Star. — London, England, 1830-10-18 00:00:00

I ~~. PRiSBYTERY OF IRVINE. ~':4; ' • CASE Or MH. MACLEAN, ciimanrD WITH lIEMESY. '.a caw: of *he Rev. Hugh Heinle Maclean. presentee to the parish at .) ''horn. which came again before the Presbytery of Irvine on the 7.. ha. 1. ngth gone to proof ; anti, after a trial which rlectipied finding in favour of the third, and against the first, ad, tuoi tnurth charges in the libel, has been taken out of the hands !'':!!' itefonti Court for the review of the Synod, which meets at Ir . in- an Ile lath current. The libel set forth, " That the doctrine of ,I!!...relbility of cur Loan's human nature is contrary to the Holy l'er , nttirrs, and to what is taught in tine standards of the Church of Notland and in order to establisit :he maintenance of this doctrine by tar. Maclean, it set forth in the sequel four separate charges, viz.:— Fir a sermon preached in the forenoon of the 261 h of July, 1829, in .itr parish church of Irvine. in which sermon he was accused of having stated, " That CHRIST had taken our fallen nature upon him— that hr bad taken a body formed of the sinful flesh of the Virgin." ticcand, a sermon preached on the 4th of August, 1829, in Dundonald enereh, in which he stated, That the nature of Culture was the `r Hen nature of man. and his body Wa.: a body of fallen flesh, formed c' the substance of the Virgin, who was not more pure than the rest of nr sinful race—that. although the SAVIOUR . 113C1 the sin lid propensi. I.ee common to oar ?Wore. yet. by reason of the hypostatical union of his human and divine nature. he was completely bound up front trans.. vetoing the las. of his Father." Also a prayer on the same occasion, in riiieh he 4 - thenkt iorl for krt.) i n ; / his son from sin." Third, sesinon prrarated in Irvine Church, or, the evening of the 30th of Angus! 1823, wherein he said, `. That JESUS CHRIST had taken our ati.te upon him, fallen as it was. anti that- he was withheld from sin. v1a ; o on!y by the power of the ilomt (lunar—that CHRIST took our fidlen and corrupt nature upon him " Also a prayer on the same occa ,:.,r;. in which he " thanked lion for having kept Jzsus CHRIST troth sinning." And, 4.h. A conversation in the house of Mr. Mae. lean's father, in which be stated, " That our SAVIOUR came in the :::ten state of man, and that, if he had not been kept from sinning by the power of the Max °nosy, he would have sinned the same as .;titer you or I." To this libel Mr. Maclean ewe, in defences, stating his ignoran ce of the exact nature of the crime with whi-o sto cargo,i. from the neat of all apecifie.tion, his denial of having ever proa.the.i. or lane:wise : eta:maimed any doctrines at variance iti the lea't with the standard,' ..m Church, in regnrd to our Lotto's humanity; Ins perfeet willing-1 mesa to subscribe these stsr.taad‘ar-soC"Lie slama—thal way Christian should have been offended at AS true Of Iniagi . xd ea pensions. -For the libellers there appeared :11.. P. Brown, Esq. and P. 13. More, Esq. advocates. For ti,e Rev. tie:a:dee, John Russel, Esq. and 'Limas t!arlyle, Esq. advocates. The Rev. defender also encoded ougitout in person.—The witnesses examined for the prosecution were eleven in number; for the defence twenty-one. Counsel were heard on both sides, and the Rev. Members of Presbytery delivered their opinions at great length. The votes stood as follow :—On the first charge, 8 to 3 not proven. On the secoutl charge Bto :i, not proven. On the third 10 to 1, proven, although 2of the 10 regard.al the prayer as not proven. On the fourth 7to 4, not proven. Against the finding on the third charge, Dr. Law rie. afrer same endeavours to prevent hint, entered his dissent and corn. phint. Parties were then called in, when the libellers protested and appealed against the finding in the defender's favour on the first, second, and fourth charges; and the defender against the finding that the third barge was tloven. WHALE FISHERY. The details which we gave on Monday fiom Davis' Straits were as full as have since been published ; and, we are afraid, contain the sum total of the fishing for the season. From subsequent arrivals we learn a tor particulars of the causes of the disasters of the season, which we now .apply; and, in the first place, it affords us pleasure to learn that the crews of the lost vessels were all picked up. although a considerable number of deaths have occurred from privation or fatigue. Captain Dannatt, of the Progress of Hull, who returned in the Abram of that place, left Cape Searle on the 21st September, and gives ae a Ti ' , ton for the want of success. that the ships were compelled to renla'll much too long in Melville Bay, as the wind blew a strong gale from the south, and blocked up the entrance to the bay. Here the ships were detained twelve weeks, and when they at length eacted their de parture and steered to the west, they could neither discover fish nor ice, Capt. D. states, that many individuals died of excessive fatigue. Captain Dannatt suffered severely. He and ethers were forced to travel a ertet distance over the ice in order to effect their escape. A letter, dated on board the St. Andrew of Aberdeen, (arrived) at. tributes the failure of the fishing, and the losses sustained, to the re. it ricably quick passage which the whalers had out, having arrived at tib first barrier of ice much earlier than was anticipated. This, instead of being an advantage, turned out the reverse ; for, on endeavouring to push forward, they were completely frozen in, and lay fur upwards of two months in Melville Bay, which is on the north shore of Baffin's Bay, about lat. 75 deg. The Achilles of Dundee, the Resolution of Peterhead, the Rattler of Leith, with five or six others, perished on the 25th of June. The Rattler had previously been hove upon the ice, and on regaining her position, the crush which came upon her when the ice bad broken up, cut her completely through. By the time the ships got extricated the season was far advanced, and the fish had left the bay. The crew of the Rattltr and of the Ville de Dieppe were got aboard the St. Andrew, which lay within two or three miles of the Harmony of Hull, both of which made the most vigorous exertions to get free. The crew of the Harmony had made considerable progress by .towing and tracking the ship among the broken floes towards what is called a "lane of water," and had every appearance of reaching it. Their progress encouraged the crew of the St. Andrew to attempt sawingthrough the ice, and they succeeded in cutting a lane, in a few hours, upwards of 30 feet broad, and three quarters of a mile in length--a task which in the outset was considered an impossibility. Some of the ice was 12 feet thick. The St. Andrew brougEt 00 men whom she picked up in the voyage kotnewards, and reports the number et' met lost, belonging to Aber deen to be 25. For a Ittig time their allowance had been a biscuit per day, and son.e were reduced to such extremity as to cat of the whales' flesh. Between 40 and 60 of the crews of the lost vessels were on board the Horn of Dundee. _ _ _ _ A letter from Captain Cameron of the Three Brothers, of Dundee (a lost ship). dated on board the ship Traveller, of Peterhead, says : •` After having go: anions the flocs in Melville Bay, we met with se veral interruptions of a trivial kind, which would have been easily sue mounted, had we not been overtaken by a most violent gale from the' ' sou th.west upon the 2d of July, which set the ice in upon us so furiously that we were obliged to cut a dock for the safety of the vessel. which was accomplished without loss of time ; but we found it impossible to clear it, as the ice was then so rapidly setting in upon us. So prodigious was the compression that it laid four vessels. then lying beside us, quite on a level with the surface of the ice, before it had the same effect upon us ; and it was not until the last shock, which came with irresistible force, that we joined the rest." The Princess Charlotte, of Dundee, arrived there on Tuesday morn ing, but brings no particulars in vidition to what we have given above. One consequence of these disasters is, that oil in this quartet has risen 100 per cent. in price. One house in Edinburgh, we hear, who were early possessed of the intelligence, bought up what little could be bad amongst the retailers, on Monday morning last, before the news became generally known. But we believe there is very little oil in the country; and unless, in anticipation of this year's supply, which has tailed, it is impossible that any bargains could be made which would Materially affect either the buyer or the seller. The insurers of the lost vessels will suffer severely. There is, we bear, about 40,0001. insured in Glasgow, and nearly 6,0001, in Dundee. The insurance effected in Edinburgh is, we understand, under 2001— But there is a class, who, unless the hand of charity is stretched out to succour them, must, with their families, suffer the extreme of want; we mean the crews of the lost ships, who, according to the usage of the trade, lose all claim to wages. We can scarcely conceive an occa sion, where a public subscription is more Called for ; and we trust there will not be wanting in this country, which bouts so much of its chari table and benevolent institutions, philanthropic individuals alio will set such e subscription on foot. There are no set of public functionaries that have a worse training for their situations than the Judges. They defend injustice at the Bar tin they are raised to administer justice on the Bench. It is wonderful that they are men of such integrity as they are. We remem ber an anecdote of a Counsel being so conscientious as to renounce his prospeets of preferment rather than defend injustice. The then King said that such a Counsel would make a Rood .forlge. Surety no other King has ever thought so, or the system would have been changed. A Razor NDER.—At the Dublin mansion-house dinner, the other day, one of the livery-sensate went up to a gentleman who was carving a joint of beef, and said, " I'll trouble you, if you place, for a slice for my master." The reply was, " Certainly, how does your master like it P" Upon which th e valet retorted, • Man alive, bow can I ten how he likes it, until he bas tasted a bit of it." TOBACCO SMOBING.—A decree, beaded " The young tobaccannokers," has been issued in the Rhenish states, appertaining to the crown of Bavaria, for die purpose of prohibiting the smoking of tobacco by young persons and boys! LEGAL SUBTEREUG IL.—An attorney at Hesse Darm stadt was accused, not long since, of peculation in about twenty-two cases; nevertheless, be had reason to believe that the whole Court, ex cept the President, were favourable to him. He tlimeibm subponsed . the Grandee as his witness, and when about to be In_wessioni in Court, refused to answer the questions put to him by the rtooliont. who, he p =te rd insisted on being a material witness in his ass, thmoilsrs couhl use sit as his Judge. In vain the dignitary his pound kninants of the defendant's affairs, and mound dm that his lisokti sow roartod him was nothing but a trick for do pipes d orbs him from his seer. the Court Bodoni to dslittenoto. onehtilng President ass party covceraed,from Its ddlbersdce; and, alters olt's dhintdog, coos to the decision, thud the President mold not pundiat this trial, and the atessuey was acquitted. LAW REPORTS. CONSISTORIAL COURT OF EXETEIt. HADDOCKS V. HAWKER AND OTHERS. This was a suit promoted in the name of the plaintiff, against the defendants, for blasphemy, &c. as the citation has it " touch ing and concerning their souls health, and the lawful correction and reformation of their manners and successes," Itc. The facts of the case are these. Alr. Hawker and his neighbour, a Mr. barley, have, at different pe riods, had words with each other, and on the 16th of February last, Mr. Hawker, on being about to plantseme trees in a hedge which divides his premises iron, .31r. Darley's, discovered that a large poplar tree had been barked about a foot from the hedge, in order to destroy it.— Several expressions were made use of as to who barked the tree, &c. when Mt. Ilarley charged the wife of Mr. Hawker with having had an ' illegitimate child before she was married, for which, he said, she had been properly punished. In consequence of this tree having caused such strife, Mr. Hawker said he would christen it " Strife and Envy ;" and on the 10th of July, after he had plk.ited his young trees, he told his man to get some cider, and lie would christen the tree. The cider was procured, and slr. Hawker being un old man, and not able to get up on the hedge, did not perform the christening himself, but told his ser vant, Wills, to throw the cider upon the hedge, and christen it " Spite and Envy." Wills did get upon the hedge, had the cider handed up to him, and then threw it on the tree, and repeated the following words : " I christen thee Envy and Strife. In the name of the Father, Son, and Sorrel Horse, all glory be therefore. Pray, father, stop th e sorrel horse, for the bri dal is a torn." The suit was some time since brought before the Archdeacon's Court, who at once dismissed it, as being fo reign to the jurisdiction of the Court. The complainant, not being, satisfied with this decision, appealed to the Consistorial Court of the Diocese, and urged that the defendants had treated the Court with con. tempt, they having exhibited the citation against a door near a public. ' house. The Chancellor did not decide the ease as some of the proceedings were not in a perfect. state, but he (intim ated that, as far as he could judge by the papers before him, he thought he should confirm the de cision of the Archdeacon. ASSAULT IN COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Saturday evening, at the close of Bow-street Office, the Magistrates and those present in the Office, were put into some contusion by a great , h•tstle outside the door, and the appearance, shortly afterwards, of Mr. Charles Kemble, the Manager of Covent•garden Theatre ; Mr. Tho. mas, the Superintendent of Police ; Mr. Meadows, the comedian ; and several other gentlemen and noted performers. On their entering the office Mr. Halls appeared greatly astonished, and then cast a look to wards Mr. Thomas tor an explanation of the unusual appearance of so many gentlemen of the drama at such an hour. Mr. Thomas stepped forward, and whispered to his Worship that Mr. Westmacott, the edi•or of a well-known Sunday Paper, nul been most severely beaten by Alr. Kemble. He happened to be present at the latter end of the affray, and indeed prevented Mr. Kemble from re peating his attack upon Mr. Westmacott, who charged hint at his peril to take Mr. K. into custody, and convey him to Bow-street, where he would appear immediately, to make a charge against him. On his com municating this to Mr. Kemble, that gentleman at once said that he would walk up to Bow-street, to meet any accusation that might be preferred against him. Mr. HALLS—Is there any one present now to snake a charge against Mr. Kemble 111 r. Kemble—[ was about to ask that question myself—l have at tended here voluntarily. Mr. Thomas stated that there was not then, but he had sent a messenger down to Mr. Westmacott (who had gone home after he had received the beating), to apprize him of Mr. Kemble's attendance at the office. Mr. liatts asked If tnt., was any one who saw the assault, and could make a charge against Mr. Kemble ? Mr. Thomas-1 saw part of it; but I have no charge to make. Mr. HALLs...Then I feel it my duty to say that Mr. Kemble is at liberty to go away if he pleases. Mr. Kemble, after s whisper with a friend, said that as a messenger had been sent down to Mr. Westmacott, he would wait for his re turn, and give every opportunity of any one making a charge, against which he was ready then, or at any other place or time, to appear. About five minutes after a policeman came in, accompanied by a young man, who said that he was deputed to tell the Magistrates that Air. 11'estntaeott was too ill to attend. Mr. limble—Dangerously ill, do you say ?—The young man said, that he was extremely ill, and lying on his bed. Mr. &nthle—Pray, then, how was he encbled to walk home after the thrashing ?—The young man could not say ; but he knew be was I now very ill, and unable to attend. Mr. Kemble—What ! do you mean to say that he Is disabled or unable to attend ?—Young man—l said unable, Sir ; but Ido not know what right you have to cross-question me in this way ; you ars not the Magistrate. Mr. Kemble—Certainly not ; I merely asked you. Mr. HALLS—Then, Sir, I have nothing to do in the matter. The young man said that Mr. W. wished the cm to be put off till Tuesday. Mr. HALLS said he had no objection; and Mr. Kemble replied that he would be ready to conic forward whenever Mr. Hans chose to send for him. He then retired, accompanied by his Mends. It appears that Mr. W. who has an extensive acquaintance among the members of the theatrical profession, was sitting on Saturday even. ing, about eight o'clock, in the second tier of the boxes of Covent- Garden Theatre, when he was told that he was wanted, either by a gen. tleman, or Mr. Charles Kemble, we know not which. He immediately went out, when Mr. Kemble, who had told the boxkeeper in attendance to go out of the way, and appeared in a considerable state of excite. ment, said to Mr. W. in an agitated tone, at the same time lifting up a large bamboo stick, about three inches in circumference, 64 You ailed my daughter a w—.—, you villain ; I'll teach you to do that." He then struck Mr. Westmont a severe blow with it across the fore. bead, and followed it up with several others upon various parts of his body, at the same time repeating the words we have already reported, with the strongest expression of feeling. 11r.Westmacott put up his arm to defend himself, and cried for mercy, intimating that he would be killed by such a stick. This appeal, however, had no effect, and Mr. Westmacott sunk under the repeated blows of Mr. Kemble. Mr. Thomas, the Superintendent of Police, who happened to be present, stepped forward at this moment, and declared he could not suf a such a breach of the peace to be committed fn his presence. Mr. Westma. cou, who lay on the floor, exclaimed, " Send for a doctor to bleed me— feel here, feel here," putting his hand on the places where he had re. ceived the blows, and Mr. Thomas took Mr. Kemble into custody, in order to prevent their repetition. Mr. K. then, in his presence, retired to the green-room. During the scuffle the doors of the box in which Mr. W. had been sitting being open, some of the audience became ac quainted with the persons of Mr. K emble and Mr. Westmacott, and several opprobrious epithets and cries, such as " put this into your paper," were applied to the latter. Mr. Westmacott several times charged Mr. Thomas with having acted unfairly, and told him at his peril to go and take Mr. Kemble into custody, and convey him to Bow. street, where he would attend immediately. Mr. IS'estmacott, who must have suffered severely, his forehead being greatly bruised. then walked away, and Mr. Thomas went to Mr. Kemble to tell him whet he had been desired to do. On this Mr. Kemble said he would walk up directly to Bow.atreet, and he came accordingly. His feelings appeared to be much excited, and be was heard to say that the thrashing he had given Air. Westmacott should not be the last, if he dared to utter any thing again derogatory to his daughter's honour. Whether the expressions which have caused Mr. Kemble to act in the above way were uttered in some public place, or appeared in the paper of which Sir. Westmacott is stated to be the editor or proprietor, we certainly do not know • but the allusion must have bass very gross, as 51z. Kemble went fromi the green room to the recess behind the box in which Mr. Westmacott had been sitting, for the express purpose of beating him. The greatest part of the audience were unaware of this occurrence, not excepting Mrs., Kemblet and her daughter, who were sitting in a private box the whole of the evening. The occurrence will create an extraordinary sensation in the theatrical world, in which Mr. Westuracott has an extensive connection. POLICE REPORTS. Maxerox-uovsz.—Broasay.—A stage coachman named Shaer, was brought before the LORD Maxon, charged with bigamy. Considerable interest was excited, the coachman being a very steady good sort of man, and the first wife having been what is called a "loose fish," and having stood a trial for housebreaking. Frances Taplin stated that she acted as bridesmaid to Elisabeth Thwaites, the second wife of the prisoner, who was married on the 34th of Sept. 1820, at Mitcham, in Surrey. The certificates of the two marriages, the first of which was cele brated in Bishopegate Church, with Sarah Webb, on the 17th Feb. 1824, were produced. Sarah Webb, the first wife, stood forward and appeared very undoes for the prosecution, and upon being checked for her eagerness, by Mr. Holder, jun. she declared that her husband deterred her, and she was completely pesinyiess. Mr. Mohler, jun. asked her whether she bad not run off with a man from her husband's house, and whether she had not been caught in a very odd situation by her husband The lest wife declared, after some hesitation, and a cathodes that she had been obliged to do what ebe ought not to have done on scams of be beam' - having taken up with another woman, 'iota be hid sines made his second wife. Mr. Roble:, jan. stated that the unfeetunate man was anted in a bad wife—she bad abandoned Wes kw the greets, and bad been allowed n. Wally but it was all imam; MI saw she came forward to deeiroy him, if posible.—lassariell. Bow-swastw,rfieerp Cliesamte, a led about 16 yew at age, was brought up as the fellewies dose '— Mr. Hasbatos biaboseam, in Totteshisucatut.tood, good the the Edam bog ben *sat ewes pen le his serial, and that ea the 7th lemma be pashas I& Ie leis of esebisse t bat the prima, instead of doing so, absconded with the money, and he saw no more of him until Satutday morning last, when he tound him in the custody of an officer. Gardener, one of the Bow-street officers, stated that he apprehended the prisoner at a public-house in Rochester, where his manner bad ex cited some suspicion, which induced the landlord to detain him. The prisoner, after living there a day or two, was observed to load a pistol, and soon afterwards to leave the house. The landlord seeing such a dangerous weapon . in the hands of so young a lad, followed and stopped him when the prisoner stated, that having no money left, he was de. termined to try his luck on the highway. On examination, the pistol war found to be loaded, and in the prisoner's pocket were found a quan thy of powder and several bullets. The prisoner declined saying anything in his defence, and was re manded. HAT Tox-GaRDEN.--Susan Reynolds, a tall genteel-looking woman, was charged with numerous robberies. The prisoner had entered the service of a Mrs. Marks, in Euston-square on the 24 of September, and left on the 2d of October. The prisoner had nut been there more than three days, when her fellow _servant, Frances Smith, missed a gold ring and a pair of gold car-rings, and after her leaving she missed some caps. Co the Monday following the prisoner came to visit Mrs. Marks, and Smith had her taken into custody to the station-house, where they ascer tained, notwithstanding her giving several false addresses, that she had lived servant in Gore-place, St. Pancras, where they found her boxes, and on searching, discovered a number of articles that had been stoko, and a letter addressed to he: in Argyll -street, and numerous duplicates of table-linen ; the table linen alone amounted to 151. _ _ The prisoner was committed on three charges of robbery; and she was remanded in expectation of others being brought forward. WORSIIIII.IITIMET.—Mr. Marsden, a grocer, and member of the Society of Friends, was summoned, at the instance of an informer named Wyse, under the paving act. It appeared from the statement of the witness that an empty sugar hogshead had been placed outside of the defendant's shop, and suffered to remain there for about three quarters of an hour ! The defendant said the hogshead had been sold to a pawn, and merely remained in the place mentioned until he could take it away. He was convicted in the lowest penalty, 40s. Defendant having intently looked at the informer, and carefully surveyed him from head to foot, said, " I must comply with the law ; " and he then paid the 40s. half of which was pocketed by the informer. BAIIRTMORE AGAIMoThe unfortu. tunate woman Nary Ann Pcarec, better known as Lady Barrymore, was brought up amongst the d6orderlies, charged with being very drank and riotous on the previous evening, at Chasing-cross, and creating a snob. Her Ladyship, it appeared, was in one of her desperate moods, and was thr,Atening destruction to all around her. It took no less than six of the new police constables to convey her to the station house. Poor Mary Anne, on being asked what she had to say to the charge, sighed deeply, and said that she was quite broken hearted, and she had only come out of prison on the previous day. Mr. WHITE said, that he regretted she had not got into some better mode of life, but u she had not been before him for a considerable time, he would discharge hcr. She then left the Office, supported by four police constables, but soon recovered herself when she got outside. MINOR THIATRICALS EXTRAORDINAHTe-•.011 Friday six as hopeful youths as can well be imagined were placed at the bar before Mr. WHITE, charged with performing a play in an unlicensed theatre and taking money at the doors. On the stage-stvu:k heroes being arranged at the bar, the police con stables produced a number of swords, helmets, and a variety of tinselled dresses, captured in the storming of this theatre. Mr. Smith, the Inspector of the L. division, stated that information had been given by the inhabitants that a number of idle and disorderly persons assembled at a house in a place called Hoskin's-yard, High. street, Lambeth, which they had converted into a theatre, and that they wished the police to interfere to put a stop to the nuisance. One of the prisoners acted as money-taker, and three-pence was the price demanded for admission to the boxes. It now appeared that, on a signal being given, the police rushed in, when a scene of great confusion arose, and both the audience and the performers endeavoured to make their escape. One policeman narrowly escaped going throu4h a trap-door into a cellar about twelve feet deep; another got his neck entangled in the folds of the drop curtain, and was nearly being hoisted into the clouds. Several of the young la ther went into hysterics, or pretended to do so, and they were allowed to depart, and with some difficulty the prisoners were secured. Mr. Smith said they only wanted to abate the nuisance ; and the pri. soners promising not to offend again, they were discharged, after a caution from the Magistrate. From one of the papers picked up, it appears that the play of" Fran. kenstein" was getting up. The following is a verbatim copy of the business of one of the scenes :—" Splindid Banottling Hall ini the Pallas of the Prinse--frankensten rushes in, and Claims Protecting from the Alonlster—the Monistcr Dashes frankastein to the Earth, and about toeseape, When the Ptinse ordr his men to Fier. But the klo- Mater make his escape, and the Solder follows the ]Moister !'' PIINISHMENT Or Alt ALDERMAN. — In Strype's Stow,' voL p. 238, is the following extract from the City Records:— " Ni cholas Wyfforti, an Alderman, having neglected to line his cloak, which he ought to use in procession, therefore it Is adjudged by the court that the Lord. Mayor and Aldermen shall breakfast with him. This penalty is awarded on him as a punishment fur his covetousness." The Lynchburg, Virginia paper, for tho 19th of August, gives a long account of the execution of a man named Jones, and of his extraordinary conduct on the scaffold, in the following words : " About three o'clock he signified to the town.serjeant his readiness for the last act of the affecting tragedy. ills hands and fret were then, as is customary, tied together, the former behind Um, and the rope adjusted to the transverse bea m of the gallows, when, with a calmness and indifference, equalled only by his firmness, he pulled off his shoes, stripped off his coat, partially unbuttoned his vest, and unfastened the collar of his shirt, and then with an unshaken step mounted the scar. fold !"—These are extraordinary performances for a man with his hands and feet tied ; but the Americans are snarvelknis people. We once heard of a Kentucky man, whose amazing strength was attended with very fatal consequences. He was cutting a slice of bread and butter, j when the knife di ped, and cut himself in half, and two men behind him._,Mornj era d. DINNER AT THE BARON DE ROTHSCHILD'B.—II on a lovely July evening that we set forth on our dinner visit to the chit. teats de Boulogne, the beautiful villa of Monsieur de Rothschild; and from the moment when the gates of the domain were thrown open fur our admission, we found ourselves enclosed within a paradise, to which no one enjoyment incidental to the first Eden seemed wanting. Flowers of all regions, fruits of all climes, tropical birds, English verdure, French sunshine, living waters sparkling on marble basins, and fresh. " As the dews which deck the morning flowers, Or rain-drops twinkling in the sun-bright showers," delicious music self-played, with ready not obtrusive services noiselessly performed, were the preludes to admission in that salon, where we found the lady of the enchanted palace—not, as my heated imagination ex pected, another Annida, but, in all the simple, honest charm of mother. hood, surrounded by her lovely children. A large society of distin. guished persons of all nations introduced a very desultory and amusing I conversation, during that swamis quart (Mauro wnich precedes the dinner. We proceeded to the dining-room, not, as in England, by the printed orders of the Red Book, but by the law of the courtesy of nations, whose only distinctions are made in favopr of the great est strangers. The evening was extremely sultry; and, in spite of Venetian blinds and, open verandas, the apartments through which we passed were" extremely close. A dinner in the. largest of them threatened much inconvenience from the heat. But on this score there was no ground for apprehension. The dining. room stood apart from the house, in the midst of orange trees. It was an elegant oblong pavilion of Grecian marble, re freshed by fountains, that " shot In air through scintillat ing streams and the table, covered with the beautiful and picturesque dessert, admitted no odour that was not in perfeetconformity with the freshness of the scene and the fervour of the season. No bur. nished gold reflected the glaring sunset; no brilliant silver dazzled the eyes. Porcelain, beyond the price of all precious metals, by its beauty and fragility,-.every plate a picture,—consorted with the general character of sumptuous simplicity which reigned over the whole and showed how well the master of the feast had " consulted the genius of the place in all."—As I was seated next to Monsieur Rothschild, 1 took occasion to insinuate after the soup—for who would utter a word before ?—that I was not wholly unworthy of a place at a table served by Carew*, (the Baron's cook,) that I was already acquainted with the merits of the man who had first declared against " la cuisine spires et aroma's* j" and that though I bad bean accused of a tendency towards the bonnet rouge, my true so =don was the bonnet blame, I lad, I said, long gook in memo de Monsieur Carom theoretically, and that now a practical acquaintance with them filled me with a still higher admiration of his unrivalled ter. bats. "Rh biers f" said Monsieur Rothschild, laughing, "be on his side has also relished your works, and here is a proof of it." I really blush, Eke &erne's accusing spirit, as I give in the fact; but he pelltiod to a column of the most ingenious confictionery arehi. astute, in which any name was inscribed in spun sugar. My name mum beagle I Ye Quarterlies and Blackwood,. and Ns Brute, -. am I flees Westminster ! ye wholese never traced my pro. media usso but as gel, think of Lady Morgan in sugar; and that too at k table esnounded by some of the gnat porters of the Holy Mins I—Je *dew rew res id rot ! All I ecedd - do under my sostioas, I did. I to be introduced to the celebrated aid inlet, and Amid I Ow apin trouble else prep with up Nessee t to dorms a Wilettery pegs to his genius, and to WI sense etils Sid% Man sad oal=tisme was not for after was, and we pressmed So me, is 41111 el the chateau by his' smoke. Ha was a wellAssiln= pmesetly free hem sad Asa we hod menma ash y other on our =re weeklOs bowed hipistilfewl i god awriage, which woe wait: lag le Meade M Pide.-/VlllllAlo,lllkrposee Awies, CORONER'S INQUEST. I At two o'clock on Saturday afternoon, before Mr. GELL, an inqui. sition was taken at the Shakepeare Tavel n, Eaton. street, Pimlico, Cr ' the bodies of Elizabeth Carter, aged 8, tuJames, her brother, aged 4 • whose deaths, it was currently rumoured in the neighbourhood, lk.• been occasioned by improper medical trey tment, similar in flitter , . that which has acquired so painful a notoriety in the case of Mk. John Long. The case excited very great interest, and a number of medical t. of eminence were in attendant*. Mr. Adolphus was in attendance, and, at his request, the were called in and examined separately. Mr. William Neville, of No. 1, Upper .Eaton.street, being sv deposed, that he was a surgeon, a Member of Dublin College, and Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall. He wan called on to attend the de ceased children on the 9th inst. He found them labouring under ins. lignant scarlet fever, the elder more slightly than the other. He pr... scribed bleeding, saline aperient medicines, with calomel ; also an oint. ment composed of tartarized antimony to biz applied to the chest ; th.t: is the usual mode of treating such a disease, with the exception of the ointment. He had his reasons for adding the ointment: the case indi cating its propriety. He continued to anend the children daily til; their deaths, sometimes two or three times it day. The parents of th• ' children are poor, and his attendance upon them was perfectly gra tuitous. He believes James died on the night of the 11th, and the girl on the following night. When the younger child was sucking, he gave him a little stimulant. 'Both a ied trom the scarlet fesee ; in tact, when they died, they were a mass of disease. They certainly died a natural death. He never expressed, nor did he entertain a hope o; their recovery. There were two other chi ldren in the house labourit. , under the same attack, whom he hsd molded, and who had recovered, Since their deaths, the bodies have been opened by Dr. Thompson, i the presence of himself and several other medical gentlemen. Th... was nothing observable in the post morten examination to induce hike to change his opinion, as to the CiIUISC of their death. He cannot say by whose directionsthe bodies wens opened. He applied a little of th. ointment to one of the two children that recovered. it was younger than either of the deceased. The ointment was applied to the chest. The bodies were opened on the 14th instant. Wm. Chandler, the father of the deceased children, deposed to bay. ing called in the attendance of the preceding witness. One of the children was taken ill, and died within 24 hours. No one attended deceased but Mr. Neville. It was by witness's desire that the bodies were opened. Mr. Neville had previously expressed a wish to open them. Witness spoke to Mr. Griffiths, who, subsequently to the dead: of Elizabeth and James, attended his other children, upon the subject, and told him he might procure whom he pleased to open the bet:LA.ok . bodies were opened by Dr. Thompson. Mr. Neville had attended some of the family before, and he had I.lways reasen to be satisfied with ht attentions. He has no reason to think or believe, but that the decerte.: died natural deaths. _ _ _ The Coroner here remarked, that he was a stra;lur to 6: from what he had heard, it appeared to hint to It: a coatm r a 1:, did not know what evidence was in reserve. Mr. Adolphus said he had no more evidence to oar. The Beadle remarked, that Dr. Thompson was in aucadat.cv. The Coroner accordingly sent down stairs for him. Dr. Thompson, on entering, stated, in answer to a question tl.lir. the Coroner, that he had no desire to give evidence, unlcu called to do so. He had optaed the bodies but he was at a loss to kno.: v.I he was sent for. Having been sworn by desire of the Coroner ' be stated that ha p. the bodies of the deceased children by desire of Mr. Dobson, of row, Pimlico, in the presence of abont a dozen medical got:Omuta, all them strangers to him. On examining the.body of the boy extezo..::l, it was well formed and not etuaeated. There were anu abx swellings under the jaw down to the tip of the shoulder. The larjaq tumour was under the ear, and was very red, and bore distinct marks o. ese bite of six leeches. There were also marks of leeches on th right and left temple. Every part of the body was covered with pimples, all of which wens gorged with blood. They were so crowded on the groin as to appear one bright continuous red colour. Th. posterior parts were of a bright florid colour, mottled with purpk, and covered with pimples. (Dr. Thompson here prou-ded read a voluminous report which he had drawn up of the temal appearance of the:tbody. The substance of di.: wboi: was, that there were considerable deviations frcm the natural structur. of the body.) He bad never before observed such appearances with s little disease. Coroner.—Have you any reason to suppose the deceased died than a natural dmth f Dr. Thompson.—l can't answer that question. It was impossiti , from the appearances to say what they died from.—He had never any patients who died from fever, whose bodies exhibited . so symptoms of the puma of that disease as these did. Witness pre. served the fluids he found in the stomach, at the request of Me. Neville, who said a report had been spread in the neighbourhood that he had poisoned them with his medicines. Witness was told by the Mends that Mr. Neville had applied an ointment, which h: said was an invention of his own—that Its compositiea was a sm.:, which he would not divulge fee OWL—that he bad applied this Dint. meat to the surviving .then, who became worse afterwards. They further told him, that Mr. Neville applied it himself, and refused to leave any of it with them ; and that it was the singularity of this practice, on the part of a medical man, coupled with the increased illness of the surviving children, which made them anxious to have the bodies disinttrred. By a Juror—Was the appearance of the bodies such as would hill. Cate death from scarlet fever? Dr. Thumps n—ln general the spots do not remain after death .n those eases. Ile begged to add, that there was no excoriation or pax• toles on the deceased, but there were pustules where the ointment w.: said to have been applied to the surviving children. Mr. Net tile toh• him that Mr. Griffiths was at the bottom of the inquiry, and that he wa an enemy of his. In consequence of being so told, witness interrogate the friends of the children, and they declared that Mr. Griffiths, on contrary, had endeavoured to dissuade them from an investigation. 111-. Griffiths also told him on his honour he had done nothing to provoke it . Mr. Griffiths was not present when the bodies were opened by requi-t of witness, but Mr. Neville was. Mr. Neville told him the ointini:.i he used was composed of tartar of animony one drachm, and unguentur. cene seven drachms. He also describid the treatment he had odor 0 , I generally. By a Juror—Do you think the treatment described proper ? Dr. Thompson—l don't know what the disease was; till m • and I shall be able to answer you. The Coroner observed, that he saw nothing in the evideece but w: was satisfactory and creditable to Mr. Neville, and he ihouz;ht the without pinning the inquiry further, might safely pror.ouncc of natural death. Mr. Adolphus said, if it was necessary, he had fifty witnesses I. to bear tesdmony to the skill of 31r. Neville. The Jury thought it unnecessary, and returned a verdict, findin.; Cr.; both the deceased died natural deaths. As soon as the verdict was returned, Mr. Gall quitted, lcavinc his deputy, Mr. Higgs, to collect to signatures of the Jury. While Mr. Higgs was thus employed, Dr. Thompson and Dr. Gordon Smith c. a.'. Into the room,and the former,on behalf of the friends, declared they were highly dissatisfied with the abrupt manner in which the inquest !lad been closed, without hearing all the evidence they had to offer. Dr. Thompson also declared his own opinion to be decidedly that the ver. diet was an improper one, and he added, that he was determinid he would have a iresh Inquest ; and would publish the case, so that the medical world might judge of its meths. Mr. Higgs declined interfering, as he had not presided, and there the matter rests. HE DOMdVe►Rl~. s Tars DAY, OcT. 18.—St. Luke—not now a holiday at the Bank. Five hundred houses in London blown down, 1021. This Is the tint day of Marchesvan in the Hebrew Calendar. To-moanow—The sun rises 47 minutes past G. Mercury rises 35 minutes past 6 morning. Wzowitsbav—Venus rises 67 minutes past 4. Tstriasnaw—Mars sets 24 minutes past 3 morning. Glorious battle of Trafalgar, 1855. FAIDAT—Coqu_ action of the Moon and Jupiter at 211 it. SaTunnarr—The Moon will pass the meridian of the Royal Observe. toey at 16 minutes past 6 evening. BIRTHS. The 13th inst. at Behs.blll,nearii•Jhampton, the lady of It. Clut. terbuck, jun. Esq. of a daughter.—On the 16th inst. Mrs. J. T. Bat. low, of Great Sufolk.street, Southwark, of a daughter.—. The 14th inst. Mrs. J. R. Hooper, of Queenhithe, of a daughter.—Tha loth inst. at Winchmore.hill, Mrs. John Radford, of a son, adll.born.—The 16th inst. Alto R. Alanineau, of Chiswell.sueet, of a daughter. ARRIED. Saturday, the Ifith inst. at St. Peter's, Walwrath, T. 0. Phillips, Eq. of Bayswater-terrace, to Miss Elisabeth F. Firth, of Burma, Sussex. . The 16th hut. in Great RurseU-street, Bloomsbury. in the 91st year of her age, the Dowager Lady Young, relict of the late Admiral Sir O. Young, of Formosa-place, Bucks—The sth inst. at her house at Windlesham, Surrey, at the advanced age (491, Elizabeth, relict of the late Bev. E. Cooper, rector of Windleaham.—Tbe 14th inst. after a long and painful Illness, Mary Ann, the wife of Nell Malcolm, Esq. of Lantbabbay, Kent, and Poltalloch, North Britain.—The 13th inst. R. Stratford, am. many years collector of the Excise for the port of Lon don. Ho lived respected, and died deeply lamented.—At Hareheld, on the Bth inst. in the 23d year of his age, Franciapfifth son of W. Flower, lop anisaeleld•grove, Itlddlesex.—The 14th inst. at Both, in the 10111 year of her age, Maria Charlotte, the youngostdaughto of H.J. lfirepWd, Esq. .—The 16th inst. at Theron Dittos; after a patraeted 11arfa, the wife of Mr. Thomas Style, in din Oa year ber as& Loam; Printed mad rablishad by.J,Qux 31ntxs, at I Osnas, Nw 1, Pickeetaibm,driaiple Bar. Pia• rri C A. as pre ski des Arc yen P Wa I■ 5 that Liter Lc l'ric Th the p again tiety engem mute West Lai Clam I N I Mann Often and, 1 Bond; in ---