We are desired by Sir Robert Peel to state, that
Mr. Banim was not indebted to Sir Robert Peel, but to the bounty of his Majesty, for the pecuniary aid which be received at Paris.—Standard. I We are glad the money was sent to Mr. Banim, whoever was the agent of the public bounty. In this case the money was sadly needed.]
We understand that in consequence of some inconvenience occa- sioned by there being at this moment two Lady Ashburtons, the nen ly- created Peer conveyed to the Lady who enjoys the priority of tide a humble request that she would assume the name of Dowager, to avoid any confusion in their correspondence, &c. The noble Lady in ques- tion very naturally demurred to the propriety of this unprecedented ar- rangement under such circumstances • when it was agreed upon to re- fer the dispute to Garter King-at-Arms; who, after the maturcst consideration, has decided that the new-made Peer himself is more evidently entitled to the distinction; and is henceforth, therefore, to be entitled the Dowager Lord Ashburton.—Chronick. A trifling circumstance had excited much talk in the Palace at Berlin. A domestic happened to break a vase of considerable value, brought by the Prince Royal from his last visit to Russia. Fearful of encountering the severity of the Prince, he flung himself out of the window, and was killed. This has excited many and painful remarks on the rather Russian habits of castigating menials, which had been the custom of the Prince.—Morning Chronicle.
There were some rather serious disturbances at Callao, on the 1st of January, in consequence of an attempt on the part of the soldiery to make General Lafuente President of Lima. The insurrection was sup- pressed, and the General banished ; but the peaceable inhabitants were so much alarmed as to leave their houses and take refuge in the British and American ships in the harbour. A Lieutenant Drummond, of the British ship Satellite, was wounded in the knee, while assisting a lady to reach his vessel.
An indictment came on for trial at the Salford Sessions last week, by which Mr. W. B. Tomlins, manager of the District Bank at Ashton-under-Lyne, was charged with wilful and corrupt perjury. The facts of the case were briefly these. At the last registration of voters for the borough of Ashton, Mr. Tomlins applied to the Revising Barrister to be placed on the list of voters as tenant of the District Bank in Stamford Street. His claim was admitted ; but before the election the Directors of the Bank erected new premises in another situation, to which Mr. Tomlins removed. At the election be tendered his vote for Mr. Hindley; and when the question was put to him whether he possessed the same qualification for which his name was originally inserted in the register of voters, he swore that he did, not- withstanding his removal. This was the perjury charged in the in- dictment. Mr. Peel, the counsel for the prosecution, after stating the case to the Jury, called Mr. Jowett, the Mayor of Ashton, who is the Returning Officer of that borough, to prove the facts. A document was put into his bands, which be said was the register of voters for the borough. Dr. Brown, who appeared for the defence, raised an ob- jection to this piece of evidence, on the ground that the document was not the register of voters required to be prepared by the Returning Officer, but the identical list revised by the Barrister, from which the register ought to have been made out. This objection was allowed by the Court ; and as their was no legal register of voters, it was held that the defendant could not be found guilty of the offence with which he was charged. The Court accordingly directed his acquittal. It is the opinion of the lawyers, that as there is no legal register of voters, the honourable Member for Ashton holds his seat in defiance of the Jaw; and should another election become necessary before the time for making the next register, it will be a question whether any of the in- habitants of Ashton will be entitled to vote, as the Reform Act de- clares that no person shall vote unless his name is on the register. In that case, every person claiming to be an elector would have the re- medy of an action against the Returning Officer for the penalty of At —Liverpool Standard. [A Tory paper; therefore this account must be received with caution.]
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