The Sun.
London, England, 1810-12-27 00:00:00

I ricv;ia&•eil in I'll.e-14;1:As aril Year 3213.

_There liav4J been i;xecuted in the City. of London and
County of Surrey, Ten ; of which
.Nuirther,Six only have
been'reportect to oe liuried (as 'such), within the Bills of
Nlerrality.

There ig in -the garden of John Ballantine, Esq. in
Ayrshire, a plant of the Aloe ,Socotrina, in flower.
It is,o n Jove. of Africa,. pat ticularly of the island of
S coNra, ‘AlieCee it derives its name, was intro-
dueed- into Britain in the 'year 1759, and has never
been known' to flower' in this country before,
Lialiantine's ga-rden _contains a vast 'variety of rare
green-tionse and stove plants, well Worth the atten-
tion of the botanist. -
Tut; Co o R.—Of this enormous. bird, discordant
and exaggerated de.criptions have been exhibited,
which among- various other. teats of prowess is said,
like the ltoe of the Arabian Nights Entertainments,
to have lifted an, Elephant into the AA. high enough
to be killed by its fall. A Modern 'traveller, named
liumbeldt, has given a more correct and temperate
account of it. According to this intrepid traveller,
the Con't.'"-rr usually resides among lofty rocks, in the
region of the Andes, on the verge olperpetual
When seated on • the point of a'reek, and viewed
from below,. especially When contrasted with' a clear
sky, it appears considerably larger than it really is.
It feeds on both dead and living animal', and will
perceive the scent of its prey at a great distance.—
Two birds will seize on a- htifer, and begin their-
work of destru&ion by picking the eyes and tearing
out the tongue. A method of taking Condors alive
is often praCtised in Peru and
,Q.uito, and,is as fol-
lows, viz. a cow or horse is killed ; and in a little
time the smell of the carcase attracts the Condors,
which are suddenly seen in numbers in places where
no one would suppose they existed. They always
begin with the eyes and tongue, and then proceed to,
devour the, intestines, &c. When: they are well
sated, they are too heavy
,and indolent to fly, and
the Jodians take them easily with noo4es'. When
thus. taken alive, the Condor is dull and timid for
the first' hour, and then ,becomes extremely hero- •
cious. Monsieur Humboldt had olte in his poises-
gion for some days, which it was dangerous to ap-
pruich. The Condor is extremely ten'acious.of life,,
and will survive for a long time such wounds as
might be supposed to prove immediately fatal ; and
such is the fullness of its plumage that it has the power
of 'resisting or repelling the force of a ball fired at it
froth a gun.'
• .Hafod, the hospitable and elegant residence of
THOMAS
,JOHNES, Esq. M. 'P. for Cardiganshire,
'which,- with nearly,all its magnificent and highly
valuable contents, was destroyed by the fire in March
1807, has been again restored to its, original grap-
, deur.,
.A. very valuable collection of books, pictures,
glasses,- Sr.c.' equal, if not superior, to the former,
enrich the elegant suite of,ronms, which are ,fitted
' up in a style of great taste and comfort ; the chim-
ney-pieces (particularly those from Ionthill) are
I beautiful in the extreme.

An old sulky Gentleman lately asked, ." Why so
many people ventured in the Lottery ?"—His friend
answered—", Fortune is blind and. if you do not
throw yoKself in her way, you cannot expect her
favours. Indeed, from the general approbation of
the new Slate Scheme, you must purchase'quickly,
aq the Tickets are likely to become very scarce, and
of couiso much dearer;before the 15th of February,
when the whole Lottery will be' Drawn."

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LAW :REPORT'.

COURT OF COMMON'TLEA;;

SIFTINGS AT NISI PAH:S.IIEI'O.Ra LORD CHILI, JUSTICE
MANSFILLD,WEsTAIINsTILIt.
•

WOOD V. BUCK.

The plaintiff, in this raie, Was a wholesale cheese-
monger, tesiding in
_Bisltopsg.ale-street, and brought
his anion against tie defendant. who is also a
cheesemonger. in Old-street-road, to recover 1721.
the.‘alue at goods sold and 'd..7liVered; The
delivery. of the goods and t 4,e •tlsoctrittibn,6l-the
charges being proved, :and no lictettee for nor pay-
meta being set up,' a verdict was, of course, gii,en
for the plaintiff. • .

HOGS

• In this case, which stood for trial, a vErdia was
taken by tnutual.rotiseid, subject to an award.

BA I; A RD' if. PONTTFAIL

Mr. Serjeatit Counsel for ;he Plaintiff,
stated this to be an action aph.st Mr. William Pon-
'tifaX, and Edaiund, his sets, for. compensation by
damages, fur an assault Committed by them On the'
plaintiff, ivho was-their coachman,- on the i3th of
July last.
The first witness called in support of the action.
was Catharine Parker. She ,deposed, that she Was
in the service of • Mr. Pautifax; at Tooting, or-the.
lath of July last'. About eight ,oVock in Inc even-
ing of that day she saw her master (hive the car-
, riageinto the yard, and atter saw the plain-
tiff, who wai the coachman, follow on• foot. On
the'plaintiff'S arriviirg at tile spot Where Mr. POnti-
fax srooe,, P. desired him to quit the yard, and
told him he should no longer remain in. Di 4 service,
desiring him,' at the same time, to come the next
morning for his wages. To which the re-
plied, be should not go unless he. had his wages
then. Mr. V. irionecimely told he did nut
quit the yard, he IWould kick him' out ; when the
said,'" No; you won't do that;" and in a
moment, Mr. Pontifax went up to ions' Ithci-linocked
him down ; and when he was tying on the groond
gave bias severai severe kicks on ine-s,oni,lcb, he
head, and on the side. At that moment Mr. 'Ed-
•lntind Pon!if!x came up, and requested his father
riot to•use' the 'fellow ill, observing, that he wonld.
turn .him out of the l rd. A geocral scuffle en-
sued, and witness, lett the 'S.-pot. Pke.ious .to her
departure, howe..er, she saw that the plaintitrs: head'
was much cut, and, from the wound a considerable
quakily .of blood had flo,vn.
On her cross-examination, Bite said she had, not
observed
,that the, horses weie_ very much heated.
The plaintiff id not strike Mr. Pontifax., nor/ did
she hear ilia' use any abusive language. She ad-
mitted that. he had been drinking, and was rather
fresh. _ _
The next Witaess called was the keeperof
.a
public-house at Tooting, who passed the. bOoSe of
Mr. PontifaX, while the affray was gping for-Ward ;
but on. appearing in Conn his demeanor was :so ha,
proper, that Mr. Serjeant, Best declined exarnitnng

An old Lady named Flirt was then examined.
She depOsed, that as she was passing the coach-,,
yard of Mr. Pontititx, on the evening already men-
tion.4d,. she saw Mr..'l). and his two sons beating
and kicking the 11:iintlif, who lay on the gr..und;'
in the most brutal manner, She cried out io know.
whether they intended to kilt the man; w lien Mr.
rontifax the elder loam!. uo, and
.on seeing her,:
walked away his two sons then.difted 'up the plain,
tiff, and threw him into -road. On her golag to hie
assistance she frimtd tba,t he was much bruised; and
a;so saw that he had received a cut in his bead.
When cross-examined, she denied that he was
intoxicated.

A housemaid, who was in the service of air. Pun.
tifax tme time of the assault; are testimony to a
t.t.nii,ir cried. She had since qpitted her employ-
ment..

Mr.Serjeant COCKLE', on the part of the defend-
ants,, appealed to the common sense of the,Jury.,
and called upon. them to eunault their oven ratioeal
minds as to the probability of the story they had
heard, supported as it wai, only by, two discarded
servants, and an old woman, who contrauicted the
first. witness in a matelil fact, namely, the ina)riety
411 the plaintiff. It was unnecessary. for hiurfto
scribe to the:: Jury the. sort ofmanncrs which were ,
characteristic of such men 'as the plaintiff, when
irritated, and •in a state of intoxication. Th© first
witness had admitted, that the defendant„Mr.
ham Pontifax. drove-his:own carriage into 'the yard
on the evening', the assault. was. alleged 'to have
been committed, which in • itself was a convincing
proof that the plaintiff must have acted with some
impropriety, as, in truth, he had; for Mr. PoWifax
having' been out with' his family in.his carriage, had
occasion to call 'we• fr iend, and, when he, vd ished
to return home; on searching for the plaintiff, he
found. him half drunk at a public house in the
neighbourhood. Not chasing to
_suffer him to
Wive while in that disgraceful state, to the inb.
mineut risk of the lives of his family,. he deemed
it proper to take the reins himself, and would not
pertnit hiM to mount the box. In all probability the
conduct of the plaintiff' afterwards had in-hated the
defendant to strike him ; but in appreciating the
damages which were, to be given on such an occa-
sion„, the Learned-Serjeant misled the Jury would
make allowances,. for tee provocation which must,
.of necessity, have been given, to induce the defend-
ant to ad with what nugjtt be termed unbecoming,
• warmth. Human' nature,. however, was such,
that it was not.in the power 011ie tnost peaceable
man to retrain front violence, when goaded on by
the insolence of .such a man as the plaintiff. He
adinitted that his client had acted .with too
much precipitancy iipon a consideration 'of
the whole tact, he telt convinced. that the Jury, in
returning their verdict, would give the smallest eo-
minal damages, the, more ere.ecially as. it did not
appear," even from the bloated stattment of facts by
the plaintiff himself, notwithstanding all the foritiail-
ty With whiCh he s.udl
,lie had been trewed, that be
had either employed a surgevu, or was-prevented
from following his usual labour for a single hour.
The delcodantshavingneglected to justify, no wit-
nesses were called in support‘of his case.

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l,ord Chief Justii:e INIANsrtELn having sum :e9'
up the fact-4 of the cAst-, the Jury returned a ver-
did for the plainittf---.-Datuages 51. ,Coits 40S.
agniitst Mr. Wm. Pontifax, but acquitted his san.
NO other trial took place.* •

Extras of kletter from. art Officer be)onging..to
th 4 Pallas:frigate, dated the 2I St inst.—" I hare just
come from attending the funerals of the theil whO
.have be ewdrove on Coe beach, one belonging to the.
boat, and• twelve of •our.men;> tii;:t have been
loUnd. We sti tick the rocks at ten on the Tnght of
tine 18th. ' En a quarter of at: hour ati•erwards, the
ship's•bottom was broken outi and-the water above
the hatchway. We iired,seVer3l guns, rockets, and
blue lights, dtiring the night ; and soon after, to
our great satisfaction, found a 'fire lighrecon.thq
heath atireaSt of us,' and a life-boat down, whie,h
w cheered from the. bhip. 11, parir -of.soldiers
-came down to prOtekt ail property washed 0:,,k
,shure.
Our inasls Were gone, and Our boat det•rOyed ; su
that one lire-boat was a long titne in" teiting the
then op sliorel At last;. by- several he.avy-seas, she
'was upset: A srnall:boar,;.,nd a rope fa,,iened from.
the slune to the ship, by which vke very expedi:-
tionsly hatdl.4from One to anottler, lationig'six'ar a
Id by the atternoua cat the lath ;4kl were got
out of the ship." .

-rib ut a fortieght agq, as the Alai', on 'its way
fib i} -Presto to Manchester; e:7a.s. ch horses
at Cherley,
,at twelve- at- night,. the tiesh horses
having been put to, Coachee went to fetch some'
straw to sit upon, 'when
,the horses set oft in sight
ior the coachman; getarde and thrv. passengers the
:coachman followed on foot, and the guard and
poslettigers in p east. chaise.. 'l:he norses..ateadily •
[pursued, their course until they arrived at Red bank
Brow (one from Cherley), where 'they stop-
ped,. as usual, while One. of the wheels is locked.
Here a 'cuntryinitti on the: road railed out to he
ta.heit and:tylikiterlie coachman wasinside,
seined liiinself in the guard's.- rostrum, and crying,
"go on !" old went the liorsi:s..again down hill at< -
full speed, never .stoepirpg before they arriv'ed rf
the. Elephant and trifle, tour miles farther, where
016 coach haT constantly occasion to stay a short
time; the. countrym in then alighted and proceeded
to itivire the co.!elirnan to a glass, when-all he
four* in‘i.le was 'thefonrth passtnier, who had been
asleep ail the time. The animals- had eased several
carts arid waggons on Pie way. .
The licentiousness and thoughtlessness of our se.
cond. Charles has become proverhiale- and his good
nature which qual.fies these, but ill atones for his
ingratitude to those- who suffered forfeiture and per-
secution in his cause, When he remained in Scot-
land, iutterieg. the rebuke and censure of austere
Presbyterlattiatn, before the battle of Worcester, his
chief confidant and-associate was the Laird of Cock-.
pera,,catled by the nick-naming manners of those
times, B'ythe o..ickpen.i," He followed. Charles
`to Hie Hague, and by his skill in playing Scottish
tunes,. and his sagletty and wit, mud) delighted his
merry Monarch. Charles's favourite _ tune was
•" Brose and Butler."' It was played to him when'
he-went to bed, and he was awakened in the morn-
, Jog by it. At the -Restoration,. however,. Blythe
(;',ckpen was forgotten, and he' wandered 'among
the lanes;. which 'he puce owned in Scotland, poor
and unbefrieridech He wrote to Collo, but his let-
ters were never' presented, or t% ere not regarded.—
• Wearied. and incensed , he travelled to London, and
placed in all public places; thinking that the
eye of his Majesty might reach hint. But he was
:aleit.-ernotieed, and his mean gaib did not suit the
rich laced and embroidered doublets of Court, so he
was inselled arid 'pushed frOm approaci,ing the
Ritnes presence. At length he attempted by can-;
nine what he could not accomplish by plain dealing;
he ingratiated: himself . with :the King's organist
who ,r,.-as so .enraatured with Cockpen's wit and •
powers of music-,that he consented to his reqnest-ot
playing on the organ before the King at Divine
*Service. He accordingly played with exquisite skill,
• yet never atiratled 'his Majesty's eye. But at the
close of theservice, instead of playing the., common
tune-used„: he played up “ Brose and Butter," with
its7energy and. charatieriatic merriment ! To a
moment the astonished organist was ordered into the
King's frresence--"My Liege, it was- not tne„ it
was. not . toe '!" helie cried, and dropped. upon ,
knees. " You-! cried his Majesty," in a delirium-
of rapture, " You could never play it in your life—
Where's [lie titan ? lei rne see him " Cockpen
''presented himself on his knee.—" Ah, Cockpen, is
that you—Lord, man, I was like to dance-corning
out of the church !" I once danced top; " said.
Cockpen, " but that was when I had land of roy
clic) to dance on." " Come with me," said Charlesir-
ilking him by the-hand, you,shall dance to " Brose
- and Butter" on'your own lands again to the nine
teenth generation." And lie was as. good as his pro!.,
mise.

• •
On Christmas-day at Kensington; the Lady of C:vtaisr
Code, of a Son, being her :odrteenth

On Monday fast, in ork. place, Portman-vinare, thiV
lad,y. of Caputo Spicer, zd Reottent ort Lite (watts, of
DaughrOr.

On Thursday last, at Hatfield Church,. the Rev. J. R.
Thackt.,ray,' Reath' or Downlialn 111Jrktt, and Vtcar of Sr..
hiagtiaten, to the County 'or- Nuttulk, and Chaplain to thil,"
Duchess Du‘tamer of Newcastle, to it./ary Anne, eldest'
daughtet of the late William 1 ranks, Esq. of Beech-11W, it•..
the County ui lletts

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On Saturday last, in the Crescent, Math, after a short ill-.
ness, Mrs. Stead.
On Sunday last, at .Vv inehester, the Rev. john'.Pentote-
.Cumining, fellow of %Vint-nester College.
On the inst. at his seat, Quenoon-Hall,..in Essex,-•
Henly Craniner, k.:“.!: aged
t. e tnA. (.;;wer-street,.-Mrs. Brown, aged 49,
after a lung and- painful iiiness, wiit i she bore,witit use
greatest patience and kirritude; beloved when
.living, Anti
whose depth is much rei;rerted. •
-The same Anna Marla, only daughter of AnthtrnY
Ten Br,eke,
()1 Tuesday, atter a long, and painful illness, aged•
Captain twill:art Baines, of i'n'taiice, in the County of
Cornwall.
The sinie(l,ly, at.licrseat atflat le Abbey, in the 82,4 yeir
of her ale; L.. iy Web..tef, the iate Sir• Whistler'
Webstur, Ear.. and e:tiest daughtCt of the-late Rev. Richard,/
Natrn, : -•
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