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'tint 1 . COURT, OF KING'S I'AtINCH, Nov: THE KING V. EB ATCH. "F s - was indiettnent . 'against the defend !tit, eh ing himwitli 'acing assaulted the prosecutor entleman o%lllled Maw) publicly npon 'C . ge, with the intent of provoking ion, to send .a . chalenge. - Mr. Briant, it appeared, had some bitSues._ to settle .v,-,th the defendant/„ relative tii accounts, 'in ninkh a person named Morris *as cc`mceined ; and a meetiag. on the subject had tA(.n Place, when a„.dis,pute arose between the defrnahnt and" the prosecutor, and .the defendant it the prosecutor did not make an apology to him, he would insult him openly on 'Change.' This was early in the morning, and in the after noon the parties _met capon 'Change, whenthe lendasit went up to the prosecutor and demanded a p,ibiic apology. The prolectator decliriing to make one, the gfendant addressed some sent- 7 . 1 Hulls appellations to him, at . the same time throwing down his card. . _him' by way of lie fiance. . On the cross-examino.ti4n of Mr. giant, by AIi , ..PARKE. 1:e was asked particularly, whether tlu - princii a point in dispute between him and Ri . as not a charge of 500 guineas for ,a Mr Briant said, that neither Mr. Morris nor, the .tiefendant had stated that as the on!y disputed inatter—many objections .were made. Q. I ask, you, did not Mr. Morris object par ticularly to that charge of .suo getineas I proutteed• his own letter, telling me to debit him 500 guineas for the licence : 1 have given 10001.. for a license myself. - Q. Who derives the benefit ?---A. The mer e chant has the benefit. • Q. Who has the benefit of the money given for the .;icense ?—A. 'Tie Person selling it. Questioned by Lord ELLE7stoaouGH; Do you mean to say that licenses arc s Jeable I articles ?—A. Yes, my'Lord ; they are. Lord ELLF.NBOROUGH---AIIII to understaad that persons procure licenses, and then sell them from baud to hand ? Mr. BRIANT—My Lord, may I explain this bu siness ? Lord ELLENESOROUGII--Certaillly I. wish it to be.explained. I /3, R • , xaIANT-It is the custom of the Board of Trade to giant licenses ; and .sometiines, when a certain-number is given, the farther issue is sus ptaded. In such a case, a . merchant who is for tunate enough to bold a license, when the suspen sion-takes place, has an opportunity of disposing of it. t held the license in question for a ship of my own, but as it did not arrive in titne, 1 gave the license to Mr. Morris, had a ship ready, and he told me to debitfinn bUtiguineas for it. Question by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL. Does any person in a ptiblic situation partici pate in the profit arising from this traffic ?--A. Certainly not. They have nothing to do with the purchase or sale. Lord ELLENBORgi/Gll.—When the statement Seemed to cast that imputation, I wished the exa mination tog), on • but now it appears that the intx thant alone.gaius the adti•antage, by disposing of the license. . Mr: PA.ktk.E addressed the Jury in behalf of the cieiendant. In the course of his speech he de s gnated the traffic in licenses as most itriproper. i . eit convinced that the extraordinary circtn st::rice that day developed, would create a much clo- , .er investigation into insurance causes than was formerly usual. The Jury found the defendant Guilty ; and he will be brought up to receive judgment in the en su mg Term. CUUAT-MARTIAL. At a Court-Martial held onsboard his Majesty's ghi~2: . ealous, in Hawke Roads, on the- 20th Octo ber, 1812 ; _ PRESENT, Thomas Boys, Esq. Captain of his Majesty's ship Zealous, and Second in Command of his Majesty's ships and vessels in Hawke Roads, President. Captains S. Dnmaresque, - J: W. H. Millis. W. Bowles, and Philip _ George Thorne, Deputy Judge Advocate. The Court being, sworn, they proceeded on charges against Lieut, , nant John Reynolds, late Commander - of his :Majesty's cater - Nimble, the officers and crew, for the loss of .the said vessel, by her being wrecked, at half-past two o'clock; on the morning of the 6th instant, ou a sunk rock, six or seven miles S. by W." from Salo Beacon. A ter considering the evidence,-the Court were of opinion, that the loss of the, aid cutter was 'occasioned by sufficient allowance pot being made for the very strong currents prvailing on that Hart of the. Swedish coast, by wbic z li it appear s she had been dri v e n ' cons id era bl y to the northward and eastward of ber reckoning ; and it appearing that some degree. of blame is imputable to Lieut. J. Reynolds, the Commander, awl to Mr. J. Pyie,. the Pilot, for not coining on Zicek at half past one o'clock,.. and taking rneusnres to ascer tain the position of the cutter, after she had been tacked, on the land lurving been unexpectedly dis covered, the Court do adjudge the said Lieutenant Sohn Reynold§,. and Mr, Pyle ; the. Pilot, to be reprimanded, and the latter to -be mulct three months pay ; and are of opinion. that no blame attaches to the rest of.the Oificers and - ship's coin .and do. tierefore adjudge theirs to be re s ectively acquitted. Signed, &c. On Friday night, between the hours of seven and eight; another of those daring robberies which daily and nightly are such a disgrace to the po, . lice, of this metropolis, took place in Oxford sgreet, near flathbone-phiee, by a gan;,?; of vil !aim§ to the number of eight or nine, who 'sur rounded a Gentleman, and in an instant wrenched by force the chain and seals from his watch, which 'escaped by the ring of the chtthi, giving way. Although . a number _of people were, p ass i ng at the time, they were afraid to interfere, and the villains walked deliberately off with their bOoty. No patrole or watchman could be found. TUESDAY; NOV. 3. Thomas Cale: was put to the bar, charged with having uttered a two-pound note of the Bank of England, knowhig the same to be forged and counterfeit. The SOLICITOR -GENERAL, for the prosecution, stated the case;- from whence it appeared, that the prisoner lived in Bethnal Green, in a detach ed house ; th a t , a man of the name of Taggart having been apprehended on a charge of having in his possession forged tank notes, he made cer tain discoveries that led to the seiz ure o f t h e pri soner,-and the final commitment of him for.frial. Taggart was called as 'a W1:11CSS; . and deposed— that he had known the prisoner for some months, and had had many dealings with him ; that on the 11th of September last he had agreed to .purchase from him a quantity of forged . notes ; but that having previously made •known his intention to 'certain 'officers of the - Rank, be was furnished with• marked monerand Bank notes, for jhe pur pose of detection. Being furnished with these. in his pocket, he met the prisoner at a public-house, where be was to prirchase the forged notes in question.. It was the prisoner's habit to get the good notes . f:rst from the ptirchaser, 'and then to deliver the forged notes, and not until then. On ,this occasion it was observed, that the prisoner, tie moment he gflt the money from Taggat, went to an adjoining room,:whiere he handed it over to a young woman, who instantly went away, airs titer the risoner delivered the forged notes in question to Tag ..n.; upon this the latter gave the signal agreed upon, and an officer of the name of Hewit entered the math, who iminediately took Sim into cu'itory. He made some resistance, but zhe others ruslied in, arid he was secured. There was nothing had or even suspicious found in his nossession ; but the moment that he was seized he exclaimed ; ‘` take away thatinonster (meaning, Taggart the informer) oui. of my sight, he wants to swear my life away, or else I'll murder him." The prisoner, hoWever, was overpowered, and se cured. In the mean - time other officers followed, unobserved, the woman, to whom the prisoner hail been observedhanding the parcel, anu she was traced to the house of a man of the name of Crane, in the same neighbourhood, w ith pr ove d to b e h er father : she'had no sooner arrived there, than she was seized, and being searched, there ws;loand in ,her possession the very identical marked mo ney and notes which Taggart had from the Baak officers to purchase the forged notes,. amid which he had given to the prisoner in the public-house, and were by him handed Oyu to the above-men tioned,yoLmg woman, .as above stated. The several officers stated the facts of his ap prehension, and the officers of the Bank found toe papers which Taggart obtained from the prlsoner to be all forged; they mounter) hi apparent value to fifty pounds Sara - h Crane, the young woman alluded to, was produced in furtherance of the prOseetnion, but she was a most unwilling witness ; she had been kept in custody that. the prowcutors might avail themselves of her testimony ; but notwithstanding that she had undergone a most severe-examina tion by Sir W. GA Bow for nearly one hour, she said nothing which affected the prisoner. On his behalf, some persons spoke to his cha racter ; button their cross-extuniaation, they he sitated in their replies. The Jury 'found him Gui'ty—Death. fl iltiam Smith, aged 12, stood at the Bar, ca pitally indicted for feloniously assaulting' Robert Batchelor, and taking a watch ' forcibly fruzn hi§ person. , . On the evening of the 23d of September, the prosecutor Was entering Lincoln's Inn-fields, When the prisoner rushed' against him, and plucked his watch from his pocket. He complained of this to two or three persons who were near; who lifted their fists and struck him in the face ; he raised his' yoke, and several people began to collect around ; he followed the road the prisoner had taken, when he found him in custody of several persons, opposite the Catholic Chapel he then recognised the 'prisoner, from the appearance of his forehead; and from a rent in his coat, which the prosecutor had made in endeavouring to se cure lihn. No watch was found on his person:-- A gentleman, gentleman, of the name of Green, laid hold of the prisoner while he was running, a man came up and struck the.witness, arid caused him to quit his hold; at that moment be heard the sound of silver on'the pavement, such a sound as a watch might occasion when it dropped from a person's hand; he followed the prisoner doWn Duke-street. Another gentleman, of the name of 'Wearer, seized the pri soner in Dukc.-Street, when he was by the fists of -three or four persons, who Caused him to quit hiS hold. Seeing some more people'eoming up, he darted again on the prisoner, and on laying hold Of him he was again' attacked, but he called out for assistance, and an Officer assisted him in securing the prisoner, and they conveyed him to the Police Office. The Jury, without any hesitation, founcl the priscintr Guilty. IIIipDLESEN SESSIONS. TUESDAY, NOV. 3. Thomas Jones was convicted for sending a threatening leo to a Gentlemen in Foley-street, Mary-le-bone, on the 23d of September, for the purpose of extorting from him a sum of money. It appeared that , the prisoner had sent a boy with the letter in question to the proecutor's house, while he himself remained in the street.— From the description which the boy gave of his person, he. Was taken into custody; and when confronted with .the Gentleman to wham the letter Wfls addressed, he said, it was not meant for him, but for another person, who had lived in the house some time before. This also was the defence set up at his trial. The CHAIRMAN lectured the prisoner in a most impressive manner upon the atrocious nature .of his offence, and the necessity of inflicting the se verest, punishment of the law ; and sentenced him to transportation for seven years. GUILDItALL.—;-,YestetclayJ.,Spencer underwent second examination, on a charge of-attempting to steal dead bodies. out of St: 'Andrew's Church yard. The defendant was found on Saturday night in a garden adjoining - the hrtryingground, With a sack, a basket, and several implements for open ing coffins. Two of - the dead bodies had been taken out of the graves in the course of the week, and the prisoner was secured by a watchman Who had beenplaced to watch the ground. OH nmday lie was examined and remanded. - _ The defendant, on the, present occasion, banded a letter to the Alderman, containing a good cha racter, which was written by a very eminent OSS , OF TtlE CAM'. DACELES' ADDRESS AND .u.ayalalts Or THE CsyTITT INTAKTIAL. " MR: ißrSttSN't AND GriNFLZ.MEN OF TitiCOUliT, By my letter to Admiral Sawyer, and the harratiVe of the principal Officers, I trust yoU Will be satisfied that evety exertion *as used in defending the ship, as long as there was the smallest prospect of resistance being Of any use In my letter where I mention the Boarders being called, it .was my intention, after having driven !jack the eneniv, to have boarded in return ; and in eon Sequence 1, ordered dowu the First Lieu; tenant -on the main 'deck to send every b6;tily up from the guns : but finding his deck filled men, rind every p re p arat i on to receive us, it woul d have heen4 almost impossible to sneceed. I or= dered the men down to their quarters, and desired Mr. Kent :to di..ixt part of his attention to the main -deck, the Lieutenant being killed. The main-mast fell without being struck by a single . , shot, the heart of the mast being &envied, and it was carried a-a - av solely by the weight .of the fore-mast ; and though every thing was done, we could not succeed in getting the ship under MTh mand ; and on the mealy wearing round to rake us, without our being able to make any resistance, and after having used every exertion, • to the best of my abilities, I 'toarnd - myself obliged to order tine colours to be struck ; ve:nich »wiling but the unmanageable state of the ship (shelaying a.per feet wreck) could ever have induced me to do, conceiving it was my duty not to sacrifice tisek,s-, ly the lives of the men, With Out any prospect cf, succes,•or of benefit t-o their country. " On the lathOard - side about thirty shot hat! taken effect about five sheets of copper down, and, the inizen mast had knocked a large hole under her-starboard counter, and she was so completely shattered, that the enemy found it. was impossible to refit her sufficiently to attempt carrying her into port, and they set fire to her as soon as they got the wounded out. What.considerahly weak ened my cinarters, was permitting the Americans belonging to the ship to quit their quarters on the enemy hoisting the colours of that nation, which, though it deprived me of the men, I thought it was my duty. " I. felt much shocked, when on board the Constitution, to find a large proportion of his ship's company ,British seamen, and many of whom recognised as haVing been foremost in the attempt to board. " Notwithstanding the unlucky issue of the ' affair, such confidence have I in the exertions of the officers and men who belonged to the Giferriere, end - I am so aware that the seccess of my oppo nent was owing to fortune, that it is *rity earnest wish, and would be the happiest period of lily life, to be once more opposed to the Con s tit u t; on , with them und er buy command, in a frigate of a 'similar force to the Guerriere. • " I cannot help noticing that the attachment of the ship's company in general to the service of their King and ccvntry reflects on them the highest credit ;'.far, though every art was used to encourage them to desert, and to inveigle therm into the American service, by high bounties and great promises, by the American. offs'.".- i n (1 ;'. tect contradiction to the declaration to me, that they did not wish such a thing; only eight Egg lishmen have remained behind, two only of which number haVe volunteered for their service.' . " Leaving the characters of my Otticers and ship's comp an y, as well as my own, to the deci-: sion of this Honourable Court, the justice of whose sentence no person can presume to question,. I close my narrative, eravin; inciolgeuce for hay . ... hig taken up so much of their time." The well knoWn attachment of the Newfound land dog to the human.race, in cases of drowning, was displayed alongside the Fantonte sloop of %vat., in Hamoaze, on Sunday last, in a most_ striking manner. Eleven s a il ors , a woman, and the wa terman, had reached the sloop in a shore boat; Where, in consequence of one of the sailors stooping. ratIKT violently over the side of the boat to reach his hat, which had fallen into the sea, the , boat upset, and all in it were plunged intothe wa ter. A Newfotindland dog, on the quarter-d5...ck of the iintome, surveying the accideut, instantly leaped among the unfortunate persons, and seiz ing one-man by the collar of his coat, he support ed him until a boat had hastened to the spot, Era saved all but the poor waterman, whose name is Kelly. After delivering his burthen in safety, the noble animal then made a wide circuit round the ship, in search of another, but finding nothing except ,an oar, he took possession of it; and was deservedly welcomed-on board with the acclama tions-of the admiring crew. MARRA ED. Yesterday, at Bray Church, Nicholas Hall, Esq. of Tru liegh, in the County .of Sussex, to Miss Adams, of the Elms,,_ Maidenhead, Berks. A few days since, at Tadcaster, Mr. Wilson, of Bramharn, to Miss Bearcliff, of Hutton, both near TadcJster. The, united ages of the bride,' bridegroom, and bridegroom's man * are -220 years ; and what is singular,tkose three persons hai'e only one eye each. DIED. . • On Sunday se'imight, - aged 55, at the Parsonage, Bromc berrow, of which Parish,. and that-of Fretherne, in Glouces tershire, he had been Rector for uta,ty years, fenry • Gorges P.ollyns•late, LL.D. Prebendary of Hereford. On Thursday evening last, at Harleyford, after a few hours illness' Al Mary t:arolino, the' youngest d aug ht er o f Sir. William and Ley_Clayton, Ba r _aged eleven year and four 'months. At' her holt:se at East-laiie, Bermondsey, Mrs. Oopsil, re lict of the late John Gopsil, Esq. ' On Sunday morning, Mrs. Newsom, Wife ofjohn Newsom, Esq. of Soho - buildings„lSlinp,ton, aged G 4. On Monday last, at his residence, Esher, Surrey, Edward fore, Esq. at the advanced age of 88 years. Lately, at Pontefract, Colonel Cockel, son of Doctor, and brother of the late Serjeant Cockel. N:s . YESTERDAY. Bank Stock, 2,15 2141 . India Bonds, Is. 2s. dis. Navy 5 - per Cent. 9Q 91 , Old. Ann. 4 par Cent. 73ii Excl.le+ Biils, nd. per aay, 3 per Cent. Red. 59 571, 58 Is. 2s. pr. 3 per Cent: Cons. 58i 591 581 Ditto, 3fd. per day, 35. - 53. - pr.,. 59 • Oinnium, 511.4 pr. Bank L. Ann. 15 1-15th Imperial Ann. 41 11-16ths India Stoek, - Cons. for 2.Alk Nov. 59i PRICE .OF STOC HIGI-1-WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW . Morning, 51 minutes after 2. Evening, 17 Minutes after 3 geon. The worthy Alderman , observed, that character could not do away the fact of stealing dead bodies, but as_ there was sonic doubt respecting the com mission of the crime, he vas discharged. C. Bird, and her daughtel•, a girl only ten years of age, were committed to Newgate for trial, on a charge of stealing a piece of stuff in the shop of Mr. Pitt, of Barbican. The Alderman severely reprobated the prisoner for having introduced her daughter at an early age to act; of dishonesty.—The Keeper of Newgate was ordered to keep the child apart from the fe lons. • BOW - STREET.—Thomas Greenwood underwent a final examination, charged with, feloniously steal ing six.deals, the property of Messrs Smith, Har rington, and Co. distillers, at Brentford. it appeared that the prosecutors had lately been repeatedly robbed of property, to a considerable amount. The prisoner having been detected with the deals, and'he being employed on the premises. as a millwright and'carpenter, they determined on• prosecuting him, Mr. BOLLAND attended for the prisoner, and Of fered several respectable persons as -bail for the prisoner's appearance, but Mr. READ informed them he could not comply with their request.--• I . 2ne prisoner was accordingly committed for trial. UNION HALL.--A coal m era ant in the Borough was summoned on an information, charging him with ushigsacks short of mea s ure. Ten sacks which had been seized by the officers were produced, and measured, and all found deficient.' The defendant pleaded guilty, but imputed all the blame to the meter under whose inspection the sacks were used. He iras fined 201. and costs. Another coal-merchant was also fined 141. and costs, fourteen sacks short of measure having been found in his waggon by the officers. EXTRACT OF S. LETTER FROM AN OFFICER OF THE ROYAL MARINES, DATED ST. ANDERO, OCT. 11. " Lord Wellington is still before Burgos ; has - sent twice to this place for powthn. and ammuni tion ; the last went off this day, 200 barrels. There is now between our troops and the enemy) a .deep fosse with palisadoes, which it is supposed Lord W. will mine and again storm ; this will be the last resolve, but must be resorted to, if the enemy hold out. The French in the. place are about 2000. Lord IV. has about 20,000, or it may be 25,000. The main body of the enciiy are at 'Miranda, near Vittoria ; our• advance, which consists chiefly of cavalry, is about two leagues from,BUrgos. The rainy season will soon set in, which will of course stop the operations ; but it is generally believed Lord WELLnio'rozi Will not go into winter quarters, unless absolutely com pelled ; but after taking Burgos and San Corvo will.direct his whole force against Souk.. It is imagined we are waiting for Spanish reinforce ments in weer to blockade, and perhaps attack Santona. Another surmise is, that we are to winter here, which, in fact, I think most pro bable. We have just received a...supply of - dollars from Corunna, are very comfortable, and get on famously." FATAL DUEL.-0a 'Tuesday, the 20th October, there was buried, at Leek, M. Le Courbe, French naval officer, Who was on parole at that place. The circumstances which led to the death of this young luau are truly uncommon. About ten days previous to his,deyease, he was out be yond theshour when prisoners'onght to return to their lodgings,.and on this account, the boys col lected about, and pelted him with stones. His be .haviour on this occasion made gne of his brother officers observe, "that he was soft—that he would faint at the sight of his own blood."—Le Courbe gave hint the lie, the other struck him, and the consequence was a challenge. Each party had his second; but as they could only procure one pistol, they cast loits who should have the. first fire ! It fell on Le Cutirbe. Ten yards was the distance mea sured out by the seconds. Le Courbe fired, and his bail went through both the thighs of his an tagonist, who fell on the ground, declaring that as‘LeCourbe had now dot satisfaction, he should not take his chance: The seconds, however. in sisted on his firing, and, helping him up, and sup porting him, he, in this shocking situation (the blood- streaming from' bis wounds) took his fire, and his ball went, through Le Courhe's neck. Le Courhe died on the .17th, and on the 20th a Co roner's Inquest was held on the body ; and, strange as- it may appear, the Jury,brought in their verdict—" Died by the Visitition of God !" The otliCer who was wounded in the thighs is re- ' covering. The Jury summoned at Portsmouth to decide on the death of Lieut. BAGNELI.., re-assembled on Wednesday, and heard the examination of Mr. MADDEN, the Surgeon who extracted the ball.— His evidence went only to identify the fatal instru ment of Lieutenant B.'s death ; and it proved that Lieutenant O'HANooN was present in the room when he performed the operation. The Jury, upon theevidence that bad bee n b roug h t b e f ore them, return e d a verdict of Wilful Murder against Lieutenant W. STUART, and against Lieutenant 3OuN O'HANLON, who was second to‘Lieutenant BAo NELL, for aiding and abetting the same. No part of, the evidence involved or legally ascertained the second of Li eu t enant STUART. The parties concerned weee, bound over to appear against Lieutenants STUART and O'HaN.Lozg - at the next Assizes for Hampshire. 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