The Sun. — London, England, 1804-06-16 00:00:00

PEASANTRY OF IRELAND. The following curious and interesting Account of the Manners of the Peasantry of Ireland, is extratled horn a very ingenious Pamphlet, lately published by R. BELL, E,q. Living for the most part on vegetable food, and with scarcely any other beverage than water or milk, these people had a flow of animal spirits, .and a vivacity of temper, unknown in countries whose inhabitants constantly feed on flesh add strong drink. After the labours of the day, they never sat looking at each other in sulky silence ; the aged would smoke one after another oat of the same pipe, and entertain each 'other with stories ; while the young would dance until near midnight, either to the tunes of some instrument, or of their Own 'voices: and although the rudest music was capable of rous ing them into merriment,: they had taste enough to distinguish and appreCiate the peifortnance of persons Who played so well as to be sought after by people of a higher condition. Their national harp in later years fell into almost total disuse ; their favourite and most frequent instrument was a bagpipe x, on a different but superior construaion to that of the Scotch Highlanders. It is impossible to describe the joy that used to sparkle in the countenances of thoac.rustics, on the arrival of an itinerant per former of celebrity among them they would flock to the house where he took up his residence, and snake it a scene of festivity as long as he remained there. There was this strange leculiarity a e charac ter of the native: Irish, ,that on:oecasic sof great joy and - merriment, they indulged themselves in grief and melancholy.; and. under circumstances of mourning and sorrow, they rarodteadloog into the most extravagant mirth.. At a wedding-feast, they felt uncommon pleasure in singing and listening. to the most plaintive ditties ; and if they had drank any quantity of whiskey, they would whine and weep at the relation of some woeful story. But on the death of a neighbour and a friend, although they went for, the avowed purpose of weeping over the dead body, yet in the very room where it was laid out, they would spend the night in performing all kinds of sports and gambols that were calculated to excite laughter. Those Peasants who could afford the experce, used to give a feast to all their relations and neigh bours, when any female belonging to their family was married. The dinner, which was the only meal on this occaaion, generally consisted of mut. ton, salt pork, bacon, and poultry,. with an abun dance of potatoes and common garden vegetables. All these articles were supplied from the. stock of the person who furnished the entertainment ; but sometimes the relations of the parties could each contribute a stare towards the wedding-dinner. No part of the fare was purchased by money, except the whiskey or beer ; the latter was not always to be prOcured. The chief personage at this enter tainment; was ' the parish-priest, or his deputy. The next in pre-eminence was the Squire : but it was not every country gentleman who could attain the honour of being present at a wedding-feast ; for if he had not resided long in the neighbourhood ; if he had not, by a gentle and familiar deportment, but, above 'all, by conversing with thePeasanta in the Irish language; commanded their esteem,-and conciliated their affeetions, he would not have been invited. The Squire, however, cculd ' have been easily dispensed with : but, next to the Priest, the Musician was the most necessary person, to render. the entertainment complete. He was generally a performer on the bag-pipe ; and the host was often obliged to send for one to the distance of near 20 or 30 miles. Doors taken off the hinges, and laid on beriches, constituted a citnner table, of which no part was covered with a cloth except the head ; here the Priest sat, as president or lord over all the guests, and had the most delicate of the viands placed before him. The others sat in order, ac cording to their rank, which was estimated by the consideration of their property, their age, and their reputation. The meat was usually cut into pieces about the size' of brickbats, and placed along the table in large wooden platters,. out of which the guests helped themselves, often without the aid of knives or forks ; for the few instruments of this kind which could be procured, were appropriated to the service of the Priest, and the seled party whom he chose to honour with his conversation. The host and hostess, instead lof sitting down to dinner, waited upon the company, and pressed them to eat, with an earnestness and familiarity that would haVe been highly disgtkving to persons of more refined manners. The marriage Ceremony was generally performed before dinner ; and on this occasion it was sometimes necessary to force the ti morous bride from the place Where sheK concealed herself on the first approach of the c ny. The company afterwards amused l i kemselves in dancing, singing, and. drinking. Time Priest retired about eight or nine o'clock ; and if great care was not taken after that hour, to prevent the distribution of liquor, the night would have ended in intoxication, riot, quarrelling, and bloodshed. In the course cf a week or fortnight the bridegroom took his wife home to his own habitation"; the portion he re ceived with her, consisted chiefly in cattle. In places where English law and English manners were unknown, the married women were always called by their maiden names. Of all the, scenes of merriment enjoyed by these people, that which has been called an Irish quake qpeared to afford them the highest degree of plea sure. An Irish wake was an assemblage of men and' women round the corpse of a deceased neighbour. To accommodate as many persons as possible, the corpse was decently laid out in one corner of a barn or some other extensive place. The next of kin, together with some old men and old women, sat near the dead body all night, and amused them selves the greater pert of the time with smoaking tobacco, and tellies stories of ghosts, goblins, and 4 ' During the last Season ut Covent-Garden Theatre (i. e. in 1203-1::;o4) au insl - ruinent of this kind has been played on, dur!rga Dart of the entertainment of Oscar and Malviva, by a sir. 0-I,:arcll. witches. The test of the people began shortly after night-fall to arrange tne plan of their sports and di_ versiOns, which hardly ever ceased until break of day. These sports consisted chiefly of rude buf foonery, boisterous mirth, coarse jests, songs, &c. all of which were regulated by some one person, selcaed by the company to as as master of the ce remonies ; and who was most noted for his drollery and vivacity. The mirth of the company was, however, interrupted once in every hour, sometimes every half hour, by the cries of those who sat next the deceased : the .sparts were then suspended, and every person present was supposed to join in the general lamentation, which lasted about five or siX minutes. These cries have been described by the appellation of the Irish howl; and, shocking as they would have. been to a delicate English ear," they were not destitute of modulation. The tones were few but plaintive ; and the voices of the women always predominated. While they were crying or howling, they frequently repeated a set of unmean ing words, and would ask the deceased why he was so cruel as, to leave them. Many women who had neither been related to, nor acquainted with the deceased, would join in the howl, with every ap pearance of affiiaion, would beat their bosoms, di. shevel their hair, and bedew their faces with tears : the same women would perhaps, in ten minutes after, take a leading part in the mirth which succeeded. The corpse was accompanied to the grave by similar cries and howlings. It has often been said that persons were hired to cry at wakes and funerals ; the author of these accounts cannordeny the existence of such a praaice ; but must say, that he never knew an instance of the kind. He has .also to add, that he never knew or heard of any liquor being drunk at wakes : the company were treated only with pipes, tobacco, and snuff; and the whole expence of waking and burying an adult, seldom amounted to a quarter of the sum which the interment of an infant three days old would cost in London. The amusements of the native Irish chiefly took place on Sundays and holidays. On Sunday morn ing, they regularly went to their popish chapel, which was sometimes not - sufficient to contain one half of the people : those therefore who could not gain admittance, prayed in the open air, near the doors of the chapel. As soon as service was over, the greater part of the congregation went home and dined : after which, during the summer season, thcy assembled in large bodies in some adjacent field; where the old sat in circles, and entertained each other with stories, and, the young danced to whatever music they could procure, and some of the young men exercised themselves in feats of bodily strength. Good-humour and contentment always prevailed at those meetings as long as they drank no whiskey ; but whenever that fiery spirit was introduced, intoxication and quarrels were the inevitable consequences. SHIP AEll'S. CR AVESEND, JUNE 14. • Passed by—the Norway, I acubs, from Norway; Eliza, Hot:limn, from New-York ; Geshold, Wold, from Leghorn ; Anietitea, Loretz.en, from Alicant ; London Packet, Logan, from .Oporto ; Courier, Walker, ilorn Messina ; Oak, At kinson, Hpe, White, and I.'o Leine, Hunter, from Gibraltar. Sailed—the Duke of Brdac, Lane, for Quebec ; Susannah and Sally, Hare, tor Lcgilorn ; and the Hollnung, Smidt, for Lisbon. AMRRIeD. On Thursday last, at Greenwich, Capt. Downman, of the Royal Artillery, son of Colonel Downinan, of the same Regi ment, to Miss Lucy Holmes, third daughter of W. Holmes, Esq. of Westcombe Park, Blackheath. DIED. Last week, at Lewes, Daniel Roberts, Esq. Assistant_ Commissary-General. ‘Vednes(l3y, at bath, General Conway. l'lt ICI: OF 6 / OCIi6. TESTE.R.D 4V. _ Bank Stock, r;3 -?; Bank Long Ann. 16 5-16 i navy 5 t , er t . . en.. shut Ditto Short, An n . 5 per eat. .-9-, 95 1i 1 . India StoCk I risk 5 per Cent. Omninin 3.i, 4 per Cent. 72 :, 41. I I inperial 3 per Cent. 54 i i 3 per Cent. Red. 55 ,1 4 - 5 1 Ditto Ann. i) 5-16 3 iie, Ct Con Mtn( Cons for I,IIY, 56 E T APE WORMS.— A most singular circumstance took place a ti-.7.v,day..; since : a young Lady had for y 3 months been inwardly decaying, which can now be - accounted for by viewing a Worn from her Bowels, the head part measuring ay Leer, and every joint in that Worm has a mouth; more than sixty of these mouths are now full of the medicine that expelled the same. Those who chose to have ocular demonstration of This - wonderful fat% may be satisfied by. view ing•this extraordinary animal. daily in the window of Dr. Cardner, Iv o . 76, Long-acre, !who etreded its expulsion.) Its whole length, voil•frt at different times in the last year,, is supposed -t o b e 200 ket; a fecamefrom the mouth at . one Any. Lad•y atilitted may t .be..teferred.—Dr., C;ard. ner's &c. m . 4v he liaa,'signe4 Gardner," on every box; at blot 3, "Shorellitch,`; duar Vinsbury-square; . and, No. 76, Long-acre;at yo*.i:Adv-A.i.•.6d. and as 6d. , ,t I,ON DON Printed by BUCHANAN N';'MILLAN, (of Bow-Street, C , ,vent-Garti.:n); and Publi'l4ed by M A mi G i ß 'Scp T pri, (of so, l th At the 4wel.Q,Fitcs, No. !lA, Shand; where Advertisegzentr, Ordv for tit= ra er, Lett c ri b r t h e Li'di t y r , & c . (port: aid),' FURTHER SALE OF HULL-DOCK SHARES' Dock-Office, Kingston-upon-Hull, June 1, 18047 TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, At the Exchange, in King s t o n-up o n-Hull, on W, urilnell the 4th Day of July, i 1304, precisely at One o' C k., y,eyr ttr th i e w\ R ve c t ig s i o i f or an Ht t p oof e P n a t rika ia n j i e e s n t t y , , i t ) b as r s m ed ak. in in t z h e o Docks at Kingston-upon-Hull, FIVE NEW SHARES in the Undertaking making DOCKS at KINGSTON-UPON-H ULL• Each Share will be put ut) . separately. A Deposit of Tol. per Cent. in part, of the-Purcha_s_cs money, will be required immediately after thg Sale' the remainder in two equal payments, viz. one-half on the loth Day of o&ober next, and the other half on the loth dap • of December next. the Each Purchaser of a New Share will be entitled,\fror il first day of January last, to the same Dividends and Pro-? leges as the Present Proprietors of'Dock Shars. The Dividend for the last year was 1101. 7s. Bd. per Mr• Further Particulars may be -known: by applying Frost, Solicitor, or INl,r. Levett, Clerk, to the Deck party. SPENCER AND PERKINS, NikTINE and BRANDY Nierchitts, No- 1 ,1 . 6 5: NeWgate-street, the only sellers of OLP and ;: ro j. l it NUINE WINE, melioratPd in Vats, c ontaining. Two to Four Thousand Gallons, and • who : teen years experience of keeping such quantities of in one vessel, can assert, that their Wine , is not•only 1171 c agreeable in flavour, but s from its strength of bodYt V i T• a tii and cordial qualities, is more restorative and 1/2vbolesoal the stomachs of weakly and nervous habits, antd and infirm. They have Port, which, 'after being • riPe t :, in a Vat, containing zo - pipe's, has llcen bottle 11 °9 1 severs years. Their Madeira, SIL-h - ry, .1.3tte;', 113, ,at,",„` • '4 boo,' are equally old and excel l2nt. This infod&ori“-rati'n,il thq gives their Wins thlt decided superiority so w , = ll kn " '' s i ervc acknowledged. Their' immense stock their . kriends with superior Wine, of the. 1)::.-st,,, vut tt : ;: k i . to their usual inocierAte terms, for ready money• any part of the. town (not less than a dozen) Tlacv have also a large stock of old Co e , ,, noc and aanaica Rum, Last India and Ritin 0 - innE r fe- 5 thetU Op This Day was published,' oie r " By Mathews, No. 13, Strand, H. 1). Symonds, Pa ter , - n ;A il! row, London ; Dugdale, Duhiin ; and may be hau'r,),.. 1 1 Bookseller, in One Volume Getavo, with an elei;Ar t ta i Le . trait .of the Author, anew Edition, price only 3s. c°ll ing nearly '330 Pages, of , or. Q OLOMUN.'s GUIDE TO HEALTH ; ' _ ki ADVICE TO BO l'H s !.f. XES, in a Variety of C ° :% plaints : 'explaining, in a concise and pi.iiii manner, l e Mode, Treatment, and. most efficacious Reme dies t!ire.tio:* following Diseases, which are treated of tinder their 14:4;,,, t • Heads, viz. : ' Abortion or Miscarriage Asthma Pregnancy, Appetite (Loss of) In d igestion . . Barrenness • Indiscretion juvenile ._ ,rits Bilious Complaints Lowness ot spi . ..r Chlorosis or Green Sickness Menstrual Evacuations Child-bearing NeOous Diseases Consumntions (Monism, or Secret Vent:, . attendant GS Female Diseases Fits I' lithisis or Cough • Pregnancy Fluor Albus or Whites Rheumatism Flatulence or Wind Scrofula - -- Cleets Seminal Weaknesses G ortorrheea Scurvy Hypochondria or Melon. Turn of Life, &c. ecc• clioly Complaints. To which is added, an Essay on the Venereal Pit'ie,,aren Cleets, and Seminal Weaknesses. The where illusi,-6c.., and interspersed with a variety of authentic f acts, lic" fore published. '.- y -S. 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No. 29, Arundel-street Marcii . t fi n d i l l t it: which I thought pro ier to sclea, f trust that , 0 .. not more misetnployed m iLi i than those who., i n ti'i c ,d i. tensive field of the Profes y sion i e ,o-casionally iiiniert7L 1 ii uncertainty, and cannot always -are attain' that success ti,11';',,,,,, , owe ,. t o ()pc ''• acquired. by concentrating the intellettuai p of disorders, • inz ; for theyl he Diseasesof Debility are t liar! , dist ress-- - IbV 2 bring With them a train of pec ! tot -., Syinptonts, an( , 1 td depresiort of all vital ener coticormeil _,, tse - I ..),.,_ I t eornes eznak., tercel. Whether they arise exist i '-f ' sficletora'btlehepr;sitlitlidY: 3 1 ~: f c ~_ nreva'ce of ill arise from r•- i- ' ~..1-,„ l e sse-‘" ample, the truces habits of schoolbuYs, °' `r'`" -t ' cuseable indulgences of maturit • they require. 'ilc 1 1-0s olt! siduous professional skill }r' 1 ' ' tb- obseved,, ~ ; and Welt ma) i , aa r " by the i pran ,AbeVenlNgraGtified(ei gnorauceof unedueated men, the syMptoms aro-- vated, and the constitution is destroyed. „„d for i As a Member of the Royal '(:()liege of Surgeons, a - r;:.4 merly Surgeon in the Army, I ground my pretensions 0_;1‘,.., gularity of education, and posses-sing every privilege t0..1',3„ -1 tire, I feel myself entitleU to that confidence with W,llic-.1 , • - have hitherto been so liberally honoured. . atior t • In the first sensations of local weakness, early appl.c.-,ler.- will prevent the calamity of a Debilitated Frame .• but ` N .,.t t lie the sufferer, from a con,:ciousnes's of the unmadipcssy*„ (.1 vice which caused his misfortune, is fearful otAlie collc,"'it:, or censure of hiss Family Physician, and broods o ver il ls f o i firmity with careful cotwealrnent, it, must be satisWorSbut hint to be assured, not only of capability of treatnlClJ, • . also of the most inviolable secrecy. s 0 1 : 2.11 y, The Venereal D isease contaminates the.,springty life, the seeds of existsince are plis;ined by it, anti l''' ' '' is injured by the indiscretion of an unguarded moment. ~'f , . In recent venereal complaints it is possibleAci rreve.i't•Pidtis' danger, or distress; and in the most cOmplicatO Gas ° f f,ct the acquirement - of excluSive experience in this lilic t ° a site, certain, and speedy re-establishment . -eirl 'et I oiler Mae. advali,t4gl of this experi'xce to those f?l cif ~,, sex who are al-flit-ledany kind ofdebility, or nY 5 ' : -'l . "Ili of Venereal I lifee•tion, and in all cat., the ccrol,- .. remuneration are stated on the first ipterview:.; ,- _.. ~ - lai;;Y 'Patients in the .Country ai:- expeifed to inclqc %t:ry,; Note, and are req - i-sted to specify their ace ..r,(l in 3n, 1:,.. , living, as well as.tile.-;:iisting :,),,trintonis of the lk''' l - .. •• ": 1‘ , 3.A1 '.:TIN Lii , IEE,, • ' .. ~,,;;;;--- ftlember of the Royal C'olleg--,;i Surgeons i;; Lor , "•er 'kr No, 70, Sti awl,' A rtildekt rev; licit ellipfel,r•---- ' I is an aLlSitional Li.tta4cein ‘l..",',iter-z . .i.; . :.- 1 . actournf." j•street, Gioivrn_9r-sgtivis); 113'1$1 DC eclai:c4l:o, :~~~~ I SPORTIAG INTELLIGENCE. BIBURY MEETING. THURSDAY, JUNE 1 4. Ld Sackville's Whirligig, t ist. agst. Mr. Vanneck's Pyr rhus, lost. 916. two miles, tongs. won. Mr. Douglas's Parnasus, Ilst. 71b. agst. Sir T. Hawkins's h. by Coriander, lost. rilb. two miles, sogs. won. A Handicap Sweepstakes of togs. each ; two miles. Ld Euley's Captain Absolute, 5 yrs old, list. 51b. Ld Graves's Piercer, 5 yrs old, lost. 6d. 2 Mr. Bynctloss's Exning, 4 yrs old, 9st. izib. 3 Col. Kingscote's Waxy, out of Kezia 4 yrs old, rost. 61b. 4 Mr. Craven's br. g. Fine Ear, aged, rzst. 41b. agst Sir J. Hawkins's ch. h. by Coriander, darn by Blemish, lost. 111 b. two miles, Icogs. h. ft. off. Fifty Pounds by any horse, &c. that never won more than sogs. at any one time, except at Bibury, carrying ust. each ; the best of three two-mile huts. Mr. I larrison's Chilton, 6 yrs old 3 z Mr. Vanneck's Pyrrhus, 6 yrs old a Mr. Craven's Fine Ear - 2 dr. DULWICH HERMIT.-At Union Hall yesterday, William Payne, charged with being a principal in the murder of Matthews, the old Dulwich Hermit, some time since, and for which several persons have been in custody, tried, and discharged, was examin ed privately before the Sitting Magistrates. It would be very improper, on all hands, to detail any part of the evidence that came out in this stage of the business. It was, however, sufficient to induce the Magistrates to commit him for a future hearing. The American ship, called the Lowely Lass, Capt. W. M'ALISTER, has arrived in the Texel, with a cargo from Batavia, worth three millions of florins. Left Batavia on the 3oth of November, where, at that period, the greatest tranquillity ptevailed. As soon as the renewal of hostilities was known there, several Dutch ships ready to sail were stopped, and their _cargoes landed, to.wait for the return of peace. The same took place at the Cape of Good Hope, .where several cargoes that would not keep, have been sold by auaion ; but from the want of money, .they fetched but little. They were all the produc. tions of Java, and destined for Holland. As the Military there were very mutinous, and the Civil Agents very discontented, the Dutch Governor, JANSENS, had given in his resignation. On Thursday se'nnight, a pike was taken out of . the great pool, in Packington Park, Warwickshire, the seat of the Earl of AYLESFORD, with a carp stuck in its throat that weighed tolb. which had choaked him. The pike, when empty, weighed 3olb. On Monday se'nnight a human body was observed floating in the River Till, near Etall, in Northum berland. Upon examination, the eyes, nose, cheeks, lips, and abdomen, were found to be entirely de stroyed, and the body would not have been easily re cognized, by which it was known to be the body of a boy, who fell from a tree into the river and was drowned upwards c.f five months ago. ,A few minutes after the melancholy accident happened,every possible, endeavour was made to obtain the body ; the river was repeatedly dragged for many days without suc cess, and the search was at length abandoned, under the idea that the body had been carried down the, river to the sea. In the course of the day on which, it was found, several Gentlemen'had seen it when fishing in the river, but it was imagined to hav7 been the carcass of a drowned sheep or dog, and therefore no particular attention was paid to. it, until it stuck fast on the embankment of a mill.dam, about half-a-mile below the place where the acci dent happened. LAW REPORT. COURT OF KING's BENCH, IUNE IT Mr. DAMP I ER moved for a Rule, calling upon an Attorney to chew cause why he did not pay over to the Complainant, a sum of money which he had re ceived as payment for stock, sold by him by virtue of a Power of Attorney from the persmn who made the application. Lord ELL ENEOROUGH asked, if there was any cause depending, and whether he had received the .money as Attorney in the cause ? Mr. DAMP lER replied no:, that the person on whose behalf he moved, gave the Attorney a Power of Attorney to sell out certain stock, which he had accordingly - done, but refused. to pay over the pro duce. Lord ELLENBOROUGH observed, that the Court could not grant this Motion. If the money was improperly withheld, the proper remedy was to bring an Action. If they were to irrterfere in the summary way which was prayed, it would go to establish a principle that would in all cases render it perfedly unnecessary to bring an Aaiun against an Attorney to recover a debt.,--Rule refused. COMMON PLEAS, JUNE 11. Mr. Serjeant BAILEY having moved on a former day for a Rule to chew cause why the verdia given for the Defendant in an Aftion of Replevin should not be removed, Mr. Serjeant SELLON, this day, sheaved cause against the same. It appeared that the,Collettors of Land-Tax in Cambridgeshire were empowered to assess certain Drain Lands, and to demand four_ pence per acre, agreeable to an Ad passed during His present Majesty's Reign. The Lands of Mr. Newton, Defendant in the Cause, were, therefore, assessed ; but no demand made for the Tax until eight years atter the first assessment, upon which ground payment was resisted, and the Commission ers distrained. At the trial of the. Adion of Re plevin, it was contended that the Tax shquid have been demanded annually, or it was not recoverable, according to the Statute ; and the Jury gave a vet dift for the Defendant. The same arguments were again adduced in support of the Verdid as at the trial, namely, that the Commissioners had departed from the spirit and meaning of the Aft ; and the Defendant could not legally be compelled to pay. The Court, after hearing the Case argued for near three hours, deferred giving judgment. BELL V. BUTLER. This was an Anion brought by an Informer against the Defendant, for having given a receipt upon unstamped paper, under peculiar circumstances. The Statute of the 43d Geo. 111. c. 20, enals a penalty of 'al. for "a Receipt so given. There is a reference in the .AEI to the 25th Geo. 111. set. 12 and 13, and to the 31st Geo. 111. c. as,,by which the present question was to be determined. Mr. Serjeant BAILEY, for the Plaintiff, recited the words of the Statute as applicable to this pe nalty, and proved the hand-writing of a receipt given to Mr. Pulcher on unstampted paper. It was dated the zoth December ISolt, for 391. 4S. being the amount of a Bill on, the Defendant., in the hands of the person to whom the receipt was given. Mr. Serjeant BEST, on behalf of the Defendant, contended, that this was not that species of Receipt which was referred to in the ACt, and he read in support of his opinion, the passages in the three Statutes to which we have alluded. He obs,erved, that it was merely a Receipt fora Bill of Exchange ; and an acknowledgment of this description on the back of the Bill itself, is one of the very exceptions in the Ad. Sir JAMES MANSIFIELD.—" This is an Aaion to recover the penalty of tot. for a Receipt given with_ out a Stamp. The objea of the Legislature was, to raise a certain Revenue, and in order to enforce compliance, they thought tit to enaa a penalty, This may be said to be severe upon the Defendant, but what would be the consequence to the honest subjeas of the realm, if artful men were permitted to evade these duties I The burden must be greater upon those who possess most integrity. If this were negligence in the Defendant, the Law must be obeyed, and he must suffer for his inadvertence. I cannot understand the case as stated by my Brother BEST : if an Action had been brought upon the Bill, this receipt would have been a good defence. It is contrary to the Statute, and the party by whom it is violated, has subjeaed himself to the penalties." —Verdia for the Plaintiff, to%