The Sun.
London, England, 1824-06-30 00:00:00

LONGEVI'T'Y.

There is now living at Hill, near this town,
(southampton), an old man of the name of Landy, who has
attained his 101st year. The following are some of the parti-
Calm's of his life :—He was born at Chelmsford in the yea
1723, where in the early part of his life he followed the occu
pition of a gardener. He entered the army by enlisting into the
Inniskinen dragoons, in which regiment he served during the
German wars in the reign of George 11. Among other actions he
was actively engaged in the battles of Minden and Warburgh, at
the latter of which he had his horse shot under him, both his
legs were broken in the fall, and in that situation he received a
severe sabre wound in his right flank, which occasions him
much pain and uneasiness at this distant period. After his re-
turn to England, he was by the Duke of Gloucester's orders
made a sergeant in the Ist Guards, at that time, commanded by
the Duke; and he was on duty at Kensington Palace on the
day that George the Second died. After many years servitude
in the Guards, he became invalided on a pension. He, however,
subsequently joined the 41st, then an invalid regiment under
the command of Colonel 'Nab—this was prior to the Ameri-
can war. From the 41st, 600 men volunteered into the olst,
Under Col. Pringle, to do garrison duty at Minorca for three
Years; among these was bandy. But the American war break-
ing out, they were obliged to remain there upwards of 10 years,
and were at last relieved by force of arms, at the fatuous defence
of that island by Sir George Lennox. Out of the 600 volun-
teers, Landy was one out of seven only who returned to Eng-
land ! After thishe was in the 100th Regiment till the close of
the war, when he quitted the army as a worne-out invalid.—
Adrift in the world, accident threw him on the spot where he
vow lingers, and where he has since resided forte/ years, a useful
member of society, having regularly performahis daily labour
as a gardner till very recently. But lately he has not been
able to do so ; to use his own phrase, he is now growing an old
man, and cannot work.' For his service in the last three Regi-
ments he receives no benefit, as the pension which lie has was
granted anterior, and for services prior to his joining the 41st.
The pittance that he has is enough to keep him front the poor-
house and that is all! But surely the man who served his
country, and bled in its defence, who has passed the antarctic
circle of five score years, and has entered the frigid zone of hu-
man life, has a natural right to expect something beyond a mere
. vtisting pittance without any comforts. His relations are all
long since dead—his early friendsare gone—he has outlived them
all—he is left a stranger in the world—a new creation has arisen
up around him—and shall he, the veteran of the village, be left
to linger on the brink of his grave unheeded and forgotten, des-
titute of those little comforts which alone are needful to soothe
the pangs of his decayed and shattered frame, and to cheer the
few solitary hours that he has yet to come? But enough—why
need I say more. He who has lived a hundred ' years unat-
tended by any extraordinary events, demands (if he be in need)
the attention of the beneficent; much more a. character like
James Landy. And should this brief memoir meet the glance
of those who may feel commiseration for the hoary veteran, they
need only walk as far as Hill, and ask for old Landy, and any
child will point to the cottage where he dwells.—(Southampton
County Chronicle.)

Mr. LACY and Mrs. BIANcHI LACY have re-
cently returned from India to London, but are
not likely to resume their public profession, on
account of the successful exertion of their talents
in that country.
A letter from Marseilles mentions that an in-
habitant of that city having fallen dangerously
ill, wished to make his will, and declared his
intention of leaving 400 francs to the poor, and
the rest of his property to his nephew. The latter
baying left the house, to accompany the doctor
part of the way home, found his uncle quite
dead on his return, and learnt that the curate
bad taken away several bags of money, to the
amount of six thousand francs, to - the parson-1
age. On the heir demanding restitution, the
curate acknowledged that he had taken the
money away, but declared that the defunct
had verbally ordered him to take the sum in
quest n, distribute the same among the poor;
but the h
-"-e-,--^ ,t.futed this allegation by pro-
ducing the. will of tii,.-d
e sed, which fixed his
donation at 400 francs. b"at_ • "
''•4l is the present state
of the case ; the procuratcn
of the King has
the affair in hand. NVe know thu.
possession is,
according to a vulgar adage, nine PG-Its of the
law ; and `% hen those points are in posse.ion of
the church * * * *.—(Journal du Commerce:,
IfIuEaNzAINT LOVE AMA Itt.—MiSs ottm s B Y.—
We understand that this young lady, whose love
affair has recently occupied so much of the time
and attention of the Court of King's Bench, has
taken refuge from all further persecution in the
arms Of her lover. The fugitives, we arelin-
formed, Were overtaken soon after leaving Holy-
head, by the gentleman in question, who imme-
diately called to his aid the civil Authorities, and
the lady being of age, those who held her under
illegal restraint were compelled forthwith to re-
lease her. She immediately placed herself under
li: protection.

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