Star. — London, England, 1809-04-27 00:00:00

THE ARMY• c c Alt now daily look for most ;alpinist and ; ,, re sting dispatches frem our Army in Portugal, e nc c: the finest, best equipped, and best disciplined, t :, a ! r went out of Old England. They are cons. randed by one of the ablest Leaders we ever had. ARTHUR WELLESLEY is idolized by his army as v:1 as by the Portuguese, and his name is known r i respected by the enemy. He has under him some our ablest officers, viz.— Lieuteisant-Genersi CorroN. PAYNE. SHEROROIt. PAGET. HILL. ll!ajor•General - MURRAY. IkliKigNzis. --... ... TIL SON. Brigadier - General 111traawr. CAMERON. STLWART, SANTA°. DRIEBV,O. LANCWORTII. CAMP3Ei./:. General DERESIOnRD, who has got the chief cons rand of the Auxiliary Army of Portuguese, is a r a: of the most exulted talents : he has obtained t:;eir entire confidence, and much may be looked for :.stn these troops under such a leader. Among the regulations to take place in the Army, it is sa;d, that no regiment is to remain longer than three rears in the same barracks or quarters, and that the S:afordshire and South Gloucester Militia will be :Tong the first to change quarters. Some regiments the line are also expected to remove, in consequence this plan: The 2d battalion of the 50th regiment marched on Tuesday, from Brabourn Lees for Ashford; and the Ist battalion will march to Ramsgate this day. The 2d battalion of the 95th Rifle Regiment, left ir.rthe on Monday for Riding-street barracks. The left wing bf the Warwickshire Militia =riles Frern Canterbury to-morrow, to join the remainder of at Ashford. The :Innotrrable Major-General EDWARD PAGET, and Major-C'neral ERSKINE, embarked on Saturday iin board the Myrtle sloop of war, Captain INNS 4 and !ailed inmiediatly for Portugal.. We are happy to annozmce the safe arrival of the transport, the heaci.q.— --et ship of the 30th Regiment, Colonel MINET, in the Tagt)::. Table fears were entertained for her safety. She hay ing parted convoy in a gale in the Bay of Biscay, ith the loss of 'her rudder, on the night of the 30th March. TO THE 'twirl' HON. SIR DAVID DUNDAS, LB. COMMANDER IN CHIEF, Bce. SIR—In congratulating you on your being appoin ted to the Chief Command of his Majesty's Army,: we may, I hope, trust that you will see the necessity 6: recommendinr , to the paternal mind of his Ma *,,evy, that justice ; s hould Le done to the Veteran Battalion:, hose hard fate, au. deem to merit attention. It was iniquestionably the intention of the late Commander in Chief to have confirmed their rank in the line, 1‘ l'en he formed them from the Independant Comp* , res of Invalids ; but his Royal Highness was over lied by ill advice ; and all the Invalids have gained l.y the change was additional duty—for the Veteran Battalions now do duty all ever the world, wherever GEonoe 111. is acknowledged, and are liable to be I commanded 6yd:dr grand children. Is it just, Sir, tact a Veteran Officer, whose only-fault is the niiifer !une of having :tiered its the:entice of hi x King and Cone- 1 try, should have the feather of ranktornfromhisbrow when tumbling into the grave; or if such must be his bard fate, should he not have some compensation by additional pay, to enable hint to support the weight of years, and cruel dualtftSintrotent P But to you, Sir, who are an Officer of ses'vice and talent, I shall only add, that those battalions look up with confidence ; tint you will make a Veteran Battalion what it ought to be, a comfortable retreat for old Officers, and when a Veteran Officer has arrived at the rank of Major General,,by Brevet, let hire retire in com fort, and enjoy coign at least, in Air last stage—The country will not object to it—nor will it be a heavy demand : one klficer in fifty will not reach it— nor would the veteran, afierffty years service, require a larger pension than is given to the feather-bed ser vants of the public, after twenty-five years. It is r.gular, Sir, that the veterans under the orders of the Master-General of the Ordnance, (though not re quired to serve abroad), should have thew rank by brevet, whilst, from those under the Commander in Chief, it is withheld.—l have the honour_to be, with -respect, Sir, your most humble servant, BELISARIUS. In the House et Commons yesterday evening„t it was observed, that the CHANCELLOR of the Eacia orni, (after a private conference with Lord CarrLa w:at-4r, who came to the House in military unilohn,l from the Levee) spoke twice at some length, not &tun his usual place on the Treasury Bench, but from the bench immediately behind. .. 1 In the present situation of Europe the attention of all well.informed persons is directed to the recent Travels of Sir R. E. PORTER in Russia and Sweden. This Gertleman has ably developed the views and character of both those (~quits in a way which enables us to speculate, with celeahat, on the result of the new ronte4t between FranaiaslOAnstria. The Lords of the Admiralty hare appointed Wm. CI7)II4RLAND t Esq. to the command of his Majesty's ship SATURN, of 74 guns. Yesterday a - Court of Directnrs was held at the •rattlndia House, when the following Captains were sworn into the command of their respective Ships, viz. Carain fiAILL A RD, Union; Captain I'. Satin:Ali, North nr pion ;Madeira and Bombay.—Captain K Cu a is ro PP PIK ' SC Wi!liarn Pultenet; . Captain T. RiaccasoN, Sarah Cluistiana ; gal direct. The Court adjourned at six o'clock till to-morrow. ce Alt now i f ter es!ing dispa en c c: the finest t :, a! o gr went fo lded by one ;.• ARTHUR AV: a s by the • r respected bi c i our ablest oil Lieutcitani ?.!ajor • Gei .•••••••••••••••.• Brigadier • • .....0••••••••• General DERE ra nd of the A w in of the moi t:eir entire conf from these troor Among the re i s s aid, that no ri rees in the um Sancordshire at among the first the line are al ;f this plan: The 2d batta Tuesday, from Ist battalion The 2d batta Frthe on Mon . The left winj Frcm Canterbtu at The :Innout: and Major-Cln tin board the M ailed immedias We are happ transpor Regiment, Coll table fears were ing parted cow ith the loss of March. 7t) THE R(G CO! SIR—In cone tr.d to the Chi . ..re may, I hop' 6: recommend " , ,ect.y, that jtutie oaose hard fai rliquestionablj in Chief to ha 1-I , en he form n:es of Invalid ruled by ill aell l.y the change Battalions nom GEORGE 111. commanded tact a Vetere ':one of /soviets try, should ha' wizen tumblin bard fate, shoi additional pa' of years, and who are an 0 aid, that thos tint you wil ought to be, and when a 1 of Major Gen fort, and enjo country will heavy deman, nor would the a larger pensi ?ants of the 5 r.gular, Sir, Master-Genet 'tuned to sere brevet, whils Chief, it is wi -respect, Sir, In the He was observed ortx, (after IQ:at-.lr, who from the Let his usual pla . Iltneh imam In the pre all well-info Travels of E. This Gentle character of us to specuL ronteo betty 'f he Lon CYY)4IB,RLAN ' ship SATIMI • Yesterdal • ran. India . sworn into t: Carain pion ;Mad viiiliant Puke gal direct. The Cow N4r4L INTELLIGENCE. PALMDU l'H, APRIL *. Arrived ehe brig transport Peggy, Captain WRICSIT, from Portsmouth, for Gibraltar, with the loss of bow sprit.—Sailed, the Townshend packet, Captain WES TERN, with !nails for the West Indies ; also several ♦essels to join the Mediterranean fleet now off this port.—Wind N.E. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 25. Came in the SEAFLOWER sloop of war, from the East Indies, with dispatches, which are said to be of much importance. It is stated, that she brings an account of peace with Persia ; and that a treaty of amity has been signed by the EMPEROR, and by Cap tain MALCOLM on the part of this country. The SEAFLOWER sailed some time after the packet Geor giana, that arrived on Sunday last. Arrived the PEACOCK, of 18 guns, from a cruize ; three days since, when off Ushant, she saw an English frigate, towing another, dismasted. We have every reason to believe that it must have been the ARE ?MUSA, with the Neimen, a prize to the AMETHYST, whose arrival is now hourly expected.—Also arrived the Gage, THOMAS, from Waterford, with provisions, for London ; and Austria, J. B. OLUBIRIA, from London. The Istemzuszfrigate came up the harbour to be docked last evening ; she is very much marked about the hull, and her stern gallery shot away. The even ing prior to her sailing from this port for Rochefort, her gallant Commander assembled all the Officers in his cabin, and emphatically asked them if they had made their wills ? for he was then going on so ha zardous a service, that he did not expect they would ever reach England again. The brilliant achieve ment was not, however, attended with so great a sa crifice.—This day the ROXAL GEORGE, 110 guns, came up Hamoaze to be paid off; her crew are turned ovtr to the SAN JOSEPH, which will be ready for sea in the course of next week.—Arrived the THESEUS ) L 74, from Rochefort : she has upwards of 700 French prisoners on board, who are now landing ; they will be sent to the New Prison on Dartmoor. The THE azus left Rochefort the 16th instant, consequently she brings nothing of a later date than what has already been received from thence.—Sailed the PARTMAN brig, on a cruze ; and the MARINER gun-brig, for ; Rochefort. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL cf. Dropt down to St. Helen's his Majesty's ship LA VINIA, and one East-Indianian.—Wind N.W. DEAL, APRIL 26. Arrived Star long boat from Deptford, and sailed again for Woolwich ; Trompeuse sloop from a cruize. —Sailed, Plantagenet, 74 guns, on a cruize off the Texcl ; Implacable, 74 guns, for Gottenburg ; Aven ger sloop, for the Nore ; and Calliope sloop, and Paz schooner, off Flushing. GREENOCK, APRIL 24. His Majesty's sloop of war FYLLA, from Cork, ar rived at Madeira 19th February, and the Marian, Ewnio from hence to Jamaica, one of her convoy, 20th February. EDINBURGH, APRIL 22. The fleet for Heligoland, put back by contrary winds, sailed on Thursday morning, from Leith Roads, under convoy of the FANCY gun-brig ; also the trade for Orkney, under the FORWARD; the Ccto sloop, with a convoy for Gotteaburgh ; and the Quau. schooner for S heerness. ABERDEEN, APRIL 22. The Margaret, Robson, from London to Davis's Straits, Was lost at Stronaness on the 27th ult. all the crew saved, and it was expected the stores and materials would also be saved. A large pink sterned Dutch ship horn London to Davis's Straits, put into Stromness en the 29th ult. in great distress, having lost her foremast and bowsprit, and her boats, and had her decks stove in, in a heavy gale. The Lady Charlotte, of Limekilns, Captain Wilson, during a heavy gale of wind and snow, was driven ashore about 11 o'clock on Saturday night, in Whittlink Bay, three miles east of Kin : nJird's Head—crew caved. 1 he cargo, which consisted of barrels and staves, with the materials of the ship, will be saved. On the night between Saturday and Sunday last, the sloop Ktty of Banff, James Gill master, on her voyage to Fraserburgh and Banff, from Leith, with a cargo of merchant goods, having been driven from Fraserburgh Bay by a strong gale from 'N. Z. was unfortunately wrecked on the rocks called the North-head, or Ronheads of Peterhead, and every soul on board, consisting of six persons, perished. The bodies of Mr. Gill the master, two of she crew, and a pilot from Fraserburgh, have been cast ashore. The vent-11as gone to pieces, and a part of the cargo has been dump on the beach. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVESEND, APRIL VS.--Sailed the Hope, Lowe, for Hon dens; Juno, Smith, for Cadiz ; Triton, Tozer, for Hayti; Geor. Gina, Smith, for Cu racoa ; Golden Fleece, Babell, for Waterford; Vigilant, Livingston, for Dublin ; Medway, Watson ; Pelican, Nara ; and the Fortune, Cowly, for Malta. Saturday se'nnight arrived at Leith the Danish sloop Anna, Maedowgal, of Drontheim ' prize to the Childers sloop of war; • and on Friday morning the Johanna Christiana, Adams, of Bergen, prize to the Leveret sloop of war. The Cornelia, Rigg, from Liverpool, for Madeira and Berbice, is put into Holyhead, with the loss of topmasts, au anchor, and eight guns. 'flee Hero, of Sunderland, coal-laden, having sprung a leak at sea, put Into Whitby, where she has beat off her keel, and re ceived considerable damage. Aaantscp—Off Dover, the Draper, Gowen, from Belfast. At Portsmouth, the John, —, from Rio Janeiro. Off Plymouth, the Harmony, Duncan, from Honduras. Off Falmouth, the Ettingden, Kennedy, from Jamaica. At Liverpool, the Braganza, Evans, from Jamaica. At Limerick, the Richard, Johnson, front Baltimore. At Gottenburgh, the Sally, Scott, from Charleston ; ' and the Resolution, Bunker, from New York. At St. Helena, the Young William, —, Som the South Seas. At Honduras, the Dahlia, Thong:mai ; Carr, Barret; William, Lee; and the Dispatch, M‘Millan, from London. At Trincomalee, the Europe, Oilstone; Lord Castlereagh,--; and the Lord Keith, —, from London. The arrival of the fleet from Carlscrona, consisting of seventy or eighty sail, may be daily looked for.— The following is a letter from Captain BOYS!" ,of the ship Harmony, dated _ " Carlscrone, 16th April. " I have the pleasure to Inform you, that a prospect of our getting out of this harbour has at length presented itself. Two frigates hare just appeared in the offing with the signal flying for the ships•to come out and join convoy. Ido not think the whole will be able to get out this day. if the breeze does not freshen, it being at present Dearly calm, with a great quantity of ice In the harbour. e• We are now sailing and warping through it. Them's a great deal of Ice ha the Baltic yet. I ant informed the two frigatn have been ten days between this place and Bornholm, and that they were prevantcd lay the ice from gettiug hare iooner,• I Line IN7'ELLIGZAICE. . ALEXANDER DAVIDSON. This day AtAtitAtmen DAvmsos, the celebrated Contractor, was brought up to receive judgment la . the Court of Ki ng ' s B enc h ; when Judge Gupta sentenced him to imprisonment in Newgate fbr . TWENTY-ONE CALENDAR MONTHS His .LOrdsbip stated, that the punishment would have been much severer if the Defendant had not paid into. Codit wards of Eighteen Thousand Pounds ! r-mpr • • was for criminal t9nvervltlon vO . th the pht'.n" wife ; and all that the defendant knew of the pro. ccedings against him was. the receipt of, a !mete tf declaration ; that was in 1804 ; since which he had. raded three yeara Ind a half at Tooting, In SurreYl And the plaintiff haegot jildginent against him by default, and a kieritf's Jury had awarded him 10Qul. damages. If the Court, therefore, did not assist him. it was probable he would t penal the remainder of his days in a gaol, at .he could not be discharged under the Insolvent Debtor's Act. The Court granted a Rule to shew causes • CONTEMPT OF PROCE S S. A Rule to shew cause why an attachment should not issue against a person - of the jiame.of Hatton, .was obtained for a contempt of legal process, he !cat-. ing attempted to escape from the Sheriff's officerwho• arrested him. The personal injury complained' of was, that Hat:on;in'his resistance, had cut the bailiff's eye and his head, and' nearly strangled him, by squeezing his throat. • . • DOE OSI 'THE DEMISE OF DONO 06 ITARRIS• This was an action arising out. of the calamity of the fire at Covent Garden. .The lessee of the plain. tiff kept a public house adjoining the theatre, called the . Struggler's, which was - constienicrWith the theatre. He was, however, entitled to the scite where the house stood durietg the remainder of his term. The ground being wanted in the erection of the new theatre, Mr. Harris had taken possession lit without his consent, and he brought.the present action to recover back the possessirm. - The case was admitted, when Mr. GARROW, for the defendant, on behalf of the proprietors of - the theatre, rose to explain their situation. He admitted the plaintiff had a short interest in the ground in 'question, and if he had been contented to have received five hundred times its value, it would have been given him, but he thought to make great benefit from a public calamity, and wanted to extort most shame• fully from the wants of the proprietors. Upon which, 'under his advice, they had adopted the present mode, and having agreed with the owner of the ground, they would not pay his enormous -demand for his few months interest. He must have a verdict, and long before he could reap the fruits of it, his interest would be at an end. Mr. PARKE said he claimed to have thirteen yeari interest. Lord ELLENBOROUGII observed that would properly. come in question in the action for the rrofits ; at pre sent the plaintiff must hive a verdict;—Verdict plaintiff. • BALER V. SHACKLE. This was an action of trespass., The parties we" Ladies' dress-makers, in Bond-street ; and the for mer having sold the good-yili.of his shop to the latter, he reserved for himself a morn in the house, free of expence for one year, the more Conveniently 'to wiad up his own concerns. The plaintiff, however, being absent from town, the defendant took the opportunity of repla . cing and beautifying his house ; and removed the closets where the plaintiff's books of accounts and private papers were locked up. The damage alledgcd was, that 'the room was broke and entered by the de fendant, without leave or licence, and his private .par pers exposed to the eye of curiosity or impertinence. Lot d ELLENBOROUGH Said, that considering the terms on which the . pirties had lived, lit thought the action might have been spared. The Jury found for the plaintiff.—Damages Fine Pounds. ADMIRALTY-COURT, DOCTORS' COMMONS. , TUESDAY, APRIL 18. This day the Right Hon. Sir W. SCOTT proceeded_ to the adjudication of the following cases : Lord Nelson, - master.--A question of salvage. This vessel was a transport in his Majesty's service; and, in conse quence of being pursued by a French lugger the master cut away her masts, and soon afterwards the enemy's boat came alongside, and took away the master and mate, but did not take possession of the vessel, apprehending that they could not carry her into a French port, on account of the loss of her masts. Soon after warts she was brought into Portsmouth by one of his Majesty's ships. The Court was of opinion she was a DER rucr, and ac cordingly decreed a moiety of the value of the property, as a re muneration. La Vidia del Carmen, De Salos master.--This Spanish vessel was captured on a voyage from Monte Video to Cadiz. The ves•. eel and cargo had already been restored, with costs and damages, and this question was-a charge of plunder on the pan of the cap• tors. The Court was of opinion that the charge W'ss fully sup ported, and pronounced the captors liable to the extent of the plunder alledged in the Spanish Captain's affidavit, and also the costs of this application. Fortuna, Douse master.--In this case the property bad been pronounced to be Kniphausen, and the question before the Court was, whether it should he condemned to the 0-own, or the cap tors, which was determined in favour of the captors. APRIL 25.—This day the Right Honourable Sir W. SCOTT proceeded to the adjudication of the fol lowing cases:— • Isis, Mackey master.—This was a question of salvage. The vessel, laden with coals, bound from Sunderland to London, got upon a sand or rock in Handfleet Bay, near Harwich, from whence she was relieved by the assistance of some smacks, be longing to Harwich. The salvage was resisted by,the Owners on the ground of its being a mere act of pilotage. The Court, how ever, allotted the salvors X 75, but directed that the eapences of a Commission of Appraisement should be deducted from the same, considering it an unnecessary expence. The Salvor's ex. pence. were also allowed. L'Arranjo de Buenos Ares. —This vessel sailed under Spanish colours, 'laden with staves, for a Spanish settlement in South America; but, on her arrival in Table Bay, was captured by Sir H. Popham, and was claimed as Portugnese property. Ship re-. stored, subject to the captor's expences. COCKPIT'', WHI Before the Most Noble and Right Hon. the Lord Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes : Aidar, Coffin master.—This America* ship, laden with sugar and coffee, bound to Amsterdam, was captured on the Ist of September, 1805, by the Polecat privateer, and carried to Dover. This Appeal was lodged against the sentence of'the Admiralty Court, condemning two-thirds of the cargo, which sentence their Lordships affirmed. Die Drie Treunde, Woegens master. This ship, under Danish colours, laden with cotton, cocoa-nuts, Sic. bound from Lisbon to Antwerp, was capture d by the Hero privateer, and taken to Plymouth.—This appeal was presented on behalf of the captors, front the sentence of restitution of 598 bales of cotton, which their Lordships reversed, and condemned the same to the Crown. Neptunus, Geelts master.—This ship sailed under Hambnrgh colours, laden with various merchandize, from Amsterdam for Lisbon, but was captured by the Cruizer privateer, and sent to Harwich.—The High Court of Admiralty condemned sundry boxes and parcels of cheese, from which sentence this Appeal was lodged ; and their Lordships directed still further proof to be produced of the property. APRIL 2O.—Before the Most Noble and Right Ho 'pourable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals Prize Causes : The schooner Nancy, Hurd master.—This American vessel, laden with sugar, coffee, &c. in the prosecution of a voyage from Martinique to New York, wit- captured on the 29th of April, 1804, by the Boston, and carried to Halifax, where the ship and cargo were condemned, on the ground of breach of blockade. It appeared that this stood the first on the list of cases denominated the Blockade Cases of Martinique. Their Lordships took further time to consider of judgment, as it will go to the determination of several other cases. APRIL IS. Friday Mrs. NEWBOLT, one of the Bedchambell Women to the Qtteete, died at her apartments in Ste James's Palace. Mrs. GWYNNR, the Lady cf Gene. red GWYNNE, is appointed in her roo - n. .. • As the term tivouaring has occurred in the letter of Sir J. MOORE, and may be not understood by many of our Readers, we subjoin the following explanation ;e4a " BivotiAc—A guard at 'night performed by the whole army; w lifeh, either:dr a siege or lying before an cite:lly, every evening, draws out-from Its tents or huts, and continues du night in arms. ' COMMERCE.—It may net be unimportant to the tradhig world generally to know that the 46th of the ; King ch. 97. commonly called " Sir Jahn Newport's Act," allows all Corn, Grain, Meal, Flour, Bread, or Biscuit, bona fide, the produce of Great Britain os Ireland, to be reciprocally interchanged under a com mon.coast cocket, certificate or transire, conformable to like regnlations now in force, in case of goods sent Ipaastways from one port of Great Britain to another. kfl e advantages resulting to trade are, the doing away ithe formalities of the Master's report and entry, as • when ships arrive from foreign ports ; the obtaining tin lieui OR instant application at the Coast Office, at , the Custom-house, the necessary docurn2nts for ship. ping Gr landing the cargoes, and a serious saving in i fles, charges, &c. The Officers of the Customs, COURT OF KING'S BENCH, APRIL 25. i both in Great Britain and Ireland, being forbid, THE WOOLWICH COM MIS SI O N. 1 under the third section of the Act, to take of re- The ATTORNEY GENERAL moved for a Mandanusi ceive any fee, gratuity, or reward, on pain of to be directed to the Rev. Hugh Frazer, the Rectortl dismissal , as of the parish of Woolwich, commanding him to,proe: for any document or service required, tending the interchange of corn, &c. as provided by teed to the election of thirty Commissioners, as rected •by the 2 - . th of the King. The electio n day is ei.:- the act. It is much to be desired, that the Legisla the Tuesday in Easter week ; and the omission titre may this Sessioe enact similar regulations re year resulted from the following cir cu m s t ances s .On t hi s garding the sending provisions and all feet articles from one country to the other. It being quite within that day, 61 Candidates prese n ted th emse l ves , a nd six pair of boxes were placed i n the V estr y R oo m to-re- 'the spirit of the Act of Union, that all foreign forms and observance .. ' should be got rid of as soon as pos ceive the votes of the parishioners. In these boies. sible• ' there were 61 compartments, and these were la4elled . . Monday evening, about seven o'clock, a fire broke with the names of the re s pe ct i v e can did ates A t the i • out.on the premises of Mr. Pitice, Mill Wall, Lime. close of the poll, the persons appointed began to cast T 1101.1 se. which did-considerable damage, by destrOyinF up the number of votes each box contained, and had,rt we:little and other, valuable commoditkes, before it got through four pair of boxes, when the remaining:, was Wink- 6'111121 • two pair, either through accident or desig n, from the • The Proprietors of an entire new work, .entitled losing parties, were overturned, and t he: votes lay .Li BEAU MONDE, and MosTiti.v REGISTER, to which mixed upon the ground. As there was noway a the public attention has for some time been directed, ascertaining the number of suffrages each candidate are very liberal in promises. If the execution of their obtained, but by counting the pieces in each compart- plan be at all adequate, we entertain no doubt that ment, the election, by this accident or manoeuvre, the patronage of the Literary and Faci,ionable World, was rendered void ; and the day of election being will be extended to it in a degree eonal to the curio imperative in the Act, no other could be substituted sity which the proposals have exc' ai. Au Indeoien , without the interference of that Court. •• dent and Liberal Critique, upon all e e works of art, Lord ELLENBOI:OCCH desired the Learned Counsel apon all new pub.ic ttions (end wl a is more novel to take the Mandamus. .. i• aeon all new music, if isc•tcuted in the style to which) . . APRIL 26.—IRREGULAR PRACTICE' ' we know the parties are' competent, will, we hope, The ATTORNEY GENERAr, moved to set aside the' give a proper direction to public taste, and enable it judgment in a case entitled Thurston v. Taylor. He 'to discriminate between the higher effi.rts of the mind, did it, he said,.upon the ground ct irregularity, the and the paltry productions-w)uch are published mere defendant never having been served with a Ifri, of lye* sell. The Proprietors Have certainly undertaken latitat. .The Learned Counsel stated, that the defen- a charge to which great responsibility is attached ; dant was a prisoner, having been taken in execution 'some look with no comtnou auxiety te the appg4rano• upon the above snit. 'lt appeaftsi that the action of the first number. • ' APRIL 22.—Before the Most Noble the Honoura ble the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. Neptunus, Geelts master.—This Hamburgh vessel, laden with cheese, bound from Amsterdam to Lisbon, was captured by the Cruizer privateer, and brought to Harwic h. 'This question re spected sundry boxes and parcels of these condemned. From this sentence the claimants appealed, and their Lordships restored the property, on allowing the captors their expences in both Courts. Germania, Voss master.—This vessel, under Danish colours, laden with sugar, indigo, cochineal, &c. was captured on a voyage from Cadiz to Tonningen, by the Phccnix, and brought to Ply. mouth. It appeared that the Admiralty Court condemned cer tain goods, in consequence of which an appeal was prosecuted by the claimants, and their Lordships affirmed the sentence. Henrica Jacobs, Nanta master.—This Oldenburgh ship, laden with wine ' ostensibly destined for Hamburgh, but actually hound to Holland, was captured by the Hind cutter. This appeal was prosecuted on the part of the claimants, from the sentence of con= demnation in the Admiralty Court, and which was alarmed by their Lordships. . • • ; • -...INEMIN _ % 1 ~l