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London, England, 1823-10-25 00:00:00

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No. XVI.

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SAINT CRISPIN.

CRISPIN alone stands marked in our Almanac
for remembrance on this day, though his brother
Crispianue appears to have an equal claim to that
respect. Their history le only imperfectly
known, and affords nothing peculiarly interest-
ing; but the immortal SnAKSPEARE has given a
speech to our gallant HINRY TttE srte, before
the celebrated battle of Agincourt, that will
mark the day of celebration of St. Crispin to the
latest posterity.
This day is call'd the feast of Crispian ;
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when this day is naru'd,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian 3
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
NVill yearly on the vigil feast his friends,
And say, to-morrow is Saint Crispian ;
Then will he strip his sleeve and thew his scars:
And say these wounds I had on Crispin's day.
Old men forget; yet shall not all forget,
But they'll remember, with advantages,
'What feats they did that day, then shall out names,
Familiar in their mouths as household words,
Harry the Ling, Bedford. and Exeter,
Warwick, and Talbot,'Salisbury and (notate;
Be in their flowing cups freshly remember'd,
Their story :hall the good man teach his son ;
And Crispin Crlspian shall neter go by,
Front this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall bo romernber'cl ;
We few, we happy few, we hand of brothers:
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me,
Shall be my Brother, be he neser so vile ;
This :lay shall gentle his condition,
And gentlemen In England now a-bed
Shall think themselves aocurs'd they were not here,
And hold their rnanhoods cheap, while any speaks,
That fought with us upon " St. Crispian'e Day."

These two Saints appear to have been born at
Rome ; from whence, A. D. 303, they travelled
to Soissons, in France, to preach the doctrine of
Christianity, though their efforts were but of
short duration, RICrIONARIDS, the Governor of
that place, having caused them to bo beheaded
immediately, upon discovering the object of their
pious endeavours. It k difficult to account for
Om origin of the Kentish tradition, that they
were buried near Lydd, which is, however, the
popular belief of that place; and a heap of stones
On the beach, near a spot called " Stones-end,"
is to this day &hewn as their place of interment.
These holy men, while at SOIESOOS, exercised the
trade of shoemakers, to avoid being chargeable to
others for their maintenance ; and from such pro-
bably they 'lave been selected as the Tutelar Saints
or patrons of that CnArr. In an old Romance, a
Prince, of the name of CRISPIN', is represented as
having exercised the profession of a shoemaker,
and thence is supposed to be desived the expres-
sion of the G ENTLIE CRAP; as applied to that
art : while the vulgar application of the term
Cu WIN to a shoemaker is unquestionably refer-
able to the Tutelar Saint or Patron of their pro-
fession.

Fox AND BURKE.—No event in the life of Mr.
Fox was the source of such constant regret to
him as the loss of Mr. BURKE'S frienriship ; and,
even after their political separation, it would have
given him great pleasure for them to have re•
mained on terms of private intimacy. But Burke,
who seemed to love extremes, whenever Mr.
Fos's wishes were mentioned, positively declar-
ed, that nothing should induce him to hold
any communication with that great statesman
again, unless he would publicly abandon the
principles he then supported. Insulting as such a
proposition was,Mr. Fox's affection for the author
of it was never diminished ; and when Mr. Burke
was In his last illness, Mr. Fox, still anxious for a
reconciliation, wrote to Mrs. Burke, informing her
that he should pass through Beaconsfield in a
day or two, and would, if permitted, call to
see Mr. Burke. Mrs. Burke acknowledged the
receipt of Mr. Fox's letter, and said she had men.
tioned the subject of It to Mr. Burke, who had
desired her to reply, that living or flying, he
would never swerve from the declaration he had
before made.

The Me was artbmittrd to the *Tory on the questions thus
raised as to the iature of the contract and of the service, on
which they found it verdict for the defendants.
In the course of this cause, as one of the witnesses was under
examination, r Julynian interposed, and said, " ily Lord, the
witness is an Irishman, and therefore the oath will not bind
him :" which extraordinary piece of ignorance created some
surprise and laughter in Court.

PulriEAui v. RUAISII.L.
This was an action by an attorney, for wards of slander, b
which the defendant had imputed to him the crime of perjury.
Mr. ScattLETT, foxthe plaintiff, said that his client came
before the Jury for die simile:4lov of kis character from a most
foul and groundless calumny. The: defendant, Mr. Dana
had in the plaintiff's own office, antlin the presence of his part-
ner, his clerks, and others; :..epeatedly accused him-of perjury,
in swearing an affidavit of debt which he serer swore, and
w!lieh affidavit was in fact true. Mr. Fox, the partner of Mr.
Pritleaux, afterwards wrote to Mr. Russell, in civil terms, to
request an apc-lov, which would have prevented all litigation,
but no answer Luta been returned to the letter, and the defendant
persisted is threatening to prove the truth of his assertions.
Under these circitrostances, .Mr. Prideaux was compelled to
bring his case before tie, Jury, and to seek at their hands such
damages as would manifest their opinion that no suspicion had
been thrown on his character.

Louu en tEr JUSTICE suggested, that perhaps even
now an apology .night be accepted.
The Ileum ON SE apEANT. for the defendant, said that he
was quite ready to admit that the charge had been made under
a mistake; and, indeed, this was quite evident from the cir-
cumstance that the niiidavit referred to was made by another
person.
Alr.. Scalucrr, with enure warmth, observed that this was
throwing out an imputation on that person: the affidavit was
sworn by Air. the gentleman before hint, and he was quite
ready to a' serer its truth.
Mr. Coseau_or Scat 6:A NT disclaimed all design of casting
.1 any one; and said he merely alluded to the
cireuroNtrnce stated, to show that his client was in error.

Jr. 3 swCAlt LETT refused the utter of apology, as coming too
late.

Mr. J0"....1 Elli "ox, the partner of Mr. Prideful:, was then
examined, and sa'd that on the .I.oti- January last there was a
meeting at his oilice between the defendant and lihnself, to
settle an action brought by Mr. Prideaux against a Alt.. Harri-
son, on a bill accepted by him for the accommodation of Mr.
Russell. An account of the debt and costs was made out, and
Mr. Russell not having quits money enough to satisfy it, sent
for his attorney, Mr. Grace: when Mr. Grace arrived, Mr.
Russel said—" Mr. Prideaux is perjured, and I'll tell him so
to Ilia face whenever I meet him." He remained for half an
hour repeating the charge, that Mr. Prideaux had committed
perjury in the affidavit by which Mr. flarricn had been ar.
rested, and threatiaing to indict hint for perjury. The
davit was, in fact, sworn, not by Mr. Prideaux, but by the
witness. The plaintiff was then in Devons"lir?; hic, on his
return, a letter was sent to :he defendant :questing an apology
for his slanders.

Notice having been given to produce the letter, and the
origi-
nal not being produced, a copy was read. It informed Air.
Russell the: ?ritleaux could not allow the charge openly
made agAieie biei to pass unnoticed, and therefore he required
an ample apelegy, which might remove any impression made
on those who heard it. it stated, that if this was not done,
Air. Pridcaux must resort to a Court of Justice for the vindica-
tion of his character, and had issued a writ against the defend-
ant; but es he had no wish to give blin unnecessary annoyance,
would thank him foe the name of his attorney who might filo
common hail. ..en thialetter there wait. no answer I but Mr.
Fox afterwards saw Mr. Russell, who said that Mr. grace
should defend the action, as he meant to justify his assertions.
On ernsa.examination Mr. Fox said that a client of Mr. Pd.
Beaux's had sued Mr. Russell, and bad taken a cognovit, and
that Mr. Prideeux had lent Mr. Russell 50L, on his depositing
three bills of exchange as a collateral security. On one of these
hills Mr. Harrison, the acceptor. had been arrested, and Mr.
Russell, at the office, complained much of the hardship of this
measure, and made the charge of perjury in reference to this
transaction. The witness never explained to Al r. Russell that
the affidavit of debt was made by himself, and not by his
partntr.
COIhMON SEAGLAN'T, in addressing the Jury for the
defendant, complained of the manner in which his offer of spo.
logy bad been received, but expressed his confidence that his
client would not suffer by the refusal. Undoubtedly he had
been warni and in error when he used the term perjury; for,
technically, Mr. Prideaux had a right to arrest Mr. Harrison ;
but it was not unnatural for amen in the situation of Mr. Hue-
sell to feel yarrow and resentment when such a measure was
adopted against his friend. If Mr. Fox had explained to Mr.
Russell his mistake—if ho had said manfully, " 1, and not
Mr. Prideaux, made the affidavit, and I am ready to answer
any thing you may spy respecting it," the whole mischief would
have been prevented. Thu letter seemed to take credit to the
writer for not arresting the defendant for slander, which the
plaintiff well knew he had no power to do by law. On the
whole, therefore, he trusted that the Jury would think the at.
torney, who had scarcely calculated fur a verdict on the mistake
which he would not explain, sufficiently compensated by u vet.
dirt for a farthing.
The bard Cutxr.eloserreer observed, that the charge made
against the plaintiff was of a very grove and serious nature, and
it was entirely without foundation. Even if he had swots the
affidavit, there would have been so imputation on him, for he
had a right to arrest Mr. Harrison ; and it would he iifficult
to show the advantage of having a bill as a security, it the
holder were not at liberty to compel payment front the parties
liable upon it. He did not think Mr. Fox's letter implied a
forbeartinse to arrest, but merely a wish to avoid annoying the
defendant by personal service of process. If the first opening
for an apology had been improved, and afterwards an action
brought, perhaps a very small compensation might have otitis.
fled the justice of the ease ; hut, after the plaintiff had been
compelled to come into Court, he ought not in such a ease to
leave it with merely nominal damages.
The Jury, however, almost immediately, returned a verdict
for the plaintiff—Damages, one farthing (which will nut entitle
him to costs); and one of tbejurymen said, " If Air. Fox had
possessed common honesty he would have explained that he
made the affidavit ;" but the Lord Chief Justice, by a look,
checked hint front proceeding in this irregular course of ob.
serration.
Air. SC4III.NTT requested that another Jury might be call.
ed, instead of that which had decided the last cause, which was
accordingly done.

Fing.— I Ins morning, Oct. 28.
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tfierethwe aitintigisescoorlderteddbaiencothwearelhoftouysrae,n‘gvem%
ping. An alarm .was Instantly given, end the engines'arrived
on the spot as soon as poisible : but all exertions to extinguish
the flames were unavailing, and in two hours three warehouses
were a heap of ruins. These buildings were the loftiest in Li-
yerpoo, being
not less thin 13 stories high. They were the
prcperty of itiesors. Thomas Bulth "(I Co., and contained
Leally 240,00 bus!eli of e)toN ilbrincip:oly foreign, untirr the
King's lock, aid valued at about f 39.000/.; besides a great quan-
tity of cotton end other goods. .1 he total loss, in buildings
and commodities, by. this swim conflagro estimated at
the falling of the walls; but we
150,0001. The premises and the bulk of thengeode were, we
reenbresenwir btellnind to be w:ttnut any fount's.
believe, insured in different fire-offices. It is feared that one
toiropetwoolairte
tsteheaer
ghhourhood prest:ltcu s most di4tr:L.
tion. The premises being cunt tri a- frt,, flit number of
ofouiatnaiialrbuPti4theartUlhallftehl. elections of
dwelling-houses, the nel
the fee were confined to the range
sing scene. The inhabitants were seen running in Ilifletruyelidlico;;
oti property
wasconveying
th their
ao
The ft,trorl continue active in playing their
ru!rs, and upon the adjoining
the engines, the ravages of
of warehouses..
proent a very tfireatening appearance,
benugilltnliensgs.up"Tthheewsainiret"t'7';ng
and are tottering to their fall.—.tLiarrPoei C0ur,,,,..‘