Star.
London, England, 1824-05-13 00:00:00

PEDESTRIANISM.

A pedesttian of the ti.t:ite ui iluliock hasundertakcn to walk 1000
miles in as msny succesive boy:hours, in the vicinity of
ham. Ile commenced Lis arduous task on Saturday, the 1,4.

Monday, a wager fur live pounds, and a kg of mutton and trim-
mings, laid between 11-. lilidia Smart, a master hackney-man
living in Doughty-mewi, Guildford-street, Brunswick-square, and
Mr. Patterson, a master living in Cray's-inn-lane, was de-
cided in Copenhagen-fields. The wager was, that Mr. Smart was
to shoot at, and break sateen glass bottles out elf twenty, which
Mr. Patterson was to throw up as high a,. he could, standing thirty
yards distant front Mr. Smart. Bets w:. re three and tour to our,
that Mr. Smart would not accomplish the act ; but, to the great
astonishment of all, he s!tot at and ;Hoke nineteen bottle: out tin:
twenty, and marked the twentisth bottle with eight small dun, bit'
did not break at.

BOXING.
George Smith, of Chelsea, has challenged Thomas Brady to fight
for '2O sovereigns
Nitie..testlis of the Fancy want to know what is the reason the
battle did not take place on •I•ucsJ::y, and we shall endeavour, as
well as information can g'.ide, to t••Il about it. The Gentlemen
wha Lacked Sampson were ready in :he ring, end that top to pro-
duce their man. Josh Hudson, we have already stated, came to
the4scratch in time, threw up hi, shallow, and claimed the sum of
50C sovereigns, which was gisen him. The reason why it was so
given was, that bets were declared 'Those who had been bet-
ting sie to four on Josh. on the prec;:tl., day, betted two to one on
Sampson on the morning or fighting. Those interested began to
look round them ; the Geetietoeu who backed Sampson had 1,1001.
on it, and he finding that A had bet tin: motley with B, and A and
11 Leing good friend, brcJbht C iu a stake-holder, or, in other
words, A, 11, and C were all in a pig•tobether. About crossing the
fight was hut:se:lse ; both men meant to win it, itial the neat ques-
tion which arose wa,, whether money would be paid to the winner
as battle money went. The backers of Sampson, it is tair to state,
were nothing less than Gentlemen; some legs made all the mischief,
4nd prevented A fight between two as brave men as Logland can
A.:ut.oze.

GREAT FEAT ON TII6 THAMES.

ROWING WAGER FUR LOOO SOVERE(G

The admirers of River Sports were yesterdey in motion capes.
ing the decision of this great we, er. The start front Oxford to
reach the centre arch of ih'estiniteter.bridge, in sixteen Mors, was
considered a most difficult task, and bets were agaitist the under-
taking. The Gentlemen, in a six-oared wherry, left (Ward at
three o'clock yesterday mornieg, and notwithst: mitt g the wind oc-
casioned considerabL disadvantage, leached within thir-
teen minutes of the given time. They won the bet in high stale.
Soon after six o'clock the bridges were covered by spectit,xs,
in a little time the boat was seen appiroeching filllll 1 au %hall-hridge
accompanied by a numerous flotilla of every dose.. irior. When
the winners pulled tinder Westminster-bridge, they t!trew up their
oars in triumph, and the spectators gave tit; ee cheers in honour of
the victory. When the boat reached Whitehall-stairs, they lauded,
apparently much exhausted—one was led out of the boat. A No.
ble Lord who Liled on a former occasion to row the same distance
(118 miles) in eighteen hours, has lost, it is said, a c.ous.deralee
suns. The winners are mostly Officers of the Guards.
Among the knowing ones in aquatic sports, the subject of the
wager was kept very silent until within these few days, when they
commenced betting freely at odds, that the wager was lost, and if
the p.wy had courage to row to the stairs, they would not come
home he 17 hours. An offer was made by four watermen (picked)
to do it in 1::; hours, for £2,000, taking any odds; and the men
who made this offer, betted 2 to 1 on time on the present occasion.
All the Noblemen and Gentlemen composing the Aquatic Clubs
id heavy bets on the event, and the anwunt of betting is esti-
mated at £17,000. The substance of the articles of the wager
was as follows:--Places, from Oxford to London ; time, in the
month of Nay ; distance to be rowed by s!2r. oar=, in sixteen hours,
to be regulated by two clocks chosen Ly the parties. The rowers
to be (Licers of the .'.l leegiment of Foot Guards, helonging to an
Aquatic Club. The steersmen to he chosen by themselves.—This
being agreed to on all sides, the Gentlemen forming the boat's corn-
pany were on Monday evening in readiness for starting, the boat
being brou;;lit down and properly prepared for the journey. After
some siieht preliminary arrangements, Colonel Meyriek was chosen
umpire for the Guards. Several cutters were at varions stations,
in icediness to meet the boat, awl e in with her; many Ladies
of distinction also accompanied them. Su many were the cutters
out, that Cie repetition of navies would be teelioue in the extreme ;
hot Oze leading boats were the Guards', the Ea3le, the Emerald,
the S-vereign, the 'Whitehall Club Boar, &c.
The following are the partirulars of the ctartine : At one mi-
nute to three o'clock the start veil( pleec free. Oxforu, the morning
being perfectly canal ; the waters:tan, Isaac King, carried thane to
Boltte's Lod:, Nkridenhead, which is half way ; Lyre they shipped
Cannon. another cockswain, and on erriviog at I lenley, the wind
freshened to the East, which retarded their progress at least an
hour; but by very gteat exertion they putted on, and got through
IVintli,or bridge by half-past lc, and to Setioes by 10 minutes to two
o'clock. Ilene touch exhaustion was m taifest, but not a man gave
up his oar, and the boat arrived at Hampton at four o'clock, and
at Tedeington at half-past four, where they took re freshment, when
they started in high spirits, and full of coutidence, having two hours
and a (patter to do it ; they, when at Putoey, had All hour to do it,
and were eccompauired by the Sovereign, Guards, and Fancy boats.
At preciwly minutt sto never o'clock they came throtv!h West-
mitister.-hrid!ne when they were instantly towed to Whitehall-
stairs. The names of the Gentlemen were—Captains Douglas,
Short, Si.alley, Le Blanc, Dodson, and Westenra. On landing
they were put iota their carriages, and driven home. Every fa- -
eility was attended them by the locks being opened previously, which
was a bleat advantage.

• ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
The wager was laid by Sir John Burgoyne with Captain Short,
for Gdo goatees (and not for LOGO gui.teas, as erroneously stated).
The terms of the match were these :—" That six Officers of the
3d Regiment of Guards. belonging to Aquatic Clubs, should row
in a six-oared wherry, from Oxford to Westminster-bridge, in six-
teen conseeutive hours—the time in the month of May, 1824."
Capt in Short, who knew the skill of the " Guards' Club," ac-
cepted the bet of the Honourable Baronet ; and the (411th-re:ea
that kindly olferee! to aid him in winnina the wager, were Captaiaa
Standen, Hudson, and Wane; and Lieutenants Dougias and Wes-
teura, who, with himself, made up the six rowers. It was agreed
that the rowers should chose their own cockswains, and that (hoe
should be kept by clocks previously wound in London and Oxford.
The boat in which the wager was to be contended for, was built
for the purpose, after the plan of the Marquis of Worcester's
" Fancy, a boat renvetkable for it; fleetness. TM, match arose
out of an attempt made by Lord Newry, about sixteen mouths
ago, to perform the sante feat, with six of his servants, in seventeen
hours. fits Lordship lost his wager on that occesion with Sir
John Burgoyne, by fifty minutes, though the wind and weather
were in his favour, and not only S.r John, hot most of the " deep
ones," as well as the amateurs of the (aqua) " Fancy," and the
members of the majority of the Aquatic Clubs, were ready to
orer three to one against the accomplishment of the waaer.—
A few days ago it was determined that yesterday should he the day
for the decision of the w::ger, and application was mate by Captain
Short and his friends to the Commissioners of the Locks between
London :aid Oxford, for their assistance in c'earhig, the bells and
pans, and supplying plenty of water, as they psseed through;
this was readily granted, and by the arrangements made by the
Commissioners, at lest halt an hour was geined by the rowers.
No trifling interest was excited at Oxford by the match. Tuesday
morning the whole of the rowers had arrived at Oxfurd, and they
all retired to bed at eight o'clock in the evening, and gave orders to
be called up at two, intending to start precisely at three o'clock, •
front a place named, near Oxford Bridge. At a Timer before
three o'clock they were all attired in their aquatic club dresses, viz.
narrow striped blue and white trowiters,broul striped jackets, straw
hats, light shoes, and silk stockings. They took in a littler/an Wm,
sandw:chra, &c. and at one minute peat three o'clock yesterday
morning their cockswain, Isaac King, gave the word—" alt's ready,"
and the rowers removed their oars tram the perpendicular to the ho-
rizontel ; and amidst the cheers of great numbers of persons (even
at that early hour) the wherry cleft the liquid stream, and bore away
towards its destination at the rate of above eight miles the hour. On
the wherry arriving at Bolter's Lock, Alaidenhead (half-way) it was
half-past 11 o'clock—half an hour had been lost by the wind freshing
to the east, and the squally weather. At Boltet's Lock, James
Cannon, the second cockswain, was taken on board, and by many
" A long pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether," the wherry was
brought to Windsor-bridge by one o'clock. No time was lost,
though every man on board was fatigued ; they pushed on with a
most determined resolution; and notwithstanding great difficulties, •
owing to the unfavourable state of the weather, they arrived at
Teddington Lock by half-past bee o'clock. In Teddington Lock
they took refreshment, which was supplied by Mr. Topham, of the
Talbot hut, at Richmond. From Windsor to Stainea, a distance
of eight miles, the rowers exerted themselves surprisingly, and they
aceomplish,d the distance in ao minutes, and made a mo-t gallant
sbew. At Teddington the spirits of the gallant crew were raised
very much by the arrival of a number of their London friends in
who ries, sk &c. who cheered them loudly as they eeerted them-
selves to acetenpiish:their object. Thomas 1101, the third ceckswain,
was taken on board at Teddington, and considto utg the wind w:s in
their teeth, and the weather foul and contrary, they performed WOO..
ders. It was half-past five when they left Teddington Lni k, on
their arrival et Putney Bridge it was precisely s'x o'clock. At this
moment the Thames presented an unusual aceee of ga:ety. The river
was crowded with the members of the aquatic carhs,in their to:Berms.
We observed " the Whitehall," the Guards, the Emerald, the
Eagle, the -Frederick, the Cortour, and William Frederick Clubs, in
their different boats. 'l'Le Sovereign showed oil* in prime style.
There were present many Noblemen and Gentlemen of the first
distinction. Front Teddiogton to Westminster Bridge, two eight-
oared guard boos cleared the way for the oh rry, aed hut for the
cheettog of the spectator., which excited the avelieet rime:it:en
amongst the rowers, it is thought they would have subk under the
excretive exertion, and have lost the wager. The umpire, Colonel
took his station on Westminster Di-14e at six o'clock.—
The croft on the :ivere the bridges, stair se and wharfs, from
whirl there was a view of Whitehall scat s, the appointed landing
place, were crowded with spectatura. Several of the Bow strt et
patrol were placed at Whitehalaataire, to preserve the ietce,
abet CO :resist in the debar katinn. At half• past sax o'clock, the
wherry arrived at Battersea Bridge, end the rowans completely
knocked up, some of them almost brut double, and all of them
much distressed. The tide was now iu their layout-, and having
taken a little brandy, they appeared determined to conquer or die;
and at a quarter before seven o'clock they arrived at %%. etanunster-
bridge, amidst the acclametiona of thousands of spectators. Mr.
Sullivan, the boat-builder, :owed them to Whitehall .stairs, and on
their arrival there they were assisted out of the boat, and carried
on shore, and put to bed. They were all in a state of exhaustion,
and one or two coeld not stand withcut sta.port. They declared
that they should have a,iistd an hour soon, r if the suited had Peen
itt their favour. It is believed that not less than Cl 5,000 has
changed owners by the evert, of which sum Captain Short has won
£l,OOO. Some of the best judges, even the coekawains, oho knew
every yard of the river from Oxford to Weatnonster-bridge, were
taken in, the current bets being two to one against the pet furinenee
of the match. The distance from Oxford to Weetminner-htidge is
118 miles, and was rowed in fifteen hours and three quarters.

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THE ROSE TREE.

0 ! I have seen the row-tree flourish,
A green, a gay, a lovely bow'r,—
The trees of Heav'n its misses nourish,

And springs beneath its shade the Bower!
A fragrance from each bud exhaling,
A verdure blushing, clear, and chaste;
There, Summer might have plac'd her dwelling,
And Spring have said, " 'Tis here I'll rest !"
I passtd ;—abon, no gem it shaded,
While all its honours strewed the lea ;
Alas ! said I, the rose is faded,

Winter has vrteeked his wrath on thee!

So Beauty blooms—a peerless treasure;
All gay and green to ev'ry eye ;
The pride of youth, the charm of pleasure;—
But Beauty, like the Rose, must die !

CLENNELL, THE ARTIST.

The misfortunes of this highly-gifted artist have been
of a deep and awful character; but it is to be hoped
that brighter prospects are yet in store for him. His
celebrated picture, The decisive Charge of the Life
Guards at the Battle of Waterloo, which has been en-
graved, and 77re Banquet given to the Allied Sovereigns at
Guildhall, painted for the late Earl of Bridgewater, are
too well known to require description. But the latter
is peculiarly interesting, not only lot the extraordinary
picturesque manner in which so unpromising a subject
is treated, and the faithtul portraits it contains, but
from it.; being the immediate cause of his unhappy de-
rangement. Devoted to his pencil, and stiivin,; to ren-
tier the picture worthy the event it commemorates, the
many archous and complicated difficulties he had to en-
counter were too much for him—his active and enter-
prising mind gave way, and he sunk at once from ge-
nius and fame, to insanity and seclusion. He became
an inmate of one or two lunatic asylums, and was
finally removed to Laverstock House, near Salisbury,
and placed under the care of Dr. Finch. During his
retirement there, his of acted wife, the accomplished
daughter of the eminent engraver, Warren, borne down
by the shock of her husband's calamity, fell a victim to
the same disease; and it is a remarkable fact, that
though separated from each other by distance, and under
different superintendence, the most perfect sympathy
was found to have existed in the respective stages of
their disease, and the excitement and depression were in-
variably mutual. In a few months the attack proved
fatal to her, and she was shortly afterwards followed to
the grave by one of her children. Thus bereaved of
reason, of wife, and child, the unconscious and unfor-
tunate Clennell became an object of attention to many
Noblemen and Gentlemen who knew his talent;, his
worth, and his misfortunes: Means were taken to procure
a subsistence for him and his two remaining children, I
and his friends and patrons had the happiness to feel
that they had placed them above want. But scarcely
was this benevolent act accomplished, when death
suddenly snatched away his lathe! w, Warren!—
In process of time, his disease ic.oned to yield to the
treatment he received, and the lust dawn of returning
reason was his wish to be suppli,Ni with pencil and
paper: and it is a sin:;ular truth, that his fart efforts in
drawiag were dirteted to the very r udest and earliest
principles of the art. lie ryveared con..ider it iy:ces-
sary to feel his way, as it were, and to proceed by re-
gular gradations
.to the full developernent of his usual
talent. Tic sketclit., w hicih he after wards drew ate ,
eminently beautifid, and all things seemed to mk fa-
voinably for his tlitiltlitle recovery ; but t:ie fear of the
effect which pr„ .laced upon his shattered sea :es
by the commimicaticn ef his great and acriimulated
losses, ope: ated k rpv•l the hope of 1-efil:.:ct resto-
ration. At length the time at rived wnen Dr. Fii:ch con-
Littered the exper;inent siVely he made. lie there-
fore requested some of his family to see!, al.(' take
Inn, an interesting hoy c f ten y•zar. of :tee, v. ith them.
It was a moment of intense and [Moira y, and the
utmost caution and delicacy were nece.sary in unfolding
the miseries and privations which 14.til befallen him ; but
when, as a set-oft against his overwhelming di-.tress, his
boy was given to his arms, his feelings of delight ob-
tained the mastery, and he bore the afflicting tidings
with fortitude. I Its earnest gaze dwelt upon his son's
features—he led him with a feeling of proud and paren-
tal affection to exhibit him to his fellow patients; and.
when he patted from him, though he wept, he relin-
quished him with cheerfulness, and presented him with
a favourite rabbit, which be bade him love and cherish.
It was iecvived as an assm ante of approaching sanity;
and as the interview has been attended with the hap-
piest results, it will rejoice those friends who so ardently
espoused his cause, to hear that he is now in a state of
convalescence, and that there is every reason to believe
that a few weeks will restore hint to himself and to the
world.—Salisbury Journal. • -

WILTSHIRE SOCI ETV —The Eighth Anniversary of
this admirable County Charity was celebrated on Tuesday at the
Albion Tavern. The Report made by the Committee intimated a
considerable increase in Stock Rind of the Charity ; the necessary
officers were appointed for the ensuing year; and the list of dona-
tions announced was highly respectable.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL, UNtox.--Tuesday morning
at five o'clock a large assemblage of respectable persons met at the
City of London Tavern, to partake of a public breakfast, preparatr:ry
to a general meeting of the above Society. There were upwards of
1,500 persons present. After the repast the company repaired to
the spacious room fitted up for the meeting, and soon after six
.'click, J. BLITZAWORTtr, Esq. ALP. was voted to the Chair. The
UM Dr. 11101111111014, JOSEPH MAITLAND, Esq. and several Clergy-
men, addressed the Meeting, which broke up at half.past nine.
• Early yesterday morning, as riiie of the waggons
usually attending Nesvgate-market was bash ini; in Paternoster-row.
• the hind part of tbe waggon drilYQ it) the slnattri. scathe lower part
of the Chapter Coffee-house, destroying tile frat:-., Oasis, &c.
Sunday morning, ill the Co wgate, E.i inburg 11, a great
number of Irkhmen took it into their heads to amuse
themselves with one of their chat acteristic rows, which
did not appear to have originateJ in any tarty dispute,
as the blows were dealt indr.,ci iminately. A tierce ti. :g
twl,,nging to one of them entered into the pit it of the
fray, and tore one man's ear as he lay on the ground.—
Tile disgraceful proceeding was put an eild to by the
police. In the afternoon of the same day another riot,
of a like brutal nature, also took place in the Cowgate,
but having a more definable object; for in this instance
a man (a Scotsman) was savagely beaten, knocked down,
and inhumanly kicked by ten or a dozen others, and in
the end was carried away insensible.
A Paris Paper mentions., that there h; a knot of fe-
male stock-jobbers in that capital, who place themselves
near the sink of the Stock Exchange, and in spite of the
. obvious annoyances of such a situation, wait patiently
to learn the course of the market. The variations arc
conveyed.to them every ten minutes, as the Etoilc says,
.r par un courtier galant d'un courtier postichc (fun troi-
time counter.

LAW REPORT.
COURT OF KING'S Mari, MAT 12.
BYRNI V. PARKI4
Mr. PARKINS, on this cause being called on, took his
station on the floor, and proceeded to address the Court..
He had now to apply to their I.ordships for a rule to
chew cause why there should not be a new trial in the
cause in which he was defendant, and Byrne plaintiff,
and never had any individual presented himself to the
Court under circumstances more painful to a man of
honour than he now did. He trusted the Court would
make allowance for any errors in' which he might in-
:Advertently fall, owing to his ignorance of the forms of
the Court. He now held in his hand several affidavits
un which he had to move the Court.

The LORD CHIEF JUsTICE—You move on affidavits.
You had better hand them in, and have them read by
the Officer.---Indeed, it would be more regular that I
should read my notes taken at the trial, for the infor-
mation of the Court. his Lordship accordingly pro-
ceeded to read his notes.

The affidavits of the defendant, and of two persons,
named Taylor and Herbert, were then put in and rea..l.
The defendant, in his affidavit, swore that the account
he had given of the approptiwion of the subsctiption
monies received for Byrne wa, co:rect; and that the
account entered in a certain book kept for that purpose
was a true account. Taylor and Herbert o swore to
their belief, that the account entered in the book in ques-
tion was a correct account..

The affidavits of Wiiiiam Jackson and William
Buckley Clark, were also put in and read, and %%ere
similar in substance. The a tfijavit of the defendant,
stating that he had been taken by surprise, was al.°
tendered ; but it appearing that this was not swoin until
yesterday, the first four days of the Term hiving expiie,i,
the Court held that it cculd not be received.

The &Celli:rut then prom:Jed to ad:lit...s. the Com t,
and to complain of the attacks which been mAde:
upon his character. Ile had been charged :Ilia-lost with
murder—positively with robbery. A po:71-
by strong necessity, would Live been
Nut such was his case, he was a rich man—he was I:at
a man who bad the excuse of necessity fi^r robber v,
and therelme he ‘vas contlear,,ed without a hetrii. It
was known that he was rich—rich in p: uric; ::nd
rich in a good conscience; the first was proved 1:v hit,
having within these few weeks oared to ernb:trf: 11;.-
wards of 50,000/. in a cei rain Freruhtion, but by the
ports of malignant w = ren,.le:ed pf)m.---he
was stripped of repination—he cuidd I,ut suiiport it.—
(Here the worthy Ex S!ieriff died teats.)
The LORD CIIIEF Jr•TiCZ remi :Jed dqendant
that nothing he was now urging ;tad an) thing to do
with the piesent question.
The Defendant a esti med— His character had been
attacked, traduced, and vibtied, by the falsehoods of
Scott, Cobbett, and others.

Mr. Justice BAYLLY—Mr. Parkins, hear me: you
are now throwing abuse out upon pet.sQns who are not
befote the Court; pay avoid ;uch epithets—the Cow t
cannot Lear them.

The Defendant—Yes, my Lord, I was obliged t sit
on thorns in this place for an hour and a halt to hear a
per.,on, who WA: protected by his gown and wig, heap
thegro,scst roc',

The Lon» Cittri, .lusncE—That case has nothing to
do with ti pre ent.

T'-:c Dc!endant—Well then, my Lord, we will pass is
over and come to thew esent ca,e. The defer.chnt thou.
occe(!ei to comment on the evidence, and to go into
a wide of invective against persons, some of whom
Vt Cue covnected, and (Alms unconnected, v.ith the pit:-
sent trial, when

Lotto ti fix JUSTICE again stepped him, n d ob•
served, the Coin t t mild! hot sit to hear such arttumenis.
Tht :Mend:mt.—My Lad, you ale in the habit of
hcating, with pazieqce, the argumems of those who
come before. vou.
Lout) CHIEF Jus-ncr.—The Court cannot sit to
hear you or any man in England utter that which they
ought not to Lear.

The dulendatit again proceeded, and becoming again
irregular, was repeatedly stopped by the Court. At
lolgtn iic 4aid, " My Lords, I am ready to pay all the
money into Court, and abide by any decision your Lord-
Jiips come to, it I can but relieve my character
front this imputation."
Ti,c Loup Cntsr Jusrice—Mr. Phillips, you are
for the plaintiff; can any thing be done to arrange this
matrer ?

Mr. Prituirs.\\liy, my Lnt%l, I an, here alone,
without the Solicitor of the o.lintitl; we cur a
second verdict i❑ considerati,,n of this.

Mr. Justice 13AyLLy----You took E.:ay shillings, but
perhaps you gut more in this cane than you ought in
justice to have taken. The question here is, whether
you shall have a new trial, or whether these damages
,hould not be reduced? Perhaps the Jury gave a ver-
dict he;e for more than you are entitled to keep.
Mr. Puiwes—l'll tell you, my Lord, what I am
ready to do. lf Mr. Parkins thinks he has been unjustly
treated, I am ready to ny both actions over again.
The Del":•ndara—With all my heart ! with all my
heart ! with all my heart !
Mr. Justice 13a Yi.Ey.—The coarse most beneficial to
the parties would be, I think, that some Gentleman
should take this case and consider it out of Court ; giving
Mr. Parkins ctelt for the money ‘‘ hich the plaintiff had
received, and for such expei,diture as it should appear
he was entitled to charge; by this means Byrne would
receive all h is entitled to much sooner than in any
other way. _ _ _

Mr. Pult,tips.---My Lord, I hope your Lordship sill
consider we gave up another verdict in the action fur
slander. Mr. Parkins confessing the slander.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.-1 think the proper course
t:! be adopted would be, that Mr. Parkins should have
a rule in the alternative, namAy, either to shew cause
why there should not he a new trial, or why the da-
mages should not be reduced.
Mr. PARKINS, with great energy.-66 My Lord, I
shall feel grateful to yarn Lordship to the latest mo-
ment of my existence."
Mr. PIIII.LIPS.—My Lord, I trust Mr. Parkins is aware
that the affidavits he has this day put in are to he filed.
The Defendant.—To be sure I am, Mr. Phillips. To
be sure I am. My Lords, let me explain. I did not
make any offer of compromise to Mr. Phillips in the
action of slander; the offer came from him to me.
The rule was then granted as suggested by the Lord
Chid Justice, and the defendant retired appareittly
with feelings highly gratified.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MAY 12.
COMFORTS OF A FAISON.
On a motion being made this morning for the dis-
charge 01 a prisoner, Mr. Serjeant BOSANQUET said that

he would not be prepared on the subject till te-morrow
morning. In the meantime the prisoner prayed to re-
main in custody.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.—He prays to be accom-
modated in prison one day longer?
Mr. Serjedint BOSANQUET —Ye% my Lord.
The CHIEF JUSTICE.—Let it be so. It is the hand-
somest compliment I ever beard paid to an Advocate.

HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY, MAY 11.
THE COUVTESS OT HARCOURT. _

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Lord Srown.t. gave sentence in this case .to-day ; and after com-
menting upon the description of the voyage for which the parties
claiming wages had engaged—as that description appeared in the
heading of the articles—he expressed his opinion, that the men were
by no means bound, after their arrival In the Downs, to proceed to
Dollard ; that if the Alaster persisted in sailing for a Dutch port,
when the agreement with the mariners was expressly for a voyage
" from London to New South Wales, via Cork, and elsewhere, and
hack to the port of Lonel3n," the men were:justified in declining to
co:aiiitie with him fur that which was, in fact, a new trip ; and that
their leaving the vessel under such circumstances was not a deser-
tion, nor anything that could, in fair construction, be said to
resemble a desertion. If the refusal of the seamen to proceed to
Holland were to be considered a desertion, it would be difficult to
define the understanding of any terms that affected to impose any
limitations whatever upon voyages. If the one party was to be bound
by the language of the agreement, so should the other party be; and
that other party had stipulated with the men, that from the port at
which their outward voyage might terminate, they should return—
not to Rotterdam, or elsewhere, and London—but to the port of
London. Unsier the circumstances of the case, the Court prottoanced
the wages claimed by the mariners to be due ; and condemned the
master and owners it; all the costs of the proceedings in this Court.

PUBLIC DINNER 'I (, PROFESSOR JARDINE.

GLASG(iTi', MAY 6.
Yesterday, the Pupils II Professor JARDINE gave
a public dinner, in the Town Hall, Glasgow, to their
much respected Teacher, %Nil°, timing a period of fifty
years, has discharged the important duties of Pro-
lessor of Logic in this University, ttith an eminence
which has never, in this country, been surpassed— Wth-
-1.1 A M of Cal.kvell, Esq. in the Chair—Viscount
GLI:NOLCIiv, Croupier. About two hundred Gentle-
men assembled on this interesthig occasion, wally having
come from distant lams of the country. It was most
gratifying to witness a cumpanv composed of respect-
ah:e peren:, c.f va•ious professioni and avocations, and
of a.l age,, fi am those sho attended the Logic Class
fifty vca7s azo, to those who had scarcely reached ma-
jtsitty, all eva;ly e!:thtrsia-tic in their manif.!station of
62ep-seated alieziton ter their excellent preceptor. The
t .as.t o:" the (jay was iveri w ith the best effect by the
Chaii man, the earii:rst of Mr. JARDINE'S fuail-, and
one of the warmest of his flielids through life. .Thu.
Proiessoi's reply was expressive of the utmost kindhes-
for his pupils, whiie, at the same time, it contained a
manly and anirn.lred statement of the rise and progress
of tl.4t system of educath,a which distinguishes his
hame. Among the n:any Gentlemen who spoke on
ti.is occasion, were, Loud GLENORCOY ; Mr. JAMES
AJVi)CatC ; M`Fn ItLA NE ; Prin-
cipal HALDANE, of Sc. Andrew's; Dr. APGILL, Dr.
M.LEAN, Dr. GIRD, Dr. Iloocsox, Dr. SCOTT, of
Greenock, and Mr. JOHN JARDINE, Advocate, who, on
the " Root-tree of Haliside" being given as a toast, ex-
pressed most feelingly all that was to be expected flow
a son on such an occasion. The entertainment, the
music, as well vocal as instrumental, and the arrange-
ments, were all excellent, and the evening was spent ia
a most satisfactory manner.

A!lont two o'clock on I'l iday morning last week,
Ca;•tain Simpson, of the Barbara, of Arbroath, in as-
sisting to pull up the anchor of the vessel, lying at the
balla,t bank-, Dundee, lust his footing, and was pitched
over the bow and drowned.

John Stewart, who kept a public-house in Perth,
litving quarrelled is ith his wife, is. said to have struck
her so severely, as to calve her to take to bed, where
she died in the ceurse of a few days. The husband
and the maid of the house have since been taken into
• custody, and after a precognition entered into were
100-eed in Perth jail.
'lnc iehland Society, we understaml,have concluded
their inquiry into the proportions of health to sickness
amore, individuals throughout Scotland. According to
the experience of the Friendly Societies of Scotland, it
is found that the average annual sickness of a;, indivi-
dual is pretty nearly as follows:—Prom 20 to 30, about
one-tenth part or a week kr each five years of his age;
thus, at 30, it will be about six-tenths of a week annually
on an ave; age. In the decade from 40 to 50, it is about
one week annually ; from 50 to 60, the average is about
two weeks art ivally ; from 60 to 70, six weeks; and
above 70, about 18 weeks annually. For the guidance
of Friendly Societies, tables founded on these results
ate, we understand, to be published, which may be use-
ful in preventing the general ruin from miscalculation
to which such in-titutions have long been subject.
The master ship carpenters of Sunderland and Shields
have now for tipwatds of two months been at variance
with their servants, and when it is knovn that nearly a
thousand men have been out of employment during that
period, it will readily be supposed that considerable in-
jury must have hen done to the trade of bolh towns.
In consequence of thee dissensions, indeed, not less than
four distinct classes of men have suffered, and arc still
sublet ing eat inconveni,atce: these are the journeymen
carpenters, ..the ma=ter carpenters, the ship owners, and
the shopkeepers. As in all similar disputes, each of the
centending parties affirms that it is the one aggrieved.
The servants or journeymen carpenters it seems have
for med them,.elves into Union Clubs, (a practice now
followed in most ports in the kingdom and particularly
in Liverpool), and refuse to work except on certain
conditions, the principal of which is, that their masters
should take none but seven yeats appientice ; and the
object they have in view by this is, to reduce the number
of journeymen carpenters, and hence keep their labour
in greater requisition. Another of their rules is, that if
one of the body is objected to—it may be because he is
an indifferent u orkinan—the rest resolve to leave the
employ, and carry the resolution into effect. The master
carpenters refuse to submit to any such terms, and will
not require their services so long as they remain in these
Union Clubs. It ought 16 be observed that the raen
are under no engag,ernents to then masters. The ship
owners have taken a part decidedly in favour of the
master carpenters, and have come to a determination,
at their meetings, to encourage the repairing of shil:s
at Whitby, &c. Some of the ship carpenters have a
number of apprentices, and these, in consequence of the
present differences with the journeymen, have full em-
ployment ; others have few or no apprentices, and are
consequently at a stand.. As the interests of the masters
themselves are, therefore, so decidedly at variance, it
seems probable some accommodation w iii speedily take
place.— Tyne Mercury.
Monday last the Junior Society of College Youths,
from London, ascended the Gothic tower or Waltham
Abbey Church, Esser, and rang a true and complete peal
of Grandsire Triples, containing 5010 changes, in three
hours and three minutes--couducLed by Mr. J. Ladley.