The Sun. — London, England, 1832-09-29 00:00:00

COURT OF CHANCERY. It will be remembered that at the close of the last session the Lord Chancellor brought forward a motion, and suLse- quently presented a bill, " for the improvement of the ad ministration of jus-ice in the High Court of Chancery in England." That motion.was made for the purpose of sub mitting the bill,—of having it printed,—and of then al lowing it to lie over to the approaching Session of Parlia ment, in order that in the interim the principles and de ._ tails of his measure might be duly considered by the pro fession and the country• The following are the leading features of the bill : The preamble sets forth that—Whereas it is expedient that the costs and expenses of proceedings in the High Court of Chancery should be.diminished, and that increased facilities should be afforded for the despatch of business in the said court : and whereas ley an act made and passed in the 58th George 111., entitled "An act to provide addi tional salaries to the present clerks in the Report-office of the High Court of Chancery, and to provide additional clerks for the said office, and for snaking further provision for the clerks in the said office," and of the several acts therein mentioned or referred to, divers sums of money have been, by virtue of several orders of the said Court of Chancery, from time to time taken out of the common and general cash belonging to the suitors of the High Court of Chances y, which lay dead and unemployed in the Bank of England, and have been placed out in the name of the ac countant-general of the said Court on government or par liamentary securities, and such government or parliamentary securities have been, in pursuance of the said acts, carried to an account, entitled " Account of monies placed out for the benefit and better security of the suitors of the High Court of Chancery ;" and out of the dividends and interests of the securities purchased in pursuance of the said several acts of Parliament, several sums and salaries to the master of the Report-office, and to the registrars and entering regis trars, and to their clerks, and several other payments thereby directed to be made, have been from time to time made, and the surplus interest and annual produce arising from the said securities beyond what was sufficient to an swer the several payments thereby and by the several other act! , therein mentioned or referred to directed to be made, and also the interest produced from the securities purchased with such surplus interest and annual produce, have been from time to time, in pursuance of the said last-mentioned act, laid out in the purchase of government or parliamen tary securities in the name of the accountant-general of the said court, and placed to the credit of an account, en titled " Account of securities purchased with surplus inte rest arising from securities carried to an account of monies placed out for the benefit and better security of the suitors of the High Court of Chancery :" and whereas by the 49th of George 111., entit'ed " An act for making provision for. such of the sub-registrars or de puty registrars of the High Court of Chancery as from age or infirmity shall be afflicted with permanent disability, and he incapacitated for the sine execution of their office; and for making further pro vision for the two seniors of the said registrars, for the clerks in the Registrar's-office, for the master of the Report. office, and for providing additions! clerks in the Report office of the said court; and for making payments and regu lations in respect of the said offices," it was amongst other things enacted, that out of the interest and dividends of the government or patliamentary securities aforesaid carried to the said two several accounts herein-before mentioned, and out of the interest and dividends of any government or par liamentary securities thereaf er to be purchased and placed to the last-mentioned accounts, there should be pail the several yearly sums therein mentioned to the two senior the said sub or deputy-registrars, to the several clerks in the said Registrar's• office, and to four additional c'erks to be employed in the said Report-office, to the tiler and keeper of the said reports and certificates, and keeper of the said books and entries, and also to each of the four sub or deputy-registrars of the said Court, as a compensation to them respectively for providing books and other articles for their said offices, and in paying any person or persona necessarily attending therein to take care of the same : and whereas it is expedient that the duties of the master of the Report- office should be per formed by the senior registrar of the said Court, and that the offices of entering registrars and of the clerk of the ex ceptions should be abolished, and that the sub or deputy registrars should be constituted the registrars of the said Court, and that the number of such registrars should be ins reared, and that the fees and emoluments to be received by the said registrars, and by the clerks in the office of the said registrars, should be regulated, and that the busi ness of the suitors of the Court in the office of the resis t ars should be facilitated and expedited. Now therefore be it enacted, &c.-1. That the office o' place of master of the Report office, and the offices of en -see;asaadr,f-es.er ass.a.-ies 1\ - rt - e - exEept run A; to the senior deputy registrar of the said Court, shah e abolished ; and that there shall hereafter be six registrars of the said Court; and that each of such registrars shall have the same authority, powers, rights, and privileges, anti the same duties to perform and execute, and give the same personal attendance in all respects, as have heretofore been vested in, done, and executed, and given by the four sub or deputy regis tiara, a xcepting as the same shall be altered or varied as herein-after is mentioned ; and that Thomas A'exander Raynsford, Francis Benjamin Bedwell, James Christmas Fry, anti Edu and Dod Colville, Esqrs., the present four sub or deputy registrars, and Joseph Collis and John Francis Le Write, E qt a., the two present entering clerks or registrars, shall be such six registrars of the said Court ; and on the de ails, resi,nation, or removal of any of them the said Thomas Ali xander Raynsford, Francis Benjamin Bedwell. James Christmas Fry, Edward Dud Colvin-, Joseph Collis, and John Francis Le Cointe, the vacancy there' y occasioned shall, unless cause to the satisfaction of the Lord Chancellor shall be shown to the contrary, be filled up by the senior clerk in the said office fur the time being ; and that each of such persons so appointed to be registrars, and all and every persons and person here after to be appointed to be such registrars, shall be and are hereby authorized and empowered and requit ed personahy to do and perform all such matte's and things necessary and proper in the due execution of their said offices as belong or appertain thereto, and as have been heretofore done and performed by the sub or deputy registrars of the said Court, excepting so fat as the same shall be altered or varied by this Act, or by any rules or orders to be made and issued by the Lord Chancellor for the time being relative thereto. 2. A clause enacting that the registrars attend the courts according to seniority. 3, This clause regards the appointment of clerks to the registrars. 4. This clause directs the appointment of sixth clerk to registrars, and defines the duties of the six clerks; pio triding that nothing herein contained shall prevent the number of the clerks in the said last-mentioned office being reduced to any number below six, in case the Lord Chancellor shall think fit so to direct. 5. This clause enacts, that the several annual sums, or yearly payments, provided for and directed to be paid (lay recited act of 49 George III.) to the sub or deputy regis trars and entering registrars of the High Court of Chan • eery for the time being, and the clerks in the said Office, ad to the master of the Report-office, by any act or acts of pa r liament whatsoever, shall cease. fie This clause sets forth, that by an act passed in the ateth of George 1., entitled " An act for the better se curing the money and effects of the suitors of the High Court of Chancery, and to prevent the counterfeiting of Est India bonds and endorsements thereon, as likewise ,endorsements on South Sea bonds," and by divers orde rs of the said court, certain duties have been imposed on the deck or master of the Report-office, and on the de puty registrars of the said court respectively, in regard to the effects of the suitors of the said court, and it is expe dient that such duties should continue to be performed in the manner heretofore accustomed, excepting as herein after :a mentioned ; and enacts that the " senior" of the registrars of the said court for the time being shall act as the " Master of the Report office," and shall,' in addition to the duties of registrar, perform all such and the same duties as have heretofore been per formed by the Master of the R port-office; provided that the duties imposed upon the deputy registrars of the said court by the said last-recited act, as to checking and sign ing the notes of the accountant-eeneral for the payment of money, and the granting certificates for the sale e r transfer of Bank annuities, or other stocks or funds, or for the delivery of Exchequer orders, India bonds, and other securities, shall no longer be performed by such senior registrar, but the same shall be performed by the five other registrars of the said court. 7. That the duties of the office of clerk of exceptions shall be performed by the second senior registrar. S. Enacts that there shall he a court, to be called " The Court of the Masters of the High Court of Chancery ;" and that the Lord Chancellor shall annually nominate four of the Masters in Ordinary of the High Court of Chancery to be Judges of tl e said court for one year; and that three of such Masters shall form the court, and shall sit once a week, or oftener, as the Lord Chancellor shall direct, in open court, to hear and determine all such matters, in te spect of which jurisdiction is hereby given to the said Court, as shall be brought before them ; and that the Lord Chancellor shall, from time to time, appoint s` me others tr other of the said Masters in Oidinaiy to be{ judges in the said Court of Aisle's, as and when occasiot eeay et- `'. ~. ~.. v J J ~ q uire, So that there may always be four Judges of the said Court of Masters. 9. This clause points out'the powers and duties of the Court of Masters, setting forth that the said Court of Masters shall hear and determine all 'applications for time to plead, answer, or (lemur, for leave to amend bills or withdraw replications, for the production, deposit, and inspection of books, papers, and writings, other than deeds or other documents tending to prove title to any lands, te nements, or heleditantents, all questions of insufficiency, scandal, or impertinence, and all such other matters as the Lord Chancellor, Master of the Rolls, and Vice-Chancellor shall, by any general order or orders, direct; and that no such applications shall be beard or determined by the Lord Chancellor, Master of the Rolls, or Vice-Chancellor, ex cept by the Vice-Chancellor on such cases of appeal to him as are hereby pi ovided for ; and th it tl-e decision of the said Court of Masters shall be final when the Masters of the said Court shall all concur therein, excepting in such cases, if any, as the Lord Chancellor, Master of the Rolls, and Vice-Chancellor, in any general order or general or dere, to be made by them, shall specially direct to be sub ject to appeal to the Court of the Vice• Chancellor ; and in case the said M esters of the said Court should not all con cur in such decision, then any of the parties shall be at liberty to appeal from the same to the Vice-Chancellor, whose decision thereon, and also on the said matter spe cially directed to be subject to appeal to him, shall be final. 10. Enacts that the Lord Chancellor shall be autho - rized, and is hereby required, to appoint some proper place or places, in some one of the public buildings now appro priated to the uses of the Court of Chancery, in which the said Court of Masters shall sit to hear and determine all such matters as they shall be directed to hear. 11. Repeals the 13th Charles 11. for ascertaining and establishing the fees of the Masters in Chancery in ordinary. 12. Recites the Acts 5 Geo. HI , c. 28, and 46 Geo. 111., c. 128 ; and enacts that the annual sums payable to Masters under those acts shall cease. 13. Provides that no person shall be appointed to be chief clerk of any Master in ordinary of the said Court, unless he shall have been admitted on the roll of solicitors, and practised as a solicitor of the said Court for not less than five years, or shall have been a junior clerk in the office of one of the said Masters for a like term of five years ; and that the chief clerk of the Master shall not be removed from his office unless for sufficient cause, to be approved by the Lord Chancellor. 14. Enacts that no person shall be compelled to pay to any Master for any copy of any paper or document being before such Master, and that every person shall be at liberty to take a copy of such part only of any paper or• docutnent being before such Master as he may require : provided always, that no clerk in court or solicitor shall be allowed, in the taxation of costs as between party and party, or as between solicitor and client, any charge fur any copy of the whole or any part of any such paper or docu ment, unless such copy shall have been paid for to a Mas ter, save as to any such copy as shall have been made for the use of any Master, or by the express desire or for the use of his own client or clients. 15. This clause regards the sal airs and emoluments of Masters in ordinary and their clerks; and provides that certain specified fees shall he receivable, the said fees being carried to the Master's fund account ; and that the Mas ters shall receive salaries, b'anks being left in the bill for the amount: all such salaries (continues the bill) to be paid half-yearly out of the monies standing to such last mentioned account, and to be paid by the accountant-ge neral as the Lord Chancellor shall direct ; and that the senior eleiks shall receive for their own use the fees spe cified in the _ schedule; and that the junior clerks respectively shall be entitled to receive for all copies made in the offices to which they belong the sum of one penny per folio. 16. Enacts that specified fees only are to be received. 17. Fees of registrars and their clerks to be fixed 18. Provides that executors of an officer or clerk dying or resigning, shall be entitled to a proportionate part of the salary and fees. 19. Enacts that officers and clerks shall not take gra tuities; that clause adding that any such person so offend ing shall be removed from any office, situation, or employ ment he may hold in the said Court, and shall be incapable for ever thereafter of holding any office, situation, or employment in the said Court, or otherwise serving his Majesty. 20. Provides that compensation shall be paid to officers of the Court of Chancery whose offices may be abolished or fees diminished ; adding, that where offices are aba tis! ed, or their emoluments tfivniniihed, officers shall be reimbursed out of the Master's fund account. 21. This clause defines the power of the Lord Chan cellor to order the expences of the offices to be paid ; en acting that it shall be lawful for the Lord Chancellor, by virtue of any order or orders of the said court to be made be taken, and to order' paytrieifi or iffelaartgaVterl fund account of all such sums as shall appear to the Lord Chancellor to be reasonable and proper to be paid to any of the before-mentioned officers in the said respective offices or the clerks in the same offices respectively, to reimburse them for any expences reasonably and necessarily expended by them from and after and between the day on which this act shall come into operation and the sth day of April then next following, and after that time between the 6th of April in every year And the sth day of April in the fol lowing year, both inclusive, either in paying fir books or stationery, provided or supplied for carrying on the busi ness of the said respective offices, other than the paper used for making office copies, or in providing coals and can dles awl other necessary articles for the said offices, and each of thew, or in payment of taxes, rates, or other assess ments charged upon or payable for or in respect of the said said offices, awl each or either or any of them, or to which the said several officers of the said court, or any of them, may be liable in respect thereof. 22. Enacts that any surplus monies in the name of the accountant-general to the account of the said fund, to be entitled " The Masters' Fund Account," after paying and providing for the several charges thereon, shall from time to time be placed out and invested by him, either in one entire sum, or in parcels, in the name of the said Ac cuuntant- G• n ra', according to the general rules and orders of the said Court, in Government or Parliamentary securi ties ; and such securities shall be carried over to the ac count of such fund. 23. Contains provisions regarding superannuation fur registrars. 24. Provides that the deficiency of funds, if any, in the funds created by this act, shall be made good out of the " Dead Fund." 25. Gives power to change securities. 26. Emp.iwers his Majesty to establish a " Court of Appeal," enacting, that it shall and may be lawlul for his Majesty, by his letters patent, to establish a " Court of Appeal," con-isting of the Lord Chancellor, the Master of the Rolls, the Vice-Chancellor, and the Lord Coief Baron of the Exchequer, to hear and determine all appeals made to such Court from the decrees or orders of the Lot d Chancellor, the Master of the Rolls, the Vice-Chancellor, and the equity side of the Exchequer, such Court to b! called " The Court of Appeal in Equity ;" and that such Court shall have such and the like powers of regulating, hearing, and deciding such appeals, and all matters rela ting thereto, as are now possessed by the Lord Chancellor i❑ respect of any appeals to him from the decisions of the Master of the Rolls and the Vice-Chancellor. 27. This clause provides that all appeals shall be made by petition to the said Court in like manner as such ap peals as last aforesaid may now be made to the Lord Chan cellor, subject, nevertheless, to such regulations as may be made in respect thereof by the said Court of Appeal Pro vided, neverthele-s, that the Judge from whose decision any appeal shall be made shall not be one of the Judges to hear and determine such appeal. 28. Enacts that every judgment of the said Court of Appeal shall be signed by the Judges concurring in the same, and enrolled in the same manner and form as the judgments of the Lord Chancellor are now enrol ed. 29. Provides that where the three Judges of the said Court shall concur in the dectee to be pronounced in any appeal, then the judgment of such court shall be final ; but where such three judges shall not so concur, then any of the parties shall be at liberty to appeal to the House of Lords in the same manner as is now done from the deci sions of the Lord Chancellor; and that every appeal to be made to the House of Lords as aforesaid shall be lodged within two years from the date cf the decree or order of tae aforesaid Court of Appeal; provided always, that no thing herein contained shall prevent any appeal being made as heretofore to the House of Lords from the deci sions of the Lord Chancellor, the Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief Baran, and the Vice-Chancellor respectivel.i. 30. Enacts that it shall be lawful for the House of Lords, from time to time, during the hearing of any appeal from any judgment of any court of equity, to direct the attendance of all or any of the judges constituting the aforesaid court, in such manner as has been heretofot e done with respect to the judges of the courts of common law. 31. That from and after the date of the letters patent constituting the said court no appeal from any judgment of the Master of the Rolls or the Vice-Chancellor shall be made to the Lord Chancellor : provided always, that no thing herein contained shall prevent the Lord Chancellor from hearing and determining any appeal which before the date of such letters patent shall have been made to the said Lord Chancellor; and that any further appeal from any judg ment of the said Lord Chancellor in any such appeal may be made to the House of Lords as heretofore, and not to the aforesaid Court of Appeal; provided also, that nothing st.x, ~.~ ~'? ~ herein aslslaiiied shall authorise any appeal to the afore said Court of Appeal in any matter of bankruptcy or lunacy, or in anywise to alter or impeach the authority of the Lord Chancellor in any matter of bankruptcy or lunacy. 32. This clause provides that a full and accurate statement, made up to the 31st day of December, in each year, of the sums then standing in the name of the Ac countant -general of the High Court of Chancery to the credit of the before-mentioned accounts, entitled re spectively " Account of monies placed out for the benefit and better security of the suitors of the High Court of Chancery," and Account of s curities purchased with surplus interest arising from securities carried to an acc. , unt of monies placed out for the benefit and better security of the suitors of the High Court of Chancery," and of the annual income arising from such funds respec tively, and of the several payments made tbereout in that year, and a like statement of the total a mount of the se veral public securities then standing in the name of the said Accountant-general on the account of the several suitors of the said court, and a like statement of the amount of each standing in his name at the Bank of England at the close of each month of the said year, shall annually be laid before both Houses of Parliament by the said Ac countant•general within 10 days after such 31st day of December, if Parliament be then sitting, or within 30 days after the first meeting of Parliament, subsequently to such 31st of December. 33. That the powers and authorities given by this Act to the Lord High Chancellor shall and may be exercised in like manner, and are hereby given to the Lord Chancellor, Lord Keeper, or Lords Commissioners for the custody of the Great Seal res; ectively for the time being. 34. Saves the powers of 3 George IV., c. 69, to en able the Judges of the several Courts of Record at West minster to make regulations respecting the fees of the officers, clerks, and ministers of the said courts, except ing as the previsions of the said recited Act are expressly varied by this Act. 35. Provides that solicitors, appointed to any office under this Act, shall he struck off the roll. 36. Provides that examiners shall be authorized to ad minister oaths to witnesses. 37. This clause is to name the time when this Act shall come into operation ; at present there is a blank in he bill for the date. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGtNCE. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. OXFORD, SEPT. 28.—The Rev. Thomas Blackburne, 8.A., of Brazenose College, has been instituted by the Lord Bishop of Lincoln to the Rectory of Bygrave, Hert fordshire, on the presentation of the Marquis of Salisbury. The Lord Bishop of St. David's has been pleased to pre sent the Rev. William Jones, Curate of Penbryan, Cardi ganshire, to the Vicarage of Llanrian, vacant by the death of the Rev. Wm. Roberts, of St. David's. On Saturday last the Rev. Thos. Hill Lowe, M.A., was installed Precentor and Prebendary of the Cathedral Church of Exeter. The Rev. Robert Grier has been licensed to the Perpe tual Curacy of Walpole, Suffolk, on the nomination of the Rev. Benjamin Pnilpot, Archdeacon of the diocese of So dor and Man. The Rev. G. G. Stonestreet, F.S.A., of Hastings, to a Prebend in Lincoln Cathedral. The living of Hayfield, near Buxton, in the county of Derby, which is in the gift of the resident freeholders of the place, and for which there were several candidates, ha., by a considerable majority, been presented to the Rev. Samuel \Vasso, Master of Sherburn Grammar School, Yorkshire. In the Episcopal Palace, on Friday, the 21st inst., the King's Advocate, Sir Herbert Jenner Knight, LL.D., was invested by the Lord Bishop of Worcester with the office and dignity of Vicar General and Official Principal of the City and Diocese of Worcester, void by the resignation of James King Arnold, LL.D., one of the Advocates of the Arches Court of Canterbury. The Earl of Darnley has appointed the Rev. J. D. Glenie, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge ) one of his Lordship's domestic Chaplains. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 27. (FROM A MORNING CONTEMPORARY.) From an early hour this morning, the who!e of Ports mouth, together with the towns and hamlets adjacent, pre sented a scene of the greatest bustle and animation. Pub lic curiosity was excited in a very high degree by two anti ciltted events of peculiar public interest. The arrival of the French squadron from Cherbourg was momentarily expected, and this was the day fixed upon for the launch • of Bri•ain to defend and maintain her power, as mistress of the ocean. The morning mist was scarcely dispelled when Sir Pulteney M.leolin was seen on the platform which commands the harbour, pointing his glass in the di- rection of Spithead, but the French flag could not yet be descried. Several other naval officers paced up and down at the same time, and made ob•ei vations in the indistinct horizon, but no foreign sail presented itself. Meanwhile, Sir James Graham, the First Lord of the Admiralty, had come down the night before, .and the dis tinction was reserved for his lady, of conferring a name upon the new giant of the deep. I must also observe that another important personage has just made his appearance here. The Eatl of Dundonald, much better known to friends and foes, as Lord Cochrane, has come to Ports mouth, and his presence, at this critical juncture, gives rise to various surmises, the most probable of which is, that he is likely have some part assigned to him in the ex pedition to the Scheldt. LAUNCH OF THE NEPTUNE-ARRIVAL OF A FRENCH CORVETTE. The hour appointed for the launch to take place was half-past twelve o'clock, and by this time every building, street, and lane in the neighbourhood of the duck-yard, was occupied by an immense mass of spectators, many of them of the higher classes, and all infinitely superior in appearance to what might be expected from so vast and indiscriminate an assemblage. The weather not only fa• voured the grand national pageant, but gave to it, in the vividness of a brilliant sun, a degree of enhancement that placed its countless combinations in a more prominent light of splendid beauty and varied interest. This tffect was strikingly brought in view by the scene exhibited on the water. While the animating strains of martial music were heard on all sides, the massive bulwarks of British greatness and British glory reared their stupendous forms, as if in conscious guardianship of the numberless small and frail barks with which they were encompassed as far as the eye could reach. The whole perspective through the harbour from the dock-yard across to Gosport, and thence along to the Victualling-office, till sonic chi quered hills intervened in the distance, displayed infinite modifications of art and ingenuity, diversified in a manner to charm the heart and fill the soul with astonish ment. Lines of yachts, barges, arid small boats were drawn like a continual succession of little crescents close up to the sides of bo'd stately ships, whose flags waving as the em blems of might and conquest, brought back a thousand proud recollections to the minds of the beholders. Without liazirding any thing like an over-estimate of the spectators who bad stationed themselves in various directions both on land and water, I should say that they could not be less than 120,000. The proportion of ladies was very consi derable, and it would seem, from the general attire of them all, that they regarded this as a day which required on their part a more than ordinary attention to gai and graceful costume. The gentlemen, and, indeed, the male portion of the assemblage genet ally, seemed to have been equally studious in seeing that their raiment should accord with the occasion. About a quarter before 1 o'clock a salute of fifteen guns discharged from the Victory, the port Admiral's ship, and the tricolour flag hoisted at the time, announced that a French vessel was bearing up towards Spithead. One circumstance struck all who contemplated the present scene as not a little remarkab'e. While a vessel from a country which had long been the most formidable enemy of Great Britain, was now receiving the friendly greeting of that celebrated British ship the Victory (the ship of the im mortal Nelson), a still more mighty machine in shape, weight, and size was now upon the very point of mingling upon the waters with the other wooden walls of Old England. Scarcely had the salute been given when the new ship, moving smoothly and softly down the inclined plane that in another second or two was to waft her to her proper element, received as she passed from her fair sponsor Lady Graham the appro priate name of Neptune, amidst loud and reiterated cheers Nothing could be finer than the manner in which this su perb vessel entered upon the bosom of the ocean. There was not the slightest deviation from the most perfect equi poise, nor in her movement was there even the semblance of effort. But ship building is a very different thing now from what it was in those days when to commit a bat k to the waves was a work of some labour. ellite in xqu ora navem. " " Nunc agite, 0 socii prop The Neptune carries 120 guns of large calibre, and her number of tons is not less than 2,714, exceeding by up wards of 300 the lagest line of battle ship in the British navy. Though thousands were so closely congregated, yet not the slightest accident occurred; a most gratifying circumstance, when we recollect the melancholy loss of life that attended the last fete of a similar kind which took place in this harbour. Five o'clock. p.m• I have just learned that the French vessel which has ar rived at Spithead is a.3o7gun corvette. She brings de spatches stating that the immediate object of her visit is to wait here until Sir Pulteney Malcolm .hall have completed his arrangements, when the will take back the intelligence to that effect to Cherbourg, and then sail for this port with the rest of the squadron. She describes the ships on the other side of the water as in perfect readiness to set out, and waiting only the time and convenience of the British Admiral. The French naval force to be employed in the Anglo-Gallic expedition (if any expedition there is likely to be, a fact, by the way, which, despite of all threatening appearances many very sensible persons seem disposed to doubt) will consist of one line of battle ship of 100 guns, two frigates of 60 guns, two of 44, and some smaller ves sels. In the meantime, it is stated that Sir Pulteney Mal. color waits to be joined by some " light weights" from the Cork station, as his object is to blockade the mouth of the Scheldt and not bombard its fortresses. FUNERAL OF SIR WALTER SCOTT. (From the Edinburgh Evening Courant.) Yesterday the honoured remains of Sir Walter Scott were consigned to the tomb, amidst the unfeigned regret of thousands. Never perhaps was the esteem in which this traly great man was held more conspicuously dis played than on this melancholy occasion. We understand that cards had been issued to nearly 300 persons, who al most all attended, it hiaig deemed an honour to be pre sent at the funeral obsequies of so distinguished a cha racter. One o'clock was the hour fixed on for the time of meeting, and for about an hour afterwards carriages of dif ferent sorts, and gentlemen on horseback, continued to arrive from Edinburgh, Peebles, Selkirk, Galashiels, Mel rose, Jedburgh, and other parts of the surrounding country. The company having p irtaken of refreshments, adjourned to the library, where they heard an eloquent and affecting prayer from the Principal Baird; and a little after two o'clock the melancholy procession, consisting of carriages, numerous other vehicles, and horsemen, began to move from Abbotsford, and proceeded through the towns of Darnick and Melrose, and by the Fly Bridge to Drybnrgh Abbey. As the long funeral train passed through the villages and hamlets, one universal feeling of deep sorrow pervaded all classes. Groups of people were assembled at different parts of the road, and on elevated points from which a view could be obtained. Most of them were in mourning, and many standing uncovered. The decency, propriety, and reverential silence which was observed gave a very impressive character to the scene. In passing through the towns, those respectful observances were still more striking. The streets at Melrose were lined on both sides with the inhabitants in mourning, and uncovered. Tie shops of this and other towns were shut ; the sign boards were covered with black ; the aged and the lame came forth to pay their last tribute to departed worth ; and along the many miles of picturesque country which the procession had to traverse, the ensigns of sorrow were every where displayed; these were the unbought and voluntary testimonies to the private virtues of the deceased from those among whom he bad lived, and by whom he was btst known. •At l)ryburgh Abbey the , body, on being taken from the hearse, was borne by his own domestics to the grave, they having specially requested that no foreign band should be allowed to touch the re mains of a master so honoured and so beloved. The pall bearers were— HEAD. Major Sir Walter Scott. LEFT. Chas. Scott, Esq. J. G. Lockhart, Esq. Second Son of Deceased. Son.in-law of Deceased. Chas. Scott, Esq. James Scott, Esq. Nesbitt, Cousin. Nesbitt, Cousin. Wm. Scott, Esq. Robert Rutherford, Esq, of Raeburn, Cousin. W. S. Cousin. Col. Russell, Hugh Scott, Esq. of Ashiesteel, Cousin. of Harden. RIGHT. FOOT. Wm. Keith, Esq. of Edinburgh. A grandson of Sir Walter Scott, a son of Mr. Lock hart, was also present. Before the body was committed to the earth, the Enz.- lish Butial Service was read by the 11ev. J. Williams, rector of the Edinburgh Academy. A little past five in the aftei noon, the last offices were performed. The effect of the scene was at this time impressive, far beyond what any words can convey, and in considering the genius and intellectual powers of the deceased, his wit, his eloquence, his fancy, we could not help thinking of his own beautiful words— . . " They sleep with him, who sleeps below." Tr ..., o t.,;n which Sir Walter Scott is laid, is in the north wing or the spieuaia ruin or vryourgn Amity, nr,,.1 containing a more splendid ruin than itself. Here is laid the body of Lady Scott, and also that of his uncle. The situation is secluded and romantic, and quite congenial to a'l the ideas of the deceased. Among those present around the grave at the time of the interment, were Lords Melville and Napier, Sir W. Rae, Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, Sir John Pringle, Sir John Hay, M. P., Sir David Erskine, Colonel O'Reilly, Colonel Scott, Major Riddel, Mr. Pringle, of Clifton, Mr. Ri chardson, solicitor, London, Mr. Ogilvy, of Chesters, Mr. Monypenny, W. S , Mr. Thomas Thomson, advocate, Mr. William Clerk, advocate, Mr. Urquhart, advocate, Mr. Smith, banker, Edinburgh, Mr. Bruce, of Langlee, Mr. Sprott of Riddel, Mr. Douglas, of Adderstone, Mr. Baillie, younger, of Jerviswood, Mr. Scott, of Sinton, Fairholm of Chapel, Dr. Clarkson, Mr. R. Cadell, Edin burgh, Rev. Dr. Dickson, Edinburgh, Mr. Reid, his Ma jesty's architect, Mr. Pringle, of Whitbam, Bce. We understand that Sir Walter's head was opened on Sunday, and that the left side of the brain was found in a soft state, and that there were globules of wa'er under the left lobe, appearances which fully accounted for all the fatal symptoms by which he has been afflicted. SIR WALTER SCOTT.—As an instance of the very extraordinary success attending Sir WALTER SCOTT as an author, and what will tend to mark the pe riod of his life and writings as one of the most renowned and in y h n i , s m to rpy publishers, vi t a l; country rs, may fboer mentioned rewards to authors the cir cumstances attending the publication of his L i fe of Buo naparie. This work, which was undertaken at the earnest request of the highest personages of the time, and to which the most conspicuous of its living heroes contri buted a portion of information to enrich its pages, was completed in the short period of two years. It formed nine small octavo volumes, and at the sale of th e copyr i g h t such was th e c ompetition for its possession that it actually brought the enormous sum of . 9,000 guineas. The pub lication of thi s wor k excited such an extra or di nary d egree ofinterest that many persons desirous of possessing it were obliged to wait for weeks for its delivery. On the day of its publication such was the avidity evinced that it was taken away by coach-loads to the various subscribing booksellers ; and in a few days such was the unprecedented demand that out of an impression of many thousand copies, at four guineas and a half per copy, scarcely one could he obtained. It is computed that little short of 12,000 ,copies were thus disposed of, affording one of the most striking instances known of the successful sale of any wink. —Edinburgh Advertiser. On Monday, some of the friends and admirers of Sir WALTER SCOTT held a meeting in the ball of the Royal Society, for the purpose of making arrangements for a public meeting, at which persons 11 otn different parts of Scotland might atttrid, to consider the propriety of erecting a national testimonial of respect for his memory, and of gratitude for the honour Sir WALTER SCOTT had conferred on his country. This preparatory meetin though called on the spur of the moment, and necessarily small in number, was composed of zersons in various w a ks of life, and of the most opposite political views. The Loan PROVOST was called to the chair ; and we observed Baron HUME, Mr. THOMAS THOMSON, Clerk of Session, Mr. MACKENZIE, Deputy Keeper of the Signet, Sir JAMES GIBSON CRAIG, Sir THOMAS DICK LAUDER, Messrs. CADELL and ADAM BLACK, booksellers, Mr. ADAM HAY, banker, Drs. ABERCROMBIE and MACLAGAN, Mr. WIL LIAM ALLAN, painter, Professors BELL, PILLANS, and WALLACE, Mr. T ROTTER Of Ballendean, Mr. ROBISON, Secretary of the Royal Society, Mr. ROBERT JOHNSTON, merchant, Mr. SKENE of Rubislaw, Messrs. WOOD and JAMES GIB•ON CRAIG, kin., W. S., Mr. WILLIAMS, Rector of the New Academy, &c. &e. A committee was appointed to draw up resolutions for the consideration of the public meeting, which is fixed to take place on Thurs day, the 4th of October.—Edinburgh Evening Courant. ANCIENT COINS.—On Monday last, as a cart was going along by the aide of the road between Horseheath and Wethersfield, on the borders of this county, being a little off the regular roa d- way , t h e wheel struck against something, which the man who was driving at first thought was a stone, but upon a close inspection it proved to be one of the old Roman urns, which, upou being dug up, was found to contain nearly 600 silver coins, between the size of sixpence and a shilling, of a very ancient date ; many of them belonging to the time of WILLIAM Rurns, and consequently more than '7OO years old. The finder soon disposed of a great number of them at various prices, from Gd. to 2e. 6d.— Essex independent. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Baron and Baroness Dimsdale, at Crawley's Hotel, Albe marle-street, from their seat in Herts ; Sir Robert and Lady Wilmot, at ditto, from their seat in Derbyshire; Sir William and Lady Lumley, at their seat in Berks, from Leamington, Warwickshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Armit, and family, at Batts's Hotel, Dover-street, from Ireland ; Henry St. Aubyns, Esq. at ditto, from Cornwall ; General Sir Edward Stopford, Bart., at the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn.street, from Windsor ; Mr. and Mrs. M`Donnel, at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Leamington, Warwickshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Hodgson, at ditto, from Brighton ; Lord and Lady Henry Thynne, at Sir Henry Baring, Bart., seat the Grange, Hants, from the Isle of Wight ; Mr. and Mrs. Baynes, at the British Hotel, Jer myn-street, from Cheltenham ; W. Dalrymple, Esq. at ditto, from Dublin ; G. Lefevre, Esq. at ditto, from Wilts ; G. Sta pleton, Esq. at ditto, from Worcester ; G. Onslow, Esq. at ditto, from Weymouth ; Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Galion, at the Orleans Hotel, from their seat, Warley, Salop. DEPARTURES. Earl Spencer, from St. James's.place, to his seat, Althorp, Northamptonshire; the Bishop of Peterborough, and family, from Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, for the Palace, Peter borough ; Mr. and Mrs. B. Lorton, from ditto, for Bedford shire ; Mr. and Mrs. Howard and family, from the Burlington Hotel, for Lincolnshire; Captain J. W. Montague, R.N., from ditto ; Jones, Esq., from ditto, for Datchet ; J. Branding, Esq., from ditto, for Newcastle; Henry Brandbury, Esq., from ditto, on a tour ; Captain and Mrs. Blake, from ditto, for Maidstone ; Messrs. and Miss Marr, from ditto, on a tour ; T. F. Yarburne, from ditto, for the Continent; Mr. and Miss Sartorius, from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's street, for the Continent; the Countess of Gosford, for Margate; Edward Martin, Esq., from the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Brighton ; John Markland, Esq., from ditto, for Newmarket ; William Desborough, Esq., from ditto, for Cambridge ; Mr. and Mrs. J. Mortimer, from Brook-street, for Cheltenham; His Eminence le Cardinel de Letil, from Grillon's Hotel, Charles-street, Grosvenor square, for Amsterdam ; Mr. and Mrs. Isted, from ditto, for their seat, Hecton, Northampton; Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Roberts, from ditto, for Tonbridge Wells ; Mr. and Mrs. Cleggett, from ditto, on a tour ; Mrs. Dickens, from ditto, for the seat of Lord Cornwallis, near Maidstone, Kent ; General Bailey, from the Orleans Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Dover. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, Scrr. 22. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Sparrow Taylor, of Shelton, in the county of Stafford, Gent. to be a Master Extraor dinary in the High Court of Chancery. WAR-OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 28. 15th Regiment of Light Dragoons.—Cornet E. Fellowes, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bushe, promoted ; C. Sparling, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Fellowes, Sept. 28. 6th Regiment of Foot —Ensign A. linlach, from half-pay 72d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Wetherall, whose appointment has been cancelled, Sept 28. 14th Foot —C. Leventhorpe, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Parker, who retires, Sept. 28. 16th Foot—Ensign C. Hawker to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Carter, whose promotion has not taken place, Sept. 28. 17th Foot—Hospital-Assistant T. Pearson, from the half-pay, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Newton, promoted, Sept. 28. 22d Foot—Captain E. Hawkins, from the 49th Foot, to be Captain, vice Wilkinson, who exchanges, Sept. 28. 26th Foot—Lieut. R. C. Hamond, from half-pay 31st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Thompson, promoted, Sept. 28. 27th Foot—Captain L. It. J. Versturme, from half-pay unat tached, to be Captain, vice M. Higgins, who exchanges, receiv ing the difference, Sept. 28. 28th Foot—Lieut. T. Wheeler to be Captain, without purchase, vice Irving, deceased; Ensign T. Beckham to be Lieutenant, vice Wheeler; Gentleman Cadet R. J. M'Donell, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Beckham, Sept. 28. 41st Foot—Assistant-Surgeon G. Glaeser, from half-pay Cape Regiment, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice W. D. Fry, who ex changes, Sept. 28. 49th Foot—Brevet Major W. Wilkinson, from the Foot, to be Captain, vice Hawkins, who exchanges, Sept. 28. 60th Foot—Second Lieut. H. Bingham to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lord Fincastle, promoted; W. G. Rose, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bingham, Sept. 28. 93d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon J. Edmondson, from the Hospital Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Ekins, deceased, Sept. 28. 97th Foot—Ensign G. R. Cummin to be Lieutenant, by pur. chase, vice Reade, who retires ; C. J. F. Denshire, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cummin, Sept. 28. HOSPITAL STAFF. F. M'Rae, M.D. to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Edmondson, appointed to the 93d Foot, Sept. :IS. MEMORANDA. The date of the commission of Lieut. J. Edwards, of the 46th Foot, has been altered from 14th November, 1827, to 31st Octo ber, 1827, in order to his being placed iu his proper situation in that Corps. The promotion of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel N. Williams, on half-pay 2.1 Garrison Battalion, to be Colonel in the Army from 22d July, 1830, has not taken place. BANKRUPTS. JOHN CHRISTOPHE RE IFFENSTEIN, Langport-place, Camberwell, Surrey, merchant, to surrender Oct. 10. at one, and Nov. 9, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Knight, Church. court, Clement',-lane ; Kitchener, Lothbury, official assignee. JOHN DEMPSEY, King-street, Westminster, porter-mer. chant, Oct. 9, at two, and Nov. 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Kitchener, Lothbury, official assignee; White, Lime. street. HENRY SCHNELLE and WM. PREHN, St. Dunstan's hill, Tower-street, London, merchants, Oct. 10, at two, and Nov. 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, King's Arm's yard, Coleman.street, official assignee ; Brown, Martin, and Co., Commercial Sale-Rooms, Mincing-lane. RICHARD CRIPPS, Aldersgate-street, wine-merchant, Oct. 10, at half-past 2, and Nov. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bank , nhi n., Rnrnarvl.ctreet. ssell-square Canna'', Lothbury, official assignee. BENJAMIN FLIGHT and JOSEPH ROBSON, St. Mar tin's-lane, organ.builders, Oct. 6, at one, and Nov. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, King's Arms-yard, official assignee; Webber and Bland, Ely-place. CHARLES SH EARN, Widcombe and Lyncombe, Somerset shire, barilla-manufacturer, Oct. 8, and Nov. 9, at eleven, at the Castle and Ball Inn, Bath. Drake, Vine-yards, Bath ; Dax and Bicknell, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, London. JOSEPH W I DDO WSON, Fleet-street, goldsmith, Oct. 10, and Nov, 9, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Robinson, Hine, and Robinson, Charter-house-square; Turquand, Cop thall.buildings, official assignee. HANNAH PRIMER, Southampton, dealer in china, Oct. 9 and Nov. 9, at twelve, at the Star Inn, Southampton. Sandys, Crane-court, Fleet-street; Thring, Wilton, Wilts. SAMUEL ASTON. sen., Nottingham, ironfounder, Oct. 6, and Nov. 9, at ten, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham. Johnson and Weatherall, Temple ; Fearnhead and Campbell, Nottingham. DIVIDENDS. C. Spurrier, P. Joliff; and W. J. Spurrier, Poole, merchants, Oct. 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. W. L Robinson, Henbury, Gloucestershire,innkeeper, Nov. 1, at one, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. R. Hamilton, Liverpool, merchant, Oct. 20, at one, at the office of Messrs. Lace and Sons, Liverpool. E. Phillips, Bristol, vitriol-maker, Oct. 20, at one, at the White Lion Inn, Bristol. G. Taylor, 'l'hickhollins, Meltham, Yorkshire, woollen-cloth manufacturer, Oct. 22, at nine, at the George lnn, Huddersfield, Yorkshire. CERTIFICATES, O. 19. W. Thomas, Park-lane, Piccadilly, horse-dealer. I'. Buckley, Stockport, Cheshire, cotton-spinner. D. Stubbs, Bolton, Lancashire, draper. H. Pochin, Cosby, Leicestershire, maltster. It. Hall, Congleton, Cheshire, silk-throwster. C. E. Martin, New-street, Dorset-square, linen-draper, T. Joynson, West Wycombe, Berkshire, lace.dealer. J. Henderson, Hanover-square, tavern-keeper. J.lCatley, Green-street, Leicester-square,cnymist. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Fletcher and T. Gratwick, Erith, Kent, farmers. J. Drakeford and E. Docker, Manchester, silk-brokers. E. and H. K. Randell, Paradise-street, Rotherhithe, surgeons. B. Reiss and Co. Manchester. W. Nicholds and A. Baxter, Salford, Lancashire, dyers. W. Pilling and H. B. Peacock, Salford, Lancashire, cotton. thread manufacturers. T. B. Shoobridge and S. Godden, Tenterden, hop-buyers. J. H. Sutton and Co. Carlisle, wine-merchants. H. B. Peacock and W. Pilling, Manchester, woollen-drapers. J. Giblett and It. Atkins. J. Buckle and Cu. Chepstow, Monmouthshire, wine-merchants. J. Rolfe and Co. Dean-street, Soho, tailors. R. Adams and Co. Plaistow, farmers. J. T. Townsend and W. 'Tilt, Spicer-street, Bethnal-green, carcass-butchers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. ROBERT MELDRUM, Cleish, near Kinross, potatoe-mer chant, Oct. 5, and 20, at one, at the Kirkland's Inn, Kinross. GEORGE GILLESPIE, Cupar, flesher, Fife, Oct. 11, and Nov. 1, at two, at the Tontine Inn, Cupar, Fife. JAMES DAVIE, Paisley, grocer, Oct. 1, and 16, at one, at the Commercial Inn, Buchanan Court, Glasgow. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS, AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET. (From the London Gazette.) ON MONDAY, OCT. I.—DIVIDENDS. J. Hill, Strand, hatter at l 2 J. Nichols and Co., Skinner street, ironmongers W. H. Gardiner, Norton-falgate, ironmonger lO J. Vize, Crawford-street, Bryanston-square, stAtlioner ll R. Newman, Old Cavendish-street, victualler ll DOUBLE DUEL.—We understand that Mr. BaADDYLL, the new candidate for the North division of the county of Durham, fought two duels on Thu • -sday last ; one at Offerton, near Sunderland, with Mr. BOULEY, of South Shields, at 6 o'clock, A.M., and another at 12 o'clock, with Sir HJEDWORTII WlLLlAatsort, at Garnside Moor, near Durham. Both quarrels arose out of election speeches, and neither of the combatants, we understand, was wounded. DOG BlTES.—There have been recently a great number of persons who have been bitten by dogs, applying for relief at this hospital (London Hospital). In every case the parts have been freely excised. In one week ten persons applied for relief under these circumstances. Lancet. STATE OF TRADE —We are glad to fiEd from the communications of several of our correspondents that there is a perceptible improvement in the woollen cloth and worsted stuff branches of the manufactur e of the West Riding. At Huddersfield, on Tuesday, the market was pretty brisk. In the Leeds Halls also more business than usual was done, and the worsted stuff-markets at Bradford have been improving for some weeks. An ad vance in the price of stuff goods of both high and low qua. 'hies is stated to have taken place, but we understand that it is more than commensurate with the increase in the price of the raw material. The briskness in this depart ment has been chiefly occasioned by the demand for the northern Continental markets prior to the close of the shipping season; but after the dullness which has pre vailed throughout the whole of the summer, we may expect that the improvement in all the branches will be in some degree permanent.. —Leeds COURT CIRCULAR. The Russian Ambassador, the Prussian and French Ministers, the Baron DE WessENnuaGH, the Austrian Mi nister on a special mission, and the Austrian Charge d'Affaires, assembled at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, and held a conference with Viscount PALMERSTON. The Dutch Minister visited his Lordship yesterday. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yesterday from the Acting Governor of the lonian Islands, from Sir FREDERICK PONSON BY, the Lieutenant• Governor of Malta, and from Sir WILLIAM HOUSTOUN, the Lieutenant- Governor of Gibraltar. The Bavarian Minister and the Danish Charge d'Affaires transacted business on Thursday at the office of the Secre tary of State for Foreign Affaires. The French and Bel gian Ministers were occupied with Viscount PALMERSTON on Thursday evening at the Foreign-office. Sir JAMES GRAHAM also visited tile Noble Viscount on Thursday. The LORD CA ANCELLO R and Viscount ALTHORP have been staying on a visit during the week with Earl GREY; at Howick- hall, Northumberland. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE passed through Lincoln on Friday last, on his route from Hull IC London. By some accident the Marquis's servant fell otf the coach, and broke his arm in three places.—Lincoln Mercury. The Earl and Countess of MUNSTER, the in fant Viscount FITZCLARENCE, and Lady ADELAIDE FITZ CLARENCE, have quitted the magnificent seat of his ve nerable father-in-law, Lord EGREMONT, at Petworth, for Brighton, where a house has been engaged for his Lord ship and family, on the Marine-parade. Count MATUSZEWIC, the Russian Envoy Extraordinary, was expected to arrive to-day at hie residence in Curzon-street, May-fair, from Heaton Park, near Manchester. Lord TENTERDEN has been recruiting his strength during a considerable part of the vacation at Leamington, and we are happy to hear that he is consi derably improved in health. Yesterday morning the new Sheriffs, R. PECK end J. HUMPHREY, Esqrs., were sworn into office for the ensuing year, at Guildhall before the Lord Mayor, with the usual formalities. THE ORIGINAL STRAND.—in the reign of EDWARD 111. the Strand was an open highway. A soli' tary house occasionally occurred ; but in 1353, the rug' gedness of the highway was such, that EDWARD appointed a tax on wool, leather, &c., for its improvement.—Mirror . His Excellency the Marquis of ANGLE' SEY, the Marchioness of ANGLESEY, and Lady mAaf PAGET, proceeded on Tuesday to Maretimo, the seat of Lord CLONCURRY, near Dublin. Chatsworth, the splendid seat of the Duke or DEVONSHIRE, is in a state of preparation to receive th e Duchess of KENT and the Princess VICTORIA, who er° expected to pay the Lord Chamberlain a short visit, is the r progress to the metropolis. The present Sir WALTER SCOTT, who sue' ceeds to the celebrated boronetcy of Scorr of Abbotsfor d, is now in his 324 year, and Major of the 15th, or King Hussars, commanded by Lieut.. Colonel BRUDENELL. quartered at Manchester. In 1825 he married Jai alt daughter and sole heiress of JOHN JoßsoN, E.q., an ope; lent Scottish merchant, with which lady report affirme G , at the time the gallant o f f i cer received a fortune 0` 60,0001. Sir WALTER Scorr has one brother and too sisters,—viz. Mr. CHARLES SCOTT, of Brazenness -colleg e, Oxford; SOPHIA CHARLOTTE, now Mrs. JOHN GIRSOS . LOCKHART, wife of the editor of the Quarterly Review' and Miss ANN SCOTT. The Ministerial Papers announce that Lords GREY and BROUGHAM will return from the North to Loll' don early in October. This is believed to be preparato r f i to an important change in the Administration. LO' GREY is still anxious to retire. There is a difficulty!! the way; but it is supposed that Lord BROUGHAM take the lead in the Ministry ; that Lord Aturoar b r resigned the Exchequer robe, which he feels very bui tbef i some; and that two or three Members of the Cabinet vd, fall back to make room for new faces. It Lord Bitounite consolidates his power, he will effect further chang e* Some speculate on Sir R. PEEL'S taking office under b" Others think that the Right Hon. Baronet will sued!: Lord WILLIAM BENTINCE in the Governor.Generals hll of India. More unlikely things have happened.—Le ej Intelliyencer. hO' The late Admiral THoMAs DRURY, W P died at Bruges the sth instant, of apoplexy, had 10 ,5 nearly 60 years in the service, in the early part of seh'„, he had the good fortune to capture a Dutch brig of o r , after a most unequal and severe conflict, for which he made a commander. He subsequently commanded Myrmidon, of 20 guns, and the Fox frigate, of 36 O P In 1793 he was appointed to the Alfred, 74, and eaji tured, on the West India station, La Renomme, 44, La Favorite, of 22 guns. He was promoted to the In, of Rear-Admiral on the 23d of April, 1808 ; and A miral, 4th June, 1814. Of ASHES OF TWO MILLIONS OF BANK I , Co ENGLAND NOTES.—Amongst the various curiosities of lected in the Museum, King's College, there is none tv,,,b 1 0 appears to attract the attention of the visitor more Pc) ' the ashes of two millions of Bank of England notes► vib' have been presented to the Museums, and are enclosed glass case. By an inscription attached to the two ° o h lions' worth ! which has all the appearance of a mill of substance, and is of an irregular form, it appear.; notes were consigned to the flames in the present I; This transformation of the " paper currency" way 0 ,6, Mr. CORBE TT a commen t ar y for his promised fest' e Gridiron." AO' The Cardinal de LATIL, Confessor, or mestic Chaplain to CHARLES the Tenth, left GitatPo Hotel, in Charles-street, Grosvenor-square, last nigh , fit einbaik on board the Sir Edward. Bankes steame r ' o o. Rotterdam. His Eminence, on arriving in Holland/ of set out for Gritz, the place selected for their residence the Ex-Royal Family of France. The Cardinal t o esteemed favourite of the Ex-Royal Family, and the Per sessor of considerable wealth. To-morrow is the ano i .to f sary of the youthful Duke of BORDEAUX ( 111fr o ili CHARLES FERDINAND Dieu-Donne d' AnTots),w ll° b oo complete his 12th year. It is said that the D uc e, d'AncouLeatit is the proprietor of an estate of i m enenl o d tent in Gratz, or its vicinity, and it was therefore s el for her new residence. Among the suite of the Ex . ,1,4 , Family are three Englishmen, who ent e r e d th e Ex-ts' l ,, service when he was the Count d'A aTois , an d an ex"; 01 Hartwell. On the restoration of the Bourbon di ti o te these individuals attend e d th e i r R oya l M as t er to r s sfi where one of them was appointed a principal dol t / or huntsman, in the Royal forests, and the others wer e i ,fl provided for. The same pe'rsons still adhered to Ctik e 'o when he quitted France aft e r th e memo r a bl e confh .d the three days, and th e y ha ve n o w r e t u r n ed with h i ' the Continent. RUMOURED ARREST OF DR. Dolti ,E ',r 0 ` There was a rumour through town yesterday that s it/ rant had been issued from the Castle for the arrest °log Right Rev. Doctor DOYLE. It was also very Ben t 01 reported that the warrant was confided for execitio- e !' large force of military. We cannot believe that the i r i jr the slightest foundation for such a monstrous and in ° ble proceeding. The rumour, h owever, received Ps r / credence—but anything will be believed in these tl'e si x ' t p l : t l i o i n e t e h T e N o o b r r o i t r e l :S u O g D h f e :C o l n T i t li h ei r0 $4° Dublin Morning Register, Th ursday . In Barnstaple fair last week, the team of °, i d of Sir A. CHICHESTER, Bart., of Youlston, excite/ admiration of all who saw them, for their beautiful 'Y I P try, uniformity of colour, and extraordinary size. , o j/ spreadbullocks were res were paod r t sadly o dt l u d ias f ta o pi r tp : o.de ' o ; i voN n ins te :Fr n ir t Ai i d o l n i:y o et f : the n p jo el i nu pl u e ulat t i. o w a a t attack c o k ffe h r i e s d L t o o rd t s h h e i is T b: i °01: r ° b11 ::: however, disappointed ; the Bishop confirmed th;fl,/ ren, and met with nothing but the greatest eiy' Blackburn Gazette. t beir ' The Saint Simonians propose to exercise 6 ,00 Apostolat e i n t h e pr i sons . T hey will there find Pt. ( ell of their doctrine of the community of property , -- -; i ttly I SUlClDE.—Thursday night, between t e n 4,, go. eleven o ' c l oc k, t h e b o d y o f Thomas FENDON' ` - so itt, gentleman residing in Westbourne-lane, Hamme r v olt was discov ere d by his gar d e ner lying in one of ti le t oo f .: of th e pl easure groun d a dj o i n i ng hi s pr e mises, th e o , ', teoate gentleman having blown his brains out wi th 10,0 1 ; ing pistol, which still remained firmly grasped in h id i ° P A its fellow, heavily loaded, was also lying by his e e c i die t top of th e s k u ll was blown completely off. He h a w 6 ° le s with his family as usual, and nothing remarkable ''sbaos served in his manner or appearance. He went el?' seven o'clock, saying that he would call on a fr ieod _o l neighbourhood, but it appears he never left the Pteraittoi The fatal accident is supposed to have been enii.t; about an hour afterwards. No cause can be dire f o o signed, except that Mr. FENDON had been Pe) °, some time past to be labouring under great une4 , 2 (.0 pt mind, which he seemed very anxious to conceal fro family. He has left a widow and three children to his premature loss.