The Sun.
London, England, 1804-11-17 00:00:00

SUICIDE.

YESTERDAY the Coroner's Inqueit sat on the
body of art eminent Solicitor, who had shot himself
at his houie, near the General Post. Office. About
six o'clock on Thursday evening. this unfortunate
Gentleman suddenly left the office, and went to
water.closet up stairs, where he discharged a pistol
in his mouth, and the two balls with which it was
loaded,ipassed through the occiput; the consequence
was instant death. .

He was discovered in a sitting posture, with his
head reclined against the wall, without any signs
of life, and on a further investigation, the wound
was observed, and the fatal instrument which gave
it. • It appeared from the evidence, that about a
year ago he had a very violent
,fit of the gout,
since which time I,e frequently appeared not pertetily
collefled in the exercise of his faculties ; his habits
of industry induced him frequently to continue at
business till the stupefaction under which he labour.
ed rendered him incompetent to the duties of his
profession.
The Family Apothecary confirmed the evidence
given in regard to the infirmity of the deceased
from the effeds of the gout, and said, it not uncom.
manly affeeted his head ; it is probable, therefore,
that it was in a paroxistn of this kind fie had com-
mitted the deed which terminated his existence.—
The Jury brought in their verdift—Lunary.

A Caution.--On Wednesday last a farmer near
Whetstone, in Leicestershire, by mistake, put into
the corn for his horses, Ratsbane instead of Nitre,
with an intention of preventing their heels from
swelling. Four died worth 601. and two mares in
foal, being the whole of his stud.
At Loughborough fair yesterday sennight there
was a large show of neat cattle :—Fat Beef and
Mutton met their full ♦alue, but halfmeated beasts
were very heavy sale at reduced prices.

The show of fat and lean cattle at Soulmas Fair,
held at York on Wednesday, was unwually large ;
the sale of both sorts very dull, and a great num-

ber Were driven off unsold.

On Saturday night last, as some men were fishing
at a little distance from llawlish, a young shark e,n.
tangled MAW iv their net, which, in two house, with
great difficulty, they cowed on shore, It weighed
tour hundred weight, was near nine feet in length,
and had a cod fish of 3olh. in its belly.

MANsiox-Housi.—Edward Jones, a labourer
in the East India Warehouse, was charged before the
Loan MAYOR, on suspicion of stealing a quantity
of tea. It appeared, from the evidence of two
watchmen, that the Prisoner had leit the warehouse
the day before at three o'clock, hut was discovered
again within the gates at five o'clock, where he haa
no right to be. The watchman being told of it, he
was taken into custody, and the bag of tea was
heard to drop from him near the spat.---One
of the Beadles of Bishopsgate produced the bag
of tea, which, he said, contained about fourteen
pounds. John Bride said, he was sent from the
warehouse to inform his Lordship they had been
plundered of a great deal of tea in the place where
the Prisoner worked. He had orders from the
Company to state, that they would prosecute this
man. The Prisoner, in his defence, said, he had not
possession of any tea, and that the Witnesses could
not prove that he had when the watchman took
him in custody.—His Lordship said he should re.
mand the Prisoner for a further examination, when
he expected some others from the warehouse to at.
tend.

Yesterday evening, at the early hour of half past
five o'clock, an attempt was made to rob a young
Woman, well dressed, of a bundle which she had
under her arm, by a man, a little beyond the Wa.
ter.works, on the Cheisea.roail ; but she holding
ittight, he snatched an umbrella from her, and
ran off; she raised the cry of 14 Stop thieffe ,and
he was pursued through Pimlico, into Ranelogli.
street, where he ran into a stable, and was secured
with the umbrella in his possession. He was taken
into the guard.house, near the. Queen's House,
where he was recognized to. be one of those on duty
at the King's guard, St. James's.
On Saturday afternoon, Thomas Kid, a sailor,
belonging to one of the Greenland ships at Dundee,
whilst carelessly looking down one of the hatch.
ways, lost his balance, and was precipitated to the
bottom of the hold, a depth of 16 feet. He was
conveyed to the Infirmary in a state of insensibili-
ty, and surgical assistance procured. He languished,
however, till six o'clock the next evening, and ex.
pined. The situation of his poor wife, who had
been delivered of a child only the day before, may
be more easily imagined than expressed, A col.
lielion was very humanely set on lout by Lieut.
Stenhouse, of the Royal Navy, for beltoof of the
family of the deceased.
4 man who was some time ago apprehended in
the neighbourhood of 'Leeds, declared, that there
was not a house or warehouse in that town, if the
door was merely locked, but and his accom.
}dices could enter with ease ; and as a proof of his
dexterity, added, that there was
.one wArch,3l9C in
that place, that the gang had entered hobitually,
from which they had :don; supplied their friends
with goods to the amount of 2001.

COURT 01 tING') jov. is.

REV. It. lIINCI,IAIst cv. sE.tt'

WE have behae had occaf,ion to mention this
cause much in det;ril. It will he recollected, that
the claim of this Reverend Gentleman was to 0.16
extent of 14,0001, aod upwards, on the Defendant;
in his official capacity as Receiver-General: The
Aa 43, Gen. 111. c. 55. was pas:,cd to enable His
Majesty more etfehually to provide for the security
of the Realm, and to appoint Commissioners tr,v,
take possession of certain land and property upori
it, in situations favourable for the public defence
whether on the coast or in the interior of the king-

dont. The Officers of Government were to treat
with the party who occupied, or were •he pro-
prierors of such land nod property. and if they
could not agree upon the compensation, two
tices were empowered to put the Officers of the
Crown into possession, and these Magistrates were
to issue warrants to the Sheriff to summon a. Jury to
ascertain the compensation due to the individual or
individuals so disturbed in their rights, for the pur-
poses of public defence. The Plaintiff, who occupied
a itpu6e and some land, at Gosport, which he held
under the Bishop of Winchester, had resigned hi§
possessions under these.circumstancesi and a Jury)
lawfully summoned, according to Ole terms of the
MI, had given a verdict in his favour, of the
sum stated." The question before the Court was,
if this verdiel Were valid, or it such an irregularity
appeared on—tite .facc of it as to render it nuga.
tory
Mr..SCARLSTT, for the Plaintiff, contended, that
the Inquisition of the Jury was regular, and that
the Plaintiff was entitled to recover ; and he cited
the various clauses of the AEI, to chew the consis.

tency of .the appointment of the Jury, and of the
verdia. He said there could be but two ()hie:lions
to the decision : First, that the proceeding by the
Officers of Government, upon which the Jury had
proceeded, was irregular : Secondly, that the jury
having assembled, have done something. which vas
not within their jurisdiClion. The Learned Counsel
examined these propositions very minutely, to iltew
that the Warrant was accotaitig to the terms of the
Mt ; and ;Wit the Jury had conformed with tht
strations of the Warant.
Mr. Gaz !LEY, for the defence, direaed hig ar-
gurnentS to the three following positinns.: First,
that a grass sum cannot be 'a proper compensation
for an occupancy of uncertain duration : Secondly,
that all the proper parties were not before the
Court : Thirdly, that it was uncertain, upon the
face of the inquisition, what 'interest the public
take in the premises for which the compensation its
assigned. The Learned Counsel took a general
review of the Aas of the 223 and 23a Geo.
dircaed to the objett of Fortification, and applied
the principle and construCtion of these to the hue
Aft, in support of his argument.--Judgment

ROBERT DOUGLAS. •
On the 27th of April, t 803, this person became
possessed of a Freehold Eatate of the .annual value
of about 601. He was a Mate on board the Hennes, •
West.lndiaman, and on the 27th of April, :Sol,:
was impressed into His Majesty's set vice, ankl.i,aken,
on board the. Hero ship of War.
Mr. ERSKINE moved for a lidieat Corpus, star-
inzt that he had been taken on bosid contrary to
his inclination, and wishing to bring b,..fore the
Court the piestion, whether, being a Freeholder to
this extent, he was entitled to his discharge ? Ile •
cited the Cabe from Mr. Jus;ice 14.ACK,TON '8 RC.
ports, tst vol. 3sl, when .the Learned judge,
who was then at the 11,, moved tor the discharge
of Richard GoUd, under similar circurnstances

Lord ELLENDOROUGH.---" It does not appear
he was taken from his freehold, but he was in the
service of the. Merchants at the time. Had this
person quitted the sea, and imsided on his freehold,
without the animus revertekdi, it might have. been
a strong case, The question now is, if his hay.
ing a freehold exempts or discharges him horn
the service It does not strike my mind that it
should." •

HUNT DAVIS.

The late John Vaughan, Esq. had five menial
servants of various descriptions, who were made
Freemen of .the Borough of Carmarthen, under a
conveyance real or supposed, to a freehold interest
in a public-house oe inn called the Old Bull, of
that town, This estate hail since devolved up
Lord Cawdor, and still the Freedom. was claim.
cd by. these ,companions of the kitchen, tin..
til three of them, on an Information in the na
cure of a Q,140 WarrantO being issued, thought proper.
to let judgment of ouster go by default. Henry
Davis was one of the two against. whom no such
application had'been made. It is well known, that
incite Borough of Carmarthen parties have run ex.
t,emelr high, the passions have been violently in_
flamed, and in cansccinencp of this spirit of faaion,
very improper persons have been admitted to be.
come Burgesies.
Mr. Genus now moved for an information of the
kind we have noticed against this person ; and he
produced an Affidavit in support of his motion,
which stated, that Henry Davis, to the best of the
belief of the Deponent, had never received the
rents of the Freehold .under which he claimed, but
that they had always, since his introdndion to
the Borough, been paid to the late Jelin Vaughan,
Eq. or to Lord Cawdor. He. further said,. that
the Corporation, instead of examining into .the'
pretensions of these domestics of Mr. VaUghsn,
had passed over them without inquiry or examina..
Lion.

Lord ELLErauoßottoo.-.0•••4:1 My objet •to
grant the hula is, that the Atfilavit in What respeds
the rents is not positive."---I utf refined.
ROBINWN ,BUWLEb AND 9.OIItAT
'These Gentlemen were appointed Commissioners
of the Taxes in a Diszri;:t of the Esst Riding of
Yorkshire. The Rev. J. Gilbert, Itedor of Set.
terington, in that part of the County, had ordered
his. servant, J. Boys; during his absence, to stop up
ten of the wit-v.104,s of which notice
was given to the Assessor, according to the ditto-
(ion of die mt. On his return home he found that
Ice was charged with the penalty of idol. being tot.
on each. Ondowt, on the ground that they were