The Sun.
London, England, 1826-07-27 00:00:00

LOSS OF TX! ROYAL GEORGE.

The Chairman laid before the Court a resolution of the
Court of Directors of the .sth instant, exonerating from all
blame Captain Timins, the owners, officers, and crew of
the Rayal George East Indiaman, which was unfortunately
burned.

Friday, the 4th of August, was appointed for taking the
ballot on the above resolution.

The Court then adjourned.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDFORD.

TIM XING V. SIX RAWIN ILAYNTON SANDTS, HAAT.

This was an indictment .on the prosecution of William
Jones, Esq. Marshal of the King's Bench Prison, against
the defendant, for escaping,from the rules of that prison,
within which he had been confined in execution fur debt,
at the suit of Charles and Henry Bird.
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. Mr. Bolland stated that the defendant was confined
within the Rules .of the King's Bench, in execution for
debts to the amount of 1,100/. •

• Mr. Ambrose Parish, clerk to the Marshal's Clerk,
proved that the defendant was in execAlou in the King's
I
Bench Prison froM Feb. 1822, to Jan. a '; , and during
that time had the privileges of the rules::::
Nathaniel Gibbons proved, that in October last he saw
the defendant at Misserden, in Gloucestershire.
Mrs Juliana Woodley, of No. 95, Great Russel-street,
Bloomsbury, proved that the defendant and Lady Sandys
occupied apartments in her house for about six or eight
weeks last autumn.
This was the case for the prosecution. . .. .

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Mr. Adolphus then addressed the Jury, in an able L.nd
powerful speech, in behalf of the defendant.
The Learned Judge summed up the case. The Jury
found the defendant- Guiliy.

The Learned Judge then suggested that the justice of
the case, and the object of the prosecution, would probably
be attained if the judgment were respited. To this the
Counsel for the prosecution acceded.
Mr. Jones observed, that during a very short time he
had sustained a loss of 4,000/. or, 5,0004 by escapes of
prisoners from the rules.
The defendant then entered into security, himself in
1001., and two sureties in SU each, to come up for judg-
ment if he should be called upon.

WARWICK, AiONDAV, JULY '24.

The Judges on this Circit arrived here on Saturday,
evening, from Coventry. The calendar, notwithstanding;
that the Sessions have so recently occurred, contains thei
names of upwards of 70 persons for trial. Some of the
charges are serious in the extreme. There are three Bank
prosecutions.

SitAKESPRATi, V. RANDALL.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the I
defendant, a coach proprietor, for alleged negligencei
throughuandelythe-pleintiff's horse was much injured...mid
his gig broken.
It appeared from the evidence on the pa, t of the plaintiff
that he, accompanied by his brother-in-law, was in his gig,
when the coach, of which the defendant is the proprietor,
drove against it in a most violent manner, and carried
away the wheels. The gig was afterwards repaired at
Mr. Randall's expence. The horse was aged, but it was
contended that on that account he was the More valuable;
as he was the more 'quiet. On the part of the defendantit was contended; that as the horse was now older, he wa4
the less valuable and witnesses were-called to show that
the defendant was in liquor. The cross-examination or
one of these witnesses by, Mr. Sergeant Vaughan, excite 4
much merriment— t

What, he was in liquor ?—I thought so.
Very drunk ?—I thought so.
What did he look like ?—Why, you see, I thought so;
you see, I us'd to pull up at his house, you see, and he
didn't look us he usually did.
What, you couldn't pass his house without pulling up ?
Does he keep a public-house, my friend P—Yes.

I thought so. What, then, you could not pass this
man's'hOuse without pulling up? PraY, have you not hurl
some liquor in you to-day ?—Not much.
Mr. Sergeant Vaughan having replied,
The Jdry returned a verdict for .the
mages 101.

CROWN COURT, JULY 25.

Jahn Snwthe, otherwise Slack, and Oliver Turner,
were indicted for having feloniously stolen fronl the person
of J. Sturch, two notes of the value of 10/.. each.—
Guilty—Both prisoners sentenced to be transported for
life.

DURHAM, MONDAY, Amy te4.
The Judges entered this city late on Saturday after
noon, and were met by the Lord Bishop of Durham, who,
as chief civil officer of this county palatine, performed all
the ordinary duties of a Sheriff.

CIVIL V. TAYLOR.

This was an action to recover compensation for an in-
jury said-to have arisen to the plaintiff, from an alleged de-
ficiency in the contents of 27 half-barrels-of ale, which the
defendant, who was the agent and representative of Messrs.
Estoffe and Co., ale brewers, in this comity, had sold to
the, plaintiff. This cause had been before the court on se-
veral previous occasions, the plaintiff having brought no
less than three actions of the same kind, and having, besides,
preferred an indictment for perjury, which he stated to
have been committed by' some of the witnesses in these
actions. In the last action which he tried against the
present defendant, he sued in forma pouperis ; and on the
present occasion he appeared in person, and conducted the
ease in Isis own behalf, alleging that a want of pecuniary
means prevented him fmin employing counsel. It ap-
peared that Messrs. Estoffe and Co. had brought an action
against him to recover a sum of 20?., claimed to be due
upon a balance of accounts between hint and them. When
he was arrested at their suit, he went into prison, whete
he, had remained ever since, and was brought up in cus-
tody of an officer to conduct the present action. tu,
manner of doing this was so irregular and so ill-connected
as to render it difficult to collect the circumstances of the
case.—Verdict for the defendant.

EXETER, MoxoAs, Jut 24.
ciya, smt.--RTDDAWAY AGAINST COMM, MIRK.
This AS an action by a farmer against the defendant, a
magistrate}jets
of the county, and a clergyman, to recover
dalna s for imprisoning the plaintiff, without any reason-
able cause, for the space of twelve weeks.
Mr. Sergeant Wilde stated the plaintiff's ease to the
Jury,' but, from the subsequent course which the trial
took, that statement must be considered as in some aim-
eure ex-partr, the cause being disposed of before the de-
fendant's Couns4.4 was heard.
The Learned Judge (Sir J. Littledale) here called upon
the counsel on both sides to speak with hint, A discus-

John Front, aged 38, Thomas Row, aged 18, and Peter
Avery, aged 30, one being a barber, another an appren .
tice, and the other, we believe, a shoemaker, were indicted
for riotously assembling with many others at Woolbo-
rough, and nialciug a great noise and. disturbance there, Ott
the 14th of November last.

The prisoners. expressing .their regret at their conduct,
and the Crown officers declaring .that nothing was desired
by the Excise but due and lawful protection for its officers,.
and those who were connected with the discharge of its
duties, the prosecution was not pressed; and a verdict of
guilty was taken by consent against two of the prisoners,
who were bound in their own recognizances for their good
bfhaviour, and a verdict of acquittal by consent was taken
ai against .the other.

intoine Joseph, a Portuguese sailor, was indicted for
stealing 130 sheep,-the property of William Bond.
The prisoner, who seemed in appearance and conduct to
:be an unhappy maniac, was discharged only a fews ago
from the Exeter Bridewell. There seemed to be no doubt
'of the poor creature's disorder of mind, and the Jury, un-
der the Judge's direction, acquitted him on the ground
of insanity; and he was accordingly ordered into con-
finement.

Robert Marshall, aged 19, was indicted under the Act
generally called Mr. Banker's Act, for being bet Ween four,
and five in the morning of the 9th of February in an in-
closed ground, at Plympton, belonging to the Earl of
Morley, armed with a gun, with intent to kill game.
The Jury returned a verdict of guilty between five and
six ; but after five in the
,morning in question. This, the
learned Judge told them, amounted to..not guilty, and he
directed a verdict accordingly.
The prisoner was again indicted for assaulting James
Roach, the keeper, on the occasion above referred to.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty—Sentence post-
poned.