The Sun.
London, England, 1804-03-12 00:00:00

CERTIFICATES.

Mar:4l3i. Phiilips. Liverpool, fruiterer. •
C. Blaurock and 1. H. Lutterluh, late ()Inuit-lane, mer—

chants.
; Gard, of North Tawton, Devgnshire, merchant.
F. Forbes, lateef Blackman-street, Southwark,ehymist and
do oggist.
Baseley Rolls, of Birmingham, merchant.
:Mason, of Snow-Hill, shoo-maker.

Colonel M'DokvAt., of Lagan, has made a' fi,ll-
- at Ardwell shore, -near Purtnessock, which
is he-wn-out of a rock, into which the sea runs dur-
ing the flood tide, and then ebbs again, still, how-
ever, retaining a considerable quantity of water,
witzreby the fish it contains are kept abundantly
-Supplied in their proper element. There is a man
who 'attends them regularly . with food congenial to
their- mature, andthey regularly come to tint 'at -a
certain place and receive from his hand shell and
other fish. One of them is a cod.fish which the
man dolls by the name of Torn. He is so familiar
that he will sometimes permit him to. stroke his
head with his hand, in the same manner as the
.tainest domestic animal will allow his master ; but
the least noise will cause a very rapid and abrupt
ckparture. Torn has been upwards of two years in
• this pond.
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110.1,TE CIRCU'IT.

CIIELN/srOlt ESSEX, MARCI-1 d).

SOPWITH WOLLAgTON.
Mr. Serjeant BEtir stated, that the Plaintiff in this
rase was an old man, a ship carpenter, living at the
Isle of Mersey, and the Defendant was a Captain in
the Navy, who commanded a corps' of Sea Fencibles
at the same place. The Action was brought to recover
a compensation in datnagts- for false imprisonment,
which the Defe;adant had or,casione3 the Plaintiff to
be subjeeted to, -because he retused to enrol himself
a Volunteer in his Corps. Perhaps it might 'be zeal
for the sacrifice of his Country which had caused
Capt.Wollaston so to misconduCt himself, but what-
ever were his motives, the Plaintiff was certainly en-
titled to a compensation for the injury which he had
sustained. He should prove that Car.. Wollaston,
when the Plaintiff declined enrolling himself in his
Corps, told him, that if he did not he would cause
him to be impressed, and that he actually wrote to
the Lieutenant of the Aiinwell Gun-brig, then lying
off the Island, in consequence of which the Plain.
tiff, who had never been at sea in his life, was im-
: pressed, and was detained for seven weeks on hoard,
1 until he was liberated by the Writ of Habeas Cor_

pus.
Samuel Overhaul said, the 'Plaintiff was a ship-
carpenter.at Mersey. He was present at a meeting
held -at- the White Horse, in: that Island, .on the Bth
of Oilober. Captain. Wollaston called over, the roll
of, their names, in order to form a Corps of Sea
Fencibles. The Captain, then told them, that those
who enrolled themselves would be exempted from
being impressed, and that they would he liable if
they,did not enroll themselves. The Plaintiff, Sop-
with, said, he could not .serve, as it would be in.
convenient for his business, but that his apprentice
might,. and that he would take his chance about .be-
ing impressed.
Charles Sopwith, the Plaintiff's brother, proved
that he had never been at sea.
Lieut. Petit, of the Aimwell, Gun-brig,said„On'the
z3d of OEtober last he received a letter from Capt.
Wollaston, which was put in and read : in this letter,
Capt. W. tells the Lieutenant, " That there were se.
veral.persons on shore who have not enrolled them-
selves in the Fencibles, and thinks they might be
impressed, as it would have the good cited of making
others enrol themselves the-faster." He then points
out the Plaintiff as one of them. In consequence
.of this letter the
,Witnes't impressed the Plaintiff,
and kept him seven weeks' on board, till he was
delivered by the writ of Habeas Corpus. On cross_
examination he said, he thought himself bound to
obey the orders of Captain Wollaston, as being his
.superior officer in the navy, although he had not a
command afloat. He had always done it, and had
reported it to the Admiral, who approved of it. It
was entirely in consequence of Captain Wollaston's
letter that he impressed the Plaintiff.
Another -letter from the Captain was also read,
in 'which he advised the Witness not to discharge
the Plaintiff, although he was unfit for service, with-
-out an order frOm the Admiralty.
The Attorney for the Plaintiff proved, that it
cost 171. 135. 9il. to procure the Plaintiff's discharge
by Wit: of Habeas Corpus;
Mr. Serjeant SH EPP AR D rested his defence on the
ground that Capt. Wollaston did not order the Plain.
tiff to be impressed ; that what be had written to
Lieut. Petit was merely advice, which lie was not
bound to follow, except as far as it agreed with his
own opinion.
Mr. Justice HEATH told the Jury that,Capt.
laston's letter clearly proved he was an accessary be-
fore the fad, and in trespass all accessaries were prin-
cipals ; the only question, therefore, would be 'as
to the amount of damages ; they would give such
as was a fair compensation, for the Law knew no
such thing• as vindiitive damages--" Gentlemen,"
said he, " do not approve of Captain Wollaston's
Conduit. This is a strange way of making Volun.

teers."
Verdia for the Plaintiff—Damages One Hundred
and Five Pounds.

STEALING FROM A LITTER.--.-Daniel
a very young lad, was indided for that he being a
person employed in the Post-Office,. at Colchester,
on the 19th of Oflober, 'feloniously secreted a IL
Bank Note, contained in a letter to be forwarded
by the Post. Verdi(t—Guilty.