The Sun.
London, England, 1807-06-17 00:00:00

oti) ; -POLICE.

'N:.)BoW,salt.EET:—Yesttrdar.tiViiiiam Pearce, alias
Price;„ Ptig)t, alias Pant's; t apprehend •d by Ad-
-4.-insi;on.cationceliarges.bf gbing,about to different
partsvof 'couvtry, lwraes•;to gr) a short
distance; and- selling them, .was-re-examined before
Jot:N. Esq., when the following persons ex-
hibited .elntrges against hiin.
Fox ostler to Mr. William Baxter, of the
RoseAtid.Plough-Inn,• 'Leicester, stated, that on the
igth'of May last; the Prisoner came to his master's
doo'r, and 4iSkittl :t0 • hire a horse to go to Hickley,
which is -ab Out thirteen-miles, from -Leicester, saving
he was; goin upan,,an Unpleasant errand, money
hunting; anti:di:wile expeoled to' be back about tea
o'clock' the-follotving':day. The saalled a
potter fo'rf•Prisoner,- wihich he went away with, and
never returned: •

Thomas 'Woodward, -of the:High-street, Oxford,
shoemaker, stated, that on theqth of May-last the
Priimner :carnet:to his lortse.and lured a horse to go
to Thame, which is abott-twelve chiles from &t-
-hird,. to canvas for Lord Andover,. who was a Can"
didate.foi.the Borough of Crickladc; The-Prisoner
said ,his name was Jones, that he kept .a public-
hi:2l.lte at Cricklade, :and. that. . should.- return the
same evening but never did return. -
The'PriSoneewas fullkommitted on. these charges,
and i's.to-be,le-examined. on Tuesday next, to give
persons.ay.ho have. been -plundered in this way an
tippiirtuni4.yof att2nding,- and.! ill . order to find an
owner tO:lisbrown mare, which was found is the
Prisoner's possession, and is now in the custody of
Adkins.: -

RUB tr-04,Frcv, WORSHIP-SIT Er: T.—On Mon-
day everting last the well-known Major Semple
Lisle Was,charged with defrauding two females; who
reside near Fit zrop.square, of brooches and ear-rings,
under pretence of taking them to his. jeweller; to be
blade in a more elegant style:..,•an Saturday last he
ordered.a dinner 'for himself anl the ladies at a pub,
lie-house in
_.lslington, which amounted to near 21.
When it was over he went to the bar, saying, that
he unfortunately, in changing his clothes at home;
had left his money behind ; but as a security for the
payment ,of the bill, he would leave a diamond
brooch, value .221. but, in reality, not worth i us.
As he was about to depart, a Gentleman, who ac....--
cidentally saw him, acquainted the Landlady with
the real charaEler of her guest, when he was stop-
ed and given in charge of a Constable, and taken to
this Office. A Solicitor appeared for him,. auctin-
sisted that what was. urged against him could only
amount to a civil ae-tion. One of the ladies accused
him of robbing her of A handkerchiefs but this also
failed of success ; he was therefbre discharged, not
Wit'lollt strong marks of disalYprobation trom the
Magistrate who heard the case,

NEW-YORK, MAY 23.—txtrael.of n Letter from
.Cape„Francois, dated April 1, 1807 :—" The coin-
nierce‘of this country is much more shackled now
\than ever it was during the latter time of DESSAI
Itprrs'. despotic reign. By .a decree of General
CHEISTOPHE, the price of coffoe throughout. his
jurisdidion is fixed at twentyAive sous, and it
must be purchased- from Governthent only. The
planters are not .permitted to dispose of it to indi-
viduals. Beef, pork, wine, oil, soap, gin, with
several other 'articles' 'unusually shipped to
„thi4
country, arc selling for less than they cost ii
America. In fad, .1 do not see any thing short of
ruin staring those in the face who are so wiki as to
adventure. to this country in its present distraded
stcne-.. The coast has been clear of privateers of
litie, and vessels dropping in every few days.—
.PETION is much more favourable to commerce than
the petty tyrant who commands here.-

. Amongst Many curious occurrences at the York-
.shire Elution, there was one which occasioned a
great deal of merriment z—A sailor who .had been
brought up to poll positively refused to answer •any
.question pat to him by one of the lawyers (w11.61n he
called Admiral) except he would pnt oln Gib wi,r..
Ike said,, the lawyer wanted to fight under fi-asecu-
l6urs ; for he saw' his black hair peeping from under
his grey
,Jazy he would strike thut,' he would,
give the Admiral broadside forford broadside,' as long ag
he liked.

COYIN-EXCILINGE, JUNE 17.--At the New.Maf-
ket to-day there- is:,a tolerable supply cat;
and second, with inferior qualities, are at rather
less prices, which, before the close of the Mar-
ket on Monday, were 3s. and 4s. per quartet
cheaper; Rye is dearer ; White Pease likewise; .in
Barley, Malt, and Beans, but little alteration ; Oats
support the late advance; Rape Seed is lower;
American Flour, on the terms quoted last week-:
Fine 38s. to 435. per barrel. Some cargoes of Wheat
from America are daily expected.

Wheat 48s a 64s 3 75S Ori Beans - 4a sls 01
Fine ditto 78s .a B.)s o Tick beans 36, a zs
Rye _ 40, 44s eft ()VS 25s a 28s a 34, at
Barley - -36 s a tpi al Poland ditto 36s a, ps
Malt . 66s a 72s od" Rape-Seed 251. 281. es. od
White Pease 76s a 54$ 0:t Fine Flout 6vii 6si cc!
C/0 ditto 42$ a 46S od SeCOOC.I4
.et 0,• 644

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LAIC' REPORT.

COURT ‘)I. KING's.I3ENCLI, TvNg O.

ROBERTS V. CA

This an • action for' slanilefbtotight by the
Plaintiff, an Attornow of the Gi=ear Sog,sionspf Che
who h'eitrObta lord o Verdict -in I)i9- favour. - •

Mr. lit4ttikciuons,•on a former day; hid obtained
rhlii to .sheet= cause ,why not'be
ttnul-thatthe words stated in the
dec, :u were. not' actionable.. The wake& stated
a the counts Were, spetil; lug of -the • Plaintiti, " he
udder slie -Chr,irge Of 'a prosecution for "perjury ;"
Alld it was added, that x pubfic °dicer would prose-
cutt.
The ATTORIigY-QENERAL and Mr7SCARLETT op-
posed this rule: -The - question *as; whether ex-
pressions of this nature -woo rd not have the etFet of
, .
injuring, disgrating, and perhaps of ruining _the
4.la,intitf? slanderous expressionS;' there were
a variety of cases in the books, in the decisions
re-
`spe 'Learned Judges had Materially
leiel'; and wheee authorities thuS Went both ways,
`tits r I,,ord,bips ,would, perhaps, think it i:afar to
'mist to their own views of truth, reason, and coni-
mon sense, than to Cqnfile In any cursory classifi7
Sittion.of those.cases...,Qn such grounds, the Learned
Counsel hoped that their Lot dshipii.woUld'discharge'
his rule.

. Mr. TOPPING and Mr. BtzanouGns contended,
that words derogatory -to the party against whom
they were direCted were 'not always the subjed of
an- action ; and in support of this position they cited
the ea-es of Holt v. Schofield, Haynes v. Sprott,
Stewart v. Bishop, and Powell v. Winde, which,
.yinh some others, are to be found. in Hobart, Cro.
Litz: and NYilliams:.Saunders, particularly in the
latter, Ist voi. 203, note 4, Where all the cases of
inneudoes are calleaed in Croft v. Boite. From
the.se authorities thg insisted, that to disgrace the
piny was .not _sufficient, the words must alledge
seine crime which would
.subjeti the Plaintiti to
mipital punishment; .and the meaning of such terms
eoat-oot he.extended by intleoclos. There must be
aserticlo, of guiln which could not be pretend-
ed in any rational construction of the,e3;:pression em-
ployqd by the Defendant in this case, since .they im-
puted no direct crime, but. merely that the party was
vhder the 4-charge, and that the Public Othccr was
vmpioyed to prosecute tine. accused...:

• Lord ELLENaououGH.--" We will look into the
cases, to -we are unwitlii►' to by clown 4 rule which
may entourage improper applications, or diicounie.
Nonce the fit reference
,to the authority of The Court,
ut cases of this iLiture. . Although the 3111011 here is
wt consequence, yet the Rule 'may be of great

importance."