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Ceilege was merely confined to Mr. C.'s practising
as a Physician, and had no relation to his practice in
y or midwifery.. •
surgLamb, Sir Ltutas repye, and Dr. Curry. were
also examined as to t're letters they had each leceiv-
ed from the Defendant, and a Mr. Charles Ilurn-
pbries identified the hand-writing.
The purport of these letters was pretty similar to
each other. They were each of them read. That
to Sir L. P.m was nearly as follows :
o To Sir Lucas Pepys, Bart U,sper street.
t. 17, St Peter's-hill, lillestars' Commons, April 4,
" Dr. Campbell, with respects to Sir 1.. Pep'', mitts he
slept well last night, alter luring the s.itisfactiuss et treating a
stranger ill, and performing the important function of inters
diction. Should Sir L, Pepys, and Isis inylligent C ulege, be
inclined to pars mite Jr Campbell fuither, let them iininecli•
ately employ the law against him, and enjoy all the benefit that
arises from qui taw :seisms. Should Sir L Peps be inclined is
Mod his bull-dog or mastiff again to St.P•ter's mill,he must send
him with better 11111111111:11, Ottjtr7flie ha snrs will be lhoitened
tar crej.pwl ; tor, like matter hkp man, he has behaved him,elf
eery dl. Dr. Campbell will bur no
inyther insults (milt the
Chemical London Pharmacopeia,
he "Vot• them
as a gentleman...4lW treatment will be .horly .h
ti.:r .ettes Co the Censors, the Defendant had
Pi! •rtl, rat " he was sorry to see the gentleman lust
j he Censor," but in other respects tney were neat -
iy the same as the foregoing to the President of the
College.
Mr. Beret- *Po then addressed the Jury and his
Lordship. on behalf of the Defendant. He com-
menced by regretting that the duty be had to per-
form had not fallen into abler hands, and alliwed
to the observation of Dr. Pitcairn, as to the De-
fendant having told the Board, that he had consult-
ed his Lawyer, previous to attending them. He
could assure the Jury that if Dr. Campbell did con-
sult any legal advice, it was notihat of his Learned
friend (Mr. Gurney) or himself, nor of the Solici.
tor who was employed upon this occasion. Dr.
Campbell was a person who had been educated in
the medical profession from the age of eighteen,
had praltised fret as an Army Surgeon, and
afterwards at a place considerably distant from
London. Instigated by a love of science,
and with an intention of benefitting, not merely
himself, but his family and the public, he bad lat-
terly removed to the city of Loudon, where his ge-
neral preaice was that of a surgeon, and not of a
physician Upon receiving the summons to at.
tend roe College of Physicians, he sent a to-
spefiful letter to them, stating that he begged leave
to decline an ezaminatiou, conceiving the,. ne
not within their jurirdiaion. in answer to this,
however, he received another summons, or:hosed ,u
ars open cover, which tell into the hands oi Ills ser-
vants, which, hurting his feelings, had been the
occasion of his expressing his resentne-nt in the
manner described, when he attend:d the College of
Physicians. He had then forgot himtelt to tar as
to litter w•. ds whicit lie had since Acknowledged to
have been trnbecorning, both of himself, and the re-
eledable gentlemen who were now the I rosecutors.
He however took the first means to repair the injtuy
be bad committed, although he (his Counsel) could
sot now go into evidence upon it. He lied not
only sent a letter of apology. toe most civil and
most respetiful, but he hail also sine sent an
agent to make it by word of mouth. Yet still that
apology could not appease the resentment of that
Learned Body. He might have done that
which was his unquestionable right to do ; he
might have allowed judgment to go by default; but
his reason for corning into Court was, that as he
was conscious he had dune in his irritation what lie
had already apologised fur, but that not proving
satisfaaory, he wished to come before the public,
more amply to atone (Sr the injury he had
given to the Learned College. Coulo the Prosecu-
tors wish to gofurther than this ? Could their own
ehara ters. or the interests of society, be benefited
by their doing so ? Certaiuly not ; as Doctor
Campbell had authorised him thus publicly to .tats
his extreme sorrow for the consequences of his in.
temperate passion, and that he had the highest re-
spect fur those Prosecutors, both collectively and
individually. Wish these uheervations, he should
conclude, by not attempting to justify, but to state
to the Jury that it was evident, that through the
frailty of mankind. belted yielded to an irtitation
and passion, for the consequences of whalt be bad
endeavoured already amply to atone.
Lord Lectrisouoton observed, that what dice
a more ample apology, by Dr. Cemphell, might
have upon th‘learned body, in preventing the ulti-
mate consequences of this investigation, was not a
matter lett to the judgment of the Jury. To them
Mere only submitted the facts et the case, as made
ona by the evidence adduced. His Loesisbip then
reviewed shortly the pinicipal injurious espeesions,
verbally and by writing, of the Dgendant ; be also
alluded to the beastly manner in which one of the
papers submitted to them had bosh besmeared,
which he thought must be disgusting to every tea•
:enable and rational being. Ihe letters themselves
were highly libellous, and therefore i; woold be
unnecessary fee Heti to recapitulate the evidence
adduced. but leave the Jassy to form theft judgment
of the Defendant's guilt or limos:once from the
fees, which must be fresh in their recolkaisn.
The Jury, without the least hesitatiou, found the
Defendant Galli,.

(OVRT Olr COMMON PLIAS. Dee 16.

S:Vaigi et Nisi Pries Wore Lord CF,i.f Jasti,e
MasunaLD, aid I Sperm' Jury.
roliallSTZ2 ft. TUN NO /MI OVUM..

Was an salon brought against 111017;0er.
writeis, by Plaintiff, owner of the Fdvarrree, se re•
cover the value of chat ship, which was lost on the
27th of May last, by driving of a reef of rocks ni
Gonaille, a small island, a very short distance from
the island of St. Domingo.
The Forename sailed for Port-so-Prince, with con-
voy. some time in January. 181 I previous thereto,
she was bought by the Plaintiff for the sum of
3,5001. and was in exultant condition. She arrived
sate at St. Domingo, and was thoroughly over-
hauled. She remained there from March, to the
2G.h of May, when she set sail, in c'nipany with
the Glens and Neptoor. for England. On the 27th.
about three a. tn. struck on. the rocks, where she re-
mained without a possibility 'of her gati;fig, off.
though every exertion was used for that puipuse by
the crew.
Captain Mudie, tornatandar of the Favorite,
-GenagiL that be commanded her to kit. Donsit.go.

could carry 300 tons with ease; the slip wat in
good condition, carried ten guns, and was manned
by fifteen men, on the passage out ; on the voyage
home she was insured ; else Feerares set sail from
Port-an-PrMce on the 26th May; on the 27th, at
half past 3, e. m. ran on the rocks, the wind
blowing high at the time; during t!-:e night it bad
been very squally. the wind came round from S. to
E. ; when the ship struck, hove every thing over-
board, and used every exertion to get Iter off by
lightening her. The crew were on that day and
next night endeavouring to save what they pos-
sibly could of the cargo; Witness left the ship
oa the 29th, at 8, a. as. ; at this time the
main-mast had gone overboard ; landed at Leo-
gene. on the coast of St. Domingo, procured
boats, and landed every thing that be possibly
could s he kept going to her until the 6th of next
month, when she went to pieces ; at the time the
Facourite struck upon the rot ks, a small schooner
Also struck, but from her bring much lighter, got
off. Witness, on his, cross-etamination, stated his
crew consisted of eight men, and a boy of fourteen
years of age. who :tad been at $4lll before. At the
'time he set sail he was obliged to cut the cable, the
men not being able to weigh the bower anchor ;
the crew remonstrated with him fer attempting
to put to sea, as they were not competent to manage
-the vessel, as two of the number were old and
decrepid seamen, net fit to do duty ; thought the
crew sufficient to bring the ship to England ; could
get no others. ,
Several Captains of vessels in the West India
Trade, were examined as to the fait of eight men,
and a boy who had been at sea before, being suffi-
cient to work a ship of the burden of the Faosnrite
to England; they were all of opinion that eight able
seamen were sufficient ; some of them sate' they
had come to England in larger ships with fewer
men, owing to the men running away, and could
not get others in their places.
Captain Sober deposed. that eight Ate men are
sufficient to navigate a ship home from the West In-
dies. Witness had teen the niece, took. and boat-
swain of the Farunritis crew ; and being asked
settat kind of men they were ? He stated the cook
and mate were two wot n-out seamen, about seventy
years of a,.;e, and completely decrepid; he did not
think they were sufficient to bring the ship in safety
to k.ngland.
Mr. Seejeant BUT, for that. Defendants, stated,
this ship sailed with a license. altd also with a much
less number of men than Govenuneat specifies. It
was pain that a ship should have a sufficient com-
plement of men; but he would skew thatithis ship
was nut seaworthy. Hs did not mean Ca say s!:e
was unse-w wthy in her timbers; it would not he
sufficient for a ship to have her timbers sound, but
she must be well manned ; it would not do to fill
up the moster-roll with cripples, the men MLA be
suffisiently able to perfortn their duties ; sad could
it be supposed that six men and a boy were suffi-
cient to navigate a slop from the West Indies to
England ?
One of the sailors, of the name of Ross, who is
now a Greenwich pensioner, was exhibited to the
Jury; he is en old man. worn down with age.
Plaintiff was nenseited.

The following it an accurate list of the Staff ap-
pointed to the Expedition now about to sail from
Portsmouth : _ .

Mains-General Spencer, cajniminaw.
Brigsditit.i.netsi M•larlant.
(;eo. Tuchcr, Sinn, Assistant Adjutant-General.
Cain lisartford. 3J Gurda, Deputy Assist Ant Adjutant.
fitness'.

Capt. Bogle, anti, ditto ditto ditto.
Copt C.o.k, Culdiitreana Guards, ditto ditto ditto.
Lieut.-tot. ifathurst, 60th, Assistant Qtaartor-lnkstet.Conotal.
Major Koltun', Deputy ditto ditto.
Ca' Hardinge, ditto ditto ditto.
'Silgado Major PreNtoii, 40th Regiment.
Ktonenieldt, German Lotion.
dotu.
Capt. Balfour, Aidole Comp.
Dr. Shapter, Inspector of Hospitals.
Dr. Weber, Deputy ditto ditto.

Dr. Ilcatie,
DT. MIAMI, ditto.

Staff Surrm. o.N.colay.

Kraelniise .
inancies.
w.a.er.
Extract of a lett:r (ions Leips:ck. dated No-
vember 13 :—" English merchandize has, for rea-
sons known to every one. almmt entirely ceased
being exposed to sale at our last Fair. Thy Ger-
man manufacturers have sold many articles of met-
chandize. consisting of cotton, printed calicoes,
printed ►inen, medial. cambric*, &c. the menu.
facture of which rendered them comparable to the
best of these sort of articles made by the English.
They may now proMise ti.emselves ir. future a kind
of exclusive sale for these con(moditiss, if they ar-
rive at. the power of assimul-ting the produce of
their manufadories to thoseof the English nation.
Leather, and some other articles, which hitherto
have bees lar.issght hem England, were but scarce
the manufailurers of the country have not yet made
substitutes for those articles, with which the French
wilt be able to furnish our next fairs. Neititec an
English tailor, nor as English clerk, were to be
seen. Those of the Ger:sums who formerly filled
these employments for English houses, have of-
fered their services to the German manufatturers,
and have become, all of a sudden, their managers.
We may further establish the following results as a
necessary consequence of the absence of Euglish
produds ; the want of tho►e articles of sale has
secured the venders from that abundance which
in former fait had produces so much evil conse-
quences. and which had, in an especial manner.
caused many merchants to give an extravagant credit.
the sellers have, consequently, in a certain degree,
been able of themselves to fix the terms of that cre-
dit, or procure ready money. All the German
manufa'turers of cotton stuffs, who had fine art:-
des, prepared according to the English mode, have
had an inflict of business much more considerable
than upon former occasions. The cotton fabrics of
Itrzgehery and of Woytland, amongst others, ha►e
had excellent sale ; the fine calicoes, the printed
linens, and the dimities. flee. have sold rapid*
One house alone, at Chemets, has sold in two or
three days. more than 6,000 under waistcoats. The
merchants hastened to produce all their ancient
provisions ; and on the other hand the manufac-
turers of callicoes.have immediately augmented the
number of their woikasen.—(Jearna 6f COIF