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J.itCt POETRY. WHERE IS HE NOW? Written on heari,g of the death of the Hon R. B. Wilbraham, late M P for South Lancac:hire. BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE ISLES ARE AWAKE." 0 ! heard ye that knell it boomed on the ear, And saw ye the mourners round Wilbraharn's bier ! What a cliasge from the day, when —,iis4usted at length With the self•styled Reform 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 pride Conducted your battle at,,,Egerton's side ! How bright was the wreath that ye p 1 iced on his brow ! How proudly he bore it !—and where is he now St. Stephen's had advocates noisier by far, More fond of, more skilled the long wordy war, But none more distinguished for high-minded zeal In all that affected his native land's weal, And none of more deep and continuous thought To trace the right line, and to prom ,t the right vote. He clung to a arty, but that w s, he saw The party of old Errlis'l order and law; His promise was sacred, his word was a vow ; Ye loved him, ye trusted.—And where is he now? Ye feel—but your sorrowing time must be brief, Your sympathy checked e'en with Skelmersdate's grief, Though the light of his house and his name is extinct, And the brilli tnt chain broken by wh ch ye were linked ! A duty is yours to perform, that wid show Respect for the de , d sure availing than woe ; Choose a man to tits PRINCIPLES zealously true, One worthy of Eget 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 !—Uri:: ht water for me, And wine for the tremulous debauchee I It cooleth the brew, it cooleth the brain, It niaketh the faint one strong again , It comes o'er the sense like a breeze from the sea, All freshness, like infant purity. Oh ! water, b ight water, for me, for me I Give wine, give wine to the debauchee ! Fill to the brim ! Fill, fill to the brim ! Let the flowing chrystal kiss the rim ! For my hand is steady, my eye is true ; For I, like the Howe s, drink nought but dew, Oh! water, bright Wa' er 's a mine of wealth, And the ores it yieldeth are vigour and health So water, pure water for me, for 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 addeth length; To the might of the strong it adder!' strength ; It freshens the heart. it bri t rlitens the sight, 'Tis like quiffing a goblet of morning light. So, water, I will drink nought but thee, Thou parent of Ikalth and energy! When o'er the hills, like a gladsome brie, Morning walks forth in her beauty's pride, An 1, 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 whe❑ Evening has quitted her sheltering yew, Drowsily flying and weaving anew Her dusky meshes o'er land and sea— Flow gently, 0 sleep, fill 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 Bola, 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 stoeemasons 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 an affecting story of a widow lady in France, and another of a deserted wife—further illustra tions of the mysteries of life in Paris. The paper " Who wrote Gil Bias ?" 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 tile 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 Brummell, Esq.," (otherwise " Beau Brummell,") embodying, we should think, the very pith and marrow of that able and enteitlining 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 Septemt-er last, by which that w:alc monarch, Otho, was compelled to accede to his subkets the long-promised constitution. The author points out 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 the Pas!lion 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 i n 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 ovule 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 England 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 Great Britain; that Jewish or thodox periodicals will be properly patronised with money and talent. I heed not who may be your editors, and whether of weekly, monthly, or quarterly journals. En courage them ! By increasing the matter with versatile talent, seeking 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 increasing 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. Hebrew 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 suoh a cause, owing to his being engaged in an elaborate work, of 1500 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 impfovercent, 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 of 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 examp le 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 ou r 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 -victim 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 Matio Astringent. With additional Ca% a , s nl a o , S e i rlE ti Exhibi tion, helbnid. lion, ti'c. Second edition. By Thom a s es i,iv e e ff rp te o y o , M.D. Longman and Co., London; Grapel, l. Pamphlet setting The author of this second edition of a orth the valuable properties of . the South rnerie'an plant " Matic:)" or " Piper Augustifo . lium," states in his pre face that the favourable manner . in which his medical bre thren received the introduction of that plwerful vegetable stringent, made known to them through the medium of the "Transactions of the Provincial Medical and Surgi cal Association"• in 1813, 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 other diseases, where the usual reme dies have failed, " must be his apology for further tres passing upon the public." We think our author had no need even to hint ai an apology, for the work is one not 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 washing of the bleeding vessels with 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. He furnishes an extraor dinary instance, of spontaneous bleeding from the inner parts of the mouth, to such an extent as to endanger the 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 external 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 bfought 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 disper,ed 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" ; " J ourne y a l one the Heights of the Lebanon" ; " The Druses" ; " The Palace of Bteddin" ; " Route from Beyroot to Damascus," &c. ; the whole interspersed with neat illustrative wood engra vings. We shall probably give a few extracts in our nest 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 WILIS llonsts.—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 creasing, and is done by shoot ing them with a rifle ball upon particular cord or tendon in the neck, immediately under ti .e 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 summ:-r. Each house has its own drain to draw off the water caused by the melting house. Toe article is not used in Ningpo for private consumption, but solely as an anticeptic for flesh and fish during the heats 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 in Syria, as in many 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 lake escaped by 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 whoie 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. He 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 halt his provinces.' —Library of Travel. A FORTUNE ACQUIRED BY DRESSING SALAD.—In passing throw: 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 ray 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 me rk to slip into his hand a five-pound note, which, after a slifht resistance, be accepted. He gave the young men his address, and, some Vine afterwards, 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 as 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 degrees the salad dresser realized a fortune of 80,000 f. with which he ultimately returned to France,—Classiques oft la Table, THE BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS. TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR,—In the Mercury of the 31st ult., 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 vations he volunteered on the subject of the " Monk's Ferry Bill," after complaining " that it was rather grie vous to find that 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 Willoughby, (for which gracious act of in 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 unnecess ar y a ddi t i ona l expense i n otaining 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 express his astonishment that his colleague should 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. He 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 cwn 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. I am content to reside in my own locality without 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 Ist, 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, Lord Campbell, Lord 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 Solicitor-Generals, together 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 Arklo 1 , , 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, male 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 was not effected by the provisions of the 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 had 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 is signed by " Thomas Wilde, William. Erle, 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 the claims was adjourned sine, die, their Lordships being unable at present to name a day te, 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 is 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 h er " v il e "— should t hi n k th a t she had been the prince' s m i stress. i n M arc h , writes to the prince 1793, she thus 'When, my tr easure , • -- • 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 eves and those of Heaven, shall not oblige you to do anything towards me that can in the least prejudice your 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 that humanity, commonly termed honour, now induces you to pity me, and so veil my follies by an honourable marriage. My own beloved prince, forgive me if lam warm on this subject. I wish you to feel you owe me nothing; and whatever I owe you, I wish to owe to your love anti 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 erotica. 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 : THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, 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 /Jou to speak ; thy Augustus thou wilt find at all tires to serve you. He 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 ore 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. 1 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 joy 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 I 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 den.ands this ; and, though a trial, we shall enjoy everything-better afterwards. I ma' 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 ; but 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, nceuds 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 mends 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 Aldmienne 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 ENG/IAND.—The King of Saxony, with his suit, landed at Dover, on Tuesday, fram the Queen's steam-packet, the Princess Mice. The King travels incognito, under the title °Mount De Hohenstein. Having viewed the Castle and Arahcliff fort, the military authorities being in attendance, the King repaired by railway, to Pensburst, where he was received by Earl Dela warr ; and thence to Buckhursr,,the Earl's seat. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar and s 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 Buckburst. 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 cat' , edral ; Portsmouth where the Pert Admiral played host at dinner, and at night. On Frid;ky after viewing the dock -yard, the King sailed in the Admiral's yacht Fanny to Ryde ; took a w over the Isle of Wi g ht, and di n ed and slept a t the llClub house. On Saturday his M a jesty at Buckingham Palace. di n ed with the Queen THIRD EDITION. Half-past One o'clock. BIRKENHEAD IMPROVEMENT BILL. (From our Correspondent.) HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY. The Birkenhead Improvement Bill passed the Lords this afternoon. The Town Council of Liverpool strenu ously opposed it by Messrs. Austin, Talbot, and Palmer, and it was supported by Mr. Forsyth for the Commis sioners of Birkenhead. After considerable discussion on behalf of the Corporation of Liverpool, the Committee (among whom were the Duke of Cleveland, the Earl of Burlington, Lord Auckland, Earl Cathcart, and Lord Kinnaird) declared the bill to have passed their lordships without any alteration. Numerous clauses were offered in opposition, but in every case they were rejected. FOURTH EDITION. Standard-q, ice, Three o'clock. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—THis DAY. The demand for Cotton to-day has been very good for Tuesday, and fully 2500 bales have been sold at steady . prices, with a better feeling. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, THIS DAY. (From Messrs. R. Makin & Sons' Circular.) The receipts into this port, Coastwise and from Ireland, since Tuesday last, comprise a moderately fair quantity of Oats, Malt, and Flour, with a few limited parcels of Wheat and other produce ; while from the North and South of Europe, including a cargo or two from Egypt, the fresh supply of Wheat is unusually abundant, accom panied by several arrivals of other Foreign Grain and Flour, as stated below. Having a numerous attendance of local and country buyers at this day's market, and a more active disposition to purchase most articles of the trade than for some time past ; all good descriptions of Wheat met a tolerably extensive sale at an advance of ld. per 701b5., and the lower qualities maintained the rates of this day week. Flour also, was generally rather dearer and more readily saleable. The crops of spring corn and grass, upon all light soils around us, continuing to suffer severely from intense drought, Barley, Malt, and Beans attracted con siderable attention, and were in good request, at an im provement of 2s. per quarter ; Pease, at the same time, being in moderate demand, at our last quotations. Oats, being equally affected by the weather, were dis posed of freely at an advance of 2d. per 451 b. ; and Oat meal was taken to some extent at an advance of 6d. to 9d. per 2401 b. over the terms of this day se'nnight. MONTHLY ACCOUNT of Imports, Duties Paid, and Bonded Stocks in Liverpool, viz.:—lmported into Liverpool from the Ist to the 31st May, 1844. Foreign— Wheat, 73,935 qrs. ; Barley, 8314 qrs. ; Oats, 2893 qrs. ; Beans, 2475 qrs. ; Pease, 5345 qrs. ; Indian Corn, 3779 qrs. ; Flour, 423 sacks 7002 barrels. British 8r Colonial —Wheat, 4702 qrs. ; Barley, 443 qrs. ; Oats, 10,911 qrs. ; Beans, 1979 qrs. ; Pease, 353 qrs. ; Indian Corn, qrs. ; Oatmeal, 6279 sacks ; Flour, 15,325 sacks 172 barrels.— Duties paid in Liverpool, from the Ist to the 31st May, 1844.—Foreign Wheat, 7221 qrs. ; Barley, 4251 qrs. ; Beans, 1095 qrs. ; Peas, 308 qrs. ; Indian Corn, 3606 qrs. ; Flour, 329 brls. Colonial: Flour, 155 brls.— Stocks of Grain, Flour, and Oatmeal, in Liverpool, 31st May, 1844.—1 n bond: 101,287 qrs Wheat : 4,778 qrs Barley : 6,66 G qrs. Oafs; 21,990 qrs. Beans; 9,857 qrs. Pease; 78,355 barrels Flour. ARRIVALS OF 8 CORN, I4 From the 28 t h toe 3rd inclusive. IRE- COAST- 1 , 0- CANADA TOTAL LAND. WISE. REIGN. • .------...-- --. Wheat .. ... Ors. 756 316 24429 25501 Barley Qrs. 186 210 250 646 Malt Qrs. 9 3350 335 g Oats Qrs. 3433 452 780 4665 Rye Qrs. Beans Qrs. 25 3gB 3435 3858 Pease Qrs. 78 3158 3236 Shelled BarleyQrs. Indian Corn. Qrs. 5237 1137 Rapeseed Qrs. Oatmeal .. Loads ! 1480 120 1600 Flour. .... Sacks; 5667 4 , 21 6090 Ditto Brls. 998 ggs Ire o Runcorn. Ireland and Coastwise.—Malt, —qrs.; Oats, . In' o Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwise,—M 459 qrs.; Oatmeal, 332`loads; Flour, 30 sacks EXPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat. qrs.; Malt, qrs. ; Oats, qrs. ; Pease, 25 qrs.; Indian Corn. qrs. ; Oatmeal, loads ; Flour, 14 brls.--Ireland. Wheat. qrs.: Bar ley, qrs. ; Oats, qrs ; Rye, qrs ; Indian Corn, qrs. ; Oatmeal, ids ; Flour, sks, brls.--Coastwise. Wheat, 321 qrs. ; Barley, 150 qrs. ; Malt, 45 qrs.; Oats, in qrs. ; Beans, 3 qrs. ; Pease, 5 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 861 loads ; Flour, 345 sacks 158 brls. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending May 25, 1844. Wheat 555.10 d. I Barley 3 s. 7d.-I Oats .. 21s. 2d. I Rye 31s. 7cl. Beans.. 335. Ild. I Pease.. 31s. 7d. Aggregate average of the six weeks. Wheat 55s 6d Barley 31s Sd I Oats 20s 6d. I Rye 31s RI. Beans.. 325. 4d. j Pease.. 313. sd. Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week. Wheatl7s Od I Barley 7s Od I OatS . 6s Od Rye.. If's 6d Beans los-6c, I Pease.. 10s 6d I Ind. Corn Os ad Flour 105 20. —•- - Ditto from British Colonies oat of Europe. Wheat.. Is, Od. I Barley.. os. lid. I Oats .. 2s. Od. I Rye.. 2s Od Beans Is. 6d I Pease 2s. Od. I Ind. Corn Os. Od. I Flour.. Os 74d Liverpool Averages, week ending 29th May, 1844. Wheat, 678 qrs., price, 5 , s. 4d.; Barley, 3 qrs., price 3's 6d; Oats, 565 qrs., price 19s. led.; 8ean5,.165 qrs., price 34s 11d. Duties paid in Liverpool, for week ending 31st May, 1844. Foreign, Wheat, 3491 qrs.; Oa s, 3756 qrs.; beans, 110 qrs.; Pease, 191 qrs.; Indian-Corn, 3456 qrs. GENERAL MISCELLANY. It appears by a parliamentary return, that in 1942 the profits of the London Gazette amounted to £10,532 Os. 6d. The York Minster great bell is to be ordered forthwith. The amount of subscriptions exceed £17,000. ANOTHER FOREIGN AI ANURS.—A vessel is now taking culrn from Swansea to Barbadoes, for the purpose of burning the coral-thereinto 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 si 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 for opening a bladder of lard !—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 purpoats e :t . purchasing an estate for Mr. Thomas Duncombe, timonislof their sense of his services to in and out of parliament.—Swe. a econd divi- Mr. Moon, of Lancaster, has lately pauidnd.-- 6 Mr, May hew, of Camberwell, has pact a•harsPehave received five credit° dead of a quarter of a farthing in the lf and in another case the of Clarke, Mitchell, and e eighths of a penny !—ln the creditors,ca9 who have received nothing, P : o y in the pound ; Co., of Leicester, the tl , ex penses of the commission, will probably have to pay made in the course of the last Dr i p s c ipal Life Assurance Companies. t s h u e rt nce upon the life of the late Mr. It was for an insurance Crock ford for was proposed , s A curious ; but had • was declined ,it bean accepted, the The propo sal ueers would have suffered no loss, Mr. Crockford hay week to soma: I n a; lived six days. c 1 ff O as da to ys c o a n rr l y y the f m from i s t k h et overh d e a i yr cause,to the e " w t B 'l Derby.ic h bothit GAMING AT RACES.—A letter was received on Thurs ppos wo 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 durip the ensuing 'aces at Ascot, June 4, 1844. 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 :he most advisable, and desired Mr. Bourne to procure :he 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. Bourne 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 ASSOCIATTON.—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 va'iant 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' nra 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, hovvever,•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 be knelt,. I may say in fet ters, before the altar he himself had 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 ant nefas,T 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 , shalt 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 beside 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 fall 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." ROUSE OF COVIONS.—Last Night. Mr. Entwisle was introduced by Mr. W. Patten and Mr. J.. Black burne, and thok 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 be fur ther continued for a time to be limited, save and,except that from and after the 10th day of November next, there shall be charged on Brown, Muscovado, or Cloyed 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 produce of slave labour, " The hundred weight; £1 14s. " Together with an additional duty of £s.perreentut a on the aforementioned rate. amendment to the " 2. That, from and after the 10th day of November next, her Majesty be authorised, by Order in Council, t o give effect to the provisions of any treaty now in forc e, which binds her Majesty,to admit sugar, the produce of a foreign country, at the same duties as are imposed 011 sugar the produce of the most favoured nation." The fallowing notices of .motion on committee on the Sugar Euties have been given : pro L p o o r s d i t J i 0 . n ß o u f Russell,—To the I ,—o. move, of a Chancellor a reduc tion to 345, of the diity ,oll all sugar fromforeign coun thes Eschewer, to tries. n —in,titioemevoevnet, o th f a L t o t r h d e J. t ß y us up s e el a l' a s u rn ga o r : the produ ce of British possessions, b e reduced to 201. per w wt• Mr. Ewart, — To move, reductio n o f th e d uty on fo" re ign sugar to the same r a t e o f d uty as-colonial sugar . Mr nO t P b eing 2-Vii I e c s a ried, Teh O l X: Re O lEl ltio r. OXFORD.—THE V ICE -C HANCELLOR ' S DECISIO N ' 3l ‘ n b M e g s L t o C4 a c A k ß n i3 o B w rr l e s g e t B h E e ß s m e p ."— t T a h c e op l i• il : the sermon which, in consequence of a formal allegation complaint, he requested Mr. Garbett to deliver to him, un der the provisions of the statute, tit.,xvi. sec. 11. 'Jlbe Chancellor having had before him,, since Friclay,.the 23' instant, the sermon which has thus been called. hi ciPes ti f b ; and having carefully considered what steps it ", t be his duty to take on the occasion, inform& Mr. Gabe' without delay, that, in the exercise of the discretion 1 . 0 served to, him by the statute, he deems it unneces sarl institute any further proceedings.—St. John's College' May 29, 1844." er . TH E LATE Lone DURH AM.-The Durmatn ;fli states that active preparations have been begun f or ere op ing a handsome monument to the late Lord Durban' Qof Pensher-lull;• a buildizig imitated from the Temp 01, Theseus, at least seventy fret in h&ght , and visibl e Iry a great part of the surrounding country.