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titular ease tnentirfned, it was there stated that the tide
was not made out en the day that was agreed upon,
and therefore, the purchaser was at perfect liberty to
refuse to fulfil the contract. But htre such was not the
The case mast, be referred to the Master, to in-
quire into a report upon the title.

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)

NOTIONS FOR NEW 'TRIALS.

Lord DENMAN intimated that on Monday the Court
would give its judgment in most of the motions for new
trials with respect to which the
,decision of the Court
had been deferred.

The Court then proceeded with the Crown paper.
THE QUEEN V. THE RELIEVING OFFICERS OF THE PARISH

OF CROMWELL, HANTS.

This was an appeal by the officers of the above-men-
tioned parish against an order of two Justices of Surrey,
for removing a pauper, named Martha Croucher, and her
eight children, from the parish of Elstead to Cromwell,
that parish they considered being chargable with their
support. It appeared that she was married in Cromwell
parish in 1826, and that she and her husband lived
there until 1837, when they removed to Elstead,
in which parish her husband died. She was exa•
mined by two justices of the -county, ahn made an
order for her removal, but the officers of Cromwell re-
fused to receive her, on the ground that she was not ex-
amined in accordance with the provisions of the poor-
law, which enacts tnat a copy or copies of the examira-
don or examinations of a pauper should be furnished to
him or her •, whereas they maintained that the Act, was
not complied with, as she was examined twice—first,
un
th/27th of February ; secondly, on the Gth of ',Niel',
1845, when the order was made, and that she was only
supplied with a copy of the la t examination.
The case now came on for argument.
Mr. WALLINGER was heard at length against the
appeal. He sated that the first, examination was in-
complete, that it bore no date, and that it was not
signed. by the justices, and that what occurred on the
first examination was repeated and completed on the
second, and that therefore the words of the Act had
been fully complied with.
Mr. TAYLOR followed. He cited cases to show that
no violation of the Act had taken place; and held that
there was virtually but one examination. No doubt the
attorney for the respondents wont to the residence of
the pauper, and took her statement, merely putting the
month " January " to it, leaving the day blank, think-
ing that the case would come before the justices in that
month, when the date would be added, but it appeared
the case did nut come before them until the 27th of
February, when the examination was commenced, but
left incomplete until the subsequent examination.
Lord DENMAN intimated that the Court would not
then hear the other side, as they wished time to consider
the subject. By doing so, he anticipated the matter
would assume a more simple form, and a correct decision
be more easily arrived at.
THE PROBATE DUTY.—THE QUEEN V. THE COM3HS•

SIONERS OF STAMPS AND TAXES.

A mandamus hadbeen issued by this Court, calling
upon the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes to show
cause why they should not return 651. to the executors of
Lot d Wallace, to which they held they are entitled under
the following circumstances :—Lord Wallace died in
February, 1844. Two probates were subsequenly proved,
one in Canterbury for 45,0001., on which 600/. duty was
paid, and in York for 8,0001., on which 1401. was paid,
making altogether 7401. The real effects, however, of
Lord Wallace were afterwards found to be 43,3271.35. 6d.
in the province of Canterbury, and 7,5671. 18s. 2d. in
York, making an aggregate of 50,947/. Is. Bd. ; the
debts which were paid amounted to 2,689/. 6s. 10d., leaving
a balance of 48,2571. 14s. 10d., on which the probate duty
was 675/., which was 651. leas than the former amount.
The Crown had filed a replication, setting forth that the
Commissioners were empowered to levy the probate duty
in two separate amounts on the property in the two pro-
vinces, and that the sums so levied made up the actual
amount paid, notwithstanding the subsequent reductions.
Mr. WATSON, Q.C., appeared in support of the de-
murrer, and held that the Act of Parliament did not
empower the Commissioners to receive probate duty on
separate sums, but on the aggregate amount of the pro-
perty on which probates had been proved, whether in one
or more provinces.
Sir F. THESIGER appeared for the Crown, and ex-
plained that although the Commissioners of Stamps and
Taxes might have taken an objection to the issuing of a
mandamus by the Court, they waived this advantage, as
they were anxious to obtain the decision of the Court on
the point. He then went on at great length to justify
the acts of the Commissioners, contending that the aggre-
gate levying of the probate duty on sums proved in two
provinces would involve so much complexity and diffi-
culty—the arranging of the debts incurred in each pro-
vince, for instance—that the Commissioners exercised
much wisdom in apportioning the amounts to each pro-
vince, and so levying them. Besides, the Act of Par-
liament only referred to probates in the singular number,
and made no provision for a levy—one probate duty, as
the property proved in different provinces.
Mr. WATSON replied. His Learned Friend said the
proceedings of the Commissioners were exceedingly
complicated. Now he (Mr. Watson) considered that
this was far from a satisfactory intimation to the unfortu-
nate persons who were compelled to pay the probate
duty. Their proceedings should be divested of all corn
plexity. Hence the importance of obtaining the deci-
sion of the Court on the first point submitted to its con-
sideration. He reiterated the arguments with which he
set out, and held that the Court must decide with the
executors of Lord Wallace. _ _

Lord DENDIAN considered that Mr. Watson had not
made out a sufficient case for the interference of the
Court ; he had not satisfied the Court that the Commis-
sioners had acted improperly, or not in accordance with
the powers vested in them. They must, therefore, de-
cide against him.
All the Judges agreed in this decision, and each de-
livered his opinion.
The Court rose at two o'clock, in order to meet the
Judges of the" Common Pleas and Exchequer in the
Exchequer Chamber.

BAIL CGURT.-(THIS DAY.)
THE QUEEN V. WEBB AND ANOTHER.
Mr. M'CatrLEv moved to make a rule absolute in
order that the defendants in this case who were now
lying in Warwick gaol, should be brought up and ad-
mitted to bail. The motion was made upon the affida-
vits of the prisoners, who were charged with man-
slaughter. The depositions stated that Webb was a
railway contractor, and the other defendant Kemp was
an ostler. On the evening on which the occurrenc
took place, Webb hired t. gig, and Kemp drove it to-
e
wards Banbury. When they arrived within four or five
miles of Banbury, the horse shied at something in the
road, and on inspection they saw a gig overturned, and
a man lying near it. They did not drive up against it,
for they had considerable difficulty in getting the horse
near it. They drove on and gave an alarm at the
nearest p!ace, which was about half a mile distant. They
informed the police on reaching Banbury.
Mr. Justice PATTESON—It here appears from the
evidence, that the prisoners said at once, to the police
that they saw a gig overturned and a man and horse
lying dead in the road. They appeared to
.be dead, as
they never stirred. Ido not se
I.rom the e
them find
nce how
these persons are in any way implicated. Leh
bail in four sureties of 20/ , and themselves in SOL

missiormr in giving his judgment, and his Honour con-
cluded by saying that to meet the justice of the case he
must "suspend,the certificate for three years.
An application was made for protection.
Mr. DuNcAN, on behalf of bis client, supported the
application, but it was postponed for the consent of the
assignees.

INDIAN PROMOTION.

From the Supple Meet to the London Gazelle of last

Evening).
WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 9, 1846.
BEVET.
Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint the under-men-
tioned Officers, of the East India Company's Forces, to take
rank by Brevet in her Majesty's Army, in the East Indies
only, as follow. The commissions to be dated 9th Novem-
ber, 1846.

3IA JOll- GENERALS.
Hugh Stacy Osborne.
Sir James Lillyman Caldwell, K.C.B.
George Carpenter.
John Luther Richardson.
Sir David Leighton, K.C.B.
James Welsh.
Sir James Russell, K.C.B.
Martin White.
David Courtney Kenny.
Richard Podmore.
Sir Robert,llouston, K.C.B.
John Greenstreet.
Manasseh Lopez Pereira.
Th:trri as Polhill, C.B.
Sir John Rose, K.C.B.
George Rees Kemp.
John Munro
Charles Thomas George Bishop.
John Alexander Paul Macgregor.
Sir Jeffrey Prendergast.
Sir William Richards, K.C.B.
Alexander' Dtllleatl.
Sir Thomas Whitehead, K.C.B.
Robert James Latter.
Thomas Stewart.
Jerry Francis Dyson,
William Douglas Cleilaud.
William 11111 Perkins.
Sir John Doveton, K.C.B.
Alexander Fair, C.B.
Duncan BPPherson..
Sir James Law Lushington, G.C.B.
Benjamin William Dowden Sealy.
William Charles Fraser.
William Gilbert.
To be LIEUTENANT-GENERALS.

LIEUTENANT-COLONELS.
James Stuart, C.B.
Charles Ovans.
William Henry Hewitt.
William Strahan.
John Home.
George William Aylmer Lloyd, C.B.
Francis Haleman.
Alexander Tulloch, C.B.
Aichibald Brown Dyce.
Frederick Buckley.
John Wheeler Cleveland.
Robert Blackall.
David Capon.
George Banks Bell.
William Donald Robertson.
Joseph Orchard, C.B.
James Frushard.
Duncan Sim.
Charles Maddison Bird.
To be COLONELS.

CAPTAINS.
William Struthers.
Ed ward Servante.
Thomas Pasley Hay.
Robert Wroughtoa.
Henry Templer.
George Thomson.
William George Lennox.
George Templer.
Thomas Donnelly.
William Rawlings.
Robert Mignan.
Richard Rodney Ricketts.
Charles Edward Faber.
Charles James Green.
John Thomas Smith.
John Henry Cramer.
John Gwennap Hume.
John Liptrap.
James Stevens.
George Wright.
Houghton James.
George Turnbull Marshall.
John Byng.
.Walter Rutherford.
William Pitt Macdonald.
George Joseph Mant.
Peter La Touche.
Francis Charles Scott.
John Swanson.
Frederick Joseph Clerk.
Archibald Neil Maclean.
Alexander M'Donald Elder.
John Robert Sandford.
Kenneth Campbell.
James Roxburgh.
George Thornton.
Gilbert James Richardson.
Richard Blood.
John Horatio Clarkson.
Cowper Rochfort.
James Ramsay Birrell.
Henry Canning Boileau.
Joseph Cosfield.
Mark Blaxland.
John Lewis.
Edward Stanton.
William Tauzia Savary.
Edward John Watson.
Andrew Coventry.
Alfred Borradaile.
Francis Forbes.
Thomas Fisher.
Peter Melvill
John Read Brown
George Munro Arthur.
Robert Codrington
George Buxham Arbuthnot.
Charles Farmer.
Robert Henry Miles,
William Reece.
Francis Wheeler.
Robert Dennis White.
John Platt.
Joseph Leverton Revell.
Benjamin Crispin.
David Carstairs.
William Andrew Ludlow.
Arthur Cole Spottiswoode.
Henry Hall.
Joseph Graham.
Andrew Rowland.
John Loftus Tottenham.
Arthur Cleghorn Wight.
Henry Power.
James Templeton Brett.
Richard Wheeler Sparrow.
Robert Campbell.
George Farmer.
George Nott.
Christopher Simpson Maling.
William Saurin.
Anthony Higmore Jellicoe.
Alexander Adam.
Samuel Richard Hicks.
Charles Pooley.
John Studholme Hodgson.
John Edward Parsons.
Robert Garrett.
James Walker Batley.
William Barclay Goodfellow.
John Hayne.
John Watkins.
John Kennedy M'Causland.
Charles James Lewes.
George Richard Talbot.
Montague William Perreau.
Bulstrode Whitlock Camberlege.
Edward Walter.
William Beaumont.
John Cooper.
Robert Marsh Hughes.
John Edmonstone Landers.
Charles James Oldfield.
John Cumberlege.
William Carleston Ormsby.
John Hutchings.
George Henry Harper.
Richard Woodward.
Alexander Corse Scott
David Davidson.
Farquharson Tweedale.
William Hunter.
John Hobson.
Thomas John Nuthall.
Henry Hudleston.
John Welchman.
Arthur Knyvett.
Walter Scott.
John Henry Bowden Congdon.
Simon Fraser Hannah.
Alfred Lewis.
John Shepherd.
Emanuel Roberts.
Francis Eades.
Thomas Geils Edward Gammen Kenny
Henry Augustus Hornsby.
Richard Hall.
Alexander Macleod.
Alexander Peter Le Messurier.
Charles Brooke Morton.
Thomas Lysaght.
Richard Angelo.
John Lealand Mowatt.
Edward John Dickey.
Christopher Henry Naylor.
William Fergasson Beatson.
George Rowley.
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EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.)
The Court was occupied until two o'clock this day
in hearing motions for new trials, none of which, how-
ever, presented the slightest feature of public import-
ance. At two o'clock the Court rose for the purpose of
meeting the judges of the other Courts in the Exche-
quer Chamber, for the purpose of taking into considera-
tion the various Crown cases reserved on the circuits.
The Judges present were the Lord Chief Justice of the
Queen's Bench, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common
Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron, Baron Parke, Baron Rolfe,
Baron Platt, Baron Alderson, Mr. Justice Caltmen,
Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr.
Justice Williams.
There was a large attendance of barristers from
the various circuits, but the cases brought forward
were not of such a nature as to call for any public
notice.

COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.)
On the first day of the present term the Lord Chief
Justice announced that it was the intention of the Court
to allow the bar to move at the opening of the Court
according to their standing at the bar, giving,
however, Sergeants-at-Law having patents a pre-
cedence- over Queen's Counsel. This rule has
been acted upon throughout the term, but it is
look( d upon by the bar to be not only an inconvenient,
but an invidious distinction. Accordingly this morning
Mr. Sergeant Channell applied to the Court to have the
rule abrogated, and the custom of " going through" the
bar in rotation adopted in its stead.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said the Court would con-
sider the matter.

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Francis Anthony Clarke.
John Hill.
Robert Grant Carmichael.
Thomas Maynor.
Charles Woodfall.
Francis Dudgeon.
Gustavus Cowper Rochfort.
Richard Lambert.
Arthur Trotter.
John Gordon.
David Scotland.
Hubert Marshall.
John William Hicks.
Haalyn Havicount Harris.
Arnold Rawson Wilson.
Rawson John Crozier.
John Liddell.
St. George Daniel Showers.
• John Win Strettell.
Charles Moray Macleane.
William Scott Adams.
Robert Nicholas Tanner.
John Free.
Herbert- Beaver.
William Stewart.
Stephen Williams.
Henry Drummond.
George St. Patrick Lawrence.
Charles Griffin.
Charles t ommeline.
Henry Nelson Woisley.
Somerset James Grove.
George Le Grand Jacob.
Henry Griffith.
Henry S:laniford.
J6lin Grant.
Edward Anstruther Farquharson.
Honourable Harry Burrard Dalzell.
Edward Maelen.
Edward Henry Ludlow.
Hampden Nicholson Pepper.
Philip Goldney.
Thomas Ditmas.
William Macgeorge.
John Chieheley Ploy den.
George Me le Sherer.
Frederick Lewis Nicolay.
Lockyer Willis Hart.
Augustus Samuel Hawkins.
Alexander Robert Rose.
Edward Darvall.
William Henry Atkinson.
William Freeth.
Robert Long Shawe.
William Mitchell.
James Drummond.
William Binfield Wemyss.
James Pope.
Francis Trimmer.
Hugh Augustus Boscawen.
Peter Abbott.
Richard Drought.
Frederick Vaughan M'Grath.
William Russell.
Donald Mackay Scobie.
To be MAJORS in the Army.

WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 9.
Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Major and Lieutenant-Co-
lonel John Hall to be Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel, with-
out purchase.
Brevet Major Richard Parker to be Major and Lieutenant-
Colonel, vice Hall.
Lieutenant William Anderton to be Captain, vice Parker.
3d Light Dragoons—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George
Henry Lockwood, C. 8., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without
purchase.
Captain John William Yerbury to be Major, vice Lock-
wood.

Lieutenant James Martin tobe Captain, vice Yerbury.
Cornet Charles Russell Colt to be Lieutenant, vice Martin.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Brevet Colonel
Charles Anthony Ferdinand Bentinck to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, without purchase.

Brevet Colonel Henry John William Bentinck to be Major,
vice Charles A. F. Bentinck.

Lieutenant and Captain Robert Vansittart to be Captain
and Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Henry J. W. Bentinck.
sth Foot—Major David England Johnson to be Lieutenant
Colonel, without purchase.
Captain John Spence to be Major, vice Johnson.
Lieutenant William Seymour Scroggs to be Captain, rice
Spence.

Second Lieutenant John Swaine Hogge to be First Lieu-
tenant, vice Scroggs
67th Foot—Major Edward Basil Brooke to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, without purchase.
Brevet-Major Thomas James Adair to be Major, vice
Brooke.

Lieutenant William Pilsworth to be Captain, vice Adair.
Ensign John Cuthbert Murray to be Lieutenant, vice Pils-
worth.

78th Foot—Major Jonathan Forbes to be Lieutenant-Colo-
nel, without purchase.
Brevet Major Rawdon J. Popham Vassall to be Major,
vice Forbes.

Lieutenant Digby St. Vincent Hamilton to be Captain,
vice Vassall.

Ensign George Floyer Sydenham to be Lieutenant, vice
Hamilton

92d Foot—Major John Alexander Forbes to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, without purchase.
Brevet Major Mark Kerr Atherley to be Major vice Forbes.
Lieutenant Charles Edward Stewart Gleig to be Captain,
vice Atherley.
Ensign George William Hamilton Viscount Kirkwall to be
Lieutenant, vice Gleig.
94th Foot—Major James Brown to be Lieutenant-Colonel
without purchase.

Captain William Davenport Davenport to be Major, vice
Brown.

Lieutenant George Abbas liooli D'Arcy to be Captain,
vice Davenport.
Ensign Henry Hamilton Pratt to be Lieutenant, vice
D'Arcy.

2d West India Regiment—Major James Allen to be Lieu-
tenant Colonel, without purchase.
Captain John James Peck to be Major, vice Allen.
Lieutenant William Anderson to be Captain, vice Peck.
Ensign Conway James George Williams to be Lieutenant,
vice Anderson.

Commissions to bear date 9th November, 1846.

ADMIRALTY, Nov. 11.
With reference to the paragraph which appeared in the
Gazette, of the 6th instant, announcing that Com-
mander Francis William Austen would be promoted
to the rank of Captain, as soon as he had
served the required period at sea, the Board have
this day signed a commission conferring that rank upon
Commander Austen. The Board have also been pleased to
promote Lieutenants Edwaid Balked Beauchamp Proctor
and Lauchlan Bellingham Mackinnon to the rank of Com-
mander, for the services during the recent operations in the
Parana.

ADMIRALTY, Nov. 11.
With reference to the announcement which appeared in
the London Gazette of the 10th instant, in the list of Com-
manders to be Captain s, the name of Richard Burridge, Esq.
should have been included between the names of Captains
Ralph Barton and Frederick Henry Hastings Glasse.
And the name of Captain Charles Hope Reid is to remain
on the retired half-pay of eighteen shillings per diem, as ori-
ginally announced in the London Gazette of the 3d of
November.

➢fttoittNnumi.—The surnames of the under-mentioned
Officers of the Royal Navy should be spelled in the following
manner :

Commander John Thomas Nott, for Knott.
Lieutenant James Stephen Darel, for Darrell.
Lieutenant Thomas rocker Hambley,for Hamley.
Mr. Robert Hayward (Surgeon), for Haywood.
Mr. Edward D. Back (Paymaster and Purser), for Bach.
Mr. Joseph E. Autey (Paymaster and Purser), for Antey.
And the Christian names of Mr. Ruffell Dalton, are
William Ruffell.

THE FRENCH PLAYS.
ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Mr. Mitchell commenced his campaign last evening,
and much obliged are we to Mr. Mitchell for having
commenced his campaign so soon, thus affording to us
during the dreary nights of winter, one of the most delight-
ful and intellectual of amusements. The first piece was
La Jeunesse de Henri V., by Alexandre Duval. (The
Henry V. being the sth of England.) This piece is the
comedy which is known to the English playgoer as
Charles IL The one is a literal translation of the other.
If we mistake not Mr. Howard Payne in the preface to
Charles 11. acknowledges that his piece is an adapttaion
from the French, but we can hardly suppose that it is a
mere translation of this piece of Alexandre Duval's
for in this piece Rochester figures as the companion of
Henry V. We can scarcely imagine that any French author
would have been guilty of such an anachronism; and,
therefore, we imagine that Mr. Howard Payne's play
must have been a liberal adaptation of some
French piece, and that Mr. Duval must have
re-translated Payne's play for the French theatre
substituting Henry for Charles, inasmuch as, during the
reign of Charles X. a Off entitled Le Jeunesse du Roi
Charles would have scarcely passed the ordeal of the
censorship. The character of the piece was the Captain
Copp of M. Cartigny, which was quite equal to the
Captain Copp of Fawcett, and that was perfect. The
King of Rhozevil had not the calibre of Charles 11. of
Charles Kemble, but we know of no actor on either the
English or the French stage who can at present
compete with M. Rhozevil in this character.
Lady Clara was well sustained by Mademoiselle
A melie Khin, who is engaged for the season,
and whose debut was most successful. and the part of
Copp's Niece was given with the most piquant mixture
of simplicity and espieglerie by Mdlle. Celine Vall6e,
whose engagement will greatly strengthen the corps
dramatique of the theatre. Regnard's comedy of Les
Folies Amoureuses eollowed, in which Mdlle. Brohan, the
premiere soubrette, of the Theatre Francais, made her first
audience.eri9an te,
fuStleofi sfutnh,e vervolu-
bility and life, andyet polished withal. She keeps the audi-
baepapueaidraeanleeofbesofourbereatntesE,
ence in a constant roar of laughter, and yet " ne'ero'ersteps
the modesty of nature." In the first scene she made a
decided hit, and in obedience to the enthusiastic call
of the audience, appeared to acknowledge the plaudits
pngrelitsthy,
which were most deservedly lavished on her. We hope
that during the course of her engagement, and that of
Perlet, who appears next week, Moliere's Tartuffe will
be produced. The Tartuffe of Perlet is inimitable; and
from what we saw of Mademoiselle Brohan
last night, we are convinced that her Dorine
will be quite equal to Per:et's Tartuffe. Mademoiselle
Edith, a new member of the corps, was the
Agatha ; and, as Agatha, she exhibited great versatility.
Nothing could exceed her acting in the mad scenes.
She was alternately the Fanatica per la Musica—the
foolish old lady and the bullying young efficer, to the
life. Cartigny's old guardian Albert was a most careful
and artlitical piece of acting ; and the Crispin of M.
Lucien was ex:essively quaint and humourous. We
could not help feeling a degree of regret that M. Lucien
was not an English actor. He would be the best Cap-
tain Bobadil that ever trod the boards. Pigault Lebrun's
's
petite comedie of Les Rivaux deux•memes concluded the
evening amusement, in which Mademoiselle Brohan sus-
tained the part of Lise, and elicited shouts of laughter
and applause. The National Anthem was sung by the
whole of the company between the two last pieces. The
house was well filled in every part.

THE LATE M. OWEN'S BEQUEST.--It IS stated,
on the authority of one of the trustees, that the full
amount of Mr. Owen's bequest for the foundation of a
college near Manchester will be about 100,0001.
CHAPLAIN TO THE LONDON HOSPITAL.—The Rev.
Mr. Ward has been appointed Chaplain to this Hospital.

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THE RIVER PLATE

FALMOUTH, Nov. 12,—Her Majesty's steam-frigate
Gorgon, Commander Crouch, put into port this morn-
, ing about eleven o'clock, under canvas, fuel being ex-
hausted, and after three days' hard thrashing in the
Channel with the prevailing easterly and north-easterly
winds.
The Gorgon left Monte Video on the 13th of Sep-
tember ; Rio Janeiro, 22d ; and Bahia, 30th following,
being bound to Spithead with Mr. Hood, the late Com-
missioner deputed to settle the differences
Buenos Ayrean and Monte Videan republics, and who,
accompanied by his son and secretary (Lieutenant Hood,
R.N.), has landed here, and will proceed for London
this evening.
By this arrival we are sorry to learn that all the at-
tempts strenuously and faithfully exerted by Mr. Hood
to mediate between the belligerent parties have totally
failed, even at the moment of completion, Rosas having
at last refused to come to terms unless the blockade was
first raised, which could not he cutapli..d with whilst
his army remaintd in the province of the Oriental Re-
public. _ _

It is supposed Mr. Heed Las hastrmd home for fur-
ther instructions, and afterernferring with the Govern-
ment, will again embark on his mission, and endeavour
to establish a peace. •
The officers of the Gorgon represent that matters
were in a very unsatisfactory state in the river on their
departure, and %, ere likely to continue so until tivAilitiet
were put an end to by negotiation or otherwise.
The Gorgon lift her Majesty's steamer Devastation
with the Commodore's pendant of Sir Charles Ilotham,
K.C.8., at Bahia, on his voyage from Rio do Is Plata to
Ascension, where he would assume the command of the
north-western coast of Africa.