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fer. 2: ;eisatn:Le, and myrtle for your thought,
The rw.e from c it,.y aial the balsam sweet,
Vue !;:Ambell, and of y texture wrought,
And matignl4l, that is fur maiden!, meet
The holyo..lte, thit of the bte I; lov'd,
Ttr• wignivottte, that cloth delight the air
With lowly P.Vrert; aad then of kaf approv'd,
The Lit:rXto divine ambition fair: •
This summer garland to your faultless brow
With soft act:in:lnce of cielight we bang,
And with it wish this thrice-observant vow,
That, as these, poi happy days may spring.;
A garland fur a Queen, the which we tic
with the soft colour of fidelity !

NEW COURT AT THE OLD-BAIL': Y.

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When the Grand Jury went into the Court, on Friday,
they addressed the RECORDER, and stated, that they
understood it had always been a privilege of Grand Ju-
ries to have a box appropriated to their use in Court.
They requested that they nriOtt be provided with that
accommodation in this Court according to prescription.
The Ilsconnen said, the arrangements of the Court
had not hccn quite settled ; but he was sure the Sheriff
would oi der that ev cry a.ceommodation should be given
to them .ittring the pet fortaance of their duties.
The Foreman of the Grand Jury said he understood
they were entitled to a box to the end of the Session.
Sir PETER LAURIE said the Lord Mayor and Alder-
men would hold a consultation on the.subjeet on Sa-
turday. In the meantime, he pledged himself to pro-
vide accommodation for the Grand Jury.
A very stung dispute has arisen ai to the right of'
appropriating the seats in this Court. The Sheriffs and
Aldermen unanimously dispute the right of the Court of
Common Council to exercise arty such controul over
the Court, as that body contend they have a sight to
use, and have resolved to resist what they consider to
be an unwarrantable encroachment, although the Com-
mon Council haste paid for the erection of the building.
The Aldermen comend, that the Court is entirely
undo- the contioul of the Commission, which consists
of the Sheriffs, the twenty-six Aldermen, and the Judges
and that those individuals alone have the power of ar-
ranging the Court in the manner most conducive to the
dispatch of business and the accommodation of the Pub-
lic ; that the space left unoccupied in the body of the
Court is so small as not to be woo th consideration ; and
that by the practice of giving tickets the Court may be
rendered a close Court, and the Public excluded. In
addition to these positions it is stated that more than
two-thirds of the cases tried in this Court are Middle-
sex caves, and that it is inconsistent in the Common
Council, as citizens of London, to insist on any controul
over the Court, which should be free to the inhabitants,
of Middlesex. It was under an impression of this kind'
that Sir Peter Laurie went on Thursday night, as a pri-
vate person, to the doors of the giniery, and insisted on
admission viihout a ticker. He resnirved• a bar which
had been placed to prevent the etit, ance cf the Public,
and took a seat. He ;Uteri% ards denied the authority
of any one except ilieer, or that any one ex-,
cept hinitell, as the executive Orircer. of this Commis-
sion, had-cootroul r•ver I!,e

Accounts front of the ;gen ufJanuary say,
" The trade bettveea this port and the coast below is
very dull, the Siernialds holding almost every port
between this and Lima. There are four Spanish priva-
teers out that. have taken several prizes, one under the
English flag, although owned by a Chili house—the
Scautuere East Indiaman, with about 120,000 dollars
in specie on board."
We learn from Lille, that a soldier and a drummer
of the garrison of that city, having cried Vive 1 Empe-
rear, have been tried by the First Permanent Military
Tribunal, and condemned the first to tv:o years, the se-
cond to six months' imprisonment; and both to a fine
of sixteen francs and the ex eenses.
Aartrrs' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.—The above Society
held their Fitteeeth Anniveisary on Saturday, at the
Freemasons Tavern. Prince Leorueo was in the Chair,
supported by the Earls ol ST R A THNIORE, TA NKERVIL LE,
and WILTON; the Right Honourable R. PEEL, Sir F.
BAKER, Sir %V. ADAMS, &c. &c. The Report was
highly satisfactory. The company parted at a late
hour, highly delighted.
MELANCHOLY Acctor.ers.—As a party of four men
and a boy were out in a pleasure- boat off Bognor, on
Sunday se'unight, the latter climbed up to attach a silk
handke, chief to the mast-head, at the same moment
that oneof the men was reaching after something in the
sea, whea the little vessel swayed on one side and upset.
Four of the five were unfortunately drowned.
Friday morning a small sailing boat put to sea, on
pleasure, with one boatman, two young men, servants
at the Star and Garter Tavern, Brighton, two young
women, and a little boy. When about two miles south-
east of BI ighton, and about one mile from the shore,
the t%ind blowing brisk from the land, the boat, from
some unfortunate cause, upset, and one of the young
tnen,one young woman, and the little boy were cite v, nod.
FAT A L OCCITRHENCE lircONl the
Races on Friday a ?:sexing rit:itch to plv.ce, and such
was the eagerness to witne!s it, thnt Itarerrien and pe-
destrians rapidly fl.scked tc the scene. het i:t writ COll-
- that many persons were knocked c o and tra n.-
pled or. by tl.e hnrses; on.. Lady had her iaw broken by
a 1 o: •e treading on her, :t counts y man re...-eived a tc-
vcre ttacture of 11;s arm, and a boy was dreadfully
in7tt-ed that his life is despairerl rt. A ct•tchman re-
siding near Kew Bridge was so dreadailly kicked by a
toise, that lie wts " comp:etely stove in." lle was
conveyed instantly to the ALgiie, in Epsom, whet(' he
died in about an hen: of A groom te,iding a; Ban-
stead was thrown from his horse, in consequence cf a
c ttt running fru: of him ; tie shalt of the cart entered
t!‘e horses chest, and the animal died alti.o.t instantly ;
.the rider had his skull frilci.urcd, and now lies without
hoie of recovery.
_ _ _

A scene of an antiviug descrlption took place Jelin; the interval
between the Lim and second filiCC at iipston, on Finlay. A Gen-
thinan, driving a hat-ow:Ix and four, was ab.-tubed by a daring
blood, who had die teme.ty even to mount the batou:he box to
n ..ke good his act..ck. S.secess for a while crowned kis efforts,
tint I the there toxic of the Pentkinan, seeing it go hard with him.
flaw• to his assi.t•.ner, and making use of that which has often lskn
the thane of ridicule as a weapon of attack in a Lady's hand—her
ta.a—she so effectually belaboured the assailant in the face with it,
twu he was glad to wake his retreat. The mob were shouting for
"1 PLAy.341,11 waisted to have a fieth set to OD the sod. The Lady
however. claimed tbe battle, having kept the field. Dreading a re-
nevewl or ;Au: a-mourner, home other Ladles in the barouche fainted,
and the scene ended. The quarrel otiginawd iu sane train( bet
CLW4O.II the pat cu. on the preceding tate, and will afford some
amusement to :ha Geodemen of the Lang Robe ere long.

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, JUNE 5.
THE KING V. THOPJAS PEMBERTON.

Mr. WALTON opened the pleadings, by stating this
to be an information filed by the Attorney-General
against the defendant. The information stated, that the
defendant was a maker of glass bottles, and that it was
his duty to find and provide, for the officer of excise,
scales to weigh and charge the glass bottles and stock.
The counts charged him with having false beams and
weights for weighing glass, and also for obstructing the
officer in the exercise of his duty. For these offences
penalties were sought to be recovered.
The LORD CHIEF BARON summed up the case; and
the Jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict
for the Crown on the Ist, 2d, 6►h, 12th, and 16th
counts of the information, the►eby declarin7, him guilty
' on all thecharges, and subjecting him to a penalty or 6001.

PREROGATIVE COURT, JUNE S.
AERIE AND OTHERS V. HILL.

This was a testamentary cause, in which property to
the amount of 20,0001. was involved. The question in
the case arose upon the sanity of the testator at the time
of his making his will. A great mass of evidence was
offered in support of the impeachment of the will, by
which it was attempted to be proved that endeavours
were made to influence the deceased in his last mo-
ments. llut this imputation was as strongly denied on
the other side. _

The COURT ordered the reading of the evider-ce to
proceed to-day, but postponed its judgment.

OLD BAILEY, JUNE 3.

James Connolly was prosecuted by the Post Office,
for stealing a letter, containing a 101. Bauk of England
note. The letter was put in at the office at Welboi lie,
Leicestershire, and addressed to Mr. Gibson, in London,
one of.the domestics of Lord Sidmouth, under cover to
his Lordship. Before the letter reached its destination,
it got into the possession of the prisoner, and was by
him robbed of its contents. The case was clearly proved
by the Right Honourable Lord Sidmouth, who was on
the Bench, and several other witnesses. The prisoner
was found—Grillty.