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London, England, 1806-05-29 00:00:00

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In the River, the John and Thomas, renew, from Cork—Off
Dover, Lofting, Donakitin, front Malta—At Liverpool, Di`patch,
Buller. from Virginia—in the Clyde. Minerva. Bagme, from
Chatletion—At Cork. Lord Iron, Carsiner, from Gibral;ar—
At ry, Sufannah Catharina, Brinier, from Leghorn—At !M-
-lA, Commerce, Mattocks, from Ali ant; and the Antirtita.
Liffey. from London-.At 1 nndonde-ry, M Coere”.
from London—At Dublin, Itdinda. hertt, from Lotutoo--.lt
Archatnel, Michael, from I irero,d—At !..oho: .1. chr.t.
tuna Carolina, Harlot, from I'etetfint''.l.

The Montrofe fr-rn :;t. Mk!, trpc. for
Loudon; and the Beaver, :CLFY. horn Wattr-
terd to Nearfono,:l nit!, were earn,: s. :Ind burnt by
rite Tnpaze Fsench trim e, t!:: L liner on the 291 h.
and the latter on et,
.I._ .1 ult. The ctew are ar: Ind
41 lift It.

YerloclAy a Court of D:reil,rt ss•as 1,0-A Ea%
India 1-loole, when Captain Vatto Has. r:f the Stet.
ton Cattle, took leave in tviontly to departing fur
direft.—The Court atlkiut nett at ri= o'clock
till to-morrow.

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LAW INT€LL76EIVCE.

COURT OF KING'. BENCH, MAT 2!.

ISICMAIL MIMIC LYNCH W. ALEXI' THIIMPSGS, SD
WARD 116 NIT U 1215, CHADD. TREACH6R, LYGAN,
HARDY, AND OTHIRSi 51.15 LIEUTENANTS IN THI
LIS% GUARDS.
The def-ndants are Sob lieutenants of the ad reel.
ment of Life Guards, and the atnian eharge3 them
with a eonfpiracy to proem e the ditmtfral riltht plain-
tiff fr im the fame regiment The circumstances
which gave rile ti. it ware briefly there :—Some time
in the year 1833, Clot. Macnaniata. a td his friend
Mr. Barre, were palling by the plaintiff', Monte, in
Grofvenor-fmutre. and the plaintiff's black fervent
was Handing before the door. Captain M. finding
his paffage obflrueed, puihed the fervant not of the
way. An altercation entated, and Captain M. heat
• lie man. The next day Captain M. called upon the
Plaintiff. and Willed upon his difcharging his black
fervant ; but Mr. .Lynch, after making enquiry in-
to the previous day's tranfaeinn, laid the man had
done nothing to warrant his difearding him, and re-
filled to &charge him. Shortly after this, Mr.
Lynch was informed that Captain M. had publicly
fpriken of him as a fctiundrel, and declared his, re-
f.:Winn of (baking hi, ',hip over him. Mr Lynch
immediately advilkd with hi. brother officers, what
courfe he was to put rue who all agreed.. that un-
left the commanication had come dire& from Cap-
tain M. he was not litiond, as a man-of honour, to
limier it. Subfequently to this, Mr. Lynch, receiv-
ed a letter from General Buckley, informing him,
that the Suh Lieutenants had refuted to mcfs with
him in confemience of his unoffictolike hehavionr.
and advired him to refign his commillien. Mr. Lynch
returned for anfwer' that he was unconfcious of
having done any thins unbecoming the character
of a gentleman or an officer, and defired his condue
might be meat the thhjat of a Coutt Martial. This
letter was fent ta General Lord Cathcart; and fhortly
after the Plaintiff found himfelf ruff:tended, and On.
mately dirmared the regiment, with permiffion to fell
his commiffion.
Mr. Paean for the Plaintiff, raid, that his client
had been a Lieutenant io the Life Guards, and had
reeved his Majelly for fourteen year; A difpute
had atifen between the Plaintiff and Captains Mac
»mate and Barry; when he applied to have the
matter explained to the Noble Lard on the Beach,
(Lord Cathcart) who declined any interference. no
doubt, from the ;melt motives. On account of this
affair, a letter was written, which would be read in
evidence, in which it was Slated, that the condat of
the Plaintiff was ungentlemanly and unnfficer
This letter was addreffed to General Buckley, and
in confequerce of ir, the Plaintiff was rape:Wed from
doing duty, and no inquiry was fince inftituted into his
conduel. That officer thought proper to fubmit •
matter of fo a nature to his Majesty. and the
relish of the General's reprefentations was, that Lieu-
tenant Lynch was difmiffed the fervice. The King,
however, exereifina that grace and tenderners to which
he is always alifpaled. permitted the commiffion to be
told for the benefit of Mr. Lynch ; he, however, only
acquiring theaegiment al price, and not the real value,
which when fold under other eircumflances is ob-
tained. Thus was this Gentleman deprived of the
profeffion to which he was educated, end the fole rea-
-101 why he (offered this Sofa was, becaufe lie would
sat violate the laws of England, of morality, and of
religion ; the offence was, that he would not chal-
lenge Captain Maenamara, who bad faid, that he
wither! to &Ake a whip over him. The Gentlemen
of the Jury mutt be aware of the proteeion to which
this Plaintiff a as entitled, and no doubt would Alien
fuels ferious damages, as would be a fie compenfa-
lion for the lofs he bad fatiained. It was not merely
that hewas deprived of pecuniary advantages, but
bis honour And dangler were confiderably injured
by the confequences refulting from this libellous letter..
The corn/74600 appointing the Plaintiff Lieute-
nant in the ad regiment rif Life Guards, was then
read. It was dated the :d November, logo, and be
was Styled Cornet and Sub Lieutenant.
Gehatal Felix Buckley was called, and a copy of*
letter being handed to him, he faid it was of his
writing, and was the contents of a letter fent to him by
the Defendants. The latter relufirlg to do dusty with
the Plaintiff, he gave him leave of abfence from pa-
led*, which is the more gentlemanly way of filfpettd-
,iog an oilier. He communicated with his Malefty
on the Wake of Lieutenant Lynch, he believed on
the Silt of March, ;Sos. The King gave his corn-
mend. berhally, for the difinitrion of the Plaintiff,
which the same!: imparted in a letter to that officer.
The letter was read by Mr. Lowrie, dated the
Bth of March. tans ; it was hatted by the witaefs anJ
was in theft words :
• Sta.-1 have received the King's commands to acquaint yes,
that ha has no serafim for your farther ferules; but his Welly
bas been ?haled to permit that guar contiodlos be difpofed of for
your benefit. (Signed) FELIX IXICKLEIr.
" Col and Lieut. COL ad Regiment Life thank. '
" Lieutenant M. H. Lynch."
The General farther depoled, that the Plaintiff was
rot brought before a Court Martial. or any. Court of
Enquiry. The whack did not .communicate with
the Defendants on the Mice of their letter on any
occafion. He bad indeed a letter from Mr. Lynch,.
in cordequence, he underAood, of a hint from Los d
Ellenborough, when the matter was before the Court.
The visite of this letter was to enquire. if he might
be permitted to do dusty ? Soon after thii, there was
a meeting of the Officers of the whole" Begin:eat,
when it was unanimoully determined, that he fl uuld
as be remitted to do duty.
Lord Eaaemsoutousse—" Independently of this
letter, there might be a variety of circumflances
which led to the determination of his Majelty."
Mr. PAIIII-s4 My Lord, we could not call the
King into the box."
Lord ELLIIIIIIIMIOUGH" Certainly not. Jr does
not yet appear that this letter fluted In be libellous,
was communicated to his Majefly. You may elk
Geo. Buckley to this fait."
Mr. PAIIRE—QA" Did you attend his 'Malay on
this bufinefe?" . " I WAS with the King.'
t laud Eaasesoaounit—" You will obferve the
roper delicacy as to this interview. You can have
via oiffieulty in slicing what the General did hirafelf
114 the comic of office, but I would not hays difcaPl

firms here me what feted pt !irately between the King
and his Officers." •
Mr. Partite—Q._ " What led to the dirmilGon of
the Plait.tiff ?" A. "He was difiniffed by his Ma-.I
jetivts direflion."
Q " What did yon com•nunicate to the King re-
garding Lieutenant Lynch?" A. " Not any thing,
Out I feet:rile& I received his Majeiy's commands,
who told me, that • memorial had been fent to him
by Sub•Lieetenant Lynch."
Lord Exxxasnitotron—.4 I domot like to go into
this. Then for reafons which do not appear, hut
which no doubt werd firfficient, hie Maiefty did ex-
ercife his prerogative. Here is no connettims between
tire letter faid to be libellous :old the difmillion." To
Mr. l'a• e. 4. You are deprived of yoitt IPeciist da-
mage."
Lord Carhcart, to whom the original letter rad
been fent, inelofed by Geooral Buckley, was next
examined as to the exiftence of it, with the view to
produce the copy in proof. His Lordfhip laid, that
he was in Ireland on the soh of Odober, 1803 ; that
he received a letter from the General, with feveral
inelofures ; thlt he had at that time many important
papers connected with the (erica"' duty he had to dif
charge ; that he willed much to difembarrafs himfeif
of any unnecetrary documents ; and, as he meant to
found no proceeding upon the letters from General
Buckley, he thought them of no confeonence.
Lord EcLeruorinoon—Q, " Did you defray
them ?" A. " I certainly 'educed my papers to a
(mall compars, hut I do not know that I burnt theft."
You have endeavoured to find them, and have
not lucceeded ?" A. Yes."
Q," Did the papers relate to the condo& of Lieu-
tenant I.)tich ; and did they contain any complaint
of the Subaltern Officers of the Regiment ?" A.—
To the heft of my recollation, there was in one or
more of the enclofures matter relati,•,g to Lieutenant
Lynch; but whether ;he papers were originals or
copies, I do not know."
After fome further examination in chief, a crofs.
examination by Sir VICARY G 111133, and a re elaini•
nation by Mr. Nets, the Cow fuse ice gave it as
his opinion, that the fecondary evidence (the copy of
the letter) might be produced.
Sir VIC•RY GMs then requeßed, that his Lord-
Ihip would take a note of the objettion, which was
entered into at great length by the Learned Counfzl
on both fides.
Mr. 1...1%-rr II then read the espy of the letter. which
Ira; dated the 1611 of OCtober. t 833, and was ad-
dreffed in General Felix Buckley.

w eta—ln conkquerwe of Lieut. Lynch's ungentlemanly and
nttedileet•like condudt in the late tranfaaions with Captains Mae.
manure and Barry, we,the fubahcrns of the ad Regiment of life
Guards, filed it intpolable to do duty with bins, without moan
Our charatters. We beg More to fay, that the rtafon we did not
take earlier notice of Sub-Lieutenant Lynties condo& was owing
Al step/rt. that he would leave the Regiment, and by that means
prevent the neeeffity of this application.
Begging you to take this affair into your molt &dolls atten •
thin, we have the honour to bc, &c.
■ (Signed by eight Sub•Lleutenaots )"

Sir VtelkaT 011 M, for the Defendants, raid, that
this was one of the molt unmerited, and ill-advifed
glint's that was ever brought into a Court of Jto:ice.
It now appeared, that the dtfiniilion of the Plain.iff
had no conneltica whatever with the letter, and that
it was occafioned by the memorial fent to the King
by Lieutenant Lynch.
Lord ELLENE aouom--ail We mull lay that out
of the cafe on both fides."
Sir VIC•RY 011111*—" Certainly, my Lord ; but
although we 'cannot produce the memorial, we fee
enough to know, that this Plaintiff has been difgraced
and diffionuured, as much as man could he difironoui-
ed ; and becaufe he is walking about this town in
fuch difgrac ,e and dares not to call upon there Defen-
dants, he takes this method of appearing before yau."
The Learned Counfel, after addreffing thr. jury for
a confiderable time er ncluded with able, tiny, " that
the terms unofficer like, and ungentlemanly, however
applicable rl.ey might be to the Plaintiff, when ufed
to an Officer, wise certainly libellous, unleft they
were junified in evidence. After all the parade about
the difiniffios, it had ended in nothing ; and the Jury
had only to confider of the damages they ought to
affign for rhea fugitive expreffions."
Lord Ext. e colt, uc m—" This is an ail ion found-
ed on a libel in a letter, fubfcribed by the Delen•
dants, and addreffed to General Buckley. It is com-
petent to an Officer to make complaints of another,
to his fuperior Officer, Hating the grounds of loch
complaint, and deli: ing that the matter May be fob-
jeaed to judicial enquiry ; and fuch a reprefentation,
r made with this view, is not libellous. But this does
j not apply top paper in which ealtimnions matter is
introduced, not with the delign to lead to filch an
enquiry ; and the terms ungentlemanly and nnofficer-
like conduit, ufed on fuch an occation, is a libel. T.,
repel a libel, in a civil anion, it is the hufinefs of
the Defendant to (hew forte reafon or
_lattice in the
allegation derogatory to the Plaintlff: hut no loch
jutlification would avail in the (arc of an indiamtmt.
I The foim of the record ve admitted this fort
of proof, but it has not been :cloned to ia the de-
fence. Thus the libel Hands without any jnitifica-
tion ; cubjell, however, to fuch mitigating eiti.tirn
allACcs as you may culled tiont the evidence. The
Plaintiff lays, that he was firlpended by General
Buckley, and was afterwards difinified from the
army, in eonfequence of this letter ; but we do not
how that this ditsniffion arofe from the reprefenta.
lion of the Officers, from the difpute with Captains
Barry and Macnatuara, ur from what cattle. We
only know, that on the memorial, his bfaledy iffued
his commands to General Buckley. fignitYhtg, that
he had no farther °coition for the fervices of tha
Plaintiff. General Buckley never communicated the
letter to his Majetty, but merely received the Royal
commands, founded on the memorial from Lieute.
nant Lynch hingelf. We mutt [huller out of the
cafe the diftniffion, as produced by the letter ; and,
alto, we mull lay out of the cafe the difiniffinn, as
lrifying the terms of the letter. Then the quell inn
or yunr.ennfiderasintr is this—What is the erttripen-
fatitn the Plaintiff niticht to receive for the anxiety
he has (offered in conrequence of this letter, and the
difgrace and inermvenience he has endured on ac-
count of the fulpenfion (not the &Wilton) produced
by it The libel is proved, and no jullification is at-
tempted. Ynu will, in your difcretion, affign the pro.
1 per damages, and have no doubt you will exereik
a found difcretion.":—Venta fir ibe Plaiglif, wool.

ROYAL ACADE3rr.

EMMMTMN—mAi,stei

Toe Moot t. Acaor apartment, which
for feveral late years exhibited a number of very in
terefling fpeciment of Sculpture, &c. is now alma
empty. In the middle of the room, the (pace for•
merly occupied by writ ks of art, feats for the corn
pany are placed, on milk'', without having their
attention much excited, they may contemplate the
few prothtnions wm th notice at their tale ; among
thefc, are fame archileitraral. daps, which fpeak
the improving colic of our wills in.thisline. The
.ntly work of feulptitre. by Mr. Buena, is that of a
nanntiment fib be traded in Weiiminfler Abbey to the-
memory of Captain Cooke. of the Sybille. It is •
chalk tteign. and a beautifully exesutid perform.
ante. 'the nett hsoti attrattiVe °We& in this depart-
ment of the art. is sr imonuMent grated by two tons,
in memory of their father, the produdion of R.
k'ssr-rs ACOll*, Jun. l'he idea of the MOW* is very
-pretty. Two youths, its claffical *canine, are re
prefersted contemplating with melancholy deport.)
ment; the fallen capital °fa Cn,inthiait etdomd, over-
grown with Cyprefs ! delign and envision of
this monument are highly creditaNe. to the 'attitt.-,..
Some Bufli arid Models, by GSA RAMS, etre excel.
lent 1 but ',limn whole, as we have• obferved, the
works of thii deibriptiuts arc neither sera alluring nor
numerous.
Ties Istresavuers.Thete Atm* bonfiderable
(pace in the Library. The heti them are. by the
ENOI.6NR A.RTS, BURCN, Miff SimaLstoo., bet
time id the Enamels of Boas are beyond any. thins
of the kind we have ever Peen before. It if, however,
impaGhle to particularize pit-tures of this deferipticin.

That antient box mi mai [brace, who was Un-" en-
joying to•day, without thinking of tomorrow,"
would luve been apt, if now living and in L .ndon, to
have fetionfly thonyl t, with thuttla this others,.of the
20.0001. Prize to the fit II drawn mortise; to-morroW
morning. Nay, thve is no doubt.hut he would have
employed V-day in poffeiiing hinsfelf of Chances for
participating to-mot row, nor only of that great Pt ize,
hut of Lurnerr ti; other Capitals Ilia in the Wheel,
although but !ix days tenn.iin of the Drawing.
Tueflay a hot fe in a ch tire took fright, by a boy
6 ink -tr a the livery oflables Sr. Gorge's
Turnpike, ur the Eaft, and ran over a poor man orb.
polite Church-lane, who was taken to the London
Hospital, with no hopes of recovery.

On Saturday night lag, between nine and ten
o'cl,ck, a man named Ambrok, who lives a. Bear-
llcad, was (lopped at the top (.1 Lilk near
Maithintse, by three men, appeasing to be (oldie's,
drelred in bull coloured jackets, with military but-
tons, No. sz, and the word Olfotdibire thereon.--
They drew their bayonets, threatened to run him
thronith, and robbed him of a blue jacket and a
flannel one, two handkerchiefs, a hat, and a round
flock, with 8,. in money; leaving one of their regi-
mental jackev, as before defcribed, with the letters
S. W. D. infide the collar.

Same night, about eleven o'clock, .on the Londtm
road, about one mile from Maidnone, a labouring
man, named Rofe, WAS knocked down by three col-
diets with drawn bayonets, fuppofed to be the lame
delperadoes. and robbed of hi; hat and new round
f: trek. Soon after, Mr. Thomas Marden, of the
White Honk, Bearflead, was (lopped by the fame
three men, with drawn bayonets, about two mile,
from thence towards Larkfield, and robbed of a ten
pound Bank of England note, half a guinea in gold,
and fixpence in filver. The above three men are un-
det flood to be delerters from the s.ad tegiment ; two
of them are fuppoled to be Irishmen, the third an
Englifhman, and were teem palling through Lark.
field, towards London, about twelve o'clock the
fame night, with round frocks, over their other clothes.
l'ederday a wom4tt of the sown was fully eons
mined from Guildhall for trial, charged by a grn-
tleman with picking his pocket, in Holborn, of bis
letter.cafe, containiug6ol. The property was found
upon her.