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an enormous amount ; and he now only claimed the moderate commilfion of two tek cent, for all he bad faved to Government in this way. But be could never prevail on the Right. Hon. Gentleman who had prefided on the oppofite toench to com ply with fo reafonable a claim (a loud laugh). He was willing to renew his contra& with the Right Hon. Gentleman oppofite to him , provided lle would agree to pay off his arrears on the old one ; which, charged with compound intereft for twenty years, would amount to a pretty large fum.— HThis fall, ocetiliosed a good deal of pleafantry in the oule.] After Tome further obfervations from Mr. Bu a- Don and Mr. Joss:, and a few words in explana tion from Mr. Klayman, in anfwer to the latter, the motion pallcd in the affirmative. LONDON. i j W I t }~. F 1 -. 4 1' Mr. SHIRIDAN Paid, that in the courfe of the lift Sefton of Parliament, he had announced his intention of fubmitting to the confideration of the Houfe, the condua of the Britifb Government in the depofition of the Nabob of Arcot ; and with that view had moved for the produCtion of certain papers. He added, that he came down to the Houfe this day, in order to move for others, and baying apprifcd a Noble Lord, on the Treafury Bench, of his pnrpofe, that Noble Lord, with the utmoft candour, expftred his readinefs to accede to any demand for VI papers as might be thought neceffary btu intimated, that, perhaps, Come of the papers which he (Mr. S.) withed for, might be included among them which were already laid be fore the Houfe, and printed. Thofe papers he had not yet had time to examine, but by to-morrow, be should be able to colic& what further informa tion might be necefrAry for his purpofe. Adjourned. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16. ti PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK 3 per Cent. Cod. for opt. C. 3pa Cent. Red. 7111 ru—New s per C . Ann. 11 3 f. Lang Ann. ii-t6--Omnium 3 dif. This was fettling day in Omni= at the Stock Exchange ; and to-morrow the payMent of 15 per Cent. takes place, which completes all the in- Raiment% on the Loan of 25 millions, • The differences were very heavy, the Swam dons in the courfe of this week alone having been about 7 per Cent. The fettlement, however, went off well. We have heard of only one defaulter. The Funds Rill keep mending. After our Paper was at prefs yefterday, a mail arrived from Hamburgh. It brought tome de tails refpeaing the late Earthquakes,. which, though much damage has been done in many places, we are happy to find did little injury at Conftantinople, in comparifon of what was fir(! re ported. Cos stantracivis, Nov. 27.—Yeaerday a {hock of an earthquake was felt, which, however, did little damage. Only a few houfes in the fuburb of Per; have been injured. The Englifh Ambaffador, Lord ELGIW, has in timated to our Court, that in confequence of ill health (as is Paid) he had obtained his recal.— There hems to be a fort of coolnefs obferved on the part of England for tome time; and, it is faid, that the Englifli will not evacuate Alexandria fo foon as was ezpe!ted. It is faid, that Mr. STRAT TON will remain here in the fame capacity as when Lord ELGIN made an excurfion to the Archipelago. ST.PITEISBUILGHt NOVIKIII.I6.—In the Dif tria of Catherinenburg great complaints are made of the extraordinary drought, by which even the wells are dried up. A remarkable effea of the beat which accompanies this drought has been, that the trees have bloiomed for the fecond time. On the fame day and at the fame hour that the earthquake at Mofcow happened, and that iestral perfons felt a flight (hock here alto, there was a fevere (hock at Kiew, viz. O. i 6, at two in the afternoon. In the (pace of three minutes (fo long did it WI), fix (hocks fucceeded each other at fen fible intervals, coming in a direilion from the fouth-weft. Stone buildings were violently fhaken, and a lofty Roue Reeple in particular was in fuch violent motion, that it could be Peen to totter back wards and forwards, aid was every inftant ex paled to fall. The table clocks flopped, and the town bells - began toting of themfelves. The fky was without a cload, and not a breath of air flir ting. The barotneter was at its ufual height, and Reaumar's thermometer Rood at 16. deg. A great drought bat prevailed here as well as in many other pla i ces in the fouth of Europe, fince the month of Augull. This is the third earthquake felt in Kiew within thefe twelve years, viz. 1790, 1793, 1802. From 1730 to 1790, none had been felt : that of 1730 was to violent that ftone-build ings were thrown down. In the eaftern parts of the Ruffian empire, par. ticnlaily in the Government of Irkntzk, the har veft has turned out fo very ill,,that all provifions are exorbitantly dear; a pound of rye flour coils, in tome places, t s copecs. STOCKHOLM!, Nov. 23.--Laft Friday Mr. All- ZUTHNOT, the Engli(h Ambaffador, gave a grand ball in hon'our of his Royal Highnefs the Prince of Gl.Ol/FESTIII, to which all the Foreign Mini tiers, and the moll dillinguithed perfons here, were invited. The next day his Royal Highnefs a CUIRALTAIt, 11021411111 t " The Niou frigate, commanded by Captain HlLLTAlL 9 arrived here this morning,after a patrage of twelve days from Portfmouth. Brigadier `Ge• ncral asass and his fuite are on hoard, with soc. recruits for the different regiments at Malta, and Iso for this Garrifon. General OAKES is going to Malta as fecond in command under General Vs Lt. ITTIES. It is now beyond all doubt, that we !hall retain Malta, for Come time at leap ; as we know, for certain, that orders have been fent for evacuating Egypt, and withdrawing the troops from thence to Malta, where all that can be ac commodated will remain, and the reft are to be quartered here. It is fuppofed that about 6000 Britith troops will beilationed at Malta, and that either three or four regiments will come to this Garrifon. .4 Infinite praife is due to the wifdom and &ul nas of thofe who have dire.led this meafure, which has given great fatisfaftion" here ; and it may ulti mately be the means of preventing a ructure with France, as from the extraordinary preparations the was making in theft feas, there could be no doubt but her defign was to poffefs herfelf again of both Malta and Egypt, .the inflant we had eva cuated them. This might have been eafily accom pined ; and though BONAPARTE certainly would have Tithed a war for the attainment of thefe two favourite objeas, he may now hefitate about com mencing one, to otilige us to give up an ifland, which, in the event of hoftilities, he never can hope to conquer by force of arms. His over anxiety to poffefs himfelf fpeedily again of his two favourite conquefts has, in this inftanee, completely defeated itfelf ; for his condu.ft and preparations were fo obvious and alarming, that it was impoffible the intention of them could for a moment have been miftaken. gi The Spann 'Government now permits Spanifh veffels to clear out direet from any of their ports to to this place ; a circumftarrce of great importance to the commercial world, and which never was granted before fince Gibraltar was in our poffeffion. This is chiefly attributed to the favourable opinion entertained of our prefent Governor, whofe con dud has, in many inflances, been highly gratify ing to the Court of Spain, as he has omitted no opportunity of conciliating the friendfhip of. that Government ; and the Prince of Peace has, on fe veral occafions, ftrongly erpreffeil the high diem he felt for his Royal ilighnefs. 41 It excites much furprife here to fee a young man, at his time of life, fo completely dedicate his whole time to bufinefs, without almoft any re laxation or amufement. Even at this feafors ofthe year he conftantly riles before four o'clock in the morning, from which time till fun rife he generally employs in his private bufinefs, and the remainder oT the day in the civil and military duties of the Garrifon, which are executed with the utmoft dif patch and judgment. 4 , Nov. 32.—Yefterday we had a violent gale of wind at S. W. which did force mifchief amongft the flipping in the Bay; feveral of them driving from their anchors. A boat belonging to the Maze was fwamped in endeavouring to land, but fortunately all 'the crew were Caved. The NIGER proceeds for Malta p•morrosi, if the wind is fa. vourable." • It is worthy of remark, that Lord PELHAM Rated, in the 3ebate of lalt night, in anfwer to Lord GRINVILLE, that his Najdly's Minifters had not received any intelligence of Cochin having been delivered up. THIATRI ROYAL Daurr-Latts.--Laft night Mr. S. Kt atm.& took leave of the London audience. We are happy to Rate that the molt diftinguithed popularity has attended him to the dote of his career. He played Shiloci for his own benefit, and was received with great applaufe by a brilliant audience. After the play, Mr. Ks macs came forward, dreffed as Sir John Fayiel; and delivered the follow ing very witty and elegant Addrefs, written by him felf. We need not add that it was heard with the greatell approbation, and that Mr. Ksaistat re tired amidtl reiterated peals of applaufe To carry coal to Newealtle—abfurd! Who has not oft this hackneyed adage Maid? Yet it implies at lan Tome mare of wit, • Thither to go, coal laden, from this pit. What, on a London audience, FALSTAFF fob ? Sooner, perhaps, thou might% th' Exchequer rob! What! , vainly hope from then! applaufe to win, Who 11111 remember—Mem:mason and Quin. 'Tis wild ambition.. and prefumptueds folly, And you'll return to us as melancholy " As an old lion, or a poor lugg'd bear, " Or as Moor-ditch, agitocat, or a bare." This was of Blindly monitors the cry, r But, "plague upon all cowards," anfwer'd f. A London audience can't affright me—* GO ye.— " Think ye my mailers, that I did not know ye." •no' true, indeed. had 1 mifearry'd here, My feel bad turn'd as flat as dead Buell beer. A failure here bad driven me from my Ration, Alsam'd henceforth to fay-- 46 'Tie my vocation." But my refolves, ill-bodings could not daunt, * For I'm no coward.—tho' not joNN of GAUNT." 'Tens inftlnd gave a Grnmets to my mind, I knew true critics ever are molt kind. • I came—your favour juMbed my plan, 66 I ne'er felt prouder—Race 1 was a man ! " I Osall think the better of mg eUandou. * During my lifoor I'm an He brew Jew." Farewell—beim me I mall long agate, To meet you in Eafteheap—pihaw—Drury-lane; Grateful I have fuch friends---what thus can move me, ▪ You'vegiven me medicines to make me love you." Ores wore farewell—Ab ! how %would warm my heart,. Cold I but hope you% fay as I depart; LAW nrrlLLicElalt. CPJM. CON. . FOOTS ti. jolll36—An inquifition, awarded in the Court of King's Bench, was yefterclay evening executed before S. CoLalNalDos, Efq. and a Spe cial Jury of Merchants, in a caufe in which Ed ward James Foote, Efq. was Plaintiff, and Owen Jones, Defendant, for criminal converfation with the Plaintiff's wife. The damages were laid at 20,0001. Mr. EMI ti I raid he was Counfel for the Plain tiff in this caufe, in which the Defendant, without making any defence, had fuffered judgment by de fault, and, in confequence of his confeflion of his crime, the Jury were affembled to afters the da mages. Plaintiffs had formerly fuffered much in convenience from the courfe ptirfued by adulterers, in fuffering judgment by default, and withdrawing the queftion from the fuperior Tribunals. This had not been the cafe of late, becaufe, in confequence of a Rule of Court,tbe fame Gentlemen were called upon to decide upon an inquifition, who would have formed the Jury upon a trial before the Chief Juftice. There were circumftances in this cafe peculiarly affeaing. The Plaintiff was Captain of one of his Majefty's Mips of war ; he had been twenty-two years in the fervice of his country, fome of them in the moft perilous but glorious times England ever knew. During the whole of that period he had been little more than two or three years dime. Deprived of all thofe comforts which fweeten human life, he had nothing to fupport him in his abfence from his family, but the fatisfaaion that he was doing his duty, and aaing a part not only beneficial to the profeffion in which he had been bred, but to the public at large. He had hoped, that *line he was proteaing his country, his country was proteaing him. It was impoffible, Paid the Learned Counfel, to avoid adverting to what had once been Paid by one of the moft elo qaent men he had ever heard, and the more elo quent, becaufe every thing he Paid proceeded from the honefty of his heart. It was in the caufe of Sutton againft Johnfon, in which the Plaintiff com plained of the Defendant's having deprived him of his command, and ruined him. On that occa fion Mr. Lee had defcribed the Plaintiff as labour ing under every injury, but the one which formed the'fubjea of the prefent a&ion—he bad reprefent ed him as walking to and fro' upon the deck, with the moon alining over his head, full of afflietion and furrow, and comforting himfelf with this reflection—"" Well, thank GOD ! I (hall one day meet hint face to face before my Country; and that Country you are." This obfervation, fo eloquently delivered,had the effea of elearicity on theirminds, they felt as if defirous of having their viaim deli vered over to them. The .preient Plaintiff aflced only fobriety of thought on the part of the Jury, and the confcientions difcharge of their duty.— The Plaintiff had, in the - year t 793, married the daughter of Sir Robert Herries, an eminent banker. She was his natural child, but (he had been bred up under the eye of his wife, and fo much care was taken of her education, and pains beftowed to inftil virtuous principlis in her mind, that when the be came marriageable, le was confidered to be a fit wife for the Plaintiff, the brother of Lady Herries. They were married by the Chaplain of the British Ambaffador, at Madrid, in t 793, and re-married in this country. Captain Foote was afterwards obliged to abfcnt himfelf in . the fervice of his country. He was in the Channel fervice ; but anxious to dedi cate as much of his time as poflible to his wife, he purchafed a place between Portfmouth and South ampton, called Warfafli, where, on his (hip's com ing into harbour, he might fly to the embraces of his wife and children. He had by her a boy and two girls. He was called on by his duty to go to the Eaft Indies, and failed in September 180 ,Seaving his wife under the proteaion of Sir Robert Herries, her father, and Lady Herries ; she was left with a comfortable and fatisfaaory eftablifbment want ing nothing ; on the contrary, the had an unli mited credit to draw on her Father. She was in this comfortable fitl.ation, and might, but for her fubfequent conduct, have been now in the arms of her hu(band, who was ferving his country at the molt awful period it ever knew, in hopes of returning .to the bofom of the woman he loved, and enjoying the bleffings of that peace, which I pray to GOD Paid Mr. Eesems) may give fatis. faaion to us a . [Amax I exclaimed frveral of tax diatom] at could be more affeamg, than that this Gentjeman, on his return to England, in iso2, found that he had been robbed and plun dered, his wife gone, his childrev abandoned, and a confiderable part of his property wafted in con fequence of her adultery with the plaintiff. She had gone off in the month of Auguft, having drawn on her hulband's banker fur two different rums, one of s awl. and another of i 0001. She went firft to Brighton, then to • Shoreham, and laftly so Dieppe, where the was when her hulband returned. Shortly after, fie faded her hulband's dithonour by the birth of a child. With regard to the defendant, he happened to live in the vil between Portfmouth and Southampton, in I v:Eh Mrs: Foote refided. He had a wife and fix children, • whom he neglected, in order to purfue his adulterous intercourse with this Lady. The only queftion for the Jury was the damages a plaintiff who had fullained fuch an injury ought to receive. There were fome injuries for which no compenfation could be given Thou malt not minifter to a mind difsaaid ; " Pluck from the memory a rooted furrow ; a Rue out the written troubles of the brain I " And, with tonic tweet oblivious antidote, Cleat& the foul bofom of that perilous Ruff " Which weighs upon the bout." Inadequate as pecuniary damages were, yet, as the law knew no other mode of compenfation for fuch an injury, it was the duty of the Jury to give damages up to the extent the Plaintiff demanded them, unlefs the Defendant could bring forward fome ground of mitigation. He did not mean to contend that the Defendant was a man of fortune ; he had formerly held a place in the Cuftom-houfe, from which, for his mikondua, he had been re moved. He should call fuch Witneffes as were necelfary on a judgment by default, and he was perthaded the verdict would be fatisfaaory to the • &davits's the ehaftity of married life, pro. eiample to keep pure the &tweet of all thofe comforts from which fociety derived a local habitation and a name. Admiral Patten, Lieutenant Wemys, and Capt. Bowyer, proved that the Plaintiff and his .Wife, up to the month of September, tgot, lived upon terms of the iitmoil harmony, love, and affection. The laft witnefs fail the Plaintiff rejriced to go to fiSht his country's battles, but he reluCtantly left his wife. Mrs. Hill-proved, that Mrs. Foote lived in open adultery with_the Defendant at Dieppe, where the had been' delivered of a child. The Witneires for the Plaintiff were examined by Mr. Glaitow and Mr. DATAPI aR. Mr. RAINE addreffed the Jury in a very long fpeech. We are the lefs inclined to detail any part of it, becanfe the defence he was inhaled to make, and afterwards attempted to prove, was o f 'a nature which highly aggravated the condo& of the Defendant. The Witnefs called for the Defendant was a Surgeon ; but his teltimony entirely repelled the infinuations fuggefted. Mr. ERSKIN E replied with much force and do. quence. He obferved, that by a note juft put into his hand, he was informed the Defendant, who was fuppofed to be at Dieppe,_ was aetually in Court hearing the Rory of his own infamy. The eyes of the numerous auditors were intlantly turned towards a man difguifed as a fervant, who was pointed out. He immediately retired. Th e Learned Counfel having finned his remarks, Mr. COLLINRIDGE fummed up the evidence to the Jury, accompanying it with appropriate oh• fery ations. The Jury retired, and returned at Ten o'clock, with a Verdi& againft the Defendant—Damages Five Thoufand Pounds. NAUTICAL. INTELLIGENCE. FROM LLOYD'. LIST. DEAL, Dec, z3.—Arrived the Adder gun•veffel front Portf mouth, and tilled for the River. Wind W. S.W. GILAVISZND, Dec. ss.—Paircd by the Britannia, Turnbull, from Botany Bay; Nancy, —, from Limerick, City of London, Featanby, and Frederick, —, from Quebec; %leen, Bebell, from Faro; Lady Andover, Haddon, from Jamaica; Kul St. Vincent's, Williams, from Honduras; Pherbe, from Guyon; Aurora, Anfell, from Barbadoes; Lion, Nay lor, from Trinidad; Hope, Tullack, from Rotterdam; Nep. tune, Griffith, and Fador, M•Donald, from Dublin. Sailed the Fortitude, Aiken, for Grenada; Pallas, Harrifon, for Haniburgh ; Kitty, —, for Guernfey ; Elizabeth, Forbes; Byrene, Prank; Jonge Aleda, Prank; and Goede Vreenden, Prank, for Rotterdam. GREENOCK, DECEMBER so. • The Diana, Pearfon, from Quebec, arrived here on the 6th, had a pafage of 40 days; left loading for Clyde, the Chance, Juno, and Unity, which would be all loon ready for fea.—i SpOki on the 14th of Taft month, in lat. 49.59. king. 37. 0. the Rebecca, Nettling, from Quebec, for Leith, all well —And on the 29th ultt in lat. 55. 25. long. so. o. the Eliza, from Bolton for Hamburgh, out 6o days, all well. The Ruby, M'Pherfon, from Virginia, in 40 days, brings accounts that the Jeanie, Crown, for Clyde, would be ready to fail in 8 days after her. America, Robinfon, from Waterford, on the 7th; (poke, the day before, a !hip from Bofton, for Liverpool, out 24 days. Captain Leitch, of the Brilliant,arrived here yefterday, from Barbadoes, in 37 days, brings accounts that the day previous to his failing, the Samuel, of this port, Gammel, failed for Dublin ; and the day after he failed, the Barbadoes, Kerilick, was to fail for Liverpool. Captain Bog, of the Nile, arrived yeiterday, from lchee, in 32 days. Spoke an American (hip in the Channel, from Bofton to Liverpool, the Captain of which informed him, that a brig then in fight, and which he had fpoke to was the Patty, fro:. New Orleans, for this Port. The following veffels for this port, from Quebec, had failed before Captain Bog:—Ann, Cochrane • Juno, Lea • Unity, Morrifon • Jean, M.Donald; Helen, Service ; : Countefs of Darlington, Wilfon. The Argo, Self, from Malaga, for this port, put into Water- ford on the 29th ult. having fuffered Come damage in a gale on the 6t: ' in which the was nearly upfet. The Cato, Crews, has had a paffage of 31 days, but arrived too late laft night for farther particulars. A brig juft arrived.—name as yet unknown. AILIIIVILD OUT.—Margaret, Miller, from hence at Nett York, aft Nov.; Mary, Stewart; Adtive, M'lver; Evander, Gillies; Union, Maclachlan; and hierfey. Gillies, all from hence at Liverpool, fince our laft; Eliza, McCall, from Taber morry ; and Rhind, Johnston, from the Me of Sky, at fame place: iteorge, Allen, at Quebec, from Falmouth, Jamaica. The late Duke of PARMA left behind him 22 5 ,000 ounces of filver, rl2 pounds of gold and jewels, of the value of 2,000,000 livres. We have been favoured with the fight of a let. ter, dated Kingtbin, Jamaica, 041.29, which brings more recent advice from Saint Domingo than any other yet publithed. It fays—" From the accounts by the American veffels this week from St. Do• mingo, the affairs of the French wear the moll deplorable afped. It is reported here, they have laid on an embargo, that they will be forced to evacuate the Cape, and retreat to the Tortugas , there to wait reinforcements from France. We dare not publifh in our Newspapers of Jamaica, any thing refpeeting St. Domingo." Yesterday a Court of Dire tors was held at the Eaft India Houfe, when the Rev. HENRY SHE?. HELD was introduced, and took the ufual oath on his being appointed one of the Company's Chaps rains at Fort William. The new ship, Captain WILLIAM ED/4 FADES, for Bengal, was permitted to touch at Madeira, outward-bound, instead of the Calcutta.—The Court adjourned at a late hour till to-morrow. The Flag prefented to Earl ST.VINCENT by t he Seamen and Marines of the VILLE DE PARIS, wa s laft week delivered to his Lordthip by Capt. JOHN JOYCE, formerly one of the Lieutenants of that (hip, who, at their requeß, had undertaken to convey this tribute of refpeet for their late Admi. rat —The flag is of white filk, with a red crofs (which his Lordtliip bore when laft in command); his arms are embroidered in the centre. MARRIED. Yesterday; at Fryern.Barnet Church, by the Rev. Mr. Uve• dale, Sir William Johnfton, Bart. of Hawn, in Aberdeenfhire , to Mife Marla Bacon, only daughter of John Bacon, Fig. of Fryern houfe, DIED. On Wedssefday morning, at his houfe, tn Shadwell, Thomas Dyke, Efq. of a fudden and violent fpafm in the ftomach. LONDON: Printed for the Proprietors, by JOHN DANIEL, Malden-lane, Covent-Garden) at the ST AR PRINTING' Ovrtct. Nn. 1, Carey-ftrect ; and poblithed he LEVEL KENT,of Canterbury-place, Lambe; h 1 at No. I ,6rey-ftreets and it the STAR-Orrlca, Ternplc-Bar ffice all' ; to which O --..111