The Sun. — London, England, 1847-03-11 00:00:00

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Poßrsmorni, MA 10.—The Earl of Auckland, First Lord of the Sir Admiralty ; th e E ar l o f pi n t o , L or d P r i vy S ea l ; Charles Ogle, B ar t., C omtnau d er -in-Chief; Captain Milne, of the St . `' incept; and Flag-Lieutenant C dlier, after visit ?ng the Rattler seam-sloop yesterday afiernoon, and inspect lng the accommodations made for Lord Howden and suite, visited the dock in which the Sphynx is being examined, where the state of the vessel was explained by the dockyard officers. From the Sphynx their Lordships and party went on hoard th e Si don steam-frigate Captain Henderson, in the basin, with st eam up. Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, Se4.e., received their Lordships on board, and, with the aid of Murray, chi e f eng i neer o f t hi s esta bli s h ment, an d M r . uelmard, a mem b er of the firm who constructed the engines, e xplained the alterations the vessel had undergone. She was toi have beer t r i e d , we un d erstan d , to-day, b ut t h e snow h as )eet i faking all day so densely that objects could not be dis lagnished at a quarter of a mile distance. Th,!ir Lordships left this morning per express train on the Sout h - Western Railway for London. The Nautilus transport, Lieutenant W. C. Saunders agent, which arrived yesterday - morning from Ascension, last from 'Falmouth, F ailed again last night for Deptford, having sent la her supernumeraries by the Myrtle to the flat-ship.Leutenant IV. A. R. Lee, of the 'Kingfisher, 12, Com mander Horton, came home in her, invalided, from the Coast of Africa. The African steam tug, which has for some weeks past been engaged, in conjunction with the Monkey and Echo , 141 145, at th e l ate wreck of the Sphynx, returned to Sheerness tub s, W ooLwren, MAncn 10.—Commodore Lord John Hay, one of the Lords Commissioners ot Admiralty, and Wo olwich Ellice, Controller of Stearn oneMachry, arrived at Wo olwich yesterday morning, and with Mr. Lloyd, Chief Engineer at Sharpshooter, the Woolwich Dockyard, went on board the a new iron steam-vessel, for the purpose of Proceeding down the river in her to test the quality and :P e ed of the ve sse l an d her engines. Th e o ffi cers studying ram at the fa c t or y i n th e d oc ky ar d em b ar k e d a t th e same e in the Rifleman, a steam-vessel of the same dimensions, a nd built of wood, as the Sharpshooter, and Mr. Atherton, 3 r is tant to the chief e ngin eer , t o report on her engin es . , t h vessels a re fitt e d w i t h eng i nes o f 200-h orse p ower eac h ",ith screw propellers. The Sharpshooter attained a speed knots p er h our , an d th e Rifl eman a s p ee d o f e i g ht kitt en°l4 , giving the iron vessel an advantage of speed over the "%den vessel of two knots per hour. ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE M SOYER'S SOUP FOR THE POOR. e TO TWA :- SUN. t' l ; —Permi t me to suggest that committees of manage ent of soup kitchens acquaint the inhabitants of their fr 7 ni lls t . at the contributien of the bones of the joints of meat the their tables would be acceptable as a means of improving • B "up for the poor. I would then recommend that they deither hire or provide a horse and neat light cart, to be lined itt 4ll Y with clean white cloths, and that it traverse the town ;,„ 1 ,1 . 310 w pace, and that a person immediately precede it `" a bell, in order to announce its approach, that servants ;" 4 .Y be prepared to make delivery without delay. I feel o l n t fi dent that scarcely a butcher's shop will be passed with -I,6.B°nie contribution, trimmings of meat, tec., being made, :these bone- , , Bc., on being stewed, will be a valuable ground fork for the soup, to which should be added meal, vegetables, v 'ef as recommended by M. Soyer. th " inclined to believe that by the sale of the bones for to e Purposes of manure, after having been used, a sum of „... un eY would be raised fully equal to the cost of all the in r4dients added t o th e soup . Th us th e soup it se lf may b e due de more a. nourishing and the expenses of the kitchen re- ed to trifle. nouseholders should give strict injunctions to their scr c,rt,ts to u se t h e knife and fork only at their meals. iilOlould any com m itt ee o f manag ement be disposed to make 'zPerinaent, which may be done at little cost, perhaps c f the y be kind enough to communicate to you the result tw o elr experience. They must not be deterred by one or tni p , L uays failure at the commencement, as some parties Isrt be bashful in offering what appears such a trifle, when th ey f ound the contr ib ut i ons genera l , an d no 4 4zi cal remarks m a d e , would unhesitatingly order their e„— a nt , to contrib u t e , when ' the collector of bones should Pas s their houses.—l am, Sir, yours, &c., March 10, 1847. ILFRACOMBE. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) 4cemENT AT TIER MAJESTY'S NEW PALACE. M Ailcu 10.—The n e w rooms are all arched ov er . Fro m some unexplained cause, the arch of one of the t r inclpal rooms gave way this evening, in its fall car avvay the joists of the room. It is r e p or t e d t h at Ile man is killed and several more dreadfully injured. 1/ r• Cass, surgeon to the Palace, has been sent for ex press to attend the sufferers. In the confusion the ex tent of the injury done is not known. (ANOTHER ACCOUNT.) A dreadful accident occurred at Osborne this evening. T he scaffolding near the top of the Palace fell, crushing on e man' s h ea d , dreadfully bruising two others, and breaking the legs of another. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the pleasure grounds of Osborne House on Tuesday afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Al fred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took airings In the vicinity of Osborne House on Tuesday afternoon. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe ,een o l n Ve T im ne a s r . arrived at Osborne H ouse on a visit to the Queen day, and dined with her Majesty and her Royal Consort. The unfavourable state of the weather yesterday morning Prevented her Majesty and the Royal Family from taking t heirt accustomed walks in the pleasur e - groun d s and on the beach. The Duke of Cambridge gave a grand dinner yesterday at 'Ambridge House, to the Noble Directors of the Concert of A ncient Music, and a select party. His Royal Highness being the Director fur the evening. Among the company were the %hevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, and Madame Bunsen, t'rele de Beust, Saxon Minister, and Baroness de Beust ; the Ar'lke Weliingten, the Countess of Jersey, the Countess of etr e fi o e u i d , and Lady Caroline . Murray, Baron Brenner, Count .I'.%Zepe Count ass Keglorritz, Sir Andrew Bernand, Rev. Evan e n a i n e ' Sirienry R. Bishop, and Major Stephens. pe e - h e 7 e e vening their Royal Highnesses the Duke and he , ef Cambrid e accompanied the Duke of Lad on and their oth g er , distinguished h uesgts, and attended by 11 Augusta Cadogan and Baron Knesebeck, went to the ArlaoOver-equare Rooms, to honour the performance .of the tl le e int Concert with their presence. Her Royal Highness eatlibrrlindeesa ,Lary accompanied ,the Duke and Duchess of A d e g e * ti ed . Putation on the subject of West India emigration,. iin at,u'ug Mr. Henry Barkly, M.P., Mr. Colvile, r. Qree re g°r, and Mr. 11PChlery, had an interview with Earl Al yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Pateueputation, consisting of Sir Roderick J. Murchison, iee,t7. President of the British Association for the Advance • th e of ,Science, the Bishop of Norwich, F.R.S., President e a ,a,unaean Society, Sir Philip de Grey Egerton, Bart., 'eh• 'l4` . tz.S., and Professor Owen, F.R.S., waited on Lord at te ti t - V s aell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing cif v er ''° Present a memorial to his . Lordship from members scientific societies, suggesting that steps . may . be I d3 k secur e a due representation of natural science in the e r- e ?, l Trustees of the British Museum. eellv;-',uarles Adam had an interview with the Right Hon. Strutt yesterday, at the office of the Commissioners Ys, fn Great George-street. TttEkD p A i LATE COLLISION ON THE RIVER.—GRAVES the a 10 .—Yesterday evening the bodies of two of il ttah, 4 " ll of tie . : chooner 3 sunk by the Queen ! ) een - t e ,, r ,otr old Ha s ven-creek, were landed here, ` having_ e 'kel , - "ea from out the former as soon as she had been es 'et le I.lfliciently raised to enable a search to . be made on ,tean rs `,, and in her forecastle. One of the bodies, tha . t of e a s 'a leir,_ahout 30 years of age, of about five feet e . ight inch l ley „, - g,°t, of liht com lexion, dark brown hair,with scarcely hrli'',`?iskers, and dressed in a sailor's jacket and mils - !'tt lie; i ght coloured trousers, bluish stockings, and having 80 - ' one shoe and half-boot, was found on deck entangled fenl!ers• The seamen here who have seen him, ji.udg iseei toe fact of his being dressed, and the part o the 'le N O which he was found, assume that he was the man PerE"cu. Over his right temple is a severe contusion, ap f/:ith - , l. ,„ t ke effect of a heavy blow, perhaps from contact Rear s " " Part of the bow of the steamer as she struck the roner. The other body is that of a man about fifty a ge, five feet six inches in height, foxy hair and ate a hiske ,r . s, and partly undressed, having on a sort o . f (euern eeaheket, flannel drawers and brown worsted stockings, but 4 ,! 0 4: e a le he was found ' in the forecastle, apparently as if ro used in the act of making for the deck, having been °Y the s h ock of the collision from his sleep. On his ti there was no external injury. The bodies were con itet e ci t ( le this place from the wreck by Mr. Hodden, carpen t• r up , u ndertaker, who, as he informed the reporter, was Aseci by the friends of one of the seamen on board rtece B- 'eoner, who resided in this town, to proceed to the , 1 4 h e ' kid bring therefrom any body that might be found This apparently - accounts for the singularity of tl , l "',F,from sogreat a distance as ten miles from Graves. : 8 4 4t rone the Essex shore the bodies of these men. • Muck ;gia e - 2 out th e Kentish coroner's jurisdiction extending to : t l s te ";: e, jaasmuch as the vessel from which the bodies were rt e4 l e 3141: grounded on the Essex shore, close to the spo rrs 't'aNtvae3d run down and sunk. From Mr. Hodden the t . " l ""wever, learnt that the bodies were removed by t u ne The 111vareck was floated to the shore. Mr. Hodden t h :onv ey the tit was much easier and more convenient 1, 111 bY water to Gravesend than to land . them on B re and have to take them to Brentwoo . d, the e hre e• t 'r a g e to ' where the wreck was stranded, as this was - PPos, 4l ,, L ' es and a half off. Be this as it may, it is generally th , . that the coroner for Essex will assert his right to „?enct • e tuquest within his jurisdiction. No other body was ee.,_ ,eee ' Ls e ee wreck. The other two persons on board at the , l - h `tles e '4(5 collision were the mate and a boy, but no pas ‘rPieteida? W 53 at first erroneously stated. These e tw s o he a c re hixveLo,heave been thrown out of•the vessel by,thhe bodiesk kp'ed h ere ° ,.ell . washed out after she sank. tied e in a store or shed belonging, we believe, to Al ec i„ 'en, and doge by Waite's Hotel. They have been xt uie en " °h ells, and the coroner, Mr. Carttar, having been circumstance, will doubtless attend to e 11. t oe day after to hold an inquest. h e Darby, or as he is professionally ,1 4 bo r , Pabl Fanque is a native of England, having in the city of No ' rwich, somewhere about the year e. i ' l4 ent .-t ' was lei an orphan at an early age, and was le ) ,, l 'ecl to Mr. Batt the well-known proprietor of 44,quitr; 4111Phitheatr , 3, 1 was at that time travelling the te - s rv - e . ci du w ei l ti t g h h a ° equestrian e'so c . ompany, whom he faithfully C?'bee „ f th is apprenticeship, and ;fterwards remained a th e ' ll Niro •at gentleman'e company a n . umber of years. 4t1. , 1 14 14ai .) Pro fi cient in his profession, having gone , throughfir iiais_eoutine of rope -dancing, posturing, tumbline, at . jeile,t,° considered ave good equestrian. After fear ing l tl ' r eW24'ehe joined the establishment of . the late Mr. ei, t eil k r. ° remained with him fur some time. He again m th at ew e B atty ; and, in 1841, began business o n t,, t r u e account, with two horses, and has since 48 "'Er uT his own industry and talent, got fn L -11 Y i fine a stud of horses and ponies L ug' d his • 4 a 4 °4w an , establishment is at present at Wigan, fey f a ,,, in which county Mr. Pablo is well known and his ion~ h'ourite; in fact, to use the language of the pio - te tt , .ewe. l ae made Lancashire and Yorkshire entirely p et .i. he ?is st ud of horses and ponies amount to black mare, with which he is at present te, e ,e ye a ; '1.43 purchased by him of Mr. Batty about tk t `•teee n , s e t t nee, who had previously obtained her from tt t, i, i r_ t l o o r ti ci g ill o a s n ry i i i ; Nv a s, ts ll o l f r. th P e a m bl e o n h a a g s e, t ra i ne - d her . to do the . most an art hitherto considered 50d. 4rtostte French and German professors of equi ptig?itcertaitilfareticeeAls an thing that has ie!t been bre ,; 11 .3 ' and s : h t a e h. d as a pas tine fact that not less than a Re t i t t t4 p ea s was gathered from the floor of the esecct red alter the memorable proceedings oa Saturday Advertiser. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH ll, 1847 MR. CANNING'S INTRODUCTION TO LIVERPOOL. (From the Liverpool Courtcro " Tini• makes great alteratious, and changes many things." Who can dispute it ? Attend, and you shall know how Liverpool became honoured by having the Right Honourable George Canning as a representative in Parliament. In the year 180 S, I was in London, engaged on some mercantile business ; and, during the time I was there, I received a letter from a friend, wherein I was requested to: make application to General Tarleton, the Member for Liverpool, for his assistance to procure the release of a young man who had been impressed out of a ship in the river Thames. I accordingly went to Clarges- street, where the General resided, and, when I came to the door, I saw a servant in livery, and I inquired from him whether General Tarleton did net reside there ? he said he did. I told him that I wished much to see him ; he re plied that his master had forbidden him to admit any one —he was sorry, he said, but must refuse me. I then asked him if he would deliver a note to the General for me, and with some hesitation he said he would. I was not very well pleased with the " kindness and affability" of our celebrated General: and I returned to may lodgings, indignant and dissatisfied that he had given directions that no one snould be admitted, and that I could not see him. I had begun a letter in the evening to my correspondent, and was giving him an account of my ill success, when a note was brought me, and, upon opening it, I found it came from Clarges-street. It was written by Mrs. Tarleton, his lady, and in a style that irritated me still more; and I came to the resolution of not only declining all interference in his favour in future, but to do all in my power to prevent him being again returned as a Member of Parliament for Liverpool. Not lung after wards, General Tarleton joined the Opposition bench, and by this means displeased nine-tenths of his consti tuents who had supported and elected him. While I re mained in London, I went to the House of Commons, to hear them debate and harangue; and I w is particularly pleased with the eloquence and sentiments of the Eight Honourable Geerge Canning; and, on my return to Liverpool, I introduced Mr. Canning's name and abilities to various parties, and represented him as a gentleman that would do them credit by returning him as their Member. Some assented to it; others said. " Canning won't stand, he'll not trouble himself with Liverpool while he can get into Parliament through a small borough." My next question was, " Will you give him your vote and interest, should he be offered?" and the invariable answer was, "I most certainly will." I could not believe that Mr. Canning would refuse to become a candidate for Liverpcol if respectably called upon; and as there was great prospect of a dissolution of Parlia ment taking place at the beginning of 1810, I sat down one evening, and wrote him a letter, of which the follow. ing is a copy:— "Liverpool, 28th March, 1810. "TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE GEORGE CANNING. " Sir,—For an humble individual to address you may be deemed presumption, but I trust my motive may plead for an apology. Without further preface, I will explain the purport of my letter. "It has long been a matter of regret that the repre si•ntatives of this large commercial town should have been gentlemen in the army, who are not very eminently distinguished for their abilities in the senate, or re nowned for their achievements in the field. This senti ment operated so strongly in the November election, 1805. that the otherwise favourite candidate found him- self in a minority, and lost his election, from the dere liction of some and the supineness of others. The for tunat,, candidate, Mr. Roscoe, w hose name, until this period, was little known to the populace, resounded through the town, and swept, like a torrent, all before it, and his private virtues and literary attainments occa sioned his political opinions not to be inquired into, and his eloquence and unassuming conduct hushed to silence many who distrusted his politics. A short period in the House of Commons developed his political views and sentiments, and upon his next appeal to his constituents he was received coolly by many who had been most strenuous in his support the preceding November, and opposed by others who were connected with him by the ties of friendship ; and this was the real cause of his withdrawing from the contest. " That powerful interest, which returned General Tarleton in May, 1807, is again divided in opinion as in 1806, by the line of conduct the Hon. General has thought proper to adopt in the House, so diametrically opposite to the sentiments of that body who supported and el, cted him ; and should a dissolution suddenly take place, unless some ponular candidate of the illustrious Pitt steps forth, the Whig party, although weak, will, without much opposition, realise their threat of sending two Members of Parliament for this borough. It appears to be tacitly agreed upon by all parties, that the present Members will never be returned, and it appears veryim probable that any one of the wealthy merchants will be selected and raised to so distinguished an honour. Now, Sir, as the administration of which you formed a part was most decidedly popular here, and you the it mostpopu lar Minister of that administration , would beincon sistent with your views and principles to offer yourself at the next election, and shield, by the lustre of your talents, this borough from such disgrace? Its import ance and loyalty are deserving so conspicuous a distinction. " Permit me again to apologise for detailing thus mi nutely the state of parties in Liverpool, and should you deem my letter intrusive, attribute it to that admiration of your eminent talents which all are unanimous in acknowledging with, Sir, your most obedient and most humble servant, " THOMAS TURNER." When Mr. Canning received the foregoing letter the House of Commons was busily employed in the investi gation of certain charges, brought by Colonel Wardle against his Royal Highness the Duke of York ; as soon as he was at leisure, I received the following letter in reply " April 1, 1810. " Sir,—The incessant occupation of the House of Commons, since I had the honour to receive your letter of Wednesday last, will, 1 hope, excuse me to you for not having acknowledged it sooner. " I beg you to believe that I am duly sensible of the kind and flittering manner in which you have had the goodness to express yourself towards me, and that no man can estimate more highly than Ido the value of the object which you so obligingly hold out to me. " At the same time you will not think it extraordinary that, to dquestion so unexpected, and involving so many considerations, both of a public and a personal nature, I should not be prepared at once to give a precise and positive answer. " In or out of office, it would always be a great grati fica'ion to me to have reason to believe that my conduct had recommended me to the good opinion of the town of Liverpool. " If the trust of representing it in Parliament were to be delegated to me, I should accept it with pride, and, I hope. discharge it with fidelity. " But, on the other hand, unconnected as I am with Liverpool or any of its inhabitants, I should not pre sume to offer myself' to their choice. " And I ought to add, that my private circumstances put wholly out of the question my incurring the hazard of any such expense as a contest for Liverpool would possibly occasion 41 —I have the honour to be, Sir, your obliged and most obedient humble servant, " GEORGE CANNING. " Thomas Turner, Esq., "P.S.-1 write from the country, but my address is London." On the receipt of this letter, I continued to canvass and to introduce Mr. Canning's name, at all times, as the future representative of Liverpool ; and I sedulously brought the subject forward, until I found that the ru mour of a dissolution of Parliament (that had been pre valent) began to subside, and I had more time to mature what I had so anxiously desired might be accomplished' Two years passed over, and at the beginning of 1812 I began to be very uneasy on the subject, and I deemed it proper to solicit the assistance of a friend, and I se lected Mr. John D--, jun., for the purpose, and we met by appointment at the York Hotel. I then entered into the minutix, and showed him Mr. Canning's letter. He read it with astonishment; and after talking the matter over some time, he undertook to give me all the assistance that lay in his power, and exert himself to induce his friends to join him in the cause. For this purpose I lent him the letter I had received from Mr. Canning (taking off the envelope), and he read it to his friends in various parties. At such times he frequently gave us a toast, " Our future worthy representative, the Right Honourable George Canning;" and if any gentleman expressed a doubt at hearing such an unex pected toast, he produced the letter, which raised their curiosity, and immediately convinced them there was " no mistake." Mr. D--- undertook to canvass such gentlemen stshe was acquainted with, and to do all in his power to create an interest in favour of Mr. Canning ; and he promised me that he would not interfere further, without my permission, yet he found he had broken his engagement, fled that he had com menced writing to the Right Honourable Gentleman, to my great chagrin ; but I know not whether he ever received any answer. A critical period now approached, for Parliament was dissolved, and our hopes and fears were wound up to the highest pitch. A private meeting was held at Mr. Rodie's office, on account of the disso lution, where a party of gentlemen assembled, to deli berate on the measures proper to be taken to select the candidate in opposition to Messrs. Brougham and Creevy. One of the gentlemen present said be had heard that Mr. John D--, jun., was in possession of a letter from Mr. Canning, and he should like to know whether the report was correct or not. Mr. jun., was immediately sent for, and he laid before them Mr. Canning's memorable letter of 1810, and convinced the party that if he was properly supported he would accept their invitation with pride and pleasure. One paragraph in the letter convinced his friends that a more proper person could not be selected. "If," said he, "the trust of representing it in Parliament were to be delegated to me, I should accept it with pride, and I hope discharge it with fidelity." After some further proceedings, a ge neral meeting was called at the great room, Golden Lion, and it was as numerous and respectable as any former meeting on record. Never was an election carried on with more spirit, and never was an election more warmly contested. The contest lasted eight days, when Mr. Canning was eventually elected, with a triumphant ma jority of five hundred votes over the favourite candidate of the Opposition. When the contest was over, I expected Mr. I)--, jun., would have invited me to meet the Right Hon. Gentleman, agreeably to his engagement; but, though he had a party, which Mr. Canning attended, he did not perform his promise. This induced me to write again to Mr. Canning; and I gave him an account in what manner I had been employed during the election; and The difficulty raised by Mr. Canning in reference to the funds necessary to meet the expense of a contested election, was promptly met by Mr. Gladstone (now Sir John Glad stone, Bart.) When the question of expense was mooted, and regarded as a serious consideration, he stepped forward and individually held himself responsible for the charges of the election, and thus cleared the way for the spirited contest that took place on that memorable OGQIIIi9II. told him I was disappointed " that Mr. D-- had not fulfilled his promise"—that he had not given me an opportonity of meeting him, as he had engaged to do; and I remarked that it had elevated him so much that he had entirelyr orgot what he had undertaken to perform. At the same time, I told him that I experienced an in expressiblegratification at theglorious result; and Icon eluded by congratulating him on the happy event, to which I received the following answer : " Gloucester Lodge, I3rompton, " Jan. 23, 1813. " Sir,—l have to acknowledge the pleasure of your letter of the 9th instant, and to apologise for not having; done so sooner. I wished to refer to your former le ter of 1510, which I thought (and still think) I have care fully preserved, but I have ❑ot been al,le to find it. I renymber it, however, with sufficient correctness to be satisfied that your reference to it is correct, and I am happy in the opportunity of thanking you for it, and for the kindness, of which I have no doubt you have followed it up, to the completion of your good wishes, in October last. " I am sorry that you should think that in our meet ing at the ball I showed and thing like displeasure or dis appointment. I do assure you I intended no such thing. In the course of the election, I had, at my own desire, been introduced to another gentleman of your name, whose reception of me convinced me of my mistake, and the recoil( ction of this circumstance may possibly (though I am by no means conscious that it did so) have occa sioned an awkwardness from the apprehension of a repe tition of it. Most confidently I can assure you, that no other feeling of an unpleasant sort was ever in my mind. Quite the contrary. Once more I thank you, as well for your former letter as for the explanatory One which you have now had the goodness to write to me, and I beg you to believe me, with very sincere acknowledgment, your obliged and faithful servant, GEORGE CANNING, " T. Turner, Esq." The election was now over, and the Right Hon. Gen tleman was returned as Member of Parliament for Liverpool; and the many beautiful speeches he made to the populace, at the close of each day, raised him in their estimation, and created among his supporters an admiration approaching to enthusiasm. At the close of the poll each day he addressed the crowd who thronged to hear him; and I have selected the following paragraphs from a work, which is very creditable to Mr. Kaye as publisher. On the speaker they confer infinite honour: —"lf, gentlemen, such marks of kindness had been experienced by ono who had been born and bred amongst you, or who, fortunately for himself, had the opportunity of deserving something at your hands for services previously rendered to you, such proofs of friendship as you have bestowed on me must have been gratifying beyond the lot of human gratification; but when I reflect that these expressions of esteem and affection are lavished on a stranger —upon one who has neither served you nor been known to you before, I confess I am absolutely overwhelmed by these reflec tions, and want words to express feelings which I have not the power to control." * Of Liverpool, gentlemen, I knew nothing a week ago but by report as a great aid opulent town, deeply interested in the pros perity of the kingdom, and contributing largely to that prosperity by its own industry and enterprise." * * * " I have found generally prevailing among you, not a dis position to separate the local and peculiar interests of Li verpool from those of the country at large, and to pur chase a respite to yourselves at the expense of national interest and honour. No, gentlemen, I have found here a lofty and determined spirit, patient under difficulties known to be unavoidable, and never looking to partial relief or benefit as connected with the general good." * * "My short experience of Liverpool has shown me that one of the most opulent, the most skilful, and the most adventurous communities that ever grew great by trade, is also the most alive to every sentiment by which wealth can be ennobled." * * * " Gentlemen, Mr. Brougham is a man of great talents, and invited as he was by the intreaties of his friends, he could not well forbear presenting himself to you. Bet ween him and me the freemen of Liverpool have exercised their free choice. I need not say how flattered, how delighted I am by the preference ; but the victory is yours, not mine." * * * " I congratulate you on your final success ; the contest has been a contest of principles, and not of persons : al though I should belie my own feelings if I were not to confess that to the latest hour of my life I shall be nroud that the battle has been fought in my person, and that my name has been associated with your exertions, and illustrated by your triumph. You, gentlemen, have done me the honour to select me, in order that by your re turning me to represent your opinions in Parliament, you might vindicate the freedom of your choice, the loyalty of your principles, and the consistency of your cha racter." * * * "In the course of a political life of no very short duration, I have had many duties to fulfil. I have endeavoured to fulfil them to the best of my power. A new duty is now cast upon me to which I have hitherto been a stranger,— the duty of representing one of the most en lightened, the greatest, the most powerful, and the most wealthy communities of this great kingdom ; a duty involving many minor duties, all of which, however, may be summed up very shortly, thus—that I am to be faithful to your principal interests, but true, at the same time, to the general interests of the country.": . * * * " In truth, our interest is not at variance with our cha racter, for scarcely is the commercial prosperity of Li verpool more closely interwoven with the greatness of the country than is the permanent greatness and the safety of England connected with the freedom and peace of Europe." * * ** " Gentlemen, to preserve to you your just weight in the concerns of the country, is my duty as representative of Liverpool : to preserve to that country unimpaired its just rank and power among the nations of the world, h as a l ways b een t h e doctrine of" my political creed, and the object of m y p o li t i ca l con . duct." • • • " I am naturally led to say a few words on the subject of the connexion which I have had the happiness to form with you, and which you are kind enough to describe as auspicious and honourable. To have been called in such a manner to the representation of this great and respectable Own, would be, if my poli tical life should terminate to-morrow, as glorious an end of it as I could have desired ; but when the commence ment of our connexion is accompanied on your part by an expression of your wish that it may be perpetuated, I know not how to thank you." * • • " Gentle. men, with the most heartfelt acknowledgment, with feel ings of gratitude which words are t oo wea k to convey, mind of pride which I dare not trust myself with express ing ; with the sense of the honour you have conferred upon me, less gratifying only than my sense of the kindness with which you have overwhelmed me ; with sentiments such as till this day I never knew, but which I shall recollect with delight until the latest hour of my life, I take my leave of you for the present, praying that Providence may 'so direct my conduct, as never to give you cause, in your better judgment, to look back with regret on the choice you have made." Such is the style of Mr. Canning's sentiments delivered each evening at the conclusion of the poll, at the first election, to his attached adherents. It was, no doubt, highly gratifyiug to him to find himself surrounded by such a concourse of ladies and gentlemen. He took an opportunity of displaying his powers, and it gave ani mation to all he uttered. In the year 1822 he was ap pointed Governor General of India, and he came down to Liverpool to take leave of his constituents, and had the satisfaction of receiving an address from all parties, both friends and opponents. It was approved and sanc tioned by the unanimous votes of all the mercantile asso tions ; and this gave Mr. Canning a great, an expressible pleasure. When he took leave of his attached friends, he spoke in a manner that showed how he valued their good opinion ; and he was unaffectedly overpowered when he came to bid them adieu. At every election in which he was involved by the party spirit in Liverpool, he addressed the multitude who thronged to hear him, and he drew down upon himself thunders of applause from his devoted admirers. How beautifully did he ex press himself when compelled to give up a connexion so endearing, so pleasant to his feelings : " It is now ten years since I have been connected with this town. During that period I can say, I hope without the danger of contradiction, that there is not, so far as I know, a single individual, I am sure I can say, that there is not a single interest belonging to the town, which has not had, when required, its share of my active attention, and which has not, and ever will have, a share in my most intense and anxious goodwill." * * "If, gentle men, you and I are separated by space, let us continue united by sentiment and by kindness. I leave here in your keeping a name insignificant as it bel ongs t o an individual, but consecrated by the principles of which you have made it the symbol. Guard it, not for its own sake, but for the sake of those its accomplishments." * • " Guard my memory, and I shall cherish yours. Removed from you by thousands of miles, it will be a pleasure to me to think that I am occasionally remem bered by you ; and be assured that in whatever part of the world I may be stationed, you will always have a place in my remembrance and regard." * * * " I have received, gentlemen, in the course of this day, (30th August, 1822)—pardon the boast, for the cause of it lies, as it well may very near to my breast.—l have received, this morning, from the associated commercial bodies of the town, an address, acknowledging the merit for services I have laboured to perform --as representative of Liverpool." * * " Among tho signatures to that address —every second name is the name of some individual who has taken an active part against me in some, if not in every election. That I have deserved this unexampled concurrence of approbation, I do not pretend; that I have received it, will be, to the latest hour of my life, a pride beyond what I should be warranted in expressing here ; and a pride, gentlemen, which I shall transmit to my chil dren." * * * " Th ere are st ill two great national questions upon which I have the misfortune to differ from the great body of my most respectable friends and supporters in this town, almost as widely as, on the other, I differ with their adversaries. I allude, gentle men, to the Catholic question as the first, and to the question of Parliamentary reform as the second of those national questions. On the first of these questions, I told them fairly that in accepting my services, they accepted the services of one who could a jotcsould not, of his indseafnerxeinecte to their opinions or prejudices, fur its success. Accordingly, under the various modifi cations under which that que stion has come to be dis cussed, I have given it my most strenuous support. But v a e lt r, ho g e iv e e s n tly m b y yy sn o p u p , o g r entlemen, t to that e fd o ee f C ommon s, without openly ac knowledging. her measure s l v n e r h e i a n i v n e E t tl il e e h r arely,lle cas e s House of your lncenloiewvleeddgtiong,nethtaht,3 prevailing sense so doing I s s p e ok o e f m ag y a e in o s n t sti w tn h e a n t ts l . I have not therefore misused the w ei g ht : on that it autho rity, nor compromised * any opinion ,,our c o o f n y n c e i x r io s, u is adverse on e to my own." * of principle ; it had its foundation in principle has b e nbeenly futureraised e s a t n i n d s ti cemented.on, it wwill e e n a t l o e o m i n e foundation,l trust, of mut ua l an d l ast i ng reg ard; which has c to me to have l a id, i n th a t c onnexion, the h 1% , r whatever unspeakable cheered every stage of our intercourse, and will long survive our separation." * * * " Gentlemen, wherever my lot may be cast, may this great community continue to flourish, an image of splendid commercial greatness— an image of those princely merchants, who, mixing like them with the pursuits of trade the cultivation of liberal science ; decorating your town with works of art—and placing it by the variety of its useful, and the nitin li cence of its charitable establishments, among the most celebrated of the cities of the world. May you flourish in the happiness and renown to which these qualities entitle you—and may you find an individual more com petent to the task than I have been—but one more devoted to your i n t erests , more anx i ous f or your pro sperity, or more thankful for your kindness, I am sure you cannot find.' * • "In countries which have not yet obtain e d th e li g ht of liberty * * • it will be pleasin g to me to look bark upon the manners and instituti ons w hi c h I l eave b e hi n d me i n t hi s l an d of freedom ; and particularly upon the years in ycur service. * • • "Gentlemen, in terminating a connexion, what ws ohrataffcealon Isanyndbugtratthiand t i l e; bid adieu t . o you . with feelings, in short, which I will not weary you by. endeavouring in vain to express." ' • "I n o w bid you ' Good night ; and what is much more difficult to utter—' Farewell.' What a chan ge h as t a k en pl ace i n th e town since Liverpool was represented by the Right lion. George Canning ! Various parties who had opposed him in 1812 had oc cas i on, when in distress, to ma k e applica tion to him for assistance and advice ; and he never hesitated to giv e th em t h e ass i stance an d a d v i ce requ i re d. To the town of Li verpoo l h e was a bl ess i ng , f or h e gave animpulse to its trade, and it was fostered and encou raged by his illustrious but unfortunate friend, the Right lion. Willi am H usk i sson. Alas ! they " are b ot h gone to that b:, ur ne from whence no travel l er returns ;" b ut their mein"rr, I t rust , w ill b e c h er i s h e d an d revere d by every truc-lic,irted Briton,. as long as Liverpool shal flourish and continue to be the resort of the nations o the world. AS CENE AT A GOVERNOR'S BALL.—A nice tale is told bow a member of the Legislatureof Washington showed himself to be quite aufait in high life in the great republic. Wesay nothing about the richness of the scene generally, a most graphic account of which, however, is given in the 21 eic York Spirit of the Times. Ihe following is a good extract— " Hark ! the clatter of knives and forks is interrupted by the cry of Waiter lett ! here, here boy—you feller—give us some of that ere pudding.' Dis here, sar, am not puddin— it am de werry, werry best of cream,' replied the sable at tendant. Well, River mind,' said the gentleman, just give us soele of it; whereupon helping himself to a plateful, and not finding a small spoon handy, or thinking it would take too much time, he put a table-spoon in requisition to faci litate despatch. The first spoonful was enough. Twisting and turning the cream from one side of his mouth to the other, yet still finding the cold undiminished, he resolved to try the dernier resort of ejecting it on the carpet. Look here," exclaimed he to the waiter, "just place this on the stove, and get it warm, it is too d—d cold !You'll set all my teeth aching like the devil, and I should not wonder if I had a swelled face—a pretty condition that would be to speak on the Oregon question, to-morrow.' Why, sar, dat am ice-cream !" Put it on the stove and get it warm, 1 tell you.' No sooner said than .one; the plate was put on the stove, which was heated, as they well know how to do it, when the quicksilver in the thermometer indicates its neighbourhood to zero. and there left by the astonished black. After some minutes had elapsed, Sambo was summoned to fetch that ere plate.' Why that aint what I gave you,' saluted th© ears of the confounded waiter. Yes, sar, dat um de cream,' replied he, as well as his bewildered faculties would let him. pudding, I did n ' t g i ve you 'You be darned ! I gave you cream nor custard. Where's that ar plate I gave you lust ? " `Dat am de werry deistical plate as you had de honor ob handin urn in de fast place, sar,' replied Saniho. • git elong, you son of darkness;' but so uncontrollable was the laughter, that no satisfactory explanation was given to the Member for o—." Mn. COBDEN AT ROME.—We learn from a private letter, dated Rome, February 24, that on Mondsy the 2'd, Mr. Cobden had, by a pp o i n t ment, an audience of the Pope, by whom he was most kindly and graciously received. The interview, which took place in the private cabinet at the Vatican, was long and highly interesting, his Holiness show ing a very extensive acquaintance with recent events i n th i s country.-41fanchester Guardian. DESTITUTION IN SKYE.—At a meetingof the clergy, proprietors, and tacksmen of Skye, held some time ago, Lord Macdonald read a paper showing the probable requirements of the people till next harvest—from which we gather the following facts. The population of Skye is about 26,000, of whom 5,000, may be taken as heads of families, 2,500 cotters. Three-fourths of the food of the former, and the sole food of the latter, in past years has been potatoes. Since October last there have been no potatoes; and the people have subsisted chiefly on oat-meal. During the three months since October, 10,000 bolls of oatmeal have been used, and at the same rate 30,000 bolls are required to support the po pulation till October next. 13,000/. have been applied fer under the Drainage Act, and it is calculated that from about 1,000 labourers who have gone south for employment 5,0001., or Si. from each may be remitted, making in all 18,000/. The purchase of food, it is calculated, will cost 50,000/., and 8,750 bolls for seed will cost nearly 18,0001. ; so that 68,000/. will be required to provide for the wants of the people till next harvest, to meet which they have only 18,0001., leaving a deficiency of 50,0001. In the course of the statement Lord Macdonald made the following remarks :—" The effects of the potato are likely to be felt in this island for years to come, and they will be per manent, unless some means can be devised for a total change of system from that which has heretofore been pursued. But what that system ought to be, it is difficult to determine. To any one at all conversant with the subject it must be evi dent an improved system of cultivation would very mate rially improve the condition of the people ; but such improve ment can only be gradually introduced, and it will be the work of years, under the most careful management, to reap the fruits of it.—Ross-shire AoVertisue CAUTION TO STRANG ERS. —On Tuesday the attention of the magistrates at the Borough Court was directed to the case of a young woman, named Maria Jane Pearson, a native of Bombay, who appears to have lost her box, containing her clothes and some money, under rather suspicious circuin stances. Inspector Bowes stated the case to the magistrates, the woman herself speaking very indifferent English. The following are the principal facts :—The woman (according to her statement) arrived in this country, In company with her uncle (who is on the recruiting service), only five weeks ago, landing at Liverpool. Her uncle, however, had just died there, and she came to Manchester by the railway on Monday, the Ist instant, intending to go to London. On arriving at the station, her luggage was taken off the carriage by One of the Manchester and Liverpool porters, and put on a truck belonging to the Manchester and Leeds Company. Two of the men, with etraps on their arms (meaning the porters) then carried her box to some house, and charged her sa. for carrying it. She stopped at the house till the next morning, when she went out, and was unable to find the way back again. On Monday Mr. Ber wick, chief superintendent, heard of the matter, and sent Bowes, the officer, with the woman, to assist her in finding her lodgings. They went first to the Manchester and Liverpool station, where all the parties denied all know ledge of the woman or her box. They then went to 0 house next door to where one of the porters lives, in Balloon-street, kept by an elderly woman, named Samuels. As soon as they got to this house the woman Pearson said, " This is the house where I stopped ;" she had also previously described the house to Bowes, but Mrs. Samuels and her family also denied all knowledge of the woman, and said they had never seen her in their lives before. The officer then went up staire, and Pearson poin ted out the room where s h e h ad slept, o b serving that d ur i n g her ab sence the furniture had been removed so as to cover the place where her box had stood. She further told the officer that if be took up the window blind, he would see that one of the panes was broken and a piece of paper pasted upon it ; which was found just as she had described. It appeared that the family consisted of Mrs. Samuels. st daughter, a grandson, and a granddaughter, and a little' girl went there to sleep. Pearson said the granddaughter went out to fetch her some ale, and she recollected the little girl by her curls. On their persisting in their denial of ever having seen her, Bowes took the m to t h e T o wn-hall, when Mr. Bes wick, in the absence of any direct proof that the box was taken to this house, permitted them to go home on their promising to appear at the B orou gh Court the next morning, which Mrs. Samuels, her granddaugh ter, and little girl did, and these facts were stated. In addition, it Caine out that Mrs. Samuels was about to re move to another house. This was admitted, but it was said to be in consequence of her present residence being too large for her. Pearson said that the box contained sixteen dol lars and all :her clothes. Mr. Maude thought itw t r it a s c u a c s i e i which demanded furth er i nqu i r y, and directed .y e have further inquiry should be m a d e , discharging Mrs. Samuels and and her daughter from cust o dy in the meantime. f the Ma since learned that three of the out-door porters o n chester and Leeds Company are ordered to be suspended till the box is found.-11/itnehester Guardian. REMOVAL OF PORTION OF TILELOWER JAW DURING THE operation IL APPLICATION OF ET/MIL—An of a formidable nature was performed on Wednesday, at the • Devonport workhouse. by Mr. Laity, the necessity for which resulted from the death of a considerable portion of the lower jaw bone, in a person named Riley, an inmate of the house for nearly two years, in consequence of this loathsome though fortunately rare disease. Several consultations of the principal surgeons in the neighbourhood having been previously held, a large number were assembled at the time appointed, and the question of the use of ether being discussed, its employment was decided on, and, The operation the result will show, with most p erfect success. operation itself being n ecessarily tedious, from the great it was importance of the parts to be cut through, ien t insensibility resulting thought by some that the trans from the ether would scarcely b ear any required in the operation ; bu t in this respect th ere was nothing to regret. The incision through the face was com menced after inhalation had been continued for about four or five minutes, and although the patient . is at once appa rently under the influence . of certain, perhaps unpleasant soon evident that they had no reference impressions, it was whatever to the operation inhand,for while the parts were being dissected out, he assumed a blustering though scarcely, w hich his subsequent reflecti ons f ully ex complaining tone, p 1 'ned— epm as good a man as you, and I'll try it if you bug me," and other expressions of the elite of hi s c l ass, cau sed some smiling and no little am usement among those who reflected what such an operation would have been "in the olden time." The bone was removed, the poor fel low still rambling in his notions, but protesting that he had been fighting, however, "he gave the fellow as good as he " • Ihe was evidently satisfied that d - brought, and he come off best 111,111 in the affair. Ile was then shown the bone, when his astonishment was complete. lle declared that, but for the word of all those gentlemen, he could not believe it. On further recovering, and being questioned seriously y as to his sensations, he stated he felt no pain whatever from the cutting of his face; that he was not aware of the removal of the bone, which he could scarcely believe eve r b e l onged to him, and that his idea was that he had been engaged in a squabble, in which lie lied come off victorious. Iv, consider this one of the most satisfactory cases hitherto recorded, and we sincerely hope it will terminate favourably,—Devonport Telegraph. LYNN.—EXPERT DECEPTION.--We have been in formed, that a short time since two " navvys" called at the retail shop of a spirit merchant in this town, and inquired for a gallon of the genuine article--i n gin, which quantity was forthwith deposited in a two-galien stone bottle brought for the purpose, and into which the men said they had already emptied one gallon. At this stage of the proceedings, the cash being the next requisite to settle the affairs between the buyer and seller, the amount was demanded,—when lo! these gentlem en of the "soil," declared they would pay on the following Saturday, on re ceipt of their wages. This course which presented but a very slight advantage to the seller, was objected to, when, with great sang froid the worthy gentlemen stated " they had no money," and that the " liquor" therefore must be taken back again. The "returning" process having been com pleted, and the gin buyers gone, it was discovered that the y had put one gallon of water into the b ot tl e previously, thus leaving the merchant the same quantity o f liquor, but just deficient, by one-half of its proper strength.—c b (2/71 T 1 C Ailventier. a hundred now and then, but of course his great hope was in her death —when ' hang it,' as he would say, ' Matilda must leave one half ber money.' So that the Baronet and his bro ther had every reason which two broth: rs possibly can have for being by the ears." During the visits of Miss Crawley, however, the bro thirs visit ; and during one of her visits, Miss Sharp manages not only thoroughly to ingratiate herself with Miss Crawley, but to produce a decided effect upon the heart of her protege, Captain Random Crawley. In fact Miss Sharp proves herself a snatch for father and son too. UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. REGULATIONS FOR SIR ROBERT TAYLOR'S FOUNDATION. * (Agreed upon in Convocation, April 10, 1845, and March 4, 1847.) CURATORS. The Curators to be nine in number. The Vice. Chancellor, the two Proctors, and the Regius Professor of Modern History, to be four of that number. The remaining five to he approved by Convocation, on the nomination of the Vice-Chancellor, the two Proctors, and the Regius Professor of Modern History. or the majority of them, the Vice-Chancellor having a casting vote in case of an equality of votes. To be Doctors in one of the Faculties, or M.A. of at least five years standing from their regency, or B.C.L. or B.M. of at least six years standing from the taking of their degree. To hold their office for five years only, but to be re-eligible. Duties of.the Curators. To meet in the second week of February, May, and November, and whenever summoned by the Vice. Chancellor, five of the whole number constituting a quorum. To nominate the Professor and Teachers, but not without the concurrence of five Curators in each nomination ; and each nomination to be approved by Convocation. To remove the Teachers, if need be ; but not without the concurrence of five Curators in each case. To appoint a librarian, and if need be, to remove him ; but in either case not without the concurrence of five Cu rators. To appoint the porter, and, if need be, to remove him. To appoint a deputy for a limited period, whenever the professor, or any of the teachers, shall be prevented from die-' charging his duties in person, and to assign to the deputy such payment as they may think fit out of the stipend of such professor or teacher. To discharge the ordinary and incidental expenses of the building and institution out of the Taylor Fund. To exercise the general government of the institution, and to carry the regulatione into effect. To employ a sum not exceeding 1,0001., in the purchase of books for the general purposes of the institution. To employ a further sum, not exceeding 100/. is each year, in the purchase of books, pamphlets, periodicals, and journals, for the same general purposes. _ . .PROFESSOR.. One professor to be appointed, and at first for five years only, with the title, " Professor of Modern European Lan guages :" but to be re-eligible. To be removable at any time with the concurrence of at least five Curators, for neglect of duty, or for immorality, or for teaching or holding tenets at variance with the doctrines or discipline of the Church of England. To be a member of the University at the time of his ad- mission. To receive an annual stipend of 400/. If in holy orders, to have no parochial charge during the re sidence hereinafter required of him. Duties of the Professor. To lecture on the Philology or Literature of some of the principal languages of Europe. To deliver a course of not less than eight lectures in each Term— Easter and Act being accounted as one. The lectures to be gratis, and open to all members of the University. To be resident in the University throughout each term, power being reserved to a majority of the Curators to grant an occa sional leave of absence. LIBRARIAN. A librarian to be appointed by the Curators. To be resident in the building, and to have the charge and superintendence of it, subject to the direction and controul of the Curators. To be in constant attendance; and, to deliver out and enter the books, as delivered, in a register. To go every evening through the building, to see that all lights and fires have been extinguished. To receive an annual stipend of 1501. Not to be absent at any period of the year without leave of ;he Curators. * Extract from the will of Sir Robert Taylor : '• To the Chancellor and Scholars of the University of Oxford and their successors for the purpose of applying the in terest and produce thereof is purchase of freehold land within, or if possible to be made within, the jurisdiction of the said University for the erecting a proper edifice therein, and for establishing a foundation for the teaching and improving the European languages in such manner as should from time to time be approved by the said Chancellor and Scholars in con vocation assembled.' THE BALEARIC ISLANDS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,--At the present time, when might, not right, is the prevailing policy of Europe, and the possessions in the Mediterranean vt ill necessarily become the object of contestation amongst rival powers, it may not he in opportune to recal attention to the history of the Ba learic Islands, which have so repeatedly changed their Protectorate since the fatal ambition of Louis XIV. in breaking the Austrian line of succession in Spain, by which means he destroyed the balance of power in Europe, devastated all Italy, and sapped the foundation of nationality on the European continent. The Isles of Majorca, Minorca, and Ivica, which the right of conquest alternately assigned to France, Spain, and England, during the last century, were erected first into a sovereignty under James 11. of Arragon, the first King of Majorca, Count of Roussillon, and Lord of Montpellier. He died in 1312, the 14th May, and was succeeded by his grandson, James 111. of Arragon, King of Majorca, &c. &c., who sold the county of Roussillon and the town and castle of Montpellier to Philip of Va lois, King of France, for 120,000 gold crowns in money. His daughter, Isabelle, or Elizabeth, of Arra g on, sole heiress to the B a l e a r i c I s l an d s , marr i e d, t h e 4th of Sep tember, 1358, John Paleologue IL, Marquis of Mont ferrat, and their successors, male and female, reigned in Montferrat, and as sovereigns of Majorca, bearing also the titles of King of Jerusalem and Cyprus. The Princess Margaret Paleologue Montferrat, last of the Paleologues Montferrat, inherited, on the extinc tion of the male branch of this family, all the posses sions and prerogatives of her ancestors, and brought them as a dowry on her marriage with Frederick of Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua in 1531. The Emperor Maximilian 11. erected the marquesate of Montferrat into a sovereign duchy in 1573, the Bth of September, in favour of their son, William I. of Gon zaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, and decreed that these duchies should be inseparable in the house of Gonzaga. He confirmed William, Duke of Mantua, &c. &c., and his successors, by a diploma of the same date, " in all their titles, d; g - nities, successions, rights, and privileges as Sovereigns, and as Kings .of Majorca, Jerusalem, Titessaly, and Cyprus, and Vicars perpetual of Italy," which had been ,suc cessively confirmed by his predecessors the Emperors Charles IV., Sigismond, Frederick, Maximilian, Charles V., and Ferdinand, to the Marquisses of Mont ferrat of the Royal Houses of Saxony, of Paleologue, and of Gonzaga. During the war of succession in Spain, and since that period, the ambitious policy of Louis XIV. hurled all the Sovereign Princes of Mantua, Castiglione, Mi randola, and the other States of Lombardy, from their thrones, and the Balearic Islands have alike become the sport of fortune. The present views of the French Cabinet relative to these possessions, if intended, as formerly, in the reign of Louis XIV., to be a preliminary step to the establish ment of a new dynasty on the throne of Spain, might lawfully be opposed by me, in virtue of my hereditary right to dispose of these islands according to my will, as sole, direct, and legitimate heir of Frederick Duke of Mantua and Margaret Paleologue Montferrat, and of Francois of Gonzaga, Mantua, Castiglione, Duke of Sol ferino, my great grandfather, who, as one of the pre tendants to the throne of Austria on the extinction of the male branch of Hapsburg, in 1740, claimed his rights to the empire of Austria, and to the sovereignties of his an cestors in Italy. (Vid. vol. i. p. 273, of the treaties of peace of Koch, by Schoen.) These historical details are copied from authentic do cuments and manuscripts belonging to my family, and cannot fail to be most precious whenever hereditary rights and the laws of nations resume their sway in Europe. Accept, Sir, the assurance of my high consideration, ALEXANDRE, Prince de Gonzaga-Mantua-Castiglione, Duc de Mantua. London, March 9, 1847. SROOTER9-11ILL-R0413.—1n consequence of the few carriages which now pass upon the high Dover-road, orders have been given by the trust to reduce the width of the carriage way. The roadsmen have taken off three feet Or more on each side from Shooters'-hill to Welling. By this operation the inhabitants have sustained considerable incon venience. The foot paths have baen destroyed, and the contest between the men and the occupants of houses, who complain of an inroad on private property, is carried on with great asperity. ROYAL GENERAL DISPENSARY.—The general quarterly meeting of the governors and supporters of this meritorious medical charity was held yesterday in the board room of the institution, Aldersgate-street. Mr. Atki nson if the chair. that durin The re port for 3 the last quarter m a d e up showed g that period persons,B99fthem 1,7 were e recipi en t s o f t h e benefits of the institution. 0 were perfectly cured, 335 partially so, 32 di ed, and 1,826 remained still under medical treatment. The condition of the funds was satisfactory. The report having been adopted, thanks were voted to the chairman, An d th e meeting separated, NEW COURTS FOR THE RECO VERY OF SMALL DEe'TS AND DEMANDS. A supplement to the London Gazette, of TuesdAy last (published yesterday), sets forth the names of the to',vns in which the newly-appointed courts f o r th e recovery of debts under the amount of 20/. are to be held. The names are specified under two orders of Council, dated Osborne Rouse, March 9, 1847, made for the purpose of carrying into effect the Act of last session of Parliament, intituled "An Act for the more easy Recovery of Small Debts and Demands iu England," which will come into operation on Monday next, and by which the powers formerly exercised under the Acta regulating the Courts of Request, &c., are abolished. The districts over which the jurisdiction of the new courts is to be extended are also set forth. The following are those for the Metropolitan cantina and. districts : MIDDLESEX. BRENTFORD. —Brentford. EDMONTON.—The sub-districts of Edmonton, Enfield, and Tottenham in Edmonton, consisting of the parishes of Ed monton, Enfield, and Tottenham. UXBRIDGE. —Uxbridge; the sub-district of Iver, in Eton, consisting of the parishes of Iver, Fulmer, Langley, Matish, Denham, Hedgerley, and the hamlet of Edgerley Dean, in the parish of Farnham Royal; the parishes of Cranford, liar ling-,ton, and Ilatmondsworth, in Staines. MIDDLESEX METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS. 1. WESTMINSTER. —The district Of the Westminster County Court of Middlesex shall include all within a ling drawn from•the point where the cities cf London and West, minster meet on the. river Thames, along the boundary of the city of London to Holborn-bars, thence along the middle of Holborn, Oxford-street, and the Uxbridge-road, until the Uxbridge -road crosses the Serpentine river, thence along the Serpentine river to Rottoe-row, thence along the middle of the road through Albert Gate to the Knightsbridge-road, thence along the middle of the Knightsbridge -road to Sloane street, thence along the middle of Sloane-street, across Sloane-square, along the middle of Lower Sloane-street, Turk's-row, and Franklin's-row, to the gate leading into the road which divides the Kitchen Gardens of Chelsea Hospital from the Governor's Garden and Garden Meadow, thence along the said road and the boundary of the said Hospital Kitchen Garden to the river Thames, thence along the Thames to the point first described. 2. Bnostrrox.—The district of the Brompton County Court of Middlesex shall include all within a line drawn from the point on the river Thames where the parishes of Acton and Hammersmith meet, along the common boundary of the parishes of Acton and Hammersmith till it crosses the Ux bridge-road, thence along the middle of the Uxbridge -read till it crosses the Serpentine river, thence along the western. boundary of the Westminster County Court of Middlesex. hereinbefore described, to the river Thames, and along the Thames to the point first described. 3. MARYLEBONE.—The district of the Marylebone County Court of Middlesex shall include all within a line drawn from the point where the common boundary of the parishes of Hammersmith and Acton crosses the Uxbridge-road, along the middle of the Uxbridge -road and Oxford-street to Portman-street, thence along the middle of Portman-street, the street on the west side of Portman-square Gloucester street, Gloucester-pl ace , across the New-road, ' Upper Glou cester-place, the street on the east side of Dorset-square, Dorset-place, Upper Gloucester-place, Taunton-place, Park road, and Primrose-hill-road, till it meets the Avenue-road, thence along the middle of the Avenue-road and the New road, to Finchley, to the northern boundary of the parish of St. John, Hampstead, thence westward along the boundary of the parish of St. John, Hampstead, to the Edgeware-roaol, near Cricklewoods, thence along the Edgeware-road to the boundary of the parish of Willesden, at Brent-bridge, thence along the northern and western boundary of the parish of Willesden, including the whole parish of Willesden and pre cinct of Twyford Abbey, till it meets the common boundary of the parishes of Acton and Hammersmith in the point first described. 4. BLOOMSBURY.—The district of the Bloomsbury County Court of Middlesex shall include all within a line drawn from. the point where the boundary of the parish of St. John, Hampstead, crosses the New-road to Finchley, along the eastern boundary line' of the Marylebone County Court of Middlesex hereinbefore described to Oxford-street, thence along the middle cf Oxford-street and Holborn to King street, thence along the middle of King-street, Upper King street, Southampton-row, the street on the past side of Russell square, Woburn-place, the street on the east side of Tavistock-square, Upper Woburn-place, to the New-road, thence along the middle of the New-road to the boundary of the parish 'of St. Pancras, at King's-cross, thence along the eastern and northern boundary of the parish of St. Pancras, till it meets the boundary of the parish of St. John, Hampstead, thence westward along the northern boundary of the parish of St. John, Hampstead, to the point first described. 5. CLERKENWELL.—The district of the Clerkenwell County Court of Middlesex shall include all within a line drawn :from the point where the boundary of the city of London crosses Finsbury-place, along the middle of Fins bury-place, the street on the west side of Finsbury-square, the City-road, Winkworth-buildings, East-road, Brudenell place, and the New North-road to the Regent's Canal, thence along the middle of . the Regent's Canal until it is crossed by the Kingsland-road, thence along the middle of the Kingsland-road to the southern boundary of the parish of Tottenham, thence westward along the boundary of the parish of Tottenham to the boundary of the parish of Hornsey, thence along the boundary of the parish of Hornsey, and Chapelry of Highgate, including the whole of the said parish and chapelry to the boundary of the district of the Bloomsbury County Court of Middlesex, thence along the eastern boundary of the last-mentioned district to the point where King -street meets Holborn, thence along the middle of Holborn to Holborn-bar,t, thence along the northern boundary of the city of London to the point first described. 6. SHOREDITCH.—The district of the Snoreditch County Court of Middlesex shall include all within a line drawn from the point where the boundary of the city of London crosses Finsbury-place, along the eastern boundary of the district of the Clerkenwell County Court of Middlesex to the southern boundary of the parish of Tottenham, thence east ward along the said boundary to the boundary of the county of Middlesex, thence southward along the boundary of the said county to the northern boundary of the parish of Strat ford-le Bow, thence westward along the boundary of the said parish until it is crossed by the southern side of the' Eastern Counties Railway, tlee.ce westward along the southern side of the Eastern Couuti , s Railway till it crosses, Brick-lane, thence along the middle of Brick-lane, Phoenix- Street, Wheeler -street, and W hire Lion. street to .Norton folgate, thence along the tnidille of Norton-folga , e to the boundary of' the city of London. thence wear ward along the boundary of the city of London to the point first described. 7. Buw.—The district of the BOW County Court of Mid dlesex shall include the parishes or Bromley and Stratford le-Bow, and the Superintendent-Registrar's district of West Ham. 8. WHITECITAPEL.—The di-trict of the Wb itechapel County Court of Middlesex shall include all within a line drawn from the point where the eastern boundary of the city of London leaves the river Thames, along the said boundary until it is crossed by Norton- folgate, thence along the middle ofNorton-fol4ate,NV bite Lion-street, Wheeler-street, Phcenix street, and Brick-lane, until it is crossed by the southern side of the Eastern Counties Railway, thence eastward along the southern side of the said railway until it crosses the boundary of the parish of Stratford-le-Bow, thence south ward along the Weston boundary of the parishes of Strat ford-le-Bow and Bromley to the boundary of the parish of Poplar, thence along the common boundary of the parishes of Bromley and Poplar to the boundary of the county of Middlesex, thence southward along the boundary of the said County to the river Thames, thence along the river Thames to the point first described. SURREY. CHERTSEY.—ChCrtSCy Staines, except the parishes of Cranford, Harlington and Harmuudsworth (se e U x b r idg e ) i the sub-district of Egliarn, in Windsor, comprising such parts of the parishes of Egham and Old Windsor as lie south and west of the road leading from the Thames, near Leatherlake House ' up Priest-hill, through 13imhopsgate and klardimans„ to the 23d milestone on the Reading-road, and the whole of the parishes of Sunning-bill and Thorpe. CROYDON.—Croydon. DORKlNG.—Dorking. Ersom.—Epsom. FeuralAm.—Farnborough, Farnham, except the parish of Bramshott. (See Midhurst.) Gonmzurto.—The parish of Godalming; Hambleton, except the parishes of Shalford, St. Martha-on-the-Hill, and Won , rsh. (See Guildford.) GUILDFORD.—Guildford, except the parish of Godalming (see Godalming); the parishes of Shalford, St. Martha. on the-Hill, and Wonersh. KlNGSTON.—Kingston. REIGATE.—G; dstone, Reigate. WANDSWORTH.— Wandsworth and Clapham; Richmond. SURREY METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS. 1. SOUTIIWAR.K.—The district of the Southwark County Court of Surrey shall i nc l u d e t h e Superintendent Registrar's districts of Rotherhithe, Bermondsey, Saint George South wark, Saint Olive, and Saint Saviour, and so much of the Superintendent Registrar's districts of Newington and Lam beth as lie north of a line drawn from the river Thames at Lambeth-stairs, along the middle of Church-street and Lam beth-road, to the Westminster -road, thence along the middle of the Westminster-road to Brook -street, thence along the middle of Brook-street and Lambeth-place and Garden place, by the south side of the Fishmongers' Almshouses, to the high road, Newington Butts, thence along the middle. of the high-road, Newington Butts, to Cross-street, thence along the middle of Cross-street to the Walworth-road„ thence al,ng the middle of the Walworth-road to East street, thence along the middle of East-street, Richmond terrace, Apollo. buildings, Prior-place, Sion-place, and East lane, until it is cut by the boundary of Saint George, Southwark. 2. LAMBJTH.—The district of the Lambeth 'County Court of Surrey shall include the Superintendent Registrar's dis trict of Camberwell, and so much of the Superintendent Registrar's districts of Lambeth and Newington as is not in the district of the Southwark County Court of Surrey, and so much of the Superintendent Registrar's district of Green wich as lies west of the Croydon Railway. By the same Council an order is also made, and notice given, that from and after the expiration of one calendar mouth from the 10th inst., the Privy Council will take into consideration the propriety of making a further order for abolishing, from and after the 24th day of April next, the Court heretofore holden at Sheffield for the manor of Shef field and Eccleshall, in the county of York, and for holding the County Court of Yorkshire at Sheffield, for the recovery of debts and demands, under the provisions of the Act of the last session of Parliament, from and after the 2Gth day O f April next. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial -office from the Governors of the West India colonies. THE LATE COAL-PIT EXPLOSION NEAR BARNSLEY. —On Monday the Coroner of the district opened his inquest on sixty-five bodies, which since the explosion on Friday had been recovered from the pit of the Oaks Colliery, at Ardsley. The inquiry was commenced for the purpose of enabling the burial of the bodiei to take place, and after the necessary preliminaries had been gone through it was ad journed to Tuesday, the 16th inF.A. Forty-two of the bodies were subsequently interred in one grave, in rows six a-breast, and seven deep. The scene w,'s a most melancholy one. On Tuesday a further inquest was held on six bodies subse-• quently recovered, and a Tike adjournment took place. The number of deaths is seventy-two, and one body yet remains undiscovered in the pit. THE WEATIIER.—The weather still continues winterly, and for the last two days there has been occasion ally slight falls of snow. For some weeks past the wind has constantly blown from either the N., N.E., or E., although the temperature during the greater part of the d ay has ranged as high as 40 degrees. Ye s t er d a y morning, at thirty nine minutes past four o ' c l oc k, th e moon entered of tered sno h w er t ta k t quarter, and about an hour betore a heavy fall out of town was not all m e lted ). n the Mine place, for about half an ho ur , w hich da covered d, the i ground, and l un of the falls followed each other, a keen cu sprang up, and th e c l ou d s a t ft t e in r g noz v n in t d w f o ro more or t e he heavyN.E. clearing away, it began to freeze. Last eveni ng th e th en . mouteter had fallen to 20 deems, with a starlight fkr, LITERATURE, THE GREATEST PLAGUE OF LIFE • or . The Adventures of a Lady in Search qf a Good Scroant. Part 11. Cruikihank's illustrations to this Part are admirable. They are, the cat did it—all sorts of cats doing all sorts of impossible mischief ; and "It is my cousin, Ma'am"— a servant introducing to her mistress, who has unexpect edly made her appearance in the kitchen, a strapping Life Guardsman. In this number we have the adven tures of the lady with a peppery, red hot, but honest hearted Irish servant, who gives way to a pretty, police man-Loring, soldier attracting, niminy piminy servant.. Although the staple of the work is amusing twaddle, yet ever and anon we meet with passages of much sense, wisdom, and suggestiveness. For instance, the follow ing observations of the husband upon his wife's corn plaints of the misdoings of servants should be read and studied by every master and mistress : " He told me that I ought not to have insulted the girl in the way I had, and that if, in her anger, she had put an cent to my life—th oug h t h e woman would have suffered for it— still I should have been nearly as much to blame as she was; adding, that it really struck him, that if I happened to get hold of a good, honest, industrious servant, who merely wanted to be humoured a little, that I must needs go driving continually at her weak point, until I forced her out of the house; for I seemed to think that the wages were all that was due from the mistress to her servants, forgetting that I had undertaken to make ray house their home, and that if I stripped it of all the attributes of one, and converted it into a prison instead, where they were to see no friends, and be kept to so many months' hard labour, why, it was only natural that they, poor things, finding I had forgotten my du:y to them, should, in their turn, forget their duty to me. Besides, he added, I should remember that though there was little or no excuse for the mistress's non-per formance of her part of the contract, still some allowance should be made for the poor creatures, whose very deficiencies of education made them often do wrong merely because they had never been lucky enough to have learnt better. And then he had the impudence to ask me what I should say it; when I asked my ncxt servant what kind of a character she could have from her last mistress, the girl in return were to ask me what kind of a character /could have from my last servant? I told him that I should say that it was very like her impudence, indeed, and tell her to get out of the house directly—adding, that I never beard of such an absurd idea in all my life before. " Of course,' Edward replied, smiling at what I had said, (though I'm sure I could see nothing to laugh at;) ' and yet, perhaps, it is not quite so absurd a notion as you seem to fancy. You forget that the girl comes into your house to be subject to your every little whim and caprice, and that not only her bread, but also her comfort and happiness are dependent upon your character ; and it stands to reason, from the very nature of things, that the slave must suffer more from the tyrant, than the tyrant can possibly suffer from the slave.'" THE COMIC lIISTORY OF ENGLAND. By Gilbert a Becket. Illustrated by Leech. Merrily do we laugh through the reigns of Henry VI. and Edward IV. under the guidance of Mr. a Beckett ; and, laughable though it be, his account of Joan of Arc is the only true one that has yet been given. After the same fashion does he treat Margaret of Anjou, another heroine of those dull and solemn romancists, who have chosen to dub themselves historians. After observing of Henry VI., that " What had been in child hood the gentleness of the lamb, became in manhood downright sheepishness," he thus proceeds : " Henry being a mere nonentity, it was resolved to try and make something of him by finding him a wife of spirit; as if small beer could be turned into stout by mixing a quantity of gin with it. Margaret of Anjou was selected for the for mation of this deleterious compound. She was one of those intolerable nuisances—a fine woman, with a great deal of decision, which means that she was decidedly disagreeable. Her father was a nominal king of Sicily and Jerusalem ; but lie had no real dominions, and only rented, as it were. a brass plate, or had his n ame u p over t h e door of the countries spe cified. He was as poor as a cup of tea after the fifth water, and ruled over about as much land as he could cram into a few flower-pots which adorned the window of his •lodging. He kept a minister who answered the bell and the purpose at the same time, and was accustomed to wait at table. His Majesty's apartment was furnished with a sort of dresser covered with green baize, which formed a board of green cloth ; and he bad several sticks-in-waiting in his umbrella stand. His robe de matin was his robe of state; he had a green silk privy purse, and an ormolu cabinet. He bad a keeper of the great seal, which hung to his watch ; and his bureau comprised a secretary for the home department, in which he kept all his washing-bills. He dispensed with a master of the horse by keeping no horse of his own, and be always had plenty of geMtlemen-in-waiting, in the shape of creditors. He saved the expense of a pay master by paying nobody ; and though he issued Exchequer Bills, they were not only at very long dates, but wholly unworthy of any one's acceptance. He was his own Chan cellor of his own Exchequer, for he used to declare, with much apparent integrity, that his government should never be degraded by useless sinecures. Whenever there is nothing to do,' Le would philosophically exclaim, I consider it my duty to do it.' He usually resided in Sicily when he was at home, but he kept in his court—at the back of his lodging —a few Jerusalem artichokes, to represent the in terests of the other kingdom of Jerusalem. He used to make a financial statement every now and then, for the sake of clearing himself of his debts, which were the subject of an annual act of which he alone got the benefit. He used upon these occasions to profess a considerable anxiety to rub off as he went on, but his goings on and rubbings off were equally to his own advantage, and the cost of those who had trusted him. Never was political economy carried to such perfection as by the father of Margaret, the King of Sicily and Jerusalem." The following hit at an ancient art (the style of art which is worshipped by Young England, and prac ticed by Mr. llyce), is admirable. Speaking of an an cient pi ce of artillery, he says : "Its chief peculiarity was its aptitude—according to the engravings we have seen of it—for carrying cannon-balls considerably larger than the mouth of the piece itself; for we have often feasted our eyes upon interesting pictures of a cannon-ball issuing from a cannon not half the circumference of the projected missile. Whether it is that in those days expanding ammunition was provided, which increased in bulk twofold after leaving the cannon's mouth, we are unable to say at that distant period ; but the illuminations of the time undoubtedly present this striking, phenomenon. The dust of ages lies unfortunately on many of our facts, and though we might, it is true, take up a duster and wipe the dust of ages off, there is a pleasure in the imaginative which the actual could never realise." This description is admirably illustrated by Leech, from a high art picture of the period. VANITY FAIR. .21 , 0. Mr. Thackersy improves as he progresses, and "Vanity Fair" promises to be the most truthful as well as the most caustic of modern novels. The adventures of Miss Rebecca Sharp are continued in this number. She is domiciled at Queen's Crawley, and has ingra tiated herself into the confidence of every member of the Crawley family. Sir Pitt Crawley is a country Squire, id est, a brute—a shrewd man, of low tastes and vulgar habits, who kills his own mutton," or as h e phrases it, " sticks his own ships," and after the said sticking the family live upon coarse joints of mutton served up upon plate, until the ship is all eat up, and then, by way of variety, a pig is killed, and they feed upon pork for a week. Lady Crawley is a non-entity ; the Misses Crawley (Miss Sharp's pupils) are hoydens ; and there are two sons of Sir Pitt by a former wife—Mr. Crawley, a saint, and Random Crawley, a roué captain in the guards. The captain, who has a hearty antipathy for his father, is the favourite of his maiden aunt, Miss Crawley —a romantic cid( rly maiden, a liberal, who reads Voltaire, and understands Rousseau. Miss Craw ley is always an object of great respect when she comes to Queen's Crawley and "She had a balance at her bankers which would have made her beloved anywhere. " What a dignity it gives an old lady, that balance at the bankers! flow tenderly we look at her faults if she is a re lative (and may every reader have a score of such), what a kind good-natured old creature we find her! How the junior partner of Hobbs and Dobbs leads her smiling to the carriage with the lozenge upon it, and the fat wheezy coachman ! How, when she conies to pay a visit, we generally find an opportunity to let our friends know her station in the world! We say (and with perfect truth) I wish I had Miss Mac- Whirter's signature to a cheque for five thousand pounds. She would'nt miss it, says your wife. She is my aunt, say you, in an easy careless way, when your friend asks if Miss Mac Whirter is any relative ? Your wife is perpetually sending her little testimonials of affection, your little girls endless worsted baskets, cushions, and footstools for her. What a good fire there is in her room when she comes to pay you a visit, although your wife laces her stays without one! The house during her stay assumes a festive, neat, warm, jovial, snug appearance not visible at other seasons. You Yourself, clear sir, forget to go to sleep after dinner, and find yourself all of a sudd en ( t h oug h you invariably lose) very fund of a rubber. What good dinners you have—game every day, Malmsey-Madeira, and no end of fish from London. Even the servants in the kitchen share in the general prosperity ; and, somehow, during the stay of Miss Mac Whirter's fat coachman, the beer is grown much stronger, and the consumption of tea and sugar in the nursery (which her maid takes her meals) is not regarded in the least. Is it so, or is not so ? I appeal to the middle classes. Ah, gracious powers ! I wish you would send mean old aunt—a maiden aunt with a lozenge on her carriage, and a front of light cstfee-coloured hair—how my children should work work-bags for her, and my Julia and I would make her comfortable! Sweet —sweet vision ! Foolish—foolish dream !" The family of Sir Pitt, however, are not the only worshippers who pay homage to Miss Crawley's mammon . Sir Pitt ha s a brother, te Rev. Bute Crawley, the rector of the village, with whom, of course, he is at va riance. Where is the rural parish to be found in which the squire and the parson are -.lot at variance, more especially where they chance to be brothers? " The Rev. Bute Crawley was a tall, stately, jolly, shovel hatted man, far more popular in his county than the Baronet his brother. At college he pulled stroke-oar in the Christ church boat, and had thrashed all the best bruisers of the " town." He carried his taste for boxing and athletic exer cises into private life: there was not a fight within twenty miles at which he was not present, nor a race, nor a coursing match, nor a regatta, nor a ball, nor an election, nor a visita tion dinner, nor indeed a good dinner in the whole county, but he found means to attend it. You might see his bay mare and gig-lamps a score of miles away from his Rectory House, whenever there was any dinner party at Fuddleston, or at Roxby, or at Wapshot Hall, or at the great Lords of the county, with all of whom he was intimate. He had a fine voice ; sang " A southerly wind and a cloudy sky '•" and gave the " whoop" in chorus with general applause. Ile rode to hounds in a pepper-and-salt frock, and was one of the best fishermen in the county. "Mrs. Crawley, the rector's wife, was a smart little body, who wrote this worthy divine's sermons. Being of a domestic turn, and keeping the house a great deal with her daughters, she ruled absolutely within the rectory, wisely giving her husband full liberty without. He was welcome to come and go, and dine abroad as many days as his fancy dictated, for Mrs. Crawley was a saving woman and knew the price of port wine. Ever since Mrs. Bute carried off the young rec tor of Queen's Crawley (she was a good family, daughter of the late Lieut.-Colonel Hector MacTavish, and she and her mother played for Bute and won him at Ilarrowgate), she had been a prudent and thrifty wife to him. In spite of her care, however, he was always in debt. It took him at least tell years to pay off his college bills contracted duriag his father's life time. In the year 179—, when he was just clear of these incutnbrances, he gave the odds of 100 to 1 (in twenties) against Kangaroo, who won the Derby. The rector was obliged to take up the money at a ruinous interest, and had been struggling ever since. His sister helped hitu with LIBRARY. The library to be open to all members of the University within certain hours during daylight, accor ing so the direc tions of the Curators, A separate room to be reserved for the use of persons not under the degree of M.A., B. C.L., or 8.8. The Curators to judge of the propriety of allowing any and what books to be taken out of the building by the teachers or by members of the IJniversary. TEACHERS. Teachers to be appointed at first in German and French, and for five years only ; but to be re-eligible. To be removable at any time with the concurrence of at least five Curators. To receive an annual stipend each of 150/. Duties of the Teachers. To be resident in the University throughout each term, and to be at the disposal of the Curators, for the purpose of teach ing or lecturing in the Taylor Building four hours daily, power being reserved to a major►ty of the Curators to grant an occa sional leave of absence. Such teaching and lecturing to be gratis, and open to all members of the University. To be allowed to teach in private, with the consent of the Curators, but not within the Taylor Building. If British subjects by birth, to subscribe the Thirty-nine Articles. PORTER. The porter to be in attendance at the door ; to clean the rooms, to make and attend to the fires, and to perform such other duties as may be required by the Curators. To be subject to the authority of the Librarian for all pur poses within the building. _ ACCOUNTS. The accounts to be kept by the Curators, and submitted an nually to the delegates of accounts.