The Sun.
London, England, 1822-01-09 00:00:00

ward with a fine land
r wind, and were quickly
. .
out sight.

The Honourable -the Governor arrived at the
Presidency in the best health and spirits ou Sun-
day morning at day light.
The command of the troopi h;,s devolvednpon
-Lieut. General Bo wsEit, until the arrival of
General CAMPIILLL.

LAW INTELLI(:ENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH,
ANIJAIIY 8.

Sittings in London,
.before the Lunn CiiiEr JusTtcr..and a
Special .'urv.
I'm: KING v. ALEY.ANDER.
This was an indictment for fraud, preferred against the de-
fendant by the Magistrates of Kent.
The defendant is an eminent architect,. and the imputed
minality arose from an engagement into witien he entered con-
nected with the building of theeganl of 11-laid.stone —to, procure
a common surveyor between himself and the -Ma ..:istrates, who
for his measurement of the work-was to. receive one er cent.
So the :Report reeommendid, and it_ was adopted by th.: Magis-
trates.
.4 nerson of the name of Sineyth.was aceoielintyeana-
, ployed, aria-the !Ili!' raid to hien was threezfoei;-tes eer
by whielideduction the' defendant:defrauded (as they contended)
the Magistrates of twenty pounds on the building of tSektoil. 'he
et seconcharge of fraud originated in the deandant's `ex eessiVe
charges for procuring the attendance of witnesses teefora.a4;ona-
-rnittee of the Hotise• of Commons: - A I; M had beenintro-
duced. for the purpose of sanctioning- 0 levy, of -additihnel-I rates
to defray the expenees 'of building tlie gaol, and witnesses were
heard in its suppott amo.ng otheeseee,urveyor of theenenae: bf
Phillips Was examined, and for his attendance in,Loudoti he
received the sum- .of two pounds; and --in• the bill. furiiiS!ied. to
the Magistrates .the sum of nineteen pounds was charged.
There were several counts verifying theseeellarges.
The Report was put in, and it was thereestated, as,se.t lattin
ih6 intlictniert, that the lowest-sum for Whfch a mea,airer could
possaly.be -procured waeoue,per cent. Jolla
-BLneyth was then called, who proved that he hal been
employed by. the defendant at therat:t of thrCe-fourtlis perr cent.
to measure the gaol of Maidstone. On t!ie. day on I,..hich, he
was employed•he, had travelled with the defendant
stone to Mauling.
On -lila cross-examinaticin; this Witness' said that he 'e ad
clerk,. and that the sunyof one-fourth per cent. was but a fair
equivalent for the trouble-of clerkship,' &c.
An examined copy of the-Jouruals of the House of Ci)intions
was then put in, from whirls it appeared that a Committee had
been appointed, and that witnesses Lad been heard berbre- that
• Conimittee. ' • -
The Clerk of the Peace. for Kent proved that the d tundapt
was employed-by-the- Court of Quarter Sessions to ,rh:e- up
I witnesses before the Cplinnittee• .
. The surveyor, Phillips,' proved that he had received but twa
pounds for his attendance.
This was the case for the prosecution.
On the part of ..the defendant, Air. '...:,dA111.1,:TT addrenseilihe
Jury. The Learned Counsel .treated the whole as error on the
pa: t of the defordanteeind adverted to the length of time that
Itad intervened horn the yceurreuce of the alleg d erimiletlity to
the instioetion of these proceedings; the transactions had hap-
petted in 180, and the length of tunei which in civil cases would
bar the action onght here to operate with increased force. - The
lijeatned counsel said that he should show that -the Chara,:ter
of
the defendant was quite above suspicion.
Seveid most respectable witnesses; proved that the defendant
was a man of integrity and honour.
The CattEr JITSTICE• left the whole cake to the Jury o'n the
defendant's intention:
The Juiy, Arithont hesitation, returned a verdict of Not
. ,

ti q-tit. INSTANCE OF Sunor:ke
night; an inquest: was -held at -die, Red
Shoe7lahe, ifulborn, the body of JOlOl
1).in0N,.K.q., partner in the house of Yere and.
Co., Bankers, 'ln LorObard-strejt, W: Gauitt
ii
w .a Gentleman in"Shoe•lane, about nine o'clock
yesterday, evening. When just opposite St. Act...
drew's Church, he fell backwards. Witnesm,
With the 'fisistatice of Others, raised .him.
then .seemed lifeless some water was Sprinkled
on him, but he did not recover. Witness assisted.
in carrying hial to the_ ‘vatob-house, when a me-
dical man opened a vein, but no blood came,
and he Avtts Conveyed a corpse to tha. watch-
liutrie.--Mr. Davis, surgeon, of Holborn, attended
at tile watch-house, and pronounced flit, dead.
He, however, opened a vein, but only a .fe,w
drops of blood. came. Mr. Wilsloo, med jca ,
gentleman w ho. had attended ...Mr. Baron, stated
that the deceased, for some time before his death, •
had laboured under a severe diarrheett or flux.-7-- •
He had considerably recovered ; but, it was usual
with many persons, before the fatal sett tick came,
that they would be touch better. 'FL ere was a
determination of blood to the. head, atal witness
had no hesitation in saying that this waA the cans!:
of his death, which Must have been as sudden 11;
if he bed been shot through the hea O. When
witness last. saw him, his pulse was qiuite calm,
and he seemed in better health than, u mal. fir
had no doubt the cause of his death wis a fit of
apoplexy.—A gentleman stated that he was lit I
company Ni ith
,the deceased at his own house,
where they drank tea, after hich deceased went
out to take a walk this was a quarter Of an hour
before his death.—Verdict, " That the deceased
died by the visitation of GOD."

In the course of the year I 522, there will he
four eclipses, two of tt,e sun, arid two of the
moon. None of the four will be visible in this
part of the globe.

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