The Sun.
London, England, 1820-12-21 00:00:00

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEC. O.

The Court was occupied during the day is trying ConsuK2
Jury'causes of no importance.

COURT OF_COMMON PLEAS, DEC. CO.

COBB V. MAGNAY.
This was an issue from the Court of Chancery directed Is/
his Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR, to try whether an instil—
ance against fire had been fraudulently effected.
.Ir. Serjeant LENS stated the case. It was a questian
of
some importance, he said, not only with respect to property,
the sum at issue being four or 5,000/.4 but it involved a coo—
sideration of still deeper importance, namely, the honour alai
character of the defendants, one of n:boin was of rank, ami
e
likely to njoy the highest honour the. City could confer,
Messrs. Magnay and Pickering were proprietors and directors
of the Globe Insurance Office. In 1809, they did business witts
a paper-maker, of the name of Pym. at Exwiek, in Devon—.
shire ; anti, in the course of their dealing, Magnay and Picket—
ing advanced sums of money, for which they took sects—
rities. Pym having insured his mill and property in this,
Globe, the premises were burnt down, and he obtained hiss
claim for the loss. The plaintiffs, who are directors of tho
Globe, charged the defendants with urging the paynitlit
erg
the claim to promote their own private beneat ; with emu:eat--
Mg their knowledge of, the disboneSt character of Pyat„ anti
using their influence as• Directors to get the money paid t
the Company. It was stated that Pyin had insured futireaiff
double the amount of his property.
the opening speech, • seVeral witnesses were ealled•te.-
prove the ,ose, but the whitle tailed, and SerjeanV
LENS gave up the cause, declaring
the evidence did noVsar
port the charge.
The Jury found a verdict fns itie Dereoa...ae_tind thejtltYo
intimated that the honour and character of Messrs. Itiagna,f
and Pickering remained unsullied. The Jury also declared:
that the character of the Defendants stas not in the stightesU
degree tarnished.

DESPERATE POACHERS.-About one o'clock oa
Friday morning, John Cooper, Gamekeeper. UP;
Col. ADEANE, of Babraham, Cambridgeshire, ac-,
companied-by Stubbins, W. Wisby, and L.
Bunting, went round the plantations for the pur-
pose of detecting poachers. About three o:closck.'
they heard the report of a gun, upon which they'
separated into two parties, each taking a separate.
direction towards the place from whence the
sound proceeded. Wisby' and Stubbins soon
perceived two desperate poachers, named AYH-.
liam Bonnett, of Stapteford, and John Pratt, and.
immediately called out to them to stop, but thief
ran off. Wisby and his companion soon overtoo
them, when a desperate scuffle ensued. The
Gamekeeper was now fast approaching, anti
within a few yards of them, when Bonnett, level-
ling his gun at Wisby, shot him in the right side;
when he fell, and almost immediately expired.
Cooper rushed on the murderer, succeeded in
overpowering him, and bound his hands ; but. is
the confusion the prisoners effected their escape,
and have not since been heard of. The deceased
has left a widow and three children.

ALARMING FIRE. es morning, about
two o'clock, a fire broke out in one-of the house;
adjacent to Kensington Palace, adjoining to that
in which Mr. Sicard resides, which caused great
confusion in the Palate. • There is no accountiof
for the origin of the :fire ; it was discovered' i. 51
one of the upper apartments shortly after it coo"
menced, when the parish engines arrived, ina
rendered every assistance. The military
soon called out, and proceeded to the. Palace,
and'continued until the fire was at an end, which
lasted several hours, but the flames were got wi
der by the arrival of the engines from London.--*
During the time the fire continued it burned with
great fury. Every exertion was made to save the
property, which proved successful ; but the roofs
of two houses, that of Mr. Sicard's and the one
adjoining,' were completely destroyed. We
are not informed of any other accident.