The Sun.
London, England, 1807-06-11 00:00:00

rlii/RSDAY.

s.weepstakes of wogs. each. —Two.yr Old Course.
Mr. Panton's c. by Wortbi, out of (. SSI. 311).
Gen. Cr rosvnor's e. by Asparagus, Est. _
Ld F. UrOibcfrue's tit. til. by -.l.'ruinpAtnr;.Bst. -1 - •
Duke of G ration's Munii.rootn, Bst.'4tb. agst illr..M le/lisles;
41. by Woulty, out of sister to Cluppertuarn,.6sl,,4ib.
Two-yr Old Course, 200g5.-B,gs. ft.

Jul i11..11:C4 PAPERS:

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EXTRACT OF A LETTER Fk3...ym ST.,AY,N'S BAY, DATED

THE 14TII INST.

«.0n Thursday last, a very lamentable acciaent
happened atthis place, by the poison of fish : Five
valuable Negroes, belonging, to Robert Newby, ESq;
had boiled some small -their i)ot or soup for
supper ; about half an hour after eating them they
were seized with excruciating pains in the stomach,
which excited the. most deplombleyells,..to which
succeeded vomiting and Paralyses, and in'less than
half '.an: hour after .being taken two of them ex-
pired in ,great agony; by the
~*d. of, medicine• "th e
other three were. saved. .

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It appeared, on examining into this matter,
that three of the Negroes had -eaten of the boiled
fish;_ one, of those. three expired as, above related,
another had only drank the
.soup in which the.fish
was boiled, he was considerably affeEted by it, but
from the medicine given Was .pretty well the next
day. One of the unfortunate. Negroes who suffered
had not eaten of the bailed fish, or taken any of the
soup ; but it was ibund that 'he had broiled two of
the same sort of fish, and eaten them about the
same time, and he expired in ten minutes after be-
ing seized. The same kind of fish was produced
and examined, ,and the eldest fishermen stated that
it is cOmmonly•called the Bqttlejish, take it •to
be a species of.the..4p/uts •or Tp,cidTfis4 ; the length
is generally from three to, five inches ; it has four
fins,
,and is speckled like a toad on the back and
sides, the belly is of whitish yellow, it has no scales,
the head is large, the eyes prominent, and the body
round; it is, capable of inflating itself like a toad;
from whence it perhaps takes its name./ This fish
inhabits all the shallow• sect-shores of this Island,
and, from its deleterious quality, it maybe useful to
the inhabitants to make it generally known."

Mr. C'OLIMAN openslns theatrical .campaign in the
Haymarket, on Monday next. He has added to .his.
company many able yew-nits, and his I.eadineeiffi-
cer is to be, Yot.TN.Q, who has long been distinguish.;:
in the Provincial service. Mr. ern-N./AN, we under-
stand, has prepared an abundance of dramatic!
stores, •and, confidently relies_ upon his troops for a
triumphant careen-.
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Mr. FUI:ELI has concluded himself with so much
attention to the Students of. the Royal Academy
since he has been appointed Keeper of that Institu-
tion, and they, have derived so much advantage from
his instrudions, that they have preSeated• to him a
very elegant, Silver Vase, in testimony. of.. their grati-,
tuck: The 'Vase!was designed by 4 LAXMURE, upull
the model of the
.antique, and of course, bears an
appropriate inscription.

In the Hall of Ailercurv,.at Versailles; is a clock,
made about one hundred years ago,.by a self-taught
artist. When the clock strikes, Iwo cocks crow, and"
flap,their wings;; at the same moment, from a little
door, two cupids,-;(of bronze) come. forward with
drums, and beat the quarters, with hammers : in the
Middle appears thestatue of Louis XIV. above whose
bead the goddess of VieOry hovers; and holds a
crown ; mean while the clOck plays, and at .the end
of a tune all vanis.h.at Once.

SININDLiNO.-A pretendJd Foreign Count and,his,
Lady-have lately distinguished themselves by aas of
deception, which render them superior to any adven-
turers in the career of swindling since the days of
Daniel Perreau and Margaret Caroline Rudd. Their
house 'was most splendidly furnished, they kept a
chariot, and four servants in rich liveries : they bad
a profusion of platwand jewels; and, by w Kit has
already trafiliired; have taken-in tradesmen to the
amount of ten thousand pounds
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'The present ,Performances of the Royal Amphi-
theatre, led oty by the brave, the heroic, and intrepid
Crossuck, continue,, as we prediaed they. would, the
adMiration of overflowing. audiences,. Such.a scene
of aniinated-warlar3. al- the Grand Speaapic.
Perfidy Punished every night exhibits ar this beauti-
full goardt
of any Stage -1>efol::::.

LAW REPORT.

comur or KJ tit;'s LENCI-1, fuNt to.

THE'KING'V. SARAH SEALE.
,The Defendant had 'been convi&ed, before the
Magistratesat M.4lbOrough-street Police Office, •of
• - insuring the ticket No. 0, in an unlawful lottery,
Caned a`Little Co. Mr.- MARE 4T, on the 3d of
this month, had argued against this convictionupon, upon,
tour distiuot grouncs.- Ist. 1 hat by the statute, it
was required that the penalty to be enforced under
• it, should be applied, one-third to. the. Crown, one
thirdto the informer, and One-third to the persons
who should apprehend and secure the offender ;
Whereas,: upon the lace of the convielion, the names
of the persons did not appear to whom the penalty
was to be paid. 2dly. That the Aft required that
there should be an immediate apprehension 'of the
person
-suspected ; but, on the contrary, in this
case,- the arrest did het take place till three- weeks
after the unlawful insurance was made. 3dly. That
it did not appear by the in,tuntent, that, previous to
the cominitmentof the Defendant, the penalty was
not paid. And, 4thly. That the conviotion stated
the offence to have bemproved at the Police Office,
without saving that it was before a Police Maaistrate.•
To these oblecitions to the convielion the eommOn
. Serjeant was instrudled to reply, but he not being
then prepared, the discussion was- postponed until
this day. '
Mr. litgowLys prefaced his argument to the
Court by observing, that the objed, of the Statute in
question was to%put an end to a practice which had
become too prevalent; by which persons, under the
ippeatance of advantage,.plundet:ed the lower classes-
of the community out of that properly which their
industry had .colleCted ; and the Court, therefore,
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would make every possible intendment in support of
so salutary a conVi6tion. It wag plain front the
words of the instrument, that the first obje-6.1i0n ofMr..
MARRYAT could not apply in this case; fof, it appear
ea, that the Defendimt, Sarah Seale, was brought be,
fore the Magistrate by WM. Chadwell and 'Jonathan
White, and no difficulty could therefore arise as' to
whom the penalty should be paid:
Lord Et.t,zNsoaouckt.—" Is it not a better
ground for you to .say, that it is not necessary to
name the persons to whom the distributiA is to be
made, the A4l having stated, that the penalty should
be disposed of in three particular ways. The case of
The King r. Ballard,' has decided, •that it is not
necessary for the Magistrate to state the names of
persons to who:n it is: to he paid, for that would be
aelant mire."
Mr. MALRYA37-argued, on the contrary, that it
was absolutely necessary that the names of the-in-
former, and the person taking the Offe.nder: into
custody, should be set forth in the; conviaion other-,
wise this inconvenience might'arise, that the Magi-
strate who convicted alight also be the informer,
concealing that fad on the face of the inArunienol,
,liidgment deferred.