The National Register.
London, England, 1811-12-15 00:00:00

..,e acquittal of Dr. SHERIDAN has called forth a
Royal declaration, which at this awful crisis must
be considered of great importance.—His Royal
Highness the Duke of CLARENCE was at a public
dinner, at Portsmouth, when the result of Dr. SHE-
RIDAN'S trial was announced, he instantly seized the
opportunity of expressing himself highly satisfied
with the verdict, and of declaring at the same time,
that all his brothers, with the exception of the Duke
of CUMBERLAND, are decidedly favourable to the
great cause of Catholic Emancipation. His Royal.
Highness was further observed to declare, that the
great obstacle, namely, the prejudices in the mind
of his Royal Father against the Catholics no longer
could prove operative, and that of course tha: great
portion of his Majesty's subjects were speedily to
be emancipated.—Dublin Evehing Post.
The case of BLACKER V. Lord F.FRENCH and Co.
for usury, was tried on the 10th inst. in the Court
of Exchequer, Dublin. There were one hundred
and gighty.two counts in the declaration, and the
damages were laid at 147,0001. According to the
statement of the SOLICITOR-GENERA L, the crime of
usury was committed in discounting certain bills,
partly by cash, and partly by a 31 day bill, upon
which no rebate of interest was allowed. There was
beiides a charge for accepting a commission pre-
mium of one and a half per cent. which on the whole
. made an excess of interest of 11. 11 s. 2d. After ex-
amining documents, the Rev. THONIAS RADCLIFF
was called to prove the negotiation of a certain pa-
per. This gentleman .was immediately asked seve-
foal questions, but Serjeant BALL unexpectedly in-
terrogated him, whether a suit .of Chancery to inva-
lidate a bond in which he was concerned, would not
in his opinion be affected by the result of the present
action. He answered in the affirmative; and after
a variety of discussion by the Counsel on both sides,
this answer was pronounced by the Court to be fatal
to the plaintiff, and a nonsuit was accordingly
granted.
INFORMATIONS Ex-OFFICIO.—A matter of consi-
.derable importance, from the frequency of Ex-
officio Informations at present, was established by
the Court of King's Bench in Dublin, on Thursday
last, in the case the King v. Cox ; namely, that copies
of Informations are not subject to stamp duty.
This duty, to a very heavy amount, has been hi-
therto (it now anht.ars illegally) levied in all such
cases.
Tire trial of JoriN MAGEE, Esq. Proprietor of ;he
Dublin Evening Post, for an alleged Libel against the
Police Commissioners, was to have come on la st Tues.
day, in the Court of King's Beach.—The Jury ap-
peared in the box, ready to be sworn, when an ap-
plication was made upon the part of the prosecutor,
to put off his ti ial until next Term, upon the grounds
that a witness, whose testimony was very material,
could not be found. This motion was warmly re-
sisted by the Counsel for the defendant; but the
Chief Justice was pleased to grant the application,
and the trial was put off accordingly. In the interim,
the costs of the defendant are to be paid by the pro-
secutors.

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The outward-bound convoys unmoored on Thurs-
day at Portsmouth, but the wind was not sufficiently
to the eastward for them to proceed. The Bara-
couta was joined by more ships, which came in the
Inconstant's convoy from the I),iwns.