The Sun.
London, England, 1810-07-13 00:00:00

HI Gil COURT OF "IDMIRdL7 Y.

Yeqter,lay at tAi o'clock the Court ai.ernhled with
the usual formality, and Sir W. Scorr athl Mr. Baron
GRAHAM sat on the bench. •
!Lillian Oliver, a Frenchman, was ind,tled for
th:l wiful murder cf David Tasker, on board a
Nlerchiant vessel, called' the Pt.-ggy, flow Hiltimk",
on the 22d of April last on the high seas near Gib-
ar.

FrOm the evidence of Thomas Gee and Alm
Strii‘h„ who'were seamen in the vesSel, appeared
t hat'i he deceased was a man of colour, and sailed in
the ship froin Halifai, in Anterica,Jo 'Gibraltar, in
the capacity of cook, and that the. prispner was en.-
gaged at the latter ptace.as" a 5,2.31-11311. At hall past
tittle,. o'clock in the evening of the 22d of April, the
'deceased and the probtiCl• were, lying in adjacent
beds, ard.the former derlinlng to sitew the latter his
way alkm deck, an altercation ensued,. in the course
cat tt orb the prisoner threatened to stab the deceas-
ed with his kt:ife; both parties-proceeded to bicrts,
but the other seamen paid little attention to them,
ac tli-re was no light in the sown. Atter a lapse of
some" time, Smith, the witness, procured a '.candle,
and discovered the prisoner sitting on a chest, hold-
itig a handkerchief in his hand,' which had been
bound fast round' the throat of the deceased. On
try big to rouse the latter, he Was discovered to be
dead and 41thctigh they bathed his temples, and
used other means to testore animation, yet they
completely failed. The prisoner was then ordered
to oe guarded, and he _inquired whether the Oink
was dead ? and on being told that he was; he ex-
• pressed his satisfaction, observing that hr should go
to Hell with pleasure, if he kilicd two more black

The prisoner, who spoke good English, sated in
his defence that after some angry words, the deceas-
ed struck hire in the face with d pot, wen a
fight ensued, and Tasker was killed. He denied hay-
ing throttled the deceased inteAionally, but could
not tell, how his handkerchief was round his neck,
as he was inebriated.

Mr. Baron WooD recapitulated the evidence, and
observed, that the question for the Jury to decide
.was, whether the:prisoner had murdered.thedeceas-
ed with a malicious intention, or having entertained
no malicious _iinention against him, had deprived
him of hie. in a
:fair contest, in which 'case the of-
.fence (t'Ould amount only to Manslaughter.
The Jury, atter a short conversation, returned a
'Verdief,..6f Manslaughter, and Sir WILLIAiI ScoTT
sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine of one shilling,
and'to be imprisoned in .Ntivvgate for the spaceof
months.

John Brodie, the Mister of 'a trading vessel, wait
arraigned on t%tro -indictments, fur au atrominibl
'otiettee'; but having m ide an affidavit that some
material witnesses in 'his behalf. could ro; be. hroug;t t
to to‘;‘n for some days, the trial wai postponed to
Vie 2.7 th The Court was then adjourned to
that day.

•••••• •••••.,
SMITHFIELD MARKET, li.my r 3. '
Thrs..dav's Market had a short supply of different
ikin!}s ,of Cattle ; Beef, Mutton, Veal', Pork, and
41)14 4+29rt:last prices,, and the trade in general
Was, not. oser,brisk.—The s'ales in re Hay Masker
incipmiderabie; Hay and -Cower have tnllert
in price,uice Monday's Mo'rket ; Straw d
.last 'Kice.—The following prices and itutubzrs aro
Arc au,accurate statement :

To sink the offal per stone of Slb.
P;efils: Brl' to 6s. ed. Mutton 4s Bd. to 6s. od. Veal
4s. Kt, to 75.,0d. Pork ss. ed. to 7i. od. Lama 44. Si. to
, 7.. -
13t;itsts 470.' Sheep and Lambs 6,300. Calves 253. Pigs
300. ,