The Sun.
London, England, 1811-02-06 00:00:00

CURIOUS SPORTING.

Mit. Enacts—Should you deem the following
curious circumstance worthy of insertion in your
Paper, it is perfectly at your service, and you may
depend upon the truth of it.
As James Deering, Eig. and myself, were shoot-
ing in his groundi, in Yorkshirr, we observed a large
bird in the air at some distance, which, when we
approached, we discovered lo be a hawk, With
some trouble we contrived to shout it, and upon ex-
amination, the craw was found to contain, in addi-
tion to numerous bones of small,. birds, a large piece
of blue cloth, in which were sewed %iv, two guinea
pieces, a seven shillings piece, nod iwo sixpences.—
From whence it came, and by what means tie bird
became possessed of it, are considerat'ons which have
involveu the neighbourhood in wonder and amaze-
ment.

lan. 31, 1811.

Yours, bcc.

C. D.

Early on Wedne4d y morning., as the carts be-
longing to the -Laoark Mass
.Cytnpany were pro-
ceeding from Glasgow, the principa; carrier stopped
for a little to settle with the tolltuan at the Gallow-
gate and on coming up with the mils, he discover-
ed that a box, containing a thousiind pounds in
nntei, had been abstraaed nom one of theot Sus-
picion having naturally lighted on the carter, he
was apprehended, and confessed that he took off
the box, and- tossed it over a hedge, where his ta-
titer and two other accomplices
,were in waitiog.
The. whole,of them are now in custody, and al-
most all the money was found on the person of time
father, who was apprehended on Thursday at the
Yoker toll.

One day last week, as a Dragoon was on his re-
it= from duty, to his quarters, a small public-
house, called Barndeau Hut, in the- Forest, near
Petersfield, in Hampshire, his attention was arrested
by the cries of some person in distress, which in-
duced him to ride up to the spot trom whence they
proceeded, where his humanity was shocked on be-
holding a woman tied to a tree. with the tears which
her situation and suffering had produced te.tu4l)y.
trozen to her cheeks, and khorrid to relate !): quite
naked, having been stripped and rubied of every
article of her dress by t h i aficrword)i -
left her in that deplorable condition. The Dragoon.
instantly cut the cords that bound her !muds ands'
feet to the tree, andhaving in some measure restored,
to her the use of her limbs by rubbing them, wrap-.
p;:f her up in his cloak, placed her on his. horse, and
proceeded on to his quaff tern, where he twon arrived,
and'as he was conducting the shivering objet of his
care into the house, she looked through a window
that commanded a view of the kitchen, smislenty
shrunk back, and in a faint voice e);chtimed, “ there
are the two men tit it robbed me'of my all, and thud.
.nle so cruelly !" The soldier, in consequence,
tered the kitchen. and socured the men, who were
tie next day taken before MagiStrate, and otter the
nece,s.,iry examioation, Cully cootruided tU Winchts»
ter gaol, for tri,,l at the next , uss,zcs. The. por
woman, we need hardly sty', was !alien proper t are
of ; and the Dragoon, we hope, will be properly
rewarded for his exertions in the cause of hotionity
and justice.

BOW-STREET.—Yescerclay Jahn Aaron, the driver
of the hackney-coach, No; 825, %%as convicted in
the penalty of 31. for exactiog a shilling more than
his tare Irian Comilla to the Angel Inn at Islington,
and also for abuse. The later charge. arose Irvin
the c.rtmaitance of two genWeine tik fite, re-
Twining him to dllve fAither into ',lingual, which
he refused to du 4ncl uhs:rNed, that tie supposed
they, were robbers, ;in,l wanted to rob him when
they got him into bye piaee.-- In justification of
this base insinuation, be :oats d, that on the night of
the uc th ult. he Was hired by two men, respe,;tably
dressed, in the,,C,lty 'load, who ordered 11:01 to drive
to Gfeeti-lade, NvWil,gll,ll, N lune he ntrived about
half 'post 'one t;clo(..k, wh-n tut). got. out and in-
quired tiii fare, and itlttifrohtvly put a p Still to his
mouth and ifirelteiß d to'b'xx his braloi out if he
did not giVe diem MI t.i, Money; alid tic lots oblig-
ed to "'awe his voilfett visit to the „mount
it siapp,,s,(l,
of 11. tbs. The same itien,
antalicx haekory-coactitnan, on the !Ane nig:a, in
Puudor's Ent.

EDINBURGH, Fas.l.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, JAN. 31.

ADVOCATE-GENERAL V. PETiIR DICICb
This was it prosecution against Mr. Dick, a comb
mon brewer in Edinburgh, to revover the penalty of
2001. upon'the statute of 42 Geo. 111. cap. 38. 14
manufacturing or preparing, from certain ingre-
dients or materials (not be►ng malt and hops) a

quer; to imitate or resemble, or to be used ait beer
or ale brewed from malt and hops.
The material made use of by the defendant was,
it appeared, raw or unmalted barley or grain. The
cause is obviously of great importance to the Re-
venue, when the high duty of as. ad. per bushel on
malt is considered ; and' it is of some importance
to the defendant, should it be ultimately decided
that he can, by any ingenuity of his Own, save the:
whole, or a considerable part of the malt duty,
by substituting raw grain in the place of duty-paid
malt.
The cause appeared, by the numerous attendance
in Court, to have excited great interest and expec-
tation. It was proceeded, in for several hours, and
many witnesses examined on the part of the Crown
and of the defendant. Mr. Clerk, a, leading Court‘
sel for Mr. Dick, had just risen to address the Jury,
when one of the Jurors (Mr. Nisbet, of the Tones
tine, builder) suddenly fell from his seat, and Willi
taken out of Court. Medical assistance was imme-
diately procured, and Dr. Coventry shortly repprted
to the Court, that Mr. Nisbet's situation was such
as would render it impossible for him to tesurne his
duty as a Juryman.
As the law requires that the Verdiet should be an
unanimous verdict of twelve men, it was impossible
to proceed further, and the rest of the Jur were of
course discharged.
This unfortunate event prevented the final deci-
slim of lite,impottant question, whether brewers can
legally make use of unmalted grain ; and, as we
understand, the whole ease must come on de novo
in the next term, we should deem it improper to
detail the evidence which was given on the one side
or on the other, or to offer any observations at this
moment upon the case.
• We regret to learn that Mr.. Nisbet died last
night.

ADVOCATE•GENERAL V. WILLIAM SEGO AND TWO

OTHERS.

This was an itiformatlon filed by the Lord Aid.
vocate against the dtfcudf►nta .for receiving more
than two gallons of ;ultra iiint at one time, without
perm►t ; and for hindering and obsiruct►ng James
Anderbon, a Supervisor of Excise, in seizing and
securing ihe Timis, which amounted in all to asO6t
gu gallo►is.

It appeared in evidence, that Mr: Anderson had
received it4rmatien that the defendenittr were ex•
peed front the hills into the low, contrry, in the
neighbourhood of Brectlinovith a quantity-of
The Supervisor, with two officers of excise, went
out
.to leek for them, and on the 2.,PlhMarctt 181 U,
near to Ba:gaf,tich, they met the defendants with
five bursa, and fin afflicts of whi,liey.
Sotm altcle.:tion ensiled hut with the assistance
of d Mr. Stewart, a faitti.,:r at Balgatrcch (whoia
conduit met with the high approbation of the
Court), the spirits were secured, and lodged in Mr.
Stewart's 11004 e. •

The detendant4 came to Mr. Stewart's house, and
there very grossly miscondu4:te.l themselves, by
breaking into tila :.ouse, iititalting his servants, and
demolishing some of his windows. .
It did not, however, distinctly appear that their
object was to Itiodyr or obstruct toe otlicets; aud
they Seceded, by the evidence, to be sotnewhdt
lOXiClatedw'

After a very able and candid charge from the
Lord Chief Baron, the Jury found the defeudauts
guilty of receiving the spitits, «Lich make.; them
liable to a penalty of uoul.; but acquitted them
the obstruction. .

,
Fox-tinwriNo.—un foursday, the 24th ult:4(
fox was unk6nnelied at Ystradrohis, in the county
of Brveon, which was permed by a number of men
on toot, to the extremity of the parish of Lhitigh'ilr,
in Gtatuorganshire, where lteynard became Ode
exhausted, and was killed, after a chase, which, la
a direct line, was not less than 3.0 miles, but ilvaro
winding ditec,tion which the fox took; i 4 supposed to
be nearly 50 miles. The pursuers Were all in .4t
the death, but could (tot muster a hat or shod
amongst Oval, so eagerly had they (00 wed :their
game, and the dogs were completely knocked up..-
The hardy fellows, afier taking some refteshtnent,
set out on their tatnrn home. . •

The hounds belonging to E. T. Nichols, E q, of
the Brodnisi near, Stone, Staffordshire, IMO hew
moSt escOvnt sport the whole of the season, but
particularly on .Saturday, when they 'found a fox:
near Notion Fatros.. He took a ring tur about .two
tiwii through Swiunerton Park, crossed the
river to li.niztstun Woods, Was headed about a mile
horn Lane End,- came back over. Meer Heath,
through, &radon and Dray cot t Wcods, from I hence
through Chartley Park ; the hounds run into hint
in great style upon Cage Hill, near Chartley Castle,
after a severe run of about 24 miles in little more
than two hours.

Many peibons, having experienced great losscs,
fur a long time, have found before now the suief,
shine of Fortune in a single hour, by a Lottery
Ticket or Share ; -and when for a stnatlt stun Ten
ca. Twenty Thousand Pounds may be obtained,
ift One Day, as in the present Slate Lottery'.
why not try to' get c:ther of the Forty-low Capi-
tals, an Friday, the 15th inst. which may remote
our etubarrawitticots, rasa us to indepen-
dence.

Coax EXCHANGE, Feu. 6.--;-There are but few
fresh arrival of Whvat to-dart srd not muvh 'on
hand, soles fully Maintain !Mt priCCE ; Rye ts some-
what dearer ; Bat-ivy, with Malt, nearly at our last
.
quotation; Peace and Berra} of each deNcriptlon viry
hut little; there ale tolerable quantities w Oats ot;
hand, but ft:w fine smplvs, Which keep their price,
a. d **ales of oilier qualities at Wit: late reductmin;
st our lace-chanted prices. •