Star.
London, England, 1815-07-25 00:00:00

THE BUTTE itFLY.

Rash hand ! forbear !--cur spoil that wing
So beautitully gay;
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But let the fluttering child of Spring
Pursue his airy way;
Hl4 life Is but a little span,
If tneastir'd by the pars of man!
See, how he flies from flower to flower,
To sip the morning dew, •
Possess'd of no superior power
firm or you ;
Then why should children thus delight
To check the harmless wanderer's Bight
Our MAKI.* formed the insect train,
For purposes unknown,
And since no works of I Its are vain,
Their wisdom we must own;
But never mad,: Hs. worm or fly,
For you to torture or destroy!
1 therefore charge you to widutaud
Thl wicked tempter's art,
Who fain would root this strict command
From your unthinking heart;
• flat you must Mercy's paths pursue,
• And do—as you'd be done unto!'

Itarazlon.

-Lew INTALLIGgNCE.

COURT OF CHAliVeltY, JULY U.
CLAsugstisk SIARISIAUE.
S:r SAMUEL ROMILLE started, be was instructed to
apply to his Lotsiship tor, an order to enforce the
attendance in Cow t of the Rev. delta Giviliim, the
clergyman tat St. Mary'i church, Chester; a young
wuutan 11.IIIIVEI Mary Jones, her father ainl mother,
and also John Richard Meredith Walker, a minor of
oge of 17 years, and a wad of this Court. He
made as application on the aifidavit of the infant
himself, who stated that he had had the misfortune
to become- acquainted with Mary Jones, and that she
anA het friends caused banns of marriage to be pub-
lished between herself and him, without his know.
lege ; that on the ..sth of A, ril last he attended her
and her mother to the church tor the purpose of being
twice ; that upon such occasion the clergyman
asked him several questions—as to his name, where'
14: Owed, and what was.his business; whether he had
a father alive. and what was his aged To these ques-
tions he replied, that his littler was dead ; that he
was 17 yea's 'if age ; that he lived in the neighbour.
hood of C ester, and was a ward in Chancery.—
The le ia ere present at the marriage. besides the
mother of Mary Jones, Sarah Sawood ani her
husband. He farther stated, that when they went
inn, the cl.urch the clerk was c tiled away just as the
clergyman wars beginning the manage ceremony; he
D,on returned. stating, that he had been informed
there was somebody in thedown t 4 ho objected to the
marriage, and would forbid the banns, upon which
the clergyman said he should proceed with the mar.
triage, and observed, that those wlto meant to forbid
it, ought tat have been there la time. The marriage
was accord ugly solersiniaed;
The atfid reit rift Mr. Hutchins, the guardian, stated,
that the mime- was a Ward of Chancer), and possess.
ea of considerable procerty ; that in cousequence of
having received information of his visiting'lltis girl
at the house of her father, Who was a bricklayer, in
eery humble circumstances, he veitecl. on the father
and mother, representing to them the impropriety of
permitting his visits, and the danger they would in-
cur by suffering their daughter to marry a ward of
the Ceurt. The Learned Counsel stated, that hot-
withstanding this intimation by the guardian, not
only the gill heiself,• but her father and Mother en-
courage.) the addresses of the and promoted
the mat riage to the utmost of their power; he added,
that there was a regular certificate of the suatriage
annexed to the atlicivit.
The Loin CHANCELLOR ordered, that alt the par.
ties, win the exception of the father and mother of
' the gill, should attend in Court on Wednesday :kn.
night, to.abide his farther order upon this subject.
Hi, Lordship observed, that in all cases where fe-
male infants, Wards of the Court, mere clandestinely
Marlied, it constantly appeared, that the banns had
been published without the knowledge of the Main.
Here the only difference was, that it was a boy and
not a girl who had been seduced into a marriage, and
it appeared, without the knowledge of any banns
having been published till the momcnt the ceremony
%vas to be performed. This was certainly a ter,. im-
moral proceeding, and he should endeavour hereafter
so prevent such an abuse of the Marriage Act.
YORK .ASSIZES.
GASCAONE V.
bEruEE ME. JUSTICE tAILLY ANU A S7ECIAL JItRV. •
This was a cane arising out of the late Leeds Fete
in celebration of the return of Peate.. The Plaintiff,
Mr. Gascoigne, who is a•eonfettioner at Leeds, Was
'employed by the managers of this feitival to pretiaie
the viands for the entertainmeet; to superintend the
arrai'geinents of the table,. and to procure the trans..
parencies and ornaments with which the rooms were.
embellished. This se, vita, it appeared, fore had exe:
cuted in a very satisfactory manlier, but *ben his
came to be presented, the responsible parties, amount-
ing to 64• in number, demurred against the charges,
which they considered esorbitint. The sum si tight
to be recovered by this atetiinV vialg4l34l, and the pay.
ment made into Court on the part of 'the Defendants
was f 300: there was, however, a charge of about
relfi for ornaments and• transparencies, which the
managers did not object to pay, SO that the entire
anemia of the sum at issue Vie about iie9o. This
case. so novel in its nature, had, as might have been
expected, attracted a great deal of notice, arid the
Court, on Wednesday morning, because extremely
crowded. About two o'clock, Mr. PARC as Counsel
for the Plaintiff, rose, and pmeeded to state the case,
but the learned gentleman had scarcely got into the
marrow of the least, when the /edge interfered, and
intimated that. the feelings of the parties wouldbe best
consulted, and the ends of justice quite as effectually
attained, by referring the matter in dispute to arbi-
tration; and this suggestion, after some discussion,
between the Counsel, was filially adopted, to Ilse ga-
iter= Mortification of a crowded assembly.
LINCOLN ASSIZES.
THE- ONG V. EATON.
Mr. SerieSfit VAI OHAN stated that the plaintilwes
che Rev. 'Wiry Booklet, and the defendant a banker,
both residing at Stamford. The clergyman haring,
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