The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-29 00:00:00

BR/GI/TOY, AUG. 27.

, .
t The Cliffs remain just in the same state as when
I last wrote.' The sun shines by day, and for some
time past the moon has illuminated our nights. It
has not appeared that any of the visitors at this place
. have relitiqiiiShed the pradice of eating or drinking,
or that aft;er being fatigued with the exertions of the
day, they have, at .hight, wholly denied them Selves
the refreshment of sleep. Gamesters are still fond
of play—Coquettes, of adiniration—Tipplers, of
drinking—and Politicians, of` party. But what will"
appear still more, extraordinary, the Ladies have not
wholly abandoned their propensity to talking. We
have, however, many other pradices here which re-
semblewhat passes in London,nob,vipstanding all the
wonderful reports of Brighton, which appear in the
public prints: Musicians do hot appear in the orchestra
with thegeeseofTailors, and few people go to the Ta/-
low-chandlers to purchase perfumery. Hatters conti-
nue to provide coverings for the head, and Shoeniakers -
are chiefly employed ia preparing' prOtedions .for'
the other extremity of the human form.. We have
many dogs that bark, and a numerous train- of
the feline-order who amuse themselves at night in
catterzvalling., Oar Theatre is not permitted to be
open on Sunday, and the Clergymen of this neigh;
bourhood have not appeared on- the stage. A.lively
Wag at this place said, on Monday last; at 'exactly
five minutes after six in the evening, that " if Par-
sons were, indeed, -"-to appear upon theatrical boards,
they would be aaing out of character." This ad-
mirable ton-mot was soon circulated over the Steyne,
and the Wit is now the envy and the admiration of
the whole town. ' •

It is observable here that board and lodging can-
not be had for nothing, except by ,those wilco have
neither cash nor common honesty, but much artifice.
A Sheriff's Officer lately appeared in this place,
and, it is but a fair tribute to the understand-
ing. of the inhabitants in general, to acknowledge
that he was universally • suspeded -to come in of a Debtor. -It was also with equal saga-
city concluded' that the latter would do all he could
to escape the talons of this legal bird of prey.'
As this information is much-more interesting than
the general reports from Brighton, which- appear in
the London -Prints, I doubt nor that you will give all
due encouragement to such a valuable Correspon,
dent as sends you' the presentfaskionalk record.

Mrs. STFWART, who Is performing with some
auccess, as a Singer.' at Cork,, was formerly Miss
thurFurns, of the .Haymarket Theatre. She was
a pupil of K5t...1.4e:

Migs SMITH, the Miress, after a successful trip to
Edinburgh' and Glasgow, is now at Cheltenham;
where she is much admired. She has appeared in
Belviclera, and the IVid6w Cheerly, in both of which
hara6ters, different as they are, she was highly ap-
plauded.

- Signora CATALTNI has excited enthusiasm among
the Parisians by her great musical talents, which
they represent as superior to any that were ever
beard before in that Orany other place.' Whatever
refieetions may be thrown upon the languor of our
countrymen in patronizing public talents, com;.)are:i
with the warmth of. French admiration,, we douOt
not that when CATALINI appears on our Opera
stage, she will be applauded with as much judgmeni
and as much zeal as may haVe paid hoinage to het
merit in any other place.
We are sorry to learn that Mrs. HANNAH. MORE
is at present in alatniirig state of 'health.. Her
religious opiniOns niay appear somewhat too 'rigid
in these times of licentiousness and dissipation, but
she may justly be considered
,as a diStinguished Or-,
riament of British Literature, and her Works, in
support 'of taste, morals, and piety, do hOnour tcY
her talents and charafter, and will preserve bOth in
respeetful remembrance.
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. .
Mr. MobRE, whom the Newspapers denOrnihite
ANACREON MOORE, has been more severe in his
comments pri.the Charatier of the Americans than
the Scotch Reviewers were upon hiS Poetry ; yet
we do not know that any Hero 'from the other side
of the Atlantic is disposed to resent his strictures. '
A Pamphlet has- just made its appearance, con-
taining some important documents respeeling Dr.
TA,YLOR'S Remedy for DeafneSs,, fully proving its
efficacy in the Cure of that Complaint,. and the per-
fed safety with which it may be applied.--See Ad- -
vertisement.

Aturied, yesterday, the Rer. T. W.'COGAN; Vi-
car of Eashdean, in Siissei, to l‘lis!i S. PABlcilt,
daughtei of HEN.IiY Etiiiiil; Esq. of Stoke New- ,
ington. .

DUEL PREVENTED.
Bow-STREET.---A dispute of a private nature hav-
ing arisembetween Lieutenant PEARCE, of the First
Battalion of Tower. Hamlets' Militia, now quartered
at,i-lackney, and Mr. Mn-cuELL, an eminent rope-
maker, of Limehouse Hole, several letters passed
between them .upon the..subjcd, which ended- in
their 'agreeing to fight a duel 3 the time and place
only remained to be settled, This circumstance
coming to the knowledge of their families, informa-
tion 'was given at the Office. On Wednesday Mr.
Mitchell was brought, by Miller and Atkins, before
Mr. GRAHAM, and held to bail, himself in .5001. and
two sureties in 2501. each. • Yesterday Lieutenant
Pearce was brought to the Office by the same
Officers, and gave a similar security to keep the
peace.

THAMES POLICE OFFlCE.—Yesterday Eleanor,
Skee, an inhabitant of Wapping, was finally exa-
mined, on suspicion of forging the Will and Testa-
ment of William
.Cooper, a seafaring man, who
died in 1799, *hereby she came into the possession
of some freehold Premises, and 3001. in the funds,
the interest of which she enjoyed uninterruptedly
till within the last fortnight, when a claimant ar-
rived from the Orkneys, who asserted a right to the
property, as ,being.next of kin. Two ' subscribing
names appeared to. the Willi those of a respeelable
Solicitor and his Clerk, who denied any knowledge
of their being their signatures. The prisoner was
fully committed for trial.

Saturday night a fatal accident happened at Kip-
pax, near Leeds. Mr. Simpson having had his
garden robbed:, took his gun and went out with his
servant man at midnight to search the grounds : oh
entering the garden they each went separate ways,
and when-nearly meeting again, from 'some cause
yet unknown; the- gut) in the master's hand went
off, and lodged its contents in the servant's breast,'
which caused is instant death. - •

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SURREY ADJOURNED SESSIONS, Aec. 20. .„
James Robson was opposed by Mr. NOLAN, on
'behalf of Sarah Pickman, the Insolvent's sister-in-
law, upon two grounds--first, under the'4.2d clause
Of the Ade for making a fraudulent: conveyance
subsequent to his iMprisonment; and, secondly, foi..
a defedive schedule.
Mr. NOLAN, iii opening this case, stated it to be
one of the most malicious and wicked attempts that
ever was made to defeat a fair and just creditor of
her demand; but for whose kindness• and assist-
ance -hip unfortunate wife might' have starved.
He said, that the Prisoner formerly resided in
worth, where he carried on- the business of itcorn-
fa&or, and was also possessed 'of five houses. in
Robson-row, Walworth, which ,were
.a part of. the
subject of this present discussion. For some length
of tiniehis wife and he lived on the most happy terms'
of connubial affection, but the introduction of a fe-
-male servant, of the name of Matilda B—', sowed
the seeds of discord ; and, from that time, the con-
' dua of the husband to his_wife was totally changed,
and he treated her with the greatest, cruelty and
:harshness ; but she -had the fortitude: never to com-
plain, until, lie became so outrageously gruel, that
even this very servant maid, Matilda,.:With whom
he was' then criminally connected, had the hu-
manity to tell her sister., who nay. opposed 'his
liberation. •In consequence 'of this„-she was taken'
home by her sister, who maintained and protected
her.' She implored to be restored to the bosom, of
her husband; but he drcive her from
.his doer, re-
fusing her admittance, except on the terms of be-
coming the servant of his maid Matilda, who then
openly cohabited with him. At- one time, whn
he was accompanied by her brbther to the house of
her husband, the latter threatened to fire on them
if they:attempted to approach nearer; and actually
discharged a gun at his- brother-in-law, well-know-
ing,who he was,and what was his business. From this
time all attempts at reconciliation were in vain, and
she must have starved 'in the streets had not the
'humanity of her sister rescued her fr6m so mise-
rable a. fate; who afterwards maintained and sup;
pined her entirely at her own expence. • The hus-
band, in return for all this kindness to his wife, at-
tempted to calumniate the chargters of
.bothiwife
'and sister7in-law; saying, that theonekept a brothel,
while the other walked the streets for her support.
,The present Creditor, Miss Pickman, was afterwards
under the necessity of bringing her action against
the Prisoner, for the maintainance of his 'wife (of
which Trial we gave a full. report in our paper at
that time). Upon that occasion the Prisoner had
the audacity to produce,- as a.Witness, to confront
the evidence of the Plaintiff's Witnesses,ns' to his
•conduet to his wife, &c. the woman with whom he
then lived in open adultery,.the very identical Ma-
tilda, who, Much. to 116 r credit, although so circum-•
stanced, when cross-examined as to the terms on
which she lived with her Master, shrunk back with
shame, expressed great agitation, and, after an aw-
ful pause of near hve minutes, retired from Court
in confusion; declining any further questioi.s, upon
the subjea. The Jury found a Verdi& for thePlain7-
tin, and upon that ac-tion the PrisoiVl was now de-
tained. In order further to shew the malicious hr-i
tent ions of the Prisoner, the •Learned Counsel said
be would prove that he had ample. means of paying.
all his -.debts since he went to prison, had he but
chosen to at like an honest man. He would shew,
that •he bad received 3821. since his imprisonment,
in one sum (by his
.own account), and the debts
with which. he stood charged duly. amounted to
2821. He should also shew, that 2091. of that sum
was expended .in attorney's ,bills,of costs, the Pri-
soner having employed not less than five Gentle-
men.pf that profession within these two years. • He
.therr•adefted' to the. first ground of ohjedion—that
of •MakingYfraudnleitt conveyance of his houses in
nobson-row, which, the Learned Counsel observed,
had
.been conveyed to one William. Jackes since his
imprisonment ; yet, it was
-evident, he had exercised
various pats of ownership over those premises, not
only in receiving the. rents, issues, and profits, hut in
• dire&ing some of the tenants to be distrained for rent
due; all which was done- by. his own direct autho-
rity, and constituted a fraudulent at under the Sta-
tute. Hesoncluded by observing, that. it was only
necessary for him to lay these fads before the Court,
and it would lie for the Prisoner to shew, that this
conveyance was a fair bona fide transa&ion for a
limbic consideration.
The greater part of this statement being corrobo-
rated by evidence,

Alc. MORRIS, for the Prisoner, enterd into an
able and spirited defence, and endeavoured to spew
the transadions between these 'Rarties in a different
view. He contended that the conveyance was a twia
fide, transaction for a valuable consideration, which
was expended afterwards by' the Prisoner in payment
of his fair creditors. Mr. Jackes had 'fairly purchased
the premises, but allowed the Prisoner to receive the
rents as his agent. • •
It appeared, upon the evidence 'of Mr. Jackes,
that he paid the Prisoner, at sundry times, 3411.
for his interest in ,the premises,; and suffered him'
afterwards, at the time he was confined a Prisoner
in the King's Bench, to Continue his receiver,
After an able reply by Mr. NOLAN, _
The Learned 'Chairman took a' general view of
the case, as it came under the meaning of the 42d‘
clause of the AEA; and the intention of the Legisla-
ture in providing such a clause. The obje6t of the
Prisoner appeared, to be to- &Orate' the wishes of his
wife and family ; and, from the general tenor of his
condud; it was evident he had' done all his poWer
for tbatpurpose. Thesurns he had receivedUot be-
ing sufficiently accounted for in' his schedule, it was
necessary he should amend it so far; and as to the
fraudulent conveyance to Tackes, that fad depended'
Upon the credit which his brother Justices gave to the
evidence of Jackes himself. If they believed his testi-
mony, the transaction' was a fair one; but, if the
contrary, it was: fraudulent, and consequently came
Within the'provisions of the A6l. '' • -
Having consulted the Bench, 'the Chairman de-
cured they were unanimously of opinion, that the
c.opveyance was fraudulent, and the Prisoner Was ac-
cordingly redianded.

'Samuel Francis Stephenson was opposed by Mr.
LAws, "oil behalf of Mr. Frece, a Creditor, under , the
37th Clause of the Ad, for misapplying the money
bf his employer.
,It appeared that the ,priSoner had' been a Clerk
in die LOng-Room of the Custom-House, and the

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I 'entries
tif t :ietusomici to snake
i-entries for tie, Merchants, who deposited., the
alYlc 2nl, of,lhe "entry 'with them:. he,Creditrif in
this. case had gi.yen to the- Prisoner, • in the usual
«a ay, Zl4. 01. 'to:pass an entry of, goods, and, upon
settlement of accounts, thew appeared. a deficiency
of 1261.
The 'Prisoner pleaded Breit - poverty, ", and said;
there. had been .a long uns(qt.led: account between
him and the Collector, M. Deacon, Tipen which
a balance would be. dile in .his, faviidk, which would
rectify the accounts.lbis .
-Credifor very hurnanely, through_ the me-
dium_. of'Mr. Annesley, his Agent, assigned him
Counsel ; but the. Court.considcring the objet ion a
good on ordered him to be remanded for an ,irn-
perfeel schedule: .

. .
.John Thos. Serres; the celebrAted marine painter;
was neg,oppoSetl by Mr: MORE Is, oh
.the grounds
Of; an imperfe& schedule, and having 'been seen
without the Aules of the King's Bench,,on 'the first
of February last, at twelve o'clock at night, and con-
sequently after any day. ileac had expired.
:It appeared that tile Prisoner, alOng with a friend,
Major. Poole had, supped at..the. Bull Inn, Bishops-
gale-street, .on the night in question and from the
-testimony of the, Landlady; Mrs: Mary, Mulgrave,
they, stopped till pear twelve o'cl9ck at night„
This Witness was closely examined by Mr. Mott-
nu, as to theregUlarity of her Clock.; when she
assured the. Learned Cbunsel that it was regularly
wound up every night.
This objeaion was over-ruled, because the time
`could not be ascertained, and the Prisoner, having
two successive day rules, was entitled to that. time.
The next objeelion was, that the Prisoner had
painted two pi6tures for Mr. Wigram,‘representing
the famous Battle off Trafalgar, for which be re-
ceived 2001. and had not inserted it in his schedule.
That he also had -painted several pi6tures for . Mr.
Jones,.. the Marshal., for which he was to have
been handsomely remunerated, but bad negle&ed
to insert this also. :

On these latter grounds the Court remanded him.

AIERICA.

POLTGHOPSIE (NEW-YORK), JULY 'l5. —On
Wednesday last was' committed to the jail in this
village Jesse Wood, charged with the murder of his
son 'Joseph. A brother of the deceased, liezekieh,
was committee at the same time as an .abettor. The
circumitances of this awful transaaion which have
come to our knowledge arc as follow :
On Wednesday the Coroner, Major SAY RE, was
called to hold an Inquest on the body. It appear-
ed in evidence, that on . Tuesday last the said. Jesse
Wood, with his • two sons, Joseph and Hezekiah,
had been at work in a harvest. field. That on
their return liorrielVard towards evening, being
somewhat intoxicated, they got into a quarrel about
some domestic affairs. The father, Jesse,. entered
his: house, took down a loaded musket, and itn-
mediately Went- out:, In a few seconds his wife,
hearing the report of a gun, .1-41 out, and about one
hundred yards from the house found the dead body
of her son, Joieph, lying, on the grOund, and the
father and the other son near the place. The gun,
'discharged, lay not far froth' the body. . Other cor-
roborating circumstances appeored in the testimony. •
Verdi& lof- the •Inquest=z" Murder by the
Father, Jesse Mod,.atetted by. his Son Ilezekiah:'
The deceased was about' 24 years'olage, and had
recently been married; the father upwards of 50,
and his son, fiezeki-ah, about 22. The gun was
loaded with a heavy '.charge of slug Shot, the whole.
of which appealed to have enieted: his right breast,
and to have put an- imMediateperiod to his exist-
ence. •

I A man was taken up and examined by 'one of the
Magistrates laSt • week, charged with some petty.
crime, who -being proved guilty, Was told, that if
he chose' to serve the Kinghis punishment should
be dispensed with ;' he -ask7ed 'Mr. Justice in what.
Way " In- what way,"'-replied his Worship, " what
country Man are you, fellow ?",--‘‘ Irish an please
your Hooour."—" Have you ever been at sea ?"
" Have I ever been at sea. ? Why:4es your Wor-
ship think that I was trundled over, here in a wheel-
barrow' from my own country ?"
On
-Sunday last the following singulai.,instance of
the sagacity of the 'feathered tribe occurred. .As 'a
party-of ladieS 'and gentlemen 'were .walking on
Tynernouth banks, towards Cullercoats, they.ob-
Served-a hawk in full pursuit of a lark, on which
one of the gentlemen shouted, and beat a sod fence
near the place with. a'stick, in order to frighten the
rapacious bird from his objea-, but apparently with
out avail. The lark, however, made an exertion to
escape; .and flew to the .feet of the-gentleman who
shouted, for prote6tion, where it stopt for some mi-
nutes, till.the enemy toOk.his departure.
A helper in. His Majesty's Stables at Windsor put
a.period. to his existence a few days ago; his name
was SaMuel Goodier : in a state of frenzy he got
out of his bed, about three o'clock in the morning,
took a cord from off his box, which was in' the room
where he slept, in the King's Mews in Sheet-street,
and went down stairs in his shirt only, into the ,
privyin the yard, and hung himself; he was found
about half past four o'clock by Mr. Bullock, His
Majesty's coachmait,under whom he worked, quite
lifeless. The Coroner's Inquest Sat' on the body, and
brought in a v.erdi& of Lunacy.
On Monday evening last; a bOy about 14 years of
:age, in a fit of intoxication, fell into the,water near
the' Public Wharf, Leicester, and 'was taken out ap-
parently;ip a lifeleis state; fortunately a party of
Gentlemen arrived soon after, 'who carried him to
the nearest Receiving-house, when, after the means
recommended:by the LEICESTER HUMANE SOCIBTX
M
had been pursued fbr ore than an hour, under the
direaion of Mr. LUDLAM •and Mr. ROBERT BULLEN,
Surgeons, suspended animation was happily re-
stored.—Much praise is said to be due to'Mr.. RICE,
at the'ReCeiving-house, fur his promptness in pre-
paring the 'portable bed, and .afirdin.g assistance on
the above occaSion.

•
SIiOtKINCi wlek,-Master Sax-
ton, a fine boy of nine years 614 son `of Mr. Saxton,
of Bri,ic6t, in Suffolk-, who. has a Very extensive mill
near his hou'se,; after rising from dinner, ran to-
wards the water-wheel; and advancing too near, the
cdgs caught the skirts of his Coat, and, in conse-
quence, the lowerextremities of the unhappy boy
were shittered-hi sixth a enanher, that be opired
.
less thasPkwo