The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-02-24 00:00:00

NORTH 1. ROSICINS.

This was an adion.for an assault -committed by
the Defendant, a master boat-beilder, upon his ap-
prentice.
The apprentice had been ordered to do some par-
ticular branith of his business, which he refused to
perform, alledging that he did not know how to do
it. The Defendant told him that he knew how to
dolt as well as he did himself; on which the boy
•gave him the lie. The Defendant immediately
seized a pieceof oak that was lying by his side, and
struck him a blow that occasioned his arm to hang
In a sling for a fortnight afterwards.
Lord ALVANLEY said, that the present cause
ought to have been decided before the Chamber-
lain—The only question, however, which the Jury
had to decide upon was, whether fhe Plaintiff had
correded his apprentice in an unlawful manner, or
4vbether the provocation which he had .received,
had not occasioned him to take improper means to
inflid chastisement. In such a case as the present,
any master would be highly culpable, if he did not
cornea such behaviour.but correction should be given
in a proper manner. It did not appear that the De-
fendaAt had gone in search of the piece of wood, he
took it up as it lay.by him, which might be the ef-
fed of momentary anger arising 'from the insult of-
fered unto him. It was therefore for the Jury to
determine if the treatment which the Plaintiff had
received was unlawftil or malignant. The Jury
gave a lerdid e'er the Defendant.

-POLICE.

)1A NSIO N-U OVS E.

Yesterday Charles 73nrs was Charged before the
LORD MMvoa, by Mr. Wilson, a iespeaable mer-
chant in the city, with having assaulted him in the
most outrageous manner, the night before, at Tom's
coffeehouse, Comhill.
Mr. Wilson gave his Lordship.an account of be-
ing at Tom's coffeehouse on Tuesday night with
some Gentlemen, when the prisoner came into the
same box, and swore yiolently, threatening to strike
him, and put his fist close to his face, and using
manyvprobrious expressions, till the room was in
an uproar. The waiter, and several Gentlemen
who were present, attended and confirmed this state-
ment. The LORD MAYOR asked the prisoner who
he was, and what he had to say in defence of such
strange behaviour ? He said, le was an accountant,
and lived in Clifford's-inn that he had done seve-
ral essential services for Mr. Wilson, seven ),ears
ago, for whie'n he never had any compensation, and
that being intoxicated he had said more than what
was proper, but should abide the consequence. His
Lordship said, if he had injured Mr. Wilson's repu-
tation by what he had said, there was a remedy ;
.but it was his duty, in the mean time, to oblige him
to keep the peace. He accordingly ordered Jones
to stand committed till he should find two securi-
ties to keep the peace towards Mr. Wilson.

WWI

NAVAL INTELLIVENLE.
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ForTsMOUTn, Fre. 29.
The Hercule, of 74 guns, is expelled to sail the
first fair wind for the S'Vest Indies, having received
her sailing orders.
Arrived his Majesty's ship .Acasta, of 44) guns,
Capt. Wood, from Leith ; and his Majesty's brig
Locust, of 14 guns, Lieut. Leake commander, from
a cruize ; and remain at S pithead with the Nrptunr,
Isis, Calcutta, Woolwich, Blanc/.e, Loire, Apollo,
Amazon, Dryad, Cynthia, Port Mahon, Kite, ard
Charger.
Came into harbour his Majesty's ship Chichester,
of 41. guns, Capt. Spear.—Wind westerly and mo-
derate.
FAtmoUTI4, FEB.
Sailed this evenirrg the lflalsingham, Robarts, and
Chutecfie/d, packets, Blight ; the former with mails
of the 15th inst. for Lisbon, and the latter with
those of the 16th inst. for the Leeward Island.; ;

passengers by the Watringbant are Sir Archibald
Macdonald and daughter, Dr. North. Miss North.
and servants : also sailed the French brig Laboriauto
Capt. J. M. Charpentier, which put back a few
days since, fcr Rochelle ; the Diligence cutter,
Johns, on a crnize against the smugglers ; the
Ranter, Johns, for Plymouth ; and the Fortune,
Brown, for Neath.

Arrived the brig Mrs, Capt. Ley, from Meva-
gissy, and the Four Friend:, - Hoskin, from
Gweek, for London.

The Duke of -Teri packet, which arrived .on
day last from Lisbon in nine days, left there the
King George packet, which arrived on the 4th lust.
in six days, and was expelled to sail aguin with
mails for England on the 17th inst.
The Princes: Elizabeth, Kidd. .and the Lady Afra-
lrella, Porteus, with mails, the former from Jamaica,
and the latter from America, may be daily expelled.
Wind N.