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whether the sum of 421. (so often referred to) bad Wen detained frares,or was returned by, the defendant Rus sell, at the time of the emotion of the deed, in respect of the work done in drawing up that deed, because, if not then retained or returned? The witness, White head, swore, be did not recollect having received the 42/. back ; hut, in point of fact, he musehave received • it back, as was proved by his receipt ; for if not, there was an end of-the case. Tne next question arose out of the constroction put upon the Acts of Parliament, • relied on by the defendant's Counsel: that if I mantor shill employ perslns who should be the agents also the grantee of an annuity, he Must take • . • the consequence; and if those agenti shall at the • very moment, when, in his name, they receive money, return or keep back any part of it, that shall be deemed to be his own act ; and, therefore, if the Jury should be of opinion that Whitehead, the lerk-of the agents, at the time when he paid over the 3501. to the defendant . Russell. retained or received back the sum of 421. the plaintiff must take the consequence, and the Jury must find for the defendant. The Jury retired, and after a consultation of an hour, returned a verdict for the plaintiff. , Mr. Jams hoped, its this case, his Lordship would stay execution upon the verdict until next Term, which • was resisted by Mr. Sergeant STORKS. But it having appeared that that point had been 'already conceded by the full Court, the Learned Gentleman withdrew his application. It also appeared in the course of the pro ceedings, that another cause is pending in the Court of Common Pleas to set aside the deed in question. • PREROGATIVE COURT, Jute it. Its THE 00001101 SAIFILS TIERNEY ROSARTS. The deceased testator, mr.Robarts. was a resident at Canton. In the year 1801 be visited England, where he executed a will: he-returned to China, and in 1823 he signed, in the presence of witnesses, a codicil, which was not attested, althougkit contained the attestation clause. This documetit Was transmitted to England, to accompany the will; it increased the sum allotted to Mrs. Robatts, namely, 1,0001. to 3,000/. It contained also certain other alterations.; particularly with respect to some natural' children of the testator, by a woman with whom he cohabited, named •Antonia Turner, and for whom he had provided •in his .will. He died at Canton, possessed of personal propetty amounting to 90.000 i. Tbe widow had Once married Mr. Robert Dent, brother of Mr. Dent, oneof-the witnesses in whose presence the codicil was signed. - Dr. LIISHINGTON . now moved that, notwithstanding the defect in the codicil; it might be admitted to probate. Sir JOHN Nice •Lt. 'could not grant this on mere mo tion. witheut•the parties, whose interest was affected by the instrument, being cited, or proof of intention on the part of the testator to abandon the attestation, althoush the sending -it home was some evidence of his desire that it should operate. `IN THE GOODS 01 HIS SERENE HIGHNESS WILLIAM, LATE ELECTOR OF HEIM CASSEL. Dr. LUSHINGTON stated, that in this case, the late Elector of Heise, at the time of his death, had a consi derable sum Tine to him by his late Royal Highness the Dtike of York, on a bond fer 12,5001. which bond was deposited in ,the hands of Mr. Rothschild. He now moved the court to grant letters of administration to Mr. Rothschild, as the authorised agent of the present Elector of Hesse, for the purpose of substantiating pro ceedings in the Court of Chancery, in a suit against the executors of his Royal Highness the Duke of York, for recovery of the balance due upon'the bond. Sir JOHN NICHOLL inquired why the present Elector was not called upon to .give -a power of attorney to take administration? Dr. Luau t NOTON replied, that, being a crowned head, be did not execute powers of attorney. - Sir J6HN NICHOLL—He could execute a power to enable Mr. Rothschild to take administration. Dr. LUSHINGTON said it was not usual. He was con tent-to take the order limited solely to the purpose of prosecuting the claim its the Court of Chancery, which would otherwise be lost, as there was a period beyond which it could not be prosecuted. • . Sir JOHN NICHOLL directed that administration should be-granted limited to the prosecution of the suit in the Court of Chancery; but not to authorise the receipt of • the money. He thought that the Secretary of State, or . Minister of the Elector, 'might grant a power of attor ney. An authenticated letter would do. HANNAH AND BOOTH AGAINST THIRD. Sir JOHN NICHOLL gave sentence in this curious case, which was argued on Saturday. The Learned Judge I entered pretty fully into the details. He observed that the te.tatrix, Mrs. Frances St. Leger, had made a variety of wills. From 1805 to 1823 there were six cancelled wills, three uncancelled, one unexecuted, and a codicil.. Messrs. Hannam and Booth had propounded, as execu tors, a will of 1820, and a codicil of 18'23. Mr. Hurd had propounded a will of 1820, save so fat as it revoked the will of 1821; but he opposed the codicil of 1823. In April, 1821, three days prior to Mr. Hurd's will, the de-. ceased had been pronounced by a jury lunatic with lucid intervals • and her granddaughter, Mrs. Beardshaw,was nominated Committee of her person, jointly with her husband, and continued so till the death of the testatrix. ; Two of these instruments, therefore, acre executed sub s quently td the lunacy, and the onus of prOving a lir,' cid intervallaron the party setting them up. The Learned Judge then recapitulated the Facts already given. Mr. Hurd (he remarked) had alleged that the deceased was disaffected towards his grandaughter, on account of her marriage, and that it was the proxi mate cause of the lunacy. There was, however, no ground for believing this, fur in every will tho grindaughter had been the primary object of her bounty. Although this extraordinary woman (the deceased) would abuse her grandaughter excessively, she would praise her in the same breath, and would allow no other person to speak disrespectfully of her. The affection towards her was rational, since she was the grandaugter of her niece, as well as the daughter of her own end her hus band's son, in respect of whom (Colonel St. Leger) she had a most enthusiastic regard. The Learned Judge then adverted to the strange fancies of the deceased during her excitement ; driving about in post-chaises, giving money lavishly to soldiers and pretended soldiers, collecting vagrants and treating them, and conducting herself in a manner so extravagant and improper, that the witnesses ablained from describing particulars. At the age of 80, the commission referred to was .taken out, to prevent a repetition of such disgraceful conduct. By the will of 1820, she had not disposed of the freehold house, which she had intended to sell. At the end of 1820, she resolved to make a new will ; but before its execution, the verdict of the Jury was pronounced. at sieh , ch she was highly indignant, and required Mr. Mat son, in whose custody the will was, to produce it. On his declining to do so, she executed the will of Ib2l. The person who received instructions for this will, Mr- Reid, was not acquainted with her particular character of mind; Ice therefore consideted her sane. By this will, the interest of her grandaughter in the preceding wills was reduced. But the mind of the deceased was not then sufficiently probed to convince him (Sir John Nichol') shit she was lucid at the time. The Learned Judge here adverted to the questions put to the de cettsed at the.lnquisition, such as whew our Sketoust was holm; whether the deceased had not written a love-letter - to a soldier and wito4.o marry him, arc. ; which either were not calculatA to elicit pools of her derangement, or were, followed by answers erro neously considered as tational. Looking to all the cir cumstances, it appealed to him (Sir J. 'Nichol') that the will of 1821 was the mere cawing of-an insane state Of mind ;_and if she was noCianeithen, /what was to be said of the codicil of 1823 ? 11 tikelatterrhad been con , fined to the revocation of the late mut 'renewal of the former will, it might be evidence to slitlw restoration of mind; but it revoked all the testamentary acts of the last 18 years. Although the paper was in the hand writing of the deceased, yet no man could be satisfied that the writer was a person of sound mind, memory, and understanding. The COURT, therefore, pronounced against the will of 1821 and the codicil of 1823, and foe the will of 1820, but without costs. LONDON SESSIONS, Jut.: 11. Mr. Turner, a Gentleman of considerable property, was indicted for having attempted to comsat a rape ttion a very interesting female not 17 years of age. named Eliza Thompson. _ . Mr. CHARLES PHILLIPS was for the Prosecution Mr. ADOLPBtiS for the defence. Elisa Thompso'd.stated that the defendant, who was landlord of the house in which her fathefresided, and was well acquainted with the family, called at the house on the 25th of November. While he was there, a She riff's officer entered, and said that her father bad been arrested for 61. or 71. Upon which defendant said that he should not stay in prison for that sum, or for 1001. and desired her to accompany him to the lock-up - house in half an hour, as be did not know the way. She con ' seated, and as they went along, defendant told hel-lhat as her mother had to go to the Burlington Areadq v she could not meet them at the lock-up house for two !lours, and they might as well go round by Cheapside.:',They then went over London-bridge, and defendantled her through some lanes to a house which he said was the Shades,wherethey would get refreshments. She objected; but upon his declaring that the house was respectable, shewent in. A woman met them in the paasage,-and de fendant spoke to her in a low tone of voice, upon which the woman shewed them up stairs to isitting-roorn, and at his desire brodght up a pint of wine. Witness it first refused to drink any ; but he insisted upon her drinkin g off a glass, and then pressed her to take another, but in vain. He then told her how much he liked her, and that he would marry her and keep her, and he drigged her over upon his-knee, and began to kiss her hand. She resisted this liberty ; but he proceeded to greater, and paled her to the sofa, where he shewed that his in tention was to do her irreparable injury. He tried to stop her mouth too, but she screamed as loud as she could. The woman then ran up stairs, and asked her whether she knew what she came there for? to which she replied in-the negative. Defendant desired the wo man to go out of the room, and she went; and sodded to her as she walked away. Witness was scarcely able to stand, and held by the door, and she told him"that she would tell her father as soon as she - should get home. - She then went down, and he followed her, 'and ihevoman said $o him as they went out, ,* You- are ai swey . had Inan.? Witness war excessively ill when she I got out, and she was so frightened that she - took . his arm. They then went on, and stopped at the public house of a Mr:Bailey, who was kosvn to her father, and who gave her a glass of wine. Defendant 'thEn told her not to tell her father, and she at length tonsetsted to mention what had occurred. She did smutl her father for some time, as be was greatly in debt.to' the defendant. On the following day she told 'her-sister Emily and the servant girl what had occurred, and they all agreed that it would be best not to say anything about thstransaction, on account of the de n t. In three months her father was made acquainted with it. De fondant had liberated him on the evening alluded to. Cioss.examined—When her father was acquainted yell wits; badlappesed, defendant put a distress into the house for rent.— Aliens month afterwards she went AO the Mansion-house. Her *Art bad been assisted with money often by the defendant. 'Mr. Remo was her father's lawyer, dingy! every day at the house, and not eructed on his business there. De dent bad told her that her tfathev behaved ill to her, and he would take her to himself. This be said on their way to Rlhow-lane. She was not so friendly with abissadant after the occurrence. Afterwards she went to the play 'With her mother and sister and Mr. Turner. She and her brother were separated from her family by the crowd, and defendant took them Into the boxes. , Juliet French stated, that she kept the house, No. 8, in Elbow-lane. She had seen the defendant several times. She remembered that he went to her house one night in November with a young Lady. She frequently went up stain after Ladles and Gentlemen. She frequently heard noises too, and she heard a noise oss that occasion. It was between laughing and crying, and she went up on account of it. The Lady was standing sip. Wham might have nodded to her, but MAN not recollect whether she said any thing to the man. It was-very likely that s►e said something reproachful to him. It was her practice to do so, if a man went to her house for an improper purpose. Cross-examined.—Ladies were in the habit of making a noise in her house. The Lady in question did not require her to give pro tection, nor' did she appear at all weak. . . • . • Brthe Cousv.. ; -Witness believed that. she did tellthe defendant that he was a bad man, and qae inferred it from hearing the noise. Frances Modica deposed, that Allis upon going home on the night in' tereition, appeared greatly flurried, and burst into tears, but dirt not tell her what had occurred until neat day, wheh she related what ,had been just stated.. 'Emily Thompson, sister to the prosecutriz, gave evidence to the same effect. Mt. Thompson, father to the prosecutrix, stated, that the me. ment be.heard the story he went to alawyer, by whose advice he Commenced a civil action, but finding that the advice was wrong, he proceeded criminally. He had given his acceptances to defendant for *dial was due, and they would be paid when due. Mr. Broom did not dine at Ms house feequedtly. Mr. Broom said, that he was an attorney; that he had . issued a writ for the assault upon the prosecntrix ; thaf an action was going on for damages sustained by his client by the loss of his datighter s services. He had another action for the•tntspass, and one for the schooling of two children of a Lady who lived with Mr. Turner. The RXCOUD1111:-Ii is nonsense to talk of an action for.the loss of services. The charge is for assaulting thetserson. You may be well charged for assaultint the purse—( Laughter). ' Mr. Broom—Mr. Thompson 's business is the principal business I have. Rutland, a Sheriff's officer, stated, that after the alleged assault he saw the defendant kiss the prosetittris. Eliza Thotupson'was again called t she swore that he tad not klts bet, but that he whispered her not to tell her lather. ' Mr. ADOLPHUS addressed the Jury.—He declared that the whole was a conspiracy, but called no witnesrs. Verdict—Not Guilty. ' , • • • . . POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Tea New Senoottuct Acv..—Yesterday an information was filed by the Solicitor of the Customs, charging John Nicholls, a seaman or seafaring man, with having been engaged in smuggling on shore a certain quantity of tobacco, intruding to defraud his Majesty of the duties payable thereon. The penalty consequent upon this offence is, that the convicted party is liable 40 be made to serve his Majesty in the Navy for ate term of five years ; and the information prayed that such punishment might be awarded in this case. The charge excited a great deal of interest, as it arose out of a recent and almost unheard-of Act of Parliament, which annexes so heavy a punishment to the offence of smuggling the merest trifle, and leaves no appeal except In the shape of begging for mitigation to the Lords of the Treasury. Nicholls is a mariner, and mate of a Hamburgh vessel. He pleaded Not Gailty. The Solicitor of the Customs requested that he might be per. mined to withdraw this information, which had been framed in order that the five years punishment might be awarded; and he wi-hed, instead of it, to file an information for the 100 L pesaky.— Ile proposed to adopt the milder course (the pecuniary penalty), as the defendant might have acted in ignorance of the law upon the subject. In answer to a question put by the Loan Maros, the Solicitor to the Customs said that the Magistrate had no power to mitigate the fine. The Lords of the Treasury alone could relieve the de fendant from the payment of any portion of the penalty. Those who subject themselves to the fine must remain in prison until they pay it. The LOBO hiarort...—lndeed ! Then I really cannot consent to allow you to withdraw this information unless the prisoner himself wishes it. I think that it will be more merciful to him to let the conviction take place on the present information, and send hint, who has already served his Majesty, again into the service, than to let him ran the hazard of imprisonment for life. His Lordship then asked whether the defendant would have the case proceeded with now, or prefer a postponement, and take time to confider what I course to pursue? The Solicitor for the Customs had no objection to a further post. ponement,but it would be necessaryto detain the prisoner in custody. The Loan Maros and Mr, Alderman Lucas were surprised that such an Act was in force. The case was then proved by two tide-waiters, who said, on the 9th instant they stopped the defendant on the Custom-house Quay, and found upon him about 71bs. of cigars, which were composed of foreign tobacco. The prisoner mid he had purchased the cigars at liamburgh, and considered they were his property, and that he was justified in bringing them to this country. After some discus. don between the Loan Maros, Mr. Mclennan Lucas, and the So. licitor for the Customs, the Loan Maros said he was bound by the Act to convict, and therefore adjudged the prisoner to serve on board one of hie Majesty's ships for five years. His Lordship and Mr. Alderman Lucas most strongly recommended the defendant to the consideration and clemency of the Lords of tht Treasury. The warrant for committing the prisoner to the tender was then made out, and signed by the Loan Maras and Alderman Lucas; his Lords hip having previously observed, that before the Custom. house people endeavoured to get another conviction, they ought to advertise the Act of Parliament, in order that seafaring men might know that there Is such a law in existence. _ . James Lamb,' man dreued in a white outside smock, and having altogether the appearance of (that which he was not) a husband man, wis put forward, charged with running away with Neve!' yards Gleam, which were hanging outside the shop of a puma named Perry, in San-street, Bishopsgate-street. The shop-boy of Perry proved the fact of the goods ►aving been foand on the pri soner, but said his master having heard his story was unwilling so' prosecute hint, as he appeared to have committed the theft from distress _ The prisoner, in answer to the Loan Maroa's questions, said, he was a sailor ; had been discharged from his ship two months back, and could not ince get another ; he had applied to the pariah officers of the places where he had slept, and they had all refused to pass him home to Liverpool, and it eras from want alive that he was obliged to do what he bad dove. The Loan Maros having ascertained from the officer who had the prisoner in custody that kis story was correct, said he hoped, in acceding to the desire of the prosecutor in this case, not to cow . mit the prisoner, that the ends of justice did not require it. His Lordship, after adverting to the practice of shopkeepers exposiag goods outside their shops, and thus affording a temptation to the needy that few of them could resist, desired the prisoner to be taken care of, and if employment were not found kere for him, that be should be sent by the waggon to Liverpool. Mr. nobler asked the prisoner if he had applied at the Tower to enter the King's service? and be replied that he bad, but would not be taken, as he had been wounded by a bullet in the thigh. The p risoner was removed, deeply affected with the change in his des:wettest'', front absolute poverty and despair to the prospect of being restored to society. • H ATTON- G AR DEN. Yesterday, Tli4;nis, a baker, was sent to the Mill for six weeks, being charged with attempting to extract a silk handker chief from the pocket of a Gentleman, while passing through Hat ton-garden the preceding evening. . QUERN-SQUA RR. Yesterday, Thomas Hill, came before Mr. Warn and stated, that be had been at the Theatre on Thursday night, an d thence to the " Finish," where he got inebriated ; from thence he proceeded to the Ship, in Charles-street.Weitminster,where he was persuaded by Corporal Baker, of the 56th Regiment, to enlist. He received is. which was spent in drink. He next repaired to the Hoop and Grapes, in Queen-square, with the Corporal, where be remained MI hie appearance at dila Once, and in the interim was prevailed on to dispose of his clothes plec-meal, while their produce was expended in additional drink. Oa Tuesday he was taken to the Samna, at the York Hospital, by whom he was passed. When be got to the Recruiting Department, in Duke -street, he was recognised by a Gentleman, who wrote to his brother, who came to him and told him his fa t her was very angry, and refused to assist him. Mr. Wares—" If you can bring evidence to convince me that yen were intoxicated when you enlisted, I shall know how to proceed." The servant-maid at the Ship then deposed, that he was so much in liquor, that her mistress refused to serve him. The Serjeant then applied to the Magistrate for Hill to pay tbe " smart money," which was 20s. but Mr. W. would not allow one farthing of the sum, but discharged the applicant freely. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Tun Baotou Mr. Fagan, of the Mendicity Society. having engaged an Interpreter, soon (wand, that the man, called Jacobs, the master of these girls, but whose name is .Tamb Petri, resided in Trawl-street, Whitcchapel. Petri promised to attend with the girls on Tuesday, .but did not; in consequence, he was summoned. Yseterday, he came with an interpreter, but without the girls; so that nothing could be substantiated against him, ex cept what was obtained through his own interpreter, who bad been I made so well acquainted with the case that he answered some ' times without putting the question to Pa rt. He said that the girls came from Frankfort-on-the-Maine;that Petri had them motome io the opting, and was bound to send them back in autumn • be hired , them as his servants, at half a florin per week, wldr.k was Labia the money they could get in their own country, and paid them from Cie time they took their passage to England; the girls had been with bins eight weeks, but only one of them was his servant, tad lived with his wife aolthinnelf; he made the brooms, and the girls sold them ; he found them victuals ; all ;bey got above what they sold the brooms for, they kept for themselves. Mr. Dena, to the interp —I doe't know how they live. I can only say he would find it difficult to get English girls at seek wages and in such keep as they stated on Saturday—only bread and tea in the morning, and the same at night; and when they get no money he gives them no victuals. You have come here without the girls to confront you, and have it all your own way. They had no brooms to sell on Saturday; ask him why be sent them teat 1u bee ? The interpreter—He says they had brooms on Saturday ; they had sold them or thrown them away ; it was all a story about the victuah—they had plenty. Mr. Fagan said, the story he told to day was materially at variance with what he stated on Saturday; all the girls called him their truster; he owned he brought them over himself three months ago. The-girls said there were thirty of them, and he owned to ten; - they !gave him all the money that was given them—the half crown 4iven by . the Gentlemen in the office, and the eighteen pence given 'by Bucklaad, besides Is. 3d. they had collected. ThiS mohef :was among the three, yet he took the whole. He kept them all huddled in a very large room, but seemed to have another place ; for *hen he and Kneller went into the room he was not there, and . somebody fetched him. • • By other questions it was drawn from him, that the room was his, for whien he paid 4s. per week ; but then he only paid 201 for himself, his wifef.and one girl; it was that one gave him 4s. and another Ss. 3d. itir. DTA/ said, as I have not the girls, I can do nothing with yon; but lam sorry to say, I have a very strong feeling against qou. YOu ttne purpo-ely kept the girls away, because they are the principals in the accusation; but you may depend upon it will use every eaettion to bring you to justice. I believe your conduct to be scandalous in the extreme. You bring these girls over for your profit, and scad them tote the streets, regardless of any con sequences. . . • INDIAN FESTIVAL. fttOat T HE VIADRASGOVIIIIMENT GAZETTE. es. NIB 11 Ist Mash, ISth January. UITABATANA.—IO addition to our former notice of this festival, we have received the following particulars of the bathing at Gunga Saugur, from a Pundit, sil l° visited the plate this season, as well as from a friend, who has been present on more than one.kcasion. The Pilgrims who visited Saugur to bathe in the sea, at the Makrra Sinkranti, this year, amounted to be tween forty and fifty thousand, and consisted of individuals of every age, and both sexes. The men were mostly from the Upper Provinces, but the females chiefly from Ben. gal. The greater portion belong to the Saiva and Sikta sects, and some of the religious members of these sions of the Hindu faith, came from Nepaul aftd the Punjab, whilst others were from the south of They'assembled on or before Thursday, the 11th, and chef ceremonies began on the 12th; they occupy three days: The place of assemblage is a Sand 11 .nit, dn the mutt/ coast of Gunga Saugur, immediately to the west of creek called Pagoda creek, from a small temple sit (la ed near its opening into the sea. The temple lies in the same side et* Pagoda creek as the Sand Baak, but is se. parated from the latter by a smaller creek, running in , land:south from which to the set share is thick jungle s with a path through it, leading to a tank, whence the pilgrims are supplied with fresh water. Tigers some. times lurk in this jungle, and the present year are re. ported to have carried off several individuals. Along the sea side, for about a mile, are rows of booths, shops, and temporary temples, with the travelling gods of the religious mendicants, who receive the homage and con• cautions of the pious. Besides the supply of prowl • sions, there is a considerable traffic carried en, chiefly in betelnuts, black pepper, and the red powder, to be • scattered about at the Hooli. According to the Pundit, an impost is levied by t h e officers of Government, stationed here, of tour annas peer oar, besides a fee of one anna to the establishment; but the chair, if we are not misinformed, is unautho. rim!. except as made by the Byragees or Sanyasis, *so had assumed the right of levying four anus per mr, and from eight anoas to one or two-rupees for each shop. This claim has been so far authorised, that the sight to levy any charge a as withdrawn from the Sau. gur Society, upon the petition of the religious mend. cants, and the latter thus confirmed in the power they 'exercised. The amount was inconsiderable, having been farmed, in-the first year, for 1,200 tupees, and, in the `:second year, for 2,000. Theefirst, or preparatory ceremony. is the propitiation of the sea, by casting into it suitable offerings. Ile most appropriate is that termed the Punchu Rutnu, or five gems, consisting of a pearl, a diamond, and r an emerald, a topaz, and a piece of coral, with a cocoa not, and thread worn by Brahmans. These are wrapped in a piece of cloth, and cast into the river below Khels Gaccbiya, which is called Dhola Samudra, a-d also at the conflux. The gems are, in general, of the smallest, ' not worth above a rupeeor two, but those whose means do not admit of such a costly donation, offer a coon nut, a betel nut, or a plantain. On the first day, the essential rite is bathing in the sea, which takes place in the morning, and is by some repeated at noon. Some also perform the Sqadilhoot obsequial rite, to deceased ancestors, and some underga the operation of shaving the head. After bathing, they repair to the temple above-mentioned, which is dedi• cated to Kapila Muni. This sage was an incarnation of Vishnu, to destroy the sixty thousand sons of King Sa• gara. He took up his station at this place, which au then on the brink of a chasm leading to the infernal le gions, and when the sons of the King, in search of a steed intended for a solemn sacrifice, broke in upon his -meditations, he reduced them all to ashes by the light ning of his eye. In order to purify their remains, and secure paradise for their spirits, the great grandson of Sagan brought the Ganges from the heavens to the place, where the waters filling up the chasm which now constitutes the bed of the sea, thus formed the ocean. The Ganges is named Bhagirathi, after King Bhagirath, and the sea is called Saugur, after the name of his great grandsire. The temple of Kapila is under thealternate charge of Bairagi and Sanyasi. The latter presides at Melt, in the month of Kartik, the former in Magh, or Jane. ary. They levy a tax of four annas on each persoa who visits the temple, the amount of which is divided amongst five different establishments of Ramanand Bairagis, in the vicinity of Calcutta. In front of tin temple is a bur tree, and on either side stands an image of Rams and Hanuman ; within the temple is an image of Kapila, nearly as large as life. The pilgrims very commonly write their names on the wall, with a short prayer m Kapila, whilst some suspend a piece of earth or brick to a bough of the bur tree, accompanying the act with some solicitation, as for health, or ufil or posterity, and a promise, in that case, to make a gilt to some divinity. Behind the temple is a small excavation, termed S to-kund, filled with fresh water, which the pilgrims sip, paying . a small fee to the Alahant of the tempk. This reservoir is probably filled from the tank, shortly before the Mela occurs; but the attendant mendicant endeavours to persuade the people that it is a perpetwit miracle, and is kept always lull for the use of t he tem kle. •a the second and third days, bathing in th e s es, eel the worship of the Ganges, are practised; after which the meeting breaks up. Daring the whose time the pilgrims sleep on the sand, it Wog held hetetod , 4 to repose on board their boats. MARRIED. Rey. J. Coming, Master of the Grammar School, Cbudtelgh, to Anna Maria, eldest daughter of the late J. Al. Sepplott, At Warcop, Mr. Wm. Maas, to Miss Ellen Richardson, and st the same time and place, Mr. Thomas Barnes, to Miss Mary Yst• tersoa; the latter couple stood at the ceremony as hridenuid and brideman to the former, nobody having the least idea that the sw cond couple were about to tie the Gordian knot until the first are• many was performed, when Mr. Barnes called out, " It is uow our turn," and producing a license, immediately sealetl his troth to Mui Patterson at the altar of DIED. At Springfield, near Gretna Green, on the 3d inst. David Lairfi aged 72, who had for thirty-five years officiated as High Priest it Gretna Green. He-caught cold on his way to Lancaster, to lit* evidence on the trial of the Wakefield., from the effects of which he never recovered. •AR. DUI. Dublin 1 0 Waterford 1 0 G wriasey and Jersey 1 0 Lisbon 0 0 Donaghadee 0 0 Buenos Ayres 0 0 Holland 0 0 'HIS DAV. 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