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NAVAL INTILLIOEIVCIL FALMOUTH, DEC.CO. A r rived this day, the armed brig ENDEAVOUR; with a fleet of coasters under convoy, from Wales ; the K hooner Clementine, WARE, from Oporto, in 14 d a y s , parted with the convoy under his Majesty's s hip PLOVER on the 9th inst. ; the brig Anne, SMALL, and t he Elizabeth, from Liverpool, bound to t 3raltar; his Majesty's brig PEnstAx, of 18 guns, :1) six sail of transports, from Portsmouth, for Lis. viz. the Redress, Mary, Trafalgar, Ann, Mar garet, and Henry.—Sailed his Majesty's brig REso- Dun on a cruize.—The Eliza packet, with mails, for America ; the Marlborough, for Lisbon ; and Queen Charlotte, for the Brazils ; will sail on the 25th inst. PLYMOUTH AND PLYMOUTH-DOCK, DECEMBER 21. Arrived, the Caocus sloop, from Falmouth , the twig Margaret and Jane, Wu. GORE Master, from Waterford, with wines and'provisions, for Guernsey ; Sw•cdish ship Helsingfors; J. Bow; Master, from Qucbec, laden with timber, for this port ; the brig lkrendance, Resent. PEARSON Master, from Quebec, 17ith timber, boilnd to London and Hull : sailed or. the 16th November; on the 12th inst. she encountered heavy gale, in which her mainmast was carried sway, and she was obliged to throw par► of her cargo overboard= His Majesty's ship MERMAID sailed from Quebec in company with the Dependance, with a Legit consisting of 62 sail, and parted on the 12th inst. ..-Sailed the CECILIA tender, for Cork; the SCYLLA brig, 18 guns, for Portsmouth; Eca.n.ss, 18 guns, oa a cruise ; and the Eunzavoni hired armed brig, with fleet for Wales. At three o'clock this afternoon, the SEAFLOWER brig of war passed by with a heavy press of sail, and stood up the Channel for Portsmouth i she is from Lis bon, arid is conjectured to have dispatches on board. Half past 5 P.M._ The ECLIPSE has put back again. PORTSMOUTH, DECEMBER as. Paued up Channel a Fleet from the Westward.— Arrived the Deuterons .gun-br ig, from the Downs.— Sailed the Trincnlo with a co i neoy for the Drums.— Wind /41N. DOVER, int. 22. Mr. Melia% the Austrian Messenger, came down 'late last night. lie does scot embark for Calais till an American Gentleinan, who is also expected here, (see the STAR of yesterday) shall arrive. The latter does not g o over in a vessel by himself; as was re• ported. He is expected here every hour. DEAL, DECEMBER 22. Put back several of the outward-bound, and re main with a large fleet of merchantmen, &c. Put ack also the VANGUARD matt of war.—Wind S. W. weather. YARMOUTH, DECEMBER 22.. This morning arrived the EhiAxr sloop of war, HAvocic gun-brig, from Leith ; Mencontos from I,?erness ; and the CHANTICLEER from the Downs. Aim, from Gottenburgh, with a cargo, a schooner, ;a; is unknown, prize to theiVRANGLEit gun-brig ; the schooner left Gottenburzii on Saturday last, one P.M in company with the DICTATOR and STATELY, of 64 guns, and parted company in a fog. A large ship is now in the offing, supposed to be one of the above, or Ardent from Leith...—This morning sailed with the trade for Heligoland, the DRAKE, Capt. MOUNSHER. Remain the Roebuck, Onyx, Zenobia, Hearty, Ca lypso, Britomart, apd Vixen, with the above. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. CaAvant:ls, Dui. 9.C.,—Arrivod the Harmony, Waleomb, from Hondetras.—Sail-d the Lord Cochrane, George, and Tra fdgar, Ferguson, for Jamaica; Mary, Baker, for Mogadore; and :Le Britannia, Mason, for Waterford. the Aaron, from Alieant, with salt, is lost near CrXenburgli. The President, —, of Whitby, is totally lost near Wonga. The Sophia Carolina Alix , rtina, from Petersburgh, is lost in ae Belt. The Varistina, wa• wrecked on the 16th of Novem ber, at the tntranee of Nltmel. The Emilia, Labes, from Riga, was totally lost soon after sailing. The Newark Castle, of and from Shields, to Gibraltar, foun dered at sea, about the 11th inst. The Veaus, M'Master, Mint London to Gottenburgb, was lost near the Saw, on the Sth inst. The Mercator, Vosser, front Stockholm is Hult, is lost near Ystait. The Calista, Weatherhead, from Surinam to London, has been taken, re-taken, and carried into Jersey. She was re-taken by snrc. boats front Jersey', the Prize•master not knowing where Le wri. The Thomas, Cale, from Caraeoa to Liverpool, is lost near liPaamatii, and not Irons Surinam, as mentioned yesterday. The Diana, Peppard, from Liverpool to Barbadors, is lost on tee coast of Ireland. The Nelson, Pearson, from New-York to Amelia Islands, is - i-1 on the coast of America. he Minerva, —, from Virginia to Kinsale, is lost off the len, and on!, two people saved. i he Liberty, Watson, foundered off the Humber, on the 15th grist lilt. The Lucy, Lincoln, from Jamaica, has arrived at the Spanish Main, and gone back to Jamaica. The I)ehatice, Cteen, and Success, Crump, two Severn trosys, std ti,e Pe.4cock barge, bound to Bristol, foundered near the mouth of the Wye, in the gale of Friday w'nnight. The trove were heavily laden with Manchester and other goods. The crews escaped. The Fortitude, —, has been driven on shore at Martinique, and•dismasted, but is expected to be got off ; the brig Alexander, went on shore at the same time, but got off with trilling darnagc. ARRIVED. At Liverpool, in U days, therartar, Mitchell, from the Baltic ; and Rein-Deer, Reed, frons Pernambuco,. At Cork, Sir John !..tioore, —, from Malaga ; and Hope, Bringer, from Newfound land. At Whitehaven, Eliza, Davis; from Ch epstow, (stranded rear Workington). At the Brazils, (in 27 days from Cork,) Venue, Crabtree, from London and Madeira. At Dublin, Re- Bennett, from Malaga. At Newfoundland, Lester, Sabbin, front New York ; Two Brothers, Lernetto ; and the Unanimity, , Z'onnning, from lisbon. At Falmouth, Ellis, Elliot, from Smyrna. t Dartmouth, Martin, Bond, from Martinique. In the tlowns I oung Henry, Henderson, from Oporto; and Sarah, Hen "' 7.1 n, from Quebec. At Portsmouth, Industry, Crawford; atLd 1, bats, from Oporto. • .. . His Majesty's ship SiATAII.Pitt Mahon, Nov. O. We arrived here on the 14th inst. with o u r w h o le! fleet, 14 sail of the line, besides frigates and brigs, I COURT OF CHANCERY, DEC. 22. to complete water and provision s . Th e RElsowN, I COCKEREL V. BARBER. TIGER, and INviweints., are gone to Gibraltar to? Mr. HART stated that a new' claimant hid started refit, having sustained considerable damage during up, asserting that he was next of kin to the late Mr.Bar the late gales. The Tartsieu and ZEALOUS ore gone her. It will perhaps be recollected that a great deal of to Cadiz. The CENTAUR and WARSPITE arrived here litigation has taken place, both at law and in equity, yesterday. Admiral THORNBOROUGH has shifted his to ascertain who were the right heirs of a Gentleman flag from the ROYAL SOVEREIGN to the APOLLO, for of the name of Barber, who had acquired a consider , a passage to England. A new Governor has arrived. able fortune in India, and very soon after his return, TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. died in London. The cause had been sent to a Jury 'to decide between the claims of different parties. An India Arms, Gosport, Dec. 22. application for a new trial was afterwards made, Sin—To my great surprise ! I read in your paper . of the 20th inst. an Extract of a Letter f r om a y oung which the Chancellor refused to grant. Officer, who says he suffered shipwreck on board the Mr. HART having stated, th a t a p et i t i on h a d b een I Harlequin hired armed ship, on Seaford Be a ch, and presented by the fresh claimant to be a ll owe d to , prove his case, requested that the hea r i ng mi g ht be that he was washed off three times, and s av ed the lives of my wife and child. I have to contradict this I postponed to give him time to prepare the best evi assertion in the most positive term , and 'that the i dente.—Ordered. praise may be bestowed where it has been truly me rited, I think it but fair to state, that had it not been for the generous exertions of Captain HILL, Royal Navy, Commanding the Sea Fencibles, at Seaford, and the Officers and Men of the 81st Regiment, all the lives on board the Harlequin would have been lost. As for the lambasting of this young Officer, it is truly ridiculous, for I believe he was driven on deck to save his own life.—l am, &c. JOHN CARTER, Lieutenant, R. N. LAU , INtELLIGENCE, COURT OE KING'S BENCH, bEC. 21. STEVENS v. LYNCH. Mr. Gaintow stated this to be an action on a Bill of Exchange for £5B, drawn by the Defendant on a person of the name of Jones, who, he knew, had ac cepted the billfor his accommodation, having no funds of the Defendant's in his hands. This circumstance rendered it unnecessary for the Plaintiff, the holder of the bill, to give notice of the dishonour to the drawer, as he must, in ordinary circumstances, have been obliged to do, for the Defendant, knowing that the acceptor had no funds of his in his hands, could not complain of having been taken unprepared.— The Learned Counsel should shew, however, in ad dition to this, that the Defendant had afterwards ac knowledged his liability to pay the bill in question, and had undertaken to 'pay it. The hand-writing of the parties, and the acknow ledgement of his liability made by the Defendant up wards of two months after the bill became due, were fully proved. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, for the Defendant, con tended that the acknowledgement of his being still liable for the debt, made by the Defendant, at the distance of two months, could not bind him, if any circumstance tending to release him had occurred, of which he was then ignorant, or had no notice. This, he should demonstrate, was the fact in the present case. The Plaintiff had granted to the acceptor of the bill an indulgence for six weeks after it became due, and had afterwards renewed that indulgence. Either of these, his Lordship would inform the Jury, was a complete waver of the liability of the Defendant. These indulgencies were proved by Jones, the ac ceptor of the bill. On his cross-examination by Mr. GAEROW, how ever, he was obliged to confess that the Defendant was acquainted with these indulgencies having been granted to Jones, soon after they were granted, so that the objection of the Attorney-General fell to the ground.—Verdict for the Plaintiff—Damages 2E58. WILKINSON V. KING. This was an action of Troyer, by which the plain tiff sought to recover the value of a quantity of lead, his property, which had got into the hands cf the de fendant. The plaintiff had been in the use of land ing.his lead at the wharfs of Mi." Ellill, and of de positing it there, till a sale could be effected. Mr. Ellill, however, it would seem, without consult 7 ing the plaintiff, had treated the lead in question as his own, and as such he had sold it to the defendant. He had not, however, received the price, though bills had been granted for the amount, and to recover the value of the property sold the present action was brought. The defence set up was, that Mr. Ellill had been in the use of dealing with he property of the plaintiff, without his previous authority, in the same manner its he might have done had his disposal of it their full knowledge and approbation. He knew the fair mar ket price ; he knew that the lead was deposited with him for sale, and whenever a purchaser offered he sold it, taking bills to himself, and paying over the amount, when he received it, tcethe plaintiff. Mr. Brown, who was the agent for the plaintiff, and Mr. Ellill himself, when called on, declared that such a circumstance had never occurred before the present occasion. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £223. DEC. 22.—MASSON V. SOMES. Mr. SPANKIE, on the part of the Plaintiff, stated that this was an action, by which the plaintiffs, who are the Proprietors of a West Indiaman called the lame, sought to recover from the defendants, owners, or a coal trader, called the Francis, a compensation in damages for the injury done to the Fame, by the Francis running foul of her, while coming up the river, a little below Halfway-reach. It was proved by several persons on board the Fame, and by others, Who were uninterested spectators of the proceeding; that the Fame was coming up the Reach while the tide was making, and that the Francis followed im mediately in her rear, heavy laden, and in full sail before the wind, in such a track that if the Fame had felt ground for a few minutes the Francis Must have. run foul of her. The Captain of the Fame, aware of ' the danger to which his vessel was thus exposed, called out to those on board the Francis that they were too near, and that if he took ground they must rur foul of him. The answer of the master of the Francis was, that he feared nought. Again, when opposite to Raynham Church, he called out, and told them they were wrong, but received no answer. He then increased his own sail, so as to add to the distance between the two vessels; but, finding that he touched the ground, he again hailed the Francis, begging that they would chop their anchor or put their helm a star board, in which case they could have cleared the Faire. The consequence of the Fame's gettinf a-ground was, that she wheeled about, which the Captain of the Francis must have seen, if he had aL tended to his duty, and by observing the suggestions made to him, might have passed clear along. Insteae of this, however, he put his helm a-larboard, and •struck on the Fame's starboard beam, so as to knock in the side of the vessel and to occasion her great da• mage, so that she was with difficulty kept from sink ing.—On tile part of the defendant, it was argued, that the Francis had proceeded in the regular and or dinary course up the River, and that the whole blame lay in the Captain and Pilot cf the Fame in proceeding up the Reach more than an hour before s!• . a ought to have done so, from the depth of water she drew. Several witnesses were ad: uctd toproit this point - ; CITT ELECTIONS. SECOND DAY.—The .following was the state of the poll yesterday in the several contested City Wards : • ' New Candidates. ALDERSGATE WARD. 144 'qvlr. Paxton - 137 • rhomas - 134 Rowel= - 131 Loveland - 122 ALDGATE. Mr. Taddy . 196 Mr. Favell Deputy Weddell 133 Druce Thorpe - 132 Robinson 'Bickerstaff - 104 Taylor, declined. Messrs. Robinson and Taylor resigned, and the other six Candidates were duly elected. Mr. King . Aldridge Fisher Turner •Beta - 120 • 117 - 97 - 63 - 103 86 82 BISHOPSGATE. 309 *Mr. Davis 186 !Marsh 188 Poynder 184 Knight 171 Gould 170 Gov& 166 •ludkins 161 •Blundell 158 •Titford 143 BILLINI 80 59 57 57 46 43 41 Sir W. Rawlins - Mr. Clode Duffell Greenaway - Nub • 139 - 137 .. 135 ~ 135 • 129 - 119 • 118 - 113 - 110 iVhlt e Windus Fricker Ross Clarke Mr. Deputy Ord Brown Dornford Edis Heaney Dickens Dunkky • 40 ▪ 39 38 ▪ • 34 ▪ 27 26 ▪ 23 'sGATE. Mr. Hanson 'Sampson Sudlow "Piper 'Pickard 'Lowell 'King LET WARD. Mr. George Sharpe . Joseph Hearn 'Nathaniel At cheson Robert Chapman Richard Causton William Cotterel YNARD. Mr. Slade . Box - Farrance . Hurlocke - . 'Pearson - 'Welch - EWICK. I Mr. Goombridge - Fossick - Gale . 1 Platt .. Mander ~ Mr. Thomas Marriott 63 Thomai Crockatt 58 *Thomas Clarke .56 Henry Blaxland 55 John Patterson 48 _James Arthur - 46 CAS2LEBA' • 81 76 • 72 ▪ 72 • 69 .68 Mr: Griffiths Hurcombe Fenton Howell Treacher Pownall Mr. Walter Kirby Whitby . Welch HuMpleby 70 59 47 45 45 Clll 70 69 68 66 65 61 51 CORDWA 87 87 75 72 68 65 61 CRIPPLEGAI 100 991 89 86 78 76 ▪ 72 CRIPPLEGATI • 150 ▪ 142 • 115 FARRINGDO!N 363 337 . 317 304 304 303 299 296 281 LANGI 95 81 84 84 70 56 PORTSOKI 180 172. 171 146 TON 97 93 92 89 88 85 84 WALL Mr. Ash by - 84 , Williams Pearce • Be W 1 . •• • Margarey • • ?It Mr. James reeigned, sodas otter Candidates were returned. The polling *ill finally close this day. Mr. Cummings . Loxley Wright Wigan Cheesewright • Smith Fournier 'Mr. Farr Swift 'Dollman Hale Mawman Williams Mr. Hick G. A. Smith Kemble Hamm= Rowe Abby Trimbey •Mr. W. Jones - Watson •Redder - •Blake - •T. Jones - •Gardner - •Smitd 'E WITHIN. *Mr.Heygate Kerl Delver Hardy Burt • *Waterhouse *Habbenen Mr. Higden White - • Valiance - •Nightingale - •Docksey - • Palmer Mr. Dixon •Crouch Pullen WITHOUT. Mr. Daker 78 Dolly 51 J. G. Browb, resigned. WITHOUT. Mr. Waithman - •Yontitex • Crook Herring - •Quin • Reeves Young - Dawson Miller Mr. Griffith Bardin - T. Reeve • Breiver Wright Nicholls Murrell Harper IURN. Mr.-Phillips Bodley • Rankin - Ayres. Dixon • Maskew Wet herby Mr. W ETli il o ts t. hire Taylor Piachback • Anaersonj - Stubbing Mr. Colebatch Hoppe Atkinson *Carter WARD. Mr. Rea - •Briscoe Hewson Mr. Wright Hutchinson Driukald I.ucas Skipper Bridges Dixon Mr. Laing - •Smitb Stewart • Cawthorne - Goff •Hartehorne - 'Mills • • Mr. Ryde 4 ' Ross • lisywood - James - 43 42 42 38 25 108 78 64 81 80 74 73 97 92 .--........--, Ausrank -- . • Lord ELLextionotasit eras ofopinidti, hoteetet that the largeness of the vessel (night to have put the Cap- tain of the Francis more on her guard agains• tae • chance of her running a-ground, and, on this account also, that he ought the more readily to have com- plied with the repeated requests of tho Captain of the Fame to keep farther a-stern.•.--The Jury, without he- sitatioa, found for the Plaintiffs. Another cause stood for trial between the same parties, for the damages sustained in the cargo, and it was agreed to take a verdict for the plaintiff, also subject to arbitration, the amount of the damages sustained. LEE V. WALKER AND SONS . ; This was an action brought against the defendants to recover a large sum of monoy, being the differ- ence between the contract price and market price lof a quantity of hemp, with which the defendants had failed to supply the plaintiff, according to con- tract. This cause occupied the time of the Court for seve- ral hours, in consequence of the variety of evidence adduced on the part of the plaintiff, in order to shew that the defendants had the power, but not the incli- • nation, to fulfil their contract with him. The defendants had contra'c'ted to supply the plain- tiff with a certain quantity of superior hemp, by the first arrival from Riga ; and, upon. a second contract, .. to supply him with hemp of a more inferior quality, all which the plaintiff charged the defendants frau- . i dulentiy to have neglected, although they had the ' means so to dc. A great deal of evidence was gone into to trace . .' the property in a large quantity of hemp which had arrived by different vessels to the defendants, in order to shew that they could have fulfilled their contract; but neglected doing so in consequence of the price of the article being raised. On the part of the defendants, however, it fully ap- peared, that they had fulfilled the contracts, on their part, to the utmost of their ability; and the impirta- . tion of fraud charged against them was acknow- ledged by the plaintiff's Counsel to be wholly done away. • The Jury, therefore, found a verdict for the de- . fendants upon the first contract, and the second w a s • , referred to arbitration. , LEVING V. KREUSE. • This was an action brought to compel the defend- ant to fulfil his contract with the plaintiff, by accept. ing 20 tons of tallow for which he had bargained with the plaintiff ; but it appearing in the course of the evidence that the plaintiff had subsequently relin- quished the contract, by cancelling the terms in the broker's book, he was nonsuited. , a ' COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEC. 22. 1 , • GOODALL v. COLITINS. 1 This was an action on a policy of insurance. The Plaintiff, it will be recollected by our Readers, was . 0 0,. an Admiral in the service of Christophe, Emperor of Hayti ; and, during last Term, brought an action . t against a person named Ogle, an underwriter, to re- cover part of the value of the cargo of a vessel named the Earl of Bathurst, laden ,with cotton and coffee, bound from St. Domingo to London. The present , 1 action was brought on similar grounds ; the evidence was nearly the same .and to recover part of the. va- l f u er e en of t th un i de sa rwr id: i ca te rVi rs..an w el l am ich O w un a t s ed in tei sured iseart wi tlisl e tow :dif : The Jury were absent nearly two ho je tz found a verdict for the Plaintiff—Damages e On the result of this action depended the Vac of six others. • UNIVERSITY' INTELLIGENCE. ) mmommlirms , OXFORD, DECEMBER 22. I 1 1 • Monday, the last day of Michaelmas term, the l Rev. GEORGE WILLIAM HALL,. B. D. and Master of • Pembroke college, was admitted D. D. . i The following gentlemen, on the same day, were admitted to degrees : . BACHELOR IN DIVINITY. Rev. George Jenkins, of Jesus. MASTERS OF ARTS. t Rev. William Baphaw Harrison, of Merton, Grand Com- pouoder. Rev. Francis Dyson, of Merton. Rev. Richard Smith, of St. Alban hall. Mr. Robert William Hay, of Christ Church. Rev. Thomas Lloyd, of Jesus. , - i Rev. Edward Cokayne Frith, of St. John's. ' ' Mr. Ch a rl es Lewis Meryon , of St. John's. , i . O BACHELOR OF ARTS. e Mr. William Barwell Coles, of Hertford. - I 1 . The whole number of degrees in the term as fol- n , lows :-- e Doctors in Divinity, two ; Doctor in Law, one; Le Bachelors in Divinity, two ; Bachelors in Law, two; 1 d Masters of Arts, 21 ; Bachelors of Arts, 33. • s, On Monday Mr. ERASMUS ROBERTS was elected scholar of Pembroke college, on Mr. WHITEWICKE'S i t foundation. - ECCLESIASTICAL PROMOTIONS. ' 12- • Rev. Hamlett-Harrison, B. D. Fellow of Brasenose College, in ) 1 this University, to the Rectory of Stratford le Bow, Middlesex, La and of Pontesbury, Salop. , re Rev. E. Barnard, to be a Prebend of Hereford Cathedral. of Rev. Hugh Williams, to Vle Vicarage of Clynnog, vacant by the decease of the Rev. J. Williams. ;d t he W.. Williams, to the Rectory of Llanhaiarn, vacant by ) 0 the decease of the Rev. J. Williams. In Rev. J. Robertson, M. A. to the Vicarage of Brightlinvea, to i s hold with that of Great Bentley, both in Essex. to Rev. J. R. Stewart, M.A. to the perpetual Curacy of James's, Nottingham. 1 m The Rev. Wtn. Rowlands, of High Hidden, is presented to the s en Vicarage of Langorse, in Brecknockshire. .. • • Zr . i ce A Dispensation has passed the Great Seal, for pesabliog. the t. p d • Rev. Daniel Boys, Chaplain to the Earl of Tyrconnel; 'and Vicar ; - of Benenden, in the County of Kent, to hold, withthat living, 1 tat the Vicarage of Brookland, in the same County and Diocese, to ir- which he has been presented by the Dean and Chapter of Can- I he terbury. ....---. h A man of the nattie 'of SATTERTRW IITE, aged 82 .41 at- years, residing at Cool-house, in the N.lrth part of ? i ins Lancashire, has five children l i tr : ng, lg, age.l 257 years; , ad , 86 grand children, aged 712 years ; and seven great nd ' grand children, aged 18 years. Their united ages . 4 ick amounted to 1059 ! • da- A female impostor, who passes by the name of nic - Clementiaa Perry, has been lately laying the inhabi- ed ,l tants of Bath and the neighbouring towns under ccn- nr - k tribution. She is a middle aged woman, c , f the I .me middle size ; she sometimes pretends she came from mg the island of Jamaica in search of her husband, and t to is accompanied by a link girl, of about nine years of age, who, it is pretended, can speak nothing but Spa. int.., Dish ; having been educated in the island of Cuba. . ~ if ~ .