ng been born in
1781. He was graduated LL.B. at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1803; was
called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1804; appointed a king's counsel,
1826; Solicitor General to Queen Adelaide, 1830; solicitor-general to
the king, February, 1834; master of the rolls, September, 1834; first
commissioner when the great seal was in commission, in 1835; lord
chancellor from 1836 to September, 1841, and again appointed to that
office in August, 1846; was appointed a commissioner to consider the
state of the bishoprics, 1847. Represented the borough of Malton in
Parliament from 1832 to 1836; had previously sat for Higham Ferrars.
Under his second appointment he held the great seal until the Easter
term, 1850, when ill health compelled him to retire.

Record of Scientific Discovery.

Professor S. F. B. MORSE has written an interesting letter to the
_National Intelligencer_ respecting the _Hillotype_, an improvement upon
the daguerreotype which appears to be genuine and very important. The
improvement by Baird exhibited lately in London, is spoken of as a great
advance upon the silvered plate, as it cannot but be: it is making a
surface of porcelain susceptible to the sun's rays. And now, in the very
depths of our forests, a discovery has been perfected which leaves
nothing to be desired by daguerreotypists. France, England, and America,
have thus each contributed to the perfection of the photogenic art, our
country supplying the crowning improvement:

"You perhaps have seen it announced," says Mr. Morse, "that a Mr. Hill,
of this state, formerly a Baptist clergyman, was under the necessity,
from ill health, of abandoning the ministry, and for a support practised
the daguerreotype art, and has made the discovery of photographing in
colors, or chromotography. The magnificence of this discovery is as
remarkable as the original discovery of photography by Daguerre. Many
affect to doubt the fact of this discovery by Mr. Hill, but I have every
reason to believe it strictly true. A week or two since I received a
most interesting letter from him, in consequence of his learning that I
had expressed a hope that he would not think of attempting to secure his
property in his discovery by a _patent_. I determined to visit him, and
save him, if possible, from the evils I had experienced. So last week I
went up to Kingston, and, hiring a gig, I set forth in a northwesterly
direction in search of Westkill, in Greene county, som