The Sun.
London, England, 1809-07-15 00:00:00

STIRLING V. HENCKELL.

This gtion was upon a policy of the same ship,
by Admiral -Stirling, against another underwriter.
The defence set up was, that the, ship, being de-
serted at sea, this a&ion being upon an insurance
on the cargo, the abandonment could not -be con-
sidered as coming, within the words of the policy.
A similar question, of law was also urged to that in
the former case.

The Jury, leaving the same question open, re-
turned their verdict for the Plaintiff, e t 61. los.

PARKER. V.' TH E EAST INDIA COMPANY.

This adion .was against the East India Company,
for a breach of contra&.
Mr. PARK, for the Plaintiff, stated, that in the
year 18004. apprehensions being entertained in this
country of a scarcity, the East India Company ad-
vertised, as an inducement to ship-owners to bring
home cargoes of rice, that they would guarantee
.their sale at 325. per hundred weight, and published
advertisements to-this etre& in India, extending the
guarantee to all importations which should arrive in
England prior to the 3oth Decemuer, 1801.. The
rice imported by. Defendant did not reach England
till 1802 ; but the Plaintiffcadtended that the agree-
ment ought to include this cargo, as its papers were
not made up till too late a period, by the Company's
servants, to render it possible for the ship to arrive
within the given time, and that her stay had been
protraded by a negociation on this subje& with the
managing officers in India.
Upon a question by Lord ELLENBOROUGH, it ap-
peared that no express deed had been entered into,'
and the Plaintiff was nonsuited.

SPANISH WOOL.

RANDALL V. YARBERAT.

This was an a&ion upon bills of exchange, for
88. for a large quantity of Spanish wool,
sold to Defendant in February last.
It was stated, that the Defendant did not purchase
the wool for his • own use, but upon speculative
hopes of its rising in price.- _ He made the purchase
on,the 2d of February, and gave his bills at four
months, in payment of sixty-five bags ;' forty-nine
bags of what are-termed R's, at twenty shillings per
pound, and sixteen bags called Fs, at nineteen
lings.- He then gave instructions .to Messrs. Brook
-and Sims, wool-brokers, to sell them -at an ad-
vanced price, the superior kind, the It's, at twenty-
-three shillings, the interior, the F's, at twenty-two,
but not to- part with them on these_terms, unless
banker's acceptances; at two months, could be pro-_
cared. The wool continued at a very high price for
some days; but a purchaser could not be met with:
About the 10th of February the market b,ecaine flat,
and the last sale, at high prices, was on the 15th ;
since then the market has been very dead, scarcely
anything having been done up to the present-time;
only one sale having taken place for three months,

when, otit of one thousand bags, there had been
but ten or twelve sold, and those ai very reduced
prices. The Defendant; finding his speculCon
likely to turn out bad, as alleged on the part of the
:Plaintiff, complained that the wool did tint answer
the sample, and refused payment. A minaber• of.
'witnesses were'called to substantiate the regularity
of the original ContraCt; • and several for the Defend-
.ant, to
.prove that the wool did.not correspond •With
.the sample.

Lord EI:LiNBOR-OUGH summed up the evidence,
And 41teiJory, after a few minutes' consideration, re-
.turned their verdi& for the Plaintiff, 12,9761. Bs.

MR. PITT'S MONLIMENiI

The Monument to be ereaed -in the Guildhall of
London, is in a state of great forwardness. This
exquisite piece of sculptUre is the PrLduetion of
Mr. J. G. -Bubb, 'of • Grafton-street, Fitzroy-square.
The massy substance on which the figures in this
compoSition are placed, is intended to represent the,
_Wand of Great Britain,and the surrounding waves.
On an elevation, •in the centre of the island, Mr.
Pitt appears in his robes, 'as Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, in the attitude of a Senatorial Orator.' . At
the wings, on the intermediate fore-ground, two erect
statues . charaaerize his abilities; witk national
'energy, which is embodied, and riding on a symbol
of the ocean in the lower centre, they assist to de-
scribe, the tteets
.of his administration.
Minervci is on his right, overcoming anarchy, there-
by securing internal repose to the country. Mer-
cury is on the left, as the representative of'Commeece
and the patron of policy. To describe the unprL..-
cedented spletalottr of success which crowned the
British Navy, while. Mr. Pitt was Minister, the
lower par( of. the monument is occupied by a statue
of Britannia, seated triunlpharitly on a sea-horsey.
in _her
,left hand is the usual. emblem of naval
power, and her right grasps a thunderbolt, which.
she is prepared to hurl at the enemies of our coun-
try.

As the place assigned . in guildhall, for the Mo..
.4
numem-of Mr. Pitt is- immediately opposite to that .
erected to tife memory of the illustrious Lord' Chat-
ham, the artist, has taken care so to. construel The'
pedestal, mouldings,. breadth, elevation, and archi-
feCtural parts of his design, that, in the points of ,
dimension and outline, it may serve as a companion
to the monument already executed to the'father of
the illUstrious William Pitt.

A. Gentleman of Lloyd's Coffee-house has under-
taken to go 1000 miles in 1000 hours, the same as
Capt. BARCLAY. 'He being a heavy man, the betting
is six to four against him.

. -
Between six and seven o'clock on Wednesday eren-•
ing a young man, a fifer; went in; o the Maidenhead;
in George-street, late Dyot-;;treet, St. Giles's, in
company
_with an idle Woman ofthe name of Brown.
After they had been•some• time 'in co:UPany*, the
young man missed 4s. and tlis fire.; Net era} violently
abusive Words ensued, which were 'followed by
blows; a man orthe name of Dillon, who took the.
woman's part, obtained possession of the lifer's re-
gulation sword,, with- which the young non -- was •
wounded So dreadfully, that but little hopes, are enter-
tained of his recovery. He was carried in a most de-
plorable state to Middlesex-Hospital.' • The woman,
Sarah Brown, and a man of. _the name 'of John
Horagan, who were supposed to be acCesaries, were
taken into custody, and hid•a hearing yesterdar
Marlborough-street:Police Office; but were _ordered
for re-examination, when Dillon shall be apprehend-. •
ed, and further evidence brought forward.
Thursday morning, as three men in the employ of
Mr..Hoplins, the soap-boiler,fin Barbican, were. clean-
ing out a cess-pool, into which the_spent lees had
been emptied, they were overcome with-the noxious
effluvia,, and fell, apparently lifeless.--A poor -car-
man, a perfea stranger, hearing the cry, " will no
one go down to save the men .1" volunteered his
services. A rope was-put round 'his body,• And he-
ing let down, he seized•oneAd the sutli..rors," and
they were both dragged' tip toether ; but, we re-
gret to stateL'that this poor generous fellow is like-
ly to fall a victim to his humanity„fOr he not only
suffered from the efilovia,. but was severely injured
by ' the rope. They were all carried to 1:131-th0lO-
mew's Hospital, two of them without any hopes of ,
recovery. •

SHIP NEWS,

CR AVELEND, JULY 13.

Arrived—the Grand Turk; Asjcic, rrorn New-York..
SallAt' the Newland, -Hunter, for Quebec ; Britannia,
Sewell, for•Trinidada ;- Norfolk, Seward, and the Caletionia,
Dickkon, for Virginia.

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BIR7 118. --
On Thursday, at Bristol, the lady of Levi Antes, it . .
Esq. ot a Son.
Yesterday, Mrs.l-lill, of Trinity.square, of a Scn.

11141M11:1).
• On Saturday the ist inst. in London,, Joseph, oido3t
of John Usher, Esq. of Seend, Wilts, to Fanny, youNtzt,
daughter of the late Henry Wise, of Caldii:ot, Mon-
mouth.

On Thursday•last,at Melts, Mr. loini Sinkin, of froame,,
Draper, to Miss Mary Nen'', eldest daughter of josepit
Nett'', Esq. of Melts, Somerset.