The Sun.
London, England, 1806-11-21 00:00:00

Lord Er.LENisoftotiOft thought this case, of A
others,, only fit for the Quarter Sessions. He repro7.
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-bated the idea-of remoying such, paltry matters into
that Court.—The Defendant was then sentenced to
pay a fine of 40s.

POLICS.

THE KING V. THE REV, JOSEPH HALL.
This had'been an indictment against the Pefend-
ant, for writing and publishing a libellous letter,
addressed to 'Donor Harwood, one of the Proles--
sors of the University_ of Cambridge. Mr. Hall,
during the last term, had appeared to receive the
sentence of the Court, but time was given to the
Prosecutor to answer the matters contained in an
affidavit made in mitigation of punishment. The
case was -again brought before their Lordship's for:
their judgment, when the affidavits on sides.
were read. The circumstances which led to the
writing of thiS letter to Dr. Harwood were as fol-
low :. the Defendant was Redor of the parish .of •
Bartlow, in Cambridgeshire, near to whose parson-
age the• Prosecutor came to reside. The parties
lived in mutual friendship together; until Dr. Har-
wood' objening to the idirenion • of a toot-path
across his grounds, proposed to remove it nearer
to those of Mr. Hall. Tc) this the Defendant ob-
jened; stating; that it would lead the passengers
towards his garden. The Prosecutor insisted, and
removed the path within about ten yards 'of the
grounds of the Defendant. From this time animosity
broke out, mutual provocations took place, and
the. Defendant returned a piaure with which the
Donor had previously presented him. Under these
impressions the libel complained of was, written,
_of
which some of the most prominent passages were as
I follow :—" You stand convicted, by the verdict of
every one who has observed your behaviour of late,
of the meanest conduct : your very workmen blush
for you, the passing villager speaks with contempt
of you, and the traveller sighs- for you. It
.then
went on--." My friends wonder that my tins of
kindness and hospitality should be obliterated from
your memory ; but gratitude is a quality which ne-
ver was yam's." It then expressed the Defendant's
persuasion, that if ever he should be in want of
bread, the Prosecutor would have no difficulty in
del-vying it to him.
The Affidavit of the Defendant was then read ;
it enumerated many ads of the Prosecutor, which
had beedintended to provoke and mortify the De-
fendant.• It alluded to a skeleton, which Dr. Har-
Wood had procured, to terrify persons from pur-
suing the old road, that- they might adopt the new
path ; and concluded by imploring their Lordships
to pass a lenient judgment. in answer to this, was
the 'Affidavit of Protesser Harwood, which contra-
dined the most material fads in the statement. of
Mr. Hall. It explained- the circumstance of the
skeleton, which was merely placed as a kind of
bugbear; to terrify the, thieves, who had succeeded
in' robbing the Dodoes garden, and which was
taken down the day afterwards at the request of the
Defendant.
MY. GAMIONV was beard in extenuation of the
crime committed by Mr. 'Hall. He adverted
to the numerous circumstances of provocation re-
ceived from the Prosecutor, and trusted, that a le-
nient judgment would be pasSed by the Court.
'Sir V. GIBBS afterwards addressed the_Bench
the part of the prosecution.
Lord ELLENSOROUGH observed, that there were
circumstances on both sides of the case which the
Court must regard with considerable displeasure,
particularly the contradidion which existed in the
affidavits of the parties. His Lordship then ad,
verted to the skeleton, and cast a considerable del
gree of blame upon the Defendant, who had intro-
duced that subject, as an aggravation by Dr Har-
wood, when Mr., Hall had even expressed his ap-
probation of the plan.
-Mr:_ Justice GROSE then fined the Defendant 30
marks, as a punishment for his offence.

.111A.N-SioN-HousE.---Yesterciay Alatilila Cahark,
whom we mentioned on Tuesday to have been ex-
amined on a suspicion of- attempting to destroy the
premises of her Master, by fire, was again brought
before the. LORD MAYott tin- a second_ private ex-
amination, when other e,harges Were exhibited against
her. Mr. Gerard ScOrer, 'her late Master, (and a
partner in the house of Mastertnan and Co.) stated
the causes of 'suspicion. 'lt appeared that several
bundles of chips were discovered in various parts
of the house, on Saturday about- midnight, one of
which had been set tire to, as-if for the purpose of
burning- doWn the premises. This, great mischief
,had been prevented in consequence of the smoke
proceeding from the fire having affeded a your;
Lady in her bedchamber so severely, that she could
not refrain from coughing, and occasioned a search
to be made as to the cause. The Prisoner was taken
into custody as an objet; of suspicion, but nothing
appearing.l3efore the LORD MAYOR- to -criminate
her, she was acquitted upon this charge. It was,
however, clearly , proved, that the unfortunate wo-
man had been. so Much distressed of late, as even to-
etre& her senses, in consequence of insuring, in the'
'Lottery with a set pf worthless wretches, of whorn
she never, would have received a farthing had she
been entitled to it, and being reduced to the greatest
extremity,. had made away with various articles
of plate, &c. belonging to her master, in or-
\_der to enable her, if possible, to retrieve .her
misfortune. Jones, the shopman of Mr. Barker,
'Pawnbroker, gave evidence to the various transac-
tions he had had with the Prisoner. On the 4th,
13th, and 16th inst. she had pawned both articles of
• plate and wearing apparel in the name of Barnes,
whom she stated to be her master, and in embar-
rassed circumstances. At times she came and re-
deemed her former pledges, leaving others more
valuable in their stead. Among the articles of
plate were soup-ladles, gravy-spoons, table-spoons,
tea-spoons, &c. As she had managed so dexte-
rously as to be.able to bring forward the different
articles as they were wanted, no suspicion attached
to her as to the robbery, until the affair of the fire
was stiscovered, when. being at a loss, for a,•motive
for such a wicked attempt, it wai,'suspeEted that
I the, house might have been robbed, and the villain
hoped to escape detection by burning down the pre-
! mises. The robbery being clearly proved, the Pri-
soner was fully committed for. trial.
Yesterday a young man, named John Mills, Was
publicly examined on a charge of cutting a pane of
glass from the window of a taylor, in Wormwood
strwt, and stealing thereout two pieces of cloth.—
' He was seen in the aft by a publican, who lived
next door, and the goods were found in his posses.;,,
sion by the constable who apprehended' him. He
was committed for trial.
A man named White, a second named Cooper,
and another person, one of whom is an Excise-
Officer, another a marker, and the third a weigher
in to service of the East India Company, were
cliaTged with stealing five pounds weight of tea-,•
at Sommer's Quay, where they were landing a
quantity. The principal evidence against them
was a man named Bolton, who is
.emploYed as a
weigher in the East India Company's service. He
discovered the bag of tea concealed in the hold of
the vessel. Two of the Prisoners wanted , him to,
give it up to them, and offered him a share of the
booty ; but he refused, and gavOnformation at the
Custom-house, where he gave up the tea to a Cus-
tom-house Officer ; in Consequence of which they
were apprehended.—Remanded for further exami-
'nation to-morrow.
Two Cyprians of the lowest order were Brought
up by the constable of the night, mutually charging
each other with assault and battery. They wera
both cruizing on Wednesday night about Bighops-
gate-street, and fell in with each other at the door
of a gin-shop, which they entered to 'have a little
Miraculous Preservation of the Life of Rtex.DEVOR, anniseed. But in consequence of some altercation
who was- a Sailor Lad on board the Schooner which arose, they returned to the, street and-cbm-
Mary, Seth Wadsworth Master, lost on her pas- menced a fierce lotion, which lasted until both werel~lary,
up at sea, becaptured by the watchman, and towed to the ound-
- When Devoe was taken- 'had been house, where they renewed the fight with fresh
by-hatch, during which time he . fury, teeth and claws ; and appeared to have been,
44 hours on the boo
.discovered great fortitude, but singular pre- , both so beaten, that the T..ORD. MAYOR thinking
not only
sence of mind. Others who may; be placed in-a Si- them sufficiently punished, dismissed them for the
milar situation, may -be benefited by perusing his Present.
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WORSHIP-STREET.Yesterday Jw
aes Alasliji was
narrative.
It appears from Devoe's protest, that on Saturday charged with having stolen from the house of Mr. A.
the 23d of August they experienced a tremendous Lindo, in Finsbury-square, with whom h e lived seear7
r-
gale, which continued all that night. On Sunday vant, several articles of jeellery, plate, and w
w
Morning it was calm for about two' hours, when 1 ing apparel, to a considerable value. Several Pawn.-
they made more sail, bitt the gale coming on, they brokers attended with part of the goods which had
took in all except the foresail, under which they lay been pledged by the Prisoner, nd were identified
to, when she soon upset. After laying in the, water •by Mr. UNDO. hera was committed for
in this situation a quarter °fan hour, they cut away trial.
the lanyards, in hopes the vessel would right ; but George Smith, the driver of ahackney coach, was
she unfortunately foundered while the Captain was yesterday summoned before J. GIFFORD, Esq. 'of
at the helm, and every, soul, except the said Devoe, Worship-street„for taking 3s. as his fare for driving
'and a man named William, perished:- Just before . from the corker' of Sun-street, Bishopsgate-street, to
the vessel went down, Devoe cut away the gripes Somerset House Gate, which is only a, 25.-fare, and
of the long-boat ; but,- in attempting to get into I convieled in the sum of 31. and ss. costs., .
her, she upset. He then, as the last resort, swam •
to the booby-hatch, which he caught hold of. The E •
sEatenr„ OCT. 9.—After the battle of the Bth of,
above-named Willi= got hold of the hatch at the
same time, but the sea upsetting it, he was obliged Setember, neat Miprovatz, the Ottoinair 'Troop
Nissa,.and retreated by Cibit to Senikai,
to let go his hold, and was lost. Devoe continued
by the hatch all that night, bolding by the clamp, where they rallied. CZERNI)GEORGE pursued them
with the centre of his army, while the right made
When the -gale abated. On Monday it was calm,
a circuit to cloSe the enemy's retreat, and the left
and, as Providence had no doubt ordained it, a crab
floated on the batch, which be ate alive. Fatigued, . remained in its position to watch PASSWAN Oteou,
who had posted himself at Nissa. On the nth the
cold, and almost exhausted, in this perilous situa-
Turks advanced from Somkai to meet the insurgents,
lion, lie lay down on the hatch and slept. Having
and a smart engagement of several hours duration
awoke, and being considerably refreshed, he saw
took place, the result of Which was again favourable
two Schooners'at a short distance, standing, 'as he
to the Servians. The Turks were beaten back five
supposed, aS. E. course. He waved his hat and
handkerchief, but was not observed by them. Early leagues, and the two parties remained 'quiet to the
14th, on which day Ineautst PAsuA, with a suite
on Tuesday morning he Saw a Ship close by him,
which he hailed, but they did not hear him, the- -of Go men, went to the Servian Head-quartet* at
current sweeping him from her ; the wind, how- ,Sonikai, and, after a negotiation of three hours,
ever, soon became more favourabld, which brought concluded an armistice for six weeks with CZERNI
the Ship so near him, that he was discovered, when. GEORGE time being specified for
that interval of
the boat was immediately lbwered down, and' took the: purpose of entering into negotiations for a gene-
ral Peace, and IBRAHIM PASHA pledging himself to
him 'OD board. She proVed to be the Rose; Gard-
ner, from Philadelphia, bound to Cork,, bearing # exert all his interest with the Porte, to obtain for the
Servians the best possible conditions.
away for New-York, in distress, where she arrived
The Kingcton, SWAIN, and the Honduras Packet,
on the 30th August.
While Devoe Was on the hatch, his situation was TODRIDGE, from. London for the South Seas, were
rendered more terrible by observing the sharks'dc- all well on the i st,of 06tober, in lat. 45. 56: N.
your the bodies of his deceased to nta les. i long. 16. W.

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`Oil Me I 3t15 hlst. His Exee'len6y. 'the 'Lord T
tenant of Ireland gave a splendid eutertaimn at ni
abont fifty persens at the Castle of Dublin. -All the
people of raid; or fashion at present_in the M •tropo-
lis of Ireland were present. On the sluice dtv Lard
lionEN was invested with the 'Blue Ribbon,--vacant
by the death of fhe Earl of CLERMOTT.
Two pears we're, not long since, lucked in a gar-
den of a villa near Twickenham, which 'together
weighed 36 entrees.
Method of ottaining FlOwers in Win-
ter.—Choose some of the most perk& buds of the
flowers you wish to preserve, such as are latest in
blowing, and ready to open ; cut them off with a
pair of scissors, leaving to each, if possible, a piece ot.
the stem about three inches long ; cover the end of
. the stem immediately with Spanish wax, and whets
the buds are a little shrunk,. wrap each of them up:
n a piece of paper, perfee.lly clean and dry, a d lock
them up in a dry box or drawer, and they will keeli
without corruption. In winter': or any other time;
when you would hive the flowers blow, take the buds
over-night, cut off the end of the stem, and put the
buds into water wherein a little nitre or salt has been
. infused, and next day you will see the buds open
and expand, and the flowers display their most lively
colOUrs, and breathe their agreeable odours.

HON.—At the last Worcester sate, 739 pockets
were dispoSed of at prices fluauating from 41. 1 2S.
to 51. Bs.• per cent..
A shocking affair took place a few days ago near
Dublin. Some country people were allowed to visit
the recruits on board the Tender moored oft the
Pigeon House, and who found means to introduce a
quantity of spirits, of which they drank to such an
excess, that six of them were found dead in the
morning.

A new Scheme of Lottery Adventure is just is-
sued ; and it is but justice to observe, that,.iu point
of Capital Prizes, it stands pre-eminent over every,
preceding Scheme. To head numerous Prizes of
great amount with two such Capitals as those of
30,0001. each, is sufficient to eledrify the wholei
world of Fortune's Votaries.

If any one man has -ever been more successful
than another, it is Dr. Solomon, who has brought
his cordial Balm of Gilead to stsch- perfeaion that it
never fails removing the worst and most crabbed
disorder of the nerves. It always exhilirates and •
cheers the spirits, braces and invigorates the whole
frame. Such a Medicines for its healing, balsamic,
friendly, and sanative qualifies upon the debilitated
constitution, deserves the wondrous encouragement.
itmeets.with from all ranks who have been fortu-
nate enough to have recourse to it. It is peculiarly
efficacious in all inward wastings, loss of appetite,
indigestion, depression of spirits, trembling or shak—
ing of the hands or limbs, obstinate coughs, short-
ness of breath, consumptive :hAbits, Sze. &c.
this season Of-the year, Dr. Solotrion's Medicines are
highly useful to the valetudinarian i but caution-is.
necessary to guard against counterfeits, by observing
the words "SanirSiilsoinoif Liverpool," engraved
on the Stamp-atfixeif to each Bottle, without which
it cannot be genuine Sold at tos. 6cl' .or four hr
one 335. Bottle (which saves os.),:by•Mathews and
Leigh, No. 18, Strand, and by the principal Medi-
cine Venders, in thelJnited Kingdom. Dr. Solomon,
'when consulted, expects his usual fee of Half-4-
Guinea. Such letter should, for safety, be thus di-
rued, " Money letter, Dr. Solomon, Gilead-House,.
. near Liverpool."

SHIP NEWS.

CR Ay !SEND, NOV. 19.

Sailed—the Cygnet, Bak, for Dominica ; Christian, Wil-
derman; for Varefl ; Good Hope, Gerard, for klarnbro' ;
St. Patrick, Campbell, for Belfast; Kingston' Leslie, tot
New-York ;, Princess Mary,. lames, Britannia, Gibbs, Wil-
lerby, Lovett, anti. Prince-George, Bayley, tor Jamaica.

BIRTIiS

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On WednesdaY, the wife of Thomas Cadell, Esq. of
Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, of a Son.
On the 16th inst. in G loucester-place, the Lady of E.
Fletcher, Esq. of a Daughter.