The Sun.
London, England, 1809-11-28 00:00:00

LAW REPORT.

,Nov,
COURT QV KlNG's BENCH N 17.
KiNG v. A CISETAIN LARGE FISH CALLED A

WEIALE.

Mr. DAMP/ER thoved fora Rule to sliew cause
Why aprohibition should not be direr ed tattle Ad-.
Initatty-agninst. proceeding in this case. The plain-
tiff, the King, was- a. name' well known in - that
-Court s ,but the other name, he believed,, had been
never before heard of' as a party in any suit. It ay-
geared, that a whale bad been lately cast on shore
at Gravesend, where it had been taken possession of
on the part of the City of London, in their capacity
Conservator of the River Thames. it-was after-
wards brought up the River to London • but when
it arrived oppositc.Do&ors' Commons, Mr. Cricket,
of the Admiralty, not knowing, probably, what'
it was, prdered it to be claimed as a droit of the
Admiralty. A process was accordingly served on
'the whale, in virtue of which it was put in a state
of cletainder, till the smell, arising from so immense
body of corruption (the whale being 15 feet in
length), became so offensive, that it was found ne-
%teary to dispose of it. The whale, the Learned
eounsel contended-, could in no sense of the word
b considered as ,adroit or the Admiralty. It bad
hot been taken at sea, but was actually found on
the Kent side of the River, en the sand, INTRA
CORPUS COMITATIS.
_ _

Lord ELLENBOROUGH said, the Learned Counsel
aright take his Rule. It would be necessary for
Lim, however, to consider how he would entitle the
ause, so as to bring it into that Court.. He must
tittitle his affidavits as being in a certain cause, and
they must also be properly entitled.
Mr. DIM ram said) the whale surely was eitid.

A Channel fleet is ordered to be formed.—The
Caledonia, Captain BEDFORD, (Lord GAMBIER'S
flag-ship) and the San Joscf, Captain DUNN, (Sir
J. T. Ducxwourves flag-ship), are ordered to be
fitted for sea immediately,—The &gal Oak, 74,
Lord AMELILIS BEAU cLEitd, is likewise intended for
Channel service.
Orders have been received at Sheerness dock-
aird, to put down twelve pair of new moorings, for
4n equal number of line-of-battle ships, in Saltpan
Ileacn, for ships in ordinary.
All Officers on the half-pay of the Commissariat
Ore squired to deliver in their places of address, with
k view to their being employed, if competent to ser-
tce, under penalty of being erased from the list.
BOW-STREET.—John Chews baker, of Henrietta-
Went, Manchester-square, was last night ordered
to find bail, for riotous and disorderly condu± in
the pit, wearing 0. P. in his hat, and by his gene-
ml demeanour interrupting and disturbing the peace-
able part of the audience.
SUICIDE.—On Saturday evening the report of a
Distol was heard in Newington-fields, and early on
Sunday morning the body of a decently-dressed
man, with part of his head blown off, was discover--
Id- The body was removed to the nearest house ;
and on examining it, the words Cornelius Wynn,
Denbigh, were found written on his shirt. From
I,"is trace the body was owned by 'the brother of
Inc deceased on Sunday evening. He was originally
the master of a respectable seminary, but in conse-
quence of temporary derangement, his school de-
Itned, and the deceased had since lived in the hum
tt' his brother, a tradesman, in Phoenix street.

I R.

TO THE EARL CAMDEk, &C. &C. &C.

Cloucier-Locig,e; Nov. 14, 1804.

M LO'4D,—I had written to your LOrdsliip im-
mediately 'atter the .publication of your Lordship's
'Statement, but,l delayed sending my letter, in the
hope of being able previonsly to submit it to the
perusal of the Duke of Portland'.
In this hope I hive been disappointed by. that
fatal event, .which has deprived this country of one
of its most upright and disinterested patriots ; the
King, of one of his most faithful, devoted, and, af-
fe6ionate inbje6ts ; and the world one of the most
blameless and most. noble-minded of men.

Thus situated. I have thought it fight to revise
what I had written, and scrupulously to expunge,
every reference to the authority of the Duke of
Portland, ,which would now stand upon my sole
testimony; retaining such only as ale supported,
either by wrilien documents which I slaall be happy
to Communicant toyour Lordship, .or by facts which
are.well known toyourLordship or to your colleagues,
and in which for the most part your Lordship is'
yourself concerned.
Neither, however, can I content myself with this
precaution ; but Must protest, at the same time, in
the most earnest manner, against any possible mis-
construction, by which any thing iu,the following
Letter can be strained to a meaning unfavourable to
the motives which actuated the 'Duke of Portland's
conduCl. •

It is impossible, indeed; not to regret the policy,
however wed intentioned,- which dktated the re-
serve pradised roirards Lord Castlereagh in the be-
ginning of thisiransattion i,or that practised towards
myself in its conchision.
It is to be regretted, that the Duke of Portland
should have imposed; and that your Lordship should
have accepted the condition of silence,
_in the first
Communications 'between yOu.
_ .

It is also to be regretted,' that I should not have
learnt in July, that your Lordship Wii fit not party to
the assurances then given ti me on behalf of Lord
CaStlereagh'S friends in general ;—and that anqther
Ni,ernbcr of the Cabinet, -comprehended in that de-
scription, had, (as I have since heard), retukd to
concur in them.

Had I been made acquainted with these circum-
stances, I should then have resigned ; and my
resignation IA ould, at that time, -have taken pl'ace
irittiout inconvenience or -embarrassment ; and
without stirring those questions (no w-,14 connected
with the causes of my retirement) or-buujeding me
to those misinterpretations of my_ conduct and mo-
tives, which have been produced by ,the .coinei-
&nee of my resignation with that .of .•the.Duke of
Portland. • '

But, 'however this reserve maybe to be regretted;
it is impossible to attribute the adOption of it, on the_
part of the Duke of Portland,. to ,any other
motives, than to that
‘gentleness of nature which
eminently distinguished' him ; and which led him to
endeavour (above all things) to.prevent political dif-
ferences from growing into personal dissensions; and
to. aim at executing whatever arrangement might be-
expedient for improving or strengthening the Ad-.
minsiration, with the concurrence (if possible) of all
its existing Members.
And no man who knows the affectionate respoia
and attachment, which the manly and generous
qualities of the Dake of Portland's mind were
calculated to command, and which 1 invariably
bore to him, will suspeet me of being willing to
establish my own vinvication; at the , expellee of
the slightest disrespe& to his memory, or pre-
judice to big fame.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord, your Lordship's
Most obedient humble servant,
GEORGIS CANNING.