The Sun.
London, England, 1820-01-29 00:00:00

ADMIRAL rir SESSIONS.

CHARGE OP _PLUNDERING A WRECK.
William Lilly and Alexander Wood we're then
arraigued for stealing a quantity of beef horn on
hoard the brig Mary, of Carnarvon, Robert Wil-
liams, master, while she was stranded on the
Goodwin Sa MIS, oil the coast of Kent, on the
21st Dec. 1818.

Air. A RABIN read the indictment, and Mr. HOL-
LAND opened the case, and detailed the circum-
stmni.es of it as they %vete subsequently disclosed
in evidence. Ile said the offence was a capital
one. The brig kvas proceeding from .Lintel ick to
C:arnarvon with a cargo of beef, butter, pork.
an bacon, value 70001., lichen in a storm she
got wr,cked on the Goodwin SantlS. Several
hardy seamen went to give assistance front the
contiguous putts in about fitly boats, and he was
sorry to say, that amoog them were a number of
men whose sole object raa•: phoder, and who con-
quered the work of destruction so completely,
that they carried of the whole of the figgiog and
mater ials, as well as the cargo. The facts wer:
proved by several ►sitnesses.

The ptisoners, on being called upon for their
defence, merely said, Qiey used the beef for their
own hindy.

Mr. J;i,tice PARK summed up the rvideuce.—
Ver-diet— Guilt!) of Lorceny.

. CHARGE OF MURDV,R.
Samuel Baker was Indicted for the «ilfiil rutin-
ilcr of E!ii.otiel ilryant,, on the 161, of March,
1519, in a vestal on the High seas, about 15
league's off' the coast of Holland.

The deceased was Apprentice to the prisoner,
who was master of a fishing - vessel. I:he boy
having eaten a part of a dumpling intended for his
master's dinner, received several severe blows of
a rope, and having stooped, received one or two
blows on the head, which were not aimed by the
prisoner. It was clearly proved that there was no
malice prepense, and the prisoner (to whose hu-
mane character several witnesses appeared), was
depitted.

DREADFUL CASE OF MURDER.
James Pater, a man apparently 60 years of age,
Was indicted for the wilful minder of his brother,
John Pater, on the 14th November, on-board a
vessel called the Aurora, lying about two miles off
Dungeness, in the county of Kent. There was
no Counsel for the prosecution.
Homey, a youth, stated, that he was
cabin-boy on board the Aurora smack, of
the prisoner was the master. One night of some
day (which he could nut reconect) betore Christ-
mas last, the vessel was off the coast of Dtinge-
iles3, arid he was lying in bed in the cabin, n•lten
he heard a noise something like a tumble. He
looked out of bed, and Saw that it was JOllll Pa-

ter who had fal:en down. The prisoner sioo,l o►er
him, and was beating him all over the head and
body wick the bellows. The deceased kept crying
out, " Aly dear brother James, leave ofi.'' The
prisoner S 001) after desired et ituess to get a brindle
of straw, for that some one had brought tl►e dead
body of a man on board. The prisoner and the
deceased were both in liquor, aod witness eaw the
former wash the face of the latter with
The prisoner soon after dragged ►vitness out of bed,
and repeated his order to get a bundle of straw, as
be wished to make au alarm and say a dead man
was on board.

Cross-examined by Mr. ALLEY—Prisoner• had
some tvonods in his head, and was often mad. A.l.
person named Richardson, just before the trns-
action, had a smack belonging* to the ptisoner,
and he was much enraged against him. When
the prisoner met a smuggling vessel at he
became quite deranged. While. beating his brother
he constantly cried ont, " Richardson, I am
giving it to yon." lie had always previously been
kind both to the deceased and witness.

The fact of the murder was also proved by two
other witnesses.

Alr,Justice PARK called on the prisoner for his
defence.

He said he was quite insensible at the ti►;re,
and kntw no more of what was done than a child.
The Jury, after a few minutes consultation, re-
tired precisely at five o'clock, and after an ab-
sence of half an hour, ret►trned and pronounced
the pt Honer— Guilty.

lite unhappy man looked attentively on the
Jury and breathed a deep sigh.
He was asked by Mr. Shelton if be had any
thing to urge in stay of judgment ?
Tile prisoner made no answer, and the Learned
Judge (Sir W. Scott), proceeded to pass the awful
sentence of death upon him.
The prisoner appeared faint, and was led from
the bar by one of the attendants.
Sir W. SCOTT. observed, that be had been in-
formed the title would not serve conveniently for
the execution of the prisoner until Tuesday ; it
would therefore be deferred until that morning,
but he begged it to be understood, that on account
of that circumstance, and that ulnae, it would be
deferred.

CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.—There being a num-
ber of 101. forged Bank Notes at present in cir-
culation, the Public are cautioned from taking any
Notes without close examination as to their au-
thenticity.

•
GLUTTONY.--A Correspondent informs us, that
on Wednesday, a tradesman, in a public-house in
this city, in the short space of hall-an-hour, ate
9- lbs. of beef:steaks, richly cooked, a.balf-qual-
tern loaf, three oranges, and drank two qua: is of
bouie-brewed beer. '1 his elegant task wa, performed
for halt-a-crown wager, and the gourmand oGred
to finish his repast with six WelSil rabbits; but was
prevented by the spectators, who were shocker) at
the disosiing scene, fearful of tin consequences.
Ltu th her a ld .)

These Sessions commenced yesterday at the
Old Balky. At nine o'clock precisely Sir IV.
Scull' (the Judge of the Court) took his seat on
the Bench, attended by several Cirilians. The
Commission for bolding the Court was read in
the usual form, and the Grand Jury ware sworn.
They returned into Court at eleven o'clock, with
a true bill against Lilly and Wood.
Sir WILLIAM SCOTT resumed his seat on the
Bench, assisted by Mr. Justice PARK and Mr.
Justice BEST.

LAW INtr,LLiGBNCE.

COL:tT OF CHANCERY, WE.srmissTErt, JAN.

TII MARQUIS TOWNSHEND U. THE BISEOP OF

NORWICH AND OTHERS.

The plegclings in this cause having been finish..
ell, the Loan CHAtidst4ott entered at consider.'
able length into the merits of the question at
issue ; and after reviewing the arguments which
had been adduced in favour of each of the three
contending parties, he gave it as his opinion, that
the advotvson was legally ' vested in the Marquis
Townshend, as heir at law.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 2b'.

THU KING V. MRS. CARLILS.

This defendant, having obtained time from last
Tern) to improle to an information preferred
against her at the instance of the Society for the
Suppression of Vice, f, ,r publisl►ing her h►isband'S,
trial, containing a copy of Paine's Age (74' Reason,
she was brought tip this morning
.to plead. Being
called upoulor her plea, she pleaded NOt
and received notice that she would he tried at ills
Adjourned Sittings after this Term. Her plea
being. recorded, she asked for a gratuitous copy of
the information, but she As as info toed by
The Cooar, that this was not •, case in which
a gratniloos copy of the information could be or-
dered ; had it been an information sled by his
Alajtsty's Atturncy-Gcnvial the Case would be
different. •
defendant• left the Court as she entered,
without any companion. , .

TUE DUKE OF BEDFOrD v. EMMETT.
This, it will be tvai an action
brought by the pl3iotiti,,s 1,01(1 of (..:ovent-prden
Alqtket, to try [be tight to tike certai'n tolls On
fruit broo!zht to tl:,tt ma!l<-et for sale. At the
trial brtnre ,the Chivi jilsice, at the
Sitting.; after last I erut, the vlainlifr bad a ver-
dict. The crestion in diqiute Oetlter
the plaintiff had a riglit to demand toils in respect
of each round or basket of fruit, as conirati.is:in-
guished from an aggregate toll in respect of a cart
or waggon load. The matket gardeners insisted
that the usage of the market was to pay four-
pence for a cart, and one shilling fora waggon
load of fruit. It apnea; ed in evidence, that the

usage.was to pdy by the basket or round in
part of the market, and fotopenee for a cart load,
and a shilling for a waggon load in another part
of the market. It vas insisted that the defend-
ant was liable to the former rate of toll, and un-
der the Learned Judge's direction the plaintiff
had a verdict.

Mr. MANRTAT 110 W moved for a rule to shet
cause why the verdict should nor be set aside,
and a new trial granted contending that it was
quite contrary to law to demand two different
rates of toll, iu different parts 01 the sane mar-
Let, f•)r the satne commodity.

The COURT, after liearint,► the Learned Counsel
at considerable length, inled, that the verdict
tieing founded on a question of fact, it could not
be disturbed, and- recognised the principle laid
down .at the trial to be right ; for that it was
possible the local advantage of the seller, itt
hoin►t of accommodatiou in the market, might very
wellinstify a distinction in the atnottot of toll 'ita
different parts of the market.—Rule refused.
At two o'clock the Chief Justice held his first
Sittings, but none of the cases tried were (A pub-
lic interest..

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