The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-04 00:00:00

S 1 l' NEWS.

HULL, DEC. 2.—Capt. CLARK, of the Stephen
Gee, of this port, states that he made Heligoland
in twenty-five hours from the Spurn, on hisottt-
.
ward voyage.
The last fleet for the rßaltic _ from this port,
would most probably arrive at Cronstadt about
the 0:11' .or 10th. he Dwina and the lint.
tus, two of the ships, tvere seen on the 7th Nov.
within-two dayS,s,il of Cronstadt, with a fair
wind. The Woodhall, SMITH", who tailed with
the above fleet, had not passed the Sound on the
14th she was spoke with on the 7th off the
Scaw, by a vessel arrived htre.
The Gilder, SADLEE,' of this port, upward
bound; was spoken with 12 miles N. W. by W.
of Dagaroot, on the 25th October, by the Alert,
PENNEY, arrived iii the river from St. Peters-
htirgh. . •

The sloop Clio, JAMES WRAY master,-arrived at
Whitby on the 22th ultimo, from —, with tim-
bet: ; she had previously delivered a c.irgo of coals
at Plymouth, at which port she arrived irom
&timid, after an uncomnund y short passage of only
four (h s.
GklmFaT, Nov. 2G.—Arrived here, the Canada,
Jos. CUMMINS ma.ter, floin Archangel, laden
wheat for London. the vessel being kept at
sea by contrary
,tvinds such a length of time that
all the provisions • on board were consumed, and
the crew reduced to living upon wheat for the last
five weeks: They appeared greatly exhausted in
consequence.
The Thetis, It ITCHIe, from St. Petersborgh to
this port, struck on a rock in entering
,Asp, Ist
jilt. but was got of with the loss of rudder, and
leaky, and was taken into Aspo.
The William, KIRBY, of and from Bridlington,
for liarnburgh, with horses, was stranded near
Bovenberg.en, about the 31:bh October. 'Tile horses
were saved.

Extract of a letter from Archangel, dated the
sth (17t1►) of October :—" Winter, has now made
its appearance, and the river is full of drifting-ice.
Several vessels have returned, partly with dam-
age ; and it is feared others will follow. Those
known at present, and which must wit►ter here,
are the Endeavour, Lldvd ; Friends, Stonehoose ;
IVeser, Behrends ; and Gertrude, Hattschild."
A letter,' from which. the following is an ex-
tract, has been received by Mr. ELVIDGE, of Bri'd-
lington Quay, dated
" Lerwick, (Shet! and) Nov. 11, 181'.
I have to inform you of the melancholy
wreck of the Helmsley, Capt. Robert,Creasvr, on
the night of Sunday, the 9th inst. in Sandwich Bay,
on the south side of Shetland ; fortunately the
crew were all saved except the cabin-boy. 1 an►
this moment relax tied from the wreck, where I
have been with Mr. 13. Spence, agent for Lloyd's,
where every thing has been done, both for the in-
terest of the owners of the ship and that of the
cargo ; a small proportion of the tallow is already
saved, but little,or none of the flax, the .vessel
being completely broken up, and. from the wind
blowing N. W. little thereof can be saved, being
likely, to be carried out to sea. I will write you
more fully, by the next opportunity, which will
be in about. ten days. I ant sorry to add, that
several vessels fron► the Baltic have been wrecked
on the saute side of the country."

The following vessels .were lately wrecked. on
the'coast of Shetland :—At Danuass, on the 31st
October, the Diana, Mid►lleton, of and bound to
Berwick, ft our New Brunswick, with tiniber.
Two men save►l ; the Orkney pilot was drowned.
In the neighbourhood of Lerwick, on the 5111 ult.
th►e Cat ohne, Molbeck, of.COpenhagen, bound to
Malaga, with deals ;—crew lost. On the 15th
ult. near Voe, in Duorossness, t7le Provi►lence,
Bell;of North Shields, from Archangel, is sup-
posed to have been lost, as a boat was found, but
there is no certain evidence that she belonged to
the ship wrecked, as She was found to windward.
It is alto reported that anhther vessel was wreck-
ed near the same place, tailed the Camperdown ;
if so, the crew must be lust.

The mound of earth, &c. thrown up at Hytlie,
upwards of 41) years since, env which was origi-
nalry a battery of three guns, is now removing by
01 dey of the Board of Ordnance, and affords a very
agreeable opening to the sea, front the Library.—
The earth is very judiciously applied to filling up
some of the pools of water, and to covering the
beach in the immediate vicinity of the towets,and
forts in the neighbourhood.

JAW INTY',4I,I:i‘G'ENCt.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DLc. 3.

GRIM CON.

GEonalt iclttrToN v. itonsn fsT eivTorL

An action for criminal conversation with the
wife 'of the plaintiff. "life datuaga were laid in
the declaratiOn at 200/. It appeared from the
opening of Mr. MARRYAT that the parties are
brothers, in a 3 lutpectable, thongh not an exalted
station of life, the plaintiff being employed as a
printer, And the defendant a planter, not to any
great extent, in the IVcst Indies. Mr. George
Newton was married in 1803 to a young wo-
man of reputable connekiotis, and they lived,
in the utmost hatthony until 1813, *nen the
defendant first arrived in lingland; even .at
that time the plaintiff entertained no suspicions
(fur how could he suspect his brother ?), and per-
mitted his wife to accompatiy the defendant into
Scotland to see their mother. Robert Newton
subsequently quitted the country, and again return-
ed in the spring of 1814 ; soon.after which the
adultery was committed ; the particulars of which,
as detailed by several witnesses, nanlfested the
most disgusting and almost incredible grossness ott
the put of the woman '; who, besides, appeared
to have been the seducer—if such a term can be
used, as descriptive of the allneements adopted by.
a woman of 35 to a wan of 40.

Mr. TOPPING addressed the Jnry for the de-
fendaut. Recollecting all the.circuinstances, the
m ges in the plaint ill's declaration could scarcely
be laid at too small a sum. The parties were all
even beyond mature age, and did not offend from
ignorance or inconsideration. It was not to be
forgotten, that the adultery took' place inl‘l4 ;
soon afterwards the elopement took place, and from
that tune to this, the 41elenthaut and Mrs. Newton
had been living in guilty intercourse. Only
question for the Jury was, the amount of damages
to he given to the plaiatiff for the loss of the. So-
ciety .of so abandoned and profligate a woman as
his wife upon the evidence appeared to be.
Mr. Justice Atao*, in summing uji, went over
the principal facts proved, reworking upon the al-
fettionate Manner in which the plaintiff and his
wife lived together until the art ival W. the defend-
ant in England. As to the question of damages,
the chief points for consideration were the charac-
ter and conduct Of the wife, and the period that had
elapsed between .the iliscoVery and the time i.vtien
the action was comnienced. As to the first, it was
observable that, no woman forgot her duty to her
husband without forget t ing her ditty to herself; and
adultery was, there tore, scarcely ever proved, wit b-
out being accompanied with .cireamstatices.of the
grosseit indelicacy. The near relationship of the
parties might well put the husband off his gnaid ;
hut, after the disclusure of the adultery, several
years had certainly elapsed, and the pldintiff xvtil
knew where the parties were residing and con-
tinning the criminal intercourse., Under all the
facts, his Lorthhip was persuaded' that calm and
temperate damages would satisfy the justice of the
case.

The Jury desired to leoovr • what were the eir-
stances of Ihr defendant ?--

Mr. Justice ABBOTT Observed, 110 proof
bad been given upon, I hat point. dAr9ages
were laid in the declaration at 2001.; and that snuff
could not be exceeded ; the verdict might be as
touch under that amount as the Jury thought
right. _ _ • _

'!'lie Jury consulted for ;) ftnv.rniontes, and gave
a verdict forthe piaiiiiitf—DAtuages 12O!.

E. 1. AND J. HOULDITCH VIGOGNF.

The present fiCtioll was brought by the plain,
tiffs (coach ;Inakersrin Lot g-arte),to-recover from
the defendant, a gentleinan•residing- in Albany,
tbe-suin of 3941., beitig the price of a landau, liar-
ness,for two hot seS, &c.
Mr. GASFLEE stated that the carriage ,inques-
tion had been ordered atid made more than three
years ego : the defendant, whit appeared to be sa
man of fortune, in October, 1814, called upon
the plaintiffs, and desired that they Would' make
him a landau, e.,timated -at 320 guineas, with
hat ness, &c. at 34 guineas more ; 211. was charg-
ed for the standing of the vehicle in the warehouse
of :be plaintiffs, being at the rate of 3s per week.
.It was finished in the February after the order was
given, but the defendant never sent for, it, nor had
Ire been.- heard of till • lately; when it was found
that he had returned front the Continent, and was
residing in Albany. llc was there waited upon,
admitted his liabily, and excused himself by stat 7
lug-, that be bad been suddenly called abroad by
an unfortunate speculation in wines : be said that
'he had then no use for the carriage, and offered
to give the plaintiffs 501. if they would keep it
it themselves : this proposal they rejected, and
brought the present action.
Mr. Justice ABBOTT said, that as- there was no
contrt in the declaration for the warehousing of
the carriage, the plaintiffs could not recover
for it.

The witnesses having proved the order and its
execution, Mr. Gu liN Elf admitted tbat his client
had no defence, having made as bad a speculation
in law as' lie had in wine.

A verdict wa therefore found for the plAiutiffs-
-373/.

HYTHE PRIZE SHER? Stiew.--An unusual num.
ber Of sheep was exhibited at the animal sbew
last Week, which ►i•as attended by most of the
principal • Graziers of Romney Marsh. and the
neighbourhood. It was considered to be the finest
exhibition, both as it regards symmetry and in-
trinsic value, that has hitherto taken place at
Hythe, and we are happy to hear that the stAb-
sCription is this year very liberal. 11 excites/feel-
ings of•the w►trmest gratitmle.to Providence when
ire witness the tmegnalled o.luct ions of our high 1 v
favoured country 3 and the,more so, wheel we re-.
fleet that the flue animals si►ewn on.this occasion
have, for the a►ost part, been noutished amflatted
on .pastures rescued from the sea by the persever-
ance;and labour•. of our forefathcts.

COAL ~,V,llt KET, Age:- 3,. ,
.
Ships at, Market. Si*.,-, 5,,,1. Price. ..
66i Neweastio ....44..... 43q. Oil. to 455. 0(1
5 Sunderland ....5.......... 375. 'Od. to 4<s. oil
i Stone Coal
1 Ciadexs 0 ......—5. fad, to ,-,,5. (d
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