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LAW INTELLIGENet

COURT Of SitiO'S, BOW% *Taipoillei, Tea li
THZ LIS& •. 911. lELLtT.
The Deft-Want, in this case, war twought up For
Idgment, ha rink been convo!ted d an assanit. hhoUt
I:iree jean ago, upon Mr. I'homas Pike. a Banker,
nt Bris:gewster. Al-out tile time charged .0 9rr
Indiaweent, an important CAM, relating to the 11-
-
cl.emer Ele/Pon, was coming on to be tried at Tann.
Cootie. 4114 the present Lord Chancellor. then
Mr. l'.ukine. went skorn specially, and WWI ex.
petted to make en ekqurnt speech upon that occa-
, simrs in consequence of which, a vary great coa-
e•.urse of prrsons crowded into the C.aut, among
whim was the Pro►ecutor, who had just got into
the witness,bow; •hen the Defendant came up,
drattged hi:w 4vtt struck him violently an the
r•-ea.t, and, being an old max, very much injured

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Mr. Par. for the Defendant, submitted, that

wesn very ti ining offence, which had happened
in .4 thoment of confusion, and the hurry and
intedle tif crowd t 'and, flu-velure, he hoped the
C .urt would consider it u lit caA to go btf,re the

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Mr. iDttYLL, for the Prosecution, declared, that
had the Defendant made any apology, i: was not
his client's wish to bring him up for Judgment; but,
as no such overture was made, he felt it dna to his
elfarafter, to have the Judgment of the Court.
Mr. Ju•tice Geese, in pronouncing the Judgment
of the Court, considered the condutt of the Detend-
ant doubly aggravating ; first, by committing an
assault in a Court of Justice ; and secondly, for pet-
serving in not making a proper ap.logy. He was
then sentenced to pay a fine of 201.; which being
coraplied with. he was discharged.
THE 111/11/ O. RLDNIELD YORKE.
•
Upon motion or Mr. Fts•nea, the Rule for
Fling a Criminal Information against the Defendant,
far republiasing -a Libel in his Weekly Polrtiod Re-
m*, nn Mr. Sullivan, one of the late Undcr Secre-
taries of State (as raenti.ine,l in a former Paper),
was enlarged u.itil neat term.
Sir Viewer Gem moved for a Writ of Habeas
Cwees, to bring up the body of William Sudds,
slias Rudds, now on board his Majesty's ship the
He moved this, upon the affidavit of the man's
wife, which stated, that he had been, all his hie,
lahouripg man, at Hayes, in the county of Kent ;
hut, being out of work, he Came to ',MAon to seek
.ome, when one day walk:ng down the bias of
the Thamte, he was accosted by a man, who asked
him if he waned employment? and, being an-
swered in theaffirmitive, ho told him, it he would
go v irlt him, he is uti4l get him employed on board
a ship, at the rate of 25 salllings per week. Tbcy
proceeded to a pubic house in the neighbourhood,
white the landlord broiled in a wraten paper,
which he was desired to sign ; he made his mark
on ir, but it was never read to him. A woman
at at appeared, who was represented to be the wife
of the publican, and came to see him on board ;
they got into a bmt, and went down the river
tea ship; when they get alongside, the won-an
called out—" Here's a volunteer for yon." He
immediately protested against such a proteediag,
but was taken on board the ship. and from tl.ence
cons.'s ed en beard the Wrmhasta, n, ,iv lying at
the Note, where he has been ker upwards of tuts
months. he was there clothed in jacket and
woe/sets, but never received any sum of money ; on
the contras y. he refused to take any ; in eorstevicr.ce
of which. he has been denied a bed to lie upon,
and all this time has slept on the bare boards of the
ship.
The Court, upon this statement, granted the
writ.

DRAKE V PAIIKROCSZ Ar.J O'REILLY.

Mr. GA flow stewed cause against a rule, ob-
tained by Mr. Nlasnv arr, to set aside thejudgment
is this cause, and to have a warrant of Attorney,
and three promissory notes, of 8.51. each, delivered
I up. to be cancell...d, on the ground of usury. The
affidavits on which the Rule was supported,
stated, that the Defendant, Parkhouse, being
in want of money, drew the notes in qucs.
non, and gave them to O'Reilly, who took.
them to the Plaintiff, a linen-draper, in Ratcliff-
Ilipisway, to discOupt them ; this the latter refused
to do, but GM/est to give goods to the amount cf.,
t 1
2J31. and at the sin* time protesSeJ himself ready .
to lay a wager, that tlie goods would sell for that
sum. The Defendant, Parkhouse, being n:ush
' embartisied. agreed ts tf.is, still the gouda were
• I delivered to hint, a great part in which were rein._
pants ; a warrant of N.:tot:icy, to the amount of U. ,
goods, has also ',lolled by Parkhouse. The goods
t l wsre afterwards pawned and sold; and porfuoed •
. tiot above half the wm they were valued to hint it.
i 1 Ti 4140 appeared. thatinirkhonse had been represent.
1 eel by O'Reilly, as the husband. of Lady Boynton,
! by whom he visa Mori to obtain a large sum of
money (rim Colonel Thornton. L'pon this, Drake
hr.' hem induced id give the goods, nct as discount
0,, • ...e notes. bl es a final sale. for the payment
t which, he 'weepiest swe •warratit of Attorney.
H • denied th z goods were remnants, and swat' e.
r
n.,-...• .4.' shorn were its'. Ins length than seven yards.
• ,r hearing Alfr. M Ti, kitiortly, in sup-'
• p. :r the Rule, the Court were of opinion, that
1 ••••_ method of determining this question would
• 1.... o,r wo igtio:l to be brought von tore of the pre-
nn nal netes. in t•hieb the qiestion of usury would
he frilly investitsattd.
Tnii Asia 4a., therefore, enlarged for that
f purposes,
4 Pultit.:u net:wilts.
At 4 ?fronton: et the rising of the Cant, the
,• seemP sn +7 t!;e Gentleen concerned in this trade.
1
ifi
*his applied for cr:mtnal information; against five
• Newsrailrrs (as stated is our Number of yes.
terday.) informed the Court. that he was new pre-
'-red with :ImLstippleepentary affidavits, which. their
LJlcishipi aliened 1.13,0 d he made.
One nt the Offieers of the Court having read the
firs affidavit, the others rot being filed,
i •
. • ford Ent taen or curt declared -it was insufficient,
end stated in too ger.rral terms, for the Court to
grant the kirk. With respell to the ether rfildaves,
they had not been filed' in due time, and therefore
the Court could make no order upon them. The
fa/if Shlti!d be fully sod nn-q itoaally denied ;before
t re Court would intedete.
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T! le Rule, thereh.r•, was wit i!anted, until such
AM 1.01,6 AS mete s insi..ik-ioty to toe Ci.un sieo:ild be
itmde ; and the nutter comequrntly eau& user until
neAt tend. •

being the la,t day of Hilary Term, the
Gum was occur ied, until a late hour, in disposicg of
the various :notions and peremptory rules.

PNLICE.

BOW-ST RECT.
Yesterday, ElistaArth Gaztfi.y was brought in cus-
tody, by Adkins, one of the Officers, won afspre-
handed her en suspicion of I•aving been guilty of
the wilful murder of Richard Prince, on the even-
ing of Christmas-Day, in Charles•s'reer, Long-
Acre by stabbing him in t!:e cye with a knife.
The Prisoner's person being identified f"r the
fail, and the Horse Surgeon of the Middlesex Hos-
piral proving that the cl,eceased died it, consequence
of the wound, the Prisoner was fully committed for
trial at the next Old Miley Ses.inns.
•I•he Prisoner is one of those unfortunate number
of women who inlest the streets, and was well known
at the Office. •

Two soldiers, belonging to the Sd Regiment of
Guatdc, were re.eramined, on a charge ot
a, slotting, beating, and wounding, James Lnckie, a
Constable, bonging to the Police-thine, Union-
Hall, Southwark, on Tuesday afternoon last, on
lli,:,bgate Hill ; and it proving to be a most violent
ai.d unprovoked outrage, the parties were bound
over to prosecute the Prisoners at the next Middle-
sex Sessions.

GENERAL CRAMPED'S EXPEDITION.

" ISLAND OF ST. JAOO, DEC. 28. 1806.

" It is a chance if this ever reach you ; but I
shall run the risk of writing, as the Argo man of
war, which Accidentally came in here a few days
ago, will sail ro-day on a cruise, and it is probable
she may have e.e good fortune of forwarding
this letter to EnglAnd.
" The expediti m u tiler the e3mmand of Briga-
dier-Genetal Craufitrd, left Falmouth OR the I 2th
of November, and arrived here on the 14th instant.
The fohowing is a list of the ships of war which ac-
cotnpankd it, viz.

Shi?s. Guns. Commanders.
Spencer 74
HorsourableCaptausStoprord,
. •
Cernnindure

Tat.eus . . 74 Hoe. Capt. Hope
Canton . . 74 Cart. Cock tni n
(ian es 74 Cape Hekett

Neteele (frigate) Si Capt Corbatt
(10.. p) 18 Capt. Lands/
11.tugtty (brig) 16 Lieut. Mitchell; and
Tne Ant and Jackdaw schooners.
The following is the force under Brigadier Ge-
neral Craufurd,
6th Dragoati Gds. 4 troops, commanded by Lt. Col.Cnaton
314 Fott I,t natl. •-•—•-• Da% te
hc,th Ditto D.,to hu.t.e

♦lth Ditto
sStn Litt,

1)i!to
Ditto

.•••• a.••• Guard
- ••••••• 1)4Id.

951,11 Door rifle ciis Ditto, 5 companies, ftl,jot 51.1.00 d.
—To,:ether with two companies rf Artillery, a pro-
portior. of the Corps of Roy Engineers, Arti-
fice:s, and Drivers. The gth Light Dragoons ac-
companied the expedition to this place, and are
still here.—They are commanded by the Hon
Colonel Mahon, who is senior tn, and not nndtr
the orders of, General Craufurd. It is thought
they will leave us as soon as Admiral Murray
joins us.
" We experienced much bad weather in the early
past of the voyage, and several of the transports
su,tained some damage, in consequence of runitiag
foul of each other in the night, the weather being
very foggy. The wind was so unfavourable, that
the fleet did not arrive off Madeira until the sth De-
cember. The Commodore sert off the Pauline
sloop, and the 2 schooners, with 2 store transports,
for she purpose of obtaining wine for the fleet ; bur
these vessels were unfortunately blown off the island,
and did not overtake the fleet until a considerable
time after their arrival here. After sutFerirg a
severe gale off Madeira; from the Northward. the
fleet reached the island of Palma early on the 7th.
Here we fell in with the Nereids frigate, which
had parted from the fleet very early in the voyage.
Oil Madeira, she had fallen in with, and taken a
Spanish privateer and a merchantman, the former
of, which, being dismantled by the captors, was
given up to the prisoners, who were allowed to de-
' part—the other has since been brought is here ;
she is laden with provisions.
t• Pteviously to the landing of any part of the
fleet, the General made the most prudent arrange-
ment with the Governor of this place, respelling
the regular establishment of a market, and the most
effeaual means of obtaining refreshments for the
navy sad runny. In conseclivice of which, there
has been the most plentiful supply of all saris of
provisions. (suit, Zsz. wh:Lli the slant/ affords,
though not at a vet y reasonable rate. The Go-
vernor has been excessively attentive to the troops.
To prevent a surprise of the fleet, by an enemy's
wit:ashen, the General thought it prudent to etelt
a battery of four 24. pounders, on the west point of
the Hay of Porto Prays, which is capable of raking
vessels coming into the Bay.
ti We are petfellly ignorant where we are yet des.
titled. We are wearied with conjeflure. The fleet
is e,tripletely watered, and we are now only wait-
n‘r the arrival of Admiral Murray, who is daily
expected."

Extra& of a letter from an Officer in the Expedi-
tion; doted Port Praya, Island of 3t. Jag°, loth
January, 1807 I did not know of Dispoches
irditg to England, until a few minutes ago, and have
just time to inform you, the whole of the Expedi-
tion arrived here the I 4th of December., and our
defy y is supposed to be waPing frr the arrival of
Admiral Mum RAY, with (our ti 4 s, take us to God
kocovs where, some say Lima, others Vera Crux,
°lbws the Isle of Preece ; but I believe, excepting
the General and Captain Srorroan, no one knows
the destination of the Expedition. The troops are
in good health and spirits, and are provided with
every contfort they could with for. General Ca Au-
rorae pays particular attention to every thing."

On Monday se'nnight, a Lady of Emsworth
went from that place, for a wiling wager, to Ha-
vant, a distance of two miles, in twelve minutes
and a- halt ; another ran tlie s.ime distsuce back
agav, in thirteen roinuta ,:nd a :144..

NAVAL INTFLLIGENCF:.

~.,rokabrtottes, rut. 11.
The Court Martial on Capt. Ilawksos, assembled
again this ranrning. exsaiy at nine o'clock, horn
which time till two, the Court were examining the
witnesses for the prorlention,. welch is closed. They
then adilurned till eleven o'clock tomorrow, when
Capt. Hawkins enters oa Ins defence.
Arrivrd the GemAtt, of 74 guns, Capt. Ilalkert ;
Captain, of 74 ;cum, and the Inronstant, left
Geu. Crawford's expedition, the t Ith January, of:
Porto Praya, in which port they lay one month,
getting provisions and refreshments, and where they
were waitirg to be joined by more ships from Eng-
land.
The Jackdaw schooner sailed from the Cape
de Verde on the lOrh of January, with dispatches
for Lord Collingwood. A large bag of letters
from the expedition was landed this aaercoon.
Lord Multi) arrived th.: afternoon, to go out to
India, in the liied..str frigate.
Carne into harbour the Ant sehonner.
toasav, res. 10.

This morning the signal was made at the signal
post at the Berry Head, of a 'u,picious sail in sight.
Sir James Sanmartz immediitely made the signal
for the Pluto, Libcrty, and Entr, ?renente, to proceed
in chase of her; they :ire not y,•t returned, conse-
quently cannot say whether they have succeeded
in coming up with her.

TEL. 9.

Arrived His Majesty's ships Sw.d/olv, Pickle,
Sewpion, Plorer, and Cita J, Russ • anise, and re-
main with Hi.; Majestv'i ship Plantagewl and
Champion.—Wind _ _

DIAL, PM 11:
Came down the Hon. East India Company's
ship City of London, Capt. Yates, bound w the East
Indies, from the River; Defence man of war ; and
Avon sloop of war, from Sheerness.
Arrived the Challenger siaap of war, from off
Havre ; in the late gales s:ie sprung her topmasts
and howsolit ; also, the A rousit frigate, from Por-
tugal, walla convoy, which are sailed for the River.