The Sun.
London, England, 1804-08-03 00:00:00

one walk at the suit of an innkeeper in Durham, at
whose house the friends of Mr. Wharton used to
rncei, against George Mensfotth, a freeman, fur spe.
cial damages, in having propagated a report that he
had sold houses and was a beggar ; in .conse-
quence whereof his creditlrs came. upon. him so fast,
that it was with some.dilliculty he could spay their
demands, although his circumstances were very good.
To prevent the heavy damages, however, which
must have been recovered on a trial, the party
ihoUght it prudent to make an apology for his rash
condua, and pay the costs,, which the Plaintiff ge..
nerously acceded to.—The fifth was an anion
brought by Howe, an innkeeper, a free Man in
Warton's interest, against .the proprietors Of the
Chester brewery,. which, like the last, terminated
in a compromise.

At Lincoln Assizes, which ended on Wednesday
ze'nnight, the following Prisoners were capitally
.convicted, and received sentence of death, viz.,
Francis Allen, for stealing eighteen sheep, the pro..
perty .of His Grace the Duke of Ancaster ; James'
Atkinson, for
.burslariously entering the'dwelling.
house of. John Gervis, and stealing thereout two
one pound notes, and twelve or fourteen shillings
• in silver ; and Isaac Burton (late a resident of New. ,
Radford, near Nottingham), for uttering a counter.:
felt five pound note on Messrs.Wrights' Bank, Not.
tingham : the two foimer were reprieved before
the judges . left the City ; Sand the Gentlemen con).
posing the Grand Jury having petitioned .in• behalf
of Burton, Mr. Justice GROtiE promised to make
ingoley at Nottingham, whether the mercy required
at bis hand.; would be worthily extended.

LAW CAUSE. --- OVer//071 BOWAber, —The
Plaintiff is a grocer at florocastle ; the befendant a
waggoner, occasionally employed to carry goods
from Boston to the quay of the Grand Sluice, where
the lucks of the canat,are so silted up as.to prove an
interruption to the immediate navigation thence by
the Witham. He was employed in that capacity,
on .the t 3.11 of September ;last, by a person
,named
Hooihby, the master of a vessel trading 'on the
Humber, to bring five hogsheads of sugar from a
warehouse in which they were deposited at Boston,
to the .above, quay, in order to their being forward.
ed by his vessel, as directed, to the Piaintifiat Horn.
castle. In dropping the,casks from the waggrm
ue.on a woolsack, one of them, not being stopped in,
titw., rolled into the water, and tie COOttOis were
reduced to a syrup. Fur the injury thus sustained,
this,adtion was brought to recover damages'.—The:
defence set up, was, that the Defendant was not a
common carrier, and 11l .t as there was no privity
u. c-ntraet between li;lo and the Plaintiff (Baumber
being employed by Boothby to convey the casks .at
the tore of is. for each), be was not ainenable
the former for any neglect.—The Learned judge, in
summing-up, observed, that every man who carries
at all for hire, is underitood to,prorniie securely to
deltv:r, and must he answerable lOr any breach of
that upi lied cootraCi.—Verdia for Plaintiff, da.,
mages 361. 14. Bd.

A Canon Madman.—ln the mad.house.at Aix.
la.Chapriv, an insane man, whose- madness has
been •unject to -surprising "and periodical changes.
fie ha. been shut up there fur fifteen years. Fur the
three first years, he never spoke a NOM, but was
continually adieu!. Dining the three following, he
seldom ci ased to speak either night or day. After.
"wards he laughed tor three ye:;,r3, and in such a vio.
lent manner, that he often fed inth,convulsions.
Wher this period was over, he began to.Whistle.from
morning to night, and troll) night to morning, so
that many peTtions apprehended that want of rest
must kill him. it tfl soon be three years since he
began to- 'cry in such a manner gist ft has already
Last the sight of one eye, and, .should Ir not soon
leave it 'off, he must pr.diakdy'i,4 61, it time he
entirely blind. lid is ihiity • live years f age, but
looks as it he had passed three Kole ears and ten,
His only fond for I t.te,,e last fifteen his been,
in every rweni h,tirs, two ;on.ili stlces of
btead ; aod his only driv k, two glasses aai watt r.
A few days ago an alarming five bri ke out in an'
out.house befdnging
.to Mr. Jarrett,. cat Alton next
Sittingbournes in consequence of the tide flawing in
on a quantity of unslacked limes. which in a short
.time constuazd the same, and :mine other small build.
ings which stood near. Owing to the timely assist.
,ante of the inhabitants of the town and neighbour.
the file:was prevented from spreading further
than, the out.buildings of the ddirining premises,
w' ich belonged'to persons who are bus in moderate
circunwances, and of which a small' part only is
insured.

*LANOUR.—.There is a farmer, not 4. mile from
Calderbridge, near VVhitehAven, whose wife (the
nether of eleven children), lately sowed, with the
drill, five acres of turnips- in four hours, and drag.
ged after her a large thorn, fur the purpose of k;o.
vering the seed sown.
REMARK/I,SLX OCCURRErget.—On Tuesday, se'n.
night a very beautiful woodcock was caught. by a,
'labouring man, in a field adjoining Tynetnouth Bar.
racks.. An Officer of the garrison immediately of.
feted hiin half.a.guinea for it, which was refused,
the poor fellow preferring making a present of it to
,his master.-,-It is well known .these birds emigrate
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early in the Spring.. •
HP/LUNG CRAWFURD, Chief
Magistrate of Greenock, has received the following
Letter

Trutteet o,ffice, Edinburgh, Yu,ty ao, tge4.
I tarCe the earliest opportunity of communicating to you,
for the information or the Adventurers in the Herring
Fishery, a Letter just received b.om Sir ST al'itax Car-
.Trit ELL, iodinating, that the Lords of Council fur Trade and
Foreign Plantations having taken into consideration the Re-
port lately transmitted by the Board, and other circunt.
stances relative. to the Petition of the Wear 1 uctia Merchants
to be allowed to import S wedish Fish, on lertain duties, into
the. British Market, tier exportation to the W,eft- 'tidies, their
Lordships have refused to comply with die Prayer of the
present Petitien.
At the same time you will be sensible, front tlie latter
part of the communications , from. their Lordships, that I.
connot too anxiously be you, by every meansin your power,
to impress on the attention of the Adventurers the peculiar
importance of ensuring a regular supply of klertings for the
West India Marker, at as reasonable prices as possible, and
cured in the most pertet and pitistattory manner, upon
which the permanent interests al the Adventurers themselves,
as well as the prosperity of this great national object of the
Fisheries, roust so essentially depend. I am, Sir,
• Your most ohediertt humble Servant,
WM. ARBU'FEINOT.