The Sun.
London, England, 1837-05-18 00:00:00

THE SEASONS.

The change of the Sun's position in the heavens,
relatively to the inhabitants of this globe, is the occa-
sion of his appearing to rise and set in different parts
of the horizon at different periods of the year. Hence
it is, that his altitude with us is so much greater in
summer than in winter; the different lengths of the
days and nights, and the vicissitudes of the seasons,
depend also upon the motion which effects this change.
Sometimes we perceive him very high in the heavens,
as if he would attain to our very zenith : at those pe-
riods his rays fail upon us with much greater force, he
continues longer visible, the earth and the air are con-
siderably heated, vegetables flourish and arrive
at their perfect state, every animal seems cheer-
ful : and this agreeable season, we will call sum-
mer. Shortly after, he removes farther- south,
his time of continuing visible becomes constant-
ly shorter and shorter, until at last it is reduced to
a few hours ; the Sun is then almost sunk in the
southern part of the heavens, the earth is covered with
frost and snow, the air is disturbed with violent winds
and tempests, vegetables perish, and animals are be-
numbed with cold : we call this dreary season, winter.
The intermediate season, when the Sun begins to re-
turn towards us, and to revive by his genial influence, •
the animal and vegetable world, is called spring. The
season when he again begins to withdraw his influence,
when fruits ripen, and vegetable life begins to decay,
is our autumn. In Nflecting on .the phenomena at-
tending the seasons of the year, we find the goodness of
Almighty God, visible in these regular successions to
mankind, and exhibit at the same time his wisdom and
power. The light of the day is useful for labour and
business, the coolness and stillness of night as proper
for sleep and rest to the wearied faculties email. The
summer's heat is absolutely necessary to ripen the fruits
of the earth, and for brinning on the delightful plenty
of autumn ; but the winter's cold and frost are useful
to prepare the earth for the seed, and to cause its fer-
tility. Flow ought the truly Christian philosopher to
contemplate wit') devotional feelings these proofs of
divine beneficence, recurring at their severial periods
for our benefit ; and well might the Royal Psalmist ex-
press a wish, which we may echo, '' Oh, that men
would praise the Lord for all his goodness, and for his
wonderful work to the children of mcn.”—Torvis and
Count iv Magazine.

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1837.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, MAT 17.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour.

The Gentlemen from the East India Board presented re•
turns of the compensations for the reduced services of the
Officers of the East India Company.

NEW WRIT FOR GLASGOW.

On the motion of Mr. E. J. STANLEY, a new writ was
ordered in the room of Mr. James Oswald, who had ac-
cepted the Chiltern Hundreds.
Sir C. BLUNT presented petitions from Lewes against
Rennie's Line for the Brighton Railway.
Mr. P. M. STEWART brought up the Report on the
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway.
Mr. WILKS presented a petition from the London
Dock Company against the Grand collier Dock Company
Bill. The Honourable Member also presented a petition
from the London Cemetery Company against certain pro-
visions in the Portland Cemetery Company Bill.
BELFAST HARBOUR.

Mr. E. TENNENT brought up the Report of the
Committee on the Belfast Harbour Bill.
STAFFORD CANAL.

On the motion of Sir 0. MOSLEY the Lords' Amend-
ments to the Stafford Canal Bill were considered and
agreed to.

SLIGO FISHERIES.

On the motion of Mr. E. TENNENT, the Sligo Fishe•
ries Bill was read a third time and passed.
CHURCH-RATES.

Mr. ORD presented two petitions in favour of the M
nisterial plan for the abolition of Church-rates.
TORY GOVERNMENT.

Mr. R. D. BROWN presented two petitions from Mayo
and Sligo, praying the House to give its earnest support to
his Majesty's Government, and expressing great apprehen-
sion if Tory misrule should again prevail in Ireland.
Sir J. GRAHAM presented a petition from the Board
of Guardians of a Union in Westmorland, praying for cer-
tain alterations in the Poor Law Amendment Act.
HUDDERSFIELD ELECTION.

The HON. BARONET then presented a petition in the
absence of his Hon. Friend the Member for the
North Riding of Yorkshire, Mr. W. Duncombe,
complaining of certain proceedings which had taken place
at the Huddersfield election. The petition was read by the
Clerk, and prayed that the House would make such inquiry
as should seem to it fitting, for declaring the election of
Edward Ellice, jun., Esq., null and void. The petition
further prayed that the Attorney-General might be directed
to prosecute the parties implicated at the public expense.
Mr. BAINES inquired the name of the petitioner.
The CLERK—Mr. Oastler.
The SPEAKER said that if the petition merely prayed
that the election might be declared null and void, it would
be clearly an election petition, and then Mr. Oastler would
have been bound to enter into the necessary recognizances
to prosecute, but the petition prayed further that the At-
torney-General might be directed to prosecute certain par-
ties ; and, therefore, the House could not take cognizance
of it.

Sir J. GRAHAM would not have presented the pe

tion, if he had considered it an election petition. He had
merely moved, in the absence of his Hon. Relative, that
the petition be laid on the table.
After a few words from Mr. P. THOMSON, the pe-
tition was ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. JEPHSON presented a petition from Marlow in
favour of the Ministerial measure for the introduction of
Poor-laws into Ireland.
Colonel WESTE NRA presented petitions from King's
County in favour of the Ministerial measure for the intro-
duction of Poor-laws into Ireland, and expressing confidence
in his Majesty's Ministers.
Mr. C. FERGUSON presented petitions from Kirkcud-
bright and other places in favour of the Borough Barony
Bill.

Mr. WILKS presented petitions from the Baptist as-
sociation of a parish in Buckingham, and other places in the
county of Buckingham, for the abolition of Church-rates.
Mr. M ARSL AND presented petitions from Stockport
and other places to the same effect.
Mr. C. LUSHINGTON presented similar petitions
from Barbican, and several parishes i❑ Southampton.
Mr. F. BARING presented petitions from Portsmouth,
in favour of the abolition' of Church-rates.
Mr. SANFORD presented similar petitions from Fa-
rishes in the county of Somerset.
Mr. C. RUSSELL presented a petition from Reading,
signed by 1,200 persons, praying the Ministerial plan for
the abolition of Church Rates might not pass into a law.
Mr. HINDLEY presented a petition from Hythe, in
favour of Sir A. Agnew's Bill for the Better Observance
of the Sabbath ; and a petition from the Operatives of
Bolton, in favour of the Ten Hours' Factory Bill.
Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from the Town
Council of Kilmarnock, praying that that Borough might
be excluded from the operation of the Scotch Municipal
Reform Act.
On the motion of Mr. LEFROY, the evidence of the
Longford Election Committee was ordered to be printed.
Mr. GROTE presented a petition from the Rate-payers
of St. Botolph, Aldgate, in the city of London, in favour
of the Ministerial measure for the abolition of Church-rates,
and a petition to the same effect from the congregation of
Protestant Dissenters of New Broad-street, London.
SUGAR DUTIES.

The HoN. MEMBER then presented a petition from the
Chamber of Commerce of Madras, praying that the port of
Madras be put upon the same footing as the port of Cal-
cutta with regard to the duties charged upon Sugar.
Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition from a gentleman
of the name of Chaplin, praying for an inquiry into the
law regulating Friendly Societies. Also a petition from
a Barrister in the Temple, complaining of the anomalies
in the Sheriffs' Court and Small Debts Bill. The
Hon. Member also presented a petition from Worthing,
praying that the Dorchester labourers might be allowed
immediately to return to their families.
Mr. DUNLOP presented petitions from different parts
of Ayrshire, against the Borough Barony Bill.
Mr. HUMPHRIES presented a petition from South-
wark, against the Croydon and Greenwich Railway Bill.
Mr. ROEBUCK presented petitions against the intro-
duction of Poor Laws into Ireland, in favor of the vote by
Ballot, Municipal Reform in Ireland, and the extensi•n of
the Suffrage.
Sir C. BLUNT moved that the petition which had just
been presented, relative to Stephenson's line, be printed
with the votes, and taken into consideration on Friday.
Sir G. CLERK presented a petition from the Inhabi-
tants of Montrose, against the Montrose Harbour Bill.
Also a petition from the Synod of Lothian against the Mi-
nisterial plan of Church-rates.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL presented a petition
from Edinburgh, praying for the abolition of the punish-
ment of death in all cases except where murder had actu-
ally been committed.
Lord SANDON presented a petition from the mer-
chants and bankers of Liverpool, praying that the Bill in-
troduced by the Hon. Member for Wigtonshire (Sir A.
Agnew) might be allowed to go into Committee.
WILLS BILL.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, seeing the Hon. and
Learned Member for the University of Oxford in his place,
would take that opportunity of mentioning the subject of
the Wills Bill, and, with his permission, would move that it
be read a second time—at the same time, assuring him
that he would have ample opportunity at a future stage of
the Bill to make any objection to the details, and to move
any amendment he might think proper.
Sir ROBERT INGLIS felt indebted to the Ho-
nourable and Learned Gentleman for his courtesy, in
not moving the second reading in his absence. He
did not wish to oppose the principle of the Bill, but
merely direct that there should be an opportunity afforded
to discuss the measure, so that the principle of the Bill might
be wade known.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that that op-
portunity would be amply afforded. However he
would take that opportunity of observing that when the Bill
on a former occasion passed the House of Commons it was
most fully discussed.
Mr. R. W ASON presented a petition in favour of the
Ministerial plan for the abolition of Church-rates.
Sir G. SI NC L AIR presented petitions from Perth, and
other places in Scotland, in favour of a Bill for the better
observance of the Sabbath.
Colonel PERCEVAL presented a petition from certain
shareholders of the Agricultural Bank of Ireland, residing
at Ballina, praying to be heard by Counsel against the Bill
introduced by an Hon. Member of that House, relativo to
the Agricultural Bank.
GLASGOW AND AYR RAILWAY.
On the motion for the consideration of the Report on
this Bill,

Dr. BO WRING said he would oppose the clause which
prevented the use of the Railway on Sabbath Days.
Mr. DUNLOP—As there was an Act of Parliament
preventing canal boats and stage coaches from being
worked on the Sabbath, hoped that the House would not
object to a clause which merely transferred the same prin-
ciple to railways.
Mr. ROEBUCK said the matter was merely an affair of
pounds, shillings, and pence, and that the Sabbath had
really nothing to do with the question.—(Hear.) There
was money to be made by the canal to the interest of which

this railway was opposed, and therefore they were told of
the Lord's Day. He hated hypocrisy, and above all reli-
gious hypocrisy. The Honourable and Learned Gentle-
man then stated that the Canal Act contained no such

clause as mentioned by the Hon. .111ennl;;;—f; Glasgow
(Mr. Dunlop), and it was the will and feeling of the people
only which prevented travelling on the Sunday in Scot-
land.—( Hear.) All he wished was, to leave the matter in

the hands of the people. It was his intention to oppose
the Sabbath Bill of the Hon. Member for Wigtonshire
going into Committee, and he would argue his view of
that subject on the ground that it was one which Christia-
nity had nothing to do with. It was a mere affair of hypo-
cricy in some,and of ignorance in others.—(Hear.) That
House had nothing to do with the religion of the people ;
but if they were to legislate for the Sabbath why not do so
fully ? He should like to know from the Hon. Baronet
how many mails travelled on the Sunday.—(Hear, hear,
from Sir A. Agnew). He did not wish to charge the Hon.
Baronet with inconsistency, but maintained that the Hon.
Gentlemen opposite were no better observers of the Sab-
bath than any other persons.
Sir R. INGLIS observed that the clause only left the
law of Scotland as it found it.
After a few words from Mr. JERVIS,
Sir G. CLERK said the promoters of the Bill had no
objection to the clause, and he congratulated Hon. Gen-
tlemen on his side of the House on their not having adopted
the religion of the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the clause.
It was unnecessary, inasmuch as the present law of Scot-
land was sufficient to prevent any desecration of the Sab-
bath, and not only prohibited the carrying of goods on that
day, but travelling also. It was injurious, inasmuch as it
extended to the whole Sabbath, and might even have the
effect of preventing persons who lived at a distance from
their place of worship from going there, as such persons
might choose to go, by the rail-road.
Major C. BRUCE defended the clause, and said it was
called for, because this new mode of travelling would out-
rage the feelings of the people of Scotland in the greatest
possible degree.
Mr. C. BULLER said that although he could not charge
Hon. Gentlemen opposite with much hypocrisy, yet he
thought there was a pretty considerable deal of humbug
among them.—( A laugh.) He had known very many Tories
in his time, and they had frequently invited him to dinner on
the Sabbath, as well as on other days.—(Cries of" Name,"
and laughter.) He begged to state that if the Bill of the
Hon. Baronet opposite should ever get into Committee
he should move the insertion of a clause to shut up the
Carlton Club on the Sabbath—(Continued laughter)—as
he had been very much shocked of late by observing as he
passed by on his way to Church, several eminent Conser-
vatives reading not their Bibles or Prayer-books, but the
John Bull or the Age.—(Laughter.) He objected to this
attempt at forcing Sabbath legislation upon the country by
a side-wind.—(Hear.)
Mr. BORTH WICK should vote against the clause, as
he did not consider it calculated to promote the object
which the Hon. Baronet had in view. In doing so, how-
ever, he begged to disclaim all participation in the language
of the opposite side of the House.
Sir A. AGNEW supported the clause.
After a few words from Mr. Roebuck, Mr. P. Thom-
son, The Chisholm, and Col. P. Thompson,
The House divided, when the numbers were—
For Dr. Bowring's amendment 47
Against it
Majority for the clause —4

CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS BILL.
Mr. C. BULLER moved the Order of the Day for go-
ing into Committee on the Controverted Elections Bill.
After a short discussion respecting the postponement of
the Committee, the House went into Committee.
Mr. C. BULLER, in moving the postponement of the
first clause, proceeded to enter into a statement of the ge-
neral principles and objects of the measure. He believed
the dissatisfaction at the decisions of Election Committees
was not confined to one side of the House, but was gene-
rid. So uncertain were they that they had now grown to
be considered as mere trials of party skill, the only ques-
tion being whether in the Committee the majority was
favourable to the sitting Member or to the petitioners ?
He thought it very disgraceful. that such a state of feel-
ing should exist in the House, and that nothing could be
more calculated to lower the House in the estimation of
the country. He believed it was the general opinion of
that House that partisanship in Election Committees
was not so very objectionable. The judges in those tribu-
nals, however, having nothing to guide their judgment,
were likely to decide in favour of the party they espoused,
and this he thought wtis an evil which ought, if possible,
to be guarded against. Now the first change which the
Committee recommended was, that at least one member
of each Election Committee should be a person well
conversant with law. What in the first place was pro-
posed was, that there should be on each Committee a
person who was not a Member of that House, but who,
having a competent knowledge of law, could preside as
Judge in explaining the law, and acting in all other re-
spects as Chairman, without, however, possessing the power
of voting. The number of assessors proposed to be ap-
pointed were three, and it was intended that they should
be nominated by the Speaker, and that the House should
be entitled to exercise a veto on his nomination. Of course,
if the selection of the Speaker were not confirmed by'the
House, the appointment could not take place. This was
the first great change proposed in the Report ; but, not
content with this, the Committee went still farther, and
the next feature in the way of alteration which he would
notice was the reduction which was recommended to be
made in the number of the Committee, from eleven to five.
They proposed to abolish the present system of striking,
and to adopt instead the plan of peremptory challenge,
which was found to work so well with respect to the forma-
tion of Juries in the Courts of Law. The whole list should
contain fifteen names, and these might be challenged
as they were called out by the Speaker until they came
to the last five, who, being unchallenged, would form the
Committee. It was also intended to avoid the necessity which
at present consisted of collecting Members, by either party, for
the formation of election Committees. With this view
they proposed that'in the first week of each new session
of Parliament a list should be made out, on which the
names of those Members only who were liable to serve for
this purpose should be placed, and that a limited number,
say sixty, should be obliged to attend on the days fixed for
appointing Election Committees. This number would be
quite enough, and the alteration which such a pannel
would effect would be the principal change which was in-
tended to be made in the old law. With regard to the
other provisions, he thought it right to say, that another
object which they had in view was to give all possible pub-
licity to the proceedings of the Committee, by allowing the
presence of strangers until the chairman had concluded his
charge or summing up, and having the names of the Mem-
bers voting for each resolution read in public. There was
also a provision for ascertaining the validity of a vote be-
fore it was known for whom it was to be given. Now, for
this, purpose the three assessors would form a proper tri-
bunal, as they would of course be the highest authorities
in points of law of this description. They were all aware
of the imperfect state of the law with regard to costs in
election matters. That law was at present much too se-
vere. Unless a petition or the opposition to it were re-
ported to be frivolous and vexatious, no costs were allowed
to either party ; but it was now proposed that the asses-
sor should be armed with the power to decide all questions
relating to costs, and to determine whether either party
was or was not entitled to costs from the other.
Lord G. SOMERSET, although he had been a mem-
ber of the Committee on this subject, could not concur in the
recommendations made in their report. Of what advan-
tage would the assessor be ? He might lay down and ex-
plain the law, but if the Committee were not bound to abide
by his judgment, it was obvious that he would be
placed in a very awkward position, as he would be little
better than a mock judge. It was clear that none but
men of high standing at the bar would enable them to
keep up such a knowledge of law as would render them
suitable to the satisfactory discharge of the duties of their
offices. He thought, also, that the mode of nomination
proposed was objectionable. He must say that a diminu-
tion of the numbers would be of all other things the most
objectionable, because it was quite possible that the opinion
of an assessor would have greater influence over a larger
than a smaller number.
Mr. POULTER did not think that the present Bill
would afford the requisite remedy. The result of the pre-
sent mode of striking Election Committees was that eleven
men, though otherwise, perhaps, highly accomplished, were
sent to decide on questions of a difficult nature—questions
on which the Judges of the land might find it difficult to
decide. The defect of the present administration of the
law of elections arose not from want of principle on the
part of the Members of that House appointed to try these
questions, but from want of that special knowledge requisite
to assist in the remedy of the evil.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought the House
much indebted to the Hon. Member for Liskeard for, the
attempt which he had made to improve this species of tri-
bunal. He admitted that it was a tribunal which stood in
need of improvement, for it neither possessed the confidence
of the House nor of the country. The practice of whipping
for ballots had a bad effect upon the mind of the country.
He doubted, however, whether the Bill before the House
was calculated to improve the present state of things. With
respect to the appointment of the assessors, he thought his
Hon. Friend had either Bono too far or had not gone far
enoug.h With a salary of two thousand per annum, proposed
under this Bill, they would hardly be able to get men of
sufficient ability to undertake the duties of an office which
would shut them out from their profession. He believed
that any lawyer with good practice to whom such an appoint-
ment might be offered would respectfully decline it. Now,
it was questionable whether the assessor would possess the
respect of the Committee. He would be in the capacity
of a Judge-Advocate. He would have no vote, and the
country gentlemen who were Members of the House might
not feel disposed to yield much to the opinions of one
whom they would look upon as a paid lawyer. With respect
to reducing the numbers of the Committee, he thought it
objectionable, and calculated to lessen the confidence of the

House in their decisions. There was another plan, how:
ever, which he did not propose, but merely threw out, and
that was, lessening the number of Revising Barristers, and,
instead of the 147 Judges they had at present, appointing
six or eight Judges, who, if it was necessary, might form I
Court of Appealrand who would conduct this business much
more expeditiously, usefully, and satisfactorily than it was
done at present. He believed that an election petition,
which it now took six weeks to decide, might, before a re-
gular judicial tribunal, be determined in less than so mall
days. He would not give any further opinion upon the plan
of the Hon. Member for Liskeard. He believed it the
tr.coit convenient course that the Committee should be con-
tent with the progress they had made for the present—(ls'
laugh)—and he should move that the Chairman should re-
port progress.—(A laugh)*
Mr. .WYNN did not think that, under any circuMi
stances, business could be dispatched with the economy
time just now stated. He had gone into a Committee-room
recently, and heard one set of witnesses prove
that lan
was only of the value of 175., whilst other witnesses declared
it to be worth 1/. 17s. Now, unless the Committee were
to determine on hearing only one side, they must take time
to determine between conflicting evidence. Notwithstand-
ing all that had been said, he did not think that the deeii
sions of Election Committees were influenced by motive"
party. He agreed in the objections offered to the appoint-
ment of the assessors. He believed it would be dif6eult
to get men of the requisite ability to separate themselves
from their business. It appeared to him that the PI
d
proposed in the Bill before them, as well as that suggested
by the Attorney:-General, afforded no prospect of curing
the evils complained of. There were many of the &tell
objectionable, but in progress through the Committee wow'
be the most fitting occasion to state those objections.
An Hor.r. MEMBER here rose, and moved that the
House be counted ; and there being but thirty-six Mem'
hers present, the House adjourned at Eight o'Clock.

POLICE REGULATIONS OF Ti
FRENCH GOVERNMENT REGARDING FO-
REIGNERS.

In consequence of the continual complaints that are nand°
by the numerous English travellers who visit the Continent'
from not being acquainted with the police regulations of
that country towards foreigners, the following regulation
have been printed, by order of his Excellency the Minister
of the Interior, at Paris, in all languages :
" Article 1. No foreigners are permitted to travel or re'
side in France without a special authorization from the Di'
rector of the Police.

"2. Every foreigner, on arriving in a sea-port or frontier
town, is to present himself before the local authorities to_
produce his passport and deposit it in their hands.
"3. If the passport be regular, and there be no reason
to suspect the intentions of the bearer, the local authorities
are to give him pr her in exchange a French passport, bar"
ing the words passe provisoire inscribed immediately under
the arms of France, for any place in the kingdom the fc°.
reigner may specify, and for which a fee of two francs is
required.

;‘ 4. The original passport is immediately transmitted to
the police at Paris, and, after being signed, is either Tr
turned to the foreigner, or forwarded for that purpose to the
municipal authorities of the place to which he may have
proceeded with the provisional passport.
" 5. Foreigners having a provisional passport must Po'
teed to their destination by the route specified in the pass'
port, which they are not to change, and are to present
themselves before the local authorities within twenty-font
hours after their arrival, who will return them the original
in exchange for the provisional passport. If, however, the
original passport should not be arrived, they must wait, un-
der the superintendence of the municipal authorities, tint'
the Director of the Police shall have made known his iro
tentions.

" 6. The signature of the Director of the Police Who'
rizes foreigners to travel and reside in the interic,r of thP
country during the space of one year, provided they observe•
the regulations of the general and local pslice.
7. No provisional passport can be given to a foreigner •
9rriving without a passport, or with a passport of which tbo
validity is doubtful. In such cases the local authoritiq
are directed to state the circumstances to the Director ° •
Police to ask his orders. The foreigner, in the mean tine'
remains under their superintendence (surveillance).
"S. If a foreigner, after his arrival in France, wishc4:
merely to go to any town or place situated in tbt same or
in a contiguous department, and the period of kris stay is got
to exceed one month, the local authorities will deliver 130 '
a limited provisional passport, merely acquainting the Di'
rectcr of Police with his arrival, without transmittiao
the original passport to Paris, which remains in their band*
aid is restored to the owner on his return.
" 9. Persons charged with public missions, and couriers
extraordinary, are not compelled to deposit their passports'
at the frontier, but are permitted to continue their journiel
after they have produced their passports, except in ease.
where it is suspected that they are not the persons the/
represent themselves to be. The local authorities giLB
notice of their passage through the country to the Direew
of Police.

" 10. The passports given by the members of the foreie,
corps diplonsatique resident at Paris to the subjects, of their
respective sovereigns, either to travel abroad or to roterf/
to their own countries, must be countersigned by the V.
rector of Police and by the Minister for Foreign Affairs."
N.B. Persons wishing to visit France, or any other Ps"
of the Continent, must leave their names the day before ar
the office of the respective Foreign Ambassadors in Tye
don, applying for a passport, which is granted gratis.
.1°
above police regulations are enforced all over the Continee
towards foreigners.

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v."
the remarkable events which arose in an expedition to the re:
mote and forlorn regions of the Rocky Mountains of Noe',
America. Captain Bonneville is still living. Having, in tilt:
course of his military services, been stationed at various pos
in the far west, where he was brought into frequent intercollrse/
with Indian traders, mountain trappers, and other pioneers
the wilderness, his imagination was so excited by their tales °'
strange scenes and more strange adventures, and by their pia
turesque accounts of vast and magnificent regions as yet Inlet
plored, that to reach the Rocky Mountains, and to pm:tetra"'
untrodden tracts, became the leading objects of his ambition
The various and almost wonderful incidents which befel bid
on his way, form the theme for what might in fact be called'`
historical romance," by the celebrated author of " The Siete
Book of Geoffrey Crayon."
MR. DISRAELI'S " VENETIA.”-- That the
highest class of imaginative gethus can invent nothing k
yond the truth, is beautifully illustrated by Mr. D'lsraeli 0
his story of Venetia (just published),—a story which, lila
its connexion with the fate of a noble family, will be res
with the greatest avidity by all descriptions of persons, arailo
o,
to penetrate that veil of mystery which has shrouded the
mestic fortunes of a genius belonging to the whole world.

T. COX SAVORY, Goldsmith, &c., 47, TW
London, informs the Public, that he offers DESSERT Fil„)01
KNIVES and FORKS, with plain ivory handles, silver fer";ith
plated on steel blades, at Three Guineas per dozen pair, or
solid silver blades, at Eight Guineas and aHalf per doyen
N. B. Carved ivory handles at 13s. 6d. extra per d oxen

BIRTHS.
On the 16th inst., in Upper Harley-street, the lady 0, '-
Budge, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 13th inst., in Brompton-square, Mn. Riclard Piovrool4
of a son.
On the 13th inst.; at the Vicarage, Milton Ernest, Bodfo.
rdslt
the lady of the Rev. C. C. Beaty Pownall, of a son.
On the 10th of January, at Moderah, Colombo, the lady 0-
f
Ogle Carr, Esq., King's Advocate, of Ceylon, of a son.
On the 12th inst , at Croom's-hill, Blackheath, Mrs. 1.11011111
Sandy s, of a son.
On the llth inst., in Craven-street, Stranll, the lady f'C • 14"
Nicholls, Esq., of a son, still-born.
cel
On the 13th inst., at Grove-cottage, Dulwich, Mrs. Ve
Robinson, of a son and heir.
On the 14th inst., at Halstead, Essex, the lady of jasucl
Sperling, Esq., of a daughter.

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MARRIED. Esq''
On the 13th inst., at St. John's, Hackney, John CA talon, Ed
of the Cape of Good Hope, to Elizabeth, widow of the late
Durham, Esq., of the same place. r J.
On the 15th inst., Mr. Frederick Charles Fitc'h, son °_, 'o-1
Fitch, of Union-street, Borough, solicitor, to Lou;_sa, second drug
ter of Mr. T.
On the lfith in Rodriguez, of Nortonfolgate. (vises'
st., at Holy Trinity Churcl, , UpPer ft" Henry Pemberton, Esq., of the Treasury, to Sal-, ah, widow °
late S. C. Wiltshire, Esq.
Esq.'
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On the 11th inst., at Bathwick Chuh, Frederic Serl,,ri'sorlT
of Woodhead, near Barnsley, Yorkshire, son of the lt.at• C.
Esq., of Orgraye Hall, to Caroline Anne, eldest daughter of
Sorensen, Esq., of Bathwick-hill, Bath. 1310001-
On the 13th inst., at St. Giles'g, Camberwell, Uoratio vgeot
field, Lsq., surgeon, of Poplar, Middlesex, to Eliza, the YTlssd'
daughter of the late W. Cooke, Esq., surgeon, late of Gres-
dow, Essex.

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On the 17th inst., in the Regent's. Park, Charlotte SOPhivirl'Altet
of S. G. Lockhart, Esq., and daughter of the late Sir
Scott, Bart. Pabel
On the 16th inst., in Brook-street, Grosvenor-aquart, 94. v
Alexander, youngest (laughter of John Alexander 1-lankeY'
aged one year ainit .nd ten months.
wife of Gil°.
On the 14th ,at Goudhurst, Anne Augusta( ill
'
Miller, Esq.
At Paris, aged '23, Mr. Wm. Henry Spencer, late Staff As
tant Surgeon to the British Legion at St. Sebastian. oil Vir°%
On the 13th inst., at Bath, aged 8`), Lieutenant-Gene r
c_
vice'
Neville Cameron, of the lion. East India Cot.npany's - seE• C.
On the 14th inst., at St. Alban's, Mary,
'relict of IVIr.
v.r
Dear, formerly of Redburn.
aolefr
On the 18th of January, at Calcutta, Mountford J.
,i_
Esq., Principal of the Native Medical College, aged 33. Theobait".;
On the 15th inst., at Tooting, Surrey, Mr. Philip
late of Stoke Newington.
111
h 14' ill'
On the 11th inst., in Torrington-square, Mrs. Sara
her 81st year.

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of Middleam—Thursday, May 18, 1837.