The Sun.
London, England, 1804-12-06 00:00:00

DAWLING ¶l. LYNN.

This was an Anion brought to recover• damages
fin an assault and battery.
Mr. Serjeant Iles; salter a feelingaddress to the
Jury on the brutality of the Defendant, according to
the invitations contained in his brief, called up'Jamei

•
tt:tc'ntoole, joiner on pogo tue liernateor
East Indiaman, in• April 180 t, who deposed,,, that
when the Ship, was lying at the-Mntherbank, be,
tween PortsMoUth and the Isle of Wight, waiting
for conyoy,iie Was on deck, the sth of that month
and year, at the time wilco. the wife of the- Plaintiff',
who was carpenter' s second mate, came along Side in
a smallboat, and on the passing of the word, that
she wanted the Pkaintif, saw him come u,.nt'de:ki
and heard him astri the Defendant, who was chief
mate, and then Commanding Officer, in the absence
Of the
...Captain, :for leave to tako in his. wife and
child ; that the Defendant refused, then seized him
by the collar, and, gave. him a blow on the head,
which knocked Wm. down; that,,•not.sati.ified with
having done so,: he punc!.ed him with his knees
whilst down, in such a dteadful 'manner, that when
the Defendant, at the instance of one Grady and
others, ceased heating the unfortunate Plaintiff; he
could not move, and was taken below by four of his
shipmates' where they left him with the Surgeons
almost lifeless ; that since that time, and during the
wbOle voyage, he was disabled frrim doing his work
as usual, on account of having been ruptured by Ilia
cruelty of the Defend:mrs' treatment. •

Two other. Witnesses;wives to some of the crew,
confirmed this testimony, without the slightest de.
vhstion; and on being asked whether the Phintift
appeared to he in liqun, swore positively that he
was quite sober.

The Prosecution being closed, Mr,Ceorge Bunion,
Midshipman, then on board the Desittheu, was sworn,
and Maid, that he was on deck when the Plaintiff's
waft cam, aloopide, and saw hired going tri take hie—
up ; but that he himself interfered, according to the
Captain's orders, which enjoined that no " Woman
should be received on board at so late an hour, being
then. after sun,set ; that the Plaintiff still ;tem!:
vered ; on which he called the Defendant nut of the
caddy, who went up, and told the Plaintiff* that it
was contrary to orders to admit any woman at stir It
an hour, but to no purpose ; that the Plaintiff still
persevered, and was so drunk that he made towards
the gunnel, itt order to get down to the boat. He
verily believed that when the Defendant caught him
by the coat, it was to bring him from the gunnel,
-and save him from being drowned ; that, however,
instead of obeying or yielding to intreaty, he grar.
pled the Defendant near two spars, or spare masts,
over which he fell ; that the Defendant did not strike
or kick him, but ordered him to be carried down,
Joh9 Dalton, .who swore that he was on 'deck
during the transataion, corroborated this evidence.

Captain Walls deposed, that he was Captain of the.
Reau/ieu, an.l gave strict orders,• at all times, for
regulating the time lot corning on board,' as well at
the number to be admitted, when he was outward,-
tiound, and wailing for convoy ; that, when lie hired,
the Plaintiff he had a strong suspicion of his being
ruptured, and told him so, but that he denied if.
However, in a short time Jie wat confirmed in his
susPiciou, and engaged another k)ifter to come ors
hoard; iliac he would not believe the tetriiinany
the flr4t Witness Art:hip:44l'on his oatlOrom d va.
riery of citcumslaneei tao 9, which ht:
fm:fate. On being urged by iVir. .erjeant Ili, sr, be,.
replied, chit Archipole charged A 111:111 1311
murder, w;)ich was a lake ac..cosation, and proved ro,
be such on inquiry, lot which he was punished,witli;
ihtrer-do,zco.,kaubef,, •

WiMill Dee, one of hisfsLiptnates,
hr haw a truss hanging at the cod of .the.'PlAiotttPs,
hattoock, and Worn by him alsn,,long irtifore t ii
alledged-asssult, and was certain that he Wyrc i; in
colicetiu,4l.ce of being ruptured. 4
On proceeding to calL other Witnesses to prove)
the infamy of Lim affion, Mr. Serjeant Kean 41e..!
elated chit Ire subinit red, and assured the Court ant
the Jury, that ;4s application fuss made to him
the Pl,Ontili ire fermr:i
ground on which the azituts was coododled,
could not, -from motives of huntinity, an(l.a thy*.
don to redress the grievances of the oppressed unit,
unproceeteit, teltr,e his compliance ; but certainly Ns,
thought it was a jtis cause, and one Oaf would
f3irly bear him out, t)r he would he the last man in
itehme ;coarltitnit cus,isesecciaa.n elxiitmorsetilof wnaLtlilpierspoinasinivt :xi
was
of courselnstantly nonsuited•

M N,l It,-Tio r Grave: was fully coin).
mitted to t'.3ke his trial, by the LORD MAyoit,
charged with stealing a Faversham atnk.Note,
WC to% trmn the Ilanking.houseuf Messrs.
LIAMi and Daum!, Birchin.lane, in which house
the Prisoner was a Clerk. In his defence he did
not deny .the fift, anti' seemed much affe6ted when
he found .he was to he committed : he pleaded for
mercy, and said he had a wife and three children.

Fliday the following melancholy accident. hap..
pened at Lochrin Distillery, fICIF Edinburgh : A
fin; young woman, slaughter of a rowleedert. tofor,.,
Itmotely slipped ,her foot, and fell into the troogir,,
among .the boiling dregs ; she was burnt to death.
It w.ts some time before she was got nut: •
On Thursday last the body of the Rev. WILLI A.Nr
HoposoN, schoolmaster, of Barwick.in.Etmer, near
Leetls, was lbund in a field of Mr. Wigglesworth:s,
of Itoundhay,. in the parish-of Barwick, ar a small
distance from the Beck. This 'Rittman ate matt had
been at Leeds on Tuesday, and returning late in
the evening, wandered out, of his way, and, it is
huppoie.l, fell into the Beck, and though he had
sufficient strength to get out of ,it, yet. in Nell art
exhausted .stare, as to, be unable to rise from -tlitt
ground, and.he must have perishrd froth
sive cold and severity of the weather. .
dent is the.. more melancholy, as-Mr. HoornoN has
leftbehinci him a large family of children, sortie of
them in infancy.

A boy; about, three Years old, was yesterday
sermight burnt to death by approaching• too ntot
the fire, in the absence of his parents, vets
in Wood.street, Lecds; and though thry 'ILO the
precAution not to leave him in the, hou,r, he bad
by, stlale means contrived,to get admilsion.

On Thvr,,diy sennight, betwixt one rind too
o'clock; irtmendous s'torm of thunder, lightning,
And rairt, oftvaileiA in the neighbourhood ut Leeds.
Though the night WOS cold, and tht atmuovlive
my humid', the thUndit.claps were louder', ki,l4
the lightning more vivid, than is usual even dur-
ing Ow turnmlr