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LO :cD NF.Ls() N.

In addition to what we have stated in our Biogra-
phical Sketch of the insmisi tat Nelson, whieb rather
referred to the pr.fre•ivral rafter of that Illustrious
Hero, we have to observe, that his taleias, as a
Notociator, a Statesman. and a Senator, were
Itig:ily respeelahle. Of his attribittes, in the two
framer lnes, the most honourable testimony was
borne 'uy tbs. accomplished Negotiator, and excel-
lent Statesman, Loid Minto, in his admirable
speech in seconding Earl Spencer's motion for the
thanks of the Upper House to Lord Nelson, i,n the
second day of the Session, in November, 179 R, toe
his splectird v Rory at Aboukir. This was one of
he moat ant specimens of panegyrical elo.
gurnce, we can: witnessed. Lord Minto considered
t' .e talents of the heroic Nelson, in these respells,
which e had official opportunities of knowing, as
impo• tant tr-its in his public charatier But the
chief part of his we-merited panegyric, naturally
eil iipcia the r trims and unrivalled excellencies of
his noble fiiens". prim ova! charaner. To Iris prise-
tic skill. prniiiputule. and resolution, he seemed,
is treat degree. to attribute the important vielory
off Ca,:e St. Vincent : and gave him unhounded-ap
piause for the matchless combination and display of
theoretic and praßical excellence in naval tactics,
which gained the i .comparably brilliant vi Tory on
the coast of Egypt.
As a Sesctor, the greatly-lamented Nelson was,
41 far as he had an opportunity of owning forward,
highly respeCtabie. He several times addressed
the House, and was always heard by their L ord-
ships, not only with the most respeelful, but the
most earnest attention. On the occasion of the
Thanks of the House being ',met to Lords Hutch-
inson. Keith, and others, the Conquerors of the
French in egypt, Lard Nelson warmly supported
the proposition; and, is a luminous speech, detailed
to the House his information respeeling the views
and objets of the French in endeavouring to esta-
blish themselves in Egypt and Syria ; and his opi-
nions as to the proisahle results of their success, to
the 'Turkish Empire, and the British possessions in
Asia. to the very Ion& and interesting debate re-
speCting the Definitive 'treaty of Amiens, he rose at
four o'clock in the morning, to deliver his semi-
monis upon that important topic, and spoke for
nearly half an hour. His Lordship WAS, generally,
in favour of the Treaty ; but the principal point
in his speech regarded the Isle of Malta, on the
importance of which great stress had been laid.—
He did not think the isle itself, as a naval station,
of much importance to Great Britain; as from it
the enemy's fleet at Toulon could not be watched ;
but, he considered it as of the last importance tts
this country, that Malta should be preserved from
falling into the hands of the French. On the open-
ing of the Session in November, Mt, his Lord-
ship, in an impressive speech, seconded the Motion
for the Address to His Majesty. It was the last
time this illustrious and never-to-be-torgetten
hero, delivered his sentiments in the House of
Lords.

Capt. Corms, of the Bederephis, who was billed
in the gloriotts battle, off Cape Trafalgar, is the
fourth Naval Captain of the name, who lost his life
to the service of bis country.

L 4IT INTFLLICEXCE;

COURT OF KISIG's.BENetI, West emirate, Noif. 7.
Th., Soticivoit tirrNPRAL applied to the Court
for a Writ of Mandamus, to he dire.etel to the
Steward and Corporation of the ilerougli of Seuth-
amptoe, to e!en a Mayor in the regular form. Ace
cordieg to the constitution of this boroneh, the
Mayor and Bereesses annually meet on t:.e Set of
Septemb,T, when the populace norvena'e three per-
sons to be appointed to clef a Mayor. On the 14th
tnllowing, these three persons mee. and proce •J to
the election of a Mayor. The effi teen then stared,
that whenever those meetiegs took pl ice, the Mayor
was always present ; hue upon the lat.e ocees:on,
they preceeiled to their eleelion in the Meeor's Ab-
sence, and actually nominated one of themselves te
aa in this CaOde;ly Liven these grounds, he sub-
mitted, that the ell-then was void.
The Court granted the rule absolute.
st Et D N•13111IY andOTFIti:S.
Mr. Seek- int COCILKL I. applied for a new trial in
this case. The action was broueht for an injury
done by th • Def eidants to the Plein ,fr, fishery.
flee taus sets tried at the last Assizes test 1,4 h•
caster, and a verdiet secs had 'or the Deten leer.
The estate throurth which the river ran, had been
a long time in the Plaintiff's family, w'io, hipoeiting
to go for some time to the south, the mischief was
done in his absence. At first, there seeineJ a doubt
whether a iy fishery existed et .he time, bet this fart .
was proved to a considerable extent. lii the year
17tifi a weir (met, they are termed in that part of
the co entry, a ea!). made of brushwood, ran Acr.ss
the river. thr nee whice the fish could easily pa.s.
ant the Plaintiff wa.s then pleetifully suoolied ; but.
the Defen l int puller town this w tr. and built reie
three parts across the over. The fisit
still come up with faciiity; but, le the alwnes of
t'it family, in llffie, the Defendant coeti iued this
weir of stone eetirely across, and male it brosd
enough for a carriage to pass nye; it. ha not a 6.h
could go us; by this means, the river hecaia • d -
populated. and it. former inhabitants were ()Aga.:
to seek their abate somewh re else.
The Learned Juooe allowed the pi4i tight
of fishe.y was fully established, but co .ceive.l, that
inasmuch a's the first stone weir wa• erected in the
year 1768, and ao complaint mid, el if, he coal
ealy consider it as converting wieet into s:one. I lie
right of posses:iota, also, was nearly made out ; the
Defendant had the enjoyment of this weir for nine-
teen years, awl, had he had it owe ty, his pessessiori
would he established beyend centroverse.
The Court granted a con etiertel rule
PAYNE O. ivisst.a.
Mr. RwSKINt made a similar motion is this cause.
1.11- a Minn was Might upon the at ArrAtry of a horse,
and :or money had and receives!, and tried at
hall, the Sittings after lest term. H:s Ler tsiiip
(Lord ti.t.t.maoisoar:it) presided, and left the ques-
t ion to the Jury, whether the horse were sound or not?
when they gave the Plaieriff a Irrrtila. Fhe patty
havieg agreed to rescind their former egretoratf, by
oae sating, he woule return the money, it the herse
proved unsound, the learned Counsel conten fed, :het
an Atli. et for money had and received, coula not he
miiinteieed. It was fort ler contended for the Plaint-
iff, that the horse iu question W-41, a roarer, beceuse
he heeeeeed to have an extratedisary exertion in
the limes; and, in order to shew he was no rouse.
the Defend int hid tried various experiments with
him ; he was put under heavy carriages, rode and
drove up steep hills, &c
Court. —Take a rule to shew cause.
Mr. /kilter mewed the Court for a rule to shew
cause why Mr. Joseph Heath, an Attorney ;if the
Court, S•otild not be struck off the koll The affi-
davit, he observed, stated, thet some time since, a
man, who had committed a felony, 11/.44 Riven into
the custody of one Ford, a Bailiff of Stamford, w to
let him escape, and a bill of indi.flment was prefer-
red against 11. m at the lest Assizes, for a derelietion
of his duty. One Gardener, who resided at New.
castle, and was a principal witness against Ford,
came from that place to go before the Gren.l Jury,
in company with the Post-Master. The Solicitor
left rim in the Ttoon-hall, and told him he was only
gning to the Clerk of the Indi.ements, aid wiaild
soon be back. During his absence, Mr. Heath
came up, and ads iced Gardner strongly not to go
before the Grand Jut y, as he might criminate him-
self. The Postmaster gave him a contrary advice,
an ! Mr. Heath replied, that he was an impertinent
fellow, and, by his arguments, persuaded Gardner to
go away. This, the Learned Cowls .1 observed, was
a prevention of the rules of Justice, and called for
an answer.
Lord Et.e.tmeoitooce asked, whether it appeared
that Heath was any wry tonne fed with Ford? if
not, it could only be said, he had asted blameably.
Mr. Minor answered, that it did not appear he
was corm. shed with Ford.
The Court ordered, that he should answer the
matters of the effidevit,

COW‘ION Ni,.r 7.
The Court did not sit this day until a late
hour. There was nothing heard but motions of
course. At half past twelve o'clock, Sir JAMES
NI asuman sat at *a Prau; his list contained
only two CAUSeS, the first of which w is on a sill of
Exchange, and nndefended ; the other, which we
subj sin, is of general importance to all persons using
stage-coaches.
eitttrnr 0. CLEMETT.
This anion was brought by the Plaintiff, who is a
servant, to recover danxtges from the f)efea Lint, As
proprietor of a stage-coach, for an injury sustained
by the Plaintiff's wife, a passenger th rein, by the
conch overturning.
Serjeant Siaxestaao, on the part of the Plaintiff,
stated, that this aetion was brought. to get a elm-
pensation for the injury sustained through the mis.
conclud of the Defendant. He did not mean, he
said, the personal usiscondita of the Defendant, but
that of his servant, for which, according to law, he
was, to the fell, as responsible. From the manner
in bleb staguicoaehes were concluded at present, it
wee. in his opinion, necessary for every man, when
about to set his foot into one of them, to execute a
Policy of Insurance, for the security of his neck or
his limbs; otherwise, unless the Plaintiff, in this in-
stant*. received ample retribution, there would be
no check on the repeated accidents that would conti-
mall, happen. The Learned Serjeaat then stated,

that Mrs. Philp', who had been engaged as Lor.
keeper to a gen:l,ll:4n in town, took ncr
cliester, in the Ca •tetoury stagecoac:-. in selich the
arrive', vvi7hout any accident, at the Elephant and
Castle polilic-hoar, Kent-ro rd. From this. the
cf)JCI/13411. instead of driviiri.T use straight roa4•
over Westminstrr-bridge, drove down a road 'e id-
te the Borough. and. on at-ten-awing to reiro,
upiet the coach, by the violence of which, Mrs. Piil-
pot's skull was fraanted, mod iier arms broken. The
Learned Gentlem in c naceived. that it would have
nee. I much !water the Deleinfani had agreed to de-
fray some of the exposers the Plaintiff had been pet
to for medical assistance for his ee-fe for supposed
his reason tor refuting to comply with so just a de-
Mal I was, that, in future a.:cidents, many persona
wool f he very apt ro demand s conspens.ition for
any injury they nrielt receive. tlanago they woald
he very sorry to go to the trouhle and ezpenee of
bonging 31 Aaion Me conv-Its by saying, he
hid on J.)3ht, on his witnesses heard, but the •
vet in would IP given in his lay i.lr.
.lames Whitham, a waiter at the King's Head
Inn, Rochester, deposed. that he put Mrs. Ptrilpat
into the coach, o.s tie ISet co' Lulu iry, 1891 i. And
that the coach heloag-d to Mr. Clernett, the Pro-
prietur of the White Bear. is Piccadilly.
Richard Barham was IMS:en !CT witri Kn. P. on
the 19th of January. 1804. Alter they left the
Blephant arid Castle Prioli::•house, the e,laCh.
1.411 drove down a Tomd leading to the Borough,
for the purpose e get ing a w lip from a whip-
m •Icer, who lived a few doors down. lie Ano3ed
for sonic time at the wh:p-maker's, and, on turning
round to get into the right road a .rain,, the wheel Or
t re-coach getting on the toot path, the coach way
ranted ever. The wom in was very mach hurt. amid
was carrie I into the Altred's head Pohlic It rife.
Oth-r Witn ooes were called, whntor tevnuony
went to orove the same fad. Iwo surgeons then
deposed, that the woman's skull was cut In the most
dieadfll manger, and that her stein was broken.
She was coonned for nearly six weeks, and Wall for
some days despa.red of. Thsir joint hills amounted
to 91 Ks.
Sir J slits M %sari icy then ens Ic remarks on the
cis aid the Jury found a Ve:di.:t for the Plaintiff
d images 251.

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laird CA i HC4STtive pilded to leave this country
:In his ernt)as,y, ii shoot is frateight.
Eati rise aisurom inreola setting ..ff for Ire: and.
be Commander•in-Chie!, in the room of Lard
Car •c A sr, on the 20 h inst.
On -+Vedriesclay, i:coaos Jaccsoe, F. 14 leh
town, with dispatc •es from Governutint to his bro-
ther, Amo.issadar to the Court a Berlin
Sr, R. SIRACHAO is off Fikligtel7e, and hsi
in-
telligmce that Utz Rtchrfort eqoadron vets not
in port on the SOth ult.
The several ships of the line at Porramonda and
i'lym uth, are rirAered t pot to sea without loss of
ti tie. t • reinforce A mita] ..:01.1.• )1C VO(PCS.
Adm'ral COLL I YiGIVJOD'S co,sdu3 has obtailed
the tidiest approhati ut ; s d, nn SiVeda-si•y„ Jos-
patches were sent off to Plymouth, to be forwarded
to him by the .4 44,, containing a Commissia
which appoints him to the corn nam.l of the ships
in the Mediterranean, with the same powers as Lord
NELVIN !lad.
Toe remains of Lord Net Loam are to be broinht
to Enghuol.that his Lor.t,aip may hive the fir.ap
of a paal4 fa .eral is country. He had accom-
plished Inc 47th year ot his age. —haying just equal.
led in the amount of his sear,• the number of ships
of the line he had taken trim the enemy.
Wien His hisiirry determined to confer ipso
Lord Nsisoir a mark of Royai Grace, and to make
.put for him a coat of arm peculiar to as services,
there was depo-ited in the Colegs of Armi,atter •he
nattle of Aboukir, an attested roll trom she archives

of the Admit ilty, of one huairel aiti twe 7y-rorrs
instances of honourable achievement. S nce that
e,i ch he has fought the hatile of Coper.hage
lia; delivered the West-Indies--and he has now
destroyed the Combined fleets of France and
Spain.
After the even-memorable b ittle of tl.e N ;e,
Captain Hat.Lowitt.t. pre,erned to oral Ntaso it a
coffin, made •if the mainmast of the L'Oelerii. w ach.
blew up. with an 2lttSCAt'o.l of the fad ; a 4 en-
treated that the N.ible Admiral would or it to be
preserved fir his own body, whz•l the fate o- bstdr,oe
the hand of time, might demand the debt of nature.
The noble Admir il, on the (Lay her Ore he l.•ft Lon-
don, called at the house •tf slr. Nossisoo, en grewer-
street. where the coffin is, and. w'th that t I riMilAr
good humour which .4ccompanied his Address to all
his people, desired him to hay- the attestation en-
graved on the lid; as "he thought it highly probable
that he should want it on his return " It was ever
his expression in going into a battle. " CanCille4t or
IVettminst.tr Abbey !" and it was his peculiar gn id
fortune to inspire the same sentiment into every
toilower.
The wind having changed on Tues•iay, to a fa•
vourahle paint, the Expedition, consisting of the
Cddstream, the 3d Guards, the •ith, or Kine's own,
the 14th, and Yid Regiments, the 95th lt,fl • Cores.
the Berman Legion, and the Artillery, ',tiled from
the Downs for their de•tmation.—Sir Sr ONLY
Smirtt's Expedition is expelled to 6.6i1 thi, day.
Report says, that they are both de,tine f azainst
Boulogne, and that the arm!, will land o i si .rrri
the town, while Sir Sio.cy Sul rts act icks he
harbour. It is said, that there are only 4000
troops in Boulogne.
l'he determination • f 130,1 k PA ar e to tent the
Austrian prisonets to employed in agricultural
lammr, is an a& the: prepares h • watt fora inn.
pier. tall of civilisation t to a •fate of ha, Ara
more deplorable than ,avage life. 111, a 9 .• .1.
etly coniisteitt with his treatment of :tie Austria&
pr soners some years ago, when Ito so'd f‘rsv
Spanish Government, to wear cwt a miserable life
is werking in the mines.
Yesterday, the Westminster Volunteers were in-
speeted in the views, by Colonel J,rsaisi%os. After
which, they fired several ironies in tumour of the
glorious vietory. Before the co- ps was dismissed,
they were formed in a circle, and Colonel Koster..
son, in a neat address. called upon thews. not te
relax their martial 4.dour, but he reedy, at esarT
call. to meet the enemies of their country, it they
dare assail our shores. His speech was received
with *real approbation by the corps, and seer, al re-
gulaneas were misted into fee their berm dile*.
Kee.