The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-01-19 00:00:00

Td MR. JOHN CA It 7117{ /GUT, HE INFLEXIBLE ENENIy 01 TA RAN \ V, oN THE PEACE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND AMLuICA. [coNcLunEn MOM MONO.XY ' S Thus have we before us the %railings of the sons and daughters of corruption. There is, you per ceive, one reigning fallacy in all those attacks on the peace; that is, it is all along presumed, and taken for granted, that our situation, with regard to America, would have become every day better and better, if the war had been continued. New, so far from this being any thing like certain, it was not even probable, and %%as barely possible. The chances were all on the other side; the Republicans had not only resisted, but had repulsed, the onset ; they had followed up their blows with astonishing rapidity ; and even at the moment when the conclusion cif the peace was announced, intelligence came to hand that they had just driven our army and fleet from Pensa cola, a main hold, whence our next attack was in tended to have been made. "If," says this trumpet of corruption (the Times), " our navy had struck some great blow ; if we had done" this, and done that, and done the other, then we might have made peace. But r:f we could do none of these: if we had failed in all our attempts ; it 'Aphid lost still more frigates and tleetys hat would then base been our situation ? maliguant wretches are senseless with rage. They are savage at the loss of their prey. You, who are an old hunter of wild beasts, may have seen something in the conduct of disappointed bears or wolves resem bling that of these foes of freedom, who are now looking towards America, foaming with rage and roaring for revenge. It is impossible not to feel great satisfaction at seeing the murderous wishes of these men disappoint ed. But our satisfaction ought by no means to rest here. The great question with regard to the excel lettee of really free Government has now been de cided in a way that must inevitably produce conviction throughout the whole world. The fate of the Repub lic of France had excited great doubts in the minds of men, disposed to cherish liberty, as to the capabili ty of that sort of Government to be carried on in practice for any length of time, especially if it had to contend with the difficulties and dangers of war. —The enemies of liberty delighted in representing real freedom as incompatible with national defence and independence. IVhen reminded of the Govern ment of America, they smiled, and observed, that it might do very well as long as America remained at peace : but that her first year of war would crumble it into dust, and expose to the mockery of the world the vain theorists who had extolled it. In short, this was the point always laboured at :—That for a nation to be able to defend itself ill time of war against a formidable enemy, it must have an almost despotic Goverinneut and a standing army, with all their retinue. [low bifirerPly will you, who have so long, so zealously, a n d co ably maintained the contrary, re joice to bee that this position, co degrading to man kind, has now been fully disproved ! You, is your excellent publications, and Sir Francis Burdett, in ~_ - PO LICE. on, will call fur POLICE. the security of world has now PK)W-STREET.—Yesterday morning the Office was red in a state of filled with a most motley group, resembling very 1 armies at the much a scene of pirates on the stage, cotisisting of her soil invaded Turks, Moors, Greeks, fudians, &c. formin g th e illages bombard- crew of the Turkish schooner G deo, fro , s toma, itself in flames, and others of various countries, excited in their at- ven for an hour, tendance from curiosity, to hear an investigation by or diverting the Mr. NARES, of t dispute betweci 'apta Hasann, a Mice for a single 'l'urk, the Captain of the Turkish r. hooner Gelea, and his crew, in the shape of a charge of tni s d e . object on which meanour against the Captain, in viols . t hy a eyes. Here is and wounding John Citagoe, one of the seamen, con. and, as such, it ducted by Mr. Hill, the Attorney. you. The total; The witnesses produced were sworn accord;ng to lion in America; their different religions, without their shoes, itac.; 'try ; her'conse- and, according to the din c tons of the interpreters and power ; the who attended for the purpose. From their eviden ce n the Repu blic; it appeared, that, in the month of November last, ca. These are the Turkish schooner, Gael!, was lying betwee n tected ; but that Dover and Stangate Creek. when John Ciragno was nore importance at work very hard on board of her ; he asked the !tich the cause of cook to give him some bread, which being within Iple of America, hearing of the Captain, he called out to Ciragno to is. Away now, know what business he had to give orders, and after- ad, and Saxony, wards gave him a violent blow with a Turkish long f Vienna ! Let pipe. Ciragno remonstrated against the Captain's ans, and the Cos- striking him, and asked the Captain why he used him livide them and so ill for merely asking for some bread? The Cap- )lease ; let them tain replied to this that he had better hold his tongue :ording to their or he would come to him and kill him, and appeared ring millions of in a great passion : he proceeded to his cabin, and re- :ended front the turned, in a short time, armed with a sabre or a cut. same language lass, and went to Ciragno, and aimed a violent blow 'sive and fertile at his head ; but which was fended off by some of the to the misera- crew, and the sabre or cutlass fell on his thigh, and ime, and a Press inflicted a wound. The wound was afterwards hs, which these dressed by the Surgeon of the vessel in the hold. The in compelled to wound was not so bad as to prevent him from working. d respect, your Mr. ALLEY attended for the Captain, and stated this prosecution was only commenced against the M. COBB ETT. Captain in consequence of there being a dispute be- tween him and some of the crew for their wages, or it would not have been heard of, and in consequence several actions had been brought by several of the crew against the Captain. AN. 17. Mr. HILL for the Prosecution stated, that he had CLINTON. several other charges to bring for Ward against the 11r. Dm., Mr. Captain, in consequence of which the further pre- n this cause for ceeding was postponed to a future day, some respect. Noble Plaintiff able persons becoming responsible for the appearance . Montrieu, his of the Captain. any other suit ; MARLEOROUGH-STREET.—Mr. C--, whO repass- which was de- sensed himself as an Attorney, lately from the North of the late Lord of England, was charged by a Gentleman of fortune, n. This estate, residing in Harley-street, with a forcible entry into the value of se- his dwelling-house under the following circumstances: he brought for- —The Defendant, it appeared, fell desperately iw Mr. Moutrieu love with the daughter of the Prosecutor; and al- ausly the clerk i though he did not receive the slightest countenance citor before the from the Lady, his ft-vision became so unrestrained, was dissolved. that he forcers by the father of his adored in the pas- the utmost im- • sage, and made his way up stairs. It turned out wcurred to the that he had before got admission to the house in a The case was clandestine manner. The Prisoner was ordered to its, on general find bad. R ESURRECTION . MEN. Vir. LEACH, Mr. Robert Clark and J. Grqliiit were charged with Counsel for the assaulting one of the St. Giles's watchmen on Tues. t he was the ad- day night. the proposal of The Prisoners were endeavouring to get into St. Giles's church-yard, and on the watchman approach. tble reply. i ing them, one of them struck him. should take en The Prisoners were committed in default of bail. ne of the Law l Wnt. Buck was committed for a burglary in the a, and with that house of Mr. Heal, in Rathbone-place. UNION-HALL.—Juhn Barrett and George Hopkins were brought before Mr. Serjeant Set. Low, the Sitting Magistrate, by one of the constables of the parish of • LE. St. Saviour, Southwark. Barrett was carrying a basket through Union. Tiling, and oc- street, when he was stopped by the Officer, rho, upon examination, found its .cootents to consist of :t.RoxtLy, sup. ; several bottles of good old Port, French brandy, pl a i n tiff, p ra y. , and excellent gin, carefully stowed with several old ird made in this I waistcoats, to prevent breakage ; the Officer asked. cola's Inn, who him how be came by these articles? when Hopkins two referees to , stepped forward and demanded what busiueas he had en the litigating to interfere, or ask such a question-? The Officer f i ss i on th a t was considering him a party concerned, immediately took livers objections him into custody also, and conveyed them both to 'ard, and more , the watch-home. t-partnership in j The Prisoners, when required by the M ag i s t ra t e . as part of his . to give an Iccouut of themselves, and of the articles spective parties, ; found upon them, admitted they were in company original articles; together, and stated that they found th e b as k et , nto in the year with its contents, in the corner of a court not far an original and off; but could not say the name, no r describe where nance, filed by . it was situate. y Mr. Colman, I Committed for re-examiaation on Tuesday meat. •• [cted to give all Are exclusively, Oa Thursday evening the following affair occurred *after assign to at an Inn in Wool with :—An Officer in his Majesty's ul a mere right I Navy made an assignation with a young Lady belong- all other pur- log to a respectable family to meet her at the t hti e il t r id asc e it d sito , en p r. r o od f it u t ce ee d oN a rla b csea r r a l c H e foe o rr f oe p : ia dt t e ol oa s and demandedsa - h he lead in his I ns t ea d o f th e young L a d y, h owever, her brother at- p vo ac u i r fy ing the to en eed rag u e c d e i w aesa i s t ei r ede s ' och wto P ht r i zo vhhe . brother, promised marriage. IOWELL, on the ROYAL BOUNTY.—The following is an ext r a c t ; nasty supported from an authenti c MS. re l at i ve t o t h e pr i vate ex- all respects, at pelmet of Edward IL :—" It em , Th e 11th d ay ag his Lordship of March, paid t o J ames St. Alb ans, t h e K ing ' s tl to cease, but Painter, who danced b e f ore th e Ki ng on a ta b le, .4 1 as long asstheland made him laugh heartily, being a gift by the this being the King's own hands, in aid of him, his wife, a n d c hil- li to be amused t dren, 11. Is. !" the streets on ad but concise 0 the DM Zest. at GreeMAn%Rrlßehi.Eg a . jor his adversaries Vogt India Company' s ser v ic e , to Matilda, Ma rr i ott, of rtai t i b g e m ir er o o n i the hate T. Norris, Es q . of G reenw i c h. one the Pith inst. at Tei g n mou th, S.-0 . Attlay, Esq. jun. of itdestO themuche gr di a s; W Knigatshridge, to Maria Joanna oollcombe, distorter of the that late J. M. Woollcombe, Esq. of Ashberry, Devout ire. ,• r had waded so • DIED, .ted to him; on On the 13th inst. at the Oval, Keimaiagioa, aged 70, Mrs. E. ipported as h e ri i : n ll o ing 2si w re id et ow of the late M r . J. P a lli ng , o f S t . M art i n ' s- l ane, • gon the law of j On the 14th lost, at Nan-green, Peckham, aged - 24, Rachel, i d e d , f rom th e. ; wile of Mr. T. Gill, of Splint-square. - i t i v a e . r c e d are e f a u d u • y a ..:_ nd - to _ r4l) . ON • Printed - and Published by B.llaviss.s., m ire ST4TICIMAN OVTICII, 67, Fleet-greet. •. • • TILE STATESMAN: I au established church, without tythes, or any com pulsory payment to the priests of any worship ; a nation where bribery and corruption are unknown ; %here no man calla another man master i and where . , . f1 ii..1,1.44, 9#41 V;at 4/1••••••e4 n handful of gold would not purchase from tl:e la bout in; non the pulling off his hat even to his em pliß er. The consequences of truths so striking and lio‘s so notorious, are much more pleasing to antici pate than they would, I imagine, be safe to de scribe. There are some who pretend, that the Republic has gained nothing by the war; and those hireling Gen tlemen who write in " the Quarterly Review," tell their readers, that she has made peace 44 without ac complishing any one of the objects for which she went to war." These hired critics are either wholly ignorant of the matter, or, they are endeavouring to mislead their readers. At any rate, I will once more state the case, and then we shall see which party has been baffled in its attempts. America declared war against our King, because he would not cease to impress persons (toot being sol diers or sailors in the enemy's service) on board her ships on the high seas. This was the ground of her declaration of war. A Treaty of Peace has heen made and that Treaty says not a wore about the impressing of persons on board of American ships. Therefore, say these wise Reviewers, she has not gained her ob ject. Poor slaves ! they dared not look at the truth ; n !licit is this : America went to war with us, while w•e were at war with France, and while America was neutral. Our King having made peace with the French there ceased to be any pretext for impress ment ; and that being the case America was willing to make peace immediately, without any stipulation about impressment, because the war in Europe having ceased, her character of neutral would have ceased, and our impressment would also have ceased. She wanted no stipulation to protect her against what she always asserted to he a wrong, and which wrong she bad resisted by arms, until it ceased. Accord ingly, we find Mr. Monroe instructing the Repub lican negociators not to bring forward the subject, it being quite unnecessary, seeing that America had re sisted our pretended right of impressment by war, and would, of course, resort to the same mode of re sistance, if the execution of the pretended right should be revived. You will observe, too, that it was our King's negociators, who brought forward the subject at Client. Therefore, if there was any defeat of object here, the defeat was on his side. We went to war to assert our right of impressment. We have made peace without obtaining any stipulation with regard to that right, real or pretended. If we revive the exercise of this right, at any future time, Mr. Monroe, in his published dispatches, says, that America is ready again to resist it by force of arms. The disappointed, malignant man, whom 1 have so largely quoted above, exclaims, that we are " now bound to our good behaviour in Europe ;" for, that the moment we dare to go to war, we shall have Capt. Porter sally out upon us with 66 freedom of commerce and sailors' rights" inscribed on his flag. Nothing is more probable. Indeed, it is quite cer tain, that the " bits of striped bunting" will bear this motto, if our King revives his orders of impress- meat. Cut the likely thing is, that his Majesty will not revive those orders ; and then we shall have the happiness to see ourselves li►ing in peace and friend. ship with the people of America, and shall be grate ful to his Majesty for the blessing._ . . ._ his speeches, have uniformly insisted, that the safe But has the Republic gained nothing by the war ? defence, and the only safe defence, of a nation Iles she gained no English ships? Has she gained no against a formidable meaty, was to be feundin the renown ? Have the affairs of the Guerriere, the arms of free men ; that, in order to induce a people ' Macedonian, the Jura, the Peacock, the Avon, to fight in defence of their country, they must feel those of Lakes Erie and Champlain, and Mobille and that they have something to fight for; that the 'Pensacola, and Fort Erie and Fort Moreau; have strength of a Government, in the hour of real danger, these memorable actions, and many others, yielded her consists solely of the attachment of the people; that' nothing in point of reputation in the world? Is it a station, enjoying real freedom, informed by a I nothing to have been able, with her infant navy, to press really free, and all having a voice in the choice have resisted with success the maritime power of of their Representatives, never yet was, and never England single-handed ? Is it nothing to have called would be, subdued by an invading enemy. 1 forth the admiration of the world by acts of bravery The rise, progress, and result of the American like that of the General Armslrong privateer at wars (I mean both of them) have now put the truth Fayal ? Is it nothing to have made her implacable of these your favourite doctrines beyond all doubt.— i enemies in England 'express their mortification at Where are now the knaves, who have so long scoffed : seeing her citizens in Europe complimented where at you as a visionary, and who have had the profligacy ever they go, in consequence of her success against to assert , that bribery and corruption were essential such I mighty Power? Is it nothing to have proved to efficient Government ? Where are now those who ito the world, that, let who will attack her, she apprehended anarchy from universal suffrage?— stands in need of no foreign aid; no hired fighters . Where are now the sticklers fur influence and vir- • of other countries; but that her own 'citizens are tual representation ? In America every man who pays equal, not only to her defence, but to the carrying a tax, of any sort, however small, has a vote. He of her " bits of striped bunting" in triumph into assists in electing, not only the Members of the ' every sea against even a superiorsforce ? is it nothing State Legislators, and those of the Congress, but Ito have snow'', that in the midst of such a war,which also the Governors of the States and the. President most people thought put her very existence ill himself. No man has any authority, no man has • jeopardy, she has doubled, nay quadrupled, her any voice in making laws, who has not himself been I naval force, including her numerous important cap. elected, and in the election of whom every man pay- ft , tures from us; and that she has steadily proceeded ing a tax .has a voice. Yet the world now sees, that' in the extension of her naval plans, buildings and a Government thus formed, and a people thus go.; arsenals ? Is it nothing to have proved, that • vernal, are a match for the most formidable power 1 her Gosernment, though free as air, is perfectly at this day in existence. The world pow sees, that !adequate to the most perilous of wars ?—ls• a nation thus governing itself, acd fully sensible of it nothing to have thus entitled - herself to the con.' its freedom, is not only active in its defence, but is fidence of other nations, and made her friendship capable of deeds of valour, such as wete never be- 'an object to be sedulously sought after by every • fore recorded by the pen of the historian of any Power of Europe; and to have done this, too, in a coonlry or any age. Let the advocates for the buy- , war in which it was published, that all these Powers ing and selling of seats do away, if they can, ;:be ',bad, by a secret article in the Treaty of Paris, effect of this glorious example. . 4 1.<e:se:themselves not to interfere? Is it nothing to . The writer, whom I have above quoted, aeclathis Amstesillerase,otisact she wanted the interference of none was so anxious to see " the world deliver. - ' It; Tti.e; ..-*.'aticisa OW she was able, single-handed, to fight mischievous example" of the existence of tie .i -,ai- 1 ter own battles, and to come out of the contest, not can Government, says, that our navy has been de- I only unmatilated, but covered with glory? Is it no., (rated; that it has been beaten upon the Ocean i thing for her Chief Magistrate; for that very Mr. and ott the Lakes; that we have been beaten Madison, whom our malignant and insolent writers,' by land and by sea ; that we have been dis- I stud others marked out to be deposed; is it nothing graced for ever; that we have retired from the for Americans to have seen this their plain fellow-ci contest, with the stripes on our backs • that tizen, with a salary of less than 6000 pounds a year , . me have had the trident snatched from us; dust we with no heralds, guards, or gilded coaches, conduct- • 1 are scoffed at upon the Continent of Europe. Now, ing her affairs, through this trying season, with ee l then, if this be true, who is it that has thus humbled much ability, so much firmness, and, at the same 1 us ? What mighty Potentate has been able to accent- time, with such tenderness for liberty, as to refrain! plish all this? It is a Republic ; a nation whose from a resort even to the mild law of his country i ' Chief Magistrate receives only about 60001. a-year, against those who have made use of that liberty fore and the whole of whose ordinary revenue does not purposes of the blackest and basest treason? Is this amount to so much as we, in England alone, pay for nothing, you venal English writers? Is this nothini? collecting our taxes; a nation without a standing Is it nothing to hear the Chief Magistrate of a coun arm ; a nation with a Press through which any man try say : 44 let my calumniators alone; let the ttai may publish any thing respecting any public person tors to freedom and America proceed ; I rely on the or measure, or any opinion on the subject of reli- good sense and virtue of the people; the cause is gion ; a nation without Dukes, or Lords, or Knights, the people's, and they will be my defenders !" Is or Esquires, and without any distinction of rank of this, too, nothing gained? any sort tieing known to the law ; a nation without Y es, it is a gain, not only to America but to man . __ . _ ... kind ; for who will now be impudent enough to alk sert, that political freedom, that religious freedom, that a press wholly uncontrouled, are inpornpatible with national safety in times of war ? Who upon the.ground of a probability of invasion, will call fur a sospeissiou of the laws made for the security of men's liberty and lives, when the world has now BOW-STREET.—Yesterday morning the Office was seen the Republic of America declared in a state of filled with a most motley group, resembling very rigorous blockade, mighty fleets and armies at the much a scene of pirates on the stage, cotisistieg o f mouths of her harbours and rivers, her soil invaded Turks, Moors, Greeks, fudians, &c. formin g th e at several points, her towns and villages bombard- crew of the Turkish schooner Gdea, fro , s toma, ed or plundered, and her capital itself in flames, and others of various countries, excited in their at. without producing the suspension, even for an hour, tendance from curiosity, to hear an investigative by of any law, and without arresting or diverting the Mr. Neuss, of t dispute betwect "aptaio Masan", a ordinary and gentle course of justice for a single Turk, the Captain of the Turkish r, hoover G e l ea , moment ? and his crew, in the shape of a charge of .ni s a ee 1 steed say no more. Here is the object on which meanour against the Captain, in viols sly assaulting the friend of freedom will rivet his eyes. Here is and wounding John Ciragee, oneof the seamen, cone a dagger to the heart pf tyranny, and, as such, it ducted by Mr. Hill, the Attorney. is worthy of being presented to you. The total The witnesses produced were sworn accntelf ng t o overthrow of the A iistocratical Faction in America; their different religions, without their shoes, &c.; the immense emigration to that country ; her'emise- and, according to the die c tons of the interpreters (pent!) , rapid increase of po t ulation and power ; the who attended for the purpose. From their evidence creation of a great maritime force in the Republic; it appeared, that, in the month of November last, the independence of South America. These are the Turkish schooner, Gelea, was lying betwee n amongst the consequences to be expected ; but that Dover and Stangate Creek. when John Citsgno was consequence which I consider of more importance at work very hard on board of her ; he asked the than all the rest, is, the benefit which the cause of cook to give him some bread, which being within freedom will receive from the example of America, hearing of the Captain, he called out to Ciragno to now ,become so conspicuous a nation. Away now, know what business he had to give orders, and after with all their trumpery about Poland, and Saxony, wards gave him a violent blow with a Turkish long and Belgium, and the Congress of Vienna ! Let pipe. Ciragno remonstrated against the Captain's them do what they like with tlae Germans, and the Cos- striking him, and asked the Captain why he used hits sacks, and the Dutch ; let them divide them and so ill for merely asking for some bread? The Cap. subdivide them in any manner they please ; let them tain replied to this that he had better hold his tongue whisker them or knight them according to their or he would come to him and kill him, and appeared fancy. We can now look to growing millions of in a great passion :he proceeded to his cabin, and re free • and enlightened citizens, descended front the turned, in a short time, armed with a sabre or acut. same ancestors, and speaking the same language lass, and went to Ciragno, and aimed a violent blow with ourselves, inhabiting an extensive and fertile at his head ; but which was fended off by some of the country, tendering food and freedom to the misera- crew, and the sabre or cutlass fell on his thigh, and •ble and oppressed of every other clime, and a Press inflicted a wound. The wound was afterwards for the promulgation of those truths, which these dressed by the Surgeon of the vessel in the hold. The unfortenate beings have so long been compelled to wound was not so bad as to prevent him from suppress. working. I am, with the greatest regard and respect, your Mr. ALLEY attended for the Captain, and stated faithful and most obedient servant, this prosecution was only commenced against the Healey, Jan. 9, 1815. WM. CORBETT. Captain in consequence of there being a dispute be tween him and some of the crew for their wages, or it would not have been heard of, and in consequence several actions had been brought by several of the crew against the Captain. Mr. Hut for the Prosecution stated, that he had several other charges to bring forivard against the LAU INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, JAL 17. E RL CIIOLMoNI,ELEE V. LORD CLINTON. Sir S. ItomirLy, supported by Mr. BELL, Mr. Pitts Tux, and Mr. ll' ALD, moved in this cause for an order of injunction.: to restrain the Noble Plaintiff from employing or continuing Mr. Montrieu, his present Solicitor in thi cause, or in any other suit Captain, in consequence of which the further pro ceeding was postponed to a future day, some respect able persons becoming responsible for the appearanoe of the Captain. MAR LEO ROUGH-STREET.—Mr. C--- who repro- connected with the tith. - . in question, which was de- sensed himself as an Attorney, lately from the North rued under the volunin; y settlement of the late Lord of England, was charged by a Gentleman of fortune, Orford, settling the eats to in question. This estate, residing in Barley-street, with a forcible entry into the Learned Counsel stated to be of the value of se- i his dwelling-house under the followingeircumstances: veral hundred thousand pounds; and lie brought for- —The Defendant, it appeared, fell desperately it► ward the motion on the ground thtt Mr. Moutrieu love with the daughter of the Prosecutor; and al was formerly co-partner, and previously the clerk i though he did not receive the slightest countenance of Mr. Seymour, Lord Clinton's Solicitor before the from the Lady, his passion became so unrestrained, year 1813, when the co-partnership was dissolved. that he forcers by the father of his adored in the pas. This motion was considered of the utmost im- • sage, and made his way up stairs. It turned out portanre, no such case having ever occurred to the that he had before got admission to the house in a. oldest practitioner of the Court. The case was ' clandestine manner. The Prisoner was ordered to argued, ;therefore, without precedents, on general find bail. principles and public pt•!:cy. Sir Attrijutr PIGHOTT, Mr. HART, Mr. LEACH, Mr. RouPshr., and Mr. SHA OW ELL, were Counsel for the Mr. tioveELL avowed that lie was the ad- vise:. of Mr. Montrieu to accede to the proposal of the Plaintiff in becoming his Solicitor. Sir SAMUEL ROMILY made a very able reply. The Logo Ch ANCELLOR said, he should take en opportunity of conferring with some of the Law Judges on the prartice in their Courts ) and with that view deferred judgment. RESURRECTION MTN. Robert Clark and J. Gri(jilli were charged with assaulting one of the St. Giles's watchmen on Tues day night. The Prisoners were endeavouring to get into St. Giles's church-yard, and on the watchman approach. ing them, one of them struck him. The Prisoners were committed in default of bail. Wm. Buck was committed for a burglary in the house of Mr. Heal, in Rathbone-plare. UNION-lIALL.—Juhn Barrett and George Hopkins were brought before Mr. Serjeant Sat.xon, the Sitting Magistrate, by one of the constables of the parish of St. Saviour, Southwark. Barrett was carrying a basket through Union. street, when he was stopped by the Officer, Kilo, upon examination, found its contents to consist of several bottles of good old Port, French brandy, and excellent gin, carefully stowed with several old waistcoats, to prevent breakage ; the Officer asked him how be came by these articles? when Hopkins stepped forward and demanded what business he had to interfere, or ask such a question? The Officer considering him a party concerned, immediately took him into custody also, and conveyed them both to the watch-house. JANUARY 18. HAY-MARKET THEATRE. MORRIS 77. COLMAN. This. cause came forward this morning, and oc cupied the whole day. It was a motion made by Sir SAMUEL RoxtLY, sup ported by Mr. Batt, on behalf of the Plaintiff, pray ing for an order to set aside an award made in this cause by Henry Butler, Esq. of Lincoln'a Inn, who was called in as, an: umpire by the two referees to whom all the matters in dispute between the litigating parties had been referred ender a submission that was made a Rule of Court. '1 here were divers objections urged against the legality of the award, and more particularly to a certain deed for a co-partnership in future, prepared by th arbitrator as part of his award, and to be meet d by the respective parties, which varied so essentia iy from the original articles or deeds of co-partners;tip entered into in the year 1805, that bad laid the f undation of an original and amended bill, for a spc.cific performance, filed by Mr. Morris, and a cross Lill filed by Mr. Colman, on the ground that he had not contracted to give all his dramatic compositions to thisineatre exclusively, Orartnerely those he had or should hereaf►sr assign to them for a valuable consideration, and a mere right of pre-emption or preference before all other pur chasers of such works, some of which he had is his necessities and duress already sold or assigned to the Proprietors of Covent-garden Theatre, which formed (he subject of other taw.suits with such Pro prietors. Mr. HatlT, supported by Mr. SUADWELL, on the other side, for the Defendant, strenuously supported the award as legal and perfect in all respects, at • great length. The former, on finding his Lordship strongly against his argument, desired to cease, hut was desired by his Lordship to proceed as long as the Learned Counsel pleased, since, this being the Queen's birth-day, it would be as well to be amused here u iu visiting the exhibitions in the streets •n that occasion. The Prisoners, when required by the Magistrate to give an account of themselves, and of the articles found upon them, admitted they were in company together, and stated that they found the basket, with its contents, in .the corner of a court not far off; but could not say the name, nor describe where it was situate. Cointnitted for re-examination on Tuesday next. Oa Thursday evening the following affair occarred at an Inn in Woolwich :—An Officer in his Majesty's Navy made an assignation with a young Lady belong ing to a respectable family to meet her at tin. Instead of the young Lady, however, her brother at tended, produced a brace of pistols and demanded sa tisfaction of the Officer for endeavouring to seduce his sister. The Naval Hero, to pacify the enraged brother, promised marriage. ROYAL BOUNTY.—The following is an extract from an authentic MS. relative to the private ex pelmet of Edward Item, The 11th day of March, paid to James St. Albans, the King's Painter, who danced before the King on a table, and made him laugh heartily, being a gift by the King's own hands, in aid of him, his wife, and chil dren, 11. Is. !" Sir S. 11..ostirxr made a very pointed but concise et* to the leading arguments of his adversaries felting on the law only. His Lordship observed, that in a case so much dis cussed before, he only wondered that the great judgment and learning of Mr. Butler had waded so far through the mass of. matter submitted to him ; on which, if the award cannot be supported as he wished, if possible, although differing on the law of the care, the suit would not be elided, from the. spirli t ef 'the partirs, till his Lordship were dead' and boded. tie must read the papers again tatefelly,- . • Judgment deferred. MARRIED. 0 the Ilth sect. at Greenwich. Major Marriott, of the Ron. East India Company's service, to Matilda, eldest daughter of the late T. Norris, Esq. of Gr eenw i c h. (meow Pith Inst. at Teignmouth, S.• 0. Attlay, Esq. jun. of Knight4bridge, to Maria Joanna WoolleOmbe, daughter Qf the late J. M. Wuollcembe, Esq. of Ashberry, Desouthire. DIED. On the 13th inst. at the Oval, Keimaiagtoa, aged 70, Mrs. E. widow of the late Mr. J. Palling, of St. Martin's-lane, Cannon-street. On the 14th inst, at Naairren, Peckham, aged 22, Rachel, wife of Mr. T. Gill, of Spital.square. ioN DON ! Printed-and PaIiHAM by fil. limns" iti ti e ST4TICIMAN OVTICi. 67, Fleet-street. II