The Sun.
London, England, 1802-06-07 00:00:00

property, which she had acquired by itvping the
poor b 1 Coventry, the 'greatest part' of which
he loSt by this girl, and by playing at chalk. He
then wished Co shew the Prosecutor the nature .of
the game of chalk ; he began to' play wide his accom
plices, but the Prosecutor 'refUsed to join, and was
about to go away, when 'the pan he first met with
asked him for bis,addtess he pulled out his pocket-
book to give 'it 'him, when his bank 'notes fell
upon the table. One of the parties put them on
the top of several 'sham notes that were also on the
lable, when theTtisaner took up the whole," and said,
".I have won them all ;" and then; by the'coritri-
vance of the accomplice, who told the nosecutor
he should get his money again, the Prisoner made
his' escape. 'ln a' feW. days after, one of the, notes
thus stolen was presented at the Bank by a linen-
dtaper in Cranbodrii-alley, anal being' stopped, it
was traced to a woMan residing or Penton'Ville, with
WhOin the Prisoner cohabited, and it was proved
by the Proseclitoi• to be the same note the Prisoner
took away.

The July found him Gaily, and theludge said
his sentence should be transportation.

EDINBURGH, JUNE 1.

A cause of some-consequence or a public nature,
came on to be heard in the Court of Exchequer
here on .Wednesday last. It was a Bill filed by
His Majesty's Advocate General, against Robert
Playfair, Writer in Edinburgh, for an aecoun't of
certain bounties received' by him from the County
of Perth, under the- At for raising Seamen,, coin-.
monly called the Quota Ad, which were alledged
not to be by him fully accounted fOr to the Seamen
entitled to receive them. When the cause was ready
to .be. argued, the Defendant submitted its decision
to the award of- the Lord Advocate, and the Court
made an order -for-such award having the force of a
decree. When this order was made, the Lord Chief.
Baron took occasion to remairk the propriety of the
Officers of the Crown having instituted th,B,suir,
and of bringing it to an issue, with every degree of
attention, and the fullest investigation of its cir-
cumstances.

It must he .highly sathfaetory to the public at'
large, as well q,to the seamen in particular, to
find that Government is always ready to listen ?ct
their complaints, and to spare no !rouge or expence
to have justice done them, in that ample and-Saba-
faory manner to which their services. to theCOLIII-
- so well entitle them.

On Monday last, about twelvet noon, a
Most treMendOus. fire -suddenly broke out amongst
the
,rags in .one of the upper rooms of the parer_
mill at ,Swanton,in Norfolk, and raged
.with such
violence, that great part of the whole building (\vith
a very large. stock of paper), was, in 'less than
two hours, 'burnt down to the . water's edge,
three good engines were procured from. Dere-
ham, &c. and artived on the spot with' incredible
speed.; Init the .conflagration was so rapid and ir,
resistible, that notwithstanding the great exertions
of the workmen, and of the gentlemen and inha-
bitants of the. neighbourhood, no assistance, 'in ex-
tinguishing the flames, could be derived from them ;
the only matter to be considered, was the getting
out all the stock possible ; and the small part saved
was at the hard of the lives of those who assist-
ed, insomuch, that some of them were obliged at
last to effea their escape from, the windows. The .
whole damage' is estimated at upwards of spool.
about one half of which, (fortunately for the pro-
prietors, Messrs. Furness and Robberds,) is in-
sured ar the Norwich Fire-office. A barn and cot-
tage, at, about three hundred yards distance from
the mill, caught fire from the flakes, but being in-,
stantly discovered, no damage ensued to them.—
No satisfaaory account can be given of the cause
of this fire, it having broke out_ in a part of the
mill remote from all machinery and chimnies : im,
mediately under it was a rag loft, into which one
of the proprietors had occasion to go not more than
twenty minutes before it took fire, without per-
ceiving anything indicating such a calamity' ; and
several persons hadbeen at work during the whole
morning, in the room below it, which they had not
left more than ten minutes.

. The following particulars of the First Consul's
private life,. •a.re. extracted frotn-a new work of
MME Ey _

" BONAPARTE'S day is =demi) of fourteen hours
of almost uninterrupted labour. He_ gives -veto,
little time to sleep anti recreation. His, meals •are
abstemious, and quickly finished ; but he drinks a
great .deal..of strong coffee, especially during his
nightly labours, ".This mode of living," said his
Physician lately to him, " must ruin, your health.
You cannot long hold out under it." , " flow long
do you think ?", said ItotstApAßTE.. " Perhaps
three years-0r.50.." replied- tbe,Consul,
thatis qaite long enough for me.".• A walk in
the .Park, or half an hour at tennis, is his daily
recreation. His natural bias leads him to avoid
the crowd.. His conversations, which do not turn
.on the great affairs of Europe and France, are ex-
tremely short. Of those trusted persons, known
by the name of Favourites, he has none. , 'He
never once allows the least appearance of influence
to be exercised over him. In company, he is silent
and retired within himself. In the private circle
of his own family, he is placid and agreeable, and
never-appears morose. or insolent tei his domestics.
His behaviour to his wife is that of a Citizen, and
by •no means of a Parisian. rvlany. Tradesmen in
Paris call their wives Madam and you. BONA-
rAiti r thou's his,• and never calls her but by her
Christian name, JOSEPHINE. She calls him, Ge-
neral, and usually thou, (tu). Speaking of him,
she says, my husband, or sbe.Genera-1; but rarely,
ths, Consul."