North Wales Gazette

SIR WILLIAM JONES, ,X One of his Majesty's Judges of the Supreme Court of Justice in the Kusi indies. THE colour of many a man's tife has taken its tinge from accident. Sir William Jones, perhaps, was indebted to the following cir- cumstance for that variety of learning and com- pass of hy whieh he was so emi- nently distinguished. He was naturally of a very lively disposition. On sitting one day under a pear free, in the yard of the hoariiiiig- isolrse at Harrow, where he was at school, some of the fruit fell off, and there was a ge- neral scramble of the boys^rat were near the tree.for it poor young Jones had his thigh broken in the press, and was directly convey- ed to bed, where he lay for a long time, and contracted a love of reading from the books that were brought to amuse him Sir William was the founder of a society in India tor the Investigation of the Antiquities and of the Literature ot that extensive region, and to which be was a very liberal contributor. One of his most curious papers in his Defence I of the Chronology of Moses against the wild extravagant systems of the Eastern Astrono- mers. It is preserved in one of the volumes of the Asiatic Researches," The last act of Sir William Jones's lIsefull and valuable life was an act of homage to the Supreme Being, who in kindness to mankind, has afforded them a dispensation of his will, and brought life and immortality to light. He died in a kneeling attitude in bis closet, with his hands clasped together, and his eyes turned up towards Heaven. Sir William Jones's opinion of the Bible was written on the last leaf of one belonging to him in these strong lermst: I have regularly and attentively read these Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion, this volume, independently of its divine ori- gin, contains more sublimity and beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence than can be collected from all other books, ill whatever age or language they may have been composed." In Sir William Jones, India has lost its greatest ornament the Commentator of its Poetry, the Investigator of its History, and the Elucidalor of its Antiquities, its Laws, its Manners, and its opinions. His loss may be considered as a public one; and the East India Company, to whom he was so valuable and honourable a servant,havewisley and liberal- ly come to a resolution to erect a statue 10 him in the Cathedral of the metropolis of the British Empire. The Epislola ad I.allium," in the coiiection of Sir William Jones's Latin Poetry, was addressed to the Compiler on his presenting to his two sisters a chess-board, A simitar circumstance happened to Igna- tius Luyala, (tlie fouuder of the Order of the Jesuits. + Men of learning and of erudition have in ge- neral been believers of revealed religion as Usher, Huet, Bochurt, Chittingworfh, &e. Men rot" wit and of fancy have hnt too often been infi- dels. It is indeed much easier to make objections than to solve them, and he that cannot build a hovel may pull down a temple. a

ON PLANTING. The man who builds sees signs of decay on his expensive works before the edifice is fi- nished, but he who plants sees annually en- creasing riches, growing beauties, perpetual supplies of summer shade and winter tire; and when advancing beyond the grand climacteric of human life, his children, or children's children, wish for property to settle them- selves advantageously in the world, the axe will soon repay him a hundred fold, the fruit of those cmphrymcnb; from which he has already reaped amusement, health, and lon- gevity; or if no such claims press on him, and his situation with respect to the of fortune, sets him superior to such considera- tions, his trees, his groves, and woods', will remain a lasting and noble iiioiiiiiiieii-t., of his industry and taste and to distant posterity ornament his possessions, and be a source for future exertions of taste and muni'icence. Evelyn tells liS, in his Sylva, of an Italian Nobleman, who, after his lady was brought to bed of a (considering that wood and timber were a revenue coming in whilst the owner's were asleepy ordered his lauds to he pJallleu wilh 100,000 trees, calculating thai each tree might be worth twenty-pence (in those days) by the time his daughter became marriageable, which would amount to near a30,000, which he intended to be her por- tion. St. Jsaph, TtMBERtNUS. Marvin, 18I0, « A

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. .Jfonclay., ,fa"ch 5. Mr. W'hitbread rose and moved the order of the day for resuming the debate of Friday last, on the resolutions be then submitted to them for censuring Lord Chatham. The following are the resolutions «.— riiat Jolit) Earl of Chatham, having re- quested permission of his Majesty to present to him a narrative of Üs proceedings, did on the 15th of January privately submit to the King a paper, bearing date the 15th of Octo- ber, purporting to be a uarralive of the Iro- ceedings of his Majesty's land forces under his command, of which he withheld all know- ledge from hi Majesty's Ministers, and the Admiral commanding the naval part of the Expedition, whose conduct he had implicated in uo fewer than twelve parts of his na-rralive, and that on the 10th of February tt had been returned to, in consequence of a. request I from him to that effect, and that the same was again tendered on the 14th of February to his Majesty, having been altered, by the omission of a paragraph, containing an opinion, the substance of which, from the examination of of a paragraph, containing an opinion, the substance of which, from the examination of Lord Chatham, they had not been able to as- certain. Secondly, That it is the opinion of this House, that John Earl of Chatham having thus acted, had been guilty of an unconstitu- tional abuse of the privilege he enjoyed of haviug access to the throne, which could not but tend to be highly injurious to the public service." Mr. Stephen voved the previotis qticstioti. Mr. Brougham, Mr. C. Wynne, Lord* Folk- stone and Temple, Messrs. Canning, Bathursl, VV'iiuiiinm, and Lord Castlreash, supported the resolutions which were opposed by ne- nerais Grosvenor, Loftus, and Crauford, Messrs. JohnsSone and jankcs, anJ the Soli- eitor General. It would he impossible for us to give even an epitome of the various speeches of these gentlemen J but we shall just insert ;i sketch of that of the of, the Exchequer, and tiie concluding part of that of Mr. Whit- bread. The Chancellor of the Exchequer conceiv ed I he ultimate object oflhc Hohle lord was tll make his case good; but he thought that the noble earl had not committed any crime in de, | siringTor the present it might he kept secret. He was not aware wkat sort of reasoning gen- tlemen held," when they expressed their disap- probation of the wnrd Ullcollstitutional," yet thinking that there was offence, »aid that ibey should vote lor the original motion. He t.ii-ought that such condi et was unfair to the IIohl lord. The request of the secrccy was certainly exceptionable but he could not see any illegality either in the act, nor indeed any thiug unconstitutional in the delivering of it: the sign maliual directed how the reports should he made. If gentlemen thought, no bad consequences had resulted from the con- duct of that noble earl or at the terms of the motion were fop strong, they of course would vote for the previous question. Mr. Whitbread, in a very able speech, replied to the arguments that had been ad- vanced, in.the..co.ur.se ofthedebate. against the resolutions he had submitted to the house. To his feelings as a private individual, he might yield, but when the interests of the constitution ami safety of the country were at stake, he must abandon those feelings, and only ilic. and important ques- tion of righlalIthnong, Because the father of my Lord Chatham maintained and advo- cated the constitution of the country; that, was no reason why the son, devialing from that noble and honourable example, should be permitted to violate and trample UpOIl it. In whatever light some gentlemen might view this question, it was a matter of the greatest importance. He now stood before them the advocate of millions. The rcsponsibitity ot ministers was the great bulwark of the con- stitution and if they allowed the conduct of my Lord Chat ham "to pass unnoticed, they could havc no longer any siecunty for that fundamental and important principle. Let not the country be kept in suspense with re- spect to the opinion of this house, butdeelarc openly whether you avow or condellln this unconstitutional condnct. The previous ques- tion will determine nothing, except the igno- rance or cowardice of the house. A decision, all opinion, is absolutely necessary. They ought'to meet the question manfully, and say aye or no but by no means to trifle with their own feelings, or those of the country, by admitting the previous question. Oil a division, there appeared— For the previous question 188 Against it 2521 Majority against the inittister 33

Mary Curtis of Fast Cocker, near Yeovif, Somersetshire, twine-spinner. John Coe, of Shisre, near Guildford, Surry, tanner.—William Jackson, of Clayton-West, Yorkshire,, money- sci-iveiter.-Itei)t-y NVood,offlolborij, coach-smith.—JJirchamt L. Luerson, of Hox- tou-iown, M iddtesex, tire i- Mary Ttiker, of TiVerloii, Devonshire, milliner. Jonathan Abbey, of Cannon-street, London, Banister Hudson, of Hackney Grove, Widdiesex, merchant.— Richard George Trier, of Pai son's-Green, parish of Fltl- hani, Middlesex, baker.—Thomas Powles, of Hoarwithy, parish of Henttaiul, Herefordshire, flax-dresser.—John Lamb, of (Shepfon Mallet, Somerset, dyer—George Waulle, of Newcastle upon Tyne, grocer.—Edward Thomley, of Hinck- ley, Leicestershire, money-scrivener.—Joseph Cooper, of Chester, wheelwright. Thomas I Davies. of Chester, glover.—Thomas Johnson, of Macclesfield, victualler.—John (Jarnett and Christian Frederick Speyer, of Huddersfield, Yorkshire, merchants'.—Treadway Shepherd & .lohn Blackj l3asing-Janè, Londoll, mcrchauts.- John Jlardy Jackson, of Selby, York-shire, mas- 'er and iiiii-iiie r.- Jo I'll Roberts, of Tottenham Court-road, Middlesex, iaie of Demarara, but now of Covent Garden, Middlesex, merchant.—Thomas Raphael Hobbes, of Mary-ie-hone park, Middlesex, music-master. — .diehard William Young, of Avon-street, iri .'he parish of Waloof, -Somerset, stop-seller.— Edward William Davey, of Rotherhith" Surrey. ship-joiner.—James Dove, of Wexham-ho.use, I Buckinghamshire, mouey-scrivener.

HONOURABLE CAPTAIN LAKE. The following is the most material part of the Evidence laid on the table of the House of Commons, adduced on the Court Martial of Captain Lake, for leaving a man on shore on an Island, which was confirmed by several other witnesses Mr. Edward Spacer, late of his Jlfajesty's Sloop llecrwl, called in and sworn. The Judge Advocate asked—You will be pleased to state to the Court what you know of the charge js^ainst Captain Lake?—On the 13th of December 1807, standing to the north- ward, and the island of Sombrero bearing east from the ship, distant from her about a iivile- and a- half (whirlí island is about five or six leagues from the Dog and Prickly Pear Island, in the West Indies) Captain Lake came on deck and came to the gangway where was standing, between the hours of five and six in the afternoon, and asked what island is this? I answered, it was the island of Sombrero.— Capt. Lake said, have we not some thieves on board? To w,hich I said, yes; there are two who have been tldtyof theft. Capt. Lake immediately said, send up Jeffery here the man soon came up, Capt. Lake told him he would not keep such a fellow in his ship, and that he should send him on shore. Caphun Lake afterwards went up to Lieut. Mould, second Lieutenant, who was carrying on duty at the time, and spoke to him, but I did not hear what passed. In about a quarter of an hour afterwards, Capt. Lake said, bear a-hand, and land the man, and come off. At this time Lieut. Mould was in the boat astern, as was aiso Robert JefFery, from the time he was called to the gangway until I saw him pass the gangway, to go into the boat; he was at that time looking for his things, and he was called to go intolhe boat, oycr the stern, i did not see the boat pull otiV but after she was ofF I heard Capt. Lake liill (lie Lieutenant to bear a-hand and land the man, and come off again. I have omitted mentioning, that before the man was ordered into the boat, Capt. Lake ordered the (-t a piece of canvas, and paint oil it, Thief," which I did not see done. I was on the deck between the hours of seven and eight o'clock, when the boat re- turned, and Jellerv was not then in the boat the boat was hoisted up, and we made sail to the northward. The Court asked, was there any water or provisions put into the boat that landed Ro- bert JetFery, for his use?—I did not see any; neither did I hear any ordered. Were his clothes put into the boat ?—<No, they were not; I saw them next day I think, on board he was dressed in a frock and trowsers, not having any hat or shoes on at the time I saw him. On the following day I dined with Capt. Lake. and just as he was ris- ing up to quit the table, Capt. Lake said, i wonder how old friend Jeffery comes on now 1 suppose he is got housed by this time. Are there any houses on Sombrero ?-I was on the island afterwards on the 13th day of February, ISOR. I was sent on shore by Capt. Lake, accompanied by Lieut. Mould, to see if I could see any thing of the man (Jeffery) and see what sort of an island it. was, I went oii shore with Lieut. Mould iu the boat, and walked over some part of the island, where we found a great many eggs, and young birds silting their nests, not capable of flying away; they art; large birds, and when at full size arc called Noddies, but could not find any fresh water. I tasted many pools, and it was all salt water which I tasted. The island was eulirely barren, nothing but a kind of rough (rras wctO, which was in I he middle of the island; there was no house or habitation on it. On the island I found a remnant of a pair of Irowsers much torn, and the handle of a tomahawk or hatchet, which were the only IhiH I found on the island. I did not. find Jeflery there, nor any traces of him, for I mi- nutely purveyed every part of the isla lid it has a craggy ascent, and flat when Yoll get upon it; it is about a mile and a half in cir- cumference. We went back to the ship at twelve o'clock, according to Capt. Lake's order: we were about an hour and a half at that time on the island. We brought off with us some of the eggs and young birds. We went a second lime in the afternoon, and car- ried with us muskets and slugs to shoot birds, and to look for the man then it was we found the trowsers. Lieut. Mould and Mr. llohson, and Mr. Salmon went with us. We surveyed the island all over, taking different routes; we did not find the man nor any traces of him then we returned about six or seven o'clock on board. Capt. Lake came to the shore of the island, but did not laud, and resumed with us on hoard. Did you bring the part of the tomahawk or hatchet von describe to have seen on the island of Sombrero, on board the Recruit ? — I did. Did you compare it with the others in the Recruit i-No I did not. Did vou form any opinion what it wa$y or from whence it came ?—My opinion was, it was a fisherman's it was very rough it was not any thing; belonging to the Navy. W ere the trowsers you found of the same sort as those worn by Jeffery ?—They hadlthe same appearance as trowsers served out iu his Majesty's ships. Fnmcisco ra lfl a sealitan, belonging to she Ilecrmt-i called iti (iiid sivorn. The Judge-Advocate asked,—Was yon one of the boat's crew in which Robert Jeffery was taken on shore from the Recruit, and landed on the istand of Sombrero J- Yes, I was- when the boat was lowered astern, he came into the boat. How was he dressed ?—He had white trow- sers, white frock, and a straw hat; one of the boat's crewi gave him a pair of shoes, and Mr. Mould gave bim a handkerchief, and ano- tlier man gave him a knife. Where any provisions or water put into the boat ?-No. Was the man in good spirits, or was he crying ? —He cried when he went ashore he said, good health to thegeulleijien, and boat's crew. Did he ask them to take him on board again ? — I did not hear hear him say that. I' Did he immediately get up un the rock on the island.'—Yes. How iiigh-is, it At high ii,s, titc mi sen- top. Was it dilb-cult to get up ?-Nri i any 011' could get up. Did you go on shore 1 ourself 1-Yes; went about 20 feet on the island. Wag it d,,it,k at (fie litile ?-It -,vts d.irk. The Court asked-ilow long was the bos' on shore ? -About a quarter of an hour. Did the Lieutenant and boat's crew go up0B the rock,- to see it there were any houses Yes j aud when they came dowu, they said there were uo houses. When you put off, did Jeffery cry ? —YesJ but he did not make any noise. Was he bleeding at the tune ?—No dId not see him. Did Jeffery ask for water or provis1"'1' wheu he was put Oi\ shore i—No; 1 did ll°* hear him.

AGRICULTURE. The following remarks upon several Stfi" cultural subjects, may perhaps be found «'0', I -IV I)CI'11,11)S 1) ,t to I I uninteresting to many of our readers, are extracted from a woriv recently pulJJlsb'" ed. Wet Swampy Lands. These sort of lands I have known IO,'he tally disregarded, and scarcely consider")1 comparatively, worth a groat, an !• cre, yet ']1 time I have mule them wor h ten pounds aB a'cre4 by planting wit hey,, for hurdles, &c-. There afe many kinds of amoii'i'' ing to live- or six sorts some for basket-lila' Iters, called a red withey, for. sieve-makcr' like purpose. qualities of this article, but the brown is f'i sort planted for hurdling. This sort i* Cl1 only once in five years, the other sorts evel! year. On wet swampy lands; trench them autumn, in beds 6 feet over, and allow 2 f^ between each bed then iu the spring of year plant the same with that sort of wilby j lit to make your hurdles, in order I your turnips, grass, tares, or any oilier s°f j your turnips, grass, tares, or any other soc you chuse. I U Cl LISE. Quantity of Seed. r By sowing seeds too late yet: canmrl C. pect to liavei crol) titit, by r, y obviate this difficulty. BarlcJ and oats, SPIVII late, have a thin produce. Turnips, late, have always small heads,- .iiid sown late, also produces a had crop. Indeeo. IIOt. onlv in Ihese articles, but ill every "the" ifsown out of season, you may as well tl"'w^ your seeds away, and save your trouble expeuce. Rolling Turnijis. The following method of is the mo8t cfl* ctti,-tl I e,ci- knew, as It will destroy tll: fly or the slug, which very ol'teii i,rec crops. After your turnips are just up i" leaves, and these insects begin to infect ll16'"1! —at night, about ten o'clock, lake heavy roller to the field, the fly being perfectly still, and the slug always sure Ii on the top of the ground, and roll the lall immediately across, when there is scarcely doubt but every insect will be killed, and Ihll, save a whole crop of turnips. Slio u I (1 3") tntd it necessary, you lIIay continue ii,<)rli till d-,iy-ligiit, bill i-,o I e, 'is "It t b I ¡ rll' time tlley 1) III to move about, tliid I it" fore it ivould render yourlabour ot very sma r service This way of rolling turnips, I believe ,I I very kittle known iu some counties, and.1 others, perhaps, never heard of-hul, j the satisfaction oftho.se who may beig"°ra of this plan, and who intend to give, trial, I can assure them I have saved crops by it. j On getting up early Turnips. II It is a good method to pull up your turrJlP a day before you turn in your sheep. I have seen eighteen or twenty sheep M early part of the season, lie dead on the by being blown up with wind, which e'lli" great loss. But, by their being Ili the above manner, 1 never knew a st igli, silee experience this fate. The Devonshire Oxen. All oxen require a steady follower, 35 ox will get more mischief by being drove, in one week, than he will in four vea by regular driving and if he once ge's» L rashness or mischance, an over-heating, 1 t ten to one if he ever gets fat although' the same lime, oxen worked four or ii-ve (in the way specified) get lo their full gro**1 allel are nuch hcacr for falteliil) thau tbO which have not drawn the plough. j- To prevent sheep from taking the Uot. Where you suspect the land of a Cause the sheep to take the rof,do not let y sheep go on J slroys those insects in the grass, that f the rot. to take place, i4 This method I know to he effectual, "I practice—Two gentlemen farmers sent sheep to winter, about Michaelmas; 1 foily af ler Christuas to the same farm, frost: having been about three weeks b^ t't- mine went Oil the laud when Lady-day the sheep weresuspeelcå of ueilw rotten: 1 consequence of which, several of the sheep^ longing to those gentlemen were killed, found to he nctuallyin that state, which II.. dirced me to kill one of mine, which '1Io sound, and, to conyince them all mine yet in good condition, I killed another, ",hlC was also sound. The whole of two hundred, helougip?: those gentlemen, which had been sent/ Michaelmas, were all cotteti ? while 11¡111.; sent after Christina*, there had sharp frost, were all healthy, which is proof that. the frost i both a preventive :11) cure. On preparingy oung Trees to Lccoixie..Tiitt^ All and gentlemen should ;¡,Ho their tenants every young tree they pres^f in tile hedge row, which is likely to bc-c()" 4tt limber, at the expiration of their lease* the rate of sixpence each, whether the is for seven, fourteen, or twentv-one Likewise, vjthere gentlem^i cu:tivaie ¡'¡,1l1 own farms, they should give the labourer* i cuts the hedges, one penny for every tf"ii' which is likely to become limber, slo that i the couivic of a few years the lie(! --rvW I by full of- youit £ timber trees. I