The Sun.
London, England, 1805-11-29 00:00:00

being L the same time an iu i,xney,. 7:ruonger
and a music-seller. One of the irregularities Arhich
he apprehended his brother Intended to insist on,
was, that the Defendant Was arrested, though he was
an Attorney of the Conrt; and, in chnsequence,
privileged person. • The other, as appeared from the
affidavit of the Defendant, was, that this bill, which.
had been passed by him for music to Mr.:,'Lorenzo
de Ponta, had been already satiSfiedtW the Lciorser
and that, therefore, the Plaintiff had no right to in-
stitute a suit against him. With respea to both of
these objeftions, the Learned Serjeant Stticl he hoped
he *mild be able 'to satisfy the Court, that they
could. not . be• for an- instant supported. He then
stated a pfirt of a very voluminous affidavit, .sworn to
by Mr.
,Bill, from -Which it appeared, that this bill
had been given to Mr: Lorenzo de Ponte; in part
payment of the sum of 8001, for- muSic, and other
articles, being the stock in a MusiOshop in the Hay-
market kept by the Defendant: . The• affidavit hay.;
ing then gone into oilier transa6tiOnS, the considera-
tion of lArtlich the Caurt rejected, as foreign to
• the case, stated, that the Defendant had formerly
been a .cheesetnonger, and that a statute of bank-
ruptcy had been taken out against him, as such,.
about three years.ago, and it was not known whe-
ther.he has since got his Certificate. It also'stated,
that; in the year 1801,, the Defendant had been ar-
rested for one of; the notes given on the same occasion;
to which arrest he put in bail, without making the
smallest complaint to the Court, for the infringe-
ment on his privilege: On these grounds, Serjeaut
VAVGIIAN submitted that :the Court must consider
the privilege, if he had any, i'ds waved by hiS not
applying 'when he was before arrested in thee same;
transaction ; and, therefore, that this Rule should
be discharged with costs. .„

Serjeant BEST, on the same side; produced the
Bill, which, he said, never having been paid, he did
not know how the Defendant could reconcile it to
his conscience, to. swear. it bad., Ile then, advised
him to withdraw his Motion, as, if the Bill
was identified, acid appeared not to be paid, it would
clearly prove 'perjury on his part.
After some farther arguments, Mr. Prothonotary
Watlington was called ou to state what he knew of
the business : he said, that the'Bill-in que.stion,when
the matter .was before him, never appeared to have
been paid ; and he was sorry to State, that there,
were many others under the same ciroirustances,:
Serjeant Surrunitn, on the part of theDefertdant,
said, that .his Brothers at the other side had been
making objeEtions for him, and arguing against
tbern for themselves; for his part, he said, he never
Meant' to rely on thit one, with reSpeet to the.pay-
nierit of the bill, but. almost entirely to confine him-
self to that of the Defendant's being an: Attorney,
and; as such, entitled to the priyiiege -not being
arreitvd.
Mr. Justice Iloc-mP. then Said, the cineigi,on to be
considered,was, whether an Attorney, having been
engaged. in various other businesses, and having
submitted once to an .arrest, eould, • in the same
transitalion, On being arrested a second 'time, claim
his privilege.
Serjeant HEST said, he
,certainly could not.. lie
remembered. beln&in it case, in. :le King's 13ench,
exatly simila to this. The Dtifendant then was
an inn-keeper and au Attorney, and moved to set
aside an arrest, :on the ground-of privilege. Lord
KENYON discharged.the Rule, remarking, that 4‘
Man should. not be allowed to draW bpet, and dr.e.v
writs:" •

Serjeant SHErnE/tu argued, that Mr. Hall, being
formerly a cheesemonger, was nothing to the pre-
sent case, and having deriiedpositiVely, that he had
ever kept a music-shop, but had merely passed
these bills for the accommodation of his sister, who
did keep it, conceived that it was imperative in the
Court to snake his Rule absolute.
Mr. Justice Rooiu went over the various points
oftho arguments, and conclu,ded by saying, that he
did not conceive the Court was bound to grant such
motions as this, .if the circumstances of the case
were Imfavourable to the Defendant; and he did
not think that, to the prdent ease, they were such
as could induce the Court to interfere!
Mr. Justice Cx.a)snas was of the same opinion,
and the Rule was discharged, with all the costs, ex-
cept those incurred by Mr. affidavit, and the
copies of it.

A person in the vicinity of Mottram, Lancashire,
beingmuch troubled with rats; lately'set a very strong
iron trap, hoping to take some of the bold intruders
to make an example of ; but, to his astonishment,
next morning, instead of a rat,, the sagacious 'cun-
ning of the voracious tribe had, by some means, cen-
tril,ed a large potaloe to be fast grappled in the teeth
of the trap.
Early on, Monday evening se'nnight, as George
Calvert,- of Selby, carrier, was coming
,from thence
to Leeds, he was a m ssaulted by two en, one of
Whom, without any previous notice, tired a fowling
piece at him, the contents of which almost shat-
tered,his lea arm to pieces. In a terribly wounded
state lie ran off, and with difficulty reached the first
house (above a mile distant) ; the occupier imme-
diately dispatched servants in pursuit of the villains,
but to nQ purpose. The unfortunate man was car-
ried to Leeds Infirmary, and the next morning his
arm was obliged to be taken off. He had a consi-
derable sum or moneyin his possession, which in, all
probability induced the villains to attack him. Two
men are now in custody at Ledshatn, charged with
committing the above outrage.
Monday morning Johnston Walgrove
alias John Culivell, whom Mr. GEO. WILLIANI3OY
brought from Inverness, act off from Edinburgh for
Bristol, under the charge of George Parkhowe,
Sheriff's Officer of Bristol. s

A foie evenings since, as the Rev. Mri:GurFints
was coming from irnightbridge, thro7 Hyde-Park,
towards Orosvenor-gate, he' was knocked- down by
two men, who robbed him of his watch, hat, and
stick, but missed 501. which he had in Bank Notes.
`The vinlins escaped with their booty.
Between the hours of six and seven o'clock on
:;unday morning a fire broke out in part of the back
prcmises of Mrs. SPP:NCER, Plumber, in ligh-street,
.C.tnterbury ;. but bye the timely assistance of the ca-
gjiy,.% NtliS luckily eXtitigkliblied Without (Wing any
6thei• tlainage thariburning the root :tnd,',slde of the
Wilding in which it began. * it has lately been used
as a carpenter's shop.