The Sun. — London, England, 1805-11-29 00:00:00

A SINGULAR' CHARACTER. . „ A few days since died, at Knightsbridge, 73. Esq. at the advanced time 0172, at which place he resided tar upwards of twenty years _preiious to' his death. 1V1r.13,. was avery.singular charaaer, and, from his eccentieities, was generally thought to be u little -deranged, In such opinion,. however; the writer Of this article can by no means concur, unless strong passions, an irritable disposition; a lively ima gination, great classical. learnidg, and an extenSWe - reading and observation, be considered as the eon ! stituent pats of a machnan. He was principally remarkable r :for an inordinate love of the canine species'; brit even this was not without some rea son,. asit.appears he was saved from assassination, in tiiS travels through Trance: and Italy, by a dog. -Ile was never, till lately, Without four or five very large ones of the setter kind, all lineally descended from the very dog that saved his lif,e. Lately, the old stock was reduced to one, and the others, in part, supplied by a stall terrier, and an enormous dog, of the Albany breed. They were fed and lodged in, I may say, a' sumptuous style ; beef-steaks, buttered ginger -broad, and pastry, were no uncommon diet for them; and, as to lo t in k ;, owe or two slept in the room with himself the others were'provided with:mattresses in other apartments of'his house. He , kept two lads to wait on them; and, 'at stated boars, however bad the weather, and. in' spite of every ether consideration, • he; himself, took them out for air and exercise; the last of those hours was- between one and two in the morning, which necessarily kept him up attest all night. In addition to the dogs he kbpt, he bad, as be termed thetn, a great many penSihners, that regularly came, some from a great distance, to be fed daily at his door; and, frequently, when he met 'a half-starved dog it his he. would take him to. a conteaioner's, and treat lush with a shilling's Worth of tarts, or (if a hawketof dog's meat chanced to be near)'..to a more substantial meal of horse 4Leslt. When any one of his dogs .died it was placed' in 'a kind of coffin s , —laid in state, for a day or two, With wax candles burning around, anti Mr. B. sit ida melancholy mood -beside it--,after which it was interred. with:great solemnity ; on which oc casion r. B. generally wrote at : Melegy, descriptive of the beauty raid qualitieS of his departed. friend the dog. By his last Will, it appears, he has bequeathed Q5l, a year to each cif the dogs-that were.living at the time of dais decease. His whole family e i ansit;.J o f lii canine friends, the two boys, and an old 116j14d utter OVer,5lOLl to physic :. would Cense quentlY'adinit of - no assistance the M nor suffer any person to apProach him in his last moments..-Notwith i standir his l',v: le offe4 7 tion seemedlo be settled on his dogs, vet for the Iminan kind, and many an , indigent unfo:maate °hie& will. deplore hi, - death. R 1 PORT cower 01 KING'S BENCII, Nov, 2E. TUE -KING V. DORMER. The Hon. Mr. Dormer u , asbrL;Light up agree able to the orders of the Court, to receive judgment for sending a challenge to Robert Knight, 'Esq. his brother-in-law. After a suitable charge from Mr. Justice GROSE, the sentence of the Court on Mr. Dormer was, that he do pay a fine of 501. to the King, be imprisoned in the Gaol of the Court for three months and do afterwards enter into recog n i z an ces , himsdin 5001. and two sureties in 2501. each; to keep the peace for three years. ME: CLIFFORD slimed cause against a Rule ap plied,for byMr. SOLICITOR-GENERAL, calling . on Mr. Heath; an Attorney of Court, 'to answer interroga tories. Cliftbrd admitted the principal bag stated by Mr. Solicitor-General, particularly that a Prisoner bad escaped from a man of, the name of Gardner, while conveying him to Stafford ; that the principal Gaoler, named Ford, to whom Gardner aced as Deputy, had been inditled for this offence; and That Gardner, while on his wayto give evidence before the Grand Jury against Ford, had absented himself in consequence of the advice of Heath.— This advice, however, the Learned Counsel con tended, was given in peculiar circtimstances. The Defendant, Heath, was .a stranger to Gardner, he conceived that he was misled in allowing himself, the aattal party to blame in the escape of the Pri soner, to .be carried to give evidence , which might criminate himself. Understanding therefore, that he had not been subpoenaed, in which case he must be regarded :is a voluntary Witness, he, Mr. Heath, had given It to Gardner as his opinion, that he was not bound tonttend. This opinion he might have given erroneously. He gave it, however, instanta neously, and.onAlie impulse of the moment ; and, in such circumstances, the Learned Counsel hoped the Court would not see any necessity for going further in the business. The CoURT remarked, that, though Heath' had sworn he had no previous knowledge of Gardner, the Witness, it was not.so apparent that he was not ac quainted with the person to be tried. On this ground the Defendant Was ordered tb swor the interrogatories. . , POLICE. MAP 1 r)AO I 7GTI , STREET.Yesterday Stephen. aiias ja;:les tichniidt, underwent all CraMina» t!le charge of stevliug, a ,tbl. bill of ex c.:: from the apartment of Charles De Merrey, a French emigrant, residing in Shelter:court, Chanclos. street; Covent-garden., It appeared, by the evidence, that the Prisoner went to the house of Sarah. Wan , ga6 where the- 'Prosecutor resided, in his absence, and, after I.iaiting about two hours, went up stairs, faced the door of the apartment, and carried away paprs; the property: , of the Prosecutor. Mr. De Mervey stated, that the bill of exchange.was attongst the papt!rs, and he had never since heard of it.. There appeared a good deal of ambiguity in the case ,altogether, for the Prosecutor advertised the bill; on Wednesday., as having; • heed lost out of a , Gentleinau`s drawer, ,or roislaicihy some means ; it was alSo prayed that. an intimacy,sulisiSted between the parties and a .Frenchman named Casson, who was said to be 4 partner with.p6 Mervey ; and by his influence' the Pris Oner secreted himself in the Prosecutor's house, with his books, &c. to escape his 'creditors When' 4e' , became -a bankrupt - two , years since, the apartment being in a dark court' not • likely to be found by .the In defence l , it , was stated by the Cottnsl, that bowever hasty tile Prisoner might live : been in scathing the Prosecutor's , apartments, he should prove that he was.. seeking for cerh, in documents by which he' could recover' property, and the ad was nothing but a trespass.'; Magistrate was Of opi nioti the charge was suflickntly established for the consideration of a Jury., zuvi the Prisoner wan fully ‘, committed for triaL • . PUDLICAATICE r QUEEN-SQVAP.ll.r—Japles Camp ben; ehafged Sar:ah'Powell, a xvo:ll3a of the town, with robbing• him of a bundle, i ; bad tecigeed from 'his master, :.:e purpose of b(Y ing delivered to a co'Ai):ll ,- ..-.F. i ~, i:ccostt':.l cy tile Prisoner about one Cci..;cls. l 1 ucniing Itst, who invited • binl to Itt ;: Y:;7.rnb street, bn t the people of the.hotle t them. /le W24l:cd.wlth her to Ci...,;;Tin-c.rf,!..;:i,i eing 'moth in , lig(1or, and bitd. ilo reroll.'r, :i):•; of wl•wiz passed afterwal - di„ till he found hitm , ..ll. - t c.iy,- tody of a Watchman, in Cluc(4l-strecz., having lost' his bundle, his it t, 3 :pat, am! and also a t 1. note. john Turnbull, a - patrole,stati,d, t11; , .t. FriKA.;e-' pas'sed b ' y 11:,c,r11- ing, in Queen-street, and ll , ccr about tour o'clocl: in the trIG-1. - ~. • . t..4sni 0,41i! - .4.- •gtreet, on the steps of a tatiov. , -cliandler's,slic - %sot 6 r 6 Avu il.r(!at Ilud i YeihiV, handker chief roLui d - her s l eek, when 11. : '; the watch house. , The grent.euat v. t 5 afterwards . plelged - by Mary- Robinson; yin acquaintance of the Prieoner, and was traced by carripbell to the shoo of John Stock, pawnbroker.—alic Prisoner iuIl; cunt tnittiAl T wo s o ldiers of: he Guards, of the names .- oflliX 'SOIL and iinveta, were alio e : nuniiied yestkrdavi, be ing charged by Diana ifawkito, vv'ith roi.)bing 'her of a bundle of clothes, On Friday eVOi/Ig Ist, !Will' the Bawl!, in Hyde Park. They pledgee some of the property Lilo night, with a Pawnbroiier, in NVLlitinut , :.ter, the rcst 'Was found upon the Pri4Aters, and !-;k - Vorfl to by Hawkins ate Pri4onces - werc L t..annitted fur trial. - = LO L).)I z ['rimed by I/ cif A 1 , 1!) it RR I _ _ A S or N M Igo, 4, anila t.Cot.trt, now.str ve OW, „. b } IL LtA ARM 1G It it SCR Mof south atti at th. , : s u , t o rl . l:;;E , N o , 11,v, St;:inti 3 when.* fitket tztemenif 0 /at - a' , 10'.: ale taper, Letters tbr the Editor, tve. tzekst-pai n - . • . . .. ' , Pf 3 7*( - . 1:::' , .; 1‘437-'4 . 11. -- •• 11./.1 plioll;'.i-Nr-tnitzs'il ft.; preinhvits given by the Frighland-F+ of Scot - : land, t. Ploughmen in the - ale:A:deli I)l.itrit't of the Stewartry of Kit kentibright, took nifee,.onliinr= day .last, at Kenmore Holm, in the rie4ente'ofSir A LEXAND ER GORPON, Of Ctlh'enn:w, nitd.Colonel GOIIDON, the yottnger, of Culrennan„ Convener; 'Members of the Society, and J 'rcat main( Gentlia m en anti Fanners,' and above a tit'.•ti.- , !: , iid Teti:Anti: The field chose by.the Convitttvr 11.',1i very ~t'id ley; and a stiff loam, whit:ll had been T . ,:evioutilv tih'iti4 into lots of it quarter of a Scots acre. Thu .Menihefg of the Skiety made clwice of the following Gen tlernen, all 'prattie:l Farinets, '',l3 Judgei.t, viz..-- Mr: Broadtbot, in Barbarfow.; Mr. Miteirll,'in Cul vennan ; Mr. Smith, e in Kirkchrist ;' Mr. Cannon,: in Shit!'; and Mr. Wilson, in Achie.---t tweli' o`elock, twenty - three phi'. :s were ithrieit and every lot.w is fitikhed by ball-past two, When the Judge.s unanimously adjudged the premiums to ploughmen with two lorses, as follows':—The Ist premium, the Society's silver trizdal and two gainer , to NS:Mint/I-Cairns, in Fiordland. The s,:d,one glaue3 and a balf, to jarne.s.AP.Kie, 'ploughman- to :qr. ri. Tll ii in Shirmers. The '3d, ondgaioea, to James 'lope, ploughman to ~Mr. MrCiellan, 'ia Ulach. The 4th, fifteen shilings, to 11. ninigh , • ploughman to 71,1 r. Aillecit;iti Chapelton. The oih, half-a-guinea, to Francis Burgess, plouglinmo to Mr. Muir, in Greenhill. Anti Ow Oat, a i:rown, to J. Mitchell, plonOrnan to Mr. 110P 0,- -in G l ". lix ; And to plough:Aen witl) t'wo.oNii,llie iot rize, .9 . One guinea,. to Williain'oti:han); plougim )g " t " . ' s : f Alelimder Gordon : and• the t2d, valimgqitleacii)rt), Thoutis:•‘4liteNvriklit; Obugl in ''''' t() :hu r ' g:: d ho ° l. n t ' r :11:1:1'11.i7rt;ViriliiiitatuntesC,a' j a r n E tTAV fin a k l s iat ahea€3.l';lra")lti it ? l's ill two hours and . ton initiates. ____..---.......—.. . -- / uiP4r:sed by—the Teig:4titl.lPut IhVSPalf:est, W . afrs " In Bengal i art...viSlND, NOV'. 27. Indus, 1 i , ",.eldon, from MAints; Mmi, Ros:lsabella, lia!rt aa(—g" Janet Layton,. from I),i•roetarai 1;01!IL "Ile' fromc • 403; Argo, RA I, from Oporto; comet v;toghaot ~.,I°wn. Adatns, and Lntei prize, Lioross, front Dont,i.tyfn; I.!Fro of the Nde t _ll utchin.on, font St. Vincent D; 4,o°lert net, A.if:isrrnanit.SL.. Kitt's • Lady Penrytt, Burgess, and t' 1 4 31 m Grenada ; Heaton, l'hompson, (tors Surinam : Alfred, fattes t treat Tob4 o t Sinl" n C l ' 4 ' * ' rl t'i : j.:7l.rin Trinidad p Shctidtiii, from t3elfast ;_, ctal. f _ s " r„ s rli . laneAspha Srnith, Pitt, Conner, lane, W10.1:.v11, "00311. -Antelope, Madtlon, Sally; Willtar , Si aa‘ i rymple, Fent, from farnaicP 11 ,, t n gii gurled":tb,e Lord Itiolso-n, *Gray, anii Kangol ..,,,--,/tN. nari" L °""lia Dublingot and 'yoga 'relict, u for Bremen, ' ' —............,-----.......................4 ir‘oraeristteelila.Y,; at St. john's Church, Westmins,lck,,4, rc. . . T ii . c ... : 11 I :::.. a ct r: t o k i:4l :t yi , c, JE;ll,o,aoo9nrt:itilu:l;latsßhrittr,reg.l:efirtird,r,.l::.(V..;)Ceese Kent, 1 0 i n: e i t l t t:s ti l'f r i l s : 1 „:0 111 t 1 1 neloP' t:r• • .. 14 h On fi:;tunti . r ',vv. k ,) v .at Bath, the Rey. Voter Gurn4: 1 7 : 4 0. 0 . 4 1 , 1 ; i li R • , to MI 4s Ithiliott, eitiet daughter 4)t in' ott 7 4 o r clot , ' stcte, to Miis Brown, of Vatoth4ll-ruld, 1010iPg—, 1)11 1 D. ' l'erracc, On Saturday list at hi- ein High-' - ;tiraereYt-le.' b,.°Ml Da;id Garn4et,ul:!sq. late or New On Monday viihr at St• 1 t 1 1 ". litt; m3d' in the '6th t relit; o& captain , 4) . 0 . ).f-Ar).f oar ae, Alis. et , • John 4.4.3 r .1/10171rig last, 2 t Erterboro4h-bosio ham. Alcyrtulz.. Esq ortro 4 Thy same 4.1 V it 1.1 mrs, pachel _, eite)llSrure-p,a‘c. •-f Agg i 7"1"19,1 the .110 n. Ashton Warner, at till Island PRICE•OF 111 Ink Stook. 195 i 195 liavy per Cent, shut 5 per , Cent.. 1797, 994 tnsh s p.tr Cent, 4 pet Cent. 76 per Ct. Red. s 9 if 60 59;41 3 per fri Bank. L. Ann. 17 1.161/1 4 Ditto Short Ann. 2' TOCA ). ROAY. India Stock, or India lion4s , ar, Is , r South Sea Stoo, , Exchequer Dias, is, ,s, Is' pron. finperial ; per Cot. Entro A on. ' $ Cont' fur Opening , (Ai` . 16 *per Cent• 103 I , S ____.:....e.......0 ~~- ..... , E x:::::: T lin o ntar S s, . y • TSc.:lo)o7lr-er::4,(1) N, Esq m . T). 'Llverpc,,'.ii Or of :{toshsorsti G. , ii. , a d ii t , e , ira.psfer,loitf; h a l Ltl:l:osrtel,l v i l l e ,: a lo o ::::: . r.thwit, l'artarr, and Browne, '" :tear VOliCitiv:r. s i a T" ' - x r ,c.,re ert.liine teo, avcilecnornmigo_nptai:n7:ytendbl;iiryi,ec:llloont.,s-v,toaillot•rwptarislo•rietruusrotc:irlel:3teall::s:;:::,itizor(sl given 'lll' by -the Factilti as ineutahlo• Ml' c 4)" 'l4 lloll ' 1 •_.,_,t;'"" Kalning groan for gime tin;e, Nvni veryll.aof v el .. ucc9, - and cAtiad. me to experturzte g , : it criloiri:: isico vistial and Offensive twitter. i wa; to'tali Jellfivc(,' ° ; n l if 1 for ; 1 Long time t I thus became ive.ilc, ern :1400'i. ••,1,:,011 si t s : 3t h 9c ,::: : l % : .ti u n P ai g i l : e ay h rs ! t n : c.n e l eat i . tltyt, t l f b i i i a os u ir i n e iteb l r i l.g s l icto e i ‘ l e !r v s c ni r t ;t a : :: i i r i i i ,j i:e i t a i r s :s c l i l o e d :n bi a ls l i v i mi g a c ess ili o l . ar s iei ct sr A ti o . : : i t iL l dli loi : e etti a s! % :::_ oL i r t t l :‘%. ,6ll ; l 4 : o o :l:l l 4ci rt r ::: P : ) , : , : : :::l ll 3 i ii i st u rtike, :41 , 4-fr:iin the etliiels of act agoefirs theY " V il ilell' cr " 1 was lint administered t - ' -' l thNe t‘'''''' , 4 V fuls till •times 4 ° Irli 111 (I"'S ,I ° II ' incol ! O P c, 4-,.ay, ,:i.•Iv:.11 was gra.tta_,) et ylie ~ four l tea-spoonfuls tour timis a.day. I found tiov,yeeitili tti aptwhioelailyriilei.ig,sitt;u:chijontiretneeae:rgtPtelehillaera:nvia,ty:l;l:wys:ctijitihioi;tflieeeti:,Tri'ucite'll.::Arl:::iii.ncidao.rnd,tei:liiii:llll:i tat:t?'),,risl.:l.::lllerlit,elitilic,i!hl.o:riaiir::!:Cr. and, thank G o d , I base not had the !:.i.st retutililo (roll. e • ' CI ecr I` ..)C )4 i mi Al r. sl ) eartiown,ot" L)oneaster,frorn wlif,in the urfrv.,. 01;51.• of Gilead waa obrallCd,' 25 sV:ri 35 nil tYll'i k11:0 4/Vii„ali !let my recovery as little short of ,t,lnroia AU :a: Vali ( labouring under consLunptivc or nervols ti o) ,rilia l:9 c ' r%khicoli,nral.aysecivraii.pe:,liiiaouenpurtnoareasnie.krieetsaoolirittelii:itoilnsLtt.oby,:rti:it.,stroitleliler.-itoliceti.ria:eii.fcet;!:"ll::l,::::ti,tiot: .1.!. Thorne-Quay, March 111 4 'll' anti, for the good of Nia,kind, 1 v o,i, it ~:, lo t ' sc i.:tor , ' l'4 glut . ' to an infant Dtiughter of mine whe'n in t.:onvt: ~, 4 1.,;1. hal an instantaneottialid wrinderftil ell:gain No v _‘ f t , ' , , ,,,:r P 3 * _, Y ou a re at liberty roinake this publit; la any 11; , ,).(1, k i tn Li oloGjcie::l‘iv,)l,olui„or(,ol;..bitliti3grocid,rvvfliii;',,;(;:lo.ll:::::,:ll,,e;v:j.:l)ll,i,til,l.,l:l•,:,l,,.:, Foil! ,hy M 7.„ Mathews, No. ,g, Strand, L0n: 3)1 .'; 4 1 • c Smith, Perfumer, Ni. . 38, and Mr. Rai:bairn, Not:. 1,,00 # Mr. .baxter ?iv( Nit': S,:ott, South-Brici<o ; Nlr. 1) 3 1 ,„410 0 Hushand, Elder and Co. Edinburg I i,ll. Foxier, L' 1 %,,,0 , i'h"eiside, Ayr. W.. Crawfoids. GirViin . 1 , ( 3 ,r s. 'i ' :',it' • j Dl y t;l4..is ; T. sPlMillan, Kirkelidbli;-;',t ; .I.'''l'L lc : r o°' ' ••11,, , 11. Blyjtv, Leycn; I, Perripsta, 01 ,,r ;. i , vPsi. 1 (!ec; I• . Craigie, Nforitrose ; 11. NlitcPOL, an'it,',;(ll.:,;s; i Aberdeen ; Dr. Whites Dann; Writtruti,b, 'iotw:-.cn :I,t, WKenzie, Stornoway ; P. Ta) lor. Stra:ifav ; 40,t, !x ; I, Bissa, Perth ;W. Andel-on, Stcrthig • Cc . : 0-: '' 1 . ; vii ,,,,./, v . he ,Alcxanrier, Dunti..rmlice ; WilsAl, 'l)iiiiti If ;,, . ii,,,,,,,i0 "mth; Vick son, Inglis, Ilotnlries ; 111,11,..1:0,;,,,p, IT. Wetidet, itinwick ; .Pltevon, ri.)oroiott;.lo 1 i. ,.., 1 tyy l oci ternead • 'A, Al'1) I ( `y; , ' vr,tt ..nti , t c ~ ,, I4ook qe' I ' ' CIS ilnd krztiners at Peron- Nletli , iiv Kingdom. . ' ' 'Ow r .):,, , ',wog , ~..., 00,, sc. saving ..of 95 may be harl by Put ii - . 411 (.0 ,1- ii/ir'erst.les, at 335. oliich i.entain loo; 0 4 11 " , 1 , I,:iter , I' • ,z,,,t- D°aor sokimoo iniy ,I}l, CAIISIIite'I ~ a1,,,,,i, 14 ' dresse:l - st I I' . '' 14 Pow , "c" r ' l' t 4..• . . _...,..... ing rill U4O 41 I'd,: I " ( 1 t; I. , ,;:,.i. _,.......,,,....--- o Ite I-. - , ~ . ort.st wet., C; ros:vetA,r-s,vetic SOSIN KING'S BANKRUPTcY. Mr. ri t smisk said he boped the motion he had to ' in which Mr. King was s o materiAly in tere::te , ouid net sufnr from the unfortunate in GI ion olyeserday ; but that hem might rather hope tbr the in dulgenee.• of the Court, in making the present motion, wile ill i stated (without any wish to convey a refleCti, on against Mr. , Plowden),that be had refused to =lce that motion. The Learned counsel-then proceeded to state the clauses of the 'insolvent 21:a, on which the .present motion was grounded, by which relief was Clearly . meant to be given to every person a&ually in cUstedY.on the lit of r Jaimary,: 181 4, for debts not eXceeding 15001. ; and the gaolers of the ditfer: cat prisens direaed, without reference to the amount of tho sums for which debtors . . Might be im prisoned, to furnish a list ()fall persons then, .aetualty ata custody, to the different Quarter Sessions, &c. Time ilankrept„Tolui King, ,it appeared, was debter to Pollatid•and Co. in the sum of 4601: for which he .was taken in execution, and a Connnission of Bankrupt was afterwards sued out sgainst him. The debt Was proved under tho Commission of Bankrupt, • and an Election was granted by the •LORD. CItAN.• CEI:LOIC to, Policed and Co till a dividend should come to be Made,.either to:avail theMselves . of the Commission, or of their right at Common Law. They,. on the 12tli of December,. 1803, Made their Median, by claiming under the Commission but still their debt steed on the Marshal's Books„and, in consequence it appeared, that on the Ist Of Ja,, ,fivary the Bankrupt stood indebted, not in a,sum unOr 15001. but • in 2,1001. comprehending never theless, this sum of 1,1601, due to Messrs. Polland and Co. in January, 1805, an application was, on this ground, made to Lord E'LLENISOROUGII, and his Lordship granted his warrant, discharging Mr. Rini.out of .custody on this execution. The Ma gistrates,. however, at the Quarter SeSsions at Guild hall, in April last, considered the Bankrupt's having been in custody 'on the Ist of January, 1804, for a greater norninal - suin than 1,5001.. as a bar to their proceeding, recommending it, hoWever, to them,. to apply' to the Court for their N: instruaions., Lord ELLEBOROUGH. asked, if this was not an. existing debt i n January, 1804 ?Mr. ERSKINE submitted io'Vas not such a debt as the Creditors could have sued 'for at Cm - Innen Law, 'Doi)/ had made their Election in 1803. sir. Justiee .Bi,mcd.---"rhe Chancellor gave theme till a dividend !would be made, to make their Eleaion. • lin. ERSKINF. maintained, that :they bad departed froni the right .of eleaion. What ask.ed was, t.ltat i a Mandan-Ms should be direeted tO - the: Magi - mites, to inquire if, in January, 1804, thel3atik rapt was actually in custody fbr a larger 'kith than thi.)ol, if not, that they should then inquire, they he Was not intitled to be liberated ? It was not by the Warden's book, he submitted, but by the jOdgment of the. Magistrate, that., , the fatt must be ascertained., - . The Couto' laid it down that without such a case being made Out to them as should' instru6t that the entry in the'bo4s was false at the time, they could not interfere, it was in the contemplation of the tegislatute to relieve only such persons as, on the Ist .Linuary, 1604, 'OtkNed under Isnol. If the . nankturitl u this case aftually ()wed more than that 'sus n at this date, of which there could be no dis •,put.e, no circarnstance v, , hich might afterwards oc cur, by 'Which the debt might he diminished, could entitle. him to the benefit of the Ad.-4W4. r(tp.iseri. COURT O COMMON PLEAS, Nov ..z& lirE,L Snme tinys baek a Rule w . as obtained by Serjeant , Sitypng i ti), on tile Put 01 tno votetimuir, to set asid:l the 'proceedings had in this cause, on b promis sory note of f2OOl. irregularity, Seri ,:ant VAUGHAN appeared to show c a ns 3, an d set out with observing, that the Inc-fir,ndut was .4 kind of amphibious, or rather_non-descript being L the same time an iu i , xney,. 7:ruonger and a music-seller. One of the irregularities Arhich he apprehended his brother Intended to insist on, was, that the Defendant Was arrested, though he was an Attorney of the Conrt; and, in chnsequence, privileged person. • The other, as appeared from the affidavit of the Defendant, was, that this bill, which . had been passed by him for music to Mr.:,'Lorenzo de Ponta, had been already satiSfiedtW the Lciorser and that, therefore, the Plaintiff had no right to in stitute a suit against him. With respea to both of these objeftions, the Learned Serjeant Stticl he hoped he *mild be able 'to satisfy the Court, that they could. not . be• for an - instant supported. He then stated a pfirt of a very voluminous affidavit, .sworn to by Mr. ,Bill, from -Which it appeared, that this bill had been given to Mr: Lorenzo de Ponte; in part payment of the sum of 8001, for- muSic, and other articles, being the stock in a MusiOshop in the Hay market kept by the Defendant: . The• affidavit hay.; ing then gone into oilier transa6tiOnS, the considera tion of lArtlich the Caurt rejected, as foreign to • the case, stated, that the Defendant had formerly been a .cheesetnonger, and that a statute of bank ruptcy had been taken out against him, as such,. about three years.ago, and it was not known whe ther.he has since got his Certificate. It also'stated, that; in the year 1801,, the Defendant had been ar rested for one of; the notes given on the same occasion; to which arrest he put in bail, without making the smallest complaint to the Court, for the infringe ment on his privilege: On these grounds, Serjeaut VAVGIIAN submitted that : the Court must consider the privilege, if he had any, i'ds waved by hiS not applying 'when he was before arrested in thee same; transaction ; and, therefore, that this Rule should be discharged with costs. .„ Serjeant BEST, on the same side; produced the Bill, which, he said, never having been paid, he did not know how the Defendant could reconcile it to his conscience, to. swear. it bad., Ile then, advised him to withdraw his Motion, as, if the Bill was identified, acid appeared not to be paid, it would clearly prove 'perjury on his part. After some farther arguments, Mr. Prothonotary Watlington was called ou to state what he knew of the business : he said, that the'Bill - in que.stion,when the matter .was before him, never appeared to have been paid ; and he was sorry to State, that there, were many others under the same ciroirustances, : Serjeant Surrunitn, on the part of theDefertdant, said, that .his Brothers at the other side had been making objeEtions for him, and arguing against tbern for themselves; for his part, he said, he never Meant' to rely on thit one, with reSpeet to the.pay nierit of the bill, but. almost entirely to confine him self to that of the Defendant's being an: Attorney, and; as such, entitled to the priyiiege - not being arreitvd. Mr. Justice Iloc - mP. then Said, the cineigi,on to be considered,was, whether an Attorney, having been engaged . in various other businesses, and having submitted once to an .arrest, eould, • in the same transitalion, On being arrested a second 'time, claim his privilege. Serjeant HEST said, he ,certainly could not.. lie remembered. beln&in it case, in . :le King's 13ench, exatly simila to this. The Dtifendant then was an inn-keeper and au Attorney, and moved to set aside an arrest, :on the ground-of privilege. Lord KENYON discharged.the Rule, remarking, that 4‘ Man should. not be allowed to draW bpet, and dr.e.v writs:" • Serjeant SHErnE/tu argued, that Mr. Hall, being formerly a cheesemonger, was nothing to the pre sent case, and having deriiedpositiVely, that he had ever kept a music-shop, but had merely passed these bills for the accommodation of his sister, who did keep it, conceived that it was imperative in the Court to snake his Rule absolute. Mr. Justice Rooiu went over the various points oftho arguments, and conclu,ded by saying, that he did not conceive the Court was bound to grant such motions as this, .if the circumstances of the case were Imfavourable to the Defendant; and he did not think that, to the prdent ease, they were such as could induce the Court to interfere! Mr. Justice Cx.a)snas was of the same opinion, and the Rule was discharged, with all the costs, ex cept those incurred by Mr. affidavit, and the copies of it. A person in the vicinity of Mottram, Lancashire, beingmuch troubled with rats; lately'set a very strong iron trap, hoping to take some of the bold intruders to make an example of ; but, to his astonishment, next morning, instead of a rat,, the sagacious 'cun ning of the voracious tribe had, by some means, cen tril,ed a large potaloe to be fast grappled in the teeth of the trap. Early on, Monday evening se'nnight, as George Calvert,- of Selby, carrier, was coming , from thence to Leeds, he was a m ssaulted by two en, one of Whom, without any previous notice, tired a fowling piece at him, the contents of which almost shat tered,his lea arm to pieces. In a terribly wounded state lie ran off, and with difficulty reached the first house (above a mile distant) ; the occupier imme diately dispatched servants in pursuit of the villains, but to nQ purpose. The unfortunate man was car ried to Leeds Infirmary, and the next morning his arm was obliged to be taken off. He had a consi derable sum or moneyin his possession, which in , all probability induced the villains to attack him. Two men are now in custody at Ledshatn, charged with committing the above outrage. Monday morning Johnston Walgrove alias John Culivell, whom Mr. GEO. WILLIANI3OY brought from Inverness, act off from Edinburgh for Bristol, under the charge of George Parkhowe, Sheriff's Officer of Bristol. s A foie evenings since, as the Rev. Mr i :GurFints was coming from irnightbridge, thro7 Hyde-Park, towards Orosvenor-gate, he' was knocked- down by two men, who robbed him of his watch, hat, and stick, but missed 501. which he had in Bank Notes. `The vinlins escaped with their booty. Between the hours of six and seven o'clock on :;unday morning a fire broke out in part of the back prcmises of Mrs. SPP:NCER, Plumber, in ligh-street, .C.tnterbury ;. but bye the timely assistance of the ca gjiy,.% NtliS luckily eXtitigkliblied Without (Wing any 6thei• tlainage thariburning the root :tnd , ',slde of the Wilding in which it began. * it has lately been used as a carpenter's shop.