Glasgow Courier. — 1846-12-26 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

PUBLIC DINNER TO THE EARL OF ELGIN. A public dinner was given on Wednesday week I,v the tants of Dunfermline and western district of Fire, to the I aui (.1 Elgin Governor of Canada. Upwards of a 150 gntleinen down to dinner, which was served in the Spire Iso, Donforndin,,. James Bunt, Esq. of Pittencrieff, in the absence of Lord timinz. hame, presided. The croupiers were—Provost lionaldson, I'. 11. Ainslie, Esq., James Macfarlane, Esq., ileury Ilreerit. p,l and James Btenhouse, Esq. After the Ql!elli and the usual toasts had been given by the Chairman, and responded to in the most loyal manner, he proceeded to give the principal toast of the m ing, which he introduced in a very neat and appropriate manner. The toast was responded to in the most enthusiastic style, and was replied to by his Lordship in a Very interesting address, shirk contained much valuable information regarding that extensive district over which lie was placed. During the evening a great number of interesting toasts were given, a hick were introduced ,r followed up by eloquent and appropriate addresses, especiallv P. B. Ainslie, Esq., Major Cumming Bruce, the Bev. Messrs. John'. stone, Lintekilns, and Chalmers, Dunfermline, and Iletiry Bev, ridge, Esq., &c. The arrangements were excellent, and all ihe pros ceedings gave the greatest satisfaction. The Earl of Elgin left his family seat at Broomliall, Fifeshire, on Monday, for Lartibtou Castle, Durham, slier o it is soderstood lie will leave the Countess for the winter, while his Lordship will shortly proceed t 6 Ffoada.  Court of Setesionimportaiii Casey Copyright—On Wed nesday, a cote involving the eopyright of the Dissertation on Ethical Science, contributed by the late Professor liwzald Stewart to the Supplement of the Encyclopedia Britanniel, Came for trial before Lord Robertson and a jury, at the instance of Colonel Stewart of Ca trine, son of the late eminent Professor, against Messrs. A. and C. Blaek of Edinburgh. The point in discussion was, whether, by the term, of the contract entered into by Mr. Dugald Stewart with the firm of Constable and Co., whose rights were transferred to Messrs. A. and C. Black, the latter were entitled to republish the Dissertation affirmed to be contributed to the Supplement of the Encyclopedia Britanidea, in the seventh edition of the same work, or in a separate form? A number of witnesses were examined. The case for the pursuer nas ably argued by Mr. Inglis in a lengthened speed!, and the Lord Advocate (with whom was the Solicitor-CeneraL, addressed the jury on the part of the defenders. At the close of his speech the case was adjourned till the followihe day, when the witnesses for the defence were examined. Mr. Anderson having commented on their evidence. Lord Robertson charged the jury, who, after deliberating for three quarters of an hour, returned a verdict for the de. fenders. The trial excited great interest, and the verdict was hailed with loud applause by the auditory. The Army in Ireland.—The army in Ireland,in Dee., 1846, consists of ten regiments of cavalry—namely:-2d Dragoon Guards, 6th Dragoon Guards (Carhineers), Ist Royal Dragoons, 2d Royal North British Dragoons (Scots Greys), 4th Light Dragoons (Queen's Own), 6th Dragoons (Enniskillen), 7th Dragoons (Queen's Own Hussars), Bth Hussars (the King's Royal Irish), the 13th Light Dragoons, and rtli Lancers. Seventeen Regiments of Infantry :-3d Buffs (East Kent), 6th Royal Reserve Battalion, 26th Carneroniam, 41st (Welsh), 44th (East Sussex), 47th (Lancashire), 49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's), 53d (Westmoreland), 59th (2d Nottingham), 64th (2d Staffordshire), 67th (South Hampshire), 70th (Surrey), 75th, 83d, 85th (King's Light Infantry), and 92d (Highlanders). Twenty depots of In.. Royal Battalion, 7th Royals (Fusiliers), 15th, 16th, 19th, 33d, 34th, 35th, 386, 48th, 54th, 66th,72d (Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders), 73d, 77th, 79th (Cameronian Highlanders), 82d, 88th (Connaught Rangers), 93d Highlanders, and 95th. Two troops Royal Horse Artillery; nine companies Royal Artillery, and detachments of Royal Engineers; four companies of Royal Marines—forming an effective force of 24,000 rank and file of all arms, together with 21,682 enrolled pensioners and recruiting parties. Marine Officers who Served with Nelson—ln reference to a statement which has gone the round of the papers, in which it is asserted that Major Roteley, a retired lieutenant of Marines, is the only surviving officer of that corps who served on board the 'Victory, in the battle of Trafalgar, the Nautical Standard says:—" We must, in justice to a gallant veteran, remark that Lieut. Lewis Buckle Reeves was his brother subaltern in that ship, and was wounded and taken below a few moments before Lord Nelson fell. 'Kids omission affords us the occasion to point to a striking instance of the manner in which the claims of a veteran officer are considered when hp is unassisted by political influence. The circumstance of Lent. Reeves being wou,aded on board the Victory/on that niembrable occasion, was in itself sufficient to have given him a share of that marked preference which has been uniformly extended to those who served immediately under England's favourite hero on that glorious day. But, unhappily, this gallant officer belonged to a collateral branch of the service which affords no protection or support to the deserving; for we find that, in July, 1809, Lieutenant Reeves distinguished himself when co-operating with a detachment of troops, in a successful attempt at Senegal. The Solebay, in which ship he was serving, being wrecked, he remained seven months in Fort St. Louis, and then retuvned to England with his constitution so shattered as to be compelled to retire on half-pay. Repeated bur been his applications for some compensation, but without success; nor can this companion in arms of the immortal Nelson get removed to the retired full pay lists." The Failure of Schiller 4. co.—We have already mentioned the failure of the house of Schiller 5; Co., of Breslau, for a sum of 800,000 thalers (3,200,000 f We now learn from Dresden that M. Schiller, the chief of the house, at. tempted a few days ago to commit suicide in a bath in that city, by opening the veins of his arms. He was found alive, and removed to an hospital, but in such a state of exhaustion that little hope was entertained of his recovery. M. Schiller had a fortune of half a million of thalers (two millions of francs) from his father, which by long industry be had tripled, but latterly he had speculated extensively in railway- shares and other securities, and lost so nmeh that the amount to be divided among the creditors of the house is estimated at only 100,000 thalers (4,000,000 f. M. Schiller is said to have lost one million of thalers (four millions of francs) by the incorporation of Cracow, the shares of the Cracow liailroad, of which he was a large holder, having fallen 30 per cent.—Cialignani.