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aiing us LIR winter to Utort a loan. They will be accompanied with tranfports with proviiions enough for a month, as no magazines can be eitab:ifhed yet on account of the vicinity of the French troops. It is alto hated here, that an Engliih army will land on the Banks of the Wefer, at the fame time that a Ruf. fian army will debark oo the borders of the Baltic ; and that the merchants at Bremen, like ours, are making large purchafes of proviGons." Some aceonnts fmrn Dover have tkribed the firing on the French coast, which we mentioned yeflerday, to e Ire smite ',LITE frigate having been becalmed with. ill reach of the trench batteries. It may prove Co, but can affure our readers the report rests on no cer tain authority, no 'etre' having arrived to bring any fuch intelligence, and the opprifite coati having been covered with Co der.fc a fog at the time, that no te kfc3pe could fee it Cram Dover. Nr. Lona left town yellerd.av noon for Wey. mouth, when this Gentleman will kifs his MAJ ssrr's hand, on being aFp•tinted Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Mr. Wit trast DUNDAS alas left town for Wey mouth, to attend the Council to be held by his MA JESTY. Vtfcount Sinvenoym, we are concerned to date, is much indifpot..d at his hook at Richmond. Lord and Lady CARRIN °Ton hare arri►ed at Deal Clftle. Lady Rous Boucierow at Deal, where his Grace the A•clibilhop of CANTERBURY and fuite alto arrived yttlf i rday, on a tour to the Coati. Lord G wrnta continues indifpnfed, with fpafms in his itomach, at his honfe at Whitehall. The Brigade of Guards, and t3th Regiment of Light Dragoons, an hill under momentary ciders for embarkation. • Mr. CURRAN, the celebrated Advocate of the Ira Bar, went onWednefday to hear the pleadings at the Old Bailey, but was refuted admittance by the Gal lery Dnor keeper, until he fubmitted to the fcanda lous extortion of paying as. for it.—" Pay for admit. fion to a Court of Mice," lays this eloquent Barriiter ; 6 6 why, man, I come from a country where they give money to Inch Pimple men as me for going into a Court !" " More tools they," was the reply. " Be fides, man, no one can hear in fuch a place!"— " That's of nocrtniequence," fays this jufticiary turn key, " for here we make all firnpletons pay for PePin.g Yesterday a Foot Race was run in White Conduit Fields, Iflington, for ten guineas, between a Jeweller of the name of Humpy, at Pentonville, and Mr. Stevens, a celebrated performer at this kind of (port. The diftance was soo yards only, and the odds were in favoor of Humpy, who was backed by his oppo. vent's friends. It was a very good race, and Mr. S. won, although he was fo clofely tried, that the con• tea could (tamely be decided on. Ytilerdity the Clerkeawell Loyal Volunteers, Lieu tenant Colonel MAGNIAC, having completed their time of performing permanent duty, marched round the pat with knapfacks and haverfacks. They made alma refneakble mufler, and previous to their be ing difmitfed, the Colonel returned them his thanks fnr their arid attention to duty during the whole of the time that they were fubjea to martial law. BANK Vocua TEE ts.—Wednefday afternoon at two o'clock. a party of this refpeEtable corps, to the amount of too, alrembled at Canonbury Houfe, and fired for a gold medal, which was given by the Ficld Officers of the fame regiment to the bell (hot; when Mr. Buss, of the tt company, was adjudged the bell fbor, and confcquently received the prize. The Corps were afterwards entertained by the Field Offi cers, Major Mt.LLi a N and Adjutant LANGLEY, with a cold collation, when, after fiveral loyal and patri otic roans, they were dilmilled, with thanks for their foldier-like appearance. tukRACAS AT THE STOCK EXCNANCE.-•-The public fity was excited by a fracas which occurred at the Stock Exchange yeilerday morning :—a Gentle man named K , who from circumftances had not been able to make good his differences on the laR fettling day, went as ufual to the room ; he had no fooner entered than he was affailed by many of the Gentlemen, who began to quiz him, a praElice which is very common with them, when any defaulter ap pears. Mr. K— bore it with much patience, which at length was exhaufted, and he threatened to engage any one, at tingle combat,.if he would leave the room with him : they, however, continued to quiz, him, by faying, that " Mr. K— was ready to pay his differences," and by fending fome of the Stock Brokers to him to receive them. He quitted the room, and was followed into the ftreet, where the fame terms were ufed towards him ; a crowd coiled ed, and in order to repel the afrailants, he brandilbed his flick—a fcuffle took place, and aMr B— got his [hill torn. The affailants thcn carried Mr. ]— before the LORD MAYOR, and charged him with af faulting Mr. B—. The circumltances of the cafe being explained to his Lordfhip, the charge was dif miffed. THEATRE DRURY LANIE..--Laa night the Come dy The Wonder attracted a very numerous and re fptEtAble audience, and introduced to the London .I.lge Mr. and Mrs. DORMER, from the Richmond Theatre, in the charaders of Gab . , and Rom l'lte part of GiL6 . y is to infignificant, that we alma re gret M.. Dolor ea took it for his opening. He fuc cceded is it, however, very well, and (poke the Scots dia:!d in a very intelligent manner. Mrs. DORMER is a lively, fprightly woman, and to the charader of Flora the did every juilice. She is certainly an ac 'p iiition to the Theatre, as the appears well calcu lated for pert, flippant waiting women. The Come dy went rff woridettully ; brit this creates no aflo. nay ent, when the great talents of Mrs. JORDAN, ELLISI ow, IEIabarSTIII, &C. are contemplated. We were much pleated with Mr. Grasoss, in Fralerici, this fiat appearance in that cbarader) in No Song No •cuPPen. His 51f1 long, which commenced the piece, rang jufily rewarded by three dittina rounds of N't`lanre. Mrs. MOUNTAIN, Mrs. BLAND, and DEO. "1 Al came in for their !pare of public favour and clek,Uf Ugeratin. imtrrlOAL liftELLlGEkci MAILS THIS DAY. — Wind S. W. .. . All. DVL All. MM. Diltgill I I I Hamburg?' 0 2 Waterford 6 2 Gotteubursh 0 3 DOVER, Sur. 19.—We are fill ignorant of the caufe of the heavy firing heard here yeferday, having had no arrivals from the other fide. It was the brig Franiir that was retaken and fent in here yelterday. not the Friends, as mentioned in my letter by mif take. Nothing has occurred here fence laft night.— Wind Weft, and moderate. PORTSMOUTH, Sert. I 5). —Arrived the AMAZON frigate, Capt. WILLIAM PARKER, from the Mediter ranean with a large laden fhip, having a tier of ports, her prize, and they are both put under quarantine at the Motherbank aifo the PROSPERO bomb, Captain Jones; Susi:met'. brig, Lieutenant Ronsarsom, with feveral outward-bound 'hips : the William, HARRINGTON, with naval Qom ; Laurel, Batcsic ; and Baltic Merchant, Tom from Riga with hemp; and Primrofe, SMITH, with tar from Archangel, for the Dockyard, and feveral coallers tinder convoy from the Downs.—Sailed PENTREPREN•NTS cutter, Lieutenant Yount:, with orders for Lord NELSON. DEAL, SEPT. 18,—Yefierday a=id this day a very heavy firing has been heard in the direftion of Bou logne, fuppofed to be from a detachment of the ene my's flotilla puffing along fhore, and attacked by our fquadron cruizing off that place; but, as the,e has been no arrival, this is only conjecture. /Alive/ !aft night from Dungenefl, the OrrF R float) of w tr, and FURMUS gun brig. Sailed the PROSPERO bon b, %skit a convoy for Portfmonth t and the Albion EAR In dia fbip, for India. Remain in the Downs the En OAR, UTRECHT, ADAMANT, feveral frigates, (loops of war, gun brigs, &c. with a large fleet of trterchantintn and armed ttanfports, masked to the number of 117 on their quarters. SEPT. i9.—Arrived the VESTAL frigate, from a curiae; the ANTELOPE frigate, from Yarmouth, and remain with the (hips as per lafl. CHATHAM, SEPT. 20.-411 e TRIDENT CaMe up from Gillingham on Wednefday. The T. esius is difmantled, and is expefted to be paid off to day or to-morrow.—Mr. F. AYERST, of the Survey-Office in this Dock-yard, is appointed clerk to the Naval Sun.( keeper, at Leith. Lieutenant HARRISON, with a party of Royal Marine Artillery, marched on Wed nefday morning for Portfmouth, to embark for the Mediterranean. YARMOUTH, SEPT. ig.—Admiral RussEL, with his fleet, arrived this morning from the Terri, con fining of the MAI arric, Admiral Russ EL'S flag (hip, AGINCOURT, PRINCESS OF ORANGE, ELEPHANT, DICTATOR, RORY and STATELY, and AGNES lug ger ; alfo, from a maize, the Mosti.i.s floop of war, and FoftwAan gung brig. The above Mips remain with the Roebuck and Amethyli frigates, and'Ac tive and Badger cutters.—Wind S. W. ARRIVED—In Standgate Creek, the Alezander, from the coat of Spin. At Briftol, from t h e em it, of Spain. At Liverpool, Leonidas —, from Riga. In the Clyde, Jean, Wilton, from (tebee ; Thomas, htliride, from New Brunfotick ; and the Recovery, —, from New York. At Bourdeaus„ Minerva, —, from ditto. At Rotterdam, Perfe •aanee, from New York; 'William. Jenton, from St. Thomas's; Huntrefs, and the Enterprize, —, from Bolton. _ _ The CANADA, of 74 guns, tinder the command of Captain HARVEY, is expected to kfail immediately from P. , rtfmouth, it is imagined, to join the Channel fleet. _ _ His Majelly's 'hips EAGLE, CENTAUR. and Sr. GBORGI., fiedEd from Jamaica with his Majelty's (hip Ajrz, on the i9th of Junc, to reinforce Lord NEL SON% fleet. On 29th July, in lat. 26, long. 57, they encountered a hurricane for zo hours, which injured the (kips to much, that the three former put into Halifax to repair on the 15th and l&h of July. The Sr. GEORGE, in coming out of Jamaica, (truck on a rock, and was much damaged, and at one time made three fret water all hour. The Alex fleeted for Barbadoes. The CENTAUR fuffered the moll. A !hip of 350 tons was lately launched in Ame rica with her mails in, and her rigging complete ; (he had alio feventeen guns on her quarter deck, which were dilkharged as the left the flip. She is named the Remittance, and is to be employed in the trade between New York and London. Her bottom was p4inted while on the flocks. This, we believe, is the firft veffel launched with her rigging over-head. Wednefday morning a melancholy accident happen ed at the Military Floating'Bridge, near Upnor Cattle, on the Medway. As Lieut. Guest, of the Fifefhire Militia, was filhing for White-Bait on the bridge, and leaning on the rail to draw up his net, the rail gave way, by means of which he was precipitated headlon g into the river. His body was not picked up till about an hour ;after the accident; every effort was made tile of to recover animation, but without effeft. It is fuppofed that his feet mull have been entangled with the piles which were near the fpot where he fell in, and over which there were not mor e than fi x or fevenfeet water. Lieut. GR Eva has left a widow and four children to bewail his untimely fate. LaR night, from fix till near twelve o'clock, there were the moll vivid, and ince(Ftnt Bathes of lightning that ever were remembered in the metropolis: the lightning proceeded from the Wellern Hemilphere, and was unaccompanied by either rain or thunder for Come hours. A (hock very much refembling that of an earth. quake, was felt in the neighbourhood of Edmonton, about three o'clock yellerday morring. A fenfation of the fame kind was experienced by feveral families in the neighbourhood t f Blackheath. The mailer of one of them was fo much annoyed by the extraordinary fliaking,of the houle and the bed in which he lay, that he got up and alarmed every per. fon in the !mule, and retired to his garden for iatety. The night was exceinvely hot, and mat a breath of air was llirriug. ENd 1.67 1. A General Qt_tarterly.Court of Proprietors was held vellerday, purfitaqt to charter, at the Bank ; as alfo . a General Conti, in conformity with the By. Laws of that Corporation, to confider of the Divi. dend for this halt year. The Court met precifely at twelve o'clock, when the proceedings of the lall General Court were read and approved. The GOVERNOR then informed the Court, that it was a General Court of Proprietors, convened agree• ably to their By-Laws, to conftd..r of the Dividend Mi• the prefent half year. The Court of Direetors had already taken that fubjest into their confide.ra tion, and on infpetling the accounts of the Corpbra tion, felt themfelves jultified in recammending to the General Court, that the Dividend for the half year, ending the tcah of Odlober next, timid be eight and a halt per cent, that is 34 per cent, the of sal dividend, and a participation of 5 per cent. out of their undi vided fnrplus. Whether the ordinary dividend and the participation thould he mace by fkparate war rants, or the whole included in one warrant, it would be for the Court of Proprietors to decide. The Court of Di:cOots, though not without fome difference of opinion, recommended the latter courfe. This was the decition of the majority, and of courfe the Court, which allei recommended that a General Court fhould be held on Tuefday the 24th inliant, from eleven o'clock till four, to take a ballot re. Ipelting the amount of the dividend, and whether it flritild be included in one or two warrants.- -He felt it his duty to explain to the Court, before th e y thould go to the ballot, fome circumftances which had given rife to the difference of opinion re fpeeing the quellion of the warrant. A participa. ti-n had been iffued lad year, in addition to the re gular dividehd ; and as lime doubts were entertained whether filch participation belonged to the tenant for life or revet flutter, a fob had been inilituted, in which, after tli quedion had been ably argued by Mr. Ro notly and other eminent profeffional Gentlemen, the Coot t of Chancery decided in favour of the rever fi•ater. allowing the intered to the tenant for life.— The Court of Direeors did not concur in this opi• Ilion. They thought, that any dividend on the pro fits of their dock, belonged to the parties in poffeflion. When the bonus was ;tined in flock, it had been de cided by the Lord Chancellor, that loch flock was the property a( the reversioner, with the intereft only to the tenant for life. The Court of Direaors then thought, that if the participation were given in mo ney, the queflion would be altered ; the Lord Chan cello', when it came before him lad year, declared he taw no reafon to alter his former decifion. The Court (.1 Dire&ors, therefore, propofed, that the participation fhould be iffited under the head of divi. dent on intereds and profits of the Rock of the Cot.- poratien He thought it neceffary to Rate thus much in explanation t f the motives for propofing to vote a dividend of eight and a half per cent. for the prefent half year. The General Court of Proprietors would decide, whether this dividend thould be made by one or by feparate warrants ? Mr. FOSTER (from without the Bar) enumerated fome difficulties that might relish from feparate var iants being employed. Mr. Bosalsoy sr (from behind the Bar) Rated that he was one of thole who thought, that the whole thould be included in one warrant. The decition of the CHANCELLOR had not been given on the merits of the quirtlion between the patties, but on the wording of the kefolutions of that Court. If the participation fhould be iffited under the head of a dividend on their interelts and profits, no queltion could arife, no doubt could be entertained of the right of the patties in poffeffion to it. The objet of the participation, was to raife the dividends for the year to 12 pet cent. It was granted from the accumulation of the profits of the Corporation, and no matter whether dittributed in one, two, or three dividends, was equally the pro perty of the prefent holders of the Rock. If the divi dend voted laft half year had been 6 per cent. inflead of 34, it would not furely be fuppofed, that the rever [loner had any right to any part of it. Neither could he have any claim, if 6 per cent. were now to be voted as a dividend. Why then fhonld he now, why fhould not the panics in poffedion be equally intitled to the bonus, which was intended to increafe their dividends to 12 per cent. this year, as they would to the whole 12 per cent. if voted in two equal half yearly divi dends ? His opinion was clear upon the fu'ojeFt, and therefore, to obviate any future legal b'ifficulties, he was of opinion, that the whole fhould be allied as di vidend, and included in one warrant. Mr. FOSTER had before avoided giving any opinion on the fubjeft, contenting himfelf with fuggefiing the difficulties, which appeared to him likely to re fult from granting the whole as dividend, and fepa rating the parts in the warrants. Now that he had the authority of the Hon. Diretor, who had jolt concluded, in his favour, he.begged leave to Gate, that he entirely concurred in every fentimcnt expref fed by him. He could not fee any good ground of objeCtion againft the fingle warrant. The Jima to be itroed were unquettionably the property of the te nants in pallet:Gm of the flock, as ariling out of its profits, which muff be evident to any one who con fidered the nature and fundamental confiitution of a commercial fociety. Mr. Loma, Deputy Governor, in order to obviate any improper or falfe impreffion, which might be produced by its going abroad, that the Bank divided ' eight and a half per cent. felt it neceflary to fay a few words in explanation of that fgt. It was defira ble that this circumftance fhould not go naked and unaccompanied with the caufe of it to the public.— Unqueflionably the participation arofe from the prof petons (late of their concesm, and from the extent of their undivided furplus. But though it was deem ed expedient in the prefent iuftance to make a dint'. bution of Come portion of that furplus, it was not to be expected that the whole fhould be diltributed.— Circumttances might arife which would render it im poffible, or at leaft imprudent, to make any fuch tribution. Every Gentleman prefent would agree with him, that it was extremely deithtble that there fhould be always a very large individed furphrs in the Bank, and particularly whilft it fhould be Phut. The dividend now propofed certainly grew out of the pro fits of the Corporation ; but as tt was only a conk quenee of the prefent nate of their accounts, it was no: to be confidered in any other light than with re ference to culling circumliances. After this expla nation. he thought the whole might he 'aired as di vidend to whiJi the parties in pafeffion are intided. r. Nofortoatt (from without the bar) coveted the propriety, for the purpofe of removing ever doubt on the fubjetg, of Rating in the refolution th ,t the eight and a half per cent. dividend on the intereli And profits of the Corporation was for the half ye ,e ending :he loth of Odober next only, and that the whole fhould be included in one warrant. • The Govsawna had no objetlion to adopt any cootie which the Court might think pr - per to dire& He had fuggelled the propriety of two warrants as the more fecure conrfe. The Court, however, might decide. His vi e w h a d b een to f ive t h em barmier* ;' as, if the queflion Should be brought again before the Chancellor, and he thould pet revere in his former de- ' cifion, he did not know whether they might not be compelled to pay the money over again, unlefs they guarded against fuck a co n f equence by feparate war rants. Mr. THIMOITON (from behind the bar) jun rote to (fate the circurnflance which convinced him, and he believed had great weight in convincing many other Gentlemen, that the whole Mould be included in one warrant. This tit cumllance was the difcovery, fince the la( participation, of an Aft of Parliament, con taining a claufe which appeared to him to be impe rative upon them. The atn was an old one, but it was Rill in force. (Here he rend the claufiewhich dream!, that at the General Court emitted to fix tie amount of efi vidend, the Court flail decide on one dividend only.) —This provifion left them no alternative; they were bot.nd to include the whole in a tingle warrant. A Paoreurroa with every fubmiflion to the au thority of the LORD CHAN c (LLD', thought his deci lion exceptionable. They did not meet there to di. vide Rock, but intereß and profits suiting from it, which unqueßionably ought to belong to the holders of the flock. The recommendation of the Court of Direflors was then read, and the queflion, " That a General Court be held on Tuefday the 24th init. for a ballot nn there two queilions, refpeiting the amount of the dividend and the warrant," put and carried in the afiirmative. The Crovetwoe then informed the Conn, that the Court of Direaors had paid the fix and a quarter per cent. property duty on the dividends, which the Pro prietors would receive without any deduaion. It was moved, that the dividends due on the !loth of 0/ 'ober next, be paid to the Proprietors without any deduction of the fix and a third per cent. pro perty duty, and carried in the affirmative. The Court then adjourned. THE MAltrzre. CORN EXCHANGE, MARX-LANE, SEPT. 20. The frefh imports of Wheat to-day are few, and fitmples of good quality are more ready fele, and fully fupport their price—lnferior qualities very dull— There are fine famples of new, for feed, at more than we quote, and Rye likewife—Barley full in fhort fup ply—White Peafe and Beans of the two forts aro, arc each dearer—There are foam arrivals of Oats, and this article is rather dearer—Some few fine at an advance on the currency—ln Flour but little Va riation. CENtRAL CUICENCT VINCI t Malt, 45&. 6;s. 76a. per qr. Grey Peale 0011.t.0 Fine Ditto. TEL LS. od. Beans, 48s. 534. RTC, 304. 361. od. II& Ditto diso. 4114.70 d Barley, 4 01 . 451. od. MU, 154. as. 34 5. Malt, 745. Sos. od. Poland ditto 335. 364 od. Wbite Peafe, 524. sgs. od. Rape Seed, 37L sok. per laft. Titter OF /fLOUR. Fine Flour 655. to 7os. Seconds 6os. to 61s per reek. SMITHFIELD MARKET, SEPT. so. This day's Market had a tolerable fair fupply of different kinds of cattle; the prices are much the fame as Monday's Report, if we except pork, which is rather cheaper : trade was in general good. The following is an accurate account of the prices and numbers : To fink the offal—per flops of Sib. Beef as od to as sod I Veal p od to 6s od Mutton as o 1 to as 6d Pork as od to as mod Lamb as od to p od. MEAD OF CATT II ?NIS DAY. Beafts 350--Calves 360--Sheep and Lambs 7,340 Pigs, 4eo mice 01 MAT AND STRAW IN SWITIMRLD. Hay, per Load, altos to 31 co Straw, - - 31 cis to 31 141 Clover - 41 Os to 31 101 Some time fince, in making an excavation before one of the gates of Studtgard, the workmen difco vered the bones and teeth of an elephant. The large& of the teeth is fix feet long. Six years fince, in dig ging at a Mort diftance from the fame place, were al• fo found the ft:eletons of ta elephants, which appear ed of a different nature from thofe we now know.— At the fide of the bones of the elephant were found the bones of a rhinoceros. Here are ample materials for conjeaure on the antiquity, the flooding, and the changes of the globe. A perfon who refides at a honfe in Saffron-hill, I going to bed on Tuefday night very much in liquor, fet fire to the bed curtains, and would have been burned, together with the honk, but for the acciden tal difeovery of an oppofite neighbour, who alarmed the people in time to prevent much injury. The bed curtains and cloaths were completely burned, and the unfortunate man nearly fuffocated, but was, by the exertions of the neighbours, perfealy recovered. Yelterday morning George Saunders, of the Royal Marines, was apprehended at Chatham as a deferrer from the Coltiftream Guards, and on fufpicion of robbing his late mater Colonel Howato, of fundry articles of plate, &c. This man was difcovered in a lingular manner : Come time back he belonged to the Coldftream Guards, and lived as fervant with Colonel Howard he deferted from the Guards, and about that time Colonel Howard miffed property to a confiderable amount. Notice had been fent to the pawnbrokers to flop the articles, but they had been pawned before the notice arrived.—Saunders inlilled into the divifion of Royal Marines at Chatham, and lived as fervant with Captain Minto, and IA week fent Come duplicates of articles he had pawned, with a Corporal of Marines going to London : the man, on prefenting the duplicates, was flopped, it being proved that they were for articles which had been ftolen from Colonel Howard, and on being examined, gave information of the perfon from whom lie re ceived them. Saunders, was of courfe apprehended, and fent to the Savoy under an efcort.