The Sun.
London, England, 1801-07-14 00:00:00

Lord Kt t. VON c:::d i 1,.c. bdicy eci, ii.l4to app, l. Ai
'cadene, Laid iviiNsyi t 1,,f) wooi'd have been Of'di.:
sanie opinion a9.the j my had expressed to-day.

IVEY-rI.PR ,DAt;

The Militia- is ,t Gelinali entleman of Fortune,
and,lately arrived in this COuntry froli• West
Indies; He-cone to Gr. a vesend—np Ida 13i llinkfga te—
and, hav ing'occasion for wean to take his tiunks
to
his lodgings, which he thought had been,provided
for him by a friend; w whom he had written for
that purpose; hired the Cart of the Defendant, at
trunks ,were put into the cart,
which was ordered to drive to the York. Coffee-
house and Tavern, Biackfriars
here lie t'Vasdisappotined, there was no lodging for
him. His Lady, and her" Female Companion, came
in a coach. He %Vela -to the Loncon Coffee-house;
there he could not be acCoMinbAa:cd—To oAiorn's
Holel also, where he was disappomted—Then: to
tile Grand Hotel in Covent Garden, where he and
his family were. received, On searching the Carr,
which brought his_ goods in trunk., there was
missed a trunk, Which contained some, jewels, a
diamOnd nealace, and other articles. They were
packed up safely 'in the cart at Billingsgate.' ..This
'Adion was, therefore, brought aga inst the Defendant,
who was the Owner of this cart-, tUtthe negligence of
his servant, who drove the cart, who it was said had
suffered some thieves to steaL out of this cart, the
trunk Which was thus deposited in it. It was. con-
tended on, the part of the Plaintiff in this Case,
that' the Defendanr was liable for thiS loss, for that
a Common Carrier is an insurer of the goods svhich
he undertakes to carry, and must make good any
loss'that may happen with respe'd to them on their
carriage, on 'any account, except for
,the ad of G 3.4
and the King's 'Enemies; that these' goods were
thus lost, 9f which indeed there was no question,
-for the thief had been convided at the last Session
at the Old Bailey; and it was stated at the opening
of this Case, that these. jewels being taken to a Jew,
'he undertook to melt the plate, and then to give to
those.of wham be received the property, the value
of it ;—one person had 5L-z--" five Pounds!". die
said; ," what is become of the diamonds in the neck-
lace 1" :" Oh l" 'said the Jew, " I forgot that, I
put them all in the pot and they melted away
This, was, however, only a collateral,observation ;
the main- thing was to fix the Defendant With this
loss for the negligence of his s&rrant. The value
'6l the plate and jewels was about 12001.
The Defendant's Case was this : first, that this
took place.after it was dark—that it is the constant
course of all those Carriers in these cat ts'in Town,
'to take, care that if any gobdt were put into their
carts, after dusk, somebody belonging to such goods
should fcillow, and look after the good's through ihe
sitTels,,froin the moment of their being pat into the
cart to that of their being delivered at the' place
they were 'to go tii; that this was emphatically the
course taken in this instance, for that the Plaintiff
himself had undertaken to do so; that he did follow
the cart himself ; that the carter attended only to
his horses ; that when they came to the Grand Ho-
tel, Covent Garden, the Plaintiff missed the
irtartk-tontaining these jewels ; his wife'said to him,
" My-dear, it is your 'own fault, if you had put
them intothe coach with me they world have been
safe."

This Case being clearly proved,
Lord kEVVori was clear it put. ari end to fhet
Aftion.--Plaintiff nonstrited:

DUBLIN, Jtitx 9.

Stg vessels entered our River from Orr ° on
Monday, and three more since, laden chiefly with
Portuguese wine, and likewise s'.une F,:rrtain ucco
cotton, Brazil wood, &c. &c. 1 hey are each ab ye
300 toms burthen, partly foreign and partly Irish
shipping, and must -have brougtt very con.,,d,:taale
and valuable cargoes. - 2

•We hear, that Within-a few days pass, a Diamond
mine has been discovered' in the County of Wex.
ford, near. Ross, which created no small agitation
among the. Country people of
.that part to poSseis
theniselVes of. some of the wealth. It was explor.
ed, 'we are
.told, by a man who vas digging in a
ditch ; on taking up some of the earth on his shovel,
he found a lump very heavy, which he endeavoured
in vain to N•eak, with his shovel, but which he af.:
terwards elretted with a stone; being broken, the
inside' appeared like silver. It is supposed to .be
of the quality of what is called Irish Dieimends.
The-Gentleman was obliged, to secure that part of
his Estate from 'the Country people, who li,ere.corn_
ing in all direetions.with "vehieleg of every kind to
carry away the treaitire,quoin;ityof which many
did take away, before the. prevention could be
adopted.

(in Saturday last, an Aaion,fbr Damages, on a
Breach of Promise of I\Liciage, came on i:fore Lord
KILVv-ARDE.7.7, sand a 'Special jury. The parlies
were Ransford against-Balds,i'in.= After a full hear-
ing of 'Wirnesse•,, the Jury immediately returned a
Verdift for the PlainLiff. Damages r. 0.7,01. and 6d.
Ccisrs.

The Post-Boy conveying the Mail from kells to
Virginia, was on Sunday, week stopped about ten
o'clock in the forenoon, by five armed mien, nho
robbed him of the Bags of ietters dispatched from
thence op Sunday night. •.

On Saturday morning, at three o'clock, a b!;nd
mire,. the property of Mr. Farmer; ,Oxford-strcet,
'starred, for a wager of too guinea,' to go to Mar-
gate in twelve hours, :drawing a chaise and rive,
people in it. She performa the task in eleven
hours and fifty minutes.

On Saturday a man was entrusted with two car..
pets to bear,, belonging to Dr. Macon, of Cra'ven_
street, and in the evening he returned with bur one,
saying, he had been.robbed of the other .; but there
being strong reason to believe he had Converted it to
his own use, he 'was taken into Custody, and.cOm.
mitred by a rlagiWate to Tothill-fields Bridewell,
for stealing' the"carpet.
A few nights since,. the heuz.e of
Kersla-ker of the Swan Brewhouse, Battersea, was
broke open and 'robbed of cailf to a sonsiderabla