The Sun.
London, England, 1808-03-22 00:00:00

Mmiczr 14.

The Rev. Herbert Marsh, B. D. Lady Margaret's
Professor, and the Rev.' •E'divard Pearson, B. D.
Master of Sidney, were, on Wednesday, admitted
D. D. by Royal Mandate. 1.
The Hon. William Cust, of John's College, bra--
ther to Lord Brownlow, vi as, on Friday last, ad,
witted HOnorary Master of Arts. . , •
John Kaye, Esq.'Fellow of Christ's, College, the
Senior Wrangler, and First_ Medalist, in 1804, •is
appointed Tutor of that College, in the tooth of the
Rev. T. Browne, the new Master. • • ' ,
Mr. Nathaniel Richard Clarke, B. A. of TOliitY;
on' Wednesday, eleded a Felslow. of: Chilsts#
College. , : •
The Rev: Walter Gee, B. A. of St.,John's, and
R. Jefferson, B. A. ofs.Sidney Collegt; Were', on
Thursday, 'Oletied Fellows of the latter Society.
The Rev. Johnson Baines, M.A.Christ's
College, has been presented by the Earl'.of Giiilittiwd
. to the Vicarage of Burwell, vacant
,by 'the death of
the Rev. Henry Tamer. •

On Thursday a CoMmittee of; the Privy Council
was held at the Cockpit, Whtehall,• Which was nu,
ruerously attended. 'The Board prodeedcd'ro hear a
number of Prize Appeals, • -
The Election contest at Grampound, which took
place on Thursday last, wv nneot:iinonly ohitinate,,
Routuir WILLIAMS, !Ks+ and JOHN Teen, .the:
Candidates nominated by the Corporation, ctrl' spc-.
(:•essfiil, having 14 tvotes ; whereas those noininated
by the Freemen of the Iflourough, viz. the Honour-
able G: A. COOIRAN rand Captain Hor.tiics, obtain-
ed only 13. The former were of coarse duly :elect
ed, and the latter have intimnreciart intention to Pe•
tition . .

Mrs, SIDDONs, of course, declined the continuance
engr,ietnent at; Edinburgh -when 'she heard.
. the melancholy event .Which had happened in her
family, and may soon be expel din town.
.There was no Court of Aldertnt'n• field to-day,
hilt the Loan MAYon, after inspeeting the returns
01 the Meal weighers, ordered the price of Bread to
fall id. per peck;: the tinartern Idati.vill then het id:
Mr. T. Pri-rstAtt,' ofßarking; in _Essex; is men-
tioned as one of the'greatest:potatoe planters in the
kingdom, having in general.3ooecres annually cul-
tivated with this useful root, and sending to market
3000 tons of potatoes, all washed and ready far sale.
Three vessels sailed from Hull on Monday for
the Brazils, and three more are on the eve of their
departure. They are :all vessels of the fist class,`°
well armed, and with very valuable. cargoes 'on
board; We understand that several fititisli'mer-
cbanti of high respeaability go out.inthein,' with in-
tent to establish houses and connexions iti South

America .
,Bnxtr4o.—A field.: of upwards .of thousand
amateurs, consisting of a vast number of country
,Gentlemen, met at •-Smalley COmmon, Wiits; On
Saturday, to :i.vitness a battle tin. too guineas,
tweert Flowers, Captain Dblbree'aeoaehrhan, a pro-
vincial champion, whose renown' has obtained
many adversaries, and many 'successful.combats, in
contending with whom he had acquired the talc '
of a ,fit st•rate boxer, and Micha'el Harrison, a
student of the Bristol school, whose- perfedions
warranted .his being: backed in his- first combat'
against his f.srmidable adversary. This battle
ed.as much•conversation and anxiety,idthe country.
as
.that of Belcher and Dockarty- does tow in Lim,-
don ; and in contending for the stakes the amateurs
were gratified with. the exertions of the pugilist
Flowers was a lavourite at setting-to, his adversary ,
havingg-given above a stone, and it was also his first
encnunter,: but in the battle bettingg-became 'even,
and remained so until within. a.sfevi minutes of its-
being decided. ,Horrison had some advantage.ire
hitting and stopping, and decidedly in measuring his
length, which. he often exemplified by hitting and
getting away dexterously. Flowers, who is such '
man ap Crib, fought very steadily, and had the ad-'
vantage of throwing and-bottom, as he seemed care-
less, of the hits of his adversary. After a hard bat, •
the, which lasted an hour and ten minutes, kiwi&
son's strength failed him, and although his contitge'
was manifested to • the last, he was compelled to
yield. - Flowers displayed roost beating. -
At the spinning nail' at Glamtnis,. on Tuesday
afternoon, one of the.girls having incautiously gone
within the reach of one of the wheels, it catched
hold of her clothes' and she was instantly killed.

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LP/4D CHANCE:LIAR ;:e yesterhyi- eltf
Sir AaTatia PtooTT's 'motion for reinstating Mt.
Jewell as Treasurer of tiny Opera-house: lie ob-
served that he had. ag:iin • earjully exarnihed the
deeds, and the more - he Went into • them the more
they- left fifth et:a loss ho%C,*to deeide.—By the deed
botweer Mr. Taylor and-the late Mr. Gould, it was
impo4sit;lti tnr The Court -to appoint.. a Treasuret
.Iviat444;the cotisent of Mr. Taylor, tbr by that deed
be be-cattle-tile sole Manager after the death of Mr,
Gouletrbitchii Lordship thought he might not to
be lefi in:the receipt of the emoluments of the lions°
without 'giving -full and'. ample secitrity forthe pro-
per ditiburAernetWOU them. He advised thein 'seri-
,ously to settle their "disputes amongst themselves; for
he'know:.:but one motion by vAlch,, if before him,
htiscould • interfere, and'ilizfit; was, to .'-Shut up the
liouie altogether. It that niotion should be- Ingle
by: the Trustees, he would..be.bOund to.' decide on it,
and his ultimate decision' wbuld be, to order theeloi.:
ing of the bone. •-.. • -

COURT OC Ciim4'olol. •
TrAr.pri agginst TREMENUEEItii. •• • •
This ‘cas a Bill nted by the Infant_and Heir at
Law of the late Reverend William Harris, of , Ken-
l.ho,County of Cornwall,- against the Do- •
ictident.; John ,Trenietilizere, who was the Soli-
citor and Steward of the aforesaid William Harris,
to set aside reverstimary Leases granted by the
Teitaloropon the.grotind of no , consideration as to
Tour 'of 'iheni having ,becti paid, and charging the
Defendsiut of obtaining them by unfair influence,
and artful Machinations..
Sir Slituet. Ttouii.t.Y 'and Mr. Hswr,,for
-Plaintifi. Stated, that a person standing in„the.rele-
tion of the Defendant towards the' 'estatori:Jiarris,
trot accept of such Leases gratuitonsly, and_
'certainty could not be permitted toholdsa.Lease of
an inadequate consideration. ,
Mr. Rt9R ADS,'Mr. AlAlerINT,1111(.1 Mr. 13.51..1., on
the part of the Delendant Tremenhecre contended;
that in the al-sence offraud or circni nveu t ,)1 beLeases
that were voluntary, were equally, as. good as any
other giff, which one. man might, choose to bestow,
upon anOthei, and that with respect td the other
LeasNlie consideration was bona fic4 as, Wochay
• zapy: 'ot ter PPri on They turther
contended, that ao ease could be ci:ed to shew,
either in law or equity, that it was incompetent for
a Solkitor, or Steward,' to accept of a grAwitY,
\vhich tva:; not attended by anyeirctunstantial fraud '
and collusion. • •
The LORD CLIANCELLOII, in.' delivering hi s jar
. ,
mem; ooserved, t hat two of the leases were granted
fur bet life ; auflalthoug4 the
.:husband.might have an interest
,thereoh•cluring that
period, yet, as the same were granted in contem,
phrtion of her marriage with the defendant, his
. , •
.Lordship, so far as plated to those leases, dismissed
the' bill-with costs.' 'With
.regarSto the, two valpft.
;:iiji.l,e3so, if his Lordsnip could have found dm
slightot ground of fraud or 'misrepresentation, he
should have been ludo* to have set them aside ;-
but, as ,it appeared to 6e a mere spontaneous gilt
of the testitor,'he thoug4
without costs; is TeeThenlieere lit id placed hire»
without theittiterference oi- a third person, in a
delicate situation, 'Which warranted theintant.plain-
bY-his nett friend, 'to call him to Int Account of
the relative tr.insatcliOns of those two leas
As tn'lbn remaining lea,e, alledged to be 4 brained
for atilnadequate Consideration, the Defendant had
not proved so much as he Mi4ht Katiedone in sup-
pert thereof;
.and the. ROtiff hp& not ,pteduced
evidence • sufficiently to ‘svirrant'his deter
His. Lordship thereforkgirected an isge.. to be
tried,- and reserved the consideration of cults, as to
that le6e, until after 04'e judgmeut,,it. Jaw siwuld
be obtained.

A m,
it elancholy iCeiiktic 'happened at Port Dundas,
an Thursday, `C.Yhilst some workmen were digging
for a tbundation at the bottom'or a rising, picno4
ground, near the banks or the canal, the,earth PPna
the North side, Which' had been cur to conicierllo4.
depth, suddenly •EflVt! Way, and killed one, Of thtt".
labourers on the spot. Two
narrowly escaped'the same thte one of them had his,
leg broke, and she'other TitiO shockingly, bruitieclo
that his life is dqSpaird of.
On Friday last, whil,t a labouring; man, °f .the
name of ,111'Intyre„ was-Undermining a Pie." f
gr.( and, in a quarry. dear Greenock, the cartlol.
dimly eve way, whereby*, he was sdinuch bruised
as to 'survive only but a few minutes after being dig'
out. 'He'had tiben repeatedly; warned of his dangc.r
by his'fellow I,:bOurers, bin in spiie,"Of all their re"
monstrinces still rerAi(ed:

NHS'S.
.• . ,
caA% /SEND, MARCH fg. f
`Bailed—the' Mary, Cullen,' for' Dublin - Port rac"e"
Chrlitie, tor Guernsey; Duelcenfield Hall, Channel!, for
Antigua ; Northumberland, Franklyn, Sovereign, CanS"
bell, Lord Keith, ----, Alexander, Price,. and the D,4*
phratcs, liciberr, for India. •

th,-
• , BIRTIIS. ,
444 Y at their house in Charles-street; licrkeley--square.,
the Lady ut Sir juhn Barr. of
120 instant Mrs. Har er, wire or Mr..,
Fanner, at U p
ilinerton,- neat Edinburgh, of two Sons mid 4
Daughter. The chiteiren arc rernarsably stout and lively,
and.Oici lair tor arriving at maturity.

.Lately,l-1 at Milton-otto Scotland, G. F. Crown, F.3q.
,
_ • . MAR It MP.' '
eldest su of Sir icobert Crown, Admiralin the Navy of lii3
iinper.ll Nl,jesty the Emperor of aU the R,USsiilS, tOt Mt"
General Fletcher Campbell, relict of fletcherC.iiiip!
n
Mi. 01,5411011 and Boquhan.

DIRD.
-04,Saturday last, after a long and painful illness, Mrs.
Shaw, at her :louse in, Millman.streer.
sh Of
VII tile 19th tit St. Piro. Smyth, wife of Mr. Nny....w
Tavjstock-street; Apothecary.

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RDA Y.
India Stock, shut
India Bonds, ts. dia..
Exchequer Bills, 3s. ss. pr.
Omniurn,
'welled 3 iser Cent. 6, 64
Ditto Ann. 7 t3..alths
Cons. for 1201 April, 0.14

Bank Stock. shin .
Navy i .per Cent, 964i'
Ida) 5 per Cent.-situt
4 $r Cent. shut
i per Cent. ktd. shut
3 per CPO. Can. 641 1
h.snk Long Ann. shut '
Pitto Shutt Ann.

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ROW. •
Morning, 39 min. after it. , Afternoon, o min. after
.0.