The Sun.
London, England, 1810-06-26 00:00:00

.r.4IZII,IINC SOCIETY OF ZRELAN.b.

On Monday, the 4th June, a cheep-shearing, and
chew of sheep, took phce at I.l..ohdruin, Coun:y of
Wu kiow, in consequence of the liberal preiniops
ofil..red by tho Farming gociety of Ireland, i..dr ewe
• hoggets, 'produced from native mountain ewes, by
.South Down ranyi.

tt F ,r the best Pen of Ten
tor the -next do,. .
For the third do,
For the Fourth do.
2 For the best Shearer' •
F.ir, the next 'to.
Fur: the third do.
For the fourth do.
3 To the Landlo d whose Tenant shall obtain
the first premium - The Society's Gold Medal.
The Society had, in the year I 803, 'distributed a
few South Down rams atnodgst the breeders, by Way
of exp-rimenti but - the produce' of 1809 were
So few, that the competiticin was not on this first
occasion as great as 'it -will be in future yet the
surprising improvement oxhinite4 in the prize pen,
by this one cross, is .sufficient to repay the exer-
. tions of the Society, and' to .give them every fair
ground to hope, that in a few years the present'
iuditierent stock of the mountains with in conse-'
quence of the encouragement he:d out, experience
a rapie, and valuable alteration both in carcass and m
wool The native Wicklow sheep are very i.I form-
ed, and though bearing tine wool on some parrs, on'
others there 'is a large plop: tion extremely coarse.
Tr; the prize lot- .pr,,duced- by Mr: CriiChley, this
defect appeared to be in a great ny.,asine reme-
died ; and 'when shorn, the anuall exhibited a
straitness- and width of form, which sovprisrd even
thoSe who haft indulged' the most sanguine ex-
' Teoratiods of the Value of Such a cioss. The
quality of the woo! was, such, that Mr. Rickey,
an eminent and extensive manufacturer, h td • no-
sitation to declare it sufficient to torm' what is de-
-nornitt:ted WelSh flannel, a Sample of Which was
brought down by Mr. Elliot, Alnager of Ireland,
and premii:oos were offered by the Society for the
best iinitatiorrof it ;
,and pit is to be'' hoped that a
piatt'* on an extensive soak, will be. suggested by
the Society to the laud proprietors, who will, 1,0
doubt, most cordially co-operate in promoting an
object which will add to the industry and comtort of
the peasantry, and improve the value of their es-
tates. Nothing could. be more gia.ifying than to
see the, competition for the Society's premiums
among the sheaters. Thew were nine candid aes,
mose of whom performed their work with vet), great
skill.

'YO.
X

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' The successful shearers went home, with joy in_
their faces. and prize ribbons in their hats. There
-is nu doubt there will be many more-ciaitnants next
year. It is of the greatest, consequenee Id the, pro-
prietors of fine- wooll“:1 sheep, this they .hould b
closely and evenly shorn, su as to at id :what is,
called the second cut,' as a quarter of an inch of finis
wool next the skin is mote valuable than an Inch at
•
the, extr9mity.. 4
The show ,took place a_part of that
,striking
and com:nodious square of built inns . erected by
_Earl Mt zwi;liam for the accommodation of the
flannelmarket.' It thlppened to he -the fair day,
and Orono 'the hall was well as-orted, the sale was
dull, in conzieqn. ;Ice, as it is sitHosed,.of the de-
plorable state credit in' alblin. Exclusive
of toe sheep ex: tri'ed; for_ the .prcmums, a. very
handsom.:, pen, e,,nsisting of a So'thdo,vii rant and
ewe.. from the fit:Lk of Mr. Oilse, of 1.otto:li, a
ewe tro.ti tit' flock of the I)ulte of Bedford, and
lau;bs their vrodut:e; sere exhibited by Mr. •
Blachford, to impress, the farmers with the good
canahtie,s of that breed. Mr. Symes's Steward ex-
hibited a pen Of ten superior we Jambs of the
same_ breed. Mr. Wynne spewed a pen of. re.,
m.trkably fine y early South-doll, n -rams for sale,
pue.or which was purchased by Quin, 101 the
;benefit of his tenantry, and most of the rest were
en:;:a..;eti. Mr. Ctitchley, a most spirited agricul-
turatist and the successful candidate for the first
titize, is sa convinced of the advantage of esta-
,bhilinig swath-down flocks on" the mountainous
.parts of the country. (particularly as be, Is per-
suaded that the
,original mountain sheep of the
county of
.Wicklow are of the same kind as tie
tint toptoved South-down) that he' has removed alt
his native, rams, and 'year subsituted near .fifty
.South-down rams in their place. His flock of na-
tive.ewes., consists of 240, so that in .a tew years,
,by pet sist ing in the use of these rains," must of his
then flock will be pine blool.
Several Noblemen and Gentlemen are pursuing
the same. plan, suggested and encouraged by the
Farming Society, the advantages of which, to rhe
.manufactures of Ireland in general, and io the
county of Wicklow, In particular, are incalculable ;
and even the epicures in mutton may look forwrod
to no very distant period for a plewitul. s:pply of
gbeey, which, with improved flavour, will bemuCh
more
.easily fattened than the present breed. .
Exclusive of numerous spectators who attend-
edi the lair, and many gentlemen and farmers
from this adjoining district, sonic zealous. mem-,
, .be.rs of the Farming Society of Ireland, froM a
.considerable distance, and even hem were
present Itt this siiew, where all were equally grafi-
-114 by what they conSilcred a post useful and
interesting scene, and were afterwards_ most hospi-
tably entertained by Mr. Critcliley, at. his delightful.,
cottage, Cassino.

Friday three men were employed to empty a privy•
in .the Lower-road, Islington, when oae of them
placed a ladder, which stood lirm upon the futtace,
but as soon as he added his weight to it, it s'a,;k, and,
he dragged another man afer him ; the third, in at-
tempting,to relieve them, shared the same late, and
-alt were suffocated. It has since turned out that the.
privy had been a well 100 feet deep.
The shop of Mr, Harris, Glover, in Berkeley-
Sq!tiare, was robbed .a few days since of lace to the
amount of 1.501. The thief was discovered in the
person of a girt thirteen years old, who was stopped
with the property at apm nbruker's: Site was re.
cognized as hay.ng been in Mr. Harris's -shop on the
day of the robbery, and has been fully .committed.
Etc RATA.-Our Readers, are requested to make the_
to:lowing corrections in the.nial of BLAQUIERE,
in 'he SUN of Mniid iy fast. In Seultor's evidence,
after, " met a yt ung la is,"- add with another lady :
it " that he wore 'Una," read whether he wore
a greatcoat. In the her " throwing,otr,"
r9zo, covering the garb for " turfy" read thirty,

CAL PRIDGE, E ZC2

On Bunday last the 1.,,0rd Bishop of Britt<il l.eld A
private ordination in Chapel of Trinity Coll,
when the, following Gentletnen,wereordailied :

' PRIEST.
•
Mr. Charles J. Blorntield, B. A, Fellow of Trinity
College.

DEACONS.

•
Mr. J.din Clarkson, M. A. Fellow•of Trinity
College Mr. SAmuei Ficzheibert, of Benelt.Coi,
lege„arid trout the DiOdese of Bristol.
The following.gentlernen were adtnit!vd to the
under-mentioned degrees on Wednesday •
Doitor in Dipinity.—The Rev: -Henry Boiler
Pacti, of Perti,„„
Doarin all Pi Brrndreth, of Trinity
College.
Masters of eirts.—Joseplt Kirkman Miller, Wil-
liam Lewis Ithain, and James Rickard Barker, of.
Trinity College"; and Joseph Thackeray; of King's
College.

Bachelors of At-LT.-Imq Hoggins, and Philip
%title Yorke, of St. John's college.
The Rep. William Chary, B. D. Fello‘ir and
for of Sidney College, is appointed 'Ube of his Ma-
j.:•4ty's Preachers at Whitehall. •

Sir William Browne's gold imedal for the Greek
ode is this year adjudged to Mi. Edwmrd.,l.t.
field, of t aius college ; arql that for the Greek aid
Laiin enigratm, to Mr. William Sheepihdoks, of
Trinity Collvge„
The Rev. John: Smith, M.A. is intitnled to the
Rectory of Astitvi:ken ate, N rtolk, on
the presentation of sirs. Mary Temple of Lynn.
ThOmas French, D. D. to be Chaplain .of
the Forces.

Rev. Samuel Henry Savory, M.A. to the pc.srpea,
trial Curacy of B4rmer. 'Norfolk.

Rev. 11. Pugh, Rector of tlanfaintfraid, in the dio•
cese of St. Asaph.

The THEATRE.—the Bath Theatre, which has
long b.-en considered_ as the nursery for those in the
metropolis, and from which the latter has indeed
derived many
,exc,..liout performers, has just trans,-
ferred na London a Mr.. ABBOTT, who has acqui'ed
no slight reputation at the trirmer place.—Mr.
ABB ,TT made his first appearance in town las! right
at the Haytharket Th atre. The part he per formed
was Frederick, iir lb,. Comedy, or rather Tragi-coi
medy, of Lovers: Vows. Mr. ABBOTT is a good-
looking yourig man, and possesses abilities which
certainly entitle him to a respettable station on the
London tueardS. performance waq marked bq
a con,iderahle porti n of merit in parts, but was
unequal on the whole. In. some p +ssagol 'he seemed
to have an 'erroneous concepti a ot-the character)
but in others he seemed to have formed a proper
estimate of i k nature and qualiiies.—An actor,
however, risqu- so much. in coining for the first
time betbre a Lonlon audience, that he can hardly
be supposed to be in complete pos•ession of his
powers, and therefore Criticism ought to su•pen4
her decision till she has a fuller and a fairer oppor-
tunity of forming a proper judgment. Iu those ims-
sages which demand a strong expression Of sensibia
bility mingled with resentment, Mr. ABBOTT vas
chick- entitled to applause, and applause on these-
occasions was- very liberally given by the audience.
MATHIIWS Was sufficiently diverting in the rhyming
Butler, and FARLEY made the coxcomical Count a
consPicuous.charafer in the piece. Mrs. GIBBS had
an aperopriate archness and. simplicity in the part of
11Irs,BRERETON wanted dignity of persoit
for the maternal sorrows of ,Agatha,
,but she disw
played good sense and feeling. The, play was alto-
gether well got up, and was received with much
aPplause.

WAITSIMAN,. we conceive, came unnecessa-
rily lot ward yesterday, at -the Common Hall, to as-
sure the people that there was no truth to the te—
port of an intention to choose MI AVARDLeIai one of
tl►e Sneriffs, f.r after a late development of the
candela of the latter, in all the measures which pre..
.cedei • the attack on the Duke of Yolia, in .becom-
ing a candidate for'any public offs, e, he would most
probably expose himself to the most indignant re-
jettion.

ROBBING IN A CIVIIICH-YAlM—William Webb,
grave-diager to the parish of St. George's Hanover-
square,. was brought before the Migisi rate at Marl-
borough-street, charged with stealing a body front
the parish burying-ground at the back of Sr.
Georgeislow, Paddingten. It appeared that Miss.
Lane, a respectable young woman, apprentice to
Mrs.' Beau, milliner and do Ns-triaker in Albemarle-
street, died of .the measles, and her body was inter-
red in the burying-ground above-stated on Thursday
last. There were other funerals at the !ime, and
the prisoner was observed very busy at the grave of
Miss Lane, after -the Clergyman had left it. it
turned out that he had got the body out of the,cof-
fin into a sack, and returned the shroud. The
mould was filled nearly to the top at one end of the
grave, •and the sick was placed 411 lb the body almost
in an eyed posture, with the mouth of it withln
about a foot of the surface of the grave; • and the
mould having been lightly filled in, time oody could
have been got out with. ease. Information was gi%en
by a person who resides • in St. George's-tow, to the
friends of Alie deceased, of the • prisoner's cundeet 3
and on his being challenged w.th 'man% (be body,
he stt:ted that it was then in the grave : and on an
examination taking p4ce, the body was found in thn
sack as We have described. The prisoner was
cently recommended to his situaiion b a None
Lord in the parish. He was fully committed for
trial.

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LAIVREPORT.

. COUR I* QF KING'S LIENCII, luta 2s. •
TtiE KING 1). GENERAL PicToN.
Mr. Noteie was heard this day on the part of the
prosecutioli. He observed, that Mr. Stephen, in
the defence, had omitted the consideration of two
a: gueiertis of no slight importance to ascertain_ the
merits of the case. The first of those was, whether
any person but one to a judicial chara&er, could be
excused personal malice in doing an illegal aft ; the
second, whether admitting that the person aged as
a judge, he could not be made amenable here for
any excess of jurisdietion. He (Mr. N.) felt much
hesitation in differing from sircti vo iguished autho-
rities in their profession, as the Lounsel on the op-
posite •-,icl,! ; but he felt more deference in the pre-
sent instance fir their genius, than fur their argu-
meets. It hail been urged, that as torture was a
part of the.law of Trinidad, previously_ to the con-
quest by the British, it continued so ffter, and the
case ot. Campbell ancl Plall,'in Cowper, vi as brought
to support the argument of this continuance Of the
la-ws in a conquered country.
It had been ask Id,, whether the Crown had not a ca,
pOwer, in its cunt c-,ts with independent States, to
dispense with, the or filary provisions of the English'
I.rw ? It could, of course, do so under certain cir-
cnmstances; but cases might he obviously put where
that dispensation was beyond the power of the
Crown : for instance, if it were stipulated, that the
island of Trinidad should be connected with his Ma-
jesty personaly, its dominion and revenues attached
merely to the ind vidual King, there might be
certain privileges granted to the island contrary to
law, and the rights of other portions of the King's
subjects. From this it was evident that the power-
even of stipulation was circumscribed, and that in all
Cases the spirit of the contra& by which the laws of
the country were retained or abolished, had a i et erence
-.-1-a constant looking to the superior influence, and
paramount right, ot, ;he British laws. It.folloWed,
'that v. hatever was direaly-ddverse to British laws
was necessasily extinguished by even the very coin-
pact which piovidcd for the permanency of the,
remainder. The. Learned Counsel then went ar
great length into an examination of several of the.
. island and "colony Cliartersi which had been granted
'within the last two centuries, fOr the purpose of
proving,. that in-thetn
..all it had been taken fox'
'.,granted that the British laws were param_onnt to all
local le*s. Viet there was in no case apr ;vise and
positive enadeneCt of the laws of the conquering or
thothercourktry-; buttliat.Courts were %reeled, and*
their cleat it2ll stifipoSed to vest in them elrthe powers
1 the IUWs. of England. WilS it, to be held that the
blind and "ipjurio.te; law oi..the conquered country
was to c6rne like 'a,:shaiti„ppon the conquerors, if
they .resided there, -and ' solong as they resided ?
Was it not 'rupreconsenant to the liberal principles
of the British •Cohltitution; 'to conceive that the
conquered were raised into the privileges of the Brie
tish law, 'than that the conquerors were to merge
into a common Slavery ? It had teen, urged, that
the military had their Own law, and thereL)re were
.11 t injured by. the law of the conquered,. &id that
none others need go there but
_voluntaiily. But even
among the tui.itary, allowing . that they couiel.,not
be viewed in a civil capacity, there. were depart-
ments, the Waggon train, for instance, the persons
Composing which were not liable to military law.—
Persons might belecl within the conquered
,distriet
by accident, or by stress
,of weather—aud if such
persons should be present when 'some atiocious
criute happened to be committed, were they to have
their joints jugged, till they told whatever they
alight know on the subject ?
• Lord ELLENBOROUGEI..—." The laws of the new
conquest may either exist, or cease, or be supplied
by the laws, or be qualified by them, .but in this last
case, how. is the poor native of Trinidad to be ac-
quainted with the qualification ? He may know his
own laws, but how is he to know yours ?','
. - Mr. NOLAN.--'-" Those instances in which qua-
lification is'necessary, are large and unusual; they
-can seldom occur ; of course they are easily marked`,
.and they are to be marked by promulgation. They
are chiefly Math in se."
• Lord ELLEN BOROUGH..—" I feel an infinite diffi-
•culty in this mode of -distinguishin. ' Mala. in .se'
'ls a phrase of too lax an interpretation; suppose. the
country were -one,.._ in which the laws authorize the
exposure of parents and children„ those are, if any
acts are, Maki in, se. It strikes me that the law of
-the country remaies," till the British Crown acquires
a right, or declares its intention of promulgating a
. new law." .
. _ -

Mr, NoLAN.—" My Lord, let me put a case,
where the law of the country cannot act, even be-
•
fnre any promulgation. .of another. Suppose- the
conquered country to be,Mahomedan ; f,uppose•the
British Chaplain attempts the conversion of the peo-
ple.; the .authoriti s thecolintry are, by their
law, empowered to impale . the. Chaplain : and, if
nohing is to intervene between him and punishment
but the_ promulgation of a law, wbich may. not be
declared, from the distance, and other physical rea7
sans, six Months,, he must be impaled. But this
cani,ot be allowed.
Lora-L' LLENBoitouGH.--" The difficulty vanishes
away in practice—it ih,merely theoretical ;in theory,
tinuoubtediy,, a serous difficult); subsists. It ap-
'pears to the that the conquerors lose no privileges,
tali that men residing or settling, in a Sppnish coun-
try, tor.in,tance, must ie liable to Spanish laws.—
You have not introdved British laws,' and the coon-
try.mus: not be left entirely without rules of general
conduct."

r. NUL My. Lord, the difficulty is not
merely theoretical, it_ is practical believe a case
Will soon Come before you on that point: I do not
al,ude to any thing connected with the present one."
The Learned Counsel then went through the re-
maining arguments, and concluded by.expressing his
unwillinguess to;(liekip any aCCiition of charge or
on the s.uhject of the proseciltiom Standing
to peak before that Bench, he (Mr. N.) could.bave
do doubt •of findingsali that was pure and wise in
justicie, and to their Lordships- he committed his

Lord ELLENBOROUGH.—" We will consider the
aigunients which have been so ably urged on both
:►etvx, and give our judgment when we shall have
had suincient ►icue to torn a final opinion."
e 'oort a.!ji)urned.

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INDIA.

CALCUTTA., DEC: et

Po Intim and Po Currcem, two Malays; were in-
dieted for the murder of Po Alititn, a Malay seaman,
on board a small vessel, lying offrhe port of. Penang.
As the Recorder's Court, lately established at that
islarid, has no Admiralty Jurisdietion, and the of-
fence, on which 'the two prisoners Were indieled,
having been committed under low water mark, it
Was not competent to that Court to take cognizance
of the crime ; the prisoners were, in consequence,
brought to Bengal, to take their trial befdre the Su-
preme Court'. The Grand Jury having f And the
bill, the trial came on last' Monday se'nnight. . The
clime being proved, on the 'clearest testimony,. the.
Jury returned a verdi4l, finding, both the prisoners
guilty.
Sentence of death would haVe been
.pronounced ;
hat; in cOnsequence of one of their liordships on the
Bench having suggested, some doubts, whether the /
Offence on which the prisoners had • 'been con-
Vieled could be considered, from the place where it
Was proved to have been . perpetrated, as properly
within the jurisdiction of the. Court, the sentence of
the law was not 'passed; and the eak3, we under-
stand, is to be referred.to England; for the opinion
of the twelve Judges. The two convitas were re-
tnanded to gaol.
. Herbert Styles and Christopher Klein, the former
a British subject, the latter a Batavo,Malay Chris.;
tian, were found guilty of piracy. The following is a
short outline of the case :—The prisoners belonged
to the brig Malacca. While -at -anchor in a Malay '
port, in the Straits of Malacca, the Captain and gun-
ner being on shore, Styles was, left on board in
charge of the vessel. Towards the evening,: while
thus entrusted with the charge of the brig, be call-
ed the carpenter upon deck, and ordered him to
cut the cable by which the vessel was ridirt at an-
chor. The' carpenter hesitating to comply, Styles
threatened him with instant death if he
.continued
to refuse obedience to. his orders. The
.sable was I
then' out—the sails set=--and, as it was tol! dirk 'to
allow the Captain on shore to see "the Yesiet„ Styles
Ordered three grins to be fired, that the report of the
gens might induct a belief that the'vesiel toad been
boarded and carried off bYllll`alaYS.' Ha's in 4 got to
sea, Styles broke -open'a package of dollars,_ of which
he distributed a hundred to each Maw: on 13!•ard;
compelling such as bbi46ted to reCeiveithe'MOney,
under the threat of beinglanded on an tritinithited
island. He probably conceived', • that- by forcing
them to take this money, they Would:consider them-
selves as participators in' 'the piracy----a'belief that
might-deter froatiany scheme, on:the part of the
crew, to recover. the vessel. The better •to guard
against any attempt' or that kind, Style's had ordered
two of -the guns from the forecastle to be- planted
in the waist,--arid; logling them-with grape, lan-
gridge, &c. -two Chinese, on whose fidelity he re-
lied, were placed with, a lighted match at each,
ready to fire, in case of an attempt to retake (he ves-
sel. During all this time Styles assumed the corn•
mand of the vessel, he and Klein alternately keep,
ing watch upon deck.—Proceeding up the Straits,
they fell in with a-Malay proa • and beieg 'in want
of water, the proa was hailed' to come along side
to furnish a supply. A number of the crew of the
proa came on board, and a •faithful Malay belong-
ing to the brig, conceiving that -an opportunity now
presented for her re-capture, communieated, the
circumstances of the piracy to the Nacoda of the
proa,
and proposed a plan for her recovery, by the
•
assistance of himself and
.his Malays. The Nacoda,
who had been often at Malacca, where he had seen
the brig, and was acquainted with her owners,
readily came into the proposed plan for her re..
'capture , the arrangements being conceited, upon
the instant, Styles and his co-adjutor Klein were
immediately seized without resistance,' and being se7.
Cured, were carried with the vessel to , Malacca,
whence they were sent round to Bengal for trial.
The' fiet of the piracy, as above stated, being
clearly proved; the Jury gave a verdiCt of guilty,
and sentence of death' was passed upon the pri-
soners. ' The Court; however, in consideration of
the youth, and other circumstances in faVoUr Of
Styles, who was the principal, have been pleased
to commute the puniShenent Of death in -both cases
to transportation for life; The two conviCts will be
sent to New South Wales by the first cOnVenient
opportunity.

SCOTLAND.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jura 22.

On Monday. last, the trial of 'William Old came
on before the Court, of Exchequer, .on the charge of
having in his possession a still, for the purpose of
manufaquring spirits, without having taken out a
license, which subjeeted him in a penalty of .5001.
also for,having-a quantity of wash, amoutating to be-
tween 300 and 4.00 gallons, the penalty for which
is 101. per gallon ; the libel was, however, restrict-
ed to too gallons, the penalty being 10001. in both
these sums he was found liable by the Jury.

The
.ingenuity displayed by Air, Old in the erec-
tion of this still, and in the concealMent of it, are
rather of a novel nature,and deserve to 4 made
public. The still was of very large dimensions, do
less than '6O gallons, equalto many used in the re-
gular distilleries. Old's story is shortly this :--Some
time ago 'he met with a travelling Irish tinker ; he
called him into his Shop, which is situated in the
High-street, 'at the back of the Fountain- Well,
Edinburgh, and asked him if he ever made such an
-instiument as a still. Pat told 'him that he could
not only make it, but use it. He then made an ap-
pointment to meet the tinker in' Charlotte Square,
where he blindfolded him, and_ Carried him in a
coach to his shop; he then introduced him into a
cellar, by a trap door, in a dm k -room, through which
he passed from the front to the back shop ; this door
was neatly concealed by a small press, and the-pas-
sage was so tight that a man could scarcely pass
through it ; here he provided his tinker with cop-
per, who, in a short time, construtied a still upon
the most approved principles, after which he again
blindfolded him, and set him adrift in a different
qurter of the town.
How long this instrument was at work, did not
appear on the trial; but -it is evident that .a very
short time would enable the proprietor to meet all

:Wished by WILLIAM ARM101:1( scid Pus, S'outtiMolton street, C;ros,venor cquare.
lot the raper, Letters !Qv the editor, bic. (post-paid), must bt. addicsud.