The Sun.
London, England, 1808-06-27 00:00:00

":rIMERICA N P4PERS'.

Extrad of a Letter from a respectable' Indian in lower Ca.
nada, witcr was educated by the late Dr. VittiscLocx, to
his ACquaintance and Ftiends now living thz. State of
New Hampshire, dated December 6, 1807.

lam sorry it appears at present there is a prO-
s;ied of war bet Ween these Colonies and the United
States. Governor CRAIG has arrived at Quebec, and
brought with him 9000 regular trvos the stand.'
ing army, in Lower. Caliada, consisting of 21,000
men, 5000 of them are French Canadians ; by or-
der alike Governor there are to be 10,000 more of
the French Canadians raised.

" A few days ago there was a great Council held
at Quesquaparra, and 6000 of our red brethren were
present. It is very.certam that the British mean
to make a powierful resiiiance. It will take some
time to reduce Qttebee; it the.-Americau‘should-
ever attempt to take our capitals there flI tit wnrcri
work."

It is supposed from the latest accounts, that thi-re
will he a majority cat the Republican party of ti 4 in
the House of Assembly 01 this State.

.
POLICE.

REpo

COURT OF KING's UENCH;tuWs
THE KING V. J. H. WHITE.

We stated the eirentristances under which this
trial was postponed in our Paper of Friday se'nnight,
and we mentioned the condition of these Defendanti
as Printer and Proprietor of .a Sundjy, Newspaper
called The independent Whig. -
Mr. Rictl4xessoN opened the particulars of the
information, stating, that certain libels were publlih-
ed in the ladepencliit Whig by the Defendants, en
the 20th Dec. and the 17th January last; tending*to
defame Lord Ellenborough, and to bring into dis-
grace the administration of public justice.
The ATTORNEY-GENsRAL commenced with some
introductory remarks, similar tothose.of which he
' availed himself in-'. the preceding trial of these De-
fendants, which we have so recently reported. He
then proceeded to say, that he had been in his boyish
days at College, and subsequently, from the
sitniltl-
rity of his studies, engagereents, and pursuits, so in-
timately acquainted with the thief Justice, that
what he said might be attributed to partiality ; hod
he would therefore rather refer the Gentlemen of
the Jury to the opinion they must have entertained
of him, from the opportunities they had enjoyed of
observing his conduct when placed in the seat of
justice w itlnn that-hall. •
The object of these publications was, to hold up
this Noble and Learned Judge before the public, as
an object of and. detestation. The particular
occasion selected, was a trial at which, he kid pre-
sided, when a Mr. Boyce, a tavern-keeper at Ma-
dras; was Plaintitf, atid.Mr. &nide, au east Lithe
Captain, was Defendant.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then stated the cir-
cumstances ot that trial, which we have already pub-
fished. , It may, however, be convenient to sonic of
your readers, if 'we repeat, that the Plaintiff in that
cause, with his daughter, was a pasienger in the ship
of the Defendant;: that he had not.the privilee.es, of
a cabin-passenger, not having paid the consideration
fur them ; .11e, notwithstaeding, enjejed those privi-
leges,irent ihe,inslulg-euce otlhi.lCaptain;until somea,
dispute arose,. when he was removed from them, and'
very indecent latiguai;e was addressed to Linn by the
Defendant. After this change, .two ships hote in
sight, which were supposed to belong to the enemy:
in this situation of things, the Captain assigned to
each man his post, end the Pla:utiff was ordered to
the poop, which was a station exclusively occupied,
Minder ordinary circumstances, by the.cabitt passeu-
gers. Mr. Boyce refused to go to a plape from which
he had been driven in
,so disgraceiul a manner, and,
in consequence, he was put in irons during a whole
night; whieb im.,risonalent vias the princtpal ground
of the action brought against thd Captain. Another
ground alleged was, that. on' account of the mal-
treatment of the Defendant, the Plaintiff bad quitted
the ship, and had taken passage forhimself and his
daughter in another vessel, at.the expellee of I uol.
Lord ELLENWROUGH EUITUDed up the evidence to
the-fury, and in observing
,upon it, said, that this
additional charge was not to be attributed to the
misconslutt tlf the Captain. The-Jury found a vet-.
diet for the Plaintirfs—Damages 801.
Sir VICARY Gums now proceeded to read the ex-• '
tracts from the newSpapiirs of the Uoth of Decem-:
her, and 17th of January, which were alleged to be
Jibe dons. I'he publication in the tatter teierred to
the case of Aris v. Dickie, the former the keeper of
Cold Bath-fields prison, the litter a stationer in the
Strand; au-I in which a verdiCt had been found for
the Plaihtein the sum of 700 i, . The Arrom. Ey-
GRNERAL OlklUded with observing, that these pro-
de Ctions were gross and -nefarious libels; and w
ith
expressing his confidence that the Gentlemen of Cite
Jury would entertain , the. saute opinion, and give
thcir verdict accordingly. .
The proof of the concern of the Defendants in
'the publication, and or. the appointment
_uf Lehi
.Ellenborough to the office of Cilia Justice of the
King's. Bench, by Royal Patent, Wel:4 then given,
much in the manner, ntutatis mac:mils, as in the
former trial to which we 11,ve alluded.
Mr. LowTaN then read the matters stated in the
deciarat,on.
,They consisted of three letters, and
i3;ntnented.on the trials we have_ mentioned. was-
represented, that Lord Elienborough must be M-
I tayable of the paternal feelings, gaud scarcely en-
I. with the ordinary. affections of a human
being, to have dictated the charge to the Jury in the
case of Boyce v. Bailitfe. "His conduct was also
sured un the trial of Aris v. Dickie;. and it
was iuti-
mc:ted that he was the cause of the perpetual im-
pris iimentof this Detendant, on account of a clause:
agrai-t tortuous debtors, whit:lll'le had introduced
into the .late Insolvent ACt. The writer also coin-
lived the present times with the age of James 11.
When Jutle Jeffries disgraced the administration of
justice, and was. torn, from the seat of authority by
an indignant people.
Mr. CiArk'oup, in a speech of nearly four hours,
took a view of the law of ft;om tier reigli of
Charles 11. to 1792; when the Act was passed de-
claratery or the power of Juries to decide on the law
and fad, in cases of libel.

Mr. Justice Gansu having stated his opinion to
the Jnry,ou the evidence, a verdict 'was prutiounced
of Guilty against both 'the I:),:lendants.
The trial continued frotri nine until four. There
we're sornv marks of applause at the con'clusion
Mr. CLiFFoltu's defence, incon,listent with that,_de-
cot•utn by which Cuurts of Justice ought ever to be
distinguished.

. , JUNIt 21.

Mr. MARRYATT moved for a Habeas Corpus to
bring up to Court 'John Daly, who %%as L.-unmated
outhe Little-Go Ad., at Union-hall, Surrey, that he
might be discharged, there being an informality in the
`coultnitment ; the Magistrate who committed him
not being described properly.
The Court granted a Hatraps Corpus, and or-
dered that the Magistrate should have notice of the
;)plicatiou.

Mr. lloatEß sbewed cause against a 'rule grant-
ed by the Court a tew days ago. He stated that it
waiv ah action brought by the Plaintiff against the
Defendant for criminal conversation with the Plain-
tiff's wife. The venue was originally laid in Middle-
:sex, but the Defendant had got it changed to De-
von, on an affidavit, that the criminal conversation,
if any, took place in Devon. The Plaintiff was

, . . .
'mtirYiea in.Treland, so that that could net be a caul
of fixing The 'venue in Middlesex. The present rule
Was moved to firing beck the venue to Middlesex,
there having befit. no good reason at first to change
it. He contended 'that it could not.lie any where
else than in, Devon. , •
Lord ELLENDOROUGH obleived, that the cause of
afiion, if tried in Nliddlesexi might be defeated.--
The 4tiestion to consider was, Whether the cawe of
action arises from the criminal intercourse, or the
natural grid of the husband?
•4 , •
The AiTOR V-GENt3K4-L, Counsel for the Plain 7
tiff, contended, that the Defendant had no right to
change the venue, s there was no precedent for it,
and it ought to be brouglit back to the place in
,vhich
it was origivaily lei,. There could be no eXCLI:It.: tot
it, as the marriage took place in Ireland, which 0.7
eluded theta from atteikting to pro% e that it tea,
place in Devon. . •
Mr. Hitikits follbwed on the :same side.
The Court was of opinion, that the marriage bad
h9thilig to•do with the cause of aefion, although if
was nece4sary on the trial to prove that it had taken
Place. The rule for changing the venue was'granied
'on an affidavit, that the criminal conversation, if sitYt •
did not take place-in Middlesex, hUt in Devon, and
In no other place.. They thought the Court lot
a6ted properly in granting the rule to change
the
venue to Devon, under whichnotisideration they dis.'
missed the.present applica ion.
The names of the pat ties were not mentioned.'

o.colotn‘kF:laidGayenai
if„tenr,aniool
.vas ottewri.v-eeldi /39it
agitation on Mill Bank : he took off his coat anu
bit, and rushed with precipitation into the Thames!
Boats went after hinvimmediately, and succeeded ill
finding hun, after he bad been at least ten minutes
under the water. 'He was taken up without any'
appearance•of lite ;. but the means recommended by
the Humane Society restored him. He seems aboutthirty -years ot age,. is of very gentlemanly rnalloet'
and appearance, and refused to make himself WOO.
No letters or money were found in his pocket; 10..,
had a watchwithout hands. He was'very grateful
in his expressions for the humanity exhibited e'
wards him, but at the same time lamented its
ing again to encounter the miseries of life, and mar
up against the ingratitude and perfitly of titan.
There has already appeared a great number °-
counterfeited seven-shilling pieces; marked as of th°.
coinage of the present year. The are eastly
guished by these prominent marksy —the impressiaa
of his- Majesty's head is much torn .utd
lace
the milling ,on the edge is clumsily and irregdlstit
executed, and they are a fuli size larder. in
We have seldom heard of a truer alteration
the value of laid used for tillage than has occurred
Scot!:
the parish of Old Monkland, in Lanarkshire,
land. A farm, which was sold in .1737 for betatee4
l
2001. and 3001. and again in 1767 for 6201. 0
produces 5001. aminal rent. Rested
Last week there was found,
.in the moss of i
neth, neat Forfar, an oak tree of a great siZo,
numerous large branches. The bole is about 14 ov'
15'teet lena, and full thr,:e feet diameter. 1.1`,`,,
long it has been buried.thre cannot be ascertain .0,
but such is the preservative power of the moss, lbt
'
the wood appears to be as fresh as jilt hadjust,b,'ll,l
deposited. The marks of the axes- with Artiv:'"
had been rot over near the root;are quite visible a*!
distinCl. it is said to contain between 50 31111 44)
cubic feet ot wood, exclusive of the contents ot ~
branches.
Out of nineteen Empires, Kingdoms, and rijoe"
palities, into which Europe appeared geographicolle
divided in 1788, BUONAPARTS and his tainilY
now, 1808, actually in possession of Eleven
popUlation of these (lountries is ebtiotteedat
69,500,000 persons, and the armed force
1,026,000.
To-morrow will bring forth tidings JO'
and comfort to the owner of a Share of eitha of tice
Six Grand Prizes of 20,000 - So capitals
of adventuring never appeared before besides IPr'o,
Fives, Ones, and Five Hundreds, and a d" Pf.it
portion of Smaller him, HORNSBY and CO'
their trimds pal of those beneficial
ads
before too'laie. Tickets and Siiares are 6011,1'
Hoh N:•:131: and Co. Cornhill,
.52;
Cross, and St. Margaret's BoroUght;cive
shared among their •friends; in the last t ;c3.
months, Two Huildred and Stx.y-two Shares of
pital Prizes.
of great