The Sun.
London, England, 1807-03-23 00:00:00

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Man As, 2,—His Majesty's brie.
,Sea
;flower, Lieutenant Owiit; is arrived from a -ernize.
On Monday evening arrived the ship La .It,rloc,
Capt. BONTr-ST.t; lait fraiii Prince Of Wales's nand.
The Aitulle made the coast on Monday morning, a
little to the north Of Ptilicat, when she fell in ‘k-i;
and was chased by, a French ship privateer, mount-
ing 14 guns, which Continued the chase betvicen
the Armacron shoal and the'coast, and i; nut,marry
within sight of Madras ; when. perceiving the su-
perior sailing of the Poinni.; the Priirateei tdbk in
sail, and stood to the N.B.

During the chase, the Priyater, which is sup-
posed to be La Gloire, fired repeatedly-at the Far-
trine, bnt without doing her any damage, except car-
_lying away one of her back stays. -
OCT. Monday last arrived the Honetra-
ble Company's ship Sarah Christiana, Captain
MARMON, from Calcutta, which she left on the
12th pit.'

I,AiszNeEßs.

For Madras—Majot A. Campbell and Cornet E. T. and
W. T. Erskine.
For Europe—Mrs. M. Kelso, Mrs. Bedell ; Misses M. A.
Kelso, Maria Craig, and lane Fraser ; Lieutenant-Colonel
Kelso, Major W. Bedeil, and Master W. Bedell, Capt. ,
Oak; loth Native Regiment, Captain john' Weston, Lieu-
tenants Williams and Fitchett, and W. Wolley, Esq. Asl
sistant.surgeon.
- On Monday anchored in the Roads, the Frenoi
Privateer L'Emilien, prize to the Culloden: His
Majesty's ship Culloden anchored in the Roads at
the sometime with her Prize ; she is the same ves-
sel which recently-chased the Fortune, off Pulicat,
and afterwards had proceeded to the Northward,
where she ran on shore, near Masulipatatrt. In con-
sequence of this accident, she threw several of her
guns overboard. L'Emilien is ship-rigged, and ap-
pears to.have mounted 14 guns; she is,a very hand-
some vessel.
Letters from Penang mention, that the ship Wel-
lesley, Capt. CAMPBELL, has taken a large Spanish
ship,. laden with marine stores, bound to Batavia,
.and had arrived with her Prize at Soosoo.
PniNce OF WALES'S IsLANP, MAY 31.—The
Honourable Company's extra ship Northumberland,
RAINCOCK, on Thursday evening anchored in the
outer harbour, from England, last from the. Cape,
whence she sailed on the 27th March, in company
with the Honourable Company's extra ship
.Eu-
phrates, Capt. HEUEERT, for this Island, and from•
which ship she parted in a heavy gale of wind, in
the night of the sth ult, in lat. 3g. 4g. S. long. 23.
lg. E. . •

AUG. 16.—The ship Yaruna, Capt. E. C. DEN-
NISON, anchored in the harbour on Tuesday last,
from the Cape, last from Malacca, whence she. sad-
ed the 6th instant.

By the Parana, we learn, that on the Ist instant,
an Arab ship had arrived at Malacca, fourteen days
from Batavia, bringing intelligence of a very serious
iusurre&ion having taken . place amongst the Java-
nese, at Cheribon ; that the Dutch Government 'had
detached a large force from Batavia, consisting of
Javanese and French troops, to the asiistance of the
garrison, and that the former, above 1000 .men, had
gone over to. the Insurgents.
_ _ .

- An Armenian passenger in the Arab. Ship men-
tions, that the day before they left Batavia a. Danish
Ship had arrived therefrom the Mauritius, bringing
accounts of a French Fleet having sailed from
thence, with nine thousand troops on board, sup-
posed for Ceylon.
:Yesterday anchored in the harbour, from Madras,
whence they sailed, the ad inst. the Hon. Company's
Ship dlinwick Castle, Capt. E. C. PRESCOTT ; Essea
Capt. G. BQNHAM ; and David Solt , Captain J.
LOCKE, bound to China.

On Thursday evenidg, a little past snn-set,tlie
Hop. Company's Ship ,41Lion, Captain BEl,Ami N
Iticuutpsott, anchored in the harbour from Cal-
cutta, whence she sailed on the 22d ult.—By the
above conveyance came Colonel N. M'ALLIsTER,
Commander in Chief of this Island, returned to re-
sume the duties of his station.

Atmt7sr g.—Last Thursday evening a Bri_cr
mounting 14 carriage guns, and six swivels, untqi
white colours, entered the harbour from the South-
ward. The Master Attendant's Boat, as usual,
proceeded on board, and returned with three Java-
nese, who reported, that the vessel was named
the Ajar, and formerly commanded by Captain
NIONEENBERG, belonged to the Dutch' East India
Company at Samarang ; had sailed from thence
about eight months since for Ternate, to cruize off
the Islands, touching at Macasser in their way. It
was about two months ere they reached Macasser,
where they remained one month ; that the Captain,
Officers, and European part of the crew, twelve
in number, had treated them very ill, with constant
abuse, ,punishmept, and almost starvation ; that un-
able to bear this treatment, they unanimously re-
solved to destroy them,.and carry the vessel to a
British Port ; accordingly, four days after leaving
Macasser, when at anchor on a bank; about mid-
night, the Dutchmen all asleep, they murdered every
one, and threw them overboard; they then searched
the vessel for- all the Papers, which were thrown
overboard and sunk, apprehensive of their leading
to a discovery, should they fall 'in with any Dutch
vessel ; that they then made sail for this Island,
. with intent to deliver up the vessel to Government
about six weeks after they reached what they sup-
posed Lingin, when the boat with four men went
ashore for provisions, but did nut return ; that they
sailed thence about six weeks since. Shortly after
anchoring, Captain COCHRANE proceeded on board,
and took possession.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM ~MALACC,'.A, DATED
JUNE I, 1806.

, .
" The small-pox rages throughout MalaCca with
a violence hitherto unknoWn. Not a single in-
stance occurred of a recovery when the infection
had been caught in a natural mode. From the
humane.and indefatigable exertions of the Garrison
Surgeon, Dr. LIWTIE, many hundred :lives have
been saved, and he has succeeded' in convincing the
natives of the efficacy of vaccine inoculation."

Lieut. HoLim, of the. South Gloucester Militia,
underto9k last week, for a wager of 100 guineas,
to pick up 100 stone's, placed one yard distance
from each other, and bring them all to a basket at
the starting point, within the space' of forty.five
• •
minutes. •He performed-it on. the Prince's Cricket
Ground at Brighton, in forty-four Minutes and fifty.
eight .seconds: -Considerable sums were betted on
the occasion. - •

coYsP,TRACI- in' a(' isr„iNrj. r;4%.17,47c.c1.

O,,TTEIt tandM ttis•G;;TOZZ, IN .TANtiICA SAN. 7.
" On the isn't of Det6iiber 1, received a Lettet
from St. Thomas id the East, aquatinting me that
the'f4legrees On two estates, and on almost IN the
estates ill Manchimseal, had formed themselves
into soeieties;'. that they had Mustered si•ith wooded
swords and wooden guns, and had appointed
their •Otfieers; from Generals td Serjeants and -Cor-
porals, and their reasons for so doing, as they gave
eut, were to cut thatch, and make houses .fia-
one anot her ; that they had • bound themselves
by oaths to stand by one alicither. I conceived
the matter to be of that importance, that I imme-
diately communicated it to the Governor, who de,
sired that I would niimediately go up, and he desired
Miljor-Gen6ral DIMMSIOND; Regulars, to go
up with me, to examine into the matter. We ac-
cordingly went up, and found the information to be
true, and that the Negroes of five estates had entered
into those societies; that they had been exercised
With their wooden muskets and sticks; drawn into
ranks, and marched up and down ; that the drivers
and head people among them were concerned, and
were the principal Officers; and consisted chiefly of
Crepe NegrdeS.
" Upon their a taminatioii§ 1110 prevaricated ex-ceedingly ; but acknowledged that they had been for
hear three tudnths making these agreements to cRt.
thatch, and make houses for one another, and to as-
Alit poor Negroes—had several meetings and suppers,
arid had proposed to draw blood from one another,
to stand to their agreements—and had sticks to ex-
ercise with, and cockades to their hats, in which they
stuck cane arrows, to look like the feathers in sol-
diers' hats; but there was not a single one who had
gone out to cut leaf, or thatch, or had assisted ano-
ther to creel n house, or Make grounds for another.
Ten of these Negroes had been_committed to jail;
dirthed them to be tried, to see if any thing could
be got from thew ; and they will be tried at Morant
Bay this week. Although they had not broke out,
I am convinced ie my own mind that their associa-
tions had mischief ie view ; for though it is usual tbr
a Negro to hire anoti:er to help to build a house for
him, it has always been among the same estates, and
not to go four or five miles to get the Negroes there
to build houses on. another proprietor's estate; and
yesterday I received a letter from' the Governor,
which had been sent express to me, but missed me,
and seas returned to him; inclosimr a letter from the
Commander of the St. George's Regiment of Militia,
dated 30th Decemberlast, which states receiving in-
formation of a conspiracy of a dangerous nature on
a cofl4e-mountain
,belonging to Lord BALCAItHAS
he had apprehended the ring-leaders; that he had
received information that the 28th of December
was fixed on by the Negroes in that parish for ris-
ing, but the taking up of the ringleader, at Lord
BALCAR.RAS.S, had put a damp upori it, and had
sent the Governor some affidavit, relative to the
subjear, viz. the information given to the Overseer
on Lord Balcarras's Place, that of the examination of
said Negro, and of, one on a neighbouring estate.
The Overseer says, that on the night of the at6th
December; a Negro unsaid property, in a private
manner, informeShim, that the whole of the Ne-
groes on said property had bound themselves to meet
at another Negroe's house, named Warner, .on the
Sunday following; and that another Negro, named
Tom, with six. others, were to go to the Overseer,
and to tell him to leave the property softly, and that
if he did not do so, they would go to the woods, and
upon the Overseer's asking him what were their rea-
sons for going to the v:.. .e; a he did not leave the.
place, he replied, that he 1:•ad done nothing to him;
t hart he Overseers eat ried him before the Attornesefor
the said property, Isere he repeated what he had told
the Overseer, why then recollected the said Negro who,
gave him the :1 tagence, bad mentioned the name of
another Negro, named M-rk Howard, and know-
ing him to be a weakly '.eegro, sent for him, and
asking :,irn what he knew of the matter, when he
corroborated what the
.otherhad- said • and adding,
that. he had been sworn as one of the Negroes.—
This Negro, whose name is Cuffee, who gave the
Overseer this intelligence, being examined before
•some Magistrates, said, that on the 21st December
he, with several others, being seven in number,
'belonging to Balcarras Estate, met at the.house,of
another Negro named 'Warner, when they were
sworn by Tom, by drinking a mixture of rum, grave
dirt, and 'water, to do w.hat Tom proposed.—That
Tom then proposed that the seven sworn shoUld
meet •at Warner's boese on the 28th December,
from thence that they should proceed to the Over-.
seor's house, on Balcarras Estate, and desire the Over-
seer to quit the property, or that he (Tom) should
know how to deal with him,. That this Negro
(Culfee) tot wishing any injury should befall the
..Overseer, had, in the first itistance given him this
intelligence, and said, that notwithstanding what lie
had discovered to the Magistrates, he had considered
,himself bodnd by his oath to meet Tom, and the
other Negroes he. had named on the 28th of De-
cember, at the time and place appointed. •
-" The next examination was of a Negro, named
Frank, belonging to a place called Orange Vale,
who says Ilatchus, a head Negro belonging to Cedar
Valley Estate, came to Orange Vale on Christmas
Day, and told Romulus and his wife that they were
to fight Bocra, and that a Coromantee named Atte,
'belonging to Spring Giirden Estate, was to rise with
the Negroes there, and to proceed to Kildare Estate,
through Buff Bay, to form a jeeEtion at Balcarras
with the Negroes of Cedar Valley, and all the other
estates which were to join them. This Negro fur-
ther says, that a Negro named Guzman, belong-
ing. to Spring Garden estate, and a head driver
there, was to be the leader of the Spring Garden
Negroes ; that a Negro, named Romulus,
longing' to Orange Vale, was to be, the leader
of the Negroes on that property; that the Elese
head driver at Buff Bay estate was to be the
leader of the Negroes there; that John Scobie, at
White River, was to be a leader of the Negroes
there ; that Hercules, at Fairfield, was to be the
leader of the Negroes these; that he does not know
who was to be the leader at Kildare estate ;
that . there was to be a leader at Dowan's estate,
but he does not know his name, but he knows
they were all concerned; and intended to rise on the
first warning. That they were to begin at Balcarras
Plantation. That if Bocra do trot believe him, they
wilisee, that if the people he mentions are not taken
up and secured; the Negroes will still rise and be
upon them. That, they consider hip) 25 a Bocra

.1 e r,?• ..;.. ? •.;
Cs" • ! • ' !1;'"'
grO; and (.ICI riot Ernst rpm but he liStener3 tc-)
this, and that tlieir.iliteiltirins are tO'kill Boera, 4nd,
take the.Coulifi-s,to.thernsilVes: Mat he ktid.:Vi
the •Ile'V..NegroeS in that part
.of the 0. pii .*7
,try
equat4'Caficerned' that I
hemoment the Negroes
were to fire a gun;, the Ma'rbonsNyould..all rise fOr
them, and take.the country That his leve filr Mr:
t'LtliKiti the cyerseer; at Oiange in:ade hiii.
sav6, the eduntry; and .the :Boeras 111,6. Thant the
T.,:ttCh7Word betweeriifie Maroons and Negroes was.
„tiozi,;: and the Maroons were to say Ghe Boy
andifthe three head .Men Were,Eot securedi it was'
all over,' but if they were secured; MatVcdi were
then no I:vOttli.,Tbat the Maroons. Were to supply the
Negroes with afros and powder.' The letter front the
Colonel of the at. George's, Reghnent further Me-
n,
tions, that in consequence of the last examination hd
had ordered the whole regiment, under arnis,.nd on.
the ti7th DeCember he Ead ordered a comeany of the;
said regiment to 'mount gnard at Anotto Bay;
in consequence of the information he had 'received,
that ti. magazine (here had been hrOke open, and
threo• thousand ball•cartridges stokii. The Gi).
vernor yesterday informed me on the receipt of thiS
letter, he hattordered.to that parish two companies
of regulars. I cannot say whether all these people
who have beeu impeached have been apprehended,
but I conceive the most of them have but it at.--
pears to rue tha't there has been. a regular schen.e
formed, and only frustrated by the discovery mate
by the Negro at Lord 'BALCARRAS'S estate and
tho Ugh Are know of nothing further from the othr-r
parishes; Ihave very little doubt but that tl)ere are
Lin-filar schemes going on in other parishes.

DUBLIN, MARCH lg.

. Yesterday; in obedience to a summons from the
LORD MAYOR, a Post Aihenlhl); was held at the
hihition-room, in William-street, " To take into
consideration the propriety of petitioning the IFn-
perial Parliament to support our happy Constitution
in Church and State."

In the Comthons House, Mr. GmFAnn entered
.into a full investigation of the chains of tl►e Ro-
rwm Catholics; and their objeas, as appeared in
their debates lately published in all the Newspapers.;
On which he ani►uadverted at length ; and concluded
with moving, "That 'a Petition 'be_ presented to
both Houses of Parliament, praying them to refine
the Claims of the Roman_ Catholic's, and thereby
preserve the Constitution in Church'and State,
He was seconded by Mr. COPE.
• Mr. FARRELL, Mr. HUTTON, Mr. SEMPLE, and
Mr. STEPHENS, opposed Mr. GIFFARD'S Motion ;
while Mr., COPE and Mr. Miikui.EY strongly sup-
ported it.

Air. SEMPLE moved the question of adjournment ;
upon, which a ballot was demanded, when there ap-
peared—For the adjournment I3—Against adjcutn-
meat, and for going into the business of the
day, 39.

The question of adjournment being thus lost,
the House were proceeding in the debate on Mr.
GIFFARD'S Motion, when a Message was brought
from the Board of Aldermen, desiring the con-
currence of the Sheriffs and Commons in forming
a committee to meet a Cominitee of the Al-
dermen, Viz. Alderman AI4X AN DEB, Alderman
EXSHAW, Alderman Kt RKPATe icK., and Alder-
man KING, with the aid of the Recorder, to draw
up and prepare a Petition to Parliament, praying
them to resist the claims of the Roman Catho-
lics, and to preserve the Constitution in Church
and State ; . which Petition so prepared, should be
presented in case the Roman Catholics persisted
in their demands. This Message, containing in
substance the Re3olution then under, debate in
their House, was initnediately acceded to, and Mr.
GI,FFA RD, Mr. M`AUL ET', Mr. .COPE,,apd Major
Sttut, were named a Committee to meet the Al-
dermen and Recorder on this business. In a short
time they produced a Petition, little vgrying from
that of 1805, which passed with two dissenting
voices.

On Monday morning last, a 'meeting took' place
near Cavan, between rt— C--L--,•Esq. a respect-
able professional Qentleman of this City, and a
Mr. D--7-N, of Cavan in consequence of some
difference the preee:litg night ; when, aller
changing a shot each, the seconds interposed to
hdjust the business,: but to no purpose ; they again
both took their ground, and at the next fire Mr.
D. shot (Ara part of Mr. C.'s nose, part of his left
cheek, and his eye-lash. Dr. DIVINE, of Cavan,
was immediately sent for, and instantly attended—
he had Mr. C. conveyed to town after dressing
his wounds. When our account came away, be
was pronouneed out of danger.•

Mother Goose has done so much for Covent-Gar-
den Theatre, that the Managers, it is said, mean -to
enliven the Easter Holidays with some Pantomimi-
cal Goslings of the same wonder-working breed.

. SMITHFIELD MARKET, -ARCH 27.
This day's market ,afforded a large supply of priMe
Beasts, and the shoW of Cattle in general was very
good ; Beef, Veal, and Pork are something dearer
than our last report ; Mutton sold at last price, and
the trade was pretty brisk.—The sales In the Hay-
market were somewhat lively; Hay, Straw, and
Clover obtained better prices than Friday's market.
The following prices and numbers is an accurate
statement

To sink the MEd per stone of Sib.
Beef Ss. od. to Ss. 6d. --Alotton 4s. 6d. td Ss.
7s. 6d. to S. od. to os. od.--Pork 6s. od. to
7s. od.

Beasts. 3 I7J. —Sheep and Lambs, two.—Calves,
43c•

SMITHFIELD HAY •MARKET.
Hay 21. l''S. to I. iss.--Clover 31. 3s, to 61. os.—Straw
31. os. to 31. 7s.

CORN EXCHANGE, MARCH 2g.—The arrivals. of
Wheat' to-day are but inconsiderable, and that of
good quality goes off briskly, and fully maintains our
last prices, but inferior is not :so ready. sale ; the
supply of Barley is eery short, and has adVanc(l;4.
2s. and 3s. per quarter; Malt is dearer; White and
Grey Pease are dull sale, and -cheaper; Beans a
each kind go off rather heavily; there are not many
Oats arrived, and gobd samples are rather higher
Rape Seed
likewise.; Flour nearly-at last prices.
Wheat 48a a 64%-a Boa ott Beans -43 s a 494, 01
Fine ditto -84 i a 87s od Tick beans ' 3s, 4 41s 0.1
Rye .. .. 42s a. 47, 0,1 ( JAIS aas a 275 a ZU:.• c'l
Harley . . • 37 2 4.3 i 6:t Po,..And ditto 3is a 3;. rd
Malt - . - 72$ a 783 od Rape Secd• 2Si. 321 Cis. od
White Pene 74s a 82. s ott Fire Flour 653 a 70. i t.,cl
Grey.' ditto Os a 483 od Seconds ii.v. a 65; c 4

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h OME C!RCUJT

KINGSTOIt. SATURDAY, MAr, CH 21.

Greenaway, alias Ifint White, alias Teep-
inc; was tried for the murder of Elizabeth
-Wint.cinor,d, or Ann Webb, in Higgler's-lane, on
the f.?,i2d of August last.
first Witness Called was Tolman, .a watch-
man, who found the body of the deceiScd, with her
head-reclining against the step of: the door. of a Mr.
Gibbs's house, in -Higgler's-lane, between' two and
three o'clock on the, morning oithe 22d of August.
A ',%ap-.,gon _hehig loaded on Mr.. Gibbs's pre-
mises, at twenty minutes befiire' two o'clock, and
Witness then saw man standing at the head of it,
and on lit as sing his busin,,ss he went away.' Wit-
ness descried the deceaSed as lying with-her gay-
tpents stripped up to herhere arm-pits; and-
,he found
articles of her apparel lying in a cart which was tilted

up. 'A handkerchief, which tubs supposed to hate
been tied round the neck of the decea,ed, sufficient

to have -produCed suffocation," had been cut,' and the
knot left untied.

Mr. Gibb-, who heard,his dogs bark at about. a

quarter Lfbre three o'clock,- Was then alarmed, and
arose ; • and on the watchman crying three o'clock;
he gave Witnessthe alarm of the murder.
Mr,'Pri4;e, the Surgeon who examined the body,
was of opinion, that the deceased had been strangled
by ti-c handkerchief. He saw a piece' of fleshy
substance, of the size of a small nut, which had
been taken -off the body of the deceased by an in•
struinent, to all appearance; and there must have
been a good deal of violence used towards her, from
the appearance of her neck, and other lacerations:—
On comparing the flashy substance withthatpart of
the body from which it had been taken; it 'corre-
sponded with it.
Mary Horner,- who resided in Higgler's,lane,. stat-

ed, that she went to the house of a neighbour be-
tween one and two o'clock on the morning the Mar
--
der was committed, and on her return, in about a
quarter of an hour, she saw it woman sitting•at Mr.
..Tucker's.door, in ,Higgier's-laue, with her head re-
clining.on her bosom, her left hand in her lap, and
her right ha ging- by her side. 7 On witnessgoing•to
her OWLI house, which was only a few yards distance
from where she had aen the woman,/ she saw the'
Prisoner behind sopue railing which separates the
foot-way from the horse-road, and, being rather
: alarmed, witness asked him if he was a watchman ? ,
he replied, no ; and with an oath, and apparently
mita agitated, he exclaimed he wanted a watchman.
On Witness 4oing into her house, the refleffion of a
candle in her -passlige gave her a full view of the face
of the Prisoner, and she could not mistake his-person.,
i-,Te wore a shabby hat, a good deal turned up.' She
had seen the Prisoner in Cold-Bath-fields Prison, and
knew his voice before she saw him, and afterwards
.;recognized. his
,feature's. On' being cross-examined
by Mr. Not:Ey, witness said, she had heard of he
reward of t 001. for the-Conviction of tLe Offender, gut
had never paid any attention to it.
Mr. Clark„ Who was spendiog the evening of,
Thursday, Angmt 21, at the house of friend in
Vvralcot-place, Borough, saw a man Standing at the
corner Of Gr:.at Suffolk-street as he (the .rittiess)
was going home. This was • about half past one
o'clock. The man, which Witness believed was the
Prisoner, but he would not swear to it,' appeared
greatly distressed, insomuch that his knees knocked
together, ond his gestures were terrific. He had a
bundle under his arm. • Witness had picked out the

Prisoner as the man !e saw fioni a number of others
in Cold-bath-fields prisen.
Ann Prier, who resides in Nlansfield-street, St.
George's Fields, proved that the deceaged, who
lodged at her house, _was visited on SOnday by the
Prisoner ; • and other Witnesses proved that he had
known her.

Hopwood, a potrole belonging to BOwstreet, ap-
prehended the Prioner-on the 28th of September,
.and Re found on him a razor ; the Prisoner gave his
name Green, and said he never' had known the de-
ceased ;' other Witnesses proved that the deceased
knew the Prisoner by the name of White.
Mr. Stafford, Chief Clerk of Bow-street, pro-
duced depositions of the Prisoner, as taken before the
Magitrate (Mr. GRAHAM). These depositions were
read and the Prisoner had denied, ever having gone
by the name of White. He also said be lodged at
tile While Horse,
,and slept there the night of the
murder, with p man of the name of Hawkins. .1-h
said he barely knew Ann Webb.
Brakewell; in whose hOuse, at Brixton
Cau-es.v.ay, the Prisoner had . formerly lodged, and
where be stated; is his depositions, that he had slept
On the ni-ht of-the murder, with Hawkins, proved
that she had shut her door against -him on the Wed-
tiesd7iy preceding the murder, in consequence of
some words 'which. had passed between them, and
that he did not sleep there on the Thursday night
preceding the Friday morning when the murder was
&innittcd. It was also proved by Hawkins, and
the servant of Mrs. .Brakewell, that the statement
in the depositions of the Pri:.soner were false, they
n,ot having seen hni on the ThurSday
The Prisoner had also informed the Magistrate,
‘that he got to-bed on the night of the murder, by
the assistance of Hawkins, unknown to the land-
lauj ; but this Was also 'deniel. The Prisoner said
he slept several nights with Wright, a soldier; which
Wright denied.
Several *omen of the town were called to prove
that the Prisoner, knew the deceased intimatieli..

The Pi isoner protested his innocence, and some
witnesses gave him a humane chargter.
The Jury deliberated for a, short titne, and de-
livered a verdict of--Not Gail Ott.

',rue Prisoner then addrmsed t he Court, and stated,
that not.,4;iths-tandmg- his acqUittzd, from the steps
takp au4ist he lit himself a very injured

man.

joint B.:3,d'wils tried for 'setting fire to a house hi
he •,-esideds, :he parish Mary,i-ccderitre.
appear,,d= that the Prisoner had insured his house
for '6OOl. in S,,pternber last, anctin October it was,
dis( ()roma to be on fire, about ten o'clock- at night.
The Prisoner at t he tittle was seen standing at the donr,
and had not given any alarm. Several people who saw
the tire ,-".111:1-,11 their as,istance,,,and went in, while
the Prit“lner declined interfering ; they found One of
be looms on ;e,-and saw a box in fhe corner-srnok-

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Inc which ttev broke open, and found to ccOntain
fire. The whole was soon extinguished. On the
4th Oct. the Prisoner came to the Albion Fire Office
to demand 2771. for the damage. sustained. Thjs
refwied, and it' being a3certained thatt he damage did
not amount t0..501. the Prisoner was taken up. On
the part of the Pris,.mer, hi Courv;-el took OR objecL
tion,.on the ground that the policy of instuance had,
not been made out till aft 'r the-del-nand. On the
part of the Insurance Office it appeared that a receipt
was giveh instead of the policy, and that vas con-
tent ed to be eqUally binding: The Judge held that
the policy was necessary, rnil stepped the trial. The
Prisoner was therefore Acquitted.

'Llusfit Sparks was uhliaed for embezzling money
belonging to a Mr. Lingard,
:residing near St. Sa-
•vionr s Church, in the Bordugh with whom be
lived as . confidential clerk: Mr. Lingard said he
wrti a mustard merchant ; that the Prisoner managed
his business, and had the handling of a great deal.of
money ; but finding ti deficiency of cash; and mak-
ing inquiries,: the, Prisoner abSconded. The money
transaatioris which the Prisoner had; hoWever, to
deal in, being very extensive, the charge. could not
be direaly brought home, and several persons giving
.him .a good chara4ier, he Was ilcqiiitted.
Henry Dixon, a coachman, was charged with hav
ing, on Sunday night, the Ist of February, . beeil
concealed with others in robbing the shop of JameS
Ha mmet, in High-street, Lambeth,- of linen-drapery,
to the amount of .4001-. It appeared the Pri:,oncr's
coach was , seen standing on that night,.,for.two or
three hours, near the corner of Norfolk-row, near
Mr. Hammet's house. The Prisoner was also.seen
going into the Bull public" house, where Ile staid,
drinking till three men came to him, one of them
having a large bundle, and the 'Prisoner went away
with:them. There was no dispute about the num,
ber of the coach (677), .or the. identity of the pii-
soner ; but: there being a contraditc.tion iii the evi-
dence as to the 'colour of the coach, the Prisoner
was 4cquitted.
J0h1i.,131111 and Jonathan Boziman were tried for
stealing soblbs. weight of lead "from Morden Church,
and. Acquitted.

.CIVIL SIDE,

DREW V. SMITH, ESQ.

This was an Adion of damages brought by the
Plaintiff, a tradesman, residing at Richmond, against
the Defendant, for an assault and false imprison-
ment, to which the Defendant- had pleaded, 'first,
that the Plaintiff had committed the first assault;
and secondly, a justification ; inasmuch as- that
Plaintiff being a Serjeant in a Volunteer Corps, had.
refused to obey the Defendant's orders, as Colonel of
such Corps, and had Concluded himself: in an un-
';nid impudent manner to Defendant, his
Commanding Qilicer.
''.fr. Serjeant BEST; in a most eloquent address
t. - he Court,•stated*the case, which he represented
the last importance, not only to the whole-of the
\'olu neers of the United Kingdom, but to the
Pt blic in general. Sothe time since the Corps had
received Orders to attend a general muster before
Lord Onslow, the Commanding Officer of the
distridt, and the Defendant having expressed a desire
to see a full muster, the Pla ntiff, although only two
days recovered from a fit of ,sickness, attended.
During the course of the evolutions, the Plaintiff
received the thanks of , the Colonel for his pronipt
performance and_ attention to his duty ; it hap,
pened, however; towards the close of the day,.
.that; froin over exertion, the Plaintiff felt him..
self considerably exhausted, and that, in wheeling
his company into line, he became so taint and over_
-come.by fatigue as to b,e unable-to keep up with the
company he commanded, upon whiehq he Colonelde-
sired him to " step out." The Plaintiff declared he
could not, and that-he was ill ; upon which the De-
fendant said, " then you had better go botne."—.
-Plaintiff replied, ." If 'that is your pleasure,' I will."
This gave the Colonel (who, it was stated, was of an
irritable disposition) 'great displeasure, mid going
up -to Serjeant Drew, be informed him he did not
choose to be replied to in such impertinent lan-
' gnage,•and that he would put him under arrest.
Thar Colonel then desired the Plaintiff to deliver his
halbert and sword 'the Plaintiff said, " there is
My halbert, take it, that belongs to the Kirin.; but
as the sword ig my property, you shall not have it,
unless you take it by force :" upon which the Colo-
"net seized the-Plaintiff, and, in attempting-to wrest
his sword, a scuffle ensued, in the course of which
- the Colonel retreated a short distance foam the
-Plaintiff, and exclaiming that he would cut him
down if he further resisted, drew his sabre, and
struck him two violent •blows, with the fiat side.
One of these, according to the Counsel's statement,
was aimed dire&ly at the Plaintiff's bead, which,
but for the fortunate interposition of the Plaintiff's
arm; might have deprived the Plaintiff of his life, and
subjeaed-t he Defendant to a charge of murder. -After
'this, the Defendant got behind the Haintiff, and cut-.
ting the swc.b.d-belt in two, secured it. The Plaintili-
was' then marched by a file of men to the parade of
the corps, and told by Defendant, if he, did tiotapo-
logise for his ill conduit, he would confine him in
the black-hole for that night. The Plaintiff, sinking
with fatigue and illness, and under the influence of
the threat, consented to make an apology. His
sword was placed on the ground, and the Colonel
'told him, he might. take -it up and depart.. The
'Plaintiff, as, he took it up, exclaimed, " I thank
you ,for what is my own-" Upon which the Co-
lonel said, if he did not hold his tongue, he Would
stuff a-pocket handkerchief down' his throat ; and.
as the Plaintiff left the Parade, the Colonel said he
was a vagabond, and a disgrace to the cloth he wore.
The plaintiff reached his home,andavas confined for
several weeks.'

:Several privates in the coTs preved the case.
Mr. GARROW, in. a very able speecli,'enforced the
propriety ofa rigid discipline in the 'Volunteer Corps,
and ,coutended, that what. the Colonel'had done. he
Was -of necessity compelled to do, The Plaintiff
and Defendant • were at, issue when the former le-
t-used to give up his sword, .and that it was abso-
lutely necessary,. as an example to the whole corps,
that the Plaintiff. should be Made sensible of his im-
proper conduit. He also insisted, that whether
Volunteers or Regulars, it was necessary the:Coin!.
manding Otiicer should compel .obedience, without
which the:Volunteer Corps would railer be a bur-
den than a ser,:im toiheit Uonr.try_

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Several. Witnesses,: iprindp. Pfficcrs the
.Corp,, :were then called, for the purpose of .proving
the first assault to have been conarnitted4hythc Plain-
tiff ;. but it appeared from the whole of their state•:-
incur, that the PlaintitElvol only resisted the Colonel,
by pushing, his hand
.down:when he attempted to
take the Plainti►f's sword.. . .

The reply of Mr. Serjeant BEST, in as animated a
speech, as we have ever heard, reprobated the
Conan& of the Defendant, in: the strongest. terms ;
which tended, he said, not only to subvert the Vo-
lunteer System, but degraded the..charader. of a
British Officer. If the spirit of an English subjed,
,who volunteered his „services for., his 'Kiwi and
Country, and to proteEt those laws to whil. the
Plaintiff had that day appealed, was to be broken
by. suelr,aas of tyranny and oppression, he was, per 7
suaded but few' would be found to come ibrward in
their defence; he hoped the Jury would -confirm
that statement by their verdia.

Mr. Justice 13EATII, atter recapitulating -the
.evidetrCe, remarked, that there seemed to- be two
parties. in. the Regiment, one of the Officers, and the
other of the Privates, which accounted, perhaps, for
the slight variation in the evidence: It lead been_
proved by all the witnesses, that the Defendant had
struck the "Plaintiff twice with his sword, and that
he had been obliged to step back in order to draw
his sword-. The At of Parliament had specifically
stated the punishment Commanding Officers of NIO7,
lunteer Corps were authorised to intlia, namely, to
put the offending party into confinement during -the
time the regiment was under arms : the spirit of
men was not to be broken by such degrading
conduct as had been shewo to the Plaintiff; and
that, no Commanding, Officer, even in. a regi-.
ment of -Regulars, was to be justified in the ad
of striking a private under arms: The laws of the
army required -the offender should be brought to
a Court Martial. The Defendant had threatened
to send the Plaintiff to the blaCkhole for the night,
unless he made an apology for his condud;
he had no right to do,- as lie Could only 'confine
him during the time the Corps was under, arms. The
Plaintiff being ill, was induced to cotoply, and was
then suffered to take his sword. Hits Lordship ad-
ded, that there were some ,of the first men of rank
and fortune serving as privates in Volunteer Corps,
and if they were to receive such treatment and dis-
graceful epithets as had been applied to the
by the Defendant, particul'arly such as; " you area
disgi ace to the cloth ' yon wear," it would be the
Means of depressing, instead of exciting-, .the zeal of
individuals, and would ultimately destroy the \Toe
lthlteer System altogether. His Lord Ship concluded
by saying, 'the Jury would take the whole case into
their, consideration, recolleEting that volunteers were
not to be treated as privateS 'in the regular army,.
and give such reasonable damages as would be the
means of correcting such conduct in Commanding
Officers in future. .