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glee, with an expression which said, " I wonder you have
not more feeling."

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" Are they looking ?" said Joe. " They are." " Then
the effect is produced," he cried triumphantly, overjoyed at
his success. " I knew it would ; they will never forget it—
how should they ?" and he burst into a laugh as hearty as
that which be had caused. "Itis a pity, however," he re-
sumed, " to have made one of those young creatures so sym-
pathetically unhappy, for upon my honour she is very pretty;
and were it not that I expect a little more practice in my
peculiar line to-day, I should certainly have endeavoured to
find out who she is. Ha, ha! lam quite serious, I assure
you."

PROVINCIAL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL ASSO-
CIATION.-NEWTON DISTRICT BRANCH.

The fourth annual meeting of the sectional branch of this
association, of which there are now seven in England alone,
was held at the Legh Arms, Newton, on Thursday, the 18th
ult., the members of which consist of medical gentlemen of
Lancashire and Cheshire; and although the members did
not exceed 40, they are now increased to 97.
In the absence of the president, (Mr. Ainsworth, of Man-
chester,) Dr. JEFFREYS, of Liverpool, the president of the
parent association, was called to the chair, who said, that had
he been at all aware of his services being called for, he would
have been better prepared to act in the position in which he
had been so hastily placed upon this occasion, which indeed
he was bound to do whenever his official duties were de-
manded, either from necessity or choice. Knowing there
was so little time for business, and so much important mat-
ter to come before them, he would not occupy their atten-
tion, but proceed to the business of the day immediately ; he
would, therefore, call upon one of the secretaries of this
branch to read the report of the past year.
Mr. HARDY, of Warrington, then proceeded to the fol-
lowing effect :—Amongst a variety of other subjects, the
council took the opportunity of expressing their hearty con-
currence with the efforts which had been made, during the
past year, to induce the legislation to adopt some legal
enactment for the correction of the abuses and defects which
at the present moment are so lamentably injurious to the
best interest of the profession, as well as prejudicial to the
welfare and safety of the public at large. The evils resulting
from them are manifold, and have for a long time claimed
the serious attention of every class of practitioners ; for whe-
ther we regard the number of sources from whence diplomas
and licenses to practice are issued, the great diversity which
exists in preparatory education required from those who ob-
tain them, or the absence of every thing like legal protec-
tion against the fraudulent and destructive practices of igno-
rant and unprincipled pretenders, the present state of the
medical profession in this country is most unsatisfactory. It
is some consolation, therefore, to observe the vigorous
exertions now making, by the vario,lt rqtdificitdiffembzu
for our common grievances. The unanimity which prevails
is most gratifying, and the earnestness with which its consi-
deration has been urged upon the legislature, must eventu-
ally secure an interference to put an end to a state of things
alike disgraceful to the profession, and the country in which
we live, as well as positively injurious to the community at
large. The council felt called upon to notice the bills now
before parliament, on the subject of vaccination, which may,
in some measure, be regarded as the first fruits of the endea-
vours of the Provincial association, to determine the true
value of this grand agent for the prevention and anni-
hilation of small pox. The object of both bills the same,
viz., to extend the practice of vaccination. Both provide
that this shall be done by legally-qualified practitioners
only ; but there is this difference—that of Mr. Wakley's•
determines the amount of remuneration to be received for
the vaccination of every pauper, the other leaves the point
open to the same auction-like bargaining which characterises
the mode in which medical relief is at present provided for
the poor in this country, and is therefore highly objection-
able. There is also a difference which is not less important.
Whilst Lord Ellenborough's bill indirectly sanctions the
practice of inoculation, the other positively forbids it altoge-
ther, and consigns to the prison every practitioner who may
be guilty of it. Having pointed out the main feature of both
bills, it may be desirable (the council go on to observe) to
consider how far it is incumbent upon this association to
adopt any proceedings in reference to them. They were of
opinion that all the objections contemplated would be best
accomplished by one bill, and both those now before parlia-
ment, are in their present shape equally objectionable. Any
measure which sanctions the practice of inoculation, either
directly or indirectly, they conceive to be dangerous to the
public health, and every law which consigns a medical man
to prison, for an act which circumstances may require him
to perform, is rather arbitrary and despotic for the times in
which we live.

On the motion of Mr. TWELMLOW, seconded by Mr.
MANLEY, the report was unanimously adopted, and ordered
to be printed, for the use of the members.
SAMUEL M'CuLLocH, Esq., of Liverpool, was then
elected president, and Dr. Green of Newton, and William
Goodlad, of Manchester, vice-presidents for the present
year : and Dr. Llewellyn Jones, of Chester, president, and
Dr. Baird, of Liverpool, and Robert Thorpe, Esq., of Man-
chester, vice-presidents for the ensuing year.
The thanks of the meeting were then voted separately with
suitable resolutions, moved and seconded in rotation to the
officers of the past year, and that Mr. Sharp and Mr. Hardy
of Warrington, be requested to continue their servics as ge-
neral secretaries.

Dr. DAVIES moved and Mr. PENNINGTON seconded
vote of thanks to the council, for their services during the
past year, with a request to them to continue their services,
with power to add to their number.
Dr. JEFFREYS then stated, that the usual routine business
of the association being ended, it then behoved them to com-
mence their operations for the present year ; and as the
election of president fell upon a surgeon of Liverpool, Mr.
Forshaw, and Mr. Bickersteth had been applied to for this
purpose, the state of health of the former would not allow
him to accept the offer, and the pressing engagements of the
latter forced him to decline it, he (Dr. Jeffreys) had therefore
great pleasure and satisfaction in transferring his office, as
substitute, to one so well qualified as Mr. M'Culloch, who,
he was sure, from his standing and attainments, would fill
it in a manner worthy of the important and responsible duties
of it.

M r. M.' Cu Liocu then took the chair, and having made some
observations complimentary to his senior brethren who may
have filled it, and his own comparative incompetency, he felt
sensibly the honour conferred upon him, and would use every
means in his power to afford satisfaction. He would not
trespass further upon them, but at once call upon Dr. Ken-
drick for his promised paper relative to smallpox and vac-
cination.

Dr. KENDRICK commenced by saying, that as he unfor-
tunately differed from many of his brethren upon the subject
which he was about to speak, that must be his apology for
obtruding himself on the present occasion. He should take
the ansvetrs which he returned to the medicine section of the
Provincial Association, and comment upon them as he pro-
ceeded. Ile had drawn up a set of queries of his own, which
time would not allow him to go into ; but he would print and
circulate them amongst the members of the association. Mr.
Ceeley's experiments had confirmed the identity of small-pox
and cow-pock. Cases of small-pox after vaccination were
evinced in'those of the Fulwood's Rents ; and Lord Robert
Grosvenor proved that confluent small-pox may follow vac-
cination—but the great majority were safe. It was fallacious
to suppose that vaccination was necessary every seven years,
and illustrated it by facts which were the result of his own
experience, seriatim, so that he came to the conclusion that
not more than one in fifty were instances of insecurity. Mr.
Crosse, of Norwich, was of this opinion. The modified form
differs from the natural, or inoculated small-pox : delirium is
a leading symptom, but convulsions never were observed ;
when erethema comes on with the pustular fever, no delirium
occurs—there is no secondary fever—no disfiguration after-
wards. He never saw it fatal, except in two cases, who died
of purpura haemorrhagica ; the vaccine lymph had not lost
any of its protecting powers. Variola had occurred twice—
as well in variolre as of vaccine. Inoculation was no test of
security from the modified disease. Patients late in life have
died of small-pox who resisted it early. The causes of
failure were generally said to be four :—first, imperfect vac-
cination was always followed by small-pox ; the second had
been touched upon ; and the fourth, be found if the lymph
had passed into the system it was sufficient. Nothing short
of exterminating small-pox would remedy the evil. Dr.
Kendrick then entered into some very judicious points rela-
tive to the vaccine bill now passing the House of Commons ;
but as these are now under consideration, we hope that Dr.
K.'s views, if not wholly, may in part be remedied ; and it is
perhaps a wise measure that, if we cannot gain all we want,
it is advantageous to obtain a part—the wedge being intro-
duced, it may be driven.
Dr. JEFFREYS then moved a vote of thanks to Dr.
Kendrick, for the very able, useful, and practical remarks
which had just been delivered by him ; which lie was the
more delighted to do, because it afforded a strong proof of
the fruitful effects of the branch meetings—and urged most
strongly that Dr. Kendrick would allow his remarks to go
forth into the world ; indeed he must say it that was a duty
which he thought ought not to be omitted.
Dr. HoLME seconded the resolution, and concurred in the
value, of what they had so agreeably listened to.
Dr. MARSHALL, of Manchester, then gave the detail of a
most interesting case of an affection of the bladder, and the
operation which he performed to relieve the patient with
success; and also a correspondence with Dr. Molar() of
Edinburgh, upon a similar case.
Mr. RonsoN, in a speech of some length, and the relation,
of well-known truths, moved a resolution, to appoint a com-
mittee to report on the state of the profession in this district.
Dr. JEFFREYS seconded it ; and it was referred, after being
carried, to the council for arrangement.
Dr. JEFFREYS being called for information relative to the
Styptic Matico, noticed at the last branch meeting, said he
had received a communication from Dr. Kendrick of its
efficacy, and was disappointed that, by accident, the order
given for it had not been executed, but a supply was expected
from South America by every vessel which was coming from
Valparaiso.
The thanks of the meeting were then given to the Chair-
man, which was carried by acclamation.
Shortly afterwards about 40 of the members sat down to an
elegant dinner, served up with great profusion, by the new
landlady of the Legh Arms. Mr. M'Culloch presided, and
Mr. Goodfad occupied the vice-chair ; on removal of the
cloth, various loyal and constitutional toasts were given,
and drank with enthusiasm ; and the day being the anniver-
sary of the battle of Waterloo, the health of the Duke of
Wellington was given, as the hero of a hundred fights, not
as a statesman, which was feelingly introduced by the chair-
man, who had served under him. The healths of the various
officers were given, and responded to with great animation,
and nothing was omitted to promote harmony and good feel-
ing, which appeared so cordially to exist amongst all present.

We are always happy to record the kindness and
generosity of the conductors of many of our public establish-
ments, and in our good old town, these dispositions are con-
stantly being manifested. Mr. Smith, of the Eastbam Ferry,
gave an exciting treat on Tuesday to the boys and girls belong-
ing to St. Ann's West Derby Church Schools, by giving them
a free passage to and from Easthani. The children, (several
of whom had never seen a river before,) were highly delighted,
and after spending a never to be forgotten day in the pleasant
woods surrounding the ferry, returned to the parsonage, and
ended the festival with tea and bun.

ATTEMPT AT SELF-CRUCIFIXION IN CORK.—Friday the
medical officers at the Dispensary in Hanover-street were
presented with one of the most extraordinary cases that had
ever conic before them. Upon a car, brought to the door of
the institution, was laid a stout hale man about 30 years of
age ; he was tied down, and it was with difficulty the persons
in charge could restrain him. Upon being brought into the
consulting-room it was found that his feet and hands had
been perforated, apparently with large nails. It appeared
from the statement of those by whom he was brought to the
dispensary that his name is Bartholomew Donovan ; that he
is a labouring man, has resided several years at Carrignavar,
had frequently betrayed symptoms of insanity, and was yes-
terday morning found in an outhouse contiguous to his own
dwelling bleeding profusely at the feet and hands, having in
each a large nail, with a view, he stated, of " crucifying"
himself! He was taken home, and this day, his wounds
being first dressed, the unhappy creature was sent to the Lu-
natic Asylum.
FEMALE LABOUR IN ARABIA.—I saw several females
here literally performing the duties of bullocks ; that is, in
plain English, they were yoked to the plough : one was a
comely lass, and she answered my inquiries, laughingly, that
they hired themselves for the purpose, the remuneration be-
ing a small quantity of grain. The men, at the same time,
were standing looking on with spinnets in their hands. An
odd transfer of duties this ! The reader may recollect, that
Sir Thomas Munro relates, as a reason why an Indian should
be exempted from paying his taxes, that he pleaded the late
loss of his wife, who did as much work as two bullocks.—
Weltsted's City of the Caliphs.

PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS AT DAMASCUS.

TO SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE. ENT., F.A.S., PRESIDENT OF
THE LONDON COMMITTEE OF DEPUTIES OF THE BRITISH
JEWS.
My most worthy Friend,—Before you proceed on your im-
portant and pious mission, I wish to address a few remarks
to you, which the duties of my office dictate and existing cir-
cumstances render'necessary.
As you well know, the Jews are perfectly innocent of the
foul and murderous crime with which they are charged. You
will readily stake your honour here and your salvation here-
after, on the truth of the declaration that no religious rite re-
quiring human blood does or ever did exist among Israelites.
But from what has been lately published, I apprehend you
will be told by our calumniators that such a rite may exist,
and you not know it, because, as our accusers assert, " this
mystery of blood is not known by all Jews, but only by the
Rabbins ;" that therefore your asseveration might be perfectly
true as far as your own personal knowledge goes, and yet be
false as to the crime of which our nation is accused.
To meet this objection I come forward. lam a Rabbi ;
Providence has permitted me to be the spiritual guide of the
great Jewish communities of Britain for nearly forty years,
previous to which time I filled a similar office in Germany.
My honoured father (of blessed memory) for many years pre-
•
sided over the Jewish congregation in London, Berlin, and
other towns of note in Europe, so did his father before him,
arid for more than ten generations my ancestors have with
great renown held the highest clerical duties amongst us.
Their instructions have been transmitted from father to son,
until it reached me, so that if any man, from the office he
holds, the instruction he has received, and the ancestry from
which he descends, ought to be thoroughly acquainted with
all our laws, precepts, customs, rites, and observances, I
may, without the slightest tincture of vanity, and in accord-
ance with strict truth, declare I am that man.
Moreover, I am far advanced in life on this earth. I in-
• dividually have nothing to hope for, but must expect it can
not be very long ere I shall appear before the supreme Judge
of the universe, the Holy One of Israel, who on Mount Sinai
proclaimed, " Thou shalt not kill," and " Thou shalt not
take the name of the Lord thy God in vain."
With a full sense of my responsibility, I voluntarily come
forward, and without any equivocation or mental reservation
whatsoever, join in the awful oath of expurgation, which,
nearly 200 years ago, in the name of the whole Jewish nation,
and on the subject of this very accusation, was taken by the
pious and learned Rabbi, Manasseh Ben Israel, to whose
efforts the Jews owe their admission into Britain, and
which oath he has recorded in his defence of the Jews, called
Vindieice Judaorum. With him, and using his words, I say
" As this matter on our part is purely negative, and there-
fore cannot be cleared by the evidence of witnesses, I am
constrained to use another kind of proof which the Lord
blessed for ever. has Aressrijpgsk 1441b,m,viA. „And that
by the Most High God, the Creator of heaven and earth, who
promu!gated his law to the people of Israel on Mount Sinai,
that I never yet to this day saw any such custom, as the use
of human blood in any religious rite, among the people of
Israel, and that they do not hold any such by divine precept
of the law, or any ordinance or institution of their wise men,
and that they never committed or sought to commit any such
wickedness (that I know, or have credibly heard of, or have
read in any Jewish author). And if I lie in this matter, then
let all the curses mentioned in Leviticus and Deuteronomy
come upon me, let me never see the blessing and consolation
of Zion, nor attain to the resurrection of the dead."
This my solemn oath, which the virtuous and highly gifted
Meudelshn declares he is ready to repeat after Rabbi Man-
asseh Ben Israel with a clear conscience, I place in your
hands, although the high authorities I have quoted require
no support from my attestation, and I am convinced that in
this enlightened country every such declaration is uncalled
for and superfluous, but even where you are going this as-
severation ought to satisfy the friends of truth, and that it will
I firmly trust.
My best wishes attend you, my worthy friend. Go forth
and prosper, and may a just and merciful God grant you that
success which the justice of our cause deserves, that our in-
nocence may be made manifest to all the nations of earth.
Believe me yodrs ever faithfully,
SOLOMON HIRCHEL,
Chief Rabbi.

.
No. 5, Bury-court, City, _
29th Sivan (30th June), 5600 A.M.

SENTENCE ON JONES, THE RIBBONMAN.

Amongst our Commission Intelligence will be found the
address to the prisoner of Mr. Justice Ball,• in passing sen-
tence upon Jones, convicted of the Ribbon conspiracy.
One would imagine, from the lengthened ambages, and
the apologetical language in which he deals, that the learned
judge thought the sentence a severe, if not an extreme one ;
and that the hopes of pardon or mitigation entertained by
the prisoner and his friends were neither unreasonable nor
unlikely to be realised. We share not, nor will the public,
we think, share in the learned judge's scruples, or sympathise
with his tenderness. There is no crime more injurious to
society than the levying of war against the Sovereign ; and
for a crime of such magnitude transportation for seven
years can hardly be called an adequate, much less an exorbi-
tant, punishment. If Jones be guilty of any crime—and the
sentence passed is sufficient proof that he has been— it is the
levying of war against the Sovereign, and the procuring
of arms, and the organization of traitors for that purpose.
And, although the particular object of that war be
undefined, the general intent is not the less criminal.
It is, in our opinion, merely trifling with a matter of the most
formidable import, to extenuate the crime, by. saying that—in
its present stage—" it manifests no definite intention or ob-
ject of attainment ;" whilst the very conclusion of the same
sentence informs us that, " it appears to possess organization
capable of being made instrumental for any purpose requiring
combined movement and unity of action.' The true light in
which such a conspiracy should be viewed, is that in which,
in the subsequent part of his address, the learned judge ap-
pears to have seen it : for, " harmless though it apparently
be, iu this absence of any manifestation of ascertained aim or
object, it is formidable in its adaptation to any purpose,
however criminal, which, through design or accident, its
leaders might be prompted to undertake."
If, then, it be true, as Mr. Justice Ball observed, that
" such an association, so constituted, is one which no govern-
ment deserving the name could suffer to exist in this country,
if by legal means its suppression could be accomplished"—
what is to be thought of the successive whig governments,
from Lord Wellesley's time inclusive, to the present, which
have suffered this nuisance and opprobrium to exist? But
more—what is to be thought of the officials of such govern-
ments, who, far from seeking the suppression of the crime,
connived at its secret growth, and gave to its ramifying pro-
gress the encouragement of that secrecy, which conspiracy
requires for its operations, by denying its existence ?
Mr. Justice Ball has pronounced its character such
government is unworthy of the name of government.
Might we beg to know, on behalf of the public, who are
most deeply interested in the fact, how Mr. Costello has be-
come assured of the extinction of the society—or what
security the country may have against its revival?
One fact it may not be amiss to notice. The most mate-
rial letters were either suppressed or slurred over, in the
statement made on the part of the crown : but we have rea-
son to believe that copies will be moved for in parliament ;
and we can state that they are calculated to throw a new and
an important light upon the subject.—Dublin Evening Mail
of Wednesday.

TIIE LIVERPOOL ANNUITANT SOCIETY.—The fortieth
anniversary of this excellent society was celebrated last Fri-
day week, at the house of Mr. Percival, Derby Arms, Bootle.
The officers, committee, and members assembled at twelve
o'clock at noon, when the preliminary business of the annual
meeting was disposed of. At two o'clock the members sat
down to an excellent dinner. The society then proceeded to
the election of the officers and members for the current year.
Mr. H. B. Hensman was appointed to the presidential chsir,
and Messrs. William Henderson and John Tatham were
chosen to fill the office of stewards. Mr. T. Kaye was re-ap-
pointed treasurer, after which the other routine business of
the society was transacted. We are happy to observe that,
year after year, the reports of this association continue to
give fresh indications of its prosperity and usefulness. An
experience of forty years has given full proofs not only of the
soundness of the principles on which it was originally based,
but of the excellence of its laws and regulations, and of the
admirable, economical, and business-like manner in which it
has been conducted by those who have been, from time to
time, appointed to work out its intentions. The society has
for some years past had a large permanent fund, which was
gradually allowed to accumulate in order that it might be
possessed of a capital sufficient to prevent its stability being
endangered by any untoward or unforeseen exigencies. It is
a stringent rule in the policy of those who govern the opera-
tions of the association, not to allow this fund to be materially
diminished, so that the society may be regarded as fixed upon
a basis of perfect security. The present number of members
is, we believe, about one hundred and thirty, each individual
of whom, by a small annual payment, ensures to himself a
provision for his declining years, and to his widow an an-
nuity for life. The scale of the annual payments is regulated
each year by the committee, in conformity with the esta-
blished rules. The number of widows at present receiving
annuities from the funds of the society is thirty-nine, and of
the aged members twenty-eight. A statement like this affords
such practical proof of the advantages of a well-constituted
society of this nature, that to enlarge on that part of the sub-
ject would be supererogatory. Even without such practical
demonstration, the very objects of the society must strikingly
impress every man who is prudently careful of the future.—
Courier.

A few days since a woman, a native of Ilminster, was de-
livered of her 24th child !
Hard times ! and we must make the most of what little we
have—as the grocery-keeper said when he watered his vinegar.
Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, speaks of a family that
were poisoned, and after " vomiting themselves to death,"
recovered.

The Boston Spiflicator says there is a man living in that
city whose nese is so large that nobody can see it at once,—
they are obliged to look twice.

Her Majesty the Queen Dowager will, we understand,
honour the Duke and Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos
with a visit at Stowe, Bucks, early in August.
In allusion to the bankruptcy of Messrs. Gye and Hughes,
it is stated that the site on which Vauxhall Gardens stand is
now to be let for building ground.
Mr. Sturges Bourne, the lord warden of the New Forest,
has appointed one of his sons to the situation of master
keeper, vacant by the death of Mr. Buckley.
We are enabled to state, on what we consider good authori-
ty, that everything connected with the liquidation of the
liilities of the Agricultural Bank is proceeding satisfactorily,
and we have no doubt that all will be paid in full in a very
short time.—Limerick Standard.
THE " BRITISH QUEEN."—This splendid vessel sailed
on Monday from Blackwell for New York, at half-past
twelve o'clock, with a fair complement of passengers and
goods on board. The fineness of the day induced thousands
of persons to wait along shore to witness her departure.
Hein-Looms.—The term heir-looms has occasioned much
dispute, but the rule which is recognized appears to be this :
No chattels personal or capable of being entailed; but tl,•
law recognizes a power of descent in such things as appear to
be necessary to support the dignity, uphold the splendour, or
continue the importance of an estate of inheritance. The
word loom is a Saxon word, signifying a limb or member ;
and thus heir-looms are members of the inheritance, and
which generally cannot be separated from it without detract..
ing from its value. Thus the ancient jewels of the crown are
held to be heir-looms, because the loss of them would mate-
rially detract from the grandeur of the inheritance, and the
dignity of the sovereign.for the time being. Deer in a park,
fish in a pond, charters, deeds, court-rolls, and other docu-
ments necessary to verify title of estates, together with the
chests in which they are kept, become heir-looms, and pass
with the land. Plate and other valuables presented to a peer
for public services have been held to be heir-looms, as being
necessary to the dignity of the several inheritors of the
honours of him by whom they were received. Such, also, is
the case with things which cannot be separated from the in-
heritance to which they pertain ; as chimney-pieces, pumps,
ancient fastened tables and benches, and whatever might be
considered as rational appendages to the freehold. Thus
tombstones, monuments, and coat armour, hung up in a
church, come under the same designation, together .with any
ensigns of honour which may hang with them. For, though
the church be the parson's freehold, and these are annexed
to the freehold, yet they were placed there by consent, for
the advantage and honour of the ancestor and family of the
heir, and exist therefore for his benefit. So that the parson,
though he is not liable for any damage that may be dope to
them, which has not occurred through his special act, or those
of his agents/ yet he cannot take them away, without being
subject to an action from the heir for trespass.— ii as' Legal
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THE BALL AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
(From the Argus)
Her Majesty gave a grand ball, as the saying is, on
onday night, at her Palace in Pimlico, to which Lord
Kbridge and Mr. E. J. Benstanley, the Secretary of
Treasury, invited the company—twelve hundred in
mber. All the splendid and gorgeously decorated
loons were brilliantly illuminated; all that art could
ect was done to render the fete most superb. Mon-
ur Francatelli provided refreshments and supper,
th of which were well befitting the Palace of Eng-

Dale of the great nobility of England,
'e was a vast number of persons who were ne-
om lighted with with wax candles before;
zy be gathered from the exclamations ut-
s in broad and semi-intelligible Lan-
orkshire, and Irish dialects. The duchess of
ee was jostled by the Yorkshire brewer's
marchioness was trod upon by the weighty,
ne lady of the Staffordshire potter; the
V elsh ironmaster tore the countess's Brussels
the Irish pig-jobber and steeple-chace jockey
ly at recovering any article which might have
We quarrel not with most of these folks;
in their way of life and business, most re-
persons no doubt; they are very good peo-
ome ;" but they are strangely out of their
place when at the Palace. "How did you get there ?"
is the natural question to ask, and which question was
asked over and over again by many wonderers. When
the Whig Lady P— asked Lord Melbourne to explain
it, he told the truth when he replied, rubbing his hands,
" Why, hang it, you know we are obliged to have all
sorts of people invited, for they support us, and the
Queen is devilish goodnatured about it ; she knows
the scrape we are in • but I think we have rather over-
done it this time—the fact is, it is an Irish registration

The Queen no doubt is goodnatured, but her minis-
ters ought not in consequence to turn her state WI
into a gathering such as one would only see in the
large tent of Greenwich Fair—admittance one shil-

It is also " one of the stories of the ball" that her
Majesty, seeing a guest pass by, asked the Princess
"
"Do you know who that person is 1" She replied,
madam, I never saw him anywhere but here,"--
quite unconscious, of course, of the hard hit she dealt.
The person was Mr. Morgan John O'Connell.
At one moment the string of two and four-wheeled
conveyances reached from St. James's-street to Buck-
ingham Palace ; and a curious medley of vehicles it
was : the temperance procession was quite genteel in
comparison. Fortunately, night in its kindness con-
cealed much shabbiness. We, however, can explain
all this and much more if we choose so to do; for our
particular Palace friend happened to see the particular
note addressed by the Treasury whipper-in to the
Chamberlain, and thus it ran :

lY Treasury, June 17.
DEAR LORD,—I must trouble you to get the enclosed
of people asked to the Queen's ball. lam aware there
some oddish persons amongst them ; but, as they are
iced for this and next week's divisions, we have no alter-
iye. The men would not signify much, but they insist on
'ging their wives and daughters. The sooner you send
3. Ainsworth's card the better.—Yours, faithfully,
E. J. S.
'eter did get his card, and Peter voted against Lord
]leg's bill in consequence. Another consequence
his note was, that the following names appeared in
Court Circular as having been present :----Morgan
-)anell, Phillips, O'Connor Don, Hutt, Hughes,
'me, Bainbridge, Ban nermann, M.Taggart, Evans,
,ns, Cayley, De Salis, Etwall, Marshall, Martin,
Sheil, Power, Pigot, Roche, Morrison, .Gurney,
Grote, Sharpe, Lynch, Hawkins, Barron, Bryan, Bel-
lew, Thompson, and a lot of Smiths, &c. &. Bic. Most
of these males brought females with them, and, as one
of the band said, "Sich a gittin' up stairs was never
seed."

W. F,

N. curious wasp's nest was found 1... t week hanging from
ranch of a cedar tree, in the gdcden of Samuel Brice,
, at Frenchay. It is about the size of an egg of an
tch, and in appearance is so like the cone of the cedar,
the difference can scarcely be detected on the most
sate examination.—Bristol Mirror.
may not be generally known that if horses or cattle be
over with the leaves of the elder-tree, flies will not

touch them

SG OF YOR!•:: MINSTER.—The origin of the late
ais venerable cathedral was the subject of inquiry on
Ay last at the Guildhall, before the following gentle-
:—The Lord Mayor, Aldermen Hudson, Meek, Hotham,
Aims Barstow, Esq., W. H. Hearon, Esq., and James
Lrber, Esq., the Very Rev. the Dean, the Rev. Charles
iawkins' and the Rev. W. H. Dixon, canon residentiaries,
,he Rev. William Taylor, and several other gentlemen. The
rst and principal witness examined was William Groves,
ckmaker, of Leeds, who stated that he and Holder, the
Ir, were in the tower in the afternoon of the day of the
Holder left between three and four, when witness put
andle out; he afterwards went out, and returned about
o'clock ; remained in the steeple till six, but had no can-
or light between five and six o clock, at which latter hour
left the Minster. Groves said his former evidence, as to
viug used a lantern was untrue, and that he had been re-
`A to say he had used one at the urgent entreaty of
who was afraid of losing his situation,
the dean had forbidden any one ever
the tower without a lantern. Instead of a
n the candle was put into a piece of wood, made
by Holder, about an inch and a half thick, which Groves
laced in the clock chamber, upon one of the seats of
,od ; but he positively states that he was not above that
-nber after four o'clock, and that he has a distinct recol-
n of having put the candle out at that time,
as he
t it away with him. After the examination of other
Wm. Holder was called, and underwent a severe
in; and was suitably reproved for having coaxed
tell the lie about using the lantern. Mr. Meek,
nt, Mr. Barstow, and Mr. Hudson, here coincided in
n that the candle had never been put out; it had been
`o tim socket, which had probably taken an hour and
and then it had set fire to the building. The Lord ayor observed that it was a very probable supposition, but
then, it completely falsified the evidence of Groves. A reso_
lotion was taen drawn up and adopted, which left the ques-
tion open for further investigation, should any new facts
transpire. The meeting separated.—Halifax Guardian.

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Unless our readers are in the habit of perusing with great
attention the reports of the parliamentary debates and of
proceeding most seriously over the dusty folios of the Mirror
of Parliament, the name of Sir George Sinclair will not be
well known to them. Most of our good friends will ask
who is Sir George Sinclair ? What of him, that he is to be
placed in the foremost rank of Political Characters.' We
have heard little or nothing of him. We recollect not see-
ing his speeches form the matter of the leading article of the
Times, or the Chronicle, or the Post, or the Standard. He
has held no great office ; he has not highly distinguished
himself; he is unknown to fame; he is, in short, a cipher
and nothing more. Why then write about him?" Softly,
good reader, softly. True it is that Sir George Sinclair has
never occupied much space in the public eye; true it is that
he is not a captain of five or of ten or of twenty in the Con-
servative camp; true it is that he has never exposed himself
to the stupid malignity of the Chronicle, or the miserable
drivelling of the Globe, and never needed the powerful ad-
vocacy of the Times, or the Standard, or the Post ; true it is
also that he is little more than a unit in the party to which
he belongs ; that all the really efficient aid he gives it is the
aid of his solitary vote. This is true, all true, but Sir G.
Sinclair is not therefore a man to be passed over without no-
tice, he is not therefore to be numbered with such small fry
as the Hawes, the Prymes, the Erles, and people of their
class. No, the hon. member for Caithness belongs not to
these, with them he has nothing in common.
Although Sir George Sinclair seldom takes any share in the
public business of the country, he is possessed of command-
ing talents, talents which might raise him to a high rank in
to tl;eirieiiiiinate-Otileas,hfinivArnitC4W3krWlen.l&l4.l
what, he will allow us to say, is little better than frivolity and
trifling. The times in which we live are full of difficulty and
danger, they are such as to require the unceasing and watch-
ful care of our greatest statesmen ; yet the administration
by which we are governed is one of the most contemptible
and most despicable that ever swayed the destinies of a mighty
kingdom. Oh ! it is enough to make a man's soul burn
within him to see such a country as ours going to rack and
ruin through the mismanagement of the wretched ministers
of the crown, backed and supported only as they are by a
miserable clique of Papists, Infidels, and Radicals, men who
would willingly revolutionise the country to gain their nefa-
rious ends. Still Sir George Sinclair, with abilities emi-
nently fitted for parliamentary distinction, is content to fill
merely a most subordinate station in the ranks of those
righteous men who are opposed to the ministerial gang. He
sees the conflict between the two parties raging, but stands a

„,
listless and unconcerned spectator of' the stirring scene ; oc-
casionally perhaps he may venture forth, but it is only when
the battle's din is hushed, when the wordy war is over. Then
he will prove that he is well qualified to be a leader in the
camp ; then he will criticise the doings that have taken place,
and point out what it would have been better to have done.

But this is not what we want. We want men of action, not
of words; of deeds, not of thoughts. We have a claim on
the exertions of Sir George Sinclair; he is able, and, as a
Conservative, of course willing, to serve his country. We
call upon him to do it; earnestly, most earnestly, do we en-
treat him to bestir himself.

The " Table Talker" of the Morning Post, a short time
since, gratified his readers with an article on the subject of
our present sketch. Glad indeed should we be could we find
room for the whole of the " Table Talker's" most excellent
lucubration ; but as this is not possible, we must content
ourselves by making one or two extracts, in which all that
we could wish to say of Sir George Sinclair is beautifully
expiessed. "Of all men in the House of Commons," says
our author, and we may be allowed to observe, in passing,
that he is one who has the happy tact of combining in his
writings the very best instruction with the most refined
amusements, " the most puzzling even to the most observant,
is Sir George Sinclair. It is no exaggeration to say that he
makes from time to time cleverer speeches, and more re-
moved from the ordinary common place of parliamentary
discussion, than any other man in the house, whether leader
or follower. He is more witty, more pointed, shows more
resources of literature in his allusions than any other man,
and indicates a deeper sympathy with the general interests
and feelings of humanity ' • and yet with all this, Sir George
is by no means considered as a first-rate man in the House
of Commons, and were he to retire from it, or cease to be
elected, very little notice would probably be taken of the
circumstance. His speeches do not make much impression
on the house, and out if they do not appear to make any
impression at all. It is to be observed, that Sir George is
not a man of action and of business, but for the most part a
critic merely. He is the Jacques of the House of Commons,
and goes about moralising in sententious phrase, but sharing
little, and sympathising less, in the senatorial occupations of
those around him. Following this criticising vein, and mo-
ralising his matter into a thousand similes,' the worthy sena-
tor sometimes falls into the course of a debate with singular
force and finish. The harangues of Sir George make too
much demand upon the intellectual attention of the auditory
to be popular in the House of Commons. They seem to be
prepared beforehand; they are a condensation of good things,
as if a long oration of the ordinary pudding character had
been first piepared, and then all the plums picked out to
make a choicer and smaller dish. To give the substance of
what he says, you must hear all he says.
" Sir George Sinclair is, as it were, the antithesis of Mr.
Joseph Hume; more direct opposites can scarcely be ima-
gined. The latter, with an intellect not three removes from
that of an animal that chews the thistle, with no sympathy
for anything humane, or comprehension of anything gene-
rous—without the faintest glimmering of literature or know-
ledge of language beyond the commonest sort of colloquial
clumsiness, has yet contrived to be a person of some practi-
cal importance. The secret of this lies in his dogged perse-
vering interference in matters of practical business. He can
no more comprehend any matter of large importance, than a
common bat can cover St. Paul's with the shadow of its
wings ; but he can interfere and say something, and at great
length, about that which he does not understand, and he can
be for ever doing this, night after night, during the sitting of
parliament for 20 years. He is a leathery excrescence upon
the surface of legislation, which nothing will rub off. he is
an everlasting impediment—a thing that never feels, but al-
ways snakes itself felt, because always in the way. A nonen-
tity or a nuisance in every position where understanding, in-
formation, or sympathy are essential, Mr. Hume is a very
effective man in the House of Commons, while Sir George
Sinclair, with much more than au ordinary share of all the
three, is without any effective power in the house beyond his
single vote in the division. Such and so great is the distinc-
tion which exists in England between a critic and an actor
in respect of public affairs."

In every ward here borrowed from our friend (if so we may
venture to call him) the " Table Talker," we most cordially
concur. We beg, then, once more to impress upon Sir
George Sinclair most respectfully, but most firmly, the ne-
cessity of action. " Act ! act ! act !" we would thunder into
his ears every time he crosses the threshold of the House of
Commons. These are not the times, we repeat, for mere
dreamers—these are not the times for mere visionaries—
these are not the times for your mere calm and patient ob-
servers of the world. No—these are the days of stirring
events, and they require men of energy, men of action, men
of lofty talent. Talent, we have said, Sir George Sinclair
does not need. Will he let it lay longer idle ? Will he not
rather enrol himself without delay with our Stanleys, and
Peels, and Grahams, and Lyndhursts, and Wellingtons, and
aid them in their arduous exertions for the benefit of their
country ? Will he be a dreamer instead of an actor—one of
the slothful rather than one of the industrious ? No, no ;
we hope not, we trust not. Awake, then, Sinclair ! arouse
ye ! be up ! be stirring !
" There is a kind of character in thy life
That, to the observer, cloth thy history
Fully unfold ; thyself and thy belongings
Are not thine own so proper, as to waste
Thyself upon thy virtues, them on thee.
Heaven doth with us as we with torches do ;
Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues
Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike
As if we had them not."