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rl. :1. to L ,)n In not lets than 11 fquarc perch of land To the fecond large. ft crop on ditto, To the third largeft crop on ditto, tall": lh' r. air; $ ing hi% 0: LONDON. v isions, who f!::1 , 11 raife on laud ilk hi. occ•tpa ti„o in the prefent year, the largea average crop „f p ot atoes per perch: 4. to 6 Refolved, That it is the opinion of this Com mittee, that a film not exceeding 3,0001. be grant ed for encouraging the Cultivation of Potatoes by Cott:gers, in that part of the United Kingdom culled Scotland, in fuch (urns, and under fuch co n , l;tions as may be approved by the Board of Agi iculturc. Refolved, That it is the opinion of this Corn mince, that a film not exceeding 2,0001. be grant ed to the Board of Agriculture, for the purpofe of being diftributed by theni inlonorary Premiums, to fuch Owners or Occupiers of Land, as (hall allot the greatea quantities of Land among Cot tigers, this year, to be planted with Potatoes, in proportion of not more than three-fourths, nor lefi than one-fourth of a Statute Rood. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK ; Confab 5:4 56--for April 56!. Raced 56,3-4 per Cent. 75:1-5 per C. p0i.... New 5 per C. 9lll.—.oinnium 1*::1 prem.. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY: 3 fer. C Red. 56114 Long Ann. 17 5-161 per C.CooLss*s6 Imp. Ann. to 1 3.16 4 per Cent.Conf.7.ti 76 7541 kith 5 per Cent. 88 87i 4 per C. Navy 9r.11 Ditto Ann. Deb. 72} 5 per C. Loyalty 91111 Omnium Ij z prem. ConC for April 56E1. BULLETIN OF HIS MAJESTY'S HEALTH. " </IMES'S HOUSE, FEB. 27, Mi. 44 His MAJESTY'S fever continues, but without any increafe. (Ssicncd) "T. GISSORNE. " J. R. REYNOLDS." His MAJESTY experienced a good night: the Phyficians fat up till a late hour. We underfiand that if no change for the better takes place in his MAJESTY'S health before Mon. day, the advice of Parliament will that day be re quefted on the prefent critical fituation of public affairs. The Duke of BEDFORD Lord HOLLAND,' and Mr. Fox, breakfa ft ed on Wednefday with the Duke of 1)- VON* eI RE, at his Grace's houfe in Piccadilly. That pNrt of the old Adminilirstion which had Irt a'tually delivered up their Seals of Office, al though they had announced their refignations,have ...zfumed their former fundions. Lord LOOOH- Elltol/0 who had taken leave of the Court of Chancery, fat again yefterday as Lord Chancellor. Mr. PERCIVAL, on receiving the appointment of Solicitor General, reigned (according to the li beral etiquette of the proftffion) his fituations ceder the different public boards. Mr. Jeer's, nephew to Lord Sr. VINCENT has, weunderftand, been appointed Counted to the Admiralty. The following is an account of the amount of duties on Britifix and Foreign Spirits impeded be fore 1792, paid into the Exchequer in the years ending January 5, 'Soo, and January 5, 1801, diffingnifhing each year. Brom Spirits. Purer Spirits. Total of both. igoo. 7118,454 0 0 ,0•904, 1 58 0 o £.1,632,612 0 0 'sot. 60 3 ,1 91 0 0 917.95 0 0 1430,7811 o The laft Paris Papers informs us—that AIDAL. LAN MENOU having been made Governer General of Egypt, the command of the army had been riven to General REIGN int, a man of great mi.l thary talents, who was Chief of the Staff under blcotrao in 1796, before and during the famous tetteat through Bavaria. The Vice Chancellor of Cambridge has appoint ed the following fubjeds for Sir 14/m. &lowa's prizes this year, namely, for the Odes, Aftlea Pri m:raj:Mar J and for the Epigrams, urge caPorz. The Countefs of Sr. Vnicsnr, Lord MI LSI NU TON; Lady CLOW RROOR ' and Admiral Coeur's, are among the laft arrivals at Bath. The fame party of Ladies and Gentlemen who a few weeks fince exerted their Theatrical talents in fupport of the Soup Eftablifhment at Birming ham, repeated their benevolent efforts on Tuefday evening, it favour of the General Hofpital of that town, with the greateft fuccefs, upwards of 254. having been received. DEAF AND Duns.—This play has undergone frame jndicious curtailments, particularly in the two laft ads, which renders it altogether unex cvptionable. " A Kentifh Clergyman's obfervations on the price of provilions, with judicial means to prevent the high pricc of Wheat, 'contains Come interefting information, and cannot be too generally read. A grand match of pizrea . frownig will take place on Friday the 6th of March at Wrotham in Kent. for too guineas a fide, by the Hon. T. W. Co -:raver and Roatssos the Cricketer, againfl Nlr las (Sir J.TWIPDEN% keeper) and —Basiow, F.N. The bets at prefent are two to one in favour of Mr. COVENTRY and his partner. The celebrated horfe Diamond arrived at Caine- Hyde, the feat of Colonel HyDi, in the county of Cork, on the 17th inft. He was two days and two nightt . on his voyage from Holyhead to Dublin, m very rough wea th er, notwithilanding which he arrived in good condition. On Wednefday evening, RICHARD VOAES, !defier of the Commiffioners' Yacht, was unfortu nately drowned in Portfmouth harbour. He had been to carry feveral people from his own velfel to Common Ijtrd , and returning to the yacht, the boat by Tome accident upfet.—He has left a wife aid five children. At a Court-Martial held onboard the PRINCESS of oIIANOF Admiral Dicssoe's flag - Chip, 6 men were triel for Mutiny, and all found guilty; three qf them are to (offer death, and the other three to receive from too to 300 lathes each. N. 1117 LVTELLIGENCE. THIs DAY.—Wind W. S. W. ARRIVED DOZ. 0 1 i...rnburgh 2 o Dub:ill 0 W.,:etfrA, 3 0 DunnA4ll.,dee oley 0 Jerky Hamhurgh rnail, which will he math; up e.ii/ evening at the Gown' Poll Office, will be lint to Harwich, whcre the DIANA packet is waiting to take it to thi. YARMOU n FEU. The PRINCE OF OFtANLIr packet, Capt. Ta(mAS BRIDGE, being under repair, and there king no other packet here ; the mails and palii,!:ers em barked on board the DILIGENCE Cittt.n., L.:W.:1151a RANDEL, for Cuxhaven, Paired through, fevcral laden col:iera. fur the River. Sailed the Sot} usv and POMON Z rigateS, on a cruize off Flufhing. FALNIOUTH, FEB. 7.4. Arrived WI night, after poll, tilt WALSIXOHAM packet, Captain Rob/tars, with a mail from Lif bon,, after a paffage of 14 days.—.ls the Kixo Gsoaca packet, which failed from this place on the 24. th ult. has not arrived, doubts are enter tained of her fafety.—Mr. THOMAS, fon of Mr. JAMES THOMAS, merchant, of London, palrenger from Lifbon, on board the WALSINGHAM, died on the way home; he went to Lifbon Come time ago in a declining Rate of health.—The SEA HoasF. frigate, with the Lifbon Fleet under con voy, which failed from this port on the 24th ult. had not arrived at Lifbon when the WALsIXGHAM failed.--sailed the fhip Automafia, Capt.CUIVEls, for the Eaft Indies. PORTSMOUTH, FEBRUARY 26. Sailed this afternoon on a cruize, the following !hips: CARER, Capt. BRowrou ; THE \T, Captain Sir E. HAMILTON; ACTIVE, Captain 43ITFARD; and UNIoN cutter.—Arrived the GANGLS, Capt. FRELMANTLE ; and RUSSEL, Capt. WILLIAMS, from the Channel Fleet; alfo the TICKLER gun brig; and ROWCLIFFE armcd•cutter.—The RAM!. LI Es, Capt. BARLOW ; and the BELLON A, Sir T. B. THOMPSON, are gone out of harbour to Spithead• DEAL, FEB. 26. Sailed the Atitorr armed-fhip, to Sheerners.— Arrived the Bonaparte, French cutter privateer, of 14 guns., and 47 men, taken by the NIMBLE, after an anion of half an hour. Wind W. N. W. SHEERNESS, FEBRUARY 26. His Majefty's Ihip INVINCIBLE, of 74 guns, Capt. Rattail, has arrived at Blachitakcs, from Chatham.—The HERMES, armed (hip, Capt.Wav sots , is appointed to take a Convoy to Leith, which will fail to-morrow, if the wind and wea ther permit.—Remain at t►e Nore the following !hips, VETERAN, of 4 guns, Capt. Di row ; Ac A my-mow, of 64 guns, Capt. FANcoußr; BLANCHE, of 36 guns, Capt. HANIOND ; IpATONA, of 36 guns, Cart. SOTHERON ; HYAENA, of 24 guns, Capt. GRANGES : the EXPLOSION, ZEBRA, and TERROR, bombs; and the Ass and HERMES, armed (hips. PROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVESEND, FEL VS.—Paired by the Valiant, ()win, from Rofs; Ceres, PETERS, from Cork; Wallington, —, from Virg inia ; Columbia, Bayawr, from New York ; and Mary, &mu/N. SON, from Savannah.—Sailed the Ifle of Thanet, GOODWIN, for Barbadoes; Hibernia, CAUC:NRY, for Emilia; Royal Charlotte, BRUCE, fnr Marti nique ; Louifa and Amelia, —, and Jon,:e Jo lannes, —, for Hamburgh. By the Weft India Mail arrived yefterdav, we learn that the GRANTORS@ Packet, Capt. Butt., which failed from England with the Jamaica Mail of November laft, was wrecked at Barbadoes, un the r4th of December.—The Mails and Crew were fortunately fared, and the former were forwarded to Jamaica, without delay, in his Majcily's !hip Pawl*: x, of 3o guns. On Tuefday the SUWARROW fchooner failed from Torbay, on a cruize • alto the MIGXRA fire (hip, to join the Channel Fleet.—Wind S.W. The Efcape, SPENCER, from Virginia to St. Vin. cent's, is taken and carried into Gandaloupe. The Abigail, from Philadelphia, arrived this week at Briftol, has brought 13 tierces, 317 bar rels, and so half-barrels of Rice, and 6 tierces of Indian corn ;—and the Philadelphia, a cargo of 3185 barrels and t6Lhalf.harrcls of Wheat if lour, and 513 barrels of Rye Flour,. • Yefterday a Court of Dire tors was held at the Eaft India Honk, when the following . Com manders took leave, preVious to departing for their refpeaive deftinations : Capt. BOOLDF AN, of the FORT WILLIAM, CAM. WOOD, of the \Volt- CESTIIII, for Bombay" CRS. MARTIN, of the WOODFORD. Capt. PISRCR ' . Of the TAV1170.4- CASTLI, Capt. 'lmam lA, of the Ataiox, Capt. Boalows, of the EARL HOWE, and Capt. WALL, of the DV RR or Duce:Avon, for Cliina.—Tile Court adjourned at fix o'clock till tomorrow. ' The Direaois of the Eaft India Company have made the following alterations is the voyages of the undermentioned !hips :—Windham and Lord Duncan, to proceed from St. Helena to China, And Admiral Gardiner, from Madras to China. We learn that in confequence of information having been received at Madras, of three or four privateers being off the Weller!' Coat! of Sumatra, two veffcls have been detached from the Marine Eftabliihment, in order to intercept them. They are fuppofed to be limn Batavia, and have cap tured two or throe vetfels. l•Gl: 77W STdIR. TO MR. REYNOLDS, THE DRAMATIC WRITER. Sir,—ln the printed Edition of Life, page 33, Gabriel Luca fays, " :Here goes, (Ps a glafi and drinlr,J fliccas to niyfelf, and confufion to that: who opprels me !" When I I.IW it :tact], Mr. FAWCETT fail, "rue eels to thz hone(' m.to, cunfttfina to tl:ot', : who opprfs him !"—Why is no: the original pr.!ferved in print bccanfc it has a political allufion ? The pati:igc was highly applan.. tied ;,—and if the:-! is ever itu Adminiaration iu this Country, wWe princi i ihi :try ininikal to tlti, fctitiinent, dten " ti:merhing :.r.tv.:n iu t ate," and in cafe, t e fo..ner we change it, the !..etter. A% OLD ENCL:s:IMAN. LAE' INTRLLIGPNCE. co - zr.T OF KING'i BENCH, FEBRUARY as. DCAN AYLETT. Mr. ESSKIxt 11:itcd, that this was an aelion to recover :sack i.ll. which the Defendant had re ceived iilcgally of the Plaintiff under theft cir cumaanccs :—'Phe parties wcre in a Public•houfe 'wh:zu a bet of 141. was laid by them that a ma e would trot miles i❑ an hour. The Defendant contentkd :le had wen, and was cutiLled to the money... _ . . Mr. ER setvr, on the pan of the Plaiatiff, eon tended, that the Plaintiff was entitled to recover back his money upon thcte grounds ,--t ft, That the Plaintiff was drunk at the time ; 2dll, Be cattle the bett WAS 111;;;VI ; and 3dll, Becaufe it was not wen. Mr. GI nas, for the 11:fendant, flicwed that the agreement was in writing, and that th&contrad conM only he evinced by the produOion of that writing, which the Plaintiff could not du, and of courfe was nonfuited. ROAN AND CO. V. ROBINSON. This was an anion on .t Policy of Vfurance for 19go1. on goods in the 114 I.ilbnn, at and from London. to Senegambia. This anion went for a total lofs, no tidings ever having been received of her flue her departure from the African coati, in the month of Cletober, 1799 --reedie? pr the Plain -19;01. PRYOR AND CO. V. KEMP. . This was an action to recover the fum of 2811. 95.8 d. for certain goods furnifhed to the Defen dant, and Shipped fur America. It appeared they were not of the bet finality, and were refufed in the American market, and returned. The Plain tiff had allowed the Defendant fourteen months credit, but inilead of NrA iting till the money became due, he had enured him to be arrettal, and had commenced this a&ion. On this ground, his Lord ship laid, as the Eaintiff had nut abidcd by the terms of•his agreement, he was not cuitled to rc• cover.—Pluitrly nonfirited. HLL•AISO\ V. ALLEN. The Plaintiff was formerly deputy to Mr. Vaughan, Clerk of the Peace ; but, in conf , :cience of tome mlfunderflanding, be was difplaced from /i's fituation, which was tiipplicd by the Dc• fondant. It was alledged that the I.:Saidatit had defamed the Plaintiff's charader. In order to fubliantiata this, a Mr. BurriJgc was called. lie . Rated, that having fomc private bulinefs to tranf ad with the Defendant, be called at his houfe ; in the courfe of converfation, the. Plaintiff's name was mentioned, when the Defendant told the witnefs " he had become a bankrupt ; and that, in the courfe of his examination before the Corn miffioners, fome forgeries had come out." Thee words were fubmitted to be a fufficientground for an adion. Lord Kr N YON, however, thought dif ferently; he Paid, the words were not to be taken as fpoken of the Plaintiff having committed the forgeries; they might be as well meant for any other perfon. He Paid, this action could net be maintained—Rai:air nowfriied. GOODWIN V. li I RD. This affirm was to recover back the rum of 6781. under the following circuma•incest—The leafe of the Paul's Head Tavern was fold by Mr. • Phillips at public auetion ; and in the printed par , titulars it was Rated that the Bill-room was t to feet long, 26 feet wide, and 20 feet high. The Plaintiff purchafed it, and upon admeafurement it was found to be only 8o feet long, and on that ground the Plaintiff brought this anion to recover his depofir, amounting to 6;81. It was fliggeded, on the part of the Defendant, 1 1 that Mr. Phillips before the a n began made a declaration that the dimenlions of the Ball-room in the Particular migl.t or might not be correa ; and that they might go and look at it. Itwas very near the room where the anaion was going on. On the part of the Plaintiff a number of wit neffes were called who attended the file, and raid they heard Mr..l-iiillips make no filch declaration. The Leading Cotinfel for the Defendant obferv. ed, that this action was defended by the Afliptees of Mr. Marriott, who had thorght it their dots , to have the merits of that cult difetilied. in 'a Court of Juflicc. On.tbe part of the Deicndan:, a Mr. Morgan 'was.called, who hid that. Mr. ehilltr. as ufual, firit read the printed particulars, and that when he came to the dhaeuGons of the liall.rourn, be raid they might or might not be con ea, and de. fired the company to go and look at it. Lord KF avow thought it was of no confee t nence whether the Auiionecr made t...at declarati,m or not. An Auaioneer ought to be catniou‘, and alt) gh he could prove ever lc th it he made that declaration, title.; he ern d lh w that the Plaintiff WAS apprized of it. he Iliould th:ni it extremely hard for him to be bound by it. iie did not impute to Mr. Phillips that lie meant to int. pole on any per:itn, hilt after printed particulars were diaributed, if there was any miiiake After wards difeovered and before the file, the Aust.on eer ought to he extremely certain that every per. fon prefent was acquainted stub that millakc, in order to prevent impoution.—Verilift for Plain tiff 6781. •IRD V. GIVILLINI. Mr. Easessa Bated this anion to be brought for the recovery of 3 31. t -which the Plaintinad depotited with the lee . ..eel:el:, an Auctioneer, as part of the terehert-money el a gultlic-houle,:.net which he had elyferiited in the hi I of pat.iculat s as a moil defiraltle pet eitafe. I.lr eeunittely, Plaintiff liftened ten eneetly to 0:: r, of 'he Atiaionecr's pipe and td.r, and fltan.:, upon en rzeiry, that intlead ci the returns tof tltis te•tni: porter being, as he had fallely ttateJ, g:r month, they atc.stealli were not zei. hie 11,•,.1i . :;;iL it but right th.:t, havinz been thus dee;t ..e..', he lhonld have his money returned. Derr. Mtxuay adeitel l7 .d the Jury for the Deres dant, and laid, that it was told the Pisinziff returns were altogether lhattor aid pot!: a- 6:1. and he had Paid heed:d net mind any thing about the returns, as, with his centienion, he !hi ald ibon be able to do a near th•al itelinef. This reminded him ef a nor'; of aa old friend, Mr. Cowper, who being ence aro:. the Oeford cirznit, totted itimfelf very wears- :tad dry, and featin}..; himfelf under a tree ju!t opportte to a public houtie he called for a put Of pot ter. The Land lord brought it to hiut, at tile lint.• time remark ing that it was excellent, but he had no great draugbi for it, as his neilthour ran ae-ay with all the cullorn. Mr. Cowper obi - crying the tankard was bete te,(ffel/, fetid to him, " if you will gi-m me another pot, I will tell you how pat may have a drau . :;ki." To this the landlord :dented.— When it was brought, Mr. Cowper, fhewing him the half-filled veffel,laid, "j// your 'pots, my friend, . and your draught will be larger."—Mr. Mincer Paid, he fhould call witneffei to prove that it was flared to the Plaintiff that the returns were not 6ols and he purchaftal, knowing that to be the cafe. The Clerk of the Audioneer, however, proved, , that on being applied to by his employer to !late the exact amount of the returns to the Plaintiff, be fore he bid at the tale, he did exprefsly tell him. that the returns Were from pl. to 531. per month. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE obfervcd, after hear ing the merits of this cafe, that Courts of juflice were not the cheapeft places in the world to learn the rules of morality. The parties paid a great deal for them, and yet it teemed to him that all their experience had no effect. Printed Pertitlulnrs were diftributed, and by thofe Particulars the world was informed fo what extent the trade was carried on, and therefore might adapt the price to the extent of the trade. It was not too late to cc rreet a miftake before the auction began. What was the ufe of printed Particulars if they did not contain the truth ? The Audioncer here defcribcd the trade to be from 571. to 601. a month, and ap pealed to his Clerk whether it WAS not fo. It turned out it was not half the fum. Said his Lortl(hip, is not that a grofs impolition ? It is tlrange that filch things Inould he pradifed after n) many aliens have been brought, and lot:cell , fully brought. That honeny is the bell, policy, was a kiwi of general maxim at the head of' the law. Men ou t Ott to pradife fair dt• lint±, and ought not to hurtle upon ona another. The another. De fendant and his Clerk this kernel to have been employed in dabbing the little 'hare of judg ment they had, to deceive thole who attended the tale.—Verdid for Plaintiff, 531. is. COURT OF KING's BENCH, DUBLIN, FEB. 9. FARRELL V. G.t.t;G• In this cafe was determined, for the fira time, a quellion of contiderable importance to the educa tion of the Roman Catholics of this zoniary. The plaintiff, Mr. Farrell, i; a Roman fchool mailer in the city of Cork—the tiefendant is prodor of office of that dioc,:fe, and had in his official ca pacity exhibited articles in the Coufhlorial Court againit Mr. Farrell, for teaching fchool without the licence of the Ordinary or Bilhop. Mr Fa • having in vain alledged, that the Ratute of • • 3, commonly called Sir H. Latigrithe's .L rendered it unneceffary for a Roman CAC... fchoulmailer to obtain fuch licence, applied to the Court of King's Bench for a prohibition. Th.: Court, unwilling to determine a quelion oc fuch importance on motion, ordered the plainthr to declare in prohibit:on—to this ch.claration the defendant demurred generally, and prayed a w. it of confultation. The cafe was argued at gr::.t lzugth in eic WI and prcfent term by the ATTORNEY iN F R At. and Dr. lhowNE, in fupport of the Demurrer, and by Mr. BURTON and Mi. O'CONNELL"; for LIIU Plaintiff. On this day the judgment of the Court was pro flounced by Lord KILU'ARDEN, who crratiated with energy on the manly liher:•lity of the fyfts.rn which has been during the prefent reign fo happi ly purfucd towards the Catholics of Ireland, and he declared it to bathe unanimous opinhn i the Court, that the fpirit as well as the, letter c f cl:e a,!'t relied on by the plaintiff's Counfol, wen: di renly to take the power of licenting C.:!hol:e fchoolmallers from the Ordinary.—Judg:ncr.t for the plaintiff. HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY, EDINBURGH. Monday fennight, David Hunter, labourer at Bonnyrigg,parifls of Cockpen,and cotinty of burgh, was brought betot,a the High C(:•:, r of Julticiary.—He was charged with the mtir,?-..r at' Ann 131aeleie, refident in the n!rove priro, by d if charging a loaded gun at 11.!r, near h:r h:tufe on the 14th of June I ('9, of whi.ll v . (a:nd !he : - oon tier died, buthi Couni.:l had pleaded hi; h.:•i:tg Cane, and confequcutly not a proper objen for ;:ial. A doubt having arifen as to the mode of try :•^ prifoner's infinity, the Court ordered info7::::,.n;; to be given in on the point, wh..l)::r ti:is plea thould be tried by the Court, or remitted to a j.i ry, which was accordingly I. .1-:1- 118;ps delivered their op:nions a: length, and tOund that the plea of r:ead ed in bar uf trial ought to be by the Ccart wit!aact the intervention of a Jury. '1 he Court then heard at cortat upon a very important point of thz Law of land, viz. Mel::: a p,n-foil tieing prelim a precognition w. 1% frog' being a wit nets on the trial for which filch precognition was taken ? Their Lordfhip: ordered intormation on this point, to b: given an on or b:tor: the 21 of March.