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London, England, 1832-11-16 00:00:00

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 15.

EDWARDS V. SOMERS.
Mr. PLATT, pursuant to leave, moved, on the
part of the defendant, for a rule to set aside the
verdict and enter a nonsuit in this case, tried at
Guildhall, before Mr. Baron Vaughan. The de-
fendant was the drawer and endorser of a bill of
Exchange for 1,0001., upon and accepted by Au-
gustus M'Donough. It was endorsed to Cooper,
and by Cooper endorsed to the plaintiff.—Rule us
granted.

NSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Nov. 15.

John Muir was opposed by Mr. WOODROFFE
for a Mr. Wilcox; and supported by Mr. COOKE.
The insolvent had been a Manchester warehouse-
man, aad assistant to a linen-draper, and had resided
at Glasgow, in Portland-road, on Ludgate-hill, in
Holborn, in Clerkenwell, in Bread-street, in the
Debtors' Prison, Whitecross-street, &c. In Decem-
ber, 1830, he had married a widow Shrives, of Wil-
son-street, Finsbury. A deed of settlement had
been executed before the marriage, by which the
furniture, &c.,
of the widow was secured in her
possession. In the course of the examination it
came out that the insolvent had drawn various bills
of accommodation, and accepted various others to
the amount of 400/., for which he had only rec•-ived
about 30/. Mr. Wilcox had given value for one
of these bills to a Mr. Peacock, who had represented
Muir, the acceptor, as an opulent man. He had
lost sight of Muir for four years, but at last found
him in Whitecross-street Prison. The broker of
the Court had been to the houses of No. 2 and 3,

(From Chambers' Historical Newspaper.)
In his will, Sir Walter first directs his executors (his
Avo sons and Mr. Lockhart) to sell his moveable properte
at Abbotsford (given back by his creditors in 1830 as a
present) to his eldest son at 5,0001., of which sum, 2,0001.
to he given to Mr. Charles Scott, as much to Miss
Anne Scott, and the remaining thousand to Mrs.
Lockhart, in order to maks up her portion (with a like
sum given at her marriage) to the same amount as the rest
of the junior branches of his family. He then directs, that
the future profit of the work entitled " Tales of a Grand-
father," and certain articles inserted in the An:inals,
all of which were lately written for his own imme-
diate comfort and subsistence, be applied to discharge his
debts incurred since the execution of the trust, the sur-
plus, if any, to go to the trust. He next enumerates the
means which he principally depends on for the payment of
all his other debts. First, the new edition of his novels,
or rather his share in the profits of that edition ; then the
similar edition, which was contemplated, of his poems.
In the event of these being sufficient to discharge the debts
under the trust, the further profits to go towards the
redemption of an heritable bond of 10,0001., contracted
upon the estate of Abbotsford for the support of Archibald
Constable and Company; the still further profits, if
any, to be divided among his family. " And if it be
thought necessary (the document thus proceeds) that any
biographical sketch of the author himself be drawn up, to
be attached to the said collection, I do request and entreat
my affectionate son-in-law, the said John Gibson Lockhart,
who has, during all his connection with me, shown me
the duty and kindness of a son, to draw up such a sketch,
using in that matter such letters, correspondence, and
diaries, as shall he found in my repositories : and I also
request the said John Gibson Lockhart to carry on and
conclude the publication of nay poetical works as
above mentioned, if I shall leave them incomplete, for
behoof of the said trust ; and also for the same pur-
pose, to correct and cut down the Life of Bonaparte to a less
size, which may be done with a prospect of considerable
advantage, or to suggest some competent person to do so ;
and, in general, I name the said John Gibson Lockhart
my literary executor, assigning my son, the said Charles
Scott, as his assistant, to spare his time as much as pos-
sible ;"—a recompense, he adds, being rendered to them,
either by the trust, or by the assignees under this deed.
From the success which has hitherto attended the new
edition of his novels, there is not the least reason to doubt
that twenty further volumes, to which, at the very least,
his whole works must extend, together with the biogra-
phical sketch alluded to, the interest of which must be very
great, will far more than clear off the remaining incum.
brances, leaving his estate clear in the possession of his re-
presentative, with the prospect of considerable wealth to
the junior branches of the family. So certain does this
prospect appear, that his executors have already been ena-
bled, by wealthy individual connected with the publica-
tion, to make offer to the trust-creditors of money to the
amount of all their remaining claims, without interest;
which it is expected will be taken without hesitation, and
a discharge granted. It is further hoped that an exten-
sion of the copyright will be obtained from Parliament ;
in which event, as cheaper editions will hereafter be pub-
lished, with probably equal success, the children of this
illustrious person must ultimately obtain not only comfort
and independence, but also a considerable degree of opu.
hence.

FORMATION OF THE NEW FRENCH
MINISTRY.

When M. Casimir Perier died, the system of
peace and constitutional monarchy appeared to
be ills danger. The Ministry were no longer
strong enough for the direction of affairs, in par-
ticular to sustain the discussions in the Cham-
bers. All reflecting men were of opinion that
the best combination would be that which should
unite together 'Messrs. Dupin, Thiers, Guizot,
and Humann, the four most considerable persons
of the majority, and who would have formed
what you call in England a Ministry of " all the
talents." But this combination could not be
effected : the Ministers then in office would not
retire in sufficient numbers; and moreover, it
could not be expected that NI. Dupin would
consent to join a Ministry of which he could not
be the sole actor. The Ministers accordingly
made proposals to M. Dupin alone, and the
post of Keeper of the Seals was offered him.
M. Dupin declared that he would be President
of the Council, and even have besides the Mi-
nistry of the Interior or that of Foreign Affairs.
Now M. Dupin, a celebrated lawyer, is a pro-
per person enough to be Keeper of the Seals.
As an eloquent speaker, full of animation, of
restless energy, dealing in personalities with a
fearful power, he might very well be the leader
in the Chamber of Deputies; but he could by
no means be considered a real statesman,—a
person capable of directing a Government,—in
short, a Prime Minister. Seeing him twice,
would be sufficient to convince any man of the
inconceivable mobility of his ideas respecting
men and things. On the other hand, Marshal
Soult declared that he would not consent to
submit to the presidency of M. Dupin, and the
Marshal possesses, in an eminent degree, the
confidence of the army, and especially of the
Generals. All obey him without a murmur;
and in France, at the present time, a very consi-
derable degree of power is attained by one who
can make himself obeyed ; real difficulty and true
courage consist in creating power.
The pretensions of M. Dupin were, therefore,
rejected. All this occurred at the end of May.
At the close of June the same negotiations were
renewed. On this occasion M. Dupin appeared
more accommodating. At one moment he con-
sented to be only Keeper of the Seals, but those
of his friends who were eager to see him Prime
Minister, so as to display his power, persuaded
him to retract, and his refusal, after a consent
expressed by the King himself, led to a sort of
scene at St. Cloud, and made, as you well know,
much noise at the time. There was a grand
political dinner at St. Cloud, and the King,
irritated at so many contradictions, forbad M.
Dupin his presence with an unusual degree of
severity. The time, however, policy, and the
great services of M. Dupin, prevented a com-
plete rupture, and the Ministry continued its
efforts to draw him into its ranks. During this
time, men who have not the courage to struggle
long against faction—those who wished to
interpose between the republican party and the
system of the 13th of March—atransaction which
could succeed only at the expense of the monarchy
—in short, the editors of the Constitutionnel and
the Temps, who pledged themselves to M.
Dupin to render him as popular as he was under
the Restoration, combined their endeavours to
throw him into the Opposition, or at least to gain
him to an ambiguous and mixed system, which

would throw France insensibly into a. position
altogether different from that which *he his re-
tained since the revolution of 1830.. Betv;ien"
t hese two opposite species of solicitations M.
Dupin long hesitated. He quitted Paris, and'
thus left the Ministry undecided abont the -
future. This uncertainty, and the absence of
the chief in the Council, soon led to divisions.
MM. Louis, Barthe, and De Rigny, declared
for the accession of M. Dupin, at almost
any price. MM. de Montalivet and d'Argout
opp( trd it. This schism paralyzed the action
of Government, and it was at that period that
the Ministerial system incurred the greatest dan-
gers. Towards the end of September, however,
M. Dupin returned to Paris ; new proposals
were made to him; he then consented to be Mir
'lister of Justice, but the next day he demanded
the removal of MM. Sebastiani and de Morita.
livet. He was supported by the four Ministers,
but this demand was refused by the King, and
M. Dupin quitted Paris once more.
The Ministry, totally decomposed, felt that
its existence could not be prolonged. They
thought then of MM. Thiers and Guizot, who
d,iclared they were ready to take office with
M. Dupin, or to support, without being Minis-
ters, as they had done, any system of Govern-
ment which should be a continuation of that of
the 13th of March. Two deputies were then
despatched, friends of M. Dupin, two important
persons in the majority, MM. Persil and Gan.
neron, to negotiate on this basis with M. Dupin,
who was then in the country, in the department
of the Nievre. The negotiation failed. M.
Dupin stipulated for a President of the Courteiii
and persisted in requiring the retirement of Mil 4..
Sebastiani and de Montalivet. In this junc-
ture, recourse was had to M. Thiers: he was
offered to be added alone to the disjointed Mi-
nistry, which should receive no other modifica-
ti.n. But M. Thiers had too much good sense
and judgment to accept so feeble and inefficient
a coalition : he proposed M. Guizot : this coali-
tion did not succeed ; all was hesitation. Time,
however, pressed; the country had been a fort-
night, and even three weeks, without, in fact,
any kind of Administration; such a state of things
could not last without very serious inconvenience.
It was then agreed that overtures should be
made to the Duke de Broglie, whose name was
then pronounced for the first time, and to M. Hu-
mann. This arrangement led to the retirement of
General Sebastiani,who indeed had for some dm@
past felt that the illstate of his health would keep him
from the tribune of the Chambers. It was
further decided that there should be a President
of the Council, and that the President should be
Marshal Soult. Nothing remained but to make
arrangements with the Duke de Broglie and M.
Humann, both of whom were absent from Paris.
M. Cousin, the celebrated Professor of Philoso-
phy, and M. de Remusat, the deputy, particular
friends of M. Casimir Perier, were charged with
letters to them from the King, to lay before them
the situation of affairs, and to bring them to
Paris. M. Cousin met with M. Humann at
Baden. The Duke de Broglie, who was at his
estate in Normandy, arrived the first. He con-
sented to form part of the new Ministry, but he
expressed a wish for a large addition, which might
impart to the Cabinet more homogeneousness,
concentration, and authority: he demanded the
admission of his political and personal friend M.
Guizot, besides MM. Thiers and Humann. The
latter likewise signified his acceptance, which
was subordinate to that of the Duke de Broglie.
At this the King fancied he perceived some dif-
ficulties, and he thought it would be better, be-
fore adopting this proposal, to make a last at-
tempt upon M. Dupin,--an attempt of which no
one could desire the success more than MM. de
Broglie, Guizot, Thiers, and Humann, and
which had great chance of success, since the
Ministry had now a President, and MM. Mon-
talivet and Sebastiani had resigned ; since, in
short, the King was ready to assent to all that
M. Dupin had required in his interview, with
him, and in his conference with MM. Persil and
Ganneron.

Marshal Soult was accordingly charged to
communicate these new circumstances to M.
Dupin, advertising him that the King had con-
fided to him the task of composing a new Ca-
binet, and of renewing to him, at the same time,
the offer, which had been already several times
made to him, of the Portfolio of the Minister of
Justice. An aide-de-camp of the Marshal con-
veyed this message to M. Dupin, and returned
to Paris immediately with his reply, which was
in the negative. M. Dupin explained the
grounds of his refusal. He conceived that his
position rendered him more useful out of the
Ministry than in it, to which, in other respects,
he would not refuse his adhesion ; on the con-
trary, he declared that he persisted in his at-
tachment to the system which had been pursued
for the last two years. The refusal of M.
Dupin had not, as you perceive, any character
of hostility about it, nor even of ill-will. The
King hesitated no longer ; he had fulfilled
strictly his duty as a constitutional monarch,—
he had applied to all the influential persons of
the majority of the Chambers—he had made a
sacrifice of whatever appeared to displease them
—all the concessions which were asked he had
granted, without even taking umbrage at want of
etiquette ; he recurred, therefore, to M. Broglie,
and accepted the combination, by which the
Noble Duke came in with MM. Guizot, Thiers,
and liumann. This was definitively arranged
in the night of the 10th of October, and the
Aloniteur of the 11th announced the new com•'
position of the Cabinet. N.

WORSTED.—BLOMFIELD, tne nistortan of
Norfolk, thinks that a colony of Flemings settled, as early
as the reign of thorny 11., at Worsted, a village in that
county, and immortalised its name by their manufacture.
It soon reached Norwich, though not conspicuous till the
reign of EDWARD I.—Mirror.

There is nothing so very wonderful in the
rite Queen's Counsel having risen to the highest honours
of their profession. The same occurred in the celebrated
case of HARKEN HASTINGS. The results only prove that
in both instances the parties had the good fortune to select
the ablest advocates.
A few evenings ago the inhabitants of Cahors,
in the Lot, were suddenly alarmed by cries of ,4 Murder ;"
and it was discovered that Mademoiselle En!ssac, daugh.
ter of a respectable family, had been assassinated by her
lover, who had induced her to walk with him a short
distance on the banks of the river. At the moment he
was committing the crime a woman, attracted by the cries
of the victim, came towards the spot, but the murderer
cried, " Stop ! advance not a step further : she dies a
virgin !" Soon afterwards some officers of the customs,
called by the woman, came and found the villain still
holding the body in his arms, upon which he exclaimed,
I also am dying : the knife which has entered the bo-
som of PAULINE has been plunged into my own. We
had mutually agreed to destroy ourselves. You who sur-
round me go to my father, and tell him to fulfil the en-
gagements into which I have entered. Know that I pro-
fess the doctrines of the St. Sirnonians, and that I die a
republican." The wretch was seized and conveyed to an
hospital, where in four days, his wounds, which were
slight, were completely healed. No motive for his con-
duct is apparent. Many letters written by him have been
found, threatening death; but there is every reason to be-
lieve that the young lady did not give her c )n:ent to
desperate act.—French Paper.