The Sun.
London, England, 1820-07-08 00:00:00

EMPLOYMENT OF THE MILITARY.

• The LORD MAvott, in rising to offer an ex-
planation on a subject to which the attention of
the House had been called by the Honourable
'Member for Aberdeen (Mr. Hume), regretted that
rite Honourable Member was not present to
hear his justification. He could assure the
House that nothing had been farther front his
mind than to call in the military for the pur-
pose of overawing the Livery or his fellow-
citizens. His sole object in taking the precau-
tion for which he had been blamed by some per-
sons was to preserve and protect the citizens of
London; and for this purpose the military bad
been placed in the neighbour hood of the city—
not within it, as bad been erroneously stated.—
He had•tbought it prudent, on this occasion, to
post soldiers in places contiguous to the city, lest
any evil•disposed spirits should think fit to renew
such outrages as had been committed in the
Mayoralcy of Alderman Wood, when shops were
broken open, arms were stolen, and acts of vio-
lence and bloodshed were committed. With this
example before him, he had felt it his paramount
duty to take every possible precaution for the pre.
nervation of the tranquillity of the city, especially
at a.time like the present, when speeches of an
extraordinary kind were delivered, and when pla-
cards of a most inflammatory nature were exhi-
bited in every part of the town. He, hoped, there-
fore„ the House would give him credit for having
done whet his duty Prescribed ; and while he had
the honour of being chief Magistrate of London,
it was his determination to take every possible
measure to preserve the public peace, and to af-
ford protection to his fellow,•citizens.
, Mr. LUSFUNGTON brought in a Bill for repeal-
log so, much ofi.. tile 57th of his late Majesty ps
prohibits Atte: ,sale, in England of any spirits not
being -rurn,,:brandy, geneva, wine, or compounds.
.-41ead.,tt first time;. and ordered to be read a se-
cond time to-morrow.

The-other Orders of.the Day being disposed of,
the House Adjourned at Nine o'Clock.

. • - JAW INTELLIGENCE.
COU T OF DING'S BENCH, JULY 7.

`AACKLEY V. DAVIS.

This wa4 an action to recover the sum of 151.95.
for-board; lodging, and necessaries, found by the
plaintifflor'the -defendant's wile during their se-
paration.
The plaintiff's case was conducted by the Som..
cITOR-GENERAL and Mr..PLATT, and the defend-
ant's by Mr.. GURNEY and Mr. CONYN.
The defendant is the Minister of a Dissenting
Chapel in London, with an income of 1201. He
bad been originally brought up to the business of
a carpenter, bat afterwards changed his pursuits,
and married his present wife, who is the sister of
another Dissenting Minister, at Portsmouth.
Their tempers not suiting, in 1800 articles of, se-
paration were drawn up between them, by which
the defendant, being then in humble circum-
stances, agreed to allow her 2s, a week, in addl.
tion to what she could earn by her own industry.
Afterwards, when his condition improved, he al•

• f 3
,
lowed bet ft,r several year: a week. Me.
the defendant removed to Lymington, where .b
was an assistant preacher at a chapel, his ""ic
followed him for the purpOse of claiming her 0"
trinionial rights and his protection, but in COngo':
quence' of her outrageous conduct, be had.
her
sent up to a mad-house, at Hoxton, and roar
whence she was liberated, after a month's On,:
finement, upon the certificate of a respectahl`
medical practitioner, that there was' no pretence
for saying that she was a fit inmate for a lonatt4
asylum. Soon after the defendant, got his
pointment in London, his wife went to lodge at
the plikiniiff's house, where she incurred the debt
,
for which the present action was brought, patt ,01
the amount being for nursing and medical attend'
ance during a severe illness.
Mr. Justice BEST, in summing up the evidence,
commented upon the conduct of the defendant
The maintenance, his lordship said, alloxed by
husband to his wife, ought to be proportioned to
the income Which that husband possessed. That
allowance which might be sufficient when the
defendant was in the situation of a carpenter
would be too little to give when his means had
increased ;at the wife, in her present ill stall
of health, would reqUire more assistance than WI
been necessary when she was capable utzprovidirl
for herself. If many ministers of the Establish°,
Church maintained families out of a stipend 0
901. per year, the defendant, with 120 , might
afford more than 12s. a week for the subsistene6
of his wife.

Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages.lsl. 93.

ATROCIOUS ATTEMPT TO MURDER A POLICE

OFFICER.

A few nights hack. John Smith, one of the
constables attached to the Town Hall, in the
Borough, received information that a Gentlemen
had been ill•treated awl robbed in Gan-street'
St. George's-fields, and that the thief was rhea
in the Two Brewers, public house ; Smith hoe
tenet] to the rendezvous with all speed, and at the
corner of Gun.street, .beheld no less than 30 or
40 young men, all of 4hom he knew to hel
thieves ; they had just commenced a sham fight, In
hopes of drawing some of the passengers from I"
high road tSat they 'night nob them The otfierC
went up to the comba, ants and hate them to del
sist, on which one of them gave him a most ter°
rible blow in the face, nod tie) into the VI
Brewers; Smith followed, hot bad scarcely gn.
into the tap-room, before he was smfdeule stir'
rounded by the gang, who seizing differentwes9
pans, such as quart pots, pokers, &c. swore tho
most horrid oaths that they wool f take his liferj
at the same moment his hat was knocked off, en
be received a blow supposed to he from a oo°rc
pot, which cut his head shockingly, and toe Woo'
in torrents ran down his cheeks ; the affray the°
became general, and the Constable could no looge
recollect the number of stabs and blows whjco
he received, or by whom they were inflicted;
his pistols too, which he never failed to com.
about him before, he had that day left at hortie;
and he had nothing to dt fend himselfwith but 111,
truncheon, which he used as effectually as po,
sible, .till he dropped senseicss and appareotu
dead. One of the ruffians supposing the deed
.t°,.,
be complete, and anxious to avoid suspicl°,;
of being one of- the murderers, went prive"'„'
and gave information of what was passing
Holmes and other Constables, who soon oiler
wards arriv.,l well armed, aial put the villains °
flight, Out cou!ki not secure any of tho,l. W!I
tskeu tip, not a feature of his face was discero!,
Phble, and his clothes were completely soaked Ph
blood, even to his shirt. He was conveyed 011.
all haste to the nearest surgeon's, where, after I,:
operation of about a quarter of an hour, arde'li
wife]
tion was restored, and at that moment his by"
to whom the news that he had been murdered
had been carried, entered the shop and faioteo
several times. The surgeon found about sereig
dangerous wounds on the head, some of whiet),,e,
was his opinion, had been inflicted with a W 0
or some sharp instrument ; but the worst we' °,,s
the frontal bone, over the left eye, where 1",
whole of the flesh bad been divided from the eye'
brow to the ear, and had fallen completely (160
the face ; his arms, thighs, and ribs were,
dreadfully bruised, and swelled. The persons to
814 and the names of most of the villains
known, and warrants have been issued for tbeili
apprehension. Mr. Swim is doing as well
can be expected.

On Thursday last, a cow, the property OI her,
BOWRING, of Kingston term, near Dort.hesi.eit;
brought forth four full timed calves ; three of ti'e,g,
died in a short time; the other, with the c°
which was reduced to extreme weakness, is like
to live.

BIRTHS. rapt'
On Wednesday last, at Merry Hill, Fleas, tleLady of
Chambers White, R. N. of a son. of I'
Yesterday morning, at Ealing, Mrs. B. H. Smart,
daughter.

MARRIED. erfi
Thursday, Thomas Howard Fen wick,'Esq. Royal Engirlor
to Marianne, second daughter of the Hon. Mr. Justice.oC
rough. Immediately after the rereio,,Dy tne ha? p' tilt
off for Northwood Pack, the seat of George Ward, .12,,q'
of White. fFa
Onl '1 hursday last, at PAmershatu, Isaac Eeles, Esq. °,1;011
ham, to Eliza, eldest daughter ; ,at the same timeLti' vti
eldest son of Wm. Merry, Esq. Deputy Secretary a7t.Av,rs,o
Anne, second daughter of the late Kender Mason,
Reel House, Bucks. 'ea t° ii
A fisherman at Cuxhaven, aged 86, was lately marrl '
, .
young woman who lived with him as servant, aged: 'o,aa°
son, aged 59, acted as father to the bride, and lits 6
daughter as bride-maid.

DIED. •fe
On Wednesday_ last, aged 20, Eliza Ann Frances, in

Edward Gibbon .Wakefield, Esq.
On Tuesday last, at Moltrain near Manchester, 'la.
eldest daughter of Mr. William Stockdale, Piccadilly re ill
On Tuesday last, the 4th inst. after a long and sere fi fl
s 4;
ness, aged 69, Eliz4betli, the wife of William Clarl"..tee
of Brunswick-place, Lewisham-rend, formerly-of the bi
g.
in White's-grounds, Bermondsey. leer
SUDDEN DEArn.—Bet weer] twelve and atm ofclac, 0.- • ,01.,,e''c
day, as Mr. Itussell, of Cadogan-terrace, vr3dlifer
ing at his door talking, to Mr. Webb, a neighbour, ou
subjects, he of a sudden said " God bless me, what a to
have taken in my breast" (and putting his hattltd Ile
forehead, he added), " it is flying up to my bead.

'fell down, and instantly expired.- 1.......................
.....----. Ag
. 0
LOND9N: Printe,l by J. B. CARSTAIRS, :f r44`• ~ 10r, Svg9' VC' 1';
Ormond-street, Queen-square; and publislia;.4l,
SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South Molton-street, 'Ot I ordcf-
i
Office, No. 112; Strand ; where Adveltisement,s
1 Letters,Nkc, (post-Tait!) ra ut tbe addressed.

/

et,

app
SUrt

ttri
d
`1

eilith
iiiti4

4,)h,