The Sun.
London, England, 1809-11-14 00:00:00

SIMPKINS V. HUNT.

Mr. CLIFFORD .shewed cause Against a rule for'
setting aside the verdict in this case, and having a-
new Writ of Inquiry direiited to assess•darn2ges.
The. a6tion originated from some -acritnonious
guage which had passed between the parties' about
game. The Defendant had allowed -judgment to.
go against him by default but the •Ltarned Coun-
sel was instruded to contend,. that this eircum=
stance. did not amount to an admiSsida 'of t%ery,
thing that appeared:on• the face, of the declara7
ti,o7-1.. &Jury of twelve honest meta had been sum-
nionepl by the Sheriff to assess the damages, and
they, on heating in what the supposed injury con.•
sisted, found no„ damages due. It was impossib;
indeedyfor:thein them to have found otherwise; no
evidence being adduced to shew -that any
,Janaagi
had been sustained.'
Lord ELLENI3OROUGH observed, the 'Defendant,
Judginem to pass by default; had con-
fessed that there was some damage,—Ruleinade ab-
solute.

Mr.
JAavis applied to have a/writ or mbe,ig.'
Corpus for bringing op the body 'Of a -seawall
quashed. The writ had. been obtained: on tha
ground that the seaman of the name ofJacobApple=
burst, who had been impressed in Bomliay,in
year 1805, was a Sweds, and that: the Cul:oden;
, the vessel 'on board of which he had been put,'
,:.had only recently arrived in this country..—Thd.
Learned Counsel now moved to have the writquash-
ed, on the ground that the seaman.had been a
soner of war, and had freely entered into the ser-
vice. He instanced two cases which he conceived
to be in point, and in each of which the Habeas Cor.•
pus was quashed quia. improvide emanavit. He also
alluded to the cases of the King and;Eclwards,.and
to the King and Reynolds, in Sixth Terjii-Reports.,:
Lord ELLENBOROUG!i was not aware how a pri.
soner of war coul,l be made to enter into the service.
At all events, however, satisfying the return to th 6
writ was the proper triode of proceeding:

MR. EDITOR,
AIIXIOUS to render relief iri any point of Viet that
lies in my power, to my fellow-creatures; I ani
prompted to communicate tb those whO unfortunately
labour
.under that dreadful disease the. Gravel and
Stone, an undoubted and certain remedy; the
bilify of which Lean vouch for; having proved it rny-
,self, and frequently witnessed its efficacy in nurnberi.
'Tis' a 'Simple regimen, as follows Take art
handful of common weed called Wild Carrot, eitheE
the roots or blossoms, to which put a piht and e
half of boiling water, stew it by the fire till the liquoe
becomes strongly impregnated with the weed. Let
the patient take, a tea-cup full in the. eitremity of
pain."

It is.a present i:elief, and, by a continuation of it,,
will effectually dissolve and eradicate,any canons sub.;
stance, though ever so.large.—l am, Sir; with respe6t;
Itolyvvelt.&tteet, Nov. 7.
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•N. B. The weed may be bought in Qovent-gar.
den, at .a trifitng tkpence.

There was no alteration made iii the price of bread.
Todhunter, of. the Museum, Kendal, br
now in liks possession a potatoes weighink 31h. 10
z.
Which i;traS.l4p up in a field belonging to Mr. Thu'.
mas Fielsyke, near Annau. .

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sent from the Island of Walcheren, and tht
now there 4000 more to be sent.
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Vice-regal tour to the South 'West part
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I.XTEACT OF LETT.RR FROM CAPTAIN JOHN TRE-
GOWETH, LATR COMMKNDER OF THE PRIVATE

SHIP OP WAR JOHN BULL, OF PLYMOUTU, TO

IIIS OWNER.

" Hospital Dieppe, Oa. iy, 18c9.

SlR—This will inform you, that after sailing
fry m Plymonth, in the cutter under my command,
with 36 men, on Sunday, the i Oth nit. I proceeded
off the entrance nt Morlatx liver, but by repeatedly
chasing to the N.E. I was on Tuesday followiug otl
Portland, on which day I spoke the ship Pomona,
from St. Kitt's to London, with sugar, rum, &c.
having parted company with the West India fleet
three weeks before, and the same afternoon spoke a
brig from Mogadore to
.London. The night was
chiefly calm, and on the following morning, the
I 3th, at eight A. Irl. Dunnose bore, per compass,
N.N.E about three leagues, wind W. I stood off
with the ship's head tothe N. and E. at eleven A.
M. saw two tuggers in the southern quarter, stand-
iqg to the northward, under all sail, there being at
the same time several sail of merchantmkto passing
up Channel, in-shore, two sail of which I believe to
be the above-mentioned vessels I before spoke, and
by the lugger's manceuvres their intention was to
capture them, for they did not appear desirous of
having any thing to do with the John Lull ; but
notwithstanding my being aware of the superiority
of their force, it was impossible for me, as a British
Officer who studied the honour of my country, to
prevent giving the enemy battle, as none of our
crnizers were to be seen, and night coming on,
there was every probability of their capturing some
of the merchantmen then around us, had I permit-
ted them to proceed unmolested ;• the John Bull
brine to windward, and a-head of the largest of the
loggers, the Isle of Wight then bearing N.W. about
nine leagues. •
" I cleared for a&ion at one P. M. and bore
down (the other lugger immediately tacked, and
stood to the southward;) at forty minutes past
three P. M. when within a plain shot, I hauled my
wind, and began the atetion, but owing to the supe-
rior sailing of the lugger, there was no possibility to
prevent her closing with us, as I could discern, from
the number of men at small arms, their intention
of boarding us, and had the whole of my crew be-
haved themselves as British seamen, we should un-
doubtedly have conquered them ; but as their mus-
quetry galled us so much, sixteen of my crew cow-
ardly abandoned their quarters, and fled below 5
there was then no time to be lust in driving them
up, and do alternative left but to tight on to a man.
The enemy had on board eighty-seven men, forty of
whorn, I since understand, were stationed at small
arms, forty were appointed to board, and the re-
urainder worked the vessel. I had then to defend
the John Bull with sixteen men, the remaining four

were required at the magazine, galley, and helm ;
those who had deserted their quarters at the early
part of the a&ion being still below. In this state, I
was the first wounded by a musket shot through my
left shoulder, and again w the back part of my head ;
twelve out of my sixteen brave fellows Id, ~before
the Frenchmen boarded us, for they were, until
then, successively repulsed and driven back to their
own ship. The British Flag was not hauled down
by any of my crew, on the contrary, some of my
wounded got forward, and set fire to the cutter,
which nearly had the desired etlect, for it was with
difficulty put out by the crew of the lugger.
" The a&ion lasted one hour and twenty minutes;
the enemy succeeded in boarding us at five P. M.
and on getting possession, I expected they would
give us no quarter, as they stabbed Mr. Charles
Wright, my second Officer, in the body with a
poignard, of which wound he died on the Friday
following ; they would not permit my surgeon to
dress any of the wounded ; all of us, therefore, be-
came faint with the loss of blood ; we were plun-
dered of every article we possessed, but the cow-
ardly wretches who had run from their quarters
were treated with kindness by the enemy. All my
papers, letters of credit, watch, clothes, &c. were
taken fr-m me; even the coat [ was wounded in
was plundered, and I was led to the hospital with
only my trowsers, 'shirt,- and waistcoat ; the whole
of my wounded were served the same; my surgeon
was wounded in the face by a ruffian, with a pistol,
some time after the aetion.
" The lugger proved to be the Prevoyeur, of
Dieppe, under the command of Captain Antonio Be-
hdair, a Portuguese, and who formerly was master
of the Ambuscade lugger, when she engaged his
Majesty's hired vessel Sandwich, a few months
since ; this man was extremely disappointed, by
means of the aaion, from capturing the ships in
sight at the time, and from which reason I attribut-
ed our severe treatment.
The Prevoyeur mounts 1 4 guns, four of which
are brass t 8-pounders ; the principal part of her
crew appeared to be English ; she lost seven men
killed, and eleven wounded, besides suffering in her
hull, which is much shattered ; she is quite new,
on deer first cruize, and sails remaikably fast.
" AU our wounded are in the hospital with me,
and are recovering fast, except Mr. Connery, who
was dangerously wounded, a ball having passed
through his lungs; he is since dead. We expea in
ahoot a month to be marched as far as Cambray
Prison."

Some antient deeds belonging to the Ormond Fa-
rnily, of considerable importanCe, being supposed to
remain in a slltterraneous room, called the Evidence ;
Chamber, in Ortnond Castle, in the town of Kil-
kenny, w hich had not been explored in the memory
of man, the Law Agent of the family (Mr. Skelton)
propo,L4 to descend into it, which he did with con-
siderable diff.cul!y preceded by two chimney-sweeper
b.,ys ..vith torches ; after a close research, be found
an iron-bound oak trunk, in which many extraordi-
nary papers were discovered, though not the records
particularly sought for; amongst them were three
in thy hand- v...riting of King James, some in that of
the Duke of MoniLouth, and the then Duke of Or-
awnd; and tour from the celebrated Nell Gwynne,
complaining of the non•payment of her Court an-
wiity ; and several addressed to the Duke of Or-
- mond, recommending the distressful situation of
Poor to his serious-consideration ; but the
tan Ty. have 0.0 clue by which to trace who this un-
t..4:0113,e fair 011 e was,