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DI HUSKISSON'S LETTER TO A CONSTIT
28UENT.
Hefifordshire, nil ay , 1814.
Mt Draw SIN —A report has reached Mt from various quarters,
that the pert which I have taken in the Home of Commons on the
cern Leyte has given offence to some of my constituents. I have.
heard Olio report with great concern, but, considering the misrepre.
pentations which are industriously circulated throughout the coun.
try, without much surprise.
In opposing, on I did, the scheme of Sir Henry Parnell, 'belay.
leg a prohibitory duty on the importation of foreign wheat up to
ass per quarter. and that of Alt. Fleeter, for prohibiting it alto.
gether up to 100.., 1 have incurred the displepeure of many, who
think that the 11 • It grower will not be %Milt:3olde protected by
the much milder system which 1 have substituted. (In the other
hand. there are ninny others who think that the scale by which 1
have proposed to replete the import is too high. I will not pre-
tend to say that the circumstance of some condemning my sugges-
tion, as not doing enough, and others, as doing too much, is any
proof (though I think it tinned% some pretiumptioni that the middle
course which 1 have steered between, the supposed oppoeite inte-
rests of the grower and coneutner„ is fair to bnth, But of thin lam
quite sure, that the far wronger meaeuree which were proposed in
the House would not base been, rejected if an attempt had been
mule simply to negative them, without substituting some other
roomette in then steed.
It is unnecessary for me to trouble you with my reasons far op.
voting the stronger measure" of Sir 11. Parnell and Alr. Foster ;
because I apprehend that whatever objections are felt at Chiches.
ter against my plan, they are founded on the supposition, not that
it does not go far omugh, hut two far for the protection of the Bri-
tish grower, and that the effect of it will be to prise hard upon the
commove and the poor.
If I were nit fully come-col that the consumer in general, hut
Mae especially that class of consumers whose subsistence depends
an their awn industry, would be benefited by the proposed alter.
anon, it would not have had my support. My sole object to pro:
vent (as far as human means can prevent) bread corn front esse
again reaching the late eettavogant totem Can any man lhaeft
witnessed the worthies and consequent privations of the people,
during six or seven diffetent at asona of the last twenty years,
without feeling noxious to guard the country against the re-
turn of such severe distress? But if we wish to cure an
evil of this alarming magnitude, we must first trace it to its
source. What is that source? Obviously this,—that, until now,
we did not, even in good years, grow corn enough for our own con-
sumption. Habitually depending on foreign supply, that supply
was rittonmpted by war, or by bad unseal *bond- The present
war, it is true, is now at an end ; but peace is, at all dime, too
precarious not to induce us to guard spinet the repetition of While,
calamities, whenever hostilities may be renewed. But even in
peace the habitual dependence on foreign supply is dangefotto
We place the subsistence of out own population not only at the
mete of foreign powers, but also on their being able to spare as
touch corn as we may want to buy. Suppose, as it frequently hap-
pew, the harvest in the same year to be a short one. out wily in this
country, but in the foreign countries from which we are fed—What
fnilows It The katintally exporting country, France for instance. slops
the export alio own, and feeds its people without any great pressure.
The habitually impelling country, England, which, even in a good
semen, has hitherto depended on the aid of foreign corn. deprived of
that aid in a year of ecareit tele driven to distress bordering on famine.
Thezz is, therefore, no effectual security, either in peace or war,
against the frequent retool of scarcity approaching to starvation.
such as of late years' we have se frequently experienced, but in our
maintaining ourselem'habinially independent of foreign supply.
bet the bread we rat be the produce of corn grown among (tweeters,
and, for one, 1 care not how cheap le is • the cheaper the better.
It is cheap now, and I rejoice at it, because it is altogether owing
to a sufficiency of earn of out own growth. Rut in order to insure
a continuance of thanel.eapnestand that salficieacy, we must !noire
to our own growers that protection against foreign import which
has produced there blcesings, andley whieh alone they can be per.
maueetly maintained.
The history of the country foe the last one hundred and seventy
years clearly proves. on'the one hand, thin cheapness produced by
foreign import is the sure forerunner of ReaecOye and on the other,
that a weedy home supply is the only safe foundation of steady and
moderate prices. Poring upwards of one hundred year*, up to the
year 1765. the import of foreign corn was restrained by very high
duds. Wear was the grate of the country during those one hun.
tired leers e That in ordinary seasons OUT own growth supplied a
stock of corn fully ample for near own consumption ; ' that in abun-
dolt seasens we had some to spare, which we estiewted ; —that In
bail lemons we felt no want, anti were under n 6 apprehension
that the price of corn seldom varied more then a few shilling% per
quarter ;--that we had no years of inordinate gain to the
tanner, and of starvation to the consumer ; that prices, instead
of rising from year to yese, were gradually dimintehitig; RD
that at the end of this long period of a century. during eted.ch
we never imported foreign corn, they were actually me.fiftli
lout r than at the beginning of it. Would to (lotd that we bad
continued in this salutary written)! But in 1765 it was most
witurtunatele abandoned. That has been the 'result ? Pre-
cisely the reverse of the former system. Instead of a steady
supply, afforded at steady said moderate prices, we have witnessed
frequent arid shinning scarcities. Every you our dependence on
foreign enmity greatly aggravated all our evils; for a country
which depends 011 enemies or rival, for the food of its people is
never safe in war. In the first eighteen years of this war we were
faecal to pay 11 minium' of money (to netioas, every one of whom
has. in Cot (oume of it, been our enemy). fix a scanty and iade-
quate supply of foreign corn; and when, for this purpose, we had
parttd with all our gold. and even our silver currency, combined
Europe shut its ports against us ; and America co-operstiog, first
laid in emhorgo, and then to war. This combination was formed
with the vain hope to break our spirit by starving our bodies.
We snuggled hard both at home and abroad. but by the struggle
we have gamed much. Abroad we have subdued our enemies—at
borne we come out of the war with our agriculture so extended
and improved, as to make us at this moment independent of foreign
supply. IVe see so et this moment ; and shall I, who, to the en-
tire conviction of my judgment, have traced the long sufferings of
the people to a contrary state of things, be deterred front using ney
honest entleevours in Parliament to prevent the recurrence of such
suffetinge ? For that purpose we must go back to the principle
of our forefathers; amid, by reverting as posterity possible to theis
eyetem, we shall secure to ourselves and our all►the bener
ins which they derived from it.
I admit that if unlimited foreign import, which the war had sus •
•
welded. were sow again allowed, bread might be a little, though a
very little, cheaper than it now is, for a year or two. But what
'You'd endow ? The small farmer would be ruined—improvements
you'd every where wand still—intl.-jot lands, now producing corn,
would be given up. and return to a state of waste. The home
consume ion and brisk demand for all the various articles of the
viol trade-, which lies so much contributed, even during the Tires-
ome of war, to the prosperity of the towns fetid especially of those
wives are not connected with manufactures of foreign com-
mie:), woe's(' rapidly decline ; farming servants, and all the
trades which depend on agriculture for employment, would
he thrown out of work ; and the necessary result of the want
of work would he, that wages would fall even more rapidly
than the price of Wad. Then comes some interruption to
the foreign import, coinciding with the decay of agriculture at home.
and corn is suddenly forced up again to a famine price. Such, I
conceive re anti I he the inevitable consequence of again placing our.
settee tr a state of habitual and increasing dependence on foreign
sepoly. 'Who. tip in the long run, would profit by such a state of
things? Certainty not the consumer e but precisely those who have
refired eh much already from a similar state of things—namely,
to: oetegrewn farmers, with large capitals. They will be enabled,
fir two or three ye tea, to bear Realist the foreign import ; and when.
cat that imeott is interrupted, the extravagant priest they will
then be enabled to command will more than repay the temperary
lo se" vet h their poorer but not less industrious neighbours had
not the means to withstand. Every acre thus forced out of cultiva-
Coe will ensure to them an ultimate increase of profit, sod. in pro-
p .mien of that Folio will inflict an increased . pressure on the con-
nemer. To protect the small firmer, therefore, at this moment, is
el imalely tO protect the people. This is my wire object; and,
whatever silty he the fate of the bill now in the Howie of Commons,
I col most roraeirwtieasty declare is, in my opinion, the sole tend-
ency of rile plate-which that bill is calculated to carry into effect.
I have treteired you alre'tly st great length; but the subject Is
far ton exteneile to be prop. rly dis noted in any hasty communica-
tion which numrt we avocations hers will afford me Leone to
ho'd with ary sf my co-stituentc. i.e yeasit his oecupied my
attention t and for years. I can truly me, I have foreseen the neces-
sity of adopting the peinciples on which the House of Commons is
saw acting.
If ny.conertutn e, upon mature conalitc-ation. alined diff.r from
that, e principles. I shall deeply regret that 1 cannot c incur in their
oe.ei ins. 'fn them I nice every respect, and to their wishes it
mu t ero first anh to show every possible deference; but on an
o casion in which, after my most anztoun reflection, my own ennui-
ell 0 101 judgment is satisfied that the course which I have pursued
is reculatei to promote the best interests of the country. and to
place the nib tett nee of the people upon a footing more stable and
%Tufa, more cnntluetive to regular industry, and individual cola-
fm. 1 deoefil hold myself unworthy of the trust which has been
r, nfi led to rote, and should indeed feel that I had betrayed it, if 1
vote to put even the risk of leasing the good will of
it part
on wit of my
emwituents (a momentary loss I should toed) in competih
tne eiecharge of a sacred public duty. They know and velue their
own i :dependence ; but, in proeortton as It is dear to them, they
mono t ireepect mine.
I moo frankly Kay, if i cannot be their unfettered representative 0.
I cannot. to wry purpore, represent them at Rll. To their services.
ethic!) is that of the public. my time and attention in Parliament
are weedily aed cheerfully devoted. The osly reward I look for is
the kindliest and confidence of those who have sent me there; but
that reward, however valued, I can neither consent to purchase at
the expense of teeth, nor to retain by Mattering the people to their
ruin. In unfortunately, this be the price which a Member fur Chi.
cheerer is expected to pay for list seat, which I deem it the proudest
honour to owe to their own free choice, It is a price which neither
duty roe honour will permit nee to pay ; for I should then hold that
seat by a tenure me injurious to their intereets, than deg
to the character or their representative. These feelings you admit
li •a ty to make known In any quarter you may think proper. I
.hare thought that the wanton called for them —1 have r
stated them
• w [hoot reserve; but ocitle an undiminished sense of geet itude fo
the many favours and hiewdly offices for which I am indebted peeu-
-
'tonally to you, and many others. and generally to all my cons
turn-a.
Bei vs me, my dear Sir, very faithfully yours,
WILLIAM hIL'SKISSON.

COURT OF KING'S BENCh.
DAT.-TO SIT AT lIALIP-PAST MINI. •
London Special Jude►.
Snow T. Lsibmn. lit Saslib T. Noakes Preston T. Lord
by order . Jones v. Ander4en Grindley.
Fussell T. Brooks I Lloyd v. Fred:Meld wcinivirity T. Simeon.
The King T. W. Clark
N.B. No Common Jades till further notice.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Thursday, Oetober 26. 1826, to sit at Ten o'clock.
London Special Juries.
Flock e. Jones 1 Flock v. Jonet.
Shout. appointed to be held In Mittelleses and London, before the
Riolst Honourable Sir Caper Best, Knight, Lord Cilltif
Jostle. of his Majesty's Coni: of Common Pleas, dt Westminster, In Sod
after Michaelmas Terns, 1826.

IN ?MIN. -
Middlesex. London.
Tuesday ..... ...... .. November 7 'Wednesday November 8
Wednesday November IF. Tburaday .... ..... ...November IS
Wednesday . November 22 Thursday November 23

AAAAA MM.
Wednesdny ..... . November 29 Tburitley ............Nnv .mber 30
N.B. The Court will sit at one o'clock on November 7111. stb, 13th, and
16th, and at half past nine precisely on each of the other days.

ADMIRALTY SESVIO,VS, OLD Ban. y, OCT. 24.

These Sessions were opened yesterday by Lord STownr.r., the
Judge of the High Court of Admiralty. His Lordship was as-
sisted by Mr. Justice PARK and Mr. Heron GA*sow, and was
attended by Drs. PIitt.LISIORE, PICKARD, and HAGGARD.
The usual preliminary formalities having been gone through,
and the Grand Jury sworn—
His 1,0111118111 P addressed them as follows :—The usual course
of business imposes on me the necessity of addressing you on the
duties you have to petform. I have seldom found it necessary to
detain you long with any ir.structions. Of your general prudent
I rim entirely satisfied, and the principles that are to regulate our
judgment are almost as Imbiber to you as they ate to myself. You
ate perfectly aware that you have only to consider the evidence
brought by the party that makes the charge ; and if yon are tho-
roughly convinced that the prima fucie evidence makes a ptobsble
case against the prisoners ; lion mat evidence you find it probable
that the crime may have been committed, and by the party charged,
you will find a true bill, and return it to the Court, where the
maitre may be sifted to the bottom, and where the party charged
may have an opportunity of making his defence, and, if net Mo.
*Hag ete charge altogether( at least of extenuating the crime so
ea to reduce it to a much lower standard of guilt. Of the particular
duties which occur to you this Session, I can only speak with some
degree of uncettaihty. There are in all six charges for your con-
sideratlon. Four of then) are cases of much gravity and import-
anct—two of them beng charges of murder, one for selling slave;
an offence constituted by Act of Parliament, and by statute made
capital—and one being for cruel and barbarous treatinentof a mari-
ner, under pretence of mil sting regular and allowed punishment.
To these charges your particular attention will be re9uired. There
are two others of much slighter importance. VI Itich of these
cases you will receive I arh not sufliciently instructed to say; but
whatever cases are brought before you, you will bestow on them
your most deliberate attention. I now recommend your immediate
application to the business ct the day.
The Grand Jury that withdrew. After an. absence of an hour
they returned. having found a true bill against Captain Titania*
Young, for selling four African girla as slaves.
The ATToRNET and Sor.teiroll figit enai., Sir C. HOST*.
son. the King, Advocate, and Mr. BARNETT, conducted the
ease for the Crown, and Mr. Coawoon was Counsel for the pri-

The prisoner, on being arraigned, pleaded not guilty.
Air. BARNETT opened the indictment, Which contained eleven
counts, each setting finch the offence charged, with very slight va-
riation.
Sir C. ROBINSON then said that the offence on which the pH..
soner wan charged was founded on a recent Act of Farliament,
which made the crime a felony without benefit of Clergy. This
was the first offence which had been tried under this Act, by *lslch
the punishment had been so much augmented. The first Act on
this subject was the Stith Geo. 111., which made all traffic in statics
by British subjects penal, other than to the British settlements. In
the following year another Act was passed, abolishing all traffic
whatever in slaves: these two Acts had not however made the
offence criminal, so as to bring it under the criminal law. In the
year I:31, it was thought expedient to attach much severer penal-
ties to the offence, anti an Act was passed making the crime a
felony punishable with transportation for any less period than four.
teen years. In 1821 another Act was passed, in which all the pre-
ceding Acts were consolidated and amended. In this Act it wea
thought necessary still further to increase the penalty : they hod.
before proceeded from pecuni.:ry punishment to transportilled,
and they now punished the offence as piracy, with death. whitest
heoefit of Clergy. The Learned Advocate having thus stated the
law, proceeded to detail the facts constituting the offance of the
prisoner. The prisoner at the bar, he said, left this country, as
master of a Liverpool vessel. in tha spring of the year 1825. for
the coast of Africa, to trade in gum, ivory, &c. Having arrived
there, she remained during the summer. About the month of No-
vember she was lying a little to the northward of the Line, in the.
river Danjah, in company with a French and Spanish slave-vessel.
Having delivered to the natives the cutlery and other articles which
the vessel hail carried out for them, it is the custom of the trade to
take hostages from the Africans for the fulfilment of their part of
the contract. Part of the hostages which the prisoner had taken
according to custom were released, bet the four women referred to
in the indictment, who were the wives of traders or petty princes,.
were retained ; and it would appear that the prisoner had said that,
unless their husbands saute and fulfilled their contracts, which it
appeared they had not yet done, he would tell them as slaves.
These parties, however, afterwards came and fulfilled their cow.
tract. Bat the primmer then :-banged his ground, and threatened'
to sell them if some other party,, with whom they had no canna-
lila., whatever, kad not fulfilled his contract. IFhile this was going'
on an intercourse arose between the prisoner and the Spanish slave
ship, anti in the course of their transactions Ite offered to sell them
to the mate of the Spanish ship. With this view they were
brought out, and shown, one by one, to the Spaniard. Some
conversation then took place between the prisoner and the
mate of the Spanish ship. The women were brought in
again, and shown like so many cattle ; a price was mentioned ; a
good deal of haggling followed; and at last the women were put
into a boat, and carried on board the Spanish ship, which was a
regular slave ship. He (the Learned Advocate) had only further
to say, that he understood that a very different complexion would
be attempted to be put on this transacuon, and that the object was
only to give the Spanish Captain a sort of qualified interest in
them, as hostages for the performance of the contract ; that he was
to return them, and therefore that the tranaactlon did not come
under the Slave Acts. lie toilieved he should be able to prove these
facts by the evidence; and if so, then the guilt of the prisoner
would be completely established.
David Pepper, examined by.the ATTORNEY-Gasoftab-•-1
VMS steward of the ship Malta, in the year 1825. The 11a1ta was
then engaged in the trade between Liverpool and the coast of
Africa. She sailed for Africa in March, 1825 ; the prisoner was
the captain. There were twelve hands besides the certain and
mate. The first point of Africa that they touchtd at was the island
of St. Thomas. I know the river Danjah ; when we got there we
began to trade with the natives ; we bought of then: wood anti
ivory, and gave in exchange cloth and cutlery. I believe they are
such articles as are usually taken out to the coast of Africa. This
trade was carried on under the direction of the prisoner. We were
stationed about three miles and a ball from the coast. The Malta
was in moorings ; she was stationed between the island of Marisco
and the main land ; this island is ahoCt eight miles from the coast.
In the course of carrying on this trade Several black women came on
board ; there were about fourteen of them the first time • the cap-
tain said at the time, if their husbands came and paid the debt he
would set them free. They came on board as " pawns," to remain
till the wood and ivory had been sant on board ; the whole of these
fourteen women were released and went home. I recollect also
eight other women coming as pawns; the whole of these were re-
deemed by their husbands, but the captain said he would detain
four of them till the debt due from their Prince was paid ; their
names were Neurah, Pikiniuni, Jumbo Jack, and Quiche'. : the
last was called Primes gaarbel, because she was the wife of
the Prince. The prisoner said before me, that if the Prince did not
come and pay him, he would "make sale of the women." This
he stated to their husbands in my hearing. I heard the prisoner
say that there was a Spanish schooner lying off at St. John's, and he
would sell them there t she was in sight at the time. The mate
of the schooner came on board us ; he could speak good English.
He asked the prisoner if he hid any goods to sell ? The prisoner
replied he had sotne beads, cloth, &e. The prisoner said to him
that he had four women to sell also, and told me to bring the wo-
men out of the steerage. The mate said that there was a French
slave vessel at a short distance ; and as the Frenchman had no small
articles, he could not get any slaves. I brought up the women one
by one into the cabin. The Spanish mate said they were good-look.
ing women, espe,i tlly Neurah ; tint the captain said lie did not wish
to sell her; and the Spanish mate went away next morning; his
name was Botch. The uext morning the schooner came ; this was
on the 18th of November t we 'Awed the schooner with four guns ;
the captain then came on board us. The prisoner directed the in-
terpreter to say to the Spanish captain, " that the four women I
spoke to the mate about ought be had for sale ;" and then directed
me to bring them up for the Spanish captain to see them, which I
immediately did. The prisoner took hold of the women by the
shouldera, and I mewed them round, for the purpose of showing
them. The Spanish captain went away shortly after. lie came
again text day, and after they had concluded a bargain about the
small goods (beads, cutlery, &c.), the prisoner said to him, " Take
the women off our hands." The prisoner asked sixty dollarall
The Spanish cap•ain said he would give twenty-eight
dollars a-piece. The Spanish captain then put some dollars on the
table, and saiJ he would not give any more—alluding to some price
which had been Want ; after which the prisoner told him he might
have them. The Spanish captain then sent his boat for some mo-
ney. which was brought on board the Malta. The money was
counted out. The Interpreter said, " This is the money fur the
women." The pfeorter was present. He then gave it to me. I
counted It, and put it into a bag. Before the money was paid
down the prisoner said. " I can say nothing for Neurah, d---n her;
I'll sell her. though she is an old friend ; she must go as well as the
rest, as I shall never be here again." liThen they were brought up
to be put into the boat that was to catry them off, the prisoner said,
" Neural, you must go for a Spanish man." The women were
much distressed. The prisoner was standing in the gangway, and
heard all then cries. I was afterwards sent to the Spanish schooner,
and saw the four women. Neurah, with her companions, was sit-
ting au.oog the other slaves, and crying. She shook berate with

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me. There appeared to be about slaty altogether. The men were
in irons, two and two ; the women were not i some were on deck,
others in the hold ; end they were stowing the former below.
Croes.examined by Mr. Co itwoop.—Neurah was not. the wife
of Antonio Tom. Our weasel wee piped hi the titer Danish.
I ne-er swore that the slaves were pot es lentil a Spanish vessel to
be taken to Gamtimm. I =Wm ele• trams that the
women were the wire. of 0
- till:;`' Menlo Term was a.
Black, and spoke bad English.' I de that tie eilikote.
wee comMitted on the high seas. The ebbed arekiletellikr
I was present at the *bole conversation reXr 0 to the
vessel
OW
the women. Our vessel sailed the day ; the Spank vessel
about three hours befit. us. The Cupids was not under the rie-
meshy of putting the slaves ea build the Spanish icatel, or potting
them overhand. Ido sat 84141bir Ant this calculation made by
the Captain referred to what the Spanish Captain Wee to receive
upon delleering the omen at Gambram. I had not a very pitmen
time with the Captain daringthe met tif the voyage. There were
rr quaels between the v The form got a sound
drubbing; I believe whiTsttit treitCler
Osmboon. His mes were
swelled, pod his head cut. Idi SO dleshiss It mutinous for a than
to strike Ids Captain if the esp/adl sew* him first. Some of the
crew deserted, bat I wee vie itinenipe the deserters. They were
brought back by me of the eels. Plidsla. The Captain charged
I me with stealing same 011ie cloth of width the cargo consisted, but
this was after I bed atenned to the Ams on board his Ma.
jesty's ship Bates. I ~raids gars Milne' at Sierra Leone.
I know that the cargo has been condemned, but can't say 'bother
I am to receive priee.money out of It.
He-examined by the ATTOSNET•GENZIAL.—There wove
plenty of boats in which the women might have been sent to Gish
boon.
Examined by Mr. Justice PARK.-1111111 were twelve men ea
board the vessel. I can't syx how many of the crew muck the
Captain. He and I qtw llsd es the voyage out. The itaids ,
charged me with stealing mum. OS diether oceasios he emu* ass-
more than once. I veered revenge, ea fat as saying thee I would
take the law of him when we came beim.
Re-examined by the Airtronmir-Gswllltert..—TM trade
add four Meek Ws woo beak hi $ hest an the day that the gapped
were sold ; thee, was *Ott demi the the 110111 ND deo.
By the Con AV.-1 him With the prisoner very often
iiieill
during the voyage I the jetrainmeed about ors weeks
after we set out is • I saw a ship called the ads
before I saw the Breda i ass seek of the Malta complained to the
Captain of the &bootee primmer Widen slaves. i . •
John Walker. magethisil by 141101.rorros4111xItillathro•s_Fl*
ea beard the ship ilddet as NMI Miring her last toyer to At. 4 i
I was twine with *enema at the Dampish. On our second 'We
we had several women ea bawd, but they were all liberated but
six. Four of those were kept la the . and two were wives 1 oed
was wife to the Capella, sad the se the Trademan. We well
lying about six weeks in the where a. Spanish schemer
came. The Malta was lyieg thews alp miles from the rosin 1.11.
I understood that the worsen were me leind the. Blake as
for goods lest to their hashasda. Peat wootew wen I
one wee coiled Neenah. am Fildednel, mid oneJambo J A tbsiit
1.111
hushands44:l *see wears t but die &plata said 'Mfroil,
of the . owed ties a dela, sad be would kteptpiesis
unless tile lied bonen enough to pay him. inaie
of the liperMill Illsomer oast ea hood an the I of Ne:
vember. ile said it waited to make setae purchases; the
Captain said he MOH sell any thing he bad ea board: TM
mate was invited &IS to tea. Our Captain asked him if be
thought the Captain of the sdommer would purchase the hat
w 061411 i The mite mid, " I ant see he would, but all we went 4
despatch." Prim* thew meld, if the Spanish Captain *Eli hay
them, and take se Gamboon, he would get tube ,Ilve
slaves toe tech of Nett day, the mate left, and ti 1
malts( the came up and cast
about • quarter a sellessard: Malta. The Spanish thwi 1
Mine on baled mid tub ted. " Nett morning valour Cleo *me
shipped en board a beat belonging to the Spanish whooom,and
that evening the Spanish Captain rettimed on board the'lleith
with a handkerchief Mil odollars. The women were dwell inks
and aftek Some coOVersatMn between the prisoner and the Spandril
Captain, four of the woman were put on board the Spanish boat,
and I saw theth taken on board the Spanish schooner. Afterg,thiss
rime small ankles were brouteht on board the Malta, froth the
Spanish schooner, and the prisoner told me he had sold the foot
slaves to the Spanish Cap•aio. I was not on board the Spanish
schooner but
but I could perceive that there wewenblatilipeohez on
board. ' They was all blacks, mem the Sailors. I have the
prisoner say he came from Galway, in Ireland.
Creee-examined by Mr. Cu awoos—l have been eighteen yam
at sea. I do not consider that the Plains was lying on the high
111111 when the fear women were taken on board. The place le
called in the navigation books a river ; I make nothing else of it.l •
Mr. Justice PAIIIL-31r. Corweed, I don't think it mamma meek
whether It was os what you call thi high ess. or *not. The Aft W
pretty general : the words ark 4 ere Wan deer, bay, eveilt, it
wherever the Admiralty hat . to have, min=
Creas.examiondin rem " motif Spanish
told me that thereat, going to prisoner said, if
the Spanish Captain took tbe women 'le *Would get three or
four slaves for each of them. I can't mit.wlejliter the Spanish
Captain meant to sell theln for slava or net. Veelle bad a quer.
eel with the prisoner. I never attempted todesest freivi the vowel.
There was no Insubordination on beard the vessel. Thi Crew were
•-- that took place

pay for te. -
like to be at."
Cross-examined—Witness was on tend teems with the Captain
always. lie could not spy who had gtven the Captain the black
eyes. Had said it was Ste. Walker. fl: )miss wet raid U. a
month when shipped at Liverpool, but his lige' were teduced after
to 2!. IN. a month, and he was sent before the mast. Witness wait
once struck by the Captain, but we were generally on capital terms:
William Rosa was apprentice on board, the Malta, and remem.
be seeing four women sent on board a... Spanish schooner, which
was anchored close to the Malta in the river Danjah. The women
were put on hoard the Spanish schooner's boat by direction of Capt.
Young. Witness afterwards saw the women on board the Spanish
schooner.
Cross-examined.--The crew of the Mahe were not disorderly.
Witness once saw the chief mate (Walker) strike the Captain. He
was drunk at the time. The Captain and crew often quarrelled.
Laurence Wood (also an apprentice In the Malta) coushemend
the testimony of the former witnesses. He ttaid he h=nesn
board the schooner, and saw the four women sitting by yes.,
'llte case for the prosecution having cloned here,
Mr. Justice PARK informed the prisoner that the time had ar-
rived for entering upon his defence.
The prisoner, wile had conducted himself during the proceedings
with great composure and propriety, put in a written defence, which
was read by the officer of the Court. It was as follows :
" MX' Lout), AND OZ:NTLEMEN OF THE Junr,—l humbly,
sebinit to your consideration the followhig, statement of facts, In
answer to the malicious and unfounded proceedings instituted'
against me at the instigation of my crew. I sailed in the ship
Malta, from Liverpool, on the 25. h day of March, 19e26, qn a
trading voyage to the river of Danjah, for redwOod, ivory, Oct.'.
and about the time I arrived on the Line I perceived symptoms of
dissatisfaction among part of the crew, and, asehey then pretended,
on the ground of short alloeance. although there was 110 preterea
for such dissatisfaction. The same symptoms continued, with
little intermission, until I arrived at the river of St. John, where I
anchored, and not in the river Danjah, as stated, for 1 was never
there in my life. From this place, in consequence of sonic iuspi.
dons excited in my mind by the menceuvres of ni',fr crew with the
natives, I sailed from thence to Gamboon River. anti while at this
place five of my crew, namely, Thomas Caittott, the boatswain,
Wm. Lloyd, John Carroll, Williams, and Kitson,
sesmen, deserted, and that at the hour of nine o'ctodle, while I was
in my cabin ; and nothing will stow thi disposition of the re-
meinder better, than by my stating, that although I had given
orders to keep watch upon deck lan if at sea), not the least abaft
was given, they pretending that they did not see them leave the
ship, notwithstanding they took their chests, hammocks, &c., en
board my boat, which was alongside the vessel. I need not trouble.
your hardship and the Gentlemen of the Jury with the particulars
of how I succeeded : but I did at length get the above live de-,
serters hack to my ship, and they at length, all but one (Lloyd).
partly returned to their duty. I then sailed to Alejamho, and dur.
mg the passage three of my men, Lloyd, Carroll, and
were taken Id, and Lloyd died. I was :Viet; front over-exertion
of body and mind, very ill ; but I rendered every assistance in my
Bawer to the recovery of my crew, and took occeston then to expos.
tulate with my be atswain, who hid, I thought,. been the ring.
leader df the mutineers, and lied caused them to desert their duty.
On my voyage from Slajambo my crew again broke out into die-
order, anti 'I was beat and ill-treated by several of them, particu.
lady by John Walker, the mate. and I lay bleeding the greater
part of the night, from the effect of such beating. On expos-
tulating with the mate, he said he would eat and drink, and do as he
liked, and that I might depend upon it he would yet find ways and
means to recover his coppers (meaning his wages, which he had
forfeited by his misconduct). While here I traded with the natives,
and had, in one Instance, taken three females and a child, about ten
yearsof age (the same that I am charged with gelling), on board,
as security for 4 cwt. of ivory, for which I had given them goods on
eredlt—a practice regularly resorted to by than. And I had at the
same time on board, the son, two brothers, and four nephews, of the
King, and his son's wife, as security for goods to be furnished by
the King t and also seven females, as security from other natives.
The tine-named females and child were shortly redeemed, but their
husbands could not take Merle away with them, in consequence of
their boat being orerinaded, and they requested that they might re-
main on board until their return--a request which I granted, and
they left them with me, at the same time knowing that a part of
the family of their King, as well as other mete*, were then on
board my ship. 1 then sent one of the family to the King, request-
ing he would send me the goods and redeem hie people, whom 1
bad on board and iss gent me tor answer, that I should have the
goods
in a few days; anti during the time I Was waiung, a boat, ,
belonging to a Spanish schooner, came elone,side vessel, art

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agreed ?hilt gnti fTwastheiss puwiintrehadsirmisimot some,l4 hettheallaidgricelmof"liwbirch, to
be paid in giods, was to be settled by the Captain if the rthenser
and my tradesman: On the following evening the Schooner came
elommide my ship, and the articles I had agreed to give in exchange
foe the pions were put on board the schooner' and l received in
"turn lferne tea, sugar, coffee, gin, and wine; the Captain, htiwever,
said diakhe could not get at the slit provisions until he arrived at
the Rivet Hamb oon. where he said he would pay me on our antral. I
replied that I could not go dime, and it *ld they/rare agreed r
should receive in money the value of the goods furnished him fur
the salt prinfisionti. I then requested, at he was going to °Rodman,
that be would take the before-mentioned three females and child
there (Melt Mende having redeemed them; Sod sny ship being
ready to sill), and he misused he would concae% therd safely them. ,
and I felt very little doubt that he would do so, lyceum he had dial
steward of the K.ng of ttamboon on board hiredwioner, as well ea
the brother of one of these very female% who acted as intercom,.
Tide mewed Came on board my vessel, and paid me 112 dollars, to I
redeem a part of the debt due tram him to me, and he sent me a
ftlish.ns ea acknowledgment for that part which Was due to me
fiptd whl. h I now have). The Captain also paid me 120 dollars,
lieu of the salt provisiona t. and while they were In the act of
paying me, the females before alluded so were put oh board the
eth,ter, bow I know not, except that it main the prelim*
of OW of their own people, and that one Of 'these *email
had a Mother on board, who, as I before observed, acted
tae lenfffrreter to the Captain of the actuante. I have, bow.
ever, been since informed, that my mats made 'use of the fol-
lowing expression when the feersales were put' on board :---••• Curse
him, we'll do him now." After the King's Steward and the linp-
tab had settled with me, they went on booed the schooner, and left
for the river Ganiboon. and 1 sailed alter them ander, the schooner
standing in for that place. The other persons went away in boats
brought for them. I now proceeded to Prince'slalandorliere 1 went on
& s% and comp:ained to the Governor of that place of the nuiti-
mtwabehaviour of my crew ; be, however, retuned to interfere, and
this determined to report their conduct to the first man-of-war I
met. The Portuguese there, however, infermed my crew of sty
"Intention, rind while on shoe; I met Mr. Harrison, the mater of
thi Esk mgt-of-war, who informed me that a part of my crew had
Owen Idea • information that I had been slaving, and had slid Jolt.
lrelas. but they did not tell him to whom, where the shipenn,ne
eve, ker name. I then meted is him, all the particulars, sad di:
rung him to the place white I had left the schooner. He then-UN
ater sad in a few days 1 saw hiM agates ohms briafesased mo Ong
,tip
srate which be kedsenrised reotroad fromekamboon; hat
a Mt
*tithing relative to the sale of die *omen, although they had
zwenntiniestion with the King, from whom. they learnt that the
schooner went to sea after their arrival at the river Danjab, and that
I hadsaikd foe Prince's Island ads, days previously. On this ex.
planation, dlr. Harrison dismissed me and my crew, who waulsd
this to enter on board the ann.of.war, bat were refused. I stall
here to ask, whether-it it possible (if the statement of my crew well
correct) that Mr....llarrhida could have made the inquiry without
the natives, one and all, accusing me with having geld these
women ; and that, if that officer Mel not been well sati.fied that
thersawss no ground for the accusation, whether he would, have let
slip the opportunity of taking me prisoner, and my ship ? We
then met the ((winger gun-brig, to the Captain of whom my crew
also complained; butt on my mtpleining td him the particular of
the transaction, as also the inquiry made br air-Harrison, he was
well satisfied there was no foundation for the complaint, and ad-
vised me to proceed homewards. The Brazen, (sprain Willis.
then came to Prince's Island, and on her arrival part of the crew
took advantage of my. being on shore, and made their complaint.
This Captain, on hearing them, immediately seized my ship, and
tooleme prisoner. It was in vain I told hint as I have before related,:
be would neither send to Ganiboon River, nor make inquiry of Mr.
Harrison, but went on shore to my lodging, where he seized
my books, clothes, and every tfhi g belonging to me; he thesis
pot me into confinement, refusing to hear any thing I had to say,
loading me with every insult, threatening me with transmits.
don, and the drawing a barrow. On the 17th December 1 wis
put on board the Esk corvette, and kept in close confinement until
any arrival at Deptford, in June last, from *hence I was sent on
shin into confinement, altogether upward of ten menthe. This
Is a true statement of the case ; and I have now only to ask,
whether you can for a moment entertain a thought that I sold, or
even connived at the selling, of these women and child, or that they
were sold at all ? You will recollect that there was on board, at
the time they left, a part of the family of their King, and seven
*other females, all of whom must have seen them leave the vessel;
and that on board the schooner there watt also the brother of out of
these very females, who is supposed to have been sold, and that this
assn was in a situation to see every thing going on, as he acted
IS Interpreter to the Captain ; and it it at all likely that this man
would allow me to sell his sister, or that the collets then on board
would have consented to their being sold ? I ought to inentibn
that I had several opportunities of escaping from confinement, front
'the Rest time of being taken ; but, being conscious of my own inno-
cence. took adeeotage of none of then, being well convinced that
a Jury of 'my cutout, would see that the whole transaction is a base
and cruel conspiracy on the part of my ere*, to save themselves
felon the punishment to Which they Ere liable as well as the loss of
their wages. I have to apologize to your tOraallip and the Gentle-
Mtn of the Jury tilt the time I have occup ed; and leave my
ease in your hands, with sincere conviction otteeeiving its ho-
nourable acquittal."
'fhallefence having been gone throUgh, the witness Walknanthe
d rexamined by Mr. Juiitint Panic. Na sild sae
wit the sister-in-law of Antonio Tom, the trackman.
`4t of one ttf sing Quorhin'e sons, The Captain
'I met with Ids crew. He quetrated wi.h than
,em drunk. All the disorder which ottelleeed
attributable to the prisoner.
hrthesettned &ovate die elte4ary— Mu
. the prisoner, when divested of hgai technl.
oreying away four females-from the coast of
them as plans. The prisoner was indicted
red the Consplitlating Act. Various Acts had
Legislature to enforce count' laws, and punish
otd bn offence against locality and religion.
en evaded, and in the bib of his present Ma.
4uestion was passed, oonablidring all former
_ _ of which the prisoner was charged was highly
penal, and subjected him to death. To show that we were sincere
ia espying the laws for the abolition of the slave trade into effect,
there was a dlspoeitioo amongst many persons to carry the laws=
this subject fully into force. This was laudable, but it was the
duty of the Collet anti Jury to see that the prisoner folly
brought himself within the provisions of the Act. It was material
that the prisoner ehonld not be convicted upon slight grouts W
an offence so very penal in its consequences, and the Jury should
be satisfied not only of the sufficiency of, the evidence against the
prisoner, but that the smote from whence it came was pure and
uncontaminated. After recapitulating the evidence with great
care, the Learned Judge observed, that there was one fact which
the Jury. must have noticed ; it was, that the prisoner's ship was
not engaged regularly in the slave trade. The ihlp was engaged
in a legitimate traffic, and it appeared that those women were not
detained as slaves, but as hostage', or pledges fur goods sod to
their husbands. Now, then, the prisoner's defence was, that he
had given tba,ce women to the Spanish Captain to be taken tack to
their own country, and returned to their own people upon he pay-
ment of the debt due to the prison by King Quorbin. the al eged
statement of the Captain to tl.e effect that he would sell the
women, for that he should neva be on that coast again, was in di.
rect Opposition to his defence; but it was an important fact that
the interpreter who had ncgociated the bargain about those women
Was nearly related t 3 one of them. Upon the w' d'e, It was for the
Jury to say whether the wrlnessel wee giving to ireount of Ikean
which really occurred on the coast of Africa, or that they had
thought upon maid- g this charge aga'rtt the prisoner, in order r.
screen themselves from the effects of that main• us conduct with
Which he charged them during the voyage. The ease was new ; it
had never before been brought before the tribunals of this cuu ttry.
It was of great importansc that the lairs should be carried fully
Into effe•tt, but it Wan alto most important that the p isomer should
not be idtplicated it a charge Of this serit,us nature, if he aer:
nnocent.
The .1, having retired, remained ineonsultation for a few

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utes, when they—retUrned into Court with a verdict of acquittal.
Upon the announcement of the verdict, the _prisoner lifted hi%
eyes, arparently impressed with a deep sense of gratitude at the
issue of his trial; and a female who set in one of the side galleries.
and whom we , afterw irds leatned was his wife, became so excited
that she burst forth in a wild shriek of joy at his deliverance.
The Court then adjoumed to ten o'clock to.morrow (thli day).
w:ien the eau of Lieutenant Kenny, against whom a bill of indict-
ment has been found far manslaughter, is fixed to crime on. It will
Ds reeolleved that Mr. K( nny had the misfortune to kill Robert
Clialton, the surgeon of the Bussorah, on her voyage (rem Bengal
to England.

IIfIDD,

of SESS/02VS,ItTESDAT, OCT. 21.

11r. Court., who had been previOnsly prevented from attending
these Sections, owing to a domestic calamity, took his seat upon the
Bench at an eurly hour.
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Martha Ilird, a 7ourg women, was put to the bar, charged with
passing a counterfeit shilling on a woman named Elizabeth May-
don. on the'4l of September. Another count charged her with pass-
ing a second shilling, on the lilt of the same month, to Sophia
Woods, the servant of the above Elizabeth Blaydon.
It appeared from the statement of the prosecutrix that the
prisoner came into her shop, No. 39, Paradise-row, Chelsea, on the
2d of September, and purchased two tarts, for which she gave •
shilling, and received from witness eight-pence change. She came
again on the 6th, and passed a bad shilling on her servant Sophia
Woods, and again on the 7th, and on wurcbssing two more tarts
tendered another bad stilling to Sophia Woods, who called her
(witness) out. She (wimen) then charged prisoner with having
!weed bad money at her shop on two former °cessions, but this the
misuntr denied, and old that the money she offered for the pastry
w, a given her by her rather that mnrning.
Saphia 'Wm& raid that the in isower was. . e same person that
purobased • tart from her, and passed a ti ling on /KT on the
6th of September. .r
111 r. PKCIIDSIGAIST addressed the Jury for the prisoner, and
complimented the COunsel for the prosecution for the very kind
manner in which he introduced the ease to the attentionuf the Jury.
He said he would be able to prove that the charge against the
prisoner was totally groundless, and that the account which she ste.ve
at the confectioner's shop was correct. For this purpose the
Learned Gentleman called the father of the prisoner, wbo co ro.
borated the statement of his daughter as to his having g in her
money that morning.
Utse 3111 ton, a then-maker, living at Kiensirgton, proved that

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14, 4,,i .
Ow rienlee Hee /to' tielnli.bi.tbfolf.Weirg. 1.2 , . ..i wa!iie ebsf
hsbn of sroritigg foe,trinw .4 %* • -
bau",tno4 4UT Henry retirtingish.l. & tuallteew4 I
.14 . hit beg On,
prisoner for We tir-4mA% Iron, 11 . was
, Nt• . -.. rilwir
Was unexceptioniPre ‘
instruNiretliediAltto. etrltiiii2;iiiiinite.‘f°7l4il sPlirreiedam!b4ill2."ll.l:t lii 14
Itse :el
actually culpable,
men fir Isil',:\'let!tly its we, ~'' ,e. P , ..F was
' not, fro
the ststement 8f t ' tamers ale we . i enatAttor
I which she liSti hech'eft: .,..1 .... of •
Mr. Pim salines'', au we. r--• the
\ 114 .44Prolla his
thanks to Mr. lA*. , s \ • .
r into tears, ans44.lll*lni 116'
Tliey,yloetritngcrlagtbri hetoelf ...r. _
the u
WARtricismiiik o,'
vbtii;Ell:rti243::riggetillTSwEll!. : I :hail
fo;i:..et
so.
.
,on
wednOemPE.;l.l.7,omesAFfloxiiityA
mingitam. on the.2oth of July last, irrZebd and distarbed thole.'
mains of Jtmathsn IledfrAtd., who. had beets buried In St. .Baidao.
lomew's Chapel-yard. The body, whlril itattligit er le 7015 tenses
19 years of sge, had been interred on the Ifitfr'efuly. Thr pia
saner, who a its a grave-digger. was seen tit the grave, at nibs
o'clock the neitt mor g. by a little girl, *lto 01,401 the_grave 194
been opened. In consequence. the: Chapel- Wordeins were appal.
to, aid they permitted the grave to bt opened:\ l'9;!: i'Offin lei Wan
'broken, the head of the deceased was shockingly c1i..;34 mangle&
and fie teeth had been taken from the' jaws. \On .0. prisoner
being asked what he had been digging at the grate. • .fie said Iso
had lost a rope in fitting up the grave, and ' bad ratte 'OH Also of
the earth to look for it.
Ile was found patty, and sentenced to be imPrisoncilliiffecit'Ann
der mouths in gaol.

...:~;..

ESSEX QUARTER SESSIONS.
—....—__
titteito ALLEN, THE YOUNGER, APPELLADT, V. 11,
CdURCHWARDISES AND O*ERSILESS 0T SATRE, RESTO
DENTS, AGAINST AN ORDER Or RASTIOT. •
This appeal came on for beetin4 at tea dock ten TWAY
morning, sad the trial lasted nearly foul home. The cage MIMI
clersiderisMe interest, inasmuch ate it was, Me believe, the feel tit-
igeopr that hes ever been made hi this county to quash hi Sada
of Baetardy under shinier eireumatitides, the rounds vide\
B:i.n comity brought fortird cie behalf of die
vet
qireilet orders of this &sill:goo,' halving been, that
tether find mother could not have had Aced to Nib other
.11
the time sworn to, co &at the person charged frith king the
was j9errlibie, by reason of some Infirmity of Bed/. efeireersiallitha
Not so, bowcier, In this Case, as the eppelbuit Mid rim/ eMphis
cushy of seeing the mother, if he had been so lodamet, mile a
hale and healthy young man ; but then was Itodbeligiedeneeedls
nary weight of evidence brought forward on the gdiliref thei awl.
lent, peovir.g bevoud all manner of doubt elect the elsameter at IN
mother of the child ',bleated (Charlotte Hiedseek) was a cis
most infamous and abandoned description, asS that she .sweet
swore falsely over and over again, in giving her eiridomeem she
trial of this appeal, but It was al.o pro, *met •the Illehashilm
Sessions, held here three tears ago, she and bra hsiesawswe bells
guilty.of a moat foul and ;ricked conspiracy. In fidatilliattglog a
temeettble and aged person, of the name or Vale, Etta
~*Owats-
eers of Rayne, with having assaulted her, with am mega.
mit a rape; end that this charge was brought forma by them-ht
revenge, beanie Mr. Vale had indicted the Other at the same lisp
alone for assaulting him in a most gross manner, sod in.
diconent he was convicted and sentenced to be Ist
six months. It is but justice to Mr. Vale to add, that ms the Ilia
Of the above alleged assault by him on this girl Hisellieelt. the
Court was so convinced of the moral impossibility of Am hae!ng
been the slightest foundation foe the efairge, that the Chairman,
without the slightest hesitation, 'directed the Jury to acquit IMO,
without calling on him to produce a simile witness to rebut the evi.
dente given on that occasion by the proseeutris. Under these cit.
cumatancts, therefore, and takieg Into consideration the nematode
perjuries this wicked girl had been guilty of, and partkulady
noticing the gross manner in which she repeatedly forswore bendy
on this trial, the Court, otter well weighing the arguments of the
Leaned Counsel on both aide!, were unanimously of opinion that
she was riot worthy of belief on her oath, and consequently quashed
the brder.
TWO OLD FOOLS.
During the Sessions on Thursday, an old woman mounted the
witness tole, and stated that her name soft Ann Thorley ; that silt
was bound over to prosecute her husband fur an assault, but she
had no mon fy to pay the fees of Court.
The Coal exalt askid her several questions, and at length the
Court sObscribed a few shillings, with which she proceeded to
prefer a bill of indictment against her spouse.
On Saturday, Henry Thorley. the husband, was placed at tn.
bar; he appeared ill, and (to add to his grotesque apparels.* he
wore a white night-cap.
Ann Thorley stated—l am the wife of the prisoner, who lives at
Hallingbury ; one day in August last, he ran after me with hie
bonded fists, aid areinpod to strike me. I ran away, holding my
hands over my head • a MAD and a Woman came in ; he ran attic
them ; he threatened to stick me, and ran after the people Who
came to he'p me ; he did not itrike me ; a man and a woman cast.
' in ; he attacked them, and bundled them out; I got away in the
mean time. I have no witness; I have no money to bring them
hire.
Mr. White, a farmer, living at Little Hdlingbury, stated, that
the prisoner was an industrious Bard-working Mee, and that atm,
the wife, was a very aggravating woman.
The prisoner said it was twenty years ago shim he threatened to
stick her, but he did not do so on the day the offence wait charged.
He handed in a paper, containing a detente, which we give vet.
Hoenoarn fiENTLESTZW----rießii '•
do hereby ter.
thy mind and revealing the Truth to be read my wife Ann
Tiosley stating that she was the instiedian herself In raking *
dieturbailie between her and me first she beat tweet my sons Nash
and Job without a fault and I merely took their part when unla-
ce sary beaten and she called me a devil which raised a few words
betwixt us—l raised my hand to strike her but I governed my
passion which avoided blOws my son Abrani Was present during
the quarrel wh6m he will. certify. he is now eighteen years old-.
A few days before this took place I was naming a circumstance to
my wife of a distant in ighbonr what happened between a man and
his wife stating they was publicly seen to lie with each ether
I merely said was that my wife I should have been almost
angry enough to have done her tome injury. In conaequente to
that, my Wife has added wrath to it, to epite to the cireurostanee
which occurred betwixt us. and through the creation of It she awoke
she was in bodily fear of her life. my son Almon was present
during the circumstance and can certify them was no violent at-
tempt °Wetted: for whkb I was taken into custody and the
constable took me to his own house to lodge. I went to Ind whit
his Ii tie boy and in the night I wee taken with a violent pain in
my bowels and asked liberty to go out, the boy opened the do r II t
me .nd let use out, and United of returning to my lodging I wet t
home to my wife naked as I eras and when arnved ray wl e was
glad to receive me with great joy, and laughing asked how I *said ,
come there I replied I got away from the constable. She re relved
me in bed with her as fond of embracing as ever she did when first
I was married to her likewise your llonour Gentlemen is it poste-
bla she Could be in bodily fear of he life after receiving me loth
those fond embraces &c. likewise neighbours booms nearly adjoin.
ing the toot we was both sleeping under. When morning d cylight
*peered the constable Caine for me which I was quite ready and
%Jaime to go with him the second time of ishrin be brought me to
Chelinefohl gaol here to lie for Scotian* tie for twelve months bid
yet it was not accepted in consequence of her astinate temper
Honour Gcntlenon
I am your most bumble and obliged Sensed,
Chelmsford Gaol. NEXUS' THORLEY. •
Tie reading cf this defence Afforded much amusement to the
Court.
The Learned CHAIR HAS addressed the Jury, and observed that
r o distinct assault had been proved.
The Jury turned touted for about s minute. and then gave their
enact Not Guilty ; end Henry Thorley *as thereby mond to the
fond entbruca of his dear Awe. :

orderly and obedient. Any irregularity that took place was oat. The 'defence having bi
Aimed by the Captain's conduct. I once found hem engaged in a ailed up, sod resexamii
scuffle with the second mail. He had tied arope round the second elf the wallet; wit the st
mate's neck, and was dragging him to A ladder, swearing he would wee Rail
the Wife of one
hang him. I went to testing the second mate. i - was hail fellow well met
By Mr. Justin PAIM-1 bare itntietatand, tinsel acre to Lon: after having Made them
don, that the Osptelivairesolasipkiseso lipid pinisdarnitimien& amohgst the crew was at
I returned from-Sierra Leone Gs tEtEdward waffsport. I Ed-at ' "Mr jestlceralfir tin
give the Captain black eyes. ~ - said the charge against 1
Joseph Jackson, examine, by Mr. Pang—Was ship-carpenter calities, will for Convey
in the Malta, during her voylitie t• Attics. Remained when the Africa, and sellitig the
jir
Spanish mate came on board. e next day the Spanish Captain under what was called t
came, and had a long interview, the prisoner. Recollects the "...Jen passed by the Leg
next day, when the Spanish **twin the dolls, on board. what was considered
Witness thinks there were abaft )1.1 dollars brought. Antonio 'rime laws had been c
Tom said, in witness's presence, dolt' Ike dopers werwbrought to jetty, the Act in qua
pay for the women; aid Captain YOU' said, " that is the work I Acts. The offence of
pay for