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LITERARY GLEANINGS. No. IXI. ROBERT BURNS. R o bert Burns was born near the town of Avr, within a bundled yards of " Alloa's auhl haunted Kirk," in a c , cottage, which his father, who was a sma ll f armer s i nl gardener, had built with his own hands. A part of Ibis humble edifice gave way when the poet was but a "dsas old ; and his mother and he were carries!, at tuidnielit, through the storm, to a neighbour's house that 1"v, shelter. After having received some lessons, in his childhood, from the schoolmaster of the village of Al ! )3, be at seven years of age, put under a teacher of t b, pan:: of Murdoch. who instructed him in reading and lista b,b grammar. This good man, who is ~till alive, sad a teacher of languages in London, boasts, with a very tlonral triumph, of having accurately instructed Burns i „ t h e Ent principles of composition. At such an age, Burns's study of principles could not be very profound ; yet it it thle to Lib early instructor to observe, that his p r o s e style is more accurate than we should expect even from the vigour of an untutored mind, and such as would Ind us to suppose that he had been early ir.itiated in the ru les ofgramtnar. His father'sremoval to another farm in oshire, at Mount Oliphant, unfortunately deprived him of the benefit of Alureloch as an instructor, after he had been about g years under his care ; and for a long time he received I:pother:emus than those which his father gave him in writ eu: ar..l arithmetic, when he instructed his family by the e r :side of their cottage in winter evenings. About the of thirteen he was sent, during a part of the summer, to the parish school in Dalrymple, in order to improve Li: hand-writing. In the following year he had an oppor- ' taints of passing several weeks with his old friend Mur doch, with whose assistance he began to study French with intense ardour and assiduity. At the age of nineteen he received a few manths' in struction in laad-surveyiug. Such is the scanty history of his education, which is interesting simply because its o ppor tun i t i e s were so few and precarious, and such as only a gifted mind could have turned to any account. tifhisearly reading he tells us, that a' life of Hanni bal, which Murdoch gave him when a boy, raised the first stirrings of his enthusiasm ; and he adds, with his can (for std expression, " that the life of Sir William Wallace poured:a tide of Scottish prejudices into his veins, which would boil along there till the floodgates of life were shut in eternal rest." In his sixteenth year lie had read sane of the plays of Shaltspeare, the works of Pope and Addison, and of the Scottish poets Ramsay and Ferguson. From the volumes of Locke, Ray, Derham, and Stackhouse, lie also imbibed a smattering of natural history and theo fez.. ; but his brother assures us, that until the time of his bii'az known as an author, he contiuued to he but imper fectly acquainted with the most eminent of our English writers. Thanks to the songs and superstition of his na tive country, his genius bad some fostering aliments, which perhaps the study of classical authors might have fed him to neglect. His inspiration grew up like the flower, which ores to heaven, in a barren soil, a natural beauty and wild ness of fragrance that would be spoilt by artificial culture. ile learned an infinite number of old ballads, from hearing his mother sing them at her wheel; and he was instructed in all the venerable heraldry of devils and witches by an ancient woman in the neighbourhood, " the Sybilline nurse fkii muse," who probably first imparted to him the story el Tam o' Shanter. " Song was his favourite and first pur suit.- " The song-book," he says, " was my vade mecum : I pared over it constantly, driving my cart, or walking to hbour." It would be pleasing to dwell on this era of his youthful sensibility, if his life had been happy ; but it was tar otherwise. lie was the eldeat of a family, buffeted by misfortunes, toiling beyond their strength, and living eithaut the support of animal food. At thirteen years of age be used to thrash in his father's barn ; arid, at fifteen, was the principal labourer on the farm. After the toils of the day, he usually sunk in the evening into dejection of spirits, and was afflicted with dull headachs, the joint result of anxiety, low diet, and fatigue . " This kind of life," (he says) " the cheerless gloom of a hermit, and the toil of a gal ley-slave, brought me to my sixteenth year, when love ionic meal:art." The object of his first attachment was al' ighland prh. named Many Cam Pll xii., who was his fellow-reaper in tie nme harvest-field. She died very young; and when Burns heard of her death, he was thrown into an ecstacy of raffering much beyond what even his keen temper a m en t iris accustomed to feel. Nor does lie seem ever to have fort:etten her. His verses "To MARY in Heaven ;" his inneation to the star that rose on the anniversary of her death ; his description of the landscape that was the scene of their day of have and pa rting vows, " where flowers sprang wanton to be premed ; the whole luxury and exqui sttl passion of that strain, evince that her image had sua sive;! many important changes in himself. From his seventeenth to his twenty-fourth year lie lived, as an assistant to his father, on another farm in Ayr s:iire, at Lochlca, to which they had removed from Mount traphant. By this time Beaess had formed his connexion With JANE Amnon', who was afterwards his wife, a eon netion which could no longer be concealed, at the moment When the ruinous state of his affairs had determined him th cross the Atlantic, and to seek his fortune in Jamaica. lie hash even engaged himself as sssistant overseer to a Virdation. lie proposed, however, to legalize the pri vate of marriage which lie had made with .Jane; though he anticipated the necessity of leaving her be liUld him, he trusted to better days for their being re wilted. But the parents of Jane were unwilling to dig- Ps of her to a husband who was thus to be separated from her, and persuaded her to renounce the informal tonnage. Burns also agreal to dissolve the connexion, though deeply wounded at the apparent willingness of Lis mistress to give him up, and overwhelmed with feel .egs of the most distracting nature. He now prepared to embark fcr Jamaica, where his first situation would, in ail probability.have been that offs negro-driver, when, before bidding a last adieu to hit native country, he happily thought of publishing a collection of his poems. By this publication he i.ained about WI., which seasonably saved Man from intltuting himself as a servant, for want of mo ney to procure a passa7e. IVith nine guineas out of this ma he had taken a steerage passage in the Clyde for Ja maica ; and to avoid the terrors of a "gaol, he had been for some time skulking from covert to covert. lie had tAlren a last leave of his friends, and bad composed the which he thought lie should ever measure to Ca- I L when the contents of a letter, from Dr. &se s i.c,cs of l'alinburgh, t o one o f hi s f r i en d s, d escr ibi ng the encouragement which an edition of his poems would be likely to receive in the Scottish capital, suddenly lighted up all his prospects, and detained him from embarking. I immediately posted," be says, " to EDIFOURCII, with "! a tingle aciptaintance or letter of introduction. 'The Latwful :itzr, which had so long shed its blasting influence • once made a revolution to the nadir." ll - 7 rivol in Edinburgh in 1786, and his reception there o7t' lik e an aeeable change of fortune in romance, ." agreeabl e event in ordinary life. His company was nr , hsre sought for; and it was soon found, that the nnriavn which iris' had excited was but a part of iiiience of his mental fimul ind his warm and social heart of prosperity—which, with I a quick and versatile sym amen character—made him refined anti convivial socie 'he fashion and idol of his iguished when be was exhilarated, as by his own facility to lend it. he pr.:bably deluded his own reflections, by imagining that in every fresh excess he was acquiring a new friend, or attaching one already acquired. But with all the admiration and declarations of personal friendship which were lavished on him, the only appointment that could be obtained for him was that of an officer of Excise. In the meantime he had acquired a relish for a new and over-excited state of life. Ile had been ex pected to shine in every society ; and, to use his own phrase, "had Leen too often obliged to give his company a st;ec of his constitution." In rite winter of 1793 his constitution, broken by cares, irregularities, and passions, fell into a rapid decline. The summer returned ; but only to shine on his sickness and his grave. In July his mind wandered into delirium ; in the same month, a fever, pn the fourth day of its conti nuance, closed his life and sufferings, in his thirty-eighth _ _ _ Whatever were the faults of Benns, he lived unstained by a mean or dishonest action. To have (lied without debt, after supporting a family on 701. a year, bespeaks, after all, but little of the spendthrift. His death seemed to efface the recollection of his faults, and of political differences, still harder to be forgotten. All the respectable inhabitantsof Dumfries attended his funeral, whilst the volunteers of the city, and two regiments of native fencibles, attended with solemn music, and paid 'unitary honours at the grave of their illustrious countryman. Burns has given an elixir of life to his native dialect. The Scottish Tam o' Shouter will he read as long as any English production of the same century. The impression of his genius is deep and universal ; and, Viewing him merely as a poet, there is scarcely any other regret con nected with his name, than that his productions, with all their merit, fall short of the talent! which he possessed. That he never attempted any great work of fiction or in vention, may be partly traced to the cast of his genius, and partly to his circumstances and defective education. His poetical temperament was that of fitful transports, rather than steady inspiration. Whatever he might have written was likely to have been fraught with passion. There is always enough of interest in life to cherish the feelings of a man of genius, but it requires knowledge to enlarge and enrich his imagination. Of that knowledge which unions the diversities of human manners, adven tures, and characters, to a poet's study, he could have no great share, although he stamped the little treasure which he possessed in the mintage of sovereig n genius. It ha s been asserted that h e r eceive d a ll t h e e ducation which is requisite for a poet: he had learned reading, writing, and arithmetic ; and he had dipped into F renc h ' and geometry. To a poet it must be owned the three last of those acquisitions were quite superfluous. His education, it is also affirmed, was equal to Shakspeare's; but, without intending to make any comparison between the genius of the two bards, it should be recollected that , Shakspeare lived in an age within the verge of chivalry, an age overflowing with chivalrous and romantic reading; that he was led by his vocation to have daily recourse to that kind of reading ; that he dwelt on the spot which gave him constant access to it, and teas in habitual inter course with men of genius. Burns, after growing up to manhood under toils which exhausted his physical frame, acquired a scanty knowledge of modern books, of books tending for the most part to regulate the judgment more than to exercise the fancy. In the whole tract of his reading, there seems to be little that could cherish his inventive faculties. One material of poetry he certainly possessed, independent of books, in the legendary superstitions of his native country. He meets us, in his composition, ttndisguisedly as a peasant. At the same time, his observations go extensively Into life, like those of a man who felt the proper dignity of human nature in the character of a peasant. He is the enemy of that selfish and niggardly spirit which shelters itself under the name of prudence; but that pharisaical disposition has seldom been a favourite with poets. Nor should his maxims, which inculcate charity and candour in judging of human frailties, be interpreted u a serious defence of them, as when he says, " Then gently scan your brother man, Still trendier sister woman, Though they may gang a kennan wrong ; To step aside is human. Who made the heart, 'tis he alone Decidedly can try us; Ile knows each chord, its rations tone, Each spring its various bias." It is still more surprising that a critic capable of so eloquently developing the traits of Be exs's genius, should have found fault with his amatory strains for want of polish, and "of that chivalrous tone of gallantry which uniformly abases itself in the presence of the object of its devotion." Every reader must tent abundance of thoughts in his love songs, to which any attempt to superadd a tone of gallantry would not be " To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, " Ur throw a perfume o'er the violet," but to debase the metal, and to take the odour and colour from the flower. It is exactly this superiority to "abase ment" and polish which is the charm that distinguishes Burns from the herd of erotic songsters, from the days of the Troubadours to the present time. He wrote from im pulses more sincere than the spirit of chivalry ; and even Lord litirrey and Sir I'hilip Sidney are cold and unin teresting lovers in comparison with the rustic Bunts. The praises of his best pieces I have abstained from re-echoing, as there is no epithet of admiration which they deserve which has not been bestowed upon them. One point must be conceded to the strictures on his poetry, to which I have already alluded, that his personal satire was tierce and acrimonious. I am not, however, disposed to consider his attacks on RemBLE JOHN and Ilocv WILLI s: as destitute of wit; and his poem on the clerical settle ments at Kilmarnock blends a good deal of ingenious metaphor with his accustomed humour. Even viewing him as a satirist, the last and humblest light in which be can be regarded as a poet, it may still be said of him, '• Ills style was witty, though it had some gall; Something he might have mended—so may all." From Cumphelrs Specimen:. of British Poets. Ax IMMENSE KOKAN.—ME. I'EAZER, in his Anrrattve ofaJourney intolfhorasan, lately published, mentions that at CocHox "there are still preserved, though in a very care lest manner, some leaves that belonged to a koran of the most magnificent dimensions, perhaps, of any in the world, the history of which is not less interesting than its size is extraordinary. It was written by lot SA N GllOlt NIFEREA, the son of Shah Rokh, and grandson of the great Timoor, and laid by him upon the grave of that mighty conqueror at Samarkand, from whence it was most sacrilegiously taken by the soldiery of Mahommed Khan, grandfather of the present Eelkkaneh, who accompanied Nadir Shalt in his expedition to Toorkistan ; the soldiers broke it up, and each took what leaves he chose rearm u tebeturof his triumph, back to his own country. Merit COONAH KII AN, the son, collected about sixty of them, and placed them in this imaumzadeh, where they lie upon a shelf quite ne glected and covered with dust. These leaves are formed of thick wire-wove paper, evidently made for the purpose, and, when opened out, measure from ten to twelve feet lung, by seven or eight broad; the letters are beautifully formed, as if they had been each made by a single stroke of a gigantic pen. The nooktas, or vowel points, as well as the marginal and other ornaments, are emblazoned in azure and gold; but few of the leaves are perfect, havingbcen mutilated for the sake of the ornaments, or the blank paper of the im mense margin." NF:W MODE OE GROWING POTATOES.—Mr. Walker, of Fermoy, has successfully practised a new and extraor dinary mode of cultivating this rout. It is well known to farmers that potatoes in pits—the general mode of keeping them in this country till they are wanted for nse—throw out a great number of shoots in the spring. From some of these shoots, in the beginning of lust Aptil, Mr. Walker cut as many knots or joints as they afforded, and planted them in drills in his garden, as if they were cut tings of the potato itself, or skillanes, as they are provin cially termed. The stalks from these joints appeared in due time, were of uncommon size and luxuriance, and preserved their verdure to a late period of the season. The crop was dug out a few days since, and was very produc tive. This was the second experiment of the kind which Mr. Walker had tried, and lac is so well satisfied with their result, that he intends to cultivate an acre in the same manner next year ; to the whole process of which he will invite the attention of the neighbouring farmers u pub licly as possible.—Cark Southern Reporter. THE BRITISH PRESS. LTVERPOOL, SuNrity, Nov. 6. Wind W. blowing hard.—High Water, 42 or. p. 7. P.M. Arrived the Clyde, Thompson, from Palermo and lirombro. Sailed yesterda, the Cortes, Da Co a te, f or N ew Y or k ; an d t h e Sisters, tryout, f or Africa. kfutionn. Nov. 3. It has blown a heavy gale of wind from IV.N.W. all this morn ing, which caused most of the vessels in the road to drift. The brig Jo:1n Guise, 111`..Yee, from Newport for Cork. with coals, stint in Htibberstote Pill, where she still remains until the gale abates. when she will be got on shore to repair. The Lady Ilan. nnh, Ellis. front Alessrdria, with cotton, for Liverpool, Intvirg carried away her bowsprit, and other damage, quitted the quaran tine station and run to Neyland for shelter ; and it is feared a good deal of damage Les occurred among the quarantine ships. The Hope (ship) from Alexandria - for Liverpool. with cotton. and brig, name unkrown, have signals fur ii pilot flying, and the Wa. talon pilot boat has gone off to their assistance. ;i: l iii t c r at a ton s du w e b t i o ch th l e ds g but a part of general e mi nence o f was his mental Rim!- ' Is. His tivtund eloquence, and his warm and sccial heart % . iiindin g un d er the influence of prosperity—which, with 311 the priile of genius, retained a quick and versatile gym- nith Every variety of human character—made him Equally fascinating in the most refined and convivial socie- I''r• for a while he reigned the fashion and idol of his ' t!ite ca;iital. Afur he had been caressed and distinguished so much • Eilinbingli, it was natural to anticipate that among the individuals of public influence and respectability, had Countenanced his genius, some means might have iiev.,e.l to secure to him a competent livelihood in 4 Proper station of society. It was probably with this hope to his mind that he returned to Edinburgh after his sum- 'rr a xcumi,m ; and, unfortunately for his habits, spent the winter of 1784 in accepting a round of convivial invita- ?" , :Pi The hospitality of the North was not then what it now Refinement had not yet banished to the tavern the :' s tom or bumper-toasts, and of pressing the bottle; and utast is of the house was not thought very hospitable Ut l ess the majority of his male guests, at a regular party, re at least half intoxicated. Burns was invited and im- i"timed to those scenes of dissipation ; and beset at '` 1 " 1 as much by the desire of others to enjoy his society • " The gloomy night is gathering fast." _ THE SILK TRADE. The following letters were handcd to us some days ago for publication. The pressure of temporary matter has hitherto prevented their insertion : TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD. LONDON, OCT. 17, 11123. SlR,—The argument you use In your Paper of Saturday. to show that the persons interested in the silk trade entertain mistaken views of their own interest. do nor convince me that you are right in your view of this subject. You have stated, and you rerar, that the " prohibition of French silks has hitherto been attended I with no beneficial result." This, I contend, is not the case. The silk trade has afforded subsistence to at least 600,000 persons for many years past, who would never have found employment in it, bid no prohibition of foreign goods existed. Is this no benefit to the country ? Our neighbours hare such decided advantages over us first, Oa I have shown) in the cost of the raw material. 2ndly, in the price of labour; 3dly, in the superiority of their machinery; and. lastly, in an exemption from the payment of heavy taxes-- that they can make, 1 allow, bettergoods at a cheaper rate titan our selves ; and, es you say, " the best goods will keep the market." Foreign silks, when su ff ered to be sold openly, will have a vrefer. ence over those of our own manufacture Our trade will inevitably be annihilated, and the greater number of those now employed in it will, consequently, be thrown upon the country ter support. I am perfectly convinced, that our liberal measureti:respecting free trade, will not be met by any reciprocity on the part of vilr neigh bours, whose system of exclusion is, and will continue to be quite as strictly enforced as that hitherto adopted by ourselves. Your reasoning respecting competition may, on general princi ples, be correct, but there are exceptionslto all general rules. It does not, I maintain, apply to Silk Trade, which requires pro tection, and must be mined if that be withdrawn. 1 am, &c. Venires. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD. ..... London, 20th Oct. 1C25. SIR.—If the letter I addressed you on the 17th instant, has been intentionally kept out of your Paper, I must say, such conduct on your part, does not accord with your pmfessions :If candour towards your opponents in argument on the subject of the Silk Trade., and as it is essential to me that your observations, (however superficial and irrelevant they may be) should rot be left unsweretl, I shall procure the insertion of my letter in another Paper, should you not think proper to publish it yourself to.morrow. - I am, &.e. VERITA9. THE BRADFORD COMBERS AND WEAVERS. [From the Bradford Chronicle of Saturday.] We commence the printing of a second edition, at a late hour, to announce to the public the gratifying information that the long-existing differences between the master ma nufacturers of this town and their men are now rapidly drawing to a close. This afternoon a deputation from Mr. IVood's men waited upon him, and made a tender of iheir services at the old prices. To this Mr. Word has acceded; and many of his men have this evening fetched theircombs to be ready to commence their work on Monday morning. Mr. Wood is one of the largest worsted spinners in the town, and of course the number of men in his employ is proportionably great; so that in fact we may now consider the Union at an end, and things in a fair way to revert to their former channel. We are glad that Mr. IVotxfs men have at length seen their own interests in the proper light; and the manly and handsome manner in which they have come forward to effect this reconciliation reflects the highest credit upon them. We have no doubt that next week the example will be followed by the men who were employed by other ma nufacturers; and we trust they will be met in the same handsome !miner as they were by Mr. Wood. The late ness of the hour prevents us from saying more than that we hope in our next number to have the pleasure of an nouncing that the differences bt.tween all the masters and their men are consigned to oblivion, and the men engaged in their work as usual. Mr. Wood had previously, in the course of the week, engaged 120 combers in the neighbourhood of Kildwick, a village about 13 miles from Bradford, and the SO which have returned to their employment to-day, make the num ber lte has set on this week 5200. WRECK OF THE OGLE CASTLE. A general opinion was entertained that, from the cir cumstance of no surgeon being on board the Ogle Castle there would be no passengers. The persons who expected relatives from that quarter have, however, had their feel ings painfully awakened from this mistake, as the accounts received yesterday from St. Margaret's (near Ramsgate). state that six females were distinctly seen to be swept off the poop at one time. _ _ _ A . letier has been received from a naval officer, dated Deal, Nov. 6 : " It is reported to-day that 17 of the crew of the un fortunate ship Ogle Castle were taken of the floating wreck by a French fishing boat, and have since arrived at Calais." A box, marked No. 3, has been washed on shore from the wreck of the Ogle Castle. On being opened, it was found to contain letters from Bombay, which have been forwarded to town. We have seen one, dated the 25th of J ne. It relates exclusively to private business. THE COMET STEAM BOAT.—Every thing WU in a state of preparation to raise this unfortunate vessel, anti the weather being mild and favourable, it was confidently an ticipated that she would have been got up yesterday. As they were proceeding, however, to carry the necessary operations into effect, about 11 o'clock, forenoon, being then ebb tide, one of the chains slipped so much that the work was unavoidably suspended, and could not be resumed till the next ebb tide, last night about 11 o'clock, when it was expected the Comet would have been got up. No more bodies were found at the date of our latest accounts, nor have any particulars of interest, regarding any of the unfortunate sufferers, transpired since Thursday .—Glasgotr Courier of Sat urila.it. Captain W. E. Sutherland, who lately perished in the Comet, was (as all his acquaintances know) an excellent swimmer. A aold4r who served with him in America says he was Se Fat in the 93d Regiment, and that he has seen him swim as far as from Inverness to Kessock : yet this noble fellow scorned to avail himself of this great advantage, and remained clasped in his lady's arms till both sunk to rise no more.—lnrernerr Courier. SIIIPIVRECK.—On Friday sennight, at noon, the sloop John and Jessey, of Stornoway, went on shore over a long reef of rocks, near Holy Island, called the l'arten Steel. A six -oared galley went round to render assistance, but from the heavy sea which was running, little could be done. One spirited individual, with four intrepid fellows belonging to the Mermaid, revenue-cutter, after being driven hack several times, at length got two men and a lad out of the rigging; but on reaching the beach one was found to be dead. It appears she came from Liverpool, laden with slates, bound for Leith, and bad called at Longliope, embarked a family, consisting of a young governess, three girls, and one boy, who, with the master (en old man), have met a watery grave. Some small trunks which have come on shore, -ontain a great many old letters, with the address of James Robertson, Esq. Collector of Customs, Stern away. Every vestige of the sloop has disappeared.— Liv,•rpnol Mercrry. DARING Ptcorocarrs.—On Sunday evening, about six o'clock, as a gentleman was proceeding through the Strand, he was followed by a gang of pickpockets, who succeeded in getting his silk handkerchief half way out of his pocket ; but a young man. who was passing at the time, saw what the fellows were about, and immediately informad the gentleman, which dithered their inten tions, and they roved off, but it appears did not lose sight of the informant, who had not proceeded far, when he was saluted with a severe blow on the side of the temple, from one of the gang, and, on looking round to sae who the assailant was, he received a second in the stomach, by &amber of the party. and before the young man could recover his speech the daring vulaimi bad escaped. LAW LVTP; COURT OF CHANT This being the first day of met their Lordships the dud.. Crown, and the King's Count for d:d not take his scat in Co WELLESLEY V. TI Upon the opening of the C and was about to speak. who CHANCELLOR. Ile sz:id t Duke of Beaufort, he had re: elated his intention of doing what the question was, lie tl most caretully and anxiously. importance: it was no less till eel with the care of his own cl of more difficulty, nor one in decide, without hearing Ciat what was opposed to those is nut go the length of saying :In connection with the question, irrelevant matter hail been int did not afford tntificientlr strot going the length prayed for. however, to say that there strong opposition which was atanc e es of the present case, h 4 lar nature, in which the Cunt rest of the children that p Consulting the interest of to hear the present CUM. as been bean, by his predecest sion he was obliged in a great discretion of the Counse.. H strongest act which the Court sure that publicity was rut t. parties. He meant to O'er na the allegations, but it frenuem a constitutional gunrd to Judges, a right understanding. lie did saving that if the application to order a private hearing. TI be should mention, and whit This was the case of a father at his children, but that tither Court bad ever been reluctat without gond security, to go would probably afford matter would answer all bcnelic!al put ing of the cane until %%Writs(' considered whether something at rest. Mr. Maur believed he cou, respecting this case, by statint desirous of taking the children any thing else that could be hij petition to be presented to his resident in the country, and should direct that a proper I aupt.rintendance and care of therefore fell altogether to tl petition his willingness— The Lon!) CHANCE/. ton— Wednesday mornini-,. Let boil such course and place as may be never can be for the interest of flans should be made on their r any reflections made in this cat were absolutely necessary for course is to be deprecated. I well or ill founded. The Sot.tcyrott•GtvEßA, a right, only because a threat that if he did not consent to a to the Master for impertinence. case was not true, and therefor Mr. HART did not consider and his Learned Friend the Sol be held as a threat, thrugh wt that character. Considering thk parties in this case, he certair Ftiend did not twee to a private referred to the 31aster for impert SoLictrott.GEivr.u.u.—W The L 0111) CHANCELLOk times happened to have difFeren but the interference of the Cour now have that tendency. The subject was then dropped. to Wednesday. I' i ! 1 N , • , IMIIMIIIMMIPMIMIIIIMIIIIIMM' wat .. i • 6 . TELLIGF,VGL:. ;egal right. Hit intentions were f u lly di sc l ose d b y the unanswer. :hie affidavit rf Lord Brandon—who was a pre, a clergyman, and ll' NCERY, MONDAY, Nov. 7. a relation of Mr. !Bootee. Under all the circumstanc e' , he respect. fully insisted, th a t t h e cue was one which inairerletaily required th e l ii 'Term, us usual, the L or d Ch ance ll or interference nt' the C our ,. , la va the principal L aw Officers of the Mr. AF A R Eel r tar that:twee' at tae a:x.le side. , it rise), at lireaktam. The Lord Chancel. Mr. J. Bum:Guam acid, he appear,' for Colorer Fitegibbor. alert until one o'clock. If he untierstenti right, there was 111 the Court, a delegated suahn- HIE DU K E or BF . AUFORT . tits from th e Ki ng to wed, over ;he intere s t of all i n f an t s . lf & :nun, the SoLICITOIt•GENERAT. thee. the father was ininteral, ndilicted to &unlit:mean atheicob or I - o.tzi he was interrupted by the brief) say alionaliable crane, woull it ea., lie reasldered sufficient to war_ that in the mite of Wellesley v. the I ri : nt to warrant the Court to trite from hint the elitadtansiap of his , i tail the papers sad affidavits, as hr de. tailarcit ? If a stranger made an intverable deed poseeeting a gon Sattinlity hist ; and cansiderieg chill with property, mai tone. t! c cart of that caild, if the parent r l2 a r h a t I c i e i r c t,a il i h ' e I tZw i° ::ri 3 l7: ivati'iscceadvrit,lshreclae;:tiitontaliteatiei.pira,rinent,piadwrilol thought the Court should deal aith it ! I y. The question was One of the utn,ost I lasedel),t 'sfi•ie„lt:tel the hopes e l :e l P i oc r es c t ri e di f s this'on)ici.sceec.t'oi cold t i l r f i . e ' ' 3 ' ; , ; ( t ' e.:::c e ri ( i o i i t ik y care? n o o ln t a i i :l o i r n u .:} t t • o y i t . z ' p gi ' rev b )S b en o u n t t aestri - Kan whether a father should be intritst- children. Ile did not know a question n which he should be more reluctant to the ill icit Intercourse. Tar mate tel feelirg taste upon aim nad- a was imputed on the one side, and • imput a t ion % o n the ill:Prt,:::.3::::nii,rty•::}ini,a77tt.7.`szertailid,elhlycioitiei.or.!l easy t rj :,; - d, C! . le r: trd.l,..ina fir scarsl i t i t . en t hr_et as l ac : ar r i t i t en b ,c, r i, t t e tc ,; lw r e ia s r e r e d: t t attilu a or n : d el 1 • t hat the a ffi davits contained what had no a hut lie would say that in his opinion children, and had merle a •:ttiemert nn th em, with the seasonable , Itreauced ; and lie thought the charges ; ong grounds to warrant the Court in r P :st r i e r:cred en . , oect.siot, on e aide' t(sl'ilenCnselefirtrl'Aialirl.b:tel:;;‘sroe'drert-7ilny"iici-: . lie would not take upon himself. t were not grounds for that species of . • t a ken up. Considering a ll t h e c i rca ,. „esper,l:l;:kteticirntrais.;i,dcar-.f:tclitost:Tr•fent:hri tit : ) ,c i T i r .. ,,tl l : t;: f. a i, , : aa, l -s i t t• :zt a cf a ry i a ti .!_ o ,t f , ra i d t i . eri t t l: p a_ tr t eer i , t e: w r... a de . ao n rw il te t n ti kimi t na ti, he never remembered a case of a Mmi- answer, for it enswered etele. Ilia lordslap ass called upon to a itt di•l not feel that it was for the into. publicity should not be given it.-- t are of the interacts of tea, inceate.. Tlie;.c children vete made ,case children, lie should be dieposed I I: : fthemai ;hough i u h , e i l i ti rt i ld he cur pitted to e n t t , i v n i t i l a c c i t ' eT i a s of a similar characttr had th a ,,: ,, c t ! rt .. ,: r i 0 : , ; , 1 arh: l ee ' ~ .‘ , ; , ; , ,,11.: : ! ni c n e , let, te 1: : 1 ; : ,i t t..,..:: , i i : i k, y . tii:, e tit,i l ,.;, a ll,,,,i te w :,,,,,g , t i c, : d i it a li.,;i n ifr. 1. c iit e lii SIMS, in private. But within °cm. . . . it measure to throw himself on the child, het if in humaniiy lie liaii taken her, and educatea her in the thie%ihni't-171.7sitajoilnd was 11•PI ' aray b ed y nflowlirineathne ` Ittimble . st manner, net! placed her in the pool cu cabin in Ireland. it would tend itieve to the lempittrse and fatilie recta:et:Nat e of necessary for the true interest of all , • IG opinien on the truth or falsehood ot the child, than ii she shiiiild reniam under flee same nal with surly happened that publicity served a s whith'u't lie wis ce nv i nee l hi s Lardship woo l -I treat the care or Iges, and enabled the Court to cone to her mother. Il e h a d , cur d of the ei cat itetae cf Pienean . equal terms. as he (F el those iti whi c h o th er naives at peared. The lid rot trust 'alma, however. with was persisted in lie was not at fiber. tutu I who betrayed the lioseitaltts of a frieed, cad l at: auntan There was one other objecti o n whic h Pell niny act the application a t rent . dealtforsook I•er duty, were no t to he dealt till it. a ea:a:rent manner front the lowest tredesitian i 1 • I,e ii• v of Leta, •ta rotwitastandreg applying fur the care and custody of the unanswerable testitenny of the Noble ana elev. Lord which he er arts resident in France ; and the _ . ant in givieg permission to its wards., sliould apply himself to !wreaker. Put he could mil It.'Leernett I out of Its jurisdiction. Tide p o i Lt I : rem:l2lr. ft.) that the law raleett a the lin-meat ion that the Eire • for co:widen:don, and lie thought it Was the guardian of ail children. The law reposed in tee lather the uncontrolled num/Igo:lee. a n dvalet:ell him, in teeny case' s t o • ~ , 1 urposee to postpone the further hear. . • l iday, and in the interval it may be delegate., his . •-ltilyi itY* Stit , ll aas the law to which be a.: Ceneti- tution .he King was Sr.h , )thilinle. if a parent acts inluratesly to- g could Lot be done to set the question wards his child. and, contrary to what nature soil the ;:ts el I"eC . ICI. • I .• , he violated the law, and law a- • • • I the . i.l.er.s .iiii. (mural?. th e varetir• If it were mo . reil th at; Mr. Manse was a riee ahol• I " ild save his Lordship from any trouble , . • ..t o u traged :he :g, that Ids cant. an tar from being t ; a t ar of laatatatal aho lath d for . rears canted on en ethittercus en out of reach of the (bent, or doing t bre • tetriatanae „ raf,naiini , i , : a tr i :ti a t . ah . ath.a. , to c e ucate thesecaileten when thee would. 1 injurious to then, lied directed a nhort : , i ,, du r et, , it , w , , , ..a . : , a . 1 9 some reseam wee is Lordship, stating. that he was not the guniaianship of tlitia .. e . ra ° • ~,,re i eio... le ~. aten fern him, ham, bet I was only desirous that his Lordship not o th erwise—rot when . tit . • establishment ithould be hind, for the those contained in the affi da vits, air. " "."''''''m "." In" except ts. ale Month had been done the greatest injury to which one ' ' man could do to another, and this sp.. f the lianas. The general charges lineation was but an Aggravation or it. The settlement made by the ground, as his client stated in his Mr. Fa:gibbon was nit-teamed. lie :lad aatied c.,r.r01. on the aci- with . limitations to the issee. and to revtut to air. litzgie. .. t—That petition can be answered by lien . , in race there we, co issee. The education le a debit:, which both petitions stand for that day in : i t „ se n a : :: s a ri l i leg t e o d s a a l t v e . Moore iniett . ileti for the telltale, wits commented Pbe most beneficial to the parties. It of any children that even just impute- sCuletl em i tter : her runt this cabin eta:cation. lad. a year way r parents. I don't mean to say that an d cont tfiese settlements were made with tla• proviso Ilse are just or unjust ; but unless it that she should mist certainly be reTu t o " re u d '4l fr ' o r m th :7ll l 7. t e e t ' n " e 'l s ' oe i. i f et3 a a In T: h e r a w s h -17 r the interest of the children such a can't say whether the imputations arc i t , i n t l i c s .t t i a ;ti k eir e n.os t r o ceh t irl l ed a p p u ir tiv t ia li o • repudiated d a a nt a he e eo t t ut i e t i l t e ,:i t hi i ey s ec ts hi a ai itiel our t i • i,,e i t p ar e er n iitn t t l t. i si e i att r i g i g ti i l it i m. t e n e h e: e r t o h u e t cl a a t in t i h ed e p o u ih b e li r ci ii ty id a c e . c . lierished as a friend • who should hear been the arm to detend his a private hearing it would be referred honour had betrayed• . . it—he rneduced ea .r.: irs of his wife, and re. This was an insinuation that the AL said, it sa g i t d l;ro ti et It'd her est • I ' the " ' ' rat•— le repudiated the tamale child. oily hoping, for ore he sought a public hearing. humanity sake, that she aeuld lie r an atca trim the cartaminatirg er that what had passed between hi m example oilier parents. ale. . hart was about to proceed, when he Solicitor-General, in private, sho u ld ea% interrupted by what passed in open Court may o bt a in The ',nit D CHA Ft. It NC I . - s ra id — " li . at do you ropes,: • the high rank and respectability of the to do n • itlt the female child?" a" h rainly did say, that if his brained Mr. fIART—M . ) Lord, it l ease le . ter to God, and in the custody , a ate hearing he should move, that it he of those withwhim : she now is. antinence. The Loan CHANCELLOR—In point of law she is your child. Which you have done. and if you don't make a suitaale prevision for her, I trust do the • . ift—When I was at the bar I some- b est I can. Formerly it was . the custom of the Hoare of Lortls. Terence,' with those who sat next me, in divorce - Cases, to declare alintlair the children arc legitimate er • i sun served to moderate them. Let it not ; but latterly they hare in all cases rrit:sial to interfere, upon, the principle that the children, mar no person in their behalf, is • ppetl, and stands for further discussion Ix fore the 11 Wise; soil 110 person who has considered the proceed- ' 1 logs in the case of the Gardner Peeraee, can doubt the pro. IRON v. 3100 RE. priety of the present practice. Ills Lh onatip then intimated that 1 . At. said he rose to move on a petition he was obliged to rise, and would hear the remainder of the argue I ed hie Lordship would order to be mein at thu next sitting. & erree.-__ 5 was a petition, my Lord, which it is VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Moamar, Nov. 7. ird in public. ee.—l am glad my Learned Friend This being the first day of 3i ichaelmas Term, the Court did pet , i cases which require a pnblie hearinji. sit till one o'clock, when his Honour the Vie E-Cnaxt c aeon tot to throw dirt on our adversaries, teeik his seat on the Bench and heard motions, none of which pos. naelves, it is .net our business to Save sessed any public interest. .4 Al ..-....•••111111 ate proceeded. He stated that the COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Illotinat, Nov. 7. lienry Moore and Florence Moore. to prevent those infants being wi t h. Michaelmas 7'c-tel. natural parents, and placed ender the This being the first day of term, the four jud ges , a f ter h av i eg The infants were born unfortunately; breakfasted with the LORD CHANCE LLOII , accor di ng to cuetoni, . illicit connection between Mr. F. came down a little after half-past one, and opened the Court with en she was the wife of Henry Moore, the usual formalities. • hreatened to take them from the cus. LYER v nrDSON. for the purpose of indulging his re. This was a Care tried before the lend Chiefinstice at the eitsieg. ' by the punishment of those unof- for Westminster after Trinity term. it was brought ageieet the mein' that his Lordship should be put defendant as th e acceptor of a bill of exchange, dra wn by a perso• 1 inected with this cane. Henry Moore of the name of alingay, and indorsed by hint to air. Dyer. There n 1814 ; Mr. Fitsgibbon and Mrs. was a verdict for the plaintiff. I intercourse in 1821, and in the same Mr. SCAIII.F.TT now moved the Eontt to set aside the verdict, cn Was horn. Perhaps there was no the grmind that the drawee, es Vas proved at the trial, h a d, pre.. in Mr. Moore's mind ; at all events •iounly to indorsing this bill to the plaintiff, committed a secret act i when a second child was born, and of bankruptcy. and, consequently, th a t thi s bill was not his pro- I. 'a hmise, perty, but belonged to the assignees. R.—Were any of the children born The Court granted a rule msa in her husband's house ? THE lil NU V. THE CORPORATION Or OXFORD. , et In 1824. an action was brought by Mr. TAUNTON moved for a writ of mandamus to the Corpora, Moore. In 1825 an Act payed, dis. Lion of Oxford to elect a new Mayor. The present Mayor had beta I • i the same year. Mr. Fitzgibbon mar. the office since 1823. By the statute of Anne, the slayor could no: 1 uric births the infants had always been continue more than one year, and at the end of that year the ter- ' • gal as the children of the lion. Mr. Pnration were to reelect. wife, until :Bay, 11113, when their Rule granted. . , 1 custody of the children, and obtained Habeas CORPUS. m the (:ours of King's Bench. This Mr. ADOLPHUS moved the Court to grant a writ of bateau i lough he admitted that he was not the corpus to bring up the body of a child. He did not wish a' present • actually declared his intention to bring to mention the names of the p ar ti es . Th e matter, h e sa i d, had ducated and destitute. Such was the been already before the Lord Chief Justice at chambers during the • yed that the natural parents should be vacation. The circumstances were thew. The learned gentle- Infante. In support of the allegations man was proceeding to detail them when e affidavit of the Rev. lord Brandon, The Common SERGEANT rose, to say that he had been i:. man. this Lordship deposed, that on hopes this mattet would not have been brought before the Court at td a conversation with his relation Mr. Present. The child, at the present moment, had the measles, are: sore Fort, in the county of Tipperary was not in a condition to be rewind. Besides, an applicatie. 1 tints Henry and Florence, and Mrs. bad been made for the purpose of m a ki ng t h e c hild a war d ut i on. Mr. Moore said that he believed chancery. ad, and that he intended to cut him off Mr. Seett LETT—Mr. Adolphus anti 1 hose had instructions a: was sure the female child was not press this application. The ether party are only anxious for delay - o claim the child, and afterwards re- The motion iu the Court of Chancery only makes the matter dared that he would do tine to annoy worse. ~ and that he would leave nothing on. Mr. AnotisHus went on to say, that the father of this child was nee against them. lord Brandon. in i . a married gentleman, who had at great expense and inconvenien ce n his judgment the life of the said in- come over taum Ireland on this busineen His wife, about seven. safe if given up to the custody cf Mr. tern months after its birth, eloped with a gentleman and took It heard how Mr. Hoare intended to deal with her. A divorce was afterwards obtained against her. This . s another affidavit, that of Mr. Peter child was the youngest of five. Considerable difficulty had beet, experienced in lintliug where the lady and her par a m our h a d ta k e: , red how he meant to conduct himself • t said she should never enter his doors; up their abode; but this at length being ascertained, the father ~ • cabin to nurse, and when she became applied to the Lord Chief Justice at chambers du r in g th e last ram. 1001. to the first farmer that asked for tinn, and obtained a writ of hirbear corpus, returnable hasheesh t . this case, and he (the taolicitor-Gene. They, the lady and her patamouz, returned tbat the child was .1 711111 he titian l ;r UM "ttrell7ll°Cal t w h a e s tra set ,, a a . n i d de t . h a a r tlhey o ly ug t ht t i o ,o h r i c t i ve . the i lual as 3dy oli nf it. This recur. ~.... . . iiii. 'r could blebeoasht StereVihelnbole Court 4 1 1 1!m ents, the chila. intent i: be in dle cosiody ors third person, the father to name three- P ; - , a Sought the in Mt an oti= Persons for this purpose , and the mother t o choose one of them mions were such, that the ease became The father ass now anxious to base the child himself, and for thati dly claimed the interference of the furrow the present application was made. s Mr. Sea' Lim 14who seemed to {feet some diEeuliy as tO the t support of which, he wculd not take ants. Ile claimed the enstoly of the mode of applying to the Court, said, as The question is, abet mo- of exec! sing his duties as • parent for than we Ads Mate ?" • dren, but for the indulgence of his re. Ale. Justice BAYLEY thought that a writ of habeas corps* thonla tnts ; aid though some degree of re. be yorustES, returnable to-morrow. ist in his mind agsiest the parent!, it Mr. ,A no trims—There raisbt be adiffirelty in that. my Lon!. re, and prevent its visitation upon the se the child Is not in a state of Mirth to be produced at this mu- Meat. ml Friend seemed a T ti f i li s 4 the prinei. Alta show farther conversation; ft Wall agreed that the writ t limitary to quote . In ann. forbear corpse should issue, esbarnehlems.morrow• ignorant of the &menet of such TIE VIM 4. 1, . tiVGWE W. rued Friend would ishfe the mows of Mr. CAUPSZLI. moved fora triminal information, in the nme e• . • of a usia Of (SO werriturst. NOM Fingers Hughts, Mayor of S.st- about to rise, when the Loan Crux. turd, and some other meatball of the Corporation, for usarpoUti!, . dui person makes a peereiaiatt roe WO the ground ten, stmerdirtt to the tonna( their charter, tatee mimed to proem the rights was ts o f the not a ' , efficient numb ., o f aklerallea and capital burgesses pre.. rhere was that ease when dlr. timepp awl at their deeds's. ioney to a young lady, who aftteward# The COtInT granted a rule nit'. , st family. There was Mao a case un- TUE WINO o. Tut . Mairon ANSI nesornirs or Teruo,: T Mr. BROtioitam n.oved for a Writ of mandamas to the may ~r it.—ThOse titles are% point my herd; and burgesses of Tregony, to command them to elect a mayor .. re forgot to bring hack their legal' rt. Richard frennyman . the present mayor, has held the adios o f i ig the long vacaticut. . mayor since the 23d of September, Ilki3. On the day of electic:. ft—Where a provision is made few dee in the follow ing year the meeting aseambled for the purpose were nay be beneficial to prevent the father discharged before charting a suxellne to 31r. Trennyrnan, who km store delis over for default of another being elected. The of Trrgony was incorporated be JINN* f., and the powers o b" reee i, but we should be glad to hear what children in this cam 1 undeestand charter are. that the mayor shall tilt the office one rig and Mats elect another. Mr. Drougheni said the 'he had aSitbi l t l it e 1 , d with a contaminative qualification. , R—This ia Moder ground for the in. luny.r was the returning slicer. ' ) The COURT granted the sahl OA of CORM • ed the sollettor.Geoessa in support a Mr. Bac) VellAX then said he bad • Mailer writ to apply fur to . . abt that the Court would feel Itself r t coo the contention is dead a avail') largess, coMIT ellessib be hailladnr. viten father maltreated the WIC hie Luton- ' was not prevention better than am ? M r . BuovonAM Said 6 .1 sadeassed It 1 the )mediCe foe get en were in the yeV their wound writ to hen as et eoreas." • a 1824 that Mr. alowedewed hie The bosh Cm tEr JUSTlCE—Criskabtelly it Weida be ait . . . . 1 , to i - . _ - -, --• . . riTzGin: The SOLICITOSI-GENERA, which from its nature he hoped heard in_private. Mr. lIAIIT.—There never .4 more necessary should be heard Mr. SOLICITOR-GENERAL.— finds out that there are some cases Mr. Han T.—We don't want to but it' they throw dirt on themsels them from it. The Soucy' . on-GENinAr petition was in the names of II infants; and its prayer was to drawn front the care of their nit custody of their legal parents. 7 they were the produce of an ii gibbon and Mrs. Moore, when 4 their legal parent, who now threat tody of their natural parents, for t sentment against the parents by fending children. I t was materia in possession of the data connect married Miss Fitzgibbon in ' Moore fell into an adulterous 1 year the infant Henry Moore suspicion of this connection it nothing was done until 1824, Mrs. Moore lett her husband'. The LORD CHANCELLOR. whilst Atm. Moore remained ii Mr. HART—AII, my Lord. the husband, Matins Crosby hi solving the marriage ; and in tt vied Mrs. hloorc. From their brought up and acknowledged Fitzgibbon, and Diana his wi natural father applied for the ct> a writ of habeas corpus from th. hlr. hloore had done, although infants' natural parent, and actui them up in obscurity, unedur petition, in which it was praye appointed guardians to the It of the petition, there was the a. a Nobleman and a Clergyman. the 21st December last, he had a I Moore, at his place of Moore (Ireland), relating to the infant Moore, now Mrs. Fitzgibbon. Henry Moore was not his child. with a shilling. lie said he • his ; his intention was first to ch.. pudiate it. lie further declared Mr. Fitzgibbon and his wife, and done to gratify his vengeance a conclusion, deposed, that in hir font Henry would not be safe Moore. His Lordship had heard with the boy ; but there was an Low, of Dublin, which proved towards the female child. He ash that he would put her to a obit marriageable, give her, with 1011 her. Such were the facts of Olt nal) contended, that the prayer on any just grounds; because, as well as the legal parent of right over them, when his I were exactly the reverse ? fit, of his childree. His intendona a PP tiori one which specially Court, upon a principle, in i up time in quoting precedent infants, not for t he purpose of toe advantage of those childr sentmeot against their parent sentment may naturally exist was for the Court to interfere. helpless children. • - Mr. HA sa RT id his Learned pal so dear, that it was unneeesa passion to him who was ignor authorities. perhaps his Learn naming a few. The Solicitor-General was about crt.t.oa said—Whcre a third tv children, the Court has interfered children from the parents. Then • Selwyn left a large sum of money married in a very distinguished f der 3lrs. Powell's will. 'the SOLICITOR-OCNERAI but my Learned Friends have miniscenses, which fled during The LORD CHANCELLOR— chiId of a legal parent, it may from injuring his child. M:. HART—Yes, my Lord, provision lute been made for c none but what has been joined The LORD CHANCE LLOR— terponition of a (Inure. 31r. ABEICROMBY followed the petition. lie had no doubt bound to interfere if the legal fath don was to injure diem, and was From 1823 to 1825 the children parent, and it was not until