The Sun.
London, England, 1815-10-25 00:00:00

WESTAIINSTKR SESSIPNS, OcT_. 24.

yss was..ntdicted.for unlawfulht,
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and for the sake of lucre,haVingin his possessiA'
a quantity of liarchmCnt, I.liLlitirap.erty of
Douce and Richard Peacock,` late-stationers in"
Chancery-lane.

Mr. Guasitir-opened the case on the part of the
prosecution.

Richard Peacock sari,- that—he was a law-'sta-
tioner in Chanceryrlane,:in. partnership with
Charles Douce, and that be hail no tither partner.
Having suspected an
.apprentice that they had,
of the name of • robbing. them, he went
to the rouse of the delendant,.who keeps a boOk
shop in BishOp's-coutt, Cirimet!rylane; he told
the defendant' that-he -514eCted;scime of lois ap-
prentices, andfiained the name'of Hill, inform-
ing hutn•tliat-he Mill been informed that the boy
had been freilitentry'tvith him :—this the defend-
ant denia..,l:4e..witgess •then :raked him, if he
had ever purclta,scd,,gpy thing from the boy El-ill ;
upon this the,defkinthint. said, that Hill had fre•-•
quently come, to hinuoifering -articles for sale,
when khe defenrkapt..9nifoynily told „him that if the
master ..of „ toy. the
,or.. his father. would come. to.
him, he should purchase thcmfrotn idiot, but 'that.
he would not purchase, any'lhrng'from boys ; the
prosecutor told 11i111it-edVas perfectly tizitt, as it.
operated as an iiphicement to them to steal. The
prosectitor ,immediately applied for a %I/arrant ;
Limbrick was the officer wlki executed it ; when
they came to ilie,defeirdant!s•house and eXplained
their business, Ore.:,deferillant4aid that he ;tad no
objection, as he hatt.n.oparchment but whatwa's
at the door.:Alre,offieerthen %vela op stairs-, -leav-
ing the .prosecutor helots.,;. at' the bottom of a
basket of foul linen the officer found a quantity of
pArchine6t; tvhicli was sworn to by Mr. Douce
and Mr. Peacock,. as being their property.
Limbrick;-tlie• officer, • cOrrebol'aled the state-
meat of the prosecutor.- tle seated, in addition,.
that in ,going to'- the:offlee the boy cried much,
and said that Mr.Wetnyss had asked him to bring
him some parchment. He never gave different
accounts of
_the business.

Joseph Stevenson. I.lill..provedi that the first
time he went to..elic shop of the defendant was to
purchase a book Avhich. the boy paid him for, and
told him that a .fellmt apprentice of his, be being
an. apprentice with_„ Messrs. Dunce and Peacock,
would call for it. The deferuhunt then. asked him
if ,he had,. any parchnept, ,to,which he. answered_
in. the neptive. The, witness :had. repeatedly
since" furnished the defendant with parchment, for
which the price. fixed by the 'defe!pdant vas 181
per pound. .
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Mr. Peacock and Mr. Daucc.sworp, that parch-
ment such as 'carvers and .g.ilqcrs purchase for
making size; of was Is.,per pound, wliile.that which
was (ow] in the defendant's possession Was worth
3s. 6d. per
.pound. . .
Mr. ANDREWS addressed the Jury in behalf of
the defendant, and adduced a variety of witnesses,

tvlio stated thetiiselYeS tt be !My-Stationers, who
had been in the use of selling' to the defendant
pieces of parchment at the rate of Bd. per pound;
also several witnesses WhO • bad knowtf the pri-
soner for the' last-foar ok five yttas, who gave him
an excellent charattee.,

M. Guitmtv replied: • ;.
The Cut-tRmAw -having recapitiilated the evi-
Aenee to. the Jury-, they immediately' found the
priscincrGuilt#. • • - •

SCOTLaND.

GREAT

. . . " .Locheo,ilisport, South Kuupdale,Argyllshire,
• lath Ottobek-,.18)
" A great 'hopoefince of lierri:trgs.. has 'keen ob-
ser'ved •in 'airs. Loch r for weeks -past. On
Thursday bight, a few fishin'g, boats arrived from
Lochffire,• and -caught (melt boat 25 and-30 bar-
rels of.-gtiOdherr-ings ; Frida'y neaely the same
success;.•_ .great numbei of boats have since col-
leetvd,,,and expect., to-morrow night, to be in ge-
ntril. loaded.--4he fishers • have little salt, and as
yeLnostrangers to purchase their fish. It- is sup-
pos-ed the. a§h.ing may continue a...montb
wcs4!' , ,

crR,UNOCK, OCT;. 20.-00, Mondar;morning,
at tour o'clock, five men embarked inA boat laden
*with coals, on Loch Lomond, from the main land
"neat the 41' Feltrs are entertained
That,*tifq have be?n all drowned,
.as the bOat can-
MA be'discovered, although very sti:iet search has
been made for it, and as the morning was ex'L
teemely dark an&Winity. lufled-the fate of the
crew is considered certain; from the circum-
stance 'of;•sci-eral aides ,Ain own-to have been is
the boat, being found floating. Font• of the-men*
have left•widows mad families. Two of them be-
h:Lilig•ten(ti Orte.o 13"ilin°
two to.Renton-, and one to
Ci

The sloop Archibald, William Gray, sailed.
from. Aberdeen port on the 13th October, .1814,
for North Bergen, and has never since been heard
of, so that there remains no longer doubt of the
vessel being lost, with all on board. .The crew
consisted of four persons, exclusive of Mr. James
Rae, soii of. Mr. Rae, Aberdeen, a promising young
than, Who going out as supercargo.
On Saturday se'nnight, about midnight, the
boat-bolonging to his Majesty's ship Levant (ly-
ing in Douglas. Bay, Isle of kariy, orT returning
from the tovvnwith the'Captain, a Midshipma-n,
and four seamen, was struck by a heavy sea, when
the Captain, one of the seamen, and the Mid-
shipman; were washed overboard. The two for-
mer saved themselves by swimming but the lat-
ter. was Awfunnuattly.drowned.

. .• • . .
Tfic elegant Gothic ToWer, building at Kilwin-
ning, is fast adancincr. ht has already attained
the hei.;ht of 7a feet, and it is thought, that it
the weather" proVe faVoitrable, it. will be fin izhed
by the end of the,yearl Its full height is to be
:101 feet. Besides being'a fine object to all tha
surrounding eiitintrv; it will afford the means' of
perpetuating' the flii•ottrite amusement 'of Archery,-
:whiclr:had - been -practised 'for hundreds years
upon the former venerable Pile.--;-The builtliog;
when finisbedi,vritri cost about 13001. •

- SEQUESII.ATIONS.

Oct, 1:3, Charles Hamilton, late coalmaster, Eastmuir—
Creditors meet in the of Wales Tavern, Glasgow, 24th
14t1iNorember, at I.
0ct.:14. Smith and Jamieson, merchants, dealing- iri lime,
at Leveaside—Creditors maet.in Inn, Dumbarton,
:30t1r October and 2011 i November, at

-Williath Hill, mannfaCture.r and Mererant; Glas-
gow..--Creditors me.et.ill the Bankrupts Warchonsr,ll2, Bruns-
ivick-street there, 2.lloeto.ber and lath November, t,t. 1.
' Oct: '6,, Nl‘FavqUitar;•Campb'ell, and Co. merchants, Glas-
goa'—Creditors meet ,in Black Bull lien there, 21t1t October
snit 14ih November, at 12.
Oct. IG. %Valiant Scott, blacksmith in Lawrencekirli—Cre-
ditors meet in Crtanes•'lnn there;4sth• October—and 15th
November, at 12.
October I*(3. Laurence Boyd, matlnfacturer, tieagate, Dun-
dee.--Cretlitors meet hi 'MorrJu'i inn thert, • 3114 'October
and 141 h November, at 12. ; • •
Oeti)ln‘r 'l7. John Gardner, bookseller and stationer, Glas-
gow—Creditors meet in the rrince 'of 'Wales Tavern there,
25th October and lath November, tt
October 17. Alexander MeldruniA tut; merchant, Dundee-;--
Creditors meet in Morren's Inn tilde, ISt and 15th Novem.-
her, at 12.

(ictobei• 13. Walter Them, coal,merchmt, Cilasgow—Cre-
ditnrs.nieet in the Prince of Wales Tavern there, 27th' Oct.
and 101 h November, at 1. • - '

October 18. James 11attrat, tenant in Barn-yttrds, and
dealer- in .eattle-4:reditors meet in the Swan Inn, ,Brechin,
Octi,Lier and.l7th November, at 12.

OcLohtr Iticriird Montt, coil and salt merchant; Leven
—Cteditors meet in the Tontine Inn, (;spar-Fife, 27th Oct.
and, I 4tti Norcrnhrr, at 11.

o,etollei 20. William Nlnnro, sen. merchant, Dornoch=
Crectilors meet in Leslie's Inn there, Gth and 23d Novem-
ber, at O. •_ _ _

October 20. John Spence, merchant, Glasgow—Creditors
trivet the Mack Bull Inn. there, .30th October and 20th
Novembe'r, at 12.
• EXANIIN-ATIONS,- DIVID'ENDS,

nohert• Dick, merchant, Troon, to he examined jn the
Sheriff-Clerk's odice, Ayr, 27th Octvber and lUth November,
at 12.

Neil Kith, portioner, Bridgeton, grocer' and spirit-dealer
there, to he examined in the Sheriff-clerk's office, Glasgow,
3 1 st October and 14th November, at 11.

Peter Pic, milter•Und corn-nierchant, Fletningto-n Mill, to
be t x:iiiiined in the Sheriff-clerk's office, Dunse, 31st October
and IStb NA.cruber, at 12.:
Creditors of LoiVden of Culmain meet in the Crown
inn, Nluxweltown, 9th November, at 11.

Creditors of Stet-tart and Ninian, late merchants, Greenock,
meet in the •oiticC of Hugh Uravvfurd and Son, writers there,
cith Nnvetober.

cif)WL:dne.sday Morning last, at Swansea, R.
T. DEEHF„,),Esq,.. of Panne Court, near -Cow-
bridge,-, after spending the evening at the Mack-
Worth Arms,- with his brother Magistrates, on
retiring .to Iris. chamber, expressed, a wish to have
his ben warmed (having for some time been in 4
declining state of health) ; but on the return of
the servant with a pan of cmals, who had not been
absent Moi'e-than two minutes, she found him
lying on the bed a lifeless corpse!,
The_ptior Man of the name-of Richard Hazel!,
foreman of die labourers of Deptford Dock-yard,
wl-lo.infortimately oil a piece at timber- in en-
deavonring fa cross the Surrey. Canal, at.the spot
where the new bridge is erecting near ,Deptford-,
died on'Thtirsday-
A uqtp of the name of Lander,,of Gosport, was
out fishing in Stoke' Bay ; the boat beitag very
small, it upset, and he,was drowned.
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SINGULMI CIRCONIsTANCE.—thi Thursday week
(being the York fortnight fair)., as the cattle were
standin in
Walingatc in Yorki city, a small coves
of partridges alighted upon them, 40111 C of which
Were taken alive.