The Sun. — London, England, 1844-03-27 00:00:00

15 stot4 uich 7:0 )11 , 1 tV big a d d t o e igc s i to 0 111 " • THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY , E VENI NG, MA KCII 27, 1844. Libet cheat • ----- --- . eA _ eat in the form of flour. This proved ,t s t Clige had been precisely in the opposite direc as3 tn .' which the Hon. Gentleman assumed. Oh -lls', 'gut he taken to the terms of the-lion. Gen- N °tion, but his great argument was, that ocular with the produce of a particular colony in L , api ti " manner, they ought to e wry out N L , cO l (!f that, particular enactment throughout L I by his system. Ile von tured to say l aiin kroposal the Hon. Gentleman would make tti stit ,nSlies tlian he wou'd remove. If he were !lii 4 b Y 9 make the system uniform, why had he not tlotr e „ ll PPlYincs to Canada herself the remission of ' ti t? i se ei t rte% with respect to grain other than 4 t, s 114 ps he would say that they were insigni- Csie,ti he apprehended that that was no answer to Mb en- IN ow, there were other parts which it ii i . o: Well to take into their consideration. The 114 11 ,5 u colonies had the East Indies and the Mauri !Niheir markets ; with the Mauritius they had a S ts se c ommercial intercourse; and with the nearer ao t r eaniring the occasional relief of scarcity; lie Si ther etiii3 O was no probability that any extens ive , NI "n would be e stablished between Australia and ,:5n,447- The lion. Gentleman referred to the si , tssod 'Hope. The Cape of Good Hope , with Nit 'n' li, to this country, was not an exporting colony , kt 4 , ; . L i c'ecasionally exported small quantities both of li ti rl Wheat, as fi ne as th a t of any other colony. ;d 40 n• gentleman looked to the returns , he would k t „hose co l on i ea were more iinporting than ex eoV untries. lie would find that the statements re te itt . ii P r esented them as exporting places were origi - Y Mere fussy, fidgetty persons, who spoke of '44, 3 ' aid not understand. The lion. Gentleman % all those colonies which were mere importing 1 ; 4 But he omitted that one which was in reality 4i,„ I ng country—he meant. rince Edward's Island. - y8 .1 10,; 11 ",-, t to India, he must say that he agreed with ~.„a G entleman in thinking that every encourage i:,,'''!ht. to be given to that portion of the empire. As , t,h,he price of, wheat in this country rose to 585., ' t Of India was admissible at a duty of Is. a 11 1 , 10 There - was great difficulty in bringing wheat ' s in h n of flour, from so great a distance, and under t . , n Fes of climate. Yet, in 1841 and 184 2 , the A.; °,. . Wheat imported in the state of flour was 01 .1 4' Parte rs. In 1843 the quantity imported isl o , More than 4,800 quarters. Looking at ( lli e 'question, he believed that he had answered 'lutnents of the Hon. Gentleman ; and he did cceiae that there was any ground upon which the 4 ,,ISPL iI d agree s to the motion. "ta ss _ -- ' S OUCHERE had resisted in the last session ' ' t kai,: b 7ent the policy of the Government as to the Olisr f Canada. He regretted the interference Ni'lgislatu re in the trade of the colonies. But if Vs were made in favour of one colony, why ° t the boon be extended to all others? What 1 1 :ttsk. t he Right Hon. Gentlemen opposite was the i s tri ich the success of the motion would have upon O• irltural interest.—(Hear, hear.) The House was AA the motion, if carried; would create a panic. ) I ;,.'s strength of the agricultural nerves Canada 111. 1 t o e llt. •• •If the boon which' was given to 1,71t.: n r maintained, it ought to be extended to all the colonies. He asked them how they were, 1 . , te the case of Prince Edward's Island, Van ,i . ll lLand, India, and New South Wales, from that lgv . He did not think that they would . be. act -14 1,11 4 1 tcr the . other colonies if. they did not place s• ~se Same position as Canada. On these grounds )_lsla - . N.,,„,support the motion. . N t ''l - ANLEY would only detain the House a few' , ' for the subject had been so often befor e the syn!l'had been so ably treated by his Right Hon. 74, •that it h a d b een com pletely exhausted as far as l'it'sl was necessary. llis , Right lion. Friend .op (1 commented upon the inconsistency of the taken by his Right Hon. Friend to the left, and i t ii i ; t - a ,e p a t he believed if the subject was not properly ilL opa ,it would create great panic and alarm. Now, L'ksii 4 Stanley) believed that to accede to the Motion k i!cli- Member would create far greater panic than iNt e r of any other course. The proposition to okA, of duty, the produce of all the colonies in the N. empire, including the Indian possessions,,would P 4 - ,Ze - greatest alarm among the agriculturists, 0 , 11 • , 4 create great confusion and uncertainty. i' 'at ht . Honourable Friend opposite. had kV I t the Government had been guilty of 1 .tli ef foresight last year, in not being aware that, l s Nt s , s e t granted a boon to one colony, others would 'lis oitt 4,_ ed aving a similar one. Now the fact was that , 1 _ , - "ent did foresee that, and when he (Lord Stanley) Cal s ,.' „ the Canada Corn Bill, last year, he stated Nf t 'nut he introduced it in conformity with a pledge t?titi:,,ecuntry had entered into with Canada, and that N s i t ! e 're, must be considered an - insulated case for I , , hzgone: -On that' occasion; he stated that the iT ti ent was with Canada, and that.only, and that ski s Pliment had no intention whatever of disturbing ), 4 1 ii i "lng corn-laws with respect to other colonieg. 1 jilt Hon. Gentleman opposite then asked sif it lNeuded -to apply to Prince Edward's and other oo he (Lord Stanley) then distinctly stated o S it ,.._purse the Government had, taken - was in ac- N , 7_ With the engagements entered into. Now, was k tip p .ue would ask, to disturb an extensive settlement Nillgement for so . unimportant an object as the N. .of the Hon, Member for Gateshead ? When 'Nranged high, the - object of the Hon. Member tLLSO is e obtained - , because, if the price rose to 575., the N ° ! l( 4 then amount to that sum which the Hon. K„ n. vished. He would not now .enter further L '' subject, It was a small and immaterial point. IN 4 dbe proved that from the colonies they c ould . 17.1te the deficiency of wheat at home, he should ilk. s t , tight he had made some . case for his motion ; o 4t ,,tY 4 was, he thought a weaker case had not been Litel i .‘ ny__any Hon, Member. OiiciAWES considered that the weakness of his d tiN ...endN case was its strength. The Noble Lord Itst-rhave completely overlooked the object of his -4,?4141 the justice of his question. e 0h there kitst.:,tituricitaii considering, iie requiredSts hewasCommittee did, a that that was essen- Otsituhl vote for the motion. - . . could s read 1 w ART felt convinced that no alteration 014:eIrt the corn-law until some emergency arose that t O w most injurious to the an•iculturists. He though ere bound to do what they` could to. promote the . . ,r, of India • and he also was of opinion th.atorne -4 -- Ll° ll ld be done ' for the trade in general. . He felt . *:th t 'li . that the country bad been too strongly imbued, te s - i '', l ald of philosophers the Anti-Corn-law League: A 41.Iter)--to be content with the motion of 'his Friend the Member for Gateshead. —(Laughter.) stead they ought to follow up the motion of his by demanding a repeal of the corn-laws ' . Ir* :t!teptiTT replied, alluding to the argument's used iittkitilresideut of the Board of. Trade, the Right lion. .1.4 10 t. 411 had stated that only a " microscopic quail 'is I tn. e °rn'' could he imported from the colonies. • thought 'toe k il „s -.ought there was the less ground for alarm 1,1, , , x 4 ,rt of the agricultural supporters of the Govern , n.,..7ith respect to the assertion that no corn pas to be. imported from Australia, it should be re : C . s; 1 ;,:° , that not many years ago it was said ' - L . 31.0 01 was likely to be imported into this .10,..ti t ' - '"Ora that colony, divided from us by fif e: %Lund miles of ocean ; yet . this country as k J ta r p 't a,a . imported from that country no less 01, 7 :'", ,9001bs. of wool. But what were they to think ,li t is of the Board of Trade who undertook to :taTl, E r_ i t s to human industry ?—(Hear hear.) All N7c; was that the Government would give the . ‘ I , - 56,, 6 'n opportunity of extending their sphere . of . pOe --.. It was their duty to legislate for the colonies l e 2 for this country, and it was the refore he corn-- 4 • o ralla k f the Noble Lord the Secret ar y for the Colo ' t t i'S :1 14 t reated this subject entirely as an En g lish ques ' ))•,2ke President of the Board of Trade said that the ' Ct :7ere not always in circumstances to be a ble to es_:-.. EJity - \','_; no country on earth was so ; no country could i t z's t ife blessed with plenty. But he maintained that tlilltlikst Speaking they were exporting coun tries. Colo 's sar infant state must of necessity import rather Port. Canada itself, from which so large a -Was derived, was once an impo rtin g colon y . Iti,r ~...-__,e r might be their decision, certa in it was the iLls'illd .not end here, and they would at some *lri`Y'regret their refusal in the latte r hoar of tin ' CA ,. S ePentance. - gtio,a era were ordered to withdraw, and the House •• • ', w hen there appeared— , s_'' • Poe the motion 47 Al t ' A • 44 .. gainst it . 117 ~,.. i tY against the motion -70 t Th e 7 IRES' IN TILE METROPOLIS. Earl ltla st , of LINCOLN moved for leave to bring in ai' t b k le Le - the better prevention of damage by lire. The ili s 'i ss etit ' "'A merely- moved - for leave to introduce it 1 4 , 3 4 6 ,.. t5 ting the prOvisionsavhich would come before . $i p .,0 ,..! 1 ? the future steps of the Bill.—Leave given. ilal'a g „,A---THE - LATE DR.: MORRISON. •stkz.th,t, - ,,_ 4 AUNTON rose 'for the purpose of submit kiss,_•-""qon of which he had given notice—" That Will, on an early clay, resolve itself into a, ta n ;:i,,g. i i, of the whole House to consider of fol tisoole I r ess to her Majesty ; that is to say, than an tle vfh 'r . ess be presented to her Majesty, praying to l l'„_ 4 4 ree '! the late Rev. DoctOr Morrison, and his 4 'lent yAtne late.• John Robert' Morrison, rendered t ,,,!wonic li ' l ic services in China, the former for a period tast_S, s it Y d ' i m years, and the latter for a period of nine 1 1 - lls in the fell a sacrifice to their severe ex sat tl 'e s es ti ,'" performance of their public duties ; and Fl his 4 e death Of the latter individual was pronounced tll s lbot4,,, u encY Sir Henry Pottinger, her Majesty's gei t titis o --- ,: 81 ',7 - in China, in a public proclamation on Dr i y"."atjei t '' °, his decease, ' a positive national calamity,' 4,.. 11 5i 0n Y be graciously pleased- to direct a suitable I ) ,",, tor y t o be made for the widow of the late Rev. C s 01 4 1. °i3 0n, and for the other surviving mem li:t th is 'family ; and to assure her Majesty , s- . is v. said h ,, H ouse . will make. good the same: ? ? ,sibili t ' was very sensible that he incurred - great re ',s,oissibt In making this appeal to the House. He risi tts fe that snch an appeal in favour of a private th;agro AA the.°ll light not to be lightly hazarded. He could . ouse that h e would not have undertaken t i. Llisi t. Ara.'lcl vlethat f he had nut the strongest con • t• this th-"eteZ of 8 ° strong acharacter, that it could o not be ~tosintio_avitliolit reflecting dishonour and discredit on ;" hsi n „,°- He could speak from his own personal ob .", while . sitl 4l4. be i i .. --e serving in China, of the facts, which it - .,. , 1 4 1 n eh t ad duty to submit to the House. The propo *r6. ' 'ith t° hiing ' forward was strictlyin accord it saki th e . -I.:____ , • had not adtruc ue e best precedents of their history. He '. Nis be en th any of those preeedents to show that ps is , e nt. 8 , . e policy of this country, when great and ,i•turtieci se v. had been performed, when thoSe who tars i t t uein hadsacrificed - I v o their lives to i the fa ) su i . assti _ survived them a claim on the gratitude of ‘ "" He •' , l 4 .i s tss, would shortly state the history of : a k a :ht,t):l-'stinguislied individuals whose case he iPttla s 'Olt forward. Dr. Morrison went to N ' t 1 04 ciri g in CZ as - •'• la , a minister of the Gospel. Or desire for emolument or employs ment; all he desired was, that he might be permitted to exercise his sacred functions without interruption. But he soon possessed himself -of information highly im portant to the East India Company, which he served most zealously for twenty-five years. At the same time, he Made no mercenary compromise with his own princi ple's. He did not abandon the sacred profession to which he had devoted his life, but continued, to his last moments, as he had begun—a minister of the Gospel. He united to the most ardent religious zeal the still more rare quality of sound sense and discretion; so much so, that he, was enabled to exercise those two offices without any . detriment being sustained by either of them. He had accompanied the Embassy of Lord Amherst to Pekin as interpreter, without receiving any special remuneration for his services. Dr. Morrison had accomplished two great literary works, to which he would shortly direct the attention of the House. The first was a most elaborate work. It was. a Chinese and English Dictionary.—(Hear, hear.) The East India Company had considered these works of so much im portance, that they had granted a sum of 10,0001. towards defraying the expenses of printing it in China. If it was of so much importance at the time that only one port was open to us in China, it became of tenfold importance when we had four new ports opened to our commerce and our enterprise, and that work was now in the hands of every individual who was desirous of availing himself of the improved state of our commercial relations with China. That alone gave him a strong claim upon the gratitude of his country.—(Cheers.) The other was a work, the value of which could not be estimated in a pecuniary or a commercial point of view, but it was a work which had acquired for Dr. Morrison great celebrity throughout Europe, and had earned for him the heartfelt gratitude and admiration of a great body of persons in this country—he meant the translation of the Holy Scriptures into the Chinese language.—(Cheers.) This work, he trusted, would, through the blessing of Provi dence, lay the foundation of the introduction of the bles sings of Christianity and civilisation into that immense territory, by enabling its inhabitants --constituting, as they did, one-third of the population . of the world—to read the word of God in theirown language.—(Cheers.) At the end of 25 years after Dr. 'Morrison had enteredr the service of the East India Company,. their charter expired, and Dr. Morrison would have been justified in retiring when he would have been entitled to a pension; there was at that time a fund frdm which that pension would have been payable ; and if he had died in their service his widow would have been entitled to a pension. At that critical moment, however, his services were considered indispensable, and be consented to transfer those services from the East India Company to the Crown without making any stipulations for himself whatever. The first act of Lord Napier, on his arrival in China, was to order Dr. Morrison to Canton, at an unhealthy season of the year, and when the Doctor was suffering from illness, to conduct that ill-advised nego tiation, to which he would not further allude. Dr. Mor rison fell a victim to the unhealthiness of the season in the course of a few days. Lord Napier followed him to the grave in about two months afterwards. He died in 'the performance of his public duties. He had lost his claim on the East India Company by the trans fer of his services to the Crown ; and by the abo lition of the fund from which that pension would have been paid. No specific allowance was made by the Government to his widow and family, but they did that which was equivalent •to the granting . of pensions ; at least it would have ben so, had Provi dence spared the life of the son, whom they appointed to the situation which had been held by his highly-gifted father. This young man, a lth o ugh at that time only twenty years of age, performed the duties which de volved upon him with singular ability and great zeal, but his bodily strength was not equal to the strength of his mind, and he had obtained leave of absence, for the pur pose of returnino . to England to recruit his health, when the seizure of the opium placed us in hostility with the Chinese, and, in consequence of the extraordinary crisis which then arose with regard to our relations with the Chinese, Dr. Morrison felt it his duty to forego his leave, and to remain in China. The war broke out, and the necessity .of having on the spot a secre tary who was acquainted, not only with the language, but with the habits and manners of the Chinese, became every day more important. Dr. Morrison, unfortunately for himself, but fortunately for his fame, and fortunately for the benefit of the English nation, remained. He lived to take an important part in the negotiations for the treaty of Nankin; and when it was recollected that Sir Henry Pottinger, although a man of great ability, was ignorant of the Chinese lan guage, the necessity of. having by his side a man like Dr. Morrison would be quite evident. When the treaty was concluded, there was a general feeling throughout the • whole of the Anglo-Chinese community that some honours and favours ought to be conferred on Dr. Mor riseni and Sir Henry Pottinger accordingly appointed him one of the Legislative Council of Hong-Kong. He was thus placed in a situation which would have enabled him to assist his father's family. He had while he lived remitted to them various small sums, and had given up the whole of his share of his father's patrimony to his sister. But while his family in England were c ongratulating themselves on his success, the cup of prosperity was suddenly dashed from their lips ; for, a few days after his appointment, he was seized with the fever of Hong-Kong, and fell a sacrifice to it.—(Hear, hear.) Sir Henry Pottinger had stated, in a proclama tion, that the loss of Dr. Morrison was a public and na tional calamity, and he trusted that it would be so felt by his Sovereign and his country; and in a private letter to him (Sir G. Staunton), Sir Henry Pottinger had said, speaking of Dr. Morrison, that no man living could sup ply his place.—(Cheers.) He submitted that he had made out a case for the consideration of the House. They were two individuals who had performed eminent services, who had sacrificed their lives in the cause of their country, and whose families, therefore, had a claim upon that country.—(Cheers.) He did not bring forward the case as one of destitution, except as far as regarded the sister of Dr. Morrison, who was residing at Newcastle, and who he understood was in a destitute state ; but with regard to the rest of the family, although not in a state of destitution, he considered that their means were totally inadequate to maintain them in the station which they ought to occupy.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving his resolu tion. Dr. Bowring and Sir John Hobhousc rose at the same time, for the purpose of seconding it. Dr. Bowring, however, gave way. Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE did not know if the forms of the House would permit the motion of the Hon. Ba ronet to be put without the consent of the Government. If they would, he begged to second the motion, for he could bear his testimony to the great and extraordinary services of Dr. Morrison.—(Cheers.) They had heard a statement of those services from the Hon. Baronet who. had just sat down • and, if there was any one gen • tleman in-that House, Who more than another was capa ble of justly - appreciating those services, it w as the Hon. Baronet.—(Loud cheers.) He had hoped that the Government would have found some way of expressing their opinion of the eminent sevices of these gentlemen. After what had fallen from the Hon. Baronet, he would not add one word more to the nature of those services ; but if any one had read the beautiful memoirs of Dr. Morrison, he would there see the c onsiderations which had induced him to continue in his useful—his charitable—he might add, his Christian career. .The mantle of the father had descended on the son ; and if the forms of the House would permit of it he hoped that the appeal which had been made to the Right Ilon. Baronet opposite, to the Government, and to the House, would not be made in vain. —(Cheers.) Sir ROBERT PEEL must, in the first place, admit, and he did so with the greatest pleasure, the justice of the eulogium which had been pronounced by the Right Hon. Baronet, and by . the Hon. Gentleman, on the cha racters of Dr. Morrison and his son. They had both rendered eminent public services. —(Cheers.) They had both been remarkable for the fidelity with which they had performed their duties—(Cheers)—and those two literary works of Dr. Morrison, the father, to which the Hon. Gentleman had alluded, were works, he must say, which in' the highest degree merited the public ap probation.—(Cheers.) Nothing could have been more agreeable to his own personal feelings than to have ac ceded to the motion ; but there were duties imposed upon public men, from 'the perform a n ce .of which they must not shrink ; and he would ask them to consider what must be the consequence of the interference of the House with the granting of pensions to. public ser vants. It had been the custom some years since to al low pensions to the widows and female relatives of those civil servants of the Crown, who had died in the per formance of a public duty, but that custom had, for some years past, been very properly discontinued.. No man could fill the situation which he, Sir R. Peel, filled without being aware, how many cases were constantly pressed by. the widows and relatives of public servants of the highest merit and distinction, whose petitions it was impossible to grant. In the whole range of re venue services no pension was allowed to the Widow or relative of the deceased officer, even though he died in the service of his country. In the case of a clerk in a public office, a man who had discharged his duty faith fully and assiduously for forty or fifty years, and who might die from over exertion in the discharge of these duties, notwithstanding these claims not a single farthing was allowed for his widow or rela tive. Parliament did not allow any provision for such persons. In the case of the army and navy the pension granted to officers who died in the public service was indeed very small, and the power very limited. Flag officers of the navy, after discharging their duty for many years, and who might have died in the service of their country, could only hope for a pension not exceed ing 120/. a year for their widows. In the case of a cap tain in the Marines who might die in action, the provi sion for his widow was limited to 2001. a year. In the civil service the clerks got liberal salaries, but• it was expected they would themselves make provision for their widows and families. If the House once departed from the course hitherto acted upon, and established a pre cedent such as the present motion, if carried out, would involve, they might depend upon it that they would find it very difficult to resist the numerous and powerful ap plications which would be constantly poured in upon them. The House must take a comprehensive view of the question and must look to the future. It became hi& ' duty to state to the House the circumstances of the present . ease, and if there were anything to warrant them in departing from . thgrseciaennotrtiii-g -nary usage. The Crown was not allowed more p t h e a n n s 0 1 n ,2 5 0 , O w t h a ic - y h e a was r at re con f s e e r n r t e d fo o r n t h l t e p r u a r r p y o as enfic ofd men, and with the greatest possible regard to real merit. He (Sir R. Peel) considered this allowance very scanty, but it was the allowance of Parliament to the. Crown, after mature and serious deliberation.—(Hear, hear.) Mrs. Morrison was the widow of Dr. Morrison, who died in 1834. She was not the mother of Dr. Mor rison who lately died in the performance of public duty in China. The only immediate relative was the sister, to whom the Hon. Gentleman had referred. Mrs. Mor rison was the widow of the father—the late Mr. Morri son was the son of a former wife. Mrs. MurOvn Was 0.1 s ir) .r i Ga. • already in the receipt of a pension of 2001. a-year, which had been conferred on her when the power of the Chi-nese establishment had been transferred from the East - India Company to the Imperial Government. She had been previously in the receipt of 1251. a-year from the East India Company. She was allowed 251. a-year each for the maintenance of her five children, which pension of 251. a-year would continue until these children reached the acre of eighteen years. The salary of the elder Dr. Morrison was 1,3001. a-year, and the salary of his son, who had lately died, 1,200/. a year, bat the East India Company and the Govern ment were of opinion, that the eminent services of those distinguished individuals, entitled their relatives to a liberal allowance. Mrs. Morrison was now in the re ceipt of 2001. a year herself, and 251. a year for each of her five children. Nor had the case of her family been overlooked by the Government. The Earl of Aberdeen • had appointed her eldest son to an Assistant-Secretary ship in China, of 1621. a year, lately increased to 3001, a year, and with a prospect of increase to 6001. a year. —(Hear.) Lord Aberdeen signified to Mrs. Morrison, that as soon as her second eldest son was fit for a situation he would be forthwith appointed to one with a competent salary. He thought he had con clusively shown that the Crown had not been in any way indifferent to the interests of the family of Dr. Mor rison, and he believed that if the rejected claims of the widows and relatives of several distinguished public ser vants were brought into comparison with the treatment of the family of Dr. Morrison, the contrast would be very favourable to the latter. The Government were anxious to assist the family of the late lamented gentle man to the best of their ability, but, notwithstanding that it gave him much pain to resist the motion, not only on the ground of a personal respect for the character of the lamented deceased; but of the eminent public ser vices he had rendered, still, filling the office he did, and recollecting the, pernicious and troublesome precedent such a concession would establish, he must resist the motion. ---------- Mr. LYNOSA.Y was understood to say that he would support the motion. Dr. Morrison was not only a bene factor to his country but to humanity, and after his immediate wants had been provided for by the East India Company, he established a college in Malacca, for the instruction of foreigners in the Chinese language. At the age of eighteen Dr. Morrison was appointed to act as interpreter to the East India Company, and most ably did he perform the duties of that situation. Few men possessed not only so good a knowledge of the Chinese language, but few were so thoroughly ac quainted with the feelings and habits of the Chinese people. He not not only acted as interpreter, but as the confidential friend of Sir H. Pottinger, and he hoped the Government would not overlook the claims of his widow. Sir G. STAUNTON replied. The only provision which Mrs. Morrison at present enjoyed was 2001. a year. This was irrespective of the salary of the son. He believed that the health of the son had suffered in China, and it was probable he was now on his way to this country. The prospect from this source was, therefore, not very cheering. He would how ever leave the subject in the hands of the Govern ment, confident that the Right Hon. Gentleman would do what was right. He would not press his motion to a division. Sir R. PEEL said that there were before him, at present, 100 cases of other widows, whose relatives performed important services to the country. Justice should be done to all parties as far as it was in their power. Mr. HINDLEY wished to know whether any lands would be appropriated by the Government for the Morri son College. Lord STANLEY said the subject was at present in the hands, of the Governor of Hong-Kong, and till he received his report he could not say anything upon it. The motion was then withdrawn. CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS. On the motion of Sir R. PEEL, the following Mem bers were nominated as the Select Committee on Con troverted Elections :—Lord John Russell, Lord Gran ville Somerset, Mr. Charles Buller, Mr. Wilson Patten, Sir George Grey, Viscount Sandon, The O'Conor Don, Mr. Pakington, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Hogg, Mr. Charles W ood, Sir William Heathcote, Mr. Loch, Mr. Wynn and Sir Thomas Fremantle. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Eleven o'Clock. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MARen 22. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord Forester, to appoint Edward Turet Carver, Esq., as one of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice Hamilton, who retires. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 26. The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Benvenuto Mathew, Esq., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Bahama Islands. WHITEHALL, MARCH 25. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Thomas Myles to the church and parish of Aberlemno, in the presby tery and county of Forfar, vacant by the transportation of Dr. John Crombie, late minister thereof, to the church and pa rish of Scone, in the presbytery and shire of Perth. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex. Samuel Platt, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, March 16. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Roxburghshire. Dumfries, Roxburgh, and Selkirk Regiment °Militia—J. Scott, Esq. (and not J. Scots, Esq., as inserted in the Gazette of Tuesday last), to be Captain, Feb. 16. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. Royal Gloucestershire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry— G. W. Blaythwayte, Esq. to be Major, vice Browne, promoted ; H. Barton, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Godsall, resigned March 20. WHITEHALL, MARCH 14. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Bennett Free land, Gent., of Steyning, in the county of Sussex, to be a Master Extraordinary in the Higk Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, Mi.acit 18. The Lord Chancillor has appointed William Way Buckell, Gent., of Newport, in the Isle of Wight, to be a Master Ex traordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, MARCH 22. The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Nathaniel Cart wright, of Dunstable, in the county of Bedford, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. - BANKRUPTS. ROBERT WEBSTER, victualler, Oxford-market, to sur render April 4, at eleven, and May 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, o ffi cial ass ignee; Ware, Blackman street, Southwark. WILLIAM GOLIGHTLY KELSON, builder, Canter bury, April 23, at half-past eleven, and May 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turguand, official assignee, Old Jewry Chambers ; Kirk, Symond's Inn. THOMAS ANDREW, victualler, Little Earl-street, Seven-dials, April 23, at one, and May 14, at half-put eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Cole man-street ; Ware, Blackman-street. WILLIAM LOTT, grocer, Ipswich, April 2, at eleven, and 30, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy ; Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Bell and Cu. Bow Church-yard. EDWARD LEVY and AUGUSTUS LEVY, fruit mer chants, Botolph-lane, City, April 2, and 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, o ffi cial assignee, Aldermanbury ; Brown and Martin, Mincing-lane. ISAAC ECKERSLEY, victualler, Liverpool, April 10, and May 7, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Cornthwaite and Adams, Doctors'- commons, London ; Cornthwaite, Liverpool. JEREMIAH WILLIAMS, flannel manufacturer, Newtown, Montgomeryshire, April 3, and May 3, at one, at the Liver pool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Sar gent, Norfolk-street, Strand, London; Owens, Newtown; Hughes, Llanidloes, Montgomery. JOSEPH RIDWAY, fringe manufacturer, Cheater, April 10, and May 7, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Barker, Manchester ; Fisher and Company, Aldersgate-street, London. JOHN WILDEY, jun., upholsterer, Nottingham, April 13, and May 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Lees, Nottingham ; Motteram and Giddey, Birmingham. ROBERT HITCHCOCK, miller, Taunton, April 11 and May 2, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter ; Terrell, Exeter ; Bailey, Shaw, and Co., Berners-street, London ; Coles, Taunton. SAMUEL BETTISON, wine merchant, Leamington Priors, April 12, and May 1, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Tibbs, Wrrwick ; White, Eyre, and White, Bedford-row, London. BENJAMIN POUNTAIN, wine merchant, Derby, April 4, and May 4, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Barker and Co., Mark-lane, London; Spurrier and Chaplin, Birmingham. NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY. W. Bell, grocer, Stockton, Durham. J. Bell, gardener, Norton, Durham. J. Bone, farmer, Rettendon, Essex. W. W. Groves, hatter, Gerrarcl-street, Soho. G. L. V. Grey, beer retailer, Leman-street, Goodman's-fields. J. Wilson, cabinet maker, Morpeth, Northumberland. T. Willcocic, bricklayer, Peter-street, Whitechapel. F. Eggleston, blacksmith, Keyworth, Nottinghamshire. R. Stott, Blackburn, Lancashire. J. Holloway, baker, Heston. M. Bette, farmer, TAandswcrth, Staffordshire. G. Revill, linen draper, Mitcham, Surrey. R. H. Morgan, coach maker, New Church-street, Paddington. W. Wainwright, post-o ffi ce clerk, Birmingham. G. Butler, plumber, Stanton St. John's, Oxfordshire. W. A. Locke, coal dealer, Manchester. J. W. Wood, Birmingham. B. B. Wilson, surgeon, Kendal, Westmoreland. A. Soulby, Blackwell. W. Hooper, cabinet maker, Bath. H. Burton, estate agent, Liverpool. J. Horsfall, beer seller, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. G. V. Rogers, surgeon, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. C. P. Poole, attorney-at-law, Pitt's-place, Old Kent-road. W. Shoobridge, farmer, Mayfield, Sussex. C. Cunningham, attorney, Natford-place, Marylebone. A. G. N. Maleeuronne . t e acherof French, Pntney. W. Mayler, publican, Chester. F. Crook,_ wine and porter agent, Great Maryle-bone-street. G. Wallis, saddler, Oxford. H. Tovey, coach lamp manufacturer, Bristol. J. Ingram, author, Greenwich. H. Mahomed, bath proprietor, Little Ryder-st., Westminster. W. Godwin, briendraper High-street, Stoke Newington. T. Thompson, farmer, Birmingham. F. Rumble, artist, Battersea. A. Jenkins, fishmonger, Ryde, Isle of Wight. H. Newman, bricklayer, Clapham-road, Surrey. D. Offord, cutler, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. E. Snell, chemist, Caistor, Lincolnshire. R. D. M'Manus, surgeon, Wilson-street, Gray's Inn-road. E. Boothroyd, innkeeper, Huddersfield. T. Hasler, japanner, East-street, Finsbury-market. T. Finley, sen , High-street, Newington-butts. W. Denniff, fruiterer, Sheffield. T. C. Varley, mattress-manufacturer, Sheffield. W. Crowther, cloth manufacturer, Calverley, Yorkshire. D. Long, clothier, Guiseley, Yorkshire. T. Newell, beerse ller, Calverley, Yorkshire. M. Snow, boarding - housekeeper, Liverpool. F. sCwh. Wells, so r nu carpenter, beeri s e n seller, licensed e i le Brewer's-green, r Fe wi s ehr- hs-ilggrl: victua ller, Thanet-at ., St. Pancras. E. Cooke, licensed victualler, Ma e s we bo no r r o emr ti e g set h set , rran Y hin o ir r so k te. s r h . ire. J. cp G ragdaw d ie i on n r,d i, , p so r m of a es ib s o r e of fencing, G p r r e i a n t ee M s- a s r t l r b e o e r t o . u A g i h ai - d st a ree -hi t il .. T. sre a aa c t, Southwark. S. Drew ,. cabinet J. Kibble, proctor's clerk, Peckham-grove , Cam b erwell. W. Bethwick, furniture broker, Tottenha m-court-r 1 . T. Standen, biscuit baker, blaatings. J. Neale, cabinet-maker, Walcot, Somersetshire. G. Cordrey, carman, Putney. S. Webster, Spring-place, Paddington. T. R. Downes, clerk, Victoria-cottage, Somors'-town. SECOND NOTICES. .1. Slade, carpenter, Bexley, Kent, April 16, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee. G. Eastwood, dealer in coins, Redcross-street, Cripplegate, City, April 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lacking ton, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings. F. Jerrald, bricklayer, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, March 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. J. Woods, baker, Colnbrook, Buckinghamshire, April 1, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee. T. Clinch, beer-retailer, Albert-place, City-road, April 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Clinch, official assignee. H. C. Carpenter, clerk, Coburn-row, Mile-end, April 1, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. C. T. Oliver, clerk, White Hart-court, Bishopsgate-street, April 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. G. Terry, saddler, Maidstone, April 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. R. Wightwick, journeyman carpenter, Maidstoae, April 1, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee. J. Marsland, weaver, Bradford, April 3, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee. T. Turnbull, grocer, Skipton, Yorkshire, 11Iarch 30, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee. I. Gwinnett, Ledhury, Herefordshire, April 3, at half-past twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee. T. Gregory, chemist, Macclesfield, Cheshire, March 30, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee. J. Haywood, clothier, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, March 30, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee. E. James, sen., cordwainer, Sheffield, March 30, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee. M. Whitaker, clothier, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, March 3 0 , at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. T. Curtis, butcher, Totten-street, Stepney, April 17, at twelve —T. Morris, builder, Hackney, April 26, at eleven —H. Southgate and W. M. Robertson, auctioneers, Fleet street, April 25, at twelve—J. Middleton, warehouseman, Bread-street. Cheapside, April 16, at half-past eleven—J. Mill, merchant, Crosby-hall chambers, Bishopsgate-street Within, April 16, at two—R. Graves, saddler, Edwards-street, Port man-square, April 16, at eleven—C. Robinson, oil merchant, Great Trinity-lane, April 17, at twelve. In the Country. T. and A. Templeton, silk manufacturers, Congleton, Cheshire, April 17, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court —G. T. Knowles, cotton spinner, Stockport, Cheshire, April 18, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—ll. Bourne, scrivener, Wolsingham, Durham, April 16, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—E. Hilton and N. Walsh, paper makers, Over Darwen, Lancashire, April 19, at eleven, at the Manchester District C ourt—H. Hilton, bleacher, Over Darwen, Lancashire, April 19, at eleven, at the Man chester District Court—D. Nicholson, hatter, Liverpool, April 17, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—C. Humberston and S. Frodsham, commission merchants, Liverpool, April 17, at one, at the Liverpool District Court—E. Cooper, E. P. Cooper, B. Cooper, and J. A. Cooper, clothiers, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, April 17, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court— O. Pidgeon, tobacconist, Shrewsbury, April 17 , at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. M. J. Dyke, innkeeper, Romsey, Hampshire, April 18—. N. T. Smith, jun., ship owner, Lime-street, City, April 18— R. Toulson, furnishing warehouseman, Westminster-bridge road, April 18—J. Ballard, brazier, Maidstone, Kent, April IB—C. Williamson, hosier, Regent-street, Westminster, April 16—T. Balls, iron merchant, Thames-street, April 16—G. Diack, furniture warehouseman, Regent-street, Piccadilly, April 27—1. T. Couchman, builder, High-street, Kensington, April 19—T. and T. P. Trapp, tallow chandlers, Church street, Southwark, April 19—R. Freeman, builder, Wisbeach, April 17—T. Sanders, shoe maker, Ramsgate April 17—R. Brown, butcher, Sunderland, April 16—H. M. Newton, vic tualler, Foolstone, Yorkshire, April 17—S. Billington, woollen draper, Birkenhead, Cheshire, April 16—T. Higginson, pawn broker, Liverpool, April 16—J. and R. P. Clarke, music sellers, Leeds, April Tildesley, timber dealer, Wol verhampton, April 19—W. Taylor, wool merchant, Saddle worth, Yorkshire, April 17 —W. Easthope, whitesmith, Shrewsbury, April 16—J. A shton, manufacturing chemist, Liverpool, April 16—G. Mitchell, tailor, Bury-street, West minster, April 16—H. J. Nixon, upholsterer, Great Portland street, Oxford-street, April 16 —C. D. Leeder, cattle dealer, Billingford, Norfolk, April 16—A. and W. Allen, drapers, South Shields, April 16—R. Evershed, timber merchant, Pul borough, Sussex, April 16—W. Havelock, corver, South Shields, April 16, PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Broadhurst,jun., and J. E. Broadhurst, merchants, Newark-upon-Trent, Nottinghamshire—J. Hudson and I. Hartley, worsted spinners, Bradford, Yorkshire—F. and H. E. Drayson, civil engineers, Faversham, I(ent —W. S. Toone and C. F. Robinson, wine merchants, King-street, Holborn—J Fownes and W. J. Keed, hatters, Coventry-street, Haymarket —W. Kelly and R. Scott, fancy hosiers, Leicester—F. Ber gonzi and J. Cerrito, general merchants, Billiter-street, Fen church,-street —C. Purdy and I. W. Manship, grocers, Mar tham,Norfolk—D. Cookson, R. Fletcher, and R. H. Yea, common brewers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (so far as regards D. Cookson) —M. Hayman, J. Fowler, and J. Lewis, tilers, Bristol (so far as regards M. Hayman)—T. Routledge, jun. , and R. Lucas, jun., terracotta manufacturers, Belvedere-road, Lambeth—H. Denson and J. M'Neill, wine merchants, Liver pool—A. D. lettomley and S. Shepard, agents, Gracechurch street—T. Trewell and A. Cross, grocers, St. Martin's-lane, Strand—E. Stead, M. Simpson, and E. Simpson, leather curriers, Leeds (so far as regards M. Simpson)—F. Chappuis and J. Lutostanski, engravers, Northampton-square, St. John street-road—E. Hatton and E. Sheaf, druggists, Bidferd, Warwickshire—H. Drinkwater and W. Hewlett, drapers, War wick—H. and M. Mayers, carvers and gilders, Leadenhall street—R. Stratton and J. A. Wilson, linen drapers, Co ventry-street, Westminster—J. Eyre, J. Greaves, and W. Ward, fender manufacturers, Sheffield (so far as regards J. Eyre)—J. Barraclough and E. Brown , worsted spinners , Bradford, Yorkshire—J. C. Hind and D. Brown, engravers, Manchester. gret at the result, and he trusted that if any of the gen tlemen whom he was addressing were resident in, or conected with the district in question, that they would do all that laid in their power to prevent such disgraceful proceedings in future. • JamesGadsden,2l, a young man of respectable appear • ante, and described in the calendar as a builder, was in dieted for stealing a mare, chaise, and harness, the pro perty of Thomas 4ay. Mr. Charnock conducted the prosecution. It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor is a livery-stable keeper, in the . Southwark-bridge-road, and in the beginning Of the month of February the prisoner went to the stable of the prosecutor, and represent ing himself to be Mr. North, a builder in the Cornwall-road, hired the mare, chaise, and har ness, for the purpose, as he said, of going to Greenwich. He did not return that night, but the next day he went again to the prosecutor, and said that the bad weather had prevented him from coming home as he promised, and he then produced some plans which, he said, referred to buildings he had in progress in the Kent-road, and that he wished to hire the horse and chaise for a month. The prosecutor told him he would notelet it to him unless he gave him some references, and he then went away, promising to bring the horse home at seven o'clock the same night. In quiries were then made, and it was ascertained that his story was false from beginning to end; and it was at length discovered that the horse and chaise had been placed in pawn with Mr. Jones, an auctioneer, in Leices ter•street, who had advanced the prisoner 121. upon it; and it appeared that he gave Mr. Jones a document, whereby he empowered him to sell all the property, un less the money was returned to him by a certain day. The prisoner in his defence declared that it was a bona-fide transaction, and that he wanted to have the horse for a month for the purposes of his business. Mr. Baron ALDERSON said, the only question for the jury was, whether the prisoner really intended to have the horse and chaise and return it, or whether the hiring was merely a device to get it into his possession in order that he might afterwards convert it to his own use. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty. Henry Stevens, 22, and Henry Grenville, 19, 'were charged with a burglary in the dwelling-house of Thomas Mickalls, and stealing some silver spoons, and articles of wearing apparel, his property. Mr. Banbury prosecuted, and Mr. Ballantine appeared for the prisoners. It appeared from the evidence, that the prosecutor is a watchmaker at Reigate, and on the night of the rob bery, he went to bed about eleven o'clock, having previ ously ascertained that all the doors were properly secured. He was awoke in the night by hearing a noise in the house, and he went down stairs, but finding the street-door safe, he again went up to bed. In a short time he saw a light shine up the staircase, and heard the footsteps of men on the stairs, but upon his calling out " Who's there ?" the light was extinguished , and he heard the men make off. On going down stairs he found the lower part of the house had been ransacked, and a good deal of property taken away; and it appeared that the thieves had left a hat behind, and also part of a centre bit. The prosecutor gave an alarm immediately, and proceeded, in company with a constable, named Wickman, in pursuit of the thieves. Upon ar riving at the Black Horse, on Reigate-hill, they came up with the prisoners, one of whom was without a hat, and had a black silk-handkerchief tied round his head, and also carrying a bundle. Upon the constable and the prosecutor coming up both prisoners darted off, at the same time throwing down a bundle, which was found to contain a coat that had been stolen from the prosecutor's house. They were pursued, and both of them eventually secured, one of them in a wood, lying upon his face. When before the Magistrates at Reigate one of the prisoners said he knew nothing about the robbery ; and the other said that as they were walking along the road they met two strange men, one of whom borrowed a hat of him, and gave him the property, which turned out to be stolen, in exchange. The jury found both prisoners Guilty. MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Leicester, March 25. (Before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL.) Joseph Lakin, aged 16, was indicted for having maliciously and feloniously, on the 21st of February last, at Sheepshead, in this county, set fire to a stack of wheat straw, the pro perty of John Harriman. It appeared that a very few minutes before the stack was, by several persons, seen to be in a blaze, three witnesses s aw a boy whom they believed to be the prisoner go to the gate of the stable-yard, and open it and walk through, and then proceed in a cautious and fearful manner to open an inch or so at a time the door which led immediately to where the stack was, and go through. They presently saw the blaze above all the houses, and hastened to the spot, and saw the same boy running away. The defence was, that the prisoner had never been in the yard at all, and the only question was, whether or not the witnesses might be mistaken in the iden tity. None of them spoke with any very great degree of positiveness or certainty, though they appeared to be them selves convinced. The jury gave the prisoner the benefit of the doubt to which he had referred, and returned a verdict of Not Guilty. His LORDSHIP then told him that he had had a very nar row escape. He would not allow the belief that he was guilty, when the jury had said that he was not, but they had taken a very merciful view of the evidence, and he advised the prisoner to be very careful for the future not to be again placed in such imminent danger. Had the jury.found a dif ferent verdict, which he thought the evidence would well have justified them in doing, he should have felt it his duty to have transported him for very many years. (Before Mr. Baron GURNEY.) • Trilliam Beckworth, aged 28, and Reuben Waldrom, aged 20, were charged with being out on the 29th of February, about the hour of eleven at night, entering with divers persons un known into a close in the occupation of Benjamin Hill, to take• game. Richard May, a gamekeeper to Mr. Flood, of Bardon park, proved. he was on duty on the morning of the Ist of March. Observed some men go by his house late at night and, suspecting they were poachers,' he got up, calling other men to his assistance. Got into a field, called the Town close, when they saw six men, who appeared to be about to set nets. As he advanced, the poachers began to threw stones. The prisoner Beckworth:threw one that hit the prosecutor on the breast. He had a stick also, with which he struck May a fearful blow on the head. Another witness identified Wal drom as being one of the party who assisted in beating the prosecutor. Beckworth was taken on the spot. Waldrom escaped, hut was afterwards taken. A previous summary conviction by the magistrates was proved against Beckworth, who was sentenced to fifteen months' imprisonment and hard labour, and Waldrom was sentenced to twelve month's im prisonment and hard labour. Thomas Kirby, aged 35 ; Thomas Rodwell, aged 23 ; Joseph Rodwell, aged 22 and John Porter, aged 33, were charged with having, on the 25th of November last, assaulted John Laxton and James Farley, with intent to do them grievous bodily harm. Mr. Macaulay prosecuted, and Mr. White defended. . Laxton, one of the watchers on Mr. Hartoffe's estate, at Burton Lazors, proved being out with Jomes Farley on the morning in question, between six and seven. They saw five men and two dogs; oneheing a very light one, and what they call a snap dog. One of the men had a bag on his shoulder, which Laxton touched, thinking it contained game or nets. An assault was immediately commenced upon him, and he was beaten about the head until he became insen sible, and was smothered with blood from the head to the feet. •Two of the prisoners were positively sworn to as being of the party of five on the morning in question. The other two men were seen, in company with Kirby and one of the Rodwells, coming in a direction from the spot in question. Mr. WHITE admitted their identity, but contended the as sault would not have taken place had not Laxton, in the first instance, touched the bag on Kirby's shoulders. They were found guilty, and sentenced to twelve months' -nprisonment each, and hard labour. IRISH ASSIZES. TIPPERARY (NORTH—Nenagh, March 22. WILFUL MURDElL—Jeremialt Leary and John Cooke, two very young men, w ere indicted for the wilful murder of John Nowlan, on the 9th :of June last, by a person named Mi chael Moylan giving the fatal blow, and that the prisoners' were aiding. Mr. BREWSTII/t, Q.C., stated the case—The unfortunate deceased was the servant of a Mr. Burrowes, a salesmaster in Dublin, who was in the habit of sending up stock from a farm he had in the country. Nowlan had been in his em ployment for more than twenty years ;. to him was entrusted the duty of coming to Dublin with stock, and it was his habit to arrive in town on Thursday, returning home again on Friday. In June last the deceased went up to Dublin with a number of sheep, and it would appear that on Friday, the 9th of June, he was on his return from Dublin. When he arrived at Roscrea, about six in the evening, he went into the house of a woman named Jenkins, to procure some refresh ment. After some delay he left her place, and eventually took his departure from Roscrea, on his way to Dunkerrin. On his way lie was seen on the road by a witness who would be produced ; and about the same time, or shortly before, a man named John Ford, who had been dressing a lime-kiln, saw a person lying inside a ditch very near the place where the murder was subsequently committed. There were on the left-hand side of the road, proceeding from Roscrea to Dun kerrin, two stiles leading up to a townland called Rathna vogue, an old one and a new one ; and on the evening of the murder a girl called Bridget Maher, who had been in Roscrea, left it about eight in the evening, going towards Dunkerrin. She had to pass the two stiles which led to Rathnavogue, and as she came up she saw two men inside one of the stiles. It would also appear that a female named Jane Ilodgens met one of the prisoners (Cooke) coming from Dunkerrin towards the place a short time before the commission of the deed ; and much about the same period a woman, named Mary Claven, passing in an opposite direction from Dunkerrin towards RoScrea, saw the same party who had been seen by Jane llodgens ; as she came along before him to the stile, the new one, she was passed by John Cooke, and he had then a cap on his head, and trailed a white stick on the ground. When this woman arrived at the stile, she observed two men standing inside of it, as if on the watch for some person, and one of them was John Cooke. After she had passed the stile, Mary Claven met Michael Moylan, the person tried at the last assizes. She was well acquainted with him at the time. It would further appear that, upon the evening of the day in question, a man named Thomas Cahill, who had been for upwards of a year before residing in Rath navogue with his mother-in-law, left that place with his wife, intending to take up his residence at Roscrea with his father, and while he sent off his furniture on an ass and cart, driven by his brothers, he and his wife proceeded a little after eight o'clock in the evening across the fields by the path which led to the stiles, close to which the deceased was murdered. They had reached within about five perches of the new stile, and it was :then nearly as light as day, when they heard a sound like the rapping of the stones along the road, a little towards their right, in the direction of Roscrea. Cahill ran up to the stile, in consequence of the noise, and looking down into the road ho saw three men at the distance of five perches, standing over another, who had been brought to the ground. On looking towards them, they had their at tention attracted to Cahill, and they then ran away. Two of those men he had known before, and he would positively prove their being Moylan (who was tried at the last assizes), and the prisoner Leary, but as to the third he could not swear positively, he being stooping over the body. Several witnesses were examined for the prosecution, whose testimony directly implicated the prisoner Cooke only material evidence against the other prisoner was that of ' the witness named Cahill. Judge BALL charged the jury in an able and very feeling address. The jury, having been loc ked up for some time, came out, and the foreman intimated that one gentleman wished to ask Cahill's wife a question. Mr. Hassard objected, in a case of so much importance, to giving any consent to have a Witl}o63 recalled, and SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JAMES DEWAR, cabinet maker, Edinburgh, April 3 and 24, at two, at the chambers of J. Souter, Edinburgh. THOMAS BOAG and CO., merchants, Glasgow, April 1 and 25, at one, at the chambers of Drew and M'Clure, Glasgow. WILLIAM MATTHEWS, jun., and JAMES KEITH, leather merchants, Aberdeen, April 1 and 22, at two, at the chambers of A. and J. Webster. WILLIAM HARKNESS, judges'-robe keeper, Edin burgh, April 2 and 23, at twelve, at the chambers of Cairns and Moffatt, Edinburgh. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 26. The House sat to-day to hear writs of error and ap peals. The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and. Lord Campbell. THE STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON RAILWAY COMPANY V. BARRETT. This case carne before their Lordships upon a writ of error from the Court of Exchequer Chamber, affirming upon a writ of error there a judgment given in favour of the defendant, in error, by the Court of Common Pleas upon an action for money for the carriage of coal along certain parts of the line of the railway from Stockton upon-Tees. The arguments occupied their Lordships the whole day, and the House postponed its judgment in conse quence of the absence of the Lord Chancellor, who, it was understood, was obliged to attend a Cabinet Council. SHERIFF'S COURT, GREENWICH. Yesterday, Mr. Frances, the Under-sheriff for Kent, held a Court at the Greyhound Tavern, Greenwich. MARTIN V. BONE. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a re spectable' tradesman in Gravesend, against the defendant, who is a person of independent property, to recover damages for defamation of character. The damages were laid at 1,0001., and judgment had been allowed to go by default. Mr. Home, for the plaintiff, in a very forcible address to the jury, stated the facts of the case, from which it appeared that the defendant had accused the plaintiff of being in the habit of committing the most foul and unnatural crimes. After hearing the evidence, which is unfit for publication, the address of the defendant's solicitor, and the summing up of the Learned Under-Sheriff, The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff —Damages 2001. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT, Kingston, March 26. The Commission for the county of Surrey was opened on Monday. There was no Winter Assize in this county, and the criminal business is, therefore, rather heavy ; there being forty prisoners for trial. On the Civil Side, seventy causes are entered, five of which are to be disposed of by special juries. Both Courts were opened this morning for the dis patch of business. The Lord Chief Justice presiding on the Civil Side, and Mr. Baron Alderson in the Crown Court. CROWN 'COURT. The grand jury having been sworn, Mr. Baron ALDERSON proceeded to address them. and he observed that there were only one or two cases on the calendar that would require any observations to be made by the Court respecting them. The first he would allude to was, a charge which they must all ap proach with the utmost anxiety, in which a person was charged with murder, and it appeared that the offence, whether amounting to murder or not, arose out of a struggle with per sons employed for the preservation of game. He had always felt it to be his duty in every case where persons were accused of attacking or resisting gamekeepers, to make a very broad line between resistance to lawful authority and a mere act of poaching, and he should feel that he had not done his duty if he did not draw a great line between such cases, and that the blood of those who fell in such conflicts would, to a great extent, be upon. his head if he did not punish with the full severity of the law persons who were clearly convicted of re sistance to lawful authority in Such cases. In the pre sent instance the question for the jury to consider was, whether the deceased met his - death through the resistance of the.Paity accused to the lawful authority which he exercised, and no matter what might have been the character of the struggle which took place, if the jury. believed that the prisoner caused the death in resisting the laWful acts of the game _keeper, • the offence would amount to murder. If, however, it should appear that the deceased had ex ceeded his authority, or that he had used threats towards the prisoner, which the law would not justify, in that case the offence would not amount to murder. His Lordship observed that it appeared by the depositions that certain threats had been made use of, and he said that it was not competent for persons, in the situation of game-keepers, to make threats of violence, and to kill persons .whom they.might Consider guilty of an offence ; but if it should appear that these expressions were merely wade Use of during the struggle, he was of opi nion that the • offence would still amount to murder. His Lordship then said he regretted to see by the calen der that'a charge of a most disgusting character was at tributed•to certain • inmates of an establishment, where, above atl OthUts, he'thought good order ought to be kept , viz., a union workhouse ; but he felt compelled to say that, in •the.present instance, it had been the scene of the groSseSt . profligacy, Whether this arose from any error in. the management of the establishment, of course he was =able to say, but he could only express his re .. Judge PALL intimated that the gentlemen must come to a conclusion on the case as it wds then before them. _ . At the adjournment of the Court, the jury, not having agreed, were locked up. At ten o'clock at night the jury again came out, and the foreman said there was not tie least hope of Their coming to an agreement if they remained in for a month. Judge BALL—It is not in my power to discharge you. Foreman—l am sure your Lordship would not wish us to be coerced into finding a verdict. Judge BALL—I do not wish any such thing, but the law coerces me. Foreman—At previous assizes I have known the judges to discharge a jury after they had been locked up for a night. Judge BALL—WeII, gentlemen, I am now obliged to tell you what I was not anxious to mention sooner, that just before the circuit the Judges met, and came to the determi nation that whatever the practice may have been in parti cular instances hitherto, they were not warranted in dis charging a jury, morely because that, after being in for a considerable time, they were not then enabled to agree. Upon looking more accurately into the law, they have come to the determination that it was not within the power of the Judges, merely because for a considerable time there is no apparent prospect of a jury agreeing, that they may be dis charged. That decision having been come to, and acting upon the rule so laid down, it is not within the compass of my power to transgress the law. lam sorry to subject you to any inconvenience, but I am bound to administer the law under the solemn sanction of an oath. Mr. Young, one of the jurors, stated that he was very ill during the day, and further confinement would be dangerous. Judge BALL—That is quite a different matter, and 1 shall send in a medical gentleman to examine you. • Dr. Quin than retired into the room with Mr. Young, and on his returning, having been sworn, deposed that to keep Mr. Young until Monday morning would be attended, most probably, with dangerous consequences to his health. March 23. The jury were called out after Judge Ball had taken his seat, and his Lordship inquired if they had agreed ? The foreman intimated that they had not, nor was there the least hope of their doing so. Judge BALL observed, that very often those who were quite as clear as to their not being able to agree, after deliberation, were enabled to return a verdict. The foreman—There is not the least hope here. Judge BALL—Then, I have only to request of you to return to your jury-box. The foreman said, lie was • treasurer of the Savings' Bank, and the public would be very seriously inconvenienced if he had to remain in all day. Judge BALL—I am very sorry for it ; but you have here a more paramount duty to discharge, and I regret to say it is not in my power to discharge you. The jury intimated that they had long since agreed as to the verdict to be given with respect to one of the prisoners. Judge BALL said he did not see any objection to taking their finding in the case in which they had agreed, and dis charging them as to the other. Mr. Sausse remarked there could be none. Mr. Hassard, who was present, made no observation. The jury gave no finding as to Jeremiah Leary, but returned a verdict of guilty against John Cooke. The scene at this moment was very impressive, and, amid the utmost stillness, the Clerk of the Crown asked the pri soner what he had to say why sentence of death and execu tion should not be passed against him. The young man bent over the bar for a moment, as if con vulsed with grief, but then became quiet, and merely said, " I am not guilty." Judge BALL, addressing the prisoner, said he had been found guilty of an offence of the deepest dye, after a long and anxious deliberation by the jury.. He had been found guilty of the barbarous murder of an innocent and unoffend ing man, and upon evidence which showed that he had ex ercised a degree of savage ferocity at which human nature shuddered. Under all the circumstances no hope could be held out to him of a remission of the penalty which the law awarded to his offence. His companion in guilt had already expiated his crime by an ignominious death, and for the short time the prisoner had to live, he ought to pass it in sueh a manner as to appear in the presence of his Maker, im ploring that pardon which the law denied him here. His Lordship then sentenced the prisoner to be hanged on a future day to be named. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET Very considerable excitement was caused in the immediate neighbourhood of this Court, and a vast crowd of persons assembled in front of the office, in consequence of its being known that the examination of a set of gamblers would take place. It appears that the capture of them was not effected without much tact and stratagem. Mr. Superintendent Baker of the C division, accompanied by a strong body of the police, proceeded last evening between eight and nine o'clock, and, in pursuance of an order from the Commis sioners, effected an entrance into the house No. 16,the corner of Leicester-place and Leicester-square, where, after much difficulty and confusion, they succeeded iu taking into cus tody twenty-eight persons, amongst them the owner of the premises, and three persons aiding and assisting him in the conducting and management of the house. They also seized the bank, amounting to about 111., a roulette table, hazard ditto, 535 bone counters, seven money rakes, three bank boxes, and various other gambling implements. The house has long been an intolerant nuisance to the neighbourhood. John Harlowe, John Lang, Louis Bernard, a Frenchman, and Luke Brown, were first placed at the bar; Harlowe being charged as the owner and keeper of the house, and the others with aiding, assisting. &c. Harlowe was defended by a gen tleman from the office of Mr. Flower of Hatton-gardon. Harlowe at present stands indicted at the Middlesex Ses sions for a similar offence. The charges were conclusively proved against the defendants by Mr. Horsford, the principal officer of the Mendicity Society, who was expressly em ployed by the Police Commissioners on the occasion, and who on a previous evening obtained admission into the house in disguise, and was consequently enabled to establish against each of the plaintiffs the particular acts which he witnessed, while the play was proceeding, during the time he remained in the house. Harlowe was tined 50/., or three months' imprisonment in Westminster Bridewell and hard labour. The others were amerced in 25/. each, or six weeks' Imprisonment. Some of the remaining defendants, charged with having been found in the house without lawful excuse, were fined 405., or fourteen days' imprisonment, and the rest were discharged. The fine imposed on Harlowe was immediately paid, as were also several of the others in the course of the day, About a fourth of the whole number, not being able to mus ter the amount required, were sent to gaol in pursuance of their sentence. THE NAPIER FAMILY. Dashing and clever fellows, and alert alike with sword and pen, are these Napiers, one and all of them. There is the stout Commodore, who, since he was the bulk of a midge or a middy, has kept before his eyes Westminster Abbey and a duke dom, and who, by doing so, has become at least already a count and a hero. There is the General, conqueror of Sinde, and a true chip of the same block, as his deeds show. There is the Colonel, among a hundred rivals, as yet, and ever to be, the historian, par excellence, of the great Peninsular wars. And here is a scion of the same stock, .a Lieutenant-Colonel, whom the family energy has spirited on to expend his leisure hours, in many a distant land, in the warfare of the chase, sometimes rendered pretty serious business by the objects of it being tigers, wild-boars, and others of your " fearful wild-fowls," disposed on occasion to die real "game." We might mention others, too, that are note-worthy among these now extant Napiers. Napiers, do we say ? Perhaps the word should rather be Scotts. The fathers of the gallant men alluded to branched off from the common parent tree of Merchiston, hut whether or not they did so after it had been grafted upon the stem of Thirlestane, is what we are in some doubt about. To speak more plainly, the pro per paternal name of the baronial house of Napier, since the commencement of the eighteenth cen tury, has been Scott, Sir Walter Scott of Thirles tane having then married the heiress of the Napiers ; and it is hinted in the Life of Sir Walter Scott, that the Lords Napier now represent the male line of the house of Scott, the Buccleuch branch being descended from a female. The meaning of this genealogical gossip is, that these heroic modern Napiers of ours, besides sharing the blood of the illustrious inventor of the logarithms , are probably the true representatives of the bold border-riders who "rose from Branxholm readily" in the days of old. Queen Elizabeth once asked the chief of the Scotts how he dared to break into her dungeon-for tress of Carlisle. " What is there, Madam, that a man may not dare ?" was the reply. That sort of ancestry would well fit the victors of Acre and Sinde. —Scotsman. • [The preceding notice refers to Colonel Napier's " Scenes and Sports in Foreign Lands," and gives on the whole a correct genealogy of the Napiers. The • author of the work, however, does not belong to that ' family ; but has been adopted by Sir Charles Napier, and is the son of his wife by a former marriage.] GATHERINGS EXTRAORDINARY. A venerable pair, man and wife, and both highly respectable people, died lately in Galloway, within a day of one another, whose effects, if brought to sale, would furnish matter for one of the most curious ca talogues that was perhaps ever submitted by an au tioneer to the attention of the public ; and we can easily imagine how our crack artiste in that line, Mr. George Dunbar, would luxuriate over so unique an employment. Amidst the popular reports abroad on the subject, it is difficult to arrive at the exact truth ; but, as we have taken some pains to inquire into the facts of the case , th e following will be found a close approximation :—Deposits of silver coin, secreted in places where no one would have ever dreamed of look ing for such arttcles ; one parcel, carefully wrapped in a piece of rag, .found in the corner of a lumber drawer ; others in paper crammed into an old bas ket, or hid in outhouses, or some equally unpromising corner. These coins appear to have been shut out from the light of day for a number of years, from the different values they represent, such as Is. 6d., Is. 3d., 2s. 6d., and 55., and had become, in conse quence, not only tarnished, but nearly as black as soot itself. There were also gold coins, foreign as well as British, of very small values up to 51., with a great variety of different articles, the fancy of the party appearing to have been to have a something of everything. Of these let the following specimens suffice : Eight richly ornamented riding. whips, 18 unbroken pieces of linen, 30 pairs of good sheets, 20 dozen of towels, about '250 rich coloured silk handkerchiefs, three dozen thimbles of divers metals, 30 pairs of scissors, and one gold pair ditto, 100 pair of silk stockings, 30 gowns (made and unmade), 16 women's bonnets, a lot of shoemakers' waxed threads, with bristles attached, coffin-lacing, and a great number of bottles of wine and spirits of all qualities. Part of these were found in an old tea-chest, supposed to contain nothing but rubbish; but when the assistant to a professional gentleman, engaged in inventorying the effects, was directed to throw it out, he drew freak their hiding. places seventeen bottles of wines and spirits, some of the former Champagne. But there was an endless army of other nick-nacks, an enumeration of which would occupy too much space, if not exhaust the patience of the general reader. The husband, in this case, was a great pigeon-fancier for many years, and possessed a very large col lection of these birds, which he regularly fed and cleaned with his own •hands, and which in cluded nearly all the varying breeds known in the world ; and, although a lengthened period has inter vened,we still recollect him pointing out a curious fact in natural history—viz., that every time the turtle-dove COOS, it lifts its right foot. And that such is lite rally the fact, was proved by ocular demonstration. He had also a number of fine canaries ; but all his feathered favourites had been dispersed, since his death, among friends and acquaintances residing within the locality which knew him so long and well, but shall now know him no more. Many of the doves were exceedingly beautiful, and even valu able to persons desirous of forming a collection on an extended scale.—Dumfries Courier. LITERATURE. --- DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF MSS. AND SCAIWE BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY OF SAINT JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. Deighton, Cambridge, 1844. • It would be unjust to the merits of a skilful and erudite work to confound this Catalogue with the generality of such productions ; it is no mere mecha nical enumeration of the manuscripts and scarce books contained in the library of St. John's, such as any one can draw up who can count ten on his fingers, and has sufficient. patience for the task ; but the au thor, the Rev. Mr. Cowie, attaches to the name of each work such biographical particulars as it was possible to obtain respecting its writer, together with information concerning the period at which it was composed, or supposed to be composed. Great labour and extensive research were, of course, necessary in order to enable Mr. Cowie to amass these various facts—more especially as many of the writers in ques tion have been forgotten centuries since—but he has not been startled by the difficulties of his task, but has executed it with a diligence, an ingenuity, and a zeal, that we fear never will be appreciated as they deserve to be. We would gladly see a gentlemen of his in dustrious habits and scholarly acquirements, engaged on a more original work, for knowledge such as he evidently possesses ought not to be restricted to the compilation of catalogues. We subjoin a few of his notes, and comments. Referring to a curious old folio vellum MSS. presented by Dr. Home to the College, he furnishes us with the following brief par ticulars respecting the donor :—" This was Dr. Horne, Bishop of Winchester, from 1560 to 1579. Wharton mentions an instance of his zeal for learning. In 1570 he enjoined the minor canons of his cathedral to get by memory every week one chapter of St. Paul's Epistles in Latin; and this formidable task was actu ally repeated by some of them before the Bishop, Dean, and Prebendaries, at a public episcopal visita tion of the Church." Attached to a small MSS. by Anthony Fitzherbert, " De Naturet Brevium," we find this interesting note :—" Anthony Fitzherbert, in the reign of Henry VIII., born at Norbury, in Derbyshire. He was at Oxford, but it is not known at what College, nor at what Inn of Court he re sided. He was a Sergeant in 1511. In 1523 he be came a Judge of the Common Pleas. A remarkable thing is told of him, that, foreseeing the distribution of Church lands among the laity, he made his chil dren promise that they , would neither accept grants, nor make purchases of, abbey lands. He wrote man? other works besides the present. He died in 1538 .' We subjoin one more note, which is affixed to a " vellum MSS., beautifully written, with illumina tions," and which once belonged to Bishop Nykke : —" The Bishop's name mentioned as on the fly-leaf, is most probably Richard Nix, of Norwich, who died in 1536. He was the Bishop that punished the poet Skelton, for his buffooneries in the pulpi t, and his satirical ' ballads against the mendicants. Anthony Hood says, Skelton was punished by the Bishop for having been guilty of crime's, as most poets are. If Library Catalogues were drawn up in the manner in which Mr. Cowie has drawn up the one before us, they might be rendered very amusing and instructive works. CORONER'S INQUEST. Mr. Baker, the coroner, and a jury assembled at the New Globe Tavern, Mile-end-road, to inquire into the circumstances attendant on the death of George Purley, aged one year and ten months, who was drowned by its wretched mother on Sunday night, in the Regent's Ca nal, and for which offence she now stands charged. The first witness called was Mr. Thomas Gardener, who had acted with such promptitude and humanity in receiving the mother, and endeavouring to resuscitate the deceased; but his evidence scarcely differed from that given by him before the magistrate at Lambeth street on the day before, and which appeared in The Sun of yesterday. The next witness was Henry Cotton, K 361, and his evidence was also similar to that which has appeared. Sergeant Harrison, K 15, deposed that he was at the station-house on Sunday evening, when the mother of the deceased had been brought there, and she then coin - plained of great distress of mind. He then cautioned her against saying anything in his presence which might have a tendency to injure her, as he should have to re peat it in another place, and it would be used in evidence against her. She replied that she might as well tell him as anybody else, and then proceeded to state that her distress was brought on by the ill-usage she and her children had received at Bethnal-green Union; that her child was all over sores, and that his head had been shaved as often as five times, and that sooner than re turn to the workhouse she would rather die, or remain in a prison. She also said that she had thrown herself into the water, and that she wished they had left her alone to go with her child, for that in that case her suf ferings would be at an end. She said the child's name was George; and that his father, who was a hair dyer, was dead about two years. She further admitted that she had been a married woman, but that her husband had been transported, fifteen years ago, for " defacing (1. e. sweating) the current coin, and that she subse quently resided with the father of her two children. Mary Bullen the wife of a sailor residing at No. 2, Bath-street, Spitalfields, deposed that she had known the mother of the deceased for some years, from her living with a man named Charles Blackett, who was the father of her two children. On Wednesday last she came to her (witness's) house with her two chil dren, and remained there until Sunday morning, when she went out, taking the deceased with her. She com• plained of the treatment she experienced at the Bethnal green Union-house, and frequently declared that rather than return there both herself and her children should have a watery grave. She (the mother of the deceased) admitted having received a trifle from the guardians at the workhouse, but said she had been robbed of it soon after. On Sunday morning she (witness) gave Mrs. Purley a cup of coffee, she herself being without the means of getting anything for breakfast, and she then talked about drowning herself and her baby, and soon after left the house with the deceased in her arms. The witness in conclusion said that the second child, which was in an adjoining room, was in a very bad state, having a great number of sores on its head and different parts of its body. Mr. New, a surgeon, gave it as his decided opinion that the deceased had died from drowning. The CORONER was here about to sum up the evidence, when the master of Bethnal-green Workhouse requested to make a few remarks. He said that the mother of the deceased and her two illegitimate children had been admitted into the workhouse on February, 1843, and remained there until last Wednesday, when she was discharged, at her own request. He was, he said, pre pared with ample proof that, while in the workhouse, she and her children had been treated with the greatest kindness • that the guardians, on her leavi n g , had g iven her all she requested ; and that, in fact, there was not a word of truth in what she had stated. He also said he would be able to prove, by several witnesses, that the mother of the deceased had frequently expressed her fixed determination to destroy this child. The CORONER, in summing up, clearly defined the case, and the jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against the mother. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. NOTICE TO MARINERS. The following has been received at Lloyd's from the Sicilian Consulate-General : " NAPLES, FEB. 29.—Upon the mole of the fort facing the sea at Brindisi, at the height of 123 palms, equiva lent to 32.54 metres above the level of the sea, there has now been established a light-house illuminated in the ancient manner. The latitude is 40 deg. 39 min. 17 sec. north, the longitude 15 deg. 37 min. 57 sec. me ridian of Paris, and 3 deg. 42 min. 50 sec. meridian of the Royal Observatory at Naples. This new light has been lighted since the 20th of January last." Mr. LEVER'S NEW WORK, entitled " ARTHUR O'LEARY ; his Wanderings and Ponderings in Many Lands," is, we understand, to be published immediately. Of all the popular writers whose productions have hitherto appeared in a periodical and detached form, the author of "Harry Lor requer," and " Charles O'Malley," is certainly the one whose dashing sketches are most adapted for a continuous perusal, and his admirers will be doubtless glad to learn that in this instance, they will not have to wait, month after month, for a portion of the story ; but that it will be placed in their hands in a complete shape, in a volumes, with, for the first time, the illustrations of the inimitable George Cruikshank. " Arthur O'Leary," we hear, is likely to be considered the most lively and diverting - of all Mr. Lever's works, as his hero's " wanderings" extend to France, Belgium; Germany, and various other regions; where he makes acquaintance with, and introduces to his readers, a greater number of original and humorous characters than have ever before been encountered by the Lorrequers, O'Malleys, Burkes, and other erratic personages, whose " wanderings and ponderings" Mr. Lever has alreadi so amusingly and successfully chronicled. The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges the receipt of 15/., sent to him by some person unknown, t be added to the funds of the Exchequer. The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges the receipt of two sovereigns, to be applied "to the use of the nation," and forwarded to him by some person unknown. ERRATUM.--In our list of presentations at her Majesty's Drawing-room, yesterday, for " Mrs. i Gisborne, o f Fentland, by the Duchess of Buccleuch," read " Mrs. Gibsone 1