The Sun.
London, England, 1807-03-10 00:00:00

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S'atur-tay h Hackney-coach-
tpin chargedho•.)re Mr.;(4aAtt A NI, by Mrs. St.
I,e;'-'l., of Covent-Garden :'.lChatre„ with
thtin his Inca.' This bring
_proved,:to the
tsf.:tiontof the Magistrate; lie.fined .thect4.lclin)an.
mitigated :penalty. of twenty sl iiiirgs. ' After
L Jig was, decidedi_Mrs. St. ;Leger stated the fq-•
aggravated .causes Of Anisbelriviour.—Mrs.,
defendant's, coach on, Tues-!
night, to take , 'her from the_": heatre to het:
1-e,sitience in Nortou-street, Mary-le-bone.-On
test way he stopped at 'a public-house in St. Giles's;
to• drink, and drove .through several streets where
Ike;-had no occasion to,go, and ,freque.ntly stopped
the coach to ask her.: at the window;
,an' iin-
pitdent -and sneering .manner, ." if sine. knew where
she was; where she was going tO, and-if -she had
changed her mind 'to, go to any other, place than
where she at first desired hitn to drive ?" At length
he drove her to- a public house, at the ,corner .of
Castle=street, iii Newman-street. She-reMonstrated
on the imprOpKiety of his condo& and desired him
to dri'Ve ber home, but he swore some horrid oaths
and refused to do it;---forced her out sip
.. the coach,
and demanded .two shillings for his fWMrs. St.
Leger told him she could not pay him unless-he
would drive her, borne, she having nothing less than
a twenty pound note in :her pocket, which he re-
fused to do, and held. her a prisoner, by the arm,
-for some, time. At length she went into a public
house, to endeavour to get change, to procure her
release ; but the landlord not being able to- give
change, she declared who she was, related the cir-
cumstance, and he lent her two shillings.
Mr. GRAHAM lamented he had not known the ag-
gravated case before, or he would have fined him in
the full penalty of 31. for exaCting more than his fare.
The 'Magistrate, however fined him one pound more .
for misbehaviour.
Information having been given at this Office, by
;several of the inhabitants of Smith-street; Westmi44-
ster, that strong suspicion was entertained that a
gang dir coiners occupied a house in that street
Mr. READ direeled Sayers and - Taunton to exert
themselves in ascertaining the truth. The Officers,
upon inquiry, suspe&ing that it was not a mint,
but a private distillery that they had scent of, 'laid a
plan for ascertaining the fa& on Friday, and engaged
an Excise Officer to them. To prevent
any difficulty or suspicion in getting admittance into
the house, they sent a baker's boy, with-two guar-
tern loaves,' to knock at the door. It was opened •
by a woman, and the Officers rushed into the house;
Sayers seized the woman and a man WhO was in
the parlour (a well known.charriaer of the name of
Br'ady). Taunton and the Excise Officer ran down
into the kitchen, where they found an eighteen'
gallon still at work, with all the implernino ne-
ce ;ttry for distilling, and a man inattendance; they
took him into .custody„ but suffered him to remain
till the process Of distilling the liquor was complete:
after which the Excise "Officer seized the liquor,
still, &c. and the Police Officers took the mail be-•
fore Mr. READ, who conyiated 'him in the penalty
of 301. which, not being prepared to pay,. be '.was
committed. to the House of Correction for six
months. .

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• -
The Prince of AuERsrtRG, who .Was sentenced to
imprisonment for life,- for not,4stroyingthe bridge.
at Vienna, over which the French, had passed in'
pursuit of the Imperialists, has, in consideration df
his ill State of health, been, allowed to tike a house
in the fortress of Koeuigsgratz, the place of his con-
finement, and the attendance of his Trititiess. and
Physicians.
The Argus asserts, that the Russian Minister at
Vienna, Count RASUMOUSKY, had required of the:
Jiustrian Cabinet an explanation as, to the,assernble-'
Ment of troops on the frontiers of Turkey ; addino-,
that thtst-answer given on the occasion had created
great coolness -on the part of the Count. This is
assuredly a weak invention of the enemy. The best
~ possible understanding subsists. between the two
Courts ; and instead of assembling troops in Hun-
' pry,. they have been retncried thence to strengthen
the army which. watches the 'operations of Bo&A-

DUBLI,N7,,gA*CH 4,

The'Countess,,l?olivager of Motttx is very ill nt
Moira-,rouse..l am sorry -to say, there reinanis 14.1:e
hopes oller recovery, from tii,. nature
of her' complaint, which is sdisllo be paralytic. .7'he
K.rl of DoNotcrditiir has been seriously, ilidpostCl
fOr some tithe back. wlth`a severe bilious

few days: :sinc6,La Meeting of the Twelve
•• •
Judges took place in the Chancery Millibars, after
which 'm OrOr was prolndgated to derive the At-
tornies of the privilege which they had long et ijoyed,
of bong exempt from the • payment of tees. in all
suits. Wherein they -Were 'parties: This exemption
is, however,' extended by the same Ordyr, to their.
widows, when sulag for bills of cost. The reason
of this Order is supposed to be' the, encouragetnent
held' out by 'Such. a privilege, (and soinetimes :i&ted
on by a few low ,slenibers of the profession) to
purchase doubtful debts for trilling sums of 'money,
whereby the revenue wars defrauded, and litigation
encouraged: •
'At a late hour on
.Friday night last a-tire was dis-
covered to have broken ont'in the dwelling-bouseof
the heautiful demesne of Merino, the residence-Of
the Dowager. Countess of CHA tILEMON'r, near • this
city. The assistance 'of two fire-engines 'Was pro.-
cured, and every. exertion made to extinguish the.
filitues, Which Was -ultimately accomplished but
not until that destr4ing element 'had succeeded' in
consuming the northern wing of the building,'Which
consisted of t.v.ro aPartinents tor tippet= servants; upon
the ground floor, and a very beautiful drawing-room.
over the apartMents, fitted up according to the re-
fined taste of the late classic Noble Owner; the .win-
dows of which were ornamented with sonic of the
most masterly pi-Mut-lions stained glass, by that
inimitable artist the late celebrated' Jervis, so many
years employedlay his present Majesty in the paint-
ings in stained glass with which St. George's Cha-
pel at Windsor is "decorated.

Fu .—On Sunday night, between ten and eleven
o'clock, a fire broke out is the house 'of Me.coV ER
DALE, No. 3, Judd-place East, Soinmers Town,
Which was'entirelycOnsumed. It was occasioned by
a young Lady setting fire to her bed-cartains in going
to bed. There was not an engine nor a drop of
water to be got for upwards of an hour after it coin-
:
menced. There are no lives lost. -

, A Very elegantly ornamented Balloon, made of
. .
oiled silk, In. circumference about 24 feet, and filled
with gas, was let off from the gardens of the Duke '
of YORK'S Mansion, in the Stable-yard, St. James's,
last week. After it had ascended to a prodigious
heighth, the car separated from the Balloon, when
the :latter immediately shot upwards with amazing
velocity, and was soon lost in the vastexpanse. Ano-
ther Balloon.was intended to ascend, but it burst in-
the filling. The obje& of these experiments Was to
•ascertain the effea of a new process of chemical pre,.
Oration. The projeCtor is a lloreio't'n Nobleman, of
great sCientitie knowledge in that branch of the -arts.
His Royal .1-lighness- the Nike of YORK,. Cal. GOR-
DON, -and many other personages of distinCtion, were ,
among the "spectators. - •
ASSIZE Witrite2- and Stephen
Gibbs," for sheep--stealing,-- and William Harwoint,
forhorser-stealing;',are left for executioo at Ayes-.
bury.--,Ahn. Harris; tried on- Friday, at Hertford,
and found guilty of the Murder of Benjamin Stapps,
was executed yesterday morning.
At the Berkshire Assiz4s,Aaronlifedtvin, charged
With having wilfully, and • unlawfully' shot and
• wounded William'HatCh, of the Parish:Of Cookhatn,
labourer, Was found
•
On Sunday night last gdii:ard, found
concealed under- a'bed in the garret
,14 the dwelling-
house of Mr. Wth:.l3bucher, ity'loane:Lsireet, when
he wa,s immediately
.conVeyed to the watch-house,
and yesterday mbrning was comMitted, by
the Rev,'
H. B. DUDLEY, .to the. New Prison, in Cold Bath
Fields.
A boxing match, as severe as ever was witnessed, s
`took plaCe yesterdaY in .Mary-ht-tione_tiOlds, be-
i
tween two uteri of the names, of Jarvis, a sawyer,
and Carter, a drover, for a' parse of five., guineas.
The objea.of diversion amused the spectators nearly
two
,hours, with plenty' pf knock-downblows, and
when they were. Linable to face each pther;but
being led to action. by their secofidS, the huntane.
amateurs, Who advanced the prize, made a drawn
battle, and r‘warded the brnizers with five shillings
each for the beating they had'receivPd•
The following singular consequences, 'of. the bite
of a rattlesnake are mentioned in a I American
pUblicatign •.--In, the summer of 180 1, Mrs.. Bee-
man,. of LuzernConnty,-PennSylvama, was'bitten
by a rattlesnake, at the time she was in th.e.furth
or fifth month of her pregnancy.. bite, however„
recovered from the alarming ..ymptotris commonly
attending the bite of .that animal, and was "deli-
•-vered. The child, which seemed healthy, no sooner 1
• began to suck than it turned quite black, sWelled,
considerably, and soon died.: A puppy was then
procured to draw the breast, but it died in two days,
with the same symptoms ; a lamb was next tried,
then a dog, aad afterwards three other lambs, all of -
-whiCh died. A third dog-was then procured, which
was attacked with slight symptoms, but survived.—
The mother continued in good health, and two years
afterwards produced another child; but the medical
men, who wer&consulted, advised her. to suckle it,
in consequence of the time which had, elapsed since
the bite. • Sher did so, and
,no ill consequence has
ensued. .
MAD DoG.—Son-10 mornings ago, at ten o'clock,
a dog; in the most extreme.state of madness,'entered
the paper warehouse of Messrs. Fourdrinier, in which
there were several persons at the time. He attempt-
ed to bite some of them, and ,tore- one man's
. breeches, and the. stoekinron another man's leg;
-name
fortunately escaped being bit. A boy of the
name of Savage was not so fortunate, as the dog bit
him dreadfully in the,arm. , He was instantly taken
to a surgeon for medical assistance. The' dog was
killed On the, spot.
Yesterday afternoon the Coroner's Inquest sat on, the
body ofjoseph BelSOn,,porter to Lord Willoughby de
Broke, in Hill-street, Berkeley,:square,-; who,. on
Friday evening last, was seized with a coughing fit,
and burst a 'blood
,vessel, which was the cause of his
immediate death.---Yerdi&—Died by the Visitation
of
God.—He teas in hiS Bath year, and had been tn.
his Lordship's service forty-two years:. .