The Sun.
London, England, 1812-12-12 00:00:00

EXTRA STOCK

Mr. John Wilcox, anew_ Leicester elvd, bred
and fed by him on.gVass and tmaiips only; 7. years
old, and has had seven iambs.
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Afr. Willi:4ln Wright, a
_Scotch .ox, fed -.)y him
on hay and turnips only; 7 year& 'old; travelled
J2O miles. - . •

The attention of the company was much 0i
--
meted through • the day to. Mr. John Westear's
very line Hereford ox., sbewn as extra stoeli.; and
to the very ey.traordinarv, complee awl fat new
Leicester ewe, exhibited by Mr. tolin Wilcox, 7
years gold,•'and that has had seven lambs, fed on
grassawl turnips ouv.• . •

A bull was exhibited, and several sheep. and
pigs, without any particular designations...
Notices of Lord Somerville's premiums, to be
distributed on the Ist and 2d of March next,
wee st :IA- up in th,, yard ; as were many 'others
of interest to the Agriculturists.
At three o'clock, surit of the Company as were
Members of the Club withdrew.to Fieeinasoni'
Tavern, and held a Meeting, Richard Astley, Esq.
in the Chair, in the. absence of the Noble Presi-'
dent. •The rireminrns to be offered for the next
year were considered. Several Gentlemen were
nominated for .judges of the next ;Thew, John
Cann, Esq. Mr. Marshal Thompson Goade, and
Mr. William Sedgwi.ck were elected Members of
the Club.—Adjourned till Monday at half-past
two o'clock.

Tne company then sat down to a very excellent
dinner—Edmund Thomas Waters, Esq. in the
Chair.

Recent letters from Hambui7,l), and other
ports, are full of intimations,, that com motions arc
ready to break out in various quarters of the Con-
tinent and only wait for the confirmation of the
Freneh disasters in Russia.

Pt ivate letters trom Sicily, dated the 30th of
October, mention, that the 'Queen had been or-
dered to St. 'Margarita, a retired situation on the
south side of the. island'; and that:she was prohi-
bited from coming to Palermo. In the summer
she is to be sent to Vienna.

The two - Rwsian Admirals arrived with the
fleet, TATE and BaowN, arc both natives of Scot-
land ; the latter was formerly inthe British Navy;
and both of the above Officers greatly distingnish-
edtheMselVes under the Russian Admiral GEEIG,
in the Black Sea, in the war some years -ago he-,
tween Russia and the Porte.

_4 most brilliant Occurrence, it is expected, will
take place next Month. So' great an anxiety has
it created, that the arrival of the auspicious rno7
• ment will be bailed With the most lively demon-
strationS of joy! Wc are not surprised when we
.Consider that by this event, many personSlvill be
.raised to the very climax of Inunan happiness.—
'We alluded to the ensuing Lottery, to be drawn
I4th and 15th Of next Month. Early applica-
tion at ElYtoN7s truly fortunate Offices, 2,,Corn-
bill, and 18, Corentry,stitet, is 'Strongly recom-
mended. To enumerate the unprecedented sue-
. cesses of,Evrok would exceed onr limits. In-
deed so propitiously has Fortn4 smiled upon him,
that towards the close of the last year alone, be
sold: Capital Prizes to the amount; of :X30,000,
besides 6.-e3,000,,-122,000, B.c. It is a fact that
at this particular season of the • year, EYTON has
always sold a greater number of rich Prizes than
any of his cotetaporaties.
On Saturday last a person was al..;.acl,:ed under the
tunnel of the Worcester canal, near Ilirminginn,
by an inhuman villain, who, after cutting his ear off
with a hill-hook, and severely beating him, robbed
him off his watch, nine shillings in silver, um-
brella,- &c. and made. his escape: A reward
of ten pounds is- offered for his apprehension.

A rep9rt hawinf,- existed, that the death of one
9f the watchmen i;eh:nging to Birmingham was oc-
casioned by a blow be had received a week be-
fore, it was thought neccsSary to hold an inquest
on the body on Thursday last ; when it appearing
from the most satisfactory evidence that he died
of a fever, and not in consequence of the blow,
the Jury returned -a verdict of Died by the Visita-
tion of God.

On,Friday an inquest was taken at Birmingham,
on the body of a boy about nine years of age, who
accidentally fell into a tub of wort, and was so
dreadfully scalded as to occasion his death two
days afterwards ; verdict, Accidental Death.

A fine girl about three months old, daughter of
Mr.' Windett, draper, of Long Sutton, died a few
days ago, in consequence of a quantity of laudanum
having been administered to her by a servant,
without the knowledge of her mistress, for the
purpose, of making the child seep.--(Lincoln
per.)

;LAW IiEPOTtr.

COURT OF CHANCERY, I) c. 11.

EX-rAIITE THE REV. MR. LEE AND MRS. C. LER.
ARTHUR PIGGOTT Stated this was the pe-
titiom's. of Mrs. Catherine Lee, a. 'ward of the
Court, praying that his Lordship Would make a
• settlement on her, out •of her paternal fortune,
Which she had brought .the Reverend Mr 'Lee
onAer marriage. • The biesband •oppomsed it, on
the ground that she. had forfeited her inherit-
- ance acid right to a- settlement, she having
committed an act a. adultery. To this the
petitioner answered, by alleging that the .mar-
riage was a clandestine One; that they were mar-
rieddry banns, which,slie never couscated
be published ; and at the time of its taking place
she was only 16 years of age, and had not .the con-
sent of her guardians or, trustees. To prove this,
the Learned Counsel observed the unpleasant and
delicate task fell to his lot, at least, to state the
facts, which were :—The Reverend Mr. Lee
.bee
came acquainted in the fan* of the petitioner's
'(then Miss Ball) step-father, in the year 1802.
Ile was then of age, arid in- holy orders ; the pe-
titioner- was only 15 years of age, and an heiress
to . a large fortune; he paid his addresses to her,
and the moment it. was known to Mrs. Johnson,
her mother, who bad.married a second time, he
was forbid the house. This infant had a gayer-.
ness, through whom a correspondenee was kept
up between her and Mr. Lee, part of which cor-
respondence 110116(1in his band. The letters were
without dates,. hitt the_ first commenced by telling
her she ,gust 'act with firmness and resolution, and
then. they would be eine to le.-agh at Mr„Jobnson.
'Timis 'was the first lesson of morality; said the
Learhed•Ge.ntleman, that' pre to this child,
which was to laugh at the man who was her mh-
timer's husband.' He (Sir Arthur Pigott) would
be the last man to plead for a female who bad come
witted an act so heinous in itself, as the breach of
the marriage .vow ; but if ever there was a case
where sonic allowance ought' to he made, it was
the piesent—a Clergyman enforcing into the mind
• of a child the precepts of immoeality,.. which- he
complains of. He Owed. the poison, and ought
not to be surprised.at- the fruits. In another letter
he tells her, that he had written to her mother to
deceive her, and dictates a. note for the infant to
write,directed to bimself,onpurpose thatshe should
shew it to her mother, saying., that. she 'had rejected
his offer.; He then had recourse to frightening the
child : wrote to her, that if, from any frivolous
cause, she-disappointed him,
.her misery would re..
turn tenfold, but, if she was punctual) they would
have. an opportunity of lakighiug at ho'w the Par-
. son had tricked the LaWyer (meaning Mr. John-
son). In anther letter he says lie been with
• Mrs. Courtenay (the GoVerness), and she bad
told him they must lose no time,' for if they did,
'the infant would find' herself in a convent, and to-
. be 'sure to meet him on the following morning at
Nottingham-place, where his servant and, Mrs.
Courtenay would be in waiting to. attend th em to
church. He then tells her, that Mrs. Coertenay
said it would be best tor her to be asked in
church if she were of age ; and to say." yes,"
that she was• 24, for if she could only pass at
church. be would laufm, at the rest. That was,
that be would not -only laugh at the Court ,of
Chancery, but at ProVidence. the result was; .
they were married.;' the Rev. 0-entleman forgot
his clerical character, and appeared in coloured
clothes. The person who substituted the father
of the petitioner, was Mr. Lee's 'footman.
banns. were published twice without her know-
.
•
ledge. • -
The LORD ;CHANCELLOR —L" Were the banns
published without her knowledge ?"
Mr. fIuST-7--r' Yes, my Lord ; the Petitioner
positively swears it ; and it is not denied
on the other side."
The LORD CHANCELLOR—Fe This is cognizable
in the Ecclesiastical C6tia."
• Sir ARTEITJR PIGGOTT, Mil Continuation said,
was his wish to throw .the veil of oblivion
over what had passed after the marriage; bin, his
Lordship would recollect, that when the nnrriage
did take place in 1803, the petitioner was only
sixteen years of age,• and a ward of that Court,
and that Me. Lee knew by marrying her he had
cominitted a contempt of Churt, and Was. now
within 'his Lordship:s order, as at that rinse:—
: He was surprised, in the face. of this correspon-
dence, that Mr. Lee should have been induced- to
put in the affidavit be djd, -to try to get the chief
part of thiS lady's forttme ; he did not ..deny that
she was ignorant of the banns being published, but
says he had no knowledge of her age, -save. and
except her appearance, and-he thought she was 21
years of age and upwards.. Did not this clergy-
man know, if she was 21. years of age, there
was no occasion for banns, that, a license would'
answer? Then he goes 'on to say, that •she,
bad informed hhn that site had the approbation
of her mother, sisters, and all her friends to the
union. • Now, he would ask, was this consistent,•
when by one of hiS letters he tells her to -write to
him for the purpose of deceiving her mother ?. _He
Oio says he gave Mrs. Courtenay 1001.- but it
was not a bribe to 'forward the marriage ; if it
was not', it must be to make her time companion of
his footman he could not have believed the peti-
tioner was of age, or he would not have suggested
to her to tell a falsehood at church. He also says
he was willing to wait until time consent of Mr. •
Johnson could have been obtained ; but the'peti-
tioner told him she was going.to be conveyed to a
convent. Did .this agree v.ith his letters, where he
held out, if she did not comply, she might depend
.upon a convent being -her place' of residence ?
Could it have been expected that-such a marriage
would have been attended with happiness? The
fact was, she had been seduced into the contract.
However unjustifiable the conduct of the petitioner
had been, time Rev. Clergyman was nut the man
who ought to be rewarded by that Court, and he
trusted. his,Lordship, by making a proper provi-
sion for the unfortunate petitioner, would prevent
her from again falling into error, as for the last
three years she, had supported herself- by selling
her trinkets and the, ornaments of her dress.
,Mr. HART followed on the same side..
Mr. RICHARDS, Counsel for the Trustees, said ,
they Were willing to conform to any thing that was
directed by his Lordship. '
The LORD CHANCELLOR *said he would hear I
further arguments hi this cause to-morrow,

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Note. -L1 the last dispatches f,:om
cART„-the.teMperaturc in Russia is state-
from ien fifte,u &gees of Rea. InUr ;h,
ship, n 6 doubt', means-below 0 and a frac
Zero : consequently it would give thirty-F
grees below the freezing point of 14'aiire
degree of cold seldom experienced in this coun-
try, _and which haS not occurred since the 25th!
Dec. 1700, when the thermometer indicated two
dekrees below 0, Fahrenheit, equal 'to fifteen de-
Reatnur ; and I should imagine the suffer-
ings of a retreating army, exposed to this frigidity,
can neither be deScribed- nor conceived.

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rt. BANKS.

The Archdeacons of Norwich and Norfolt
compliance with a requisition from the_ Clergy;
have prepared Petitions tO both Houses of Par-
liament, against an unconditional grant of the
Chines 4,the Roman Cathol.;s, And the Peti-
tions are .tibw receiving the signatures of the
Clergy very generally throughout the county of
Norfolk.. We hear that similar proceedings ale
adopted in "Suliblk,

• On Saturday, the 28th- ult. a discover y was
made of an illegal distillery 'of a very alarinng
. extent, situated on the burn of Shiech, which
runs through the Grampian hills, in the parish of
Durris, in Kincardineshire, by Malcolm
Officer of Excise. The situation of the hut was
so aptly chosen, and the hut itself so artfully
built and covered- with heath, that its roof ap-
.peared to compose part of the. surface of the
hill, and it. could not have been discovered by
an inditlere»t observer. ,It was 30 feet long
and 14 broad. The still made use of contained
about 35J gallons, and the quantity of wash
discovered amounted' to 275 ; so that the weekly
consumption of the distillery could not have
averaged les than 20 bolls of barley. Mr. Gl=
lespie was aided in giving effect to the discovery
which he had made, by a party of the Ki.icirdine-
idiire Militia staff. The smugglers employed at
is distillery were numerous, and are supposed to
::44. 'part of the banditti who were outlavi.?d at
Perth.Cirenit last year, for detoreiog a party of
Revenue. Officers.— Ir. Gillespie, .in .detecting
this distillation, the largest ever known in this
part of the country, while sb remotely situated,
and consequently so injurious to the revenue of
the liingdomoieserves great applause.
Between nine and ten on Sunday night a meteor
appeared in the air in a northern direction from
this city, which created considerable :',arm to nu-
.merous spectators, and was' perceptible for nearly
two minutes ; to the eye it was apparently as large
as a rail inoon, and very brilliant, resembling. a
ball of ,lear fire, and diffused a 'light that
illu-
mined the earth to a great distance, and emitted
a sulphureous heat ; at Newton St. Gyre; the.in-
habitants f:ared .it ‘vonld burst on them, as it
seemed to incline down Wards, but it afterwards
took its course upwards, andretiredinto a cloud.--
(Exeter Paper.)
. .
Miraculous .Escape.---On Friday Se'nnight, a
'girl in crossing the bridge Of Don, was met by a
hors and cart at full speed ; when finding it no-
: poSSible to get back, she- leaped on the
.parapet
wall to avoid :the danger to which she was ex-
posed. The horse then unfortunately cattle so
near the wall, th'e shaft of the cart struck her on
her breast, and precipitated her into the river,
height of .45 feet deep. She was carried down
the stream about 200 yards ; and although
the
.spectators made every possible exertion in
their power fordier relief, it was between 10 and
.15 minutes, bcfore she was got. out, after sinking
repeatedly under the .water. A Medical Gentle-
man in the r4;iglibourhood was sent for, who im-
mediately. atteride, and gave every necessary as-
sistance and advice. She is recovering, but slow-
ly ; complains much of her breast, where she was
struck by the shaft 'Of the cart, am! of pains in•her
back.—(Leith Tel!igrapli.)

Murder.---7 Tuesday morning early, a respectable
looking Juan was discovered murdered, lying in a
field at Islington, not far far distant from Sadler's
Wells. His pockets were turned inside out, from
which it is inferred he must have been robbed
by some villains,•and afterwards. Murdered. This
mysterious circumstance is undergoing a very s-
rious inquiry, The body was conveyed to the
Woolpack Tavern, near the spot, for a Coroner's
Inquest._

. Mr. Gibsofv-;.rider to Messrs. Jobling and Legge,
of Newcastle,Oras attacked between Bishop Auck-
land and Witton, on 'Wednesday -night, by a footpad,
who.aimed-A—ilierate blow with a bludgeon; but
fortunatelrdissed'him, and hit his saddle-bags.-;=i
A clog, of the bull and terrier breed, immediately
seized the man, and Mr. with the butt-end
of his whip, brought him to 'the ground. it was
with difficulty the dog-could be taken off, after se-
verely tearing. him in several places.
A barbarous. robbery Was committed a few even-
ings since, on the person of a young geutleithin,
chemist. He was pas Sing along Grosvenor-street,
Pimlico, when he was suddenly struck down ly a
blow, which rendered him senseless; and the gang
after robbing him of his watch and money, drag-
ged him to Beigrave-place, where they
.stripped
him to the shirt, and he wad- found in that state
by a patrole.
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On the 28th ult. died, Capt. W. B. HUNT, of
his Majesty's ship Britomart. He was interrad at
Yarmouth on Monday last,_with military honours.