The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-03-11 00:00:00

FROM WS LIST.

31.sactt n —Arrived, the 1111IMItt packet, from
•2llth oh. The Eclipse packet, trout the Brazils, is
now of the port.
:11Alitlf B.—ft has blown a gale of wind from
the westward all last night and this morning. The shipping ride
all well. _ _ .

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POOL, MARCH 9.—The Carl Jean, of Odle, \ V*hoar, from
Alicant tix tietie, went on shore about eleven o'clock, a. M. yes-
terday, about ten miles to the eastwanl of this pert, and about two
hours afterwards became a total wreck. Crew saved and part of lice
materials. . .

•
PORT/I%IOI'TH, 111 ARCH 9.—Sailed, the Earl Morley, for Lon-
don. The Liddles, Wheatley, tin New 'fork, is come into har-
bour, to repair her windlass, haying broke it in the gale of yester-
day. The outward-bound remain, all well.
I/rai.. MARCH 9.—Panned by for the Liver. the Richard, —;
Latona, Leyte : and Juno, Pritchard. Arrived and nailed for the
River, the Dandy, Law, from Lishon. The Spells, from the Isle
of France, remains : the body of her late Captain, wit° died in the
Channel, has been landed here this day. Came down from the Hi-
ver and remain, the 111elnate. Deuipster ; Mary, Bridges; Pursuit,
Adie ; and Henna, Wildguone.
tiaavrof atii, it Altt'll 9.—Arrived, the Rcse. C'orreby ;
Dy-
son, Collins; Falcon, navies ; and Scotor, Hart, all from St. ;Mi-
chael's ; Blum, Blues, from Geneva ; William, Wilson ; :Mar-
garet, Gullethy ; and Duke of Wellington, Jeffrey, from Cha-
rente ; seagull, --, front li.ittenburigh ; Colon, Davy, from '
St. Chin ; William Manning, Smith, from St. Kites ; Speedy,
Andrews, from Antes • Manley, Sayers, from filtintserratt ; Wa-
terloo, Lovell, from Charleston I Pomona, MU, from F 1110; For-
titude Increttoed, from St. Kitev ; Betsey, Buck. from New-
*undland ; and several masteyo. Sailed, the William Fairlie,
'Smith, for China ; Caniden, Itillinghurst. for Antigua ; Mary,
Hutchins. fur Hayti ; Priscilla, Ellis, tip Brest • Kelso, l'ottin-
ger, for flambutgh ; Cynthia, Linklater, for Bahia.
literiteooL. MARCH B.—Arrived, the George, Smith, from
Rio Janeiro; !lemony, Oliver, front 1/laranhato; Cordelia, Wil-
liamson, from Jamaica ; Eliza, Dixon, from Mayan ; Britannia,
Grayson, from Berbice ; Eliza, Barker, from Savannah ' • Florida.'
%Ikon ; and Caledonia. M`Comh„ font Ctarleston ; Liverpool
I packet, from Virginia; Mentor, Wilson; and Magnet, James,
from New Orleans ; Pegg, fil•Kenzie, from St, Michael's ;
Bootle, Blundell, from Lisboa ; and Belyitlera, Wolfe from Faro.
About one thousand bales of cotton have been landed front the
Rufus, King. The Lard Wellington, Maxwell, which was on
shore in Curltngford Bay, has got of without damage, and makes
no water. _ _ _ _ _ .

If r r.r.. Mwicw B.—•A door belonging to Knolhinatoy, William
Tree maw (anal laden), Is wrecked near Pitney liaver.--the
ter and a boy drowned. The Prince of Orange, Osborn, from t 'or-
(lift tor Sunderland, has bean towed in heir, leaky, by II haring_
boat.

WiARROROI'OII, MARCH B.—in the gale of Wedneaday last,
the Haunt Castle, Herbert. broke from her moorings and drove
out of the harbour ; but, after cutting from her anchor and cable,
she was got in again with the (valiance of the life-baat.
Caanyer, MARCH D.—During the whole of this day it has
blown a strong gale, with heavy squalls and rain.
Cosa. :Unite,' 4.—lt blew a tremendous gale yesterday at
N.W. The Portuguese schooner Joaquim St. Anna, was obliged
to anchor outside the harbour, where she parted her bower cable.
WATERFORD, MARCH B.—SILDLIdIy. the Vrowe 51argida,
Bakker. front Rotterdam for Belfast, put into this harbour, leaky.
also with loss of yards, sails, and boat. She is to come up to %I-a-
terfird to refit. . .

The Hoffnung, Schultz, from Hell to Dantzic, was wrecked near
Wintery. on the 3d instant—crew Dived.
The Carl Johan. —, from Ahearn to (leer, was totally wrecked
on Monde,, near Poole.
The Disenganns, Tornanovie, from Smyrna to Trieste, with
Specie, is lost near Corfu—Specie wad.
The Nayede, of tiottenburgh. Liodbolis, sailed from Marseilles
in November, 1111.11, and on the 2d d Feb. following, was taken, off
the Isle of Pines, by a piratical schooner, run on shore, and burnt
the next day.
The Dawn, Marshall, put back to the Downs, yesterday, with
loss of sails. . .

—. —.—
VESSELS SPOKEN W,TII.—The Riga, from Falmouth to Ja-
maica, Sltb ult.—lVellim.non, from London to Jamaica, 2.11 h
Vulcan, from Mobile to Liverpool, Ist inst.—Mina, from Deme-
rara to Clyde. on the 3d instant.—Agnes, from Clyde to Douenkra,
Jan. 21-Ilritish Tar, front Liverpool to elerra Leone.

N.IVAL COURT-MARTIAL.

PORTSMOUTH. MARCH 11.

A Conn-martial, composed of the following' Captains. sir.—
Thomas Dundee, Esq. ( President); Sir William liont, N.C. It. ;
James Saudi, Charles Inglis. and David Dunn, ; Sir Win.
WiNetnan, Ilart. ; and Frederick Hunn, Eaq. ; with Moses Drees.
ham, Esq., Deputy Judge Advocate to the Fleet, was held on
Friday last (hth instant), and continued. by adjournment, on the
following day, and, by subsequent adjournment, until Monday
(oth instant), on board his Majesty's ship Queen Churiotte, for the
trial of Percy Once, Esq., Commander of his Majesty's sloop
Cyrene, on changes preferred against him by Mr. Thomas Collins,
master of that alone.
The charges, as read to the Court, wore se follows :
" For a breach of port of the eighth snide of war, in taking out
of the French schooner la Caroline, sender gouda, some of which
were given away, the remainder brought: on board, and applied to
his own use.

" Foe acting
sie sproaitiall 10att Orderamf the Admiralty, in
weverely starifng mannes ancl ma and flogging others on their
breech, without entering the e quarterly report of punish-
ments and ship's Ing-book.
" For unoffietv-hke conduct, is bringing on board, at Prince's
Island, a mulatto slave-boy, belonging to one of the inhabitants
of that place, knowing hint to be such, and landing him at ;Otani
Larne.

For applying his blajeaty's stores to purposes unconnected
with the service."
- • -

The Court were oectipicsi during Friday and Saturday in ex-
amining wirrierowit in surport of the prosecution, anti on Monday
Captain Grace entered on his defence, which having gone through,
and the necessary witnesses to support it being examined, the
Cotter. after mature deliberation, :zone to the fo'lowing decision
•• That it appears that sundry goods were oaken out of the French
schooner l.a t as stated in ;he heforensei.tiotord charge, but
that no part thereof was ItrPill..t to his own use, but were given
away, aid the value thereof sntisfactorily act-oanti.d for with the
t'dptain of fl' French schooner, and thnt such charge has not been
proved against the •Ctitl Percy iirare, Esq.
1.1. at the charges of tinelheer-like conduct, its hriru!ing nn
board, at Prince's island, a mulatto slave buy, knowing Lion to
be such, and of applying his ;Majesty's stores to purposes uncon-
nected with the service, have also not been proved against the said
Percy Grace, Esq.
}tut that the above-mentioned charges are unfounded, frivo-
lous, and cecatin. s.

That the charges of severely starting.' marines and seamen,
and dogging others on their breech, without ertering the same in
the quar:erly report of punishments, and ship's log-hook, has been
in part proved against the said Perry Grace. Esti.. and the Court,
cons, do only admonish him mpe to be more circusct in
. ttuence'
intare.

• It appeared in evidence, that there were only six inetances
where starting took place on hoard the l'yrentl ; vet an that was a
mode of punishment discountenanced during the last few year*,
although more lenient than that practised at Mc gangway, and was
in no in►tance severe, the Court Considered themselves under the
necessity of noticing this deviation from the merbent custom of the
service, in the alight manner they have done.

The well-known M'Cregor still resiilcs at Poyais, and
has set himself up as King, and appointed Counts, Barons,
and Knights, amongst his doun or two subjecti.

L.ll;' LVIELLIGENCE.

VICE-CIIANCEIAA)R'i COURT, WznxesoAr,

AIARCII 10.

rnitvivtTy. RE V. HAN,Cr.I.

Mr. 'MYATT move.' for a special injunction upon admiasions in
the at.swer, on the part of the plaintiff' against the defendant, to
onorain him from proceeding at bow upon two actions he has
btought in the Court of Common I'leas. The defendant' by his
agent, er.tered into an Norm-merit to let to the plaintiff' a farm in
Norfolk, consisting of about live or six hundred acres of land. The
plaintiff' was let into possession of the farm he had paid his rent
to the defendant, and received receipts from hint front time to time,
all of which were admitted in the answer to the bill filed against him,
praying a specific perfortnar.ce of the agre tenent--as he had now
tarred roue!, n fused to execute the louse agreed to be executed.
and brought two actions: one an action of rje:tment to turn the
plaintiff out of possession, and the other to recover damages.
Mr. liEAI.O denied that the defendant admitted any agreement
between him and thy plaintiff—he denied ever sanctioning his en.
tering into possessitot, or receiving the rents ; but he contended
that an agreznient. wa. entered into between the plaintiff and a
Mr. 11rown ("gent of the defendant). but without defendant's au-
thority. 'flue land in question is cburch land, and it was the de-
fendant's duty to take care that it should not be detwolished. The
le:toned Counsel then read a great many statements made by .he
deteralant, showing that the plaintiff had wilfully and maliciously
committed a t many acts of demolition on the premises, that were he
allowed to retnnin in possi_wsion of the farm till Michaelmas next,
the doisentiao: would have to let it to some person for a term, fore-
going the rem: Inc several years, that the tenant might put it into
a proper tenantable state. Ile conceived that the plaintiff wit' ao !
very much nub:a-nosed in his circumstances, that he had been tin.
obi.. to keep a pnliwr number of horses to cultivate so extensive a '
farm ; anti that, nom starvation, during the winter, about halt a
doxen of his horses, add nearly a dozen of his bullocks, had died :
therefore fletild submitted, this Court ought not to prevent ;
the defendant from proceeding at law.
Mr. Loyal' e replied. Ile considerei that the answer contained I
all the attrolssions he first set out with stating it did. 't V'ith respect
to the statement on the other aide, of the piaintilrstnisoonduct to.
wards his cattle, in allowing about twenty head of them to die tin
want of food. lie admitted no gentleman could stand up in this
Court to %indicate such amiluet, if it were true • but every one
must know, titat that was not a question to be considered by the !
Court : the question was, whether there was such an agreement en.
tered into in April, 18.12, as to bind the dtfendant ? which in his
opinion there certainly was.
Ilia lloxottn, in giving judgment, said, this wax an applies..
thin on the side of Equity. arising out of the defendant's answer;
who showed that he had employed Mr. Birehan, a most reaper-
table surveyor in Norfolk, to make a survey of the farm ; and, ac.
cording to tie. Itizchan's report. more disgraceful conduct never I
could he attributed to the character of a tenant, than was anti- '
butts! to the conduct of the idniatitt—he had most effectually demo.
dispel the farm. From the evidence, it clearly appeared that the
plPin.ilf himself haul violated the agreement he had entered into
with Mr. Brown, to krop the fann in a proper tenantable state.
l'pon that ground the I Octet unhesitatingly retused the motion.
SIR ItICHAIII/ PHILLIPS v. J(HIN FAIRLII:11/1 AND OTHERS.

Mr. Holt xi: ii;oyeil to have the injunction dissolved obtained
by the plaintiff in this case. The bill was filed by the plaintiff,
Eating, that Ise was the author of a brink entitled. " Chronology of
Public Events and Remarkable kciarences within the last I. thy
years, or fhmi 1773 to 1323, with a general Chronology from the
earnest Records to the l'esr 1770," and praying that the defend.
ants niigin he restrained from publishing or disposing of any more
copies than they had already disposial of, of a book entitled "Chrn-
, nomgy of Events in the Rehm of George the Third and Fourth."
The injunction was granted against Mr. Fairborn, of Ludgate-hill,
' Ins servants or agents.
' 31r. Hoar; E. contended the injunction could not be supported
' against Mr. Fairburn„b-eanse he had sworn he never had sold such
a wink, even if it were a piracy of SIT Richard Phillips'a, nor had
any of his servants or agebts dune so by his authority, or on his
account ; but lie El 11l i l ted that a Mr. Holder, who is in his shop,
had, unknown to him, brought into the shop some copies of it, and
sold them. There was also an affidavit filed by Mr. Holder, in
which that Gentleman states himself to be the author and publisher
of the book.
Ills 110 N I• 31 was of opinion that Mr. Fairborn must be held
resnonrible for whatever any person sells in his shop; therefore the
injunction was maintainable on that ground against him ; but it
was ordered to stand over till the next seal, that Mr. Heald might
tniiiai.kreeLut. more distinctly to the Collet Sir Richard Phillips's
authorship of the work, and also make 31r. Holder a party on

(Hut Honour left the Court a few minutes after oat o'clock to
attend the Levee.)

HOME CIRCUIT.

ESSEX LENT ASSIZES.

CIVIL SIDE.
AVMSEY Trtirxr.LL, rsu.

This was an actian, on the dlith of liliiabeth, &spinet the de-
fendant, late High :sheriff of this county, to recover treble dashers
for the extortion of one of his officers.

Mr. (itimey and Mr. Chitty conducted the plaintiff's ease, and
Mr. Sergeant 'Awes the defendant's.
The ewe was this :—Execution having been taken out against
the plaintiff at the suit of a creditor, a writ was delivered to lieom
Nnttnge, an officer of the defendant, to 'smite. The officer, who
was also an auctioneer, with the consent of the plaintiff sold the
effects, and out of the proceeds deducted the Sheriff's poundage.
two guineas for the levy, and one guinea fur making an inventory of
the goods besides his charges as so auctioneer. The question
was, whether the officer wan justified in deducting any thing more
than the Sherifi"i poundage, according to the Statute 29 Elts. and
43 (ieo. & _ . . . .

Justice KIST was of opinion. that the officer could not
charge more than the poundage; but mid he would reserve the COO.
sttlemtion of the mustier, fur the f'ourt above. His Lordship
strongly reprobated the practice of the Sheriff's oaloon acting as

The Jury, under his Lordship's direction, found their verdict
for the phantiff_—Damages, 11. 4s. 6d.
LSpec id Juries.]
SAVER/ v. TOWER, rect.

This was an action of assault and battety.—Tbe defendant
plelded not guilty.
Mr. Gurney and Mr. Jeasop conducted the plaintiff's cue, and
Mr. Marryatt and Mr. Berens the defendant's.
The plaintiff was smarm, carpenter, living at Romford, and the
defendant, a ('sprain in the Royal Navy, residing at Kelvedon
I llateh. On the 13th of November last, the Plaintiff; In company
with Mr. Tailing. a corn-dealer of Romfitrd, who is qualified to
kill game, ay.d a fanner's son, named Price, went to shoot in the
preserves of the late Mr. Yaw of Kelvedon Batch, and Member of
Parliament for Oxford. Mr. F'are's house was in the occupation of
the defendant's mother, and the defendant himself was on a ♦isit
to the latter. The plaintiff carried the game bag, and his MITI.
panions had guns, and five or six sporting dogs. Whilst they
were sporting 3lr. Pane's keeper came up, anti warned them that
they were trespassing, and desired them to leave the g►ounds.
The plaintiff and his companions were doubtful of the keeper's au..
thority, and went on shooting ; upon which the keeper went for his
deputation, and brought the defendant along with him. According I
In the re/Manny of Tailing and Price, the defendant immediately
fell upon the plaintill' with a hedge wake, knocked him down, and
struck hint acv-ral Mows whilst on the ground. The plaintiff kept
hold of the game dog, and the defendant struck him repeatedly !
on the wrist to make hem let it go. Under these circumstances the
action was brought.
On the part of the defendant, the game-keeper was called, who I
expressly contradicted the evidence of the plaintiff's witnesses. Ile
swore that the plaintiff coudu:ted himself with great violence, and
offered to fight the defendant. The only blow struck was a slight j
rap on the plaintiff's knuckles with a small walking stick, to make !
him let go the game bag. The plaintiff was certainly nit knocked
down. The plaintiff and his companions had refused to give their
names; and then it was that the defendant attempted to take the
game bag from the plaintiff.
Mr. Jttstice 11t:s•r left it to the Jury to determine the credit of
the plaintiff's witnesses, contrasted with the evidence of the game..
keei•cr. Undoubtedly the plaintiff was entitled to credit. If the;
plaintiff's witnesses were believed, no damages:duality could give
would be excessive. under all the circumstances of the case ; but
if they believed that the story of the game-keeper was true, the
smallest damages would satisfy the justice of the ease.
The Jiry found their r.rdiez fur the plaintiff—Damages, Oar .
net/dng.