The Sun.
London, England, 1809-06-24 00:00:00

TUNBRIDGE YELLS

This place was never known to be so full of com-
pany at so early a period in the season'as at this time.;
.several of whom have been here more than two
months • and the efficacy of the waters and salu.
brity of the air were never so fully instanced as is
now conspicuous, in the appearance of many wilt)
arrived at the spot infirm and debilitated to the lowest
ebb; and now restored to perfeet health'; scarcely
an invalid is now to be seen ; gaiety and pleasurable,
pursuits. seem to pervade the whole. .The beautiful
rides on the common; to the rocks, and other rural'
and romantic parts, daily attract numerous parties
of carriages.;
,ponies, and donkies ; and the Paha
Parade of a morning;and at other intervening times,
constitute an agreeable variety of amusements
throughout the day. The Public Rooms Will be
opened in a few days, and the Band of Music wit!:
then conimence their performance three tunes ,a day
in the orchestra.

FooT 14ctia.—Captain Amax, a pedestrian,
who has dohe several matches,' started yesterd:ty
Morning'on the Uxbridge Road; on three matches,
for bo guineas each; betted by a sporting Lord,—.
He Was to runs' hundred yards Within 12 se6ondi ;
to go two hubrlted' yards in 28'sedonds and to go a
quarter °fa-mile ity)tieminute and twenty seconds.
'the first Match the Captain lest by a second, the
second he won with difficulty, and the third arid-
last match, of a quarter of a rude, he won by (WO'
seconds. These matches` were all done within an
hour.

The. receipts of the Opera Ilouse on Wednesday
evening, for the benefit of the Middlesex,
netted upward; at 2060 i. Three thousand tickets,
at NV tt guinea each, were sold previous to the per-
formance. One hundred and twenty poun'd* was
taken in money at the duals, ittidattkitit-three hundred
pilleas, sent as resents.

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ADMIR.ILT SE.SSIO S -

FRIDAY, JUNE;
This day an Adrm
,alty S sitous was 414 At the
f;'d befor, Sir WA. 6COTT, Mr. Justice
Gim•a, narrlolons Bench of Civihans,
John Sutherland was tried for the wilful murder of
Riehard.Wikon, by-wounding him in the lower'
Fart of the bAly, on the bth of November last, with
ild4k or dagger, of whip') wound he died on the
i4too of November I:vit. 6one-count the Prisoner
W;ts charged with having commuted the offence
Upon the', seas, and in another in the Tagus.
" John Thompson, an American black, vx ho served
belbre the Wait as . able. seaman, deposed, that
about a month before the fatal event took place
• he shipped. with Captoin Sutherland (the pri-
soner' ar the bai), who was master of the brig
Friends, which was at that time lying in the

To6' Os, about a mile from the city of Lisbon.
That vt,ssei wai at tbiit time in the transport
.ser-
vide. On the day stated in The indilment, the Pri-
soner_ went` on shore ; the vessel had not her full
complement of men 1 the crew consisted
.only of the
mite; llnd two foremsbt wen, besid,s the witness and
the. tter;:cased. Time boy was not quite 13 years of
agt:; be kilts cabin boy or servant to the Prisoner at
111-;:bar. On the Captain's return froth shore there
was, no oae on board but the witness and the dr-
coa,:kii they were successively called into the cabin;

the deceased was called Own to the Cabin a second

, .
time by the' Prisouer, and aouut five minutes of-
-terwards witness heard him sing ouf, calling on Kitt
(the WitueSs) by name, repeatedly. Supposing' ;he
..
Captain was only bearing the boy, as usual, be
took!no notice, until the boy sung out repeatedly,
and *fib more violence. He then went down to
the Cabiri,where.he saw the. boy roiling pu the floor,
apparently iogreat agony, with 'his bowels hanging
out. The Captain stood over the boy with a.naked
dagger in his' hand. The boy Abeviiit4 his.wound,
said,'" See what Captain Sutherland has done to
111 e. The Captain at first said hearing, but on
-• the witness proceeding to go upon deck again, the ,
C4Ptaio said, " know„,Jack, I have dome wrong.,.The Witness, in return said, " I see, Sir, you have
done very es rung." Witness then went up and
bailed the Elizabeth transport, which, lay near them,
a beat with the mate and twd men belonging to that
ship came alongside, but they did not venture to go ,
into the (Ain. The Witness then went with them
to" his '..\.lajesty's 'ship Plantagenet, in order to pro-
Core d sorgeon, but to no purpose. On his return
to his o s reship, lm . leUnd the-Mate on board. The
C:lptaio cttierc.i Ow'Witness to put onshore, to go
bunt tor, Poctor, They went to the English bar-
racks,-but could nor find one. After walking about
seine ti ~e, Witness asked the Prisoner if he did
Pot 10:011 to go oil (meaning to 11:s ship), to which
time Prisoner answered, " No, but yon may go oft
if you The Witeessi pow ever, stuck close to
the priseeer until they met an English and'a Porno-
- :geese soldier ; Witttess told them what had hap-
pened, and the Prisoner ‘‘ as conveyed on shipboard.
'inc Witness understood that in the meanwhile a'
Surgeon had • come trent the Audacious man of
war,. dressed tire' boy's:. wotitik• and had• him pm' ,
to. bed.. When' she Captain came on hoard,' the
Mate asked him how he came to use such
a deadly weapon' to the boy, pointing to time
-dagger. The Captain snid; he would take care he
shotild not hurt any one elseWith'it, and instantly••
threw it .overhomd. The Prisoner Was-next morne'
, ing conveyed on board the Audacious; and-the boy
was carried to that ship-alter , The Captain did
not appear to be all convulsed, agitated, a alarm-
edat the time ef; the witness first going &Wl] into
the cabin. Time, boy lingered under the coostant ap-
prehension of death for the space of nine days, and
died on time t4th of November.
Mr. Irvine, the prinCipahiergeon, and Mr.-Bligh,
aisistant surgeon' df the Andacions,• described the
nature of the wound. The Captain begged of
each of the 'eurgeons separately to do what they
could to save the , bay's life, adding, " for by so
&sing you may be the means of saving.
He said that he had - committed the deed in a
fit- of 'rage and intc'xication, adding, that he
had been rAbed and plunderd 'by the crew,
tut neve"' sail. a, sem d ; WY. .• They
were fully cOuviticed that the Wound wailhe cause
oPihe boy's:death,' : Whilst the boy'ssitrs under the
most 'serious apprehension of 'his- dissolution, Mr.
Irvine took down writing his declaration, in
-which he stated that Captain John Sutherland at
fireegavebitn a slight woun4Jupon;which'the.,boy
exposedthe wound to him, Saying, " See what you•
have done to me,;" upon , which the' Captain in-
flieled on him -a second wounde which was more
desperate than the former, This :was witnessed by
the surgeons, and attested with the mark of the
boy, then almost dying.,. e •
'There was. another. witness on the. part of the pro-
secution, but, it was agreed by the Counsel On both
sides, that it 'was unnecessary to call him. Sir
ChriStophen Robinson stated the:case to the Jury;
the 24ettorney Generalexamined the St itnesses-; they
Dross-enamined by Messrs. Knapp and Gurney,
Ceunsei for. the,Prisener. .
'Abe Prisoner when called upon- for his defence,
go'd the( he left it entirely to bur -
vCouesel • ;
eral very respeaable men gavethe Prisoner an
excellent chara4er lor-general humanity and .mild-
ties 'of disposition, previous to the.present transac-
Item• -

LAW PEP DliT.

COURT OF KING'S BEN9I, lvtiE 23. 1

' GREAVES, E 54. V. teRHOVSE. ' i
This--was an adion brat h(by Admiral GREAVBS
eseli
against the Proprieters of the Exeter mail-Coach, to
recover the stiff! of 211. Ins. 6d. which the Plaintiff
had paid for four insidie places to Exeter, and one
outside, on the 200' April last. It was proved by
the Plaintiff's Solicitor that the Defendant had ac-1'
knowledgcd to - him;..and the Plaintiff, when they
called upon hitn,the next day, that he- had. promised,
the Plaintiff when he:took-his places, that the coach
should call for him at his lodgings, ata-boot-maker's, !
Opposite Northumberland. Huu-e, the Defendant'
only denying that the Plaintiff mentioned the num-
ber of the house. On the part of the Defendant, the
Clerk of t he coach-office said, that nothing wore was
agreed between the Plaintiff and the Defendant than '
that the coach should call at Charing-Cross. The fi-1 '
was that the Defendant went out of town, after do-
ing nothing more than writing in his book, " Mr.
Greaves, Charing,Cross ;" so that the conserpience
was, the Defendant's son told the coachman to call at
the Golden Cross, which lie did„ and not finding
his passengers there, left town Without them, The
Plaintiff would have taken the coach the ncxt day
instead ; -but the Defendant refused it, and said the
Plaintiff was entitled to nothing but what the coach
earned in its road to Exeter, -`llle defence .was, (let
it was quite.out..ot the Defendant's course to.suffer
his mail-coach to call at any house for passengers
but the regular. inns:, . and: that be. could ,not have
made any such agreement with the Plaintiff as had
been. proved.:: . . . I
Lord ELLENBOROTIGH dirdied the attention of the
Jury to the strong evidencoof the)Delenclani's ac-
knowledgment to the Plaintiff's Solicitor, and point-
ed out the prehttbility of the clerk's being. mistaken,
as it was not likely the. Plaintiff should give his ad-
dress only " Charing-cross."—Verdietfur.the Plain-
tiff, 211. 10s. 60, which was the money: he paid.

, •
PARIS.

This was an action to recinPer6l. 'Or the expences
incurred by the Plaintiff in going to Chatham -and
Sheerness,' in Order to effeauate the release of the
son of the Defendaht; 'who hal been impressed and
was on 'board a ship. The Defendant's son being
impressedi•t he Plaintiff had procured two persons to
be received at the -Admiralty in 'his'stead, and a dis-
charge to be granted by .the .Board of AdMiralty in
his behalf, for which he was paid sixteen guineas a-
head, and it appeared that he had been a crimp and
regular dealer its that way.
-.For the Defendant it was shewn, that upon such
an occasion all thin WaS.adually necessary to be done
wasp to procure
.a letter from the AdMiraity to the
Port Admiral, and that then 'the seaman would 'be
immediately discharged'. This the Plaintiff must
have Itnown.

Lord atuttuottotmi ihotight, that the charge al-
together was an iinposifton, for it could not brh sup-
posed‘that. the Admiralty would throw any obstacles
in the way of tine release of the seaman, atter the
father had pit two good and able men in his stead...—.
Verdiet for the Delendont. •

WILLIAMS U. NURSE.
Mr. PARKE stated that this was an aElion for an
assault., The. Plaintiff was a poor womau, and the
Defendant kept a public-heuse in King street, Co-
vent-garden.. The Plaintiff was at his hobse drink,
in a pint of beef, and. ,chancing to give him Some
offence„ what it was she kneW not, the Detendaut
.violently thrust her out of doors, and gave, her a kick
in a very improper place, by which she was consi-
derably bruised. • She called a witues4 who proved
that, he saw the.woman'come trembltngont of the
honse; and the Defendant ,behind her, who had ap-
parently been the cause of her rapid exit.
. Mr. GAR uow stated that his friend had told the
Jury the Defendant had kicked a 'woman in-a' very
improper place, but' he had not- condescended to
inform them. which was the proper place.to kick a
woman. But he wholly denied the kicking; fur if
his poor client had been so minded, he was not in a
condition to do it, for at that time he had the gout
in both his 'feet; and hirniell knew by painful ex-'
perience that that was not a time in which a man
had a wish, to indulge himself in kicking others.
The real fad was, the .Plaintiff came to the Defen-,
slant's house reeling drunk, having swallowed a pint
of Mr. Belcher's best cordial gin to compose her
stomach, overloaded with Wux's entire, and she was
so noisy and troublesome that the' Defendatit was
forced to put her out of his house, which he did as
quietly as possible.. The servant of. the Defendant
having proved this statement, on the suggestiOn of
the Court, a Juror was withdrawn.