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TELLIGENCA PHIS DAY. Alt. DOI& o 0 o 1 0 . 0 o 3 2 0 r n abod Malta France : liamburgh ; anden , JANUARY Is. arlborou&h and Lady Ara ils for Lisbon ; Marquis of iils for Gibraltar and Malta; , with ditto for New York ; [Es, with ditto for Jamaica ; , for Batavia. Arrived the emerara. 4, JANUARY 20. I his Majesty's ship FAvou- kNUARY 20. le Tottenham, convict ship, ter rudder, which was injur— ; also the whole of the out er. Most of the outward day have come back again. ver and remain the Marquis , for Grenada. gorfolk, Eclipse, Medway, hers, outward-bound, have JANUARY 19. in, K ERNA N, from Calcutta, zst, and from the C ape of November ; Jubilee, WATT, d the 9th of December; and from Charleston, sailed the so arrived the Victory, Do u led the 26th of December.— >m Newfoundland for Oporto, rto Bar on the 2d instant, and JANUARY 20. e Nocton, bound to Surinam, on on Fairness Rocks. If the it is expected she will be got lamage. F t othe Knock, on the morning w to save, if possible, some lateriats of the brigs Argo and he same evening without any at the Argo had totally disap ttoria was still to be seen on RS, JANUARY 17. !sterday morning, soon after wreck considerably without Ich proved to be.a part of a ell, Captain BLUE, from Sa cargo of nuts and capers.— win Sand on Tuesday morn ed in two, and from that part taken and brought on shore mdition the Captain, two of anger ; the others, consisting ro of the crew, unfortunately of our boatmen on this oc nerous other cases, is desert don. D, JANUARY so. r Waterloo, Not, from Os from St. Michael's ; Charles Seville; Thomas and Elias- Havre; Cape Packet, from ; and Glory, POUNDEN, from USR, JANUARY 20. .The Galen, Tracey, from Boston ; igkorn ; Marys, Gadsworthy, from rem Demerara; Providence, Cor ks= Seville ; Flying Fish, ffissith, !ri, from Teneriffe ; Two Brothers, sk, Juckson, from Calais; Emily, , and Lisbon ; Sir Henry Stanhope, Vier Gebroeders, from Worcum. , Coffin, for New York ; Friends, )unkirk ; DISC:111 Forbes, Wilson, Iples and Palermo; Marrnion, Tin ut Packet, Wishart, for Leghorn; :rdam ; and Liverpool, Cowley, for supercargo and purser Of the FENN, which is just arrived in , that, on the 4th of August, t Calcutta, an alarming fire sciews of Mr.LAPRIMAUDAYE, quantity of cotton consumed ascertained, but it was estima. .aunds, besides a considerable The fire was hardly got under mut left Calcutta. The same masted by the Right Hon. the with a re ...m , ta:Ce beautiful r) destined Is a present to her r:ncess CHARLOTTE. cc from HOLKAR's Camp men under GOFFOOII KHAN cond i= state, and were plundering ghbourhood of Pertaub Ghur vz.izzr SINGH was at Adreah reviewed his Telinga regiment. i Attock, that Prince KAMRUN f of the Vizier Furwi KHAN JEET is represented to have re e British authorities respecting by him to BHOSLA &Non, and at his sole reason for keeping Lr of offending the British Go ng him to cross the Rutledge." not quitted the vicinity of Mol ill the tribute had been adjus- ZAN had strengthened the torts lyderabad, and Bahadar Gur f importance belonging to this abandoned to the . Seib, who emands, and require five lacks es, and a valuable trance sword,- be Prince of liLmAyoON, and dby HAFEz. The inhabitants rics had renewed their petition who had promised, but not ;ainst the " L!fidels r re time of the latest accounts of licamped at Toong, waiting a Ty from the army under Rajah ttelligence state he was still oc . of Moodherag Gurrah, in the es he had made a small breach. ss eacamped on the plain of LAI, INTELLIGENCE. OOURT OF CHANCERY...JANUARY eV. OPRRA•HODSIWATER3 V. TAYLOR. The .SOLICITOR-GeNeam, moved that a motion which stood in the Vice-Chancellor's paper might be transferred to his Lordship's paper, and be heard the first thing to-morrow morning. LORD CHANCELLOR.—What is the nature of the motion Mr. Solicitor? _ The .&OLICITOR-GRNERAL.—It is merely a motion, my Lord, that the Receiver be allowed to pass his Accounts and be discfiarged. It will not occupy much time.—The LORD CHANCELLOR.—Be it so. WATERS V. TAYLOR—ANOTHISI MOTION. Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY observed, that if he rightly understood the order made in this case by his Lord ship the other day, it was, that nothing more than the interest on 9-16ths of the 28,0001. should be paid to Mr. Taylor personally, such payment including the period from the Ist of December, 1816, to the 24th of August, 1817. It was also to be further ob served, that this payment of the interest on the 9-l6ths to Mr. Taylor, was to be made without prejudice to his other claims. The LORD CHANCELLOR.—That is precisely what was intended by the order I made. Mr. HART inquired how long time the Court would allow for this payment being made ? It was proper his client should be aware of this, and there forehis Lordship would probably not think a month too long. Sie , SA MINL • ROMILLY submitted, that certainly that period was by far too long, and the other party might be very well satisfied if they obtained even the half of it. The LORD CHANCELLOR.-1 think so too, Sir Sa mueL A great deal of time has been wasted, as we all know, in the discussion of this Opera business, which certainly precludes the necessity of my grant. ing any great period for the payment. Let the money be paid into Court within a fortnight from this day. Surely that is enough. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. His Honour heard a number of motions this day, chiefly interesting to the parties ; and, at the rising . cs the Court, intimated that much time was unne cessarily wasted by motions of course, as they were called, being brought forward. These motions were often found to contain points of more importance than the Counsel at first were aware of, and the whole day was often occupied in hearing them, to the injury of the other suitors. He should, therefore, fix one day every week for hearing them, and on no account take-them except on that day. This public intimation would, he trusted, put Solicitors on their guard, and be favourable to the dispatch of business. COURT OP KING'S BENCH, JANUARY 20. IYONEILAGE V. HOLLOWAY. This was assumpsit upon a Bill of Exchange dated 25th September, 1815, drawn by the plaintiff's wife previous to her marriage, and accepted by the de fendant. Plea non assumpsit. At the Sittings after last Trinity Term, before Lord Ellenborough, 'in London, the plaintiff had a verdict. In Mighaelmas Term Mr. Scarlet obtained a rule Nisi for--'ng the judgment, on the ground that the plaintiff's wife, who was the payee of the bill, should have been joined in the action. It appeared that the Bill in r question was drawn by Anne Inner, a, ire sole, and+ before it became due she intermarried with the_plain tiff, and no indorsement in writing to the latter hav ing taken place, he brought the present action in his own name, upon the dishonour of the bill, and the question was, whether the action should not have been brought in the joint names of the plaintiff and I his wife? Mr. MARRYATT, and Mr. DEACON sheaved cause Against the rule, and several cases were cited, the Learned Counsel relying chiefly upon the doctrine in Comyn's Digest, Tit. Baron and Feme, contending that there was a main distinction between a chose in action and a personal chattel. In the former, as in the case of a Bond, it would be necessary to declare in the names of the husband and wife ; but in the latter, as in the case of a Bill of Exchange or Pro missory Note, the marital rights gave the husband a complete disposable property in the instrument, and entitled him to sue in his own name. Mr. SCARLETT said, that the question was, whether marriage was tantamount to an indorsement of the Bill to the husband, so as to make it a negociable se curity, according to the custom of merchants ? The COURT said, that the question was certainly new, but, they were clearly of opinion, that as mar riage invested the husband with the power of dis posing of the wife's personals, the mere act of in dorsement would be useless, because the right of the husband to dispose was perfect without such a ceremony, and therefore they discharged the Rule. IMMERSE? V. JARVIS. was an __ to recover sum of 4,50p1. on a policy of insurance for the brig Thomas. Mr. Serjeant BEST stated the case for the plaintiff, and proved by the evidence of Goble, the Master, and others, that time Thomas carried a cargo of wheat to Lisbon, and proceeded thence to St. IThes, Where she took in a cargo of salt ; that she struck spon a sand-bank, on which she remained fixed from !even in the evening till eleven the next night ; and that she afterwards performed the remaining part of her voyage to Charleston, in America, but in a very leaky and damaged state. At Charleston she was twice surveyed, and the estimate formed of a tho rough repair amounted to upwards of 2,5001. which having been thought too great an expense, she was sold for somewhat more than 3,0001. Several depo sitions, taken in America, were read as part proof. Before the case for the defendant was opened, Mr. Ilerjeals BEST admitted that he could only claim an average recovery, and agreed to refer the amount of such average to some merchant or barrister. Mr. Serjeant Vauemaii submitted that this was a question purely of sea-worthiness, and hoped to be able to prove that the Thomas was not sea-worthy at the time of effecting the insurance. She had been more than 15 years old ; had been engaged as a pri vateer, and had of course sustained much deprecia tion by the late peace. His learned brother (Best) had represented her as entered E. Y. at Lloyd's. A Juror.—E. I. Mr. Serjeant VAVOHAW.—WeII, E I. Mr. Serjeant BEST here produced a volume bound in red, to prove this representation.' Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAL-0 I I am not at all SIM! prised to see my brother's affection for the red book.: (A laugh.) He values it highly no doubt ; so we do all ; but among the changes that now take place in it, on the change of the year, none has better rea son to be satisfied than my Learned Brother.— (A laugh.) If he were rated there according to his merits, he should be E. I. (Much laughter.) ilia whatever might have been the birth of this brig r ker education was left unexplained, and he should prove that she had been leaky before she had struck on the sand-bank, and almost as leaky as after that acci dent. Some of the witnesses said she then became hogged, which his brother explained as meaning that her bristles were up ; but after she had arrived at Charleston not one plank was found broken, although many were found rotten. He trusted the Jury would exercise particular vigilance in inquiring into the circumstances of condemnations abroad, as many of them were founded in fraud. The carpenter of the brig was then examined as witness for the defendant ; and two depositions . voiship -carpenters in America were produced to p the necessity of repairing the brig arose het& decay as well as from injury. Verdict for the plaintiff, subject to a reference as to the amount. OLD BAILEY. Yesterday John Ravelinson, the elder, aged 27, William Henry Rawlinems aged 21, and John Raw lisuon, the yonnger, aged 18, were indicted for steal ing seventy-six lengths of lace and ninety-eight silk handkerchiefs, value 1001. and upwards, of Edward Sage, in a certain vessel called a lug-boat 4 on the navigable river of Thames; and Mary Griffiths, aged 49, and Sarah Cos, aged 46, were indicted for re ceiving the same, well knowing them to be stolen property. James Hobson deposed, that he was a warehouse man in the house of Gillman, Lucas, and Co. On the day mentioned in the indictment (2d of Decem ber) he packed seventy-five lengths of lace in a lace box, and confided it to the care of Charles Cross. This Charles Cross stated, that he assisted in packing up the lace, and a quantity of silk handkerchiefs, in a trunk, for Mr. Pope, a Manchester warehouseman. The key was fastened to the handle, and placed un der the mat which covered the trunk. The trunk was given to Joseph Saunders to take to the quay. Ths goods were proved to be taken to the Galley Quay on the 2d of December by Saunders. Edward Payne, servant to Messrs. Smith and Bar ber, proved the receipt of the trunk from Saunders, and that it was delivered on the sth of December to the prisoner, William Henry Rawlinson, after hav ing been entered at the Custom-house. This priso ner was servant to Mr. Sage, the lighterman,' and was to take the trunk in question in a lug-boat to the John Palmer vessel, lying in the river. John Raw linson, the younger, was present when the trunk was put into the lug -boat. Edward Sage, being examined, said he was a lighterman. The prisoners, John Rawlinson, jun. and William Henry Rawlinson, were employed by him. On the sth of December these two prisoners stated to witness, that they had delivered the trunk in question on board the John Palmer. George Rich, a searcher at Gravesend, stated that Mr. Pope applied to him to go on board the John Palmer to open the trunk. Witness went, and found the key tied to the handle of the trunk. He disco. vered that a small box in it had been opened and emptied. This was on the 7th of December, about two o'clock. There was a vacancy in the trunk which appeared to have been filled ups (Mr. Cross, being called up agair., said, that the box contained twenty dozen of handkerchiefs, and eight dozen were after wards found to be missing.) The trunk was re packed, and given to Mr. Pope. The lace and hand-1 kerchiefs were packed in the same trunk, and 75 lengths of lace were found to have been taken out. Daniel M.Gillivray, an acComplice, was next exa mined. He stated that he lived at Limehouse, and kept a chandler's shop within one hundred yards of the river side. He was acqnainted with all the pri soners ; and on sth December, about three o'clock, he saw the two prisoners, John Rawlinson, the elder, and William Henry Rawlinson. Witness was stand ing on the wharf wheu they came on shore. He The plaintiff, in this case, a country Gentleman, residing in Kent, and keeping a pack of hounds, had contracted to purchase all the dead horses at the Ar tillery Barracks of Chatham and Woolwich, for the purpose of feeding his dogs; he sold the skins of the hones. to a collar-maker ; and his creditors after wards sued out a commission of bankruptcy against him, on the ground of his being a trader. The act of trading was alledged to be, thar of the plaintiff having bought the skins and sold them again. Mr. Somerset petitioned the Lord _Chancellor to set aside the commission, and contended, by his Counsel, and upon his own affidavit, that he had not purchased any goods for the purpose of profit ; but that on the contrary he had paid twice as much for the carcase of every horse as he obtained for the skin. The Lord Chancellor left the case undecided ; and di rected the plaintiff to try the point in a Court of Common Law. The plaintiff accordingly brought an action of trespass against the Assignees under the Commission, who had taken possession of his pro perty. It was tried at the Kent Assizes, and a ver dict was given fer the defendant, the Judge having given it as his opinion, that the diminution of loss caused by the sale of the skins, was a profit. Mr. CURWOOD now shewed cause against the rule, for setting aside this verdict. He said, pit appeared upon the trial, that when Mr. Somerset had in one day purchased twenty dead horses, and was asked what he wanted with so many? he answered-4 I wish I could get as many more, I should make a good thing of llc therefore contended, that as he had constainly'sold the skins of the horses, and thereby diminished the expense he should otherwise -.VQ; . •• • ,r , • .. • ' ,„ ' _ , ,• . . •.• V P V • ' • • 4ev. ~.. ., k Sik 4; . - • ..., . - It* • 4, barn. ;stirred in feeding his slogs, he must be co* i luelbect compile, w;ch elm, - • sides*, As a tttder. Mr. Curwood alio observed. into the Horns and Chellkiers that the Chantellor must have had such an impress they had some beer. The peso ~. sion Is his Mind, when he refused to set the Corn. they were then going to Blackw „‘,s ' d mission aside. that they expected on their return ~ .uld ' Mr. IdLurfArr, on the other side, contended that have something for him. Soon after Ai, t i priso the act of the plaintiff was no more a trading, than nets went away, and at about nine o'clock the sane if a man sold his old clothes, or any other thing, night witness saw them again ; they came to his whir is he had no use for. Besides the plaintiff had house, and went up into his bed-room, and theretcld several witnesses who were not produced at the trial, that they had some handkerchi , A and some lace. and dune he should bring forward on a new trial.--. They took them from about their perso 'd The Court granted a new trial. them upon the bed. Witness looked at COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JAN. 20. asked, " What do you want for them?" ly MOORSOM v. SHADFORTH. was, " They are worth a good deal or v..._ action ' the • They would settle the -'-- until the other - _ not price - young man came up from Gravesend. The next day (Sun day), about one o'clock, all the three prisoners came to his shop. Witness's son was present, but he sent him to church. Witness and the prisoners went up stairs, and one of them said, " The goods arc worth 1001." Witness said, " They are very common, and I will give you no more than 451. for them." This they finally agreed to. Witness did not then give them any money, but promised to do so the next day. They were to meet him in the Borough, about two o'clock on Monday ; but the elder prisoner came to witness on the Monday, early in the morning, and told him not to meet them, as something had hap pened, and that he had better remove the goods from his house, which he did. He knew the female pri soners, and had sold a piece of the handkerchiefs to Griffiths at half-a-crown each handkerchief. He sold also two cards of lace to Mrs. Cox. He had previ ously told her he had such articles for sale, and she came to his house in consequence. She paid 9s. for the lace she had. Cross-examinud.—He came from Newte en to give evidence against the prisoners : he had examined three times before the Mag;s trates before he mentioned the prisoners as being con cerned in the robbery. The wife and son of the last witness corroborated James White, the officer, apprehended the two younger. Rawlinsons, at 21, Mark-lane, on the fith of December : they both stated, before they went down to the Police office, that on the sth of De reiriber they went to Limehouse, and got some re .' hment arthe Horns and Chequers public-house that they went from thence to Blackwall,. and found the John Palmer had gone to Gravesend. On the 12th of Decembe r the elder Rawlinson came to the Police office, under the name of George Jones, and said he lived at the Nelson public-house, in Southwark, and was a fellowship-porter. He was apprehended. On the 9th of December Cox was apprehended at Limehouse. He went to her house and found two or three silk hanakerchiefs lying on the table, and two or three lengths of lace in a work-bag. John Gotter, another police officer, apprehended Griffiths. At the office he said he must search her. She said, very well, but let me take my money out first. She put her hand in her pocket, and witness heard paper rattle. He said he could wait no longer, and put his hand into her pocket. He found nothing there ; but between her petticoat and gown he found some lace, and on the seat where she had been sit ting there was a parcel, containing three silk hand kerchiefs. She at first denied that site had any thing of the kind about her. The property was completely identified, as being the property of Messrs. ailltnan, L uc a s an d C o . an d that which was packed up and sent to Mr. Pepe by the ship John Palmer. The handkerchiefs were 465. per dozen, and the lace 3s. a yard. The case on the part of the prosecution being con cluded, after about an hour's ezasnination, the pri soners were called upon for their defence, but they all left their cases to the Counsel and the Court. Sarah Cox declared, that she thought she had bought of M'Gillivray smuggled, and not stolen, goods.—Several witnesses gave the prisoners a gcod character. Mr. Justice PARK summed up to the Jury, Or serving that in his opinion there was not surncient evidence to convict the two female prisoners, or the elder Rawlinson. The Jury retired for about half an hour, and re turned the following verdict—John Rawlinson the elder, Mari Griffiths, and Sarah Cox, Not Guilty ; and William Henry Rawlinson, and John Rawlinson the younger—Guilty. The Grand Jury, at the close of their labours yes terday, made the following interesting presentment : • " To the Right Honourable the LOAD MAYOR, and o th er his Majesty's Justices, presiding at the Court of Sessions istmr holden at the Old " We, the Grand Jury of the City 'of London, having report ed the several Bills of Indictment presented to us in due form, and • being informed by the proper Officer, that no others are forthcoming, do wait up , e.. the Court for the purpose of re... Av. ing our discharge; at the same time, we wish to observe the great pleasure we have derived, in perceiving that no bit has been found by . us for murder, nor any one of a crime of a peen liar atrocious nature ; a circumstance very gratifying to the Jury. " In the progress of our duty we visited the prison cf New gate, and especially directed our attention to the state of that prison ; and we lament to record, that, from the great influx of prisoners, it is hardly possible to keep them in a state of whole some cleanliness—a circumstance we deeply deplore, as putting !together all descriptions of offenders—en evil easily obviated in the opinion of the Jury (and in which opinion they are borne out by Mr. Brown, the keeper of the prison), if more spare could be allotted, whereby a classific.ation of the prisoners might be effected to the evident improvement of their health, comfort, and morals. " The vast number of juvenile depredators in confinement, and the melancholy circumstance of four being under sentenceuf death in she condemned cells, and in irons, the youngest only nin e years of age and the oldest twelve, connecmi with the cireum stance of very many of them previous to tri.ll associating with the profligate, hardened, and abandoned, presents to us the idea of the improbability of a reform, which a more judicious and at tentive confinement might produce. " `Me deplorable situation of the male prisoners, with respect to clothing, particularly the juvenile part, made a melancholy impression on our minds. Many WM without shoes or stock inet, others without shirts, and one ahnost in a state of nalesa ness--circumstances we earnestly recommend to the considera tion of those who arrange and manage the general business of the prison ; and we are of opinion that the general health of the pri soners of both sears would be materially Jury feel if an great aaeawl sure in plea sure ante of soap was granted for that purpose. '".' aimo nvilit u i t r :c g in t g he th l a n t vefiernlarrinec, the (,ra nd necessary attention appears to b e paid to the sick, and those in a convalescent state, and to the ge neral health of the prisoners. 4, We further beg leave to state to the Court the gratifying pleasure we received in witnessing the exertions of Mrs. r y and the Ladies who so kindly assist her in attending to and in structing the female prisrMers, whose reformed deportment, and cheerful acquiescence to their wishes, demonstrated with a for e no language can describe the affection these unfortunate wors e n entertain for these humane, intelligent, and active females. " JOHN GANN, Foreman of the Uraad Jur.. " ...K;3i0131 House, Old Bailey, Jan. 19." , -r I ; ; .1 A