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AD.I:!RAL C. IMPBELE. N.\ - ‘!. copy the following in:rn Tlr Ilsfitiel .la:trual r Liiis tliorning. NVe trust the friends of the rallAnz Adrniial will find thoir best hopes realized. is !,..:1; - cely neceary to state- that our account was :in e. 6: trAn,cript of what had been received at " Tr3wicir, JANUARY 22. Ll.Ol : " The r...port of the death of near-Admiral Castrort.r, coin tr:lrding t=t Antigua, &c. as Oven in Tor S - rsr, from ',Loris's, . It Is hor, , d, witit.eo fLiundatisn, as letters from the friends of ti:Flocer in Loai:ort have assured those here, that no autho rity can bts traced but as above for the repra." TUE ARMY. The Gsa Regiment or Foot, upwards of seven hun ci,el srleng, commanded by Colonel (YHA NA, cm b;tilse i o.t V:t..inesday last, on board six Liverpool 1.4;.1“.‘t5, an:l the :11ercur;, Ilixoc, a N\ hitellaven trak-r,f,:r, Ve,ter.day, his 'Royal High!rss the PI:INC I: REGENT arrived at CavLon:house, about six o'clock, from 131 ion. wl7o 11.17 e 1: lends in India may be gad to th.at, by a recent legulation, Nety.tpaperS C4ll I.: sent to tho LAS!" Indies, upon the previous pay ir.ent of ule pe;,:u for each; to be folded and directed Newsl,..ipers for the Engl.:sh posts. AN APPZAL TO THL IILNIANITY CF ENGLISH LADIEi.—I: ha; been correctly ascertained, that there ate, in the lace-makint; Counties, upwards of '2C0,000 peer women and 'children entirely de per..len,. for support on making pillow-lace, which is now reduced in price, through the introduction of cotton-lace, manufactured by macninc. - y, that their earnings will net, on an average, amount to sixpence rer day, and thousands of them are, at the present moment, in a state of statvation. They trust that the Lenevolent dispositions of the Ladies will prompt them to introduce, as much as possitle, the use t , t pillow-lace in their vari6s articles of dress, whici. will he the means of rescuing thousands from the ,e; . ior.able state of distress and misery to which they e now reduced. FIRE.-Or the night of Wednesday sennight, at o'clock, the house of Mrs. LYNN, in Est Cross -street, Ilishorweat mouth, was observed to be on fire. The doors were immediately forced by the neighbours, and although the fire engine, and every assistance, was si•eedily procured, the conflagration was not got under till nearly twelve o'clock. When Mrs. LYNN nts fouled, she pre-:nted a horrid spectacle, being burnt almost to a ci.ider. Most of the furniture and the floors of the house, were consirned. It is pre iirticcl that the deceased had set her clothes on fi-e, and had communicated the flames to the furniture, &c. Lieutenant-Colonel 13nowx, the Officers, and sol,licrs of the .10th, attended, and their conduct was hi . 4hly mei italic:ins. Jir3. LYNN was of the most pe- Ltirious disposition. Yc terday morning, between ten and eleven o'clock, fire broke out in the dwelling-house of Mr.'fayLon, I , a.ter, in (inrdca-row, London-road, St. George's keldl, which, b.2fore the arrival of any engines, had • ed the v, hole building in flames. The wind at the tinie was ralier high, and blew the flames into • t at the back, inhabited by poor people, and t :raining the works:v,ps of Mr. Taylor and' Mr. I:au, chair and rush-mattreA-maker, which also took The passage of the court Was so narrow, that much confrision ensued in bringing out the furniture I the inmates; many were seriously hurt, and a part of the furniture was destroyed. At length •.: cr five engincs arrived ; but some diflicukv -co. bcfore any water could be got ; and w Hist the r: .. ;:mcn were employed in raising plugs, th , .! devour ,oss.r, el:flint had communicated to the ilird-in.i . .and 7:blic.:ionce, next door, and also to the back pre- Of Mr. Haves, a grocer. A plentiful supp 4 water being at length obtained, the enp-i,;cs were is requi , :tion with the utmost seleritii, and by the fire was subdued (it v.- - ..s sunpo-,eci leaving your or five houses gutted ccm - No further apprehensions were entertai,ted ' -• preinisei, and the firemen went to dinnei. four in the aftemoon the fiair..s 'lff CP great fury ; the men, how ever, were pit, ;and, hcii , g ably seconded by the in p.t,sengers', succeeded in extinguishing it'e was considerable. Ali 1::e I';iz now inthe Wheel arc Money, (Bank •• or (;ohi !s,ns), and all vili be drawn on V, Zi.o .h There are Two Prizes of o,llcr and T. 131su recom. r :,.I chase at Ills Offices, 4, Cornhill, ie.s, as tl ►e ett r ' t'i,,;ri; io . s, as tl •ti •••sion of these Capi the Contract. 'crate the departure of the division of the great ):xprdition, which is to carry large reinforcements to Morino, The time of its departure cannot be fixed; The Mails were later in arriving this morning than for a great many years past. The Leeds, Manches ter, and Chester Mails, which are in general the ealliest arrivals, did not reach town till past twelve o'clock ; and at one, some of the Northern Mails "Were still due. The detention hai been in some parts occa-ioned by the depth of the snow, but more par ticu:arly in others by the flooded state of the roads. THE DUKE OF KENT. BULLETINS. C Woo!brook Cottage, Sidntouth, Jamtary 14, tight r. x. " Ili; Royal Highness the Duke of KrtiT has had some corn , "citable 31,113, and is at present in a more favourable state." " Sichnnuth, Deer, January CA, One A. m. e' Since the date •f our last Report, his Royal Ilighaess the Wlic of Ks.:nr is become much worse, and his danger is consi dsralily increased. (Signed) " .1. Wii.son, M.D. " W. G. MAlnar, M.D." " January 20, Eight A. M. " TIN !loyal Highness the Duke of KLNI continues to be in :x.l . eniely critical and alarminz state. I' .1' WiLscin, W. 0. MATON, M.D." (Sivcd; " Eight o'Clock, P. M. " We telret to say that his Royal flightless the Duke of Krvr t. tit better at present, than he was this morning. (Siznt:tl) " WiLsox, M. D. " W. G. Matots, M.D." ri l'., kt en I; E' 1. f. • n t ; 1 r: 2: a. i NAVAL INTELLIGENCE; Ptl*Ar6T; J. 19.—1 t has blown a gale all last night from S. to S. W. with a heavy well. Scveral vessels have parted i 3 our Pier, and by ninning on board each other they has re evivrd aons:derable damage. Poitrrsit.irm, Js-r. W.S.W.—.- . -Arrived the Ex press, fit.taLlT, from Gibraetar, and sailed again for Lcildon. hi:s M4.ety's ship - Camitton, on a cruize. It has blown a h e avy talc last ni;ht and this morning, but abated towards the afterooon. Dr. 1., JAN. 21,1.-WIT \V..s--Salled the Triumph, STREET, for the River. Arrived and sailed for the River the Arabi /11c drs , Pa.% rr, from Lisbon, and several others, names unknown. Do-ex, tx. f.1.-I.ie Brie Susters, JANSEN, from Charente for Bremen, was lost in Eastware Bay, near Folkstone, this morning : the crow and cargo are saved, but the vessel is a com plete wreck. NORTIA SHIELDS, JAN. 29.—The stoop Providence, Stuarts, fr om Alemouth to Sunderland, was driven on share yesterday upon the liouth part of the Herd Sand; it is expected that both vessel and cargo will be saved. Also, yesterday afternoon, during a heavy pie from the N.r.. the Thomas and Alrey, of Myth ; TURNNELL buss. and Ann, of Newcastle ; Resolution, BALI. ; and Thrcz Brothers, of Blyth, were all drove on share. 'The Three Brotho's has gone to pieces, and the Resolution has lost all her luasts, but the remainder are ex rectA to be got elf with dama;e. A NeLEITA, JANUARY i 1 —Tho trig Cruizer, MULLENTIII, of Yarmouth, is on her: beam-cads on a reef of rocks, near ltrry's Futlong. The crew are supposed to have perished. The vessel begias to break up. No boat can go aboard ; and, as the wind blows hard Rona tho northward, she wilt go to pieces next tide. Hl A t'MARIS, JANI•A RT 20.—The sloop Catherise, JONES, from Liverpool to Pulhelly, foundered on Tuesday night, off the On - mit:ad. The crew landed yesterday, near the Red Warp Bay. The Captain dkd shortly afterwards, and a buy died ia the ho.tt The ;loo? tlero, •f Lianger, is also lost—crew sated.— .-%noth,:r slots?, in company, it is feared is also lost' • • Vestr.n - dav, a Court of Directors was held at the East In,ha House, when the under-mentioned ships were taken up for one voyage in the Company's ser vi,e, and thus stationed: Wort:en, 425 tons ; Camden, 389 ; Asia, 458 ; Hyperion, 402 ; and Regret, 556—for Bombay direct. Cornroandd, G 45 tons; new ship, 473; Waterloo, 416; 'Xoodforc!, 14 ; 650 ; Brampton, 482 ; Lady Rattles, 647 ; new ship, 470; Lady Carrington, 596; Asia, 410; Ti rnanOta, A 67; Providence, tiiii ; James SP/bald, 667 ; Kirkella, 409;' Richmond, 466; seal rhcenix, 493—for Bengal direct. . JAMAICA. (*.nom. VIE KINGSTON CIIKONICT.E.) " The unprecedented state of trade at this moment, in every quarter of the world,. engages a very large share of public attention ; the pressure is universal, and yet there is no certain cause assigned for it ; there are, however, many speculative opinions upon it, but hi;herto all notions respecting the disordered sitnation of the commercial world rest merely upon conjecture. In this Island we have long considered dna the stagnation was occasioned by the operations of the Corsairs, which at present infest these seas, under the pretext of ac:ing in behalf of the Insur gents on the Spanish American Continent, mere especially from the presence of that species of force on the Pacific Ocean. We doubt not that the trade on the southern part of the Continent is a good deal interrupted ; and yet we cannot think that this cause alone would have conduced to the unexampled mor bid state of commerce avongst us. It has been always admitted, by able politicians, that an excessive dtty defeats the object of a tax; that heavy duties operate as an additional incitement to a contraband trade; and that the adventurous smuggler pockets a large share of the gain thus produced, to the injury of the Government and ruin of the fair trader. We have rarely met With a case more in point; than the eirors so apparent in the political economy of ft* Spanish Government, not only in Spain, but in her Colonies. Pn proof, it is only necesssary briefly j to iii.joire into the Incts, connected with this Subject. in South America. British goods, on being imported into Panama, pay a duty ef 24 per cent. and 121 per cent. additional, when the goods have not been pre-' viously paid for, on the specie received in return, forming together a charge of 361 per cent. As Pa nama can only be lookei upon, in the same way as this City is, as as entrepol, the purchaser re-ships the goods to other ports on the South American coast ; this subjects them to a duty of two per cent. and, if they are sent to Lima, an additional charge of 42 per cent. is there imposed, or, if they are sent to San Bias, the fluty in that quarter is 331 per cent.. Hence it is clear that goods sent to Peru or Mexico, with out taking to account freights, insurance, transit by land, &c. pay in duties alone Sti per cent. in one di rection, and 71,1 ! per cent. in the other.—but as the goods are values by a tariff, far abovetheir . value, and all costs and charges on thei r t r an s it to Unlit or San Bias, the obstacles thus offered to the trade must be Eecevident ; but this is not all, for the re turns are sublet to heavy duty. Specie or bullion being the only articles which can be brought from Panama, from the difficulty and expense of convey in3 more balky articles across the Isthmus ; and if that specie be brought .from Lima to Panama, it pays a duty of nine per cent. on export, aad one per cent. on import ; or, if the money be shipped at San Sias, it then pays a duty of six per cent. and at Pa nama one per cent. exclusive of freight, insurance, &c. subject in every case to an imposition of 12 per cent. on its exportation to Jamaica. " lcis hardly posible to shew more glaring errors in the political economy .f any nation, and of the bar wi ich such irnpolicy interposes to the fair trader, and immense loss to the Spanish revenue, by thus ofering such an enormous premium' to the smut !tier. ".'l"he whole of the coast, from Porto-Cabello to Vera Cruz, is open to British trade ; that is to say, fiem long. 6S. to lung. 97. The trade to Porto Ca !Alio has long been on the increase, aid it is well, known that an immense trade has for sometime been Cal ri? i o between the Danish Islands and that part of the Simni , ill !lain. The Spani,h Government, we preuroc, would not he able to find proofs of the fact in any o•iiicial tiocument ; but of the truth of this statewent we entertain no doubts. teel very sinzete pleasure at the information we have I:tely been favoured with, that an Officer, wllo recently waited on the Viceroy of Santa Fe, fully expLii,e(i to him the true 'cause of the conti nued sinq;gling trtde carried on, and of the injuri ous consequenLe it had upon the revenues of the cf Spain ; and we understand that his Excel lency was so sensible of the errors in the Spanish Revenue Laws, that regulations are about to b,± adopted to give encouragement to the fair trader, which must produce immense advantages to the tzuje a this City:' Law COURT OF CIIANCERT, JANUARTfii; IN TILE M(TTER OF STABLES, RELATI' Ti 4 tiE.l;l, MINOR AND WARD OF TILE COr:RT. .. Mr. Wanteanto,, this day, bc,;a 4 ii liy: olyerving, that the case had recently been before his Lordship in the form of a motion, avhen it was ordered to stand over; with leave to present a short petitiou, founded on the affidavits which have been Sled. He had now td submit that petition to the consideration :of the Court, and it prayed that a reference might ' lie made to the Master, to inquire into all the cir cumstances attending. this Gretna Green marriage, and to report whether it was valid or ndt, the Court' meantime granting an injunction to prevent a second' marriage taking place. The subject having been' fully before the Court on a former occasion, it would be unnecessary for him to g 6 into it again, excepting' merely to state that the petition was nearly the same, with the motion formerly beard. It aserted, that Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Stables were sufficiently aw.tre of the intended elopement, as was evident from the' 1 nature and singular mode in which that eldpernent was effected. Mr. Stables, sen. retired to bed at a quarter past eleven, on the evening of the 14th of last December, and was soon after followed by his two sons, who left Mrs. Stables, Miss Stables, and Mr. Anthony Denn alone in the drawing-room, tien'aing wine and water. The young Lady goes down stairs, and is soon followed by her lover, who handed her intd a pOsto;haise, and then drove off. This, of itself, surely afforded strong presumption of the family's having either connived at, or promoted the mai riag,e. But he, would ask, if this were at tempted to be denied, what cause the two brothers could have for leaving their young friend - and sister in this manner? Was it entirely by accident that. they had done so? lie certainly could find no ei case for them going off from this room so abruptly, as it was contrary to the usual rules of common politeness. There olight be some- excuse for the pater familias retiring soon, as he niieht, from age or infirmity, naturally he excised, but for his sons no apology could be made. Alarm was soon after given of the elopement, when they came down, but according to their own account, in their affidavit, not till fifteen or twenty minutes after they had gone to their room. They appeared much agitated, but 'his Lordship required rot to be told how.often fear and similar passions might, in such concerted cases, be dramatically personated. At all events, there was no great expedition in their so coming down, • • for according to Mrs. Stables account, sho gave the alarm in two or three minutes, whereas they said it was in fifteen or twenty. There thus was an obvious contradiction between the two statements, and truly exemplified the justice of that old reritark, "taugna tai veuiias ei i ?"revalebit." Yet in fraud and other con certed plana, however well constituted such schemes might be, there was always some part, which, by its contradiction, eiribited the fallacy or the whole. Had they been ignorant of the scheme, would they have been so dilatory in coming down stairs? What! in an affair so interesting to the character and hap piness of their sister, was it possible they did not hear the voice of their alarmed mother? or could any man believe they did not hear it ? When they came down, they were only half dressed ; but would it take fifteen minutes to have taken off or put on half of their clothes? John, one of the sons, 'swore that he ran out after his sister, but hearing no tidings of her, he returned, when he heard that she had gone with Dean over Finohley Common. John denied, in his affidavit, that he had been in the Registrar's office on Tuesday, the 14th of December, but ad mitted that he had been there on the preceding even ing, where he made some inquiries of Mr. Standon, a clerk of Mr. Raynsford, as to whether any order had been made relative to a Ward of Chancery, 'bit not mentioning any names. This was precisely ano ther act of prudence to escape detection, and there could be only one motive attributed to his going there. It would not surely be said, that he went front a metaphysical love of knowing the forms of procedure in Chancery Ward cases? tor, on the con trary, his (Mr. Wetherell's) instructions charged that Gentleman with knowing that Dean was about to be made a Ward of the Court, and with having come thus to the office, knowing that if, on in quiry, he found that Dean had not been made a Ward, then the parties were at liberty to act er.l;ibitzim. A post-chaise being procured, the two sons set off.to Barnet, where they ordered the post-boys to stop till they returned in the afternoon, which they did, and cattle back to London, saying, the search was fruit less, as the pursued were gaining ground on them. Did they think they could possibly make any man believe this story, 'airless one whose understanding could be supplanted by buffoonery? When he read over the affidavits of Mr. and Mrs. Stables, and com- : pared it with. that of Dr. Moore the Vicar of St.: Pancras, he was fully satisfied that there was a con spiracy among the parties. In their affidavits the former declared they went to Dr. Moore to stop the banns, which had been twice published in the parish church, and that they had persuaded. Dean not to marry till he was out of his minority. Dr. Moore, however, gave a verrtlifferent account of the whole; for he stated that in conversation with the father and mother, he understood the marriage would he highly acceptable to Mrs. Stables, as the parties %%ere at tached to each other. Dr. Moore said l though the parties were minors, yet if the banns were regularly published, and no impediment offered, it would be legal; but on understanding that they did not live in the parish of St. Pancras, he rclt'used to celebrate the marriage, and stopt the banns. Thus his Lordship would see that the objection of Mrs. Stables was not to the propriety of the marriage, but merely on ac-. count of its illegality in St. Pancras. The Loan Ctt.tootooon—" Dr. Moore teas right, for though the marriage might be legal, it would, under such circumstances, have been a breach of the Canon Law." Mr. WETHERELL then Wont oh to the afii.iavit Of John Ballard, servant to Mr. Stables ; who had cut a prominent figure in this case. This affidavit did n it in any ions contiadict what had been stated 01: h raring the motion ; on the contrary, it admitted cle .rly the part which he had taken in this elope ,nent, for it stated, that' the plaintiff (Mr. Deal ) 1 having told him that his mother was reluctant tc the match, gave him his name, and also that of the young Lady, with which Ballard went to St. Pan. • " U eras; on the 25th • No4ember• to get the rine published: Plaintiff, after this, told him that hi would elope to Gretna Green; on which Balbrd got the chaise ready in Maddni-Street, ,nth Which Mis "Stables was conveyed, without either hat ar bbnnet; ) meiseiiger was cent beforehand, to secure Sufa ficient reiays of horse:;: Depo nen t saw them mar: ried at Gretna Green, and on their return back, he; by mistake, went into the coach for Newcastle: under-Lyne instead or the melt 16r Newcastle s upon-Tyae, and, on corning to London, he was ue.t alldwid to remain in Mr. Stables' house. This, Mr: Wetherell observed, was rot to be wondered at, as there we; repeated instances of servants being die= charged after having played•the !issigned them, such tlisehail,e being always iis a pretest to save appearances. At Carlisle the tv.-o love, s gtnpt, having given the Gretna Green priest £4O in cash, and £6O on pro:nissory. note, at there they r ere visited by another brsther of Miss Stables. VVhat 4 strange coincidence! flow did this happen? If it was said that a letter had been sent down, be would reply ; that the post must have travelled with more' than usual haste to enable that Gent!eman to meat the lovers there. He would like know_ where the other footman of Mr. Stables had been all this time? It was denied that Ballard was his servant; on the contrary, it was sworn that he had another, !tad that Ballard was merely there for a few weeks. Why, in the name of GOD, had no account been given of him? Was he, on that night, seized also with the same somnolency as the rest of the family? Amidst all the buffoonery of the case, and all the trick; "at• tempted to be played, it would not surely be said he was sick or sleepy, as Gentlemen did not, in general; allow their footmen to go to bed before tiley there= selves went ? Here a long conversation took place between Mr. WETHEIREI4,, Mr. StIADWELL, and Mr. HEALD, as to the line of argument which was now taken. The Lotto CmAsect,Lort—" I have nothing to do with this Cd'e, except so far as a contempt of Court is involved: It is a most se:ions and impot taut cause in another respect, to which I cannot attend ; bit for the part which each took is it, they must answer to (ion and their own consciences. I shall, however sift it to the very bottom before I I^t it go'out of my hands; and I am quite clear, from the alUarit of Ballard, that he has, by his ov,n confession, been guilty of a gross contempt of the Court. I shall not tail to notice that in the manner which it tieserve; and I may be allowed to say, that it has unilormiy been the custom with my predecessors andn:ysi:if, when a young fernaie ward of the Court has been thus manied, to send. it to the Mager, to inquire whether such marlia,e is valid? but no n ale ward of the Court can take a second marriage to make that valid which was invalid in itself. 1 repeat, this is a truly serious case, as I never knew a case of a young man being so kidnapped on a former occa sion, and the parties must know, that I shall sift the whole to the utmost point. I apply blame to no• body, as yet, but to Ballatd." Mr. WETHERELL then commented on the aflida. ♦its of the cook-maid, who is also implicated ; and on the affidavits of Mrs. Stables and Dean himself. The LORD CHANCELLOR—" It is now four o'clock: I shall be glad, Mr. Wetherell, to hear you to- mon; row on this interesting case." COURT OF KING'S 11V1 4 .7C11, JANUARY 21. MILLAR AND ANOTHER V. MARL This was an action of assurnpsit upon a promis sory note, for securing the payment of £2O, which the defendant had given to the plaintiffs ' as surety for one North. A t t h e tr i a l before the' Lord Chief Baron, at the last Assizes for the county of Notting. ham, the plaintiffs had a verdict, a , ld a Rule Nisi for a new trial. having been granted last Term, DENMAN now shewed cause. The case was, in sub‘•tance, this :—The plaintiffs were Stewards of a Money lending Society at Net= tingham, of which Mr. North was a member and subscriber. At one of the meetings of the Society, plaintiffs put up to sale by :Inc tient the loan of a sum of £2O. Several Members were bidders, and at last it was knocked down to North, at the price of £27, which he agreed to pay by ir,stalments, the whol,e aggregate sum to bear interest at five per cent. until all the insrdlments were paid. In order to bind the bargain, the defendant :weed to become North's sdt entity, and gave the plaintiffs the promissory note in question, upon which he was sued. It was contended on the part of the defendant, bir Mr. Serjeant .VIUORAN, thit as this tranFaction was conducted in usury between the plaintiffs and North, the action would not lie. The Court, however, were clearly of opinion that this was not a case which came within the Statutes of Usulf. if the transaction was one of lending, it was a loan bet.seen the plaintiffs and North, who was a member of the same society with them, - and was equally interested with them in the funds of the Society, and consequently it could not be said that a man might'lend money to himsoll.—ltule discharged. ADMIRALTY COURT, DOCTORS' COMMONS. SKIP PETER ELLIS, R. JOMNSON, MASTER. This was an application to the Court to grant ati attachment against the person of Mr. Edward Hunt' of Liverpool, pall Owner, for contempt of Court, n refusing to deliver up the certificate of ship's regi!ter i by order of the Court, in a suit broupht by the may *icy of owners, claiming the proper: 7 of the ship ; of which they had taken posses-ion from Jsihns(n, the Master ; Johnsen, as it appealed, being about to leave the Iliver,in command of her, under the direct Lions of Mr. Hunt, and what he me:rat to du ss ith the vessel not being known to the. rest of the owners. The defendant, Hunt, had, it appeared, transferred ;o Johnson the certiticote in quiplion, which docut meat gave the authority to employ Ilse ship, u : A h 1 out which the possession of the ship itself v. as unavailable. The defence in this case was,' that Mr. Hunt had parted with the cet tine:tie of retister to the Master ; and that it was no longer in his power to restrre ros& sesion of that which was iii the custody of another ,:erson, over whoa► be had no eontr , ul. The COURT was cf. (pinin, that here wgs just foundation to suspect a between Hunt and Johnson, the master, acting without the au:hority of :he other parties interested As the majority of ownerati :lad that having tranderied to the Master. the po s . .essioli of the cei tiricate which he was hound to re. 4(;e to them, with the possession of the ship; the ittachment bhotdd issue, unless delivered up ivithiri :t fortnight. I F l it ,M 01.1 ; : I ; 1