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!Mr NAVAL llaßiiidlilfele. c Y MAILS tHIS DAY.. &RR. DIM Alt. this. „„ inthe Lisbon W a i erfor d4 1 Culls .0 0 Guernsey and Jamey Hamhurgia 1 0 mani a - 1 Gottenburgts .. 0 1 0 0 Maks . 0 0 FALMOUTH, JUNE Arrived the Marlborough packet, with a mail front Li s bon, in twelve days.—Sailed the Osborne packet, for Surinam ; the Rapid packet, for the West Indies; s ad the Chesterfield packet, for Lisbon, Gibraltar, an d Malta—all with mails.—Wind variable, from S. to N. fine weather. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 29. 1 Came in his Majesty's ships MARTIN and MUTINiI i frong a cruize.=Sailed the Lapwing and Fox cut-, pm on a cruise.—Wind S.W. • , PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 30. Arrived yesterday the BRITOMART sloop of war, f ro m a cruise. Arrived today the Hussar transport, f rom St. Helena ; and the Mineva transport, from Gibraltar. The Dutch ship Amelie, bound to Ben gal, was off the Isle of Wight this morning. —Sailed yesterday on a cruise, his Majesty's ship ONYX. DEAL, JUNE 30. • Arrived and sailed for the River, the Minerva, las, and Marquis of Wellington, —, from Ben gal; and the Lark, JONES, from Jamaica.—Came a s so from the River, the Mayflower for Newfound lad, and the Chester for Halifax and Jamaica—they je gagiu.—Wind Soath. COWES, JUNE 30. Arrived the American ship Cordelia, Kum Master, from China, and waits here for orders. HARWICH, JUNK 29. Arrived the Lady Nepean packet, from Cuxhaven. Sailed the Lark packet, for Holland ; the Leicester packet, for Cuxhaven ; and the Charlotte packet, for Conenburgh.—Wind N. BRIGH CON, JULY 1. Saturday afternoon, the passengers on board the East India Company's ship, the MINERVA, were landed here, consisting of General Caow, Lieutenant- Colonel BATLEY and family, Colonel NICHOLAS and family, Judge MILLER, Mrs. Rum and family, with several others. They left Bengal on the 29th of Fe bruary, and have experienced a favourable voyage. The ship touched mit St. Helena in April, when the above named passengers saw BONAPARTEs He was then in good health. They had an audience, and were received with the utmost civility. There was tot the least difficulty in being introduced. He was Wry free and affable. The beautiful packet the Eliza, Captain WATT, sailed last night with nearly .50 passengers of distinc tion, among whom were the Lady of Sir BENJAMIN 131.003trim.n and their son, Sir ROBERT and Lady WALLER, Mr. and Mrs. POLE, Mr. and Mrs. WALKER, &c. This vessel, from the superiority of her ac commodations, still continues to be preferred to ali others. DOVER, JUNE 29. Arrived last night the Cumberland, Captain BOXER, from Boultigne, with Mt. ANGERST2IN ; Lady Cas tlereagh, Capt. MntiLL, with Mrs. Batsman ; King George, Captain Kula ; Qtieen Charlotte, Captain THOMAS; and l'Elisa, French packet, all from Calais. Sailed last ui?ht, the Chichester Packet, Capt. Itur rea, with a mail and passengers, for Calais; and the Prine•as ctiatiotte, Captain HALLAND4 with a mail sod passengers, for (Mend. Sailed the Leopold, ,Captain ROGLILS, and the Dart s Captain Vbruatrasoa, k Calais, with passengers. RAMSGATE, JUNE 30. • Sailed last night for Oster id the Marquis of An glesea packet, Captain Fosma, with Mr. CGIITIS, son of Sir WILLIAM CURTIS, Bart. and several other pas sengers ; also sailed for the same destination a small brig. , taking over twenty-one remarkably fine horses for his Serene Highness the Prince of ORANOS—they appeo:ed to be principally of the coach breed.—Ar rived t.o, morning from Ostend the Lord Liverpool packet, with p4ssengers. Hib Grace the Dirke of NEWCASTLE, and Lord Perna, with their families, have arrived at this de lightful watering-place for the season. A correct statement of the Navy, made up to the Ist of J. : Of the line, 9s; Fifties, IS; frigates, 63; sloops, cutters, Ste. el; guar.l-ships, hospital ditto, Ste. not effeedve, 11 ; troop ships, I; store ships, 12 ; yachts, 6.—Total, 209.—Decrease this loth, 8. Besides the ships arrived from the Mediterranean ' list week, and which are under orders to be paid off, there are yet to return home from foreign stations, for this purpose, two line-ufbattle ships (CORNWAL. /IS, and NolaHllatilltßLAND), eight frigates, and 32 sloops, brigs, and troop ships—total 42. The Wye, Captain HARPER, sailed on Saturday from Portsmouth for Quebec, with General TINLING WIDRINOTON and suite. The Wye will remain on the North American station. The Boyne ' Bombay, Ajax, Leviathan, Lean der, Dee, Tyrian, Rosario, Onyx, and Grecian, remain at 3pithead. Admiral MILNE is expected to hoist his flag on Sa turday next, in the LEANDER, for Halifax. A letter from an Officer on board Lord EXMOUTH's fleet, recently arrived from the Mediterranean, states that Captains Pacunt. and WAIW, of his Majesty's ships CLORINDE and BANTERER, having, in the course of the last visit of the fleet to Algiers, gone a short distance into the country, two janissaries intercepted dims pulled them from their horses, took away their swords, tied th e ir hands behind iem, then rifled their pockets, and walked them into the town. This art, however, being unauthorized by the DEY, he sfterwards gave Lord EXMOUTH every degree of satisfaction the case demanded. Mr. M,Dortar" the 13 ritish Consul, was also molested in the discharge of bis duty, and his family were detained in the coon " try; but this also was explained away. The number of slaves released is about 2,500, principally Sardi nians and Sicilians.—Lbout 700 remain to be mi nuted, at 1,000 dollars ahead, all of whom are to se released before 1818. By letters from New South Wales, it appears that 4 e Missionaries have lately met with extraordinary 'access in Eimeo, an island adjacent to Otaheite. e majo r i t y o f t h e peop l e h ave renounce d idolatry; 11 1. , Prielits have bu rne d their gods ; the chiefs de o' the Morais, demolished the altars, and cooked `it't t:loners with the materials. More than 600 r ''idly adults, attend the sckools of the Mis -111"411r instruction. ttle47!kki COVEN* ARDEL—The FiinDets ,Prince LEOPOLD, accompa ed hy the Duchess of YORE, went to Covent G den Theatre no Saturday evening; to honour, by th r presence, the performance 'of King Henry the EVA for the bene fi t of the Thea trical Fund. The Royal Party were attended by Sir ROBERT GARDINIR and Lady ABER MILLER SMITH: Mrs. SIDI:MRS kindly came forward, on the occasion, to perform the character of Quern Katharine. On her entrance by the 'stage-door, on the PRINCIN side, she was opposite to the Royal Party, and very lowly' made her obeisance to them, which they condescelt dingly acknowledged. The audience very warmly applauded. Miss O'NEILL sat in a private box with the Countess of CLARE, the Earl of WmtwicK, &c.— The greetings between the Public and the PRINtlt and PRISMS were renewed several times in the course of the evening ; and any thing in the Play that could receive a construction complimentary to the latter was eagerly seized upon by the audience. That which is' there said of the Lady Anne Barn, •momem.•• " Who knows yet rut from this Lady may proceed a gem To lighten all this Isle"— tvas particularly caught at, and applauded with rap turous shouts, which lasted for several minutes. - ..... OPCRA HOUSE. —The lively and entertaining Opera of Figaro was performed on Saturday night. The music was rapturously applauded, and the *hole en. tertainment sent off with eclat. The House was crowded with fashion: Mr. BRANDON provides a moit admikable NI of Fare fhr to-morrow evening at Covent-Garden The atre, and strange indeed would it be if this Banquet for public taste, provided by a Gentleman to whose urbane manners and obliging conduct the frequenters of the Theatre are so much indebted for the Uniform attention they experience at his hands, were not ho noured with a brilliant bumper to the merits of so truly deserving a servant of the Public. The friends of literary merit in distress, will hear with concern, that the most distinguished benefactor of deserving Authors—the Founder of the Literary Fund, DAVID WILLIAMS, Esq. departed this life in the 78th year of his age, on Saturday morning, about six o'clock, after a protracted suffering of near five years, under a severe paralytic affection. Wednesday, died, at Weston, near Bath, Mr. W. Lovrartova, of the Theatre Royal, Drury lane. He had been lodging in the village some months with the hopes of recovering from the effects of a ruptured blood vessel, and flattered himself that he was in a state of gradual convalescence, when a recurrence of the rupture caused his almost immediate dissolution ; by which the stage is deprived of an admirable actor, and society of a most worthy man. Mr. SHERIDAN hourly becomes weaker. The shi• vering fits return daily, and the melancholy end is too certain. His wife and younger son attend him con stantly. Age and infirmities bring all men to their end ; but the exit of an individual of the talents and genius of Mr. SHERIDAN, who has so enriched our drisnaatic literature, adorned our poetry, enlivened the highest and most cultivated circles with his powers of conrersation, his elegant demeanour, and his unsur passed wit ; who has added so conspicuous a feature to our sentorical discussions on so many great occasions, and who his been invariably the friend of public liberty aed the fteudom of the press, calls forth the feelings of all who have hearts noble enough to sink the memory of our common weaknesses in the recollection of great and brilliant qualities. Mr. SHERIDAN'S afflicting complaint arose originally from a tumour, for which Dr. BAIN advised him to see his surgeon ; he accord ingly sent for Mr. BRODIE, who . recommended an operation, which at that time would have been slight, and would mist' probably have saved his valuable life, bust Mr. SHERIDAN turned it off with a joke, say ing he had suffered two operations in his life time, and he would not undergo a third. When asked what the two were, he answered-6i That be had had his hair cut, and had sat for his picture." It is to be lamented that he did not comply with the advice of Mr. BRAME. We fear the case is now beyond the reach of medical aid. Execterion.—The five persons condemned to death for being concerned in the late riots in the Isle of Ely, underwent the sentence of the law on Friday. They alt evinced great repentance, and signed, voluntarily, a written ccnfession of their offences. The execution was attended by an immense concourse of spectators, who behaved with the greatest order, and upon whom the awful scene seemed to make a deep impression. They departed quietly after the execution. A few in: fantry only were present. BLACK HEATH PEDESTRIAN.—(EATON's27THDAT. ) —Yesterday the concourse of spectators on the Heath, not only to inhale its breezes but to witness EATON'S continued exertions, were more than have been since his :Luting ; at present EATON proceeds under a little disadvantage from having blistered feet, in other re spects he is perfectly well, .and is not in the least affected by his arduous and hitherto unremitting la. hour ; and this morning he accomplished 637 miles. Betting is ROW become much against him. ANOTHER PEDEsTRIAN.—HENRY EARNAT, 72 years of age, for a wager of £2OO, has undertaken to walk 1000 miles on a fine piece of ground near the Eagle and Child, Epping Forest, in less timethan any pe destrian has hitherto completed the same. Every requisite is now preparing for this intended match, and a set of Gentlemen, eight in number, have formed themselves into a Committee to conduct it. BARNET starts on Thursday next. CORN-EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, JULY 1. Our market was abundantly supplied with Wheat this morning, which chiefly consisted of arrivals from Scotland, and other Northern parts, and the trade in consequence was very heavy, at a decline of 2s. per quarter. Barley maintains list Monday's prices. Peas, Beans, and Oats sold very slowly, and are cheaper, the supply of each exceeding the demand. CURRINT PRICES AS 17NDERt ENCLISR. Tick Ditto, SOL 334. Wheat, Kent and Ems; 711 s. I Oats, Potato., 281. 30s. Sgt. 116 s. Ditto, Poland , 265. Suffolk, 721.112*. Ditto, Feed, 121.1145. Norfolk, 72e. 781. Rape seed, Ass. £4O. per last Rye, 425. 445. Flour,'Tos. 755. per sack. sMITHFLELD MARKET, JULY 1. Beet 4s Od to Ss 4d Veal Ss Od to 01 01 Motets 4s Od to Ss 4d I Perk 4s Od to Ss 6d Lamb 6s Od to Ts 6d. Beasts 1660--Sbeep and Lambs 14,360--Calves 1120—Pip 370 HAY AND STitAW, PER. LOAD. Meadow Hay 41 Os to 31 Ito I Clover Si Os to 61 101. Straw .61 16a to an la. Le • • • • ...al bi4E 'rs COURT; JUNG s 4. mato() N. TEC 'UGH? ROL LORD O. T. HEREIPOBiI O. THE intim THE &tat OP sacrtvg. This was in action brought to recover damages from the defendant !or criminal conversation with the plaintiff's wife, in Which judgment had been suf. feted to go by deitult, and in which a special jury was now summoned for the assessment of damages, which were laid at 430,000. Mr. CURWOOIi opened the pleadings, ond Mr. Ser jeant Ban addressed the Jury to the tollowing effect : He observed, that this was an action which the noble plaintiff was under the necessity of bringing against the noble defendant to recover compensation in damages for the seduction of his wife. It was too much the practice of that Court to hear detailed the circumstances of such cases, to render it at all ne cestary for him to make any general observations on the nature of the crime imputed to the defendant. The duty of the Jury was only to assess the damages to which, upon hearing the facts which he should lay before them in evidence, they should consider the plaintiff entitled. The amount of damages in such cases, naturally depended upon three considerations —namely, the tank of life in which the parties were placed—the previous terms of affection which had subsisted between the husband and wife—and the manner in which the defendant had conducted him self. It the rank of the parties only were to form the basis by which the amount of damage was to be ascertained, there were few who could be presented ,to the Jury in a more elevated situation titan the noble individuals concerned in this inquiry. The noble plaintiff was the younger son of the Marquis of Waterford; and the defendant was the heir ap. parent of an illustrious Nobleman of the Kingdom of Ireland, the Marquis of Headfort. In point of rank, therefore, in this case, the plaintiff had a claim to the highest damages which had ever been given to any individual under similar circumstances. Upon the other points.to which he had adverted—namely, the affection which had subsisted between the plain tiff and his wife, and the conduct of the defendant —he also ventured to submit, that there was an equal claim to large damages. The plaintiff in this action held the rank of Major-General in the British army ; and, at the time of the melancholy discovery which led to the present proceeding, had been mar ried to his present wife many years. The consequence of this marriage was the birth of ,three children. It might be material to state the sex of these children —they were all three females, and therefore the more likely to feel with additional acuteness, the loss of their maternal parent. When these young ladies en tered into the world, they would indeed feel the loss and the degradation of their mother, who, hut for her unhappy connection with the defendant, would in all human probability have remained the virtuous pro. tector of their innocence; and who, after superin tending their education, would have afterwards su-' perintended, with parental care, their introduction into life. In the last case of this sort which was pre sented to the consideration of that Court, some doubt might be entertained as to which side the seduction was attributable. In the present instance no doubt of this sort would arise, as he should be enabled to prove, from a letter written her the defendant himself, not alnue that he was the seducer, but that the wink of ruin which he had planned and executed had been a work of exceeding great difficulty. The means which he possessed of accomplishing this work were ample, for they were to he found in the friendship which had subsisted between him and the noble plain tiff for a great number of years. The plaintiff, was the son of the Marquis of Waterford ; the defendant was the son of the Marquis of Headfort. A friend ship' not only subsisted between these two young Noblemen, but between the different branches of the two families. In this case, therefore, there appeared every circumstance that cr.uld 'mark the transaction base and infamous. The noble plaintiff, as he had already stated, was a Major-General in the army, and was absent' on service in France in the course of the last year. While stationed there with his brigade, he heard that his lady was very ill with a malady of a most unpleasant description—namely, menial de range:neat. He returned to this country with the ut most possible expedition, not thinking at that time that any criminality existed in the conduct of his wife with the defendant. He came home full of that af fection which he had alwayi felt for his lady from the moment of his marriage. When he arrived in England he went to the house of a friend, under whose care Lady BeresforJ had been placed. Here he thought it necessary to mention, that, on a former occasion, this lady, atter having a child, did exhibit symptoms of mental derangement. When the plain tiff arrived in England, lie learned the peculiar na ture of the complaint. He went first to a Gentle. man most eminent in his profession, Dr. Croft, whom he should call as a witness, and who would state to the jury the distress and agony he appeared to feel when he heard of his wife's melancholy situation. After he had an interview with Dr. Croft he was de sirous of seeing his lady, but it was thought improper at that time, since it would only add to the distress he then felt, and would increase instead of diminish her disorder. It was, however, found necessary that those keys which were usually in Lady Beresford's custody, should be taken from her, as she was not in a situation capable of attending to any business whatever. This was chiefly done in consequence of certain papers being wanted, which the plaintiff was anxious to bare in his possession.—The Noble plaintiff was the person who set about to search for those documents, and he was the only person who could with propriety undertake that task.— The Jury might easily conceive what were the feelings of the Noble Lord, when, believing the heart of his wife to be as pure as it was at the moment of their marriage, be found, amongst a number of letters, that which he was about to read to the Jury. He was very happy that, in the situation in which this cause was placed by the defendant, who had suffered judg ment to go by default, he need not lay before the Jury that unpleasant evidence--anpleasant to men of -delicate minds—by which the fact of the adultery' was generally proved. He was, indeed, spared the necessity of introducing any evidence at all ; but be thought it right to bring this letter forward, not merely to prove that the adultery was Confessed, but to &hew the difficulty which the defendant had in ac the JANE iii Eodcisltt~ id the following ter ms : 4 The unmeaning levity with Whteh I iiiate to Oil itelfeidif though [mein to my heist, hal made every hear Wick /06 pined appeal in age: and other thoughts, tusking on my mind, hue contribUted to Make me unhappy! Can you love One wbutil yod say yot; do riot understand? Want of cianfidenCe intsW diminish love. I have. in my 'jeer dear Harriet, the most perfeltt cone.; dence ! It *a t not a TpeeEll I telt; *lien I said that you :nigh% in my absence, dirt with another." , The Gentlemen of the JMY *Mild observe; thit when the Noble defendant expressed himself in this light and trivial manner, it was to the wife of Lis friend whom be spoke. It was to one, whom of all others, he ought to have viewed with reserve and modesty. The letter proceeded, " No man, presumptuous, confident, or artful, as he might be, would dare to think you lightly won." Here they had ir, under the defendant's own hand, that the mischief which he hod perpetrated Was not easily accomplished. Here it was proied, not only that he was die seducer, but that, up to the time when his arts were successful, this Lady was so rivet ted in a course of virtue, thAt the defendant found k a matter of extreme' difficulty to remove her from it. The next pa is. Age was : " I in wink in melancholy and deep*, lest any sophist ehorld ever induce you to think lightly of a crime, which, I pray HEAVEN, no consideration whatever would lead you to commit with another." Was it, he would ask, for this Gentleman to real .such lectures of morality ? What had he done ? had seduced this Lady to the commission of the crime which he alluded to; and it was not to bring her back to the path whence she had wandered that he addressed her thus—no : he did so for the purpose of inducing her to continue in a state of vice, in a state of criminal intercourse with him, and with him alone. The letter went on thus : " When f think what you have sacrificed for me—the peace of mind you may have ferfeited—that recollzetion alone, inde pendent of my love, my adoration for you, ' , squid deter you from inconstancy! Curses on the character some have given me—but not undeservedly ! ' He (Mr. Serjeant Br;r) had nothing to do with the Noble defendant's character out of this case. He had no desire to say any thing severe of him: but if he felt a dispo s i t i on to speak strongly and pointedly against him, he should nut wish to wander from the Lieu of the case he was now laying before the Jury. he would quote nothing more than the defendant's own letter to make out one of the most flagitious cases that was ever heard of. In that letter there was a great expression of feeling. For whom ?—for himself and for this Lady. But no mention was made of that friend with whom he had lived on terms of the closest intimacy ; no notice was taken of the injury he had inflicted on him. His own feel ings were strongly alluded to, but the missed peace of his unsuspecting friend gave rise to no observation. The letter then stated : " I Live been profiigate, deceitful, and Inconstant. but never to a being like my Harriet. Woman is s•ift and gentle as the mould In which she is formed, till man destroys the beauteous work ! 'l'o you, were it possible to be treacherous, my crime would be enormous. I have this feeling towards you—that if the world. the I.ondon world, suspected one-tenth part of the affection I bear you, it should deem it impow.ble for my thoughts to be distracted for an instant from you to another woman.— Search now that bosom, and question it, whether it loves Bee tive as well as once lie flattered him , elf it did, and still Batter* himself it does? Has no feeling of pique within the last three weeks lessened that regard? lam interrupte.l—perhaps you are not sorry for it ?" WAS it possible, asked the Learned Serjr#nt, to make out a stronger case than this letter developed and supported ? Did it not prove every thing neces sary to enable him to call on the July lot large da. mages ? It she wed that this Lady had been seduced by the defendant, and it also shewed that the seduc tion was not a work of ease, but that it was marked by cirqunstances of great difficulty. When the de fendlint wrote that letter, he awned to be reflecting on his own conduct. lie seemed to feel some con trition for what he had done, when he said he was profligate and deceitful, and used those other epithets that were to be found in the letter. Therefore, he I wanted nothing more than his own words to shear to the Jury the defendant's demerits, and the greatness of the misforune which he had inflicted on the plain tiff. He would call witnesses to prove the affection which subsisted between Lord George Beresford and his Lady, until the discovery of the crime which formed the basis of these proceedings. He would prove the number of children which had sprung front their marriage ; and the harmonious terms'on which the plaintiff lived with his wife, down to the fatal moment when the discovery of her misconduct was made. - There were sitting near him persons moving in the same rank of society with the plaintiff and de• fendant, who had been in the habit of visiting the former, and who enjoyed the best opportunity of ob. serving what had been the conduct of Lord George Beresford towards his Lady, and her's towards him. Those Noble persons would tell the Jury, that the plaintiff always acted like a most affectionate hiss. band ; and that Lady Beresford, down to the month of August last, when he was absent, conducted her. self like an amiable and affectionate wife. He had stated the situation of Lady Beresford's mind at the time of her husband's return ; and he had also ob served, that once before she laboured under a simi lar malady. Ttrz noble persons whom he should call that day would not, he was sure, suppose that he meant to disparage their testimony, when lie said, that he would bring forward a witness whose evidence should be stronger even than their's, in proving the tenderness which distinguished the conduct of the plaintiff towards his wife.--. When Lady Beresford was formerly afflicted with mental derangement, the plaintiff—instead of acting like " the London world"—instead of abandoning his wife, who, from the state of her mind, could no longer act as his companion and friend—instead of consigning her over to those persons who ior money took care of individuals in her melancholy situation --determined to administer to ler, himself, all the comfort which was in his power. On that occasion he would not permit evert a nurse to attend her.-- The noble plaintiff, hold'ing as he did high military and hereditary rank, u'idertook himself to become the attendant on his eilicted wife! He thought that his attentions were necessary—he conceived that be. feeling more deer:iy for her situation than any other person, was mr,re capable of visiting her with that comfort and sr;lace which were so necessary for her recovery. He should call Dr. Croft before them, who would unequivocally state this fact. Such was tahn. having e d case whidchonheeszbe should would snlsstandteiamteantod: whether h Jery e r it was not one that called for very large damages ? If the mak of the parties. and the affection in which 4 t r e