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THE LATE DUKE OF BEDFORD. His G nice bad been indifpofed with a cold lag week, and on Friday he played at tennis. When hi left off playing, he went into hil drellnproom adjoining the tennis toast to take off his playing drefs. In this fituation he was feized with a vio lint fit of coughing, which he in% (bort time found had partienlArly affected the diforder with which he was aillided. He then fent for Mr. PARKER, a furgeon and apothecary of Woburn, who on his arrival found the Rate of his Grace to be of fuch a dangerous nature that he direaed Dr. KRIM, of Northampton, to be fent for• Dr. KIRI arrived on Saturday morning early, and deemed it necef fary to fend for more affidance to London. When Dr. HALLIFAX and Sir JAMES EARLE informed him of the neceflity of a fpeedy opera. tion, he Paid, , 4 Very well ; but I mud previoufly have two hours for Come neceirary arrangements of my papers, &c. !" Retiring for this purpofe in b to his Rudy, he wrote nearly the whole of that time, and afterwards fealed up two large packets, and addreffed them to his brothers, Lord JoHa and Lord WILLIAM Rossitz.. His Grace then came back to the Gentlemen of the Faculty, and (aid, " Now, Sirs, I am at your ferrite : but pro bably it may be proper that I Should be bound, to which I fhall alto cheerfully Submit." Sir JAMES EARLE Paid, he relied upon the fortitude of his Grace's mind, and therefore thought it not necef fary. The operation was then proceeded upon on a couch, and took a much longer time, and conk quently infli&ed more acute fenfations to the pa tient, than were at fide looked for; however, they were borne without a 'boggle, only two deep groans being uttered by his Grace during the whole courfe of this painful meet's. At the clofe of it, the Duke &fired to be kit by all prefent, except Dr. HA LLIFAX ; and fell into an apparent doze for nearly an hour—when, ereaing up his head Suddenly, he Paid, Doltor, I have (omcthing of importance to communicate to JOHN, (meaning his brother Lord Jona ); fend for him infirmity!" His Lordfliip immediately attending, his Grace gave him the information he wilted ; but added, that his Solicitor, Mr. Gotobed, had beter reduce it to writing, for fear of any millake ; which was begun accordingly, but before it could be come pleted, his Grace reclined his head acrofs the arm of Lord Jona, and calmly expired. At this time Lord Joke RUSSELL was leaning on his pillow.— His Lordfltip in this trying moment was Co much agitated that it was with the greated difficulty he was kept from fwooning, and he was obliged to be supported into another room. Lord LAUDERDALE arrived at Wohnrn on Mon day night extremely ill on a bed in his chaif e, _ at tended by Dr. WARREN, his phylician. The Duke could not fee him, and his Lordfhip remained on his bed on the floor near the room where his Grace lay till he died. Lord LAUDERDALE immediate ly left lb: Abbey for London. The mourning for the Duke of Batman will extend more generally through the principal fami. lies of diflinaion than has been remembered on any Similar occafion for a century pad ; it will in clude, as relations, the Maatsoitouoir, At's- MAILS ) SUNCIR, Toaaniorrox, Jeans', Kaprat., ADAIR, and BYNG families, betides thole of private friends, which will greatly augment the mourn ful lid. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, MARCH 2. THE VIIIVERSITIRS OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE V. Missal. RICHARDSON!. Agreeably to the adjournment of yefterday this bufinefs again came before the Loa CHANC . ILLOR to•day ; when, after an anfwer of confiderable length on the part of the Plaintiffs, by the Solici tor General, Mr. Mansfield, Mr. Richards, and Mr. Ansley • and a reply on the part of the De fendants by Mr. Plummer, his Lordtbip laid : If it were proper that the injunftion should be taken off, any delay on his part would certainly be injurious to the Defendants; but if, on the other hand, it ought not to be taken off, it would be as improper to give a hefty decifton on the fubjeft.— Had he been aware of the importance of the quag don. and the length into which the arguments had run on both fides, he felt no difficulty in raying, that he mould have required affiftance in hearing the cafe ; but after having given his opinion, on which ever fide it might - happen to be, if either party were at all dilfatisfied, he had no objellion that the order atonid be re-heard, and again dif cuffed. He should give his decifiOn either to-mor. row or Thurfday morning. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MARCH,- Iticopis XL MID °THUS V. HICTOR •111) OTHERS. This cafe occupied a confsderable portion of the time of the Court, and from the nature of the de fence afumed a very ferious and important afpeti. It was an anion of trefpafs brought by Mail,. IKonnel and Ca againll Mars. Heßor and Co. to reeever damages in confequence of the Defen dants having taken the property of the Plaintifif as the petitioning a editors and alEgnees of their effete and Oita: under a commiffion of bankruptcy. The Tingle queltion in this cafe was, whether the eonsmilika of bankruptcy ilfued apina the Plain tiff, cook! be fepported in point of law t _The Wee was upon the Defendant, whofe cafe was opened by Mr. Serie.ailt Barr. He Rated the* a regales eomesiifion bad lined againa the Plain tiffs oe the petition of the Defendants, who were deferibed as Merchants formerly carrying on trade In North Britain, wed letely in London. The de- IllAnt4 for which the *lion was brought arolk opt of the entitle& gloved into upon the Co A tiarnt. and although tome of them s.-rsed to tranfaftions which were uslanthorized hy the revenue haws of this CousAry, yet it had been decided that an oh , * Rion fanged on the nature of Inch tranfatlions ould not defeat the valves right to petition 19r an all of beskruptcy. Evidence fee the petitioning creditor's debt haa .. been given— ‘A:r. Serino Cocaata replied on the part oFthe obkrvistg that the commillion of beg- *V ruptcy was altogether illegal. He Aged that the I Defendant* had defcribed themfelves as traders re fident inScotland,and recently in London. Neither of there allegations were true, the fad was, they had carried on their concerns in the Batavian Re public, and at the time the debt in queftion was contraded, ?elided at Fluthing ; the Plaintiffs were then Merchants at Dunkirk. The parties were all Brides fubjeds, and owed allegiance to his Majef ty. In order to authorize a commiflion of bank ruptcy it was neceffary there &mild be a legal peti tinning creditor, a regular ad of bankruptcy, and la legal debt. With regard to the fire, and in this cafc the principal (pawn, he fhould contend that the Plaintiffs were not legal petitioning creditors. He had ever confidered it to be law that no man i was capable of becoming a petitioning creditor for a commiflion of bankruptcy, who was incapacitat ed from maintaining aciviladiont.Orecover Jimmy. The Defendants were natives of North Britain, and fubfequent to the revolution in Holland, had tetided in the Batavian Republic—of coerce they Rood in the fituation of alien enemies, as well as his own Clients, who were alto Bride' fubjeds, and re fided at Dunkirk. There ponies bad been carrying on a nefarious and (hocking traffic, hoftile to the interees of this country. By an Alt of the 38th all his preterit Majetly, made upon an occafion every good fubjed would regret, it was enaaed that every Briti(h tubjeft, who fhould voluntarily de part from this kingdom to the dominions of his Majcfty's enemies, or who lhould remain in them U: months after the date of the A 4, (hould be confidered as a felon and fuffer death. The Defen dants he confidered were within the very kope and predicament of this Al. It appeared from the tedimony of the Defendants' own witnelfes, that two of the Partners had come to this country, but that a third, Mr. Read, fill refided at their honk of trade, at Fluthing. It further appeared, that the accounts current between the parties on which the balance was (truck, applied to concerns in the year 1799. when France and the Batavian Repub. fie were at war with this country—he therefore contended that the Defendants had given a death blow to their own cafe, and had clearly (hewn they were not entitled to be petitioning creditors for al commiflion of bankruptcy. Mr. &rjeant BUT maintained the Defendants were in a condition to fue for a debt, two of them were now in this country, within the King's protec. I tion, and had a right to appeal for juftice to his Courts. Lord Ai.v I LET obferved, that the Defendants having been relident at Fluffing prior to the war between France and Holland and this country, were not, as had been Rated, felons, for having remained there, but were only fubjeeted by the Alien Bill to' wo years imprifonment for a milde meanor. He could not conceive how they could be entitled to bring an action for a debt incurred in any enemy's country during hoililities. An Eng- Batman who carried on trade with an enemy, was himfelf, by the law of the country, confidered as an alien enemy, and if he dealt in warlike Sores, was a traitor. He had no doubt that a Britiih fubjea, who carried on trade abroad, with a State with whom we were at war, was as much an alien ene- 'my as jibe was a Frenchman.—The argument that a Brit fubjeit carrying on trade in France, could bring an anion, when a Frenchman could not, was what he had no conception of. It ap peared that one of the partners was fin} in an ego-- my's country. The Republics of France and Ba tavia mull necefarily be confidered as hoilile, not withftanding the Preliminary Treaty. He walled to Goa we could confider ourfelves as at peace with France : but that was impoffible till the Ra tification of the Definitive Treaty. His opinion, therefore, upon the whole was, that the Comtnif fon was not The Jury, under the direaion of his Lordfhip, returned a verdiet for the Plaintiffs with 4os. da mages, allowing to the Defendants the liberty of applying to the Court for leave to enter a verdia in their favour, if the Court should be of opinion they. were legal petitioning Creditors. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MARCH s. LAWLIIII V. SCRIM, ♦ND (WNW. The Plaintiff brought this aelion to recover of the Defendant the penalty inspofed by the flaunt of *fury, for having dikonnted a bill of tool. for which he had only givep him z al in money, and for the remainder had forced a quantity of goods upon him, which only fold for about 601. The Plaintiff wholly failed in making out the cafe, and the Judge direded a nonfuit. IBIAIt 9. SMITH. This was an anion brought by the Plaintiff to recover the faro of p guineas, for providing a cer tain number of lifters to go to the Eaft Indies, at the rate of three guineas per man. The defence was, that the Defendanshad mjelted fveral of the tailors, and was therefore not bound to pay for them. The Jury thought otherwife, and found their verdift for the Plaintiff. JOHNSTON V. WHITE. Mr. PARE Lud, that conlidering the number of caufes which remained to be tried, and the filer* nets of the time at prefent allotted for their trial, it would be unpardonable in him, if be made a long fpeech in the cafe be was about to fubmit to the jury. But unlefs he was Stang* mifinftruited, which he had no radon to fulpeel, he fhould not only have the verdill of the Jury, but alto the in dignation of all who heard him would be diteteted towards the Defendant. He could net help ob. ferving, that his learned ftiend, Mr. Ertkine, bad what was called a watching brief, and the holder of it would belittle more than a watchman upon this occafion. The Plaintiff in this anion was a poor woman, a widow, who had been left in a dif treffed fituation with feveral infant children. She had had the misfortune to fall , into the hands of a you man, who, he underflood, was a Candidate for the honour of being admitted into the profer (son of the law as an attorney. The Plaintiff in this atffiPn was a widow: her bu(band. had employed Mein. Noy and Templar to, traufeft Come bufi nets f ur hied as attorney. which thq; be bad no *Abe, had dranfatied fairly, they bttog honour*, Wait- JAW" dipd in thcht debt to pry y~lpta~te of about 171. leaving his widow, the Plaintiff, in this nainn• The Defendant, Mr. !oho White, was introduced to this woman, avid the coon gor into his hands. He told her, that Noy and Tcm plar were very bad men, that there was, not fo much due as they Rated in their bill, and that he would reduce their demand very much, and that he would take care of the bufinefs if the would give him 151. She gave him the money, but af terwards The could never get any fettlemcnt from him, nor did he pay a flulling of the debt. He pretended that he would get the hill taxed. This Gentleman acted under another of the name of Share, as he underftood, who bad been fitid to fbave his clients pretty tinkly iu fome cafes: how. ever, be that as it might, certain it was, that this money was never applied to the payment of the bill of Meffrs. Noy and Ten:plat, and, therefore, this affirm was brought for money had and receiv ed by the Defendant to the PlAintifrs ufe : he thould prove the payment of this money to the Defendant, for the purpofe he had already Rated. The Defendant bad given this poor woman notice to produce her letters of adminißration to her halband, alledging, that the was to pay this mo ;icy as executrix of her hutband, &c. Mr. Park aid, he was glad of that notice, becaufe that would entitle the Plaintiff in this aaion to recover 61. more of the Defendant, for the gave him that mo no to take out Ibis adminittration. which, Mr. Park raid, he knew he had not done. And then he had the modelly to call for it, without giving the Plaintiff. the means of doing it. He thould prove this cafe, and then he Ibould be entitled to a verdia. Sarah Smith, the filler of the plaintiff, beingl (worn, raid, Mrs. Jofinfion is a widow. I know the defendant, Mr. White. I recoiled his intro ducing himfelf to the plaintiff, in the charader of an attorney. He reprefented himfelf to Mrs. Johnfton, as an attorney. I recoiled a debt due from my filler to Meffrs. Noy and Templar. The defendant had a converfation with the plaintiff, and he told my finer, that he would get Meffrs. Noy and Templar's bill taxed, and he was lure they would take fomething lets than the futn due. My filler authorized him to take proper Reps for that purpofe. He had 151. of my filler : 1 law her pay it to him, all in one pound notes. It was for the purpofe of feting Mai.. Noy and Templar's bill taxed. _Mr. White told my filler, he fhould fettle it as loon as the Counfellors were come to town. This was on the zoth of May. I remem ber her afking the money of him back again, about five months ago : he Paid then, that he had been ill, and that was the reafon why he had not done the hufinefs. She afked him for the money at another time, and then, he Paid, he would return the money. Four pounds were given to him to take out adminifiration; and he came afterwards to my mother for sl. more. Mrs. Smith fworn.—.. , I am the mother of the plaintiff, Mrs. Johnflon. I have leen the &fen dant about my daughter's houfe a great many times. He reprefented himfelf to my daughter as an attorney. I have fent to him from my houfe as an attorney. I aficed him, what the realm was that he had not fettled the bufinefs of Mrs. John (ton I told him I thought it was time for him to return the t5l. he had of her, or have the bufinefs fettled, ashe promifed. The left time I law Mr. White,. be Paid the Judges were not in town ; but he told me, it fhould be - fettled in a very !bort time. This was about three months ago." Mr. Eames made a fpeech in favour of the Defendant. He had a witnefs, but what he bad to prove, although it took away the imputation of moral guilt from the defendant, who had a demand upon the deceafed Johnlion, would not be an anfwer to this a&ion, and the: efore he would not till the whiles. Mr. Pace raid, he had rimed, that he would fix the defendant with the 61. for the money for the adminifiration, which he had certainly received; , but he had done what was right upon that fubjed, and therefore he fhould not define that furo to be included in the verdil. Verdi& for the plaintiff—Damages 151. Mr. Juftice Gaoss Paid, he hoped there was a miftake, or misfortune, on the part of the defen- dant in this cafe ; for if it was all true, as it appeared, and there was nothing to explain it, fuch .a perfon would be very unfit to become an attorney. The defendant averred, molt pofitively, that he had been wickedly mifreprefented by thofe who inftruaed Mr. Park in this caufe. Some of the greateft falfehonds that ever were afferted had been made de of with regard to him. POLICE, &c. Bow-rraerr.—The infolence, extortion, and cm:Otani ill behaviour of the drivers of numbered coaches, travelling as thort Rages, particularly theft on the Hammerfmith road, has long been a nuifance much complained of. The offences were generally fuppofed not to be cognizable by the Heekney-coach Laws; the determination, how. eras, of a cafe on Tuefday evening laa, at this Odice, puts this quellion beyond a doubt. The driver of a numbered coach, travelling as a ftage to Haemserfmith,Turnham.greent Sm. was brought in cheaudy. on a warrant, for refuting to take a perfon in his coach from Hamrnerfmitb. The fa& was this—a lady, who lives at Hammerfraith, bad engaged the prifoner to carry her huasand to town from that place, and paid him the fare i • but the prifooer never called to take him up asdireded, by which he was put to the greaten inconvenience. The prifoner denied the charge in tow, although it was wrongly fupported by other evidence; and the delver of another coach was produced, to fwear he was the man. This the Magiflrates confidering as an aggravation of his offence, conviEled him (un der the Hackney-coach Laws) in the full penalty of Three Pounds. One of a notorious gang of ring-droppers and (harpers, who confiantly infelt the fireets of Lou. don. to entrap the unwary, efpatialiy tailors and countrymen, was brought before tbc Cuing Ma giaratev, by an invalided feaman, whom he had def . 's/laded of 51. by the Rale trick of pretending to find a diamond crofs. The pmfecuttx laid, that estate. lath of January bit be had beep to mein Sl. for wager; and returning, *as acenned 'nth( strand by the priforter, who raid he had alio priie. money due to him ; after walking together come way, the prifoner picked up a pocktt•book, and faid the prokeutor thotthl Pa tic what it contaiwed they tl en went to a public !inure, iu the weigh• booth of Fleet-lireet, where one of the prifo. nee:. accomplices was itationed, and in whole pre• fence the book was opened. It contained the era; produced, which they told Lim was of diamonds, and, .according to a hill and receipt with it, was worth tool. The finder then went out, under pie. tenet of borrowing 4;1. to giv.: the prokcutor as his part, but of courle retail ned without it, and it was then agreed the proiecutor thould give him 51.- on having the crofs in his poireflion till the nelk day, when they would meet for the purpofe of die poling of it. The prilimer did not keep his appoint ment, and the carts was h.trsily worth 6d. The prolocutor never law him alterWard3 till yeaerday,.. when he again met him in the Strand, and lecure& him. The 51. being obtained in the city orLondon.- the prifoner was ordered to he taken before the Lord Mayor.— He is a very old offender, and has been twice tranfported for lanilar offences. MANSION-HOUSE.—Our Readers will probably recollect an a.rault committed a conliderable time ago on the body of a perfon in Chiffwell-street, attended with circum ita 'tees of the molt barbarous cruelty. The unfortnnate fuffcrer was conveyed, to St. Bartholomew's Holpital without hopes of recovery. Five perfons were apprehended on fuf picion of being concerned in this atrocious bufinefi, and have lime been detained in cultody ; Tuefday they were brought before the Loan MAYOR, when the man, who is now happily to far recovered as be able to give evidence, ident;fied one of them as the perfon who had cut open his btovels. This being corroborated by tub tellimiiny of an accom. pike, they were all conveyed to Hatton.Garden Office, in which diariCt the crime was committed. They underwent an examination, and were re manded for a further hearing. Yefierday Edward Harty/rig& underwent a final. examination, charged on fulpicion of forging and uttering lirvetal country hank notes for Ist each, several of which defcription were found on his perfon. He was committed for trial. WHITECHAPEL.—YeRerday Thomas Nowland was fully committed for trial, it being his fecond offence, fin urtetiog counterfeit flyer, knowing it to be fuch. Ten counterfeit fhillings were found upon him. Early yeflerday morning the houfe of a laimdrefs in Compton-itreet, Clerkenwell, was broke open, when linen and other articles, to a large amount, were stolen. The villains loofened the copper from the brick work, in order to carry it away, but did not fucceed, as it would not pals through any of the doors without making a great Lail Saturday, as Mr. James Stevens, of the Kent-road, was palling by Ealt-lane, Walworth, on his way home, ite was flopped by three font. pads, who robbed him of four 11. Bank notes, and nine shillings and sixpence, with which they made their efcape. The fame evening Mr. Townfhend, of Chapel. itreet, Audley-fquare, was bullied by a gang of .pickpockets, and his pocket picked of a valuable gold fnuff-box. A few evenings fince, the houfe of Mr. Richard Price, in Somerfet.ltrect, Kingfdown, was broke open, and robbed of plate and - other property to the amount of upwards of tool. On Tuefday night the houfe of Mr.-Blaker, lea ther breeches maker, in Lonvacre, was broke open, and robbed of leather breeches to a confi. derable amount, and the contents of the till, with which the robbers made their escape. MARRIED. Tuefdzy, at St. Sotolph, Infhopfgatc, by the Rcv. Dr. Cony heare, Mr. K. C. Mackenzie, merchant, King'i Arm,-yard, to Mifs Piper, levant, daughter of the kite John Piper. Efq. of Colron-Houle, Devon. Same day, at St. Mary's, Sotnerfet„ Mr. C. Sutton, of Broken Wharf, to Mrs. Winclworth, of the fame place. DIED. On Saturday fennight, after a long illnefs, Mr. R. Trewnum, the rirft eitahlilher of the paper called the Exeter Flying Nil, which he printed and publilhcd nearly 40 years—a truly good and valuable man. On the 18th ult. Thomas Beet, Efq. of Great Hon3hton, near Northampton. Saturday, Lady Harriet Poulett, third daughter of Earl Pou ktt, at his houfe in Stratfield-place. On Sunday fennight, fuddcnly, Mr. John Simpfon,formerli of the Chapter Coffee-houfe in York. Left week, in the esth year of his age, in LanarkS ire, Scot land,where be was on a vifit to tome friends, Major Co ,per. .f Northallerton, in Yorkihirc. A Gentleman well known .41 the Turf Lately, at Whitby, Mifs Mary Skinner, daughter of W Skinner, jun. Efq. of that place. Da. lAMES's - ANALEPTIC PILLS. FOR the Riteumatifins and Colds which prevail a this feafon of the year, no Medicine is fa fate and effica . alms as Dr. JAMES's ANALEPTIC PILLS. Their paellar teneency to promote Perfp(ration, and all the riaturai Secre tiune,will account for their Singular virtues in chef; Complaints, as well as In many others to which the human frame is titbit Moen the viciflitudes of our Climate. They are admirably cll.. named for diforden of the Stomach and Bowels, for perfuns of a Bilious or a Gouty habit, as alfo for thole whole eordtity dons have been affeCted by a too adive or too fedentary IL& They are likewife particularly fervicealde in Head-Acts o;ra: Boned by Indigeikion, and in removing the bad effedts of free living; as alto in preventing Palfies and Apoplexies, fo often the cosfequence of intemperance. Recourfe should be had to them after every erects of eating or drinking, and upon every 11,g ;)t indifpcifttion; and thus their well knawa charaacrillic pta moting longevity will be maintained; for, by drifting Were in the due difehargc ache animal functions, and by t coati kudos) as it were in continual repair. they preferve the 14- dy in health and vigour, and prevent premature decay. As the ANALEPTIC Pitts owe their curl:awe to a pec:llu preparation, which bas never been divulged by the Ir.ve•lt ,l but to the prefent Proprietors, they can only be had Eenui .. r front them ; and they are field by Fsascts Nl:wax ar, at the Warehoufe for Dr. James's Powdes, No. es, the F.alt is ml of Pours, afew dottrs from Chcapfide, London ; and at Dr..; amo's late hours in Beaton-ftreet ; jit Boxes price as. 4d. edit, stall luelutled ; or the quantity of Ox may be had in on.; I .tia box, for s 4 as: 6d.—Obferve that the name." F. Neveb , •ry, 1 ". 45, St. Paufs," is engraved its the tamps. All others ate co; a terfrits. LONDON: Muted fee the Par: Orton, by JOHN DANITIe: (of Carnabritreet) K tbe e.'TML PIMP', IN e-Om Ct. No I Carry-ftreet; and pt blifbed by Lrviu. K* NT, (of Can terbury-place, Lambeth), at Nc t, Carry-Meet, and at tt: STAR-01/PCI, Tealse-Par tri which OfF ea ecrral;:ni• door for the Eurroi ore rugocitr.d,to bi 411401 red.