North Wales Gazette

The Duke of York's Speech. THE SUM OF THREE GUINEAS WIN be awarded to the Author of the best Welsh Translation of what is judged to be the most full and correct Report of the Speech, delivered by His Royal Highness the DUKE OF YORK, in the House of Lords, on the 25th of April last, in pre- senting the Petition of the Dean and Canons of Windsor, praying that no further concessions should be made to the Roman Catholics. It is requested that Competitors for the above Prize, will send their Translations, free of post- age, to the Rev. THOMAS WYNNE EDWARDS, Morfau, near Abergele, by the 19th day of July next. May tflst, 1825, To Debtors and Creditors. ALL Persons who have any claims or de- mands against ELLIS ROBERTS, form- erly of Beddgelert, and at the time of his decease, of Carnarvon, in the countyof Carnarvon, Mariner, deceased, who have not already sent in their ac- count, are requested to send the same, and the particulars thereof, without loss of time, to me, in order that, the same may be investigated and paid'; and all Persons who stood indebted to the said ELLIS ROBERTS, at the time of his decease, are requested to pay the same forthwith to me, otherwise legal proceedings will be taken to recover the same, without further notice. H. R. WILLIAMS, Solicitor for the Administration of the said ELLIS ROBERTS. Penrhos, 1st June, 1825. I SLATE QUARRIES IN NORTH WALES. {P:]) lli l]!l THE SLATE QUARRY OF D OLLVVYDDYLL r-. For such a Term of Years as ;,i,(iy be agreed upoil: THE Quarry is near to the Holyhead High- Road— and Slates ofa good Colour and ex- cellent(luality have hitherto been produced from it. Also the Slate Quarry of DU, about a mile from Trefrew Quay, producing Slates of a superior hard quality and size. (> Application and Offers to he niade to Mr; Kennedy, 21,Hanes Place, (I tie] sea, iieat- London, or any local information will be given bv 1\11" Little, at Gwydyr. near Llaiirwst, North Wales. ANGLESEY County Works. v TO CONTRACTORS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT the Building of a County Bridge, called RHYD-TANRALLT, in the parish of Llanfachreth, in the county of will be Set to the lowest bidder, at the King 's Head, in the village of Bodedern, in the said county, on Tuesday, the 14th day of Juue next, at the hour of 12 o'clock in the forenoon. The Plan and Specification of the W«k may be seen at the Clerk of the Peace's Office, at Pencraig. The Contractors must be prepared with two sufficient Sureties, to enter into Bond in double the sum Contracted, to complete the Work, and perform the Contract. W.P.POOLE, Clerk of the Peace for the County of Anglesey. Pencraig,28th Ilay, 1825. In the Chancery Court of the Great Ses sions for the several Counties of Car- narvon, Anglesey, and Merioneth, Between FRANCIS WALKER JONES, Com- plainant, And the Reverend WTLLIAM WILLIAMS, Clerk, and others, Defendants. WHEREAS byfi Decree or Decretal Order, made on the hearing of this Cause, bear- ing date the first day of April, 1825, it was re- ferred to me the undersigned William Price poole, Esquire, the Register of this Honourable Court, to enquire and state to the Court who was or were the next of Kin of THOMAS JONES, late ot Bryntirion, in the said County of Carnarvon, Esquire, deceased, the testator in the pleadings of this cause, named at the time of his decease, and whether any, and which of them were since dead; and if dead, who was or were his, her, or their personal representative or representatives, and I was to fix a peremptory day for that pur- pose, and in default of such next of Kin, or their representatives coming in within the time therein limited, they were to be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. Notice is therefore Hereby Given, That the next of Kin of the said testator, THOMAS JONES, who were living at the time of his death, or in case of the death of any or either of them, since his, her, or their represen- tative or representatives, are by themselves or their Solicitors, to come in before me at my office, situate in the town of Carnarvon, in the said County of Carnarvon, on or before the first day of July next, and prove their Kindred to the said Thomas Jones, otherwise they will be totally ex- cluded the benefit of the said Decree. Dated this 2d day of May, 1825. W. P. POOLE, Register. H. R. WILLIAMS, Solicitor for the Complainant. WM. WILLIAMS, Solicitor for the Defendants. MONTGOMERYSHIRE. Most Eligible Investment; TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION. At the Eagles Inn. in the town of Machynlleth, on Wednesday the 20th day of July next, (to com- mence at the hour of jour o'clock inthe afternoon) in 40 Lots, A MOST truly VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE, comprising upwards of 3,700 Acres, besides exclusi ve Common Rights, of great extent attached to each lot, in the several parishes of Llanwfin, Cemmes, and Daroroen, divided iritci 40 compact and appropriate Farms, with suitable Farm Houses and Buildings, in substantial re- pair, in the holdings of respectable tenants (at will). The greatest part of the Estate lies in the fertile and much admired Vale of Danwrin the river Dovey so celebrated for its excellent Salmon and Trout, and the unrivalled sport it affords the Angler, separates many of the lots. The Wood- land upon the Estate, which has been rigidly preserved, is very extensive, and so thriving is the growth, that in every twenty years the pro- duce may be cut to great profit, and the property abounds with Game. The Turnpike road from Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth, goes through nearly the centre of the Estate, and the market town of Machynlleth is within a convenient distance. Printed particulars may soon be had gratis, at the Lion and Talbot Inns, Shrewsbury at all the principal Inns in North Wales and at the Talbot Inn, Aberystwyth. Further particulars may be had bv application personally, or by letter, (postage paid) to ROBUST LYS. Esq. Solicitor, '.21-, Lincoln's Inn Fields. London; or to Mr. THOMAS JONES, Attorney, Machynlleth, at whose Offices Maps are left for inspection, and the latter will direct a person to shew the Estate. Machynlleth, 30th May. 1825. JVOR TH WALES-—INGLE SE Y. Capital Estates. .I. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By ¡VlrI. JOJIN BLLlS. It th,- th Hi,U's I/I'II,.{ {lIit, si/UIl:I' in thc 'J'oJ1'n Ilf Liane/ vJitpnedd. in the said county, of Anglesey, on Tnursd.ni, Ihr I Uh day of July, 1S25, at three o'clock in lite ajlc.riuidii; in several Lots, and subject to conditions then to be produced: THE Fee-simple and Inheritance of and in § all those verv compact, eligible, and im- provable MESSUAGES, TENEMENTS. LANDS, HEREDITAMENTS, and PREMI- SES, with the A PPURTENANCRS, called Inn,1 known by the several names ofTre!fyur¡ck- fawr, Tregvnrick-bach, Peubronfawr, Tyddyn rhyddereh. Rhydyclafrdriw, Tydyn-bach, other- wise Tyddyriglascoed, Tynygroeslon, Werthyr, ?5otynod-fiiwr, Ll.aethdu, Penyeiw, Bettws and Trefvnnon HavodyHin-bach, Pantygaseg. Pihvrn and Pigyrhos, Tyddynywery, otherwise Tyddyn- ywaen, Castell. Borthwenfawr, Borthwenbach, Porthyrhwch, Gaerwen, Tycroes. otherwise Ty- gwyn, Penvbryn, Trosylou, Tyddynsiongoch, Erwiar. Caesirrees, a house at Porthllechog, Garreggoch, and Storehouse, consisting of near 150;! acres of excellent Arable, Meadow. and Pasture Land, in the several occupations of Hen- ry Parry and others, situate in the several pa- rishes of Amlwch and Llanbadrig, in the said county of Anglesey, within two miles of Aml- wch, six miles of Lianerchymedd, and ten miles ot Llangefni, all market towns and one mile of Ceinaes harbour, where sea sand and lime may be h id at a moderate rate. The Houses and Out- buildings thereon are commodious and in good repair. The several tenants will shew the premises in their respective holdings, and further particulars as to the lots, &c. may be had by applying (if by letter post paid) to Mr. H. R. WILLIAMS, Soli- citor, Penrhos, near Carnarvon, with whom a map of the Estates is left for inspection. FLINTSHIRE. TO BE LET, THE valuable and extensive COAL WORKS called the DEE BANK COLLIERY, situate at BAGILLT, in the parish of Holywell, in the said county of Flint. This Colliery lies immediately contiguous to the River Dee, and adjoining the Turnpike Road between the Towns of Flint and Holywell, con- sists of the Coal lying under a very extensive tract of Manor Waste Land and Marshes, within the Townships of Bagillt and Whelston, compris- ing an extent of many hundreds of Acres, under I which are found five very valuable beds of Coal, of the respective thicknesses of 3, 6, 15, 9. and 4 feet, all of which are workable and of excellent quality. The 15 and 9 feet mines have been in part worked under a former lease, within the Town- ship of Bagillt, and also in the Township of Whelston, as a distinct work the 3 feet mine has not been at all worked of the 6 feet bed an extent to the depth of about GO yards has been partially wrought in the Township of Bagillt the 4 feet mine is perfectly entire. The situation of this Colliery, in the immediate neighbourhood of the Works on the Holywell stream, and of other large Manufactories, to which vessels have access at moderate tides, is peculiarly favourable, and affords a certainty of a very considerable sale, particularly to Dublin, and other Ports in Ireland, as well as the differ- ent Ports of the Welsh coast. The particular eligibility of these Works is that being on Manor Waste, nothing to pay for Trespass or Carriage Roads. The river dues levied upon vessels loading at the Collieries, are not payable at this Work, an advantage, which added to the greater facility of loading, insures it a decided preference. For further particulars, apply to Mr. T. TRE- voll MATIIEK, at Pentrehobin, near Mold, Flint- shire. Iti the Chancery Court of the Great Ses- fo)- the several Counties (f Car- narvon, Anglesey, and Merioneth. Between FRANCIS WALKER JONES, Com- plainant, And the Reverend WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Clerk, and others, Defendants. IN Pursuance of a Decree made on the hearing of this Cause, bearing date the first day of April, 1S25, I, William Price Poole, Esquire, the Register of this Honourable Court, do hereby gire Notice, that the Creditors of-TittrtiA.s JONES, of Bryntirion, in the County of Carnarvon, Esquire, deceased, the testator in the pleadings of this cause named, are to come in before me at my office, situate in the town of Carnarvon, in the said County of Carnarvon, on or before the first day of July next, and prove their Debts against the said testator, Thomas Jones, and in default thereof, they will be excluded the bcnc/it of the said decree. Dated this 2d day oj May, 1S25. W. P. POOLE, Register. H. R. WILLIAMS, Solicitor for the Complainant WIll. WILLIAMS, Solicitor for the Defendants. ■ ANGLESEY Freehold Estate. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, At the Hull's Head Inn, in the Town of Llan- grjili, in the County of Anglesey, on Friday, the 1 'ith dag oj June, 1825, between Lie hours of 3 and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, subject to condi- tions then produced. ALL that CAPITAL and well-established WINDMILL, situate, lying, and being in the parish of GWALCHMAI, called FE L f N- GWALCHMAI. with the Field upon which the same stands, called CAER-FELIN, now in the occupation of WILLIAM WILLIAMS, as Tenant at Will. Also those Two Fields adjoining Cae-Felyn aforesaid, now in the occupation of a Tenant at Will. And also all that MESSUAGE, TENE- MENT, FARM. and LANDS, with the AP- PURTEV INCES, in the parish of Llechvlched, in the said county of Anglesey, called Tyddyn LIwyd, 1'()\V in the occupation of a respectable Tenant, under a Lease granted the 10th day of June, !SO I, !'or9i) years, at the yearly rent of, £ 50. The Ista:, i 2nd Lots are situate within a quar- ter ofa mile of the New Post Road, at Gwalch- mal. The Mill has lately undergone a thorough rep ur, is in good repute, and the Land admea- sures 8 acres or thereabouts, with two good Dwelling-Houses erected thereon. The pur- chaser will be entitled to an extensive right or- Common on Cleger. Lot3, lies in a ring fence, and consists of good Arable and Pasture Land, in a high state of cul- tivation, and is situated from the New Post Road leading from Bangor Ferry to Holyhead, about two miles, and has an unlimited right of Com- mon on Towyn Trewan. Apply, for further particulars, at the Office of Mr. G. H. ROOSE, Solicitor, Amlwch. CjlltïV II VO JVSIIIllE., TO TIE SOLD BY AUCTION, At the CASTLE IN N, in the CITYoj BA NGOR, on mil DA V, the 17th day of J USE. 1S2-5, be- tween the hours of 4 and 5 in the Evening, sub- ject to conditions then to be produced, (unless disposed of in the mean time by Private Con- (met) of which due notice will be given- rjpilIE FREEHOLD and INHERITANCE Jot of and in that much-admired MANSION HOUSE, with the Cottage and Premises thereto belonging, called GORPHWYSFA, Near Bangor-Ferry, in the County of Carnar- von, late the Residence of SAMUEL NEWTON, Esq. This desirable Property is distant 25 miles from Holyhead; 5 from Beaumaris S from Carnar- von; 17 from Conway and 2 from Bangor; and consists of an elegant modern Mansion, with a Garden, Six Stalled Stable, Coach-house, and other suitable oflices of every description, situ- ated upon the southern banks of the Straits of Menai, in a lawn of 30 acres ot excellent Land, highly ornamented by an extensive Oak Wood in the rear of the Grounds, and other Plantations judiciously arranged in various parts of the Demesne. The, House (on which a new hanging roof of the best Ton Slate hath recently been put) con- sists, on the ground floor, of a north and south Entrance Ilall the one admeasuring 14 ft. by 13 ft. 9 in.; the other 12 ft. by 7 ft. "-Draw ing in. by 20 ft. 6 Room 25 ft. 11 iu- by 17 ft. 11 in.-Study 23 ft. 9 in. by 13 ft. Sin.—Kitchen (with complete fire range) 18 ft. by 18 ft.—Servants' Hall, Butler's Pantry, Brew-house, Laundry, Store-rooms, &c. &c. with extensive Cellaring below 9 excellent and commodious Bed-rooms, and 2 Water Closets on the first iloor, and five good lied.rooms in the Attics. It is situated within a quarter of a mile of the stupendous Suspension Bridge, (of 500 feet span, now nearly erected, and shortly to be opened for communication) over the Straits of Menai; of whicti, and the unrivalled scenery around, it com- mands a full extensive and ever varying prospect. The communication from hence to Ireland, Li- verpool, Shrewsbury, and London, is direct and certain the two Great London Roads, through Chester and Shrewsbury, forming a junction in the neighbourhood of Bangor, and running through part of the Gorphwysfa Demesne. This Property also combines in itself various other recommendations, far too numerous for the limits of an advertisement; but it may with jus- tice be stated, to be the most desirable Residence in this part of the principality, which for some time has been offered to public notice. Mr. Richard Owen, the Gardener at Gorphwys- fa, will shew the House and Premises, and fur- ther particulars may be had on application to Mr. HumlES, Solicitor, Bangor, or to Messrs. Clarke, Richards, and Medcalf, Chancery Lane, London.

FEMALE FASHIONS FOR JUNE. EVENING COSTUME.—DreSS of tulle over white satin the border trimmed with beautiful net- work of floize silk on each side of which are flu tings of Crape, en dents de toup, which by their richness impart a charming relief to the resille, or net ornament. The corsage crosses over the bust in graceful drapery, and the sleeves are long, and transparent; they are confined at the wrist with two superb Ilindostanee bracelets of finely wrought gold, with a fastening, formed en me- dallion, of some interesting subject, in mosaic. BAtoDttrss.—Dressof white crape the corsage ornnmente in front with a full blown satin rose, with rose-colour tulip leaves emanating from it and extending over the bust; their points reaching to the ceinlure. Short sleeve, set ir. a white satin band, round the arm, and moderately full in the centre is a rose, with a pink satin lotus, edged with white satin, rising above it. The skirt is terminated by a broad rose-colour satin rouleau, above which are bouquets of flowers, each sur- mounted by a rose colour lotus, edged with white satin -Nmo-

MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. WE have enjoyed the proverbial and inesti- mable benefit of a dry March April showers came at a very time when the want of them would have neutralized that great benefit; a May suc- ceeded, making the cow to quake." The sun of fortune seems inclined to shine brilliantly upon us, and old English plenty and prosperity to returning in full spring-tide. The general tenor of our country letters goes to a statement of the appearance of the most luxuriant crops of corn, and grasses, and fruit, that have been seen during many years. The felicitous dispensation might well make the reporter's business seem to be a mere sinecure—he need but say, All is well Still there are exceptions. The late beneficial rains were not succeeded by warm winds, and a mild and genial temperature; but by a continu- ance, during about ten days, of harsh and blight- ing airs, attended with fogs, from the north and north-east, which curled and destroyed much of the fruit blossom, and reduced and sullied the brilliant hues of the wheat, inducing the sickly yellow and the bottle-green. In the fen districts, and on the south-eastern coast, the mortality has been so great, that it has been actually styled a plague by the inhabitants. The wheats, partially, are said not to stand very thick upon the ground, but they may not prove less productive in grain on that account. Part of t he spring corn has been put in very late but that which is forward, and the seeds are sufficiently luxuriant. The plant of potatoes is said to be unusually extensive. The turnip lands are in good forwardness and in ex- cellent condition. We are on the eve of sheep- shearing, and hay making will follow.-Of hops, little is reported. The plague of rot in sheep is st-,tyeti-aii(i, if flock-masters would fret rid of their prejudices, need not return. On the whole, the lambing season has been successful. Cattle, sheep, and pigs, fat or lean, find a ready sale, at most extraordinary prices. Good horses, for saddle or quick draught, are still above all price; cart horses and colts somewhat lower. Rents and land rising. Wool in request. I -1 A terrible accident happened at Rennes on the 12th ultimo. As some soldiers of the garrison were preparing fireworks for the celebration of the coronation, a spark fell on the the powder in the apartment. The explosion was dreadful. The roof of the house was thrown across the river, the trees of a public walk were torn up by the roots, the windows of the neighbouring houses were. shattered at the distance of three hundred paces, and about sixty of the artillerymen were killed or wounded. The bodies of four or five were buried under the ruins. Some were saved in an extraordinary manner, being thrown into the air, and alighting on their feet with slight in- juries, in the neighbouring river, in gardens, in the streets, and on the tops of houses, The proceedings on the Duke of Cumberland's Additional Annuity Bill was curious, and similar to what took place two or three years ago on Mr. Lampton's Reform motion, which was dis- posed of by nine o'clock in the evening, while Mr. Lampton was dining with Mr. M.A.Taylor. A debate on the second reading of the Duke's Additional Annuity Bill was fully expected; and in that expectation many members paired off to go home to their dinners, &c. agreeing, to return by ten o'clock, thinking that they should then be in time for the division. About nine o'clock, the Chancellor of the Exchequer moved the second reading of the Bill. Nobody rose to oppose it; all talking- on the subject appeared to be at an end; whereupon a-division was forthwith called for. The gallery was ordered to be cleared for a division and the doors of the House, according to the usual custom when a division is about to take place, were locked by the Serjeant at Arms. There is a division bell," as it is termed, which is rung as a notification to those Members who may be in the neighbourhood of the House but as the Serjeant ot ArmsJbryot to call out "clear the gallery." which gives warning for the ringing of the division bell was not rung.— Thus the doors were locked, and excluded many members, however, a few got into the lobby, lead- ing directly to,the House, namely, Sir G. Skiffner Mr. W. Williams, Mr. Astell, Mr. Cust, Mr. Freemantle, and Mr. R. Gordon, but as the door of the House was locked by the Serjeant, they could not get in to take part in the division.— They complained of this exclusion through the grating of the door, to the Serjeant, who thence conveyed the.complaint to the Speaker. Mr. W. Williams, in particular, was very earnest to gain admission. He was told he must withdraw. He said he would not withdraw, he would remain there, even if taken into custody by the house for it. Eventually they were let in, Then the fact was communicated to the House, and some debate took place on the subject, but the parti- culars we know not, as strangers were still exclud- ed however, the six members were brought out of the House, by the Serjeant at Arms, previously to any division taking place, left in the Speaker's Secretarys room, leading from the lobby, and there kept excluded till the division was over.- The House then divided:—the numbers were 56, for the Bill, and 4S against it, majority in favour of the Bill eleven. On the outside of the Lobby, there were between 20 and 3) members I locked out. A working man, of this town, applied to t! Sitting Magistrate, at the Police Office, on Mon- day, for his advice. The poor fellow stated 11,,[ his wife. to whom he had been married th ee months, had just lain in, and he wished to be I:, formed whether he could not compel her to fi II the child on the true father, for that he was r. <! aware of her situation until the moment of 11 birth of the child. The worthy Magistrate r- the greatest coucern for the unhappy situation of the husband, but said it was quite out of his powe: to assist him in what he so much desired.—Sioc port Advertiser. About iin-th ago, a terrier dog, with a string about its i. ■ was observed straying about th village of _"di.15 Riddle. The animal had a very- disturbed appearance, and bit at every thing t1. came in its way. In particular, it bit a cat longing to the village. and a cow, the property of Mr. Mills, of Eastwood. The cat was shot soon after the accident, and the dog itself was dead before the cause of its illness was or at least before it occurred to any one to kill it. At last the alarm, spread generally, and on Mon- day week Mr. Eastwood's cow was surrounded and shot, though not until she had displayed symptoms of madness. For some days the uii- conscious family had drank her milk, and this gave them so much uneasiness that they applied to Dr. Laing for advice on the subject. To manv persons the loss of a cow is a misfortune of no trifling nature; but beyond this the family in question have nothing to fear. To drink the milk of a mad cow—the very idea is revoltirp, in the extreme—might certainly prove detrimental to health but according to Dr. Laing, could not occasion that dreadful malady which is alwavs communicated by absorption of the virus—be that virus what it may.—Dumfries Courier. THE LION NERO AND HIS ANTAGONI>TS—Whar ever may be theresult of the preparations for th's mortal combat, it is certain that the field of bat- tle is already provided. Mr. Wombwell inspect- ed the cage, or den (which has been btiiit bv Messrs. Drayton und Rowlands of Frankwell, i s this town) last Monday, and expressed great con- fidence of retaining not only his five thousani guineas, but the lordly brute on whose head they arc staked. The den is 57 feet in circumference, 15 feet high, formed of strong iron bars, 7 or a inches distant from each other, and covered i with a wooden roof, removeable at pleasure, an.L with its boarded floor, and other bachelor con- veniences, is well calculated to afford that com- fort which lions as well as their masters look h "at home." The whole will be fixed upon axle- trees and wheels. Mr. Wombwell will give no account of where the battle is to take place, the notice we formerly inserted having set the Worcester Magistrates by the ears to prevent !J¡e battle being fought within their territories but a gentleman of Shrewsbury offered to secure him £IG{)i) if he would fidlt it in this neighbourhood. Thiswas refused. The prices ofadmissionto see the battle are stated to be as follows Boxes, Three Guineas Pit, Two Guineas Gallery, O-o G-uinea--Should his lionship o-ei ieil) his pi and set himself once more at liberty. we wonder what would then be the prices to get out?—The mystery of when and where the fight will tak r place, or whether it ever will take place, is as great as ever: weonly vouch for the fact of the am- phitheatre being built, with all the appearance o being useful for no other purpose than such a com- bat. The same animal which tore the arm of ft countryman in Mr. Wombwell's menagerie in this town, seized a boy's arm at Birmingham, and tore it from his body ere any assistance could be ren- dered. The boy, it is supposed, had pilfered something from a monkey's cage and coming back again on a similar errand mistook his mark, and put his arm (from the outside) into the tiger's den,which the ferocious animal instantly seized, and tearing it from the body, dropt the hand UpJ: the floor of his den, without eating it. The boy was taken to the Infirmary, where his arm was afterwards amputated near the shoulder.— Shrewsbu ry Chron icle, Lyons, May 7. A disturbance of a curious nature occurred here a few days ago: it arose out of the very unusual circumsiance-an eccentric French will. An opulent corn-dealer, named Mr. Giii-ti recently deceased, had bequeathed a sumofmoney to the poor, under the following conditions Pre- viously to the interment being performed, he c" dered that it should be made known to the public by advertisements, hand-bills, &c., that every person attending the service, and accom- panying his remains to the cemetery, should h:. entitled to receive three francs. The eXecutor: in order to comply with the wishes of the de- ceased, printed a certain number of large bills but great care was taken that none appeared c the walls till within half an hour of the tirr., when the mournful procession was to attend t corspe to its last Home. News, however, of 1: welcome kind spread like wildfire, and aithou so short a time had elapsed from the publication of the intelligence, no fewer than two hundred needy legatees accompanied the procession and when the ceremonies were terminated, each pei-s, received three francs in copper sous. (This w: expressed in the will.) The mourners were now returning, and the greater number had entered the wine-houses for the purpose, no doubt, of drovr-- ing their sorrow by drinking to the repose of corn-dealer's soul, being perhaps, of jpini that their Bacchanalian sacrifice would have as much effect in removing a peck of purgatoriat coals," as the more solemn invocation-De I'v fundis Clamavi." Numbers of disappointed legatees having joined the carousing party, itwas resolved to call the said executors to an account. The intention, they exclaimed, of the honest corn- dealer was to afford relief to all the poor. Aye, and who knows, cried an ungrateful legatee, whether the dealer in grain did not conceive that it was merely a restitution, and not a gift. Fifteen hundred to two thousand claimants proceeded in a clamorous manner to the residence of the exe- cutors, and already began to entertain hopes of bringing the refractory gentlemen to terms: when not at all an unusual circumstance, now occurred viz :—the arrival of some twenty gendarmes, who seizing the most noisy of the legatees, conveyed them to prison, where, after remaining three days, they were liberated, but without receiving their legacy. They promised that in future, when any money was left them, which they thought wouhi be little short of a miracle, they would behave in a more becoming manner. I heard a little eid. man, a sort of Peter Pebbles, say to his con. ■ as they were both coming out of prison, v ought to bring an octun at law to recover out three francs but. added he, the French iawj ess are not worth