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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. TALMOVIIII; JAW. 18.—Salted the Brilflask, FIN LAT, for Bris tol ; and Martini, Suva, for London. PORTIIMMITIN lAA lay—Wind N. E.—Sailed the &sauna cutter, on a crulze. The Es /MN sloop of war went out of har bour; and brought up at Spitheadt She will sail in a few days for St. Helena msd the Mauritius. I)SAL, AN. lA.—Wind. S. E.— Sailed this morning the Asia, BaLrEpaTex, for Bestgal and China, but she has put back again this afternoon, and still remains. The Triumph, STRUT, from 13.alTal, brought up again last night, the weather being thick. atorstourit, JAN. 17.—Arrived the Lion, Funs, from Me s slim for Hclvoetsluys, with loss of sails, ber bowsprit sprung, ksky, and la want of provisions: CusTess Muss: JANUARY S.—Ships Entered Outwards : — 1 oil Ttignmouth , for St. Thomas's; Dorsershire, for St. Helena aad China; Winchelsea, ditto.—Cleared Outwards:—Lord •reienrnouth, for St. Thomas's. BP.-SHIPMENT OF GOODS SAVED FROM VESSELS WRECKED ON THEIR HOMEWMID VOYAGES. The following Directions have been sent to the Collectors and Cor.2:rullers of the Otaports: " Custom House, London, December 17. " G , :sv.cattx—The Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury having taken into consideration a Report, upon a lte ',roc:nation from the Chgirman of the Cortunittet for Managing the Affairs of Lloyd's, respecting Goods saved from Vessels wrecked on their Homeward Voyages, we are authorized, by i!r. LUSHINTON'S Letter of the 10th instant, to extend the in r!..!zence granted by Order of the 29th April last, in pursuance of their Lordships former Directions in respect of wrecked GINN, outward-bound, to Goods saved from wrecked vessels hum ward-bound, for the space of one year. " That in cases of vessels wrecked on their homeward swages, where the parties are desirous to have the cargoes for v...utled to the port of destination, you are to allow the re-ship ment thereof for that purpose, without waiting for previous per ; in each case taking care that the goods be sent at the merchant's risk and expense, and that the said goods may be re gularly surveyed for damage, and the dutits paid, in the usual manner. CITY BUSIAESS. A Court of Aldermen was yesterday held at Guild hall, for the general dispatch of public business. Tile Court was occupied a considerable time in hearing and determining appeals against serving the office of Constable and Inquestman. The Presentments of the Inquests of the different Wards, of Nui s ances, Non-Freemen, Ruinous Houses, &c. as made on Plow Monday, were severally referred to the Aldermen, Chamberlain, and the City Solicitor. The Court proceeded in the consideration of the Petition of Mr. Tipper, and other inhabitants, house holders of Bread-street Ward, against the return of Mr. Elliott as .a "Common Councilman; and after hearing all the parties, the Court carne to the unani mous resolution that Mr. Samuel Elliott was duly elected. The Court came to an unanimous Vote of Thanks to the Rev. Mr. BOIRODAILE, Chaplain to the Lord Mayor, for his Sermon, preached at St. Lawrence, Jewry, on Sunday, the 9th instant, Plow Sunday. A Court of Aldermen is appointed for Tuesday next, to proceed with the Appeals, and other business. The Lon", MAaroa, after the breaking up of the Court of Aldermen, yesterday, gave an elegant din ner to the Court, and a number of distinguished per sonages, at the Mansion-House. The Managers of the Provincial Theatres, follow ing the laudable example of the London Proprietors, have, in general, appropriated one night's perform ance for the benefit of the poor in those towns in which their Houses are opened. This morning s a young man was fortunately saved from drowning, by some men belonging to a ship off Wapping Stairs. He had finated down from the Tower Wharf on a piece of ice, which broke away with him while in the act of endeavouring to free a boat from a quantity of floating matter. RICHARDsON, GOODLUCK, and Co. respectfully acquaint the Public, that the State Lottery will finish drawing the 29th instant. The Wheel contains Two Prizes of £20,000 MONEY, kc. Tickets and Shares, warranted undrawn, are on sale by RICHARD SON, GoomucK, and Co. at their Offices, Bank-build ings, Cornhill, and Charing-Cross ; who sold, last August, No. 710, a Prize of £36,000 Consols. The following is extracted from a Letter, which has been received by the wife of Turner, the brother of Turner, who, with Ludlam and Brandrellt, was executed at Derby, about two years since, for High Treason. Turner, it will be remembered, with seve ral others, weze allowed to plead Guilty, and thus to save their forfeited lives. " Sydney, New South Wales, June 23, 1819. " We have had a pretty good passage, and have been middling well treated ; much better than the general run of those that were with us. We are all much disappointed in not having had our freedom on our arrival, as was promised us. Itm working for Government from day-light till two o'clock in the afternoon ; i - ter that time I work for myself, and can earn as much as I could get for a whole day in England; therefore, was lon my own kAods, I could get a very pretty living. lam very well, consider ing my situation, as I live with an old man and woman ; he is constable to the Governor; and they treat me as one of them selves. Indeed, I have partly agreed with them for a 10-acre farm. NOW, my dear wife, if you wish us to meet again, and end our d..ye in happiness, let me advise you to apply to the Secretary of t , tate, to give you an order for a passage to this country, free of all expense, and I shall be restored to you on your arrival. It it be agreeable to my brother Joseph, to apply likewise to come as settler, I should much urge him to it. He would be granted r.n-ni, and provisions from the stores for six months; but, low s ver, he would not want that; and he would be able to gain a !.tt! c fortune in a few years, as our business is one of the best in country, and farming is as good. There is no rent or taxes tc pay. Wheat is in general 10s. a bushel, Indian corn Ss. beef Cid. a pound, mutton and pork Bd. and 9d. the pork is very good, beef and mutton middling ; useable tea and sugar very rntap ; clothing is rather cheap. The natives are slender people. `wedi,b iron is 6d. a pound, sheet Is 3d. If you can get the v , -rks of an eight days' clock, it will fetch a good price here. Ve are building a Methodist Chapel, and I have engaged f-r the cutting of the stone : Religion is strongly patronised ty the C L overnor, and the heads of the Colony. The stone of country is remarkably white, and works kindly. The t tiring here is very coarse, for want of good mechanics ; the , :kerien are chiefly Irish, who know but little about building. —The timber is.very good, both for house -building and for fur -inure, it chiefly consists of cedar for furniture. New Zealand Fire for bulletin, and oak stringers instesd of tiles; the oak ;fplt tree chiefly for firing. We have no limestone, the lime is :44de of burnt shells. We have plenty of game, both fish and iewl and no Game Act to pay. My nephew, Joseph Turner Manchester Turner), is very well, and is overseer to Milnhokrs, who came in the ship with me. John Hill, '4e of the Derby convicts, from Southwingtield, is well; he is 0 8 the country about twenty miles from Sydney, with a Gentle 'cam. (tor winter is your summer. We have plenty of fruit; peaches in abundance; lemons and oranges, and quantities of "i'clables. litre are the handsomest birds in the world. I very much wish my brother Joseph to come, as it would be the making of us. Plc passage is nothing to what it used to be, as they leach us in about four months; very few die In the pimp. f: sire for me at John Dow's, near Government StorekSyd " f, 'New South W,.les." RELIEF TO THE POOR, When Lerd SID3tOUTH received the LORD MAVOR'S communication upon the subject of the efforts of the Public, for the service of that large part of our popu lation which appeared in thej streets half starved, and more than half naked, he wrote to the Board of Admiralty, and to the Treasury, the substance of Ithat communication. The Admiralty immediately directed that all the warehouses where naval stores were usually deposited should be searched, and that if there should be found in them any articles of clothing, such a distribution should take place as the Committee thought most expedient for the ad vantage of the rkpmerous objects of charity. It was soon ascertained, that a quantity of the articles of which the Poor stand in need, had been a short time before ordered for public sale. This order Was, with out delay, countermanded, and coats, waistcoats, and trow sets, to the extent of. about 130 suits, were di) ected to be sent off in a waggon to London-wall, accompanied with the following letters, addressed to the LORD MAYOR : " Navy-Office, January 18, 1820, " My Loan—ln pursuance of the directions of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, signified to us by Mr. Cro ker's Letter of the 17th instant, we have much pleasure in placing at your Lordship's disposal the several articles of slop clothing, of which the inclosed is a list, to be applied for the re lief of any distressed Seafaring Men, and particularly those who have served in his Majesty's Navy. " We have also desired a Gentleman from this Office to at tend upon your Lordshipen order that every facility may be af forded in furtherance of the object in view. " We are, my Lord, your Lordship's very humble servants, " B. MARTIN. H. PEAKE. " Sir Byam Martin presents his compliments to the Lord Mayor, and in placing at his Lordship's disposal the slop clothing mentioned in the accompanying list, begs to say, that if any larger supply can be obtained from Deptford, &c. he will have great pleasure in informing his Lordship of it. " Navy-Office, lath January, 1820. " The LORD MAYOR yesterday gave to Mr. BODKIN, the Secretary to the Medicity Society, intimation of, what had been done by the Board of Admiralty, and requested that the Committee should be informed or the very prompt co-operation of Government with the views of that part of the humane Public who started, and proceeded so zealously, in this work of extensive charity. Lord Stnmouzif had not, up to this period, re ceived an answer from the Treasury upon the subject of the Contribution, but the Gentlemen of the Com mittee seem convinced that the conduct of the Ad miralty accorded with the wishes of all the other departments of Government. Yesterday, two Merchants of the City visited the place, and stated to Mr.WONTNER, the City Marshal, that as soon as the ice broke up they would give em ployment to 120 Seamen. Those who have taken up their quarters in the Asylum, are real objects of cha rity: they are all in tatters, and upon their persons was not found the value of a farthing. The Com mittee consider most of the Seamen able-bodied men, and are of opinion that as soon as the present incle mency has in some degree relaxed, they can be all disposed of without difficulty. Most of the half-starved creatures in the Asylum belong to parishes at a considerable distance from the Metropolis : 250 of them were examined on Mon day, and of that number no more than 23 had claims upon the parishes in London. IRELAND. Between the hours of six and seven, on the even ing of Tuesday se'anight, two men had become in mates of the house of one Byrne, at Swords, for the night, and at the time above stated, a number of men came to the door, which the fellows already within, at once attempted to open for the admission of their associates. A domestic of the house endea voured to prevent the door being opened, but was overpowered, and the gang entered and ransacked the house ; took a quantity of wearing apparel, house linen, £lO in Bank -notes, a gun, and a pistol ;. but it appeared that gold was the. chief object of their search; and, as they did not find any, they placed the man of the house over a griddle, which they had previously heated, to compel him to discover where the money was; however, he escaped mate rially injured; aad the robbers, unable to accom plish their object, departed. Information king sent t 4 the Police, six of the robbers were taken into cus tody before one o'clock the next morning, and com mitted to Kilmainham for further examination. CONNAUGMT, JANUARY 13.—About three o'clock this day, as EDWARD BROWN; Esq. of Castlemoyle, in this County, was passing near Horseleap, accom panied by his servant, in a gig, he received a shot which caused his immediate death. He WAS, it is supposed, mistaken for another person, whose extra ordinary zeal in suppressing sedition has lately made him obnoxious to the disaffected peasantry; and we have to regret that this inestimable young man has fallen a victim to such unmerited revenge. LIMERI,CK, JANUARY 14.—Sunday last, a young man, named Collins, by trade a brogue-maker, and a Corporal on the Staff of the Royal County of lime rick Militia, paid a visit to a young woman, named Colopy, daughter of a weaver residing in Boher buoy, to whom he had for some time been paying his addresses, and was considered in the light of her future husband : they were to be united on the fol lowing day. A number of the young woman's friends had assembled, and punch was introduced, of which the young couple were forced to drink plentifully, and soon after became totally insensible ; they were then placed in a loft together, and were found the next morning in a state of total absorption, in which they lay until about two o'clock, when the vital spark became totally extinct in both. Thus they were united, if net in the bonds of wedlock, at least in the cold embraces of death ! An Inquest is new hold ing, on them by the Mayor, as Coroner. The bodies' have been opened by the Physicians, and it is ascer- ' mined they were destroyed by some deleterious drug which had been administered to them. Seven per sons were apprehended on suspicion, but as the exa minatioas are not concluded, we must stop here. It appears the young woman was entitled in her own right to a sum of £5OO, which, it is probable, was the stimulus to this horrible deed. Mrs. LINLEY, aged about 92, died yesterday. This I Lady was the widow of Mr. Ltsaxv, formerly of Drury-Lane Theatre, who was the father of the first Mrs. SHERIDAN. - L.4".../NTELtrosimE. nexus et ;-- s i 7 a n Meeting br h y persist? rid! cillietted tem' of this Act, was stalaWfue." Ass. proisibitioaof persons attending Meetings beyond their osin'Ostrishes, was chiefly aimed at ttinerant moors. it* pottislthients were fine and imprisonments The lime allowed in the Riot Act wa s contracte d; telth refereate to this Act, to a quarter of an hour. -.Flags. hennas, sym bolical devices, as well as military music, and mili tary array, were prohibited. This Act • was . Itrriited to five years. By it, tumultuary Meesisspeoai h iti , - nerant demagogues, were prevented ; but fix ben sanctionei and protected all Meetings for the pur pose of conveying the public voice to the Throne. all Meetings that were bona fide held for the purpole of petition or remonstrance.—The fifth Act, which received the Royal Assent on the 30th December* was intended to put down Blasphensnas sari Sedi. tious Libels. It authorized the seizing of curies of such Libels, wherever they could be found; and the Court was to dispose of them at its discretioi} The punishment of banishment was made applicaTh ona second conviction of Blasphemy or Sedition. This Act was perpetual.—The sixth and last Act reeesved the Royal Assent on the 30th of December, the same day as the preceding. He mentioned the dates thus particularly, that they might remark the_diligence of Parliament, which had passed the first on the 11th of December, and the last of those Acts en the 80th of December, the very day od which they adjourned. The last Act was for the purpose of subjecting par ticular Publications to Duty and Securities. It would be tedious to enter into its details. It was a Stamp Act -for certain purposes. Those particularly inte rested would do well to peruse it carefully. But he could not but advert to the sixteenth clause, by which a point on which doubts had been entertained by many, but on which he bad never felt any doubt, was made matter of Statute. The sixteenth clause authorized to take the recognizances of sureties for !the good behaviour of the person held to bail, daring the period fot which he was so held to bail. Thus, a point on which some few people hid doubted, was enacted by Statute, and certain powers were added to those already given. By the present age, which bad been huiried along by circumstances, all these measures were viewed as preventives of future evils ; to the historian they would appear clogging, as they did, to the Statute Book—a memorial of the de. pravity of the country, and of the di!igence wit't which Parliament did its duty. Parliament had, indeed, done its duty with firmness and discretion.— To them (the Bench and Jury) it belonged to give ef fect to the measures which Parliament had provided. If these Acts did not prevent the evils to which they referred, it was then the duty of Magistrates to be ready with the application of the laws. Grand Juries were the most effectual means of applying the laws properly. They consisted of Gentlemen who came from various parts of the country, and who must be informed whether illegal practices existed. Oa them, therefore (the Grand Jury), it was his duty to call to exercise the functions which belonged to them. He knew, from their rank in society, that they possessed firmness and discretion. If, then, such practices as had been alluded to existed, or might hereafter exist, they would do their utmost to bring them before the country for trial. There was one other topic to which he would advert. He alluded to the violence and fraud - committed against Benefit Societies, by persons who, on pretence of alarm, which had nos the slightest ground, that their fonds were to be seized for the use of the Exchequer, had contrived to get Societies broken up, in order to divide the funds among them. This plan had been acted on in violation of the law, and to the fraud of the old sub scribers. The subject had been mentioned in Parlia ment, and was, as might have been expected, re garded as incredible. The Chancellor of the Exche quer then disclaimed any such intention as that of interfering with those funds. He now mentioned the subject, lest any future attempt, so wicked aad frau dulent, should be made. He hoped the Grand Jury would find bills as quickly as possible. The Calen dar was very heavy, containing not fewer than tl5 felonies, and 88 misdemeanours, besides 65 tra verses ; it was therefore of importance that no time should be lost." . COURT. OF KING'S SWITCH, JANUARris. BATtLKt D. FAULKNZR AND ANOTRift. This was an action of trespass upon the case tin promises, to recover the sum of £5OO, under the fol lowing circumstances 1-41ite piaintiff,.residing in Scotland, being commissioned by a farmer in Fire shire to procure for him a certain uptity of spring , wheat; wrote up, in 1811, to 'defendant, his A Agent, residing in London, des nn the latter to re ship him the wheat ordered. The defendant accord ingly shipped the wheat, warranting it to be of the description desired. On delivering the wheat to the Fifeshire farmer, it was sown in the spring, in expec tation of a crop in the ensuing autumn, but it turned out that the article delivered was winter instead of spring wheat, and the crop wholly failed. In con sequence of which the plaintiff was sued in the Scotch Courts upon the breach of contract, and after fire years' litigation, the plaintiff wasadjuded to pay the sum of £5OO in costs and damages. liar this sum the present action was brought, and the defendants pleaded the Statute of Limitations. At the trial be fore the Chief Justice, at the London Sittings after last Trinity Term, the plaintiff was nonsuited, the Learned Judge holding that the action was barred by the Statute, in Michaelmas Term last. Mr. SCARLET? obtained a rule Nisi, for setting aside the nonsuit, and grinting a new trial, contend ing, that the cause of action did not arise until the plaintiff was damnified, and, consequently, that the case did not come within the meaning of the Statute of Limitations. Mr. MARRYATT and Mr. F. POLLOCK now shewed cause against the Rule, and contended, that the cause of action arose immediately on the breach of con tract by the defendant, and, tonsequently, that the Statute of Limitations operated. Mr. SCARLETT and Mr. TINDAL were heard on the other side, and The COURT were unanimously of opinion, after referring to the express words of the Statute, that the cause of action having accrued immediately after the delivery of the wheat, it was too late, on the part of 'the plaintiff, to wait until the suit against him in the Court of Session was determined, before he brought this action, and, consequently, that he was without remedy.—Rule discharged. • MANCHESTER, JANUARY 17. SALFORD SESSIONS. These Sessions commeeced this day at ten o'clock. The Reit. Mr. Hay presided as Chairman. The other Magistrates present were—R. WRIGHT, R. FIELDER, J. WATKINS, J. SILVESTER, and R. FLET CHER, Esqrs. The Grand Jury, of which Jo HN BRAD SHAW, of Manchester, is Foreman, having been sworn, the CHAIRMAN thus addressed them : ' They had been aware that Parliament had been ,called together at an earlier period than was usual in time of peace. This was understood to have been necessary inconsequence of the many disorderly and dangerous acts which had taken place in several parts of the country ; and the result of the early meet ing of Parliament was, that measures were passed to prevent such nefarious practices. One must lament that such a necessity should have existed; but that it did exist, was well known to all those who lived in the manufacturing districts of England and Scot land. Parliament had passed a number of Acts, which, it was hoped, would be effectual for their re spective purposes, and prevent farther inconvenience to the peaceable part of his Majesty's subjects. If they should not prove effect ua l for those purposes, Parliament had reserved to itself the power of alter ing them, so far as might be necessary, durum the present Session. The Acts occasioned by late pro ceedings through the country, and having reference to them, .were six; of these, four were permanent, and two temporary. Ile would advert to them in their order:—The first, which received the Royal Assent en the 11th of December, was an Act to prevent un lawful Training and Military Evolutions. Those convicted of Training might be punished with trans portation for a period not exceeding seven years, or imprisonment not exceeding two years; those pre sent at such Training might be punished with im prisonment, not exceeding two years, and fine. This Act did not interfere with indictments previously preferred. It was perpetual.—The second Act, which received the Royal Assent an the 18th of De cember, authorized Magistrates, or one of them, upon oath of one witness, to issue a warrant for the Seizing of Arms kept for purposes dangerous to the public peace. The Officer might forcibly enter, by night or by day, and seize such Arms, unless it could be shewn that they were not dangerous to the pub lic peace. It extended only to certain Counties in England and Scotland ; but the Crown had the power of restricting and extending its application. It was to continue in force till the 25th of March, 1822. The fourth clause of this Act was important, as giving a power never given before: by this clause Justices of the Counties included in the Act, or ai• neighbouring Counties, had a concurrent jurisdiction equally as if the case occurred in the peculiar pro vince of any Justice or Justices. One could not but lament that the circumstances of the times should •have made such a provision imperiously necessary. lie - felt assured, however, that this power would net be unnecessarily exercised. But while he felt a con fidence that it would - not be applied to light and tri- Yesterday afternoon, about five o'clock, a fire vial occasions, he could not consider that he did his broke oufin the lower part of the premises of the duty, if he did not enjoin that the cases to which it Lamb Eating-house, George -street, Sherborne-lane ; would be applied should be rightly founded: rightly but, by the prompt arrival of an engine, and the as applied, the power was salutary; wantonly exercised, sistance of some neighbours, it was won extinguished. it would occasion much inconvenience.—The third A fatal accident occurred last week at Statenbo-, Act, which received the Royal Assent on the 234 of rough : the son of Mr. Urrox, in priming a gun, Decenibee was calculated to expedite Trials for Mis- unconscious of its being loaded, flashed the powder demeanours. Its reasonableness was generally ad- in the pan, when the gun.exploded, and the comely. mitted, and it was unnecessary for bins to. address entered the upper part of the head of a young map, them upon the subject.—The fourth Act received the ROBERT RELSEY, about eighteen years of age, the. Royal Assent os the 24th of December. In speaking waggoner's mate, who was standing at a ihort dis of this Act, he would avail himself of the very suc- trine,. The eyes of the unfortunate youth-were toe cinct summary of a friend of his (T. Trafford, Esq. forced into his head, and he lingered till the fellow. Chairman of the Cheshire Sessions). It was an Act ing morning, but Dever spoke after receiving the against the mischievous innovation of oqr own day, fatal wound. of bringing together immense Assemblagesof People, CORN-EICHANGE, MARK-LANE, JANUAR/ ostensibly for the purpose of petitioning for the re- The River being yet so full of ice as to proves t dress of grievances, bqt, in fact, for the purpose of, barges moving above bridge, the sales this ow:ring . excitiogiaiscontent and disaffection, and of ultimately have been very limited, the consumers not being overthrowing the Constitution. It left .untouched disposed to purchase till the navigation is coenpleteci County Meetings, and Meetings called by Mayors of free, which, if the thaw continues, will be the 4 4 ,- Corporations, or by th e majority of . a Grand Jury.' on Friday : as such N‘e c .1111110 t quote any taiiocijpa: 'lts prorhiOns were calculated to prevent Soilißillta• Of the 8$ misdemeanours, nine are, in fact, tra verses from the last Sessions, in which sureties bad not been found. John Heyes, aged 45, and committed by J. RI,De- WAY, Esq. is charged on the oath of Thomas Barrett, with having, on the 22d day of November, 1819, gone about the streets a Great Bolton, shouting and crying out to the following effect The Friends of Civil Liberty, and Parliamentary Reform, are in formed, that Mr. Cubbett is arrived at Liverpool, and in good health : those friends who have not signed the Address, are desired to avail themselves of the earliest opportunity, as the sheets will be closed this day, to be forwarded to Liverpool." That the said John Heyes had a bell, which he used be fore his so crying; that a crowd of persons, to the number of SO or 100, followed the said John Heyes„ and shouted and mad; a great noise; and the said John Heyes did incite the crowd to shout and make a noise, to the great disturbance of the public peace. It is expected that Mr. Wroe will get the several indictments against him removed by certiorari to the King's Bench, and that they will be tried at Lancaster. , 1 I 1 '<