The Sun.
London, England, 1803-10-06 00:00:00

PHILIPS v. WRIGHT.

THIS was art aaion for money had-and received
under the following circumstances : The Defendant,
as 114 r. Serjeallt. BAILEY stated, might best. be
known from his own account of himself, published
in a pamphlet edited by himself. He there stated,
that he was one John Wright, called by the Holy
Spirit from Leeds to Lonsion, and from. London to
'Avignon, in France, to found a Society of United
Christians. In.porsuand of ibis plan, and to sites!'
his supernatural inspiration, the Defendant had re.
hied mow instances of his,bing in favour of the
Ho& Spirit ;* by' these means. he had prevailed upon
many simple men to put him in possession of their
property, by way of
.founding, a Society, which ,
should have for its basis a community of goods.—
The Plaintiff, Philips, WR3 one of the foolish
people who hod been duped by him ; lie had given
up his farm, and transferred all his property to the
Defendant for the use of the ,United Christian Bre.
thren, but findingfiiinselfdeceived by the Defendant;
who, notwithstanding all his..professiOns, bad an
sye to Atiimmov, he brought this aetion to recover
the money he had ljettl dusted out of.
Two witnesses were accordingly.: called, who
stated that they were members of the United Chris..
flan Brethren. As might _be well-supposed, they
were very stupid and insensible .beinge, but,. their
evidence,amounted to this, that the Defendant had.
confesses! that he bad received69Bl, of. the money
of the Plaintiff. Being cross.examined as to
.the
nature of their confederacy, they-could hardly give
any account of it, except that it was a something. of
a religious confederacy, in which there was to he a
community of goods, and that-each Mon was to have
what he ,tvaNree/. . •

Mr. Serjeant BBST and the'King's Serjeant endca,
voured to establish that it was a Partnership, .under
the firm of the United Christian Brethren, which was
written on their farming carts;, but Lord ....Rt. LE tir
H BOROUG said, that• It was a partnership of so sublime
a nature he could not think the common
.suleg of law
applicable" to it,. and therefore he must be of opinion,
that what, each man advanced was to considered
as sq mush money
moßey and received fok his use,, and,
which he might recover by action.--=The Jury coin.-
ciding in opinion with his Lordship, 'returned a
verdid for the Plointitr for the amount of the money
he had advanced. •

Pantie OFFICi, •--Yesterday
three Locus' wel.e charged by the Landlord of the
City of Carlisle Public-house, In Posemary.lane,
with coming to his house with cutlasses, and endea.
vouring to cut persons down, and breaking his win-
dows. It appeared that they had been robbed of
t sol. bur could not describe where, or in what man-
ner it was done, and made a mistake as to the house.
A person came from the India House to get them
liberated, and paid the Landlord for the damage he
had sustained, when they were put on board ship,
for their better protection from the women of the
town, who are supposed to have robbed the poor
fellows.

REMARKADLE OgArROVTY 00'A YOUNG

WOMAN AT. A RUSS ELS'.

Tint Niece of a Sexton at Brussels was for.
• tunati• in succouring a Frenchman, who had fled
thither foi refuge in the days; of blood. It was
after the Battle of Flurus, when the French Troops
retreated into Belgium. In dangeersf-being taken
prisoner at Brussels, he was flying from his pur.
suers, when passing.•by a door:at which a young
woman was sitting, instigated by pity, she called
out to him to stop, adding, 4, You are lost, if you
proceed."—" And if I return (replied he) iarri lost
also."---'" Well then (said she) enter here."—
He accepted her offer. After having acquainted
him that the house belonged. to her imcle, who
would not suffer her to •shelter him if he knewit.....;
she concluded him ro 'a barn, where she concealed
him. Scarcely was It dark when some Soldiers
cone to take up their quarters for the night,.io this
very barn. The Niece watched them unperceived
and when they were asleep, she crept softly to the
place where she had hidden the young man.; to re-
move him from a situation which had become so
dangerous. Just, however, as he was spitting the
barn, one of the Soldiers awoke, and seized him
the hand. In an• instant she glided between
• them, exc:aiming, " Leave me alone, do—it is
who—"—There was no occasion to -finish the sen-
tence : the Soldier, deceived by the voice of a wo.
man,--relessed his captive. She then condafled the
protege ,to her own chamber and taking 'from
thence a lamp and the keys nf'the church, they nro.
,e-eded thither, and at length arrived at a little cha.
p. 61, which the ravages of war had despoiled Of
its decorations. Behind' the altar there war
trapoloor, which it was extremely difficult to.dis.
c tver. When it was lilted up, 6, You perceive,"
said she, " those dark steps ; they lead to a vault,
which holds the remains of au illustrious, family ;. it
is not probable that they will limped you to be
concealed in this gloomy retrcar. Have the courage
mien's:tin here, and I will apprise.you of the first
faVourable opportunity of effeding ,your escape."
The Frenchman did not hesitate ; he descended
boldy. What was his surprize, when, casting his
eyes around, the first objects which be„petceived
by, the light of the lamp, were the arms of his own
family, which was originally. of Brussels, He re.
cognized. the tombs of his •ancestors ; he saluted
their 'remains with reverence, gazed with tender
melancholy upon the marble which enclosed them.
While he' was indulging these refleaions the Six. •
ton's Niece retired. In the pleasing recollections
thus recalled to his mind, and in the cherished '
hope of again, beholding a wife whom he adored,
he for a consideral:le time forgot the horror* of his
dreary abode. TWo days, however, having daps-
ed, withodt the return of his fair deliverer,. he le,
gan to he terrified with a variety of •apprehensioni.
Sometimes he imagined that she had fallen a vic.:
tim to hergenerosity ; and at others he was seized
with the dreadful persuasion, that she bad forgoL
ten him. The dread of. absolutely perishing
through want of food, now added new horror' to
his situation, and a more dreadful death appeared.
to threaten him,' than that from which he had
escaped. His spirits failed; his energies forsook
him, and he sunk senseless on the coffin of one of his
ancestors. At length a noise roused his attention; it
was the' voice of his terider.hearted deliverer, who
was calling him ;- the joy he felt in his exhausted
state overpowered him, 'and when he would have
an*wered her, the power of utterance failed him.
She : construing . his silence into that 'of death,
was seized with a chilling. fiorrors,arid let the traps
door fall. The unhaPpy man, feeling-411 the hot.
rots of his 'threatened fate, made a
most violent
effort, and shrieked aloud : she heard his screams,
and returning, hastened to him with refreshment,
and consoled him 'by:an. explanation- of the causes
of her long absence, and an•aSsuranCe, that she had
taken such
.steps 'asavoidd infallibly prevent- their
recurrence. She was about to leave him, when, the
clashing of arms struck his ear; , she instatAtly
tired, and beckoned td the Frerieli.m4A-fir'be sjlene.
was in filet a party of armed soldiers, -who -had
accused the ;Sexton of having concealed an emi-
grant in the church; and he being perfealy
rant of the imprudence of his Ni; bad -brought
'them thither for the' purpose'of satisfying themselves
of his' innocence, lay a stria sea'rch,',No part cf the
church escaped their vigilant searea ; t!,ey exa-
mined every corner, :and even marched over
the trap.cloor. What a terrible situation , for
the two prisoners ! Every step whi.h this, heard
penetrated 'their 'hearts, and seemed to them
the approach of their-last moment. The noise,
gradtially subsided; and at length
entirely ceased. • The
,yOung woman , then yen-
• cured forth, and very cautiously surveyed :the
church, where a profound silence no reigned.
She returned to quiet the alarms of the yOung
Frenchman, and then retired. 'For Severed days
after this event she regularly brought him ilia daily
stistenancesAntil at leogth.the mumentssirrived when
he was enabled to quit 'his suliterraneous retreat
with safety. He-then bade a..tender and respectful
fareWell.to the manea of:hiaameestors, which, had
thuS proteded him ; ascended liviog from the torab,
re,;aieed the open air, and swiftly flew to the em,
hr sees of a wife, whose fond arid,endearing caiesses taught' him still more highly to; appreciate the be. nevoleot interference, of his generous deliverer.

The following is a remarkable instance of devia-
atm from instinct : A starting, in the possessiOn of
Mr. !biter, oT Nortate
,hg.:streeti Chester, has-been
Eared up in perf4t intimacy with a cat ;,and such is
the mutual frien4liness of these animals, that one
plattetserres hod), and the hark of the puss is fre..
lui„tiy the perch. of his feathered companion.