The Sun.
London, England, 1812-09-24 00:00:00

POLICE.

Oun.DnALL.---Mr. Day, a broker, in Mincing-
lane, charged a_ young man named Lloyd, Who had
formerly been his eterk, with a violent' assault,
alleged to have been cbmmitted on the 'preceding
clay in his counting-house. Mr. Day stated that
the prisoner had, in the course of the morning
preceding his outrageous conduct, called upon his,
Mr. Day's wife, and told her that he, Mr.. Day,
had made some attacks upon the virtue of Mrs.
Lloyd. Mrs. Day, in consequence of this charge,
called at the counting-house, on her husband, and
stated the fact. Shortly after the prisoner; made
made his appearance, and on being asked by Mr.
Day what could have induced him to fabricate so
gross a falsehood, he seized him by the collar,
dragged him off his stool, and beat him violently.
Mr. D, an recovering !Smsell, seized a round
ruler, and in his defence, dealt the defendant a
blow on the head, which was in consequence a
little cut. lie then sent for aconstable, and had
him taken into custody.
The prisoner, Who was an interesting looking
young man, did not deny that he had made the
statement alluded to, to Mrs. Day. He, however,
positively denied thathe had struck the first blow
bn the contrary, he stated, that Mr. Day had used
very opprobrious epithets to him, and was endea-
vouring to turn him out of the counting-house,
when they fell together. Mr. D. then seized a
lignum vita ruler, and while he was on the ground
struck him on the head, and caused. a very con-
siderable effusion of blood ; he afterwards catched
his head between his trees, and holding it 4.4 if in
a vice, kept beating him with the ruler about
his side, until Mrs. Da,y interfered, and prevented
him from using 'further violence. lie "then went
for a constable, and had him taken into custody.,

This statement being in a great measure sup-
ported by the testimony of a young man who was
witness to the tranSaction, Mr. MAGNAY discharg-
ed the complaint, observing, that Mr. Day might
indict the offender at the Quarter SessiOns f he
chose. •
Brena7z and Hackett, detained on suspicion of
having been concerned in the robbery on the
Thames some tinie since, when a large quantity
of Valentia silk and ostrich' feathers was stolen
from the Sisters, Hog, were discharged, as the
evidence against them was not sufficiently strong
tc warrant their committal. , •

J. Williams, taken some time since with a large
quantity of brass in his possession, for which he
could not account, was committed for trial, as a
Mr. Lee, an iroquonger, is Grey-fox-lane, Long-
lane, came forward and claimed the' rroperty,
which he said the prisoner, who was his servant,
had stolen from his warehouse.

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WHELAN AND HAt;WAY V: THE' GLOBE IN:;rIIA.N CE

CO)IVANY

This was an action on a Policy of Insurance
again,A loss, by fire, effected by the plaintiffs at
the < . of the defendants in the city of Dublin,
on the tsth of December, 1811, and under which
they sought to recover a sum of 609 f, 2S. 11d: as
the value of certain Articles of houScthold furni-
ture, plate, linen, wines, malt and spirituous Ilr
quors, alleged to have been 14st by an accidental
lire in their.house in Lower Abbey-street; oti, the
31st of Dec. :1811, (being 16 days after the insu-
ranee)

The trial was coiled on.before the Lord Chief
Baton. and a special Jury, at a ',Ate hOur on Fri-
day, the -3d of July last; when Mr. Gould, the
plaintiffs' leading Counsel, proposed to leave it to
three Of. the, Jury : this was objected to by the
Counsel for the defendants, who stated that it
was not merely from the' amount of the sum
claimed by the pia:miffs, or the items of which it
was coihposed, that the Company disputed their
claim, but that from the information they had
received, and documents laid before them, as
well as from motives of public policy, they con
sidered theinlelves bound- to resist the plaintiffs'
claims altogether : the reference hi..Wever being
pressed, and the Court approving of it, the
Company'S Counsel acquiesced, and it was ac-
cordingly referred to three of the special'Jury,
nairiely, Edmund Nugent, Thomas Prentice, and
William Sherwin, Esor;:.who were hurnediately
sworn, as 'w/ere :sev..escal Witnesses 'on both sides,
and the reference proceeded on..
Mr. Gooi.n, withohis usual. ability,
~stated the
01'..,;e, which he said the referecs.were
to take tinf',f-1. their'cOnsidera.tion, divested of all
points of 11:1,7, ;ind narrowed simply :to the tines-.
tion, " Whetlice the fire Was acczdenital or not !"

°hey oflnsuranee was then produced and
ad-4ttted, as was also the account, furnished by
,*,,te plaintiffs, and verified by their affidavit.
John O'Leary Was then e:ainined on the part
of: the plaintiffs, who stated, that he knew the
hottse ; that it was burnt in December
last-; that be dined there almost every day ; that
the plaintiffs were about .a year' and a half in pos-.
Session, and believed that they' might have ex.;
needed about 2001. in improvements; that plain.=
tiffs' tavern was a genteel one, and growing bet-
ter; was there the day previous to the fire, and
bad seen Wine in the barT and in binns above
stairs ; also ruin, brandy, indgeneva ;.that plain-
tiffs often sent out gallonts,, dozens; ,and half
'dozens of wine' to purchasers ; .. believed there
might be about 20 dnzen of wine. in an apartment
up stairs ;, plaintiffs had the other :liquors in
kegs ; had sometimes. seen smuggled wine
brotight to plaintiffs' house by porters about
,a
fortnight before the fire; pla;ntiffs' binns were
always full, and believed they had other wine
stores in the cellar of the house, also spirits and
porter ; did not know what quantity of spirits
there might be,. nor of what value, or what num-
ber of casks, but believed they might. have lmve
had. fifteen
,gallons of rum, and the same of brandy
and geneva, and about tea gallons of whiskey--,
• they might have had about,2o dozen of wine,
worth about 50s. a dozen.- 'Hai drank .claret in
the housewitness then described-the premises,
and . that plaintiff, his' wife and children
lived in the house, but being in a bad state .of
health, and incommoding the business, of the,
house, it being small, they removed to Marl-
borough-street. That there was only one or two
of the seats spoiled by the fire in the box-room.-=--
That when the soldiers were going away, witness
and others took an inventory of the -articles saved
r from the fire, Which was the same as inplaintiff's
account—did not believe the furniture was worth
1001. deducting the articles saved—did not know
that there were five pair of window curtains in
the house ; knew there were small window cur-7
tains in the two pair. sitting-room, oak chairs,
painted tables, a bed, and a small bed, kitchen
furniture, plates, dishes, and a hot plate, (which
he calculated at 18 or 201.)
,and Were worth up-
wards of 561. not including table-linen, china, and
glass—there were six tables. in the box-room, and
three in the two pair-rodm ; has seen plate Spoons
in the house ; believed the articles in the house
'the night of the fire, Worth more than 801. with
what was saved, but could not positively swear as
to value.

, This witness on his cross examination stated,
that he dined and drank tea in the house the day
before the fire; that there .was no chanffelin it,
but by the removal of Whelan's family; that there
was wine in the house not permitted, WhiCh he
advised plaintiffs to send to Hatiway's stores—ti-
lieved nothing -else went out—believed the fire
communicated from the.top of the house, by fall 7
ing on a sky-light or shed in the yard, which was
pitched, and from that to the lower stairs---the
stairs were burnt both above and breloW—the
rid-
(lit stairs not so mneh.—lt appeared to high that
'the top, and bottom of
.the house, were on fire to-
gether, without any communication of the fires
'With each other.—Understood Vanway and the
Vaiter were to.tricep in the house that night,'hut
the'waiter slept ont,—WitnesS is Wlielan's brother
in Law. . , _

IJamvs O'Connor, examined for plaintiffs----1
know the house ; was a.earpenter and engaged in
buildings ; saw the house since the lire, and be-
lieved 1501. would nearly repair it; admitted 'on
his cross examination, that he did nut: seeythe
house till-Feb. or March last.

The plaintiff then examined the Rev. Anthony
M'Guire, Rector of Thomas's 'Parish, and Mr.
Lever, the Churchwarden, to prove ,the certifi-
cate granted by them to the plaintiffs, and the cir-
cumstances under which. they first refused, anti.
afterwards ;anted it ; and the plaintiff's attorney
stated, that he would not call any more wit-
nesses.
Serjeant M'Mahon on the part of the defendants
stated I?) the referees, that he thought it better
to proceed at -once on the examination of the de-
fendant's witnesses, and reserve the statement -of
their case until the Referees should be in posses-
sion of the facts.
The defendant's witnesses were then .examiu-

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mr. iteritt James,
M. ratterSoll, anti .Viiii
Armstrong, who prove—that Whelan had lodg-
ed out of the house for four or five days be-
-lore
the -fire happened, and that Ifenwey lived
therein—that •the furniture bad been remov-
ing therefrom to Whelan's lodgings---that different-
alarms of fire has been madeat the plaintiff'shousc-
the first about two o'clock, the other between
tl4ll and four in the morning of the 31st of De-
ceniber. ."That on the first alarm Hanoi ay &e'er- 4
ed it was oily a chimney on fire, and on being :.!I
offered assistance, said he did not want any, .fwat ..
it was-only the chimney. That one of the wit- i
nesses, with other persons - then present, extin-
guished the :lire,. and went away, leaving Hanwai .'.
alone in the house, and at that time there was-no
fire elsewhere in nbe house.. That on the,second, ,
alarm being given about four o'clock, -the house
was 'discovered to: be on lire and no person therein/
and-on the done being forced open, there was.a
strong fire iethe hall, and the upper back,rotniet '
was also on fire at the same time, and.the door
thereof fastenedthat Hanway was seen filling -
two bottles With oil in • the bar the night before '
the fire, and. on being asked at the time, refused to .
give a reason why—that on clearing away the
rubbish from one of the upper rooms, two bottles.
were found in. the rtcess of the grate which seem-
ed. !
to have contained oil—that Hanway told one
of the witnesses that the fire commenced in the
kitchen, but. was suppressed, ,and that it after-
wards broke out again in the cellar by a hogshead
of spiritslaking fire, and on being replied to, that -
if so it would have blown- up the house, 'he said,
be said, "that fortunately two hogsheads of porter
burst at the same time and -put out- th; fire at the
,cellar"—thatlianway-was. requested'to shew the
cellar, but-refused—that several of the witnesses
had..afterwartis exainined the cellar, but there
.was.not the sinalleSt appearance of fire- in it, or
the remains of any staves, hoops, or chimes of a
hogshead--4that there was a quantity of straw on
the floor of the kitchen and some under the table, ..
but no appearance of fire on the kitchen story--
that the back door of the_yard lay open, and was
partly burnt, but it was evident .that the flame
which burnt .it had burnt Outwards and not in-
wards,—that the stairs from the hall to the first
floor were almost entirely Unita out ; that the
tap-room and a small room on that same floor
had no appearance of tire—the first flight of stair;
was burnt. so truth .that it was dangerous to ga
'up; the second flight was not so bad, and the
third flight less than *the second ; that the stair-
case.which-was on fire, did,not communicate with
any fire-plaee; and that the fire at the upper part
of the'-hOuse and the lower could not have bees
caused by one another. ,
Several other witnesses on the part of the 0-
fendants were examined, every one of whom cot-
rOborated the evidence' of the former, and the'
plaintiffs • again proceeded -to examine witnesses
on their part, none of whornehowever, were able
'to shake the evidence given on the part of the' de-
fendants, and.,-, on the contrary
,one of. the wit--
nessesTrodneed by the-plaintifi's to contradict the
defendants, admitted that he had been in Nc7.-- :.
gate, on a charge of highway robbery', but Wa S 4:-
quitted in consequente of his not
,having bOs "
identified Upon his trial.
-The examination of witnesses being closed on
both sides, Serjeant Nl'Mahon addressed the re-
ferees, and after commenting at haft,.:e on the evi-
deuce produced before.them, he called :Ton the
Referees maturely to consider the vast importance
of, the case, important to the utmost in its nator-P,
thOtth trifling in the anwant.
Mr. Charles Ball, on tol-2 part of the plaintiffs, .
replied .at considerable length, and having ccel-
eluded, the (grand .Jury-room -was cleerei of 'all
‘'
persons but the referees, -who, in les's than tes. .
minutes, returned a verdict for the defendants: -

INIARLBOROUGH-STREET.-A man of mean ar
pearance, who stated his name to be Thos. Jones,
Was charged with having sent a threatening letter,
to a surgeon, in considerable practice, demandill
money, and on refusal thereof, intimating that 11
should immediately cause the prosecutor to, b°
apprehended, on charges of a particular nature`''
It appeared by the testimony of a boy, that Ile.
was employed yesterday morning by theprisonP..o
who met him the street, and_tO whom he was
complete stranger, to carry the letter, which On",
tamed the threat, to the house of the prosectitory
who immediately sent for- a constable. The Ki"
soner made,no defence, and refused to state NV°
or what he was. He was fully committed for

BIRTHS.
On Thursday the 17th inst. at the Ps'rs.onage, Ctoiont
Verhyshire, the Lady of the Rev. S.-Hc!worthy, of a.Sou.
•O.i thd 2otli inst. at Whaddon-Hall, Bucks, the Lack ° •
William Lowndes, F4q. of a Son.
On the 22d inst. at ,Mapleduchizn, Btrksiiire, Nlrs.
Wright, of a Dangliter,

MARRIED. • r the
On Tuesday, at Overton, Hants, Robert Belt, Esq. 0'
Inner Temple,- Barrister at Law, to Mary, the "eldest datt,r
ter of Biwa!, Tronghton, Esq. of Overton.
Yesterday, at St. James's Church, James Loughran,
of Percy-street,., to Miss Mary Maxw•eil, of Sackville-street.

• DIED. t
On the E.:).0111 inst. 'at Lynn, the Hon. Mrs-. 'Vane, rel''
the !ate Hon. :Thiirles Vane; of Mount Ida, in the CoutO
Norfork. - • -
On T!iesthy,: the.. Lady of James Langdale, Esq. of 1,04"
dvr-hlil, Surrey. fl
Gn th,.!- 22d inst. at Wiksden-llonse, in Mititilesex,
George WObanh, wife of Uco ege Esq. of
place, a'id eldi-st.tlan;;;-hter of James Trotter, Esq. of Hurto-
place, in th.-! County of Surrey.

COAL MARKET, SEPT. e 3.
Ships at Marxet. 'Ships sold. Price.-
61t Newcastio .. . •454.. . 41s. 3d. to ss• 3j,
10 Sunderlatld . . . . 7 . . . 42s 9d. to 435•
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PRICE. OF. STOCKS YESTERDAY. . '
Bank Stock Ceat.
Ann . Of'
Navy 5 per SE,I Bml . Excheq. Bill's, Oid. Per
4 pun Cent. shut . . Is. 3s. dis. ss. pr'
a per Cent. Red. shut . Ditto, 34d. !er day, es•
3 per Cent. Cons. .59:1- 58H ,I Oninitnn, 6 4.1 13r.
Bank 1... Ann. shut no puser.
India Stock,
India Bond•;, 3s. die.
__.---- ---'
. Cons. fur
lr a
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