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ii, iterature. POETRY. WHERE IS HE NOW? written on hearing of the death of the Ilon. R. B. Wilbraham, late 111 I' for South Lancashire. BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE ISLKS ARE AWAKE." 0 ! heard ye that knell , s it boomed on the ear, And saw ye the mourners round ‘Vilbraham's bier ! What a c,iarige Iron' the day, when—dis4nsted at length With the self-styled Retort-a rs—ye rose in your strength And called upon him, as a leader, to burst The fetters ye wore. and had vaunted at first ; When he came at your call, and with pleasure and prld:?. Conducted your battle at Egerton's side ! Bow bright was the wreath that ye pliced on his brow ! "low proudly he bore it !—and where is he now? St. Stephen's had advocates noisier by far, More fond of, more skilled in, the long wordy war, But none more distinguished for high-minded zeal In all that affected his native land's weal, end none of more deep and continuous thought To trace the right line, and to prom:it the right vote. He clung to a arty, but that w,s, he saw The party of old English order and law; His promise was sacred, his word was a vow; Ye loved him, ye tru,ted.—And where is he now ? Ye feel—but your sorrowing time must be brief, Your sympathy checked e'en with Skelmersdale's grief, Though the light of his house and his name is extinct, And the brilliant chain broken by wh ch ye were linked 1 A duty is yours to perform, that will show Respect for the de-,d more availing than woe ; Choose a man to tits PRINCIPLES zealously true, One worthy of k:g,e, ton—worthy of you— And ye pay the best tribute your fortunes allow To Wilbraham—Ah! no—not Wilbraham now ! THE WATER-DRINKER. (AS RECITED BY PROFESSOR GREENBANK.) Oh ! wat - r for me water for me, And wine for the tremulous debauchee ! It cooleth the brow, it cooleth the brain, It maketh the faint one strong again , It comes o'er the sense like a breeze from the sea, All freshness, like infant purity. Oh ! water, bight water, for me, for me Give wine, give wine to the debauchee ! Fill to the brim I Fill, fill to the brim ! Let the flowing chryctal kiss the rim ! For my hand is steady, my eye is true; For 1, like the flowe s, drink nought but dew. Oh! water, brikht'water 's a mine of wealth, And the ores it yieldeth are vigour and health So water, pure water for me, tor me And wine for the tremulous debauchee! Fill again to the brim! again to the brim! For water strenetheneth life and limb : To the days of the aged it added' length ; To the might of the strong it addeth strength; It freshens the heart, it brightens the sight, 'Tis like qu t . ting a goblet of morning light. So, water, I will drink nought but thee, Thou parent of 11, alth and energy ! When o'er the hills, like a gladsome bri 'e, Morning walks forth in her be , ,uty's pride, An I, leading a band of laughing hours, Brushes the dew from the nodding flowers; Oh ! cheerily then my voi• e is heard, Mingling with t at of the soaring bird, Who flingeth abroad his matins loud, As he freshens his wing in the cold, gray cloud. But when Evening has quitted her sheltering yew, Drowsily flying and weaving anew Her dusky meshes o'er land and sea— How gently, 0 sleep, fall thy poppies on me ! For I drink water, pure, cold, and bright, And my dreams are of heaven, the livelong night. So, hurrah for thee, Water ! hurrah, hurrah ! Thou art silver and gold, thou art riband and star : Hurrah for bright Water ! W ter ! Hurrah, hurrah ! NOTICES. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. We do not remember to have perused a more interest ing number of this well-conducted periodical than that for the present month, whether as regards articles of a literary and amusing or of a political and instructive character. The first paper," Traditions and Tales of Upper Lusatia," besides a curious disquisition on " Fairies," in every Eu ropean country, contains a number of traditions, each con veying a moral, we have introduced for the first time to the English reader in these pages, " The Fairies Sab bath," or the story of the beautiful and virtuous " Maud," the stonemasons daughter of Lusatian Mountains, by Ernst Willkomm, an elegant German writer, a well-told and truly beautiful legend. In the next article, " The Diligence," there is art affecting story of a widow lady in Yrance, and another of a deserted wife—furtherillustra tions of the mysteries of life in Paris. The paper " Who wrote Gil Blas ?" is learned, but somewhat lengthy. The able writer sets the question at rest, proving (to our satis faction, at least) that Le Sage was not the author of that celebrated novel, but that he merely compiled and ar ranged it from one or more Soanish M.SS., of which he had obtained possession. The most important article is, we think, that entitled "Africa—Slave Trade—Tropical Colonies." In this the author (Mr. M`Queen) describes, from the best recent authorities, that large and prolific portion of the African continent, south of Abysinnia and Sea of Bab-el Mandeb, (from the equater to 13° north latitude, and extending from the coast Ajan far to the westward,) describing the several countries and tribes, rivers, productions, &c. He arrives at the valuable con clusion that much of this territory may be made available for British enterprise, not only to the advancement of our commerce to a high degree, but by civilising and christi anising of the natives in their own country, be the surest means of abolishing the slave trade. We strongly recom mend a perusal of the valuable facts and suggestions of this valuable writer. The "Narration cf certain Uncom mon Things that did formerly happen to me, Herbert Willis, 8.D.," is a well wrought narrative of strange events connected with, and immediately preceding, the Revolution of 1688. It is told with delightful simplicity, and the characters and incidents are full of the deep and spirit-stirring interest of romance. We have also a re view of Captain Jesse's, "'1 he Life of George Brumtnell, Esq.," (otherwise " Beau Brurnmell,") embodying, we should think, the very pith and marrow of that able and entertaining piece of biography. " The Actual Condition of the Greek State," at the end of the number, gives a full account of the revolutionary movements in Greece in Septerni - .er last, by which that weak monarch, Otho, was compelled to accede to his subjects the long-promised Constitution. The author points ant the principal barrier to the prosperity of that country—the inadequate nature of the tenure of the land, and the iniquitous manner in which it is taxed ; and points out by what steps, through the measures that may be taken by Great Britain and France, the evil may be removed. There are some other good papers in this number, as well as two admirable pieces of poetry by B. Simmons, but we have not room to particularise. We shall furnish some extracts next week. An Address on tlee Position of the Jews in Great Bri tain, with reference to their Literary, Political, Civil, and Religious Condition. By Moses SAMUEL, of Liverpool. The author of this pamphlet, which is written in a spi rit of kindliness to all denominations of Christians, is an enthusiastic admirer of Hebrew literature; and after no ticing the gratifying efforts now being made by his brethren in various parts of the continent of Europe to revive and cultivate the works of ancient Hebrew poets, historians, and philosophers, strongly urges upon his fellow-Israelites in En_Jand similar efforts to promote and cultivate He brew and Rabbinical learning. " I hope," he states, "to see this Jewish and philanthropic feeling manifested amongst our brethren in Grert Britain ; that Jewish or • thodox periodicals will be properly patronised with money and talent. I h-ed not who may be your editors, and whether of weekly, monthly, or quarterly journals. En courage them ! By increasing the matter with versatile talent, set-king for, and finding some, who may aid in your glorious cause of true reform and earnest regeneration, you will increase the interest in your publications ; and by increa-ing the consumption, you will have to offer them at low prices. Happy days, when the sons and daughters of Judah, after prayers and a comfortable repast on Sabbath, forgetting all trouble and anxiety, will read their own pe riodicals; the composition of their own flock, breathing feeling in every line responded to by every Jewish heart. flebrew poetry, Hebrew biography, Hebrew learned con troversy, Jewish history, pieces of Talmud copiously ex plained in good plain English, for the aid of students struggling with and stumbling over apparent obscurities, will, I hope, be comprised in our Jewish periodicals." The author, after urging his views on this point with much energy, states his regret that he is prevented at pre sent from contributing his quota to suolt a cause, owing to his being engaged in an elaborate work, of 1300 pages, the prospectus of which he purposes shortly to publish. He next takes a view of the social and political position of the Jews in this country, which he considers capable of improvement, while he congratulates them on the recent kindly feeling manifested towards them by their Christian fellow-men in various parts. " The sun of liberty," he exclaims, " is dawning upon us, and may, with God's will, soon arrive at its meridian; the genius, the integrity, and the philanthrophy of Hebrews being made manifest, must shake the prejudices the world ; they will be considered as men and as fellow-citizens." He strongly approves of the introduction of English lectures into the Synagogue in Liverpool, which were commenced some few years ago, and have been attended with the hoppiest results, not only here, but by the example being followed in other towns, as well as in Jamaica, New York, &c. He thus alludes to the desire manifested to convert the Jews :—" I cannot conclude this letter upon our position in England, without adverting to the great desire manifested by some of our Christian friends to regenerate us according to their views —to convert us to their faith. I cannot but suppose that this proceeds from a good feeling, engendered by a con viction in their own minds of the truth of their doctrine, and a positive injunction contained in their charter, to preach up their mode of salvation to every soul through out the earth. Avoid polemics if you can ; but if you are forced into the arena of controversy, argue mildly and patiently. We live amongst a stirring, an enlightened people, the Christians of Great Britain. Our entire si lence when questioned upon religion would be construed into ignorance, whilst a pushing, meddling, provoking fullness of zeal for controversy, would savour of presump tion." Remarks on the Efficacy of iiiatico as a Slyptic and Astringent. With additional Cases, mode of Exhibi tion, &c. Second edition. B y Thomas Jeffreys M D Longn.an and Co., London ; G rapel, Liverpool. ' The author of this second edition o f a pamphlet, setting forth the valuable properties of the S ou th American plant "Matico" or " Piper Augustifohum,." states i n hi s pre face that the fa , ourable manner in which his medical bre thren received the introduction of that p)werful vegetable stringent, made known to them through the medium of the " Transactions of the Provincial Medical and Sur4i cal Association" in 1843, together with the pressing in treaty of those who have the sale of the article, and the results of further experience of the utility of the plant, not only in cases of haemorrhage, both externally and in ternally, but also in oth er di seases, where the usual reme dies have failed, " mu s t b e hi s apology for further tres passing upon the public." We think our author had no need even to hint at an apolo g y, f or th e wor k i s one no t only of great interest to the profession, but to the public generally. He further states in the course of some pre fatory remarks, that the manner of using the Matico, and the form prescribed, is of much importance, and that the simple washin g o f t h e bl ee di ng vessels w i th a strong de coction has with him proved successful, when the leaf, the powder, and the tincture have failed, though aided by well directed mechanical pressure. lie furnishes an extraor dinary instance, of spontaneous bleeding from the inner parts of the m ou th, t o suc h an extent as t o en d anger th e life of the patient, which was stopped by holding the de coction in the mouth. We have, in this edition, besides the information formerly published, many valuable ad ditional remarks, together with a number of letters from medical men of eminence in this and other towns, bearing testimony to the efficacy of the plant in staunching every kind of bleeding, both exter na l and internal—also direc tions for its use. It appears that the Matico has now become a regular article of import, but care should be taken that the genuine article is procured, as not only a spurious herb, but an inferior sort is sometimes offered. It is known by the Spaniards and South Americans as `'Yerba Soldado," or " Soldiers Herb." The following is the account of its discovery given to our author by a mercantile friend who brought some of it from Peru : " A soldier, wounded in the field of battle, was left bleeding so profusely as to afford little or no hope of his surviving, The occurrence of syncope so far checked the haemorrhage as to revive him, and enabled him to perceive his threatened danger. He immediately exerted what little strength he possessed to fill the wound with grass, and the leaves of a plant accidentally within his reach,* and the effects were so speedy and complete as to enable him to rise from the place where he fell ; and he survived to record the means which he supposed had saved his life." * The latter, upon examination, was found to be Matico. The Library of Travel. We have received Part 11. of this cheap and interesting work, and we find in it no relaxation in the zeal and in dustry of the editor, Mr. Walter K. Kelly, to accomplish the object with which he commenced his labours,—viz., " to collect from the writings of travellers in all European languages, the interesting matter now dispersed through a wilderness of volumes, and to methodise this matter, and recast it into such a form as shall make it available for readers of limited means and leisure." He appears, in fact, nut only to select the works of the best writers and travellers, but to possess a peculiar aptitude for spreading before his readers the concentrated " honey of their deep research." The present number contains the continuation of " Syria and the Holy Land," and is re plete with interesting descriptive details of, and adven tures in, those highly interesting countries. We have here the " Route to Tripoli, and the Cedars" ; " Route from Tripoli to Latakiah" ; " Journey along the Heights of the Lebanon" ; " The Druses " ; " The Palace of Bteddin" ; " Route from Beyroot to Damascus," &e. ; the whole interspersed with neat illustrative wood engra vings. We shall probably give a few extracts in our next publication. SELECTIONS. FRENCH VANITY.—A very worthy agent sent to Texas, some years ago, by the French government, planned an excursion after Buffalo, directly into the hunting-grounds of the Camanches, to be accompanied only by two of his friends with servants. On being told of the certainty that he would be killed, he confidently remarked that he should carry the flag of France with him—the Camanches would never dare insult that !—Kendall's Narrative. CAPTURING WILD HORSES.—The Indians and Mexi cans have a way of capturing mustangs (wild horses) by running up on their fleetest and most untiring horses, and noosing them with the lariat. The white hunters have also a method, which is often successful, of taking the wild horses. It is called ;Teasing, and is done by shoot ing them with a rifle ball upon irticular cord or tendon in the neck, immediately under the mane. If the ball takes effect precisely in the right spot, the animal falls be numbed, and without the power to move for several mi nutes, when he is easily secured. Should it strike too low, the horse is still able to run off, but eventually dies. —Kendall's Narrative of the Santa Fe - Expedition. EASTERN POLITENESS. —An English gentleman is walking in the streets of Damascus, when up comes a re spectable-looking Turk, and slaps him on the breast; the Englishman, not knowing what to make of this, stares at the Turk, who seems quite disappointed at not receiving a return in kind for his civility. In• the end it turns out that the blow was not meant for an invitation to a pugilistic set-to, but as a friendly token of recognition, such as is very common throughout the East. Again, a traveller riding towards the ruins of Caesarea, sees two Arabs ad vancing in the opposite direction, mounted on very fine horses. As soon as they catch sight of him they raise their long spears in the air, and shouting " Yullah!" dash at him full tilt : he halts; they circle round him at once, then wish him a happy journey, and ride on their way.— Library of Travel. CHINESE ICE HOUSES.—The ice-houses around Ning po, and especially on the banks of the river between that city and Chinhae, are beyond calculation. They are built above the ground, and generally upon a platform of earth raised so as to be above the level of the surrounding fields. Upon such a mound a bamboo frame is thrown which is well and closely thatched with paddy straw. The ice is collected in tanks or ponds which the proprietors of the ice-houses take care to keep duly filled with water during the winter season. When the ice is of sufficient thickness, they collect it ; and, as it is brought in, each layer is covered with dry straw, and in this manner the ice is pre served during the whole summer. Each house has its own drain to draw off the water caused by the melting house. The article is not used in Ningpo for private consumption, but solely as an anticeptic for flesh and fish during the beats of summer. The inhabitants know noth ing of the mode of cooling their liquid, except as they have observed foreigners use it for that purpose, and then they are very willing to retail it to them at the rate of about eighty to one hundred cash per bucket, a charge by no means excessive during the dog days, In places like Foochow-foo, the seat of Chinese luxury, ice is occasio nally used to cool frui s, sweetmeats, &c.—Friend of China. ARABIAN TALE.—Subterranean streams are common n Syria, as in mazy other limestone regions, and there is no end to the tales related of them by the natives. As Lamartine was riding in Antilebanon, an Arab guide, who was trudging by his side, pointed out to him a distant lake, and told him the following story :—" Once upon a time there was a herdsman who tended the she-camels of a village situated on the borders of yonder lake, in a lonely tract of this lofty mountain. One day, when watering the herd, he perceived that the water of the lak e escape r:ll3y a subterranean issue, and this he closed up with a large stone, but let his staff fall in while doing so. Some time after this a river dried up in a province of Persia. The Sultan, seeing his dominions threatened with famine for want of water to irrigate the land, consulted the sages of the em pire, and, in accordance with their advice, sent emissaries into all the neighbouring realms to discover how the source of his river had been diverted or dried up. These envoys carried with them the herdsman's staff, which was hurried away by the torrent : when they arrived in Damascus the herdsman happened to be there, and, recognising his own staff, he perceived that his lake was the source of the lost river, and that the wealth and the existence of a whole people were in his hands. What will the Sultan do for the man who will restore him his lost river ?' said he to the envoys. • lie will give him,' they replied, his daughter and the half of his kingdom." Go in peace, then,' rejoined the herdsman ; • and before you reach home, the river shall again water Persia, and rejoice the heart of the Sultan.' Then going up the mountain, he removed the great stone; the waters returned to their old course, and once more filled the bed of the river. The Sultan sent fresh envoys with his daughter to the fortu nate herdsman, and bestowed on him half his provinces.' " —Library of Travel. A FORTUNE ACQUIRED BY DRESSING SALAD.—In passing throe h Cologne I met a Breton gentleman, who made a good thing of it by becoming a traiteur. I might multiply examples of this kind to an indefinite extent ; but I prefer relating, as more singular, the history of a Frenchman who acquired a fortune in London by his cle verness in making a salad. He was a Limousin, and, if my memory serves me rightly, called himself D'Aubignac or D'Albignac. Though his means were very small sub sequent to his emigration, he happened to dine, one day, at one of the most famous taverns of London. Whilst he was in the act of finishing a slice of juicy beef, five or six young men, of the first families, were regaling them selves at a neighbouring table. One among them stood up, and, addressing the Frenchman in a polite tone, said, " Sir, it is a general opinion that your nation excels in the art of making a salad, would you have the goodness to fa vour us by mixing one for us?" D'Albinac, after some hesitation, consented, asked for the necessary materals, and, having taken pains to mix a perfect salad, had the good fortune to succeed. While the salad was in process of mixing, he candidly answered all questions addressed to him on his situation and prospects, stated he was an emigrant, and confessed, not without a slight blush, that he received pecuniary aid from the British government. It was this avowal, doubtless, which induced one of the young men to slip into his hand a five-pound note, which, after a slight resistance, be accepted. He gave the young men his address, and, some t.me of erwards, was not a little surprised to receive a letter, in which he was asked, in the politest terms, to come and dress a salad in one of the best houses in Grosvenor-square. D'Albignac, who began to have a distant glimmering of durable advantage, did not hesitate an instant, and arrived punctually, forti fied with some new ingredients destined to add new relish to his mixture. He had the good fortune to succeed a second time, and received, on this occasion, such a sum a s he could not have refused without injuring himself in more ways than one. This second success made more noise than the first, so that the reputation of the emigrant quickly extended. He soon became known as the fashionable salad maker; and, in a country so much led by fashion, all that was elegant in the capital of the three kingdoms would have a salad made by him. D'Albignac, like a man of sense, profited by his poularity. He soon sported a vehicle in order the more readily to transport him from place to place, together with a livery servant, carrying in a mahogany case every thing necessary, such as differently perfumed vinegars, oils with or without the taste of fruit, soy, caviar, truffles, anchovies, ketchup gravy, and some yokes of eggs. Subsequently, he caused similar cases to he manufactured, which he furnished and sold by hundreds. By deg rees th e sa l a d dresser realized a fortune of 80,000 f. w ith w hi c h h e u l t i ma t e ly returned to France.— Classiques de la Table. THE BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS. THE LIVERPOOL STANIMRD TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin,—ln the Mercury of the 31st tilt., appears the re port of the proceedings of the Birkenhead Commissioners at their meeting held on Tuesday last. Mr. William Jackson, the acting chairman, in the course of the obser vatious he volunteered on the subject of the " .Monk's Ferry Bill," after complaining " that it was rather grie vous to find ti at any individual in Birkenhead who had been benefitted by the improvements which had been going forward, should so far aid and abet the Corporation as to sign a petition against the bill ;" and exonerating Mr. Edward Will oug hb y, ( for wh i ch gracious act ofin demnity the exculpated petitioner is, as in duty bound, no doubt, most profoundly grateful,) continues—" he was indeed surprised when he found such men as Mr. Hughes, with several others, who had profited by the public im provements which had been made, putting the township to the unnecessary additional expense in obtaining a mea sure so useful. What would be their reasons he knew not, but at the same time it was right the township should know who the individuals were." Mr. Bentham rose . "to expres s hi s aston i s h ment t h at hi s co ll eague s h ou l d wonder at any thing that that gentleman did." He sub sequently said, " I think the individual in question is like some others who long to do something to make themselves known. lie concurred with the chairman that the names of the oppositionists should be known." I beg your par don for annoying you with this lengthy quotation. In my own defence I am warranted in conducting my own case in my own way. What may be the exact nature of the motives which have actuated Mr. Jackson to drag me from the privacy I court, into the van of the body of the subscribers by whom the obnoxious petition was signed ; although I am not perhaps at a loss to imagine it ; I will not stop to analyze. If it were his intention to mark and ticket and push me forth, as the victim at whose " devoted head" the fierceness of the indignation of the promoters of the " Monk's Ferry Bill" should be hurled, I can assure him that his motive is as paltry as his design will be fruit less. A residence of sixteen years in Birkenhead so far fortifies me in depending upon the character I have maintained, and the connection I have formed, that I am emboldened to despise the terrorless threats ",of the little tyrant of the fields" whom I have had the temerity to withstand. There is a circumstance connected with the meeting of the commissioners at which this unprovoked outrage was hazarded, which I cannot forbear to notice. Mr. Jackscn is a liberal. In the course of the day on the evening of which he perpe trated this attack, he had been, no doubt, engaged in ex erting his influence to secure the return of Mr. William Brown, the " free-trade candidate," for the Southern Division of Lancashire. Stung with disappointment, and exhausted with the fatigues of an anxious canvass, he still continues to muster up sufficient energy to perpetrate, on a board from whose councils political discussion should be expelled, a gratuitous attack upon an obscure indivi dual, " the head and front of whose offending" was simply this—that " not having the fear of Jackson before his eyes," he had dared to exercise that prerogative for the possession of which Mr. Jackson, the canvasser, con tended, and which Mr. Jackson, the chairman, forbids an opponent to enjoy. I merely protested against the inflic tion of a measure which my extended experience as a re sident of Birkenhead convinced me would be not merely useless but actually mischievous. In maintaining this opinion I was not singular. I, with others, have been guilty of the high crime and misdemeanour of questioning the policy of projectors, whose scheme I practically know will be futile—and that I have presumed to doubt the assumed patriotism of cer tain parties who are loud and lusty in self-laudations. As to assertions of " Friend Christopher Bentham," I am happy that I can afford to treat them with a recep tion with which he was never yet known to greet friend or foe—that is, laughter. lam content to reside i n my own l oca li ty w i thout as piring to the notoriety which, although I do not court it, that distinguished brother of the " non-invading order" is determined to thrust upon me. He himself, " Friend Christopher," is confessedly a notorious man ; but rather than I would seek that particular sort of distinction which in a long career he has contrived to attain, I would sink myself into the insignificance of any of the unbought tea chests harmlessly deposited upon Christopher's shelves. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, ROBERT HUGHES. Birkenhead, June ht, 1844. THE DUKEDOM OF SUSSEX. HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, MAY 23. This being the day specially appointed for the " Com mittee of Privileges" to take into consideration the claim of Sir Augustus Frederick D'Este to the Dukedom of Sussex, every avenue leading to the House was crowded long before the hour fixed for the assembling of their lord ships. Not only were their lordships summoned, but the at tendance of the judges was also required. Soon after ten o'clock their lordships formed themselves into a committee. Among the peers present we noticed the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, L or d C am pb e ll, L or d Lang dale, Lord Dinorben, Lord Auckland, Lord Redesdale, Lord Camoys, Lord Beaumont, Lord Strangford, Lord Sudeley, Lord Sondes, the Marquis of Normanby, and Lord Cloncurry. The judges were also in attendance. Sir Thomas Wilde, Mr. Erle, and Mr. James Wilde appeared as counsel on behalf of the complainant ' • and the Attorney and S o li c it or -G enera l s, toget h er with Mr. Waddington, were for the Crown. As very much interest will naturally be felt in this re markable and extraordinary peerage claim, the following abstract of the case, and of the arguments upon which Sir Augustus D'Este's claim is founded, cannot but prove welcome to the public. The claimant first sets forth his pedigree as the son of the late Duke of Sussex and Lady Augusta Murray, and then recites the letters patent of the 27th of November, 42d Geo. 111., by which his Royal Highness Prince Augustus Frederick was created Baron of Arklov, Earl of Inverness, and Duke of Sussex, with a limitation to the heirs male of his body ; and adds, that he (the claimant) is the only male issue of the marriage celebrated at Rome, A.D. 1793, between his said late Royal Highness and Lady Augusta Murray, daughter of the Earl of Dunmore. The marriage took place without previous communication with George 111., and with the strictest secrecy ; but the fact soon became known. " The King (to use the language of the claimant's case) was dis pleased at the event, and from the time it came to his knowledge every endeavour was made to cause a separa tion of the Prince from his wife. This was accomplished, in the first instance, by his Royal Highness being imme diately sent abroad, and after several short periods of residence together, the desired object of a permanent se paration was attained in the year 1806, the claimant and a daughter being the only children of the marriage." On the death of his royal parent, the claimant presented his petition to her Majesty, claiming the dignities of Baron of Arklow, Earl of Inverness, and the Duke of Sussex, which petition was referred to the consideration of the Attorney-General, who, having heard the evidence in support of its allegations, made his report in August, 1843. From that report it appears that the fact of a mar riage between the late Duke of Sussex and the claimant's mother having been celebrated at Rome, was proved ; but with the view of establishing the lawfulness of that mar riage, and of showing that its validity wa s no t e ff ec t e d b y the provisions of th Royal Marriage Act, 12 George 111., c. 11, a statement of the circumstances under which the marriage took place is relied on by the claimant. The claimant, in the course of a detailed narrative of those circumstances, strongly relies on the fact that neither the sense which both the Prince and the claimant's mother entertained of the sufferings and disasters which their union bad wrought, nor the feelings consonant upon the disagreement which put an end to the union, ever once induced either of them to deny the fact of the marriage at Rome. or to express any doubt in their own minds as to the legal validity of that marriage. It is stated confident ly, that unequivocal evidence will be given that his late Royal Highness repeatedly acknowledged and treated the claimant as his legitimate son; indeed, one letter, written in 1801, is directed by the Duke "to my dearly beloved son. Prince Augustus Frederick, No. 40. Lower Grosve nor-street, Grosvenor-square, London." Her Majesty having been pleased to refer the claimant's case to the consideration of the House of Peers, and the House hav ing referred the petition to the Lords' Committee for Privileges, the case is therefore now submitted by the claimant to their Lordships; and these three principal questions will arise for their Lordships' consideration : " First, the question of fact as to the marriage, upon which he relies, as having been contracted at Rome; se condly, the legality of that marriage. And upon these two points the claimant presumes to hope that little diffi culty will be found in the way of your Lordships' conclu sion in his favour. The third question will be, whether a marriage contracted by a descendant of his late Majesty George 111. out of her Majesty's dominions, and legal in all other respects, is rendered invalid by the operation of the statute 12 George 111., c. 11, commonly called the Royal Marriage Act. Whatever impression may be re ceived from the first view of the question, the claimant confidently anticipates that a due investigation of the general principles of international law and of local legis lation upon which the proper construction and effect of the statute will depend, and by which it must be governed, will in its result abundantly satisfy your Lordships that that statute does not invalidate the marriage upon which he relies, or defeat his claim, as the legitimate offspring of that marriage, to succeed to the honours of his royal pa rent." The above is the summary of the arguments upon which the claimant relies ; and the case i s s i gne d b y " Thomas Wilde, William Erie, and James Wilde," as counsel. Sir Thomas Wilde, at great length, stated the case for the claimant, and proceeded to read portions of the cor respondence between the late Duke of Sussex and Lady Augusta Murray, previous to, and after, their marriage at Rome, and in London, in all of which his Royal Highness contends for their validity, and appeared anxious that it should be generally known that he considered the present claimant, Sir Augustus D'Este, to be his lawful and legi timate child. Sir T. Wilde having concluded his address, the further consideration of th e c l a i ms was ad j ourned s i ne die, their Lordships being unable at present to name a day to pro ceed with the hearing. Sir Augustus D'Este occupied the box in which the Usher of the Black Rod (Sir Augustus Clifford) generally sits, and appeared to take the deepest interest in the pro ceedings. In the course of his speech, Sir Thomas Wilde read several letters that passed between Lady Augusta Murray and the prince. They are couched in terms of the usual ardour; the lady showing the utmost devotion to her fervent lover, but manifesting some anxiety, while Mr. Gunn's scruples were under process of persuasion, lest he should think her " vile"—should think that she bad been the prince's mistress. In March, 1793, she thus writes to the p r i nce : " Then, my t reasure, you say you will talk of honour to him. There is no honour in the case : if there is, I will not marry you. I love you, and I have reason to hope and believe that you love me; but honour, in the sense you take it, is out of the question. I cannot bear to owe my happiness to anything but affection ; and all promises, though sacred in our eyes and those of Heaven, shall not oblige you to do anything towards me that can in the least prejudice ptur future interests. As for ho nour, with the meaning Mr. Gunn will annex to it—l am ashamed to fancy it—he will imagine I have been your mistress, and th a t h uman i ty, commonly termed honour, nowinduces you to pity me, and so veil my follies by an honourable marriage. My own b,loved prince, forgive me if lam warm on this subject. I wish you to feel you owe me nothing ; avid whatever I owe you, I wish to owe to your love and to your good opinion, but to no other principle. Tell Mr. Gunn, my own Augustus, that you love me—that you are resolved to marry me—that you have pledged a sacred word ; tell him, if you please, that upon the Bible you have sworn it; that I have done the same, and that nothing shall ever divide us; but don't let him imagine that I have been vile. Do this, my only love ; but pray take care of the character of your wife, of your Augusta." The letters do not appear, at least to unprofessional eyes, very cogent evidence, except that the parties made a passable Romeo and Juliet of real life ; but they are curious as specimens of royal erotics. The prince's style does not always do justice to his Gottingen education ; and it lacks a certain smoothness and elevation, which the lady had probably acquired from the study of novels. We pick out a few samples : PRINCE AUGUSTUS. " 26th March, 1793. " Do, my dearest Augusta, trust me ; I never will abuse the confidence you put in me, and more and more will endeavour to deserve it. I only wait for your orders to speak to Mr. Gunn. Say only that you wish me to do it, and I will hasten to get a positive answer. See, my soul, it only depends upon you to speak ; thy Augustus thou wilt find at all tines to serve you. lie thinks, he dreams of nothing but to make thee happy. Can he not succeed in this, all his hopes are gone; life will be nothing to him; he will pass the day in one constant melancholy, wishing them soon to conclude, and finding every one longer than the other. Indeed, my Augusta, that cannot be the case; my solemn oath is given, and that can never be recalled. —I am yours, my soul, ever, yours." PRINCE AUGUSTUS, 4TH APRIL. (STILL UNMARRIED.) " Will you allow me to come this evening? It is my only hope. Oh, let me come, and we will send for Gunn. Everything but this is hateful for me. More than forty eight hours have I passed without the smallest nourish ment. Oh, let me not live so. Death is certainly better than this ; which, if in forty-eight hours it has not taken place, must follow ; for, by all that is holy, till when I am married I will eat nothing ; and if I am not to be married, the promise shall die with me! lam resolute; nothing in the world shall alter my determination. If Gunn will not marry me I will die. * * I will be conducted in everything by you, but I must be married or die. I would rather see none of my family than be deprived of you. You alone can make me ; you alone shall this even ing. I will sooner drop than give you up. Good God, how I feel ! and my love to be doubted sincere and warm. The Lord knows the truth of it; and, as I say, if in 48 hours lam not married, I am no more. Oh, Augusta, my soul, let us try ; let me come ; I am capable of every thing; I fear nothing; and Mr. Gunn, seeing our resolu tion, will agree. lam half dead. Good God ! what will become of me? I shall go mad most undoubtedly." THE LADY'S ANSWER. " My treasure, my dearest life and love, how can I re fuse you? and yet dare I trust to the happiness your let ter promised me? You shall come if you wish it; you shall do as you like ; my whole soul rejoices in the assur ances of your love, and to your exertions will I trust. I will send to ( ); but I fear the badness of the night will prevent his coming. My mother has ordered her carriage at past seven, and will not, I fear, be out before the half hour after. To be yours to-night seems a dream that cannot make out; the whole day have I been plunged in misery, and now to awake to joy is a felicity that is be yond my ideas of bliss. I doubt its success; but do as you will; I am what you will; your will must be mine ; and no will can be dearer to me, more mine, than that of my lover, my all. Don't be angry at my not adding, my husband. I cannot any more say this till marriage sanc tions it. Forgive my doubts—my fears. They are ex cusable in Augusta." EXTRACT FROM LADY AUGUSTA'S JOURNAL ON THE MARRIAGE-DAY. " A bright sunshine of hope blazed upon me yesterday, but the darkest ray of despair succeeded it. I return thee, oh prince, thy promises, thy oaths; if love does not make you mine, I scorn all other claims. I am extremely wretched, but I must submit to inevitable destiny. How that destiny changed at night, dare I tell ? Oh, my God and my Lord, let me remember this awful day ; let me remember the new, the dear duties it imposes on me. At night my lover and my prince came ; then came a clergyman. Oh day ever sacred to my memory ! oh mo ment that I must record with letters of gold ! you are written on the tablet of my heart: you have changed my destiny ; this morning, wretched and forlorn ; this even ing, the happy wife of the most amiable, the most honour able among men. Teach me, oh Lord, to deserve the favours you lavish upon me, and grant that I may ever have reason to bless this day." FROM LETTERS EXCHANGED AFTER MARRIAGE : LADY AUGUSTA. " My dearest and now really adored husband ! you are but this moment gone—the sacred words 1 heard still vi brating in my ears—still reaching my heart. Oh, my prince, my lover, and now indeed my husband! how I bless the dear man who has made me yours. What a pre cious, what a holy ceremony ! how solemn the charges ; how dear, and yet how awful. Do you feel happy. my only•love ? Tell me you do, that I may bless my destiny. To be your wife is the summit of my wishes : I have at tained that summit ; but if my loved, my adored husband has one moment of regret, my happiness is fled, and despair returns. But do I talk of despair when jny ought to be my only theme—when it fills my whole soul ! Shall I hear from you to-morrow morning, my only beloved ? Will you write to your wife ? Will you tell her how you have gotten home, and whether the coming out has given you cold ?" IDEM : THE PRINCE. " Wife ! dearest of all beings! my dearest Augusta ! What happiness, what comfort to my wounded heart, to find all sorrow vanished from it! yes, my soul, to feel what inclination, the dearest inclination, joined to duty, has done ! We have made a hard promise to Gunn,a very hard one indeed ; but what would we not have done for to have obtained' the highest blessing—that of never being separated, our conscience free. Does my Gussy know that she can no more have a will of her own—that she will and must be strictly guided by me ? Oh yes ! that the dearest creature knows. How rigidly we must observe what we swore to Gunn. Gratitude demands this ; and, though a trial, we shall enjoy everything better afterwards. I may say at least, Gunn has made us make a dreadful promise, and we must keep it. This is hard—much more so than we think—but a thing for to reap so much bless ings from is just ; and though at times we shall be sorry for having mode it, yet comfort ourselves we have made a great acquisition. FASHIONS FOR JUNE. 'From the " London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.") Foulards de chine with barege are the most fashiona ble materials ; the prettiest are checked in shades of the same colour, violet and lilac, dark green on light, cerise and dahlia ; they are trimmed with two wide biais put on a little full, or two deep flounces ; hut a more novel style is one very deep flounce put on at the edge of the skirt, which is necessarily very short and the transparency thereby preserved ; the flounce is en biais ; the newest trimmings are ruches chicorees, flounces frontages, and antique biais. Redingotes of glace or cameleon silk are sometimes ornamented with a trimming of the silk form ing gueules de loup ; it is very usual to head the trimming on the skirts with gimp of the byrinthe style matching the colours ; the corsages are high or half high, of the Amazon style, and for every description of toilette they are made open and more or less ornamented—some lac ing half way up, others with revers showing the habit shirt; the sleeves are generally wile, with the under one of white ornamented with inlets of cretes of lace. The lighter materials of summer wear, tolatanes, muslins, &c., are with corsages drapes or demi-vierge, and three deep tucks often replace the flounces, and these are in rounded scollops festonnes a dents. Fancy straw bonnets are very much worn; when of open straw they are lined through out with poult de soie matching the ribbon ; Leghorns are trimmed with very wide ribbons, generally checked, and often platted. Some white crape bonnets are lined with pink ; they are evase at the ears, and the form a little raised and ornamented with a bird of Paradise, mends of white and pink sarcenet ribbon inside. On fancy straws, capotes with silk crowns and straw fronts, and also Leg horns, wreaths of fruit and mixed flowers are much worn. Caps now form an important article of dress ; very pretty ones are made of inlets lined with pink or blue gauze trimmed with lace without any ribbon. Simple caps a la paysanne are made with crowns of tulle or blond ; they are quite round, and trimmed with long lappets of lace and wreaths of ribbon. Pretty coiffures are composed of ribbon and flowers, the lappets replaced by wide fringed ribbon, and the nceuds so as to intermix with the hair when in ringlets, or accompany the bandeax. Scarfs are worn in every variety of colour and material; the pardessus d'ete are also fashionable, and also the chales mantelet of glacee silk edged with Alderienne fringe form ing a point behind and square ends in front, with revers at the throat reaching to the bottom ; this shawl has a join down the middle of the back. THE KING OF SAXONY IN ENGLAND.—The King of Saxony, with his suit, landed at Dover, on Tuesday, from the Queen's steam-packet, the Princess Alice. The King travels incognito, under the title of Count De Hohenstein. Having viewed the Castle and Archcliff fort, the military authorities being in attendance, the King repaired by railway, to Penshurst, where he was received by Earl Dela warr ; and thence to Buckhurst, the Earl's seat. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar and a select party were invited to meet the royal traveller. On Wednesday, his Majesty, with a numerous party, made a short circuit, visiting Knole Park, the seat of Lord Amherst; Redleaf, the seat of Mr. William Wells; Penhurst Castle, Lord De Lisle's property, his lordship receiving his Majesty ; and so back to Buckhurst. On Thursday, the King took leave of Lord Delawarr, and passed to Brighton, where he viewed the Pavilion, and showed himself on the chain-pier; to Arun del Castle ; Chichester, visiting its cathedral ; Portsmouth where the Port Admiral played host at dinner, and at night. On Friday after viewing the dock-yard, the King sailed in the Admiral's yacht Fanny to Ryde ; took a tour over the Isle of Wight, and dined and slept at the Club house. On Saturday his Majesty dined with the Queen at Buckingham Palace. GENERAL MISCELLANY. It appears by a parliamentary return, that in 1912 the profits of the London Gazette amounted to £10,532 Gs. 6d. The York Minster great bell is to be ordered forthwith. The amount of subscriptions exceed £17,000. ANOTHER FOREIGN MANURE.—A vessel is now taking calm from Swansea to Barbadoes, for the purpose of burning the coral there into lime for export. An offer has been made to have London letters deli vered in Newcastle in twelve hours and a half from the time of their leaving the metropolis. Although great industry has been used to obtain signa tures to a petition in favour of Barber, the will forger, only six names have been appended. At the Grinshill Quarry, near Shrewsbury, the week before last, between two and three thousand tons of stone and earth fell with a crash that was heard three or four miles round. Fortunately the quarrymen were absent. Lieutenant Cuddy, one of the seconds in the late fatal duel, has published a letter, in which he flatly contradicts several of the statements of Mr. Munro respecting the late Col. Fawcett. The cradle for taking the Great Britain through the dock-gut is fast approaching completion, and the projec tors have no doubt of being able to carry her safely into deep water. At the late Eton montem, two youths drew the swords which they are permitted to wear during that festival, and, while playfully fencing. one, whose name is Fox, received the point of his fellow-pupil's sword in his right eye, the sight of which is entirely destroyed. On Sunday afternoon a fire took place at the Queen's Ferry, about six miles from Chester, by which an exten sive warehouse, stable, four fine horses, and a large quan tity of other property, have been entirely destroyed. The estimated damage is about £3,000. A very elegant piece of plate, weighing upwards of five hundred ounces, purchased by subscription of numerous noblemen and members of the theatrical profession, was on Wednesday last, presented to Mr. Bunn, in the saloon of Drury-lane Theatre. BEAR'S GREASE.—AII the brown, black, and white bears in the world would scarcely yield a month's supply of genuine grease for the polar consumption of Great Britain. To "slaughter a bear" is a byword among bar bers fur opening a bladder of lard I—Mysteries of Lon don. Messrs. Grote, Prescott, and Co., the bankers, have put down their names for £lOO towards the national fund which the Chartists are about to raise for the purpose of purchasing an estate for Mr. Thomas Dunconnbe, as a tes timonial of their sense of his services to their cause, both in and out of parliament.—Sun. Mr. Moon, of Lancaster, has lately paid a second divi dend of a quarter of a farthing in the pound.—Mr. May hew, of Camberwell, has pain a halfpenny in the pound ; and in another case the creditors have received five eighths of a penny !—l❑ the case of Clarke, Mitchell, and Co., of Leicester, the creditors, who have received nothing, will probably have to pay the expenses of the commission. A curious proposal was made in the course of the last week to some of the principal Life Assurance Companies. It was for an insurance upon the life of the late Mr. Crockford for four days only from the day on which it was proposed, so as to carry the risk over the Derby. The proposal was declined ; but had it been accepted, the insurers would have suffered no loss, Mr. Crockford hav ing lived six days. GAMING AT RACES.—A letter was received on Thurs day morning by the Mayor of Windsor, from Sir James Graham, stating that it was the determination of her Majesty's government to suppress every description of gaming at the various race-courses throughout the king_ dom, and calling upon the authorities of Windsor to render all the aid in their power during the ensuing races at Ascot. HONOURABLE CONDUCT.-Mr. Ward, of Honduras Wharf, who stopped payment some years ago, and paid 10s. in the pound, having through his exertions recovered himself in business, has lately called his creditors toge ther and paid the remaining 10s. So highly gratified were these parties with the honourable conduct of Mr. Ward, that, at a dinner which they gave him on Wednesday last at the Brunswick Hotel, Blackwall, they presented him with a piece of plate valued at 100 guineas. SUSPICIOUS CASE.—On Tuesday night some neigh bours of Charlotte Hall, wife of a plasterer, at Wimble don, heard screams of murder. Next morning the poor woman was found apparently strangled in her bed, and the husband had absconded. An inquest was held on the case on Wednesday, when it was concluded that the un fortunate woman had died from natural causes, and a ver dict acnordingly was returned. The police are, however, still on the look out for the husband. THE PITMEN OF THE NORTH.—The pitmen have not yet returned to their work ; and the colliery owners are gradually obtaining fresh men to supply their places. We are informed that certain disclosures, implicating the cor. duct of the executive, are about to be made, the effect of which will probably be to break up the union, or at all events to give those a good excuse for withdrawing from its ranks, and we believe the number is not small who are heartily sick and tired of the strike.—Newcastle Adver tiser. It is rather a remarkable coincidence, that the late Go vernor-General of India, Lord Ellenborough and his suc cessor in that distinguished appointment, Sir Henry Hardinge, Bart., K.C.8., are both brothers-in-law of the Marquis of Londonderry. Lord Ellenborough married, in 1816, Lady Octavia Stewart, who died in 1819, sister of the Marquis of Londonderry ; and Sir Henry Hardinge married in 1821, Lady Emily Jane James, widow of J. James, Esq., also sister to the Marquis of Londonderry. GAMBLING BOOTUS.—The report of the committee of the House of Commons on the laws respecting gaming, which was presented on Monday, recommends that all gambling booths on race courses should be entirely and universally put down. As Mr. Manners Sutton, the under-secretary for the home department, was a member of that committee, we have no doubt that the gambling booths and tables at Epsom, like the recent simultaneous entrance of the 17 gaming -houses in the neighbourhood of St. James's-street, arose out of the inquiries and recom ine .dations of the committee. THE DERBY AND LEGER LOTTERIES.—It is the in tention of Government to adopt measures for the imme diate suppression of the above speculations. Arrange ments are about being made with the magistracy to carry this intention of the Government into effect; for which purpose the police autho r iti es w ill rece i ve i nstruct i ons to give notice to publicans that if they, for the future, per mit " lotteries" or " sweepstakes" to be held, they will not only subject themselves to heavy penalties, but by permitting them to take place on their premises, such an illegal proceeding will endanger the licences of their respective houses.—Morning paper. lIRE AND Loss OF LIFE.—On Sunday week, about six o'clock, a most destructive fire broke out in the house of Mr. Brown, oilman, No. 69, Selby-street, at Hull. The county and parish engines were speedily on the spot, but there was a scarcity of water for some time, and the fire rapidly spread to Nos. 68 and 70, the property of Mr. Banks and Mr. Walker, but it was happily got under about seven o'clock. We regret to say that the wife of Mr. Brown perished in the fire. Nos. 68 and 69 are en tirely, and No. 10 partially, gutted. Very little of the furniture, stock, &c., were saved. None of the houses are insured. No conjecture can be formed as to the origin of th e i fire. RAISING THE WIND.—A most ingenious act of impo sition, attended with a forgery upon a highly respectable solicitors' firm in the City, was enacted a few days since in the legal neighbourhood cf Lincoln's-Inn. It appears some rogue, " learned in the law," prepared a fictitious case in the usual terms of legal technicality, and which was duly endorsed " Case for the opinion of Mr. Bethell —two guineas." The names of certain clients of Mr. Bethell, as usual, at the bottom of the " case," and a cheque for £lO, purporting to be drawn by them upon Messrs. Lubbock, the bankers, was presented to the clerk, who, unsuspicious of fraud, at once handed over the dif ference between the fee and the £lO. Upon the check being presented for payment the forgery was at once dis covered. TIIE SLAVE TRADE.—The Rapid, 10-gun brigantine, doubts of the safety of which have lately been expressed, was left by the Rattlesnake, on the 25th March, refitting at the Island of Ascension—all well. She had been ac tively employed on the African coast. On the 15th Fe bruary, she captured, with her boats, a Spanish slaver in the river Bimbia. The boats had to sustain a long fire of musquetry, but courageously boarded her. One man was killed and two wounded. The Rapid has been on the coast for two years, during which she has captured seven slave vessels, containing 1,288 slaves. The description given of one of these vessels, from the poor creatures, men women and children, being stowed together in a bulk, is horrifying. Several were found dead. All the other ves sels captured were more or less in the same condition. SHOCKING BARBARITY.—At the Clerkenwell Police office, the other day, Mark Noed, a gold-cutter, was committed for trial, charged with brutally flogging, starv ing, and otherwise maltreating his illegitimate son, a boy of fourteen. The instrument of punishment was a clumsy stick, two feet long, with six knotted India• rubber cords fastened to the end of it; and the boy had been kept tied up in a darkened room, and fed on bread and water for days together. The boy was desired to remove the upper part of his dress, and in doing so a spectacle truly shock ing was presented to the court. The whole of the back, from the neck to the hips, was literally covered with stripes and coagulated blood. The whole of the left side was contused ; there were two or three marks of the lash and knots on the lower part of the abdomen. The boy having told his story, the brutal father, being asked what he had to say i n rep l y to t h e c h arge, rep li e d, with great to y indifference,opioioo he" What deserveshe a I says e perfectlyi g s ot SHAD FELLS. — SUICIDE BY A COACH PASSENGER ON On Thursday afternoon last, a res pectable - lo oki n g e London mail-coach gentle man, who was a passenger on _ll was sxm i s sea t ei elwn n echtreeor when b gv y aooti b c pa uueoltrtti person t i ot n hl i ne n g e t f ro m Kendal, the gentle the north side of the H ticks steep hill on Shap Fells, 011. 1 g h o is in t g hroat. southwards , itap p e p a u r t s , a t p h e a r t i , o d w walk down the hill behind the public-house, about ~ the Hucks. coach, and get up again changing horses at , nge d, and the mail ready for a start, The horses being changed , I t i l' i s two throat hou hours, , c u: haelnmloi life he did not come up. However, h th e i w s the public-House, not far from l: hise tt bhl tomornoethl i i oe t t i nh n off the road, man said that he t h e place, and, lamentable to relate, the gen tleman sent to was found in a sand hole a short distance from the from ear to ear. As a matter of course, the mail drove on, and he was removed to the Hucks, where he lingered became extinct. On searching his pockets a few invoices of one Andrew Gibson, whisky wonlilon distiller, Paisley, were found. in great welteringa agony on y fo inr June 4, 1814 SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, Half-past Ten o'clock. THE STATE TRIALS. Court of Queen's Bench, June 3. Yesterday (Monday) Mr. Whiteside applied to the full court that the traversers should be at liberty to inspect the indorsement on the back of the indictment, and for a list of the witnesses' names. The application was grounded on an affidavit of Mr. Ford, that such an in spection was necessary in order to the preparation and speeding of the writ of error. The Attorney-General said he believed that there was a concealed object in every one of these applications, and according to the practice of the court it should have been stated specially what the errors were that were assigned. Let the traversers assign any just reason why they should inspect the indorsement, and their application would not be resisted. After a number of remarks between the Court and the counsel for the Crown and the traversers, the Attorney- General suggested to the Court themselves to have the record sent for, let them examine it, and if their lordships, on looking at the endorsement as it appeared on the back of the indictment, considered it necessary that the traver sers should inspect it, or if they thought the application on the reasons now, for the first time, truly assigned, reasonable and good, he would not object to its being granted. The Court intimated that they considered this course the most advisable, and desired Mr. Bourne to procure the record for their inspection. The record was soon after brought into court and handed to the bench—their Lordships perused it carefully for some minutes, and after a short consultation The Chief Justice said that he did not think any good reason had been made out for establishing this as a pre cedent, and in this case no reason had been assigned why the record was wanted' The application could not there fore be granted. Judge Burton differed from the Chief Justice, and said that the record being for the benefit of the prisoner as well as the crown, the application was perfectly fair and reasonable. Judge Crampton said "This application is grounded on an assertion made in the notice and affidavit, that in formation is required by the traverser's counsel on certain points. Now the notice states only that they wish to in spect the back of the indictment, while the affidavit sets forth that they desire a perusal of the record; this is a very different thing—the record is a history of the whole proceedings, from beginning to end ; and it is necessary for a party to have a fair and full inspection of this prior to his instituting ulterior inquiries, and for alleging error; a copy of the record, therefore, he is entitled to see. Now, this is offered to the traversers' counsel by the crown; but they are not content, they demand an inspec tion of the indictment itself, and especially of the endorse ments on the back of the indictment. The court would not be warranted in granting the application." Judge Perrin saw no substantial objection to grant the application. The Attorney-General—As two members of the Court are of opinion that the application should be granted, I shall offer no further objection. The record was accordingly handed by Mr. Bonnie to Mr. Ford ; Mr. Whiteside, after cursorily glancing over it, asked the Attorney-General if he would not also give tbem a copy of the names, which, being answered in the affirmative by that gentleman, the different parties left the Court. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The usual weekly meeting took place yesterday in the Conciliation-hall, which was very much crowded in every part. Mr. W. S. O'Brien and Mr. D. O'Connell entered the meeting about one o'clock, and were received with long-continued cheering. The chair usually occupied by Mr. O'Connell remained vacant during the proceedings. An address of condolence and sympathy to Mr. O'Connell, on his incarceration. was agreed to. The rent for the week, including large sums received from America, was about £lBOO. THE LIBERATOR AT MASS IN HIS PRISON CELL..... Mr. O'Connell's chaplain has published an account of the agitator's first prayers in prison, from which we extract the following :—" I have just returned from celebrating the divine mysteries for O'Connell in his prison cell. You will not be surprised that my heart is overflowing with emotion ; with emotion, however, in which there is not blended the slightest tincture of sadness or despon dency. Never have I beheld the Liberator in a sublimer attitude than this morning, as he knelt, I may say in fet ters, before the altar he himself bad freed. It was a spectacle of much grander import than even that of a just man contending with adversity ;' and if those who have been labouring so long, `per fas aut nefas,' to afflict his spirit, to embitter and disgrace his declining years, could have beheld the joyous serenity of his coun tenance in receiving the divine communion, I will not say they would have been sorely disappointed ; but, for the honour of human nature, I shall per suade myself that it would have repented them of their intent in seeking to fix the brand of a felonious con spirator on such a man. No, O'Connell is not sick; he is not sad ; let no one believe it. I was be side him in the court—l accompanied him to the prison ;it is scarce an hour since this hand that writes was grasped in his ; and I aver upon this knowledge that he is in rude health, unshaken in his purpose, and undismayed as when he de nounced the Union on Tara or Mullaghmast, serene in the spirit of his mind, and full of buoyant vigonr. He is proud of his present position, and looks back upon the past with triumph, and never were his hopes of the future brighter than this moment, or more akin to certainty." HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Last Night. Mr. Entwisle was introduced by Mr. W. Patten and Mr. J. Black burne, and tjok the oaths and his seat for South Lancashire. . On the motion of Mr. BROTHERTON, the Liverpool Docks Bill was read a third time and passed. The report on the Birkenhead Dock Bill was further considered and agreed to. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought for ward the following resolutions on the sugar duties— " 1. That towards raising the supply granted to her Majesty, the several duties now payable on sugar he fur ther continued for a time to be hunted, save and except that from and after the 10th day of November next, there shall be charged on Brown, Muscovado, or Clayed sugar, certified to be the growth of China, Java, or Manilla, or of any other foreign country the sugar of which her Ma jesty in Council shall have declared to be admissible, as not being the prod uce o f s l ave l a b our, " The hundred weight, £1 14s. " Together with an additional duty of £5 per centura on the aforementioned rate. " 2. That, from and after the 10th day of November next, her Majesty be authorised, by Order in Council, to give effect to the provisions of any treaty now in force, which binds her Majesty to admit sugar, the produce of a foreign country, at the same duties as are imposed on sugar the produce of the most favoured nation." The following notices of motion on committee on the Sugar tuties have been given : Lord J. Russell,—To move, as an amendment to the proposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, a reduc tion to 345, of the duty on all sugar from foreign cOlin. o th f a L t o t r h d e J. t ß y u e s p s o e n ll' s s u m ga o r: tries. tion M r not P. beingM Miles,—ln produce of Bri tish possessions , be red uce d to 20s. per cwt. Mr. Ewart ,—To move, red uction of the duty on fo reign sugar to the same rate of duty as co l on i al sugar. e s a , r — rie l d n ,t the on event) OXFORD.—THE VI CE - CHANCELLOR'S DECISION ON THE REV. MR. GARBETT'S SERMON.—" The Vice- Chancellor begs to acknowledge the receipt of a C opy of the sermon which, in consequence of a formal allegation of complaint, he requested Mr. Garbett to deliver to him, un der the provisions of the statute, tit. xvi. sec. 11. The Vice- Chancellor having had before him, since Friday, the 24th instant, the sermon which has thus been called in question , and having carefully considered what steps it might be his duty to take on the occasion, informs Mr. Garbett, without delay, that, in the exercise of the discretion re served to him by the statute, he deems it unnecessary to institute l an 4., y 4 further proceedings.—St. John' s College, May 29, 1844." THE LATE LORD DURHAM.—The Durham Advertiser states that active preparations have been begun for erect ing a handsome monument to the late Lard Durham GM Pensher-hill; a buddidg imitated fr om th e T em ple c , Theseus, at least seventy feet in height, and visible from a great part of the surrounding country. r r r F I F 7 t Z