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SONNET TO AN OLD BLIND FIDDLER. Poor wanderer! what a weary lot is thine: In darkness rambling all the country round, Depending for subsistence on a sound, From those who may a patient ear incline To thy rude minsttelsy! With many a line Time's touch hath carv'd thy brow—thy had h Crown'd With his grey chaplet; while thy scant attire Seems ill adapted to resist the ire Of brumal blasts. Yet like a sunny gleam, When the brisk gale bids gloomy clouds retire, That dings a lustre o'er the streandet's breast, Upon thy countenance Contentment's light Diffuses such a cheerful glow, one might Deem no misfortune did thy lot molest! HAFIZ. CHRISTMAS IN GERMANY. Of Christmas, as it is kept in the North of Ger many, we have a pleasing description by Mr. COLE.. RIDGE. Writing from Ratzeburg, he says, " There is a Christmas custom here which pleased and inte rested me. The children make little presents to their parents, and to each other; and the parents to the children. For three or four months before Christmas the girls are all busy, and the boys save up their pocket-money, to make or purchase these presents.— What the present is to be is cautiously kept secret, and the girls have a world of contrivances to conceal it—such as working when they are out on visits and the others are not with them ;,getting up in the morn ing before daylight, &c. Then on the evening be fore Christmas day, one of the parlours is lighted up by the children, into which the parents must not go:. a great yzw bough is fastened on the table at a little distance from the wall; a multitude of little tapers are fastened in the bough, but not so as to burn it, till they are nearly burnt ont, and coloured paper, &c. hangs and flatters from the twigs. Under this bough the children lay out in great order the presents they me in for their parents, still concealing in their pockets ss hat they intend for each other. Then the parents are introduced, and each present, his little gift : they then bring out the I e.t one by one from their pockets, and present them with kisses and embraces. Where I witnessed tin, scene, the:e were eight or nine children, an I the eldest daughter and mother wept aloud for joy and tenderne,s; and the tears ran down the face of the father, who clasped all his children so tight to his breast, it seemed as if he did it to stifle the sob that was rising within him. The shadow of the bough and its appendages on the wall, and arching over on the ceiling, made a pretty lacture: and then the rap ture, of the very little ones, when at last the twigs Wild their needles began to take fire and snap—Oh, it was a delight for them !—On the next day, in their great parlour, the parents lay out on the table the precuts for the children : a scene of more sober joy succeeds, as on. this day, after an old custom, the mother says privately to each of her daughters, and the father to his sons, that which he has observed as most.praiscworthy, and that which was most faulty' in their conduct. Formerly, and still in all the small tow as and villages throughout North Germany, these pre_ents were sent by all the parents to some one fel low, who in high buskins, a white robe, a mask, and an enormous flaxen wig, personates Knecht Rupert, e. the servant Rupert. On Christmas night he goes rourd to, every hou e, and says, Cultist, bis Master, sent him thither: The parents and elder children receive him with great reverences while the little ones are terribly frightened. lie then inquires for the children, and, according to the character which he hears from the parent, he gives them the intended present, as if they came ont of heaven." Mr. Durand, in his I oyage to Scitegal.relates that the 1 1 crew of a French vessel,which had art iveLtin the river ' of St.Uomingo, ou the coat :if Alt ica, obsetved an ele- pliant sticking in the mud in such a manner that he 1 could not disengage himself. The sailors thought that ' it would be ea •y to take him, and accordingly fired ' muskets at him,s'hich did not kill him, but put 'him in I a rage. They could nut get near enough to spear him, ' and being little accustomed to this sort of hunting,they I did not know the parts where lie might be wounded 1 with the greatest etfect. The elephant could neither ' run away from nor approach his assailants; he there- ' fore, in despair, took up the mud with his ti unk, and threw it in such quantities into the ship,that the sailors were obliged to itv.• their vessel off. As the tide set in, they observed the elephant disengage himself, and I sty im to s hore. Last night an Inquiiition was taken at the " Grave . Maurice," Whitechapel-road, on the body of Thomas Quce, aged four years. The mother of the deceased said she had gone out on Thursd7ty evening about five o'clock, to a neighbouring shop, fot half a pint of oil, leaving hini in doors, and cantinning him not to go out. She had Lot been many minutes away. At her return she was alarmed at the screams of a child, who was ci ying seemingly in great agony, and call ing out—Oh ! mamma! m.imma! and soon she dis covered that these screams proceeded from the de ceased, whom she met in the lane, carried by a neigh bour, wrapped up in a blanket, who was taking him to a doctor's; and who informed her she had found him envelo;:ed in flames. She instantly ran with him to the London Hopital, and he there died about twelve o'clock yesterday forenoon. Them was a little fire in her, own town when she went out, and the deceased was the only person in the house at the time ; but she could not say how he became on file. Verdict—" Accidental death by burning." Another inqucst was taken at the same place, on the body of IVilliam Cozens, aged 51.. Ann Cozens, of No. 17, Whit Cs-row, Spital6elds, is wife of the deceased. Ile was employed on last ,Tuesday fort-, night in the dye-house of Mr. Hughes, of Bunhill row, and was standing with his back to a copper,.in which one of the men was emptying some boiling water, when a part of it accidentally dashed on de ceased's thigh and legs. 11e worked from the Tues• day until the Saturday following, when he got an out-patient's ticket for the London Hospital; but on his applying thew, it was found necessary to take him into the house. He became an inmate of the Hospital, and lingered there in the most excruciating torture until yesterday morning, when he expired. She was not -present at the accident, but had the above statement from the deceased's own lips a short time before death sealed his eyes. Verdict—" The deceased came to his death by accident, in come queace of being scalded." ... LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY,. DECEMBRR 13. IN THE MATTER OF CRESWELL, THE LUNATIC. Mr. WETHERELL applied to the Court to have the inquisition removed from Pinckney, in Wiltshire, the residence of the bromic, to London, because there was a necessity for having the evidence of two Lon don medical gentlemen, whose attendance would be very expensive to the parties, and very inconvenient to themselves. Mr. WILBRAHAM opposed the application, on the groutid that the people about the lunatic, and in his neighbourhood, were likely to give the best informa tion ; and it was of importance in this case to deter mine the precise time when the lunacy first occurred. He thought a Jury of the County ought to sit in a room of the house in which the lunatic resided. The LORD. CHANCELLOR thought that the imme-• diate neighbourhood was liable to objection, on the score of common or particular prejudice. He there fore ordered that the Jury should sit at Salisbury that being a place of convenient locality, and of such extent as would secure, with little expense or trouble, all the useful information which the case could require. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, DECEMBER IS. MISUNDERSTANDING BETWEEN ONE OF TILE COUNSEL AND THE BENCH. Mr. Wrrueasu. was engaged in arguing a cause respecting the construction of a will, when The VICE-CHANCELLOR, conceiving the Learned Counsel did not apply himself to the only Odint in issue, twice interrupted. him, and (firmed his atten tion to it. Upon the last occasion Mr. WETHERELL said, I have a right to be heard, and I will be heard. The VICE-CHANCELLOR—I am always desirous to hear you ; but, when you are heard, it is for the Judge to see that you do not apply your arguments to points about which there is no doubt or difficulty. r.WETHERELIAR Sti pport of my public character, 1 and for the sake of the privileges of the Bar, I contend fur my right to be heard, and to state my view of the ca•e, and I will not submit to be put down by your Honour. It is the unanimous complaint of the Bar, that your honour AN ill not permit Counsel to exercise that right, without which it is impossible they can do their duty to their clients ; and petitions are pre sented, complaining that causes have not been pro perly heard by your 'Honour. The . VICE-CHANCELLOR—Iot: do not address your self to this subject with your usual good sense and gentlemanlike deportment. In order that Counsel stiay do justice to their clients, it is necessary they should know what the real difficulty in the case is, and apply their arguments to that point. Mr. WETHERELL—I trust I have done nothing un gentlemanlike ; but I must repeat, that I will not sub mit to receive my view of the case from your Honour. —I have a right, and I will.not be prevented from exercising it, to pursue any line of argument which I really think essential and necessary to the intere.t of my client. The Vice-Cnatrcau.on—l haie endeavoured to direct your attentimt to what I conceive to be the real difficulty of the can. Having done so, I shall upon this occasion, as IV° upon every other, permit Coun sel to adopt their own course of argument. Mr. Wartisaau. then .continued his argument to the conclusion, without being interrupted by any re mark from the Court. • . COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DECEMBER 13. ACIEROYD D. BIRD AND °THEM Tbis was an action on the case brought by the lessee of a house, situated No. ‘2, Clement's-inn-pas sage, against Messrs. Bird, the builders empluyed by the Commissioners of Sewers, for so cate►essly and improperly conducting the repairs of a sewer, that by reason of their operations, the house (then in the possession of a tenant) fell down. The principal cause of the accident, which took place on the 18th of August, 1820, was the fall of a stack of chlorines in the house of Mr. Coliens, which stood on the crown of the arch of the sewer, and which reduced three houses to rui►ls. On! . action by Mr. Jones, the proprietor of another of these, was previously brought, and the plaintiff recovered a veidict,'which, on appli cation for a new trial, the Court refused to disturb. The witnesses for the plaintiff ascribed the accident wholly to the neglect of the agents of the Commis sioners, whom they represented as refusing to inter fere, on the ground that it was not their province. In their judgment, had the premises been suppoi ted - by raking shores and by needling, the repairs of the sewer might have proceeded with safety. They esti mated the expense of rebuilding the house at more than 3001. but the plaintiff was contented to take '3701. as a recompense, being the sum accepted by her landlord, and the rent of which she bad lost. . . 0:1 the part of the defendants, it was contended that they had taken the wisest measures, and were not responsible for the result ; that the sewer and the houses were in such a state of decay that they would have fallen down if no attempt had been made to repair the sewer: and that the Commissioners had given sufficient notice to warn the inhabitants of their danger. It appeared. that general notices had been given to put the occupiers of premises on their guard; but no specific notice in writing that there was dan ger to be apprehended from the chiEnnies. Some witnesses also proved that they had conversed with Mr. Collens on the-subject, and that he had begun to remove the chimnies. The LORD CRIER JUsTIC* intimated a strong opi nion that the builders were bound to give specific notice to the occupier of the house whence danger was expected, and to suspend their operations to give him time for the removal of its cause. The only cir cumstance which could dispense with this rule was that an immediate proceeding was necessary to the public safety. Mr. SOARLETT, however, proceeded with his case. l He called other witnesses, who stated that all had been done for the best, and that the means suggested by the witnesses for the plaintiff would be rather pre judicial than otherwise.. He also called Mr. Nurse, a surveyor, who represetited the house as old, and who gave his opinion that, as a surveyor, he should advise its removal. Several other surveyors were also called, who gave their opinion that the means used were the best which could be adopted. Mr. Shave, the archi tect, having looked at the model produced in Court, and having-11prd the evidence, gave his judgment that, as ha understood the Commis:loam had no .•- . , access to the interior of the house, the could have,; husband's clothes. In the meantime she advanced adopted no better means thlii those which they se- the prisoner el. 17s. 61 which he:said he wanted fo e lected ; but if they had had *ccesi, the object might immediate use, with an undertaking that theremain, have been effected by a series of needles. It would der was paid when the parties were bailed. The p r i. son have been absurd, however , as t he ex p ense , would be er afterwards put her off with excuses ;no bait several times greater than the building of.the chim- was ever obtained. nies. He gave the Birds a high who said that the character as pencil-1 The next witness was Buckeridge, an offic er , i . prisoner came to him about get. cal judges. Mr. Inwood , an ar chitect, and' Mr. Jan son, the surveyor of the Commissioners of Sewers in ting bail-for the two men, and offered him a potted , iif he would pass two persons as bail. The witness re. Kent and Surrey, gave similar e vidence. The Jury, after the SOLICITOR-GENERAL had re, ; fused to take the money, and then found that the two plied, informed the Lord Chief Justice, that if in point men proposed by him were men of straw. of law the Commissioners were boun d to shore up I The CHAIRMAN here observed, that the prisenra premises approached by their works , the y would not . could not be convicted of obtaining money undo fal se trouble him to recapitulate the evidenc e. I pretences, because he did try to bail the parties, and The LORD CHisr Juortce replied , that t he opinion . for that purpose offered a bribe to the officer, which of the Court of King's Bench , taken i n t his ver y trans- the latter, faithful to his trust, very properly rejected; 1 action, had decided that the Comm issioners were but if the prisoner had been indicted for fraud, the bound to take due precautions against the e ffects of case might very.properly go to the Jury. The prisonet . their proceedings. was accordingly Acquitted. The Jury, without hesitation, found a verdict for George Lines was found guilty of receiving a tylis . the plaintiff—Damages 070. , lock and powder-flask from a little boy, knoiv; o: . THE KING V. COLLINS AND MILLS. them to be stolen ; and sentenced to three moutlt While the last case was proceeding, hard labour in the House of Correction. Mr. SCA aLETT begged leave to mention this case. John Macdonnell and Margaret Dodd were indicted It is the indictment against two Magistrates of Mid- for assaulting Mary Condon. dlesex and the late Sir Nathaniel Conant, for aeon- re The prosecutrix, an unmarried young woman., Listspiracy to refuse a publican's license, on the List count native of Ireland, said, that on the 17th of At u:t she was at her lodging in Bromley, Middlesex, ..shete of which the defendants were convicted , but obta ine d she got her living by working in potatoe fields. Ti re a new trial. The Learned Counsel obset ved , that it stood especially appointed for to-morrow, and he had woman prisoner let out lodgings, and nic.lonn,'ll reserved this evening for giving it the full consider a . lodged with her. Previous to the day in que.ion :he lion which its importance demanded ; but he now woman shoved her into a ditch without any 1.1,:o -feared that he should be detained so late in Court as cation. On the 17th of August M. Dodd called her to be unable to perform this duty ; and therefore he many names, and pulled her by the hair of the head. was desirous that it should be postponed till Monday. The man joined her, and they both pulled the linen The LORD . CHIEF JUSTICE expressed his readiness oft her back. to take the case on any day on which the Counsel on The CHAIRMAN asked the witness how the affray both sides could agree. began ?—She answered,.that she could not tell either It was finally determined that it should not b: . the beginning or end of it; and her account was al. taken to-morrow, but it was not peremptorily fixed together very confused and unsatisfactory. for Monday next. Mrs. Dodd, who, as well as.her fellow-prisoner, PALACE COURT, DECENIBER 13. was Irish, told a long ; story about the abusive la::. image by which Miss Condon had- been in the likt ELIZA HALL 'v. JOSEPH FORD.' The plaintiff is mistress of a btrarding-school, ;it of assailing her ; her attempts to alienate the affec tions of her husband ; her keeping company with a Tavistock-place, the defendant is an architect and surveyor, residing in Archibald-place, and he placed young man who had robbed her (the prisoner) of a handkerchief, Stc. &c. his daughter at the plaintiff's seminary, for. instruc- The other risoner, tion in English, French, music, dancing, &c. She Condon, Macdonrell, declared that M A Condon, whenever she came home from working in continued under the plaintiff's care for five years, and the fields, used always to. be kicking up rotes, and tile defendant paid regularly till last July, when after ..tbusing Mt s. Dodd ; and that when those two /tidies having remained six weeks of that quarter, he took were fighting and pulling each other by the hair, he her away without giving any previous notice, and did no more than separate them. for that this action was brought to recover El 10s. The CH A IRM AN left it to the Jury to find their way for the whole quarter, through this ma%s of contradictions and blunder. Js Mr. Tuesstote, for the plaintiff, contended, that well as they could. Verdict— ..,t Guilfy. . it was the usual I,tactice in all cases, when a notice •The CHAIRMAN.—" 1 desire that none of you will was not given for the removal of a pupil from school, come here again : if you do you will be ruined." to charge fur the whole quarter, year, or as mig h t ----- _.. be agreed upon, according to the regulation of the establishment. The sister of the plaintiff was called, and she proved being the bearer of a letter to the defendant, shortly after the young Lady had been taken hon . ) school. She had not seen the defendant on that oc casion, but she left the letter. When she called a second time she saw him ; he promised to pay her, and intended calling at Miss Hall's house, with the money, but instead of that, a young man called, and made a demand for £2 10s.—an alleged charge for the surveying of Miss Hall's house, to which he had not the least pretence. Mr. MESSMER explained, that this was a set-off against Miss Hall's claim. The fact was, that at the time she removed to Tavistockplace, she told Mr. Ford to look at the house, but gave him no instruc tions to survey it. This was in the year 1820, and he Hever made any charge till he discovered this action was commenced. Mr. MalloLEs, for the defendant, observed, Mr. Ford was too respectable to dispute any reasonable claim upon him. The fact was, that he was regu larly employed to suivey it, and discovered many broken windows. It was a £7O rent house, and he lowered that sum to £25. His regular charge would be £5; but having made a tender, he now claimed to set off only £2 10s. that being the balance against Miss Hall's bill. NEWGATEann LEA DEN H A LI. M Altli ETS, 13. (By the Carcase.) Beef ...........Is sd to Od I Veal Mutton.. os cd to 2s tid Pork 2s 4d to 3s 3.1 PRICES or HA V ANDS . ST. JAMESS. thy 31 Os od to 41 Os Od Straw 1110. 04 to SI 2s Od Clover 31 Ss 041 to 41 4s 04 PRICE or TALLOW, Town Tallow ' 41s 64 Yellow Russia 42 6d White ditto s Os Od Soap ditto Melting Stuff... ..... ... 325 Ocf PRICE OF CANDLES—I Candles, per doz. 95 Od-11 allowed for The Learned Counsel called Mr. Ford, jun. who endeavoured to prove that an actual engagement for surveying the house was made between Miss Hall and his father, but after a long examination he failed. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 1.:4 10s. SMITH V. OSBOURN. This action was brought by an apothecary against the defendant, who was foreman to a tailor, for me dicines and attendance furnished to the defendant.— The defence was, that the defendant's employer was considered responsible; that the plaintiff sent him a bill, but finding he was declared a bankrupt, and was unable to furnish clothes to the plaintiff' according to agreement to liquidate his claim, he sued the de fendant.—The Jury found a verdict for the defendant. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, DECEMBER 13. John Wilson was tried upon one out of seven in dictments, that had been found against him for ob taining goods under fraudulent pretences. The pro. secutor in this indictment was Mr. Crouch, a hatter, in Holborn, who said that the prisoner came to him, and obtained several hats on pretence that they were for Mr. Bailey, a hatter, in Shoreditch, whose ser vant he represented himself to be. It appeared that the prisoner had formerly lived as servant with Mr. Bailey, but was not in his service at the time of the transaction in question. He was found Guilty, and sentenced to be transported for seven years. John Ducktvottli was indicted for fraudulently re ceiving, from a poorwoman, a sum of money under a false pretence, in order to obtain bail for her husband. Judith Foy, the prosecutrix, said her husband, Pa trick Foy, and another man named Lines, were in prison for an assault; and that making many inef fectual efforts to obtain bail for them, the prisoner, who appeared to be one of those sharp fellows who prowl about the Courts of Justice for the purpose of getting jobs of this kind, met the prosecutrix, and told her he could do the business for her'; but that he must have money enough for it. After several con versations and meetings at a public-house, it was agreed that he should have £6. He told her, how ever, that he wanted some money immediately to fee the clerk and an officer. She saw her husband and Lines, both of whom consented to give the LG; the', former gave her his portion of the money, and she proceeded to raise the remainder by pawning, kw rrItIW YESTERDAY. iIITECIIA P&L. Hay— 31 6s to 41 Os Od Straw II 6s to li la (lover 31 lOs to 41 Ss (.3 SOAP, &c. per 112/b. Ditto rough Yellow Soap -t:s Mottled ... Curd ... ........ Palm ..... ....... ...... From Tallow Chandlers' Hall. I oulds, 10s •6d; 6d. per dozen ready money. COAL MARKET, DEC. 13. Adales 42s 6tl—Burtlon 43- 3d—Dean's Primrose 41c— Heaton 44% 6d— liebburn Main 44s 9.l—KiLingwortli 4.35—01 d Walker 42s—Percy 11 2 .ust 39s 6d—PeLiw Maii; Cd—Pontop Windsor's 42s Gd—Tanfield Moor 47i—Wylatn 43s 6d— Walls. end Bewicke 43s 6d—W.llsend Brown 44s 3d—Wal-end Rua. sell 46s 61—Wallsend Nortlimobtrland 44s 6d— Wallst:nd Rid dell 45s 61—Witikend Walker 465. _ 84 Ships at 31arket-631 Ships sold. COUNTRY MARKETS. Oarsmen, Dsc. 7.—Wheat 4s. Bd. a busheL The price of a halt.peck loaf (household) ls. liAusuriv, Dec. 12.—Wheat 31 to ss. Od—Beaus 3s. 01. to 3s Bd.—Vetches, Os od per bushel.—Barley, 18s to 28, Oats, 16s Od to 23s od per givrter—Bread, Is Od half peck ; and smaller in proportion. Flour 225. to 335. per sack. (haulms, Dsc.l2.—New Wheat per load .£lO los to £0 Os. Wheat, £7 lOs to £lO 10s—Barley, per qr. 26s to 335--Oats, 18s to 27s—Beans, 27s to 7,05. l'eas, 28s to 333. NEWSURY, BEaas, Dec. 12.—Wheat, 23s to 43s -- Barley, 20s to 31s—Oats. 14s to 21s.—Beans, 24 to .".os—Yeas, 275. to 50s.—Rye, Os to Os.--Bread, 10ed to Is Old per Callon. COURSE OF Amsterdam l2 6 C.F. Ditto at sight 12 3 Rotterdam— l2 7 2U. Antwerp, ex-mo. 12 6 Hambuirgh 37 9 2P. Altona 37 10 IU. Paris, 3day'ssight 25 55 U. Ditto " 5 85 2U. Madrid, effective 37} Cadiz effect 36 EX CHANG E. Seville 16 Gibraltar ...... 30e 47 Genoa 434 Venice Ital.l.iv. 27 30 Malta Naples Palermo llB pet CM Lisbon . 524 Rio Janeiro..... 46 Barcelona ........36 Gilboa, effective 57 Dublin 9} Cork.. ..... 91 PRICES OF GOLI Foreign Gold in liars New Doubloons New Dollars Silver, in bars, standard ANI)SILVER. ........ 3 17 0 0 0 0 4 91 0 4 Ili MARRIED. Thursday, Thomas Baker, Esq. of the Hon. East Company's service, to Maria, eldest daughter of Henry Ee meades, F..sq. of Cobham, Kcnt. Same day, at St. Martin's Church, Donald 11liDuffle, Esq• of the late 18th Hussars, to Frances Holroyd, only daughter L,t Mr. Richard Rice. D I F.D. At Bromley, in Kent, Joseph Henderson, F.sq. of Great Helen's, merchant, aged 45, well known in the Levant Trade. Sunday, Hester S:dusbury, wife of Sir Corbet Corbet, Barr. of Adderley Hall. *At Lincoln, on the 4th ult. Mary Middlebrook, aged 75, many years Clerk of St. Benedict's parish, in that city. During the latter part of ha life she resided iu the Church belfry. Dec. 9, in Castle-street, Reading, aged 57, Catherine, wife of J. P. Simeon, Ks/. NI Al LS. Aim nu a. Dublin 1 0 France ♦tR, Dili 1 0 O g O 0. O 0 O g O 0 Waterford 0 2 Guernsey and Jersey 0 0 Lisbon 0 1 Holland 1 0 Leeward Islands 0 0 Harnbu rgh Flanders ' ,Malta Gottenburgh. .1 Brazil v, A rio.t at LONDON t41.111)(41; mo}tllol l is Mc*big - • ' - 15 iiinute , : tftt;r 3 A ttermsmi • 7.5 minutes dter 3 • L04,11)Ut1; rtiuttd and publi.lied by I.ayst Cu", Tcr.lpl;•"&t. t , .