The Sun.
London, England, 1804-06-16 00:00:00

SPORTIAG INTELLIGENCE.

BIBURY MEETING.
THURSDAY, JUNE 14.
Ld Sackville's Whirligig, t ist. agst. Mr. Vanneck's Pyr-
rhus, lost. 916. two miles, tongs. won.
Mr. Douglas's Parnasus, Ilst. 71b. agst. Sir T. Hawkins's
h. by Coriander, lost. rilb. two miles, sogs. won.
A Handicap Sweepstakes of togs. each ; two miles.
Ld Euley's Captain Absolute, 5 yrs old, list. 51b.
Ld Graves's Piercer, 5 yrs old, lost. 6d. 2
Mr. Bynctloss's Exning, 4 yrs old, 9st. izib. 3
Col. Kingscote's Waxy, out of Kezia 4 yrs old, rost. 61b. 4
Mr. Craven's br. g. Fine Ear, aged, rzst. 41b. agst Sir J.
Hawkins's ch. h. by Coriander, darn by Blemish, lost. 111 b.
two miles, Icogs. h. ft. off.
Fifty Pounds by any horse, &c. that never won more than
sogs. at any one time, except at Bibury, carrying ust. each ;
the best of three two-mile huts.
Mr. I larrison's Chilton, 6 yrs old 3 z
Mr. Vanneck's Pyrrhus, 6 yrs old a
Mr. Craven's Fine Ear - 2 dr.

DULWICH HERMIT.-At Union Hall yesterday,
William Payne, charged with being a principal in
the murder of Matthews, the old Dulwich Hermit,
some time since, and for which several persons have
been in custody, tried, and discharged, was examin-
ed privately before the Sitting Magistrates. It
would be very improper, on all hands, to detail any
part of the evidence that came out in this stage of
the business. It was, however, sufficient to induce
the Magistrates to commit him for a future hearing.
The American ship, called the Lowely Lass, Capt.
W. M'ALISTER, has arrived in the Texel, with a
cargo from Batavia, worth three millions of florins.
Left Batavia on the 3oth of November, where, at
that period, the greatest tranquillity ptevailed. As
soon as the renewal of hostilities was known there,
several Dutch ships ready to sail were stopped, and
their _cargoes landed, to.wait for the return of peace.
The same took place at the Cape of Good Hope,
.where several cargoes that would not keep, have
been sold by auaion ; but from the want of money,
.they fetched but little. They were all the produc.
tions of Java, and destined for Holland. As the
Military there were very mutinous, and the Civil
Agents very discontented, the Dutch Governor,
JANSENS, had given in his resignation.
On Thursday se'nnight, a pike was taken out of .
the great pool, in Packington Park, Warwickshire,
the seat of the Earl of AYLESFORD, with a carp
stuck in its throat that weighed tolb. which had
choaked him. The pike, when empty, weighed
3olb.
On Monday se'nnight a human body was observed
floating in the River Till, near Etall, in Northum-
berland. Upon examination, the eyes, nose, cheeks,
lips, and abdomen, were found to be entirely de-
stroyed, and the body would not have been easily re-
cognized, by which it was known to be the body of
a boy, who fell from a tree into the river and was
drowned upwards c.f five months ago. ,A few minutes
after the melancholy accident happened,every possible,
endeavour was made to obtain the body ; the river
was repeatedly dragged for many days without suc-
cess, and the search was at length abandoned, under
the idea that the body had been carried down the,
river to the sea. In the course of the day on which,
it was found, several Gentlemen'had seen it when
fishing in the river, but it was imagined to hav7
been the carcass of a drowned sheep or dog, and
therefore no particular attention was paid to. it,
until it stuck fast on the embankment of a mill.dam,
about half-a-mile below the place where the acci-
dent happened.

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF KING's BENCH, IUNE IT

Mr. DAMP I ER moved for a Rule, calling upon an
Attorney to chew cause why he did not pay over to
the Complainant, a sum of money which he had re-
ceived as payment for stock, sold by him by virtue
of a Power of Attorney from the persmn who made
the application.
Lord ELL ENEOROUGH asked, if there was any
cause depending, and whether he had received the
.money as Attorney in the cause ?
Mr. DAMP lER replied no:, that the person on
whose behalf he moved, gave the Attorney a Power
of Attorney to sell out certain stock, which he had
accordingly-done, but refused. to pay over the pro-
duce.

Lord ELLENBOROUGH observed, that the Court
could not grant this Motion. If the money was
improperly withheld, the proper remedy was to
bring an Action. If they were to irrterfere in the
summary way which was prayed, it would go to
establish a principle that would in all cases render
it perfedly unnecessary to bring an Aaiun against
an Attorney to recover a debt.,--Rule refused.

COMMON PLEAS, JUNE 11.

Mr. Serjeant BAILEY having moved on a former
day for a Rule to chew cause why the verdia given
for the Defendant in an Aftion of Replevin should
not be removed,

Mr. Serjeant SELLON, this day, sheaved cause
against the same. It appeared that the,Collettors
of Land-Tax in Cambridgeshire were empowered
to assess certain Drain Lands, and to demand four_
pence per acre, agreeable to an Ad passed during
His present Majesty's Reign. The Lands of Mr.
Newton, Defendant in the Cause, were, therefore,
assessed ; but no demand made for the Tax until
eight years atter the first assessment, upon which
ground payment was resisted, and the Commission-
ers distrained. At the trial of the. Adion of Re-
plevin, it was contended that the Tax shquid have
been demanded annually, or it was not recoverable,
according to the Statute ; and the Jury gave a vet-
dift for the Defendant. The same arguments were
again adduced in support of the Verdid as at the
trial, namely, that the Commissioners had departed
from the spirit and meaning of the Aft ; and the
Defendant could not legally be compelled to pay.
The Court, after hearing the Case argued for
near three hours, deferred giving judgment.

BELL V. BUTLER.

This was an Anion brought by an Informer
against the Defendant, for having given a receipt
upon unstamped paper, under peculiar circumstances.
The Statute of the 43d Geo. 111. c. 20, enals a
penalty of 'al. for "a Receipt so given. There is a
reference in the .AEI to the 25th Geo. 111. set. 12
and 13, and to the 31st Geo. 111. c. as,,by which
the present question was to be determined.
Mr. Serjeant BAILEY, for the Plaintiff, recited
the words of the Statute as applicable to this pe-
nalty, and proved the hand-writing of a receipt
given to Mr. Pulcher on unstampted paper. It was
dated the zoth December ISolt, for 391. 4S. being
the amount of a Bill on, the Defendant., in the hands
of the person to whom the receipt was given.
Mr. Serjeant BEST, on behalf of the Defendant,
contended, that this was not that species of Receipt
which was referred to in the ACt, and he read in
support of his opinion, the passages in the three
Statutes to which we have alluded. He obs,erved,
that it was merely a Receipt fora Bill of Exchange ;
and an acknowledgment of this description on the
back of the Bill itself, is one of the very exceptions
in the Ad.

Sir JAMES MANSIFIELD.—" This is an Aaion to
recover the penalty of tot. for a Receipt given with_
out a Stamp. The objea of the Legislature was,
to raise a certain Revenue, and in order to enforce
compliance, they thought tit to enaa a penalty,
This may be said to be severe upon the Defendant,
but what would be the consequence to the honest
subjeas of the realm, if artful men were permitted
to evade these duties I The burden must be greater
upon those who possess most integrity. If this
were negligence in the Defendant, the Law must be
obeyed, and he must suffer for his inadvertence. I
cannot understand the case as stated by my Brother
BEST : if an Action had been brought upon the Bill,
this receipt would have been a good defence. It is
contrary to the Statute, and the party by whom it
is violated, has subjeaed himself to the penalties."
—Verdia for the Plaintiff, to%