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<CPURT OF KING'S BENCH.-Tuesday, Nov. 20.
The Attoiney Gtneial nmvid for a cn.
Ainiiiul infoimiition against Sir Ro\» it Sep-
pings nod Rehuid Jume» Comtuble, for a
slibel wh eli uj peared i t the Maidstone Ga-
zette, in ill« shape of a lett« i, signed by Sir1
Robeit Seppings. He m ide the application
ut the instance of Mr. Challis Phillip-, a
Captain ni 4iis Majesty's Navy. An appli
.c.ition had hist tuen made to Sir Roheit
Sep un.», but he declined to give any an-
swer, und refeired to his attomej. TI e pio
pnetorof the ptipei refmid to gi\e up the
nu thor, und he wa»., tin ri lou, included in
-tie iit"iion. It uppeired by this letter ilmt
Sir Roheit Sepi inns wa-, sn din» au iiusuei
' to au ¡mon \ mons letter, puhlishcil in lie
pa-ei liefert, and lio seemed to l.tive sts
pectud Captain Phillip» to be the unter oi
- tlntlettrr. Ciplnin Phillips uti a gen'le
."inm of yieat lespeetal dit,, lesiding at Up
noi, a village not lui distant bom Clint! am.
' He stated lu I i> uffiluvit, tlint Ile tephei
i knew ol iii» publicaron ol the letter, had
never seen it, nui h <d any tim g to do with
it, eiiliei duectly or indirectly. He tier -
loie 'a'iouieil vtry imju-tly uudei the sus
p ctoiis of ibis gentleman, Sur Robut Sep-
pings had tin n.lit tit to m ke me ol e\pie¿
Sion^ «Inch, in the judgment ot stveial pei -
-'son's in the N iv), applied to dipt lin Phil-
lips. Thou-;li the lue is stated,\t ere libellous
ou lu* c'intacter, mid untiue, jet theie welt
* eel tain oircuiiistanet« which nee s an y ap-
plied them to Illili. Captuin Pll Hip», staled,
in his nfiidii-.it, tint lie had been the cotn
« mander of one" his Majesty's \ esse I s en the
i const ol Afiicn ; that the crew utre attnektd
with a in lignum fevei, und that he himself
- became subject to tlie same. In the i oui se
i t( the voyage u survey was made, .md he
was »leelaied un invalid ; the comm.uni ol
> the lesHel win» taken fi<un lum, tho officer
next in com mund pluced m his stead,. ntl he
aimed in borland. He »eut on to slate
tie <s<ei tunis in the lette» which alf. ciod
Jiitn. Toe writer, alter licensing linn of die
supptsed imputations(Oi\eyed in un iiion)
mous letter jwl ich uete no nnpi tattoos on
his character, but mue reniai ks on Hie con-
struction of a piutieului ves>ie,l, wini li it was
«upposed Sir Rob. rt Se, p nj-s had built,
though such was not tlie fict), went on to
m*.--,' A few words more, and I h ive done.
Yourcorie>pi ndent, whose li tterd. faces your
pigeK, designates bimbil * A Naval OÍIhoi,'
and dates Ins coiumuiiicatioii fiom Loudon.
The place of date I know to Le false. Tin*-,
uccording to the usages of decent societ),
und in common parlance, is au untruth. I
conlil have u»ed uith pr.ipuety, u stiongei
epithet-but let thut p.ss for the prise t,
thai I may ad veil to the p obahly more \e
1 tab'e assertion, that he i< it member ot that
distinguished profession into which it is la-
in ntalj]} true that worthless ihaiacters m.'y
occus onully intiuile. 1 wish it were uther
-wisc*; but within its lioiioutable ranks it is
Îiobsible thut ttnhlushmg kuuTery may nave
jeenknewn surreptitiously toappropti te the
plans of depaited tmrit, und, undtr the in-
ducement of piofit.ib'e plitirsm, not to
haie hesitaud to attest a fahe elm m by the
.solemn averment ol van oath.'' The A Hor-
ne)-General here observed that C plain
Phillips was the author1, of st feral in votions
for some of winch he had procured patents.
Tnis paragraph, if vas suppos.d, allmbd to
that circuimlaiiee. The let er went on
.. Within Us houou able ranks it is ? lobible
ihat the puffed-Up self-consequent es of in-
ferior ability may have been found endea
louring to supersede hy exp usue baubles
the cheap utiility of simple conti i vanees,
und dieming tiny man an enemy wh * was
bon st enough to doubt the piopriely of
am h profligate proluson. Witt in its ho
nomable runks imitthug selfishness may
even hine been seen ith.indoiiin-*- n g ii hint
crew, mid.r the influence of disease, and
with an abuse of power iknlk'ng away to-
wal ds the security «f a nore sihibiieus
climate. Such things, I stn , tuny li ve been
fe und within the I oiiouinMe ranks of the
Bunsil Navy ; a. d in some such thuiacter us
the lort going it is not uulike'y that the
writer of the iniquitous leitet in question
niiight be dtttcteil. But wh«re shall vie
fiid him luikiug ? The libel was mai f c
turtd somewlure in the neighbour]].oil of
Chatham. Now tie cm nous uf Chatham
extend fir and wide. Rot best'r is mar
und Stroud, Frimbury, und Upnor. But
io this ne ghbourhood, hovev.r, myimagi
n it ion rested upon ajeson, m the une. sy
expre»'ion of who»e coiiuteiiunce might be
traced the consciousness of lnfenorit*. smug-
gling against disappointed pride, und 1 in
stnumelv exclaimed, 'Thwart the man.'
The Attoniey-Geneial obs.ried ih t I pm r
in the onginal public .lion, was piintcd in
'Ituhcs. Cii| tan Plulli| s-woie that bebe
lined lie wn» the ouiv na* al officer r>sident
tin re, and he uniquivi Cully declaimed that
lie wiote tlie lett cr. Captain Phillips was
ucqiuiinted with Sir Roben Sepping-, snd
i sever bud any malice er ill-will louuids h m.
How be rame to be the uiithoi of this lettti
he d d not know. It hail been commun
t-ated to the C ipt un by st vei al persoi s thal
i the I bel applied to him.
The Court giunted a nile to show cause.
LORD DUDLEY AND WIRD V. ROBINS.
j Mr. Camp' eH showed cuse against tie
,rule obtained/in this case. The question
wus, whether a detd was properly stumpid,
accordii g to the previsions of the Act ol
, Pwrliumenl.
Tiie Attorney Geneial said that an artifice
had been made use of by inseriug thewoid
.. and" betwven the w »rds " lood», '
'** peí ches," tee. to incitase the number ol
words, and render requisite a more ex pen.
.ive stump. !
The Court granted an-w tritd, with -cutts
on either side. They did not think ihr.
was enough to charge the uttoniey pet souully
«with costs.
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There are in the human body no less than
680 muscles for the purpose of performing
its various functions ; but those are few
compared to the number, unsigned to some
minute animals a particular species of ca-
terpiller was entertained by the naturalist
they set to prove a 4,000 muscles in the
different parts of its minute body.
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