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LONDON. seared that the eireunoilante of which i.e annwtaina is not inteutionaL • V, DECEMBER 7. MoNpAl, - 96900 0? STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: '- cads 6.7 opening, 6i—Reduccd 67i. LossAbn• 19 13.161:--chnnium 22. ~ pgiCl OF STOCILS ON SATURDAY !Ad.RFit Imp. Ann. 12. 346 spiol. 1777 ;1 4 1 1 Mot $ per Cent. 97 IP A , elt& tiseil797 0 9 Eteheq. Bills, 7s. prom. Now t-16191 2546 Eagllns Tickets t6L 6s. sew& s 3 4 9. Mos •rickos 101. IROPICCIS"" — Coat for op. &pit,' - fialimbnigh Mail due on Wednefday arrived l i g ht. The contents are given in the pace- ins Caimans. Ail morning vm received froM Dover feveral ' is a precis journals. They. do not come down t or thin Me miteurs received oft Saturday ; but i f finial &few articles which we have alfo given lebs Ural. FAMILY yefterday, with their ufual ois pos, went to hear a Sermon preached at b s Chapel, Windfor, by the - Canon iin 103:!°11 . - li t i rhe Court at St. Jamec's, December 2 his taiik BCAHIM CANDIOTTE, Admiral of Al lindety Arnbafrador from the Dcv, had an au i-efleave of his MAIRSTY : to which he was eeedby the Right Hon. Lord Pr Li , AM, one AIL' fly's Principal Secretaries of State, and by Sir STltHill COTTRELL, Knt. Halter ink Ceremonies: l*lEmo has been pleated to giant the dignity fa la:on of the United Kingdom of Great• Britain i d behnd, to the Right Hon. GEORGE KEITH, p b m Kam of that part of the Paid United ' called Ireland,) Knight of the Moil • • le Order of the Bath, And Admiral of Blue fquadron of his Majelly's fleet, and to do Has male of his body lawfully begotten, by Al name, flyle t • and title of Baron KEITH, of Ibitbrren-Manfchal, hi the county of Kincardine. 1 .11se Kiva has alfo been pleafed to. grant the sok* Of a Baron of the faid United Kingdom to 1 ---,._ ~, , .Sir JOHN T., 1111.11MWt-," MU aa .sr JOHN asELY HIJTCHINSON, jsight of the moll Honourable Order of the 116, and to the Heirs Male of his body lawfully Sigma, by the names ityle, and title of Lord arming sow, Baron of Alexandria,and of Knock. Nay, in the county of Tipperary. '0 ILtierry baleen pleafed to appoint JOHN &tat?, Efq. Captain-General and Governor i Chid of the Bahama Iflands. • ThefollOwing diplomatic arrangements are laid lb tie cpncluded upon, and will take place in the itirfrof the Spring : Lord Wair4roirra, 02 go Ambaffador to Paris, as loon as illis Daddy* Tressy ts figued. Stliyass, idivtior to the Hogue; and Lord Hewer WALT (fa dais Marquis of Bur c), Secretary of Legation. 'W. lincitiidar, Milliner Pleuipcientiary to the Court of a•••■••••111ORT, AltrOlter Plenipotentiary to the Court of itimilorib. lestannT FITZGERALD, MillifteT PkOipOtaltiary to the 1 Cotallasoo. at Jams Vs AU TURD, Minitter Plcnipotentlary to the Conti 4 Ilisidsia. V* baba* to Madrid is not fettled,' 71e Carrnarvon Militia, on Tuefday and Wed , say, arrived at EllefmerC. The Denbigh Militia on Monday and Tuefday Mind at Shrewfbury, and there wait farther dam. _ . Our • Mintitry are proceeding in their plan for re tiring the national forces to the Peace Eitablifh amt. Moll of the Staff of the Army will be re ared by the 24th init. ; and early in the Spring isittsl,.ok of the redudtions will be effeeted. -------- Government have contented to a conliderable NV of Btititb tranfports being taken up to con vey the next divifion of French troops to St. Do mingo. The payment for thufe velfels is alreadL wind m fpecie. The Alkmaar, arme en flute, is under orders far. the Welt Indies. We underhand the is to idols troops at Portfmouth. The Field Officers in the frefh promotion that kin take plate are to be feleCted in the following Ing•er :--Lieutcaant-Culonels who have ferved sooty five years on full•pay, are to have the rank if Colonel; Majors who have ferved twenty. }myth. rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Some ar nagenent of the fame fort is to be adopted with intotoloaCaptains. Parrott is expefted to take his leave of the Hon. Court of Directors in a few days, prior Nalatetnbarking on board the AaNtsrow, as Go wen et ofthe liland of St. Helena. 'Lim. Col. FRA4cis llossme. Liens. Governor cif St. Helena, is appointed one of the Connell in Ihe Muni, together with WILLIAM N r aaselt DOT aTOII, Erg. and Major _lsaias C, ( ! . Lieutenant-Colonel Dares, after a thort cant le*, in which, however, he had t!) encounter Oanderulale difficulties and fatigue, has ftteceedcd it taking the rebellions Polygar, of Veerapatchy, Feifeoer, and topprelling the troubles in the pro viacs.of DundegaL Major-General Svor N /4 A.l, Commandant of Ar , olltry at Madras, died there on the t 3th June.— jor T. C. Gs AY, of the N ftive Infantry, was ki!kJ in ;:n engagement with the re! , cl Polygars. A letter from Lithnn, dated Noventher 22, Lays. Ilse blockade of Oath! has finithL-d, by the entrance into thai Port of ar. Engiili convoy, laden with ink fifir and batter. 'llie I)krit.c., of 74 gums tent in wult sir n, , to the great fatislattioa of the people of that elf v. Several merchants, v.i.ons the tisiferies of war, a:al the dangers of the yellow fever Sad driven away, v:ere preparing to retiam. Lieu , t enantCren‘ral F . has Wised a prociamation, off:ring _a pardan to al! Englifis dcferters. On Monday,evcning Lai, the auditnce at the Theatre of antler was thrown into great alarm en room ruffians crying out fire! fire ! In the ef ,,sts In efeape out of the Louie, fon o na tely, no!ires %erre foil , thoosh one man leaped net of the gal t• 1 into the pit , and another out of tit: fi;pl.- NAUTICAL. INTELLIGENCE. YARMOUTH, DEC. 6.—Friday night in a gale of wind, the hoy Good Friends, of Yarmouth, Captain POULSBY, jun. from Norway, bound to' with deals, parted from her anchor, and came on fhore ; the crew and cargo are faved, but the fhip will Le a wrcck. The Jane, of Yarmouth, one of the Oporto fleet, is arrived here, laden with wine. The POLYPHEm us and ST. ALBAN'S men of war, are under failing orders for the Nore.— This morning arrived the KING GiOlto E packet, Mr. Mattsw, with feveral pallingers from Cuxha ven : the Packet landed her Mails at Winterton yefterday evening. The Jane failed from Oporto on the 14th ult. with the Venus, Hercules, Du chefs of Cumberland, and Douro, but pa:tcd com pany three days after they had failed: at that time the Harmony and Shingles were at Oporto. On the 17th ult. the Jane fpoke on her pattage the Frances, of Liverpool, bound to Africa, in lat. 43. so. and long. 12. 36. FALMOUTH, Die. 4.—The Mail which arrived yefterday by the PENELOPE packet, has been fu migated and forwarded to town this day. She is now performing quarantine ; many of the crew died at Jamaica of the yellow fever, and the was 51 days on on her paffage. She met with no par ticular occurrence on 'her voyage home. The DUDE of Yoto packet is to fail to-morrow, if the wind ferves, with the mail for Lifbon of the 25th - ------ Arrived ha Ivfajt fty's fhip rt.sor *ilia, of 32 guns, Captain ISRAEL PELLRW, in 33 days from Halifax; the Earl Marchmont, Capt.tin COWARD, with falt, after a pafrage of t 3 weeks from Malta : fhe left Gibraltar oa the ill ult.—The convoy (about 45 fail) palled this port this morning, un der convoy of his Majelty's flips WOOLWICH and CHICHESTER of 44 guns each : and the KANCIA- ROO floop of war ; arrived alfo this day L the brig Reify, Capt. BISON ) in 25 days from Cape Breton, Newfoundland,l laden with codfith. PORTSMOGTH ) Dtc. 6.—This day arrived the fhip Traveller, Capt. J. MIDDLETON ) % tranfport, from Gibraltar and Minorca, alto the Argo tranf port, which parted convoy on the 2d with a fleet under convoy of his Majelly's ship WooLwic H.— The (hip Maria, Captain ARTHUR, came into har bour this day to take !n troops for Martinico. His Majefty's (hip Psits. has performed quarantine —a great number of letters were landed from her this day—Ships froth the Straights may therefore be expefted here every day. Yellerday arrived the Arrftsa, of 32 guns, armed en flute, Captain CAMPBELL ) from Egypt. This day th e GORGON, of 44 guns, armed en flute, Captain Ross, from Egypt; and the CLEOPATRA ) of 32 guns, Capt. Prit.22w, from Halifax. Admiral POLE and Sir JAMIE SALIM/SRC z, ye (ter day 'truck their flags, and proceeded to Town. PROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVESEND, Dec. 6.—Fated by, the Sally, PEARCE; an Juno, —, from Linton; Union, ---. from Basco*len; Aurora, GILMORE, from Calcutta; Dorfetaire, RAISEDEN. bon Canton; Speculation, —.—, from Bilboa ; Kinglton, DAVIES; RCI•ba,DANO; Alert, BUNKER ; Charming Kitty, Baows ; and Refolution, s, from the South Seas; Com merce, Howe, from Peterfburgh ; Thomas, Permits, from Ibebec ; Alligator, NoItICS, from St. Michael's • Aleby and front Now Providence ; Duehefs of Cumberland, TuDD; and Expedition, Hook, front Oporto—Sailed the Diana, M'Let, for Tobago • Mary, Lee, for New Provi dence; Sally, Wean, for Mscicira • Leviathan, —, for Mar tinique; Wni.Luiltiogton, ,and Henry for Jamaica. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, DEC. s. ADMIRALTY-OF VICE, DEC, 5. Copy of ale ter from Re. r sltimiral Sir Jo UN Beacon WAR. atv, Pa CZ. B. to EVAN NtrIAN, EN. dated at Port Ma- _ . bon,Odlober se. Sir—l have encloted to you the copy of a letter relative to the tranfaaions that have taken place at Porto Fetrajo, which I requeft you will be pleafed to lay before my Lords Commiffieners of the Admiralty. (Signed) JOHN loatase waaatm. Porto Ferrajo, 0at.... Sir—ln my letter of yefterday I had the ho nour to report to you, that the enemy had hewn lately Come dilpofition to advance and take ground nearer our works, and this morning 1 found they had thrown up an entrenchment of earth and ga bions upon a peninfula or tongue of land within two hunched yards of our works. I immediately determined to dellrty the work and diflodge them before they could have time to ftrengthen or bring any guns upon it ; I appointed Di Biter's corps for this fervice, with a party of pe4ants, to de ftroy the work, and the Maltefe corps, under.hfa jor WE/R, to fopport and cover them; about eleven o'clock they trolled the ditch, drove the enemy from the ground, and dellmyed the works. The enemy made two or three attempts to ad vance in force, but were completely kept in check by our grape (hot from the batteries, which were admirably well ferved ; their batteries kept up a very heavy fire of round and grape (hot, which did us very little harm. The bufinefs being com pleted, the troops returned into the works, having iWfered ineonfiderably in numbers; though we have tolament one officer killed and three wounded. I was a good Jeal inclined to have kept poreffiou of the ground, but upon confederation of the weaknefs of our forte, I thought it fcarcely tena ble fo clofe to the enemy's works, more efpecially as we were advifed this morning their having got a reinforcement of two h undred men from Pi ombino, two or three nights ago. I flatter myfelf, however, they are equally convinced of their ina bility to keep a poft fo near uz. The enemy ad mit between flay and feventy 1-illed and wound ed, and three offirers • and from what we could fee onrfelves, I am perhuded they are within the mark in this calcul ttion. I filtijoin a lift of killed and wounded and milling. (Signed) am. aim. Return of Rifled. Wounded, and misuse at Porto Ferrajo, ()amber tr. 0111.;er ; 7 non -e.iniroilGoncd oilcan and r iveten,or..ondcd. De berry's eoryt.-4 Ofker, 3 von-ecmro'.tioned Accra and privet -1, kiLcd . a °Seem! non-roinmf ex Gr.] ordure and priv.ites,woondcd : t non-cr.rantilGoncd oillecr w private, Artillery an' klerinese-t ; 3 wi.iinded. Pedants --I killed. Toted -6 ; et wounded ; a stiffing. Marla a( Osr TS A tr. 3,1 and Worn !ed. • Afalorfe eorpe.....Pafign — 8ar.04, wounded. Dc limy'. eosin dime de Leunoto, Caplnkces Modus aM laaaia wood's!. (S1n;.1) u 4v. A lave , CORN M.1RK871,- MAXI-LANE, 15tC. 7. Our Supily of E,, a and Kentifh Coln was liberal this Morning. The Wheat Trade his been brine at a frnall 'advance from Friday's Matket.— Barley is rathct- higher, but Malt coni aties itnal tered.—Oati go otf rather heavy, as do ne*Beans, which, as well aS Old, are is. lower-Hog Peas look down.—Boilers and other anicles as nuclei : Englifb Wheat, Cos. 765: to flos. Foreign Ditto, .16i. 78s. Fine Dantzic Wheat, Sos. Rye, 365. 405. Barley, 265. 38s.—Beft (New) 465. 48s. Malt, 445. 58s. Fine (Ditto), 6os. Oats, 205. 265. 315. Horfe Beans, (New) 3os. 38s.—Old 455. Tick Beans, (New) 305 ; 365.—01 d 445. Hog Peafe, 39 0. 435. Boilers, 485. 545. Carraway Seed, 365. to 413. per Cwt. Coriander, 265. to 295. per cwt, Canary, loos. to lop. per qr. Rape Seed, 341. to 381. per laft. Flour, 655. per tack. Red Clover, 405. 765.855. per cwt.. White ditto, 58s. 84s. I tzs. Trefoil, a6s. 405. sos. FROK THE LONDON GA4ITTR, SATURDAY, DEC: 5. Average pricc of Corn in England and Wales, from the Re turns ending the ath of November, ißox. Wheat. I - Rye. I Barley. I Oats. j Beans. Peale. s. d. s. d. L d. & d. s. d s d. 71 1 46 44 8 24 7 44 8 47 4 The average Pr:cc of Sugar, comput from the Returns madc in the week ending the ad of December, is 435. gd. per hundred weight. _ _ _ The official return made at the Manfionloufe of Grain imported Ltil week was as follows : Wheat. Oats. Barley. Malt. Beans. Peak. Seeds. Rye. Q .T . Q4l. Qty. Qrs. Ctn. Qt . s. O. Q4s. 6270 8114 3780 2916 1803 2163 377 ROE. PRICES Of CRAIN, AT TUE lITILLOWINO MAIIEETS. BASIMOSTOIECWIEERt 56s Oti to SCE Od per o,l3arter. Barley loos od to 395 od I Beaus ass od to 38s 01 Oats 238.0 d to 371 od Peafe 425 od to 48$ oil MAIDINERAD.—Wheat 645 ad to 86s od per quarter. Barley 36s od to ass od Beaus 36s od to 381 od Oats 131 od to als od Peafe 401 od to 44s pd N matt' 365. 6d. to flos. od. per %latter. Barley 34+ od to dts 6d eaos 4os od to 6os od Oats 23s od to 31$ od Peale 44$ est .to 47. od Hasitay.—What 681 od to dos 6d pee Oisartox. Barley 36s od to 43$ od I Beans cos Od is sBs Cd Oats 126 011 to 191 cd Peale 412 Od to 49$ od Rekatilo...-Wlscat acs. Pd. to 795. od per !tarter. Barley 29s od to 41$ O. I Bunt M 1 to 481 d od Orts sot to 364 Pd Peale 40$ od tu . 40 od The prices of corn at Warminßer market, on Saturday laft, were as follows : Wheat per quarter 645. to 71s. Barley, 365. to 465. Oats, 365. to 3os. Beans, 545. to 665. per quarter. • PLpfOUTH, DECEMBZR 5. A molt melancholy cataftrophe happened at Duck yefterday morning: at about three o'clock a houfe in Duke-flreet, a few doors below fit. John's Chapel, was difcovered to be on fire, and burning with coufiderable fury ; the whole neigh bourhood became my- 11 alarmed for. their own liwations, but more particularly for the fate of the inhabitants of the houfe on fire, and the one adjoining, to which the flamei were by this time communicating, as both contained a number of poor labouring people ; every exertion was did to get them out, and tome failors who were brought to the fpot, were extremely aftive : one sf them in his endeavours to fare a poor man, fe k through a chamber-floor into a giound-room enveloped in flames, and it was with the utmoft difficulty that he efcaped with his life: in a very fliort time one of the honks was entirely deftroyed, and before the fire was got under, the other was nearly burnt to the ground : during the con flagration, many people received confiderable in-, jury by bruifes, in getting from the houfes on fire, but it was hoped that the whole of the inhabitants hadefeaped with life, when melancholy to relate , on infpeaing two rooms, after the fire was elfin , guifhed, which remained undeftroyed, a woman of the name of Williams, together with her eight child' en, were found quite dead, having been fuf focated by the ftnoke. The youngeft child was found at the mother's breaft, and the others in the attitude of clinging around her: the hufband is in Ireland, having been engaged by fome Gentlemen as the Captain of a Mine, which was about to be worked in that country : by this awful viiitation, he is bereft of I.:s numerous family at one firoke, together with the little property he pofleffed in houfelsuld furiiiture, be. On Saturday morning lak, Sit Jona PAILMIL, 1 Bart. Member in the Imperial Parliament for the 1 Qtteen's county, who had hut the day before re moved with his family from Sloane -greet to Clif ford-fireet, dropped down in an apoplectic fit, and inilandy expired: he breakfafted as anal, and ap peared to be in perfed health; immediately after breakfall, he sent into his room, where he was feized with an apoplectic fit, and died in kfs than half an hour : - he has left two daughtct s and three tons, the ;Aden of whom fucceeds to the tide. Sir Jolla has always been confidered a very able politician ; and was grandfon of the elegant Poet, P . He was for many yews Chancel lor of the Exchequer in Ireland, from which of fice he was removed by the Marquis Caanwat.Lis, for his determined oppofition to thel.tiorAion of the Union. On Monday laii, a fire broke out Olt board the Hebe of Grangemouth, lately arrived from Peter(burgh, which burnt furioufiy for Come hours, and did much damage.—Happily by the affifiance of a number of people, and the fire-engine from Fal kirk, the flames were prevented from fpscading to the flacks of deals piled on the whist LAW DITELLAMWCZ COURT OF CHANCERY, DECEMBER s. It was propofed by the Soiscrroa Gammas., that the further bearing relative to Drury-La4e Theatre Ilionld be pofiponed till Wednefday: He complained of the number of affidavits and petk tions which had been prefcnted to the Conti by Creditors, and which could only tend Rill further to delay he final decifion. The LORD Ceascattoa Paid, there was no ne ceffity to anfwerthofe affidavits or petitions. If they were from creditors who were provided for by the Trull Deed, they were ufelefs, as the Court could make no order to defiroy that DMA. If khey were from creditors having only a right of perfonal aLtion, the Court had nothing to do with them, as they mud be left to that perfenal a&ion. It was finally agreed to poßpone the further hearing till Wednefday. COURT OF KING" BENCH, DECEMBER s. SIR JANIS WALLACR b. SUL RICIIARD The panics are both Admirals, and this allion was brought to afcertain the right to certain priaa money. About the beginning of February 1795, Sir James Wallace returned from the Newfound land Ration on board the Monarch, of 74 guns, land by order of the Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty, took his fhip into Plymouth. Upon coming to London he was told that the Monarch was immediately to be fent out on foreign fervice, but that he was to (hilt his flag into the Romney, then lying in Plymouth harbour. He remained in town, but on the 17th he himfelf, his fecretary and retinue, were difcharged from the Monarch's books, and entered into the Romney's. The Dc fendant was then Port Admiral of Plymouth, and on the 2at received orders from Government to detain all (hips belonging to the Severs Untied Pro vince:, to be found within the limits of his jurifdic tion. Several, in confequence, were feized, and afterwards condemned in the Court of Admiralty as good prize. The Plaintiff demanded a (hare of the proceeds, to which the Defendant maintain. ed that under thefe circumtiances he was not en titled. _ _ Two queftions arofe: ift, In the eye of the law, had Sir James Wallace, on the sift of Fe bruary. :795, a flag flying in the port of Ply mouth ? ad, Could he be Paid to be aiding and &Ening to the capture ? Mr. - Easisass, for the Plaintiff, with great inge nuity, maintained the affirmative of both. He Paid, that the firft did not depend upon whether a fubflaatial tangible flag, red, blue, or flriped, was flying in the Romney, or had ever been elevated ? from the moment be was entered as Admiral on the books, by command of the Admiralty, he was virtually a flag officer on the (talon where the fhip lay. He allowed that the King's Proclamation required that the Admiral fhould have been in. ftrumental to the capture, but contended that the phrafe was to be explained by ufage, and men. tioned feveral *alliances where the coniruttion put upon it fupported the claim of his client. When Lord St. Vincent was at Bath, while he held the Commiffion of Commander in Chief in the Me diterranean, feveral fhips were taken, and he re. gularly had his (bare of the prize-money, and not only Lord St. Vincent himfelf, who was evidently intitled, from having detached the fquadron, hut ail the flag Officers in his fleet shared in the prize money of Aboukir, although they were feveral hundred miles diftant from the fcene of that glo. . rious attion, and had no intimation of the °Notts Lord Nelfon had in view. The ATTORNEY GBNIRAL on the part of the Defendant, began to addrefs the jury. by raying. That Mit fS his ears deceived him, his Learned Friend, Mr. Eas KIN a, promifed to prove fomething refpetting the cuftom of the Navy, and he ha made a great parade of the pretence • of molt re, fpeCtable, and noble, and ;Hilarious, and other il luftrious, though not noble, Officers, by which be thought that the conftruCtion he had put on the Royal Proclamation, by which Sir James Wallace was entitled to a thare of the Prizes of the Dutch Veffels taken at Plymouth ; not one of them had he ventured to call, although he was furrounded by them. The reafon was obvious. There was not a man on board a (hip, that knew any thing upon this fubjelt, who entertained a doubt." Lord KINYON." I fhould like to have this cafe better confidered than I pretend to be able to confider it ; but I can only go on the words of the Proclamation. It (late. here, Flag O ffi cers, or Admirals, being aftually on board." /Woolly on board the Plaintiff was not. I cannot receive any prefumption or conftruittion againft the obvious meaning of foch words, a ACtually on board." or by alting, directing, or affifting in the Capture." What evidence have we that Sir James Wallace was either aenally on board, or titling. or dime. Ling, or affifting in the Capture? If I am not right in the opinion of the noble Admiral I fee in Court. I am lorry for it, but I malt go by my own light, as well as I am able, in a cafe, on which, I rofefs to have no more knowledge than any other indivi dual has, who *underftands the Grammar of a plain Engliffi fentenee lam therefore happy to think that if I am wrong, my error may be corretted.— I am going neon nothing but the plain and indeed obvious meaning of the wards a being altnally on board, or aCtually directing or affiffing in the Cap. ture." Ido not know whether I fbould have been of opinion againß the Claim of this gallant Of ficer, if the queltion had been, whether it was ne cefary his Flag fhould have been on board, in order to conftitute him a Flag Officer ? A Ilag may be (hot off, and yet the Commander of the Ship remains a Flag Officer. The Plaintiff in this Aition. undoubted* an Officer of great merit. was not in a condition which the . Proclamation defcribes—he was not on board—lie could not be fo, for he had no übiquity, and as he was in London at this time, he could not be at Plymouth, nor was he direiting or shifting in the Capture of thefe Vcffels. and therefore , by this Proclamation, as I underftand it, he is excluded from any (hare thefe Prizes. I therefore think the Plaintiff thole..? be uonfuited.—Plaisuiff Noduited. I