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CORPORATION OF DROGHEDA.

Mr. O'DWYER presented a petition from the town and
county of Drogheda, complaining of the great abuses that ex-
isted in the appropriation of the funds of that corporation.
Mr. HUME would have asked when the Corporation Re-

form Bill should be introduced had there been a Minister of
his Majesty's government in the house.

TITHES.

Petitions were presented from Drogheda and others parts of
Ireland, on the subject of tithes and repeal of the union.
Mr. CURTEIS presented petitions from twenty.two different
parts of England, for a commutation of tithes.
The prayers of the petitions were supported by Mr. Gm-Lox,
who thought that, besides other evils, poor rates were increased.
Fiv.e other petitions were presented by Mr. CURTIES, four of
which were hostile to the union of church and state, the other
was for the observance of the Sabbath-day.

Sir GEORGE STAUNTON presented a petition from the
dissenters of two places in Southampton, praying for relief.
The hon. baronet objected to that part of the bill introduced
by the noble lord the Paymaster of the Forces, which related
to the marriages of dissenters.
Mr. FORSTER presented a petition from the dissenters of
Walsall to the same effect.

Mr. TALBOT presented petitions from places in Glamorgan,
complaining of agricultural distress, the tithe system, and in
favour of the Dissenters.

Mr. C. FERGUSSON presented a petition from a parish in
Kircudbright, complaining of the present system of church
patronage.
Sir WILLIAM RAE defended the appointments to parishes
in Scotland, made by the honourable baronet, the m.mber for
Tamworth.

Colonel BRUCE, with reference to a statement made the
previous day by the hon. member for Dumbarton, relative to
the appointment to the town'of Inverness, obsery ed that the right
to present was in the Crown, and that it would be exercised in
favour of the individual on whose behalf the great majority of
the inhabitants had petitioned, and he believed there was no
ground for the rumour that had gone abroad, that the appoint..
ment had been made for political purposes.
After a few words from Mr. Maxwell, the pet►tion was re-
ferred to the committee.

Mr. LAMBTON presented a petition from the shipowners
of Sunderland, praying for a repeal of the reciprocity duties,
and that the present protecting duties on coal would be con.
tinned upon coals imported from those countries which were
averse to the reciprocity system.
Mr. BRISCOE presented petitions from the dissenters at
Wandsworth and Kingston, praying for relief from grievances,
the former one praying also that a charter be granted to the
London University. He supported the prayers of the peti.
tioners, believing they could be granted with security to the
established church. He also presented one from St. Saviour's,
for a relief from the house and window taxes, and against a
repeal of the malt duty, until a proper protecting duty be laid
on foreign corn.

Major BEAUCLERK supported the prayer of the peti-
tioners, except that part objecting to the repeal of the malt tax
until the corn laws were altered, for he was of opinion it ought
at once to be repealed.

Mr. DUFFIELD presented a petition from certain Dissen-
ters of Abingdon, for a removal of disabilities.
Mr. GILLON presented a petition from the Sawyers of Fal-
kirk, for a reduction of the duties on Timber, and complain-
ing of the inequality of the ' duty on Timber manu-
factured and that not manufactured, which had the
effect of discouraging native industry ; also a petition
from the magistrates and town council of Linlithgow for the
abolition of church patronage ; also a petition from the parish
of Cruickie, praying that the bishops be removed from their
judicial functions in the House of Lords. As that question
would come on this evening, he would say no more than that
he cordially supported the prayer of the petition.
Mr. POTTER presented petitions from Tadcaster and
Salford, for a removal of the grievances of Dissenters. The
petition from Tadcaster was signed by two Weslyan ministers,
which showed the assertion that that sect refused to co-operate
with the dissenters was untrue.—(Hear.) The refusal of
the charter to the London University was a great prac-
tical injustice ; as an instance, be would state that a young
gentlemen, brother to the late member for Lancaster, who
established his title to a degree at Cambridge, had
declined to take it, because he could not consistently make
the declaration required of him. The heads of the colleges
refused to admit him, and also did all they could to prevent
the charter being granted to the London Univeristy.—(Hear.)
That charter had been signed some time back by the King. The
fees, amounting to 2681. were paid, but the two universities in-
terfered, and put a barrier to those honours which it was well
known were a great stimulus to youth in the attainment of
knowledge.

Mr. BROTH] RTON supported the petition, which was
ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. R. TODD said he wished to correct a misre-
presentation of a statement which had been made by
him on a former day. He was reported in the public
papers to have said quite the contrary of what he had
intended to say. What he intended to say was, that however
the Dissenters in other respects might differ,they all concurred
in disapproving of the bill brought in by the noble Paymaster
of the Forces.

After the presentation of several other petitions, the SPEAKER
left the chair.

LITERATURE.

BRITISH BIRDS. 2 VOLS. LONDON, 1834.

The author of this work is a gentleman named
Mudie, who has executed his task quite in a
con amore spirit, not as a dull, trite compiler,
but with a vivacity and agreeableness of manner
that reminds us of Goldsmith's " Animated
Nature." In point of information, however, the
present work is far inferior to its celebrated pre-
decessor, for Goldsmith was apt to play the poet
in matters of fact—witness his marvellous
history of the web-footed, half-duck, half-mer-
man, Nicholas Pesacola, an amphibious prodigy
whom in our days of undoubting boyhood, we
remember wondering at as a reality. Mr. Mudie I
has no marvels of this sort in his volumes. His
birds are no larger than the life, nor is their
prowess greater than that with which nature has
endowed them. It is easy to perceive that his
work has been a " labour of love" to him.
Indications of a willing spirit are visible in every
page—especially in those chapters which treat
of the high-born family of the eagle, of whom
Mr. Mudie speaks with all the reverence of a
mountaineer, dashed with a small sprinkling of
the enthusiasm of the poet. He seems to think
that this patrician bird is yearly becoming rarer
in the British isles. We regret to learn this,
for the eagle, like the nightingale, is hallowed
by a thousand lofty, poetic associations, and
fancy cannot yet afford to lose it. The
spinhing-jenny and the steam-engine (of
which a modern bard has sung in cast-iron
rhymes, worthy both of him and his subject)
are but poor imaginative substitutes for that
glorious bird, which should be dear to all lovers of
" deathless song," if only for its having once let
fall a brickbat on the thick skull of an Athenian
Utilitarian. The anecdote, we are aware, has
been related differently, of )Eschylus; but:this is
the only true version. Mr. Mudie's account
of the •strength of the eagle is very graphic.
According:to him, it must be quite a Hercules
of a bird ; and when hungry, or ferociously
disposed, an exceeding ugly customer to a
pedestrian among the mountains. " The eagle's
muscles," says he,

" Are as firm as pieces of cable, 'and their tendons
almost as rigid as dried catgut. Their very feathers have
a firmness and strength in them that alone would tell the
daring and enduring character of the birds. Those winds
which cleave the oak, and rend up the mountain •pine by
the roots, do not ruffle the plumage of the mountain eagle,
or drive her from her perch on the ledge of the rock.
Firmly rooted in the powerful clutch of her feet, and de•
fended by the plated snail of her sticf though elastic
feathers, she defies the topmost bent of the elements, and,
from the " munition of the rocks," looks down uncon-
cerned upon the tempest which is sweeping the world
below her with terror and devastation. The range of her
eye is truly wonderful. Floating hundreds of feet above
the summits of our highest mountains,—and she always
soars aloft even there,—her horizon commands a hundred
dells and valleys; and she spies a grouse or a mountain hare
from a distance at which the human eye could ,hardly
discern an elephant. But as she dwells in power she also
dwells in peace. There is no tumult or clamour in the
eyrie of the eagle; she merely seeks food for herself and
her young, and when that has been obtained she is at
rest ; and "all under her dominion are safe, for even the
boldest and swiftest-winged hawks keep at a distance fa om
the retreat of the eagle, and when her shadow, passes
over the valley, not a wing moves but her own."

The words we have mat ked in italics are quite
poetic, and convey a vivid idea of the terror
with which this despotic autocrat inspires all
his winged subjects. Of the vulture, Mr.
iViudie speaks with more respect than such a

vulgar blackguard deserves. The fellow is a
monstrous glutton; is never seen in decent com-
pany; has a face and figure ugly enough to
frighten a ghost ; and hovers perpetually, like a
joule or a resurrection-man, abouti tombs. One,
we remember—a hideous wretch that squinted
villainously—used to be kept in Brooke's
Museum, to eat up the half-decomposed
bodies ! It is in this sense, we suppose, that
our author speaks of him, when he calls him
"a serviceable bird." In talking of the nightin-
gale, Mr. Mudie resists many temptations to
sentimental common-place. He might have
apostrophised her as the "bulbul," and quoted
Byron ; but he contents himself instead with
telling us that this delicate, bashful, poetic bird,
tucks away at " caterpillars," with all the voracity
of an alderman. When she has finished her
supper, and not till then, she begins to sing,
which accounts for the cheerfulness of her tones ;
fbr it is hunger only that prompts to melancholy
strains, which is the reason why so many of ,our
poets sing in such a doleful style.

We have no doubt that Mr. Mudie's " Bri-
tish Birds" will be popular. It is written in a
charming spirit ; displays a fervid love of nature ;
is replete with illustrative anecdote ; and is got
up with a tact which we seldom meet with in
works of professed compilation. But, as we
said before, it is not a mere compilation ; the
author has not drawn coldly or mechanically
from others, but from his own abundant stores
of thought and feeling. In point of embellish-
nfents, his work is a chef d'ceuvre. We subjoin
one more extract, descriptive of the hatits of
the falcon :

" The kite, has, from the extent of its wings and tail,
very great command of the atmosphere, and possession of
itself in that element. It does not beat along in straight
hues, but wheels in curves, which it is cons•antly opening
and closing, and always in a smooth and graceful manner,
without any jerks; and if it were possible to trace a day's
path of a kite, it would be a very fine specimen of looped
curves. The kite don hover for a very long time over
the same spot with very little exertion of the wings, and
though there is a fresh breeze; and there are times (pro-
bably when it has lost sight of some prize on the ground,
or discovered that the prize over which it was hovering
was no prize at all) at which it will '" give itself to the
wind," and drift to leeward. in very beautiful style, and
apparently with complete self-possession. Kites will
also sometimes turn down the wind to escape the more
powerful falcons, which, though they do not attack the
kite, often frighten it and make it lose its prey;
and, as going down the wind is not a habit of the fal-
cons, the kite gets away from them by a manoeuvre. That
manoeuvre, though held in great contempt by the falco-
ner, is by no means an ungraceful and an uninteresting
one; the bird rides lightly on the wind, but retains its
self-command, so that it can take a new direction when-
ever it pleases. The axis of its body is placed at an
angle to the wind, which is smaller in proportion as tha•
is stronger, and the windward wing is elevated, so that
the wind takes the under side at an angle, and tends to
raise the bird obliquely upwards, while its weight presses
downward and counteracts. When looked at, the bird
always has in these cases the appearance of descending as
it drifts—but that is an optical deception ; for all, hinge
that are higher than the eye appe sr to descend as they
recede, even though they are rising, and the kite may
often be observed to have gained height while thus ap-
pearing to that downward. If, on these occasions, an
alarm is given, the bird hauls closer to the wind and
snakes off."

THE RULES OF COURT.
N. MAzwzzx, Law Bookseller to Ms Majesty.

LONDON, 1834.

Much labour and research have been expended
on this volume, which, though small in dimen-
sions, and consisting of but little more than a
hundred pages, yet contains a fund of per-
tinent, well-digested information. The author—
a gentleman named Wordsworth, and nephew,
we believe, to the great lake poet of that name—
takes up the rules of court at the period of the
passing of the Uniformity of Process Act, and
carries them down to the present time. To
these, brief explanatory notes are appended, to-
gether with an appendix of recent statutes, and
accounts of cases decided thereon. To the
members of the legal profession this will prove
a useful documentary work.

SKETCHES IN SPAIN. 2 VOLS. LONDON,

1834.

For these sketchy volumes, we are indebted to
the pen of Captain Cook, R.N., who shows him-
se)f in every page an experienced and accom-
plished cosmopolite. The chapter on the
Government of Spain is full of useful information,
and will be read, just now, with avidity.

HUME'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
LONDON, 1634.

The present volume of Mr. Valpy's republi-
cation of" Hume's History," is embellished with
two cleverly executed engravings ; one of King
John, ratifying Magna Charta—and the other,
of the Departure of Richard the First from
Cyprus. _

LIV Y. LONDON, 1834.

This is the sixth volume of " Baker's Trans-
lation of Livy," and forms the fifty-first of
" Valpy's Family Classical Library"—a publica-
tion which has been deservedly well received.

PORTRAIT OF LORD CHIEF JUSTICE

DENMAN.

We have just seen an engraving, by Hodgets,
from an original painting by Barker, of the pre-
sent Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench,
which, as a work of art, is very respectably
executed, but, as a likeness, is as faithful as any
portrait we have ever met with of the eminent
original. It is a half-length, and is engraved in
mezzotint.

The township of Morley, in Yorkshire,
appears to be in a frightfully disturbed state in consequence
of disputes between the masters and their workmen. Acts
of outrage (broken bones and broken windows) are,of daily
occurrence ; and the practice of carrying clubs and firearms,
both by day and by night, is described as being " awfully
prevalent." A meting has been held to elect constables
to preserve the peace, and to appoint a committee with
the view of settling the disputes between the masters and
their men.

By the demise of Major-General Sir George
B. Fisher, K.C.H., the appointment of Commandant of
the Garrison of Woolwich has become vacant. Sir
George was a brother to the last Bishop of Salisbury;
and in his 70th year. He obtained his last step of Major-
General May 27, 1825, and shortly prior to his death he
was nominated a K.C.H.

SINGULAR SUlClDE.—Yesterday an inquest
was held in the Vestry-room of St. Alphage, London-wall,
on the body of Edward Green, in the employ of Mr.
Lemming, bootmaker, 37, London-wall. The deceased
had lately expressed himself dissatisfied with his wages,
and expressed an intention to leave his situation. On
Saturday night be went out to fetch the beer, as usual,
and meeting the watchman, he entered into conversation
with him, and observed, " I may as well bang myself as
lead the miserable life lam leading." On going home he
partook of a hearty supper, and the next morning hewas
discovered hanging from a shelf, in the place where be
slept,--Verdict, Teinporary Insanity.

THE KING'S LEVEE, &c.

(FROM THE COURT CIRCUL IR.)

The King, attended by Sir Herbert Taylor, arrived in town
about half-past one o'clock yesterday, h-o n Windsor Castle.
His Majesty was received by the Duke of Cu nberland, the Duke
and Duchess of Gloucester, and the Princes; Sophia, who were
waiting at St. James's.

His Majesty held a levee at two o'cicck, at which Count Lu-
dolf, the Sicilian Minister, and M. Garro,the Mexican Minister,
had audiences of the King, to deliver letters, to which they
were respectively introduced by Viscount Palmerston, principal
Secretary of State for Foreign affairs, and conducted by Sir
Robert Chester, the Master of the Ceremonies.
The King gave audiences to Earl Grey, the Duke of Rich-
mond, Viscount Melbourne, Mr. Secretary Stanley, Sir James
Graham, Sir James Kempt, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Hill,
and Lord Foley.
At the entree levee there were present

The Russian, Austrian, and French Ambassadors, the Nea-
politan, Prussian, Swedish, Wirtemberg, Spanish, Danish,
Mexican, Portuguese, Brazilian, and Saxon Ministers, the
United States, Hanoverian, and Grecian Charge d'Affaires,
Mons. de Bacourt, M. Dedel, the Dutch Special Minister, the
Archbishop of York, the Bishop of London, the Lord Privy
Seal, the Firt Lord of the Treasury, the Postmaster-general,
the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial
Departments, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Lord Stew-
ard, the Master of the Horse, the Vice Chamberlain, the
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen Pensioners, the
Captain of the Yeoman Guard, Lord Hill, Cold Stick in Wait-
ing, the Master-General of the Ordnance, the Treasurer of the
Household, the Comptroller of the Household, the Marquis of
Thomond, Lord Saltoun, and Captain Dundas, R.N.; A ides-
de-Camp to his Majesty, the Master of the Ceremonies, the
Master of the Robes, Rev. Dr. Blomberg, Deputy Clerk of the
Closet, Lieutenant-Colonel Cavendish, Silver Stick and Equerry
in Waiting, and Lord Hay, Page of Honour.
Viscount Torringtoh, and General Finch, were the Lord and
Groom in Waiting.
Amongst the general company were the Lord Registrar of
Scotland, and the following :
MARQUlS—Westmeath.
EA am—Rosebery, Morley.

LORDS—Charles Russell, Edward Russell, Manners, Nor-
reys, Dalmeny, Colchester, Kenyon, Auckland, Albert Co-
nyngharn, Radstock.
Bisnops—Lichfield and Coventry, Derry.
HONOURABLE—Lieut-CoL Finch.

SlRS—Francis Burdett, James Scarlett, Wm. Alexander, T.
Troubridge, Stephen Glynne.

REV. Docrok—Cole.

REV. MESSIEURS—James Lupton, M.A., B. Bray, J. Ba-
thurst Schomberg, John Humfrey, J. Gossett.
MESSIEURS—Anderson Pelham, Hope Johnstone, Hanbury
Tracy, Canning, Peter Horrocks, Blackstone, M.P., George
Bankes, Daly, M.P., Frederick Hodgson, B. Paget, J. G. Wil-
kinson, Wm. Miles, Horace Twiss, Egerton, W. Tatton Eger-
ton, F! J. Wynn, Whitbread, Macdonald, Pendarves, E. B.
Clive, Kemp, M.P., Sinclair, Hamilton.
ADMIRAL—Charles E. Nugent.

GENERALS—Lord Lynedoch, Sir Colquhoun Grant, Sharpe,
Cuming, Sir John Fraser, Sir Wm. Keppel, Sir Jasper Nicolls,
Sir Edward Paget, Anderson, Sir Thomas Montressor, St.
George, C.B , Eden, Viscount Beresford, Lord Howden, Hard-
wicke, Sir Robert Wilson.

CAPTAINS (Royal Navy)—Sir J. Coghill Coghill, W. Sandom,

COLONELS-Sir Charles Thornton, Hon. H. Murray, Long,
Reeves, Cooper, Jodrell, Hill, O'Donnell, Shuldham, Sir A.
Dickson.

CoMMANDERS—HOn. Henry Keppel, W. Gordon, De Roos,
MAJoas—Hankey, Mackworth.

CAPTAtivs—Saunders, Phillips, Charles Bagot ; Grenville
Berkeley, Lawrenson, F. Paget, Sir J. A. Burgoyne, Forester,
Kendall.

LIEUTENANTS—Ames, W. P. Robbins, Daly, Wingfield,
D'Arley, Catesby Paget, W. Sidney Budd.
Lord Kenyon presented an Address from Dallington, in the
county of Northampton, in behalf of the Established Church,
and praying that no alteration may be made in it but by the
consent of her spiritual rulers, numerously and respectably
signed.
General Lord Lynedoch had the honour to kiss hands.
The following were presented to the King:—
Lord Charles Russell, on promotion, by the Duke of Bedford.
Lord Edward Russell, on promotion, by the Duke of Bedford.
Rev. James Lupton, M.A,, Minor Canon of St. Paul's, by the
Rev. Doctor Blomberg.

Admiral Charles Edmund Nugent, on being appointed a
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order,
by the First Lord of the Admiralty.
Rev. John Bathurst Schomberg, on his appointment es
Chaplain in ordinary to the King, by the Earl of Belfast.
Lord Albert Conyngham, by the Marquis Conyngham.

Mr. Canning, by the Marquis of Clanricarde.
Mr. Peter Horrocks, by Lieutenant-General Vincent.

Mr. J. G. Wilkinson, on his return from Egypt, by Major_
General Sir Jasper Nicol's.
Captain Phillips, by Colonel Fox.
Captain Saunders, on his appointment to the Command of a
Company of Royal Artillery, by Lieutenant-General Sir James
Kempt.
Colonel Shuidham, by Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas
Montresor.

Lieutenant Daly, by Mr. Daly.
Lieutenant Catesby Paget, on his return from foreign service,
by Mr. Berkeley Paget.
Major Hankey, on promotion, by Major-General Sir Charles
Dalbiac.

Lieutenant D'Arley, by Colonel Sir Alexander Dickson.
Lieutenant Wm. Sidney Budd, on his appointment, by Lord
Holland.

Lieutenant W. P. Robbins, by Sir William Guise, Bart

M. Litchtenberg, the Hanoverian Charge d'Affaires, and Sir
James Cockburn, had audiences yesterday of the King.

The Duke of Cumberland dined with the Princess Augusta,
on Tuesday evening, at her residence in St. Tames's Palace.
The Duke of Gloucester honoured the performance of the
opera of Semframide, and the ballet of La Bayadere, at the
King's Theatre, on Tuesday evening, with his presence.

A Cabinet Council was held at four o'clock yesterday after-
noon, at the residence of Viscount Althorp, in Downing-street.
It was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lans-
downe, Earl of Ripon, Earl Grey, the Duke of Richmond, the
Earl of Carlisle, Viscounts Melbourne, Palmerston, and Althorp,
Mr. Secretary Stanley, the Right Hon. Charles Grant, Sir
James Graham, Lord Holland, and Lord John Russsell.

Lord Holland entertained the Cabinet Ministers at dinner
last evening.

ROYAL MUSICAL FESTIVAL.

This splendid festival will commence on the 24th of June;
the first public rehearsal will probably take place on Friday, the
20th of June, in order to afford time for alterations, &c., which
may be required in the orchestra ; for it was not likely that an
undertaking of such magnitude can be accomplished without
much consideration. A list of leaders, organists, and principal
instrumental performers has been submitted to and approved by
his Majesty, who is " heart and soul" in the cause ; so much
so, that the appointment of the Directors was in his own hand-
writing; thus following the steps of his revered father, who
used frequently to make out the bill of performance at the
Ancient Concerts, and who, from a very early age, showed a
great love for the music of Handel.

In consequence of the great services rendered at the com-
memoration of Handel in 1784 by the members of the Royal
Society of Musicians, and in consideration of the great good
the institution did in supporting aged professors, their widows
and orphans, the sum of six thousand pounds was given to it
out of the surplus. Lord Howe, Chairman of the Board of
Directors, will preside to.morrow at the ninety-sixth anniver-
sary festival of this society, on which occasion a host of mu
sical talent, both vocal and instrumental, will attend to render
the entertainment far superior to anything of the kind given
in the metropolis. We need only name Nicholson, Willman,
Harper, Cooke, Mackintosh, Platt, &c., as a guarantee for
what we adiance.

(ADVERTISEAIRNT.)
THE LONDON COAL TARDE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—We respectfully invite the attention of your readers
to the existing abuses in connection with this trade, of no slight
importance to the inhabitants of the metropolis.
It is not only requisite that so indispensable a commodity
should be rendered at the lowest figure, but of greater import-
ance, that facilities should be afforded for obtaining such only
as are of the best quality, so well deserving a preference for
economy, combined with cleanliness and cheerfulness in burn.
ing—notwithstanding of the aggregate arrivals of coals into
the port of London, only a fourth are of that description,
whilst almost every family, relying on the integrity of their
coal-merchant, is supposed to be supplied with none other. The
total quantity of coals imported and sold at the coal market in
the past year was 2,006,653 tons, of which were of Stewart's,
Hetton's, and Lambton's Walls End (the only sorts known as
best), not more than 504,695 tons.
We offer a sure protection against the practice, which this
fact too plainly demonstrates, by confining our purchases
wholly to those of best quality. Perhaps we cannot evince, to
the satisfaction of your readers, the integrity of our transac-
tions more decisively than by remarking (and we do it without
fear of contradiction) thtat by the regulations of the trade any
deviation would unavoidably expose us to immediate detection
by coal factors, masters of colliers, coal-meters, lightermen, and
others ; and, as a further test, we offer a premium in a reward
of 2001. to any person producing the necessary proof that we
buy any other sorts than Stewart's, Hetton's, and Lambton's,
our price for which, including all expenses, is 265. per ton, for
cash on delivery.

Orders (post paid) to Purßeet Wharf, Earl-street Black-
friars, or Western Wharf, Edward-streeet, Regent's-park Basin.
We are, Sir, your most obedient servants,
RICHARD BEARD & Co.

The annexed anecdotes are amusing:—" Two
negrors upon Amity estate quarrelled the other day shout
some trifle, when the one bit the other's nose completely
off. Soon after his accident, the overseer meeting tbr
sufferer—" Why, Sambo," he exclaimed, " where's you I
nose ?" " I can't tell, massa," answered Sambo; "
looked everywhere about, but I could not find it,"

ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTION for the
PRESERVATION of I,IFE from SHIPWRECK.

Yesterday evening the seventh anniversary festival of
the above society was celebrated at the City of London
Tavern, Bishopsgate.street. The Right Hon. Sir JA3I ES
GItAtIA3f, Bart., M.P., in the chair.

There were also present on this occasion, Lord Dudley
Stewart, M.P. ; T. F. Buxton, Esq., M.P. ; F. Robin-
son, Esq., M.P. ; Robert Ingham, Esq., M.P. ; George
Lyill, Esq., M.P. ; Aaron Chapman, Esq., M.P. ; W.
Hutt, E,q., M.P. ; Hon. Rice Trevor, M.P. ; P. M.
Stewart, Esq., M.P. ; Henry Labouchere, Esq., M.P. ;
P. Handley, Esq., M.P. ; Capt tin Manby, R.N. ;
Ciptain Bowles, one of the elder brethren of the Trinity
House ; Mr. Sheriff Wilson, and about one hundred of
tho most respectable merchants and commercial gentlemen
of the metropolis.
Upon the removal of the cloth, Non nobis Domino
was sang by the professional gentlemen present, Messrs.
B ilamy Collier, Jolly, and Pyne, and after the usual toasts
of the King, Queen, and the Navy and Army,
The Right Hon. CHAIRMAN rose to propose a toast,
hich he considered no powers of eloquence were neces-
.,ry to produce its deserved effect. After hearing the
le autiful and national anthem which had just been sung
(Rule Britannia), he stated that he had, from his earliest
days, felt the warmest enthusiasm, and maintained, even
amongst foreigners, that " Britons never will be slaves."
Speaking thus in the company of strangers, he had been
requested to explain his reasons for supporting this ap.
p trendy arrogant tone, and he had done so by saying that
the people of this country ranked amongst the most gener-
ous and kind-hearted of nations, and so long as they
maintained and upheld those high titles, there was no fear
of their filling from their present high station. The
British sailor was pre-eminently distinguished for his ge-
nerosity and Lenevolence, and whilst those virtues were
preserved pure, he felt assured tyranny or oppression
would never approach the British shore. He felt
convinced the appeal he was about to make would
not be made in vain. The last winter had been one
,if severe loss to this country in lives and property
—it bad been seldom exceeded in either; and he (Sir
James Graham) trusted, as the occasion was one calling
for extraordinary benevolence—so would the call be met
with proportionate liberality.—(Hear, hear.) Unfortu-
nately it so happened that those to whom the suci-ty
looked for its principal support—its main stay, he might
say—were also sufferers in a very unusual degree, by the
loss of property—but from these causes it would be at
once seen that the society had double claim on public pa-
ts onage for support at this particular crisis.—(Hear.) It
was, however, satisfactory to know, that although the
claims had been more than usuallynumerous on the society,
its funds had been sufficient to tend to encourage and re-
ward (under the blessing of Providence) the preservation
of the lives of no less than 4:28 fellow creatures during
the last year.—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Chairman
then adverted to an anecdote of the late gallant Admiral
Lord Exmouth (with whom he had the honour of
being on the most intimate terms of friendship), in
which the gallant Admiral considered it to be the
proudest feature in his life, when he, ott his own native
coast of Devonshire, hail—at the risk of his own life
—succeeded in conveying• a rope to a stranded vessel,
and thus saved the lives of its clew, at a time when no
other dared make the attempt.—(Cheers.) This the gal-
lant veteran had often declared he considered the noblest
act of his life, and the one to which he looked back with
the greatest satisfaction.—(Cheers.) In conclusion, he
(Sir James Graham) would only appeal to the feelings of
any present who bad witnessed a shipwreck, and recol-
lected the sensation which it inspired, if there was the
remotest chance of affording escape to any, or saving the
life of even one of the crew, was there any sum of money
but at that moment a benevolent individual would bestow?
The opportunity, he considered, was now afforded of car-
rying that generous feeling into effect, by contributing to
this Society, which, by its matured plans, was a t well
qualified to carry its benevolent purpose into effect.—
(Hear.) He proposed " Prosperity to the Society for the
Preservation of Life from Shipwreck," which was drunk
with enthusiasm.

Lord DUDLEY STEwART, in proposing the health of
the right hon. chairman, ccogratulaied the company on
having so influential a president, who, from the high of-
fice he filled, and his awn merits, must all greatly to the
prosperity of the institution.

The Right Hon. CHAIRMAN, in returning thank
~
claimed no merit to himself since his short connexion with
the navy; all its honours had been previous'y achieved,
and he hoped he should never see them tarnished whilst
he had the honour of holding office connected with it. In
the midst of the cares and toils of official duties, nothing
gave him more gratification than in meeting on occasions
like the present, when all party feeling was thrown aside;
and he felt never more satisfie,l than when he had reason
to believe that he contributed in the slightest degree to the
benefit of his fellow-creatures.

A variety of toasts succeeded, amongst which were
" The Wooden Walls of Old England."—(Drunk with
enthusiasm.) "The Elder Brethren of the Trinity House,"
on giving which the liberal donation of 2001 was an-
nounced from the chair. " The East India Company,"
"Lloyd's," and other commercial companies.
In the course of the evening donations were announced,
amounting to nearly 9001. Amongst the donors, in ad-
dition to that of the Trinity-house of 2001., we noticed
1001. from the East India Company; Sir James Graham,
401. ; Earl of Carlisle, 101. ; Rice Trevor, 10/. ;
Lord George Bentinek, 25/.
The Right lion. CHAIRMAN, in a very impressive anal
affecting address, presented a gold medal to Lieu. Snell,
R.N., of the coast-guard service, for his highly courageous
conduct in putting off to a wreck on shore near Rye;
ald, after being washed twice out of the boat, urging on
the crew to persist in noble efforts to save the crew.

Lieut. SNELL returned,ihinks, evidently affected by the
imprevaive terms in which-he had been addressed.

Several nautical glees and songs were sung by the pro•
fessional gentlemen present, and shortly before eleven
o'clock the company retired.

ASSIZES-(RECEIVED THIS DAY).

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.-..LINCOLN, MARCH ) 1.

IMPORTANT CASE OF ARSON.

John Thorpe was charged with having fired, on the
night of the 14th of December, a stack of straw and two
s'aelia of wheat.

Messy. CLARKE and WHITEHURST were for the pro—
s cation, and Messrs. 1-1141. and HUMFREY for the defence.
The prosecutot is a very large farmer and grazier, living at
llolbeach, in this county ; the pt isoner was his wagg: ner.
On the Wednesday previous to the 14th of Decent]) last,
a fire had taken place in this parish, when a part only of
ill! proper y in the rick-yard was destroyed; on which oc-
casion the prisoner was heard to say that if a fire was to
take place in his master's yard the whole would be cl-ared.
On that night the prisoner, with other servants, had been
thrashing at a machine, and left work about 5 in the evening;
tP,ortly after which prisoner was seen to go with a lighted
candle into the stable, and turn his horses into the
yard, a thing he bad never been known to have done
be'ore, when he shortly after returned for his supper,
which not being ready prisoner said he would go to look
after his horses again, and he accordingly took a lanthorn
and passed the ricks on his way to the stable. He then
shortly returned, and gave an alarm of fire, and it was
then found the stacks bad been ignited, and the whole
were shortly in Eames, and property destroyed to the
,mount of 4001. A great deal of evidence was gone
iota to establish various circumstances; there was nothing,
however, of direct proof, and the jury, after the case had
occupied from nine in the morning until eight at night,
found a verdict of Not Guilty.

Conservative Members, on Saturday evening, at Sir
Charles Manners Sutton's residence in Palace yard.
THE DUKE OF YORK'S STATUE.—The
Idlowing additional and authentic particulars respecting
the preparations making at the column on Carlton House-
terrace, for elevating the Statue of his late Royal High-
ness the Duke of York, were obtained yest-relay, where
the works are now in progress. The scaffolding above
to which the Statue is to be raised,. by pullie,
considerableihe saregaflolerrwya,
rndenaerse,thaendsuirtnoitsuopfptoh::etcaolsuurn.isnt,,mistii,nl
platform,
and ingenious mechanism, under the superintendence of
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month.
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tentisni, be a dinner party of 30 or 35
to lodge in two apertures in a thick block of granite for
thein c securitycircumference,
the crown of the head, is thirteen feet nine innhes in
height, and will,. with the block of stone, reach 50 feet
above the top of the column as it now stands. His Royal
Highness is represented in the costume of the Or er at the
Garter, a part of the mantle, which is many feet in breadth,
lodging on the left arm, while the left hand rests on a
sword, as already has been stated. The preparations
attract much notice.