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distribution
of the force in question, and not at all applicable
wthe existing state of society in Ireland. The clause took
the
the power from the Lord Lieutenant of increasing
!he constabulary force in districts where it might be want-
!ll, though he was tolerably sure their Lordships did not
intend to produce that effect. He would therefore pro-
Pose to remedy this by the addition of an amendment
which would provide that wherever the force, in a particular
Philty or district, had been increased by proclamation, or
an application from the local magistracy to the Lord
Lieutenant the latter should have the power of meeting
the exigency that might still continue to exist, by keeping up
that force to its present amount.
.Colonel PERCEVAL and Mr. F. FRENCH called his Lord-
ship's attention to the wording of particular clauses in the
amended Bill.
Lord MORPETH explained.
All'• JACKSON said that if the Noble Lord would not
jexcept the Friendly Brothers' Society he would move an ad-
u'lntent of the House.
.Colonel PERCEVAL said that the Orange Society, as
being a political society, might be excluded, but the Friendly
Brothers' Society, which was merely social, did not come
under the regulations. The Friendly Brothers' Societies,
which were memerely social, had spread over the country, and
Were not objectionable on political grounds.
After a few words from the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
cliEntlEa, and Mr. O'LOUGHLIN,
Colonel COLE moved that the House be counted, which•
was carried, and there being only 31 Members present,
The House then adjourned, at a Quarter before One
o'Clock.

HOUSE OF LORDS, Mar 17.
_ The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the wool-
'lack at a few minutes to Four o'Clock.
MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS.
, A Message from the Commons brought up the Clyde
14avigation Bill, with the Lords' amendments, to which the
Commons had agreed ; also the Dawlish and Teignmouth
11.°ad Bill, the British Alkali Company Bill, and the
bukinfield Waterworks Bill.
The Bills on their Lordships' table were advanced a
stage.

PLURALITIES AND BENEFICES.
On the motion of the Archbishop of CANTERBURY,
the Pluralities and, Benefices Bill was read a third time and
Passed.

The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a peti-
tion from Belfast, praying for the commutation of the
Punishment of death. The petition was signed by an in-
dividual with whom he understood the Noble Earl
uPposite (Mulgrave) was intimate during his tour into
that
Part of tie country ; and he was rather sur-
Pised, knowing that the Noble Earl was about to
Proceed to attend his Parliamentary duties, that it had not
keen entrusted to him for presentation. The petition was
ingued by Mr. Finlay, proprietor of the Northern Whig, a
gentleman who, by his writings, had tended much to set that
Part of the country in a flame. He begged to ask the
Noble Earl whether that gentleman (Mr. Finlay) was
'pot about to be appointed to a stamp office under the
Noble Lord's patronage ?
Earl MULGRAVE had no objection to answer the
question of the Noble Lord. He might have seen the gen-
tleman to whom the Noble Lord alluded, but he bad not
the honour of being an intimate acquaintance of his, al-
though. he had no doubt he was a very respectable man.
With respect to his (Earl Mulgrave) having given Mr.
/inlay a stamp office, he had not done so, and for this
reason, although many others might perhaps be given, the
Place was not in his (Earl Mulgrave's) gift.—(A laugh.) .
fl, Lard LONDONDERRY, as we understood, would
floe an opportunity in the course of the night's debate, of
l'rioging the charges against the Noble Earl before their
Lordships' Bar. He could not place the least confidence in
the Noble Lord's Administration, and with respect to the
case of Mr. Gore Jones, to which he had on a former oc-
casion called their Lordships' attention,he must say that by
the Noble Lord's appointment in that case, he had grossly
insulted the Magistrates of the County Down.
Earl MULGRAVE was perfectly ready to enter upon
?;8 defence whenever the Noble Lord thought proper to
bring the matter forward, and he trusted he should be able
to discuss it with perfect temper, and with a recollection of
the ancient terms of intimacy which had subsisted between
himself and the Noble Lord. He complained of the want of
courtesy in not giving him notice of the petition which he
had presented en that subject.—(The conversation here
dropped).
CHURCH DISCIPLINE.
The Bishop of EXETER wished to ask the Noble and
Learned Lord on the Woolsack, whether or not any measure
Would be shortly brought under consideration on the sub-
,iect of Ecclesiastical discipline ? He had himself felt the
Inconvenience of the present system, during the last two or
three years, and he wished to know if any hope might be
ea tertained of a speedy remedy.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said the Bill for the
Ref or in the Ecclesiastical Courts bad been postponed, so
that it and the Bill about which the Right Rev. Prelate
enquired, should be introduced and passed through the
Bill
hise together. He had this morning the draft of the
I.ti his hands, and he could assure him as little time as
possible would be allowed to elapse before its introduction.
Petitions SABBATH OBSERVANCE.
were ptinns for the better observance of the Lord's Day
LEN, reSented by Lord ELLENBOROUGH, the Earl of Ro-
and the Marquis of BuTE.
The Ma
Con from thrqu'VisAN DIEM E N'S LAND.
that sop, of CLANRICARDE presented a pea-
' Inhabitants of Van Diemen's Land, praying
roles 'e eontroul might be allowed them over the rove-
r
of theiraised in that colony. It was a subject well worthy
attention L dships, and of his Majesty's Minis-
ters,, or
Mmne petition was, however, withdrawn, on account of
einformality.

The E
art of THE CANADAS.
ABERDEEN wished to correct a mistake
u e.
nact 'n,nught lead to some misunderstanding on the subject of
a
e alluded to a statement made in the other House
oThf Pe arlia.ment by the Under Secretary of the Colonies.
co° st!,bJeet under discussion referred to the Legislative
Journals of Lower Canada, and it was stated in the public
..onreials that the Hon. Baronet to whom he alluded men-
q d, in the course of his speech, that the instructions
f‘,maven to Lord Gosford did not essentially differ from those
ilo en to Lord Amherst. Without denying that the instruc-
t° n,is generally were couched in the same spirit, he felt bound
ja'L7nY most strongly that upon the question of the Legis-
T e Council they were entirely different.
lastel/xi GLENELG was not aware what had taken place
" night upon that particular question. He scarcely
`etight that his Hon. Friend the Under Secretary could
said that upon the point of the Legislative Council,
4,l7rlnstructions were of the same nature ; upon that point
e was a clear distinction.
HIGII SHERIFF OF WEXFORD.
l. the Earl of WI NCHILSEA, in pursuance of the no-
' ree he had before given, now rose to present a petition
from P. Leigh, jun., Esq., complaining of being remoaed
1:11 the office of High Sheriff of Wexford, after having been
urinated to it, and approved of by the Lord Lieutenant.
g: Petition having been read, the Noble Earl said it
uat with unfeigned regret, that from a sense of public
1,,r3', he %yes obliged to bring the case of the petitioner
w 're the House. It must be in their Lordships' recollect-
" that he had brought the case before the House upon
0 former occasions. He mentioned that now in order to
chewfts the Noble Earl whose conduct was complained of,
"1/1t he had not gone out of his way in order to seek the
.present opportunity ; he had received no satisfactory expla-
ttieo then, or the present notice of the case would not
—4ve been brought on. He had given those opportunities
in
order to see the Government state the public grounds
Pon which such an outrage had been committed upon the
eelitlgs of this gentleman, both public and private. The
petitioner stated that from some source be collected
:hat he had been removed on the ground of his being
Orangeman—( Hear, hear, hear,)—he complained
ti.` that, for he most strongly denied that he belonged to
_n_at society. If such were the grounds of his removal,
oand the
.Government. bad found out that they were in error,
1.4 Ought in justice to that gentleman to have taken either
opportunities afforded them, to have come forward and
o'4l his wounded feelings. On booking at the returns
411 the table, he felt bound to call the attention of
,e House to the unaralleled manner in which thei
Noble Earl at the head of the Irish Government had n-
*Tiered, most unconstitutionally, in the appointments of
c "ill's in that country. He had deviated in the most übn-
Costitutional manner from the invariable rule practised lists
a predecessors, viz.,---that of departing from the
ITeich were sent in by the Judges of the counties
Could only state that he sincerely hoped the Noble Earl
ld be able to give a satisfactory explanation of the
purse lie bad thought proper to pursue ; because he must
maintain if' no satisfactory explanation took place, that the
nirse that had been adopted by the Noble Earl was one of
ti_est ungracious, and he had almost said of an unconstitu-
t,eual character.—(Hear.) He denied that it was in
". power of the Crown to make a selection for Sheriff
‘''llltablout reference to the Judges ; this was not his indivi-
with °Pmion, but it had been decided in many cases. In one
serverespect to Lincol, a person who bad been appointed to
ctsi_; as Sheriff by then King refused to do so, and upon the
c„"i_uon of the Judges being taken, they were unanimously of
irtnn.inol;ittetldiat the King in appointing a person as Sheriff
an error. It was true that since that
.10(1 that opinion had been differed from, because, in the
inelgPf Queen Elizabeth, when the Judges could not sit
v estrninster Hall in consequence of the plague, the
e.,e,!1 nominated the Sheriffs herself. Unless, therefore,
re: '01)1e Earl could set aside all that had hitherto taken
ce in the (Lerd election of Sheriffs, be must say that in his
Winchilsea's) opinion, he had exercised a most
proper authority, especially when it was considered that

the fife persons named by the Noble Earl were the decided
supporters of his Majesty's present Government.—(Hear.)
He did not mean to enter into the consideration of
whether the gentleman was a Member of the Orange
Society or not, and he did not deny the authority that
was vested in the Noble Earl ; but he thought it was a
a very extraordinary stops to take—that a gentleman having
been once appointed, to remove him from an office, when
at that time he had not been declared by the Crown, or
any officer of the Crown, to have been guilty of
any offence. This question was one of great constitutional
impprtance, and ho hoped it would be in the Noble Earl's
power to afford a satisfactory elucidation of the different
facts he had stated.
The Earl of MU LGRAVE would commence by return-
ing thanks to the Noble Earl for the very courteous manner
in which he had brought the subject forward. The Noble
Earl's observations separated themselves into two heads, Ist.
with regard to the general list of Sheriffs, and the selection
made from it by the Lord Lieutenant ; and secondly, with
regard to this particular case. He meant first of all to say a few
words on the general head, and upon this he would commence
by stating that though the law was probably the same in
the two countries, nothing could more distinctly differ than
the practice of appointing the Sheriffs of London and Dub-
lin. The Sheriffs in Ireland were never appointed by any
meeting of the Judges, or any persons representing the Exe-
cutive. The first name on the list was always taken. He
had, exercising the power he conceived vested in him, taken
a new ground of objection to the Judges' list. He felt it
his duty to exclude from the high office of Sheriff any one
and every one who was connected with a secret political
society. The whole responsibility of this measure he took
upon himself, and would abide by it. He suggested to his
Majesty's Government the line he meant to take, and it
received their full approbation.—(Hear, hear.) Upon that
approbation he acted. He appealed to the law officers of
the Crown, and men of high judicial station, and he had
their concurrence for deviating from the recommendation of
the Judges in certain cases. He, therefore, felt himself
justified in not applying to the Judges again. But his con-
duct was not without precedent. In 1830 the gentleman
recommended as Sheriff for Tyrone was objected to, and
his nomination was cancelled. So, in the county of Lime-
rick, a Mr. Lyons, who was appointed, was superseded for
the Knight of Glynn by the Duke of Northumberland. In
1830 the Marquis Wellesley appointed, in some cases, gen-
tlemen as Sheriffs in place of those recommended by the
Judges. All this showed that the recommendation of the
Judges was not constitutionally or legally binding on the
Lord Lieutenant. Then as to the case of Mr. Leigh—
it was publicly known that he intended to appoint Mr.
Leigh, and for several weeks previously he received memo-
rials from different parts of the county of Wexford, stating
three grounds of objection to the proposed appointment.
First, that Mr. Leigh was believed to be an Orangeman ;
secondly, that he was a strong political partisan ; and,
thirdly, that he possessed no property in the county. In
answering these memorials be stated that he could net act
upon either of the three grounds of objection, and therefore
Mr. Leigh, up to the day before the publication of the lists,
was to be the High Sheriff of Wcxford. On that day he
heard through the Solicitor-General of Ireland, who learnt
it from some other gentleman, that Mr. Leigh belonged to
an Orange Lodge, and that the gentleman in question could
point out the Lodge to which he belonged. Under these
circumstances, and acting under the belief that Mr. Leigh
was an Orangeman, he (the Earl of Mulgrave) thought it
his duty to pass him over,: and he appointed another gen-
tleman, in every respect qualified—possessing more property
in the county than Mr. Leigh, and who was willing to take
upon himself the duties of the office. There were at that
time some circumstances connected with the county of
Wexford which, though they would not have induced him
to sanction any injustice towards Mr. Leigh, would have
made him extremely unwilling to except him from the rule
which he had laid down with respect to the exclusion of
Orangemen. It was stated in the petition that Mr. Leigh
had appointed Mr. Reid his Sub-Sheriff. It was most de-
sirable that gentlemen who filled that office should possess
both , temper and discretion ; but a short time previously
this gentleman had shown a singular want of temper
and discretion. Mr. Reid was employed by a gentleman of
the name of Howe to levy a distress, and he seized several
stacks of corn. 'An auction commenced, but, there being
no bidders, this Mr. Reid, in the face of the people, deli-
berately set fire to the stacks. This case he thought was
one completely unparallelled, and which of itself was suffi-
cient to show that Mr. Reid should cease to be the Sub-
Sheriff of Wexford. He was not aware that he had left
untouched any points to which the Noble Earl had alluded.
If, however, in the course of the discussion any further
observations should be made by Noble Lords opposite,
he trusted that he should receive the indulgence of the
House, and be permitted to answer them. In regard to
this individual case, he very much regretted that Mr. Leigh
should feel himself hurt by what had taken place. It had
never been his intention to act unjustly towards him. He
had proceeded alone from the belief that the information
conveyed to him placed beyond all doubt the fact that
Mr. Leigh was an Orangeman. He would now, through the
Noble Earl, express to Mr. Leigh his regret—for he sup-
posed he was bound to adopt the allegation in the petition
—that he bad been misinformed on the subject.
Viscount STRANGFORD said that he should explain
to the •House the case which had occurred in the year
1829. In that year Mr. Lloyd, one of the Members for
the county of Limerick, died, and in January, 1830, a vio-
lent contest took place between Colonel O'Grady and the
late Mr. Massey Dawson. Colonel O'Grady was returned
by a small majority, but he was subsequently displaced, on
petition, by Mr. Massey Dawson. A general election in
the year 1831 was then considered inevitable, and Colonel
O'Grady wcs in the field as an avowed candidate. From
the very circumstance of there having been a contested
election the Government was bound to be particular in the
choice of a Sheriff, particularly in a county where a
Judge's son was a candidate. Accordingly the return was
passed over. In doing this it was quite clear that his Ma-
jesty's Government had no political' end in view, for what
they did was to appoint to the office the Knight of Glynn,
a Catholic Emancipator, a Reformer, and one of the few
members of the Grand Jury who had signed a requisition
in favour of Reform in Parliament. This occurred dur-
ing the Lord Lieutenancy of the Duke of Northumberland.
The Earl of RODEN said that he greatly regretted
that a high officer of the Crown should have been guilty
.of
a dereliction of duty in passing over the usual, natural, and
constitutional course which had always been pursued in the
appointment of sheriffs of the different counties in Ire-
land. The first phantom that so much frightened the
Noble Earl was, that an individual belonged to an Orange
Society. He (the Earl of Roden) would say that the indi-
viduals of which those societies were composed had at
heart, quite as much as the Noble Earl, the interests and
welfare of their country. The Noble Earl, he supposed,
imagined that an Orangeman was incapable of discharging
the duties of sheriff. The Noble Earl, he should say, had
acted most ungracionsly in passing over the opinion of the
twelve Judges of Ireland, and why the Noble Earl had
done so, he confessed be had not, heard satisfactorily ex-
plained during the present discussion. The Noble Earl
had said that this gentleman possessed no property. He
(the Earl of Roden) was informed that his father derived
an income from the county of Wexford of at least 5,0001.
per annum. He sincerely regretted that any circum-
stances should have arisen to call from the resident gentry
of Ireland any feeling against the person appointed by his
Majesty to govern Ireland ; but he hoped that after the
statement which had fallen from his Noble Friend, the
Noble Earl would see the necessity of going back to the
old and constitutional mode of consulting the Judges of the
land in the appointment of sheriffs.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that as the sub-
ject of the appointment of sheriffs had been referred to by
the Noble Earl who had just sat down he should make one
or two observations for the purpose of setting the Noble
Earl right, with respect to the point that the mode of ap-
pointment was similar in both countries. With respect to
England, lie never understood that it was not within the
prerogative of the Crown to appoint as sheriffs under any
circumstances persons who had not been recommended by
the Judges. Such appointments had undoubtedly been
made by the present Government, and he believed by the
precedinr, Government. In a great many instances the
Crown had exercised the power of appointing sheriffs sum-
marily. Whether the Crown had power to compel per-
sons so appointed to act, was a question which be was not
now prepared to answer. The Noble Earl had stated
that he understood the law and practice was uniform in
England and Ireland. In this he could assure the Noble
Earl be had been mistaken. He (the Marquis of Lans-
downe) believed that there was no law which prevented
the Crown from appointing in Ireland persons without

any recommendations whatever.—(llear, hear, hear.) By
the first of Henry VII. all the existing laws with reward to
the appointment of sheriffs were abrogated, for the purpose
of vesting the appointment in the Crown. From that time
it had remained vested in the Crown, and no Act of Par-
liament had since been passed which divested the Crown of
that power. Undoubtedly it did so happen that abuses
prevailed, and that Sir Robert Peel, when be went to Ire-
land, though he did not introduce an Act altering the law
on the subject, expressed a wish, in fact laid down a rule,
by which the Judges were required to communicate with
the Government, and to give their advice in the appoint-
ment of the sheriffs.—(Hear, bear.) His Noble Friend
had stated to the House the peculiar circumstances under
which be exercised the power in the case of Mr. Leigh.
He had exercised it upon creditable information, and at a
time which admitted of no delay. He therefore thought
that his Noble Friend stood fully acquitted, and that be
had the satisfaction of knowing. that if any mistake had
been committed, it would not be attended with any
coil
consequences or any inconvenience.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said that the eon-

duct of the present Government had disgusted the people
of Ireland, particularly the inhabitants of the northern pro•
vinces. The appointment of constables had been in the
proportion of ten Catholics to one Protestant. He also
complained that an •officer at the Castle of Dublin had
been removed, after a service of between thirty and forty
years, without any cause. The Noble Marquis also stated
that an insult had been put upon the magistracy of Ireland,
in the proceedings which had been adopted in the case of
Mr. Gore Jones.

The Earl of MULGRAVE said he supposed the Noble
Marquis alluded to the removal of a most respectable gen-
tleman, Sir Stewart Bruce. That gentleman, who had held
the office of Gentleman Ushel' at Dublin Castle, was re-
moved on account of his.advanced age. He had taken tie

trouble to procure a return of the number of constables ap-
pointed since he had held the office of Lord Lieutenant.
The number was, Protestants 91, and Catholics 21. Dis-
missed, 1 Catholic ; Constables promoted—Protestants 2,
Catholic 1. An allusion had been to the transfer of the
Assistant Barristers. He (the Earl of Mulgrave) had made
these transfers because he had resolved not to appoint any'
Assistant Barristers to a county in the circuit in which he had
practised. He had also a return of the number of Assistant
Barristers appointed. Two Catholics and four Protestants had
been appointed. One Mr. A. Lyle had subsequently been
promoted. He did not take any merit to himself for these
appointments. He had only endeavoured to select the
most efficient persons, and he thought it would have been
unwise to exclude any because they were Catholics, or be-
cause they were Protestants. With respect to the case of
Mr. Gore Jones, he had every reason to believe the magis-
trates were satisfied. Mr. Gore Jones had given evidence
before a Committee,:which the magistrates thought threw a
slur on them. The magistrates, instead of applying to him
(the Earl of Mulgrave) thought fit to direct the public at-
tention to the matter. Mr. Gore. Jones then thought
proper to prosecute them for a libel. Ile (Lord Mut-
grave) had not felt himself justified in ordering an investi-
gation, either by means of a:Committee of the House of
Commons or in a Court of Law, and he had consequently
declined to interfere in the matter further than to remove
Mr. G. Jones from his situation iu the county. He had seen
a Right Hon. Gentleman, with whom he certainly was
not politically connected, but who was then one of the
Members for the city of Dublin, and from whom he
learnt that it would be impossible for the magisteatcs and
Mr. G. Jones to go on together. Upon that information
he had deemed it fit to remove Mr. Jones, not thereby
intending to express any opinion as to that gentleman's
conduct, nor meaning that he should remain unemployed,
for he (the Earl of Mulgrave) meant to employ him. He
believed him to be an efficient officer.—( Hear, hear.) The
Noble Lord opposite (the Marquis of Londonderry) had
said something of an intention to appoint Mr. Jones to the
county of Down. Now he could: assure the Noble Lord
he had no more intention of making such an appointment
than of selecting the Noble Lord himself for the sheriff of
the county of Down.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said a few words
in explanation which we did not hear.
The Earl of MULGRAVE continued—The newspa-
pers from which the Noble Lord had collected his informa-
tion were then misinformed and incorrect in their state-
ments. As to his (the Earl of Mulgrave's) reception at
Ulster, he would say that he was perfectly satisfied with it,
and the best proof of that was that he meant to go there
again. He wished to say one word to the Noble Viscount
opposite, who seemed to imagine that he (the Earl of Mul-
grave) imputed something like blame to the Government of
the Noble Duke. Now nothing could be further from his
intention—neither did he mean in the slightest degree to
make any insidious reflections upon the Orange society.
He sincerely respected the Noble Earl who was so inti-
mately connected with that institution, for his straightfor-
ward public conduct ; and to the society itself he enter-
tained no feelings of dislike further than that it was a se-
cret, exclusive, political' society—(Hear)—and conse-
quently he should not have felt himself justified in appoin-.
ting any person to the office of Sheriff who continued a
member of that institution. He felt happy at having the
opportunity of confirming with his own mouth what had
been said before, that no man could feel more inclined to
forget all that was past in reference to that subject. He had
no desire to withhold an appointment from any one on the
ground that he had once been an Orangeman. In proof of
the sincerity of that desire he could state that already he
had appointed a Nobleman, formerly connected with the
Orange Institution, upon a declaration that that connection
had ceased, to the office of Lord Lieutenant. He was
anxious to do all in his power to confirm and strengthen the
sound advice which had been given by the Noble Earl and
Illustrious Duke opposite to the brethren, on the occasion
of the late dissolution of the Orange Society ; and he had
therefore taken no retrospect of any statutable offences at
the last Assizes. Henceforth he trusted a spirit of tran-
quillity might be preserved in the country, and that Irish-
men would be united as Irishmen.—(Hear.) He was not
aware that be had any thing further to address to their
Lordships, and he begged pardon for having detained them
so long, but he had been anxious to make his statement to
the House upon this subject.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY explained.
The Earl of WI NCHI LSEA replied, and the petition
was laid upon the table.
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (IRELAND)
:BILL.
The Report of this Bill was brought up by the Earl of
SHAFTESBURY, and received.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said, that it had been
usual to consider Wednesday as a day on which no impor-
tant business was to be brought forward, and that that prac-
tice had been adopted for the convenience of his Majesty's
servants. The consequence of that understanding was that
he and other Noble Lords were in the habit of making en-
gagements for that day. Now, under these circumstances,
he begged to ask the Noble Marquis opposite, whether he
would have any objection to reserve the third reading of
this Bill until Friday ? There were many persons besides
himself who, lie knew, were engaged on Wednesday ?
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE opposed the sugges-
tion of the Noble Duke, and, after a desultory conversa-
tion, in which Lord Ellenborough, Lord Holland, Lord
Lyndhurst, the Earl of Haddington, and the Duke of
Richmond took part, it was ultimately determined that the
third read reading should take place to-morrow (this day.)
The Duke of RICHMOND gavo notice that on the
third reading he should move the same amendment as he
had moved on a previous night, for giving Corporations to
the large towns.
Their Lordships then adjourned at half-past seven.

STAMP DUTY.—The reduction is a boon, a very
great boon indeed to the provincial Press, for which it must be
ever grateful to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.—Stajr)rd-
shire Examiner.
SPAIN REVISITED.—This is an amusing work,
by the author of " A Year in Spain." This traveller writes
with great buoyancy of spirit, and describes what he beheld
with great animation and some share of wit. Ile is not a
heavy statistical calculator, nor does he linger on the road to
cull simples or collect a herbal. His narrative consists of anec-
dotes of individuals, adventures at posadas, descriptions of
public buildings and institutions, sketches of roadside scenery,
&c. Ile is a shrewd observer of men and manners, and his
observations arc the result of experience :.nd judgment. The
book will prove very satisfactory to a large class of readers.—
Times.

We received, on Saturday, a regular file of papers
from the Cape of Good Hope to the beginning of March. The
paper of the 27th of the preceding month furnishes us with
the particulars of an extensive journey into the interior by Mr.
D. Hume, in which he penetrated much further to the east-
ward than any trader who had preceded him. Ile describes
the country as highly beautiful, salubrious, and fertile, and re-
markably well wooded and watered. At a distance of 31 days'
journey from Lattakoo, he came to a river called the Peban,
meandering through a delightful tract of country, clothed with
luxuriant vegetation, and which, after receiving many tributary
streams, flowed through the mountain chain which stretches
through this part of the continent, and shortly afterwards falls
into the Lamporpo, which then takes a course due north to a
distance which has never been ascertained. Mr. Hume tra-
versed its banks until he had reached more than n degree be-
yond the tropic. He describes this stream as the Nile of this
part of Africa, as without it the immense tract of countrythrough which it flows would be perfectly uninhabitable.
The Peban is a remarkably fine stream—the face of the
country is highly embellished, and its banks had been occupied
by a dense population, all of whom at the period of Mr.
Ilume's arrival, had fled to the mountains, under apprehension
of an attack from the people of Masselikatsi. Although the
country was clothed with luxuriant pasturage, there were few
cattle, the cultivation of the soil being almost the sole support
of the inhabitants, and the principal grain sown is millet.
Pumpions, melons, and calabashes are also produced, and the
neighbourhood abounds with game and wild animals, amongst
which are the lion, elephant, and rhinoceros ; and the rivers
abound with hippopotami and alligators. The mountainous
region in the neighbourhood was infested by a flying insect,
supposed to belong to the order hymenoptera, the sting or
bites of which is attended by fatal effects both to cattle and
horses. He speaks of the disposition of Masselkiatsi towards
Europeans as being extremely favourable to the prosecution of
researches in this part of Africa.
Mr. Bulwer's " Devereux" forms the twelfth volume
of " Colburn's Modern Novelists," and a noble production it
is. With us it has ever been an especial favourite ;we delight
inits minute analysis of human motives, its mastery over cha-
racter, and the thrilling interest of its story. In all his
heroines, and no one ever gave more of poetry to women than
Mr. Bulwcr, we do not think he has ever exceeded the
graceful, the spiritual, the devoted Isaura. And with hew
noble a preface has he introduced this edition ! It throws
.a
" dim religious light" upon its author's character. It Is
touched, we hope, with the poet's melancholy, rather than the
philosopher's. We remember nothing more beautiful than his
remarks upon the inefficiency of words to convey the bright-
ness and beauty of thought, ending with this striking and
memorable expression—" Man made the language? and God
the genius. "._Court Journal.