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London, England, 1819-11-29 00:00:00

eimet's siijnitriiment 31 present stood for Wednesday twit;
be was plow 311X1Ulf, to do was to skew the Coroner that
lie most proceed.
11r. Serjesnt Cams said he should have to phew cause
against this rale, ■nd had long affidavits, which would
occupy a considerable lime.
Mr. DevwA• said, under those circumstances he would
tint now pram his motion, which, with the leave of the
Court, shoal) Mood over till Monday.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2G.
MACH; EMBUS LIBEL.
THE KING t. RsiBERT SHORTER.

The Defendant. in ibis ra.e appeared on the floor, to plead
an iuAirtmeut, charging hits with pithlishlrz
a. 1.1 impious libel, inn poidicittion entitled The ThPolo-
piettl Coolie ; ibe oki,.ci of wliieli eXII to throw ridicule on
I. divinity of Christ. Tlw io4it.titteut hawing been read, he
was .i..ked whether be was gniloy or not guilty? He said, he
veitvitily wrote the publicati tttt which had been read.
The 1.1.11111 (71itee JUIITICE* Will you plead now, or
w!:1 you plena next fermi."
:.:'iorter—u I will take time and plead next term."
lie was then informed he moist find hail. lie complained
of ,teing taken from his business by surprise; but the Cowl
.o.lere4 him into custody, with an intimation that when lie
out in hail, himself in 2001., and two sureties iu 1001. each,
he Astield be discharged.

JOURNEYMEN COACHNI AKERS.
Tile RING r. CONGEI.L.

Thls Defendant, who had been convicted with twenty
others in the trade of coach•riseking, for haring combined
..nd conspired to lesson the lime of work, and to raise the
rste of wages, aoul whose judonent was postponer! to afford
~n In opportunity of pulling in an affidatit explanatory of
rert.iiti farts c acted wills his former awl present situa-
isOn,ag.lin appeared on the floor.
Tiw•fbilavit was put in and read. It stated, that he was
neither himself connected with any society, such as had kd
to the present prosecalion, nor had he any knuwledp of soy
surd) existing.
Mr...bodice Ill•artnar, in delivering the judgment of the
r ...... nesiled WWI germ severity on the c mity and
i.chievous tendency of the offence of which the Defend•nt
had been convicted. Their Lordships haul, however, taken
lido consideration the mailers disclosed iu his affidavit, and
bad awarded and adjitdgeil that he should pay a fine to the
knit of Mnti that he should be imprisoned fur twelve cairn-
..ar mouths in the Coldbath-fields prison, and at the cud of
Viat time he should find sureties for his good behaviour for
'.ree years, himself in M/01., and two sureties in 200!. each,
and that he should be further imprisoned till bis fine be paid.

HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY,
FRIDAY, NOVEMBUIL 2t.

Sir Wm. Sco'rr, after reciting the evidence on both sides.
ri specting the destruction of the American ship Felicia,.
.“I.sed at 11.000/ , gave jorl:inent at considerable length.—
t. this vessel (he observed) was to be taken merely as an
American. Captain Hope, of bis Majesty's ship Eudytnium
lul a right in that character to destroy her ; hut in a case of
dAcillty his duty was to bring her into a British port for
alliuthrstion. This principle of conduct was laid down in
order in aruiJ quarrels between foreign States. Utak*s evi-
dence was produced immediately at the time of her being
protected hy a British license, Captain Hupe'a duty was,
muter 10 the circumstances, to destroy her as enemy's pro-
perly.

The IrelieitE was protected hy a renewed British license to
retorts to America writs a cargo, in consequence of having
"misted Of against an canny, by conveying supplies for onr
army to Cadiz, under the them
So 1013.

If Captain Hope was 11113de sensible of the existence of this
license Infore he destrwil the vessel then be was respon•
'elite in damages; but the Learned Judge was of opinion,
that from the concealment and the delay to produce such
11, cense on the part of Smith, the master, which could only
be accounted for from a want of jadgenesit and diacernment,
rieg several hours which elapsed, the loss arming from the
roister's incapacity must fall upon the owners.
comidering the contradictory evidence in this ease
Court was of opinion, that the preponderance of probs..
liihsy was in favour of the captors, as to the concealment of
it e license until even some time after the orders were given
the presence of Smith, the master, for the vessel to be de-
strayed. Hoch responsibility likewise attached to the owners,
from the delay in instituting this suit, which was 1101
brought till file after; when the probability was, the
captors might have been deprived of the evidence necessary
for their defence. Under these circumstances, the Court
dismissed the captors from all responsibility as to the con-
sequences of not proceeding to adjudication: also decreed
Orbit on both sides against the American owners.

The Ga:eite of Saturday alight contains a Pro.
cistratiou by the PRINCE REGENT, calling in all
,p;is.ea issued to vessels trading in the way of the
Barbary cruiser., and announcing that papers, 'ac-
cording to new farms, will be issued after the exit,.
ration of the present year. With regard to revels
returning from different voyages, the present passes
will be in 1• cc.. until the following period., viz. for
those from the Mediterranean and parts to the north-
ward Gibraltar. to the 31st of March next ; from
ti•e West Indies, North America. and the western
roasts of Africa, to she 30th of June next; from the
East Indies. and all other distant parts, to the 30th
dos. June, 1821. Of the pew passes, one description
may, at the option of the ship-owners, be annexed
to the certiticattes of registry.

Several poor families of Kumasi', Sussex, having
rxpre•.rd their wish to emigrate to the Cape of
Good Hope, the parish officers are takiug the steps
necessary for putting them on their passage.

During the last week great numbers of out-
pnisioners have arrived daily in York, pursuant to
111 r lute orders of Government. A battalion of
ii.valids is about to be formed from a selection of
those veterans, of which York is, for the present, to
•be the bead-quarters. We understand they already
exceed 1,000 i many of them display medals of
his-fumed Waterloo. One thousand stand of arms
and equipments for the battalion arrived here in a
*Lion from Hall last week.
Friday indining. about five o'clock, as Mr. Thomas
Booker, a respectable farmer, residing at SI. Mary's Cray,
Ecut, was coming is fiasithdeld in a light cart. with some
calves fur sale, he was desperately attacked near Chid( burst,
by a gang of armed ruffians, six in number, who sprang from
a field on the road side. Out of the villains 'seized the import?'
I.t.fttl, *bile& another jumped into the cart and misted Mr. N.
by the collar. dragged hum nut on to tie ground. he wan there
.orrounded by the renisiuder of the gang, who rifled hi.,
pockets stf ISI. is Bank of England nutty, his watch, eke. It
was then proposed by one ut the villains to murder him,
'which being agreed to, tiny all began to brat Mr. H. with
incur tildfileuns almost his head and face in a nowt inhuman
timinerclitt he was to nil appro. anee dyad; they thee de.
'camped *wow, the fields, leaving Mr. Hooker weltering in his
blood. Mr. Molter having recovered from his insensibility,
• ,11ffieulty got into his cart,' and druvt on to the half-
way !muse, *bee a surgeon was sent for, his head was dread.
&HOW, use wound in the forehead had penetrated his skull
iu the is, his wise was broken, the whole of 1,18 front teeth
were knocked qui, sod his left eye completely beat out of its
socket. Ha was conveyed to the Hospital.

gaug of housebreakers has been discovered at
'aloPeritts. two of whoa' are in custody. A trades.
man of that city, respectably connected, has also
Iwo -apprehended. on a charge of receiving the
rods sillies by this smog. He was taken in Liver-
pool, waiting bea mew to America.

ra *PIM AA:

POLICE.
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siwnew.Houst

CRVEI.Tif TO ANIMALS.
A fellow, who UP.I4IIy goes by the usroe of Ne/son, from
the circumstance of his having lost CI, aro, at ries, was stem.
d on Saturday on a charge of having cruelly beaten
his Jog, and convicted iw the mitigated penalty of Ws.
which, being Nimble to pay, be was committed.
SUIT DNALL%

A hearing tank place on Saturday on a summons ob-
tained *vaunt the proprietors of the Sarmeit's /lead Inn,
Snow-hill, by a country lad about 16, whit bad travelled
(rain Exeter by one of their coaches, for oulawfolly detain-
ing hi. trunk. The lad, who took only an outside place at
Euler, had rode inside, an he understood, with the consent
of the coachman, from Saliabiwy to Hartford Bridge.
When arrived at the latter place, on being applied to by the
coachman for the usual compliment, mad ;Pato; him only 1..
the man became very abtotire, called the boy a airadlt and a
cheat, and dragging him from the emelt, made bins resume
his origins! situation ori the outside. Oa his arrival in 1.1/0.
dim the fact was commoivicated to the proprietors, and the
lairs trunk was detinued till Ise should pay ant shillings extra
for the fare, while he rode inside. In the defence, it was
alleged that She coachman had not at all romeated to the
lairs ridiug inside groat, but that be coosirlesed him au in-
side passenger. An attempt was made to impute abusive
lanzisage to the lad, but successfully rebutted.
The Mazistrate considered the 41111.1[11041 to he an impo-
sitimi, time/ore hr was of opinion that a remedy could
only he obtained by a civil action. He recensasewled d. the
proprietors to give the lad bin trunk, bat they persisted in
detaining it till the 61. was paid.

pew.sTittET.

On Saturday Mr. Malreely's conehnsan was twouulst to the
office, io custody of Turrossrod, the officer, charceei with a
breach of the peace to making a Unwelcome in the court-
yard, front of Carltoo-house, riming the time the Noire
Recent was Itolain his levee on Fri.!Hy.

It appeared that the Prieoner drove his empty carriage
close to the steps of the grind entrance to Carlton
House Picture the company bad ceased to arrive, when
he was desired to drive off as there were then car-
riages with company in them waiting In set down. He
paid nn attention to the request by the marsh:llmm
and officers for some time, lout at length he did with much
reluctance. He repented similar conduct two or three
time*, and the last time lie positively refused to draw off his
carriage. II was (cured that mischief would ensue from the
horses, by his violence. The Marshalinen and soldiers on
duty endeavoured to get kin, off his box, but lie resisted
most violently, till by force and numbers they lifted him
off, at which the body of footmen behaved extremely dis-
orderly, by hissing and groaning. Mr. hlalwrly's footman
very properly got on the box, end took possession of Ilse
reins, to prevent mischief.
The Lord Steward and the Road of Green Cloth ex-
pressed their determination to punish the mac-Immo, as All
example to other ls in Cowie, to conduct themselves
with propriety, but left the proceedings with the Magi-
strafe, who, in come-queue c of the excellence of the previous
character of the tuaelimau, sod that the cause of his im-
proper conduct was his haying taken more liquor than be
was accustomed to du, let him off, on condition of his pas.
hely asking pardon, which the coachman ■greed to, and
signed it fur the purpose of its being published in the public
Papers.
The Magistrate, Mr. Ferrant, thought this public apology
would operate as a punishment to the coachman, and a
warning to other servants to conduct themselves with pro-
priety is (Mare.
IMPOSTOR.

The impostor detected by Tuw•send, the •lifer, a few
days sitter, at a gentleman's house in New Norfolk-sheet,
is the same man who was described by Mr. Rosticrworth,
before a Committee of the House sf Commons upon Meath-
city. He is known by the name of Porfield. He was apply.
ing to the gentleman in New Norfolk•street, who is well
known for his humanity in ►elieving distressed objects, and
subscribing to cha. liable institutions, fur 14/1111 ro 1111111-
scribe to a pretended institution for selling meat at three-
pence-halfpenny a pound with vegetabks. He produc-
ed a large printed bill, stating the supposed institu-
tion to be patronised by some of the first characters in
the country. It also contained conditions and regulations of
a well established institution, suit which was stated to have
been so since the year 1800. With a view to obtain large
■abscriptions, it wits stated, that all sisbsesipt shove 1.1.11 C
Raines won Id have the privilege of giving tickets iu propor-
tion for poor people to obtain cheap meat ■nd vegetables.
On inquiry it has bee■ discovered that no such institution
exists, ■ud the reference given is only this man's private
residence. The discovery was made by a servant of the
gentleman in New Norfolk-street, recollecting that the same
mall had called upon his master twelve years previous.

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