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DUSLIN. JAIIII/11V 46.
Mr. Vanarknr is a conspetitor with Mr. R.
Peonrfsther. for the saturation of Pais& Baron of
the Exchequer, vacant by the retiretnent of Baron
George. It was understood that judicial promotions
by a late regulation should go in the line of the
Serjeaots. If Mr. Penafather be appointed, it wilt
be an exception to such a rule.
Mr. Groot Intends to iot►oduce • Bill fa
the removal of all revenue trials from the two
Boards of Customs and Excise to the Coustniir-
*loners of Appeals, and to coutinue the appellate
jurisdiction of this Board ovrr the &Merest Fiscal
Courts through Ireland. The Court of Appeals
would thus het•oine the great Floral Tribunal of
the couutry. in 'ditch directly or remotely, all re-
venue cams would be tried.

Tbe Lord Lieuteu.ooand • party of Ladies
honoured the Theatre I•st fright with their pressure
in hi. Excellency's privets bos, sod were pleased to
rspreu their •pprohaliou of the •plrwluur of the
house in the most nattering toress.--Moss Kelly,
the new esodidate for th►atrical fame, played Bel-
videre with di•tingoished street*.

MI?. JAMBS GRATTAN.

The present candidate for the county 44 Wick-
low, the eldest son of our late revered Patriot, ivies
educated in Ireland, and passed through the Dub-
lin University. Having completed the usual Col-
lege cistme, he are placed undrr the rare of Sir
John Newport, with the intention of becoming a
partner in Newport's bank, which was then ►n high
credit.

After continuing about half ■ year in that esta-
blishment, finding it did not suit his disposition, he
declined becoming a partner,
Shortly after this, the Walcheren expedition sail-
ed, and Mr. Grattan having in vain endeavoured to
procure a commission in some regiment proceeding
on that unfortunate enterprise, at length joined it
as a volunteer ! By au extraordinary cuisicidencr,
his brother Fleury (the late candidale fur Dublin),
also volunteered on that expeditions and the two
brothers, without any previous knowledge of each
other's intentions, met at Welchem,.

James was soo• after taken ill of the Walcheren
fever, and was much indebted for his preservation
to the unremitting and devoted attentions of his
brother. A commissiun was now procured fur
James in the 19,h dragoons, and he served with
that regiment in the greater part of the celebrated
Spaniel' cam ',silo.
After the clove of the first war, he visited • great
part of the Continent, and these returned home,
with • very general knowledge of the state of Eu-
rope.. • . _

Few son■ could, of course, be more indebted to
a fither fur instruction in public concerns than
James Grattan.

l'he tart that Mr. James Grattan took on wit.
mooing the escape of Bonaparte, is well known. Ile
went in an open boat, through a dangerous 'naviga-
tion of sixty miles, iii order to convey the ►peediest
information of that important event to Gower 00000 eret.
The sailors having proceeded some distance in the
voyage, through cowardice, or disaffection, or both,
mutinied. and were returniug to Elba, but were pre.
vented from doing so by the prompt and gallant
determinaiiou of young Grattan, who *tieing the
helm, and presenting his pistols at them, compelled
them to proceed. After acquainting our Minister
at Florence with the escape of Bonaparte, Mr.
Jamee Grattan hastened over to England, and find.
tog that a great expedition was about to proceed to
the Netherlands, lie became anxious to join his old
companions in arms. It is a curious circumstance,
but nevertheleas decidedly true, that at this time,
when, by some malignant persons, it is stated that
he received a pension of 9..000/. a year for the in-
formation lie had given (sod which aspersion, it is
almost needles to say, i. wholly unfounded), his
interest at head-quarters was so low, • that he could
not even procure ■n opportunity of getting from
half to fill pay, in his own or any other regiment ;
but, feeling that nothing could abate his military
ardour, he jollied die army again as a volunteer,
and in that capacity served sit the battle of Water.
100. Peace soon followed, and lie took the oppor-
tunity it ',flooded of extending his tour to those
parts of the Continent which lie had not before vi-
sited. From this interesting and useful pursuit he
was recalled by the painful isitelligence of the de.
el g health of his father. It is needless to add
that he attended him. in conjunction with the red
of the trinity, with the most ptous solicitude to the
hot, and the latest sighs of the venerable patriot
were breathed in the arms and while pressing the
hands of his two sons.

Mr. W. ELLtion, jun. of Sizergh, has at this
time live lambs; some of selsielo die a fortnight old
—a rare occurrence in thts part of the country...-.
Westmorland Advertiser./
An investigation of the numerous Records of the
city of Exeter has lately taker, place ; these valua-
ble articles of antiquity hove long remained deposit-
ed in old chests, in a private apartment of the
Guildhall, almost neglected ; upwards of 1.000
manuscripts have already been discovered and ex,-
missed by the Rev. Geo. Oases. PITMAN JON Er,
lE,q. &c. ; molly of them are beautifully written
on hue vellum, and present some curious and inter-
esting historical occurtences. The earliest yet
found is of the time of King WILLI AN Rusua,
1090, being about the period that OAMILTUS, the
Norman, was Bi.hop of Exeter, and it is thought
some earlier manuscripts may still be discovered.
On Monday last an irrgaiirition was lakes, by the
City Coroner of Oxford, un view of the body of
THOMAS DAWSON Lucas, jun. aged 35, who, it
appeuird by the evidence of a surgeon. was seized
with a fit or apoplexy its the Town Hall, sod ex-
press& its a few minutes after he was brought down
stairs. The deceased was of a slender frame and
weak constitution, and from his esgerness to witness
the firocerdings oil the Address. had climbed upon
the non railing in front of the Hill, noel jumping
down, at is conjectured, Worst • blood vessel, which
occasioned his death. There were no external
bruises or marks of violeoce on his body. our was
there any 'Amore against lima when he fell. which
he did on his 'tures, with his arms extended, and
never spoke afterwards. Verdict accordingly.