The Sun.
London, England, 1829-07-13 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

tide, when recommending its Irish comforts. Po-
tatoes he would still find, and, generally speaking,
plenty of them; but the cow and the flowing milk- ROLLS, COURT, JULY 11.
pail (except in some districts, where equivalent JENNINGHAM V. HERBERT.
evils are felt), these are gone—no ! not gone abso- , This bill was filed for the distribution of the pro-
lutely—only transmuted into a part of that increased perty of Mrs. Anne Frances Middleton, and the
rent, which the landlords are now exacting !" only question was, whether a Scotch heritable bond
passed under the will of this lady.—Judgment post-
It would be easy for us to multiply authorities P
to the same purport ;but we have quoted enough, paned.
we presume, to enable our contemporary to see i
that his very laudable desire to be serviceable has
led him to employ himself very unprofitably.
The great problem to be solved, in the case of
Ireland, is, the enabling the cultivators of the
soil to acquire a capital. But if every addition
to the population, by causing an increased com-
petition for land, only forces more and more from
the cultivator, the acquisition of capital becomes
impossible. We know of no way of checking
the increase of population but by throwing the
maintenance of the poor on the land, which in
time would force the landlords, in self-defence,
to oppose the multiplication of paupers. The
moment you check the competition for land,
as a means of existence, you pave the way for
the employment of capital on the soil and im-
proved cultivation. In the long run, both land-
lords, and tenants, and poor will be benefited.
But, in the first instance, the landlords will,
we fear, be in many cases sufferers, and for
this reason, we have advocated the public
only for a time to prevent the change from
being so severely felt b) individuals. But
to this measure the landlords of Ireland are
strongly opposed. This is what we meant
when we said, " that the landlords of Ireland
will oppose any measure at all equal to
the wants of the population." Before venturing
to make any further observations on this sub-
ject, it would be well if the Courier endea-
voured
to ascertain what the intentions of Mini-
sters are with respect to it. Several of them be-
fore the close of the Session expressed them-
selves by no means unequivocally in favour of a
Poors' Rate in Ireland ; and we have always
understood that since that time the Government
have been anxiously instituting inquiries with a
view to the effecting such a measure. Our
contemporary talks of soothing language to Ire-
land, as if that country could be cured by words.
We are far from questioning the persuasive
powers of our contemporary ; and we believe
Cornelius Scriblerus's Lydian would have had
as good a chance of softening the Scolding
Applewoman, as the most dulcet strains of any
Court Journal in allaying the irritation of the
Irish. The cause lies too deep for oratory to
heal. The cure if it be effected, must be effect-
ed by strong medicines. We fear that both the
bullet and the bayonet, to use the significant lan-
guage of another contemporary, must be pre-
scribed more than once before the cure is coin-
plet ed.—Morning Chronicle.
Of the great improvements which have been
attempted by the people of the United States
within the last few years—especially in steam
navigation, in constructing rail-roads, digging
canals, and establishing manufactories of various
kinds, and for various purposes, we have sedu-
lously endeavoured to inform our readers ; but
the enterprise and attention of these Republicans
is not exclusively confined to matters whose main
object is to improve the face, and increase the
wealth of the country, but, as we perceive by
some late American Papers, to the promotion
of that intellectual and moral improvement in
which the people of the United States have as-
suredly as yet run no race of competition with
Europeans. The mode of education which is
gaining ground is characteristic of the people—
practical and useful—combining mental with
physical improvement—theory with practice, and
blending the acquisition of science with those
healthful pursuits and recreations which at once
' invigorate the mind and prepare the physical man
for whatever labour or exertion may be required
in after life. The plan, as our readers are
aware, is not new ; being the same which has
been so successfully practised in Switzerland,
and partially in this country ; but its spread in
distant districts of another world is a subject of
no small interest : and some of our readers, we
dare say, will be pleased by our submitting to
them, in the absence of better matter, the follow-
ing extract relating to it from a late American
paper :
" The committee on Academies, to whom was
referred the application of sundry citizens of Oneida
county, for incorporating the trustees of the Oneida
Institute of Science and Industry, report :
" That it appears from the memorial of the pe-
titions, and the affidavits accompanying the same,
that a public school, intended to combine horticul-
ture, husbandry, and the mechanic arts with litera-
ture, has been founded in Oneida county, by the
spirited exertions and liberal donations of an asso-
ciation of gentlemen ; that more than three thou-
sand dollars have been received in subscriptions and
donations, and expended in the purchase of a farm,
erecting suitable buildings. and procuring stock,
implements, furniture, a library, &c.; that the said
school has been in operation for nearly two years,
and affords hopes of becoming eminently useful. The
applicants pray to be incorporated, in order to en-
title them to a distributive share of the literature
, fund.

ANSTRUTHER V. ANSTRUTEIER.

The petitioners in this case were Gentoos, and
were in India termed managers of the estate of Sir
John Anstruther, and answered to the character of
executors in this country. They raised claims to a
large sum of money, about 2,7001., due to them for
advancements, &c. made to Sir John Anstruther, and
a reference had, on a former occasion, been made to
inquire as to the validity of these claims. It ap-
peared that the petitioners had formerly possessed
certain promissory notes, and other documentary
evidence to prove their title to the moneys they now
claimed, but they had unfortunately been locked up
in a room which was subject to the visits of the
white ants. This room had not been opened for
some considerable time, and when unlocked it was
discovered that the white ants had completely eaten
up or carried off every remnant of the paper. In this
predicament the petitioners had no remedy but to
give their own evidence of their claims.
His HONOUR thought this was a case in which he
could grant no relief. The petition was accordingly
dismissed.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 11.
REX, ON THE PROSECUTION OF WELLESLEY, V.
SUSANNA SCOTT.

Mr. CHITTY, on an affidavit that the defendant in
this case was very unwell, owing to her confinement
in the King's Bench Prison, applied to the Court to
fix a time for the trial. The case was made a Special
Jury one by the prosecutor.
Mr. ABBOT sa►d it could not be taken before others
that were appointed, and mentioned Friday the 24th.

" The plan of education devised for this school,
tneeti the decided approbation of the Committee,
and if judiciously put in practice, cannot fail in their
opinion, of realizing the high expectations of liberal
benefactors.

" Among the advantages which this plan offers
over that of academic schools, may be enumeratad
the following :
" By enabling the pupil to defray the principal
portion of expellee of his education by his labour, it
renders the advantages of the school accessible to
the indigent classes of society.
. _

" By alternating labour with study, physical and
intellectual health and vigour are promoted, and the
habits of application and industry established.

"By blending practice with principles, in a
business which is to constitute an employment for
life, new interest and new ardour are imparted to
both; and the irksomeness of study is tr►nsformed
into an instructive recreation.

" By diffusing, in the departments of productive
labour, the elemental principles of the sciences upon
which their successful operations are based, new
facilities are given to improvements in the useful arts.
" And it forms no inconsiderable recommendation
to the consideration of the Regents, who are consti-
tuted the guardians of the higher branches of edu-
cation, ►hat this plan of instruction is calculated
especially to improve the knowledge, and elevate
the character of that class of our fellow-citizens,
whose industry constitutes the main sources of our
wealth, and whose numbers give tone and character
to our political and social institutions.
" From these views of the subject submitted to
their consideration the Committee deem the insti-
tution particularly worthy the fostering care of the
Regents of the University, and respectfully recom-
mend that a charter be granted, in accordance with
the prayer of the memorial.
A true copy, " Q. HAWLEY, Secretary.
" Albany, April, 18=29." Pforing Advertiser.]

AMAZING DISPLAY OF COURAGE !—An
old man, named E.t.ts, between sixty and seventy years of
age, has been committed for trial at Devizes, far marrying
six wives, three of whom are now living in different parts
of the country?