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COURT, OF KING'S I'AtINCH, Nov:

THE KING V. EB ATCH.

"F s-was indiettnent. 'against the defend !tit,
eh ing himwitli 'acing assaulted the prosecutor
entleman o%lllled Maw) publicly npon
'C . ge, with the intent of provoking ion, to send
.a.chalenge.- Mr. Briant, it appeared, had some
bitSues._ to settle .v,-,th the defendant/„ relative tii
accounts, 'in ninkh a person named Morris
*as cc`mceined ; and a meetiag. on the subject had
tA(.n Place, when a„.dis,pute arose between the
defrnahnt and" the prosecutor, and .the defendant
it the prosecutor did not make an apology
to him, he would insult him openly on 'Change.'
This was early in the morning, and in the after-
noon the parties
_met capon 'Change, whenthe-
lendasit went up to the prosecutor and demanded
a p,ibiic apology. The prolectator decliriing to
make one, the gfendant addressed some sent-7 .1
Hulls appellations to him, at. the same time
throwing down his card. .
_him' by way of lie-
fiance. .

On the cross-examino.ti4n of Mr. giant, by
AIi,..PARKE. 1:e was asked particularly, whether
tlu -princii a point in dispute between him and
Ri . as not a charge of 500 guineas for
,a

Mr Briant said, that neither Mr. Morris nor,
the
.tiefendant had stated that as the on!y disputed
inatter—many objections .were made.
Q. I ask, you, did not Mr. Morris object par-
ticularly to that charge of .suo getineas I
proutteed• his own letter, telling me to debit him
500 guineas for the licence : 1 have given 10001..
for a license myself. -
Q. Who derives the benefit ?---A. The mer-
e chant has the benefit. •

Q. Who has the benefit of the money given for
the .;icense ?—A. 'Tie Person selling it.
Questioned by Lord ELLE7stoaouGH;

Do you mean to say that licenses arc s Jeable I
articles ?—A. Yes, my'Lord ; they are.
Lord ELLF.NBOROUGH---AIIII to understaad that
persons procure licenses, and then sell them from
baud to hand ?
Mr. BRIANT—My Lord, may I explain this bu-
siness ?
Lord ELLENESOROUGII--Certaillly I. wish it to
be.explained.

I /3,R • , xaIANT-It is the custom of the Board of
Trade to giant licenses ; and .sometiines, when a
certain-number is given, the farther issue is sus-
ptaded. In such a case, a .merchant who is for-
tunate enough to bold a license, when the suspen-
sion-takes place, has an opportunity of disposing
of it. t held the license in question for a ship of
my own, but as it did not arrive in titne, 1 gave
the license to Mr. Morris, had a ship ready,
and he told me to debitfinn bUtiguineas for it.

Question by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL.
Does any person in a ptiblic situation partici-
pate in the profit arising from this traffic ?--A.
Certainly not. They have nothing to do with
the purchase or sale.
Lord ELLENBORgi/Gll.—When the statement
Seemed to cast that imputation, I wished the exa-
mination tog), on • but now it appears that the intx-
thant alone.gaius the adti•antage, by disposing of
the license.

. Mr: PA.ktk.E addressed the Jury in behalf of the
cieiendant. In the course of his speech he de-
s gnated the traffic in licenses as most itriproper.
i.eit convinced that the extraordinary circtn-
st::rice that day developed, would create a much
clo-,.er investigation into insurance causes than
was formerly usual.

The Jury found the defendant Guilty ; and he
will be brought up to receive judgment in the en-
su mg Term.

CUUAT-MARTIAL.

At a Court-Martial held onsboard his Majesty's
ghi~2:.ealous, in Hawke Roads, on the- 20th Octo-
ber, 1812 ;

_
PRESENT,
Thomas Boys, Esq. Captain of his Majesty's ship Zealous,
and Second in Command of his Majesty's ships and vessels
in Hawke Roads, President.
Captains S. Dnmaresque,-J: W. H. Millis. W. Bowles, and
Philip
_ George Thorne, Deputy Judge Advocate.

The Court being, sworn, they proceeded on
charges against Lieut,,nant John Reynolds, late
Commander - of his :Majesty's cater -Nimble, the
officers and crew, for the loss of .the said vessel,
by her being wrecked, at half-past two o'clock;
on the morning of the 6th instant, ou a sunk
rock, six or seven miles S. by W." from Salo
Beacon.

A ter considering the evidence,-the Court were
of opinion, that the loss of the, aid cutter was
'occasioned by sufficient allowance pot being made
for the very strong currents prvailing on that
Hart of the. Swedish coast, by wbiczli it appears she
had been driven 'considerably to the northward
and eastward of ber reckoning ; and it appearing
that some degree. of blame is imputable to Lieut.
J. Reynolds, the Commander, awl to Mr. J.
Pyie,. the Pilot, for not coining on Zicek at half-
past one o'clock,.. and taking rneusnres to ascer-
tain the position of the cutter, after she had been
tacked, on the land lurving been unexpectedly dis-
covered, the Court do adjudge the said Lieutenant
Sohn Reynold§,. and Mr, Pyle; the. Pilot, to be
reprimanded, and the latter to -be mulct three
months pay ; and are of opinion. that no blame
attaches to the rest of.the Oificers and-ship's coin-
.and do. tierefore adjudge theirs to be re-
s ectively acquitted. Signed, &c.

On Friday night, between the hours of seven
and eight; another of those daring robberies which
daily and nightly are such a disgrace to the po,
. lice, of this metropolis, took place in Oxford-
sgreet, near flathbone-phiee, by a gan;,?; of vil-
!aim§ to the number of eight or nine, who 'sur-
rounded a Gentleman, and in an instant wrenched
by force the chain and seals from his watch,
which 'escaped by the ring of the chtthi, giving
way. Although. a number _of people were, passing
at the time, they were afraid to interfere, and the
villains walked deliberately off with their bOoty.
No patrole or watchman could be found.

TUESDAY; NOV. 3.

Thomas Cale: was put to the bar, charged with
having uttered a two-pound note of the Bank of
England, knowhig the same to be forged and
counterfeit.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, for the prosecution,
stated the case;- from whence it appeared, that
the prisoner lived in Bethnal Green, in a detach-
ed house ; that, a man of the name of Taggart
having been apprehended on a charge of having in
his possession forged tank notes, he made cer-
tain discoveries that led to the seizure of the pri-
soner,-and the final commitment of him for.frial.
Taggart was called as 'a W1:11CSS;
.and deposed—
that he had known the prisoner for some months,
and had had many dealings with him ; that on the
11th of September last he had agreed to
.purchase
from him a quantity of forged .notes ; but that
having previously made •known his intention to
'certain 'officers of the -Rank, be was furnished
with• marked monerand Bank notes, for jhe pur-
pose of detection. Being furnished with these. in
his pocket, he met the prisoner at a public-house,
where be was to prirchase the forged notes in
question.. It was the prisoner's habit to get the
good notes.f:rst from the ptirchaser, 'and then to
deliver the forged notes, and not until then. On
,this occasion it was observed, that the prisoner,
tie moment he gflt the money from Taggat,
went to an adjoining room,:whiere he handed it
over to a young woman, who instantly went away,
airs titer the risoner delivered the forged notes in
question to Tag ..n.; upon this the latter gave the
signal agreed upon, and an officer of the name of
Hewit entered the math, who iminediately took
Sim into cu'itory. He made some resistance, but
zhe others ruslied in, arid he was secured. There
was nothing had or even suspicious found in his
nossession ; but the moment that he was seized
he exclaimed; ‘` take away thatinonster (meaning,
Taggart the informer) oui. of my sight, he wants
to swear my life away, or else I'll murder him."
The prisoner, hoWever, was overpowered, and se-
cured. In the mean-time other officers followed,
unobserved, the woman, to whom the prisoner hail
been observedhanding the parcel, anu she was
traced to the house of a man of the name of Crane,
in the same neighbourhood, with prove d to be her
father : she'had no sooner arrived there, than she
was seized, and being searched, there ws;loand
in
,her possession the very identical marked mo-
ney and notes which Taggart had from the Baak-
officers to purchase the forged notes,. amid which
he had given to the prisoner in the public-house,
and were by him handed Oyu to the above-men-
tioned,yoLmg woman, .as above stated.
The several officers stated the facts of his ap-
prehension, and the officers of the Bank found toe
papers which Taggart obtained from the prlsoner
to be all forged; they mounter) hi apparent value
to fifty pounds

Sara- h Crane, the young woman alluded to, was
produced in furtherance of the prOseetnion, but
she was a most unwilling witness ; she had been
kept in custody that. the prowcutors might avail
themselves of her testimony ; but notwithstanding
that she had undergone a most severe-examina-
tion by Sir W. GA Bow for nearly one hour, she
said nothing which affected the prisoner.
On his behalf, some persons spoke to his cha-
racter ; button their cross-extuniaation, they he-
sitated in their replies.
The Jury 'found him Gui'ty—Death.

fl iltiam Smith, aged 12, stood at the Bar, ca-
pitally indicted for feloniously assaulting' Robert
Batchelor, and taking a watch ' forcibly fruzn hi§
person.
, .

On the evening of the 23d of September, the
prosecutor Was entering Lincoln's Inn-fields, When
the prisoner rushed' against him, and plucked his
watch from his pocket. He complained of this to
two or three persons who were near; who lifted
their fists and struck him in the face ; he raised
his' yoke, and several people began to collect
around ; he followed the road the prisoner had
taken, when he found him in custody of several
persons, opposite the Catholic Chapel he then
recognised the 'prisoner, from the appearance of
his forehead; and from a rent in his coat, which
the prosecutor had made in endeavouring to se-
cure lihn. No watch was found on his person:--
A gentleman, gentleman, of the name of Green, laid hold of
the prisoner while he was running, a man came
up and struck the.witness, arid caused him to quit
his hold; at that moment be heard the sound of
silver on'the pavement, such a sound as a watch
might occasion when it dropped from a person's
hand; he followed the prisoner doWn Duke-street.
Another gentleman, of the name of 'Wearer,
seized the prisoner in Dukc.-Street, when he was
by the fists of -three or four persons, who
Caused him to quit hiS hold. Seeing some more
people'eoming up, he darted again on the prisoner,
and on laying hold Of him he was again' attacked,
but he called out for assistance, and an Officer
assisted him in securing the prisoner, and they
conveyed him to the Police Office.

The Jury, without any hesitation, founcl the
priscintr Guilty.

IIIipDLESEN SESSIONS.

TUESDAY, NOV. 3.

Thomas Jones was convicted for sending a
threatening leo to a Gentlemen in Foley-street,
Mary-le-bone, on the 23d of September, for the
purpose of extorting from him a sum of money.
It appeared that, the prisoner had sent a boy
with the letter in question to the proecutor's
house, while he himself remained in the street.—
From the description which the boy gave of his
person, he. Was taken into custody; and when
confronted with .the Gentleman to wham the letter
Wfls addressed, he said, it was not meant for him,
but for another person, who had lived in the house
some time before. This also was the defence set
up at his trial.

The CHAIRMAN lectured the prisoner in a most
impressive manner upon the atrocious nature .of
his offence, and the necessity of inflicting the se-
verest, punishment of the law ; and sentenced him
to transportation for seven years.

GUILDItALL.—;-,YestetclayJ.,Spencer underwent
second examination, on a charge of-attempting
to steal dead bodies. out of St: 'Andrew's Church-
yard.

The defendant was found on Saturday night in
a garden adjoining- the hrtryingground, With a
sack, a basket, and several implements for open-
ing coffins. Two of- the dead bodies had been
taken out of the graves in the course of the week,
and the prisoner was secured by a watchman Who
had beenplaced to watch the ground. OH nmday
lie was examined and remanded.-
_

The defendant, on the, present occasion, banded
a letter to the Alderman, containing a good cha-
racter, which was written by a very eminent

OSS, OF TtlE

CAM'. DACELES' ADDRESS
AND .u.ayalalts Or THE CsyTITT

INTAKTIAL.
" MR: ißrSttSN't AND GriNFLZ.MEN OF TitiCOUliT,
By my letter to Admiral Sawyer, and the
harratiVe of the principal Officers, I trust yoU
Will be satisfied that evety exertion *as used in
defending the ship, as long as there was the
smallest prospect of resistance being Of any use
In my letter where I mention the Boarders being
called, it
.was my intention, after having driven
!jack the eneniv, to have boarded in return ; and
in eon Sequence 1, ordered dowu the First Lieu;
tenant -on the main 'deck to send every b6;tily up
from the guns : but finding his deck filled
men, rind every preparation to receive us, it would
have heen4 almost impossible to sneceed. I or=
dered the men down to their quarters, and desired
Mr. Kent :to di..ixt part of his attention to the
main-deck, the Lieutenant being killed. The
main-mast fell without being struck by a single.,
shot, the heart of the mast being &envied, and it
was carried a-a-av solely by the weight
.of the
fore-mast ; and though every thing was done, we
could not succeed in getting the ship under MTh-
mand ; and on the mealy wearing round to rake
us, without our being able to make any resistance,
and after having used every exertion, • to the best
of my abilities, I 'toarnd -myself obliged to order
tine colours to be struck ; ve:nich »wiling but the
unmanageable state of the ship (shelaying a.per-
feet wreck) could ever have induced me to do,
conceiving it was my duty not to sacrifice tisek,s-,
ly the lives of the men, With Out any prospect cf,
succes,•or of benefit t-o their country.
" On the lathOard-side about thirty shot hat!
taken effect about five sheets of copper down, and,
the inizen mast had knocked a large hole under
her-starboard counter, and she was so completely
shattered, that the enemy found it. was impossible
to refit her sufficiently to attempt carrying her
into port, and they set fire to her as soon as they
got the wounded out. What.considerahly weak-
ened my cinarters, was permitting the Americans
belonging to the ship to quit their quarters on
the enemy hoisting the colours of that nation,
which, though it deprived me of the men, I
thought it was my duty.
" I. felt much shocked, when on board the
Constitution, to find a large proportion of his ship's
company ,British seamen, and many of whom
recognised as haVing been foremost in the attempt
to board.
" Notwithstanding the unlucky issue of the '
affair, such confidence have I in the exertions of
the officers and men who belonged to the Giferriere,
end- I am so aware that the seccess of my oppo-
nent was owing to fortune, that it is *rity earnest
wish, and would be the happiest period of lily
life, to be once more opposed to the Constitut;on,
with them under buy command, in a frigate of a
'similar force to the Guerriere. •
" I cannot help noticing that the attachment
of the ship's company in general to the service of
their King and ccvntry reflects on them the
highest credit ;'.far, though every art was used
to encourage them to desert, and to inveigle therm
into the American service, by high bounties and
great promises, by the American. offs'.".- in (1;'.
tect contradiction to the declaration to me, that
they did not wish such a thing; only eight Egg-
lishmen have remained behind, two only of which
number haVe volunteered for their service.'.
" Leaving the characters of my Otticers and
ship's company, as well as my own, to the deci-:
sion of this Honourable Court, the justice of
whose sentence no person can presume to question,.
I close my narrative, eravin; inciolgeuce for hay....
hig taken up so much of their time."

The well knoWn attachment of the Newfound-
land dog to the human.race, in cases of drowning,
was displayed alongside the Fantonte sloop of %vat.,
in Hamoaze, on Sunday last, in a most_ striking
manner. Eleven sailors, a woman, and the wa-
terman, had reached the sloop in a shore boat;
Where, in consequence of one of the sailors
stooping. ratIKT violently over the side of the boat
to reach his hat, which had fallen into the sea, the ,
boat upset, and all in it were plunged intothe wa-
ter. A Newfotindland dog, on the quarter-d5...ck
of the iintome, surveying the accideut, instantly
leaped among the unfortunate persons, and seiz-
ing one-man by the collar of his coat, he support-
ed him until a boat had hastened to the spot, Era
saved all but the poor waterman, whose name is
Kelly. After delivering his burthen in safety, the
noble animal then made a wide circuit round the
ship, in search of another, but finding nothing
except ,an oar, he took possession of it; and was
deservedly welcomed-on board with the acclama-
tions-of the admiring crew.

MARRA ED.
Yesterday, at Bray Church, Nicholas Hall, Esq. of Tru-
liegh, in the County .of Sussex, to Miss Adams, of the Elms,,_
Maidenhead, Berks.
A few days since, at Tadcaster, Mr. Wilson, of Bramharn,
to Miss Bearcliff, of Hutton, both near TadcJster. The,
united ages of the bride,' bridegroom, and bridegroom's man*
are -220 years ; and what is singular,tkose three persons hai'e
only one eye each.

DIED. . •
On Sunday se'imight,- aged 55, at the Parsonage, Bromc-
berrow, of which Parish,. and that-of Fretherne, in Glouces-
tershire, he had been Rector for uta,ty years, fenry • Gorges
P.ollyns•late, LL.D. Prebendary of Hereford.
On Thursday evening last, at Harleyford, after a few hours
illness'
Al Mary t:arolino, the' youngest daughter of Sir. William
and Ley_Clayton, Bar _aged eleven year and four 'months.
At' her holt:se at East-laiie, Bermondsey, Mrs. Oopsil, re-
lict of the late John Gopsil, Esq.
' On Sunday morning, Mrs. Newsom, Wife ofjohn Newsom,
Esq. of Soho-buildings„lSlinp,ton, aged G 4.
On Monday last, at his residence, Esher, Surrey, Edward
fore, Esq. at the advanced age of 88 years.
Lately, at Pontefract, Colonel Cockel, son of Doctor, and
brother of the late Serjeant Cockel.

N:s. YESTERDAY.
Bank Stock, 2,15 2141 . India Bonds, Is. 2s. dis.
Navy 5- per Cent. 9Q 91 , Old. Ann.
4 par Cent. 73ii Excl.le+ Biils, nd. per aay,
3 per Cent. Red. 59 571, 58 Is. 2s. pr.
3 per Cent: Cons. 58i 591 581 Ditto, 3fd. per day, 35.-53.- pr.,.
59 • Oinnium, 511.4 pr.
Bank L. Ann. 15 1-15th Imperial Ann. 41 11-16ths
India Stoek, - Cons. for 2.Alk Nov. 59i

PRICE .OF STOC

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