The Sun.
London, England, 1804-10-04 00:00:00

INSOLVENT .DEBTORS.

Tuesday a number
,of Insolvent Debtors were
hrought.to the Court of Quarter Sessions before the
Recorder and two Aldermen, when the whole nutn.
her, except three, were discharged. It was- ruled
by the Court, that no person not in actual 'custody
on or before the Ist of January, 1804, or who were
then in custody, hut aftetwards enlarged upon bail,
could receive the benefit of the AR, even though
surrendered by their bail. It was also ruled that per_
sons charged in execution for',damagcs, where the
cause of execution was malicibus, as fur publishing
scandalous words, conspiring to injure the person,
property, or liberty of the Subjeet,. were excluded
from the benefit of the Act. On this point, a very
interesting argument took place on the construftion
of the world'malice, in which Mr. MAC NALLY in.
silted that malice must be apparent, and made conclu.
sive to the understanding of the Court, by shewing
faCts, evincing the malevolence of a rancorous heart,
brought into attion against the suffering party,
and this, he said, depended on the nature of the
attion, which slitUld appear upon the record, not
Merely as an a& slated by the pleader to be
ously done, hut w he, of the cLiss of injuries cullal.
,ed by the Insolvent Act, as a viminal conversation,
seduelionot the Defendant's daughiet,
,and the like
off.,Ceb.—On the other sid.!, Mr. GREU-N and Mr:,
ALLEN insisted, that constiuctive malice was within
the meaning of the Aa, and that in any case where
an intention to injure' appeared, if the thing done
was 141,t .in tie Llecloation' to be done maliciously it
was sufficient to exclude the inS,,lvent from 'the be.
nefit 01 the Mt. The- RECORDFR said, he was in.
-elined•,o accede to Mr. MAC NALLY'S argument,
but would consider the point. The insolvent,
ever, determined the Matter, by ,offering notes of
instalment to the Plaintiff in payment of the da.
Mages, which were accepted.—lt was also ruled,
that 'lletainers.laid upon Prisoners for debt, subse.
quent to the first of January, .1804, for debts con.
tratted prior to that day, should be discharged,

On Monday se'nnight a young man employed in
the dye-house belonging to Messrs. Atkinson, at
Bradley Mills, ne4r Huddersfield, fell into a fat of
liquor, and wassealded to death. •
Yesterday se'nnight a fire broke out in a stable
at the Angel Inn in Chesterfield, which raged with
great fury, and was not got under till it had destroy.
ed the greatest part of the building, together with
the hay, &c. that was depoSited therein ; it was
Occasioned by a lighted candle, which had been.
carelessly stuck against the wall, falling upon some
straw. .

About six o'clock on Monday morning an un-
fortunate young woman, whose name' cannot yet he
ascertained, dropped down in the Dungeon Field,
near Canterbury, apparently lifeless ; nil moving, the
body into a shell, some. symptoms olanimation'ap.,
Peared, and
,she was in consequence carried to the
workhouse, and placed in a warm bed, and every
means used to restore her to life, but without cf.
feet.

On Thnr'tday last George Nelson, a private in the
Second C,lnpony of the I•Forth Battainn of Leeds
Volunteers, whci died the preceding morning, was
interred at the. parish church,• with military ha'.
nnurs. -After which the Company contributed each
a day's pay to his widoW and ebildten who are left
in very distrsed Circumstances : and to this &tier.
pus contribution their Officets made a very hand.
some addition. -

• On Monday night the Landlerd of an Inn at
TWyford -was knocked up by a man in the dress of
a soldier, who pretended that he .was on a forced
march; and had a billet on the hOuse. • The credo.
lous Landlord let the fellow in, and after he had re-
tired to'rest he Was awakened 'by a rumbling 'wise.
On his repairing down-%tkirs, the suppoied soldier,
who had let in two accomplices, were, plundering
the loWer part of the house. The villains secured
the Landlord, and made of with their bootK. The

villain who had.praCtised the,impusirion left a knap.
sack containing the coat by which he had obtained
admittance;
Caution to Drivers if Carrlngts.—Yesteraay
se'nnig,fit a boy, named John Lee, W;l3 convieted
before H. PARKER, Esq. in the full penalty of tor.
and 7*. costs, for .furiously driving his cart throngh
the streets of Sheffield, and oNered td be commit.
ted to the House of Correetion tor -one month, in

SIERRA LEON-.

A-n Acconnt of the Native Africans in the Neighbourhood of

Si:; [a Leone.

(FROM WINTERDOTTOM'S ACCOUNT OF SIER.Ft,A. LEONE.)

'" The Tinianees and Bulloms have moreover a
variety of games which they ' pratfise: with great
pleasure, and take .vast, interest in, even when they
are playing for amusement, and net for any stake of
value. One of the, games which they play at -is
..called k'yungee,pOo, or the game of baniboos, For
this purpose a square is traced upon the grouad, in
the.centre of which, at the corners, and in the middle
of each side, a. hole is formed. Two lines are draw n ,
,through.the centre, which intersed each other, and
pass, through the lateral holes : at each of their ex-
tremities, a hole or town, at they call it, is plated,
. which makes the number of towns amount to thirteen.
Each player has Fleven pieces of bamboo-, -which.are
distinguished .'by one set being :longer than the
other. In order to play, a bamboo is put into one
of the corner towns ; and, as the maws 41e alternate,
the other party does thc• same at the oppoSite
net. The first bamboo is then moved, to one of the
lateral towns, in order to allow others to be intro
duced. It may at the next move be placed in the
centre, end town; &c. The bamboos may be moved.
forivardi or backwards at pleasure, hut. they must
rest at the first town they meet in the path, and not
pass it for another. It one party be in a town at
the extremity
.of a line or in, the centre, and the -
other be in, the middle (or side town) having
the town behind it unguarded, the opponent may
step over into the unoccupied town, and thus take a
man, as at draughts. The.players may introduce as
many bamboos on the board as they Ouse, but sel-
dom above four or five are brought forward at once,
and these can only be introduced at the. coiner
town, which each occupied at first. .
" This game does not .appear to. admit of such
variety, nor is it so generally praai4ed as the top.
lowing, which is called k'yungee-bel, or the pine
of palm nuts. To play at this, they have a.
board about two feet in length, sharp pointed at each
end, and 'placed for conveniency upon a stand.
There are fourteen shallow round holes formed in
it, six of which are on each side,- and opposite to
each other ; these they call towns. The two other
holes are placed one at each end, for the players to
deposit the counters which they win. Each player
has' twenty.loof palm.nuts or counters, four of
-wh'ieh lie places in each town on that side of the
board Which he keeps to himself. The game con.
sists in moving these palm nuts all round the board
from left to right, but so that the: whole number
contained in any onetown must be taken up and de.
posited one by one. in the followingright hand (owes,
as far as they will reach. If the last palm nut falls into
one of the adversary's towns which contains but one.
or two counters, they are taken up anti
.placed in
the...depot ; but If there be already three in the
town,- as the addition or another nut forms a coat-. •
plete set, they cannot be taken, but remain there
Without doing' good to either party. Thus, if in
the furthest town towards the left hand, there hap.
pen to be eight palm nuts,-the player may take them
.up ; and leaving this town empty, he deposits a
conoter in each of his own towns, in succession to_
wards the tight, in addition to those they already
contain ; the remainder are deposited singly in the
three first. towns of his ativeriary. If in the town
in which theiast palm
,nut is placed there be only
,one or two counters, he not only- takes them, but also
those in the first and second town, provided, with his
addition the number of counters contained amount only
to three in each ; but this ,wholly depends upon the last
palm nut.' In this manner the game proceeds, until one
pariy has won as many counters as with,
which decides the game in his favour. Simple as
this game may ,appear, - it is sufficiently interesting
to employ their VrhOle attention, and is. pursued with
equal avidity by the boys and girls, by matrons and
infirm old men. •

Upon these occasions, a number of people cal.
Ira around .the players, mutually.. assisting them
with their advice, and appearing highly gratified
with their success. These games bciog forbidden
by the Koran, are seldom ur never practi,ed by the
Mohammedans."

Dissuasive against Suicide, suggested by a recent
melancholy instance of that ctiaw.

I f yoU are distressed in tnind, live ; serenity and joy may
yet dawn upon your soul. •
If you have 6een contented and cheerful, live; and gener
ously•ditfuse that happiness to others.
If misfortunes-have befallen you by your own miscan-
dttd, live ;• and be wiser for the future. '
Ifthey have befallen you by the fzulq ofothers; live ;.you
have nothing .wherewith to reproach yourself. •
If you are tudigtutt and helpless', live ; the face of things
may agreeably change.
If y_ou are rich and prosperous, ; and enjoy what you
.possess.
If another hath injured you, live ; his own crime will be
his pun6hment.
It you have injured another, ; and rec9mPence it by
your good tlicei.
If your ciitracter be attacked unjustly, live ; time Will re-
move the aspersion; •
I f the reproaches are well founded, live ; and deserve them
,not for the future. _

If you are already eminent and applauded, live ; and pre.
serve the honours you haVe•acquircd.
It your success is not equal to your merit, live; in the
consciousness of hiving deserved it. ;-
If your sllcCe§s.,hath exceeded youi merit, live ; and arro-
gate not too much to yourself, _
If you 'have been negligent and useless to society, /iv:. ;
and make amends by your future condo&
If you" have been .active and industrious, live; and com•
municate your improvements to of hers.
If you, have spiteful enemies, live; and disappoint their
malevolence.

1 f you have kind and faithful friends, /12.1. ; to bless and
proteo them. . ,
if hitherto you have been impious and wiaed, live ; and
repent of your sins.
_..- If VOL have been wise and virtuous, live; for the future
bene6t of ni ailtini. And, lastly,

if you hop c. for inninuriality, c,ild prepare to enjoy
it.

• - At 1M RIED.
On the Ist, inst. ;At in Clieshire, Captain A. W..t
Schoinb:'l::-Pf o.m K vp, second son of the late Si
A lexander Scli,,mi-,erk, a ..:a Anne Smith, youngest daugh-
ter of Rearnkchniral l'oolton, in Cheshire.
Ott Mo:iday• the 2.4 th nit .it St. Pancras Church, Cottna
Dent, Esq. senior Civii ocivant .of the Madras Establish.
menr, to Miss Eliza Frances to.nlson, daughter of theist,:
Cbarles lohnstoii, l'ercy-strcet, Bedtind-square.
'On Ttiesdav, at St. •Ge,ir,.,e's Chapeli ilano'ver-sqil ur,ett
• R. W. Hall,. -Esq. of Ilford Lodge, Essex, to M. 45 `l3'
land:
Last Thursday; Mr: Charles Wilkinsorr, of Tarbicant
NI:.sS Taylor, of *runless.' • ' • ivie•
On the 19th ult. at „Itatligar, near Dublin, .Gceiv
Esq. of Waterford,. to Miss Susan Farran. Ncw-
, •Qn Thursciay, [antes Blackstone., Fsq. principal ,s_ of
Inn /-lail,• in to e University:9f Oiford„ to Miss leil01"
IVallinglord. '

..Dal). • • •
On Thursctay last, Miss l/ppleby, daughter. of:Phillip
plebe,-„ list'. ;0; Woolton-douse, in the County a Lincoln.
.., 9 the zgai ult. At to / 1101.1 SC Of Mr. MOM t
Alr., I ioilotto.tindzre
Newcastle-upon-Tyoe, Mrs. Nesbit, ‘Viteot . l
bit, Engraver, of Lawience-street, Chelsea. ,
' About three o'clock. on Sunday morning 14St, a-frer a hort'
illness from'a typhus fever, Mr: Abraham Wing,4arrner, of
l'akenhaul, Norfolk, and Steward to Thomas I.lWirigcorine Lwife vans,
Esq.. and about nobn, the .;ante day, Mrs. , of
the above Mr. Wing. - • -
On Sunday eVattsng last,,athis house. at Walgtorth, of
nervous -lever, Mr. joint Lamb, of lien-litirch.butl.illii•
Merchant. . .
,_
On Nlonti4y the 24th ult.. at her houseastrstreet, Red"
1i..,/:-square, NI:-.;. Leonora French, -attd-70,. :

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