The Sun.
London, England, 1820-01-15 00:00:00

GUBRICCR V. PREL.

The plaintiffs had remitted wines from Portu-
gal ; Messr•. 33ermidsee, their agents, had ex-
changed them with the defendants for run►, the
balance having been paid in cash by the defend-
ant ;.the agents failed, and' the plaintitis claimed
from_ the. purchaser. The pretenCe was, that the
agents were not authnriztd by the plaintiffs to
dispose of their goods in such a manner... The
defence. offered was founded ors the impossibility
of purchasers, knowing; theAuccise conditions on
which agents might he commissioned to deal.

'Abe Lost) CHIEF JUSTICE
.thought the case a
novel 011 V, for which be would offer a decision
cordingly.. It was his opinion that in the case
of a purchase of goods ,from an agent, where the
transaction differed from the , ordinary usage of
trade, and it came out after that the principal had
not actually authorized the agent to make a sale
so differing, and the huyt:r was conscious that he
was dealing with..an agent, then_ such buyer, as
his Lordship congeived, incurred tbc &hk of be-
ing called to account by the principal. The case
before the Couirt.smtneti.to,pe.ot.titis.,description.
The agents were commissioned to sell, but there
was no:proof 01 •their having ,anoority to
,dispose
of the wines-in exhange for rrns• • The question
for the Jury would he, if: the defendant was con.
scions I hat,,he was dealing with, an agent.
The Jury retired, and returning again in a short
time, gave a verdict for the defendant.

ALARMING nat.—Yesterday morning, about
six o'clock, the neighbourhood of Kensington
was thrown into conalderable alarm, in conic-
(pence of a fire breaking out in the house of MrS.
itallirtiore, a lady of fortune, residing et No,
Phillimore-place, Kensington, It commenced,in
thekitchen, where it was discovered at an alarm-
ing height by the watchman, who instantly made
the,alarm, and disturbed the inmates of the house,
some of wbom,ran out nearly in a state of kin-
dly, and were necessitated to take refuge in the
neighbouring honses. The flames rapidly spread
through the, diffetent apartments, previous to the
atriva) of ttie engines ; but the Royal Exchange
engine arriving, and receiving an excellent supply
of water, and being soon joined by rations others,
they played actively for tto hours, and got the
fire under. file interior of the house and all the
torniture and propeq"weredestioyad.
CKILD ,few nights back, be.,
tween.the:hours of_oine and, ten, o'clirck, as the
watchman. in Bedford-'square was, going his
rounds'he ,$/!W f; parcel lying near the door ot
No. 16, which totoed,out to be. an infant in
most a perishing stake... He conveyed, the little
Blifferer to St. thles's Workhouie, where every
nourish-tient was, afforded it, Ire ...proved to he
male, child about a month old, of florid complect-
tion,,light hair, and ;blue eyes. The infant was
remark/141y well dressed, it) a cloth pelisse, cot.
ton (rock, lace. caps, &c. A woman of suspicion.
appearance was seen loitering in the neighbour-
hood about the time.
The Stage Coaches which, daily arrive in !owl)
from any considerable distance arp kwev,
.obliged
to have additional horses, and even With these
they are ft equeutly two and three hours beyond
their time.

S II
_I C. 1.4 E.

, .
• esteuldv 11n iniiiiisiiion wai taken' at the
likekihnor's Hedd, in Whitcomb-sneer, bettire
iiloo9, on 1.. c body of Mr. Jol n How, who
cot his throdr.

Rieba-rd v,wies, patrole belonging to St. liar-
tin's parish, deposed 'bat the deceased' WaS'a' shoe.
Maker. in James4rreet, Hiiimacket ; • be
was about 45 years old, had a wife,: but no chil-
dren ; he was of very sober habits, but for some
rime past brt,nyed svtriptoma of derangement.
He Was trepienili heard Co say be was' trot well
since he dine,' with Lord sidmontlf, and smoked
his pipe with him. At half-past ten o'clock on
Thursday night, two men (named Swan and
Thompson) knociced at witness's door, and fold
hint to come instantly that the deceased had cut
his throat. Whoess Went'with them, and 'found
him in his 16On-shirt, lving, on his bed, with his
hem hnn~it, over, and three deep incisions in
the ti:toat. 'llse bed and floor were covered with
blood, and his body was stiff arid cold'. ‘Vitnetis
now presented a paper lie foond in the room,
written by -t lie deceased, folk. Minis kg effect:—
" There 15, they ray (and I believe there is),
A spar!, within us of the immortal fire
'I hat animates and moulds the grosser frame,
Awl witt :I the body inks escapes to
Its native seat, and niices with the God;."

" My dear friend • is.gone, my dear Prince Rettent : I lay
down my life because I will not take his dear countryman:
let hot wy memory be blasted by this-deed : I die by poison ;
God forgive me; kind tivas en, I hope, will lie my reward.
My heatt ss•as always generous, open, and free ; no one ever
shall see my heart before I am dead.. Sir Francis Burdett
sail said he would, hut lam determined fur to deceive him. I
always said, ,t bat the man who was not ready to die,-was not
fit to live; it will be but a little while, and he omit follow
me, Ile said I should die by torture—perhaps that rimy be
reserved fur himself.
Wednesd ty, Jan. 12. " JOHN 10W." •

There 'vete tt;ree knives, such Rs' he nsed in his
business, lying regniarly upon the heti-clothes,
witn.which it appeared he had inflicted the tilt ee
separate iv/mm(l4.

Mrs. Slogan Ledger, who lodged in' the same
house, said she went into the deceased's rtiotty to
leave her candle; when she was going to 'chapel :
he.was then smoking his pipe, and said he was
going to take a walk with his wife. Alimit
o'clfick wh'ness ferurned, and keni:d a knneking•
at her door. Mrs. How, who bad het n out,
came into lier"room, and told her she could not
get about half an hour after that they toret-ri
open the (loot', and found hitu hi the •shacking
state above-mentioned.. Verdict —" Insanity."

EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURER.—Tire
will recollect,that some time ago a man sneered-
finding his way On board a vessil its' the
Where he affected a robbery, 'by letedliog
the watch and some other_ articles belonging to
the mater. He then attempted, to Ini7ke his
escape, and on .perceiving that' he s er , r
and that alorm had been given, jumped overboard.
—A Ne%vfotimihin't duo, excited to the purstpit,
inmpetl alter him, and !plying seized him, held
hint until several persons whri 'came'to tite assist:
anee of the anituta, apprehended the robbeK He'
was then conveyed to the Borough.Compter, and
conaned iaa one pf the upper rooms,. from, which,
however, by forming his bed-clothes into'ri sort
of rripe, he 'contrived a means of exit. -Vninno-
nately for him. the rope was not stifficient, either
in ha ligaments or in its fastenings, to support
the weight of.his person. While he was descend-
ing, it broke, and he was precipitated to the
ground. One of his legs was then fractured, and
the other severely injured. He was immediately
taken into the receptacle for Wounded persons in
Guy's Hospital, and there 1-elltaidiell' twb mandii
under the care of the surgeons. At the termi-
nation of that, period, and at a time when none
of the. attendants supposed. him recovered, for
he— could Scarcely walk even the aSsitit
ante of crutches, he again 'made use: of his ,
ingennity to effect his libetation. Ile dispatched
two boys in opposite directions for trio coaches,
and awate that immediate pursuit %Void& follow
I,;i {NW, he entered the brat ebieh that appear-i
ed, and , thereby baffled the efforts of all who
tougt,,t for him, His dexterity has not been
eventually successful, for he was on Wednesday
evening discovered, 'in obscure lodging' in
Shadwell,'seixed by two officers, handcuffed, and
placed in a,hacloiey-coaeh. He is not thoronglOy
recovered from the effects 'of the 'fall, or it was
Supposed that' he would have' again eds6dtped,
his journey towards his former abode in the
Compter, where he now resides in security. His
name is .Wm alias Cartwright, and 'it
is reported that his adventorei in other prisons,
both in England and in Ireland are equal to those
which he has achieved in London.

MAY. is not generally known that
the last Mat • poles erected in London, stood 'am the
spot On Whileft now stands the witclr2boitii;'
the front of. the Church of St.-Mary.le-Strand,
which is one of the new Churches built in the
yelp of QtreepANurs.,, At that time the May-
pole was removed, and 'l4;its plieed in tite'giounds
which a few years ago belinsged to the lade Mr.
CairaNntan. on Clapham Common, who was said
,tu be
,the richest Commoner in Greatßritain.---,
The follouing' appcara to be the origin of' May-
proles iii England leisure days •aftee
time had been chosen by our Saxon ancestors for
folk-moles, or conversations of the people. Not
tip after the Norman Conquest, the Pagan freiti-
ral of WhirSuntide lolly ntelted'into the Chti4tian
hOliday of Pentecost. Its original name is Ml-
le/aide, the time of chosing the wits, or wise then
of Willenagemotte. It was consecrated to figit7.
the gOddess of peace and fertility ;• and no
quarrels might be-'4naintaitted, no blood shed dur-
ing this truce of the gOddess. Every village in
the absence .orth'e Baron 'at the assembly of the
nation, enjoyed a kind ot-Satornalia, The vassals
of limb met upon the common green rumod the
May-pole, where' they erected n Village Lord or
as he w.a's called, who chose his Queeo.
wore an oaken, anti ;she a hawthorn wreath, -antl•
together they gave laws ti, the rustic spurts dur
tug those'day•s‘of innocent freedom.
Uri •
Sunday, as a labouring man of the rianic
Bullock, eating his (limer, at the King's
Arm,, Uppei' 'Bristol road, a barge piece of beet
stuck in iiis ihroat ; and he was completely chok-
ed, profes,jolial aid was almost instantly caned
ID, but WO late to save his life.

OLD BAILEY.
• '.,cri.utrifi, Of MURDER:
• Sfesterdily Joseph Skelton vus indicted (or
wilful morcicr of William 'ruiner, oil the 231
Dereibber last:

ZVilliani
Hughes deposed, that on the eveta
'of the' day mentioned in the indictment, he, lOgi
ther wilh his partner, the deceased, were driviq
a,eoal waggon along Chandos-streets which Pi
thtit time %vas obstructed by a dust-cant belone
to the prisoner. The deceased-attempted to P 81;
with his waggon, kind in doing so turned the Oi
the' prisoner aerO.s the road. The decefts!;
proceeded along the street, and was followed 1i
the peisoner, who Reim kelt him down under 0
fore-torsc; and he was in consequence run 00
and his death caused..

in cross-examination, the witness allowed ill/
at 'the- 'time when the waggon of the deceall.
struck the colt of the prisoner, many persons co(
ceived themselves in danger, and cried out, " Yt
have nearly killed is man,"
William Jefferson, a constable of Bow.stree
whs on the left hand side of the way, and rl
dust cart was as near to the pavement as it Qv'
could be, admitting room for the' ladder. The ne
thing he saw 'was the'dust cart turned sharp routtll •
• wit nesS'erriss'etl'over, and jnst as!Ea got round•byrll
horses Of the cola Waggon,,the.prisuner wine''
aid s:rntA the deer,Fisedl• lie was standing by 111 •
bore Ovs:1-to the shaft-horse. The waggon.waSl
this time moving on. When the deceased fc,,
he cried out ." and witness called to O'"
people to bring a. light ;• the deceased lay near I
shatt-horse; witness turned round to look at (
prisoner, and Hughes asked him why he struck 0
deceased, he itninediately struck hint (linghe
When the light Came, he saw the waggone'r
on his back, with his leg broken to pi :tees;
his whip lying alongside of -him. Witness '54
cored the prisoner, and his-cornrade, Hodds, calf
tip to hilt) and toll the prisoner to Mt, as
all wrong.

,Cross-ekamined.—Witness had no idea thatil:
deie,sea was in such danger; belhought he woo
scrainble out of the way. There was some roil,
which might have caused the horses to go off. •
'Stveral-wititesses were called for the prisone
who gave him a goad character for mildness
temper end Itutnaoity.
Justice.fiotitovo summed up the evident'
at great length to the July. The main-goesti°
for their consideration. was, whether the bloc
given by the prisoner to the deceased was give'
%%id' an intention to destroy him, and take hC
life; or whether it was given by a sudden irrits'
lion, with a view to punish- or clotstise hintfat
the supposed injury of turning round his carti
f. thelury Were of the latter opinion., they wool,
find the prisoner guilty of manslaughter ;
on 'the contrary, they thought he had acted 401'
mall cc aforethought, and itaeted the blow whicil
led to the death of the deceased, it was their Mitt;
however paintul, to hod the prisoner guilty °,
murder. The character, his Lordship said, whio'
had heengiven to the prisoner, should have 11i
due weight with the Jay.
The Jury having .constituva together for 'a fed:
minutes, proniuinced a verdict, finding the 1011'
toner Guilty of Manstauthter.

A. young woman wa‘ brought before Mr.
dert»an • Cox-, on Tuesday and ‘Veduesday, by
notorious woman, for an assault, %then the yowl
woman
,exhihited a hook, whereby it ap:)earf
she had paid 8601. to this infanious 'woman. 'II
the profi:s of a brothel. The Worthy Aldertt4o
Was astonishes!, more particularly Oft hearing
the goodly matron had two other house,. 0i
bringing nearly as much, and recommended
case to the notice, of the Quarter Sessions ; 'but
the prosecutrix swore boldly to the assault, tltl
p!tiogweinau was obliged to find bail.