The Sun.
London, England, 1804-07-18 00:00:00

ED/NBURO/i, juvr 14.

HIGH COURT Or• JUSTICIARY.

yESTERDAY came on the trial of William Goldle,
late kiVate soldier in the Argyllshire Militia, "ac.
cused of the murder of William Shaw, also late a
private in.the said Regiment, on, the .9th of May
last... by stabbing him with a bayonet in the left
haunch, at the head of Advocate's close, Edinburgh,
of Which wound he dted 'on the 13th of May in the
Royal Infirmary.
CAMPUFLL. Esq. junior Counsel for
the Prisoner, in opening, .stated, that the Pi!Mel
WAS man Of 'A general good charader ; and that
hf would prove that his.Wite had been beat and mal-
treated by. the deceased, who, he would also prove,
was a man of a very turbulent disposition. The
I.4oata.ArkvocAre said,lhat what Mr. CANiPSALL
had stated was very different from the information
which had been laid before him ; hut if it came out
oo.the evidence, it would certainly weigh with the
jury.
'lt appeared from the' evidence, that this unfor.
tunateaffair had its rise from an altercation which
took place between the deceased and the wife of
the Prisoner -abymt . a few pence, which • the' latter
insisted tire former owed her, but they could not
agree about the amount.
The Prisoner and the deceased had both been
quartered itt the house of James Ortniston, change:.
keeper in Advocate's dose ; Shasw had left it some
time ; tint both he and the Prisoner having met
there on the.tyth of May, and also goldie's wife. a
demand for payment was made by the wife of the
Panne' on the deceased, and he objeaing to the
justice of it, a scuffle ensued. The deceased called
her a bad name, and some blows were given. They
were separated at that ton- : the deceased went
down stairs, anti WS; Guidie followed him. The
wife of the Rtuttel, when in the close, seized the
deceased by the arms.; be gave her a. blow, which
made her reel it little backward, and then gut up
the dose. The Prisoner followed, and coming up
with bilis near the head of it, he stabbed hint la ith
his bayonei an the haunch, which penetrated near
eight inches into his body.
On authenticating the declaration of the Panne!,
and also a declaraion of the deceased, taken in the
Infirmary before his death, Mr. fimativroN, senior,
Counsel for the' Nutlet, insisted that a declaration
emitted before the Magistrates of Edinburgh by the
Prisoner's wife, should be admitted as evidence of
the injury she had sustained from the deceased.
The LaRD Anvoc4rE opposed it ; and, the Court
refused to receive it.

Several Witnesses were examined in exculpa.'
tion, who all gave the Prisoner a most excellent
char,ieter.

The Lotto AL vocAre summed up the evidence
for the Crown. lie contended that ha had esti.
blished hi, charge of murder, and ' that the Jul)?
sh„old bring in a v'erdia of guilty.
Mr. FIANtt LroN bummed up for the Panne!. He
imisted cidt what the Pannei had done Was in de:
fence of one dearer to him, than hirnself ; and 'con.
eluded with 'hoping, if the Jurr.did not entirely
acquit him, they would at least bring in a Nerditt
'of culpable homicide. •

Lord Purist NUAN, the presiding Judge, Charged
the Jury, recapitulating the principal Nit of the
evidence ; who were incloSed about hall.past three
in the afternoon, and returned disir verdia this
day at one o'clock, finding, by a plurality of voicer,
the Pannel guilty of culpable Homicide.—The Court
ordained him to be transported beyond seat for the
space of fourteen years froth this date.

Tut following are the appointments for the en.
suing Autumn Circuit ;
InsT---lokt TUSTte& CLERK and Lord et/1.1.1tN.
Stirling, Wednesday, Sept. 12.
Inverary, Monday, Sept. 17. •
Clasgow, Saturday, Sept. 22,
NORTH —Lord DUNONNAN and Lord Can IG. .
Perth, Saturday, Sept. ts.
1 tiverue:tis, Saturday, Sept. 2z.
Aberdeen, Saturday, Sept. 29.
SOUTII.—Lord hi --tTIIV EN and Lord A a r.: A nA L le .
jedt)Ll4,,h, Alonday, Sept. 10.
nnnitnea, Saturday, Sept. 15.
Ayr, Thursday, Sept. 2..

Captain ANGUS CANtrit ELL, of Ensay, liaq very
patriotically offered to furnish Smacks fur the con..
.veyance. of Volunteers, which Ills Majesty has been
graciously pleased to approve and accept of, "Ei ap-
pears by the following letter from Lor,l 11AIX1(28.
BURY to Sir JAMES GRANT, His Majesty's Lord
Lieutenant fur the County of Inverness :

14 Sint 'bircta/l, 2:pb lDLiy, 1304.
" I have laid before the King, your letter of the 18th inst.
containing an ofkr. from Captain Angus Campbell, :o fur.
nth Smacks, at his own expence, tor the conveyince of
Volunteers, in case of emergency, from I.ong Islam to the
Isle of Sky, or to ,any part of the Mainland of Sept lasd, be.
t wen, Cape Wrath and Ardnainurchait.
" And l have great Satistadlion in executing the Cornnind
which I have received front 1•Iis Majesty, to signify .0 you,
his entire approbation, and most gracious accept.oice, of this
very, spirited and 'Patriotic otter.
" I have the Honour to.be •& c, •
" 11A,W1 Esll‘ll.l.V.

" fa Sir yrntrs Grant, B.t, t. tec„*#

On Friday night last the Garrison of Sieerness
Wail mach alarmed by the fire.bells tinging, and the
drums beating to arms, occasioned by the black.
smith's shop in the Dock-yard being on tire, be,
tween the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock, By
the alive exertions of the Officers of the Yard, as-
sisted by those of the Navy and'Army, it was hap.
pity got under, without doing much mi,ehief. From
the most stria investigation of the business, it ap.
pears to have happened entirely through accident.
On Moab)/ sz'nnight, several pieces of ground
in the vicinity of Greenock', were sown with com.
mon felt! turnips, which, on the forenoon of the
Thursday following, were perfeetly visible in rows•
The shoemakers of. Glasgow have l*en following
the example of dietf brethren in London, enter.
ing into a combination for an adVacee of wages.
Several of the ringleaders have i.Jcen committed to
prison.

Some person, on Friday morning, threw to the
poultry, of Mr. Clarkson, of Sr. Gecages riekli, a
quantity of grain, which had been stet pett in some
deleterious liquid, and which in a few hours killed
them.

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF KING's BENCH, GUILIIIIALL, TULY 13.

" COOKE W. 'WOODCOCK.

This was•an adion by the owner of the. Ship the
Welcome Messenger, against the owner of the Ship
Paragon. The declaration stated, that the servants
of the Defendant 'so unskilfully navigated the said
vessel, that they run against the Ship of the Plain.
tiff, whereby she was sunk and destroyed.
MreEKsit INS Stated', that the Plaintiff's Ship
sailed from North Shields in March 1803, and when
they arrived off *Lowestoft- they met the accident
which gave rise to the present anion. He should.
show that the fault was entirely in the Crew of the
Defendant's vessel for there was' a laW of the sea
as well as a law of the road, and both were founded
on principles which had the convenience of travellers
for their objett. ,If a man travelled at night in, a
dark road, if'he•kept his right side he might pass
safely on, unless seine other went out of his right
side. So at sea it was an established law, that a
ship having the, wind (that is sailing before it)
should giVe way to the vessel Which was beating up
against the wind, and fur this plain reason, that the
turmr could avoid the latter with very little in.
convenience to .herielf, whereas if the latter were
to attempt to get out of the way of the former,
they would lose more way in half an -hOur than they
.could recover in a whole day. Such was the relit:
live situations of the vessels of the Plaintiff and
Defendant. Tile Plaintiff's ship was laden with
coals, working against the wind; the Defen.
dant's was going before the wind ; it was a calm
night, and clear enough to See any ship time enough
to clear away fruits danger. They could have clear,
'ed the Plaintiff's ship with half a turn of the wheel,
if they. had been at ail minding their duty, but in.
of which, though they were repeatedly bailed,
not 0 soul was on the watch, and they came (tired
athwart the quarter of the Welcome Messenger, by
hid) she was sunk, and hardly time enough left
fur thp men to, save their lives.

John Club, Captain of the Ship Welcome Mes.
senger, stated, that they sailed from North Shields,
coal laden, in Match 1803. On, the !ph • they
made the Lowestoft' Lights ; they were sailing near
the wind, and about ten o'clock they saw. the Pa.
ragon standing in their quarter ; when they first
saw her she might be three quarters of a mile dis-
tant ;as she' approached,' they hailed her,-but got
no answer ; they told her she would be foul of theni
if they starboard their helni ; they received no an.
swer, and she came plump upon them ; their vessel
immediately swung round, and he jumped upon the
forecastle of the Paragon. Ile saw no person there,
but there was one or two aft ; just as he got to
the sterni.the Captain of the Paragon was Coming
up the cabin hatchway. He .said ha had not been
down above a quarter of an hour, and that be sup-.
posed his men, instead .of keeping ti look.our, had
gone below too. The Captain wished the Witness
and his CreW to go back to his own ship, and that
he and his Crew would assist them; but the Wit.
ness declined, as he thought she was in sou danger.—
ous a state ; shortlY after the ship sunk.
The defence set up by the other side was,, that it
was sea tiork,a i.dght they could not see the length
'of the gib.boom before them. That ithe watch was
all upon deek keeping .a.look.:Out, anti that they
never saw the Welcome Messenger until she was
close underrtheir bows. Several Stamen of the yes.;
sel were called, who swore to these fads,. but the
Jury found. verdict. for the Plaintiff. It was
agreed to settle the amount of the danoges by re-
&mime.

tae) ? it did-not pr-feis ttj eve7iii4i4kin,strtia;:.
or entertainment----its
-itb hole cltint•to merit was ac:
curacy; and nothing else.
It professed to. savc
labJur in- calculation, at the saine thn: it was cal-
ciliated to mislead those who trusted. it. Stipiiose
.
an ectip,e were to be thus calculated, whit woruld
berth:night of an astronthner who gave tts eciii".c.
on.a.wrong.day Suppose any of. the Genile,nen
who calculated the produce or and Icattional
sums for Gilivernotent, atnihanting to millions of
hey, were to depend on :tv.-11 publication,: as thoes-:
what enormous losses might be produced 1)-,
pose a young gentkman in a crimpling-hi:l,e wcie
to take these cateulations, instead of tveik;ilg 1114
sums himself, what mrght be the. 'efriet lie might
be discharged as a blunderer, unfit to manage ac
counts. Upon a full 'view of the matter, hi, Lord.
ship said, that instead of allowing an ation for
pirating a publication of blunders, it was rather
matter of lamentation .there was no power by law
to•restrain such publications, because they misled
those who trusted to Them.

Upon this suggestion, the Plaintiff's Counsel suh.
mittcti to a Nonsitit.--Pidintiff nansuityd.

.Y..~.._....,._.

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Darnley, Shaftesbury, Cork,.and Derby, the Right
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SKIP NEWS.

GRAVESIND, JULY 16.

Passed by—the Neptune, Pattersson, from Norway ; and
the [ohauna, Falatinea; from Embden..
Sailed—the Diligente, Gomas, for Lisbon '; I-lope, ',ll
dyke, fbr Catwyck ; .Philan, Brown;. and the Chat-1011J
Ann, Barrel!, for Menzel.