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~, IRELAND, COuIITY OP IllOPlAOltalt. i nut Ont , ty nr m.anithan biyen g on fttoolty the 7th Sy •• Deer:idiot, 1301, pursuant to notice iro•ta the 'Shen/. WILLIAM HENRY, EN High Sheriff, in the Chair; .Altar' do.. K.•r, Eve Chairmen of the Crm mittee, appointed on the 18th Nave ober la.t, to tako into consirleratrou the many amiable and transcendent virtues of the tare RICHARD WSUN, of Daseesto-grove, Esq. made the following Re. port .• Your Committee having taken I. to their consideration, the many am'able arid trinteendent vit,aoS of the I,te Richard F.:q. are deeply impressed with a juit of bit oz. shed chat,ctcr. By his death the county has been deprived of one of it. brirhiest nroram..nte, an honest, uprlght, and independent Re. presentative. an 'Rive, kberal, end en.ighienert Country Geo. tlernatt, whose benevr..lerit mind was ever uncut UPOII. wel fare and iruproven.ent of hit country, and the happineos of his, fellow-creatures. " As i pirate gentleman, he was belov.d be all who had thllleiteny of his acettai.vtauce; hie kind dnposition, his happy t..igier, In. coeciliating manner, toe unriorm sad Heil r-titudsit t ,essdeer-il Inn, to sll rank{ and classes of itoepity. Co perpetuate the mirinory of inch a cherseterr, oilman' to r io t Cittemittee et be roost desirable, u it tend. to pay a just Woos. to &patted worth, and h,,lde riot a *sing incitement so espies to emulate stark a br gist example. Your L: emitter, the,en.re, beg leave to sugzest for your chat they contrive to be the moat proper and sff.ctual mid,. of paying d lasing tribute to lilt: 11/Ulloly of Der.Daw•enw-Thst a COLUMN OF STONE *mad be erected is mine conspicuous part of the town of Eto;oCholl (being the vrelity lime) erell • ,41111104111 Inscrip tion, enor , asiie of Mt. D411101.'4 malty and transcendant vita too:, awl that the fond for erecting said column, stiou!d* be Mimed by voluntary subscriptiont from the county." The Repent having been read and annoyed of— k was orninimo,sly resolved, 'Chit a Column of Stone shall be et. ele4 tau rh- town of M,naghsto. as a lasting milese to the seashore r I the late Mr. Daesen, • maned univerally beloved by the county. 1614 that a suitable Inwrlpa n ho engraten time* WILLIAM HENRY, Sheriff. • Duette, arc. P 2. On Wednesday night last, the Right lion. I lent y sailed from this City for Holyhead, in ol d r in site rd the ensuing Sessions of the Imperial pa, ,i • rue ro . Airy from Holyhead, Right Hon. George Kat a I min family, and Miss Staples. 7. . mor: - ieg t etc was a field Joy in the Phe. ix . the Infantry regiments which ere now on b eu y 'l nose field drys are now very freq .:ad the perfection in military skill and obeli ‘• ch the several regiments evince were those ais high.) creditable to them selises se.. fa- • :y to the root:try. The Court .1 &mei. ha• been necopl...l for sots.. days pas:, the trial of a cause beet' the Lord Chief Aisne. and a Special Jury, wherein the 101 of ownership to 'tit &rand, fr.sts Riagseud td Merrion and Bleck-xick. sztithward tit the well leatfisig from the es a ecn-t.onse to the Ligiit-house, by Lord Viscount k yew' ham, is contended ageinst by the Corporation or the of Dublin, who have Claimed it as their property. The proceedings of the General Court Martial, whiels sat lately ir Dublin Barracks fur the trial of two Officersot sth Garrison Battalion, upon the iharge of if.e•i Is virig been found drunk upon their, guard at Kurnaualam, on the morning of the 23.1 of tiLISVAsSI.IaLf last. are closed ; last the verde% or result to tr.e deliberations of that Court of Honour. cannot he known until it be laid before the Com. wander in Chief, and be approved or disapproved by the Lord Lientessant or His Majesty. Ttie accounts from the Counties of Limerick and C dway are of the most distressing kind. he rouse face of the country is deeply buried in snow, which fell most beaten) , for some hours ou the 7th lasting. 'I be mail coach from Enn:sitillen broke down, a few nights since, between Cavan and Vir ginia. The bags, containing the letters, were towerded by the ;plaids on horseback. Some of the passengers were enabled to get to Virginia by 'nuns el a return chaise, while the remainder were obliged to stop in a cabin all night. Fortunately,none of the passengers sustained any personal injury. Nio preparation has hitherto, or is likely soon to be made towards carrying the intention of the Ad torte-building the intended Bridge over the River Liffey, on Ormond-quay, into execution. The ex peitie of s-ilaciting and procuring the Aft of Par liament !or building that Midge, amounted to near 100 e. an experts!, which has hitherto proved unpro duaive, in consequence of the difference of opinion between the Ballast • Office Corporation and the Grand Juries of the City and County of Dublin, res +tote to the plans proposed to them. We have been informed by a Correspondent, that as an Officer of a Militia Regiment was shooing near the Shannon, on the let inst. on his return home to Banagher, he Suited a woodcock near Colonel O'Mnors's park, which he marked, and gave ()Niers to is man that was with him to go and put it up for him, at the same time desiring the mall would not shoot, but notwithstainding the precaution given, he fired, and lodged the contents of hi, piece in the Officer's Ince, whirl has deprived him M one ev, and mangled him in a most dreadful wanner—had it not beers for the very thick hedge, his head mu.t have been blown from his body. Thursday se'nnight, Mr. Dennis Kennedy, en npulent farmer, of Donohcr, within four miles of Tipperary, returniag from that town towards home, happening to fall off his horse, was smothered us Lite scow. Last week, Jams MACILANESS, Esq. was, by the Cctporatiou; unanimously eleeted Recorder cat the Botoogh of %Vallit:Word, in the 10001 of FHOMAS MILLS, Esq. resigned. A 'limber of clergymen and other respedable in habitants of Greutovic and Port Glasgow, have totmed themselves into a Society for assisting the Briudl and Foreign Bible Soci,tr. A cow belonging to a farmer at Steyning, that had been for a long time in a state of gradual de cer, was list week killed. by Mr. You're, butcher, cf that. place, when it appeared, carat a complaint in the lever was tie cause of her indisposition. as it had grown t 4 such an enotilloos tie:, as to weigh eft woo Hiner This may appear almost incredible w 'Qum. as by far esscrlng any thing of the kind ever seen before ; bat as all the gentlemen of the eeeee is the reightrourhoud have been to see it. they C M vouch for me authent:city ; and Mr. Youvo P:tettlds to preserve wow sswe far the trtsint.W.. et 42.0 sedans. , • LAW' INTSLLIGSNCZ. COURT OF ADMIRALTY—Mc. 16. DANIA 5!1!1. PtfrIPAIX. This -vessel had been captured by one of Ilia Majesty's ships of war, corning ,Irplo shu West Indies, bound to Copenhagen, and tbe present cause was a claim of Willia^t Cordon, the Super cargo, grounded on an affidavit, Stating that he is a native of Scotland ; in the year 1803 he went to Copenhagen, and entered into the service of a mer cantile house there; atzerwards came to this coun try, on bnsine,s for that house; went to Scotland, to see hii friends, and returned to Copenhagen ; from whence he went, as Supercargo of the ship Pheni x , to the Island of St. Thomas, in the West Ladies ; purchased a quantity of sugar, rum, toffee, and taJigo, on his own account, and put it on board the Phireis, In the name of the Master; the Deponent sot being a burgher or citizen of Den mark, he never had absolved his allegiance to this country, and alit ays considered himself a subj,:et of ' Great kliitain : upon tisese grounds he prayed the Court. that such part of the cargo that belonged to him might be restored. Sir WILLIAM Sisnvr affirmed the condemnation of the ship and cargo, except so much as was the anual property of William Gordon, which he or drred to be Restored to him, be being a British subjed. COURT OF CHANCERY—LINCOLN'S-INN, Die. /6. THC CORPORATION Of COLCIILITeR O. LOWTIN. In this cause an injundion had been granted against the Defendant's proceeding at law, and an older made for the Plaintitis to pay into the Court the sum of SaGI. The p.esent appl.cition. on the part of the Dclenjaat, was to retutt the injunaion to the verdul obtained by him on the ljuanscut. so that he might be permitted to proceed upon the award of the arbitration. A counter-motion was then made on the part of the Corporation, calling on the Coutt to vary the minutes of the !climes ordtr. with reaped to the payment of the 5001. into the Court. It was grounded upon an averment that ...he Defendant had already received a sum of money ta that amnunt, being the interea accruing out of data.. wh.ch the Defendant WAS not entitled to mike. Sir Aar ?MOT: . and Mr. WEIIIIBILALL sup ported the claims of Mr. Low•ten spun the Corpora tion. The latter Gentleman cus-rved, ?bat this con sciehtioas budy had, in their comfuet to the De fentlan:„ verified the assertion of the very able and 'mg icieus Judge Comply, " that Curpeiatioas bad no souls." Sir SA such Ro sit t.hy, for the Plaintiffs, argued on the worm of I,ls runtiou ; an.• observed, that i t savoured little of trial magnanimity in his I.:•arned Friend, Mr. Wetherall, so frequently to indulge in his attacks on this rota-fort Corporation, wh.n he must be awa.e that tt was the natural consequence of such a privation, not to feel a spirit of resent ment. the Loan CIIANCELLOK concidered the argu ments on both motions As bearing to the same point. Upon an interlocutory motion r.t this kind. he wa g not prepared to gay what might not be the jurisdic tion of a corporate body. However. he did not see aoy grcund upon which he oug it either to enlarge or rearitt the previous order. tie accordi.:gly con firmed it, and ord, red the Plaintiffs to pay rate bum of 5001. into Court. The LM ID CaattoacLoa retired at two o'clock to attend the levee ; and his Honour the MAS t tit continued until tour. to dispose of the other rao tious. BOORT OF KING's BENCH, Sus LLLLLL , Doc. 16. Sittig: Srforo Lord E °Rowan usd Special Brier. BLACaITT, p. This was an asttiorr to recover damages from the Detenduot, as the owner of a col4er, called the .i/oldry, for running down another collier, called the Brad belonging to the Plaintiff, by which event this last vessel went to the bottom. It appeared, that this unfortunate rencontre took place on the morning of the 4th of February last, off Robin Hood Bay, in the county of York. The weather being then very cloudy and dark, the crew of the Muselq did not discover the other vessel tin they were very near each other ; and although they used every effort in their power to avert the acci dent, it was in vain ; they came in contact with each other, and • the 'Bradley unfortunately sunk. The Captain of the &toothy called out to tile other to steer bard-o-kr. but at a time when it was too late to prevent their coming in conga& kir and his crew had been employed at that moment, when the discovery of • sail a-head wa► made by a boy, up aloft in setting the maio•top.gallaut.;ails, whioh operation requiring many hands, the watch was theresy negletied. It was proved. that the Wad -I,y had hailed them in sufficient time.and that they had placed their ship in a situation to avoid the Mose!, y, when at halt a mile distance. Under these circumstances the question principally turned upon whether or nut a du.• look-cut had been kept by the Almelo, during such a dark night ? or whether there was an intermission of that requisite diligence, so as to occasion tie catastrophe? The Captain of the lloseky. and several of the crew cf both vessels, gave their testimonies, each stating, that their requisite ships bad used every ne cessary effort to avotd the other, but the weight of evidence being on the part of the Plaintiff, the Jury returneda verdia in his favour ; the damages being afterwards to be ascertained by reference. TNS [IMO v. C•111,1181.L. This was a case winch excited a considerable de gree of interest, both on account of its singularity and the respeftability of the persons un whose behalf the prose.utien was concluded. Toe Ai'cuasiy.Gttttat. stated, that he per. snaded tumult, when tare Jury heard the grounds of the prosecution, they would by no means think it unimportant; but that they would foci, as the gen tlemen for whom he appeared as Counsel (tile Royal College of Physicians) did, that if any regard was so be preserved fir that society to which they belonged, it spas absolutely necessary that the licewiousness of the Defendant si.ould be stupp44. It was a piosecation that cam. before them by di g/aim of tho Court of Lug's h;easb, who had al-. ,r w .~ _ , eady etpressed an opinion that the Defendant o tight to be prosecuted in the form of an informa tion. The importance of the duties which lay upon• the College of Physicians to fulfil, it could bot be ; necessary tor boo to -enlarge upon. He should 'only observe, that it was of the utmost consequence to the public that they should have men of skill prarnsing ia, physic ; and so it, was of the greats* importance that those who had no skjiin4oute 906 i pradise. This the L:gislature had spenaioned the reign of Henry the Eighth, by grant:ni to Use College of Physicians a cloister, conferring upon 'them certain authorities, the main object of scuds was to prevent iilit•rate periwig from pr.sdising upon the credulity of the public: for this purpose, a power was given them to mavent all unlicensed persons prattising as poysicians within the City of London, and seven miles thereof; and to ealksucli persons before them ter examination as to tneitelsail.. —lf found tit persons. by a Court called :the (Loyale Nowa, consisting of the President, Vice- President, the tour Censor, and the Registrar. of the College, they were entitled to he hoe.ned, and none others were entitled to pr raise, under pain of being interdided, and incurriog certain penalties. In the course of last year it was communicated to the College, that the Defendant was pradising without a license, and they accordingly issued a, summons for him to attend them at their HAI, ins Warwick-lane, which he at first disregarded. ?a, second summons bcong afterwards served upon him, he did attend'; but his conduit upon that occasion was so irregular, indecorous, ■nd uribetonnuttbe dignity of that corporate aod learaed body. that it • formed one of toe rrouods for the present prase. cation. He should be sorry t•s make any general rede,flion: upon the charader of Mr. Heaur Camp bell, the Detendact, which he might not deserve ; and, lodged, the fail was, that he knew nothing of his character, his general conduit, or his acquire. meats. Tne College of Physicians themselves ;did not pr4foss to know any thing more of him than what they could collea from the manlier in which he concluded himself before them. This coodud would be afterwards detailed to the Jury by the wu ie.ses he should call ; and from them it •vould a;:prar, that the Defendant had ever thought proper to afford the College as opportunity of ascertaining whether he was qualified or not for that prat:lice which he had assumed, or of knowing whether the public were likely to be benefited or in jureJ by his doing so. On the contrary, by his conduit that day. he had shown himself to be unfit to pr.:disc auy liberal science, because a man con cluding himself as he did, must be so wrong. either in head er heart, as to disqualify him from being ad mitted into such society as was necessary tpr such a pradice. It was evident that the Collegi had ail ed from ; no improper motives, but from a conscion,- nets of their duty, to take care that nobody prac tised within their distrid, who was not legally and properly qualified. Finding that Mr. Campbell refused to comply with their order, and that he set them at defiance, they next: procee :ed to parform further duty, by interdicting him Irons prac tising, and informed him, that if he did so, he would subjed himself to certain penal ties. Ih it sentence being served upon him, he chose to • .nd to ea.h of the members of that soz,ety one of tl.e most scurrilous epistles, which would be read in evidence to the duty, and which they nu doubt think a most scandalous libel. T!•: , io terdiition was sent to him by Dr. Hervey, the Re gistrar of the College, and part of it was returned by the Defendant, besmeared with filth, in a man ner be should forbear to describe, as the thing itself would be exhibited to them in Court. He should not dwell further upon the nature of the offence, as their business would only be to hod *nether or not the Defendant was guill of having committed t:.e fads charged f it being for the Curt afterwards to say what punishment he deserved._ The first Witness called, was Mr. Roberts, Soli citor to the College of Physicians, who produced the Charter by which that Corporation was con stituted, and also their books of annals or monthly proceedings. From that book it appeared, that upon the 3d of April last, Sir Lams •Pepys was President ; and that the Ceniors were Donors Pit cairn. Stone, Wm. Lamb, and George Gilber i t Carry; that Donor James Hervey was Registrar ; and Donor Saunders, Sir Walter Farquhar, and Donor William &Abington, were Licentiates.' , Mr. BOLLAND and Mr. GURNLY, as Counsel for the Defendant, here stated various objeCtions to several counts in the instinment, as not being suffi ciently explicit. as to the terms of the summons and form of the service of interdinion requisite to be observed, according to the Charter. These ob jenions, however, atter considerable arguments. were over-ruled. Mr. Roberts further proved, that, at the monthly meeting. upon the 6th of March, when Mr. Campbell had declined to attend, and it was ordered that he be summoned to attend a second time, Sir Lucas Pepys was President ; Drs. Pitcairn, Stone, Lamb, and Curry, were Censors; and Dr. James Hervey the Registrar. Dr. Hervey deposed. that he was present at the Comitia Minos, upon Friday, the 6th of February, when information was given to the Board, that Dr. Hefter Campbell was pranising within the City of London, or seven miles thereof, without license.— He was direned, by the Board, to prepare a sum mons of admonition, and to have it served upon the Defendant. He accordingly gave it to the Beadle, of the :tame of Miller, for that purpose. He was also present at the Board held on the fithof March, when Dr. Campbell ought to have attended, but did not do so ; and he was again direned to serve him with a second summons, which he did, and had it served, as before. He was again present at the meeting, upon Friday, the 3d ut April, when he W./1 direned to prepare an interdiftion. This he did accordingly, arid it was signed by the whole Board, and attested by him in his capacity of !legit:tar, as a witness, according to the Corm preacribed by the charter. Upon the 4th of April. he received back a part of that interdinion, inclosed in an envelope, from the Defendant, by the two penny post, besmeared over with nastiness and tilth--(Here this filthy document was produced. and the Defendant said it was the same he had so received]. It was addressed to him at Somerset place. Hammersmith. He knew, when he received it, that it was besmeared with excrement, as it had a most offensive elliavia. T7 I k t Crory-Eratereed. • - • , • • HI. did not teeolita of having received any Mimi-. letrerfrhm the Defendant,elOot before or since that. -MifsilliailisMilicr, the Beadle to the Crillegas,l Phy. siciarts, peeved. that .isisa hut aegularly be. ved t! e . isurnmolves and t h e notice of interdiaion.upon the ; lasfirottriti ,artdiereit. he had roused threes:i the Ifni& socrubmw. wileettt hrosiepaho ptev ~ ,metridvicee Inf his Couriewl, soiLeaii im slim:id hesgiust. tri Ispendr 10001.' to. t brow gm :sample cuitege al , , Physicians lupoh thertr bickv.''llly'srs thateceasioNt As Ipefe 4- n . art said. that in tha,e . fetbidtionaty . tirwel i ff as :net expedient for . .chartetaliogei' lei exert „.',tlx", 'powers, or wordinto that purpose. Upon tliiaho, the. Witne", rather tn , i.rvoare.:: in ieconcile him to their authority, and 'advised hiti" to . attend. He r was not certain ikhether t' surnattin . sos wore opFu; ' if not, but hadelivireed 430 e Of titOrp to his ser.trans.4 Di. Pmairit deposed Om. e---'4.1 .sees organ IP atnehr - ei me estien Veit f /efeligiutt atteowle& She Coto like, ating thßa Ore et vhb . Ctielsors. 'Me' Junver, sti ; ;:al44lt pLaPd se,ino • li t it-ocestsiori iir,i !gist and ' desnitory. 1.3:-. Ctimplyel l Oa . his atrodoinion hn 1 1 the lkoard. was desired.to sit show n, and h;-• Pia:. '.. 1, forgied that the pat pot* of h's coming to the Boasts if :Wit, th4t he might he deeited-to c ;&614 hi. praclkel. i? 'to surgery art pharyn icy, and, that he Board re. qhireclaa,assufaace diet he eiould so testi id! hiu. :seg. Ede appeired to' consider (1.1;s reviiti(4ll as a . ;twit hardship. He Net forth the pains and eapt use • be Mid - hero at in his' education ; that he ful, bleu apppll Of St .Tliornas's Hospital ; and lAA beat stress upon the eminence he had ..ccauiril in chemical knowledge ; ita:igg that .he bed, made iliscoveries in. that sc;enlW, that were iMr po:tant and useful ; and that In the pragire of hit prof: scion, he had confined himself to what I a I called the .Surgety of Medicine. sr Medical. Sur. terYi and that many surgeons in London prellis!d physic as well at ha. He was told that those per. sons did not do so profess-ly as he did; that he called himself Dr Campbell, ,and had that title upon his door; and that he wrote prescriptions ' and signed * them as phySicians nasally do. A pp. b , scription was accordingly shorn to him, in his owa, hand-writing, with his ioitia!s signed.—Tbie be did not deny ; but said that ;hat had corn. frog' the medical f alion in the Ilerough.—Hs appeared to have an impression upon hi, mind ;bat there was such a faiffion, and that the proceedings, -h- n. going forward in the Censors'Hall, were t0,..i,..14..1 by that fagion. He was assured that there way If) such thing, and that the Censors had no piglet it him, but that they only aged in conformity itoh, what they considered their duty, by the ragitli-, 'ions of theColleg.!, and of the itarums of thi.tkingeLn . and that they enueavoured to disebargeit with impar tiality.—Upon this Mr. Campbell became warm, and arraigned, in rather .severe terms, the conduCt of the Censors' Board.. Ile dhided that they atagd, with impartiality, at.,l insinuated that they had unworthy mod , : ::s for th.ir proceedings. At last he proceeded to say, t I always knew you to be a partial Board. Sir Walt.:: Farquhar and Dr. Bs-• bington got into the' Collage by rising inooey to' Dr. Saunders' As soon as he had used these es, premioahlhe President script him, and said, t Me,: Ciaapbeli, I can liear no more of this. you will please to retire.' Upon this, he said he would not ret're, bet that we might turn him out, for bst would not go till ha chase; that he did not come there unadvisedly, he having talked to his Lawyer before (te came. He knee: the extent of the power ! of the College to be. that if he pragised without their license, they might Sae him st. p er m o nth. He w..s ....)!e to jay it ; and he more than once put his hand to his pocL'et, and asked what was to pay ? He continued to put interregatorir , for some minutes. as to • what the College would do, and as to how they would proceed ; with an ititen;i;:n, as it appeared to me, to provoke altercation. No answer was made to him. sad at last he rose to go away. As he was !saving the room. one of t h e Censors said to him' Are you aimed, Mr. Campbell, to give the Board any as. 'unmet that 'you will restrig your piagice is sur !. gery and pharmacy 1' To which be answered, he was not. The Censor then replied, , Then, Mr. Camp.. bell, you musteapea that the Board will proce e d as the law authorises them to do.' Th.s was spoken to him in as Mila *gone as I speak it now. Mr. Campbell's observatiho upon that was, . Then y 011 are all a pascal of tai law mounds*, Is, and the he left the room. 'By that time the Presideitt I. , I rung his belt, and the door of the room wa op recd by the Beadle; so that what the Defendant 4 said might - have been easily heard by others 4 o were out of the room, and theme were rns.ce,giate Ice' Gentleman then waiting, in order to be eta. gained. I received - - - _ _ _ Ohm' , nearly in the Centlemen of the 7 nant at it, I threw Upon being crci never knew Mr. Ca to his charailer or p, there was a letter Ire, Board, st icing reasons sot deemed satisr:- - hay. escaped the (Here Mr. 8011,. (instant, to the Do, Doctors' Commons. t • be had received their them, to be extruie that their informal aB along studiously alleges. as his practi Medical surgery, tr chemistry. At the profess his respect and individually him to comply wit scribed by the rnies , ever, to solicit a license, found deficient.") This die Vs'itness , I of the Miter alluded Mr. C. asking the ' condo.% in order thee, privileges. Etembiard Hit recolleßion of the convercrion a:cation almost .1 , - ... ,~ r. I ! „ . • , ,1 ti red a letter from Mr. Campbell. 1 he terms of the others sr.rtic to the e Board ; but leen myself iodig- I it into the ire." oss-veamined, the Witness said he Campbell before. either in regard r paelession. He did think that Is r Irani the Defendant read to the assns f..r his condua, that were staficry, although it appestr.td to memory of Doctor Hervey. liand read • letter from the De- Board. dated at St. Peter's-Mil. ns, 60 of March, stating—“ net their inirncriCillteS to ,appear before tined.; but he could assure them. ation had beenerfoiseous, as he had ly avoided it:stringing upon their pri- actice had alw,yl been confined to , midwifery, and the tsaehiog of the same tune, he begged leave to :t for the College, bola collectively ; but it wculd be impossible for rith what they demanded, as pre* es of their society. Were he, how. license, he trusted he should not he • . ess thought similar to the language luded to. He did not recollegt fir College to prescribe rules for his t C.l2t he might not infringe upon Ertheitud in Chef. is was 'called to the prec:se weeds li rive before narrated, by his ;vies4 ' r lunikli"Y rslMrwetdela csakanaa- - 4 e- II Lo o- ex in we late ling Al