The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-15 00:00:00

The LORD CHANCELLOR said,. unless there was a
clear case before him 'he could Flo nothing in it: -The
Bankrnpthad already had the. benefit of ,the'Ordcr
made by Lord Eldon. •
Mr. RICHARDS added, that although Lord
felt great CoMpassion- tbr the age and intirinitieS
this' poor 'man, • yet he • did not feel it his 'duty to•
supersede the Commission.- • L; •
.The Lott D CHANCELLOR, in conclusion, said, Lord
Eldon would, ha vegiven every thing to the Petitioner as
lar-as he could. But he niugi:make a Mitch stronger
ease than the present befOre the Court !could intef.,
fere. .He should look over the affidavits, and •see
what Could.be done to morrow.

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- ' Mr. PiacivAL; *however, declining to press the
rmitersfurtherat present, his- Lordship directed --the
cpsts, of the apPhcation to.. be paid out of the funds
arising from the Baukrupt's,Estate.

LAW DEctsto.N.-r--Court Session, Scotland.—
)314'4 v.. the Owners Of a coal-pit. 131a4seturning
'home pn horseback, in a. dark night; "by 'a sbaci.
leading through •the Defenclant'Y,eState,:fell into
coal-pit'and was drowned: The pit. for Many "yeafi
had been• abandoned; and
.the mouth had been stir,
sounded-by a wall of stone and at the,
time of the -ac;cidei-t,.:tvits ibtlut.7 i 8 inches high it
lay about four feet 'from the road, -which had, been a'
road used by the-Proprietor when the coal was for-
merly Wrought, but which was_alSo frequently -used
,by 'the. neighboUfhood. The aation.wasbraught-bY
the,children of the deceased- for repafation; for the.
loss. sustained by the
.death. of, their. father.. - The
Lords foundthe. Defenclaut liable in..daru ages.Bool.
and expenccs idol. • •-•

-BREACH OF PROMISE or 11.1AnntAcE.—An aaiOn
was tried hefore Sit :Nll GIOSE,:-hlla- a: Special.
Jury, at :Suffolk Assizes, in which
.Miss
BALLS; daughter of Mr. FRANCIS BALLS, of Barton
Wills, was Plaintiff, and Mr; Jouri
miller, malister, and brickmaker; aaavenharn, was
Defentlant. -- The ;cause' cletupied fout hoUrs,. 'and
Created a great de .of interest, as many :curious
letters were read ju eNidenee. The. cciiicipa of the
-Plaintiff throuiliont appeared th. have'.been exem-
plary, and the Defendant,' withaut being able to
assign any cause. for abandoning .her, bad ,married
`another woman. The-Jury, after a few minutes
consultation'; returned a Verdi& for, the Plaintiff,
with 2001. damages.

• - 'Aube Suffolk; Assizes eight .prisoners.-Teceived
•
sentence of
.and four were left for 'execution ;
two of -whom, Inteekr. and .Cast/e, belongingm to 'a
:gang. - gypsies, brae, at
midight, into the dwelling of, Mr: Chaprhan, of
Stradishall,' 'wh.O. resided therein alone, cruelly beat
-and tortured him with 'a bayonet, in order" to.extort
from him his property,. and , afterwards attempted
'to enclose him in an hutch, which net :proving of
sndicient lengtt, induced' them ,to threaten to shorten
him by cutting' oil' his 'head however, they" con-
tented. themselves ,with
_binding him down in his
bettyith ti tablecloth, still continuing the use of the
bayonet until' the 'Sufferer was nearly ethausted ;• and
before they departed', obliged him to `kiss 1113ible, and.
swear be had- no property. but: tilat they, lad take%
and, with stocking
-imprecations, threatened, •itt*The
attempted to- imbiti'd himself 'before they returned; to:
murder 'him. In this' satiation' he', remained :,abont,
an hour, "when ,one of the villains carne back deter.'•
mined/to put in -praeiiee horrid intention had: .he--
found him in 'any other situation;. but that in ‘yhich
he had left him. Ane—Ellis, who. was' an aecorn-,
plice, was admi,ted an es:idence against theni.
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At Durham 'Assizes .Thomas... Wilson was found
guilty of the. murder of Margaret Barker, at Stock-
ton, and' received 'sentence of deatl but was .re-
spited. • - • c,
The Litchfield Agricultural Society held 'their an-
nual-Meeting- at. the George. Jon, at. Litchfield, .on
the sth instant, and was very numerouslyattended.
Among the - company Were-Lord TALBOT, Lord
ANSON-, Sir ROI3g-RT LAWLEY, 'Sir GEORGE PICOT,
Sir JOHN WROTTESLEY, Mr.' ASHLEY,;Mr. STONE,
Mr. BU6KLEY, and several distinguished
,Agricul7
wrists. A Wager between Lord TALBOT and Mr.
Cox, the,. former sheaving a Herefordshire- Bull
against a .lono. horned, orSta6rdshire, Bull, be-
longing to thjlatter, wasdrawn by Mutual consent,
the judges being unable to decide. -,AnOther bet,
howeker, of WO guineas, took place between the
same parties, in WhiCh the bulls are to be slaUghtered
in January next; at Litchfield,
.and Mr. GIBLET,
and another bUtcher, from 'Ecindon, are to examine
thetas after they-are killed,
.without seeing. them .alive,
or being informed of their identify, and are to de-
termine which is the fattest and best beast.

A cellar in King-street, St. James's-square, be-_ .
longing to Mr. Wand, Contettioner, New -13Ond-
street, was discovered in flames yesterday,morning,
about eight o'clock; which threatened destrOCtion to
the adjoining holises.:. very- fortunately it •Was-soon
got under by the great exertion of the firemen,' it
•happened in consequence of Mr: Waud's servant.
going to the cellar
.tor some ice, and leaving the
candle burning, Which' commitnicated lire to sothe

straw