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one hundred guineas that boat was not there I"
The Plaintiff was dragged upon deck, and,
weak as he was, received is lashes—the Defendant
ryisig nut that •' he would Clog any man that be-
ht•Sliti ill, even if he were entering the dock-gates.
The Wet" should see that 1w you not afraid* be-
calm he was In the Channel. lie would punish any
person he pleased. Ile load plenty of money, mail
old lot care." If this were the result of mere Mo..
.‘,l•llt3rV ripe, or), he night excuse it—hut it mp-
%wave,. to result Irons a cruel &Nitwit:vitt. What,
;s- *04;141 ar,k, mu-t have ',eels the feeliags of the
Vtanitiff, *he:a lie was seized up, acid received those
.li:tract-Fut lashes, the ,:arks and the recollection of
which he must ciwy with Nita into the navy, should
Joe he again called iiitc ti-eNliojesty's service ? It was
art etitlicott hiconceive lam poiguatit how agonising
fare fertillgS must have heel., when lie braved even
'death, in order to escape those igmotuipiour blows.
'Ube cause of the treatment he rcreived was evident.
Defendant most have felt some very un-
pleasant emotion% when he viewed the situation in
wpii.h. his crew were pliref;, tit cotvegiteirce of the
twogri+ions having been disposed of—and, tia-
t.it Pontsgh, he did slot like to hear the corn-
-I,lumnis of the famished mariners. Therefore it was
shut he dealt so severely with this young man.
'foe 'Plaintiff was not a sordid wan, who came iota
It.)1! Court for heavy damages. tie was a gentle-
Mats and •att officer—and he asked for such caul-
peqktion (If it were possible to mouse a compensw
tio,,) as the Jury might think he was entitled to,
*for The brutal insult he had received at the hands of
Sloe Defendant.

• Ti;e following witnesses were examinell:
Frauds Pulses was ;inner attic East India Company's
ahib Orwell. The Defendant was her Captain. The Plain-
tiff was gunner's mfr. Witness was his superior athirst..
Oa the 4th of May last, the ship was Nlcrpte. The
stssaalt took place abont four o'rlock on that day. Plaintiff
and part of the crew hail been employed in unsholling the
guns. Witness saw the Captain on the deck, in a rage. The
Viatrititi was near the Captain. The latter 'track the Plain.
tiff in the face, and then ordered him on the poop. The
a Lief OfErtr was close to the Captain whet' he committed
the assault. 11'hen the Captain ordered the Plaintiff to the
I p, he sung out to the brititswaiii to call up the crew,
%shish he did. The ordering the Plaintiff to the poop, and
t lir atlieg tip of the crew, gave them to understand Ant
she Captain was shout t 0 punish the Plaintiff by flogging.
`Witness intuit...timely after heard a cry that the Plaintiff was
nes, board. He was taken up by a Deal boat, and alms
Ititinip.fit near the ship, the Ccaptain ordered a rope's end
to be throwa ont, and mist, " If he could not get up the
skip's side, lie Amnia lie dragged up." The Captain declar-
ed he would punish him. The reason was, because he had
ctimplaised of want of t ictitala. The Captain di, ecird the
gn7.rter-master to seize bins op—and s '• if the Plainfiff,"
who was extremely weak. " could not strip off his clothes,
tlstu'skunld be cut oil his hick. Plaintiff was flogged by
• the boatswain. He received eighteen lasbe.. The Captain
:'toad by and said to the boatswain, " You're got a rascal
• there, do your duty." Witness did not know that Plaintiff
had been a midshipman. His conduct to the 'Akers was
always very respectful. The crew had been on short allow.
sore fur a fortnight or three weeks before. They fed on rice
;ail rase. 'Flo y Isa.l no bread or meat on board. He did
not know of any of their provisions being sold in China. At
the time the transaction took place, the Manila)f was in a
licak state, and said to the Captain that " he war not fit to
In " He leaped front the poop, which was a
issitcbt of 'lO feel.
Crar.).ernisised.—The ship had moored in the (tomes
Channel, near Margate, on the day the transactiou took
pace. A boat had been scut to the shore for fresh provi-
*Mos, but it had not arrived when Plaintiff was punished.
The Deal boat was close to the Orwell. .

William Peel was servant to the surgeon of the Orwell.
O.; the (lay in question, he heard a noise, and came lip on
• deck. He saw the Milord' on the poop, and the Captain
it.. the quarkr.deek. The Captain called to the Quarter-
.ffisater to puuisli the Plaintiff, because he had said he mild
loft do his duty, to consequence of want of fond. The
.Plaintiff immediately jompeil overboard. Some of the crew
. *offered to lower a boat to take him up. Tin Captain ex-
claimed " Never mind; d—n him let him swim." A Deal
boat that was near the Orwell took him up, and the Captain
• •-eiwe directions to lower a rope's red. When the Plaintiff
-.. Vat upon deck, he was cold and weak, by remaining' it. the
- wade so line. He was immediately taken up to the gang-
. way, to be gonad, The Captain said, “If hr can't take off
his clothes, cut them off" Plaintiff was stripped by sonic
'of the crew. The Captain observed, "That he would flog
him teen at the Jodi...gates. He would chew the • iew, that
• he was nut afraid, because he was so near home. He
wool., pliniah any of them he pleated, tl gli it should coat
bim ever so much money." At this time the crew were per-
fectly piaci—diem was so. sytiiptuni of nintiuy. The Captain
stored by while the Plaintiff was flogged, and called to the
toirsoinio "to do his ditty." Sia barrels of Iseef and pork
' were taw, n out of the ship while she lay at China.
i'rove-examineff.—The Deal boat was lying near the
Orwell when the Plaintiff jumped overboatil.
Pelee Tardy, a seamau on hoard the Orwell, saw Ills Cap.
taut strike Mr. Rhoden a t cry lard blue on the lace. Wt.
..ms. Imo often hilt thr. Captain's heavy band himself. The
4‘ *wain directed all the men to go aft, in order to witness
lir. punishment of the Plaintiff, who immediately got into
the gip, and jumped overboard. The boatswain, the wit.
Wier, and another seaman, wished to let down the pill, in or-
d.., to pick him lip—hut the Captain told the boatswain " to
.4trg p all fast, and let Pla i Miff swint, for it woe hi do kiwi good "
Twu nieu, in a little boat, proceeded frum it. Oral boat that
•• lase lying alongside, and took bleb up. When lie came to
the Marl, the Captain ordered a rope's.einl so be lowered, in
talker that ii shuald he made fast round his butlli, tu drag
him ups if Ise could sot himself mount the ship'.. sole. The
Plaintiff was begging and praying not In i.e punished—and
...lowered, that he was not able to receive the pussislimeat.
1 Le Captain did. not mind him—but said, " if he would not
analrip liimself, that his clothes should be cut utf." He
was tints flugged—the Captain, during the puuishineut,
'ailed out to the boatswain " to do his duty, as he had a
sturiud. el before him." The crew had beet. On short allow.
mice fur viiree weeks !before the vessel arrived at Margate.
'limy bad very little meat. On one occasion, they gut a lit-
tle China pig horn the Captain, which was boiled in their
peasi-slop. 'fliers were about It pousids of meat aniungst 75
men. During the time the ship lay uff Margate, no pruvi-
aeon were reeeirea from the slaire. He did Out Lwow why
the Plaintiff sax punished.'
• John Protiy, slur armoserer of the Orwell, deposed to the
rusiishinent iudieted no Ow Plaiotelfe The Captain /aid
" lie would flue any of dar clew, eves. at tot dott.gater."-
-The coudliet of the Plaintiff towards the Captain was re-
spectful. The tiew had lung teen on saint at Innatirr.
flewy reale, a sorrenn, recollected the Plaintiff applying
*t ini, in Loudon, ail examine hail bark" Ile did so, sod
1 . IV. back its a lied state.. The flogging, ha Ho-night,
awe hernia revere wile. 11w marks acre still rouble.
lbs. Rhodes, the mother of the Plaintiff, stated that her
,an. isa, a midshipman in his Majesty's diary. This.ssiiutss
nas peoired.ug to speak of the high respectability .of h. e
' fatuity, bet was interrupted by the Curet 'Wince, wlrr
etiosidered such pairs; quite i ere!. valit.
The case for the Plautiff closed here.
ill r. MattlitiATT ilddreased the Jury for die
0,-feiidaiit. lie. said. if lea irliiiit'il .cutidurt ale-

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se, il any punishment (siad Ire thought it deserved
aiut.e), the opening 'speech of his Learned Friend
re► quite sidEcieut. His Learned Friend Fwd
treated the Defendant with petutiar severity. He
siiplied In at least • desalt timer. the eiAthtts'
of hinbarous and isrutal—aisti accused him of act-
ing With savage barbarity. td gratify the bed pre'
pi-neities af a creel dasposilliors. Whew. however.
die case was investigated, It would be found that