The Sun.
London, England, 1810-07-18 00:00:00

PRING AGAINST di/ All EY.

This was originally a suit instituted in the Con-
sistorial Court of Bath and Wells, by John Currey
against Mr. Pring, for smiting and-laying violent

honlis on Thomas Curtey, the brother of lhe 151'0•!'
nio'er, and-also (or brawling, quarrellink, or chid-
in,;, in the parish church HOrion Fitiwarroit.
It appeared, that.on . the, Sabbath et the 28 h c3f-
November. ign2, there being ty-tween forty and
fury persons assembled in the chord), tbr ihe pur-
pose of hearing Divine Service, that Thomas Cur-
rey seated himself n a pew belonging to two other
paris!noners, who endeavoured to rurwhiru out. A
setae ensued between the, parties, when Mr. Pang,
the then Churchwarden, came up (as alleged) and
uscd very foul and indecorous lan,;oage, and added,
" We will have no tightincr here ; it'you want to
fight, go into the church-yanrd," which place; by the'
statute of the 541) and thh of Edward the Fifth, was
equally prohibited from such a transaction occurring
in, and it was further enacted, that persons go ot-
fending against that statute (particularly the Church-
warden, whose duty it was io keep the peace during
Divine Service), was liable to be suspended.
The Learned Judge wAs dearly of opinion, that
the Churchwarden had not discharged his duty in so.
stria and correct a manner as he ought to ha've done
—that his condu& was very improi er on the occa-
sion ; , but under all the circuitis!anees and conside-
rations of the case, he should dismiss the defendant,
and condemn hint in 401. costs.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JULY 17.

EAVES V. DIXoN.

This Was a horse cause, and occupied almost the
whole of the day. The plaintiff and defendant were
both liokse-dealers ; and the anion .A as brought fbr
371. the price paid for a horse warranted sound, but
Which died of a dropsy about ten days ater the sale.
This cause had been tried hefore; arid the plaiwiff,
at the former nial, obtained a verdict. It was now
t ied Itgain by a Special Jury.
'On the part of the plaintiff it was proved, that the
horse was bought at 13Olfor. fair, and was warranted
sound ; and that on its, being brought up towards
London immediately after, it refused its ows ; and
upon being visited the third day after tie sale, by a
farrier in London, he immediately pronounced it to
be ilea contir,ved dropsy, which he conceived must
have ptoceeded twin a disorder in the burp, ante-
cedent to the sale. One witness, said, that the
horse appeared dull in the eyes, and diseased be-
fore the sale.

On the other hand it was. proved, for the defend-
ant, that the horse had no apparent disorder previ-
ous -to the Sale ; and a number of veterinary sur-
geons gave it as their opinion, founded on their ex-
perience, that nothing is more common than for
horses, to die in the same manner, from.an inflam-
mation contracted a few days 'bdore their death ;
and'some of them thought it thdre probAhle that the
disorder, of which this hoMe died, had been con-
traled'since the'sale. •

Sir J. MANSFI ELD recapitulated the evidence to
the Jury, and qalesd that it. was incumbent upon. the
Plaintiff to prove that the !,or-e was unsound at the
time be bought hhni It he lad failed in pr ving
this to the satisfaction of the jury'„or that it should
appear to them doribtfal whether' the' horse was
sound or unsound at the tine of tile sale, he would
then hav'e failed in proving his case„and the terdiCt
should he for the det,'f•ciii, t: If, however, they had
no doubt of the horse being unsound at the time of
the sale, t! ey s :0, LI
Thelni), arer considering a few minutes, found
for the delenniint.

:Yesttrdoy morning his MAJESTY- and Princess
AUGUSTA ',took their usual airing-on horSebrick in
Windsor Park till one. o'clock.' The Royal Party
aLcomp:inied by Lidy COLLIER, Count MUN-
STER, GAlered GAkTU, Colonels TAYLOR and
DE •B ROW,

Monday Princess:SOPHlA of Gloucester arrived at
Windsor to diner with the QUEEN and Princesses,
and in the-evening returned to London. •
Monday evening, Sir 'HENRY HALFORD, Doctors
BAILLIE and DUNDA-4, visited the Princess AMELIA,
and remained with her Royal Highness all night.
`The private, letters received by the last Mail from.
LisbOn,concur in ,holding out t-he speedy expeaa-
tion of a battle between' the British and French ar-
mies. ,The folio ing extracts contain the-latest
telligence from our army :

" ALMEIDA, JULY I.—Ciudad Rod rigo is not
yet taken, but it is expealed.tq fall every boor.--
MASSENA, NEY, JLJNOT, and lintsorq, with 35,000
men, are within 18 miles of us. General HILL
has been obliged to fall back .on Abrantes. I sup-
pose something decisive will soon take place.
" JULY 5.—A heavy and incessant fire of mus-
ketry, in the diredion ot•Ciudad Roderigo,:has.been
distinely heard by our out-posts during the .greater
pat tof the night. It gradually ab,ted as the morn-
ing advanced, and ceased entirely about six &clock.
It is suppused by some who have mare enthusiasm
than prudence, that the garrison had lnade a sortie.;
and by others, who calculate on the disparity of the
numbers of the besiegers and the garrison, that an
assault has been made by the former, and gallantly
and resolutely resisted by .the latter. This opinion
is corroborated by the breach, which, in a former
letter, I stated upon good authority to be eight yards
in length and two in depth, which... considering the
height of the parapet, and the facilities the -enemy
p s,iess of procuring. fascines, is deeineJ practiCable.
The result will be known in a few hours. , It is
matter of surprise that the garrison, with such di-
lapidated walls, and w'retched outworks, should have
held out so long against a force greatly superior in
every resped.

" A division of the French army has crossed the
Agtieda, .below Ciudad Roderigo, which has ren-
dered it prudent for General CHAUFURD•tO tall back
from the position he occupied on the sett bank of
that river to Fort Conception. The French are con-
centrating their forces, and, from the most correct
information that can be procured, are making, every
preparation for the invasion of 'Portugal. .lAre are
daily receiving reinforcements, and continue. in good
health, high spirits, and in the best possible state.
of discipline;"

Early yesterday morning, as Mr. Gombridge, of
Epping,. was going up Holborn-hill, he was hustled
by a gang of villains who pretended to be drunk,
who picked his pocket of his book, containing 301.
in bank notes,., and made ,their escape with their
booty towards held-lane; - they are supposed to
belong to the Chick-lane gang, who infest that
quarter.

It• • lIDDL.gSZX SESSION'S.

Yesterday .Tintn liornsay, alas. Driver, Thnems
Clarke,- alias Sment, Clbr. tes a,:d Joiz a (34,
were i;)dic.:red for a conspiracy, to o',Liin'trorn,liios.
Fi:zhogh 'ario).ll swns of money, under the foul
pr..tence of chargii;g !inn wiih, the coriminis.on of
an unnAturar offence.

The prosecutor stated, tl.at on the 24th of Pe•
brtiary he was a servant in the employment of Col.
Read, of Harley-street. About nine in the evening
he was going down Oxford-street, to purchase some
grocery for nis master, and as he walked along, he
observed Goff, Clarke, and Itlinsay, standing to-
gel her ; they said something to lrm as he passed, to
which he made no reply, but Went on to the gro-
cer's, from whence he proceeded towards Caven-
dish-square, where, having occasion to 'sma, R trn-
say came up, and after sortie triding'oasery ai us,
,seized him in a mo-t indecent manner, three:a...L/07
Jinn if he did not give'him 101. he v:oirli hate hrtZ
taken up for committing an atrocious offence. Wit-
ness instantly turned found, and kiiocked Min d.rwii.
He then called the watch ; but ituticay. escAp
On-the f ilstling clay witness (pined the setvi:e of
Colonel Read, and took lodgings in cnru'les-street,
Middlesex Hospital, whither t Ronsay with
a constable, and had him apprehended, conveyed him
to Marlborough-strew, and thCre charged him Witt
an assault of the frost abominable nature. Witties
was consequently sent to [nista'. Wink there the
defendant Hill came tn. him, irotn a fri;11,4,,
and offered w procure him bail., as d,also to inlet-
ceed with the prosecutor Rams.ay. Witness gave,
him.a one-pound note, and in two days attejwards
bail was procured, and he was set at .111;e,tyi Wit-
ness then went to the sera ire of Lady Oiontneil.
On the 14th of March, Goff, H.ll, anti Clarke, c in)e
to his Mistress's house, and told him it lie (lid not
give them 101. Ramsay Would proseevate ond
there was little doubt ofdhis being cOnvrcled of the
crime alleged against him., Witnehs, much alaimed
at the tin eat, s.ti.i he could not give them any such
kiln, as he was without money. They them swore.
they must- have_ it, and used 'the ga oisest epi-
thets towards him. Witness at I.ogrit borrowed
from a fellow-servant a one-pound no e, which he
gave to them, and they then went away ; but G,
and Clarke returned on the ensuing evening, and
repeated their demands, adding, it they did not get
the money, they would not let the pro-eeutor ternlin
in that pla,.e, or any other place in town. Wiine.3s,
however, did not comply with their request, and they
left the house.' In cerstsequence of these threats, wit-
ness was obliged to leave the, service of Lady CL.ar-
well, and 'went froni th\ence to Lady Fordyce, wilt
\Morn. he had before lived for a year and eight
months. But here .again he was discovered by the
prisbners, who repeated their threats. On the 261
of /April he met Hid in Holborn, who asked if he
had got .any money for him. Witness sakl he had
not, when Hill observed, it he, the witness, follow-
ed his advice, he need not want cash. He then ad-
vised liim.to pawn his mistress's plate, and ian re-
fusal being given, he proposed his stealing wihe
froM the cellar, and giving it to him to dispose of.
To' those infamous proposition:, however, the pro-
sedutor could not 'agree, and finding his character
was likely to be destroyed, he 'wormed a constable,
nained, Cobham, bf the fadas,' „and the prisohers
:Were apprehernjed, at the &tot:tent when they were
accusing the plaintiff of the crime with whicn they
chM'ged-hiria, and threatening to prevent him from
remaining in any place..
John Cobham said he lived in Davis-street, Berke-
-ley4quare. The prosecutor came,to him on tire
28th of April, and unformed him of the atrocious
condud'of the prisoners. . While they were talking,
Goff
.and Clarke passed by arm in arm. The pro-
secutor went towards home, and the moment Golf.
and Hill saw him they ran after him, calho,4
by the most infamous names.' The prosecutor Mlle
back to witness's house, whither Got} and Hill
ptirsuedhith, still repeating their charges, and re-
'marking that unlesyie gave them nine pounds, they►.
would not let him retnain iii any place whatever.—
Clarke then spit in his face, and witness secured
him for that assault. He afterwards .apprehended
the others prisoners, when Hill confessed that he
had received the third of a pound note for services
he had done the prisoner.
The Chair Man surranted up the evidence with the
greatest perspicuity, and the Jury, atier a ,short,
consideration, returned a verdict of Guilty against
the fotir prisoners.
They were well known as persons of the most
atrocious charager.—Jadgment respited.

A General. Court Martial assembled on Monday'
last, at Canterbury,' for the'ttial of a private of
ith Veteran Battalion, late!), arrived at Shee;ness
from the Tower, on a charge of relyatedly s;riking
and afterwards,kicking his superior Officer.
The. Battalion embarked on board transports on
Monday last, at Sheernes3, for Gibraltar.
Yesterday a detachment of the Ea,t Norfolk Re-
giment of Militia arrived at Sheerness.
Ow Friday last a Hussar Reginient was reviewed
at Deal; by General NIGHTINGALE, at which that
General expressed his entire approbation of the
quickness iguickness'and precision with which they executed
their manoeuvres. •

"NothwithStarding the odium which has, been ex-
cited by die barbarous pra6tice\ of running pour
animals against time, a match of this descripfiOn
we find took place last week, and a galloway w: s
compelled to gallop twenty miles in an hour
is strange that the spedators do not express such
contempt, and abhorrence as to discountenance sp c-
tacles of this kind, -which are -indeed a disgrace io
the national character.

CORN EXCHANGE, JULY 18.—There are consi-
derable supplies of Wheat to-day, but little of prime
quality, which maintains last price, ordinary almost
without buyers; but little Barley; Malt at less
White Peas likewise ; Beans of the two kinds hard-
ly at the late reduction ; Oats are in tolerAble sup-
ply, and this trade is quoted cheaper; Flour at laid
prices.

Wheat 76s a 903 a ILO
Fine ditto - a 122,
Rye - - -48 s A 50
Barley - - -34 s a
, Mait - -72 s a tos
White Pease - 7os a 7rsv
Grey ditto yes a s.()
/laans 56s a 62>

Tick Beans -46 s a osi'
Oats - - • 226 28i a 32110
Poland ditto . 34, a 37
Potatoe ditto - QS a 4T'
. - - 581 021
Haie Hour 9S a lc), a
SCOqIIdS `jat a 9.5*