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the evidence an.lhe pp;rtof. 8014:efe: religious rhof s
sions ; from which, they argued, it was abundantly'
clear that be was a-Rognatt,Catholfe. ?Now- if -than
were so, and if the ceremony of Eh! first marriage with
Mili.Bods.h_dtsamut Calittgic .herself, _was OF*Pri
pegorened by Dr. Wright, a Roman Priests
thniii4ering the lifeottme of such his legal wife,
ether- nuirßage mum-be,- to. ail intents and • par
nail and void ; and therefore they—submitted that the
marriage of defendant, subsequently in 1821, with the
daughter of Mr. Brace of Bedford-place, must be itb,
solutely void. They silo -referred too the record of the
conviction in the Criminal. Court; which siae prodocecr.
and to the false description given rf himself by; Bur
in -the license, wheren he had caused himself to b
named " Tobias Burke Bruce."
Dr. PICARDE, for the defendant, in a speech of great
ingenuity, contended that the other party had failed in,
establishing the identity of his client. He also argut,d,,
that the balance of evidence was strongly to shew that
113urke was not a Roman Catholic ; and that many of
the witnesses of that persuasion depoied to a very dif-
ferent form or ritual, from that which had been ob-
served at the celebration of Burke's first pretended
marriage with Miss ,butler. Failing due proof of that
marriage, the Learned Counsel submitted that all the
presumption of law was in favour of the subsequent
one with Miss Bruce; which, indred, could not be suc-
cessfully impeached, if the , other could not be esta•
blished. He, therefore, prayed the Court todismiss his
party from the suit, and not to pronounce as prayed by
the other side. •
Sir JOHN NICHOLL tornplimented the • last Learned
Advocate very highly on the elaborate statement which,
with great zeal and great propriety, he had made on
behalf of thealefendant. But the Court, upon a review
of all the evidence in the cause, observed, that it was
most unlikely, in respect of the first 'marriage, .cele-
brated at the house of the wife's father, that any impro-
priety or irregularity of form would have been per-
mitted. There was, moreover, the evidence of the
officiating Clergyman to the contrary effect ; and the
Court, so far from being bound to suspect Dr. Wright
of any such irregularity or impropriety in the discharge
of his functions, was. rather bound to presume and be-
lieve just the contrary. The same sort of remark,
would apply to the service in the ceremony, of %hid),
it was quite clear that ill the strongest and important
parts were observed and retained. Then the Court found
all the usual collateral proofs of cohabitation,:recogni-
tion, and reputation, of these parties as husband 'and wile,
and the birth and baptism of children, baptized, &c. by
their name. These factsbeing so, there could be no doubt
of the perfect invalidity of the second marriage with
Miss Bruce, his first wife being then living.; unless the
defendant could either establish his diversity from the
Tobias Burke so married in June,lBls, to Miss Butler;
or his Counsel could succeed in defeating the proof of
the identity of that Tobias Burke,with the Tobias Burke
" Bruce" married by license, and clandestinely, in 1821,
to the daughter of Mr. Bruce. Now, on this point not
only were the proofs as clear as they were in the former
part of the case to the acknowledgments made by Burke
to divers persons that he was a Roman Catholic ; 'hot
Burke's present defence absolutely rested on his own
admission of such identity. Hs sought to have the
prayer fora sentence of nullity of this second marriage
with Miss Bruce rejected; he contending that he was
her lawful husband ; and be met the fact of his first
marriage not by any attempt to make out his diversity, ,
but by endeavouring to thew—first, that he was not a
Roman Catholic ; secondly, that he was unduly mar-
Sled to a Roman Catholic by a Roman Catholic Priest
on that occasion; and lastly, thnt therefore such first.
marriage was de facto null and 'road. But as the Court
considered it to be fully proved that the defendant had
always acknowledged himself of the Roman Catholic
persuasion, and was so reputed and taken to be, the
legal presumption is, that the first marriage was valid,
and the Court having no doubt that Burke is the same
person, who, for the first time, bore the name of Bruce,
when he applied: for a license, in 1820, is bound to pro-
nounce this second marriage null and void, and to grant
the prayeroffered by the party instituting this suit.
COURT OF SESSION—SCOTLAND.
Wednesday a -very singular and- interesting cause
was debated before Lord Euuu, Ordinary, in which
the Landhaders of Shetland end the • Freeholders of '
Orkney are the parties.—lt appears that the former have
for a consideraWe rime been excluded from any share
in the .election of the Representatives to Parliament,, for
the Stewartry of Orkney and Zetland, in consequence
of the valuation of, that portion of Ahe islands never
having -been divided amongst the several,heritors, and
the Orkney Freeheldess have hitherto opposed in Par-
liament, and now resist that subdivision. The object of
the present action is. to accomplish it,,hy„legal means.
The Lfird Ordinary expressed An opinion, favourable to,
the pursuers, and directed a condescendeect to be Put-
in for the purpose of renderiug,the judgment to be
given more specific than it coohl be on the first pleading.

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Mrs. Coate, widow of Captain Ja.mts Coot, the eel*.
brated but untortimate circumnavigator, is said to be
now living at Clapham, SUirey, and has reached her
ninetieth year.
The Westminster Hospital Anniversary was cele-
brated on Friday last, at the Thatched-house Tavern.
The present building nor having been, when originally
constructed, intended for the purposes of such an Insti-
tution, has now.become inadequ'ate to the increasing-
demands for admission, and its site npt befits deemed
eligible for its enlargement, a fund has been established
for rebuilding it in a More cOnveniext part 'of Wettmitt-
ster. In • the 1;it•of donors to That rind (which' now
amounts to about 50001.) are the names of the nine! of
SAX& CODLING for 105/. Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND,
'President. 5751. Earl GROSVENOR; 1001. Earl of ELDON;
,401.. Earl of DARTMOUTH, 1021. 10s. Madame CATA.
LANI, 5101. with many others.
The National Institution for educating ono boys and
490 girls on the national system, cc:Ai-wed its anni-
qry festival yesterday,- at the London Tavern,
psgate-stre,t. Mr. Alderman Woon was '.called
,to, the Chair, in the absence of the Duke of Susan.
Who bad pvesided at a meeting of the Institution in the
for poop. The 4oMpany was extremely respectable,
bt4n9t very numerous.. After the cloth was removed,
111iMinfics sent round tile superb Silver" flagon, presented
to him yesterday morning by the hands of his Mufti
Highness. he Patron of the Institution, filled with wine,
and est:biassed compliments with all the company re-
title. Vattous toasts were then drank,' and several_
icventlemeni
.particularly Mr. Wit.ta, addressei tire
assemblage on the benefits. arising Co boc tet y from ge-
neral education, and the peculiar advantages and merits
of this Institution in promoting so important and valu-
, able an object.

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FURTHER ACCOUNT. of.ths.GßE-off OURANC
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The animal is thought to have travelled some distance
to the plate where he was killed, as his legs were co-
vered with-mud up to the knees. -The-hands and • feet
of thaanimal had great analogy to human hands and
reel, only that the thumbs were smaller in proportion,
And situated nearer the wiist joint than the thumbs of
human beings generally are. His body was well pro-
port;oned be had a .fine broad expanding chest and a
narrow waist. His legs, however, were rather 'short,
and his arms very long, though both possessed such
' sinew and musnle,_as lett no doubt of their power and
strength. His head was well proportioned with his
,body ; the nose was prominent, the eyes large, and the
rnotrh larger than the mouth in man. His chin was
inged from the extremity of one, ear to the other With
a shaggy beard, curling luxuriantly on each side, and
forming altogether an ornamental rather than a fright-
ful appendage to his visage. The hair of his coat was
smooth and glossy when he was first killed, and his teeth
and whole appearance indicated that he was youngand
in full possession 0! his.physical powers. He nearly
eight feet high. Dr. Abel has, Atli great care and abi-
lity,-teamined all the fragments of the animal presented
to the Society. The height mentioned is a mere estimate
by tho,se wha saw it alive, but the measurement of the
skin-goes far to determine this question. The 'akin; dried
and shrivelled as it is,in a straight line from the top of the
shoulder to the point whence the antic has been removed,
measures 5' feet 10 inches ; the 'perpendicular length
of the neck, as it 'sin the' preparation, three inches and
a half ;..length of the face from thf forehead to ;ht
chin, nine inches; and of the skin now attached to the
foot, from the line of its separation from the body to
the heel, eight inches--measurement made by Dr. A.
himself; thus we have-one foot ten inches and a half to
be added to the five feet ten inches, in order to approxi-
mate his real stature,. which would make seven feet
eight inches and a half; but allowing the six inches and
a half for the shortening that would result from the
folding of the skin over the shoulders, and the height
will then be full seven feet. This is the greatest as-
certained height- of any tail-less monkey on record, as
may be gathered from the several notices which Dr. Abel
has collected from different writers on man like apes.
The skin itself was of a dark lead colour; the hair a brownish
red, shaggy and long over the shoulders and flanks.
ft is observed by Ds. Abel that, of the smaller animals more par-
ticelarly known in Europe under the designation of Outing On-
tang, one is an inhabitant of Africa the other of the East. Of
both, *resat living specimens have been seen in Europe,
but all were of small stature, and very young, never ex-
ceeding three feet in height, or as many years of age. These
animals were long considered as varieties of the same species, al-
though in paha of Tact they are very distinctly separated by external
character and anatomical diuinctioas. The African animal being
always black with large ears, the Eastern specimens as invariably
having reddish brown bait, and very small ears; the former also
being unprovided with sacs communicating with the windpipe,
whilst they are always found hi the latter.—Calcutta Gov. Gamete&

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' SOUTH SEA ISLANDS.
By Captain Gardiner, of the Maria, from the Sand-
wich Islands, which he left about the middle of Novem-
ber, we have received some interesting particulars con-
cerning the late disturbances occasioned by the attempted
rebellion of Prince George Tasnoree, in the island of
Atooi. Our last .advises from that varter, left this
Chief, at the head of a dessiderable body oifollowers,'
linking in the mountains. Krimakoo, the William Pitt
of the nation, and acting Regent, happening to be at
Atooi in the commencement of the t upture, immeiiately
placed the Missionaries and their families on board cer-
tain vessels, and sent them to Oahu for safety ; at the
same time dispatchinf orders for reinforcements from
all the circumjacent islands. Such. was the zeal and
enthusiasm of the natives, on receiving this intelligence,
that the vein's intended to convey ihem to the scene of
action could not contain one half of the volunteers—
many of whom hung upon the vessels' sides, and thus
reached Atooi. In a very short tittle. the malcontents
laid down their arms, and Prince George was made
prisoner.. He bad not arrived at Oahu, the seat of
government, when Captain G. sailed; but was daily
expected. It was believed at Oahu that nothing but,
the protection of the Prime Minister would insure his
life. George, disdaining to be escorted- by a gamed,
had promised to proceed voluntarily to Oahu. The
yopng Prince, son of Rbio Rhio, had been esta-
blished King f Atooi; and when the news of the _
wise of their Sandwich Island Majesties arrives, he will
doubtless be placed on the throni of his father, under
the guidance of a Regency. He is about 12 years aid.
is to the fate of (Wore, it was thought he waster
finally be marooned, *sort of banishment to a distal*
risland, where he will be strictly watched a la Napo4tM.
We learn try.the Maro, from the Society Islands, that
vast improvements, are there making in the arts of
Civilized life. At Otaheite, a sugar manufactory has
been established, where excellent sugar is made from
the native cane. At Eimeo, a building, designed for a
cotton manufactory, has been erected—the machinery
for spinning and weaving was imports Enorted frgland
in November last, and is to be put in motion by water
power. The whole was in a state of forwardness; and
there will be no scarcity of stock—for cotton, said to
be of the first quality, grows spontaneously in abun-
dance. Samples of the sugar and cotton were brought
hrme in the Maro.
Thus the benefits as well as the evils of civilisation
are gradually spreading throughout these remote re-
- the question still, undetermined, whether
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pavage or cultivated men be most capable of enjoying
birkpiness P
Early on Sunday evening last, as Mr. J. C. TAYLOR',
stirgeon, &c. of the Hay, was attempting to ford the
river Wye, between Boughrood and Pipton, the horse
suddenly lost its footing, and with the rider was carried
into a very deep part of the Over, where Mr. TAYLOR
was drowned.

An Inquest was held at Mansfielde on Tuesday, on
tt'e body of Mary, the wife of John Robinson, Cock-
pit, in that place, who on the preceding day fell down
in a fit of apoplexy, and almost instantly expired.—
Verdict, " Visitation of DOD." The deceased was 48
tears old, weighed nearly 19 stone, ,and the coffin
measured (inside) Sleet 6 inches long. 18 inches deep,
and 2 feet 6 inches over the breast. The corpse was
obliged to be taken out hf a window, and it is esti-
mated that mote than 2,000 persons attended to witness
the funeral. • ,
Lord Noastrav meeting one day last we. k Mr.
Pepper, a Barrister, on a spirited horse which had.
some time before thrown the rider, his Lordship asked
the name of the animal? and being informed it was
" Bob," " Pooh," said Lord N.." let hips in future be
called Pepper-caster." ;
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