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, 1844.

• DEATH or DUNCAN GREGORY, Esq. We are
sorry to have to announce. the death of Duncan Gregory, Sci.
M.A., of Trinity' College, Cambridge. He was the youngest
son of the late Dr. James Gregory (who so long kept' up. te
'fame of our University as a medical school), and inherited
the natheznatical talent of his ancestor, the inventor, of`the
Gregorian telescope. He fell a victim to the algiin!cf* eon-
ditions which Cambridge prescribes
.for the` attginment
treoitniige.k.4.epktr.o4%‘lllliiterindi
of University honours, his nervous' 's.ol3toll Navin lie` n
impaired by severe study, inducing bodily
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which proved fatal, and deprived sciencd • kf,"., a :
ornament. His amiable charwter will , it', the
hearts 'of his friends and acytiaintances. . happily, -science
favourite in the familyr—deleinis:b
has still a
chemist, not to be excelled.—Scotsman,
tGorbegeoornye ofof thiengfir'sstCcollileemgeis,ts in Europe, and,
We hear from Boulogne that. thd. Pythness,
Madame T. Morel, the friend and pupil of the 1,104411 e.
Eenormand, is astonishing all;by.the,:trt4hupfobopagerles;
and that, in spite of her high charges, crowds flock to hb.
Previous to her return to Paris, she intends to pay a visit of
a few weeks to London.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, March 1.
The Earl Of SHAFTESBITIty, in the absence of the
Lord Chancellor, took his seat upon the Woolsack
shortly before Five o'Clock.
MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS.
Messengers from the Commons brought up certain
Bills.

LANDLORD AND TENANT COMMISSION.
Lord MONTEAGLE, seeing his Noble Friend in his
place, wished to put a question to him on a subject in
which the public at large, and more especially the Irish
public, felt a deep interest. In putting this question, he
begged to state that he entertaited no distrust of his
Noble Friend, He believed that his Noble Friend was
most diligent in the discharge nfahe public duty with
Which he had been entrusted ; but the public were
looking with the utmost anxiety, towards the Landlord
and Tenant Commission in Ireland, and he wished to
ask his Noble Friend if he could inform the House wlien
it would be likely that the public would be put in pps-
session of the results of their labours.

The Earl of DEVON had no difficulty in tin-
swering the question ; and he was glad that an oppr-
tunity had been afforded him of stating why it was
that he was present then at that moment, instead
of being in Ireland. It so happened that he had
made arrangements to go to Dublin for the purpose jof
collecting further evidence, and had intended being in
Ireland at the present time ; but a few days since lie
had received a subpcena from the Court of Queen's Bench,
commanding him to attend as a witness in a criminal case,
at the next Devonshire assizes. He had endeavoured
to get the evidence which he should have to give, made
matter of admission, but the defendant appeared to
consider it essential to the case that he (the Earl lof
Devon) should be examined, and ho was afraid that
he should be detained in England until the trial was
over. His absence, however, would not interrupt the
labours of the Commission. His colleagues wdre
empowered to proceed with the inquiry during
his absence, and they had consented to do so;
therefore, no delay would take place in con-
sequence of his detention in England. He was
not sorry that he had the opportunity of stating
that he was not idly or unnecessarily neglecting his
public duty. It was generally supposed, although the
supposition was incorrect, that the only busi-
ness of the Commission was to collect evidence.
That was a most important part of the duty,
no doubt ; but any person who took upon them-
selves the responsibility of offering suggestions as to
any proposed change in the existing law, should make
themselves acquainted with that law; and therefore a not
unimportant part of the duties of the Commission was
to digest the information on the subject of the rela-
tions between landlord and tenant, which was already
accessible to the public. He could assure their Lord-
ships that the taking of evidence was not the only
labour that devolved on the Commission ; and lie
also begged to assure them that the labours of the Com-
mission would be prosecuted with as little delay as pos-
sible.