The Sun.
London, England, 1804-12-06 00:00:00

LORD nAgizo`rvin%

• IT 16 With regret. we have to mentio'n-0 very se.
.tious accident which happened. to this 11-obietuatt.
yesterday morning. • •
Aboitt eleven o'clock hia Lordship, accompanied
by his brother Mr. RICHARD. RYDEROAPCOt to their
late mother's house in Park.stteet, for the purpose
of inspdling -some papers and books, previously to
their being removed to another, house. Having
ItiOked over them, and seldied a part of the papers,
which his Lordship had deposited, in .a small box,
he. was proceeding down stairs, when, by some acci.
dent his Lorkitip was precipitated down several
steps, and teeeived so much injury froth the fall,
that he was not able to raise himself from the
ground. At this time Mr. It. RYD ER was with the
butler in the pantry—the butler hearing, a noise,
hastened to the stairs, where he found his Lordship
almost in a lifeless 'state. He was immediately
taken into the parlour, where several ot. the facility
were sent for. After a consultation, it Was their
unanimous opinion, that his Lordship ought not to
be removed from the house, but be put immediately
to bed; and that piece of furniture was procured
As soon as possible from his Lordship's house.
After he had reposed for some time, he was thought
to he something better. In the evening he was
:cupped, after which he again slept, and appeared corn.
posed.
When his Lordship intended to visit Odrk.streer,
for the purpose above. Mentioned, he .had the pre.
caution to wraps rtiunlhim a large box.coat, as the.
.louse had not been properly aired for some time.
This he had on at the time he fell, and it was sOp.
posed to have bee'the primary cause of the accident,
by entangling his legs in cothing down stairs. The.
contusions his Lordship received were eXtremely
Violent, but we hope they will not be attended by
any serious consequences.

A beautiful young Lady„ in her iath year, the
daughter of an Officer of high.r4. in the Army,
was discovered drowned in the sea 'near the Black
Rock, Dublinoxan Saturday morning last.
The Marquis of WELL es fair has lately sent over,
from Bengal, twelve superb ivory chairs, elegantly
ornamented with gold, as a present to Hit MA.
11tSTY ; and- yesterday they were removed from the
East-India Warehouse, in Billiter.lane, to the
Queen's House.
Last week a Gentleman undertook, for a coml.
detable wager, to walk from Strarhmiglo to Falk.
land, in Scotland, a distance of three computed miles,
in 25 minutes. He lost his bet by halt a minute.
Roast ERY.—On the night between the 26:h and
27th ult. a robbery of a daring nature was com.
mined in the Customhouse of Berwick upon TWeed.
The villains had previously broken • open a smith's
shop.on the qoay, where they possessed themselves
of an iron crow and some other implements, which
enabled them to force open and demolish a part of
one of the windows of the Custom-house. Having
thus secured themselves an entrance, they proceed.
etc to break open and rifle the different desks. From
that belonging to Mr. Thompson, the Comptroller,
they carried off nearly • one hundred' pounds, and
fortunately over.looked another considerable sum
which had been that evening deposited under his
wafer-box. They also took several letters, &c. part
of which were nextroorningdicovered in the 'rwcetl,
and one .was found on the road to Spite!. From this
and other circumstances, it.was suspettett•that the
thieves were in the nighhourhood, and a warrant
.was in' consequence procured for the apprehension
of two persons of the names of Chisholm and
Riddell, the one a tailor, and the other a fisher.
man, who had long lived in an extravagant man.
ner, without any visible means of supporting
On •Wednesday, they with a sister of the former,
were lodged in Berwick gaol ; and -they have since
acknowledged themselves guilty not only of the
above burglary, but of several other robberies late-
ly committed in that neighhouthood. The villains
in -their haste had left a, marlin-spike in one of the
desks, and had attempted to set fire to the smith's.
shop, as many pieces of burnt paper were found
therein next morning : had this fire taken effect, the
consequences might have been dreadful, being close
adjoining to a warehouse in which Was'a great quart.
City of tar, and also near the shipping in the bar.
boor, and a ship-builder's yard.
A robbery of a singular nature was 'perpetrated a
few days ago in the immediate vicinity of Barnard.
castle, Durham, by a felon of the winged tribe, As
a young lad was proceeding from that town to a Gen.
tleman in a neighbouring village, with a letter from.
a Lady in Durham, a tame jackdaw whisking among
the hedges, attracted by a white .objett in the
boy's hand, pounced upon the 'letter, and flew
away with it to the roof of an adjlirling house;
upon which he chattered some time at the -apparent
vexation of, the fetter-carrier. The owner of the
letter, however, ,being soon after acquainted with
the•robbery, went in pursuit of the rogue, and dis.
covered him frisking with much glee upon the tops
of the houses, with the letter in his bill. A close
pursuit ensued, but with little success, till jock
thought proper to end the frolic, by tearing the
billet piece.meal, and then'flew away, leaving the
tattered fragments to be colleCted at the leisure of
the disappointed owner. .
Yesterday the RECORDER. made a Report so lits
MAJESTY of the following Prisoners under Sen.
tenee of Death in Newgate, viz. •
James Franks, tor stealing a lot. bank-note, the. property
of, l.ochtan Al. Donald, in the dwelling-house of Michael
111`Geary.
Tho. Roach, for burglarionsly breaking into they
house-of William Gee, and stealing a cloth coat and other
articles.
lsacc !hint, alias Thomas Smith, tin stealing a hay geld-
in, value2ol. the property of William hording.
John Blair, for htirglarionsly breaking and entering the
dwelling-house of George Gibs. and stealing therein
guineas,a silk handkerchief, and other articles.

When they were severally reqited until the
Kt NOI pleasure be further known. Haywood's
case was not reported.

Monday se'nnight as a farmer at Mon& Castle,
Kilwinning (Scotland), was looking at aorna wink.
men cutting down a tree, it fell on him, and killed
him on the ipot,
Fittsafte the Jew, and Wood the coachman, are
matched for too guineas a.side ; they arc to fight on
a stage of rif. feet equate. The battle, it is said,
will take place this month. •

1: Atr .- RE PO RT'.

COURT OF KING's BENCIT, DACEMTIER
, Gittlia ANOTIIBI4.

Tit a parties to this a6lion were American !Vier•
ch3nts,, and the Defendant, arubb,, ,about . eight
}cars ago, took up a Cargo,of Flour in this Coon.
Jty, in order to ship it for Ametioar Where, at that
tithe, ,The article was scarce. He went on board as
Supercat-go, andon the passage the Ship,was detain.
by Sir 1. Earlase Warren, who took away the
Cargo, and paid fur it in Exchequer Bills. Grubb,
thus possessed of money, appropriated it.to his own
use, instead of proceeding with it to America.—
His partner was, of course, involved in difficulties,
anti was obliged for the. credit of "tlic House, to
borrow io,ooo dollars of. different Merchants.---.
Among others, the Plaintiff advanced 4000 dollars,
and received a Bill drawn in the names of Grubb
and Mathe, which was dishomiured. Process issued
against Grubb.; but he was never found till a few
months ago. Upon hii being arrested, he went to
Mr. George H ttigsoo, on ettainent Solicitor, Who
wrs c.►ncerned against to know the cause of
anion. Upon his being informed, he promiied to
pay, hut urged his inability. He had, however,
pleaded the Statute of Limitation—his partner suf-
fered judgmett by default. Upon the evidence of
Itatigson's. nephew, "and the Agent of the Plaintiff,
both of whom were present when the Defendant
pramiied payment, Lird, Ei.LKNLIOROuGIi was of
opinion that the promise precluded the operation
of the Statute.

jury accordingiy gave their Verdiet'forthr
rlaintiff—Dgmages i,1301. 41. 64

OSSALDESTOAi y. DARBY..

This was an adion to recover damages for an ex-
cessive distress. It appe,4red that the Defendant,
Kathy, had let a house. to the Plaintiff, at the tent
of 151. per annum, and had distrained for a whole
year's rent when only three quarters were due:—
He 'eons:idled himself in the most oppressive man..
ner, and serica gnods worth upwards of 601. which
we're sold for only jot. Even the surplus, after
satisfying himself for. the rent and expellees, he had
never paiki over. The Jury returned a Verdi a for
the Plaintiff—ljam 'gel; 331.

iTAYAKIIit 4J. l'skArttiltWS, ESQ. Slil3Rl.Fr OF

BERKS.

This was an glion (r returning walla lona to a
.fierifacierr, issued by the PlAintiff against the efreds
of his brother.

Mr. Galtitow stated, that an execution had been
sued out against the Plaintiff's brother's goods for
ioool. The Sheriff levied and sold them, not by
public auction, as he ought to have`done, but by pri.
agate contract, for cool, 'lle did not mean to contend
that a sale of effects by a •Sherilf, under an execu.
flop, if fairly made, was not conclusive on a
Plaintiff. He remembered it hail been -so ruled in
a cause tried hefore the late Lord ICrNYOII. In
that case the sale was considered as binding. But,
in the present instance, he should prove that the
identical goods which the Sheriff hail sold by pri.
%rate contrad for 5001. were afterwards re-sold by
auttion by the purchaseks; and produced near .gaol.
If this was so; surely the Plaintiff was not. bound
by the first sale, hut was entitled to his remedy
against the Sheriff for what appeared to have been
the. real value. of the goods. The faits: were proved
as ;aided by the Learned Counsel. It appeared that
the Sheriff had applied for time to make his return
to the Writ, and had been allowed till a certain
Monday to sell by ;maim), but that, on thepreviotis
Saturday, he had disp•ised of them .by private ext.
trait for a SUM fat-below their value ; the property
consisted
,of household furniture, horses, and 14'3g.
ions, and it was proved that for the latter e cattier
had offered 7001. The defence consisted of an
attempt to prove that the Sheriff was obliged
proeced to a premature sale, in order to avoid being
fixed with the debt, as the time for, returning. the
Writ had exiiired; bitt this wholly failed.
Lord'ELLENaottotrou observed, that there were
many things in this transaction which he did not
approve of; the Sheriff ought to have returned,
that the goods remained in .his hands for want
,of'
buyers, and the Court would have received such re.
turn,,—Verditt fur the Plaintiff,AllnagCS 801.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Disc, 5,

BATH HARMONIC SOCIETY.

BOWEN

This was an action brought by the Treasurer of the
above Society to recover datnages for breach of con.
trait, in which the Defendant, a celebrated Musi.
clan, lied engaged to petform at the Society's Meet.
ins, from the first Friday in November 1803, till
April following. The Society is composed of the
Nobility and Gentry residing in all parts of the
Kingdom; it is held at the White Hart, Bath, and
professional Gentlemen being necessary to contri.
bure to the harmony of the Concert, the Defendant
and five others were chosen as men of ability. Mr.
Bowen conceiving they might be punttual in their
attendance if liberally treated,. agreed to pay a
guinea each night of meeting, on condition of ex.
-tenting a Bond, which the Defendant acceded to
with the others, and signed, but absented himself
on the commencement of the Concerts, supposing
the contrati dissolved by a new arrangement made
in the nights of Meeting, and the departure of the
Marquis of Lansduwn, Dr. Harrington, and t wenty.
seven other Members from the Society. It was
consequently necessary to procure Substitutes, and
the expence of bringing them from From and etis-
col amounted to fifteen guineas. It was contended,
the Parties had been deceived in ,entering into the
Bond. The Defendant was also represented. as a
titan of merit, but not rich; it was observed lie had
abundance of notes, but very few Bank Notts,
Sit- JAMBS MANSFIELD blamed the parties for en.
tering into the flood, and considered the Defendant
liable to pay the fifteen guineas, but that the fix
guineas, which he anti 'the otherh would have re_
ceived if they had performed, should be deduaed.
Verdid l'or'the Nine Guineas.