The Sun.
London, England, 1808-12-28 00:00:00

DIPI.DENDS.

lan. ar. joseph King and Edward King, of St.
raid, Coveut.;Carden, MiddLoex, bin:-iiicr,:ers, at twelve,
at Guildhall.
Feh. 7. Mark Cleinditce, of CriVen-street, Strind, Ntiddle-
-sex, tailor, at one, at •
1-4-0. Tlioni4s %.Vi:hers and Henry. Browne Witners, of
k; teen hi I 1 ren ts, S 8a; Nliddlee>4 inercliants,
at ten at Guildhall.

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Feb. 7:Robert farbridge,:of 'Paragon. place, near the Kent.
road, Surrey~, thither-uteri:lnuit, at one, at Guild:l4l4-
._ Luni.LA.
rlitn- • . Eitiv arra- t t °wet% of-f.. i verpool cotton-ineitllant, at!
• ten, at GUildli4ll, 1.01111011.
jan. 28. Benjamin tones, late of, Rotherliithe-wali,,Surre.,',
tobacconist, at ten, at Guildhall, London. -
thoinas Clark, of Chathani, Keut, corn-dealer, at
ten, at Guildhall, London. •
'ph. 24. • lames Edwaid Ford, of Coleman-street-buildiiiBS,
London, tiletor, at ten, at (..; uildliall.:
ph, 17. William Allen,,of the King's-road, St.-Audrenr,
1-lolborn, Nliddlesex, coicliinalzer, at ten, at
hall.
lan. 19. bavid Thompson? of Stamford, Lincoltishiie dra-
per, at efeven, at the George, Saint Martin's Starl'ittint
Burnmi, • . . .
CERTIFIC4TES.
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Tan. 17.-.Villiarn Houghton. of 4ivei:poid, rticrchant.
'l'honias Lythi, ut Livetpuol, inerchaiir.
julut K.ennion, the younger, of Nicholas-lane, LondOn,
broker.. •
PARTIVERSIIIPS DISSOLI,ED.
R. Oi.Veh and Co. Diitiewerl I lospital., LOndbn, weavers.
Elizabeth Barney and E. 13ainey, WolveilianiPton, Staf-
fordshire.
J. Barrett and Co. i\lancliester, 'flour. dealers
Taplen and Taplcif, Southa4lon, cabinet.
. • inakcis. - •
11. Martin and G. Gardiner, St.,!Min's- street,
.lrommongers.
ustin and. R. Saddington, Toiver-koyal, Watling-
• tit rce t ditiggists: . .
. Allenand 1, Andrews,`Bromley, pipe-borers.
K. Welsli.and ,Liverpo,ol,,. brokers
A. 'Clark and Co. Liverpool,

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TilE THEATR.E.—The sprightly Cornedy of The
Busy' Body, which, With all its faults, possesses
More sterling 'Merit Chan a swarth of 'similar works
Of the present day', Was rEpresented last night at
Drury-Lane Theatre. The no+ city of the evening
was a Mr. KENT, who, it seems, enjoys considera-
ble fame on provincial boards. This pertOrmer ap-
peared in the part 'of 'Sir George Airy ; a part which
is not very impoitant in itself, but which requires
easy gaiety; and Some. degree of elegance in mintier.
Mr. KENT wanted nothing in spirit and bustle, hut
his deportment did-not display that polish which the
part be assumed. seems to dethand on the London
Stage. His figure is small, but neatly 'brined; his
face-iS:not void of ex-press.ion, and his voice is power-
fill; if not weil-toned; and he is adive and spirited.
He was very well received by the audience in fIC-•
neral; though it was evident that he had a strong
-party of friends to 'support his pretensions. He
seems to be chiefly calculated for the lively parts of
middle Comedy, which do not require the higher
manners of fashionable life. Miss DuNcAN's Mi-
randa- was lively. BANNISTER k so experienced an
a'.q6.l",' that it may easily be conceived -that lie made
all ift whi nsicai qualities of Marplot TELL, accord-
ing to the theatrical phrase. PALMER, in Sir Jert-
kas 'Traffic, and DowToN, in Sir Francis Gripe,
essentially contributed to the entertainment of the
audience.- The Theatre Was very well attended;
and I?e'binson Crusoe went off with- all his former
success. • - (

Friday last was committed to the House of Cor-
reaion, Maidstone, for three months imprisoMent,
Richard Sedge, servant in husbandry, to Mr. Wm.
'l.titison, of Hollingbourne, farmer, charged with
be:ating, maiming, ill-using and knocking out one
ornth'e eyes of a black horse, the property of his
las`ter, Ole said Win. Hudsbn. It is hoped this
be. a caution to others 116 W - they India such
enormous barbarity on dumb animals.

L_Iif",AEPORT.

COURP,O.F.j(INP-'4.13.V.N,CH, DEC. ';`.7.-
JONES V. I-IT.J.RCOMBE.

- • ,
111r.'I'AnK stated, that the ~Plaintiff was a cons',
derable•'slk-rnercer, in Paternoster-row ; that the
Defendf::it was au oilman in St. Paul's Church-yard;
' and that this was an action. fbrirecovery (rain' the
Defendm-t of a debt of
.2591. for goods sold to a
Mrs. -Lanlbert, a milliner at Brighton, from May to
September, 1806, upon the assurance 'ot the Dej,
lendant that she was capable of paying for then-I.i,
whereas Ile must, 'at thlit time, have known 't
hat 'she.
was insolvent; and her bills had, since" been diS-
honoured, and she had paid her .creditors but three:
shillings in the pound. The, learned Couusel, in
support of the law upon which the_ present action
was brought, cited a case of Tapp v. Lee, 3 Bosan-,
quct and Puller, 159, when it was held by Alrfltis:
tice CLCA MIME. in a similar action, that for the refe-
ree to 'keep back truth, was
,aS
.bad to titter false-
hood.

'George Ray, shopman to the Plaintiff, was at the
house of Mr. James, a clistomer of •their'S, on -the
.14th of May, fkA3,where he first' saw Mrs. Lambert,.
whom he solicited to deal with the Plaintiff. She
accordingly came to the Plaintiff's shop shortly af-
terwards, and had i 31. worth of goods.
Mr. Rice Janes, brother to the Plaintiff, referred
himself to the Defendant by his brother's'desire, for'
the responsibility of Mrs.Tainberr. This was before
any goods were sent out of his brother's shop. The
Defend* told him be pet lealy, knew .Mrs. Lill) •
bert ..to be an industrious careful, I.yornan;siniitly
good business, and worth from 30oi. to 4601. Upon
this he returned to his brother, and heard him or-
der the goods to be sent. He could not say whether
this was on the 14th or 15th of May, but it muq ,
have been betore the 20th, as he left town on that
day.

lord ottOu ti here in thliiited that- the
credit was ail that -parties Were table fir ;
and that he was clear that the Plaiptitr cultic' not
recover for goods sold after the iSth of July, in this
instance, a period when it appeared the Plaintiff
MusePtissess as much knowledge of Mrs. Lambert'S
circumStances as the Dekndant.

The potiusel for. the Plaintiff, upon this, intimated
Witt I*.i.vere content to ioVoiy 16r what was bur-
nished up to that time.

Mr. Jdnles said he was applied to by Mr. Ray, and
afterwardsliy the Plaintitf; for the chara6ter of Mrs.
LatiThert. The iitiiesS told them he knew very little
abo'u her, and referred. them to the Defendant. He
told the Piaititiff, he thought her -business not very.
ektensive, and aciiSed him to give her no great
cred it.

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The'deliverY'df the .gOOds to Mrs. Lambert, and
her iii4ntveney, wereproved in detail.
Mr. A.`irOit FY-OENERAL; for the Defendant, said;
that Mrs..Lamj)ert 1.6 d never referred to the Defend-
ant for her diameter but that •the lid' had been
fishing out, by the angler, his brother, sowebUdy to
charge with the l'ecommendation. The Detendant
had no reason to think Mrs. Lambert otherwise than
solvent.

Mrs. Lambert said, she made out to the-Defendant
an account other debts and credits, by which it ap-
peared that she wits from 2001..t0 3001. distance
froth Insoß;ency ; and the Defendant had since that'
'period; laitns;Al, trusted her with G rl. Her insol-
veney-Ar6se froth the unfavobrable season:for trade.,
at Brighton, which the year was; and from
losses by robbery which she had experienced..
Upon her Cross-examination, the witness ..said,
that ihe.came to town in May, tor tear of airest, and
that she communicated 'this to the Defendant. At
that time she had not been robbed. Her losses'hy
that circumstance amounted to about tool.
Gecirg-e 'Douce, sbopmari to the Delendaht, re-
membered Mr. Rice Jones coming to. the Deie&
dam's., and it was a week after Mrs. Lambert went
&It of.toWn. In the conversation between Mr..SoneS
and the Defendant, he heard the Dc..lendant say,
Mrs. Lambert was able to pay 20s. in the pOund,
and from 201. to 3001. to spare. ' He &rich spoke
to her character, 'and added, "Now dO 'as you-
Flease." The witness believed that the 'person he
pointed to (Mr. Rice Jones) was the person that

fThice Jones said, he never to his'finowledge
yaw the last. witness before. It was a little after
three in the afternoon when Mrs. Lambert came to
his brother's, and before four that the %witness called
on the Defendant. There might, have. been a young
Man in the shop.

Jmr.,p,,,RK, in reply, contended WI the shopman's
evidence was. not to be relied Optin., for .Mr. Jones
could speak to his positively going out of town on
.the 110th, and to -an inquiry being made before the
goods were delivered,: Whereas the shopmati spoke
Only from memory. The account of Mrs. Lambert's
debts and credits, .Mr.liAtut contended, was a mere
fabrication, she having put down as good, all her
bad and dubious debts, and the Defendant ewild not
have been deceived by it. The 641. helent her might
have been out of.his personal regard for her. In the
contraditiory evidence which' lifid been the
fifty were to recolle6t, that due of the witnesses ualght
be mistaken, and that the other could 001.
Lord. ELLENBOROUGH said, the Jury were to con-
sider whether the credit that Was here given was im"-
ruediately .comequont to the representati!in ; and
Apo') this point, the evidence of .I;,.ty and Janies sup-
'ported the contradiitioti to that of Jones; for their
evidence proved that the Plaintiff had made, subse-1
.quent inquiriei as to the character of Mrs. Lambert';
and was it consistent with the common conduct of
man, to go.about making further inquiries into the
responsibility of a person who had been served npon
an already sufficient guinahtee for the
Defencitrn t.

KELLY V. WALTON'.

This was an Action upon a Policy of Insurance
upon goods on a voyage from Attielicit to Ireland,
which became lost to the owner by restraint of
'rulers and people. The goods consisted of a cargo
of flax-seed intended for sowing in Ireland, for the
purposes of the !inert maunfidory ; it was detained
in America by the Embargo there. General kno -
-ledge of that fad arrived at Lloyd's on the 22d of
January last : the Plaintiff receiied advice of it on
the t tth of February, but he di,l not thou abandon
to the Underwritets until the 11'h of June, when
the flax-seed became use': ss for the purpose of seed
the s'eason- for sowing which is at an ei,d in Ireland
on the totb of ; and there being as Irish Act of

- Parliament, .prohitiitirt- the- sow Mg any irl:-.7.'7i:ed ex-,
cept of the growth of the prgceding year.
That Lord ELLENt3ollooc4 told the fury, that even
1 supposing the PlaitnifF-Lad a right to choose. wt,e7„
!• ther he would abandon or not in the first itYStance of,
' his disappointMent by reason of thi,s,Erriba;go :.tin
to take hisithane whether ti:e 'Embargo o un:d •be
taken .off btoyeen thR month of February and liite
. end 'of the St:Aving-Acßson for thisi'si-ed, yet that sea-
son being quite over by the i (ft h of May, he was not
to wait,an indefinite pz•riod to determine whether he
should abandon or not, but that lie should give the
Vnderwriters notice within a reasonable,, that is,.
. within a convenient time. INow here a whole month
had &lapsed, after the seed had becOMe useless as to its
.
prituitiv.e purpose, before he had giten notice of
abandonment, which was consider:ll)ly ' bt!vond a
reasonable time ; and therefore .the Jury, u:Wer I.i,
Lordship's dire(tiOn,' found a t erdid'for the DeltilLi-
0,4
..,
ant, But this subj as well as wally ot hers, coo
,
cerniog th!cit:j.F.,ollr.-1,0;' are, e ki,ecketi J 4., hieet- a l't;.i!
discussion turt...6Urt he,ieatter.

EDINBORCiII,

COURT OF SESSION.
The Court of -.Session adjourns ',his., day tor th;
Christmas recess.- It is withgteat pleasure yVe Off.
serve that the division of the Court into two Charn
ber§, and the' other regtilations adopted in cense-
quence of the He Att. of Rirhatnent, seetn. -coir•
pickily to answer the Furpdses fir which they wei‘•
intendeld, and give 'universal ib ftY
Public.

-A great- renbe r of- eft n se-N -bait boeiv•.tiet.
by both-divisions of the Court since the preent Ses-
sion commenced in Ntivember.

The. Court mects.tig,liti on the I7thlaneary

FACULTY OF ADVOCATES., s' •
We have great VI I iSlad. ion in itticrwilt.the
that the" Faculty Of Advocates Lave' at lem2ti) taken
measures to procure to theCountryati hup.rovk.Aent
upon. our Law Reports of the most essential conse-
,
quence.

The inferiority of our colleCtions of decisions- 104
those whiA have been published by Enl2
porters has been long 'felt and regretted.,- Abotit. •
twenty vea:.s ago it excited the atternio ;;f
Scotch Bar so much, that it was in cOntelnplatlon so
obtain faithful and accurate reports of ,the Speecoe4.-
of the Judges., with a view to their forming a' part
of the cases collected and published by the Vacufiv;
but, in consequence of the known disinclination of
the Court to this Measure, the proit-.Ct was abandon—
ed. • Subsequent to this period, Mr. Robert Ben)
Writer to the Signet, punished a-ColleCtion of Deci-
sions, in which the Speeches cif the Judgcs were
reported with the greatest fidelity, but the publica
tion was soon 'discontinued .and since that perii)d
nothing•of the kind has been undertaken.

In consequence of a letter from the present Col-
le&ors, Messrs. 11I(Kenzie - and Wedderburn, a
-Meeting of the Fac, dry 'of Advocates took place on
the 17th, by adjourn wont front a former meeting.;
to consider certatu propoSitios,s• submitted to them
by these G Sutlemen, w-ith regard to the appoinlineot
of two additional Colletors—the late division of the
Cow t of Sessarn into two Chambet s !faring ren-
•dered the duty: too burthensome to the pre.sent
number. The Colleciors also suggested;. in their
letter, the propriety ct
,taking into consideration the
Mode of collectht the decis;ous, particulariy whit
respeet to 'reporting the Jut; es' Speeches.
The Meeting; after debating some time upon the
propositions contained in the letter, on the motion
of Mr. John Murray, unanimously came to the fol-
lowing resolution :—" Before entering upon the
discusSion of any other subje& suggested in thur
communication, the. MeMbers of theFactilt?, feel.
theniselves called upon to express their decidea
Mon, that .a report- of the opinions of the .ImlF,cs
ought to accompatry their decisions. They consider.:
this measure as one of the utmost inrportance for
the law 'Ot sCol4l:rd, and are firmly persuaded that
the reportk-of decisions must always remain impel:
f-36t and urfsatisfatiory, until that improvement shall
be adopted.' In order that this; Measure may receive!
the sanctions, of the two divisions of the Court; belt
appointed the 1..);= io represqnt the matter, in the
most t-..r.tspectitil manner, to the Judges of these.
Courts, and request that they will -make the at-
rangements I/recess:try- ter the accommodation of
tale
Collectors.",

Foor-RA.cE.-7-The long-pending match against.
time,ide tor ,one hundred guineas,
.between
Captain Parfet, of .Charlotte-street, and Mr. Gib-.
lett, was decided yesterddy on. the Hampton-roail
by the Captain.. The. match was to perrom hair
miles in twenty-tour minutes,- in four starts;
the whole to be - done in three quarters of an Iton;-.
The ground picked to run over was an impercepii;):C
ascent, and the Captain did the first mile in fivtt
minutes and a second. After waiting five miimte,,
ite performed the second mile in five minutes and a
half, and the third in six minutes- and forty second,i,
-with. considerable difficulty. The matth . here be-
came a osportive-one for although Capt. P. had
minutes forty nine seconds to pci form the last of tlio!
four miles, it. was .e,.en betting thin he did t of start
again, and two to cue that he )951. The 'Pede—
trial)). alter waiting twenty minutes, did scan.
and ran.the rile in tour second!i less than the g-,,„-r1
time. He is not wore than tivti..,4'et feint
.of thick stature.

a;ai

The gallant cobdua of the 50th regunatt,,
in corn .1:on with, the rest of our troops ell•
the memorable. battle of ViMiera, eminent y
tinguished themselves, is highly
.tieservino•
as proof of the miglity,advantages which
veadiuess always outaitiri over P'rench irriPe-tuwity
and, vapotaring :—Doting the hottest part 0!
ti,n, the. L'Qth I.v.,:S;stationed in a viikv,
brow of which Sir ARTNUR WELLESI,EY had ple.iL( (4
hiMself, looking on with anxious expeEtation tr,•,„_
result of a charge made Upon' them by a strong -,-;t r:
superior body of the, enemy. The 59.10 :;rocil
arms ordered, while the Fiend) Were coming dow„
upon them with great fbry, tintil they hadar:i
within twenty yards, They then meta
shouldered their arms, and -fired vtit t thl: ut.inc st
steadiness; then rushed on with fixed biyonets'op, n
the.( ncnty—after having made Kery
version movement,:. they comp etely
.puted and
drove thei'ti back:'' The gallant S r AaTnutt, ex!
-tion of joy,
,at_their
dutt; phopped off. to the
de.l:7irg himself ten 2sst,V-ed.of vittory.

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/N7'.ERESTLV.9 ACCOUNT
... -s: k . :;4r ._,., , OF
k VIAFIIII.NrihnitERWL TILY;;AND 111 F. BURNING OF A
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,s‘titiolaVoxclTßiTti-ki...DEA-D BODY OP' LIElt HUSBAND.

"'" • • EP roni are to.oia ilapFr.3

1.808..5--Yesterday .a Suttee, or
reinoire;Ot Beehnlin woman burning herself
With.-the body of her deceased hes-band, took place
at Plioeltarah, a village aboutiwo miles from Surat,
ilea t he' hart ks of iliceTa title: I went there very early,
'-aed arrived at the'Sprot tong Wfore any preieiratioes
:Were made fur the appcoachieg :Solemnity. At
lengthtwelve.might'poles ere fixed as Uprights in
the ground, roatidAvhich a wall of Jewairie stalks
was pla.L.d, as-' was a rcof also of the same stalk,
forming a'svhed of six or seven feet 'square, and about
-six feet high, witti• a small door-way facing the
river. . A platfortn, or beds was then tot Med of
.bii-
lets'of wood, six feet' long, and bet Ween two and
three feet wide, and two feet high. This was the
funeral pile. In a short time aftei',-the body of the
deceased arrived, proceeded by tomtnme, 1411 d, fol-
lowed by the Suttee, st-irrOhntied by Btahmins, and
attended by her son, a youth of altont 18 years..
T 4 deceased was an old Men, with grey hairs ; the
woman appeared about forty, and was very stout.
She sat down before the door of the pile, and after
petfortning a few Cereinenies-, she attended the body
of her husband l() the riser, where she performed
various ablutions ; the Brahmins all this time, as
well as at her'arrival at the pile, prostrating them-
selves et her feel, as to a superior being. At her
return from the river, she sat down near the open-
ing of the pile, and the: body 'of her husband
was placed beside her. The body was then un-
covered, on which she, with one, of the most em-
phatic, expressive smiles I ever. saw, bowed her
head towards his face, and said in a mild tone of
voice, in the Moorish language, " Ah, my hus-
band !" Her look to use indicated more ; as though
she would,ha,e said—Never mind, my husband, we
shall nut belong separated. The body of the de-
i.teased was then carried into the inclesure and placed
lcngthway the funeral pile. She then %vent •
through various tnySteries and ceremonies, too intri-
cate for me to understand ;' but among others she
poured ghee several times on the sacred fire which
was pkiced before her, when her son took some of
the ashes- and put thenr in her mouth, which she
swallowed.—She then drank three separate times of
consecrated water. On returning the Loote to one
of the officiating Brahmins, he found 'a little left,
which he swallowed with uncommon avidity ; she
then received a few rupees at two different times
from her sou, and presented theist as offerings to the
Priests.—Three female relations were then allowed
tQ approach her ; they threw themselves at her feet,
and seemed' imploring for something; she touched
all their foreheads; and gave each some grass, rice,
acid flour, and they departed: I must not omit
mentioning that blades of grass were invariably used
even in the most trifling ceremonies.
She was then decorated with a necklace of cam-
phire, and bracelets of the same—as also a wreath
forming a turban, indicative of her throwing off the
nature of womanhood, and assuming that of the
min ;. all these- mysteries being concluded, she eruse
an I prepated to walk round the pile seen
Toe first round two Brahinins laid hold of her to
seeport her ; she, in an audible vu:ce, declined their
as•;istanee, .and said she eoual walk Lek—Nut in-
deed the oftener she went round, her step appeared
the. mere firm and delei witted. :This ceremouy be-
ing completed, she entered the iuclosure; and seated
herself ou the pile in an upright posture, and placed
the li&et of her deceased husband utter lap. Ghee,
hi:large quatitities, had been previously poured on
her head and garments; pieces of camphire, cow-
dung, plantain grass, rice; flour, &c. &c. were then
'strewed over the body of the dead man. , Billets of
wood were then placed by the officiating Brahmins
in a pyramidical form around her, and a few bundles
of very dry .brush wood were placed at the top near
her head; the sacred fire was then 'given by one of
'the Brahmins to her son, who presented it to his
mother. The head Brahmin remained in conversa-
tion with her for a quarter of an hour, during which
period she held the light in her band ; leaf ofthe
Shaster was also carried in, and as the Brahmin did-
-not bring it out again, I. suppose that this was elso
placed on the pile. The Brahmin then took leave of
:ber,•and when -be came to the-door (as if 'anxious
tba: an European should be a witness Of her setting
fire to the pile with her own hands), he beckoned
me to approach,. when immediately I saw her bow
her, bead on that of her husband, and on raising it,
set tire to the brush wood above her. It did nut
burn as-quick as was expelled, during which time
she sat as composed as it she had no interest in the
affair.. The Brahmin close to me seeing this, threw
soak tire on the pile, and in two seconds die whole
was a complete conflagration. While the bodies
were burnlng, the Brahmins kept dancing round
the font' al pile with enthusiasm and apparent sa-

The- conduEt of the officiating Brahmins was li-
beral and open to a degree ; and so far from opposing
my approach, they appeared anxious that I should
see, the whole 'minutely, that I might relate that'
every thing had been
,conducted without deceit or
persuasion. -1 accordingly took toy 'station by the
analepost at the door, where I remained the whole
time—the Suttee at not more than three feet distance
from me. She appeared so totally absorbed in-her
prayers, and vertorinii,g the necessary ceremonies,
at:a in conversation w itti her son, that she p;lid not
:the attention to any thing around her, ex"-
ceilting once, When she waved lief hand to me not
to advance nearer. During the whole ceremony,
which lasted totisider'ahly more than au hour (for I
was too much 'interested to look at my watch),'she
vi.tts as firm and colletted, and pet hapS more SQ, than
most. of the by-tanders. I never tOoWrriY eyes dr
her the. whole: tittle; and dare assert, that not- the
smallest degree Of 'compulsion was used ; and that,
'upon the' Whote, this instance of fortitude and he-
r. i-sm 'may have bee ti equalled, hut -never 'surpassed,
at.d 'may certainly, be accounted as extraordinary a
thsphly of the powerful elrett:l of religin cunt the
mind, as any upon, record in the annals of
elttier ancient or modern nations, and induces us to
credit the'otlierwise almost imprObable narratives of