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description of the defence he could offer, he should bi
able to shew that the suit was a speculative one, and in-
stituted only for the purpose -of extorting money.
Sir C. Rousso); strongly urged the adoption of his
advice, and postponed We cause to afuture day, in order
that Mr. Winnington might give it full consideration.
Sir C. ROBINSON said, the 31st Conon prohibited
proctors from prosecuting a suit, Mlless signed by
Counsel; but he did not know how far that might re-
fer to persons appearing on their own behalf; he there-
fore directed the Registrar of this Court to confer with
the Registrars of the other Ecclesiastical Courts, in order
-that they might ascertain whether persons were at li-
berty to conduct their own cases in these Courts.

PROSALYT ISM:

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A Protestant widow, residing at,Ribeauviller (Haut..
Rhin), having fallen ill in November last, informed her
daughter, a married woman, residing at Munster-au-
Val, that she wished for the attendance of her grand-
daughter, about thirteen years of age. fler health
being re-established, she entrusted the little girl to the
care of a neighbour, to take her with him to Colmar,
and to send her thence, by some inhabitant of Munster,
to her parents. A fortnight afterwards, the son-in-law
of the widow wrote to her, requesting the speedy re-
turn of his child. The uneasiness of the widow at this
communication may be guessed at. The loss being
made known to the father and mother, they instantly
went to Ribeauviller, and informed the local autho-
rity of their fears that their child was clandestinely de.:
tained in the Convent of that town. Not being able to.
discover her, the father carried hi; complaint to the'
King's Advocate at Colmar. A lettre cachetie was in
consequence sent to the Clergyman of Ribeauviller,
who sent the father with it to the Convent.
The child was then produced, but surrounded by a
great number of the Nuns, :al deploring the supposed
departure of the young captive. After a kind and
friendly representation from her father, the child pro.
mised to follow him, observing, that she was only going
to fetch something from the next room, whither her
father, out of respect for the rules of the place, did not
follow her : but she was followed by the sister hood,
who detained her there, and exhorted her for neatly a
quarter of an hour. The child at length returned, but
with her inclinations totally changed. She absolutely
refused to follow her father, under the pretence that
" the good (ion had commanded her to remain, and
that if she was removed by force, she would secretly
steal away and return ; and that she would voluntarily
renounce her father, mother, and all her relations.'.—
The father did not think proper to employ restraint,
and thertfore was obliged to withdraw alone, pierced
.o the heart with 'sorrow and grief.—Courier Francais.

Carslogie, in the neighbourhood of Cupar, Fife, has
been sold for 18,9001.
Lady ASMBURTON lately announced to her tenants of
Rosehall, in the palish of Creich, that she allowed 30'1
per cent. on the rents of that estate, for each of three
past years, amounting, at the first reckoning with her:
people, to 90 per cent. on the sums due by them. •
During the late war the current price of feathers was'
11. 12f. the tron stone. They are now selling at `2os.
the lowest rate they have been got for in the memory

of the oldest poulterers.
Innumerable depredations have lately been commit-
ted in the neighbourhood of 13etiford and Russell-
squates by a race of thieves called a; CA sneaks. Suter),
the parochial authorities of these, the hight•st-taxed
parishes in the metropolis, ought to afford some addi-
tional pi otection to the inhabitants, in the shape of
beadles or select-keepers.
We understand title the teceipts of the Wesleyan
Missionary Society, for the year ending December 31,
1824, amount to the sum of 38,0161. 9s. 7J. being an
increase above the amount of the preceding year of
more than 2,2001. exclusive of the munificent benefac-
tion of the late 11ev. W. DonweLL, of 10,0001. The ex-
penditute of the year 1824 has exceeded that of 1823
by the amount of nearly 3,0001.
The price of oriental manuscripts depends more upon
the merit of the scribe than of the author. Thus, for
example, a fair copy of the poems of Ilafiz, may be
purchased for 110 paras (not quite 31. of our money),
but if the vs tieing be from the calarnus of a celebrated
caligraphist, the price may be 300 or 3000 paras, ac-
cording to the fame of she scribe, or the beauty of the
illuminations. Turkish and Arabic manuscripts ate
rarely illuminated: those of Persia are ye; y frequently
thus embellished. A single copy of a manu,cript con-
taining extracts from the Koran, has, however, been
estimated at the rate of aVenetian sequin f.,r each letter,
on account of the extraordinary beauty of the penman-
ship and emblazonry.
In describing the edition of " Richard the Third,"
printed by Creed, 1594, and sold by Evans on Mon-
day, it was declared to he woith its weight in gold,
according to the old adage of everything being wood)
what it mill fetch ; this was verified, it being kur,cked
thwn for 66 guineas, which according to the standard
of English Coln, weighs 17 ounces, 15 pennyweights,
and 16 grains.
The Psylli of Egypt, mentioned by Herodotus, are
still found in the serpent-eaters of Cairo and Rosetta;
and in all ages, where a successful craft, under the
name of miracles, has been employed to delude and
subdue the human understanding, the introducers of a
new religion have, with considerable policy, appropri-
ated it to the same purpose for which it was employed
by their predecessors.
Foreigners complain with good reason of the uncer-
tainty of the pronunciation of English. The difficulty
thus raised in a particular instance is well illustrated by
the following examples :
" °ugh is pronounced o. 00, OU, off, au, up—though, through,
plough, cough, enough, thought, hiccough. A friend called upon
me, when, in consequence of a cold 1 had caught, I was ill in
bed, and I told hint I had a con; upon which he asked me for
some milk. Thinking I must have pronounced the word wrong,
I told him I had a cur he replied, be took it for granted I had
two, for that coats in this country were not made without them.
Perceiving still that he did not understand me, I told him I had
a cup. Ile asked me whether it was of silver or only of earthen,
ware ? Being quite angry with him, I had again to make myself
understood, and told him I had a violent caw, and fell a coughing;
so that I could speak no longer."
In the case of two projected duels between some na-
tives of Hibernia (a nation seldom famed for thinking
twice on the business of a challenge), one individual
spoke openly of wife and family as to be considered,
and another was equally concerned for the delicate state
of a daughter's health. The then Solicitor-General of
Ireland honoured them with these lines :
" The Heroes of Erin, unconscious of slaughter,
Improve on the Jewish command;
One honours his wife, and the other his daughter,
That their days may be lung in the land."