The Sun.
London, England, 1802-09-06 00:00:00

CARTERMOLD GARDINER.

THE Plaintiff in this Cause was a PUblican, who
kept the Crown Public-house in Chandos-street
and the Defendant was a son of Neptune, but as it
appeared nor altOgether•impressed with that rigid
principle of honesty-which in general distinguishes
a British Tar. Jack had a girl, bUt he had not
the means of keeping her—Jack loved good'eating
and-drink, but he had no' shot in the locker. To
satisfy all his wants, he was obliged to have re-
course to his wits : he thougl; the countenance of
the Plaintiff betokened simplicity, and he 'repaired
with his doxy to his house; told him a well-var.-
nished tale of. his having just returned froth a long
voyage; that he was entitled to zsol. prize-money ;
that he had ate Lord knows how many bags of hard
cash in his birth, with which he meant
.to enjoy
himself as soon as he could get them away from lkis
ship. The Landlord of the Crown swallowed the,
bait ; gave jack-and his Lady the best room in his
house; regaled him with hot dinners every day ;
fowl, fish, and house_lamb, were his constant fare,
and every night -a fine lobster for supper, with
plenty of _grog. This went on very well for a
time, and the 'Landlord even advanced Jack' r4l.
to enable him to go to the play and the different
places of amusement ; but as there was no appear-
ance of the prize-money or the cash, he began to
suspe& something ; and upon making inquiry at
the Admiralty, he found that the whole was an
imposition. He accordingly took out a Writ, and
had the Defendant arrested, who forthwith went to
gaol, and has there continued ever since. His
Lady, who could not. bear to see him in distress,
left him to get out of prison as -well as he coati.
The Plaintiff proved his claim to the entire satis.
Action of the Court,
.and the Jury gave him the
whole of his debt.

COURT OF REQUESTS,
,SEP7. 4.

VERNON V. BROOMHEAD.

E Plaintiff in. this Calm was a Journeyman
Cabinet-Maker, and, sought to recover the sum of
ass. of theDefendott, who rented a small house of
two stories high, for making, a sort of trap-door
from the upper room to the lower one. It turned.
out that the Defendant had speculated upon acquir-
ing considerable profits by fortune-telling, and this
door was to bite been one of the delusions ; he was
to have .praEtised on thetsimple gulls who applied to
him for information as to their future 'destinies.--
Unfortunately
,for the Defendant, he had scarcely
commenced his magical-and astrological operations,
when his conduft was placed so immediately under
the supveillance" of the Police, that he found it
necessary to decamp, ...in order to avoid impending
prosecution: This wai the only instance in which
his anticipations had savoured of any thing like pro-
phecy, for had he staid, the Officers, to
,use the
Plaintiff's expression, would have grabb'd
The Plaintiff, however, discovered his retreat, and
summoned him.—The Commissioners censured him
for making trap-doors for Conjurors, and-upon his
promise never to do any thing of the kind again,
allowed him his demand.

On Montlay,last William Goode and John Col.
ledge, two apprentices to Thoinas:Smith, of Hinck-
ley, Leicestershire, frame-work-knitter, were dis-
charged by"the Magistrates from their apprentice-
ship,: it appeared on the examination, among'other
complaints, that Smith.:itequently obliged his ap-
prentices to work from.: the early part of the day
till two o'clock 'next morning. The Magistrates
were also pleased to dired, that Smith should deli.
ver up all their apparel, and pay. to the Overseers
of the Poor, .four guineas, for the re-apprenticing
the.boys to more humane masters.

A few days since a fire broke out at a farm.house
at Ingham,. occasioned by a woman throwing hot
ashes into the yitrd amongst some straw. The
house was consumed.

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