The Sun.
London, England, 1810-07-05 00:00:00

NAVAL NEW&

,Piyuoinn, JULY 3:—The following- are the
transports that arrived here yesterday from Cadiz
and Li,bon, under convoy of his Majesty's ships
Jasper and ?'Milo[, viz.
Eliza Tupper, Mint, Camilla, Parker, Rodney, Hutson,
True Briton, Harding, Egbert, Anderson, Patty, FoWler,.
Recovery, Hindmarsh, Charlotte, Alison, Harlequin, Hud-
son, Mary, Cray, and Juno, Blackburn, with 143 s French
prisoners, the remainder of those taken in ;he,eneiny's men
, .
Of war at Cadiz.

Great numbers died on the passage, particularly
those on board the hospital transpor:,, ,where nearly
one hundred fell viaims to a dreadful disease brought
on by-close confinement on board the hulks at Ca;-
diz. A number of SpaniSh troopS cane over in the
transports as a guard over the French plkoners.
The Camilla transport brought Over:a detach-
mentof the 2>3d Light Dragoons, also a number of
sick, wounded, and invalid soldiers from the British
Army in Portugal, there are als6 on I;oard the'trans.
ports a number of deserters from the French Army.
Part of the fleet sailed from Lisbon oh the 121 h
of June, and the remainder on the 21st of June;
they bring intelligence, that .a battle between the Bri-

tish and French 'Armies was hourly expeoted to take
place, and when the fleet left Lisbon accounts had
been received there, that the hostile armies had 'ad-
vanced so'near each other, as to leave 'no donbt but
.ere this 6 general battle must have been fought. ,
This morning, about nine o'clock, one of the
spritsail boats, belonging to" Cawsand, in. working
round the Ram Head, with a heavy sea, 'was swamp•-
ed in a squall, and her Crew,' consisting of three
persons, drowned. The follotviug are their names,
viz. Jacob Handcock, 'Thomas Gray, and
Wilkinson.

Sailed his Majesty's ships Talbot and Jasper, with
the whole of thp transports (except one) under con-
voy, for Portsmouth, that arrived here from Cadiz
and Lisbon ; also sailed his Majesty's ship Savage
for the West Indies.

Passed up Channel last evening his Majesty's ship
Caledonia, of 110 guns, from Cadiz;; also passed
by this port to the Eastward a fleet, part of which
consists of transports from Cadiz.

Arrived the Prince of :Wales, COOTER ; Mary,
GALESWORTHY ; Eliza, LAMB ; Union, TRENAMAN ;
4nn, HARVEY ; and eitbey, HANNAFORD, from
Wales ; and the Unity, Et.r.ts, from Bristol ; also a
Portuguese ship from London, bound to Rio de .Ja..
heir° ; and the Disiiatc. h, ANSELL, from Waterford.
His Majesty's ship Spire is not arrived here as
stated yesterday.

This morning the Agent's transport; struck on a
rock near. Drakes Islabd, and carried away .her rud-
der, by which accident sheis prevented from sailing
with the convoy. •

The Mariner gun-brig takes convoy to. the Downsi
and the• Fervent gun-brig to Cadiz.

I FALMOUTH, JULY 2.—Arrived- this day the Frart.
cis Freeling packet, .Captain BELL; from Cadiz,
Which 'she left on the 14th ult. ; on which day, alsc;
sailed from thence, his Majesty's ship Triumph and
Goshawk 'sloop of war, with 17 sail of merchant
vesselS for England, she brings no particular news;
Cadiz is considered as perfe&ly secure from the
enemy; also arrived this day the Princess Charlotte
packet, Captain KERB, with Mails from Lisbon,
15 days passage; yesterday spoke a brig transport,
(0 U) with French prisoners.on board, from Cadiz
for Plymouth ; parted convoy-6 days before; she
also ,yeiterday spoke the homeward bound East
India fleet, under-convoy of his Majesty's ship Rai-
sonable, St. Albans, and Charwell, all well.—News
was hourly expected at Lisbon of a battle between
the combined, British and Portuguese Armies under
Lord Wint.I,INGToN,- and the . French ArMY under
General MASSENA ; a great number of deserters
have come over from the enemy, and all agree in
stating, that they are in much want of provisions
and money. No packet was at Lisbon when the
Princess ,Charlotte sailed. 1

Arrived this evening the Amclia. frigate from
Plymbuth ; the Ainerican ship [Jetty, Captain
MOORE, finrrk Virginia, 36. days for ortierN.
A fleet of transports with Troops or Portugal are
expected to arrive off this Port within course of the
week to join them, waiting here ; part of the 16th
Dragoons embark on to-morrow.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY 4.--Carne in, this day his
Majesty's ship Jasper, with a convoy from Lisbon,
the greatest part of which are transports. •
Arrived his Majesty's ships Fylla and Naiad, the
former from Guernsey, and the latter from a cruize
off- Cherhourah 2 • also the Speedwell and viaive,
t,
THORN, from Bristol ; and the Two Brothers, LEWIS,
from Lisbon.

Sailed the Dido, TAYLOR, and kenus, CIIRESMAN,
for Sunderland.

DEAL, JULY 4.—Arrived and sailed for the River
his Maje,ty's. ship Raisonable, with the Ocegn, De-
vaynes, Tottenham, and Streatham Indianlen, Cyr/is
and Cumberland whalers; arrived also this morning
his Majesty's brig Cracker, Lieut. LEACH, with the
Clare lugger, which he has,seized, with a quantity
of gold coin of this kingdom, 'gold bars and pearly
onboard. Arrived and sailed for tit* Riyer, the
BOShill, BARBEE, Erom Waterford.

CU 711 T 01 KING'S BRECII, Juts 5.

THE KING V. W. GOBSETT AND OrITERS.

The AT-tontii,i-dENERAL prayed the judgment
of the Court against Wm. •COBBIITT, It. 13iGstimr,
Jonei BUDD, and I'. HANSARD, who were fieverziliz
convialed of a gross and scandalous libel, by writing
printing, and publishing the same.
The defendants having appeared in Court,
Lord ELL NBO OUG H proceeded,, and read.. the
whole of the evidence, as given at the tri.il against
Cobb'ett ; the other defendants having.triudgnient
go by default.

_.. ~ ~ ~

Mr. COBB.ETT admitted on the occasion, that he
.- was the sole Pipprietor of: the Paper ii, Whidi the,
said libel appeared.
R. BAGSHAW put in an affidavit; :stating, that., he
was the publisher of the Piper; iii
he had nothing whatsoever to do witti tlie•contents of
any of the Papers which,:he,so published'; and (Wit
he had no knowledge of the libel charged in the in-
formation, deitherdid he ever read it till the*ose-
cution was instituted against him. It proceeded
further to entreat the considerate mercy i)fkbq Court,
and solicited, if it were the intention of their Lord-
ships to place hint in a state of ccitifinenien' that,
in consideration of 1n being afllided with a violent.
asthma,- they would not send him a distance. from
•
his friends.
Mr. BUDD. also, [Ai: • its an affidavit ,stating, that
he was. certainly-the- vender of the paper in ques
tion, but • that lie, had no knowledge of the libel
that it contained and ;he also implored . the mercy,.
of the Court, on account of his. infirm • state of
health, which was corroborated by a ,respectable
Surgeon.
4
T. HANSARD put in an affidavit,- Stating, that he
was the Printer of the Paper, and had been em-
plpyed by COBBETT five years. That it was- quite out
of his line to alter or suggest doubts as to the fitness
or unfitness of the composition of these puhiicatiOns.
That the manuscript copy of the Article complained
Of, was sent him by COEBETT frOlll,Botlei, on the
Friday before the publication, -and that he put it in-
to the hands of the compOsitors. He did not know
it was of the offensive-description which it since ap-
pears to him to be, and for which he expressed ex-
treme contrition.

•Mr..COBBETI; then addressed himself, to- the
Court. He said, that sititated as he.was,.and in the
hands of the. Court, he did not think it necessary
to trespass on their valuable time at present. On
a former occasion he had, exprtissed himself pretty.
folly to their Lordships, and: he now would add, that
•
-neither of the other-three defendants trad'iflny thing
to do with the offensive. publication, which was the
subjeta of the present prosecution, and that lot him-
'self he could 'say, that in the writing of the para-
graph, he did hot intend any thing in the most dis-
tant degree disrespeatful to the Government or the'

. ,
• • State. •
Lord Er..LENaoßouoir—f‘ This is the fit opportu-
pity to say any thing you may think expedient to
large in your behalf, and whatever you wish to say
the Court will readily hear it."

Mr. COBBETT.-.-" After what I have already said,'
I do not wish to take up auy more of your Lord.
ship's tittle, but place myself on the Consideration of

the Court."

Mr. Bottoottr, as Counsel for Mr: Hansard, ad-
dressed the'Court shortly in mitigation of funish-,

ment.

The ATTORNEY-,GENERAL observed to the Court,
that Mr. 'Cobbett was not probably aware that this
is the only time that he can be allowed to urge what
he may have to say to the Court. ,
Mr. BOROUGH proceeded, and he' was followed by
Mr. Gu4yzlr on behalf of BUDD, Which' was near-
, ly a repetition of what already appeared stated
in
his affidavit.
Air. BOw EN, for BAGSHXW, also addressed .their
Lordships in mitigation of punishment. He pres-
sed on the consideration of the Court the age of
this defendant, who is now 60 years old.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL in reply agreed with
the several Counsel' for the other defendants,
that their cases were very different troll
_that
of Mr. CORBETT. They had not, like him, en-
tered. into a public vindication and defence,
' of the libel ; a defence which was almost as bad as
the libel itself; su 'far indeed they were different
from each other. But although there.may be shades
',of guilt in those offending; yet. all must know that
all.who are engaged in the circulation of such libels
are amenable to the law. . i
To the principal culprit, lie would now more im-
mediately dire& his attention ; from him the libel
emanated, and to him all the profit of it iestilts.—
Whatever of malignity exists in, it is to be at-
tributed to him alone ; its poison belongs to
him.—UpOn it, and upon others of the like
description, be founded the sources of an unrighte-
ous profit. In reading this atrocious publication, it
was impossible . not to discover in it the mis-
chievous design 'of forcing the Militia of the
Country to a dislike and hatted of their situa-

Lion. To excite icsubordination in the rangy'
and to create and sow the seeds of mutiny
among the wrien. It went, through the ale"
diurn of the military, to strike a deadly blow at Cl'
b•il liberty and civil security, and that at a lime-when

the civil liberty of the Country is so threatened, arid
when the miiitaiy system of subordinate distipline
has never been in the memory of than so veces'
,
sary andiso.requisite. He'also availed liitnself of
per.iod when the study of the Government, Plj
.•
when . the wishes. of the, community wentbapd .
hand to reride.the situatit7u of,the military not
ioltlf
laudable; but•emtnerit-, and to render that of the
private and the humblest in the ranks comfortabi°
•, and secure. :•••,•
• Here-the Learned Attorney General went WI
the libel, and conknented on every part of•it„ attd
•
. dwelt with considerable severity on that part -which

more particularly traduced and calumniated the Ger'
man Legien,assertiog in behalf of that gallant bed y°l
men, that the ieProaches which the foul libel cot
upon. them were as false as they were wicked. IP
short, he observed, that at the' time he was holdiag
them out to- the hatred of the people, be was raj?

ing in their minds • a disgust, if it could 134
raised, against the seryjce in which his 'Mr
jesty had been pleased to employ them, while/
on the other hand, this libel had -a direo tea'
dency of icsinnating into the minds of our 1114'
live soldiety'the'necessity of resistance to lawful,
command. • •

....The ATTORNEY GENERAL concluded a very able
speech with praying for the sake of providing against
the effects of such atrocious scurrility,: such jacir
merit: as,to the:Couit should- deem meet, adding
that the Army looks to the sentence, 'the Gover''
thent lodlts to it.,:and the People pray for it..
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_ .
The defendants were ordered to be brought U?
on Alondayneit-, when sentence wili be pas 64
1.51i0n-therespeetive parties.

The detachments which have lately been drafte4
from the. Foot Guards for foreign service, have thl!
morning again returned tO their duty. abia is sal°
t 9 be in consequence of their having been last night
countermanded for the present.
;Orders have this morning been issued, for the
purpose of notifying to the Hllf;pay Officers Er-i"
longing to his Majesty's land forces, that the par
rnent of their half-yearly annuities will commence'
on Monday next. •
Yesterday a ballot was taken at the East India
House to determine the qUestions exorteiating ibc
owners of the ships Calcutta, Jane Duchess of Gar'
Du&lits ;from-ally blame respe6-
,ipg'the loss of those ships, which questions we.r.c
carried in favOur of the owners. ' " •

-The accounts from the Cape. of Good trope, W:
the East Indialleet; We'regret to state, afford Sotil-
melancholy proofs of the impossibility of prevent"
ing the piratical expeditions from the Isle Of. Frances
to which the British commerce in those'seas is Per*
petually exposed. The following prizes were Or,:
ried into that island 'in, the course of one moot"
only, February last :—Charlton and United King:
-dom,-bound to Bengal ; Victor, sloop-of war ; ./117
nerve, Portuguese frigate ; a Portuguese ship °
450 tons, half loaded, and with 300,000 dollars en
board; brig..dnn, bound from Brigal to Port .Track-
-son"; a grab privateer, and iwo merchantmen,
tiCulars unknown.
~_..There also au iveds.iduring the same month,
ships from 16 to 20 ions each, and three ships °
about 400 tons eac,b, with cargoes trot., Borcks°%;
► • And about the end of February, or early in Flare'''
Bellone and Minerve (now mounting'so
frigates, and Vi6lor sloop of war, sailed from theticy
on a cruize in Bay of Bengal, where, judil).
Fromthe former success of the enemy, it is inueil
feared they will do infinite mischief to the trade. e
Tuesday, at a quarter before twelve, the Ber
was launched frum the Dock-yard at
Portsmoual!
but, , owing to the 'very heavy rain, the initneoc!
concoursetof persons which assembled to view 6'l;
grand sight, were completely wet through. Sloe
went off the slip in a very fine style, and net s
single accident of any kind -happened. The '/30.9_,/w,
was, docked immediately after the launch, for Or
pering. •
On Sittarday a Thames cutter, on board of wlricb
were eight ladies, and six gentlemen who rowed'
was run down a little above 'Kew-bridge by a salting
boat, containing a pleasure party'. Fortunately tit
gentlemen were all good swimmers, and on ernerg:
ing from,their first plunge, ,sought, with- the otinos'f
wo
turxiety, their female companions in distress, t'. °t
whom were clinging to the bottom of the' cutter;
;of the other four, one was taken up by the sailiOg
boat, and the remaining three were supported till th
approach of boats, who took them all in, and Cott"
vtlred them on shore, without sustaining any ott'er
than a severe ducking.
PEDESTRIAN/SM.--A Mr. Sanderson, of
cross, Hants, started on Monday last, from his' ow"
house, for a wager of 500 guineas; to go 72 ntildra
a-,day for seven days, which is three miles an no°
tor 'the whole. time, without stopping. The pees''
Arian is an athletic man, and he had finished 10
third day's task on Wednesday ; but betting Was t
to one on time.

Sunchy evening, about eight o'clock, as a yoc.'"
of about 17 years ofiage, Was walking along tb'
road near , Brooksbouru, Hertfordshire, be Was
struck clOwn by the lightnin6, in a' senseless stat •
be was taken to a house in the neighbourhood, sod
did not survive an hour.

Sunday evening,..ahout eight o'clock, the parapet
of the house of Mr. lila, grocer, in NVltitettkil)''l'',
fell from the top of Ow buildiug into zhe str, et Woi',
a dreadful crash., Fcrtunately no person vi.ts pe,;#
sing at the time.

A hackney -coachman NV .tS fined 40s. and c 045,
yesterday, for refusing to take a party from -.l'o
Haymarket Theatre t& B.:rnersstreet, tuLier
The excuse was, chat the coach was off the
which is illegal in

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