sisted of a great many females; and so secretly had the meeting
been got up, that scarcely a person residing in the neighbourhood was
aware that a circumstance of the sort was about to take place. The
offender, a handsome-looking man, apparently between 38 and 40 years
of age, was placed in the middle of a ring, composed of the King of
the Gipsies, and the patriarchs of different tribes. This ring was
followed by a second, made up of the male portion of the assembly;
and an exterior circle was formed by the women. The King (one of the
Lees), who was a venerable old man, and one who looked as though he
had seen upwards of 90 summers, then addressed the culprit for nearly
an hour, but in a tongue that was perfectly strange to the
bystanders. The address was delivered in a most impressive manner,
as might be conceived by the vehemence of the gesticulations which
accompanied it. None but the gipsies themselves had the slightest
knowledge of the crime which had been committed by the offender, but
it must have been one evidently very obnoxious to the tribe, as the
act of expulsion from among them is an exceedingly rare occurrence.
As soon as the King had finished his speech to the condemned man, he
turned round, and harangued the whole of the gipsies assembled; and,
expressing himself in English, he informed them that Jacob Lee had
been expelled from among them, that he was no longer one of their
fraternity, and that he must leave the camp of the gipsies for ever.
The King, then advancing towards him, spat upon him, and the circle
which enclosed him simultaneously opened to admit of his retreating
from among them, while they smote him with branches of trees, as he
left the ground. The meeting then broke up, and the parties
assembled went their different ways; some of them having come some
considerable distance, in order to be present at the tribunal."

Early in November Mr. J. Simon, LL.B., was called to the Bar, being the
first Jewish barrister connected with the Middle Temple. A Hebrew bible
had to be obtained, on which he could be sworn, and a difficulty having
arisen, owing to the custom of Jews putting on their hats when taking an
oath, the size of the wig rendering it impossible in this case, it was
ruled that the head was sufficiently covered by the wig.

On 31 May, 1842, an Act (5 & 6 Vic., c. 22) was pass