The Sun.
London, England, 1802-08-23 00:00:00

CORN EXCHANGE,

At/itiSt 2 3.

TH is day we have a good" supply, of Wheat,
best samples of Kent and Essex fetch gool prices ;
but other sorts had not so ready sale ;, Barley
has a demand, and it goes oft readily ; Malt has
rather a heavy sale ; we have a short supply 91
Pease and Beans, both of which are dearer ; there
is plenty of Oats at market,' in which welee little
variation; Flour sells nearly as before.

Wheat 45$ a 55s a 645 ed Beans 34.5. a 32s od
Fine do. -65 s a 65s ed 'lick ditto - Ses a 35s 6d
Malt -46 s a 49s a sas od Oats - tits a rBs a 225 ed,
Fine ditto •53s a 54s ea Poland do. 23s a 24i on
Barley - zos a 34s cd Rape Seed 351 a Si.. per last
Rye - - 3As a 35s oct Fine Flour cos 53s per sack
White Pease 38s a 42s od Second do. 45s a ictS per clo.

In the Case of BENNETT .;). GnioßY, which
was tried at the lag .Assizes 'at St. Edmund's
Bury, Mr. Af.DEß..sost was' Counsel for the Piain.
tifF. Mr. GKI-GBY, the Defendant, conceiving
himself to be regetted upon by Mr. A. in part of
his Addiess to the Jury, applied to that Gentleman
for .explanatintL . Mr. A. informed him, that .he
had not made any assertion:injuriolis to. Mr.C—;
that the inferewes made by Counsel From evidence
are never understood to be their assertions. ; that
this was all the explanatiOn which the nature of
the Case admitted, and that he hoped it would he
satisfaaory. Mr. G----,—, reply, allowed that
Counsel were not responsible for 'their conclusions
from evidence ; but he denied that Mr. A—'S
obscrvatibos, of whiCh'be complained, arose in any
respea 6ut of the Evidence in the Cause. To this
could -slot assents and all attempts to
produce a reconciliation- proving ineffetattal, a meet.
ing rook place on Mothehold.hill, near Norwich,
:b0 _Tur4doy evening, •at eight o'clock. Mr. AL.
.017:ASON was attended to the Field by Mr MACK.-
tlTOski and.. Mr. (7:RIGBY by Mr. TURNER-
Two. shots- I:vere exchanged with no other effect}
than that`of Mr: G's first ball passing through the
skirts'of A cordial reconciliation
was afterwx:ds eff,.:-Aed, and it is but justice to add,
that.nothing conid exceed the coolness and firmness
sheaved by 'both Gentlemen during the • whole
affair.

On ThursdaY last, :l.c. ptain WATKINs Was re-
turning in his curr;-de *0:41 S 6 W.ll' I^"..;cd. to. his hou.se
at ..Bromfreldi. in. Essex, tvCcompanit4 by his Lady
and Mrs. CARTER, hez ate
carriage broke, and they !I:It 111.- t!:„.; 'ac;s
of the horses, which
kicked so violently, that all of tah p.:tty Weremost severely, and it is•feareddapi-,61-;;y A-QuOded,
particularly Mrs. CARTER.:
A male tyger rvJlich brake' loot in Essex ii•few
days hr. has kaet-I,4:_illesi, bur not unz.ii
young child in, hocking manner, and a
tvarnber of sheep. fle.was so gorged with his l-a-e),
that he-was overcome with little dif.lialty, in a 4cep.
fold near the4pot where he made escai-e.

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SURR E)' AS .3

IVETORP. SIR AR.CtLIZALD.M.A..;;DON'iILt,zNr.

•
CHAR N ANT R.ANDA

.
The Plaintiff, harnani,' ; was the. -tore
473;e of a Wit. Stone, a Firmer, 'who, not ton-
troted with a Wife and Se ve n- children, had raised
his maid-servant to. the rank of his -'concubine,
and by her had had a numerous spurious offspring
the real wife was neg,letted, and all the attentions
of Farmer Stone, were thrown away upon the
amiable. Betty Charnam, as she Was. described by
one orthe Witnesses. The gallant Cultivator, in
order to find employment fur Betty in the day_
time, haul set her up in business in a shop, in whieli
she- so7d corA, !Luc-, aial every ,article of farina-
' ceous nutriment. Betty, however, was only the
nomina! proprietor of this deest of grain, for-:she
accounted with Mr. Stone for the profits, anti.
gave cr.-dit
,only to such customers as he approved
01. It happened during the great scarcity, about
three years ago, the Parish in which Stone re-
sided, came to a resolution th.,t 'every person
renting a' dwelling house or houses of zol. per
annum, shoUld take a poor person's child, and
keep it for a year,- feed it, inStioa it, and, at the
expiration of .that period, send it link -to its pa-
rents. The Parish' Officers allotted a child to the
care of Mr. Stone, as the Tenant 'of two hones, one
occupied,by himself and his legitimate. family,
and the other virtually in his possession by the re.
sidence of his' Lady „Betty. Upon this occasion,
eto,l' to retieire himself from the burthen imposed
Lion him, he appealed, and contended that he
was plot die o:tupter Mrs. Charnam's house ;
however,' Ile was compelled to keep the Child,—
Xte-r this, he continued to give the Parish-Officers'
and Tax-garherers a considerable deal of trouble,
insisting he was not -liable personally to the
sPoor's-Raies and Taxes, 'but that they must look
to the Plaintiff for them. This determined the
Paris!:. Officers to take the first opportunity of. try-
ing the question with him, and accordingly one
very soon presented itself. The Defendant, Ran-
dall, had contraoed a-small debt at the.shop, and
as- he' was not ready to pay it when called upO'n,
Betty denounced the vengeance of the law. The
Parish Officers hearing.of this, promised to support
him in defending any Aftion that might be brought
against him. The present suit was commenced at
the instance, and in the name of Charnami and the
'sole question was, whether she or Mr. Stone was
the actual owner of the shop and trade ? •
. Several Witnesses were examined, and proved
that 'Farmer Stone was more frequently to be
found at the house where Betty resided, than in
that which' was inhabited by his 'wife. He conti..,
nually slept there, appeared to have the manage.
ment of the trade, and in short, . there was not a
thing Betty, had to which he had not access, and
over which' he did not enjoy. unlimited. controul.
Whenever a customer applied to purchase meal or-
flour, she always went to Mr, Stone to ask whether •
she should trust him. -It was evident that the pro-
prietorship of Bctty Charnam was a pretence—a
mere meal-tub plot to delude the Parish-Officers.
The case 'being so extremely clear, the Jury
without hesitation found a verdict for the De- }
fendant,

STEELE DANTON.

This was an Aaion by Messrs. Steele, formerly
Lime-burners in an extensive way of bbsiness at
Streatham, to recover, under an 'RjeCitnenr, the
mesne profits of some houses and land in that neigh-
bSurhoutl.

It appeared they had been made .Bankrupts, but ;
that their bankruptcy hai been afterwards. super, ,
seded. The Defendant bad contrived to get' an:
assiginnznt of tbcir property as Trustee tOr the:
Creditors, .and had kept postzession- of it, as was
stated, to the great injury of the PLiintiirs; who,
by having it withheld from them, were prevented
.from driving considerable alvmita4es from it.—
The Plaintiff-had recovered possession'in an Adion
of Eie:ttmen.t, and this suit was brought for the in-.
wail;diate
Atter a.luii investigation of all the circumstances;
xhe juty awdrded the Plaintiff the sum of 9971.

,ESSEX ASSIZES.

CHELNISTORD, Auc. 18oz.

14SALIC1011SLY 61100 TING.

.Rolud Day was indicted for aiLliciously and
ft!Dninusly shooting James Harrington, on the sth
of February last, by which he was dangerously
ounded.
The. Prosecutor said, he was Chnic-keeper to
IVlrs,Chiswell, of Wudin Hall. He knew the Pri_
sons well, and had caused. him to be imprisoned
LefOre, for snaring game on a Sunday. On /he 15th
of February last, he had been to a place called
lhackstead, to-fetch home n pointer. It was about
nine in the evening when he returned : he had some
difficulty to get the dor, along ; it made a whining
noise all the way be went. In the mid-way between
Gossain's Farm and 'Tanner's Hill Farm, he re.
ceived a blow on a sudden, which drove him head.
long forward. He could not account for the vio-
lence ; at first he was insensible, but coming to
himself he hastened to Debdin Cross to get assist-
ance, finding himself wounded in several places,—
On examination, it was -found he had been fired at•
with a gun loaded with shot, the contents of which
had hit him about the neck and head ; a quantity,
of shot was taken out of his neck-cloth and under_
waistcoat., and many remained buried in him to that
hour. He was.unable•to say who had shot him ;
all he knew
_was; that the Prisoner was at one
Johnson's, Blacksmith, Thackstead, when he
set- out to fetch
,the pointer. He could not be
mi'ltaken in that particular; as he had known him
for five years.. _
Henry Wilson,, a boy of thirteen years of age,
nt-trheW to Johnson, the Blacksmith, had seen the
Prisoner at his uncle's shop, the afternoon of the
same day the Game-keeper was shot : he over-
beard a CXYnversaiion that passed between the Pri-

LUNDc)N : Printed b
At the SVIIeCIFFICE,

soner atilt! his,uncie ; which the tOriner said he
would t.,,h00t the Dcbdin Gaine.keeper,. and would
.go and buy some pokvder and shot foe that purpose
at Thomeson:s. He saw him afterwards toad a gun
with powder and shot, and ,ro away from his uncle's
about eight o'clock at night. He did not see hint.
till -the next morning, When.he came to his uncle's
again, and said he had shot the Debdin Keeper, and.
that his gun had turst in discharging it. The gun
. .

wps left with his uncle to mend.—
James Johnson, whO appeared Jo be an accom-
Vlice in this brutal an, was neat 'examined. He
'said the Prisoner had come to' his' house at ten
o'clock on the night Mr. Harrington was wound_
ed, and had told him he had slibt the.. Debdin,
Keeper. Witness exclaimed, " I hake not.", He:
replied, "He adually had." Witness then said,
What do-you think will become of you ? you
will certainly be hanged !" Prisoner rejoined,
", That is no matter of your's—l want, more shot
and powder." Witness. said he, had none, and he
went away.; The next morning he came again,
and brought a gun ; he keew not whether it was
butit ; he belikied it might. had since work..
ed it out.

[Here the Witness' equivcrated in so shameful a
way, and- behaved in so disgraceful a-. manner,
that Baron MAC poNALa informed him, if he con-
tinued prevaricating and fencing zcith the crues.
tion-s Put to him, he would have hint indicted as
a Principal, and if found guilty, 'hanged withiu
twe n ty.fo.9 r hours.]

The Witness continued, and confessed that Davy
was at his house'previous to the Keeper being shot
at, but denied that any conversation like that which
had-been detailed by his nephew had taken place ;
on the contrary, all be had sworn to he said) was
false.

James Sutcliffe was at Thackstead the same.even.
ing. that Harrington was shot at. On return
between nine and ten, he net the Prisoner, and mis-
taking him for. his brother, exclaimed, " Aye !
Jemmy ! is it you 1" Ile Prisoner said, " You
are mistaken." Witness replied, " Well, I May
be, bUt lam within one of it." The Prisoner-had
something black in his hand,. which locked like a
.He afterwards recolleete4 that it
was Robert, paliy and not James, he had spoken to.
He saw him on the next morning, with a gun on his
arm which•appeared to be burst.

MrS. Tolley lived a short way from Gossain's
Farm, and saw a man run by her on the night the
garne-keeper wa shot. • She believed that man was
the Prisoner. •

Krs. Bass lived a small •distance from the spot
where Mr. Harrington was shot. She heard a noise
as the clock was striking nine ; it was the howl of
a dog, and being somewhat alarmed, she looked out
of the door. While' there, :she saw a man, dressed
in a ,smock frock, leaning over a gate, looking
towards the road. In a minute or so, he dashed
over a style, ran a few paces towards Gossain's
Farm, and she heard the report of a gun. In a few
minutes after, she found Mr. Harrington had been
shot at and wounded.

Mrs. Franck, who lived upon the same spot, gave
precisely the same evidence.
The Prisoner, in his defence, denied any know.
ledge of the crime laid to his charge, and protested
his innocence.

Baron MACDONALD observed, that the crime of
wilfully and maliciously shooting had very properly
been made a capital offence ; as in such cases God
alone could interfere to prevent death—the intent
was the same. Whoever had shot in the, case before
them, the wilful intent was manifest from the efft6l,i'
produced, and the Jury were called upon to say if the
Prisoner was the guilty person. The principal
dente to lead their judgment was that of an infant ;
and he had ever found that such evidence was either
the very best or worst; of that they would have
‘to
decide.; and if .they found the. lad's demeanour and
manner-of conduaing himself the reverse of John_
son's, he thought he was entitled to credit, as a more
shameful witness. never stood. up in a box. The
rest of the e.vidence he would ;31so read to Them, and`
when he had done so, it would be foi them to say,
whether or nut the charge was brought home to
the Prisoner. His Lordship recapitulated the eVi..
dente; and the Jury, after 4 long consultation;
pronounced the Prisoner—Nal Guilt) ; observing,
that they did, not think be had belon identifiedsul-
ficiently to induce them, with safety, to find any
other verdid.

The judge told him, that he had that day been
tried twice for his life, and each time. had been ac-
quitted for want of evidence. He would advise him
to take care for the futurerconvinced as he was, that
he was one of the worst; fellows that. ever infested
the -county of
.Eskx.
johns2,;;;' the aczomplice, was then tried for a
single, felony, found guilty, and sentenged to be
transprt:d for :evenyears.
This fellow's ailtinpt .to make the Court. be-
lieve 'nephew -had perjured himself, cannot be
equalled in the annals "of human depravity ; nothing
could be more artless than the boy's tale, or bear
the semblance, in a greater degree, of honesty and
truth.

The Court wore one and alidisgusted, not to say
incensed, at this ini3crt.ant's-conduct.

EDI NBURG Avc. 16.

A mast unparalleled, aka of cruelty was perpe-
traeicti on Thursday night in Burntsfield Links.
Two carters most barbarously seized a mare that
was grazing, tied a rope round her neck and
twisted it with racking sticks until they literally
strangled the poor animal. They have since been
deteeted, and have paid sixteen gutheas as the value
of the -mare ; but surely mere retribution is not
adequate for an offence so very barbarous. '
Friday morning, about one o'clock, the powder_
mills at Havieston, ten miles south of Edinburgh,
were discovered to be on fire, and are totally con-
sumed.—Two heavy loaded casks of gun-powdei
had bean fortunately removed the day before. We
hear of no lives being lost.

S'VIERI;!ris ,C 0 U '3.vc.

CET r, 1: INS V. PEAIiCF.

, ~,

' - This was an Anion of Assault, in which the De-
fendant suffered judgment tcrgo 'by default.
%The
Defendant was a publican.; :the Plaintiff* was a
inurneyman carpenter, lind frequented his house.
Ou the 3d of May last he had been drinking a
pint of porter at the Defendant's, while the lat-
ter was occupied in the 'yard salting some very
large pieces of beef in a tub. The plaintiff
went towards the,. defendant, surveyed him while
he was sa employed, and observed, " Why Master
Pearce, you seem to have got some rare pieces of
beef salting there." =Aye, Master Gubbins, I haVe
so i; but Lshalt have a larger piece presently ;" 'and
thus saying, he, seized tipo Master Gubbins, pitched.
him into the tub,/ and began rubbing the salt into
his head, till the unfortun:Je Plaintiff teas in a most
woeful pickle. Ile cried out, and some persons
from within came to his assistance,, and rescued him
from the hands of the Defendant. The consequence
of this treatment was, that the Plaintiff's hair, and
a considerable part of the skit of his face came off.
The Jury having heard the whole of the case, gave,
the Pizin tiff a vorc.lid----Damages so,.

An FjeElrrient Cause, wherein the Trustees of the
Free Graintnar School at, Bingley, were Plaintiffs,
'and Mr. "Hartley and ot;ler, of that place, De-
fendants, was trieil at York n.:lsizes, *O-although
the matter in litigation was not quite a rood of land;
its annual rent only half a crown, and
.the value of
its fee simple not ,above
,thite or four guineas, it
occupied ki,,•attention. of,the Court; and a Special
Jury, nearly a whole day. • .
This plat of land, it appeared„ had hitherto been
a playground to the boys of the above school, hut
the Defendants had lately built a cotton faaory
upon it, which was worked by a steam engine.
Slich a nuisance in the inunediate vicinity of the
School', made it important to ascertain whose pro-
perty this rood of land was, brit more particularly
so, as it is not separated by any' very distind boun_
dary, from the adjoining- fields.
Ot the'part of the Plaintiffs, the Rev. Mr. Hart-
ley, Master of the School, and Vicar of the Parish,
produced the original grfint Of the land to the School
at Bingley ; and several other witnesses who had
been educated az' that School, swore that they al-
ways considered the spot in tine-it:on-as part of the
sthool-ground, and that they played upon it with-
out rnoleitation..

On the part of the Defendants, many'other wit-
nesses who had been educated at the school,. and Fe-
vetal old people' who had lived in the neighbour-
hood, proved some ash trees and thorns to have
been reputed the ancient bound.try between 'the
school lands and the property of the Defendants,
.and that when the predecessor of the'prescnt Master
of the 'School cut down a tree there, the Defen-
dant's father was extremely angry, and was only
satisfied by havitig a 'stone properly marked, put
near where the tree stood:

Lord ELLENHoltuncii said, he considered so
complete an at of ownership as this, on the part of
the Defernllts,-. atid .r.fityieiced it for a length of
time by the Plaintiff's, absolutely decisive. of the
cause.—The Plaintiffs were nonsuited.

SHIP NEWS.

POOLE, AUG. 20.

Arrived--the Liberty, Milleock, from Rouen; Amity,
King, from Newcastle_•' WilliaM and Catherine, Pratt;- from
Sunderland ; Duke of York, C9ggan, from Bristol ; Dart,
King, from Portsmouth ;
,Letsey,. Baines, from Plymouth ;
and Mary, King, from Tenby.
Saiied7-the Hope, Hawker, for London ACtive, Wil-
liams, and. Lloyd's Assistance, Green, for Portsmanth ;
Dove, Thompson,- for Hull ; and Ann Yule, for Suhrler-
hind. '

GRAVESEND, AVG. 20

Passed byl—the johns, Hunt; front. Minorca ; and the
Vrow 1-I.,:nericka. Coopers, fromlChhaca.
Sailed—the Resolution Nancy, Roche, ibr Limerick ;
Embden Packet, for Floinhurgh ; Diana, Pcntecl,
for Dublin ; and the Sitads Olaenburgli, fur Ant-
werp.

81RT!..c7.
On Wecintsclav the ath in t. Mrs. Lockwoo:l !‘lavdw el I
of Geciciton, liorth:-;naptOnAlire, of a Son,-
The Liey of Captanißyron, of the Royal Navy, Stoke,
Devon, of a son.