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NAUTICAL. INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH. JANUARY 22. Sailed the Duce or Karr packet, for new York. Wind EA. PLYMOUTH. JANUARY tj. Came in the Prulfian galliot, Unverwaldt, Cap tain P.'S. Tallola, from St. Andero to Havre de Grace,laden with wool; the Commerce, ROBERTS, from London; and the Dempfter, of Aberdeen, Capt. H. Coctiaati, from Faro, bound to Hull, laden with fruit ; alfo The Elizabeth, of London,Capt. Haar. AX n, from Havre de Grace, bound to Whitby, in hallaft fhe was driven out of the Downs on Sunday laft, by a violent gale of wind, and could not weather any Port but Plymouth.—Laft night failed the PRINCE OE Wazrs tranfport, with two Companies of Ar. tiller'', for Gibraltar ; the Providence, Captain Bates', from Rotterdam, for Newry ; the Good Intent, Captain HUMPHREYS. from ditto, for ditto; the Hazard, CUMMINS, for Virginia. Yefterday morning pallid down the Royal George Eaft Indiaman, (landing W. by S. at four P. M. the was feen by the trawlers fix leagues to the Southward of the Belt, the wind being at E.N.E the has no doubt cleared the land, as the whole fleet in Torbay, wind-bound, palled by this port laft night ; confifting of the Perfeverance, Ezzw, from London to Chefter; Brothers, Owes, from London to Dublin ; Prince of Wales, TRELVDRA, from Poole to Falmouth ; lietlor, Lewis, from Poole to Liverpool ; Concord, HAMEREORD, from Poole to Naples; Crowerdale, Whlarreas, from Poole for Cork; Pitt, Mamma, from London to New Providence ; Catharine, COATS, African trader, from London to Mogadore ; Maria, GA is ant, from London to Jamaica; Peggies, Dossoa, from London to Cadiz. The (loop Chance, Qsizzita, on her paffage here with wheat, from Chichefier, fhifted her cargo fo fuddenly, as to throw her on her beam ends, but by the timely affiflanee of Brizham Mermen. The got fate alongfide Brizhawi Pier, and arrived here this morning. Orders came down yellerday to the Dockyard not to break up any more line of battle (hips, and I not even thole who were condemned for that pur pofe Come time fince. The LONDON, of 98, as Coon as a Dock is vacant, is to go into dock, to have a thorough repair. Yeaerday at noon Rear- Admiral DACRES fhifted his flag in Hamoaze, from the COURAGEUX of 74, to the CULLODEN, Of 74, Captain LAN z.—Men now enter (lowly. PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY 14. Came into harbour the AuaoßA frigate. Sailed the ABUNDANCE [lore (hip, for Gibraltar; the MORoIAN•, of 16 guns, Capt. R•YNSFORD ; and the Locust' gun-brig, for Ireland, to raife feamen. Laft night Mr. WILLIAMS, Comptroller of the Cufloms at this port, feiacti a quantity of French lace to the amount of at lealt wool. The DONEGAL, of 74 guns, Capt. SIC RICHARD STRACHAN, i• ordered to be got ready for fea im mediately, and will be joined cif Plymouth by the BELLEISLE, Capt. WHITBY, when both will pro ceed with fealed orders; it is fuppofed for the Me diterranean. Capt. Loss has taken the command of the ISIS, the Beg-fhip ofVice-Admiral GAL PAD lEapvice BRUN. YARMOU TH, JANUARY 14. The following (hips are on fhore on Cotton Beach in the late gale : The William of Winnable in ballaft, bound to Sunderland for coals, crew fay ed ; a Dutch hoy, laden with cheek and butter ; and a (hip laden with wool and goods. the crews and cargo faced. The Wafa, of Wafa, FRIDI. RICK CALADIUM% Matter, from Cadiz, bound to Rotterdam.laden with fait. wine, and fruit, wreck ed off Cailler. about two miles to the northward of this port, the crew were Lived by one of the boats from the (bore, the cargo and part of her materials are come on our beach. The beach for feveral miles is covered with wreck and goods.— Thurfday a detachment of the Seventh Light Dragoons marched in here, to patrole the coati againft the (Muggier'. Remain in our Roads : the LYNX (loop of war, and two cutters.—Wind F.. S. F,. light breeze. FROM LLOYD', LIST. DIAL, JAIL I 4..--Itcmain as per tall. Wind E. N. F. blares Lard. (la *veer ND, ins. 14 —Pared hy, the Oak, Mehl, from ZEit ; from Malaga; and London, Symes, from Valencia. ARRIVED. ..-.... In the Downs, Mary, Mudge, from Waterford--In the River. Aquinas, Blackman , from Biemen—ln the Creek, Mi nerva. Baflin, from Legbnrn ; and Mary, --., from N traii —At lint lake. American, li/z , fon, front Savannah ; and Roe buck, Kelly, from Philadelphia—At Liverpuol, Commerce, Burdock, from Oporto • and United States. Burdock, from 11.-unleaut—At Leith, Almeria. Richmond, from Riga—At Deified, Serpent, Trim, firm Newkandlande-.'At Virginia, L u cy Ann, nankin., front Peterfburgl.-At Janda, Ahrt, hPllonold, from Landon—At SWAN, Ocean, (Linton, from Riga—At Ilfranowthe, Saniavita Nlartin, Nora Newfound. land. with darnage—M Shibletre,n, Terefa, Murphy, from tu r t,,,At Comm Ambrofia, Brows, 'roan Zant--At Fd onnoth, Comateme from Hnit Mary, Do. naldfon, hem R. tterdam—at Drltatt, Friendlbin, Pinkerton, fruit Orono —At Cana, l.evelt filly. fie.in I :der; 14.1.ry, Hurdle. from teindem ; Mary Ann, Doak; and B. en. Nob ireni Nokftnirt:laiseAt New 0: ham, hlat .is, Talbot, (tom London. FUNDS. Ye&tray, put fuant to advertifement, a general meeting was held at the London Tavern, of the Britiot Creditors in the French Funds. Mr. Inver took the chair, and role to explain the objet for which the mewing had been con vened. He began by adverting to the memorial prefented by the Committee in the name of the creditors at large to Lord HAWK ESSURV, and to the relish of the different interviews which they had with his Lordlhip, finee the zoth September ultimo, down to Wednefday laR. It were unne ceffary to enter into any detailed account of the preceding interviews, becaufe what p-iff.id in that of Wednefday contained the general rank of all the others. Mr. Isms.. then proceeded to Rate to the meeting the grounds on which the Britilh creditors in the French Funds thought tliemfelves juftified in Telling their claims, and which he had fubmitted to the confideration of the Noble Se cretary of State. There grounds he reduced to three heads :--t R, The conditions held out by the French Government at different periods to induce foreigners to take a (hare in their loans, alfuring them that in (itch cafes they &mild not be fubjefied to the laws by which the na lives might be bound.—ad. The Ilipulations of the commercial treaty, conformably to which a notice of twelve months ihould be given to Britilh fuhjefts to remove their property in cafe of the breaking out of a war.-3d. The 14th article of the Treaty of Amiens, by which it was iti pulated that all fequeftrations on either fide on funds, revenues, etc. than be taken off imme diately after the f►gnature of the definitive treaty. None of there conditions had been complied with in the prefent cafe; but notwithßanding the incon veniences the Britilh holders of French Rock had already fuffered, yet they were willing, nor could they think it an unfair or prefamptuous expetta lion, to be put on the fame footing with the rub ijefts of the French Government. To the jultice of that Government they were not reludtant to fubmit their claims, and if his Lordlhip approve and abet their views, it was their with to forward a memorial to his Excellency Lord Wurrwortrit, praying him to prefent the fame to the French Go vernment, hoping at the fame time that his Lord. fhip would kindly fecond their requell to Lord WH ITWoRTH. and exert his belt endeavours to give weight to their reprefentation. To the grounds here adduced, Lord HAVICESBURY made a few objeftions, not, he Paid, fuch as his own mind would prompt him to urge; but which he thought it was as likely might be urged by others. In the fiat place it might be thought equitable that Britilh creditors lbould be dealt by in the lime manner as Pruffian or Auftrian creditors. zd. It might be laid, that no firers could be laid on the commercial treaty of 1.786, becaufe that treaty could not be fiippored to exit af ter the parting of the alien bill. 3d. The treaty of Amiens was fuppored to have in view property in 0, and not that which had been fequeftered, or the payment of which had been fufpended.— Whatever might be the force of there objeEtions, he was not inclined to lay any firers upon them ; but all he imagined himfelf able to do was to re commend the matter to Lord Wurrwcurrm, and in that view he Ihould write a letter to his Lord- Ihip, rcqueßing he might erponfe the cattle of the claimants in the manner which to him might appear belt calculated to obtain their objeft.— With this determination of the Noble Secretary of State the meeting teemed to be highly fatisfied ; and on the fuggeftion of Mr. &townies, it was propofed that Sir ELIJAH IMPLY, who was now at Park, lhould be requelled to aft as their agent, and that a power of attorney (hould forth with be fent to him for that purpofe. This propofition was unanimoufly agreed to. HONDURAS. The report of a difference between this Govern ment and the Court of Spain, on the fubjed of the Britifh Ellablithments at Honduras, is now very generally credited. Colonel BARROW, who is now gone out to take the command of the Brian' Settlement at Hondu ras, is the fame Officer who, in the year 1798, with Captain Moss, of the Navy, fence dead, re pelled a very formidable attack of the Spaniards under General O'Ns IL, confilling of a numerous land force, and a flotilla of boats. But this ar mament was compelled to retreat with confiderable lois. In confequenee of this nieces, the Brititb boundaries were confiderably extended ; their extenfion indeed was perfealy neceffary, for we had fo cleared the country in our poffeffion of log wood, that any more which we wanted to procure was got at fo great an expellee, on account of its, &fiance from the coati, that it enhanced its coil aimed beyond what it would bear. This being the cafe, and having, by right of conqueft, acquired fuch additional territory, and in fuch a favourable fituation, that we could not only cut, but trail. port it down the rivers to the coati, at a compara tively trivial expence ; it bee.terk an objea of the greatelitnpoitance to have this additional acqui fition fecured is the Treaty of Peace. To this end, the merchants at Honduras made the proper reprcfentations to their . correfpondents in London, and, in confequence of this, a deputa tion from the Committee of the principal mer chants of London, trading to Honduras, imme diately after the Preliminaries of Peace were figned, waited upon Lord Hoaaar, one of His tviajelty's Principal Secretaries of State, with a memorial, reprefenting their fauation, and praying that it might not be loft fight of, but receive every requifite confirmation in the ufual form.— Another deputation of the fame Committee, waited alto upon Lord HAMICISSURY, with ano ther memorial to the fame effed, while the Defi nitive Treaty was drawing up, and long befote it was figned. The Britifh idiniftry cannot, there fore, plead ignorance on this important fubjea. It is unfortunate, perhaps, that nothing was ai pnlated upon this fubjea in the Treaty aAmiens. Re do not mean that by the omiWnn or by the general abrogation of former Treaties, our right to cut logwood in the Bay of Honduras is cancel led. But in negnciating with parties who were extremely likely to cavil, ii would have ben wife ro anticipate, as far as poffible, every ground ol difputc. The French negotiated throughout, as Lord BOLING ZROK E lays of them during the ncgn. dation of the peace of Utrecht, " like Pedlars, or, what is work, like Attornies." It was neeelfiry, therefore, to bind them down like pettifoggers who wilted to take advantage of every flaw. But regretting that there precautions were not employed, we :lan, with confidence, that the pre tenfions of the Spaniards to molelt our " eflablifit ment" at Honduras, are molt captious and un warrantable. It is true, that in treaties of peace, as in all other pofitive contralls, obligations not fpecified arc not to be eatily prcfumed. But treaties that have once elated, though not perpetual in all their ftipulations, have, and ought to have, permanent confequences. The Rate of polfeflion in Europe is, in a thouland ways, the effect of ed lions, exchanges introduced by treaties no longer in force. The very ad of a new treaty, between States at lean, ratifies and confirms the Rate of, poffeflinu in things not altered. It is only the new cellions, the new Rate of polfellion, that becomes 1 the fubjed of convention. Trinidad is ceded by Spain, by the Treaty of Amiens. Our rights to cut wood, &c. in the Bay of Honduras, a thing of lets value, perhaps, than the Wand ceded, are not mentioned, but arc they, therefore given up ? Had Spain deprived us of that poffellion during the war, and if no flipulation had been made in the Treaty of Amiens for reftoring it, there might have been fume pretext for fuppcfing that the right was wholly extinguifhed. But this was not the cafe. We continued in full pofferion of every thing we had previoufly enjoyed. That poffcflion, fuels as it exi Red, is confirmed, not abrogated, by the new Treaty of Peace. Our rights to cut to wood in the Bay of Honduras, therefore, Rand Mt where they did. This principle is fo clear, that it is fearcely neceffary to quote any authority for it. " non-renewal of treaties," fays Meacv, " gives no right to reclaim a domain which has been ceded ; for," fays he, " the Treaty fubfequent to that which is not renewed, eftablifhes the refpedive and &dual Rate of the contrading parties; and it would be a violation of that Treaty to attempt to enter upon the poffeffions ceded by a preceding Treaty, under pretence that it is no longer bind ing." The rule applies equally to fuch a right as we formerly enjoyed, as to a right of abfolute fovereignty. It is clear, therefore, that fuppofing the right of this country to cut In wood at Honduras had been eflabliftied originally by the Convention of the 14th of July, 1786, the lateß upon the tub jets, that right would be now as perfed and com plete as could be defired. Spain might juft as well pretend that we have no right to Jamaica or Gib raltar, becaufe the Treaty of Madrid of 2667, in which the pofigon of Jamaica is only recoghifed, and the Treaty of Utrecht, in 1713, where Gib raltar is ceded, are not renewed. But, in fad, the right of this country to cut wood at Honduras is not fo much created as explained by Treaty. It is a right clothed with a long polfeffion. As far as we recoiled, the firft recognition of it is in the Treaty of 1763, renewed in the Treats of 1781, and explained by the Convention of t 786. It is there mentioned, and always has been confidered as fomething fhort of dominion or fovereignty.— It is a fort of fervitude of a very real and fliblian tial nature ; and, after being fo long enjoyed, fo repeatedly recognifed, it is iMpoffible for any publicift to argue that it is abrogated by the filence of the Treaty of Amiens. Indeed the argument, we apprehend, goes very much in favour of this country, if we are to admit general reafoning to fix the nature and extent of our right. We do not know that it might not very fairly be argued, that by the filence of the Treaty of Amiens we are in a better fituation than we were. We appre hend that our fervitude, our tolerance, our pre carious habitation (for we had not power to build a fort or keep a garrifon. &c.) is converted into a full and complete dominion, as far as con queft can confer it. We have remained in poffef fion during the war: we have built forts; we have firengthened our potation. The Spaniards, teeing all this, chafe to be filent at Amiens! Is it to be prefumed, however, that by our flaw we abandon an old conceited privilege, retained and Rrengthened during the war ? The Spaniards, by the Treaty, confirm general) all our puffeffions in all parts of the world, not noticed and altered by the Treaty of Amiens. They therefore acknow ledge our poffeifion as it Rood. If they are to draw the point of Honduras into litigation, we deny that they have a claim of right, or that we are obliged to fue for an indulgence. Precedents are in our favour. The Spaniards by the Treaty of 1667 did not chute to cede foimally Jamaica, which Caostwess had taken from them, but they confirm generally our poffeffions. Could :hey pretend, did they pretend, that after the conclufson of the Treaty of 1667, they could have given our fettlers in Jamaica a notice to quit ? Certainly not. In the prefent cafe they have no more right.— If they were difpleafed with our continuance at Honduras, they ought to have Ripulated by treaty for our removal. That they have not done. They ought to be very glad if we agreed to hold our rights to Honduras jull as they formerly Rood. If they quarrel about the matter, Minifters ought to give orders to ftrengthen our polition at Iron duras, fend out reinforcements, and bid the Spa. niards defiance. This we are difpofed to think mould be the courfe. The cafe appears to be fo plain, that we fce no reafon why the cavils of France (we cannot call it Spain) fhould be treated with much deference.— We have right, we have the power, and Bo- AAAAA rs fhould be taught that he mull not domi neer when be has not the ability to att. There are fifty chicanerie. of this fort in both the Indies, and the bell way is to treat them in the beginning with contempt, and to refill them with vigour.— If Minillers accept the ellablifitment at Honduras on the old footing, they will thew much sonde. fcenfion. They ought to infifi peremptorily on our right. and if they revert to the old footing, they ought to obtain an equivalent. This tone would Speedily bring the French and Spaniards to rearm oLn !MILL): Yelerclay twelve prifoner.; were tried, three of whom wet e capi.aily convifled, viz. Grwse Fger, for the mutd,:r of his wife, !ly drowning her in the Pad,h;:gton Canal on Sun day the sth of I)ectmher :aft. He flood charged alfo with anoth:r indictment for the wiltid murder of his infant temale child, of about the age of eight months, at the fame time, and in the Time manner. Ile was tried only up. on the lira. Mr. KNOWLYS opened the cafe for the profecu. tion, in a very tenlible fpeecli, obferving that the evidence was purely circomilantial, arifing nut of fads which wete to be compared with the deliberate declaration of the priioncr himfelf be fore Sir Richard Ford, at Bow Iltect, and by which circumftances, as they Ihould be detailed by the witneffes, it would appear that the moll mate. rial parts of the prifoner's declaration mull of ne cellity be fldfe, and that thefe cireumßances could not exit} confillently with the poffible innocence of the prifoner at the bar; In that the necelrary and unavoidable inference mull be, that the prifoner threw his unfortunate wife with her infant in her arms, into the Canal, by which they were drowned. The prifoner was a coach.harnefs maker with a Mr. Buflinell, near the top of Oxford-greet; and, for a man in that fit nation of life.was rather comfortable. Mr. Knowlys then Ratedall the circunetancesof the cafe, and proceeded to examine the witnelles, the fuhftance of whole tellimony was as follows : Jane Hotham-- , 4 I am the mother of the de. ceafed ; I live in Bofivell-court, near Carey-greet; the left my honfe on the Saturday three weeks be fore Chriftmas Day, about five minutes before four o'clock. I took her from the work honfe to fupport her with her child, and to live with me ota her endeavours. She flept molt nights and in ge neral with me. She left me three Saturdays run ning to go to him (the prifoner at the bar). She had four children, two were at Barnet at the poor houfe, one had died, and one in her arms. I ne ver few her after that Saturday, neither did ever fee the body. She took the child with her , when the left me on the Saturday." Crofs.examined, the raid, the deceafed had been twelve months in the work houfe. She was very unhappy in her mind. They wanted her little child to be rent to Barnet, but (he was fo fond of it that the would not let it go. Jofeph Bradford.—" I live in North Row, near Grofvenor-fquare. The prifoner lodged with me ; his wife and child did not lodge with him at my !tonic. On the Saturday evening before the death of the unfortunate woman, the was at my houfe the flept there with her hufband. I CAW them all three on the Sunday morning; his wife breakfaft. ed with me, and the partook of a glafs of rum, be fore they went away from my houfe, which was near of about ten o'clock. I did not fee the pri foner again at his lodging until about half paft eight o'clock on the Sunday night ; his wife and child were not then with him, neither did I ever fee them after they left my houfe on the Sunday morning. The prifoner did not make any inquiry after his wife and child again of me until the fol lowing Sunday, the lath of December. On that day I had been to Highgate, and I believe the prifoner had been to Barnet. He called for me at my mother in law's boure ; her name is Young. He had never called for me there before, except, as I believe, once, which was the (simmer before. On Sunday the tath he bad no converfation what ever with me about his wife and child at High. gate. We came from there altogether, the ord.). ner, myfelf, and my brother in law. When we came to town, he allied me, if his wife had been at my hook ? I replied, not that I knew of. She ufed to call on him in general twice a week. In the beginning of the week often, but always on the Saturday. From what I heard both his wife and him fay to each other, I found that they were not on good terms, and they appeared to live unhap pily as hulband and wife ; but they did not live together. I cannot tell exactly, but I think he lived with me about three quarters of a year. She sited to come to him on the Saturday to receive, I believe, Come little matter of money. She want• ed to come home to her hufband and live with hint, and that appeared lobe the cattle of her uceafinels." Crofs.examined, he raid, 6 4 She did not ileep Many times in my honfe, it might be four times. She ufed to come on the Saturday to receive a little money. I never obferved in my life that the was addifted to drinking. I had ken her but (eldom before the left the work.bottle, and what her habits were before that time,' r do not know. When the prifooer Aced me about he, wife, whe ther the had been at myboufe ? there had been no rumour of her having been loft. The prifoner is a coach maker, and frost. the sth of December down to the time he was taken, he went to his work daily, and followed it as uCual." Margaret Bradford, the wife of the lea witnefe. " The prifoner had lodged at our houfe for fix or eight months. I law his wife iNk the Saturday previous to her death ; the Raid at our hook all night—l knew her and her child very'welL I was at hone when the left our houfe in the morning of the Sunday, which was about ten o'clock. Front what 1 obferved from both althea*, I am et:win ced that they did not live on good.terms at, all.— On the Wednefday week afterwards I few the body of the child at Chellea : I knew it very well to be the prifoner's chili, which was brought to our houfe by the mother ; it was a littl e gid, her name was Louifa—l c moot Cloy that I ever faw the prifoner's wife in liquor." Eleanor Winter.-4 , I live at Weftbourn Green. by the ft le of the Canal, my hook was called the Spotted Dog; it is now called the Wellbount Green Tavern. On the sth of December lati, I faw the prifoner at my houfe. He came abo ut eleven o'clock in the forenoon, with his wife and child in her arms. They ?laid at our bouts until one o'clock: they brought fame beef.Reakr, which were dreied by the prifoner. The; had a two. penny gla(s of brandy, and four pints of porter between them. Mr hog& is abrit two miles from the Mare Tavern, which is nearer the Canal; my honk is on the fide of the towing path, and the other is mt the'oppofite fide. While they 1 •. 4' 1 1 !CM at