The Sun.
London, England, 1801-10-28 00:00:00

D,Wq'OCT• 27.

lirs Majesty's Ship Nemesis, Gannet Sloop) Ana-
errr Brig, 'and Confiiet Cran-brig, came in this
Ittoriiing, and remain. In the Downs, the Otmus.
4e4 ..14;i, York, Leydett, Alkmaer, Amazon-, Me.
44:41 St. Fiorenzo, Jamaica, Heldin, Brilliant,
4144') 114eum,4 Eugenie, Gier, Diligence, Galgo,
4
rref.a.') and Hound Sloops, Otter'Fire-brig, Ana-
erfre°4 Erig, Archer, Bold, Snipe, Charger, Ferreter,
1.°4•14e) lackall, Plumper, Eclipse, Bruiser, Bouncer,
'lartner, Alonkcy, Hasty, Mallard, Biter, and Ran-
ter Lighter,.

SHEERNESS, OcT. 27.

4,TH 1s day arrived His Majesty's Gun-vessel
GU; Lieutenant ROBINSON, from East Swale.

jiis Majesty's Ship &rapis is ordered to be paid
at Deptford.
114 Majesty's Ship Juno has captured the
cioooner Mary, BECK, from the Havannah to St.
ht,..nas, with 20,0b0 dollars on board, and taken
Jamaica. The 7uno has also captured the
gooer'ean Schooner Trimmer, with contrabandd
sl from New-York to the Havannahb
shiA Letter from an Officer on board His Majesty's
P Lancaster, dated Cape of Good Hope, July
says,—" We are just returned from a
four month's cruize in the Rivet Plata, after being
relieved by the Jupiter, Captain I,,OSACK. On
the
4th of June we captured a valtiable ship from
adiz, with the Governor of Rio de la Plata on
board. We have also taken seqral other prizes,
but of. less value. On our retain, we captured a
large Danish East Indiaman, Which I hope will
Prove a good prize. The /lliperieilre, Capt. Row.
;;tr, and the Diomede, Hon. Capt. ELTHINSTONE,
have made several captures, and are now cruizing
:14 the Isle of France, where we expect to go soon
° relieve them."

w The Lady of Brigadier-Gene m 1 COLIN CAMPBELL
ti safely delivered of a Daughter, at Londonderry,
the tzth instant.
ftiSCturday last one of those brave, but thoughtless,
1) 4'5, British Tars, entered the Bush Tavern,
'll4tol
on ) saying he called to pay his reckoning, but
lat Ing told he was not indebted there, he re-
Ivieq) that having been paid off from the London
tvha." of War, he had zso guineas in his possession,
b he insisted on leaving with Mr. Weeks;
he
thethis Mr. W. declined, and offered to deposit
prent in a Bankex's hands for the poor fellow, to
vent his being robbed. Upon this, the sailor,
an kith an oath, said he would first consult his wife,
41(1`1 then thrusting two got. three bank-notcs into his
t'th, absolutely chewed and swallowed them
iieliesteulay morning a fire broke out in East Smith.:
N. I wilich nearly consumed the whole of the pre-
pie4") together with the furniture.' There being a
.supply of water anti engines, the flames
e Prevented from spreading to any of the conti-
tins, buildings.

CLERKENWELL,SESSIOYS,

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MONDAY, OCT. 26:

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Charles Remington was indicted for assaulting
Elisha Holland on the 4th September last.
This was a -case of a very aggravated nature,
as follows :—On the rch of September, the first
day of Edmonton Fair, the Defendant and others
were returning from Edmonton. The. Prosecutor,
who was a carter, was also going the same road ;
at Stamford Hill turnpike a stoppage took place,
when, by the starting of the horse in the Defend-
ant's chaise cart, the horses of the waggon which
the Prosecutor had the care of ran against it : upon
which the Defendant got out and beat him violently,
and at last left him lifeless on the ground.
A person of the name of Burton, who saw the
transaction, kept close to the Prisoner, in order to
watch him. When he joined his companions, he
told them to make haste, for he had " done the
fellow." Burton pursued them close, and all the
way they went they kept swearing they were Robin
Hood's men, and that they would run down any
one who opposed them. When they got to Shore-
ditch, he had them stopped, and the Prisoner was
carried to Worship-street Office, whence he was
committed.

A man was called on the part of the Defendant,
who said he was a perfe& stranger to him, and gave
a different account of the transaftion ; but he pre-
varicated mos,t shamefully. Burton said he could
not swear positively to him, but he believed him to
be one who was kicking the Prosecutor as he lay
upon the ground.
Verdift Guilty--one year's imprisonment, and to
find surety for good behaviour for one year.

TUESDAY, OCT. 27.
SALE OF FISH AT BILLINGSGATE.

John Dutton, a ship's broker, and Henry Fenn,
a fish salesman, were indicted for a conspiracy.—
The prosecution was instituted and carried on by
Butterfield, the common informei%

Mr. ALLEY, .on the part of the prosecution,
stated, that the offence with which the Defendants
were charged, was one of a very serious nature, and
for which, if it could be brought home to them,
they deserved the utmost punishment which the law
could inflict. It was no less an offence than that
of combining to prevent the Public from being
supplied with the necessaries of life, in defiance of
a positive Ael of Parliarnenti and that at a time
when the labouring and industrious poor were
hardly able, by the utmost exertion of their in-
dustry, to supply themselves with the commonest
trod : there was, he said, an Aa of Parliament,
which provided, that all fish brought to the Lor._
don market, should be sold in the market, argil
not sent away again unsold. He was instrufted to
state, that the two Defendants 'had on a certain
day, caused a Dutch vessel laden with eels,• to be
sent away from Billingsgate, and that in conse-
quence of 'their direCtion the, vessel proceeded to
sea again. He was aware of the difficulties at..
tending this prosecution, on account of the objec-
t ion that might be made to the witnesses, but al-
though they were common informers, he insisted
they were not only entitled to credit, but that they
were useful people ; because, without them, many
salutary laws could not be carried into el:ed. Mi.
ALLEY then called Butterfield.
.•

• Mr. Serjeant BET said, that before this Witness
was examined, he hoped he should be able to she‘,
that he was wholly unworthy of credit, and that in
point of Law, his evideuce could not be admitted.
The learned Serjeant then produced a Record, and
other ,evidence, by which it appeared that several
years ago, this Butterfield had been tried at Lewes
for receiving money under false pretences, found
guilty, and sentenced to three years confinement in
the House of Corredion.—This conviCtion he
thought was sufficient in point of law, to render his
evidence inadmissible ever after.

Mr. ALLEY, in
.reply, observed, that had he
been convicted of Perjury, his evidence could not he
admitted, unless he received His Majesty's pardon ;
but in this case no perjury was imputed to him : he
had been tried for a certain misdemeanor, and when
the punishment for that offence was ended, he was
entitled to all the privileges of other subjeas. He
cQntended, therefore, that his evidence was ad-
missible.

Mr. MAINWARTNG, the Chairman, said, that
the offence imputed to the Witness was not perjury :
he had, for the purpose of obtaining money, told a
lie, but he was not on his oath when he told that
lie, and therefore his evidence could not now 1),!
rejeded, as it must be, had he committed an ad of
perjury.
William Butterfield was then sworn : he stated,
that on a Saturday night, there wlts a Dutch ves-
sel loaded with eels at Billingsgate, that he saw
the Defendants talking to the Master : he saw some
eels on that night, carried to the house of Mr.
Fenn, and the next morning the vessel sailed away
without selling any of the cargo : he followed the
vessel to Gravesend, and saw her proceed to sea,
from that place. He hailed the vessel, and asked
what they had on board : some person answered,
" only eels."__

This was all the evidence against the Defendants;
and the Jury immediately acquitted them.

A Coachman was tried for assaulting two Officers
belonging to an East Indiaman. It appeared that
•the Defendant had been sent for to Blackwall, to
convey the Prosecutors to London ; but when he
came from his stand to the Inn where they were,
the waiter privately cautioned him against taking
their trunks, lest they should contain smuggled
goods ; because, if they did, and were discovered,
his coach would be forfeited. Upon receiving this
caution, the coachman refused to take the Prosecu-
tors, unless they would undertake to indemnify him
for the risk he was about to run. They would not
listen to this proposal, and he then demanded zs.
for having his coach called away from. the stand,
an I for his loss' of time : a dispute ensued ; the
Prosecutors refused to pay, and the Defendant seiz-
ed each of them, and tore the waistcoat of one.
This was held as an assault, for which the Jury
found the Defendant Guilty---and he was sentenced
to be imprisoned for seven days.