The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-14 00:00:00

CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DA Y.(

tasted food-of any kind for nearly three days and nights,
during wllich ti: m!, they had been without shelter or a
resting place. Seeing that they were in a very exhausted
condit!;•t, witness took them to the station.house, where
they wcro supplied with a meal and lodging for the nigh'.
thlenilant, Giew, said they were not begging, although
st,rving-Lthey :sere too strong, willing, and able to work,
to beg,

Lunatic petitions and causes of no public interest ccau-
picd the Lord ChanceliGr all day.

VICE-CHANCERY.—(TIns DAY.)

ROE V. DUNKERTON AND OTHERS—THE GIiEAT CHEESE CAUSE.
In this ease a motion was this rneroing made on behalf
of the defendants (23 in number) ior the dissolution 01
an injunction granted by his Honour en the 7th instant, re-
straining them front adverti,iiig or exhibiting to the pub
lie a large Somersostire cheese, the joint property of the
parties to the suit, which was made and intended for her
Majesty.
From the press of other matter we can only give a short
statement of the facts of the case, which are these :—lt
appears that one of the defendants, Mr. Norris, being ac.
tuated by feelings of loyalty towards bar Majesty, in May,
1839, suggested to several of his neighbours residing at
West l'enuard, in Somcrsetshire, a very noted dairy dis-
trict, and near the celebrated Cheddar, that a cheese
should be presented to her nijesty, as a mat k
of the loyalty and attachment on the part of the in•
hai,itants of that perish towards their youthful and b, loved
Sovereign, and that it sheuld be formed by a contri uti""
of one or more ta, als of the milk of all the cows ke;,t, in
the perish of West Penmrd. In the June following the
defendants Drinkerton and Norris called upon the other
farmers keeping cows in the parish, who cordially acqui-
t send in the suggestion. The two plaintiffs, Roe and
Psge, were among that number. The cheese was formed,
and is considered by these who have obtained a sight
of it, to be a beautiful specimen of agricultural pro-
duce, and we believe has been acki.owledged by those who
are experienced in such matters, to he the finest that ever
came cut of Somertetshire. Its shape is ectagonid, and
measures 9 feet 4 inches in circumference, 3 feet in dia-
meter, and 20 inches in depth, and weighs about II cwt.
It is ername:ited by the Royal arms, and is beautifully
stamped with various appropriate devices. We should
state that this enormous cheese was prepared from the
meals milk of 737 cows—a meal being the quantity of milk
obtained from a cow at one miikirtg. The curiosity of
every person in that part of the country being excited, and
marl persons wishing to see the " Rpy'al cheese," it was
agreed by the Committee' that it should be exhibited, and
that a box should be placed in the room, for the collection
of subscriptions ; the balance of which, after defraying the
expenses of making the cheese, was to b•e dictributel
artioi:g the poor of the parish. Wearing apparel, bed
linen, and clothing, to the amount of 27/., was ace..irdingly
hestowed upon the poor; but the sum collected (although
many farmers and gentlemen in the neighbourhood made
contributions):nut having been a lequateto the sum r xpend-
ed in the manufacture of this cheese and the purchasing of
utensils, and so en; and as the cheese would not be ripe
and in a fit state to present to her Maj, sty until June,
1841, it was agreed at a public meeting of the parties
interested, ,that it should be brought to London, and ex-
hibited in the Egyptian Hall, PrecaUly, provided the
err/tient of her 1111;tjez.ty foe that purpose eon! be obtained ;
but rothing was to be done to endanger the acceptance
of it by her Majesty, which was always the main and
paramount object in view. On the 29th Decembei-
procession Wits formed, and the cheese conveyed in a
waggon from the rillege, the dairy women who had been
employed in its creation joining in the procession. -
Beer and Mier was distributed among the vil-
lagers, and the health cf her Abjesty, Prince Allier',
and the little Princess, were toasted amidst the veclarna-
lions of those assembled. The cheese arrived in London
by the Great Western Railway on the 31st of December,
and on the last of January was placed in the Egyptien
Halle The two plaintiffs, who may be considered as par-
ties in the concern, not coinciding in the view that had
been taken by the other parties, applied to the
Vice-Chancellor for an injunction to restrain a public ex-
hibition, sihich his Honour then granted.
Mr. G. RICHARDS (with whom was Mr. Anderdon) this
morning moved to dissolve the injunction,
Mr. Knight Deuce anti M. Wright opposed the motion.
The VICE-Cnatickt.enn, without hearing: the reply of
Mr. Richards, dissolved the injunction, with costs.

It iurthei eppeared that he was from Yorkshire, and his
companion froei Cheshire, and both had been at work en
the Raiiroath till the severe weather commenced.
Mr. LONG said the Police Constable had acted ex-
inely 1,011 in taking them into custody. Persons must
not be ,Ilowed to perish in the street. rHe then relieved
tin m from out of hit private purse, and directed the Police
C,n;stahle to proceed with them to tho Mendicity Society,
;,:th his reque;t that their case might receive immediate
attention.

PROFITS ON THE SALE OF SOUP:

WINE. &c. &c.

Lf.CKETT V. Trill BANK OF ENGLAND.
On Tucielay this cafe e me be fire the. Recorder and a
Jary in tie Lord M.iver's Court. The plainiill
el 'need errepensetien for good- will end interest in the
we,-kliown Cock Tavern, facing the late north gate of the
Rayed Exel ange, required for improvement about to be
;
efi eted by the Bark of England.
The claim was 18,694/
the 13ank, it was understood,
had mode no offer.
Sir \V. Foiaeere f: r the claimant, stated that, under a
-e! use is the Act of Parliament which gave the Cerpora-
tion of the City of London the means to effect the exten-
sive ireprovem,nts which were now taking piece in the
City, the Bank was also empowered to reqoire premises to
be gives up for the same purpose. In this cave the great
Corporation of the Bank of England desired the premises
of Mr. Lockett, which, as the Jury must know, had been
a tavern of the first resort in the City from time imme-
morial, and was fiequented by its first merchants. Be-
tween the years 1827 and 1839 Mr. Lockett had expended
upon the premises no less a sum than 9,135/, and why
should he not be ab!e to toile, this to those who woulc.
follow him, in the same manner that he could if he had tbe
rre•ncy in his pocket ? did not want` to pact with a
Louse which he and his f,tl.cr had conducted with profit
for ,baif a century; he desired to remain the possessor of
it., One of the most important items of the chin would
be the profit mule by Mr. Lockett as a tavern-keeper, and
he st2uuld only be able to give general evidence of its
amount. There would be something ludicroui in showing
how beef and calves' heads would cut up into soup, but
was the only means he had of proving it. Fur instance,
he should call witnesses to prove that to nuke, ten gallons,
of soup it required six calves' heads, Albs. of butter, one'
Gibs of flour.

'I be ItEcoarau— What nrmo do you givo it ?
Sir W. FOLLETT --Mock turtle.—(A laugh ) fit
should take three year: upon which to form an average—
the )cars of 1837, 1838, and 1839 In that period h*e
been bought 6 236 calks' heads—:( Loud laughter)—that
would give 10 390 galloes; and there were 16 half-
p;nt basins to the gallon ; that would be 166,240 basins of
soup, et lld a basin, which was 7,6191 61—(11mars of
1-,egliter ) There was also another way of making mock
ttn Vv. that was with scalps, and two scalps acre equal to
a head.

lirconnEtt—Tyro se& ps make s_head.—( Laughter.)
Sir W. FOLLETT—I, seems so, my Lord.--( A laugh.)
There were 296 supplied and that would produce 245 gril-
le us, or 3,920 basins.—(A laugh.) This was really ex-
posing the seer. is of the trade, but he could not help it—
( Laughter.) Giblet soup would be the next head.—( A
1,110.) Thirty sets of giblets would make 10 gallons of
s,,up ; 6,159 sets had been purchased; that would give
2 050 gallons, 32,848 basins, at lid, 1,505/ 104 Bd.
(A laugh.)
The RECORDER—Did you put nothing but giblets it
,your zeup, Sir William ?—(A laugh. )
Sir W. Fou.ETr—Yes, my Lord, but that's anothti
bead. lie would now come to ox-tail.—( Rears (f
laughter.) Thirty-six tails made ten gallons ; 13,359
tails had been consumed in the three years —(A laugh )
Tha• would give 3,710 gallons, or 59,360 basins, at • Ild.
2.720/ 13s 4d. Soup bovilli was next —(Renewed
laughter.) Fifty lbs of brisket of beef made ten gallons.
Mr. Lockett had had 9,7141 b of brisket ; that would mak,
194 gallons, or 11,107 basins, 1,4241 2s Bd. Gravy soup
fullowed.—(A laugh.) 84,128 basins had been sold.—
( Laughter.) That would produce at 8.1 each, 2,804/
5s 4.1. The total for soup was 16,2 i,?/ lis 4d.--( Row r
of laughter.) He would now ceme to the din: ors. These
iv, re charged Is 10 i each, and the amount was 4,66619..
There were other dinners where poultry were supplied.
which were charged 2s 10.1 ; a fowl, or Luoh, was con-
sidered sufficient for two persons ; a goose for four.—
(A lau,Th.)
Thescorturrt—lt used to be said a goose was te:o
much for one, and not enough for two.—( A laugh.)
Sir W. F.A.LETT—The supply of fOWlS:tlad been 1,753
g C3O 188—(A laugh)—azd at 2s 10d a meal, would come
to 603/ Pigeon pies, a small item, 4515.3.—( A laugh.)
For fish, 3251 13s 9d bad been paid, and he was told 10e
per cent. was the usual pro*.
The RECORDIER—One istindred por cent. !—(A laugh.)
Sir W. FoLuirr-,-1-le had fotzettcn to mention the
grime for firs muck turtle.--(A laugh.) Two bottles were
pot in 10 gallons, and 177 tit zoo had born thus consumed,
—(A laugh.) The Learned Counsel, havint' stated some
other items, said, the gross profits would be found to
amount to 4,703117 s ltd.
Thompson, the cook, explained hoar-soups were made,
and of what,

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)

(Sittings in Banco).
WATERS, EXECUTOR, V. TIIE EARL 'DI, TIIANET.

The Al TORNEY- GENE RAI. moved in this case a rule
to show cause why the verdict for the plaintiff should not
be. set aside, and a nonsuit entered. It was an action
upon two bills of exchange, brought by the endorsee
agaimt the drawer and endorser. The bills were for
the sums of 465/ 13; and 658/, and were dated so far tack
as the 9th of August, 1802. The bills were drawn by the
defendant, upon the Hon. Henry Tulten, in favour of R.
Wilson, and were made payable six months after date. The
first and second counts were in the usual form, and ti e
third was upon an agreement, signed by the defendant, to
the effect that in consideration of Mr. R. Wilson having
agreed not to sue him upon the two bills of exchange, then
overdue, the defendant debarred himself from pleading the
Statute of Limitations, in the event of his being sued for
the saute ; and be also agreed to pay the amount with le-
gal interest, whenever his circumstances admitted, and he
was called upon. At the time the bills were drawn the de.
feneant had two elder brothers, Sackvilla, then Earl of
Thanet, and Charles, and the defendant had only an al-
lowance of 5001. per annum. When Sackville died, in
February, 1825, some estates camo into the eb.fondant'.,;
possession, which
.he said to Charles for 11,0001., and
1,6001. per annum. He might then have been considered
of ability to pay, but all doubts were removed in April,
1832, when Charles died, and the defendant came into
ros3ession of the large estates as Earl of Thanet. The
action was rot commenced for more than six years after
that date—namely, Nov. 1838, and the question for the
Court was, whether the cause of action did accrue within
six years of the defendant being of ability to pay—whe-
ther a demand on the part rf the plaintiff was necessary
within the six years, and before the statute began to run.
After citing some-authorities on-the subject,
The COURT took time to consider its decision.
HOLLAND V. CURZON.

In answer to questions put by the Recorder, he said
that in busy times they sold 500 basins of soup a day—
upon ethers from 350 to 400. If be had a bit of barn t,
spare le would throw it into the reit soup —( Laughter )
Benjamin Ming, one of the head waiters, stated that the
ruccipts up to six o'clock were 201. to 251. a day ; aftri
that the " supers" attended to the coffee-room.
The Court edjlurned till the following day, when Mr.
Adams, a licensed victualler and gnarl-, residing at Lam-
beth, was called to prove the extent of the trade in w:ne
asd spirits, which he stated he had obtained from the Ex-
cise return.

Mr. ERLE moved in this case for a rule to show came
why the verdict fur the plaintiff should not be set aside,
and a new trial had. It was an action upon a promirsory
note for 1,000/. made to Reynolds, who had endorsed it
to Muliar, by whom wt had been indorsed to the plaintiff
The defendant pleaded that the note had been given for
money lost in a gambling transaction with Reynolds,
who bad endorsed the tit to to Muliar, by whom it had
been passed to the plaintiff without consideration, and
alter notice. He held is his hands affidavits, which dis-
closed a collusion on the part of the witnesses and the
plaintiff—the former had been sutpmaacd, hut had not ap-
peared, and it turned out that Wynolds was the step-son
of Mullar—that Birkenshaw, another wAness, was the
nephew of Mullar—that 11,11 and ;had lately ttlen the be.
ink of the Act, when Muller acted as assignee, and that
they wi:re colluding together to keep out of the way.
Under these circunast?tnces, he trusted' that the Court
would give the defendant an opportunity of bringing the
case again.

Mr. Adams stated that the gross eontureption fur the fire
and thrce-quarter years was—brdndy, 2,928 bottts ; rum,
144 ; hollauda, -162; French and Germ :In wines, 195 ;
port, 10,472 ; strum, 14,659 ; but from this Ras to be de
darted the amount of stock on the 4tb Of December 1810,
sad the averege annual cust appeared to be 7201. Th,
porter and ale supplied to the house was 73 a day, or 1091
4; a year.

on Sti.e \,`„,r;rieF?ct,LETT—And what do you estimate the profit

Witness—On the 3.78214; expended fur wine, I cal-
mate the prcfit at 3,9591 173.
The RECOEDRR-3.959/, 17s. I That is a little more
than WO/. per cent. (Loud laughter.)
Mr. Adams—lt is, my Lord. The profit
.on the por-
ter is 71 per cent. •
Crots-extanined—A pipe of wine would cost; with the
duty, 141. lle supposed it to be kept in Louie three years.
The interest of the outlay, corks, &e. would make the
cost 108/. 7s.

Lod DENNIAN futid the statement made at the trial was
certainly, very suspicious, but be could not have put it off
wiihout convicting the parties of a gross misdemeanour,
but the defendant was entitled to the rule.—liule granted.

Sir NV. FOLLETT—IIow many gltoses arc sold from a
bottle at the bar?

Mr. Adams—Fourteen, at 6d a glass, producing is.
(A lavgh.)
The RECORDER—The bottles must be very large, or
the glasses very small.—( Loud laughter.)
Mr. Atlantis continued—The profit on wine sold by the
glia9.9 was 121 per cent, by b.,ttte 42 per cent.
Mr. KELLY—Du the proprietors of gin-palaces make so
much profit
Mr. Adams—No; nor one haV.
The REccknEa—tlow do you came to that conclusion?
Mr. Adams—l have kept one fur eleven years.--( A
laugh )
The RECORDER—They say that the profits of a gin-pa-
lace arc immense.

MOFFEIT V. SYDENHAM.

Mr. KELLY moved is this case, which had been before
Lord Denman at the last Guildhall sittings, and a verdict
bad for the plaintiff, for a rule to set aside the verdict and
enter a nonsuit. The action was brought to recover da.
magcs against the defendant for not accepting a very large
quantity of tea. In February, 1840, the defendant con-
tracted for the purchase of between 700 and 800 chests of
tea from the plaintiff, and the sale had been made through
the medium of a broker. The question which the Court
had to decide was, whether parole evidence could be ru-
eci-ied, not to explain.a variance which existed between
bought and sold rotes, but whether evidence of that rig.
tore could be received to supersdd what he considered an
entirely new term to the contract. After entering at sonic
length into the point of difference between the notes,
whi b consisted in nut specifying the number of the break,
and the time of payment for one portion of the teas sold.
The COURT gran'cd the rule.
EttOOKES V. 'VvIIITTY.

Mr. Adams—E is a mistake, my Lord.—( A laugh.)
The RECORDER— \VIII', I have heard the profits are so
nearly calculated that what a man may leave, after toss-
ing the glass off, is of some amount.
Mr. Fureell, an eminent accountant, was next exam.
fined, and said ho had examined all the tradesmen's books.
Ele lound in the three years, that 4,6551 33 4d was paid
to the butchers; poultry, 7811 23 2,1 ; the fishmonger,
325/ 138 9d ; bakes, 72717 s 3d; hales, 116115 s; sauces,
~,,td 53; butter and cheese, 347153 ; green-grocery, 50-11;
o-la- water, 30/ ; stout, 591; and 172 dozen of nine for
he mock-hurtle soup, 3011 3s 81, making a total of
7,8711. Ile found 4,419 calves' heads had been sup
p led, which would make 166,240 basins of soup, sod,
.t lld each, would, produce 7,6191; from scalps, 296,
1791 13s 4d. Of gisietA, 6,1.59 pair had been supplied.
and would make 32,848 basins, 1,505/ 103 88 ; ox-tails,
13 359, 2 7201 13s 48 ; brisket, 9,7141b5, for soup bouilii,
1,024/ 2s 8d ; soup meat, 26,2961* 2,804153 4d ; and the
total amount for soup woold be 14,221/ 1735 d; 48,3661bs
of nteat had been supplied ; 2,127 hams-; 50,907 lbs
of other meat, tongues, and sausages; and ainndtha,elltohnrienegyeoanres
pound for each person's dinner, at Is 10d., would give
4,66619 x, Of poultry, a fowl or duck would dine two, a
goosenti
nfnutudr. There refnhualda bacnedn
ducks,auppi 186
geese,
and 439
pigeons ; and a pigeon pie would dint four. 1 The poultry
would thus produce 605148; but as steaks were put in the
pigeon pies, they were only calculated to serve throe. The
profit on the fish, at 100 per cent,. would be 6511 7s 61.
and, after
The soda-water was charged 6d, but eon 2,id. The profit
basins of soup have been made
on quart bottles of stout was 100 per cent, and 71 on pints.
deductions,l'ewlie money
would leavertcei received
a2al
:12_1°Sm5:180:edik,1t.h2t
ilia'
rBtld;balance
three years. The net profit per annum would be
4,005/ 17a ltd.
Mr. Burr-110w many
in the three.years ?
3,920 ; giblet, 32,848, •
ox-tail, 59,360 ;
bouilli, 31,072; and gravy, 84,128 basins; and one-eighth
andWfirtunnetass—ca3lp7s7;s6B.
• was allowed for waste, leaving net 330,372 basins.--
(A laugh.)
The RECCADER—That will snake 110,000 a year, 350
a day.--(Laughter.) namely
After some other evidence, Mr. KELLY addressed the
,
jury in reduction of the damages.
'The Jury then retired for upwards of ass hour and at
half-past eight returned into Court, and assessed
the da
magc as follows :—Lease, 1,5001;
fixtures, loss by r,rne-
val, good-will, and all other dam,
, lige, 5,000/—Total
6,500/, being 12,000/ less than the etatm.

Sir F POLL' CK moved, in this case, for a rule to
show c !use why the verdict of 2001. and edd, for the
plaintiff should not be set aside, and a nonsuit entered.
was an action brought by Brookes and Co, linen-
drapers, in the Bcrough, to recover the value of a quan-
tity of long cloths and calico told to the defendant who
had sent them to a packet's, by whom they were rejected
on the ground that they were rot equal to the sample
pieces. The question for the Court was, whether upon
the evidence given at the trial there had been such a bar.
gain and sale, and such an acceptance by the defendant, as
precluded him afterwards from repudiating the goods.
After hearing the arguments of Counsel which were of
great length, the Court was of opinion that the Jury had
properly found that an absolute bargain and sale had taken
piece. With respect to the evidence given by the packer,
as to the discrepancy between the goods and the sample,
the Court would look further into the evidence before pro-
nouncing, its opinion.

BAIL COIJItT.-(THIS DAY.)

(Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMs•)

THE QUEEN AT THE I'RCSECVTION OF THE SKINNERS' CON..
PANT V. TILE PARISI' OF ST, PANCRAS.

Mr. HENDERSON applied, on behalf of the Skinners'
Company of the City of London, for a rule calling en the
Churchwardens, Overseers, and Vestry of the parish of
St. Pancras, to show cause why a mandamus should not
,ssue, crdering them to pay 17/. 53., atrears of rent due
for a portion of the New-road. It appeared that when the
Nee--road was first made, under the provisions of Act29th
Ge .rgc II , it was agreed that a rent of 5/ 5s should be 29th
a•d to the Skinners' Company, by the trustees of the road ,
for that portion of the road ta hich ran throng h their estates.
By the Act 10th George IV., the roads north of the me-
tropolis, including the New-road, were declared to be
public highways, to be kept in repair by the respective
Parishes through winch they passed; and it was ei acted
;net the rent and charges payable on such roads, thould
also be defrayed by the rcspective parishes. The parish
)f St. Pancras lind continued to pay this rent up to 1838,
Alien they refused, on the ground that there was no written
agreement for the paymc,t of it. He contended that there
was no necessity for any such agreement, and therefore
hoped the Court would grant the application.
Mr. Justice WILLIAMS—Take your rule.

one."

Active excrtions are making by the Directors to
i
The great Tidal Deck, ceelerate the completion of the Docks now constructing
'itt Southampton. embracing an
area of 16 aelcs, is progressing rapidly, from 400 to 700
men being employed on
it, according to the weather, in
addition to a large force of steam and norEe :.-
power, at work
day and night. lt is expected to be ready for the recep-
tion and despatch of eight steam-ships belonging
to the
Transmarine Mail Steam Packet Companies.
COURT-MA RTIAL.—A court-martial was assetn-
bled on board her Majesty's ship Powerful, on Tuesday,
Dec. 14, in Marmoric” Bay, to try Lieut. G. W. Winlo,
,-JI Lcr i',11,34,ty'-• ship bri,lacable, 61)0+! a,cliarg pre !erred
against him by Captain Harvey, of trim ship, for Lavipg,
on Dec. 22, 1840, sppeared on the quarter-deck in a state
of drunkenness. The Court fully acquitted him.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
(Tills DAY.)

George Gkw and George Wickfichl, two fresh com-
plexioned, tall, powerful, and remarkably fine_•;rown
young men, evidently from the country, were placed at the
bar before Mr. LONG.

Police-constable, No. 54, of tho A division, stated that
between six and seven o'clock last evening, while on duty
Hminnim.oo.-row, Sr. be observed the de-
nr.o C.,2
conskie,able time, and on tpt..:stioinag them as to v.h.tt
purpose they were waiting about for, they both declared
that they were in a state of utter destitution, and had not

rim LONPON Y, JANUARY li, IF4I.

LITER AT U RE.

LETTERS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE
REIGN OF WILLIAM 114. 3 VoLs.
Ge/burp, Loudon, 1841.
Mr. Vernon, to whom we owe these Letters, was
Secretary of State during the latter portion of the
reign of William the Third—a stirring and a
troublons period, when the partizans of the exiled
Stuarts were intriguing both in England and on
the Continent for the re-establishment of their au-
thority, and winning over to their schemes some
of the most eminent statesmen of the day. Even
Marlborough himself was not free from the charge
of maintaining a treasonable correspondence with
the Court of St. Germains ; but among the most
active of the Jacobite aeents was Sir John Fen-
wick, who was the life and soul of an extensive
conspiracy having for its primary object the assassi-
nation of King William. Before, however, the
::onsinrators had time to mature their plans, they
azre discovered, and Sir John, after evading the
pursuit of justice for some months, was arrested,
brought to trial before the [louse of Lords, found
anti beheaded on Tower-hill. Previously
to his trial he basely offered to disclose the whole
plans of the party to which he was attached, on
condition that his life was spared ; and being
pressed to afford distinct information, he formally
charged the Duke of Shrewsbury—at that time
one of King William's principal Ministers—and
,teveral other men of note and influence, with hav-
ing for years acted under the influence of the ex-
iled House of Stuart, while holding office under
the rival one of Nassau. The Duke of Shrews
holy, though his innocence was soon made appa-
rent, and William never once withdrew his confi-
dence from him, was greatly pained and shocked
by this charge, and retired into the country in order
to recruit his health and spirits, leaving his Private
Secretary, Mr. Vernon, to conduct the principal
in•iness of his office. It is with the Letters writ-
ten by Vernon to his Grace at this time, that the cor-
respondence contained in these volumes commences.
rile letters are penned, as Mr. James, the editor,
rightly remarks, " by a man evidently of a cold and
cautious temper ;" and though they allude to the
parsing on dils and political disputes of the day.
and detail the progress of Sir John Fenwick's trial,
he scene of his execution on Tower-hill, and se-
veral other interesting matters ; yet such is their
Irv, cold, official style, and so ultra-discreet is the
;pipit that pervades them, that it is scarcely pos-
3ible to extract the slightest amusement .from the a.
Ilad we been his Grace of Shrewsbury, we should
certainly have grudged the postage of such jejune
whose sole redeeming merit is, that here
hid there they give us a sort of faint insight into
characters who have long ranked high in the wozld's
steem—such, for instance, as Lord Montneuth,
alio cuts a very sorry figure, and is represented as
acting in the most treacherous and unprincipled
,nanner, with a view to make it appear that Sir
John Fenwick's charge against the Duke was really
'1 true one. Yet this is the man, afterwards so
well known as the Earl of Peterborough, whom his
ontemporaries praised as the soul of chivalry and
honour, and whom Pope and Swift eulogised in the
:nost extravagant terms I He was, unquestionably,
a very superior character, sagacious, brave even to
temerity, generous to profusion, of refined literary
rases, a dashing soldier, and who understood war as
a science, and so astonishingly, alert in all his move-
ments, as to justify Swift's triplet in his spirited
sketch of his Lordship's character, that—
So wonderful his expedition,
When you have not the least suspicion,
He's with you, like an apparition !
In Mr. Vernon's brief notices, however, this cele-
brated Nobleman exhibits none of these showy, ad
cap!andunt qualities, but appears in no brighter
!ight than that of an artful trickster, who does not
hesitate to tamper with witnesses and pervert the
truth—in short, to exert his utmost powers to bring
about the ruin of the Duke of Shtcwsbury, of
shout he entertained a jealous, deep-rooted hatred.
Of the celebrated Wharton, immortalized by Pope,
under the name of Clodio, and whose incurable
passion for intrigue and dissipation neutralized the
influence which otherwise his great political talents
could not fail to have obtained him—to this bril-
!iant meteor there are several passing allusions in
the present volume ; but they tell us nothing new
respecting him ; nor, thot gh Prior's name is also
frequently mentioned, do we gather one single fact
of moment respecting this sprightly poet and dex-
terous politician. We subjoin an extract, from
a note attached to one of the volumes, giving an
3ecount of a curious proposal for establishing a
Land Bank:--
" The enorm7us expenses of the war, the tempo-
rary shock given to public credit by the revolution, and
the long tolerated nuisance of clipping and otherwise
,lebasing the coin, had combined with other causes, to
,educe the revenue of the State, and diminish the cir:7;:-
,tti)n in a degree almost inconceivable, and the wisely
desired measure of recoining the silver money, and
is-
auing is of just weight, white severe puLishments were
ernplrmed to check fat ore debasement of the coin, was
so unwisely executed, that time evil was doubled by time
immense mass of silver taken out of the circulation at
once. Under these circumstances, a person of time
name of Chamberlain drew up the, projrct of an esta-
blishment to be called the Land Bank. Time proposal
was se:zed by the Tory party, and time House of Com-
mons resolved on this subject, that a fund, redeemable
'my Parliament, should be raised by subscriptions to
amount in all to two millions four hundred and sixty-four
thousand pounds ; that this bank should be restrained
r-ern lending money except upon landed security, or to
the G ivernment in the Exchequer ; that no person con-
cerned in the Bank of England could be a subscrib,r
to the Land Bank, and vice VOW. 'rite interest was
to be provided for by the settlement of certain taxes,
and the subscription was to be complete before the Ist
of August, 1696, or else the whole to determine and be
void. Great expectations were raised, but the Bank of
England of course opposed the measure ; the subscrip-
tions were not paid, and the Land Bank proved a
signal failure, adding to the ?rcvious embarrassments of
the country."

MEMOIRS OF WARREN HASTINGS, 2 Vom.
Bentley, London, 1840.
Mr. Gleig, the editor of these volumes, states
modestly in his preface that he izt, conscious of having,
done hut imperfect justice to his task, chiefly in
consequence of the scantiness of his materials, which
often failed him, at times when it was most neces-
sary that he should have full and authentic data to
go upon. Considering that his means of obtain-
ing information were ti►us meagre, we think that
the Rev. Editor has acquitted himself with great
judgment and adroitness, and furnished us with a
work which may, on the who!e, be pronounced sa-
tisfactory, inasmuch as it gives a distinct, spirited
outline of the public and private character of
Warren. Hastings ; and more than this we scarcely
desire to have, for though he was an able, enter-
prisina, experienced statesman, thoroughly fami-
liar with the wily Oriental tactics, and in conse-
quence, remarkably successful in his policy, yet
Hastings was by no means one of those command-
ing spirits whose names are destined to be handed
down with undiminished honour to posterity. He
was a man writ suited to his time, and the circum-
stances of the distant realms over which he long
held arbitrary swa`• ; and will always occupy a ths-
tinguiched place in the history of British India,
second., however, to that occupied by the Marquis
of Wellesley, whose system of policy, to equal sa-
gacity and comprehensiveness,added far more strai_2, ht-
forwardness and beneficence. In Europe, Hastings
is principally known by the celebrated trial to
which he was subjected before the Lords, and all
the assembled dignitaries of the kingdom, in West-
minster Hall, when articles of impeachment were
preferred against him, by Burke, Sheridan, Fox,
and several others of high political influence, with
reference to his Indian administration, which trial,
after having been protracted for nearly ten years,
terminated in his acquittal. Of this singular event
in his life, however, Mr. Gleig takes no notice,
observing, in justification of his silence, that '' as
the issues of the trial were, as far as character was
affected by them, altogether satisfactory, I cannot
conceive that to follow the course of its progress,
could excite the interest or gratify the tastes of any
Warren Hastings was, it seems, born in the
ear 1732 ; his family was of old English extrac-
tion—so old, that his randfathcr—" an antiquary
of no mean reputation,' observes the Editor—stated
that he could trace hack his pedigree to Hastings
the Dane.. In the great oivil war, one of his an-
cestors, " expended the value of four large manors
in the service of Charles the First ;" and owing to
this and other pecuniary misfortunes, the family
was reduced gradually to such distress, that at the
period of the birth of Warren Hastings, his parents
could with difficulty find the means of daily subsis-
tance. At an early age young Hastings was sent
to a charity school in the village of Churchill,
where he distinguished himself by his love of study,