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London, England, 1826-11-23 00:00:00

COURT OP KING'S BENCH--Tkits DAT.

JUDGMENT ON SMUGGLERS.
William Snow, William Hone, and W. Hetherington, three'
smugglers, appeared en the floor of.the Court to- receive judgment.
The information charged the several defendants with illegal traffick-
ing i 4 smuggled goods, on the. Sussex coast, and also with endea-
vouring to bribe one of his Majesty's Revenue Officers, stationed
there; in the execution of his duty.
Mr, Justice &Tun% after asilmadvertlog very strongly on the
MUMS nature of their offences, sentenced Snow and Hone to.lB
months, and .Hetherington to 15 months imprisonment in Horsham
Jail, and at the expiration of that period* to enter into sureties for
five years; themielves in 401. and two of 201. each,
HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY, Nov.ft

11111111P1UPZ MIAOW PIRATICS.
The KING'S ADVOCATIL said, that this motion related
to a claim for head-money, founded upon the capture-
of a piratical vessel and two canoes, by a part of the
crew of his Majesty's cutter Grecian. The Captain of
the Grecian made of that in November, 1823, he
commanded a King's cutter on the Jamaica station,and
received intimation from a merchant named Macgre-
gor, that a piratical schooner was off the coast of Cam-
peaehy,and had done considerable mischief to merchant.
vessels. Upon this information the Grecian went in
pursuit of the piratical.schooner, which she came up
with off the Island of San Pedro. Upon the Grecian
nearing her, the crew of the pirate drove their vessel
on shore, and then endeavoured to escape in two large
canoes. The Captain of the Grecian then procured a
I Spanish felucca, which he disguised as a merchantman,
and patting.ten of his crew on hoard, sent them on the
same course-all the canoes had taken, by way of a de-
coy,.intending, if the felucca should be attacked, to
send the boats of the cutter to her assistance. A heavy
gale of wind, however, suddenly came on, and the
Grecian was forced off shore. In the mean while, as
had been anticipated, a crowd of boats came off from
shore, with two large canoes, well manned, who at-
tacked the felucca with fire-arms. As soon al the
attack commenced, the crew of the felucca (which con-
sisted of Spaniards) ran below deck, and left the ten
Englishmen, who were on board, belonging to the
Grecian, to defend the vessel. The felucca bad one car-
renade on board, with which the men of the Grician
kept up so smart a fire, that they beat off the canoes, and
pursued them towards the shore.Tbe pirates dragged the
canoes on land, the felucca continuing to fire on them,
by which fire three men were killed. The rest of the
pirates endeavoured to.escape to the woods, but being
pursued, they returned to the shore, and again. taking
to their bats, endeavoured to get off to sea. In this
attempt one of the canoes was successful ; but the other,
with fifteen men, was captured, and ten of those men
were subsequently hanged as pirates in Jamaica. Under
all the circumstances, the King's Advocate submitted,
that as this was a most gallant action on the part pf the
ten men belonging to the Grecian, the Court would
take their valiant conduct into consideration, and decree
head-money for thirty-six men, which it was proved
were in the two canoes. It was quite in course that the
Court should decree bead-money for the three men
killed, and the fifteen men afterwards captured; and
the only questipn was, whether the Court would grant
head money on the crew of the canoe which had escaped,
and which consisted of eighteen men ?
Lord Semext.r.—Take a decree for the three men killed and the
fifteen men taken, and I shall consider Whether the Court can pant
head-money for the eighteen men who escaped,.

TXI SUMER.

Mb cause was called, but not argued. It regards a salvage
award of a very large amount, to which the RCYCLIite Depnialtilt
it understood to haws taken some exceptions.
Lord Srowar.t. desired it should stand over,
THE MINSTREL.

Dr. Luanniarom stated, that the question in this matter was,
whether a mariner, who had proceeded for the recovery of wages
due, was entitled to have his costs paid into Court, which costs be
eliimed.—This case was also_ordered to stand over.

TUB ATL/M
The Registrar then called the case of The Atlas, re-
specting as our readers may recollect, the validity of a
bottomry bond ; to the condition of which (stipulating
for payment of the amount hypothecated, even in
the event of loss of the ship), it WAS objected by the
Court, on a former occasion, that such condition pre.
judiced the lender's title to the interest always granted
on these bonds as the perieuli protium, and removed the
pretence for demanding maim maritime. The general
question as to the nature of this bond, however, was re-
served in Trinity Term last. The case having been
called on a former Sasion of the present Term, and
again deferred, was expected to have been discussed to•
day, and much interest was excited about it in the City.
Lord Browns, ordered that this matter should stand over,

TUX MALTA.

This was an action for wages by a mariner of the ship
Malta, against a Captain Young, recently tried at the
Admiralty Sessions of Oyer and Terminer, on a charge
of slave• trading, and acquitted. The summary petition
set forth the facts of the party having been engliged on
board ; of the vessel's proceeding in the prosecution of
a trading voyage to the coast of Africa; and of the
Captain's having, while lying in the River Danger, on
the western coast, taken aboard four black girls, whom
he was alleged to have detained, in the first instance; as
security for the delivery of certain goods and gold'dust,
which some natives had bartered against a- part of the
Malta's cargo. These girls, it was then set Wtth, *ere
subsequently sold by Captain Young 'to the master of a
Spanish slaver for a sum of dollars ; and the Malta
herself prOceeded to Pi ince's Island for a cargo of coffee.
She was there seized, under the Slave trading Acts, by
Captain Willis, of his Majesty's ship Bran, ati4l carried
into Sierra Leone,: w
where she was eoadepilled.ita a good
and lawful prize.
Dr. LUSHINOTON, for the seaman, stated that be bad *ever re.
calved the wages he bad stipulated (sr, and POW Proceeded for
them against the Captain.
Di. JEN NED did not at present dispute the facts, as
laid in the summary petition, .excepting ip so far as to
I observe that Captain Young had been acquitted of
charge it exhibited against him. But the Learned
Counsel contended, that by reason of the seizure of the
ship, and hcr subsequent condemnation (from which
sentence, indeed, an appeal was now/ in progress), the
property and ownership had passed to the mews, or to
the Crown ; and that to them the petiticmer most look
for relief.
Dr. LUSHINGTON had always understood that a
mariner had his option of three remedies for the recd•
very of his subtracted wages ; he might proceed against
the oa tiers, the master, or the ship. His client had
chosen the middle course; and if the facts, as laid in the
summary petition, should be proved, the Learned
Counsel held there could not be a shadow of doubt that
he must be entitled to tecover. Could this be doubted
in the case of a ve.set seized by reason of the illicit
practices of the master, in smuggling without the privity
of the mariner, a few pieces of-silk, or lace, for ex- I
ample? Snould it be said, that after such vessel had
been se zed to the Crown, the seaman could sot have
his remedy against the niastri or tlio:Asitters?
Lord STOWELL was decidedly of opinion tbat at least here was a
• tialicitnt case laid to go to proof,and admitted the summary Petition.

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LA 1,27111 1,11170/11$
This case has been often before the public. Of the
'two questions comprised in it—(ile one touching the
grant of the Court's Warrant of Attachment against
certain parties, charged with obstructing the High Ju-
risdiction of the Court, by ill treatment of the racer
who served its process on the French Captain. bnd
others & and the second, relating to the quantum of the
salvage to be awarded to the salvors of the vessel)--the
former only came on for discussion to-day.
Dr. JENNICR and Dr. LUSUINOTON, on behalf of the
Captain and crew, and Mr. Horsburgh, a Magistrate
of the Borough of Weymouth, in Dorsetshire, con-
tended, that they had acted with much forbearance to-
•wards an unauthorised individual, calling himself the
Messenger of this Court; or if they had in any degree
erred, had only erred in pardonable and trifling re-
spects, such as the Court would never interfere to punish.
Dr. Donau): and Dr. J. ADDAMS insisted, that the individual was
quite authorised for the purposes of that process, and bad been
grossly ill. used.
Dr. LUSHINGTON severely reprobated, on the other
hand, the harsh and inhospitable treatment which these
poor Frenchmen bad met with from the inhabitants of
Portland Isle. Ignorant of our language, and almost
shipwrecked, it was a cruel termination of their diiasters
to get involved in a needless squabble of this kind. Foe
his own part, he could not imagine a set of foreigners
more unfortunately circumstanced, unless, indeed, they
had happened to have fallen in with some people worse
than their Portland friends; some Philo-Frenchthen for
erample—(a laugh)—wbo might have put a finishing
-hand to their calamities, by raising a loan for them—.
(Laughter.)
The case to be proceeded with neat Court day.

BRIGHTON, NOVED4IIIIt
.

Lord Romano has renewed hit subscription at Ononn's Library ;
this augurs favourably of his Lordship's intention of prolonging his
sojourn with us.
The Duke of Bannon* seems to improve in health ; his Grace
did not take his usual bath and equestrian airing yesterday, owing
to the repulsive humidity prevalent.
The Earl of IJSZURNE has eemoved front the New Steyne Hotel,
and returned t• London. The Earl and Countess of WINTSILTON
are prolonging their stay at this Hotel.
Col. de BUROM left the Royal York Hotel this morning, for t•wa

A project is on foot for erecting a new iron bridge
across the Thames from Lambeth to the Horse-ferry Road ; the
whole expense of which is calculated at only 163,5001.
,Lately, at Bruges, Capt. GARTH and Lady ASTLET
entered into the holy bands of matrimony.
Sir JACOB ASTLEY has purchased two packs of
hounds, and two packs of harriers. They are cad to be the finest
dogs in the kingdom.
Colonel THORNHILL having in consequence of his
wounds retired from the command of the 7th Hussars and from the
service, the Officers of that celebrated Regiment have voted him a
piece of plate of the value of two hundred guineas.
The Marquis of HASTINGS has had an accdent,
which has occasioned serious alarm to his family. It appears,
however, by the latest accounts, that danger was over, and that his
Lordship was'gradeally recovering from the effects of the accident,
although Ise was still confined to his couch.
Friday sight Mr. Secretary Goucsuas and his bro.
Cher arrived from Dublin in the City of Dublin Company's steam.
packet Mancheater and the Right Hon. Gentleman inimediately
proceeded to London.—Liverpool paper.
It is proposed to erect a mausoleum, at Stratford-on-
Avon, in commemoration of Susinzoaz, to whisk his Mau=

baa offered a, subscription of £lOO.
THE TOR HlLL—There are few eras in the compass
of English History, more abundant in the alternate predominanci
of reason and superstition, gaiety and gloom, or, in a word, in all
the materials coveted by the liomance-writer," than the reign of
the Eighth Henry. This truth is ably illustrated by the writer of
The Tor Hill, who has just given another proof of that talent in
the living presentment of character, which has secured to his Bram-
bitty* House such extensive popularity. After giving a delineation
of Baronial manners, and a picture of religious seclusion in Eng.
land, as manifested In Glastonbury Abbey, just before the Re-
formation, the Novelist changes the scene to London, and we are
presented with Sketches of " Life" of various kinds, from the
idle Apprentices of Cheapside, the skulking Vagabonds and sin.
pier Characters lurking in the Sanctuary of Westminster, the
fashionable Roysterers, and the Debauchees ef the Court—to Car.
dinal Worm, the ill-starred Queen C,'Amsann, and. Hinter the
Emery himself, and his Mistresses. The invented Agents of the
Plot are also strongly coloured, and are worthy of companionship
with the historical personages.
An Inquest was held at the London Hospital, on the
body of W. Beck, late a labourer in Messrs. Smith's distillery, who
was suffocated by carbonic acid gas, while attempting to draw a
sample of won from a' quantity, then in a state of fermentation....
Verdict—Accidental Death.

The remains of the Princes of the House of Lorrain
'have been transferred. to a chapel at Nancy, whence
they were ejected at the time of the revoletion.
A Gentleman, just arrived from Lisbon, mentions an
interesting circumstance, which occurred at the opening
of the Cortes. The Princess Royal was seated on the
Throne, prepared to deliver the Speech which had been
'drawn up for the occasion, when the express arrived
from Vienna, that the oath to the new formal' Govern-
ment had been taken, by Prince Miguel. Her address
was consequently delayed, and the business of the As-
sembly suspended, the PA incess remaining on the Throne
until this important event could be introduced into the
Speed. The Princess Royal is described as' a woman
of attractive person and engaging manners, blended
with the dignity proper to jeer high station. She is about
25 yeura of age.
• According to the Journal du 'Commerce, there is likely
to be a aeriottsruptine between France rind Algiers. The
French Government have demanded from the Day an
explanation on thosubjeet of the visits made on the
French packet boats by Algerine vessels. The Day is
inflexible in his pretensions, and it is hinted that a
French Beet might bombard the City, to bring the ob-
stinate despot to reason. . .
A leper earlier at Manchester has been apprehended
upon a charge of stealing letters containing money.
A Usiddleaged man has been apprehended at Man-
`f,,bester on a charge of forgery. The prisoner, it appears,
bad counterfeited thesignature of Mr. John Gladstone,
of Liverpool, to bills of exchange of a small amount,
Capon which ale attempted to obtain goods and money.
Yesterday, a Court of Directors Was held at the East
Inclla House, when the following Captains were sworn
into the command of their respective ships, viz._
Captain Roanar Loan; the Duke of York ; and Captain
AMBROSE FRKDRRICK PROCTOR, the Windsor, cons,gned
to Bengal and China. The Malin Grant, Captain
WILLIAM HAY, was stationed, for Bombay and China.
Monday a child, about elefen years old, was aeci-
dentaliy shot. at Velindra, near Cowblidge, Glamor-
gansbire. He stool opposite to a person who was re-
pairing a gun, which being Unfortunately loaded, went
off, and the contents entering his left temple, killed him
on the spot.
D.ed lately, at Barbaro, aged 93, Jonta JENNINGS.
He was postman from Ipivriels to Needham ai.d B:owmarket 55
years; and then. for the 13 following years he was postman to
Barham and Cudienham ; for' the fdst 17 years he k 11 not pursued
his bectopatiod. Por N years' he • walked 168 mars every work,
making a total of above 440,000 miles, or 17 thews the *Tait of
the globe.