The Sun.
London, England, 1805-11-02 00:00:00

SHORT V. IVIARTM.

This. was an Action brought by the Plaintiff, a
Coach-trimmer, in Gray's-inn-lane, against the De
tenant, itollar-maker, residing at Stratford, in
:Essex, for an assaplt and, tresspass on his person and
property.—The Damages *ere laid at 2001.
On the pirt of the Prosecution it was stated, that
tin; Plaintiff, in company with two other Gentle-
men, •was returning front West Ham to town, on
stR-2;M.of March last, about nine' o'clock in the
evening, in a. light thaiße., driving slowly on
tfl6 right4ide of the road; When • they came nearly
opposlie 13encroft's Min's-houses,:' Mile-End•roadi-
tlte/ObserVed-the Defendant,. Who was in a heavy
cart, driving .furitiusly `'across 'the road towards
them ; and, immediately after, the Wheel of his cart
came 'in contact with the .shaft' of the Plaintiff's
chaise, which was snapt in two, and the chaise
overturned by the shock ~
I.be was thrown
out with great violence on the pavement,. ,Itrid so
much hurtt;:that.Thr a time- his recovery wis.doubt-
tid,' '

'The Levied Judge, Mr. Seer ant MAR:MALL,
blthirrk up
,the evidence with his usual ability.
The Jury retired lot au liOttr, whoil th-ey returned
a verdid'fOr the.Plaintiff—Aunages 201. with Coats.

A most extraordinary hypothesis has been made
by 'M. :Witte, a,.German writer, ,rehative to the
origin of the ,Pyramids of Egypt, and the Ruins
of . iuyra. , The Tyrani ids; according to Allis Gentle-
. man, are nothing but the etfe&s of Some volcanic.
'eruptions, and the relics ofcerfain revolutions of our
globe, with which we, are unacquainted. This he,
pretends to prove by a two-fold analogy ; . -namely,
by the relationi.which eertain monumentS at Perse-
polis, Dilatyra, Sa.co,baile toeach other,,and their re-_
semblance to vdcanieanodualons as well in gene-
ral .as individually. He- quotes. DeSmarext and
Eaujas de Saint Fond ; ho endeavours -to- snpport
his assertions by the col'utsm of basaltes Of Rachc-
rnaurc, the red rock of Landriar, in the Valey, the wall
'or baSaltes of Mount Janjeac, the ,Vivarais,
With regard to the exterior constritaion and interior
form of the pyramids, he enters into the most minute
detdds, and reconciles; them ail to his hypothesis.
He makes every, thing, not excepting even the Laby-
rinth, the catacombs, the inscriptions, the entire
Ruins of, Palmyra and Balbee, as the results of
volcanic explosions, or some revolution of the globe k
and the Lake Maria is nothing' but the mouth by
Which the volcanoes formerly belehed forth fire and
{tamest Li a second Work, published by M. Witte.,
in defence of his .hypothesis, he proves that, with
great learning and a spirit of research, it is pos-
sible to defend a great absurdity :with much in-
-genuity., He goes So tar as to maintain, that if the
fyramids are 'pat of basahes, and it' it were possible
to prove that they are not a volcanic produetion, still
his hypothesis would, not be overturned ; that,. to
destroy it, it would be neceasary to demonstrate that
these are not absolutely, a produ6non of
'nature. Ho adds, it myst not be forgotten that he
hais judged in this instance only by. analogy that is.
by the resemblance of the same causes to the same
eiTeas, without confining himself to geological or mi-
.neralogigal proof, - • •

'On the loth tilt. a man was committed to the
gaol of Stratiraer, charged with the murder of his
mother-in-lawi'

On tin; farm of Catrineholin, In ,the, ,Parish of
Sorn, possessed by Mr. Ith,xiincler I",ennox, of Dan-
cornier, a potatoe shaw was lately dug up, which
had 103 attached to it, the least of them of a proper
size, and the most part very large, all produmd front
a single patatoe set uncut. Socral others on the
Mlle farm bud from 4B to fig.
Yesterday morning a ;young man of the name
of Harrison, by trade a Smith, undertook, for a wager
of ten guineas, to
,walk from the stone pillar at
Whitehapel Church to 'Rumford and back again
(nuking, twentrfour miles), within the space
of four hours and thirty miiiutes ; which be per
formed, with ease, having fifteen tninutt:s to spa, e.
He lias undertaken to go dui-same distance foi Ivo!.
within four ,houri.

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t: 0 kl 164 <I F-CiIANCEitY,

ISOI:VIMIV V RIYMEE.
thi case the complainant,the Widow Bowden;
- had filed a bill against the,Deiendimt, her Agent, and
fate other persons; stating, that that her late' husband,
having become embarrassed in his was thrOwn
into prison by his creditors,- and afterwards Made a
Bankrupt, and,that the Defendant. h Ryther, was
appointed his:Assignee : that the Defendant profess--
.ing..sentiments of friendship for her and her filthily
proposed to her to assign over to. him the whole of
her separate.property,, as a comiideration for which,
he promised to procure-the liberation aim- husband,
and provide 'for-her future. Support, by allowing :her(-
tWo guineas and a half per week, and a house to live
in : that she accordingly:made, such assignments ;
• but the Defendant, instead of fialtilling his engage
merit; aflerWardiis Urged .her to consent to. her hus-
band's continuing in' confinement,' and made propc:
sitions to her, which in honour and couseience,she
was bound to reject with horror and, indignation :
that the Defendant,"from that period, altered hi con-.
du& towards her and her family, and. neglected to
appropriate her property in discharge of her hus-
• band's debts during his life, or to re lore it after his
death : an the j contrary, he .retained it to his own
use. She therefore prard that all deeds and as,-
,surmnces, so unduly obtained,,might be delivered tip
or cancelled ; that she Might- be let into the proiits
of her estates; and, 'that the Defendant might ac-
count for the monies he had received. Five of the
Defendants put in their. answers, but the'Defend-
. ant, Rymer, demurred. to the bill, on the ground'
thAt,the charge it containett'was scandalous and
pertinent, and taw. which he was not bound to an-
= saver., It was referred 'to, the Master to inquire
whether the bill was of that descriptioll';' and his
Report being in the affirinative, the`. matter now came
before the Court upon exceptions 'to the Master's
Report.

It was argued by Mr.JouNsoN, that the charge
of having wade proposals which the Plaintiff was
bound to reject with indignation, waa too vague
and indefinite to call upon the Defendant for any
answer.

For the Plaintiff, Mr. PLOW DEN contended, that
it tyo evident the Defendant had obtained her pi-O-
perty as the surest means of forwarding his designs
upon her virtue, or perhaps he thpught the best
way of keeping her fortune,was to secure her person,
upon ,the principle that it was easier to wheedle and
kiss a Woman out of her estate, thati to. force- it
from her. He trusted, that as the Defendant had not
kept his faith, but had withheld the whole of the
Lady's property, and aEtually suffered two of her
children .to be kept at the Workhouse, his I.,:)rdship
would consider his original ,pbsso,ision of the estate
to have been obtained male animo, and that he
would not confirm the Mgister's Report.
'Meiotic) ClIANcAr.iiR seemed inclined to allow
the Exceptions to thp Report; but, he said; he should
reed the Bill again, th.e betterto.judge 'lv/wither hiA
present. opinion was right or wrong.,+.and he would
than tell the parties what that opinion- was.