The Sun.
London, England, 1810-08-28 00:00:00

THE EARL OF ABERGAVENNY V. COOKE.

This was in form of an action for 361. the vajoe
of some trees; buti. in fait, the question was,
whether the land on which the trees grew was a
waste of a manor of Lord ,Abergavenny's, or on the,
manor of Keymar, which belonged to the defendant.
Several witnesses • were called on- the pal t of the
plaintiff, Who proved that 'the place in question
was always reputed part- of Lord Abergavenny's
manor.

The defendant called no witnesses, and the Jury
found'a verdi& for the plaintiff.

At the late Shrewsbury Assizes t here were two ac-
tions for Crim. Con. and both of their) against At-
tornies. The fist was from Anglesey, and the parties
were. Evans v. Hughes: It appearing on the evidence
that even the circumstantial proofs were very light,
as was alio the previous character of the plaintiff's
wife, a verdict wag found for the defendant.

JAMBS V. lIEULESTON.

In this case, the parties resided.at"Oswestry, and
the damages were laid at ioool. It appeared, that
the defendant hasl been seen twice or thrice in com-
pany .with the wife of the plaintiff; once while cow-
ing out of a hovel near Llansorda, and another time
in the defendant's stable ; on th s presumptive evi-
dence the above damages IA ere elsimed.
Mr, ABBOTT, for the defendant, contended, that
the c-itne had not been proved, and even if- it were,
the Lady must have fallen a very easy viCtim., There
was no breach of confidence or hospitality towards
'the husband, as the plaintiff and ilefendant were se-
verally known to each other. He, further coin-
mented on the conduEt of the plaintiff, who had
permitted themitO remain together; while he and a
relative remained at the door-; not like an exaspe7
rated husband, but rather like a limb of the law,
who was anxious to bring his action. Verdi& for
the plaintiff—Damages 501.
A singular circumstance occurred on ;Friday morn-
ing, a short distance beyond Chudleigh. , Fvur
Gentiemen, passengers in the "Mail-coach, coming
to Plymouth Dock, overcome by, the fatigue of
their journey, sunk into the arms of Morpheus
when, in coming, down a hill, the coach door flew
open, and one of them fell Out,, unknown to the'
others, nor was be missed until the coach stopped;
several miles further on ; the guard seeing ihe door
open, awoke the other three, and :inquired for their
companion, but they knew , nothing of, hirn,; nor
Could he be found although a horse was procured,
and search made for him • he, however,. arrived at
Dock in the afternoon, in one of the heavy
coaches, and had not sustained any injury by his
fall.

JOHANNA SOUTHCOTE.—There is a family of the
followers of this fanatic settled at a village 12 miles
from London ; it consists of a man,
.his wife., and
two dalughters. The father, who is far advanced in
lite, sits in an old arm chair, gravely dressed, and
is introduced to their fiallowers as God Almighty,
who, 'on being properly applied to, foigives the sits
of his supplicants. The daughters are called Martha
and Mary they are unencumbered with clothing,
except a white sheet, which they •.,‘ rap carelessiy
about them. Martha-some times lays a whole day
enveloped in 'the sheet, whilst she spits devils at
those she does not like. She frequently pre-
tends that she has been in a trance for several
days, and gives the most extraordinary accounts
of what she sees and tears during these periods.
About a fortnight since an 'amazing concoirse of
people assembled, by due notice being given;
that our Saviour had appeared, to Martha, and
desired her to inform her mother that she was not
lung to sojourn here; and as a preparation, she
was to make the largest currant pie the oven would
hold ; and, on the Sunday following, sell it at one
shilling a slice to those who could afford to pay for
it ;. and to those who could not, She ty:ight give it
gratis. Eery part of 'the house 'and .gartho was
filled with visitors, and happy were those who for -
either love or money could obtain a slice of this
holy pie!

ACCIDENT.-On Saturday evening 2 boy, ten
years of age, son of Mr. Lutter, a brick-maker, al
Bromley Common, Kent, riding a spirited horse on
the road at Widmorei was thrown from hiS seat,
when one of his feet got entangled in the stirrup,.
and the unfortunate youth was dragged in that state
for near a mile and a half, by which he Was dashed
to pieces. The body was taken to the Bird in Hand
public house, at \Vidmore, where the Coroner's In-
quest, held yesterday, returned a verdict of Acci-
dental Death.

The.elegant house of the gallant Vice-Admiral Sir
E. Pellew, Bait. and the wounds attached to it, in
Haver's-row, near Plymouth, called Hampton-house,
has bee❑ purchased, by the Rev. Dr. Hawker, for
the laudable purpose of forming an extensive esta-
blishment for female penitents.