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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

words of ;,::is, large as they were, could only
aptly to lice suittecis of tins kiii4tioto ; for over those
onit hail the Parham: 4n and laws Of this country any
ainhorgiv. His Lordship ohs:lived that, by the last of
elm: acts, a compvtisThoo of 44)0,00o:. was to I.e gii
tai the King of Spain, as a reninoriation for losses sus-
tained by his subjects oil ariconto of the seizing: of slates
by British subjects antecedent in the treaty. The reason
of this sum being goer' to the &Mg of Spain was, that
this was a simpler mode of satisCaction : if the individual
such-rein hail beet' put to seek their several remedies
against those who had injured them. it would have led
to great trouble and litigation, aml perhaps some of the
parties so sued would not have liCell able to pay tne da-
maae•; a gross stun vats, therefore, g,veti to the King
of Spain that he might mot of it satisfy his subjects, for
their several losscs. By :he 10th section of the last act
it was enacted, that tl any action should be brought
against a British subject for such detention, he inialit
• plead in bar, or give in evidence, the shove competisu-
i lion, and thereby defeat the plaintiff's claim : now, it
would be Ilseles, to enact that such COlllpelliatioll should
be a bar to Me plangtilra :Khoo, unless he could base 1'
brought such itcijrn.
Mt 11034 e BAYLEY said, that British Courts were
opuist to the subjects of all stales iu amity with this
country, to seek a cumpetisatioti for losses iu 3 trade,
which by the laws of the coilittry where such persons
resided was lawful. The Acts of Parliament cited made
it illegal in Brush subjects to deal iu slaves, but not in
foreigners. lf, theremse, they were •not prohibited by
the laws of their own country, such trade in them was
not unlawful. The country of which this plaintiff was
a subject had not forbidden such traffic; and the tra-
ding, not belt); within this country, but on- the, bight
seas, was lawlul in him. If the stave trade had brew
con‘rgery to the laws of tiattoos, or nazism, in se, no sub-
ject of whatever country could have sued in our courts
fur a loss arising -out ul such trade. Batt the acts of
Pat hifillellt proceed on. the ground that such trade was
not iimawiol before the passing of the act, and shall
oily be mulum prokitilum after it. On the short ground
Meretore, of ore plaintiff tint being a siibject of this
e y, nor of •11 coungrr which had prohibited the
trade, his I Ardship thought the plaintiff might recover
the amount of the Vd hie of the slsvea.
IMr. Justa •e and Mr. imvice Best concurred
with toe other leat tied Judgesoind tiie rule was refused.

VLASI4BI4Y ft4IID sP.purtos.
This n ))))) ting pursuant to the notice of Mr. Ludt:-
dale. smelt yesterday, several defendants were brought
up to plead to litionstations.filed against then► tot pub-
lishing and vending different libels published in the
works o, Mr. Caddo.. Oh their Lordships' entering.
tile Ohm, and taking their seats oti the Bessth► the
Lord L: itief Justice addressed \lr. Dealtry, the Clerk of
the Crown Unice :—I understand, Mr. Dealtry, that
there ar: several i.ersons here, to plead to eridimal in-
formations filed against thew. We will take their

cases first. .
THE Kayo v. Wit LIAM FRANCIS.—The defendant,
who is a news-veittler its Inc Ilmough, was now called,
and as he had been fit itished previously with a copy of
the information filed against him, he WAS asked wile-
the-r he wished the on record to be now read ?
Thel)efeiniant.—Certaitily.
Mr, 13..altry now read the information. Is charged
the defendant ;lilt publishing a certain seditious and
inflammatory libel, bring in fact the letter of Cathie on
his return from Manchester, after the Wilt of August
last, to Lord Stilmotith.
The 41. lendatit pleaded Not Guilty ; and receited
notice that histrtal would take place at the next Assizes
for Surrey.
'Fox KING v. JAMES .S.'.inseuar.—The defendant
and several others, who had been informed yesterday
that their pleas would be taken the first thing this
morning, to informations filed against them for publish-
ing other of Cartile's works, were now called. Sl)sne
of them appeared, but as others did not, though called
ou their recognizance.,
'lnc Lord Otter Justice. ordered those who were re-
sent so remain moil three o'clock, to give an oppor-
tunity for the absentees to attend, to ;wont the estreating
of their recognizances.—Ordered
Ttiomcsosr V. Cloanou..—Tnis was all action tried
before the Lord Chief Justice-at Guildhall.
Tire plaintiff, a broker, sosight to recolll WOOL as a
remuneration for the trouble of procuring a licence for
Vera Cruz- The defendant at the trial tendered I(X)I.
which the Chief Justice considered a sufficient compen-
sation, yet the Jury found a verdict for wool.
The Solicitor General now nioved to set the verdict
aside, on the ground of excessive damages.—little
granted.
ItroT.—Jatites Becket, and others, pleaded Not
Guilty to an indictment, charging them with a riot
and assault upon Sarah Rake, on the loth of o..it.ther,
in the parish of St. Mary, •Wlsiteclivcel, :old were told
their trials would conic on at the Sittings after Term in
Middlesex.
M ANC: HESTLit MEETING.
TH• Kixo 51 RUNT, JOHNSON, AND OTH/1118,-•
Mr. Cluny applied to the Court (in the absence of the
I Inef Justice) to remove the itituctmeitis Mond against
the deltoid:pas from I• rt'irtart ot the Conroy Palatine of
Lilco writ) the Court al Westminster. 7 bite Learned
Curets I in• ett upon the aifitlat it of the Attorney for the
delentialits, tc hien staled, iota the Whiter linputco 10 Inc
defendants required rev, stigatiou by a Jury so' wnt, r
C 111 l iv. lie was :101 able, lie sail,to trt t.t prover
dory, unless me indictments were helot e toe C tiro,
his application was then lore fur a errlierori o ii nitric
isle indictments to the Court at West all slater.
J 'Mgt. Bailey.---But Irate you such Iliairti•ti, as %sill
%hew II ott4ht to he tried 111 another coo •0
Mr. Chilly he had the .tllidat it of the Aharthey
Ihr the deleutiJids. They wr.te ctiargi d w nit eintaphrity,
mother Nr t %cite thsatiection, at a hice,iag of Idly.
thousand yerjOliS held at Alant !tester, on the Itith

of Aueust last. The deponent further states, that,
having made enquiry. he finind the fatal events which
occurred oft the of Angisst had creavd great dissen. •
lion in the County of Lancaster j% will as prejudice
against the s hairy Hunt and John Johnsom on •
account of the part ihey took at the meeting. The
deponent, uuti r such circumstances, had been regnestial
by Own, to move the Colin/to permit the tudictineuts to
be tried in another county.
Judge Bayley —" Ythl 113 d better mention this when
the Court is full.• If you want an intelligent Jury you
cannot L;et men more intelligent than the County of•
Lancaster can pros ide. lou will find a large portion
of them don't come from Manchester. Many are from
Liverpool and other parts.
Mr. Chitty then said he would bring it on when the
Court was full.
SEDITIOUS PUET.TCATIOWS'--William Watlin, and
others were then called to plead to informations filed by
the Attorney Gent ral, citargitie them with pithlialiing.
on the 3:h of September, scandalous and seditious labels,
of and cotter g his Royal- Highness the- Prince of -
Wales its Cathie s litter. •
The defendants pleaded Not Guilty.

The fidlnwing facts may elucidate the general d:1-..
erenee between the conduct of a Tory and a Whig
—we give them without a comment—Our read, rv' -
will not want one. It is well known that the
Manor of Norwich had granted the use of St.
Andrew's Hall, for the Fox dinner, and in - conse-
quence the corn-dealers and farmers who usually
hold their corn-market there, were requested to
abstain from entering that Hall on Saturday last, on
account of the workmen being busily employed in
boarding the floor and making other preparatiotwi
the persons connected w ith the corn-trade were at
the same time apprised that the Mayor had set apart
the Hall in the market for their accommodation ;
propriety of feeling on the part of the gentlemen
concerned in this arrangement caused them to ex-
press pleasure in acceding to it ; —but an intolerant
Tory-Alderman considering it a good opportunity
for venting a little of his contemptible spleen, went
into the market and desired the farmers to follow • -
him--they did so—he forced open the doors of St.
Andrew s Hall, and insisted on the right of the -
farmers, &c. to hold their corn-market there ; the
latter, however, under the influence of a feeling of
decency; (to which the Alderman was a stranger)
perceiving the inconvenience their presence must -
occasion to the 'workmen, properly withdrew to the
situation which had been assigned to them air
the day, in lieu of St. Andrew's Hall. Now
fur the contrast—Mr. C., who is one of the guardians
of the poor,and who has, r.ro/rig, a right of entrance
to St. Andrew's Hall, made his appearance alma-t •
immediately after the cloth was removed. .Me. C.
is known as a violent Tory yet the moment he was
perceived an offer of a seat was made to him al-
though many gentlemen who had paid their gui-
neas tier admission were then standing, from the - •
crowded state of the Hall ; that the gentleman
refused the .uffer does not lessen the laudable
1 civility shown to a political opponent !