NOV. WL SHIP NEWS. PLymouTH, Nov. CO.—Came in the Progress, Hunter, fr ,, m Prince Edward's Isla:)d ; Venus, Fosse, from Malta, tur Portsmouth ; Hydra transport, from Portsmouth ; and Primrose sloop of war, from Scot land. SAlltr.l the William, ii, n us, for Cork ; all the outward hound to the Westward ; Newcast:e to New York. The David Shaw, Cra. ger, is about to unload to re,)).ir her damages. Pon. smov ru , N0v..21. —Arrived the Flora, Major, font Arch. the Cape packet, for the Cape of Good Hope. FALMOUTH, Nov. 19.—Artived the Swittsure, with 3 mail from Cibraltar in eleven days; also a heig (name unknown) flout Plymouth t, Newfoundland, wit% loss of main top mast. Sailed the Fleeting packet. with a mail for New York and Halifax. Fl. & v C !I, Nov. 21.—Arrived the Earl of Leicester packet, with.a mil from IThliand. TE:GNMOUTII, NOV. 7:o.—The Good 'Went, Davis, of and for Ply mouth, ir. al tempting to go over this Liar, drove on the rocks, and is hr*d saved. GLAscow, Nov. I7.—Arrived the Akina, American smuggler, captured by the Wai wick r,-venue cutter in the Sound of Mull. She had, previ,ms to her capture, landel 500 hales of tobacco on the west coast of lreland,and had on hoar., when taken, 700 more. Ar., Nov. 21 —Arrived the Minstrel sloop of war from Ports mouth, and s.aled for the River to be paid uar. Sailed the Rosario sloop of war, ti.fr Portsmouth. MARGATE, Nov. '2O —Arrived the 4ritannia packet, Henry Stra mull master, from Ostend, with t 8 pas engers, amongst whom are— Mr. . Coln3Arli, tlr. 1. Sherwood, Mr. Foster, Mrs. Dapper, Mr. W. Lansell, Mr. M. Walter, Mr. M. Archdeacon, Lieut. Denham, r4ll regiment, and Mrs. Denham, Miss B. Vsergriit, Mr. I. Dalton, Mr. J. Sw-ner. By the Britannia, we learn, that the Curtis Rams. gate packet, which was unfortunately lost at the entrance of the har bour of Ostend, has been weigheJ, and will be repaired. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. On Nre•lncEday a6trt ()t I)tr,cto - rsisheiri at the East India House, whcri tip. tinAernwntioned ships were taken up for the present season and thus stationed, viz : FOR MADRAS AND CHlNA.—Elphinstone, Wexford, Fort William, Regeilt. Citrx.i. rer.—Scalehy Castle, Surat Castle, Windham, Earl of Balcarras, Marchioness of Exeter, Hugh Ingiis. ST. HELENA AND CHINA. -I.ldy Castlereagh, Cambridge, Cold stream, Pros td:nce, Sovereign, Lord Lyndock, Barwor:11. COAST AND BA r.—Asia, Prince Regent, Phoenix, Marchioness of Ely, Warren Haqing,, Larkins, Lord Keith. CEYLON . ASD BENGAL.—AsteII. Br.NG A L DI R ECT.—M3IIgIeS. Batavia, Asia. BONIIIAY DIRECT.-I.loy Campbell, lienitan. O:: Friday a Court of Directors was held at the East House, when the undermentioned Captains were sworn into the command of their respective ships, viz : . , Rezvnt, Captain Ripley ; Elphinstone, Captain T. ilaviAlle, fro- ;%ladrai and China ; I.9rd Lyndoc, Taptaiii J. Clicliton, tor Helena acid China; 51arehionewi of .Lieter, Captain 'l'. Gilpin, fur C:iina dii eet. 7:a Magdeen has arrived from Glaudaloupe, after a voyage of 25 (Lys. On the establishment of the head. quarters of Sir .ttmes Leith in that island, a number of the adherents of Buonaparte had fled to the woods in the interior. A body of natives, acquainted with the character of :he country, and supported by a competent force, had by the direction of the British Commander, pursued these fugitives, and about 350 of them had been taken, and im; mediately shipped oft' for America.• It is now ascertained beyond a doubt, that most of the dis orders incident to the Hunan frame manifest and sheer them- Eelves in the urine, and we have daily proofs that the study and investigation of that fluid has been brought to the greatest perfection by the intense application of Dr. Cameron, 84, noruets•stteet, Oxf:)td-treet, who is thereby enabled to perform the most astonishing cures, more particularly in' cases of general debility, diseases of the liver, and lingering complaints: and we arc glad to find he extcnth his assistance and advice 'to the poor vatuitously, LA IV INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, SATURDAY. THE KING r. MENCE. 76 The defendant, who i 4 a Barrister, W 45 bron2ht up to receive the judgment of the Court, convicted of having published a libel on the character of the Rev. Mr. Shepland. The parties both resided at Worcester, where the trial and conviction of the defendant took place. The lihrd was contained in a pamptlet published by the defendant, profes,ing to contain a history of tic domestic disputes existing between Mr. Shepland and Iris wife, and accusing him of cruelty towards her. It appeared that in consegience of some ag. gravatiog language which was addressed by the defendant to Mr. Shepland, on their meeting by chance in the street, at Worcester, Shepland had been betrayed into striking Mr. Menge, and for this assault Mr. Shephud was indicted, room' gniity, and iseateneed to six months impri , onment. Between the time of the assault and the trial, the present defendant published the 1 inillestion, and on be ing now brought up for judgment, Le addressed the Court hint. pelf. and, in a long ad‘tre,s, he repeated almost all the assertions contained in hi , original pamphlet, and proceeded to justify what he had therein stated. The Court repeatedly interfered and monished him. Lord Elenborough observed, can you conceive the statement yon are reading can be of service to von ? It is toe your interest to wove you have not a inialioniut ill what you have been reading prose that Where there is a series of ma. livi:ant comments, the Court must see, in its justice, that the mind which dietate them is restrained. The Court (loess not intend, by thee(' remarlig, at all to restraint you; they only throw them out its mercy to you, it you will 4tltil4 to them. After some further observations from the defendant, in which he suhniitted that the observatirms he hail made were neees•ary to his delenet., ke concluded by thrown)g hini•elf on the justice of the Court, and extressin!! his hope, that whatever his sentence might he, he should submit to it patiently. The Attorney General addies!•ed the Court, on the part of the' prosecution, and commented, in srccre tel ins, on the conduct of the defendant, who, he said, le-id this day, under welenee of making hi. defence, taken the opportunity of title' i ,, tf libels on the prosecute r e ten times more attoeions than any contained ,in the origit.al pamph. These Niels he ball been under the necessity of titte , int; him, setf, breau , c he could find no nelson at the bar who would disgrace themselves by detailinp; theta for him. The learned C dinsel then ad verted to the conduct • f the defendant, who, he said, having been called in as the mutnal friend of Mr. and Mrs. Sisepland, hint acted so as not only to fneparate them, but to resider that separatiug eternal. Air.l34uncey and Puller spoke on the came side. 11fr..111 , tice Le Blanc pronounced the jilti.:metit of the Court, and after animadverting in severe terms on tit., conituct of the defendant, a.til characterizing the libel a; a mo , t one. oboe recd, tiro Court were sorry to sce that the mdlignity which actuate.l the de, frndatit's mind at the time of writing the label, still prctioniitiatel there; to correct that feeling, if pea:dile, by its jodgment, ll.e ('gnu t directed hitti to pronounce as its senti-iee—that the di feudal I should lie imprisoned for ix months in Wercester G-al, and at tl e expirition of that time find security for five years, himself in 10U01, and two sureties in 5001. At half past one o'clock on Friday morning a lire hr, ite out at Graves house, Kentish Town, the residence of John Shack, Esq. which, b fore the arrival of any engines, was almost Wittily destroyed, with its ya!tt e able furniture; and lamentable to relate, t he worthy tind re pecti:hl3 owner, Mr. Slack himself, in an effort of paternal soi'cirune to preserve one of his children, fell a vain. to the destructi , e elemei t. The par • ticulars of this mclanclioly catastrophe are as fi P.ow:— Mr. Slack, with his family, had retired to rest at their usual hotir; but nu.st utibuttiv ly, a quantity of clothes retuned from the laundry acre left before the fire in the kitchen, which, it is naturally resumed, caught flame, The kitchen And parlour stories must have been instantly on fire ; anal thi! whole village being wrapt in sleep, the iii!ia)itaets ivith of that anti the next, Mr. Tate's house, mast have been. consumed in the Cionimoi ruin, but lor the accidental passing of a coachman at that late hour, whit perceived the flames breaking out of the wilidows, and instantly alarmed the watchmen, but they contented themselves with p irging their rattles, and screaming Watch !" to each other ; sti that , Is .44 was inittaken by the wakeful few %s ho heard thew. tor r. drunk conseittentiy no assistance appeared until the 0..1111'S !I Id .11.114 . • (9, v;igt's .19 to rem'er it impossible to stem their fory„—The paristrengt arrived bijou; three, but waster could not be pr....cured is stiffici.di TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER.