The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-11-10 00:00:00

CURIOUS CASE.

(Floet the Gazette de Trihunaux.)
At a late sitting, at which M. Dellao presided in the
Court of Justice of the Ninth Arrondissement„the fol-
lowing very curious case Was heard:—Louis Legay, a
farmer at St. Cloud, was desirous to place in his house an
image of St. Julienne. For this purpose he applied to
M. Travers, well known for furnishing articles of the
church, at the same time recommending him to follow
the design given to him, and the model traced out in the
" History, of the Martyrs." According to usage, the
Sieur Legay paid 22 francs in advance to the artist as the
price of the statue in gilt wood. Unfortunately, M.
Travers did not consult his " History of the Martyrs,"
and instead of placing St. Julienne in a cauldron, he
placed her in a cask, a position which could not suit the
taste cf the Sieur Legay. He, therefore, refused to take
the work unless the artist should alter it according to the
model which he had the precaution to point out to him
before it was put in hand. M. Travers felt for the
honour of his art that he sLould rectify the imperfections
with which the image was reproached; but when M.
Legay came to take and carry away St. Julienne, the
artist demanded 10 francs more for the additional labour.
The former refused to pay it, and thence arose the action.
The parties appeared in their proper persons before the
'Magistrate. The name of the Sieur Legay having been
r.ialled,-tre-desi-ves-lii-s.-oafs .to. Open the,auysterions..uaoket
which she holds in her hand. He draws out of it, -with
great gravity, the design confided to M. Travers, and
every one may convince himself that St. Julienne is
squatted down in a cauldron, in which she suffered mar-
tyrdom in boiling water, and not in a cask. " I had
heard M, Travers spoken of with advantage," says M.
Legay ; " they boasted his merit in the making of saints
and e•ood holy virgins. His great reputation in the Rue
de la Cite, No. 10, for the manufacture of church orna-
ments, determined me to employ him to make a statue
exactly after the models of the martyrs, and 1 see
myself constrained against my will to accept an
image which in no respect resembles the model.
prescribed by the design which I exhibit to you. It
is very true, the artist has done all in his power to give
a resemblance to the statue. But if he has removed the
upper part of thecask, the lower part still presents hoops,
which one does not ordinarily see on a cauldron. But if
M. Travers demands from me 10 francs above the price
agreed upon, let him keep his work, and return my 22
francs paid in advance." The president (to M. Travers.)
"In your situation you cannot be ignorant of this mar-
tyrdom. Before.you executed the image of St. Julienne
you should have consulted the 4 History of the Mar-
tyrs.'" This observation determined the defendant to
renounce the 10 francs demanded, and the Sieur Legay
left the court quite delighted with his statue in a bucket.

AFFECTING IrictnENT.—When the George the Third convict
ship was lost last April, near Van Dieman's Land, the wife of
a soldier of the 50th regiment displayed feelings at' the most
courageous and amiable description. 'This poor woman had re-
cently been confined •, and when the vessel was wrecked she
saved her babe, and also the infant of another woman, who was
unfortunately drowned. She contrived to secuie herself in the
forechains, and although the sea ran mountains high, with frost
and rain, this poor creature was exposed for forty-eight hours
te,the weather, with two babes suckling at her breast, and a
child of two years old held between her knees; and, after all
her troubles, they were providentially saved. Dr. Wyse, the
superintendent, states that it was a most affecting sight; and
Governor Arthur, immediately he was informed of it, visited the
poor woman, provided her with food and raiment, besides pre-
senting her with a £lO note' for the great courage she had
manifested.

A tire took place in South-street, Bridport, last week, which
entirely Consumed seven houses, reducing fourteen families to
a state of the most pitiable destitution.