The Sun.
London, England, 1825-06-27 00:00:00

ADMIRALTY SESSIONS.

This, day the General Sessions of 'Gaol-Delivery and Oyer
and Terminer, for offences committed, on the high seas within
the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England, was commenced
in the ,Old Bailey before the Right Hon. Lord STOW ELL.
.The Lord Chief Justice Altimvr, Mr. Justice GASEt.EE, and
the usual civilians, Sir Christopher Robinson, the Solicitor-
General, Dr. Lushington, Mr. Brougham, Mr. Horace Twiss,
&c. were in Court.

I Lord STOW ELL, in his charge to the Grand Jury, observed
that he had not any occasion to address them on the nature of
e eir duty,-and perhaps he had still less to say on the cases that.
were to come under their consideration, as there were only two
to be laid before them, and those of no very black character ;
they merely related to a charge of cruelty; and to some, trans-
-action arising from an &int 'to procure salvage. There was a
case Leso.wli ch it would be necessary for them closely to exa-
mine as regarding the distinction in cases of marder and man-
slaughter, the case *as that of a young person who it was
alleged had died from excessive chastisement. The Grand
•Jary. then retired.
Afrxander Christie and Philmer Phipps, two gentle Manly
looking. men, • were indicted for assaulting, and obstructing in.
the execution of their duty; Lieutenant Marshall and another
of the Royal Navy.
Mr. MAUL:: opened the pleadings, and
Sir CtrutsTorraEn ROBINSON statedaha case to the Jury. ,
The defendant Christie was the commander of the Thomas
Coutts East Indiaman, and in the month of May, 1822, was
lying in Madras-Roads, having only a short time previous ar-
rived inwards. His Majesty's ship Glasgow was also lying in
the same Roads, and bad a quantity of specie on board ; some
communication took place froM the Thomas Coutts, relative to
some of her crew wishim, to Volunteer into his Majesty's ser-
vice, and on Lieut. Marshlll going on • board to claim the men,
some words arose, when the defendant committed the alleged
obstruction, and prevented the men going on board the Glas-
gow, which being short of her compliment of men,, had a right
to obtain la this way, to complete the number of her crew.
Captain .George Edward Marshall, R. N., examined by "the
SOLICITOR-GENERAL, proved, that on the.Bth of MayalB22,
he was a Lieutenant in the Glasgow, and the Thomas Comas
arrived from England. He, as was usual, sent a boat on board,
under the command of Lieutenant Ward. On the return of the
boat, he received a note from the Coxswain. . •

Mr. Brtotrane3f-took an objection to the produetian of this
note by the witness, and one of the men who signed his name
Was called, and proved the fact.
Captain Marshall's examination resumed.—He went on
board, and, addressing the Officer on deck, informed him he
had received a, note from some of the crew belonging to the
Thontas Coutts, 'stating that they wished to enter on board the
Glasgow. The officer went to the cabin and returned with the
Captain, to whom he gave the same information, and reque•ted
him to have the men mustered, to see how many he could re•
ceive with propriety. The Captain gave orders, and the men
to the number of 130 mustered, -and witness selected three or
four and twenty for examination, and the Captain x!turned to
the cabin; the men that were selected expressed a wi.h
lounteer ; the mate was at this time standing on deck, and heard
the offer made, but witness told him the Captain of the Glas-
gow would only keep about ten. About sixteen of the men
got down the side of the Thomas Coutts into the boat of the
Glasgbw, when Captain Christie and some other man pushed
from the eabin4 and detained witness by the skirts of-his coat
on the gangway, and some person desired him to be thrown
overboard, .and the officer ordered the men- v,,ho had gotinto the
boat to return to the ship. • Nothing material was elicited in his
cross-examination by Mt. Brougham. -
This in r)ortant case was going on when we went to Press,.
and is likelyl u# occupy the Court until a late hour to night.

' A nu YLr. ilooms..-The 'Morning Concert which
took place on Saturday last was for the benefit of
Messrs. VoGT and LADARRE under the patron-
age of the Duke of CAMllkil AGE, who honoured
the :room with his presence. The Concert' was
.led by Mr. KEISENVETTER, and SirGEORGV. SMART
sat At,.:the Pianoforte. Madame SALA, BEGREZ,
TOHRT, PHILLIPS, and Madame CARADORI, sup-
ported the vocal department. ,Their respective
merits are too well known to the public to re
quire any particular commendation. These was
also Madame CORNEGA, who, we believe, made
her first appearance before the British Pub-
lic on this • occasion. She is a pleasing
and 'scientific singer, and will appear to
more advantage when she is better known.—
;rile music was well selected in general, and ad-
,Mirably performed. KtEsuwErritit led in his
.masterly style and displayed great execution.
Mr. VOGT and Mr. LABARRE in ti fantasia for
idle hautboy and harp both played with extraor-
.dinary skill. • The former introduced the simple
air of " Donald," with variations by both,
which were most deservedlv.applauded. They
are .both most excellent Performers on their re-
spective instritryients. 'We have seldom seen a
morning concert so well attended, or received
with more applause.
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The Duke of YORK an the Duke of CAM-
BRIDGE visited the KING yesterday.
The LORD CuAric.m.Lon, the Marquis of Ata-
ors.sca, and Viscount 141m.vtit.E, had -audiences
of his_MA3EbTY yesterday.
On Saturday afternoon the KING left town for
Kew and returned to town about eleven o'clock.
Lard nora.e. declared in the Committee of the
House of Lords on Saturday., that so far from
the measure of a Ship Canal to join the English
with the British Channels having originated with
speculators in London, it had, in point of fact,
originated with himself and Mr. Harming, and
that it was approved and supported by nearly all
the landed proprietor!' on 'the line of the Canal.
His Lordship also said that he knew the sub-
scription list to be truly respectable, and should
be most'ready to add his own name to it as soon
as the Bill passedthe Lords. _ _

Theltev. Sir HENRY RAVERS, Bart. and his
Lady, have received a handsome addition to their fortune by
legacies from the late Lady HOLLAND, amounting together to
60,000 L—( Hampshire Telegraph. 1 ' . .
The following Works are just published by
Mr. CoLnunx, 8, New Burlington-street (remov-
ed from Conduit-street) ; viz.-1. The Diary of
Samuel Pepys, Esq. Secretary of the Admiralty
in the time of Charles 11. and James 11.;.and
the intimate friend of Evelyn : with a Selection
from his Private Correspondence ;* edited by
Lord Braybrook, in 2 vols. 4t0.-2. The Miscel--
laneous Writings of John Evelyn, Esq. now first
Collected and Edited, with Notes, in 1 vol. 4to.
uniformly with the Memoirs.-3. A new and re-
vised Edition of Tremaine; or, the Man of Re-
finement, 3 vols.-4.—Abseutee'ism. By Lady
Morgan. 1 vol. post Svc..