The Statesman.
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nder existing eirc;:instancesi:his,E Setnilltici. tilt : ' OBSTRUCTtSkEW44IL•QMFIGERS. -, • -
'Corers' err, deenis if 1)119)(4 to gWittiiblieo t the j ,
; ?iii the___ motion of o_f_.lt:lr... loilLeo.n!..maiLelth:, ei.:4;,,tianie4,.
&teeing coerespitioiletice,• addrethed At Ailli by . his
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eM Owtract of an • Act of Parliament. recently, passed ,
,‘: were etiout to seize some smuggled awaits ; when o'n'
in the Imperial Pin Bement, estacting.Treak penalties 1! •: , , .
• I being ,
_illS wrir mutt he had td say, he rtnirtineXpecieuty.
against any farther traiiic in .Slaves. .
.pittdskgd• l' patty," Ile Wes .thereupoli.'ordered. Isy'.
• Be miler of his F./c.v.-41,T the Governor, .
• • (Pightut) •• •- A. Ratt4.l% et.e.r siesie Gee, 'the Court to be ugaia brought up on Thursday next, 4
Pay le.uni, Isle Rlnuriiiir, Ito% 1.5, lel2. ~. ... .• . to bestrisidg'olent; • • •• -
Ili. NI 4,1 Vs. snip .1.1.01, Tatib• 11.1%, Feb. IS, 1814. • ' Thk'diatirt was afterwards occupied in be:trine
Sin,—le order to remove any misapprehintioli in
'whatiire' called " special "ittgunietits," front Which:
the minds if the inhabitants of the toe eT Frartte,' w* collated nothing wortlit'of special notice. ' '
relative to the effect likely' to be produced.by the de. , . .. -. . - , •,,,...;,.... • •
eision of the Court of Vice-Admiralty on the subject COURT OF MOM PLEAS, Nov. 13.
of La Predetsferdetained as prize when clandestinely; _ , .!. : 'ls ten. ii te. avec •
endeavouring to introduce heves Iti4 the Isle ni, Thisactino 'On'ilioliey 'Oeinsurance, had been
France, but which .veiset his, geee,t‘itiirid by the tried it Thiiltiliall., before Loral Chief Justice XXV-
decision of Ali 'Cobra', altd- in - dram to • give (hit let.tiii. 4titial -a • •al- verdict 'was '_taken. fat' the'
uotice, that the Slave Trade shall not be allowed to maiatite;..sayieet. 'to (he jaiginent -or the Cburt.l-'
IN' carried on ca4isarY tb 4", notwithstanding the ;'Pitt 44,0 hio been. litsurtid . to 'the port of fe
illau
encouragement given to itby this decisionJ here to -4,,,e, AS•itreapfured withineight miles of' that !part, hy
request tiler your Excelletscy will be piealedjci ens
noatice, in any public and effectual matiner you inay the Civil Astateritiei of Palen ; and the queitlon dn.
tehlefi'thetrintian 'for a Rule Was grounded,' was;
think proper, my firm determination 'to resist' ativ , iviirthei theirsset could be considered as in the port'
encroaeliment el the "NW upon thit :stibjeet',..tind t;ir
or Pilled or not,. at the period of the capture.' Mr:
direct all such vessels clandestinely eneleatiouring
iotrance Slaves is the Isles of Foot* and Bourbon
tolSe'rjeant,Sittettatto was no* heard against the kale,'
do he detained, and to await the decision of the 1 mid Mrs Seijeant Ln'cs contra ; but their Lordihips'
High; weret-of opinion, that the case was similar tOother
(;curt of Admiralty in England. ; - • ..I
• ' taller,. whinh had been decided—that the vessel wan
I have the honour to be, 'Ste. -'
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ROBRRT STOPPOR.Di Rear.Aihalral.
.mo.
lie ye
bneae doubt as to her nd thousuat place of unloading, which re-
ins Excellency Guvernur Farquhar, .t.e. sty.. Win in rt g po,' and there.
• it i 5 11ajesh's Ship Um:, Tahl...Elay. Feb.11;11111 hire held, that it would be absurd' to sanction a spes
SlC—Having just received irons 'England in Act , cid verdict, when no doubt could be raised. Untie!'
of Parliament, effecting fresh penalties against any I these Circumstances, their LOrdihips -gave judgment'
farther traffic in Slaves, and as I conceive the .ear j for the Plaintiff'. • ... . • ••''
Nest- inforroation Of such an Act to be essentially I The Court was occupied the remaindise of the day
necessary at the Islands under your r scellency's in hearing lengthened arguments in special cases.
Government, I send copies of the clauses more par- . —as.- • .
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ticularly iselatiiig thereto•, and regret thill 'I carnet COURT OF EXCHEQUER., Nov. 19. . .
trend you the Act Reef, being only supplied with
owe cony of it.' ' ' • SURETY FOR APPEARANCE. TO PROSECUTE. '
Your Excellency will therefore see the utter im. 'Mr. Baiter made an application to the Court to
possibility of my granting any permission or autho. I discharge the cognizaticeof James Robinson, Esq. of
city to the Commanders of his Majesty's ships under ; Lewisham, in the county of Kent, who had failed to.
my orders in • grant any passport, or in any way lappear to prosecute in a criminal ease, for which he
miller the adtnission' of Slaves into the Islands under ! stood forfeited in 651. sterling.
your Excellency's Government, without submitting I It appeared, that sometime in the year 1803, Mr.
myself qii the penatty of this very strong and posi. ; Robinson- happened to be residing in Lotitioteavlien
tive Act of Parliament. . • he was informed by his servants that they had de;
I have therefore sent orders to the Senior Officer teeter) a man, of the name of William Hammer, in
at Port Louis to seize all vessels and slaves that he 1 the fact of abstracting some of his property. He re-
play meet.. ' • turned to his own honse and carried the depredatoi'
I have the honour to be, dm. into the °presence of a Magistrate, who caused him
... ItOIIEKT ICrOPFORD, Rear..A.thniral. to be committed to prison. At the same time the
ilis Excellyney 6......ruu. Farquhar. etc. Magistrate compelled Mr. Robinson to give surety.
• tiler, haloes Ow extract of the Art of Parliament.)
to the amount of 651. that he would appear to pro-
His Excellency the Governor haring received in.
telligence, through a private channel, that regulations sccute the Prisoner. At the time of the trial, Mr;
have been made for she trade between ngland and
I offer against the depredator, RobinsonKn conceiving, that,
his attendance would as he had no evidence to
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these Colonies, and considering that the information '
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be altogether unnecessary, accordingly remained M
alay be relied upon, though not vet officially co u. ,
hOrne. Hia servants who had annrehended the
elicited to this Government, hastens to notify, for ! . ' . . -
Prisoner, agpeared agaeist him, and en their eyi-
the satisfection of the merchants, planters, and .
le he. foundguilty. 191 r. Robinson there-
other inhabitants of those „Islands Whom it may con. 1 ' • •nce was
fore applied to the Court to have his recognance dis-
cern, that the same commerce will-be free to every j
individual, making application to be allowed to i charged, seeing, as he humbly conceived, that the
his
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not
had
been ware by f o justice
carry it on, and subject only to the sante regulations I purposes •
as the commerce of private merchants between other I failure Of appearance.
parts of India to and from England, save, however, ; Baron Tuoattsoo remarked, that the Prisoner
lavas convicted because he pleaded guilfy to the 'ln:
that the merchandise is to be freighted on ships,
!•dimment, whereas, hadlie thought proper to have
supplied either by the India Company, or by indivt.
! remained silent, the absence of Mr. Robinson would.
duals, who may desire to furnish and send the same
air their own private property, under licences to be.; have been exceedingly material.
obtained for that pnrpo.w, tram or through the spa. Their Lordships consented to the application.
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.slat ortlers of the East India Company, the coat. THE UNDERWRITERS V. EDWARDS ANn CO.
Mr. Wiserets appeared in this case to object to an
*tierce between these Colonies and ladle remaining
as heretofore. . • . . , answer returned by the Defendauts to a Bill of Eii-
1. •
By order of his flacellencv the Governor, ; quiry put in by .the Plaintiffs.
v.
(Sigord) A. BARRY. Chief Sec. to Government. ; -4-, appeared that, during the month of August„
tort Lou,,i Isle Mnotrilius, 16th May, istt. 118 W, the Defendants had shipped 400 bags of coffee
_._____ ' - ion hoard a vessel called the Minerva, destined to'
On Tuesday morninst *early, as the Stamford the Baltic. In the vessel herself they had no inter
bush was on, its way to tewnt it was overturned rest whatever, lint confined their assurance Wholly
sheet half a mile from Baidock. The coachniati and to the coffee. The Plaintiffs assured the coffee from
one of the outside passengers had their legs fractured capture, whilst the Captain shnu'd have occasion to
in a shodking manner, and, others were much bruised. , reconnoitre the coast of the Baltic, in quest of a
One of the inside passengers received a violent con: ; market ; but the protection did not extend to the
tusion in the head, the other three escaped unhurt. • port of discharge, because a capture by land was,
• Yesterdayi -- Simmons, indicted by the from the precarious situation of affairs in the North,
name of AltDonaid, pursuant to his sentence stood very justly apprehended. The coffee was consigned ,
in the pillory, for are unnatural crime, opposite :to a man of the name of Schmiley, who consigned it
Shoreditch Church ;, at elven A. at. the crowd began Ito Alderman Pecker and' Co. who, in their turn,
to assemble, and while they were waiting for the ; consigned it to merchants in Sweden. Such being
exhibition of the culprit, an overdriven or made; the relative situation of the parties, the vessel sailed
Lis nplienrance, and created much diversion to 'the . on her voyage, and, having anchored off the port of
surroino!i,ig mnifitnde. At one P. st. he was pitieed , (.7aelshani, she was, suddenly assailed by a furious
Ir. the pillory, end in the course of a few minuted : storm, which compelled her to run for safety into
the best returned to the crowd, and upiet a neat. ! the harbour very much shattered. Here she was
bar of individuals with whom he came in contact; • taken possessioa of by the Swedish Government, and
forttinately no serious injury happened. During the immediste cpaftscation followed. The proprietors,
pressure which now occurred, a cart broke down, apd deeirnus to recover the value of the cargo, corn-
precipitated the whole of the contents. amounting , mcnced an action against the assurers, in the course
to about twenty persons, into the mud,' and the i of which a Bill of Enquiry was filed in the Exche-
poor animal which drew the cart was completer.' quer, to which the proprietors returned an answer:
buried in the confusion of those who were Overl'i Att Bill upon 'this was considerably
• • , it 2 amended,
thrown in the disaster; the poor wretch was pelted 24 an answer again required, which WIIS according.
with mud and other filth until the pillory wes /sine : 1T delivered, and against this latter answer, Mr.
pletely covered. • After standing the n3uar time; he : Winter at present appeared, contending that an ample
was conveyed back to Newgate, to undergo the rest explanation had not been returned, and that it was
of his sentence,- amidst the bOotings an. grikanings ; proper.and necessary for the Defendants to be con-
of the populace, mach to the credit of the natio* , sidefably,'More explicit • and. particular concerning
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character.
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.., . j tbe is. corstisions wit'', Schmiley and Alderman
A few days since. a yerson named geo,, Stengtl Brandk Pl., .
the owner of a slate.querry,'lsear tellsiood,pifert,ft •Vg,Tesostas.fsaYmett aye • Uri: WtatHow appeared
shire, having best., some 'time tie a. public-hoeseji in: bekolilliof. the. Defendants, and contended, that
Sheffield, on paying ' his 'reckoning, eaposa, 144 ! this :was: auitttemptto compel their clients to write,
pocket-book, containing about 15:01: of whirl) he 'was i and, run;. and make personal applications to Schmi.
robbed. The next .morning, eery: early, he celled 4 ;.ley; saisich.the . Court had never, on any occasion,
the house of one of the tottitabits to knew hovi: he ; permitted to:be doue. The question to which they
shoid proceed
d proed egain sst the rebber
~ whom he Iteeei, were (inhered to give an answer had already 'been
and would swear to. • Ile' then appeared eelee'mely ; answered to, a very. ample extent. They were de-
in and hateausted, and it ii undgitsiod that he hed ',sired to tire intelligence, to the best of their know-
been 661'411 that dreadfully tiniPastaous night. , U. : ledge and belief, of all, papers and letters of cots:
was afterwards se.eo on the Park-road,, 011 his ores, respondence, and other 'intelligence , which had
to Wanathorpe, for a warrant "; but not. rAtUnling, : passed bet Ween Schmiley,` themselves, and Alder'
two of his family Wentin search of him, and. on Fri. ' man Pecker • they returned an answer in
;the fol-
day found him deadl, ina copiica, near Mr., Stand-lowing -words--Etthat they did not know -of any
forth's/arta. live ;cry, vihieh 4fterwards !it on correspoudence such as had been desceibed; but
the 10n1z;.127. NA verdict, fnan l' he. fie. hwisitto beets they believed that some directioni might base. been
rsercassoiettiefidirase,, he, had gone to WO at 11w given to Schmiley frem Alderman 'Pecker and..Co.4
poirtatiort',. Where he died. ' Three soldiers ere in.cns.,'fhis they conceived tole a very pratier'iiiiiiver, and'
tody, charged with having robbed the &caste - . therefore maintained that their Clieutkoidtait be

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lotto%Pelifd to solleit..for intelligence in .the.lnanner
'which their Learned Opponent had.described.
1 , The. 1411. p, CatuFs tieclved,, thatcin his
opinion, it /,as an answer
,that embraced the. qucs-
lion to its fullest exteilf.
' • SirMt Thokso.N.Vills of the same opinion.
• BarohlittlbAx conceived, that a man who em.
ployed an agerv:had a. right to possess himself of all
the knowledge of his servant concerning the' subject
of his,agency, and of consequence was, bousid to
give up all that intelligenie, when it was 'demanded,
for the puriiiisei' of justice. lie thought the answer a
Isgood categorical otie, but no more.
'Tht4r:Lordthipa held the answer to be according
to the laws of the Court. ,

HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY, Nor. 13.
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CASE o*' THE FORTITUEff.

This was a Danish ship, captured by a privateer,
sailipg,.bet %Ten Bourdeaux and. Havre, lilt
an Ettgli4v liceece on board, allowing her to go on
iueli a &situation in ballast, for the purpose of af-
felWards bringing a cattalo England ; but it was ob-
jected by the Counsel for the captors, that the li-
cence was expired, and that the vessel was not in
liallaetribet carrying two begsheads of claret, and a
Itegsheadande half of brandy. 4
turiveid out, Iluit the Danish master, who was
able of" of thestip, having been detained at
Biturdeatet tt long time, by circumstances which did
not very distinctly appear, at last bethought him-
'self of getting away, under protection of an Eng-
'llsh licence; and though he knew nothing,about
any cargo to be obtained fit Havre, or else-
where,
he 'Wrote, iii April, to an agent of his
. own •in London, Who procured for him the li-
cence ebbvt‘described, which bore date on the
eleventh of May, and was to afford protection
'for four menthe. He had a clearance
.from 13our, '
deatrx:six days before the licence was expired, but
did not'get, out of the river of Bourdeaux till eight
day after its 'expiration. This delay was accounted
for by the Master's having come over to England in
the mean while, and stayed some time on some law •
Concerns, and afterwards gone to Paris to look for
a freight, and thence to Bourdeaux to repair his ship.
He stated that he did :not hear of. a freight till the
19th August, and then only by letter from Paris,
but did not soy what the cargo for England was to
be, or who was to supply it.
The Captors' Counsel contended, that this job-
bing and speculating in licences was not to be coun-
tenanced. They surmised, that there was in reality
no cargo for England lying at Havre ; but they far-
ther argued, that if there was any, yet the Danish
master could not be protected by the terms of the
licence, which required such cargo to be imported
into England within the four months ; and that the
Court could not equitably extend the time, as the
master had not shown that he had used due diligence
to conform to his licence in this particular.
"'The Court, however, thought, that the man wills
1 an unfortunate person; that he had displayed all the
activity which circumstances permitted, and, there:
fore, that he was entitled to the equitable pro*.
tion of the licence : and it restored the ship on
ment of the Captor's expences of bringiqg the sues-.
tion before the Court: The wine and brandy was
also given up to the Dane, though some cases were
cited, in which the Court had held artidles of less
value to come under the description •of cargo • .and,
therefore 2. to be out of the protection of a ballast
licence.
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Tuesday afternoon, on hey removal of some peeve
at Bankside,tha body of th unfortunate lineplight4-1
who was blown ditt+lig the'
high wind,'•ivas discovered by some Intermit, le the;
mud, belding•Otie of 'his areas OPWaftiS, as if he had!
been attempting to cling to a barge to save his life.—
The body was conveyed to neighbouring public-house
•for a Coroner's Inquest.
The fire in Negate-street,fir which we alluded on'
Thursday, -broke 'eat itvte" large modern-built house,
the lower part ef which was divided into, two shOps ;
one of • them was occupied in the fancy-trimming line
by Mr. Wright, and 'the *other by Mr. Smith, a
tailor. The fire broke out in the rear of the ground
j floor, bat in the part occupied by which of the two
could not be ascertained. •Providentially, there was
a copious supply of water, which was applied with
so much activity by the firemen, as to confine the de- j
vastation within comparatively small bounds. The:
premises in which it commenced, however, were to.
tally destroyed. The house Of Mr. Wool', the sign
of the Magpie, was also greatly damaged in tha
rear. As is' too frequently the *case on such melan-
choly occasions, there wero not wanting those who
turned the scene of calamity to their own emolu-.
j meet, by plundering 'the objects of distress. A
lodger of Mr. Wooll,,who was carrying a box con-
taining 301. worth of halfpence, craved the assist-
ance of a by-stander, who contrived to let it fall on
tke stones, by which it was shivered in pieces., and
the greater part of the money became a prey to the
marauders. One man was stopped by the eatchman
in Little Britain with a keg of gin, when he immedi-
ately staved the cask, and the liquor was, of course,
wasted ; he was, however,' conveyed to the Compter.
Mr. Wooll's watch was likewise stolen by some un-
known plunderer.
Yesterday morniog, Mr. G—, a Gentleman. of
considerable celebrity at the west-end of the town,
undertook, for a wager of :10 guineas,. with a Gen-
: tleman of his acquaintance, to walk five miles in
one hour. The ground he made choice of was,
from and to the mile-stone near Islington, to the
mile-stono al the corner of Featherstoite-street,
City-road. He being heretofore of untried ability
as a pedestrian, and a remarkably fine looking
young man, about 21 years ' of age, of likely ap-
pearance, and lately from Yorkshire,: were prepos-
sessing qualifications ; but then,• the eircumstancek
opposed to them 'were, the state of the weather and
the consequent state of the road, so teat the opiiilon
Of the most experienced amateur in this science was
baffled,: and betting was on a level. Rumour, as
usual on Such occasions, had made great progress,
and an Immense concourse both of equestrians and
pedestrians attended, lels supposed, thativ ‘sutn not
leis than 50 guineas was depending. Mr. G. per-
formed it with apparent,eaieja 55 telltales; o course
he won his wager. •