The Sun.
London, England, 1810-12-04 00:00:00

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On, Feibylist the ploughing-Mafcir, Pirelointecl
the In7el'iess-shire Fanning Society, was held at
Kintnyliej",- dri a field belougins to Mr. Shgriff.—
Thir teen plOtSgits,- each drawn'-oy•ft pdt'r of ,
started for The prerniutnS, 'and the whoie-of the
ploughing the judges and tifelsepre
sent, to be In u:-.41 roper or to former corn petition •
_ since the •of the The first
premium of 441-. T.-as 'adjudged; fo-Jobit floss ser-
vant to Mr. Colvin', TorbreA ; 'the, secc'tcl 01 35t.
.o Donald INl'lloitah.f., -s':,„rvant io Afir.,Al'lntosh, of
iiinchyle; the third, 3ris.. to John --I‘l‘'Benn, 'Servant
to Angus Alclntosh, Hohn ; the fourth,
20s. to Hugh FrascT, 'to in Slii?rt(F., Esq.
Kinmylies ;
.11,e i to 'Donald Fraser, ser-
vant to Mr. Colvin, el'oror7:!.-k'; and the sixth, tos..
to Alex. Martin, also -,.etvittq: to Mr.
mylies. The unsuccessful Ondidate's tv,re hap&
soluely, rewarded for their exertions
..ard enernes4
to excel in this most important b'r'anch of agricH7
tural labour, The Society having -adjourned to the
Miss Ettle's anti the Chair having heenfilled
by J. P. GintVt, Esq. of Itothiemurshus, whosei
happy talent of nroinoting the plealuresof refine,:i
society is so-well known, t he:evening Tent in
rational conversation and 'social intercor.n,e, rtncl the
objetis of the Society were zealou.sly siqroited by
Mr. M'lntosh, of HOhn, one of the 'Vice Presidents;
Who acted as croupier. ,
It being-deemed advisAble_to encounge;hy suitable
rewards, the long services of faithful Emu servants:
the the Society propose to grant pree.trs in'proportio
to the'lengtb of time th,-7 may h•-tie rotEhreti
-the' employ Went of one mast-r,, into conSf-
derattor4 the number of 2.110-'llte
ner in Nvii:eh their childrt n !I:1y! been'brutight•
Mr. Chisholm, of laving -laid helot-..:
the Meeting. ihe.prospectf.:?. Qt a loca: descriptive:
poem, Cntnied PliNtije," Which is. now in -
tire courA; of ion, and the :MeMbers feel'ittg
theinseivks parlieta.tiy d tendency '
of the work, -aid the embraces, they, one
and all of them,'suf,scritlt'd to the tindeftAH!,
recommended to all the absent Members to tol'aiy,-
their example in patronisnig a-work #;olely*;ntetlided,
to bring tiro notice the_ ti,:anties and atniqulties of
'their nntne country, and the various itnprovements
of modern:times,.

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LAIP REPORT.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Dix. 3.

808 LE V. W4LLIS, ESQ.,

This
.was an action brought by a tailor against
Cipt. Thotna,i Wallis, to recover the amount of -a
'of'"Exchange of tool. ad* bill for clothes,
awourving in the entire to 2371..75., ed.
Air. PARK, in a
.short address, stated, that this
Captain Wallis was one of, the persons who
dr"ve , about town for the amusement of - the
pAtic, the master on the box, and -the coach-
; man in the inside. A part of the distinctions
of the Four--in-hand Club, of which he was a .mem-
ber, was their a.sumption of the dresses of jockies
and mail coachmen.. -In the bill now before the
Court,- a number of the articles, coals, waistcoats,
jackets, and breeChes, Were prefaced with " after
the exai,-A, pat iern of fhe mail-coachmen." In the
course 4,f one yeir, from the winter of Is-o 3 to that
of 1809, 'he bill for these extraordinary habiliments,
in ,Which, neither he (Mr. PARK) nor.any 'rational
man 'would wish to see his son, or his ward dressed,
rose to /the win stated. the defendant had not
paid, after the regular and repeated demands of the
plaintiff, and the action' was brought to recover the
debt. ,

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Stumke, a workman of the plaintiff, was
called to prove the delivery of the clothes. He had
always carried them home, and .Hooting could he
mote particular or More anxious than Captain' Wal-
lis, in liiS direCtions for every thing relating: to, his
equipment for the Four•in-hand Club, The'Cap-
lain had a number of serv.itits, and he ordered their
liveries to to finished with the same neatness of
stitching, and elegance of shape as his own clothes.
The ,wiiness 'went home himself with the clothes,
and' -there was great -variety in Captain Wallis's
placeS of abode. The Captain lived at one time at
Nelot's hotel, at another at the Cottage ; but he
always putJip at a new place on coming to town,
and soinetuncs cianged his residence Once or'iciur
times intme week. • - •

Mr. Cum No, on the opposite side, endeavoured
to prove that the charges were excessive; but be
calird no WiIIICSSeS; and the Jury
.toupd a verdict
for the plaitititi,, 2371. 7s. 2ci.