The Sun.
London, England, 1802-10-08 00:00:00

dysnit LAYINGS.

AT. the Essex Quartetkessions; holder. at Chelms_
ford on Wednesday last, Pobert FarA?r, after a trial
of seven hours, arias found guilty of stealing in the
'night, by the help of a cutter and a dredge, several
bushels of Oysters, the property of, and from the lay
ings of Mrs. Overall, of Mersea Conn-
eel for the Defendant argued with great ingenuity,
to shew that these Oyster Laying:, which are rent-
ed, and stocked with purchased Oysters, were not a
species of property distind from the Oyster Fisheries,
cOMmon to all dredgers, and thsrefore larceny could
not attach on the clandestine reinoval of the same.
The Court, however, ruled: it 'otherwise ; but as
the Chief Justices Lords MA:or' LLD and LOUGH-
toitorcii, at the Essex Assizes, had declared the
law differently on this point, the former conviding,
and the latter direEing the Jury to acquit prisoners
respettively charged with felony for this offence,
the Court; on the motion of the Prisoner's Counsel,
consented to an arrest of judgment, that this im-
portant case may be more solemnly argued before
the Twelve Judges. In the mean while, the Pri-
soner was ordered to be recommitted to the County
Gaol.

Government, We understand, have come to the
determination of making an Establishment on the
Island of Bulam, oh the Coast of Africa. It
will be recoileCied that twelve years ago some
private Adventurers Went out thither, and having
made a purchase of the Island from the Natives,
settled on a very favourable spot in it. This settle_
meet took place under the spirited and enterprizing
conduei of Lieutenant (now Captain) BEAVER, Of
the-Royal Navy. He built a temporary Fort, and
had ,complete and quiet possession of the whole
Island ; but from want of means' to prosecute the
plan, it was for the time given up; and the few Ad_
venturers who were With Mr..BEAVER, returned to
England, or removed to Sierra Leone. The Island
of Bulam is perhaps the healthiest and most advan-
tageous spot for a British Colony of any in Africa,
and we have no doubt hut that, under the protec-
tion and auspices of Govermrient, it nity, soon
become flourishing and profitable. Captain BEAVER,
we learn, with,great satisfaction, will he appoin:ed
to concluft the enterprizer and make the propt.sed
establishment, and we are certain it cannot bt: in
fitter hands.

The Honourable JONATHAN DUNCAN, Governor
of Butribay, was at Cambay when the late overland
Dispatch was forwarded from that Presidency.--
Messrs. CARNAC and CHERRY were in charge of
.the Settlement. Cambay is a very large city, in the
Province of Guzerat. It stands on a deep and dan-
gerous Gulf of the same name, and was the Camanes
of Ptolemy. Its produCis and manufaaures are in-
ferior to few towns in India ; for the country
abounds in corn, cattle, and silk. • The inhabitants
are noted for embroidery, and some of their quilts
have been valued at fifty pounds. It is subject to
the Poonah Mahrattas, and is 57 miles South of
Amedabad. Letters have been received by the Ex-
press from Bombay, dated as late as the i Ith of May
last.

M. TALIAYRAND PEttrcoito, though he speaks
with indignation of the manner in which he was
sent out of this Country by the late Ministers, yet
mentions with much respea the talents and the cha-
rader of Mr. PITT as a Minister. in a late con-
versation with some English Gentlemen, he gave it
apparently as his free opinion, that the vigour and
promptitude of Mr. PITT had not only saved this
Country, but were indirealy the means of rescuing
France from the devastating power which ravaged
her bosom, and defaced her territory. This praise
from a quondam enemy went to t'he further length
of saying, " that both Countries lay under an equal
obligation to the late Premier for his councils and
condua."

The Count Von der PAH is iN, (who appears by
the Newspapers to be now at Paris) has been for-
Merly a man of so much importance, that the fol.
lowing Anecdote, which relates to his rise in Rus-
sia, may not be deemed uninteresting. In the latter
part of the reign of the Empress CATVARtNE, he was
only a Lieutenant in the Army_:, - The needy Officers
are generally chosen for couriers,,;and7the Lieutenant
Von der ?ARLEN was in all respeas, qualified for the
employ. He was ordered with certain dispatches of
great importance from St. Peterslattgh to Stock-
holm, and furnished with the necessary money for
his expences on the road. , Unluckily as it,appeared,
he had, like many others of his profession, an extra-
vagant penchant to play, and the same evening he
lost at the gaming-table the whole of the money
that was to have defrayed his expences. • Knowing
himself unable eo procure a like sum, he took his
part immediately. He set off the same night for
Cronstadt, found a vessel just
,sailing for Stockholm,
and being favoured by the winds, arrived two days
sooner than the usual Couriers. The Russian Mi-
nister profited by this dispatch, but in a few days
began to suspecl the affair. He obliged the Lieu-
, tenant to confess the whole, but was too well
pleased with the result to punish him. On the
contrary, he sent him back to the Empress with a
relation of his adventure, and a strong recommen-
dation to favour.. These' circumstances, at a Rus-
sian Court, could not but be advantageous, he was
gently reprimanded by the Empress, and promoted.
The importation of Negro Slaves into the island
of St. Helena, was prohibited by the late Governor,
Colonel BaooKi: those in the island, however,
continue the property of their masters, and are sub-
jed to moderate castigation, '
The last accounts frOm Passau mention, that the
Prince Bishop has reduced his Arm.xtoilvem:y Men.
If the new Spring at Cheltenhanv really possesses
the prolific qualities ascribed to'it, it deserves the
notice of the Legislature, as a-Most valuable source
of Population. Its chief pr*rty, and an extra.'
ordinary one it is, is, -that of affe&ing the Consti-
tution of Female Patients for exac'lly nine months !
The magnificent State Bed, which is to be placed
in the State Bedchamber of the Mansion-house, is
said. to be in the Egyptian style. The introduc-
tion d these fashions is certainly ill-judged in the
City Chief Magistrates, for by accustoming their
wives to Eastern habits, they may afterwards be
dissatisfied with Home fare.