The Sun.
London, England, 1806-04-12 00:00:00

IFOODBIiIP,GZ APIUL 9.

Last week an Ewe belonging to Mr. GAREOp, of
Sutton, dropped a Lamb, of which Mr. HUGHES,'
Surgeon, is now in possession, with eight legs, two/
tails, • one neck; one, head, and three ears.
hind quarters and intestines were those of two male
lambs. The junftioit took place at the shoulders,
but the fore legs' were complete.- It was foUn, oi",
dead, but the Ewe has a living lamb, and is very
well. The skin resembled that of a goose rough
picked.
On Wedneiday- 'the' 1t th Light Dractoong
is a very full and Well:disciplined. Regiment;*S
revieWed by Lord.clidii: Eight' 'rroops are quar-
tered in- the BarrackS; aiid- two in the Town.

BRIGHTON, APRIL 20.--A; set`ep o'clixic P.M.
yesterday,, the DuxE of SUSSEX arrived
.h.ere.,",at
which the PRINCE of WALES was momentarily.
expe&ed. His Royal Highness, • however, did not:
reach•the Pavilion until nearly, ten o'clock,. dinner,
having been kept back until that time. This morn:'
in their Royal Highnesses were on horseback, and,
we never recolle& to have seen them in better. ap-,
parent health and spirits.
Thetrish Catholics continue to agitate the ques-
tion of Catholio Emancipation.
.• A Meeting of-Ca-
tholic Gentlemen .was held in Dublin on the 3d inst.
when a series of Resolutions was agreed to, of which.
the follOwingconstitutea part • I
" That as the Parochial Meetings ,in; Dublin have,,
within these few days, appointed Agents for the:
purpoSe of preparing ifp Address to his Grace thel
Duke of BEDFORD, on the part:of the Catholics of/
the City of Dublin ex-4/4sipe/y,;and of further super,:
intending,.on their part only,, the, concerns of the
Catholic Body—we conceive it to be of much hull
portance,to that Body, that its Nobility, Clew', and!
Gentry—its Lauded Interest—its Learned Profes—
siOnsits Merchants, Traders, and otker Inhabitants
resident in the country parts',of Ireland, should be,
like Wise provided with a medium near the seat of
Government, thrOugh which equally. to express their!
sentiments, feelings, and wishes, and by means of
which to promote their respe&ive interests."
Lord REDESDALE'S house, in Ely-place, Dublin,
has been 'sold. to;ChanceIIor,PONSONBY,L fur 45001.
the exa& sum paid by the Ex-Chancellor for tilts'
elegant Mansion. Mr. PONSONEY is the third.
Chancellor in the occupation of it. Lord CLARE
Was the first possessor, and the house
,Nras taken at.
the exa& sum , from Lord REDESDALE,' that he paid.
to Lord CLARE'S executors..

Sunday night as Mr. J.,Ashmore, belonging to.
one of the -Vie Hoys, was employed in heav-
ing in the fenders on ,the vessel's quarter, as she lay
in the -Dowhs,
.the railing gave way, -and he fell
overboard and was drowned. He was picked up'
within five minutes after the accident, and means;
were taken to restore animation, but unfortunately:
they had not the desirecteffeEt.
On Thursday evening' last a most shocking acci-'
dent happened at Ifirwich :—A young man, aged!
about 1 gi, son of Mr.. Joseph Spooner, of the Swan'
Inn, had been amusing himself with shooting rats'
in a yard near the! town—when' done he was'draw-'i
ing the charge ; but by a sudden
4jar the piece went
off: the contents went through his hand, and lodged
in his thigh, which bled so profusely that he sur-
vived only till the next day. His parents are in-
consolable for his loss: he was their only child, and
a, promising youth,

MARLBOROUGII-STREET.—A Custom-house' OS.
cer was brought before the Magistrates, charged with
an assault and unlawfully. seizing and detaining
a dozen bottles of Port wine. The landlady of the
King's Arms public-house, at the corner of MoOre-
street, stated, that the night before this Custom-house
Officer was 'drinking in her bar, when seein,, half a
dozen of wine, he instantly seized it in the King's
name, and ordered a person who was in the room to
assist him. He carried'the , wine out of the honse,.
but being pursued by a person belonging to the house,,
he assaulted him, and charged him on the watch.
The: Custom-house Officer being sworn, deposed,'
that he saw a quantity of wine given through a back.
window, out of the house, without-a Permit, in con-
sequence of which he made the seizure.
This was positively denied' by several witnesses ;.
and the Magistrates committed him to stand his trial
for the assault, and also advised that be should be in-
dicted for - perjury.

BOW-STREET.—Yesterday a Gen tleman_ of respec-
tability preferred a complaint against a Hackney
Coachman, for an assault and false imprisonment.
The Coachman being brought before the Magistrates,
the Gentleman stated, that the night before, between
Jeven'arid twelve o'clock, he was coming through
the Strand 'with his wife; it was raining, and he
called a coach; but though there were several drawn
up in the street, he could not find a coachnian. ILA
\ consequence of this, he went into a public house
'near 'the place, but was instantly shoved out, and
told there was no, coachmen there. He then pro-
. ceeded to take the numbers of the different 'coaches,
and while doing this, the Defendant rushed on him,
and, .seizing him by the collar, charged. him. with
stealing the number label off his coach; and with the
assistance of the watchman, dragged him to the
watchThouse, where he was detained for some hours.
The Mpgistrates instantly committed the Coach-
mp-i to take his trial for the assault, and directed the
Gentleman to prefer a complaint against the Constable
of the night,, who, it appeared, was in a state of in-
toxication, on that night, in the watch-house.

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