The Sun.
London, England, 1806-03-24 00:00:00

YORK Asslzrg.

TEE KING (on. ike Prosecution of His Itrajestyiskr..
• TORNEi GENE AL) against the Rev, JOHN 'MI-
. NITHOIIPE,._ aerk, . 'additional Convizissio. ncr
under the Property-Aa.

This. "vas tried before- iMr., Justice 1100KE Mid a
Special Jury, on a criminal information filed by the
ttorney• General .(the Hon.. S. P,eacEv.4)
at the instance of His Majesty's Commissioners for
the Affairs ofThes, against the Defendant, an actdi-
tional Commissioner under the Property A 6.1, for the
Division of Wilton Beacon, and the principal.PrOprie-
tor of lands in -the Township of Belton, within that
Division, for offfring bribes to Mr. John Foster, the.
'Assesstir. of the Property Tax for 1361t0n, and the
tenant of one of Mr. Minithorpe's largest farms
thcre,lo induce him to' return his farm in the AsseS-,
sot's- Estimate at considerably below the rack rent.
The Trial excited much. interest in the county,
more '.particularly as it was under a second Infortna,
the first having failed at the last Summer. As-
site's by reason o 4 thee Defendant's having avaiieil
hiaiself of wfDiw in the description 'of the firm. •
The 'sevend counts charged. the Defendant. -with-
offeraig bribes.oi".sl. and 101—respeetively, and with
instigating and persuading Foster to return the farm
at. thelow rent of which' offences the Defendant
was found Guilty. The Trial occupied eleven.hours.

-.. • • .
,Satiurday a case of considerable intere.!t was argil-
ed at 'fiation7garden Mice:Office : A man - named
Jones found.a small leather purse with' 35,5. iti it;
which had, been dropped'by a hoy named Searle; h
Red Lion-square; he was seen by a Lady to pick up
the purse and he acknowledged kilning spent the
money in some trifling'purchases for- hiS Wile. It
has been determined, that a hackney-coachman, in
applying to his own use any prpperty left by accident
in bis coach, N%ithollt advertising the, same, is guilty
of felony ; ,and the Magistrates'assimilating the case
of finding property in the street, committed Jones to
prison for trial on, a charge of fe'pny, in the fraudu-
lent application of Proterty which did not belong to
him.

On Tuesday last the Pontefraa Volunteers were
hispeaed there ; when Wieeipt MoonE,,a private
in the said Corps, was discharged from the-same by
Colonel Lord ,111Expottc.tiox, 'for insolence and ill-
behaviour to his Captain s:and afterwards having
refused- to give up his clothes, accoutrements, &c.
when demanded of him by Serjeant JACKSON, he
was apprehended by a Warrant, and taken befoYe
the Mayor,. convifted. hiM in the penalties
in that case made ; •and not being able to pay the
same, he was- committed to Wakefield house of
corrediOn for seven days:.
A few days ag-o J. Gardam, aged 70; in a. strong.
gale of wind, :was blown-into a tub-of boiling.glue at
Hull ; he expired on Tuesday in great, agony.
A poney, in the
,posession of Mr. J. Moore,
:of
Mildenhall, Suffolk, for a trifling wager, lately gal-
loped from that place to Bury and back in one hour
,and.2o minutes' (two hours .•being .allowed). . The
weight.of the. poney is ,only 25 stone, and that of
the rider
.1 i stone.
'IV, Haywood was on Tuesday committed to.Lin-
coin gaol'on suspicion of 'stealing bills of exchange
from the Post-office at. Manchester.
An estimate may be formed of the magnitude of
the late rebellion in Cochin China, when it is known
that 146,000. men were engaged in one battle.
On. Tnesday a Coroner'S Inquest' was held on the
body of Elizabeth Trout, a young. W",oman, of-Little
Shefiaeld-,.Yorkshire, who, in a fit of despair; drown-
ed herself in .a,potid on the preceding Sunday. The
deliberate manner in Which she pat an end to her
existence is sonic what extraordinary; the pond being,
froien- over, she bcokea hole in the ice, Just to ad-
mit her head, which sheput into the Water, and her
body remained quite dry,
On Friday an Inquest was held before GEOnGE
lizibosow;.Esq. at. the sign of the Lamb,.in Lanib's
Conduit-street, on the body of Miss Littlewooct, in
the.above-street, who, on Saturday last, by;going too
'near the fire, was:burnt in so drea'clful a manner-by:
her clothes faking fire, that she died en-Monday
-lastin' the-greatest torture. -The Jury returned. a ver-
• did} Deq4k.
An unfortunate accident occurred in East. Sinith-
--field on Friday last: A person who -worked at the
Brewery-there, late the. King's brewhousp.,. having
come into. possession of some property, a friend)
call/6d on him to congratulate him,' and they ad:
`iourned to a public-house hi the neighbburbood to
Converse together ;. in the course, of which Lee,
a night-constable, came in with his truncheon in his
hand. The deceased jocosely asked- him, whether
heever struck anybody with that stick ?Lle, with
-good htimourrenlied, he did sometimes ; .and rising
it, as if to flourish it over his head, it unfortuna.tely
alighted on the other's head, where, injuring a vital
part, ahnost -instant death .was - the
_consequence.
The deceased has left a Wife and five young Children.
The
On
is in custody.
On Friday. se"nnight a :considerable 'quantity of
'chalk; Supliosed upi,vards ,of .two thousand, loads;
fell down from the top ,of the cliff at Dover, near
the lime-kilns .at the bottom of Snargate-Stieet; but:
fOrtunately,•did-not.refiCh.far enough to (la-)
mage any of the !adjacent houses.. Subsegnent to.
this, 'in`teveral,:pther,. parts of Snargate-street, the
cliff has. fallen 'down, but wiihout ging any mate=
rial injUry.- 'And.'on'Sithday theivhole.of the-front
of ,The -barracks.; 'or cliff casemerus,.4.-the,Castie;
came down with an iminpnse crash, burying under-
neatha great deal of timber, &c. whidh lay there ;
fortunately no lives were lost.
It iworthy •of notiee,;that,- by a late decision ir4
the Courts of. Law,. any:person :indorsing a check
unstamped, payable to-bearer, is liable to the 'same
perialtyiaaVrithig ajeceipt without a stamp.
Several men
,and women are at this time goingabout the country, who mike a practice of boffing
. at, shops or-publiC-,hotises, requesting .a
,n-ote7for Castvas they want to send itlotheirfriendS
at somet distance ; by which means a, great tipmher
of .counterfeit half-crowns, 'live and seVen-shilling
pikes .haVe'bedn The half-crowns are
in imitation of- the coinage- of William 111,-have a
..smooth. edge, and may I.)e.kpown by their weight;
the, five and seven shilling-pieces are also'delicieut
in weight, but lobk good by candle=light:

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At the SuN•OFFIcE, No. 1 Jr., Strand ; Where .iclvertisinzenis Orders for tLe Pater,Leiters for the 4ditor, zcc. (bust-paid), must bt-