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• 'hurt in the fats, that one of his cheeks bled from the elk& of these. A sargeon. who dressed the Plaintiff's face, was ''oleo celled ; std a veterinary surgeon, at whose 'stable the Defendant pot up his horse and gig, when he arrived id town, and where he related that be had "` given old Bennett a goad beating." t• Serjeant Coccet. for the Defendant, called no witnesses. but commented upon the evidence ad deced by the Plaintiff, with some humour. As to the flagrancy of the assault. upon which his learned ' broth es had dwelt, on account of the age of the l'laintiff, the Jury would themselves judge, when their attention was directed to the ( , entleman re . ipeesieg wham the allusion had been made. He then sat before them, and they would see that he was a bale. strong roma. who would little be suspected to be 61 years of age; and the beauty of whose face, 'the scratch he had received in the rencontre with the Defendant, had not at all impaired. The case at present before the Ceort, was an imperfect, and es- Weasel, suspicious one, as no evidence had been at• feedesl i that strong provocation was net given by the •• Plaintiff, for the assault; and unless they would de tide that the Defendant was a fit subject for Bed lam. they emod not but inter, that some irresistible provocation was afforded to him. As the ease im partially stood, the Jury would feel themselves e ,lied upon to pause before they pronounced the Detendaet in this cause an unlicensed offender. land Chief Janice MattsrtzLD said, that, at all • events, the Defendant had improperly taken the into his taws hands ; is rested with the Jury to determine whether or net he might have received tat, poems*n which could pallia , e the assault ? earialatiog the damages, it was necessary they dwell be Safe/rated that the Plaintiff was a coach- Maher, lead the Defendant was concerned in a wharf. After a little consultation, the Jury retuned a Medd for the Plaintiff, damagrs 1001. OLD /MILE Y SESSIONS, Tea. IleM lefeee Mr. .ferfter Le BLANC, M.. .181 J Hasis, Mr. &rem SUTTON, tbr LORD Mayes, Rseoe eta, owl several kletaldall. EMREZZLEMEN 1. Riebersi &Niter was indifted for fraudulently 'terming sad ettiberaling a cretain letter, which had agemplats his posonsiee, by virtue of his employment in the General Post-0/fic.e, and stealing thereout a heehaw, value 11. the prop, try of Anthony anal). There were several other counts, in which the note was stated to 'be property of various other • roma& Mr. hatoteo, on the part of the prosecution, stated. that the Prisoner was employed by the Poo . Odes. to attend at the house of Messrs. Stevenson and Wed. Charing-cross, where letters are received for the Genera Port-Oilice. HO business was to 11161SLI thereat three o'clock each day, and put up the lenses, the postage of which had been paid, and to 'mks soot a list to give into the Post-Office. He coos also to attend at five, and deliver out all the • Imp ie his possession, to he carried to Lombard emit. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to NSW she eiresanstances of the case. and concluded by sayitsg._ that when be went through the evidence, be beWved the Jury would have no doubt of the • Primmer's guilt. The first witness was John Lawrence. He proved the number and date of a two-pound note which he bed seat with others to Mr. Snell. ' Kr- Sold deposed. that on the 3d of November . lees he west into the shop of Stevenson and Bird, risaCharing-cross, which is one of the receiving for the General Post-Office, and there deli. vend a letter containing the two-pound note he bed received from Mr. Lawrence, and some others. The bitter was directed to Nathaniel Todd, Esq. in the &Italy of Surrey, and he there paid the post age. There were three or four persons in the shop, bet he could not say that the prisoner was one of them. By a number of witnesses it was thin proved that this loner did not come to hand. and that it was set use down in the list of the paid letters sent Iss on thin night, by the prisoner, to the General Post- Offins. Anthony, as ofecer, stated, that in consequence • of ieferanation given at the Pout-Of Le, he was sent by Mr./erkins, to apprehend the prisoner. On the I 7th of November, he apprehended him at Charing 'ernes. and brought him to the house of Mr. Parkin's. la Or stood -street, through Theobald's-road. While • - the prisoner was in custody, his house was searched, bet nothing being found in it, he was discharged. A poor woman then deposed, that, some time before Christmas last, she found. at the top of 'I heo hales-med. the fragments of some bank notes, which she gave into the hands of Mr. Perkins. , The remainder of these notes were found by a man, and produced in Court. One of them was the , terospotand mate laid in the iediament. The case on the part of the prosecution being here closed, the Prisoner gave is a written defence, which was read by the Clerk of the Arraigns. In it the Prisoner -disclaimed all knowledge of the fag, and urged his long services, and unblemished charafter. He also gave butane's of opportunities be had of taking snooty estatf letters, which were put into the boa, ' without either seal or direSion, if h.r were inclined to be dishonest. He then detailed some of the fits which base been already stated, and concluded by trusties that the Jury, by their verdia.w.aild enable him to return to his family, and contribute to their 11 IrupPort. Mr. Justice fiascos slimmed up the evidence, leaving it entirely to the Jury to co.isiier, whether, from the circumstance of the woman finding the fragments of the notes is TheAsuld's.road, and the , Ei:,,r m r posing way, in (woody, they would The Jury deliberated for a short time, and then found a worded of eepeseral. • FORGERY. Itinkrof Welke', Christepier Deli,. Marie R. Wailer. and 1 Imams Rerhester, were put to the bar , r' iusdlfted for forging and uttering as true, a fake Mud counterfeit paper, pm porting to be the last , Will and Testament of Major Richard Hocking:. Mr. Kisser, on the part of the prisoners, moved i this Court that their trial shoots, be put of until the neat Sessioil l flit • rounded hi s . minion on the affi davit of ••• • Richard Walker, which stated that . • t iL i.,. 2,„V., ' necessary 'witnesses an Goma *, • •s . out get them over until I-'4.-., 'fit- ~ next Sessions: and also en the affidavit of Mr. Chet ham, the attorney for the prisoner:. le it he stated. that having consulted with the prisoners on their defence, he was of opinion that the witnesses now in Guernsey should be produced at the trial. In consequence of this opinion, he applied at the pro- per office for sahpenas to compel their attendance, but was then informed, that the process did not ex tend to Guernsey and Jersey. In the conclusion, he stated, that he would use his utmost endeavours to procure the witnesses, and he was convinced, by next Session, the prisoners would be ready fur their trial. Mr. Justice HEATH said, those affidavits wreild do very well to put off a trial in a civil aElion, but he remembered that Justice !Witco and himself had ruled it, that, in a criminal case, affidavits should be more particular. Mr. GURNEY, on the part of the prosecution, did not oppose the postponing, in very strong terms, and the Court, after observing, that there had been ne gligence on the port of the Prisoners in not sending for their witnesses before, allowed the trial to stand over until next Sessions. _ John BalJun, JoarrhOnry, and trillion Carr, were ennviNJ of ste:iling OrtS, the prorrty of Thomas Fagg, coach-owner in Holborn. The Prisoners, two of whom were his servants, had, for a considerable time back, been committing depredi dons of this kind on him. MRS. ELIZABETH CARTER. This venerable ornament of Literature, and mnst respeßable member of .society, closed her aniiable and meritorious life on Wednesday last, at her lodg ings, in Clarges-street, Piccadill♦ : she was in the 89th year of her age. Her underitanding and scholasic attainments. if she hail been of the other sea, would have quiliffal her for a distinguished station in the world; and her purity of morals and religious principles would have disposed her to exe cute its duties with unimpeachable integrity. She had a strong turn tewaids Poetry, but its all her compositions she endeavoured to make Poetry sub servient to the interests of Virtue. Her first poetical effusion that appealed in print, was, we believe, the beautiful Ode re Fri.iiem, which was originally intro duced to the public in the celebrated novel of Cla ruse. S: e afterwards presented a volume of Po e ms to the world, all of which are charafterized by sen timent. tenderness, delicacy, moral energy, philoso- phic elevation, and fervid piety. This lady wrote two papers in The Rawtter,; one Oa Religion Skspe,stitioa, and the other entitled Tee V.sage of l yr, which appear sa uniform wiih the style and sentment of the work in general, teat they might be token for the produltscins of the re vered Author of that admirable work. The wink, however, fur which she is most dis tinguished, is A Tratslatien of ttiartio, which has justly placed her upon a rank with the first solio lan of the age Her introdue:inn and rotes to this work, display pule taste, deep erudition, and a phi losophic power of relleflion, congenial with that of the ori.final author, whom she has, with so Much elegance and precision, introduced into British li terassre. But Mrs. CARTER possessed all the softer vir tues, as well as the talents and attainments that adorn the human charaAer ; she was as ardent to promote the interests of humanity, as to culti vate those of learning, and a desire to sowed the influence of a Philosophy, tvhich, in addition to the dielates of religion, might teed to reconcile man to the evils inseparable from his condition, was her principal inducement for &ring a translatim of Epitl• Mrs. CANTU was esteemed by a very large cir cle of friends, and those friends were of the most amiable and valuable description ; among the chief of whom is the venerable Bishop of Lottoom, at whose house she was always one of the most ho noured guests, and whose virtues she held ie the highest respell. NAVAL IN7ILLIOLNCE. PORTSMOUTH, VEIL i".O. Arrived the Cheer gun-”rig, from A cruise. Sailed the Heron sloop of war, on a crui,e.—Wind S. E. PLYMOUTH, sal. 19. Last evening, arrived in Cawsand Bay His Ma jesty's ships Prance of Woks ; of 98 guns; Achille, 74 ; Illottraora, i 4; Celivraree, 74; and Siolto, of 80 gulls. Admiral lhornbnrongh immediately hoisted his flag on board the Pawn of Wafer, and he will sail this evening, o:. to-morrow morning, for his station off Rochlort, with 511 sail of the line. Also arrived, from the eastward, the Patios frigate, the Conic,' and V per curlers; 1 ody Warren hired ship; DisfratrA transport ; Ade lugger ; a new ship from Dartmenth, called the Fence, to be fitted out here ; and the Prospero and knrbantrest gun-brigs. Sailed the Pee, of SO guns, with the Avenger gua brig, and a large sonvy to the westward; also the heptune and Selina tenders ; Orpj.rd transport; and Piever sloop. The Intelt seri gun brig was this day commis sioner!, and the Sport:ate anducked; the Kent is to take her place. FAI.4OVTII, FEB. 18. Arrived the Unity, Atwell, from London ; /I rv , Alms, from Ne.sth iraar Anarat cur, Skurtkle burg, from 1..0ue ; Americas ship Mary, Knight, from Antwerp. Sailed the Endeamar. armed brig, with a fleet of erusters under conv.,y, tor W4l. s; and M.r,bani Taykr, I-416e, for Luisduu.—Wind N.E. nest., Tr a. 20. Sailed the raderion homb, for Sheerness ; and many of the transports which arrived in the Downs ye.ter.lay from tiic Elbe and Wexer, for Ramsgate, to di.embark their troops.—Wind Southerly. tti ATRAN, ►u. 21. Sir John Hens.low, Ban. arrived here on IA ed nvsday, and after inspecting the Vitars h and other 'ships lying in the harbour, proceeded to examine the various branches of the nasal operatekn, rat ry ing on in the Dock Yard. He appeared highly sa tisfied with the general conduct of every depart. mewl. Ihe r gun br:g arrived here from the More en Wednesday, to take the seamen from the Princess O►aejr, to the Guard Ship at the Norsk AMERICAN PAPERS. WASHINGTON, JAN. 2. MEETING OF THE CONGRESS. littUJE OF REF% EsENTATIVES, JAN. 2. Mr. V• atm, from the Committee, to whom was referred that part of the Message of the President which related to the organisation and classification of the Militia, made A detailed report in part, which cor cludes with the following Resolution:— Rvs:tlved..-That it it eit o edient to adopt measures for the cl3,ificattuit ur new organizatioo of tie Referred to a Committee of the whole House on Monday. JANUARY 3-4. The doors of the House of Representatives were not opened tor the admission of strangers. It was reported out of doors, that the Congress were con sidering of some important information which had been received from Spain, which was said to be an adjestment of all differences between the Govern. ment of that country and America. It was also reported that the clo.e sitting of the Congress re lated to the infringements of their rights, and of the impress made on their seamen by the English ships of war. JAN. 6. ORGANIZATION OF THE •NiiLITIA Mr. I/ARNE:M, tram the Committee on that part of the President's Message which relates to the Mi litia, made a further report by Bill, which author izes the President of the United States to call oat detachment of 100,000 Militia, wlich are to be armed, and ready for service at a moment's warn ing. Each State will be called upon to furnish its respalive quota of this force; Cory may send Vo- Innteers instead of Militia; the Officers to be 2p po.nted nut of the present Militia, and the General Officers by the President, who may call upon the wh..le, car any part thereof, as exigency may require. Tie Bill to be in lace for two years, and nu lon ger. It was read twice, and referred to a Commit tee of the whale House for to-morrow, and ordered to b- printed. M:. SP EAR ER informed the House, that he had re. civet a letter horn New York. addressed and sig:wd David Ramsey. which was read:— it complained of the writer having been impressed, near Bat badoes, by the British vessel called the Aiwrie.t, and his prote.ftion torn. The writer asks, in the plainest manner, " Why does not Congress resent such usage?"—Referred to the Secretary of State. Mr. CLINTON said, he had the honour of pre arming to the House the Memorial of the Merchants of the city of New-Ynrk. He observed, that it was signed by the most numerous part of the mercantile interest in that city. The Memorial is very long : it complains and re monErates against the late construaions of the Belligerent Powers, on the rights of neutrals ; the hurt and interruption to trade, the deprodations and itt.Saill on our dig, upon our coasts, and pie: -let committed on our vessels in the West-Indies; pray ing protation by armed vessels at sea, and that our haa Lours may be put in a state of defence.—Refidred to a Committee of the whole House. IMPRESSED SEAMEN. $ Mr. CIOWNINSHIILED now rose, and observed, that during the last Session of Congress, by a re selirion of the House, a list of American seamen, impressed by the British cruirers, hid been MAE% Since that time the evil had greatly increased ; and, at the present moment, he believed, that from 2,500 to 3,000 American seamen were compelled to serve in the British Navy. Those men, continued Mr. Crowninshield, are wanted in their own country.-- A letter has just been read, where a Citizen com plains of his child being impressed. Great Britain has no right to a4l in this manner, and it is time to endeavour to put a stMp these outrages. He therefore moved, ".1 hat the Secretary of State be dircaed to lay before the House a return of the names of American seamen who have been im pressed by the ships of war or privateers of Great Britain, with the names of the vessels they were taken out of ; also, an account of all the passengers taken therefrom. coming to the United States, with a statement of any facts relating thereto." PRIVAtE COMMUNICATION FROM WASHINGTON fU NEW-YORK. On the resolution of Mr. CroWninshield relative to the impressment of American seamen, Mr. Et.- Lto r said, he hoped the resolution would pan unanimously ; and that we should not stop again at a mere recital of our wrongs, but take some steps for redress. " The groans." said he, 41 of our seamen, are mingled Kith every gale that is wafted to our ears from the Atlantic. Let us no longer permit the Queen of the Ocean to spangle her diadem with the tears of our impressed fellow-citizens."—The resolution was unanimously adopted. mew-tote. at Memorial has been presented to the House of Representatives. from the Mayor. Aldermen, and Communalty of New-York, praying that their city may be put in a state of defence. to resist any at tack liable to be made on them by sea. The Me morial alludes to the English, at the beginning of the Revolutionary %Vat, making their first attack on that city, and says, it is highly probable, that on the tolnerffratrlll(ll , of hestilstics with a Alarri , tnie Poker, the first blow will be again directed against it. A meeting was called to assemble at Baltimore, on the 9111 e,t January, to take into consideration the propriety or petitioning the House of Repre sentatives on the same head as the City of New- York had done. _ A private letter from Bremen, of the l I th instant, contains the following article, relative to the sen tences passed on the Officers whose conduit produced the recent misfortunes to the House of Austria: Prince A ihro.betg, to be dTpnred an,: noliilos, his o..tat's confiscated, and 'm1.11,46.0.1 tea years in the fortress saiSpiel.. berg. Felon Lanitieth imprisoned for life, i. the said fortress. Gent ral Jell, senten,ed no ►e shot. Privy Cnui.seilor Callenbacb, sneered to quit On. Imperial Mites. C,unsolkte Taszherider, of be dtetsi‘ed from his °Sze. F mid Nat Mai IC aYMlte, and Phi Marshal .S.Afettberg, Lois committed solcide while wider wrest Ad the S.aff Whet, of the fevintnts of Kaunits and Speak reed ard duvec-d . . Count Cut en 7 sel urdwred to To the eon otry. Geleirai Mac..'. pious to Le subru tte4 a Board of Genirol 0116.-ees Thuty Gknerals dafteimad, aed molly rave wade- eastreet• &AO . TM )I.4I2KETS. CORN.CXCIIANGE, Pee 21. Th- supplies of Wheat here are considerairte, with *mai fresh c3rgoirs from Scotland, of good quality ; ilirs trade in wire rather gives way. The frusli arrivals of Dinky are eery large, and tins Anicle is cheaptr, excepting the first qoafity, which there isnot much. Malt in little request Pets and Wrens of each sort, being in short supply, fully maintain these. price ; and rood Oats keeptheir price; other qualitree are ther lower. fhe Flour trade is heavy of sale et its presort quotation. CURRENT PRICR OF GRAIN. Wheat 44s. 7es Beaus (01d)... .50s. 565. Ott Fine do 72c 745. Od. T:ck Beans (do) 45. 50.. Rye Barley 2Bs. 33r 04 Polands 519 32. Od. Walt. 62s. W.. Od I Rape Seed .341. 431 Od. White Pies.... 421. 48s 01. Ms Flour. 60,. 631 Od. GrPv has - 301 361. SeCa•.df 336 601 04. PRICE OF SEEDS IN MARE-I.ANE. Caraway 7ss Od to OPs 04 pet cot. Coi , nder l3s Od to 11t Cd TreFnl• 5l Cd to 231 Od Red Clever... 26r Od to 65s Od F.oe ()Id White ditto. Sas tll to ?is r'd Rse-(:raiS Os Od to 3( l s Cd White Mustard Seed. 161 Od to OH ('0 per bullutt BrOWI/ ditto Turnip Od to .o-s ed Br tat! Roots . Olt ltd to Vol t'd pet gaoler. Long Pods l4. Od to lts od Tales (:..tan 414 04 .t 4 ••• 5 44 PRICE OF HOPn Slot. POCe• TS. Kent 5. ICs to 71 —4 I Kent 6t —4 to 71 Ms Sussex.... .51 Ife to 61 16s I Sown 51 16 s to —I y 1 16. t o 61 1C» 1 Farnham.... Si —.mill Its PRICES OE HAY AND STRAW. TILSICIDAT IT I AIII/11 . 1 wantacwA►t 1. 114, —.31 Oa a 4; 12. —4 I Hay l.ll 3•41 Os Svaw..ll 19s a 21 8. N CI Os A 14 Os ICloset *lsasl Os Straw .11 14s a li IM SMITHFIELD, FRIDAY, Pia. lit. To sink the 014•1—per Stoat of alb. goer 4, 84 to 5. !id I Veal .3a ( 1 4 , e. T. 04 button.... 3. Od to M MI i Pork .. Oa 8d to it 44 Heed .( Cattle the , Day, Ile.bts als..ut 600—slisep and Laisba, 6,000. NEWCATE AND LRADENHILI. MARICEIs. R. the Carew. Reef 31 $4 to 4s 44 I Veil 4, 04 to is 04 Mutton ..4. 0 (0.4. VA Posh.. IS. 44 PAIGE OF TALLOW. Xt. James's Market 44 21 I Yellow Ruiwia.....ss OJ 61. 64 Care Market Whitechapel Market. 4s Id Soap ditto 671 d Per St u n, of Mb. Melting 5uff....27a N. 6d 12s 7d / Ditto edortt r 401 Average Price... 4,2 i I Uevees . lis Town Talt,isr 71s 6d —I Od Good 0 1 412 1 •• • • • ••• —4 1 " Yellow c".”, a 78s--M4ottlei, 82s—eutil, 92e. Primal Candle.. per do:. Its o.f —Mould., Its. 04. RAW Hrovs. Best Heifers and St•iers, ror stone, 3s. 41. Rs A. IL Mild hags SR. ed. to Ss. 21. Ordinary . 2s. 6 , 1. to 2s. 111. Ma. ket 12s. $4. seek. Nurse - Sheep Skin PRICE of LE ITHEK. 11 , ttes, 14 to 3610. each Ditto, GO to 651 t). each 9t)d to 176 feletettantt Ilazks, 924 to 111 3 1 - DtolNiog Hide... Fide C nth Hideo 924 to 1 Crop If id:s for cottti.g 113 d to i 4 rat (Millar/ l9l en £O4 CLIC Sk int, 30 to 409) per Dosoo 394 to 394 Ditto, SU to 71119 344 to 39.1 ( tj Ditto. 70 to 1014. 3Oll to 30.1 S , Isai I Seals kGr mrila:at ). 31114 to 414 p Large logo 100. to 17flo pet dorm. Tanned Norte Hid., ISt to 4O per h.4e. COAL-MARKET, ni. SI. Ship. at Market. Sold Nes. 29—Newcombe • •I# • 49g 6d a 441* IC 4.. Sl.l.lder'iiiid 4.. • ...49% ed • 454 GO I..Ste:te Coal 1 7Cs Oa a 0. 04 PRICE OF STOCKS, YESTERDAY. Ralik Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced • 3 leer Cei.t. Cone 61 6011 4 per Cent lO 77:0 S pi .r Cent. Navy tei;i Long Annuities .. imperial 3 per Cent 60.11 Data Aon a diec • II Intim Bonds Exeliequer.ll , ll.4 _ le. 3e. pnt e. ... . Lnielrit;Lottery Trckots 191.. los. Comuh, for 61 doll T 111`4H, Sleek-bra d& ?.1, 4, Cirundl, and 9, Chainpereea. PRICE OF IRISH STOCKS-4'ln. IS. Gar. Delrenturer • Si per CON 7SI Dann, 5 per Cent 44i R.oyat Carrel Loan, 6 per rent. 951 COURSE OF MECHAM:IE.—Fan. 12. Amur Ass ... 36 10 St V. Genoa.. 46 lie. pie Ditto at Siebt .. 35 11 Venice 42 ditto R attention ...... 11 11 11 U. Lisboa 59% Hartiburgh S4 2 201. Oporto 604 Altana Paris Ditty...... 25 ..... g U. act•soo. 1, a • &nodose: . IS I Ports& G•l4 in Cone Cada - Ditto . Nair Doubloons... .-- ‘lo.l-id Di•t• - •—• Et%) , .3 . 37 New Louisiade .. ..., -- Leihorsi 5l Ave an the Beak of Hollapcl Naples Mitirin on Landon ( Feb. 14.) lll Belfast on London ( Feb. 7.) Illf 1 Belfast nn Disb' , n t Ditto). 61 days... I BIRTM Mrs. John Lesett, of C.;;el Oitestreet, Portland-Ow, of doughter. Itssosseelsv, et his I.ordsiiip's house, in Portlanespasot, the Countess of Mansfield,, of . MARRIAGE. Lat Ar. at St. Pancras Church, Caputo I{a•t•in, •f the 9?.! Recusant, t• Miss Aims Maria Sires, daughter of Dr. Jaha Sr•n. DEATH. On Friotat , lett, at Croke Newtnenn, aged 7S, M.e fl 4 ce, relit* of the hie E. Brier, ken. of Rath, and eldest rlauviter of the late Av. h,e•vh Pate, hooks/11er, Etas College HIGH WATER THIS DAY AT LONDON BRIO( Mont —l6 min. after 4. 1 Ere■ ....36 min. after 4. LONDON :—Priated b) G. DAVIDSON, No. 17, 13. , ba . • C' in, liow•strest, Covent•Ganien, and Publmbed at Oa Office. Ng 4, Back of St. (lame-It's Church, snar.d, h. W. STUCK, of No 7. New i•ttaninreet. land Mr.' ()Aar ) . ,see. •or tins Paper, seat Ns the Ugh* (postripat). trill•be duly an.r..dad to. Mr. tie De' DIE VICAi A[ A lOW GIG He: 5, 6, P. ,