Star.
London, England, 1825-10-01 00:00:00

ANECDOTE OF DR. HOOKER.

The patience of Socrates, under the discipline of his
wife was fairly rivalled by that of the etninent Dr.
Hooker, the author of kcdesiastical Polity. Dr.
Hooker, while he was a Fellow of Oxford, was ap-
pointed tcrprcach at St. Paul's Cross, and for that pur-
pose came to London. At that time there was a house
neat Sc. Paul's, called the Shunamite's House, which
was appropriated for the preachers at the Cross. Here
trey were entertained two days before, and one after
they preached. The house was at th s time kept by a
person named Churchman. When Hooker arrived
from Oxford, h: was so wet and fatigued, that he was
apprehensive h should not be able to preach on the
Sunday following. But Mrs. Churchman took so
much care of him, that he was enabled to discharge his
duty. Dr. Hooker was so much wrought upon by
the kindness of this Lady, that he thought he could not
do less, in gratitude, than believe all that she said to
him. She told him that he was a man of a tender
cotwitution, that it would be best for him to marry a
wife to nurse him, which would not only prolong his
life, but make it more comfortable, and she could and.
would provide him such a one if he pleased. Poor
Hooker, unfottunately, took the old woman at her
word. He knew nothing of fraud himself, and there-
fore suspected none in her. He gave her power to
choose him a wife, and promised to return to London
on the first notice of her choice. She did not let him
wait long, for within a year she sent for him to marry
her daughter Joan, who had; neither beauty nor
money, and might justly be described by that wife
which Solomon compaies to a dripping house. This
marriage deprived Dr. Hooker of his Fellows' ip, and
he remained without any preferment tillDecember,l 584,
when be was presented by a Gentleman to the Rectory of
Drayton-Beauchamp. SVPile in this situation, 1:e Wl5
visited by Mr. Edwin L;anclys, sun of the Archttishoi;
of Ynk, au i Mr. George Cianmer, a relation of the
Archbishop of Canterbury, who had been his pupils at
Corpus Christi, Oxford. They found their old tutor
with a Horace in his hind, tending his ;beep in a com-
mon field. 111 told them Le was
_forced to du it, Is, -
cause 1... s servant was g,.rte hems: to dinner, and to
Ile.p his wife in some hr.usehold business. When his
servant returned and released hurt,, tie two pupils at-
tended him to his house, where their be and only en-
tertainntent Was his company. Hut of this they were
soon deprived by his ssife, who called to him--" Ri-
chard, come and rock the cradle." This usage of their
eminent tutor so shocked the pupils, that they soon
took their leave. At their parting, Mr. Cranmer said,
" Good tutor, I am sorry your lot is fallen into no
better ground, as to your parsonage; aod .more sorry
th.t your wife pores not a more comfortable compa-
I ion, after you have fatigued yourself with studying."
11. e good old man immeJiattly replied, " My dear
Gez.rge, if saints have usually a double share in the
n.isertes of this life, I that am none, ought not to
repine at what my wise CREATOR bath appointed for
roe, but labour, as indt cc! I do daily, to submit to his
will, and possess my soul in patience

A violent conflagration has lately destroyed the farm
of the valley of the commune of Carly, near Soissons,
department of the Aisne. All the beasts have perished,
and everything on the farm has been consumed by
the flames.. The loss is estimated at 48,053 francs ;
but what is most unfortunate is, that one man has been
killed and two wounded.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT. SEPT. SO.

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Joke Golden, who was e:atnined' yesterday, seas
brought up to receive judgment.
Mr. Commissioner HARRIS observed, that the insol-
vent had, in addition to the accounts he had presented
to the Court, filed a paper which gave an account of the
disposal of the money he had received on account of
his insurance of 1,3201. the creditors were therefore at
liberty to investigate these accounts, and he trusted they
would find them correct. It appeared that after the
'creditors had refused to accept the composition of 4s.
in the pound, the insolvent had disposed of it in such a
manner which subjected him to punishment under the
Act of Parliament; but taking into consideration the
fact of his having a very large family, and the re-
presentation made by a Medical Gentleman that a long
confinement might be attended with the most serious
consequences on account of his delicate state of health,
induced the Court to deal more mercifully with him
than they otherwise should have done. The sentence
of the Court therefore was, that he should be confined
six mrnths within the walls of the prison, from the
date of filing his petition. The petition was filed on
the 17th August.