The Sun.
London, England, 1833-06-14 00:00:00

NOY D V. REYNOLDS.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff; an attorney,
against Reynolds, a saddler, for 4RL, the amount of a bill of
costs for a conveyance. The plaintiff proved by his clerk that
the work in the bill had been performed, and that the charges
were fair and reasonable.

Mr. EARLE, for the defendant, stated that the plaintiff', be
sides his more studious pursuits of the law, was known in the
sporting world, and was well acquainted with horses. Mr.
Noyd being in the habit of dealing with the defendant, one day
entered his shop, and understanding that he was about
to make a purchase of some freehold premises from Messrs.
Green, at Tottenham, told him that he thought it would not
be out of the way if he gave him the job, as it was in his line,
and he would do it strong for him. The defendant knowing
that he was dealing with rather a knowing character, wished
to be upon firm ground, and asked him what was the highest
price he meant to charge. After some talk, the plaintiffagreed
to convey the property for two pounds, and a mare which
had fallen down in a gig, which was brought out and examined
by Mr. Noyd. The defendant, in order to make the thing per-
fectly secure, got the lawyer to write down the terms of the
agreement, which was produced in Court.

The tender of the 21. before the action, and the delivery of
the mare, having been proved, the plaintiff was nonsuited.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, JUNE 13.

THE ATTORNET-GENERkL W. MONGER.

This was an information filed by the Attorney-General
against the defendant for concealing a quantity of smuggled
French ribbons.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, Mr. CLARK, and Sir GEORGE
GREY, appeared for the Crown, and Mr. ADOLPHUS, assisted by
another Gentleman were for the defendant.

The case for the Crown was that on the 16th of March
the officers of the customs went to a warehouse in
Wycherly.yard, Thames-street, and found the defendant
in the counting.house, and in the desk they found seve-
ral catoons filled with French ribbons. They then searched
the warehouse, and, in four large boxes, that appeared to
contain apples, they found a few apples on the top, then a
quantity of lead to make up the weight, and under that the
cases were filled with ribbons, which were all seized and con.
demised. They sold for 6361. Bs. 6d., but the Crown only
went for the triple value of taking them at 6001.
For the defence it was attempted to be proved that the
warehouse belonged not to the defendant, but to a man
named Gage, who was the real smuggler, but who had run
away—that Mongue was merely allowed to use the warehouse
in his own business as an egg-merchant, for which he paid a
trifling sum to Gage, and that he knew nothing of the trans.
action, as he had made no attempt to get out of the way.
The Arroaxxv-GENERAL replied, and said it was clear
that though the goods were not directed to the de.
fendant, he was found in the possession of them, as
the officers found him in the counting-house, and at the
very desk where part of the goods were; and when they
had searched the four packages, Mangue said, " You have got
all the goods, you need not search any further."

After the learned Baron had summed up, the jury instantly
returned a verdict for the Crown—Penalties, 1,8004

The late Lord KING was facetiously called
" the Bishops' Tormenter." His Lordship led the
Reverend Bench a sad life of it.

Upwards of 2001. were taken at the gate of
the Zoological gardens on Whit-Monday. This is " seeing
the lions" to some tune.

We should strongly incline to doubt the au-
thenticity of the following paragraph from the Sheffield
Iris, if we did not recollect how frequently the murde-
rous spring-gun used to be resorted to for the protection of
property, until the Legislature at length interfered. The
fact is, that the protection of property forms the first con.
sideration in this country. The protection of life is not
even the second ; for when law and usage happen to be,
as they mostly are, on the side of havoc—vide our critai.
nil code—they obtain a degree of respect too often, as ex-
perience proves, superior to the claims of humanity. Will
it be believed that the bard-hearted vigilance of the pro-
prietor of some garden ground at Rotherham, has disco-
vered a substitute for spring-guns, which is quite as Ai-
cient in the way of murder ? The following is the para-
graph from which we derived the intelligence
" NEW METHOD OF DETECTING GARDEN Rosin:sta.—We
are credibly informed that a gentleman resident in Rotherham,
who had his garden frequently robbed of cucumbers, last week
had recourse to a new and curious method of detecting the
thief. He strongly Impregnated a fine cucumber with arse..
nic, and the same was stolen the following night, or early the
next morning. The thief was discovered beforethree o'clock
the same day in a condition that beggars description. We
understand that many individuals in this neighbourhoUd have
had recourse to the same practice ; for, as the law now stands,
owners of gardens meet with no protection."--sheffidd Iris.
According to this account, not only has the creditable dis-
covery been made, but it is already becoming popular.
What a state of society does this exhibit ? Must we hare
another Act of Parliament to prevent us from poisoning
each other, for the protection of as much property as
represented in the price of a {moniker