The Sun.
London, England, 1809-12-20 00:00:00

disk one) could be Ovigatea,En the ii-.,:::- ii-::-,-..;;;,„
wittiotit, having .on board, a, trinity-House .Pilot i
such pilot,,wiis on board the Defendant's vessel.,
nAnd
it. yas,, therefore,
.in Point of,laW, under his 'guir
drnce and., direction ; and the .action should be
against.the pilot, if the vessel lit,as unskilfully navi-
gated, for the Patendant had nothing to do with her
. management. . ,
Lord ELLENBOROUGH said, he chould ;not turn
the party round by a non Thi
s.objeElion, but
'
. save the 'point that it might. be moved
.hereafer;
argued before the Court, and finally determined, so
that the party. would not have to corn-,3.,,d,0wn again
with the same fatls in .another trial, whiChwould be
the 'caself the Plaintiff was nonquited.
Evidence was then given
.of, atrinity flonse Pilot
being on board the defendane.s vessel at the time of
this accident, which, it appeared,
.might have been
avoided by ordinary care in thoSe who steered it, as
there was abut\dant room to pass on the starboard or,
the larboard side of that of the Plaintiff, which lay
at anchor, while the vessel of the Defendant was
goingin lull sail. .
It was contended, that as those on board the De•
fendant's vessel hailed the Plaintiff's, they ought to
have moved her iiythehelm so as to get out of the way
of being damaged; but Lord ELI;ENAOROUGP beid,
that w::ile the Plaintiff's Vessel lay ar anchor', and
there was room to pass it on eit her side, there :vas
no obligation on those who had the care of it to
Move it a single inch it was the business of those
who. sailed by to steer Clear anu do i:o injury, be-
cause the thing was easy--ii might have been other-
-Wise*, if there had been a difficulty in, avoiding the.

danger.
Verdi& for the Plaintiff, damages 541:

COURT OF CHANCERY, Mc. 14.

BEVAN V. PEARCE.

This wasln application to the Court, on behalf of
Mr. Cockerell, the receiver appointed by the Court
io receive of the Portuguese Ambassador.seventeen
years arrear of rent (athounting to 40001, and-up.
wards), for , the house which has been occu-
pied for many years. by: the Ambassadors from the
Court of Portugal, and the obje& was; to discharge
an order lately obtained by the plaintiffs to 4h,is
case, that the Receiver shohld in four days
brtng, in his account before the Master,, or stand
.committed -to the 'Fleet Prison, and Mr. Cockerell
Ora, made an atlidavit, stating 'his many applications
to•the Ambassador forshe rent; hut that he had cot
Obtained an answer ; and that; therefore, he had nu
account to carry in. ,The Court; under the,e
circumstances, discharged the. former order against
him, and rtcommended him to take the Master's di-
reaions, hosk to proceed to obtain payment of the
vent, consistently: with the Aa of Queen Acme,
made for pres:Aynag the privilegeg of Ambassadors.

. 'Sunday se'nnight a tire broke out in a'barn and
stable belonging to Mr. Giffin, of.adborough, near
itienley-in-Atden, ctihich were entirely burnt down,
tatether with seven or eight, loads of tvheit in the
straw, which they contained. A valuable horse,
.which was ,in the stable, was burnt to deash. IA
most shocking instance, of malicious depravity is,
connected with
,this, c3lamhy. ,The•-accident hap-
pened while Mrs. Griffin and her son were at church;
no person living lets at home but Mr. Griffin who is
advanced in years, and the servant, girl. , The alarm
of the fire was first given by the girl, by her gong
to-a• neighbour's house; who on being questioned
as to bet knowledge of.t he affair, said a strange wan
Called at the house soon after her mistress ha(l
and asked who was at home, and who on Lehig
told, went into the stable, and soon atter came Out.
again, and went away. On Monday; some Of
.the
neighbours took the girl into a parlour to investigaro
the true clause of the fire,when she at length Contess-
ed to have set fire to the stabh herself, and she has
hewn since committed to -Worcester County Gaol, to
- • •
be tried. fur the ••

A few nights ago, the mills in the town of New-
pOrt,-County of lit)yerafy, with a quantity'of flour
and corn therein; were consumed by fire. The cause
of this conflagration ant destruaion of property is
attributed to the malignity of some person, as yet
unknown, who,-at the;dead of night (an uriustial
flood then prevailing in .ihe river) .opened the sluice,
by which the machinery-was set. into such rapid mo-
tion as to causeignitiOn.

A few evenings since; as Mr. Henry Hull, 'hutch.-
er, of Ovarearavan, near Monmouth, was returning
home from that -town, in company with a <neigli-
bourand his daughter, in order to avoid th,e roatit at
Trothey-biidge, they -attempted to get into the
by winking over the weir-head at that place. His
trtend, with his child-, had passed it; and was'in the
al-.1 of stretching out his hand to assist Mr. Hull,
when the foot of the latto slipped, and, from the

wpight of water which then flowed, he WFs cat ried
down the stream and drowned, The darkness of the
ff evening prevented any attempt to recover the body,.
which was not found till Wednesday morning, and-
was then' discovered at the bridge leading to Troy
fionse.

SHOCKING ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon as
some workmen were finishing a house in Sloane.
street, the .icafrOlcling, as well as the side of the
house, .suddenly gave way, by which memos six un-
fottunate persons -were precipitated to the ground.
They were soon afteridugout of the .ruins, in such a
bruised and lacerated gate, that no hopes are enter,
tained of their recovery. They were all conduocd
to St. George's Hospital.
On Saturday, the illeading coach ran over the
Maidenhead waggoner, on Smalberry-green, and
broke his thigh in so shocking a- manner, that it is
thought amputation must take place. .

CO6T-EXCI:ANGE, DEC. 20.—T0 day there are
few• fresh arrivals of Wheat, but tolerable remain-
ing quantities on hand of Foreign, again waiting
the expected supplies—few saleS are effected, 'and
those at little variation ; Barley and Malt in short
snpplies, and full as dear; New Tick.. Beans 40.. to
40s. per guar-m.7-01d quoted as under ; White. Peas
rath4r lower ; the Oat trade fluctuates; but little
Flour, at late prices, and fine American, wholesale,
58s. to 635. per barrel.'

Wheat -78 s a gos a row Tick-Beans(old) 50s a 555
Fine ditto . - tc6s a 1 tos Oats - -26 s a 3os a 34$ •
nye - - - 505 a S4S Poland'ditto -37 s a 4.8
Barley - - - cos a 56s l'otatoe ditto - 4is a --s
Malt - Sos a 85s Rape Seed - . 461 a sil
White Vease - 765 a k sm? trine Hour - 905 a 95s
Grey ditto . - .55s a 6os Seconds . . Bis a you
BearS (old) . 6os a 66s