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FUltrE 31:411KAS.
The remains of Mr; letgof Dray Lane
theatre, and 'husband Mrs. BPARZES, ef that
Theatre, were yesterday removed from his apartments
in Tavistock.street, and interred in the burying-
ground of the New Chapel, Tottenham Cow-road.
'The funeral was most respectably attended. Mr.
PERRY, of The Naming Chronicle, Mr. BIONDI, the Ma.
gistrate, and Messrs. BANNISTES and WROUOUTON
acted as chief mourners. The professional gentlemen
IMZSINK were Messrs. Kate, RAs, RAYMOND, POWILL,
HOLLAND, HARLIY, BARYLZY, and MADDOCK,' MT.4
ikarust, Prompter, Mr. PLUG Treasurer, and Mr.
WAND, Secretary, also attended. The funeral was
conducted• With great Trlark'', and bad a very so.
lemn And impressive e ect. Mr. SPAR CRS bad at.
tained his 64th year ; he was a man of superior lite•
part attainments, having been originally educated
for the Church of Scotland, and was of the most
amiable private character—the mildness of his man•
ners—the habitual cheerfulness and good humour of
his disposition—and the acute intelligence of his mind
.rendered him a most agreeable companion. He
made his first appearance at Drury Lane Theatre in
1797; as Gibby, in the Wonder, and from that time es
. his decease, he remained a Member of the Corupany.

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OP RING'S BENCH. MARCH 8.
CRAM t). BItOWN.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who
was owner of the ship Isabella and Mary, to recover
from the defendant, who was owner of the ship Roils.
the value Of the Isabella and Mary and her ca-go;
that ship having, as was alleged, been run down,
through the negligent conduct of the Master and craw
of the Rolla. It appeared from the evidence fit the
Captain of the Rolla, that both thesevessels mere in the
coal trade, and were on their passage,from Newcastle
. to Lank; on the 29d Aussast last, Oh time when the
accident, the subject of the present act.; ou, took place.
It was about 11 oclock in the evening when the Master
of the Isabella, who was on deck, though his Mate had
the watch, perceived a vessel, which afterwards proved
to be the Rolla, abut a mile from them : the Isabella
was at this time on the larboard tack, and the Rolla on
the starboard ; the Rolla however had the wind, which
the Isabella had not. From the course in which the
Rolla was coming, winless saw, unless she aimed it,
that she would come directly down on the Isabella,
stn ike her in the midships, and most probably sink her.
The crew of the Isabella, therefore, sung out to the
Rolla, for Goe's sake to keep her luff, and put her
helm a-lee ; the Isabella, at the same time putting her
helm down, to avoid the blow she every moment ex-
pected from the Rolla, unless attention was paid to her
- hail. The Rolla did not put her helm a lee, as desired,
but still kept bearing up, and soon after the bow of
the Rolla struck the Label' on the stern quarter,
stove a hole in her, and is less than 15 minutes the
Isabella sunk. The crew of that vessel had only
time to get on board the Rolla, but had no opportu-
nity of saving any thing. Had the steersman
on board the Rolla kept his luff, and put his helm
a-lee, as desired, instead of continuing to bear down,
a witness was of opinion, the vessels would not have
touched each other; cr it they had, the shock Would
have been so trifling as to have done no harm. This
testimony was confirmed by the Mate and two of the
crew of the Isabella.
On the part of the defendant it was contended, that
the Isabella had herself been the cause of the acci-
'dent; as, if she had kept her course, the vessels would
have gone clear of each other.
After hearing the case, a verdict was- found for the
plaintiff, damages &Oat, costs 40s. subject to a re-'
ference of the matters in difference to Mr. Gibson,
who was to have power to take the opinion of such
nautical men as he should consider proper.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MARCH 9.
SIR A. F. COCIIRANE, K. S. V. CJIAPPLI.
This was an
,action brought by Vice-Admiral Sir
Alexander Forrester Cochrane, K.B. to recover da-
Magee against the defendant, a bookseller of Pall'
Mall, for printing and publishing a scandalous libel
of and concerning the plaintiff, imputing to him cow-1
ardice and dishonourable and corrupt conduct in his
character of Vice-Admiral.
The ATTOUNKY-GENISRAL stated the case for tne
plaintiff, and said that his clime bad rather chosen
this mode of proceeding than by indictment or crimi-
nal information, in order that it might not be said by
the defendant that he was prevented from proving a
justification, and in order that he might have an op-
portunity, if-he thought proper, of proving that the
libellous statements alleged were founded in truth.
It appeared that the libel was published in a pam-
phlet, entitled, 4, Secret Memoirs of the Honourable
Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, of the Honourable Vice

Admiral Sir Alexander Forrester Cochrane, K.B.
Captain in the Royal Navy ; with an Account of
the circumstances which led to the discovery of Lord
Cochrane and others to defraud the Stock Exchange."
The libellous matter which was the subject of the
action imputed to the plaintiff, 1. That he was guilty
cif cowardice when he was Commander in Chief off
the Leeward Island Station, on 6th July, in notmak-
ing the necessary preparations to fight the French
squadron under Admiral Willaumez and Jerome Bo-
naparte, off the island of Tortola and St. Thomas,
icc. 2d. I'h4t be corruptly smuggled on board of
bis Majesty's ship Belleisle, when at Halifax, mules,l
whichite caused to be sold at Tortola for his own
profit, without entering them at the Custom-house.
fd. That he defrauded the Victualling Board by pay-
ing for a quantity of duck, purchased on his own ac-,
count, in bills of exchange drawn upon that Board,
purporting to be for fresh beef supplied to his Ma-
4esty's ships in the road of Tortola, no such beef hav-
log ever been, in fact, supplied to the ships; and 4th,',
That lw bad fraudulently appropriated to himself
about 200 prize negroes, condemned under the Act
47 Geo. 111. c. 36, and transported them to a sugar
plantation of his own at Tainidad, kc. The know.!
ledge of this scandalous publication came by acci-
dent to the plaintiff, through Vice Admiral Durham,
upon which he instantly applied to the defendant to
have the author delivered up. Mr. Chapple, of
Course. referred him to A. Mackenrott, who was
lately acquitted at the Old Bailey of forgery no the
ground of insanity ; and the plaintiff immediately
cotrunenced his action against the latter as the Gitt•
OM" ; but in consequince of hii being confuted aftet
the recent trial as a lunattc that sedge was dinged.,