The Sun.
London, England, 1803-11-18 00:00:00

DESHAW,V. BARNET.

This was afripplidation to the Court to set aside,
wi:h costs, a Warrant of Attorney, granted by the
Plaintiff to thc Defendant, who is an auctioneer,
for 371. 15. upon the ground of usurious exadion.
The Affidavit -of the Plaintiff, which was read,
-stated, that she was a mart ied woman_ previous to
her executing the Warrant ; that her former name
was Williams, and that she was married on the
2oth February last, at St. Thomas's Church in -the
Borough • that the. Warrant of Attorney wAs giVen
to the Defendant, who is an Auctioneer, for the
suns stated, .part of which was' for a loan of 301. in
money advanced to' her upon consignment of certain
goods. The Plaintiff, however, adduced no writ-
ten chargefrom•ihe Defendant of the items alleged.
On the part of the Defendant, an Affidavit was
adduced, denyin3 general.ly the charges of emu.
bitince.alledged by the Plaintiff, and. stating that
he kept no. account of the items, but that the
charges he had made were the usual and'reason.
able ones.. It stated also, that the Defendant had
duly searched the parish register of St,George's.
Church in the Borough, f9r OK day on which the
Plaintiff alledged herself to have been married, and
Could find no entry ofanysuk mairiage.

The Court obgerved, that it could not coon.
'tenance the claims of a woman who etini 'forward
under such suspicions circurnstances.—Rule refused
with costs. • ,

, .
14ING fiV TY.—Each of the five:Senior 'Miniiters
of the 'Presbytery of Ayr, in Scotland, has enj9yed
a benefice within its bomis. for marl than half a
=fury. The &tel. of their respenive'ordinations
as entered on the Prebby rery Recotils are theitAlow-
ing

Rev.. folio Steele, Stair, 14th Amg..1735, ,
Dr. Willilatn Daiqtnple, Ayr, atli Dec. 1746.
1)r. David Shaw, Colyton, 29th tune, 1749; - •
Dr. Andrew, Mitchell', Monkton, Itth July, •
hliathew biggar,,K.ltkoswald; stlt Oa. 1752.
The joint ages of these Gentlemen amount to 419
years. The advariced age which they have attained,
affords a.striking proof how much temperance and
regularity contribtite to prolong the period of human
existence. Mr. STssiLts is, the father not only of
the Presbytery of Ayr, but of the Church of Scot.
land.

An American Che Mist, at New,Nork, announces
a discovery which he positively asserts to be the
specific' remedy for the Yellow Fever. It is rock.
salt, to be chewed by the afilifted patient ; and the
iali.va to be swallowed, and afterwards molasses to
be taken in copious doses; the drink to be pure
water. lie denies that the infedion of the Yel.
low Fever is contagious, or that it proceeds from
the excess of Or in the habit..• On the contrary,
he maintains, that the delta of bile is a prevalent
cane';'aild that the infedion proceeds principally
from the effeas *Olga; arising from animal putreftc.
tion ; of, which gas rock salt is asserted to be the
neutralizer.

Letters from Shorncliff Camp, after mentioning
the review' v.hich took place on Monday last, give
us an account of a most important invention, by
Major SHRAPNELLI of the• Artillery, which was
tried on that day. It was of throwing howitzer
shells with musket balls out of 24-pounders, to an.
nay Trooi approaching the shore' in boats. It
answered the most sanguine expetiations of every
person present. It has the effeel of grape-shot, -4f.
terwards of a shelf, and scatters to a grear distance.
It is the inost.destruetive mode of annoyance that
ever was contrived.

Early on Soturday se'inlght, two 'Prisoners con.
fined in BerWielc Gaol, broke out and :Waled their
escape, by raising a deal in the cell floor, although
iecured by strong iron bats, one of which they
broke, and making a small hole, in the cieling be.
low, through which they descended by means of
thumb.ropes (made of straw twisted on the thumb)
to the benches in the Court.hall, from whence, by
throwing up a.window, they gained the street un.
6boervetf. Both are notorious offenders.

Early.onS3turday morning, the Country House,
in p4raohe.,row,lworth,.of Mr. JAMES DAVPI,
Shoe.maker,
.of Gracechurch.street, was broken
open by,,on,m& villains. They 'werer.discovered 'by
leaving Mr.. DAv Is's house), and enter.irg the ad.
joining house', by the ,one pair of stairs window.
The. .Gentleman of that:house hepring the robbers,
anti Tinting, there rwt,:re more than one, he was afraid
of encountering .them, but .opened his bed-roamwiodow, 004 sprang. a. rattle, which alarmed Mr.
DAvis, upon which 11,! got up, and as he was going
down the:second flight of stairs, he observeu two
men entering his wtnilow frOm the garden' wan, and
1;64 afrai attack them, he-returned to stairs,
observed them pats through hi hoUse, by
getting. out of the frout one pair of Stairs window,
anti, tn,H;e iLeir, escape. rn•nie off. with all
Pnytss I,l4tei they had drank a'
bo,tic tip'
Wine and ate some tnwnits.