The Sun.
London, England, 1801-07-23 00:00:00

BA.TTEN (V. STRatID.

This was a cause of a most extraordinary nature,
and is briefly thus :-7-7The Plaintiff. Batten, 'who is
a sheep dealer, gave a draft'for twohundred pounds
to a Mr. Loman; payable by the Defendant, Mr.
Stroud of Newbury, (who is a reputable Auelioneer)
101:ii the Money arising from the effetAs of the-said
Plaintiff, after decluding two several sums due to
the said Defendant and a Farmer Burch, whose bill
was 201.-r-The draft 'was accepted by the Defend-
ant in the presence of. the Plain;iff, who well knew
_the acceptance, and in what manner-and upon what
-.condition it was accepted. ;',After ',the • sale of
effeas, he wrote to the Defendant to pay-
the amount of the sale, to his brother, Benjamin
..Battieni•who is alsb a sheep dealer. The Nfendant
was surprised, and prudently refused payment. The.
Plaintiff. proceeded at law to r,ecover.the amount of
the sale. The Court saw the dark intentions of
Batten, and imaniinottsly gave a .veicliet for the. De-
fendant with costs.

..At the above Assizes an Ejeelment Cause of con.
sitlerable importance came on at Nisi Prius, which
occupied the patient'attention of a crowded Court
no leis time than -sixteen
,hours ; the Jury taking
nearly an hotir and a half of.that period to .delibe-
rate on their verdi4l,. which they :at length deliver-
lalthough nut without apparent' difficulty of ac-,
kiidtMeef in favour: of the Defendant, at the hour
in the morning. • • _ __ _

The Plaintiffs in this Cause.were a Mr. and Mrs.
Crate, of Candover in Hampshire (the latter being
Aunt and Heir At Law of a Mr. John Brown, late
of Speenhamland in this County, deceased), and. the
Defendant was a daughter of Richard Giles, of -.the
same place (one of the Executors), and principal
Devisee of the Twator'S real estate-.under a Will,-
which was contended to have been obtained by the-
Executors, Giles and Masters (who it appeared
were strangers. in blood to the deceased, but the
principal objeas of his bounty), either through
fraud and impositiisn, or by a sedulous; importunate
and improper interference with the Testator, while
he was ;n extremis, labouring under an intertnittenp,
fever, occasionally accompanied with delirium, and
of which the Testator died in a few days after the
Will was executed. • •

. .
It was inanifcst,- by the-jury applying to the
Court to know if they could return a' Special Ver.
diet (by finding the Will good, as to so much of it
of which any evialcnc&was adduced of instrUtlions
froth the Testator,' but Toad as to the. other
,part&j,
that there had existed either fraud or the interpo..
tiltion imputed i--=but being informed, that the-. Will
Must wholly exist, or not all ; and the Jury, con-
sidering that some of the Legatees in the Will
slight not be parties
.to .the fraud or interposition
complained of, at length delivered a Verdiet in fa-
vour of the Will. •

Tht Property involved in this question was re_
presented to be between 4:and 5°691. and, we un-
derstand, is still to be made a saSjca of litigation
in the Ecclesiastical Court: -

On Tuesday se'nnight their Lordships•opened their
CoMmission for the County of Oxford at the Town
when Thomas Seaford and Jahn Penn,for sheep_
stealing, were. capitally convited, and received
sentence of death, but were reprieved before their
ttirdships left the town. John White, Thomas
Fleming, and John Carter, for stealing a•q-uantity
Of wheat, and some sacks ; and John Bristow, fol
stealing a quantity of gloves and' skins from the
Worcester waggon ; were. sentenced to be trans-
ported for seven years ; .one to be imprisoned six
months, one to be privately whipped, and the .rest
were severally acquitted and discharged. .
At the Assizes for Oxford, a Cause of consider-
able importance came on to be heard at the Nisi
Wius Bar : The Incorporated'Company of Blanket
eavers in Witney, Plaintiffs, and Thomas Jack-
son; Defendant, wlfich was commenced for the reed-
very of different fines inflided for the fraudulent ma-
nufaduring of Blankets, contrary to the Bye-Laws
made under their Charter, granted by Queen Anne.
On the hearing of this
,Cause, the Charter and the
several Bye-taws declared on were produced,,ind
fully established;; and the Jury 'found- a `verditt
for the. Plaintiffs. The Bye_Laws 'in' question ap:
i:ieared to be excellently suited to the intended
purpose,- * by them any manufadurer_ is obliged
to :send his Blankets to the Common Hall,
of the Company before they are fulled' and dresSl
ed ; and -again' to be weighed " and measured,
when dressed and dry. Particular "weights are
fixed tor Blankets of all the different sieS made;
and if .the Blankets of any size ,are of a less weight
than fixed. by the Bye-Laws, of aee of a less weight
-than appointed; or. if any of, the Blankets exceed.
the measure, even by -a nail, in length or breadth,.
the mahufadurer is liable 'to a fine. • These - re-
' gularions have - contributed in a great degree to the
high charade! of the ;Witney Blankets, and; there-
'fore it was of-great consequence to the Company to'
convince all the Members, that an infringment of the
Bye.ta'ws would not be suffered to pass tiniitinished.

• COUNTRY NEWS,

READING, JULY 18.

On Thuvsday, last, in, pursuance of his sentence,
James Dormer was executed at the Drop at our gaol.

.:tte .vas a hatitv'e ' tit High Nklycomb, Only
iz years of age, born of honest and industrious pa-
rents whom he leaves to lament, the tintimr_slv
of an- unworthyson,,ihat had received an education
•
• suitable to his situation in life; ;his father had bred.
• him up with-care and, attention to his own trade,
which was,,a.bricklayer ; which trade. he folloWed.
till near three years ago, when he enlisted into -the
Marines, but soon deserted, and fromthat period' he
dates his ruin; for, fearful of being diseoyered as a
deserter, besought secrecy' and bad company,.' and'
.wasafraid to follow his trade in the .public manner
he.ought ; and.being unable to maintain himself and
wife, by his own honest labour, was induced,,
through the persuasions of hiS companions,,ro take'
to robbing for his support.. lihti the crime fOr
which'he suffered. he solemnly—gclared Was not his
;. (o
own seking 'or-planning r the, night before the,
. murder, Richard. Alder
.(who was tried. for the same
offence), sent for. himl and propOsed that they shotild
;go QUt the next day towards Windsor, at an.early
hour, and desired Dormer to bring his tackle (mean-
- ing pistols) with which. he did.; that they
stopped' at Surnham, whore they had some meat and
chink, and. that Alder bonght some powder and shot,
. and that Dormer pawned his great Coat_ to pay
they then proceeded towards,Mitidenhead, and fixed
the resolution of. robbing somebody the road
:leading from Maidenhead to, the Thieltet, even
waggon, Alder observed, rather than be
.disap,
pointed. Phis Dormer.obje6ed, to, as it would be
hard to rob. a. poor man, ..but proposed a coach pr
. chaise;. they soon heard one, and . Alder 'said he
would walk forward, and if it was likely to' do,
he would whistle, and. that Dormer should stop
!ihe :horses, and, that Alder should rob the .car-
riage-'—but it proved to be a stage-Coach, and they
did riot stopit ; immediately afterthey heard another,
as they thought, but it proved to he the unfortunate
. Robison, who ‘vaigoing home in his cart, which they
stopped; Dormer stood at the head of the horse, and
'Alder at or near the cart ; Robison immediately rose
up in his cart, .and asked 'who,* and what rascals
they were, and said he woul,l be robbed' by no
such villains, 'and struck .Alder with his whip,
who immediately shot him ; the shot with which
the pistol was loaded 'entered his cheek; and came
out at or near the crown Of his head; he fell-down
in, the cart ; Alder said he was dehT;:- Dormer said
no, it was only his damned obitinite manner,
:though he declared he did' not know who the tie-
. ceased .was at . the time they stopt' him-; imme—
diately a- sort of horror seized them, and they ran
front the cart:without robbing it, and crossed ove; a
field into the Reading road, passed the'Fleece Inn,
• into the opposite field, and went direaly through
Marlow 'to Wycomb, where they arrived about
nine' o'clock, haviag scarcely .spoken . the whole
way,, except now and then observing, they hoped
the poor man was not dead.
When they were apprehended 'some time after
wards upon suspicion, they both :acknowledged
that they committed the Murder, but each denied
, being the aauai
.perpetrator, and each accused_ the
other with' firing the p m istol ;: and to the last o-
ment, in the most serious and solemn manner, Dor-
. tiler declared that it was *Alder who -shot the de-•
ceased. .While in
,prison he behaved in the most
Unbecoming. and abandOned manner, and spoke of
the Murder with very' apparent unconcern, especi-
ally , the day before he left .the .gaol. to. be taken
to the Assizes; and he .'declared- if he was• to be
hanged," e would not die for nothing, for he
would, kill some one before he died ; but upon
his return to the gaol he appeared a very altered
man; and said the'. Devil had such power over
him that he• could not petition 'the Judge to have.
mercy upon. him, but hoped God would. Ileac-
knowledged that he had 'been a very great ,and
notorious offender, and had .committed, and Was
privy' to, a great' number of 'robberies.
The day before his execution he signified 'to his
brother a Wish 'to see Mr. Williams, the Curate Of
Wycomb, who ' yel-y humanely came over to' see
him the' next morning.
,He had liVed some tinie.
wiih Mr. Williams, who' gave him'a charaaer of
Weing a tender-hearted man .while in his service.
He appeared much pleased with his master, and re-
.ceived with great pleasure his filen* advice and
instrudion.

About half
and.
twelve, Dormer was brought on
the Drop, and. after the Chaplain had finished his
prayers, he sung the 3oth'Hymn,_ from Mr. Cado.:
gap's Coneaion; in which the'Rev.. Mr. Williams
humanely' joined him :, This being finished, he ad-
dressed the ipedtators„ s.iilio. were very numerous)
in the moii impressive manner, in nearly the foi_
lowing words :
" TALLOW SINNERS, . I . •• •

" The wretched state you now see me in,r
brought on mySelf, by leading a WiCked life, par-
ticularly
,by.sabbath.bieaking, which insensibly led
me on to gambling anclwhoring, drinking and cock-
fighting ;_take warning therefore .;by me, and 'deep
out of bad company. I did not do the deed for
which I am condemned to stiffer; Though I was con-
cerned in the fad—it was Alder who it, and he
Ought to have' suffered also. This should be a
warning to Judges and Juries on whom they fix the
Crime. I confess, however, that r suffer justly.
'Before I was sent to gaol, and until I was con-
deinned,l never. thought of death; but thank God,
I have now seen my mistake, and have repented in
the 48 hourS'that were allowed me, and am a very
different 'man, and feel myself perfectly
Let m 6 appeal to all who see what a shocking end
1 must come to in a few' minutes ; don't go away
and say, a good fellow is -gone : pray repent, and
turn from your evil ways, you know not how soon
death may visit you—in 'an 'ltOur'S' time or less ;
none of you are sure of an. hotit,;
.may G6cl there-.
fore change your hearts of stone into hearts of flesh.

-I am sorry I- have acted_ as I have done ; I have
committed many off;nceS,. though I have had 'many
opportunities of. doing well, but negleaed them all
. till it was too late:. Many of you who now hear
me, wily perhaps be intimately acquainted with my,
vices, I hope those will turn.from:their wicked ways,,
and not continue in the habit of *alibath-breaking.
I forgive every body., .and-I hOpe God will forgive
me the many offence I have committed."

. After )kehad rinislied.apeoking, he sung the 12 isi
Hymn, in which Mr.' Williams again 'assisted him..
Just as the,xecutioner was fixing the, rope he turned
to him and said, he wished to"pray a few minutes,
and threw himself on his knees, and prayed a short.
time. He then rose with every appearance of the
most perfe& , composure, and, was launched into
eternity, about half past one o'clock.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE:

PRESTON RACES.

TUESDAY, JULY,I4

SWeepstakes of 30g;;,. each, togs. ft. for 3-yr old colts, Est,
31b. and -frilirsist. 12,1 b. Two miles. (13 Subseribcers.)
Mr.. N /t ,t INgidoon - - 1
Mr. Walker's 5 Huby, dam by tarbuncle

sto ion Rigadoon. Won easy.
• The 561. Tof all ages. Two-mile heats.,
Lord Thirlington's b, c. Haphazard, .by Sir, P,eter; s
yrs old, Bst. 71b. - z a a
Mr:G. Crompton's b; f. Anniseed, 4 yrs old; Bst.
51b.
Mr. T. utchinson's brother to Johnny Groats, 3 yrs
old, 7St. alb. - - - - 33 , 3
Lord StamfOrd's ch. c. Layton, 4 yrs old, Bst, 71b. 4 4fir-
and 7to 4, and zto I on_Apniseed ; after,. the first heat,
3 and 4 tot sne woo ; after the ad heat, even betting, .and 6
tb4'on Haphazard: The first heat woes contested to about
too yaf.ds of ,theending post, by Amtiseed and, Haphazard,
and won easy by the former; for the second and third heats
Hapha'zard took the lead at stiffing, and was never _headed
tiring either of the heats. HeAtewpd 4n amazing stout bo
,um, and won his race in -a very high style.

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'iVforidak senniglii; at Inns;Esq. of Demerara, to Miss ElizaiDozialsis-2n, daughter of the
Donakkoo; Esq.

D/ED,

On Tuesday last, at ClaV.ll;s, Robert G. liibbert,
nephew of Mr. Alderrmn ni:-?hert.
pn the loth. inst. ilirs. 'ruler, wife .of Mi. John gayly
'Taller, Merchant, at Woo;lbriu,,,a,

VALUABLE LEASEHOLD ROUSES and GROUND
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TO BE SOLD BY AucTioW;. • !,
By 11/11-..Sc)UIBI " :PA"
(By Order of the Executors and l'rtistces of the Estite'tSf
thd
late ALEXANDER-BASSETT, Esc. de,:cased),`
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otij
Wednesday the 29th inst. at Twelve o'(;lock., in Twenty
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Rent of 31. per Annum, issuing out or two Houses on the North Side of Bennett-street., Also, 'IWO other HOUSES
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passage, Saville-row. • -

WHEN Professional Men of Education and
Resporisibility•deviatefrom'ihe general SyStein by
the selediOn of a' peculiar branch, The sanction of long con- •
.tinued success is the best Criterion of superiority. . •
Eight years have I devoted my practice. to the exclusive
treatment of Three Disorders, and the successful result of
My plan gives me additional ardor to oppose as 'far .as I am'
able, the
.ravages of those Comptaints-wLict: are the most
important in the Catalogue of Human Infirmities.
• After initiation into every • Branch, as ;in Army Surgeon,
formed a wish at aii.early period of Practice to rescuc. in-
dividuals from the ignorance of uneducated men, or the
equally dangerous precipitancy of general Praditioners.
. The Three Disorders, to the Cure• of which I have de
voted my attention,• comprise every species of YEN E-.
REAL INFECTION, whether qt•a• recent or long du-
ration: sdly, All kinds of debility, whether arising from
the „habits of sehool-lpys, or the itidulgences of mature
age: And,_ lastly, that• derangement of the sy'steiti in wo'n
men which is.called BA I<R ENN E SS, or ST ER IL TY.
Numerous DiseaSes are the result' of ignotanCe; or haste
in the treatment of simple Gonorrhcea ; and it not un-
frequently happens that the seeds ot-*Life. arc: poisoned by
.the indiScretion of an unguarded hour.-4y a superior mei,
thud such-Complaints are easily cured.; and, even where
others have failed, I trust that I may press.in-is-NJ Wier
radical re-establisherient.
Few, however, are the 'Cases- of complicated-distress in
this disorder, compared with •the -calamitous .situatious of
-men, who, from an indulgence in.a solitary . vice, or the
prevalent gaieties of a fashionable.life, acquire -that state
of. Debility, which is the unavoidable consequence of such
perniciOus'habits.
Where The unhappy sufferer broods over his-misery, but
carefully conceals his misfortune, it may be some cense-
lationlor hits to know, that although it be an objet of
doubt or uncertainty with -other PraditiOners, the removal •
of these Deficiencies-by the gradual progress of Renova-
tion,-is the acquirement of my Experience. It the rites
of.. Bacchus or Venus have began to reduce Manly vigour,
Irma anxiety will be prevented by ass early counterac-
tion of /this languid State and in these cases, "no great
cliflitulty will occur.
13a wliere. this ll)elipiency ;las for years, existed, a propel
perseverance is indispensably .etVisire rev1.7e444-,..
Bering Sparks of Lite, and tore-antinate-the Cutistituf gin.
M ARRI ED WOMEN, who have lon.* been "disappointed
in theii•expedatious of Ix _Family, m#y be assured, thariA
most instances; such defeds are curable by Merfieal skill.
The secresy which .is • se, essential to my-undertaking,
and the qualifications which I have pre reed to . state, • form ;
the basis of my pretensions, and in coincidence with such
thus intimation- is given, that Mr. 11.,-rnay- be COns-ultol •
personally, or by Leiters Unclosing a: snial):•Note), at his
house, No, 29, Armihel street, Strand, near Temple.Bar-
-6:3 There is an 'additional Entrance •in 'Water-street,-
adjoining, and the Name is on both the doors.' .
M. Member of the, Royal Cel lege of Surgeons.

To. THOIVIAS' TAYLOR, ,Esq; •
•
'.. No. 9, Nel4 Bridge-Street, London.
Honoured Sir, Edinburgh, March iS,
IBEG leave to inform you' that' ever since the
'year' 1790, I have beertatlfided With the LUes Vene
'tea; which, from' its obstinately- resisting every course of
Medicine prescribed by the most eminent of the Faculty
here, and undergoing several. severe coursesof saliyatioPr
'and twice. dis;:harged from the Hospital, with little relief,
would appear to he of the most inveterattt nature. in
spring of last year an disorder .had 'got to smelt a het4i, as
nearly to put a period to ;fly 'existence----I had a large' ulcer
on the crown ot my head, one on eech arm, and -iny'lvgg
Were broke out in a frightful manner ; my tight waS'clritad-
fully painful; and had hew.- in a state of t4eration for the
last seven years; my left -.1.0,1 also two large nodes on it,
was very much discoloured; and 'gave me such-exerutiiit-
ing pain, partleularly when warm in bed, is nearly 'to de-
prive me of rest-; itt this lamentabte state, .I was .recom-
iTiended by Mr. 1. 'Thompson,, (who receivod so great it
ettee 'by them • here),' to. take your, Leake's Patent Pills,which I began to do on, the 26th of May; in the course
of a fortnight,. I lAegan _to, receive ben;:fit---in little more,
than a month, the uicers on my heztl and arms were
soundly ilealed-spon after, the sores oo my legs healed
also; leaving,
.however, considerable dlscolourstion in the
Skin, and pant in the bone (tithe left, which, by the Bles-
sing of Grid, •ana tle longer perseverance in your inva-
luable Medicine, subsided ; the nodes dispersing, the skin
regaining its,naturil hde, and the nodurtial _gradt;allY
going. olf. I thus became, by your liberal .advice and Me-
dicine, perfe&ly free front m.v forzner complaints—
have recovi4ed iny fOrmer spirits and strength, end aot, be-
come jolly iti yv hich state having continned
. months to the astonishment of ail tyhp. knew rpe„ I am at
a io n i,t what ternti,to exp.NsS my- gratittat. but be
_volts
tux the. good of 0111er '.st.lifining mortals, to make tins MY
^ -
case; as i)u , on every OctaSirin ;
i,l .o doing, ;Lou will great). Sir, your grateful,
obedient, very humble servant,- LEX. MURK.ER.
Swan's Chose, High-street, Edinburgh.
Prepared and Sold by. the sole Proprietor,
'TitostAs TAYLOR, Mehtf)er of, the Royal College of Mar-
geons, -No. :New. Bridge-street,. I..ondOn
where, after'a constant residenee of more than tbirty-sig
• 'years,, in a pra,,ttice pas ticii ;arty direCted' to the cure of
Venereal Complaints and th,,Jse:inciclental to the Parts of
Generation, with that invi@lable secrecy-which men of
his - profession should always observe in such cases, lie
Batters himself, the advice and assistance he gratuitously
administers t 6 persons takiti.g this Medicine, will' be
- esteemed, by a' discerning Public, as an advantage sel-
dprr. attainable and voicfof all ambiguity.
Also seed, by 'his appointmenti• for the convenience of
those-living at it distance, at the Perfumer's; No. 35,. St.
Aihan's-street, -.Pall.Malf.; the Toyshop, No. •103; ,
ford-street.; Mr. Disborough!s„ No. 7, Fish-street-111114
Mr. Steel's, Bookseller,- N'o. t, Union-row; little Tower.
malt ; Mr. Watson's, South-bridge, Edinbuigh; Mr. Call*
well's, I?ubtin ; and by one person in every considerable
town in Great Britain and Ireland, in Boxes of only. ;s: 9d.
each, ;sealed up with full and plain dire6tious, whereby
personsof either se' may cure themselves with ease,, Speedo
secrecY;tind Safety.
N. is. Every Bo sold in Great Britain is sealed up with
a Stamp, on which, by favour of the. Commissioners is
printed, at the Stamp-Ofliee--." T. Taylor, No. 9, New .
Bridge-street,"—to instate which is Felony, and all ethers
are Ounterfeits. •