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Widi;;NMPX DR.4TII OF A BRITISH SOVIIRRIGN, AND CON DUCT OF A ROYAL PAYOURITR, IN 1377. Alter many splendid victories obtained by the English over the Preach during the reign of Edward 111. a truce was concluded be tween the two countries, under the thief direction of a noble duke— the Duke of Lancaster. The French king, John, had died when Lia British captivity, and English valour was u pre-eminent at Poictien at the latter et d of the 14th, as it was at Waterloo in the.beginning of the 19th, century. Edward 111. was courteous, affable, and eloquent ; of a free deportment and agreeable converse. dims, and had the art of commanding the affection of his people, :without seeming to solicit popularity; but in his latter years he re. tired to Sheen, in Surrey, where he lived in the most retired indo *nee, abandoning himself to the blandishments of Alice Palen. " He had outlived," says Smeller, vol. iv. 41, " all his spirit and ! magnanimity, and become the contemptible slave of an infamous •womnn, called Alice Perrers, the wife of William de Windsor. Edsard was so infatuated by the personal charms of this new idol, that he resigned himself wholly to her direction, and in order to gratify her avarice, (selling places ?) encouraged certain corrupt practices, which, in the vigour of his intellects, he would have dis dained to countenance." Concerning Alice Paters, much may be gathered from an old chronicle preserved in the British Museum—.Harleian Collection, No. 6217; and as many have not the entree into the pessetralia •of our national institution, the following extracts may be in. terming, and serve to elucidate the system of blinding monarchs, and of "packing up" and packing off in the 14th century. 4 1 Alice Perren was the wife of Sir William de Windsor, and was lin favour with the King during the lifetime of his Queen Phi i The knight "bore his blushing honours thick upon him," fond prudently abstained from interference. " This woman," says 'the Chronicle, " after she was in the Kyng's friendshipp, she so • bewitched hym that be permytted the wanes and greatest matters of the realme to be defyned by her councell, whoe began to putt all things unjuatlie from the Kynge, to defende .false causes every where by unlawful meanes, to get possessions for her own use, and yf in any place she was resisted, then she went unto the Kynge, by whose power beyng presently helped, whether yt were ryght or wrong., she had her desyre. Thys woman had En laude suffered now many yearn, for that they haretly loved the Kynge, and were lothe to offends hym, for there ye a speciall grace in them, that they love their Kynge mere than any other nation, and whom they once have admyttal to the kyngly state they alwaies honour, although he greatly offende." She is accused in the above curious chronicle, of "having unjustly disinherited certen Englishmen, and almost disteined the whoole realme by her shameless wantones." • The nation, shocked at the immorality of Edward 111. "gave the Kynge knowledge how they had proved her to be another man's wyfe, and how he had lyval a long tyme in adulterye." She was accused of contriving, through the means of a priest, whom she patronized, of alluring " the Kynge to her unlawful love, or els, as I may trulyer say, into madness, for a young man riotous sinneth, but an old man lecherous dootethe." She was made, owing to the honest remonstrances of the nobles, to swear in the presence of the High Prelates that she would absent herself from the King; but his Majesty, who " had hinge been oppressed with the discommodity, of ould age" (he was in his 64th, year,) " fell into syckness for desire of that hsrlott Ales Perrers," and she re turned to him. The King, however, found himself getting worse, and " the phisitians began to dispaire of hys recovery, although the forenamed harlots, together with Isabell, her daughter did lye by him every. night. She appears to have interfered among the Bishops, as in the case of William of Wickham, wbo, though he had incurred the displeasure of the grad Duke (the Duke of Lancaster,) was restored to his tempualldes through the in trigues of Aka Penns. Edward 111. during his last illness, indulged a hopeof speedy re covery, and conversed about various amusement of the court, such as hawking, horses, &e. But the faithful chronicle will best speak and explain the last moments of the King, who appears to have been ministered unto, in his last moments, by a bishop and a concubine, the one to prepare him for heaven, the other to render earth dear to the last. Then came his Majesty's demise, and the abrupt departure of Ales Petters. " The Xl. kalends of JOH, the vygell of our first martyr, St. Albon, the renowned Kynge Edwards, sodden. as it were, with desease, which tyme, we belev - , was gyven him of GOD to the use of the penitence, and to redone his syans, had almoste eodaynly dyed, trusting still to the fond fables of the often-named harlot, when she affirmed he should well recover, and not dye ; so that at the tyme he talked rather of hawkyne, and hun tynge, and such trifles, then of any thynge that purteyned to his salvation, only he graunted a certaye pardon of deathe and offences throughout hp kyngdome, to the inhabitants of the same. Therefore, as have sayd, beinge sodeynly taken with the day of deathe, contrarye to the opynion of hymselfe, and others about hym, besydes his voice fayling, he began to have manifest sygnes of death., by which. bothe he and others that stood by knewe well he ahuld dye. What Ales Per. refs did then any man may judge that knoweth the con. ditions of a harlot, although no man set them down in writings ; for so sone as she saw the kynge had set fote within deaths dooms she bethought her of flight ; yet before she went, that all men myths percesve that she loved not the Kynge for hymselfe, but for thatwhich was hys, she Cooke the rings from his finger!, which foe his Royal Majesty he was wont to weare, lest any should doubts of the ttucthe of the old proverb, which saythe, No harlot wanteth any scruple of thefte ; thus yelding hym such thanks for his benefits, she bad hym adwe, and so withdrew haul& from hym. But whylst the Kynge had yet the use of his tongue, the often named harlot was still sytting by hym, much like a dog that walteth gree dily to take or els to snatch whatsoever his muter would throw un der the board ; so shee, with greedy chaps wide gaping and un comely grinning, still waited if any commodity by chance fell to the Kyng, not content with the multitude of possessions and great wealth wherewith the doyting Kyng had dayly enriched her. By these and such like occasions, she took from the Kyng what so ever she could snatch or catch out of his hands, and hindered him lest he should recompense such poore servants as had long served hym (as then it became a kyng to do.) But what thanks she gave hym for his de sertes towards her is already written, for she did nothinge that be. cowed a woman of her condition, but wrought still accordyng to her own nature and disposytion." These were the last moments of a British sovereign, in the year of our Lord 1377; and such was the conduct of a royal concubine in those ages. The above extracts are purely historical ; the reader will make his comments. On Saturday a great deal of hay was got together in good order, though all;bas been very much injured, and some quite spoiled. Many of the farmers at Twineham and its neighbourhood, have been obliged to take the grass out of the water in the low lands, and carry it to higher ground to make it ; there is a! good deal of grass yet to cut, and although it is now too late, even with fine weather, to make real good hay, yet if carried together in good order, it will be very useful fodder. The weather has been As un kind as possible for; all farming operations ; yet we are told the wheat has improved very much within the last fortnight ; and though the rough winds are prejudicial to it whilst in bloom, yet there is every appearance of quite an average crop. The turnips that are come up do not appear to be hurt by the ily, but many farmers have not been able to prepare the quantity of land they in. tended to sow. The wheat fellows in the iVeald have the appal.. ance of pasture fields, and scarcely any manure is yet got hoM of them.—Briyhton Gazette. CLERICAL CELIBACY.—The imposition of celibacy on the western Clergy, which was scarcely completed before the ninth century, requires some attention on account of hs Influence in England, and affords general instruction as an example of the ex tent to which the effect of regulations d isappoints human expects. •tion. The writings of the earliest Christians contain generally panegyrics of celibacy, which cannot ibacy , be reconciled to reason, though they may be excused in an age when the moral relations of the sores, of which the principle is at this day little understood by many of those who most feel the obligation, were so unsettled, as conti nually to vibrate between the most extreme points of extravagant austerity and gross licentiousness. The apostles naturally and sea sonably advised their brother missionaries, and even their defence. less followers, to forbear from giving such hostages as wives and children to their merciless persecutors. In more secure situations it was not without apparent reason hoped, that an unmarried clergy would have more means of succouring their brethren, more lei sure for their studies and their duties, a Inert less divert ed from re ligious feeling by worldly cares,and by holding out a signal example of a constant victory over their passions, might add force andweight to all their exhortations. Tee peculiar repugnancy of the Christian torah to sensuality, promoted the observance of celibacy, and gave else to dangerous exaggerations. Some were so misguided as to in terpret language intended only to lift the soul from wallowing amidst the senses, as a discouragement of those unions which are " a discipline of humanity." Celibacy was first celebrated as a virtue • It was afterwards enjoined on priests as a moral duty. Be fore the end of the fourth century, some churches enforced it as a rule of ecclesiastical discipline. Some councils had forbidden the ordination of men who were married ;• and marriage after orders seems to have been generally blamed from the middle of the fifth century. The general practice of the west then resembled the pre sent practice of the Greeks, among whom bishops were interdicted ' from wedlock, and priests were allowed only to keep the wives whom they had espoused before ordination. A virtue prised so highly by, the fathers of the church—a duty of which the observance seemed to add to the dignity and authority of religious instruction, came to be emertned one of the most sacred sod venerable of ecclesiastical, usages, long before it was raised to the character of an universal Isi of the Ledo churels.—Bir James Jidiskiniosh's History Miglesett. A SOMERSET HOAX. A fruitless hoax was played off on Mr. Hunt, who received a letter from a body of frftholders of the county of Somerset, invi ting him to become a candidate for the representation of that county at the ensuing election, one of the party promised to take 178 vo ters to the poll free of expense, to which - request and offer Mr. Hunt returned the following striking answer: London, July 14, 1830. Sir—The fteeholders of the county of Somerset had an opportu. nity offered them in the year 1828, of rescuing themselves out of the hands of a corrupt Whig and Tory faction, the members of which had united for many years in order the better to commit their de predations upon, and plunder the people. The freeholders of So menet basely neglected that opportunity. It appears the tory, Sir Thomas, has abandoned his disgraceful occupation, dreading a repetition of the castigation he received at the last election. 'the freeholders are now to be turned over to two hun. gry Whip, who will, in all human probability, plunder them even more than the united factions did, the latter having acted as a check upon each other's rapacity. Mr. Hunt will not walk ten yards, or do any other act to prevent this; but, on the contrary, he will look on with great compla cency, while the process of plunder is making its way into every man's pocket in the county, by means of parochial, county, and parliamentary taxation, while he reflects upon the wane than cow. ardiy conduct of a great majority of the freeholder , who stood looking on with their arms folded, during the last contested election for the county of Somerset. • To Joseph Anderson, Esq. Post-Office, South Petherton, Somerset. HOUSE 01 LORDS, July 14. STEVENSON V. ROWAN. The Loin CnancELLoa stated that in this case Stephenson had been employed by Rowan to prepare a heritable security on the lands of Mr. Campbell, of Lochend, near Glasgow, for 1,0001. lent by Rowan to Campbell. A landed property in Scotland was held of a superior. and the conveyance was ta ke n ame : that was, to be held of a superior lord, in the same manner that Campbell himself held it; and the seisure which followed on the infeftment was in general terms, without specifying the particular manner of holding, and the Instrument was in the usual way registered. But in a con veyance a me, a charter of confirmation from the superior was neces sary to complete it, and this Mr. Stephenson. who was what in Scotland is called a writer, or law agent, neglected to pro cure. Sir Colin Campbell and a Mr. Patrick afterwards lent money on the same estate to Mr. Campbell, of Lochend, and took valid securities upon it. Mr. Campbell fell into dfficul ties, and his estate and effects falling short of his debts, the cre ditors began to look into their priorities, and the flaw in the convey ance to Rowan being discovered, Sir Colin and Mr. D. Campbell instituted a process in the Court of Session to postpone his debt to theirs, and succeeded, and thus Rowan was cut out of his priority, and lost a great part of his money. He then brought his action for compensation against Stephenson, and had judgment below in his favour, and that was the judgment appealed from. It was cer tainly a question of nicety and difficulty, and for a mistake in such a question a Solicitor was not answerable, for any lawyer might min. take in such a matter. But then, the usual form of conveyance in these cases was, a me eel de me, in which case the grantee might be considered as holding from his immediate grantor, and then the security, without a charter of confirmation, was good against third parties, whatever it might be against the bed. Mr. Stephenson, then, having departed from the usual mode, he was bound to have rendered the mode which he did adopt effectual by a charter of con firmation; and not having done so, he became responsible for the consequences. The Court below, therefore, had come to a right cancl_ ,uelon and he proposed that the judgment be affirmed.; Affirmed accordingly, but without coats. LAW REPORTS. COURT OF COMILEAS, JULY 14. Before Mr. Justice Gazir.sx and a London Common Jury. LODEN. AND Wiyt v. ROWBOTRAN.-41r. Sergeant WILDE (with whom was Mr. KELLY) said, that this was an action broug ht to recover 361.165. being the amount of wages which the plain tiff's wife was entitled to from the defendant. Site had lived with the de. fendant for three years and a quarter,at a salary of 201. a year, before her marriage. The present sum (381. 155.) was the balance that was unpaid, and the defendant now refused to pay it. Why be did so, he could hardly inform the Jury. There could be no doubt of the hire, and he supposed that the defendant would only pay his debts according to law, as be had been involved in seven or eight actions. The wisdom of that maxim would, he had no doubt, be impressed on their minds by his Learned Friend, and he hoped that the Jury would make the defendant pay the present demand according to law. Mr. Rowbotham was a man of taste, and kept a house at the West Rod of the town, which was called the " Finish," and was a very useful house to the market wieners at Covent-garden. It was a house for their accommo dation in the early part of the morning ; but he believed that other parties, who did not like the day-light, took refreshments also at that house, and thus terminated their pleasures of the day. It was, therefore, called the " Finish," he supposed from its being a place for the termination or finish of the evening's amusement. The plaintiff's wife was an experienced housemaid, and she had taken the place in consequence of her sister, who had been engaged at 201. a year, getting married, he might add fortu nately. She was well acquainted with the line of business, and had conducted herself in a very proper manner. She had discharged her duties for three yeas*, and only went away in consequence of marry ing Mr. Loder. He should prove what wages such panne in vs. neral had, and be apprehended that he should be then entitled to their verdict. The following witnesses were then called :-- Sarah Neal, the sister of Mrs. Loder, stated that she' was formerly bar-maid in the service of Rowbotham's brother ; she was applied to by Rowbotham to fill the situation of bar-maid in his house, which she agreed to do at a salary of 201. per annum ; she, how. ever, married soon after, and gave up the engagement • her sister then took it; the duties of her situation were very arduous ; she staid three years and a quarter. Cross.examined by Mr. Serjeant SPANIUZ—I do not speak from experience in the defendant's house, nor do I wish to do so. Thos. Burges, a Chelsealpensioner, said he had lived in the " Finish" five years • he knew Jane Loder there ; she was bar maid, and did some o f house-work ; he usn'to call her every morning at two o'clock; she then got up and attended to the ens tomers ; 201. a-year was little enough as wages for that place. Cross-examined-1 am a Chelsea pensioner; that is an excellent " finish" for me, I assure you (a laugh;) Jane Loder was a tidy young woman when she " pracdsed behind the bar; I have seen the customers give her a shilling now and then ; the house was well frequented; it was very bury at two o'clock; at this time of the day it is pretty quiet; I do not know if Loder was in love with Jane, and Jane in love with him (laughter;) I do not know if she had any " rails" or perquisites ; I think she bad not. Re-examined: The waiters generally got the shillings up stairs. Mr. Thorpe deposed to applying for some money, on the part the plaintiff, to Mr. Rowbotham ; he said no such money was due to her ; he afterwards desired him to bring the account in. Witness asked what he would give her ? he said, the same as he gave his present bar-maid. Witness inquired what that was ? he replied be did not know • 201. was not too high wages for such a place; he (witness) ha d a waiter. Cron-examined Bar-maids never expect to get anything from the customers. Mr. Berjeant SPANZIE addlINIMPli the Jury for the defendant, and said, that It had been remented that Mr. Rowbotham was a very litigious man, and he had been involved in seven or eight actions. This, however, they had no evidence of, and It appeared that the defendant had never been concerned with the law, except in the present unfortunate instance. This, how ever, he could not help, for there would be always persons found to bring actions. He would state how the actions had been brought. When a man married he always expected (and he had a right to do so,) that his wife would endow him with all her goods and chattels. He takes them, live stock, and all, in fact, belonging to her. When Mr. Lodes took his present wife, he said, no duubt, that he had a right to this, and to bring any ac tion which she had been entitled to before her marriage, in right o his wife. Mr. Lodes said he must have all belonging to her, and he bad employed en attorney to get the present demand, as part her goods, chattels, and live stock. It had been said, that " The Finish" denoted by Its name that it was the termination of the evening's pleasures. It was, however, the very contrary, for it an nounced the commencement of the morning. This had proved the case with many whose names were of great celebrity, which he need not mention. Dr. Johnson, however, was one of them; he had gone to this Finish one morning, and got so delighted with the coffee and other good things that he partook ot; that he turned out into the market like a great " lubber fiend." He there tossed about on the market baskets in such a manner that the people's attention , was attracted. Doctor Johnson, the great man of the times, was recognized, and all stared at him, wondering how such a man could have been brought there In such a situation. This showed that it was a very good "finish." Rut, i n d ee d , t h e house was a very useful one, especially to the market gardeners. The plaintiff's wife certainly attended to them, but if she got up in the morning she could have gone to bed betimes and rested her. self on a very excellent bed, no doubt, as it was in Mr.ltowbotham's house —(a laugh,) But th is was not the que s tion— t h e po i nt was, whether the plaintiff was entitled to her claim. There had been no contract made, and If she really were engaged at • salary, why , did she leave Mr. Rowbotham's when such - a large sum wax in arrear ? The fact was, however, that wages were seldom or ever paid to a young woman who " practised" behind such • " bar" as Ws. Rewbothatar's. She generally receivel some fee from those who wanted their glass ot gin procured with expedition. It was a common thing for such people and chambermaids to buy their places, as they generally received landseine gratuities from the visitors. He was instructed to prove that this was the case with the plaintiff's wife, and he should then ask a verdict for the defendant. A waiter in the employment of Rowbotham said, that the plain. MN wife had frequently got several shillings from customers in the morning ; scarcely a morning passed during the time she was with the defendant that she did not receive some little present ; at the latter aid of her stay she was not very attentive ; she went out frequently with her sweetheart in the day, and did not return till 12 o'clock at night. Mr. &lomat Seartizz—Oh yes, of comm.—they young people, and must be excused.—(Lsughter.) Mr. Sajeant WILDE replied, and said, that this evidence did not affect the plaintiff'. case. The Jury found for the plaintiff—Dam!len 361. 166- Comex* v. CURRY..—Mr. Seljelitt WILDE (with WhOlD was Mr. Coserw) stated that the plaintiff in this case was a lady keep ing a respectable seminary in the Clapham-raid, and she brought this action to recover 22L and odd, being the amount of schooling and boarding, ice» a little child, of whom be presumed the defend ant (Mr. Curry) was the father. The circumstances under which the action was brought were very peculiar, and were as follow s— in the Midsummer of last year a lady, named Mrs. Curry, applied to the plaintiff to take the little girl into her academy, and edu. cats her liberally. The plaintiff made inquiries as to the respec tability, itc. of the party of the landlord of the house which Mrs. Curry tenanted, and she was given to understand that she was mar ried, and they were very respectable people. The little child was then received by the plaintiff, and taken care of in the usual way. The bill at the end of the quarter was seat in, and he should prove that Mr. Curry made no objection to it, excepting one charge, for music. It, however, was not paid ; and the next quarter s bill, at Christmas, was also unpaid. The plaintiff then refused to take back the child unless the bills were discharged. The child, he should prove, was sent to school at the desire of the defendant, and the action was brought to recover payment of the account. He understood that the defendant meant to set up the following defence: He says that Mrs. Curry is not his wife, and, therefore, he is not liable to a payment of an account incurred by her. It appeared that unfortunate female married, about twenty years since, a sea-faring man, who went on a long voyage. She was told by apparently good authority that he had been drowned, and afters ar or two she married another man, who, in a short time, died. S he then married the defendant. After some time she was informed that her first hus band had been seen at the Royal Exchange in good health. The defendant had had some difference with her an&in order to get rid of his responsibility for her debts, no doubt, indicted her for bigamy. She was tried and convicted, and he was told the presiding Judge sentenced her to ten days' confinement. He now used these circum stances to avoid the payment of the present demand. If, however, he (the Learned &leant) proved that Mr. Curry had accredited Mrs. Curry as his wife, and had held her out as such to tradespeople and others, he apprehended that he should then be entitled to their verdict. When they receive a good character of the parties, and un derstand, or are led to believe, from their own conduct that they are married, they are not obliged to ask for the certificate of the mar riage. He hoped, then, that the Jury would relieve the defendant from the pain which his conscience must experience hereafter on re fusing such a just demand, by finding their verdict for the plaintiff. The following witnesses were then examined : Miss Jane Beason, a teacher at the plaintiff's school, recollected a child of Mrs. Curry's coming in 1829, after Midsummer, to Mrs. Corner's school. She was educated, boarded, and treated in every way like the other young ladles. The charges in the bill were mo derate and usual. She bad seen Mrs. Curry at the school She had seen her in Court that day. Mr. William Bowstead said he was the landlord of a house in the neighbourhood of Vauxhall. He let it to lady named Mrs. Curry. He understood she was a married woman, but he had never seen Mr. Curry. He told the plaintiff, on her application, that they were respectable people, as far as he knew. Mary Wood, a servant to Mrs. Curry, recollected having ?seen Mr. Curry several times ; they passed as man and wife ; she tecol laird their little child Augusta; Mr. Curry came once to town, and told Mrs. Curry to send her to school; he called again in a week, and asked if she had gone; Mrs Curry said so, as her clothes were not ready; the child afterwards went to Mrs. Corner; she recollected the bill being sent ; Mr. Curry said he had no objection to pay it, but be would not pay for the teaching of music. o.an-examined—The bill came in after Midsummer ; Augusta had then been at school a quarter of a year ; Mrs. Curry kept the house in a very respectable way ; she did not go by the name of Mrs. Moore; she had lived as servant with her for three years; she could not say if gentlemen came to the house at night. Re-examined—Had seen Mr. Curry frequently at the house. Mr. Richard Spedding said he had seen Mrs. Curry in company with Mr. Curry at their house, in Buckingham-street ; they ad dressed each other as man and wife ; Mr. Curry was purser to a ship. Crow examined—l never went by any other name than Sped. ding; I do not call myself Dr. Barker; I have been called so ; I do not know how I happened to be called so; I am &clerk at a coal wharf; I was called Dr. Barker in places where I did not wish to be known; I answered to that name; I have been called Dr. Barker In mixed society (a laugh); I have been called so In Mr. Curry's society (a laugh). A letter from the defendant to Mrs. Curry was put in and read. It intimated that he had sent moneys for the discharge of several ac counts which had been sent to him. The r e a T i t n:frs bill was also put in and read. Mr. 'cant TADDY appeared for the defendant, and said that they had t beard of the misfottunes of Mr. Curry. One of the principal was, that he had married the lady who was at present called by his name. After his marriage he discovered that she had previously been living with another man, and he then went abroad, being a purser. During his absence he should prove that Mrs. Curry lived in an adulterous knercobrse with a man of the name of Moore, and the child, whose edication was the subject of the present action, was the offspring of that connection. That, how. ever, he would admit, was not the question. The real question was, whether Mr. Curry had rendered himself liable for the payment of this account 1 , This chiefly depended on Mary Wood's testi mony, and the credit that the Jury would give to it. She was, it would appear, the only person who, with the exception of the gen tleman with two names, had seen Mr. Curry in Buckingham-street, Vauxhall.toad. The landlord, who was the most likely person, had not seen him, and he had treated concerning the rent with Mrs. • Curry. Mts. Corner had done the same, and she bad taken the child under her care, well knowing that it was the offspring of an adulterous intercourse while Mr. Curry was at sea. He should put witnesses in the box who would fully make out these facts. Mrs. Mary Brownant examined— About seven years ago I knew a Mr. and Mrs. Moore, who were living in Canterbury-place, Lam beth ; they bad a female child with them, named Sarah Caroline Moore; she passed afterwards by the name of Mrs. Curvy; the child afterwards went by the same name ; I have seen Mr. Curry ; be came Prom sea about two years and a half since. When I saw the child it was about two years old. Mr. N. Ingram—Knew Mrs. Curry when she passed by another name; she lived with a Mr. Moore, in Gray's Inn-lane; a female child was born ; he believed she has since passed by the name Curry; 1 have heard her called so; I was present at the christening when the child was named Sarah Caroline Moon; this was, 1 be lieve, in 1821; Mr. Moore was a working jeweller. Croes-examined—l heard her called Mrs. Curry about three years since in Buckingham -street, Vauxhall-road, Lambeth. The clerk to the defendant's attorney said he had seen Mrs. Curry at the 014 Bailey, when she was convicted of Bigamy at the May Sessions in the present year. The certificate of the marriage in 1810, and register of the child's christening, were put in. Mr. Serjeant WILDZ replied, and said, that notwithstanding the insinuations that had been mat upon the plaintiff's witnesses, be was certain that the Jury would be of opinion that the case which had been first made out for the plaintiff had not been altered in the slightest manner. Mr. Justice GAILSZLZI summed up, and said that the whole case depended upon the evidence of Mary Wood. If the Jury believed that, they would find for the plaintiff. The Learned Judge was proceeding to make other remarks, when The Jury said they bad made up their minds. A verdict was then returned for the plaintiff--damages 221.125. POLICE REPORT. LAMSETIPSTRIZT.—WiIIietet Stoat, a Waterman belonging to Blackwall-stairs, appeared to show cruse why he detained a jar of tamarinds, and one of pine apples. William James, a cook to aWest indiaman, stated that, on Tuesday last, the defendant took him on shore from his vessel, and on landing him he demanded 20a. as his fare. Witness refused to'pay it ; on which he seised the jars, and detained them for his fare. The jars and their contents belonged to a gentleman who came over as passenger in the ship, to whose re sidence he was taking them. The win/villain stud the cons plainant made a great mistake, as all he demanded was tiv• shil lings. Mr. Wyatt.—And what was the distance which you took this man? Watennan.—About half a quarter of a mile, your worship. Mr. Wyatt—And so for this distance you had the conscience to de mand 201? Waterman—Upon my honour, your Waship, it was only as. Mr Wyatt—liven that was an extortionate demand. Waterman—You know. your Worship, we always charge for lug gage. The complainant declared that all the luggage he had was the two jars, and said that, since the defendant took thargoof them, one of them had been opened, and three-fourths of its contents ab stracted. Mr. Wyatt advised the waterman at once to deliier the property to the complainant, else he might be proceeded against in a manner which he might least expect, for feloniously Asa the property which he so illegally detained. The Waterman to take his ii - orship's advice, and thus the.busineue was • scINTILL* ALL-4 szits.—The account of the capture of Algiers has given rise to some poetical effusions in France. The follovang stanzas were introduced on the occasion at the Theatre des Varietal, and received with great applaue De nos exploits justement alsrmie Deja l'Afrique wait vu nos soldats ; On l'oublisit, mats notre jeune armee Se souvenant de nos anciens combats• Nos bataillons, malpe la vents muskeg, Dans ca climate sons encore descendus ; lls se soot battus comme lean *co— b' victoire la a alumnus. LORD BYRON AND HIS REVIEWERS, a Fable from the French of De la Vigne.—" Thou art not an ogle I" aied the serpents, when the unfledged wing of the nestling failed hi m l a hi s lust flight. Soon after he turned his gate on the full blaze of day, and whilst his talons grasped the thunder, and his vengeful beak inflicted punishment on the rampant monsters, he replied to them, as they hissed "in the dust, if not an ogle, what am I then ?" JOHN BULL.—If an Innocent Irishman make a bull, an English cockney grants him no quarter; but must not the fol. lowing, if it do not make, at least imply a seeming contradiction :.•• At sit the turnpikes on the high rmds lading from the metropolis, we see painted on large boards, "Surrey and Sussex Truer— " Middlesex Trust"—" Kent Trust," fm. and then on a smaller board, beneath the name of the turopiker," No Trust." A THOMPER.—It baying been observed for several days that a large pavement stone, no less than 751bs. weight ! ! was gradually rising out of its bedding, several inches above the level, it was taken up, and underneath was found et tarps mushroom. 12 inches in circumference, which is in the possession of J. Simmons, Esq ! l—Hampshire Advertiser. A BREAD AND CHEESE CANDIDATE!—During the past week there have been some rare doings amongst the freemen of ancient Ebor resident in this town. Yesterday se'nnight, after a plentiful supper at the King's Arms in Fugate, there was literally an overflow of rum, brandy, and wine, at the expense of the Hon. E. Petre. On the following evening, another " do" took place at the Hon. S. Duodena's cost. A day or two after, while a friend of the third candidate, Captain Bayntun, was soliciting votes, he sa luted an old stager with what he no doubt thought would be wel. come intelligence :—" Go to the house of and you will receive half-a-frown and bread and cheese I" " Bread and cheese ! bread and cheese !" replied the worthy and independent elector ;' " no, no; I know where to get better stuff then that." The gallant Colonel Wilson, in his address to the freemen, says, if they do not return him, he shall tell them what he thinks of them in " his" way. —.Sheffield Iris. A CHINESE STUDENT.—There is now at Brussels a Chinese merchant, on his way to France, where be intends to study French ; and he is subsequently to proceed to this country for the purpose of learning English. As he is in full Chinese costume, be is an object of great curiosity. It is said that four other Chinese merchants, of great wealth in China, were to follow his example. ICELAND.—Letters from Reikiavig, in Iceland, state that there appeared, on the 13th of March, in the sea, within a abort distant from the island, a volcano—of which, however, nothing was visible but the smoke, and even this ceased to ascend after some time. But it is feared that this volcano has formed a new island under the water, which might endanger the navigation. Apprehen. elms are likewise entertained respecting the volcanos on the island, whose fresh irruption this phenomenon might occasion, has happened in the case of Skala Falls, lokeler, during the last apparition of a mimeo in the open sea.—Moniteur. REVOLUTIONARY REJOICINGS.—The Gazette de Promos hints that illuminations had been prepared by the Liberals ibe the 14th of July, the anniversary of the capture of the Bastille end of the Confederation, but that now these illuminations have been countermanded, that they may not be mistaken for rejoicina in honour of the capture of Algiers, and that the Reunion Cm of the elections causes the lamps to be lighted or extinguished at pleasure, as it procures the nomination or rejection of candidates by its influence. It orders rejoicings at the triumphs of the Revolu. don at both the extremities of the last forty years, and it is obeyed : it wishes affliction to he displayed at a victory gained under the King's standard, and it is obeyed likewise. Is this not a more sovereign government, therefore, than the King himself ? LUNATICS IN THE NETHERLANDS.—At the dis tance of some miles from Mechlin is the village of Oeel, where the treatment of lunatics is conduced on a principle that might be at. tended with advantage, if acted upon elsewhere. The patients, in. stead of being confined in a separate building, are given in charge to the farmers Inhabiting the village, who receive a yearly stipend for their superhitendance, and who employ the poor creatures entrusted to them in such agricultural works as are suitable to their state of mind. The result has been extremely satisfactory; the apparent freedom from restrain; the salubrity of the place, the constant but gentle exache, the enjoyment of the open sir, the combined em ployment of mind and body—all together have restored many to the use of their faculties, who have been pronounced incurable according to the customary modes of trestment.--Dr. Lardner's Cities and principal Towns of the World. THE PATRIARCH ARTIST.—GibbOnS IS the well known name of the patriarch of English sculpture. With him or namental carving rose to its highest excellence in this country. No one has since approached him in the happy boldness and na. tural freedom of such productions. Under his chisel stone seemed touched with vegetable life, and wood to look as lilies of the valley and fruit upon the trees. his works chiefly are—the carvings in St. Paul's choir—the wooden throne at Canterbury—the embellish ments at Chatsworth, Petworth, Burieigh, Houghton, Southwick, in Hampshire, where the whole gallery is embroidered in panels by Gibbons' own hand; and the altar-piece of Trinity College, Ox ford. This artist was appointed Master Caner in Wood.to George the Firs; with a salary of eighteen-penes a day, which splendid allowance he enjoyed from 1714 t0p721, on the 3d of August in which year be died. THE STAR.—Napoleon was a fatalist. During the whole of his extraordinary career, these false ideas impelled him for ward, and made him undertake those vast projects which, owing to his rare talents, were crowned with a success so wonderful and com plete, that future ages will almost doubt the authenticity of the facts related of him. Towards the end of 1811, the period the Emperor had planned the Russian campaign, the Cardinal Pesch conjured Napoleon not to strive against men, the elements, religion, heaven,and earth ; and at the same time putting before his view the danger he incurred of his efforts being defeated In reply to this attac the Emperor took the Cardinal by the hand, and conducting him to the window, said to him, "Do you see that star on high ?" " No, Sire !" " Look again." "Sire, Ido not see it." "Very well ! but I do," replied Napoleon. Perhaps Napoleon pointed to our Papa. AN ANCIENT CURIOSITY.—A Phoenician inscription has been discovered in Sicily. Its date is 2,025 years before the Christian era. It is accompanied by a subsequent Greek transla tion. It speaks of a great famine that had taken lace in Canaan, and of the expatriation of a great number of its ts, who established themselves in the dominion of an Atlantic Prince. who reigned them, but whose name is unfortunately effaced in the Greek version. Copies dilate inscription are to be sent to the Samos of Paris, capable to decipher the same.—Journal des Debate. Cu mous CAUSE or WA R.—ln 1006,some Modenese soldiers ran away with a bucket from a well belonging to the state of Bologis. This implement might have been worth a shilling, but it produced a quarrel, which terminated in a 100 and bloody war. Henry, King of Sardinia, son of the Emperor Henry 11. as. slued the Modenese to keep possession of the bucket, and in one of the battles be was taken prisoner. H a father, the Emperor, offered a chain of gold that would encircle Bologna, which is seven miles in compels, for his son's ransom, bat in vain. After twenty-two years imprisoning:at, and his father being dead, he pined away and died. This fatal bucket is still exhibited in the tower of the cathedral of Modena, enclosed in an iron cage. KANSUII PROvINCE.—A poor man in this province, who wet a maker of idols, sod a reciter of charms when giving the vivifying dot of blood to the eye of a god, together with various other superstitious rites and ceremonies, to procure happiness those who employed him, was seised by the local magistrates, sod his books examined, to ascertain if they contained any thing sedl. tious or treasonable. The poor man, Pili-Fa-lisen, would am answer every question, and even contradicted impertinently, they say, the sitting magistrate, who ordered him to be chastised by 50 blows on the ankles, with a wooden ruler, which so lacerated the bones as to occasion death, perhaps by mortification. The magic. true reported that he died of sickness, and the governor of the pre. vince slurred over the affair. The Criminal Board at P.king, how ever, have taken it up, and insist on both the magistrate and the actors being punished, if it can be proved that the innocent idol maker died in consequence of ar. illegal chastisement. MARRIED. On the Bth inst. at Brighton. J. S. 'Smethurst, Esq. of St John's College. Cambridge, to Margaret Penwaqie, youngest daughter of Mr. J. R. Hardy. of Shadwell. U.D.I On the 13 th Wet- aged 67. J. Walker, Esq. late of Argyll.street, and of Stydd-hall, Derbyshire, a bencher of the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple—On the Mb hut. in the sixth year of Ler age, Elms Felicity, daughter of E. A. Hofay, Eeq.—On the 13th inst. ae Hengai.terrace, East lodia.rood, Mr. J. Pouher. lied 70; for ,upwards of lifty years in the OtrfiCeathe Hon. Tt'-'--- 1011111,1 I .Pristal sod. Publlieed by Joss Mamma, at Mr SIMI- Orrics Nu.l. Pickett-pkce.Tempte Bar. ~.