The National Register.
London, England, 1823-02-10 00:00:00

THE. gING V. ,Wll. VOL

The Solicitor IGenrral soured for the judgment of the Court
en this defendeat. W hen ceIL.l he did not appear ; and un an
allidava that hr bad been duly ser►ed with Deuce, his racqui-
nsures were ..treated.

THE SING N. JOHN IRWIN.
The Solicitor General Moved for the sentence of the Court op
lii. defendant, who had sulfered judgement to go by default to
an indictment on 49 Gen. 111. c. 126. for
,pretending to sell to a
pewees named ACisman a place is the Excise. A me mused
hoists Woodall was charged with a participation in Ike oliimicu,
but had not been fumed.

The circumstances of the case, as di►closed by .t►e affidavit
of the prosecutor, were as follows:—Baring been uufortunate
in business; he CSII.A AO advertisement to be iuserted in the
riAuee.uovispeper of the loth of May, 1109,01fering a reward
se any cue who would procure fur the advertiser a permanent
mmecantilp situation, mid desiring letters to be addressed
A. P. W.,20, Fleet-inarket.' A day or two after a letter came
by the two-penny post in answer to the advertisement, request-
ing him to COIN. to Walker's-terrace, Mile-end-road ; to which
place he went, and there met the defendant Irvin. Irvin toad
into the situation he proposed to obtain for him was ill the Ex
to which he replied that lie was as upholsterer. and
would prefer something In his own liar, bet Irvin assured him
that the Wary attached to this office was 901. a year. and that
it also effailled seuiwiderable iferguisites. Deluded by these
representatiuds, Ito .egreed to give eighty guineas for the situ-
salon, which was to .he procured by the iauener of a clerk in
the Treasury, by whom the premium was to he accepted. On
the nest day, Auhman was informed that it would be necessary
to advaocu 3a1.; tide lie hesitated to do ; but offered to deposit
the whole money in the hands damns third peraou, to he paid
over as soon as he should be in the enjoyment of the office. lie
was thee introduced to Woodall, by whose persoaaiou he was
ultimately induced to pay the 351. in notes and abort dated hills ;
the whole money was taken by Woodall; and a joint and
several promissory note siAirsd by Woodall and Irvin, for the
repayment of the advance in lire weeks. ben the mote
Legume due it was not paid ; and he called on Irvin, who gave
bite a bed sad some villas articles, nut worth mote then 51. iu
pert payment. In prison, afterwards [trick bad offered him 21.
to give up the bill.
On thin part of the defendant, his alfd►vil was put in, setting
forth thut he had himself herr. the dupe of Woodall, and that
la had a wife and three children Wilily dependent opus him
Inc sebsistenee.
Mr. malice Bayley pronounced the sentenne of the Court,
which was, that he should be imprisoned in the House uf Cor-
traction is Culdbatis-fields for six calendar months.
THill KING v JOON IFKOST.
Mr. Puller prayed fur the judgment of the Court on this de•
fandaet, who was luctught.up in custody -of the gaoler of Mon.
'earth, Lavin been tuaod guilty at the last assizes fur. that

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oithety on too indictments, charging bins with the publication of
libels on Mr. Thomas Protheroc.
Th.. Loin Chi f Justice directed that that the ease should
slant over till Monday next, and that in order to sac the
gaoler of Monmouth, be should be committed in the mean time
to the custody of the Marshal of the Marauders.
Mr. Frost thee retired in custody.
CLEMENT' a. M •LKIN.
This was an action in the ease fur infringing the copyright of
the air " Vms Ifeeri Quaint" with ‘variations. composed Ly
Mr. F. Kellthrenner, and by him sold to the plaintiff's, who are
eminent dealers in anssical instruments and pahlimelions.
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Kalibrenner himself,
hat in June or July, 1814, just at the time when the. Allied
Sovereigns *Lilted London, be sold to the plaintiffs dm copy-
right of the work in question, with that of one ortwo other
airs, for 301. whiebJee.reeeived. 410 his return to Preis, he
*old the oopyright of the same work there, excepting gughuid
aid Germany, to Mr. fileysl ; and it we duly registered as
Itia,property according to the law of France. The air (multi-
imed no sale by fflessrs.Cleinenti, bat no assignment iu writ-
* (which•under the statute of Anne is essential to the copy-
right) was made to Item till the 24th of January. 1822. la
time, the cork was sold openly iu Paris, and Mr. Walker being
there with Lis son,iin 1817, purchased a copy and republished
it it h:s shop in Soho-square, where at has been sold since the
replay assignment to the plaintiff' at half the ,peize whiub he
demanded of his customers.
The Lord Chief Justice pee .so opinion on the ,point of
hes, batomi,gested that, as .it was of importance io musical
professors, it should be brought before the Court for more
anthem decision.
A 'redid was accordingly taken forrhe
2s. subject to che qpillioa of the Court on a special case.
rtint.nosr, FEB. O.
MLA/MI-OEM Y.—JUDG:IIENTS.
euui ZING r. TOSBRRID96.
The Solicitor-General moved for the judgement of the Court
on the defenduat, found guilty ..f publishing a Masi/betimes
libel, namely, Pahiser's Principles of Nature.
The Lord Chief Justice read his motes of the trial:
The defeadtat put in we affidavit is mitigation of latuisli-
, meat.
The Solieitoe•Gersetel also declined potting in anycia the
part of jilsjoist
en.
Tap addressed the Court, and read from a paper,
tbellffiMllffi , be said, the Court ought sot to pass
4annary. he was tried, he said, and found
guilt/ apes tire evidence of pudic officers, who swore the book
was mold Weirlile's shop, but sot one would swear he deliver-
ed ibis eisiiki• No one could say he sold the copy which wee the
sehjealliffi-grastrontion. The Court bad no evidence of Lis
haviegypahliaisiff the book. The Jury Coned him guilty, toot
.epos tbe evidence, belie consequence of his having utC.-ed •
hasty exprearion.—The defendant was proueeding in a strain
of violent abuse, directed to the Judges and Jury who tried
.him, when

The Lord Chief Justice said—" if yea force the Court to
bear what it Is our duty not to beta, we hare only-one course
to pursue."
Th defendant then said be was not disposed to mask his
principles, *lsiah were like those olio. philosophical work ha
bad sold. The defeadent complained, -that he bad not had a
fair,trial. He was prepared to make • defence, which must
Lave made an impression on the Jety, had lie .not been inter-
mapted 'by else Judge. Their Lordships, as Judges, bad nothing
to-do with religion.—Lord Hale said the Coerts of Law bad
no power to take cognizance of religious offences. The duty
of defeniliog religion devolved on the Church only. The
Church, in early times, bunt heretics without the Court of
King's Hush. lie was one of the heretics of file present day,
and be,cdroplaisied of a religious ioquisition, which was now
as delusive as witchilraft in the Kith century. lie had been
' stopped on his defence by the Judge, oo the ground that he
was nut taking • legitimate course. The word legitimate itself
was so odious that he might almost apologize for using it.
The Solicitor-General laid, in aggravation I stall not make
one observation on the general topics introduced by the defend-
ant, hut with respect to one point, I merely wish to advert to
what Lad occurred al the trial on the fact of publication. The
defendant said at the trial—" Ihe sale of Ate book I do not
deny ; .1 war bound to sell it in the discharge of the duty I
owed say employer ; Pslwer's Ptinoiples of Nature was no
libel, but au bona,' to every person who might have it in his
possession. !"

The Lord Chief Justice.-1 called the attention of the Jury
to that point.
Judge Bayley then delivered the Judgment of the CourL—
William Tonbridge, you are to receive the judgment of this
Court, after having been convicted epic information riled by
his Majesty's At Woes, General for publishing a libel. The law
of this country an the subject of religious °lithium is AY liberal
as the law in an:tether country in the world. It 'tows every
man to judge tor himself. It prescribes for no man. It leaves
every (mete adopt say particular speckle of worship, bet it
does nocaufer that any man in acourt ofjuitice, or eMewhere,
shall cuter into argument to slier/ Christianity to be an abuse,
when it is the established law of the laud. You may not be
aware what wisi Wel you may du, and bow high .4lie religious
crime may be you will Loreto answer for, if you shake the
religious principles of young petunia who have no opportunity
to stedy and coaling, their mode of faith. If you take from
thcir minda ail moral and religious impressions, you way be
the author of all the crimes they commit. This is not a place
Fur the discussion of principles of Christianity, but I mar say
the hest and the wisest men who have applied their -minds to
the subject have the firmest belief. No man can have attended
to the reading of this libel, without feeling it is au abuse, and
that it is likely to contaminate the usinds of youth. The court
taking into couvideration the circumstances of yr..r, offence,
and believing it to be their bounden duly to protect persona
who have not the opportunity to obtain information audicient to
rebut the effect M there publications, do order and adjudge,
that for this offence you lie imprisoned in the House of Cor•
rection Coldbsth-fields, two 'ears ; that you pay a fine to the
Ling of 1001. and Mid sureties for fire years, yourself in IVO/.
and two others iu 501. mob.

The defendant.—lt is a sentence worthy of a Christian court.
It is worthy of a Court that—
Tbe Lord Chief Justice.-officer take tins away.
The defendant Ono left the cow* in.. lauds.
THE LING 12 SUSANNAH WKIGHT.
Mr. Gurney moved the juilgtneut of We Court on this de-
feudist.
Mrs. Wright, attended by a female fi lead cause into Court.
She proceeded to teed an address—in effect—that after some
months' imprisonment, among feluns, she had cause to complain.
The Lord thief Justice refused to hear her defence. which
had compelled her to get it printed. and send it to their Lord-
ships, •1141 hoped they bud read what she iutended to read as
her defence. She meant to couteud Moe, as she did them, that

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to deny the truth of ch ' 'airily um not against law.
1 Mr. Jnetice eaky ley referred to an sot of Parliament widish
r ado it penal.
Defendant proceeded.—You declare christianity to be •
dii Me system, toe not for •tulerming the Unit/trims says it is
Out so, our against law to deny this.
The Court interropt, il.— it was against the oath of the
Judges to permit a defendant to read that which was against
law.
: Defendant.—Yoor Lordship refuses me to premed, het I
persist with my defence. Coaid any thug be,called law pistol
an Act of Parliament which said what the law was ?
• Mr. Justice Bayley interreptedebedefendeot le these words
• —Airs. Wright, the sentence of the Court is, that you be im-
' psisoned for lb moi.ths in the Boom of Comelier', Coidbetk.
• ,tields. to pay a line of 100l..and to Ind two safeties for your
good behaviour for five years, in the sum of 501. each, sod to
be forth, r imprisoned until such fine be paid, and such sureties
entered into.
• The defendant, on being ushered oat of Coen, is:claimed:—
' .. Ilope.your Lordship will give me a check on year Malta.
I for the amount, as 'I shall never be able to pay it."
I SHE LINO th foam arunuts.
' Me defendant wasrbronght up to receive judgment, basin
' been foetid guilty at the sittings after last term, at Lollar/41,e(
• making an indecent exposure of his person to several 'mai
females, in AloorSelds.
The.defendatit pat in his sillideeir, stating that .be had lost
the situation he held previous to his cmvietioa, end that be bed
. been afflicted with a disorder in his eyes, which woolddeprive
him of the means of supporting his family. • ,
Other alldavite.desoribed the defendant to be • wee subject
to permyvais of Moms, which produced intervals of mental
derangement, and that previous le.lllo offence for which he wes
to seurive judgment, he was known to be a moralises.
The Lord Chieli notice mid, there was a circumstance in the
affidavits which iodneed the Conine think it would be better
the defendant should come up foryndginent neat Term.
The defendant was aceordingly admitted to hail to be
brought op nest Term.
.11611DAI(, SLR 7.
• This day 99 smugglers were brought mgr Ivy writ of Hikes
. Corpus from kis Majesty's ship Severn, when they bed been
demised by the Commander oa suspicion of the wirier of i
man mooed Cullom.
They w eve marched along in double headmffs, ironed, end
in *barge of constables, with se cffieer is military uniform,
whom mom into Court with a letter in his bead, which he
•baaded over, tosetbrr with the key of their irons. Oa their
irons being struck off they were drams cp, .22 in somber, es
dielloor of she court.
The letter which was here read, wee from the captained' hie.
Majesty% ship Swim ; is it they were charged with samiglieg
sad also with she murder of % MIMS Callus, on whose body
ea Mows had been held, and a verdict of wilful sunder ow-
tweed against same parlous unknown. It ',peered that Calm
was shot during the delit between the sanagglisig miter (sum
niik Bowe) and dde Majesty's reverie* eatter, the Iledpar, off the
coast of Frame. The smugglers Met three me• ia the me-
diet, on whose bodies • cormer's inquest bad hem held, and a
verdict of Justifiable Homicide returned. The seingelse was
laden with tobacco and spirits, and armed with sinve•ad mr-
ronades and a variety of small arms. On the Boifte mm-
manning a •morm fire of cannon and small arms, tie smugglers
cried out for quarter. but flirty afterwards Med epee the ostler,
by which lire one man was killed mid three or Fear sea were
wounded.

Mr. Brougham contended shat shs defendants were 'elided
to their •disultarge, having done no more than dtao defend
►hemselves ou The coast of France when attacked. They were
only enspected of easaggling, and there was as ground to charge
any individual with the murder of Came.
The court committed the defeadama to the (melody of the
Marshal of the Ling's Hunch, to be delivered over to *ma-
gistrate for examination ou the charge of warder.
THK KING A. BENDIIRY AND

Mr. Scarlett moved for a rule, calling se two magistreles of
' the county of Sanlk to ehcw cause rwh3 a criminal information
should not he filed against them. ' He made this appileatioe
behalf •at the proprietor of a waggon which carded paredsbe-
' tweets Norwich and Thetford, wed whit resided at Norwich. I.
August last a quantity of game was, on the road, taken op by
his servants, and seised belore it reached its place of &miles-
tion. Of this transaction be was entirely ignocaat at the time,
and when he was informed of it, be dismissed entry goo mho
I could possibly be implicated from his service: Tobin great
surprise, in the month of November, be retierred a sueugeoe
from the defendants to appear before them and answer Wrongs-
' lions on 6th Anse e. 14. ter evening game for sale. Ho at-
tended, and I educed evidence lo *bow his entireignormise of
the fact ; but be was convicted in penalties to Abe amosat of
1591. ; and the magistrates. is drawing up the conviction.
omitted to state the evidence on which it was fouudred. sad ob
sensately refused to iusert it. He was therefore left without
any means of redress; as the decision of We magistrates was
final.
The Lord Chief malice erpreesed his opinion t►at the learn-
ed coonsrl had shown enough to entitle him to a role i bat Meg-
gested that, as the tuagietrates had probably acted under as
erroneous impressios as 'to the law, that the better coarse would
be to take ■ eirmdamsur, directing them to Jowl the evidesee.
and to give notice or a motion for a certiorari i• remove the
conviction.
Mr. Scarlett assented to this proposal and took his writ of
esesidesmir.
In the mints of the morning Sir Ibrahim Lowe owe into
court to-meear on affidavit, on which he Wean, a termed a mo-
tion ter a criminal information against Mr. O'Meara. It is un-
deretood that the motion will be made on Monday. The pre-
sence of Sir Iladmni Lowe •ecited mach cariosity in the body
and avenues of the court.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
FRIDAY, Feb. 7.
SIMPLEX v. eavatort.
In this ease as action of trespsis was tried al the ha noises
of Guildford before the Lord Chief Heron; the ',lanolin' in
which had been tenant of • small house belonging to the de-
fendant, at 3s 6d. a week. Raving received the regular notice
to quit from 040 defendant, the plaiatill. removed sours of his
goods to another house. At the tersuinatios of the period ape-
' cl6ed in his antis*, he laadlord went to take possessioe, but
round then hues* locked up, and usinhaloted. He therefore
broke it op** with a crow bar, and put smother tenaul its pos-
session of it. The plaintiff under these circumstances brought
I his action. The Chief lisron held on the trial that the law
I would not justify a man to tale possessien of his house is this
nay. 45 such violence might lead to • personal battery, sod
perhaps murder. The Jury, therefore, gave • 'radii:l for
Ithe plaintiff.
Mr. Sergeant Taddy having on a former day obtained a rule
Oil. NZ • new mist.

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Mr. Sergeant Peel now showed cause against the rule ; eon-
tending that the verdict ought not be dinteibed, as the Chief
)deron had properly charged the Jury. The present was differ-
eat from a case of vacant possession, Mauritian's as the plaintiff
had some fernitent in the house at the time of the defendeet's
forcibly entry, by which it must be viewed inthe seine light as
if the tenant himself had been in it at the time. If landlords
wrre permitted to effect forcible entries in this wa►. the action
of ejectment would become quite useless ; for so ens would
incur the eapeese of a legal proceedin,j, if a snot* speedy re.
windy existed is his owe streogtb, and to be enticed at kis
ewe pleespra.
Mr. flargeent 'Paddy was proceeding to support his rule'
wham
The Coert interrupted him, as they were unanimously of opi-
nioe that the defendant was justified in taking forcibl► posses-
sion; for the mead having held otter after his right of posses-
sion had ceased, the right was then in the landlord. Thu
question therefore was, whether or set the defendant was jos-
tiffed in taking possession of bit, own house in the manner de-
scribed. The court use clearly of opinion that be was. Their
lordsips therefore ordered the rule fu• a new trial to be made
absolute.
LENT MSIERS.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT.
Lod Cbief Justice ABBOTT and Baron G•III1LOW.
==re—Tbunalay. Feb. 47. at Aylesbury.
Wednaaday..March Cat Bedford:
trlemiearrbtre,7Saturday. March B. at Runtinsdeah,
Tuarday..Marels 14, at Cambridge.
Nasfalk.-favasisy. March IS. at Thatiord.
et; at Bury.

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LONDON FASHIONS FOB. FRBRUAItr.

Events° Brio.—Pomegranate colour crape line
areas; corsage to At. The stomacher is composed of
denble rualeanz of satin, rather more than as hick apart,
and is coesiu•ed over the shoulder to the hottoin of the
waist behind, and is trimmed with floe blond, the Dantean
the tacker. The Window smith, is of erepe lime, edged
with seths„aad the suds of the rosette trimmed with blond.
The sleeve he Mimed of three rows of small festoons of
crepe lisle, edged with satin and bleed. The skirt is
decorated with an elegant net-work. of pomegranate and
white chenille, suresemeuted-with ■ rem of steel beads; a
steel bead is introduced at eaoliangle of Usenet beneath
is a tasteful seissantiug of crepe liase is double
intersected with ornamented semicircles of
sotto, waited by • circlet composed of foam satin roulcans,
with a row of small steel beads between each ; a broad
satin mama at the bottom of the dress. The hair is
leery felt curb, and a primed of deep mod pale-coloured
roses. Inky necklace, armlet, bracelets, and ear slugs.
Long white kid gloves, and white satin shoes. Opera
cloak of rich black satin, wadded, and hoed with cerulean
blue Gannet. edged with a Small 'mileage of blue satin :. it
is suede very long, and with arm-holes; plain culler and
large heed, which draws with blue eantedu.
Orratte Daass.—This elegantdress is formed of cern.
lean Mee satin, or Gam de Naples, with • rich border,
couipmed of satia.malis folded in bias, beautifully &tithed
by bloat sada roulettes. The body Is made low. hot
chastely cornet, affurdi•g.only a partial display of the
bast, while the shoulders are covered ; a tucker of the
very hetet ammietees of lirling's patent lace, serves also a
modest shield, sad the short al are trimmed next the
elbow, with the same material ;, these sleeves are formed
of bias-folded maestri, to answer the trimatiog at the
border of the dress.
BALI Duels.—'Phis attractive and elegant-dress is of
tulle over white satin ; the teller ovuomeeted with broad
stripes, laid on of amber coloured satin, till they reach
double testooraorninumet, la two rows of puckered tulle
en raulea•x, the points of which ere headed by large ro-
settes of pearl; under them festoons, terminating at the
hem, is a flounce of bread Wend, of • rich and striking
patteus. l'he corsage is made plain. but is trimmed round
the homes wills a broad • falling tucker of blend, which,
from each shoulder,. falls as a nssucheron ornament o►er
the sleave,oad has • very beautified effect.

At D:von Qll:lTlClSessions an imprtanttlecision was
made on. the subject of assessing tithes. The farmers of
the impeopriate tithes appealed against the rate, which
had beeti sucreased upon the tithes Iron. 4801. to 4501.
which was neatly a tenth of this4lusle rate. The evi•
deuce given for the appellants was, es that the tithes were
tented at a recent letting for 4501.; that the composi-
tions collected amounted to 3881.; and the value of the
tithe of the corn was 4101. *inject to all rxpences of
compounding, collecting, and parochial rates ;_that the
yearly value of the estates of the persona, selected as
respondents, was MIA. and that they were sited at
8741. Ulu the other hand two surveyors for the respon-
dents estimated the produce of the tithes at 5001. and
the yearly value of the ;lames at this time, at no more
than bUYi. alteededucting every expence of producing.
The appellaiits' counsel contended that the only sound
principle was to make • pound rate mum the lett-able re-
lue of each description of property, and therefore that
the tithes should be about 4701. and the estates about
1,1001 but even this would tit to make tithe property
to take more than its just proportion.. inasmuch as, with
respect to the lands, the landlord's rent only would be
charged, and the beneficial occopatiou of the- tenant
would not be rated at all, while of the tithes both pro-
prietor's rent and Whines profit would be assessed. The
respondeuis contended that only the clear profit of the
land, according to the surveyors estimate, should be
taken into account. and consequently that they were
already over sated, while the nth's were rated at no
more than the produce they had proiett, frtsil. The
Colin decided that tithes should stand fated at 3001. and
that the 2041. taken oil should be added to the late 011
the lands. •
For some time past the plantations of the Rev. Mr.
Leathes, of Shropham Hall, have been iiifesteii with
poachers, in consequence of which Mr. L. sent out
seven men one night list week in search; they soon met
with four of the gang.and a battle ensued: by this time
several more poachers vane up to assist their associates,.
snd the parties fought most desperately; but Mr. L.'s
men, being overietwered by superior numbers, were
forced to flee, after hating been beaten and bruised its
the most shocking manner. We understand that some
ot them ate in a eery dangerous state.

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M OD DIID.- WC have to record another i 111 l ancent the
of the sad effects-of the game laws upon the mina's of
the lower orders :—A poacher of the name of Linden,
who resided in Oil pad.h of Ildgay, in n.r folk , has
been murdered in cold blood by his companions. Three
of the gang (the only persons supposed to have been con-
cerned in the warder) have been apprehended and lodged
in Ely gaol: their names are ibi ph, Pickett, and Ni.,
cholas, and they resided in Feltwell; in Norfolk. From
the testituony.of Rolph, who, we understand, has con-
fessed the horrid deed, it appears that he and Pickett
and Nicholas, conceiving that Lasiden had given some
infbnitation.of an offence co 11111 l hod by them, called
upon hint in the night oft Wednesday lasi, with the view
of enticing him out to murder hun. They persuaded
hini to aceompany them to some , • .tiationi in Burnt
Fen, in the parish 0: Littleport in the Isle of Ely, be-
longing to Jonathan Page, Esq. where they told Min-
plenty of game would be found. Shortly after they
reached the plantation, they murdered him with a
bludgeon, as he was s upping to set a hare snare, and
immediately buried him. The grave was discovered on
Friday hilt by a party sporting with Mr-Page, jun. and
on opening it, the body was found. An Inquest was
taken on Saturday, by Mr. H. R. Evans,corolier for the
Isle of Ely, and $ verdict of Wilful Murder was returned
against Ralph, and front his information the tither two
persons have liken since apprehended, k appears that
when the party proceeded from Lamle's% house to the
plantations they took with them the bludgeon with
which they murdered hum, and the spade used in dig-
ging the pave
Complaints against the new Turnpike Act are uni.
vernal. la is certainly, at any rate, illotmed, consider-
ing the existing distress, granting cress it. prospective
utility, which, however, is far boat being generally al-
lowed. Its operation will be to put a muddling fanner
to the immediate expense of front M. to 501. in the
change of his cart wheels and tire ;.and•it is-then said
to beimpossible in deep cross roads, during the winter
season, to groce'd with broad wheels. ht the menu
time, coaches are allowed with their accustomed nar-
row wheels.. The wheelwrights also complain of a very
certain considerable lora on their stock in hand of nar-
row. wheels. Too many Acts of Parliament have beet.
passed without deliberation, and this, in the country, is
generally.held to be one of them.
Suocxix• Occuaaaacc—On Sunday afternoon, a
large congregation of that sect cutnitiouly called lise •
Roolorse.were assembled for divine wooship 118-11 room in
she City of Norwich public house, Norwich, when the
floor gave way, and they were all precipitated into the
cellar. The scene which presented itself WAS one of•
dreadful confusion: the cries of those who-were injured
were distressing in the extreme. Assistance being ob-
tained, they were with conaiderable-diffiaulty rattricated,.
and it was found that a child had been killed, one poor
woman hail both thighs broken,. • or musuaore had I
sustained fractures, and many were otherwise injured.—
They were conveyed to the hospital immediately, and
the utmost attention afkoded them..
On Sunday meaning lataohe benefit of the New
Marriage 'Act was displayed in a singular circumstance.
which .occurred in a parish church in the vicinity of
Reephant. Norfolk. A; young couple presented them-
selves at the altar with the intention of there plighting
and exchanging those vows which the dreaded destroyer
alone could dissolve; and long did the time appear
which it was necessary to await the arrival of the mi•
slider to the anxious swain and the timid blushing in-
tended bride! But so blind is every votary of the ally
urchin, whose influence may be supposed to have led
them thither, that any obstacle to their promised union
was not tl ght of till the arrival of the clergyman
dispelled their visions of bliss by pronouncing it impos-
'sible to unite them,, as they were one day too late, se-
cording to the time Mentioned in the Marriage Act,.
frona.the puldishing.of their bans. They gazed um each •
other (or some moments as if a tale unreal had met
their ears; when the man. recollectin; it was useless to
complain, .smiling, thanked the clergyman and left the
church, whik his fair intended partner pathetically la-
mented the sail event, exclaiming—" Hang the Saw
Marriage Act, and those who made it."
PAIN IN Tin Eta.—A violent lain in the ear has
for some tune been prevalent, arid particularly amongst
children, extending like an epidemic through entire fa.
milks. The moat effectual- remedy yet discovered Is
a small close of garlic, steeped for a few minutes in warm
salad oil, and put into the ear rolled op in muslin or thin
linen. in some time the garlic is reduced to a pulp;.
and having accomplished its object, should be replaced
with cotton, to prevent the patient taking cold.
An inqoest was held last week of the body. of Alex.
Newton, a labourer in the employ of Mr. Ducknell,
tanner, of Crooombe, who was (wind dead in the snow,
on Satorilay week. The deceased had travelled front
Crocombe to Taunton in the morning,and on his return
had called at the Lethbridge Arms, to enquire fur the
Crocombe Post. Finding he had been gone half an
hour, after taking one putt of beer, only, he proceeded
homeward. At Crontbe Florey he blipped off a bridge,
incrusted with ice and snow, auto an unfrozen stream,
I buil after extricating himser, received from a neigh-
' bowing cottage a little warm wine, being mach be-
numbed with cold. He then proceeded, and about Iwo
miles further, at a place called Seven Ash, fell into deep
snow. The traces lie made in attempting to recover
himself were observed for several yards; but he was at
length overpowered with cold and fatigue, anal was found
the next morning on his hands and knee—she position
in which death had seized him in his last struggles for
extrication. The Coroner returned a verdiet—n Hied
by the inclemency of the weather."' It did not appear
that the deccased'i istislintime was attributable to races:
sive drinking, as, when he arrived to the Lethbridge
Arms, he appeared quite sober, and the refreshment lie
there had was extremely moderate.
A. bitch, belonging to a gentleman at Whitehaven, last
week, pupped two 'nipples, neither at' %thief, has Purr.
legs, but marks whet e the legs should be. These are butt-
likely to live.