The Sun.
London, England, 1807-02-25 00:00:00

~,R 1~

COURT (-5-:,F KING'S Fzz.

-IqAVW-ELL V. LYTE.

This nEtion.was brought by Major Maxwell, late
of the Northamptonshire Feucibles, to recover a
balance of an account due by the' Defendant,:who
was the Agent and 'Paymaster of the Regiment; pre-
Nions toitsbeing disbanded:
-Upon the evidence of Colonel Buckley and other
witnesses, for the Plaintiff, if'appeared that the De-
fendant had remaining in his handS about 451. to the
credit of the Plaintiff's account, in 1802, when the
regiment was disbanded.
The defence was, that the balance had been ap-
propriated to the use of the Regiment.
Lieutenant-General Sir James Craig, K. B. was
called, and examined from the Bench, In• order to
sheV7-that he had -diieifted the Defendant to pay a
sum :of money belonging to .the Plaintiff, to. the
Serjeant of (the Plaintiff'S) Company, "in
.order
to discharge the arrears due to the men who were
about to be discharged ; it being the pra&ice at that
ritne,,that thei.Commanders of Companies should
be-rest onsible for the pay due to their respeaive
CoMpanies. • The Defendant, hOwever, not being
able to shew such appropriation in proof, the Jury
found a verdiat'of 451. for the Plaintitf...:

Several othei' Petty Jury Causes, of rlO public in-
terest whatever, were disposed of; and the Sittings
at Westminster-Hall concluded.

To-morrow the Sittings will commence at Guild-
hall. • •

OLD BAILEY.

srvrii DAY—TUESDAY, FEB. 21.
This day four prisoners were tried, one of wliom
was convicted of felony, viz. Susannah Taylor; for
stealing a • cotton gown, the property -of .Sarah
Akers ; and three weat acquitted:, '
Ow the same day the Sessions ended, Al'hen sen-
. tence otdeath was passed on ale- following capital
convids, viz: Richard Sargeant, for hOrzs•e-stealiog ;
James Fraile, for stealing goods in a dwelling-4use;
•i Wm. .Baldwin, for .stealini; goods and 'monies in a
dwelling-house ; Wm.; Freeman'and I.V•n. Fisher,

for forgery ; George Grove; for killing and slaying
Iwo lambs, with intent feloinousty.to steal the car-
: cases of the said lambs; Wm. DeSney, fora high-
way robbery ; Patrick Higgins, and Timothy Quin,
for Wrglary.
Mary Prihee- and Jonathan Forbes were ordered
to be transported , beyond the seas for the term of

14 years: •
James Manakee, Thomas. Waters, Sarah. Stears,
Elizabeth Jenkins,. Robert Waples,- Judith Lightly,
Mary Newberry, James Mackey, Michael Duff;
John Matthews, John Wainwright, joseph Wat-
kins, George Jetferys, -Cornelius Sehantiell, Joseph
` White,: • Satnuel Brooks -Owen,• James Wrigl4,-
James. Brennan, Jatil6 MIMI, John Lindley, Thn-.
mai Sharpe Barker, Carroline Lavender; for seven
years. •
_ _

7.rlfret wereorderedeto be imprisoned in the House
of Correaion, at Clerkenwell, fcn- the term of one
year each•;- seventeen to be impriSoried in the same
gaol for the tern) of six calendar months each ; four
to be imprisoned NeWgate for ditierent periods ;
two to be publicly and two to be privately %% hipped.,
and twelve were discharged by prociainalion.
Sessions adjourned ti;l the Bth of April.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM LONDONDERRY.
,FEB. 17'!

. .
«On Tuesday night 'last, about 11 o'clock, the
Ship Betsey, of Port-GlasgoW, . mounting 12 guns,
COL FLECk, laden with sugar,.COtfee, and cotton,
' 'fiOm :St, Lucia, bound to the former', .101-1,; was
driven onshore on the rocks atlowert Bay, near
Tildlin Head.' On bee first taking the grounq,,,sho
lost part of her keel, and the next sea pitched tlei-
on a rock which.. drove in the greater part of her
bOttom.:-=-L-The Cr',e 2( in number, besides Othcers,
'Were miraculOuSly
,saved b) the exertions of au:
Mate, 'who swam *ore «itli a rope, which be
:made fast 'to a rock, -by winch- means the rest got
safe ashore. It is generally supposed that the entire:
cargo, except the -coffee, will be lost. ShOrtly af-
ter the Vessel struck, Captain Harvey, of -M,alin
Hall, -assembled his YeoManry, and went to the
proteetion -of the property, which, it is said, wouldhave been plundered, but for his early and praise-.
worthy interference. During. the night a great
'number of the peasantry assembled on the shore,
and the next day their numbers ,increased so con-
siderably as to excite alarm,. and to oblige. Captain
Harvey to cause several shot to .be fired to keep
them from approaching the wreck, and attempting
to plunder. it is but too true_ that the innocent
often suffer ‘; ith the guilty,: for a poor young girl,
whom nothing bi mere curiosity could have led
down to the rocks to' see the vessel, received a ball
in 'her groin, Of which it is thought she will die.—
We cannot but applaud- the exertions of Mr.
O'Neill, Pro-Surveyor of that district, who,: im-
mediately on bearing of the .wreck, attended by
Messrs. Underwood, Morgan,' arid M‘Coi-, Revenue
Officers, and a 'party, of the Waterford Militia,
repaired to where she lay, Which be reached, by a
forced march, shortly after dark on Thursday
night. 'Having placed centinels round the beach
to prevent maurauding,,4nd to secure his a\ esty's
duty, lie went on Ili:0rd the, vessel abut
two
o'clock in the rnorning, and,,fo his great surprise
and astonishment, found a proteor degenerated
into a plunderer, having detekaed'aXeornan with
a bag 'of sugar.—Mr. O'Neill; indignant at such ne-
farious condudi, very prop:4ly, atter stripping him
of his/ belts, marched. Whim prisoner to the tent
where his Officer was, to whom he .delivered him,
and who, no doubt, will haVe him punished in
proportion to his. crime, Fri/lay, -John Montgo-
mery and John Cary, Esqrs. Coast 'Surveyors, John
Hamilton, Esq. and Mr. John Nherty, COast Offi-
cers,- joined`- aptain Harvey and ;Mr. O'Neill in
charge of the vessel and cargo."

An Estiniate of the Produce of the Duty on Pro-
perty for.three years, commencing the sth of 'April
•
1804, sth of April 1 8 05, and sth of April 1806 :
- -From sth April, 1804, to sth April, tgas, under the Ad of
43 Geo. 11 1. at Is., in the pound - ‘4,65a,000
From stli April, iSos, to sth•April, 1806, under
the Ad of 46 Geo. 111. at is. 3d. in the.pound 5,937,500
From sth April, 18c6, to sth April. 1/1,7, under
the Ad of 46 Geo. 111, at 2s. in the pound t t,soo,poO