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~,- ~ S DAY. 33 Truaso.l ° 1 0 3 5 3 5 raw I es as last tl° fl tn' 2 le 3 0 y... : 3 acv 1 and Stil t o ly gooti, MT 0 wander° 9 ' . harang e A third j ffe" o has 0 high No allneS at ruin all iunclatlo l 11(1 never our. le oirs -:- • urtier, ° r , vliole 114. i it, and )7, wlie ,ects it 1 ' )robablY irite D° and awe' t the Co ,her, an° t j once ars and pt Df cowl waylaid to tito rather, if only ro d rilanif hi t tating at the r oo _firi)lll 13 3r° ally, to o ensive 05 . 0, twelve Ye T:ppsf :d c th e bate 01 ve ek, riFe o ° l l, re nosy' have be fi e o ll :h repre' c isi ler 310 10 is !leen WI )r, iS e , a nd CIO 10, period i ‘ ,, ' work 0 f 6 °ll CXenll3 oie Inked 01? Recrt!l t 0 1 ; igdom et Preach SOC I E‘: --Ye 6t4 t i f i e held at The R e Seere r e me luded en and Li ry e from k ; Pc 3rce . our Morse, felt an %W h i c h nner by thege, o i, about P, eft blot iA lillSter tfo opened , 11 and ne fe 6 _,, r.. ) • some C,.rea, lor of 1 " e priag the he gat. iv Vent h'g e . ' igtoo ro t he h t Ron t he arY l° 0 o t IV . h it ho I.°'gt nris" V3' the ndered the no gel irl i g too, wi," 1 gen ani an ,fi n etl, a river,-"" l a tely ,fi ca tion ue 4 does , be apac ee s. He 0 )ur LAW INTELLIGENCE.---(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. This being the first Seal after Michaelmas Term the Court sat in Lincoln's Inn Hall. HOUSTON V. EETTON• His LORDSHIP, in giving judgment in this case, stated that he had been called upon to give a con struetiom to a will, consisting of unfinished sentences, a nd words put together without regard to grammar, In such a mariner as to render it almost impossible / 0 put upon it any reasonable construction. The Principal question raised at the bar was, whether the nieces of the testator were to be considered as ta king a life estate only in the property of the tes ator. The testator had undoubtedly, in the first nstance, given them an estate for life ; but it was contended that, iu order to fulfil the i-tten , t i,cin of th e testator , th e es t a t e f or lif e must b e a ltered into an estate in tail. The parties had 4et ed upon that impression, and had suffered a re !?very of part of the property. His Lordship gent thro ugh be en relied different parts of the will which h a d en relied upon in argument at the bar, a nd a f ter the best consideration he could give, he thought 11 4 on many of the points it was not n e cess ar y he It ntiti HOW express any opinion ; the Court, how tter, felt no doubt that it was the intention of the testator to give his nieces only a life-interest, and A decreed accordingly. COOK V. COLLINRIDGE. HiB LORD S H IP w i s h e d t o men ti on thi s case , w hi c h h adi been f requen tly b e f ore t h e C our t. M r . C oo k tod wri t t en to hi m tw i ce comp l a i n i ng o f some great ifra ud connected with the transactions in the case. 'le had desired Mr. Cook to be informed, that if he had any applicatioh to make, he should most will 0411Y attend to it when m a d e p ro p er ly i n o p en 'ourt. Mr. SUGDEN was Counsel for one of the defend and he was of opinion, that the best mode of t reatin g such letters would be to consign them to fire. , I ,Mc- TRESLOV E re q ue s ted that Counsel might b e towed to see the letters. Mr. HORNE was not aware of any fraud having "'en committed. Ilis LORDSHIP would read the letters once again, En d I I ' afterwards communicate with Mr. Cook's Coon that some arrangement might be made as to Ithat should in future be done. When private corn ' an inications were thus made, it was necessary for ail 11 416 to be made acquainted with them publicly. IN RR CLEMENTS, AN ALLEGED LUNATIC. 1 1 Mr. SEAMEN'S clients were extrem e ly anx i ous t o 'lye this matter discussed as early as possible. His LORDSHIP desired to know if the matter was Ow in any particulars different to what it was wh en for e his predecessor. SUDDEN considered it to be materially so. nig LORDSHIP would appoint an early day. 131.4xx310RE O. GLA3IORGANSIIIRE CANAL COMPANT• The Court resumed the hearing of the motions this case. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. ThiS was the first seal after Michaelmas Term. INJUNCTION.—SMITII ANGLI,sa. Sr Air• .KNIGHT (with whom was Alt. GIRDLE th Junior,) moved for an injunction to restrain e def e nd ant from prosecuting an action at law, ii°,tritnenced by her against the plaintiff. A similar Pnetion had previously been granted, but upon de comi ng i n o f t h e d e f en d ant ' s answer t h e C ourt !golved it. Th e p l a i nt iff h a d s i nce amen d e d hi s I by the introduction of several important matters I in th e p a p ers an d d ocumen t s in th e sc h e d u l e C ' the defendant's f ormer answ er, as well as other ' , titter s , which were verified on oath. Mr. WAKEFIELD resisted the application, on the ;found that the amendm en t s to t h e p l a i nt iff' s bill a not been verified in the m anner p rescr ib e d by e Court in such cases. Instead of distinctly swear !;l.lt that each of the matters contained in the amend :4Na were true, the plaintiff had, in the first in 'ltltsace, stated on oath, that such amendthents h a d o . n introduced, a nd th en a dd e d an a ffid av i t t h at, i n hi s "Niel, all thes e a ll egat i ons were true. The teamed d!slitlemen said that this departure from the common ttien • ,ce was not accidental, but the plaintiff. had t he so i n order to prevent the passibility of a pro •ltution for perjury. It would be impossible, the I ,:arned Counsel contended, to assign perjury upon affidavit of so loose and indistinct a character, 4, Yet the object of the Court, when it directed t tt particular matters should be verified by affidavit, p .4 g to r en d er the party liable to a prosecution for e 'iury in case he should attempt to impose on the Stu% t, The VICE•CHANCELLOR after referring to the ,14 Its of the case, which were of no general interest, 101 that the affidavit, verifying the amendments, 1 1) i Peated to him to be sufficiently distinct. His °hour did not see what difference there could t igt b e t ween swear i ng to t h e trut h o f severa l f acts l, ,e2i together, and th e ver if y i ng t h em one b y one . The Injunction was granted. RIGHTS OF SOLICITORS. t 414 1. KNIGHT said, that the plaintiff in a certai n 1, 43 e had thought proper to discharge her solicitor, ot the discharge was not to be understood in that tense which • plied payment, this she had neglected ,? do, and the present application was, that the soli 'l°r, notwithstanding such discharge, might be at arty to prosecute certain proceedings under a de- I tl ee the cause, and more particularly as far as such tiro ceedings had reference to the taxation of his own It appears to me (said Mr. Knight), that ri t ' 4 is perfectly reasonable, and it will remain for rt• Girdlestone, who now occupies the place which ts ,nce did, that of Counsel for th e pl a i nt iff, to shew ghat objection there can be to it. ' th Girdlestone's opposition amou n t e d to this, et the plaintiff was entitled to discharge her soli. tt3l. , and that the solicitor had no r i g ht t o retar d t h e tt3 ceedings in the cause. The VICE CHANCELLOR said that the solicitor, the present instance, instead of retarding th e pro kedinga, wished to prosecute them to a certain de re, in order that he may the more safely get his costs, for which he had clearly a lien in the ' u se , --The application was granted. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. WILLSON V. JONES. ithis was an action to recover the sum of 3s. I Id., for work done by the plaintiff, a p l umber, for the defendant, a butcher. The plaintiff treed to line a cistern with lead, for the sum of A I. 10 s. A carpenter, named Evans, having agreed l i ) v ßiake the wooden case of the cistern f or 3/. 10 s ., illson agreed to take out a part of the sum in ! L getlt. The cistern was completed, and the re !inder of the sum charged was for work not in 94ed in the estimate. TIIESSIGER, for the defendant, contended ' 0 , 4 4t n o contract was ma d e w i t h Will son , b ut t h a t i r 'e contract was made with Evans to do the whole 1 1 4 1'24, and that he had employed Willson, who I N chosen to apply to the defendant Jones for pay ttl;tit, because Evans was indebted to Jones, and illson was not so likely to get his money through C,. 4 t source. A set off of 10/. 17s. 2id. was claimed th e defendant. L ille question was distinctly as to with whom the 411traat. was made, and the 16s decided decided in f avo ur the plaintiff—Damages 41. 16s. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. MATHEWS. :This was an information filed against the defend t by his Majesty's Attorney-General, for the re hkery of certain penalties incurred by reason of his 111 1 'ing violated certain of the excise regulations `or making of malt. The S OLI CIT O R-GENE RAL , i n s t a ti n g the case, r a id that it was rather a singular f e ature in it that e defendant had been at one time an inspector of ^` )se, and that in discharge of his duty he had to Pect the very malt-houses of which he subsc tr4Nitly.became proprietor, and in which the alleged a 44 l a were committed by him. The mai t-heuses Were rlate atWestern Hendred:and Horwell, i n Berkshire. 4 :'e license for 'malting was taken out by a man 'lbed Petit, who had since absconded, but the Jury, upon hearing the evidence, would have no doubt on their minds that. the defendant Mathews had a share in the concern. The Learned Solicitor could not refrain from observing, that a retired Excise-officer, and particularly one holding the high rank which the defendant did, was the most dangerous description of persons to entrust with the making of malt. He knew the habits of the Excise officers, their times of visiting malt houses, their means of detecting frauds, and was therefore eminently calculated to defeat their vigi lance. Indeed, in the present instance he had still further advantages, for he had been the inspector of the very malt-houses in which he afterwards carried on the frauds. It would appear that the defendant, after the detection took place, begged the Excise officer by whom it was made not to press too heavily on him. " Don't make," said he, " more than three or four hundred pounds, or that (pointing to Read ing gaol) must be our portion." Several witnesses were called, for the purpose of proving that the defendant was a proprietor of the Malt-houses, after which— Mr. JERVIS, sen., addressed the Jury for the de fendant, and contended that the evidence was insuf ficient to connect his client with the transactions which gave rise to the information. Ile admitted the frauds, but denied his client's participation in the most remote degree in them. The LORD CHIEF BARON summed up, and with reference to the demeanor of parties when detected in crime, said, that it was not always safe to rely too much upon the conduct of men in such cases. A great modern poet (Byron), in alluding to the cool ness of his hero upon a particular occasion, doubts whether it be " - the calmness of the good, Or vice grown bold by desperate hardihood." The Jury returned a verdict for the Crown. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS--(THIS DAY.) These Sessions commenced this morning before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Recorder, several Aldermen, and City Officers; and being the first Sessions during the present Mayoralty, his Lord ship came to the Old Bailey accompanied by Mr. Sheriff Booth in full state. The presiding Judges are Mr. Baron Hullock and Mr. Justice Littledale. Robert Dudes, aged 33, was charged with stealing a horse, the property of Mr. Jenkin Jones; there are three other indictments against him, for similar offences, and one for stealing a bull and three heifers, but as the robberies were committed in the county• of Essex, Mr. Baron Hullock ordered him to be im mediately removed by Habeas Corpus to Chelmsford gaol, to take his trial at the ensuing Assizes. Armstrong 117'Causland, aged 19, was capitally indic'ed for stealing in the dwelling-house of Richard Goff, Esq., of Lincoln's-inn-fields, a portmanteau and other articles, his property. lie was furthr in dicted for stealing in the dwelling-house of John Lawrence two coats, and other property to a consi derable amount. The prosecutor is a barrister, and the prisoner lived with him as a livery servant. On Sunday, the 9th November, the prisoner packed up the ar ticles named in the indictment, and on the same evening offered them for sale to a Mr. David Da vies, of Field-lane. Mr. D. thinking it an unusual circumstance that the goods should be brought to him on a Sunday sight, questioned the prisoner as to how he obtained them, when lie said they were his own property, which he wasted to sell, as his master vas going out of London early in the morn ing, and he expected he should be obliged to go with him. Mr. Davis, however, was not satisfied with this explanation, and refused to purchase the articles; but as soon as the prisoner had left the house gave informatio❑ at Hatton-garden Police office, and the following morning lie was taken into custody. _ _ The facts of the case were clearly established, but the prosecutor said he could not swear that the property was of the value of W. Mr. Baron HuLLocK, in summing up, told the jury, the capital part of the charge could not be sus tained, as-the prosecutor had put a less value on the property than The Jury, dter a short consultation, returned a verdict of Guilty, but not ►n a dwelling-house. The prosecutor strongly recommended the pri soner to mercy, he had always been considered very holiest, and he believed had fallen into bad company, by whom he was induced to commit the offence. John Baision Walker, aged 41, surgeon, \I'M in dicted for stabbing Mary Ann Pace, with intent to murder, or do her some bodily harm. Mary Ann Pace examined-1 live with my father in Trafalgar-square, Stepney; the prisoner has lodged in our house nearly six years, and lives upon the half pay he receives as a surgeon in the army. On the 24th October, I was taking some carpets up stairs, when the prisoner followed me into the room with a drawn sword, and, without speaking a word, stabbed me; he stabbed me four or five times; I held the carpet up in my defence, and the point of the sword passed through it into my side; it also entered my stomach, and each of my knees were cut ; the blood flowed from all the wounds ; I called out murder, and my uncle carne to my assistance; but before he ar rived the prisoner had left the room ; and I locked the door, fearful that he might return; finding my uncle did not immediately come, I screamed out of the window for assistance (the witness here described the extent of the wounds, which she said were about half an inch deep, and that she was confined to her room for mere than a week, during which time she was attended by a surgeon.) This attack took place about two o'clock in the day. I had not had any conversation with the prisoner during the early part of the morning; but I heard him talking to the chairs and tables ; he culled one John, and another William, and appeared angry that they did not answer him. He used to talk rationally to his acquaintance, although at times he would not open his mouth for a week together. Mr. George Pace, the father of the last witness, gave a similar account of the transaction. W. Barkley took the prisoner into custody on the day in question ; he found him locked in his room; but when witness told him that he must go with him, he became very sullen, but offered no resist ance. The prisoner on being called upon for his defence, said he had not the least recollection of the trans action. Mr. PHILLIPS examined the aunt of the pri soner, who said that his mind had been in a disor dered state for several years, and that in 1815 he cut his throat, which was very near proving fatal, he was afterwards confined for a length of time in a Lunatic Asylum. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE summed up, and told the Jury, that if they were of opinion that the pri soner committed the offence whilst labouring under insanity, they would return a verdict to that effect. The Jury immediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty, on the ground of insanity. The effect of this verdict will he the imprisonment of the prisoner dur ing his Majesty's pleasure. EXTENSIVE BURGLARY. Robcrl Sherston, aged 24, was indicted for enter ing the dwelling-house of Elizabeth Ann Palmer, and stealing therefrom several articles of plate and other property to a very great amount, and Elizabeth Gray, 44, Sophia Marshall, 19, and Thomas Cross ley, aged 73, fer receiving the same, well knowing them to have been stolen. On the prisoner .'Sherston being asked in the usual manner whether he was guilty or not guilty, he said, " I am guilty, my Lord." Mr. Sedeant ARABIN strongly advised the prisoner to withdraw his plea of Guilty, the charge was one of that serious nature, that it could not possibly be of any avail in preventing the extreme sentence of the law being p asse d upon him, and in justice to the other prisoners, who were charged as receivers, he ought to take his trial. The prisoner, after a little hesitation withdrew his plea and pleaded " Not Guilty." The prisoners were shortly aftenvard3 put upon their trial. Mr. BODKIN was stating the case for the prose cution at the time our Reporter !eft. NEW COURT. (Before the Commos SERGEANT.) George Tomlinson was indicted for stealing a copper, the property of Mr. Harvey, of Southamp ton-street, Bloomsbui y. It appeared that the copper was left in the house in question by Mr. Harvey, when he went into the country, and taken from thence. It was found in the possession of the prisoner, who said he was em ployed to carry it for a person whom he did not know. Verdict—Not Guilty. George Williams was indicted for stealing a boot, the property of Ralph Wilcoxson, on the 4th of November. The prosecutor deposed, that he saw the boot on the 3d, and missed it on the sth. The officer deposed to finding the boot on the person of the prisoner, who was brought to the watch-house on the 4th of November iip.m another charge. The prisoner said that he was intoxicated, and knew nothing of what happened on the day in question. The COMMON SERGEANT said, that it was sometimes stated that when property was found in the possession of any person immediately after it was stolen, the law presumed that it had been stolen by him unless he could give a proper account of the manlier in which he came by it. He did not know that the law presumed anything of the sort, because such a presumption was the especial province of the jury. —Verdict, Guilty. Wm. Godfrey was indicted for stealing nice sets of collar-buckles, the property of Messrs. De la Fon taigne and Higgins, on the 16th of October. It appeared from the evidence that the things were stolen from the premises, and some of the buckles were found at the lodgings of the prisoner, who had been an apprentice to the prosecutor. A key was also found on the person of the prisoner, which opened the street-door of the prosecutor, whose ser vant had twice seen him trying to open the door, and he went away on being seen. The prisoner said be bought the buckles produced for hrlf-a crown, and that it was impossible to swear to them after they were plated, so many were made like them.—Verdict, Guilty. I Before Mr. Sergeant Aaanix.) William Davis was indicted for stealing a pair of boots, the property of Aaron Teagle. It appeared that Davis, in company with another boy, went into the shop of the prosecutor, in Warder -street, Soho, and looked at some boots, after which they asked the boy in cure of the shop to make a wax-end for them. The prisoner went into the back shop with the boy, and while they were there his companion stole the boots out of the front shop and went off. Before his companion went off, however, the prisoner said to him " Go to my bro ther Tom, and tell him not to go out until 1 come." It was proved that the prisoner had no brother. Some witnesses were called for the prisoner, who gave him a character, and said that he has no mother, and has been deserted by his father. Verdict— Guilty, but recommended to mercy. The prosecutor, when called for the purpose of identifying the boots, was cross-examined by Mi. C. Phillips. Mr. ThumArs—Your name is Aaron Teagle ? Witness—lt is. Mr. PittLurs—You are, I believe, an Israelite ? Witness—l don't know what countryman I am. Mr. Pint.uPs—Oh ! you know what creed you belong to ? Witness—Very likely—can't say. Mr. Putnws—Aye; but it is necessary you should say, for it may appear that you have no right to give evidence. Perhaps you have no creed? Witness—l think I have. Mr. PHILLIPS—You think you have. And is that all ? And have you no belief in a future state ? Witness—Yes, I believe in a future state, but I am not a Jew. Mr. PHILLIPS—I don't care about that :it is your own look out. But your name is Aaron, and it was not u very unreasonable thing to suppose that you were a Jcw. The supposition that he was a Jew seemed to be the spur which put Mr. Teagle on his mettle, and he withdrew from the box, apparently not half pleased that his godfather had not chosen for him a name somewhat less rabbinical than that of Aaron. FUNERAL OF CAPT. CANNING, Yesterday morning, at 11 o'clock, the remains of the Rt. Hon. Capt. Canning, R.N. eldest son,of the late Premier, which had been brought to England from Madeira, where he, unfortunately, lost his life in the manner which we have before stated, were conveyed from Harcourt-house in a hearse drawn by four horses, followed by four mourning coaches with four horses each, to Westminster Abbey,— The cm pse was received at the western entrance to the cloisters by the Very Rev. the Dean of Westminster (Dr. Ireland), who commenced the burial-service while the coffin was carried to, and lowered down into the grave prepared for the deceased, at the partition gate, which intersects the southern cloister, at the south-east corner. Among the mourners we noticed some officers of the navy, the de ceased's brother first following as chief mourner. Owing to the earliness of the interment hour, the usual hour being 1:2 "o'clock, there were very few strangers present. We understand that a requisition is now in course of signature in this town, and has been signed by a great number of very respectable firms, for a public meet ing, to consider the propriety of taking some immediate measures to prevent the issue or circulation of local notes, of any amount or description, in the town. —Manchester Guardian. LADY DUNGANNoN.—Died, at Brynkinalt, in North Wales, on the 22d of November, the Viscountess Dungannon, the highly respected and amiable consort of Lord Viscount Dungannon. Her Ladyship was the daughter of Lord Southampton, of the noble family of Fitzroy, and was niece of his Grace the late Duke of Grafton. Her Ladyship's indisposition had been of long continuance, but the immediate cause of its much-lamented termination was a spasm of the heart, which suddenly occasioned her death, to the great grief of her family and friends. We regret to mention that Lady Affleck, the mother of Lady Holland, ”. - hile taking an airing yester day, about two oThck in the afternoon, on the Marine Parade, In an open fly-vehicle, attended by one servant, the horse, from some cause or other, suddenly became res tive and overturned the carriage, from which her Lady ship was thrown with considerable violence; but we have much pleasure in adding, that though contused, without sustaining essential injury. The inquiries of the Nobility at 31, Steyne (Mr. Isted's), to learn the state of her Lsdyship, were very numerous yesterday.—Brighton Guardian. On Monday morning last, died at Parkers well-house, near Exeter, in the hSth year of her age, Mrs. Gifford, mother of the late Lord Gifford, Master of the Rolls, whose excellent character, as a most affectionate pa rent and sincere friend, will render her memory revered and her loss deeply regretted' by her family and all who had the pleasure of her acquaintance. EARL WILTON.-While his Lordship was engaged in the chase with his usual ardour, on Thursday last, he met with an accident which might hare termi nated fatally. In riding a strange horse (the huntsman's) at a post-and-rail fence, the animal once refused the leap, but took it the second time, and, in an ineffectual attempt to' clear it, threw a complete summerset andi fell, withthe rider undermost, by which one or two of his Lordship's ribs were broken. His Lordship soon recovered himself, and was not, at first, aware of the extent of his injury. His Lordship is now at Eaton Hall, and is attended by Mr. George Harrison, of this city, the medical attendant of the family.—Chester Courant. The crew of the Gull Stream Floating Light report that a brig sailing from Sunderland ran on the Good win Sand about ten o'clock on Thursday morning, during a heavy squall from S. S.W. and soon after disappeared : it is supposed the crew are drowned. A letter from Rams gate, dated half-past nine at night, says :—" Three boats are returned with from forty to fifty pieces and half pieces of Cognac brandy. The vessel has parted and the wreck is floating to sea."—Boston Gazette. When the Diamond, Hamilton, was en her passage from Quebec, a full grown rook came on b o ard and lit upon the jib-boom end. It was so remarkably tame that it was taken off by one of the seamen with his hand, and preserved alive, and brought to Whitehaven. The vessel, by calculation, was at the time about eleven hundred miles from any land.— Carlisle Patriot. WESTMINSTER SCHOOL. Last night there was the first performance of the play, which usually takes place here previ ously to the Christmas holidays. The represen tation of any play, by the scholars, was last year omitted (late as it was to pay the compliment) in consequence of the death of the Duke of York ; and such omission had the effect of in creasing the curiosity and interest to behold the present performance. Though the representa tion did not commence till se en o'clock, by six o'clock the doors of the " Dormitory," in which the i play performed, were crow d e d b y yout h s d is to different schools, and those who had been educated at Westminster, and by the friends of such parties. Aided by the ac tive exertions of Cooper, from Queen-square, and the " gownsmen” at the inner bar riers, as much order was preserved as could well be expected under such circum stances; and still more order would h ave b een preserved, and satisfaction given, if the said youths, or " gownsmen” had made a more re strained use of the ash sticks, with which all of them had provided themselves, on the hats of those who, in their earnestness to gain that admission to which tickets entitled them, anxi ously crowded to pass the barriers. The young I gentlemen went to no excesses in these dis plays of their authority ; but shaken as the sticks occasionally were over the heads of their seniors, and on such an occasion, the exhibition seemed somewhat contra bonos mores, and a custom that would now be " more honoured in the breach than in the observance." The school customs may be useful; but there is no neces sity for them to be extended to these public ex hibitions. Much improvement has taken place in the arrangement of the stage at the further end of the dormitory, particularly in the display of two handsome bronze lamps in front, and one exceed ingly tasteful gilt branch, and richly burnished chandelier over the centre. Heretofore, they had two or three miserably assorted musical in strument's ; now (and this is an agreeable as well as a novel innovation on Monastic prece dents) there was collected an admirably assorted Orchestra, which played before the Comedy, and between the Acts ; and at the conclusion, amidst loud applause, skilfully performed the National Anthem of " God save the King." The Play, of course, was Latin—the Adelphi of Terence. The following were the Dramatis Persona,. Micio .Mr. Wal outll • Demea Mr. Ileatheote Sannio Mr. Day E-chinus slr. Biscoe Syrus Mr. Sutherland Ctesiplio Mr. Sail Sostrata . Mr. Cothcr Cnnthari Mr. Stragways a!ta. Ilegio Mr. Hue Dromo Mr. Gresley The performers, on this occasion, it may be unnecessary to remark, were all selected from amongst the Scholars on the Establishment. Amongst the auditors in the pit appeared the Head Master ; on the right of the stage, the Rev. Mr. Williamson, the Under Masters, &c. The performers (scholars) acquitted themselves with amazing ability, accuracy, and precision, delivering the Latin text not only with great cor rectness, propriety, and emphasis, but also with an energy and feeling that could hardly have been expected from their ages. They also dressed and looked the characters with a natural solem nity and earmestness that astonished, when the years of the youthful actors were remembered. Where there was so much excellence and accuracy, it might appear invidious to particularise the performances of individuals. lArithout, how ever, forgetting the merits of any, it would be un just not specially to notice the judicious and em phatic representations of Mr. Woodfldl, as Micio, and Mr. Heathcote, as Denten (the brothers, " Adelphi"), and Mr. Biscoe's personation of the son, ..eEschinus, whose strange love occa sioned so much commotion. The servant Syrtis, an arch knave, occasionally reeling, and then sober, cheating and moral, however, at tracted very peculiar attention, and marked and deserved applause.—Morning Paper. YEOVIL.—The manufacture of this twill is that of gloves, of which it is calculated that upwards of 6,000 dozens are weekly made in this town, and in the immediate neighbourhood. The materials of these gloves are imported from Leghorn, Ancona, Naples, &c., gene rally in the raw state, so that, under the direction of the manufacturers, they undergo the several operations of dressing, paring, colouring; and cutting, previous to their being passed into the hands of the sewers. Lamb skins, both foreign and English, are also used in great abundance, and are prepared by a similar process. There are about :3,000 men and boys employed in thus preparing the skins for the sewers, of whom about 6,000 females are also engaged ; most of them sew them with a machine (con structed upon a very ingenious principle, and invented by a manufacturer in a neighbouring village), which not only adds to the neatness, but greatly facilitates the work.— The workmen, when in full employment, can earn from Os. to SOs. per week, and the ifemales from about 4s. to 12s. Yeovil has been gradually rising into repute for many years past, and the manufacture of gloves has greatly improved. Although, in consequence of the introduction of French articles into this country, the trade of the town is now suffering a little stagnation, yet, from the disposi tion manifested by the manufacturers, hope is held out that they will shortly make those discoveries in the process of the manufacture which will enable them to compete, in a great measure, with the French manufacturer ; at pre sent the latter have many advantages over their English brethren.— World. THE WIFE OF TWO HUSBANDS.—The following curious anecdote is given in the Quotidienne that arrived on Tuesday :—Some years ago an inhabitant of Madrid, who had been reduced by mistOrtune to a state of indigence, thought fit to leave his country for America, in the hope of mending his fortune. He left a wife at Ma drid, to whom he afterwards transmitted several sums of money, by means of a mutual friend, to whose charge she was left. By and by the remittances ceased, and the wife received an official notice of her husband's death. The husband, in the mean time, received an official notice of the death of his wife, and in his grief for her loss, entered a convent. Years rolled away—the rebellion in America broke out—the monks were banished—and the afflicted husband was compelled to return to Spain. On his .re turn to Madrid w h a t W i tS his surprise to meet with IT wife! She was again married. It appeared that his friend had embezzled some of the remittances, and, to avoid explanation, had contrived to persuade each party of the other's decease. His death, which had subsequently taken place, rendered the elucidation of this strange affair no small difficulty. An investigation will take place to ascertain whether one or other of the parties has not acted wittingly ; and, in the mean time, the husband has been sent to a convent, an d t h e w if e has retired to a nunn ery . A RECEI PT FOR RE NDERING S HOES PERVIOUS TO WET...--Drying oil, one pint ; y e ll ow wax, two ounces ; turpentine, two ounces ; Burgundy pitch, one ounce. Melt these over a slow fire, and then add a few drachms of essential oil of lavender (or thyme). With these the shoes are to be rubbed with a brush, either in the sun or at some distance from the fire. The applica tion must be repeated as often as the shoes become dry, until they are fully saturated. For water-fowl shooting, where boots are required, the most effectual application will be tar, tallow, and bees' wax, melted (not too warm), and then poured into the boots ; which, after having this shaken into every part of them, should be hung up to let it run out. By this method, and the sacrifice of the first pair of stockings that follows it, a sportsman may walk in the river with more comfort than a Bond-street lounger would cross the Street after a shower. DESTRUCTIVE GALE. (From the Hall Packet of Tuesday.) Yesterday morning, at about five o'clock, this vi• cinity was visited by as furious a gale of wind as we ever recollect to have experienced. It continued, ►with scarcely any cessation till about eight, and we expect to learn that serious disasters have been occa• sioned by it. A ►whole tier of ships broke from their moorings in the Old Dock, and the ►whole of the vessels there are described to us as having rocked as if at sea. From half-past five to six the watchmen say that the effect of the wind was one continual roar, without gust or intermission. We regret to state that the effects of the gale yes terday morning have been of the most disastrous cha meter, as regards the destruction of property ; and that human life has not been sacrificed to the most deplorable extent, in the instances ►we are about to mention, is to be attributed solely to that excellent institution the Life Boat Establishment. By this morning's post we have received a letter from a gen tleman, who writes from Filet', from which ►we hasten to lay the following extracts before our readers : FILM', DEC. I.—From the sudden change in the wind this morning from W.N.W. to E.N.E., it blowing a tremendous gale, the ships upon the coast had not warning nor time to get off the land. day-light, we had several vessels off the bay, with signals of distress flying, one a bark, with her main and mizen masts carried away. It was impossible for any boat to face the sea, although an hour be fore, the crews of the fishing-boats, 25 in number, had contemplated going out to fish. Most provi dential, however, it was that they did not; for, in the opinion of the oldest fisherman, not one could have returned. The life-boat was promptly pre pared and manned, and every possible exertion made; the fishermen and the men on the Proven ti vestation used their most strenuous efforts to aid the Life-boat Establishment, and it affords me the most heartfelt and gratifying pleasure to inform you, that out of twelve ships and one sloop that have come on shore, not one life has been lost. It is impossible todojustice to the willing and efficient services of the fishermen in aid of the life-boat, the inestimable utility of which has been fully appreciated on the present occasion, and cannot fail to secure the patronage and support of a generous and humane public. The funds for its support are at present raised by voluntary and pre carious subscriptions, and are in a very low state. I trust the service it has rendered in landing the crews of I 2 ships, safe upon the shore, will speak powerfully in its favour. The only casualty I know of (and I was an eye-witness to all that passed), was a broken leg of the master of one of the vessels, and a fractured arm of one of the seamen. I had the gratification to see a mother and her infant borne through the tremendous waves, and landed in safety. There were several females saved, and from one vessel some soldiers. There arc five ships on shore at Scarborough. Names of the ships on shore here :--Friends, Cooper, Sunderland; Pomona, Taff, ditto; 6://m -'nary, Thompson, ditto; Caroline, Percy, ditto; Nat/ran/a, Larkc, Yarmouth ; rS'ofrby, Lothian, Whitby; Fame, Grange, ditto ; Mary, Leggett, Chichester; Rachel, Bray, Hastings; Harmony, Nagle, London; and a Scotch sloop. Our correspondent concludes his letter by re questing us to recommend the Filey Life-boat Esta blishment to the attention of the public. The im portant services detailed above speak so loudly in its favour, that any thing we could say upon the sulo jeer would be wholly superfluous. WHITBY, DEC. ,—This morning, about five o'clock, the wind suddenly shifted from S.S.E. to a violent gale at E.N.E. The following vessels have been driven on shore on the sands :—The Berwick, Huswick, from Thorne; and the Paragon, Atkin son, from London ; both belonging to Sunderland ; crew saved by the life-boat. should the sea be moderate, they will be got off. The Johnson, of Sunderland, and the Henry, of Shields, are ashore on Kettleness Paint. Crews saved, but the vessels will be lost. Also a brig on shore belonging to Sunderland, at Runswick, but cannot learnt her name. The Union, Dobson, of Whitby, is on shore near Robin Hood's Bay, and will be a total wreck. Crew saved. One Sunderland brig, and one Shields brig, are also on shore there. Crews saved, but cannot learn names. Loss OF THE SLOOP JANET OF KINCAR DINIL-The following- letter was received in Kincardine on Monday last, announcing the loss of the sloop Janet, of that port, Gibson, master :—" Isles of Orkney, Nov. 16.—T0 Kincardine.—Sir, I am sorry to inform you of the loss of the sloop Janet, under my com mand. We left Sligo on the 4th of this month, and after being nine days at sea, in must tempestuous weather, we were driven on shore a little to the south-west of Rona Island, and in a few minutes after the sloop filled with water ansl upset. Just before the vessel capsized, we loosed the boat and tackle, and floated from the deck, as the sloop was then filling with water. At eight o'clock at night we landed on Roan Island, which we found to be uninhabited, and arrived here next day. The laird of this island, Captain M'Neil, has since accompanied us to the ship with a number of men, who most willingly lent their aid in saving part of the rigging and cargo. I believe the principal part of the sails and rigging is on shore ; and if the sloop does not go to pieces before the next spring tides, we hope to save the chain and anchors. The vessel's stern is covered at low water, and she is lying on her broadside. I believe we have got nearly 400 firkins of butter out, by scuttling her sides ; but according to what Capt. M'Neil says, I have no hopes of getting her off. I am, yours, &e. " ROBERT GIBSON." Glasgow Herald. On Sunday last we had an incessant rain, and in the course of the night the wind blew a perfect hurri cane from the E. and N.E., to the great danger, we fear, of such shipping as might be on the coast. Yesterday the Tyne was much swelled, and presented an alarming ap pearance, but we have not heard of any damage being done by it.— Tyne Mercury. On Wednesday last two women employed at Mr. Ditchfield's factory, Prestolee, near Ringley, were as cending in a basket raised by machinery. On its arrival at the fourth story, where one of them worked, not knowing how to stop the machinery, she jumped out of the basket, with the intention of landing on that story. Her chothes, however, were unfortunately caught by the basket, which held her a short time, but she fell through the holes for conveying the baskets upwards and downwards, and was precipitated to the ground floor, and instantly killed. The other woman remained in the basket and was not in the slightest degree injured. No blame can be at tributed to the proprietor. She has left a husband and family of four children. An inquest has been held upen the body, and a verdict of " Accidental death" returned. —Manchester Mercury. SUICIDE.—On Saturday morning last, a young man named William Jessup, an apprentice to Messrs. Andergon, drapers, of thi s town, comm i tte d su i c id e under the following !mange circumstances. It appears that the young man was o f a nervous di epos i t i on,—an d that some time ago he indulged in fits of despondency, owing to a family misu n d erstan di ng. B ut t hi s f ee li ng h a d long since subsided, an d h e was genera ll y remar k a bl y cheerful, join ing ing his companions in their mirth, and m anifesting no signs of melancholy or oppression. Within the last month, however, he again appeared to give way to it me lancholy, which it seems he strived to shake off. O n Fri day last, he was conversing with a customer in th e sho p , and remarked that he had dreamed the nigh t before that the world was at an end; she asked him i f he was pre pared for such an event, when he replied jocularly, and apparently in a laughing mood—" No, but I shall be to morrow." On Friday night he played several games of cards with his shopmates, partook of a hearty supper, and went to bed, without betraying any aberration of intellect. The following morning he appeared as usual—cheerful and happy. After breakfast, of which he partook heartily, he was observed by one of his companions selecting a rope ; the young man said to him in a joking strain—. who, Jessup, are you going to hang yourself?" and the deceased replied " No, I should think I ant not tired of my life yet." lie then laid down the piece of ropo. Soon after wards be was sent to a warehouse occupied by Messrs. Anderson, in Wrest-street ; he was observed going down to that place, but ther e was nothing peculiar in his manner or appearance. After entering the warehouse, it seems that. he piled up some boxes, selected a piece of cord which he tied twice round his neck, and fastened the other end to a beam. Ile then threw himself off the boxes, and it is conjectured died instantaneously.—Boston Gaz. SPIRIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS, A letter from a man of property resident its Ireland will be found in another column, and is worth attention. The mode which he proposes ' of dealing with the 40s. freeholders is quite eon. sistent with a respect for the 40s, freeholder itself, and with the bonafide rights of are entitled to vote for such a qualification. thJo gentleman refers to factitious votes, formed out of fraudulent splittings of a freehold, the whole of which is not, strictly speaking, worth more grol— than the b are sum w hi c h qua lifi es t h e possessor Itsoitrioatec.ottAage labourer,and potato-ground—perhaps ‘ a ‘ t•eo- are t u o n d d , is p e presented rhap s ial f an acre—in perpetuity, or on a lease for life or lives. To this it is understood, th ough mally provided, that a quantity of fuel, sufficient for the freeholder's family, may be cut by him from his landlord's turf-bog, adjacent in most instances to the cottage. The tenamt, very justly considering the tacit appendage of turbury to be part, and though not a legal a most valuable part, of the solid enjoyment derived by him from his dwelling, esteems his interest worth 81., 10/., or 121. a year, instead of 40s. How, then, does he manage to " multiply his greatness" under this sort of complicated possession ? He makes some member of his family an annuitant for a freehold of 405., and, mixing up the legal property in the house, &c., with the con ventional goodwill of the turf-bog, he swears without scruple that he has still 40 shillings per annum out of the concern ; while his sun or brother (and why not two or three eons and brothers ?) need not be very apprehensive of consequences from making a similar attestation., In England there are tricks resorted to, just RS , impudent and unconstitutional in spirit, but less tangible by an act of the Legislature. A gen tleman, with views to county interest, lets a free hold worth 405., but makes the freeholder tenant, at will to a farm, of which the occupation is worth a dozen such freeholds. So long, then, as the freeholder votes with his landlord, matters go on smoothly, and the tenant at will is midis- Iturbed. Let him, however, but once run restive, and vote for any candidate but the landlord or his friend, and assay goes the only valuable por tion of the tenant s interest. He retains 40s. per annum, but loses as many pounds by having notice to quit the land he holds at - will. Thus, in Ireland, if the 40s. freeholder votes against the landlord, be must look elsewhere fur his fuel ; but the subdivision of the same quali fication is a fraud which cannot too speedily be defeated by the interference of Parliament. The right itself, we are still of opinion, ought to be lett untouched, though it should in practice be greatly modified ; but this may better be done by the landlords theMselves than by the Legisla ture. Indeed, now that it has been discovered, that this power which the landlords created for their tenants has been turned against its creatona the mere instinct of self-interest will work au alteration with. an alacrity and zeal with which no mere formal enactment was ever vet executed in any country.—Times. The cutting observation of Mr. Justice Bay ley, when Lord Strangford's application for a criminal information against The Sun No Ws paper was re;jected, that " Honesty was honesty everywhere,' has naturally enough produced a great sensation. It was not so much the remark itself that caused the surprise—for no One sup poses diplomatists have a version of the Bible expressly for their own use, dispensing them from the necessity of speaking the truth—but it was the personage and the place. It was per haps the first time, since the foundations of Westminster Hall were laid, that a Judge ever broached the proposition, that a truth was to be told at all times and all places. Truth has ge nerally found a cold welcome in our Courts of Law, where especial regard has always been be stowed on fiction. But a little reflection will teach us to moderate our surprise at this pheno menon. Extremes have a tendency to produce their opposites. No one sets so much value on riches as he who has long struggled with po verty, and the low-born are generally time fondest of titles. Without knowing from Sir John Davies and other writers on Ireland, down to Sir H. Butler (in his Sessions' Charges), that tke Irish were as much addicted to commonalty in their sexual relations as in the cultivation of their land, one might almost guess as much from the ostentatious manner in which they now boast of the chastity of their females. Lying is more particularly the vice of half-civi lized men ; and it was, no doubt, the prevalence of this vice in the middle ages that led gentle men to seek distinction by truth, and to make the giving the lie the unpardonable offence. The French now pique themselves on being the most serious people in Europe, and are quite asto nished at time levity of the English. WI iy may not, then, Judges have at length too much fic tion, and, under the influence of the nausea caused by the excess, fly to the extreme ofs de manding that truth, and truths alone, should be heard in all places ? All children lie at first to escape punishment for their offences ; and it is not till the disgrace which attends detection shames them out of the practice, that they de termine to adhere to the truth. Nations, in their infancy, are in like manner much addicted to lying ; as they become more and more civilized, they become more and more veracious in their habitual statements. The English are now the most civilized nation in Europe ; and they are decidedly the most frank and open in their ordi nary discourse. 'Wherever wariness is the cha racteristic of a people, it implies the preva lence of habits the opposite of veracity, or the recent prevalence of them. The pro gress of civilization leads to habitual veracity, from a conviction that tricks, wl • I nc are gene rally seems through, can be of no benefit. A sen sible old English writer observes--" As receivers make thieves, so temerarious believers make liars ; and to redress this mischief, I have some times thought it tile best way to believe no man, whereupon this unavoidable inconvenience fol lowed—that many times we should reject the truth as well as lies and deceit ; for I find that truth spoken plainly doth echo in the mind of the hearers, saying the same things over again but this is the mischief, that so few hearers have understanding to judge which is true and which is false ; for where the hearers want ability t o judge, there lies and deceit make the same ech o which truth (loth in the former." This we take to be a true state of the question with respect to lying. Lord Strangford, for instance, accord ing to the approved practice of diplomatists, tells one story to his patron, and concocts an other for the use of John Bull. When John is made familiar with the mode in which despatches are prepared, he will read them as he reads the routine language of indictments. When lie is told that the real despatch is not fit for the pub lic ; that something must be omitted and some thing added, and that the true which remains and the false which is added must be blended in a workmanlike manner, he will make up his