The Sun.
London, England, 1806-07-31 00:00:00

POLICE,.

MAaLsoitocun-sTREET.-- Yesterday Winks%
Natthews. was bronght.'before the Sitting Magi-
strate, charged with. heating John Lee, a:boy, of 14
yeas of age, in a violent and inhuman mauler.
It appeared that-the Prisoner was servant to a re-
speciaLles..brewer, in Cardigan-street, and that the'
buy was hi the habit of goint, to the brewhouse for
grains. On Monday last he' went there as usual;
and,.. 'after filling his cart, asked the• Prisoner, who
was in the storehouse, 'for his customary allowance
'of beer.;' but he refused to give. him any; and-when
the boy continued. his solicitations, the Prisoner took
him by the arm, and, with the thong of a whip,
doubled, continued beating him for several minutes,
The boy stripped off his coat before the Magistrate,
and shewed his shoulders, which were cut and bruised
in a most dreadful manner. It also appeared in evi-
dence, that the Clerk belonging to the same con-
cern had, on. the Monday before, when the boy
went there aftout his. Master's business, knocked him
down, and pulled his ears until he made them bleed.
The Prisoner having nothing to offer in his de-
fence, the Magistrate observed that it was the most
unprovoked 'and malicious assault he had ever heard
of ; and, therefore, ordered the Prisoner to find: bail
fiar his appearance at the next Sessions.
Yesterday Thomas .Sharpe, the landlord of the
Cannon public-house, Jermyn-street, St. James's,
was charged .with selling malt liquors without a
licence. The Defendant had,been. in possesSiian of
the honse about three months, ,and soon as he be-
came landlord he transformi&.the tap-room into a
liquor-shop, and made alterations for more effethaal-
ly carrying oil the spirit. trade. ,Those who wished
for porter, &c. were' accommodated in a tap-room
made out of part of the cellar,.theentrance to which
was down a flight of steps -.Separate from the wine
vaults. A complaint was-made to the' Parish :Corn-
mittee.by some publicans in the neighbourhood, that
the' Defendant was doing,considerable-business in the
retail spirit trade without having procured. a regular
transfer of the licence llina Malt liquors.. He was
for v.
summoned to answer seven distina charges' for seat.
ing' porter, &c. Without a licence, at the: institution'
of the Parish Officers; to.the firsthepleaded-Guilty,
and the Others were not entered into. The Defend 7
ant was,conVicied in the penalty of 201. with costs

PUBLIC OFFICE, WHITECIIAFEL.—.YeSIerday 4
butcher of the .name of Dent was charged before-thee
lagistrates, by' fus daughter, who stated.h:s
been in a state of inet)rivty and fast v-i:ieep,, and belt;s
Intieh Ivanted i his'business, that 7:vitl.l her tno
tiler vent to wake. -him, and with much d:fticulty.
moved him; when 'he bit' her fore finger quite.ott
fbr whi6.ll 'she procured a warrant. Not'
,being able
to dcsn y the charge, fie cowinitted.o prison to
the Ikant of sureties. . •

HATTON, GA llDEN.—Yesterday Daniel Malvey
was ckarged with taking impfolier
,liberties with a
female child, only six years of age, ije was con 3;
tilrthe Sessiolis for want of,Sureties.

ED. ft:BUR Gil. -Mri Wednesday a, ,-,person wap
brought -before the Police Cow, charged wifit
sending a challenge t 6 fight a the challenger
and challenged were- both 'Squires of the Thhpble
(journeymen tailors). The Judge said, he had some
mclinatiOri to look at the whole as a jeSt,,lnt the
evidence shewed that the challenger was most sri-
ous. The challenge was in writing and the chal-
lenger 'said deliberately, that he would give, his owit
.soul to have his antagonist's body.---:The weapons,
Pere--to• be pistols, and the party challenged gave .
sufficient evidence ofhisbeipg in bodily fear.
Under these circumstances, the Judge stated, he
must hold that as a fair case of challenge, and :that
he considered it to. be his duty to...pronounce the
same sentence which he was determined 'to .pror
nopnce in every vase of,Challenge, , though no duel
had taken place, viz. to commit the party to gaol, for
a limited periOd; according to circutances, and tp
find bail tOr their good behaviour thereafter. If a
d. .
uel' should
take place, though noinjury should occur
to the parties, the punishment would be Bridewell•

TNQUISITION.—The body of the tinfortunate mart
which was carried away in. the main sewer, -by the
bursting of one of thes sewers in the kitcb'en of a
-public-house in James-street,- Oxford-Street, on
Thursday I2st, has been found near Battle-brido.
An Inquisition has been' taken on the body-of the
deceased, who was, as -before Stated; a soldier in
the/Guards. Th 6 ierdia was ofcourse:---/kcidntal
Death.

We have before noticed the ristonidling success
Of Dr. Sot.bmoN respeQing the astonishing Cures
performed by that all-sanative Medicine the Cordiil
Balm of Gilead, which has amazingly promoted the
sale in thii neighbourhood. Tiltse Cases, so r -
speaably at'te'sted; prmie its intrinsic value in ner-
vous consumptive Complaints in . general,. and uni-
versally stamp it 3 fame as the first Medicine extant.

Still' N IFS .

GRAVITSEND, JULY 29.

Passed by—the Harriet, Maberly, from St, Peersburgh ;
Peace, " Lawson, trom Norway ; Cecelia, Ohlers, Prasi-
-ton, awsOn, and Hoffliting, Frederson, froni Harribro'.
Sailed—the 'Rolla, Cottle, for Virginia; Swift, Lawson,
for -Malta;
.Margaret, Ilaselr,ocKi, and New Venus, Ur-
quhart, 'for Elsinore-;: Astley, Hay, and Trial, Pestel, for
Riga ; Vestal, Archer, Triton, Atkinson, and Flora, Wit-
kinsvu, for St. Petersburgh.