The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-11 00:00:00

RYDELL V. LORD HARLEY.

This was a writ of inquiry, to assess the damages in an
action for the hire of a carriage let to the noble defendant
by the plaintiff, a hackneyman in Bond-street, at the rate
of one guinea per day, from the commencement of 1833
down to the autumn of the same year. The hire was
proved by Charles Hewitt, clerk to the plaintiff, and the
amount claimed was 571. ss. It was also proved that due
notice of the action b td been given to the noble defendant
by William Lawless, clerk to the plaintiff's attorney, on the
31st of January. There was no defence, and consequently
the Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount
claimed.

LOVELL V. DANIELL,

The plaintiff, a tailor, sought to recover 6!. 1 ls. for
clothes furnished to the defendant. To the action the de-
fendant had pleaded, first, that he was not indebted to the
plaintiff for goods ; and, secondly, that he was an infant at
the time of the contract, being only 17 years old ; to which
replication had been made, and therefore issue was joined,
the plaintiff averring that the goods were necessaries fit for
his station in life, to which the defendant had rejoined in
the negative.
After hearing evidence on the part of the plaintiff it was
contended for the defendant that the case was one of law
and fact ; that, as would be shown, the plaintiff's guardian
always supplied him with clothes fitting for his station ;
that the clothes in question had been surreptitously and im-
properly furnished, in order to promote the defendant's im-
providence, and that they were unsuitable with his station in
socieq. Under these circumstances the law exonerated all
infants from liability, and Lord Tenterden had so laid it
down.

George Daniel, the brother, was authorised by Mr. Go-
terman, the guardian, to provide him with clothes during
his apprenticeship to Mr. Wardell, the shoemaker, and that
he paid him out of the interest of the money in the Funds
which will come to him.

The Sheriff said, by the law of the land no tradesman
could recover against a minor except for necessaries, and
this was the only question in the case.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for 5/. lls., de-
ducting I/. as unnecessary, being the value of a silk velvet
collar and silk facings.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.

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she cannot be more than sixteen or seventeen years of age,
performed the duties of a seaman ?
Captain M'lntyre—lt is, my Lord. She performed
them to admiration. She would run up to hand the top-
gallant sail in any sort of weather, and we had a severe
passage. Poor girl, she had a hard time of it. She suf-
fered greatly from the wet, but she . bore it all excellently,
and was a capital seaman.
The LORD MAYOR—Is the account of the romantic
pursuit of the person she was said to be attached to cor
rect ? Is it true that she went to America after the Car
tain, who was said to be her sweetheart ? M`Lean said
that the account she had given to him corresponded %cah!
that which appeal ed before the public ; but she would
herself mention the particulars.
Captain M'lntyre had no doubt of the correctness of her
statement. She was not at all given to loquacity ;on the
contrary, she did the duty of a seaman without a murneir,
and had infinitely a better use of her hands than of her
tongue.
This description of the female sailor seemed to be accu•
rate. Her hands appeared as if they were covered with
thick brown leather gloves, and it was by repeated clues'
tioning the Lord Mayor got from her the facts, of which
the following is the substance :
Anne Jane Thornton is in the seventeenth year of her
age. Her father, who is now a widower, took her and the
the rest of his family from Gloucestershire, where she was
born, to Donegal, when she was six years old. He was then
the owner of stores in that part of Ireland, and in good car'
cumstances, and was always affectionate to her. .She re'
gretted that she had quitted her homo, for her departure,
of which she had given no previous notice to her father,
must have caused him many a sorrowful hour. When she
was only thirteen years old she met Captain Alexander
Burke, whose father resided in New York, and was the
owner of vessels there, and before she was fifteen they he:
came strongly attached to each other. Soon afterwards
Aleck Burke was obliged to go to New York, and she
took up the resolution to follow him. She quitted her fa-
ther's house, accompanied by a maid servant and a boy, and
having procured a cabin boy's dress, she exerted herself to
obtain a passage to America. She succeeded in her ob-
ject. The servant maid and boy took leave of her imrne;
diately upon her embarking, the latter being char
with a message to her father informing him of her 10'
tention. By degrees she became reconciled to the labours
of her new employment, but she beheld with joy the shores,
of New York, where she thought her labours would
terminate. The moment she landed she went off in her
cabin-boy's dress to the house of Captain Burke's father,
and said that she had worked under the Captain's orders.
and wished to be engaged by him again. It was by the la:
ther of the young man she was informed of the event whie°
placed the eternal barrier between them, and she retired
from the house disconsolate. America was, however, 00
place in which to look for sympathies. In the belief that
the sea, which, no doubt., her feelings of affection for Burke
recommended to her, was a more probable mode of es'
istence than any she could adopt in the dress of her serl
she applied for and obtained a situation as cook and steward
in the Adelaide, and subsequently in the Rover, in which
latter vessel she sailed to St. Andrew's, where she fell 'I
with Captain M'lntyre. The Captain of the Rover ha'
engaged to take her to Belfast, but he received an order
from the owners to sail for the West Indies, and as she
was resolved to return to her father as soon as possible, sel
refused to accompany him. For thirty-one months she ha,
been engaged in these remarkable adventures, and partio"
pated in the most severe trials of the crews of which she
formed part.
The Loan MAYOR—And are you not weary of so bar
rassing a life ? The Girl— Yes ; I am anxious to get
home. I hope and believe that my father will forgive roe
for the sorrow I have caused him. I have had my 0°
sorrows too.
Captain M'lntyre—l am anxious to pay her the wages
owe her, and I never had any idea of giving her less tbs°
I agreed to pay.
The LORD Mavoa—How did it happen that you fancied
the sailor's dress, well knowing that by assuming the ar
pearance of one, you pledged yourself to perform such ter'
rible duties ? The Girl—l could not think of any other
way, and I did the duties as well as I could. I underwent
a good deal. I travelled from East Port, in North
rice, to St. Andrew's by myself, a distance of 70 roue"
through the woods. I walked all the way. • ?
The LORD MAYOR—And without sustaining any injury?
The Girl—l received none. I knew the sailor's clothes
would carry me through safe, and at St. Andrew's 110
Captain M'lntyre.
Captain M'lntyre—lt was but a few days ago I learned
that we had a girl on hoard. I was the last person' in the
Vessel who was informed of this fact, and I could scarcely
credit the mate when he told me of it. I can bear test;
mony to the extraordinary propriety of her conduct, and
ask her again whether I have not acted properly toward!'
her, and particularly from the moment I became acquaint
with the secret, which she was anxious not to have disclose'
The girl was in gratitude bound to acknowledge ths
kindness and humanity of the captain.
The LORD Mavou—l shall give directions that you be
taken care of until I hear from your father, to whom I sh7l
write to-night. You have done him great wrong by al's(
' donine• him under any pretence, but you have sufered bi
terly for your disobedience ; and I trust that you will 4
your future attention and care prove to him that your nu,
affection is as strong as your courage in such circumstane'
of danger and toil as you have been placed in has been
immeasurably beyond that of the rest of your sex of 10°;
dern days. Many gentlemen to whom I have spoken °be
the subject looked upon the case as the coinage of
t e
brain ; but the investigation has, if possible, added to tp
interest of the story.
that
Captain M'lntyre mentioned to the Lord Mayor t
the proprietor of the Cooper's Arms, in Lower Thames'
street, where the young woman had lodged, was a resPe-;,
table person, in whose house she would be properly take;
care of, and his Lordship desired that she should remelt'
that asylum.
-The girl then retired, after having gratefully ackneuer,
ledged her thanks for the humanity and solicitude of t"..„
d
Lord Mayor. She is of low stature, and her limbS the
firmly knit together. I er face is comely, her eyes are erA
and brilliant, and her teeth are extremely white. The her"
ships to which she has been so long exposed, have Oar,
pletely tanned her face end neck, but the sailor who sec;
dentally detected her secret, declares that the natural Cole
of her skin is as white as snow.

Many antiquaries and connoisseurs have latelie
visited the church of the united parish of St. Edmund tht
King and Mart} r, and St. Nicholas Acons, re-opened ell,
a year ago by the Bishop of London. It was rebuilt by
Christopher Wren immediately after the great fire of Lond'i
and under the superintendence of Messrs. Walker, Etty,
T. Collinson had been under repair for more than a year Prif e
to its recent re-opening. The whole of the repairs, with tu..
addition of a new organ (by Bishop), cost rather more OOP,
2,0001., the greater part of which, much to the credit of th
parishioners, was defrayed out of the parish funds. The Onle;
munion table is adorned with a finely-painted picture of Muse
and Aaron, the work of Mr. Etty, R.A.
ENGLISH WOOL.--This article sold at an advance
of 2d. per pound at Warminster on Saturcay last.
ORNITHOLOGY.—A fine specimen of that r%
strayer into Britain, the Bohemian Chatterer, or Wax IV!):t
( Ampelis Garrulusi, Linnaeus), was last week shot at gsrPo-.
Weighton. It is variegated with a beautiful mixture of %,
lours ; red, ash-colour, chestnut, and yellow ; but what disfostipi
guishes it from all other birds are the horny appendages of
the tips of seven of lesser quill feathers, which stand bart.e
beards, and have the colour and gloss of the best red sea
wax.
There are two or three monkeys now in the ZOOOll
gical Gardens in the Regent's-park whose passion for sitiot
affords much amusement to the visitors. They seem to
zealously into their eyes and ears, as well as their n°_,stfo-gf
and, after some minutes of triumphant sneezing and se°',:slie
to enjoy the narcotic influence of the Nicotian weed Wit"
calm contentment of an old-fashioned philosopher.