The Sun.
London, England, 1801-11-07 00:00:00

POOLE, Nov. S.

Last evening about eight o'clock, a house that is
made use of to keep lime in, was discovered to he
on fire ; it at first made a dreadful appearance, and
it was imagined that the adjoining houses would"
soon share the same fate, but through the timely,
assistance of_ a number of people, the flames Were.
soon happily extinguished, and with no other • da:
mage than that of the time. house being nearly,d.e-
stroyed. It is supposed that the fire was occasioned
by the very hard rains .that we have had during`
these three or four'days past, which were accompa_,
nied by very heavy gales of wind, which must
have opened sdme part ;of the
building,so as to
admit the wet, and heated the lime, so as to set
fire to some boards that Were'in "part of the house.
Had it happened in the night; the whale of the
buildings must have been destroyed.

The homeu:aid.bounkv.es'sers: remained in -the'
Road at Elsinelir on z4.th OClOber, and were to sail
with the first fair wind, provided no convoy arrived
in the mean time. All the uliward.bound vessels
had sailed at that time.
Count .RUNIFOIID is now in Paris, and the Pali_.
sians look to derive the same 'advantages from his,
eeconoinical talents, as the Inhabitant;,t7f other!.
Cities in Which he has resided have alreadY4One;,7;—;
A French Paper says, ." Every one is aware how'
much Humanity is i7idebted to this Philanthropiit,,
as learned as virtuous, who seems to have.conse—
crated his existence to the service of the unhappy."'

LEGG, _the Chelsea Pensionq,,who wa§
. lately
hanged for murder, posseSsed a 'remarkably fine
figure, and though much advanced in y-earss, re-
tamed his muscular proportions in great. strength,
and fulness. A cast has been made of his form,l
which was previously_ placed in an attitude of his-
torical expresion. This ,cast; is- to be deposited
t'ile Sc,uipture Room of etlic Royal, 4,-4i.tderpy,,,

IAW-REPORn

-

tCURT OF IG's BENCH, FRIDAY, 7/civ. Ur:

beiog the first day of Term, the Cciu":"-.i did
- not sit- until
,near one o'clock, and the first hodi
was taken tip iri the Jti;tificatiOn of Baili and
basiiiesS in the usual routine.
. . .
The ATTORNEY GENERAL moved for a Ride to
-skew cause why there should not be a new trial in the
cause of HAYCRAFT V. CREASY, which he said was
tried before Lord KENTON, and a Special Jury; in
,Guildhall, London, in July last: It was an attion'i
he said, against the Defendant for an.alledged
dulent representation made by hitri.of and concern.
ing the eh:trader, credit, and circumstances of a
person of the name of Robertson, ..a lady who then
'resided at a splendid place in the neighbourhood of
Preenwich,.. who had caused it to be believed there,
that:she had Olen lately come to very large for_
tune by the death' of her mother, in Scotland; which
„she. accompanied by the recital of a variety of cir-
cumstances, which -e4abled. her to impose on her
neighbours, and obtain. credit of them to a large
amount ; amen these (lauded people., was the poor
.c..'n;rsi;er, the Defendant* this -cause,, and he be,
came her creditor to the amount of i000l:. Thii
Lady, amollgst many devices, gave opt,7. that she
became-possessed of the :14Tascally- g,,stptcy-.14 Scot-
iamb which she said was.
...of great 'yalue.:,;--i•She
~wept
_through I.thq.ceremny of appointing, a •-11.0-
,ceiVer of the. ReAts,of it, hod a plan drawn .ofithe •
,picturesque beauty of it, the,:wood and.laons; 'and
. &time, trees she pointed out; aslpropept.g.l*.cm clown;
in order_ to afford- a .better. pcoaßea, 4;44
„ which,;-:rap thiongk-, exeentedl47-i,jower-pof
„Attorney for a_ person to receive, fd:rher,Afis,,ar-
reasttif rent due, upon ,sorme port- of, ,the •Fase,..alty
.Estate,, which,. from sorde,cideomm'qthfiailae,lhitt rer
mained unpaid for forty year'.
~,qopp,tlif s;tstogth
of these-tales,- she; Opined, c-red it. t 9, a l'xsJsaFti6(mr.
One poor wornad out of the Money
she, hAd.in the,f krip,shokhea-:
boors .wet-e; taken in br
,this afiNoiltreri. bpd .she
onlyperson who, by.acotdent, ta,scflped
Misfortune of giving 'TT c:.rOit, was a.,Q-entlositte ,
in . the,atOghbottrliood, of. ,the nartieof citto,r.:to k 11!
;poor:-;Dskilks,
_Ole Cyr cierr had strffo,r,4l,Bo,,,tlT
t-upeltif khclut4ociol. a9d tlie; Ur-• vgtaio
Against him in this Adion, making for
the sum 'which the_l3l.4tuiff (an Upholder in the
neighbourhood) had lostamowthe rest, on account
Of-the credit whiA-hi'gatrceitolier on the faith (as
fie allatedlik his •Aai on )/ of 'the' eliSrAcjettilen
(Of- this' by: the :7414J riuta 'o2fendan?!---m.,
' AiTORNE GE.N fif -Siii:;_the
71,0116'11e kvotild siabrriit-TO. th.e Court was -!hi;;-4 •
That'iliis.Defendant'WitsthiinelCdtCeived-in thse
'eltaraffiCe- '•thi'a woman; and tlie'
`v. tether Ite:'iotik :upon hiiMeif t!vet-'
:0-Iher'cittimistanees, whether lie had -knoryletlg,Of
the fads he stated, and illol'hiditibri:iatids-belieiecl
kwhat.hv said,,,Avhether that:ihotkl.d be* taken of an
excuse for, him in answer 443. the: claim ofrthe
Miff in. this •Aftinn, who, had xi ven
,credit..upon the
7D.ekoliiiPt'..4" -representation, and had sustained thc
1(306S to the, amount of that credit ?" •
'This_Case, :he said,',:did ;not- ritttge itself -under
.any.of the decisions .which had taken place in Courts
:of Law upon the subject. of , credit given do the
strength strength of cllarstaer and loss afterwards sustained.,
such as the' Case of Paseley ^v. Freeman, which, was
(lift tint,- and. of Eyre and Durniford, which-. was
Also awdll known Case, for. in these, and others is
which the Plaintiffs had recovered, it appeared thiis
,the.charader was gigven , with intention to decOve
the Party who inquired after; In this Case their
Was ale absence of such. intention.. The. question
. 411impit te,cl, -was,., Whether a man who only
affirms what he' knows, or thinks he knows, Of
another, shall b: liable to an, Action, if he shall
'happen
,tc. be mistaken iii that. case, and another
shall sustain a los-s.-by,giving. credit on the faith
of it ? NOw, a man says-thathe knows a ,thing,
from ahigli probability of it as it appears to him, for
:real and absolute knowledge of the circumstances of
another, do man could p :ssesS. If a man says
fairly what he belieyesi of another, it Nvls ail he
Could do. Upon these circumstances he submitted
=there ought to be a new trial. ,

Lord KENYON.--4" Take a Rule to sheet cause.
I dare say your recolleaion of the Case. is fall and
corral, but I will;Tead ,to you ,what have marke'd
down in my note at the trial. The Witness-said
that the Defendant said,.,' I. can positively; of my
Own knowledge; assure you; yoti may credit:Miss
;Robertson to any amount with eifest safety.i' • f.l
took them down as I have read theni
I have marked them."
Rule to shew Cause granted.

. .
On board the Hon. East India Ceiiparto Ship
—the Sir Erktiard firtg.hes,. lately arrit.ed frdm the
. •
Presidency of Fort Sr. George, is cons.igned.a bale
1 •
Aar, being a new article in the conuperci?i.
world,' and intended as a specimeh to ascertain boy:
'far-.it likely'pel be of importance to this Country.
The' Aloe' Aar possesses the quality-, of he,l4,(sa:ntleis
said to be of very long clui•ation It i's Sen:
'hOrrte for the expres's OrpoSe Of being rtimittfaettircd,
alid'tried in This Country. • .

- On Tuesday last; as a young wothan +vas croisirig
the ;field which leads from 'the Foundling Hospital
'to Somers-town, she had‘Wry nearly'lost her lcfe
by a 'ball, which was discharged from the gun-of An
inconsiderate young tnan, who was firing at a:mark.
• The bullet penetrated her:cloak, and struck" her
back with such violence, that nothing but the elas-
; ticity of the whalebone in her stays could have'pre-
vented it front entering the body.

'• `The • servant maid of a 'Gentleman in Kentijh
'Town, who quitted her master's house eatly'in. die
Morning about s. fortnight since, fen what .cnse
there is much doubt and uncertainty in the neigh-,
bourhood, as she had uniformly borne an irreproach-
able eharafter, has been found within theses fear
days a lifeless corpse, floating on the surface•of a
'river near Ware, in Hertford hire. Previous to
precipitating herself into a watery grave, i: appt'ars
she went to an inn, and wrote a long letfcr to .a
lady in the neighbourhood where
.she had lived;
but the purport of which, or the motives that
prompted her to .
.comniit—ilie fatal •nor
transpired`