The Sun.
London, England, 1805-06-07 00:00:00

.TIIE KING V. CASS AN 0,

This was an indiaMent ag-ainFt the Defendant;
who is a bookseller in on the charge 'of
offering bribes to a toStorn-httitie Otiieer, with the -
intetat. to defraud His Majesty's _revenue. .
I.l'he SoL4crTOR-GENr;RAT, said, this aaion Was
referred in order In recover froin the Defendant
the pena'Ay of 1001, for an offkice v•hiolt; if not re- •
pre:4KM, would not i;nly hjure the 'revenue,. but
would endanger the rights and liberties of the coun-
try. The faas were these the Defendant had
ported a quantityof hooks frOm, the. Continent,
which 'were embarked in the' ship minted the Jong
Agaiito. On their arrival at thopert of London they
were pat on board a boat in order to be ceOnVeyeti,
to the C..ixistoth4touse Quay,- The , Defenthrrie- lora'
John Short, an Officer of the Custoroi, were irt Out
sante -boat,.which, on a sudden gust,, was L oyepet,
ef,caped on f4orne,
when the ctew with dlificility
t A.. While the books were; floating on the ....vaVes;.
auother boat was proratred, and tire property Nriti
ct )110aed, although nmeli injured by. the accident. •
In this situation the. Defendant oll'ered to the
Officer' te admit the goods to gob 1:1:id tp theCii'S
tom-house. 'rite latter' keep tec{ t hi' reward, and •
when tiwy had proceeded as • far Tower-hill, ley
land-e:irriage„ the Defendant again importuned the
Officter, and Oh( reil the same colisider:ltion; with
equal elle& that the • goods might• be taki.,ll to his
shop to ho dried instead of being conveyed imme-
diatel:, try the .CuSton-liouse. Trit-4- was, ,however',
acceded to under a proatie that they should be
brought to the proper plate in tWo or throi
:With thk the. Bookseller did not think tit to emu»
'ply, and tkilr Joint Short (the
.(dicer emplqed)
gave the intelligence on
,which this indiatnent was
• grounded.
thhoe.j.:: th6eirlderiee had been gone throturh on. the
part of the,Proseetition, • ~
„
Lord 41.e.Niiioriotioir said, " That there was a
fatal'incougruity,' ai it was stated in evidenCe that
the books were to be delivered at.theKing's Ware-
hotise, wht n, by the declaration, it, appeared, ,:that
p",i e was, at the quay or wharf of the Custom-
n„ wu-sorry to turd the Proseeutor round
'upon this error in the loCality,but'the•necessary, re-
gard to the forno of proceeding made it unavoid-
Abt old/if/.

Tiilift3DAYi JUNE 6,,

PRICKHR AND nENnEnsoN V. If EZCI.

The Plaintiff, are pa p h a nge 13ond-street,
the Defendant i a man of Mallon, lately residing
in iiill4trect, Berheley.);gnare. 'adion was
brought for the se rn of 5041. 12s. tbr decorating
one apartment 3001. had been paid into Court, and
001. the Plaintiffs had received; the obierf, there-
fore, of the present a&wn was the balance 1041.
12s.

Mr. G itoiic, for the Plaintiff's, said, that the
splendid room Oil which this ekpence had -been be-
stowed wvis ih the style of an, Egyptian temple. To
asskt th. ninueron,., anti Ch, the design,. la the mu
N%ork. of M. }knoll had been submitted to
their ohaervation, and the spirit of these ingenious
persons was animared,'hy the occasional visits of
every person of distinaion, and even of His Ito.yal,
Highness the Prince, who could not ha !ndifferent to
the progress of this monument ofiltitish Splendour.'
Every thing conduced to the general eharader al tb,i
ancient seat of the Ptolemies; Elephants were seen
ranging in the forests, the amphibious ctecedile Was
discovered reposing on his favourite-shores, and the
imperial Nilo expanded his, waters in every direc-
tion to impart btilliancy to the scene. The unfa-.
vourable change in the fortunes c,f 'the Defendant
occasioned the sale of his matision, which had cost
nearly 26,00Qi. tier less than half that sum.; and the
Learned Gen lem::n was confident Of the success of
his clients if he had .jit.ed With the eloquince
of Mr. Phillips, the Auctioneer, when he de:,-cribed