In Mr. William Pitt Adams, the news of whose early
death, at Lima, has been recently received, the diplomatic corps has lost a public servant of some- what rare merit. The obscurity in which this gentleman's life and duties flowed silently along, forbade bum to hope or to expect that any regrets, save those arising out of the ties of kindred, should follow him to the tomb. In that service, men are rarely enabled to rise to distinguished situations, unless connected with aristocratic families; which it was not Mr. Adams's fortune to be. His character, however, was of so estimable and of so engaging a stamp, that a passing tribute to his memory seems no more than becomes the pubhc journalist to pay. Mr. Adams was the eldest son of Mr. Decree Adams, manyyears private secretary to Mr. Pitt, (after whom the now deceased was named) ; and he has the cruel misfortune to lose this, his first-born, within a few months of the death of his youngest son, the Reverend Herbert Adams. —From a Correspondent.
Five publishers were yesterday summoned by Mr. Paniagi for the non-de- livery of books at the British Museum. They were all convicted and fined. Mr. H. G. Bohn was one of them. He had not sent in a copy of Andrew Fuller's Works. There was a rather warm scene in court between the libra- rian and the publisher. Mr. Bohn contended, that a courteous intimation that the book had not been sent would have insured its being sent with an apology for the oversight : that was the course followed by Mr. Panizzi's predecessor. Mr. Bohn further said, it was well known that he sent his books to the Museum, yet it constantly happened that his friends could not find them. Mr. Panizzi (very warmly)—" That's untrue, and you know it." Mr. Bohn—" I know that I have applied for one of my books myself, without being able to get it." Mr. Panizzi—" What book ? Name any book." Mr. Bohn—" Why, &hiller' s Works, for one, I remember." Mr. Panizzi- "It is false. You shall not make such a charge in public."
Mr. Jardine interposed, and finished the dispute ; admitting that it was an " oversight " on the part of Mr. Bohn, and fining him 11. and costs.
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