The Sun.
London, England, 1810-08-17 00:00:00

CRIMINAL SIDE.

Marks Don was coniiacd of stealing a cart
horse, the property of 'James: Goodeie Sparrow,
of Goifield.,

Richard Corday was indiEted for stealing six
pieces of wood,, the property of the King; 'the pri-
soner was Deputy 'Woodward of the Royal Forest
of Waithatn, and had sold the wood in question to
a carpenter, recently after a sale had taken place of
some refuse-wood of the forest, by order of Lord
Glenbervie, the SurVeyot-General of , Woods and
Forests. Upon being charged with the fraud, he
said one Byrne, who 'was his Head Woodward, had
given him the wood in question, to m ;ke up the de-
ficiency which had o:.curred in a lot sold -in the
sale, and tor which he bud paid the -money to the
Audioneer.

ilyrne tieing called, denied this altogether; and
the Auctior:s!er, though ke admitted that the
prisoner had laid hitm, the :deficiency of the lot
in ,question, de. ie.d his knowledge of arty arrange-
-I;et %%vet] Byrne at;cl.- the prisoner oti the
snbje&. . • 4 • • •

Jury found. the prisoner Guilty, and Lord
ELLENBOROUGH, after 'conitti,,ntirig mmne length,
and with considerable several, on tne nature of •I he
offence, which' was carried on .to an enormous ex-
tent in the Royal Fiire:,t, • s(Hritenced tiie prisoner
to two years confinement in the gaol.
• Adinital' Flotvey, Mr. •Raikes, and several other
iVlagistrates and Ciergy tnen of the county, gave him
an excellent character for honesty and good conduct
for the' last 30 years. • „

It is said that in the County of Lancaster, distin-
guished as it is tor its extent, numerous population,
ai.d great manufaauring interests, not one local
bank-note has ever b,..en issued, nor any .noteS.bnt
those of the Bank of England been in Circulation.
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A CALEDONIAN COURTSHIP.---The. following
anecdote is communicated to us by a Cot respondent,
from Edinburgh ; it exhibits the true idiculqm
sublime, nd is as veritable as it is laughable.—A son.
of niedicine, cliMacierically verging, having purs'e as
well as person in perso,:k,-tive, breathed out... his
amorous sighs to the daughter of a:Scotch Peer.—
The Lady, prone to jocularity, serrated to listen to
his suit, solely I,r the reception of that, entertain-
ment which grey-haired folly pioduco in assuming
the charaetelistics of juvenility. The DoLtor; one
day was to pay a visit in form to' the goddess of his
idolatry ;.on this occasion lie Was determined to be
as Adonis-like in' habiliments' as possible. It is .
quisite to be known that
.the Donor was a man
who scorned to be thought of the sea Of Peripateli:s ;
when he appeared it was in the equestrian style,
and his steed, in lack of fle'sn, and she,w ot pssifica-
lion, paced in singularity. ,On such an important
event as the present., resolving to be cleanly, he
took an immaculate shirt,. 'and put it, not on, but
in his pocket, prudently considering, that inthe.ac-
tion of riding',. its purity might be tarnished :--to
prevent this, he resolved-to put it on when he should
come within a small- distance of th'e scene of his
wishes. When arrived at the settled distance, the.
Doctor proceeded to disrobe himself of his upper
garments, still sitting on his horse; his hat, Wig;
coat, and waistcoat, were taken off, and laid upon
the pummel of the saddle. In thiS critical moment,
malignant fate reigning, his faithful Pegasus receiv,
ed. a fright from somewhat on 'the road ! 'Off sat
Bosinante with the Doctor in •denzi-nudity, and ran
with.him (instinctively knoWing, from frequency in
going,-his master's destination) to the door of the
very house he had hoped to enter with every minu-
tia of dress adjusted. His Quixotte-like aPpearance:
threw. the family into such paroxysMs•of laughter,
as precluded the operation of speech, or the means
of assisting'the distressed, Doctor.