17 DECEMBER 1842, Page 8

Through the intervention of Miss Jane Porter, whose family were

intimate with that of Sir Sidney Smith, Sir Robert Peel has given 150/. out of the Royal Bounty to Mrs. Dwyer, the sister of Sir Sidney, who who was recently discovered in a very humble situation and strait- ened circumstances ; and the Earl of Haddington has appointed her son, who desired employment in the Navy, clerk's assistant on board the Queen's ship Thmiderbolt.