The Sun.
London, England, 1806-06-24 00:00:00

'ISMIRID6'E PLOTS6:I.IING- 447.1.,'1l

LAW REPORT.

AFTER the Dinner of the last Smithfield Cattle,
show, the Earl of BRIDGEwATRit announced his ins
tention, and explained his motives, for offering a
Prize os 50 guineas to the owner ot any plough su-
perior to the common Hertfordshire plough, for the
peculiar and difficult hind which is thund in the great
range on the top of the Chalk Hills, completely
covered with rough flint stones ; with an additional
20 guineas it such plough should be.found, oil trial,
to make better work, and.reqoirel;ess forcs to draw
it. His Lordship also offered prize 4 of three, two,
and one guinea, to the three best phitsghmen iii the'
intended trials., •
On Wednesday, last the Noble Earl gave a grand
'dinner, at his seat at Ashbridge-, in Hertfordshire, to
Earl WINCIIILsEA, Lord SostgAvIEEE, Lord GAGE,
Sir ions: SINCLAIR, Sir JOHtl SZABRIGHT, and a se-
led party ot the Patrons of Agricultural It:uprose-
ments ; and on Thursday morning a most MittieTOUS
assembly of agriculturists, farmers, and mechanics,
were colieded at Ashbridgc from different quarters,
Aoout nine o'clock nine eanaidates appeared in the
fieid with their ploughs, awl seven Hertfordshire
plougos, against which the others were to contend.,
Owing to the excellent dispositions and arrange-
ments which had been made by his LGrdship.oti' the
preceding day, by ten o'clock the svholewere com-
pletely ready for starting. The Judges appointed on
this occasion, were, Lord SOMERVILLE, JOHN, EL
-H
MAN, and JOHN FIELb ; with whom 'Messrs. B.
'BEVAN,' GaiEriN, and two other Gent' „men, were
J
oined as assisuintsin the necessary obi tions and
calculations. •
The several ploughmen drew lots for their order
in the plots of ground marked out, and the per-
formance of the seven Hertfordshire ploughs were,
as uniform as could be expected ; their average re-.
butts were as follows, viz. width of furrow, oi inches,
depth 6i, force 7 cwt. 'and calculated proportional
etiett-88. Mr. Wood's Sussex plough turned a fur-
row 84 inches. wide, at deep, when drawn by a force
of 4i cwt. the calculated effeCt being 108. • Mr.
Cook's Wiltshire plough made a furrow 8 inches
wide, 'si dtep, 'by 4 cwt. the effect being 92. Sir
John Seabright's Berkshire plough's furrow Twas
8i wide, its depth 6, and force .s:t cwts. producing
an effect equal i 0 Bg. Mr. Plenty's Hampshire
plough, furrow 91 wide, and 6 inches deek by a
force of 6,-; ewes. the died being 88._ Mr. Caswell's
Essex plough, furrow 8i wide,' and bi inches deep,'
by a' tdrce of
cwt. the eifea appeared 85. Mr.
Wilson's Northumberland plough, furrow 4 wide
and 6 inches deep, by 6i cwt. ette& 76. Mr. Line's
Dorchester plough, furrow 8i wide, and -6-* inches
deep, fore: 7.k cwt. and etfed 70.
The two remaining Plouck°itssvere found too, weak
for this stony soil, rendered so excessilse stubborn by
the- law parching droughts, and their owners gave up
the contest. Mr. SILL:M.OIC, of Woburn, attended with
an instrument of his •contrivance, for accurately and
expeditiously measuring the depth of furrolv, which
was used by the Judges' assistants in the above ex-
periments.
'sloth the above calculations of mechanical efrea
THE EING 1). GOVERNOR sICTON. 1. only, it C2llvltt have appeare:l that the Sussex, AN/ills,
Mr. DALLAS renewed his motion, as mentioned I, and slies issihre Ploughs were superior to the Hertford-
in our 'Alper 01 yesterday, for a rule to show cause shire Ploubdis ; 'out the. work of the latter. was s()
why certain papers and docunietits 'should not be superiorly done, in an agricultural pOint of Views, that
anorxed to the proseedingb in this case already be- the decision of the Judges, when announced, gave
lore the Ceurt. Having adverted lb the evioence ; almost umversal satistaction, viz.
on• the trial, respecting the Laws of Old Spam, -as i sve, ole Judges appointed Dy the Earl of Bridgewater,
they ielated to the Government of the island teltivtlyscO7icis kNdtly claims tior t ptcanton offi:red by his
Trinidad, so far as they authorized torture to be rPsroi tlgni t°tPuT dsrA; a
the
(ci
ea;r)et carefully
eaasdcitiri
intlisJed ,on persons Subpeaed of 'criminality, the and level bottom of the turruw, we adjudge•as follows :
Learned Counsel stated, that when an account of ' The first pentium to -Mr. Smart's Plougninan, Hertford-
sAtrei;hise.ond
.ditto,. Mal:lowa's ditto, ditto ; third ditto,
the trial ot this' cause had reached tile Island of . s shoo, dot..
ranciad, the Governocheld a ouncil of all the Law Toe Known' ot fifty guineas is hereby with-held; but. we
Othcers, at which ,Resolutions upon the subject of rarompat: M ri;int ploiT,:hninar.(Sussiex -plougloi),zl
the Law which governed the Island were entered , hridgewantg bounty, naantn ILe Ituheadplotgks,Ltogeth'er
into. Searches ".',:ere made in all the Records of tiSe with Mr. Lane's 'wheeled Dorset plough, in less severe
Island, and several witnesses examined upon oath, drought
oitiln
cia tt;lutcr.titreri senwl'elvio°tritcheY ttliile„toarrknZs
i Messrs. on
s;
Among those documents which only arrived in 1 Adamog George Channels, and Daniel Bedford,
London on Friday, by the Leeward island Mail; 1 worthy of good busb
saigndmened n. •
IN ere the affidavits of Scravano Decastro, beeper ()
She Records ; John Nile, Esq, Chief Justice of the
Island; General Thomas Esthoy, the present Go-
vernor ; Wm. Holmes, Clerk ot. the Council ; and
some others. On Mr. Niles affidavit, it appeared
that he had been appointed to his present situation
by General Sir Ralph Abercromby, when the Island
was first taken by the English; he perfettly under-
stood tbe.Spanish and had literally trans-
lated the Sedula of Charles 11. of Spain, which
was a book .containing the laws- of that Coun-
try, applicable td the governinent of the Island of
Trinidad,- so far ae respeded the infliCtion of torture.
Be also adverted to the case of a Negro Slave who
tad been suspeeledot assassinating his master, when
it ssasadjudgo proper to intliCt the torture, but the ne-
grd made his escape, awl could not afterwards besiP7
pretended. This was cited to show„ that there was
more than the otte instance of Louisa Calderon ~vliere
torture, was applied in the Islam', as.this cireum-.
stance occurred since the government of General
Flaws, and therefore eontradided the assertion that
be Was the °lily. one who ordered it to be inflicted

COURT OF KtNt.' BENCII, luwE 23.

THE KING V. ROBERT AND TiENRY KENNETTt

The Defendants (father and 'son) in this case
were brought up for jud,:inent, btit.g convic.ied of a
conspiracy: to cleft-awl the fair &editors under a Coln-
mitsion of Bankruptcy, as fully reported in former

hipers.
Justice GlwsE, pronouncing the judg-
rrt:!ut of the Court, observed with much severity.
upon the enormity of the crime with Which tnev
stood convicted. The .I_,earned,Judge distinguished
the case oi Henry Kennett, the son, who be;ng un-
der the influence of his father, acted .he part he did
in this tOut and diabolical conspiracy ; adding, " if
he has tilt. feelings of a father, how much greater
his punishmei,t, he reileds on the situation in-
to which, uy his, iniquity, 'he has brought his son."
Under all the cii-c-uinstances, the Court ordered and
.adjuded, that Robert Kennett should be committed
to die custcdy of the Marshal of the M:irshalsea
for twelve caiendar mouths, and stand in the pil
lory once within that period, in the middle of Ox-
fordLstreet, opposite Nvw Bond-street ; and that
Henry Kennett be imprisoned in the same prison for
a like term..
•

THE KING 7IIE :BISHOP OF 0':-IFORp.
Sir .NTl.titi GIDW .I,nel,ved cause againSf, a con-
ditional• Rule obtained by Mr. Serjeant WILLIAms,
for a Writ of Illfindmus to be direaed to the, De-
fendant, commanding. him to grant a licence to the
Rev. ISaac Knipe, t,t) officiate as Curate in the Pa-
rish Church of Piddington, in Oxfordshire; having
been nominated to '.that office by the. parishioners,.
in whom the right of nornination was vested. The
Learned Couhsel„atnong other [tatters,' stated, that
iu this parish the Curate was entitled to the Vicarial
Tithes, which of late years had considerably in-
creased in value, and ,now amounted to
,1401. per
annual. Upon the nomination of the .Gentleman
who now sought to be admitted.. to officiate, an
agreement was entered into between him and the
parishioners, by which it was stipulated,. that. be
was to have. 401. per annum for doing the duty of
Curate, and a further sum of 301. per annum in
lieu o: all tithes. This, he contended, was a simo-
nical contract, under, the Statute of Elizabeth,
whereby the Church as deprived of its:rights; and
upon these pounds Abe Bishop refusedto grant the
.1i( cum. On the other,bind, the Learned' Serjeant
argued from the custom of time immemorial, and
referred to the nomination of several ot. .r.nire's
predeeess'ors, who all entered 'into-the: same sort of
agreement.
'I he Court, after 'hearing the arguments on both
sides at great length, were unanimously of opinion,
that this being an ecclesiastical' living, and the agree-
ment alluded to being to take money in lieu' of
tithes, under the stature of 4itzaneth, .tc was a
corrupt, and consequently a simonicat contract, and
therctore they uid not feel themselves Justified •in
granting a mandamus. Ihe rule was accordingly

dischar6ed.

SOMERVILLE.
IOHN F.LLMAN.
OHN

Ashbridge,
lune 19, kWh

It was estimated that not less than moo persons
were present at this truly rational and useful trial of
skill ; at the conclusion of which the Nobl4 Earl en-
tertained his Noble Visitors arid about tA' of the
most eminent Agriculturists and Graziers oldie sur-
rounding Counties with a sumptuous dinner, in the
great hall of his mansion, which was. tastefully deco-
rated for the occasion, with ploughs, harrdws, forks,
rakes, Sic. encircled with laurel wreaths. After din-
ner the principal "moats

The King.
rue Q-eeen:
The earl Of Bridgewater' proposed with three times thy
by Lso,t
„
Imrd S :,iervilie and :he ludges.
Tiie Soi.ieties of iissiiiand and Irelands
The Duke 'ts' Bedford.' ,
Mr Coke and the Yleeting at :1-lolkharn on Monday.
StitCe3S to Fartnirk. and Breeding, three times three, &es

llis Lordship's Steward, at the same time, enter-
tained ',move 150 of the principal farmers and me-.
chanics with a chimer at his table in'the hall.
From Asnlic;dge Lord Sosli4aviLi.t, and the
greater part of the anyateurs in agricUltural matters,
proceeded across the country-to Holkham, in Nor-
folk, the seat. of T. W. Coke, whose Clipping,
or Grand Aricultural Fete, which commenced yes-
terday, is expeded to engage the attention of the
first men of the United Kingdoms in that line, for
that and the'two followings'days.

in that liianci. • .
'The Court granted a Rule to slim cause in The
next Michaelmas -Term.

THE KING V. EDWARD RICH.
The Defendant was, brought' up to plead to an
indictment, prosecuted by the Society for the Sup-
pression of Vice, for yendingand- publishing libels
and c)bscerre and indecent books, tending to corrupt
the morals; &c. To -this indictment tie pleaded
not guilty, and being unable to procure bail, he
was committed to' the King's Bench, until he
should take his trial the 'Sittings.afterlerrn.