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n Memel to London with timber, was lok Crommbourg. An American veffel :ecl the fame fate Taft night. RIGA, JAN. 17. The importation of Glafs and Earthenivare into port haS been prohibited. A prohibition of m Sniffs is alto expelled. .C?NtrANTI/101 , LE, JANUARY 10. Porte The recOvqd intelligence the day before lerday, that the Eilgliflt troops under the cont. • of General Airationsv,had arrived .= coaft of Caramanii. LSO Kaiti with hit Iron was at anchor ft Rarmarika. Some (elsfrom Alexandria with lick on board, had into the hands of the E ng lilh. The Lord Chancellor LOUG HBOROUG H IlaS had ly interviews with his Royal Highnefs the MICE of Watts, for two or three days paft. His Majefty has been pleafed to appoint Gto. "MAN FUCRLTT; Efq. Solicitor General of the of Grenada. aters Patent having paired conffituting and )inting Col. WILLIAM .HARDCOCR to be of Majetty's Mott Hon. Pilvy Council, for the' qdom of Ireland-41e, oa Tuefday fe'nnight. the ufual oathi, and his that at the Board dingly. : ABBOT is to go to Ireland ae Secretary to r 1 of Haeowicea. He has fold his ap ,at in the King's Bench, worth 27001. to ,ARLES Stnt; Efq. tition for Peace was, on the Toth in:tant s , to lfy the Merchants, Manufacturers, and, .inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood Crediton, .in Devonibire 4 and ordered to be I *dented to the Knia, by P. BASTARD, Efq. nd Sir L. Pat:, Bait the Members of the County. Mr. Fox came to town on Sunday twin Saint Anne's Hill, and at prefent refides at Earl Firz visttuies; in Grofvenor-fquate. Not more than tro years ago, we were told from pretty high authority, that places were free holds by as good a tenure as eftates . Some unex. peeled jaw in the deeds muft have lately Fjefted fo many capital fraboiders. We have the pleafure to learn the confirmation of General Ksoa's fafety. We underhand that letters live been received from the General at Jamaica. , The French Officer, CHAPIU, who was in the fervid of TIPPOO SULT/1)//, at the time of the capture of Seringapatam, has come to England in the Triton Eaftlndiamari. • The French GoTeminent; at the hqueitt Paul the Filmy, have agreed to reftore the King of Saumnia under certain conditions; tamely, thit he Mall be King of the Fields and ToSint Picdmont, but not of the Fortretki, which being all. by nature Republican, are to be held by the Cifid ipries. A large fupply of floret and proviflons, we learn ha been rent from Madras, for the ufe of the Biltifli forces ferving in the Molucca Viands. A confiderable augmentation has lately been Made to the Britifb forces ferving in Bengal and Madras. The corps of Cavalry has alfo been in. Created. • The He Dieu, in the EaR-Indies , has been Riongly fortified, and a .garrifon Rationed at the Wellem part of Dieu Head: A large Ship, fop. iota to belong to the enemy,. was chafed off this plaCe; on the sd of .Septentliar, by two Of our cruifeti, but efcaped in a fog:, • We have the pleaftwe to (late, that the quantity of Spite eolleacd at the Molucca blanch during the LIR year, has been fo abundant as to exceed all expeetatiqn. , The late Proclamation ;lined by the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, requiring the Farmers to bring the produce of the country to An Mune cliate fide, has, decording to the laR letters from thence, been atteudid wish the defired elk& ; and a confiderable rechietiOri has in confequence taken place in the price of proVillons. Jona Victim Haw, Efq: of the Honorable Companyie Civil Ellablifhthanx in Fort St. George, is a . paffenger on board the 10; for the bene fit of his health. Q2ll Th J Bland of Ceylon, it is noW eri ood, is to be a Gbverninebt totally dillinft froii the Set tlements of the EMI India CoMpany, itiLl is to hold immediately of the King. A number of Appointments in that Wand, under the Ninth Governinent, hale lately !mei filled tip by Mi. Donnas. An Efpeeial Court of Aldermen was held yet terday at Guildhall, tt which the LORD Hawn, eleven #lderrneo. Mr. Recorder ; and the Sheriffs refided. The Court ordered that no alteration should lie made in the price of Bread. It js a citeurntlance not generally known, but worthy of reniark, that " the City of London holds its Charter at this +cry both. bider A Condil, time totally over-looked acid} .grown lath difufe, that of providing public granaries of wheat, to be fold by the Corporation to the poor citizens ill tirries of karcity, and at the Average price of years of plenty." . • . A young Snail al Lavenhani in Buitolk, for a wage} of tit guineas, on Wednefday, undertook to pick tip 100 Clones, returning with each to.the point from which he Darted, within (even hours ; but after fix hours violent running, in which it is computed he went ftearly p miles, he was obliged to On up the bet. On Tuefdai fe'nnight a mob affenthled round cite door of XDWAID MaiiARD, Efq. Mayor of Mailings, and demanded to fee him; but not be ing at home, they brolce every window in the liufe, and then departed. No reafon csin be al- Signed for their conduit. A man named Blown, a few days (ince, went to the hook of his brother, at Church Yatton, Wilts, and taking vp a hatchet, without the leaD provo eation. heat Ms filler-in-law's head to pieces.— The Coroner's Jury have (ownd a verdict of maid murder. and he has been cOmmitted to gaol for the hr JU'TICAL iitTELLIGEIVCE. MAILS THIS DAY.—Wind S. W. Anututo • . o Hambutgh t Dublin o lA'Atsrford. • Donnagbadee DUt. YARMOUTH, PER 24. The PRINCESS ROYAL is in the Roads ready to carry out the Mail for the Continent of this clay. The Mail which will Ise made up on Friday will be efifpakixd from Harwich by the DIANA Packet. The wind continues unfavourable for :lily Packet arriving from Cuxhaven. WHITBY, FEBRUARY 22. A large lug fail Privateer was teen off this place yefierday fhc tool• two loaded Colliers off Sands End, and another off Robinhood's Bay, and font them off to fea. FALMOUTH, FEB. zs. The TOWNSEND Packet is to fail as foon as the wind permits with the Mail for the Leeward Wands of the 18th inftant.—Wind W. d t '!i l enrinsar i mcp o ee n odCrldi S trut ci i mand of the coat rittadron veirels fro Mien int< The LI ilaily int Panics a • His Mt LoWMAN Bland of Letters atspointin; his, Wit kingdpm took the According Mr: As the Earl 'ointment CHARLES A Petit wacd to er Inh of C *rt. PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY- z 3. Came in the ATALANTE. of IS guns, Captain GRIFFITH, from a cruize: on the t 2 th ult. fhe boarded a Swedifh !hip, called the Louifa Char lotte, from Alicant, laden with fah, for Sundv 11, but not knowing of the embargo, fuffered her to depart, and it is fuppofed fhe went into Corunna. During her cruize, the ATALANTE fell in with a Spanill: gun boat, oft gun, which taking the ATALANTE for a merchantman, fired into her, and wounded the i Lieutenant, And a Mailer's Mate ; the ATALANTE returned the fire, and wounded a number of her crew, and difabled the veffel in fuch a manner as render her not worth bringing to Eng land, and the was fuffered to depart for a Spanifh harbour, being at that time off the coall of Spain. On the rgth inflant, the ATALANTE fell in with a Portuguefe fchooner, from St. Übe's, bound to Ireland, laden with falt, and in attempting to board her, the boat unfortunately filled and funk, by which means the crew confiiling of ft: men were drowned. Came in the Bremen galliot Anna Margarata, Captain H. HENDRICKS, from Bilboa, bound to Altona, laden with Spanifh woof and liquorice, detained by the DOLLY cutter, of tz guns. Came in the FISGARD, of 38 guns, Capt. MAR TIN, from a cruize. Sailed the ROMIST, of 7+ guns, and the CANA DA, of 74 guns, to join the Channel fleet. Came in the Swedilh chip Walgary, of Stock holm; Captain ANDERS WENNERIERG, from Ali cant, bound to Stockholm, laden with fait, detain ed by the IMMORTALITE, of 38 guns, Captain HOTHAM the DASHER, pf s 8 guns, Captain To wle, from a cruize ; and the Sr irrt RE, of t 8 guns, Captain Kegs, from the weitward: alfo an Ame rican brig, called the Ell Firm, Captain JoN; sow, from Charleftown, to Hamburgh, laden with fugar and coffee, detained by the SPITFIRE. Sailed the Lord Nelfon privateer, on a cruize: FROM LLOYD'S LIST. • DEAL; Esll. 2{.-Arrived and failed for the River the Mary,— , , from Savannah. Wind W. Gftivesswo, Ft'. 24.—PafTed by the Ceres, Roparrs, and gliecn, LOvETT, from Waterford; Cats, PsTllth St. Patrick, CAMPBELL, and CHAMBERS,Shi from Belfaft.—Saitcd the Harrioti; Puna, forßoilon ; Albion, —, for Marettique, Lord Duncan, SALTWELL , for India, Shelhurne, Rieke!, for inorca, and Vrow Ye rouique, for Cilais. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. A di ftribution of the proceeds of the Maria fill ing vette], will be made to the Officers and com pany of the hired lugger Noes ix, on board the &id lugger at Yarmouth before the proceeds Teethe crew cif the chip PaRDRII, for the capture of l'Armee d'halie, French ihip of war. a diftri bottom of the net proceeds of the head money aril ing from the fame will be made on Friday the 27th inftant. at Downing -greet. The crew of the Hoop PYLADEI, for the re-cap ture or the !loop Stockton Packet, and the brig Draper, will be paid their proportions of the fal vage of laid veirels and cargoes on board at Yar mouth, the 28th inftant. The crew of the cutter Swirr commenced pay ment on the loth inftant, at Dover, the proceeds of a rt of the cargo of Ingeburg M a thia. diftribution of the proceeds of the AURORA, to e crew of the late cutter RISOLUTION, com menced at Cecil-greet, on Friday the 17th inflant. The crew of the BLANCH!, for die capture of the Sponifh thip of war Brilliant Juana ; begin to be paid their proportions of the head-enosey for the prire, at Salter's-hall Court, Cannon-greet, on Thurfday the 26th inflant. The crew of the CAMIRIAV, for the re-capture ' of the Birmingham, and the capture of the Vie. 1 wire French merch ant brig. will be paid their re. fpealve proportions :wiling from a final dithibu. tion of the falvage of the former, and the proceeds of the latter. on board the hid (hip, the 111 March next. The Crew of the Of-alrent, for the capture of the Johanna Dutch boy, in company with the Kann Rousse. Isis, and RANdiR, will Ise paid their proportions of the proceeds on board the Glib (Mk t on the 28th inflate. The ctew of the Twos, for the capture of the panifh frigates Dattta Br company with the Naiati, MEN!, will be paid their pi teeds of the hulls and cargo faid thip is port. The crew of the AMP H 1 of the Spanilli fhip Defca4 . . proportions of the proceed! of March; at the Swan, AI To the crew of the Bosroi, I. N. Mows, Eft; for the capture of the following prizes, a difiribu- Hon of their net proteeds, as under-mentioned, sVill be made on her arrival in England, viz. for balAnce of cargo, Henrietta; head.money of I'En fanta de la Patric; Nollra Semira vas I)oras Santa &tit, Lhip and eargo ; bead-money of la Mouche. The crew of the her stir' stz, for the capture of the French Brig Qt2atre Freres, will be paid their proportions the head-money of the kid prize at Salter's-hall Couit, Cannon-thee, on AVednefday the 4th of March next. The crews of the NILF. lugger and S ran cutter will, on their arrival in the 14owns, be paid their proportions of the proceeds and head-money of the French privateers le Rcnarde and le Modere. The crew of the armed cutter NARCISSUS, for the capture of the French privateers le Renarde and le Nrodere, and the re•capture of the ATLAS , lei)! be paid their proportions of prize money aril ing from the Paid captures and re-capture, on board the NARCISSUS, on Saturday the zSth intlant. oeing improperly atu.. fequencc of which he alledged that he had 1011, for a time, all the profit miring from the fah: of his (niters. He h.td been reflored to that Corpora. lion in confequcnce of a Mendamus from the Court of King's-Bench ; and the f:ngle god - lion in this cafe, was to afi ertain the daniag...s he was fop. poled to hart) futtained. Mr. ERSKINE ftid, as this was an Oylter canre; that a fhort opining was the belt. After the merits of tl!is cafe had been dicetacd, and the evidence heard, Lord K saran laid, he thoaght it was a pee viih, filly aetion, and waited it hvi not been brought. It was new, and he hoped that fuch another adlion would never be brought. It fam ed to him that this Plaintiff had been ternoverdj from the Corporation in confequenee of a Corn porate Aft, and thole who had not alrentc.l to the aft, were involved in the condaft of the ma lorily. Ultimately each of thefe parties probably would get a (hell. He Ihould advice the Gentle., , men of the Jury to find a Verdi& foi the Plaintiff, with a Shilling damages, and, With, leave of the Defendant to move an arrell of Judgment on every pma . t that could be raikslon the Declaration and abet Pleadings.—Pcrike fir Plaildif—Ost J • • • F igada and ri l retys, in • LAW INTELLICBIIteI ETMALION, and 4Lc - • : • • : ..—.r. .• •.• proportions of the pro- COUItrOF .BENC:11, FEBRUARY 11. oes on the arrival of the • •• • • . •• • HARMAN V. Tiritsben. tratrir t .far i the capture Air. Eavttes ,Hated that this anion way tdA, Kill Ift paid their bro*gbt by the , flaintif, who is a Member of the • I s .on Th u d-d ay t h e p h OytLr Company of Mier:nen, of Feredbam, in • trundcl•iireet, Strand. Kent, to recover fatirfattion in damages, on ae• I. N. Moist% Ely count of.his being improperly disfranchifed,. in con- PARIS, ki;BRUARY 111. The American fliiP the Lucy, (la Lock), of Sa lem Capt. W. Russia, of 310 tons, bound from Amllerdarn to Madeira, was Ipft on the night be tween the loth and I ith initint, at the diftance of a league from Calais. She . had on board 52,000 pialtres, which were laved, and conveyed to Calais. The reit of the cargo, confining of brandy, gin, cheek, oil, and colours, w!ll, it is hoped, be laved. The crew confined of I 8 men. -lournal du Commerce ' No. 152. Spanifh privateer has captured and carried to Civitat, a large Englifh veffel from Smyrna, laden with 400 bales of cotton, and a large quantity of filk. This prize is valued at 800,000 francs.— journal de Commerce, No. I SO. The Cauca R Cutter, Lieutenant MORGAW,from Yarmouth, is arrived in the Humber, to convoy the trade from Hull for Hamburgli, which is petted to fail fait fair wind. The SEA-HORSE gigate, with the fleet under convoy for Portugal and the Mediterranean, were feen on the 3111 of January, by the EARL Sr. Viscrar armed brig, abreag of Cape Belem, and would round Cape Fini.terre that night. Wind Southerly. It is laid to be certain, that four Spanilb !hips of the line joined Admiral GANTHEAumII'S fqua dron at Ferrol, and that they then proceeded to ward; the Mediterranean. The Britifh fquadron mug be fome days behind them. Saturday feveral Naval Officers attended at the Admiralty to pay their refpe(ts to the new Firll Lord; and Captains NEB/NOUS! and Bapni a were appointed to !hips; the former to the MP csaa, and the latter to the ARROW. NAVAL PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTIArNTSC. TINLINO, Efq. of the &rage ; A. BROWN, ' Efq: of the GOOD DESIGN, and I. BROOKS ' Efq. of the SHARK, to the Rank of Poll-Captains.—Lieute nants ROBERTS and ELLIOTT, to be Commanders ; the former fucceeds to the SNAKE, and the latter' to the GOOD DESlGN.Captain BURROWS, to the SLA.GULL Captain discus to the Catai. cutter; Lord AUGUSTUS FITZROY, to the OISEAU , and Captain CARTHEW, to the SHARK. Vice-Admiral GasilllF.R, late one of the Lords of the Admiralty, is appointed to the command of the NEPTUNE, of 98 gum, which is declined for the Baltic. Rear-Admiral THOMAS G is appointed to a coinniand in the Channel Fleet, in the room of Lord Nrcson. Captain SUTTON, of the SUPER,' is appointed Captain of the Channel Fleet, under Admiral Coaxavaxxis ; and The Lords of the Admiralty have promoted Lieutenant SMITH, commanding the MtiLaitooa fchooner, to the rink of Commander, for his late gallant anion with the Bs sa.ow I. The Mt ta.zitoox mounted (lateen 111-pound carronades, on Ittut.re coil carriages, and had no more than lo Men. —The BEL tear, of 36 guns, and 330 then, after having loft eislity men in the anion, had aftually (truck to this (mall velrel, but efcaped by the fpringing up of a breeze, which it was impoffible fiir the hist.t.sabot to take advantage of, on ac count of the'crippled gate of her rigging. Capt. WHITBY ' Admiral CORNWALLIS'S former Captain, but who is now in the Weft Indies, is ordered home, to refume his Ration under the Admiral. Capt. GR,IO, fon of the late Admiral, has been fent to Siberia by the Emperor Paw., for refigning the Command of a Ruffian Ship of the Line, in confequence of the tyrannical detention of the Britifh veffels and his country-feamen. The Admiral Parker, —, from Honduras for London, is log on a reef; the crew is raved, and arrived at Nall - 211 on the 6th of December. The Britannia, Avows, from London to Jamai ca, is put into King's Road, difmafted, having been run foul of by three fhips. The Nancy, FUMING, from CharHlown to London, is put into Savannah, in great difirefs. On Saturday le'ralight, a cutter belonging to Portfmouth got on Ihors on the Hook Sand, at the entrance of Pool harbour; the men on board being perldt grangers to the coat, (as the wind frellened fall) determined to quit the Tail and male for the Ihore, which they reached in &fay; hut what mutt their mortification have been, after walking the fend fome little time, to fee the 'CSC' flnat off without n foul nil board, without the power of going to her, and very imprudently thus had left the gib hoiged, and the mainfail, with only the peak hauled down ; tinder this ltd (he flood out to lea as well as if the bell lielmfman belonging. to any vete! had been on board her, and tin h as sovbecn heard of since. WILDON V. G9oto A`4l) M./OTHER. This cafe is of importance to Calico-Priiiters and thofe who employ them. The Plaintiff delivered a quantity of goods to • one Pearce, to get them prii.ted. Pearce fent them to the Defendants, who arc Callico-Printers, to whom he had been long in the habit of fending goods. While there goods were in the hands of the Defendafiti, Pearce became a bankrupt. Wil don then applied to the Defendants for his cali coes, offering to pa♦ for the printing of them. anarer made to h:nt by the Defendants was, that they did not know they were his goods; that they had every reafon to believe they were the goods of Pearce, for whom they had long done bufinefs ; that he was indebted to them upwards of fool. and that they had a right to retain thole goods, not only till their cl) trge on thefe particu lar goods was defrayed, but for their general ba lance. Mr. EltiKlll6, on the part of the Plaintiff, aid, it had been determined in fereral cafes, and by his Letdihip, that Calico-Printers had a right to retain for their general balance. The Defendants knew nothing of Wildon till after the bankruptcy of Pearce. The tingle queftion, therefore, was, whetlier Pearce, at die time of his bankruptcy, owed the Defendants more than the value of thefe goods ? It appeared in vidence, that Pearce's debt to the Defendants greaily exceeded their va lue. The Learned Counfel referred to a cafe of this kind, which had been decided by the Lord Chef Judice, and obferved, that on that occafion his Lordlhip had laid, that it was the firong leaning of his mind, that this should be made as bear as poffible a general rile of law. Lord Kapiyum laid, he had made that obferva tiiin upon much higher authority than his own— on the authority of Lord Mansfield, in the cafe of Grins and Farmer.— Verlag far the Ilfendante. This &tithed the bufinefs at Weftminfter. HACIUT O. 111.0IAM. This was an anion for an alfault. It appeared by the teflimony of a tingle evidence, that a con jurer had been exhibiting his Height of hand at the Red Liod, in Iflington Road, and the company I had rewarded him, among whom was the Plain tiff who had given him iirpence, the Defendant, who was prefent, without any provocation, called him a robber, hid be belongad to a gang of twenty that infefled the neighbourhood, and (truck him two violent blows on the mouth and knocked two of his teeth out. This evidence was an At torney. Mr. Mitas Ay, for the Defendant hid, this affair was of fo trifling a nature, that he could not call witneffes ; it feemed that this was a public-houfe quarrel, and an attorney the only ator who was employed during the feu& in taking notes, in or der that he might exhibit his frith in Weflmiafter- Hall, juft as the conjurer had done his among the idle rabble at the public-houft in Iflington ; he con ceived the Jury would not give more than one pour, damages, and then the Plaintiff and the Attor ney might divide a halfpenny a-piece. The Jury found a verdift for the Plaintiff, forty LAWSOM V.SMITN. The Plaintiff, who is a crimp, brought this aftion to recover the fun of ten guineas as crimp money, which the Defendant, mate of the Dick. land Weli.lndiaman, had agreed to pay forSpro ciring five feamen for that chip. A fcrvant girl to the Plaintiff proved his cafe on the part of the Defendant. The liability w..s endeavoured to be thrown on the Captain, but the agreement being clearly proved, the Jury found a vesdiet for the Plaintiff for ten guineas. TieRUARV 24. Lord Kastrom fat this morning at NY Prhir, at Guildhall, from nine till eleven o'clock, when he could proceed no farther, as none of the par ties were ready. His Lordfhip faid, - he lamented extremely the erpence that mua ultimately fall on the poor clients, owing to the rerniffnefs of their Agents, who were paid for their attendance. His Lordfhip Paid, he had feveral times prefcribed remedy which, if purlited, he conceived would prove effeßual ; and that was, that any ferfons who had fuffered from the negligence o thofe whom they had employed to tranfaft their bufutefs, would bring an anion againft them. The Spacial Pules bean on Friday.