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London, England, 1842-11-19 00:00:00

is not one who does not think himself competent.
Every man, therefore, who has rendered a service, no
matter how slight, to the party in which Lord Lynd-
hurst holds so high a station, may be disposed to think
himself slighted, and to resent the slight. So true is
the proposition of the French statesman, that in con-
ferring a favour you run the risk of making one man
ungrateful, incur the certainty of rendering one hun-
dred disconted. If, therefore, the appointments ar un-
popular with the bar, as they are said to be—we know
not upon what grounds—the unpopularity may be ac-
counted for upon considerations wholly irrespective of
their merits. Whig-Radical barristers collectively
condemn them, because they have been made by
a Conservative Chancellor; Conservative barristers
individually dislike them, because each thinks that
his claims have been overlooked. This is not a plea-
sant view of our party; but no party ever existed
without some mixture of selfishness, though we be-
lieve the Conservative party to be the party most
free from the taint that ever existed. However, some
selfishness there is in the tarty, and experience
tells that lawyers are not the men least likely to
purse it. Let the public, under favour a much
more competent cribunal upon such a subject
than the bar, look to what Lord Lyndhurst
has done. lie has selected ten Gentleman,
all eminent, we re-assert it, in one or other
department of the profession of the law, men who
have been all of them a considerable time subject to
the criticism—the most jealous of all criticism—the
criticism of eager competitors, and upon whose inte-
grity and honour no whisper of imputation has been
directed, whose good common sense is not in any in-
stance impeached, and vs hose professional learning
and skill are questioned only upon false representation
of professional failure—itself a very equivocal proof
of such deficiency as is imputed, even were it as truly
as it is falsely alleged.

KING OF PRUSSIA'S SPEECH.
BERLIN, Nov. 13.—The following is the Speech
of the King of Prussia, on closing the session of the
provincial States. After the Assembly had been for-
mally dissolved by the Minister, the Deputies were
conducted to the King's apartments, where his Ma-
jesty received them, and spoke to them to the follow-
ing effect :
"He had not, he said, - thought proper to address
them in person on their first assembling together, , for
if he had done' so,he could only have.tendered tem
good advice, or have spoken to them of the confidence
he reposed in them. Neither of these courses had ap.
peared suitable to him. The word confidence' had
been so much abused in modern times, that he shOUld
have felt less inclined than ever to speak of it, at a
time when the presence of the Committees was in
itself the best proof that could be given them of the
confidence reposed in them by their King.
"To have tendered them good advice would, he
thought, have been wholly unbecoming; but now,
when they had brought their labours to a close, it be-
came-his duty to address them in terms of thankful
acknowledgment. At a moment when he saw him
self surrounded by deputies from all the provinces,
his heart felt a longing to speak openly to them. With
the utmost attention and interest, nay, he might say,
with the utmost fondness, he had, since 1823, observed
the progress and development of the provincial States,
anti he had called together Committees of those States.
Firstly, to form a central point, which was not
possible according to the Constitution as previously
existing ; and,

" Secondly, to consult, noiselessly, but efficaciously
as to what was best for the country and the nations
character.

" He was of opinion that every representative as-
zernbly—whether a Communal or a Provincial Diet,
a Committee or an assembly of Commiiteez—com-
bined in itself a double character, and he felt it of im-
portance that he should explain his opinion on this
subject to the members present. The States were the
representatives of their own legitimately-acquired
rights, and of the rights of those who had elected
them ; and, secondly, they were the independent ad-
visers of the Crown, of an independence nowhere else
to be found, their own independence strengthened by
the mandate of those whom they represented.
" Of this truth every representative ought to be
fully aware, and not less of the truth that he was not
to be a representative of the mere wind of opinion,
or of the ephemeral doctrines of the day. It had af-
forded him much satisfaction to recognise this con-
viction in the proceedings of the States from their
first institution ; particularly in the Diets last assem-
bled, whose proceedings had gratified him much. He
charged them, when they returned to their several
provinces, and resumed their places in the assemblies
that had deputed them, to convey his acknowledg-
ments to those assemblies.

" He had felt desirous of addressing these remarks
to them, and at the same time to assure them of his
cordial thanks, fur the spirit in which they had con-
ducted their deliberations, and for the complete man-
ner in which they had justified the confidence he had
reposed in them."

After this address his Majesty entered into familar
conversation with several of the members, who all ap-
peared to be in the highest spirits when they left the
palace.

BRISTOL SUGAR-MARKET, Nov. lB.—The samples
in the offices consisting almost exclusively of low
sugars, for which there is no demand, the transac-
tions have been on the most limited scale. The whole
trade seems to be partaking in the dulness of the season
and in the general depression of business. The fruit
market continues to decline, and offers have been ac-
cepted under our last low quotations.—Bristol
Mercury.
EXECUTION IN FRANCE.—Francois Gateau, con-
demned to death in August last, for attempting to
Murder his wife, under most aggravated circumstances,
was executed at Poitiers on the 3d inst. The Droit
gives the following account of the execution :—" As
the public authorities thought it advisable, in order to
strike the mind of the people, to have this execution
made as.publie as possible, the day and hour had been
stated beforehand. Hence an immense crowd had as-
sembled, and the rush round the scaffold was so great,
that it was necessary to place a double line of foot-
soldiers and cavalry to prevent confusion. Gateau
expressed a wish to walk - to the place of execution.
This he did firmly enough; but on seeing the instru-
ment of death, he turned pale, and appeared ready to
faint. Supported by his confessor, the Abbe Pascal,
he, however, went up the steps steadily, and, having
knelt down, received his benediction. In half a mi-
nute after he ceased to exist. From some misma-
nagement, the body was not sufficiently secured to
the plank, and the knife, in severing the head, caused
the body to roll over on the scaffold. The execu-
tioner's men hastened to place it in the wicker basket
destined to receive it, but, in their haste to quit the
spot, they forgot the head. In vain (lid the 'Commis-
sary of Police send to seek them, they were not to be
found, and the head remained. where it fell, no person
consenting to touch it. At last, the Magistrate, using
his authority, ordered the carman, who was waiting
for the body, to throw the head into the basket. This
the man refused to do, and it was not until after seve-
ral minutes' resistance that he made up his mind to
obey. The head being at last taken away .with the
body, the crowd dispersed."
there is a' riuMber of beautiful- oak trees, ENGLISII OAK—W ORICSOP.—It is well knowi
nn that
greatest perfection, growing in the neighbourhood of
Worksop, but more partieularly near. to Welbeek, the
seat of his Grace, the Duke of Portland, Some ofwhich
trees are or great antiquity, and of an immense size;
and others, again; may be seen, exhibiting every ece,e in
a state of luxuriant groWth. The number of oak trees
which have been cut down during the last few years
have been eagerly sought after, and purchased, at very
high prices, by the ship builders of both llull and
Liverpool, quantities' of which have been transported
to both- of these important towns. It appears, now,
that`i the Government officers have turned their at-
tention to the valuable oak timber grown in this
neighbourhood, as there • are, at the present time,
a number of workmen employed, under an officer
from London, in cutting up a large quantity
of trees, which have been purchased for the
use of her Majesty's navy. We understand that
these oaks are of such an excellent quality that, during
the last week, upwards of sixty bushels of acorns,
collected from the finest trees growing on the Sher-
wood Forest snd Clumber estates, have been forwarded
to the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods and
Forests, to be sown in her Majesty's plantations in
Hampshire. The country is much indebted to the
Right Hon. the Earl of Lincoln, for his good judg-
ment and persevering industry in obtaining the
choicest and finest description of acorn to improve
the growth of the oak in her Majesty's Woods and
Forests.—Doneaster Gazette.
CONVENT IN LIVERPOOL.—In Mount Vernon-
street, at the top of Pembroke-place, a building has
just been erected, which must prove of considerable
interest to those who • have never seen a place of the
same description. It is intended for a Convent, is
built in the Gothic style, and has a very neat appear-
ance. The premises are nearly finished, and will be
ready, we believe, about the beginning of the year.
The Sisters of Mercy, who are about to commence
their labours in this town. in visiting the sick and
ministering to the wants of the lowest and most de-
graded of the human race, are coming, Vve believe,
from Dublin and Birmingham.—Liverpool Mercury.
Loftus Tottenham Wigratn, Esq., 'Q. C., aPpointed
Cour...;el to the East India Company, is the son of
the late Sir Robert Wigram, Bart , Member for Wex-
ford at the Union, and brother to the Right Hon.
Vice. Chancellor Wigram, and Sir Robert Fitz Wy-
°Tam, Bart., late M.P. .
IRELAND. DUBLE`.7, ....\:rov. 17. The Derry
Standard mentions a rumour that Captain Jones is
about to retire from the representation of Derry, to
make way for Mr. Smith, the Attorney-General.
...Mr. and Mrs. Butler (formerly Miss Fanny Kern-
ble),embark for the United States at the end of the
Month for the estate in Philadelphia.