The Sun.
London, England, 1817-08-26 00:00:00

ANECDoTg.

[From The Star in the fre,t—a Uaited States N,wspaper.]
The writer of this was present at a dinner given
' by 6eneralKNox, to a number of Indians, in the
yeae 1789, at New York ; they had come to the
President on a mission .from their nations.—The
house was in Broadway. A little before dinner,
two or three of the Sachems, with their Chief or
principal man,.went into the balcony at the front
of tile houSe,. the drawing room being up stairs.
From this they had a view of the city, the harbour
and Long Island ; after remaining there a short
time, they returned into a room, apparently de-
jected ; bat the chief more than the rest. Gene-
ral Knox took notice of it, and said to him, Bro-
ther! what has happened to you ? You look sorrel;
is there any thin:: to distress you ? Ile anwered
—" tell you, brother . I have been looking at
your beautiful city—the great water—your fine
country—and see how you all are. But then, I
could not help thinking, that this fine country
and this great water were once onrs. Our ancestors
lived here, they enjoyed it as their own place, it
was the gitt of the great spirit to them.and their
children. At last the white people cameo here in
a great canoe. They asked only to let them tie
' it to a tree, lest the waters should carry it away;
we consented. They then said some of their peo-
ple Were sick, and asked permission to land theta •
and put them under the shade of the trees. The
ice then came, and they could not go away. They
then begged for a piece of land to build wigwams
for :the winter, we granted it to tltem. They then
asked for some corn to keep theta from starving,
we kindly furnished it them, they promising to go ,
away when the ice was gone. When this hap-
pened we told them they must go away with their
big canoe ; but they pointed to their big guns
round their wigwams, and said they would stay
there, and we could not make ;hem, go away. Af-
terwards more came. They brought bpirituoui
and intoxicating liquors with them of which the
Indians became very fond. They persuaded us to
sell them some land. Finally they drove its back,.
from time to time, into the wildernea, far from
the water and fish and oysters—they have de-
stroyed the game—our people have wasted away,
and now we live miserable and wretched, while
you are enjoying our fine and beautiful country.
This makes Inc sorry, brother ! and I cannot
help it.'

BOUDINOT.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, AUGUST 25

THE OPERA-LIOIT,;E AGAIN!!!!
WATERS V. TAYLOR.

; Mr. HART.---" 1 feel extremely sorry to be
ob-
liged once more to trouble your Lordship with
this case, but 1 am under the necessity of doing so
on account of the situation the plaintiff is placed
in, which certainly is one of much difficulty; I
mu on that account emboldened to ask your Lord-
ship to make an alteration in the order for the
plaintiff to pay in the sum of 34,000/. instead
of 28,0001. which was first ordered. This was
granted on an interlocuto•y motion, made by
my Learned Friend (Sir Samuel Romilly)„ that
the mortgage money should be paid out of
Court. When this application was made,
had some doubts as to the statement of Mee.
Mills; but I have since paid attention to it, and
understand it perfectly—and on the face of
it, it was clear if the plaintiff was obliged to
pay the greater sum into Court, he would be pay-
ing the debts of the defendant. My client has the
28,0001. ready to be paid into the Accomprant-
General's Office, if your Lordship will make an
order to that effect, without prejudice to any ap-
plication which the defendant may think proper
to make relative to the mortgage money. It is
with reluctance I make this application in the ab-
sence of Sir Samuel Hominy ; but be has left
town, and there is no prospect of his being in
Court before your Lordship rises for the vacation.
The defendant will have an opportunity of apply-
ing on the first Seal."
The Loaf) CHANCELLOR observed, lie would not
sacrifice the defendant's interest. He had been
informed that this case was to come on in another
shape to•'morrow. For the fact was, that the
case had come before him in so many different
shapes that he did not know what to do with it.
The spirit of litigation between the parties was so
manifest, that it made it painful to him ; they
however must abide by the consequences of their
bad spirit. He thought, however, that the plaintilf
should pay in the 28,0001., with this understand-
ing, that should give notice to the defendant
that he (his Lordship) would take into his consider-
ation his mot tgage money to-morrow. He could
not be asked on any rational ground that the claim
of the defendant should not be decided before the
next Seal. He would be forgetting his duty, and
where be sat, if he was to allow the interest of ante
party to be sacrificed for that of the other. • He
felt pleased that Mr. Hart understood the state-
ment of Mr. Mills, for he confessed lie (lid not up
to the present hour, and he doubted whether he
should ever understand it. He did not approve of
being harassed every day with this case. The
other suitors had reason to complain that their
causes _were delayed when the Lord Chancellor's
time was taken up with disposing of a house for
the purpose of singing and (lancing. He then or-
dered the 28,0001. to be paid into Court by the
plaintiff, and that he would dispose of the mort-
gage to-morrow.

_
Mr. BARBER said, perhaps his Lordship would
allow the money to be laid out in the hinds.
The LORD CHANCELLOR.--" You are too late
in your application. Let the next case be called
on, and the performances of the Opera-house close
for to-day. We have had enough of dancing, let
us now have some harmony."

A fellow, named Ashton, was apprehended un-
der the very scaffold at the moment Caffin (who
was executed yesterday at the Old Bailey) fell, for
picking a gentleman's pocket of a handkerchief,
He was conducted to the Mansion-house, from
whence he was immediately committed to New-
gate by the Lord Mayor. The complainant, Mr.
Holland, expressed great unwillingness to prose-
cute, but the Lord Mayor insisted upon it, de-
claring at the same time, that it was one of those
rare proofs of crime which leave no hope of re-
formation, Ashton is but iv years of aze..