The Sun.
London, England, 1825-07-14 00:00:00

MR. MARTIN AND HIS ACT.

GuILDTIALL.—Mr. MARTIN attended yesterday before the
Sitting Alderman, Sir CHARLES FLOWER, Ban., to support
an information he had previously laid against one Wm. Bos-
well, a carter in the employ of Messrs. Randall, coal and corn-
merchants, Queenhithe. On the defendant's making his ap-
pearance at the table, Mr. Martin, omitting all proem or exor-
dium, with a sort of warmth of indignation, rushed at once into
his complaint. Now, Sir Charles, said he, as I was coming to
this Office on Monday, I saw this fellow og tk leading horse
of his team in the most wanton, brutal, and shameful man-
ner you can possibly imagine. I never heard louder smacks
of the whip in all my life, and they all fell upon the poor
animal's head, ears, or muzzle. I do not know what all
this violence was for, but the fellow was a little behind
his fore-horse, and I verily believe flogged him because
he went straight on, and did not know by inspiration
that he wanted him to turn round into King-street. You know
what sort of an instrument of punishment a cart-whip is, Sir
Charles, and this fellow was using it with both his hands, and
with a dexterity of cruelty that, I am quite sure, could not
have been acquired without much practice. I never saw a fel-
low correct a horse with more barbarity ; and if the animal had
been drubbed with a bludgeon, instead of a whip, he'could not
have experienced greater pain. T'nere was no excuse for his
conduct, for I never saw a horse more handy, or that drew more
direct and properly. What have you to say for yourself ? (ad-
dressing the defendant.) Why, you ran up to the horse with
the look and manner of a fury.
The defendant meekly denied having used the violence im-
puted to him, and he would take his oath he did not strike the
horse morn than three times. Mr. Martin, he said, was wrong
in stating that he was behind the waggon.
Mr. Martin—Behind the horse, man, I said.
Defendant—Well, then, Sir, that was my proper place to be
in. I called to the horse, but he did not mind me, and I was
obliged to fetch him back again. A little whipping is some-
times necessary to keep horses under controul..
Mr. Martin—But your horse don't want whipping. I waited,
Sir Charles, upon this man's master yesterday, who told me
that the horse was one of the best in the whole city, and would
do every thing but talk—that was his very expression ; while he
described the carter as a very passionate sort of fellow. He
bears, however, otherwise a very good sort of character, and I
would therefore plead for him to your Worship not to inflict the
full penalty upon him. It is proper, however, that these pas-
sionate sort of fellows should be taught to keep their tempers. I
have known many men who would take great pains to keep
their horses clean and comfortable, who loved their horses, and
would even steal hay and corn to give them, and yet when they
got into one of their passions, flog them very cruelly.
Sir C. FLOWER said, the public were greatly indebted to Mr.
Martin for the introduction of the law itself, but mote particu-
larly for the persevering exertions with v:hich he kept it in
operation. lie should certainly have inflicted the full penalty
in this instance, but in consequence of the defendant's good
character; and the suggestion of Mr. Martin, he should mitigate
it to 10s.

Mr. Martin said he felt much obliged to the City Magistrates
for the ready assistance they had always afforded him in enforc-
ing the provisions of the statute. He could not, however, help
making one exception as to the Alderman who a short time
since raised a doubt whether the informer could be admitted as
a legal evidence, and since that another Magistrate had taken
it into his head that two witnesses were necessary to enforce a
conviction. He differed in Soto from that opinion ; and so sa-
tisfied was he of the intent of the Legislature, that as a Magis-
trate himself he would at any time convict upon the testimony
of one witness only.
The defendant paid the penalty and costs, Mr. Martin at the
same time advising him to learn tQ keep his temper a little
better for the future,

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THE SUN.

SOLLZII QUIS DICERE FiILSUM 4UDX-11

,
THURSDAY EVEN INLONDON
G, JULY 141_.:

The German Mail which arrived this 010rfiln
has brought us the Austrian Observer of the.oo,
July. The extract which we have trod' irate
it draws a very unfavourable picture of the tr%ill
of the Greeks in the l‘lorea, and of their aP:or
in general, and we greatly fear the correctoes a 0
the account cannot be doubted. The Just(' A
,
Observer has long been silent on the subjec"%,
we may therefore conclude would not 110° Po.
lished this intelligence unless derived froo'
ve "
thentic sources. Its previoas accounts 03'
ways hitherto proved to be true. This are°
°
is confirmed in -inost respects by letters
01'1
Trieste, Constantinople, and Augsburg, to 1,1
119
French Papers of Monday, and especia
t gr
an article in the Etoile of Monday, bu
ejsi
rij
rw
was too long to extract. That of .veti
contains the same intelligence we have glArl
fr
below. The Quotidienne says, that the til„
Cgir
PACIIA, after the loss he sustained near le of
d'Oro, had arrived at Suda, in the 15 „ea
f
Candia. The destruction of the vessel
tole
into Syra is also confirmed by the -sa•-
Monday.
cliir-
e
CONSTANTINOPLE,,JUNE 0,•---The o°--"Argcille:
of Colonel Rottiers, who brought the f",,re es
count of the events of the nth Mayrelt't
varin, appear to be unfounded, as far 05 frtir
to the injury done to the town of Aloacln't
a detailed report, dated off Zea, Otb °Aosfrr,lf
by Major Ba:tcleira, commanding the '4-itlst e
schooner Arethusa, who was also ih the,r,e
the Egyptian squadron off Modon .0t 1.1-0001.,14
dttitaimeyre,e, who
and
otreturnedr N
remained
and av a rseveral
v e d aolinstah
etirril'atipieat;
loss of the Egyptians consisted of a gai'9,rtrl‘l.ot
Asia), three rorvettes, three brigs, fclur (etret;il
and four lonian transports, most
the first) very old and unserviceable ve'i 104'"ar
that neither the town nor the castle ° joo ois
had suffered any injury whatever. Ttilecccer
a few ships, had not uny influence to'