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I.ONDOM TUESDAY, FEBRUARY i 6. PRICE OF ROCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: per Cent. Con lots, for mooSts It'Ditt° . for ace. 699. Reduced 711--4 per Cent 50/- CW $ per C ent . tot 1.1 5 per C. tool--Long Ann. not. PRICE OP STOCKS YISTIRDILT., 3 per Ccm. Rid. 7ci I Short Ann. 31 3 per C. ConL 63 i i Imp. 3 per Cents. 69-1 I. 4 per Cent. 874 J : Imp. Ann. 127-16 5 per Cent. A,n. aooi I Excheq. Bills Ss. peen, s pa Cent. 1797 to Englith Tickets 161.135. Lon; Ann. :c: Conf. for Ace. 654 By a Royal MeMtge to Parliament, delivered laft night, it appeals the Civil Lift has again be. come inadequate to fatisfy the increafed demands which have been lately made upon it. This morning a Mail arrived from Holland.— The only articles worthy of notice which it brings are given in the preceding column. The Kis° turned out a fine Rag at Try' s.hill, near Chertfey, on Saturday morning ; whic after affording a good chace, in a circuitous direftion, through the open country. took foil in Shirewater pond ; from whence he afterwards broke away in a bold Rile, and was taken in the inclofures of The Fifeihire Cavalry have offered to continue their Cervices as long as his Majefty !hall have oc cafion for them. A New Edition of the Novel of 64 GEORGE BARNWELL." is rapidly preparing for the prefs ; and a New Work by the fame Author, will make its appearance in the courfe of a few days, under the title of 44 SpL2NDID Mighty." The Gold Medals given by the Mt awn SEIGNIOR to our Officers who ferved in Egypt, were laft week begun to be diaributed. They are very handfome, and do honour to his munificence. But in the grateful remembrance of their countrymen will be the bell monument of their glory and fame. Lail night, at Drury-Line Theatre, Mi. RAY MOND performed the part of Rolla, in the Tragedy of Pizarro, altogether better than any other actor Mho has followed Mr. KEMBLE. Mr. CAULFIELD, on account of the indifpolition of Mr. BARRYMORF, ranted as well as could be expeCted through Pi zarro, and Mrs. YOUNG (late Mifs Bic Gs) was very interelling in Cora ; but the chief attraCtion of the evening was Mrs. SinooNs'i Elvira, which She performed for the &II time this reaton.—Tlie houfe was completely filled before the riling of the curtain. Saturday a Conrt Martial was held on board the GLADIATOR, in Portfmottth Harbour, to try Wm. Miller, alias Bower, for murdering the Of- Seers of his Majefly's fhip HFRIMIONE, or being aidir.g dr.?. :Ailing therein, and for having aided and affiacd ir. carrying the Chip to La Guira, and delivering her up to the enemy. The Court agreed that the latter charge had been full proved againft the pritoncr, and adjudged him to he hanged. BOW-ST :UM-1n crsilecn:ence of a complaint fi.an a number of rerrea.,ble ir,:,.ibitant.; in the neighbourhood c,f Flanipa,:ad, at this C.fice, of their female krvants and datighttt, being de frauded of their rw-ney Ly a woman in that neigh bcurhone, pretending to tell their fortunes, &c. and from a r,11:11!)cr of riz.ziculous ftories the had told them, their minds being much didurbed, and much mirc::ief iikrly to enfue from (his prophetcfs, who, as an inc:uccnivnt to belief in her nonfenfe, muted it to be reported that the dealt in witch craft, a woman was employed to go and have her fortune told ; the did fo a few days fence, and Rriterday th e f ort u ne -t e ll er was b roug h t b e f ore Si r ICHARD FORD, in the cullody cf Sayers, the offi cer, who Rated, that he apprehended her in a !mall honk en the Hamptlead road. He defcribed her relidence to be of fuch a frightful and difgull ing appearance, as he never faw before ; the had mu the fame room with her two owls, a jackdaw, and a Guinea pig; there were fuppored to ftrengthen the idea that the dealt in witchcraft. The woman who was employed to have her for- tune told. raid, She went to the prifoner's refidence on the amp(lead road la(t Monday : when the entered her hook, the told her the wanted to have her fortune told. The prifoner replied, the need not a& her any queftionr,for the knew the was come to enquire about a fair man. The prifoner pre tented her tome cards, and defined her to cut them, which the accordingly did ; the prifoner, after looking at the cards for fome time, told her the would marry the fair man the was come to enquire after, and in lets than twenty-four hours the would receive a letter, which would bring her fome good news. The prifoner then wefented her with cards ornamented in a very uncommon manner, and de. fired her to draw fome of them; the drew three ; two of them contained lions, and the other a I.lflbe : the prifoner told her thole indicated that th , _ 'could conquer every thing (he took in hand; anJ the prifoner further raid, that on the 4th, 6th, and !4th cf next March, fomething very particu lar would happen to her, and if (he did not take fire zt care, the would be injured very much ; that the had two fincere friends, and had three very treat enemies. The witnefs told the woman the was eng.:ged in a law fuit, and witlied to know if the priloner could give her any information as to the event; upon which, pretending to make fome c &illations, the told her the would be fuccefsful ; 1 ,, r this (he paid the prifoner one Silting : The officer produced a pack of playing cards, . 1 number of other cards, ornamented in a very uncommon and frightful manner, fome of them ieprefunting the devil, hell, &c. The M:!giftrate, on examining the playing cards, Arays cut the feven of diamonds. This, DO doubt, was fo contrived, to deceive the ignorant, 1 ,, tell them (he knew what card they would cut. 't'he MAgiarate urged her to tell where the bought them, but he could not learn from her. A thect of paper was produced by the officer, which he found in her room. It contained written inartiftions for pradifing her deceptions. She was committ e d to the Houk of Correction l al a 2nri varrAnnfi NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. MAILS THIS Eida.--WIND W. S. W. Allllirli. DWG o French, o z Dutch, o o Hamburgb, o i Dublin, it it Waterford. I SHEERNESS, FEB. 15.—Arrived the 'FAVOURITE hoop of war, Capt. WaSTREACH, from Yarmouth ; and the Bouticza. MANLEY, and Swum Ea gun brigs from Chatham.—Remain in the harbour, the SUSSEX, (late UNION,) hofpital-ihip ; and the ComoyEltOlt, of 74 guns : the latter is taking in her Flores and provitions, and will fail out of harbour to-motrow: alto the hEISE, JAMAICA, AMBUSCADE, DurcK, and RAISON frig ates ; HERMES hoop; Mitts , and SPEEDWELL b rigs; with nineteen gun brigs; and the DOLPHIN cutter.—Wind North, moderate. DEAL., FIB. ts.—Sailed the EUGENE and Vasa gun.vetrels on a cruize.—Wind N. N. W. GRAVESEND, Fas. 15.—Paired by the Shell:awn, HOPPER, from Palermo; Endraght, —, and Vrow Gefina, —, from Embden ; Adeona, WILSON, from Rotterdam ; Vrow Gerbuda,—, from Pappenburgh ' • Mack, —, and the Vrow Catharina, from Amfterdarn.—Sailed the Swan, SMITH, for Oporto; Atlas, —, for Bo tany Bay ; Portland, ALLEN, f or St. Kitts; Wil liam, MORTON, for Nevis ; M ar y an d Sufan,BELL, for Waterford; and Unity, —, for Cork. YARMOUTH, FEB. 15.—Sunday P. M. arrived It VESUVI gun-brig, which has been miffing for tome time, and was fuppofed to have foundered at fea; the was, however, detained by bad weather, &c. at Embden for four months : the has brought over fume paffengers who landed here this morn ing. No Packet is yet arrived from Cuxhaven ; but the wind blowing fiat at N. E. they are hourly expected. The Fanny, of Yarmouth, will fail on Saturday next with bale-goods and paffengers for Hambro'. GLASGOW TONTINE LIST. Brilliant, Leitch, is arrived at Demarara, from LivcrpooL Clyde, —, at ditto, front the Clyde. Maria, Arthur, at Liverpool, from Jamaica. Minerva, Wildgoos, at Cuxhaven, from Leith. Neptune, Spencer, in the Clyde, from New Brunfwick. Y Mary, Torrance; and Diana, Groffard,in ditto, from New ork. Mary Ann, Paterfoo ; and Margaret an d A nn , M'D ona ld, LI ditto, from Eafdalc. Eliza, M'Allifter, In ditto, from Tobago. Hat n .h Lenox ; as l Montezuma, Rofi, at Curaeoa, from the Clyde . . Commerce, Walker; and Lydia, Gardner, at New York, from ditto. Adventure, ....--, at Curaena, from New Providence. Mary, Nicholls, in the Clyde, from New York. CoonteCs of Crawford, Anftruther, at Alicant, from New foundland. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The Suffolk, Rosissox, arrived at Falmouth on Thurfday from Bengal : She failed on the t gth of September, in company with the Sir J. B. War ren. On the 17th of Ottober, in lat. 3. 44. S. long. 91. 17. E. -the Suffolk fell in with the Thames and Bellona. On the 19th fpoke the Ame rican (hip Columbia, Lift from Madras, bound to Canton. On the 23d., in lat. 6. t. %long. 90. E. parted company with the Thames aird Bellona, all well. On :he 20th of Dccernbcr the arrived at St. Hclea z, and found there the Princefs Mary, Rote (hip, and Lk , South Sea whaler. While there the Hope, I: V NUAK (rice fhip), Sally and Indif penfable South Sea whalers, arrived full fhips. 011 the 27th of December, the Royal George, from the Cape of Good Hope, fent her boat on lime with the news of Peace, and immediately af ter the boat returned, and the !hip proceeded on her voyage.—Sailed the 23th of December, at which time the Princefs Mary got under weigh for Bengal,—On the 2oth Jan. 1802, fpoke the Diana, REYNOLDS, in lat. 24. 22. N. long. 34. 30. W. from Briltol for Jamaica, with two other (hips in company, all well. The following (hips had failed from Bengal before the Suffolk :—The Grant, Mornington, Hope, Union, Caledonia, Scarborough, Thames, Bellona, Suffolk, Perfeverance, Eliza, Ann, and St. Vincent : the left the following rice-(hips at Bengal, viz. Nutwell, Rofe, Pitt, Minerva, Ex periment, Exeter, Automatia, Ganges, Hinde, Ceres, Betfey, Eliza, Medway, and Sir Edward Hamilton. The Admiral Rainier had alto arrived from the Cape of Good Hope. The Company's packet, Swallow, Georgiana, and Mornington, were at Calcutta. By letters received overland yellerday from In dia, we learn the following further particulars refpeaing the Company's (hipping : The True Briton arrived at Madras on the 6th of September, and the Pre Ron on the 16th of the fame month, and failed to Bengal with the Admi ral Rainier on the 25th. The Lord Thurlow was to come home from Madras, and the Prince, country fhip, with French prifoners, about the 15t h of °etcher, under convoy of the Suffolk, of 74 guns. The Carnatic was at Bencoolen on the 12th of July, and was to fail the tft of Auguß for China. The Phccnix arrived at Bombay from the Red Sea on the 17th of Oaober. We have authority to Rate, that in the Contd. tory Court of London, in lag Hilary Term, be fore Sir WILLIAM SCOTT, Knt. HENRY SNORT, Efq. of Boulp Hall, in Suffolk, in a fuit inßitu ted againft him by his Lady, has fubmitted to a Decree of that Court to take her home, and treat her with conjugal affeittion and kindnef:- We have great pleafure in announcing the fol lowing molt daring and brilliant achievement by Captain CHARLIS ADAM, the gallant ton of WIL LIAM ADAM, Efq. of Lincoln's Inn.fquare: - - - Copy of a Letter from Bombay, Odt. 8, doz. " Advice* were received on the 9th inn. from Madras, dated the asd ult. Rating the capture of the French National frigate la Chiffronnc, of 42 guns, by his Majefty's ihip la Sybelle, Captain Amin, on the 'call of Augull, at the Seychelles, after a fpirited conflia of 1 9 minutes. Private letters mention theiltallant behaviour of Captain ADAK, in boldly pufhinu into the harbour under - of its entranee, and other natural &Acuities, tin til he came within half a mufket fhot of the ene my, who was moored acrofs, and defended by the battery of four 12-pounders on fhore, from which red-hot fhot were fired during the aetion ; fortu nately none of them touched la Sybelle. Our lots is ! one man killed, two wounded ; that of the en , my, 26 killed, 3o wounded. It is to be re.7t cued, that moll of the crew of the Chiff ronne eicaped 'bore. It appears that this frigate failed from Nantz the 14th of April, with convins, to 6_ number of 30, under fentence of banifhment for being concerned in the plot againft BosareltTL. La Chiffronne captured, on the i9th May, a Per tuguefe frigate, armie en jut-, and the Belloni, of Calcutta, on the 16th June; the former of tilde 'hips was liberated after all the guns were thrown over. board and ftores taken out ; the latter elcaped the vigilance of our cruisers, and arrived fare at the Mauritius. " La Chiffronne is re relented as quite a new fhip, and a remarkable La faller." The HIRELNIA, of 110 guns, now buildi ig at Plymouth, is to be called the UNION, in commel moration of the Union of Great Britain and Ire land. Captain ALEX. CAMPBELL, of the SALAMINE, is appointed to the GRErHOUND frigate, and Capt. WILSON, late of the Tzus-rY, to the ALEIANDKIA frigate, late Itaonszas. ARRIVED. At St Helena.—Hope,&nbar,FrOm Bengal. At Plymouth—Either, Abbott, from Jamaica. At Africa—Lord Mini, —, front Liverpool. At Surinam—Lucy, —; and William Stowell, from Africa. At Lifbon—Princefs Royal, Mica, from Liverpool At Londonderry—Mohawk, Barry, from Philadelphia; and Emelyn, James, from London. In the Teael—Fame, Lewis, from Philadelphia; and Mar tha, Martin, from Baltimore. At Hclvoet—Gen. Lincoln, Spalding ; and W iiilam Little john, Fordick, from Virginia; Bacchus, Davey, trom Balti more ; America, Stone, from Newbury Port ; and jetrerfon, Donaldfon, fro m Philadelphia. At Naples—Eliza and Jane, Hammett, from Cornwall. At Malta—Maria, Dcpiliall, from ditto. At Gibraltar—Ann, Series, from ditto. At Smyrna—Richard and Mary, —, from Malta. At Spain—Maria, Ellis, from London. At Weymouth—Frienclfhip, Richards, from Sewell. At Seaford—Martha, Lewington, from Dublin. At Stronwcfs—Mary Arn, Blair, from Riga for Lifbon ; Fortune, Skilton, of Peterhead, from Loch Skipper for Leith; Gardner, Crookfhank, of Stroponefs, from Liverpool for Leith ; Cleverly, Coy, artkl Lady L6,l:flop, Gun, of and from London for the cod ; Tweed, M`KcpAie,of lillapixd, from Leith for Limerick; rspeem,ut, Steel, of alai for Ayr, front N I entel and Fly, Morrifon, of Sunderland, from Eafdalc for Bane. LAW INTEL,LIuENCE. COURT or KiNC% m.NcH, FEB. 1 5. BARNARD (:Ni tr. I'OFSFKS. onstiris. This was a pi tam aftion bruitzlit to recover fix penalties of Sol. each from the defendants, who are Proetors, for having nacd without having taken out their annual licence, and paid the duty of 51. imp:lied by AIC of Parliament upon all Proc tors, Attornies, Ste. and alio imputing, the penalty of 501. for each prolcilional a& dr:ne by any one without having previoullyobtaincd filch licence. The declaration char ged the defendants with not having obtained inch licence: and notwithaanding, with having procured the palling of the probates; 2d, with having caufed the wills to be proved ; and 3d, with having extraaed the probates of the wilh Rated in the declaration, by which the dc. fendaats had forfeited the fums of Sol. for each an. Mr. Glass Rated to the Jury, that the necefii ties of the State had induced the Legifiature to impofe upon all Prodors and Attornies the annual duty of 51. and that in evidence of firth payment they took out a licence. By the A.t impofin_g the duty, they were allowed a certain numb e r of days before they were liable to any information, but if the certificate was not taken cut within that limi— ted period, they were liable to forfeit col. for each a& done afterwards. He Mould prove that there Gentlemen aited as Prodors in the months of March, April, and May lalt, and that they had not then taken out their certificate, which would entitle him to recover Sol. for each akc.t done, as laid in the declaration. George Hughes, the firß witnefs ;called, raid he was employed in the Stamp-office, as Regifler of Attornies' Certificates : from the documents he produced, he Rated, that the Meifrs. Collins had not taken out their certificates until the 14th of May, 18oi. Charles !Cinder proved, that the defendants had aged as his ProCior, is 'mewing the probate of his father% will. The probate itfclf being alfo produced, it appeared to bear date the 27th of March, rBo I. • Robert Pott proved the defendants had aro ac jed as his ProEtors, in procuring the probate cf his father's will, which probate was dated the at of April, ISoi. • Mrs. Circuit proved the fame, with refpet to the probate of her hufband's will. Robert boodball, Clerk to Melfrs. Gains, alto proved, that tbeabuve butinefs had gon! through their office. John Watfon, Record Keeper of the Preroga tive Court of the Archbahop of Canterbury, pro duced the wills of Charb.tte Smith, Catharine Cooke, and Thomas Peck; by thtfe it appeared, that the certificate of the oaths for taking ott the executorfhip, being . duly adminiftered, was at tefted by Mr. N. Galin, and that in confequence an aft was indorfed, ordering adminittration to be granted. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL contended, that no proof of the probate having been granted being produced, the evidence, as it fined. did not tall within any of the counts within declaration. The Learned Judge being of thr! fame opinion, after font:: converfation, Mr. ATTORNEY-GENERAL addreffed tl.e Jury, and admitted he had no defence to the three Sal cafes. Mr. Gllllll admitted that he could not recover on the three IA ; a verdia was therefore taken for the Plaintiff for three penalties of Sol. each. MARSH V. 1t01,160N. This was an atlion upon a Policy of Infurance f• • • . 111 of (Meter tBo/, oa the (hip Speculation, is the Coafting trade, in port or at fea. The veffel failed from Ipfwich to Chefter, and having made the Lands End, met contrary winds, which drove her out of her courfe, and the V*3s captured by a French privateer calli.d the Br.lave, holm h'• her .raptors, and the M;;:ier and Men carried into a Sp mill) prifon, dttained, Scc.fcr a while, and af :crwards relcafed. Defence—that tile plaintiff when he purchafed this (hip had not compli , .',l with the tecin7:ii.oas of the Aft of Parliament for regifleri , ig thips, &z. commonly called Lord flawheibt..a. - y's aft, mid. there:On:, a 1..: the plaintiff could not he called the legal owner ; which appeared to be the cafe, the ptoper ia.lorizincat upon the oath, eicc. at the Cullom-Hoine not being wade as the aarzquired. This being the cafe, the plaintiff could not recover far this lot's, but as in this cue the policy did not attach, and as the premium was net paid into Court, the plaintiff was entitled to recover that premium. Verdia for the PlaintiiT—ham:ic_::s v7l. I6s. Another caufe del en.!ed again(} a.( ther rur der-Writer upon another part of the voyage, and the fame objection applied, and, therefore, the plaintiff could obtain nothing but his premium, which was the fum of four guineas.—Verdift for the Plaintiff—Damages four guineas. MATTHEWS AND ANOTHER. V. HAIGH. This was an anion to recover the amount of three bills of exchange, drawn at different dates; the firft for 3211. 9s. 4d.—the fecund for 1321. 145. 7d.—and the third for tool. being acceptan ces lent for the purpolc of accommodation by the plaintiff to the defendant. Previonfly to the pay ment of thife bills becoming due, a balance was Luck between theparties—three bills of exchange, amounting in the whole to the fums of the above mentioned, but which would not become due un til after the former were given by the defendant to the plaintiff, and a calculation was made of the intereft which would arife from them. This flatement, being on paper, was produced in proof of the purchaf: or exch,:ngc of acceptances. The plaintiffs' acceptances wet,: regularly honoured, but the defendant's were never prei'ented, cf courfe had not been paid ; and the prcfent anion hail been commenced before the payment of them had become due. On the part of the plaintiff it was contended, that the bills given by the defen dant wrre not valid, as on: cr more of them was i tdorfed by his own thop-boy, a youth of fourteen; and that they were Lot received by the plaintiff in exchange for his own, but only as memorandums of the claim. The contrary, howe7er, being con fidered to be the cafe, and the action having been commenced before the &fendant was liable to pay ment, the Jury returned a verdid for defendant. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. EY::CLTTnaS C F WILLIE V. SMITH. This was an action for money paid and advanced for the tik of tiic defendant. The defendant had been indiaed for forgery in the year I 798: he was tried at the 011 Bailey, an‘l convi&A, but received th e Royal n:rcy, on ac.:Junt of the imbecility of his mind, a:;:1 his property (fo t feited by his con viaion) %VAS given up to trtiftt•es, for his mainte -1.1.-ce ch. ring his life, and fur hi.: next of kin after • ,:ec-.:afe. vi. • thort time before his trial, he fent to Mr. Nk• to requett he would get his attorney to defend Lim (.Ithotigh another had been pre vioutly employed): Willie, in conf,:quence, direc ted Mr. Scott to attend for him. Mr. Scott ac cordingly did attend on the day of trial, but for want of fuflicient notic: was not'able to render him much fervice. After his convinion, Mr. Scott took lome further trouble in drawing up m_mo rials to obtain his pardon ; his bill of colts was 271. p. Rd. which was paid without taxation by Villie's executors, and the prefent anion brought by them to recover that fum. The defence on the part of the truflees of Smith's property, was, that the memotials drawn up by Mr. Scott were never ufed ; that this charge was too high ; and that he.lhould not have proceed ed fo far on the i •lrunions of a man of notorious imbecility, and that the plaintiffs ought net to have paid his bill, at lcaft until it had been On the recommendation of the Court, anti ;),- confent of all parties, the plaintiffs took a vel for the whole fum, fubje& to the award of an arV. trator as to the different items of the account. Friday evening, betv.-een the hours of feven and eight, a poor woman, in going through Belton ftreet, St. Giles's, was run over by a brewer's dray, by which fhe had the misfortune to have her thigh and two ribs fruauted, and was otherwifc much injured. Thuriday, about twelve o'clock, a man, who was a waterman to a hackney coach Rand near Blaekfriar's-bridge, was found dead by a wat h. man, in a court near Earl-flreet, Blackfriars, and was carried to the Chequers public-houfe for the Jury to lit on his body. A !mall cow, the property of Mr. Carbold, of Yarley, calved four calves a few days ago ; the calves all died, but the cow is perfectly well. A boy who had been fuffercd to play with a loaded gun, on Friday difcharged its contents on a poor woman who was palling through Charles but, Hatton Garden. It feverely wounded one of her legs, which bled profttfely for fomc time, and the was taken iu a miferable Rate to a neigh bouring hofpital. Belfall has already profited by the Union ; though it mull be admitted that fume of their ex ports were not very beautiful to the view. Of this a tape worm of the length of 40 feet, expelled by • imlll Miantity of Dr. GARDNER'S Pills, from Mrs. C. of that flourifhing town, is an extraordi. nary inftance. This, with many other tape worms of uncommon defcription, may be Peen at the Doctor's honks, 75 and 75, Long-Acre, whither f-venal of the curious daily come to fee them.— The Pills are fold by all the refpeCtable venders in the united kingdoms, in boxes, at 2 s. 1 OS. or , Ss. inMafnefla ; and in fulphur, for the poor, at