The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-02-15 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S RENCH, Fes. IL
Lord ELLENBOROUGII commenced the Sittings of
Hilary Term for the county of Middlesex, this day, ,
at Westminster Hall. 'There were but few causes '
tritd, and none of any moment.
TUIIEIII,I4 V. LAMBERT ANfiGTIMAS. • t
This was an action by the ~i'yor of Pontefract
against the Defendants,wheirefit Petitioners against
a return in Parliament fotkithti Borough of Potn-
fret, to recover costs of defending- themselves in
a Committee of the House of Commons. The
question depended upon the construction of several
Acts of Parliament, and it was agreed to reservoit in
the shape of a special case.
HABEAS coaPus.---Iti-IPARTE sLAstr.

We stated a few days ago, that * motion for a
Habeas Corpus had been obtained in the Court of ,
King's Bench, to discharge Lieut. Blake, of the 6th
regiment, who had been under military arrest sine':
November least, unless good grounds were shown to
the contrary.
TheArruaNEY-GENERAL showed cause on Saturday
last,which was, that no efforts were spared to bring him
lo a Court-Martial, but witnesses, %hose evidence is
material, were not in the country, and that imme•
diately on their arrival the Court-Martial will take
place. The Learned Gentleman produced an alß-
'davit of the Judge Advocate-Genarat to that effeetl•
and the Defendant twat remanded.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Fes. li.
RICHARDSON V. SMALLWOOD.
This *at an 'action of etTideptikktigtropftt

a reSpectible iiiern-keepee la. Coveni-gew46 i
against the Defendant, an auctioneer and Itoomf.l
agent, residing at the corner of Southampton-OWN
and Bloomsbury square, to recover the sum el
li 8151. 16s. Bd. being the amount of several proni/s- I
*hvening,
eart) sory notes given by the Defendant to the Plaintiff
disfelches ' for money lent.
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Neltibor. lerl alvtaPoolv, bor. the LindrSecreta- ' The Defendant pleaded that be became a bank-
d;l..
ries of_ Seatei being ati.thrk Opal hir,;.• vLE pro. rapt In January, 1819,0' 'and that the cause of. action
accrued before that time. The Plaintiff tplied
iceedettirth the dispatoe6 lathe !Mite of Mr. Ha-
awavroff: • that he. had been diseharged under I tear'
Sift ; Commission in 1801,' and had not paid 1 . Isitise
-..—
Sunday evethigs, about haiNialt seven o'ctack,
pound to alt his creditors under the latter. T. . this
1)1011A, Taraisaotty, accompanied by his Secretary, i
i the Defendant rejoined, that he had paid 15s. In the
stud Mr. Mintz% the Messenger, arrived at Carlton
pound, and upon which issue was joined. •
noose, and; in ,a short time after, had an interview
with the PIII.II4CERSOVIT. Mr. Serjeant REST stated the case en the part of
the Plaintiff; and Mr. Serjeant VALTGMAN for the
• • t
A report prevailed in the West end of• the town,
Defendant, not being able to prove that his estate
Jest night, that Lord Ltvzireoot•was left in a 'mint).
ear bad made anytijvidend under the last Commission,
ti
in the Cabinet, and had, in consequence,
pressed a41;11 to resign-. The difference is supposed i
had a verdict for his demand-8151. or that it wasever Brely 'to pay any, the Plaintiff
.to
route-to. the Botritunx.l7
cm:.
elmitected
.with thelBs. Bd. •
question of peace att Frauce. Lord CASVAREAoks
and Lord Liviatroor. are understoOd to accord in
opinion opon‘the subject. .
The Courier says, ii We can now assert positively
that all doubts wkk'veipect to hi e ttAT, the King, of
Naples, Orel removed. He abandons the cause of
BOVATAATLI and takes a 'ileeisive part in favour of
the Allies. An arrangement has been entered into
with him the particulars of which have not trans-
pired. Ile remains king of Naples."
ordeclikwere yesterday issued for the Court going
into mourning on Thursday, on account of the death
of the Qusgm's brother, the Duke of NI scat.v4-
Et RO.
The Assistant Adjutant-General of the Hampshire
District (Colonel FosTert) has been some days at
Lymirigton, officiating as Judge Advocate at a Ge-
neral Court-martial, holding on several of the Fe.
reign Independent Corps for mutiny.
The next fleet for the East Indies and China Will
be dispatched on Saturday_next, and will consist of
the following ships :—Wissche/sea and Marquis of
'lowly, for Madras and China ; Rand Charlotte
•Illid Surat Castle, for Batavia and China ; Castle
liuntly, for Madras, Penang, anti China ; Glutton,
for St. Helena and China; Astel, Europe, and
„Aslu, for Madras and Bengal ; and the Cape
Fane,
for the Cape of Good Hope and the Isle of.
'The Dames mark, 74i and Hussar frigate, it is ex-
pected, will be appointed for their protection.
In a private letter from the British bead-qua
and
rters
In France, it is asserted, that Generals HILL
STEWART, luting of 'opinion that Lord W,SI.I.INGION'S
dispatches *did not contain a sufficient detailo rd of thd
e
gallant action of the 13th December, had ere
their own dispatches (which were omitted
the to be pub-
lished in the Gmette) to be copied into general
o and read to every batta-
rder books of regiments,
lion under their command.
The William and Alexander, from Penzance to
Swansea, was totally lost near the Laud's-end on
the 11th inst..
The Presitkrt frigate sailed from Cork the 6th
inst. with a Meet for :.;pain.
h ging inspected the
BREAD.--The LOUD MAYOR A—
rneal.w.eighers' returns, ordered the price of Bread to
remain the same as last wet:lL.

I In beholding the adverse turn of fortune in BomA-1
P.tRTE, we are led to find out characters with whom
he may, in some respects, he compared for it is
impossible to match him exactly in his military and !
intottarchical career.—At the end of the last Century
!but one, two of the most extraordinary men that
ever appeared upon the stage of human life, Jose in-
to noticeritgZ. CILUiLES Xti. of Swe and
fI'ETER I. Russia ; the latter from an uneducated
barbarian, acquiring the character of ft legislator,
and still more that of a formidable General, defeat-
iug a vast Turkish army, in 1696, and taking of I
Asoph, which opened to him the dominion of the
Black Sea.—Ciixtu.se irtf. after having humbled
the King of Demtnir, in 1700, turn& hWarmsi
against Penn, who had eddertaken the idege of
Nerve, with 80,000 men. Citsimes, wits obly
8000, advanced to the relief of the place, forced the
intrenchments of the Russians, and entered the
place in triumph, after killing's many of the enemy
as his own army cousiatedd sof, and nsakiag 30;000
prisoners; taking all their magazines, aetilleryi attd
baggage. The Czar was not present ,at: this bloody
engagement, having imprudently, though perhaps
fortunately, left his camp, in order to forward the
approach of another army, with which he hoped to
surround the King of swisperf. When inforloo§ of
the disaster before NerVal 'be less chagrined, bat not
discouraged, saying, 11 I -knew' that the Swedes
would beat us, but inotitne they will teaeh ue to" be-
come their conquerors."--Of the fuse of these tiro
wonderful characters, history makes us sufficiently I
well acquainted ; that of BOICAPAILTS remains yet to
be sealed.
' His Majesty's ships Forth, 40; • Nymphets 38;
Cretan, and Banterer, entered the West Scheidt on
the sth, and, after a very slight resistance from the
batteries, forced their stay up to Borcelin. ;The
French had abandoned the batteries of Teraeuse,
and, as it would seem, all their posts on both' fides
of the Lower Scheldt, ezcept Flashing.
A number of the King's swans have bee* Orden
from off the River Thames within there few nights,
and their heads, Ric. found on the strand near Lee.
gander, a drakeOtiitt a number Ist ducks
bharitdegaleoe. Abeee stolen from the Serpeatile
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