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SCHOLASTIC. DISCIPLINE.

Jame, Newbito stAixi indicted for an 'miter upon
Mager Tindal. a hop of eight years of age, at Hoz-
Son. on the 11th of .looe Lit.

Mr. ALL cy, on the part of the prosecution, ad-
dressed the Court. He dwelt upon the impartanie,
6f the present investigation, both as it sffe/led the
awake and pursuits of the Defendant, and the
general interest rf ►he public. The Traverser was a
schoolmaster at Hesston, and the child of the Pro-
secutor was placed under his tuition. Common
sense had very wisely given, to persons *pen whom
the duties of improving the slender Minds of young
pereons devolved, a right to restrict the commission
of offences by a wholesome hat moderate corredlion.
The question then (or the Jury to ascertain, was,
not whether the boy had adled .svrang, but whether
thr 4,:h,:olmaster had not punished him for his
f oti• • iii a tvaaton, cruel, and unnecessary manner?
J; wool; appear from evidence, that the child was
bitten by a dog ; and it was in the recolissaion of
the Jury, that during the last summer, a very gene-
ral apprehension existed throughout this part of the
act' the prevalence of the 4vdripho6ia.—
The boy, on his worn from school, acquainted his
parents of his having been bitten ; and, as was very
natural, the father prevented the child from attend-
ing school the next day, in order that he might have
the child under his own eye, should there appear
any unfavourable symptoms. In the course of the
des• day, the Traverser called on Mr. Tindal, the
Prosecutor, at bis house in Hackney, to learn the
eau,. of the boy's absence:from school. When he
wa. ni.id • acquainted with the cause, replied,
that the boy had been plaguing the dog. but that
there was no dan,,rt. a, the animal was perfeitly
safe. Mr. Tindal said, he would send the boy next
day to school, at the same tune, de<irinE the Tra-
vel-set not to inflia any severe punishment upon
him. The boy went to school accordingly, and
the Traverser did inflift a punishment, which has
appeared to his parents as cruel, violect, and none-
cew,ary, and for which they have appealed to the '
justice of the country.
Thomas 'Tindal deposed, that he resides a:
Hackney, and that the Defendant is the Master of
a SCIIO4I at Horton. lie placed his child tinder his
tuition, ahrut the rod of la.t Apti!, where he conti-
nued t•t ~t:ncl until the 1 Ith of the following June.
Upon the gth of that month, the child, on his return
from school, complained of his having been bitten
by a d sg. The Witness desired him to stay at
Aortic the next day, as he a 4hed fa watch whether
any onfavourahle consequences should result (rrm
the accident. On the day sufyequeitt, the 'Tra-
verser called on Witness, and tolti him that the boy
had plagu d the dog, but that he was a tale animal.
IViiness replied, that eke boy should go to sal( of
on the next 4.1.. y, but dcsi:ed the Travel ser not
beat him cruelly.

On his cruss.examination by Mr. Gt.-away, he
admitted that the Traverser said, that the buy was
in the habit of throwing stones at the dog, which
was usually tied up, and it also appeared that the
Prosecutor, agitated fro the tseatinent the boy re-
calved, did. m
on the of June, go to ti.e schuul of
the Defendant, and conduit himself in a MAIM,
try manner. . .

is'aster TinJal was nest produced, and being in-
tertngaud as to he nature of an oath, and to the
inapt/uit:, of its violation, deposed, that on the day
tnentoned in the indidatelit, he and other bo)
wets chroming a ball Irons one to the other,
when it accidentally hit the dog. The dog then
Imbed at a Mager Major, and also bit the Witness
as be cadte out of the school. %Viten be returned
on the llih of June, to sclmol, his Master called
upon him to acknowledge that he had thrown slimes
at the flog. and said that be Would nor heat him if
be admitted it. The master then ton! UT by the
head. and beat him on the small of the back, and
en the posteriors, w:th a ems not thicker than his
linger. He mode no complaint to any person, nor
did he say any thing whilst he was Wining punish-
ment.

On his troy-examination, by Mr. Coasse-r, the
Cottle interesting child WAS • , 1116(1114411Pd, As to twist
into tears, and was unable to proceed, until encou-
raged by the conciliatory manner of the Learned
Counsel.

hirs. Tindal deposed, that she never saw sn:h a
sight, and she hlioed alts never amulet. as her child's
back exhibited on Ms retain trots school. There
were a number of bruises. a least sis or eaves, and
they continued as his back for six weeks alter the

Mr. laftnino. an apothecary. saw the child two
days after he was punished. He observed a number
of bruises on his back. of a violent nature. there
was one particularly so.
A surgeon Winter saw the 1)7 on the day subse-
quent to the punishment, and was of opinion that it
reqn;red much violence to produce the bruises which
were visible on the hack of the boy.
A Mr. Weatherby. the assistant of the school.
and a Mr. Smith, a parlour-boarder, depo;ed that
they witnessed the circumstance of correttion; it
was inti eted with the ordinary cane, and the Tra-
verser evinced no feeling of anger in correfling the
boy. A number of the scholars had accused the
boy of throwing stones at the dog ; and the Tea-
varier p►omised to toigive him, provided be ac-
knowledged the truth.
SirWas.Bliaard saw the boy on the fifth day after
the correction ; the marks of the blows wake then
visible both on the loins and on the posteriors. The
urns degree of pui i,liment would exhibit a different
appearance upon two boys of the same age ; but
there was no apprehension of any clangorous conse-
quences (rum the co:rection which the cioy appeared
to have received.

Mr. Guanav observed, that he had evidence
to produce, whicii he feared the Court would rot be
inclined to receive; namely, the testimony of re-
spectable persons, who confided to the 1 raverser
tr.( tuition and protection of their children.
The CaaraM*B summed up the case in a perspi-
earns. statement, and the Jury, after some consi.
off - Gorky.
assault upon

Mn Ref 1,11, a lady %ilia kc ps a public house in
tht puilirus ot IV.doring. and who is, in the riail
dialect of thrt d-tagnated'a crimp,
for the purpose ot decoy:titt s •arnen. The Prose-
eistrix swore lustily to rho assault committed upon
bete, cad displayed the wound she received in con-
seqnenc• of bring knocked down on the gravel by
the Traverser. Two residents of that neighbour-
hood, named Burke and Afagennis, swore that the
Prnseentrie WAS the first assailant, and that, in their
opinion, if she WAS not drank, She was hay in

LONDON SASSIONS —Gus LDNALL. Ocr. 26.

These Sessions commenced this day before the
Loa °Mar oa. Jib WILLIAM Comm, Sir Cleanses
Nice, Aldermen Conte ind Annus. tin Re-
commit. Simmers, and ether City Ulm%
The Grand Jury were sworn and adjourned till
Wednesday morning, at the Old Balky, after re-
ceiving a suitable charge.
The Court then proceeded to the Trial of Tra-
versers, when only two cases of assault came be-
fore them, neither of which was in any respea int:-
resting.
A man of the name of ffeibetd, and his wife,
were found :Nifty of assaulting a man named
Simeon', for which they were sentenced to pay the
trifling fine of one shilling.
A journeyman shoemaker. named Thema' Piet,
was conviNed of assaulting another of the name of
Anthony Crow. in Angel-court, Grub-street, for
which he was sentenced to one month's imprison-
ment in the Poultry Compter.
May Hill was inJi9eJ for keeping a disoplerly
house ; but the prosecutors, Esther La Costa and
Moses Nathan. not appearing, she was discharged.
The Rev. Mr. Jerrmgz. wilt,, it will be remem-
bered, was formerly tried at the 0:d Bailey. for
shooting at an °Dicer of Justice, while in the execu-
tion of his duty. appeared at the Bar to receive
sentence from the Keener:see. The sentence was,
that he should pay a fine of Is. and find sccuril
for his goo] behaviour, himself in 401. :dui other
V.VO sureties in ‘2Ol. each.

No other bthiness came before the Court, and they
accordingly adjourned. .

PULli.g.

MAML2OIOUOH.STAttT.

A Mr Towns/send, a carver and gilder, com-
plained of a young man of the name of Price, for
challenging him to fignt f,r 501.
The cam.: of their quarrel was principally owing
to kalousy, Price having worked, about a year and
a half ago, with Mi. Townsheod, and every lime
he met him since, he used to greet him with hisses
and hooting., until last Friday, he met him in
Wells-street, when he challenged him to fight, and
at the same time called him a thief; it also came
nut, that Price was in partnership and working for
himself ; ar,d that Mr. Townshend told several
persons he was ignorant of his business, and could
neither carve nor gild.
lie was !mind over to keep the peace.

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