The Sun. — 1802-05-29 (London, England)

AFF REP RT.  OF BEN'CIT, MAY IS'.  Mr. Grans moved for -leave to file a.criminitl 'Wort-nation against a Gentleman of the name of Halls upon Affidavits charging hint with taking very undtlie steps to prevent a person who had :succeeded against him in a suit, from using the means %%Nell the Law allow's for the recovery of it. The Court, undet a hOpe that an accommodation will take place between the Parties, granted a Rule to .shew Cause, but desired that Mr. GzaAs would not move to make it •absolute without. reminding the Court of the circumstances of the Case,--Rule to • hew Cause granted.  OLD B AIL EY  ADMIRALTY SESSIONS, M 1' 2,8'.  TIE Session was opened this day, in the csnAl form, before Sit W. SCOTT, Knight, Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, &c. Lord ALvAN.t.tY, and Mr. justice GROSE, attended as Judges on the occasion.  John Shuttleaor:h was tried upon a charge of the wilful murder of W. Archer, an infant, in Novem. ber last, on board the Ship Hercules, then lying at Georgia, in South Carolina.  it appeared that the PriSoner was Master *of the Ship above4nentioned, and that the deceased, a boy of between fourteen and fifteen years old, had been one of the Crew.  By the accounts of several of the Witnesses it -ap:. peared, that about the latter end of Ott. last, or the beginning of November, the boy had been flogged by the Mate, pursuant to the Prisoner's order, and shortly after by the Captain himself; but with resped to the degree of severity with which the punishment was inflicted, and the interval between the two flog, giags alluded to, some of the Witnesses differed very materially=—some describing the 2d .flogging to have taken place on the very next day, while others fixed the interval at several days, even a fortnight : they also differed about the time which the second flog. iag took up, and the number of lashes given ; `some making the time to be so short as fifteen mi. nitres, and the number of lashes about two dozen ; and others, the time to be a full hour and .in ha;f, and the number to amount to roS. lashes. in additiori to this, it appeared that the lad was affiieted with a very loathsome and dangerous complaint, which it appeared he was .affeded with in a very extraordinary degree a few days previous to his death, which took Oace shortlY after the second flogging.  Upon the whole, the evidence adduced was such as to induce the Jury to find a verdict of—Not  • John Paiiky was afterwar3 tried upon a similar charge,' namely, for the wilful murder of John Jennings at Demerara, in the West Indies, on board the Antelope, .on the 24th of November, t 800.  The circumstances of this case, as they appeared in evidence, were such as to induce the Jury to find' a verdiU of Manslaughter. On which the Judge of the Court (Sir W. Scorn) forthwith sentenced hitn,_ to six months imprisonment in New. bate, and sol. fine. ,  . A .General Court-Martial assembled on Tuesday morning last at Chelsea College, for the trial of two Privates of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards (Blue), charged by Captain Motwtrx, of the Bedfordshire Militia, with having used disrespedful and abusive language to him on the evening of the zed of April last, at Bedford, being the quarters where a party of the. Blues were, and for refusing to obey his orders when required by him to go.to their quarters, after being informed that Captain M. was an Officer and a Captain ; and for resisting and striking the said Captain M. when in execution of his duty. mr.stsLits OF TliE