Star. — London, England, 1824-09-01 00:00:00

• ' SAUL AND JONATHAN. Fan are the mighty—latad's beauty sleeps, I e And mourning Judah for her ruler weeps: Falrn are the mighty -r-lost the victor wreath, The King, the Loan ' s anointed, rests in death ; . The mighty Monarch wain all Israel sway'd, Whom distant re ions honour'd and obey'd— Unhappy fate, thsworthy of the brave, Wants the cold honours of a warrior's grave ! Relate it not in Aske"on or Gatti. • Lest it excite the Gentile's scornful laugh— Lest the proud daughters of Philistia sing The song of triumph o'er our fallen King! And thou, Gilbert, who bast braid sublime The raging tempest and encroaching time, Let no moist dew on thee be henceforth found, Nor kindly rain refresh the thirsty ground. There lies the shield that Israel's Alhoarch bore, And there the fields are drench'd with regal gore ! Daughters of Israel, rend the air and weep O'er those who now in cold oblivion sleep; No more to deck you shall the warriors toil, With proud Philistia ;Ind Arnalek's spoil : Swift as the eagle darts upon 'his prey, Strong as the lion they did urge their way. Oft where the combat rag'd with fiercest glow, The son of Saul did twang his deadly bow; Oft in the-tainting foe by lizav'y ablatted, The gallant father skeath'd his crimson sword ; Bist•never will the gallant chiefs again ' Descend in terrors on the deathly' plain ! Falrn is the mighty sire, andrhightier son, Theii race of gluey is for ever run! Oh ! Jonathan, my brother and my friend, 31y love for thiie shall never, never end ; Tender's the love the bridegroom bears the bride, Who but an kink has greed his yobthfol side; Stronea the affeetion.that,a.kohec.beara Towards his duteous anst,tong beta. The moth 1 x loves - the e ,upiya her knee, ob Jona**, s.I isnAl Oh!- may we see the,wanu,tfig,frierspkglow s Reacted abste, P l 4O l'fo.4 l ePP below Falrn arg the. miaktroidost thelrigtoe wreath, For Said and Jonathan both deceits death! NG SOLDIER. TITLES OF StiVEREIGNS. The Chiefs of the Natches are regarded by their peo ple as tht children of the sun ; and they bear the name of theii• father. TheliCing of. Aquiterv i icalls himself the Great Lion ; andfor-this reason lions are there so much respected, that-they are not allowed to kill them, but at certain royal huntings. the"gingpf Monomotapa is surrounded by musicians and, poets, whO him Lord of the Sun and Moon ; _ _ _ _ Great hfigician; and Great Thief! The King:of Araccan is called " EmperOr of Arac- Can, ,Pussessor of the White ,Elephants *9d the Two Ear-riogs,,Legitimate Heir of regal. and Drama; Lord of the Twelve Provinces of Bengal, and the Twelve Kingi who place their heads'under his feet." The King of Ava is called God. When ht writes to a foreign Sovereign he calls himself the King of Kings, whom all others should obey, as he is the cause of the preservation of all animals, the regulator of the seasons, the absolute master of the ebb and flow of the sea, bro ther to the Sun, and King Of the four and twenty um brellas ! These umbrellas are always carried before him. The titles of the King of Achem are, Sovereign of the Universe, whose body is luminous as the sun, whoni GOD created to be as accomplished as the moon at her plenitude, whose eye glitters like the northern star, a King as spiritual as a ball is ronnd, who, when he rises, shades all his people, from under whose feet a sweet odour is wafted, &c. The Kindyan Sovereign is called Dewo (God). In a deed of . gift, he prticlairris hiMself the priitectd of religion, whose fame is infinite, aud.of surpassing ek cellence, exceeding the moon, the unexpanded jessamin r buds, the stars, &c. whnie feet sire as fragrant to the noses of other Kings as floWers to bees; our most noble patron and god by vustam,.iiccr, Mr. Jrnixsty. BENTHAM has resolved to kitten. in England,,the son of ItlAitco BolaArita, a Greebits hero, whq lately fell in the cause of his countiy.: The yoUth,* about 11 -years old, is now on his was to this country. A recent letter from Rome says. 7." An aqueduct has juit.been,discoveied Here, whiat runs taw* the street of Condotti, built in the time of AkitiPa.;fOr it.anOnes tionably bears all the clibtinguisbing features of the then mode of building. Means are taken to rendar it again of utility, and fur that purpose immensely large leaden pipeslre laid down, the cost_ of which altogether, it is computed, *ill exceed , lio,olio RoMin crowns." At ;11!;. 44,0 Nooiniititi! ,A,slrXes,, Lord Chief Jus tice 014, t:odk occasion to sa y A.A. he wialie it ,tO be known, that transportation would, not, in future be so comfortable a thing as it was supposed to be, for that, by a recent Att a 1 Varliamenr, the Goternment 1144 power to Apportion labour to convicts in proportion to their offmces. . Monday afternoon, Samuel Toovey, a servant of Messrs. Stephens, geding, while in a high state of Per apiration,. incautiously .hank a large draught of cold eater, and in the course of a few hours it, caused his death.—On the same day, a fine young woman at Matple Bi idge, while in a state of great perspiration, eg,casioned.4 dancing, took a 'draught of . cold Water ; shewas icumediateli taken ill, and died three days after. A quack, who exhibited upon a stage in Covent-gar den, in theyttiftl6Bl, amused his spectators with taking thirteen grains id some poisonous drug. The German operator, as he was termed, performed this experi ment under the inspection of several surgeons and phy. sicians ; and, retiring, contrived, by means best known to himself, to evacuate it, or prevent any visible ill effects from a dose that, Benskin says, in his Domestic Intelligence, would have killed twenty men. Early on Monday morning se'nnight, the Stroud. water Safety Briton coach, Which passes thiough Abing don, arrived at Rose-hill, Hurley-bottom, at the rate of ten miles an hour: the guard, as usual, jumped off his seat to lock the wheel, but the -coach having reached the descent, the coachman. could not stop dig horses to give him sul:scient time. There Weresi; o u t s id e pas sengers on the coach, .who became alarared at the rate: they were descending the hill, and the rattling of the Alfas clutio. About the middle of the hnl, a young 'woman jumped off, and falling in the hedge,. escaped Anjou :, she was followed by a,gamekeeper, from Glou cester, of the name of Miles, who WitS going on a visit -tir hi t s brother, at thrley, and who unfortunately fell on bead, and still remains in a 'nefarious state, being. quite insensible. At the foot of the hill, John Russell, a -poeter to a house in London, leaped off, and pitching on thb top of his head, died in a few minutes: he has l e ft .a Wife and ieverril 'children. The Coichinan, im- Th ediaAely after this 1441 disaster, -pulled rap without f a rtllef accident. Nlt..lreland,'firie:Of therprbpriet ors of ,04 aiith, 0141 aC ttie hdte of ,:o.4ciF.iot., and ion.eff .044 . 1 ii2OstAlige. A Cooner'ainquest sat on the body of Russell.—VerdiCt, Acadentcl death. 111,_ =III PY4014/C ZILE& Freeilsid and Ogryhohl.-Tlictleone Bridge at Kew, across thil' river Thames, in the ettuntille of 'why and Middlesex, with the Tolls arising ' therefrom which, from 1817 to 1823 inclusive, have averaged £2,273 Bs. 6d: per innum; the estate subject to a tontine of £l,lOO yearly, divided Into three classes, payable hAf-yearly: First class, originally fifty-two In number, thirty-four survivors, the youngest aged thirty-four; second class, originally fifty-four, twenty three survivors, the youngest aged sixty : third class, originally ten, three survivors, aged eighty-five, eighty-four, and eighty-one. The outgoings—to check clerk, £75, house for him, £!0; two Coke tors, £80; repairs and incidents, £9B ; deducting. the itel9l of which, £273, and the tontine, £l,lOO, from the average r Wpt of tolls, £2,273 Bs. 6d. leaving at present a net rental of £9OO 6. 6d. per annum, exclusive of an annuity of £26 from the Gai totnparty, for permission to carry their pipes over the 'Bridge. By' Act of Parliament, the Bridge, not to be rated or assessed fdr any. public , or parochial tax, but subject to the manor of Ealing to a trifling quit rem and small fine certain, for plece.of ground on whicfi one of the buttresses stands. Sold for £19,800. Freeholds.—fine undivided third phrt of the Baltic Coffee-hOti4e, Threadneedle -street, containing five apartmentscontiniitee. sale, and subscription rooms, doniestic offices, and collaring, on LAW to Mr. William Melton, for twenty-nine years, at £l5O per annum, sold for £2,150. Acton-green House, near Turnham-green, containing twelve apartments, school-rooni, domestic ogees, gardens, pond, planta tions, two cottages, stable, and coach-house, in the occupation of Mr. Charles Byng, as en academy, on lease for twenty-one years, from Michaelmas. 1821,.determittahle by the lessee at the end of the first seven or fourteen yeirs; at £l2O per annum, with a clause in the lease enabling the tenatit to purchase the 'premises for the sum of £2,910 within the first seven year s—£4,3l:o. Shares..—A "hare in the Birmingham Canal—X3B4. A ditto—£':42. THE BLUE LAWS OF CONNECTICUT. fie*" AN laterMaar THIOUCK nitMW) SUM Dr 1824 AND 1823, NY Al !MOUSY GRITLIMAX." The singular mixture of fanaticism and Illiberality which characterises these ancient Laws of Connecticut, is amusing in the present day : " No one shall hold any office who is not sound le the faith, and faithful to this &minion ; and whoever gives a vote to such a per son shill pays fine of one pound. For the second offence he shall be disfranchised.—No Quaker, or Dissenter from the F-stablished worship of this dominion shall be allowed to give a vote for the election of Magistrates, or any officer.—No food or lodging shall be afforded to a Quaker, Adamite, or other heretic.—lf any person turns Quaker he shall be banished, and nit suffered to return on pain of death.—No Priest shall abide in this dominion : he shall be banished, and suffer death on his return. Priests may be seized by any one without a warrant.—No one shall cross a river but with an. authorised ferryman.—No one shall run of a Sabbath-day, or walk in his garden, or elsewhere, except reverently to and from church.—No one shall travel, cook victuals, make beds, sweep houses, cut bait, or shave on the Sabbath-day.—No woman shall kiss her child on Sabbath or fasting day.—A (bombard shall have a master appointed by the select men, who is to debar him the pri vilege of buyintor selling.—Whoever tells a lie to the prejlidice of his neighbour shall sit in the stocks and be whipped fifteen stripes. Whoever wears clothes trimmed with silver or bone lace above two shillings a yard shall be presented by the Grand diatom and these; kct men shall tax the amender at the rate of three Yu:mired pounds estate.—No one shall read Common Priter,, keep Cbristniae of Saint's day, make minced plea ' dincE, play cards, or play on'saliy instrument of music, except the drum, the trumpet, and the Jaw's harp.—No man shall court a maid without rust obtaining. the con sent of her parents--five pounds penalty for the first effence—ten for the second—and for the third, iiiprisonment . ditritig the plea sure of the Court. , --Marrled Yersiltai shall live wieder ot• be ins prisorsed.—ffivery male shall Neve his Bair cut &wild Waiordlng , to a cap." A young English Lady,siientbea dears of are, s wat carried off, some months ago, Itia yobng Getter, and conducted to Caen, Where* her father Inimd her. The °Seer', his servant &Olin, and another person; were 'prosecuted by the father at Paris, who declared at the !trial that . his daughter was a mittc*, being leis than siiteen years old. ,ItWat . provetl, hotiner, by authentic documents, that the foting Lady's age exceeded that number of years, and as sbe'hid tOltantailly gone with the GentleMiti o he arid the others siCcUsett were set at liberty by an order of the CObrt • Ileyid. Mid* these circumstances the seitint brought ati :idiots of dailtatea against the father of the Lady, on thigrotitathiChe had led tlfe Court int§ error in not diclifing. the: tied age of the Lady. The Court , hitriteier, ifiei liiAring Counsel On both tides, held that, serth'e parent 0610 his plaint on facti, ditlibut• sine ttititities of Malignity, orialumoy, ht COdld Hit be subject to lit a!tiOn'of d:images.- 7 Paiii Papkr. An iiiful instance of anddin death otcarted Abobt nine 0 4 041 c. en Sdnda netting, it the Polite office, _ Hitttrh-Girdeit. ThV *ffe of Charles lit own, one o f the officers, and lielepei of the stroll' '' mints, Over whiCh they reside, brougfit in a pint ni ttee and 4 1 0 dish of oysters; fdrsupper, to which she, t er hitsband, her son, and two daughters, sat do*h ; the teqk theleif ind was butterint a round, when she laid it do*a mid• denly, and clapping her hand to her face,. exclaimed, " My GOD, what a pain I have in my head!" and be fore she could utter another word, she fell.d6Wh and ex. Aired. Surgical assistance Was probfred, but in Vin. AMERICAN Ittriat-SHOCtiaas.—W4ilt die itage Vial stopping a short time in Order to eiater the horsts, and to allow the passengers to tike some refresh:bent, at d small hill on this mountain, I obteried that tied hdit; tens, Who had just come in with some turtles they had killed, *ere each of thein carrying 66e of the long heavy rifles peculiar to the Atherians. As one of then), an old man, writ Waiting of hit Still as a marksman, I offered to put up half a dollar, at a distance of fifty yards, to be his if he Could hit it. Accordingly, I stepped the distance, and placed the half dollar in the cleft of a small stick, which I thrust into the ground. The hun ter, slowly raising his rifle, fired, and, to my greet astonishment, struck the half-dollar. This was the first specimen I had seen Of the unrivalled accuracy w i t h wwhichthe American htmter uses his rifle, and which I had afterwards greater reasons to be surprised at when in Kentucky.— twursion through the United States. KENTUCKY Orricsas.--44 Ole General Scott and two or three others," said my randlord, " were sitting one evening in a log-tavern, when in came a tolerably well dressed stranger from the New England States, and called for half a pint of whiskey. The landlord in-' formed him that he, did not sell it in sect small quail- , cities. The old General, who was very f6nd of whis key, said, ' Stranger, I will 'join you, and pay half; therefore, landlord, give us a pint,of your best: The; whiskey was brought, 'and 'the General, who.,was t6l drink first, began by saying to the.stranger, 4 Colonel, your good health.' 4 I am no Colonel,' replied the stranger. ' Well, then,' sisia the General, , Major, your good health.' ' I ens no Major,' said the New Eat.. hinder. 4 Then, y.onr.gOod health, Captain,' said the' General. ' I an no Captain, . Sir,' said ate stranger,' ' and what is more, never held. a commission in my life." Well,-then, by Heavens!' said the old General, ' you are the first man in Kentucky that ever wore 'a , cloth coat and was mot a Commiitsioned Meer.' ''—lbid., Tennis was a great phlusenieht of the reign of Charles 11. and one at which his Majesty himself fre- 1 quently played : a newspaper •of 16 7 50 tells its readers, that "on Tuesday morning, there Wits a great m*tch at tennis at IVhitehall, where hi, Majesty and Ms Royal Highness welt present. Alter which, his Majesty played himielf, r, kir one Lord of his side, against two more of the Nobility ; and his Majesty hasirthe better of it." BARRISTERS OF THE OLD scupoL. EirWilliam Dugdale; in his account of the Inner Teniple; lays, u Iri 1664; the King went thither in his barliefrrort Whitehill; and dined - there The Eakin* ivb?ch' were begun. by the whole hoot" Judges; Sitjeinti'kt 'Lair; BeiiCherl, and the Utter and Innet Alai we're led by the Mister of the RevelX: Aftletthis 'CereldertY,' one of the'Gentlettien of the Utter' Bar wat chos'en to sing a song to the Judges, &dean ts, or of the Bench, which was usuallr per/mined: . or in de-I fault of it, was an amerciametit. This• ended,' tattle of the Gentlerhen of the - Inner - Bar presented the house with dancing; which was called the post 'revels: Theft dances were continued till the Judges or 13ench thought wow' to rise and depart." Hayman, in his Quodlibet', printed in 1628, observes: When I was of Lincoine's Inrte,. the . fashion was (and I thinke is still) after dinner, upon grand and fes. rive days, some young gentleman of the house would lake the best guest by the hand, and he the next, and so, hand in hand, they - did solemnly passe about the fire, the whole company each after other in order ; to' every staffe a song (which I could never sing), the whole company did vk ith a joyn'd voice sing this burthen Some mirth and solice now let as rake, To cheare our hearts, and sorrows slake. Upon this kind of commencement of these revels, I conceited this: When wise, rich lawyers dance about the fire, • 3laking grave neediesse mirth, sorrowes to slacke, If Clients (who due thins too dearly hire, Who want their money, and their comfort lacke) Should,for their solnce, dance about the halt, I judge their deice were more methodicall " By methodical, We suppose he means that clients, being naturally far more inclined to begrave than either Bar ristess or Judges, would better acquit themselves in " solemn revels.' POLICE INTELLIGENCE. M A NSION-HOUSE A sailor, who had been Wreeked at Elsineur, applied t 6 the Loan Marna for relief. An application bad been made to the . Institu tion, but they had refused aisistsuke on two grounds ' via. that the man was shipwrecked before the formation of the In stitution ;and, . secondly, that be was not wrecked one British coast.--The Loan Maros gave the applicanusome pecuniary assistance, betveniarked, that cases of so distressing a nature as the present Should be inquired into by the Institution. John Beacon was charged with having rcibbed Mr. Chamberlain, agent to one of the Gat Light Companies; and Ilia Soma was charged with having, with several others, attempted to rescue Bea con from the hands of the watchmen. It appeared that Mr. Cham► berlain was waiting in Leldenhall•street, at ekken o'clock at night, for a stage-coach, when six or seven Moves set upon hint, and one of them matched his gold watch, chain, and seals; in the pursuit Beacon was apprehended, but an attempt to rescue was made, and Barnes was captured,- the watchman declaring that he was one of the rescueri. On arriving at the watch-benne, the charge was taked with some hesitation, and it Was hinted to Mr. Chamberlain that if be would walk up the street, the watch would be restored. He persisted, however, in his thane. • .The Loan Maros demanded of the watchmen an eqdahation of .their conduct, but they now ex pressed treat doubts of the identity of Barnes. Taylor, one of the otters otiFillitsahen Ward, said the watch was found by a poor woman, as 4 that a strong jealousy existed bellow the Wards, or mom libuise Would have come at the sound of the rattle. The'Loato Mayon said, that wed' conduct wai an encourage. meat to thieves. Beacon was committed for trial for the robbery, and- Barnes for the attempt at tescue. BOW-STREET. Aracnront, a diminutive. dirty-looking Irish Knight of the Last, was brought before the Magistrates, charged with being she riugleadee in a terrible scene of riot and outrage which took place early on * Sunday morning, in Prince ' s -coast, Whitcomb-street. The Court abovementioned is a narrow dirty ,alley, occupied al ms* exclusively, by Irish coblers ; and it is their practice on Sa turday and Sunday nights, during the present warm weather, to place themselves, and any friends that rosy happen - to" tumble in," as they phrase it, at the outside of their doors, where they drink, ant, dance, lice. to the great annoyance, and sometimes terror of the whole neighbourhood. On Saturday night, a sturdy watch man, of the name of Peart, after having reconnoitred, mustered a Tolerable face, And entered the Court about one in the morning, and told them it was time they were asleep. " By my mother's doll sow, you shall soon be asleep yourself, my darling," said a splint wide-mouthed Irish porter, and with one blow he brought poor Peart to the ground. Others got about him, and arter puns. meMng him until they were satisfied,, they carried hiM to the end of the court by the arms, and threw hint like a dead deg into the street. Mere he was found by other watchmen, and a conamuni• cation being madg to the twistable of the night at St. Martin'. watch-house, he assembled all the force he could muster, twelvt watchmen and six patroli; Slid theeditt4St their bead to Prince's-cou rt. Their modebietthi bb*Erikt hid been *arched, and on arriving the* found the enemy prepared for battle. The men were drawn up id a body near the entrance of the court, the women were placed in the rear. A general assault etnnmineed and emitioned with various aicetrss tar stiene time, Whin the tablets retreated to their basses, and arming themselves with their lkpstones, came forth again and burled them with dexpeNte vengeance at the heads of the besieging pitty, who unable to withstand such' an attack, Were obliged to , retreat, thi Other Shy sitting up's deafening yell of triumph at tfitiit fittory. The only Ms Who could be recognised was the de readmit, who kept one of the houses in, the court. and who was said to tpave acted as a sortof commander during the riot. All Armstrong's valour appeared now to have forsikeri hitt'. He was completely ckbp-falien, and had not g Word to say.—He was coirinsitted in defielt of bail, and was told that every house in the coon would be indicted. Mrs. (boner, landlady of the flora and Groom, Bedfordbury was charged with suffering four soldiers to be playing at dominoes and drinking in her tap-room, at half-past one on Sunday morning In defence, she urged that the parries lodged in her house ; but this excuse *IS not tlthitted, and it being 'her seland Offence, she was ined £5. F. Mesas. a hackney.cepaclitnah, Ins~ neth.using ahnsive kangiutge to a Lady, from wheat he oijoried.si more than his Fare, by a threat, that he would be d-d if she a foot tiN die triad hlm.—Pined 10s. and costs. • Novas. AirLicariort.—Yesterday evening, a young Gentleman, of rather tespettable appearance, applied to the Magittrate (Mr. HALL.), for his advice. He stated that a young Man, with whose faniilq be was well acquainted; had reerftly rubbed Ms mother to a considerable amount, and his friends, .fearing that he had farmed , some improper connexions, tiv'ere atious to stop his . career by senflillg hint otit of the country, and he (the applicant) wirked to know, iE the Magistrate would order him W be/leisurely Inansported. The Magistrate said, some people bad a strange idea of the powers of a Magistrate : he had no more power to order the person to be privately tratspotied, than he had to go a step further, and brder him Os be pridately hung. Applicant—But, Sir, could you not order him to enlist into the East India Company's service? Mr. Hai may enlist if be pleases, but I have no power *to 'compel. Applicant. —Will you grant a warrant against him, Sir, just to' frighten him, and then, perhaps, he will enlist? Mr. Ilaxi.s.—Ne, I can do no such thing; if he is brought before, forlorn a charge of rubbery, I shall know what to do with him. The 'person then bowed and left the office, apparently much dis ipPiiintell lit the result of this application. UNION-HALL A yotirlg men, owned Fay, a shopman to Mr. Fox Smith, an ex tensisle haberdasher and Lacemunufactuter at Stonesend, in the Hu ?Gogh, was charged with rubbing th..t Gentleman, his employer. Mr. Smith sail s , that his suspicion Was excited against the pri- Oder 'and another shopman who had absconded, when the prisoner's 'box was stir cried ;' in it was found a valuable silk . veil, who a Shawl, hnd epiece or silk, his pr petty.—The prisoner said, that taws/ever improbable his account might appear, he declared the goods bad been e .put iota his box by the person who had absconded without his I "knowledge.—Mr. Smith said, that be had Arent the article ito a Lady the day before the prisoner Was taken into custody, and he Bad afortvards , given them to the prisoner to put away an a certain shelf, where the person who had absconded had no access. - - The Magistrate was at epi4on that-the facts were eat s against the prisoner, bet he was restarsded. Jane Daher was citarged•with•steallag sememblemel-hMapect, eta. ,the property, of her un s cre w Mr.. Gates , of akkeami s i em : Wilwortit. The peoseestris bad; !received a twelve- yeare s ch am : me-wish; the priennee, bar after shit had been is weeks in the situp, don, she informed her mistress that achad a. mostkorrible 4 4 6 , 41, 'Namely, that her fatheemotbee,aisters,-anti-brothers, were a g oat for execution, and talented lave = s. go home for ; shot 6 44; flee, however, avid - not .4-edint, and the propesty was : wa r d., pewebrolter itodirted pen of thelPeoPenl.-which thetei g g i s eg pledged.—. She was cumatitted.. - 7: k TrOWI9 Aft MM. httk b a t' who. we/tenet Itheitterl tt ibeilinve weeks "-a‘ r'..-" so, w i t h some argererfoi'•wint of evidence, for rohbi n their parents. was again charge& bride akitherwith stealing /. 19! from her bed-mem, with whichisembsconded on Thursday. Who met with the Onstetlei be idolitted the rbber,. 'He div!ared &Venting& indilfecenoe, and offering no defence, wa g . coarnacted. ILIA RLBOROUG FIaTR BET. Jacob elcii, a man or good address, a joiner, at' present in the entpky of Mr. Baum, the beildue, wle oditrigedvitit stn u s „ au f Jr. Mead, who keeps a public-house in illaadox-atrevt, lianovvr square, stated, that the prisoner has been-for a long tin e i n o w bibft of annoying h illy and his family, but-in none. moretliao by his proceedings to Me. Mead's) daughters* The ptisouer - 1/14 not content withlitrudingel Mks Mead kit plefeesiens of tachment, which she ',deb conteenikpfrat k the rac t ;„ of writing her letters, containing , the'twr inSeinnutnry, and indeed sedition, i • sniff that ever wall mid:" He lbw sent h er the biebtbectott, works of (debit end •othemo-sio. reit* and recom mended them to her perusal. Mr. Mead forbid him the hone ; bat on Saturdarniglit, he creased a disigebinan • and, in a ddi t i on, clenthed his est in Mr: Mead's face; anti•thlS was the insul t contplaked of. _ The prisoner said the whole was nothbir but a love affair b e . meal himself and Miss Mead; andnotwithstandingarhat had bees said byber father, he was persuaded her love for him was no i e ,, sincere than his own. With respect to Grille's wotku, he had He t Miss Mead a refutation of Grille's works, and kirsonsidered idr. Mead was very ungrateful in making the charge, for many a tine dlid Mr. Maud given him a thrashing in the mailmen( his daught e r, didt so great was his affection for her; that-he took ail •quietly. Mr. Iteirasked how old Ili* Mead war?—‘4r. Mud said, that Ms daughter was a mere child, only Sla yeses of age. Mr. for smiled, and told the prisoner, that lie , itati no ri;h: ta force his attentions on the family Of Mr. Mead, if the latter did 11:1 wish it ; and for the assault now complained of be muss End ' At the late Assizes of Tralee, two men were indicted for claiming, with intent to destroy a cow,. On thet' i. it appeared that the cow was actually killed. Prisoners agent remarked, after the evidence for the prosocutioa was gone into, that - there was a variance between the indictment and the evidence which proved that the co,r was killed. The prisoners were accordingly discharged. Tuesday se'nnight, as the Judges - were leaving New. castle, ft* Carlisle, the diary of Sir JOIDI BATLEY'S carriage gave way, on the Forth Banks, and his Lnru• ship's clerk, who was sitting. in it, was thrown down, and received soine hurt. Tuesday se'nnight, a fire broke out in the mansion house of Newton, Parish of Cambuslang, about six miles from Glasgow, occupied by Jona Mtu.eu, E,q. which was totaily•consomed. The fire broke out in a bed-roOm in the upper story, and -had made consider able progress before the family were alarmed, who escaped with great difficulty, several of whom. being taken out by the garret windows, and Mr. Altra.ert was severely scorched in his face and hands in rescuing the children. Nothing was saved except some silver plate which was near the door on the ground story, and two trunks belonging to servants. An odd way of amusing themselves and the specta- tors of their follies, was practised anciently by persons who styled themselves " Mummers, " the method of whose proceeding is partly explained in the following passage of an Act of Parliament of the reign of Henry the Eighth :"'." Forasmuch as lately within this realm divers persons have disguised and apparelled then : . selves, and covered themselves with vizors and other things in such a manner as they should not be known; and divers of them, in a company together, naming themselves , Mummers; have come to the dwelling. , place of divers men of honour, and substantial persons, and so departed unknown ; whereupon murders, felony, rape, and other great hurts and inconveniences have aforetitne grown, and hereafter be like• to come by, if the said disorder should continue not reformed." This Act levied a fine and three months' imprisonment on future offenders, and decreed a penalty of 221. for Or sale of a single mask. It is extremely probable that t!,.: Mummer was a product of Italy ; and, were we inclined to penetrate into past ages, we might possiblT discover him en the Roman stage, where the actor invariably appeared in a distOrted mask, though, perhaps, otherwise habited in the character he represented. In one of the recent Sittings of the French Institute,a member read a memoir on the history of cotton, in which, among other things, he asserted the probability, that bad cotton not been discovered, paper would not have been fabricated from it; and the masterpieces of the divine Homer would have been lest to the modern world I I blunint ferintionisan—We understand that the prospects *heal Palmer Mine, near Padstme, are very flattering. 1 days duce, a lode &heist three feet big was art at the alit which la 15 fathoms in depth. The ore Is yellow, and of a quality. It is, however, supposed that the lode at the neat will be of greater consequence. The lode already cut runs pat with that of the old and once valuable mine called Treveatha, the same neighbourhood, which has also been recomnwneed P' very favourable appearances. BIRTHS.. On the 26th tilt. at St. Brelade, Jersaii elf Lady of the Flfield, of a son. Friday, at Begwoods House, &sex, iraiidy of Lieutenant , Colonel Sir.T. Nati HMI, K.C.B. of a MIL: _Friday se'tsnight, at Holidtaan, the kailligt initiCidge, of MA RATED. Os the 51st ult. at Lambeth Church, the Rel. Berward Ward, third son of the Right Hon. and Hon. ttobert Bangor Castle, in the county of Down, to Isabella Framer, roollgrit daughter of the late Robert Phillippa, of Longworth, in titer of Hereford, Require. John Taff, Esq. oraster-bnilder of his Majesty's Naval lf/ Bermuda, to Aimira Peniston, daughter of It. F. Notate, of Peniston House, Bermuda. DIED. At Aberdeen, on the I Ith uk. in the 212 d year of kir Nie, Allan Kidd, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Kidd. At Edinburgh, nn the 19th silt. William Catdee, raj. sate Provost of Ilialluborgh. At Glasgow, on the 15th ult. in she ilittis pearuf.bis age : John Johnston, formerly Midshipman on beard bit Majesty Royal Oak, 74 guns, Admiral Sir Pulteney August 9. at Bath, Major-General Willirm Augustin IProvost August 10, at the flora 'Hospital, at Hasler, Lieutenant ' lingers, R. Y. 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