An Exeter paper (Besley's...
The Times, 1824-08-31T00:00:00

An Exeter paper ('s ir'sx . in speak'n g of a case trici at tile Exiter assizes just contclutod, says- I it t h case Bastiii mtl:Sii1st Ca rev; and sillond, dlerks, twu ot' ll;s :i1'C;svy's justice- ot tile peace,' c obmercd that .ix *tut of the ightn sp'Ccidl jurort -ho alteaidcd wirc justicus. As 13ie WsX an altio; againltt | tile dcfezilanits tbr aic!t don- by theit as justivcs, and it was edidelA by thl crowded attendance of the magistrates to bcar thn cn ii t nat they took considerable intere,t in the issucof the cause. %e shruiuld have thought llicse special jurvtllrn would have :lpllied to thie C'urt to be ex(-iuert frotn sri ving. 'T'le learned Judge ilto tricd the callse appeared to u% tu mn%oretheir con(ict or sittiiig ;: rors bi t'h observation hc tnl%dn tti a Specia litirytina in tLc cause -wil tm'-I iediautely fotlowed, rolicerning the tidle it Hi. t1ajemys .as vikl , s' Cornwall,tlo a mine iti thlat courty. Mlr. .Marker, witu ;s the rs c. ivcr of tite rents of tile ilianor of Bradaiteli. in L,i i c ty ni hti belongs to the ducliv, was calletl anwi tok his s!at in the bos w aI special jil tor, but Ite mon ent. he Icatted that the ioesmia-on t'i v1icC !) he .w;s. callcd assa juror twas one relative to tbe duchY (thougi it W3S I not in the reniotesr tdegree connected with iliS r-ceiv' rhin) allic ! to the ltdge to be excused troll serving, and tile Judge sn'red tit the applicution was petfectly correct in .Mr. Markcr at,-.t that his cunduct io makinv t:hl appliration was only such as to b. expected troth a geitlentan of his high character." On the afternoon of Saturday. the 14th imlet, a hiuge block of liniesulmv r;n'e tray at Place Fell, Ciiimbsrl.mnd ain,d rolled i down a hei'hlt ot' 50t ieet imo zi fivlP belonirinr to tM t. t, l:ovCr. rt the east side of Ulwswater, svelere an artist froti Uarli6c ha,d iio;i the hotir before been engaged at his eascl, painiing 3 view oat' 'attr- i dale atid the surrounding scenery. PartricIge-shooting commences on} WVednesday next. - There is a general colaititltnt of scarcity ol' birds. It may rot be amliss iere to iitei,tion, ttlY.t by att act passed in tiC I:ist session cf Parliament, any person sporting lvititliltt -krst takiRg out a game cer- tificate, will be ciarged a1 pctlilty of 20-., itndependent ot tthe regular duty of 31. 13s. (id.- iorcester fi'crtutl. i tHEBttAtx t)g AN OX PNr,titELEY trsIFJEi.-A Frenich surgeoti l.tely produce. at! ox's brain before the Society of' Medi. cine. ft was nlot only petrified, but haid acquired the hardness of dliiat. The btutcher, V.ithl all his might, couldl not cleave it asutmder. 1- appeared like a piece of roclk-work. Whtat is here remarkiale, titis ox was beth lat :nd vigoroits, so as to brealt lonse /bur tiOiies from thle bhtcher; whereas the otlly itns:a!lce of a petriticel ox's brain ott record is tliat of' Bartholin's ox, killed at Sockorolin; but that ox 1 51)s very lean, aippeatred sitkly. went always w ittl his hIad dawin, whicih determtned the owter to part with him. Titis and ctimc othner I ke instanecs of ftirts's born witliotit a head, wolti ilidrlce one to I thi:ik thait the brain is not so absolutely tlecessary for iite as iS uni- vetsally believed.-Medfical Ad-.iscr. lA;-ertisemtsant4l--ITOiLFtC (HA.RACTER or CONTEItPO- nAtty Lt'S nRATVRE.-Althtough tite NVcw C'ri!ical ceu,ette no- ticex, in its three first iiumibers, no less than 250 new works puiblish- ed itt the noneths imnetdiately preceding, yet the Fourth Noulber, ilicll will appear on ttic xst of Septemnber, vill inClude above ,0 others that appeared in the month ofJulh. chozip review ofevery new work withiiut exceptioti, so early as a month aster its ::tpetlr- tince, has, as mighit be expected, created an extraordinarv -ittercst in1 the literary world. It was thc one thing which every bot'y wtalitcd and called for.