New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-11-15
THE TRIBUNE.

CAsADA.-The Governor General has been Sc
yeley indisposed, but was better at the last ac-
counts.
Edward Gibbon Wakefield, famous in England
for the daring and violent abduction of an heiress
some years since, for which he was convicted and
sentenced to three years Imprisonment has just
been elected Member Of the Colonial Parlia-
nenr frsm the Beauhanos District, beating Mr..
Server by 1853 votes 10 95l. He was the Lib
sr,lcandidate, and supported at once by Govern
nent influence aad by The entire French popula-
ton. The reign of the Family Compact or old
British anti French clique, would seem to be at an
end, even under Tory ascendancy.
TBiERs's History OF THE FRENCH REvoLU-
Iios.-Israe Post, 8s Bowery, has lust COM
nsnceA the publication in weekly numbers of an
o,her edition of this magnificent work. 1t is
printed in fine style and will be completed in six
teen nunbers-each containing more than 1870
pages and being sold at % cents Thirteen steel
engtayings will accompany the publication-which
is thus made one Of the cheapest and the most con-
ysuient ever issued.
SCIENTIFIC TAsrE.-The science of Astronomy
has received considerable attention at Cincinnati
for the last year, the labors Of Professor Mitchell
having awakened deep enthusiasm upon the SUBJ
isct The Chronicle announces that subscrip-
ZION Of 10000 has been obtained to purchase
,slescope for the Professors use. This is a mos,
munifcent and honorable contribution to the cause
Of science. In how mnny of our Eastern cities
does there exist equally enlightened and gener-
gu. liberality?
70 In the Asbury University an institution
established by the Methodists at Grecncas,le,
Putnam County, Ia, in 1887, has now 10Y stu
i.nts-namely, 6 seniors, juniors, 16 sophomores,
4 9Ofreshmen, AZ irregulars, and 81 preparatory
, Students. The resources of the institution
1 animated at about S38, 900.
q 10 The Eastern and Southern mails made up
= Detroit on Saturday, the 5th inst, de-
8 moyed by the burning of the yermillion on Lake
Erie.
4 EARLY History OF ENGLISH LAwYERs.-The
number of persons who have risen by the lawfrom
low fortunes to the very highest places in the State
d is extraordinary:
The present Attorney General of England, Sir
4 F. Pollock is the of saddler. The shop,
known to sporting characters at Charing Cross,
| now kept by the Messrs. Cuff, belonged to Pol
| lock, ptre, who disposed of the business to its
present proprietors. Sir j. Williams, of the
Queens Bench in England, is the son Of York
shire horse-dealer. The Chancellor of ireland,
Sugden is the son Of a barber; it is only fair to
say thai this profound lawyer glories in his origin.
AT the Cambridge election, when Lord Monteegle
J beat bin by majority of %, Sir Edward was as
j sailed while speaking from the hustings with
cry from Wing Of s OFF, off, you BARRIERS son.
4 Sir Edward not at all disconnected, said at once,
aThe difference between the person who thus as
d .ails me and myself is simply this: had he been
q Nm the son of barber he would have remained
q The same condition all his life / was born one,
md have risen from that humble sphere. The
"A athcr of Mr.. Plat, the Queens counsel, one OF
4 he most eminent of the English common law bar,
j vas clerk to the late Lord Ellenborough. Baron
Gqrneys mother kept small shop for political
panphlets Mr.. Petersdorf' 9 father was fur
ier. Lord Kenyon, who was successfully Attor-
4 ney General Master of the Rolls, and Lord Chief
Justice, and who died worth $500, goo, was clerk
5 to an attorney Lord Hardwicke, who was Attor-
ney General in his thirty.fourth year, was son OF
an attorney ct Dover, who, according to some per-
sons was hanged for forgery. Lord Eldon was
son Of coa-ftter at Newcastle.on.Tyne,u and his
brother, afterwards, Lord Stowell, borrowed t4O
in order to enable him to go his circuit. Lord
Ten,erden's father was barber at Canterbury.-
Lord Langdae was formerly an accoucheur. Lord
Campbell aud Sergeant Sparkle were themselves
iamsrly reporters on the Chronicle. MIR. Bodkin,
i The well known Old Bailey barrister, Recorder OF
Dover and Conservative NJ. p. for Rochester. was
himery an auctioneer; and Mr.. Clarkson, the
earned Recorder of Faversham, and a leading ad-
'ocase in the criminal courts on the home circuit,
A We believe, was writing clerk in the Office OF
4 aw statoner
Ihere are some other very remarkable cases,
actthese may suffice AT present.
London Courier.
4 LIBERAL REruRN-Dr. Shermans Lozenges are pre-
Ned on scesiic prncp aud have obtained great &C.
soy both In this country and abroad. About two years
@ehe Doctor sent the Sultan of Musca package OF his
dedicated LoIenges with which his HighnesS so well
Hea'e that ne seat bag of Mecca Coffee in return, with
aausogtuph letter accompanying the same The FOL ow-
@s copy the and facsimile of Sultans sigma.
i ars;
4 ZANZIBAR, July sth 1892
sR: have received your kind letter and the
Sly;as present BY the hand of thy Secretary, Ahamed
ga Anan. for which return yen my thanks II was my
seeAon 10 have OF my ships to America before
as e1 having concluded no, send this year take lhe
r opportunity return you n,aay thanks ana 70 or'
s a YOU bag OF Mecca Coffee, which be pleased to ne-
) '' am, respectfully,
a ToDr SnrRMAS ,cs N,xso,s, Nwy ort ctv