The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-14 00:00:00

THE BROUGHAM PEERAGE.

It is not quite true, as stated by several of our
contemporaries, that her Majesty is about to extend
the limitation of the present barony of Brougham
and Vaux in favour of the noble and 16arned lord's
younger brother. Such a coarse is simply impos-
sible. What is in the course of being done is this :
a new peerage patent is being made out in favour
of Lord Brougham as Baron Brougham, with re-
mainder to his brother, as stated by our contempo-
raries ; but the patent will bear the date of 1860,
not of 1830, and the future Lord Brougham will
take precedence at the bottom of the roll of the
House of Lords, next after Lord Taunton, and not
as now next before Lord Talbot de Malahide. It

is probable also that, inasmuch as since Lord
Brougham's elevation to the peerage the ancient
barony of Vaux has been graciously revived in the
person of Mr. George Mostyn, now Lord Vaux of
Harrowden, the new patent will be made out as
" Baron Brougham," not as " Baron Brougham and
Vaux "—the latter title being chosen by his lord-
ship 30 years ago, on the ground that his ancestor,
in the direct male line, Thomas Burgham, who was
Lord of Burgham or Brougham (temp. Henry VIII,
and Edward VI.) married Jane, daughter and
heiress of John Vaux, of Catterlen and Tryer-
mayne. A precedent for the course about to be
followed in the case of Lord Brougham will be
found in that of the late Lord de Freyne, who was
originally raised to the peerage in 1839, but having
no issue to succeed him, obtained in 1851 the grant
of a new peerage as Lord de Freyne of Coolavin,
with remainder to his brothers and their male
issue. Another instance in point, more remote in
time, but possibly more apposite, inasmuch as the
grantee was a Lord High Chancellor, may be found
in the case of the Earl of Mansfield, who having
been created in 1776 Earl of Mansfield, of Mans-
field, Notts, obtained in 1792 a fresh patent as Earl
of Mansfield of Caen Wood, Middlesex, with a
special remainder to his nephew David, Viscount
Stormont, grandfather of the present Earl of
Mansfield.—Morning Chronicle.

PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotatioß of gold at Parir
is about 1 per mile d, and the short exchange on London is
25.10 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the
English Mint price of £3 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard
gold, it appears that gold is at about 2-10ths per cent. dearer
in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the
price of gold is 4221 per mark, and the short exchange on
London is 13.34 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the
English Mint price is therefore at about the same
price in Hamburg as in London. The course of ex-
change at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is
about 1081 9 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint
proportions between the two countries, shows that the ex-
change is slightly against England ; and, after making
allowance for charges of transport and difference of inte-
rest, the present rate leaves no profit on the importation
of gold from the United States.
THE ST. MARTIN'S CEMETERY DESECRATION.—

The judge in the Consistory Court, yesterday, gave his de-
cision in this long-pending case. He ordered tho church-
wardens of St. ➢Martin's to bo admonished to re-inter the
bodies that had been removed in the consecrated portion of
the cemetery, and not to disturb any remains in future.
The monition was made returnable on the first day of next
term.

THE ST. GEORGE'S HALL, SOUTHWARL—Yes-
terday an application to the magistrates at Newington was
made, on the part of Mr. Tindall and Mr. Villiers, for a
spirit license for this place. The application was opposed
by Messrs. Creswick and Shepherd, of the Surrey Theatre ;
Mr. Merton, of Canterbury Hall ; Mr. Batty, of Astley's
Theatre; Mr. Spurgeon, and a number of the inhabitants,
on the ground that the place was not required, and that it
had formerly been used as a Roman Catholic chapel, the
vaults underneath being appropriated to the burial of the
dead. The application was refused.
The pictures are being hung for the Seventh
Annual Exhibition of the French and Flemish Artists, at
the gallery in Pall-Mall. A private view will be given on
Saturday next.
DR. PRIESTLEY.—A committee of gentlemen has
been formed for the erection of a portrait-statue of Dr.
Priestley, among the distinguished men of science, in the
corridor of the new Museum at Oxford. Mr. Stephens is
spoken of as the sculptor.
At Brescia, says the Opinione of Turin, a Genoese
clergyman having, in spite of the recommendations of the au-
thorities and of some influential persons, ventured. in a ser-
mon, to accuse the Italian people of desiring to overthrow the
temporal power of the Pope, was hissed and hooted ; and he
in consequence had to cease to preach in the town.
There was an increase of 78 ships and 89,261 tons
in the "entries inwards" at the port of Liverpool last week,
as compared with the corresponding week of the year 18:59.
In the " clearances outwards" there was an increase of 15
ships and 9,229 tons.
SHOCKING MURDER OF A CHILD BY AN INSANE
MoTnen.—An inquest was held yesterday at Wednesfield,
near Wolverhampton, on the body of a little girl, three
years of age, the daughter of Mary Titley, who lives with
her husband, a shoemaker, at Wednesfield. It appeared
from the evidence that on Saturday night, about twelve
3'clock, tho unhappy mother, apparently without any pro-
vocation, had inflicted a frightful wound on the child's
throat with her husband's razor, almost cutting off the
head. She ttfterwards declared her intention of committing
suicide, and has in consequence been closely watched since
her apprehension. The jury returned a verdict of wilful
murder, and the unhappy woman was committed for trial
on the coroner's warrant. There is, however, no doubt
but that she is insane; and sho has previously been under
restraint.
FRENCH AND ENGLISH SOLDIERS.—The first
thing tbat strikes an English officer is the slovenly manner
in which French troops march and carry the firelock. Even
in the streets of Paris they do not pay the music or drums
the compliment of marching in step. Nothing appears to
be required of them but to keep the correct wheeling dis-
tance of the formation, and to carry the firelock on the
named shoulder. An English militia regiment, after a
month's training, marches more regularly, and has a better
parade use of the firelock than the French infantry.--
Once a Week.
THE REPRESENTATION OF THE NORTII RIDING.
The Yorkshire Gazette states that the Mayer of Middles•
brough has received aletter from Mr. Bernhard Samuelson,
late M.P. for Banbury, on this subject, in which he remarks
it now rests with those who are interested in the develop-
ment
of the resources of that district to watch the progress
of the Reform Bill through Parliament; and if, as he had
no reason to doubt,it should become law, to take care that
the manufacturing and commercial districts be duly repre-
sented, an object in the attainment of which, thanks to the
excellent feeling which prevails between those bodies and
the landed proprietors, he thinks we need anticipate no
difficulty.