The Mr. Vernon Harcourt who has got the Prebendal Stall
in the Chapter of Carlisle, is a son of the Archbishop of York. It was un- derstood that the Archbishops and Bishops were not to present is these Cathedral sinecures ; but Dr. Vernon having a son with only 1,0001. a year in the Church, could not resist the opportunity of giving the deserving yotteg man SOW. more. So, now, George is pretty well off.
There has been a meeting of great families respecting the projected separation in high life ; and, although great difficulties at first presented themselves, a compromise has taken place.—Post. [ Was this the "particular engagement" which kept Lord Stanley from the Liverpool Tory dinner ?]
It is understood, from good authority, that the subject of Imprison- ment for Debt will be made a Government measure, and • troduced in the House of Lords, at an early period of the ensuing se!--ion of Par- liament. The bill is in a state of preparation by one of the Commis- sioners of the Court of Bankruptcy. It will embody some of the provisions of the other bills ; and the principal feature will be to assimilate, as much as possible, the present too clashing systemsfoi bankruptcy and insolvency.-11forning Herald. [What was Sir John Campbell's bill of last session, if not a Government measure?]
The Birmingham Journal advises the Whigs to leave off whining about the election' petitions which the Tories threaten, and get up counter-petitions. Our contemporary calculates that there are no fewer than "ninety feasible cases of Liberal appeal," whereas the Tories have not more than sixty.four. Now as the Members peti- tioned against cannot sit on Election Committees, it is plain that, by turning the Tory tactics against the Tories, the Liberals would gam an advantage, instead of being compelled to meet their opponents with greatly diminished numbers. But the Whigs, sensitive souls, detest the idea of any thing so immoral as a petition against the return of Lord Douro, or Mr. Hogg, or Peter Borthwick !
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