The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-11-18 00:00:00

EITHACT THOM THE tiIAHHAI HOTERNMENT GAS

starers, or as•acw 26. 11103.
"The sh'p Co,onurndet, Capt. Blakeney, from Bo-
tany Bay. but last from China, with a cargo of teas.
on the account of the East India Company, has been
captured by a French privateer. The Coromandel
carted company with the China fleet, of Penang,
and was taken rear that island, by the ilroiriette,
Capt. Henri, cf 16 gun., and 13d men, (she i,
pierced for 20 guns,) in lat. S and long. 87 E.
The privateer stood up the Bay, with her prize, and,
to the westward of the Andamans, fell in with a
Parrah vessel, on b. and of which Capt. Henri put
2i of the Coronsanders ctew, and then steered to the
E. N. E. The Chief-mate of the Corowsandel was
killed by a grape-shet.
" On the passage, this vessel had been otherwise
unfortunate, 12 of the best men of her crew having
been murdered at the Craven Islands; she mounted
12 gang, and had, when she left Mscao, 50 men,
incarding 1.6 China-men.
" An Amorican ship arrived at Tranquebar, from
the Isle of France, on the 10th of April ; the only
informal ion obtained was, that specie was in great
alvindance at both the Islands. The ship Cherlefte,
late of Bombay, had been purchased by a Mr.
Itoctord, for 30,01)0 dollars.
"The ship if/ •'I4P, and the snow Fortune, were
captured by two hrench frigates, neurVizagapatams
the latter end of :starch
" Mee hundred and fifty Chinese are stated to
have embarked from Macao fur dencoolen, for the
Ipurpose of superintending the cultivation of the
spice plants at that Sealement."

The Respek.---. from dull ; Merest", Roads;
Jetarrr, Ewes, ar.cl another vessel, from Ports-
mouth, ho.t.al to Opal°, were captured near the
liter place, on tile 10th Oilober, by the Hochfort
Squadron.

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rhe Eleanore, Mucci...so, from Newfoundland.
is lost near Viana.
The Wahtbar man of war, with the fleet for the
West Indies, and the East Indianian and transports
from Cork, bad arrived at Madeira, and were get-
ting under weigh from that island, on the 3d ult.
The .41exandler. MAT, from Liverpool, for Africa,
is on shore near Viamt, a•id it is feared will be lost:
great part of the cargo saved.
The packet arrived at Lisbon on the
9d, and the TAwNsend packet on the Stit, from
Falmouth.
The Entreprite, WATISMAII, from Surinam. to
Londcii, was all well on the Bth instant.
Ife Rosa/ia, from Tobago, for London,
WAS Ali well on the 2dth of October. in lat. 44. 20.
long. 14.
We have great pleasure in stating, that the of-
ficer., non-commissioned ()racers, drummers, and
privates, or the Royal East DliJdlesez Militia, cons-
ded by Col. WOOO, at Ipswich. have very hand-
somely come forward, and subscribed one day's pay
e-41.h, to be appropriated to tie benefit of the wi-
.sows and orphans of t`-o, • yuillanrpereons irises fell
in the late glorious vitriory ud frefalgar. We hope
thi4 liberal ewe & will bt followed by the whole
assay.

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LAW 111771LUILIINCS.
COO IT OF KING's-BENCH, Wasraitastaa, titer, t•
The time of the Court, until after twelve o'cleelt.
wu occutri,J in judifying hail. There have AM
been so many c.iseg of this nature during the wliele
previous part of the Term. They were all for tei-
fling debts; the largest nut exceeding lopt.
Tiksees {Pi/Gsm tfooe, azaingt whnni Mill. were
found before the late Grind Jury for the county of
Kent, was brntilht up to plead to the indium— •x,
which charged-him, as the purser of the ship ra,te,
with uttering several Bills of Exchange upon the
Vidualling Office. knowing them to he forged, and '
for various other offences against the Revenue. To
this indictment the Defendant pleaded guilt..
The Learned Judge (La &avec) admonished
him to consider well before he .ant in that plan ;
he Avised him to h tee the opinion of Counsel, and
offered him time for full deliberation.
The Defendant answered, that he had fully con-
sidered the sohjetet iwith the assistance of Counsel,
' and persisted in iiis,plea of gritty.
He was, accordingly, committed to the King's
Bench, and ordered to be brought np on Thurday
twit.
Tin ZINO V. JAMPS toil/Isom. the elder, and JAMVS

101111114oN, the
The Defendants, who had been indidted for an
assault on Samuel Morris, a tax eolletlor, and suf-

fired judgment by default, were brought up for
judgment this day.
h appeaeed. upon the off davits of Samuel Mor-
ris and William Birdwhistle, both colleaori of the
duty on property, in the county of Lincoln, that
th • former went to demand the sum of 41. Ss. 10d.
from the Defendant, Robinson. the elder, on the 27th
Februat y, 1804, which he refused paying, not only
then, but frerptenly afterwards; in consequence of
which, the Prosecutor, elan, was abliged to distrain
for the amount ; when he went into the stable of the
Defendant, to levy the distress, by seizing one of bit
daft marts. the latter locked him up, and he was
under the necessity of breaking the door open to li-
berate himself. He took away the mare, and, h.oting
posted up the regular notice, he cansed the mare to
be appraised on the 4th of March, and she sold for
ta. 4s. which, after &.lucting the duty, cos.s, and
ezpences. left an overplus cf three shillings. On
the following day, he went to the lief-Thin s house
to return this sum, when he was collared by the
younger Robinson ; an 1, wh•le he held him fast, the
mother and sister put the money again i..to his
pocket, crying out, 0 Morris, 1 could murder
you." He afterwards made a 'wood attempt to
rein n these three shallops, hut toe Robin, u% swore,
he should not leave any money on their premises.
The affidavits of the Defendants, withoir any co-
louring, admitted these facts, but nated, that the
elder Defendant resisted thy nayment, as it bad
been rated higher than the former years, and there-
fore he did not tl ink he had a right to pay it.
—There were plenty of cattle in the yard when
the distress was levied, which the Prniecutor might
have taken in preference to the mire, wlech was
his only draft beast ; and, being deprived of her,
put a :to; to his works he locked the door merely
to keep the mare in, and the Prosecutor might have
got out at A little door, at the other side, without
doing any violence. '1 he reason he refused Liking
the overplus of the sale, was under the idea, that
' by doing en he would have his remedy ag.tiost
the Taz-gatherer.
The Costa ordered that they should enter into
their own recognizance', to receive the judgment
of the Court, at any time hereafter that might be
thought expedient. This was accordingly done,
and the Defendants discharged.

TILL [IMO V. TOWARD \VUITTON.
This was an isidiament for a riot and assault,
tried before Mr. Justice t.c BL•111C, the last assizes

for Bristol.
It appeared. that a press-gang, commanded by
Lieutement Ashley, of the Royal Nivy, and a Mid-
shipmao, of the name of Wakefield, had impressed
a seafaring man, who had !seen working at the canal
and impr.wements of the harbour of Bristol, when
an immense mob of his brother labourers rose, and
swore they would rescue him ; they threatened to
break down the gaol, and aftually seized the Mid-
shipman, AS an hostage, whom they confined for
some time. and even threatened his life, whetting
their knives on the pavement, swearing they would
cut him to pieces. This transadion created a mist
alarming mob of several hundreds, and threatened
the peace of the city of Bristol. During the whole
of the riot, the Defendant was the foremost of ill,:

rioters.
The Defendant presented a sort of memorial,
drawn up in rather a clerical style, and denying all
the principal fat% of the case, or even his knowledge
of them. But stating his past imprisonment of
thirteen months.
Mr. J sa r t., for the prosecution, shortly observed,
that h;td this riot continued many minutes longer,
it would have been of the most serious and alarm-
ing consequences, little short of a similar riot some
20 years ago, in the city of London.
Mr. Justice Griose, in pronouncing the judgment
of tire Court, observed with much weight upon the
enormity of the offence. Taking the Defendant's
past confinement into consideration, the Court
ordered that he should be further imprisoned in His
Majesty's Gaol of Newgate for the space of Nine
Munths.

lIIRMITAO9 9. Hoteovo.
Mr. Sc•ater applied to the Court for a rule to
strike out several unnecessary counts in the decla-
ration in this cause. The anion was brought for
several guinea notes, and a bill of eachange, against
the Plaintiff, to whom they were delivered, as the
bearer of them. There were separate counts for
each note, consisting of near fifty. The declaration
alone was closely printed on large paper, containing
274 folios, which, computing it by the office sheet,
would inmost to 1,044. The expence of the de-
claration alone came to upwards of 90th. exclusive
of the necessary stamps and paper, so that before
the cause could be brought to issue, the ezpencos
would amount to 4001. and the anion was brought
for no more than 3001.
Courr—" Take a rule to chew cause."
At one o'clock Lord Ettensoaouan sat at Nisi
Prise. There were but four causes in the list ; three
were Postponed, and the fourth. a question of no
piddle imam. was disposed of. Aha whirls, his

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