Star.
London, England, 1825-05-17 00:00:00

DELAYS.

BY ROBERT SOUTHWELL-1595.

Shun delays, they breed remorse;
Take thy time, while time is lent thee;
Creeping snails have weakest force,
Fly their fault, lest thou repent thee.
Good is best, when soonest wrought,
Doering labours come to nought!
Hoist up sail while gale doth last,
TiJe and wind stay no man's pleasure:
Seek not time, when time is past, •
Sober speed is wisdom's leisure.
After-wits are dearly bought,
Let thy fare-suit guide thy thought!
Time wears all his locks before,
Take thou hold upon his forehead ;
►'hen he flies, he turns no more,
And behind his scalp is naked.
Works adjourn'd have many stays;
Long demurs breed new delays!
Seek thy salve while sore is green,
Fester'd wounds ask deeper lancing ;
After-cures are seldom seen.
Often sought, scarce ever chancing.
Time and place give bent advice,
Out of season, out of price!

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF ICfNG'S BENCH, MAY 16.
This being the last day of Term the Court sat to a late hour.
BYRNE V. PARKINS.
Mr. FRENCH moved for a ink to chew cause why
the sum of 60/. paid into Court in this cause by the de-
• fendant, should not be refunded to him, he having paid
to Mr. Harmer, the attorney for.the plaintiff, the whole
of the amount of the verdict, together
.with the costs.
The Learned Gentleman was then proceeding .o state
that a paragraph appeared in Bill's Weekly Dispatch,
asserting .that the defendant had brought a writ of
error, in order to delay payment of the debt and costs,
and that if this had not been the las; day of Term he
would have moved for,a criminal information against
the Proprietors of that Paper when
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said that they had nothing
to.do with the Newspapers, and desired Mr. French to
take a rule nisi for the repayment of the models out
of Court.
THE KING V. ANDREW SYSPHENS.
The defendant was convicted, before Mr. Justice
BURmouGH, at the last Assizes for Cornwall, of an
assault upon Mr. Pascce,.an attorney, .and was now
brought up for judgment. It appeared, from the re-
port 9f the trial, that the prosecutor, having been in-
structed to proceed against the defendant. fora small.
sum of money dye to a tailor, went to serve him with
process; upon which the defendant kicked him. This:
defendant very soon after.offered tOapolligise for, in the,
most submissive manner and at the trial he offered, at'
the suggestion of the Learned Judge, to pay 5L to the
poor of the parish, if the prosecutor agreed to carry the
matter no fin Cher.
•Mr..Pou.ocic was heard in mitigation, and Mr. F. Wriumas In
aggravation.
Mr. Justice BAYLEY addressed the defendant, and
said, that the CcAurt did not at all approve of his con-
duct in assaulting the prosecutor. That was a most
unjustifiable act. But at the same time they could not
ovet look the circumstance, that he hal offered to apo-
logise for his.conduct, and .to obey the suggestion of
the Learned Judge at the trial, that this indictment,
inste,td of being
.tried at the quarter SessiOns was tried
at the. AssiZes.Aich. brought upon the eeendant con-
iderable.expertse ; and further, !bat iiias brought up
to town, a distance of upwards of 200 miles from his
hum to,receive judgment. Under all thesecircurn-
stances, the .sent,ence, of .the 'Cann was, that he should`'
pay ,to the Crown a.fine of ds. lid. and cuter into recog-
. nizances in 40/. to keep the. peace for Ahree years.
KIIE.:MATTER OF SIR G. P. TURNER.

• ;-r,
L. Mr.' celittFt-v #pplied, in behalf
:of Mr: Corbet, an
Ant rr.ey„for a.w.git of .166e178 CO;Plit
,bring Sir
G. P. Turner to be examiced before a Judge, in order
that it might be seen whether he was competent to sign
-a writing required by Abe Lprd .Chancellor. It was
stared that a Commissiqn of Lunacy had been taken
ont against Sir Gregory. and Mr. Cotbet presented -a
Petition to..the Lord Chancellor on tht subject, but his
Lordship said-he would ant regard any Petition until he
saw whether this Gentleman had given proper autho-
rity to kir. Corbet to act.for him.
.. The Coos: madcap orde: for Mr. Cor.bet,to see Sir G. P. Turner,
in the presence of the ManhaA 441 e Kings Bench Prison, without
any other persons being present, tinieu the Marshal found it netts-
pry to have diem for security. ,
...The Rules obtained against the Proprietors.4two,Supday News-
papers, at the instance of Mr. Cooper, were discharged with costs,
on apologising,