29 APRIL 1837, Page 8

A correspondence between Mr. John W. Lovesey and Lord William

Lennox, relative to Captain Berkeley's statement in the House of Commons as to the mode in which Mr. Lovesey got his commission, appears in the papers this week. Mr. Lovesey commences the cone. sp. i

ondence by calling Captain Berkeley's statement "a series of abo. nuriable falsehoods." The next letter s from Lord William, arrangine a meeting between the Captain and Squire Lovesey. The third lettei is from Mr. Lovesey, promising to go to London from Charlton, that the" matter" may be " settled as soon as possible." Then follow three letters, which we subjoin.

(No. 4.)

" Gloucester Ceffeelionse, Satunlay

" My Lord—My late arrival in town this morning, and being prevented seeing go.

friend till Monday on the subject of your Lordship's letter and toy reply hereto,

must defer his calling on yOU till Monday. " I run your Lordship's obedient servant, Ions Lonny"

(No. 5.)

" Gloucester Coffeehouse. 24th April.

" Fly Lord-1 beg to withdraw the offensive expression (infamous fitiaellual) eon. tallied in may letter or the 12th instant. to Captain Berkeley. unit most freely apologia, fur its employment, in a moineut of extreme iiritatiou and under misconception.

" I have the honour to be your Lordship's obedient servant,

J. W. LOVISIT.. (No.6.)

"St. James' Street, 24th April, Six o'Clock,er. " Sir—I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this day's date, whicliks perfectly satisfactory to Captain Berkeley.

" I have the honour to be your obedient servant. " J. W. 1.t,ve.ey. 17.e.q." "W. PITT LENNOX.' How, or why., Mr. Lovesey became so pacific on a sudden, is no. where expli.iiied.

Mr. Rigby Wason and Mr. Fitzroy Kelly have also figured in a warlike correspondence this week. The purport of it is briefly this-. that Mr. Wasou having cast " certain imputations "on Mr. Kelly, ins speech delivered at a public meeting at Ipswich. Mr. Kelly demanded " satisfaction ; " which Mr. Wason refused. Whereupon Mr. Kelly threatened to post Mr. Wason as a slanderer and a coward. Mr. Wason, in reply, refuses to consider Mr. Kelly in the light of an equal, until he has refuted or explained satisfactorily the charges brought against him ; and says, in the mean while, that he will leave it to the and tile Court of King's Bench to determine whether he de- serves to be called a slanderer or a coward.

The Committee of Privileges of the House of Lords has decided that the Earl of Fingal had made out his claim to vote for the Repre- sentative Peers of Ireland.

Lord Durham is expected in London towards the end of next month.

The Miirquis of Waterford intends to proceed to Africa for the pur- pose of lion-hunting ; for which sport he has collected a formidable train uf bull-dogs and blood.hounds.

A young Irish Member is said to make it his constant amusement, when travelling in his gig along the road, to pelt the pedestrians with

eggs. For this purpose he provides himself with some five, six, or seven dozen, nec riding to the distance he has to travel, prior to start- ing ; and as he approaches the foot passengers, he flings the egg, and bedaubs their faces or clothes all over with its yolk. Sir E. D. Scott, M. P. for Lichfield, has withdrawn his name from the Reform Club.—Standard. [ Sir Edward was always a Trimmer.]

Lady Augusta Gordon, formerly Lady Augusta Kennedy, is ap- pointed to the situation of housekeeper at Kensington Palace, held by the late Lady de L'Isle.

The Courier says, that the letter published in that journal last week, containing an account of the seizure of the correspondents of the Times and Herald by the Carlists, is a forgery; to discover the author of which no pains shall be spared.