The Sun.
London, England, 1813-08-27 00:00:00

C}lAR(i} OF MURDER.

Bo ve-trritENT.---Titelday afternoon Pearkei, the
ctitcer, took, in custody, by virtue of 'a warrant,

Paradise-ro*, ac Cava 1, fidat ttte tast
Docks, Abraham Reeve, the second mate'-of the
East India Company's ship.*the Java; charged ou
suspicion of thief wilful murk!. -of a man callA
Ramsatue, a Lascar, upon the high seas, with-
in the jurisdiction of the English Court of 'Admi-
ralty;
The investigation of the above charge has been
brought forward at the above office through the
interference of a Serang or boatswain, belongin.!
the East India Company's ship the Cutinells,
who has a knowledge of the English language,
and can speak it tolerably well. MeCting • with
some of the crew of the Company's ship the Java,
at the East India Company's house in Ratcliffe-
highway, where they arc all taken care Of, who
Informed him that several of their countrymen had
been murdered in the Java, on their voyage from
India to England, he -conducted his informants
and the witnesses to the above office.

Yesterday Mr. Abraham 'Reece, the'llate, was
placed at the bar, and a full investigation of the
circumstances took place f h _e.ore Mr. B.F.AD., the
Sitting Magistrate. The informations of the dif-
ferent witnesses had been previously taken in
writing, and were read over by Mr. Stafford, the
chief Plerk.

Hassan, the Strang or Boatswain, who .is a
Malmmetan, attended, and acted as an interpreted'
to the witnesses, who are Lascars, for which pur-
pose he was sworn on the Alcoran.
It appeared from the evidence Of a man called
Gulliunally, and several other Lascar, that they
agreed with the Captain of the East India Com-
pany's ship Java to conic to England. About 20
moons since, when theY were near Calcutta, in 'the
Saugor Roads, at which time Captain Dennison,
who commanded time Java,' and all the first rate,
Officers were on shore, when time command of the
vessel devolved on the prisoner, and lie •ordered
some work to be done, and among those ordered
to work'was the deceased, Ramsame,- who excused
himshlf froni working by saying he was very tin!.
well, and had not strength sufficient to work.
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The prisoner then Struck the deceased several vio-
lent blows on his face, head, sides, breas't, knock
ed hint down; and gave him several blows on the,
bead with a handspike while he was lying no the
leek, from whence the deceased never Moved, Ire
not having strength similicient.
It was about ten o'clock in the morning when
the deceased was beat and knocked down. He
was not. moved from the deck, and it was suppos-
ed that he was not able to move himself. In the
course of the day, .some water, currie,, and rice,
were offered, but he declined taking either, Or any
thing else, as he was very sick, and he WaSr., so
much hurt on his breast, whieh prevented him
froze' eating: Previinms to thecrew going to bed,
one of them covered the deceased over ‘vith
blanket; Mr the deck. 'On the folloWing morning
the same 'man who put the 'blanket on him Went to
take it ow, and found time deceased was dead. A
mark was then obsrvell on Lis forehead from a
blow, and several bruises on his right side. On
the prisoner discovering that the was
dead, be order.td the body to he thrown over-
board: The man the prisoner told to throw it
overboard refused, and in consequence die pri-
soner threw the body ovc!rbtiard imini.elf. The de-
ceased bad been unwell, but Was
.considered ,to
be getting better, and was expected to be well in
the course of 'a few days, and that he would" not
have died' had it not 'been far the blows, in the
opinion of the witnesses. There was no doctor
on board at the time. The deceased was in good
health when lie came on board the Java, and con-
tinued so for about a fortnight ; during time time
he was in good health he did his work Very well—
'the same as other men. • All the provoCation,the
deceased gave the prisoner when he beat him,
was that he would do his work as Well as any
other man when he was better, or able. A va-
riety of other circumstances Were Stated..

Mr. P001,2Y, the Barrister, attended for the
prisoner, and stated, that an officer of the
was then in Lincolnshire, and solicited a further
investigation when that officer could attend, and
who would be able to explain all that had been
said against tbe prisoner.'
Captain Denison, of the Jitva, stated that they
were in three ports in India after the murder was
said to have been committed ; the witnesses bad
never given any information there to him, or
since that trine, of what they had then stated
against the prisoner. A few days previous to
their coining to the above office, to exhibit their
complaint against the prisoner, he met the wit-
nesses, when they demanded some wages of him
in the street, and violently .assaidted him, for
which hc had them taken before the Lord Mayor,
when his Lordship made them sensible of the im-
propriety of their conduct, but liberated them on
their promising not to be guilty of the like again.
At this time they did not say any thing about the
charge which they had now made.
A Gentleman preseut, who had been hi India,
stated that the Lasears had a particular way of
putting on their torbans, which exonerated them
froln the obligations of an oath. 11e had been
present in Courts in India Nvatien some of them had
been detected at it: He also stated that im oath
ought to be administered to these men with their
'feet bare; agreeably to the custoot of their coati-

. •
Mr, Gould, the Agent of the East-ladia Com-
pany fur taking care of the Lascars in this coun-
try, statea, it an investigation had been going
on by the SolicitOr to the Company, for these
three weeks past, by order of the Company, re-
specting the conduct of the Officers on hoard the
Java, who had not made, his rephrt yet ; but h,.
did not beli?ve that any thing, had come out
which amounted to anything likeuturder, hut he
believed that there had been some cruelty cxer-
cised,
•

Mr. JOTICR, Solicitor, attended on the part of
the Admiralty.
LIGHT DREAD.

TIN ioN-HALt.—A baker residing in the Bo-
rough, who advertises to sell bread three-half-
pence under the avize price, was summoned be-
fore Mr-litaNlE, eon an information charging him
quartern,' and 15 half-
viith exposing to sale 13
quartern loaves, deficient in weight 37 ounces.—
He was fined W. 2s. (hi. and the bread sent to a
chatcharitable institution,
A second shop, belonging to the same baker,
Vina. stlan 4.1 th“ rektErSe of the same (lay bv

the oftcekB, and -.11 • qttarteili, ti intlf-quatici
, ,
txivo two-penny loaves were ecizeg, uenele ,
in weigh; 39 ounces ; he was on this inforinatiJa
fined 51. 75." rid. and the bread forfeited.
The IllagiStrate animadverted, in Severe terms,-
on the conduct, of the defendant, and tlic,se who,-
like him, endeavour to injure thc fair tra4er, by
Pretending to.undersell him, Wriiist; in faet, they
were only defrauding the consumer.
Another baker was brought ty by tieddington,
the officer of Christchurch parish oh' an informa -
thin charging him with exposing to sale 11 (lay--
tern and In half-qtetrtern loaves, deficient in
‘veight 30 ounces : he wets tl'actl, 41. as. and the
'bread was forfeited.

ITATTON,GARnEN.--A private of the Ist regi;
ment of Foot Gtrards, named Thomas Cazqthorne,
was yesteMay brought before Mr. LEACH, the
sttittg Magistrate, itteustmly of Reid, the officer,
under the following charge Elssant, of
Shoe-lane, a Freeman of the City of London, and
a Member of the Corps of Loyal Engineers, was
sitting in his working dress at a public-house in
the same lane, and rather inebriated, when the
prisoner and another eittered the house, and after
conversing with Mr. Filssarn on military affairs
for some time, handed to hint a shilling, which
the prosecutor jestingly asked fon
The prisoner claimed the prosecutor as enlisted
,with him, which was resisted ; stn altercation en-
sued, which roused the prosecutor front hi. in-
toxication, and he effected his escape into the
first floor of his own dwelling-house, to which
the prisoner folli"mved hits, forcing his way up
stairs,: where the prose'eutor sheaved his uniform,
and a copy of hisg.freedom of the city, upon which
the prisonerYseized him by the collar and struck
hitu several violent bloats sn the bead. Pending
the fight, a liglzer in the upper part of the prose-
cutor's hottSe, hearing the. noise, ran down stairs,
and received several blows from the prisoner,
but with . much difficulty for•(.. "' 't Of the
house. The priwner was conwitted tor want of
bail.

GuILDHAtL,--John Stott, the landlord of the
Nag's Head pubiic-honse, iu Aldersgate-street,
was yesterday Lharged with assaidiing 'James
Gray, a broker, who went to the house of \lr.
Stott, to make a seizure for taxes, alleged- .to, be
due for a house formerly occupied, by Mr, Stott.
Upon investigation of theease, however, it turned
oat that Gray had no authority to seize, and that
he had very much misconducted himself ; under
these circumstances, 'Alderman-Cox dismissed tile
CO mplaint.

INTERMENT of the CAPTAIN of the ARGUS.

PormouTit,..Auo 24.—Ott Saturday last was
interred with military hoimurs, W. H. ALLEN,
ESC]. late Commander of the Anierican sloop of
war Argus, Who loq his left leg in. an action with
his Majesty't,. sloop of war Pelican, Captain J. F.
MAprxs, in St. George's Channel, on Saturday,
the 4th inst. whereof he died in Mill Prison Hos-
pital on the 113th following.,

PROCESSION.
Guard of Hononr.
Lientenrnt-Colonel of Royal Marines, " •
With two Companies of that corp*.
The Captains, Subalterns, and yield- Ailjulant (Officers with
hat-hands and scin-fil.
Royal Marine Band.
•
Vicar and Curate of St. Andrew's.
of 'ditto.
THE HEARSE,
With the Corpse of the dead Captain,
Attended by eight Seamen, late of the Argus, with crape
round their arias, tied with white Crape riband, - •
Also, eight British Captains of • the. Royal Navy, a.s
hearers, with hat-hands and 'earls.

Captain Allen's Servants. sn Mourning.
,The 011icer4, late of the ArguF, in uniform, with crape saibess
and ht-bunds, tWo and two.
John Hawker, Esq. late American ViCe-Conoll, and t►is
. • Clerks.

Capt. rellowe, Couuni4sioher fur Prittouers of War. '
Dr, M‘Gratb, Clue( Medical ntlie..tr .atPyisgri Dept.
.
Coptaius of the Royal Navy iu port, two am: two.
Mari,* ru Army-Officers, two 'and two.
Servaufs of the American Offieer:!, tsvo Hatt 1,,V0.
Followed' Ii a very utttnerous and'respetta'ole roioue of

I,llrabitllita.

The procession lett Mill Prison at twelVe o'clock.
The coffin was covered with st ~velvet pxil, on
which was, spread the American under
which the action was fought, and whereupon the
hat and sword of the deeeased were laid. On the
coffin being removed to the hearse, the guard sa-
luted; and whnti deposited in the bearst, the pro-
cession moved forward, the band playingthe Dead
Marcje in Saul. On its arrival near the church, the
guard halted and, clubbed arms, single tiles in
ward, through which the procession passed to the
church, into Wltich the corpse was carried, and
deposited in the centre -aisle, whilst the funeral
service was read by the Reverend Vicar ; idler
which it, was removed and interred in the. South
yard (passiiig thromr,h the guard in the ,same or
der from as to the chnrch) on the right of Mr.
DELPIIY Midshipini.-,, of the Atgus,'who lost bort:
legs in the same action, and was buried
.the
ceding evening.

to. receive on bOard an American cartel at Liver-:.
Au application having been maile for permission
pool all Americans who may have regular pass-
ports, and all British subjects who may have bu-
sinctis in A...erica, the following answer win me
turned by order of die Secretary of State for the
DepartMent
(copy) Auo. 14, 1913.
" tint directed by Lord Sidinouth to ac lwtvieth,r,e
the receipt of your letter of he Lath instant. stalin4 the ht-
rival of the ilobert Burns cartel at Liverpool, from
oad requesting permission fur her to return to America with
pasieagera.
You also state la your letter that thtedocnmentk which
Accompany it will slam on what grottud .the e;irtel en-
abled to come to 'ibis country, from which you t-rust a s;in
lar iiubilgenre \Nill be granted to the !hip on lwr retm,
voyage, unowiy, tithe as pl,eleugers till Aulericat,,
la:Xy-haVa regular passports; also any subject :r-x-
-ettpt a hlrelluitic), whose concerns mite e:111. hits to the CHi'-
ed States.
" in reply, I ant to acquaint yortt that permisiion wiil h
given for theAlol,vrt Burns cartel to return to New Yorii. `I
hitch Aintrican piimners as shall hitre been duly exelont!:ca ;
hut that the Wish. povernmout cannot consent to allow tiny
Artlerit.Ma citizens reitident here, to proceed pw;,eiu:ers 4,11
Inatril the cartel, until. *owe sntitil.kctury ,44,‘„,,tiitil sink!!
41ma heen liven of the detention of British' subjects, resident
the United State,;,.
•

For the HIM reaßon the British Government Cannot pcl--
mit any British salkieets to proceed in the. marl to the United
st,,tei; as they may be thereby ex.pmied to, the same:int:us/ire
of neeerity.-1 Fon, &e.,
(Signed)
C. `Sheila, Est. St. Mildred's-court.,"

" J. BECKS IT."