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ATEST INTELLIGENCE.
THIS DAY, Four dank.
4ieglected state of the important missy at
De, has long been a subject et animadvemlian mod
hihmee, but hitherto the complaints of the emblem
-lam treated with indifference by the local admi-
woe, and inattention by the home government
an possibly be worse than the system of laws,
cif and criminal, which prevails in Ceylon, or
„ha regulations under which the revenue is col-
L The former is a hodge-podge of Roman, Dutch,
l'Aglish statute-law, confused in every point by
Bible local ordinances, and adminiimwd with
=options by a class of non-pretsmiessil poems
however• conscientious they may be, are mow
incompetent to discharge'effleientlTthe mercer
I they are called upon to perform. The latter by
aistemince of many injudicious and vexations
diem penalises commercial enterprise and lo-
be progress of undertakin gs, which rye judicious
ation of enterprise, capital, and skill are ab'aff`
to develop the resources of the island. Upcm
these points the settlers have been again mi-
ning to enlighten the dark °emu& at.
Colonial Office, and, by exposing the
Of evil and suggesting the remedy, they
gieedlly to obtain some measures of redress. We
hope that the necessity, of legal reform has
?reseed upon the attention of her Majesty's I
[latent by Sir A. Oliphant, the present Chief
of Ceylon, who is conversant with the vices of
evading system ; for in that case, the complaints
colonists, having the sanction of such high
ity, cannot well be disregarded. With respect
it changes, the settlers, we observe, are making
billed effort to obtain the long-sought relief.
meetings have been held at Colombo and
and a petition has been agreed, to which dis-
tils present state and future prospects of the
and embodies the alterations which are shoo-
required to advance the prosperity of this
ant settlement. If the matter of this petition
aken up by government, it will doubtless form a
of parliamentary discussion at an early period
caning session.

last accounts from Portugal received by way
is are important. The Marquis de Louie, who
I the Infanta Donna Anna, has placed himself
head of the junta at Coimbra, from whence
ttalions were to march in conjunction with the
n the province of Aveiro, in a movement on the
Coimbra and Braga have followed the
c of Oporto, in declanng Don Pedro V., and
rig the present Queen from the throne. The
vent at Lisbon have recalled the officers and
dismissed in 1842 into actual service, pro-,
to reward those who comply, while those who
ire to be treated as deserters.

ter from Cologne in a Belgian paper, where it
d as derived front a competent authority,
oem to leave no longer in doubt the economical
fhich the' Zollvcrein have resolved to pursue
idst of the industrial reforms and chanre every-
Se in progress or agitation. " I believe," says
ter of this letter, " I am able to assure
t the decrees for the modification of the acturl
the Zollverein will appear in the coming No-
They will affect many articles, amongst others,
on and tissues, and cotton yarns. Belgium will not
ed from the rule, notwithstanding all the remon-
of your diplomatists, who are justly alarmed
in g lea is in question, moreover, in the high regions
, than the establishment of a system of differential
hich is regarded as the first step to constitute the
C the Zollverein."
_ . . .

of the principal promoters of this institution," or
s, it is said, the late Prussian Envoy at Brussels, to
suggested itself, as it was studied " wring his long
Belgium."
riter is here evidently in error. The project for
a marine, and establishing the Zollverein as a naval
of much older date. It was fully developed, and
L entertained ever since as a fundamental prin.
he Customs Union, so far back as 1836. In 1836
se in its integrity was detailed by its author, as by
before the Cabinet of Berlin, in a pamphlet pub-
Cologne, in the year 1836. The author was Charles
!Becher,• merchant of that city, since, we
ceased. He was the founder, we believe, moreover,
trading association of Berlin, known as the See-
r, of one of the branches of which, for carrying on
wtation of German manufactures and products,
mace generally with the Americans and other
Inc regions, on joint-stock account, he was one
hief directors. That offshoot of the Seehand-
a a complete failure with heavy losses re-
Mr. Becher was well known, and will be
embered, as the head of the once great house of
and Co., of Manchester, which failed for a vast
somewhere about or just before the time of the
mace. He subsequently established himself in London,
ined the appointment of Consul for Oldenburg, but
in unfortunate in his affairs, and finally took up his
eat Cologne. He became well known afterwards as
he chief, it not the chief, founders and promoters of
rman Customs' Union, or Zollverein. These facts
)I interest to our German contemporaries, as perhaps
r will be here.

ceremony of taking leave of the Society of
a's-inn was yesterday performed by one of its
istinguished members, Mr. Vaughan Williams,
appointed a Justice of the Court of Common
A large number of benchers, barristers, and
A having assembled in the ball, the new judge
troduced with the usual solemnity, and ad-
at some length by Lord Campbell, who
a high eulogium upon the talents, learning,
and temper of the retiring member, con-
' in these words :—" I have the means of know-
it the Lord Chancellor, the constitutional
of the Crown on such an occasion, uninfluenced
party or personal considerations, was
olicitous to find the man who, from his
lislunents and his character, was best
d to perform the duties of his office, and
e acted upon the maxim, Detur
confident, like all who hear me, that his
ttious will be fulfilled, and that hereafter
1 be classed with Hale, and other great judges,
ye reflected so much lustre on this society. I
y that we do not take leave of you with re-
-ICm such is your destiny. I have now, accord-
ancient usage, to present to you a purse con-
ten guineas, as a retaining fee to plead for us
the fleeting moments that you are supposed to
as a sergeant-at-law, and earnestly to wish
81 may long, in health and happiness, enjoy
office of a judge, to which we know you will
ornament" The bell was then tolled, Mr.
an Williams was warmly congratulated on his
ion, and the company dispersed.