The Sun.
London, England, 1801-01-30 00:00:00

I. A fir REPORT.

COURT OF KING', BENCH; JAN. 29.
Mr. Glans moved for leave to file a CriMinal.
Information against Samuel Baker, Esq. Mayor,
as we Understood, of the Borough' of Yarmouth,
for having given to a Party a copy of an incor-
red Conviction, by means of which the Party
wholati the copy moved for a CertiOiati and
then the-Magistrate made out a Orred Cupric.
tion, by means of which again the Party who
moved for the. Certiorari had all the costs to pay:
- This was the fault of the Magistrate, for had the
first formal the'Convidion been the same as thel
last was; thisiParty hevcr would have moved the
Case by Certiorari at all, whereas by this. mis-
take he was led into error. If a Magistrate
had this power, he might invite Parties to move
for Certiorari Writs, on the ground of defthive
•, ConviElion, whenever he pleased, and then after;
wards' make out a corre& Conviaion, by which
• all the expence would fall on• the Party suing out
the Certiorari, by which all security for the 134),
merit-of-costs was ebtirely lost ; for the Certiorari
could not, be had in these Cases, without security
*for the payment of -costs, and these costs must
always fall on the Party suing out the Writ,- if it
appeared ultimately that the Convidion, when re-'
turned, was regular, which it might be, although
the first draft of it, of which the copy was
giveui as in this Case, was irregular ; • this
Motion was therefore intended to put Magi-
strates a little more on their-guard.
' The Court field, that -in the. first place/ the
giving of any Copy of the Convilion in this
Case, was mere ma:ter of favour, for that the
Magiitrate was not bound to ,give it at
that it frequently, happens to Magistrates, after:
hearing evidence, •to draw out 'the form or the
minutes ot'a Convidion, and the 'whole isafter-
, wards, sometimes, settled by Counsel before it
, comes to maturity, and is recorded as a Convic-
, tion ; and:that, therefore, it would be the great.
cst Of all hardships. to ,Make a Magistrate liable
to an Information for the inaccuracy of a draft
of which he had good.naturedl given a copy.—
There would be no end to, this, if applications o(
this sort were to be encouraged :—it Might go
to all the minutes of Courts upon which the most
solemn ads are. done ; • for instance, a per Son
might be convifted for a capital offence,* even
executed upon a Vertlid of Guilty, and - the
solemn Record of the. Order, to be .hanged -"by
the neck until he be dead, &c. was Made up
due forM 'of Record afterwards. These things
were too plain to be disputed. The Magistrate
here had done'nothing that was Corrtipt;.and there
was no pretence 2or this Motion.-L..-Rule refused,

Mr. PRACI VAL Moyed for a Rule to shew
cause why a Writ of Ilabear Coffins, issued some
time ago, and direded to a per,,on of the name of
liorzust,,and others, commanding them to ,bring
up the Body of Letifia Fleteker, a young Lady of
the age of 25 years, alledged to have. been put
into a Car.riage, in London, and carried away by
Force. This Motion he made on the ground
that the Wrie,had improvi,lcntly issued, and had
been obtained through SLJIKirtiOUS Misrepresen.
tation,of Fads ; and he. stated, from Affidavits,
:t multitude of facts which were there sworn,
tending to shell; that the Parties, on whose be-
half this Writ had issued, had entered kw -a Con-
spiracy to robb, this young- Lady of her Fortner_
in the Funds, whick. was aboult, 15001. two
hundred and, fifty pounds of which che had been
prevailed on already to self Ont; and that this was
done under a promise, from One of the Parties,
that he would marry her, which was legally
possible, he having a Wife now alive.. That this
Young Lady was now in Country, under no
restraint whateVer, with her Brother, to. whom
she expressed the greatest gratitude for rescuing
her from destrudion, &c.

Lord Icligrom quoted the 'Case of a Young-
Lady, who was supposed to be_ under the influence
of Sir F. Blake Delaval.—Slie was Drought into
Caurt,brilte Authority of the Writ 'of Habeas
Corpus, and had she been of age to judge for-her-
selfb, she might afterwards have gone where she
pleased ; it was, desired that she might be de-
livered to Sir F. B. Delaval, . but the Court-re-
fused it, because that woullhave been evidently
to deliver her up to 'prostitution ; she was there-
fore deliVered to her Father. who was her natural
Guardian.' But • this Lady was at, an age in
which the Law -gave her. Credit far Dkzretion
enough to aft for : herself ; " althoug!i, -God
knows, she may have but little," said his Lord-
ship, and, therefore, the best thing the COurt
could do, was that of ordering that she be
brought before the Court in order that the
Court might learn from herself, who was to blame
in this. business, for there was a great -.deal of
guilt some where, and it was fit the Court should
be-made acquainted with the real truth of this
Case, which they could 'only be from the Young
Lady herself. .
Ordered accordingly-.

THE KING fr)*„.NEAI,.

The Defendant was under Convialon for a
Libei, in the nature of a :Caricature, on Mr.
KEA rE, the Surgeon-General of the Army,
and was permitto*to stand excused upon the pay-
ment of the Costs of this Prosecution, and a no.
inival Fine, by the cannel-a of Mr. KEATE.

Mr. Serjeant CilcicEt.t. Moved for leave to file
a Criminal Information apinst the Hon. Charles
William Stewart, and set coral other Officers of
the t Sth Regiment of Dragoons; for a riot and
violent outrage in the City of York, oh the 18th
of January inst. a day that was marked by fes-
.
tivity in honour of the Union. After the Sol.
diers had determined 'on, this celebration, the
streets were stopped up and whops shut, &c. wu
that no business was permitted to be carried on,
The Soldiers paraded the Town with their sword
drawn, and no one molested them ; but haiir%
doll:, perhaps, top freely, they aanally wound.
ed several helpless peoplc, and , one man had his
skpll fraauted, ecc, although people pulled of

• their hats, &c., as they commanded passing.1.
'1 his Motion was made to bring Officers to a St:ILSC.
of this truth ; that it is their duty to keep tLe
men under their command within the rules of
humanity at least, and that the more especially
when they were not drawn out in array otsbattle.
Lord Ka NYON. said, he did not think there was:
enough' here to induce the Court to go so far even
as to grant altule to shew cause, There was no-
thing of fault 'broughtliome to any one indivi-
dual Officer in the whole Regiment upon this sub—
jett, and this was an application, In the gross,
against them all.

Mr. LAw said, he was instrufted to I say that
these Officer/ Were very much atiii6ted at what
had happened ; to no part of the excess at' which'
did they assent ; so far from it, that the very
next morning some, of the Officers called on the'
Mayor of the City, and offered to make any %a_
tisfaftion in their power to the individuals who
Were accidentally injured by this excess, of joy
on the subjedt of the Union. They offered tO
distribute zoo!. among the PoOr, and to make the
mast ample retribution for all the mischief that
had happened ; but sotne.individual, from an im-
proper zealin this business, had caused this Mo-
tion to be made. - •

Lord KiNYON said, he was very glad. the
Court ,had delivered its Opinion on this Case be.
fore this apology had been communicated by the,,
Defendants' Counsel, because it. had ,dready ap..
pea red the Court did not think this Role ought to_
be granted upon the shewing. of she Platutill's,
J.
themselves, and of this opinion wa.s the rest o
the Court ; and it. was olmet yeti, that it woul .
be hard if a few drunken Soldiers mikht have had
a quarrel with Others; aid had conunitted some.
excess, the whole Regiment were, ro have a,Cri:
urinal Informaiion. against them.--Rule refused:,

PUBLIC-OFFICE, BOW-STREET.

MORE DOG sfrEALEits.

I)
YESTERDAY Samuel Aferrsifiq 7d, , 0,4 P fl,f!
and Ann Carter, otherwise Edlotirjdfc e, otherwis
Sadler, were brought before T. Rua iNsoN,
by Townsend, one of the Bow-street patioles,
who apprehentled them on suspicion of having
stolentand killed a number of dogs.
From the testimony of Townsend, it 'appeared;
that on Wednesday evening, in consequence of a
private information he had received, he went to
the prisoner, Carter's, house, in Dennet's-row,
Blackfriars-road, which consists. only ,of : two
rooms, where he found, in -the back room, the
carcase of a dog, apparently just skinned. On,
.ripping up the; poor of both rooms, be discovered
a number of dogs' carcases, without their skins,
buried there ; in the house a hammer, knife, &c.:
used in killing them, and two small bitches of the
terrier kind alive.
,That while.they were there
the prisoners, Merryfield and' Pallet, came in to
inquire for Carter, and having reason to believe
they were:concerned in the business, Pallet nein
father to the boy apprehended at the other house
where the
,dead dogs were. found, witness took
them into aestody. The two terrier. bitches were
produced ; but it is supposed they were used for
the purpose of seducing dogs to follow them, by
being rubbed; with a certain preparation. A,
woman, who lived near the housecdeelated she
had seen dogs follow them home, and almost itn:
mediately after heard them

The prisoner, Carter, had a young child in her
arms, .the father of wSich, 'the said; was the pri_
softer Merryfield, _ though, she at presein cohabits
with another man..
•

Merryfiebi in his defence said, that be went to
fetch the child a way from her, and that i'allett
went with him.

Their Account of their way of liviag pot being
fy any means satibfattory,, they welt committed
or further examination.

The Isle of SKYE, which was little more than
a barren waste when Dr. joHt4soll visited the,
Hebrides, is now likely to prove one of the best
cultivated and most ornamental spots, owing to
the liberal spirit of Lord NI:Ac ooAr.n. This
N9bleinan has built a Church, as well as a con.
siderable number of cottages, and has ordered
many other improvements to be made, according
to plat% of Mr. GI LLESP tE, a young Architect
of Scotland, of very promising 'talents. Web*
this munificent example of his Lordship will be
followed by many of his wealthy Countrymen, as
the progress of civcilization will ,be thereby ad.,
vanced, and the means of comfortable subsistence
affbrdid to many 'who are at present suffering
under " ti* hard hand of an oppressive need."

The introduaion of the use of f:rze into the
stables of the Rich, where the consumption of
oasis extravagant, would, to the neighbouring
Poor, be a vAst source of plenty ; as thereby
much nutritious, aliment would he converted to
human use, which has hitheito been unnecessa.
lily-expended on the brute creation, to which the
furze, when finely chopped, proves a most grate.
tia mid • most nourishing food,; but, being of a
hot nature? it t.hould be used in moderation, and
given only' to horses who are constaNtly worked.
Itt Wades,' where Oats arc too expensive to
come within the grasp of everrlarmer, furze (nr
gore, as the Welch call it) and Gass constitute
the sole support of thir labouring 'horses, who,
with this, ate fund to be in :much better condi.
tion than th,)se• fed, on Oats, on which account
they ate ',refuted by twiny Pc:admen of Fortune.
The imtrinnent usecl in W,tles to chop them is
of the simplest construction, consisting et a slum
log of wood, with a handle, in which arc inserted
twn sharp blades, interseeting At right angles.
The Innkeepers in several, parts of the Country
(says our Correspondent) have adopted the re-
gulittion of no longer maintaining their respec.
rive Post.hoys ,by this measure they will be
better,enableil ti) meet the exigeme of the time's,
and the Drivers, comparatively, suirei little, .s
the liberality of the Public puts tin iri into a situ:!..
lion beyond the attainment of the lower classe,s of
mankind.

•

COA L'TRA DE.

The following E xtrAet from the Report of thc ComMittee
of the House or Commons, will be found very interest-
ing to the Inhabitants of l.ondyn•

. .
Examination of Mr. THOMAS iIOMER, Anditor
to the Grand junaion-Canal Company.
• Can you-state whether it would be possible,
from your knowledge of . the state of the. Canal,
the Craft" employed upon it, and the adual pro-
duce of the Pits, to obtain any immediate supply
of Coals fOr the consumption of the Metropolis ?
Not from the Grand Junction Canal at present ;
it is not sufficiently completed ; early in the
Spring,-we expo ditto be inn state for bringing
Coal ; should Coals contimic at, or rise much be_
yOnd'their present, price, I think we might now
bring some; but the quantity must necessarily
he-very small, being. obliged to bring .them from
Stony Stratford to Fenny Stratford, a distance of
about eight miles, by land carriage. The Craft
is inadequate at present ; but a few months might
Probably remove much of that difficulty. I -am
not competent to speak as to the Pits : I, believe
there is a sufficient quantity of Coal, if there was
proper encouragement given for opening new Pits.
At what price do you suppose, after the com-
pletion of the Canal, could a permanent supply
be had ?
• In answer to this, I beg leave 'to refer to my
Evidence of last Sessions. My calculations were
then made upon the full tolls ; but upon the half
toll, the Coals might be brought at about 375.
per Chaldronl, of 27 cwt. exclusive' of any duty.
Have you, in 'that calculation, reckoned upon
any back carriage
• I have not taken any back carriage into the
account ; should 'the boats get any back carriage,
it might
_reduce the price, but I am not aware of
any articles, to-any considerable extent, that the
boats could be employed in, in back carriage. I
conceive that the hack carriage .might consist of
manure to a certain extent of 3o or 4o miles up
the, country. Flints might go all the way froo
Harefield to the Potteries ; this last article would
be the most advantageous, but the quantity would
not he adequate to !oad all the boats, the whole
consumption being about 12,000 tom, pin of
which will be carried upon the Grand Junction
Canal.

Have you seen Mr. ,Raby's Evidence,' as to his
calculation at which the inland Coal per Chal-
dron might be sent to London ?
have ; and think he has under-rated it in the
labour, and that he takes his calculation upon
. more than one-halt of the tolls being taken off.
Cali you speak to any other Canals ?
' rathink it might be worth consideration,
ther supply miqht not be had from the Oxford
canal, "as the Water.carriage is complete from
thence to, London ; but I am not competent at
present to speak as to the price, but will prepare
a calCulation to this purpose. ,
What is, the Tonnage-duty of Coal a the
Grand. JunFlion Canal ?
Orie Penny per Ton ivr Mile, all the way
from Ilraunston to Brenttord, with the addition
of 2 !;(1. rr.Ton upon the whole line ; if they go
up the,Paddington Line; the Company are allow.
ed to take tid. per Ton per Mile on that part.
Does 'the price of. Coals conveyed by the va-
rious Canals into the Grand Juniii4n Canal, con-
itinue the same during every period of the year ?
1 know of no periodical alterations, the Coals
vary in Price occasionally. l believe-Coals have
been cheaper sometimes in Winter at the Pits than
in Summer.

, Farther Examiltatioit of Mr. •Hom .

What quantity of Coals do you think could Lc
conveyed to London in the course of a short
cline by the Grand. Junction Canal, if the Prohi-
bition is taken otf ?

should think about 3000 tons per month, if
the Canals keep free of frost, ,and if the present
price in Le..4on can be sustained.
In this answer, you calculate upon eight miles
of bad
,land carriage: .supposing the Canal to'he
completed, and the
.difficulty arising by-that land
Carriage done away, and with sufficient Craft,
that in that case a much more coosiderable supply
might be obtained ? .
• I should suppose any quantity that might be.
wanted could be had.
Can there be any doubt, if there was a demand
from the Metropolis, there would be a sufficient
quantity of Craft to convey the Coals ?
There is no doubt but that Traders would exert
themselves to get Craft, it the prosped was fa-
vourable. of employing them.
, •
• In your Statement delivered in to this Com-
mittee, you calculate the expence of Coal by the
Oxford Canal, and the Thames and Isis Naviga•-
, tion, at zi. tcf s. per London Chaldron ; do you
know of any means, by a recludioh of Tolls, br
any other Duties, by which that price could
brought lower t.
•
In the statement at zl, 10. pet- London chal-
dron; .1 have already -suposed; that the Tons
f• rom the Coal Mines to Oxford, will be reduced
. one half for a -consumption to London ; I know
of no °thee probable redudinns, unless the price
of carriage upon the River Thames and Isis' can
by any means be reduced:— I am totally unac-
quainted with the Tolls payable. on the River
Thames-2M ; but. I suppose-information may
• be had upon that Bead from .the Commissioners
or their Clerk.
Supposing the ProhilVition to bring the Coals
lower-than Reading 16 be taken off, and such a
Redation of Toll as 'to produce a competition in
the London Market '.to take place,.,could any
sepply be obtained immediately, and to wham
extent ? •
should imagine, with Craft ready, that eiB:it
or ten thousand; tons a month might be so ob-
tained.
Do you think•it probable that Coals could. he
ob• stained 'cheaper by the -AAliy Canal, than by
the Canal ytiou have mentioned t