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3~ . should not have thought it decent to have done so— they had been desired by his son to wait upon him, and they should have considered it uncivil to have mentioned to any one else the subjeat of their visit. Lir. Barnett flew into a violent passion, told them they were damned scoundrels, and that he was sure his son owed no such motley ; lie followed up his words by seizing the Plaintiff by the collar—the Plaintiff was a veey slim man, while the Defendant, on the contrary, was remarkably athletic ; h: pulled the Plaintiff backwards and forwards, till at leigth some female of the family interposed, and exclaimed, Barnett, what are voteabout ? For God's sake let hint go ! Don't kill him ! The Defendant continued his violence, and drove the Plaintiff and his brother into the street. In answer to this charge, Mr. Bat nett said he was justified, for that the Plaintiff and his broth; le without his consent, intruded themselves into his house, and were making a great noise, and that he gently laid his hands upon them. fie was sorry that Mt. Bernett, a respeatable gentleman, from whom lie had received many briefs, should have obliged him to state this in Westminster-II:di. He thought he hail disgraced himself by so doing. The Ilaitalif had addressed hint in as civil a man ner as any of his Learned Friends could possibly address his Loraship. It happened, that the Plain tiff and his brotaer had left their walking-sticks be hind them, and they returned to the Defendant's house for them, but the dooe was firing in their faces, and Mr Barnett damned them for a couple of rascals. If the Defendant could not make out his justification, his conduit was that which the Jury would doubtless resent. He should prove, that in consequence of this assault, the Plaintiff was af fliated with an inflammation in his chest, and a spitting of blood, which prevented him attending the surgical lectures. The Jury wet c men of honour and discretien, and he eepeated they would give bim an handsome verdict. Ile did not desire them to press heavily upon the Defenaant, but he trusted they would think he had a serious reckoning to pay M . r. Stratford, the Plaintiff's brother, proved all the material laats stated by Mr. GalToW. Mrs Wood, who lived in the same house with the Plaintiff, said, he was in the habit of attending the hospitals. After he returned from Barnett, he had the appearance of being in pain ; he was unable to attend the le:lures for near a fortnight ; he was afilialed with a cough and spitting of blood, though befiare he had bee.: in perfeel health. On her cross examination she said, he had an inward hollow cough, so that she could hear him up three pair of 'stairs. Alt. EPSKtNE said he was counsel for Mr. Barnett, a very respeatable member of the profession. Upon the evidence already given, he trusted the Jury would be of opinion, there was a disposition, on the part of the Plaintiff, to overstate and magnify the case. If they thought so, it would administer a sort of caution to them, with regard to the credit they gave to the testimony of the witnesses : at least, it would induce them to arrest their judgment, till they had heard Isis witnesses, and, in the meats time, consider the probability of the case. \Vas it possible that any Gentleman, without the least pro vocatien, should have condualed himself as it was stated Mr. Barnett had dune. lie should prove that the Plaintiff. and his blather had refesed to go out of the house of the Defendant, and had called him a pettifogger, and raised a mob about the door, u pon which he had pelted them out. Every man's house was his castle, and if the Defendant did not chose to have his privacy disturbed, he was jus tified in using trace to expel them. Lord ELIANBOR ()UGH observed, that it would be impossible for the Defendant to justify the assault upon that ground. The plea stated, that the Plain tiff entered his house without licence ; but the fa& was, that the Defendant's servant was stationed at the door to admit those who applied for admittance, and he had shewn the Plaintiff into the parlour. It could not therefore be said lie had entered without licence, or against the will of the Defendant. The plea should have stated, that the Defendant being in his idouae, and behaving ill, he had desired Lint to withdraw. Mr. ERSKINE then proceeded to advert to the evidence. Ile observed, that there were some pro positions so absurd, that it .was unnecessary to re fute them. If the whole College of Physicians were to come into Court, and swear that pulling a man by the collar would give him a cough and make him spit blood, he would not believe them. The evidence of the old lady, Mrs. Wood, was quite ridiculous. She would have the Jury consi der, that the Plaintiff's inward hollow cough, which she could hear up three pair of stairs, was owing to Lis having been pulled by the collar of his coat. Lord LI.LENUOROUGH said, it was an insult to the Jury to attempt to induce them to believe that taking a man by the collar should have the effect of making him spit blood, and producing a deep sepulchral cough. The Jury would not, he was . Persuaded. give vindictive damages, merely because it was stated the I klendant was an attorney and had behaved ill; they would give such damages fur, the assault as the nature of it dominate". 'I he Jury consulted together, and gave a Verdisat for the Plaintiti—laimages 101. Lotirt 17. tORIEII Al'ID ANOTHER. TM: was an aclion by the Plaintiff, a Frenchman, to tecover 6001. of the Defendants, his brothers. The demand was proved' due upon an account stated. The witness was a Mr. Bois du Vin. It was objeded to his evidence, that he was an alien enemy. Lord ELLIINBOROVGII said, it appeared he was not an alien enemy before the acction was brought, and therefore his evidence was admissible. Verdid for the Plaintiff. The offer made to raise a corps of Leith Volun teers is accepted by Government. The corps is to consist of WO men. On Wednesday COL DIROM. attended by other officers, measured the ground for the encampment on nose'burgh Links, and allotted the ground for the regiments as follows :—Forfarshire on the right—Dumfries-shire the centre : and the Edin burglishire on the left. The artillery are to be encamped on the Links at usher-row. •zl - 477. ~. FROM THE LONDON' C,IZETIE, .5. Adm;ralty-Office . , jetty 5, 1803. Copy of a Letter I a,,, Admirszair John ColPoys. K.B. :::::»nander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships' and Vessels at Plymouth, to Sir Evan Nem'', Bart. dated the Ist Instant. Sia, I transmit, for the information of the Lords Com missioners of the Admiralty, a letter from Captain Maitland, of His Majesty's ship Loire, giving an account of the success which has attended an enter prize be sent the boats of that ship on, under the orders of Lieutenants Temple and Bowen. The good conduet and intrepidity of the officers and men employed on that service, make it unnecessary for me to add any comment, persuaded that it cannot be lost sight of by their Lordships. I am, &c. JNO. COLPOYS. Lo;re. of L' Isle de Bat, StR, June `B, 1803. I have the pleasure of informing you, that, last night, three of the boats of His Majesty's ship Lo re, commanded by Lieutenants Tc:nple and Bowen, in a most pliant manner boarded, and, al ter a severe confliit of nearly ten minutes, on her deck, carried the National brig Venteux, bearing four long eighteen pounders, and six thirty-six pound brass carronades, commanded by Mon:. !v:ontfot t, Lieutenant de Vaisseau, lying close under the batteries of the Iste of Bas. _ _ W'h:n it is considered that the Venteux, perfeEtly pepared, manned with eighty-two men, all of whom were upon deck, and coveted with very hi-avy batteries, was opposed to the crews of two of our boats, (al tne third, front rowing heavy, did not get up till the brit ; was completely gained pos s:ssion ot,) I feel confident that you will view it in the light that I do, as one of thus:: brilliant ex ploits which add lustre to the British arms, of which, though so many instances occurred during the late war, no one has before been happy enough to have thrown in his way during the present. The succesg of Mr. Temple's daring attempt speaks suttic!ently for his condut9, and that of every one under his curnmai.d, to render it superfluous fin rue to enter into any eulogium on the present occasion. . _ _ Mr. ii idges has served his time, and passed for Lieutenant nearly a-year ; of whose comhui Mr. Temple speaks :a the highest terms, together with that of every officer and man under his command. I am very sorry to add, that the loss on our side is rather heavy, as Mr. M'Gwire, the Boatswain, is so severely wivnued as to render him incapable of ding his duty for a considerable time. Four sea men and a marine are also badly wounded; two of the seamen, I fear, past recrwery. Die Ircnir x had het second captain and two seamen killed : the captain, with four officers, all shy had, and ti:;h: wamen, wounded. She was stationed at the Isle of Bits, to g uard the coast, and regulate the convoys of stores, Stc. bound to Brest; is i vessel of large dimensions, being seventy-four tee: long and twenty-four wide, and perteffly in a condition immed*ately to be employed. . . 1 have the honour to be, &c. F. MAITLAND. Sir John Colpop, K B. E.‘.fe. Admiralty-V•e, July 3, 1801. Copy of a I.ts..er from the Honourable IF C9rn wahos, /dmiral of the Blue, to Sir Evan Ne pal?, Bart. dated the 2(;th of last Month. S R, You will be pleased to lay before the Lords Com missioners of the Admiralty, the enclosed letter from Rear-Admiral CaMpbell, informing me of the Do, is ;L:ving, on the 24th inst. captured a small French Privateer, of twenty-four tons, called La Pe agie, mounting four guns, having on board 37 men, from Nantes, on a cruize, and had not taken any thins. I have the honour to be, &c. W. CORNWALLIS. His Majesty's Shp Culloden, SIR, gime 125, 1803. I have the honour to inform you, the Doris yes terday afternoon captured, in shore, a small French Privateer, of twenty-four tons, called La Pelagic, mounting four guns, and having on board thirty-se ven men, front Nantes on a cruize, and had taken nothing She came through the passage Du .Raz, and in tended to have gone through the passage Du Four into the Channel. Captain Pearson has scuttled her by my direc tions. I have the honour to be, &c. GEO. CAMPBELL. Honootrable Admiral Cornwallis, &c. fec. BANKRUPTS. John 43arlow, of Manchester, Lancaster, grocer, to sur render on the 21st and 22d of July, and 16th Aug at three, at the Commercial lain, Manchester. Accords, John Sharpies, Withy-grove, Manchester; air Mr. Ellis, Ceirsitur street, Chancery-lane. William Tolley, of Dudley, Worcester, victualler, to sur ren•lur on the IRth and 19th of July, at four, and 16th August, at ten, at the Swan Inn, West Bromwich, Stafford. Attor nies, Mr. Bourne, Dudley ; or Messrs. Wallington and Small, No. 3, King's-Bench-Walks, Inner-Temple. Joseph Steel, of Liverpool, Lancaster, liquor-merchant, to surrender on the 26th of July, at ten, and 1 ith and 16th of Ant;. at eleven, at the George Inn, Daleditrea, Liverpool.— Atturnies, Messrs. Langan! and Dale, Stoelcamt; or !Messrs. Cooper and Low, Southampton-Buntlines. Chancery-lama:. Francis Byrne, of Birmingham, Warwick, japanner, to surrender on the '2.2d and 2Sd of July, and 16th August, at eie :en, at the Stork Tavern, in the Square, Bir glum. At turrnes, Messrs. Barker and Hunt, Birmingham ; or Messrs. D:von avid Tooke, Gray's-laan. John Sdragg, of Birmingham, Warwick, linen-draper, to surrender on the 18th and 19th of July, and 16th of Ails. at tea, at the White-Ilaet Inn, in Burton-upon-Tient, Staffed. Attornies, Mr. J. D. Fowler, Burton-upon-Trent, Stolfordshire ; or Messrs. Owen and Hicks, Bartlett 's Buildings. DIVIDENDS. July e 7. Edward Ashecofl..UToort Eastover, Somerset, shopkeeper, at eleven, at the Red-Lion bin, Somerton, Somers?t. Aug. 8. Edward Mundell, of Scarborough, York, corn-dealer, at eleven, at the l'yeal-Bull Inn, Scarborough. July 26. Edward Pemberton and John titillating, both of Liverpool, Lancaster, merchants, at eleven, at the Globe Tavern, John-street, Liverpool. July 19. William Watson, of Fenchurch-street, London, merchant. at ten, at Guildhall. July 26. limn Atkinson, of Great Leonard-street, Mid dlesex, mahogany dial-maker, at one, at Guildhall. - _;; July 2'B. James Comniina, Tate of E).eter, budder, at w.., .t the Globe Tavern, Exeter. July if,. Geier,. Stratton and Hugh Jones, of Chearsid; ironmongers, at tvielve ' at Guildhall. J u ly 38. James Conrad Coltman, of Bridr.strazt, inhume, mercer, at eleven, at Guildhall. Aug. 6. Bacon lienOeld, late of Yarmouth, Norfolk, liqu,r. merchant, at ten, at Guildhall. July Daniel Clark, of Liverpool, master-mariner, at Su.. at the Merchants' Coffee-Imuse in the Old Church-laid; Liverpool. CERTIFICATV. • Isaac Ribeiru Furtado, of South-street, merchant. There existed, in the days of Queen ELizAut.rn a mound of " excellent assurance and advised t,secu rity," which we wish most earnestly to find not v; and it is the fervent patriotism, the active zeal, the disinterested ser. , iee, the unlimited sacrifices, which all ranks and bodies of men were ready to contri bute for the defence of their country and their mparable Soveteign. l'rivate gentlemen and pub. tic bodies vied in their exertions. On Tuesday last the city of London voted SOO men ! Only BM men at this time of day ! The city of London, when , the Arma.la thrmtened this country, was desired to.fitr. nish 5000 men and 15 ships. They granted-10,000 men and 30 ships. Every where the spirit of the country anticipated and outstripped the de mands of Government. But in the present de generate times the City of London offers Fl:omen! Even this miserable effort of patriotism is almost solitary. What town, what county, what corpo ration has contributed even a barren resolution to the public service at this important crisis ? What nobleman or gentleman has given a generous exam ple of his zeal (we had almost said of his stri& duty, for a Baton was at first a soldier) in raising men or ships for the defence of the nation ? But no. These are not the virtues of this age. We stand quietly to be shorn by the tax-gatherer, and there our pa triotism ends. The Lite meeting at Bibury was very numerously attended, and produced great von. The gentle men all rode uncommonly tvell, and with great judgment.—'l'he Hon. Mr. Germaine and Mr. 1-lawkes were the two leading riders. His R. H. the Prince of Wales attended. MARRIED. On Thursday last, at St. George's Church, Mr. J. Duval to Miss Bagnell. Ma..(lay, at Lewisham Chinch, by the Rev. Mr. Hugh Jones, I'. 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N.IPAL IN?' .E. Et NC •PC E PORTslisoirit, :LIN 4. Last evening dropped down to St. Hei:ves his l Alajesty's ship Blau, ke, of 313 guns, Captain Mudge, with her e oneny, which consists of sixteen sail of outward bca.md \Vest Indiamen. Arrived his Majesty's ship Orpheus, of 32 guns, Ciptain Hill, from Guernsey, and remains with the Defiance, of 74 guns, Admiral Montagu, and Cap tain Durham ; Puissant, of 74. guns, Captain ; Afri,aine, of :Ai guns, Captain Manby ; Amazon, of 38 guns, Captain Parker; Ph mix, of 36 guns, Captain Baker ; Seabees( ' of 36 guns, Hon. Captain Boyle ; Galatea, of guns, Captain Heathcote ; Arrow, of '2O guns, Captain Vincent ; Perms , ' of guns, Captain Melhuish ; Wasp, of 18 guns, Hon. Captain .1 lmer ; Spe!ing, of 14 guns, lacut Guyon ; and Petv ,, rante armed storc-ship, of 22 guns, W. Brown, master commanding.—Wind west and moderate. The Seahorm, of 36 pins, the Hon. Capt. Boyle, and Prevoyantc armed store-ship, «•crc this day paid bounty and advance; and are under orders to sail, withtittt loss of time, with the convoy fur the Medi terranean. His Majesty's ship Persetu is waiting, with the signal flying, to collect the convoy for the Downs. DOVER, JULY 4. The AtePand packet, Captain Hammond, sailed Yesterday with foreign mail, and twelve passengers, for Calais, and returned last tide with dispatches. Bonaparte has set off for Dunkirk and Ostend, to irispea the harbours, &c. We barn by a neutral vessel gone past from Ca lais, that two hugger privateers, with small arms, were laying in Calais Roads last night, bound to Boulogne : they had taken an E.,st country ship, colliers, and two smuggling boats, and had on board forty-four English prisoners, when they hailed the neutral, which they were going to land at Bou logne; they informed him, that they had fallen in, with an English cutter, which they were afraid would have captured one, or both of them, but which vessel, supposing thcm to be of force, stood away from them, with a press of sail. As these marauders have already begun their de predations, it is hoped that the Admiralty will take care to keep the ports of Calais and Boulogne blo.-katiod, and provide fast critizers fir this narrow pass between Boulogne and Calais, without which it will be utterly impoi:sible for the cnastrnp trade to pass in. safety, the distance being so short, that ves sels taken in the night are generally in the enemy's pats in the coarse of three or four hours ; ar i it is supposed that more vessels were taken by the Bou logne privateels last war, between Dover•and Bou logne, than at any other part of the Crannel ;" and the smuggling boats being built for fist soling, when they take them, by cutting them asunder, and lengthening them from ten to twelve feet, they make the best privateers that they can havtt; and which annoy our trade more than any other descrip tion of vessels whatever. DEAL, Jul."; 4. Arrived and sailed for the River, the Nader, l'un demo, from Chepstow ; Hannah Mar lial4 from ditto ; Stert, Knell, from Plymouth; and ?,:ie, Tho mas, from Carnarvon. Came down from .;I,eer ne'..s, his Majesty's ship Utrecht, and Lark sloop of war. Rear-Admiral Montague has sHfted his -flag from the Gelyibeid to the Uteeht. Ihe Get grid has sailed on a cruize to the French coast. Iten-Li;it' in the Downs the Utrecht, Rear-Admiral Montague, Captain Rovrs ; Lark sloop, Captain Tower ; Sea ', 6 all sloop ; Champion cutter, Lieutenant Skinner ; acid Dtgbir/ of Lust:herbal/ cutter, Sebrell; Robert, Bellman, for orders ; i•argaret, Griffiths, for St. Michael',; ;ignei, Henderson, for Oporto; Sryrk, Moore, for Virginia ; and Ann, Carpenter, tor Oporto. fhe ;ircbe r gun-brig sailed yesterday, wi.h the Sulphur bomb, on a cruize off Dunkirk. The Seagull sloop of war has a signal for convoy to the westward. FUOM 1.1 (HD'S LIST. DARTMOUTH. 3ULT 2. Sailed the Dragon and Speculation privatee•s on a er..ize. wursitlytu, aui.ti 3. Sailed tke Brilliant privateer on a cruise. TOSSAY, JULY 3. Arrived the Venus and Dart cutters from Ply ill 'all, tt.l pro feet the Vshery. The De —, from Peterbburgh, bound to Gluckszadt, is detained and sent into Plymouth. ARRIVED. At Thibitam—the Die it (lgends Jacob, from Am sterdam. AL Cork—the Harmony, Watson, from London. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT. On Thursday morning, about six o'clock, the powder mill at Stobbs, near Arni stun, blew up with a dreadful explosion. The accident originated in the corning -house, from .thence communicated to a charge-house, and thence to a mill. By this me lancholy occurrence, three persons have lost their lives, one of whom, we are sorry to say, is Mr. Hunter, • a proprietor. At the time the explosion took place, he was on the outside of his garden, with a foot-rule and a pencil in his hand, going to measure sonic wood. In a moment a large stone fell upon him as if from the firmament, struck him on the left shoulder, and carried away his arm. The body was thrown into a ditch, and the arm was driven through a hedge into his own garden ; the foot-rule and pencil were found in the same direc tion. . . There were two men in the corning-house when it blew up. One of them was shattered to pieces ; part of his body was found about :; 30 yards from the house, and in different direetions ; the other was buried amidst the ruins, dreadfully bruised, and half roasted. He was dug out alive, and though in inexpressible agony, his recolleaion had not for saken him, but he could give no account of the cause of the accident. He lived till one o'clock of the day, when death, to him a welcome messenger; terminated his pain. The violence of the explosion was such 'that the premises were blown in pieces, and the fragments scattered in all direEtions. Several trees at some dis tance were thrown down and broken in pieces, and large logs of wood were blown to a vet y great dis tance. The windows of several houses, evert at a considerable distance, were shivered to pieces. r r • % -