The Sun.
London, England, 1811-07-09 00:00:00

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Tfie•Sessi.ns cornnlenced yesterilay before, Writ..
LIAM' MAI NWA MO, EVI. and. a Bench of 11:18:123-
tl?Tt.s.—No ea4e of general int.Crt-st ,occurred. -
Thomas Chapman and George Giles were i'ndiAect
for an assault on Mary AnnMaslyn, on tIW 5..)7th of
March last.

The vrosecutrix, the wife of. one of the proprietqs
oldie Chelsea stages, r Ales at the White Horse.
publit-honse,Cliurch-laie,Chelsea ; in _consequence
Of isnme ligifidalo(lS 4111/Ibitioll3:,W Itieb !bid be. Nil cast
against her by the'prAnners, a temporary separation
had- raked pia a bmween her and hcr husband.,
the:falsity of theieports; had, lun.vever, been dig,
covered by Mr; ?Joslyn', and hz.s., became iceoliciled
to his wife. A Gile.3 had been the . principal pro-
,pagator of ib scandal, he was discharged front the
Sdrviee nf Mt. Maslyie on the return of.the prosecu-
trix. lie, however, still continued to call at the
yard of the White Horse,'duribg Abe absence. of
Mrs. Maslyn, for the iiilrpo4e,of seeing tile. outer
defendant, Chapmitn .011, the Q7th of March, the
kosecutrit yaw the defendant, Giles,;, enter the

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YO'd; and go into' the stables. She immediately de,
sired him to'nnit the premises, which he:refesed.to
do, accorApanying his refusal with, the most scan,-,
'l,hl°'3s araise. Mri. Madyn then,took him by the
ethow,•-for the purpose of turning hion.out,:.w !ten he
asinited her, hook her violently, anti threw. her
aernis, a , consequence of the treatment
she received; she fell into a hi,' ,s Inch lasted from
ten o'cli)ck•Ht night tilt' half-niit one in the morn-
ing, Her breast and arms were very much bruised
awl awc,llen,•
.;.On her cross-examination, she stated that the de-
fendant, Chapman, waa,' up. to the present day, in
hoe hnshand's employ., as. his Managing man.•!--qe.
received the money during Mr. Maslyn'S ahrsence,
which, prior to the unfortunate, difference between
her and, her'husband, she had been in the habit:of
having paid to her---•-she had. taken hold of Giles's.
n.-ek-hpndkerchief, when he assaulted her, 'lot the
wirose of pre venting her from falling to the grounA.
She denied over having told.a Wimitatt of the natne.
of basis. that-she-wished Giles would strike her, fur
if 'he hid his finger on' her' lightly as an
.infaut
Conld, she would swear her life against him.
Sarah Baker deposed, that she 'had seen the
struggle-between Giles and Mrs. Maslyn, the latter
OF wham Was Puttied against a-c.Orn,bin, and cried.
'° nl trifcr l Chapman,' the,other defendant, said,
if yowcty-nturder in the stable, I will kick yon
ont.' She saw the prosecutrix in the evening; ,he
was tlien'squg4ling in a fit.,
Elitabeth White alsO stated, that she hal wit-
nessed. the struggle between the proSecutrix and
She had. afterwards seen Mrs, ,Mokynin a
ft. ' Her breast and "her, arms were bruised and
swollen. ,
Mr Mort-icon, a medical gentleman,• was called. in
on the day 'after the assault, and found the.prose-
canix in'an insensible state, in which bitilatioo 0.11
had been during the greater part di tDe night. aer
brelast, hands, and 'arms? were•very much bruised.
He attended her for a week. •
Mr. Poor. x, for the defendants, observed, that
the proseention was not carriedon.by:Mr.. Alaslyn,
and, therefore, it was to be presumed he did not ap-
prove of it—particularly as he still retained Chap-
man 'in his service, who, , for any thing .that had
been 'adduced againSt him, might have, been left out
of the indictment; and then he wobld,,have had an
opporthnity of examining him as to the facts of the
case. contended ,that the resistance used by
Giles, was perfectly lawful, and the. Prosecunix
being subject to fits, had 'brought them on :herself
by the violence and intemperance of 'tier connect ;
and it was,unfair to say, that the defendant ..ass
amenable to the law for the injury whch the pro-,
secutrix had 'brought on herself. He thencalled
Phcebe Davis, who swore that she'hadaieen Mrs.
Maslyn standing_ at 'her 'own doer en !he 281 h of
March; when she entered'into: a conversation about
the frisk she had 'with the bt3t* ;" and
observed, that she bad asked trim to strike 11:.m., bet
he would not—she wished he. had—for, if he had
only laid .hii finger' on lief, ,:she would have sworn
her life against him.. , _
Mr.'Morrison waa.ag;iiri placed in the box,and
deposed, that both on- the Q 811) and 529th of Match,
the prosecUtrix wrl6 !oath: to leave her r096..'
The CHAIRMAN summed up the evidence.--The
Jury acquitted Chapman, and faUnd
Sentenced to pay a fine oC2Os.

LAUNCH Or 'rue Bnatn.s I,Yesterday this inte-
resting scene, so much blencledwith its national itll-
- excited. theanost ItyelysWosity at ill ranks
cif people who flocked to view .the addition or an-
oAler ship lo Britain's bulwark The road leading.
to Blaekwall \vas Ilterally'cov.ered %vine-careiage4,
coaches, tax-carts, &c. and ,groupea of pedestrians
going to the yard of Messrs. Wigratn and Cie: Where
the vessel lay on the stocks. The river likewis,:
presented its share of boats filled4ith company,
NV:f/ich .according With the •.se re n ty of t he-wrereher,
formed a most splendid spectacle. Tile temporary
stand erected by the Proprietors of: the yard.for the
odcomTedation of the Lords of. the AdMiralty, the
Nobility, Bcc.; the vessels in the dock-yards, ott the
buildings contiguous, and along the shores,
,were
completely occupied with spectators, among whom.
were a very prominent diiplay of fernale.beauty and
fashion. The shipS hoisted their respective 'flags,
and the band belonging to the Tower Hamlets gra-
,
tified the company with several national airs.. At'
a quarter past` three, a discharge of cannon gave a
srgnal for the Workmen to remove the supporters,
?nilin less than tt minuteafterwards; this vessel Ma-
jestically glided into the besoin of the Thames,
amidst the reiterated acclamations' of the people 011
shore, Ikhich were returned by those foil- board,
The Launch was allowed to have been the most
splendid Over Witnessed, and the utmost regularity
`preVailed, without one accident. 'The ceremony of
christening was 1)61(01-Med by Lord Elliott, and she
is -Supposed to be the largeit 74 gun ‘.ship in, the
Navy. A cold collation was mo,t sumptuously
'sei'ved,up for the distinguished Nobility alter
ceretnotiy,,at the house of Me,sra. Wigrato andC.O.
Prom the immense, number- of carrtaf,gew that-Itued
the read,' some difficulty oceasieoed . before a
movement could be. effected for a free ttiorooglifiqe.