The Sun.
London, England, 1840-01-02 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION.

WESTIVILNSTER COURT OF RE
QUESTS.

A " F/NE DRAWER."—When a genius has no every-
day work in hand he is in a dangerous predica-
meot, for it is ten to one that he finds something to do
at the expense of other people. Genius has a great
Army curious little matters to answer for, an instance
of which was furnished in the " Idle hours" of Mister
Jeremiah Donelly. Jerry was a youth, the thread of
whose existence was drawn out in "Le premier cn
pescendant du ciel." He was a sheer genius whose
needier was not constant—in other words, Jeremiah was
an operative tailor, who frequently found himself upon
the shop-board without a " stitch of canvass to carry on
with." What was the industrious " Flint" to do ? Na-
ture had blessed him with a genius for fine drawing ;
and having either read or heard of the story of the beau-
tiful lining of Zeuxis and Apeiles, he entertained an idea
that if he gave himself up to the predominating " bump,"
h) would be able, alter a little bit, to baste all the an-
citint and modern artists to:jether, and clothe himself
ith immortality.
" Jeremiah Donelly," said the crier.
Jerry jumped into the box with as much alacrity as if
he bad been taking his place in a jaunting car ready to
s art for Donnybrook.

Hers I sin," shouted Jerry, in a whirrirg Con-
naught breßue, with music enough in it to
" Create a soul under the ribs of death,"
and looking wild Irish" at the plaintiff, one Mister
Jenaingi. " Here lam to the fore, and convaneyint to
aosrver Misther Jennings, blessed be God so I am!"
A Commissioner called upon Mister Jennings to
state his case.

Jennings homed low, and proceeded to state that last
Whitsuntide Jerry was recommended to him as a re-
speeable lodger for the back " hattic" by the " good
ootnin who keeps the shop in the general line at the
corner of his street." From the respectability of Jerry
the plaintiff was induced to h:.ve all the broken panes of
glass taken out and new panes put in, and the walls and
ceiling " limed down," so that " the hattic," as he said,
' looked quite as comfortable as a single man lodger
could wish to see." Well, Jerry turned out as the " good
°rm..," represented him—viz., a most respectable
10.iger —he.- kept good hours, paid his rent regularly,
a.nd, on the 14th of last November, when he "gave up
the key," not a farthing of rent was he in arrcar.
" Sorry I was at the time," said Mister Jennings, " that
sich a good lodger would'nt stop with me, but I was
seen sorrier as he ever put foot into the hattic ; for
when I trent to look over the room, no sooner did I
turn the key in the door than —," and Mister Jen-
nings in the recollection of Ins astonishment when he
opened the door, li ' d up his hands, nodded his head
rapidly„lialf a doze mes, uttered " never in the whole
course of my life id I ever see --" pursed up his
mouth, looked tiAt the wall opposite him, and then
down at Jerry. who exclaimed,
" B,ood and minds, man, is it fooling their honours
ye • afther ? Spoke out."

r, - "Sich a disgraceful sight," said the p'dritiff, " as co
landlord ever see afore."
" Softlier.worde if you plaze, Misther Jennings," said
Jerry, " disgraceful mayn't be the mute that'll describe
rife dhrawing."
. " The fast thing I set eyes on," continued the plain-
tiff, " when I went in, was a lot of coal marks as covered
i the whole of the chimbly-piece ."
1 " What do you mean by coal marks ?" inquired one of
1 the Commissioners.
Jennings—lt was a sort of a drawing chalked with a
bit of coal ; and, as nigh as I could make it out, was a
1 man a setting on a goose.
" Hoar the 'nigramus," cried Jerry, " reflectin' on me
jieyus and purfesshin. Coal marks ! The Lord help
Ime! Yer honours, it wor a fine dhrawin' tippificashun.
A man settin' on a goose ! och, be Gor, but that's good
i 1 an Euglisher, for divil a boucbal in all Ireland that
wouldn't be afther knowin' it wor a crane (crayon)
idhrawin' o' Rourke an' the Airzle. Och, but yer a right
i id rneyus man, so you are, 111isther Jennings. What a
1 discrepshin ye'd give o' the Gallery o' Dhrawins ; Sir
Jonne) thin Rinnolds 'ud look small afore yez ; so his
Honour would."

Jennings (passionately)---T don't know nothing of Sir
Jonathan Reynolds, nor the crane drawing the eagle,
nor don't want to. You've spike the four walk and the
ceiling. In one place (turning towards the Commis-
sioners) he's made a pattern of a sort of sojur's jacket.
Jerry—Be the powers only Lear him ! A sodger's
jacket !! Be jinks, ye aint got as much janeyus as ud
relish 0 red herring ! Yer Honors, its the skitch ov a hit
of ;Fatick arin'rey that's in the Musame, the likes n' which
stitads up agin ('kill-us in Hyde-park, that he's spaking
ov. Ozh ! a soLer's jacket ! Did'nt ye see a pair of
bre4sehes. misther ?

" Perhaps I did, mister," said Jennings, rather pet-
tishl-r• " and perhaps I see a cabbidge."
Don't be afther reflectin' agia on me," said Jerry ;
" bekase, in eoorse, ye don't understand me purfesshin,
the devil a stitch better than the bit o' antick that yez
tuck for the sodger's jacket."
Mister Jennings (contemp'uGusly)—You're a■ antic
yourself.

Dirty scran to yez," said Jerry. " That me dhrawin'
sfiud be reflected on by sich en objik !" And Jerry
again looked " wild Irish " at Mister Jennings.
Objict Objiet :" cried Jennings ; " Damn you, sir,
what do you mean ?"

Here the Commissioners interposed, and perceiving
that the Irish tailor, so far from denying, in fact gloried
in the crane, or fine drawinx, gave a verdict against hint
for 7s. ed. the amount claimed.

" And what 'nil he be afther doing wid the money ?"
said the tailor.

A Commissioner—He'll put a coat of whitening over
your fine drawing.
Jerry—Will he, be Gor ; th'n, if he'd 13t me dhrawin'
bide on the walls, I'll tike t) the lodgin' Agin, and that's
a fair offer.

The plaintif ssererated that he'd have no more to do
with Jerry.
A Commi33iener—The p'aiutiff re'uses to accept the
offer.

Jerry—Won't the Coort interfere ?
A Commissioner—lt has no power.
Jerry—Won't yer honours spake for me dhrawins ?
A Commissioner (laughing)--We really cannot save
your antics.

Jerry—Thin, be dad, you've no-more jancyus than a
Monaghan goose for fine dhrazein'.
FINE ARTS AND FURY.—A hook-nosed personage,
whose stature just enabled him to peep up to the Com-
missioners, with an air of vast importance, handed in a
card on which was printed—
" Patronised by all the Royal Family and Prince Albert.
JACOB FITCH,
Artist in Oils,
Ornamental Writing in its highest branches ; Heraldic
•

Insignia elegantly emblazoned."
Vis d vis stood a stout dame, composed principally of
cloak, boa, and coal-scuttle bonaet, who put in against
him a written bill for lodging, arrears, &e., set forth in
this form :

Four weeks' lodging, 2s. 6d los Od
Two broken window•

12 0
Crecittcr by three psnt pots

11 9
The artiste, it appeared, rented a studio of the plain-
tiff—a back attic, with a beau Tibbs's prospect—for
which he was to pay 2s 6d. weekly. A fortnight passed
) over, but no cash being forthcoming, the Lndiady put
in a broker, who found, as she said, nothing to distrain
; upon but " three paint pots and a lot of rubbish."
4 " Rubbish said the artist, looking as fierce and is
) red as a turkey-cock, " What this ignorant woman calls
!rubbish was some of my own choice specimens of art, and
to an artist like myself quite invaluable."
Lairellad)—l say there was nothing in the room but
hits of trumpery daubs, only fit to chuck in the dust-hole.
4,7l)ltubs I my works daubs !" said the artist retie.
meitty. " I appeal to this honourable Court for pro-
letectialt. My works, I may say are known to posterity.
I'm sent for far and near to write on coaches and omni-
) 'ruses. I challenge the whole profession to show
t agsinsst my last performance—the Victoria,' letters a
foot and a half long, each letter seven shades, no two
1 shades alike."
I Landlady—l don't care a fig for what you say. Ail
your traps ouly fetched three pence, and I don't see, as
long as there's law in the land, why a poor fatherless
widow, whose got to pay rent and taxes, and keep
things tidy about her, is to be robbed by lodgers run-
ning away without paying the rent.
" My reputation is at stake here," slid the artist, in
a perfect ftfiget of rage. " I deny having run away. I
was called to a, job at Hammersmith, and my labours
there in the ornamental line stand as a monument to
the end of time "
,••

Landlady—You did run away, and you took all that
was worth taking in a pocket handkerchief.
Artiki—Gentiemen, I pledge my untarnished honour
the bundle contained nothing but my paint brushes and
few shirts.

Landlady—A Jew shirts ; why you never had more
than a dirty one, and when you wanted to wash it I
was always obliged to lend you my night jacket.
CHAtamAN—How can 3ou pay this debt ?
Artist—The question ought rather to be, how can
this woman pay me .1' What she seized on was worth
fifty times the amount of her claim.
The COURT thought otherwise, and handed over to
the artist an order for the payment of d :bt and costs
within one mouth.

'l' he incensed artist took the order and tore it into
pieces. " I appeal against your decision. 11l carry
the case into a higher court."
CIIAIRdIAN—CaII en the next case, officer.

Artist—My paint-pots alone were worth more than
the rent. Your decision is a violation of the laws of the
land—a disgrace to the--
The offi,.T. here gave a smirt tug at the defendant's
« a ail, which brought him close to the door.
Datendant (struggling vigorously)—A disgrace to
the character of tradesmen and a—

'llO oflic.Jr succeeded at this point in forcibly eject-
a g the artiot. In a few moments the defendant upper-

ceived slipped in at another door, and made his way to
the table.

" The paint-pots were worth more than the rent,"
roared he ; " I'll carry the case to a higher court.
Your decision is a disgrace to a—
Here the officer caught the defendant in his arms.
Defendant (struggling to get loose)—To a British
court of law and a—

Officer—Be quiet.
Defendant—And a stain on the character of—(mak-
ing deperate efforts) on the characters of
The officer succeeded in pushing the artist out and
guarding the door.
In an instant the wicket was thrown up, and the
head of the artist popped through.
Artist—A stain on the character of the British nation.

Further proceedings;;CUnnecessary, as the artist
having, apparently, fully unburdened his mind, made a
rapid retreat. ° '

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY

DEAL, J.s.x. I—Wind S. W.—Arrived the Richmond,
from Rio Is:lel-lc).
LtvEttroot, JAN. I —Wind S. S. E. to S. S. W.
Sailed the Jane, Davidson, for Tampico : Unicorn,
Mullins, Havannah ; Fergus, Blyth, New Orleans ;
Courtney, Brown, Savannah ; Leila, Baltimore ; Prompt,
Morton, Charleston ; York, Legg, St. John's, New
Brunswick ; Orange Branch, Hannaford, Azores ; Ade-
laide, Swaffin, ditto.
PORTSMOSITII, JAN. I—Wind S. W.—Arrived the W.
C. Wye, --, Virginia.
COWES, JAN. 1.-Arrived the Cesar and Helen, Tied-
m ,n, Havannah.

PORTLAND ROAD!, JAN. I.—Arrived the Clio, Mearus,

FALMOUTFIt DEC, 31—Wind S. S. W. W. S. W.

PRNz•NCs, DEC. 31.—Off port the Zodias, Bahr,
Porto Rico.

SCILLY, DEC. 29.—Off port the Manchester,
New Orleans.

DUBLIN, DEC. 30.—Arrived the Kingston, Murett, from
Demerara.

DUNDEE, DEC. 30.—Arrived the Apollo, Walker, from
Montreal.

STOCK TON, Drc. 30.—Arrived the Turnbull, Sands,
from Quebec.

'BRIDLINGTON, Dac. 31.-The Amphitrite, Scott, from
London to Middleborough, ran on the rocks off Flambo.
rough Head this morning and sunk ; crew saved.
HARTLEPOOL, Dsc. 31.—The Neptune, Seabrook, from
Montrose, got on the rocks off Redcar this morning, but
was assisted off and brought in here.

YARMOCTH, 131. t OF WIGHT, JAN. I.—The Symmetry,
Giles, from Swansea, is on shore at Pennington.
LtvrtarooL, JAN. I.—The Insentus, from Sligo to this
port, parted her anchor in the harbour of Lochindoul on
the 25th inst.