The Sun. — 1817-02-19 (London, England)

VILLE DP. VAIISOVIe A,NTI) OTITItit PitIZES. 'I he question respecting the distrihu. don of head money for the enenty!s flaps destroyed in I.lasque Itonds in 1609, by Lord Cochrane, conic on this day l'or discussion before Sir W. Lord Cochrane himself attended, in order to irssist his Cronniel,.Dr. Lusliington and Dr. 1.)orl-. 8014, with noree,  Sii C. ItosiNSON, his i4l;►jrsty's Advocate, ,pcogii the elitist!, by Statlitg, 'licit it wa a iviesion WriSilig uu !fetid motley, d 'le for nine snip, aptored ,the 12th of April, 1801, in Mosque toakts.  Opposition was made with respect to di,tribn.. tlon of the said head-money by Lord Cochrane, %vim objects to, the distribution of it among the fleet tinder .Lord Gambier, on the:!round that Admiral Lord Gambier, and the line-of-battle ships under his command, were aitte miles croon the enemy's ships at the time of the engagement ; therefore Lord Cochrane requests the Court to, reject the claim on behalf' of the said ships.  The Act On petition on the part of Lord Coe roue was read.  The Learned Adrocate.then objected to the sources front which •Lortl Cochrane proposed to draw his eridence in support of proof, that Lord Gauthier's ships did not go into action when there was an opportunity. of getting to the etteloy, • The proof objected to was; the enemy's.telegraph sig. male—Secondly, the log books of certain ships interestedin the CYNIC of Lord_Cochrane's °Neetion--Thirdly, a copy, or outline, from a French Chart, called the Neptune Franculse, ptothlcecl the trial of Lord Gambier, by a Coott Martial, nod other proof, considered inadmissible: as ea•i {time.  Dr. AnArds, On the sante side, supported the bjectious..  Larstumarox mid Dr. DODSON, opposed the general line of argittnent in support- of the objectiost, but admitted that they were really t 9 amend parts, of the l►ruccetlings %%Welt bad been incautiously overlooked. Sir %V. ScoTT said, be sitoul►l take a short time to consider the objection, aunt decide next ►lay.  The KING'S ADVCiCAT“ intlinated, alit as it was desirable the distribution hhutild go Os soon. as possible, all unnecessary delay of couisc would be avoided.  EXTRAORDINAAV Case:. of rather A ,110Vel (JOOOllOOll came Oil before the Coroner for Middlesex yeAerday, in the polish o(St, Butolph Without, Aldgate. Joseph Padgett, a lad about 16 years of age, was found on Monday afternoon,. about half-past five o'clock, in a bay loft, suspended from a beam by a halter about his neck. His body was not quite cub), I,le was seen alive and well about two bolus before. None of the witnesses saw the least 'appcat once ref insanity about him. it observed, however, that Hs mind had been completely engross..d by the subject of hanging—duriug the whole of Sat urday al termini) be talked of little else; asked hi., brother whether he had ever seen a man hung,and whethei‘he did not think the men commit ted to the to wet., would he hung upon Tower7hill,and that: nothing tyqUidi gire him so much pleasnio.as to,. see a titan 11e was a lad of exceedinglood morals, ant! no cause what., ever reould be assigned for the perpetratioo of such att net. The Jury, after ddiberating, unanimously concloded that the 14d, perfectly it,lntuated with tire subject of hangin2:, which seemed to have em, ployed all his thoughts, had, by way of cxneri. !Hem, placed the raid cord round his, neck,. with, oot any intention of .conuttitting suicide,.but hood i h ich lie was unable to extricate himself, and died from necident and misfortune, the victim of his tnyn imprudence.  OM.  Ct/t1