The Sun.
London, England, 1801-03-02 00:00:00

UNIONJIALL..

Saturday a case not generally brought before
Magistracy came to be heard,. wherein Mr.
Flaltside, Calico Printer, at Morton, inliiirrey,
'alledged thit he had a suspicion that three of his
men hld stolen scvercil.pleces of unstamped cot.
alas.' The men in their deferce 'said, that they
did net commit an intentional ad of robbry ; for
they had only made use of the patternand colours
of their master to colour a few lengthil' to give as
a present.—The Magistrates postponed the case
for a fdture investigation. '

L Alr REPORT.

COTYRT:OF KING'6 BENCH, L 2 t. A.

SITtIVGS BtFtlR LORD KEN' ON AND A SpIiCIAI.
itl/c.Y2 SSA 1.:IiILDIIAI;L.

BRICKWOOD DIYNKIN.

• • t ,
Teti ATTURNFY GENERAL stated that this
'was an Action for an Assault. The Plaintiff and
Defendant were Merchants in this City, This
was a species.of injury seldom complained of by
persons of this rank and station in life ; for,
whatever might be the defe6is of the pre'secit Ge!
neration, its manners were considerably improved
iu comp:l6wn of those of former ages, and it
wal..-now but seldom that a Gentleman had to
complain of a gross and brutal Assault being cont_
witted on him ; but this.was an exception to the
general gob& manners of Gentlemen.. 'Pa: insult
here complained of was attended with, a consider-
able injury, 'for the "Plaintiftwas so disfigure& by
the vioienCe, that he was obliged to withdraw
himself from the public view for a while,. it being
unpleasant_ to exhibit marks Of disgraceful vio-
lence on his face, which were the etfed of the
'Defendant's misbehaviour. The inst.& here was
of an aggravated kind, for it, was offered in the,
public Corn Exchange, in the presence of all the,
most intimate Conneaions acquaintafice- of
the Parties. They were persons of large roper-
ty, and Faaors and Dealers in. Corn: Some over.
tures were made by the Plaintiffto a Mr. Sawyer,
for the purchase of some Pease, and Mr. Brick-
woo& having made*an offer to him Of 51. fes..per
qufirter, fbr forty quarteri of that article, the
Defendant chased to make some observations on
that subject,' and to alledge that the Plaintiff had
offered to purchase a hundred and sixty quarters,
,so as-to enhance the.,Ptice of the. article at the
market. The Plaintiff said., ,t he. was misin
formed on the subject ; that the price he had
offered was 51. Bs. and that was only for forty
quarters "—which the Defendant contradifted,
and, with an oath, alledgerl'" that he had offered
to purchase 160 quarters of Mr. Sawyer, in order
to raise the' price of .the market..." This the
Plaintiff positively denied, and he best knew
what he was doing, • nor was there any authority
vested in the Defendant to, examine' the Plaintiff
upon interrogatories, as to what he was doing,
although he chased to exculpate himself from the
charge of having bought, or offered to" buy this
quantity, in order to enhance the price of the
articliat the market ; but the Defendant was not

satisfied, he did not chase to be satisfied in a
gentleMAnly way, but said, with. tinbccoming
harshneis, "Do you mean to give me the'lie,Sir-?"
A lie—the Plaintiff was maintaining 'his own
veracity, and supporting the consistency and pro-
!rier), of his conduft, and the Defendant bid no
right to dispute it ; and when a man tendertrd
to another an.issue to enter into a quarrel,
.which
he does by asking, " Do you mean to give me
the lie ?"
.he ought to meet some legitimate re-
buke.' The Thfendant's • mfsconduti, did not end
here,. for immediately on ,this, he .struck the
Plaintiff severai severe blows,-,some over the nose,
Which occaionek an, ektision of blood,-0` titers
over his eyes, elsSed one of themfor
sereral daysi-ala dillgured•him- -SO that he was
not able to shew himself in-. public. This was
the sort of insult which was offered to the Plain

till; and this the ilijicry/iF suffered before his
Cogntrymen itaT the Tait; ENchange- of
London :, and the Jury w,ticl have to say, what
tijafer og irtiimsaves ivqtrld have expeted "by
wily of reparatior., if the complaint ,was
ed,t we of their. —tie did not mean to ask
for tridtfthe airandes; nor fur Any "think that
went beyond the due proportion which; one thing
ought io heauloltiother, ; -but they, were to re_
press this spirit of brutal violence, and to assure
the Pau,ic that the places of public" resort shall
not be turned into boxing schoOls, and that'a man
is not to be beat beeiuse he does not chose to re.

tray the truth in compliance with-the outravous
temper of any one who chases 'to insist upon a
fiischao,l injurious to his charaAcr, but that on
the Contrary, men shall be protthed in'the
cation of their own veracity, -and, the decorum of.
Public Places shall be
_preserved.
IP7Matit Hales, Clerk to Mr. Brickwood, the
Plaintiff, swore, That the Plaintiff was in the
habit oft aftending the Corti Exchange dally.;—,
That he was with him on the Ist of December

last, theft.;
.he saw the Defendant, Mr. Dunkin,
there often also ; he came up to the Plaintiff that •
day 1 the Witnes's heard item speaking together
about -orne Pease, he did not hear the precise
words they hady but ,they talked together for
about five- minutes, and he thought they were
jokings arid so •took no particular notice.—llut
soon afterwards Mr. Dunkin asked-Mr. Bridk.
wood what he meant by l idding.for some samples
which belonged id Messrs. SaWyer and Williams ?
Mr. Brickwoocl said, " he only bid fur` three or
four
,of the hest samples', and that he bacfbid
;L. Bs. bitt,:he did not ;say what quantity." Mr.
.Dunkin said, " he had rai3ed thc price of the- mar.
ket l's;, so tibias ;" that was, by bidding; as he
called it, for'the whole of che•atticle there, Mr.
Dunkin wanted Mr. Brickwood to go with hint
to"lVlessrs.Sawydr and Williams, but whiebtilr..
Brickwood refused. Mr..Dunkin tepeated over
again, " That, lie had raised the price of she
whole market."---Mr;qlriekW.oad: answered to
the contrary, by saying, " That. he only' bid for
three or four of the bestiaMples,"—On this, Mr.
Dunkin said to Mr. aiiek'Wood, " Dp you mean
me, -the lie-?" —To which,Mi.lrickwood
said, " That be only hid fdt three 'or four of the
best samvles, and not for the, whole." Mr.
Dunkin 'second time; " Do you! mein to'
give me the ,lie.?" • Mr.= Briekwood :again gave
the same answer, " that hebad billy bid for three
or four of the best samples, • and tfutt he did not
want the whole." Mr. Dunkin said a third time,
" Do yon meaa to give. me-
,the lie'?" and before
Mr. Brickwood could make any answer, tethat,
-Mr. Dantin knoked him down ; -he still& him
him down t- he struck him fiVe or six blows on
the nose, .and three or four in the face, and one
tin the lieut. • Mr, Dunkin is a very stout. man

BIRTHS.
On 'Thursday last, at .Escot,ln Devonshire, the Lady
of Sir john Kennavvay, Bart. oa Daughter.
On Friday morning, Mrs. T. M.. Fedor, of a Daughter.