The Sun.
London, England, 1815-12-20 00:00:00

SPOR LING IN'EELLIGE,NCE.

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STATEMENT of the ODDS oa. the. DERBY and OAKS
STAKES, 1816.--Dfic. 13.
DERBY.
S to 1 apt. e. by Waltoil. Out of Penny Trumpet.'
10 to t apt.' Firernaiter,'hi other to
I to i agst. John of Paris Oat,: Dick Goodison).
tot agst. Weathercock, hr OrriNe.
Taken —l4 to I agst. Orontes, brother to Zadora.
OAKS.
6 to 1 apt.. sister to Raphael..
1 :to 1 agst. sister to Crispin.
10 to 1 agst. any other.
30 to I agst. naming- the winner of Derby and oaks.
it ftacit.—Sir Joshua a;;st. Filo da Puta-5 to 4 on Sir Joshua.

Sir HUNIPI4t;.Y DAVY, in compteting his re-
searches on the subject of the fire daily in cold
mines, has, ascertained that fine metallic wire
gauze, or the finest ;3etallic wire sieves, entirely
stop explosions. They suffer light and air to pass
through them, but present an unsurmountable
hairier to fl'atne or explosion. Ile,.is able, in con-
sequence of this discovery, to make all common
lamps or lanterns safe for the miners, by: cover-
ing'their air apertures with metallic gauze, which,
'when of the proper degree of fineness, is a per-
•feet flame sieve, or a sieve for separating flame•
from air.
Sir THWIAS LAWRENCE has executed an admi
rable pOrtrait of Signior CANOYA, the Roman
sculptor, who lately visited this country. In
-addition to the many flattering distinctions which
Signior fiANovii. received, it, is stated that he
Was honoured by the Ptm7cti. REGENT with a
-Present of a magnificent gold. snuff-b9x,.;et with
uncommonty anti vatnable.diamonds. •
- A few days since G. P.'JEIIVOISF, Esq. one of
the Representatives in Parliament for Salisbury,
ass,embled his tenants, and lowered their rents 20
per cent. nu account. of the depressed state of
agriculture, and at the s:tme time gave them an
oPtion of quitting their farms if they chose ; but
the proposal was not accepted, as his tenants,were
perfectly satisfied with the liberal allowance made
to therm

Remarkable instance of Canine. Meternal Fond
ness, and of Restored Animation.—The following
interesting. circumstances.. occurred a few days
since at 3 Gentleman's seat in the neighbourhood
of Helstone :—A spaniel bitch having brought
forth a pup; the latter was ordered to be drown-..
61, and was taken away for that purpose by the
gardenei, who, having secured the bitch in the
stable,. conveyed the pup. to the extremity of a
very extensive garden, and drowned it in a water-
ing-pot, to the bottom of-which it at length sunk,
motionless. .About.an hour-afterwards, the bitch
got out of the .stable, and after a long quest,,
.found her young one and carried it back. 'A ser-
vant having been sent, severk&hours.subsegnent-
ly, to remove it, to his great astonishment found
it perfectly restored ; the cares and warmth of the
poor bitch having effected a► complete rescusci-
,
tation. ,
BARBAROUS MURDER.—On Saturday morning,
'about seven o'clock, as Robert Parsons, a con&
tlential servant of Mr. Medford, manufacturer, of
Glassonbury, was on his road to Wells'in -a cart,
he was overtaken .by James Rawles; aged 23, a'
workman. belonging to the..same. concern, whe,
after riding.a short distance, knocked down and
cut the throat of his companion, and having rifled
his pockets, threw the body into a ditch. The
murderer went to the factory as usual ; but his
companions observing something unusual in, his
manner, and particularly noticing that he ha?l 00
his best clothes, suspicion was excited, and after
searching his house,. where his . blood-sprinkled
dress was found,. the villain confessed the fOul
deed, and has been since committed to Ilchester
gaol. The father of the culprit was so affected
on hearing of the horrid Iransactitat that -
pired ;on the follonius louday,

AI.)IIIIALTY SESSIONS.
. • .

A :Commission for the trial of offences commit-'
ted on the high seas, within the jurisdictiOn of
the Admiralty Courts, was -yesterday dpened at
the Old Bailey, before the Right lion.• Sir-W.
SCOTT and the Lion. Mr. Justice HEATII. The.
Grand Jury 'found' true Bills upon all the, indict,
ments preferred to them.

HIGH .TREASON.
Jahn Swayne, alias ,Swinny , was then put to the
bar, and tried for piratically, hostilely, and fe-
loniously adhering to tbe,King's enemies, and for
entering and serving on board the American fri-
gate Essex, at a time when open and public. war -
existed between our Sovereign Lord the King and
the United States of America.
The King's Advneate, Dr„ ROBINSON, briefly.
-stated•the: general outlines. of the case, which he
apprehended. would be fully and minutely "proved
• by the Witnesses ithb Were to be called tits the pro-
secution, .and-which would-incontestibly.fix upon
the prisoner the crime laid in the indictment.
_Captain Stayers was then called, and examined
by Alr...Tervis. -.The Witness deposed; that he was
master of the South Sea whaler, called,the
Se-
ringapatant, and that he sailed from England in
March, 1813. The prisoner sailed with in
the 'Capacity of an apprentice ;, he believed him
to be a Scotchman, - he was ways so reputed,
and .often declared it himself in his hearing. On
the 13th July he was captured. by the American
ship Kisex; off the Galepagos islands, and the
prisoner was then on board the Seringapatain.
The witness was first taken on board the Essex
and put in irons, as were also his two sons and a
mate. The prisoner was afterwards brought and
pit in irons, hut they were soon knocked off.
He was himself confined in the steerage under
the half-deck; and could there see the floor
of Captain: Porter's cabin. The Essex was
under weigh when he' saw the prisoner• with
others go into the Captain's cabin. .He Then said
to them, that if they entered he would prosecute
theta whenever he returned to England,. as they
had no cause to be traitors to their own country,,,
there bring" a cartel abQnt to sad,
,by which they
might get back to England. He heard the pri-.
soner afterwards. say, that he did not know one
place in America, when another person_ desired
him to tell Captain Porter that lie belonged to
Fell's Point. The ' prisoner then entered, and
shortly returned with money in his hands, when
the tvitness told him he was a bad fellow.—
The witness was sent forwaid. sonic .cla after-
-wards, under the care- of a seatry, and observ-
ed the prist.nctr grinding a cutlass, when be said
to him that he hoped he did not intend Os use
that against his owncountrymen. The prisonerre-
plied, that the Scotch and English had not yet
settled it, and as he was a Scotchman, he had as
good a right to fight for the Americans as for the
English. The Witness then called hitt' a traitor, ,
and threatened to prosecnte hint 'if. ever he. came-
within his reach. Hesubsequently saw him doing,
on all occasions, the ship's duty ; he knew that
he was appointed to the main-top, and had heard
hint repeatedly answer to' his name when called
over on the muster-roll. Witness was put on
board the Georgiasta, to be sent to America ; but
na Ec,dlAltrett an his passage, and arrived in
England. He was at Plymouth in December last,
:when the Essex was there as prize to the Phoebe,
Captain .Hillyer. Hr Went on board and desired
the prisoner to be, brought to him in the cabin ;
and, after looking athim, asked it he knew burn ;
to which the pristine! replied, yes; and the witness
then added, ..that. he was come -tti be as good as
his word.
Cross-examined by Mr.. ALLEY.--,,Witness was
treated cruelly by the Americans, but did not
know that the crew were treated it► the same !MM..
Her. They were not keptin.irons, and were dis-
, perseti on board the different prizes of the Essex.
• Edward Lawson was a :mate on hoard,the Sir
Edward Hamilton, which was captured by .I.he
- !Essex o the 14th of September, 1613. lie saw
the prisoner (.1.11 ;liitiri-tieek among the, ship's .
company, and heard that he belonged to the main-_
,top. He always mustered with the rest of the
crew. • -
John Hamilton dePosed, thathe was an assist-
ant clerk in tine Phoebe frigate. He,was on board
when the Essex was taken, after a contest of two
hours, off Valparaiso, in Peru, on the 28th of
March, 1814. The prisoner came_ on board the
'l'horbe abotit a week afterwards.; He heard a con-
versation between the Lieutenant and the prisoner,
Who said ha was a Scotchman, and that, he ran
assay from the ESsex„,
Cross-exaMined. —The prisoner was not on
board the Essex during the engagement and was
'not', therefore, assisting in the battle. The Essex
had a cruising tender, called the. Little Essex.—
The prisoner told ale officer of the Phoebe, that
he had taken, the
,first opportunity: of running
away.
'rite prisoner being then called on
•for his de-
fence, declared, that it bad never.been his inten-
tint' CO tight against his own country, but to take
the'first opportunity of getting away, which in-
tention he had executed.
Captain Hillyer,.of the Phoebe, begged to state
to the Court some observations with • respect to
this case ; and having been sworn, proceeded to
say, that amongst the many instwous arts em-
'ployed to inveigle British seamen from their alle-
giance,--when Mr. Justice HEATH apprised hint,
that this was not evidence which the Court could
receive. Being then examined for the defence by
Mr. ALLEY, Captain Hillyer stated, that the ge-
neral conduct of the prisoner since he had been
on board the Phcebe had been good, but that his
belief was, from many circumstances which had
come to his' knowledge, that' he was a person of
very weak intellect.
Justice HEATH summed up the evidence,
observing, that in this case it was'such as to ex.:
elude all doubt of the prisoner's guilt. The Jury,
after a few minutes consideration, returned a ver-
dict of Guilty, but recommended'the prisoner to
mere), on the ground of the good character given
bitn by Capt. Hillyer.
. The prisoner being then asked whether he had
any thing to say, why he should not die according
to law, and remaining silent, Sir WM. SCOTT
pronounced judgment of death upon him. He
klad !mar couvictcd of the foul crilue of acting

with the enemies of his conntry, and of carrying
destruction to the lives and properties of his fel'
low-subjects. This was a crime which the
of every ration visited with exemplary punish'
ment. If it was lawful to destroy an enemy, ic
must be more. so to destroy those who voltintarilf
became enemies to the State to w hich:they owed age
giance,and from which they received protectiOnghl
present case was marked with many circumstances a
agravation. The prisonerhad sinned,-deliberatelp
against repeated 'admonition, and had accompa`,
nied his guilt with expressions, indicating that be
entertained against his own .country the deepest
malignity, and feelings of unsatisfied revenge!
The merciful recommendation of the Jury sisould
meet With all due attention ; but these were cir'
cumstauces which, rendered it absolutely fleece
sary for him to employ the short time which inigt4
remain to him in this world, in preparation -fa
his entrance on another.
The prisoner is a fine young man, about twenty
years of age, and heard the sentence with firma
ness and decency.
MURDER. ,
•• Archibald Campbell %c as indicted for starving atia
Murdering John Thomas Raine, on the high sess,
and on board the ship called the Samuel Ctimmiak
The only witnesses for the prosecution were Fad"
ward Charrington and William Pearce Probr,
two .mariners, who came home with the prisoner
in the Samuel Cumminq, of which lie was master.
The.deceased;John Thomas Raine, was in a yeti-
sickly state of health, and was on board for til
purpose of working his passage to Efigland from
Jamaica. The general evidence of these witnesses,
as it consisted of very disgusting particulars rcle
tive to the prisoner's conduct on the one baud,
and. the death of Raine on the other, all of 'talc'
was contradicted or falsified by the witnesses for

the defence, we decline detailing.
In a written defence the prisoner stateifi that
this prosecution originated in the conspiracyOf.°
turbulent and.refraetory crew, because he had at
tempted to make them do their duty. His 015 e
was that of every captain of a merchantman wbc)
sliould.be, placed in simil;ir difficult eircuaistances:
Ile should .call three witnesses, all of whont 140
been passenaers on board the Samuel Cumming►
and willingly entrust his fate to their testimotlY.
Mr. Christie depOsed, that be was a erf
and came home in the Samuel Cumming. Fe°111:
the first moment he Sawthe dece-ased, he thouglLt'
he could not long survive. lie had heard Captalw.
Campbell give a general order to the steward tt!'
give what as left at the cabin table to
The crew Was short of its complement; and Of
ship very leaky. it was difficult to get the (lel
to work, and bislcmale servant was once obliged
to assist at the pump. The Captain himself work
at it as bard as any of the' crew. The decease'
once 4Acd him for medicine, which he adininiv;
tered 'to him, when he applied tor half a dozen 04
wine. Thi steward, who was present,. then NI

the witness that Haire was deranged.
a
Mrs. Christie confirmed thy evidence oftl-e lastr
witricss,
,and. had
,always considered the .pri.Soo
as a very humane man. • • ' to
' Monkhouse, another passenger, deposet- •
ss'
•the mutinotis:behaviour of the crew, and "Pdretho
ed his belief, that from that circumstance,sti
leaky condition of the ship, nothing but e
tine exertions of Captain Campbell had Sect
v. their safe arrival iss Eglitnti.
. Mr. Justice HEATU n
as.ited the Jury if it was phi
cessary for him to recapitulate the evidence,vb_,°l
replied in 'the negative, and instantly acquit

toe prisoner.
ci
" 'Gentlemen who having lived rather gay,
are about entering into conjugal felicity, are ill;
formed, that Doctor Cool qtr, and three Surgel
of thirty, years experience in *trictures, Fist°l.;
Debilities, and' Scrofulous have,
Diseases, he e't,t
bushed aMedical Board at Charlotte-honse,'o"74
.charlotte-street, opposite the "Rev. • R6u1137114
Hill's Chapel, Blaekfriars'-road ; by wh°lls •
Public are cured without salivation or confiseallo
The Board claims the 'attention of those2ll,o:l
have attempted the-cure,--or'who have '
illiterate men, whose improper treatment•
ruined thousands. Eruptions on the head,
and bOdy, sore thrbat, mouth, and nose, oe
_ in the ears, -swellings' 'in the neck, dimness 4,
sight ; strictures, pains in the head and limbs, T'io
qtently mistaken for rheumatisini Ireaknero-
-the knees, nodes on the shin bones, swelte",:et,
vies, &c. are symptoms which appear years
and too often embitters the iitatrimonial stale'di
Messrs. CO9PER and Co. are consulted daily,ltlY.ci4
ranks of people, every morning till nine.deiir
and froth twelve till eight precisely ; 0-01;..$
advice gratis on Tuesday, Thursday,
mornings, till twelve o'clods. A door
corner, and private rooms for females.
BIRTHS.
On the 16th inst. at Burtou-creseent, Brun.swi •
the Lady of A. W. Webstq, Esq. of a daughter.
•On TueSday, the 12th, at the Dowager Marciar—Ltdi
Waterford's, in Upper Harley-street, the- Right Oar'
liabella Anne Brydges, of a daughter. • It'
On Sunday last, the' 'Lady of John Marsbi,lt, Mg'
of
:,loon-street, of a son. .31
On Thursday last, at iii seat, near Lynn, the I'3
Thomas Hoseason, Esq. of a daughter. , • • rel.'
'Yesterday morning, the wife of Mr. Sargeant, ftuite
lora
East-street. Brighton, of three girl's, one of whoto ,tdy
after died, but the other two, with their mother, ar°ls

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-MARRIED: fzoaclelit
At Gosport Chapel, J.... Jones, Esq. R. N. to Mr4' ''--
..i.
of Gosport. ' t g. wi
On Wednesday last, at Chailey Church, .Stisse—Lbter,o- '
Bleueowe, Esq. to Charlotte Elizabeth, second da'o-
the Rev. Sir Poole, 13art,,uf the Hooke. - . iv sori
On Tuesday, at Henry'Mortlake, Jahn Hugh Smyth, Eicl. 0.11, 4,, to
of Sir Hugh Smyth, Bart. of Aslitou-Court,'Soniersets,""
Miss Ann•Provis. 11 • 101.°
Yesterday, at `St. George's, Bloomsbury, the Rev.
oa 'w
c.,0.11,
Roberts, of Mitcham, in Surrey, to Elizabeth,eldest
ter of the late George SmithSt!zhead, Ift.._l•,,_____,
DIED. of
On Wednesday last, at his house at Sea Lodge, C"uptY "I
Cork, Abraham Morris Baldwin, . (
Navy. o
). Recto'
On Sunday last, the Rev. Robert Hunter, I).
Esq.l.leutenant u the Rol'
Okefurd Fitzpaine, Dorset. lob/
The same day, at Albany Barracks, the Lidyof GaPt•
65th Regiment.
A few dais since, • Lieutenant W. J. Shannon, R• N. d
On the 13th November last, st Mesencorome, departruioi t
of Gers, in France, *3o3eph Dedien, dav-laboueer, as-1.54i
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years. Hecate but little besides vegetables; as id P
his, faculties to the last. .

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