The Sun.
London, England, 1807-06-29 00:00:00

thought were such trasb;thal he had teVer read but
one of them, the: first which was published, and
would never read any more..
.This anion was, he.
said, a .foul 'conspiracy, to be supported by the evi-
dence of Mrs. Dyke. He
„then argued very ably
upon the probabilities of the case, and endeavoured
to shew,, that the Defendant's condual was petleolly
consistent with propriety, allowing for the personal
freedoms which the difference of his.age and the cir-
cumstatice of his being her instruEtor in the art of
theatrical declaination must naturally, have led to.
When the maid found him with his arms round
Mrs. K's neck, and her bosom Open; they were pro-
bably reciting EVander and Euphrasia, in the- Gre-
dan -Daughter ; and although the window shUtters
were half closed, yet that might well be to prevent
the opposite neighbours from observing her aOing.
s'to the circumstances of her being over-heard in
his room ai night, she was then without a servant ;
he was unable to assist himself, and she went in to
put a bottle of warm water:to his fret, which in his
feeble state, was necessary to keep life and warmth
in him. HoW long, she might have staid convers-
ing with him in a tree manner was imunaioerial, and
it was not unlikely that a man of "the facetious man-
ners and witty -tah-nts 'of the Defendant, 'should at
his time of lite, detain the Plainuff's wife in conver-;
sation, laughing at hiS jokes of an evening, with-
out, any actuai criminal intention. He considered
the tad by no means estabiished by the evidence
adduced. . .

ELLEU-80ROUGFI, C. J. ma2e several obser-
vations. upon the etitthocal nature 1.1 the .
slakes in
.proof against tne endatit, whCit he
considered 'might possibly arise ;rot/. the Ireedotu
whiCh might take 'lace botweeu the 11-tendatit
considefill; (ix di&rence their:ase, and
the Circumstance of h; teaching her t.k, a&t... The
putting.his,
.hand upon her knee
,mig also. .i)e
very. natural. in the .heat of COIIVCrb.ii 1011. 'Wien
teaching ber to ate tie must put hei Ulu; certain
postures, and declailimig and.acting Would prouaoly
disorder her dress. But. the Jury must -decide wile-
the!' the fact ~proved exceeded the measure of that
allowance wnich must be made , tar the educa-
tion of., the parties. The principal
.taet relied•opon,
the .history of the day when the husband was :at
'N6-wood, ant he very• much disapproved,ol the
picintar Luanne: in which Dyke treated the supposed
gOktif 4r.s. It' he really suspeCied her he
illi9+4 hive:gone up stairs and ascertained the„fa.
Iffie found she remained lOnger. itt the DoeloCs
roon-1 than w,ts proper, he should have remonstrated
•rg,
with her, and communicated, his suspicions to the in-
jured husbana. He considered also there was some
improbability in the account of the transactions of
that day, cowitieredWith a view to the actual crimi7
nality.of the Defendant.. He was represented as old
a'7l fee',l,4 yet it was suggested that the repeated
eAres,es at his %kicked. passions were, on that. day,
beyond all degrees of orJinary probability.
In "th:.s case the
.Whole depended upon the evidence
of" c.rcu.n,tahees, which were equivocal, and there
were cm. means of ascertaining the faCts with great
certainty, to, Which the curiosity ,of the witnesses
woi.ld trte'-beenf...naturaily
_led; and which corn-
:n..l4 existed in other cases, but. Were not adduc-
ed in tjtisi Case: The' Jury, vvb;ch was a spt.cial
aimost instantly gave 'a ..verdict for the Dc.
feuuant. • , .

COURT OF COMMON =PLEAS,,-JuNF,27.
Cp PT. DaNNELLY v.-sm H. POPHAM.'

. .
A vei..ict of 2,48.01. was this, day giveriagaiot Sir
Pophani, al A-lie Suit of CaPt. Donnelly, for a
Litif,renee in prize-tn,')ney. Prizes in captures, bob.
lion, spec.e.,- to tho amount Of 55,0661. had•been
taken by tne*Sl-iiadro'n under the coinina•id
Home at Bdetios Avres,and Capt. Donnelly
was C.iptain of a Ship in his Stinadriin.- Sir Hon*
Was supposed to'ne a Flag Otiker..,- haOng hoisted a
broad peqdant; and h- red prize7money accord
znly. The present action was to recover an egnal
share for the Plaintiff, on the ground that Sir iloinb
had no authority to asutite the rank of Commodore.

PUBLIC•OFFIc Bow7STRBF.T.—TWO men of the
nanites of libuitand and lkiggens , were brought be--
i.„,. „
be-
-4' READ, the Sitting Ma,2.11a rate, on Satiffday,
upon a charge of hawing appoh.ttd a tileting to tight
a duel. The origin of the quarrel was a refusal by
one of the parties to pay the other a share of the ex-
pence4 of a jaunt to the country. They were 11.04
to.hail, themselves ,in •UOOl. each, and two swells:sin
$O.Ol. each.
iobn darks was charged. with steating a old
watch, chain and heals, the propert;., of Robert New-
slow; Esq. of -grazenose College, ,Oxford.
theft was said to have been ci.nnwitted on Tuesu.iy,
in the York Cotrre-house, Charles-street, Covent—
garden. The only answer he. made was, thit
world would soon be at an end. He was cntnntittvd
for trial.

Co;gvoeATtoN.—.-Tuesday, about eleven
his,",GraCe the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, in his
rObeiAittended by the Collego Doctors and -Proc-
tors,in their gowns, proceeded, uncovered, from the
Chapter House in St. Paul's Church-yard, to St.
Paul's Cathedral : they entered at the West door,
where they were received by. the Dean, Chapter, and
Choir-: of St. Paul's, who concluded them to the
Choir, where the service in Latin was read, and a
Latin Sermon was preached. After which his Grace
the Archbishop, and the Gentlemen Doaors and
Proctors, returned in the same order to the Chapter
House, and held the Convocation.

It is the fancy of many, at present,-tothoose their
Lbttery number by that of Itie coach which they
happen to ball.- Let' not infidels in the doctrine of
pfesentiinews smile at this,. s:nce it is Nell known
alit 'a ptiblican, of Au?ngdon, in Berkshire; gained a
2'0,Ci301. Prize, some years ago, by this identical
rode of choice, and presented the coachman, in
comerinence, with a new' carriage, and an excellent
pair oihorses.
TIME WAS, when in a Lottery of Fifty_' or Sixty
Thousand Tickets, the highest 'Prize, was 20,0001.
—TIME Is, when, •.% ith only. Twenty Thousand
Tickets, there arc iq the Wheel grand. Prizes of
30,0001. 20,0901. 10,0001. with others. There are
a tew Tickets ant Shares left, kit those who .dO
not apply to CARTER, 8, Charint,;-Cross, will find,
On Tuesday, the 14th of next nAith, that Time
Is PAST.