The Sun.
London, England, 1805-03-12 00:00:00

L.DV RRPORT.

COURT o.l' CHANCERY, gATUitb.l,l,Kett 9.

NUTBROWN 71. THORNTON.

Mr. ROMII.4Y was littollt to state the nature of
the Petition, when,"to the surprise 01 the Court, a
numerous Rtr, and a full atitlitory, Col. TROKNTON
himself rose, and addresbed his .Lordship to the fol.
lowing effeei :
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".The Petitioner who now seeks redress irons this
Coon is a man of straw he has done a very serious
injury tome, arid the injustice •I suffer may he some
apology fur my soliciting personally your Lordship's
attention.' He was recommentled•to me as a man
whose etiara6ter was much. better than'hii fortune,
and in the confidence Lreposed, I put him into a
farm of mine worth one thousand • pounds a year.
...He wanted some pecuniary assistance; I had no
money to-spare,' but I borrowed for him pool. of
some bankers (not the most honest men in the
World), dr the sacrifice of 15 per cent. and items.
modated him with.that amount at 5 per cent, inte.
rest. In short, my Lord, I shed in every ,espefl
to him like a friend and a gentleman: After this, for
the purpose of mediating tv'th me, he appliti to my
gameskleper, who is a man of good family, however
mean may be his present situ:trio:), ,The latter told
me, however, that this tenant could not go on, that
he was subjea to gambling, and general habits of
irregularity. After a little time I took 'the farm
'from him at his, own desire : My Lord, observes at
his own particular desire. (The goodness of mk
heart is my ruin.) In the course of a few weeks
.1 found the man sending, my own corn to market for
sale. This person, who was the most honest man
in the world a few months before, became the must
consummate villain—(Aieneral
lOw said to me, " You have been so foolish as to
trust me with the rent and the property, and I will
not now give you the Money." Then I desired that
a part of the crop should he applied in discharge of
his delat7 I underistand, my Lord, that he takes an
• oath bite the, he does not owe me a shilling. My
sieward.bas said that he.o,wed me loco'. I (knot
swear to this amount where, I cannot know by my
own:observation,, because"; perhaps They ,would pot
the in the pillory, but t am content to swear that he
does owe tries great deal of money. All the tenants
noon my estate have been in the habit of paying the
tithes with the rant, When I went to see the estate,
the face of it was,so much altered that I did not
know it. No money:was to be had; the clergyman
and the hankers were urgent ; and I got arrested for
toools and have lost aotsal. Here, is a Man gets
possession of a farm,• sells all the
,things upon it,
and away he goes. The estate can produce nothing
for some years. I sent down my seeds to sow the
land,
.3nd he would not let the people come on to
sow my own ground. If .Providence hint riot given
me a fortune, I should certainly have been sent to
jail with these difficulties. He is not worth one
*haling, and his Attorney is not worth sixpence.
I am looking at them while they arc destroying all
my property, and if that be the law of the land, I
can only say, it is not what it is represented to be.
Under these circoniitalices of distress, thave subs
mitred my case to your Lordship. Excuse 'the liberty
I have taken, and see, my Lord,. if this Court of
Equity canigive me some relief." .
The :LORD CHANCELLOR (smiling)---'s We will
see what we eat), du in this affair. Justice shall be
&me."
Mr. Rom' t. yr.*/ The object of,thr:.'Qentleman
has been, I suppose, to amuse the Courr,:and he has
completely succeeded in his design. I was not pre.
pared for an address so singular And energetic,
believe I must get my Client to answer ali
tail 'in, his own way, for I am scarcely cfn (goal ;
terms with
,the' Gentleinan,"—The Petition' was
postponed.

A dog whi,..11 had every appearance of being.:
mad, and which bit 19 other dogs between Strensal
and Selby; was killed at the latter place.' It 1120 ,
since been ascertained that he bit two girls, A boy,
two'inen, and a child. They have all taken proper
remedies, and no alarming symptoms have yet occur.
ted amongst them. The other dogs were all kilhid.
A 'Lady, agreed Clarke, of Steeple-Langford, was.
on Wednesday evening burnt to death, in copse.
quence qu'ence of her clethesaccidentrilly catching fire.
A woman, seventy-four years of age, residing. at
Steeping, 'in Lincolnshire, named Bilton, hung her.
self In her bed-room some days since, in, come.
quence, as it is stated, of a',quarrel with. her bus.
band.

At the late (bundle lair a Gentleman was in.
ducat! to buy a horsrby the uncommon booty of its
Jail; On driving.' the animal home, he, however,
found that the flowing 'hair was artificial, and only
lied to an ugly docked stump.
A Salesman, in the Haymarket, lately sold a load
of hay,
,the inside trusses, eleven in number, beitit
of inferior quality, to those- exposed to view ; the
matter. was up'Friday examined by the Magistrates
of the Queen.square Police.office, who, enn4idering
the transattion-to be fraudulent, seatenced the Sales-
man to pay five shillings fa -each defective truss,
with costs. .

The prices of raw and refined sugars have ex,
perienced a general nduetion during the last week.
Cotton wools have lately risen considerably in
price, and are still on the advance,—This circum.
stance does not ploceed 'from any dcficiency•in the
ordinary supply, but from an 'increased demand in
'our manufaftories, a result which teust'expose to the
Enemy the folly of his. efforts to exclude our mer,
chsndize from the,markets of the Continent, by
provisl t;.at his resttittions only tend to give new
channels to our trade.

Oil of Amber is strongly .recomtnentird for the
Ague. When the fit is coining on, nine drops are
to he taken in a little tea ; the quantity is to be in.
creased two drops morning and cm. and to be
continued till the complain. is removed, which
generally happens in riklit or ton days.
A pour srum named Carter, of Upper Iligham,
Norfolk, 7o years of age, fell into the fire at a pub.
lic.house at that place, and Will burnt to deo* be.
fore he was discovered.