The Sun.
London, England, 1806-04-11 00:00:00

picked up.from .the mud ttliPi ear-ring, 'which •bad
been dropped by some one of. the company. The
Prisoner shortly alter lie found it.hadsliewn-it odes-
ly in the tap-room of a public-house 'in the neigh,
hourhood, where it was - considered as a mere paste
ornament he afterwards kepti it two.days in his
Possession without making any communication at
the Lord Mayor's Office, or taking any steps to ad-
vertisejbe property, or otherwiSe to. discover the
owner. The,loss, however, heing.coMMunicated to
kis - Lordship, the c'ity . Marshal was
.direaed to
make some inquiries on the subje&, acid having.
'learned that sueh a ring was in the poSsession of the
POsoner, he proceeded to. examitie him on the sub 7
.;and he, with very little hesitation, acknow-
ledged li,had fOund it, and immediately delivered
it hp_ The 'Prisoner, in his_defenCe, Said; he had
picked 'up Uteri/T.ln the ,openstreet ; -that, he real-
ly had no idea it was of any value.; lie, took .no pains
to conceal it, on the' contra 7; just after he found it;
he had shexi, n it openly in toe tap-roomat the pub-
lic-house, the mistiess of which told him it was paste,
and asked him ;to give- it to- her daughter, Which,
howet,:er., he -declined but stil
so little 'was he
aware of its being, a valuable jewel, that he had
given it to his grand-child as a play-thing and his
daughter h;id,afterwards taken it frony the child; and
.thrown it loosely, into an open drawet, Where it re-
mained until the- City Marshal had inquired for it.
The LoripMAyorthought, however, that hecould
not be ignorant:it: was - a valuable ornament, and
lost by some. per Son of rank 'aild distin&ion who
bad visted the Mansiou-house on Monday
tle
.must have known- also that it ‘i.it's his duty to
have conamunicated , the
_circumstance at the public'
office, in.order to had bur,the right ,owner and as
au Qfficer:of Police be.,was, doubly culpable in such
an omission. He Was therefore. coMn_ itted. lb take
his trial for the-offence.

On Wednesday afternoon a Coroner's Inquest was
held at the sign of the London Hospital, Mile-end
Road, to take a view of the'body of Mary Minshaw,
13 years of age,' who was unfortunately crushed in
the runts of one of the houses in Cable-street, St.
Georges in the Fast, and-was seven hours under the
rubbish. ;She \vas in service in the neighbourhood;
her father was a lodger in the house. When the
alarm was given, she -ram-into the house to apprise
her father of his danger, when they were both en-
. closed in,the ruins. The Jury returned a .verdidt of,
Accidental Death:
Salisbury Lady Fair, for broad cloth, ticking,
cheese, &c. was held last week. The Clothiers 'of
Frame and its. neighbourhood. brought -considerable
quantities of cloth, and large purchases were made
on Monday, both of cloth and ticking, by shop-
keepers from, different, parts of the country.—The'
supply of :cheese was 'plentiful and good, principally
the Somersenhire Make. Very best old cheese sold
as high. as 41. per cwt. one-year old went from 655.
t0.735..i best new white, from 445. to 60s. second-
making, 48s. to 58s. ; common cheese from 40s. to
465; 'There was not any of the North Wiltsfabrick
on sale.--7As the Mayor of Salisbury was accidentally
p2ssing the fair, he observed some sharpers with an
E. Q. table, " labouring hi their vocatitm," and
promptly ordered the Constable to seize the. table ;
on inspling which, it was tbund that 'the bars gave,
the table-keepers au advantage of only. three to-two ;
in other words, they must take up three.pounds on
an averk,e, ,out, of evety five.pounds -staked.• The
table was of course broken to pieces.
OuSaturday,- tee 2gth of March, a oian of the
-name: of „Kenna, who lived niar ClOnmel; fell :off
the -Quay,.he,a-ly opposite theßaconYard,'atid.was
carried ,down by,the'current a good way, before his
bony"could h; ream-ered. ,Every exertion was ipade
by SurgeonsliPhys.ancl Stanley, to restpre anima-
tioc,4 'POL. theirlaudabie attenpts were fruitless, the
vital-spark being completely extiuguiShea. By- the
humanity of, Mr, Jacob, a coffin was proyided for
him, and his remains were condu&ed to his. home,
On the way tO which, they Were met by ins .Widow
and eleven helpless children. •
Yesterday the Burgesses,' Court of the City • 'lid
,Eib,erties of Westminster. was held 4ttliP oesst
House,:kefore: WiLLIA,Tvt -FROGATM, Esq.. Depay
Ste Ward, and a stuher, of Ltrgessea. Sever.li small
fines on retail dealers were affirmed. The Deputy
Steward then dismissed tie Annoyance. Jury .for.the
last year, and thanked thenafor their services. The.
remainder, of the day -Nos take:.- up in .swearing in
Jury for, the ensuing- year, aftt,r which the Court ad-
journed... . -•
Dt.mutio.+-A Captain in the Army; itt answer,
to a pel•son from whom he had received a challenge
wrote a .

" twaobjedious to this.duel matter. The.
one is, lest I should hurt you ; and the other is, lest
youshould hurt roe. Ido not see.any good it would
do:me to put a bullet .through...any part of yotir.
.body, ;:oul make no use of you when dead, far
any r:tilit,:iry 'nit-pos.:, as. I would a rabbit or a tur-
key. I am no cannibal, to feed on
,the flesh ofmen,
Why shoot,down a human creature, of Which.
could make no use. A buffalo would be better,
li'orthonli your fie-sh
.might' be delicate and
yet it wants. tbtW Arnuiess and consistency
which takes and retains salt. At any rate•it would
nor
.befit for long sea voyages. You might make a
' good hlirbacue, it is true, being of the nature of .a
woof' or an,_ opossum butpeople are not in the
habit of bai isecuing any, thing .buthan now. As to
. yoir. hide, it is'uot worth taking off, being'
0 ~
little
better than that of a year-old colt. As 'to myself,
do notlike to stand in the way of any-thing that is
•ha I am under apprehensions you mi ht hit
tte., That being the case I think it Most advisable.
to stay at a diswuce. you want to try your pis-
tOs; take some obi-ea, a tree, or a barn-door, "about
in ditlWl)§ioD if you hit that, send me word, find
I *hall aCkllOWledgp:th;at if had been in the sain
Nice you taighf, also have .hit me," . .

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A- CARD.—A. B. would be obliged to any pentic:7
tpati of the .1.41 w for an opinion oti the-following
case.—A. B.,is an adventurer in the Lottery-chente
which tiq2,v so mdch ,engrosses public attention.
Shouh.l.-.4e, gain one of its nutnerons:eapital
subscquen4 to the en:t4tnent of the new Property
will A. B. be subje6tett, Ellis' year, to the
payment of the said Tax; on said capital Prize -?
t.,elte.said Lottery begins drawing the
.14th of
next tronth. : •• • •