The Sun.
London, England, 1809-12-14 00:00:00

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GENERAL. ORDERS. ,
Hoise.:6uards pee. 9, 'Seg.-
At a General Court-Martial, held at Ipsvich, on
the ea tle of eteLober, 1.509
j , and continued by ad-
-- - ourtiments to the gth of November following, Capt.
1-IU•sTWICE. V. JACKSOi,T. Rich-:rd Goaktnan, Thomas Keeling, and Robert
Mr. JEKYL stated this ease to be an sEtion for.
• Aietounder, of the •Hertfordshire RegimeAt, of Mill-
rompensation to the plaintiff -tor an assaelf,/ chel-
the . tia, were arraigned upon-the undermentioned charg(t,
Ictige, and. violent . outrage, committed by
v
defendant upon the peye;ii ut' the plaintiff. The iz! . .
snuation of the parties waS lives :--,11,e defendant " for base' and scandalous condua in them the said-ap-
tfain Richaid Goakman, Thomas h.eeling, and Robert A le-
wai Captain of a vessel that lay at Rio de Jaueno,
. Gunder, isvcalunutioust raisin. an 1 etret i• ti , • -t, • r
the plaintiff was third :.k.i.,-, but acted
,as second
_ticularlya at. SunderlattitY in orl4ttb,itt Ow' artt tin
r:
7 pal
Mine. The Captain owed this- Mate. a grudge, lair, and in Hull and the neigiwousn ,od°Leireof in the
0.1 account of I.ls belief sent on . board by the
(7:,..,,,,,,,12 of 1 ore and juts Last, prejetlicial to the bonour,
ownerg as ship's husbang, in which charsZler- he ',-n sii,ii4el:-I;gatnhatri%uttintju"rt°litaiul" Le
iu at,t)tell:llnKirtiglstiois;, by
11;tif corre,;poitded with the owners i on which ae.: • tending to derisive the said Llttuten!stioi'llituFt.esititgast'Ots ortell)aYt
influence, aurherity, alai eo,nnwitia twces;ary to lite discf
hafge
count the Captain calk* him a spy, assaulted and, of tux duty as an Officer in his Niajestyl .ei..v ice."
1-,C-fit isittl very unmercifully ;he then procured two
-1,
pisto.s, one of .‘i hick he, loaded, and gave the' - Upon which chalge the Court came to the follow-
,
t aye}, one to the' plaintiff, saiug- he would fight - ing decision : -
" Ihe Court acquits Captain Robert Alefounder.
• a ditel with him ; that he would shoot the plaintiff
" The Cciurt is under the painful necessity of find-
through the head, and call him a coward after-
Ing.that the prisoners, Captains Richard Goakinan and
wards., This was a species of outrage which, was
.. • Chotnas Keeling,' are gtelty, ot pai tof tlut crime
not to be enticutd. . - state to the charge, viz.- ' That of having calutnni-
The defendant alleged, in extenuation of his
otislycircelated a leport, in the' months or Jnne and
conduct, that there was a di position by many on
July last, prejudicial to the Imeour, .th:trat.ter, and
board to plunder the ship,' and that he th.lit the
reputation of the prosecutor, Lieutenant John Kiwi-
plaintiff was favourable to the combination, but he
ton.'
had riot instituted an inquiry into the fads upon -s
" In order to park its abhorrence of the:crime,
that subject, and therefore it must betaken for grant-
olwfirch the Court has been thus painfully corn-
ed that he was iniequided upon it. '
- pulled to find two OffiCers in his 'Majesty's set vice to
The assault was clearly proved to have taken
have beenieuilty, the Court cloth edjOdge, that they,
place. ' • -_i tne.priaoners, Captains Iticharu Goakinati and. Tho-
• Mr,. Gatta6w, the defendant's raensel main-
ants Keelieg, shall be dismissed from the Hertford-
' rained that all the crew on board tnis ship had
shire regiment of Militia. . • ••
combined against this Caataio, wiio 'had uot the
TLieCpurt -cermet close its proceedings Without
gOod rorturre to please all his o.:eners, rithoorgit he
doing justice to Lieutenant John Kingston, by aide-
had been the means of earning tor them 60,0001.
cl.eatton of hs firmcoeviction,. that there is not the
in the course of his dttigeat labour in their. ser-
slightest imputation witetever _ori ' the honour and
vice. The -crew of this *nip had taken a dislike
cliaraeter of that Officer, touching the base calutn-
to the Captain, eand : teev all to \ked togetii,"-e•
rit :• - He trusted, wever, t
' ti at the u'e' "li'dn'ejin the ell\'`rge*
against hi- , ,
"IL l., e rillcorisiderab.e concern that “ieCourt
Jury ‘ would be moderate in We . damages tiler, .- is cealatiled tee observe on the party spirit, and dis-
. 'would. give, under all tae ciictenstaticea .ot this
sen lee which appears to exist io the Hertfordshire
case; for althoegn the Captain could haVe no evi- '
regiment of militia. It has-been strongly manifested
dense in his behalf, since all the crew were pre-
in lilt; coarse at the proceedings before thiS Court ;
judiced against him,- still tile Jury would be mode-
rate-in the damages. . and the Court could hot avoid' observinc° by the man-
rier in Which Lieut. Hubback delivered his testi=
Lord ELLENBuROUGH observed, that. the Jury
reony, chat it nut completely a6tuated-by. the bane-
Were very properly told thathey should be mo- bat .intiuence of party feeling, he was not entirely
Berate- in - the damages they gave in a' case likei divested of it, and that. he
,appeared to forget the
this ; certainly, damages shotild never. be out- true charaCter of a witness, an ,attention to which it
rageous, they should always have a reference to is so necessary to the attainment, in all cases, of
the _circumstances- of the case, Here, it ap-
the ends of justice." , •
peared, that the plaintiff had not only not been His Majesty has been pleased to approve and cod-
' to lalame„, but had submitted to his superior Officer
firm the opinion and sentence of the Ceurt, and was
in a manner that was not only Creditable to his
further.pleased• to observe, 'that the cotrcluCt of Lieut.'
. discipline and his example of, suberdination; but Hubbeck., as -particularly noticed by the Court, to=
also to his courage; for nothing could 'be better , gether with the circumstance, which has been stated
evidence of courage than a:steady endurance of in evidence, of his
_having• offered wagers on the
the tyranny of a superior in command, while the event of the trial of the Officers against Whom he
party relied -on an appeal to the laws of his
was to attend as a witneSS, appeared to his Majestyto
country. This was - precisely the plaintiff's case l
have betrayed a spirit of .prejudice and party letting,
in this action, •atid the Jury were to say .what da- highly subversive of discipline andagood order: in
magus. should be given. They would, ,as men of I
not
j. consideration of which impropriety of conduel, his
sense and 'knowledge •ot the world, give, i Maieity has been pleased to command, that. Lieut.
vindiCtive damages, but sober; moderate, discreet,
i Flubbed; shall be dismissed from the Hertfotdb-bire
temperate, at .the same time compensating da-
,:- i regtrn,ent of \militia.
mageF ; such as was adequate to the 1.r,.- , by older of-the Right Hon. the Commander in
We injury, Red ee ii. A..% i :..,, '.: •,:', 41,1' calls Of ( ' Chief,
justice be properly attended to by giving les,.— ;
The Jury deliberated a- shurtlitne, and four. I a vet-
diet for the plailitiff.—Darnages l'i.vel

ITrINGS BEFORI.,LORD VI.LEN3OROUGH. AT •GUILD-

HALL

HARPY CKLVERT, GO•

COURT

C'( 3 V. Li .iSUN
Mr. JEKYL stated this case also to . the .L:!)-
which was an action for an injury done to the
plaintiff,by the defendant's tintuly ox, driven by ;
his servants, having gored, tossed,. and injured
the plainlitt in the street, The case. was clear
that the ox did greatly injure the plaintiff, by
t;.pting i itn in -the at the corner of Nortolk-
'sl,2,-. alai the injury to the plaintiff wa., grcat,
lylt that the; force ut the pleauings did not en-
\wie him to maintain this action, and therefore
. the plaintiff was n,..nsuited. '

Monday morning, a Court Martial wit; behl on
James Nehemiah Taylor, Stargtott of ins Ma-
j(-..-ty's slop Jamaica, ot .(24 guni, otl hoard his Ma
st' ship U:idiatur, In Put-wale:lth harbour. .-
Toe G:11(t the pristlrter Was-brought,
the Pt ovost-Marsh A, when the Jut)g6
Acts create Ft : d the obarge, In winch the prisoner
was accusect ut an ...buthinabie olfebee on Thomas
Ashton, a boy of the ii.oyttl his st:rvatit;
01l
board the Jamaica, on toe 23d of Au6ust. last, on

FRRJURY•

TILE SING 71. monms',
The ATTOR NiLY-G EN ERAL stated this to be a pro-
cecution for wilful and corrovt,perjury,-against the
deteudant, Eitz:lbeth Morris. She, was a :person
derived aiottune.ot about 30,0001. .urnier the
will of an old LAdy• of the name of Parrott, and
there was a family of alit -name. of Alderson, to
Nchom the same lady had lett about 13001. id
it vtas sUppOsd ttlat" the .defendapt had grudge.
that family that stun ont of the bulk of the tor-
-tune which they derived under tins. will. ' The
false oath that she had taken was thiq :—"That
• Mary Aldete,,,4% said she would not deliver the
diamonds to toe servant of the , said Elizabeth
Mor6s, but if. she woutd come and dine 'with the.
said_ Mary Alderson, they would• look -them over
together, and she might take tht-ill ; . and shewed
het two di'artiond rin, the vaoperty of te testa-
, trix', hich she i
wshedgs her to take away onhly witit

•
other IhingS."
This was the 'oath on which the Perjury etas as-
signed, and Mrs. Alderson, her two daughters, and
her son, and also Mr. Orie', 'their .attot.ut y, Akere
present at the conversation iu u hick was said
to I,a,ve taken place ;.-they swore positivdy it never
did t;lli.e p'f'..fee at all, nor coeld it, for they had to
diatnond,, belonging 10. the testatrix ; hot all they
said ~vaa, that it She lift any diamonds, they must
beat het b..u1,-.er's with her plate ; and Mr.
'ler, the delendant's father, and her attorney,
ere present, neither of them %vast:44d to support
-ter Oati).
The Jury found her guilty.

Yes!erday afternoon the tat cattle, sheep, and
pigs, intended to be shewn for tae priers, began to
.71Ssemble at Mr. So2ier's Yard, 1n Goswell-stieet.—
' Sir John -Seabright, and Mr. Warmington, the
Stewards, were in attendance to otamine the certifi-
cates of leuchng, Sze. and arraign the cattle in the
yard, *ready for the three Gentleinen who are this
day to examine and .award the prizes, previous to
the oponing of the show to-morrow morning. The
Duke of Beutord, the Marquis; of Salisbury, and rua•
ny other distiuguished Agriculturists, hare sent: in
stock to be shown.