The Sun.
London, England, 1804-05-05 00:00:00

THE KING V. GENERAL I" ICTON.

An Indiament has been preferred against this
Officer, which states, that he being in authority in
the Island of Trinidad, had by means, and under
colour of his situation, caused and procured to be
tortured Louisa Calderon. It states, that ropes
were fastented round her wrists, that she was thus
raised up, and afterwards let down upon spikes, on
which she was suffered to remain with the pressure
of the whole weight of her body : this was prac-
tised from rime to time, and in this horrid state of
agony she was suffered to remain for two nsiputes at
each interval.

Mr. DALLAS, to whom the defence of General
Piaon is confided, on the 420 Geo.lll. c. 45, applied
for a Mandamus, in order to take the examination
of witnesses on the' Island. This Statute is similar
to the a th Geo. 11, which empowers the-Court of
King's Berteh to issue its Mandamus for a similar
purpose, to the settlements in India. Mr. DALLAS
moved, on ground of the record, without any
affidavit, and he assimilated the present application
to that in thescase of Stephens and Agnew, Esqrs.
to which we.had occasion to advert yesterday. If,
however, the Court wished for an affidavit on the
part of General Piclon, no objeaion would be made.

Lord ELLENDOROUGH—" In the case of Stevens
and Agnew, both Prosecutor and Defendarfts applied
for writs of Mandamus, and both consented 'that they
should issue. If you produce the affidavit, you
may mention the case to.morrow."

WALLACE V. SMITH.

Lord ELLENBOROUGH dzlivered the judgment of

the Court on this case, in which the \Vest India
Dock Company were concerned. Application had
been made on the part of the Company to set aside
the verdid, and to enter a nonsuit, on the ground,
that the notice required for this action in the i Sch
and 1,85 th sedions of the Dock na, had not been
satisfied. The Chief Justice now declared the
opinion of the Court, that the Defendant to this
Adion, who is Treasure' of the Company, had a
right to the benefit of such notice, and not having
received that notice, the Rule was made absolute,
by which the Plaintiff was nonsuited.
Mr. Justice Gstose intimated his wish, that some
Gentlemen of the profession, connected with the
Dock Company, would look into this Ad,os, with-
out amendment, it might create infinite difficulties,
and some degree of oppression.
Mr. ERSKINE' on the part of the Company, said.
they were willing, on this occasion to waive all
costs, and to refer the present. Adion, and others
which had been commenced on similar grounds, to
arbitration.

FRIDAY, MAY 4.

Mr. DALLAS renewed his application on behalf of
Governor Pidon, for Writs of Mandamus to have
proofs taken at Trinidad. He supported his applica-
tion by the produlion of an affidavit, which stated
that there were certain witnesses residing in Trini-
dad, whose testimony is material to his defence, on
the trial of an indiament lately found against,him
fur alledged cruelty towards a Spanish girl, named
Louisa Calderon, in Trinidad.-7--A conditional Rule
was granted.

A King's Messenger was on Tuesday last com-
mitted to Tothillfields Bridewell, charged on the oath
of a whitesmith with having endeavoured to prevail
upon hint to make a key to one of the official boxes
in which dispatches to our Ambassadors at Foreign
Courts are usually conveyed.

On Thursday several matches, made by the Of-
ficers stationed at Cantetbury, were run for on
Barham "Downs. In the evening there was a grand
Garrison Ball, given by the Military, at the Assem-
bly Rooms, in that City. The trials for the annual
Joh were run for at Old Wives Leese, on Monday
last, which were won by a Serjeant of the Detby,
and a young woman of Throwley,