The Sun.
London, England, 1831-03-17 00:00:00

1 TIGHT.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff who is the
perpetual
incumbent of Milnrow, near Rochdale, and
bead master of the Rochda'e Grammar School, to recover
from the defendant, who is an extensive bleacher near
laehdale, compensation in damages for a gross assault and
tbattery committed by the defendant upon the plaintiff.
Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS stated the case for the plaintiff,
Mr. PoL,Locx appeared for the defendant.
Prom the evidence for the plaintiff it appeared, that on
the 22d of December last the plaintiff was in his school •
111.°Q41, when the defendant knocked at the door and called
h!rn aut. Shortly after the plaintiff left the school-room
.cholars heard a scuffle outside the door, and the plain-
tiff screaming. The school-room doer was again opened,
t°d the plaintiff was attempting to get into the room from
he defendant, who had hold of him by the collar of the
;•clat, beating and kicking him very violently. The de-
• "'dant dragged the plaintiff to the porch of the house, and
>eated his violence, the consequences of which were
Ce breaking of one of the plaintiff's ribs, and several
raises and injuries on different parts of his body.
Mr, PoLLocx addressed the Jury for the defendant, and
be
be
in the outset, that this was a case which ought
'Q be visited with more than nominal damages, but he
throated that when the Jury heard the provocation given to
he defendant, and the great state of excitement under which
e laboured at the time, that they would be of opinion
thatp there was nothing which called for vindictive damages.
the
the evidence of the defendant, it appeared that in
Qe morning of the day on which the assault was corn-
Illltteantd, the defendant's son, who was not more than 17
'r of age, was married to a woman of inferior rank in
r, and of a very inferior character. The plaintiff
trtated the licence, and the defendant having called upon
Ira and reproached him in very violent terms for having
ranted the licence, the plaintiff made an angry reply,
d then the assault was committed.
The Yerdict for Jury having retired for a few minutes, foul a
the plaintiff—Damages 250/.

THE LIVERPOOL AND LEEDS RAILWAY.
11 is now under the consideration of a Select Com-
Nttee of the House of Commons, for the purpose of con-
Iltietting by rail-roads Liverpool with the ports on the
UMber, and thereby to bring the German Ocean and the
•
sea, the eastern and western sides of the island,
"thin six hours' J'ourne •of each other. The plan of this
oertaking is to open a direct rail line from Liverpool,
to
fits* into epic] through the great coal-fields of Lancashire,
communicate with the large towns and numerous ma-
i'afacturing establishments of that district; then to pene-
ate across the central ridge of England into the West
Rtd•
tog of Yorkshire, and ultimately to the ports of the
i:tarober. Collateral advantages willl of course be found
the facilities which such al ine will afford for the corn-
6L'aoication of all these places with Manchester. It is pro-
ol
Iclto have four lines of railway, two for swift carriages,
rig and returning with light goods and passengers, and
I\,l° for slower carriages, with heavy goods and animals.
'e whole is to be lighted with gas, so as to be traversable
kt)'as Sight as well day, and the plan of the iron rails will
core the carriages from obstructing one another.
MR. THEODORE HOOK.—In the delineation
qf London life, whether in the May Fair, the civic, or
toe aqhurban department, this author may fairly claim
Zundisputed preeminence. He is emphatically the
eorder and historian (though in a novel sense) of
fit don society, into the recesses of which be penetrates
tt,it° all the sublety and magic power of that grand de-
°' and " unroofer" of metropolitan mysteries, LE
rat " Asmodeus." His sketches are given with
e, breadth, and the keenest spirit of humour. Mr.
dZ°k's last 'production, " Maxwell," has attained a high
arse of popularity.
or ejtEDULI TY.— About three weeks ago a gang
14' Nies encamped at Talybont, on the road from Crockers'-
o)4 to Lewson, near Whitcburch, Herefordshire. In the
41.4 e, of the evening one THOMAS LEWIS, waggoner to
',#ll „'‘'howN, of Lewson, was accosted by one of the sibyls,
told him that a fortune of 2,0001. was unjustly with-
tat from him by a certain party, but which should be
11,t)cred to him in the course of a fortnight, provided he
bring to the camp " the whole and sole he may t.he!a,
ih,"%essed of, save and except what he stood upright in.
4111 hr%, it appears, gave ear to the " enchanter," and
4144(liately proceeded home, and packed up all his move-
tlev ' consisting of eight shirts, seven pair of stockings, a
ti 44 Pair of boots, an entirely new suit of clothes, a fr-
.'', hiacket, in fact, all his wardrobe, together with
4p'"' 6d. in money, and a knife which had been his in-
ff4,;able companion, through mud and through mire,"
thiand for years. Upon the formal delivery of these
toe: to the gipsies, he was gravely told, that if be would
ks,, them on Mastow's-bridge, near the Garron, that day
all,d got, he should be put in possession of the. t,OOO/,
erg'which would, the cunning, smiling, fiat-
,*6' nut-brown harbingers of fortune most strenuously
Nerved, no doubt, make him perfectly happy for life.
Titolcus Law now " whistled and drove his
14:-"" 'Fr Lawn now
more than usual satisfaction to himself and
Ar(htetiii Ployer; and, punctual to his appointment, when the
the Bed diy arrived, he, in full confidence appeared on
ridge of Mastow, and with anxious eye and a beating
law, alas! the " glorious setting sun," but no re-
sibyl with the horn of plenty. The moon at length
t;I4,ZVt ,red, yet all was " still as death," save and except the
,14rtg heart of poor deluded THOMAS Limn, who at
1144,4 a constrained to wend his way home in utter de-
l't*,Ll. ever touching the expected fortune, or again, with
trl4 -
"Ing eye, beholding any of his money or moveables as
-1---.2lfonmouthshire Merlin.
* ,
• -ROCIOUS CASE OF CRUELTY.—The
yeoo °f Liverpool, TriostAs Hxwrrr mliter, from
,tht*,,:ityres, bound to Liverpool, was relMsed from
tit,,"t'oe on Saturday last, which she had been placed
• ,-„°1 consequence of the death of three of her crew,
,IlitZ4r circumstances of illness in the other part thereof.
l'Yttjr:tater was immediately taken into custody by the
1,4 of I:9iff, and brought before B. R. ROBERTSON, Esq.,
Ztiobr 15 Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the county of
!‘v 4'4, for examination. The remaining part of the
I:te h. this vessel, consisting of four, some of whom
e marks of flagellation by the " cat-o'-nine-
,Nce „_ ere brought forward and examined. Their evi-
'rs. ent to show that ROBERT Hrwirr, late one of the
R' bka.the said vessel, had received three dozen lashes on
414," iti One day, the next day three dozen more, the
after_ five dozen besides other beatings and kick-
; st4oicted by the said master, and he died on
• of February, and was then thrown over.
th'it)dth'at SAMUEL LITTLEFIELD, another of the crewlye ,
' lithlour dozen, afterwards two dozen, and died on
ofh February delirious, and was thrown over-
tt4fil)ed 'lltAlam LORD, another of the crew, had been
tt,'4,4 'ill irons for five weeks, had received six or seven
Otosto'Bes, chained with an iron chain (a part of the
both Ptail sheet) round the neck, and fastened dawn
tt44 ,fet:dloch. He died with the chains on, and five
,Nag pt,.-tvvards was thrown overboard. On the fore-
cthe hldence, the said THOMAS HEWITT was committed
lik,`iot-ttle day to the gaol of Haverfordwert, for "cruelly
t6of hiedcausing the death of the three poor men, a
kk,4110 Crew." As the Assize is open, by the arrival
$0 Crew."
ROLLAND at that place yesterday, his fate
ue known, as the witnesses are retained ; but
io,‘rhe tried there, or at the High Court of Admiralty,
tc*,toror the decision of the Learned Judge. We do
cLor sect any piece of cruelty equal to the above, except
tti2 to aPtain ST/WART (a year or two ago), who mur-
Vity rIY of his crew, against whom a verdict of
„.11;as41a brought in. How a number of men (seven)
themselves to be so ill-treated without re-
it equally astonishing,— The Cambrian.