The Sun.
London, England, 1808-01-01 00:00:00

POLICE,

QV?. ItN.SQUAiI F..—A butcher, of general good,clia-
rAMer, at Chelien, was chatgod with hilip,stealingi_
15 sheeli were stolen, and tho whole nuluber,
dive.; and 8 dead, were found in the TriOner's Shop,
nid hiin in the act of 'slaughteritys °tie
,dt• .---
1 la therefore committed. .•

- MANSION. HOUSE, DEC. al.—Pat rick Carney, an
Irish porter, 'brought a .complaint against ---,-
Miles, the keeper of a'parcel-otlice for Waggons and
stage coaches, fOr assault, and also for other injuries
sustained through'his tuiscoodal. -
tsho•tomoowtot: stated,. he' had carried a
heavy load to the, office. of tho tloroodhot,'Tor ott•
vvyoneo intp the counfrY ; and that, finding tui. ono-
to helOtim in.getting rid of his load, he 'threw it as
as he could from his shoulders upon the door ;
~n which ti terrier dog belougieg to the defendant
tlew.at him farionsly, seized him by the kg, andtore
him severely.. Having disengaged his limb from; the
fangs of the fierce little annual, it still continued to
bark and-snarl at hiin, when the Complainant, to
frighten him away, threw his hat and knot at him.
Upon this the defendant, the ownerPf the dog, flew
into asgreat a passion as his favourite, seized the com-
plainant by the collar,,threatened tot: n oCk'etY h is frio
chuckle-be.o, and handled lion ‘vith much reughness. -
The :eomplainant, however, calmly advised 'hint to,
deist from blows,p as be shOuld ccrtainly,repay them'
with interest. But this calm counsel served only,
like oil, on lime, .or. water on a mad dog, to give
itew fury to the vengeanecof Mr. Miles, and filled.
Mor Mr..Carpey with serious apprehensions, and he
inoediately repaired to a Dr.•llope for medical.ad- '
Vice. •ThiS Gentleman,'after examining' the wound,-
proceeded to Mr. Miles's, in order t.6*as"certain whe
titer the dog `l'as mad or not ; where... he received.
strong assurances in the negative, and,that the dog
was perfeetly coOpos tneittis he, howeVer,,attended-
the complainant until the wound was healed. The
present application was for compensation for- the
personal injury sustained, as well as tor,the lost hat
and knot„ , and the amount of the tio6.tpes hill, ..
Mr. Miles, in his defence, stated, that the cern-.
plainant had acted with great rudeness, and. had:
wantonly thrown down his load with such violence,
that it nearly broke through' the floor ; and this-he,
supposed had excited the vigilance and irritation of
the dog. On turning round to inquire into the mat 4
ter, he Saw the defendant attempting to strike the
Aog with his knot ; and upon remonstrating with
hint, he received the most scui;rilons abuse.. Being
roucli irritated, he threatened' to knoek•the fellow's
head about., and threw his knot out of!clOors. •
lid not know at ;the time that the dog had bitten.
4.1 e. complainant ; but that he himself bad, proyok,ed.
the injury. .
Thin statement was corroborated the porter of
Ihe defendant. . . .
~The Loan MAvoit decided, that the defendant
;heel(' pay for' the hat and kno,t.; 1)14. awarded the
%omplainant no other compensation.

•
MAlt LKoßovo it-st [lL:CT.—Yesterday: a. resneCla.
'tle haberdasher in the neighbourboodof Brook—
areet, 13ond7,Street, broUght a little girl, only it
~,ears of age, before the Magistrates, charged with
ttirloitiing her tiraSter's property,
.to a considerable
unount. The complainant, through charitable tho,
.ices, had tal‘At this unfortunate child into hii-stirl•
.oice, to assist in attending his children,
,and going
of errands, in which, latter employntent he found
her extreitiely useful, front her perfect knowledge
at the adjacent streetti. Having kteCaSIOU to send
some hats, bonnuis,,and other :Articles to • a lady in
St. Alhan's-street, he, antruSed '.her with thou in a
bantkbox, when, after an ;thaw-Ice of some-how,
she, returned with the hos. empty; and behrg
rooted as to the contents, she told various stories
about them—that she dropped Oman: ,cy,the
th.tt site took thein out to. Look at, and left:them her
hind her on the Steps of tt Gentleman's hoese, tke.
&c. On being examined before the 'Magistrate,.
s ht..% still perSisted in :the same tale ; but -being. threat
Klett with confineutent in *the black hole . until ,
shOuld he gent to. the, Old Ba`,ley. to be tried and
hanged, she aektlowledged she, had sold the proper,
t} ;ttnct disclosed the name and place of abode of the
person to WIMITYSIIC had disposed of it.
Yesterday Jum'esShields-, who stood. charged with'
picking pockets in Margaret-strOet Ofutpel', wider-
'went a second exaMination;
Mr. ilLt.rt, for the Priioner, .observed, that ai
there Was a. differeoce of opinion the Magi •
Straws, respeaing the virtue of the on which
the Prisoner was taken, ha 'should (Iftly ytibtnit,that
although the Prisoner had- scrvel :elf years
~,on
board the balks, he ought nut ix! (1.2.1);,,r0 gun, to
Chapel, Or nny other plaea,of Diviw Worinip, to
expiate:his past ctinducl-. Such a to iii as thy lirisonet
stood in need of refortnetlen„ and such could 1101..'t0
better wOrked :hint, than in hearing the Divine
:ind ettlightened lei tart.~ of Dr. Moore, •
The. Magistrate Was ut opiaion, thit a man of
whatever description bu,ttaiget be, ought nut to he
wolested in a 'chapel, or in:a-theatre, or in a crowd,
which latter was nuisance enough' in itself, except
there Was ,snflicient 'proof :that J 1 was there with
felOnions intent. (t was not sufficient that he was
a known bad ohnraiter, teaks his conilat and de-
rvietnotir manifested a telonieus. intent, or caused
ouspicion that tie was abotit to' do- a wicked
But its the Prisoners ease there were strong circroh.
60ficeS of sbspicton against hen! had 101 the
chapel to join othee had.,characters at the door, and'
lie was,deteraed looking at papers, which he had not.
;oared to account for the pusseimon t)I, and these,
with' other citeninAineeit, were sutliownt to emble,
him '(ilie"Magistrate) to .send the ow:
Sessions,' rlairts the !tench relight *ddi.il/4,1e on the cvi-'
deuce. ' •

The 1/0606Cr !solicited, o be bailed, and lie Was
lott,movti that be might give the nameh of twu re-
speaable hnl, ir h taihtut to pima, hut not ;1';
iut; to he tried by a Jury. The Prisoner was sent to
il,iaewell tat the ;3,.,.;,hiun5, as a.rogue'ond yagabund.

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U 1 I.D 11 81; young ()t
ail W3S -brought bCfOre
13oYDELL, Charged b) hir, Waiener, a
bris-toi,litder, in tVhileoliapel, with offwing to him
for-salu a itt:tittity of tat4ebrasi heatleit'olil4, which,
mti (ru, tlle t:1,0.4.0t0n; th: itivected to be Ow proi•er.

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Nl)tiN rt,

ty of Mr. Thorrup, leass-folinder, at the Crescent
in the Tower.. A 'servant of M. op, who _bad
seen the articles, declared them eci be ilk masterti
property, but Mr., T. himself W 45 unable to attend
till Saturday.

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' Woßsinv,,STnosT.---Niikerday two soldiers-were
,committed. for -trial, .chargett with stealing poultry
front the -prernkes..of Mr-Sear, of the Crown Public-
house, on Blackheath, where They
vele (i 11.11 tioxLi.
They Were apprehended near Ntile End v, 101 KAM!
of the property upon thetij.- •

•
HAT,ToN-GAtmat4.---Ten ragged boy 3 apprehend-
:ed the,,precedii.% night, were charged with rObbe-
rie3 at several shopkeepers windows, by cutting out
panes of gitiss and taking away several ariicles of
goods. The eldest of them is not fonrteen years of
,age. They.were committed for re-exatnination.

SCOTCH LAW.

COURT OF SESSION.

About four years ago, the sheep, pasturing on the
'grounds in the neighbourhood Of the city of Edin-
burgh, - were ninth infested by dogs in the night
time, and on many occasions great numbers of them
.Were worried and destroyed diseoVery could he
obtained of these nightly dtinedators; and as the
mischief still et:anti:lE.:4o. the Procurator I.:iseal of the
'County, at :the instance of some of the proprietors,
olfered rewards, first of t! r, guineas, and afterwards
of 40 guineas, to any person who should be the
means of " obtaining a disdovery in the premises,"
..which rewards were uttered by advertiiements, pub.
Fished rePecaadly, for many mo(ll)s; . in the E.din-
burgh. Papers, and were to be paid by the Procura-
tOr, cenviaion.
It happened that ,a poor washer-woman-at Stock-
-bridge who had bee o sitting up' all night, paying'
the last duties of humanity to one -'
of
her fellow
creatures,' going to the :doer ly;t lieuse ear)), in
the morning of the.l7in of April, 180, discovered
,a,dog worrying sheep in a field belonging to a
Gentleman at 5164A:ridge. 'l'la destru6tive Nuiinal
'had . six sheep, and Vas chasing the
remainder of'' the when the poor woman:
whose 'name is.' 'tlharlotte Wilson, , frightened him
away. Tii6 dog' AvtiS 'traced to his lietnej.. the
..owner of the deg-was cited before the Sheriffof the
courity„, and the.' dog 'being', fully conviatid., of the'
otfencti, Was turu:teel. . ' •
It was scene months before the final 'sentence was
pronounel upon the dog, owing to.A litigation
which the master of it maintained 'With' the Gentle-
mast whose sheep had been Worried; but as soon as
the conviction took place., Mrs.. Wilson applied to
the ProcuratOr Fiscal for the promised reward, which
• was_ refused, chiefly 'on the ground that the intbr-'
mation given by her*Pas not in terms of the adver-
tisement. She applied by. petition to the Sheriff of
the county, who tbund her entitled to the reward of
so.gaineas. The Prodbrator Fiscal brought the She,
riff 'sjudgraent under review of the Supreme Court;
where the litigation has been maintained for up-
wards of three- years, and at last the contest was
finished by two' consecntiite judgments of the whole
Lords,. ordaining the Procurator Fiscal to pay to
Mrs. Wilson the reward of 50 guineas and he' was
also foundliable in all expellees Of snit. '

Yesterday Morning died, at, his apartments in
Bow-street, Mr.. Thotiaas Carpineal, one of :the
oldeSt Utiicershelonging to the Public-Office. He
was Officer 3H years? .ILiving been appointed in the
year 't 70, by the late Sir. John Fielding. He was.
recornmended to Sir John, by a Mr. Clark, an Of
ticer of thehighest respectability, belonging to. Bow:
:4i:et, and who likcwiie held a situation in the
Mint, in consequence of his having distinguished
himself in accompanying Mr. clads and Air. Jea.,
"InusAO apprehend. three. highwaymen at a house
in liemlock,eonit, Carey-street, .• for a highway:
robbery on titieltley Common, when he ,not
only, behaved very courageonsbr, 14t strewed 'VIM
mapagetuent. .After his. appointment • lie; ieQtl/11e:
one of the most
.aCtive Officers belonging.to 'the'
Otlice; so much so that, he was sent by G:otern-
niellt and various public 'offices ,and .bodiett to 14!
parts of, England, Scotland, and Ireland likewise
to ditTerent parts of the Continent,to apprehend
persons charged with crimes, in all of which he was
very successful, About twenty years since he was
Rent to apprehend three, own .111;. France, we believe
for a forgery open the Bank of .10 .a
.very
considet;able amount.; by. his industry he traced out
the men, and, applied to the Police' of Franee•to
have them given wbtich refased,i however;
it Was agreed , that :Carpmeal should have a fair
chance tit apprehending 'then) after they were Of
French. ground, and .ionte of the French Po;;ce
Officers took them iit.a cart to the t:.y.treuttity of, the
Fiench territory; :and tprtiell 'them 100 le upon the
sand beach 'ripen the cotht of Hon Ind hey took
to their htelm Carptnehl and his aSsistanti pursued
them, secured two; and brought them to England
they were tried, found guilty, and c.teCuted.
Continned- ins tiOivity:in' his ntike till within these
la>t five or six years, during which time he has head
very bad health. ..He wrW66 YearS of.a;e. • '
• He haS left a widciNO, and a daughter lay a for-
mer Wife. Rivet! and Pearkes are his .executors.'

Cook, the. soldier, and Curley, the boot-closer,
are to run in Hyde,Park, nel(t. Monday **if'.
yards, for so guineas aside. The,adds,ate 5 and 6
to 4 in favour ofCook. -1

PROVIDIENTIALESCA p1,..--A1)01.1Se, No. I, situated'
"in Fiederick-street,near the turnpike, in the FLitni)-.
stead-road, belonging to a Mr. Wakefield, fell into a
heap of wins between live and sbcotlock yeSterday
.Inortiing; and it was inhabited, by si!::fatitilies and se-
veral children. It Was-,,buitt about, 1.5 years ago,but,
the outer wall WilB only nine inches-thja', and the,
chief support- of the" interior Was a Icatr-inch
therp beingyery little timber. It was tilS:OVered to.
be,:giving way by a 'person wholodgeilin the garret,
lnd also 'by a milkman on the ontside, 'and the in-
habitants being alarthe.d,, they hastily e;capedjwin
their beds, and in two minutes' after the fabric ,be-
came a heap of rains. The Inmates, with their t1:1-
inilles,, took..shelter in the neighbourhood, and the
'person s who relkled: in the adjoining .hotisei. inime-
di3tely
/deserted them, the w !mho lking of the ,iatne
coast rtOieit as the one ghat till.

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' This was .! t : ''.':tiiirl Irought Tiy the PraiOtiff, ai ti
-o\vner of- tt'..STittthiSelilthakt .cotled the \yilltal-o
1.',-.l.uting, ag4iitst thelligyht lion. Lord Grenv;lle, 1:
villoi IJA: in g - residnar'y'lcgalt4 of the 'late Lord'.Ca- r
tneleOrd) is .t. he owner iit7" °falter Sourii4lea• Whitler
~
called the Cori'veut.: The.aatiou ' was io-:o.uvqr Cur '
the value of Witt whale, which the :Plaintitf claim- '
ed to be entitled to, and which'he alledged that the
'Delendatc, -Lord:Gretiiilie; bad converted to his
_own use: . . - ' , - ' . , .

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Mr. Serjeant Ban stated, on the part Of the I'lain!!?
ttfl, that his claim rested on the establiShansagei
.and regulations of the South-Sea•Whaling-ViSiels.
The custom of this 'fishery is, that should one Vessa ff
throw a harpoon into a. whale, and another, Vessel
'immediately afterwards come up and kill that whale, -
it is in, be diVided between' then]. The Learned'
Counsel said„he khould prove that this has beenthe
constant usage in the south7Sett,WhalisAishery,
although different rules prevailedin the Greenland
Fishery, 'from the difference of Circdrnstances. Tf
such werethe existing law, 'founded upon%the eiag-e
of the fishery, it would be no question either for;
JuriesorJudges to say whether t4e law tver.right
or not, buf only to pronounce as the law stood, The
custom, howeveri appeared to. him ,rdtie very rea
sonahle,..and something like that which win; con-
sultrily prgtised in Abu country.. with respca to.
!fining-mg game. The kibdr of harpoon which was
used in. this instance, and' whiCh • WAS very OM- .
monly used, was called a drag, because it has a buoy.
or piece of wood of from one to tivo.teet
,square at, ,
14ChCd to it by a short rope. i'his Pleee of wood;
floating on the water, both sheaved where the'struck:
..m;hale was, and impeded,: its, passage through the
• water, and thus prevented its escape in the month,
of June. I'Bo3, the VeSsels of the Plaiotitf and 'De-
fendant were' fishing 'near each 'other in the SOuth
Seas, when Capt. Law, •of. the ,Plaintiff'sNessel.
having wounded a large whale with one of
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drag-harprions, had fixed another harpoon (win&
Was attached to his boat by a tow'-line) 'into' a small'.
whale.. When 'the Defentlaas boat approached,he
hailed her, , and told .the captain the couple which
the larger whale. had taken The'Detendant's crew •
then killed the larger whale, ' and the Captain being •
: asked, according to the custom of the trade, for,half
the whale, refused to give it and -it: gierefore,,hel
came necessary to try. the question at law. Aia it •
was evident that the striking ,the whale 'With thii
drag-liartleon prevented itsvescape, andtegsistediebn-;
Aiderably in .taking. it, it was also clear, and stool-.to
reason, that those who so assisted shoald.he reward-:
ed for the assistance they had given. 'The extent ef
the reward would depend upon the %stein of the.
trade, and ha would.. 5064 that it. was (mesh& of
the fish.'

.Captain Law, the commander of the Plaintiff's
Vessel, proved 'hig having' Struck the large whale
with a drag-harpoon, bud that, alter its being strock,
it did not proceed farther than 200. yards before
was killed, and cut Up by Captain Anthony, who
was in the boat 'of the 'Defendant's Vesiel; and to
whom he had waved his. hat for assistancie: "rha
etlett generally produced by striking a whale 'with
this drag-harpoon is, that it stays, for a considerabl#
time nearly in flip same plate; fighting (or, as 110
ehplained it, endeavouring 'to extricate itself from
the harpoon) 3 and that, indepandont of. this effetit,
Its htrength'is. wasted, its speed diminished, and its
place, in the water ascertained by this flo4tin piece
of As nod and it t heretbre
.becOmes' an easy' prize to
any one-who may come up. The Witness also :tes-
tifies' as to the custotn., concerning the property iu
the fish caught, as stated by, the Counsel.
Captain lioltrorsie, who itaid WI-WI-been in the
South-Sea Whale-Fisliery for ninereett'years,,:als6
declared it, to 4! ,the custom .to the fish . ill
isneh eases. •

-Captain Drab!, was acquainted' both with the
'Greenland 'and the South-Sett Whale;;Fishery. •In
.the Oreenland Fishery. there was no..such rule, eti
the whales , were larger, and less. easily killed by a
hdrpoon, and the ice presented other obst.teks. They
t ltrefore aid aril use th 6 drag-tiatp9on in the Green-
land Flibery ;...• but in the :South-Sea Fishery the
rule was what. had been before stated.. . •
A very'-'eunsiderable'number of capt4il4"ip
the South-Sea Fishery proved. this' custom. SOtne
of them •stated that they ' had been waited On by
Lord ;Gienville's Solicitor, and had told 'bhp what
~t)tc..eostoto was..

he case for the Plitinti(F being closed, '
~. Mr. serjeant Slik:Pla.RD•ptessed for a nopsuit, oil
,the ground.that anti of tnitCr i quid.
tfre:,wholb. was an undivided property, pt wilkh,(l7or.
'the Riajotiff's evidence) they were tenagii in (=KO-
the, fish'llad been divided into.tWo Halves,:
arid the shares. assigned, then the. Plaintiff might
being trover fur his moiety. • . •
.Sir JANIES MANSVIEL.p..AOid, that he felt that le4ol.
ohjet9ion to he a very strong one..
•
. Mr. Serjeant fiEsT requeAcd.that the, came might
go to the Jury on its merits
_find_ that the, of
liv• might trq. sav c. . hold t9o, great a rrnt.xet -for.
Lord Grenville to suppose • it, possible that,: it*;•he':,
were tit:toted, 011, the . merits, he r &Mil counnt. to.
move the Court ttpon sucira point.' Waa sure
his' Lordship could not know that such nu' objection:
I.,wotild be taken, and tlyarkt was the: d morf:ly of
.11.4. agents. ,
Air. Serjeant SitzettEttn.alloWed that, Lord Gren.
vine didifot know aay thing of it r ttuf.thot,,if )10
did, Lord Grenville ;was only one Gt.the I),efolltiants;
as hiti Captaih, and: the crew, 01. leis VeJt'sel. were
also interested, and Lord Grenville lad no to
give tip their interes.t.• Lord Grenville .was entitled
to;a, larger' share j yet the meatiest person on
_hoard
11.44 aright to havetheir interests piotet4ed. • •
Mr. Serjeant BAl44lr* read the adinlsoions in the
min the letter of Lord Grenville's
Offering to try the question on• its titerita.: If, after
these,, the .Defendant : were to' take advantage of
tlto Ipoints,,, it would be completely, taking: idle,.
PI• •
thltiff by surprize

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Sir J.Awe-§ MAN4Ftut.,o said, thaty: hatvver. might
)1, WS'. opinion of the.ubjeaim.. llri, wooki allgv(the
caoso to go oil, -as one of the Witnessei had.:saitit
Ca; whale blonged to. the perwn that first struck it,
If the whale wati (atlfhtlghby.iht..;
wrist I(ive half of it to somebody eist.9,, then tiover
Would lie. ; . •