The Sun.
London, England, 1803-06-23 00:00:00

ionci:tt;q LAl,vitt're-a 'AND ANOTHER.

'This:was a .Rule.calling on, the Defendants, Mr:.
Lawrence and Mr. M‘D,mald, Lieutenants in His,
Majesty:s Navy, on the imPiess service at North
Shields, for haVing' assaulted, imprisoned, and im-
pressed Edward Cooke nlhorrie,. a ,Brewer of that.
place, who-stated in his Affidavit, that two of his
men, one of them his Manager,' and without whose
aid he could not Carry on his bttsiness, had beerehe.,
pressed; that he went to the Defendants, and asked.
their "wines and the name of the ship they belonged
to, for the purpose of applying to the Captain to
relete,e his men, as they hati never been at sea, but
did not tell these tifliCe.., that such was his reason
for as,,icing their names ; and added, that it they
were Gentlemen they would tell him ; on which one
of them damned him, asked him if he thought they
were not Gentlemen ? anti he said be thought tltey,,
were not, if they would not tell their names, on
which they threatened to shoot hint if he did not go,
about his business; but he persisting in demanding
their names, they toGle him into custody by force,
using their cutlasses in every diretlion, and ink
him to a house a mile oil, aad insisted on impress-
ing him, &c. and 4:tpt him an hour.
Mr. ERSKINc spewed cause against the Rule
upon the Affidavits of the D:fendants ; the sub.
stance of which was, that this very man himself
was reported to have been a Seaman ; that when he
came up to the Defendants, at. the Half-Moon
they had just come ashnte upon the Impress
vice ; he .was much intoxicated, behaved insolently
to them, interrupted them in the exercise of their
duty, although they told him that unless they made
haste the Sailors they wanted would run away ;
notwithstanding which he persisted in, npposinq
them, upon which they tank hint into custody.

The CHI F V AYST IC E observed, that the Defend-
ants oultt not to have impressed this Brewer, who
must have been tv'ell known it the place ; but it
appeared that he had also misconduded,himself, and
therefore the Court would nut interfere in an extra.
ordinary way in the case. in a word, there ap. •
geared to he a sufficient pottion yf miscondua ott
both sides to mike the tnatter fit for the considera-
tion of a Grand Jury.
Mr. Rttus said,' that- he opened this matter mi.
nutely when he moved for the Rule.
Lord Et4ENnortovon.said he did, and that was
very proper.—Rule disclidrged.

Mr. CHARLtS 'KEMBLF is engaged for Cogent
Golden. Theatre. next season,- and Mrs. Gi.uvict
returns to that Theatre, , ,

The ISIARGATEMTIATRE is to open on the ittit
of next month, under the M4nagementiof Mr. WIL-
MOT WELLS, who has already manitested all rcpt_
site ability for the situation. Miss 1)s; Cots. is
engaged to perform on the first night, and she is n,O
continue her exertions till the 25th. Katau Ls is
engaged for eight nights. His performances cum.
mence on the 29th. His first appearanee is to be in
Hamltt,, then tekbard, The Stranger, Whyvian,
Rolla, and Skylark. Italia he is to perform to ice,
and any other Charaster he may Stied. 1CE54111.2
is robe followed by RamtAst and SroxActz, and
these Performers are to be succeeded by INct.sooN
and Mortnert. It is evident, therefore, that thts
Proprietors of the Margate Theatre are determined
to proceed with a spirited liberality, and we hope
they will experience a commensurate success.
:The Greek Ladies are on their return, finding that
there are Some of their own race too old tot them in
this Country already.
As the Richmond long.coach was passing Somer..
set.house yesterday afternoon, from the badness of
the pavement, one of the fore horses stumbled and
fell ; the coachman, in endeavouring to pull hin\
up, lost his balance, and fell tan the pavement, by
which he was so much bruised as to make it te.-sti..
sort to convey him to thu

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