The Sun.
London, England, 1819-03-25 00:00:00

SHOCKING BARBARITY.

CORONER'S INQUBST.—Monday evening an In-
quisition was taken before CHARLES GEORGR PAR-
KER, Esq.' Coroner for Essex,, at the Bull lon,
Barking, on the body of a fisher•boy, named
Emanuel Bryant, belonging to the Whiting fish-
ing smack.—William Tyler sworn.—l belong to
the Whiting smack, Samuel Baker was the mas-
ter; the deceased was his apprentice; on the
night of Monday, the 15th inst. they were on
the coast of Holland ; the crew were in the ca-
bin ; some dumplings were boiling on the fire,
and the deceased had taken one ; upon the master
hearing be had stole the dumpling, he exclaimed
—" IJ—n your eyes, your book was nearly full,
and now serve you out," and directly got a
rope and began to flog the deceased most cruelly,
till he tell on I►is knees and begged for mercy ;
the master then left off beating, but immediately
sent bins upon deck to watch ; be died the fol-
lowing morning at eight o'clock in great agony.
—On the passage home the Captain desired the
crew to say that the deceased died in a fit.—lohn
Don Carr, the Mate, stated, that on the Monday
night be was upon deck whets the deceased was
desired by the master to take his turn of the
watch ; he observed a drowsiness in the de(frased,
but did not think it of any consequence; a short
time afterwards he observed him sitting on a
trunk which was upon deck, apparently asleep;
he shook him and found him quite insensible; he
put him in the cabin, and he died on the follow-
ing morning about eight o'clock.—Mr. Griffiths,
surgeon, residing at Barking, stated, that he exa-
mined the body of the deceased, and found a
quantity of congealed blood on the brain ; he had
no &rata but the deceased died in Cfo nsequence of
the wounds he had received by the beating.—The
Jury returned their verdict--" Manslaughter
against William Baker, the Master.".

PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH 24.

The oaths were administered to the Earl *a
ABOYNE, the Bishop of LINCOLN, and Lord CAR•

AINGTON.

Halford's and Trelawney's Divorce Bills pashecl
through Coti,mittees.—Reports to-morrow.
Mr. WRlpole, from the Secretary of State's
Office, presented a Report respecting the Jury
Court of Scotland.—Ordered to be printed.
A Message from the [louse of Commons, by
Nr. Brogden and other Members, brought up
some Police Reports requested by the Lords.—Or-
tiered to be referred to the Committee on the
State of Prisons.

The Nassau salt Pill, the British Plantation
IVonl Bill, and the East India Goods (Ireland)
Bill, were read a third time and passed.

The Exchequer Bills in Aids Bill, the Consoli-
dated Fund Produ'ee Bill, the Husbandry-Horses
the. Duke of Wellington's Estate Bill, and
the Netherland's Slave Trade Bill, were read a
second time, and committed'for to-morrow.
The Portugal Slave Trade Bill passed through
a Committee, and was reported without Amend-
ment.

Veiitions were presented by Lord Gambier and
Lord Grantham from Uxbridge,' and the Grand
Jury of the Cototy of Bedford, praying for a re-
vision of the Criminal Laws ; and by the Earl of
Strathmore, two from Gateshead, Durham,
against taxing Coal at the pit's mouth, and agait.st
the renewal of the Insolvent Act.—Ordered to lie
upon the table. _ .

The [loose resolved i•self into a Committee on
the Poor Laws Amendment Bill.—The Earl of
CARNARVON moved au Amendment, which was
agreed to, respecting the relief of Paupers by Ma.-
gistrates, in case of the Select Vestry not meet-
ing.— The Marquess of LANSDOWN declined
moving an Amendment for rendering Overseers
accountable for the profits of the land (not ex-
ceeding 20 acres) they were allowed to take, as it
'night endanger the Bill ; and he trusted some
Clause would be introduced in a subsequent Bill
for rendering them in express terms (what they
were at present constructive:y) so liable.•—The
Bill was gone through, and the Amendment or-
dered to be taken into consideration to-morrow.
' Adjourned till to•morrow (this day.)