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London, England, 1810-07-09 00:00:00

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 9.

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WM. CoBBETT. 1 GOTTENEURGH; JUNE 23.—8 y
a Courier
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,This being the day on which the Court was to pros this morning from Stockholm, we learnt the-inte
nounce its judgment on the above defendant, the aye- ; gence of a riot having broken out in that city oft the
Imes at a very early hour were all crowded, and the 2 Ist inst. the day on which
,the corpse of the 13t°
throng so unusual and prodigious, that the Chief Ala.: • grosyta Prince was concluded to the palace. - Pfeci#
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Lice was obliged to order the avenues to be cleared, ous to its interment, Count FERSEN, whaled Ili°
it being with the most extreme difficulty that even procession in the capacity of Riks Marshal (El
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the prisoners could contrive to get into the body , ,Marshal) of the Kingdom, was attacked by the 10;
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the Court. i on suspicion of having been accessary to the death 1
At length they appeared% 'and the: ATTORNEY- his Royal Highness : they commenced by:assault4
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GENERAL prayed the' judgment against William his carriage with stones, Sec. but the Count hall°,
Cobbett, T. C. Hansard, Jahn Budd, and Richard
~ escaped into•a house, was followed by the infuriate
Bagslia w.'
;populace, who literally tore him to pieces. .' ,
• Mr. JUSTICE GROSE first addressed the prisoner
.; Another account states, that having got out of PI
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Cobbett : he signified to him that he was convicted of ' carriage, the mob entirely surrounded him, s'
a most foul and wicked libel—a libel, the tendency
ef stoned him to death, after which they retired 4°
which was, to create dislike of their duty in the Lo- i their homes.
61 Militia of the country, and disgust to our service / Si'tkce the above=mentioned Courier, another ei.
in the . foreigners employed therein, and through is said to have been received, bringing an .ar
press..., . ,
them to bring disgrace on the Gavernment, and to - count of the mob having re-collected on the follosc-
paralyze the energies of the State: The. Learned, :. ing
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day,'and. surrounded the houses of
Judge observed, that the opportunity and the •Count
season ' GLAs and Countess PIPER, 'but fortunately neiillf
that the defendant had selectedwere those when an ''
of them fell into their power.
enemy the most ferocious was at the very moment '
From subsequent accounts it appears that severli
threatening our shores; an enemy whose militarygo- ' lives were lost, as ultimately the soldiers wail°
vernmeot had laid prostrate the surroundingSiates,and their own defence compelled to fire on the peePle-
ewho ma: ked h,is. way with spoitatiotrand phifitter ;.yet
General ALDERCRUTZ was struck a violent blow I°
this was the ebeiny who was stated by the prisoner the back, but secured the man; -the mob at 01'1
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to use his soldiers better th...
e the soldiers of this
r.4411e-agieed to a-parley; and consented to propos°
country were used, and ,whose Government .was corn-
-made by the General that Count FERSEN should
pared with the Government of this country, and as- be carried to.prison, but- another party of insurre
serted_by, him to afford more, comforts and protLe-
' unitises arriving, he was torn from the soldiers, all
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(ion to its soldiery than were afforded to the sot-
diets of this country. 'murdered, by being stoned and trampled on. It 9
son was therefore- considerably
increased by the -- PUblie notice is hereby' given, that t!.e intereen".
time and the season when it was spread throughout t
of post, which during the war was established br
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the natien.--sllefendant had a fair, piatient, and ims tween Gottenburgh and England is now to cease•
partial trial; he had the fullestopportunity of remov- • •'' •
ing from the minds of the Jury any doubts that they
might entertain, if any doubts they could. have
of the guilti and deleterious libel that he was
charged with. But the defendant neither did nor
could exculpate himself in their eyes, and they' de,
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cided upon' him with proofs but too convincing of the
foulness and wickedness of his guilt. -If it could
not be imptited to him that his objects were only
to distrad the Government, and to embarrass the
State, then it could not be denied that . objects,
if not. as dangerous, at least as* base, could not
removed from his intentions, namely, that of ;writ-
ing libels for the degenerate purposes of base and
-unworthy lucre and profit. This, then, in' :itself,
-was an offence of the deepest dye, and such as the
Court was imperiously called upon to visit with a
heavy hand. It was much io be lamented that a man
who has had the experience of the defendant, should,
after all that passes in life, so constantly before his
eyes, groW worse, and as he. increases in years, in-
creased in malignity. It was also lamentable that
the numerous examples made of libellers had no.ef-.
fed upon him ; but that knowing the fatal. conse-
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qUeoceS of such conduct, he, still perseveres in
spreading the poison Of most destructive malignancy,
through the nation. &check must be put to such
mischief, the State must be governed,. the -army
must be satisfied that their fellovitizeti",,.B-atis_
fied with them, the tbreignets in' oar service • must
not be traduced whilst they' are labouring in.
Common with, the, whole of our military. system
to,aupport the dignity and,proted the ' safety of the-
Empire, and the military system must not be moved
to a disgbst of the service •in which they are ern -
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ployed. For these reasons the Court holds itself
called upon to, exert its authority thi's:,day. The
Learned Judge then,adverted to' the libel, noticing
the most prevailing features of it,' and then in an
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emphatic manner' proceeded to pass the following
. SENTENCE ON wM.,co.BBETT..,
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" The sentence of, the Court is, that you W. Cob-
bett.do:pay a fine to the King of i,0001.s that yciu be
imprisoned in his Majesty's gaol of Nel.vgate for the
space of tWo..years, that 'at the expiration of that
time you enter into a recognizance to keep the peace
for seven years, yourself in the sum of 3,00'01: and
two sureties in the spin •of I.;oool.,each. And fur-
her, that you be imprisoned till that recognizance
be entered into:and that fine paid.",

GERMAN PAPERS.

.BAYONNE,JUNE 7.—Count Sucurw„, Comtnan---
AEC
of the third corps of the army, ps )lished, on 111 e
13th of May, at the camp at Lerida, an oi-der attic
Day, and congratulation of his troops.- Amongt
other things he says :

" Soldiers, you have planted your eagles on tGe
toitren-of 'Lerida, 'And- sulij eted a city t°.
the Emperor, whibh boasts that it •has been colt
once conquered for several 'centuries.

Frequently has this famous fortres withstood
all the efforts of our ancestors. They only trinity-1-
,ea
over it when they suffered the garrison to depart
without molestation.. It has fillen to the rata of
the soldiers of the Great NAPOLEON to surpass ti/":
soldiers'of Louts XIV." .

LINES

ON HEARING THAT MR.. CROKER fIAD.FALLEN FR°4

Ills HORSE.

-I.6am from this danger to beware
Of Horses of the vulgar breed,
And hence unbend frOm public care,
By mounting thy Parnassian Steed.

Then, ifo'er sea or land he course,
He'll not thy skilful guidance spurns
But TA ITK will regulate his force,
And FAME shall welcome thy return.

• See the beautiful Poems of Trafalgar and Talayera, wsito
ten by this Gentleman.

We
received.a letter front Spain of a recent date:
t` rough the means of a Gentleman landed' at Dial
on Friday last. •It states - that the Spanish General
"O'Donnel had resigned the Command of the'artnP
both on account of the wounds which he had• re'
ceived in a late bactle in Catalonia, and of the
Sections cast upon him, in consequence of the .trea'
•cherous surrender of Lerida. This determination
had spread general dismay among the troops aod.
the peOple, without, however, itnpairing'in the least
their firm resolution to perish or cotiquer m their joo
and honourable, cause.

MASSENA, it is said,.narrouly escaped being made
prisoner.. A party of the Spanish. patriots way'
laid. 'him on the frontiers of Portugal, and he owed
'his safety 'solely to the swiftness of his horses. fbe
whole of the baggage, it is said, and .part of his re'
tinue, became the- prey of the Spaniards.
Mire thousand:'men bad beedsent irom Cadiz to
Algeciras, where they had landed. Their intention
appeared to be, to come in the , rear of the French
,encattped before Cadiz ; but what could such 3
.tritling,number be able to `ell'ect, even in such 3
position ?

It was reported that the city of A.licant had beer.t
put in the most fi-midable state of delettce.---
The Spaniards
.bad 'heard of. the rumour spread
concerning FEIIDLNAND • VIL'S intended marriage
with a Princess of BUONAPARTWS family. They
,were unanimous in declaring that by such an union
he would for ever forfeit all tide to the Crown of
Spain, the'people of the country 'beit),g more deter-
.mined than. ever to enter into no compromise with
their unjust Oppressor.
Some of our cruizrs off Barcelona having come to
~an anchor,-•the people from the adjacent country
flocked on board, and :were received with friendship
'and hospitality. A dance, &c. was given to a party
of forty, almost within range of the • guns of Barce-
lona, •

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His lordship then proceeded to pass the ,scilt ence
of the Court on. be other three prisoners C.
Hansard to be invrisoned . in the King's 'Bench pd.-
son three months, and to give security to keep the
pe3c4--himseif.in 4001. and two, securities in 2001.
each.

Budd and Bagchaw were sentenced each to two
mouths imprisonment in the same place.

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LoiIGEVITY.---7Theie is. now-residing at Priestgill,
near Strathaveni William Ruthven; a,paiive of that
palish, in the hundred ,and, eleventh year of ,his age:
He setved. nippy. years in the 4lst • regiment, and.
afterwards in ,the Scotch Greys; wrought at the
cooper business, many years in Dumfries,- and for
the lash 15. years since the, death of :his wife] and
the loss of :his eye-sight, he has 'traversed Lanark-.
shire; Gallowy, with his 'daughter and her bus
laud, with are tinkers.- :as mental. faculties are
not impaired.

A ship from La Plata' was spoken by a frigate a
few days since, the Master .of !rich declared, that
before he sailed all Frenchmen were ordered to quit
South America, and a certain period was a.lowed for
-them to dispose of .their properly.
At the sale of Mr. Farrow's rams at Loughbo-
rough a tew days ago, 21 sheep were sold for 1-1•54
guineas, being at the rate Or nearly 55 guineas each.