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

JULY 6.

ANNESLEY, V. CROOKE.
. The plaintiff, an Attorneyisought a compensation
for damage dune to his furniture, while it remained
in the possession of the defendant, who is an Auc-
tioneer in the City. It appeared that the property in
question, which consisted of a Brussels carpet, ma-
hogJny,chairs, and other articles, had been sent from
Tiiavies Inn to the defendant's warehouse for preser-
vation. \\Then the furniture was returned to the
plaintiff 3t his house in York 'Buildings, the carpet
appeared to be much damaged. The chairs were
also injured. It was suggested by Mr. Serjeant:
SHErfiERD, that the chairs had been damaged by the
feet GI several perons, who had waited on Mr.
Crook at his warehouse, to. congratulate him, after
he had stood at an 41eCtion for Common Council cif
the Ward. The visitors were entertained on the oc-
casion with a cold collation, and in the pressure and
hurry of the meeting the chairs had suffered.
Mr. Set jeant OssLow wa,s on the point of ad-
dressing the Jury for the defendant, when the
Learned Judge threw out a hint to settle the case
more to the advantage of the parties, in conse-
quence of which a Juror was withdrawn.
The other proceedings :were. not important.

• •
EXTRACT OF LETTER FROM T} ARMY IN PO1IJ•

GAL.

.4" A general engagement will certainly soon take
place. We expel.:t to move forward and meet the
French half-way. Their force is superior to ours.
We expect orders to march forward every instant :
but ay I write this letter in the evening, and no orders
have yet arrived for that purpose, I don't think we
shall march to-morrow. The army is extremely
healthy, very effective, and well fed, and in case of
an action, there is every prospect of success. A Pro-
has been issued, saying the country is in
danger of • being invaded, and calling on all ranks to
repa the enemy. Fifteen thousand Portuguese
troops of the line, that were at Coimbra, have been
moved to Vizea. The cavalry brigade, which was
at Alentejo, under General Slade, has crossed the
Tagus, and joined the main body."

The Frankfort Fair; which is just termiroted, ex-
hibited'aS fine a show of Britislimanufactured goods
as at any period during our inteirupted intercourse
with the Continent. . The articles, generally speak-
ing, sold wed. The principal, purchasers were.
Dutchmen'. Swiss cottons and muslins were in
great demand. Some houses at .Nigufchatel did bu-
siness to the amount of six millions of florins.

The following Is the letter which was sent to die
'Elector Palatine by Dil.rNhal TottENNa, in answer to
the challenge from the former, nieritiuned in an ar;.•
tide extracted from ACKERAIANN'S , R4o,lifOry of
Arts, Manufactures, &c. inserted in our paper of
Saturday last.

• "- In the Camp of Seckenheim,
. "SIR, jury 27, 1674, •
"I hate received the letter with which your.
Electoral Highness has honoured me. I can assure
you, that the lire Which consumed your villages was
not kindled by my order, and that the soldiers %Alto
fbund 'their comrades murdered in a very extra,r,
dmary manner, did it at a time when it was impos,
sible to prevent them. I -doubt not, that your
Eleetoral Highness will honour -me- with the con,
tinuance of your good opinion, as I have done no.,
thing to render myself unworthy of it."
.In exculpating such a man as Turenne from the
imputation of a bad /talon, .for so it was then con,
sidered, it may not be superfluous to subjoin the
letter written by the Marshal to the Minister Lou-
vdis, and dated from, the camp near Landau,
August 23, 1674.

" When I was quilting the Palatinate, I re-
ceived by a trumpeter from the Elector, a letter,
which the King has certainly heard something Of,
for I read it to those win/ then hanened to be*
my apartment..
a I have put by the original, .with-
out suffering single copy of it to be takt!n, for
fear it -might get trom one band to atiothcr ; for' r
am convinced, that the ILle6tor himself must an
hour afterwards have repented the step. I apsWered
him according to the truth, that the soldicrs ha:: \
without orders burned some villages.iii
had found some of their comrades murdered (ly the
peasants. If the King commands, it, I' will send
hint a copy of the letter; but I thought it better,
for the sake. of Madame, to bush up the matter.7'
Who, would not Willingly believe the celebrated
Marshal Turenne innocent ? it must excite
surprize, that such a man
_should conceive the idea
that the Elector Would repent'a step which does ho-
nour to his memory. It is the, duty of a Prince in
time of danger not to spare his: owl: life, .in order
to proteCt or to revenge his subjeds. lf actions are,
or at-least then' were, CoMmitted in war, which can-
not be justified by the latys of war, this very cir-
cumstance transforms them into private actions.
This wad admitted by Turenhe,. when he assured
the Eleelor that the villagei had been set on fire -
without his orders; -consequently, befor6 he re-
futed the charge, Turenue was in the eye, of the
Eleaor neither more nor less than an unprincipled
tormentor of his subject. .But this scourge _was at
the head of a:: army. What means then had he
left to revenge the past, and to prevent future ex-
cesses ?. _None, but to meet the perpetrator in silk.
gle combat, it he could prevail on hint to accept the
challenge. In my opinion; no other objection eau
be made to the measure, than that it was unusual,
and that no Sovereign' has recently thought tit to
imitate it:

. Yesterday the workmen employed at the London
Docks struck for an increase of wages, They de-
manded an advance of trout 18s: to a guinea per
week. The number employed amounts to about .
1000, and midi as were backward in approving the
condud adopted by the ring-leaders were roughly
treated. Constables were called in, and we ine
happy to say the malecontents did not betray any
spirit of outrage, other than that of persisting in the
demand, for an increase of wages..: •
The following is a striking instance of the in-
creased value,of timber:—ln the year 1565, the ins
habitants of Lewes resolved on pulling (lowa their
.Town-House;or Sessions-Hotise, and rebuilding it ;
and for that,purpose they purchased. i 5 tons of tim-
ber, at 2s. Bd, per ton ! ! !—The timber taken from,
the Hall now pulling down, is valued at from 3s. to
to 4s. per.foot !