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AMERICA?! STOCkS. i 0 THI PRESIDENT AND DIRECTORS OF TNE FADE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. It has been the natural policy of the American Government to encourage the purchafe of Ameri can Stocks in this country. Let me propofe to your confideration through the medium of the STAR, the delay which takes place, furely not un avoidably, before the dividends can be regularly paid in London. I purchafed, in the middle of 1 798, a confiderable quantity of the Six per Genie. :tad have negletted none of the ufnal forms ; and ou enquiry at Mars. Baatxo's, I find that they are not yet authorized to pay me any dividend.— This is indeed including all American Stocks un der the denomination of Deferred. lam forry to be able to afrert that my cafe is not Singula r. London, Jan. 52, NAUTIGAL INTELLIGENCE. MAILS THIS DAY.--WIND N. o nalivro. Hamburgh, I Donnaghadee, Jan. DOT. Z 0 TORBAY, JANUARY 26. Arrived the Channel Fleet under the command a Sir H. atiray, from a cmize. PLYMOUTH, JANUARY 20. Came in from the Channel fleet, the RUSSELL, o f 74 guns, Captain SAWYSR, and the DIAMOND, of 38 guns, Captain GRIFFITHS. Sailed to join the Beet, the PaiNc 2, of 98 guns, Captain Earl NOITHZSK; alfo the SPITFIRE, of 20 guns, Captain KERN, on a cruize. PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY u. A fleet of 25 fail of the line, with a propor tionate number of frigates, &c. are ordered to be got in immediate readinefs ; aad 20,000 additional feamen will be voted for at the meeting of the United Parliament. An order was this day received for all naval officers, without diftinftion of rank, to fleep on board their refpeElive (hips. Sir ANDILIW HAMMOWD, and Sir WIC Rum', are in Portfmonth, taking a minute furvey of the Sips in ordinary, in a Rate of being put in Com miffion, in this Harbour, Portchefter, and Fare ham Lakes. This morning arrived his Majetly's frigates la Loral, and • Acme, from a crnize ; alfo the Line, from the Downs; and the CHAMPION Ca ter from Marcon, with wounded men, who were lately wounded in an unfuccefsful attempt to cut a gun-boat out of Havre-de-Grace. Three men were killed, and as wounded. Lieut. Txones Commandant of one of the Marton Iflands, led the attack, and was nightly wounded. It is reported that the attack was very gallantly made. Arrived the Venus, French lugger privateer, of 54 brafs guns and 49 men, captured yefferday morning off Cherburgh, by the Jason, of 44 guns, Capt. YORE ; from which port the had been three days without making any capture : alfo arrived two Danifh veffels of confiderable value, detained by the ANT and ADVICE cutters, and another, va- Led at zo,OOOL detained by the Beam, Captain Joss& Arrived the Julian and Two Friends, two Da eifh veffels, detained by the HARPY and Savvan tlonps. _ _ _ Sailed the TtclCLEll gun-velrel, with a convoy ID the Eaftward. SHEERNESS, JANUARY at. On the igth initant his Majefly's flip STANDARD, Of 64 guns, in ordinary at this port, was removed to Chatham, in order to be refitted for lea. Yelterday the COURIER cutter came from Chat ham to Blackflakes. Sailed this day, his Maje(y's (hip Norse, for the Downs; and the BITER gun-brig, on a cruiz e . The &fossils went out of lvrbour. Captiin MARTIN, late of the XENOPHON, is ap pointed to command the EXPLOSION bomb-veffel; and the XENOPHON is ordered to be fitted for the reception of aftronomers and fcientific men, and is going, it is Paid, on a voyage of difcovery. CHATHAM, JANUARY 19. Lail week arrived at the Dock-yard, the Navy- Board, which confrfted of Sir A. Sears Haw- MOND, Comptroller; COMMlfflOiler HARTWELL, ' Clerk of the Ads; COMMariOner HOPI ' • and Sir Joss Hrirstow, Surveyor ; the Board fat three dale, infpeaing all the flips in the harbour, and ordered the whole tr. be equipped for fea—the firft in rotation are the INVINCIDLE, POWIRFUL, Zaat tour Asia, and the LION ; the BLINUSIM to be , ,tut down to make a 74 gem-fhip, and the Grtyx . HEM workmen of the yard were ordered to work hy candle light an additional tide extra, and in ceder to A';ar the Dock where the Diatcrox was pulliug to pieces, they worked until two o'clock on Saturday morning, and docked the Zsatous in the fame dock on Saturday. The Navy-Board made a propofal to the thip "nights and houfe.carpenters, who arc entitled to the chips that they make, to allow fixpence per day in lieu, and gave them time to confider of it, end fend to them at the Voard their anfwer. The urea met and formed a Committee, who have fent a Petition, that they will give up their claim for s , ightpence per day ; the reafon they align is, the recreate of the price of fuel, as well as every us .cifety of life. coax, JANUARY !3. •} is Ma y's (hip rigors, has been appointed by Lord GARDN ER, as convoy for Gibraltar ; and his Lorcilhip has intimated to the Prefident of the Committee of Merchants, that the will alfo take the trade bound to Portugal under her proteltion. The Weft India fleet is (till detained at Cove, by contrary winds. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. • DEAL, JANUARY 21. Arrived and failed for the River a fleet under convoy of the Mwroa, armed (hip, from Exmouth. Came down the William, DENT, for Bengal, and remains.--Wind W. N. W. GRAVESEND JANUARY 21. , . Paired by, the William, —, from Newfound land ; Falconer, Noe c, from Waterford ; and Geode Hoffnung, —, from Bremen. Sailed, the Britannia, JoNas for India; and Juffrow Eltja, HEAN, for Lilbo n.: AltalVlD. At Clyde—Brilliant, Leitch, from Dernarara. 1 At Liverpool—Espeditloo, M'Cormaek ; and Sarah, Neale, from Jamaica; Rebecca, Wills; and New York, from Virginia ; Cornelia, —, from Portland ; Sally, from Penabfeott ; and Ferdinand, -----, from Maffachufetts ; Mohawk, Weatherby, from Philadelphia ; Sukey, —; and Fair Virginian,-- from Virginia,. At Jamaica - Lor d Rodney, Turnbull; and James, Leary, from Liverpool' Po ll y, —; and Brook, friss Africa ; Difeovery, Reed, from Clyde; jamas, Prior, from Dublin; Thomas, Barclay ; and Swinger, Wilkie, front Clyde. At St. Ive's--John, —, front Surinam. At Martinique—Eurydice, Cora, from London. At Cowes—Diana, Hopp ; and oho Bulkley, —, front Philadelphia; °Raga, Blythewo ; and John, Howe, from Charlefton. At Dover—Mac, %gals, front Charletton ; Minerva, Bar ber, from Bolton ; Comet, Maring, from Surinam; George, Rice, from Philadelphia; Leonora, Gm, from Georgia ; ud Perfeverance, Bryan, from Baltimore. At Africa—Roebuck, Neale; andYarne, Woolbert, from London.• At Cherleiton--William, Johnfon from Liverpool; Adrian' Lottifs, Thompfon ; Adventure, P urcell, from London; and Sally, Nicholfon, from Grenada, At Falmouth--G'uftavus, Morris, from Virginia. )4 Lana/ter—Mars, Greenwood, titan Sollornais. At Surinam—Sovereign, Mitchell, from Loadou ; Queen Charlotte, Dutton, from London ; Elizabeth, ; ack Park, Wright ; Windfor Cattle, Jones ; Dart, Henley ; Frater nit; Taylor; and Victory, Brine, from Africa. At Poole.—lnduttry, Clements, from Newfoundland. At Dartmouth—Two Friends, Sowden, from Newfound land. At Carit.-Ounilla frigate, frees Newfoundland. At Savannah--Diana, Duval, from LiverpooL LIVERPOCSL, JANUARY x 9. The Nancy, MARSHALL, from hence for An gola, was (poke all well, within 3o leagues of that place. The Expedition, CORMACK, which arrived here yeflerday, failed from Jamaica the 27th Novem ber.—The Nile, and the Packet, would fail the tft December. The Urania, WlLt.tAw3, from hence for Africa, is put into Londonderry leaky. The Amazon, COSNAHAN ; Elizabetb. Mott; and Young William, MARTIN, from hence for Africa, left Ramfay Bay the Bth inft. wind S. E. bearing for the North Channel. The Swan, —, from Demerara, is arrived at Greenock ; failed in company with the Dilator for this port. Arrivod-- The Alexander, Farquhar, from hence at Angola ; Polly, Ainfworth, and Brook, Molyneux, from Angola, at Ja maica; Lord Rodney, Turnbull, and James Leavey, front hence at Jamaica; Commerce, Clark, from hence for Tortola, and Alert, Drynan, from Briltol for Africa, at Cork; Thetis, Allen, from hence at Dundalk. Yellerday a Court of Diretlors was held at the Eafi India Houfe, when the following Comman ders took leave, previous to departing for their re fpettive deftinations : Captain GEORGE PALMER, of , the BODDAM, for Madras; and Ate: umbel Nash, of the AISLE Carrie, for Bombay. The Court adjourned at fi x o'clock till Tuefday. The Traveller French privateer of 14 guns, is taken and fent into Yarmouth by the FAVOURITE (loop of war : fhe had been out four days from Otlend, and had taken one light brig, which was retaken and fent into the Humber. The fhip Cornwall, Captain BtioN from the South Seas, lately arrived, left, the i fland of St. Helena on the Bth day of November fall, at which time there were not any (hips at the ifland. Every thing was perfeltly tranquil, and the garrifon in excellent order. The Alexander, BRAND, on her pafrage to Aberdeen from London, took up the crew of a veuil from Wilbech for Leith, with grain ; her cargo having fhifted during the violent gale of Monday fen:tight, the crew took to their boat, and were fortunately picked up by the Alexander. The Admiral Nelfon, Gums, fr om Demarara to Loudon, which had been taken by l'Arrege privateer, is retaken by the Hazard privateer, of Guernfey, and carried in there. The Nancy, SULLIVAN, from Naples to 'Lon don, is taken by a Spanifh privateer, on the Bar bary coaft. The Charming Eliza is condemned at Surinam. The Jane and Augufta, Bisszr, from Dema. rara to London, is taken in the Weft Indies, and carried into Guadeloupe. A light brig has arrived in Scarborough har bour, after draping being taken by a cutter pri vateer, who took the brig Comedian, of Sunder land, Captain Youno, which was in company with the brig above-faid, both light colliers. Extra& of a letter from a young Gentleman in New York, to his friends in Drogheda, dated the t4tif November This place has remained free from contagious yellow fever this fall. though about eight or ten perfons have died of a bilious or yellow fever of a confined nature.—Philadelphia has been in a fimilar fituation : but Baltimore. I am lorry to obferve, has met with a very fevere fcourge from that fatal diforder. which has carried off eleven hundred and ninetpfeven perfons from I the sift of Augutt to the 4th of September. sc cording to the report of the Health Convnittee of that town.—l have not heard of any one from your part of Ireland being among the number on 1 this melancholy occafion. The brig Flom from Derry, arrived here ten days ago; the pa/fawn were all in good health.", LAN': STAFFORD SESSIONS, JANUARY z 6. SZEPITION.—gan ildasti,a decent looking young man, about as years of age, was indifted for the following feditious words—" Damn the King and his Peace, and his O ffi cers, and all belonging to him." There was a fccond count, charging the words thus—" Damn the King and his Peace." The Prifoner pleaded Not A witnefs, of the name of Bradbury, Paid, that he was at a public-houfe in Darlaflon, on the even ing of Friday, the 36th of December lat. The Prifoner was there Chriftmaffing with a large par ty. They were all very drunk, and fome words coining, they fet a fighting, and there was great confufion and uproar, The witnefs was afraid fome of them would be hurt, and being a peace officer, he thought it is duty to interfere and pre vent it. He therefore went up to them, and laid in a loud voice, " I hereby charge you all in the name of the King, to keep the peace." Upon this the Prifoner turned round and raid, " Damn the King, and his peace, and his peace-officers." There were the only words fpoken. The fcuffie was foon put an end to, and nothing more took place. The Prifoner was very drunk.—This was the whole of the evidence. The Prifoner had no Conflict Being called upon for his defence, he faid he was very drunk at the time, and did not recoiled having ufed the words, nor what he had faid. The jury without deliberation pronounced the Prifoner—Guilty. The Court alked the Counfel for the Profecution if they preffed for punilhment ? They anfwered —" The Court will recoiled that the times were very critical." The Court then faid, " Will fix months fatisfy you ?' They anfwered, "We fuppofe fo." The Chairman then addreffed the Prifoner in nearly the following words : John Adams, you have been convicted on the 1 cleareft evidence of the molt atrocious crime which, under felony, a Britifh fubjed can be guilty of. Had your wifhes taken place, and that :mar -1 chy introduced which you feem nch a friend to, lou would have been the firft to Puffer by it. The ower orders of the people have as much to lore in a revolution as the rich ; they have nothing to de pend upon but their liberty, which depends upon good order and the obfervance of the laws ; and whenever anarchy is introduced, they are as fure to lofe their liberty as the rich are their property. This.lhould be underflood by the middle and lower ranks of the people. The rich may in a revolution preferve the whole, or at leaft part of their pro perty, aftd often do ; but the poor are Lure to lore their liberty, which is their all. Your crime is very much aggravated ; you have damned the King ; th e . heft, b tlfe ld mo ft virtirou i s ll. , and m th o e ft be r g i t i t i revfr m Pat m oa t t e his or any other Thron e ; Y : whole whole life, (at leaft, fine he has been upon the Throne), has been a pattern of every virtue, and has been always employed in defending the property, and fecuring in every way the liberties of his people. In confideration, therefore, of this your offence, the Court cloth order and Adjudge, that you he imprifoned is the !foie of Corration fortis county, and be there lot to bard labour for the (pace of fix calendar months ; and that you do give fecurity for good behavour for the (pace of twelve calen dar months, from the expiration of that term, yourfelf in 401. and two fccuritics in aol. each ; and that you be further imprifoned till fuch fecu rity is given. N. B. The Prifoner was committed on the 27th of December, and had been in prifon ever luxe (three weeks.) An indictment againft a perfon of the name of Care*, for fimilar words uttered under nearly fimilar circumilfnces of provocationend warmth, was thrown out by the Grand Jury. SESSIONS-HOUSE, • A carafe of fome confequence was on Tuefday tried at the (tinter Seffions before Mr. MAII W.llllllO. The parties were a Mr. Steygould and the London Dock Company. The former is pro prietor of a dwelling-houfe, warehoufe, wharf, &c. (No. ago, High-ftreet, Wapping), lituated on part of the ground - where the Weft India Docks are to be conftrufted. The Au of Parliament paged laft Seffion direets that all the land and houfes within a certain line shall be delivered up to the Company, that the proprietors (hall be fully in. demnified for their lois, and that if they are not fatisfied with the funs offered them, they may ap peal to the Qmarter Seffions for the county of !Aid dlefex, and h ave the matter fettled by a jury.— The film of ttlool. was tendered to Mr. Steygould for the premifes in queftion ; but thinking it in fufficient he fought his remedy at law. A num ber of the moft refpeetable freeholders in Wapping were appointed by the Sheriff to furvey the build ' hes, and twelve of thefe were now (worn in to de ' age the controverfy. After the cafe had been Rated in a very perfpi l'enous meaner by the Counfel for the London Dock Company, a great number of furveyors were called as witneffes, from whom it appeared that Mr. Steygould had the fee-Pimple of the premifes: that he gave a leafe of them about ten years ago for so years, at an annual reiitof ftol.; that they were afterwards fub-let for 701. year; that the Company is now in poffeffion of the leafe, and that the point at iffne was the value of Mr. Steygould's raver fionary intereft in them. All the furveyors ex cept one were of the fame opinion as to the man ner in which this ought to be calculated. They fuppofed, that as property in that diftriet was pro ffively riling in value, at the end of ten years doefe premifes might be worth 901. a year; they allowed so years purchafe. and agreed that Mr. Steygould would be amply compenfated if he re. ceived 15671. The remaining Purveyor thought the funs fliould be foraething more than tftool. but was clearly of opinion that what he mentioned was the utmoft value of the property. They all de dared the offer of the Company to be extremely lberal, and a Gentleman of the name of Robert ./ mbartiont for aloof. to fiod the complaisant as many buildings of as good a quality, and upon a fite equally advantageous. The caufe afterwards, however, took a different turn. Mr. ERSKINE was Mr. Steygoold's leading Counfel, and he dwelt with great force upcn the facrednefs of property, and paid many high compliments to the Legiflation of England. There was no doubt, he laid, that the meaning of the Mt was, that Mr. Steygould fhould reccive not merely the furn for which his property would fell, but as much as would indemnify him•for all the inconveniencies he fullers from this forcible difpoffeffion, and to enable him to procure a tene ment in every refped equal to his prefent. He then attempted to invalidate the evidence of the witneircs, and infifted upon the fuperior weight of that he fhould call to contradid it. A numberoffurve yors, ca rpen tem and bricklayers were accordingly called, and from confidering the expence in meting thefe buildings, the value tof the ground, the rife in the price of building mate rials, Etc. they gave it as their opinion that Mr. Steygould ought not to receive .one farthing lets than 26001. After the Cita:ammo had recapitulated the evi dence, the Jury withdrew, and having been out about a quarter of an hour, leturned a verdict, al lowing Mr. Steygould atop!. SURREY SESSIONS. At the prefent General (tarter Sefflons, now held at the New Se&ons•houie, at Newington, for the county of Surrey, the following perfons were adjudged to be tranfperted, viz. Hear, Bortrear, ter 4.years, for receiving a quantity of corn, which he knew to be llolcn, the property of Melia. Paget and Sutton, of St. Saviour's, Southwark. jobs Morgan and Darold Dram, for (even years, for flealiag nine quarters of wheat,. the property of Mr. Mefnard, of Lambeth ; George Nonkoa, a waterman, for the like term of years, being alive in removing the corn in a borrowed boat. Caba -1 rine Rigby, for (even years, for robbing her ready furnifhed lodgings ; and Sarah Knmerlj, for the fame term, for flealing at Reigate, divers articles of houfehold furniture, the property of Mr. James Alesander of that place. OLD DAILY. Yefterday is prifoners were tried, two of whom were capitally convided, viz. yolo; Kemp and Thm,a Pevett, charged with heading a ewe (hap, the property of Mr. John: Whitbread, near Edmonton. The cafe, in a great degree, depended upon the teftimony of William Clements, a boy about twelve years old, who ac companied the prifoners to Mr. Whitbread's houfe and field, and who gave a fulland cireumftantial account of the robbery. His account of it was in many retpeas corro borated by Ann Buck, who lived in the fame houfe with the prifoners, and who heard them fay when they were cutting alp the mutton— ' Mr. Whitbread. I - ant fuse a Yost are rich and I am poor; • When this is gone 111 come for more." The Jury, with very little hefitation, found them both—Garrey. Two were convicted of felony, viz. Jofeph Tayrant for (leafing, on the 14th of Janu ary, a wooden calk, containing 300 cod's-founds, the goods of Jofeph and Nathaniel Saunders. The prifoner, who is a private in the Guards, it appeared, was Peen running off, together with his comrade, with the calk an queftion, which was inftantly miffed front the (hop of the profectz tors, oilmen, in the city. A purfuit was imme diately fet on foot; and the foreman first coming up with the fugitives, was beat off; affiftance was, however, foon collefted, and the purfuit continu ed, when the prifoner dropped the calk. He was foots after overtaken, and with difficulty fecured ; his comrade got off in the feufile. Nothing being urged by the prifoner in Ms de fence, and no doubt obtaining as to the teftimony of the profecutors' witneffes, the Jury brought in a verdia of—Guilty. Mary Scott, for (leafing a (Ilk handkerchief, and other articles, the property of Sarah Baldwin. And eleven were acquitted, among whom were Elizabeth Smith, for healing a pair of (heels, the property of Tycho Thomas. The profecutor is the proprietor of the Berkley fquare Hotel : the prifoner had frequent accefs 10 his houfe. In the month of July laft, accom panied by another woman, Rte went to a public houfe in King-ftreet, Wehminfter, and fold to the proprietor of the houfe a pair of (beets. Mr. Thomas and his fervants proved the cir cumftance of the lots of the (beets, and that the (beets produced in Court were his property. The prifoner, in her defence, admitted having poffeflion of the (beets, but P aid they were her hulband's, and had been given him at the laft eleftion for Shrewfbury.—Not There was another indiament againft the pri. toner, charging her with healing a fan, value thirteen pence, but the officer in whofc hands it was placed, for the purpofe of giving his evidence, having 101 l it, fife was acquitted on this indiernent alfo. Abraham I.erg was charged with a rnifdemeit• nour, in having, on the 28th of hall month, know- I ingly, wilfully, and unlawfully put off, and at• tered to Mr. Jacob George Wrench, a certain piece of falfe and counterfeit gold coin. made to the fimilitude and likenefs of that legal gold coin called half aluinea, and for having, at the fame time, in his poffeffion, a falfe and counterfeit guinea. It appeared, that the Prifoner wasa hackney. coachman. On the 28th of December, •he was employed by Mr. Wrench, a merchant, reeding in Gracechurch-fireet, to take him to Guildford. ftreet, Foundling Hofpital, and 'back, for which he was to have are Millings. On performing the journey, Mr. Wrench having no change, tendered a guinea to the Prifoner for the purpole of paying him. He put the guinea inflantly into into his ,pocket, and was (Om urns in giving the change ► Tkr r 1