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• 'LINES 'ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPORT OF GAELIC SCHOOLS. Wbo has not beard of Scotia's race renown'd, How on her sons the showers of science fall? Who has not heard, how learning's page profound' Is there unfolded to the eyes of all? Tet, ah ! some portions of this favoured spot, Lie still enwrapp'd in error's wildering gloom: in many a Highland glen, and Isle remote, No rays of Truth th' untutored mind illume! • The youth, whose sires in every land have bled, . Who stem the tide when battle's billows roll, Whose fame in arms through every clime has sped, From Afric's band to Zembla's frozen pole, Unheeded sail through Life's unconstant sea, Where tempests rise and endless toils molest; No Chart* at hand directs them where to flee; No Guide I. conducts them to the port of rest! Cold is their heart to scientific lore; Cold to the themes that fired the angelic band, Who sung of Mx the favoured Virgin bore, To bear the branch of peace to every land ! Yet, on these Isles first dawn'd Religion's light; And learning flourided on lon's plain : Bet ak ! her sun bath set in deepest night, And ruin, darkness, desokition reign I§ Then, ye, whose breast Benevolence inspires, From whom the tale of woe draws forth the tees; Let Pity's torch light up the friendly fires, To warm the heart of yonder mountaineer! Oh ! aid, Philanthropy, to spread the Chart And aid, Benevolence, the Guide to send: The light of science to those Isles impart— The hardy Highlander at length befriend ! • In some populous districts of the Highlands, not one in sixty, or one in a hundred, can read either Gaelic or English ; and in one parish, according to the report of the Clergyman, out of a population of 7000 persons scarcely 700 possess even a smat tering of book knowledge, and are, in consequence, incapable of reading a single passage of Sacred Scripture—the Chart of our salvation. t The inhabitants of some remote parts of the highlands and Islands bear a Sermon only four times in the course of a year, or perhaps once in six months. $ The Gospel was first preached in the Western Islands, by scene of the Disciples y of the Apostle JOHN.. § See J 01013014 s Journey to the Hebrides. THE NUMBER XlV.—Amongst the valuable fruits of the labours of those who waste their time in search ing for curious coincidences, we find the discovery of the influence possessed by the number XIV. over all the affairs of Henry IV. of France. Ile was born fourteen centuries, fourteen decades, and fourteen years after CHRIST ; he came into the world on the 14th of DeCember, and quitted it for a better on the 14th of May ; there are fourteen letters in his same (Henri de Bourbon), and he lived four times fourteen years, fourteen weeks, and fourteen days.— Louis XIII. was equally entangled with the number XIII. he had thirteen letters inhis name—so had Ann d'Autriche, to whom he was married ; the marriage was concluded on when he was thirteen years of age; he was the thirteenth Louis of France, she, the thirteenth Infanta of her name in the Royal House of Spain, and both of them were born the 'same month and the same year. The historian who recorded these singular facts, does not inform us, whether either of them died in consequence of making the thirteenth at table. A man died a few days since at Ghent, named Jacques de Wever, a native of Wesel, in Prussia— . He was supposed to be in a state of indigence, and received alms; but, after his death, opening a chest In chamber, there was found several , bags of money, and it was discovered that he had died worth 49,000 francs (4.:1666 13s. 4d.) Bow- STREET.—Yesterday Michael Roche, a fellow nearly 60 years of age, with red hair, and of most fecocious aspect, was brought up, charged with se veral robberies, and with attempting to stab Mrs. Lane, the wife of a respectable tradesman in Chan dos-street. The prisoner was brought up handcuffed in the custody of a constable, who produced an enor mous case-knife which he had taken from him. It was nearly a foot in length, and very sharp at the point. It appeared, that on Friday evening last the prisoner went into Mr. Lane's shop, where there was only a little girl attending, and having asked some trifling question, he took a large piece of soap from the counter, and put it into his basket; the girl de sired him to put it back, or she would call her mo ther; upon which the prisoner drew the large knife from his basket, and brandishing it over her head, swore he would cut her head off if she made a noise. The child shrieked for help, .and Mrs. Lane came out ;the moment she made her appearance the ruf fian rushed at her, and made a thrust at her stomach with the knife, which very fortunately struck against the broad whalebone in front of her stays and glanced off. He was about to repeat the thrust, when his arms were seized from behind by Mr. Parr, a neigh bour, who had been attracted to the spot by the screams of the child. A desperate scuffle ensued, which ended in the escape of the prisoner from the -shop with his basket. On Tuesday evening, he went into a shoemaker's shop in Church-coan, and offered a dozen bottles of Harvey's fish sauce for sale. The shoemaker refused to deal ss ith him, but he con trived to carry off a pair of boots, which he was adroit enough to conceal in his basket while praising the virtues of the fish sauce. He was soon after wards taken into custody, and it was then discovered that he had stolen the fish sauce from Mrs. Lazenby's, in Edward-street, Porttnan-square.--He was cons*, mined for re-examination on a future day. 'Q UEE N-SQUARECAUTIONTOOUT•PENSIONERS,..... Yesterday a blind man, named Kite'', an out-pen sioner of Chelsea, at Is. 3d. per day, was brought up by an officer, and charged with begging in the streets. This man had been frequently carried to this Office for the same offence, and as often let off without pu nishment, on account of his being blind ; but such was his attachment to his old profession of a soldier, that he always fought well before he could be se cured.—Mr. WHITE ordered him to be confined for three months in Bridewell on bread and water, and directed that his pension might be stopped for that time, to meet the expense of his board and lodging. The gallant veteran was by no means satisfied with the later part of the worth); Magistrate's decision. HATTON-GARDENr-Yesterday Messrs. T. and B. Capper, coal-merchants, in Bea ufort-buildings, ap peared to an information, charging them with send ing ontMine sacks of coals, each sack being deficient in the legal length, which subjected them to a penalty 4 40s. on each :sack.—They were convicted in the mitigated penalty of 20s. on each sack, amounting to L 9, which. - paid, and the sacks eve in pieces. tAW LNTSLLIGENCE. . . COURT OF KING'S BENCH, OCTOBER Si. The Court were occupied during a considerable; portion of the day, hearing the arguments of Counsel ,upon special cases, reserved for their decision. A cause sent from the Vice-Chancellor, involving the question, " Whether a wife can be divested of dower under peculiar circumstances," appeared to excite much interest among conveyancers and professional men. It was stated by Counsel that the doubtful point had been under discussion not less than seventy years. Mr. Panyron and Mr. BARBER, of the Chancery Bar, were heard, and the Court took time to consider their Judgment. OLD BAILEY SESSION& • Yesterday Thomas Colby and James Jones were in' dicted for stealing seven gallons of oil, the property of William Slark ; and William Warner and William George Warner, father and son, were indicted for re ceiving the same, knowing it to have been stolen. The prosecutor stated that he was an oil merchant, residing in Cockspur-street. The prisoner Colby was in his employment, and Jones had been formerly in his service. In consequence of an anonymous letter which he had received, he ordered his premises to be strictly watched. Thomas Edmonson said, he was in the service of the prosecutor, and in September last received parti cular directions to watch the conduct of Colby, who was the porter. Colby generally opened the shop at a quarter past six every morning. A few days before the 18th September, when Colby was apprehended, 'in consequence of - an understanding between the pro secutor and witness, he had made some particular remarks. He had measured a can of oil holding about four gallons, and placed it in a recess in the warehouse. He observed the oil in the place the day' before the prisoner's apprehension. 'the can had been marked by witness, and was the same that he afterwards saw in the possession of the officers. Mr. ANDREWS, as Counsel for Colby, cross-era mined the witness.—There were two persons ern.' ployed in the shop besides Colby, a man named Baker, and a porter absent at that time. Baker absconded a week after the apprehension of Colby. On the morn ing of the 18th Colby was let in by a female servant., Witness knew that some officers were to be on the itratch at six o'clock that morning. When he went into the shop he saw that the marked can was gone, and at hv.lf-past eight he saw it in the possession of the officers. _ _ _ William Shepherd, a Police-officer, proved that he was employed to watch on the 18th September last at the prosecutor's house. He was there, in company with another officer, at a quarter before six. They saw Colby open the shop at a quarter past six.— Whilst taking down the shutters he appeared to be looking towards the Opera-house, and soon after wit ness observed him beckon with his finger. Jones then came up from the Opera-house. Colby went into the shop, and brought out a can, which he gave to Jones. The latter received it, and went with it to the corner of Charles-street, and then turned round as if to see whether he was observed. He then turned up a court on the right hand, leading to Coventry street, and proceeded forward till he reached Greek-, street, Soho. Jones then stopped at No. SS, and rang the bell. Before the door was opened witness passed by, and observed that Jones had two cans with him. The door was soon after opened, and Jones went in with the cans. Witness then, with his companion, hastened to the door, and before it was completely shut foice4 it open. Another door in the passage was shut before witness could reach it. He opened that door, and asked Jones from whence he had ob tained the cans ? He answered, that he had found them under the Piazza. The prisoner, George War ner (the son), was there, and witness asked him who 'that man (Jones) was? He said, "It is old Jones." —Warner, sen. then came down stairs, and inquired what was the matter ? The son answered, "It is old Jones." Warner, jun. had nothing on but a bedgown. Witness then inquired if Jones lodged in the house? and Mr. Warner said " No." Both the Warners then denied all acquaintance with Jones. The whole party were then taken to Bow-street, leaving the cans of oil at the next door in Greek-street. Colby was afterwards apprehended in his master's shop. Cross-examined by Mr. ANDREWS.—He was first applied to on this business on Friday, ° the 14th of, September, and saw Colby, whom he was told was, the person suspected. It was quite light at a quarter, before six. Cross-examined by Mr: Anommt7s, Counsel for the Warners.—lt was about half-past six when Jones ar rived in Greek-street. When witness first entered the house there was no one present but Warner, jun. and Jones. The passage was lighted by a window from the stairs. There was another man came out of a room nn the ground-floor, and asked what the noise was all about ? A man who appeared to be a coach man also came down stairs, as did also the wife of Warner, sen. _ John Clinton, a Police-officer, was in company with the last witness on the 18th of September, and corro borated his statement. He further stated, that the second cart of oil which Shepherd saw in the hands of Jones, was left in Greek -street, by it man who im mediately departed. Both the Warners denied all knowledge of Jones. Witness asked the elder Warner if he had any oil in his house? He replied, " No ;" and expressed his willingness that his house should be searched. No oil was found in either of the War ner's rooms. Witness then asked the younger War ner to shew him his cellar. He took witness into the yard, and said he had none. Witness said he was not to be trifled with, and that he would go down stairs. Witness then went down stairs, and saw three empty leans in a sort of cellar. Witness then proceeded along a passage under ground, and observed a door rather open, and . thought he heard a noise of a latch. He asked young Warner (who was with him at the time) if there was any one in the room ? He said, do No." Witness knocked at the door, and a female voice said from within, “ We are two lone women, and we are naked." Witness said, 6 4 Open the door; I only want to ask a question. Mr. Warner has told me a story, and I can't believe him." The door was then opened, and a female pointed to a cellar which she said was Mr. Warner's. Young Warner said the door was locked, but that witness might break the door open- Mr. Warner Tien came down with theley, and on opening the door, witness fonnik__two cans of on, quart measure. and a funnel.' Witness afterward! learnt that Mr. Warner carried on his business in the - Adelphi. He went there the same . morning, and found 400 or 500 gallons of oil. A number of empty cans were also found, and among them were three bearing the name If Dare, the name of the predeces sor of the prosecutor in his business. Cross-examined.--He never said that he knew Colby by his white jacket. When apprehended, he believed Colby had on a smock frock. He found a quirt of oil in Colby's possession. When at the house of Colby, he never desired any one to give hirri any thing to drink. John Buchannan was errand boy to a butcher w ho lived nest door to Mr. Warner. He knew the pri soner Jones, and saw him on the 18th of September. Before that he had seen him go twice or thrice a week to Mr. Warner's, And always at an early hour, generally accompanied by another man. They always carried cans. He had seen Jones come on a Satur day, and receive money from Mi.. Warner, sen. and sometimes from a female servant of Mr. Warner's. Cross-examined.--He was not acquainted with Jones; he only knew him by seeing him bring oil. He had the appearance of being a lamp-lighter. He did - not know that Mr. Warner was a master lamp lighter. He recollected going to Bow-street, and saw the female servant of Mr. Warner before he went. He never said, to her, "I am going to Bow street, and I'll be d—d if 1 don't do for your mas ter." Nor did he say, 441'11 he d—d if I don't go and give evidence ; it will be a fine thing for me."— Nor on his return home from Bow-street did he say to her or any one else 44 He is found guilty, and I have done fur him." Mr. Edmonson (re-called) identified the cans found in Jones's possession. One of them he knew by having previously marked it. The oil in them was spermaceti oil, not used by lamplighters. Mr. Slark, the prosecutor, identified the oil stolen. The case for the prosecution having been con cluded, the prisoners were called upon for their de • fence. Colby said he knew nothing of the transac tion: Jones said he had found the oil under the Piazzas, and left it in the possession of Warner to be owned. The elder Warner was not called upon for his defence, it being the opinion of the Court that the evidence was not sufficiently strong to affect him. The younger Warner put in a written defence. He accounted for the two cans marked " Dare," being found in his possession, by stating that Dare had sup the Opera-house with oil ; and that Mr. Warner, his father, now contracted for lighting the House. Thus the cans came into their possession. Ile had employed Jones sometimes, but he knew nothing of this transaction. Mr. ANDREWS, for Colby, called the prisoner's mother-in-law, who proved that when .he officer searched the house, lie asked for something to drink. Other witnesses gave Colby a good character. For Jones no witnesses were called. In behalf of the younger Warner many witnesses gave him an excellent character, and the following wire called to rebut the charge against him: Thomas Warner, brother to the elder prisoner, stated that he was in the habit of going to his bro ther's house in the morning from half-past six to seven o'clock. He had worked fur him two years, l i and was employed by him in September last. At times he took a can of oil with him from the Adelphi to his brother's house. Mr. SArsum, the landlord of the house in which the two Warners lodged, said that he never had seen Jones come to the house with any cans. He had ft equelitly seen the last witness come to the house, sometime; with cans. Sarah Higgs was servant to the elder Warner, and had been in his service four years and a half. She never saw Jones at the house, nor had she ever paid him any money. She had never seen her master pay him any money. She positively swore that the lad Buchanan had used the expressions to her which had been imputed to him. Cross-examined.—She did not sleep in the house. The words used by the boy to her were—" I shall make haste and get my work done, and I shall be there (at Bow-street), and I shall speak a d—d good word for your master." This he said at ten o'clock on the day the examination took place at Bow-street. At twelve, while she was cleaning her steps, she saw ! him again. He tapped her on the shoulder, and said, " I have almost done my work, and I shall be there at one, and I'll do for him." At four o'clock she saw him again, and he then said, " 'Well, I'm come home, and he is found guilty; I've done for him."— She said nothing to the boy in reply, but told him she would inform her master. She did not tell her master, but she told her mistress and Mr. Sarsum what the boy had said. Mr. Sarsum was again called, and corroborated her evidence. John Charr was also spoken to by Buchannan in the same way. He forced his conversation upon him. The boy added, that he should get a crown a day for telling the :wry. After a long Cumming up, the Jury found Thomas Colby, James Jones, and William George Warner, the younger, Guilty. William Warner, the elder, was acquitted. The C6hiblON SERJEANT immediately passed sen• tence on the three convicted, viz.--Colby and Jones to be transported for seven years, and Warner for fourteen. With respect to the conduct of the pri soners Colby and Jones, his Lordship said they had been guilty of a most serious crime, for they had robbed the very person for whom they ought to have exerted themselves to secure his property, and, he felt no doubt, had been going on in the same way for a length of time. With respect to Warner, he observed, it was not without great pain the Court had to go to the extremity of the law, for in this instance he must have known that he was receiving the property from the hands of a thief, and that thief of no ordinary magnitude in the practice of plunder. The sentence he had pronounced must therefore be carried into effect, or there would be no security for property.— It would be for those to reflect on the consequences who had suffered the unfortunate young man to go on advancing without offering any check to him, and be trusted would be a warning to those who heard the sentence pronounced. Hannah Jones was found guilty of uttering as true certain pieces of counterfeit coin, purporting to be the' genuine coin of the realm, k nowing them to be forged. She was seutenced to be imprisoned 12 nr.ptlit.' HOWARD AN GIBBS'S BANKRUMV. The Commissioners lield another Meeting on T ots. day, at one o'clock, at GnildhalL--Several creditor* proved without any opposition. Mr. Frederick Walsh presented himself to pr ove debt of £426, being the amount of cash trox i o kti z t by him to the bankrupts, and sums received by d eli for his use. Mr. ADAMS objected to this debt, and he did because in the pass-book between Mr. Wahl * and bankrupts, there was a balance struck in i of £7OO and up*ards, in favour of th e There were subsequent entries to the credittt Walsh, and from these arose the balance now One of the entries to the credit of M r . Wt i k — r te the striking of the balance in April, was El2lB,tht amount of an annuity payable by Lord Foley to m t .. Walsh, the claimant. Mr. MONTAGUE stated, that in November last, lb 'Walsh purchased for £1,200, an annuity from L or d Foley, on the undertaking of the bankrupts that would re-purchase from him, which t h ey did b y a bill at a month, and which bill was duly honour e d ; so that this purchase had nothing to do with the pi t ; Sent claim, which was for money since lent to 2 , * 4 for dividends of annuities received by the bankru r o for Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh was debited for C1,25,* the amount of the bill, at one month. Mr. A DAms—lhen, if it were for the purcha se d an annuity, why not give him credit for the m om of the annuity at the time? 1 wish to be unde rstco4 as not distinctly stating that the annuity was orx iikr . chased in November, and that the bill was notdrass for the purchase-money ; but when Mr. Walsh is ( 6 bited for the amount of the bill, and not credited the annuity at the same time, 1 think some espi al , tion is necessary. _ Mr. MONTACCE—Then the only question is, vs, titer the annuity was purchased previously to .2 ! bankruptcy, and if so, was the bill drawn for purchase money ? Mr. Gibbs and Mr. Walsh were examined, both deposed to the facts stated by Mr. Montague. Mr. Commissioner GottusuaN had consider 4 doubts respecting this claim, in consequence o f k balance struck in the pass-book, in April last; but his brother Commissioners seemed to think the tr action clear, he did not disagree with them.... debt was then allowed to be proved. MR. CARROLL'S CLAISL Mr. MONTAGUE had been in the country since last had the honour of addressing the Commission and had turned in his mind this claim of Mr. Carroll': and had stated the circumstances to many convent with bankruptcies, all of whom were of opiniootic Mr. Carroll had a right to prove on the bills Of change, without reference to any other accounts le tweets him and the bankrupts, particularly wbes, the other account, it would appear that a balsam of £9,000, secured by mortgage, was due to Mr.Cas toll. If it were not contrary to the practice of de Commissioners, he should wish tobe again heard. Mr. Commissioner TRERECK—Mr. Carroll walk not answer what we thought legal questions, ands would not in consequence permit him to prove. he be now ready to answer them we will fix a dayia hearing him. Mr. IlloNracon—l don't say that Mr. Cara is ready to answer them, and I wish tobe again heard in support of Mr. Carroll's right to prove without* ference to any other accounts. I think, if I had a former occasion stated the matter clearly, the Corn. missioners would not reject the proof tendered. Mr. Commissioner TREBECK—We have before de cided that the questions are legal, and we cum hear any arguments against that decision. Yew clear upon the point, though we might be amp Adjourned at three o'clock. escal A fine hay mare belonging to Mr. Pearce, on field, in Sussex, was stolen by two robbers wit night of Tuesday se'nnight, who, from infcesubs received, were pursued through Burwash, 11w* Green, Hawkhurst, and Beneaden, to Stile Blip Gate, near Coxheath, where they arrived at bat: seven the next morning, and being hard presseo of them took shelter in a wood and thereby without the mare, which was on Friday found safe custody, at the Bull Inn, at East Farleigh. companion escaped on another horse they had supposed to belong to Mr. Beard, of Chailey. MARRIED. Oct. 8, at Hanbury, Joseph &dna% aged 18, to Elizi Coltman, widow, aged 80. The loving couple set aMa ately to Tutbury Statutis, where they kept their weddinb spent the evening with the greatest conviviality. DIED. Friday, in Weymouth-street, Lady Hamilton, widow di J. Hamilton, Bart. Hominem pagina nostra sapit. Our page relates to man.—Manton. Just published, price ss. in boards, Tenth Edition, THE &GIS of I.IFE ; a Non-Medical Comm which the Cause s , taryonthe y tic m re plo na m s s ' and arising g an f e ro fid m B eff uman ects of F la rail o tT i i nerea, Gonorrhma, Stricture, Seminal Weakness, etc. arm developed ; Part IL contains some remarks on certain kok Complaints, In particular Sterility; Part 111. embraces Pati cal Observations on Sexual Debility, Self-Abuse, fcc. is Fa IV. is a Series of Cases illustrative of tits preceding sdio explaining them in a familiar manner, and the whole &kW to the Youth and Maturity of both Sexes, By GOSS and Cs. Consulting Surgeons. ?niches latreion. 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