The Sun.
London, England, 1816-10-31 00:00:00

HAIVVN., AND OTIIRRR V, CRICKRTT•

This was atlqo a special ease, The plaint;frs
%rem the aish,oees of Mk .0%. Harvey, Srin, soft
Co. lire Hankers at netitnd' and Rilleriemv
Esitex, and the defeodanta were bankers at Chelms-
ford,and the Helen was hroutht to dt.ferrnitte the
right or the phlintiff4 to a mini of 9:511. Ms. O.'
which had been paid by Matthew Barnard f arm
vey, after the baekruptcy of his son, Juhn It'll tie.
Harvey., but whilst he himself co,ititm-d it, sot,.
rent cireumstatterS, In the defendant.= in satisheo.
'ion of fl partnership debt. The qnegtion of 14‘v
for the decision of the Court was, whethera suit
cent partner, after the bankruptcy of his part
had a right to dispose of the partner4tip proper: y
in payment of a pal tnership debt. The case watt'
united Rt greaticugth, and

he Court ultintatelitletcrmined th►►t tl►e action
Irns not maintainable, inasmuch as, although the
plaintiffs might have it. claim ►tpntiisome' part of
the money ; yet as the precise sum wai unascer.
twined, their right could not he sustained by the,.
present mode of proceeding,---Jutlgti►ent fur the
defendants.

DESTRUCTION OF A STEAM-BOAT.

(From tlit Charhstun City Gasette of Sept. 17.)

On Sunday evening last, about six o'clock., just
after the steam-host Enterprise had left the land.,
ing at Sullivan's Island for town, with 50 or 60
passengers on board, in a severe thunder-squall:
she was struck by lightning, which 114.
fitimitey, sod occasioned .the bitratinz. nt rive of
.the boilers. Ten persons, who were betow at,the
time, drying themselves at the fire, were most
dreadfully scalded. They had previonsly been
drenched in a severe shower. Two .of them,
Messrs. I). Tortes anti J. Roberts, were so sei-
verely scaldedi, that they died in a few boors after:-
Two zithers, Messrs. John Dobbs, of this, citli
And John (";elhheirs, of Savannah, were very Ma"
serially injtired ; the former is supposed to be
AingeriMs.. Six blacks were also more or less
injured by thii unfortunate accident, some of then)
very badly.
Since the above was in type, we learn that Mr.
Dobbs died shoat six o'clock last evening.
%Viten the expirision took irliseeithe boat was'
about 200 yards from the shote ;. anditeveral of
the passengers supposing that the whole would.
he immedifitety envelop,ll i,t tiames, juiitpeil Over..
board, And attentpted to pin the vihort by swim-
mint; -Wine- of them, ottivile to aver, that ob-
ject, gin into.,the yawl boat, twvihg, astern, ,tail
others ty.ere taken up by boats which 'put off front
the shore.

As ninny autL various reports have been in 6.•
ettlation respcetkowthis tnelaneholy affair, we has 4
been at sue vtitsi, to ascertain its real cause ; and
Flo
otrot hesitate in expressing our' belief th'it it
was 'n ccaiaorkid lightilingand by Lightning
only, :alt the time it oceturred, there setts bCattely,
a satlicientforce on the engine to wore the boat-7
cry ColiSiAcrably less than an ordinary or casioni
when rimier 4 eigh. The :electric fluid was sup-
posed in .its.,courstf-to have strock down one of
(he nutQttuaate,tUell at the fire, as he Nl,oi 110 t
bean! LO Sp( 31c. alto' the explosion, and was found
helii‘V lying (I,ientlead'in the hot Water, after the
first leant of,c, ininsiou had u subsided. 'Thar
others, succvedcil in gaining the deck by their ex-
ertions, The sblut is supposed to have pissed out
of tbe larboard bow port; as it was burst out,
leaving the,bingeiaud nallabanging to the hoolte.,
he4iiuney, which probably set ved as a con.
doctor' to the lightning, cvas separated in the middle-,
and the upper 'half carried stoat.; distance.over,
board. It is composed of thick t)beet-iron, and
surmounted at top with e sharp.poioted vane.
It is worthy of remark, that none of, the boat's
crew k:vere injured by the explosion. Fotr of the
sufferers were white passengers, 'and the in: gives
halonged to a.canue, and had requested to NI
lowed to towl after getting along ide they went
on board theinselves, and ,stet the tttaut.Ltifittto
fate above related, , -

013 11113 same evening Mr. Campbell Douglass
was struck down by lightning near the hotel of
Mr. Maxwell, just above the lines, as he aras
about entering the house. tie shortly recovet et!,
however, without material injury. A black boy..
going trait the same house to the kitchen, OAS
also prostrated by the electric fluid, and an iron
tea-kettle witiith 'he held in h s band was shattered
to pieces. The boy was senseless fur a consider.
able that, hot is recovering finiu the shock.

Coin p; trt.e Realm.—ttobert Holmley, of Fen.-
ton, butcher, Wtrt--41.5t %reek convit tea before tint
Alagisttates, at Pontefract, ia the penalty 01 204
and costs, for refusing to take a six-pence of ato
current coin of dig

FRENICII

ITIECEIVED THIS MORNINii.)

PAM, OCT. 28 --.restertlaY Count Dtettlinliz
dined with It 13. y, the Princes and Prioresses
of the Royal Family. The Matieittos,
Owed in the nail of the Body Guards, executed
several select airs dtiril)g the hautTlet•

Yesterday, about nine in the evening, a man
rushed hut) the house of ki wine.-inerchnnt iii Rue
Vieille-Estruipade, a'rnictl 'with a Pistol, %r rich In
pojuted at the:mistress : happily a but there darted
forward to turn aside tilt. ait'SdaiSill'S an), Whlell
the ball lodged in his own arm. The cries of the
boy, with the clamour of the neighbours, caused
the wretch to flee, hilt king closely pursued, he
put All end to this bloody catastrophe by cottunit-
ting suicide with a second pistol.
It is said that Mr. Canning will remain eight
d-ivs at Par'”;, aucl dep trt by way of Calais to
London, sietompanik,4l by his family.
The races %t.fileh took phee yusterday at the
Champ-de-Mars, were attended by a numerous
issontshige of the curious and amateurs. The
first WI& ii ran was gained by a bay hotie of Mr.
4.411011,. the jockey dressed cen the second
was won by It Ware of Mr. Stulibart, the jockey
klieg blue ; afterwards the three winners ran
4
together, when the bay of Mr. Drake carte Off
Act,,rions.

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An English Lady, lodging in an inn near 17er-
saOles-, (brew herself stone days since from a
window 4 starlet, high into the street. We are
assured she was led to this act of despair by the
desertion Of an Officer whom she loved, She has
left ito infant 4 years of age,,of which it is thought
the English who are at Versailles will take care.
The Prevtilal Court of Ardennes, in its sitting
qf the 17th of this, month,' Was occupied with
the affair of John Thorny,. tailor ai Vatimont.;--
lie was neensed of having htmg. out upon the
clock of his conininne a white- upon which
be, liati.de•igneti On eagle crowned, »ndluriderneath"
it Louis 16th. The Trevotal Court 'of 'Moselle
considering this deed simply as a• degradation of
the tvitite fiag, referred it to the Correctional,Po-
lice: The Royal Court conceiving, however, that
it was not simply a fault, but a crime, brought
eke accuc'ed hytore the Prevot al Court of Ardennes,
iVho corpleumed Thorny ti' depoitation, tonform.
obly to the 2tl' Atilde of. the Law of the 9th of
'November, 1815. •
OCT. 27.—The'Sows•Generiii,of theltingtiorn
of Hatiovcr have presented to the i ifice Regent
a petition, begging his:Royal 1-lighoess to settle
the seeeession to, the Throne of Hanover. In
case the Prince nezent should die wit bout any
wale legitimate child, the Crown of Lngland
would psst to the Princess, Chariot, to but that of
13toover Ought to to the Duke of VOrk. It is
thought that this. Prince will give up his rights in
hvour of the Doke of Catulnidge, a younger
brother.

STocKuoPt. Opt. King ye,:t erday en-
'temt neon his fi3th ye 11 s Majesty upon this
occasion named his, Royal flighnoss the Duke of
Stulermintia Chevalier of the Order of SLCharles
be also appointed Fiuld-Marshal Count (I'l'=.ssen
Otte of the MarslialS of Kingdoin.
FRANKFoItT,OCT.23,--The piTilblriltiOnS for the
oPerring of the Oneral Diet of Gt rmany, fixed
for the btlyerf NoVernher, eontitine with activity,
!the Chancellor has eady, , received 'hum inns
iktemoirs and Pirtitiona to be submitted to, the at-
tention Of the Diet. 'There seems to be so many
things to discuss that it is not known how time
will be:found to take :them tll into consideration.
first question to be decided iui how the Diet
enforce tleCkions. The Ministers,-they
eay, are not a;,,recil upon ,that point—which is so
'essential. The territorial arrangements occasion
many diffie;ihirß. y Lecomc, more complex,
,es theme ill no .I,o:ger urry irrrjtent,to dispOse of,
'CO ti grest nclionwledgeti and -evelh.fotioded
:cla;tris. deehieitihat heneefottit the Court
of Dentrrk sh Al vote tinder: the of the
'Court of Holgtein and Lauenburgh, 'lt seems
settled that the Holy Sce3 renonnce separate riego-
ciatioe.* with the thfierctr.i sovereliris of Germany,

ntt account of the orgAnization of the Catholic
I,'itnreh in Get many and the 13.e.bopt its, and that
Lercaf er it -10(1 negotiate concerning thifi object
with the Met. tVe expect here a delegate extrti•
,ordinary front Holiness to negotiate :again a
Concordata nalionis Gernurnire.

Letlert trot firunstvh:44 contain very satisfactory
ytictails upon the -Administration of the ~I)ttelty of
that 'name. All the payments to -whitit Govern-
.
meta bad hound itself :ire mole on the pcoper.days.
-The proceedings olGove rntn eat Inspire the greatest
colititlence. The-tax of industry }irk-there expe-
.
„rienced consHerablewttl Very la vonrahle,
titions for tratigvi- in all the 1.14.f.i-gy they tire erect-
TIC tee crave fern`
hilt over the *Ocker. -Ulie-titicieut endowment

which linil beco-supptestc'tl, unaer the I7csipll7.-
lian Govcrnoient, are now re-established iti atll
the Duchy,
ALMSBUtGIi, eel% 42.0.--lly 41 Royal bratist.
mince uF 113varitt, the Doke WrlTh an tinehisi vinfe,
aas well as the 9thei• B Ptitices a?td Prin
ccsses ut a collateral ling, hereafter, will have the
it ltt,oLUighsues*.
SAINTS: Cautx, Sem 28.—The French often
ViAit the potts.of tile Canaries. It is always an
aitvantage to us, as they bring us Audi, tin and
ironmongery, which the English keep up at a high

Fire.
The culture of the earth has fecelved great en-
couragement from Government. A Pithlie Li.
!nary and a Botanical Garden have been formed.
The Garden we owe to the cares of Don Rodrigues
Ji Bereza, a Savant distinguished by his know-
ledge and taste for the physical tciences;
Zotion, OcT. celebrated Savant,
Andir,;isc Bloch, ii appointed I"l'elate of the Abbey
of rlury.