REMARKABLE CANNON. At Kubberpore na Jheel, in India, the there is a cannon 213 inches round muzzle, and 18 inches round the the a ral custom. Mr. Justice Bayley objected to such evidence, but allowed evidence to be given of the particular custom in this parish; and in his Charge to the Jury laid it down, that no individual had a right to hang up what are called ornaments in a Church without the leave of the Rector, because the Freehold of the Church was in him, nd he might make his own terms for leave.In general, when private individuals hung up black cloth in the Parish-Church, with the concurrence of the Rector, there was a kind of un derstanding hat the cloth became the property of the Rector. In the prese case there had be en no bargain between the plaintiff and defendants with te pect to the terms upon which the clot should be hung up; c calibre. It has five, and had, originally, six equidistant rings, by which it was lifted up. This gun is called by natives Jaun Kusball, or the destroyer of life, and its casting and position are attributed to the deotas or divinities, though its almost obliterated Persian inscriptions declare its formation by human means. But what is most extra. ordinary about it is, that two peepul trees have grown both cannon and carriage into themselves. Fragments of the iron, a spring, one of the linches, and part of the wood-work, protrude from between the roots and bodies of these trees, but the trees alone entirely support the gun, one of the rings of which, and half of its whole length, are completely hid between and inside their bark and trunks. A more curious sight, or a cannon more firmly fixed, though by the mere gradual growth of two trees, cannot well be imagined. The Indians assert that it was only once fired, and sent the ball 24 miles!! CURIOUS LAW CASE. In an action of Trover, brought by the Churchwardens of St. John Bap tist, Margate, against the Rector, to re cover the value of the black cloth which had been put up by the parish in respect to the memory of the late Princess Charlotte, and which it appeared had been converted by the Rev. Gentleman into coats, waistcoats, &c. It appeared that the plaintiffs, as Churchwardens, had hung the pulpit, reading-desk, and communion-table, on that occasion, with superfine black cloth and kerseymere, to the amount of 371. 6s. 9d. and at the end of six weeks were about to take it down, when the Defendant took steps to appropriate part of it to his own use in the manner before-mentioned, and to divide the remainder between the Clerk and Sexton. This gave rise to some personal animosities, and subsequently to the proceeding in question. The Rev. Defendant pleaded gene tha onsequently t latter had no right to take any part · it, because by law he was not entitle to take such property, unless by mas of arrangement between the parties whom it belonged. Under these c cumstances, the plaintiffs were entitie to a verdict, for the value which the defendant bad his own use, which the Jury ly found-Damages 157. 1 Heger's Tour throug the Neth gerted comp "As there was a good dea work for the horses in this day The app we were unable to reach that were obliged to put up at a le at ten o'clock at night, about of the public road. the place was rather against i whose taste the use of com spoiled for flock heds, jack-to and sanded tile floors; but is no choice, the proudest -we had walked up severasy to save our horses, in the an day; and fatigue is not Mrs. to quarrel with any plac croft, A large kitchen d from that of my comp recess, at one extrem 64 bed, screened by a dirty old red-andwhite chequered curtain, full of large holes; through one of which, at each extremity, we were greeted, on entrance, by a grim face, surmounted with a red cap, which once, no doubt, in its earlier servitude, had been able to confine the stubble which it encompassed; but, alas! subdued by its hard duty, it could no longer keep under the refractory bristles, which now stood on end through the breaches of their prison. Conceive to yourself a welcome of this sort, in a lone house, at the entrance of a wood nine miles through; and when you feel the alarm getting master of you, imagine a whispering from various quarters, without being able to see the mouths from whence it issued; then, when you have worked up your fears to an almost overwhelming pitch, just fancy to your self, on suddenly looking up, an arm extended from a hole in the ceiling, beckoning a tall figure, with a belt and hatchet, who had just come in at a back door; and when you have got the picture to this height of colouring, keep looking at it with all the chilly sensations which it inspires, till the recollection comes upon you, that whatever the prospect, there is no eluding it; and I think you will have done enough for yourself in the way of terrors. There was no getting out of this business; so I judged it better to put a good face upon it. and, calling for a bottle of such wine as they had, and an omelet, we refreshed ourselves and retired to rest; but not before we had examined our separate cells, (without indeed appearing to do so,) to see that there was no way of entrance or exit, but by the door at which we were introduced; having settled matters on this point to our satisfaction, we separated. "I must confess, I did not like the appearance of things, but could hardly bring myself to believe in the residence of banditti so near the public road, except in the pages of romance. Caution, however, is always the right side of doubt; so, without taking off more than my coat and boots, I threw myself into bed, and lay divided between sleep and the adventure; but just as the former was getting a-head, and I had nearly forgotten where I was, I heard a strange breathing noise, close to the head of my bed, and began to fear I had not been sufficiently particular in examining my room; for no one could enter by the door, as I had taken care to double lock and bolt it. I listened again, and heard the breathing distinctly; my heart began now to quicken its pace a little, and had got from the quiet gentle walk into a trot: I thought that before it got into a gallop, it would be better to be on my legs, and prepared for the worst ; so jumping out of bed, (as much as to say, who's afraid?) I rushed to the door, and unbolting it, disturbed one of the many occupants of the kitchen, which was by this time converted into a general chamber :-" Est-ce que Monsieur manque le ?" was the first exclamation which greeted my ear, in a female voice, since our arrival. "Non," replied I, "je manque seulement la lumiere."With the greatest good nature she brought me oue, and showed her civility in so doing, at the expense of her modesty, for she had nothing on but her chemise; I wished her good night, and, having again secured my door, renewed my examination of the room. "Darkness is a powerful ally to terrors; and it not unfrequently happens, that without its assistance, they are scarcely formidable enough to produce more than a start on the nerves which they assail. The breathing which I had heard, I now began to think could have been nothing but the wind, and the rustling of the leaves in the great wood beside us, so valiant does a lighted candle make us. I was almost resolute enough by this time to be ashamed of myself; and out of bravado, was actually going to extinguish the light, when my hand was arrested by the dreaded und. I listened attentively, and traced it to the place I at first imagined it issued from. There was now no longer a doubt upon the point; so, pulling my bed away from the wall behind it, I discovered the real, the genuine nightmare; no sickly offspring of the fancy, mounted by sleep-oppressing dæmon, but a good substantial horse, who, with a kindly snort, dismissed all my fears and anxiety; not even a window glass separated me from my welcome companion, and I was glad of it ;-for there was more to allay my doubts in his physiognomy, than in that of any of his masters, and patting his neck through the hole in the wall, I wished him good night, and slept till six the next morning, without further fear or trembling. "Had we given ourselves time to think, we should not have found it so difficult to account for the strange appearance of things, on our arrival at this place. The proximity of the wood might have accounted for the hatchet and belt, and the novelty of visitors in a carriage, for the silent reception and the respectful whispers, as well as for the arm that beckoned, in order no doubt, to make silent enquiry about the unlookod-for guests. The fact is, the inhabitants of this lone residence were hewers of wood, and in all probability, (whatever their appearance,) full as honest as ourselves." REMARKABLE STORY. The following account of this person is given in a Berlin Journal : The late king, Christian VII. had a mother-in-law, Juliana Maria, on whom history has already pronounced sentence, with respect to her endeavours to place upon the throne her son, the hereditary Prince Frederic, to the injury of the lawful heir. This Juliana was as inimical to King Christian as to his descendants: to her alone is attributed the unhappiness which the King experienced in his marriage with the English Princess, Matilda, sister of George III.; nay, and even the state of mental debility in bich Christian passed life. But as she could not accomplish all her plans in favour of her son, she is stated to have attempted, at least, to secure the crown for her grandson (Prince Christian Frederic, who, with his amiable consort, is now travelling in Italy). When, therefore, the present Queen, then Crown-Princess, consort of Fred eric VI. was first delivered of an heir to the throne, she is said to have had the child taken away as soon as it was born, and a dead child substituted in its room. The dead child was buried, and the true heir to the throne entrusted to one of the Royal attendants, named H--, who, being in the secret, brought him up as his own son. The step-grandmother assigned the sum of 4000 dollars annually for his education to reward her confidant. When the Prince grew older, he was sent to the academy Schnepfenthal, and a great banking house at Altona paid the necessary sums to order, without knowing any further of the matter. The young man probably remarked, from many circumstances, that the his father; and when he returned to Denmark, after finishing his studies, urged him to reveal to him the secret of his birth, which the latter, partly instigated by his conscience, at length did. He furnished his foster-son with all the documents necessary to support his claim, and then committed suicide, being justly afraid of punishment, for having so long concealed so shameful an action. was not The Prince, being at Copenhagen, and furnished with his papers, laid his claims before the police, which immediately reported the affair to the King, who sent for the Pretender, examined his papers, and, finding that his countenance and figure greatly resembled his own, and the papers contained important explanations, which seemed deserving of attention, he immediately caused him to be put under confinement, but without any rigour, and placed officers to guard him, in order to examine thoroughly who he was. This is the present state of the affair, which, in truth, is more like the romantic invention of some idle fancy, than a real fact. However, letters from Denmark, and even from Copenhagen, speak with such confidence on the subject, that the story certainly deserves attention. It is farther affirmed, that the Altona banker, who paid the money to the school at Schnepfenthal, has been summoned to Copenhagen, to give such information as is in his power; that he set out for that city a week ago; that the Danish Minister of state, K-, passed through Hamburgh, on the night of July 22, on his way to Schnepfenthal; and it is also said, that the Danish government has sent for to Copenhagen two ladies of the chamber of the late Queen, who live in Hanover, (whether in the kingdom or city of Hanover, we are ignorant,) and who, it is pretended, are in the secret. The Pretender is stated to be about 29 years of age, and very like the King, (except that his hair is brown, whereas that of his majesty is very fair,) and to have served last with the rank of Lieutenant. This is all that I have been • able to collect, respecting this most strange affair, which it must be left to time to clear up.* I venture to pronounce this practice unnecessary, inconvenient, often prejudicial in its consequences, and in itself absurd. It is unnecessary; because in a family the baptismal name is expedient merely to distinguish one child from another; for which purpose one such name is sufficient. It is inconvenient; as the multiplication of names in one and the same person often occasions perplexity and error, by the absence of simplicity and by the possibility of a wrong transposition. As in law proceedings the correctness of names and their true arrangement are absolutely required, so, where these are wanting, fatal effects, owing their origin to double baptismal names, must necessarily follow. In common parlance one only is used, and therefore one only generally known; and though this, for the Supposed to be spoken by a dying Son most part, is the first in order, yet some to his Mother. Weep not for me, mother! because I must die, It is but a moment-a pang-and no more- 'Tis the spirit's last look on a journey that's o'er; times the second obtains, to the exclusion of the other. Double names therefore may be the cause of mistakes in bequests and demises sometimes incurable, and therefore fatal, or at least attended with expensive suits to explain and rectify, which may be of doubtful issue. But there are some persons who have Weep not for me, mother! the Christian should fling such a predilection for two, or even His frailties and fears to the wind; But only in death when his spirit takes wing, Can he leave them forever behind. Farewell to thee now-the mist thickens fast; CHRISTIAN NAMES. The custom of giving to infants more than one baptismal name was very little adopted in England fifty or sixty years ago. It may be pronounced as a derivative from foreign parts, where it has probably been of some duration. It has of late years gained much ground in this country, and seems to be daily increasing in every class of society. more than two Christian names, as to think a single appellation mean and inconsequential. This idea will surely not bear an argument. To me the effect appears the reverse; and more especially in the case of titles. Who will not allow that the single appellation of John Duke of Marlborough, Arthur Duke of Wellington, Horatio Viscount Nelson, and the like, do not carry in them a superior dignity and effect, than could have been gained by tacking a string of other names thereto? Where the sons and daughters of noble families, baronets, and knights, are loaded with these excrescences, the absurdity is most striking; for, whatever be the We have seen some accounts of a later date, which say, that the pretended Prince has been discovered to be the son of a tailor; and others, that he has been found to be insane. Without being able to vouch for the truth of any of these statements, we have thought our readers might like to have a more particular account of this strange business (which created great sensation in Denmark,) than has appeared, to our knowledge, in any other English Journal. number, one only is pronounced, the next are invariably sunk, and consequently useless; and the same is applicable to all other ranks in society, and to both sexes. Upon the whole, therefore, I hope that we shall return to common sense, and the plain simple and intelligible practice of our ancestors, founded on the true principle, that a single name in baptism, considered in every point of view, is most appropriate, and most safe; and surely we have no right to deem a double name a mark of consequence or gentility, whilst we see it is now introduced amongst the lowest orders of the people. Connected with the subject of names, I shall now notice what appear to me to be some other improprieties. Of late years a custom has prevailed, when writing the name of the present King of France, and of his predecessors of similar denomination, to adopt the French mode of orthography, that is, to write Louis instead of Lewis. Now there can be no more reason for this than it, when speaking of the Kings of Spain, Sweden, or the Netherlands, &c. we were to use the language of their respective countries, and write Fernando, Karl, and Wilhelm, &c. True it is, that we may give the same pronunciation to Louis as to Lewis; but it is not correct so to do, for Louis, as a French word, is to be pronounced Louy, not Lewis, these in the French not being heard; and therefore if we chuse to write Louis XVIII. this is Louy dixhuit, and not Lewis the Eighteenth. In short, when we are writing English, we should spell in English those Christian names which admit of it. ANECDOTES of dr. trusler. Dr. Trusler, was son of Mr. Trusler, who kept Mary-le-bonne Garden at the time when it was a tea-drinking place of resort for Londoners who were pleased by a walk into the country; that is, about the year 1740; for Mary-lebonne was then a country village. Mr. Trusler's daughter made the "plum-cakes so much admired by the Nobility and Gentry," by which description they were advertised. At a very early period of his life Mr. John Trusler obtained, or assumed, the title of Doctor; to which the wags of the day (in allusion to the profession of his sister) added the sobriquet of Seed-and-Plum-Cakins. He was a stout athletic man; pos. sessed strong natural sense; and had an uncommon share of industry. He accordingly What led the young Doctor to the study of Divinity I do not know; but, soon after he had taken order, he shewed as much skill in making up Sermons, as his Sister did in making plum-cakes. He found that some of his fellow students had had so many pleasanter occupations than the dry study of Divinity, that they were at a loss when they sat down to compose a Sermon ; to use a printed one exposed them to be detected by some of the congregation, especially where there was a gallery; but an ingenious idea struck him, that a type which Printers call Script, and which is a close imitation of a good writing hand, would prevent the inconvenience. had several Sermons so printed, and then sent a Letter to the Clergyman of every parish in England, stating the utility of his plan, and assuring them that there was little risk of detection, as, though the Discourses which he selected were the most admired, they were the least known. This scheme was so much approved, and his Sermons were in such demand, that Dr. Terrick, then Bishop of London, alarmed for the consequence, sent for Trusler, representing the inducement it afforded to idleness. Dr. Trusler replied, "that he gained 150l. a year by the publication; that he had no prefer- . ment; but, if his Lordship would give him a Living of that value, his Script Types should no longer be put in requisition. Whether the Bishop thought that giving a Living on such terms would be something like simony, I do not know, but Dr. Trusler did not obtain one from him. This kind attention to the accommodation of the indolent portion of his brethren was followed by "The Sub |