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LAW INTELLIGENCF.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, lancotar's Ti,
Rimusaav, Decanting 23.
THF. •TTURHET•HENBRAL o. Tin 0111 t OW
MARLBOROUGH.
1.1 this case, which his already occupied so ranch
• vie time of the Court, Mr. BILL said, that the
waseirt was the petition of his Grace the Duke of
"r`arlianr..irgh, and prayed that the injuuction which
issued in this case might be dissolved, or that
• h order might 1w !node as would be cousistent
so Oa the rights of his Grace. It ohm went on to
way, that the Master might ?". directed to inquire
~ort part of the timber on the rotate at Blenheim
eight to be rut down, and that such timber arid
....her trees, slier they hurl been selected and
s.-aght be sold and applied to the use of his Gace
tr• Duke of Marlborough. It then went on to
parry that the order might be made without preju-
tu state what had taken place when the
.!,-rsurret had been h• sod, but with which the
(7utinge!, Mr. Bell, would 1141 i now trouble
Court. tie proceeded to read the petition.
Rer heariiig Mr. H•KT and several other Cowl-
oir both sides.

•rt.e vict.cluscaLLoß ..41, he would direct
wn Oriivr for the Meow so inquire what ought to he
c.ri, and restrain the Doke from vellum any hut
6-it which was raseutial or necessary to the 'never.
stiois or ornament of the houses with a view to its
ral intprovetfent. The Vice-Chancellor fur-
•ier said he should continue the injunction of the

After some further a►gument.
The VICE-Ctt•NCELLAIt—" Let ibis stand over
i.. 1 the next Sral. and if► it, the mean time, any
Aug that h•rs been done is repeated, or the cots-
c planted of continued. you will find that
roue person• who have committed the first con-
tempt wilt feel that they are in a worse situation by
tilitiuung the contempt."

FESTIV4IS AID CEREMONIAS OF

WE JAPANESE.

(Comeladed from a former Pam.)

[From " TRH New No, a?, Magasifte]

The book of hymns, eatitled Bowtsettortroikrow•
boa. kin, which has been translated from the [Ludo°
knit:age into the Chinese, continUl the. :
The mother of the priest Mok-rea-beekoo, who
a disciple of Shakie. after her death descended
two hell to expiate her sins ; there she war doomed
to endure the severest hunger. Her .on, who
I, y him great learning had acquired • know.
1-dge of the pat and the future, es well as of all
all was doing both in heaven and hell, rue.
C• ded in conveying her a plate of rice. No
sooner. however, hvd she raised it to her lips,
than it was converted into burning coals. Her
•on then consulted Shakia on the means of releas-
ing her from the punishment which she had in-
t.orre,l through her impiety, and he received the
t., lowing answer :—" Your mother died in a state
revolutimi again., the Foloke. or gods ; your own
efforts are not sufficient to effect her deliverance ;
hut. on the 15111 rimy of the 7th mouth assemble
the Priests tow. the., sin, hymns with them. and pre-
pore all offering of ion different kinds of meat for
the gods." Mokren beyed, and succeeded in re-
leasing his ointiser•.
Oil the evening of the 14th and 15th. the ✓4.
punere hang I niters. on she tonal,. of 'brit, de.
reamed rel.trnie. At Naegiatalti the festival com-
silences by cfrering u' prayers for the souls of the
&ceseed. Green iiint• are laid down, and upon
int.,, are placed ears of MID end millet, baked
Pens, vegetables. and fruits, such as beans. ra-
dishes, eKs, prate, nuts, Ste. In the centre stands
a smell sate in which perfumed wood is burned,
wad al** • boat of clear water. Another vase is
filled with branched of the tree called Ftsuini-sifra,
atid other .basutiful flowery.
to the evening lanterns are lighted its the church-
yard in remit of every see-sek or tomb-stone. They
sue hung on long piece. of bamboo, and are al.
lowed to born till tee o'clock. A little stone dish,
Filed with pure water, is placed in front of the
tomb-stnne, awl on either side • goblet either of
Moue or bamboo, with • little green branch of the
tbriee-sibs tree; sweetmeats and delicacies of va-
nuns kinds ate also placed on the tomb.
The offerings are conveyed to the !mist-places
in little maw boats, with rails of parer, silk, or
linen; and at Nougesaki these boats are launched
u.. the water, with lanterns, ur pieces of lighted
bamboo. festened to tlvet.
This festival produces an extremely picturesque
effect on the outside of the coty, and at night du.
sing a fresh breeze. the illuminated boats, confine.
ally in motion on the rester, lUrm s charming pica
tore. In spite of the vigilance of the guards,
thousands of punt people plunge into the water to
collect the syriaftkir (little copper coital.), and other
objects which are deposited a the busts. Next
morning any !uncles of value that remelts are taken
oat. the tide carries the balm down to the sea, and
thus the ceremony ends.

An inquest eras held a few &siva since at liard-
iiigton Mandeville, near Versed, en George Taylor,
aged 19. It appeared that a nun, named Bartlett,
struck the Mater of the deceased (it blind girl), and
that upon bre crying, the deceased went to her
animism., with a large stick in bit hand, which was
taken from him by Bartlett. who then beat hirn in
mach au inhuman manner that he languished aeveii
d+ys. aid died.—Verdict wilful Murder ageiest
George Bartlett, who is committed fo► trial.
On Sisadaf inght, about nine o'clock. a party
cif ghuut filly Hien, well armed, sitscked the
tlwt•l{tug-More of John Casey, of Tomdrely, with-
in • quarter of • mile of Aakeaton. county Lime-
sick. to search nt Innis. into which they fluid se-
veral shots. and, atter breaking the door, brat
vrol'a poll lit a depoerale manner with the butt-
ends of their nitivllets. They did not, however,
• sus cent ill getting arms at Casey's; but, on re-
living, they took a gun front a dwelling adjoining.
Several musket-balls were found in the house MU
morning•

DAY.--lielid.y at •ll lb. Palatal

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MEMOIR OF AN AMERICAN CHIRP'.

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[Frost " 7% Nee Menai!, Mageshie.l

Philosophers in all ages have disputed whether
a state of nature or of civilisation is more favour-
able to the production of virtue. By some it has
been asserted, that the simplicity and ignorance of sa-
vage bre afford the only opportunity for its practice;
while others have as strenuously insisted that no-
thing but the cultivation of the arts of polished so-
ciety can give birth to any of the qualities which
raise man above tire level of the brute creation. As
is usual in such divines upon general principles,
both parties Inure been carried, in pursuit of a fa-
vourite theory, beyond the bounds of reason or
proof; and it would be equally unsafe to espouse
the opinion of either in an utlimited degree. There
are doubtless many vices from which ignorance wilt
happily exempt the savage; -but there are few vir-
toes for which his sphere of action can hold oi,t
either inclniatiou or opportunity. He may, iu
omit instances, be free from hypocrisy and
wordly insincerity, from the insanity of avarice.
and the baseness of ingratitude; but sloth and
intemperance, cruelty, revenge, and treachery; all
the 'lark passions of the human breast which are
usually soothed and corrected by the hand of edu-
cation. are the tyrants of uncivilised communities.
ff we except courage and unbending fortitude, at-
tachluent to tribe or country, and hospitality to the
stranger, it would he difficult' we believe, to name
ally other good quality of human nature, in which
the inemlirr of an enlightened population is not einis
molly superior to the native of a barbarous country.
It might be imagined that with the advantages pos-
versed by the former it were only necessary to bring
the sewage into cOntect with him, to gnat on his sim-
ple tsatorr all the benefits of cultivation without en-
tire loss of the few viitues which original simplicity
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had given to him ; but it is a melancholy truth shat
in alintiat all cases where the people of newly-disco-
vertd or uncultivated regions have been thrown into
communication w►ih Europeans, they have inshihrd