iItellantuud.

Captain Horace Beauchamp Seymour, the new Equerry to his Majesty, in the room of Colonel Sir Augustus D'Este, is member for the Marquis of Hertford's borough of Bodmin, and was removed from the situation of Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber, in conse- iquence of his hostility to the Reform Bill, which be opposed by his Notg at all its stages through the House of Commons. Captain Sey- =mkt a son of the late Lord Hugh Seymour, and brother to Captain Sir George Francis Seymour, Master df the Robes to his Majesty, and Sergeant-at-Arms to the House of Lords.—Morning Herald. Sir George Francis Seymour, Master df the Robes to his Majesty, and Sergeant-at-Arms to the House of Lords.—Morning Herald.

It is not generally known, perhaps, that his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland lost his eye in the campaign of 1794, when en. gaged with the enemy near Tournay. He was also severely wounded in the arm at the same time.—National Portrait Gallery.

Sir F. B. Watson paid a visit to the Palace at Brighton, the other day, for the purpose of inspecting the various improvements now in progress, preparatory to the arrival of their Majesties, which will take place the first week in November.—Brighton Guardian.

By the death of Major-General Sir Alexander Bryce, K. C.B., the appointments of Inspector- General of Fortifications and Colonel Com- mandant of the Royal Engineers have become vacant. The emoluments of the former amount to nearly 2,0004 per annum.

The Gazette has announced the appointment of Lord Howard de Walden to be Minister at the Court of Stockholm, in lieu of Lord Bloomfield.

Lord Brougham completed his fifty-fourth year on Wednesday week, and kept it as a red-letter day at Brougham Hall. His venerable mother is still in the enjoyment of health, faculties, and even "looks which speak of youth."—Globe.

Ministers are all expected to be in town about Wednesday next ; and the following day a Cabinet Council will be held, at which sonic definite conclusion will probably be come to with regard to the assembling of Parliament.—Herald.

Lieutenant-Colonel Eden, brother-in-law to the Lord Chancellor, is about to proceed to Canada, as Adjutant-General to the Forces there, in the room of Lieutenant-Colonel Harris. Colonel Eden has been recently promoted to his present rank.

No less than sixty junior Lieutenants have recently been placed over the heads of some of the oldest officers in the service ; and among these sixty, ten are the sons of Peers. What will the public think when I state, that there is at this moment on board the Victory a midshipman of twenty-three years standing, who has seen mere boys made Lieute- nants solely because their fathers or friends happened to be persons of

rank ! Mr. Hill, the gentleman to whom I allude, is allowed to be as brave, intelligent, and efficient an officer as ever stood upon deck ; lie

has lost three brothers in the service ; he is the son of the oldest medi-

cal officer in the service ; and yet, because he wants family connexion, lie still finds his shoulder without an epaulette. Mr. Hume is perfectly well acquainted with this case, and has communicated with Sir James Graham on behalf of Mr. Hill, but without the slightest effect.—Cor- respondent of the Morning Herald.

Lord Tenterden has been recruiting his strength during a consider- able part of the vacation at Leamington, and we are happy to hear that he is considerably improved in health.—Morning Post.

A most singular correspondence is carrying on between the solicitor of a noble Earl and one of the .Government departments respecting a forged letter, purporting to come from a Minister of State, and sealed with a seal having a Viscount's coronet with the letter G. below it. The act of forgery has been fixed upon an individual whose honour has hitherto been considered as spotless. The noble Earl is about to. publish a full statement of the whole transaction.—Post. [Tbe Vis- count is of course Goderich, but who is the noble Earl, and who is the spotless individual / At a general meeting of the Registering Barristers under the Reform Act, held a few days since, it was, after some debate, resolved not to demand their five guineas a day for Sundays 1 The sum subscribed for Somerville, the dragoon, amounted altogether to 3301., of which 260/. have been paid into his hands.—Globe.

The following are the dimensions of the Neptune, which was launched a few days ago—

Length on lower deck 205 8 Ditto of keel 190 6 Ditto of keel for tonnage 170 51 Breadth for ditto 54 74- Ditto moulded 53 10* Ditto to outside of wale 55

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Depth in hold 23 2 Extreme length aloft 242 6 Ditto height, forward 56

6 Ditto ditto, midships 51 0 Ditto ditto, abaft 64 0 Burden in tons, 2,705 70-94ths.

The Neptune is the largest man of war built in England in modem times.

Messrs. Braithwaite have just completed a steam fire-engine for the King of Prussia, to be used both as a protection against fire, and for supplying the upper parts of Berlin with water. The engine will throw ninety tons per hour a perpendicular height of one hundred and twenty feet. It can be drawn by four horses.

DAVIS'S STRAITS WHALE FISHERY.—The following account of this fishery has been transmitted from the Dorothy of Dundee, off Aberdeen.

Dundee—Alexander, Thorns, nearly full ; Dorothy, Davidson, 3 fish, full ; Fairy, Welch, and Friendship, Davidson, nearly full ; Horn, Stevenson, 30 fish ; Advice, 14 fish ; Princess Charlotte, 17 fah; Thomas, 25 fish.

Illontrose—Monareh. Davidson, nearly full.

Aberdeen—Boa Accord, Parker, and Middleton, James, nearly full ; Dee, Cook, 20 fish ; St. Andrew, Reed, 16 fish.

Peterhead—Resolution, Hogg, 13 fish ; Superior, Manson, 42 fish, nearly full; Gleaner, full; Joseph Green, 24 fish ; Traveller, well fished. Kirkaidy—Eggington, Todd, lost ; Caledonia,21 fish ; Triad, full ; Viewforth, 25 fish. Berngsland—Majestic, Watson, 34 fish, full ; Undaunted, Davidson. 33 fish. Leith—Juno, Lyall, and William Young, Deuchars,lost, after being fall ; North Pole,

Smith (stove), Prince of Orange, Guthrie, and tilverstone,Stodart, nearly full ; William and Ann, Liston, 37 fish, full. Newcastle—Cove, Palmer, and Lord Gambier, Wareham, nearly full ; Lady Jane. 17 fish.

Whitby—Plicenix, Mills, full.

Hull—Alfred, Brass, 20 fish ; Andrew Marvel, Wright, 270 tuns, full ; Ariel, Willis, lost ; Comet, Markham, 14 fish ; Everthorpe, Johnston, full ; Ingria, Wilson, and Wil- liam Torr, Dannant, nearly full ; Lee. Lee, 170 tuns ; Mary Frances, Coldmy. 24 fish ; Swan, Dring, full; William Lee, Hill, 23 fish ; Zephyr. Ash, 22 ditto ; Brunswick, 17 ditto; Duncombe, 15 ditto ; Harmony, 18 ditto ; Isabella, full; Jane, ditto; Truelove,

ditto; Venerable, ditto. •

Most of the vessels reported made their fishing in Lancaster Sound. The -Undaunted and Ilajestis arrived 7ssterday morning at Aunitislaml;both fa. from Davis's Straits,

Ft. In.

,Loudon—Margaret, HI fish ; Maria, 21 ditto. Hein ick—Norfolk, 11 fish. Tilt: STATE OF OUR COURTS OF LAW.—Since the Court of Review,

in Bankruptcy, has been established, the Judges have found no resting- p place ; - for, destitute of a regular Court, they were sent.from one com- mittee-room to another ; and, at the best of times, found it somewhat difficult to keep up appearances. The Government have at length had compassion upon them, and have promised to build a new Court ; and, we understood, some ground has been purchased off, in Chancery Lane,

on which the building will be erected. We have often thought what a noble improvement it would be, if all the Courts were held under one roof, which might be formed in the centre of Lincoln's Inn Fields. The Courts at Westminster are as inconvenient in their situation as iri their construction ; and the two evils being combined, a speedy change

is rendered absolutely necessary. We understand a petition, .pn the state of our Courts of Justice, will be presented to the House of Commons early in the next Session of Parliament ; and if a plan com- mensurate with the importance of the object of bringing the Courts to- gether, should hereafter be adopted, it is obviously a waste of the public, money to build a new Court of Review ; and we see no reason why the Hall of the Middle Temple could not be used as a temporary court, until some final arrangement is made. The money expended in the new Courts at Westminster, the Vice-Chancellor's Court in Lincoln's Inn, and the Insolvent Debtors' Court, would have reared a magnifi- cent edifice, worthy of the seat of justice of this country ; but now we do not possess one court which can vie, for convenience, with many of the Nisi Prius Courts in the county. The Four Courts, in Dublin, are infinitely superior to our Courts at Westminster; indeed, the nui- sances in Courts at Westminster are becoming more intolerable every Term, and the very worst effects ensue to the health and comfort of those who practise in them. Our readers, whose duties call them to 1Vestminster, can, we are sure, bear testimony of the truth of this as- sertion. The duties of both classes of the profession are sufficiently arduous, without an exposure to the ill effects which arise from fighting one's way to obtain a seat, or perhaps standing-room, in a crowded court ; and this toil being over, be repaid by breathing an unhealthy at- mosphere for some half dozen hours. We are not valetudinarians, but we also know the value of health—which is a blessing to all men ; but to a lawyer it is absolutely necessary, to enable him to do his clients justice.—Legal Examinerjbr September.

How A BARRISTER STAY TRAVEL.—It is a well-established rule at the bar, consecrated by old usage, and observed at the present day, that all barristers shall travel the circuit with post-horses, but they may go to sessions by coach. If any member of the bar violates this practice, his brethren refuse to associate with him ; or, in other words, lee is cut. —Legal Examiner.

Mr. Laporte took possession on Wednesday of the King's Theatre, as lessee for the ensuing season, Mr. M. Mason having relinquished his claim to the establishment. The amount of the rental is stated at 12,0001. per annum. Mr. Seguin, the active caterer under both lessees, was to leave town on Wednesday night for Paris, to raise recruits for the ensuing campaign.—Herald.

The first question put to Braham before the Dramatic Committee, and his answer, are quite characteristic. " You are not the proprietor of any theatre ?"—" Thank God! I am not."—Courier. [ What is there characteristic in this ? Braham has made a handsome fortune by theatres; why, then should he thank God so fervently that he is not a proprietor of any one ? Because they are ruinous concerns ? that is, he thanks God that he is not ruined by paying others, as others have been ruined by paying him ! This is a very unchristian-like charac- teristic.]

TEAZLES.—The present season has been the most productive in this important article of produce in the West of England ever remembered; and the crops have been harvested in the best possible condition.— Herald.

LODGINGS.—Lord John Russell, in one of his addresses to the Devon electors, mentioned the following curious case- A person holding an almost sinecure place had occasionally to come to Lon- don ; and as he had to visit one of the public offices, he requested that he might be allowed a room in which he could just write a letter, or keep a basin to wash his hands. His request was granted, and having but little to do, he soon. wanted a clerk to assist him. The clerk was granted ; then other clerks were required, and allowed, and a place was built—a house added to the room for the convenience of these clerks—though the duties of the individual remained in statu quo. At last the house was wanted for some really useful purpose, and the clerks were ejected ; but not till the founder of the clerkly colony had actually received compensation for the house, which he claimed as his own, built for his particular use, with an understanding that he was not to be turned out. The individual in question, for a long series of years, had received this comperisation!

Why did Lord John not add the name?

It appears that England has recently been engaged in a war of four- and-twenty hours' duration. Happily no lives were lost on the occasion, and the only wound inflicted was one in the chest, sustained by the enemy. The Regency of Tripoli was some 200,000 piastres in (ILIA to Great

Britain, which the Bey wished to avoid paying. At last, after, sundry excuses and delays, the English Consul took down his flag, went on board a vessel, and declared war against his Beyship. Next day 170,000 of the piastres were paid, and a little delay was granted foe the payment of the remainder ; and so ended the Tripolitan war, Excels"' ExPortrs.—The Circassian convict ship, having one hun-

dred convicts on board, with a detachment of the 21st Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant King, late of the 89th Regiment, putinto Plymouth on Thursday sennight, on her passage to New South Wales. Ninety-two convicts embarked in the Circassian on Tuesday from the Captivity hulk.—Hampshire Telegraph. [By the by, Alder man Waith- man has never attempted to estimate the gain to the manufactUrers of convicts, and to the nation at large, which the enormous disproportion between the exports and imports of the article must necessarily cause. We every year send out half-a-dozen of ship-loads, and we do not get one ship-load back once in seven years. In common fairness, when he is settling the balance of trade generally, this reinarlrible itch' ought to be :aken-into ac count.] On the 20th September, on the Lac de Gauve, near Cauterets, in t department of the 'High Pyrenees, in France, were drowned, Mr. \ H. Pattisson, barrister, and his lady. Mr. and Mrs. Pattisson 1. been on a tour to the Pyrenees since their marriage in August la The lamentable accident appears to have arisen from Mr. and M Pattisson losing their balance while in the boat, into which they vs tured without a boatman. He was seen sounding the depth of the la. with his oar, and Mrs. Pattisson was seen starting up as if to catch I husband. They both fell. The body of Mr. Pattisson had not be found when the account of the lamentable occurrence was sent f:c. Cauterets.—French Paper.

Attempts have lately been made at Dunkirk to pass forged Bank England notes, and a person upon whom they were found has been co, 'nutted to prison. They are lithographed instead of being engrav, and both the paper and impression differ considerably from those of t. genuine notes.