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LTNES, ADDRESSED BY A MOTHRik TO HER DAUGHTER, ON 'raft SAILING FOR A DisTAbiT CLIMATE. 7 Farewell!—thongl2 ocean roll between, It cannot check a Mother's prayer ; rffeweil i—thotah distance intervene, A Mother's love will reach you there! Zbroogh midnight hours to watch and weep, —..— "Whim winds are high to - kneel and pray To hist who rules the angry deep— Wbom stoma attend, and wind) obey! Ola! these are trials those must bear, Who those they love to seas consign ; And pito 1 fteNhese hours of care— Themeagidnight musings must be seine ! Farew.4 l :—but oh! remember still, That there Are hearts, though distant, true— In every change of good or ill, That besaiwith warmest hopes for you! nacrelll,,for 44.01 kt-word of pain, -Afflicted mospory long must dwell; Bc good—b 4 happy—once again, Goo bids and prosper you—farewell! A modern Author has said, that " no metaphysi &au ewer felt the deficiency of language so much as the grateful!" dArtRICK.—A writer in the Quaid/cm:a of Satur day se'rnight, in a review of a work on the Stage, gives the fallowing anecdote of GARRICK : " A young Lady felt a violent passion for a Frenchman whom she saw in London, without being acquainted with him. He was just about to quit' the beaks of the Thames, ignorant, no doubt, that he was leaving one behilld who was to be the Tic- tins of his absence. The British Dido, threatened with this cruel departure s and wishing not entirely to lose the object of her adoration, pointed out the handsome Frenchman to Gramme in a pkblie plate, begging hint to preserve a remembrance of his features. Camases, who probably at oice'perceived in this the *Mc( a lover, made himself so completely master of the coun tenance of the young stranger, that he was soon able to console histoo sensitive countrywoman, by presenting a portrait of the Frenchman, which a painter had'been able to render a striking Wants, from the wonderful imitation of Gassier. This little story, for the truth of which I do not answer, does not appear surprising,when we remain the Memoirs of GARRICK his ad venture-at \reveilles, where, in the midst of the Court, when he bad seep Louis XV. only once, be represented the lilajesdc frames of the King with such perfection, that every one ea claimed trite le Iloi ! Ifite Loris XV !" Dtartoguce..-The licentious Earl of ROCITESTER was so diffideati that he never could make a speech in the House-of Lords; and is said never to have at teisrpted it but once, when, addressing himself to the- House, he said—" -My Lords—l rise this time, my Lords—J. divide my discourse into.four branches."— Ifere he became confused, and could proceed no fur thicr.; at length mustering up courage, he added— " My Lords, if ever I rise again in this House, Igive yPu leave to cut me off; root and branch, for ever."— Attotsom's diffidence in the House'of Commons is well known, he having risen three times without being able to utter more than—" I conceive, Mr. Speaker." —An inferior Member observed..." But nothing has been.brought forth?—" I never could speak in public," Pan .once observed; 61. and -I do not believe that.. if,it were a set thing, I could give an account of.-any. story to twelve friends together—though I could tell it to any three of them with a great deal o' plbiltbre. When I was to appear for the -Bishop of Rocatearaa, on his trial, though I had but ten-words to say, and that en a.plain, easy point (how the-Bi shop spent histitne while I was with,him at Bromley), I made two or three blunders in it; and that notwith standing, the first row of Lords (which were all I could see) were mostly of my acquaintance." Muunta...—An Inquest has been held on the body of the unfortunate woman so cruelly murdered at Llanbet!ri of which we gave an account some few days since. Her name is Jane Owens, aged 79. Tbe :evidence- before the Coroner was as follows: William.. Evans stated, that on Tuesday morning, about. ten.o'clock, he went to the house of the de ceased; there ..was no person in the house but Jane Joues,.aged seven years, . who is grand-daughter to the deceased: witness .found the deceased behind the counter in the.shop, lying with her face towards the ground, quite dead, with both her hands closely shut, and applied to her chin and mouth, and appa rently as if to defend herself from a fall or blow. Deceased had not been more than three months- a widow, and since the death of her husband, no one slept in the same house with - her, except her little grand-daughter. Robert Jones, brother-in-law of deceased, searched the house after the murder. The different cupboards and drawers where the money was usually kept were locked: there was in one box about 1501. in notes and gold : in the drawers of one of 'the tables about 51. in silver, and a considerable sum of copper in the till, where the shop money is kept.--Jane Jones (seven years old) stated, that she went to bed earlier than her grandmother; that she heard a noise as if some people were knocking at the door, and she also heard the voice of some men in the house ; deceased cried out more than once, 66 Murder 1 oh, that my little girl was here to save me." She then heard some noise, as if people were searching. the drawers; and they shortly after left the house. Mr. Davies, surgeon, said he examined the body of the deceased,.and that he found the infe rior maxillary bone of the right side of the face fractured, and also an extensive fracture of the supe rior maxillary and temporal bones of the left side of the head, with' considerable depression, causing pres sure of the brain. The face was discoloured from extravasation of the blood, and there were three marks on each side of the neck, as if by finger nails. Deponent is of opinion that the fracture caused the death of the deceased. Verdict—That the deceased came to her death from the fracture of the skull and face, committed by some person or persons unknown. Suspicion, however, having attached to a labouring snan named Harry Jones, and Margaret his wife; residing at Rallt-gwillt, near Llanbedr, a warrant , was granted, and after a diligent search, they found :Wall in:shillings ; to account for the possession. of which, he 'tleclated,l that ., he entered thebousethe right leer the murder, and finding this sumbe took it, and'carried it home. It be necessary heseto state, that:the wife is the illegitimate - daoghtee deceased's late. husband, and the grand-daughter altededinin - the Inquest;' is -the child of this sus pected • conple. They are fully committed, apd lodged in the County Gaol. w - ....., _. ..: 1. LAW INTELLIGENCP.• • • COURT ORJErNG7S wt. VART ittasawoipt. v. • • Thlii) was an nntioo;ir au ib i gaw fo the4plaistiff aeboraation at '7 pulslishedie 'Hull Newspaper. • The defendant pleaded the genera l issue- Mi. SCAILETT who m was Mi. Bitinutinit) was proceeding to open the -ease :fotthe plaintiff : who. is an attorney, when- Mr. fkrintty and Mr. I'ARKE, fin. the defendant, admitted, diet as no justi fication had been pleaded, the plainfir was entitled to a verdict. . . Some private conversation then took placebetween the Counsel on'both sides; and it vrasagreed, that as the action was not brought from Improper motives, but merely to vindicate the plaintiffs character, a verdict should be entered for him • for forty shil lings damages, and a verdict to that amount was en tered accordingly. SAMUEL V. MAKIN. This was an action of trespass, assault, and false imprisonment. The case for the plaintiff was this:—The plaintiff .was attending a sale in the auction room of the de fendant, when a watch was missed from the table; upon which the defendant sent for a constable, and ordered the plaintiff to be searched, and he was ac cordingly watched, but nothing was found upon him. For this proceeding the plaintiff brought the present action. Four witnesses were called for the defendant, and they stated that they were attending the defendant's saleroom s on the day in question. . A watch being missed, the cause of the loss became the subject of some noise in the room, and several persons desired to be searched. Some individuals pointed out the plaintiff; who, of his own accord, jumped upon the table, and took off his coat and waistcoat, and ex pressed his own willingne4 to be searched. It was expressly denied that the defendant had pointed out the plaintiff, or given any directions to have him searched.— Upon this evidence the ca s e went to the Jury, and they found their verdict for the delendant. It was admitted on all sides that there was no im putation on the character of the plaintiff. The watch, indeed, was afterwards found. ANDREWS V. MOULD. This was an action to recover the value of a h im til alleged to have been killed in consequence of thit negligenee of the defendant's servant. 'The case was this s--In Thaenes • itreet, two meeting each outer, the Plaintiff's horse, which l in one of them ; -was so severely hurt . , th at th e anima died shortly after. The question was c ost which side the fault lay. As usual in such cases, there-were wit-. nesses called on both sides, the one set imputing:the blame to the defendant's carter, and the other,to the plaintiff's. . - The CHIRP Jvirrics summed up the evideneeges , both tidei, and Ju;y7ound their verdict for the plaintiff-;. Damages 221, lOs. CROSS V. LEXANDSR. This was as action of assault and lsattery_ e brn-t, by a diminutive painter and glazier, about fiv e vet. high, against a Jew bruiser, known by-the rianta•of the Infaa, not from the smallness of his size, being . six feet higb,And of prodigious muscular strength. It appeared that the parties came in couract at. a. .public-house in Bevis Markt, in the month of Atl i/eat last. The plaintiff demanded of the defkmdant a sum of five shillings, which beulleged to bet:Wet& him. The defendant appeared to be in a hurry, taunted. the plaintiff in some abusive terms, left the public house, and _said he would presently return and pay him in earnest. In about a quartet of an hour the defendant returned to the public-house, and without any ceremony fell upon the plaintiff, and beat him most unmercifully. Mr. GURNEY, for thp plaintiff, recommended the Jury to give large damages, observing, that a good round sum would make the vlefendant.remember " It was glorious to have a glaut's strength, " But tyrannous to use it." Three Jew witnesses were called for the defendant to prove that the plaintiff had previotisly offendedtbe defendant by calling him a shuflier, and had followed ' him in the street, and vehemently reproached him for not paying him the .ronney. This, however, was a quarter of an hour before the assault took' place. The LORD Clitre JOSTICII told the Jury to give such damages as the case required, and they found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 10i. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. Yesterday; Thomas Mozon was opposed by Mr. HEATH, on behalf of Messrs. Greenfield and Garland. Mr. You.ocir defended the insolvent. The insolvent had for upwards of twelve years been confidential clerk to a the Carron Copper Com pany," in Upper Thames-street ; and 'the opposing creditors, living next door to the office of the Canon Company, were consequently personally acquainted with the insolvent. In the year 1821, the insolvent was discharged from his situation, being at that time indebted to the Canon Company in the sum of 11:130: About seven or eight months . after being.discharked from his situation, he went to the emoting-house of Messrs. Greenfield and Co. to treat for the purchase of a quantity of plate tin. Those Gentlemen not being aware but the insolvent was still . in the service 1 4 the Cirron Company, sold him some tin, which was to be forwarded to a person named Strolman, at Rotterdam. The agreement was understood by.the creditors to be for cash, and accordingly a bill of parcels was delivered to the insolvent, upon which was *linen—a Cash, with three per cent, discount." BY Icashit was understood, payment on the first or.se cond Saturday after the delivery of the goods.. BE. fore the day of payment, the insolvent called ,at the opposing creditors counting-house, and said, " I see you have fixed neat Saturday lot the payment;" but made no objection to it, and the receipt,. of the mate of die vessel for the goods was then handed over 'to him. Five or six days after the day of payment ba d . gone by, the insolvent tailed owthe oppoimg.Ciecß ton, and brought with him bills of exchange at .six months, drawn by Strolman, upon - Merin: 'and Co. of Whitrthapel, in payment. fur thr-tift:— Messrs. diitenfmad and Co. expressed their 'surprise; 'at this,•- stating . that_their went w fir esub:— , The insolvent replied, that li fi r e e t!nderstoodtherenrimt either cash with discount, or six lgonettiterditiritk, been , country, was then - gotte tts &terdam with the...goads.. Plat., in this situation, they arrested the insolvent for their debt, and afterwards'Offered-to discharge him, pro vided he would consign the goods on Weir arrival at Rotterdam to the opposing creature agents there,. and they, the opposing creditors, would. pay tire' freightage and all other expenses upon the The insolvent said that he had sold the goods to Strolman, and received the acceptances of Learmont. and Co. in payment for them. All the account that' the insolvent could now give of- &Tolman was, that he was a very clever man, and he had occasionally met him at a Freemasons Lodge. Mr. HEATH addressed the Court ; the presek Mai as clear and as serious a case of fraud as ever came before it; the insolvent, a discharged !main, with out a shilling in his pocket, owing his former em ployers I.:130, goes to Messrs. Greenfield and Co. who believed him to be 4611 in the employ of. the Canon Company, and agrees to purchase goods for cash ; he contrives to get the goods into his custody, and then, through the medium of a foreigner, whom he had once or twice only met at a Freemasons' Lodge, backed by the assistance ofd bankrupt, con trives to get the goods beyond the seas and then puts his creditor at defiance. • If this conduct was to be tolerated, no merchant iu England could be safe; he therefore prayed a severe judgment under the 18th section of the Stature. Mr. You.ocat addressed the Court at great length for the insolvent. He designated the whole as a bona fdc transaction between 411 the parties, the insolvent having merely mistaken the terms upon which he purchased the goods, and therefore could not be blamed for his conduct. The COURT deferred its judgment until a future day. Thomas Harvey Ledge was opposed by Mr. Ile Arn, for a creditor named Howard. The insolvent was intermediate assignee between Mr. Howard and a person named Morris, of some leasehold premises in the Borough. Howard and the insolvent were consequently both liable to the ground landlord for the rent. Just before the insol vent went to prison, he called upon Howard, saying that he wanted to pay the landlord the rent, and re quited that he would pay him the money, in order that.haimight tender it to the landlord. Howard gas* the insolvent 1:16' for this purpose, hut instead of paying it to the landlord, he converted it to his own use, and.immediately afterwards went to prison. The COURT held, that the insolvents conduct was grossly fraudulent, and sentenced him to six months . imprisonment. John Sergeant, an innkeeper at Sawbridgeworth, was opposed by Mr. Poit,oce, on behalf of many creditors. Mr. fisetva was Counsel on his behalf. L The grounds of opposition were, that the insolvent had , fraudy-lently given a bilLofesale ofall.his property to his father. Two witnesses were called, who swore , that they had freqoently heard , the insolvent say, that " he intended to go to prisonand•wipe all of ; so he , should give bit creditors a -betwixt." Upon one occa sion, spading of Mr. Gooch, his distiller, the in solvent saidische had pod him a good deal of money, ,he. shoold therefore stick .it: into Gooch, for he could afford it.? Upon another occasion he said, that "he had assigned all his property to. his father, and th as. soon as Sawbridgeworth fair was over, a person would. be put in to take possession of ir. He had bought a lot of pigs from squinting. Lake, for which he had agreed to pay ready money; he should not,. however,. pay him, for Lake had not got any children to cry for the money, therefore he should have a be nefit along with the rest." At another time he said, " Sir Robert Btirnett, the distiller, was the only per son whose debt warsufficient to make him a bankrupt, so• he should pay Burnett's people enough to reduce their debt under L',loo, and thee hethad nobody to fear." Upon another occasion he she wed a witness a toll of notes, saying, " that they would do to keep him whilst he was in prison." The insolvent carried sis threats into execution. . After hearing the Coonsel- on both sides, the Court adjourned the case, that the insolvent might produce the creditor who had arrested.hinh for esentinatioo. WItSTMI SESSIO,IO. • Yesterday these SesSions commenced before Mr. Comm and a full bench of Magistrates. The greater part of the day was occupied with the following case, which excited .a.gteat deal of interest. - . . . Captain Charles Tebiet was indicted for havin, comnritted RR. assault upon Mr. Kent,: at the Hay market Theatre, on the 1111) of October last, the night of Mrs. Chatterley's benefit there. Mr. ALLEY, for the prosecution, stated, that his client had,. white interfering for 'the preservation of the peace, which was most ,offensively distoi-bedhr the defen dant, received a very gross assault, whieh was repeated at different periods of the night, The Learned Cornice' slid, inlhevourse of his address to the Jury, that their decision would not only effect. the charge of - assault, but the right of the public :with regard-to the enjoyment afforded by places of public amusement. Mr. Kent stated, that on the Mb of October, he accompanied his wife, children, and. some young 'ladies, to the Theatre. During the whole of the first act, and part of the second, the audience were an noyed by a voice. He went out of his box to ex postulate with the person, and, on going into the passage, saw the defendant in. a boxing *attitude to wards an oldz i entleman. AN'itness said st was un gentlemanly n him to raise his h.and.to a man old enough tohstiiiiiituher. the reply was a.kick be e hind.. Witness-procured an officer, but could not End the-defendant. - , - Three hour afterseards witness„vent ~ioto the ,saloon, where 4. met the defenckiii; who, after a very few words, struck him three orfour times most-violently in the face, and j him senseless. l The fritit-wOman.and br irriant held his'arms while the defeadiiitwas • Ctoas eaminpd. -..Waa.able to takeitix own part in ca pugilistieseyeasi-htiiiiever 4seeght a pitched battle. 10.4..YePPrt this, u:1. 9:0! A itiOi EOW"Streig oC9Skoewspaptai?" ness—Weiet, prevent I or three other Witpeises.reir•ctented •thecoa. duct of the delaulVitMexctz,"2l4 41e"'"'" ' Mri,4,noLnitls grounoca- .. e the.toliceaccpt* of the tratuatction, asig6r n a Morning Paw,. which aceornit-he-.deaktite-itevat °absurd to denty. that( the pitisecntor lutillftnito e m teritten. • The.- Iseartied. Counsel ill„h .c 4ij s i d ilerahin fume awn,* ulne):of the UPPrits o lli presented to the Jury that it would .belrighipnoios t to add, by a verdict of guilty, tollsellitrf do ne to his client already, by the•virhirdivelhiluttru c t the pro..ecitior'i pen. 'The Learned Counsel addetk that the prosecutor himself- was• a pugilia,, ha‘igiverl the first provocation, and was, as -a professed .pu.. gilist deserved to be treated when giving Offehcr y I weU licked. The fruit woman of the Theatre and her servants stated, that they witnessed the Fatter part of the row, and that the prosectitur provoked the defendant by saying he was unfit -to clean. his boots. They also stated that the prosecutor offered five, ten, or 20-: to any one who would bring•the defendant out to him ; that he went rip to the defendant and offered to fight him for two guineas. Mr. ALLEY. in reply, stated that the defendaat had greatly added to his offence -by bringing forward evidence of such a nature. The C/IAiRMAN, in summing up, said, the conduct of the defendant was most unwarrantable. It was necessary to add, that the defence rested chiefly' as idle merriment of Mr. Adolphus upon a 'ludicrous. report, which Mr. Kent had nothing to do with.— Verdict—Guilty.—Judgment deferred. oak discount. Messrs. Greenfield and Co. refired tO i ness-- 14 eret Oa the contrary, I. endeavoured. to iaesive tha,billa. but.asked the • . - 0 . m r . I prevent a paragraph about it, but could not effect it." Staff asy4 at7.o was the actin. • `*. '. • r Mr. Hodgeuv,.an elderly per s on, . saw th e fi re :" Olialtairy; Wnald • • ..: Ib r hi I .. pa..t of the ‘defendaut's conductin the - Theatre. Th e . _ schist replied, . 7 ' 4i - t o iii ,N u defendant threatened to hi c k him ou t tot e , posto . m;fg - 4r ..es t i o ned are -..t of • ' m i ng • • 4,.. I.King with him to keep the peace, aad threw a i lli t chimed from that .. k • , 0066. i s chair at his. sou. The prosecutor. also expostulate' 4 : .. . '4! puttbn their voyage to dra m . Rothw Uptin iruittirr ‘4 ith hien, but used t0 ... 02=11 , * , ,,.. ,...... r toms than had it ataifoued tbat*roltrran was - aloreigner. irhahad been stated.'" ::=.4..—..—.,.. ........ .. "FL) b een onl y a'° rt h - t a rte res id ent in t hi s country,: and , Mr. John Silarpe . saw . t ._ Air. SOUTHWARK SESSIONS. Yesterday, Ekanor Maras,•lB years of age, was indicted for stealing a pair of breeches and other ar ticles, the property of William Wallace. The pro.e. tutor resides in White -street, Borough, and of the evening of the robbery, a square of glass was matt' of the window, and the above articles were . sty le7- Upon inquiry, the breeches were discovered' : itie pledged by the prisoner at M. Borough. She was afterwards apprehended.—Glaky. The • Baconian, in passing sentence oft tlieltre. soner, said, she had been before twice convicted,dad he admonished her. The Court would, however, tie her youth into consideration, and therefore sentenced her to six months hard labour at Brixton. [. William Routs stood indicted defrauding his master, Mr. Weeking, of the Borough, of• 'onions Joan - mrmey. The pri•oner, it appeared, was grown to Mr. Weeking, from whom he received ow veral sums of money to purchase hay, coon, &c. and for which he presented false bills.. The fraud ws , afterwards discovered by different factors sending ie. their accounts for payment.—Guilty t hut discharged' Fon paying one shilling fine, in consequence of Ili former good character, &adult's wife and family, wire were in great distress. • The rest of the day war spent in trying pet,tr c ia. *tilt cases, not worthy of notice; and two , or aim h l ernes of trifling import will conclude the Session. - • BIRTH. • Dee. It II oat lobby 1114 the wile of Captain Mooreem, hit a daughter. DIED. At Lennox-love, on the , 29th ult. the Dowager Lady Bientyrn At Fountainbeidge, near Edinburgh, on the Slit 'ult. Burge Thomas King Thornton, of the Perwickshire Uilitia. Tuesday, in Newman-street, Sarah, youngest daughter-of the : Rev. Peter Debary, late of Ilurstborn Tarrant; I lar.rt. • Tuesday, at Rulings, aftr: a Peng Illtsess, - Lady Musgrave, 'elliet of theta* Sir biases Musgrede, Barn. Taleiay, 0 Mimeo, in Kent aged 17, Miss Moore, tides , dat.ter of the Rqv. Rs Moon; .P.Mbendary of,Canterbury. Carpe diem—. • . NBe Ponlol aim , . W ifEN'ikience began to explore the cemplicatid inesiderry of Mangy slit was speedily entangled in, a hi* • byrinth of myinerieualtenfusiebc from which intellectual perm , veranae Omar emancipated ber. Ignorance and empiricism, however still oppose their venopious heetility;and the prejudise , of weak.ittinds, in tome measure, erteMmigeetheir audacity)" Ail Du* is to Falsehood , --se may out public •statements bit mar paeed with their unQuaiiiedpreeepeiq s, and to espose their fa/. helm, we lave not hedtatesi to avow ourselves as praditliiiiet, Na class of Mamas whiclsendanier the Mystic red/Wild dr ature. To be brief: we 'ate, Member* of tie Ilindies-010 lege of Surgeons, can eatabilah the ietegelerbi asst tfearehel upon ithNeuecees of Twenty Yore prectimitexpwiesses and .. slt• ; neunte the gruteful" testimony of those iti.whese ben seloolM had nearly extinguished every hope of relinVi! '' • • ."• We pledge ourselves SO the removal ett Irallider kielpieflt symptoms ti the .reesettet Thir M l .. every doubt amt whatever maligmener, Alm- , .. 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