The Sun.
London, England, 1801-02-12 00:00:00

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CQUire .-KlN(,'s BENC,I4;; It, tBut.
• THE:KIN:kV:, WX23I)INGTON.
Mr. JusticeaGaosa ',proceetkd. to- deliver the
sentence ;of the ,Court. upon Mr.. Waddington,
upon the information on which he Was convicted
• before Lord Ktatyota and a Special jury in West-
, • muster Hall, for.lngrosaing.llopa, and persuad-
ing those -who had large quantities of that article
not td 'bring them to market, . with intent- to
enhance the price of that commodity; the Learned
Judge staied the substance of the charge and of
that part Of the Evidence at the trial, which set
forth the. declaration of the Defendant " that
he was the most considerable owner,-and should
i.montfri* able to command the market, when
iirould"Come up to London, and (heti he would
compel theißrewers to-coma to his olNn price, and
that,l-topS''sli`Onld- not be sold for less th!in 201.
weight."—The, learned 'Judge then
ohaerVed, that as this case was similar to that on
Which' the 'Defendant had already received the
jtaaAgment of the Court, and on which he had
taken occasion to say what occurred to him on
the. law of. the Matter,' it would be needlesa to
enier much at large into commentary now,;—lt
was obvious both by the case now before the.
ourtaand that of the case at,Worcestar,' that the
Defendant had been pursuing an- extensive plan
which he had formed for the, purpose of Jiiost un-
fairly enhancing the price of the article of Hops,
and that in both cases he was the proper bbjet` of
punishment.
It had been contended, .on behalf of the De-
fendant at the Bar, that he had' been guilty of no
crime.—lf it was in reality no crime, he per,
sonally rejoiced that the Case was upon the
Records of the Court; so that the.error, if any
error there was, of the Judges, might be corre6t-
. ed, and the LaW might be promulgated from the
. highest authority ; in the mean time it was
fit also. to be promulgated from authcitity,--1-
thatamen who commit aels so injurious to the
interests of Society, for the purposes of -their
own emolument, should not be allowed to con-
tend with success, nor were the Milk to sup.
ppse that such men were to bb considered as'dteing
nothing that .was -Wrong. It had been eons
tended likewise, that'if this practice 'was a crime
at all, it Naas most venial ;—those who -thought
they were innocent in themselves, and who had
no feeling for the distreises of others, because ,
they had no distress. of 'their o'vn, might say
'this, and they' might he permitted so to argue,
but whatever they might do or think, or rather
might say, those who can feel for themisery of
the loWer classes of' human beings, wooldthinla
and speak differently ; far they would 'see how
important iris to Society, tbaathose who abound
iii riches, shall not be allowed to employ them to
the oppression of the Poor, for the gratification of
their own avarice. Far be it from the COllrt to int,
pine to the Deleudant, that which he said was the
act of the Almighty. No ;' it was not imputed to the
Defendant, thatahe sewam had been inauspicious,
be that the groWth Of, Hops; wai not aburidanii
but it was imputed to him, that he inglaaa'ed Una'.
. fairly the article, that he peneaded others to
keep it back from the Market in the common.,
way of trade; with a view to enhance the price
of it,. which could only' have the operatio of
deatiag aim artificial Scarcity; 'if a real one did
fiat exist, 'or of inereasi4 it if it did-.a-the con-
aequenbe prance, 'if suffered to con-
-every wise and good nail) must tremble 'to
foresee, for unavailing to mankind would it he,
although the 'Almighty should bestow an 'abun-
dant harvest; if by the gambling tricks, or other
artifices of the Rich, the price of things wereato
become so high as that the Poor could not pura
chase the Necessaries of Life. •
The novelty 'of the Defendant's Case had
arisen by the long disuse of the
,force of the
Common .Law, and the punishment not he-
ir)/ poiated out by any existing 'Statute, • had -
caused the-Court' to Nose before- 11100, tnade up
their minds upon the Judgmeat to be pronbuneed
On ahe former case,, and on which theaCourt had
awarded punishment ; and the imprisonthent •he
had undergone, previous' to that Judgment,. Pad .
not been overlooked, and the-Court had thought,
they adopted a line of moderation which was sda
ways an ingredient•in the,due adminiatratibta of
Justice. This was a crime, -the which if there
was no check to it, would be most alarming in
the present state of society. The Court bad de-
liberated also on the sentence fit to be pronounced
in the' present ease which was most. important,
and which involved points that 'were -most mu.
mettous ; but neither the wishes of the Court
to protect those who could not otherwise pro.
tea ;themselves, nor the mischievous quaiity of
the crime itself, slimed transport the judges to
any, resentment which might lead, them to the
infliEtion ora punishment that was immoderate; but
it was the aim, and the only aimiof the Court, as
it was its duty, while they tempered justice with -
mercy to the individual, to haVe a due regard to
the interests of the Public ; they were therefore,
in the adininistration of Criminal Justice,- bound
to pass such, a sentence, .as, in their opinion,
would deter others from the commission of the
like Offence. • The Court therefore did order and
adjudge, That for this offence which the Defend,
andiad committed, he do pay.to the king a Fine of
5061. and ahat lie be initarisoned in the custody of
the. Marshal of ,he Marahafsca (King's Bench),
for Thtee C.'alendar MOuths, to be•computed from .
tlic expiration of his _former scowler! ; and that
babe further imprisoned until such foie be paid,
and that he be now 'committed in execution of
his tence.—M WA DD GTO N' retired,'

• ARTICLES ()F PEACE.,,
Mr. LAW moved fot leave to exhibit Articles
of the Peace against a Noble Lord,
The Right Hon. Mary, Coontess of Pomfret,
appeareil on the Bench, and exhibited Articles of
the• Peace 'against the Earl of Pomfret, her hos.

ban& stating certaip iaircumst,ances of domestic
unhappiness betWeenlletadishiu and the Noble
Earl,,arising ,ofarsiacrationi of her_fort tine,
t 00,0061.. and upwards, and' her pin-
money, wbich was 20obi. a-year, over which she
complainkl the-Noble Earl endeavoured to obtain
an unjustifiabie contioul, .contrary to their mar-
tinge ietifertient ; sitatingAlso various particulars,
from which her Ladyship complains that the Noble
Earl had behaVecl towards her with coldness, after-
wards with indifferenee, :Ind then with haughti-
ness, and in some cases, with 'cruelty and infideli-
ty, for which, a Suit was depending in the Eccle-
siastical Court : Concluding with the usual asse-
veration, that she did not exhibit these Articles
from any malice, hatred, •or Init merely
to save herself from anger, and bodily harm.

. The Articles being sworn to by.the Lady, anti
read, the Court took some time to consider, and
then

Lord KkrivoN obserVed,, that the Articles
should be Made a little more' specific as to tho
dates of the ads,
.from which her Ladyship ap-
prehended herself to be in-danger. She was en_
Titled, most assuredly, to the protection of the
Court ; but still the Court must take care, not to
make a ir,teeedent, by which they might lead to
the receiving of defective Articles : the att
actual compulsion complained of, shotild he spc,:.
fically stilted: Lordship said, he c!)used rot
to say a great deal on this •subjeCt.' The Lady
should certainly have the protection of the 6urr ;
lilt the' Articles would be, better, 'if they were
made a.,little, more, specific.

Mr. LAW observed,,that the Noble Earl would
not, of court, tie any authority over the Coun.
tess in the interim.

Lord KErtitorr —" He will not presume to
meddle with her in the In.!an time; however high
his rank may be, the of the Land is Ripe_
rior even to his rank. Ido .not say that these
Articles might not fi wily prevail in case they are
not amended ; but if they were a little More
particular I think it would be better, especially
on account of the precedent."

Her Ladyship then withdrew, and in about an
hour, appeared again with the Articles amended
according to the intimation of the Bench,: which
being again sworn to and read—The 'Court ex-
tended its protetlion as desired on behalf of the
Lady, who then retired.

LONDON, VICTUALLING-OFFICE,

An Account of the following Species of. No.
v isioNs purchased in Great. Britain and IKeland,
fur His Majesty's Service, frOm' the commence.
ment of the *present War to the 31st December
last; -distinguishing the 'quantities ppichascd in
each Year, with the Average Prices paid for the
same

• ,• .
In 1793, prcat BritalitpuNhased,-36,.4.31 tuns of lieu, ave-
rige.pricY sys: trcl,` 108.4 cv,-1. Blitter,p.;,.c &Gs. 4d. ;
Nand •14,c44,CWt. ChteSe,: prittt:43s, 9tl 1ft:1411d, 449
• tuns of • Dew, prlce -13 tor, poi c
tlj COO'.CheeSti, price 435. 34.,,
In x 794, r.; pur...hased 44,2,39 suns- or prii4
• tii#: +it ;s4,.cw'r. -13tirce,-.Atisce 665.-941...; and _ ;
ix).1706 ELIAS liceri priee67,
rid.'; g6o oic-c '63s: Sd. ; and 414 cwt.
, .
'C hams .price ,t-i • 1
T.. B. purchased _17,2a2 tuns of Beer, price...7ls.
4k-i• ; c;V4. Putter, price 755. Bd. ; 'ant
Chme,. pike. 369' tails of -neer,
prici 665.- 9d. i_ 77z cwt. liturcr; price 645. 2a, ; arta*);
,curt. •-
In r 796, .B. purchas;id. 48,335 xt {ir;s of price 71s.
W .84. ; z3,s69Ct.'BUtter, Tititx 31,1 04,377 cwt.
Pr,4o 513. 7d:. 1.4,11349* surly of Beer, price
77,.. 409 cwt. .711. Ad, ; and 391
cwt. c. price 54. i ; .
B. purchased A. 35; tuns of BtOt; price 61s.
; 16;99-1 cwt. price 7gs. Bd. ; 4110.28,571
t CherSe; pike 553. 20. Ire. 551 .lilll3 of 'Beef,
; 1074,01Vt.•iiiitter, price 702.'10d. ; and 890
price3o;...6d. . '
Iti 1793, G: I>ui-at.t3c,..r6,067 limb of Beer, price 60s,
'3d.; 19;3,33 iNi. &Met', pro:e 7rs. 6d. ; and '29..,360
cwt. pike 535. In:. 540 1011 S of Beer,
price 764. ; t 243 Lwt. Butter, price 745. id: ; and
1364 cwt. Cheek, price 595. rod. •
In 1/99, G. B'. purchasad 6-0067 tuns. of Beer, price'6Bs.
6,1. ; 24,1:42. cwt. Butter, price- gos.*l ; and 21,562
6\l. elleC:iC, price. sos-. 9d. Ire. 292 tuns of Beer,
price 4.1. 46i cwt. Butter, ri"4:e. 795. 3 I and .1093
cwt.
in 1800, G. B. purchased 63,06 tuns of Beer, price 893.
zoti. ; 2104 cwt. Butter, price 1,45. Bel. ; and 28,439
-Cstitt. 'Cheese, Once; 815'. zit. Ire; 186 tuns of llcer,
price 8/;,. Bch 4,,:595civt. Butter,. Orice 1064. 7d. ; and
.034 c.t, Cheese, pricelo.

D. 7.

We•are in the utmost degree shocked to state,
that'the alarm of fire was again sounded through
Kelso on Wednesday near. On repairing to the
spot, the thatch of a house situated in a garden
on the Chalkheugh, was di,,cOvered on fire, and
a -wisp of burning straw w4s taken out of the
'ea il* at the end nearest the garden. The flame
was Instantly extinguished.

It thus appears certain, that the place was wil-
fully set on fire ; whence there arises the'sirong-
est reason to conclude, that -the calamity which
took place on Friday evening Is to be ascribed to
the same diabolical origin. We are therefore
compelled to believe, that, there exists soitie in-
fernal wroch;. or wretches, who, for purposes
to which it is impossible to give a name, have
deterinined to sacrifice the town and its ird
A ptrole . of the townsmen during the
night has alreitdy been appointed ; and it is im-
possible to doubt that, in circumstances of such
unprecedented alarm,• the discharge of their duty
will be proportioned to the extreme-exigency of
the case.

An •urn, containing several hundred pieces of
Roman coin, all in good preservation; was lately
found by some workmen digging for gravel,
about half a mile above Levington Creek, near
the Ipswich' River ; they appear to be' bras,
coated with a mixture of silver and tip, and bear
the impressions of Gard;anus, Maximus, Yost-
humus, &c. with many of their Empresses, whose
mode of dressing their hair about t 4.00 years ago,
is plainly dititinguishable.

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