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the greater part of the members of the Committee—
and peculiarity, we are happy to say, it is—for, ex-
cepting only the reports of Election Committees, we
may safely challenge the production of a similar in-
stance of one-sided, nisi plus, cross-examination in the
labours of preceding Select Committees of this or of
former Houses of Commons. A ludicrous but most
pregnant illustration of the effect produced upon
bystanders by this mode of cross-examination was
given last night by Mr. Waker. "It was suggested
to me," said Mr. Walter, " by one of the witnesses
on the first day's examination, that the poor ought to
have counsel employed for them as well as their an-
tagonists—the Commissioners. How ?' replied L
to the witness—' there is no counsel on either side.'
I then discovered that, deceived by the zeal and ability
of the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir James Graham), this
witness had actually supposed him to be a person
professionally engaged as coon eel for the Poor Law
Commissioners." (Cries of " Hear," and a laugh.)
Now such conduct on the part of a Committee of
Inquiry is very bad, being equally discreditable to the
Committee and disgusting to the public, but we are
sorry to say it is not the worst of the matter. The
reader will see that Mr. Walter adduces instances of
positive unfairness in the mode of selecting the cases
that were to be inquired into ; of evidence garbled, and
of evidence suppressed ; and of the damning fact that
the Poor-law Commissioners are, through the instru-
mentality of their agents, directing and controlling that
inquiry which the House of Commons appointed a
select number of its own Members to institute and to
pursue—which inquiry, be it remembered, regards, in
no inconsiderable degree, the conduct of those very
Commissioners by whom the Committee have thus suf-
fered themselves to be guided ! Verily, the country
ought to be highly satisfied with such a Committee !
—Tines.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, JuNs 16.
EAST AND OTHERS V. HALL. AND OTHESS.

This was an action upon a bill of exchange for 5001.,
dated the Bth June, 1831, drawn by one Charles Henry
Curlewis upon the late Captain Nisbett, of the Guards,
payable to Curlewis's order two months after date, and by
him indorsed to the plaintiffs. The defendants, who were
the executors of the will of Captain Nisbett, pleaded that
on the Ist of June, 1831, Curlewis delivered to the testa-
tor a piece of blank stamped paper, that he might write his
acceptances thereon, and afterwards deliver the same tc,
Curlewis ; that before any bill was drawn thereon tho testa-
tor wrote his acceptance in blank and delivered same to
Curlewis, who then filled up the blank- stamp so accepted,
and converted it Into the bill in the declaration mentioned;
the testator at the time of such acceTtaneo mid delivery
being an infant, uoon wl-14,14 jpqe was joined. The action
Fop flo gr E, st.itt in Ohancery instituted by the Count
and Countess of Mortara, on behalf of themselves and
the other legatees under tile, Hiil of Captain Nisbett,
421411;.'t tilP present defendants, the executors and trustees,
fo'r the purpose of administering the estate under a decreo
of the Court. A decree was pronounced on the 53th July,
1832, but was referred to the master to take an account of
the testator's estate. Tho master made his 'report accord-
ingly, allowing the present claim. The plaintiffs in equity
took exceptions to this report and allowance, which were
argued before the Vice-Chancellor, who made an order
that the present claimants shoulel bring an action on the
bill. The present action was accordingly brought.
Lady Nisbett was called. Having stated, in answer to
a vestion by Sir W. FOLLETT, that she was a legatee
under the testator's will to the amount of 12,0001., she
was o'ajected to as incompetent, on the ground that as a
legatee she had an interest in increasing the fund out of
which the legacies were payable, and diminishing its lia-
bilities.

His LORDSHIP saved the point.
She was then examined by Mr. BAYLEY, and deposed
that the testator was born on the 7th of June, 1810.
Cross-examined by Sir W. FOLLETT—Brettenham-park
was rented by Captain Nisbett. Sir John Nisbett died in
1827. He was a Baronet. Captain Nisbett was not.
He was not my eldest son. He and the Countess of Mor-
tara were the only two children living. She was born
somewhere about the year 1800. My son kept house at
Brettenham-park. He was married 10th January, 1831.
Re-examined by Mr. THESSIGER—He was only a Sub.
Lieutenant in the Life Guards, but he used to be called
Captain.
Mrs. M'Namara examined by Mr. LEAHY—I am Mrs.
Nisbett's mother. I was at Brettenharn Park on the 7th
of June, 1831. I had been there for some months previ-
ous. Mr. Nisbett was there. Lady Nisbett and the
Count and Countess Mortara came there. The Countess
is Lady Nisbett's daughter. They went to celebrate Mr.
Nisbett's birth-day. Mr. Nisbett could not possibly be in
London between the Ist of June and the Bth. I saw him
there all the time.

Cross-examined by Sir W. FOLLETT—I had been there
from the second week in April till early in July. Captain
Nisbett was there all the time. There was a particular
dinner, and his relations came down to keep it. He was
married by banns at Stepney Church. I lived in Pimlico.
My daughter was then 18 years old. Captain Nisbett was
killed shortly after. lie was thrown out of his gig.
To Lord ABINGER—He did not get a license. They
were married at Stepney by banns, because his friends.
would not consent, and that was the least likely place for
them to hear of it.

To Sir W. FOLLETT—My daughter's name was AMA-
mara. Mordaunt was only a theatrical name.

An examined copy of the baptismal register was then put
in. The entry ran thus—" John Nisbett, son of Roxana
Waller, baptized sth July, 1810."
Lady Nisbett recalled, and examined by Sir W. FOLLETT
--My name is not Roxana, as stated in the register. It is
Rosina. My name was not Waller nor anything sounding
like it. I was very ill at the time, and did not attend the
christening.

W. Calley recalled—l attended in place of Sir John.
Henry Charles Curlewis examined by Mr. THESSIGER
—I was formerly a tailor. Mr. Nisbett dealt with me. He
sent me a bill of exchange, enclosed iu a letter, through the
post. It was not complete when I received it. The name
and acceptance were written by him. All the rest was in
blank. I filled it up myself on the Bth of June. I passed
it to the plaintiffs the same (hay.
Cross-examined—He was in my debt. I sent him the
stamp for the purpose of paying it. lam positive the letter
came from the country. I believe it was a week or eight
days in my possession before I completed the bill. I never
saw him after. I owed plaintiffs 2,0001. or 3,0001.
Lord ABISGER summed up, and told the Jury the issue
which they had to try was, whether the Bill was accepted
before or after Captain Nisbett came of age.
The Jury, after a short consultation, found for the de-
fendant.

CRIMINAL COURT.-FRIDAY.

OLD COURT.

A youth of sixteen, named John 111 - najiald, alias Shugra,
was indicted fur the manslaughter of another youth, named
Wm. Redrupe. The particulars of the case have recently
appeared in the police reports.
The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
_

Eliza Herrot, who was committed for stealing a pair of
turquoise ear-rings, set in brilliants, a " forget-me-not"
brooch, and a vinegarctte, from the dwelling-house of the
Duke of Cleveland, was placed at the bar at nine o'clock,
upon an indictment charging her with stealing the above
articles.

Her Grace the Duchess of Cleveland appeared in Court,
and was seated on the Bench beside the Learned Judge.
The facts of the case being proved, the Jury instantly
found the prisoner—Guilty.
_

Her Grace then addressed the Judge, and begged to re-
commend the prisoner to mercy ; first, on the ground of
her youth, and next, from the circumstance of the great
temptation to which she was subjected, as the articles in
question were carelessly laid in the room which it was her
duty to look after.
The ComstoN SERGEANT said that her Grace's kind re-
commendation would be attended to.
The Duchess then retired.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

LAMBETH-STREE7'.

Yesterday Mrs. Anna Algar, a middle-aged married fe-
male, whose friends are very respectahle, was charged be-
fore the Hon. G. C. NORTON and JOSEPH TICKELL, Esq.,
on suspicion of murdering her female illegitimate infant.
The prisoner, who was so faint as to be unable to walk,
and appeared to be suffering exceedingly in body and mind,
declined saying anything in her defence, and was removed
in a coach to Whitechapel workhouse, to await the result
of the Coroner's inquest.

On Wednesday evening last a small cur dog, exhi-
biting appearances of being in a rabid state, flew at and bit
the arms of a child named James Harming, six years of age,
while proceeding along Denmark street, St. George's in the
East. A man passing by, perceiving the circumstance, in-
stantly killed the animal, and having acquainted the parents of
the child with what had happened, it was taken to a surgeon
in the neighbourho6d, who cauterised the parts injured.-04
Tuesday evening a small spaniel dog was obsorved to fly and
srap fit everything that approached it it was destroyed ; and
on the same evening a largo dog, in a similar state, was killed
by police const4ble Baker H, 98.

THE HIL:',TORY OF TITE WAVERLEY

NOVELS.

(From Lochkares 1:4/ of Sir Waker Scott.) .
I believe that Constable allowed nothing to interrupt
_ll.
psterual pride in the convert-is of his Review, until the" Wu....
verley Novels" supplied him with another periodical p
cation still more important to his fortunes.
And tderable bs
additiont ons uhmiz
having
i by
that nottiin
time
obncge
1(11 elluaaydeed
ginsl fragment, there appeared in " The 'Scot's
fur February Ist, 1814. an announcement that .W •az
Imo:r
Icy ; or, iTis Sixty Years SiLes., a novel, in 3 vols. IEO
would be published in March. And before Scott came into
cant
Edinburgh, at the close of the Christmas vacation on the
loth of January, Mr. Erskine had perused the greater parthat
;toathe.ori.
of the first volume, and expressed his decided opinion t
" Waverley" would prove the most popular of his frie.l.ld.
writings. The MS. was forthwith copied by John B:1118u ~
tyne and sent to press. As soon as a volume was printed
Ballantyne conveyed it to Constable, who did not for a fila
ment doubt from what pen it proceeded, but took a few ;lay%
offeredto consider of the matter, and the 700/, for the
copyright. When we recollect what the state ft novel lite-
rature in those days was, and that the only exception to its
mediocrity, the Iri,h Tales of Miss Edgeworth,however a
preciated in refined circles, had a circulation so limited, that
she had never realised a tithe of 7001. by the best of them--
it must be allowed that Constable's offer was'a liberal orr.T.
Scott's answer, however, transmitted through the FAlne
' channel, wa,, that 7001. was too much, in case the novel
should not he successful, and too little in case it should. He
added, " If our fat friend had said 1,0001., 1 should bPive
been staggered." John did not forget to hint this cir-
cumstance to Constable, but the latter did not ehordss to act
upon it ; and ha ultimately published the work the foot-
ing of an equal division of the profits betwe.,,p. himself 118 d
the author. There was a considerable
etrase between the
finishing of the first volume and the core mencement of tbn
second. Constable had, in 181.'2, acquired the copyright of
the " Eneyelopseilia BritanMea," and was now preparing to
publish the valuable Stipplenym to that work, which bas
since, with modifications, Leen incorporated into its text. He
earnestly requested Scott to undertake a few articles for the
Supplement ; he e.greed—and anxious to gratify the gate;
'
rous at once laid aside his tale until be he
finished two essays—those on Chivalry and the Draw
They appear to have been completed in the course of April
and May, f
aonrdthhaeton Romance)-10Q1.
receivedo awe_oforiea;h
iof
o.thiem—(as he did sub-
sequently
The nest two et ters will give us, in more exact detail
than the author's own recollection could in 1830, the
bit-
tory= of the completion of " Waverley." It was publieue-
on the 7th July ; and two days afterwards he thus writes:

" TO J. R. S. MODRITT, ESQ., M.Y. LONDON.
" EDINBURGIi, JULY 9, 1814.

" MY DEAR MORRITT,
" I owe you many apologies for not sooner answering your
very entertaining letter upon your Parisian jcurney. hesi
tilt' wish I had been of your party, for you have seen whatd
trust will not be seen again a hurry ; since to enjoy the
light of a restoration, there is a necessity for a previous beu„'e;
versement of everything that is valuable in morals and Pe1
"cif
which seems to have been the case in France since 17g01',
The Duke of Buccleuch told me yesterday of a very good rep
of Louis to some of his attendants, who proposed shutting tb
doors of his apartments to keep out the throng of
_peer;
Open the door,' he said, ' to John Bull ; he has severe"
groat deal in keeping the door open for me.'
" Now, to go from one important subject to another, I Plus:
account for my own laziness, which I do by referring you t°,,,
small anonymous sort of a novel, in three volumes, ' Waver
ley,' which you will receive by the mail of this day. It °air
very old attempt of mine to embody some traits of those C
ratters peculiar to Scotland, the last remnants of which
nished during my own youth, so that few or no traces now
main, I had written great part of the first volume, end
sketehed other passages, when I mislaid the manuscript, ape
only found it by the merest accident as I was rummagiugat%
drawers of an old cabinet ; and I took the fancy of finishinc,
which I did so fast, that the two last volumes were writtee;i:
three weeks. I had a great deal of fun in the accomPlisir
ment of this task, though I don't expect that it will be poputo,
in the South, as much of the humour, if there be any, is loran
and some of it even professional. You, however, who arc
ho
adopted Scotchman, will find some amusement in it. it
made a very strong impression here, and the good people
oi
Edinburgh are busied in tracing the author, and in findiugfoy
originals for the portraits it contains. In the first case, t"
will probably find it difficult to convict the guilty author, lei
though he is far from escaping suspicion. Jeffrey has
to make oath that it is mine, and another great critic has cep'
dered his affidavit ex contrario ; so that these authorities
divided the gude town. However, the thing has succeeded'
very well, and is thought highly of. I don't know if it La
got to London yet. I intend to maintain my incognito.
me know your opinion about it. I should be most happY'f t
could think it would amuse a painful thought at this moue.' .
I was in hopes Mrs. Morritt was getting so much better les
this relapse affects me very much. Ever your's truly,
W. SCOTT."
• Mr. Morritt had, in the spring of this year, been present
at the first levee held at the Tuileries by Monsieur(afterwacL
Sharles X.), as representative of his brother Louis XV.
sir. M. had not been in Paris till that time since 1789.

The St. Petersburgh letters are much occupied with
a discovery relative to the working of the Russian gold mil
which, if truly stated, may come to have some influence on t,t,
circulation of the precious metals. A letter of the 26th th.t
says, " There has been found out, it is said, in the Out;
Mountains a new mode of extracting gold from the earth, 00
or cm. The sand or earth has been put into a blast fully
and melted, and the most extraordinary results obtained.
washing, the method hitherto pursued in Russia, if 1 zufhe
nicks of gold were produced from 100 poods of sand, &a ;re
expenses were about covered ; 2.zolotmcks per 100 poods 'coo
worth working. Fine sand or earth rarely produced
than 3 zolotnicks, and 5 zolotnicks were quite uneoll!„°0
By the new process, on 100. poods of melted, theyobtakol
GO solotnicks in some cases, in others 40 to 50 zolotnicks, 40
on melting 100 poods of previously washed sand, they Pt 4
to 50 zolotnicks of gold. There is little doubt of the accts.:h.
of these statements, but what the comparative expense of
two modes is I cannot tell you, nor whether the Oural gr°t,
sufficient wood for fuel, and whether coal can be found thte.nut
11b. Russian contains 96 zolotnicks ; 100 poods arc aP"
3k.5501b. English weight.'

$
HORIZONTAL FLAT WATCH
with accurately finished jewelled movements, warranted, are off
in Silver cases, price Five Guineas each •, or in Gold eases'
Nine Guineas each, at T. COX SAVORY'S, Watchmaker, Je
ler, and Silversmith, 47, Cornhill, London.
N.B.—Second-hand Watches purchased in exchange/

BIRTHS. V•On the 13th inst., at Boulogne-sur-31er, the lady of
Lewes, Esq., 62d Regiment, of a son.
it's/ On the 14th inst., in Hunter-street, Mrs. J. W. Flower, of t
On the 13th inst., at Blackheath-hill, Mrs. William uliv"
a daughter.
of
Mr. John Hill, of Leopard's-court, Baldwin's-garden.,
daughter.

MARRIED. pojf
On the Ist inst., at Ospislale, Sutherlandshire, George
Esq., of Pitcaln;g, to Miss Catharine, daughter of Major 6'
of Osp;ssiale.
004
On the 15th inst., at St. George-the-Martyr, Queen-'q'
Christopher Crotch, Esq., of Southampton-buil.tings, Cosrio—rta
lane, to Isabella, third daughter of P. Fernandez, Esq., of
'-
Condutreet. et
On the 10th inst., in Maitland street, Edinbur,.:ll, Arthur Lgl.'
Esq., Major qd Regiment, to Elizabeth Harriet, youngest u-
ter of the late H. Siddons, Esq.
Ll°
On the 15th inst., at Camberwell Church, James
Esq., of Knowlbury, Shropshire, to Mary, daughter of 13.
Esq., of Camberwell-terrace. 1164
On the 15th inst., at St. Peter's Church, Walworth, Afr.t•forellf
Kember, to Elizabeth Guy, only daughter of the late 6. "
Esq , of Walworth. t tWn
On the 15th inst., at Edmonton Church, Thomas. You-'eosf the
of R. Wheeler, Esq., of Wycombe, to Margaret, daughter -
late G. Owen, Esq., of Carlisle. V°4 r 4
On the 14th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, fieiler
Vansittart Neale, Esq., only son of the Rev. E. Neale, of 'Foote
pat k, Warwickshire, and Rector of Taplow, Bucks, t°
NO of
Sarah, eldest daughter of J. Wm. Farrel., Esq., of wile Coot
York hire, and one of the Masters in his Majesty's fah
Chancery.
eageg of
On the 15th inst., at Edmonton Church, Thomas, Y°, "titer
of Robert Wheeler, Esq., of Wycombe, to Margaret, daub
_jest
the late G. Owen, Esq., of Carlisle.
On the 15th inst., at St. Mary's, Paddington, AVr°..• t &a/-
Esq., of The Bury, Chesham, Bucks, to Martha, you°B—
of R. Sutton, Esq., of Ross Way, Herts.
On the Bth inst., at Dublin, William Neville Custard(', at
youngest son of H. Custance, Esq., of Weston House'
rapbell,
Jane Bland, second daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Ca
the 95th Regiment.

DIED. ~r
On the 14th inst., in Bridge-street, Blackfriars, gamy Japil
Chohneley, M.D., aged 60. egej 78'
On the 13th inst., in Northampton-place, Canonbury)
Sally, relict
13th inst., aof Mr. Spyer. r Mr. °hilt'
On the t Islington, Matilda, the Wire a'
shave, aged 60. of White
On the 14th inst., aged 50, Thomas Williams, Esq., ,
Ha-t-lane, Tottenham, and of Cloth-fair, London.
Wife of 1/..
On the 7th inst., at Chigwell, Essex, Mrs. Dalton,
T.
W. Dalton, of Little Abingdon-street, Westminster. A htera
On the 10th inst., at Park House, Joanna Maria, Liau g t,
Gordon, Esq., of Park, aged 5. Car°l`"
On the 13th inst., at Linton-grove, Nottinghamshire,
_wore.
daughter of C. Manning, Esq., of Chester-street, 13elgo%:DeeP
On the 11th inst., at Kennington, Catherine, relict 1
. , &le,
Esq., of Dublin, solicitor, aged 63.
On the l2th inst., at Rochester, Lieut.-Colonel Nathan
ie' ,
folip
of the Royal Marines, aged 59. ShaWe
On the 13th inst., William Farsington, Esq-, c't
Lancashire, We"' ;o°.°'
Drowned, on his passage to Jamaica, Lieutenant
_....„ sua ._,a
the Sth oi• King's Regiment. This excellent young.rlis clotr.
miring officer lost his life by plunging overboardtb":l,:uter, i°_...“;,
on, whilst the vessel was passing rapidly throne_
hope of saving a poor sailor who had accidentally_
Both unhappily perished ere a boat could reach tb.,„_„ara, Esq.,
On the 15th inst., Eleanor, daughter of H. liall
, I 0.
_Ale o. -*
Wimpole-street, Merl, ".
On the 14th inst., at Newcourt. Topsham,
_........
Creswell, Esq., aged 73. fallen into the 'of

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