Mr. Frankland Lewis has accepted the situation of Chief of

the Central Board of Commissioners under the new Poor-Law Bill. This will cause a vacimey in the representation of Radnorshire. The other appointments—of Air. Lelevre and Mr. Nicholls as the junier Commissioners, with Mr. Edwin Chadwick as Secretary to the Board

—have also taken place. [Mr. Lewis's salary will lie : those of the other Commissioners and the Secretary are not fixed.]

Vice-Admiral Fleming hiss been appointed Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, in the room of Sir R. King, whose death was antiouneed some days ago. Captain A. Ellice is appointed A datiral Flemieg's Captain, and Mr. G. Loch, the Flag Lieurenant.—Courier.

The Conservatives of the North intend having a grand dinner on the 4th of September, at Newton, a borough now in Schedule A. The Earl of Wilton presides, and the Duke of Wellington and Lord Com- tentage are expected to attend.

Sir Samuel Whalley has given notice of an intention, in the next session of Parliament, to move to bring in a bill for the abolition of a hereditary Peerage ; but we hope that long before thin time comes, Sir Samuel will have seen the folly, to call it nothing else, of doing any such thing. That degree of self-knowledge which enables men to weigh the extent of their own powers and importance is exceedingly

rare and difficult of attainment. If it fell to the lot of Sir &motel Whalley, it would teach him that though he is calculated to be a useful man in his way, yet that nature has doomed that that shall he in a small way—that he is never likely to become a Cabinet Minis- ter, nor is he quite qualified to initiate any vital or important changes in the Constitution.—Herald. [Few tvill dissent from our contempo- rary's estimate of Sir Samuel Whalley's powers.] The English sarans sire preparing to leave London for Edinburgh, where the British Association for the advancement ef science will meet on the 15th September. The Lord Chancellor Brougham is ex- pected to be present at this interestitig meeting.—Dagre Papir.

The following particulars of Coleridge's enlistment as a comment soldier, in the early part iuf his life, are extracted from a hater to the Times, from Mr. W. L. Bowles, oae of the deceased poet's intimate friends.

" The regiment was the tali Elliot's Light Daroons ; the officer was Na- thaniel Ogl-, eldest son el Dr. Newton Ogle, Dean of Winchester, and brother of the lute Mrs. Sheridan. Ile was a scholar, and leaving 3Iertun CoIlege, lie entered this iegitneut a Cornet. Some years aftorwiuds, [believe he was thau Captain of Coleridge's tome going into the stables, at Reading, he remarked written on the white wall, under one of the saddles, iu large pencil characters, the following sentence, in Lstin- • quam infortunii miserrimum cot fuisse felieem!' Being struck wiih tlm careen :smote., mid himself a scholar, Captain Ogle in. quired of a se' tier whieher he hut; a' to whom the sehlie helmiged. Please

your lioretir, to C'etliheilache answered the Dragoon. Conibtaback P said

his (amain, seed him to me.' Coscherback presented himself, with tie inside of Lis imed ii fra,c of his cap. (driver 'wildly s;zitl, l'omberhavis, dal you write the Loin semelice wideit I hare jest read tineer your saddle:" l'ivase you! :.■•;:eas,' ass,ve:esi I wrule it.' • 11,ms my lad, you are sot wae is a! sun' to he. I shall speak to the constnaadiug officer, and you may 10- seal:Mg; a, a faired.' '1 i.e ■Ca.er, I think, was is S Cc- •

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the Churs.1,;,1. Csulher'o.,ek' V.'36 eN3111111(11 ; and it was found out, that -.• c011-ge, Candaido:e, and Iwir,g its Loadon without resources,

• 1 :a this regiment. !le was soon discharged, --net b son his demo-

.. whatever thove feelings ;night be, as a sehlier he WT; re- , ...11,1 obodient, tht,q,11 he conlil not rub .Ibien Isis own bor-e. fr Ali respect is, his friends aed his station. Pis fraa,a r:a of Lis initial. a eli.tha was sofas at th,., door of the 1! .

the bf the 11:itb condi:111v s1;a1;ieg Isis hands, mai- who hid been theisuiuuts of his di-charge, he drove off, nut • 1,is ;it Mist his old compassion; of the tap-room gave hen : rapidly rolled away along the Bails road to . to have been a :eel falling dr in the amount of the at' Hahel aavards t s pl itl bracelet to he presented by the i.sc!n.-ives to tile Princess Lieven. The intemtien woe; to raise 1;: :a by a suiamiption of 10 guineas each. front: 100 ladies; Ina, , a the whole reoion of fashion could only must a. 31.—

Cha ; L This is just ;hat might be expected limn the " regioa

of h. " where there is !MIA talk and little pay. If Laporte CO uld te: ct 11:s subscriptions from the bulb is who have taken boxes at the °perm and t them for frent five to twenty guineas a night, he would not have reason to complain of' the past season.]

hae been slim %lig her salary with the poor female choristers of the Nieg's Theatre, the last two bights of the season.

A teem t of the death of Brelnan from clailera, was prevalent in the beeinuing of the week ; arid the 'Manning Herold seized the occa- sion to get up a memoir of the life and performances of the eminent vocalist. Fortunately this well-meant kindness was premature. Mr. Brahion is in the enjoyment of good health, travelling in the West of Eueland.

be fashion of ladies wearing silk gloves is said to have begun to operate most severely upon the leather glove trade. [The unlucky leather Oove trade is always meeting with some rebuff.] Two eminent engineers, one attached to the French Government, and the other from St. Petersburg, have lately come to this country to inspect the London and Greenwich Railway.

The brig Lester, Captain Haywood, from Demerara to London was boarded by the crew a a piratical vessel on the ‘20th June, and rifled of every thing that was valuable. The pirate captain sent Captain Haywood fifty dollars its payment for what his crew had seized. The majority of the crew were English and Atnericaus, though the vessel sailed under Spanish colours.