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POLICE.

30w-ST It ELT.

The re-ex unination of the house-breakers in the
neighbourhood of Blackheath, yesterday, attracted
a great number of persons from that part of the
country. A full Bench of Magistrates attended, to
investigate the business. There were present, Sir
Ric's,. so Folio, and Messrs.Rosisisoe, KINNAIRD.
and ReAD. Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of
Cr mISCILLAND and Sussex sat upon the Bench dur-
ing the seArtlination.
Lavaca Wade, Ed:: and Egleton,YreLh and wife, and
Rusreil and wife, underwent sena:ate examinations;
hut nothing particular transpired, to criminate each
other, or to afford any fresh proof against them.
Thomas Ebenezer Taylor, of Loan Pit Hill,
Green% ich ; William Shadbolt, of Prospect Place,
Deptford ; and others, who have had their houses
broke open, attended, and proved, that several
articles found on the premises of Webb and Russell,
were their property.
Ann Parrett, who resides upon Blackheath, near
the Hare and Billett, said, the prisoners came to re-
side with her about three months since ; she in-
quired of Mrs. Webb what her husbani was? she
replied, his employer lived at Loan Pit Hill. In
a short time after, Webb asked her to lett another
apartment to a friend of his, who was a grocer, and
had faded in business, he wanting to be out of the
way for a short time, which she agreed to, and
he proved to be the prisoner Leonard While, who
came to her, and passed by the name of Itae4burs,
and for the last three weeks ate and drank ai h
the Webb:. She always went to bed alst,ur
ten or eleven o'clock and heard the prisoners sip,
but they may have glue out after, as Webb had a
back door which opened to Black Heath. She re-
colleEted Webb's wife asking her some time since,
while her husband was gone to Birmingham, if she
wanted some rich curtains ? she sheensd her some
answering that description, and said she could sell
them cheap ; ststne curtains were prodbeed by the
officers, which they had seized when apprehending
them, and which she proved to he the same as were
%hewn her by Mrs. Webb. She said the prisoners
had a curtain hung before their door, so that she
could not see what they were doing through their
keyhole.
Mrs. Butler, who resides in an adjoining cottage,
said she frequently heard the prisoners Webbs go
out in the dead of the night and return early in the
morning.—They were committed for further exami-
nation next Thursday.
essi—wee
The ereeion of signal towers for communicating
between Portsmouth and Plymouth has commenced,
and will be completed in a short time.
Thursday evening a most unfortunate accident
happened on boat& one of the transports at Yar.
Mouth. containing part of the Ross-shire =hie :—,
After nearly a calm day, a very sudden and furious
gale sprung up from the North-east, and before
their canvas could be suflicientlo reduced. one vessel
was laid on her beam-ends, and three soldiers were
thrown overboard. A host was instantly manned
err ten seamen and suldiere, in the hopes of saving
their comrades ;i but ti r crew had the melancholy
piespea of seeing these brave fellows Yin a sacrifice
to their humanity, and perish with those they
deavourect to rescue,.

MR. Pl:int:F. JOW4SOM.
Tat KING V. 1115 11:)sr. 1:011511.1* JOHNAN.
The Court gave judgrueut en this case this
moreing.
L Mtn BOROUGH, in pronouncing the judg-
ment of the Court, adverted to the several arguments,
of Counsel on each side, of which we have already
given a report. 'fla propositions of Mr. ft icii-
anson, in support of the pier, his Lordship consi-
dered to carry along with them their o%vis refutation.
The decisions of Lord MA wart EL 11, a•rd Lord Chan-
cellor Hsit n wicK F., upon this question, his Lord-
ship particularly adverted to; and dwelt much upon
the decision of the latter, in the case of the Earl of
Derby against the Duke of Athol, when the •ques-
tion turned upon the jurisdidion of the Court. The
Ln111:1 CH ANC CIL° R, in that CASE. held that the set-.
tied rule was, that when a parson pleads to the jar is-
didioii of the Court, he must shew that there is. .r.,•-
ther Court of more competent jurisdidion.
resped to the circumstances of the Defend:sues be-c
ing born in Ireland, from whence, it was maintain.
ed, that he was not panishable here, the argument
wholly rested, that the Defendant owed no obe-
dience whatever to the laws of this country ; such
an offence as :he nne charged WAS a bar to any such
answer. The Court, therefore, were of opinion,
the matter of the plea was not sufficient to oust the
Court of its jurisdielion. The plea should have set
forth a Court of more competent
.065.R:h0n. and
was a mere argumentative plea of Nirt G arlt4. it
was, under all these eircum:tances, in point of lair.'
bad, and could not stand.
1115 ATTORNEY-GEN ERAL then moved, that the
Defendant should plead ihat inter.
Lord Et.tananaoootr-•=' Let the D fen I-Art
plead iv., a nfrr ; he n-av either plead Nit (leery ge-
nerally, or he may /lad the same plea again, with
a different iutrodudion, and a cliff:trent co..clusion."
CLARK T. ORLY and OTHERS. • :
The Court also gave judgment in this CAW,
The ae.lion was brought against the proprietors Of
a stage-coach, for the less of a packet, and the
PlAntiff recovered a verdidl of 51. The Defend-
ants contended they were only responsible to tlati
amount of 5!.; inasmuch as they had given notice
to that effed ; and, as the Plaintiff had not booked
the article as above the value of El. he was not eve*
entitled to that sum ; and upon this the question
tamed.
The Court were of opinion, that the payment et
51 into Court, did ;.ot bar the Plait:6l"s right of
anioa ; he therett're was entitled to retain his hrnit-
ed verdift of 51.

ScLMOS e. THE SUN Flat orrice coweawv.
This was an alien upon a policy iff insurance;
and the question was. whodla the Dere-dams couA
be compell-d to renew the Plaintiff's ; rse
not having paid the usual premium. within fifteen
days atter the expiration of the former policy, ago
cording to rule ?
'l'he Court were of opinion, that. inasmuch as
the Plaintiff had declined paying the premium, the
Defend/ids were entitled to lodgment.
CROcIIY C. WaTsFORD.
This was an aftinn of trespass The Plaintiff
had contratled verbally with the Defendant to sett
the latter the growing crop of a field of grass, but
afterwards disposed of it to another person. 'rho
Defendant, when the grass was ripe, en:-red the
field, cut it down, and carried it %way. The ghee.
tion was upon the construction of the statute, as to
parole agreement ; whether the `Plaintiff was ed-
titled to the growing crop until such time as it wait
fit for mowing. he having previously made an agree.
ment to sell it ?
The Court held, that the contras was good from
the time of making it, and the title to the crap be-
came vested in the Defendant from !hat moment.
They therefore gave judgment for the Defendant.
LIBEL.
true Ef24o r.•DOWLIHQ.
T! iis was a Rule for a criminal informatior Igainst
the Defendant for publishing a libel against 'Thomas
Shepherd, Esq. Lieutenart-,Colonel of a curls of
Volunteeers, in Somersetshire. -The Defend ant was
an attorney of that county. We have already given
"a redbrt of this motion in a former NKr.
The Sot GENERAL Chewed causortgainst
this rule. The Defendant had sent A. tenet to. Mr.
Shepherd, demanding, in polite terms, "the par-
ment of a sum of money due to a clientof ~fitfi, tine
Stephen Browne, a mason, for work dop' for Mr.
Shepherd, to which Mr. Shepherd thought petiper
to send an answer, expressive tof his sutp .'se on the
receipt of a letter from the Defends, t, %Arm 'oe
supposed to be an attorney ; the mason, he hid, bad
not finished the work; and tie coucluded, ..I have
studied the law, and never will break it ; L have
been bred in the atter, and never sell tilt& an in-
sult ;" to which the Defendant had sent (le admit-
ted very•improperly) a message that h- would pull
his nose in public the next time be met him. unless
he made an apology ; and Mr. S. returned, that he
had purchased a pair of pistols, and would soct
hint through the body, if h attempted to touch his
nose. This first letter was written in June 1801,, and
some intemperate espreasams having escaped the
Defendant, Colonel Shepherd, bound him over to
keep the pease ; and the libel in qu -.hon. stating
all the circumstance!, giving the Col net the appel;
lation of a rascal, scoundrel, coward, 3:c. was after-
wards published. No proceetaings we r taken at the
Assizes, and Colonel Shepherd ueclaced be would
gave fought the Defendant; bat, having consulted
the Major of the South Down Militia, cad the Of-
ficers of his own Corps, they were of opinion he
should r.,,t fight. Os the 24th of April. being, the
time of Sessions, the Defendant was to attend to an-
swor his recognisance; but on the '2lst he met with
Mr. Fisher, Cole Shep! es attorney, who expressed
a wish that the matter should be accommodated.
and it seas avoid the party should mot, and dine
at Wither's house, and there make mutual apologies;
but, oa the sth of May, Fisher wrote t the Defend-
ecit that his client, Colonel Shepherd, would not
agree to the accommodation. Under these circum-
stances, the Learned Counsel trifled dos Cala
would consider %hit was petit matter for their Me

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L4l'l, MTELLIVENef:
• COURT OF OF KING%-iIIiNCH, Wisemsrossei, Jett t.
At nine o'clock this morning Lord ELL-Luso—
aoucis sat at Nisi Priego, when a few undefended
causes, of no-public interest. were disposed of.
JULOGVIENT3.