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m,~ '. tri ' ,n erJay the as ar -nirat. ship, lined three rived. Fri- Ports rd the By OUllts He 3 Se large .114 g. • r , MITI - II Y. Ip,S ADDRESS TO ENGLAND, ON Hilt NELSON'S DEATIL WRITTEN IT W. T. PI I'ZGER4LEI, ESQ. breve et itrepares.le temp t ', Omnibus ett wits ; sed f..marri extenders tactit, Hoc meth opus ! While England beams one universal blast, The faithful tribute of a nation's praise ! For naval deeds achired, of high natiown, And honours added to the British (;row a, b there a Illiton's breast that does not beat At Nelson's triumph! and the foe's defeat! However poor, he shares the gen'rous flame, And glows. exulting, at the Ileio's name, bum...Gs] Nelson ! here my throkohnig heart, NwAing wAh arrow, acts no borrow'd part. M.,y I not say, and say it with a tear, That, with his death, the triumph's bought too dear? But who can murmur? Glorious was his doom ; Toe heart of very Bikes is his tomb! The nation's faerite, and his Sov'rzigo's pride, Ile dea v otic Lord of Ocean'. tide! Each coast remembried for some deed of fame, Was made illustrious by Great Nelson's name; Denmark, Iberia, Egypt)" trophied shore, Heard Om dread thunder of his cannon's roar While laurels, won from ev'ry hostile fleet, Ile laid, in triumph, at his Monarch's feet; And Hist'ry ewer shall record the day, Bright with his glory, in Frefalgat's bay. In torrid climes, whete Nature pains for breath, Or tainted gales bring pestilence and death ; Where hurricanes are born, and whirlwinds sweep The ragi•.g hilkio• of th' Ati intie deep, Nelson bad sought, but long had sought in vain, Th*mill retreat," fleets of Frew!. and Spain ; Whet. to trid, at last, he crusli'dshem on the flood, And sea''d the awful conquest—.with his bleed ! t.•l3n ••.4ht Ice in lo • gu e 6 ac dad- )urda tance iS Te at the iliory 7eiou, 4 the Ah of ming Ad- 14 Sir I din- from h the IL. , 1 i:e , vice ) the v, oil Loa -1411- ►eneJ Jth, Arqr's niou, Id his leven unost WI 4 - the 1111.1 metJ6 ..,$)*J. Ling a antity King Yet, ai he lii d, so did the Hero fall— Creuchl at his feet, he saw the humbled Gaul ; Saw hostile navies into ruins hurrd, And England's trident rule the wat'ry world ! Then did he, latirel-erowied, and wrapp'd in fire, 14bonie on Vicery's outspread wings—ovpi,e ! tiesprendA be the shouts that rend the sk les-- lEngtand's triumphant '—but her Nelson dies A grateful nation mourns her Hero dead, And dews, with team, the faucets nn his head' Laurels, foe ever green ! for ever sew ! Be4nratled. with lielbou's dying brea:h, to you! Nov. 1, VAS. icqui- 6uni;t7 night, Sir R. STRACIRANPS •iEtory ar red Le Hitt AS •. The band .f Owl Ki»o'r Own Militia played Rule Britewnia, thrnngh sor, and then went to the Castle-yard. The ROYAL FAMILY came to the windows to view them, and were cheered by the populace. Yesterday morning, His Maityrv, and the Prin cesses AtGLST A and A MELIA, accompanied by General Fr TZROY, Col. TA vcom. and Lady Wvrs • AIM. took an Airing in Windsor Great Park. • Her MAJEiT Y. and the other Pa ecsssrs, took an airing in a carriage and four, by Langley. We are happy to say, Mr. Purees reported His MArryrv's eyes to he better. Last night, Windsor was illuminated. Arrivals at Swansea : Mr. and Mrs. 14.nelyn \Whams, Mr and Mn. A. Jones, and Mr. Coliser, Mrs and Ml4l Evens. Yesterday, Mr. PITT had a numerous party to dinner. Among the company were, the New AL AMBASSADOk, Baron NICHOLS. L'lrciS CATIICART and MCLGRAYE. Sir R. WILLI AILEY, &C I Viscount and Viscountess CASTLLAILAHM. and Lady Setarr A Srews or, arrived at Nasce's Hotel, last night, !torn East Sheen. General Hutss left town, yesterday, for Dartford. Dolor HAGUeS Annual Concert will take place sett Thursday, at Os Tower-hall, Cambridge. We are concerned to say, that Viscountess Ist son is very ill, at Bath. Mrs. Fivztt is expeded in town, this day, from Brighton. The Hon. Mrs. EssatNa, we are sorry to state, k dangerously indisposed, at her house, in Lincoln's- I.sn Fields. Marchioness Wst.t.asLay, and her daughters. arrived in town, yesterday, from Brighton. The POSITLICUM Alleassaona arrived, at nine o'clock last sight, from Ramsgate. Lady De Cirreorto will he in town this day, from Elden, where she has been on a visit to the Countess of AL 11114•1! LE. Viscount &tuxes , and Lord Sr. Haxarr's are on a visit to the Earl of Essex, at Cashiobury. Lady PILLSCOT will be in town this day, from Bath. The Archbi lop of YORK had a seleEl party to dinner, yesterday, at his house, South Audley-street. The Marques of SAL ISIBUR Y arrived in town yes terday, from lfatfiehl ; he came front Aldborough, to attend the trial of Sir JoNs East au. The Marquis and Marchioness of Bore are ar r.ve.l at Boconnoc, in Cornwall, where they pur pose p wing the w.t.ter ; the mild air of that county barring (teen recommended by her Ladyship's Phy• sicians, Is best adapted to the imperten state of her health. Yest,rJay, tae remains of Mrs. 13v ao, who lately died at n.ti I), were temoveti from St. James's-square, tot intcrmcr,t in t!,e family vault. A few Jays since, the first stone of a new Thea tre, at Aberystuith, was laid by the lion. Mrs. G. firoxev, daug hter of Sir JOll4 go !: Wlt --ALAS Ao PEN, Bart. which will be completed against next summer, and form an elegant striteture. The St. Clem.'nt Danes Volunteers, yesterday mustered in lancolit's lon Gardens, and afterwards fired a volley in honour of Sir 11. mm ARD r KEEN Ass's victory over the eacuay. • . THEATRES. V- L ANC. Last night, after the Comedy of A Prior Clam, a new Meln-Dramatic Piece, in one an, was pro duced, for the purpose of commemorating tl:e vic tory and death of Lord Viscount NE‘sus. By the excellence of the language, and the sweetness of the music, the Managers hive proved that they have not been backward in their endeavours to please the public on this most feroarite topic. The Over ture, which is expressive of the noisy sounds of bat tle, the joyful sounds of vinnry, and the sorrowful sounds of death, concludes with Rile Britannia, and was much applauded. The curtain rising, presents a view of the sea, and a fleet at anchor. A boat rows to shore, from which Mr. Eixisrov and Mr. BllAttAnt, in the charainers of naval officers, ac companied by several sailors, land. fame is seen descending in a cloud ; and, after an intrndunory speech by Mr. ELLisi (v., expressive of their hav ing brought the news of the viicb.ry, and death of Nation, Mr. Ba sings a new song in praise of his memory, whiea was rapturously (neared. Several British soldiers and la-hes 'hen make their entre, and are informed by Mr. El. LISTO•4 of the vinory gained, of the loss suss tined, and of the hopes they must eutertab;, at the express desire of Net.son. for the brave Admiral Cut.i.irrowoon. The Dialogue is chiefly i t verse. highly finished, and expressive of every thing which British hearts can feel on such an ocica;ina.--Atter a chorus sung by Mr. BRAU AK, Mrs. Bissio, and the rest of the Company, Rule Bri , affifa, is played, and a trans parency of Lord NaLsosi rises oat ul the sea, sup ported by Angels. The whole company then come forward, and Rut. Rafaaffia is sung with a full chorus. An addition.il verse is sung by Mi. BnAaAat,which received the most unbounded ap plause ; it concludes with— Ruts lintamiss, rule ,re .es, brave, Wltil laurels str..w vo.,r The House was crowded in every part, and the little Piece went off with the greatest rant. COY iNT. G A aortl. Macbeth was agan repeated last night to a cree& ed and brilliant audvnce. Aft. , r which frillowcd the Musical Impromptu of W4ssa s GiorP, with in creased and reiterated itoplause. hi'. Fawcrr: introduced two additional verses. alluding in the last naval triumph, by Sir• R. Sr, ACI/ m, and an ticipating the result if Sir Stoncv SMI r tape dition against Boti'ette, which were received with the most enthusiastic appnhatiln, and loudly ea t-in-ed. The lively Aftet-Piece of The A Geiniht Hour, went off with its usual sueress. 1)! 1. A gentleman of dist:aftion, whose intelligence from India, is derived from the most authentic sourcii.s, say's: The general tenor of the intelligence which I have received is favourable. The armies were in cantonments in the middle of May. The Compa ny's territories, and those of her allies. are in the ut most tranquilli y, and no enemy is in the field. Hiti.E. A a WAS alive, and at large, but he had no force; and, you may take my word fur it, that neither he, nor any other power, can make any impression upon the Company, or their allies ; and that. be is not likely to be able to stir up any of the n ttiva powers to take part in his cause. Mr. JUNI:Iss was a.:ting as British Merchant in the camp of 1.1 K. Sc i NDI A ; and Lieutenant-Colonel M A acoo.l was on his road, with MA LUAIi. to take upon himself the duties of that situation." Marquis Ws t.t.ost. rr has made preparations for his departure from India. His Lordship WAS to have embarked in the month of February last, on board the Se. F,orenzo higate ; the state of affairs in the north of Iffindostan, however, induced his Lord ship to delay his departure, and the .St. Fierenzo left Calcutta, giving convoy to the homeward-bound fleet in the end of March last. When the Ttigra youth left the Hoogly river, it was understood, that the Hews fngate, Capt. Coceneett, was under or ders to accommodate the Noble Marquis, and that his Lordship would embark in the month of August, I tiO3. DOVER, Nov. W. Yesrcrday, about twelve o'clock, the Diligsnce sloop of war went out of the harbour, prior to which, Sir Sidney Smith went on board, and, calling the crew aft, read to them the account of Lord Nelson's late engagement ; after which he addresscl them mspeeting the expedition about to take place, in which he told them, he hoped soon to have the ho nour to lead them to glory ; and did not doubt, when the time arrived, but that they would chew the same gallant spirit which had been displayed on former occasions ; he said, be had heard much bad been told them respelling the hazardous enter prise about to take place, but he could assure them, it was not what he understood they had been made to believe ; but, at all events, he had no doubt, but they would exert themselves as they had done on all former occasions. Having ended, he received three cheers from the ship's company, and retired. A band of music attended them into the roads, and remained the whole of the afternoon. The Airriore, Sir Sidney Smith's ship, is likewise in the roads with several other ships, brigs, and cutters, but their grand rendezvous is off Widmer Castle. The workmen here have been employed the whole of the day in completing the boats ; but to describe the apparatus attached to them is next to impossible. They make a wonderful strange appearance. Sir Sidney Smith, this afternoon, has been inspel ing them. A yacht, called the Atalanta, is kept in waiting fur him. The , e is every reason to be lieve, that, in a very short time, I shall be able to send you some accounts from the other side. Commodore o.eoues's squadron was cruising off the Mauritius, in June last. The Iris, Goss, from Baltimore, is put into Pen zance, in distress. The Goodwin, IS A ccen, from St. Übe's, is arrived at Waterford ; she was boarded, on the 3d inst. by a French privateer, off Cape Clear. The Pbfws, —, from St. Thomas's, for Emb den, has foundered at sea, crew saved. The P erieve r a W Aker, frors► Dublin, for London, and a light transport, No 11, are cap tured by a French privateer, off the Land's End. • - • LAW INTELLIGENCE. • • .. COURT OF KING't•BENCII, V{rurMl Tl 5, Nnf. Mr. DAMPIit moved the Court, that John Browne should appear, and pkad to an indietment for obtaining money under false pretences.— • The indiament charged (among other thin; t) the Defendant with pretending to one Jacob Brad• bury, that he could procure him the place of Coeket Writer, in the Revenue, which situation was then vac Int, arid thereby persuaded the said Bradbury to advance him a sum of 2001. on pretence of Pee ing officers, &c. When called upon to plead, the Defendant, in- stead of so doing, claimed an ini3orlance. He said, he ha I been indieted in September, 1904, was in custody ever since July last, and ready to take tub trial at the last Quarter Sessions. Mr. Disarm* objeCted to an imparlonee being .granoid under the statute of the ;30th Geo. IL by which he should be tried at the sessions of Oyer and Terminer, or general gaol delivery. The Court thought the statute left it in their Lordships discre tion, and the importance was allowed. WILSON s. BARBER. This was an adion of assault and battery, tried the last sittings at Guildhall, when the Plaintiff ob tained a verdid of 2001: The Plaintiff was a hair dresser, and the DeferidAnt a Sherif s Officer. The SOLICITOR-GILL:ERAS moved for a new trial in this case, on the grimed; of excessive damages. The Plaintiff, he contended, had not received any personal injery ; and, as the Defendant WAS a Sheriff's Officer. he hoped the Court would consider the case ; neither parties were in a Situation of life this could ensitle the me to teceive, or enable the other to pay such is sum. Lord Et hi a so it o e't it thought it one of the most ar.rgravated cases that ever came before him ; there s' as much perstmal indignity and insult. The De fendant, not content with reviling the Plaintiff. and abusing him in the most groat and foul langua're, spit in his face, deel iting he woirld have more fun before he would go, and brought his boy to see the joke. The Sottcrroa-Gs tsrata h answered, that it would be better to transport the Defendant for seven years, than maintain this verdid against him. Mr. Justice LAURENCII thought the damages high, but the Court ha.f no measure to go by. Lord EL L VIBOROL 011-.-" 1 left the me-mire of damages to the discretion of the Jury, if they were of inch a sizes as to jobs improper motives ia the Jury, we might interfere, but it does not appear in that light."—Motion refused. ascssetrett edorsees, 0. ROBINSON Iftel OTHERS. Phis WAS an adion for giving a false charafter of a person. by which the Plaintiffs were injured. It was tried the last assizes for Lancaster, befi he Baron Simon, and a verdid obtained for the Plaintiff. Mr. Serjeant COCKS'. applied far a new trial. The circumstances of this case were of a singular nature. The Plaintiffs were nierchailts, as also the Defendants, Messrs. J ames Robinson, the elder. and Christopher Robinson. A person of the name of Hawkins applied to the former for a parcel of goods. and represented himself as belonging to the firm of Hawkins and Co. New York; being a total stranger to the Plaintiffs, they required a re rference for cherasler, and he named the Defendants. The Plaintiffs accordingly wrote to them on the sub jed, and received a letter in answer, signed James Robinson, stating, that Hawkins and Co. were a Tay respedable house, at New York, and Birming ham, and they might credit them for a much larger amount than then required. The Plaintiffs, there fore, did not hesitate to give their goods ; but, soon after, Hawkins became insolve Application WAS afterwards made to Mr. JAMS Robinson, the elder, on the aubjed. who expressed great surprise, and denied any knowlsdgo whatever of the letter in question; it turned out in the sequel, that James Robinson, the younger, son of the Defendant, and who was a partner in the house of Hawkins and Co. had written the letter in his father's name. The Plaintiff, through his attorney, then threatened to prosecute James, the younger, for a forgery ; an al tercation took place, and the Plaintiff said he should be apprehended immediately, and his life should pay the forfeit of his crime. A younger brother, who was present, then said, that his brother James, whose counting house was near to the Defendant's, had constant access to their books; and, upon exa mination, the letter was found copied into the letter. book, in James the younger's hand-writing. Both Defendants denied any knowledge of it ; but, in the confusion, Christopher Robinson admitted, that the following entry was his hand-writing, but it ulti mately turned out to be another person's. The question then arose, how he got possession of the Plaintiff's letter but. it appeared. that he was in the constant habit of going to the Post-Office for his father's letters. The Learned Counsel, therefore, I contended, that as the anion was fosaded in fraud, ' and the Declaration charged the Defendants with fraudulently, wickedly, and knowingly committing this Aa ; and as no such knowledge could be at tached to them, the verdict could not stand. It further appeared, that James, the elder, knew nothing of the failing circumstances of the house of Hawkins and Co.; bur, when made acquainted with them, he declared. his son went into the firm against his consent ; the fellow (meaning Hawkins), was an American. and he would not trust any American scoundrel. Lord Ricca acototto a, ri This is not the language of a man who had a guilty knowledge of a fraud. Take a rule to show cause.' suaxestswaw a. Palm This was an salon of assault and battery. The Plaintiff was a cart owner. and the Defendant, the driver of the Manchester Telegraph coach. Mr. ERSICINI applied for a new trial in this, case. He stated, that the assault was alleged to have taken place on the 20th of September. at a place called Shenly-hill. on the road between Manchester and London, and at the other side of the White Horse, where the horses and driven are chanssd. The cause was tried at Westminster, the Sittings after last Term. and the Defence was not that the Defendant had not committed the assault. but that he was not the person, one John Hay being the driver on that day, from the White Horse to Manchester. In the course of the defence, the cause appeared to be going against the Plaintiff, when his Attorney started up, and, on oath, dichosa, that the De- • , fentlant had admitted to him, be was the person who committed ti .e ads tuft j •Is ol..(31 the ,lase, and a verdid was fOUltd 'or toe F ilintiff. Ha? was to have uecn voluntarily examined. 411 a witness for the I),ft:rdent, ' It did not come iii time. there was another , emarkahle circumstance in this case. The action was brought A great while igis, and the Attorney was ruled before he would set down the eaiis.t. for trial. The Learned Counsel then pro.. duced several affidavits of the passengers in the coach, wi.r. per: am 1 out ..ince the trial, which stated, positively, that H., y : . the man. who gave the assault, and nct Price, the Defeidant. rhe Clerk of the White Horse, Fetter-line, where the coach sets up, also swore that Price was the driver from London to the White Horse, near Shenly.hill, and Hay took the coach on to Manc , ester. That Price drove from Loodrin on the 19th, 20th,, 21st, and 22ci of September, and consequently he could hot he the person. Hay was still ready to come forward, and would be suisptened. Upon the whole, therefore, he considered the verdift rounded on gross perjury of the Attorney for the Plaintiff, and hoped the rule would be granted, Lord Er censoaovoir, ' 4 The verdift torned on the confession made to the Attorney. Takena rule to ,hew cause." THE RING V DOBION and SIMPSON. Mr. Seljtii3t HEYWOOD moved for a new trial in this case. It was an infornration by the ATTORNICT GENERAL against the D-fendants, who were ledors of the Property 1 ax, for obtaini tg motwv, under false pretences, from one Price, which OS tried at the laid Assizes for York, before Mr. Jus tice CH.% m aft e, when the Defendants were found Dnbson was a village schoolmaster, and Simpson his assistant. The former kept the busks, the latter the money ; Dobson furnished Price with his account, fir 51. Property Tax, which Price aid to him, instead of Soinpson, and Price appealed against the sett year's assessment. The Learned tierjeant contended, under the At of Parliament, that the Attorney Gm-ral had no authority to file any siieh inform stion, but that the parties shodld be consii9ed in a penalty of 1001 rhe Court ordered tie qieestion to stand over nn til they should be turnahed with the Judge's re ?•oi. I. PARK moved for a H • bras Carpel, to hying op the itokly of .14.4 m F•rw, who was committed trader a Corono's Inquest for m inslrug ter 1-1, wok another, was going out to shoot, and not kn. se, g rile gin mt.: loAe.f, in sport, prinieat- 1 it At the deceased, when it went nit and kiltd him: . ir!.ing of m slice 4ppeared in the trAns4ition. Hu.! gi Lrod Ext.essiorouois Sat at Nii Prie4 at two o'clock, when a few undefended causes, '4 a. Ito ment, were disposed of. COMMON PLEAS —Neneetia 11. HE111111•10 •SSEY. Serjeant Vancla an, on the part of the Plaintiff, moved for a Rule to thew cause, why the Verd'ilt obtained by the Defendant should not he set aside, and a new trial granted.—The Cause was tried be fure Mr. Justice Rooms, at the last Leicester As sizc-..—lt was an Aaion brought to recover the in. tesest on a Bond for 5,0001. at four per cent—The Dekndant put in a plea, that the Bond was fib t I led by dares: ; but the Plaintiff's Counsel con tented thernseies at first by proving the hand-writing of the sub,cribing witness to the Bond, and his death, which took place a short time after the exe cution. On the part of the Defendant, Mr. Eborall, an at torney, deposed, that the Plaintiff was nephew, and also married to the daughter of the Defendant, and that the subscribing witness was son to the Defend ant. He went to the Plaintiff after this bond had been executed, tor the purpose of inducing him to settle a separate maintenance on his wife ; and, after some conversation, the Plaintiff informed him of the manner he obtained the bond, which was as follows. He had beard, he said, from his wife, while she was in a deranged state, that there had been artincestuous commerce between her father and her, in consequence of which, he and his brothel...is-law, the Defendant's son, compelled her to write a latter to him, the Plaintiff, informing him of the fart, and then to write another to her father, accusing him of the crime. The Plaintiff and the Defendant's son then drove off to the Defendant's house, who had been just married, and, on entering his dressing-room, where he sat alone, first seized two letters which lay open on hls table. These his daughter had dis. patched to him, after she had been compelled to write that acins:n l ; him of the crime. They beg ged hi, ftygiveuesi. and stated, that nothing but compuhion could Lave induced her to have asserted so mach falsehood ; and also that her husband in tended, by threatening to make it public, to colt him to sig.i a bond for a large sum of money. Plaintiff ter seized hold of his father-in-law by the collar, and desired him to sign a bond, which be had in his pocket, for 10,0001 This the old man refused, in consequence of which, the Plaintiff struck him a violent blow on the head, with a stick, and felled him to the ground. The Defendant still refused to sign the bond, and I times attempt. ed to scramble over to the bell, but he was as many times knocked down again by the Plaintiff. The old man, at lergth, said, he would sign a bond tor 3,0001. and it was instantly altered to that sum, and the Defendant's son saw it executed. Two other wit nesses corroborated this fart ; and the Jury, after being informed by the Lc.rned Judge, who pre sided, that if darer, were made use of, the bond was void, found a verdift for the Defendant. Serjeant %/Avon AN now submitted that this ver dia ought to be set aside, and a new trial granted, on the grounds that he was now prepared to bring forward evidence, servants in the house, at the time this violence was stated to have been committed, who would be able to state, whether any such thiag took place or not. He also submitted, that if he could prove that no violence was made out of, the obtaining the bond, threatening to discover the incestuous commerce, could not be construed into darer , ; and, finally, he urged, that the Defendant giving his bond for only half the sum demanded, was. when coupled with the circumstaaces of his since paying part of the interest, and being on good terms with his son and the Plaintiff, a proof that is WAS not obtained by differ,. Mr. Justice ROOKS said, he was himself perfealy sasistied with the verdift which had been given; and the Court, on further consideration, were unani. moody of opinion that the Rule should be refutes!.