The Sun.
London, England, 1806-12-19 00:00:00

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• ie following particulars Of the.eo.aordinary oc-
Currency at the London Tavern, On Wednesday last;
may be relied upon
~
i Mr. Ludlam„for some 'time past, has had the
Misfortune to be subject to temporary derangement;
and the very great attention he has given .to the
Philanthropic Annuity Plan, has had the effeet not
i only to revive, but to fix his disorder.
In condu&ing the business•of the meeting held at
the London Tavern on Wednesday, he evinced the
I utmost propriety and regularity in his proceedings,
until he was opposed in some of his resolutionS by
the share-holders, when .he became irritabie-and;in-
consistent in his behaviour. ' He proposed to such
Gentlemen as were dissatisfied with his manage-
ment, and had an interest' in the Plan, to purchase
their shares at a guinea premium. Many Of them
acceded to the proposal, and arranged. with him ac. -
cordingly. As soon as the proceedings. were over
(about four o'clock), he ordered dinner, in a room up
stairs, but, was told he could not be accoMdiodated
'with the apartment, as it was engaged: He con-,
seated to dine in the parlour, which faces Bishops-
gate-street, and ordered for dinner some fish, runt-
ton-chops, and a widgeon. Mr. Noble, his, Clerk,
sat down to table with him. There was nothing
;#remarkable in his conduct, until cass, one- of the
waiters, appeared with the chops ; WhO, taking an
opportunity to whisper Mr. Noble, that a printer
was in waiting, and desired to speak with Mr. Lud-
lam—incensed that Gentleman 'so much, that, he
threw the dish and chops at the man ; and before
he could quit the rooom, discharged at him the rest
of the dishes on the table, and their contents, he-
sides a decanter, and the wine it contained. One
of the ,dishes perforated a very valuable'painting in
the room. On the waiter turning round to explain,
be saw a horse-pistol presented at him ; and before
he could utter a word, Mr. Ludlam snapped it at
him : fortunately, however, no powder being in the •
pin, the pistol missed fire, and the poor, fellow
escaped unhurt. These outrageous proceedings
alarmed the whOle Tavern, and no person could be
found to enter the room.. Mr. Litdlam kept ring-
ing the bell violently, but to no purpose. No in-
treaty could induce Cass to go into the room again.
Constables, however, were sent for, and placed at
the door to prevent Mr. Ludlam escaping; but it
was deemed imprudent to suffer any peace officer to .
go into the room, as it was not doubted that he would
do them some injury.
Mr. Ludlam, prior to this, had sent to Mr. Far-
ley for fire guineas ; but he thought it proper to
say he was not at home. Mr. Ludlam appearing
now to be more tranquil, sent Mr. Noble to the
bar to say he wished to have the amount of his bill,
as he was desirous to give a draft for the whole he
was indebted to the house. Mr. Peacock, one of
the Masters of the Tavern, was induced, from his
message, to wait upon him. On entering the room,
Mr. Ludlam, with an air of composure, requested
Mr. Peacock to drink a glass of wine with him,
which he readily consented to, and 'received it as
a pledge for- his hature good condu&. Whilst this •
ceremony was passing, Mr. Ludlarn contrived to get
'between Mr. Peacock and the 'door ; and, being in
a situation to prevent his retreat, he snatched ups
two pistols from off the Lib:Ll, and presenting one
of them at him, ordered him to stand upright with
his back placed against the side-board, which stands
near to one of the windows, and threatened
to shoot him dead on the spot if he stirred
a foot "without his permission. Mk. Ludlam asked
What monq he had got in his pocket ; the prisoner
said about,two guineas, or two guineas and a half.
He.was ordered to lay it on the table, and Mr.
Noble was desired to count it. The summons was
obeyed, and Mr. Peacock was not suffered to'retain
even his silver. Mr. Peacock apologized for,the
smallness of the sum, and begged he might be suf-
fered just to step to the bar, to make it up twenty
pounds, or , any sum Mr. Ludlam would W'rsh to
have ; but this Mt. Ludlam refused, and revived
his thicats to shbot hiM if he attempted to escape.
All this time MrAudlam having a pistol-in each
hand, divided his attention bet weenhis prisoner and
the door, as if suspicious that some persons would
rush into the room, and attack him-by surprise ; but
he was resolved to.be prepared for them if they did. '
Mr. Ludlam continued to amuse himself with Mr.
Peacock in various ways: ' sometimes he would
make him drink wine ; and next -be would lay
down one pistol, whilst he slapped his face; then he ' ;
would abuse him; and talk in the most indecent and.
incoherent latieage, which alone would have been
sufficient to prove
.'him insane. Whilst Mr. Pea- I
cock was thus kept in a constant state of trepida-
tion,
his friends were plotting and contriving the
means to relieve him. It was apprehended, and'
very justly, that, to attempt to take Mr. Ludhun into,
custody, would be to ensure the death of Mr. Pea-
cock, or :the person employed to secure him. The
Lunn MAYOR and Ski E RII.'FS, who happened to be
dining at the London Tavern, offered to go into the
room at:-3 seize the lunatic, but were not suffered to I
expose
.their lives. The ! LORD ,Mn TOR, however, I
made out a warrant for his apprehension, and Mr, I
Nalder was sent for to serve it. ,

• Ludlam was now apprised that steps were
taken for his apprehension, and began to devise means
of eicjping.• For this purpose he sent Mr. Noble to
his coachman, who was waiting in Bishopsgate-.
street, to request him• to drive his carriage as close
as possible to' the windows of the room in which
be was; to. take care to keep on his box.; that
•the step was to be ready let down, and the two
footmen in waiting placed up behind.' All .. this
Mr. Noble had done according to direollom
Mr. Ltidlam finding every thing to his wish,
asked Mr. Peacock to take another glass of wine
before • they parted, leaving.: him to' make his
choice of file kind he Would drink. Mr. Pea-
cock
chose claret :—" you are a fool," replied Lud-.
lain, " you'shoUld have- fixed upon Madeira, and
then it• would have • been necessary to have had a
fresh bottle." 'Mr. Ludlam's condo& was generally
brutal, but some_ tithes be affeaed to 'be- kind. He
now threw ahe remains of the claret in Mr. Pea-,
cock's flee, and also the contents-of a butter-boat,
as if to irritate him to resistance, that be might have
some pretence for dispatching him. In this severe
trial Mr. Peacock behaved with the :greatest cool-
fieSs and prudence. Mr. Ludlam inquired if there
wil:4 any back door to the house, by which he could
make his escape; Mr. Peacock replied, there-ts,
and he would be glad to condua him out of it. m

safety'. nr...Liidlam, however; would not fiiist
but desirod •Mr,'Peacwk to Orli the Witidoiv
nearest' to` him; and facing the "carria2,c ih'e ot'ii
window:be. requested Mr. Noble td open., .rust as
these orderS were. obeyed 'a waiter entered the room;
having ,b6en attending at a dirierent part of;tl,e
house, and unacquainted with the Stare of affairs;
Mr. Ludlam, with great quickness, turned round;
and pOinted the piStol at hint ; at this crisis Mr:
Peacock seized, as he supposed, the only oppor;:
tunny he should ever haVe of • escaping; rushed
by his jailor, and fled to the door.: Mr. Ludiani.
being confused at the niontent by having his at ten
tion distra&ed between Mr. Peacock and the Wai-
ter, fired at randoth, and the balls (of Which there
were three) lodged in the wall, about a' feat and
half above the door. The noise Of the pistol attraet:
ed the people in the front Of the house to the pas
sage, aud.Mr.Ludlam, availing hirnielf of the favvir=
able mottient, with the greatest agility leaped out of
the window, over the iron railing, and into his car-
'riage'. The servants having their cue,; the step; were:.
up in a second; the •door fastened; and the horses 0/r
in 101 l

•
Shortly after the departUre of Mr. Ludlarri
Raider arrived, anct,set
,Off in search or himi but
we have
,not heard that he has yet been successful.
Mr. Ludlam, it app.eais,
,did not. go_ home to his
house in Wolbeck-street. . Mr. Noble arrived there
before the City Marshal; and apprized the fiitaiiy of
the strange events-of the day, and the means taken
to apprehend the author of them. The return hom6
' of the carriage, in the night, was strictly watched
for. Y About two o'clock in the morning Mrs. Lud-
lam and Dr. }leaviside (whO was once in danger of
losing his life by, Mr. L. firing at hiM as he enter-
ed a room) set off together in a coach to Tenterden
street; after Wards they took poSt-berses, and were
supposed to take the Uxbridge road hi pursuit of the
unfortunate maniac..

At the time,of otir latest inquiry last night Mr.
Lndlatn_was not apprehended, but it is expected that
he.must very shortly be taken, as he is said to have"
left the neighbourhood. of Cavendish-square on foot
and unattended. We have heard of several aEts of
insanity Which he committed lamely, of which to
mention one may be sufficient, that is, about three
weeks ago he sent for an eminent Surgeon to hii
house; and immediately upon his entering the rouni
fired a pistol at him, the contents of which (as in 'the
attack upon Mr. Peacock) were lodged above the
door. Some instances, even of a ludicrons nature,
have been mentioned, as having occurred very lately.
ft is to be hoped that he will yet be secured before he
commits any more serious a a against his fellow-crea-
tures. He has been in confinement for lunacy, and;
we understand; that a statute is now applied fur by
his friends:' -

On Friday se'nnight a small band-boit, covered
with a new linen wrapper; was found at the door of
the Rev. H. ,Kitchingman, out of Boot ham-bar, nezir
York. Upon opening it, which was done in Mr.
Kitchingman's house; in the presence of his family;
the dead body of a new-born female child wa#
-covered closely confined in the bdx.
A Jury was summoned by Mr. BREAREY, Co-
roner for the County, when, after sitting some time
examining witnesses, the Court was adjourned until
Wednesday last; a furth..sr 'investigation then took
place; and a verdi& of Wilful illu,';der, was returned
against same person or persons unknown.

The following account of a Tecent diseovery may
be relied upon as a fad. On Wednesday evening,
the '3d of lixember, was found in a field near a farm-
hoUse belonging to Mr: Itoberis, of Pyennor, pear
Knighton';ktadnorshire, several hundred pieces of
gold' coin, supposed to have lain there Many cen.
turies, if not a thousand years; They were deposited
itypipkins, and are now in a perfea stlte, about the
size 'of a half-crown,• and of' the value of eighteen
shillings or-thereabout --(Shrewsbury ()Aron)
The following melancholy and distressing acci-
. dent occurred at Liverpool on .Saturday.:•••-;--13e0.veen
and one o'clock at noon,. as Captain ALEX-
ANDEH -C4RiER SON Was walki4 arm in arm with
a friend in Pdradise-street, two carts, going at
.a
,quicker rate than usual, in oppositedirethons, came
in conta& with each other at the corner of the.
street. Mr. GRIERSON, who was close to one •of
them, attempting to spring from it, failed in his
effort, and fell, u-hen the cart passed over his head,
and. he expired in about ten minutes: The owner
of One of the carts, riding in it at the/ same time,
was thrown out by the
,violence of the concussion,
and the cart passed over his bOdy. fle'has survived
..the-accident, but his life in despaired of.
It is not true that Mr. Jon PALMER, son of the
late admirable A6tor, of Drury-lane Theatre, was.
lost in the vessel that foundered a few days ago in
her passage from Guernsey.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, Dtc, tg.
'this day's mar4t afforded a large supply of primw
Beasts, and the show of Cattle in general was
middling ; Beef and Mutton support last prices ;
Zreal IS dearer ; Pork is rather cheaper ; and" the
trade for the most part was not very good. The
sale's in the Haymarket were not lively ;
Straw, and Clover haVe fallen in price since Mou-
day's market.!—We subjoin an accurate statement Of
the prices and numbers :
To sink the Offal per stone of Sib.
Beef 4s. 6d. td ss. 6d —Mutton 3s. od. to ss. 6d.—Veal
6s. od. to Ss. od.—Lamb os. ocl. to os, ad.—York ss. ott. t•
6s. od.

Beasts, 1460. —Sheep and Lambs, 1870.—Calves, too.—
Pigs, 400-

SMITHFIELD HAYMARKET.

Hay 21.,155. to 41. 153.—c:toyer 31. :,s. to 51. 55.--Stra*
11: 18S. to 21. ss. - •

CORN-EXCIifiNGE, DEC. 19.—The supplies of
Wheat to day are short, with few further imports,
and the trade is dull in sales, nearly at last
prices ; a few cargoes of Foreign have arrived ;
Barley and Malt are each at a reduelion ;
very short supplies of White., pease, which are
dearer ; good Oats are in request, and not many at
hand ; Flour hardly supports the quoted prices, fine
American to .50s. per barrel.
Wheat its a los a 85s Beans - CS a sls ad
Fine ditto . 86s a 89s ck: Tick.lieans 37, a 445 od
Rye - 435 a 4is od Oats 25s a 28s a 32s od
Barley - • 36s 3 425 od Poland ditto 33s a 34s 6a
Mait • • 675 a 723 od I<ape Seed 251. 281. os.
White Peaix 82s a *pew? Fine Flour 7.L's a 75s od
t;rvy ditto 455 a Soar od Seconds • firs a 7vi od

LAY' REPORT.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DLC. IS.

URQUHART V. VAIR.

Mr. Gimow, in stating this case to the Jury;
begged to be understood that in complaining of the
present Defendant, who had misconduaed himself
at the head of a press-gang, he did not mean to in-
*inuate any thing against His Maje Sty's impress ser-
vice in general, or to deny the legality of impressing
seamen. This, he said, he thought it necessary to
premise, lest those .vho should report his speech in
the Morning Papers might, according to their cus7
-tom, misunderstand and misrepresent every thing,
and state what was never said.
He then stated the Plaintiff's case, which, upon
the evidence, appeared to be as, follows :—The
.Plaintiff, who is an insurance broker, of the age of
forty, and son of a Gentleman, in old Gravel-lane,
was walking down that place about six or seven
o'clock in the month of June last,-with two Ladies,
one upon each arm, when he was accosted by the
Defendant and his gang. The Defendant said to
him, " Holla, messmate, what ship ?" The' Plain-
tiff replied, " I am not a sailor; Though I have ships
(Amy own." The Defendant and one of the gang
seized him, each one by the shoulde, and held
him, when the Defendant said, " Comer, let us look
_ at your harids ;" and he making some struggle to
get away, one or two of the gang struck him with
their bludgeons or sticks; and in the confli& his coat
was torn. Some persons coming up mentioned his
name, and then Mr. Urquhart asked, who the Lieu-
tenant was ? when the Defendant having got the
'Plaintiff's name, said, our Lieutenant is Captain Ur-
quhart, and* you shall go aboard a tender with us.
'o which the Plaintiff replied, he would not, if he
-knew of it. The Plaintiff was almost immediately
released, and the Defendant two or
,three days af-
terwards said to him, he should be glad to make it
up, and make him a compensation; for he did not
like to go to law.
One of the witnesses being asked if
,Mr. U. had
the appearance of asailor, and if he was not as well
dressed aslie appeared then, he being in Court, and
'sitting under Mr. GARROW, said, that press-gangs
were often deceived by the slop-sellers ; and, upon
being cross-examined, said, that, Mr.U. had a sort of
slouching walk, like a sailor.
-Sir V. G/BBS, for the Defendant, admitted that he
bad transgressed thelaw, in attempting to impress a
.Gentleman who was not liable to the impress service,
but said that it was•done in a mistake, to which. the,
press-gangs must be very liable. That with resped
to Mr. U. he did not mean to ridicule him, or treat
him with any levity -; but people were very apt to
form-false opinions of themselves, and judging,from
what he saw of him in Court, with-a fine,-inanlys
:open, good-natured qountenance, and a blue coat on,
he should think him not an unlikely person to be
mistaken for a British seaman.
Verdi& for the Plaintiff, damages 501.

JAMES DIXON AND OTHERS V: BRISTOW.
This was an a&ion upon a Policy of Insurance on
a vessel at and from Demerara to the port of Liver-

pooh
Mr. GARROW, for the Plaintiff, observed that the
insurance in question was upon.the ship
Merlin, oti a voyage to Demerara. The vessel sailed
in the latter end of the month of 06to'ber, tBOl,
from Liverpool, and delivered her loading in safety
at the port of 'destination. On the 3lst of March;
1802, she sailed, wit h a cargo of various commodities,
'from Demerara ; and, as she was proceeding from
the harbour, by a mismanagement in the pilot,
she got on a sand-bank. In this situation the Mer-
lin lay for five boars, upon her keel, striking violent-
ly against the ground. The nexttTtide she was extri-
cated front her perilous situation, by the great exer7-
tions of the mariners, and she got out to sea. .In
sounding the pumps it was found . that she made
nearly a foot of water in an hour, and the next day
It was increased to five feet. Under these cicum-
stances the Captain held a consultation, and it was
agreed, that it would be most prudent, as the water
ccatinually 'augmented, to pu- into. Martinique, that
the vessel. might be refitted. Hither the ship pro-
ceeded ; but when the arrived it was discovered that
no timber could be procured to repair the damage
sustained. therefore, necessary, as it was im-
possible for the crew to proceed, to ;have the ship
surveyed ; and after due examination, it appeared
that the injury sustained was so gteat, that under
any circumstanceg; the voyage could not he com 7
TAtqcd. The Merlin was condemned; and for this
• loss the Plaintiffs sought to recover: •
The testimony to maintain this case -was then ad-
duced.
Mr. PARK, for the Defendant, felt the greatest
confidence, that unless the Jury by their verdi&
overturned the whole law with Tespett to sea-wor-
thiness, the Plaintiff could not recover. It had been
seen that the voyage , insured by the Defendant was
from Demerara to Liverpool ; and unless the I.Ner,
'lin, at the time .of quitting the former )ort, Were in
a state of sufficient repair to undergo the voyage,
the Defendant would be entitled to-the verdict. The
Learned Counsel' said, he would prove, from the
evidence of Iwo of the persons who made the sue--
vey at the Island of Martinique', that the vessel was'
at leasrtw(nty years. old, and was in such a state
_ of decay that it was impossible, supposing she had
never, of upon the sand-bank, that .she could have
arrived in safety at Liverpool,- ,pprt of tier ulti-•
mate destination. ,
' Lord Eeeiesaonot cu then , siunrned up 'the evi-
dence on both sides; and a verdit;ga§ entered for
the ,1).-itendant. .1

BOBBINS V. TURES. •
An action for 481.-7-The Plaintiff had a draft fOr
481. froM a Mr, Abel, and as he was going to his
banker's to receive the money for, it, he Jost it by
the way. It was picked up by a cooler, who kept'
a green-shop, and lodged at the Defendant's house.
The Defendant bought the- Draft of the.cebler, and
received the money for it at the banker's.- Some
timeafter this, the Plaintiff's clerk happened to be
at a public-house, where the cable; was,' and half-
drunk, boasting of what he had done, sayinghow
easily a, Man , May make , money in ;London, by
picking up bitS of paper fin- liotliing, and se.llino-
• theinjbr guineas, as he had done, lhe clerk rccor-
. lectiu:, • how 'his- 'master lost' the. draft, made fur-
. ,$ . _

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