The Sun.
London, England, 1818-12-16 00:00:00

THE DINNER.

Sir JOHN SANDERS SEBRIGHT wEts in the Chair.
After the cloth was removed, the Chairman gave—
" The King".L" The Prince Regitt and Royal Family."
Sir JOHN &BRIGHT then rose and said, that,
*flattered as be always felt himself, by presiding
Over a• meeting of farmers like the present, a class
Of men peculiar to Britain, he could not but re-
gret; that the Meeting was deprived of the com-
p:my of their President. It appeared from a let-
ter whiCh he had that day received, that it was
the full intention of his Grace the Duke or Bedford
to have been present, had not his Royal Highness
the Duke of York then fixed his visit to Woburn
Abbey. He had the pleasure of adding, that his
Grace's zeal for the success of the Club was in no
degree abated, as his libetal offer of 125 guineas
for the next year would testily. Sir John con-
cluded by giving—
" The Duke of Bedford," which was drank with three
times three, and great applause.
Then; " Success to the Smithfield Club"—three times
three.'

Sir JOHN then proceeded to read the adjudica.
tion of the prizes.

Yesterday morning the Club held their Ad-
journed Meeting, GKorG GUNNING, Esq. in the
Chair, when the thirteen Premiums, and five
Medals, to be offered for the next Show, were
adjusted, amounting to 210 guineas, the condi-
tions settled, the bills ordered to he printed, and
one to be sent by post to each Member. The
new plan of selecting three different judges for
deciding- on the cattle premiums, from three others
who are to adjudge the sheep and pigs, was
settled, and the Meeting adjourned to,the first day.
of the Show in December next.

Miss O'NEILL is to perform one of her favourite
characters this .at the Colchester Thea-
tre, And two (-tillers the following nights, and.

then returns to town.

We learn that the Lqrd Nelson, and several
other ships, left Petershorg on the 22d nit., and.
after cutting their way through rite ice nearly lone
miles, the greater part of them got to sea. The
Lord Nelson has reached England, The Paris,
the Richard and Ann, and the Harmony of Hull,
it was expected, would be obliged to winter itt
Russia.

A c' cinist of Copenhagen has discovered is
means of producing a lively yellow colour for
dyeing cloth, lie gathers tl►e tops of potatoes
when ►eady In flower, presses the juice, mixes ir
with' more or less water, and safTers the cloth to
remain in it during 24 hours. lie then dips it
in spring water. The cloth may be either of
woo!, silk, cotton, or flax. By plunging the
cloth thus tinged with yellow into a vessel of
blue, a brilliant and lasting green is obtained.
Ftats.—•Last night, between eleven and twelve
o'clock, a dreadful fire broke out at the extensive
premises belonging to Messrs. CRANE and MUR-
PHY, turpentine and pitch manufacturers, Strar-
ford, Essex, which in a short time consumed the
premises, together with the stock in, trade there-
on. We are happy to bear no lives were lost.—
There was a plentiful supply of water,. as a creek
from the river runs close to the premises, but was
of little use'till the arrival of engines from Lon-
don.—The fire was confined to the premises.
COINERS.--The' point reserved on the trial of
frillier?' Phillips and his son, who were ca-
pitally convicted at Salop Assizes, of having in
their possession a die, on which was- the im-
pression of a shilling, having been referred to the
Twelve Judges, the Prince Regent has, in con-
sequence of their report thereon, granted the
prisoners a free pardon. The elder Phillips,
it will be recollected, was in custody in Gloucester
some time since,,on a similar charge, and at that
period resided near \Vest bury. upon-Severn.

EXTRAORDINARY ROBl3ll.—For some time past
a very time French dog has been observed, at the
west end of the town, going from door to
door begging ; his practice is, if he pet-
ceives any person in the shop, to lift up his paws,
and remain in that position until something is
given to him. If he does not see any one,
he will enter and carry off something. On
Monday night, a•. dusk, he was seen, going into
Peter Finne)'s shop, in Peterstreet, and run off
with a parcel ntsarsnet, which lay on the coon-
ter. It is evident he has been trained to the
practice.

CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday afternoon an
Inquest was hell at the Crown Tavern, Clerken-
well-green, before THOMAS STERLING, Esq. nit
view of the body of Mr. Thomas Aloor, of the
Nall's Head pub:ic-lionse, Ayleshory-street,
clerken well, who put a period to his exigence by
cutting his throat. The Jury immediately brought
in their verdict—''
DAaiNG IZOBBERY.-011 Monday evening last,
about haft-tea:'. eight o'clock, a box e,,nrHining
near oot. bioyned pounds was discovered to have
been stolen trout the house of Mr Allen, Eagle and
Slie-latie. Mr. A. had g,ote out in the
early part of the evening, leavi,g the box witlt
cootenis safe, and the care of the house
,0 his wife. On his re' urn home, he immediat• iy
&son.: red it %' a gone. No clue has %et been
f,I•o thno% er the box, or the villains who
Last: stultu it.

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VICE-CH kNCELLOttN, COURT, Pvc. )5.

COURT' OF KING', rILNCII, DEc. 15.

V. CaoRLF.Y.

BE"T"TING ON PEDESTRIANS.
BRIT-lON V. DAVIS.

OLD BAILEY.

DIABOLIL.L CHARGE.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE:

•!'l' VlC±:± • CF-1 A NCELLOSt Ivan occi,pled ti!,l one
h",tritie. Cali:Sri 101* fill, her direCtit/115, of
Ho 'Hoc t•st exec pt F 0 the partits coneerotti. ttit
that hour F.huour ru.e.

P E 11.-1 RY.
TIIR KING ON THE PRoS,E:CCTION OF AARON MOSES

'fills was an indictment for .wilful and ertrriipt
perjury. The prosecutor, a Dutch Jew, some
time since imported a variety of rare articles from
Holland. They consisted of art assortment 01 pic-
tures, natural curiosities, and other valuable pro-
petty. snited to the English market. When the
vessel at rived in the River, the rroserutor em-
ployed the defendant, who is tt Custom-house.
quay broker, to clear out his property from on
bo,rd of her. For that purpose, he gave him the
bill of lading. and the defendant pioceetled to send
his propel ty on shore. Defendant alit!' w.ods
made out his bill for 331.—but all the prosecion's,
goods, it appeared, were not forthcomiug•--A
in consequence. some demur t. as made to the
payment. Among,,t several other things, a pair
cf valuable china jars were missing. Prosecotor
repeatedly applied for the jars, and offered to pay
dt.fendant's demand, provided he tarnished a re-
gular.hill and receipt. 'l he. defendant refused—
and went so far as to commit an assault on the
prosecutor, of which lin was convicted at Hicks's
Hall. The prosecutor at length paid the
bid the detendllJ, not satisfied wizli this, brought
tis action for 20/. more—which he swore was due
to him—making a gross'sum (453/. Min...esti-
gating the account, however, it was manifest,
that 221. was all that be couldjuslly demand. _
These circumstances were proved—and the Jury
returned a verdict of

This was an action to recover money which had
been placed in the defendant's bands, as a stake-
to be paid to the-winner of a wager made
on a foot-race. The defence set up was, that
the plaintiff's own stake bad been paid him ; but
that the defendant refused to pay the stake of the
loser, because the race had hem what is termed a
cross; i. e. one of the runners had been bribed to
lose. The re-payment of the plaintiff's stake.
was proved by a witness who was present at the
rare ; and who said that he saw the stake repaid
the same n;ght. But another witness having said
he saw' the plaintiff's stake tendered two days-
alter the time at \►which the above witness said it
was paid, the Leatned Judge left it to the Jury
whether the witness who proved the tender might
Dot have been mistaken as to the clay

The Jury found >+verdict verdict for the defendant; and

Chief Justice ABBOTT added, that . though he
bad suffered the e ,se to go to thern al to the fact
cat pilituent, he was very doubtful whether the
plaintiff could have recovered at law eve() his own
stake fre:in the stakeholder, foot-races being
within the Statute of 9th Anne.

Yesterday Jeremiah Haley was indicted for fe-
loniously assaulting Th'orp ott the high-
way, and forcibly taking him into custody, under
a threat rif charging him with an abominable
crime, unless he gave him money.
The Jury, without putting the Court to the
trouble -of y summing up, found the prisoner—
G
'1 he COMMON SERJEANT proceeded immediately
to pass sentence upon hint. - He had been already
tried, and was well known as one of a gang of
very had characters. Had he taken any money
front the prosecutor, his life would have been for-
feited. The sentence of the Court now was, that
be he transported for seven years.
Thomas 13aldwick, alias Baldwin, stood indicted
for stealing 151. in money, and a quantity of silk
And cotton hose, the property of Richard Munn.—

At five o'clock the RECORDER pronounced the
following, sentences :
'to be transported for Lifi—Henry Oakley,
Sarah Bruce, and Elizabeth Mash.

For Fourteen Years.—Elizabeth Brady, Richard
Broderick,'Wm. Davis, Henry Thomson, James
Mullen, John Morris, and George Kemp.
A great many for seven years ; and several other
prisoners were sentenced to short imprisonments
tur trivial offences.