The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-03-19 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 17.
Arrived the Antelope, from the West Indies.
YARMOUTH, MARCH 15.

Arrived the Grace packet, with mails frirM Rio Jaueirn,
sailed 7111 January; spoke Itith February, in lid. 20. t 2.
lung. 38. 41, the Wanalead, of and fur London, from Cal-
cutta, out four mouths; the Sandwich packet was going
into Rio Janeiro as the Grace came out; also arrived the
Duke of Marlborough packet, with mails from Lisbon.
cowls, MARCH 17.
The French brig Jupiter, from Bourdeaux, for Boulogite,
with whir mid brandy, is on shore at the back of the island,
near Gauge Chitty.

DrAL, MARCH 17.

Arrived and sailed for the River, the Richard, IVillianismi,
from Demurrers ; Rambler, We'burn, from !Whoa Friends,
Harrison, from Limerick; Robert, Clark, from Cardiff;
Willismst Williams, from Dubliu ; and several others, names
usitnuarsi.
Came dorm from the River and remain, the Rose, IWTag.
gad. fur Maths., and Bengal; Langford, fur Rerbice; Tent,
for Bermuda ; Diana, far Carlin; Warren Homilies,
for China ; Pitt, hi, St. Kitts; Lavinia, for Leghorn ; His•
tannin, fur Mt. lh go ; Misery*, fur Madras and Bengal;
and several others, stature at present unkauwn.
Livrasmot., MAUCH 16.
Arrived the Heroine. Tapley, from Rumpus Ayres, sailed
16.11 I,ecensher ; mot Harriett, Fieldford, from Maraerham,
sailed 111th Jannary ; no the Ist Mot. iu fat. W. long. 13.
spoke the Allll Marta, from Liverpool, fur New York. Tire
William and Henry, and Margaret, for New Orleans, sod
the Ervdrrick, flail, fur Leadun, have put back.

LAW INTELLIGENC.R.
ViCECIIANCELLOWS COURT, LiscoLlVl-INN,
THUIPVIDAT, MARCH I.

1111141‘.1)ICTION OF THE COURT.

us: La r. nisitNALES.
Sir AR*Mint Pit:GOTT staled, that this was a b:!;
tiled by the exrentors of the Plaintiff, who had been
a resident agent in this country of a tradtitg corn.
wily in Spain. during the war, against the De•
frod.lot. who Watt thie accredited agent of Ferdi.
vitriol VII. King of Spain, to recover the rum of
6,0004 nattier the following circumstances:—The
Plaintiff ha I dime business for tile Defendslit,
in the lotto's r:ffirial capacity a. agent of the King'
of Sloan), relating to prizes made by some of his
Britanoie Majesty's ships, of the ships of the De.
fend:lnt'. Royal Milner, and Imd rypewried to the
amount of (00U/. in that hosiness. The Defendant
received the proceed, of the 'slips by the able ma..
iiirgement of the witch amounted to a
suns of not less than '20,0001. and 64% his refu.inglp
pay the amourit of the Plmitiff 'a (trillion!, his
executor. filed the present kill for the reco..
very of it, to which the Defendant had put
in a plea, denting the jinireliction of the
Court, and the Plaintiff had demurred to the
plea, and is Ilia shape the clurstios, Came to
be argued Istfere his I1••110111. Ile (Sir Arthur
Piggott) kid to contend that the plea was good,.
inasmuch as the Court could rot have ilni6di,:tion
in a suit instituted against the King- of Slants,
therefore it could riot have it ..ver his accredited
agent, who was cloilied with the attune, protection
HS was wisely thrown over Ambassadors cf Poten-
tates in foreign countrie., where they represented
their Itii),4l Abode's, Therefore, will tit could
be Aeon by his Learned Friend, that a suit against
King Ferdinand the Seventh could be stistaineil its
that Court, the plea must be allowed, and the bill
dismissed.
Mr. PEPYS followed on the same side.
The VicE.CtiallicEft.on—w Is the Defendant
residing in this clonal v ?"
Sir A. Plater TT said lie was, hut at the time the
transaction took place lief went him and the Plain-
tiff. lie acted to his official capacity of an agent to
the King of Spam, for %Inch hr could nut be made
responsible in its lineal.. capacity.
Mr. WETHERELL, Counsel for the Plaintiff,

ro-r
The litca-Ctialicet.t.oa—" It 14 not necessary
for me to hear you. 11r. Wetherell, as on Str A.
knit's own %hewing, 1 have 110 hesitation in
giving my opinion, that the idea is bail, and that
the Court has if King Ferdinand
the Screoth was iu this country, he would be
amenable to the orders of it—and it lie was in its
jurisdiction, lie would not he entitled to any greater
pilbilegy than John TI il4. or the most humble
individual in the land, therefore I disallow the idea."

or roe !mum.. •• r•------, ,
; f of gold may also, in s short time, be increased with has made up all the charters for slips waisted for Coate Amen from the rovera
arm irrWs.l
dety, as sovereigns, which lately bore a premium the Cadiz expedition. Those obtained in Liver- earl. fur Hailer, and Bengal; lAintford•
• for exportation of Iod. each, will now produce only pool, we understand, are hired at 004. tier for Bermuda ; Vinin4
(A Dinno• for Clelis
fur China ; Pot, fur St. Kitt's ; Lavinia,
3d. above the nominal value. ( Evening Paper.)
I tannin, Sur 31. Da ; Misery*, fur A
SHOCKING Accinzat.—An old servant to the By advice' from Surinam of the ltith January, and several others, trarars at present unk
Earl of IlucztaciwAststitaz, at Gnnby Park, received in the City, we learn that the Government 11
t! (kit to take care of the house in the absence of the of that colony has published air Ordinalice of his Arrived the Heroine. TAoks, from
lainil)), met with a very serious accident a few BELGIAN MAJESTY, prohibiting the Slave Trade siti December • rod Harriett, Fieltlfur
railed 10111 innnit • n the Ist intl.
nights back, by firing an old blunderbuss, which under the severest penalties, but permitting the spoke the Ana MarYlll;, 'firma livrepool, I
Lots*, and took away the greatest part of his left I transit of slaves from a Dutch or foreign colony to William and Henry, awl Mergervt, for
15... d. another Dutch colony in the West Indies. the Frederick, Usli, fur bandun, have p
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