The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1829-09-12

ieiu' Hief SONS nave rendered her Immortal well
in Science as in Arms. Her Swift, her Stefhe, her
Goldsmith and her Moore have insured to her litora-
ture an Immortality unfading as the eloquence of
her Curren and her Grattan. Nor will the warrior
deeds of her Wellington or the diplomatic supremacy
of her Canning and her Castlereagh ever fear rival
in British history. Why should such a people be
otherwise than free? What warrant had a free and
enlightened nation like England to hold in slavish
thradom, such people as their Irish brethren. She
mad none and we reoiced to see the English CON-
ing up to the spirit of the age in which they live
we rejoice in the degree of freedom and equality al
ready accorded to the Catholic Irsh and hope it may
be extended liberty in full and ample measure as
1t is enjoyed by their fellow subjects in Great Britain.
F" =ae.s--
Aoarice Outwited.-The case of John Eyre, ESQ.
who though worth upwards of 100000, was convict
ed at the Old Baily, and sentenced to transportation
for stealing eleven quires of common writing paper,
was rendered more memorable by the opportunity
which 1t gave Junus to impeach the integrity of Lord
Mansfield who was supposed to have erred in admit
ting him to bail. An anecdote is told of Eyre, which
shows, in striking MANNER the natural depravity of
the human heart; and may help to account for the
meanness of the crime of which he stood convicted
An uncle of his, gentleman of considerable proper
intimate friend, and committed it, unknown the rest
of the family, to the custody Of the divine. lowev-
er, not long before his DEATH having altered his mind
with regard to the disposal of his wealth, he made
another will, in which he left the clergyman only
E500, leaving the bulk of his large property to 90 to
his nephew and his heir-at-law, Mr. Eyre. Soon after
the old gentlemans death, Mr. Eyre, rummaging over
his drawers, found this last will and perceying this
legacy of $500 in it for the clergyman, without any
hesitation or scrupe Of conscience, put it into the
fire, and took possession of the whole effects in con-
sequence of his uncle being supposed to die intestate
The clergyman coming to town after, and nqui-
ring into the circumstance of his old friends DEATH
asked if he had made will before he died On be-
ing answered by Mr. Eyre in the negative, the clergy
very coolly put his hand in his pocket and pull
led out the former will, which had been committed to
his care, in which MIR Eyre had bequeathed him the
whole of his fortune, amounting to several thousand
pounds, excepting legacy Of E200 to his nephew.
Original Anecdotc Of Washington.-The following
interesting anecdote, which, it is believed has never
before been given to the public, is from the appendix
of work just published, entitled 'Memor of De
Witt Clinton, by David Hosack, M. d. DIR II. re-
ceived from venerable clergyman who had it from
the lips of the Rev. DIR Jones himself.
While the American army, under the command of
Washington, lay encamped in the envrons of Norris
town, NJ j. it occurred that the service of the COM
inunion (here observed semi-annually only) was to
be administered in the Presbyterian church of that
village. In morning of the previous week. the Gen
eral, after his accustomed inspection of the camp,