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SIIEFFIRLD CUTLERS.

oat Tura+lay an application was made to the
Bench of 111ag►rtrntes at Sheffield, by the overseers
of the parish of Sheffield, 16186,44. that a large
number of uneniplose.l workmen in the spring-
knife trade hail applied fur parochial relief. The
enure ayrigned by these per.omi wai, that the re-
strictive s,see err Adopted 16y the union of the
master manufdeturers in the above braiieli, had Ile,.
!amtsd them of the mean* of employment, and thee•
were, coma quently, necessitated to refer to parish
aid, as their only alirriiiitkr.

liir.S•ru oT iVottTLEY (ofl the Resseh) declared,
that the " Uoloo A•-ochatoot Wa% tlecolydl)• Illegal
uceortho4 to the t.hitute."

Mr. 110MsFiE1.D, ina.ter cutler, said, that au ale.
plictt;on had been made to him by the " Luuin
Society" for hiliapproval and aid, winch lie lard de-
r:hoed giving. He conaiderril that the measures
adopted by the Union had it very cruel trodency,
inasinuch ;is they deprived a cioniiilerable number
of poor men of dime meal's of employment which,
heroic -tech measures exited, they possessed.
Ma. ItOCINsON, 1/Ile of the Spring-knife Cutler'.
Committee, offered to bring forward, I r, A case
to prove that many single famtlies were in iutaiord
wholly by the palish, and were, at the same time,
manntac!uring as twiny goods as would, if manu-
factured iii 14 ITglll4l. lii r, mannishn two fami-
lies; •I,i', A C,se to prove that the part•li WAS 411.
voiutely made a maciiiiie for reducing men's sages;
3,1, Ca.es to prove th•it some of the men thrown
upon the parish, as was alleged, by the measures
of the Umini, were not earning, though in full ein-
pl ov, the rate of parish pay; and at furs tier case,
to prove that the parish was prying relief to a M4ll
who was not only working angularly, but leaving
part of ilia earnings a, re-payment of a debt owing
to his employer.
The Committee of the Union proposed, that
three month. should be allowed for the trial of the
restrictive measurer they hail adopted the affordisig
parochial aid, in the interval, to make up the
deficiency of wage.). wild they engaged that there
would ultimately he a revival of the trade, and a
considerable reduction of the poor. rates.
The BeIICII of Magistrates having consulted for
some time, Mr, IVoa NAY declared that they
could not give an order fur tile relief of these pour
applicants fur the term proposed by the l' 111011.

Some of the turners in Paisley, who, in collar-
(livelier of the non-rinployinent of the weavers,
have within{ to do Its tin ir own trade, have direct-
ed their attei.lion to the fabrication of toys, and
'liver it is mid, outdone the I)utcli enlists.
The Committer of the Stork Exchange have
lately passed some sew law on the subject of cle-
f:tubers, which will temd greedy to *wires:: the
difficulty of re-admission of lame Darks into that
preserve, by rewleriog the members ttttt re cauti,,us
in their speculations.
The sale of the I-1 inipshire Bank property did
not produce much to henerit the baoltriiiits' estate.
There were S 9 lots offered, and II of them wily
found purchasers; which, we troilerstend, will not
reelise 8.000/. The estate of Stakes Farm was par.
chased try %V. TAY IMR. E.o. of Purbrook, for
$,020/. mid that of Strikes MB by JOHN SPICE
I I VI.BEIIT, Ev(l. for 1.-2001. The Grove and the
late Portsea !bulk were bought iu ; the former at
4,200/. the latter ut 690 i.
A Treasury Journal has attacked Sheriff PA lI-
KYNS, who, it says, has incurred the ilisplea•ure of
the Grand Jury of the County of Nliddlesex, for
having withheld the usual ellowances of entertain-
ment. A correspoodrot asserts, that the charge
t be false, us he has oriels served mi the Grew!
Jury for many )eals, and they have uniformly sup-
plied thentselvel4.

At eight o'clock on Saturday afternoon the mill
coaches trims places to the north of N c.ssi let: pot,-
Ty sir, and ah. 0 those from Manchester, hail not ar-
rived at the Post-office. As this precluded all pus-
silailcy of itehveriog the letters brought by them,
notice was given that they would he delivered till
three o'clock in the ulternoon of yeiorrilay, on ala
idicatioii at the window of the Post-lace io Loot-
bard-strut.

little maiine asrint it or worm, lately found
in a coil-fish at 1111 l th. Dock, mild described in
our Paper, is called Hphtudita (wake's, or sea
mouse, which has lot lit•eti noticed by LINNAiLIo.
A few days vi ice, r. J. Sale eRs, pliopkerper,
Brightling, discovered its the curlier of it drawer,
adjoining his till, the ne%t lit it mouse, completely
formed of a one pound ll istiogs note, which the
little animal haul drawn from the till, and torn tutu
a great smother ut pieces for that purpose.
The Rev. Dr. JAMES DROUGUT, many years
Senior Fellow, and Professor of Divinity of Tiitilly
College, Dahill', died a few days ago at Bath, In
the 8;0 year of his age.
On Mondry last, two men went into ti barn at
Southwater. iii the parish of 1101'611111y for the pur-
pose of destroying, rats, when they hearth a groan
from some straw at one end of the harts—out going
to the spot they found a pour man lying, who had
taken shelter there, umd whose feet were so frozen,
that lie could hot get away. lie was removed to a
public-house, arid, by receiving proper nourish-
ment, he recovered. The poor fellow stated that
he bad lain in that state three days and two
without a morsel of fund. He has since been re-
moved to his settlement.

The Quarter Sess. ut Aylesbury commenced
on Thursday, the IS•h, Hod finished late on the
Suturday evening. Notwithstanding the severe
weather, there wus u numerous iossemblage of
Magistrates, uteirsiscst wl o we observed the Mar-
quis of BUCKINGHAM. Earl TEMPLE. Lord Nu-
GENT. rod Colonel I'IOOTT (who left the festivi-
ties at Stowe, to attend their duties at the Session►),
the Rev. Sir GEoIiGE LEK, Burt.; Sir Jous DASH-
WouD KING, sud Sir EDMUND CaIIeMING-
TON (who ably tilled the Chair un Friday evening,
after the Marquis left the Sew ' s). There were
•hoot seventeen appeals against reinov.sls of wi-
pers, hut none of thew of any public interest ; and
righters& bills of indictments fur felonies. assaults,
miuor offeror/4., were tried. A very interesting
report of the visiting Justices of the gaol will pre-
Muted to the Court, pointing out the satisfactory
results of the system or loud labour, winch bus
lately livco adopted au tits prim!.

• • L4W INTELLIGIIIVCR. -

COVET OF CHANCERY. lAncours

SATURDAY. JANIMILT 22.

CONTEMPT OF COURT.
CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE.

IN THE MACTER U►' ANTHONY .1. üBANI. ESQ.
A MINOR, AND A WARD U 1 CHANCERY.

Mr. WETHERELL proceeded to comment upon
the affidavit*, inferring from then the participation
of a footmen of the name of Mallard, and of the
other dimie.ties implicated in the course of the pro.
ceeding. Ile stilted the law of the case to the
effect, that where there was al elopement with a
ward, it was the ditty of the Court Pinedy to to.
quire iota all the circumstances. Adverting to whist
hid been done in former eases of a .iinilar notate,
lie observed, that one mode of proceeding wars to
send the papers to the Attorney-General—and the
other to stool time case to the Master's office fur hin►
to make the necessary inquiries. Looking at this
ruse us a contempt of Court, or as a question' of the
legality of the mar winch had takru place, it
was, sn either point of view, of the Inglie.t tintroit.
duce. Ile contended. that if a waid of the Court
was by coon v..nce carried out of the country, and
by dmine oi. or any thong that constituted a fraud on
the free will, or what, in kgal construction,
fraud o t the lire agency of the married,
such marriage was sit itself void.

The LORD CHANCELLOR observed. that in the
case of • marriage w Flanders. or in any foreign
C ry. or us Scotland, the Court could nut say
whether there WAS a Sand marriage Of not, except
by inquiring into the matters of fact which had
Nettraliy bikers place. 'lbis Court could nut know
what the law of Scotland was upon the subject of
marriage. but by an inquiry.
Mr. WETHERELL Aaiit, that considering the sub.
ject under all its circumstances, admitting that the
marriage had taken place according to the laws of
Scotlaud, the parties could not have been ignorant
that they were acting in violation of the order of his
Louisll.p. They knew that the tsinur was a ward
of Court ; and, therefore, couteitiplating this AS II
leg•il marriage, but at the same tune a marriage.
with regard to which a contempt of the Court had
been committed, he bad thought it his duty to
trouble the Court with a very minute examioution
into all the facts i 1.4 detailed ill the several affidavits.
Mr. DOWDESWELL, en the saint side, remarked,
that where an elopement took place with a female
ward of the Court, every thiug which could possibly
be done to legalise the marriage ought to be resort-
ed to, but it was not so where the elopement was
with a male w trtl, who was a minor ; fur instance,
if u you tig man of high rank and fortune was se-
duced into a clandestine marriage by a woman of
no character, would not the Court prevent, if pos-
sible, the confirmation of such a marriage ? Ile
was far from meaning to infer that such a case at
all resembled the present nue.
The LORD Cu A N CET. LOR sail, that question lay
hi a narrow cumin's+ u ward was to marry only
with the leave of the Court. No ward could be
allowed to marry in this country merely because
there might have been a ceremony performed in
another place without the leave of the Court. His
Lordship proceeded to state his opinion that the
servant named Ballard had been guilty of a con-
tempt, that Miss Stables had been guilty of a con-
tempt, and that the maid-servant had been guilty
of a contempt. It hail been decided over and
over again, that if !parties engaged ill a elaniltotilie
iiiarriii4e. it was tiothiaig to the Court that they did
mint not know they were acting illegally—they 'were
bound to know. It was u different question with
what degree of animadversion the Court was to look
at a contempt committed without knowledge; but
that it was a contempt of the Court to be at all
cmicerned in such a marriage was without all ()ora-
tion. Ile need not riot go further than to observe,
that where a clergyman married a ward without
knowledge of her being such. this Court always or-
dered him to attend. With respect to the rest of
the case, the question was, whether the circum-
stances untrcedrist to the marriage did or did not
prove that the parties were participant ?
Mr. HEALD addressed the Court ou behalf of
the parties who stood accused. It was impossible,
he said. for any manta to view this ease, under all its
bearings, without looking with the most scruptdour
nicety into all the circumstances. It was neces-
sary, therefore, that the 'is hole case should be sifted
to the bran, in order that if there was any person
really guilty, the party might be punished to propor-
tion to Ina or her ciferice. lie admitted that the ig-
norance of the parties as to the law. ought nut to ex-
cow ally one ; but that when this Court had made
an order, it was to be taken for grouted that it was
understood by all description of persons. The
Court would, however, make a distioction between
those who wilfully rod flagitiously violated the law,
and those who transgressed it through ignorance.
As to the young lady herself, there were marry ob-
►ervations, more than he should think it necessary to
make, calculated to extenuate, or rather to excuse her
conduct. With regard to theservants of the family, if
it should appear to his Lordship, as he was certain
it would, that they had acted w complete ignorance,
he was persuaded, from what he knew of the muds in
which his Lordship admiiiistered justice, that their
case would meet every indulgence. As the ques-
tion regarded Mr. and Mrs. Stables, there was
nothing tii affect them, except that they must, as
honourable persons, be anxious how their conduct
and characters were viewed by hi. Lordship. The
Learned Counsel represented Mr. Stables as n So-
licitor who, throughout his life, had sustained a
high reputatiuu, arid had uniformly conducted him-
Pelf as an honourable Minh Sure lie was, that
his feelings of propriety, Una what was due to
the authority of his Lordship, would have urged hits
to have prevented, to the utmost of his power,
the marriage which had taken pli:ce. He then
justified the camluct of Mrs. Stably*, attribut-
ing the part she bad taken to the oratorsl
anxiety of a mother to see her daughter honourably
married to a young gentlernair of character and for-
time, who It.id succeeded in gaining her affections.
The young couple hail been acquainted from in-
famy ; their families had been intimate. Mrs.
Stables. fad permitted this young lady, and two of
her sisters, to visit a family in Devonshire, near the
residence of the ward's mother. Miss Stables wee
every where moused and esteemed for her beha-
viour ; she was Moiled to every family of &seine.
tuns ; and had so deported herself, that she was nut•

xersally reapectrd. Was it then to he woitilered at,
that this young geritlelLtais. srrws(a female so WC.
Coosplinherl, *Mould have bacustie eon 00000 tired of
her ? Their attachment had proceeded a consider*•
lile length before the bill was tiled Isy which he was
made a ward of the Court. What could the utother
der ? She could nut shut her door upon the
person who lied SD won the ilfreeti 4444 b of her daugh-
ter. It was sufScient that she It vl in no
reSpret stetesl 111 coistravesstioss of the order of
the Lend Chain Site hail, at least, acted
with that degree of 04.111011, that, subsequent
lia her I,Clllg Mlopflsrfl of nil 1.111.11W/11 to snake
a Mandl of Ilse Court, else. had ANA-
eI to Air. COI. the Solicitor. anti into of his Lord..
Olio's officers, to knots a hillier ihr parties welt. to
be permitted to are each other again ; and that
gentleman had returned fur auswer, that *lsere
could be no harm in their ineetiog that evening.
Lie had, nu doubts allowed of such turetnig,
tin the following morning to uIJI4IIIIII4ICII sn
order us would effectually preveiit their repeating
their meeting. In fact, the under hr oloatised was
of such a witUre. that he verily believe* there had
never b.en one like it before. It prolithited
these youtot persons from Perlll4 eJell tither, hear-
log (tom each other, to, or rV,II 111111k-
iiug ul each other ; if they had ventured to dis-
course accoot the way, by ineaits of their fill-
gets, it woulf have been a Vt01..11011 of the orticr.—
Tun Leariseil Comisel, in el most argumentative and
ingent 000 ettserse of reasmilitg, exculpated the par.
nett num ail wilful contempt. It hull beet. urged
as a csrviiiii.tance of auspici in that one of Mr.
Stables' family had been found at Carlisle, soon
after the marriage at Gretna Green. The fact was,
a brother of Mr. Siables had settled at Newcastle,
as a solirttor, and Mr. Deane, alter his marriage,
hat:lll4 had the whole of his money extorted from
loin by the Gretna Green parson, besides a pro-
missory note fur 60/., 6ts then wife load writteo to
her tel ,tiou to come Over to Carlisle to supply them.
1111.1 was the wry it. which :he presence of one of
Mr. Stables' f ly at Carlisle was accounted for.
The Learned Counsel, under all the circumstances,
ousted that this was a case it. which his Lor..l,liip
would feel dispoited to act with Irony, and attri-
bute the contempt which had been committed to
ignorance sod inexperietice.
Mr. SHADWI:LI. followed on the same side.

Mr. Wirrittils:ht. made an animated reply, in-
sisting that be hail nuide out a case of gross con-
tempt, that the parties merited the severe animail-
versioti of his Lordship, and that the marriage
ought to he adjudged void.
The LORD CUANCELLDR then observed, that
the duty lie had now to perform was one of
110 curt:gown iitiroftallee, when It Wad Considered
how arrious the caosequelices might be to the par-
ties, aud that he for one had to deride it without tin.
aid of a Jury. lie was ready to say, that thougo
he had so long as righter,' years maw pat 111 that
chair, he hail never been so touch distressed as lie
was by caves of that kind coming 'rehire him.
When a ward of this Court Wail married a ithout
the leave of the Court, utiquettionably a,' otl'eucr
was committed, but Oleo the punishment to he
awarded would be modified, or otherwise, as cruse
was {hewn. 11. lien parties married front a sordid
view of lucre, to he obtained by the fortune of a
young ward of the Court, dun such comfort
would be seveirly visited, but then there might
again be Caiwit wlwre the motives of both parties
unglit be purely moral and iirsiiiterested, snitl
then the Court would know how to act. In this
cave the parties were on an equal footing iii
and be hail "notliitig to do with any thing ill the
present case, except so far air the cootritipt of
Court was 1:011CerlIrd. He would forbear at pre-
sent saying one word oil the propriety of what
Iced taken place previous to the I lilt of December
last, but he did not like the idea of this yrillisg
mru being seduced to c to town from Osfaid,
and lodgings bring taken fur him in Maddox-
street, without Ally communication with the young
111411.41 mother. it was 1111p0aellde to look to the
cactinistunce of the banns bring stopped by the
mother of the lady, without taking into coriaider-
-411011 the cotiversatiors which took place between
her and the Rev. Dr. Moore, Vicar of Si. P.m.
eras, and how far inch conversion'', had a bearing
nu the future part of the transactions ; for it was
important to (smolder whether alr. Carr and Mrs.
Deatie knew what this et/sierra:lnuit wa♦ when they
tiled the bill on the 1 I th. lied the bill been tiled
earlier in Court, and lied it tined out that this
lady, after the banns had been to ice published,
wished the marriage still to go on ; mid had such
a stater:mut been made to him in that Court, lie
certainly world have been bound, in the discharge
of his duty, and purstrunt to the obligations of the
oath he had taken, to have for ever prevented Mrs.
Stables from having, in any way, any communi-
cation with the young man, and fr even seeing
him. However, that had out been done. Ile now
came to the fact of the marriage, and when lie look-
ed into all the particulars, hr r'id not see bow it
was possihle for him to exempt the young lady
from a charge of contempt, because she must be
presumed to know that the young Marl was a ward
of the Court. Aa to the conduct of John Ballard,
who had been so busy on the occasion of the mar-
riage, it was impossible not to feel that that per-
son had beets grossly guilty of a very aggravated
contempt of the Court. Cook-11141d was also
in the satue situation ; but lie would not at pre-
sent say what order he would hereafter make
about them, neither would lie make any further
observant:ma on the conduct of Mr. and Mrs.
Stables mid their sons, for a few days, though
he certainly thought that there hail been a want
of vigilance iu the whole transact/me on the putt
of those where the young man resided, previous to
his elopement to Gretna Green. lie would gladly
avail himself of the offer which Dr. Moore bad
made re►pecting his willingness to file a new affi-
davit, relative to the specific language and conduct
of Mr. and Mrs. S•ahles at the interview which
these persons had wish the Doctor on the 7th of
December. Ile would also allow Mr. and Mr..
Stables to file VII affidavit if they wished, or thought
it was in their power to give ally further informa-
tion to the Court. The order lie How made was
this—"s Let it be forthwith referred to the Master
to inquire aud report whether the alleged Gretna
Green marriage was a valid aloe." Ori Thursday
the ease would positively be decoded on his catalog
into Court.

During the whole cloy tbt Court woo extremely

crowded. The me laded from .ten o•ciock till
wanly four.

A SUI

111 CHILD.

BIRD V. BIRD AND OTHERS.

Mr. Roans stated that this was the nettling, of
Charles Herries Clarke Dicks, ass torrid, by his
next friend, praying that it might be referred to
the Master to inquire and report who was a proper
persoll to be eppointed his guards iii, awl what stiff&
ought to be allowed the infant fur liis eau. 451u0 rag,'
maintenance. He moved this petition in the C4llso
of Ilird a. Iliad, the bill Besse• tile I i•y the beet of
km of the test:ator. who was a grentrinaowl ilia wive
of [Jerrie', who h►d bequeathed by his will, of er
giving some legacies, all his real and personal pro.
petty to the petitioner. his illeginin,te ...is (se de.
aerilwtl in his will), by Mary Dicks, who cohabited
with him without the form of the tnarrhige cereissony
!►eiug performed, as lie could not here as•rsied tier„
her husband at the tune being alive, *IA: a ;invite
soldier in one of the rettnirents stationed in the
%Vest Indies. The tertator by lit* will appointed •
Mr. James 1111111 another gratlernaii, of Bristol, his
executors, to tr.:rry it non r tYttt, and by its do.
rectum they were to allow the prt;tioiler a bier.
iicierit slim out of the produce of the estates for 11,s
educatiosi and support (luring his minority, winch
would expire in the month of August, 18!4. it
wee slot disputed Out the reliismier was the peistin
described 111 the will of tl►e testator, but a question
arose its the c.itn,e whtther. as the 06011.04/e ►ms
of Ilia testator, he could hike the real estate. ; but
that was not a gwratiuu for his Lordship to deiVr.
tome, as the Plaintiff in the tense, who was the
next of kin of the testator, might hare it decided
by hringii, his ejectment in one of the Courts
of Law. The Mound, however, had raised so-
uther question by his bill, which went to doubt 'het
the Petitioner was the son of the, testator. }f
charged by his hill that the Petitioner was the sou
of some other person, by his mother, Mary Dicke.
and that she had imposed him on the testator as
his child, and therefore alleged that the Petitioner
could not take under the will, a, the bequest oar
made by the Imitator, lie lielirvitiA him to be his
illegitimate sun. The Defendairts to the bust, the
executors, the Petitioner, and his her, lead put
in their answers negativing tbi. allegioion.
begged leave to suggest to his Lordship that
the %faster could report as to tile gusrdsauship
and inanitellatlee of the petitioner without iitriadiln
to tills qUetllloll, uul Ws the mantel'. np..rt bring
brought before the Court to lie confirmed. the
Plaintiff would hove the op;sortuoi•c ot ',Flown% it,
and trying the gleesome of the pentiosier 'mug a
supposititious child. The petitioner hid Isithrttla
brew atippurted at the expense of the rkeictituri.,
soil It WA. a great Skein that tin
acre was made 14 his education “nii mat Menace.

The LORD CHANCEI.I.OR—" I do slot see bake
I can get at it, at, as to make sll ruder to the
Master thrungls the present suit. I think the
Infant must tile u bill. The charge here a not
that the infant is nut di.: perroa de,csilie.l by the
testator its his will, or that there v. il/1 kW) flausi sit
rosins.: the will, but that there wits a tr.tasl Its
i the relationship, the moths., 114riog intuited
into the mind of the testator that ilie prti,io. Sr was
his illegitimate son when he was 01,1. Lord liesiyuts
went so far its the case of Felloars as to duvet its
issue, nut to try the question of le:40111.441 fir illea
gitionacy, hut whether the itsfaut us that cue was
the person who he was described to be, and when
the ',resent cause cornies mi to be lurid on sus merits,
and there is sufficient twitle out to sue to doubt tile
petitioiser bring the sins of the teossiu:. I think
would be bound to direct a similar issue, fur the
testator gave the 'novelly to the peithuner nos the
supposition that Ise was Ins son, %sheltie, legitimate
or 111,gituriate is of 1111 I:oll,ttpirlaCe, if i.e was un-
posed tin by the fraud of the mother of the tarot.
I do not kIIVIW wind report the Ma•ler could
make as to gnattlimship and niamtrisaisce 111 this
shape of Ilse cause."
Jr. lIORN6 arid, he was instructed by his client
to say, he Ira trashy 10 try a bloitil.r IsbUr its that
bt4zvraled by lii• Lord•litis.
The LORD CHANCEI.I.O/1—" I only threw it
out, that, uu aso tliciesst case bring Simla out, it
would be my duty to direct such ass issue; but I
would be doing ass injustice to tio• infant to all .w
him to try such au issue without it sail wasrant,...l
by the iriture of the case, and none i•ticli loss heels
made out yet. The infant must institute a suit to
obtain what he seeks."

Mr. Hotta lie el:all tile a bill."
PARKER. Coul,3rl for Ilie Pfmitiff in the
cutoff.. said, that the isdant uni.,l,t the bit) 6.11 a,
and lie would not he Iketirlittd by than.
Mr. HORN': —" You *ern' hold."

Mr. P•itkic.--`• Btedutie you hook your C.irot
koOws better whose sou the ta.laot Ii thw....t. u.i..
tlitr."—Petatimi llis/lll~st 11.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, SATURDAY, JANU4RY 22.

Sittings is Buse 41—Setae...Ws In*-hull, 114-scery.
lute.

SETTING or SPRING GUNS.
iLiaTT C. WILILLS, ►sq.

This was an actiiiis un the eiti,e aieinti.t the De.
Ireodaut, t'r setting a spring-gui., ‘.1.-.1 wish
powder and shot, in an enclosure cal;i d Chrishull
Wood, whatreby the Plall,lltrwas iteverrly
in one of his legs, in consequence of his 'leading oa
the wire connected with the gum Tiie rleclr anon
contains seven counts, all uf which, except the
fifth and seventh, 'versed a right of way tli•ongla
the wood in question. and dirt the bp: rug kuts
had bten set thetein without *i.fliviti.t notices
At the. trial, before Mr. Baron Cii.rrow, at 11,e last
Assize* fur the county of Essex, Use c4-e proved
in evidence was in substance this :-1-he
was the ..on of a respectable farmer, a neighbour
of the Defendant, who is the High 5:84,6W of the
county of Essex. residing tit Wt 'Atm Lefts, near
Elunlen. The wood itt gni annns cuiii.nned an
area or about sixty sears of extent, eiirrnunderl
by a very low fence, imperfect and titokeit
many places, having open bars in ilithirent parts
for the ingress mid egress of cart*, brought for
the purpie.e of carrying away fallen timber.—
For a considerable time previous to she mouth of
September. 1818. when this accident happened.
there had beta several spring gun.. to the nuirsuer
of nine. pLiced is she wood by the exprestorders
of the Delendaot, loaded with shut, rod kept so
night end day. with notices stuck op iu three of

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