The Sun.
London, England, 1808-02-15 00:00:00

19filTELOCKE's

FIFTEENTH DAL•
Tits morning Lieutenant,Colonel Toanatzs ex,-
I)l4inecl some part of his evidence given on Saturday
last' after which Colon,-1 SCIU/RES, of the Artillery,
11'4 examined, whose ex i nination was proceeding
At the time our Express letl Chelsea.
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n
-11 Wednesday night, about. half-past seven
eisir,ol,.
ti "`"! an explosion took place on board the Spy_
°'"P In ordinary, at Sheerness, 'in consequence
,of
son,
e ''' Powder, which bad been; embezzled, taking
ss-re' by \l'llich accident the fine part of the:Vigitlel
,tell tnateriallyittjured, and' nine men and a woman,
;6'f niling to the Charger Gun-brig, most miserably.
Vt. The surrounding Ships immediately sent
it.Z! and fire-buckets to her Itssistance, or she must
i)j-'itablY have been destroyed. One man was
rust overboard, %Ind, .picked up without' having
I:4Btained the least injury. The unfortunate sufferers
t,e,:,e sent on board the Sussex Hospital Ship; wheye.
ha-.1 attention has been' paidto them, and we are
• PPS' to acid that' they are in a fair way of recovery.
ty ,
vs fl a Qentlearan who left Lisbon qn the id ult
.
of tt.weeen favoured with the following account
of Aim usliian Fleet- in the Tagus, uncler the orders
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*r-vtosi ;1., itirsvzsr : . '
PA,„I-° iett-shi ) suns. ,Tilasact
linei - P 4 Ratvczan
'r. Elena" . IA Slioroe
SidtchNi . ' 74 jurastofr
' ° 74 1 Keldecins
The t,
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with 1 "381411 i are by no means on friendly terms'
bet the
French. The quarrels were so frequent;
Confine them, that it hag' been fpund necessary to
0., 6ne the
ti:eParticuiar
Russian seamen to their ships, excepting!
occasions, when officers 'are sent with
hose to enforce order. . The Russian ships are very
furWs hound in every respeet, and Lisbon does not
tiell there With the requisite supplies.. A regi-
tiv "` (14 Hanoverians in the French service has tir-
ed at Lisbon.
Tice A . . •
1-.1 zsars.---Reybronns, who isvell known for.
t„"`r_vtnerits as a Landscape Painter, as well as an En-
o4ler,, has just finished a fine print from NORTH-.
1511,,: i excellent portrait of His ,MAJESTY on horse-
*rice which is to be placed in Lancaster Castle.
tai' e_ print is very large, and highly creditable to the
tnisn,is of the Artist. NO,IIIHC,OTIS has urfarly
lionned for the ensuing Exhibition a pidure, -of ,
the iglus and iienrus under the proteaing care of.-
111,n:Nulf• The subleCt is treated with great judg-'
hiat and 06turesque skill. The Artist has taken a
iiistor'r.°4l'Pr.u.rAecir, in his representation of this
4de teal fable, and has diversified the subjeLi with
highs of „u skill that will considerably increase the
e ho possesses.

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LAI? REPORT.

COURT OF CHANCERY, F. 13.

THE KING V. BURR.

The SOLICITOR GENERAL for the Crown called
Witnesses to prove that the Defendant hacb been
guilty of a smuggling transaction, in disp9sing
nine pieces of Bandanna handkerchiefs for t 31. to a
man named Turner, on whose information it-ap-
peared the penalty was sued for. In defence it was
set ,up, that the goods sold, and the room in which
.they were deposited, were the property of his
father, a Dissenting Minister, who at that time. was
laying on a sick bed. Evidence to this of a' itr4s
called.
The Lem) Curer BARON summed up at some
length, and the Jury found for the Crown in the
amount of the penalty. • - • •
The case of Lieut.-Col. Draper and Col. Fullarton
stands over sine dine.

• COURT OF KlNa's ]TENCH, Fes. ij,.
SPYLEY V. HYDE.
The Plaintiff in this case was ' a hatter, who
sought to recover from the Defendant, an Apothe-,
cary, the sum of 111. being the amount of an ac-
count of furnishings to the Defendant and to his
son, a Surgeon in the Navy, while he lived in the
family with 'his father. The account was proved,
,and two servants. of the Plaintiff swore to a conver-
sation between their Master and the Defendant, in
the year 1797, in whiCh he 'stated that his son was
of age; and ought himself to have been charged with
the articles furnished to him ; while the. Plaintiff,
on the whet hand, denied that he had any knoW-
ledge of the young man's beihg of age, or that he
was not to look to the father for payment. •
For the Defendant it was argued, that the son
was completely emancipated from the jurisdiaion
of his father long before the date of the furnishings
in question. A' younger son was examined, who
• stated that he was present, HI O&oher 1805, .when
.his. father. had settled an account with the Plaintiff,
and informed ,him: that his eldest son was then of
ages and
,that he must look to him in ' future for
paymenCof-' any account he might contra&. A
•!tender lir' the Defendant of the proportioti of the
~accountAtie by him, .and an offer on the part of
the son to pay his account to the plaintiff; were also
proved. . t .
It appearing, however, that the offer last men-
-tiened was not made till sifter the present, anion
was bIOUSIII ; and the Jury giving credit to the
conversation between the Plaintiff and Defendant,
which passed in presence of the Plaintiff's two-
servants, the Jury gave a verdi& for the Plaintiff—.
Damages 111. . . . ..
Ttia. KING V. BENJAMIN WALLER. AiTD GTHERS.
.„ .
!r4 This trial occupied the, wihole of the day. It ap-
peared-that the Prosecutor, -Mr. Lancaster, a stock-
broker, in Surrey'-street, -Strand', was, on the 29th
June last, at his, country-house, IVlichiel's-grove,
' litompton. He spent the evenipg .with his wife
and child, at the house of Mr. Jacob, his wife's
.uncle, in the neighbourhood ; and the child having
been peevish during the evening, he was obliged to
return home sooner than he intended. At half-past
ten he left Mr. Jacob's house. The child' was
-frightened • at the darkness of the -night, and tcried
loudly. The father took him up in his arms to pa-
cify him, when he thought the child kicked at: his
'mother, on which he gave him' two or three slaps,
and made WM. walk. Three ladies came up at this
moment, and conceiving. Mr. and Mrs. Lancaster
were not the parents of the child, and -.that they
, were treating it cruelly, they. made an outcry, and
' gathered a mob. Mrs. Lancaster and the child inade
their escape, but Mr. Lancaster was very roughly,
treated. It appeared that hd did, in a great mea-
sure, bring it on himself, by insisting on keeping
'one of the ladies in custody until a Peace (hiker
was procured. She wai (Jo: y6ars of age, and of
-tespeeiable ,appearance, and the mob eagerly es-
, epused, her cause.
Benjamin 'Waller and four others were found
Not Guilq.
. Sarah,Waller and six °them were found Guilty.

COURT OF COMMON ,PLEAS, ['Ea. 13.

EDWARDS V. BERRY.

Serjeant Barr stated this to be an atlion brought
against Mrs. Berry, the widow of a deceased Tax-
gatherer. The sum in dispute was Bi. which, it was
prayed, had been paid to him, 'and not placed to his
credit. ;,

Serjeant cOcitat.t., •on the other side, proved that
The money was due and the debt' was contraaed,' in,
the life-time •of the: husband, and therefore that
in point of law the Eiecutor . and Adroimitrator
.ought to be sued; whereas this lady was sued- in
her owb proper person, as for a debt of her own
'.contratting.
Sir ins. MANSFULD delivered,his opinion, that in
point of law the Plaintiff could not recover in this
union against Mrs. Berry.
The Jury found for the Defendant.

44SS4t1L7' AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT.

OFFICE OF TitE SHERIFF OF MIDDLESEX,BED.
ruKu_sTttE.ET, DEDFORD.RoW, i•Ls. 13.

nut v. mons.

• This day a Jury was, absembled, before JOSEPH
BIRCH/41.1.j Esq. A6ling Under Sherifffor the county
of Middlesex, in order to assess damages in this case,
the Defendant having' allowed judgment to go by
default.

,Mr.. BUR,ROUGH) on behalf of the Plaintiff, ad•
dressed the Jury, and after animadverting upon the
freeinenby and the nature of similpr cases that had
otnelefore them, said, he believed. that. they had
never had occasion to investigate one of a more gross
and insulting nature in all its, parts than that which
he was about to narrate to them, and for which they
were to award damages. The circumstances of the
case were theso:-74.aurence.Paul, Esq. the Plaintiff,
is a Gentleman of ivspe6tability, and has resided
under 'the British Government,_ in India, for thirty
years past, being extensively engaged in trade as a'
merchant, in the province of Oude. The Deft4td-
ant; Henry Moore, at the time of the assault in ques-
tion, was Captain of the Ship FortuotOlate a Spanish
Frigate, the St, lap, captured last war), a 11 cigl,t.7
ed Vessel, which had been sent from this country,
with convias, to Botgny Bay, and having pr;:;,:teded

from Ahem,' to Bengal, was on her homeward
voyage, and had several passengers on board., ,
Plaintiff had been absent, from his native cotintry
nearly forty years, And being desirous once more to
visit it, he took his passage on board this Ship, for
which he not only paid 3000 sicca rupees (about
4001. sterling) fur half a cabiii, but also took on
board provisionS to the amount of 1000 rupees.-!--
Ttiese sums, as well as every other consideration,,
entitled him to the best treattnent. The Ship sailed
from Calcutta about the 6th ofApril, 1807, and the
Captain's coarse and Unpleasant condo& soon becilie
discoverable to the passengers, several of Whom-
were ladies. No patticular hostility had,, hoWever,.
manifested itself, nor had any altercation taken place

'otfi;Oard to the jilt!) of June, when the,nAsailltas

committed on Mr. Paul.'- Indeed, the tempee- and
behaviour of Mr. Paul, during the voyage, were of
such a najure as to render him esteemed and re-
spe&ed by all his fellow passengers and the crew,
all of whom would, most willingly, thcise