The _Birmingham Mercury_ thinks some of Lord Brougham's late
proceedings may be accounted for in part by natural vexation at
Cottenham being made an earl. "Cottenham is several years younger than
Brougham, and was his successor in the chancellorship, and yet _he_
gets an earldom, while Brougham, who was known all over the world
before Cottenham was ever heard of out of the Equity Courts, still
remains and is likely to remain a simple baron."

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Romantic History of two English Lovers.--In the reign of Edward III.,
Robert Machim, an accomplished gentleman, of the second degree of
nobility, loved and was beloved by the beautiful Anna d'Arfet, the
daughter of a noble of the first class. By virtue of a royal warrant
Machim was incarcerated for his presumption; and, on his release,
endured the bitter mortification of learning that Anna had been
forcibly married to a noble, who carried her to his castle, near
Bristol. A friend of Machim's had the address to introduce himself to
the family, and became the groom of broken-hearted Anna, who was thus
persuaded and enabled to escape on board a vessel with her lover, with
the view of ending her days with him in France. In their hurry and
alarm they embarked without the pilot, and the season of the year
being the most unfavorable, were soon at the mercy of a dreadful
storm. The desired port was missed during the night, and the vessel
driven out to sea. After twelve days of suffering they discovered
faint traces of land in the horizon, and succeeded in making the spot
still called Machico. The exhausted Anna was conveyed on shore, and
Machim had spent three days in exploring in the neighborhood with
his friends, when the vessel, which they had left in charge of the