The Sun.
London, England, 1803-05-06 00:00:00

Mr. GAitnow stated, that this was an Mtion to
recover 1701. for which the Defendant, a man of
fortune, had given his Draft upon his Banker; but
which lie•afterwards thought fit to order to be 'dis.
honoured. The Draft was given in payment of two
piCtUres ; the one of the Wise Man's oj-trills, and
the other A View of a Square, both by' eminent
Masters. Mr. Spring was a large dealer in va-
luable pi hires, and the mode of his dealing was the
fairest in the world. He exhibited his piatlres;
and that he might not be supposed to take advan.'
rage of the adiniration ex,,ressed by any. one i ,r any
patticutarlianrc, the price of each was-.fix-1
Urge figures over the piece itself. It .was
manner that the Defendant ptirchasedt the tvdo px.
tures in question, returning, a G:4;ztea, skhics!) he
bad previously purchased,
_What defence .etzuld be
to.ttie to this Action, he should wait to,hear.-:
The P..*:ntlalit's Draft being proveor4
Mr. Eit.ArNE, for the Defendant, 'lrv& a slim,
but very humorous speech. His 'Learned Friend,
he said, had praised Mr. Spring's mode of dealing;
Of that they, on the contrary, complained. He put
his prices on the pietnees, it was true, and that de.
ceived those who had *more taste than seience.•;—,
Thus a Galatea, who was not worth the 'canvas
she occupied, if only st. was placed over her, woold
be passed by with contempt ; hut; rate heart seven-
ty guineas, and she was looked:at !with.admiration.
.She was-parchased as a Titian, senk home, and e!m.
spienously elevated. :
.A• nian felt himself dignified
by the possessiun -of worki,of art, ,CoLnimpy was
invited.-:—." Look there, Sir ! There is a Galatea';
an original The connoisseurs invited
to dinner clapped their hands upon their mouths, to'
hide their laughter, and the Ghnt ofThian was al.,
most heard to groan at the profanation of his rime.'
SO it was .with Galotea, who, when he
discovered the imposture, wanted to.returiTher, and
send bet home disgraced to Mr. Spring's ; but that
Gentteman said, " No, Sir, in our 'trade We never
return money ; but here are. other 'orisbuth I will
sell you, and take, her in exchange. Here is The
Wise Man's Offering." Indeed, said Mr. Frt.
SYINE, it was (she Knave's OPring ; and I wish
my Client had given it the Wise Man's
But he did pot stop here : he took us in also upon
'the
Square. And, lastly, My Learned Friend has
pre::ented my Client's. Check, which, I fairly own,
has checkmated inth—rerdia for Plaint f.

A Letter from Gardensto fl„Nbr!rdeenshifYives.
the following melancholy recital On 7fuesday
the 19th ult.. we had a very hard gale from .W.S:W,
which increased:towards afternoon to a complete Intr.
ric;ine, abating only by short intervals ihrtiughout
the night. Next morning a variety awreck, scatter.
:ed along the shore, announced the destruetion of some
Vessel- at no great distance. Some of the Inhabitants,
eager to make a farther discovery-, went to sot vey
the west rocks, where, from the to tS a stupend.
ous promontory, in a curved called Whale.
:cOve, thex discovered a large mass of wreck, which
convinced them that this 'had been the scene of
the usloftunate event they haranticipmed.: Ac.
tuated by a spirit of enterprizing homanity;somel
young men adventured to crawl down the tremend.
'ous precipice, and notwithstanding the fluduating
and furious flaps of wind peculiar to the time and
place, attually descended the depth of goo feet
perpendicular. On reaching. the bottom of .the
rock, their attention and feelings Were suddenly'
interested in a very striking objert indeed—the
only survivor of an unfortunate crew (eleven in
number), insulated on a rock near the wreck, in
whom the title of life was fat ebbing I nor was it
till low water that these laudable adventurers were
able to rescue him from this dread asyluM. This
hoWever at last they happily efE4ted ; and succeed.
ad, weak and bruised as- he was, in bringing him
safe up the hill—an atchievethent which any stranger,
would certainly pronounce inipossilite. The wreck
proves to be the Reliance, of Newcastle,
Allen master, 198 tons register; sailed from Shi,:itis
on the fyth, coal.loaded for Jamaica. The bodies
of six of the crew have been found and. interred."

On Tuesday (might last, a Private
,in the tBtii
Light Dragooni, who,. on 'his way to Mulches.
ter, was quartered at the Ship inn, in Leeds,
had, as well as his associates, a narrow escape
from suffocation. Just before bed time the Sol.
diet. ilegan-to snmak a pipe of tobacco, and before
it
,was
,finished got Into bed and continued smoak-
ing for a short time, but overcome with fatigue, he
presently fell sleep with the pipe in his Mouth
the bed of course immediately took fire, and the
consequences in all probability 4ould have been
dreadful, had not an immediate discovery been made.
MANS lorr-HousE.—Wednestiay John Woolrick,
a journeyman watch-maker, was charged before the
Lord Mayor with having -pledged a great number
of gold and silver watches, Which he had to finish
.ind repair for different i,vatchAnakers. The pawn-
brokers having notice, most of thtm attended, and
produced the watches which they took in from the
prisoner,,sw:ie of them in an unfinished state,
Time Lord Mayor examined the -Aa of Parliament
against pledging of unfinished watches, and told the
Pawn-broker who had taken in the u;ifinished ;ode,
that he was certainly subje4 to penalty for this
offence.; but, as they had all come forward, and.
given up the property, he should not conviet on the
penalty, but cautioned all PaWn-brokefa to be aware
of this in future.

The penalty was a01..0r fourteen days itnprison_
ment fOr each otrocc, which he not being able to
pay, 'was sent 'to prison.

TO AMEND THt LAWS REsPECTINt: THE CLERGY
HOLDING FARMS, AND ENFoRCINO_THEIA RE-
' STDENCR ON THEIR BENEFICES.
THIS 13ill was ordered to be printed on the 2za
April, and it appears fully to justify the great expec.
tations which havebeen formed of it both in Pallid-
ment and by the Public. Although the subject of the
Residence of the Clergy (and of the means of ena.
bling the far greater part of them to do so, by farming
the lands.where they have not sufficient glebe at-
tached to their benefices), may not at first si.,;ht ap-
pear calculated to strike the imagination, like some
other objects of Legislation, there can be none whith
involves more importance to the State, both in its civil
economy, and its religious establishment. Cor.sider-
ing the variations and abuses which have naturally
arisen in the long period which has elapsed since the,
21st otHenry VIII. and the necessity olcompelling
residence, notwithstanding that of softening the
rigour of, that A6l, it. is scarcely possible to imagine
a more nice and difficult task -than devolved upon
Sit WILLIAM SCOTT, by a kind of tacit eleftion
and general, deference to his abilities and clurader
in both blouses of Parliament. .
The Preamble simply states,. that many of the
provisions of the Aet of Henry the Vltlth have
been foUnd inconvenient, and me conbegnent expe-
cl;ericy of repealing some of its clauses, and enacting
more eiTeattiii Froviiions.
The Bill (list discharges all Clergymen against
whom no /Ohms shall have been brought at the
passing of the Aft, from all penalties and proseeu.
ant validlies such agreements and leases of a
pr, v.lousrdate, as, although contra:y to the Aft of
IleOry• the. Wilds', Will become lawful in fture,
by force of the present Aft. •
Clergymen au. next authorised to take heuses, al.
thime nut ill any city or town, and to tint farms,
by license of the Bishop, who is to he governed in
hiS discretion by the 'quantity of glebe attached to
their liViegs. They are.next permitted to buy and
settle cattle for the cultiv,ation of their farm',
a prohibition to buy or sell either beasts or corn,
Personally in market. Vicars and Curates are em.
powered to take leases .of impropriatians; Ike. and
no lease of glebe or other lands to be voided by non-
residence.
The penalty o' (ten pounds per month, which has
exposed the Clergy of late to so.many vexatious ac-
tioni, itnd a ptoportional forfeiture upon the profits
of benefices, and the length of absence enatied in
their stead. These penalties, together with costs,
arc given-to the common informer. Qne year's re.
sideilce•at any time; without a wilful absence -of ,
more than three months its the whole, is a bar to,
any Aims for a previous non.resPence.
It-isthan provided, .that the'penalties arc. not to
be levied against Clergymen liy arrest, but by se-
questrations of the profit's of livings ; and the' last
clauses enable the Bishops to grant licenses of ab.
Seine, which may be pleadett against the Informer,
and the Clergyman .to have the treble costs.
If the Bishop refuse, :lie Clerk may appeal to thi_
Metropolitan. •
The Bill then enaasythatthe law remain in force
as heretofore; with regaird to all- ecclessjstical or
canonical censures for nun-residence, excepting that
they cannot be infliCted for a period of absence
.shorter tlurn three months.
The Bishop May adnuinish his non. resident Clergy,
and in case ot contumacy sequester profits; but the
Clergy may appeal to the Metropolitan. •
If the Clergyman has Made a lease of Isis parson.
i•ie.hoty.e, the lease is void upon the Monition of
the Bishop for him to* resides
If any Clerk continue under sequestration for the
term:of three years, his Benefice is lisp faao void,
and the patron, &c. to present.
The other provisions of the Bill go to exempt
Chaplains, Canons, &c. &c. and to regulate costs
anti jurisdifiiiin where the parsonage lie. in. more
than one Diocese, and to save the King's dispensing
pOwer as Supreme Head of the Church.

Such is, we believe, the faithful Ahstria of thii
most important Bill, which' has the jt.int °hied
of Compelling residence in every just ca,e, and en-
abling Clergymen to reside. Ir cerminiy gives a
great discretionary authority to the Bishnps, but is
is in cases where there appears little temptation
tolthuse it, and in matters which are naturally of
their jurisdiction. It. to also be avet red, that
it is a discretion a6tually necessary to hr. lodged
somewhere, to meet the varying' justice of so many
complicated cases, and to protettt alike the Clergy
from vexation, •and the Parishes from neglen,' in
circumstances which no. general rule '4,1 law, or
rigour of its application, could ever tquitably
meet or provide for. The apreal to, the Arch-
bishop seems effectually to guard the deft.. against
any possible :injustice or severity in hit: diocesan,
where" he ctin allege just causes of non-residence.;
and his exemption from personal arrests far any
penalty he may incur,:is a just and valUabie privi.
lege, even in case' of disobedience. 01 unjust in.,
dulgence upon the: part. of the Bishop or the
Metropolitan, we can see no cause of apprehension;
besides, the high .respeet anti confidence of the
their
Counuy, of which their exemplary conduct, their
piety and virtues, have fully possestcd them, we do
not perceive that they can have any improper mn.
we were
to
in
al,
V
Clergy,t ves f granting
gelier and
if licences of absence in hreciet.
•
s~tppnae the
exercise of any favour, it could at the WUI c
ly exceed a few friends and relationi,
same favout might so easily promote into age_ of
those dignities which exempt them by law.

Upon the whole, we believe that a more unexeep.
tionabie Bill was never offered upon so vast zrul
complicated an ohjett, aid none has ever been draWn
up with more precision and. accuracy. We augur
from it the happiest resuits to the internal economy
of the Country, aid to the cornforttanti•respetlabi.
lity of the Clergy, without which no Country
can long cootinue happy, virtuous, and .weiLio.
verneti.