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VsYMBUTION 0? PRIZE MONEY. Coneessicne and ?Immaculate Coneesstone, E a costreet, Strand ; and there recalled on loselan Pieter, will be paid and recalled TRALEE, JANUARY S. • vessel, called the Hercules, of 500 .ipally laden with dollars, rum, and cochineal, from Rio Janeiro, prize to the Greyhound letter of r, PHILIP DE PRIVELLS, which put , about eight or ten days since, for provisions, roke from her anchorage of Thursday last, and went to when, shocking to relate, eight ,endeavoured to evade their impend into the boat, were drowned ; the - of about 20 persons (with two were sent on board) were saved masts and rigging. In the course three or four days, many pieces of • shore, among which were found which were taken charge of by the revenue. A large quantity rum, and some dollars, were in the harbour, but it being high secure about 50 or 60, the re will be found when the violence m orning, the bodies of seven of the who were drowned were washed on among those who suffered were to the Greyhound, who, with put on board the Portuguese vessel The Prizemaster, we understand, this distressing occurrence took yesterday issued for Lisbon and suspension of licences for lading still A reason we cannot divine. appointed to the command of the , at Sheerness. St. Domingo state, that the new had fortified himself in Borcassein, until he could assemble a sufficient it on St. Marc. LA MARE was from the North. It was ex action would soon be fought. Russian frigate, and Vilhelmina specie and valuable cargoes they were condemned as good and lawful ay last, in the Admiralty Court. i's share will be considerable. They Ts of war at Spithead when they .ion of, all of which share. December last, off the Aberdeen coast, gale at S. S. W. John Olivier, an apprentice belonging to the Berwick' lamieson, whilst wearing ship, was t-sheet, and unfortunately knocked Captain Jamieson immediately wore the nd used every effort to recover him, without effect, the sea running so high . could live. .Lors.--Mrs. JORDAN'S Beatrice, in SHAKES.. of Much Ado About Nothing, at ight, a most crowded and brilliant an received that applause such an unrivalled must ever excite. To give full . and good humoured raillery of Bea those efforts that very few have suc must be archness without levity, and without coarseness. Beatrice is also a fashion, and must support proper dignity throughout; in truth, it requires a combination of talents, only to be met with in Mrs. JORDAN. Mr. Lames &lurid is also an excellent piece of act ing, replete with vivacity and judgment. Mr. H. Samosa gave great interest to the part of Clasefio, and the whole performance received the most unbounded applause. The Pantomime followed, in the happiest style of variety, and gave all the amusement danc ing, fine scenery, and Harlequinade, can diffuse.— Ins , Royal Highness the Duke of YORK was in the Prince of Wm.sn's be x, and a number of Nobility were present. CovENT.Gtam.—The new Drama of The Wax direr, was last night very judiciously curtailed in several scenes, and consequently went off much lighter, and with better effect. C. KEMBLE having a double interest to sustain, that of the author and the actor, rather overstrains his efforts, but in general they are not unsuccessful. Miss SMITH and Miss NORTON, very anxiously lend their powerful assistance, and on theit exertions chiefly depends the success of the piece. It was last night received with unmixed applause, by a crowded and fashionable audience. The Pantomime followed, and gave general satin faction. A slight fracas in the pit interrupted the harmony of the audience for a few minutes, in conse quence of a lady being displaced. It did not, how pert go quite so far as an exchange of addresses. THE OPERA HOUSE.—The Marquis of HEADFORT and W. °mine, Esq. who were chosen arbitrators respecting the dispute between Mr. TAYLOR and Mr. WArmts, have given their award in favour of the latter ; but for the sake of the interest of the pro perty, have recommended an amicable adjustment of all private disputes. The second Grand Subscription Ball was given at the Old Hats Assembly RoomF, near Hanwell, last " , ght. All the beauty and fashion of the vicinity were rresent. At eight o'clock the company began to assemble, and dancing commenced at nine, and con tinued with great spirit until one, when supper was announced, which consisted of every delicacy of the !mot, and the choicest wines. The rooms were su perbly lighted, and every arrangement did the greatest credit to the exertions of Mr. Fox, the maitre d'hotel. • After supper dancing was resumed, and it was at a late hour this morning, when this select and elegant Party separated. Lord MACDONALD 9 and the families of Messrs.Messrs. FLETCHEß, R M ERTS, MASSEY, DAWSON, MEUX, FORSTER, and the Rev. Doctor CARR, were present. _ A pitched battle was fought on Thursday last, near Horsington, in Somerset, between Hazard, a butcher, and Stacey, a shoe-maker, which lasted an hour and 16 minutes. It was at length decided in favour of the former. A dispute having taken place between the seconds, Tom Hazard and Clarke, they set to, and, after fighting 52 minutes, victory declared in favour of the former. D ISTItI2 III TIO N lew Owsosak poisade lassr.st cows, for die Yost J. 0, Amm lei4ifict ' TRALEE , porruguese vessel, c burden, principally si , g2 r, coffee, and „, , to Li s bon, a prize e of Guernsey, Ps Baliinskelliz, about and fresh provision the d re adful gale of ag ainst a cliff, wh the c rew, who endeavc t fate , bygetting into , consisting of y e boatmen, who va clinging to t h e masts • the following three cm • wrec k floated on shol pipes of wine, wh ic b e longing to the bid es , two pipes of ru A esed in a nook in t ~., we could only set der, it is hoped, wit • the surf abates. On Sunday morning, i ornmate men who w • and interred ;am w en who belonged i on aster, were put ▪ hen captured- The d c o ck when chi • • Licences were yeste ..rw, but the suspen' i g • lines ; for what re Captain DALY is app Q't sloop of war, at Y ) mounts from St. . . , JEREN,_ had f id .. he waited until for an attack o C BE ISTOPHE that a decisive se er The Spershnoy Ru s hip, with the sp - (a board, were 4 C - on Thursday dmiral MONTAGU'S 5. • forty-five ships . taken possession Cf. Oa the 31st Decem 1 'rig a severe gale tartan boy, an apprc packet, Captain Jami tack by the main.sh 0 1 overboard. Captain la wad again, and use bot unhappily withou the that no boat could lit Datniv-Lews.—M nsais Comedy of laded, last night, a an dime, and received ad. d'isPhY of genius ro effect to the wit and ""' trice, is one of those teL ceded in :it must at- good humour withoi ted woman of fashion, throttahmr trot the in P° 63 oh It as. a I 'or Ea ha 411 I 11 " V . p SP h a ; t 1 ray, at 1 , eta erl 4 ,At FOR THE STAR. Attempt. at a Translation of the French Lines , 4 g to England," by the Marquii de FuLvY, inserted in 'tbe..&rmt of Tuesday the sth instant. 0 ! gen'rous Land, to you I owe Those days of peace which round me flow. However kind your acts might be, Strange 1 conceiv'd you, still to me. But when I ace within your breast My darling King, my mind's at rest; No longer strange your Country now, Which as my own I thus avow. January 6, 18011. MILITARY MOVEMENTS IN IRELAND. The Royal Tyrone Militia have marched from Wexford to do duty in Cavan )--they are replaced by the County of Dublin Mi litia. The Sd Garrison Battalion have marched from Duagenso to New Geneva. - - The Louth Regiment of Militia which only arrived in Marie rifle, on Thursday, from Cork, received a route on Monday, and have proceeded for Belfast. Saturday last the North' Cork Militia arrived in Ennis from Tuam, to do duty. • The Royal Meath Militia, under the command of Colonel the Marquis of Headfort, has marched from Liford to do duty inLon donderry, and have succeeded the vd Battalion of the 30th Rai ment, which has proceeded for Longford. The South Mayo Reginient marched from Parsonetown oar I #k- turday last for Eyreeourt--they are replaced by the 83d Regimint., Monday se'nnight, the recruits for the Ayrshire Militia, raised under the new Act, marched from Ayr to join the Regiment at Portsmouth. The Earl of UXBRIDGE, on Friday last, entertained upwards of 150 of his laboarers, and their families, with a plentiful dinner, at the Noble Lord's seat in Anglesea. A large party of the neighbouring gentry at the same dined with his Lordship. The Hon. HENRY ERSKINE is as distinguished for that species of wit, called punning, as GEORGE SEL ww was formerly in England. 46 Punning is the lowest sort of wit," said a gentleman to him one day : " It is so," said he, " and is therefore the foundation of all wit 1" At the last dinner, given by Earl GaosvENoit to the Corporation of Chester, the most conspicuous dishes were , a baron of beef, and a large Christmas ore, which weighed 1541b5. It contained three geese, three turkies, seven hares, twelve partridges, a ham, and a leg of veal. In the church-yard at Dunstable, Bedfordshire, is an epitaph on a woman who had nineteen children at five births, in the following manner :—at the three first births, three each time ; and at the two next, five each birth. As some Gentlemen were dining one day at a ta vern on roast beef, one of them observed, " that the Irish made more bulls than any other nation :" An Irishman standing by, replied, 44 And by ./—s, the English mallow more." Two Lancashire Gentlemen, of the name of Tins worth, father and son, have challenged all England to fire with a ball at a target, at 20 rods distance, for 10001. We understand the challenge has been ac- cepted. Authentic intelligence has been received by the Underwriters at Lloyd's respecting the capture of some American vessels by the Algermes in the Medi terranean. Sunday se'nnight, at Greenock, a man named James Arran was found burnt to death in his bed. It is sup posed he had taken a lighted pipe into bed, the fire from which had communicated to the clothes. Monday se'nnight, James Livingstone, a collier, while repairing some machinery, fell to the bottom of a coal-pit, ninety fathoms, in the neighbourhood of Bo'ness, and was killed on the spot. He has left a 1 wife and three children. The late dreadful accident of Joni; LOCKER WAIN. RIGHT, Esq. produced such an effect upon Mrs. W.'s mother, that she died in a few days of the shock. Mr. RICHARD STILES BLAKE, an officer belonging to Woolwich Dock-yard, has taken the building yard at Bursledon, lately occupied by Mr. Parsons, where Government contracts are to be carried on to a great extent. The keels of a 74-gun ship and a frigate will be immediately laid down. On the night of Mcmdark'nnight, the Rev. WIL LIAM ATKINSON, in returning home from Sledmere, where he had been marrying a couple, to his father's house at Langtoft, unfortunately perished on the road near Burrow-nook, on the Wolds, where the body was found the next morning. Yesterday as Mr. Hearn, of Portland-place, was riding a mettlesome horse, which he had purchased on Saturday last, out of a stable, the animal began to rise . gently before ; when a gentleman, who ac i companied Mr. Hearn, advised him to dismount to prevent an accident. The horse went quietly for a short distance, but at length began to plunge, and on his rider clapping spurs to him, he reared, and fell over on his back. Mr. Hearn was takes from under the animal with his shoulder dislocated, and his head dangerously fractured. He was taken into the house of Mrs. Fearn, but we understand that apprehensions were entertained of the accident proving fatal. Wednesday se'nnight, a man was found dead upon the turnpike-road at ilowgate, in Morresby, Cumber land. He appeared to be from 2.5 to 28 years of age, dark brown hair, light eyes, and small features ; had on a short coat, or topcloth jacket, drab colour ; swansdown waistcoat, brown, with yellow stripes ; another waistcoat, black cloth ; a white shirt, Irish linen ; long breeches, unbleached linen ; short ditto, jean, a sort of lead-colour ; grey ribbed worsted stock ings ; a cotton neck-handkerchief, brown, with yellow stripes ; and a stuff hat with red lining ; a bundle, wrapped in a checked pocket-handkerchief, in which was a decent black coat and an old hat. There were no marks of violence upon the body ; but by what means he came to his death, no evidence appeared to the Jury.—The verdict was—Found Dead. ; Many Clubs, who were heretofore in the habit of deferring their L o tterypurchases until the last moment, in expectation of a fall in price, are now known to have already completed their subscription; quota of Tickets and Shares—a strong proof of their high opinion of the present Scheme—and consequent risk of incurring an advance on their purchases by further del iy. DADLIN, JAY. 9. The following protestant *Noblenien, Gentlemen, and Freeholders of the county of Tipperary, have signed and published a Resolution, elf which the fol lakving is an extract . " Actuated at all times by cordial good-will towards our eit; tholic countrymea, and Impressed by the wiedom and necessity et uniting all classes in the common Mmw at this crisis, we do rasp lathy and unequivocally declare, that we feel no repugnance whati. . paver to the measure of imparting to the Catholics of these realms an equal and full enjoyment of all the civil and military privileges, franchises, and advantages of our happy Constitution, upon equal 'terms with their fellow-subjects, of what religions persuasion soever, and that we see no necessity or good cause for' pro lon g in g the restraints and disabilities which the Catholics suffer under the existing Penal Laws." The above,Declaration is signed by— The Marquis of Heedfort, Earls Dorchester, Ormonde, Mount cashell, !Landaff, and Doaoughmore, Lord Lismore, Montague Mathew, M.P. Abraham H. Hutchinson, George Ponsonby, M.P. 'Moines Osborne, Bart. John Biandell, Bart. James H. Massey Dewiest', John J. Homery, Richard Smiths', Charles Doherty, Scerthwell Mom, Willem Keating, Thames Towers, Michael Head, Richard B. H. Lows, son. George LedwW, Richard Butler, H. Lowe, jun. Win= Cooke, Hmelltee Lockwood, Daniel Mansergb, Themes Phelan, William Latham, James Doherty, Henry Osborne, hemiellyan o WilbenNkholson, John Power, Edmond Power, Wins Hollienon,Bmjamin Bradshaw, Heffer nan Considine, Bartholomew Ware, Mathew Moore, Michael LedwM, Thomas Ledwin, Pierce A. Butler, John Law, Ambrose Law, John Power, Richard Power, Benjamin Lockwood, Trevor Lloyd Ash, B . B. Bradshaw, John Lloyd, and H. O'Calbgban. Committed to the County Gaol, on Saturday last, by William Ponsonby, Esq. Edmond Fitzmaurice, charged with having administered unlawful oaths to several persons. Same day, Edmond Madden was also committed to the county gaol, charged with hav ' ing, in company with many others, on the night of the 10th December last, forcibly taken Ss. 911 d. from Thomas Lawlor, of O'Dorney, and administering to him an unlawful oath. MANSION HOUSlBlreSterday a notorious pick pocket, named Lades, was brought up for examination upon a charge of robbing a youth named Randal of his watch on the preceding night. The prosecutor was returning from the house of a friend in the City to his father's house in Tooley-street ; and on Ins way through Cannon-street, he was met by the pri soner and some of his associates, who surrounded him. The prisoner plucked the watch from his fob, and gave it to one of his accomplices, who ran off, and the prosecutor immediately charged the prisoner with the watch. On his being sea r• by the constable of the night, a pocket-hook was found on him, containing some bank notes, also a sealed letter, not addressed for himself, and a dis c harg e to himself from a ship of war at the Nore, on of which he had been sent by the Magistrates, in consequence of a former crime of a similar nature. He described himself as the son of a plumber in Fleet-lane ; but positively denied the fact. He was remanded for further examination. HATToN-oAaars.—Yesterday Butfrr and Fogerty were fully committed, charged with picking the pocket of a soldier of Sll. belonging , to two of his comrades, which he was to send to their friends in the country, while he was enjoying their company at the Thatched House public-house, in Field-lane. UNION-Har.L.--Yesterday a young man, late in the employ of Mr. Mills, a coal-merchant, in the Bo rough, was charged with embezzling the property of his master. Mr. Mills stated, that the prisoner had been about five months his collecting'clerk, during which time, he suspected his fich.!,:y, and that on Monday last, he went out to collect money, and to receive orders ; but, on his return, said he had re ceived neither. This Mr. Mills conceiving to be rather strange, asked him, if Messrs. Larkin and Eade had not paid him ? to which he replied, no; that they had not had time to examine the account • on which Mr. Mills called on these gentlemen , whe n they pr oduced a receiptgiven by the prisoner for the sum of S .17s.5cL being the amount of his bill against them. The pri soner was committed for re-examination. Yesterday -- Stone, who stood charged with stealing boots, and other articles, at the Bricklayers' Arms, in the Kent Road, was discharged ; the pro. secutor not appeari_n_g against him. Bow-eraerr.—thonwAy Ronngay.—Last night William Walker, a private in the West London militia, was brought up on a charge of highway robbery.— Thomas Oldfield, farmer, at Islington, stated on oath ! that about eight o'clock onTuesday evening, as he was' going home in the fields near Islington, a man accos-' ted him, who said, " I want your money I" to which the informant replied "You want my money, do you?" the answer was " Yes." That then the informant gave the man seven-pence with his left hand, whilst he struck the man with his right ; that this blow brought the prisoner to the ground, whereupon the informant closing with the prisoner kept hint down, and at the same time shouted out " Murder l" that whilst in this posture the prisoner endeavoured to un sheath his bayonet, which the informant prevented by catching hold of the prisoner's hand ; that a little perky ensuing, the prisoner begged the informant to withdraw, to which proposition the informant agreed, on condition that he would disengage his hand from the bayonet ; this done, the informant stripped the prisoner of the bayonet, and told the prisoner that if 1 he did not keep at a distance he was a dead man ;— ' l that the prisoner seeing another person coming up, fled , and disappeared. Robert Bell, cu. poial in the said regiment, stated on oath, that the prisoner came yes terday to the parade with a borrowed baronet, and that the prisoner's great coat and face indicated that he was the preceding evening engaged in some fight; that on the complaint being lodged, the witness, ac companied by an officer, went to Suffolk-street, Pen tonvdle, where the prisoner lodged, and apprehended hint. In his defence, the prisoner said he accidentally lost his bayonet on Tuesday afternoon, in the King's road, and that he was quite innocent of the charge.— He was fully committed. Monday, as a child, 6 years of age, of Mr. Cham bers, of Addle-street, Aldermanbury, was taking a flat-iron from the fire, the flame communicated with her clothes, when she was so dreadfully burnt as to leave but faint hopes of her recovery. A few days since as a servant of E. Igguldens, Esq. of Deal, was returning from Ramsgate on a mare, it took fright, and by a sudden plunge dis-. mounted her rider, who was extremely bruised.; after which, running away, she came in contact with a windmill, then at work, the sweeps of which struck it so forcibly on the head as to fracture its'skull. It was however ridden home by the servant, a distance. of twelve miles, wheabona.awo inches of the cranium were taken of saiffitwill, it is nowthought, recover. _ ~ i 3. eh COVRT OF CHANCERY, JAN. IS. , • • 110A141 O. COWARD. Cr This was the case of an application for an injunc- -4i. to stay the executiod of two contracts far annui ties bought at two years, and at one and a half year's purchase ; the money produced by such annuities to be paid into Court, until the determination of the cause. After Sir Sown RwaLLY and Mr. RICHARDS had been heard, The Loan Cirawczuoit said, that he had often doubted of the principles of public policy defended on occasions of thii kind. Lord Thurlow had remarked, that the legislative provisions in such instances pro bably were not beneficial in guarding those they were intended to protect. The Jurisdiction, however, hawing been fixed, it did not lay with his Lordship to decide if it ought to be exercised. He would say, that in many cases it bad a bad effect on the morals of young men, who were expectant heirs, and who, if they were sometimes cheated by others, were not 'in frequently charged with fraud themselves. The Court had not said that a young man should not deal with his expectations, nor had the Parliament said it; but this Court, on maxims of.public policy, had thrown round persons so dealing a shield of se curity, with which it did not guard other contracts. It was not only for the sake of the individual, but for the protection of the particular family to which that individual belonged—and the design was, that the property should not be conveyed into the hands of every Jew who would deal with them. A maxi under the pressure of immediate want, without the ordinary means of supply, stood in a situation in which he might be tempted to sacrifice his best Interests to his temporary necessities ; and so far there was policy in the law when it says,. Abet if you deal with the future expectati ons of a. party so situ ated, you shall shew t.e bargiht is reasonable and provident. The case of Evans and Cheshyre was one of great inadequacy, and there had been none posterior of the like imposition. Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY said, that it was a pat *Sit bond, to pay two for one. The Loan CHANCELLOR resumed. The facts here were these : With respect to the first,. which was an annuity for 1001. an advertisement was inserted in the public papers, stating, that such an annuity was to be -disposed of, payable out of a reversionary interest.— It called upon all mankind to judge what they would give by public auction for this annual receipt, to com mence upon the death of a lady of 61, if a gentleman of 40 years of age survived her. The lot was put up and no one was found to bid more -than two years ' purchase. Now, unless it were made out that the auction was deceptive and fraudulent, his Lordship could not say that an injunction should go—without additional circumstances, there vbas not suspicion enough to call upon him to interpose. In the other ' annuity, there was the same option two years after ', wards ; the income to depend upon . the lives of the same parties. Only one and shelf year' srfrchase was given ; the bidding was open, b-it thete. was no cost petition. His Lordship thought that ti;is, situation of • things did justify the Court in examining into this transaction, and for that purpose. granting an injunc tion ' • and in the mean time it would be reasonable, that the annuity should be paid into Court. • HARRIS V. The Plaintiff is an infant, possessing estates in De vonshire, comprising seventeen manors, and produc ing about S,OOOl. a year ; the Defendant was his Steward, and had acted in the same capacity to his father. Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY said, that the present appli cation was, that the Court might order . certain deeds to be delivered up by the Dendant, which had been improperly obtained ham the minor. The Learned Counsel stated the particulars of five leases granted for long terms, three of them for merely nominal considerations, and two much beneatlithe real value. In June, 1794, the Defendant was in London, and informed the Plaintiff of his intention to marry, and proposed to settle certain estates on his wife, if the plaintiff would grant him leases on fair terms. The Plaintiff answered, that two estates at und o Devon, were at his service, and that no coati but a nominal one should be paid for them. On these terms, two of them were settled on the lady— and both for these and the others all the writings were prepared and executed under the direction of the De fendant. The Learned Counsel trusted that his Lordship would be of opinion, that a receiver ought to be appointed to the estates, as it was impossible to be admitted that a steward should be benefited by the bounty of an infant under such circumstances. Mr. HART aid Mr. WETHERALL followed OR the same side. Messrs. Rick's/um and MARTIN said, that in a case in which Baizeley had been Defendant, it had been decided, that a might make a present to his own Steward. I ) trth o i l : case the Defendant was not only the Steward, but he was the relation and friend of the Plaintiff (the father of the Defendant and the grandfather of the Plaintiff were first cousins). The whole donation to the Steward from this young man of large fortune, amounted only to about 1321 annually. In November 1805, the bill in this cause was filed—it had been amended twice since, and • never before occurred to this party to pray for a re. ceiver. The only tbject of such"an application must be, to accelerate the hearing of the cause. On these grounds, the Learned Counsel hoped that his Lord. ship would consider, that there was no foundation for this motion. The Court having signified its readiness to take the cause at any time, it was agreed that it should heard immediately after the first day of Term. A Duirc.—ln consequence of a snisunderstandini which happened on Saturday evening in Oxford-street, (respecting the late conduct of a great Military Cha• racter) a duel took place between Captain L. -of Royal Navy, and M. W. Esq. who resides near Berkley-square. They agreed to meet on Monday morning, at Wimbledon Common. Mr. W. conceiT ing himself to be the aggressor, received the Car, tain s fire, and then requested to know if he was • tisfied, Captain' L. replied, that he was perfectly o which Mr. W. then politely declined returning fire, and went immediately, and took the Captain eh:hand, after which every thing. Was settled in most friendly manner. 1 -- I i • 1 1 I I t : I • 4 • 1 1 1 . i 1 I 1 11 1 , • 1 . f 1 l 1 , • • , • ~ • , - i • i i • ' 1 ), l - 1 . . . 1 1 I C e Is Q n 7e e- Lis ht to 1 [ ay he ise en his lot lad the 'he ran 121. use cl it re- i t lust tese i ard- for the 1 be , cling reet, ',...'ha- the - 1 near, . adar ceiv- Cap. , LS 5Z Y so, the 111 by a the