The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-02-19 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

LIVERPOOL POL TC E .—Tcr.sp Ay

(Before THOMAS Jades Ha Li., Esq.. the Mag:st rate.)
AN AG erawoe:—Jatnes Tinsdale. a hair dresser, was brought
up charged by George Tinsdale, his uncle, with agitating him.
The complainant said, I live in Meadow-street, and he is my
nephew; he told his mother yesterday that he was determined
to agitate her. 'Last night, tiout half-past twelve o'clock, he
came to my door drunk, and agitated it till five o'clock this
morning. I called the watchman several times, but whenever
I called him he agitated himself off, and then, as soon as the
watchman was gone, he came agitating back again. He had
left his situation and run away.
The prisoner said he had left his situation for another, and
was out a little the night before; but it was his mother's house
that he went to and wanted admittiug into.
The complainaut—lt is my horse. It is not your mother's
house. He wants me to keep him, your worship. He is de-
termined to agitate me.
Tha Magistrate.—Did he ever ill use you in any way?
Complainant. —No ; but he has threatened.
The prisoner was discharged on his promise not to go near
his uncle's house again.
AN ABUSER.—John Clarke was brought up charged by Robt.
Johnson, one of the new police, with having abused every body
and thing he came near. About four or five o'clock the day
before, prisoner went into a respectable house. in Pitt-street,
and abused Mrs. Brown, and split the nail of the landlady's
finger. He then went down the street and abused Mr. Davis'
window, and broke eight panes of glass in it worth 2s. 6d. each.
He went after him, and found him concealed under some boards
in a work shop, and lying on his mouth and nose. When he
pulled him out of his hiding place, he abused him very badly,
and then fell to and kicked and abused the workshop door also.
He broke the windows with this hammer (holding up a large
tinker's hammer). He is a regular travelling tinker by trade.
Mr. Davis wanted 19s. for having his window tinkered.—The
prisoner, with a broad grin on his face, said be was very drunk
at the time, and he could notslink of paying any such thing.—
The magistrate said he must pay the 19s. damage, or be com-
mitted for one month.
MISCONDUCT OF A WATCHMAN.—Margaret Stephens ap-
peared to lay a complaint against Patrick M'Quan, for vio-
lently assaulting her and illusing her. On last Saturday night,
her brother, who keeps a butcher's shop, in Great Homer-street,
was up very late. She was standing at the door looking for her
sister, who had gone out, when Patrick M'Quan came up very
much in liquor, and chucked her tinder the chin. She told him
he was mistaken, he must go higher up the street, and ran into
the house. He then ran after her, and struck her with his stick.
Her brother, who was in the house smoking his pipe, came to
see what was the matter, and the watchman then threatened to
take him to Bridewell and seized hold of him. She then tried
to save her brother, and the watchman knocked her down and
cut her temple, and she bad to send for a doctor.
A surgeon's certificate was here put in, which certified that
the watchman was drunk, and that complainant had been seri-
ously injured. The brother corroborated this statement.
The watchman said that the neighbourhood was very disor-
derly, and heariftg people talking he had entered the house,
when two women came out with tongues and poker, and began
beating him with the poker, and belabouring hint with their
other instruments, and he had used his stick- in self defence.
He had been severely cut on the head with a poker. He had
been obliged to spring his rattle for assistance.
Mr. Parlour said the complainants were not disorderly per-
sons, but respectable people.
The defendant called two watchmen who had come to his
assistance, who both stated that they had not seen the coin-
meneenaent of the disturbance, and that when they came up
defendant. was bleeding from a cut on the head, and that the
complainant was laid with her head on another woman's knee,
bleeding profusely from a wound in her temple, and that the
defendant had had liquor.
Captain Jones, of the watch, said he had never had to corn-
complain of the watchman before; he had seen him about three-
quarters of an hour before the row occurred, and he was sober
then.
The magistrate said he should always afford the watchmen
protection whilst
,doing their duty; but at the same time he
should' take care 'that they did not improperly interfere with
people. The defendant's conduct in this case had been most
unjustifiable. He had severely injured a delicate female, and
might have caused her death. The surgeon reported that she
has received a very severe injury. Had he been sober he
would have abstained from striking the complainant twice, as
he had done in a very brutal manner. He should order him to
find bail to appear at the sessions to answer the charge. It
would give bins an opportunity of doing what was right to the
complainant. He might depend upon it that if he did appear he
would he very severely punished.
IMPORTANT To Paweenoitees.—Mr. Geo. Bradgate, pawn
broker, was summoned on an information by Mrs. Mary Hindle
for having, on the 2Uth January last, given her an illegal pawn-
ticket. She had since applied for the goods pawned, and hail
been unable to obtain them. She then summoned tho pawn-
broker; but the magistrate was unable to read the pawuticket
as describing the goods she had pawned, and this was a second
information for not having the goods legibly written on the
ticket. Mrs. Hindle deposed to pledging an apron and sonic
other things with the defendant, for which she obtained Is. She
afterwards wanted to redeem them, but could not obtain them,
and was obliged to summon him; but what she pawned was not
then readable on the ticket. She should be satisfied if she could
get her things again.
The defendant said it was a mere informality, it was a thing
which was practised every day.
The magistrate was very sorry to hear it. The pawn-
brokers were obliged by the section of the act to give a full
description of the goods pawned, the sum of money advanced
thereon, the day of the mouth, and the year when, pledged,-the
name of the party Ele4g,4, and also wfretheYhe'or she was a
housekeeper ,or. a'lodger. the magistrate said he was deter-
mined whenever he found pawnbrokers violating the law, and
especially if the individual who had pawned the article were
poor or ignorant, to afford to such person every protection in
his power. He should order him to return the goods( (which
Mr. Bradshaw then ) dto pay the costs, and as they were
satisfied, he should abstain from ialicting the penalty.

• WEDNESDAY.
(Before THOMAS JAMES HALL, Esq., the Magistrate.)
ROBBERY.—S.imueI Swainson, who had formerly been a ser-
vant with Mr. Watson, of Lord-street, was brought up charged
with stealing a carpet bag that morniug.from the shop. A boy
in the employment of Mr. Watson, said he was cleaning the
brass _in the 15ont of the window, when the prisoner came up,
and;whirstlie Warstoroping,'down, the prisouer„seized a carpet
bag and walked off with it. He suspected that he firitriaViti.
something and had it under his apron, and followed him, and
found a carpet bag concealed under his apron. He then gave
him into custody. He had, it appeared, been several times
before in custody on similar charges. He was committed to
Kirkdale to hard labour for three calendar mouths.
• THURSDAY.
(Before THONIAS JAMES HALL, Esq.)
CRUELTY TO A HORSE.—Yesterday, Thomas Linnekar, the
driver of a timber waggon, the property of Mr. Peter Richard-
son, was brought before T. J. 'lan, Esq., charged with wilfully
abusing it,horse attached to a timber carriage,
cony Tuesday last,
in,!Souni John-street. It appeared that the riage was very
heavily laden, there being upwards of two hundred and forty
feet of` solid timber upon it, which was so placed as to cause the
shaft horse. to be literally lifted off the ground at every other
step. The driver said it was impossible to place the timber in
such a petition as that it should not cause the injury to the
wheel-horse complained of. The magistrate said Linnekar was
not so much to blame as his employer, who, he supposed,
ordered the carriage to be so much overloaded.* He should,
therefore, order the defendant to be discharged upon paying the
cost of the summons.
DRINKING DURING THE HOURS OF DIVINE SERVICE.—EIi
zabeth Kenworthy, who keeps a public-house in 'Waterloo
road, was fined forty shillings and costs for allowing a number
of persons to be drinking in her house during the hours of
divine service last Sunday morning.
CAUTION TO CAR DRIVERS.—WiIIiam Goodall, the driver
of Thomas Wainwright's car, No. 10, and William Walker,
the driver of the same person's car, No. 13, were each fined
three shillings and cost for allowing persons to ride upon the
dickey of their cars, on Monday evening, contrary to the act.
—A similar charge was preferred against the driver of Win.
Gardner's car, No. 14, but was withdrawn in consequence of
the individual riding on the box being merely a stable-boy,
who was requested to accompany the driver by the person who
had hired the car.—Birtles, one of the drivers of Coxon's cars,
was fined five shillings for "misbehaving" himself at the door
of the Town-hall on Monday evening.
INFORMATIONS—ST. JOHN'S MARKET.—Mary Horton and
Jane Webster, occupiers of butchers shops in St. John's Mar-
ket, were severally fined the sum of five shillings and costs, for
leaving fires in their stalls on Monday evening.—Joseph Pacey,
another stall occupier, was fined ten shillings and costs, and
five shillings extra, for not answering to the summons, for a
similar offence.—Ann Handy was fined 2s. lid. and costs for
allowing her dog to lie near her stall in the same market.
COMPLAINT AGAINST A WATCHMAN.—Frances Hanlin, who
keeps a "house" in Harrington-street, laid a complaint against
Ilogan, a watchman, for breaking into her dwelling and ill-
treating her on Saturday evening last, and for insulting her at
various times previously in the streets. On the night men-
tioned Hogan forced his way into the parlour, and, after over-
turning the chairs and tables, took a tea-caddy and emptied a
quantity of tea which it contained upon the floor. He insisted
on searching her, and upon her offering resistance, he thrust
his arms into her bosom, and took other liberties with her.
Hogan said he went to the complainant's house on Saturday
evening at the request of a gentleman to search for sona,
money which he had been robbed of in the house, where he
found Mrs. Hanlin and some men drinking, who abused him
in a very indecent manner. He denied having used any other
means than he was in duty bound to do, to attempt to recover,
the gentleman's property. The magistrate said it was evident
the woman had been unfairly used, and reprimanded the watch-
man for his treatment. If she was .suspected of having any
thing in her possession which did not belong to her, it was
Hogan's duty to take her to the watch-house, where she might
be searched by a female, and not to take that duty upon him_
self. After a further reprimand from Mr. Hall, the defendan,
was discharged upon promising not to annoy the comply nen'
in future.

perty. He had left the vessel for a short time, and as he was
coming back a seaman asked him if he belonged to that brig,
pointing to his vessel ; that a man whom he showed to him had
stolen two empty casks and some rope from it. He immediately
went up to the prisoner, who was standing beside the casks and
rope;. and seized him; but the prisoner being stronger than him,
threw him down and made his escape: He was afterwardslaketi
into custody by the police with the rope in'his possession.' Mr.
Robinson said the prisoner was a rogue and vagabond, and that
that was the eighth time he had been brought there.—He was
sent to the treadmill for two months.

WEDNESDAY.
0:
(Before Sir DRINKWATER.)
CHARGE OF ROBBERY BY A HACKNEY-COACHMAN.—WiIIiRM
Thorner was brought up charged with robbing William Daw, a
sailor, whilst in his coach the night before, the complainant
being drunk at, the time. Complainant said he had been placed
in charge of the coachman by the landlady of an inn he had
been drinking at to take home; he was intoxicated at the time,
but remembered his money being given to him, wrapped up by
the landlady, when he got into the coach. A woman here
stepped forward who said she lived with the complainant. She
said she knew he bad the money on his person when he entered
the coach, and on his getting out of the coach she found he had
not got it. She then charged the coachman with getting it from
him, and wanted to search him. He refused it at first, but she
afterwards searched him. She took out of one of his breeches
pockets 2 sovs., and 18s. out of the other. She then took a light
and looked into the bottom of the car and found a soy. and Is.
in the hay. She then sent for a policeman and gave the man
into custody. He did not wish to be detained, and offered to
give the two sovereigns not to be detained. Mr. Robinson said
the prisoner had offejed that morning to make the difference up
to the complainant if they would let him off. He asked him
where he would get it, and he then pulled off his waistcoat and
there appaared to be some coin sewed in the back which he
thought was sovereigns; there were six. The policeman into
whose custody the prisoner had been given in charge said he had
made inquiry and found that the complainant had been at a
Mrs.- Eyres's, who keeps an alehouse. Mrs. Eyres said that
in the presence of a gentleman named Hughes she wrapped up
complaina\nt's money, put it in his pocket, and then gave him
into the care of the coachman ; she wrapped up 8 sovs. in gold
and 9s. 2d. in paper. The complainant was very drunk at the
time. In answer to a question from the magistrate the prisoner
said he carried so much 'money about him because he durst not
leave it at his lodgings. The policeman said he had offered to
make up the sum if he would let him go. The complainant
said he had been paid 9 sovs. in gold and 9s. or 10s. in silver by
Mr. Stewart the day before, as his wages. Mr. Robinson said
the 6 sovs. in the prisoner's waistcoat, with the two in his pocket,
and the one in the bottom of the coach just made up the amount
lost. The prisoner said the coach was his own; that he had
been ordered to drive the complainant up to Mr. Cockburn's
public-house in Stanhope-street, but that they would not admit
him. He had afterwards driven him to several places but they
Would not take him in. He was quite drunk.—The case was
remanded till next day in order that all the witnesses might be
produced.

THURSDAY.
(Before Sir GEoRGE DRINKWATEP..)
To-day William Thorner was again brought up. It appeared
from the statement of Mrs. Eyres, that the complainant had
entered her public-house in Gloucester-street in company with
a man entirely a stranger to him, with whom he remained for
some time; what transpired during the time complainant could
not remember. The man left complainant a few minutes before
he called the prisoner to convey him to Cotter-court, where he
was desirous to be taken. Mrs. Eyres positively stated, how-
ever, that he had the money which he had lost in his possession
upon entering the coach. The prisoner said that one or two
.men got into the car on their way from Gloucester-street, in
order to try if they could recognise complainant, which they
could not do. The landlady, at whose house they ultimately
arrived, said both the complainant and the prisoner were in a
state of intoxication, and incapable of taking care of them-
selves. Upon being charged with the robbery, he said he had
no objections to give up the whole of the money he had to the
complainant, excepting a few shillings with whicli he wanted to
purchase hay for his horses, because be thought it wrong that
be should lose his money while in his (prisoner's) coach.
Several witnesses having spoken to the prisoner's general good
character for honesty, Sir George Drinkwater ordered h►m to
be discharged, and the money found upon his person to be re-
turned to him.

DEATH OF THE MOTHER OF NAPOLEON

BON'APARTE.

Rosit, Madaine Marie Letitia Bonapai-t, Modle:f
of Napoleon, died at one o'clock this morning. She was born
at Ajaccio on the 24th of August, 1750. She belonged to 014
Ra►nalini family, and has resided here ever since 1814. Hav:,
ink been deprived of her sight. and being confined to lire bed
for many years; she shared but-little iti•tkie alfairS tlf this world;
and received but a small number of intimate friends: her the-
ther-in-laW, Cardinal Fesch, used to Wile and see her every-
day; and he never left her bedside during her last Moments.
Since the death of Napoleon that lady, who had beheld the ac
cession of all her sons to the throne, had received only moot n-
ful tidings from her family. The last blow iha.t struck her, the
death of the Princess of Montford, greatly affected her. Fct
women mentioned in history have been so much as Marlatri4
Ltetitia favoured with all the gifts' of fortune, and nfterwardti
doomed to inhale to the last drop of the cup of adverdity. It was
scarcely known iu public that she was worse in health than usu.',
ally, and, as the news of her death had already been spread
veral Limes, it was not believed to have takeh place. All that
1 know of her last moments is that she did not lose her plesonCe
of mind, and that she left this world with calmness. and trail.;
quility.—From the Private Correspondence of the Itheysburgh Ga-
sette.

RUSSIAN LADIES.—The ladies eat and sleep so much tha
they very early grow out of all' shape and proportion' and
amongst them, of course, this excessive corpulency is thought
particularly charming. The common people, on seeing such a
figure waddling along, generally exclaim, in admiration, "How
thick and beautiful she is !" They are almost smeared and be-
daubed with paint, even among the peasantry; and among the:
rich merchants' wives, jet black teeth are still esteemed a. par-
ticular beauty. —( E.itracted from a publication called the "Volume
of the Affectioni, or Bridal Offering," just, published .by Sherwood:
.Piper, and Co.)
A Russian writer has recently published a view of all known
languages and their dialects; according to which there .are
937 Asiatic, 587 European, 226 African, and 1264 Ainerican
languages and dialects.
NEw BATCH OP BARONETS.—It is understood that the rot=,
lowing gentleman are to be raised to the dignity of Baronets of
the United Kingdom, namely—Sir Frederick Adair Roe, Colin
Mackenzie, Esq., of Kilcoy, Ross-shire, Donald Campbell.
El., of Dunstaffnage, Argylshiro, and R. W. Newman, Esq.;
of Mamhead, Devonshire.—Observer.

AN IRISH Balta.-7'nm brief :Ay. O'Connell's case foi

the Dublin Election Committee, which is to he sent to London,
consists of 2> reams of paper—Only 11,003 sheets! !--Dublin
Post.
CONVICTION OF TWO TOWN COUNCILLORS OF 'WIC AN.•
On Wednesday last, Messrs. George and Richard Tennant,
millers and maltsters. of Wigan, were convicted in two
haring;
of £25 and £5O for a violation of the excise lairs in haring'
more barley under process than they accounted for to the
excise. •
THE LATE Ms. Bitti,-,Reference was inade.in Tuesday's
Morning Herald to the bad writing of th, late eminent King's
Counsel John -Bell. In reference to it he used facetiously to
say, when asked 'tort 6f a hand 110 thought he txally wrote,
that he had threci sorts—one, that he himself eduld read— one;
that his clerk could read—and one that neither he nor his clerk
could read. It eertainlv was most extraordinary .writinz—'-only
paralleled by the late Dr. Parr's hieroglyphics: Air. Bell ra•
tired many years a4to from the Chancery Ba 4 but he lent his
aid to the t hancery Law Commissioners.
RAILROAD BETWEEN P4ais AND VERSA ILI.ES.—The CORl-
mittee appointed to examine into the various plans, which have
• been submitted in reference to thisundertaking, are prost.cuting
• their labours with great activity, and it is supposed that the rail-
way will be commenced very shortly.
SIR JOHN'DUDLET CAMPLIELL.—the following jeux d' esprit
are in circulation:—" Why is Sir John Campbell like a Jew ?"
" Because he has swallowed the pass-over.' Atiagriin on -the
title Stratheden, is " the rat's-end."

CURIOUS MEMORANDA, EXTRACTED FROM THE " F(EURS;:i
ANGLIA" OR RYMER. Vol. 1, fol. I.l6.)—Wilfred, a Northum-
.

brim --
Bishop, anno 709, first used siteer plate.Organx we're
first brought from the Greek empire into the west, anno
Musical notes, as at present used, were invented by• Guido .A).;•-
tino, anno 1070.—Glass windows began to be used in England,
anno 1181; halt had them first, France next, from thence
England.—The ciail3, expenses of the Bishop•of St. Andtewri
and his servants (confined in Winchester Castle, for espousing
the cause of Robert Bruce), anno 1306:
For the Bishop's own daily expense vi pence.
One man servant to attend iii pence.
One boy to attend likewise. iL pence.
A chaplain daily .. 12 pence. •

Total .. 1 shilling.
Under the year 1422, in Sir Itobert Cotton's Records, among
the inventory of Henry.'s jewels, arms, tapestry, apparel.
and goods, it says, ".'You shall fynd playne gownes of that
kynd of less value than 41) shilings, and such other costlte ap-
parell as the worst pages of the least gentlemen of these daicti
would scorne to weare." - •

Heuningsen, in his account of the campaign with Zamala.;
carreguy, mentions that the Carlist chief Gayala's two daugli
ters have been taken prisoners by the Christinos, were drag.
ged about by the latter and always put forward in the front, in
every encounter, by the garrison of Bilboa, which •hatl daily
skirmishes with Zavala. Afraid of shooting_h is...owtrebildreti.
he prohibits the Carlists from retstrninyln enemy's firs, and
was consequently, obliged to retreat with precipitation. His
sense of duty, stung as he-was by the reproaches of bi party,
at length overcame his parental feelings, and therefore the next
titne... the enemy advanced, bringing forward, as usual; his
daughters, he with tears in his eyes °Meted his partisans to fire.
They instantly rushed in with their bayonets, when Zavala was
fortunate enough to recover his children unhurt. They had,
'itowever, a narrow escape, two of those' who held them being.
killed by the first discharge. The queen's troops were
persed and routed.
_ _

Last week Sir Robert Graham. ex-Baron of the C'nue't Of Lx.
chequer, who is now in his eighty-seventh year, but hale aniU
hearty, and in full enjoyment of all his facilities, twit: the °atilt
in the Court of King's Bench before Lord Denman, requited by
th 4 Act lately passed, empOweriiigTetired juwies to absist in
trying prisoners at the Central Court of the Old' Bailey.
LONDON AND GREENWICH RAILWAy.---7.4bout two miles and
a half of this splendid undertaking are now coMpletek and st
train of seven of the company's carriages are making'experi.;
mental trips ten times each way daily, starting frour the Sp.'.
road, Bermondsey, and ending at Deptford, whit•hls perforii;ea-
in six.minutes.

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THE lONIAN ISLANDs.--I.etteiVrfoth- Tarr10n.,..6+.4,6 9th;
state that the English•govetninenr having resolved on leY‘ing a •
new tax on the people of the lonian (statutes, and ni,
committing the guard of the strong places tot he nationai troupe, 7..
the Councit-General had entered an energetic protest against
that fletertnination. The government was compelled to yield
to the complaints of that assembly, and the people had rent a •
deputation to London to congratulate the King on having re,,
linquished those projects. The following statement will show
how the nay.gattotVof the Sound has decreased train year to
year. The number of ships that passed in the last five years
was— S h
ipa.
.In 1831 .. • 12,914
1832
1833 10,985,-. • • •
1834 10,605 •
1835 10,';255 •• - -
The most remarkable is the decrease of English ships passing
in
through the Sound, which has declined these five years froni
40.72 to 2,472.
Tn JEWS.—" Talk what you hill of the Jews," save Selden;
" that they are cursed—they thrive wherever they come ; they
are able to oblige the prince of their country by lending hiui
money; none of them beg; they keep together; and, for their
being hated, my life for yours Christians hate one another as
much." Until the reign of Henry II:, a spot of ground near
Redcross-street is the only place in all England, wherein they
were allowed to bury their dead.
IRISH CLERGY.—A meeting of the cominittce for tho relief
of the distressed Irish clergy was held on Wednesday, at which
an additional £204000 was directed to be remitted to the Arch-
bishop of Armagh. The receipts reported up to that day were
L109,-100.
A geologist will tell you there is nothing in the:-arid so _n-
teresting„ so engrossing, so captivating, as perambulating a dud
and miserable country, chipping off bits of rock, and scooping
out lumps of clay. 'He sees no beauty in Richmond Hill; his
only delight is in discovering and telling you of what it is coin,
posed. The finest mountain in the world has no charm for hic
eye in the mass. No ; to be agreeable to him he must go and
knock a little bit of it off, and wrap up that little bit of dirt in a
little bit of paper, carry it to Somerset House, and
.there Jake
another little bit of paper, and write a history of
Gurney.
WOLVES.—A remarkably great number of wolves have•made
their appearance in Sweden, even in Stoekbohn itself, where
one was lately found dead, and partly eaten by its companions.
This is looked upon as a proof of the extraordinary severity of
the winter. • •
EMBOSSED BIBLES FOR THE BLIND."--A public meeting. Was
held in the theatre of the Philosophical Institution, Park-street,
for the purpose of forming a society for embossing Bibles forth
blind. A report, detailing the progress made in the -system
was then read, and•subsequently it was.resolved, that a society
be now formed, to he called the Bristol Society for Embossing
and Distributing the Bible among the Blind, and a committee
Was named for carrying these objects into effect.— Biistol
itifer-
cury. •

THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL—Of the original representatiVes
of the c'haratAers in Sheridan's chef el'atavre, the "SchnOt far
Scandal," and of his very witty burlesque, the "Critic," but_'
two •surVite. In the former the widow of the late John Vhilip,
Kemble, then Miss Hopkins, first played Maria; and in the, -.
latter the partof Don Ferolo Whiskerandos was originally sus-
tained by Mr. Bannister, jun., (familiarly called Jack'Batini;i.,
ter,) who, save some occasional visitations of his old enemy the
gout, cheerfully enjoys in his 76th- year a good old age, and, to -
the no small gratification of his friends. " fights his battles o'er
again" with surprising vivacity and vignur.-7-11firror.
RUFFS AND RADIERS.—" He," says Stowe, "was held the
greatest gallant that hadde the deepest ruffe and the longest
~
rapier; ,at length her Majestic. did make proclamation against
them both, and placed 'several grave citizens at everte gate :to .
cut the rules anal breake the rapiers points of all passengers that
exceeded -a yeard in length of their rapiers." This regulation
occasioned a whimsical circumstance, related by Lord Talbot,
in a letter to the Earl of ShrewSbury,'dated June '23;.1811:--
"The Frenche Ambassadour, M. Mousieur (Malvoisier) ridittge
to take the ayer, in his rcturue cam throwe Sinythield;--s•iid
ther, at the Barrs, was steyed by those officers that rittethre:eat
stioords, by reson his raper was longer than the statute. 11v:was
• iti a greate feaurie, and drew his raper—in the meape sea_te)trt
my Lard Henrie Seamore came, and so stayed the Matt.er.li
Majestic is greadie offended with the officers, in that the} wanted
judgmente. ' •
-is. ~, ...-Porson had
PORSoN'S HABITS OF MEMORY AND Y;RI .4.,;;-:
, aria his ;fondness
two peculiarities—his extraordinary risermoic.e..,,he attributsici in
for the manual labour of writing.
a great measure to the latter. He -a°r/riend that he •reetd-
lected nothing which he had not ( ribed three times 'ot: read
"nee that any one who Would
1,11'((el.
at least six times; adding the assurance
the
same pow.ers. • .iii
take the same trouble would acquire , , , .., 5
f rininetic without the nse of boo‘..
father taught him the rules 0,
va was such that at nine v,,,,,‘. ,4,'
or pencil; and his preficienc.
• ble to - witra-t
age he is said to .
have been <1 • - cube-riots; in his
as indiscriminate as •t, •
. head. His memory
ryas
snames of na im ) ,t 1 was retentive
and capreions. Prober.
id recall as l°. auCe, fot4ish led-
dads and tales, he eon
.. easily, and repeat era am+-
, the passages of ancient authors which he requisid for
ratelv, as
the illustration or cur rtiou of a l ine ) - P..uri •
~,,.
i f .ptdes., be tested to
• recite, and was equallyec i.,r a. y to tepeat " jack the ,Ciant-
killer," b
or half a 00k. us
of Milton, to his wearied comeativ.—
. Gauery at Portraits.
recently discovered in an ancientinan,sion in Y
orkshis4..which
..
A portrait of Queen Elizabeth; at the age of seventeen, crag
. „ .
was erected in the early pr.rt. other reigus, It is tilltighlv-finished
and most characteristic likeness of that celebrated- wo.inau, and
exhibits her under. far more favonrAlekircumstancea iff faetiite
and expression than any likeness of,her that is-known to i:sis-t,l
.Sir Humphrey Davy relates of La Place, that he was so ex-
ceedingly proud of his orders that ha had the star .of the Ottlitt
of Reunion taxed to his dressing-gown. .