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he would be fucceeded by Adm7ral Vre.tttut within fix months, ghoul(' he Rill perfia in his infolent and u nwarrantable condu&. Such was the information of the &II circles at the Hague on the departure of the Letter of our Cone fpondent. In corroboration of this, it is a fat which may be depended upon, that SCHIMMELTENNINC)C, difgufted with his mock fovereignty, has already offered to give in his refignation. Such a confequence is certainly very much defired by BONAPARTE, as he will then be enabled to bellow upon the Dutch pco• ple all the bleflings derivable from the more imme diate Government of Tome one of the Tyrant's family. A partition of Holland between France and Prof fia was talked of, but not believed by the incredulous Dutch, who receive fuch intelligence with an infatu. aced apathy. The Batavian Funds were rather looking down wards, as the late encroachments of BONAPARTE bad diminiffied the profpea of a peace. Our private letters from Peterfburgh po ff efs more intereft than the accounts that have for fome time reached us from that quarter. Till very lately it was the opinion in the political circles in that city, that there was little probability of a war between France and Ruilia ; now, however, it is generally thought that a war cannot be avoided, as it is gene. rally known there, that the Court of St. Peterlburgh has made thofe official Notes which were tranfrnitted to the French Government by M. d'Ousair., the Ruffian Chargt d'Affaires, before he left Paris, the bails of the Negociation for Peace, which is now about to be opened. Some time ago we laid ati thentic copies of there Papers before out. Readers. A reference to them will convince any one, that if thefe are to be taken as the bails of M. NovosILT ZOFF% negotiation, the Court of Raffia cannot pof fibly avoid hoftilities: In the mean time the Ruffian army has been greatly augmented and large bodies of troops have, without much &Me or noife, been Marching to thole parts of the Ruffian frontiers whence they can fooneft be brought into aaion.— On the Path frontier alone there are upwards of 60,000 men. No accounts have yet been received of Lord Mu sa'', or of the Combined Fleet, but as the wind is now fair, we may loon week to receive intelligence of importance. Government difpatches will this evening be fent off to Portfmouth, u. be forwarded to the Mediter ranean in his M.tjetly's trip Atamit. LADY Lotits• MANN AM'S Mastkpaamm.--Lady HAMILTON as a Sybil, was a very good Mafk—the fang divinely, and in verfes which the dithibuted, paid a high and jolt compliment to Lady Louisa MANN ERs. -'Miff Nausom as Hebe, was moil beauti ful, and danced with Each grace as to enchant the admiring throng. Lail week the Right Hon. the Earl of ASSAD' ER pared through Aberdeen on his way to Haddo Houk. His Lordthip is loon to be united to a daughter of the Marquis of AsaaEoes. The Doke of RUTLAND has joined his Regiment at Harwich ' accompanied by his amiable Duchefi and Yefierday a Court of Direaors was' held at the EA India Honk, when Captain BENJAMIN RICH ARDSON was fworn into the command of the (hip Al bion, &Rifted for Madras.—The Court adjourned at fix o'clock till Wednefday next. VOLUNTEERS.—The Wandfworth, Batterfea, Clap ham, Mortlake, and Putney Corps, were all out on Thurfday, and had a grand field exercife en the Rife. The Croydon, Mitcham, Merton, Morden, and neighbouring Corps, were alfo out for a field day, for the laft time for there two months, his Royal Highnefs the Commander of the South Weft Diftria having if orders that no mare infpcaions thould take place of any of the country Corps, until after hay time, and the hal veil is got in. Yeftcrday the the Loyal Whitechapel Volunteers, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel HARDY, marched from their Head Qzarters in Goodman's Fields to Hackney Fields, where they met the Spital fields and Hacney Volunteers, and were brigaded by Lieutenant Colonel HARDY ; after which they had a grand field day, and went through their evolutions and firing will great exaelnefc, much to the fatisfac lion of the Infpeair,g Field Officer, Lieutenant Co lonel HANDY. On Monday morning the firft diviflon of the Nor thurchcrlandMilitia marched from Barnet to Kentifh Town, where a Gentleman, who formerly lived at Newcattle, entertained the Officers with a lumptuous and elegant breakfafi, with choice of confeaionary, fruit, wine, &c. and every Private with bread, cheefe, and porter ; they then marched through the City to Greenwich, and the following day to Danford, whence they proceeded to Chatham Barrack*. The fecond di vifion took the fame route ou Tay mor _ - lit/mien Co: ttor. (Gots's Gift.)---Yalerday morning, at eight o'clock, died Wm. ALL,,, Ely. •tho has been upwards cf 5-2 years in the above Col. lege. The College, under the name of GOD'S Gift, was founded by AWN, a ho was Keeper of the King's Bear-Garden, for a Mailer, Warden, four Fel lows, fix poor old Men, lix poor old Womtn, and twelve Boys. Celibacy is afine qua non. The revenues arc large and increafing. By the Statutes, the Wa rden fucceeds the Mailer, and takes upon him the of fice immediately on the Mailer's death, fu that there is now a vacancy for Warden. The Founder direas that the Mailer and Warden (hall both be of the name of ALLar or Attars, and every perfon of that name is eligible to become a cdidate. The eletlion is in the furviving Fellows, who chtife two perform Two rolls of paper are then put into a box, and each can didate takes one, and the peens who takes the paper upon which the words ' 4 God's GO" are written, is the Warden eleaed. The prefect Fellows are—the late Warden, now M4ller ; the Rev. T. J. Smarm, the Rev. NIVILLS ST011; the Rev.— BARRY ; and Mr. Itituaao biliDowt Lt., who all rein e is the College. KAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. MAILS THIS DAY.—Wind S. W. ♦CR. DUlt. ♦R?. DU% . Dublin o a Hamburgh a o Waterford 2 s Gottenburgh o 0 PENZANCE, JULY i7.—Since my laft arrived tlr: Union, TRICK; and Amelia, &yaw", from Swart lea; his Majefly's brig GANNET ; the Providence re venue cutter, WORALL ; and the Stag revenue cutter, TEDDURY, from a cibize. Sailed the Neptune hired tender,.Recosu, for Dublin; the Shannon, DAI.- NIELS, fer Limerick ; the HOUDfIOW, TIMOR LE, for Liverpool ; the Aftrea, Bozvoe, for Swanfea ; and the PROVIDENCE cutter, for Scilly. The GANNBT (loop of war is now getting under weigh. i'LTMOUTH, JULY 18.—Came in the Euivaaos. of 36 guns, from Guernfey ; the Lady Warren arm• ed (!tip, from a cruize, with the Danifh galyacht Hanna Margaretta; Captain &Hoag, from Barcelona to Embden, with brandy, &c. which (he has detained. the Danifh brig Den node Henfigh, Captain BEN. SON, from Vorfground, with timber for his Majefly's yard; the Pruffian galyacht Johan and Wilhelm, Captain SJORRDS, from Norway, with timber. Went up the harbour to refit, the Coctriii, of 16 guns.— Sailed the SANTA MARGARETTA, of 36gUDS, on a cruife. —Wind S. W. PORTSMOUTH, JULY i9.—Arrived the FALCON (loop of tear from a c:uiie. Sailed the HECLA bomb, with the Triad bomb tender, the Weft India men, &c. under convoy for the Downs, and the WILIZLE (loop of war, with the Anne, Duke Jf Bron ti, Symmetry, Unity, Alert, and Henry trinfports under convoy for Plymouth.—Wind N. E. DEAL, July t9.—Sailed the ZEBRA bomb, with a convoy to the Weftward : and Is Fi.sciss Hoop of war for Sheernefs.—Arrived kveral cruizers from off the French coati, and remain in the Downs with the reft of the (hips as per laft.—Wind N. E. SHEERNESS, JULY i9.—Sailed from the More ye terday evening, after port, the A delphi armed fbip, with four veirels under convoy for Tonningen.— Wind S. W. YARMOUTH, JULY 19. —Art ived the Sophie, Cap tain ORINS, from Embden, laden with fugar, Scc. for Antwerp, detained by the SCORPION Hoop of war. The outward bound Baltic fleet are put into Corton Roads, and will be joined from hence by the Tiber, WRIGHT ; Albion, WARlikli ; Towry, BENNETT ; Nancy, ART/0 Perfeverance, WARD ; Charles, WARTON ; Ceres, LAWES ; Memel, &own ; and John, CARTER, for the Baltic. Vinci N. E. Cetmtutstowx, Juxs 6.—The regnlar trading American flup Two Friends, Captain O'Neil., from Loudon for thie port, with a full cargo of dry goods, fuppofed to be worth one hunched thoufand pounds Rerling, wax captured on Tuefday lag, in ten fathoms water, by the French privateer fchooner l'Emperance, Capt. MolsAli, from Guadaloupe, now cruizing off our bar. The plea urged by tho privateer's men for capturing the chip was, that the had not a certificate from the American Conful relident in London, de. Glaring her to be American property. The Two Friends left Gravefend on the 21 fl April, and were 4z days out when captured. The difappnintment and lofs occafioned by the capture of the Two Friends will be fenfibly felt by our importers : the was literally crammed with goods, and the only Chip expeded from London with the Spring fupplies. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. Aft given —Off Dover, the Harmony, Coward, from Oporto. At Dublin, Sra. Caras, —, from Oporto. At Dundalk, Suir, Wright; and the Harrifon, Tarnby, from Dooneen. At Hoy lake, Refolution, Steinworth, from Trieße. At Liverpool, Tri ton, Harfon, from Narva. At Hull, Cora, Bowen, from Malta. Off the Land's End, Rolla,Hutchinfun from Charleftown,bound to Liverpool. At Newfoundland, Ranger, Phelan, from Water ford. At New Brunfwiele, Duke of Kent, Etingden, from Lon don. At Halifax, Ruffen, Tower, from LiverpooL At Demerara, Commerce, Woodßock, from Africa. At Batavia, Neptune, Rhodes, from Copenhagen. The Samna, Zieheliche, from Batavia to Embden, is loft in the Straits of Sunda ; crew raved. The Argo, Holditch, bound to London ; the Lively, smith ; the Hope, Lee, hound to Hull ; and the Nelly, Lock, bound to Dumfries, (Ailed with the fleet fr'•m Oporto on the 26th ult. The Hope was miffing on the 3th inft. the Argo, Nclly, and the Lively parted in a gale on the 3oth; the Lively being leaky, bore up for Lifbon. It is reported that the Argo and the NeUy were taken on the 3d intl. by a Spanith privateer of four guns. The (hips Harmony, Captain Cowart% and Young Regulus, Captain Lusts, two of the miffing veffels from Oporto, are arrived at Dover. They failed under convoy of the Avon and Mr LBROOK, and were fuppofed to have fallen into the hands of the enemy. —The letters of both were yellerday exhibited at Lloyd's. The Harmony, it appears, efcaped being captured by a privateer by the prefence of mind of the Captain, who, en being hailed, in his defence lefs liate, ated himfelf to be a Dane, and that he was bound from Spain to Copenhagen. By letters from Deal we learn, that fome alarm prevailed there on Wednefday night in confequence of a very heavy firing being heard on the wrafi of France. The Port Admiral was called out of bed, and the (hips in the Downs put in motion. We hare been favoured with a letter from an Officer belor,z. ing to Admiral Duo s's fquadron, dated Thurfday morning, Boulogne roads, which Rates, that at day light the detached fquadron, under the command of Captain Owes, commenced a fpirited attack on about 120 of the enemy's veffels anchored under the batte ries. The attack, although conduFted with great judgment and gallantry, did not, we regret to fay, prove fuccefsful, and we fear our (hips experienced fome damage. Tuefday two perfons, fuppofed to he fpies from the enemy's coati, were detefted in the ad of endeavour ing to bribe the fentinel to gain admittance into Deal Cagle. Their quellions as to the (late of the fort, the calibre of the ordnance, with all its means of defence, were overheard by one of the F3ot Guards, who ob ferved them while taking minntes of the anftvers they received, followed them imo Dial, and caufed them to be apprckcnacti. - SPORrINC Ih"TE►LLIGEIVCE. •PR El ON RACES. .rUYSDA Y the July, a Maiden Piste of sot • J. Clifton. Efq 's ch. c. Welch Harp - 0 6 t. t Sir H. Willismion's b. c. Surrender - 3 3 dr I.d. Derby's brother; to Agoniftes - 4 dr Mr. Taylor's b. c. by Hammer - s 1 dift. Mr. Londfdale's b. m. ViciiStudc - - 6 4 3 2 Mr. Won's gr. c. by Delpiui - - 7 I 2 3 Mr. Turner's b. f. by Reftlets 0 3 4 dr . . Same day Lord Derby's brother to Agnnifle, againit Sir Wm. Gerard's Baroache, by Overton, 81t• each, two miles, soogs.— Won by Sir W. Gerard. WZDNIMAY the irh, scl. given by the fail of Derby. Mr. Lonidale'l b. c. Sir Charles - I I J. Clifton. Efq's. b. c. Cotiolanus - - 2 1 Mr. Robinfon's ch. f. by Abilic Thuile - - 3 3 . _ AR the three Races very eafy. State of the Cocking after Wednddayi fighting —Lord Derby had won 13 main and 4 byes—• Mr. Croffe 14 main and 1 byes— the main confifts of 34 battle". WINCHESTER RACES, WEDNESDAY, JULY ty. A Swespftakes of tcgs each (Seven SuLfcribers). Two Mites. Mr. Abbey's Margery, by John Ball, 6 yrs old - Sir H. Lippincott's Mirror, 4 yrs old • 2 The scl. for 5-yr olds and upwards was won by Lord Sack vilk's Whirligig, beating Quia and leveret others at three K..ita. The 501. for 3 and 4 yr olds was won caly by fvlifs Coiner, beating Triptuiemus, who bolted. Ear 111D1/1 HUU.SE. Yeßerday a General Court of Prophecies was held at the India Houle, for the puipofe of taking into farther confideration the .Refolution of the Court of Proprietors, held on Friday the teth ins. to confi der of the Refojution of the Court of Dire tors on the Report relative to the College. at, Hertford, pro prxed to be inßituted for the education of young Gentlemen who are intended for the Comp Any's Civil Service in India. The Minutes of the Court of Proprietors, of the tsth inf. having been read by the Clerk, togrthei with the Refolution then agreed to— The Cuataitaa rofe and informed the General Court, that they were affembled for the purpofe of approving and confirming the proceedings of the loft Court, on this fubjre. He Ihould therefore read the Refolution he had prepared— " That this Court, referring to the Refolution of the 28th February, and to the proceedings had thereon, do confirm the Re port of the Court of Diredors ; and do approve the falaries ap pointed and fixed thereby." The queftion on the above refolution was then put, and carried unanimonfly. • The Ciraientam then Paid, the Court had been held merely for this particular purpofe, and there was no other bnfinefs before them. Unlefs, therefore. fome Gentlemen prefent had any obfcrvations to offer on the fubjed, he thotild adjourn the Court. No perfon offering to (peak, the Court was accordingly ad. loomed/ire die. 14W IYT ELI IGENCE COURT c E;NC•S BENCH, JULY tsw. A';NE READ 1". T. JOHNSON. The Plaintiff reticles at London.place, Hackney the Defendant is a young man who had paid fame attention to Mils Frances Stewart, to whom the for mer was guardian. This aftion was brought to re cover the fum of 501. lent, under citcumftances which will appear in the caufe. Mr. Garttow obferved, that the Defendant had engaged a hnufe,towardsacquiring the leafe of which the Plaintiff had lent him got. Mr. Johnfon, in pay ing his addreffes to the young lady, had got into the gond graces of the old one, but poffefiing tome ver fatility in his difpofition, he chofe now to rejet the female, and retain the money. Mifs Frances Stewart proved the hand writing to a bill for the amount ftated, drawn by the Defendant on the Plaintiff, and paid by the - latter. The ap plication of this fum was to the leale of a honk lately occupied by Mr. !Mad:more, in Fleet Market, in which it was intended the Defendant and Witnefs thould refide. She then proved the fignature of jier late lover to the following letter, addreffed on the 26th of June, 1804, to the Plaintiff : Maonst-1 have confidered regarding the kafe of the houfe, and if you think well of it I will give you a bond jointly with niy father, for the leafe and fixtures, and pay it in five years. The inter& to be paid half yearly. (Signed) " . THOS.JOHNSON." Mr. PA R ice, for the Defendant, remarked, that his Learned Friend had not proved his cafe. There was as account for money lent, another for money had and received, and a third for an account Rated, but there was no proof of the payment of the bill. Frances Stewart was then, by his Lordfhip's per million, recalled, when the depofed, that fhe always underfiood the money was not paid to the Defen dant, but was given into Blackmnre's hands. Mr. GARRow — " It is perfeetly clear that the young lady has more regard for her fweetheart than for her guardian." Mr. Peaks, for the Defendant, expreffed his con cern that the fair witnefs fhould be placed in a fitu ation of exhibiting herfelf to the Court, under fuch delicate and painful circumßances. It was his duty to thew that this demand was wholly unfounded, and that the leafe for which this money was given was not the property of the Plaintiff, but of the Defen- 1 dant. He Ihould produce a letter which would re move all uncertainty, if his inltrations were correEt, and which would entitle his client to the verdict of , the Jury. The letter was read by the Clerk of the Court, and was couched in the following terms. It was addreff ed from the Plaintiff to the Defendant, and was dat ed on the 22d of June, ;So+ : " Stn--T received your letter, and have, in confequence, eon faked Fanny's guardian, when he informed me he would. hiring an zdtinn againft you, if the could give fufficient proof (of a pro mite of marriage). We Al und;rflood you meant to marry her. I came forward on her account, and to my engagement I saUl Rand on her account, hut not on yours without her. I will 'Java I nathirg to do with your father, orany other perfon unknown to mt. I think your father and you are both not fo good as you fhould be. She can bring forward seal. Hike no default, nor will make none. Conic, Larry the girl, file can pay tool. to ward the leak, and I have paid reL If you continue the con tract, I (hall expedt fuch fecurity as I approve." [After fame limiter obfervations, the letter concludes) " If your own friends will not retire you, how can you expcd. it from a Rranger (Signed) " ANNE READ." The Learned Counfel contended, that from the terms of this letter, and the uther fads in evidence, the Plaintiff had taken the leak upon herfelf, and that therefore fhe could not demand the gal. of the Defendant. which was a part payment for loch kale. Lnrd ELLENBOROUGH—" This defence is neither fopported in law nor in morals ; the Defendant had elee•ated the girl, and new he wants to cheat the guartli4a alfo."—Verdiet for the Plitiatiff, • JETFUSON /7. !REIM. This was an adion on a bill of exchange, brought by the Plaintiff, who difcounted the Bill, againft the Defendant, on whom it was drawn. Mr. ERSK IN F. having opened the cafe, and proved the fignature to the Bill, Mr. GARROW, on the part of the Defendant, faio, he fhould give evidence to ufury committed by the Defendant in this tranfaCtion, and in fuppvrt of this cafe, he produced as a witnefs, Mr. Dowries, a Methodi ft Preacher. This perfon laid, that the draft given in return for this bill of 301. was, he beFeved, 291. tss. fo that to adpearance, only the legal intereft was deduCted, but in addition to this, he gave, as a km:, a fever fhilling piece, which contiituted the ufurious intereft. On his oat examination by Mr. GARROW, he faid, that no cha pel was at orefent illumined by his fpiritualdifcourfes. " Have you not refigned the Miniftry, on forne account not prudent to explain r—A. ‘, I have not refigned the minitiry any more than the Counfelhave refigned their bulinefs, when, firm idlenefs, infirmity or any other caufe, they are abandoned by their clients. I was in;Ormed that a great deal of info lencc would be directed againft :re." ()„, " This is no fatisfaSory t eply to my gneftion." 1 . A. " My dear Sir, I do not know that I am bound" to anfwer." Lord ELLs*aoaouoH—" If thequeflion werr ma terial to the cattle, I would not object to it. Any thing very difrefpedful and opprobrious yon need not anfwer, unlefs Tome proper motive be alligned." Witnefs—" I ferved my apprentcefhip to a pain ter and glazier, and I now have a Staffordthire ware. honfe in 13loornibitry. I never was removed from any ecngtegation, but at my own option." Mr. Dawes, an apothecary ; in Newman PaiTage. was then called to cnntridid the Jail witnefs, but he confirmel the teltimnny with yelped to the Win y.— The Plaintiff was nonfuited. TURTON V. ?RIC& Mr. PARR laid the declaration limed, that the De fendant was indebted to the Plaintiff In icxxal. which the Defendant undertook to pay. The Plaintiff, he raid, was a Doelot of Phyfic, re fiding at Swanfea, in Glamorganfhire ; and the De fendant, Mr. Price, his countryman, was an Attor ney in Lincoln's Inn. There two Gentlemen, a Welfh Phyfician and Welfh Attorney, had a difpute refpefling the ownerfhip of a (hip. He was bound to fuppofe that his Client was a very learned Phyfician, but he was certainly a very ignorant Lawyer.—Mr. Price, the Defendant, he had no doubt, was a very good. Solicitor, but he was evidently not well ac quainted with the laws refpeding the ownerthip in dripping ; and he had no doubt that the Jury, under the direction of his Lordihip, would decide this cafe in favour of the Well's Phyfician. Mr. Price had. without intending it, done that which wetild not avail the Plaintiff—which was to fell him certain (hares of a (hip when he could not make a li,inad tide to them ; and this aftion was brought to recr•••:_r a Cunt of money which Mr. Price had received for that pur chafe. Mr. Price had fancied himfelf the owner of three-fourths of a (hip at Swanfea called the Fanny. which the Plaintiff was induced to buy. He did fo, and got poll - el:Gm of it. The (hip went two or three voyages, on which the Defendant relied. but it would not ferve him. He brought an aftion for the remainder of the money for the putchafe, for part only had been paid him. The Plaintiff Paid, he only wanted a good title to be made to him ; and in this Weill% cafe, the parties agreed to refer it, not to any perfon converfant in loch a cafe, who knew whether a pod title could. be made out or not, but to a mer. chant at Swanfea, who knew nothing of my Lord Liverpool's AEI, which governs all cafes of the transfer in the ownerlhip of (hips; and this Gentle man gave zn award, which was afterwards made a Rule of Court, in which, inftead of making it a condition precedent to the Plaintiff's pay'ng the money that he (honk! have poireflion of the but that he ihould in the fir(( place pay 301. and then he proceeded to order Mr. Price to make to the Plaintiff a good title to three fourths of this The Plaintiff laid, Where is my title ? which could not be given him ; Mr. Price enforced the award by an attachment, and the Plaintiff was compelled to' pay the 301. Now the complaint was, that Mr. Price could not make a good title to three fourths of this (hip; and that he could not do fo would appear by his own admiaian, which was agreed be tween the parties to be read. The Defendant admit ted " That no bill of Pale of any part of the thin Fanny was ever made to him, or any other in liniment in writing, reciting the certificate of the register of the Paid [hip." Now there was a certain Ad of Parliament of the 34 Geo. 111. c. 68. fee. t 4, to remove all doubts on transfers of (hips by word of mouth, &c. by which it was enacted, that no con• tract or agreement for the property in a (hip or vef fel (ball be valid and effectual for any purpofe what ever, either in law or equity, unlefs founded on a bill of Pa le or inflrument in writing, containing a recital of the certificate and regiller. Mr. Price admitted that he had not this, and therefore it was impoffible for him to make out a good title, for he never had any title himfelf; but he laid, the Plaintiff was in poifefiion ; that was very true, but being a pofferlion, without a title, he could not fopport it. Support: rhea Captain were to fay to the Plaintiff." I will not deli. ver up the (hip to you ;" the Plaintiff could not cum•' pel him. Lord ELLENEOROUGH obfcrved, that as this had been the fubjea of a reference, and the arbitrator who had made his award, had not been oppofed, al though certainly an abfutd one—for by ordering the money to he paid tar a thing before poiTefflon was given of it, the cart was put before the horfe—but the parties had acted nprn that award, had made a Rule of Court of it, and therefore the ria:ntiff could not maintain a common action on the cafe for money had and received ; his remedy mua be either an ac tion upon the Special Contract, or application to the Court for attachment for non-performance of the Defendant's part of the award, namely, that of mak. ing a good title: and as the Defendant could not do that, he mull of courfe refund the money. &Tooling the cafe to be as it was flitted, his Lordraip thought it worth while for the parties to come to a fettleinent, without turning the Plaintiff round on a point of form. Mr. Gasanw• obferved, that any fettliment which the Plaintiff walled, mull be propofed out of Court I .13e mull here claim for his client what the law al. kwed him.—Plaintiff nonfuitcd. [ Turn oven