The Sun.
London, England, 1804-03-15 00:00:00

TRIGNNIOUTH, MARCH

Ciptain T. of Tekgnmouth Cavalry, having
given one of his men a severe blow over his eve With
a stick, ab..ut three days since, while driiiing, ,on
account of some insolent language he used towards
him, the cireurrisrance occasiboed a- 'great deal
of
,conv.ersmion.. Among'otherm Mr. N. the Ma.•
gistrate, observed to a friend of the Captain, that
his condjud was ungentlemanly, and that of a
h—d ; this being told' to the Captain; he called on
Mr. N. Sor an explanation, who give no other
answer to his request, titan that
.what be had beard;
was perfedly corred. Capt. T. being enraged. at t
ite
eircumstance; 'sent Mr. N. a challenge yesterday',
desiring him to meet , him immediately ai one
o'clock,, at the King's Arms
,Tavern, the land.
lord of which gives the following statement
When the 'Gentlemen met, they were each ac_
cOMPanied, by a friend ; Mr. N.brought Mr. G.
a merchant ; and Capt. T. Mr. C. an attorney.--,
When I saw the parties together, and they asked
me for a room up Stairs,• and
:a btittle Of wine,
really thought' they had come. to make the'
business up, or else they should hive had no-admit.
tarieo9,toilay,,house. A short. time after they
.had
been stairs, I heard a violent altercation, and was
induced to step up to learn What was 'the miner'.
When I came 'to the door, I heard Ate -.Captain say,
" Let us talk no more about it, but finish the dispute
at once.'.' On lodking through: 'the .key-h01e,',4
observed the Captain and with each a pistol
in his hand. I dirediy set my shoulder against the
door and burst it Open, it having-been locked : as
soon as I entered, Mr. G. and Mr. C. laid hold of
me and pushed me out of the room. While this
was going on, the Gentlemen fired at each other,
and, when 1 turned round, I saw' the Captain
and heard,Mr..N. say, " What have I done!" I
direCtly cried out " Shame !" 'and said, ." You
ought all to be taken up for murder." As Capt. T.
never seemed .to stir, went to his assistance, but
found him lifeless. I sent my waiter in the midst
of it for Mr. CARTWRICJIT, but it was roolate to
be of any use ;- he was dead. Mr. N. seemed almost
lifeless, and never offered to stir till taken into cus.
tody by a Constable. Beth the SConds made their
escape, and hay.e not since been heard of.

MAIDSTONE ASSIZES, MARCH 13.

BUTCHER,ro. MACKEY.

Mrs was an Action to recover a compensation for.
the -trouble and labour of the Plaintiff in assisting. the
Defendant to save his vessel, which was in 'danger of
being wrecked. The dispute was as to the amount
of recompense which ought to be paid for this ser-
vic,- : the Defendant had paid 201, into Court as
sufficient, but the Plaintiff, by his declaration,
demanded tool. It was proved that the value of
the sails alone was 501. which must inevita-
bly have been lost, but for the, assistance of the
Plaintiff, and probably the vessel and cargo. It
was also proved in evidence, that the Plaintiff lost
the opportunity of selling his cargo of fish, which,
upon examination, only turned out to be twelve
maids. This produced a juke or two in allusion to
a late trial.
Mr. GAaßow asked if this cargo could possibly
keep except the Plaintiff had campb;re on board ?
But in his reply 'to the Jury, Mr. Serjeant BEST
contended that camphire-was of no use to old-maids,
it was only valuable in the preservation of yoUng
ones
The Jury, after a short consideration, returned a
verdid fur the Plaintiff for soh

Upon Monday se'nnight two French Prisoners.
who had e.ffeeted their escape from their place of
confinement in Edinburgh Bridewell, were met a
few miles cast of Glasgow by a Soldier of the
gyle Militia, who having done
-duty over them and
others at Edinburgh, recognized them. Thoogh
alone, he-instantly challenged, them ;. and.upon'their
making_ a shew of -resistance with their sticks,
threw:away his bundle,and..drew his bayonet, when.
they submitted, ani were condueted .to Glasgow
jail. When they were under examination in the
Council Chartiber 'before commitment,, the Argyle.
shire man was asked, If lie. was not afraid to attack
two such men, one of them a Russian by birth, be.
ing remarkably.stout ?he answered,'" I-loot damn,
after I had sticket the one, I could surely have te-
cured .the other." • , . Q

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