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London, England, 1818-11-02 00:00:00

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Tns COMBhiNCEBIENT OF COLLEOS TERM.

How careless meets our little wotid aria
Sad only that such meeting comes so fiat—
And whether more of pleasure, or of pain,
Bath o'er the idle interval been cast,
Is equal now—the motlty crowd throngs past;
Some, whose first wond'ring gaze these scenes engage;
Some who with calmer feelings look their last;
And quit the precincts of life's happier age,
To play a busier part upon a wider stage!
And some are gam for ever : where is he,
'lfy,pf in well-earn'al f.une so lately seen?
Mow taught, alas, how quick the Ines may be
'Of all, which loveliest in our life hath.heen !
Be snateh'd the cup of Honour; and between
None came to dash it from him—be has guard
Thzt cup, so sweetly, smilingly serene
hod then, e'en then, Death hover'd near and laegli'd,
As if there lurk'd beneath some poisdn in the dratted!
. They say, in spirit free and frank he shone,
And warm in heart—both now are quail and cold—
Was gar—bet now his gaiety is gone—
«'.o fair in IDA', which none shall more behold
With pleasure, or with envy—had unrcll'd
The book of kunwledm, yet was skili'd and bold
Its youth's more manly glazes :—why arc told
The gifts which, thow•Th they deck'd him, could ant save?
Wit, talents, beauty, strength, lie with him in the grave !
• -They say, a mother gaz'd upon that yneth
With most maternal fondness; and would pray, •
This turning all hes deanst hopes to Truth,
lib rising honours might her cares repay,
• And, ever strenetlining, shed a brighter ray,
To warm the frost of her declining soul,
And gild Its darkneul—Ye vain thoughts away'.

Those fond desires shall never reach their goal ;
• Bat cheerless to thvir end her winery years must roll!
Yet died he, as the wise might wish to die,
With hii.frcsit lane upon Lion; while the dear,
The approving smile of Friendship met his eye,

The co:ee of Gratulation soothl his ear.
We may die otherwise : our dim career

. May rise and set in darkness ;or inn give
Some p.rtial_gleiuns, that leave the rust more drear I •
And, oh! 'es sad their bri;htness to survive,
And die, when nought remains for which 'tware well to
live! N. D.

WOODBRIDGE SESSIO_VS. .

7ARIIII OFFICERS RAYING THEIR HUSBANDRY LA-
130URRRS PART OF THEIR WAGES OUT 07 THE
roon's FATES.

At these Sessions, on Thursday, came on to be
heard another appeal against the accounts of the late
Churchwardens and Overseers of the parish of Hal-
lesley. The Rev. William Bolton, appellant; Mr.
Jeptha Waller, churchwarden ; and Mr. Robert Bar-
thropp and Mr. Henry Lloyd, overseers; respondents.
At the outset of the cause, Mr. JESSOPP took two
legal. objections to the going into the appeal; but
they were over-ruled by the Court, who expressed a
hope that the parties would refer the matter to some
persons on whom they could rely. Mr. NOLAN
wished the Magistrates to take the accounts out of
Court, and was willing to respite the appeal till next
Sessions, when alt ends might be answered ; or he
would refer it to Mr. Barton, Clerk of the Peace.—'
Mr. Jessopp said, if a sincere reconciliation could be
effected, lie would have it include all matters in dis-
pute. Mr. Nolan replied, he knew of only this dis-
pute : they must proceed with the appeal. Mr. Jet-
sopr then put in the book containing the accounts,'
and said that was his case. Mr. Nolan asked him if
he were in earnest ? he said, he was never more so.l
Mr. Nolan said, that as there was nothing to refer,
the whole extent of the appeal mist be allowed, for
the accounts were confessed to be wrong. Mr. Jes.
sort) said, let it be so; if a man be put to prove all
his stems, every Officer, before he relieves a pauper,
must have a Secretary to prove the payment. The
notice, he said, was afoul libel, stating that many
persons were employed by the Olcers for their own
benefit, and paid from the parish fund. It contained
scandalous and false accusations : if the officers had
been guilty of such transactions, they ought to have
been brought into that Court, not as officers but as
criminals. (Here a question arose at to which party
should begin, and the Court decided, that the re-
spondents should begin.) A long desultory alterca-
tion ensued, which ended by Mr. Nolan proceeding
to prove the objections of the appellant to the ac-
counts in question. The Learned Counsel said, a
case of more importance to the county, or to the
cquntyy, could not exist. The sums of money were
either not paid, or paid collusively under the name
of relief, but really fur wages, for very improperj
purposes. Of such sums, only those which were paid'
to the officers labourers were required. 01r. Nolan
said he should prove that those officers (the respon-
dents) employed the greater part of the labourers'in
the parish, that the labourers were able to work, and'
that there was no want of work. He said that a man
by his labour could support himself, a wife, and two
or three children, and that when he had more, the
House of tadustry afforded assistance ; and that,
therefore, those labourers ought not to have received
relief. In the year front Apiil 1817 to March 1818,
the wages were lowered to 9s. to 6s. to 3s. and even
to Is. and the remainder paid out of the rate. These
officers employed other labourers, not parishioners,
axt4 single men, at prow wages. Jollye for half a
year had full wages, •but then, as soon as it was dis-
covered he belonged to Hollesley, his wages were
lowered. Smith, when he worked in Hollealey, had'
low wages ; when in another parish, he had full
wages. Bridges received. ISs. per week, part of
which, contrary to his knowledge, was from the pa-
rish ; he was thus made a pauper against his will.—
111 of these proceedings large farmers
were ,benefited, and such small ones as employed no
men, or few, -and sbopkeepers' and others having no
140, sash persons as ought to be the peculiar objects
of-protection, were obliged to pay, by way of rates,
the .wages of the large occupiers. The appellant is
rated to one-fourth of the whole parish, and has
a"-Jout 27 acres of land. It will be proved, that this
method of paying the labourers was used to lessen
the'4alue of the Rector's tythes. Great griavances
will arise, if this be not stopped. " Why, Mr. No-
lan asked, " compel the labourer to be maintained
by the palish, when he can maintain himself? lade-.