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N4UTIC4L INTELLION'ct. MAILS-••Wind W. N. W. AIL Ul. All. DUZ. D•blin a 1 Tonnlnged o o Waterford o 2 I.i fbon : o x Ootteobutgb o a New York 1 o - , ....--. • TORBAY, JUNE it. . Arrived in Torbay hls Majefly's (hips Hiscansa, paLLEgormoN,Dßl•nmouGHT,Lonnow, ST.GSOaG{, MONARCH, and Ross, from. off Breit. PLYMOUTH, JUNE is. , Came in his Majelly's (hips TosnanY and CoLos sus from the weftward. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE, is. Arrived his Majeßy's (hips CApt o from the weft ward; and la SYBILL I, from a cruize,.with le Huffy., of 13 guns, from Bourdeauz fur Caen, laden with cordage, her prize.—Sailed his Majeßy's flips Ar.c. NENE, to the weßward, HARDY, on a cruize ; P. TEL, with a convoy for Plymouth and Cork; and the STAR, for Falmouth, to collet convoy for Newfound land, &c.—Wind W.N.W. DEAL, JUNE is. Arrived and failed for the River the Henrys, Mqvait, from Berbice (he parted from the fleet on 'the 24th ult. in lat. 41. 49. N. long. 36. 40. W. in a gale from the Eallward.—Saifidcarly this morning the Ernosios bomb, to the Eaftward ; alto feveral coafters and colliers. Arrived his MAjefly's (hips RESOLUTION, from Cotk ; JULIA, froth Yarmouth ; and DISPATCH, from Portfmouth. The KANGAROO Coop of war has detained and brought into the Downs the Hatrint, of Baltimore, laden With wine, &c. from Bourdeaux for Tonningen.—Wind 't. GREENOCK, JUNE so. The Mialflippi, DRUMMOND, arrived here tall night, from Savannah, after a paffage of 39 days.— On the loth Captain D. picked up a fquare bale of cotton, without a mark. The Mary was expeaed to rail for this port eight days after the MiCGtOppi. MALTA, APRIL 27. The convoy from England artived here two days 'ince ; tome of the veffels, on account of blowing weather, conid not get out of Gibraltar ; among them Ire the Little Jane, the Henry, Robinfon. . EAST INDIES. The Eagle, Capt. Winther, arrived at Bombay, from Calcutta, on the 13th of December, (poke his Majefty's (hip St. Fiorenzo, in lat. 13 N. long. 84 E. all well. • The DaniCh chip Cattle Danfborg, Capt. Winther, arrived at Bombay, from Madras,on the toth of December; (poke on her paffage his Majefty's thip Pitt, Capt. Bathurtt —all WcIL On the 23d of November the Patty, Balam, &Cape Comorin, faw his Majefty's (hip Wilhelmina. On the October, arrived at Bombay his Majefty's Bellonz, Capt. Baftard, from a cruise. Arrived the sift November,his Majcity's (hip Wyche, Captain Wooldridge ; and his Majefty's (hip Concorde, Captain Cramer;— szd, his Majefty's (loop Albatroli, Captain Gordon; l'Entinen, prize, Mr. Elbert Parse Mltter—aid, la Laverne, prise to his Majefty's (hip Vidtor, Captain Bell —BswAry Courskr, M. ail. The Augufta (an American) DasliwooD, from Liverpool for Bolton, *was captttred on the soth of May. Extra& of a letter from turk's Ifland, dated March t. We continue to he harraffed by the predatory vffits of our neigh. bouring enemies. They long ago made Sand Key, only 9 miles diftant, their place of rendezvous; but now come into Hawk's Nett, which is our bell: harbour, and wholly dcfencelefs. On the Bth ult they took a (mall Ichoonerfrom her moorings at SaleKery, and on the zoth two of them, flout privateers, went in open day into the Hawk's Nett, and thence into tic Southern Creel. where they burnt and dcftroved the fchooner Faithful Anna, and finop Alalahra, both new yards, and owned here. They are conftant. It carrying off our negro Mermen, whom they find ufcful pilots. In Own, our lineation is fo uncomfortable as only to be imagined by chore who know our unfortunate condition. We want almoft every thing. but cfpccially a militia and pioneers; the inhabitants, if organized and put under proper officers, would form a fufficicnt fecurity, and Wow us to flerp quietly in our beds; but from this deficiency, every one does what is right or wrong in his own eyes, Ind nothing re fults to the general rind. Yet we pay to his Ma• jefty and our Treafury more than all the Bahamas bcfides, New- Providence only escered ! ss, The particulars of the anion fought by the Duke of Marlborough packet, on her outward voyage, are thus entered in her log.bnok : On the 28th of March, the day previous to our making Barba does, in lat. 13. deg., minutes and a quarter pit twelve P. M. faw a fchooner on the larboard how. bearing S. S. W. on a wind, Banding to the northward; at five the wore and Rood towards us, all hands to quarters, and cleared for aftion, down all fluddlng • (ails; at (even, within gun fhot. fired the (tern chafers. and bola ed our colours, let all ftudding fails and royals g at twenty minutes pall ten Ike clofcd on the (larboard quarter. when a general en• gagement enfued, chiefly with mulketry by the enemy; at eleven attempted to board, but was repulfed with great (laughter, by fir ing our great guns with round and grape (hoe ; at five minutes af• iter eleven fill eeafed firing; at half pail eleven dropped aftern, to repair her .'amages, and remained during the night about three miles off; at eight A. M. came again within mulket fhot, when we renewed the adtion with our (tern chafers; at nine the hauled on the !larboard quarter, and at half palt ten hauled off to the Ikl.W ; at the fame time a brig hove in fight on the Rarboard beam, lying to with niain-topfail to the malt. In the above action Captain James was lightly wounded in the , i. right foot; Mr.M . Kinnan the Matter, by a cartridge catching fire, and exploding in his face; Mr. Pure, the Mate, Rightly by a ma ket ball in his arm, and three feamen, viz. Robert Clement, dan mutiny in the right thigh ;Thomas Solomon, both arms broken; and John Gibbat, lightly on the right arm, by a fpfinter. ARRIVED. • Off the itle of Wight, the Martha, M Pherfon, from Savannah .../at Plymouth, the Liberty, —, from Savannah—At liver . • pool, the Protperig, Rea, kern Savannah; United States, —, from New Orleans, and the Ann Williams, Macey, from New York—At Hoylake; the Erin, Pratt, from Triefte—At Oporto. ' the Alicia, ---.. Olive Branch, —, and the Britannia, Merry, from Poole: Douro, Cameron, and the Vigilant, Lake, from Hull: Appletree,—, from Topfham : Hope, Denham, from Alexandria: Nelly, Wilfon, from Dumfries : Chalmers. Stone; Commerce, Brandfnrd ; Efdaile. Wainten ; Hannah, Garin; Tho mas, Todd; Atlas. Harris; Mary, lake; Hope, lake ; and the Mentor, Chriftie, from London: Juno, Hay, from Yarmouth: Beliona, Cox; Two Friend 4, Townfhend; and a fleet from Pont mouth—At Lifbon, the ifabella Maria, —, from Rigs: Anna thilippa, —, from Newfoundland: Nancy and Mary. —, ' 1 from Cork : Generous Friends, --, from Rots : Efperanza, 1 —; Nimbk, Cudd ; and Minerva, Eftrelia, from Liverpool— At Malta, the Mary llabelia, Englis; Nancy, Wickham ; Ana and Mary, Taylor; and the Laurel, —, from London : Gene ral Prelcutt, Clements ; Elizabeth, Cook, and the Endeavour, . Connor, from Liverpool —At Demerara, the Amelia, Shadforth, iand the Norfolk Hero, NPAfkill, from I.ondon—At Jamaica, the Brilliant. &tidal—At Berhice, the Mercury, Sinclair; Rich mond, Partridge; P.allas, Tuliotk ; and the Dalrymple, Graham, from London. INTILLIGEiVCE. SUMMER CIRCUITS, ltoarot CIRCUIT. Bueltinghantibire+.lt4nud a y, z3th July, at Buckingham. Bedfortifhire—Thurfday,. t 6th lull, at Bedford. Huntingdonthire—Saturday„ reth July, at Huntingdon. Cambridgethire-- Monday, 2oth July, at Cambridge. Thurfday, sad July, at B ury S t . Edmond s. Norfolk—Monday ,s7th July, at the Cattle of Norwich. City of No.wielt—Same day, at the Guildhall of the raid Cit/. The Right Hon. Edward Lord Ellenhorouth, and the Hon. Sir Nab Grote, /Cut Juitices Ste. NORTLIZRII CIRCUIT. City of 'York and County of the Paid Clty-.Saturday, nth July, at the Guildhall of the (aid city. York fhire-..Same day. at the Cattle of York. Durham—Tuefday. sill July, at the Cagle of Durham. Town of Nevreaftle-upon-Tyre, and County of the fame town ...Saturday, ssth July. at the Guildhall of the Paid town. Northumberland—ate faille day, at the Cagle of Neweaate upon Tyne. Cumberland—..rriday, 3 tft July, at the City of Car lille. Weitmorland—Wcdnefday,3th Augult, at Appleby. Lancanaire--saturday, Bth Auguft, at the Cattle of Laneatter . The ;ion. Sir Allan Chambre, Knt. one of the juftices of the King's Bench ; and The lion. Sir George Wood, Knt. one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer. COURT, OF CHANCERY, JUNE is. Tostsittios Z. SIR JOHN LiTHERintIR. . The Plaintiff in this cafe filed his till againfi the defendant, on an equity of redemption, praying to be decreed to the pofTeffion of one moiety of the Manors of Tregenhault and Bottelet, in the counties of Somerfet and Cornwall, as heir at law, ex parte' materna, to Treville Crofs, of the city of Exeter, de ceafed. This Treville Crofs l ,..it appeared, was a I man of weak underltanding, and poffeffed of large Mates, in fee and otherwife, itl the feveral counties of Somerfet, Devon, and Cornwall ; but, unfortu• nately for him, he was involved by mifmanagement and folly, in debt, in the year 1737, and was corn milted to St. Thomas's, a prifon near Exeter, where he was left and neglected, until the A& of Infol- 1 vency paned in the 16th of George 11. had relieved him, up n aligning all his Mates and areas to one John Crofs, a creditor of Daniel him, of Exeter, attorney, who had a concern with this affair, and took, advantage of the weaknefs of Mr. Crofs, and. obtained a deed poll from him of the property, fub jeft to a mortgage of 28001. Daniel Prim died in 1762, and John Prim adminiflered to him. The de fendant, about 3o years ago, treated with John Prim for a purchife of the two manors above named, and procured himfelf to be appointed, by the Court cf Common Pleas, Affignee to Mr. Crofs, and has ever fence received the rents and profits of the Mates, fubjeft to the intereft of the 213301. without having difcharged the truft under the Infolvent A& The plaintiff prayed for an account again(! Sir John, charging that the debt bad been many years fince, both principal and intereft, difcharged by the iffues and profits of the lands, and demanded a re convey. ance, as alfo an infpatiOn of the feveral title deeds. Sir John, by his anfwer, admitted alma all the charges of the plaintiff's bill, and put him on the proof of his heirfhip, ex pane materna, to Treville Crofs. The pedigree being very long, and a charm appearing therein, by the denim/lion of one whole book of regiffers, much ingenuity , was difplayed in fupplying this deft& ; and in eflablifhing monu mental infcription. and other documents in the place thereof, it was offired to prove an infctiption from a tomb-(Lone, by oral evidence in Court. The Citawcett.oe had, that the Hone might as well be proVed by she body laid.ander it, as by fuch evidence; it mutt be proved only by an intekrogatory. It happened that the Witnefs, who compared the copy with the original, had been on fome account committed to prifon, and could not be ekamined on the Commiffion. There was read, what the Chan cellor and Bar were merry at, a Conti& Epitaph, Rating, that one of the Plaintiff's anceffors had reared a monument to perpetuate the names and family of all his anceftors, but beginning with the name of his fon, and calling him the grandfon of the erector's father ; from whence the Chancellor fnppofed, that by the Coruith language, anceff ors did mean defcen dants. Notwithflancling misfortunes and length of time, the Plaintiff made out a flrong and clear prima facie cafe, which, on the return of the ufual iffue, in fuch cafes directed, is likely to put the plaintiff into poffeffion of a fine cßate. The iffue, as expe&ed to be a long one, was direCted to the Common Pleas. TAPP. V. FULDING. In this cafe, which excited fome ridicule, the Plaintiff, a farmer, filed his bill againft his neigh. bour, Mr. Fielding, a barrifler at law, rending at Scorton, in the county of York, for an account of the value of divers articles and goods, furniffred by the Plaintiff to the Defendant, fuck as beef, mutton, falmon, potatoes, pals, firaw, a poney, &c. between the year 1795, and 1800 ; he alfo charged the De fendant with obtaining from him 341. for drawing or preparing the will of the Plaintiff's father ; but, on the other fide, it was contended, that a deed of conveyance, to raife 30001. was prepared by the De fendant, which required a journey of 25 miles, and five or fix days fpace of the Defendant's time, with other expences. This kind of conveyancing was ludicroufly called by a ha:rifler in the caafe, Dra Kooning. A promiffory note having been obtained by the bartifier, for 361. without the bill being taxed, was infifled on as a ground for opening the accounts; but Sir SAMUEL RUMILLY contended, on behalf of the barriffer, that if the payment were in cafh, it would be quite fair an.l legal, and that the prorniffory note made no difference ; for that a barriller and conveyancer might take fecurity for their fees ; but here the barrifler, after having advanced money to, and procured bail for the Plaintiff, during his em barrafTments, had obtained a fecurity of 1401. in cluding the 361. from him, and on the ground of that fecurity, did proceed at law, and obtained a verdift for 711. only, which was paid. - On the Ilia' at law, the Plaintiff ufed, by way of a let off againil the affirm, all the items now comprized in his objeaions arid fclirdule, and had all the benefit of them ; and he flated, that this was one of thole cafes, in which people of a certain defcription, car failing in all other ways, hoped or thought that ra ther than hear a dirty Rory related in the Court of Chancery, a patty might be inclined to give fome money. - He added, that Mr. Fielding was not at that time a bartitler, and that the note for the 361. made no part whatever of this cafe, in which there was a point of law which he would infilt on. Mr. HART being abfent, and having requelled to be waited for on behalf of the Plaintiff, the CHANCILLOR Paid he muff hear him in it. . . C01.71%.T OF KING'S SEkOH,IUWE • ; 'Tit: r'roamEr GIINERAL moved for leave toile a criminal information againa the Reverend Charles Prefcot, Clerk, a Magiftrate for the county of Chelter, upon an affidavit Rating among a variety of particu lars, that a complaint was made to him by certain manufdelltrers, who alledged that they were not paid by their Wier ; upon which Mr. Prefcot granted a fummins to bring the matter to a hearing before him at the office of a Mr. Lloyd who was his Clerk, and where Mr. Prefcot tranfafted all his buliners as a Magifirate : for this the workmen paid the Magic trate two fbillings. At the time appointed for the hearing of this ;ate, the men attended, but not the Mailer. The .Magif ir ate came not to the office of Mr. Lloyd, but was waited upon at his own houfe by thefe men, and Mr. Dycas an Attorney, whom they had employed to conduit this bufinefs for them. The mailer againfi whom the complaint was exhibited not attending, the Magillrate was &fired to ifrue an Order for his attendance to.hear the matter ; but Mr. Prefcot was pleated to declare that he would not proceed at all, that he would take no meafure in the butinets while Dycas the Attorney was prefent ; that he was applied to thrice, and he made the fame anfwer to each application, that he would do nothing in the tinfitiefs while the faid John Dycas was before him. Thus a Magiftrate mi ght ruin any Attorney agaitat whom he took an ant ipathy, by refuting to do any thing in bufirrefs wherein fuch an Attorney came before him ; and it wds to be remembered, that Mr. Prefcot had a clerk who afted as an Attorney. Thofe .ignorant manufafturers knew not how to condo& their cafe themfelves, and therefore employed Mr. Dycas, and the Magiftrate ought not to have objected to the pretence of Mr. Dycas ; for which reafon he hoped the Court would grant a rule to thew caufe why a criminal information fhould not be filed againft him. The Court obferved, that as this cafe was not a cafe of defence of there men, and they had only to Rate their claim upon their mailer, the probability was, that they would be able to flat, their cafe fuf 6ciently well without the pretence of an attorney ; that as their mailer did not attend, the men could have been under no difficulty then ; that no ill motive in this Magifirate was fuggeiled in the affidavit; that applications of this kind againit Magifirates were not to be encouraged upon light furmifes, although the Court would treat them feverely when well founded; but under all the circumftances of the cafe, the Court refuted this motion. THR RING D. AMBROSE CH•RI.II. The ATTORNRY Glossier. Paid, that the Court would recollett that this was an application for an information at the fuit of Lord M3ira againft the Defendant for a libel. That Nobleman was now perfally fatisfied with the fithmiffions the Defendant had made, and withed the matter to be no farther preffed. The Court ordered, that Mr. Charles lhould enter into his own licurity to the amount of &01. to appear to receive judgment when called upon, an cafe of any future offence. THI KING V. DRAPER. Mr. MARILYATT moved fora rule to thew caufe why this trial (hould not be potlponed until next term, on account of the abfence of Dr. Lynch, who is a material witnefs for the Defendant, and who is not yet arrived from the Wand of Trinidad. The Court übferved that this application had been repeatedly made, but could not grant it any longer. It might be moved at AY Prim:, if there was any foundation for it. THE KING O. ELIZABETH powsta.. Mr. KNAPP moved that the Defendant might be tharged with an indiament, which was read to her as follows :.•41 Elizabeth Powell, you hand charged with an indictment, found by the Grand Jury of the County of Middlefex, for publifhing an obfcene and impious Libel, containing divers matters in terms and expreffions that are unfit to be named or expref fed in any language in any Court of Jutlice :" How fay you, are you guilty of this mifdemeanour or not guilty ?—Guilty. Mr. KsAlrg4 My Lords, this is a profecution inflituted at the inftance of the Society for the Sup. prefficn of Vice. The Defendant has !hewn very I l confiderable contrition fence, and the has come in the firtt inhance to 111 CW it, by pleading guilty to the in. diament. lam inarneted by the Gentlemen of the Society to fay, that if the Court fee no impropriety, they will confent that the !hall be liberated on enter. ing into furety to appear in Court for Judgment when called upon, and in the mean time, that the sill be of good behaviour." CHIEF Josrtcs There mutt be furety for both pm-poles : for her appearance when called nn, and nod behaviour in the mean time."—Whi c h t h e De -1 fendant immediately entered into, heti& in tool. and two fur'ties in Sol. CHIEF Jurricr—" Before the Defendant retires, I would °Verve, that this libel is of fo foul a nature, as it has been hinted to me, that if the Defendant (hall be found again offending, the Court will ani• madvert on the prefent offence very feverely ; for I I I underhand the libel to be highly injurious to the morals, and, indeed, foundation of focitty." THE KING V. WATSON. • A Rule to th:w caufe why a criminal information fhould not be filed againfl this defendant, for a vio lent outrage on General Gwynne, had been obtained on Friday lafl by Mr. Garrow. Mr. RICHARDSON this day applied to the Court to extend the time for the defendant !hewing caufe againfl the Rule, as he had long affidavits to pre pare, and the time would ['non expire. Mr.Ga 'mow obferved, that the charge Rated again!, the defendant by him on Friday, was short in Cub fiance, though it might be ferious in its confequences. It had charged the defendant with a men grofs and infulting outrage upon an Officer of high military rank, in the public Rreets of thi; metropolis ; and all that the defendant had to do, was either to admit or deny that faet. He wifhed his Learned Friend to underftand, that it was abfolutely necetiary for him to !hew caufe againfl the rule before ►he laR day of Term, as he (Mr.G.) fhould mon certainly move for the Rule being m-.le abfolute on that day, unlefs in the mean time the defendant fhould give fecurity for keeping the peace towards General Gwynne. The Court faid it expelled, before the let day of Term, an anfwer from Watfon to the charge prefer- red by General Gwynn', and therefore they fhould grant the motion of Mr. Itichardfon. . 'nit CV° tr. TN. OfIITFO4I3 cost tarstom its s. Mr. Serjeant Su arm Lab fbexed cattle againft a Rule obtained by the ATToltlillr IT a Mandesays, diretting the Commigioners to fummon Jot y, and affels compenfition to Mrs. Mary Metcalf. In this cafe the def ndants %vete conflituted, by Act of Parliament, to allow compenfati n to certain pe. f interefted in the lands. &c. adjoi i g that part of the River Rivenfvrt,- which dtvi , !e. Greenwich from Deptford, and whereon a bridge has lately been eretted. For about fiery years pall a ferry has called, called the Sunday Ferry, and the Com pany of Watermen had rented a cei fain part of the land- at. either fide, to land their paff_t.gers. The Complainant, Mrs. Mary Metcalf, was the proprie tor of the land on the Greenwich fide. In confequenoe of building the !midge, the ferry was done away, and the watermen had no longer occafion to ufe the land let to them by Mrs. Metcalf, who now fought tom. penfation for the loft of the ferry tolls, &c. After very learned arguments againft the Manda mus, by Serjeants Shepherd, Belt. and Bayley, and Mr. Garrow, and in fuppos t of the Rule, by the At torney General, and SerkantsWilliams and Vaughan, the Court were unanimoully of opinion, that Mrs. Metcalf was not entitled to make any claim voltateier for ferry tolls, her intereft only extending.tothe land which had been previnufly occupied byllse ferrymen . The Rule for a Mandamus was confequently dif• charged. - JUNG 112.1140NT11R0, D. DS TASTES' AND Cisi The Plaintiff is a merchant at Lifbon, the Defen dants are merchants in London. This was an action let down for trial before Lord ELLANDOROUGH, at the fittings after lea Term ; but, before it had ar rived at its conclufion, it was referred to Mr. George Ward, one of the fprcial Jury, to fettle the matter in difference between the parties in this caufe. It was an ation brought by the plaintiff to recover from the defendant a large fum of money, alledged to have been loft by the inattention of the latter. It appeared, that the plaintiff had configned to the de fendants a large quantity of cottons to be difpofed of in this country ; but that they delayed making A far.: of them, contrary to the directions rhey received, until the price was fo low that a lots of upwards of 15001. was retained. A verdict was taken for the plaintiff, to the full extent, fubjert to be reduced by the Arbitrator. Mr. Ward made his arbitrament, and decided, that the plaintiff fhould receive from the defendant the fum of ♦6Ol. only, and that the verdict fhould be reduced to that funs. This award Mr. Gaalow, on behalf of the plaintiff, had ap plied to let alide, on the ground that the Arbitrator had exceeded his authority, for that the only quer tion referred to him was, the difference of price at four different periods, when the cotton was in tl,e defendant's hands, and the price at the time it was aCtually fold. Mr. Tom's() oppofed this rule, and laid that the arbitrator had only examined that evidence which was produced at the trial. It was objected that Mr. Ward had taken into his confederation the general nature cf the tranfadion, and had read the whole correfpondence between the parties, in order to form his judgment. This proceeding was norhirg more than was deceffary and proper, for that coirefpond ence had been employed at the trial tr, thew the dif ference in the price, the dire& object of Mr. Ward's inquiry. On the recommendation of the Court, it was agreed to refer back the queflion to one of the gentle. men on the panne!. THe Kiva V. RICHARD WATSON. We noticed this cafe in our paper of Saturday', the 6th init. as an application at the fuit of Gen. Gwyn, for a criminal information againil the Defendant, late a Major in the 17th Regiment of Light Dragoons, for endeavouring, by moll grofs and improper de mcanoor, to provoke the profecutor to fight a duel. Mr. G*aaow this day moved to make the rule abfolute on an affidavit of perfonal fervice upon the Defendant, to which no refillance was made.—Rule abfolute. ATILSTORD V. TODD. This was an action to recover penalties againfl the Defendant, for letting a bode to travel by the mile. —A verdict was found for the Plaintiff; which was afterwards made up into a fpecial verdict, and was this day argued by the Attorney General for the Plaintiff, and Mr. Fuller for the Defendant. The Ratement of the fpecialverdid was confidered by the Court as very unfatisfadory. Inflead of Rating the conclufions on the fads by the Jury, merely the evi• dente of certain fads was Rated : upon which, there fore, the Court could not decide. It was at length agreed between the Counfel, that it Ihould be Rated, as the leading fad in rapport of the verdict, " that the Defendant let to hire to one G. Collingdon, to be ufed in travelling, and to travel fourteen miles, that is to fay. from Bath to Bradford, being the fpace of (even miles, and back again, for which he (the De fendant) was to be paid 4.1. Mr. PULLER, in contending that the Defendant was not liable to the duty, relied much upon the cafe of the King v. Tooley, 3. Term Rep. 39, which arofe upon the conftrudion of the Ilatute 25th Geo. 111. c. 51. by which the former Poll Horfe Duty was enacted, and he raid that the 44th Geo. 111. c. too, the lafi Stamp AA, which repeals that flame, was intended only to confolidate duties. and to place them under the controul of the CommifGoners of Stamps. The ATTOIN if GENERAL argued that the Defers. dant's cafe came within the lea flatute, and that he was liable to the duty. The Court did not decide the quellion. Lord ELLEIIDOILOVOK. and Mr. Jullice Law. React faid, it would be a great hardfhip if a woman who took a horfe to go from a village to a market town and back again to fell , her eggs, or a cat ate to go to ttrve hi; church, mould be liable to pay the duty. And that if the Legiflature intended to intro. duce a provifion different from all former ones, it was little better than an impoution to do fo in an Aft, which profeffed merely to increafe the rates of for. mer duties, and confolidate the provifions of former Ads, when no perfon's attention was drawn to the fobjea. Their Lordlhips deferred giving judg ment, until they fhould have examined the two Ads of Parliament connected with this guffaws. A new Lobby has bees formed at the buck of the fidt Gallery in the Haymarket Theatre, by which means the audience will be free from the annoyance which they have fo long endured from the Wom e n of the Town. The ref/cameos ate to be diaributed in the new Lobby. Ps