The Sun.
London, England, 1811-08-28 00:00:00

POLICE.

LITTLE- GOES.
Bow-sTamr.-- Yesterday three men, of the
names of Phillips, Davis, and Salmon, were brought
to the above office in the custody of Lavender, Ad-
kins, and Vickery, charged with setting up and car-
rying on illegal loiterie.;, called -Little-Gics,' in the
neighbourhood of Brotnpton, at the public-house
called the Crown and Sceptre, in Bromplon-row, in
Yeoman's-row, and in Knightsbridge.
The vitness against the prisoners was the wife of
a gentleman in the army, •from whose evidence,
disgraceful as it may appear, she acknowledged that
she had been insuring with the prisoners for ten
ye,trs past, during which time she had not. only
squandered her husband's money away in insuring
with. the prisoners, but had actually pledged 'their
clbthes and household furniture; which lei 'to the
detection of this highly reprehensible woman:, whose
dusband, on discovering her nefarious condo&, in-
sisted upon htr bringing the piisoners to penish
ment, and accordii,gly applied lo the Solicitor of the
amP Office, who attended yesterday, and ably con-
deolva the plosecutions. •

Aopt.ritus attended for the prisoner Phillips,
and made a vety able and ipgenions defence.
Mr, NARES, the Sitting 14f.itis!rate, conviaed all
the p.iiSonLis acroguekand,vagabolids.
-'MARLSOROUGH-TKEBT.--A man of the name Of
Agnes, a kind (it street porter, who. resides in Pol-
letnooreet; Maddox-street, was charged with maim--
ing his son, a boy twelve years old, b 5 fracturing his
skull by a blow from a hantrne.r,, weighing ten
pounds. It appeared in evidtoce, that the unnatu-
ral' oirtander had committed this notorious cot on
his-own child, 'in consequence or his liming found
hi n tighiing with another boy in the street. An
aisiStallt to Mr. Heaviside described the fraanre to
be of that nature which rendered the life of the boy
extremely doubtful, and t he prisoner was committed
until the late of the sufferer be known.

NIASION-HOUSB.—:-Yest!iday Francis Osborn, ex-
amined.on IVlOntlay On a am,* of exposing himself
indecently to several young, giris in Moorfielcis, was
again brOught up f',Jr a final examination, . The cir-
cumstances of the prisoner's shameful and infsmous
condud were detailed by two ellikireu, and after the
case had been clearly mide out against him, he
was committed for trial. Miscrpants of the above
clescriptinti have lately infested various pail's of the
metropolis.

At the Sussex Assizes), at Lewes, a cause of con-
siderable importance to persons interested in. the
paytnem of tithes, and which excited great interest
in the county, came to be heard.before.the.Lord
thief Baton. It was an :oion brought by a farmer
against the impropHator, for not taking away his
tithes-whim set out ; and the principal question was,
whether the parson was biaund to. take the _ tithe-
laMb, when it was fit to live without the dam, whe-
ther the farmer we ined his own lanibs or notln) ' ;
this case the farmer did not wean his Own lanibs;
but, after setting out the tithe), 'manned
the nine parts:to the ewes to fatten for sale. Ihe
cause being called on, and the 'plaintiff's Counsel
having stated his .case, the Jude recommended a,
reference, which was acceded to by all parties ; his
Lordship. first declaring the law of the case, namely.
That the lambs are weanable when they can thtive
on the same food that the dam ilubsists on, and that
the fanner is bound to treat the parson's lamb in the
Same manner that he treats hiS awn.' This doc-
trine gives the parson the right to the tenth fitted
4amb, and espblisbei'a criterion upon tbp Subject
of tithe-lambs which can never be pr,rductive
inasnanch as the time of tithing is rendered
certain,- and the farmer has his option to wean his
lambs or not.

.Monday morning, as the waggon belonging to
Mr. Squsuce, the Oalthartipton carrier, was on its
way twin thence to Exeter, it had not proceeded
more than a mile, when three out of.the four horses
were struck ins:antly dead by lightning. The
driver received a violent shock, whigh rendered him
for some time senseless, but he is now pettedly
recovered. _