The Sun.
London, England, 1806-10-28 00:00:00

CITY QUARTER SESSIONS.

GUILDITALL.—Mi. SllllOll Cock; a,' respeEtable.
merchant, who occupies a house. in business near
i'in4bury-square, in which he does .not reside, but
.for which 'he pays the rent and' taxes, was indicted
by his parish for refusing to undertake the duty.
tit-an Overseer in said parish, to
.yhich he was ap-
pointed by the Magistrates as a substantial house-
keeper.
Mr.-Cody; did not deny that he refused to accept-
. the office, but said it was because he did not reside
in the parish, and was liable to be .chosen to.a_si7
milar duty in the parish of-which he was aEtually.a
resident; and this he offered to prOi-e.in his justifi-•.

• , (C nci ded fromSaturday~)
.
" .England, always jealous of France; is still more
incetised • .igr'iinSt: her since .ti.e wish of thki Bath
vial's to call Prince Louis to the Throne of Holland,'
and sincethe Emperor NAPol.E9t.t, after Ittiying poi -,
nislie:l
.the .perfidibus.FEßDlNAliD, haS appointed his
A' Ust Brother JOSEPH td reign over the Neapoli-
tans. These changes of,Dynasties and of GOvern-
mAits are- leis the motives of a new war than the
dism,•mberment of the Germanic Empire, which
takes forever, from the Kings of England; the hope
of resuming their influence on the Continent, as
Members of the Diet of Ratisbon.
" The object of the Coalition is not to restore the
Bourbons to . the-Throne. The interests and the
pretension's_ of Louts XVI. are not the motives
which induce their proteCtors, to arm against France.
To tear the•bosoni of •France—to• wrest the' sceptre
from lite hands of the. Emperor. NAPOLEON-LW' an,
nihilate tbedinasty.w inch he has-fourided-to di-
vide his• Empire, or.to.dispute about the shreds of it.
Such are the ,views of the Cabinet of St: Jamests; and
the hopes of the Coalition.*
• " The dcl;rium which has seized the Sovereigns
conspired against France. is no proof of their suc-
cess. In examining-the present flourishing state of
that Empire,- it is difficult to conceive what can give
rise to their confidence. The gold of England can
,do nothing' against an uneorruptible •GovernMent.
What enterprizes-can the Cabinet of St. Jarnes'sat-
tempt against n Monarch who confides. his secrets to
no one, and who -execyiteS • with boldness what he
has conceiv4i with wisdom..
"The ambition of England is not confined to the
hindering France froth establishing•Fadories in or-
der to extend her commerce to all parts of the Globe:
the Cabinet of" tn. James's aims. at paralyzing the
energy of the -Frneh—at rendering them its tribu-,
taries, and making them submit to the. yoke which
it imposes on the natives of-. the Oxonol;o, ,• the
Ganges, and the Senegal. ' -.
• " The English push their pretensions 'even to de-
mand that France should cede her principal Colo-
' Dies, destroy - her Marine, withdraw her limits to •
her ancient, frdntiers, and renounce her alliance' This day the General Quarter Sessions for the
with- Holland,. -Switzerland, and Italy: they wish 1 County of Iviiddlesex COMmenced.before WILLIAM
to give. laws to 'Europe, and rule"over the seas,- .i lkf
.a.AINWARING, Esq. Chairman, and -a numerous
The Cabinet of -St.: James's exacts that no Ship I Bench of Justices of the Peace for that County.
"shall sail withotit 'its pertnission,, and that .all. the Thomai Morgan, an Attorney, resident in Gray's-
Maritime Powers shall be its tributaries. , The toll t inn, was 'indi4.-ted.. for assaulting Thomas -Geoid, a
of the Sound it wishes to free itself from, in order ColleCtOr. of king's Taxes„, on the 4th of August.
that it inay rule on the Elbe, at Copenhagen, and in ; On the part.of.the'proseeution, it appeared, that
the Baltic.
• 1 the Prcisecutor, in the due executiOnolhis'oilice, had
? The present position of France is brilliant—that repeatedly called.on the Defendant for -paythent of
of her Enemies •uncertain. In faa,- those who consi., : oaguineak for his licenceto wear hair-powder for
der it,e-valour and the power united-under a standard E the year; the Defendant as frequently put him off,
always victorious, will be convinced that the fourth 1 and promised 'to Produce-his certificate of • exemp- •
Coalition will experience the same fate as those
_lion,' on his next visit ; but this was repeatedly ne-
which preceded it., ,What cornbinations can be 1 giee.tea, and at last he was obliged to employ a
formed 'against an enemy who has only one interest, ' broker, whom he took with him to the Defendant's
one ,will, and one action, diretted‘by the most pow- ; chambers, on the day mentioned in the indictment,-
erful :villas. - . . , lin order to levy the tak. • The•Defendant•being froth
Tile
e assembling of the Russians in Poland, the ar- : home; his clerk • paid the guinea,' and took an ac-
marnents of Prussia,. Saxony, and Hesse, the en- ~ knowledgment for it. . On the same day, these par-
trance of, the Swedes into Hanover, and the hostile ' ties met in Gray's-inn-lane. high words arose, and
preparatons 'in the North of Germany,
.have, fixed ' the Attorney assaulted the-Tax-gatherer with'some
the' attention 'of:the.Emperor NAPoLtmc on the mi- violence. • ~ . • • .
litary movements .of Europe., Experienee having 1 The defence did not go to justify tie assault. -The
taught that Monarch. that he cannot reckon on the • Defendant stated, that the Prosecutor:perfetily well
_.punk' faith .of Cabinets sold to England, he .li's knew that he had been exempt froin the tax fortWo•
judged it suitable to the interests 'Of his Empire to 'years before, and was still so at that time, and was
'place his Armies in motion and prepare himself for. ve4 insolent in his language on all occasions. The
-
War. , , . . . reason of the delay in not producing a certificate of
"If hostilities re-commence,-the result may be fore- his being •a volunteer, arose froth a promotion," of
- seen : shaMe to the Coalition—glory toFrance—and a Officers in the corps, Lord Erskine having resigned
momentary 'paint to Great 13ritain. '' - • the command upon his appointment of Lord High
"The commotion wnich Must result-from the war Chancellor .df England. . • - - •,
which menaces Europe, cannot shake the basis of the . . The JUry returned a merdid of .Efti/ty; ankthe,
~ .
Confederation of the Rhine: The Einp'eror of. the ± Defendant was.fined 13s. 4d. and discharged.
Freneh being its Chief, he will prevent any attack . John Hughes was incliEteof for'aisaUlting-Tbolnas
upon its integrity'from succeeding. • • ' ' Ferris in the month of July last.
"TheCabtnetof St. James's maypurchase the Rus- .! - The 'Defendant was landlord of the lianey's
siafi, Swedish, arid Prussian armies, bur vittorr can- • Head public-honse,- in 'the Parish of St. Luke,
not be sold 5. the Emperor NAF'OLEUN has,
_attached ; where, "on the evening in qUeStiOn, the Prosecutor
'it to his standard. - , happened to be. He played at-a game --of stioving
" Whenever the hour of battle shall arrive, the Con- ''
five halfpence tin a pin, End lost fourteen-pence.—
,querors of the Rhine, of Arcole, of:Marengo, and of .
He then gave the Defendant a.seven shilling piece,
Aiisteilitz, Will repair with joy fo.the sctitle of their 1 to vet changed, which the latter .gave him, stoppiqg
glory already the hearts of the cot sciipts burl, to ,
twopence-halfpenny,• alledging that• it was the 'Pro•
equal the valour of the .veterans of the army.
W'e '" secutor'S Yorkshire Club, proportion of ,a quartet-ft of
to the merce,naries who shall dare to dispute the shrub drank- by the company. The Prosecutor
• bOuours of the triumph with 500;600 soldiers of the l doubtted the fairness of this dethand; upon Which
Emperor of the French." • . the Defendantsaid, "If it was not forthecompany,
*lt appears that the plan of the Belligerent Powers is he would 'see him, out 5-, .at tht.` same :momentne
to compel the Emperor Napoleon to divide key forces : they'struck
10 a
violent manner , • one of his -ids s,vds
hope by this means which reveals their weakness, to' con-
quer more call) the sitialltr armies, spread over ciiiiiacnt fraaured,' and he was under the care of a surgeon
.parts of 11,;:t Conti,amt. They are atrani of &rending them,- for severalweeks,,,unableto attend to'his business.
kielves against, or' attacking, on one single point, the whole
enited forces or Fiance And her Allies. • Tile clefenceSet up endeaVOured to prove that the
wilitst the Grand'Arrwi triumphs'in the North, the army. Prosecutor Was the ,first : assailant; but the jury
of Dalmatia will keep in' elicck the K ussians.; and, iylassena found a verdia of Guilty, and be.was fined 201.
wilt rntintain 'peace in 1 taly . The brave boicliers who - de,:
fend our coasts will keep them Ire* trem the insults. of Mary Kip/ing Was- indided for assaulting 'Mrs.
' .• :. Elizabeth Curton, at St,.Catherine's,':WaPping, .on
trigland.
, •
-.-- - , the 14th of July last. ,
• •
The Defendant kept the Black Boy . public-,house,
at Wapping; the Prosecutor wai the wile of a ma-
riner, and lived in 'the neighbourhood. - The latter
was passing the former's doer, on the clay Mention-
ed, with a nice beef steak pye, going to the baker's,
when she• out a bason of water at the door,
which was near-wetting her, and slie immediately
exclaimed, "-I am devilish lucky to escape so," and
went on: But on her return 3-he was not so fortunate,
the Deferidantwas" ready for her, and when she came,
~
. up, insulted and-abused her in a gross manner, tore off
her cap, and scratched her faCein a terrible way.
The'defenee was, that the ProSecutor had held up
a.puppy dog (a pug, with a black nose) at herad-
versary,.and shoved it in her face.
The jury found
.her Guilty, and the Court fined
her twenty shillings.
John Stephens was convi&ed of assaulting
Wm.
Benson, ohe of the Headboroughs of the liberty of
Nortonfalgate.
I The Prosecutor being informed of a riot in Cock
lane, in execution of his duty, went,. with another
person, fo that place. He 'saw the
,Defendant in a
- window up Sfairs, and obseried him throw a pewter
..pot at hiln, the contents of which struck him, but
-the pot, itself fell to the ground, and was almost
.doubled by the collision. ,
He was sentenced to 14 days imprisonment in the,
House of Correetion. • . ,

cation.
'The Court, however, without having the slightest.
doubt of this fair, said, that all that it had-to do in
the present question -was; to try the 'fad; whether or
not Mr. Cock had refused to assume the, otiiee to
which the Magistrates had appointed him ; 'For, as
to the plea of non-residence, it should have been
made in the first instance, in appeal to. the Magis-
trates, as his ground of es.emption, :It came too
late. before the Court present ; and Mr. Cock
would- be subjected to the penalty appointed by, law,
through his notbaving taken- better advice in due
time. Mr. Cock, of course"; subinitted.' Fined HA.
,The Court then- prOteeded to the trial of Parish
Appeals) in the course of which, the only'affair of
any interest that occurred was an_appeal .made by
,a
Mercantile Gentlemen, of most respe4table situation
and property, from a charge of bastardy, sworn
against hint -by a young woman who had: ..ti=ed
vant in his mouse, • ,•
The Gentleman totally denied all fo,:ndation,•for
the fad charged, and thetefere brought his appeal.
The Mother of the child appeared, and upon- her
cross-examination admitted, that she had .been
Minally connected with the' footman, and two. others
of the same rank, and said, that • her only reason for
swearing the child-to .her Mitster was, because he
could afford to. be the beSt father to it.
- The origibal.order was, of course, quashed.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, OCT. 27.

A shocking accident happened at Wheal Abrahatn
Mine, in the parish of (rowan, in consequence of
the violent rain, or water-spout,which fell last Toes- .
day morning, between two and five o'clock. A
stream of water, v, hick ran within .a few yards of
one of the adit shafts, was "so overflowed that the
ground between the leat and the shalt gave way,
and completely stopped. the adit, by:which means
the water drawn by several fire-engines was thrown
141t9 the bottoms of the mine, on nearly forty men,
all of whom, excel t five, with difficulty effected
their escape. The five which are Missing are. in-
evitably drowned, three of whom are nrarriedmea,
and have 17 -children I. the others are young, and
one of them was on the eveof marriage: There are
now 40 fothdin of water over thoSe unfortunate suf-.
ferers, which cannot be drawn out ;Or many weeks.
One of the persons drowned worked 'double tides for
,a friend of his, which triend happened to be drunk;
and thus, by an
,ad of intemperance which deserved
punishment, saved his life. A lad of seventeen was
once struck out of the ladders bw the velocity of the
descending torrent, but luckily recovered them again,
a;:d by throwing his waistcoat oVer; his hesal, de-
fThided it in scale degree from the 'fatal iffeds of
stones and clods that dOwn with the-Miter.
the `25,h inst.at the Abbey, Shrews-
bury, ,the Lady of GEORGE REID, jun. 'Esq.. of a
`1„).1:„Ighte:,