The Sun.
London, England, 1802-08-17 00:00:00

HAGUE, Auc. Ir.

IN the Legislative Assembly yesterday, a 13eti_
tion was read from a number of Merchants at Am-
sterdam, requesting a suspension of the proposition
made by the Government of State respeding the
Indemnification of the Holders of East-India Stock,
till they should be enabled to deliver in their
thoughts and doubts on the subjed ; or otherwise,
that a time be limited within' which they may be
permitted to present their Objections to said Pro,
position. It was concluded to put this Petition
into the hands of Citizen HE LDE lER, CUM Stijl,
for consideration and advice, without resumption.

Citizen HiLbF)A,' ER delivered a Report to-day
on a Letter of the GOvernment of State, proposing
the granting of a General Amnesty : the Commis-
sion were of opinion, for reasons specified in
the Report, that the Proposition ought not to
be carried in its present form ; they, however,
allowed, that the proper time was arrived for
granting a General Amnesty ; and therefore trusted
that the Government would send in a new proposi-
tion on the subjed.
The Committee of Trade and Navigation, at
Amsterdam„ has addressed a Letter to the Nieman-
tile Inhabitants of that City, in consequence of
having been requested by the Council of Home
Affairs of this Republic, to co-operate with them
in searching into the cause of the decline of the
Fisheries, as well as other Departments of Com-
merce ; with a view to take advantage of the' pro-
fessional knowledge of the Commercial Eddy at
large, for the removing of those obstacles •which
tend to depress trade ; and thus to enable the Go Vern-
ment to adopt such laws and regulations as wa:; tend
to the support and even the increase of Comtnerce.

PUBLIC OFFICE, HATTONGARDEN.---YeVerday
a Publican of the name of Lorent, a Foreigner, re-
siding at Paddington; was sued at the suit of the
Commissioners of Exciiefot- the penalty of col. for
pitching a tent at the Junction Canal, some distance
from his house,. for the purpose of retailing spi-
rituous liquors, not having-a license for so doing'
beyond the limits of his own premises. In consi-
deration of Mr. Lorent's ignorance. of the Excise
Laws, the Magistrates mitigated the fine to 51.
On Wednesday a remarkable accident occurred
in a hay field near the Ketch, on the road to
Kempsey, Worcestershire : one of the mowers
having laid his scythe down on the grass by the
hay-rick, a valuOle horse employed in the team
set his foot
,upon it, when it turned suddenly up.
Wards, arid struck him in the chest with such force
as to penetrate to his heart, and he instantly fell
down and expired..

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ROBE TIL ()TT F , \tielaw
pointed l)epupi Cvnerd cdS,:otlar,l,
the room of th deccused L. I 13 L T C :r;
Esq. •
Tuesday last arrived
stree-, Sir 1_,1?c... PErvs, and the of
RUTH FS and Lill-lily, I ronn I.Ondon ; also_ COlonel.
I)VUGLA.S of R9sel;4ll.

Yesterday set ofl' from same place, the Earl aol
Countess of BUCHAN, fOr Drybur4h
. Arrived at the Buck's Glasff;w,
Earl of DuNIFIII ES, CoUiltet;S of LOU DCII, Lf'r3
EGLINTOUN, Mr. 1-lAmtvi•oN of Sundrum,
CfiARI.ES ANDERSON, Lady l_Ah PIiELL of At-
kiiii;,ss, Loid MoNTcour Skt F., 4,:hiy JANE MG NT-
G M r.RI F, Caorrin I ;Am it.To 11 of the Bnnbay Cas-
tle East-Indi.ntvin, Mr. BAs,F,T fr;rn Paris, Mr.
GOFF F iron] Berlin; Mr. MAJENDI r: from Lois ,iii,
Mr. Mil-cur.:Lt. f,dm Liverpoo, the Right
Lord Kr LLEN and Lord

On Wednesday last, the Nttgis,r;ites of Dualfries
conferred the honour ol the Freedom of the Tow.,
on Lieut,-Coloncl IMArs STEW ART, of the gatio!it
1.2t1 Re;ginient, in tcstnnony of their tc•pea for t
itrivatc charader and Meritorious services of th
:Officer on various occasions. _ _

On IVlonday the 2,1 curt. the Lodge of FTC f.
:1. masons at New Ahhey, presented Lieutenant Col )-
iwl jAt,e.gs STE WAltr, of the 4zd Regiment; with ,t
M Cda I.

Grouse shooting begins this day.
Gentlemen have set off for the muirs.

A number of

A forger), has appeared en the Guinea Nures of
the Greenock Banking Company.
A forgery lias also appeared on the Guinea Nl;res
of the Bank of Scotland:

THE PRINCE OF WALES's PArILL

THE following particulars have been publishe.l
respeding the improvements and alterations in the
Prince of WALES'S Residence at Brighton :
The PRINCE'S Bed chamber is divided into tire
compartments ; the cent..-c it:closes, by Sliding:par-
titions, the bed intended :to be fitted up as a tent,
with looking glasses and reflectors, -exhibiting to
His Royal Highness the Numenade on the Sceine
very distindly, while he reclines on his pillow,—
On one side is anAnti-room, and on the other a Bre;ik-
fast-room for the accommodation of the PIO NC E.
The Grind Saloon remains as before. The
Painting, by. RE ECcA,Nis been cleaned with ini-
mitable skill, by Nit. CR AC.E, jun.. The Dome,
however, is partly new, exccpt the figures, by the
Artist BAR Z A 00.•

The Conservatory. (an additional wing) :is ex-
tre►nely light and elegant ; the ceiling of which is
painted in in, fresco. The plant-s
to be of the most rare and variegated kind=thost.
already dispersed about the building evince much
skill in the:: distriburion. • •

The Eating-room (the ogler adiitional, wing)
has a very pleasing effea, commands an entire view
of the Steke and sea. The ceiling painted sky,
the pannels dark maroon, and the style yellow. It
is intended to furnish this room in imitation of a
Chinese tent; the furniture and disposition of the
whole executed by Yloßts, who has been twice at
Paris to procure patterns for the* approbation cf
the PRINCE. The windows of the whole suit are
executed with uncommon mechanical skill ; the
shutters arc wainscot, and, when closed, form pil_
lasters to the window-frames.

The Library will be fitted up wit!) elegant book-
cases, in the French style, in imitation of satin-
wood—the paper a brilliant yellow.
The Billiard-Toom is very extensive, and will
include hazard, billiard, and money tables, so that
the large .parties, whom it is the PR INC e's pleasure
to entertain during the race week, nuy each amuse
himself after his own whim. The entrance to
the stair-case from the Anti-room is extremely
spacious and grand—foUr pillars in scalioli are by
RICHTER. The newels and skirting boards imitate
wainscot ; the walls are painted, a bright green,
and ceiling of the stair-case grey and white. The
Hall, stone colour and white ; in the centre is placed
a patent stove, which communicates warmth to the
whole building.
All the coridores are painted a beautiful
blue, and the effect froui one end to the other is very
striking.
The i'ront of the. building from the Steine is
very pleasing, the ad,iitionai Wings presenting an
uniformity which was wanted before; this is to
be attributed
to the architettural chastity of Mr.
HOLLAND.

The grounds are disposed with great piduresque
beauty .and effeel by Mess. LAP IDGE and Hoorrs,
Pupils of the ingenious BROWN.
The front, to,vatds Ea:,t.:street, is brought for-
ward with a pediment frontispiece, supported by
four imtnense columns, and the plaster work in
fresco ; all in imitation of
.scone. The drive-it:
was before very narrow ; the. Pitr:,:c E, with his
usual discrimination, selected Sir JoHN LADE ID
improve and render it more commodious, which
he has done with great skill. The fiMlily part of
the house and domestic offices' are still too small
for the accommodatiot? of the servants; however,
when the Pt: INCE ha., recovered his rigirts in at.
rear from the Duchy of Cornwall, he intend, to
add another wing to :,urresp,..)ral with the house,
late WELT JE'S. The stables and coach.houses„
which are very spacious, lthve not been altered, but
merely repainted.
The PRINCE, on his -arrival at the Pavillion, pre-
vious to the races, expressed himself highly picased
with the improvements t,pon the whole, but de-
termined upon many alterations, which ate to com-
mence_ immediately after his Kith.day, when he
units Brighton for Wcymourh. The veiy chaste
and accurate eye of the PIONCZ is offended at a
mixture of the orders of ArchiteaUte interwoven.
with the alterations, which, in his estimation, do
not harmonize. The dome is to be completely al=
tered, the painting, by REBECCA, taken down. 'and
the scat ensemble to represent a Chinese

The young Bachelors of Froorne, some evening
since gave a Filce to the young Spinst,:ts of t he-
'neighbourhood ; nearlF forty court,: jollied it: ttte
nu.

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SURRL Y ASSIZES.

BEFORE SIR A. MACDONALD.

JUDWPSE CUNNINGHRU.

Mr. Serjeant Bisr stated, that this AEtinn was
brought by the Plaintiff, a Gentleman of Fortune
in the'cHint, to recover of the Defendant several
sums oimmey he lyd adv.inced to him, •and paid
to his use. The Defendai t, had been prosecuted
for killing game, without t. 7ing out a-license, and
an expcnce had been incurrect,in attending•to put in
bail. This the Plaintiff had paid, as well as the mi-
tigated peualty. -There was also a demand of thir-
teen guineas. for money lent, and the other articles
in the account were tradesmen'i bills due from the
Defendant, which the Plaintiff had settled. _ _

The Plaintiff's Atrorney was called to prove his
case. He stated that he had been employed to de-
fend the prosecution against Mr. Cunningham, and
had been satisfied for his trouble by-the Plaiotiffe.--
He added, that the Plaintiff had paid several bills
for.the Defendant, and had lent him r; gnineas.
On Iti; cross-examination, he, admitted that he
never considered the Defendant as his Client ; he
looked to Mr.judwine. He had a running account
with that G-wleman, in. which the charge of 151.
was included—it had not yet been paid. He said
he had prepared the Affidavit of the debt, in_which
the Plaintiff swore to the• Defendant's owing him
jot.--a Dweller's bill of 81. formed part. He be-
lieved the Plaintiff had paid it--at least he had told
him so.

The Defendant's Counsel said he should recom
mend an indiament against Mr. Judwine for per-
jury, in swearing to a debt of 501. when the items
composing it were unpaid.
The Judge observed, that the cause was growing
very serious. He wished it could be made an end of.
The Witness, on his cross-examination., pro-
ceeded to state that the Plaintiff .tod Defendant
bad lived, upon terms of the utmost intimacy. The
former was a Nrelvet-manufaettarer in Basinghall.
street, and had his country seat in Surrey. He had
advertised, that if any person would assist his
Gatnr-keever in preserving his Game, he should
live rent-free. The Defendant, who was an Offi-
cer on half-pay, accepted the offer. The prosecu-
tion against him was for shooting without a license,
while in the Plaintiff's service.

Another witness proved the delivery of a quan-
tity of wood and potatoes to the Defendant, but he
admitted he took no particular account of them,
because he did not think they were intendid to be
charged for.
The Counsel for the Defendant said, the' Plain.
tiff had made an affidavit of a debi of 501. corn:.
posed of different spins, which he knew at the
time were not due, Among the rest, the charge
for money 'paid to the Attorney for putting in bail
for shooting without a license, was not yet settled.
The next item was for wood and potatoes, which
were never intended to be charged to the De,
fendant. The 13 guineas the Defendant admitted
to be due, and had therefore paid it into Court.
The tradesmen's bil}s had not been paid by the
Plaintiff, and consequently, except the I 3guineas, he
was entitled to nothing, unless the Jury should think
proper to award him a compensation for the wood
and potatoes. Upon their Verdi d, with regard to
that charge, depended whether the rich and oppres.
sive Plaintiff, or the poor Half-pay Officer should
have to pay the-costs of the ACtion. The Plaintiff
was-a Gentleman who divided his time bet Reen
Basinghall-street, where her carried on a Velvet
manufaetory, and an elegant country Villa, at Pitt's,
place in Surrey. He was a man who would have
knocked down any person who should have had
the impudence to have -called him a Vender of
Wood and Potatoes ; yet for the sake of eking
out this infamous cause,- he was not ashamed .to
make a charge for those articles, though lie knew
they were furnished gratis. The - fa& was, he.
cause Mr. Cunningham /would not ,be a witmess in
his favour, to save him from the damages he was
obliged to pay, in an a&ion for assaulting a Game_
keeper, he had raked up this and three other
actions' ;
,and certainly as to this one, a more
scandalous and infamous aeiion had never been
brought. He should have been glad if the. Plain-
-tiff's sense of honour would have spared him the
'statement of such disgraceful facts. At the last
Assizes Mr. Judwine presented himself as a Plain.
tiff in as trumpery a suit as was ever instituted :---
it was against a Farmer in his neighbourhood, who
happened, as he was riding through his ground, to
stop and gather a flower of clover. The Jury
gave him a farthing damages ; at the same tithe he
was Defendant in the next County in an. Attion
for an Assault.

Mr. Serjeant BEST interposed. He said he must
claim the proteBion of the Court in favour of his
Client. What had former trials to- do with this
cause ? No man would come into a Court of Justice
if' this was to be the way he was to be treated.
The Defendant's Counsel 'replied, that if such
Men as the Plaintiff did not come into Courts of
Justice, it would be so much the better. He main-
tained that the man who could make an affidavit for
501. when he knew only i 31. was due, deserved no
other treatment.

Sir A, MAcooNALn observed, that he could have
wished this Mtion had not proceeded; for, to say
the least of it, it appeared tha't in-a case where there
was only a debt due to the extent of thirteen
guineas, all Affidavit had- been made to. hold the
Defendant to bail. for 501. If a man undertook
to swear what he did not know to he true, it,,WaS
perjury.- It seemed to him the Plaintiff would
have dbne righr to have paused • before he made
such an Affidavit. -The Defendant had; on the
invitation of the Plaintiff, gone down to his house -
to preserve his game; he was to live rent_free, and
it was clear the return the Plaintiff expeeted was,
that he. should assist his' Gamekeeper ;: it Was
the prosecution of his duty, as Asotitliit Game-
keeper, he had incurred the penalty for shooting
without a license. The Attorney titiho defended
him, admitted he had received his histruBions
from the Plaintiff, and had considered him as 'his
employer ; but what—put •the que.sti.)n as to that

charge beyond all doubt was, that it was still un.
paid. With regard to the charge for wood and po-
tatoes, it was a circumstance in favour of the De-
fendant, that the servant who furnished them took
no account of them, conceiving they were not to
constitute the foundation of a charge.
The Jury consulted a few minutes, and returned
a Vorditt for the Defendant.

SAME V. SAME.

Mr. Serjeant BEST said, that -notwithstanding.
the verdia which the Jury had just pronounced,
the Plaintiff was not deterred from again . appeal_
Sing to them. This was au aaion of trespass against
the-Defendant, for shooting and hunting over the
Plaintiff's Manor, after he had -been regularly
warned off Notwithstanding the asperity with
which. the Defendant's Counsel- had treated the
Plaintiff it would be found that-the Defendant was
the wolf in sheep's clothing—that so far from pro_
teeing the game he was the destroyer of it, and
the worst poacher on the Manor—that when for
his ill conduct he was dismissed, he destroyed
out of mere malice the Plaintiff's young trees.
Nothirg could be more infamous and ungrateful
than his behaviour towards the Plaintiff, who, when
he discovered his practices, served--him with a re-
gular notice to keep off his land. Notwithstand.
tug such notice, the Defendant had thought proper
to sport -upon his Manor, in defiance of him. This
case was made out to• the satisfaction of the Jury,
and a Verdict was given for the Plaintiff.—Da.
inages
There was a third action depending, but by
consent of the parties a Juror was withdrawn.

YORK ASSIZES.

BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.

STOREY V. EAGLE.

Mr. Serjeaut HEywoots stated the Case of the
Plaintiff: he observed, that of all the wounds which
can be given to the feelings of an individual, the
one which is perhaps the most severely felt is, that
injury for which his Client !loft/sought for compen-
sation, She was, it was true, in a very humble
situation of life, a Maid-servant to Mr.Stockdale,.
of Knaresborough ;, but 'the feelings.of the humblest
individual are not wantonly and barbarously to be
outraged, nor solemn promises to be broken, with.
out giving that individual a right to appeal to a
Jury for a compenSation. adequate to the injury
sustained. It was not merely to recover damages
that his Client brought the present action, but also
to vindicate her charader, which she. found might
suffer from-sosudden and unaccountable a desertion
as she had experienced from the Man who had pub-
licly professed himself her lover, and courted her
for two years, and yet quitted her the day before
chat which was appointed for their marriage. The
Defendant in this adion was also himself in an hum-
ble situation of life ; he had been an Hostler in the
Town of Knaresborou.h when first -he began his

courtship, but is now an Inkeeper. in that'iown,
and worth 6001. by his own confession. Among
the letters she hack-received kcom him lately, was
the following; •

" DLA R Marty—This is to you, whom I love mo;e than
life. lam as sincere in 'this as if 1 were at the hour of my
death, contessing to my. Creator. But what nonsense is it
to talk at present of either death or of my Creator, when 1
am addressing myself to you; who are the centre of all my
wishes f All that 'l have is yours, and all that I ask Ileaven
to grant is, that I may see the happy day when 1 may call
you mine.
" I am your humble servant,
,and most sincere lover, . •
" ROBERT EAGLE."
The Plaintif, who was at first averse to his suit,
certainly had consented to• it at last ; the day of
marriage had been .fixed, and- preparations made
for it, when the Defendant suddenly, and without
reason, changed his mind, and married a girl then
resident at Harrowgate, and has now set up an inn
at Knaresborough. When he should prove this
CaSe, .he was confident the Jury would give his
Client such damages as would in some degree com-
pensatefor the injury she had sustained.- •
Ellen Sly was the principal Witness for the Plain-
tiff. She had known her for the lust two years, as
servant to Mr. Stockdale.of Knaresborough. The
Witness washed for Mr.Stockdale during the whole
of that time ; and almost
.every washing-day she•
had seen the Defendant by the side of the Plaintiff's
tub, paying his addresses to her ; he appeared to,
be sincerely in love with her, and often talked of
marriage, but at length told her of his taking the
house, and consulted her about 'the furniture and
provisions he was to lay in, 'and whether it was
best to. get corn or flour. At that time the, marriage
seemed very near, when he told the Witness he was in
a very distressing situation there was a d.--d girl
at Harrowgate to whom he had promised marriage
before two Witnesses,and who vowed she would pro-
secute him if he did not keep his promise. He ac-
cordingly went to Harrowgate, and on Ms return
told the Witness he had settled with that girl,, and
asked if Mary (the Plaintiff) would marry him the
next day. The Witness bid-him ask Mary i—and
he accordingly did so ; and the Plaintiff that day
gave her mistress warning, and gave the Witness .a
gown, petticoat, and pair of stockings, to be
washed against the next,day, and made some other,
little preparations for her approaching nuptials.
Before the next day came, the Defendant disap-
peared, and in a day or two after married the liar-
runate girl. About a fortnight -after he paid a
visit to the Witness, with. whom the Plaintiff was
then sitting ; the Plaintiff told " She should
be glad to wish him joy, but his bad behaviour
would not allow her." - The Defendant said, " he
•was very sorry, and would make her any compen-
sation in his power." Mrs. Sly. said, he ought to
give her thirty guineas : he replied, " She will
never take that." Mary then burst-out a crying,
and left the house; the Defendant followed and over-
took her, arid the next.day told the Witness she ha,;
cried a great deal, and he was extremely sorry for
her.
On her cross-examination, she was asked by Mr.

. ; PARK, whether the PLl:intiff h-ad not (then, curing

I the leugth of time she 'objeCted to the match, de_
dared that t!e D,:fehdalit was such a nasty, ill-

trsoking animal, that
.she should sbe ashamed to be
seen walking with him • The Witness declined, as
much as possible, answering that of similar. ques.
!ions ; but said, that. no Girl had a right to say so
of the Defendant, whom. she always considered a
very nice little Man.
One Piercy, a servant of Mr.Stockdale's, proved
that the Defendant had applied to him' to procure
a Licence, and that the Plaintiff had made prepa-
rations for the marriage ; and, in particular, had
borrowed linen and other things from him.
On his cross-examination, he was asked why.
those things were borrowed only ? He answered,
because the marriage bore a very numplush kind of
appearance. Being requested to explain the mean.
ing of the word numplush, he said the Defendant
did riot know his own mind, and stherefore it was
a doubt whether the marriage would take place or
not.

Mr. PARK addressed the Jury on the part of.the
Defendant. He said, that although this little ale—
house which the Defendant had taken in Knares-
borough, was, for the purpose of this cause, swelled
into a great inn, and it was attempted to insinuate,
that the Defendant was a man of property ; yet, in
truth and in fiCi, he was a poor man now, and had
been an humble hostler when firs t.he paid his devotions
at the Shrine of his adoration, the wash-tab of the
Plaintiff in this action; his client was a -most imfor-
-tunate poor devil, and he trusted the Jury would
not, by giving heavy damages in this silly case,
immure him in a jail for the rest of his days. -For
two long years his Client, had paid his -addresses,
and offered his sincere love, at the Plaintiff's 'Z. eash-
tub ; all that while- the scornful lady of the suds
refused his suit, and treated him with inefftble
contempt ; at length, wearied of her scorn, in 'a
Moment- of despair and vexation, he talked. of love
and marriage to the Har'rowgate Girl, and, unfor-
tunately for him, before two Witnesses ; in the
mean time, the scornful Beauty who brought the
present ACtion, heating that he was going to take
a house, and had some money, she immediately re-
laxed from her wonted cruelty, and consented to
be his Bride.—What was his poor Clien: to do in
such a dilemma t—Ort the one hand there was a most-
unexpeCted consent from the scornful Nvmpb. rf
Suds, who exclusively possessed his heart ;. and, on'
the that Harroavgate Girl, as 'he
called her„ with her two Witnesses, threatening him
with prosecution and a jail, if he did not marry. her.
—Was ever man (to use the expression of the -Wit
ness) in such a nrunp/ush -• • • • •
It had been much-doubted by many wise Philo
sophers, whether feat or love was the more power-
ful spring of human aCtions : Surely, surely, then;
if it should apPear-- that fear has the most influence
in a-hostler's breast, the Jury would not think he
ought to be' punished by an endless imprisonment,.
'which would be the consequeuce of their giving'
heavy damages. Indeed, it the Jury were to give
much encouragement to these actions, every maid;
servant in England would be' bringing her adion ;
for all of them have had, no doubt, in their turn,.
nonsense talked to them by idle fellows about love
and marriage, and in the presence of soul; Mrs.
It appeared by the Plaintiff's evidence, that
she had 'suffered no atioal damages, as slestill re-
'tains her situation in life, and her place a, Mr.
Stockdale'sY •

. Lord ELLENBOROIIGH said, that it had been
clearly proved that .the Defendantihad, both by his
conduCt, and by his express promise, raised expec-
tations which lie had•defrauded, and hopes which
he had deceived ; the Jury were, thdefore, bound
to give compensation in damages for the injUry, so
received' from the Defendant by the. Plaintiff.—
There were, however, no. very aggravating circum-
stances attending this case; and, in giving da-
mages, the Jury should take care not utterly to
ruin the Defendant. The Defendant had himself
admitted, that thirty guineas were too little; it
therefore appeared, that the Jury ought not to
give less damages than what the Defendant himself
appeared to consider as an adequate compensation.
The Jury, after a few minutes consideration,
found for the Plaintiff,---Fifty Pounds Dinnages.