The Sun.
London, England, 1804-03-02 00:00:00

Ow having produced the documents, and proved
Ihe signatures of the witnesses,
Lord ELLENBOROUGH i..capitulated the circum.
stances of this extraordinary case, and observed to
t: e Jury, that the deceased, for whom the Executors
had Made this Claim, had certainly not afted bona fide
if such a bill had existed ; for he was negociating
with: all, the other creditors to accept • tos. in the
pound, in order that he might himself,receive zos.
in the pound. His Lordship then' adverted to the
evidence, whether by documents or Witness ; and he
concluded by giving it as. his opinion td• the, Jury,
• that -if they were satisfied witl► reipea to the' bill,
it did not seem. reasonable' to assign interest to the
-Plaintiffs.—Verdi& for the Defendant.•

Lord ELLNBOROLIGFI—" I think, Gentlemen,
pn this occasion, your verdid is perfedly right, and
,I hope .Attornies will learn froth this decitton, not
to keep bill 4 and documents in their own hands,
Which are 'probably left with them in confidecce,
.in
order' to make a bad use of them at a remote period."

PARR v. DANIEL 3.

. .
The'Plaintiff is a ship-chandler at Shadwell, the
Defendant a merchant in London.: One hundred
bags of saltpetre had been sold at. the East-India
Conipany's warehouses, and the goods had come
into the hands of the Defendant, the deposit of.zol.
•per bat,- and the final payment having been made to
the Company at the time of delivery. The question
for the jury' was, whether the Defendant was lia-
ble to pay the present Plaintiff the .amount due on
this purchase, or whether he m;ght convert it into
a sc(.Oft:With the estate of Popplewell and Jephson,
whO hid biionie.bankrupts
Mr. ,GIB BS, for the PlaintifF, stated the nature of
the trans::Clion, and that it was impossible the
.de.
fence intended could be maintained, because Pop.
plewelf and Jephson were brokers, and by 'their oath
could have no transaCtions on their own account.--
He then called Messrs. Joseph and Samuel Williams,
•the one of whom effected the purchase, the other
the sale of the salt-petre. Mr. Jephson was also
called, who placed the matter in a new -point of
'view, by deposing, 'that a Mr. Poll4rd had been the
last proprietor of the saltpetre when it came into,
the.hands .of 'Messrs. Popplewell and. Jephson ; :and
that it was sold, either for. account of Pollard, or'
for account of himself and ,partner, as brokers, the
.principal having absconded.

Mr. GARROW, for the Defendant, said it was
perfealy clear that Mr. Daniels in the present
was entitled to the verdia of the Jury, and that the
evidence of Mr. Jephson had removed all•doubt and
difficulty in the case. He further observed, that
although brokers could not. regularly transaa busi.
ness on their own account, yet that the irregularity
was constantly committed on the R.-Jal.Exchange,
and that. this deviation-, from the fit praftice,would
'not destroy their personal responsibility.—Piaintiff
nonsuited. • .

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Fts. 28.

THOMPSON V. GREECE.

-ear. which were 'netesiary' 'for the "preservation of
the Ship during her, voyage.
Lord ALVANIEY expressed a wish that Captain
Woolfe could have been examined, as to his opinion
of the state of the Ship when the Carpenter gave him
the information, and hi kfused sending a "boat
ing the night to their assistance. His Lortiship en-
tertained •an opinion that some, injustice had Leen
• done to• that Officer's charader, as he could ,not sup.
puce him capable,, as a' Bri.rish_Naval.Officer,!of.re-•
-fusing to afford proteetion to the. Crew of the Ship,
if he -thought them in the situation already describ-
ed. Captain,Woolle. being at, sea off. Brest, could
not, be. subpeeriaed.—The
_Jury found,a. verdid -for
the. Plaintiff. • . . . ,

NEW-YORK, JAN, Ir.

I .

ANOTHER Mail came in from NatChez, although
not .so late as `that previously received, adds a few
particulars .to our knowledge. of .the .e-vent of trans_
fearing Louisiana to the French; .Ir.-ppears that
all ranks and conditions are pleked at the prospeCt
of appertaining to. the .United States ; and great
numbers of the -most respeffible anti ancient inhabi-
tants of New-Orleans have already adopted -the
black cockade.

Attic moment of hoisting the French Flag 'oil the
3oth Nov. the moist: profound silente pervaded the
numerous concourse that were assembled to. witness'
• the ceremony ; •not the least•cry bf juY ar,43igri of
acclamation Could be either heard or perceived.;' and
had it not been for the final -change Momently cx.
petted, the regret of the-people ,at passing from a
Spanish to' ft French- doniiniOri, ;would: hd ye' been'
openly testified' under the very eye• of thefirefea.
The condud of the Spaniards throughout,..is. repre.
sensed as highly frank and. honourable. Their
Troops were prepjung to embark ;. not without'
some regret on the part of the inhabitants, who can. •
hot, without some emotion of pain, separate truth
men who for su many years past had governed the
Country with much moderation.

The Prefetlyersonally superintended the concerns
of the. police, and by a 'courteous deportment had
gained considerable public esteem. It was under.
stood that his instruttions as to the limits of the
.colony were definitive, and that they are not con.
ceived to be so extensive. as our, Administration
allefiges. The Commissioners were Certainly, to be
at NeW.Qr leans .the :INcember; W•lien great
fete was to'tsake Gem.
From the Chides:on CotAizer, Jan. 21„H-rari the
4.th'inst, the Managers House
tatives presented 'articles of itupeactijaentAigiiinse at
the Bar of. the Senate, against-jolts" Pl.CKyltltid, •
Judge of the District Curt of the Districl New
Hampshire. The articles are,four ; the three first
are for corruption in the discharge of duty.;
and the laSt, for appearing on the Bench in a. state
of total- intoxication, and frequently, in_ a most
prophane and indecent manner, invoking the name of
the Supreme Being ; and was guilty of oilier high
misdemeanors, disgraceful to his own charatler as a
Jucige, and degrading to the honour and: dignity of.
the Uiiited States. Ordered to be proceedcd onto.
morrow.

It appears the friends of Judge PICKERING set
up insanity as a defence for him ; while it is con_
tended, on the part of the impeachment, that his
coodat is occasioned by habitual and fiequent in-
toxication.

Mr. ESMARK, of Konsberg, in his recent Travels
through Norway, to determine, the' snow line and
line of vegetation, found, that :in places where the
rays of the sun fell in an oblique-dieedion,.which
is the case -towards the North and North-east, the
snow lineis placed at the height of 3000 feet above
the level of the sea ; hut towards the South and
West where the sun is. more powerful, the 800 W
melts' at the height of 7000 feet above the= sea.—
Sneebutten on Duorfield, 8000 feet high, is conti-
nually'covered.with snow, and in some places where
the snow had-tumbled downiit appeared to consist
of twenty _five strata, each covered with ,a percep-
tible incrustation of ice. The height Of the line of
vegetation in Norway, varied considerablyl fruit-
trees bore abundantly_ ro_oo feet above the level of
the sea;. the spruce fir thrived well at the height of
zbco feet ; the silver fir, larch, and hitch a't 3030
feet ; willow, juniper, &c.' at 3200 ; barley and
oats at from tioo to 1800 feet, but only in vallies
at the height 'of 'from tzoo to .1300 feet. The
night frosts are very prejudicial to the seed.

M4R qp.

On Monday the z7th ult. at.Swalasea, by the Rev. Miles
Bas:;ett, Henry Thomas Shewen, of Thistleborn-llonse,
Glamorganshire, Esq. Lieutenant in the Royal Navy,' to
Miss Harriet Cooper Vanderhorst, third daughter :of TElias
Vanderhorst, Esq. American Consul, resident At. Bristol.
Yesterday, at St; George's, BrooniSbury;•Riehilid Bout_
ton, Esq. eldeSt son of Beni), Bbultriii, Esq. of 'l' fiornerbfr,
Leatherhead, Surrey, to Miss Carolina Shubrick, third daugh;.
. ter of the late Richard Shubric*, Esq. • '
The sacra' ilay; 'at -Sr. Clement's 'Chute-11, ,the Strand,
Francis RoberLoti. Esq,.to Miss Laura .Ross.esecond (laugh-
. ter of William 46,3, 12,q. of 13oswell.court. • • •