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*- ~ ~ Ii I I 1 a~r.~:. Ceilege was merely confined to Mr. C.'s practising as a Physician, and had no relation to his practice in y or midwifery.. • sur gLamb, Sir Ltutas repye, and Dr. Curry. were also examined as to t're letters they had each leceiv ed from the Defendant, and a Mr. Charles Ilurn pbries identified the hand-writing. The purport of these letters was pretty similar to each other. They were each of them read. That to Sir L. P.m was nearly as follows : o To Sir Lucas Pepys , B art U,sper street. t. 17, St Peter's-hill, lillestars' Commons, April 4, " Dr. Campbell, with respects to Sir 1.. Pep'', mitts he slept well last night, alter luring the s.itisfactiuss et treating a stranger ill, and performing the important function of inters diction. Should Sir L, Pepys, and Isis inylligent C ulege, be inclined to pars mite Jr Campbell fuither, let them iininecli• ately employ the law against him, and enjoy all the benefit that arises from qui taw :seisms. Should Sir L Peps be inclined is Mod his bull-dog or mastiff again to St.P•ter's mill,he must send him with better 11111111111:11, Ottjtr7flie ha snrs will be lhoitened tar crej.pwl ; tor, like matter hkp man, he has behaved him,elf eery dl. Dr. Campbell will bur no inyther insults (milt the Chemical London Pharmacopeia, he "Vot• them as a gentleman...4lW treatment will be .horly . h ti.:r .ettes Co the Censors, the Defendant had Pi! •rtl, rat " he was sorry to see the gentleman lust j he Censor," but in other respects tney were neat - iy the same as the foregoing to the President of the College. Mr. Beret- *Po then addressed the Jury and his Lordship. on behalf of the Defendant. He com menced by regretting that the duty be had to per form had not fallen into abler hands, and alliwed to the observation of Dr. Pitcairn, as to the De fendant having told the Board, that he had consult ed his Lawyer, previous to attending them. He could assure the Jury that if Dr. Campbell did con sult any legal advice, it was notihat of his Learned friend (Mr. Gurney) or himself, nor of the Solici. tor who was employed upon this occasion. Dr. Campbell was a person who had been educated in the medical profession from the age of eighteen, had praltised fret as an Army Surgeon, and afterwards at a place considerably distant from London. Instigated by a love of science, and with an intention of benefitting, not merely himself, but his family and the public, he bad lat terly removed to the city of Loudon, where his ge neral preaice was that of a surgeon, and not of a physician Upon receiving the summons to at. tend roe College of Physicians, he sent a to spefiful letter to them, stating that he begged leave to decline an ezaminatiou, conceiving the , . ne not within their jurirdiaion. in answer to this, however, he received another summons, or:hosed ,u ars open cover, which tell into the hands oi Ills ser vants, which, hurting his feelings, had been the occasion of his expressing his resentne-nt in the manner described, when he attend:d the College of Physicians. He had then forgot himtelt to tar as to litter w•. ds whicit lie had since Acknowledged to have been trnbecorning, both of himself, and the re eledable gentlemen who were now the I rosecutors. He however took the first means to repair the injtuy be bad committed, although he (his Counsel) could sot now go into evidence upon it. He lied not only sent a letter of apology. toe most civil and most respetiful, but he hail also sine sent an agent to make it by word of mouth. Yet still that apology could not appease the resentment of that Learned Body. He might have done that which was his unquestionable right to do ; he might have allowed judgment to go by default; but his reason for corning into Court was, that as he was conscious he had dune in his irritation what lie had already apologised fur, but that not proving satisfaaory, he wished to come before the public, more amply to atone (Sr the injury he had given to the Learned College. Coulo the Prosecu tors wish to gofurther than this ? Could their own ehara ters. or the interests of society, be benefited by their doing so ? Certaiuly not ; as Doctor Campbell had authorised him thus publicly to .tats his extreme sorrow for the consequences of his in. temperate passion, and that he had the highest re spect fur those Prosecutors, both collectively and individually. Wish these uheervations, he should conclude, by not attempting to justify, but to state to the Jury that it was evident, that through the frailty of mankind. belted yielded to an irtitation and passion, for the consequences of whalt be bad endeavoured already amply to atone. Lord Lectrisouoton observed, that what dice a more ample apology, by Dr. Cemphell, might have upon th‘learned body, in preventing the ulti mate consequences of this investigation, was not a matter lett to the judgment of the Jury. To them Mere only submitted the facts et the case, as made ona by the evidence adduced. His Loesisbip then reviewed shortly the pinicipal injurious espeesions, verbally and by writing, of the Dgendant ; be also alluded to the beastly manner in which one of the papers submitted to them had bosh besmeared, which he thought must be disgusting to every tea• :enable and rational being. Ihe letters themselves were highly libellous, and therefore i; woold be unnecessary fee Heti to recapitulate the evidence adduced. but leave the Jassy to form theft judgment of the Defendant's guilt or limos:once from the fees, which must be fresh in their recolkaisn. The Jury, without the least hesitatiou, found the Defendant Galli,. (OVRT Olr COMMON PLIAS. Dee 16. S:Vaigi et Nisi Pries Wore Lord CF,i.f Jasti , e MasunaLD, aid I Sperm' Jury. roliallSTZ2 ft. TUN NO /MI OVUM.. Was an salon brought against 111017;0er. writeis, by Plaintiff, owner of the Fdvarrree, se re• cover the value of chat ship, which was lost on the 27th of May last, by driving of a reef of rocks ni Gonaille, a small island, a very short distance from the island of St. Domingo. The Forename sailed for Port-so-Prince, with con voy. some time in January. 181 I previous thereto, she was bought by the Plaintiff for the sum of 3,5001. and was in exultant condition. She arrived sate at St. Domingo, and was thoroughly over hauled. She remained there from March, to the 2G.h of May, when she set sail, in c'nipany with the Glens and Neptoor. for England. On the 27th. about three a. tn. struck on. the rocks, where she re mained without a possibility 'of her gati;fig, off. though every exertion was used for that puipuse by the crew. Captain Mudie, tornatandar of the Favorite, -GenagiL that be commanded her to kit. Donsit.go. could carry 300 tons with ease; the slip wat in good condition, carried ten guns, and was manned by fifteen men, on the passage out ; on the voyage home she was insured ; else Feerares set sail from Port-an-PrMce on the 26th May; on the 27th, at half past 3, e. m. ran on the rocks, the wind blowing high at the time; during t! - :e night it bad been very squally. the wind came round from S. to E. ; when the ship struck, hove every thing over board, and used every exertion to get Iter off by lightening her. The crew were on that day and next night endeavouring to save what they pos sibly could of the cargo; Witness left the ship oa the 29th, at 8, a. as. ; at this time the main-mast had gone overboard ; landed at Leo gene. on the coast of St. Domingo, procured boats, and landed every thing that be possibly could s he kept going to her until the 6th of next month, when she went to pieces ; at the time the Facourite struck upon the rot ks, a small schooner Also struck, but from her bring much lighter, got off. Witness, on his, cross-etamination, stated his crew consisted of eight men, and a boy of fourteen years of age. who :tad been at $4lll before. At the 'time he set sail he was obliged to cut the cable, the men not being able to weigh the bower anchor ; the crew remonstrated with him fer attempting to put to sea, as they were not competent to manage - the vessel, as two of the number were old and decrepid seamen, net fit to do duty ; thought the crew sufficient to bring the ship to England ; could get no others. , Several Captains of vessels in the West India Trade, were examined as to the fait of eight men, and a boy who had been at sea before, being suffi cient to work a ship of the burden of the Faosnrite to England; they were all of opinion that eight able seamen were sufficient ; some of them sate' they had come to England in larger ships with fewer men, owing to the men running away, and could not get others in their places. Captain Sober deposed. that eight Ate men are sufficient to navigate a ship home from the West In dies. Witness had teen the niece, took. and boat swain of the Farunritis crew ; and being asked settat kind of men they were ? He stated the cook and mate were two wot n-out seamen, about seventy years of a,.;e, and completely decrepid; he did not think they were sufficient to bring the ship in safety to k.ngland. Mr. Seejeant BUT, for that. Defendants, stated, this ship sailed with a license. altd also with a much less number of men than Govenuneat specifies. It was pain that a ship should have a sufficient com plement of men; but he would skew thatithis ship was nut seaworthy. Hs did not mean Ca say s!:e was unse-w wthy in her timbers; it would not he sufficient for a ship to have her timbers sound, but she must be well manned ; it would not do to fill up the moster-roll with cripples, the men MLA be suffisiently able to perfortn their duties ; sad could it be supposed that six men and a boy were suffi cient to navigate a slop from the West Indies to England ? One of the sailors, of the name of Ross, who is now a Greenwich pensioner, was exhibited to the Jury; he is en old man. worn down with age. Plaintiff was nenseited. The following it an accurate list of the Staff ap pointed to the Expedition now about to sail from Portsmouth : _ . Mains-General Spencer , cajniminaw. Brigsditit.i.netsi M•larlant. (;eo. Tuchcr, Sinn, Assistant Adjutant-General. Cain lisartford. 3J Gurda, Deputy Assist Ant Adjutant. fitness'. Capt. Bogle, anti, ditto ditto ditto. Copt C.o.k, Culdiitreana Guards, ditto ditto ditto. Lieut.-tot. ifathurst, 60th, Assistant Qtaartor-lnkstet.Conotal. Major Koltun', Deputy ditto ditto. Ca' Hardinge, ditto ditto ditto. 'Silgado Major PreNtoii, 40th Regiment. Ktonenieldt, German Lotion. dotu. Capt. Balfour, Aidole Comp. Dr. Shapter, Inspector of Hospitals. Dr. Weber, Deputy ditto ditto. Dr. Ilcatie, DT. MIAMI, ditto. Staf f Surrm . o.N.colay. Kraelniise . inancies. w.a.er. Extract of a lett:r (ions Leips:ck. dated No vember 13 :—" English merchandize has, for rea sons known to every one. almmt entirely ceased being exposed to sale at our last Fair. Thy Ger man manufacturers have sold many articles of met chandize. consisting of cotton, printed calicoes, printed ►inen, medial. cambric*, &c. the menu. facture of which rendered them comparable to the best of these sort of articles made by the English. They may now proMise ti.emselves ir. future a kind of exclusive sale for these con(moditiss, if they ar rive at. the power of assimul-ting the produce of their manufadories to thoseof the English nation. Leather, and some other articles, which hitherto have bees lar.issght hem England, were but scarce the manufailurers of the country have not yet made substitutes for those articles, with which the French wilt be able to furnish our next fairs. Neititec an English tailor, nor as English clerk, were to be seen. Those of the Ger:sums who formerly filled these employments for English houses, have of fered their services to the German manufatturers, and have become, all of a sudden, their managers. We may further establish the following results as a necessary consequence of the absence of Euglish produds ; the want of tho►e articles of sale has secured the venders from that abundance which in former fait had produces so much evil conse quences. and which had, in an especial manner. caused many merchants to give an extravagant credit. the sellers have, consequently, in a certain degree, been able of themselves to fix the terms of that cre dit, or procure ready money. All the German manufa'turers of cotton stuffs, who had fine art:- des, prepared according to the English mode, have had an inflict of business much more considerable than upon former occasions. The cotton fabrics of Itrzgehery and of Woytland, amongst others, ha►e had excellent sale ; the fine calicoes, the printed linens, and the dimities. flee. have sold rapid* One house alone, at Chemets, has sold in two or three days. more than 6,000 under waistcoats. The merchants hastened to produce all their ancient provisions ; and on the other hand the manufac turers of callicoes.have immediately augmented the number of their woikasen.—(Jearna 6f COIF . 4 1'3F!' 1 ! SOCIETY OP ST. PATRICK. The following i; the circular letter of that truly excellent Institution : BENFVOLENT SOCIETY OF ST. PATRICK, FOUNDED IC LI RRRRR 01., 21.111 CM 17, IS07• The Right Hon. Earl FITZ MIL4IAM, Permanent Patron. In presenting you with a copy of ibis rules and regulations by which it is proposed to govern this Society, the Committee can have no doubt that you will feel rather gratified than offended, at the op portunity which is afforded to you of recording your approbation of this very excellent and lauda ble Institution. The donations that have been made, and the annual subscriptions that have been entered into, in the support of the Society, ate very liberal indeed ; and from the little exertioa thAt has hitherto been made, they may justly be considered as purely spontaneous. Thus our.benevolent Insti tution has opened under prospeas the most pleasing, and with expeEtAtions of increasing patronei4.e and of permanent stability. The great, valuable, and prominent objeft, which was contemplated in Ireland, by our illus trious Patton. namely, the gratuirou, instruEtion of the poor children of that country, without any reference to their religious tenets, is the ground work upon which we have modelled our intaot In- stitution. . In this town we cannot look around us without Witnessing the numerous monuments of its benefi cence as well as greatness; and, considering the extent of the Irish population, (little, perhaps, if any, under 10,000,) it certainly ha., with many, been a matter of astonishment, if not of reproacn, that the establishment of an institution so conducive to the general happiness, and so essential to the public morals, should have been so long deterred.— We must, however, in justice, assert, that our Eng lish friends have, upon all occasions of public emergency, or of individual calamity. evinced a spirit of the most enlightened philanthropy. lot ourselves, too, it may with justice be asserted, that the very circumstances which made the establish ment of the charity essential to the public good, . did, in a great degree. retard the execution of it ; for our Irish population, until lately, consisted al most exclusively of the poor and distressed classes ; and the exceptions, even as they exist now, when estimated with relation to the extent of our Irish population, are numerically insignificant. In almost every region of tne world, we find a promiscuous distribution of the Irish ; but, of the poorer sort, an excessive share is allotted to us. To these distressed beings, the instability or the inane tions of trade, are the fearful and indubitable as surances of misery. 53131: must uniortimattly be abandoned to those perilous and mischievous pur poses, which a condition or unavoidable necessity is but too apt to create or to encourage; acid des titute, perhaps, of food as well as of edug t stioo, they cannot reasonably be said, in such a utiration, to aft under the precise or a t ipropriate iuduence of choice. It would be idle and unporposed to utter into any elaborate exposition of the advantages which must incontestibly result from subjeCting the children of the poor to the moral disc.pline of a salwol. It would be equally idle to deny, that amongst that ' class of the eoromunity, there exists mochsirdostr of mind, with little or no cultivation. This ardetu or spirit must derive its particular efficacy from the natare of the education under which it is regulated; and, of course, it will shoot forth to evil or to good, as the cu lture is heedless or diligent. Indeed, next to those great and tumultuous evils to which almost every community is constantly exposed by the effervescence or irregularity of human pas sion, perhaps nothing can be more revolting to the moral nature of man, tl.an that want of know ledge to welch those evils must in general be refer red ; and, when we consider how delightful it is, at all times, to prevent crime, and bow painful it is, under any circumstances, to inflia punishment— how few can be said to be innocent without instruc tion, or faulty without ignorance—there surely can be no duty, more exalted in its claims, or more blessed in its consequences, than that very important one which calls upon the rich to dispense to the punr the solid and the permanent advantages of education. Such are the animating impulses of patriotism. that the farther we are removed from our country, the stronger is our attachment to it—tbe more dearly do we esteem it. It is the distant branch that is most deeply rooted to its natiye laud. Indi vidually a spirit of charity exists amongst us. That spirit is eager, alive, and sedulous to discover ob jetts upon which to exert. its benevolence; but no great scheme of benevolence can be accomplished without the force of general, And of united exer tion. In this work of dimity you are earnestly called upon to participate. At present the attention of the Society is exclu sively diretted to the educating, clothing, and ap prenticing of thechildren of the poor and distressed Irish : to preserve to them the innocence and the simple integrity of their youth—to establish and refine the moral feeling—to allure them, by means that are wise, into the praftice of habits that are virtuous, will sorely be regarded, even upon the most common maxims of prudence, as the attain ment of very important objets. As we move on in the increase of our funds, it is possible that the institution isseit may assume a more diffusive (butler. We may look to the aged, as well as to the young, that the indigent may be sup. plied with food, and the ignorant with light ; and, in fgt, that the charity may become still more wor thy of our Noble Patron, and our beloved country. Subscriptions and donations will be received by Messrs. A. Heywood and Co. and Mesas. Roscoe, Clarke, and Roscoe, bankers, Liverpool; or may be transmitted. to them through any tespeclabie chan nel. We recommend the insertion of this letter to the Editors of the London and provincial Journals, that an opportunity may be given to the benevolent natives of Ireland, residing in different parts of this country, to dispense their assistance to the Institu tion. The establishment in this town, bring a place of great TCSOTt with the poor and distre,sed Irish. may become most extensively useful; end we are happy to find that it is the wish of several of the direaurs to bind the pupils, after a suitable educa tion, to some of our most expert farmers. Their return to their native country, under sii..ii tir.uro. stances, must be segerded 25 2 matter ut gm at na. timid advantage, and, we hest, stay be the means of recommending the Institution ID the IsberAl con. fidence of the Irish nobility, gently and others. • • gLWIsH ►I AR Mrs. Amelia Noel, a lady of celebssity at the Weg. end of the town, was lately sued spot) a Bill 4)i Lt. change, which she had given for coals, to wibbila • she pleaded liar eft elm. The inadossf *rosin the • marriage was as follows :—Mr. Urielfi, the trader • of the Jewish Synagogue, reduced a Hebrew Mime/. entitled the Katisbab, by which it a:veered, that the bridegroom wiuZebe, the son of Noah, of blessed sue. • missy, and the wituesses, Isaac .he son of Abraham, of blessed memory, arid Joseph the son of .Anonew dab, also of blessed memory ; he was then desired to traaslate this solemn instrument. It appeared to recite a conversation between ifie parts to the marriage, and was to the follu.. ing died :—•• Oa . the fourth week in the second day of the month Mieor, is the year of the Geraihm, 6541, the friend, . or the companion of Zebe Noah, said owe the sp.a- • ster Abinda, ' Become thou my wife according so the law of Moses, and I will maintain shee accord ing to the rites of the Jewish religion, and 1 will provide fur, ard heesour thee. And I shall give theofor the dower of tby virginity, 200 pieces of silver, and the raiment and the sects antes aceording to the custom.' lb which the lady Abinda di consent ; and the (fowl) which she brought, cis sicced of gold, silver. and ornaments, and also of bedding and attire, arid 100 pieces of fine silver, which was increased by the Rabbi father, to •200 pieces of silver," be. Ac. The mar siege being thus fully proved, the Plaintiff was nonsuited. NAVAL IhTLLLIGANCE. tolitsuoura, DEC. 15. Arrived the Pickle schooner, with a convoy from Plymouth.—Wind N.W. V•RMOUTH, DEC. IS. Arrived His Majesty's ships l'ampsyd, Cyst**, and Cheri, from the Baltic. DOVER, DEC. IS. Came in this forenoon a French logger privateer, prize to one of the gun-brigs; also a re.taken brig, prize to the Iteyohst gun-brig. She :s laden with paper, oil, and pipe-dry. There was no person on board her, nor were any papers to be formed, or any thing which could lead to a discovery of her name; but from circumstances it is supposed she belongs to Poole. Three other privateers are said to have been taken, and one sunk, within this week. between &achy Head and the North Foreland. It is reported that two - of them were commanded by Englishmen. DERE, DEC. IS. Came down from the River the Lade Sinclair* Jackson, for Botany Bay ; Pallas, Innis, for IX Vince t's ; Brockbank, and Sisrling, Lye. for Jamaica ; and remain in the Downs, with the ships as per last; also the &sax, detai spd by the 3145:er gent-brig.—Wind W. foggy. outs. One. 14.• The rf fifth Captain Burton, arrived hem on Sis. turday, from the Baltic ; left Helsiogburg, on tilt 30th tilt. in company with the Vanguard, sod th► rest of His Majesty's ships of war. Capt. %Mit brings an account of the loss of the ship Neplase. Clappisoo, of this port :—after being captured by the Danes. she went on shore near Copenhageu r and our cruisers having in vain endeavoured to get her of set fire to her, by which means she was entirely dc stroyrd. both ship and cargo being burnt doers to the water's edge before the fleet came away, Captain Burton confirms the account brought by the blaster of the Crnteriea, of the whole of our men of war having come home both from Us& Sound and the Baltic. CORN EXCNANtik, floc. 16. The supply of Wheat this day it nether shed, but It is ear doll of sale, end does not mairatsta our lad quoted plow Barley in tolerable plenty, and ',whites lower. Seise am Malt about 745. per quarto.. White and Grey Pees, and the two sows of Beaus, still vary but little in prices. Flee le a short supply of ata, yet this amide is quoted Tithes-cheep. Flour at our last eurreqcy—.Fioe American 31s. to 421. pet lac rel. CURRENT PRICE OF GRAIN. Wheat........ 46z. (As. 7114. Tek ditto (Old) ....54s Fine 411. 74s 77. Oat. ..... .....264.31. 40s. Rye (MO' 4ss. SOL „ dis esr Barley ...... 40s. 41. Potatoe ditto Malt (0W)....... 60a. 70.. Rape 50u1.... lll. lib White • lies. 160 s. Fine Flour fiLs 4011. Greet ..........445. 70.. Seconds She. 8ean5(0111d).......•b1w. 64. ' COAL-MARKET, Dm. 16. Ships at Market. Said. SNIP. M. „Navarra's 6..Senderland 44i 04 • 49$ 94 -.._., PRICE q(: STOCKS, YESTERDAY. S per Cent. Reduced 4111 4 per Cent. . .... l4l SI Long Annuities 19 13-161 Imperial 3 per Ceuts.•”•••*••11 62 idi Oinnies ,••• IJ reOl• India Sends South Sea Stock Exchequer Sale ...... ..... Si. db. Is. prem. Co.auls for ..... T. LEN, Ikack•Brolter. dbtreinlailk, and 9, Glaring Cure IRISH STOCIrto 14. re G o ve rn ment Densmo, inn cent •• ..• •7 3 thovernalllit Debustasts per Cam. ... •• • 95:i MAltttlitt3U. At West Maimkton, Someratshire, Charles Match fbils lipps, 11.44. Mast sae of Thomas March PittHipps, Elll. of Garenden park, Leicestershire, to Miss H. Dowd, youngest daughter of Mrs. Ducarel, of Watford-beim. Yesterday, at St. Mary at Hill, Mr. Davis, of the Navy, to Miss Crag*, eldest daughter of Mr. Crags, of WIMITSOIO I Hall. On the 46th ult. by special license, at Weetpart.hoete. tha out of the Marquis of Sligo, George Moore. Esq. of Moore boll, county or Mayo, to Louisa f Gun gat daughter of the lace Mil. Jobs liremne, ad [INA to there gayety. HIGH WATS*. 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