Middlesex Sessions, Monda...
The Times, 1824-10-26T00:00:00

tA guoo guca or cnrcrtatnment was attordIeAt in court to-day by thc. trial of this case. In the present rage for mlelodramaiticics it Iwotuid not su ~e its to findi it pressed into theseicoftcae withi thce additdo co0urse, of ani " awful ineatto, s e "4 visin of te '' Thicre is a picce &t the~iepicle rThe Unha/low" .ikhr,2 We are not sue TeE8c Tonmb would not tqu'Nllv become the head' o p-il;ae -by adiding " orc the Indian Captain,` 'it mgtb aei- t tie Y~r 197, la Ldy of -the -name of - ..s A-" ...... s *Nau tiuutnuneu to toe torno. fIaving be` n a lady of respectability and worth while living, her surviving friends were anxious to testify their respect and afrection for ber mcmiiorv, by procUrinW the erection qf a handsome inaible monanment in Ltc churclhyard in which herashes were ts repose. Ac- cordinyly,MIr. Phelps,a statuary at Islington,was engaged to build 6ne of the best iiiaterial; which in due tihe was completed and placed over thegraveof Drs. Pagc. Th-tombw:asoffinc blackmarblc and did equal credit to tbe memory of the lead, and the skillof tle statuary. For 17 years MIr. Phelps enjoyed the gratification of thinklng that lie had executed a mzonumient of which the friends of the deceased were as proud as himself; for, during that long period, they bad been as silent on the subject as the tenant who slept within it. The *oulet of the living, however, wtas doomed to be less permanent than ihat of the dead ; and was interrupted in a Way least expected by M1r. Phelps. (apta1n Burns, a friend of Mr. Page's, who had spent 20 yeara of his iife in Indid latly arrived in this coln try, and took up his abode at Ialinlgtx He had not been long here, before his feeligs led him to visif Ihe "losng home"b his departed triend;9 but what was his indig1jpn at beho ktp~hat he supposed (for the captain is not mnuch o'fslapidaryr) toflK slate tomb, instead of a umarbis one 'Glowfing with rage, he f !to the hou.s of 1r. Phelps, and upbraided his imposition in passingMalate for a marble tomb. Mr. Phelps pz>sted tmhat he butlt i of the best bltck narbl vhich the courtry sUp#*, and sattXrc was nlot a nianiasomcroneln tnectiurcfl yarm.Atteeuea1tercation,theinterview ended in a pronmise,on the part of Mr. Phelps, ththe would go to the churchyard and look at it. feacrdinglydid so; auO,tothegreatout. rage Ot his taste, foundi that the tomb bad been bedatbed with black p.i t. He waited u,pon the Capt:an, and inforcpethnim of the eCy- clustance. Teli Captain told hinm he must then polish the nmarble as it was polished in his country, go that lie might see his aface in it. No-, the Captain being a very uncommon-looking uman, having hiis hair atl drawn back and tied behind, with two large gray whiskers reaching completely to his mnouth on botb sides, anda very fierce countenance, .Ir. Phelpswastern ipted to ask what country that was ? Upon which he was sternly asked, In reply, what was that to hinq ? and agair iatfornmedtthat he mnust po- lishnthe marble, so that he mnight see lis faca in it. Thi# S r. i Phelps declined doing; hjut.he promised to clear it ofthho paint, and wvenit away. Having fulfilled3 this promie, by scraping off the paint from the tomb, he futtered himself thot lhe shoald have notliv.g *urther to troubee him wJith until lhe wentdowrn to lisa own. Inithis, howevevr, lie was deceived: the rasrless a?irit of theAjaptain, v?iose long so*journ in " the land of the sun' seems to have imparted no suisl portion of it fire to his disposition, was not tdbe appeased so easily. Like a demon of the black tomb, le still contin' to haunt the poor statuary. The next interview was at Phelpa'uimlip.; andl here it wvas that the citastrophle occurred. An angry di0c taking place, as usual, Pielps having on a foruer occaiin plo3 up courage enough to ask the itai wh is country was, noU ventured a little farther, anl e ed 4elh he v iimsr( 4 which thle Captain answcr'ed 'fltS paiid v o wretchl." On hecaring that I qwa only a ~tea,~do thing connected with the black teonb, wbich e h ed l so anxious to have for his mirror, the stat zary waxed badei.a anid actfrIly bade the Captain %valk out of his house; up I4 the latter hprung at his throat like a BengaFfter n MIrs. Phelps and lier daugliter; wvho called in a aekl,oai to thetr as. ristapce, tte poor statuary (as the counsel said)' ght.soon have [bgen qualified to be the tenaint of one of hift own tombs. As it was according to his statement),he was so tu4ch injuredbyb,reassed into a chair, and thrown oura table, thlat he lift Agfil tr lii bed for four days H*ttndedb found it necessary th bled %*tt Ieend c l a tL ' flerJ Capltain conhnci.Is *4ith persoF? 'Phcs;, hiti tanghiter.-.4iis furniture-ti'emr' parit. I titoieame Ian f4r% 'Ashe. At Icngth thc atch as caled ih,who conreyedhi'tm thewatch4i ouse where he recetived tregsh footed br hi ittndignaiop b.btipj' ctned a ditrernt accoini: particuilgrly of what tobk padc it P&c ih6fsc, wherche swore that Plhel s, who 1ias-druisk, swagthf A' To support thiii he calle itwitCeies nmaml i'rost s whdeftrtfsizn.Y went to prov threverse; up,n rffhchbittterljY hit&titiri2d of empe7,aiattIfreeuentlyherpefn be'nf<P'lsf'r J geh utifcd B teae dapfl ise isp.nT The J ,iz"tawit{d Ph'elpU ?d ,fpugd, tlse t'a-t b t1 the proscutry J. fftiband wais convlete4 of asxu~lting.ifemale child, 10 years yeam'bf age, and scnenced to be 'impdsoned six months in the Hlouse of(Gnrrefptinn. AUDDLES'X SRSSIOMY,, MOYD.iY, Ocr. 25. TIHE 1MACK TAM. BURLNS V. PtlELPS, ANW PRELIS V. D3URNS.