The Sun.
London, England, 1801-08-29 00:00:00

THE JUNG v. WARD.

Mr. Seijeant SAEPHERD said, that •this was Oso
an. Information for -asi.,aulting
,an Officer of the name'
*of John Neville: The .circunhtances were, these
the Prosecutor was, on. the 3d.
horseback at fast Peckham;- when, he obs:ecved the,
Defendant passing by, leading. a .horse.
went up,. and desired him.ta. stop.. The Defendant,
who had a large club stick in his hand, swore he
would not; and he immediately followed up this
declaration by• striking him a violent blow.--
Neville seized the bridle of . his horse, and the
Defendant again struck
,hith a severe blow; alter:
which he took up several large stones and threw at
hitn--one of them hit .Neville's horse, and he fell
down.'. 'Fortunately a Farmer who had. seen the,
whole affair, ran up to his assistance. Neville was
so extreniely ill from the blows he ,had received,
that he was obliged to be carried home, and he was •
corikied fora considerable tithe to his bed. It was
for this aggravated Assault- the presen► Prosecution
bad been instituted.

John— Neyille's evidence entirely corrdborated
the above statement. He 'added, that iyhen-he had
warded off one of the blows, the Defendant d—d
him, and said if it had not been for. his arm, he
should have done for him then.

This. evidence was Confirmed by the Farmer,
who had observed the transaaign.-

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Mr. Berjeant BEST said he should not, in this
Case' trouble the Jury with any. defence ; but
should submit to the Court hereafter what he had.
to -offer in his favour. He was accordingly found.
Guilty. ' ,

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM CARLOW,. AUG: 15,
", A banditti of•6o Men; completely armed and
appointed, haying appeared ;in'.the mountainous
traftl,vhielr lies between Wicklow, Wextbrd; and
Carlow, General HENNIKER, always aftive, vigi_
lant and zealous, put himself at the head 'of zso
Infantry -and a body of Cavalry, from the Garrisons
of Carlow and Kilkenny, and -penefrated into the
mountains. The banditti have hitherto had .the
good fortune to elude his_ pursuit ;: bNt he has cn-
cairii)ect, and stationed hii'forres ici judieipuly,L that'
we every moment expel to hear of their' extitpa,
tion."

"Tile Louisa, Tongreen., from Dantzig to Peters.;
bUrgh, is lost on the Coist.dfSWeden..."

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YeStirday afternoon, about three o'cloek,,a young;
woMan.drowned.herself is
,a pond in a field.het.ween.
the Jews,harp-house and Tottenham-court-road,--;
She had been seen in that neighbourhood during the
mornting in a -very melancholy state, and she was-
' obSerVed to go into the pond by a person at
tancc, but all attempts to ger her out were inctree-
qual,,till about five o'clock. She was a servant in.
Totteitham-court-road, and., no..cause can. he
ed:for.this rash ad, but having,a dispute kith, t le:-
:Yesterday, as a countryrnat,: in Kipt.,,-sland-roal,;
was driving,hii waggon, he a.cidenta'iv tact
acquaintance, with whom lie:4oppedo,l the ro.-+:1 to.
drink and the_ftienqs gotso•inroisicated, that on
:going. away, they both 101 near .the waggon, . the
fore7Mieel of which upfp'rttpiateky...4),:wcd..ov_er tiLe,
.....bi;al.l's.sis
toleofe te4:,7oT4cchrc,t ,e,p, rived him of and
d br
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L 40r REPORT.

.COURT 0 f KING's BENCH.

WriIKGS BEFORE LORD KENYON AND A SPECIAL

JURY JN WF.STMINSTER-HALL.

XVIAY 'V. GIROUX.

Tx is •is a Case that is interesting to those who
may have .children to he setts to a boarding-school
in the neighbourhood -of this IVletropolis, or perhaps
in shale parts wiihin it; in' some respects it was an
Adion for damates against the Defendant, for not
hating performed his engagement with the Plaintiff;
wh,ich was, that for a certain sum of money. paid to
the Defendant, Francis Gabriel Giroux, by the
Plaintiff, he, the Defendant, undertook to keep one
Wpod for, a given term of years (four
.years) with sufficient food, at.c.• and that he would
also:instruct. her in the French language, and music,
dancing, &c. such as is the general undertaking of
those who keep boarding-schools.
Mr. Gil3=l3l opened the Case on the part of the
Plaintiff: He said, that the Jury had partly learnt
the nature -of the Action which was now before
them, the rest of which he would explain to them.
Mr. May complained by his Declaration, that an
injury had arisen to a young Lady of the name of
Wood, in consequence of the Defendant having ne.
gleeted her education, and his not having provided
her with sufficient food during the time the was un-
der his care, by which both her understanding and
health were materially affected, to her prejudice. It
was necessary for him to state to the Jury under
what circumstances this complaint arose. The
Plaintiff was a reputable Baker in this Town, and
having married a widow who had' five daughters,
he looked out -for means to enable them to support
themselves when they shouA arrive at that time • of
life, when that was expelled by. the prudent part of
mankind wholtave no fortune to bestow upon their
. chthlren. The eldest of these children, whose mo.
tlar Mr.. May- matried, was Isabella -Wood, a
.yotteg girl of the age of fifteen. thought, that
bv hayieg her decently instructed in the French
language, music, dancing, and a few of these points
'which arc called accomplishments, though, Heaven
knew, . they were but trifles when they were ace
quires% she might not oily be: able to maintain her-
self in .life as the teacher of others, but also of be-
ing a ccosiderahle support to her younger sisters.
I its object wai to have her qualified to keep a board-
ins-school herself, when she should arrive aran age
that.was fit fur that purpose. He was recommend-
ed to the house of the Defendant, to be instruded
by the Defendant's•wife in all those little. things
which are called accomplishments, and which, he
was sorry to say, constituted nearly the whole of
modern education ; such as a little French, music,
dancing, Sec._ so as to enable her to keep a board_
school herself, and which the more trifling such re.
quisites were, made it the less 'excusable in the De-
fendant to,negled them. Mr. May had had a good
character given to him of the Defendant's wife,
and he agreed to pay her sot. for the instruetion of
this young woman in the way hehad stated ; the
sum of money was paid, and in consideration of that
sum, the Defendant, on behalf of his wife and him-
self, undertook that she should, during four years,
the rime that she was to be under their care, be in-
unified in the French and English languages (both
et* which she was to be taught grammatically),
'dancing, and music ; and that she should also, for
the whole of that time, be supplied sufficiently with
meat, drink, washing, and lodging. Such was the
agreement between Mr. May, the Plaintiff; who
was the guardian of this young woman, and Mr.
Giroux, the Defendant, the master of the boarding_
school to which she was sent. - He had to complain
that not one of the articles of this agreement was
complied with. On the contrary, the Defendant
had been grossly negligent in every one of them;
and this young woman, instead Of deriving a bene-
fit by which she was to be enabled to acquire a liveli-
hood as Mr. May intended, to procure for her, had
her time wholly thrown away. This boarding_
school was kept at Islington, where the agreement
was entered into between the Plaintiff and the De.
fendaht. The boarding-school had se boarders and
3o day-scholars ; and, some time agn, all the
scholars were going away, owing to the ill treat-
ment of the school, of which Mrs. Giroux had no.
tice. For the first three months they were treated
well enough ; they were taught French and Eng.
fish, and had some attention paid to Their under.
standing. The terms of the agreement between the
Plaintiff and the Defendant. were, that this young
woman should be instruCted in such a manner as
should qualify her for keeping a boarding-school, in
consideration of soh to be paid by Mr. May, the
Plaintiff, to the Defendant, Mr. Giroux, and which
was paid accordingly.
Some time ago; a child troubled with a Scrophu-
lous complaint, came to the Defendant's house, and,
for near two years, as he was, instruded to state,
Miss Wood had hardly any other employment than
that of attending this child, an office quite unfit for
.the purpose to which this young woman's time
ought to have been devoted; and this circumstance,
alone, would entitle the Plaintiff to exemplary Da-
mages ; but this, he said, was not half the complaint
which the Plaintiff had to exhibit against the De-
fendant. Mr. Giroux was a Frenchman, and he
undertook to instruct this young woman in the Art
and method of keeping a Boarding_School. How-
ever ridiculous it might iii:ipear to some of the keep-
ers of our modern Boarding-Schools, and, perhaps,
parents of some of those who are sent there, yet
Mr. Grans thought, that under such an agreement
as this, to teach this young woman how to keep a
Boarding_School, the Defendant was bound., in a sti-
pulation of this sort, to give this young woman a
decent, and somewhat of a Religious education, for
he was one of 'Those old-fashioned men who thought
that Religion ought not to be banished from a Board-
ihg-sehooli at least that the Ceremonies of it ought'
not to be totally disregarded, that the Sabbath-day, .
if 'not- kept holy, might? not be marked by profa-
nation and utter contempt of outward decorum. Yet
such was the case at the house of the Defendant, for
it was frequented by Opera Dancers, and Concerts''
were performed there on the Sunday. The apart.