The Sun.
London, England, 1807-05-23 00:00:00

lived constaiatly with the Lady of Col. Duran, and
that the Detimdan•:: was a Captain of Militia.
The bill for millinery, for two years, amounted to
upwards of 1501. dut of which 501. was paid on ac-
count.
Mr. GAR 'tow, for the Defendant, was proceed-
ing in his defence, when
Lotd ELLEN BOROU on interrupted hito, saying,
that for a LieuttnlanOs wife, with only 43. 6d., a day,
the sum of 301. was quite sufficient for necessaries
daripg that period; ladies of this description were
not to be indulged in, such extravagance,..and the
law did not allow more than, was absolutely neces-
sary ; persons of the description of the Plaintiff'
shohld inquire into the means and condition;Of their
customers, before they venture to trust thenito such
an amount.—Verdia for the Defendant.

On Monday last, Digby, coachman .to Mr.
soak, in Leadenhall-street, while putting ,the
horses to the carriage, at Mr. White's livery stables,
in BiShopsgate-street, one of the horses .kicked him
in the abdomen, when he was taken to his master's,
where every possible assistance was given to him,
but he expired in the course of a few hours.
A few days ago,- a rat's nest was found by a ter-
rier dog, in a field 'near Netherhall, in Cumberland,
within five, yards of the river Ellin in which was
found the old she rat, ten young ones, and 57 lath-
per eels, of which more than 30 were alive.

So little demand is there for West India produce,
that- not less, than 90,p00 hogsheads are now lying
bonded in the West India Dock Waiehouses.

On Thursday evening an Inquest" was holden at
the White Lion public-house, Shadwell, on the body
of a man who was drifted on shore by, the. tide, at
Pelican Stairs, Wapping Wall. From ills cress he
appeared to be a labourer : no marks of violence ap-
peared upon him, nor had he any papers in his ppc-
kets by Which he could be known. Verdia,Found
Drowned. \
Yesterday as Mr.Davies,ofNorthumberland-street,
Strand, was his tandem at a sharp rate out of
Russell-street, Covent-garden, towards the hustings,
the leading horse became unruly, and dragged the ye-
-hide with great violence against. the angle of the
piazza '• the wheel was knocked off, Ana the body
Shattered to pieces.- Fortunately Mr. D. leapecl out
at the moment of danger, and escaped unhurt. ' By
the timely assistance of several persons the horses
were prevented from doing further injury; and after-
the shattered remains of the chaise had been bound
up with a cord, the whole was conveyed to a.livery
stable.
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Yesterday a Gentleman, returning in a gig from
the Midctlesex.EleCtion, along the Acton Road, ac-
companied by a young Gentleman, a Midshipman,
they met in the narrow part of the Road, between
the Plough public-house, and the late residence of
Gen. DUMOURIER, a coach and four, employed by
Mr. By-NO.' in endeavouring
.to pass it, one of the
wheels of the gig got enlangled between those of the
coach. The drivers of each, seemingly more aEtti-
ated by a spirit of obstinacy, thin a wish to accom-
modate, whipped their horses furiously. The con-
, sequence .of which was, that the gig shafts were
broken, both Gentlemen 'fining out, and the gig
smashed to pieces. The elder Gentleman pitched
on his head, and remained for a short time stunned,
and unable to move; the wheels passed over the
Midshipman's back, and hurt him severely..
Mr. Waithman is now confined at his house at
Winchmore-hill, in consequence of an accident he
received last week in stepping out of his chaise, by
which he dislocated his ancle, and broke the small
bone of his leg ; he is now in a fair way of recovery,
What is very remarkable, the following accidents
have happened in the same small village within a
fortnight Greenhill, the wife of Mr. Green-
hill, of Stationers' Hall, having, returned from a ride
in a gig, the horse, while in the yard, took fright at
the yard:dog, and,overturned the chaise, by which
she was dragged and bruised in a dreadful. manner,
so as to be unable to move ever since. And on Wed-
nesday last, about eleven o'clock in the forenoon,
Mrs. Decker, the wife of John Decker, a Quake.,
who was blind, having been left for a few minutes
by the servant, and endeavouring to find her way
into another room, fell into the cellar, fraetured her
skull, and expired in about an hour afterwards.

SINGULAR PRENOMENON.---The. last Chelmsford
Chronicle contains the following curious article :
\‘‘ On the night of Tuesday the sth inst. between
the hours of nine and ten, a person named John Ste-
phens, who was returning from Easton to Fakenham,
observed the following singular appearance, which
considerably excited his astonishment. A mass of
-light gradually spread from the top of his horse's ears
till it quite covered thesurface and the space between
the ears, while a few luminous drops were sprinkled
on the mane. .The light was bright and sparkling ; a
den- amber, with a slight Suffusion of blue ; and ;he
• rider said, that it appeared as if his horse's head was
covered with glow-worms. He rubbed his hand
along one of the ears, but could feel nothing -; and
the light again covered the part the moment his hand
was withdrawn. There was no sensation of heat,
no smell of' vapour ; and his horse, which was going
at a very gentle pace, seemed quite unconscious of
the lustre that was diffused over his head. The lu-
• minous spedre kept its station, and preserved its
brilliancy, to within a short distance of Pakenharn
Parsonage, when it gradually vanished, and -left no
trace behind. This appears to have been one of the
most extraordinary and beautiful instances of ignis
fit; uns which we have on record."
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