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COURT OF KING'S BENCH.

actaarna v. gtwit.EY.
Mr. GA know moved to s••t aside the judgment in
this Case, upon the grounds f Usury. He steed
• that the Defeislant was a D-aler in Spirituous Li-
vros, and intending to increase his Stock. the.
Plaintiff propsed to lend him a sum of ab ,ut
11(101. for that purpose, for which it was agreed he
shout .1 pay interest. at tie rate of 15 per Cent.
and a srsiu was also given of 26:. The securities.
however, were made out, in the usual and regular
way, nuly swing the interest at 5 per Cent. the
Lea, ned Counsel s 'id, that these !'aels weep positively
swot • to Ay tlse I)efen4ant, and, he therefore trusted'
the Court would grant his Rule.
T:teir Lori .hips th•sugnt it a case which ought
to he inves igst d, and accordingly granted a Rule
to shew Caste.

The rein.iiider of the day was ocrup:ed in de.
c;ding motions for now tri,ils, of no public interest
whaterrr.

Fte 5.

COUR r OF KING'S figNCH.
DeCANN Ann ko'HANLAn.

This WAS an applicarion for a Criminal Inforroa-
tiois agsinst the Wits:dam, who is a Magistrate of
the C .unties of Down and Armagh, for having
pteslictesl a libel against the Plaintiffs, nine in nom- '
bee, all Magi.trat-s of the same Counties:
Mr Serjeant BALL, as Counsel for the Defendant,
sheaved cause against the Rule. He stated the affi-
davits made in support of it, from which it appear-
ed, that, some time since. a Meeting of the Cohn-
lics of that part of the C iunty was held, at which
the Defendant presided,and that certain Resolati ns
were then entered into, relative to the conduA of
Magistrates, in adminktering justice partially. tri-
tween Catholics and Protestants. In consequence
of these Resolutions, an Address was framed. signed
by the Defendant, and presented to the Duke of
Bedford. and afterwards publi h.:41, in lime of ti e
Dublin l'ap:rs. •fhe chief paragraph in this Ad.
dress, alleged to be lib:Boas, was as follows :
" Tire pw'r and industrious mechanics ye to .de to
suffer under the eirds of a partial and ill.exectred
local authority." fhe Plaintiffs, &idly admmni.ter.
ing ja tice !bout N. wry, insisted that this alluded to
them only. Tie Defendant's affidavit, denied that
such an allusion was malt, and further stated. that
the Address had been received by the Duke, and
published. by order of Government. in lite Gisela
The CHicr JUSTICE said, in was evident that this
was a renewal of that party spit it, which had lin
long agitated this Country ; he gas sorry that the
application was made, and he hoped that the Plain-
tiffs wound not press on the Court to ga any further
with it.

foe matter WAS desired to stand over siar dif, and
it is understood, that the Plaintiffs will not proceed
in it.

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Another match cf pigeon.sSooting took place 11
yesterday, in a meadow, adjoining flruns:ow.heath,
between Mr R. D Aviv, a farmer, near Beaconsfield,
and Mr. SAN or, a shot of some celebrity. Me
match was for 20 guineas aside, at 11 pigeons each,
to be turned rut of a box 21 yards distance from
the gun. which was not to carry more than two
ounces of charge. Bets were nearly level on the
event, until the 4th shot, when Mr DATLY became
the favourite. Mr. SANDY missed his 4tn and 711,
and hit his 11th bird, which fell ou: *1 bounds, and
his adversary missed his Sth and 6:h birds, and
killed the remaining nine, by which be emu the
match. The parties afterwards fired at sparrows,
from a trap, at 15 yards distance, for 10 guineas.
The killer of the greater timber, oat of eve. to Int :
the winner. Each missed his first shot, end Mr.
Myatt won this match. by killing his ether four
birds: i

POLIO. -
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SOW-ST It TIT.
In ewnsequence of Mr. Shepherd, of M
street, Westminster, having been declared nut of
rtan'per, from the wound he received in the vicar
Covent-it trden Th.t,rre, Porn a bottle thserten emu
lb!. first Gallery, Saankt nacis was brought ro diet
OCe yeAetLey. he'. re Rico. frnra forbad:l
Gelds Bri•lew,li, a,.‘i t bail a•lct two
sureties in 2.51. each, tir t tire his trial for the 41stult.'
Mr. Brandon attend-lot the part of the Proprfe.it
tors of Ore Theatre, and was bcund over to' proses
cute, as were the witnestes, to give et-Itlet,ce.—
l'ris.riier denied t"....1 charge, but acknoirledget"
one of companbns threw their tie.
SNIUGGLiftII.

Jamet Jeat and IVi Boeher were sham
with unlawfully assembling, with divers What.,
armed with fire arms and deadly weapons, and ob-.
suuaing Itrvonne Officers is the ez'cutinti ni their
duty, contrary to ,the Attt of Chit 19:11 of Lac
George U. 418.1060004,101000110

Anit Pa ax years of art, of
Dart"lit in Lent, ca:ed, that she had itchrisigeci
vei't a man of the shone oh John tiisle* a!tt,tit rtio
years, who got his living pririe,ipalty by sinute,gl-ng„
and that, she used to dress ;n exiose, end go
out with him to auist in the unovigling of lispsonn
she yode on horseback es a man, and ss,a I to trs
armed with pistols. r 4 few dip pr,einue so
Christmas, she went eft horsehacki, dressed assistaus'.
in company with Jnhn Sisley, John Dora a mat.
who- was called Old jont, and the P:isoners, in
order to smuggle fortpeight kegs of lloitande gin ,
ham Shepherd's, at Deal. The kegs were got sal*
on shore in the night, she had Ores kegs pop u,
her horse to take case of, and the men had three
kegs each on the horse they rode, and each oi
them led a horse, which carried six kegs.
They proceeded safe on their journey, w:thant way
interruption, till the following night, near Hoiling..
in Kent, when they were met by two 7j.
cise Officers, named Duly and Cocks, who dewed,
them to •' fall down" their goods. Si,lzy. snowier:
ed, they did not mean to hoe timpa sad Sisk
made an attack upon Duly the Officer, 404 ll•k.
his boree a xi- le4.t blow with a stick, which knock
the animal down, and no its 'cornicing itself r.a
away full speed. Tile Officer of course was throw a,
from his horse, and Sidgy struck him while ;Of
was 'Liven. Sisley and the Pi-honer Butcher ha&
pistols, but they did not use them ; the others had
large sticks, such as are to g-aeral carried by smogs,
glers. The Witaess and Old Tom rode of, and
made their escape with the liquor' while rink
Offi:ets were engaged :n the affray with the others.
A few days after, the Prisoner Botcher eamado vi
ley's h,use at Dartford, and told Sisley, in her pre-
sent., that the Officers had eat Or John Dag's'
straps and stirrups. and threw t% kegs raver as
hedge ; and that he went 334171 that 11 gbt to ski,
spot, and recovered most of ti.: kegs, and conceited'
them in Stine Wood, near Dartford, till a laienss44
able opportunity offered to convey them home
'The Prisoner, Butcher, received a severe blow ha'
his leg from' the Officers ; mid the Prisoner, Sesta
had'part of one of his ears est of; and him Doe
had a plkat of abed isia.alhaess (*inf. ' •
Maly led Chetah -thy, Other" siarotwitrated the*
part of her statement. with respect to their ohne
at H Almeourn.
Mr. G cape, the Bari ,ter, mended fir the Prf:
soners, and requested that the information she had`
given, on a forcer day, might be read ; which be:
ing done, it apparel that 'beechen swore, that all
she hew of the business was told her by S:iley, the
man she lived with.
Mr. RiAt3 asked her, which account the meant

to abide 1)7
She replied. the account she bad then given.
Mr. 0 a es then contended. that as the Ritmo'
was an ac.comptise, and there was no corroboration
of her testimony of the Prisoners and their cons.
potions bring armed. the charge could nit stand.
Mr. KLAN however. considered the evidence of
the Officers as a corroboration of her testimony. and
should, therefore, send them to trial for a Jury to
decide.

la aR s. ion ovowiTts.st.

Yesterday, leery Dirks, the hackney coachman
wb) stood charged with being an accomplice is a
burglary, in the house of Mr. Hansmet. near Lam-
beth Church, on the afternoon of Sunday sa'nnight,'
underwent a final examination.

It has been stated, that linen-drapery goods to
the amount of 5001. were stolen from the house, and
that the Prisoner was seen from three o'zleck until
past five, waiting with a hackney coach near to th.
premises. The prosecution was materially strength.
ened by this examination. Four witoesars swan
positively, that the Prisoner was waiting two brava
at the Bell public house, Courch.streat, near 'the
place where the burglary was committed, and that
he was joined by two other men, with whom he
ate and drank. Previous to the depaseum of the
Prisoner, a fourth parson entered the taproom with
a bundle, whom the Prisoner followed eat. The
coach No. 677, which the Pasoaer drove. the Wit.
!leases described to be a green bodied one. Ia de-
fence, the Prisoner dallied having been across the
tv.i.er on the Suaday, and three Witnesses swore
that they bad seen I.im with his hackney coach, tl.e
body of which was of an orange cilloar, at knight:-
bridge, at five and at half past seven o'clixk, which
WAS about the time he was said to have been seen at
Lambeth, and others were ready to substantiate the
alibi, but the Magistrate thought the evid-nce for
the prosecution snfficiently strong, and the Primmer:
was committed fir trial.

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Several well cheesed pickpockets, apprehmded
last Wednesday, in the Pitt of Covent ear.ren
Theatre, have been since sent on board the testa..
LOTTIRT PHUNOIIeriA --lhouzb the present
Lottery ternain.ites on satarday neat, and but two
or three days of the Drawing yet to come. there
a•e, nevertheless, the immense Prizes still in the
Wheel, of one of 30,0001. one of 20,0001. twe
of 3,0001. friar of 1001. &e. and every Capitol
Prise. hithero drawn, wa, s Id in shares. Mai
a critical moment for a tesrth after every re.
noising Share in the Lern-ry Market that le
yet to be purchased, as it is found. on inquiry,
that none but the smaller Shapes of Tickets m
now attaisabis, and yew thoslll bat at
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Nzt PAL INTELLIGENCE.

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PORTSMOUTI/. Fell. S.
General Cockle, second in command at the Cape
Of Good Hop.:, is arrived here to take his passage.
The Uridnaught, -if 95 guns, Capt. Lechmere ;
and .(isdaeivi:. of 74 guns, Capt. Gosselin, will sail
in a day or te..) tc join the Channel Fleet ; and the
ttc..e,:e, of 71 guns, Sir John Gu:c, to join the
squa lion off Rcrhefott.
Tieurfri frigate, Capt. R W. Taylor ; and
the dvsa sloop, Capt. Thrush, it is ex,:eEtecl, will
take the convoy for the Wc.t ltidies, which is col.
Wing at this post.
Vetterday, a Cnurt Martial was held. on board
th' Glalictor. on Capt. J Brenton, for the loss of
I-lis 'slajeiy's ship La .111ne-.1 —lt appeared to the
Coon, tl• ,t the loss of that ship was caused by her
kavin, in a f'g, struck upon she western point '.l
the Cosies. off Cherbourg, being then in chants of
the filet, who had, in consequence of the fog.
etiistaken the land; and havinz been taken nrisses-
r• lials...speaseiets atter the most gallant ex-
errians had been 6:l;loHrCliff.—ittei:grint his of-
ficrrs, and ship's company, under a gal 4, fire
fr m the enemy on her for mmy hours. Are,
Coort did adjudge Capt. Brenton, his officers, and
eiip's company to he /mot 6ocour.4lc acquitted. Ad-
=Seal Sir Isaac C..iffin, Bart. President.
PLYMOUTII. yrs. 6.
Cam. in, the !Waive, 74, Cart. P. C. Dasharn.
from the Channel fleet, which she left all well a few
day, 1.11101.

cacaos/ter, yea 6.
Arrived yesterday His Majes,y's ship Plaviaernet,
74 guns„Cspt Bradley ; and this day His Majesty's
Ohio Ctripion, 24 guns. rapt *Kenzie; Moth from
off rireq Also arrived the brig F,,,yl,nd. Turpen,
from Dartmluth, with a carne of cod fish for Viana ;
and the brig BritJacio, wall malt, for Liverpool ;
and Meander pri:eteer from a cruise.
The Prinee-s Itl,z4elA Packet, with Mails of the
'2J inst. for Malta, Gibraltar, and Messina, is ex-
peeled to sail to-morrow.
The Prigere Ernst Packet for America, and the
Ma4arough Packet fir Jamaica, with Mails of the
id it,st. are cspeEted to sail on Sunday.
DEAL, TEL 8.

Arrived in the Thwns, yesterday, the Kite, 110^1)
of war, Capt. Ja': es, from a cruise, with a large
French lugger privateer. mounting ti gong, and
44 men, leelunging to Calais. which she tell in with
and captured off the North Foreland, at midnight,
on the 6th inst. _

this morning. the .4eternake, for Sheerness;
ant th privateer, prize to the Bite, for Remsg.ite.

Davie, eta. 8.
On Friday night about eleven o'clock, a light
collier, called the Hop Branrh, of Sunderland, from
b:,svharen. was captured by a privateer off the
Scut!) Foreland •he crew, except one man, get on
'bore here in their hoot, he being so imprudent •s to
go below to get something. which was left on board.
About an hour before a cutter brig sp. ke them, in-
quiring if they had seen any thirg of a suspicious
appraranc ; but their usual methad is to keep as
dose under the Lied as possible. and frequently
bring up, b.• which means the cruisers have often
passed wit`.on• *ring able to discover them. This
ovrnirg, we are told, that two smacks were, last
pig'.•t, a little to the Westward, boarded by a pri-
vateer and plundered of every thing worth taking,
soni 'then sent adrift. It is now become so very
Us-warms, that coasting vessels are almost afraid to
venture nut of a harbour. The Master of the col-
lier before mentioned, said he passed two brigs on
'Sore near Peachy Head. one, he was told, was
loaded with timber, the other with slate, but did
not know more of them.

The Jay before yesterday came in the brig
of and from Baltimore, Wilson, with coffee
my' ...gar. to wait Lir orders; and yesterday, the
k,tch thrcules. of ar.d (or Ssrangtr. Knirsberg,
with wine hrai.iv, and salt, from St. Martin's;
Cult:led by the !bakes frigate, B. W. Taylor.

coax, Tic 2.

Arrived His biajecty's ship Pirginra, Captain
Brace, 6 m Portsmouth, with eit;ht transports; this
Lotus tender. Lieut. Hoy. from Plymouth ; the
k,ro, of NVliitishaven. l•leion. from Dublin, with
Roods, for Barbados'; two cc:licit, with coals.
Sailed Eari Sperm,. cutter, Lirut. Bothwell. con-
voy to the Downs ; Na,ry anti Mary, of Exeter.
Holman, London, provisions; and two transports
fur Portsmouth, ballast.

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.
G saws, JAW 11.--Missell by the Enterprise, Coteorl,
Au. Vulitsta; Stara.tah, Bu.well, from Serilie; NlAld:eton,
C'.4,td, fru. G.0.1.•r 1 end tNe fro.•l Cork.
...Seled the Recover?, Taylor; est, the "deem-A.m. WU..
ram, fir Teb.g..; Manner, lieroto.L for St. V.ce..e.; Jame,
Deg.', for !whales; Admiral Cullm)s, Culei ; and the Mi-
sec.', Booed, for Africa.