The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-04-21 00:00:00

cethiT OF KING'S. BENGHi Arad.

WEIL AGM

iiti ittro v eoisiii:
The 11-efendi tit, Who it the Proprietor of this Pa:
per, was brought up to plead tie In indictment filed
against him by the AiTOIikST.:GENERAi. for e falsei
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scandalous, and malicious Libel, inseited in the
Matesmens on the loth 'of Mara host, eiltelited td
ve.ify auil traduce the Transport Beard; and to hold
them up to hatred and indignation bath it honin and".
abroad. The Libel, which was in the shape of it
letter from a Correspondent, begun by entitling to
1 the situation of our unfortunate countrynien who are
detained as prisoners in France, and to accient for
their protracted detention, went on to give a pt: •
tended description of the treatment of French Pri-
!toners Of War in this colliery, by the Commissioner%
lof tilt Transport Board: These Com Missioners, the
; Libel stated, had the care of providing -Wed end
!clothing for the French prironers ; and through
Itheir hands also came the remittances made to th m
from France. These remittances the CommisSion'erly
instead of immediately appropriating to the use of
j the prisoners for whom they were intended, Were
in the habit of witkholdtug fir indefieite pe-
:Hods, and employisig,in speculate/am in the fieldsi
for their own private b.eiefit.-a--414. poor mi.
I sot Ors at the different depots, titerimiti frequen.--;
fly in the use of putting on whste:,vies teemed
half portion., thereby producing a tit' ,g, at eien
depot, of about three hundred ponntlie day, wi.ich
they themselves, and their employine- Pocketed.
n this manner they defrauded the poor prisoners out
of large sums, to the amount of.selerid hnitdred
thousand pounds yearly. Whether ihe 'higher ci.ei
parttnents of Government, or the Admiralty, joined.
in, or were aware, of these practices, the *titer of
-the Letter did not pretend to knovi, bet it oreak4
likely they did, from the anxiety which Wei ithewet
to increase the number of French piiseners in this,
country, by bringing them from Spain, instead of
exchanging them for Spanish prisoners hi the posses.
aloe of the French: While such predict's, hoieier,
pfretaited, it was in fain fUr these who hist relative%
detained in Ftance, to expect that they should' bq
permitted tot retutn td !hit country:
Mr. Liviell being Called epon 110 pie ci guilty en;
Not Guilty to theinforinitiod, .. . . .
Mr. READER, craved hiparliike till the brii day
Of next Term, an indulgence to which, by.the OW
tice of the Court, the Akfenclaut Was entitle& Hid
Client would, in the Mean ante, do all,in i,is erderen,
to set himself right with the public and with the At-
torney-General. The Derteidant was unfortinitely,
as the Court knew, a prisoner id Ncwgate, hy which
means he was unable to exercise that superintending
care which be otherwise might ever hid own afteirt.—
lie bad never seen or heard pf the libel in question
till it appeared in print, and, he felt unfeigned sor-•
row, that it bad gained publicil through his Means.
Invariance was granted till the first day of next
Term, and the Defendant was remanded iutu the cut.
tody whence he had been broughL -

Al76lllrEirriWG Lin-Grains t!---lestead °fang.
menting such sticks: lumber, one regiment might be
reduced, which would lighten the eapences on the
country—the men might he changed into i regirdent
of grenadiers to assist their pilau( countrymen
abroad, where the Officers would see some service,
stead of strutting about St. James's and the Park in
hoots, like churns, to the great terror of the Cock.
'ley:, when they visit the west cud of the town. The
horses might tnrned over to nth 'r dragoon regi-
ments ; and such as were found too large or unfit
might be fold to draw ploughs, carts, and drays,
where they would bejust as useful as where they are.
Baesn.—NP Court of Aldermen. The Loan
MAYOR, after inspecting the Returns, ordered pre-
, sent prices to continue.
An affray took place at Ilamsgate on Thursday
night, between several privates of the Leitrim Regi-
ment of Militia, quartered in the barracks., and some
sailors belonging to vessels in the harbour' The sol-
diers and sailors had been drinking pretty freely to.
gether at the Castle Inn Tap, near the Pier, and o
quarrel and scuffle having ensued, one of the t ers
' received a desperate wound in the side, of wh h h 3
died on Saturday morning. A young man of the
name of Austin, belonging fo a brig in tli Pier,
charged e i h striking the soldier n Wow with an axe/
has been committed to Sandwich Gaol to take his
trial.

A caricature, from a well known 'sad, his lately
made its appearance in the priot-shops, representing
a great Lady, in the act of producittg young States-
' num ; the likeness of the new President of the Coua-
cil, Is strongly preserved.

N.IVAL INTEL LIGHNCE.

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PORTSMOUTH, Arms. Ilk
I Arrived the PoWien, Velment)le, Piasmegemet, and Catlike%
Lad, of the line, from craishm to the Westir ad, af.er the
• L'Oriest aqsadron ; they are to fit for the Baltic.
Sailed from St. Helen's the Victory, Mims, Admiral Sit
James Saamares, Captain Dumareaq, for the Bele; also thq
Helicon, Capt. Hopkins; and Thracian, Captain Waller, on a
Braise.
Went ant of Whew the Leopspl, Sophie, Gannet, and
Dapper,
The Leyden takes coy to North America.
DEAL, Aran 10.

Arrived Ms Majesty's ship artfia, with& etsavoy of dalll.lslh.
from Portsmouth.
Sailed the Kingston and Leader transports, under convoy 4 •
the Provitlence ar.ned brig, for Harwich.
Caine down from the River bis Majesty's ship Montague, and
sailed for Portsmouth.
rAtmorni, Aram l&

Salied his Majesty's,paeket the IPriatess ArneHi, with mails
for the Med'Serrano's, Malta, ike. A.c. I and the Princes Elk
t♦abetb packet, with a moil tor Lisboa sad Collis,
YARMOUTH, Aran ID.

Arrived bit Majesty's ships Vixen, from the Maher ; and
the Leveret sad Princess of Wales, from a erotic off the Dogger.
The Consmmee, tram London to Malta and Mesina ; the
maks, Are palms; the Gibraltar, frees Gibraltar to Majorca;
and N.*. do LTitsstes, from Villa Neva to Cadiz, wese Mee
Isetweell the Itihmid ilith alt. It3silie Bablele Fres& privateer; 3
the former comistrials reales. . The Ceemeerce arrivedott Teu-
ton the Nth kii: iht is Wks wilt agree mid military chid"-
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