The Sun.
London, England, 1806-07-28 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD MARKET, JULY 23.

• This'day's market was tolerably well supplied with
prime Beasts, and the show of Cattle, in general was
pretty. good ; Beef, Mufton, and' Lamb_ are dearer
than our last report Veal sold at last price. ; Pork
is something cheaper, and the trade tbr-the most
part.was rather brisk. The sales in-the Hayml:trket
were some-what Bialy ; Hay and Clover fetched. last
-prices ; Straw has dropped in price since Friday's
market--We annex a correeit statement of the prices
and numbers

' To sink the Offal per stiine of Sib.
Beef Ss. 6d. to ss toti.—Mutton on. to is. 6(l.—Veal
6s. od. to 7s. od.--Lanin 75...06. to as. od.—Pori: ss. od. fu
;s: 6d. -
Beasts, 167p.—Shezp and Lambs, I7,Bs3.—Calves,
Pigs 280.

IIAYMA.RKET.
Hay2l. to.. to 41; 4s.—Clover 31. !DS'. to 41. fp. —Straw',
11. 16S. to 21, 2i.

CORN-EXCBANGE, JULY 28...---There ate to-clay
largo.arrivals of Wheat, and prime samPles are. about
.2s, perquarterlower, and the trade for second and orciii
nary is 4s. and ss. cheaper.; Barley it-11;116ft quantities,
full 2s:, higher ; scarce any White Pease, and' they
are ss. dearer ' • Grey are lower ; Beans'of both sorts
are cheaper ; Oats are in cpasiderahle supplies, and
this article is also cheaper ; the Flour trade is heavy.
Wheat 56s a 7os a 83s od
Fine ditto -85 s a 87s 4ad
Rye - -. 38s a 4;s od
'Barley • 355 a 4as od
'Malt -68 s a7O cd

Beans

42s' 48$

Tick Beans
.i4s a 4os od
Oats zzs a 27s a 30s od
Poland ditto .31S a 32s
Rape Seed, - ' a6l _ sat

. .
White Pease 65s a 7os od
G fey ditto 42$ a 45s od

Fine Flour
Seconds

7os a 75:iorcl
6os a 70s of

It is Understood that Lord YARMOUTH, 'several
days since, signed, at Paris, a• Cartel for klie_Ex.
change of Prisoners.
The DUKE of YORK is expeAed to set off,'"oli
Wednesday, on his tour to irispea the WeAerp
Coast; and review the Troops Stationed.theze:_: • '
On Saturday the following Gentle Men paid the
fine of 4001. and 20 maths, as a deposit, into the
Chamber of London, intending to petition the
Court. of Common Council to discharge theinfrom
Serving the office of Sheriff,,viz. RICHARD MOUNT-
I,ORD; Esq. Girdlari; JOHN BRIOKWOOD, Esq.:Mer-
chant Taylor; WILLIAM MARRIOTT, Esq. Baker;
PHILIP RUNDELL, Esq. Draper; Sir JOHN ARIIN-
DELL, Knt. Gunmaker.; aud.RoakitT SLADE, Esq.
Ironmonger.

• Tho match against time, undertaken by Mr.
PE\VSEY, of Hammersmith, was performed on Sa-
turday. It has been stated that 'the Pedestrian was
to go from Knightsbridge to the twenty-mile stone
•at Slough, and return to Turnham-Green, the dis-
tance being thirty-three miles and a half, in five
hours and a quarter. Mr. PEWS EY started near the
Harse Barracks atsix.o'clock on Saturday morning,
• apd• went to the sever mile stone at Brentford in
the first hour:: • He arrived at the twenty-mile stone
7tOn minutes_ before nine o'clock, apparently • very
fresh, and after indulging with five minutes.refresh-
trient,'lre proceeded on. his way back 'to Turnham
Green, having two hours and twenty minutes left to
perform , the ot4er ,fourteen He performed
the'next seven- miles in one hour, and arrived..at.
HOunslow a few'minutes after ten o'clock; Navin;- 0 ,
upWarcfs of an• hour to perform the other four miles,
. which was done with great ease. The wager, was
for 50 'guineas.
• A live toad was lately found in a black of. stone;'
at New-ark, which. a 'workman was dividing with
wedges.' It was of a white colour, and• me3nred
three inches and a half in length., The brillihiley
the li;rilt apt eared to overcome its factiltiesya,; it lin-
fnie&iately o.i-etched out its legs and :ieerned c..-.i.Mnst-
'ed: It died.in about an hour, during which tiine it
WFS r,-SeCll,l:v many hundred of the- inhabitants.-,,, •
Cu-Monday- last, as two Gentler ens' servantsw
,
ere passing over Ringwood Forest,. they obkrveda
latg-e puttock ha..ki, to pitch suddenly out of the air
amongst the furze, and•not seeing it rise again; curi-
osity led •theni to see what trey it had fixed:on
when, to their 'great. surprise, they found it had
a young bustard, weighing pearly seven pounus.

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ESSEX iISSIZES.

CItEL4SrOIID- ~FRIDAT; JULY LI 5,

CIVIL SI,DE

IYUNLOV. t, -
Tnrs was the only cause ofimportance tried air,
ing -the day.
Mr. GAiinow, in his address to the Jury, told,
them it wits one which called for their serious atien
inamuch as it involved a question upon the
security of their civil rights. The Plaintiff ,teas
man rather in an humble situation of'life, beihg_the
keeper ufthe Canteen at Colchester Barracks ; the
Defendant,-he was ready th admit;Must be a Gentle.•
.
man of respectability, inasmuch as he I.?ore the rank
of General in the Army.; and at the time of the aCI
now in question had the command of the Garrison,
at Colchester; but it seemed he had no very corred
ideas of the extent of his military command, for he
chose to conceive that all within his garrison, whe-,
ther, soldiers or not, were subjea.to his power.-' In
this, however, the Jury would,teach him that lie was
mistaken; and ifwas important ,fot the preservation
of their civil rightS, that -they should give the Gene-
ral a severe lesson for • the cundUdt he. was abOut to
state to khem.--rlt happened on the.tith of May last,
the General then being on parade, be sent for the
Plaintiff to 'come to'.
-him diredly ; the Plaintiff
being then in a dress not fit, as he thought, to ap-
pear 'before the ,Generali sent his
.'respects, :and
added, that he would come direaly, and imme-
diately set aboht changing his clothes : his answer,*
however, being reported to the General, he sent
the. orderly man with direEtious immediately to
bring him, and kick hind all the way before
This might be striflly according to the ruleS of mi-
litary discipline,, but it was not the way in: which
civil process. was allowed to be executed, . The man;
however, did appear,, and then the General began
'both to accuse and abuse him, and said, he would
try.him by a Court Martial. The .Plaintiff begged.
to he heard in his defence; but receiving. no permis-
sion to justify himself but. before a. Court Martial,
he did venture to hint; that, being no soldier„, the
Court Martial had nothing to do with him. The
General, on this bare hint at a doubt of military
authority, immediately sent for a-guard, and com-
mitted him to custody, where he was kept from the
Monday until the FridaY following, on which latter
day, the General finding he had abused his power,
did condescen,d to let him go at large, It was fox
this injury he appealed to a Jury of his countrymen,
and he' telt flail confidence that he should have am.
pie justice at their hands. ,
Ewen Cameron stated, that he was orderly-man
.on the 26th of May. By the Pricrade-.Major's
ders he went to fetch the Plaintiff to come to the
General on parade. The 'Plaintiff said he wonld
come diredly, as soon as he could. change his,
clothes. When the Witness repeated this-answer
to the General, he replied—" Why did' not the ras-
cal came directly ? Go again, tell him to come di-
redly you would have •done.right to have kicked
him all the way before you." - In about ten mi-
nutes -the Plaintiff did come, 'and the Witness re-
tired out of hearing, and could not tell what was
the conversation : he, however, saw the General was
angry, 'arid he heard the Plaintiff say, " Sir, if I
have done any thing wrong; lam sorry for it." He
next heard the main-guard called for, and saw-a file
of men take'the Plaintiff away in custody. .

-V;rna. Logie, Brigade-Major, delivered. the gene-
rll's orders to the last Witness to fetch the Plaintiff
The- General was very angry, as complaints had
been made against 'Fisher for keeping his canteen
open after the tattoo beating at nine in the evening,
in consequence of which the soldiers gordrunk, and
were frequently rioting. He threatened Fisher to
.try him by a Court Martial, but the latter. behaved
rather impertinently, and . would keep on talking
in his- justification. Atidngth the General called
for the main-critard and sent him 'to` the guard-
house., •

' William Deady, Serjeant of the Guard, printed
that the Plaintiff was brought into custody, and re-
mained until the Friday. • ‘.
. On.cross-examiAation of these witnesses, by Mr.
Serjeant BiEST3 it appeared-that Fisher had kept his
canteen opell after the regular hours.
Mr. SPARTA/4G, Attorney in the cause, stated, that
'he called on the General the morning after theman
was hi tustody, and reqdested his liberation. The
General said. he would • try him by a •Court Martial.
The Witness told him the Plaintiff-was not a soldier,
and was -not subje& to Martial Law. The General
replied, he would send to London for an opinion
upon that point; and would keep him, at all events,
"until he got an answer.
Three Witnesses :Were then called,- who proved
the great inconvenience the Plaintiff had sustained in
his business'by this imprisonment, particularly, that
two Regiments which.he had messed had marcad
away during the time, and he had .bad no.opportu-
nity of collecting his debts.
Mr. Serjeant BEST, for the Defendant, admitted
a yerdia must go against his Client, but the damages
should be bin small, as, he acted entirely from an
error of judgment; he having erroneously supposed
that the. Plaintiff was subjeat to be tried by a Court
Martial ; but the moment he was apprised of that
being an error, he released him. The Learned Ser-:
jeant then commented on the, improper conduct of
the Plaintiff, which tended to subvert, all military
discipline, by promoting and encouraging drunken-.
ness -in the soldiery; and trusted. the Jury Would
think it was a case for mere nominal damages. •
Mr. Justice HEATH observed to the Jury, that
every person who
,held. a situation of power was
bound to know the limits of his authority, and .was
responsible if he stepped. beyond it., If, however, a
man was doubtful as to the extent of his authority,
be ought to consider whether what he was about to
do was consistent with the •diEtates of natural jus-
tice. It appeared that there were complaints urged
against the Plaintiff ; it became then the General-to
make inquiry into 'those complaints, and give the
accused person an opportunity_ of being at least
beard in his defence; instead of which he would not
bearthim at all. If he had really-been doubtful of
the extent of his authority, he had to occasion to
*end as far aS London to remove his doubts ; there
'were Gentlemen of the Law. at Colchester who
could have given him the necessary'information.
The 'Jury found a verdict for the Plaintiff--Da-
mages 501. •

dßoc*::7 SIDE

PULL ON GALLEY'WOOD COMMO'.

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•
Ahn , fisher, the :principol, -Guy ,Campbell
,and
. -
„lam 'Blakeman, the seconds; wer-arraigued on' the
coroner's Inquest (tae Grand Jury. having thrown
out the bill of indiCti.nent) for tine murder of Henry
Torrence, on the 22d of March last, at the Twist)
'of ChelmsfOrd.. .. ' . -
. .

Theparties tothis charge were all Officers
.of,the
6th Regimpt of Foot, and the deceased, Mr. Tor-
rence, was a Lieutenant in the same Regiment, who
fell in a duel, as .was s-upposed,.with-Mr.Fisher.

•
- The first -Witness gilled was. Constantine 'John.
Day, Assistant Surgeon tO, the Regiment. Before
he was sworn, he bPgged.leave to address the Court;,
'Which being granted, he said.---‘f My Lord; Whoever
were the parties to this unfortunate affair, I am my-,
self So deeply !Triplicated, tirat I cannot give evidence
"consistent with my own. safety."
Loan 0141EF BARON—" Then, Certainly, Sir, you
cannot be exaniined to your
.ownaccusation."
Richard Preston deposed, that the *deeeased, Mr.
Torrence, came to his
,room on the, evening of the
-21st of March, and said that lie had that day ins-ult:-
ed Lieutenant Fisher on the Parade, by striking'him,
and calling him a coward. The WitneSs. endea-
voured to allay his irritation,4 and persuade him to
rata& the expression, and to Make an apology to
Mr. Fisher ; but he sent for his. pistols, and went
away, swearing he would shoOt Fisher if he dared
to-meet Mini: He knew nothing of the duel but
from report..
The servant of the deceased was also examined.
He stated, that his master, on the night preceding,
his death, sent him' with a Letter to Captain Ca-
meron, .and appeared surprised that he bronght,no
answer;, for he immediaroly pbt on his_ sword and
sash, apparently in great agitation, and 'went out.
Just at the door he met Captain Campbell, and they
went away together. The next morning he heard
his master was-shot, and he went upon the ground.
He there found:him extended, and wounded'-in the
Lgroin. 'He said, ". Oh; Richard, do not come near
me !" that was all he said, for he died in a few mi-
. Oates after, and did not tell the Witness who had
clone it.

The LORD CHIEF BARON told the Jury there was-
no evidence whatever against the Prisoners. They
were accordingly—Acquitted.
.lames Hack and William' 11 icholls were convi&ed
of bigamy! There was nothing singular
.in their
cases, the prosecution being at the instance of the
parishes to which the first wives were left charge-
able. .

The LORD CHIEF BARON finished all the business
on this sidun Friday evening, and left the town.

CIVIL SIDE.

SATURDAY, JULY

Mr. Justice HEATH: finished on this Side before
breakfast; there were but two trifling causes re-
maining, in "which the last, Leach v. Wilson, was
an 7aEtion to recover 101. which the Plaintiff had
given the Defendant in change for a Norwich Bank
note. It afterwards turned out that .the note had
been paid thirty years ;ago, and the Bank had long
ago_dissolved.• The only evidence to prove the case
was the Attorney for the Plaintiff, who 'stated, the
Defendant admitted to him that he had paid the
Plaintiff the note in question.
GARROW, in a very ingenious speech, depre-
cated the danger of admitting this species of testi-
:
'mony.
The Jury, however, found a verdi& for the Plain-
tiff.
The Assizes concluded. •

Bow-STREET.— On Saturday evening Bill Chapel,
a notorious charaaer, was, brought before Sir DANIEL
WILLIAMS,' the Sitting Magistrate,' charged 'by.
Rivett, the Officer, with being concerned with the
Well-knoWn James Ewe in defrauding Mr. Robert
JoneS; of Banner, near Lanhaugh, Denbighshire, of
between el,o and 901. about 'two "Rears since.
It appeared from the statement of the Officer,
that Jones Vas decoyed into a public-house, in
SonthamptonJbuildings, Holborn, by the .prisoner,
who was alWays dressed' to 'have the appearance -of
a salesman or farmer:, They were soon followed by
Lowe, Who aeled the part' of an ignorant farmer,
and,. in. a short time, commenced gambling with the
Prisoner, at the old 'ffickiof chalking under the hat.
Irr Jones was persuaded tojoin, them in wagers,
and he,proved at first the winner. They continued
laying wagers till the above large amount was obi•
tamed from Jones, into the possession of Lowe,
when the latter pretended to have occasion to •go to
the door, but .not returning, Mr. Jones went' to
look for him, and in the mean 'time the .prisoner
set off.

• The Prisoner requested permission to be sent to
his old favourite quarters, New ,Prison, Clerkencve~ll,
with which the •Magistrate complied : lie is' about
07 yearS of age.. • '
Rivett met Chapel *by accident, at'Cilaringerosr,
on Saturday morning.'

We have received letters from Ceylon.to, the ad
of March. A letter from Columbo, dated the 2d,
says-!--P General MAITLAND, since his arrival, has
altered prodigiously the face of affairs : his 'first aCt
was to cancel our Military Boa'rd and most of:the
appointments made by his predecessor. The sala-
lles•of individuals were next reduced, the revenues
of -the Island augmented, and more regular modes
of colleeting them adopted ;" in fail, we are no
ionger'what we were : instead of being a deadly
weight to the Mother Country, it appears we have
enough in our own resources. It is said, since his
arrival, no less than half a million sterling has been
saved in•the expences of the Island. No offensive
operatiOns are now going on against the Candians
the General Orders prohibit it ; in one or two in-.
stances I have heard of cattle being broUght from
the Interior-to Trincomalee for sale,-and the people
returned unmolested. An Embassy to the Court of
Candy is talked of; but, I believe, the GoVerner'
considers them too contemptible to treat with.—
While we keep our present boundaries' nothing :can
hurt us, and getting more can do us no good.. Our
inancier's last step to augment the resources will
bertainly prove produetive ; it is a stamp duty on all
transfers of land and' household property ' • it tears
,an impost of five per cent. receipts of three per
cent. and. bills of exchange." .