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!sate, JULY 3.
The troops on the coast are in motion, and their
-'.ers are estimated from 150 to 200.000 men.
less than 2,000 vessels are lying ready in the
.ad and in the port. The flotilla consists of
imes, being a large kind of vessel, having cannon
r d hmrs,-*1 on board, of gun-boats, pinks, and cha-
Alps, carrying a 24-pounder.
A bason has I.),:en formed in the port of Boo-
gne, capable of receiving one half of the armed
essels.
In Ole port of Vimereaux, two leagues N. of
. •alogne, lie the Imperial cutters, and other armed
bipc. The encampments at Boulogne, Estaples, and
tixr places, consist of square wooden barracks,
.lai•tered on the outside, ranged in three lines, and
:silTd from each other by little gardens.—
/ :tf ditfeur) •
sclitEnsfa (itot.i.ann), aoLY
We hear that Vice•Admir il De Winter has been
aencinted Commander in Chief of the 'Friel Espe
chti,,n, with permission to hoist his flag on board
tterer ship he may chute.
f.,:utenant-General Domonceati has returned
font the Helder with his Staff, and is arrived in the

kis7ue.
The Russian Imperial Minister at this Republic
wllleAve the Hague ;n the COW'Se of a few ;Lays.
The Chattam, of 60 guar, has been put into com-
m:ssion.

GIBRALT.4R, .1u se 6.

On the 50th cf last month, the Malta convoy
I I England passed this place, with the Atrial/ and
Pier6e trigatas the wind being fair, they only
bpaiglit to, till they were joined by the vessels lying
is the Bay, which were bound to England.
Tile Liver/ frigate also sailed with them, to sec
tllcm past ladir.
Oa the 4.h inst. the /.i.e/y frigate rammed here.
5.,. met a Spanish line of battle ship off Cadiz, with
waich she exchanged a few broadsides, when the
Spnlard put about and returned to Cadiz. Three
m :re Spanish line of battle ships were in Cadiz, .all
re-2y for sea.
11. e Spaniords have also five sal of she line read
atCarthagena, so that they are completely masters
of the Mediterranean Se-a at present.
The expedition under Sir James Craig is still
waiting in the Bb) for orders from England.
General. Moreau is at Tangiers, on a party of
pleasure to Barbary.
'Three American gun-boats and one mortar-boat
arrived to-day from the United States, on their way
to Tripoli, which they are going to attack again.
The American gun-boats are universally reckoned
to be the most complete vessels of the kind ever seen
in this Bay, whilst the few English gun-boats here
are exaaly the reverse, and are so inferior in every
r,spea to those of the Spaniards in their construe-
tiari, and in rowing or sailing, that the enL my laugh
at and despise them.
.tune
The garrison is perfealy healthy, though a num-
Ler of families have already left it, from the appre-
hension of the fever breaking out again.
'this gees by the ilinpintrite, which sails shortly
for Engiand.
sck--2crINISCISSIMIbME

Wednesday Mr. niters introducct a Gen
to His MAJESTY who had been afflicted with a
sinsilar disorder in his eyes to His MA J MST , who
had undergone an operation, and had recovered.
His Nla icsry conversed with him for a considera-
ble time upon the subjea.
Th'r commission given to the Captain of Le rad-
I pl.: Le to La Loire, is signed by the Corsican
I.:npetue, and runs as follows:
•• We, by tne Greet of 640, N... 07 -on 1. Empert.r of the
.t:c die. 0. Cwt. greeting," 411f1 then
pet on in the usu.' fm.n.
The Officer is a Capitaine de Vaisseau, but com-
mands the above privateer—a circumstance very
common in 1759—like Commodore l'aunrr, when
he commanded three private ships of war on the
ceast of !viand, and was. captured by Captain
&tiny r, tlich were fitted out by Dunkirk mer-
chants.
'l'Le Prussian ship Augusta Phillipiae, from Kn.
ringsbmg to Oporto, has been taken by a privateer
of Oporto, and carried into Mirams.
On the statementof another Paper, we were led to
announce the death of the Bishop of Liu IS IC K. It
I. with much satisfaCtion, however, we are enabled
to contradta, from authority, the report of that
ws rths and much respesfted Prelate's death, his Lord-
ship being at present in good health.
I' be precaution of doubling the guards at the
Pay al Arsenal, at Woolwich, has been adopted in
consty:ence of annther attempt to set fire to it,
11;;h was happily discovered and frustrated early
en 5..-nrday morning.
A „"arer of yesterday says, " Government has re-
ceived advice, we understand, of the capture of the
lholni‘al. a Spanish ship of the line. The Hanuibal,
was severely handled in her affirm with the
L'"•'!v, struck to a frigate of 44 gun*, the Illustrious
being at the time in sight. The Ilannsbol was for-
merly a British, 74, anti was taken about five years
::nee in Algesirus Bay, where she grounded within
reach of the Spanish battelies.” We have enquired,
and do not find that any intelligence, to the above
arit, been received at the Admiralty.

LAW

00UiT KING's-BIIIO4CH, WEST 41:ISTER, JULY 11.
Silting: at Nisi Prins be/bre Lard Er.tcNßowler; H,
and a Special Jury.
OPERA FRAC Iti.
BIRCH v. TRlsi.

This was an attion for an assault.
The Plaintiff is a person of eminence in his
profession, and one of the principal Surgeons of St.
Ti:onias% Hospital, and the Defendant a Gentle-
man of considerable fortune.
It appeared from the evidence that the p reties
were in the pit of the Opera House on the evening
of Saturday the 23.1 February last. An eltercatien
took place between them, in the passage 1 %tiling
from the orchestra to the boxes, and the Defendant
struck the Plaintiff a violent blow on the lir: Itst, winch
was followed up by several more on the face, in con-
sequence of which the latter was confined for a month
or six weeks, wholly unable to attend to the business
of his profession. One of the witnesses heard the
Defendant say that the Plaintiff had offended
him, and when he should meet him, he would kick
him on the shins. Another stated, that, standing
with his back to the orchestra, in the passage to
the boxes, he heard the cry of A fig r• ! a Azht !
and several ladies screamed ; he immediately saw
the parties flgoting ; they changed eround; the
Defendant knocked down the Plaintiff between the
seats, and beat him very touch ; his nose bled, and
his face was very much bruised; the witness sepa-
rated them, and got the Defendant back, who,
upon being remonstrated with, said, " D—ti him,
he shall not tread upon my toes."
Townsend, the Police Officer. being there, and
hearing his name repeatedly called, separated the
parties, and took the Defendant its a coach to the
watch-house, who, on the Monday following, was
brought before Sir R. Foso, and discharged.
Mr. Eftseiue for the Defendant, observed, 'that
the appearance of the yellow wig of Mr. Townsend,
whom he admitted to ha a very useful 6ficer, had as
great an effet upon the riotous part of the audience
at Cie Opera, as the sight of Lord Nelson's flag
had upon the fleet of the enemy, which he hyped
would soon be realised in that gallant Lord's present
expedition. the moment Mr. made his appear-
ance all was conquered, and lie bore off his prize in
triumph to the watch-house. From the evidence,
it appeared that there was a fair fight, and his
friend ('dr. dee v i. ), who WAS an amateur, in exami-
ning one of the witnesses, had adopted one of their
teehnical plutazes—he asked did not the Defendant
/Wirer a biow et the Plaintiff ? it was like a case of
goods sold and delivered. 'f he principal question was,
what was the cause of quarrel ? why, that which was
the ancient cause of all man's misfrutanee' " woman."
If the cause of quarrel had grown out of a former
insult—it the Defendant had left his place,. and
went purposely to strike the Plaintiff, it might have
been another matter. A kick on the shine was to
be construed into malice. propmv ; but what was the
fag ? The audience called oat A firm l a AV;
The pertites changed ground, an! a regular battle
ensued ; was it not the natural feeling of English-
men to cry ont, Klock him down ! konek him dm, !
if the Defendant was beating the other so unmerci-
fully? but in the technical term, a blow WAS &li-
vered, and to it they went. There elitist he no
doubt, he said, of one of two things, either
that the Plaintiff had trod upon the Defendant's
toes, or threatened to du so. Much stress had
also been laid upon the injury which the Plain-
tiff had recei ied : a black eye, to be stir?, was
an unpleasant thing ; but a little vinegar and
brown paper would soon have remedied that.
Upon the whole, he thought the Plaintiff had been
ill advised to !;ri•lg this sert of ; those sorts of
fracas frequently occurred at public places, and it
would have answered the justice of the case much
better if he hal preferred an iiialielment, where both
parties might have an equal hearing.
Lord Runtimes observed, that the offence
of the Defendant was of a very violent nature, and
the decent and respectable coadua of the Plairuilf
was highly commendable; from the evidence, it was
to be presumed that the Defendant was the first ag-
gressor, atid, if the Plaintiff did return any blows,
it was newt-say for his proteetion arid defence. The
ju-y, in considering their verdid, "meld not merely
look to the razed of the injury to one individual, but
the preservation of the public peace.
The jury, atter a short consult loon, found a ter.
dift of SOul. damages for the Plaintiff.
LIBEL.
TROY v. STWOSDS.
This was an affirm brought by Dr. Troy, the Ti-
tular Roman Catholic Archbishop of Di:blin.:47,,ti:.ht
the Defendant, an eminent Bookseller, in Peterisos-
ter-rew, as the publisher of a libel upon him, con-
taiued an The Anti-Peohia Rrtrirv, acid Magazine, fir
July, 1804. This being a cause of great espette-
non, the Court was greatly crowded. The Earls
of Fingal and Camden, Viscounts Sidmouth and
Castlereagh, and the Right Hon. William Wickham,
sat on the Bench with Lord ELeirs tioecouott. At
an early period, Mr. ERIK'S& intimated to the
Court, that lie could not examine Earl Camden,
Viscounts Sidmonth and Castlereagh. according to
the rules of evidence, and therefore dal not wish
to detain them. *their Lordships soon alter retired.
Mr. It MAINE, for the Plaintiff, stated this to he
a case of very great importance, which, both in
point of malignity and in point of damage. called
loudly for the interference of a hi stash Jury. If
the cause which had been jag tried, where blood
WAS provoked, and the person disfigured and
wounded, celled for large damages, how much
more must the present case call upon them ? When
the spirit is wounded, and the character defamed'
in cold blood by the puolication of a lib.), which
by a side wind sought to overiurn the Plaintiff's
good name. It had been said in the former cause,
that the public cause will mil itself with that of in-
dividuals ; how much more so will it, when a great
body of His Majebry's subjeas axe nabbed through
the side, when merit the most distinguished was
made the °bk.& of calumny ? if Dr. Troy had been
as other del.:um:is, merely content to do his duty
privately, he would DUI have attreaed the notice of
the caluniniator ; but, called upon by his slaty to
his God and an his Sovereign, he stepped forward in
the time of danger as a minister of the Gospel, and
made use of that influence which his fun:lions had
given him over his flick, to call upon them not to
mix with LIC.ASOD. With ieditiou, or rebellion. lie

leroveseeel Very teat anxiety Weed hi this
He said, if ever merit seas a tolid ad-
ventage to the community, it waiein the person
and mind of this wetted:id and unoffending Plain-
tiff: he was not one of those used to deelama
iron against any particular sea this gentleman
was a Roman Catholic, he himself was not only
a Protestant but derived from the very essence of
prtliestantism, and no than could be more attached
to his own persuasion. " Since the time of our Re-
deerier' and his Apostles, the first dawning of
nrisrianity was the great sire of the Reformation,
C hick so wonderfully tended to homelike and unite
the world. With the sister couistry (as she was
formerly called), now so united to us in the bond.
of friendship arid confidence, we might defy the em-
battled world." He continued, " I mean not to en-
ter into any religious controversy. That question,
which was lately discussed with so much honour,
so much mildness, and so much temper, in both
[louses of Parliament, has given to the Catholic
world great satisfaaion. The Learned Judge on
the Bench, who has delivered his opinion npon this
set:Jen i !another place, will, I know,considerDr.Troy
standing here a calumniated individual, and do him
that justice which he required at his hands. This in-
jured Gentleman is held out in this libel to be a
traitor to his God and to his Sovereign, making use
of the cloak of religion to propagate sedition and
treason. You, Gentlemen, will feel it your duty to
deliver him from this calumny by your verdict ; but
no money can be a compensation fur a calumny of
this description. What setistaftion could it he to him
that he had money at his Banger's, or would you
think the better of him for accumuleting a large
sum ? No: but you will let the slander and vindica•
tion go down to posterity together. The EngiOli
Government has lung been a Government of tolerA-
thin : we know so many calamities of the human
race have arisen from differences in religion, that
our wise and beneticent Government have taken
care to smooth those differences, and to ameliorate
the condition of the people. The Protestant is the
standard religion at the country, but the rest are
tolerated; and he that looks to his conscience as his
guide, be his religion what it may, will always be a
good subjea. .%'e are engaged with an weeny
powerful, vindiftive, and crafty. Ireland has long
been a vulnerable part of the realm ; and it is the
business of the state to preserve and prutea her.
There is no bond of onion like a due a lesinietration
of justice ; and this Gentleman, although a Roman
CAtholie,will, I have no doubt, receive justice at your
hands ; he is not merely an iunocent man asking your
verdia, hut he is a man entided to the Adriasonion
of the British Community. As to the Author of
The Anti-Jacobin Review, I have nezhing to do with
Aim ; but as he has invaded the brewer and cha-
Teeter of this Gentleman. To the tree discussion
of political,subjeas, we owe our liberty and inde-
pendence—we have a right to enlighten each other,
and to comment upon public men and their conduit ;
when this is made the vehicle of siAneer, and he
throws fire-brands among tne people, it is a natter
between him and them ; but against an iticlividnist it
is another thing; and now comes Dr. Troy's eon:-
plaint. The idea of revolutien is daily wearing
away ; since the change of Govertimert he France,
no glare of liberty is left; nut a surly despotism
pervades. lam uneer the necessity of pro One, that
a rebellion existed in Ireland; but 1 say, it was not
renellion ot Catholic., it was a rebellier. of Pro-
testauts and Catholics ; a rebellion of those who
were in spirit rebellious. lam obliged to recur to
that disgusting, horrible subjea, the murder of
Nobleman, datingaished for the milli ut hit
dispo.itian, for a beneficent and noble twnci (Lord
KilwAreten), who was murdered in the puulic etreeLs.
At that time Dr. Troy, from his exemplary cha-
racter, had great influence over the Roman Ca-
tholic world, and thought he might be useful in
quelling this dangerous spirit. On the `flat of
July, the day after the rebellion broke out,• Dr.
Troy addressed the clergy ut his diocese, desiring
an exhotlition to be read in all the chapels ; this
address•enjoined the Hornell Catho:ies to return to
their duty, to their King, and tneir God; which,
by the tenets of their religion, they were bound to
do." lie adverted to the mild poser ante= ct Lord
Hardwicke, aid strongly recommended obedience
to the laws, and a return to their duty. " I can-
not help pausing at the perusal of this exhortatera,
which b:ings to my recolleinion this remarkable cir-
cumstance ; so mild and huireine was the Adminis-
trAtioe of Lord Hardwicke at that time, that an un-
happy young man (Emmet) who had expiated his
crimes on the scaffold, wrote a letter to illf Roein.
Hon. Friend'on the Bench (Mr. IVickiours), stetilig,
that the mildness of the Government had beaten
down the spirit of Rebellion, acid they were uesiged
to assemble on a sudden " In adverting to Anotoer
part of this exhortation, which condemns in strong
terms the enormities of France, arid the military dis-
position of that country, lie said, tes was writ-
ten by a beggar, would it not be sAnitioned ? but
being written by a person tot great influence, as the
judgment tram the Bench delivered by solemn and
sound Authority, sinks deeper into the mind, so the
e imposition of thi, exhortation is enhanced by be-
ing delivered by the Pastor of his flock; and, in pro-
pertion to the influence, so it is the more vAliniele.
suppose he had written the contrary, would he I
not have been an immoral man, sot jea to be india-
ed, subjeft to punishment ; but, being mei-notions,
he is made the subjeft of calumny. As soon as
this exhortation was penned by Dr. Troy, be
printed, published, and citiulated it ; tad this is
the exhortation alluded to by the Noble Lord on the
Bench (Lord Fingal) in a certain correspondence
with a Noble Lord at the head of the Law in Ire-
land ; and being a person of high rank, and distin-
guished for the benevolence of his disposition, U-.
•Proy sent it to him, knowing nib Lordship's conse-
quence and influence." He then adverted to seve-
ral parts of the libel, charging the Catholics with
dissimulation. "It he had stopped here," he con-
tinued, " 1 would have said it was a dangerous
libel—it was an insult on the Catholics, and i.kely
to produce discord, at a time when the Freach
were threatening to stir up a rebellion, and to
inflame the minds of the people. At so critical
a period, I would have &aid, it was a rash publi-
cation[ and that Dr. Troy could not have present-
ed himself now in a civil suit; but the calumniator
goes on and states, •' That Dr. Troy must love
known all the circumstances that preceded the re-
bellion, cud yet lie did out pa: the Government up-
-1 on their guard against it;" he further says, " his

exhortation must be considered a mockery of res.
Rion, and an nnquestionahle ptoot of his wart of
candour." Here you hive him taken, not only in
' an innocent ael, but while rendering a service to his
country, which this caluemiltor construes into eels
of treiteei, et sacrilege. and of rebeleim. 1t we
were to p etre ay a men of the greatest maligeity,
would it not be him who nee a sacred authority.
to do that at the altar of his God, to work mar-
der and rapine, treason and rebellion ? Several
persons of high rank and situation in the Go-
vernment know the charaner and principle; of
Dr. Troy. es testified in the several letters which -
have passed bettseen them. As all parts of the world
are enlightened by that which is tier centre, so Great
Britain is the centre of that system, which gives ,
light to her widely-extended dumieions, and hare •
moaises the whole. As this is the first cause of this
nature which has beets tried since the .a of UniOn,
yret lam sure, will take care that this Gentleman,.
though a Roman Catholic, comes here to receive •
justice at the hands of a Protestant Jury, against' ti
celemniator. This question has nothing tredo wiih
any political subjeel. The Catholic, aswelres
testant. is to be obedient to the laws, er threfeamii t
have the advantages to ha &trivet from them ; net
only the day, but the feelings of •niee, Will dire&
them to this ; and the time may come, whee all di-.
tinetions of this nature will be done away. Donor '
Troy only woks jostles and proteetion from the laws
of England."
Mr. C. W. Auber proved the purchase of fikf
Re;iew at the shop of the Defendaoe
in Paternoster-row.
(et this moment the paper, which made meh •
none in town, relative to as lake :yam: by Leer
Nelson with the French Fleet. was banded to Mr.
ERSKINE, who read it aloud.]
The whole of the libel, at toe desire of 3e/r. GAlir
. .
SOW, was then read.
Capt. W. R. Cole proved that there was an in-
surreainn in Dublin on the 23l July, 18u4.
Mr. Patrick Woegan, frees Delete, stated, on the
21ehof July 1304, -Dr. Tiny eroaght hire the ma..
nuieript Copy of the Exhortation in questions of
which he prleteJ off en copies, being as many as'
there se p wish priests in the ctiucese.
On his ei-oss-examination lay Mr l'Aaw.c, he said.
he suppose) Tie Jal,-J.7nd, a Arcita, was read iii
Ireland at well as Levi, but le bed not seen any of,
them.
The exhortation was then read, exeiting the Res.
man Catholics to a ptecceh'idteneanour, and a re.
tom to their'. duty.
The EA of Ping it was ex veined frogs the
Bench, by Mr. ERSKIN S. tie said that he teas Of
the Roman Catholic pe-snasion. Mr. le was pro-.
ceeding to ezamine his Lordship, 'timing to tile
Jetties between 'hire and Lord ilieresdale, allqdecf;
to in the• libel. when Mr. Giesecw opened t die
evidence. the dectirettoe avene.l aflnsrou to
something contained ill a letter, OM as that letter
was ei extstence and nie. proeiced, he contended
they could not go into any ;ovate testimeny, the
publication in question, profeseet 'to be a. critique
upon a letter from Dr. Ce.ispinger, the Titular
Bishop of' Clop* ; and, upon' the ribertation iw
question, something might be alluded toin the libel
which' was not in the letter and therefore ,hls
dente critild out be received
The Court was of opinion the tette,' nag% to be
produced, and over-ruled the objenion.
Mr. Easels!' then said, the letter was id the
hands of Lord Redesdale, and they. uuld not pro-
vire it, nor could his Lordship AtteLd withou• ;a
licence from His Majesty.
He then celled the attention of the Court to rise
second Count in the Decleretion, weicri ailegetiors
slid not declare the Leer either one Way or thi
other.
Lori Eeetmeolouoit thoeght th it the first a--
swer from . Lord Fin' sil must Iced to this lettere
which cauld not be given in evidence.
Mr. ERSRIN e then contented' himself with provinte
by Lord Fiegal, thee rherlaintir was known by
the name of Dr. Troy ; that he was a i.lnman Ca-
tholic Minister of the Holy Gospel, exerci-ing the
funalons of that religion. 04 his cross exemine.ion
hy \lr. G•stow, he said, fitst saw tie tesiicie
tion in this kingdom, het did net eit in Deiblln.
Mr. PA eipt observed, thee was neahusiuo in this
cotint, on which the Plaeuitl riffled, to doe einem- •
eon.
Lord F.teeesoectuese—" Then ycu have out
the whole of the exhottation."
Mr. Easst!si —" Yes, my lied " •
Mr. G s aow, for the Defendant, observed, that
his learned friend, Mr. Easctse. who was so long
and eminently distinguished in condening eapset
of this nature, had expressed s very keen *Wety on
the present occasion. So did he, e.id ;se liallseried
much not to have the task of defending this aetinn
thrown upon him. His learned friend had in; ca-
ducei" his client as a Roma Catholic decree .n.
residing wholly in that past of the kingdom which
is now happily united to Great Britaie ; ant he
a•ked fair and equal justice for this Plaietiff is this
particular cos • ; but he could not see how Mi. case
differed from any other, and all knew that his Lei de
snip would do ample justice in every
.c ruse t tat
ever did or ever should come before ram. Dr.
Troy was said to he a man of exemplary cherener ;
he did not stand there to declaim against the Rev.
Gentleman, and he hoped he would leave that Court
free from ail imputations of a calumniator; he ad-
mitted, in private life, he WAS a most respeaable
man, and entertained the highest opinion .of the
Noble Lord (Fingal), as to his private charafter,
as a citizen of the state. Ile had requested the
whole of the libel in question to be read. in order
that the Coast and Jury might develope what the
intention of tie w.lter sees ; :el: his learned friend's
eloquence had led to topics iv ech had nuseeletion
whatever to the subjea, and 1) . Troy's recovery
of damages was the last thieg brought before
the Jury. His Learned Friend hid expressed A IV% e
that there should be but one fetal ; but he Lasso
his Learned Friend's clients bnped that s be
the Roman Catholic futh. They raised ststeblee.
merits for the education of their Clergy. to penile-
gate their religion, and to make peeely:es, 1.. e/
were the snore meritorious for this ; lut he no,
he should ever live a Pioweeat. clod forbid t;
should be so presumptuous As to say which idsou
have the prefei 'ewe; end he •honhtever haveahieter
respea tin the 111411 who 1.....1eginf Rich f scAerj.ept
than he who, for temporal benefits.
wo:sldany patticular teligion. Gad turbid be should SAY

n;

they were all in error, and we all in the right.—
lie said he should make use of the principles
of that reliAion as to this cause; and be was
sure no conscientious Roman Catholic would be
hurt or offended at the observations he should make.
—The Lord Chans.ellur of Ireland, a Nobleman,
none more eminent and distinguished, having
•iewed the deplorable state of the levier class of
Roman Catholics, suhjeas in that part of the king-
dom, sent the Commission of the Peace to the
Noble Earl on the Bench (Lord Fingal), accompa-
nied by a letter, explanatory of his ideas upon the
subjea ; this led to a priv.tte and confidential cor-
respondence ; which, in breach of all decorum,
without any justification, as might have been among
gentlemen of honour, this letter of Lord Redes-
dale's, which, in a manly manner, stated his Lord-
ship's opinion upon the subjea, was published
with the comments of 1)r. Coppinger; if necessary,
this letter might have been communicated to
some of the Roman Cath flic Clergy, but he was
sure it never was the intention of the Noble
Earl to make this the subject of publication.—
The question was, was this written with a ntalig-
nant view, or a different view, and write n to
detract from the character of Dr. Troy ? Lord Fin-
gal, Dr. Coppinger, Mr. Plowden himself, might
all have brought actions, for they are equally ob-
served upon ; and, from fourteen pages, which they
charged against the Defendant as containing libel-
lous matter against the Doctor, they were reduced
to five solitary lines, m which, incidentally ant acci-
dentally, his name was introduced. The declaration
stated that Dr. Troy had no functions other than
in Dublin, where he has resided for a long time.—
He wished to know how a Printer in Patei niater-
Pew, could possibly injure the titular Archbishop
of Dublin ? Was it doubted that this Number
of The Asti-,lcruhin R,view had not a more ea-
tansies sale in Dublin than any where else; and
though the Plaintiff was assisted by the splendid de-
clan:ation of his Learned Friend here, yet, had he
tried ha cause in his own country, he would have
had, as he was informed, the assistance of talents
as eminent in that line, a Gentleman (Mr. Cur-
ran) of the Irish bar. His astonishment was, that
the Plaintiff did not chuse a forum of his own coun-
trymen to try his cause, instead of travelling here
with it ; he might better have tried it there, as he
could have had the evidence of Lord Ridesdale.
—What was meant by the exhibition of Earl
Camden, Lords Sidmotith, Castlereagh, &c. on the
bench ? all of whom were to have proved wonders :
however, his Learned Friend did not wish to detain
them, and so they bowed themselves out, as they
had bowed themselves in. 'I he reason he did not call
them, was because he dared not subjea them to his
cross-examination. He would not have asked them,
was the libel founded, as respeaing Dr. Troy, but
as respeaing the tenets of the Roman Catholic Re-
ligion, which, till radically altered, the same
Mreas must ever be produced, and must lead
to those fatal scenes of blood, which he hoped he
should not again hear of. It is not by the extent of
this religion that the peace of Ireland will be secured.
He said, he was. though the son of a Protestant
Clergyman, so much occupied in his professional,
avocations, that he had not much time to inquire
into polemical disputes, but he had looked into the
tenets of the Roman Catholic Religion. He de-
clared it was the farthest thing from him to cast I
any refleetions upon any sea of men, but it was cc-
cessary he should make sonic observations on the
subjea. Confession was the fundamental principle
of the Roman Catholic Religion, and from their
catechism they were obliged to confess frequently,
from the period they were capable of conceiving
sin, namely, at seven years of age : this was strialy
et joined, and the neglea of it is held a mortal sin,
and subjeas them to t ternal damns' ion. They were
also frequently obliged to receive the sacrament, at
kat once a year, and, in case of oniission, they
were again stohjea to eternal damnation. A rebel-
lion broke eut iii Ireland ; he did not mean to say it
was a Roman Catholic rebellion, but it was well
known, many priests were engaged in it ; several of
whom were hanged and shot, having been tried by
courts-martial. From Mr. Plowden's book, it ap-
pears, that some priests must always be found in
rebellion ; they were so dependent upon their flocks,
they must either roll with the wave or be left
on the beach. An insurreaion may break out
in Dublin, and Government may not be vigilant
enough to prevent it ; the next day an exhortation
is put off, and from this the Noble Earl argued for
the loyalty of the Roman Catholics ; after the mur-
der of Lord Kilwarden, could such a proposition
be maintained ? If one gentle hint had been given
to Government by Dr. T'roy, all that blood might
have been saved ; but would those exhortations call
that murdered Nobleman from the grave ? Did the
err ter of this libel say there were pikes making in
Dublin? strangers coming into the town in disguise
from Carlow, Wexford, Wicklow, and other places ?
Depots so concealed as to elude the vigilance of the
Police ? Generals in uniform, ready for anion at
a moment's warning, and all wilt the knowledge of
Dr. Troy ? No—he did not—but frequent confession
VAS enjoined ; this insurreaion was brooding a length
e6tiwe, what then was the fair inference but that Dr.
Troy must have 'mown it ? It might be said that he
could not communicate this : if such was the case it
was a most alarming thing indeed. It was a mortal
damnation to dethone a Roman Catholic King, but
this did not extend to a Protestant Kong ; and while
they would prutea the authority of their good cou-
sin, the Emperor of France, they would not hesi-
tate to destroy our worthy Sovereign and his amia-
ble Consort, being a Protestant. On the subjea of
excommunication, his friend, Dr. Duigenan, had,
without fear of contradiaion from the eloquent
personage (Mr. Grattan), who came into Parlia-
ment for the purpose of answering him, asserted, that
an excommunicated person may want for bread, may
die in a ditch for want of even a drop of water; and
no hope at this side the grave, unless relieved by the
Band of a charitable Protestant brother; and all
this, mereiy because they do not gu to confession.
Does not rebellion naturally create timidity? every
one sniped:. his companion, and at what period are
persons more troublesome to their priests than when
engaged in ads of treason ? I he eltaliels in Dublin, at
that time, were more frequented than at any other ;
was not that the time when the priests were best in-
formed l Was there an honest reeling man who
it tome of these priests did not
to the Government, even
the 2sd of Jul; r Might

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they not have done this, consistent with the oath ?
If they would even say, Whenever you see an ex-
ttaurdinary Exhortation, let that .be the signitl
you of an approaching rebellion." WAS then, he
would ask, Dr. Duigenan, or any of the Peers
who discussi.d the question, libellers ? then, if not.
this author, in an humble way, has commented
upon these topics. He had to defend his chums W.
a malicious and malignant libel ; but, he conteoriod,
he was not a lib Aler. but merely making comments
upi 0 the subjea. He concluded by observing, he
b-lieve this cause was instituted, not for the i. -
jury sustained, •hut, for the purplse of having the
opinion of the Court of King's Bench and a British
Jury, previous to the discussion of the principal
and viols' queitinn.
Lord Eit LNUOROUGH, in summing up the evi-
dence to the Jail, o'tscr e I, that the question was,
whether a libel had been published, and, if so, what
reparation the Plaintiff was entitled to? If to tra-
duce the character of Dr. Troy was not the intent
of the writer, but that unfortunately, in dis-
cussing a matter of political controversy, he bas
stated that which is injuriou, to an indi .•idual, that
individual has a right to reparation. Dr. Troy
stands completely exculpated from the accusation,
and his Lordship thought he had done commend-
ably by bring the attion in this Court.
The Jury, after a short consutation, found a ver-
di& of 501. for the Plaintiff.

SAME V. HALES.

This was a similar action against the Printer.
Mr. ERSKINE said, that ac exculpation from the
charges in the libel was the object of Dr. Troy, and
not large damages, he would take a verdia for no-
minal damages in this ease.
Mr. Galt ROW requested it might be understood,
that, in any thing he had said, he did not mean to
affect the moral charaier of Dr. 'troy, in any way
whatever.
A verdict of 40s. was then entered for the Plaintiff.
In the muse of this trial ;t appeared, that the
Defendant, Mr. Symonds, had nothing to do with
the libel in wiestion, direaly or indirectly, except
by selling it at his shop, in the ordinary way of his
business, and in common with many other book-
sellers.

• N.ITAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSSIOUT .11:LY 10.
AT rived the Zrbris bomb, with a fleet under cou-
rt:), from the Dowus.—Wind W NAV.

PLYMOUTH, JULY 9.
Came in the Plover sloop of war, from a cruise ;
the Prussian ship Iv:, —, from Bourdeaux, laden
with brandy ; and the Danish ship V I'nos,• •
Dom Seville, both bound to Embden, detained by
the Lord Nrilon privateer, of this port.
Arrived the Hannah, of Greenock, from New-
foundland ; she was captured on the 7th Julie by
L'Atle French privateer, and re-taken on the 32d
by L'Erotr sloop of war. Wind N.W.

ALMOUTII, JULY R.
Arrived the Prinre of Wales packet, Todd, from
Lisbon, 14 days passage ; and Townshend packet,
Dodd, from ditto, 9 days passage ; left lying in the
Tagus, the Auchar,d packet. By a vessel arrived
at Lisbon, it was said that accounts were received
there ?of the capture of Trinidad, by sic sail i.l the
line; also arrived the Sirius, Bentley, horn Liver-
pool, to wait convoy lor Oporto.
The Anne Elizabeth (a Danish dogger ), Lobers,
from Alicante, with brandy, for orders.
Passed this port the ship Favaurrie, Capt. Coffin,
from South Georgia, five months passage, she has
on board 200 tons of oil; on Friday last, ten leagues
off the Lizard, parted with the following vessels
from the whale fi.hery, all full—the Inspeitor, Diana,
Witham and Elizabeth, Ilackholor. and Lady Barclay.
The Princess Ch trlottr packet, Kerr, with Mails for
the West Indies, is waiting further orders. Wind
N. N. W.

DLitt, JULY 10.
Sailed the E rphrion bomb on A cruise ; also the
liomewarti-bound South-seamen for the River.
Remain in the Downs, the rest of the ships as per
last.—Wind S.W.

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.
AMMIVIED.

Off Dorer+the Aaron, Lees,troiia Mogadore and the Prin-
cess Mary, Hunt, from Waterford

At Falmouth—the Anil and Elizabeth, —, from Alicant ;
the Hope, Tucker, from Newfoundland; arid the Darwin,
Barton, from Jamaica.
Br i,tril—!he Martha, from Philadelphia ; ViCory,
—, Coin Cadiz; and the Caroline, Curry, from Nevis.
At Liverpool—the Hibernia, Pratt, from Tortola; Rae,
Hathw,y, front Philadelphia; the United States, from Vir-
ginia ; arid Belisarius,—..., from Charleston.
At Hoylake—the Elizabeth,—, from Cephalonia.
At Cork—the Sisters, —, from Jamaica; John, Davis;
tsey, Howland, from London ; William Manhing, Dixon;
Brothers, Brown; British Tar, Hare; Integrity, Gardner;
Eleanor, Haves; Grace, Philan ; Mentor, (.amour; Loyalty,
Barley; and Nelson, Maine, from St. Kitt's.
At Dublin—'he lodustre, Roberts, from London.
At Belfast—the Draper, M•Donalil, from ; and the
Elizabeth, J 11,11.111011, from Jamaica.

At Opoi to—the Mentor, Christie; Flora, Christie; Jenny,
R ippon • Alfred, Robinson ; Jenny, Clear; Lustiana, Carman;
Mary and Elizabeth, Qainton • Chalmers, Stone; lodustry,
Lake; Ann, Rihhins ; Cert., Bed; John, Letheriligton; and
the Selina, Moore, from Falmouth.
At G braltar—the%Veymouth, Weldon ; and the Mentor,
Clridi..; Jesse, Atkinson; llope, Thorp; and the Alexan-
der, M'Kenzie, from London.
In the Clyde.—the Faflor, Caldwell, from New York ;
Chard, Crrr,k ; from Jamaica; an., the Birm..ighain
M'Carthy, from Charleston.
At Sayamish—the Vcdant, Scott, from CIO,
At Charleston—the Neutrality, Mason ; and the Isab:lla,
Li-ley, (.om Africa.
At Sunnam—the Sarah, M'Lane, from ditto.
At Virginia—the Melway, R u,, from Newcastle; Frank-
lin, Smith, him Cow..; Charleston, Wood ; Duiirobeil
Castle, —; and the Martha from Liverpool.
At Trieste--the Elisabeth, Appleton, f London.

t_. • .
ti . they were all in error, and we a
He said he should make use
of that reliAion as to this eau
sure no consciencious Roman C
4
,11 hurt or offended at the observation
—The Lord Chanaellor of Irela
none more eminent and distil
i- •iewed the deplorable state of
Roman Catholics, subjeas in that
I dom, sent the Commission of tl
Noble Earl on the Bench (Lord I
1, ' nied by a letter, explanatory of
subjea ; this led to a private and
respondence ; which, in breach
without any justification, as might
gentlemen of honour, this letter
, .
• dale's, which, in a manly manna
I I .
• , ship's opinion upon the subj 6
with the comments of 1)r. Coppin
1 il this letter might have been
some of the Roman Cath ilic Cl
sure it never was the intentii
Earl to make this the subject
11,1 The question was, was this writt
e Want
tra c
t fromview,
thre ha o
character
n view
ra
served upon ; and, from fourteen
I ,
lons matter against the Doctor, t'
•
1
: 1
' 1111' et
of
Dr
1 d .
gal, Da. Coppinger, Mr. Plowde
all hay.? brought actions, for the
charged against the Defendant ai
to five solitary lines, m which, inci
dentally, his name was introduced
stated that Dr. Troy had no fun
in Dublin, where he has resided f
He wished to know how a Print,
/sew, could possibly injure the ti
of Dublin ? Was it doubted I
of The Aati-Jaeuhisa Rrview had
tansies sale in Dublin than Any
though the Plaintiff was ashiqed b
clan:ation of his I.;:ztriled Friend .
tried his cause in his own country-,
I, had, as he was informed, the ass
as eminent in that hue, a Gent
i . ran) of the Irish bar. His astoni
the Plaintiff did not chuse a forun
•, 'l'
I ' trymen to try his cause, instead e
with it ; he might better have trier
i • could have had the evidence of
—What was meant by the exl
I . ' Camden, Lords Sidmoisth, Castle
bench ? all of whom were to have
i , however, his Learned Friend did
them, and so they bowed themse
I. it bad bowed themselves in. 'the reas
them, was because he dared not su
' cross-examination. He would not
was the libel founded, as respeain
, A as respeaing the tenets of the Ro
ligion, which, till radically all
eeas must ever be produced,
• ' to those fatal scenes of blood, u
should not again hear of. It is nc
this religion that the peace of Irehm
He said, he was. though the sot
Clergyman, so much occupied in
' avocations, that he had not much
into polemical disputes, but he ha
11 tenets of the Roman Catholic B
1 dared it was the farthest thing
any refleCtions upon any sea of mi
cessary he should make some obs
subjea. Confession was the fund,
of the Roman Catholic Religion
catechism they were obliged to cc
from the period they were cape
• / sin, namely, at seven years of age
et Mince], and the neglea of it is 1
• i and subjeas them to t tcrnal damn.
• i also frequently obliged to receive •
M a • It.tst 011ie a year, and, in case t
is: were 3g.tin stihjea to eternal darai
1 i lion broke out tit Ireland ; he did I
was a Roman Catholic rebellion,
known, many priests were engage,
whom were hanged and shot, has
courts-martial. From Mr. Plow
' t pears, that some priests must al,
. . rebellion ; they were so dependent
.
• they must either roll with the
I on the beach. An insurreaion
in Dublin, and Government rna
enough to prevent it ; the next d
..
is put off, and from this the Noble
the loyalty of the Roman Catliolit
der of Lord Kilwarden, could st
be maintained ? If one gentle hi
f to Government by Dr. 'Froy, all
I have been saved ; but would those
i •
1. 1 that murdered Nobleman from the
err ter of this libel say there were
Dublin ? strangers coming into th
t I from Carlon, Wexford, Wicklow,
Depots so concealed as to elude tl
Police ? Generals in uniform, ref
a moment's warning, and all wall
t Dr. Troy ? No—he did not—but fi
WAS enjoined; this insurreaion was
of ; what then was the fair infe
Troy must have 'mown it ? It mix
could not communicate this : if su
was a most alarming thing indeed
damnation to dethone a Roman C
this did not extend to a Protestant
1 they would ported the authority
I " sin, the Emperor of France, the,
tate to destroy our worthy Soverei
ble Consort, being a Protestant.
excommunication, his friend, Dr.
• without fear of contratliCtion ft
. • personage (Mr. Grattan), who c
ment for the purpose of answering 1
an excommunicated person may w:
die in a ditch for want of even a 41
t no hope at tbis side the grave, unit
1 Band of a cbaritable Protestant
1
7 this, mereiy because they do not
• I Does not rebellion naturally cleat
11 one staved:. his companion, and a
persons more troublesome to their
• engaged in ads of treason ? the du
that time, were more frequented tit
I was not that the time when the prit
formed i Was there an hottest I
• /
. did
,ppoltti ;4(0 -it tome of that
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