The Sun.
London, England, 1809-11-18 00:00:00

COURT 01 COMMON PLEAS.

the Centi, ivert;, that the at:..fendant was a seivant
of his ' • dtl •Li t "Cisr:a• to tie of it. 4 '', all , ,e
'Parliament, he was, by vit-tue of 4i eitc.t;, exettipt•
ed tram arrest. ;Mr. 'Sclieant Strlci'a END admitted,
that. For was a coachman iu ordinary to the King,
and that he would 1-e knitted. to such a Kik illege,
but that he had :;een euguged in !rarlic with a person
of the name of Otway, fdr the bill for which he had
been al tested had been accepted by Otway and
Foster. This argued a, sort oftir`tn, hich • skewed
that the atiertdant • was a' trader, atad as a tradef'
thercfore

,Mr. Serjeant BEST informed the Cot Al, that he
bad in his possession an atTiciavil of the A.-fend:in. t
Foster, to the 'trn.l.ll ot the :11t 1-,o
coachman in tite service ot his 20.ljesty.
Best then Obserixd, jn defeOce' of the wist'oM of
tai's provision in the 4ct of Pa;ll,imelit, ant, it the
caSe was otherwise, what setitais itotzvel.icnces
might result to the King, it his eiriiage -Was
stopped as he was going to the,_ll,,use of Lords or
elsewhere*.

Sir JAM ES MANSFIELD said,. that it did not come
Within the. prinince .of that Court to animadvert
upon the impropriety of one of the King's servants
embarking in any scheme of 'tratli., ‘llc:re fAure
might be injurious to others beside ri'e parties, but
it was the duty of the Court to prot-Ct all persons
in the privileges with which they hadbeeir itngstt:.l
by the LNislaturc. Tire
.irt the 'present
case actually existed, and must be a~..erred until the
Act that gave rise to it, was repedled; Defen-
dant must be allowed his Habeas Corpus.
Rule made absolute.

The jr.dges of the Court then adjourned to Guild-
hall, where nothing of any public interest occurred.

BRIGHTON, NOY. 16.

The weather here may now he regarded as sea-
sonably w birlesothe, for, though br;ght, the alum-
There is cutting in Che first degree; out the rides
and walks, nciiwithstandiug, both yesierf%iy and to-
day, had gly appearances, and exhibited a pleasing
display of -raLik' and beauty. The Libraries to-dV
have been-well attended;, and a few tiathing belles
of beauty, with rosy cheeks, • coral lips, and spack-
ling eyes, have been'uoder the guidance of MARTHA
GPHN, the whole of whom took a ducking as it
they had been usd to it.
We regret to observe, that Mr. T. ELGAR, of
Portslade, a Gentleidan not unknown to the literary
world, from various pitblications of Ills on Agricul-
.tural subjects, titc. and whose benevolent disposi-
tion and feeling heart,'occasion him to be respected
by all who know hiM, met with an unexpeded and
nearly a fatal accident, to the East of this town,.
yesterday afternoon. This Gentleman•was standing
with his back against the Cliff fence, nearly Oppo..
site to IlOck Buildings, in full-confidence of being
in security; when the rail'agaiLst which he pressed
suddenly gave Way,- and backwards precipitated him
over the margin of the Cliff,to :the rocks and beach
below, 2a 'depth of fionalit;y• to sixty feet.
Happily' his • fall was in some' measure bioken,
bi 'lns being received' about midway by a pro-
jeEhneut from the bank,..from whence, however,
the instant 'after, he.descendedto iis,base..'Scarcely
:a hope was entertained by those who witnessed the
accident,- that the unfortunate Gentleman could es-.
cape with 'particularly as .he is a lusty, and con
sequendria heavy man. The surprize; therefore,
was great, but the pleasure felt was much greater;
%hen Mr. -ELoAit, instead of remaining a lifeless
object at the base of the Cliff, recovered his feet,,
and was observed to walk from the spot where he
had iall'en; with apparently but little difficulty.--
He had received, howeve,r, several deep cuts and
Contusions on the head,'und the blood -front his
Wounds flowed copiously. Feeling himself &OA to
the task, be then, accompanied by several persons,
Walked to the house of Ailesirs. HALL, BOND, and.
in North-street, where his hurts
attended to ; and it affords us the
ion to observe, that the ultimate re-
, Co.
present
v.riee re;setptisrproesgo,arelpt:Ne:
ELGAR, from the painful effects of
misfortune, is now considered as certain,

The liberality of Lieutenant General Harris, of
Belmont, was imposed upon, a few days since, in
the following manner :,‘,A man, pretending to be
an itinerant clock-maker, called at the General's
house, and asketd for a job, to put to rights any 'Of
the clocks that might want repairing; a large clock
over the stables being out of repair, tie.‘man was
iannediately set to work uon it, who contrived tp.
prolong the job (remaining in the cock-loft, except-
irig.4t, meal and
.bed tunes) for the ,space ,ot' two
days,, making the clock strike at intervals, as if be
was hard at work. At the end of two days he pro-
nounced hiS job completed, and received for. 'it a
guinea, over ,and above his ova and drink ; he had
not lift the house, however,. manyshours before it was
discOvered that the clock neither act nor
. strike; and, on inquiry. being.set ~on faLt respecting,
the elockmaker, 4t proved that he was a tailor, on
.tramp from Margate to London, who, at the,
_village of °spring, had heard .some persons prais-,
ing the„Generalts arable.. clock, and 4,iying it .was a
pity it was out of repair,: when the ,shrewd tailor ap-
plied fora job, for, the,purnose Of ruidirzg I.lo,2vited,
wiiich, having :dope, enabled', bin, to kite
to London, where, the rogue 'no doubt arri+ed,
highly pleased at having out-manoeuvred the gallant
General, wlnyout-manceuvrerfTippoo Sultan at Se-
ringapatatn.

Mr. Serjeant SHEPHERD proceeded to strew cause
against a Rule obtained by Mr. Serjf ant BEST, for
an Habeas Corpus to bring up the body of George
Foster, a coachman in ordinaryl in the service of his
Majesty, who had been arrested . for non-payment
of his acceptance on a bill of exchange. The
grounds:uion which the Rule had been granted by

.4Cy'R fe,Jl.7l,igt.

EAST LOTHIAN 'REPORT FOR OC

i 3

t-larvest wo*, with some trifling exceptioni..
finished in this district about the`nitre ,of*Oct%
the crop, except what suffet'ed from
iog the preceding mouth, having received !essda,
wage froM the ‘A' e:ness of the Weather than, ,vas
generally appreht:;hded. A great part of the grain-,
bower er, is soft, esl*ciall). when, little of which
is in condition for bein,'; MAtifactured ; hence prices
are unequal, constantly fluOnating; and not much
affected by the Market 'rates of other places: Ii
point of bulk the crop exceeds that of last year. M
to productivenesr, bazle:,.oats, and beans, may be
regarded as lair average crops, w hikt wheat and
pease, are, :nun celol-Oat standard. It is ,tow cota-
plete)- as,.•.ertained At the wheat of this disrria
;-.,o7ltiCtive than it was last year;
and as for. p,..37., Many. fields will scarcely yield grain
sufficient to deft:ty ti; ex.penics of thrashing.
Since the middle of the mouth, a considerable
brea'tth of ground 'tas been seeded with'
.Wheat,
though little. of it has been wrought in cleat kind-
ly way „so highly' prized -by the husbathttnan.---
Had nolthe wviith,..sr "been mild and dry for IQ,ur7
teen days past, it is probable that none of t&t.elay
Soils could have been seeded with the slightest
prospect of advantage. Even under-the favourable
circumstances which have receotiy occurred, liar-
,
rowing has, in numerous cases, been perfectly per-
formed. The soil tor a long time. had been so
drenched with moisture as to,t urn up quite waxy and
tough after the plough, consequently might be le-
veilled, but could nut be separated by the h4rows.
Notwithstanding of every exertion, the seed' pro-
cess, speaking in general terms, cannot be esti-
mated as more than half over, and another fortnight
of good weather will be necessary, otherwise that
impoi taut hi-A(:4 of. rural work cannot tie SUCCeSS.'
fully ternainateJ.

Potatoes are Safely housed, but on all wet soils
they are seamy, and of bad quality.- Turnips
of late have improved considerably, though few
fields "can be reported: as 'carrying .a full crop.—
Where let to be cOnsatned by sheep, the price
per acre is about' ten guineas. Considering !he
valUe which inrnips maimain in Edinburgh, ii is
thought by ,orne people that ailiands9.ne pro:4
might be. gained by shipping them, at bunhar for
Leith, at which 'place therweuld find a'reedy dee
amid from the Edinburgh cowteeders. • •

Yesterday the LORD MAYOI2. proceeded in...-s-qte
from the Mansion House to Guildhall, _
Court of Aldermen. .

The thanks of:the•.Conri were voted to Sik..CII4.
FLOWER, Bart. late Lord Mayor. •
The. Attorney iwwaiting, reported, that WLLLtA
JACOB, Etiq..was -duly elected an. Alderman the
Ward of Lime-street,,in theToomoi' Jou N Pa L N szr,
Esq. who had resigned.
It:was referted to a Cqnla.ittee, to. prepf!e a Pe-
tition-to his MAJEs.TY, to restore the City's right to
the•Otfice of Ganger,.. which was i4tringed by the
.passing of the Duck Acis.

Abut one• o'clock in..the morning of yesterday
seinnight, three Mtn Were apprehended at theßiaat
Lions. Inn, Exeter, by WilliatnySewell, City Con-
stable, charged with burglavy:,ami felony, in break-
ing `open the counting-house of Messrs. Crosby and
White, clothiers,' Westbury,. Wilts, and stealing
therefrom a• quantity of superfine blue cloth, of the
value of 801)1. and upwards. Bills to a consider-
able amount were fnun,d 'on the, prisoners, and a
portmanteau, containing various keys, picklocks,
&c. of the
.most cut ions invention, capable of open-
ing locks of every- description ; also phosphorus,
Matches, dark lanterns, and sundry implements,
suited to etfett their depredations. While these
things were examining below stairs, one of the men
contrived to make his escape from the chamber
window by the help of a skeet, with which he let'
himself down into the street, with nothing but his
shirt on, in which .state he was met shortly after by
two-soldiers, a mile from Exeter, on the Heavitret
road, probably making his,way for the cart in which
the property bad been conveyed, supposed to,he at
no great distance ; but though the most ddigeot
search had been made, and a handsome reward ad-
vertised, neither the man nor cart have yet been dis-
covered.
young Lady, not more than nine-
teen years•of age, whose residence was a short
'mix,' from. Bueltinghatn-gate, put a period to her, '
iflster:ce by 'drowning herself in the Tlratries on
"Wptlnesdav last. Her body was taken out of the
water in ten 'minutes after the aq had•been com-
mitted'', :but , attempts to restore animation Were
.The 'young Lady was the daughter of a
Gentleinan of "property, and the cause ofsuiciti6 W 11.9
supposed to have. originated (roar pregnancy. .
Two most inhuman murder's Were lately commit-
.
ted in the neighbourhood of .Shallow Bay, New-
' •:fortindiano; bye John Petty, a fisherman, wh in ,conse-
queoce, of A reprimand from his. master- (Joseph
took:up an axe, and killed him on the spot.
Anotherrnan named lt. Cross, and who is supposed
to have gone to Reitdall's assistaoce,•shared the :>atue
fate.'," The wretch afterwards buried the bodies, hut;
,struck with remorse c,f conscience, afterward, con-
' fessed thela6t, and surrenehgred himself to justice.
On Thursday, night, about 11 'o'clock, as Mr.
Stanton, of-Hollywell-street; Shareditch, Was re-
' turning borne, he was attacked by a man in a fsmoCk
frock, who •knooked- him dawn, and robbed him of
A meladcholy circumstance • took 'place oti Mon- i his \vatch.,..,'
day last,iin one of the midland Counties.—A eollec;. ; One of the 'Fleet-street patroles was at a late.hour
'tor of taxes having had the misfortune to,luse the on Thursday night, killed in an attempt to'
inoney•he had collected (which he was to pay to the heruksomehousebreakeriin that neighbOuthoOdwho
Receiver-General) to the amount of between three ' 'effeetedaheir escape.
and four hundred pounds, and•not hearing ofit after Miss TAYLOR, the friend of Mrs. CLARKE, we
giving public notice of his loss, took the .desperate ' Understand, is in a state of the most deplorable dis:-
resolution of poisoning himself, Which occasioned. his ''tress, never having received a single shilling of the
death the same evening. It appears, 'however, that • subscription levied from the p-t)lic, as was alleged
the whole of -the money was found prior to his hav- at the time, for her use and benefit.—So much ior
ing had recourse to. that fatal act, but that 'he was humane subscriptions-1
not informed of it till too late. I Two turnips were 'ast week taken up, pro-
Thursday a young man, an ostler, in the Borough,
misCuously, in a. field belonging' to Mr. J 'llll lack-
for a wager of five guineas, undertook to trot It small t son, of Bolthow, GuSforth, Cumberlao,i,, .o•hich
poney, belonging to a gentleman in Tooley-street, weighed 6.31b5. exclusive of the top and rtx;
ten miles in an hour He started near the turnpike i and measured` upwards of 3i feet each iu Circutote-
gate, at Kennington; going one mile out and one rene•
mile in on the Claphato-road, till the little animal I
pertigrned the task tour minutes within the time A .Peneral-.Court7maitial is ordered assemble,for the the trial of lour Officers the 13t10.1,-
allowed it. I went of Light Dragoons.