' wonder, and like other themes of moment, has passed to the tomb of the Capulets, only to be disin terred by some future Gibbon or Robertson—if such should ever again rise among us—when discussing the politics of the memorable year 1840. Still, despite this drawback, the article on " Affghanistan" is worth reading, and, considering the decided 'politics of Blackwood, is remarkably moderate in its tone. The writer avers that it was our fear . of Russian intrigue that originated the humiliating campaigns in ques tion, and this opinion is a correct one. So intense were our apprehensions on this subject, that we sacri ficed to them a fine army of upwards of ten thousand men ; and yet, not five years afterwards, the gigantic and menacing Russian phantom, the bare contempla tion of whose manoeuvres on the frontiers of our Indian territories had' thrown us all into such strong hysterics, was actually a resident in our metropolis, walking abroad in our streets, visiting the fair mem bers of our aristocracy, without devouring one of them by way of a lunch, dining at Windsor Castle, reviewing troops, and flinging about gold snuff-boxes with as much nonchalance as if they were merely 30 many fourpenny pieces ! The whole history of this short-lived Russophobia of ours, which cost the coun try so many thousand lives and such immense sums of money, will form but an inglorious chapter in the po fitteal annals of the nineteenth century. But na •tions; like individuals, have their moments of weak ness and puerility, and John Bull has always been remarkable for periodical fits of foolery, during the prevalence of which he cuts the most extraordinary capers possible, and makes himself the laughing-st oc k of Europe. " Etched Thoughts by the Etchi ng Club" is a lively, good-humoured notice of a volume of poems illustrated with several admirable engravings. Our readers will no doubt thank us for giving them the opportunity of admiring some pathetic lines en titled " The Veteran's Return :" " The.old yew, deck'd in even's parting, beams, From his red trunk reflects a ruddier ray; While, flickering through the lengthen'd shadow, . gleams Of gold athwart the dusky branches play. The jackdaws, erst so bustling on the tower, Have ceased their cawing clamour from on high ; And the brown bat, as nears the twilight hour, Circles—the lonely tenant of the sky. " The soldier there, ere pass'd to distant climes; On Sabbath morn his early mates would meet; There list the chant of the familiar chimes, And the fond glance of young affection greet. There, too, at eve—before the twilight grey Led the dark hours, when sprites are wont to walk— With his sweet Nancy how he joy'd to stray, And tell his rustic love in homely talk. " Now, home return'd, far other thoughts he owns, Though still the same the scene • that meets his view ! The same sun glistens o'er the lichen'd stones— Scarce one year more seems to have gnarl'd the yew. There, too, the hamlet where his boyhood pass'd Sends, as of old, its curls of smoke to ken— So near, his stalwart arm a stone might cast Among the cots that deck the coppiced glen ! " But ere the joys of that domestic glade Can wipe the tear from off his rugged brow, A stone beneath the yew-tree's ebon shade Deep o'er his heart a heavier shade doth throw. (Oh ! sad, indeed, when thus such tidings come, That stun, even ,when by slow degrees they, steal,) That tablet tells how cold within the tomb Are hands whose fond warm grasp he long'd to feel." We have been much pleased with the story of the " Love Chase," whose incidents, though somewhat deficient in novelty, are skilfully worked up in an arch and sprightly style that at once conciliates the reader. The "Historical Account of the Canal which anciently connected the Nile and the Red Sea" may possibly entertain antiquarians and geo gra ph e r s ; b u t the details are prolix, and will have little interest for the public in general. Readers of monthly 'periodi cals care little to be told that " the Nomads or Hyksos were driven from the throne of Egypt by the Kings of Thebes," and would much rather hear about the present intentions of the Egyptian Pacha, as regards that canal between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, which he has so long talked of con structing, but which, we fear, is still in nu6ibits, like the genius of the author. of " Satan." In the review of Horace Twiss's ‘; Life of Lord Eldon," .we are informed that an old Manx smuggler was so pleased with his Lordship for pleading in court for certain rights to which the inhabitants of the Isle of Man - asserted that they were entitled, that, in the warmth of his admiration, he actually offered the future Chan cellor—then but a rising young barrister on circuit— his favourite daughter, with a portion of one hundred thousand pounds I The offer was a tempting one, but we apprehend it would not exactly have suited the views of a lawyer to becOme the son-in-law of a smuggler, whose wealth had been gained by setting the laws at defiance. Besides, his Lordship was already provided with a spouse, and no doubt found that one wife at a time was quite as much as he could conveniently manage, and that two would have been a superfluous luxury. We subjoin a few diverting ane4dotes from the review in question : " ' I had a walk in the New Inn Hall garden with Dr. Johnson, Sir Robert Chambers, and some other gentle men, (Chambers was principal of the Hall, and.Vinerian prothssor of law. .He was at this period on the point of prodeeding to India as judge.) - Sir Robert was gather ing :snails; and throwing them over the wall into his neighbour's garden. The doctor attacked him roughly, and ,Charged his condUct as bei ng unneiglibourly. "Sir," said! Robert, "my neighbour is a Dissenter." " Oh," said ; the doctor, " if so, toss away, toss away as hard as you, ran! This was evidently one of Johnson's odd freaks, a piece of his growling humour; for though no man', disliked sectarianism more, no man had a stronger sense of charity' to all. His man nersi now and then exhibited strange absence. Lord Eld4n says that he had seen him standing for a con sideTable' time, with one foot on each side of the kennel of the High -street. of Oxford, gazing at the water. It was; proverbially dangerous to . contradict him. Dr. Mortimer, head of Lincoln College, happened occasion ally 'to interrupt him, by saying, " I deny that," while Johnson was holding forth. At length he said, " Sir, sir, You must have forgotten that an author has said, (he then repeated in Latin), one ass will deny more in one hour, than a hundred philosophers will prove in a hundred years." "During the year 1774 and 1775; John Scott held'the officp of a tutor of University college • but he appears to have left - the duty to Fisher arid William Scott, his brother, those two dividing the emoluments. How evel he was more importantly employed when he gave lectures on the law as deputy to Sir Robert Chambers, for which he. had 601. a year. His first essay was sulti cien4. ridiculous. The law professor sent him his first lectatre, which he was to read immediately to 'the stu dents, and which he began without knowing its con tenth. It happened - to be on the statute 4th and sth of Philip and Mary, on young men running away with young women. " Fancy me," said his Lordship, " read ing,iwith about 140 boys and young men giggling at the professor." While Scott was eating his terms at the Mildle Temple, he had some opportunities of seeing Mr. Sergeant Hill, the great lawyer of his day, emi nent for learning, and scarcely less so for eccentricity. Hilli one day stopped Scott in the hall, and said, "Thfay, young gentleman, do you think herbage and pannage rateable to the poor's-rate ?" . Scott replied, " that he could not presume to give an opinion to so leer ed a personage.' " Upon my word," said the ser • gea t, " you are a pretty sensible young gentleman—l don t often meet with such. If I had asked Mr. Bur gess', a young leader upon our circuit, the question, he would have told me that I was an old fool." Hill begqn an argument in the King's Bench thus :—" My Lord Mansfield - and judges, I beg your pardon.' '• 1 1 hy, brother Hill, do you ask our pardon ?" . " My Lords," said he, " I have seventy-eight cases to cite." " Seventy-eight cases !" said Lord Mansfield, " you can Weyer have our pardon if you cite seventy-eight cases." After the Court had given its decision, which was against the sergeant's client, Lord Mansfield said, " Now, brother Hill, that the judgment is given, you can have no objection, on account of your client, to tell us your real opinion, and whether you do not think we are 'light ; you know how we all value your opinion and Judgment." hill wished to be excused ; but as he always thought it his duty to do what the Court de sire(, " Upon my word," said ho, " I did not think that there ,were four men in the world who could have give; such an ill-founded judgment as you four, my Lolls, have prongunced," - This style, however; must have , been now and then intolerable." the life, and essentially belongi ng t o th e p resen t d ay . ! The fact is, none are so apt to con d emn ' the insipid sameness of the existing • state of society, as those who are unable adequately to pourtray its nice peculiarities, which exhibit a thou sand different lights and shades, though we will admit that they are not so broadly marked as in the olden time. A Tale. of the Wars _of Marlborough" is a Passable narrative; from the pen of Mr. Curling. The Gaol Chaplain" - contains a. powerfully-written story, illustrative of the prodigious folly and atrocity of the game-laws, one of the few remaining relics of the barbarous feudal times. Justly remarks the author, " He must be eagle-eyed, indeed, who could detect in these laws a grain of that Christian philosophy upon which we boast that our institutions are founded." In the biographical sketch, " Eton Scenes and Eton men," there are some twaddling personal remi niscences of certain individuals, in whom nine-tenths of the public take .not the slightest interest. " Phy siology of London Life" puts forth some sensible ob servations on the subject of the House of Commons. The following passage may, perhaps, amuse our readers, and we subjoin it accordingly : " Members take,up' a thing, as the phrase is, to make the subject of their researches. One takes up the Irish Church, and annually knocks a good many • thickly printed columns of reports out- of that ; another has an annual shot at the estimates ; a third makes a motion for the repeal of the corn-laws ; and so on. There is a well understood division of labour in the House, every man 'holding his own sprat, whale, or herring, as the case may be, by its o wn p roper ta il . The vast numbers of young men about .both Houses of Parliament, but especially the Hotise -of CoMmons, is another leading general idea, that necessarily- • strikes the observant stranger. There are few noble families in the land of any territorial distinction, who are not represented in a twofold manner ; by themselves in the Upper,.. by their • connexions in the Lower House ; and the wry young Members that crowd the side-galleries, and congregate in a body below the bar, are generally o f no bl e families. Yet there are young and youngish men of distinction in the House who are plebeians ; these are generally of the class of working Members, who l a b our at the business of legislation, 'whereas the noble; gentle, and very often simple young gentle Men we. have referred to above only play at law.,givers; as they do sometimes at.soldiers. An other remarkable thing in 'the House of Commons is, the want of independent actions on the part of indivi dual-Members, and their almost military subordination to their leaders. It is a necessary thing, perhaps, for practical purposes, that this discipline sloald be main tained, but it is, nevertheless, curious' to see how com pletely the representative • subsides into the- partisan. You would imagine that the House consisted of repre sentatives of Lord John Russell and Sir Robert Peel— of the Ins and Outs, rather than of the country ; nor is any man in a more hopeless plight than the lean who takes an independent course of action, or ref Uses to bind himself to the interests of one side of the House or the other. He is sneered at and th warted in every way; called an impracticable, and left alone in his patriotism and his glory. This. isolation results from the selfishness, the party; class, and personal interests of the ()Teat mass of.Mem hers ; .they will not act, or vote, with men who are not consistent to a pirty, as • if a party is consistent with itself ; as if time, and the progress of pUblic opinion, and the pressure of events, do not necessarily demand changes to the minds of men, often amounting to the reversal of their fixed, and as they fondly thought, correct notions of conduct. A want of large and general sympathy with the unrepreSented,'or badly-represented classes, is the leadiugdefect of the House ; but for this who can say that the House is to blame - ? The electors choose the House, and if they are selfish, or negligent, or corrupt in their thoice - ; if they choose their representatives for everything, or somethirio• or nothing, except' what ought. I to be the guiding motive of their .choice—as tried inte grity, experience, years, common sense, and common sympathies with mankind:-- , the fault is in • them, not in those they send to the Commons' House of Parliament. A pleasing trait of the House is, its fairness and genero sity towards any speaker who has business to speak, or who has got anything to say ; the House always listens: to such a one with attention. A - new Member, likewise, is always well received, - anti his debut marked by consi deration for hisfeelicgs on first addressing so formidable' an assembly-; the Cry of New , Member New Member !' ' Hear ! hear I' gives him _confidence, and encourages him to proceed but if, unfortunately, he is tried, and found wanting, he will nod-again be heard with any de gree of marked attention. • The House is highly discri minative in - this respect ; a man of character, weight, authority, or information upon any particular point, is heard with general attention ; a Member, on the con trary, who talks for talk's sake—and of these there are, unfortunately, too many, is not listened to,except by the reporters ; he crieth out in the House, and no man re gardeth him. If a phonometer, ,or instrument for mea suring noise, could be invented, you would thereby be enabled to form a pretty accurate judgment of the re spective merits of the several speakers. When Peel or Russell are up, the noise is at zero; when e middling Members are talking there is a temperate noise ; but when from the back - benches, foolish, loud-talking, .igno rant, forward'young fellows,. Without information or OA , lity, except in their own conceit, insist upon jawing, the noise reaches the boiling-point, and the Prater becomes, certainly not silent, but certainly unheard. You cannot. hear a word he says, but you see his nether jaw vibrat ing up and down, like that of a donkey nustieattng a tough thistle." COURT CIRCULA.R. WIND3OR, WEDNESDLY.—The Queen Dowager paid a visit to the Queen and Prince Albert to-day at the Castle, from Bushy Park. Her Majesty, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and attended by Lady Gore, left her residence, Bushy House, soon after twelve o'clock, in a carriage and four, and arrived at the Castle a quarter before two o'clock. The Equerries in Waiting, Colonels Buckley and Bouverie, received the Queen Dowager on alighting from her carriage. The Countess of Dunmore, .the Hon Misses Paget and Liddell, the Marquis of Ormonde, and Mr. H. Ormsby Gore, were also in attendatice at the Queen's entrance. His Royal Highness Prince Albert received the Queen Dowager in the hall, and conducted her to the Queen. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived soon afterwards at the Castle, from her residence, Frog more Lodge. A dejeune was served to the Queen and Prince Al bert, the Queen Dowager, the Duchess of Kent, and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar. The Duchess of Kent afterwards returned to Frog more Lodge. At half-past three o'clock the . Queen Dowager left the Castle, accompanied by Prince Albert, in a pony phae ton. Prince Edward o f S axe Weimar, La d y G ore, an d some of the gentlemen o f t h e royal suite, f o lh we d i n car riages.- The royal p ar t y d rove to Frogmore L o d ge to visit the Duchess of Kent. The Queen Dowager remained an hour with the Royal Duchess, and then took her departure, accompanied by Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and attended by Lady Gore. Prince Albert returned to the Castle. The Duke of Wellington walked this morning at an early hour in the ground adjacent to the Castle. His Grace afterwards left for town. The Earl of Jersey and Sir Robert Peel also took their departure from the Castle in the forenoon. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, took an airing in a pony carriage this morning, and visited th e D uchess of Kent, at Frogmore Lodge. In the aft ernoon, her Majesty and Prince Albert drove out in an open pony carriage and pair, the Equerries in Waiting, Col one l s B u ckley and Bouverie, attending on horseback. Tho Countess of Dunmore, Lady in Waiting, and the Hon. Miss Liddell, Maid of Honour in Waiting, followed in an open pony carriage and four. The Royal party returned to the Castle at seven o'clock._ The Princess Alice was taken an airing this morning. were taking f or a d rive i n t h e after nTnlinen. Royal family — isle royal dinner party at the Castle this evening, included her Royal Highn ess t h e Duchess of Kent, Lady Charlotte Dundas, the C ountess Wratislaw, and Sir George Couper, Bart. The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards was in attendance during di nner yesterday. Her Majesty's private b an d a f terwar d s atten d e d an d performed in the Castle the remainder of the evening. • The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Here ditary Grand Duke and DucheSs of Mecklenburgh Strehtz, honoured the Duke of Wellington with their company to dinner yesterday. . Sir Robert Peel returned to town yesterday morning from Windsor Castle. • _.- A Cabinet Council was. held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing street, which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham,- the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Wharncliffe, Mr. Gladstone, the Duke of Buccleuch, and Lord Granville Somerset. The Council broke up about half -past four o'clock. . of . Messrs. Joseph Wilson, Mr. Higham, Comptroller of the Office for the Reduc tion of the National Debt, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. . Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Colonial office for the Governor of New South Wales. Brulgesp Robert Saunders, T. Bayley, had an interview with Lord Dalhousie. yesterday at t h e Board of Trade. • . The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council had a RobertE.AN7. deputa tion, M d C e u b ll t o t ° 1 i ct 11° , n ' andsjisot consisting Rev. meeting yesterday morning, at the Council -office; at ten o'clock. The Lords present were Lord Brougham, Dr. Lushington, Vice-Chancellor - Knight Bruce, and Mr. Pemberton Leigh. The case bef ore their Lordships was that of Bamona 17. the Queen, dram the Vice' Admiralty Court of the Cape of Good Hope, in respect to the ship Don. Pedro. Lord Brougham delivered the judgment of their LoidChips, viz., that the judgment of the Court below be reversed, with liberty to the parties to insti tute fresh proceedings.. . . ~. A deputation from the Irish Society of London, about to visit theirestates in Londonderry , had an int erv i ew with Lord Eliot On Saturday, up s on the' Subject of the Lough Foyle fishery aggressions. ~ • MRS. ASHTON , • YATES'"if • WINTER IN ITALY.—We t be bushed -_ 2. I S h i l a e d d --- o f 2 a . l lAb booksel lers. Second. sel are requested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great Marl borough-street, has' this day published "A Winter . in by the Hon. George Italy," by Mrs. Ashton Yates, in 2 yolk small Bvo., ::.' v :P o., 12s. bound-3. The price FleArsiji( 2 ,nAl l , s ro .. f b c o ,o, u iH n b d ui , srtn w or h hi i ca e s h . Ftt e lai s snvo n coi n e.us o Bs Sydney Smythe, M.P., Second Volume of Air. Townsend's Memoirs of the House of Commons-4. The Marchioness of London derry's Narrative of her Visit to the Courts of Vienna, laj Constantinople, Athens, Naples , &c., 1 vol. Bvo., 12s. hound-5. The Memoirs of the Babylonian Princess, I] dedicated, a)tzldiv ,sag ~ eri i permission , i b aen y sdo6f.tThe h eQn Seventhu e e t s o ofE her n England," Volumel ies of Miss Striek- the Queen a n d . , , COMrETITION !—The Forth and Clyd e C ana l Com mny Ore . 49w carrying.. passengers- from Glasgow to Edin burgh for Is, in the steerage, and b.,fid. in the If it was not for . the Canal Company, what would the fares to Alinburgh by railway be ?—Glasgow Saturday Post. ; BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. The best scenes in the present chapters of the Scattergood Family," are those wherein Mr. Con stable's —a rich, purse-proud citizen's--governess, is intr uced, whose daily drudgery and humiliati o n ar e deta led with unaffected feeling. "My Gr ea t U nc l e " is a lever tale by Dalton--a fictitious name, we pre sum —who —who has already contributed se v eral enter tain . g papers, both in verse and prose, to the pages of t is Miscellany. In an essay, under the quaint title iof "Used .Down," we' find these 'reflections : " The present aspect of society is an insipid surface, from which neither dramatist nor novelist can extract eith r plot or character, without violating, in the gros est 'manner, the probabilities of civilised life. Sin ng is far from the only feat which is acconi plisl d by the million. People eat, drink, sleep, him. , if. talk F , ro m m ove Da i n n 1 e N ba o one not a d n a r o e r s ig t be left.' l This is certainly not the case, for if society were so insipid and monotonous, and devoid of ori ginality,• as the 'writer of the above passage would 7toilßlioelelsr . sh havo!us.belleve it is, Dickens would never have found the in aterials for his Pecksniffs, Montagues, Chuzzle wits Sarah . Cramps, &c., which - no one who is-fami liar with them can deny were portraits drawn from AINSWORTH'S MAGAZINE. Mr. Leigh Hunt's poetical criticisms, under the conciliatory title of " A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla," are here resumed. The critic, as might be .expected, is lavish in hi s prai ses o f Fletcher's Faithful Shepherdess, whose pastoral propriety and simplicity, however; are sadly marred by the introduction of the \lronton Shepherdess, whose language, on one oc casion*, is not only coarse, but grossly ohscene, to a degree, indeed, that is not surpassed by any dramatist of that not very refined or scrupulous age. The poem, too, notwithstanding its numerous descriptive beau ties, has much that is stiff, and cold, and artificial in its tone.. In his present chapters of the " Court of Queen Anne," Mr. Ainsworth gives us a spirited sketch of the trial of that bigoted quack, Dr. Sacche verel,'Who, for some weeks, threw John Bull into a perfect state of phrenzy. The "hum of Men" is a smart satire on some of the most notorious follies of the day. In the notice. of the " Story of a Feather," which, it may be remembered, appeared from time to time in detached portions in Peach, occur some kindly and judicious remarks on the general character of Mr. Jerrold's writings. "The audience at a play of Mr. Jerrold's," says the Reviewer, "is often worth watching. As the dialogue flings its shells and crackers about the house, you detect the guilty crea tures of the world of pomps, and vanities, and lusts of the flesh. The explosion of the sharp, scorching joke, is heard in loud laughter; but look, and you will see people wince here and there, uneasiness shadowing their mirth. While it affects a neighbour, the satire has a honeyed sweetness for them ; but self-applicatin, which they cannot suddenly avoid, present- turns it to wormwood." Mr. Jerrold., as any one may see, who has ever witnessed the performance of one of his searching comedies, is no favourite with the dress-circles, and still less with th e p r i vate b oxes, wherein people f mark and likelihood are so fond of ensconcing themselves. The reason is obvious. He is not sufficiently smooth and conventional enough for them. He treats their elegant, well-bred, drawing room sensibilities too rudely. He is too intolerant of their hypocritical common-places and aristocratic as sumptions., He calls a rogue a rogue, whether he has graduated at St. James's or St. Giles's, and has not the slightest respect for even the knightly garter, if it encircle the leg of a scanip. His productions are excel lent illustrations of the old adage that the " naked truth is exceedingly unlovely ;" and it is as rich a treat as the eye of a philanthropist could desire, to see how the polite, fastidious box-circle winces at his stinging taunts, as with the dazzling rapier of his wit b.-, pierces through the thick coatings of their vanity. But though no great favourite among 'the higher classes—who must regard him with "something of the same awe with which children 'regard an ogre—Mr. Jerrold is admired and, preciated by all who have a genuine heart beating in their bosoms, and who do not turn from humanity with contempt because it may happen to be clothed in rags and call itself a pauper. The " Prussian Paddy Grenadier," is a tale whose leading incidents may he found in the " Life and Times of Frederick the Great." The author should have. acknowledged the source to which he is indebted. " Cruising for a Cutlet," is a sprightly essay, from which we quote some amusing hints and suggestions for the benefit of diners-out. Suit your conversation to your company. Tespect ing anecdotes, have a certain number stores up in your memory, ready to do their duty when called upon ; but . be particularly care f u l never to l ug i n one o f t h em ou t o f place, but be equally prompt, whenever an opportunity occurs, to avail yourself of it. Thus, the c onversation turns upon Welli ng t on , - you i mme di a t e ly begin— ,, heard a most characteristic anecdote of the great man lately: Commander Hall of her :Majesty's yacht, who had done . the State some service' in China, was anxious to he presented to the hero of a hundred fights, upon an Victoria and in which the Duke went on board the and Albert. The name of the commander was men. tioned to the Duke, who said he should be delighted to be introduced to the gallant officer, The vainqueicr eleB vainqueurs went through the yacht, and was abo u t to leave it, when lie turned round to the captain; and said, introduce me to your commander. The ceremony tool ; place.. Happy to know you, Commander Hall. y ou 'are a brave fellow ; fought like a hero in the Nemesis, in China. Gallant, gallant. God bless you,' holding out his hand at the same time. The son 'of Neptune warmly grasped the veteran warrior's hand, exclaimincr, I would rather have that blessing than that of t 1 64 Archbishop of Canterbury, and all the Bishops put to gether.' After telling your story, wait, (as the professed actors do) for the applause, and do not be carried away by it, or be led to tell another story, until an equally favour able opportunity occurs. , If the subject turns upon poli tics, quote Sheridan and the pure elector of that im maculate borough of Stafford. " So, Mr. Sheridan, you are about to give us reform; that's right, only think, in some towns there are poor fellows, hear say;thatset nothing at all for their votes; that an't right, and wants reforming altogether. Talking of reform," you may continue, " I mustotell you a most extraordinary circum stance that occurred during the last reign. Lord -- paid a visit to Bedlain; among the inmates was a poor. woman,- who happened to -ask :his Lordship his name; Oh,' replied the latter, I'm Mr. Smith,' giving a tra- yelling name, Nothing more occurred until a few months afterwards, when the same .i:obie -Lord paid another visit to the same plafP. The woman already alluded to approached his Lordship, and in a voice that savoured little of insanity, said, You gave me a false name when - last Jou were here; but let that .pass."rhe kind hearted nobleman assured the pOor sufferer that he had - meant no harM. She proCeeded, No, you are too warm-hearted to mean to act unkindly; -but will you ,d o me n-favour? I•am mad—l feel it-1 know it. although often I am perfectly collected, yet I should not be sate at large; but will you tell - the- King, mad, insane au I often am, I never was half so mad as he was when he put his name to the Rgorm " An electioneering anec dote or two may follow this: but be sure they are short and pithy—always bear in mind the Prince of' D en . . 'mark's instructions - to the players, ride:(innilet • In some societies ,jocose stories tell well. The best . • • - way of introducing them is to mention poor •lames Smith, and the. never-to be-forgotten-Theodore. Then you may rattle off a volley of their best sayings,—" Valk• mg one day with Hook, in winter, we passed a shot. With 'the name of Hawes: said. Theodore. fine weather for the surgeons—a nice practice.,,r te 110 tindit, during the frost— • ' Perpetual freezings and perpetual thawS, • Though bad _for Hips, are good for. Hews: Before I had finished laughing, the name of Thurtell;il4:-. t , murderer of Weare, was named, Ay,' asked Hoolt‘;': course you know. why be used an air-gun ?' replied. Because he wished to kill Weare . without Noyse; or,' he continued, like an old coat ? - ----becatv*::- he was the worse - tr ?rear' (Weare.) Our conversation then turned upon the burning of the Exeter Theatre; Ay,' said Hook, 'that's quite theatricalenter a fire ; exit a theatre,l (Exeter Theatre.)" . . • . . Be careful of risking a pun as your own you can in troduce it in the following manner :—" A friend of mine said a tolerable good thing - laSt week," then give your pun ; if it flashes in the pan, you of course add, " I myself did not see the wit ()fit, though all the party laughed." 7 li' goes off brilliantly, when • asked. wh o ' s your friend.? you may say, One's often worst friend, -lily-self." Reader, study the above axioms, and I have We doubt you will shortly become -a truly popular diner-oirt. - NE IV MONTHLY-MAGAZINE. In the continuation of the ""Talleyrand Papers"_ in which, - by the bye, there appears-to be nearly as much fiction as fact--soave - curious particulars, if their authenticity could but be relied on, are given of the closing days of Alirabeau. The Prince of Bene• ventum was at - that' time in . the very prime of man hood, and was the bosom friend of the great leader : of the Revolution, of whose worth as a man and abilities as a politician, he is here made to express himself in terms -of the warmest admiration. Dissipated and unprincipled as he notoriously was, Mirabeau was vet not without his redeeming qualities. He was frank, generous, and ardent in his friendship, and we can easily believe what a powerful spell he must have ex erted by his wit, passion, and eloquence, over the mind of Talleyrand at an age when he must have been peculiarly susceptible of impressionS Of adiniration.. It was much- later, in life that this wily statesman adopted the " nil admirari" system, and we cannot wonder at his subsequent coldness and scepticism when We remember the startlina• Vicissitudes he en dured at the commencement of Ins public car eer , thi extraordinary scenes in which he was a chief actor, the brilliant adventurers with whom his lot was cast and the odious and humiliating farm in which human - nature must too often have exhibited itself to him. In his old age Talleyrand, who never throughout his protracted life knew what it was to have One really conscientious principle, was a confirmed cynie—po. , iished, indeed, and conciliatory in his bearing; but still a cynic. There was a bitterness in his most smiling repartees, and his sarcasms stung like scorpions. The i attempt made in these "Papers" to prove. that he was an amiable sentimentalist, is perfectly preposterous: " Lights and - Shades in the Life of a Gentleman on -- Half-pay" is one of Mr. Maxwell's dashing stories of love and adventure. in the ingenious essay on " People who always Keep their Word," occurs the following reflection, with whose truth we have been. much struck :—" Education's earliest lessons should implant in the mind a sense of the sanctity of a pro mise. A child should never hear of an oath—that fatal knowledge kills "the innocent security in the simple word. If there were no necessity, real or sup posed, for oaths, there would be no lies. When the child has learned that the simple word is not enough for the ends of truth, it hag learned the first lesson of falsehood." "La Maison Maternelle" is a heavy, prolix article, and time subject is not such as t o warrant the wearisome length at which it is treated The " Robertses on their Travels" is by Mrs. Trol lone. it contains some smart, satirical hits, but, on the whole, is not elevated above •the dead flats of common-place. The " Tower of the Caliph" is a de- . scription of the towering structure erected by the late Mr. Beekford in the immediate neighbourhood of Bath. We subjoin Horace Smith's poem on " Camp- Funeral" in Westminster Abbe's.- 'Tis well to see these accidental Great, Noble by birth, or Fortune's favour blind. • Gracing themselyes in adding grace and state To the more noble.eminence of mird, And doing homage to a bard, Whose breast by Nature's ge; was Whose patent by the hand of (..;•oa himself wai.eigli'LL While monarchs sleep. forgotten, unrevered, • • Time trims the lamp of intellectual fame. The builders of the pyramids, who reer'd Mountains of stone, left none to tell their name. Tho' Homer's tomb was never known, A mausoleum of his own, Long as the world endures his p , ,Teatness shell proclaim What lauding sepulchre does Campbell want 'Tis his to give, and not derive renown. - What monumental bronze or adamant, Like his own deathless Lays can hand him down Poets outlast their tombs: the bust And statue soon revert to dust; The dust they represent still wears the laurel crown. The solid abbey walls that seem time-proof, • Form'd to await the final clay of doom; - The eluster'd ►hafts, MA arch-supported roof,. That now enshrine and guard our Campbell's tomb, Become a ruin'd shatter'd fane, May fall and bury him again, Yet still the bard shall live, his fame-wreath still shall bloom. Niethonght the monumental effigies Of elder poets that were group'd around, Lean'd from their pedestals with eager eyes, To peer into the excavated ground. Where lay the gifted, good, and brave, While earth from Kosciusko's grave, Fell on his coffin-plate with Freedom-shrieking sound. And orer him the kindred dust was strew'd Of Poets' Corner. 0 misnomer strange! The poet's confine is the amplitude Of the whole earth's illimitable range. O'er which his spirit wings its flight, Shedding an intellectual light, A sun that never sets, a moon that knows no change. Around his grave in radiant brotherhood, As if to form a halo o'er his head, Not few of England's master spirits stood, Bards, artists, sages, reverently led To wave each separation. plea Of sect, clime, party, and e degree, All honouring him on whom Nature . t).11 honottra 44. To me the humblest of the mourning band, - Who knew the hard thro' many a changeful year, It was a proud sad privilep to stand, Beside his grave awl shod a parting tear. Seven lustre had he been my friend. Be that my plea when I suspend. This all-unworthy wreath on such a poet's bier. TAIT'S MAGAZINE. In his political article this month Tail, while hitting equally hard at both Whigs and Tories, takes .the opportunity of introducing the following compli mentary-allusion to Lord Howick His Lordship is a man from whom we expect much. - lle hi.: talent, courage, moral earnestness, character—ill the well-wearing qualities of mind andi heart on which a nation may rely. With strong hereditary claims tue the leadership of Reformers, he is establishing an independent title of his own, on the broadest and surest This compliment is not undeser ve d.' fol,l Throughoutndat fo u ndations . " " the session, while the Whigs have been. nodding night after night on the Opposition benches. in a state of sulky inactivity and torpor, and the Tories have been playing the coward's game o f ex pediency, rescinding to-day the vote of yesterday; and covering theMselves with shame and obloquy, Lord Howick has been distinguishing himself by bis zeal, boldness, and manifest sincerity in the cause of political and c o mmerc i al reTorm : and the most enlarged, statesmanlike sentiments that have been enunciated in Parliament since its opening in Fe bruary last, are those that have fallen from his lips. He has gone far beyond the majority of his party in the manliness and prescient sagacity of his political utterances ; and, on the important question. of the Irish Church, spoke out in the true spirit of an en 7 lightened statesman, who " sees, as from a tower, the. end of all." Alluding to the existing state of par ties in the House of Commons, Tail proceeds to remark that Whigs, as well as Tories, are decidedly in a " false position." This is perfectly true. Both appear to he equally the hapless victims of circum stances, and fear to express themselves otherwise than in a timid, hesitating, equivocal manner. The truth is, the age is rapidly shooting a-head of them ; they feel this, and know not by what means to retrieve themselves in popular estimation. While the business of legislation is conducted in almost every instance on Whi r' e. principles, the Whigs themselves are in ths lowest state of political decrepitude ; and. the Tories are regarded in no better light than as a set of slaves dragged sulkily and reluctantly at the chariot-wheels of triumphant opinion. The r‘ Earth Stopper" is a graphic sporting sketch, apparently from the life, and is the production of Mr. Mills—the legitimate Ines cesSor of the late Nimrod. The "Rose of Tistelon” is a notice of a tale translated from the Swedish -at: Emilie Carlen, and oll'ends grievously in point length. " Bon Gaultier and his Friends" is a series of lively after••dinner dialogues, written for the most part withltiet and vigour, but recalling ton often the. recollection of the inimitable " Noctes" of glga 113th Ca re Ob le into f a r iso v igg, JrT`