The Sun.
London, England, 1804-05-26 00:00:00

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DNNC INC CONGRESS.—In
took place on the e 3 1 Ult. in the House
sentatives upon the Bill " for altering the tit 1. •
the next meeting of Congress," Mr. iiUGFt
other arguments against meeting in N,•vember',.
served, that very little business was ti,Ually ""nt
at the commencement of a Session. Ile said tiv%-
after some indispensable business had been 3"'
the opening of the present Session, very Wa4'
transaaed till after Christtnas.—The Mernheo.
from place to place, inattentive to the IL'''l
ness of the House. .
Mr. SLOAN., an oddity, from New jersey, rising
on tiptoe, and sucking down his hair, Observesl,..
with great gravity, that the statement mane
" his friend" frOm South Carolina was ‘oo'c°,'
; for himself, he could safely affirm " that
had not been at a dance the ,whole Session ; he
not know how to dance."
Mr. HooE R replied that he never sucpeaed "
friend'' from New. Jersey of dancing in the tr:o;lner
in which he had been understood by that Gent
man ; but if his friend had a wish to possess IV:-
self of that acc ?mplishment, 'he would inforin
that he could have a fine opportunity at the near'
Session, for he had lately observed that there I.l'ts,'
a dancing.master in town, echo -advertised that
Lt
eons dancing-master to the Attornej- GeNera Of
United States.

;
SALMON Fistaryszcs.-7-On Wednesday se'n-n--OAt --
the House of Lords gave judgment in the ;till'
from the Court of.Session,.7ames HuNte.,-, of Seao"ei
Esq. and other, against the Earl cf Kinnotel,
Gray, and others ; fiffrmi/p- the decree. The goes"
Lion is interesting to all concerned in the Saimaa
Fishings in Scotland. Mr. Hunter, having right
trr
a fishing in that part of the Tay where there. is
tral of sands coversd at high tide, and left dry -
the ebb, lett the fishing to certain persons, who 10; •
troduced a new mode of catching the salmon an'{
other fish, by inclosing a great part of the sand;
with net-work, so framed as to ler in the fish when
the tide flowed, anti prevent their escaping wirli 114,
ebb, together with a leader of the same materials,
to decoy the fish into the encloiure. The Req3"(fr
dents, owners of the fishings in the higher yarns °i
the river, complained of this to the Court Of ,
sion, as an illegal mode,, injurious to them. '1
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Court declared it illegal, and ordered the Machina/I'.
to be removed. Against which decree this aPPtr3l.
was brought. The cause haVing been argued a .
several days, die LORD CHANCELLOR delilere f
his opinion shortly, that the decree of. the Coots °
Session appeared to him perfeetly right, and he Oen"
tioned that the Earl of RosL IN concurred with hi..

As some children were playing;
one or theM
into the 1.\.-w River, near Hertford ;
•
the rest-alarmed the neighbours, when two' iiroms,ll
ran to its assistance: the first plunged. in, I?dt,
out of her depth, she unfortunately. sunk ; a
recolleding there was a long With a 11')°1': t's
neighbour's, went for it, and'af:er sometime bro Ugh
up both woman and child, to all appearance dead"
The gratuitous delivery of the LompoisT 1-Itrmi‘'N;ll
Soci ETV'S plan was providentially em toted I
success—au only child, in about half an
restored to its fond parents ; and the woman, w
o.
had been deprived of life in her humane eff""%
preserve an unknown child, was happily resuscitate°. i'l
to the 'great joy' of tht: spectators, and her numeNuT-
•
MARRIED.
On Tuesday' ast, at Gitliug, by the Rev. Tit
William limes; Esq. of Sandside, in the County of•C
e
A'`
ness, North Britain, to Miss Cradock, daughter of Sh
Cradock, Esq. of Hartforth, near Richmond, Yorkshire;tv:
Lately, at Limorick, 'Lieutenant Deale, of the 45tp
to Miss Knight, daughter of the late Sir Christopher .

DIED.(f CO
On Sunday last, at Bath, Fowler Walker, Esq. °-'
Feld
Lately, well, in the County of Berks. , toe I
Lately, at Charkof, Dr. Willich, whither he had •
the quality of Professor.
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