CHRONICLE. 



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Irish MSS * so far as they tend to 

 illustrate the remote history of that 

 kingdom, its laws, its customs, and 

 the progress of society- and sciences 

 in it, have been for some years di- 

 gested, under the immediate eye of 

 the Marquis, by the grandson of the 

 very learned collector of these valu- 

 able materials, and will, we trust, 

 speedily make an inestimable addi- 

 tion to this most interesting branch 

 ol literature. 



Died. — 3d. At Grantham, aged 

 100, -Mrs. Dewie. 



FEBRUARY. 



1st. A robbery of an extraordi- 

 nary nature was lately committed in 

 Paris: it consisted of a line coronet 

 of emeralds, the property of a Ma- 

 dame Deuiidoif; and the robber 

 proves to be the Countess of Schwie- 

 chelt, a young and beautiful lady 

 from Hanover. She had made her- 

 self acquainted with the place where 

 it was kept, and at a ball given by 

 its owner, the Hanoverian lady con- 

 trived to purloin it. The theft has 

 been proved, and the beautiful thief 

 conducted to prison. Her youth and 

 rank in life have induced many per- 

 sons to solicit her pardon ; but it is 

 generally believed that Buonaparte 

 will leave her to the punishment to 

 which she has been condemned. 

 The love of play, and to repair the 

 immediate loss of 50,000 livres, im- 

 pelled this lady to commit this cri- 

 minal act. 



2ad. In the court of common pleas 

 a cause was tried, iti which a horse- 

 dealer was charged with having sold 

 an unsound hoTSs. The plaintiff, on 

 putting the horse to his cart, to draw 

 a load of not more than four hun- 

 dred weight, heard him begin, when 



he had gone not more than twentj 

 yards, to I'oar most dreadfully, and 

 it turned out that he was, what is 

 called in the jocksy phrase, a.i'oaier. 

 A conditional verdict was given for 

 the plaintiff, subject to the opinion 

 of the court. In the course of this 

 trial, Lord Alvauly, the Lord Chief 

 Justice, told the following story : 



" Some years .ago," said his 

 Lordship, " an action was brought 

 against a gentleman at the bar, re- 

 specting a horse, which he had 

 bought to go the circuit upon. The 

 horse was taken home, and his ser- 

 vant mouuted him to shew his paces; 

 when he was on the animal's back, 

 he would not stir a step : he tried to 

 turn him round and round, but he 

 w as determined not to go the circuit. 

 The horse-dealer was informed of 

 the animal's obstinacy, and asked by 

 the purchaser how he came to sell 

 him such a horse? ''Well," said 

 the dealer, " it can't be helped, give 

 me back the horse, allow me five 

 pounds, and we'll settle the aflair." 

 The barrister refused, and advised 

 him to send the horse to be broke 

 in by a rough rider. " Rough 

 rider,'' said the dealer, ". he has 

 been to rough rulers enough." — 

 '■'• How came you to sell me a horse 

 that would not go ?" rejoined the 

 barrister. " I sold you a horse 

 7i:arranted sound, and sound he is," 

 concluded the dealer," " but as to his 

 going, I never thought he ziould go.'' 



According to the last returns made 

 of the cllectivc force in the united 

 kingdom, the total numbers are, in 

 Great Britain, 380,193; in Ireland, 

 B^/JU; making all together a pa- 

 triot army of four hundred and sixty 

 three thousand one hundred and 

 thirty-four men ! ! ! 



4th. The following letter on tb« 



Vide the article in the Review of Books, p. 936, of our last Volume. 



state 



