The Sun.
London, England, 1824-08-06 00:00:00

WINCHESTER SUMMER ASSIZES.

These Assizes commenced on Monday last, when the Lord
Chief Justice AMIOTT and Mr. Baron Gartitow opened the
Commission ; and on Tuesday morning these Learned Judges,
with the High Sheriff, Chaplain, attended Divine Service
at St. Mattrice's Church, where a most excellent discourse was
delivered by the Rev. Mr. Haygarth ; and Dr. Chard (having
been informed that the Chief Justice was partial to Church
music.) with his usual good nature put up an Anthem and full
Service, at which his Lonlship was much gratified ; after which
the Judges retired to their respective Courts, the Chief Justice
to the Vii Prins, and his Learned Brother to the Crown Court,
who (as is usual at the Hampshire Assizes) did not address the
Grand Jury at great length, as very few counties possess Ma-
gistrates with so much talents and experience as the County of
Southampton.
The Cause List contains '2O, 14 common and 6 Special Jury
Causes, of which only two are now to be disposed of, which are
two Special lury Causes from the Isle of Wight. Of these 20,
as is usual, some arc of moment and some very trivial, the first
Pickering v. Noyes is left to be decided by the twelve Judge ;
it was an action of trespass brought, in tact, by Colonel Ire.
monger against Mr. IVigmore, -Pickering being the Colonel's
tenant, arid Noyes the Squire's game-keeper. It appeared that
Mr. W.'s ancestors had sold a farm to the Colonel's, in the year
1736, reserving all sorts of manorial rights o'ser it; Mr. W.'s
keepers have always sported over it till lately, and now Cal. I.
disputes their right so to do.—Verdict for plaintiff, subject as
above.

JOLLIFFE v. BI:XD1.1:.
This was a sheep cause, and of much consequence to the job-
bing trade will this cause be, as by its result it appears that a cer-
tain disease called the " goggles" may be engendered in sheep at
their birth, and not make its appearance till they become 2 tooths
and even four tooths, and then the person who sold them with
a warranty must stand the loss. Bendle was nut the original
breeder, but 38 he sold them with a warranty he is at the loss.
The verdict was to return the 100/., the sum originally paid for
the 100 sheep, and 4s. liar head for their keep, the plaintiff re-
turning as many of the sheep as were left alive—about 50 ; and
this left the plamtifi. without any profit of lambs, &c., which
it was contended he ought to have had.—The Verdict was taken
by consent.

SANDERS v. BAKER.

This action was merely to try a right which was proved to
exist in the plaintiff', and a verdict was given to her accordingly.
JONES P. DAYRY.3.I,
This was an action brought by a etlacbraskoT aßinin a Am-
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*uctum thirdly,tnr 3tl guineas, tiepii4lreimiirbldof n landaulet,
which it was alleged the gentleman had ordered to have repair-
ed, so that he might travel about in with his lady, to whom he
had been newly married.—The verdict went for the coach-
maker in the several sums of '2ss. fur repairing a gig, 20A. for
putting on his crest to the landaulet, and 51. fur his trouble in
repairing ditto, making in all 71.5x.,—thereby negativing the
Order for the landaulet. In this trial the CitiE e sT 'cc very
strongly recommended to all gentlemen who gave orders for a
new carriage of any description to a coachinaker, to Rip an
agreement in the cottchniaker's order-book, specifying the de-
scription of carriage and price : it was a thing, he said, which
he did himself, unit it prevented much altereition.

littAnnocK r. sLIGIIT.
This was an action by a music-seller, against a retired trades-
man, for the recovery of 501., being, as was alleed, the differ.
ence between 1001. and a sum of SO/. which had been paid to the
plaintiff. It was proved by the defendant that the plaintiff
being in distress, borrowed of him SOL, for which he pledged
a grand piano us security, so that he obtained a verdict nega-
tiving the contract of purchase.
Of the Special Jury causes, the result of one was peculiarly
gratifying to the feelings of Englishmen. In the King v. Sin-
son, it appeared that two Excise officers had stopped, at about
two miles anti a half from Havant, three men with a horse,
cart, and dog t the time was between eleven and twelve on a
moonlight night ; the officers swore most positively to the three
defendants, who in their turn proved a most satisfactory alibi
tot to two of them, anti the Chief Justice recommended to 31r.
Adam anti Mr. Sergeant Wilde (that as so much doubt being
on the evidence for the prosecution, and so serious would be
the prisoners' punishment) that the Jury should give a verdict
of acquittal, which was accordingly done to the great satisfac-
tion of a very crowded Court. Mr. F. WI t.r.rams and Mr.
Matt EWETHEit conducted the prisoners' defence.

• Satroc7LEtt9.—Ainortgst the extraordinary in-
ventions of the smugglers to evade the vigilance of the Officers
ofbis 3tajeaty's ship Ramilies, on the naval blockade service,
the following cannot be considered as the least ingenious :
Some few days since a vessel was run upon thebeach, with the
declared intention of landing chalk, with which mall appearance
she rail laden. As is usual, she was searched by the Officer of
the Blockade, and 'no contraband goods being found she was
.left. Same short time atter, one or the sentinels, perceiving that
they, were handing the supposed chalk into elute with more
occasions, though all was not
ti icudm :9 ,liwqhuiiedh, alit:
cahred, u
puo) wn'orkam examinationi racl e, forpro out of
t 0
criaguhttio,nwedniatnbatclitlattoathrteidveessuselu,aalnlil thrust his sword into one of
tltebechathlke
spirits of geneva. After this discovery 360 of these lumps
were opened, each of which contained a gallon and a half of
the above spirit. The men on board were of course secured.
Two other seizures of great value have been made by the
that one smuggler
bwlao;:kkaatileed,
,ataontdlc
canal to make their escape... 4 Manta Gazette. j
tiltrios%tomebtleiven tryingtetted to swim across a
,14,1 wwheireel 1

-..ACCOLISTT cart WONDEttfin. mToNE.—Witilbt
enumerating' the wonders 'of this neighbourhood, Clough.
loirrish, :oaths Sneaking Stone, must not he omitted. This
is an enormoits rock, or mountains n'tv"* which seems to
have rolled down - front the adjoining hill, and is now firmly
-fixed in the centre of a stream, near the road'
to Dungarvan. The stone ix split in a remarkable manner,
from Waterford
the
fissure dividing the mass into two equal parts. 'There..,
. . 43 a tra-
dition that some person,' at he -.passed this rock, expressed a
~ wish that:it might speak, and 'divide into two parte' a the tie.
•elaratiort which he was making were not true; ;he story goes,
that the stone did split and also sneak, and th
• --e Mtpellant, was
consequently convicted of falsehood. The rock is a very
to
podding stone, and.might have been induceel
-o convict the
perjurer, by the, influence of frost ppm Witter, which can easily
percolate the mass; whether the wood emitted ort the occasion
was an articulate one, it is hot so easy to detessuize.—( From
Ryland's History ollitaterfbid.) ,

~fiFnnlxtb F ssttaY.—:TThe, rr9Vect or a xoNi fishing this
ie3mon are very flatteri}femur of cutllent
canglit about Nairn, haven hiquitot tO Our market., On 'Jib
west coot, some of the lochs have already been, agOlutiguips.
with fish': and in Lochtaihavtllna alolig she (kat,
Inch and Assynt shorm considerablignantitles of superior her-
rings have been caught. We have had no accounts from the
nortli.—(Edinturgli. Ccurant, Aug.