The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-30 00:00:00

COURT OF INQUIRY, LEWES.

DEFaxaTiox.—On Tuesday, the 20th instant, at twelve
o'clock, a Jury of respectable tradesman in this town were
summoned to the White Hart, Lewes, on a writ of inquiry,
before Mr. Undersheriff Palmer, for assessing damages in a
cause in which Charlet, of Bognor, butcher, was plaintiff',
and -- Turner, mother butcher, residing very near him,
was defendant. The words spoken, or stated in the record,
were, that the defendant " was off," and that somebody " was
in his house," na doubt meaning a bailiff, and by other
words and lnsinuatAms intimating that the plaintiff would be
bankrupt. To an action which had been brought, the defend-
ant suffered judgment by default, and consequently admitted
that the words spoken as recorded, were true. The special
pleader had laid the damages at 1,000/. By the evidence it ap-
peared that the transactions took place bit September, and
that the report having reached the ears of the Ear] of Arran
(then at Bognor,) lie came forward in the most noble manner,
told the plaintiff that he had beard the scandalous report
that had been raised, and that he would, if it was necessary,
assist him with from 5/. to 500/. The plaintiff hoping such
a step would not be necessary, trusted to his own resources,
until the week following, when, at Chichester market, he
Was told by the graziers, that unless there was ready money
there was no cattle to be had—it then became necessary
to apply to the Noble Earl, who advanced sums of 501. 70/.
and 1001. and a worthy man, in the same line of business
with the plaintiff, also came forward, and offered most liberal
assistance to an extent of not less than 2 or 3001. It ought
also to be stated, that a farmer in the neighbourhood, influ-
enced by the report, sent for money for sheep that was not
II due ; and a horse dealer also demanded the sum of 40/., which
was paid by the worthy neighbour before named ; indeed, by
the evidence it was clear that the plaintiff had a complete run
against him.—Mr. Adolphus was Counsel for the plaintiff; and
addressed the Jury in a moderate speech, and on consulting Lc,-
gether, they returned a verdict of—Damages, Three Hundred
and Filly Pounds.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

NATURALIZATION of tfie SCOTS.

In the reign of QUEEN' 41.tiABETII an order*
was issued to the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, tic. of
London, to make the strictest. scrutiny through.:
out their several wards, and draw up an exact
list of the DAME'S of all foreignerS residing
in, classed under their respective nations or pro..
vinces. From the return of this order, it up- •
pears that the number of 'Scots then residio4 ifit
London Was only forty. When a!;cottkh King,
hov;ever, succeeded F.lizabeth on the throne, the
number of Scotchmen who flocked hither, As to
another hind of promise, increased with amazing'
rapidity ;'and it became at length k question be-
fore Parliament, about admitting them to the be-
netits of naturalization. The proposition,as may.
naturally be supposed, gave rise to much discus-
sion in both Both Houses of Parliament, parti-
cularly in the !louse of Corri:•,onc, before which
it ca,rne on the 14113" of 'February, 1606.
Mr. FuLLEtt. began /he debate. The principal
grounds of his'argninent w-ete-=;" Tt,at God I~arf

math, !Awl) e fit for el/rfy country ; some for a
cold, some for a hot climate ; and those sPverat

countries he hath adapted to their beveral nature;
and qualities. All grounds are not fit for one
kind of grain ; but some for (Nits, some for wheat,
Sec. Suppose one man is o.s tier of two pastutes„
with one hedge to divide them, the one pasture

bare the other fertile and good. A wise owner
will not pull down the hedge, hut (nal:r gates to

let the cattle in and out at rie..ore, otb,r,NLe

6(1 will rush i❑ in muhitudes, and much againit
their will return. That the u►►ion %; as no more
than two arms of one body. But berme they be

admitted it is prover to consider what place and
room we have for them. Look into the Univer.
cities ; there you will find many of our own very-
worthy men preferred. Our English merchants

adventure; they go to sea with great vessel.;

freighted at a great charge ; the otiteri with -little

vessels at a small charge.

The Scotch carry

their wares into other countries up and d►►wn in
packs, and by these means have taken away aIE
the trade from Dieppe already. Our traders are
too MR ny already, andthereare impositions upon

the English, from which the Scotch are discharged. -
The navy of Scotland iA so weak as to he in 9ni,5-
erecordium with the meanest force. The care of
a sovereign Prince is, that his subjects lice under
him honeste lute pacifice et jucunde. That coun-
try is miserable where the greatest men are.ex-
ceeding rich the poor men exceeding poor, and.
nn mean, no proportion between both. Tenants
of two manors ; whereof the one hath woods,
fisheries, liberties, commons of estovers, &c., the
other a bare common without, profit, only a little
turf or the like. Vie' owner maketh a grant that
the tenants of this shall be participants of the
profits, &c. of the former. This •beareth some
show of equity, but is plain wrong, and the gr'ant
void. The King cannot make a single village in
one to be parcel of another county. He can-
not make a parcel of one kingdom parcel of
another, being distinct kingdoms. If King
Philip of Spain had had a son by Queen
Mary, he would have been King of Spain,
Sicily, fitc. Was it proper to naturalize th-ose
subjects? It cannot be good to mingle •two
swarms of bees under one hive on the sudden.
When the Jews were in captivity,and were mov-;
ed to mirth and:sing songs, they could not forget
Jerusalem. " Let their right hand forget their
left," &c. And when Abraham and Lot ..ektt
brethren, Abraham said, " Go thou to the right
hand, and I will go to the left," &c. Sc the
and either took that plc, wr.s fit-
test for hint."

Mr. WENTWORTH and Mr. Moult': followed,
and though they did not obj►•ct entirely to 'the
naturalization of the Scot', " yet," said they,
" if we natural►ze them, it is necessary to have
many -cautions ; cautions for ecclesiastical pro-
motions, cautions for our lands, and for our
trades."

Sir FRANCIS (afterwards Lord) BAcoN, spoke
at great length and with great ability, in favour
of are naturalization of the Scots, not so much on
legal grounds, but as a matter of convenience,
and as a " sign to all the world of our loie to-
wards them, and agreement with them."
In the course of the discussion of this subject,
one Member was committee to the Tower for
making some severe reflections on the Scots ; this
was Sir Christopher Piggott, one of the Members
for the county of Buckingham; speaking of the
naturalization, he said, " Let us not join Mur-
derers, thieves, and the roguish Scots, •withltto
well-deserving Scots. There is as much diffe-
rence between them as between a judge and a
thief. lie would speak his conscience without
flattery of any creature whatsoever. They have
not suffered above two Kings to die in their beds
these two hundred years. Our King James path
hardly escaped them ; they have attempted him*.
Now he is come from among them, let us free
him from such attempts hereafter." Although
this speech excited much surprise in the House,
yet it passed without censure utrtil, in: conse-
quence of a message from the King, blaming the
neglect of the House, Sir Christopher •Piggott
was expelled the House and committed to the
Tower 7 where he remained some time. •

' Alluding to the Goury conspiracy.

LocAt. PARTIALITY.—A labouring man travel-
ling last week by the Magnet coach from,the
WVtii, wog heard to say to his friend, the coach-
man, that he would rather be hung in Southamp-
ton than the a natural death in Loodod.

Yesterday forenoon the Metropolis was visited
with a fog to dense that the trad-srnen were
compelled to use candles for Some hours.

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From the Etoile,dated Wednesday, Dec. 28.)
CADIZ, DEC. 10.—It is not only in the North
that the fury of the elements has been felt. Since
the dth of this month we have had a tempest such
as hag not occurred within the memory of man.
in the night of the sth the rain fell in torrents :
the day of the 6th was not quite so dark as the
night which preceded it : the whole horizon was
loaded with heavy dark clouds, and the rain con-
tinued. At nine in the evening a rapid fall of the
barometer announced a hurricane, and in a few
-minutes the north-west wind arose so violent,
-that the windows of the. houses were driven in,
-the doors wrenched from their hinges, the china-
Ries thrown down, the celebrated tower blown
down, the trees torn up by the roots, and
even the most solid substances -became the
sport. of the elements. • The houses damaged
were innumerable, and the losses immense ;
hat it is principally in the Bay that the
devastation has taken place, especially from
the month of the San Pedro to the Trocadere.—
T here
.the following vessels were violently driven
ashore :—The Buenos Amigos, of the house of
Picardo ; the American frigate Tea Plant; the
Spanish frigate Asirea; an American schooner,
and a Dutch vessel: A schooner .and two brigs
were sunk in the Bay itselfl; 12 other vessels
s: ere thrown on the coast ; the Spanish brig
Loreto lost her mizen-mast. A very few of these
I,essels will tie able to repair their damages; the
others are totally lost. it is not yet known how
many iiersonS have perished by. this disaster.
Pattiz, Dec. 27.—The Monileur of this morn-
ing contains a Royal Ordinance, granting a par-
don to the following condemned persons :—Ben-
jamin Foure. Felix Cosin, Gaspard Lavaca!, and
Joachim Arthaud. They are to remain for five
yt•ars under the surveillance of the high Police.

t is thought that the Emperor Constantine
will be crowned at Moscow after the mourning.
Lord-Cochrane is at present at Brussels.
We learn from Constantinople, by a letter of
the 27th of November, that Count Guilleminot,
,he French Ambassador to the Ottoman Porte,
hls just lost, in the most deplorable manner, his
only remaining son. Young Eugene Guille-
rninot was shooting in the environs of Constan-
tinople ; he let his fowling piece drop, which went
off and shattered his arrn ; the surgeons of the em-
bassy extracted eighty shot, but tetanus ensued;
it was hoped to remove it by the amputation
of the arm, but the most alarming symptoms re-
turned, and the unfortunate young man died at
ze end of 24 days, after the most dreadful suf-
frings. lie bore them with the greatest courage,
4mly exclaiming—'' Had I but fallen wider the
fire of the enemy, and in the sight of the Prince!"
e had distinguished himself on several occa-
ions in the last war in Spain.
FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, DEC. 27.—Five per Cents.
Vf.—Three per Cents. 64f. 70c.—Rente de Naples, (Certificate
Falconnet,) %Gt. 50c.--Roval Spanish Loan, 49f.—Haytian
Laan, GOOF.—Exchange on London,' one month, 2.5 f. 10c.;
t..rau months, 24f. 75c.—(Colors