The Sun.
London, England, 1809-08-12 00:00:00

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Act; 9.
• A, Maiden PlAte, of col;
Air H.lLipp'ncott's p.'f. bOliOland I .}yrs. old
Mr. Willett's Hyacinthus, 3 yrs, 0:d - •
t. M ss ht.:twit-ord., .
,‘ rs. oicl . tbs.
Mr. Hodder's b. g. by "iy;,-,ifon,- 6 yr.),old . ths,
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Lord C. H. Somerseesbhre. Goldc. ,Y Ct:p.ntclsor by I'VaXy
Mr. Mills's b. 4.7. by Ambrosio -,
Mr Dundas's br. A. Stripling - ~.. 3
Sir I, Haivkin's br. li. Clermont - 4
Stripling ,the favourite.

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An application was made to the PainCe•tonn. yes-
terday, in behalf of a prisoner confined, for debt hi
the Marsha!sea •Prison,, ander the folio V, lug cirenni,-
stances .Satniday last a per.son attended. at
(he prison, for the purpoSe of paying the prisoner his
sixpences due'fbr the past week, and tendered tWo
shillings, two sixpences', and sixpence in halfpence ;
the latter were objeited to as ty-ing bad ones-. The
person, however, refused to chat,ge them ; •and the
preSent application for the prisoner s discharge wai
founded on the payment 'being d, ficient, tint having
made in the legal coin of the kingdom, The
Learnechludge:(Mr. Serjeant Marsh:ll3) said, some
year's ago, he nia.ie an application to Mr. Justice
Gould, in behalf of a prisoner similar to the present.
On that occasion the Learned Judge saidt the diffi-
culty would be a'scertainii.g whether the halfpence
:were good. or not. He had a,coachman, i!o. he
believed, from frequently passing through turnpike-
-gates, was a:pretty good judge what halfpence would
pass, and he should decide. The c acninatt was ac,-
cordingly called in, and decided in faillUr of the pd.
soner. If as good a judge could be found on. the i.re•
sent-occasion, .it would be well, for th,-
. The halfpence:were:then produced in C,urt., and ad-
judged by several.persons to be bad; and the Prisonet
was ordered to be discharged.
per Son who kept a public-hoifse in
Oxford-street, put a peiiod to his existenee on Wed-
nesday morning, by banging himself in his bed=room.
The deceased.had. been-for tiorne't'rne in a state of
despondenci, and a few:days s:uee attempted to
drown hivelf, in the basin, in, Hyde-Park ; but he
- was di..,coveted in ,the a‘-t and saved. H:s rose
earlier than usual on \'-..ednesday moroing,-and lett,
the deceased, as she supposed, asleep ;, but on
going into the . bed-room. a short time afterwards,
-she found him suspended front the bed-post. , Toe
deceased has left tour children. A Coroner's In-
. quest sat on. the, body betoro G. Hor,Gsots,, Esq.
. yesterday. alturnoon,, and a verdict of •Lteuicy was
- returned. .

.CORONER's.INCitiEST.—An Inquisition was taken
yeSts_'!;!ay at the .12ciwinig-green public-house, So-
tners• town, on the body of, Smith, ~vh.o was killed
in a ba,tle:wit b one..loneS.,
.on WeLinesday. It ap-
peared in evidence that the parties were workmen at
a brick- kiln. . They lind, fo,ight lc! before, and
Inc dec,,ased way b,,th battles Much beaten. He
gave the•citallenge in tt.is ins!onc,s', and gave Jones
no alternative but to fiL;lit. Atter a contest of half.
an hour, the decetsed tell from a blow ob the sid-e:,
and was arrit d away. It appeard, however, 'that
he died by a tall. V —4llanslau Otter
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An old lady in the neghbourhooli of Shetteld,Wlio
last month entered her hundrt4dth year, hat tut signi-
fied to the nista of Ecclesall Chapel her n:t..nition
tO attend public Worship there, he delivered to' her
and the congregitton, on Sunday afternoon, a• S.r-
won very suitable to the occasion, from Genesis,
chap. -t7. verses 8 atld 9. She afterwards assured
the preacher that she had heard almost every word
of the discourse, thanked hitnfor his alientinn, and
sliewedliirn-a ring which she
.wore, and which she
received When in service at the Duke of Leeds's,. at
Kiveton, on the death of the Marchioness of C:u-
mart lien, the inscription o Which bears date No-
vember, 17'22:
On the 3d inst. Edinburgh And the neighbour-
hood. were-visited•with a severe storm of thun ter.
The rain fell in torrents, and the lightning; which
was extremely vivid), occasioned damage in several
places. It struck the gable of :a house in Cable's
Wynd, . descending :,by..‘the chimney,
killed a 'boy who was next the-lire, and very touch
scorched another. Continuing its course) it scorch-
ed two women in a room below, where it seems to
have • forced ;oat a passage by the windows, every
one of which was. broken', and the walls, much in-
jured. It also' melted the bell-wires in a house ia
the New Town, and broke some windows.in James's-
coutt•

• On Thursday forenoon, a young. Gentletnah, Who
was walking with .his sister in St: James's Park,
stOpi to speak tna frie.,d, while the youndLady, who
walked' on sloWlv, was accosted by a felfow,.dressed
like as Gentleman, and who used the most brutal -and
indecent language.. The brother'having cnme op,
and finding' his sister much embarrassed aoLl in fears,'
instantly seized • the ruffian, but the Lady 'Wag
ashamed to mention the cause of her distress, when
a girl with a child came up, and stated that the fel-
low was constantly in the habit of insulting every
fc.qnale he met' btother immediately n;iiiated
summary chastisement 072 the rtrslian with his cane,
Who was otherwise very properly punished by 407 e-.
ral peopie who assembled having been nude ac-
quainted with the crime for which he was Chastised.
On Thursday rriorninfr the Grimsby Custom=houseboat, with two men and 'a
woman, going off to a ves-
sel in the Road, was oVerset in the Humber. The men
succeeded in getting upon the bottom of the boat
and the woman got hold of the leg of one of them,
by which she kept herself, above water. In this situ-
ation they Were fortunately disco% ered by a passen
ger id the Grimsby Packet, which immediately
made to the boat,and rescued them from their peril-
ous situation. •

last'week the following distressing accident hap-
pened to. Miss Stephenson, daughter` of Mr. S. of
Pinchbeck, near Spalding. " Being on a visit to Mr,
Parr, jan. of 1)t-eping Yen, she, With Mr, Part and
a-few :friends; 'walked to nic.et Mr. Parr and a-party
o grelli,.,en: on ,their tetnin train shooting. The
latter iinfOrtuna,ely had their guns loaded alien the
meeting ti.ok place and one of the pieces accideti.
tafty urr, wounded Miss Stephenson Itt a
shocking manner..—.T!:e distress occasioned by the
accident amongst a ni.ortber of friends [nay he imam
gined. Surgical assiAnnce was promptly obtaltjed,
and it is lfoped that the youth lady is now in a fah'
way of recoVety.

HOME CIRCUIT.

SURREY. ASSIZES.

CROYDON, THURSDAY, AUG. 10.

The . Assizes tor this County comrneuce at this
town yesterdoy. Last night the. Judges arrived,
ind t►.eir Comniission was read. This mottling
ea►ly they proceeded to business.
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