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A Dictionary of the Gaelic Language has long been a desi.
deratuin in Celtic Literature ; the only work published under
that name having, in reality, pretensions to no higher tide
than that of a Vocabulary.
The opportunities and pursuits of the Author of thepresent
Work, who is a native of the Highlands, have enabled him to
obtain an intimate acquaintance not only with the works of the
ancient Gaelic Poets, but also with those of the more recent
Caledonian authors which have obtained public esteem.
To render any language more easy of attainment, it confes-
sedly desirable. The Gaelic is a language peculiarly interest-
ing; not only on account of its high antiquity, butat It con-
tains writings which, even through the medium of defective
translations, have been extolled by every unbiassed critic, and
by every judge of sublime composition. It was the conviction
that the want of a Dictionary operated powerfully against' the
uttainment of the Gaelic tongue, which induced the Compiler,
though alone and unassisted, to undertake this Work. It has
cost hint much labour and research ; but he will feel himself
amply repaid,should his hopes be realized that he' has rendered'
an acceptable service to the literature of his country. -
The Compiler, in'order to exhibit the clearest tettiMonies to
the antiquity of the Celtic, has gone largely into etymologyt
he has traced affinities in almost every language in Lurope, as
well as in many ancient and modern, languages of Asia ,and
Africa • hut, in all this laborious and ramified research, he has
admitted no instance of affinity to a foreign tongue, excepting
indisputable.
It it appeared obvious and •
It is presumed that this Dictionary will form a- +ery useful
appendage to every -library, as recording a branch of an origi.
nal language, altogether unequalled- in describing: Nature,
whether in her fairest toms, or her most stupendous opetations;'
and in giving utterance, with effect, to the stfongest or to the
softest passions of the human mind. This Work will be Use-
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But the Highlander will more especially prim it, as furnishing
him with an easy guide to correct orthography, and as adducing.
'authorities from`the ancient and modern classics of hit country:,
It trust be very valuable to those also who may to acquire
the(laelic as it is now spoken, or(with but little aid from a teached
to peruse the far-famed Ossian in the latigartgein which he sang:
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A TORY,—The name of Tory was once otPi
noxious, from ha connexion with the dangerous and exploded-
doctrines of the Stuarts. But time changes the spirit of titles
sue well as of men. Toryism in is the representation of
Whiggism in NM The tremendouS• lesson of the French
Revolution has, perhaps, impressed it with a deeper fear of
popular licentiousness; and a more solemn deference for the'
wisdom of our anci:nt institutions; it may feel an inferior jai:
lousy of the throne, from a fuller experience of the checks on
its power ; and a keener *dam at innovation in politics and
religion, from the knowledge that it is only preparative to the
betrayal of both. But in all that made the great national ser-
vice of IVltiggban in 111811, its manly adherence to the national
privileges, its honest love of liberty, its homage to the supre-
macy of the laws, its vigilance over the conduct of Mirlisters,
its sincere reverence for the Constitution in Church anti Slate,
Toryism now stands on the, same lofty ground with the spirit
of our glorious IteValutionilant-xotriMugu: irsc.)
CunnAsT the'fruit is a prac-
tice of decided advantage. From this treatment many taste-
less fruits acquire a flavour, as is welLknown, and many bad
flavours are converted into agreeable ones. In no case per.
haps Is this more remarkable than in the black currant,
which, harsh and comparatively insipid in Its natural state,
acquires by boiling a powerful, and to most persons highly
agreeable flavour. In making wine from this variety of
'currant, the effects of this process are very remarkable; the
produce of the raw fruit being scarcely distineished by
any particular property from the herd oe.mide wines, while
that of the boiled fruit may with citrefiil management be
brought to resemble some of the best of the sweet Cape
wines. In the white and red currant, the same precaution
has been attetidcd with results equally successful, though
not marked by a. contrast so decided. If sweet wine is in.
tended, the quantity of fruit for ten gallons should, not exceed
40 pounds ; if dry wine is desired, it may extend to 110. The
proportion of sugar will be 30
.pounds as before. If a much
stronger. wine of either quality is desired, it must extend to
40 pounds. Unsound or bruised fruit should be rejected ; and
the remains of Vie blossoM and the fruit stalk carefully removed.
Nisnics, Atro. or some mouths past a
singular mysterious being had concealed himself among our
mountains, and the strangest stories were told of his habits and
influence over the people. nut scarcely any sensible man believed
in •the absurd reports that were spread concerning him. The
police were in search of him for a considerable time, but his
money or influence has hitherto kept him undiscovered. It scents
that this solitary being is not alone ; forty or fifty outlaws are
now said to be in the mountains which separate the departments
flu Gard, 1)e llierault, De Pilveyron, and De la Lozere.
The Prefects of these various departments have sent detach-
nients of troops in pursuit, and two companies have been sent
from Nismes for the same purpose. It is generally believed
that the small guerilla is composed of Veterans who are un-
willing,► to ge to Spain, and: That, the sole object of their con-
cealment is to avoid the new conscription laws.

LA'RCASTER, WEDIN*SDAY,
CIVIL COURT.
(Before 31r. Justice' lIOI.IIUYII and a Special Atli./ ,
LIBEL CASE.--CIIOIII3IY L. GIBSON:
(Further Partieulars.)
.s - •
Mr. STAIktE opened the Pleadings. The declaration stated
that by a certain libellous [publication, of Which the defendant
was tlic author, the plainun good, name and • credit were in,
jured--that he, had. Nen reprettentett to the World' as guilty of
fraudulent and dishonest conduct. • •
Mr. ;..katti.Evi stated the case far the plaintiff. flis client
had been a merchant in the calmly of Demarars, and hAving by
the laudable pursuits Of commercial detition, acquired a com-
petent leitune, he retained td his native country, and took up
his residence. at Bolton, upon the sands, a feW miles froth. Lan-
caster. Frain the respectable character he held in- hiSneigh-
bourhood, he had been *pointed to fill some of the local
duties in that district.. The defendant teas aadunte of the
University of Oxford, intended for the Church and 1:111t what
promise to the interests of the establishment, the Jury would
most problthly estimate from the direction given to the first
fruits of those studies which. were to fit hint for that sacred
mission. 'the lesson which. that doctrine, of v,bich he was
the intended Minister, inculcated,. *ere charity all men ;
a christiatrfoitearanee r a forgivennesa of injuries, if injuries
had taken Place'; but, above all, a studious disinclination
!,) strike at the reputatton and
_pace, and (*fort of his
neighbour. It so happened that the plaintiff was his father's
tiNgilbour, anti when relieved from his avocations at the Uni-
versity, the neighbour of the 'defendant. Not his neighbour
alone, according to the general acceptation of the word, but
a gentleman, with whoM heyas in the habit of' living on terms
of friendly Intercourse. When such a man peblished a libel
against his friend, therefore, he could look fir no palliation
on the ground of its being written accidentally, or with sonic
Thew of prbeocation, but if proved to have been his production,
mast be conNered as originating in malice—as originating in
that eery spirit of rancour and acrimony, Which too. frequentle
was displayed by the enemies of the Church', hitt
.the influence
of which, those enemies attributed as the very spirit by which
Churchmen were actiated. The defendant is the son of a man of
property in the neighbourhood of Lancaster. Frain his edu-
cation he ought to he a Gentleman ; whether he feels the spirit
of that character jt. would be for the Jury of his 'country to
Ott, i
decide. It' he tt, Searlett) Were rightly nstructed,it would
be shewn to them that this Oxford Seholar, a candidate for a
sacred mission, was to be traced in the haunts of public-houses,
hawing of his literary pretensions, and his literary exertions
afabm?t the farmers and tradesmen of Bolton, arid not suds.
lied with their decision, lint assuming is degree of pleasure in
the recollection that he had inflicted a severe and unprovoked.
wound upon the feelings of his unoffending neighbour and
friend. The medium which this candidate for Oiciars selected,
in ottiki to give publicity to those exertions; was the Westmor-
land e'kspaper, called the Xendal ehronwle, and the assumed
name wider. which the Graduate of Oxford appeared was that
of Meier Synftd.. It was to be remarked, with no great credit
to the Graduate, that that was the very bye-name assumed in
those thrashing piiblicationa which found dick' way into public,:
house stidety. It was the nom du uerie of the defendant--and
a most atSpriate one it Wag' to aequire for him a low
celebrity in' the most vulgar ranks of literary pretension.—
In sending the libel to the Edit6r of the Paper, lie was ea
tremely SolicitotAt to impress uporf. his mind the .phealenCe of
that figure which ire called ro,tia, through the whole of the
t:erforeiance. By thd anxiety he felt td demonstrate to the
.41itoi:- the ironic of his lerter, it we evident that 'he was ap.
prehenitycleit the depths; of his ironical Performance would
nut be fdtbotrical b, the Orion in whose Paper he published,
and to *hem he addressed. hinaself. 'they were reminded na.
turislly of the expedient &diverted to by a. classical aurrity", of
a Voetenditi4and careless artist, who having drawn figure
oi a cock, still felt. it necessary
,to have. written under effort
aids pencil—" this is a Cock.' So acted the Oxford.eandidate
for Orftt-rs—he praise with irania, but he still found it neces-
sary to- ail vertist tlieKendal Editor that it was irony. As to'
the charges which' that libel insinuated against Mr. Charley,
they were as false and as'nnfennded as any fable that the Gra.'
duple ever read at his University.

Ilde Mr. t ,arltitt read the tiro following letters, the latter
of which was the precise libel' charged in the declaration
COPY OF TOE eviriten: w mon t tectoe 'TIE
To Tut!' EDITOR or Trig KENDAL CHRONICLE.
Kendal, Weetintireland,
`illn. Erii•toit—l subjoin Elie following lines'for your own
frNate perusal. If these remarks meet with your approbation,
and you can ptissibly find icioot int thein in your paper of next
Week esaturday,2lltl4, I shall feet obliged by their insertion—
bist it' it is iinliossible to insert them next week, but you intend
teed° NO at siiine future period, please to notify that intention
or the contrary, in your usual v,*tiy (in a paragraPh). I feel
mire ansions for this notification, inasmuch as. upon the ap-
proven+. the foiegoingletter Panay he induced, at different
periocies to supply you with einittlir information for your paper.
I have no doubt but you perceive the /rolls,' contained in the
remarks m the above letter. Ilave thi goodness tir mit every
Word, uPsi?'er which a trork is' pal, in Italics. Awithing your
enswer, I` remain, in the ititiellin; a'it'lit•fore annexed.
Your's truly, " DOCTOR SYNTAX."
, COPY or Tim etnEt. necteaurn crux.
10. TUE' EDITOR or Tin: CHRONICLE.-
Mr. I:6l.l'oll2—Having noticed about two months ago in'
your Paper certain remarks reflecting
limn the cgraluct of a
G m entlean residing within fivemiles of'Lancaster, there de_
nominated " a retired West Indian' Aterchant," and
e,!reeiving
in the same paper of this week similar aspersions repeated, I
dfe myself called'upon, es I am thoroughly acCitiainted with
this same retired merchant's character, to enter any pretest
again,rt such nigjitrt, such uldinurded calumn;rs. I assure you
this Gentleman has long been the object of much perseedfian,
slander and envy. It scents that having accumulated a hand:
some ificlependeney by 341nstriour habits, he made einiic'e of
a sinalPvillage, a few mhos from Lancaster, fri'whielf ftrspnnd
the residue of his days in peace and comfort, if, gobd,, honest
man ! he possibly could hilt, alas ! we parr mortals are so
subject to every thing that mist is'perverse, ante contrary to
our best projects, that but too frequently it happen,what
ought trove been° our solace find comfort, turns out die
reedy the reverse. So it was %nth this worthy pod mean-
ing. man, for. In sooner rites lie established in his new resi.,
dance, than his' manifidd virtues rend good qualities &eve.
loping themselVes, excited against Palm the envy and
lousy of all his neighbouk Front this period-they corn.
mowed a spirit of hoitiiiiyagainst him. They opposed all hs
schemes tbr the good of bfi fellow-creatures—they treated his'
measures with the most alien contemprt It ph%stel those in
power, through regartif no titnibt, to his meritorious derVial,
to appoint him to the lilqh offices of
,Ch4ileliwartlen and Over.
seer of the Highway!. this was a iioirree'ef t'ras'h ellagrin to
the inhabitants. In the discharge of his duty in both cape_
cities he met With the inost decided opposition. /t Overseer
of the Highways, he could not, wind easy men, event make
a drain for the carrying away the water from his own
cellar, but the Parish moat refuge to pay for it I! ire could
not make a causeway fur the convenience of a house that be-
lougs to him but the parish niust refuse to pay for ietl lie
made the most teondetial. end stneendon* molts in the
highways, the expence of all of which a dotible /cry oefe would
have repayed t, but the parish refused to pay fur it ! t Nay,
were I to enuinerate the many acts of b!halice committed
against dustpan, they would tar, very far, exceed the limits of
your Paper. To all these, . I have no doubt, I
heould, in the
peaceable and mild disposition of his heart, have pet:early sub-
mitted, had they
.not attacked him in a quarter where all
and hanourabk 'nen, like the Learned Gentleman
in question, feel., themselves bound tO vindicate their cha-
racier. They endeavoured secretly to end„mine hie re.
pntation (31v reputation, Ingo, my reputation ! ! !) by most
villanaus and grossly Abe reports this was mon-
strous, this was outrageous ! No man of p; nciple would
endure it. To shew you that the Gentleman in question has
jUst grounds to be highly incensed at these reports, I will in.
fiok
stance a few, which his good eeighbours style his tessee,,.
Ono report is, that haying engaged an eminent lioneeetter to
attend him during a misfortnne which betel him, be sews.
quently diecoveretilte was practising in his profession without a
license, and actually (who wimild belief,: the report) laid hold of
this scape-goat, this shebby, paltry pretence for refusing to pay
him his bill, which, of oittrse, the honesetter, under such cir-
cumstances, could not enfant. Another report is, that having
repeatedly hived a pony for- the accommodation of his good lady
from a poor fuhounng man in the village, Ire availed f;im
mar of
the saute trick, as in the case otf the lionesetter, although well
aware at the time under what- circumstances he enesaged the
pony ! it is said he wished to have played the same

* Proved in Ms. t Ever in' paper.. Y Defrayectin

,
(is a wit of the day expressed himself) upon a person Whoin he.
employed to measure a piece of hay for him, hit that Would,
not dO, for (in the language of the same wit) the hay measurer
turned restive, applied the birch of the law to his posteriors
and Mack my Gentler-OM sinati fa it. Another tale is told ar
his letting to-a sviaticity Lady at small cottage in the village,
upon a promise of liermission to reside in it for the term 41 of
five years, bit Scarcely had' she' inhabited it a year and a half,.
before, in violitticin of that protnise,4 sacred and binding
with men of honour, he, tipbn some stippoctl affront, gave
her notice td
_quit AbUndant such ruthoiirs as these,
addition to a Tibst of others 'about 'Workmen not paid, bills
mysteriously r settled," land singularly' taken, &c:. &c.,
would fill a whole magazine, were f to' nude them at large! !
Now if any of then reports were Prue, *hat man, I ask, of
probity, principle, or comnion honesty, would ,isseCiate with
such a man ? But, thank God ? he can cop ute them all ! ! !
Wean provi Item all to be tither the suggestions of
,slander,
the Pctions of enemies, 'or the invidiousness of calumniator: ! !
lia'ving said this much in vindication of the person so .rtikne.
tined, I think if, Mr. Editor, but justice to him that yin!' should
intext in your paper, as early-as pbssible.' thiSscontradielion of
thefalsi tier in circulation concerning him for the eutisfitilion of
all parties ! the mean time belkie me, Sir,eyer to remain,

, . .
" 'Your constant reader and adrat4,l,e.
• " DOCTOR Si-r:TAX."
The Jury would see, by the reference to lap in the libel,
that the Oxford Scholar would.'whh to be supposed =mediated
With Shakspeare. This was the great effhrt of his erudition;
and such as be react to them was the notable performattce•Which
Was to hand-down imperishably, through the Kendal Chronic*,
the literary character of the Bachelor of Arts' of (Word to
future ages. By bringing to action Of damages itgalinst the
libeller, it would • be for the Jury to bear in mind, thee the
plaintiff, who took that course, invited the libeller, if he dared,
to make good his chargdSe—he dared him to the proof of 'their
duff' ; forhis Lordship Would tell him' thut it was open to the
defendant to have pleaded the truth' upon the record, and if.
uponthe triadhe was' competent to establish that plea' to the
4ati'sfactiou of a Jury, the plaintiff would not be ebtitled to
their verdict., Has this candid, this ingenious and sententious
libeller donego ? Has he dared to place upon the record that
his calumnieii were true ?—No ; he has forfeited.' the only
maining claim to regard that a man thus acting might have
had; fur the only isshe. (with the other open, to hint), he
has left the Jury to try, is net the truth and falsehood of
the libel, but Whether or tot he published it. By the course
the plaintiff adopted, he voluntarily gave him the opporttinity
of, proVingthat he (the defendant) wets neither a slanderer, Or
enemy, or a calumniator. By not meeting that invitation, the
candidate for Holy Orders he:s established his title- to these,
designations. Having; however., refused, it remalned for hiM,
as the Col:inlet of the plaintiff; to. call upon. the jit`ry, to slievi',T
by their verdict, that out of his own mouth it was evident that
the defendant was both a slanderer, a 'calumniatcr, and the
eponymous .assailant of his friend's reputation. The .reputit-
tion of every honest and honourable men was the greatest
blessing that human solicitude Could prize. What was
vul-
garly• called propertY, as 'contributing to physical sthitenance
and comfort, stood -far below in, iust estimation that superior
moral propero, which could neither be the result of accident
or speculation, hut which Could only be ae9uired b' strfet
and conscientious discharge Of the , great ,dunes of life. 'to
injure a man by an attack on his worldly fortune,. Subjected.
even the wretch who had the strong pciliation of a -starving
family to plead, but What ought to be the pnnishinht which a
Jury should` award. to a worse than Midnight plunderer, nil
anonymous robber, of that touche higher ‘weadth, good name
virtuouslydc'quired and honestly preserved through a long life ?
He (Mr. .Scarlett) knew well that his Learned Friend for
the defence would calf no witnesses ; he dared trot ; he ~ould
not hazard a reply.' Here tins then an aggravati6i) which
titled the plaintiff to their consideration; lie was attacked --he
appealed to the law—lie took•thig course optionally, which al-
lowed the libeller to .make good charge. • That invitation
he refused; and by so doing shut out the plaintiff from meetitg*
those base charges by contradiction on the' oaths of ',honest:
men. Were not a'.ltat under such circumstances bound by
their oaths not alone to redress an individaatthus injured, but
by sit doing to render justice to the,great,intereOt of society ?
it wodid be insinuated.' for that 'wan now too often-the course,
an example never set by him (Mr. Searlett), that these charges;
though they were not to be disproved by evidence, ,NCere to be
. assumed as true in tide speeches. of Counsel. His LeaSecf
'Friend, in the spirit of the defendant's figure, Ironia—
Mr. Sbrjeant Cnoss —The Oxford Scholar woltht say, Irortia:
[ &Arlen gave the pronunciation as it woold,'ai 'events;
he pronounced ,by aII the Classical Scholars of Contibental
Furope, and in the 1-rish.and Scottish ,Universitics,:—Oxford
has, however,
.a prosody of :Ls own, •and'on that undiefity
SeriOnt Cross rested.] 4
'luau it Am, froth •thebar'behind, said, Academia;
lean.by the same. authority.
'Mr. &AO Lre T —True, Academia was the modern refinc,e.
meet of coxcombs; even at Cambridge ; but as he origihally
piOnounced the word, so he would continue to pronounce it.
[This learned dissertation was continued, though seam carom
characterjudtre,
cal ftlra loonfgotliemNe
he
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stint superseded, for the time, the Term Reports; arid Phillips's
oarftt heerni; icractui etindieedee;ealitt ets6eil 1./113.1a ittsi
Laze qj Evidence.]
It would; he was aware, be circulated—of that he hAil no 1
dislike ; for thotigh sometimes attacked by certain persons•
Connected with the priss, at least it vkinild be adMitted to hini,
that these attacks, however unfounded, had never ruffled his
temper dtiring the :whole period of an active lite. I'he Jury
had a duty t° discharge to his. client end to society in gene-
ral, and• he trusted that duty they would fulfil, by a verdict 44
the plaintiff:
Examined by Mr. Ibtononeat—Mr. 11ichardson. , a Sure
;;eon at Baton, knew Air. Chortey, who was a,gentle-
man, living on his own property; .he also knew litri Gib-
son, tie!' defendant; has been lately at the University of
Oefort, and is about 2f Or 112 years of age : during the.vaca-
lions he resided with lib" father . ' in December
.last the defend-
ant took the witnesf to a ptildichoese, where they Were joined
by, one Tippet), a shoe-mitker, and overiiseer at Bolton ; the'
shoe-maker and the defendant got into convertitttion about Mr.
Cherie); anti the latter said he had written respecting
." the
Atdren. money,' which he had forwthiled for insertion in the
Kendal neWiipaper, and thin he was going to publish another
letter, which he produced; lie went the next day with the. de-
resident' to Cainford, and on the: Way there spewed hint the
letter he intended to get publisheid ; witnesit was in his corn.
patty also at a Christmas party, and the defendant there spewed,
hint another letter, Which he said he intended for The Kendal-
theaniele • it was signed ",Dr. Syntax;" a Mr. Ilaithridge,
who was also present, said, he did not think a gentlemen of his
education could be ~7uilty of such mean' acts'; the defendant
repeated his intentioe, and' appealed to witness to say whether
he he had, not seen the letter, with the view of convincing
Bainbridge that he (the' defendant) -was the 'tether? His ob-
ject, be •attid, was to expoSe, Mr. Charley, who was a shabby
fellow, arid he would consider, he said, witness as bad as.Mr4-
Chorley'if he did not cohyince Mr. Bainbridge that lie had seen
the letter, and that the defendant was the author.
In his crosieaixamination by Mr. Sergeant OMEN witness
said he had no enmity to Mr. Marley.; never had any, but
Was on the contrary a friend of his, and yet when the letter
was sheen hiM he did not remonstrate, with the defetalont.
About the drain and the causeway he knew nothing; of the
bone setting story he had heard previonsly. It was not
,the
witness that first told those. stories to the defendant. Ile never
advised the publication, but his boy took that with other let-
ters to the Captain of the Steam Packet, who promised to put
the letter into the boat at tile. Kendal
.Chrattiele office. He had
heard from' many in the village the story of the pony, but it.
Was nothing to witness. Ile was never-called a *huffier oti this
sUbjeet, bat Mr. Gibson did certainly ablise him about three
o'clock in the morning, at the party. 11e told him.lie *as as
great a blackguard as Charley,, and threatened to kneck
down. • Ile did strike At witness, but did not knock iihn down.
Witness did not imprint the scratches on his, defendant's face,
but his ring cut him.
Mr. Sericant Cuois —Oh ! then, it. was your diantond •that -
cut ; his -face?--A: It was thy ring. The defendant did not
charge hint with having beeq the person who told bits all these
Stories respecting Mr. (.'hurley. - Witness was sober ;' ho bad
drink sonic wine and a glass of gin. He had himself before
that Adele lady the story of the bone-setter.
Re-examined by Mr. SCA ItLETT—Thc Kendal Chronicle
circulates pretty generallyat Bolton.
Mr. Lough, the Proprietor and Publisher of The Kendal
Cheowiele,:tlepoSed as to the reception of the manuscripts; and
established .the poblication. • - . .
• The manuscript wag then put in and read:
Mr. Bainbridge,-at whose house the party was, corroborated-
•` the statement of the first witness us to, the repeated assertions

•` Svitee in 3IS.

of the defendant,. in acknowledging,. that hp,- was the author ior'
the letter published. in .The ,Keydcil Cholifeh7. The wltnes.!.
Said, that he did not think any person in -11Olten had itiilitieq
to *rite the letter signed Dr. syntitx.--(A laugh) ;—it *iss'sit
astonishing production,-(A laugh.)--rThe defendant rose u•ii.
and said—" I ant the author front the first to the last." .
ness asked, if he were not educating for a Clergynian The de..:
fendant glad he was. Then, answered witness, In no part of
the scriptures that on ere studying is there any authority
setting the neighbours Of a village by the ears. The defendant
said lie would perseVere, and then read another letter Whi`eli
Produced it accused Mr Cherley with penfolding a rant wil
had taken an extraordinary leap out of, the fold,. and also the,:
he had drove stones ()Ver the church-,yard and disturbed tllt
ashes of the dead. 1 .

„
That, said 'Mr. St.inte..ri, Wiel intended, tailptiose, its iris
first essay in the discharge of his clerical functions.
Cross.:otcanthied by Mr. Serjeant CI-toss—The coniersatiOti
had taken place in the Morning,- about three'O'elock, after they
had drank a 'glass or two. ..IV,tiell the attarrel arose betwee4
the Oxford Scholar and the 'Village Doctor, it might be that ,
witness cried-,-.” at it .Doctor--no Student."--(A• latigh.)-:a.'
The old Gentlemen gave his eviediee with great pretision;
.fir. Styjeant Citoss said, in address N; the, Jury, that when
lie dime into Court,' he thotight that his Learned Friend ante .
hitt:self stood Substantially on the saute grounds. His Learned
Friend complained - Of unft.tuntled acensations—of fictions
slander, directed against the character rd his client. why,
that was chat his yOung elklnt, a bey under age, in his peenie
conoMinicatiiiii, complained of. Ile said all those idle stories
' eirealated in the neighbourhood by gossips . and taleehearers,
such 4as the witness Richards, were all gross calumnies no a
fictions of malice. But it was with the eulugiui)i of the defend .
ant that Ins'Leerrned Firenil appteartsi to tru:.rrel. It was said,
indeed, that
,ti ,
" Praise; undeserv', wag censure in disguise :"
the fault of . the defendant' Wei that he had praised' els,
Indelt. And yet that was- a harsh mansion ; for thong'.!
his Learned Friend began with a severe attack,• not- .01040
On. the literary but the civil and the religious pretensiot.s
of til'i defendant, lie still ended every erentence with a eulelit.:q
On the character of. the plaintiff'. The Learned A ttorney.ue..;
octal of the Palatinate of Langaster was breught there by the
plaibtiff tO resound hit praises. That was not all ; eight tittles_
repeated it was' Set down by a bantering and 'ironical 'special
pleader, as he Must suppose ..in .the declaration fit:L.44 that the'
plaintiff was a true, loyal, , and faithful subject, feptited., az..
ktOwkdged, and'abcepted, of strict integrity, ttrobity, and prib-
eipl. • Was it not too nitich to any, that utter all this licctititii--
ration of praise; d'itt youtt Student, who appeared there by his.
gOardian, was to' be fined in damages. because he jellied In t-I e '
general neknoWtedginent of praise usi dile to the Character of
311. r. Clunicy ? But thlui Tiili' praise, and his patio only, Was vi
be etinsifered an i'.!'onitt, Without troubling Ahern
.with ar,y
Siritical atsiqssion, lie must say. that he could not but admil,
t ie iiitieellity of his Learned 'Friend (Air. Scarlet* just i.i'L'r
he had such! a narrow escape of being returned a Represontatit,
Of one of the Universities, in determining to prefer his ow:.
judgniencon a Ouestion of prosody to the united decisions of
Cam b?idge and Oxford. Passing the pronunciation, be WOold
tell the jury whet his client meant by that figure of speeot
'thich fie
.6dled /rofilit. If he saw is friend or an acatutintanco
doing that Which lie ffilitl`ght foidish et iiiipteper,:.in place of
saying plumply that lie Vile so letting, he would say--it Wt.'
Been reported* to' tic flint steels a Person. has acted it): and so,
lint' tbelleie Steele a report to he the St*gestion of malice, or
the fietien'tif calumny. If the repsot. was true, tiiot, a version
.-'
Would operate to' conytnce the actor in a mild' way at tj‘e.folly ,
of liii contiad. 111 the •repl'irt *as larse,"stith a "refutation was..
tin act of friendship.' Take it' iti either view, and its .efftet,
On the person must be beneficial.. • With this candiarviety.ot"
the .(:::se, what ground was there for exemplary damages ?
Even' supposing it a Case for damages, had not ,the defer):
dane a .aufficibnt compensation in the ettlogitutt:',Of the 'At-
t*.f-Y4-4rtertil ik' the . County ot Lancaster ? '';.:,.,p.is. village ,
lampoOn„Werit thiongh the itteitam of. The Ite4i4ul Chru.
nick: Thron'gli how many various channels-to every elate.'
rutty of the kingdom the eulOgium of his 1 /earned Friend, oni
the character of his clienttOwo.uld be circulated,;, aye, dna fti
severe attack-=libellous, he tnight almost say--on the Oa-
meter of
.ti'. detdiatint. `For the 'Juty would riot pitt out. of
their recollection that. an attempt .was made to exhibit the
Young Man as an hsbitual drunkard-an attempt wholly un-
supported,
.even by thy;
,eAtience of 'the prosecution. Was.
it not-the object of the plaintiff,-in instructing his Learned
~ Friend, to use !Met htlisa
.titit,gei to °trim the prospeeteof o'l4
yount! Man ilvtlie.i'itytitiset of his career of life ? it was int.
linatei nil tO him It'll.rit unuliiitt Of attlilAge:4 they gave, when his'
character srul reputation were Illot torn from him. '"1:11e.
Leiiniiql gentleman wa'i then proceeding to take it review bt
other eirciinistances connected with the present vase,
,i7k.ii lie
was interrupted by Mr. Scarlett, who objected to it..
Ati. Serjeant Cuesa--Aly Learned Friend is like a squib,
not easily nod .0111. . . .
Mr. Scini.trr.T said, that if new feats were stated, he would
have 11 right to reply. . .
•
Air. Serjcant Clause said that he was . stathig it° nett facts
that he was'ortly,.tpecompartying the faebrbf the case With a fete'
observations. Without launching out into any common place '
panegyric urpon the Press, of which they were all'so•proed, •he
would observe, that it was highly useful that all public officers •.
of-every rank shoillel be watched by. the Press with a careful
ant! Sigilaiit eye. What peculiar hartleehip, that, had the Cher.:
see of the liigh.neay, which ivas a -, public situation, 'to -• com-
plain of in being not wed by the Press's;-.he only, ahared the:lot
of all men in public situations. 'rine coWetieg of the new., end cif
every family.tittle tattle, fbrmerly 'belonging to . the profesiitin
Of Barbers, but now .it seemed to belong-1n the profession of
Doctors, from their facility of isecetis to every family, and he .
should not be surprised if the Doctor Syntax, whom they saw .
iii the lot, ' Mr. Richardson, was not more likely to be the fabris
cator of these rumairs, than the Student just front ()iforti.—
Ile culled upon them to gisie the plaintiff no compensation in
damages ; for even, if the publication were it libel, he was els
ready abundantly eonmensated by the speech of his Learned
Frienk Which far exceeded it in an attack upon the defendant's •
character, and which would circulate: to.a thousand. times the
extent. _ _ ...,. . _
• ~ ..
. . .._

Ills Lordshipiummed up, and the Jury returned u Verdict—
Damage* 40w and costs.

Andrew Riding, who made the attack upon Mr. Horroeks,
has beih removed from Lancaster Castle to the coui.ty Asyloot
lot' criminal and mher lunatics.

•
A L PHA BETICA L CIX Att AGAR OF A IV cr.—Thee
following letter was addressed to the Editor of
the Blackburn •
" Sir,--.ln your hart Police Report you passed twine Very
severe stricture upon_ cc friend of mine, who was twcused of
thrashing his wife. Now, Mr., .Editor, lam really at a loss
what a man is to do who is cursed with a wife who *ID neither*
lead nor drive. To be candid with• you, lam precisely in that
situation. Like city friend al—, 1 fate a wife who is flit ab.
horred, abominable, acrimonious, angry, arrogant, austere,
awkward, barbarous, bitter, blustering, boisterous, brawling,
brutal bullying, capricions, captious, careleAn choleric, chur-
lish, clamorous, contumelious, crabbed, cross, cm rish, detest.
able, disagreeable,
edrowsy, t3ry, dull, et:darivfutticeloroduit,oisttleitnetlztxettg,cdyn,7tibilinliasguegt,e,
gross, growling, ~;toti,
grumbling,
rtioritome, illiberal, ill-natured, implacable, inattentive, incur.
rigible, inflexible, injurious, insolent, intractable, irascible, ire.
fill, jealous, keen, loathsome, rnaggotty, malevolent, nalicious,
malignant, maundering, mischievous, , morose, murmuring,
nauseous, nefaritius, negligent,- noisy, obstinate, obstreperous,
odiotis, ofrensive, opinionated, outrageous, overbearing. P4?-
sio na
petulant,t ei
p peevish,laguy (pi
tlear vicarious,
(it:ray:yr:gel, gerr?
aging; zeutictss,
rigid, rigorous, roaring, rough, rude, rugged, saucy, savage, se-
vere: sharp, . shocking, sluggish, snappish, satolipg, sour,
spiteful, splenetic, squi:aulisli, stern, stubborn, stupid, sulky,
umultlye,n:tiraelotrlyn,e,autoluielicontitain,at:utiLiticiitlyit:gt,reataciTsa
turbubletit, tyrannical, uncomfortabie, 11140:"teuearsirl'gPli?'I'tnsllenac:
sant, unsuitable, uppish, vexatious,
,v iolcut, v waspish,
worrying, Wrangling, wrathful, poring, yelPinSriacle to man-
ger, who neither eats herself nor will let others ea it. uwthir,
let me ask you what I aro to ale with swit . 10. khiS . jlew
,
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have rue brought up w the ses,a,s-room, and from thencetransferred to your whoosh
,r!gs
sh, airilretti mat ,yonsur ya
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