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]~ .. r , ~. ‘' kek ' - i ll • _ '4s l 'N 4 Id fiVe r ; Ailire° gri ' J a (lA4 tart NT"AIDER 10,274. ,~"~ ~> _ ~,_ ______. _ ~,,-, 4-411: UNIVERSITY OF KING'S COLI.Leez, AT WINDSOR, IN NOVA "SCOTIA. T° every one who feels an interest in the the fen nl=)r ai dad religious improvement of his fellow-creatures, won -" brief details, with regard toe very important por re„"°f themorth American Colonies, are presented with much 4,Fe e t ;ea confidence. e ta In rovinc e of Nova Scotia was erected into an Episcopal_ Id 1 178 7, and the established religion of the Church ot aZand thus assumed there that prominent and permanent of j r , eter tg w hich it is so well entitled, both by the soundness Il is:pi l l e ac e ttin e 3 and the Godly excellence of its Liturgy and iekePrreserve theft doctrines, and that Liturgy and Discipline, unabatedtpuai that e time, ty, it seemed necessary, at the same v _. ed,e 4 r aeltrl3 o a right religious education should he pro id tivegatt.ldth? hely ss both for those who were to teach, and those who were to be t principles of our Church—that so they might Po e a ( . 1 1 'e in the faith and hope of' their forefathers. . . 4 11 d c a u t ea s P a t troose, the University at Windsor was established, kindness ' iti tet College, as a testimony of' gratitude to .. the . Unde r - v end pesey of his late Majesty King Georg e e ip l a iel y ( (mi le & 'cle reaction, and by whose charter it was prin u Thu se • those , `. 4 ` 14 !e 3 ofibit Colleee were drawn_up after the m_ od w el e o ... f fare 4-Lhiittosti ; and still more effectually to secure the t. l e Arche• le institution, it was placed under the patronage of h ntlon I '' ll° P ef C anterbury, who has the power of a negative oasaar IT'Y statute, and under' the Government of the leading " Vis't;'' Ts 'lnages in the Colony, whilst the important powers to teele!'.vere entrusted; with equal prudence and propriety, A el "' 'shop of the Diocese. inghl t , r ,' ef instruction so wisely framed could not fail of_tirov in a in g t. beneficia• and the College has in fact brought . up . hot eZilinheiPles of sound learning and a religious education, Co- Reti es 'h the Young men of Nova Scotia and t e adjoining . ie., States also children of English residents in the neignbour an'att nf Colourerica, who had inherited from their parents / 30 :te linen t venerable Church. . uret er othe principal blessing which this University has been, world , . ° ` l, thes instrument of cOmmunicatine to the Christian tie e t , ;,' tO be found in ' the exertions of many pious Ministers man c e,': °s Pei, whom it has sent forth qualified, as far as hu. nes th ud holy qualify them, for the discharge of those ardu ef t a"'" 'tele duties which. when speaking of the Clergymen tititertiN°rth American Provinces, can be considered in no the tae es't , and called by no other name, than the labours of e:lst-tan 411iSSionary. be en obi ally leaned, and of equal zeal, might perhaps have equal tamed from the Universities of England ; but men . f seller exserienee, and equally contented with their peculiar 4 'tee% n , l l l er t equally acquainted with the habits of the people, tiet4-eisv attached- to the Country in which they were con ney 3' te preeali and dwelt the Universities of England could er h ave , . : , sue w rarnished. ti fth: ri te ! 1 ' Me origin, and such has been the past usefulness e Neil nlversity of Nova Scotia • but it is now.unhappily be *ern l a g ee d e kily snore inadequate to' effect its admirable objects, 1, A '''al caUse.s. 1', 31 , ... teltiporary wooden huildlng was all that, in the first tat l l lo Et ion of the College it was deemed .necesSayy or practi viete-, mite i and that lei; ilding, from a want of funds to oh lieet: t' early Progress of gradual decay, has naturally, in the course ea e t 3 forty years fallen into such a ruinous state, that it tar goe "cln ger be inha ' hited without extensive reairs, and is so Pairease a te obe unworth of being restored. It. may be so re ilbaes a s be occupied for a short time, but must soon be ?fled. is tiewnt even were the building in a more perfect condition, it it 'S ll C 'l 4Zger sufficiently large to accommodate the increas it a „''her of students or fit for the dignified purpose to which CelettPtePriated, as the' established University of a very rising V , daily ol;°l4llation of the Diocese of Nova Scotia is becoming 41 cOn,,,e numerous, and the demand for a liberal education is, ktota e`Oence, proportionallY enlarged. Men of sound rela e ti,Parrir'cilsles and extensive acquirements are wanted for every Ceretrnent, but particularly for the ministry in the Church of live P•ro,,..4°Meial Report, just received,shews that in one of the teen cier':eet which are included within the Diocese, only six_ 3C l' l 4re Thrtteti are scattered over the immense extent of 27,000 every yeares, where the population is increasing wonderfully 114 ' , et tha:,,,Tlle Society for the Propagation of the Gospel 'Mission --- mein. Society occasion for more than fifty additional forreetioarte:,' in the ' North American Colonies alone ; and the ndeav e . e ll r °l the two West Indian Bishoprics, and the earnest. ''''''t of moth.o' s w hich are so wisely making for the spiritual Instrue till Negro slaves are likely to render King's College of te e m beiedij'ontoportan ee and. use. They certainly render its pre ansty, . a and its present means, altogether unfit and unequ . al pre p r Its present and probable future opportunities of doing 3. T, ' With Mt, out statedeoctrine 01 a attY imputation of improper hostility to other tit i atn tb oa ,a . an C ur . c gove a h h rnment, it may be . fairly t i e , th e 'I ticlott.eolvonalettit, an . fe e I% o love their own holy faith and discipline, t 4en ‘ - '° ll ege at Windsor be not supported by the pious attachment to the principles of the Church ea 1 , e, a nd of our happy Constitution must, .in „ N u ova they are not, . There are other establishments rising; from, p; ler,eta, tit„ conducted upon the same p . rinciales l anti_ ,.. e3144_44t143t, if` C,t!ilarey of - the. members of the Church of Es, re el ' toe, a t ilina university fall, be compelled to tisriv .tca. t . h .s ei .i r . Ica I ' s of ye ~ t al . ey donat resort to the diasen_ting i es_ , bli start thei r s_ Scotia, they must gather their knataed e ee eud e t o m efai:uettrnents in the Republican' Colleges of . the United h e°i 'eeie s Letiva• Thus nurturedand instructed, it is natural is le toe sal , ley will imbibe opinions which . 1 4t 14* - tt tr . ''s to the religious and political institutions of. Eng. It ; a . . via°lirr-tZPptible to blame others who conscientiously .endea.. e v . e i , eveatttate their own views of the Gospel and govern_NJ' say ,"nere they differ from our own ; but surely it we shyany everenee for our own, or any real belief in their ati qee t al exeellence we must conscientiously contributa to d° Port i it e n!tter rttin ' of an University, which is their principal hutch utare'"Y irnportant Province of the empire. We shall itea r 'ea or a a T i, ta provide a sound Episcopal , hranch of the reit e e',Wha t i t a. I n America, with the means or educating for 1,,, - "ert. 3°"L'reatly wants, a succession of sound lepiecepal „ -.e l . , 'Neer es s 0 wit. , ier. l ' i t Of tt these considerations the Society for the Pro la, f t i l l Cler;',,,,f.“loYptl has founded scholarships for the . educ..ll - and granted 5001. to relieve the.exigenties The et gas X• The Society for PromotinB Chran Know 'Utak% Of ti ° Made a donation of 500/. for the relissious N N,,,, fot institution ; and several distinguished indivi to te: to aiv:knved the example. . i n thet it be t emporary repair to the present Building; diti al. ers ctio Y ue used until another is completed ; to engage !lece a y'l Pr of : i jf 4 new and sufficient edifice ; to , lece, ~E ir a ItaPtlss, Tutors, and Scholarships ; to furnish -the iteuele`u ullte.l4loPhical Apparatus and Boots ; --these are ob ,Nolit-all'ate, Mitch Su scription's already received are extremely e ml ase - ‘l 4 ,,al'S ub ' t ' , therefore, to enlarge these funds, and procure . k laate, l4 ) ar e j'etiPtiong and Donations from the - liberality or tilQat th e efounterested in the Progress of science and the ova te t "l°eve, e liaiOus and meiral anti political principles, e ite. which they of King's College have ' ventured to make an ka,Seleu't,ftllyttakree.are may beproperle'a and hope will not i i v ery 4. n erain aut.. II e ' i ltre , 14 4, sal t Tlll3 nets, books, and philosophical apparatus l eki ed slora;,ise neest thankfully received by Sir &rope ° l s ti le I ikerlt!.'u,, Bart. M.P. 50, Pall Mall, who has been . 'if thel,,Ntite of kin's College ' form-ny year's Other friends %tir e '. 4 attr e '` )T h in different plat•es, " will for Ward the object .., it. ts, and Atri Supply information to those who may re will el ne' lea ei svii,'a. ly lies ,iort stay in Ereland the Bishop of Nova Scotia ter_ te ale4(1 '11" 1. " this i nfoteria ' ''hon, up o n application tion to hint at %Ire th e ;Y. e t a ; et, a i Society for May likewise be obtained from the Secre attabtrotlo4. cr ater.. c the P ropagation of the Gospel,:42, Castle ria, eha:ttnare.; from the Secretaries to the Society for atte ta ke tro t , 1411 Knowledge Lincoln's-inn-Fields ; and at le, ef 'Pa ra the Lord Bishop' of Bristol, and the Rev. the th e ge fea, . It Y and St. John's Colleees P e acete rae lian a so b • lijaZe :, tl , Ce ltlent tn s have - been benevolently afforded .for Ma ice 0 of a Contribution in behalf ef King's e,,,'-',,raee the Ar c h ly - She' ' n elet e ' ll e Arch I . sh °P of Canterbury . - £lOO 0 0 V .10 ei,,/ ' for th e b i Phols of York 1 - 100 0 0 las larel Offs e- shoe of the Gospel . 500 - 0 0 'l'e lor d nshe'rnrooting Christian Knowledge too - 0 0 V,;e I. r`t 11„islioePIfesortelon atsnetelllssisherie D u rham - e 100 Q . 0 100 0 0 C o t ' If, li,eerec4 ''''"‘,a Scotia - . -. , .. 100 0 0 I. r 4 ~_ . laor .iten Ne atson g ht: a' i lef 3,, tiS - .. 50 0. 0 meg r esti ee ai - - - 100 0 . 0 A. ger, e t , .e t - - - 21 0 0 - 5 5 0 - _ _ Hon. Mr. Justice Park - - Major Moody, It. B. - - . Sir Thomas A. Strange - - Mr. Commissary General Butler Oliver Hargreave, Esq. - - Joseph Watson, Esq. - Rev. C. Benson . . - Rev. the Master of Trinity College, Cambridge Very Rev, the Dean of Peterborough Venerable Archdeacon Bayley Andrew Belcher, Eiq. - James Putnam, Esq. - - John Kirkland, Esq. - - Rev. C. Simeon . Rev. James Bean - - Venerable Archdeacon Pott - Rev. Dr, Richards . - 4 Lady, in Suffolk - Miss Parker - - . John Ridout, Esq. . - Rev. Dr. Ingles - - George Marriott, Esq. - - Rev. Edward Berens - - Edward Henry, Esq. . - A. W. Powles, Esq. - - J. D. Powles, Esq. - - A Friend`to the Institution - Lord,Bishop of Ely - - • Lord Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry Lord Bishop of Oxford - Lord Bishop of Peterborough - Right Hon. Lord Kenyon . Sir Thomas 'Arland, Bart. M. P. Miss Chorley - - T. Wiggins, Esq. . - Mrs. Sheppard - - Rev. J. M. Rogers - - The Very Rev. the Dean of Ely J. P. Anderdon, Esq. - - The Countess Dowager of Ross Nathaniel Atcheson, Esq. - Robert Shank Atcheson; Esq. The Rev. Anthony Singeton Atcheson The Lord Bishop of \Winchester The Rev. James Drilling - The Rev. J. Holmes - 'The Rev. Wm. Ackers - The Warden of Wadham - Wm. Cotton, Esq. - - The Rev. Thomas Bowdler - Sir. Alexander Croke, Kt. .. The Rev. Thomas Sikes - The Rev. Mr. Durell - Sir Wm. Curtis, Bart. M.P. - The Provost of Oriel - - The Rev. Josiah Pratt - The. Hon. Philip Pusey - Mr. Carey . . . Watts Russell, - Esq. M.P. - Sir Scope B. Moreland, Bart. M.P. Mr. Richard Gilbert - The Rev. Dr. Burney The Lord Bishop of Worcester VICINALLING-UFFICE, July 1 1, 1425. TII E COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL LING' His MAJESTY'S NAVY, ere. do hereby ,•ire Notice, that on Friday, the 25d September next, they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for the supply, on separate' Contracts, of such quantities of IRISH SALT BEEF and PORK, as may be required for Use of His Majesty's Troops at the under-mentioned place:, between the 24th of June 1326, and 44th Jane 1827 via. : Gibraltar Antigua Bat badoes Berbice Demerara Dominica Grenada - Tobago Trinidad. St. Lucia St. Kitts, and St. Vincents, The said COMMISSIONERS will also, on the same Day, be ready-to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for a quantity of prune IRISH SALT BEEF and PORK, amounting in the dggregate to about 18,000 Nary Tierces of the f.rmer, and about 16,0q0 Navy Tierces of the latter, all to be cyered in the ensuing Season, and to be- deli vered into his Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford,Porti mouth, and Plymouth, four-fifths in Tierces, and one fifth in Barrels, and in such proportions, at each-port, as shall be hereafter required ; one-half thereof on or before the esth February, and the other half on or before the 31st May 1826 and to be Paid for by Bills payable, withoitt Interest, Sixty Days after date; but as the said quantities of Beef and Pork include the estimated quantities which will be Teti iredfer the Use of the Land Forces at Gibraltar and the West India Colonies above specified, it is to be understood that, in the exent of separate Contra, ts being taken for those Colonial Deliveries, the estimated quantities thereof ,will be abated from the aggregate quantity proposed to be contracted for for delivery at the Home Ports. No Tender fur a less quantity than shall be equal to 500 Tierces of Beef; or 500 Tierces of Pork will be admitted. The Conditions of the Contracts 'nay be seen at this Office; or by applying to. Mr. Dunsterville,, Agent for the Victual ling at Cork; to the Collectors of His Majesty' 's Customs at Litherick, Belfast, Newry, and Waterford; and to the Se= cretary to the Postmaster-General at Dublin, respectively. The Tendeis /or the Colonial and Home Deliveries must be srpolytte, and must specify the price in words at length, and be delivered before One o' Clock on the day appointed I and iiust be aerompanied by a Letter, signed by two responsi ble Persons, engaging to become. bound to the Croton with the Party tendering, in Me Penal Sum of one-third of the amount of the Contracts, for the due performance of the same ; and the Pirson who makes the Tender, or some Person on Ids-behalf, must attend to answer when'ealled for. 31. TrALLER CLIFTON. 11 . 1ETROPOLITAN GENUINE BREAD COMPANY. Capital £100,000,_ in 2,000 Shares of £5O each ; Deposit £l. DIRECTORS. Andrew Belcher, Esq. Charles Moss, Esq. Legrew Hesse, Esq. , Joseph Pearce, Esq. Thomas Hoblyn, Esq. Rowland Stephenson, Esq. J. B. Lousada, Esq. C. A. Thiselton Esq. Robert lII` William, Esq. Jo sep h Vernon,'Esq. BANKERS. Sir P. Pole and Co. and Messrs. Cockburn and Co. The. Applicants for Shares in this Association are informed, that the apportionment will be immediately made, and that Prospectuses may be obtained at the Bankers, and of the Se cretary, 18, Essex-street, Strand. W. J. WILLETT, Secretary. A Dutch Jew recently died at Amsterdam, who bequeathed funds for arn*gl and equipping ak 74 gun-ships. At his death there were found in his house forty-four tubs filled with coin bearing the effigy of all the Sovereigns in the world. Eight days were occupied in counting these pieces. This capi talist, who was in his 96th year, had visited:all Europe, Africa, and America, and a part of Asia.--( New-York Ga z ett e , July 12.) On Monday last, the noted, Sheahan was trans mitted from 'hence, under a guard of police, to C or k, to prose cute persons charged with murdering the Franks' family.-- (Lintel (Limer ick Chronicle.) LAW 'INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, AUG. 16. PASTE 3INNS IN RH CROWTNEII. Mr. KNIGHT, irk this case, .(which stood over from Satur day that the commission and proceedings might be produced to ascertain. whether any alteration had_ been made therein) stated that .it now appeared that. the suspicions against Mr. Lester were, in this instance, unfounded ; the commission had not been;altered. 'He contended,' however, _ that there was ample evidence of gross fraud and concert, and that the com mission was, in fact, that of the bankrupt, net ot• Mr. Parnell, the petitioning creditor. The LORD CHANCE L LOR observed, that he saw nothing in the transaction to impeach the moral conduct. of Mr. Parnell. He believed he had been duped in the affair. His Lordship considered the commission to be the bankrupts's ; but there were instaheesin which, though the comniisslon was concerted by the, bankrupt, it might be to a certain extent the peti tioning creditor s. His Lordship would look into the affidavits to determine at whose expence the commission should be superseded. BS PARTE CRANE V. IN tiops. This was the case in which an alteration had been made in the commission by. 3lr. Lester, the solicitor under the coin. mission. • Mr. ROSE addressed the Court on behalf of the assignees, who bad no cognizance; of the transaction.- The LORD CHANCELLOR..—The assignees are not crimi nally answerable, but they are answerable in a civil point of view. The solicitor is - their agent ; and if he makes an altera tion, they must be chilly responsible. The matter I take to stand thus :::—The commission was first in the name of Dod. after the comtnissiott was opened, appliCation had been made to the Courtto allow the name to be altered to Dods, I must have refused-it, and directed a new commission. .1 Solicitor, therefore, cannot be allowed to do what the Court has not the powerlo do ;it would be dangerous to allow it. It' it could be done it ore Case, Where there was little mischief; a prece dent would be established, and the Court would be called upon from day to day, to decide whether a solicitor was justifiable or not in altering a commission. I cannot suffer this commission to stand. - Mr. Awl. was not disposed to go into the abuses to be found in this case, where it was apparent that Lester, and a man named - Steeveps, a go-between, had-.concert e d th e com mission. The assignees, h owever , had; been dilatory, and the commission should be superseded at their - expenee. - lie hoped 'Mr. Crane, the petitioner, would be allowed to take out a new commission.-- _ Mr. Rost-contended that it was the practice to allow the assignees to have the new commission, where no concert was brought home to them. - Mr. C r a ne ' s debt and his conduct were objected to. • - Mr. HAR•r offered another. creditor, Mr. Brown, whose claim Was unexceptionable. ' The Loup CHANcr.Loit—lf Mr. Brown will make an affidavit of his debt, and take a commission, he shall have it. Assignees ought to be cautious with regard to the persons they intrust with a commission. Mr. Host-applied for the costs of the assignees. The LORD CHANCELLOR—They must present a petition for that purpose.- Do not let a commission be taken out by the person who had the last, until I con coMmunicate with the Attorney-General 'upon, the subject. Before I can order the costs to the assignees, the new assignees Must tell the what they. think of the case; they will not do their - duty unless they in vestigate what his been done. His Lordship finally ordered the costs to be paid by Lester and the petitioning, creditor, the latter to recover of the former; and he directed the proceedings to be impounded. Mr. HART observed, that he believed the assignees to be &nest and honourable men ; but they would receive a lesson as to the impropriety of trusting in persons of whom they knew nothing. There never was a case where grosser treachery was Manifest, more especially in the conduct of Steevens,- an ac countant, employed to examine thy: bankrupt's books. EX PARTE OIIIMSTEAD, IN RE HOWARD AND GIBBS. FEES TO COUNSEL. Mr. HAR.'r stated, that this was a petition to ascertain whe ther a bankrupt's estate was to be spent in fees to Counsel. Mr. HORNE—Then I lime not read my brief. Mr. HART - stated, ihat the simple question to be tried by an issue directed from this Court in the present case was, whether a pecuniary transaction apparent in the books of the bankrupts, was usurious or not. Two Counsel, he conceived, were suffi cient • but the Master had allowed the following expences : To His Majest , , , 's Attorney-General, for brief, 50/. ; fees, 96/. ; to Mr: Sergeant Pell, for brief, 501.; fees, 69/. ; to Mr. &r. geant Wilde, for brief, 501.; fees, 44/. ; to Mr. Treslove, for brief, 501. ;, fees, 321. The expences had'been'Swelled to 6871, - which the prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas had re duced to 5211. • The petitioners had, by these exorbitant ex pences, been reduced to absolute ruin, and was now actually in prison, solely, on account of being security for the bankrupts in certain pecuniary transactions. Mr. 141 oNTAGIT spoke on the same side. Mr. HonwE observed, that these costs had been the subject of agreement: it had been agreed that the costs of the trial should be decided by Master Cox, who applied, at the instance of the other party, to the prothonotary, to learn , what it was customary to allow in courts of Law ; and it was upon his re port that Master Cox had assessed the costs, which the other party had paid. No compl a i nt oug h t to be made respecting their employing four counsel, as the other party had employed five. Mr. TRESLOVE remarked, that Mr. Hart spoke of some money paid for briefs and fees to Counsel, but not a syllable of this appeared in the affidavits. He thought it extremely. strange That Mr. Hart should refer to what he could only have known by private intelligence. Neither was the statement accurate : it was not the fact that 501. was charged four times for briefs. In the trial . of the issue the jury found a verdict against the petitioner., _ Mr. HART, in reply, stated that th e quest i on W as, w h et h er Mr. Grinstead was to be saddled with the cost of four Counsel. If his Lordship thought so, Mr. Grimstead must pay it. ,One of the affidavits stated that_Master Cox had been of opinion that two Counsel were enough. The Loan CLIANCELLOR.—The order of the Court was, that Mr. Grimstead should be allowed to try an issue over again on payment of costs, to be settled by Mr. Cox. In matters of Bankruptcy, equitable and legal proceedings are often mixed, so that costs of both Courts are blended, and the Master is obliged to get the best guide he can for their adjustment. Mr. Cox therefore did right in getting the assistance of the Protho notary of the Common Pleas Court, The qtiegtion arising under this petition is, whether it was right to have four Counsel. It is impossible for me to spythat the Master sh ou ld not h ave taxed these costs, as i s it had been an action, n o t an i ssue . I cannot say that i n n o case four Counsel are necessary. If Mr. Cox had : not consult e d th e P ro th onotory , I s h ou ld think he had done wrong. I will see Mr. Cox, and desire him to ask the Prothonotofy (if he has not dor e so already), whether he thought it fit that the petitioUer shotild be charged with four Counsel. The Prothonotory may' have thought that if his Majesty's At torney General might not have been able to attend, three other Counsel were therefore necessary; but it did not eoilow that the other party was to 'pay for them.. The sittings, which Were to terminate to-morrow, are now expected to last for some days longer. SPICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Aim. 13. POWER V. PAINE AND DOPKIITE. Mr. tITEWATIT moved for an' injunction to restrain the de fendantt, music.:sellers in Cornhill, from selling three. sacred songs, the words written by Thomas 2,l°°re, Esq., and the mttsic composed by Sir John Stevenson, which were the pro perty of the plaintiff, a music-seller in the S:raud. The de fendants 'hail published the sonp in No. 8 and 9 cf a, work 'called the ." Edinburgh Sacred Harmon,," The, motion was sup portrd by an affidavit filed by the Plaintiff, in which he swore that • in 1813 Mr. Moore ex.ecuted a deed, by • which he hound himself to give' to the plaintifr the copyright of all s orq.> written or composed by him during 7 years from that date. The plaintiff also swore that the songs in question were his t*operty. tie 'motion was unopposed, and his • Honour granted the injuiction. A stone pillar, thirty feet high, st a „di nz i„ t h e Boratgh Of Ilchester, was nearly demol6h6d by the 'wind on Wednesday night last. Tbe execution . of Isaac Charlesacarth, fo r Wall , way robbery, took place at York, on Saturday 112 .p rn i ee, at ten o'clock. V/ , , p....,,.., „,_ T ...„ , . . : - --- -- 1 , S U • . n . --- n 6 3 , 4 - - . \'' -.41_4•1--, ....,.. - ---,.,,5). <•:•,, , 5•... , (~. - , :-.' . • ,-;,. ' ~ , i - T ~,..., ,,..,.., ::,. .: • ... 4 / I P IN \ TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1825 £2O 0 0 5 0 0 50 0 0 100 Q 0 5 0 '0 100 0 0 5 0 0 10 10 0 5 0 0 10 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 21 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 4 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 10 10 0 40 0 0 100 0 , 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 10 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 210 0 0 50 0 0 10 10 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 50 o`ol 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0, 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 - 100 0 0 5 0 0 - 100 0 0 - 20 0 0 - 10 10 0 - 25 0 0 50 0 0 N. FOR THE SUN. LION FIOHT AT THE TOWER OF LONDON. The following account of a fi , 2ht between a Lion and Dogs, at the Tower of London, which took place in 1603-4, before King JAMES, his, Queen, Non, and Courtiers. has keen lately pub lished in the Third Number of Mr. NICHOLS'S curious and highly entertaining " ProgreSsesi" &c. of that Monarch : • - " The King's Majesty lodging in'the Tower of London, on the,l3th of March tatter he had surveyed all the Offices, Store houses, and the Mint, where boentlie King and Queene cop ed money,' and gave to . divers 'persons there present), being told of the lions, he asked of their being, and how they came thither, for that 'in England there were bred no such fierce beast.* Whereunto was answered that no mention is made in any record of lions breeding here . ; nevertlirlesse Abraham Or : tains and other forraine writers do affirmettliat there are in Eng lande beasts of as great courage as the lion, :lamely, the torts tiffe-dog whereuppoti, the King caused Edwazd Alleyn, late servant to the Lord Admirall, now sworn- the Prince's roan, and Maker of the Beare' Garden, to fetch secretly three of the fellest dogs in the garden ; which being doneohe King; Queene, and Prince Henry, with four or five Lords, went to the Lion's tor, re, and caused the lustiest. lion to be separated from bis Mate, and put into the lion's den one dog alone, who presently flew to the face of the lion, but the lion suddenly shot Ate him off, and graspt him fast by the neck, drawing the dog up staires and downe staires. " The King now perceiving the lion greatly to exceed the dog in strength, but nothing in. noble heart and courage, caused annother dog to be put into the tienne, who proved as hot and fusty as his fellow, a nd woke the lion by the face, but the lion began to deale with him as with the former. Where upon the King commanded the third dog to be put in before the second dog was spoiled, which third dog, more fierce and fell than eyther of the former, and in despite eyther of clawes or strength, tooke the lion by the lip, but The lion so tore the , 1 dog by the eyes, head, and face, that he lost his hold, and then the lion tooke the dog's necke in his mouth, drawing him up and downe as he did the former, but being wearied could not bite so deadly as at the first. - Now whilest the last dog was thus hand to hand with the liOn in the upper roome, tbe other two dogs were fighting, together in the lower. roome; whereupon the King caused the lion to be driven downe, think ing the lion would have parted them, but when he saw he must needs come by them, he leaped cleane over them both, and contrary to the Kinge's expectation, the lion fled into an in ward den, and would not by means endure the presence of the dogs; albeit the last' dog pursued eagerly, but could not finde the way to the lyon. You shall understand the two last dogs, whilest the lion held them both under his pawes, did bite the lion by the belly, whereat the lion roared.. so extreainely, that the . earth shooke withal!, and the next lion rainpt and roared as if he would have m a de rescue. • " The lion bath not any peculiar or proper kinde of fight,, as bath the dog, beare, or bull, but only a ravenous kind of sur prizing for prey. The two first clogs dyed within a few dayes, but the last dog was well recovered of all his hurts, and the yong Prince commanded his servant; E. Alleyn, to bririg the dog to him to St. James, where the Prince charged' the said Alleyn to keepe him, and make much of him, saying, he that had fought with the King of beasts, should never atter fight with with any inferiour creature." . • It appears that the King when in Scotland, had known lions only by report. t The celebrated Comedian, who was the. founder of Dul wich College. • ASSIZE IN"I'ELLIGENCE. BRIDGEWATER, AUG. 13. CROWN SlDE.—Befiv /lir. Justice LITTLEDALE. PERJURY. THE KING, ON THE PROSECUTION OF JOHN GIBBS,' _ _ _ V. SAMUEL 'OW LEY. . This was an indictment for wilful and corrupt perjury, and it was set forth, that in an action for a trespass and assault, in . which John Gibbs was plaintiff, and Robert Ford defendant ; and which had been tried at the Wells Assizes on the Ist Sep tember, 1824, it was material to prove whether the plaintiff was in a gig with one Wm. Evans in the month of November, 1823 ; and whether the said plaintiff was thrown out-of the gig, the said Wm. Evans then and there falling on him. The in dictment then went on to state, that the defendant', Samuel Rowley, was duly sworn to give evidence touching these mat- - ters, -on the occasion of the trial aforesaid, and that he falsely, wilfully, and corruptly, gave evidence in substance to the effect following, namely—" That in the month 'of November, as aforesaid, the plaintiff, John Gibbs, was in a gig with Wm.' Evans, of the Angel Inn, which gig broke clown while he, Sa muel Rowley, was within a few yards of the spot, and that the plaintiff fell out of the gig, and William Evans upOn'him"— whereas, in fact and in truth, the plaintiff and Wm. Evans were not in a gig which broke down, as described, in Novem ber last; the defendant was not within a few yards of them; and neither the plaintiff nor Wm. Evans fell out Of the gig, as had been falsely sworn by the present defendant. The de fendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. C. F. WILLIAMS (with whom `was Mr. Moody), pro ceeded to state the case to the Jury for the prosecution. It was a very trite, but not on that ra:count less true observation, that on the due administration of justice mainly depended the prosperity and welfare of the country, and all that was dearest to Englishmen ; property, liberty, and life itself, were closely connected with this grand principle in our free Constitution_ an equal distribution of civil rights to every subject of these realms. But the equal administration of justice could not be accomplished without a strict regard to the sacred and binding nature of an oath, a proposition so clear - and self-evident, that the'necessity of maintaining the inviolability of that obligation must be apparent at once to the most hunible as well as the' most elevated individual. Under. these circumstances, when the sacred barrier of an oath was broken down, and a wilful and corrupt perjury appeared to have been committed, it was proper that an offence of so grave a nature should he dal considered by, the proper tribunal, and adequately . punished.' Such, he pledged himself to prove, was the present case—one in which the most daring, flagrant, and cea. upt perjury had been openly committed, for purposes the most shameful that could well be conceived. An action of trespass and assault, in which Mr. John Gibbs was the plaintiff, and Mr. Robert Ford the defend- ant, had been tried at the Wells Assizes for 7824, and in- the course of this action it was material to inquire whether Gibbs had sustained injuries of a very serious nature, occasioned by a -- violenakick received from . the defendant' on the lower part of. his back. The,injuries which formed the ground of the action were of a nature so serious and calamitous in their effect upon the unfortunate plaintiff, that from - the time he received them' up to the present moment his life had been one scene of suffer ing, with but little prospect of mitigation or relief. Such was the nature of the plaintiff's case at the Wells Summer Assizes of last year, and in the progress of the defence it became im portant to Ford, the defeadant, to prove that no such injury had' been inflicted by him, . and thp.t the miserable and unhappy plaintiff was merely affecting sufferings he never felt, for the put. pose of bringing the charge brought against the defendant into a profitable speculation, in order to gratify his own mercenary de signs, or else that the injury had originated from a cause dif ferent fromthat assigned. However, the,Jury, who would have Giblis placed betbre them, would have it in their,power to form their own estimate of that rniaerable man's situation, and could therefore come to their own conclusion on the subject.— On the occasion of the original trial, in order to spew the plain tiff's illness, - did not arise from Ford's assault; but another, and distinct cause, the, present defendant, Samuel Rowley, was brought forward as a witness, and deposed that he had seen Mr, Gibbs with Mr. Evans of the Angel Inn, in a gig, on the 13th of November, on which occasion he swore the gig sons over turned, and Mi. Gibbs fell out first, and Mr. Evans on the top of him. In this manner it had been intended to persuade the Jury which tried the cause, th a t th e sufferings of Mr., Gibbs did not arise from the kick inflicted by Ford, but from the conse quences of this pretended accident; but on. the previous trial the Jury perceived there wan not one syllable of truth in the do fea dant's account, and they laughed his evidences to scan. The fact Was, Mr. Gibbs and Mr. Evans were not, asaleacribed by tile prisoner, in a gig at the time stated, and at - no period of their lives had they even suffered any such, accident as that de scribed in the evidence or the present defendant.. This being the case, it appeared equally a public as well as a private duty to - bring this prisoner into a Court of Justice, Ivhere he would be likely too- receive the reward of his shameful and audaeious conduct. Perhaps the Jury would be astonished to hear that , PRICt SEVENPF,Ntir '.•1• no such occ urr e nce as t h a t sworn to by the prisoner - ever 'toon place, and that at the time when the overturn of the Rig" was stated to have occurred, the unhappy man, whose just clainia to compensation it-wat, meant to destroy by means 'of Perjdty, y,a3 stretched upon his bed, and quite incapable of rising therefrom, in consequence 'of the effects of the outrage he hail previously experienced front the - defendant Ford. • It was an act that coull scarcely be characterised as it deserved, to step forward - far the purpose of cheating Mr. Gibbs of the inadequate compensation in the power of the lair; to afford him for the grievous injury lie • had sustained. This had been the conduct of' the men now at the bar, and he called on the Jury-to prove by their verdict the cause they entertained of the enormity of the offence that-,had been committed, and to hold out to the prisoners, and all other persons who were disposed to trifle with the serious agitation of an oath, that a departure from truth was always certain sooner or later to carry its own 'punishment along with it.' The evidence for the prosecution fully supported the Learnen Counsel's statement. Among the witnesses examined was : Mr. John Gibbs, at whose instance this action, was instituted, and the plaintiff in the former cause. lie was here carried into Court. He appeared quite helpless from the, effects of the ie juries he had 'received; "and was partly supported on crutches arid partly by atteodantsWhile he gave his evidence. lie was Placed near the Bench; on the left hand of-!l4r. Justice Little.= dale, and the side nearest the Jury ; and exclusive of the inju ries he seemed to have sustained, was a fine-looking titan, an patently about 50 yearS of age. Mr. Ensiri :an addressed the Jury for the,defence. It" was not his intention to- attempt to controvert the general observa tions of his fiend Mr. Williams, as to the Maenitude of the crime imputed to the prisoner, and the urgent necessity, which existed to check the heinous offence of perjury,, whenever it should be clearly established AS having' been committed: He was, on the contrary, ready to concur in the observations of nit, Learned 'Counsel on this subject most fully and cordially, and he also admitted with him, that where the offence bad been committed, - the heavy punishment of the laic should ftilloW it. `'But, on this accou n t, if on no ot h er, and becatiae perjury" was an offence so serious and weighty, and punishable so severely, the Jury should listen with the otniost caution and ciactun. spection to all that had been urged by the Counsel for the pro secution, and take good care not to•permit their feelings to be carried away by the most poWerful and impassioned speech of his Learned Friend onnhe - present occasion: Every effort had been used to awaken their passions, and mislead their feelings; but he trusted those efforts would not- be successful. A forcible appeal had also been made by his Learned Friend t o their f ee l. ifigs of humanity an d, compassion ; for he had' deScribed, in the most glowing and affecting phraseology, thea,ufferingsand injuries sustained by Mr. Gibbs, and the unfortunate person had been placed before the Jury as if merely for the purpose of adding strength to the appeal. It did not signify, as far as the present inquiry was concerned, whether the injury suffered by Mr. Gibbs - was in consequence of the assault ot Ford, or any other cause. The only matter for tile consideration of the Jury was, whether or not the prisoner was guilty of wil ful and corrupt perjury, in having sworn that on a certain day he saw Gibbs and Evans in a gig, that the gig was overturned, and the persons in it thrown out in consequence of the accident. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE charged the Jury, and previous to summing up the -evidence, observed, it had beets stated .by the prisoner's Counsel, that the Jury could not rely on the proof given of the evidence of the prisoner in Gibbs v. Ford, because that proof was only furnished by the supposed testi mony of a single witness. Ho*ever, lie could see no reason to doubt the evidence of that witness, and' thought the fact was sufficiently established by him, and, therefore, corroborative evidence was not necessary. It had next been contended that the whole of the prisoner's evidence bad not been proved, and that it should have been stated in every part ; but he thought quite enough had been stated for the purposes of this inquiry. The next question was as to the materiality of the prisoner's evidence, or, in other words, whether it was likely to affect the verdict of the Jtiry or not, and he thought that fact also este= bished. The action was to recover compensation in damages for an assault, and - if the illness of the plaintiff appeared to re sult solely from the violence of Ford, lie would be entitled to larger damages than if' it arose partly front the kick and partly from a sttbsequent accident with which Ford had alo_ thing to do. In this way the testimony of the prisoner had been material to lessen the damages. The /it xt _point was 'as to whether the prisoner's evidence in the trial between Gibbs anti Ford was or was not false. In order to contradict his tes timony, there must be the evidence of more than one witness, for in these cases, in the view of the law, one man's oath was quite as good as another's. Two witnesses were called to rebut the evidence of the prisoner, and they were fully sup ported by other testimony on several collateral points of consi derable importance. There could be no doubt then that the defendant-swore falsely, and the only remaining point was open 'for the. consideration of the Jury, viz. whether the prisoner gave false evidence wilfully and with a corrupt mo tive ? It' it should appear that a person swore falsely, out a probable motive, then it was fair to attribute die false swearing to mistake or misapprehension, and that not coming under the description of perjury, the priecnier must be acquitted, Where no motive was apparent, he would disposed to indulge considerable doubts on the subject of the perjUry. BUt although no motive should appear, yet if the false swear ing appeared to be wilfully conimitted, it would be quite correct to infer the correct motive, altliOttgli it was not in evi dence that it existed. In th a t case some secre t motive must • be presumed to exist, ;for no man would swear falsely without an object. No misapprehension could be alleged; for the'de fendant stated himself to be within two or -three yards of the parties when the accident occurred, so that there was no room to suppose any mistake could, have possibly occurred. The Jury found the prisoner 4ilty, without hesitation, and the Court sentenced him to twelve months' confinement. to hand - labour in the House of Correction. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice GAEL EE.) N.IPPEIt,v. SNAPE. This was an action of replevin, on occasion of a distrt ss taken by the defendant, Mr. Snape, on a farm occupied by the plain- . tiff, Mr. Nipper, as tenant. • The question turned upon the terms of the tenantcy, whether the rent was payable yearly or half-yearly, which wah proVed by the defendant's &tighter, Miss Elizabeth Snape. Mr. Sergeant WILDE examined this witness at considerable length, who gave her evidence under same embarrasiment, but apparently with truth, • and was corroborated by Other witnesses ; and the Learned Sergeant commented largely upori her evidence and manner-of giving her testimony, in his ad. dress to the Jury.. Mr. Sergeant PELT., in reply, urged the credibility of her evidence. " Gentlemen, the witness has cord acted herself with great propriety. YOu saw her manner. .8316 stood at the bar, twisting her handkerchief round her thumb, whilst she was twisted by . my Learned Friend. My Brother Wilde corrnitiiris of her embarrassment. Gentlemen, can this be-wondered at in a simple country girl, who comes into a Court of Justice ibr the first time ? Even I, who am an old stager-1 had almost an old broken-down, post-horse, find it often very difficult to throw off my Learned Friend; he frequently drives sharp rowels into roy sidesand can it be matter of wonder that he is art overmatch for 'Betsy Snape? Gentlemen, this is the :rue a..ei particular account and adventures of Mr. Sergeant Wilde and Elizabeth Snape!" - Verdict for the defendant. This closed the Bridgwater Assizes. On Monday the Bristol commission is opened, and on Tuesday business commences. •• THE tfARVEST. —(F rem the New York GiA 'zeta of July 15.)—1n this and the neighbouring counties, says a Newburgh paper, our Farmers are busily engaged in their harvest, and the weather, so far, has been.every way favourable to the ingathering. A progessive improvement in the cam .vation of the earth is every year visible among the farming in terest. This season has been peculia:ly favourable to, their wishes, and never has this district of country produced -Buell an abundance, the earth is literally buried in the various produc tions of wheat, rye, oats, ,flit*, grass, &c, In no former year has so much wheat, by perh a ps one-third, been sbwn, and never have we seen it so productive. The•fall-harvest of corn &c. promises to be equally plenteous with th e summer ; the abun dance by which we are .surrounded, offers the greatest cause of congratulation to the Giver of all geol. QUEBEC, JUNE 7he Crops.)—Accotots from several parts of this District state, that the crops are suf fering by the present drought and heat, which has nowieonti nued ftir nearly three weeks. The plants of both grass' and grain are forced into 'a state preparatory to coMing.into ear, before they have had time to spread. The wheat. will be•thift rnd short, although probably of a gooci.(piality: The :great heat has had the effect of accelerating all fruits: Wild• sirs* , beries were ripe. as early as the 15th of this month. Green Peas; sowed in the open ground, have been fit for the table for some time past.