The Sun.
London, England, 1805-03-18 00:00:00

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CHELMSTORtii MARCH

Htactt ti. -3.VILENN AND OTtilitS.
'Fuss was, an Aetion,of Assault; tried before a
Special Jury.
Mr. Gisattov.i stated, that the Defendant, Mr.
Wrenn, was a Gentleman of• fortune, near South
Eruit in this Cobnly ;'•a IVlr.'Atplin, a Doctor- of
Phyakc, a Magi,strat,e,, apd a. Ctuotxtoder of a Vo.
tunteer Corps ; a Mr. Marshall Turner, a relied,
aide farmer, for sOchAtii inStrudibni 'called him; a .
Mr. Sumner, a Mr, Kenoet, and Mr.,Geo. Asplin ;
one of these was alio a Clergyman and a Magistrate,
and the Plaintiff an innkeeper, pit RAlpi,t.
I Defendants ,had:brilered a dinner 'at the house
ofthe Plaintiff, on the zd of N,ovenibet last..
dinner was ordered for twelve or fourtpon, but only,
seven persons came .to it. They continued drink:
ing until ten at night, when the bill was' called for.
The Gentlemen, conceiving-it exorbitant, insisted
that he should take off a guinea; andi on his fun.
Compliance, and returning to the room, some of
them getting to the door, to prevent the Plaintiff's-
retreat ; others violently seized him, niust inhu.
manly dragged about • the floor, and beat him
until his cries brought the 'surrounding neighbours
so his assistance. Some of them escaped, and im.
tnediAtely assembled.a part of the corps, which was
then on permanent duty in the rteighOtMrhood, and
they canoe in military stray, and forced.theit Com.
mander from the custody of the civil power.
This statement was confirmed by the testimony
of Mr. Hai-ridge, a Me.141)0 of the Corps, .
Mr. Justice !tomtit intimated his opinion, thetas
it was admitted the Defentiants,weje all Gentlemen'
of respedability, anti the Corps -stood also high in
public estimation, it would be better not to go into
a further exposure of Oils unfortunate affair, but that
it should be left to any Gentleman of the Jury to.
say what recompense the Plaintiff should receive.
The Cpuosel 'on both sides acceding,, it was re.
quested that .one, of the Jury would take .the refe-
rence; but they all declined to take it singly ; at last
Mr. Conyers, Mr. • - Ellsanquet, and, Mr. Smith
agreed to be the referees, and it was accordingly
referred 417
We heard afterwards, from good authority tbite
• they-had awarded the.Plaiptiff 300 guineas. .
7them4r 'Snr;th was arraigned on the Coroner's
quest for killing and' slaying Joleph Biggs. Smith
was a Corporal in the. Witham, Volunteers, and the
deceased.a Proprietor of time Stratford Stages. O
time loth 'of August, the Prisoner returning from
exorcise,
,met
,with Biggs, in company with two
women; souse words passed, arid the Corporal gave
Biggs a blow on the head with' is musket, which in
the event caused his death; but from the evidence.
of-a Mr. Taylor, a Surgeon, it appeared that the
deceased would probably have tecovered if he had
taken care of himself, but that contrary to all advice,
he..went to London, and caught a cold-,whichiermi.
'laced in a locked jaw, of which he died.—Not

A spring that has the Nwer of
spetrifyfog moss
and other yegeuthles has been discovered pear Clif.
ton, in the parish of thiinshorou,sha It is ittrunglar.
impregnated with a calcareous earth; and by intro.
ducing vitriolic acid in a quart..of the water,,fifteeti
grains Qf lime may he obtained, decluding a froper
portion for the sulphorcou3 pats of the acid. .