The Sun. — London, England, 1817-09-16 00:00:00

NEW POLICE REPORT. • The Second Re-pt►'rt ft ito the 'Committee OF the tiolt*e of Colomoils oil sh.• %relict of the Mt't polls, 03 tile subject of Rewards for the cow/le -lion ■if offz..ntiers, atter rete•rring to, the. diffrreot • • prtitiee - which, on the evidence of Ma. taraley, the bcatile St. - Andrew's parish, H aton-garden, and Ely-Lents pivi; ,ion, takes place in respect of the, ten shillings which arc paid ? on the aurehension of a vagrant. This witnest statimitlo,l he had often when pi i'r people c line to the police office at Hatton it to solicit a pas , , that the officers will giVe them a ;',Olty or twitpence, and then bring them iu aud swear that they found them begging, when in tact they • never begged at all. the officers are accuttomed toswear hat they have taken the whet is thus a Peti"'e r for - a -pass. liegging in the street, who is Faint fur seven - days to tile anise of CnrrettiOn, when the-officers -get Ins. for their trouble: in Other cases, perhaps the man committed is an Irishman or Seotchman, and they cannot pass him ; hs is often net with again when discharged from prison, agaia comMitted, and "KW once more obtained. lie was Idled if he. had ever complained to tlp. Magistrates of Allis practice ? his aosweewal, that he thought it , wrimg, but be never coin phined much. r 1 question was pat to him, whether any of the vagrants t!Yij- remonstrated against tlle - fraud Which had heen practiced ,m t hem ? Aiml his reply was, chat he once was in the office. when an individual laid a complaint, and that the Nirigistrates matte no answer at all ; the officers of the police were very indignant at his iarrieelqieu, and threate.n ad him with turning him out of the Lidice. It is his opinion, from long experience, that police O ffi cers-would rather appie* bend beggars than thieves; and he says that the practice is so general, that there is any expression which describes it, and it is calleak getting an easy Ins." • tro be continued.] Act's :bf Porliatuent upon this stihject, Ohtervcs as folloivs " These eal-laites.Aets form a part of the 'law of the land at the s e went nflinreeette and the Vire , ot money which are thus painesseeiliis.44l£ vacsioreeenteut to the appreheiWon and cenvictiou of offenders hes riot t 1 front 7.770/. which was the "amount in iThh, to Is it of re,ooo'. Which '‘'''eas paid for the puniest! in 1815. •Your Committee are of opinion that this eystameof l'erlituotea ties , rewards, for the co:1en:1in:1 of offend ers, is of 'ianstionahle - 1)01 , 4. They have felt eit tbioS duty tq exattiine, not only the aliteistretes of the various Po lice offices in the metropolis, bet .life thaieers of the o licte and , the testimony of wetly of these pia sons , m ell as of those, uitb the exception of the Re corder of Lotoliin, wills have hel most o pportunities Of wit inssing the effecti of this, practice, is, that the sys tent le - most dangerous in itself, that it has lit-educed the worst cetisequencee, and that it cannot he WO speedily aban dotted. It has been stated to your Committee, that it has the tendency, end in some instances has prodnced the practice, of inducine persons to forswear themselv es for the lucre of the • reward; that,. while sometimes the imieeent have forfeited their lives, front the cupidity of those eel° swore-them away, to obtain the money a hide he was to be paid ott the convict bill of the accused, in other eases, substantial justice has not . been 1 1 1(1, from the suspicion which juries hate entertaimel that the real truth was nit spoken, :tad that the prosecutor or witness me the trial forswore himself forothe value of the reward. The odious appellation of bl o od-money has been given to these rewards ; arid your Committee have .- found in all quarters an abhorrence to e - xist. against them e . with con stantly operates as impediments to public justice. " Your Committee have sought with great anxiety to learn' from the earitisti Magistrates whom they have examined, if to their knewledge er belief the system was productive of care leisnesS-mal inattention on the part-of the oil eers of the po lice to the conviction of minor offenders ? The answer has' been from all, that' they did not conceive any such come ,quence had followed; but with due defereuce to the opinion of these persons, your Committee ca n n ot avoid ' remarking,, that estimating the conduct of thy police officers to be guided by the common interest and motives that govern the actions of netukind, it is impossit(le that they should not be stimu lated into greater activity incases where that activity was to lie-rewarded, than in those where it was not: besides, it has been allowed that the pectmiei y rewards offered Icy individuals are great stimulants to the eat rtiens of officer.; a adit seems reasonable to conclude, that the absence of these rewards weeld operate in a direct opposite ratio. There can also he do dine); teat offenders here been suffered to he trained on iu their career of crime. from the first offence which made them atm:mode to the law, though not yet 'objects of profit, till, step by step, they have been red to the commis-shin - of of fences for which, on their conviction, the Parliamentary re ward could he obtained. - " Your Committee nave inqnired iuto the mode in which Parliamentary rewards are distributed. At the County dailies they are apportioned by the Judge who tries the prisoner, the experiees of the proeecution being first .deducted ; mid though contrary .0 the exeress words of the various Acts of Partia- Metst, considerable demands are made in the nature ol tees. In the Midland Circuit, the practice is to deduct first 1 ss. Ad. for procuring - the signature ot the Judge to -the certaic ere of the conviction, besides a fee taken for the UndereShet HI et faeituineas, if the reward is paid within a month. Voile Committee have reason to believe, that even larger demands than these are made in the nature of fees,- and that for the proMpt payment. the Under-Sheriff charges for the felt weeks advance of the money above sixty per cent. Your Committee have inquired as to the practice wench takes glace in the aleteolailis and in the County of Middlesex upon this - subject. The Recorder,.-Sir Juhn Sylvester, distributes the rewards, and- apportions them according to the merits of their tespeci ive claimants. They examined Mr. Thomas Watson, the Clerk to the Reeordere.who has told them. that - prior to receiving that situation, he had learnt from the Clerk to Mr. Serjeant Adair, that in his titre, as Well as in that of Serjeaut Glyn's, there was considerable emolument arising (rem the payment of the rewards; that he took that situation without having any thine mentioned by the Recorder con cerning those rewards; but that making au applicatiou to . another person, he received th e inf e rmation that there was eighteen-pence in the pound to be :asked for, for the Sheriff, and a compliment to himself for his trouble. Its respect to that compliment it is sometimes more and sometimes less ;• but the e witness stated, he .was perfectly satisfied istpr. tt?Ers i t l "n that he was to pay`toe one smiling ari puoeeu °vet to the Under-Sheriff; upon taking the money to the fin der-Sherillet that Officer tools sixpence iii the pound, and re turned the witness one shilling. Your Committee tingersta.nd the propriety of taking this poundage money ..rests upon ems turn, and that this witness received no more than his prede cessor. The witness delivered in a paper, which purports to be au account of the rewards which have en paid etery Ses sions, from the month of February. ISIS, to Feteruary, 1817, an'. which amount to 11,4101. so that this witness has re cei, v.' the sues of five hundred and fifty pounds, out of which .be has paid the stamps, which are due upon the receipts that are taken front the different persons who receive their sheee of the rewards. The Coutrulttee feel it but just to the Recorder to declare, that the witness denies that he is at all pricy to this irregularity, or that he ever had any con versation with 'him upon this subject. The Recorder was shewn the evidence which was given by his clerk, and deuied being acquainted with any part of the transaction which is thee.: detailed ; he had, howeve?, heard, that the Under-She riff claimed a fee as' well as his own Clerk, yet he gives him a larger salary thanhis predecessors ever did, without having a:ty consideration whatever to his obtaining g ratuities or fees, or emolunieuts of any sort. Your Committee wish gene- Telly to observe, that . this practice of taking poundage mo ney tin -these rewards, or •deducting, under any p re t e nce, any portion of thou, in the-nature of tees and gratuities, is highly irregular. 'flit Acts of Parliament are positive upon this subject ; and though it is but fit that the money for the stamps should be deducted front the inn - lion of the reward which is paid, and that if prompt payment is demanded, the person who advances the money may have a claire to the dis count ; yet they caunot, hut think the demandis exorbitant, and the whole practice liable to great abuse. With respect to the distribution itself, no fixed rule seems to exist; and front evidence which has been submitted to your Committee, they have reason to believe, and white in some cases a much L - trger sum than the exertions of the claimants can warrant, is proportioned to them, in others, great partiality is shown, and services, however itupoetant, - are suffered to go un rewarded. _ ".'!hero is another saecies of reward which your Committee would equally wish to do away with, namely, that which is technically called a Tyburn Ticket, which is an exemption from the service of - parish offices, in the parish where the felony was committed, and which], by the 10th and Ilth Wil limo ill. chap. 23, is to he given to the apprehenderand taker of the felon on his or her 'conviction. '1 his mode of remune ration has all the had eoneequences of the Perliamentary re wards by money, as the ticket is generally sold, varying in its price from 12 or 141. to 50 or 401. according to the parish in which the exemption is to arise; and, indeed, it may be con entered in some respects afeworse, it , having all the effect of a meney reward without its name. Your Committee think •it fit, that the -Officers of the Police should have a sutticieut 'salary, ample enough to - keep them above the temptation of corruption ; and if the rewards he abolished, some arrange raent to that effect should take place.—That portion of the reward which it is now the custom to pay for the expenses of the trial to the prosecutor might be continued, and a reason able allowance made for loss of time to the witnesses. But your Committee consider the payment of rewards fur the dis covery and a pprehension of criminals to be perfectly unneces sary; and they think the evidence of Mr. Shelton, the Clerk of the Arraigns, decisive upon this question, who, from long practice in Courts of Law, is so fully capable of estimating correctly the difficulties attending on criminal prosecutions. robberies, 1 should conceive Ile says, speaking of highwayrobberies, there could be no more difficulty in discovering and appre hending a person charged with highway robbery, where a re ward is given; than there would 11e in the discovery and ap prehension of offenders guilty of crimes for which there is no reward? • " Your Committee remark, that there is no evidence to prove that any difficulties are found in the prosecution of lar cetiies; or that there - is any anwilliogness in the injured to Seek legal eearesse The enly impediments that are to be met prosecutions - ar e o f w ith upon the general subject of legal two kinds the expences of the prosec ution y. the severity of the laws, which often deter men front, pursuing the effeoder to Conviction ; so•that if the parties pr ose eutine w er e assisted in their expences by an allowayeei and the wit nesses re munerated for less of time , the-public justice of the country would be no More interrupted than under She present practice. As an illustration of this system of assisting rewnres fo g the appreheusion of offenders, your Committee refer to the TO CORRESPONDENTS. We desire that the person '(C. \V.) who has pot us to much ex pence in postage for letters from Brighton and Armidel t will trouble us no more. We gate him no astthority to write, and we never make use of his letters. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Perforpied.Last Night. TnEATRERniAL COVENT-GARDEN.—The Belle's Stratagems: I) ,, ric , wrt, Nil . . C. Kcinhle Letitia Hardy, Miss Brut:too. After which, Hirle?lin and the Syiph of the OA. TIIEATRE ROYAL, HAYnARKFT.—The Travarrs43viligliteti:. Theodore, Mr. Russell; Marguerette, Mrs. Glover. After which, The Actor of All Wotk. To ,.. which was added, Ttazing made. Eaiy. - -• NEW THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPE'?A-HOUsl:•—Gist time), 'Wanted a Uoverness : Principal Characters by Mr. Bartley awl Nliss - kelly. After which, Bachelors' Wires, and The Festival of Apollo. To which was added, Fire and Water. 51 ts. AnutveD-1 France, t Guernsey and Yersiy. I Waterford. Dut►-1 Malta, t Gotteuburgh, 1 Dublin, 1 iVaterturd. PRICE 0 STOCKS rats DAY A'r ri Bank Stack, . shnt 3 .per Cent. Red. shut a per Cent. Own— 79iii 4 per Cents, shut 5 perCt.Nav;;Ann.lo)4ll 10ti ELVF: O'CLOCK. Bank Ann.... shut India 80nd5,.....923. 955. pr. Exch. 193. Ns: pr. Cons. fur October, 791 80 791 HIGH WATER Al' LONDON BRIDGE To.moitßow. glut ninq, 5.0 minutes after G. J Evening, 15 minutes after THE SUN. SULEM QU IS DICERE FALSUM AUTIZAT LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1817. We received this morning the Paris PApers of Saturday last. They announce a change of con siderable importance in the French Ministry, the Duke de FELTRE, the Minister of War, having re signed, and been succeeded by Marshal GovvioN ST. CYR, in whose place Count MOLE is ap pointed Minister of Marine.--The following are ex►tracts " PARIS, S E PT. 13. " Lovts, &c. " Haring, accepted the resignation tendered to us bY nut Cousin, Marshal the Duke de Fettre, we have appointed and do appoint one Cousin, Marshal Gouvion St. Cyr, to be . M nister Secretary of State for the War Department. " Dated 12th Sept. 1917, (Signed) " LOUIS. " Louis, &c. " The Count Moli, Peer of France, is appointed Minister Secretary of State for the Department of Marine. " Dated tech Sept. IEO7. (Signed) "LOUIS. " They write from Strasburg, that the Baron Frimont, General of the Austrian troops in France, went o- the Bth instant to Bouquemont, to meet the Duke of Wellington, who was on the 11th to review the Bavarian corps. The arrival of his Grace having been delayed a day, the re view of the Wurtemburg troops Wil4 to take place yesterday at Richshoffen, and th a t of the Aus trian troops yesterday and this day at Haguenan. " The Abbe Muriel set out on the Sth instant for Rome. He conveys to his Holiness the flo . - consents relative to the greater part of the Bishops of France, and it is thought he will return in a short time with the Bulls. It was stated by mistake that the Count de Montarby had taken the oaths as Intendant of 56rtinique. " They write from Commercy, that a ferocious wolf there has destroyed in one month no less than .40 dogs. "The King of Prussia 'rill, it is said, adopt a Aix-la-Chapelle some important measures relat. ing to the Administration of the Prussian Gran( Duchy., " FIVE PER CENTS. " Shut price with the Dividend 68 f. 6a c. " Ex. Div. - - - 65,f. y 3 c. PETERSBURGH, AUG, 19. The 15th the Einperor, the Etnpresses, the Grand Dukes, the Grand Duchess Alexandra, and Prince William of Prussia, attended the Benediction of the Colours of the 2d division of the Guard. The ceremony took place in the Court of the Palace, where a great number of spectators were assembled. The Grand Duke Constantine commanded the parade. " It is understood that the departure of the Emperor is fixed for the Ist of next month. "The Emperor, in 1812, determined that flel.;. iingfors should be 'in future the capital of the • Grand Da'cliy of Fiulad, and since that period tte building of Ptiblie edifice's there has been going„ Ac'Zording to a new determinatton of his Imperial Majesty, all the Anthbritiei i t the Grand al•e, on the Ist of acteibeir next, to 're move rrom Abo to Flelsingforil: " CorIiiiI4AGEN,AUG. 30.—Their Majesties and the Princesses are expected here about tbe titiddle of next niontii. " FRANKFORT ON +iiE ObER, 1.-LTlSert have been succail(rely published in Prussian Po land several Ordonnances of the highest import ance respecting the toitimerce and agriculture of the 4ingdoin. These Ordonuances have particu:- larly for their object That industry may deeelopc itself with full and entire fieedtirn. 0 ' It said also, that when the Ernperor Alexan der arrives at IVarsaw, where he will itay some months, he proposes to occupy hint Self in detail with all the objects that can , contribute to ant - liurate the state of Poland. " Theharvest is extremely abundant both hi ['Oland and Russia. The price of grain is falling considerably in the ports of the Baltic, in some of which the price is one third less.than it was two months since. " FRANKFORT, SEPT. 8 -.—Letters.received here from M. (le Buol de Sellauenstein, ['resident of the Germanic Diet, state, that he propOses, on quit- ting the South of France, to proceed by Milan and Venice to-Vienna, and that he will not return to Frankfort until early in Noveruber:' This morning eve '.received American Papers one day later than those of yesterday (Front the Boston ..-ddveraser of Aug. 21.) We learn from a Gentleman who left Amelia on the 2d of August, that on the 27th ult. a large brig arrived there, loaded cvith•sugar, coffee,.and indigo, and a considerable quantity sent in by a Patriotic .privateer, commanded by Capt. MoNy- FORT;for adjudication. The brig is said to be French property, the cargo Spanish. All was quiet at Amelia, and the greatest hartnoay cx-' isted among. the troops. Two Government .slvips arrived at Quebec July Bth, from London and Cork, with 90 settlers and .384 troops of the 37th regiment of toot. On the same day a ship from tireeuock arrived Wit-h 133 • • settler's. Older% have beet' received at Canada for tlie This mntt:tiiitte 'Auction of 104th regiment. •egitneut is eumpostiti of natives of the British Colonics. MONTAgAL, AUG. 9.—On Monday last,',stb inst, about six o'clock. in the afternoon, we %vete visited by a severe gale of wind, which came from a bOut;,i- wtstc, ty- dirrctino, accompanied by an on , common dark cloud, lightning. thunder, and a tor , rent of rain. I t-coutinued about fifteen minutes It was so•intpetuous at the commencement, as to blow down fences and carry them a considerable distance. Great damage was done to 'orchards and gardens, and many houses and barns ;vere unroofed. At Haute-aux-Trembles the spire of the church was blywn down, and considerable da mage done. We hear from l'Assumpti9n, that two mart ied women and a child 19 months old were killed, and the houses very much injured by lightning during the storm. Died at Hayti, Prince JOHN, of Hayti, Grand Admiral of the Kingdom, aged remains were entombed, attd sent to St. Lucie (the place of his birth) to be intetred with military honours. He was a man of talents and probity; and in his transactions with America, as High Admiral, dis charged his duty with great urbanity, rectitude, and politeness. He was a distant relative of CHRISTOPHE. CHARLECTON, AUG. s.—At Havannab intelli gence had been received of General ArGREGOR . S OCCUpation of Amelia Island, and an attempt was to be made to forward men and stores for,the,de fence of St..Augustiue. .A Spanish schooner had arrived at flavandalt from St. Augustin, which 1)0 doubt carried out official information . of General M`GxEcott's movements. Wi7eitatea Borne time since that a_British Gene ral Officer• had been arrested in France at the sui of a French flutcl-keeper, late. of L icesteV square, fol. a debt contracted in this Country.— We are happy note to - announce; that the Case . has been ably defended in the. Court of Rouen, and the decision has been given against the Frenchman, who has been condemned to pay all the costs and eipences besides losing his 'debt. The General had been confined for several months in prison with the coinwon felons of the district, although )Bait had been offered of double the amount-of the, debt and costs, but refused. , • Lord-MtILYILLE has left town for E!ltithtirch. Mr. CHOKER left town last night for Cowes, Isle of Wight. His Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT has most , graoiously condescended to bitcotne a. Mon bet of the Yacht Club. sour ivii Eti itj .•, , • The brig . Le Slit - 0611r; in 68 days from Brten"" Ayres to Havre; the An ii, at LiVerpoOl ; and the' If'illia►rr, tat Portsimititb, haVe arrived ft oat River Plate, with accounts to the middle of J une ` Those that are received are dated the 16th,_ one day later than otir prevititts advices. The post 104 just arrived-at ,Chili, and broug ht accounts that • General SAN •111ARTiN had joineit his army therei and marelied against the town of Conception awl the forti6s Talcagnano, where the Spa were pasted. It now appears, that the latter are - chiefly troops . and people who evacnated iti when the country was taken, 'having first soug*t i je ~ shelter and assembled in the Chiloe - afterwards landed at Conception, and since have received a reitlforcetneut from Lima of 400 men• —At Buenos Ayres »othing was said of the eke - riot] of a new Supreme Director, thongh the time of the present one had expired, and the Cong re had opened its Sessions in the Capital.—The Bug" nos Ayreans and Portuguese were on tolerably good terms. , Repectiug the latter, several straog.' reports were afloat. One w as, that the y had 0' feted to acknowledge the Independence of l b° Provinces of Buenos Ayres, if they agreed not to interfere' with the views of the house of Braglni ft r . tnr the Banda Oriental. The following is an egi" Inlet of a letter respecting the Portuguese 6t Montevideo : ka " BueNos;Avttes, , June is more than IS mO.- since the Portuguese comiiieheed their c,mpeeign, and al.,;(‘ having scierft sik months before they -took the fortress ' Monte Video, they remain within it. shut up by troops:m Artigas, who have their head-quarters at. Santa L c ia. , i , Pottugnese troops- are encamped near the Mi g uelete a"' e Piedpas; and Art gas's irregulars (the-Gauchos) harass thulf nearly every night, and have redueedthciaa all to the state infantry, having carried off ate their horses. The Portuglic'c now rest all their hopes on 300 G cavalry, which they exll, from Rio Grande, to co-operate with the infantry; in „ l e i,- mean time, the, good revutation which they acqured ois tu I xnrtPs entering the .fOrtress by their good policy and ireand promises, and parade, is disappearing, as :Cloote Video islittliioe suffering greater distress than in the time of the siege b {title Buenos Ayres' troops. There is no bread to be had I.a wheat smuggled there from hence has been sold at 22 pp . fanega. Meat i s dear and scarce, a is soW by the I" and sometimes they ate a fortnight without haviii< anyt et for coal and firewood they are dependent on Bneuos A3're'" DEATH 1 / 4 .N1: ArMALION• • It is with great regret we state the death O f the Right Hon. J. 111`ivIA.HoN, at Bath, on Satoo l . last. lie had been in a very precarious sote•(3 health for some time; and had gone "to Bilt. 1 ; endeavour to recruit his strength—frori he. hoped soon to be able .to proceed to the rniltt er climate Of Devonshire. That hope, a I 4 S , w"s a to be !canted F—Frour the m o m ent he arri ve Bath . he grew weaker and weaker, nod diet i ' C we would all wish to die,_ quietly aWI trAntl").3" sinking into the arms of death as into steep. men were fitter to•meet that attni change I b t;;i the man whose death we are now recoi.iling. was a (:rentletnan of most kiwi and coui l l7, mannts•s—steady anti CIIIISIUtit in Ilb fi len (((iat Illustrious Petions;..:e bona he seivol such zeal, fidelity, and a ifo et km, will he the tics to attest the justice of this tribute 1 ; ) vet y a:t%iLL') to do gobd, and dOiog it,always witlrotir lion or parade. That I . lc had many fric.lils , can assert —hat he had one cnenoi, hg'e ver heat ti. ‘Vith the best 9n,alities p l . the It e r . we may add that he hau l a very i'"'' . standing . and a very soand judgment -- ` clearest Bead with the sincerest heart. 1' PRINCE REGENT received tilt Heco „ li t of • to death, as those who know the warmth of I,i , fections'would expect, with feelings and ,)6,i'fs sions of the deepest sorrow. Tlie folloiving notice is, published in the J 3l ' na.l des Debuts f t The risder Secretary of State in the Department t'• .2-Y°' tenor t i ns-transmitted the followim: Circular, dated "".• • ult. to the Chambers of Commerce throug'sout dons t— " Mr.ssittutts,—l have the honour to inform v olt, Ltiv Majesty has appointed the Count des Eseotais to iesidel, Cape of Good Hope, in the eliaracqer of Maritime II" mercial Agent.—One 4t the principal oh;ects of the 01°:iiicei ; of this agent is to interplise his intervention and 40 0 d, v e s' with regard to ships of the Royal Navy and Ct/1111)11'rei,3 314 se ls which may totze-ls at that port on their way to It'd l4„,,,ei to Chinit. It is also recommemled to lyiut.4e> f a vour t as possible the direct, commecewhieh we may be carry on at the Cape, in consequence of an drtler of his Britannic Majesty, dated 24th Sept. 18 14, hi 4 that period in duration to the Month, of July foll owing ' t w hi c h by a : further order has been ex . ten(!eil till I" ° ;ts qu est you to give to this notice all the poblivity that -- portanco demands. Accept, Messieurs , Sa'• (Signe . WINDSOR, SF.py. eay being re fi r::• ably fine on Friday, her M A J E STY and th e i e ct c esses -AUOUSTA alld ELIZABETH, Wit h a i ' N ,v44 l party,spent the day at Virginia Water. he "c• Horse Gisards'. (Mites) bafid atteo a c d 0 0 01'.4,,,1 easion., A party of Lilies and Gerolctstol ec . on the water to fi,l}, &e..; ;treat nombera sP tators were assembled on both sides.the wAter:iie 'There were two large marquee." pitched " 51 i l e t lawn, in which were several tables covered' t he MAJESTY and PRINcEssF,s, awl the rest company; partook of a sumptuous tliOner °"' imir o'clock. „tiotO BARON Wop-r) gave a delicate, out severe r el) , :i:0 to the Gentlemen of the at the Laticaslerve sizes,. when he observcd, : that if Action s I"' 'el,. t e onation agains•t Counsei Were to be the Court ". during one Assize could do ii"" but try actions brought for words use d by t;° 3"-„ i :IV aekat the former Assize." 'riiis • was a ", l e— `raac' brotid hint that - his Lordship thottuht the v then of the Bar somewhat too free iii speech. s o BY the shli ) Tyne , letters have leached t%ti, from lienga) to the 2ist of May. These ec'Tflart nicate the intelligence, that since the Nil t ); ,bet . 1-fattrass, the British troops had taken e teven #l l gig c forts ; which, according to adviees recei%.'e(oo' lien ;al from the army, had left the ettetuyl ) try arthe entire mercy of the liritibh. d a llBo9 In the night betweett.Saturday and SO se; the boats of his Maiesty's ship Se%era s ‘ , riot'• s tencontre off BrOadstairs, with a P 11 (0 smugglers, from whom they took upwardil,orty tubs of girt. the affray, we ere sorry tc' h t e ( 10. a Rtitish Officer was so set ' .erel 1( 101 dt,Js , y wetu ;_e smugglers, that but stnall•ltapcs are eli:ert4 WS recovery. t-,, .kne 441elia thi s It( I)ri gs ' 1 Cotisist' fi iend in g t tht th ml 'tst,,, fur 11. lip gt krl,l s. at;,l t flf or il tide. .4) el , 1 4 k;t bt t(); ' . 1 ti ISkt"