The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-07-09 00:00:00

JAMAICA.

KIN OSTON, NAY te.
His Excellency the Commander in Chid has is-
sued orders to the Officers and men of the d.tierent
regiments of regulars in this island, not to he ab-
sent from their quarters, and to hold themselves
prepared to march at a moment's warning.
Sixty rounds of ball cartridge are said to have
been delivered out to each private of the regulars in
this qua: ter.
The Drcie sloop t.f war of l G guns, Captain
Drtenv, with a fleet from Cork under convoy, also
arrived on Saturday. They left the Cove on the
rad of March, 95 sail in number, under convoy of
the Jason frigate of 3(i guns, and the Drake, and ar-
rived at Barbadoes on the 3.1 inst. The vessel, for
this island, 43 in number, under proteCtion of the
Drake, proceeded for this island on the 4th inst.
Those for the nut-ports separated on Friday.
The ship Mary, arm ILT, for Dublin, has been
taken, retaken, and is arrived here.—The Peirrel
sloop of war is arrived with a Spanish privateer of
S guns and 112 men. The Ann and liarrag, StitAa-
aN, has been captured and re-captured. The
Dutch schooner lAlliane Mary, with gin and
oil, is sent in by the Btniehe.
La Francise frigate has detained and sent in
three Americans and a Dane, bound for Curacoa.

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Sittings at Nisi Prams hrf,re Lard ELLEN tronot:o tr.
ASS AULTS.
1151005 V. SP It 10;4.
This was an anion tor an assault. Mr. PiRIL
stated the case of the Plaintiff, who, he observed,
was an Attorney's Clerk, the Defendant was :he
keeper of St. Pancras Watchhorise, Holoorn, and in
tat was a second Dug Gerry in face. foe Plaintiff
and a friend of his had been spending the evenuig
togetner a lit-le way out of town, and about twelve
o'clock at night were returning througn Holborn,
when they overtook a genteel looking man very
drunk, with the wa:climan : they took upon them-
selves to convey him to the watt-hhouso, and whew
there, the drunken min accused the Plaintiff of rob-
bing him ; but when examined he Withdrew the
charge ; and along witn Edwards left the watch-
house; some words arose between the Plaintiff and
Defendant, and the lager, Dagtor, like, conceiving
his di-,tnity to be off -ndeca. consigned the Plaintiff to
the black hole for eleven hours, and the next morn-
ing carried him before the Magistra:es at Hatton
Garden, by whom he was discharged ; and for this
imprisonment the action was Ist-ought.
It appeared upon the evidence, that P:aintiff and
his companion were nittc:t intoxicated at the time;
the Plaintiff had formerly been vestry clerk of the
paiith, and WAS kiiown to the Defendant ; some
altercation ensued, on his insisting the drunken man
should be detained ; and the Plaintiff called the
Defendant a scoundrel and viilain, said, he had
stifled some matter for WI. and deserved hanging,
with many more abusive and iasulting expressions,
upon which he ordered the constable to take him
into custody, and afterwards offer ed to liberate him,
if Edwards would promise to be accountable for
him in the morning; but the latter declined doing
so, saying he had beta slight acquaintance with the
Defendant.
Lord EstaassollOUGU thought, from the general
complexion-of the case, it would be better if tsorh
patties would agree to withdraw a juror, which,
upon his Loydshio's recommendation, was done.
TOE KING o I, 2 EPILACIAST.
This was an iudieiment for an assault.
The Vrotectztor, l(pberr Caps, was a coat:ln:taker
in Drury-lane, and ftie D..fendant a publican iff
Broad-street, St. Giles's. The Prosecutor and s
friend had been drusking four pints of ale in the
Defendant's tap-boom, when a dispute arose • be-
tween the landlady ~nd the Prosecutor abort the
payment of a pint of ale; the Defendant insisted
tl.e ale was not paid for, and, without further pro.
vocation, while tne Prosecutor's back was turned,
the Defendant struck him a violent bkw, and re-
tired. Soon after, the Plaiutiff returned to seek
his child's shoe, which was lost in the street, just
by the Defendant's door, and; while in the ael of
sto7ising to take it up, the Defendant came behind
him, and, with some sharp instrument, struck him
over the eye so violently, that he never recovered the
complete use if his sight since that time.
On the part of the Defendant, three witnesses
swore that the Prosecutor gave the first assault;
but some contradietion appear:rg in their testimony,
t .c Jury found the Defendant