The Sun.
London, England, 1802-08-05 00:00:00

LAir REidßi‘.

COURT OF KINO's BENCIT, itiflE 23.
Mr. ERSIcfNE Unnekvel for a 'Certiorari to bring
before the
_Court a Convidion'which he maintained
was illegal. His Client was a Coal-merchant, and
had been adjudged by a Magistrate to pay a fine of
405. for sending coals in sacks under four feet four
inehei in length by two feet two inches in breadth,
although the coals, on being meted, were found to
exceed _considerably the legal measure. To be sure
the 2d of Geo. 11. authorised such a proceeding,
but that Apt had been repealed.-7—Rule granted. •
Mr. MXNLEY moved for a Rule to show cause
why a Warrant of Attorney should not be delivered
up tb be cancelled. A Mr. Bald and a Mr. Ro-
berts had been asked by a Mr. Poole to enter into
partnership with his nephew, a Mr. Sanden. They
agreed, upon considerations of receiving a bonus of
8601. which he• agreed to give them. They ac-
cordingly made preparation For carrying on this new
business ; but when the time came for executing the
articles, Mr. Poole drew back, and refused his
consent to his nephew entering into the partner,
ship. They demanded the money, but he would
advance it only on these terms—that it should be
considered as a loan ; that interest should be-paid
for it at the rate of five per cent. ; that Messrs.
Buhl and Roberts should-pay his nepj►ew Sol. a year
for three -years ; and that they -should execute a
Warrant of Attorney to confess judgment for the
whole 8501. They were .much pressed for money
to make -good. the engagements they had,entere&
into upon his representations, and they agreed to'
these grinding conditions. But it was-evident•that
this wasUan usurious transadion, and that the secu-
rity was void.—Rule Nisi granted.

JUNE 24.
LEWIS cp. PEACOCK.

This was an aftion to recover the sum of 2401;
the remainder of a charge for a mill-wheel, which
was contrived by •a person of the name of Brown;
an ingenious Millwright, the Plaintiff's Foreman;
and made for the mill of the DJendant, in a man_
net. to fit. and suit the ebb and flow of the tide,,
&c. by the stream of which it was turned,• and
which was made to rise and sink to suit the water
with on undershot aftion, together with a plank by
which the wheel was kept from 'being clogged in
high water, &c.
The defence was, that the wheel did riot answer
the purpose for which it was intended. That al-
though it did indeed turn when
.the other wheel
would not turn, and when others in that stream
would not turn, yet then that the operation was
so slow, that it did not afford aaion enough to
separate the meal from the bran, and that it would
ruin any Miller who continued a long time to grind
corn by it. That the Defendant had already been
at the expence of 4001. in ercaing this Wheel, &c.
and lost i 8001. by grinding with it ; on which
account the Defendant had brought a counter-aftion
for the loss which he had sustained by means of the
unskilfulness with which this wheel, B:6`. was made.
It was proposed at the opening of this cause, to.
r‘for it., together with the other, to any perion to
be indifferently named, which the Defendant refused
to assent
_to; after
.the cause had gone on for a •
while, the Defendant proposed that both causes
should he referred, and then the PlaintifF in this
aaion refused to assent-td it. The cause was heard,
out ; the result of which was, that the Plaintiff
had a verdict for tool, damages. •

EPILEPSY.—About a fortnight ago, a woman,
having a child of six months old in her arms, pass-_
kg through the streets of Bourdeaux, was attacked
by a fit of epilepsy. Such a distressing situation.
speedily attracted a crowd of speCtators ; at thi:t
moment a young sailor, breaking through the.crotvd,
called for some grains of Tough salt, I.vhith he ((need
into the woman's mouth. This immediately re—
stored sensation and speech, -and her ConvulsiOns
were at once put a stop to. :The young man, who!.
had been at Madagascar, said, that he saw this 're-
medy applied to persons in Epilepsy with great
success.

f ro,ooo, first drawn Ticket, next Monday.
Astonishing rich Wheel. .
2 of •E 20,000 ii • 4 i .
2 of ro,ooo
_.
1 of 5,000 , .
1 of -2,000
3 of 1,000 . I
&c. Scc. &c.

Tickets and Shares are still on Sale at HORNSi3Y
and Co's, 26, Cornhill.

" The proof of the Pudding is in the eating,"
says the common adage ; thus, .w.hile other ph!cds
of Amusement profess to have full houses every
night, the New Theatre, Sadler's Weils, really
has ; and whoever has seen. the. Poncy Races, St.
George, and Harlequin Plixton, with the French
Milliners, 'will allow that it -would be an itnputa,
tion on public taste, were it not so.

On Tuesday, JOHN DAVENPORT, Esq. Pre.:
sided at the Monthly Meeting of the Humane 'So,.
ciety. The sultry days in June prompted vast
numbers to bathe, cc.--Many children were
scued from the watery grave, and returned ;again' to
their fond parents:--Adults to their families * ;
and several who had attempted suicide are alive 'and
reconciled to life.—So large a sum as 721. I9s. 6d.
for' lives saved and restored, has been paid' by the
Treasurer in one month.—The summer disburse..
ments considetably . reduce the Funds of the Hu-
mane Society.—Those who wish to promote the
happiness of individuals, benefit the. state, and pros-
perity to a life-'saving SocietY, are respettfully
informed, that Subscriptions will be .re,:eived at
Baron Dimsdale's ; Down, Thornton, and Free ;
Drummond's, and No. 8, Spital-square.

* Mr. Galabin, Bridge-Master, attested that one of the
Carpenters was providentially restored to his Wife and five
Children.