The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-11-24 00:00:00

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wholly unconnected with the merits of the eiteila
I--The Evidence which Colonel WARD( I might's
have adduced on the Trial was not on that OCIDS. r
sion offered. That such testimony could have
been given, the affidavits, sod particelarly those
'of Mr. Geeete anti _dam _ Dana; atna4atlany
leatify. By what blender or mistake it was neg.
lected, or omitted, to call these respectable wit-
nesses on the Trial, we have not the means ef as.
eertaining. The Court felt itself bound by rule
to discharge the Bulo---on a very obvious, and
as it to us seems, correct principle—namely,
that to admit of a second Trial, because
witnesses who might have been heard were
not called, would open the door to endless lid-
gatiun. New Trials have recently become fre.
queue—but when causes were tries at bar in the
liitte's Bench, as was formerly the case, a new
trial was unknown—the practice is modern. Co.
lonel NV ROLL must now submit to the payment
of the damage* awarded by the Jury—but
a perusal of the Affidavits will, we apprehend,
leave but little doubt on the minds of the public
of the real state of the facts, or of what would
have been the verdict, had the patties who have
made these affidavits, been called on the trial.
The money is a very subordinate consideration ;
Colonel WAIIDLI having, by this motion, had an
opportunity of laying his case before the public,
and of thus refuting the odious calumnies which
1600 been es ridiculously as malignantly cast upon
his mullet's, and his character.

The Pickle schooner arrived at Plymouth on
Tuesday with dispatches from the Martinis WEL.
LESLEY. Situ sailed from Cadiz on the Ist. No
intelligence at the time .r her departure had reach.
cd that place of an engagement in the Mediter—
ranean.
On the 31st alt. nothing decisive was known at
Cadiz respecting the establishment of the new
Government. Tho proceedings iu the Junta, on
the 21sth, which was expected to prove an impor-
tant da), had not transpired at Cadiz three days
after.
Yesterday at two o'clock a Cabinet Conncil was
held at the Foreign Office, which did not break
up till half past five. There were present the
LORD CUR:MELLOR, Earls BATHURST, LISKII,
POOL, CMATMAM, and frfARIWWBY, Lurd MOL
GUARS, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER,
Mr. RYDER, and Mr. K. S. DONORS.
ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, Esq. of Blythstvood,
is elected Lord Rector of the University of Glee.

gew.
An English fleet, of upwards of RO sail, is
said to have been off Barcelona, about the middle
of October. This was about the time Lord
Cowrowoots is stated lo have sailed from Mi-
norca.
The Earl of Roma has been appeieSed Pest.
master-General of Ireland In the room of Lord
xt TT.
Mr. PEGI.se, a King's Messenger, arrived yes.
tcrday at the Foreign Office, in ,Powning.street, '
with dispatches from Spain.
The Mr. JOHNSON, who was no Wednesday
evening held to bail at Bow-street, for calling
out sil:ncc in the Theatre, is, we are informed,
the senior partner in the house of JOIINSON and
Co. in Gracechnrch.street, a house of great re.
spectability.
The statement in all the London Papers, that
the Yiokt, Captain DARE, had just arrived from
Boston, in ballast, thereby indicating the severity
li
with which the Non intercourse Act is enforced
in America, is untrue. That ship arrived last
from Ireland, where ►ho has been lying for about
six weeks. To the no small amusement of those
who are in the secret, The Morning Chronicle of
yesterday contained several manufactured pa.
ragrapha, extracted from papers which aro said
to have been received by this identical vessel.—

This day Sir RICHARD STRACIIAN left town, for
Walchercn, to soprrintend the embarkation of
our troops, &e. from that island. One hundred
and fifty canal diggers arc embarked fur the pur-
pose of cutting down the dykes.
A letter from Walchercn states, that General
Don had just sent over to Goland Roantau, at
' the French out-post Breskins, all the remalatler
of the sick and wounded French prisoners of
war ; and likewise all the French Physicians,
Surgeons and Apothecaries, who were our pri-

sonars.
The embarkation of shot, shells, powder, and
other stores, commenced at Flashiug on Saturday
seinnight. The general opinion was, that the Island
was to be immediately evacuated. Very consider-
able quantities of English goods are on the island
'indisposed of. The Dutch shew nodisposition to
purchase, except on such terms as to subject the
vender to a loss of nasty 40 per cent. on all his
snicks'.
• Althosgb Sart BATHUUT has not resigned the
Presidency of the Board of Trade, the Noble
Earl has not attended the Board siaee his appoint-
ment to be Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Mr. Ross, the Vice-President, has transacted the
business.
Orden have been sent to the Port Admiral at
Plymouth to send to sea every ship of force lit for
actual service. They are destined to maize in
different points along the French coast, with a
view of picking up the strgagling ships that might
have escaped from Lord CocuNOWOOD, and run
for their own ports is various directions.
In Dresden t hure is a bridge of 17 archei,in pass-
ing over which you never meet any person: for
all those who are going arc obliged to keep on one
side, and thosr! who arc returning to keep on the
other. This arrangement might not agrco with
English constitutions.
• Mr. I.:cum:ix performed on Monday, at Bris-
tol, the parts of the duke D' Aran2a, and Fre-
derick, in the farce of Of ilge To.morrote.
llc .rat to close his comment there lest eight.