The Sun.
London, England, 1804-08-25 00:00:00

POLICE.

MANsioN.Haust.—Yesterday a melancholy in.
stance of the want of humanity was exhibited he.
fore the LORD MAYOR. A poor Sailor lad, about
sixteen years'of age, was brought to the Mansion:
House, carried 'upon the back of a Soldier, in a
most deplorable state, being nearly naked, and half.
starved:

" Mr. 1-Ivootr, a Surgeon, having told the LORD
MAyott, he did not think, the boy would live,• his
Lordship ordered him to be brought near the fire on
a chair, and his account to be taken dawn, which; in.
substance, was as followa t--That- his name' was
William Thomds ; that, he was a native of Wales,
had shipped himself at Wapping, 66 board the
revice of London, for a voyage to Guinea, about
ten months since,' at. 21. sa. per.month ;.- that he
• was sick in the honfeward.bound pas:•iage ; that his
illneis was much increased by the cruel treatment of
the Chief Mate and Cabin Boy, who often beat him
Every" much,: and encouraged others to-do the'same;
and when he was not able to.come-upon deck, th'y
ordered the Back boys to hoist him 'up, with ropes
tiet to his legs; and that the. Cabin.boy UndOthers
had beat him within these two days; but as soon
as they. gOt to the wharf, the Black
,men hoisted
him'otit- of the Ship, and left him on the cold Stones,
:till some Gentlemen took notice of him. back
bring nu/mined, it was fOund all over marks and
bruiseti.

William Barlow said, he was at French Wharf,
near' London' Bridge, on Thur,d:ty evening, when
he heard this poor lad crying vtry piteously, and
saw some Black men dragging him from the. Ship
with ropes, who said they were ordeted to do so;
that he and some Others exclaimed. against such,.
brutality to a poor 'creature in .a dying state ; whin
the. Mate abused them fur interfering, and said, they
might take him to the workhouse. ,
William Ayles, the Mate of the Ship, and Joseph
:Young, the Cabin Amy, being present, they were
put to.the Bar, and the yotaig lad and the other
WitneSies were sworn to the truth of their.evidence,
.The Prisoners denied the. charges, and said; the
boy had only been forced to Come upon deck to
clean himself, &c. • _

The LORD Ninyoft said, he should commit' them
to'theCompter till the fate of this young nun'l
health sh,uiti be known: in the mean time he or.
detect him to he rut to Bartholomew's Hospital,
with 'orders t, t,llc~ him in ditedly, and that every
attention ahuu.d be paid to hith...

Post Ic-Ory rat, Bow-S-raarr.—A case nt,con..
'siderable importance to Masters and Apprentices has..
been before the .Magistrates of this Office Toe Oise,,
last two days,
On
.Thorsday evening, rhvir ar O'Leary 'was
brought before H. NASH, anti RrAn,, &qrs.
the Sitting M 4giitreites, charged with unlawfully
absenting himself from the service of James. Boyd:,
Law.statiorter; of Cooke's-Court, Carey.siret, to
whom he was au Appretuice, without his consent,
and contfary to his indentures, on the zzil instant.,
The final determination of the case was pirstpOned
till yesterday morning. It came on to•be heard be-
fore NICHOLAS BOND, and REID, Esqrs:
when the bus'in6s to‘ilt another torn. Mr. KNAPP
intended for the Master, and Mr. ACAR. and •Mr.
FITZGEEALD, for the Apprentice. The ',mei
Gentleman took an ohjetion 'to the Magistrates'
proceeding any further in the business—setting up
as a defence, that the Apprentice was above 21 years
of age, and .not, to be held by an indenture,
although the time ofliis apprenticeship had not ex.
piled; as he had bound himself, and no person co.
venanted with him.- They grounded their ohjec.
Lions qn a case which came before Lord Kt NYON',
in the year 1794, at the instance of afetuale appren.
lice, who had attained 21 years of age, when it was
held by the' Judges to be the common law of, the
land,. thacno person could .be bound to any act, by
common indenture, after they had attained 21 years,
of age; and the Magistrates agreeing to this doe. •
trine, as laid down by the learned Gentlemen,. al:
limed, if it could be. proved -that the apprentice was
twenty.ime years of age,. they must disolrarge Mtn.
The Learned Gentlemen proceeded to call evidence
to prove his age. This, howei,er-, being deficient;
the Master, by the recommendation of the .Magi.
Orates, agreed to take five gUineas-ai a remove.
ration for the last month, but which not being-
ready to be paid by the patties, he was ordered to
be detained.'

Yesterday, at Marlborough•street, a Coal Met'..
chant in the vicinity of Broad.street, Carnaby
Market, was'cliarged with vending coals deficient
in measure.: A retail dealer in Portland-street had
purchased a chaldron of ,coals from the Defendant,
and, on their delivery, he tequested that a sack
might be measured ; which being done, it was
found to want a peck of its complement. A second
sack was measured, which fell considerably short,
and the Complainant insisted on the whole being
measured ; which being refused, he departed,. to re.
late the circumstance to the Defendant;, during
which time the carman shot the whole of them.
On his return he.sent for a Meter, and, on the re.
measurement of (hem, there was a sack short in the
,chaldron. The -Defendant's Meter swore to the
proper measure of the coals when sent from the
wharf.—The Magistrate, however, fined the De.
fendant 41.
On, Tuesday last an inquisition was taken he:
fore JortN, GARDNER) Esq. one of Ills gajesty's
Coroners fur Lancashire, on the' body. of Alice
Robinson, spinster, aged about 3Q, who lived with
her father, in Leek, nearlKirkby Lorisdale. It ap.
geared, that the deceased, with her brother and a
young gitl,' were all riding in a cart', and on going'
from their own door to,get intethe high road/
turning-too short, the cart was overset, andithey
were all thrown out. On' the child's crying,. and
appearing frightened, the deceased initantl-y took
the child in her arms, and did not appear the. least
injured ; however, in the evening, she complained
of a, pain in her breast, and died very soon alter.
wards. A Surgeon was called in, and attempted to
bleed her, but without efFetl. The Ju4rreturned a
verdia of—.lcridental Death.