The Sun.
London, England, 1834-03-31 00:00:00

RAMSGATE, MARCH 29.

The Ferret post-office steam-packet, Captain Ha-
milton, from Calais, came into this harbour yesterday
afternoon, about five o'clock, and landed her passen-
gers and carriages ; since which La Sophie, a French
vessel, has also landed her bags and passengers here,
neither of them being able to enter Dover.
The Earl of Munster and family arrived here on
Thursday afternoon, having engaged Albion-house for
several weeks.

The General Steam Navigation Company's
mail packet, the Attwood, from Rotterdam, arrived off
the Custom-house, last night (Sunday): . .

MARCH OF FASHION.—The principal
waiter at a fashionable club-house has been seen at
play at a celebrated gambling-house in St. James's-
street, and with the most daring effrontery assumed the
airs of a man of fortune ! He, however, saw he was
recognised on Saturday night and immediately with-
drew !

Kensington Gardens are at present in a very
bad condition, and the walks have been much injured
by the removal and carrying of the great number of
trees lately cut down off the ground. The chasms left
after extracting the roots .are nearly filled up, but it
will take some weeks to put the walks in proper order,
and probably it will be the middle of June before those
who are admitted into the gardens can enjoy with sa-
tisfaction this rural and pleasant retreat. Altogether
5,000 trees have been cut down, many of which were
in a state of decay, and their removal has added consi-
derably to the healthiness of the gardens.
RUINED GAMESTER.—(FROM A COR-
RESPONDENT. )—At the corner of a well-known court,
not far from St. James's Palace, may be frequently
seen standing, attired in the lowest garb of poverty, a
wretched-looking little man, who asserts that he has
been pillaged of upwards of 80,0001. in the various
dens of infamy with which the neighbourhood abounds ;
and that he comes there in the generally hopeless ex-
pectation of subsisting upon the casual bounty of those
by whom he has been thus pillaged. A few days since
he assured the writer of this that he had not tasted
food for two days, an assertion which his haggard ap-
pearance seemed to confirm.
POLICE EXPENSE.—An elaborate account
has been printed, by order of the House of Commons,
of the expense of the Metropolitan Police, by which
it appears that the sum receivable in the year 1832,
was, from parishes, 250,384/. ; from the Treasury,
25,707/. ; total, 276,091/. ; and the sum actually re-
ceived was, from the parishes, 228,284/. ; from the
Treasury, nothing ; from voluntary and other sources,
1,895/. ; total, 235,180/. ; leaving, however, at the
end of the year, a sum of 22,099/. due from the pa-
rishes, and 25,7071: from the Treasury. The expen-
diture of 1832 was 223,1601.

The late Alexander Adair, Esq., must have
died immensely rich, as it is understood that he has left
his nephew, Sir Frederick Roe, Chief Magistrate of
Bow-street Office, 200,0001., being precisely theasum
which he has bequeathed to Sir Robert Baring, and
also to Alexander Baring, Esq., making in the whole
600,0001., and this is exclusive of the legacies which
he has bequeathed to other individuals. The late Sir
Francis Baring, who also possessed much wealth, had
been intimate for a series of years with Mr. Adair :
the latter, sixty years ago, was considered a man of
opulence, and during the greater part of that period
had been constantly adding to his fortune ; but he was
hospitable, and liberal in his expenditure.

It is generally reported that the two clee-
brated Correggios in the collection of Lord London-
derry have been purchased at the price of 11,0001. or
12,0001. for the National Gallery. The history of
these pictures is somewhat curious. There is good
reason to believe that they were originally in the col-
lection of Charles 1., and sold by the republic to an
agent of the King of Spain. During the invasion of
that country, Murat, by purchase, we conclude, pos-
sessed himself of them, and they were subsequently
removed to Naples. On his death they were claimed
by his widow of the Congress at Vienna as private
property, and the claim was allowed. Lord London-
derry, then ambassador, purchased them of the ex-
queen, and here they are, after journeying about for
nearly two centuries, in the National Gallery of Eng-
land.—Athenceum.

It is not one of the least interesting features
in M. de Trueba's new historical romance, " Salvador,
the Guerrilla,"that the author has brought into juxta-
position the French and Spanish characters, who
figuered so prominently in the celebrated Peninsular
war. The' story of " The Guerrilla" abounds in inci-
dents of romantic daring and individual adventure of
an extraordinary kind. Nothing, probably, has yet
been written capable of giving so true, so picturesque,
and vivid an idea, of the eventful scenes enacted in
Spain during the French invasion, as the present no-
vel of the celebrated Anglo- Spanish writer. "
Why did you quit your last place ?,, said
a gentleman to a voting man, who presented himself
for the vacant situation of groom ; " Did he discharge
you ?"—" No," " Was he a bad master ?"—" QuitQ
the contrary." " Then why did you quit his service?"
—" Why, to say the truth, I found it very disagree-
able in winter time at Melton. My master did not
belong to the right club, or live in the first set ; and
then he was so dull in the tilbury, I could staled it
atny longer,"

HOUSE

The Lords mei
ten, pursuant to w
cases of Appeal.
Lord Chancellor,
count Melbourne, _ ....isnop m ........ .ord.
The first case which came before their Lordships
was that of

TAIT V. BALLANDENE.

Dr. LUSHINGTON stated the case for the appel-
lant. The Duke of Argyll held possession, in
1748, of the lands of West Pitgobar, in the parish
of Menhart, and county of Perth. In that year
these lands were let in perpetual fee to John Bal-
!endene and his heirs and successors, under reser-
vations which were expressed in the following terms :
—" Reserving always to his Grace, and his heirs
and successors the coal and coal haughs, in the said
lands, with the liberty of digging coal and coal
haughs in any part of the said lands ; but if his
Grace, and his aforesaids, should make a new level
which had not been formerly made, then, and in
that case, they should be obliged to pay to the said
John Ballandene, and his before written, the
lamages which he, or they, should sustain
thereby." The appellant had used the level agree-
ably to the construction to be put on this charter.
That level throws off water on the lands belonging
to the respondent, who also holds those lands of the
Argyll family. The tespondent maintained that
the appellant had no right to use the level which
runs through his (the respondent's) lands in carrying
off the water which arose from the working of the
coal-pits. The point for his lordship to decide was,
whether or not appellant had this right.
In pronouncing the word Pitgobar, which fre-
quently occurred in the Learned Doctor's pleadings,
The LORD CHANCELLOR Said, the word is " Pit-
gober," not " Pitgobar ;" for you see, Dr. Lushing-
ton (said his Lordship), the Scotch know how to
pronounce, and they don't call " er" " ar," more
than you call " butter" " buttar."—(Laughter.)
Dr. LUSHINGTON—My Lord I have been of late
thrown on my beam-ends with regard to pronuncia-
tion ; for I heard the other day a high authority in
the House of Commons call " anecdote" " annec-
dote," so that I may be excused if I ain at a loss as
to the pronunciation of Pitgober.

The LOAD CHANCELLOR—Yes, but that high
authority was not a Scotchman.
Dr. LUSHINGTON—NO, my Lord, he was an
Irishman.—(Laughter.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR—That makes all the
difference.

The Learned Doctor having concluded his speech,
the Lord Chancellor called on the Attorney-Gene-
ral to proceed with his arguments for the respondent.
The LORD ADVOCATE, who was also Counsel for
the respondent, said that before proceeding to argue
the merits of the case, he begged to submit to his
Lordship's decision a point respecting the order of
precedence between himself and his learned friend
the Attorney-General. That point was, whether he
(the Lord Advocate of Scotland) or his Learned
friend (the Attorney-General for England) was enti-
tled to precedence at that bar.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—With respect to
myself personally, the matter "is one of indifference.
I would be most happy, both on the ground of na-
tionality and the respect I entertain for my learned
friend's talents, to give him the precedence ; but
holding the high office I have the honour to fill, I
cannot sacrifice any of its dignities. It has always
been supposed that the King's Attorney-General
was entitled to the precedence.
The LORD CHANCELLOR—The question of pre-
cedence was argued when I practised at the bar
about twenty years ago, when it was settled, I be-
lieve, by general consent of the Courts of Law, that
the King's Advocate should lead the Attorney-
General, and, indeed, the whole bar.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—After that decision,
my Lord, the question was mooted, whether or not
the King's Attorney-General was or was not entitled
to lead the King's most ancient Sergeant.
The LORD CANCELLOR—Yes ; I remember the
circumstance. In order to settle the question the
matter was referred to the Crown, who decided, by
warrant, that the Attorney-General should lead the
King's most ancient Sergeant, which, I believe, he
has done ever since.

Dr. LUSHINGTON—No, my Lord, that was never
the case ; the King's Advocate has always taken
the precedence of the Attorney and Solicitor-
Generals.

The LORD CHANCELLOR--I remember a cele-
brated case in this house which lasted some weeks,
in which the Attorney-General led the King's
Advocate.

Dr. LUSHINGTON—Then that must have been
matter of accommodation, and could only have been
done under protest.
The LORD CHANCELLOR—Does not the King's
Ancient Sergeant, then, take precedence of the
Attorney-General ?

Dr. fIUSHINGTON—Never. The Attorney-Ge-
neral always yields to him even in the Admiralty
Courts.

The LORD ADVOCATE—My Lords, this question
has taken me by surprise. I am not prepared to
go into the argument just at present, but I claim
precedence for the Lord Advocate of Scotland.
The LORD CHANCELLOR—There can be no
doubt the Lord Advocate takes precedence of the
Solicitor-General ; the only doubt is as to the At-
torney-General. I think the best way would be to
arrange it between yourselves who should take the
lead in the meantime, each 'protesting against the
right of the other to precedence.
The LORD ADVOCATE—The Solicitor-General
is an officer of recent creation. The question is one
of very great importance, and, as I have just said, 1
am not prepared to argue it now. But I hold that
the Lord Advocate is the highest law officer in the
country. No one is on a level with him. His su-
periority to all others is acknowledged in the King's
Commission, and in all Courts of Review.
The LORD CHANCELLOR—I think, as I have
just said, that as the question is involved in do'•'ot
the better course would be to arrange ILetween
yourselves as to who should take precedence for the
present, only taking care that each protest against
the right of the other to take the lead.

His Lordship's advice was agreed to. The At-
torney-General gave way to the Lord Advocate,
who shortly addressed their lordships on behalf of
the respondent. _

The Attorney-General did not speak on the
merits of the case.

His LORDSHIP gave judgment. The decision of
the Court of Session was affirmed, but without costs.

It appears by a Parliamentary return that,
during the last year, 920 soldiers were committed to
the different gaols in England, by sentences of Courts-
martial, for various periods of imprisonment, instead
of subjecting them to flogging, as formerly : that 3G
were sent to Canterbury, from the Dover garrison ;
147 to Maidstone, which would take in the Chatham
and Woolwich garrisons; 145 to Brixton, principally
from the London garrison ; 149 to Gosport and Ports-
mouth, from the garrisons of these towns, and only
five to Exeter, which should receive those from Ply-
mouth garrison. There must be a reason for the last-
named that is not obvious.

DEATH OF SAMUEL ALGER, TIIE WELL-
KNOWN PROPRIETOR OF THE CROWN AND ANCHOR
FAIR 13.00m—This much respected and well-known
gentleman expired at his residence, Redman's-row,
Limehouse, on Sunday, the 23d instant, after expe-
riencing three days' severe illness. He died in the
57th year of his ago from an attack of paralysis, which
not only deprived him of the use of his limbs, but also
of his eysight and senses. His remains were interred
In a splendid manner on Saturday afternoon last, in a
private family vault beneath Limehouse church. The
deceased, who died worth landed and other property
amounting to upwards of 20,000/., has left a widow,
two, daughters, and a son. The latter will come in
for the whole of his business, and will be the proprie-
tor of the Crown and Anchor Tavern at the present
Greenwich fair. The whole of this immense property
Ithe deceased has accumulated by attendin4 fairs only,
'which he has been in the constant habit el doing dur-
ing the last six and twenty years.

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