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SIEAUJIANT''S INN HALL, lifomoAr, locum If.

Their Lordships set this day to hear motions
elif now trials. The most important cause was one
engin art of the ruse of
. . Tuotorsan V. LACY.
The Ckfendesit keeps the Metorycete coffee-house.
The Plaintiff and his companion, Scott, hod lodged
there for 93 nights. The bill hail been made out,
as appeared from the evidence of Paulson, the
waiter. recording to Thompoote* own order, se a
joint actoont. Scott went away and left the Plain-
tiff to settle. The latter tendered the landlord his
own share of the bill. which was refused, and the
Plaintiff's luggage withheld as security. Alb adios
followed. which was nonsuited. and on this follow-
ed the sooliun fur o new trial.
Ths quassia,o in which the motion was involved
wear wbotber • coffee-bows be ea inn 04` 1101.
Mel. M italr 1111 sod Mr. LAWA..ia sruppaTt.of
the Odra's'. pasiatalood, dial there was nothing

in the reislatinns itnl lairs skein* bons which did
not Imuslly apply to c..ffee-i►ouses. The keepers
of coMte-houses had to take Out the setae tieams%
and were sobjreted to hating soldiers quartemsfi
upon them es tench as inns. There was no dimes
rum between the mmommodationis of the War
dent's house and say other inn or pttblialtwwid
London, except the want of stable.. The Dew'
frodant, in their opinion, had as perfeit • /fen ou
the Plaintiff's goods, is if his house bad been de-1
nominated an inn.

It wits contended On the other side, that the De—
fendant had tat such hold, as his house was not *
place where any One could command any sort of
accommodeoidne Though they let beds its coffee. •
houses, they selected their customers, hiving an
option as in the supplying of any thing besides
liquors. The Defendant. therefore, could not
prove his right to enjoy those provisions of iecnrity
which had been extruded to houses of lospitia eons-
sisuniu. which were bound to supply the necessities
of way-firing persons.
The Judges were all of opinion, that there was no
gronnd for altering the judgineut.
The Cyst► JUStICS said, that the option of
customers with the keeper of ■ coffee-house could
only be exercised with reference to the ability of
ins guests to isvy him. and any innkeeper might
use the same right without danger.
Justice BAYLaT could not discover the difference
between an inn and a coffee-house which would
finely shut out the latter from the protection al-
lowed to the former.

Justice BEST said. that it had been admitted
that the D-friElsiit's coffee-house was also collect
the Globe Tavern. This went a great way to melee
en inn of it. For, in all the old Acts of Par•
hornets' for the regulation of inns. taverns were ilk,-
cluded by name.—The [nohow wes refused.

OLD BAILEY, MONDAY, JANUARY 17.

TRIALS FOR THE SLAVE TRADE-SPECIAL
COMMISSION.

As soon as the Judges took their seats in Coert,
the Grand Jury were re•sworn, fur the !surprise of
commlrring bills of indictment. under a special
eomrui..wn, mg ilisel Alexander rillesnont and James
Alexander Corral, two foreigners of respectable cun.
sieziono, who stood charged with a violation of the
slave trade laws in the Mauritius.

After the Gr•nd Jury were re-sworn. Mr. Justice
floi.aoiro informed them of the uatur• cf the
offence which they were called upon to consider to
the indictments that would be submitted to them.
wes merle felony by • Isle Act of Parliament,
end though the offence was laid to have been com-
mitted in • dietent pert of the world. yet still the
law brought it within the jurisdiction of • Jury in
this country.

The Grand Jury returned shortly after, with
true bills against the Defendants.
The Prisoners were then put to the her, and in.
formed through co iitterpreter, that they, being
reeideuts of the island of Mauritius, then in occu-
pation of the King, did feloniously. on the 7th
July last, import mod bring. and assist in the im-
porting sod bringing into the said island, for the
purpose of their being eold,aud dealt with as slaves.
1100 persons whose names are unknown, who were
removed rod carried from the island of Madagascar.
on or about the tat of June, to be so disposed of,
against the statute.
There were several counts, varying the form of
the chute in the indictment.
The Prisoner. pleaded Not Guilty ; and on he.
iug informed that they were entitled to a Jury
composted half of foreigner', they replied,
bins, tortes Angiois.g A Jury. therefore, ell Zug.
Itsh, was empamielled for their trial.
Mr. LIT"I'LEDALB read the declaration.
The SOLICITOR•GBOBBAL then stated the MO
to the Jury.
The Learned Coilesel said, that en Act of Par-
lisment had passed in 1807, after an arduous strug-
gle of upwards of twenty year., by which the great
act of the abolition of the Slave Trade was 'chip,-
ed. with the consent of all parties in Parliament,
and certainly with that of every goal End humane
man out of is. By the Act of 1807, the cootinev
once of that odious traffic was only encountered by
pecuoiary penalties. It was soon however, found
that these were of no avail, for die profits of the
illicit triode so much over-balanced the penalties,
that the Act was rendered nugatory. has 1814
however. through the exertions of Mr. Brougham,
one of the sport active Members of the House of
Commons, a Bill was brought in and carried,
which made the Slav, Trade a felony. and 'spoor&
the parties detected in it, to transportation or im-
prisonment, at the discretion of the Court; and
under that Act the Prisoners at the bar were now
iudicted. The offence was committed in the island
of the Mauritius, which was ceded to Great Brie
tain by France. after the last peace. It was sops
after discovered the& die law, notwithstanding the
eariope reguletions that were provided for its en-
forcement, was in assay of the colonies evaded. and
to. some extent. In theVeiritirta his Majesty's
ship Lisierpoo/, was stationed as a look-out ship.
and a police formed • contort around theisland
to prevent end detect persons engaged in this
illegal traffic. While engaged iu this service,
iu the early part if the mouth of July last year,
a strange sail was observed under suspicious cir•
cumstmices, end as if making off from the island.
She was overtaken mud hoarded, and proved to be
the jeans Adone. of In Wis. The Learaed Geo.
demos thee detailed the particulars of her capture,
as it will be found detailed in Mr. Bentham's evi-
dence (the first witneai), and also the evidence of
Claudonier. which immedistely implicated the Pre.
misers at the bar. The Learned Gentleman added,
that all attempts to pursue and regain the stares
after they were passed up the country, had failed,
awing to the activity of the persona in the interior.
who had an interest in concealing them. Out •
person of the urine of Brunet was supposed to be
concerned; he was, therefore. sent to this cuutitrY
for further esantittatimir with some of his are
slaves. who. it nos thought. could supply the ne•
cessery evidence against him, but on their ex.
estimation before the Privy Council. AM* poor
("matures were found (apd alwaset iteemairily
from the abject state in ',hit* !her were kept) in
such total ignoiaitch of •liiiiiis•••
this
moral liana'
pies, that they hod no 60610 *fib* obliptiell if
au oath—they knew oothlogii.a Osid, or a phial

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of fetish e rewards mid pnoishment‘ In ouch a
stets it alas deemed of mete quite imposeibie Ns
lib* flt snot to trial upon the evidence of the en.
k premise sent hams to seisteia the charge
Jinn. His psuaecotiou was threfure abuse
dulent The Captain and Mate of the ship were
}ilea Vent home, het as they were subjeots of a
foreign poem,. sailing iii a Auriga vessel. and as no
proof, toteld be adduced thou they had landed at
M the euriehm. for the slates were token from on
beard in tr,rs pinitace* soot from the shore on pure
pose. they could not therefore legally be involved
in the erne ral criminality punishable by the Statute.
which only affected foreigners when foetid within
the Mittel' jn risdiction. Some complaint. he under.
stood, was abode by the 'motet on account of their
being brought to Engleild fur trial, instead of
helot tried before the tribunal* of the Mauritius.
The reasues of their being an removed was simply
this:ea-By a clause ;a the Act. the Crown was no.
thoriited to try the perm" either where the offence
was committed. or else before the regular tribunals
of England ; sod its this ease the latter course was
&Boned. becan.e those who had the direction of
the protecution were of opinion, that a Brutish Jury
was More likely to come to en impartial investiga.
rood of the recta, than one compered on the spot
from * class of swoons, all of whom were mastery.
mid many of them. it was to be feared, dealers to
shaves. They were now, however, brought hefere
one of the most impartial tribunals in the world.
They weir also, by the benignity of British law,
entitled to a Jury composed of half foreigners.
They had waived that privilege, and it was there.
fore, if possible, more incumbent upon the Jury
to whom they were consigned, to look with the
most cool Quid impartial eve upon the evidence on
which they were to form the judgment of the guilt
Of criminality of the Prisoners.
Cherie, Bentham was the first 'fitness called ;
he deposed as billows—" I was • Midshipman on
board hi, Majesty's ship Liverpool. at the Mauri-
tius, last July, arid stationed there to detect elate-
desling. We were at Malmo. on the 21 July, off
the coast ; I received wine information on the
morning of the 3.1 July, reiewcting a vessel being
to view ; it was a little before day-light. I observed
her welt a spy-glass; she wise the Jeune Arline,
and 1 k• r. her perfectly well ; she wits a small ship
of about 350 10115 ; she appeared to be going off
the laud of the Mauntius; her .risen-topsail we,
whack, awl she was as close to the reef as ii .ravel
could be with safety. Thisiktog her suspicious, I
disguised a boat, chilled her ab..ut 8 o'clock in the
' morning, and carne up with her about 1$ e'clock ;
she wait then steering id land about W.N.W.
I went on board. rod asked for her log from the
Captain; lie raid it was washed overboard, on the
23d. I then asked hum for all his papers. slid
what was his cargo ? he replied, his cargo consisted
of 70 bullocks, end he produced his papers, which
were French. lie said the bullocks were thrown
(met board its • storm, on the 23d of June, with his
log. He said he COW! from Tamale, in lladagas-
car, and that he was hound for Bourbote yet he was
quite out of that line of course when I sew him.
1 then examined the ship. and found that she was
quite too small tar carrying bullocks between deck,.
The breed of bullocks are larger at Madagascar
than here; they have • buffalo hump, and could
not stand uptight between her decks; there was
not the slightest trace of their having been co
board, There were minty tubs and buckets ou
board. The ship hail ouly tees men when I boarded
her, and the tubs were too many for such a aoniple- •
ment, I found the remains of rice in same of
them. I re-searched the ship, when she was
brought to anchor the following dry, the same crew
on board, and found twenty-two pair of handcuffs
end three hammers. under the Captain's lower
bed ; they were for clinching the 'roils. We sent
the sailors on board our frigate. I don't know the
primmer Carrot. The Acting-Governor of the
Mauritius is General Dailey.
Cross examined by Mr. Cuawooo.-1 {ender.
stied French 0 little, but I cannot reed French
Paper' Seemly. I hail several interpreter. when I
boarded—neither of the Prisoners were there, The
hemmers were of a peculiar form. and intended fur
clinching iron. The Jame Adone tees ship-rigged.
end might. when I took her, have made more way.
When I took poseession she was unmatiageable, es
there was little or no wind. She Wee calculated
very ill for bullocks, and if the weather waa bad, it
is ray opinion that such • vessel could not with
safety have opened her hatches to throw them over,
boards as the sea lutist have heat all over her. so
that I can't see how they could have thrown them
over. The ship could not have hero driven on the
Miturities, going to Bourbon. though she might iso
the Cape of Good Hope. Most assuredly a vassal
might here been driven out of her reckoning by the
hurricsoes which blow in these yeah but no hurri.
cane had then blown, their time come after. No
slaves, as he had hearth, were fated whore.
He ores also cross-exurbia ay Mr. Pi 411.-es
There is • cordon of preventive officers ell mood the
Mauritius, The island is dengeroue, in conse-
quence of • reef of rocks. Ido not recollect soy
blowing weather on turn 234 40oe-erit wilkht or it
might not he so. The ship was not calculated fir
bullocks. I won't say it was impoestble for her to
curry dim, ; newer taw soy bullocks but of the
buffalo breed imported from Madagasmr.- The
vessel had Si. stalls, nor rinphelte? nor 'Munch,
VOSS for puttying elude. It wee certaiply possible
that eke might have been cleared between the st.d
Jape and the 3d July,
ge.emoined.—W hen we overtook her sbe hod
not the slightest appearance of having sawed fro
ii hurricane.
Jaques Chiudonier, 9 bra of colour. after ite-
presaitig his belief in ChrishottitY. 41.1011.0 es fol,
low, ; I know the Prisoner Alex. Carrot, autl was
in his service; I embarked with him-from May.
rities to the Isle of France, after living with him
in the former for shout a mouth. We landed at
Bourbon, where we remained two months; we
again embarked for Tamara, is Modassame, Bed
gut there in sue dept. When there, pt mew.
Carrot, went ashore, aid I accompanied hip.. He
weul higher.%) the mammy while I staielet To ;
Carrot woe threat two ustrothe--after the .expiretiou
of that time lie case back where I was, briugiag
with him about fifty blacks, who were kept two
days. and then eiqharked on board the jrnsat
41101144411111ber 'Mb iftnet fQO in all (spenkiagof
the whole carp). korisonst Cara sod I !Dv I
barked is die saute roma, NA elided fur ilps

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fele at Ir rens ; .wkiss we arrived within shoo imp
lenses al the Windt the boats of Photons Yi'lre
mont ease net to thaws with Vines's% himself I%
ewe ; this occurred at night. and all the Meek. errs
put into two si ces which soiled for the shore wit lt
Yilletwont and Carrel. and myself. When we Rot "
lend, Villeasont lauded the blacks, who wits aft. rw
wards taken into the cuntstrY. bet where I di la"
know. except that immediately after the lending
they were earned to Villrmtuttts bane. which was a
quarter of a league from the sea, and kept there may
for a quarter or an hoar, Carrel and I remained at
Valmont's—the latter went away with the blaeke.
Carrel was 111 at tke time; he woo apprehended
very soon. I went afterwards to Putt Lonie. where
I was asked some spew', about the matter. I
saw Yillemoist there in a room, sod imitated him
oat as the person.
Cross-examined Ay Mr. A DOLNIVS...4 was not
a slave, but free. "men in Mr. Carrol's service ; I
was there si; months ; 1 had not beau in prison
before that. but was after I was in Carrol's service.
anal that after this emptily, and for speaking the
teeth; I was put to prison by the (ireful Judge for
being concerard in the alive wavier. ; 1 never knew
Villemont before this took place; there were on
beard the Jeasne Adone ern black and white 'adore;
the Captain to here to-day ; 1 was examined by Ills
Grand Judge before I was put into prison. I told
the truth the first time I was interrogated, for I said
Corral hail been at Tamara drooling in blacks.
They put me in prison &cause was hie servant.
Cerro! had been very ill a long time at Meoliegaecar,
and he was sent to sea on iocc:onni of ell nralth.
The voyage from Madagascar to the Mounties
lasted nearly a month, and during thet time Car.
rot was only out of bed three days. When he was
taken up he was sent to the huapitel. The ISOM
was up the night the aloes were boded in the pie.
*laces. The landing occupied half an hour. Whets
Villemont came on board, I went down to brielg
tip Carrol's trunk, The mate (Odievrt), wise was
busy in landing the blacks, was tent to Bogies&
I was never put to prison by my father, or by any
one else, until this business. When I was taken
up before the Grand Judge. I was asked if I knew
any thing about the slaves from Tannins, said if I
was et Villemosit's house ? I replied " Yes," and
said what had happened. I did not know Ville-
mont before this matter, nor where his house was.
I stopped there two days, and never saw him after
the night of the landing, until I saw him at t'lort
Louis. 1 was promised nothing for what I ems to
tell—l was promised nothing. 1 was kept to prism
for telling the truth. I was not threstrord, end
thought I should be liberated from prison it 1 told
the truth. Mr. Carrol's fifty slaves were brought
down to Tamata in chains; the reale ttttt og ISO
were also chained. _

Re•exismeirw4.—While ea board the Jew Admit.
they were free, but placed in the hold. and the
hatches fastened down with an iron bar. •I•he black
men were kept thy' way, and the women in the
cabin. They werit refreshed 911 deck in the day.
in numbers of a dozen at a nine ; auto+ g the blacks
there were more children than grown persons.
They were a month at aes, and all lauded so good
health.
The case was closed here fo► the prosecution. ou4
the Prironers culled upon for their defence.
Carrot put in ■ written paper, and observed,
that had he been able to leave his 'unease, here. he
could confound that false witness, meaning Clan.
domer. .

The paper set forth, that he (Carrol) wee 4
member of a highly respectable faintly its Theo.
louse, end his father one of the chief esigiueers of
the Kong of France. Prisoner left Bourdeaoz in
the year 'OM, on a trading voyage to St. Leen'.
The particulars of the voyage were then described,
and his having gone to Madagascar to see whether
some trade might not be carried on between that
place and the I.le of Bourbon, in rice, tobacco, and
bollocks. In June loot he had specteleird in but.
locks, but owing to a storm on the *ad of that
month. they were obliged to be tbrue" overboard,
and the ship was then driven off the tole of France:
He solemnly declared his innocence. Dud 0100.
that if he had been tried in the Isle of Fnence in.
stead of brio, conveyed to England, by might have
established his innocence by reversl willowy*. whom
it was impossible for him to convey hither. He
also gave a very bad character of the boy claudva
vier, and intimated tbot he made up this charge
for improper motives, He ridded, that on ill enj,
ege home the boy had gone on bit knees by lite lent
side, and implored forgivesime for the tahelie?de
he held told is the Mauritius, mid protpitted to:te4l
a different army, which would be the real pvo4
when he arrived in England.
The other prisoner Villemonl alto Nit in !e IA"
pyr, in which he ensiled his utter iunweeisrp 4 sK4
charge, and alike attributed improper motif!, to
Claudooier. He stated that he hod a wile and se,
ven children residing no respectabill7 isi the Mao.
ruins*, of which Wised be was • mope. On it..
night its which this umbilici's" is alleged to have
taken place. so for from being peer the Jeame
Ado*, he was, he said, of the 'boom of a Mr. Le
' qrtisid. He glom urged the epos improbability of
900 slaves being losideil in the place mentiont4
witllpui attracting the martinets of the police that
surropiod 11* Weed. and more particulerly rentarke4
piton the fact, the; notwithetanding a.. inunetisise
loud active remelt by the whisk police of Port Low.
no slave or trace of one was found. lie hinieute4
his inability to bring wittiest,. to establish h., inns-
spice from sp dietant • glop', and looked vdoephee,
in No condoct in the Stet illetetter, ihrlP tiorbre'l
say sign of guilt ? After he was isiformed that his
oionace wits yelped, he yoluutanly Kepi lirfure the
police and demon/led to know who elkstrii *We
is. existence erupt lsiq, He 44 thie m a titeeltetit
when he might have cmicealed himatjf orern:spode
bed be Iwo engaged M any ilipgel intuitiveT.:
Ist in the ittpeith pf conspires ismoestuce t.O
boldly use ropoord to meet the charge. He "0.4
complaieed of the difAculties appaest to Ibies,•li,
being tried here insipid of where he might .tonp had
fry osineowee about him, mod the force
oi iii•• 4-
!iptctolity chwastrrg;' He however relied4lsin 04
10Melee of the tritistlilroiryi p olorjol9 !`or 'doe soul'.
10lioltmeot of big iosidop...t.i."
loth prisouers thvelt • • .lid 11, #ileaPilei•
and doplored, ,bat
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