The Sun.
London, England, 1814-02-03 00:00:00

FAIR ON THE THAMES.

The floating
,masses of . ice with which we have
Already stated the Thames to he covered, having
been stopped by London Bridge, have Wow assumed
the shape of a solid surface over that part of the
river which extends from Blackfriars Bridge to
some distance below Three Crane Stairs, at the
bottom of Queen-s%T Cheapside. The water
men, taking advantf this circumstance, yes,
terday placed notiesaai end of all the streets
leading to the Cityrstde of .the river, announcing
a safe foot-way over Oe'lliver, which, as might be
expected, attracted itumense crowds to witness a
• scene so novel. Many were induced to venture on
the ice, and the example thus afforded soon led
thousands to peraMbulate the rugged plain, where
a variety of amusements were prepared for their
entertainment. Among the more curious of which
was the ceremony of roasting a small sheep, which
was toasted, or rather burnt, over a charcoal
fire, placed in a large iron pan. For a view of
this extraordinary spectacle, Sixpence was de-
manded, and willingly pai. Of booths there
were a great number, which were ornamented
with Streamers, flags, and signs, and in which
there was a plentiful store of those favotiritc
luxuries, sin, beer, and gingerbread. Opposite
Three Crane Stairs, there was "a complete and
well freluehted thoroughfare to Bankside, which
was strewed with ashes, and ...apparently afford-
ed a very safe, • although a
.very rough . path.
7—Near to •Blackfriars-bridge, the passage did
not seem to be eqnally, safe,. for one young man,
a plumber, named Davis.; having imprudently ven-
tured to cross with.some:lead in his hands, he sunk
between two masses. ice, to rise no more. Two
young, women nearly ;shared a similar tate; but
were happily rescued from their perilous situation
by the prompt efforts of two ws_termen. It is a
singular fact, that in consequence of the impedi-
ments at London Bridge to the current of the
River, the title has not ebbed for some daYrbaelie;
more than one half the usual. mark:

Transports are getting ready at Portsmouth
with every degree of dispatch, to take foot troops
to Spain. The dragoons will sail with the con-
voy this day. •
By the late volunteering from the Militia, the
Eoot• Guards -have got• an increase of 1500 niert,
and of this number the West Kent furnished tie
less than 510 volunteers..'

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lIALIPAX PAPERS.

COIITESPONDEINCE

11F.TWEEN COmMODORF. AND THE UNITED
:4TATES. oFFICER COMMANDING AT STAG HAR-
BOUR., 'WI THE stin.tEcT OF THE SEIZURE OF

11It. PEN-STY.

To Sir Thomas Hardy, Commander of his Britannic
Majesty's qti9d rot), .ofr.Gardnerss.ishiad.
Si ,—The inhabitants of. the siowti of East
Harry )ton have requested of me a flag, :which I
tune authorise, for the purpose of de-mathling
Joshua Penny, a natural. born citizen of the town-
ship; of Southland, on this island, and resident of
the town'of= East Hampton He is kinandedas
a non-combatant, being attached to no vessel kts
mariner, ,or. corps .of militia, whatever, but was
taken by force by your num from. the bed in I;is
own house, unaruwd.. The beatcr.Of this. flag is
Lieut. Hedges, an Officer under my command, in
Covernment service You will have the goodness
to deliver Mr. 'Penny to Lieut. Hedges, as he can-
na consistk•utly•be retained as a prisoner of war
by.an'y article in the cartel
,agreed on, ratified and
confirmed by. the agents of each of our Gover-
ments for the. exchange, of prisoners.
GiVen under my hand, at the Garrison of Stag
Harbour, this 23d day of August,•lBl3,
(Signed) BENJ. CASE, Major,
Commanding Troops la the United States' service,
at Stag Harbour.

His Br;taunic Majeci ,'s ship Ramifies, in Gardner's
• 'Bay, Aug. eo, 1813.
str:,-4 have the honour to 'acknowledge the
receipt of you letter of this day's date, and as I
dd 'not 'to detaiii Lieutenant Hedges, the
bearer of y,,nr flag, I, %rill do myself the !lollop- of
reolyiug to yoiw le,tter to-morrow by a flag of
tr,lce, I have the honour to be, Sir, your very
hufuble servant, .

• • Tr-TOMAS HARD 1, Capthin.
Major Case, coremandinglhe United States'
• trool,s, at Stag Ht:rhonr.

•
Ilia Britannic Majesty's-, Ship Gardney's Bay
ugust 2.• ISl'

Stlt—Ac it 'ens late yesterilay afternoon when
• I had the honour of receiving your letter ".of the
the:423l instant; respecting the release of Joshua
Penny, li ilitl not judge it proper-to .detain • Lieu-
tenni:- Hedges for my reply.—l beg leave to in-
forth You I had received certain 'information that
man conducted a detachment of boats, sent from
the United States squadron, tinder the command
of .Commodore DeCatur, now -lying in N6W LOn-
don;fromthat port to. GardnWs ISland, on the
2(ith of July last, for die express purpose of cap-,
ttirik the Captain.of his-Britannic Majesty's . fri-
gate Orpheus and myself; a d having failed; in the
undertaking, but making prisoners of some offi-
c'e and men Of the' Orpheus, he went' with the
tentining boats to Three • Mile Harbour. The
next o.ccount INA of him was his being employ-
ed in a :boat; contriVed for sthe purnose, under the
command of Thonias prepare(! with
torri"•.to desti'Cr:ttis -314, and that he was in
licr NePeng Beach, when this ship and the Or-•
plieni were in Fort POnd Bay last week. • He- has
also had a Certificate given him, on the 18th of
thi,s month , by some of Ow rc3rycccni)le iithabit,mtc
Qf East Hampton; recommending him to Com-
modore. Decatur, as a fit 'person to be employed on
a iwtienlar
_service by him, and that he has been
for snme time entered on the bOoks of the frigate
at forty dollars per in,,nth ; add to which,, this no-
torious
character has been recognised by Sgille of
the officers and men of that ship, as having been
on board two. or three times with clams and frti:t;
of course as a spy, to collect information of our
movements. -

. .
Having been made well acquainted with the can-
duct of this man for the last-six weeks, and the
purpose for Which he has_ _been so actually ein-
ploved it hostilities. against his Britannic Ma-
jesty, I cannot avoid expressing my surprise that
the inhabitants of East Hampton should have at-
tempted to force on yon a statement so contrary
•to fact. I therefore cannot. think of permitting
an avoned - enemy to be out of my power,
wlten I know so much of him as I do.. He will,
therefore, be detained as a-prisoner of war, until
the-pleasure of the Commandcr-in-Chief is known.
Robert (.fray, an inoffensive. old man, who was
-trA:en with Penny, have 'landed,. as it does, not
appear that he is one of • his accomplices in 'the
trsitAactions I limie alluded to. I think proper to
ircloie a copy of my letter Jo-Justice Vrry, to,
-warn the- inhabitants of the coast against per.:
witting the torpedo to remain any where near
-them.

I havestbe hononr to he,
Sir, your most obeclint humble•-serewot, .
• r VI OS. M. HARDY,
_ Captain of'his Majesty's Ship Ramifies.
Mn:or Refl. Cases, eolu`rnaullini.7 tho-TrOups ia the - •
Upitcd States' Service. at Stag Harbour. .

- -„
• • nis Majesty's ship Ramifies, off Now London
Aug. Ta, 18134
'fitE—Having received positive information that
-vt vol9le hoot, the property of Thomas Welling
trnd a)thers, prepared with a torpedo.for the avow-
e(l purpose of destroying this ship, a mode of
sTa!tare practised by individuals from mercenary
motives,. and more novel than honourable, is kept
in your neighbourhood ; and as, from the very.
g•itini information I obtain from various sources,
there-is no doubt these persons, will soon be in my
pitlAer, I beg y6u to %ram the inhabitants of the
towns. aloe tr the coast of Long,Tsland, wherever I
twat- rl:i•-; boat, or any'otirer, of her description,
lins been allowed to remiiidiift.er this day, I will
alder every house-near the Shore to be destroyed.
1 have the honour to be, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
THOMAS HARDY, Captain.
erry, Esq. Justi:e of the Peace,
•
Sonthol:l,.Long

As the Ron. A. G. Ste,Vart, with his wife and
(Miss Cunningham) were travelling
a few dayS.agi) Iron). the county of Tyrone, the
carriage Was upset between Dmulalk and Drog-
ol.o(la, when Loth. Mir. Stewart and the ladies were
dreadfully hurt. Miss Cunningham died in Drog-
heda a short time after, and Mrs Stewart remains
Mr. Stewart was just married, and
had set off immediately after the ceremony. froin
Spring-hill, county oi.Tyrond, the seat of his fa-
ther-in7law, Mr. Cunningham.

LAW ligrattn

COURT OF tOMMON.VLEA'.4,

BIsACHFORD V. HOWARD AND HIS: WIFF:

. This. *as an action in trover, brought by a re-
peetable tradesman against ti:e defendant-and his
wife, to recover 1221. the value of a bill of-ex-
change, which they converted to their use, greatly
to the detriment of the plaintiff.
Mr. Serjeant VAtionAN stjted the facts. It ap-
peared that Captain Ros, the non-in.4a,tv of
defendant, who is a celebrated accoucfleur and sur-
geon, being on the eve orsailing to 'the South
seas, called on the _ plaintiff, and purchased
goods for Buenos Ayres, of the value Of 1221.
ile! did not paylor the same, but instructed the
plaintiff to draw at nine months on the defendant,'
his father-in-law, who would accept the bill. The
plaintiff, supposing the mode proposed by the de-
fendant to be a bona fide transaction, furnished
the goods, and sent his elcrl: with the -bill for ac-
ceptance. -The clerk, as directed, left the bill at
-the house -of the defendant.,. who sv s said-
to be- out of town,- and was told that the
bill would be accepted. Ile called three times
in the expef:tation, of receiving the acceptance,
but, after a lapse of several' days, and the Cap-
tain Nadi sailer: on his :voyage, he ,was inform-
ed that the bill could not be accepted, and tbat it
had been :given tip to Captain Ross. Tne plain-
tiff then found himself without remedy.' Had the
bill been refused by the defendant when first pre-
sented, the course wonld have been to have pro-
tested it, for non-acceptanbc, and the plaintiff
. might have arrested Captain Ross. But the
Learned Ben jeant complained, that it had been de-
tained 'by a 'filSe promise, until Captain Ross
sailed, with the bill in his posession. Ile called
on the ittr, as a body of tradesmen,. to. protect
the plaintiff against what he termel-a -trick to fie.
Five' bu n r)f his goods. .• .

The first witness was a young man' named E,n,.•
mett,'a clerk, who stated, tint he called on the,
defendant, who is a surgeon, &c. with the bill for'
neceptance. The defendant'sdatighter keeps a •
shop for the sale, of hosiety goods, at the bottom
of the house. • lie was i;lforrned that 'Mr. How-•
and was out. of -town. He Lcave the bill to Mr 4..
Howard, who told hint to call in the. eveninc::' He
called in the morning, and was told the bill wonid
be' accepted, -and. that Captain Ross was son-ill-
law to Mr. lloward. When 'he celled again, he
went to the shop, Where Miss Howard carried on
bet business. The latter said her father was not
at honre. He saw Mrs.• Howard ultimately, who
said the bill had been given up to Ciptz,in 110 s,.
The plaintiff -Some time atter wrote a letter to the
'ilttendgnt, which being read in Cutirt, was in the
icilon,ing, terms
Sir—l fully expected yon would have relapitlithCaptain-
Ross's bill, accented long ere now, agarcert4Je to what was
mentioned by wy c;cric. Your nut han'ing diine so osiiges
to consider it as an acceptance, and to treatiit, acc(ii(thr;;."
The hill. was dated Nor. 10,1 S J CR;41.4„1 9th
of November t w
he following anser4lo 44tined,
signed by ti.e Defendant :
" Sir—tja may.rettun froni the countolaq n:4l.;t, I was
roach surprißegf on receiving a letter from vo'n con;2erntv..;
Captain lioss's note:• Mrs, Howard mentioned to your der:,
daring my absynce, when he called-, that I nevor. accepted
n:.le:, for auv Kan, and that the nate %•;:as retlitnettto Captain
who srh4 tie would Call o;t you."
The 'above appeared to be the pinintiff's case,
but Emmett, on his cross-examination; dwiletl
most positively that Mrs. }lnward informed him.:
that the note 'would nOt be accepted.
Miss •E. Howard, the • defendant's daughter,
said,. Capt. Ross was her brother-in-law. Slie
remeMbered Emmett, the witness, aomin4, the
first time he saw her mother, whO said Mr.llow-
ard was not in town, and if he were- she (-vas con-
fident he woule not accept the bill, as lie had
sworn not to accept for any Man, having -beer; a
great loser by accepting bills. The clerk,' when
he called the second time; asked-1f Mr. 11. iva;;
come to town ; Mrs. H. said no, and told built to'
take the bill back, which be refused, saying it was.
of no consequence to any person without an ac-
ceptance. The bill remained in the till in wit-
ness's shop, and when Capt. Ross called she gave
it to hint. 11.-
t, •
On her cross-examination,she said she did 11 ot
know when Captain Ross sailed, and thottl,,,li she
had a conversation and dined with him; conk! not
say that he was about to sail. when the letters
were written. Her -father, tire dele.ndant,, re-
sided at the time at Twickenham„. for the benefit
of his health, where the plaintiff's business was
communicated to him. •

Mr. Set j cant Pem. contended for the defend.ant,
that it Was an attempt to make his client pay an-
other man's debt. Elecalled on•thc Jury to be-
lieve the evidence of Miss Howard, whos'e vera-
city was more eVident than Emmett's. The
Learned Serjeant called Miss Clement, a Lady
who acted as an assistant to bliss Howard ; she
corroborated in every_respeet Miss IL's -testi-
Ivor y.

Joseph Wicishatny a servant, depoßed, that he
saw Capt. Ross voceive the bill from the hands of
Miss -Howard.

_ Serjeant VAU6HAN, in his reply, cautioned
the 'Jury not to be led astray by, the elegant attire
in which the 'ladies came forward to give evi7
(knee. When stripped of their rich pelisses, be
said they would appear plain before the Jury, who
would see them nudes naturaliter.

•
The Learned Judge, summing up the evidence,
reminded the Jury, that the action was brought
against the defendant, not for refusing to accept
the hill, butrfor,converting it to his use, and der
priving the plaintiff of the benefit. Most certain-
ly- the plaintiff had been injured by the delay,
with respect. to the.bill, and if they believed the
witness Eunmett, he could recover. It was natu-
ral for a .tradesman to seek. for secnrity for lii's
goods-, and in case they were of opinion that he
had been frustrated in‘ that endeavour by the de-
fendant, -they would find a verdict for the present
demand.-

The Jury, without hesitation, found a verdict
for the plaititiff.—Damages, 1221. 18S. '

kgig, in which were a gentleman and a lady,
was yesterday overturned in Cheapside, owing to
the irregularity of the ice—the lady received a
very severe contusion in her fall, but the gentler
man escaped unhurt.

PoLict.

i4LTRDEP.. AND RIOT. IN ST. QILES'3,

130 w• STlawr.-I:etsterd•ry Patrick teas
bl'onglit to the office, in custody of the high cor•
statue for the Holborn-division, charged on sus-
picion .of being -coticerned iu the •riotous assem,•
blage i4i llqinbritLge-strett, on Smithey evening,,
when Edmund Hill (not, Vhite), was most bar-
baircolsly murdered. •
fAjtarYetli Skeffington, the-wife of a barber in -
George-street, Blomnstiary, stated, that she hap-
peued to be in. Bainbridge.street when the riot
eonimeneed, and dcscribedthe ft:lions manner Of
the tuffianS, who issued alit of the public-hOuse;
armed with different sitscapons, :threatenin de..
s ruction to every person %vim (Ed-not conic from
their part of Ireland, The neighbourhimd was so.
extremely alarmed that the inl;abitants ' shut uli
theirhutis,es... The deceased was an elderly wan;
P4vhom.- they attacked without any •provocation„
eohserved the prisoner among them to the best
of her belief; but he was not armed with any
wtapon..i• • - _

. .
Tke prisimer being called .npon for his defence,
denied the charge, and set up an aphi. He stat-
ed, that, on Saturday night, he \vas `'engaged in
triendly row": at the "White BC-ar public-house,
in Field-(:uric, for wiikh he was sent to the watch-
house, and
.was I.;ept there till: Monday morning,
when be was tak.tnto the- police-onice, iu .ll4t-.
ton-gartkn, aud was diselotrged.: Mr. f2m,?Elt-,..
the Sitting Magi,trt,te •nt Halton..garden. who
happeni.d to be in ti.l3officc, said, he recollected
the prisoner.heing bet .re hint, but '‘...as not certain.-
whether' it AVPS 011 Saturd.ry or Sunday night, that
the prisoner was engaged in a frien:iiv row, as lie
called. it, in .a.:!s, hU ve%er, after,
ward,-> proved by the v. and the
pt;!;lican, to he Sattm!iy ;:ight. M. the
Mn,..,istrate, conscernence dischar:;ed' the
Thowa; the Character,,
who was detected on 'the Cvi2ning of the 2 7th ult.
by Bacon's party, in robbing the .I'.;:ietcr coach,
as it was passing by I'44li;irriore-piace,
ton, unth:ry.-ent -A second cvnuittation, %\ hen it
appeared that the co-'neh Iv as robb'ed of a trunk
and pnt...el, froht,the.l;ind.b.our,,at the tone •the
guard Was gone to speak to the'coaenuan in front
of th.! coach. The ttunlz. WilS afterwards piAed
Up on the road : time paita wa's tol.:en on the
prisoner.: it cceitnlned boseslN of the valtic.. of
o'nout IS!. sentr•ity h::; '•;s1, Pali Mail, di-
rected t') hookselir, P!yinouth.
The prisor.;:r was CMI;;:1:;ye:1 fOr‘tril.

(7',71i-.7.::*:3 .:17.; D-:\IATM INC:.

literrc; 11, a‘waiter at
the Nev City of i.nntton l'a.Veftt. Ilish-opF,Lfate-
-strc(:r, was yc.sterdy li)ronght up, on a charge,of
stabbinga.youn;; woinatj Wel;:), a
Servant in,the same ravers, i;t the arm ;‘vith a
knitl% The complainant stated, t_h;:t as she was
toasting some'bree,,•l at the •kitehet:-tir.i.:, tll
he pri-
s'oner came beside her for the s:it::e p,lr;,ose,nd
.. a
placed a plat:,. on-the'fender t'aiJ id,ce she acci-
dentally overthrew,. when the priAoher ft•ruct: Ler
to:0 blows on,the htea-it, Imocked her (10wa, and,
taking a stabbed I:cr in tl,e arm, Silt> im-
Thediattiv went to a surg:_!o:l, nnd hail her wound,
•which was t‘vo incites lni:g one deep, firmed;
lint no clan.rel'ons conseq,iefiecS :':ire apprehende(l,
—Agnes Wood, aanther servant, carr):iorated
this suit emeat.

'Hie prisoner attributcd this Nvoond to accident,
ond It boy .vlto was present niso ;said it ir-td arist•ll.
from ner.ident. The contplaisnint and 11. eowpa-
nion, .said them other persons pre-
sent, I.VIIO colthl prove the intention with which he
wns actuated.

The LORD MAYOR obsetyed; that the prisoner
hid been guilty of a capital ;ice, ..indcr Lord
Llienhorongb's Act,:and he ft-,:red he must 'he
under the necessity Of comnntling hinl i:is
triql on that charge. Pot- (r:e.prescut, he shouLl
remand him until other evidence could lie
forward ou both sides.