The Sun.
London, England, 1807-01-16 00:00:00

NA tAL NEWS,

JAN. 15.—Mr. VICK, one of the
kilig's‘ Messengers, and two foreign Messengers'
With Dispatches, came from London yesterday, and
tnbarked this morning on board the Lark Packet,
Capt. DELL, and the Diana, Capt. Mftcnc
the former has on board the Gottenburgh Mail, and
the Diana the annsli Mail for Heligoland.
The Brigantine Quei•ee, Capt. ANNARD,.,,with
.a
Cargo from Quebec, is ordered for London, and
sailed from he;ice this morning ;- as also the Thetis,
Capt. BALFOUR, with coals for Oporto.
Sailed the Aggressor Gun-brig, and the Argus
Revenue Cutter, on a Cruize; also the Badger Ek-
cise Cutter for Yarmouth.

FALMOUTH, JAR. I3.—Arrived the Brig Salerno,
Capt. DUDGEON, Ship Choice, DUNN, the Ann,
BALL, and John, WRIGHT, from Liverpool ; His
Majesty's Brig, Scorpion, of IS guns, Capt. STAxn-
PIELD, from a cruize; Xivire, COOPER, from Bris-
tol; John and Thomas, PREWHEELER, from Neath;
and Three Brothers, PALLING, from Plymouth.
Sailed the Manchester Packet, DAVIS) with Mails
Of the 6th, for New York and Halifix ; and the
-Prince Adolphus Packet, BOULDERSON, with Mails
of the 6th instant, for Jamaica, Barbadoes, and
113cliced Island.

DEAL, JAN. t 5. This morning the Seahorse
Prigate and a Store-ship sailed from the Downs for
Portsmouth; also the Castle Eden East Iridiarnan ;
the latter is since put back, and remains in the
Downs With the Ships as per last.,

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 15.-A—Arrived His Majesty's
Tips Modeste and Cracker from the Eastward.

titAtilArta, 13.—This day His Majesty's
sloop Termagant was paid wages, when the great-
tBt Past abet. Crew received a leave-ticket to go
and see their friends, after hawing been absent from
them upwards of six years on a foreign station,
414 on the most naive service. It is with heartfelt
taiisfa6tion I have to state the truly patriotic. be-
ll'avinUr of those gallant seamen, which ever distill-.
gliishes Englishmen, in generously coming forward,
and requesting they might be allowed to follow the
ample of their Officers, by giving up their respec-
ttYe shares of Prize Money that arose from the
capture of a Genoese Vessel, taken by the Cutter of
the said Sloop, under the command of Lieut. En-
,LoiEs, after an obstinate but spirited resist-
-4.4te, to three of the brave fellows who were des-
lipY wounded In bearding besides the nett
Illceeds of the sale of the hull,' there was a bag of
Spanish, dollars found in her cabin which amounted
"3 a considerable sum ; this is the second aa of
aelleiosit of this sort that has been evinced on
board the Termagant,

:Lusa.
ItEgNock..LAS. O.—The Gabbart Jane, Jonw
itGiaeou Master, lying at the back of the Eist
tlaY Shade, and having on board 105 bales of mt.
b, 90 barrels of ashes, 17 hhds. flax-seed, 3 barrels
';jef, and 3 barrels apples, for Glasgow, was discover-
.' • to be on fire, about one o'clock on Saturday morn-
, dig. The bell rang and drum beat, and imme-
()fat* every assistance was rendered, by means
to the engines and otherwise ; but we are sorry
add, that, notwithstanding every exertion,
damage sustained will be very considerable.--
to Is iS believed to be the first instance of the kind,
tohallY extent, on this river. How the fire was corn-
-6,l7icated has not yet been satisfadorily account-
; or,

•
artAkßAbOggj NOV. 22.—Strong indications are
given at Martinique (according to circuitous.
Unts from thence of a late date), of the expec-
'•
for-Cli of the speedy arrilval there of a' powerful
,ee from France, of which the Frigates and Cor-
bv-e`te3 lately dispatched from Rochefort were only.
: P .
recursors, and would have formed but a small
Ilad they all successfully reached their destine-
. 1,611 t is stated, that the. force a6tually still ex-
tr„ ed at that Island consists of seven Sail of the
hoard under Admiral L'ALLEMANII, and that on
five ard these and some smaller VeSselS are embarked
li thousand troops, all in a state of perfeet readi-
tvess to 'slip to sea whenever the absence of our
catech.flld Squadrons off' the Coast of France shall
kel"trn an opportunity of quitting their faSt-
t, venturing on the main. So immediL
111 -rkt anxiously is their arrival' looked for at
atilt) oh
,::%„,,
.that the most extensive preparations
••• already been made at Fort Royal tOr their re-
aiiPti°4 the invalids and convalescents have been.
pr sent to St. Pierre's, and considerable depots of
tzt4.ns made in all, the garrisons. It is pretend-
tuo that this force is not sent out merely for
lb', Purposes of defence and security of the Bite-
fib3;rlB Possessions, but that they aaually meditate
am! offensive operations against the British Islands,br •
,!nsinuations are even given that their objets will'
tinikovn passont) to pay us a visit oh their way to Mar-
the ltk• Although we cannot make any pledge for
the !ecara'ay of these statements, we yet have no
_4ion in relying on the fa&, as far as relates to,
txl_tuagnitude of the force, and its being actually
ii.„.ected
ciis IV •
Izid)6o latesty's Ships Canada, &Italian, Venus, and
44,in.'nenes, have sailed on a Cruize ; as has the
114,11 bel. Brig, with the trade for I3erbice and Sur-
kitel': and the Morne Fortuni Schooner, with dis-
Tho ‘ from the Commanders on the station.—
/i'le-'1;437"/""nleflaNd, FiaL.-ship, remains iu Car-

ranEIGN IN7ELLIGEYCE,

FORTY-FOURTH BULLETIN OF THE GRAND
ARMY.

• ,
WARSAW., DEC. 21.-" Yesterday the Emperor in-
specled the works of Praga, where eight fine re-
doubts, with palisadoes, bastions, &c. inclose a
space of 1500 wises, and form, upon the whole, the
"intrenched camp.
'"
The Vistula is one of the largest rivers in the
'..world. The Bug, though considerably smaller, is
still larger than the Seine. The bridge over the
Bug is'Completed. General GAUTHIER, with the
25th and 85th regiments of Infantry, occupies
the tete de pont, which General CiIASSELOUPE has
fortified with great skill ; so that the tete de pont,
which is nearly 400 toises in extent, together with
the morasses and the river, inclose an intrenched
camp which is capable of covering the whole army
upon the right bank, and:proteaing it from any at-
tempt by the enemy. A brigade of the light 'ca-
valry of the reserve has skirmishes with the Russian
cavalry every day.
" On the 18th Marshal DAVOUST felt the necessity
of strengthening and improVing his camp upon the
right bank of the river,. and 'likewise occupying a
small Island at the. mouth of the Urka. The enemy
perceived the inconveniency of this post, and a heavy
fusilade immediately commenced between the ad-
: vanced posts ; however, the conquest of the "Island
remained with .the ,French. Our loss consisted
of a few wounded. The .Officer of the Engineers,
CLOUET, a young man of great promise, received a
ball in the breast.
" On the igth, a regiment of Cossacks, assisted
by the Russian Hussars, endeavoured to surprise
the picquet of Light Cavalry at the tete de pont
of the Bug ; but the picquet had taken such a po-
sition as secured it against any surptise. The first
regiment of Hussars, and a Colonel, with a squa-
dron of the 13th, immediately coming to the assist-
ance of the picquet, the enemy were thrown into
confusion. In this trifling affair we had three or
four men wounded, but the Colonel of the Cos-
sacks was killed, and thirty men ; twenty-five
horses fell into our hands. There are no men so
wretched and cowardly as the Cossacks; they are
a-scandal to human nature. They pass the Bug,
and violate the .Austrian neutrality every day,
merely to plunder a house in Gallicia, or to com-
pel the inhabitants to give them brandy, . which
they drink with great avidity. But since the last
campaign our cavalry is accustomed to the mode
of attack made use of by these wretches; and,
notwithstanding their numbers, and their hideous
cry on these occasions, they await them without
alarm, as it is well-known that two thousand of these
wretches are not equal to the attack of a squadron
of our cavalry.

" Marshil, AUGEREAU passed the Vistula at
Utratta. General LAVESSE entered Plonsk, after
drawing out the enemy.
" .Marshal..SOULT passed the same river at Vi-
zogrod.
" Marshal BESSIERES was at Kikol on the 18th,
with the second Corps of the Cavalry of Reserve.
His advanced.guard is at Serpez. There have been
several affairs between our Cavalry and the Prus-
sian Hussars, of whom a great number have been
made prisoners. The. right bank of the Vistula is
quite cleared.

" Marshal Nay, with his Light Corps, supports
Marshal BESSIERES and his right at the same time
extends to that under the command of Marshal the
Prince of PONTO Coavo.
" Thus every Corps is in motion ; and if the
Enemy remains in his position, a battle will take
place in a few days. With God's help, the issue
cannot be uncertain. The Russian Army is COM-
manded by General KAMENSKOY, an old man about
7.5 years of age. The Generals BUXHOWDEM and
BENNINGSEN command under him.
;a"General I.lllcßELsots; has beyond a doubt pene-
trated into Moldavia; and there are 'accounts that
he arrived at Jassy on the 29th of November. We
are assured that his Generals took Bender by storm,
• and Put every one to the sword. Here behold
war declared against the Porte without reason or
pretext ! but at St. Petersburgh it was thought that
the moment had arrived when France and Prussia,
the two Powers who had the greatest interest in
preserving the independence of the Porte, being
at war; was the most: favourable period for -sub-
jugating the Turkish Empire. Still the events 'of
one month litiYe defeated that prOjea, and to
these events the -Porte shall. be indebted for its pre-
servation.
" ThefGrand Duke of BERG has a fever, but he is
better. .The weather is as mild as at Paris in the
month of Oetober, but rainy, which makes it in-
convenient. We have taken measures for the deli-
very of a sufficient quantity of wile, in order to
support the vigour of the troops.
" The Palace of the King of Poland, at Warsaw,
is a fine edifice, and well furnished. There are se•
veral noble palaces and private houses in this city.
Our hospitals ate well established, which is no
small advantage.inlhis country. The Enemy seems
to. have a number of sick' ; they also lose greatly by
deserters ; and of the Prussians we hear nothing, for
even whole corps .of them have deserted, to avoid
that continual contempt which they might expel
among the Russiana.7

HAMBURGII,. Jaw. IL—The Queen ofiPrussia is
very. ill of a nervous fever at Koningsberg how-
ever, not dangerously ; and the Court is preparing to
leave that place.
The difficulties the Royal Family are put to, to
keep open a communication by letters, appear from.
theAltong Courant, which contains the two following
advertisements His Highness Prince AyouSTUS
of Prussia, who is a prisoner of war, informs his
sister, her Royal Highness the Princess-LOUISA,
spouse to Prince ANTHONY B.ADZI VIL, that he has
withdrawn to Nancy."
Berlin, Dec. 24.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prin-
cess FERDINAND of PRUSSIA, inform her Royal
Highness Princess Louisa of PRUSSIA, spouse to
Prince ANTHONY RADZIVIL, that they are in good
health and felicitate themselves in consequence of
the commencement of the recovery of their eldest
son-in-law, from a nervous fever."

Died, on Thursday morning, the ath inst. at Mi-
chael's-place, Brompton, MrS. SA RAN NEALS'" ift
of J. E. L. NSALSON, Egg.

S'UIiREY SESSIOA'S.

Mks. iiAR RiNGTort.

Yesterday; •hetord Mr. KENRICK anti a Bench of
Justices, at the Quarter Sessions for the County of
Surrey, came on the trial of Georgiana Courser,
otherwise called Georgiana Barrington, for picking
the pocket of Henry Dunn, on the 23d of Decem-
ber last, in Blackman-street, in the Borough, and
taking from him a guinea and four shillings; about
the hour of twelve at night.
This case having beem noticed in. some of the
Public Prints,. excited' considerable curiosity, and
caused the Court to be crowded.
Mr. MORRIS stated to the Court and Jury, as fol-
lows :—" This is an 'lndio-talent against 'the. Pri-
soner at the? Bar, Georgiaria Courser,. for,• stealing
from the Proseautor, Henry -Dunn. 45: in silvery and
a guinea in gold,- his property. The circumstances
of this case will be' very short? and, I.•believe,,in
your apprehensions, conclusive upon the guilt of the
PriiOner at the Bar.
• " Gentlettieo, the Prosecutor is • a journeyman
carpenter,.. and on the' 234 of Decemberlast, near
midnight, he was returning home from Crutched-
friars to Stockwell; with pair of boots. under one
arm, and a bundle under the other : he: was accosted
by the Prisoner at- the 'Bar,' in Black man-streeta,:She
came up to, and-asked him where he was going he
told her he was 'going home, She put her arm into
his, and then immediately took an opportunity, of
picking
,his pocket of:4s. and a guinea. He purr,
sued her, never lost sight of her from the instent,..
she first accosted-him-to that of her,apprehension,
which was by St. George's Church, some little dis-
tance from the place where she accosted him. On
her being taken into custody, the Prosecutor stated,
before she was, searched, What he had lost, to•the
Constable of the Night;. that he. bad lost 4s. one of
which he particularly described by certain marks
which it had, named the;letters which were: itnpress-
ed on it, and that he had one guinea, which was -a
new one. On the first search, the 4s. were found
in her pocket, but not the guinea ; but the Prisoner
was observed to stoop several times, and to put her
hand to her mouth, and then to• her pOcket. - She
was searched again, and then the guinea was found
in her pocket, and it was moist, and some crumbs
of bread about it ; so that it was highly probable
that the guinea was in her mouth at the time of the
first search. The silver being examined, one of the
shillings was found to be marked precisely as the
Prosecutor had described it. When these circum-
stances shall have been proved to you, I am afraid,.
Gentlemen, you can entertain no doubt whatever of
the guilt of the Prisoner at' the Bar."
Henry Dunn, examined by Mr. MORRIS, swore—
" I am a journeyman carpenter; I was going along
Blackman-street, in the Borough, on the 23d Dec.
last ; I saw the Prisoner there ; it was either late on
the 23d, or early on the morning of the 24th of
Dec. last ; I was going home to Stockwell ;* when I
saw her she accosted me by asking we " where I was
going ?"—I replied, " I was going home;" she instant-
ly took me by the arm ; I had a pair of boots and a
small bundle under my left arm ; she began, to un-
button my small-cloaths; I found my pocket opened,
and instantly 1 put my hand into it, and missed
my money. I had before in it one guinea in gold
and six shillings in silver, four of which were lost,
and the other two were left. Instantly I putlued the
Prisoner, Who was never out of my sight from the
time she accosted me to the time of her being taken.
I have no doubt that the Prisoner took out this mo-
ney. I pursued her Bor 10 yards, took her, and
charged her with the theft, and gave her in charge
to the watchman.--She was searched, but before
she vas searched, I gave a description of the money
to the constable; I described one of the shillings- be-
ing marked with a large letter B. and a small letter
e, and a small letter d, and all upon the same side of
the shilling.--I described the guinea to be a new
guinea. She was then searched, and 4 shillings in
silver were found upon her, and some halfpence; I
knew one of the shillings immediately, I found it
among the others; 'I can positively swear to it.—
There are the large letter B, and the small letter e,
and the small letter d, on it ; there was another
search made, but nothing said in the hearing of the
Prisoner before the second search, nor did I observe
the Prisoner do any thing before she was searched
again. The four shillings were left in the care of
Mr. Robinson, the constable of the night. When
she was searched a second time, a guinea was tbund
in her right hand pocket ; that 'vas about two or
three minutes after the first search ; that g4nea was
a new one, and had the same appearance as the one
I lost. She was then given in charge of the watch-
man ; and the next day taken to Union Hall, where
she was committed.--I saw Mr. Harman, another
witness, at the watch-house."

' Cross-examined by Mr. NOLAN : he adhered to.
his examination in chief; said he was as sober then
as he was at the present moment, having drank no-
, thing that night but a hare of one pint of . and
added, that the reason why'he. knew the marked
shilling so well was, that be bad that day taken it
in change for a seven shilling piece, and had scru-
pled to take it at first, thinking it a bad one.—After,
the PriSener had left him, she was only walking, and
did not attempt to run away.
George Harman corroborated what the Prosecutor
had stated about the marked • shilling ; of the Pri-
soner being searched, and four shillingS being found
in her right-hand pocket ; one of them was the shil-
ling described by the Prosecutor, marked with the.
large letter " B," and two small letters " e" and
" d ;" and the Prosecutor knew it again immediate-
; lv when put on the table in the-Watch-house. The
.
Constable of the night asked the Prosecutor if them-
was any mark on any of the money which he lost ?
and the Prosecutor said
;there was, and described
the shilling before the' Prisoner was searched. On
the Prisoner being searched the first time, only four
shillings and some halfpence were found in her pos-
session ; but she stooped and appeared to put her
hand to her mouth, as if - she were about to take
something out of her mouth.' The Witness said,
" she has got' the guinea in her mouth.".__" Lord,
Sir," said she, " how can you think anything of
that kind ?" and immediately put her hand to her
mouth, and then ;to her right-hand• pocket.. The
Witness then said to the Constable of the Night—
" Now she has got the guinea m her pocket." The
Constable of the Night then got up from the table
and searched her—felt for her pocket, and was some
time before he could find it, she having taken it up
under her arm •4 at last she dropt ti to•rier sid and 1

Then the guirietf*A4 Found in her pocket, moist;
With cruMbS upon it.
This witness was erciSs.:examined b'y Mr. i‘tor:HlN,
but did not contradi& himself in any thing.
Mr. Robinson, the COnstabk.-. of the night, edt+o;
borated every circumstance which was stated by the
two former Witnesesi as to what took place in the
watch-house; and a4ded, that as lie was taking th 6
Prisoner to Union Hall, she offered to give up the
money to the Prosecutor, on condition of his agree-
ing to settle the matter w;thout going before the
Magistrate, a od.th is she. did. without anything being
said about her confession. • •

The :money was. then produced in. CoUrt, as taken
fl:c411 the' Prisoner; and- the , Prosecutor positiv.ely
swore to, the.shilling,tuarked " di': to
be his---hee believed the rest to he, his but the
marked shilling he swore positively he. knew to bo
his. ,
Me. NOLAN took an Objeaion to the Indiame.nti
more from professional duty, to giirer,the. P,r);soner
every.possible chance of there being,stimethiog in its
than, frqm any !confidence of success.. The point watt
this :t—This indidment stated that: the krisoner,lo.o
taken from the Prosecutor, four pecesof,the coin of
this realm, called shillings, and it was iocurntlent,on;
the-Prosecutor to prove that they were piecesw44/
had. been coined at his Majesty's Mint, whereas.i
etas notorious that neither of them were so, they Oe-,
ing, on the tare of them, most evidently piecetof
silver, .which arecommonly.calle4,Trish Shillings ; as
to:the guinea, .it was out of, the,,queition,:becausq
the Proscutor 'could not .swear to
Mr. MORRIS was about to reply, wizen he was
stopt

. _
ThetuAtiippktr, who said that the Court was
clearly of opinion that the money
,produced was to
be taken to :be good .coin,. unless the contrary ap-
peared. He. &nil-lined up the whole evidence with
care, and•,.left the-case to, the. Jury to determine;
who, after a share .deliberation, found the Prisoner
Guilty.
The Learned PHAUMAN then spoke as follows
" Prisoner lit • the Bar, you have had a very impar-
tial trial, and you have been found guilty, upon the
most,
,clear and satisfaaoty. evidence, of stealing
from the Prosecutor the money.-stated in the India-
' meat. It is not the practice •of the Court to sat
upon, any thing which it cannot regularly know by
evidence laid before it, although there may be mat-
ters which it knows in another vvay, but.that makes
no ingredient, in the punishment which the Court ni-i
flials upon: delinquents, nor has, it any such effect on. •
the Court in ordering punishment on you. In some
of the public newspapers it has been stated, in
the most improper manner, that • a notorious elia
luau would be tried here this morning ; it ispyo-
per for me to say, that whatever foundation there .
may be. for that. assertion, it has nointhiebee on this,
Court in pronouncing sentence upon you--which is,
that you be transported to the Eastern Coast of New
South ;Wales, or to such other . place as His. Ma, •
rjesty, by the advice of his Privy Council, shall he'
pleased to declare and appoint, for the term of seven
years."

This, we are told, is either the seventeenth os ,
eighteenth trial of this offender.

POLICE.

MAssiox-RousE.—Yesterday a young woman
was charged before the LORD M VYOR with pri-
vately stealing, in the house of Mr. Webster, a
watch-maker, in 'Change-alley, five gold and silver
watches.

From the evidence of Mr. Webster it appeared,
the Prisoner had lived servant in the house, and by
that means found an opportunity to commit this
robbery.
Mr. Aldridge, a silversmith, in Aldersgate-street,
produced two of these watch,,,, which, he said, the
Prisoner brought to hiM, pretending to be recom-
mended, for him to value the watches, saving she
lived with her mother, but was under the necessity,
of selling the watches, as she was obliged to go to
the sea with a child which had been bit by a mad
dog, &c. &c. Mr. A. told the Prisoner he was not
so: good a judge of watches himself, but would
get them/valued for her, and advanced her a little
money in the mean time, as she pretended to be in
distress. •

• The Prisoner did not deny the fia, but as the pro- .
perry is not alt found; she was remanded for fur-
ther examination.

Edward Cooper, late a seaman of his .Majesty's
Ship Achille, under Went an examination before his
Lordship, on a charge made against him by
,one of
the Secretaries of the Patriotic Rind, for an attempt
to defraud that Institution. It came out during the
examination, that file prisoner had applied at Lloyd's
in the morning, stating himself to have been wound-
ed at the battle of Trafalgar, and produced a forged
certificate ofthe alledged fa6t, purporting to be he
hand-writing of Captain KING, of the Achille ;,oit .
comparing which with
.some papers found on his
• person, the hand-writing was proved exaolly to cor-
respond, and;not to be Captain-Kmo's. While the
officers were searching him, he made. a violent at-
tempt to destroy the papers, We understand that
he has defrauded several publicans, by' borrowing
money of them- upon the faith of' their being re-
imbursed when be should receive a donsiderablt
sum for wages; prizet.money, Ercc. which he stated
to.be due to him. Fit was committed to Bride-
well for a month, and to be twice whipped for the
offence:

PUBLIC OFFICE, HATTON-GARDEN..--YeSteid3y
Jane Earle, alias Jenny Giles, was committed for
trial, for stealing in the shop of Mr. Thwaites, in
Holborn, a quantity of printed cotton, his pro.,
perty.

It appears from the mortality bill for the city of
Glasgow and suburbs, for the year 1806, that such
are the blessed effects resulting from the vaccine, or
cow pock inoculation, that, during the last year, 15
children only have died of the small-pox-7-in the year
1797, the number 'was V3l.

On Tuesday the 13th inst. the State Lottery com-
menced drawing, when N 0.24,490/ the First Drawn
Ticket, entitled to 20,0201. was sold at Messrs.
HAZARD, BORNE, and Cds Office, Royal Exchange„
in one Half, one Fourth, one Eighth, and two Six-
teenth Shares, Tickets and Shares, warranted un-
drawn, are selling as above. The Second Day of
Drawing will be on Thursday next, the 22d inst.
and on the Monday following the First-drawn Tic-
ketwill be entitled to 10,0001.

LA IP REP mil:

COURT OF CHANgERV, LixcBl.N.'s-INN, HALL.

MR. LUDLAM'

The case of this.unfortnnate Gentleman, which has
be:..n lately so much in the view of the Public, was
*.-• brought belbre the LORD CII4L,etELLOR,
by Moti,ii on a Petition froM James -LtidThm-,,Esq.
br:DI her and: committee, iii this, case, di:William
a_Lunatie: The'Motion was tuadeThy Mr.
c VA F.., on behalf of the Petitioner, for an 'order
bt COurt• -VatidercOM Solicitor for
the' Lunltic; or Airs HenderSbn (who pastes by the
nattre of Mts. Ijititatn), to produeehiS•persoti to the
COMM:It tee;'•in •:tO have him scarred under
4ticbteitStody as ,was • direCted by a former order of
that Court. The Petition contained an historical
ticeolnit. of -the p,rhceeditigicit respeCtingliiis unhappy
Gentteittatal ft'orn the unfortunate transaetion at' the
LontltitiVaicefti, to the late occurrence at Tenter-
dWi-Strett: In substance it was to this' purpose :
glib& liiVterctiliiii (having; from motives of-huma=
ordet-eAticSr t\dr; Ludlam should be eartithitt;cl.
tlitodare Of, prop4'pers6its; 'accUsteitiried to' attend .
niti43lrffs;'-ihti oWn house, rather- than be sent to
Mad.Hidiise 11r. T. ititcril,or i?insbury-
Fftitit@;iStatgecirrt fitidtbeen appointed to that trust,
iVitll:;tfie cotisZ,znfbi all parties., • That 'Mr. Young,-
had all-Nether -abitidoned the duty he,Ntrunder-'
talteit.;•. that teitytt4e,ifli of January,
tioner conceiving,' it '-to be his duty towards his tbro,•
they th putipiic, to inquire what means' had'ber'en
adopted by Mr. Young fur his security, a;-plied tts
him fo'r that ptirl;OSO, •but could obtain trio answer;
that it appeared- frotn'this that no peOperiperion had'
been appointed to take care of the Limniie. -That
it was. proposed by Petitioner Dr. Willis should,
Lisit hiM, Who refused sotto do li6-WaSiunder
proper'restraint •.-"Thatilie tm
Cnikcsi,l'ek,lttfeonse-
quence of a communication from Dr. Reyriolds;'
had made an' order for • his Confinenientillir his own
iniaVin the striCteSt custody; and that aafbeeting had.
been appointed for the. 9th, at Dr, *Willis's, at
which Mr:lrandercoM attended, but -refused to. in
troduee two persons appointed bYDr. Wpli and.
the Petitioner to, take charge of Pie Einiattd,' in •Con -
sequence of which Dr. Willis 'refuS.eit'th'iiiSit hiM..
That the 'whet proceeding,i had.' necessarily been re-
sorted to, it having appeared that 'the Lunatic- had
been to Visit Mr. Vandetcorn in his oWn carriage,
-Without any keeper, on.the Stir in Bush-lane.
That the two persons belonging to Dr. Munro, Who
on the loth were said to;be in charge-of the Lunatic,
had not been one hour in the hods-e; nor had ever
seen Mr. Ludlam, when the Officers- had forced into
the house ; that Mr. Ludlam lived with a.woman
named 'Henderson, who called herself Mrs. Ludlam,
and estranged him from his family, and exercised an
uncontrolled dominion 'over him, by which his pro-
perty was much -viagied; 'and that • the Lunatic was at
present under the dominion of hefand Van-
dercom, or one of- them, and Petitioner therefore
humbly prayed his Lordship's order to compel them,
or'ene of them, to deliver him tip to proper'and saf3
custody ; his attornies and any- physieiani he might -
think proper, being at liberty to visit him whenever
they thought proper.
Mr. PERCIVAL said; that this Petitjr was sup-
ported by. various affidavits, proving the' violent
nature of,*the malady, and the total neglect} of
his Lordship's' order. He referred -to his Lord'-
ship's memory for a cortoboration of the cir-
cumstances of luamanity and tender consideration.
under which that had been made, and sub-
Mined sthat the custody thereby directed had not
been resorted to. The:learned. Counsel also' read.
a letter from Mr. Young, in apology for not
laving given any answer to the various 'inquiries that
had been made, on the ground that he had been at
the time ill and confined ti) his bed, as well as that
he did not think it right to giveany-answer without
consulting Mr. Vandercom, as also a letter from Mr.
Young to. Mr. -Vandercom, resigning the duty he'
had Undertaken: under all these circumstances he
horribly moved.the Cothrt for an order to compel Mr. t
Vandertom, Vic. to live up the person of William
Laillartf t`ii• the legal custody of the Petitioner, his
CoMmittee. • ' -

The Loin CHANCELLOR, who had previously de-
dared his deterMination not to suffer the authority
of'fliat! Court to be trifled with; and to have public
interrogatories ethibited, as well as thi affidavits read
Court,oryserved, that what had taken place
in- tins 'case Might deter persons who might be it
his situation front departing hereafter from what ap-
peared to be. the usual
:course. His Lordship 'then
thought it right -to aaluaint the Learned Counsel
with What had passed antecedently to the statement
in- his' Petition. It had appeared to him, that -it
would he better to have the unfortunate person con-
titled in his. Own house, where he might have his
'malady soothed mild treatment, rather than to
aggravate the sufferings of such a complaint, by
Caving him .given his Committee without.
any 'such restriction. The order he 'had made
under this impression; and particularly because
the unfortunate person having ,been formerly con-.
fitted in a receptacle for lunatics, seemed to have as
horror at the idea of being again confined there. He-
had, bowevei-, subsequently been informed by-a let-
ter from 'Dr. Reynolds to Mr. Carr, Secretary for
Lunaiit's, dated sth of January, Bedlofd-square, that'
this. person-had .been- at large, and gone-to his house
at two' o'clock in the morning, and there deported
himself in a manner that proved him to' be under the
influence of a 'racist dangerous derange-met-A. ...His
Lordship had in consequence issued an order, that
he. should be carried back to his house, and there
cotninitted -to the strictest custody,-,,tikttil further
order. He could not suffer his Majtsty't Subjeas
`to be exposed to hazard, by allowing such a person
to' be- at large: There was. Much to be condeMned
somewhere or other. '
The SoLICITOR GENERAL observed:that Mr. Van.
dercom had'not known anything .of this circum=
stance, an&affirtned, iii answer to a question from
the LORD CH ANCELLoR, that he had an affidavit to
that fait frdh) Vander6orn.
The.Lolui CHANCELLOIt had always known Mr.
Vandercom to,be a Most respectable' member of his

ofession.
Mr. POCIVAL was always willing to make allow-'
Ames for feelings .of even a raise h;Jmanity;--bin was
o{ opinion, that 'his Lordship, seeing he (Mi' Van-

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