The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-06 00:00:00

SPURTING INTELLIGENCE.

. HAVERFORDWES'r RACES, MONDAY, ItYLY 2g.
A Plate-of 5.)1. for horses bred in the Principality of Wales.
Mr. lenner's b. 1. lilvira, 3 yrs old . ... o i 1
Capt iques's b. M. Mary, by Stickler, 5 yrs old 3 2 z
Mr 's Frederick - - - o dr
M. Scourfielcr3 b. in. Pastorale, 3 yrs old . - o dis
Coknel Coibi's b. g: Will.o'ti,e Wisp, by Pastor,

• 3 yrs old - - - dr
Lord L'-vmd.,r's b. c. by Pastor, out of Virginella, beat
Col. Colby's b. c. by Pastor, out of his Escape blare, both
3 yts old, Sst. 31b. each, one mile and a half-,

TUESDAY.
A Maiden Plate of col. for all ages.
Mr. S::ourlield's ch. h. P.igharn, 4 yrs old . .
Colonel Culby's b. gi IVill-o'-the Wisp, by Pastor,
3 yrs old - - -

SAME DAY.

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A Sweepstakes of togs. each tor horses of all ages bred in
South Wales.
Arr..R. Jones's b. f. by YoUng Eclipse, darn by High-
flyer, 3 yrs old - • - - o f
M r Jenner's b, f. Elvita, by Pedlar, 3 yrs old - o 2
Lei Cawdor's b. c. by Phstor, out of Virginel la, 3 yrs old 3 o
Mi. Hurst's b. c, by Whiskey, out of Trutt, 3 yrs old dist
Colonel Colby's b.
.c. by. Pastor, 3 yrs old . dr
111 r. It. Jones's ch. c. Junius, 4 yrs old - , - dr
Lord Milford, Mr. I. 11. Allen, and Mr. W. H. Scour-
field, were Subscribers,' but did not nanL% .

WEDNESDAY.
...A Plate of Sol. for three and four year olds.
Mr. Birch's ch. f. Lavinia, 4 yrs old -
IYlr. R., Jones's b. t. by Young Escape, 3 yrs old
Mr. C. Day's ch. c. by Caustic, 3 yrs old
Mr. ---'s b. c. by Whiskey, 3 yrs old ..
Mr. Scourtield's ch. it. Pagharn, 4 yrs old • -

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SAME DAY.

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A Free Plate of Sol. for all Ages.
?Jr. Birch's cli. in. Lavinia, by Fipator, 4 yrs old r o I
Mr. !Jay's ch. c. by Caustic
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The sport °lead; day was excellent, and the assemblage
of company splendid—comprising all the beauty, fashion,
and respectability of the neighbourhood.

A melancholy accident happened on the .25th ult.
at the dye-house of Messrs. Leech and Bowman, in
Sandy-well, Salford. While Joseph Burgess, one
of the workmen;was employed near a large quan-
tity of fustic, about a ton weight of it fell upon him;
and as a Considerable time had 'elapsed. when the
misfortune was diScovered, the body was :dug out
lifeless, and a shocking speelacle,
As Mr. William Williamson,-ajoiner, of Locker-
bie; was passincr. by Hutton March, in Dumfries-
shire, 'after a. shower of raint,va 'few 'days ago, he
discovered a swarm of beeiNf' a .piece :3,1* moss at-
tached- to a naked rock. Cclitceiving an idea that the
bees -might be carried home iithe moss could be se-
parated entire from the rock, he attempted it, and
succeeded. He then extended an iinabrella which
be was carrying, and placed the moss, to which the
bees still "dung,' within it. Over the moss he then
extended and fastened a handkerchief, and by that
means carried the swarm home and placed them in
.a
hive, where they are now in a thriving state.

LONI)ON t erintrd by RIC
At the SuN•OFr;

SUSSEX ASSIZES.

'LEWES, MONDAY, AUG. 4:

Saturday was a day of unusual busty in this town.
It was the last day of the races, and the company had
scarce began to quit the town when the Judges ar-
rived; and read their Commission for holding the /is-
sites. Yesterday they attended Divine Service, and
this morning early proceeded to business. ' ,

CIVIL SIDE.

BEFORE .TIRE LORD CHIEF BARON.

Mr. N)-91tRiS stated, that the declaration in this
cause complained, that whereas the Plaintiff•had:a
valuable dog ; the Defendant beat the dog, and rub-
bed his sides with a caustic liquid, in consequence
of which it became necessary to-destroy the animal.'
To this the Defendant had pleaded, that the dog
trespassed upon his prethises, and that he -beat, him
to keep-him away.
Mr. GARROW stated to
,the. Jury, that this was a
case of most unparalleled cruelty, as weil, as an ag-
gravated breach of the law. The - Plaintiff,' Mr,
Hicks, was the keeper of a Livery Stable, at Brigh-
ton, and the dog which was destroyed was a most
usefuLanirnal in guardingthe pird. The Defendant
was of that class of religions sedaries who are sup-
posed to carry the principles of the Christian religion
to a greater extent than their neighbours. He dressed
like a Quaker, and world talk like one, his yea would
bt " yea" and his nay ". nay," but so far' from being
purer in his principles than' his neighbours, his con-
dud on the present occasion would •sfieW, that he
had not the ,first rudiments of-Christianity in his
heart, for-that was devoid of mercy. The Seripture
taught us, that a: merciful man would be merciful to
his beast ; and he would add, he 'would also. be
merciful to his neighbour's beast. How far be had
been so, the Jury would judge. The Defendant, it
seemed, kept a- bitch, and, as Ikas in nature;-the
neighbouring dogs would frequent his house. -He
had an unquestionable right to beat_ them away ;
and if that had been all he had done, the Plaintiff
would have had:no right to complain. But he should
sbew that,he actually enticed the Plaintiff's dog into
his yard; and then rubbed him over with a liquid,
which, from circumstances, he-believed was oil of
vitriol. He then turned the poor creature out, . and
in the course of the. next day it corroded the flank
of poor wretch, until the bowels adually dropped
out, and it became necessary to put the- animal out
of its misery.- It was for the Jury to say what re 7
compence they would give the Plaintiff- It was not
in contemplation to prove any specific value of the
dog, but the Jury would be justified in giving the
highest value that ever was set upon any animal of
the sort. • -

James Okendon stated; that he knew the Plain-
tiff's dog, and he also knew the Defendant, who was
a Chemist, at Brighton. Oa the 4th of February•
last he saw the Plaintiff's dog .g 6 into the house of
the Defendant, and he saw the Defendant take the
dog into the yard; he ntxt fetched a bottle from
the shop,
.which contained some liquid ; he then
wetted •a piece of tow at, the end of a stick, and he
rubbed it over the dog's flank and sides.
Sarah 'Wilson, servant of the Defendant, gave the
same•testimony ;• she _could not tell what the liquid
was, but when it fell on the stones' it hissed like
boiling. " They had a bitch in the house, and the
dogs frequently came there.
Cooper Sainpson, ostler at the stables, stated, that
the next morning, after the liquid had been ap-
plied, about five _o'clock, he first saw the dog ; it
was then running about the yard in great agony.—
The hair on the back was hard, as though burnt ;
but on the sides where the dog had licked himself
the flesh .had been torn away,, and there was but a
thin skin keeping in the bowels. The tongue of the
animal, by licking itself, was burnt hard, like a coal,
and was so hard and • stiff, that it remained bent.
About twelve o'clock, the skin in the flank was quite
eaten through in holes, and the bowels dropped out
on the gronnd. In this state they shot the . animal.
Two other witnesses prved the same thing.
• Mr. Serjeant BEST, for' the Defendant, admitted he
could not say anythiig in his justification,, and that
a verdi& must be had against his client for the Value
of the dog. But be cautioned the JUry against giv-
ing way to their
.angry feelings, and awardiag.vindic-
five damages. They Were, by
.their. verdia, to corn-
pensate the Plaintiff for the less .of his dog, and not
to punish the Defendant.
The LORD CHIEF BARON also stated to the Jury,
that by their. verdi& they were to give to the Plaintiff
a compensation for the loss of his dog. In his way
of business" such an animal was "certainly useful, in
protein ing the stable-yard from the depredations of
strollers. But he doubted not but that such cruelty
would be punished by the Religious Society of which
the Defendant was a member. They, no doubt,
would expel him from.,amongst them when they
heard of such unparallpled cruelty.
The Jury gave a verdi& for the Plaintiff--Damages'
Five Pounds.
The whole business on the Crown Side finished
early ; there were none butpetty cases.

A letter received in Greenock, from a Gentleman
in the-Civil Department ih,fie,lsland of Ceylon;
under date of the Ist of . March, , says—". I had an
opportunity of ascertaining, about two months ago,
that the unfortunate Major DAVY is still alive, which
had been doubted for, some time. A Malay,' ne-
phew to an inValid. Native Captain here, who bad
been taken inCandy,.made his escape. I examined
him, but his-declaration
,threw .no more light.on the
unaccountable capitulation of Major DAvY, but too,
',strongly corroborated the horrible accounts already
published of the massacre. He alsOeposed, that
he had seen the Major only a few days before he
made his escape, in perfe& health ; but that Capt.
ROMILLY and Lieut. HUMPHREYS are both dead."
Yesterday the work Men began to strike the scaf-
fold from the steeple of St. Bride's Church,
Fleet-
street, the new spire being finished. It is of a.dif-
ferent construction ' from the last, which was struck
by'lightning,being,off a pyramidical_ form, adorned
with flutings andea .handsome gilt weather-coeli—,-
the whole remarkably neat. in .appearance. _The
, tower and late'' spire, of the Corinthian and, Tuscan
orders, withstood -the elements since Ogg, when
the church was beautified. The ere&ion of the
present spire has cost the parish a very considerable.
sum.

LAM REPORT.

couRT OF CHANCERY, TUESDAY Atras.

SIR --- SHIRLEY-V. NEWENHAM.

On Saturday last the SOLICITOC-GENERAL
,30-_
plied to the Court for a Commission to examine Wit-
nesses, in support of a Bill filed against the Defend-
- (an infant) respeaing his legitimacy the 'Alin-
till', if that could not be proved, being entitled
to various estates of considerable value : Ole De-
fendant not be;ng of age, this prOceeding was ren-
dered necessary. His Lordship then granted the
application contrary- to the usual praftice, although
the Witness did .not come within the three cases in
Which such a proceeding is countenanced.: viz.
Where the WitnesS is more than seventy years old
.where he is likely to go.- out of the jurisdiEtien of
the COurt ; and where, from - bodily infirmity, there
tray be probability of hi death before the cause
should cotne to issue. In the S'equel,'however, it
was agreed, between Mr. BELL, Counsel: for the
befendant, and Sir SAmuEi. ROMILLY, that the
fant should appear before his Lordship on a sub-
sequent day, that a guardian might be -appointed
him, and that he might then ptit in his answer to.
the Bill.
. .

The Defendant this day appeared in Court, a
handsome and interesting boy, about six years old.

Mr. BELL then moved; that the Senior Clerk in
the Six Clerks' Office be appointed his Guardian,
that be might reply to. the Bill which had been filed
against him.
The LORD.CIIANCELLOR observed, that he was
glad this. mode 'of proceeding had been Aopted, as
the examination of Witnesiesby Commission would,
have been attended with great expence. His Lord-
ship spoke highly in favour of the appearance of the

ET-parte RUGBY SCHOOL.
This case respeEted a large Free School establish-
ed by subscription at Rugby, in Warwickshire.—
It was a 'Petition praying his Lordship to dire&
the Master of the Court 'to inspeEt certain Plarik for
the :onduEt of the Establishment. R was signed
by Lord Wentworth,, and " many other NObleMen
and Gentlemen of fortune in the county, Trustees •
Of the School. On the 2d of August in the last year
a motion of a similar nature with the present was
made by the same persons to Lord Eldon, the late
Chancellor, petitioning his Lordship to dire& theH
expenditure of 10,0001. the residue of the sum.of
4.5,0001..rai5ed on account of this charity, and pro-
duced by the sale of the lands in the County. of Mid-
dlesex. The Bill on that occasion set forth the Act
of Parliament under which .they were sold, and
dire&ed .the- Trustees to make application to the
Court of Chancery,,as to the mode in which, the'.
produce was to be employed. The whole of this
affair was then referred to the Master, who, after
Minute examination of different _schemes, -adopted
pne of them for the application cif the' money: Since
that period, the fund net being so- applied, another
motion was nrode, and the same result was obtain,
ed. A similar inducement for the Petition operated
now, and the Trustees requested, that the Master,
besides considering a proper plan for the employ-
ment of the fund, would .likewise represent to.the
Court the most-eligible mode- of expendittoe for the
sum of inn]. per annum, for the benefit of thin
charitable institution.

Sir SAKE= ROMILLY said,, that he
.believed the
present was a mere motion of course, to which .no
opposition. would be shewn by any of the parties.
The LORD CHANCELLOR. Rugby Rugby School is
one of the largest in Great,Ari.tain, and it maintains
and educates a number of children."
Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY.—" The Trustees of the
School, who appear before your Lordship as Pe-
titioners, are all persons of the greatest respecta-
bility." •
The LORD CHANCELLOR:—" I know, they are,
• •. „ •
Mr. SOLICITOR-GENERAL."

The-Petitions occupied the Gourt till.four o'clock,
in which nothing interesting occurred.
It is..not•expeEted that the husiness of the Court
will be concluded until the 20th of 'this month.
Besides Lunatic and other matters, there are no less
than 22:.4 Bankrupt Petitions for the decision of hiS
Lordship. • •

• Utirow-HALL—illoirrs"Sidomr.ri was broughrup
for a final examination on a charge of feloniously-steal-
ing, 'or reCeiving•with a guilty knowledge, a quantity
of leather, stolen.fro-n the premises of Mr. Walter
Meek, a currier,' &c. of Tocley-street. The evi-
dence was gone into in detail.—Solomon was com-
mitted for trial: .

Zary Kirby, for robbing ,her master, and John
Thompson, for a similar offeace, were sent for trial
at tae'next Sessions.

Saturday; as the driver of the Bicestet waggon,
from the George Inn, Snow-hill, was going along
the Edgeware-road, sleeping on the, shafts, he fell
down, When the broad wheels passed overifis
body, and killed him on .the spot. The same day,
as a waggon was turning into the Bull and Mouth
Inn-yard, a man's ,leg • got jammed between the
wheels and the gateway, by which one of his =cies
was ironed to pieces.
It is evident that every person, young and old,
should -purchase books wherein they are materially
interested. This being the,case with respet to the
GUIDE 'TO HEALTH," which is so justly recom-
mended to yoting Men and.heys, an early 'attention
to its maxims will guard theM from a fatal rock on
Which thousands have split ; and' be the mean; of
presetiving their bodies from disease, their
their minds, and all' their faculties, from deStruaiOn..
The Guide to Health is sold by Mathews and Leigh,
No: 13, Strand;. and by all other -Booksellers and
Printers 'of Provincial Newspapers in the United
Kincidoth, and• contains near 30-0 pages, price,only
3s. Ciolivered free of carriage.

SHIP NEWS.

CR AV FSE?i..D, AUGUST+

Arrived -the Ulizabeth, Frank, from Narves
George, Sutton, from Lisbon ; Laurenza Maria, Clawson.
from Leghorn.; Harmony, -, Neriad, Shime, Lord Car-
rington.. liinnington, Oport,,, Corr', Mentor, Christi.
Hope, Nichols, Alfred, .Robinson,lviercury, Wilson, .and
Arun, Lce, from Oporto; Susannah, Dixon, from Riga
Duckingfield, Dunbar, from Sutinam ; and Vidres*, Clark,
frox; Charlestown. • -

Sailed—the Mary, Mullett, for Guernsey ; Torge Any.
Ariason, for Catvvyck; and IVlinerva, Krage, for 1-lambro'.

BIRTH.

On Monday was safely delivered Of a son, the Lady of
William Williams, Esq. of Lineoln's-inn-fic'r,is.

MARRIED.

On the rst/nst, at Douglas, Scotland, Sir taints Mont-
gomery, Bart. to the Right lion. Lady Elizabeth Douglas.
On the 31st ult. at Edinburgh, the Right Hon. Lord El—
phinston, to Lady Carmichael.
Yesterday, at Clapham, I. A. Shuter, Esq. of florsly-
down, to Miss Pigeon, eldest daughter of lienry Pigcoh, Esq.
of the Borough.
The same day, at Mary-le-bone Church, Colonel de la
Gondie, to Miss Traille, daughter to the late Major-Gene-
ral Traille, of-the Royal Artillery. - •
.

.Lately, john Taker, Esq, ottkßorough, to Miss Sto-re4
daughter of the late Mr. Storer,,of.Motint-street, Grosvenor-
square. •
On the rst inst. at Haverfordwest, in South,Witles,.Georgt
Siik, Esq. of Dolors' Commons, to Miss Mary Fortune,
youngest.daughter of the late Joseph. Fortune,_ Esq.. of the
above place.