The Sun.
London, England, 1804-11-29 00:00:00

CatiAe why an attachment !tuul,l not issue fe,r con.
tempt, asder circumstances watch our itcaders will
not fait if. tecullea,

Mr. GIBIIi apposed this Rule. Ile said, Mr.
Stitton, ,m Attorney of Colchester, had personally
served Mr. Vennell with a Rule, Whereby it 'ap.
geared, he wits taxed by the Master. with costs in
the ruin of 120. Zs. 91: O the anearaoce Of
the 'Attorney, this person placed himself in aalfreat.
ening attitude, and set sane dogs at
,this minister
of the law. By these assaiiants he was bitten. in
• one of .his thighs, and with difficulty crawled home.
The Learned Counsel said, that by hisaflidavits it
appeared, this contempt had not been shewn.
Vermeil had a field of potatoes, and these dogs'
'" wet e the 'appointed guardians cif this valuable pro.
'duce. Some depredators had been in his ground,
and he was retutning in extreme ill.humour with
hiS
,quadrupeds, when he accidentally met Mr,„
&Mon at his gate, who presented a paper, :with the
contents of which Mr. Vermeil ssas wholly unac.
-qiiainted. Mr. Vennell is very deaf ; he indistinttly
heard something, however, about the claiM ; and
thinking he had 'already paid more than he ought,
he considered the demand an insult, and offered to
~,fight the applicant for a guinea. Mr. Sutton not
being endowed with the same iirowess, retreated
to the gate, when Mr. Vermeil. advanced upon
bim, and the dogs observing the scuffle in which
their master was► engaged, interfered.for his pro.
tedien„ 'as might be expeded:from,the natural
docility and attachment of these...animals. Mr.
Vermeil swears positively, that '.he did not urge
them to any attack, and that he Called them off
as soon as he observed the UneqUaLecintest in
which thicTrofessional Gentleman 'wait
,engaged.
Lard Et.t.enaottoucn.—'s It:aPpeatti that Ven.
. nell. pulled Sutton back when he was endeavouring
to escape over the gate. The dogs, he says, sided
lot his aid, but not under his command.. I think
he Must be supposed. to' .have a
..controul over
them, and that he chose to incur the risk of offend.
ing the Court."--.Rule made absOlUte.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov., s 7.
ANN O'LEARY 1./. A. M'MAUON, ESQ.
Serjeanc ONSLOW appeared .to show cause why
the Defend,int should not .be discharged, from the
Bench Prison, in, which he was,confined on
an execution for debt. infising to do hit duty on
'the presint occasion for his Ciicnr, who, was a very
poor woman, he felt himself extremely auleWard and
embarrassed from the novelty, of the aituation in
which he was plice&: This
-.proceecled from not
having any one of his Learned Brothers 'on the op.
Posite side for Defendant, with whom- be. could
communicate and arrange the yroceedings, Under
these circumstances, he, did; however, consult some
of them, to whose understanding and. experience
he justly paid a deference, and, from the-, nature of
the case, they suggested that the best mode would
be to' have the affidJvits
.of the Plaintiff and De_
Pendant read to the Court, and abide its decision,
without any comment on his part, which...the ex-
traneous matter: contained in
,the Delendantts.aili-
davit rendered 'unnecessary.
The Loan Cater jtb•rfctE, on having heard
the Defendant's affid4vit read, observed, that it was
filled with matter ,iirelevant, fa the Lreater part,
to the subjed before the Court, and that the main
point advanced and relied on was the. Defendant's
erreit, after 'a writ of error was SOO out and served
upon the opposite party.

II •
• •

Seijeant OrisLow acknowledged that the Defend.
ant had sued out the writ; bur, in consequence of
not having entered bail within four days afterwards,
that it was unavailing. The, Defendant submitted
to the Court, that he was arrested on going from
the Common Pleas, by which he was protetted at
the time, to the Rolls, in which he was ailing as
Agent fur his wife; .in consequence, that he could
.and did claim two privileges, one from each Court,
which were evidently violated in the seizure of his
-person. This contempt of, the- privileges of. these':
Honourable Courts was aggravated also by -the re.
fusal of the Sheriff's Officer who arrested him to
return to the Common Pleas, or to go to the. Rolls,
for the purpose of ascertaining the fait of his pro.
teftion. This lie begged to impress on the hurna..
vilify of the Court ; and the other-various proceed.
inga with whiCh he was harassed, were undertaken
with the sole view of disabling him from recovering
'his wife's fortune, which exceeded the sum of
60,0001.
Sir JAMBS MANS?! RLD said, that if the Sheriff's
Officer arrested him under a process from another
Court, in contempt of the privileges of the Common
Pleas, he subjefted himself to punishment, and the
pity aggrieved could seek-and find adequate redress.
The affidavit of 'Mr. Edward Rogers,.: Attorney
for the Plaintiff, stated, that the Defentlint was ar.
rested in June lust on a writ issued in Middlesex,'
and committed to prison, in which the Plaintiff laid
a detainer on biro, by virtue of an exeCtiliOrt. oh,
tained in consequence of a verdict given,againit him
for 301. due for lodging, &c. to Plaintiff,' which,
with costa, amounted tool. ; he acknowledged that
the Defendant issued a Writ of error, but needled
to put in bail for the staying of further proceediogs.
The Loan Cut E UhT icy said, tie-
ggleft of the Defendant made the detainer, pellet-fly
legal ; and as to the legality or illegality of his art_
ginal arrest by a writ of Middlesex, the Court could
not at all interfere or decide ; he should tceutntnend
it, therefore, to hire, to apply to the' Court of,
King's Bench fur setting it aside, if he had good
ground, and if he succeeded, it would be then in
hii power to apply to the Common Pleas, perhaps
with circa. Under all these circumstances of the
ease, lie must, at ))resent, refuse the rule for dis.
charging him front custody, but without incurring
costs.

on the part of Mr. Blanltr, that he had no other
ohjeti in view in detaining the Infant than to pro.
vide for it at the desire of its father, as the mother,
a very yoUng wom.in, had not the means of sup.
porting- it. •
Mr. Serjeant 13f tit observc,l, that the mother was
miserable in consequence of, being separated from
her bffspring. He -described. her residence to be
with her aunt, a.shopkeeper in Thimes.street, who
had promised to take care of the child ; and, he
contended, the Court were bound to order it to be
given up.

Sir jAmas IVlANtsrtaLb was inclined to think it
would be for the benefit of the child to remain
where it was till the father returned, and for the
mother to have constant access to ir, but as no ac.
commodation could he rn tde to that ellen, it ought
to be restored to the mother, who appeared prompt.
ed by -pure affeetion to take care of it. The Court
acquiesced, and M. Blander resigned his charge.

IIYTHE, Nor. :3.

Att Ott T ten o'clock List Friday evening' a fire
betike out in the bed.chamber of Mr. Charley Smith,
at the Post. Office, Ilythe : it was supposed to have
proceeded from the spark of a candle which the
maid.servimt took with her into the room some time
before the discovery of the
_accident. Mr. Pank.
hurst's apprentice, svlto lives exadtly opposite, hap.;
pity perceived' the fire, and gave the alarm. Mr.
and Mrs. Smith were both in the house, and, a lovely
infant; their only offspring,. about 1.6 months old,
had been put to bed two hours preyious to the
event. Mrs. Smith, on being apprised of the dis.
aster, with wonderful presence of mind, ran up stairs
and found the child enveloped in the blaze of the
burning curtains. Urged in this perilous crisis ,by
the powerful impulse of maternal affeaion, she un.
dauntedly rushed into the flames and snatched her
babe from impending destruaion.
The worthy inhabitants of Hythe, with a zeal
which Yefleds honour on their feelings, vied with
',each other in giving every possible assistance,
.and
by their timely exertions arrested the progress of
the ravagiug element.—The damages sustained were
trifling, except the demolition of two beds, and
Curtains. We are happy to state that nei-
ther Ws. Smith nor the.infant received the slightest

AsH, (KIHT), Nov. ts.—The following deep
trick was imposed on an honest and industrious
couple in our neighbourhood, and is inserted by
way of guarding the Public against the many impo.
bitions which are made against the.credulous and
unwary :

A few days since a-young man, in the habit, of
a sailor, pilled in the evening at a cottage inhabited
by an aged..an4 industrious labouring man, of the
name of Hambrook, and earnestly requested of them
to grant him admission while he wrote a letter to
his friends, which 'he informed them were respe4i-
able silversmithein London, lie having been pressed
and deserted his ship, and was now in great distreis.
The plausible manner in whiclahe told his tale, soon
worked upon the feelings of bonestGaffer and his
wife, and his requesrwasgranted; after enuuserat.
ing to them the wealth of his friends, and the good
fortune which would accrue to: them from having
granted him an asyltertt,liebegged. he might be per.
miffed to sleep •there than mght, saying he had.
' wrote to his friends, and he was confident they
would be well rewarded for everrattention which
they had paid him ; he told them. he expeded an
answer by return of post, the contents of which he
would communicate to them. Thus, day after day,
passed on, and honest Gaffer, buoyed up with the
hopes of -hit good fortune, hospitably entertained
his new friend for near a week. At length, an answer •
he told them had arrived from his friends, and it
was his father's request that be and his host should
immediately come to London, when all expences,
and a handsome 'compensation, would be made to'
him.; " but,". says he, " I have no money, and my
apparel will discover my situation; butif you will
undertake to pay our expences, and likewise furnish
me with clothing, you will be repaid for the whole
when we arrive in London."—Not doubting his
assertion, and unable to deteet the cheat, for neither
Gaiter nor his Dame could read a letter, they easily
became a dupe to his artifice. Gaffer and Dame, in
council, resolved, he should not die a fool: though
at the age of near 70, he should yet see Lotman,
and accompany his new friend. Dame accordingly
set about colleting her Intiband's best clothes, his
new Sunday shirt, his holiday hat and neck-cloth,
and 'resolved they should be for the use of their new
friend for 'his journey and collecting from their
little store ;he fruits of honest iodustty) sufficient
fur their journey, they took coach for London : but
no sooner were they arrived there, and alighting at
the inn where they usually 'stop, he took a hasty
leave, of his old friend, .withisot bidding good morn.
ing. Poor Gaffer, after waiting anxiously for souse
time for his return, communicated his cite to .the
landlord, who consoled the poor old man under his
present situation.' His little stock being exhausted,
and now 7o miles from Wale, he was obliged to iinJ
plore the commiseration of those. around him to
enable him to return to his home, which he efieded
with some difficulty, where he now refaeds (but too
late) on the folly and absurdity of his conduit.

The female, Rase, who was condemned two months
ago, to 20 years close imprisonment, for having
killed ale of her lovers, by stabbing him with a knife
in a witSe.l3ousse opposite the Court of the Palace of
Justice, Pari3, underwent part of her sentence late.
ly, being ciposed. on tl►e scaffold before the I►9use
wherein she had committed the crime. Instead of
being afretled by the remembrance which the.sight
of that place must have recalled to her, she was
hardly seated and tied upon the scaffold, when .she
burst our into a loud fit of laughter, abused the
guards and speetators, and placed herself in the
most indecent attitudes. It was.at length necessary
to tie bar feet, and when thus restrained frooi
then gestures, she still kept up the same effiunte►'y
in her looks, and continued to converse aloud with
other women exposed on the same scaffold,