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r i . ..: 1 1 , 4 ).,. .0 .) "I i A .. .. .. ,i f , ~ . ~, Y . . i MORNING. 1-la3 to the ro .y Mom's enliv'ning hour, When sparkling dewdrops gliiter on the thorn, And stud with diamonds eiry opening flower, That spreads his beauties t& the splendid Morn! Resplendent Maims gilds the blushing east ; Sheds his warm influence o'er the dewy ground ; Fran night's dull slumbers wakens man stud beast, And breathes celestial odours all around. Luxuriant landscapes catch the gladdened eye, The fertile valley and the aspiring hill ; Before the sun the misty vapours fly, The swallow skims it o'er the babbling rill. }Ugh o'er the earth the brk melodions - riogs, Warbles his praises to the God of day, Swift to the cloudless sly his course he wings, And from the busy world flies far assay. Let me to view this joy-inspiring scene, Climb to the summit of the highest bill, Wkh eye delighted and with mind serene, I.st sacred Gratitude my bosom I. To that great Gen who o'er this fertile earth, Scatters such beauties for the use of man; Who pee to herb, to fruit, to flower, its birth, To - yield us pleasure in life's transient span ! Mons. LAW INTF.LLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, NOV. 27. LAW IS v. ITRGAN. • It will be recollected by our Readers, that this long and litigated suite was, by mutual consent, commit ted= for final adjustment to the arbitration of Mr. Come. This day, however, as the Chief Barons were ascen ding the Bench, they were addressed by Sir Watkin Lewis, in profrria persotta. He began his address by dr.-.wing a general outline of his law:suit, strongly sprinkling it as be passed along by his own feelings. fle lamented the-deplorable situation of the rich mines contained in his inheritance; the machinery and im plements were mouldering to dust, and the richness of the land hoarded without any person having the power to make them beneficial to mankind. He was far advanced in life himself, and had sustained the miseries of confinement for four years and a half. He always saw a readiness in the Court to accelerate his suit, and he was convinced that the late advice given . by the Honourable Bench; of transmitting his plejk solely to arbitration, was through a sincere regard to his future comfort and re-instatement in his property. He had with great deliberatiOn pon dered en that step, and he considered it as injudici ous. The most reasonable and expeditious mode sug gested to his mind ,was, to order an account of the rrocceds of his estate to be taken by the Master, in ' which, when laid before their Lordships, they would see what an immense overplus beloaged to hitt. The Lord Chief Baron MACDONALD replied,'that the Court had submitted to much irregularity in the consideration of the cause. The necessities of his condition had solicited them to be irregular, to hasten the decision of his suit. But the present apt plication was an irregularity . utterly out , of the power of the Court to comply with,-had they ever I so-great-an inclination; and whoever had Counselled him to make such application, had caused him to atop the progress of his true interest." Allow the att. bitrator only 'to proceed," continued the Chief Baron; " and I will pledge my soul to you, SirWatkin, that in all human probability by the next Term you will lie in posress'on of your estate ; you are now endeavouring to undo the happiest circumstances of your old days, and over airelming yourself with ruin ; were you my brother, were you my father, I could not counsel you a nearer path to your inheritance than by arbitration." / Sir Watkin Lets is persisted in his resolution of withdrawing his consent to the arbitration. The Lord Chief BARON again counselled him from' so hasty and injudicious a measure, he would again cast all his affairs before the tribunal of justice, kind haye to wade through the whole papers of the plea from its commencement ; instead of being relieved from his embarrasments he was involving himself deeper, and proceeding in his career of ruin, without hearkening to wholesome Ontinsal. The plaintiff still persevered in his resolution to set aside the reference. The Loan CHILI BARON finding all dissuasion un availing, told him he had ceased to merit commisera tion from the Court on his melancholy case. He might expect no inclination to assist him, though the most strict and inviolable justice would be administered to him, but he was potting the period of his deliverance far off with his ownhands,and would in all probability be c'nfini:d many years more by his infatuated perseverance. • The further consideration of this long litigated case will most likely come on next Term. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, NOV. 25. VaLLIASIS V. EVERETT. • Lord Et LrxRAROUGn delivered the judgmentof the Cottrt in this case, which was an action for money had and received. The Plaintiff had been nonsuited, and he afterwards moved the Court to have the non-, suit.set aside. The circumstances of the case were these :—A person of the name • of Kelly, who was abroad, had a variety of creditors in this country, to whom he owed different sums, and amongst the rest he was indebted to the Plaintiff. In this situation he wrote to Messrs. Everett :old Co. inclosing Bills to the amount of £llOO, -which,, in his letter, he says! he will be obliged to the Defendant to pay to the per sons therein named, in the proportions mentioned, specifying among others a sum of £ 4 3OX) to the Plain tiff. The Attorney for the Plaintiff, the moment he w.is informed of this circumstance, gave noiice to the Defendant, offering at the same tirre to indemnify I him, if he would then pay over the Bill to the Plain . tiff. 'Phis, however, the Defendant refused to do, declaring that he did not assent to the holding of the j bills. on the terms specified in Kelly's letter ' and be fore the bills became due, they were attached. in the Defendant's hands. The question for the considera tion of the Court, therefore, and on which the Plain tiff moved to have a nonsuit entered, was,. if the De, iendsnt by retaining the bills did not accede to the conditions on which he received them and if, by the operation cf ltw, the Op desired lir Kelly to be Raid t i the Plaintiff, did not immediately become money bad and received to the Plaintiff's use. To establish this point, however, 'the defendant • 111 V x must have assented to hold fecnsiles„ . for the use, of the plaintiff ; but, $l4 fai fro m doing so, be posi tively dissected. Suppoping the sto be lost or stolen before they became due, the loss mu :glutei) , have fallen on the person ' remitting them, and not ma the appointees. This seemed to the Court to'be deci sive of the question. There was - here no agency for the Plaintiff, on the part of the defendant ; on the contrary he repudiated it in the first instance. The rule fur entering a nonsuit wit accordingly discharged. - - - TIOL KING o. CORPORATION OF BATH. Lord Eweasoaouon gave the judgment bf the Court on this appeal from. the Sessions, against a poor-rate levied by the parish of Lidcombe and Whit combe, upon the Mayor and Corporation of Bath, as occupiers of certain springs and reservoiis situate in that parish : and the first question for the Court was, Whether the Corporation was rateable at all to the Parish in question for these water-works ? and the 2d question, Whether, if they were so , they wer e rate- ! able in Lidcombe and Whitcombe for the whole, or only for so much as was profit on the concern by the ,water-rent collected in that parish ;it being stated' that the profits of the whole water-works were £6OO per annem, whereof £5O was collected in the parish in question, and the remaining £350 from three other parishes in Bath, to which the water was conveyed by pipes from the reservoir ? The Court decided, „that the Corporation were doubtless occupiers of local and visible property within the parish, and were therefore ramble ; but only by the parish of Lidcombe and Whitcombe; !or such profits as were made within that parish.; and that they were also rateable in the three other parishes in which they derived profits pro canto. It was not ne cessary, for the Court to pronounce to what amount they were rateable in the other parishes, and indeed they had no, materials to enable them to do so. It was sufficient to say, that this parish was improperly rated for the whole profits; and the order of Sessions . must therefore be quashed. , THE KING V. POTTINGER AND These defendants were brought up for final judg ment, having been convicted of a conspiracy to de fraud the *Barrack Department, at Hilsea Barracks, as particularly mentioned in a former Paper. Mr. Justioe Gnaw., in pronotincing the judgment of the Court, having adverted to the nature and enormity of the offence, .observed, that a country so drained by leeches as this was could not long exist. These defendants were both in confidential situations, and in this respect they resembled a servant placed by his master in a confidential situation, who had be trayed his trust. They were mote guilty ,than the man who stopped another on the highway, and took ft om him, lis purse. He who robbed the one would have had the power to rob thousands; and he who felt no remorse in robbing thousands, as these defen dants had done, if he had the same opportunity, would plunder .his neighbour, his friend, or his father. The affidavit of a Clergyman had been.put in, in the pi esent case, which gave to one of the de fendants a most excellent character. The Learned Judge regretted nothing more than the apparentfa-' cility with which persons standing in the siltation of these defendants procured affidavi:s to character. — 'With respect to the affidavit of the Rev. Gentleman, to whom he alluded, it had been stated, that it origi nated in mistake ; but when he reflected an thenery great number of Persons brought before this Court for frauds upon Government, and the affidavits ge; nerally produced from persons of the greatest re spectability giving them the best of characters, he WAS inclined to think there was no mistake in the affidavit of the Rev. Gentleman, and he was rather inclined to think and lament that persons did not look at this offerce in that point of view in which they ought to see,, it, and reflect, that he only was righ teous who did righteously, and he alone honest who acted honestly. The degree of criminality in this case was equal ; both the defendants had been placed in confidential situations, and both' had violated the confidence which had been reposed in them. It only now remained for the Court to chew, by their sen• tence, the opinion they entertained of this offence.— He then sentenced them to be imprisoned in the County Jail of Hants for the space of six calendar months, and to stand in the pillory for the space of one hour in the open space in front of Hilsea Bar racks, Portsea, once within that period, between the hours of twelve and two o'clock in the forenoon. THE' KING V. ARMSTRONG. _ _ _ Mr. PARKE Moved the judgment of the Court against this defendant, having pleaded guilty upon an indictment for a libel. Lord EI,LESSOROUUH said, that at the time of the trial he had suggested the propriety of this Gen tleman's entering into recognizance, which then appeared to have been acquiesced in on the part of the -prosecution. Mr. Paiute replied, that it was then so understood, but since that time the defendant had most contuma ciously refused entering into any recognizance, and bad continued to libel the Gentleman who was the subject of this prosecution, and had written two let ters libelling him, since the trial. Mr. ADOLPHUS, fi r the deleridant, said, that his client was ready and willing to enter into any recog nizance the Court should think fit, and had always betn ready to do so, but the party required him to into recognizance, that he would not directly or indirectly, either by himself or any other person, libel, or cause to be libelled, this Gentleman ; he conceived the terms were too indefinite, and therefore bad refused to comply with them. Lord ELLENBOROMHI. 44 Those terms were with in the form and spirit of my recommendation, but you claim the liberty of indirectly libelling. In all those cases the Court will see the disposition of a pasty by his demean( ur, and ifte does not this mi nute enter into the recognizance according to those terms, he must stand committed, and be brought up for the judgment cf the Court next term." Mr. ADOLPHUS observed, that such a recognizance would atrect him during the period of his whole life. Lei d ELLENSOROUGH..."." Well, then, let him be bound over for the space of seven years." The 'defendant accordingly entered into a recogni• zanee of ,500, personally to appeur in Court on this day seven years • and, in the mean time, he should not directly or indirectly send, or publish any libel against the prosecutor, nor to do, for assist limiting,' *or, instigate, nor encourage illy other person4oo pert sons to tvrsteosendoclublith any libetor Gni was then disabarged. • .• . - g-FoggrAD: Yesterdnr Jskaiefferd waslsiciiight• to the office kJ: re=exirturhalr* on sus, 6iclori of having cerlittiitted'llivers footpaielhheri* DOnaldSolll 9 a eonsfable,stated that on Tuesday he Wei sentfor to a paernbrokOr's,inChartaos-street,to take the prisoner into custody, on suspicion of having Stolen the %vats* he offered to pledge. He was proceeding to search- him, but the prissoner resisting her search ing his breeches pocket, he tied his hands, elsongli un fortunately not secure, he having tied* piece of h 4 cleat in with the cord, 'and as he was tut to seetch his breeches pocket again,the contrived to slip his hands from the cord, and strike Donaldson a violent blow on the breast, which nearly knocked him back wards, however, he recovered himself and gave the prisoner a blow, notwithstanding. which he escaped out of the shop. Donaldson pursued him, calling out Stop thief ! the prisoner taking up Bedfordbury, into Hornsby's livery-stables, whichlortunittely was not a thoroughfare, and Donaldson again secured him after which he effectually searched him, and I iund in his breeches pocket that he had such a particular objectio' to being searched, a pawnbroker's dupli. cate for a watch. Mr. and Mrs. Smith, who were robbed en Sunday evening, in a single-horse chaise, on their return to Kingston, the particulars of which we stated yester day, attended, and identified the watch which,the prisoner offered to pledge, to be the same Mr. Smith was robbed off, also a pocket-book, ,which Donald son found upon the prisoner, to be Mr. Smith's pro perty. Mr. and Mrs. Smith . identified the prisoner to be the robber; but Mr. Reid, the Magistrate, deem ed Mr. Smith sufficient to bind over to prosecute. Another charge of a footpad robbery was prefer red against the prisoner. ! Mr. Charles Pepper, a builder, of Kingston, said, that on Thursday evening last, between hve and six o'clock, as he was returning home in a single-horse chaise, he was stopped by a single footpad at the top of Robin Hood-hill, weo presented a long pis tol, and demanded his money ; he gave him two one pound Bank of England notes and .a dollar. The robber then demanded his watch, which he also gave him, together with a ribbon aid gold cornelian seal, with the letter P. engraved on it, and which is the same as produced. by Donaldson, which was the one that the pawnbroker's duplicate was for, which Do naldson found in his breeches pocket, and that which the prisoner was so reluctant at being found when he was about to be searched. Mr. Pepper further said, he thought the prisoner was the robber. The prisoner was committed for trial. Samuel Alger, a publican in Long-acre, was charged with suffering gambling in his house. Caroline At kinson said, that on Monday afternoon, between two and three o'clock, she went to the prisoner's house, and saw her son playing a game the name of which she did not know, with balls and, dice, on a table co vered with green cloth. James Harris, of Long acre, said he cautioned the defendant about sik weeks' or two months since against suffering gambling in his house ; but he treated it with inattention, saying he !got his living by it, and had a right to do so it he He was convicted in the penalty of 40s. • I.TeroN Hada..-Yeserday Ann Marcos and Jane Turale . y were brought Mote the. Sitting Magistrate, by CoHingbourn, charged by Mary Bishop, landlady of the John O'Groat's public house, St. George's fields ; the first with stealing pewter pots, and the other, who is a dealer in old iron, with receiving them. It appeared, that Mason, who lives near the John O'Groats, was iii the habit of going there frequently to beg pump water ' • and being well known to Mrs. Bishop, used to be des'red' to proceed to the wash , house, and accommodate herself ; at length it was 'observed, she regularly 'came at a time ashen a num 'her of pots were deposited in the wash-house fir the purpose of being %cowered ; and Mts. Bishop having lately lest a number of pots, suspicion attached to . ; the prisoner. The nest time she came she was watched, and detected with a pot in her possession ; ; at first she denied, having taken any other, but on the I officer being sent for, she confessed she had tau en se veral, which she had melted down, and sold the metal at sd. a pound, to Turnley, the other prisoner. Col lingbourn went immediately to Turnley's house, and , whilst searching, observed her endeavouring to con ceal something, which proved to be a lump of pewter, weighing within an ounce the same weight as a pint pot. Several other similar lumps of pewter, which is worth at least 9.1 a pound, were found by *the officer. The Magistrates, however, were of opinion, there was not sufficient evidence on which to commit Turnley as a receiver, but fined her 40s. and costs, tinder the Lead bud Iron Act. Mason was fully committed for trial., We understand that ei t ifit persons were killed by the explosion at Waltham Abbey, but the dims._ ge done to the town was not of much importance: The press-house first exploded, and then'the corning house, which accounts for the two shocks that were distinctly felt in Many- parts of the Metropolis. In the evening of the I.4th inst. a Man went to the house of Major I'liotnpson, at Smith Shields, and de manded from the woman-servant, who was alone in it, her master's horse, for which he said he was sent by the Major : she reftised to let him hive it, doubt ing his authority. The man Went avhy, and return edin half an hour, and insisted peremptorily tiOnn having the horse, which he said the owns rim:Medi ately wanted : the prudent servant as peremptatily, , refused, without a note from her master's own hand. The villain then •struck her a vit , lent blow over the mouth, which she courageously returned wilt a i knife, on his face, and he decamped bleeding. The i servant immediately gave the alarm to the neigh- 1 1 bours, and he was pursued, but without effect. ~ The following very melancholy accident happened at hie's/cattle' yestertlay se'rrnight i.--- , As two maser joiners, 4 the name of Redhope and Wilson, were sitting together in the Grey 'Horse public;honse, on the quay-site, the, wife of the fiwnier enure la, nual in very intemperate langtillib- upbraided -her husltarid for sitting there. . This kunduct produced such a vio -1 effect upon his mind, that he rushed out of the 1 house with intent to • throw himself- over the quay t l•whieb ben: tg suspected by his wife and Wilson, they both followed td pi eveat ir,_ but, so great was their berry, that they 1,11 thvie fell into the dam together. Wlistan aid Radhope's wife were both .saved, but :Ridbospir'itiittself Watfunforttnuttely drisaned. His body - I* itmead,tesaitaikeriftrdi-iit titi4llll4l. - LETTING THIE F po,sT. 110 ASE nrrno. Wednesday,agreeablY to public advertisernert, the CobMlN . :loners el the St imp Office- with their Seae. tar; S olicitor, &c assembled at the Crown and An chor Tavern, in the Strand, ifor the purposeof ltttiog theiriennial firming of the Post Horse Duty, wifc't commenced about twelve o'clock: No pets:ns were aernitted into the Toone brit , those who hid sent in their pibposals to the Commissihners three days pre signed with their namts, their /Axe of leht.ide, and 'specifying the district they intended to bid for: Ott f. rmer occasions, three minutes were allots: he! meta each bidding, to be determlned by a three; minute sand-glass before the Chairman of the Cm; missioners; but owing to the late hour of the niie s tit to which -the formet lettings were protracted, tfe ?rm. was now curtailed' to two minutes after the lira bid. ding, and only one minute after every subsgin at one. Previous to the letting, Mr. Hanson, the soli citor, addressed the meeting, and stated, that there ,being reason Co believe, tffat, nn fa th er occa;ions, I perpes have given or promised a - sum or sums of mo&ly to Others in the room to desist from biddint e or by collusion or agreement not to bi 3, the Comm s sinners wouldgive a reward -of `L'5OO- to any person who would make a .diecovery of tuctra practio., so detrimmtal to the revenue; and Would give such' it:. foimation, that the pc-rico:incensed of so doing might 'be convicted on a ctiroinil informafon. l'oe Ds tricts were then put up to auction in the following order :j No. 1. - Withdrawn. - X 9,7?0 . 17.1641 - -Wi:bdrawn. - Iti,fl4o - 17,040 9. - - 7,800 Thpie withdrawn were in col being bid fur them. No. 10. I I. 14. 14. • Jr. 17. -Wlthdrawq, 1'2,44 1 3 In, :OA - - .510 . 1 to,l'sga 41;.0 - • 7.t6a . 6,000 4. - .5. . • :corm, of safficiag sumo not SALE OP COVERNMEVT VESSELS. —Wedestl . ly Commissioners of the Navy put tip to sale, putsui4 to advertisement, at the Navy Office, Somet..e..-plic:, his nijesty's sloops and vessels here:under meutioaed„ now lying at Deptford and Portiniziuth Yard. AT pErrrouro: Nimes. Tons. ' Names. Lille Pelt &oep . 4m' Caledert bHs - Obserratcur, - P.lO .Coarsens, sloop - Pelican, sloop 31! wT PoIiTMOILTIt. Galloper - .16.1 brig - 143 Flippomeors, sloop . 417 luccutl:ary, fire" brill 7i Lily, sloop - 151 About two - o'clock - a ntunber of Ship Owners at tended the sale." The vessels in general were "was' out by long service, and some of thou only fit to break up. £he first on the list was not the Lille Belt sloop, which so recently opposed the Anstrican igate President, as may be seen by her tonnage ; but an old Danish prilei bearing the same name: She was sold for £1175. The P!lican sloop wasknockEd down far £735. The Galloper 49 2 .5. The. Lily, a Britisis built vessel, 41976. The iiippoesenes 4902. Tile Virginie £ l / 4 245. The Incendiary £'2oo. The Obsirr vatear and Cherwell sold for sumsof small magnittide, The late Louth,Coursing Meetings gave such great satisfaction, and have excited such a spirit of • tion, that it has been proposed to run, at die Meetings . next February, a grind main. of goeyharratia. kw 300 guineas; encilhe dogs of Yorkshires sad Norlo:c are chedlengearte be the compositors.: Ton% 215 £ll .`:. - The value of Dr. FattMatra. GUM SILITAPII has been salon proved, that nothing of the present day tin bear a competition with it, in All the dicta rent stages of a certain disease, which it effectuaily t:-.,es and eradicates from the habit, without exciting ore painful feelings and exposure that attends s.iliv +t• Istv...-WithOUt debilitating the constitution in any de 4ree, or even requiring confinement from business or restriction of diet. The radical virtues of these int.- ' timajale Drops have proved their claim to purl c ap probation for more than 30 - years, In all the debility lof both sexes they prove a never-failing restorative— whether the debility is produced by too free use of mercury. by illicit pleasures, or the effects of a warm climate Ti, travellers and those going abroad. they I cannot be recommended too.strongly, as they will re ceive a safe, speedy, and complete cure, in all (AA stubborn gleets, and every weakness that affects the bladder and organs of urine. By its efficacy many wolnett have become mothers, who for many years had been deprived of that happiness:—Sold wholesale and retail, at Mr. Butler's, No. 4, Cheapside, eon= of Paternorter.row ; and retail, by Belam aril Sharp, Portsmouth ; Hall and Johnson, Goiport ; Album, Weston; Mallory, and Jones. l'ortrea; Trewnmn, ;Exeter; Cocilworthi,.qenville, Gilbert, and H'is ;land, Plymouths Newbury, Dublin; Baxter and Mar. I donald, Glasgow ; ' &WA, MAnderiton, .6%.c0a, atid carAtll,'Edingurgh ; grutwell, Bath'; . goss and Peck, 'Elult • Gregrn and Wflinge, Liverpoot ; Stains a‘:d LyOcitt, MAn4lester ; Bowen, Norwich ; Kir.lt :AA Lloyd, Birminghain rOregory, Brighton;' Edw.4l.li and Penny, Liverpool; and most Medicine Vendure, in bottles, at di. Od. 4s. fid. SI 225. IiIRTI-L In Heuriritastreet, buLik, the Lady of Lonl Viscz.unt 1 i - more; of a &Ilene,. • ...... By Spnini I 'cent', on the 25th inc. it gt. : Georgc's Chn7 Humeri-Annie, by the lion. and R gist Roo. the Lira : . ? of Peery. OS thy, Ea+ second. AO of John o,;i S., Ardnurgk,county of L.endondary, Es+ to Mist Rush, of the late Ocorge Ruch, E.g. of Far kingboe,NorsS no: pm: . ; Tu-stlay, at St.Mnegare:'s, Wertiiinqer, Francis A.'.. of 6oUttswasiti So Mar% the yuinsgesli daughter of la., • Hebdio, heq. al.oada, Yorkshire. • • • • At Coichuster, Lieutenant Sweeny, pf the iStit R il!m • t • • FO3t t 3 dtit.l only daughter of r. esti t +::.t7: •- 0 ' • 0 ' Mt _ . - lit; tQth Ina: at St. Andrew's, the Rev. '<slits Ttoeter, l' sor of Chute+ liototy. &today hi, the,Han. Loartetike Pleydell ear of tjus Earl of Radnor. The Sels oh, at•Drestlits,la ;went, She Earl of Floillater s^.4 Se4ftell. Tueulatt Ittt,itt Vttrs,in I 5341 iteir,the Rev. H. Yen- Lae- week, if I.itlitant to, Wilt.. -Mrs fOrrt , „.:4, iv I.! .f the Rea. 11.0ard *myth. rociaruftitioe Water. Ls.cs. • 10•11f1111kROW. lien rives. I ..3sus sets, I Moon 54 toklnutepaftest ; ~5 minutes atter 4 43 en nut, • alter. L 'HIGH! 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