The Sun.
London, England, 1812-09-14 00:00:00

EDINI3TTrtGIi, Sin S.

Yesterday came on before the High Court, of
Justiciary, the trial of Alexander Tlionthait, alias
.John Lrurie, a private.in the Aberdeenshire regi:.
ment of militia, accused of -uttering hank-notes;
AnowinOlic same to be forged notes. He Was
indicted on five separate. charges, but evidence
was only adduced in support of four of them.
After the. examination of a number of witnesses
two declarations *re read, which he emitted af-
ter being apprehended,: 'in the first he said be was
a drover of cattle, and- got'tbe notes at Berwick..;
in the second, he said, that he was a soidie: in
the Aherdeenshire Militia, and that he found - the
notes, with a pocket-book, Twar Dalkeith.
He was apprehenied in the house pf Mrs. Dud,
gen, in Edinburgh, and when searched (be;ides
those above charged) there were found in a sniall
pocket-book, concealed between his stocking,, six
one pound notes, which turned out to be alllor-
geries.
The Solicitor-General addressed the Jury in a
very able. manner, for ,the Crown, as did Mr. J.
Wood, in an exellent 'speech in behalf of the pri-
soner.

The Lord Justice Clerk then summed up the
evidence with his usual ability and candour.

The Jury then returned their verdict this day by
a plurality of voices, finding the libel. 2,tat pa !rien ;
and after a very suitable admonition, the prispner
Ay.as dismissed from the bar. The Lord Justice
Clerk said, that he did not u,ually animadvert 'ou
the decisiOns,4of Juries, but he could -not help, in
this case, saying, if he bad- been one of the 'Jury,
be certainly would have bert one of the minority,
As he never saw a clearer Iproof hrthat Court; in
this opinion Lord Hermaird enneurred.

A Collector of the King's taxes was lately sum-1. I
moned to,the. Court. of :Requests, in -Fullwood's
Rents, on a charge of Withholding 6s. Sd. -fer,,
letter sent to a respectable tradesman, in Great ,
Russell:street, demanding payment of King's
taxes. It appeared, that the tradesman was not,
at home when the Collector, called, but. sent his
sun the next day with the money, .when the Col-
lector withheld the fee of 65.. Sd. for his letter, ,
sent in consequence of the tax. not being paid on
demand. 'The Court 'declared‘ the charge to be
illegal, and the Collector was \compelled to:refund
the'eharge for the letter.
Satarday, at. Guildhall, a wholesale dealer in old.
cloaths attended before the SittinglYlagistrate, in
conseqUence of having sold, in the way of his pro-
fession, to a retail dealer, who sold it to a hack-
ney-eoaclonan, a great coat, -which had been
stolen from a gentleman's coachman upwards of
two' years before. The wholesale dealer stated',
that it was his practice, and that of others,to par-
chase cloaths in quantities in an open place near
the India House, where a kind of market is held,
and has been held for these ten or twelve years.
The mirthy Alderman (Sir R. C. Glynn) said,
this was an. exceeding bad practice, as it afforded
great encouragement or facility to theft, to permit
a market where stolen articles could be purchased ,
without question or 'observation. The time, how-
ever, when the coat was stolen was too
.distant
for him to interfere by Ordering it ;to be restored.
A paragr4ph appeared' in a provincial' paper of
Friday, August 28th, stating, that in an action
"respecting a hedge, tried at Newcastle Assizes,
" it was declared by Mr. Baron Wood. to, be the
law, that the person to whom the hedge belongs
.has a right 'to five feet .of his jaeighbour's
for a ditch or other purposes ; nay, that he may
enclose five feet, and plant it, and also claim five
feet of any mineral which may be contained under
that spacer" This paragraph was copied into se-
veral London Papers, and has produced' a letter
from Mr. Baron Wood to one of the Editors, in
which his Lordship says, " it is an absolute false-
hood, inserted by some malignant spirit, with a
view to injure him in his judicial character, as he
never did declare any such thing.",
GnosT, ! ALAltat ! Fins Sunday serrnsight
in the evening, St. Ahdrew's. parish, Dublin, was
thrown into the greatest alarm by a most viiolent
ringing of the church *ben, which commented
about half-past eight. It was •at first naturally
concluded that it was to announce the melancholy
news of a fire, but upon strict inquiry, it was tound
that there was no such cause; and further, that
the sexton had the key of the church in his poc-
ket, and it was not opened since evening service,
Some of'thc principal parishioners, assisted by a
few from St.. Anne's, assembled together, and
after much serious discussion (the bell still ring-
ing dreadfully !) it was agreed that it must arise
from a supernatural cause, or in other words,
from a ghost. It was then determined to go en
masse to the Church, well armed, Alas !• what
woulti'arms avail against a bodiless spirit !---They
however prOceeded in fearful silence, accompanied.
by the whole body of St. Andrew's watch, and
after a short prayer, which was most devoutly
joined in by the greatest sinners present, the sex
tonappliedthe key, opened the door, and having
'ordered the watchmen to advance, the.y, moved
forward, with charged pikes to the belfry, where
a little boy was discovered ' almost fainting with
.•
fatigue and terror ! It appeared that he had fallen
asleep during' the eveiiiag Service, and not being .
a snorer, the se'xton locked the church Witlfont
noticing him. When-he awike, he ran terrified
to the belfry, and began to' ring violently, think-
ing it the best method to obtain his release: and
the result of the experiment, we:need not observe,
was' eminently successful.-s--Patriot.
On Tuesday morning, about six o'clock, a Ches-
terfield canal boat, John. Radford, of Worksop,
Notts, master, lying.in the river Trent, at Ow-
ston Ferry; near Gainsborough, laden with ma-
nure, was , oVerwhelnied with the tide, and in-
stantly tilled with water. Radford, his wife (to
whom he had been married only five weeks on the.
day of the.accident), and a servant man, were on
board : Radford and his..man were saved •by the
exertions of the spectators, but-,Mrs. Radford was
;lost, and her body has not-yet been found.
The peek loaf at Bath has within the last few
days been reduced pour-pence in price ; and a fue-
-1 ther reduction, from the abundance of the crop:,
I was expected.