The Sun.
London, England, 1802-02-10 00:00:00

COURT OP KING'S BENCH, FEB. 1.

On the Motion of JOHN BALL, Esq. Counsel for
Messrs. Reeves •and Willoe; Gentlemen Attorneys,
to set aside the application of Thomas Goold, Esq.
Barrister-at-Law, for informations and criminal pro-
secutions, against Mr. Ball's Clients, for a challenge
in consequence of certain words used by him while
professionally engaged in the Court of Exchequer,
some, short time previous to the last Autumn As-
sizes, in a trial, wherein Mr. Willoe was Agent.
The Court was pleased to approve of Mr. Ball's
statement, which he made from Mr. Gookes own
Affidavit, of words uttered by him highly injurious
to the professional reputation of Mr.
.Willoe. Mr.
Reeves, as the friend of Mi. Willoe, it appeared,
did wait on. Mr. Goold, at his house in Merrion-
square, after he heard of Mr. Willoe's condud, as
set forth by Mr. Geoid in a Public Court, harshly
commented op at the Law Club. Having a know-
, ledge of -Mr. Goold, he went amicably to him in
the character of a mediator, and submitted the words
from a written paper,which dropped from him against
Mr. Willoe, to his own. consideration. Mr. Goold
denied one word in the statement, and said gene-
rally, that he did not mean 'to hurt the feelings
of Mr. Willoe. As to the mode of apology,
Mr. Goold conceded to have it left to two
Gentlemen whom they would separatelrappoint.—
A circumstance afterwards occurred, through the
advice of a third person, which induced Mr. Goold
to relinquish the proposal of his own nominee, Mr.
Charles Burton, and write Willoe a letter of apo-
logy ;in consequence of which-Mr. Reeves again
waited on Mr. Goold, and in course of conversa-
tion dropped a hint, that a message of a disagreeable
nature might be the consequence of his refusal to
apologize in the way which had been stipulated.
Goold 'immediately after went the Munster
Circuit, so as to prevent Mr.•Willoe from seeing.
him earlier than at the ensuing Limerick Assizes,
when he came up to Mr. Goold, anti addressed
words to him expressive of his resentment -for the
liberty he had taken with his charader in a place
where•he was precluded from replying to him.
The Motion for granting informations, on the
part of Mr. Goold,was made on Monday the 25th
ult. in the abSerice of Judge Downes, and the Court
thought proper to postpone their decision on Lt un-
til this day,-when Lord KILwARDEN-said, he felt
himself relieved from the te.tcessity of expatiating
on a Lawyer's duty, by the able manner in which
Mr. Ball laid it down. He felt himself ,earnestly
disposed as any man to offer an excuse for human
. •frailty, and for the sudden consequences of intent,
perate passion. He was far from attributing any
improper design to Mr. Gould„ who perhaps in this
case was hurried into the use of words extremely
offensive, and highly injurious to the reputation of
Mr. Wilkie, by an extraordinary and inconsiderate
zeal for his Clients ; neither were the instruaioas
under which he stated to base acted,-any excuse, for
a_ proceeding not to be defended by any 'principle-of
practice or otherwise. He would not therefore
grant the information sought; an extraordinary ap-
peal of this nature, to a High Court of Criminal
Jurisdiaion, requiring; that the party applying for
so unusual an interposition, and avoiding the more
obvious course of attachnient or indietment, should
labour under an extraordinary grievance, and be on
his own part free from every species of aggression.
He would not, in the mean time, have it understood
that he conceived Mr. Willoe, from his condud in
Limerick (a'condua which Mr. Ball, however, did
in-some degree extenuate, by marking its intimate
conneEtion with the preceding transadion), free
from reprehension ; on the contrary, it was scarcely
to be defended, even under such aggravated provo-
cation.

judge DOWNES not having heard the first day's
proceedings, declined
,giving an opinion.. Judges
AMB ERL A.INE and DAY coincided with Lord
KILWARDEN.

In the Court of Exeherluer, a cause of• con-
siderable curiosity and, interest to the trading eom_
munity was tried before Lord AVONMOR E and a
Special Jury. It was an a6tion of soool. damages,
brought by a Mr. Hall against the Governors and
Company of the Bank of Ireland, for undue protest
of two bills,-his acceptance. They both amounted
to little more. than szl. and- were drawn by the
Plaintiff's lather, who resides in Enniskillen, and
made payable at Fidlay's Bank. The bills were
negotiated at the National Bank, and, when pay..
able, the amount was in course called for at the
Bank of Messrs. Finlay and Co., who, on inspeel-
ing the bills, found they were not indorsed by the
payee, and alledged that alone as their reason for
refusing to discharge them. They were on the
next day protested generally for non-payment, on
which ground, as a point extremely injurious to his
credit,• the Plaintiff laid his affirm. The Jury re-
turned a verdiet of tool. damages, -and 6d. costs.

FE B. 4.

MURDER AND SUICIDE.

Jot tz CAMPBELL, by his own account a native
of the Isle of Sky, but more probably of Aran, as
his relatives are still there, after being fourteen
years a sailor, settled some time in the latter of
these isles. At this time, a woman in the neigh-
bourhood, named Nicolson, finding herself pregnant,
at first accused an Irishman as the father of her
child, but afterWards'she accused John Campbell ;
but he positively denied the charge, and was after-
wards so transported with rage, that he laid violent
hands on her, antLstruck herso unmercifully as to
deprive;her of life. . After this deed, committed
about sixteen years ago, he fled instantly to Camp,
beltown ; but, hearing that a party were in pursuit
of him, he, returned to Arran in a small boat, which
he took away from Campbeltown, and when he
landed he sunk the boat.. ,Having eluded the aven-
gers of blood no :less than nine months, three of
which he passed in a cave without ever seeing the
light of the sun, he escaped froth Arran, landed in

Ayrshire, and afterwards went to Kirkbean near
Dumfries, where he found employment in husbandry.
After passing several years in the service of differ-
ent farmers, he came about four years ago to St.
John's Clauchan, parish of Dairy, where he pur-
chased a feu, and was employed as a labourer for
some years by the Minister of the parish, who at
length, taking offence at an incorrigible habit of
swearing, besides other immoralities, thought it
proper to part with him at Whitsunday last.
Havinc, no longer, it would seem, any apprehen-
sion of being detened, he ventured to commence
aning as a carrier to and from Glasgow and Kirk-
cudbright, till a few weeks ago, when seeing two
of his old acquaintances from Saltcoats at Glasgow,
and one from Arran at Kilmarnock, taking it for
granted that they would give inforination where he
might be found ; one of his sisters having also, at
the same time, come to Kilmarnock to warn him,
that, 'without changing the scene of anion, he was
in danger of being immediately apprehended as a
murderer—alarmed at the thought of hiS desperate
situation, instead of endeavouring to escape from
justice, he seemed to be under such disquietude,
horror, and remorse of conscience, as produced not
only a bodily indisposition, but either a derange-
ment of his mental faculties (which, however, many
of those who visited him are not inclined to'admit),
or a deliberate and determined resolution to take
away his own life ; which accordingly he effeeted
in a manner too shocking to relate, on Sunday the
x 7th of January,/tBoz, by wounding himself with
a knife in different parts of the body.
He confided the history 'of the murder, and his
escape from justice, to one man only, a native of the
Highlands, whom he sent for in his illness, enjoin-
ing, and making him promise, to divulge it..after,
but by. no means before his death, which he spoke
of as an event which would very-soon take place.
fie was twice married. His first wife, by whom
he had a son (yet alive in the Isle of Arran, about.
x 6 or 11 years -of age), died of a consumption, in-
duced, as is ailedged, by her concern and vexation
at the atrocious deed of her husband, and its dis-
mal consequences. His ,second wife died only a
few months ago, by whom he had three children,
who probably must be maintainett and educated at
the .ex'pence of the parish.

DANCING.--The Academy for fashionable and
private Dancing at Coachmakcrs' Hall, Foster lane,
Cheapside, under the dire&ion of Messrs. HOPKI NS
and Son, still continues, we End„ to receive that
respeBable patronage it has long merited; and
where Ladies and Gentlemen who have never 'ac-
quired this accomplishment, or those who have not
obtained the present fashionable mode, may be
expeditiously instru&ed, 'in the most private titan_
tier, in all the elegant and fashionable steps now
in use to qualify them for the first Assemblies.—
Young Ladles and Gentlemen are also taught every
fashionable Dance, and every attention exerted to
give the most elegant addiess. Every success is
therefore due to so respeftable an institution, which
has for
,its °Ede& to cultivate and improve the graces
necessary to, form and embellish the rising genera..

tion.
Although Dr. Nhn Hunter,
,and many other
Medical Men, have treateLl masterly on Venereal
Complaints, yet they follow the steps of their
predecessors : Mercury—Mercury, is still their
grand. climaderie and which, notwithstanding all
its alledged improvements and combinations, 'is
Mercury neverthelessT It still then remains, to
apply, a proper, safe, and effethial substitute for
Mercury. To, discover it is needless—" there is
nothing new under the sun.!' Happy for this Coun-
try such a one has been long since used in an extern-_
save private pradice, and in. a multiplicity of in.
stances found to •be- a. sovereign, a .safe, a speedy,
and. effeftual remedy for every- specks of venereal
taint, from a Gonorrhcea ,to a confirmed Syphilis,
as well as far all " disorders originating from a de-
prayed habit or affedions of the skin." This Me-
dicine is known by the name of the ANTI-lIVLPETI-
CINES. It is the best substitute ever discovered for
that dangerous mineral, Mercury ; it sweetens the
blood, and stimulates it to expel all noxious and
impure juices, giving ,strength and tone to the
nerves, enlivening and invigorating at one and the
same time both body and mind. For scorbutic, cu_
taneous eruptions, dry or wet leprosy, the Anti-
Impetigiries certainly claims a pre-eminence over
all other Medicines, being decidedly adapted for the
speedy removal of these complaints, and will not.
only clear the skin, but heal ..11 old sores and ulcers
of ever so long standing. It may be had in half_.
guinea bottles of the general Venders of Patent and
public-Medicines in Town. and Country, with co-
pious direftiots.
In disorders where salivation by Mercury has re-
peatedly failed, when no other remedy could re-
store the. unhappy sufferer to that health he unfortu-
nately lost, this Medicine -has - invariably proved
effectual. .

* Vide Calm's Pra6l;ce of Physic, No. i 737.

MARR FED.

On Monday, Vehrilary rst, at Sneaton Church, near
Whitby, Mr. George W-iikinson, of London, to Miss Sarah
Brown, of Newton House. '

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:SII.IP-N.EifS.

YARMOUTH, FEB, 7.

Arrived—the Elizabeth, Tummon, from Hull.
Sailed—the 'Van), Harris, for Oporto; Nimble, LTrqu't;„ll..
and Vigilant, Dingle, for Liverpool; Two Brothers, 1)°,„i7,,,
tv, for Bristol ; Herring, Sterry, for Portsmouth ; lu•
Butcher ; Aelive, Coners ) Mary, Warren ;
Betts; Trollope, Darnel; Charlotte, Yoxley 5911311
Boyce, and Industry, Watson, for London..

GRAVESEND, FEB. 8.
• nds,
Sailed—the John, Stukle, for Demerara ; Four - ric
Bickerton, for Cork ; and Union, Brown, for GuernseY a"
Jersey.

S TO CKS.

RDAY.
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;.:xcheq. Bills S. S. ,reps,
Fundable ditto prem.
3d Exchequer Bills pat
New S. S. Stock
Uranium
Inver. 3 per Cent. 653
Ditto'Ann. 7245-16
lark for Account
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