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gCIMEN OF ANCILIIT Rtrort i ni s - d. ; his sL on Mr. SOIRRIDAN'S jr i ggiApx eech e Standing Ord for the op pos• for re -considering on Suing from the House of Commons, 0 ,, 00 ed to have alluded to the good old times when ;;-rdebrtates of Parliament Were gtven under fictitious es , as the debates of the senates of Lilliput and o usc a. For the amusement of our Readers, we t t a s pecimen of this mode of reporting, which WINDIIA. sb much regretted, from a scarce and ur i oug magazine, entitled The Political Intelligen t, f o r the year 1747." We are wholly 'at a loss to 'les s what proce edings are meant to be referred to , o, upo n inquiry' we find that the year above men . p i le d was that which Sir Joim PaIWGLE describes as ,pa n s been so fatal to our troops in the Island of alchere n. After perusing this extract, our Readers probably be of opinion that the object of conceal. nt was not much promoted by this exploded mode reporting. EXTRACT. The Hurgol DuaderiA-damiGander being interrogated, Sakti t h e following purpose, viz. . H e is principal Truncheonabeirer to his Lilliputian Majesty. Nyrdacs of the kingdom commanded him to attend their until on the 24th of the moon of March : desired him to far them with 16,000 Lilliputians for an expedition up the river antieus,which he was told must be done without delay, as env i se , upon the first alarm, the Blefuscuans would move e i r s hips up the river out of our way—He answered, that the fired men could not be furnished. He was afterwards de* • , to give bis opinion in writing on the practicability of an at upon Anterwerpen, but no information was given him of ,ate of its defences, or of the number of the enemy likely to p o sed to our troops : That he gave a strong opinion agains t attack upon Anterwerpen by land, and represented the risque cudl chance of success attending a combined attack up the • never asked his advice again. The Nardacs had pap or plan of the fortifications Of Anterwerpen, neither had riecipal Truncheon-bearer. He described them to the Nu ts they were sixteen years before, when he being grievously was sent into the rear of the army for seven days, the then Truncheon - nearer, and had an opportunity of obser that some of the ditches were wet and some were dry, and !turas a place of strength.a-The Truncheon-bearer expressed 'parka, that 10,000 men in Anterwerpen would stop four their number assembled before that fortress.—lf an army roceeded to the attack of Anterwerpen,ls,ooo men must been left in the island of Marshgrave.—The other islands here been occupied, all the fortresses to the Eastward ma,• by a sufficient force, and the forts upon the river besieged.— stye nernber of men landed at Marshgrave was 39,193, out don the maraber of sick and wounded amounted to 12,863." Nay then," quoth the Hurgol Fool-Erbawl, " I marvel hew wen corld have reached Anterwerpen !" 'De Truncheen-bearer here continued, and said, in answer to rein I.:Qtr. - the last mentioned Hurgol,—" In the military ' of the world I never yet heard or read of a coup-de-main • etecepted by 40,P00 men and 30 sail of the line with ca ' on board. He was not consulted on the appointment of the =Wet of the Expedition ; but thinks the Nardac Chat te. the properest.person, who could have been named for that because he served (the Truncheon-bearer forgets how) :be imetican Wa•l tensmonded a brigade, for two moons, in lidtleight campaign, Under the Royal Nardac of those days, hen the Truncheon-berm saw every thing proper in his con ag because he had screed with great distinction under , the said TrittubeotAearer, within the .realm of LiUipot, the count of which service he hid witnessed his actually exer 'ng from 8 tslo,ooo then, with credit to himself, at a review." The printipal Glysuterps i ipol Lembo-Pee/mesas being then in errorated, with, " That he, the said Glys-Terpypol was corn • nded to furnish medicines and medical assistance for an army, t whether said army MS to go to Blefusca or to Jericho, depo was trot informed. Had he beets told said army was to have to Marshgrave, should have recommended an additional ly of every medical article, and a greater number of assist vs Knoweth hlarshgrave well, and believeth it to be the most psulestial spot en the face of the globe, etcept perhaps Batavia. not think the sickness which prevailed In the Lilliputian km , greater than might have been expected by any-man ac sainted with hlarshgrave. Was never consulted by the Nardacs the sickness in the army ~ no* the loth day of the moon ber, and verily It was not his duty to give any opinion un -Hath heard, that on the Ist day of the said moon the i• bee in Council had beers told by the Nardac Chatterum, that the 2lth slay of the moms Angtst, the number of sick was • 1 rude short of 3000 Men, and that they were further in haled ea the Bth of said moon, that on the 6th the number of exceeded 8000 men." The thief Blood-letter to the Fortes, CheTe-Pocket-Fe, being ted, sahh, " 14. never was consulted by the Nardacs the state of the sick at Marshgrave, until the 10th of the %eh September—Never knew the army was destined for Marsh' Pt until he received a letter from his deputy Blood letter, iltd from thene&-Had he knoWn their destination, would have IR mach larger propottion of bark, and of wine, and comforts *tle soldiers ; not as a cure for, but is a preventative against Crlse. It is his duty to (vier medicines only upon requisi % made to him by the Chief Truncheon Bearer through the tiohrWar ; received no such requisition until the moon of S I PPe.-The sick of the whole army of I.illiput at home and W are ander the auperintendance of the Medical Board, con- Isd the Chief Glys-Tetpypol, the Chief Blood-letter, and the n _t fi l ( 4 3l Hospital-peeper. The Board meets by order of the Po for War.—The Board never was ordered to meet after the Placate:nem of the Alarshgrave fever. A letter was sent to the krd directing one of its members to proceed to Marshgrave. The k i ted•lrta r :tad the Peeper thought it the duty of the Glys-Ter tc Glys-Terpypol objecting thereto, had a private t o• - i , rreatko with the Truncheon-bearer, whereupon none of trt. at all. The salary of the Glys-Terpypotis two sprugs i of the Blood-letter three sprugs per diem; and of the four sprugs, besides travelling expenses:' Whereupon " •Itagois exclaimed, " Verily, verily, it is too much." The ittril-letter further saith, " that at one time It was reported to kv.trorr were only 101bs. of bark in store in Marshgrave.— ":';'4r tands,4oolbt. were discovered by accident on board a yes -0.14.Z by tr,istake." 1 °- ii,i Lieng °Tracker having presented certain &ten- Vir, to the calling themselves documents of inteW lt. received at the Sea House, by the Chief Admiral Muley ("If Ilan Bug, relating to the state at the Blefuscuans' existing :" anti preparations at Alarshgrave, was interrogated as to the Orrs of the said papers, whereupon be declared, " He knew no- Itirg thereof, that be knew they had been received two or three Yea rs arn, that he thought during the present war, but could not :rl,pon himself to assert that they might not have been articles Intelligence resrectitig the Spanish, or the preparations of * IAIIM the Third, of glorious and immortal memory, in the the Hegira 1688"—Whereupon the Hurgols laughed and " Of a truth thou bast bent deceived by thy brother tng Suabu Uard:' AS.. tailibtrrni nettiAitY s. Sailed the ltuuua armed ship, with St sad of merchantmen under contoy, principally for the Thatnes.—Wind S. W. ?i4P4L iiittladzAta PLYMOUTIt PEBRIMItit 6; The AMIABLE frigate has come up hatitout to be docked and repaired. Arrived the Vtacncti frigate, 38 guns, Captain BRACE, from the Irish station; the PHEASANT sloop of war, Captain PALMER, from a maize, with her prize, a fine French lugger privateer of 12 guns' which she captured in the Channel. The lugger is a remarkably fast sailer, and would not have been cap tured in the present instance, if she had not mistaken the PHEASANT for a merchantman, Which induced her to bear down close upon her; when, on the PHEA SANT'S shei►ing the number of her British bulldogs, the enemy instantly hauled down her colour s.—Sailed the PHILO/4EL brig of war, on a cruize ; and the EN COUNTER gun-brig, Lieutenant TALBOT, with a con voy of 40 sail, for the Downs and Portsmouth. The PLOVER sloop, Captain BaowN, has recaptured another merchant-brig, from St. John's, Newfound land, laden with timber ; she is hourly expected in here. One of the ENCOUNTER'S convoy, (a brig laden with flour, &c.) in getting out this forenoon, drifted on the German rock, at Devil's Point, and it is feared will bilge. PORTSMOUTH, FEBRUARY 7. Arrived his Majesty's ship PREVOYANTE, from the Mediterranean ; RESOLUTE and PARTRIDGE stoops of war, from Cork ; CERES frigate, from the Nore. His Majesty's ship CURACOA gives convoy instructions for the South whale fishery vessels. The RIFLEMAN sloop of war takes convoy to Fayal.—Wind S.S.W. DEAL, FEBRUARY 7. Arrived the Queen, WILLIAM, for Lisbon; Lord Boringdon, CLEMENTS, for ditto; Tottenham, YOUNG, for St; Domingo; and the Recovery, BACON, from the South Seas.—Came down several ships from the Riven—The Elphinstone East Indiaman has not put back, as stated yesterday.— Remain bis Majesty's ships and the rand-bound.—Wind S.W. RAMSGATE, FEBRUARY 7. Arrived The following ships for shelter : Donnegal, St. Patrick, Orion, Jane, Kitty, Lord Nelson, lark, Hope, and the Earl William. CORK, UNWARY Si. During the late cruise of the VIRGINIE frigate, in lat. 49. she fell in with two French frigates, one of which was ascertained to be of the largest class of single decked ships, and kept company with them an entire day, occasionally lying to, and offering them battle, which, notwithstanding their great superiori ty, they sheaved no inclination of attempting. They adopted the defensive mode of the VIRGINIE. and also at times lay to, but in such a position, almost in con tact•with each other, that it was impracticable to se parate them so as to attack one with any prospect of advaittage. The VIRGINIE lost sight of the French ships in the night ; and was not fortunate enough to discover them a second time. GREENOCK, FEBRUARY S. The Nereid, JOHNSON, from Demerara, get up to ' the Quays yesterday morning—made her passage in 41 days ; sailed thence in company with the ship Ad miral Col s, ----, for London I parted from her on the 30tit. The Mary, Gyms, of and for this port, was expected down from Berbice, to sail in company, but did not arrive in time ; supposes .she would be in the next springs to sail with the Belletsle, GEstmELL ; and Commerce, WATTS, for this port ; and Fortitude and Fame, for Liverpool ; the latter attempted to come out with the Nereid, but grounded on the Bar, and would remain to the next springs.— On the 27th ult. spoke the sloop Pericles, joint SCOTT master, from Liverpool to St Michael's, out three weeks, all well, lat 49. 43. long. 18. On the 29th, fell in with a French schooner privateer, lat. 50. 26. long. 15. which after reconnoitring and receiving three or four shots from the Nereid, saw proper to sheer off. The Diana, ROXBURGH, arrived last night, from Kingston, Jamaica, in 52 days, left the Uwted King dom, UDNEY, to sail the 23d December for this port, his Majesty's packet Lady Arabella, was to sail the 18th with the mail for Britain. On londay last was chaced by a schooner privateer, but escaped. The Pomona, MlNAucwr, arrived here ; sailed from Port Antonio, Jamaica, the 6th December. — On the 13th, when off the island of Fortudas, fell in with the ship Queen, of and for London, out 10 days , from Jaquanel, St. Domingo, and kept company with her until the 19th, when, being clear of the Passages, they parted. On the 27th January, Cape Clear bearing E. by N. distant 20 leagues, spoke the brig Eliza, Captain LORD, from the Downs for Sligo, out ten days. The Amphitrite, SIMPSON, from Pictoo, sailed 26th December, being cut out of the ice. Left loading the Union, ROBERTSON, of and for Saltcoats ; and the Union, CROW. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. CRAVILIZND, Fri. 7.—Arrived the Jamaica, Gibbs, from Se ville; and the Magdelina, Fullerty, from Martinique. Sailed the Gloria, Morla, for Mahon ; Africa, Esendore, and the Frasquita, Marrent, for Malaga. The CURACOA, 44 guns, Captain JOHN TOWER, is appointed to convoy the next fleet for the East Indies. The ships composing this fleet are daily expected at Portsmouth. Two Hundred Thousand Pounds in Prize Money will be distributed on the Fourteenth of the present Month, wheu the State Lottery will begin and end Drawing in Twelve Hours. Four Tickets of One Number will gain 880,000 ; Three, 1/60,000 ; Two, £40,000 ; Single Tickets and Shares in proportion ; all of which are on Sale at the old fortunate Offices of RICHARDSON, GOODIXCIIC. and Co. LAW 1142 .....„.. 144001,11 . ► 41. fItiURT d eittlidlitt • 11 , 1Tinielini bank Ex pi* DAIIIII.I. a tOinitii day, a pdtidoti had been ileeediWifild. tke Lbrd Chancellor, purporting, to be the petitidit of Sarah And Daniels, ptaytng to be removedficiin the care of her. husband, Mr. Joseph Mdnyard, and to be placed either under the care of her father, Mt. Janie* Daniels, or sdtne other person *bobs his Lordship , ought be pleased to appoint. is Lordship having heard Sir Samuel Roth illy for the petitioner, and Mt. Hart for Mr. Munyard, was pleased to defer making au order in the case for that times The question was, whether the lady was a iiniafie, pending these proceedings before his Lordship ?.—f. (Which our Readers will recollect were detailed id our Paper of the 26tlf December last.) A letter was inserted in a Morning Paper, which was signed" Sa rah Ann Munyard," addressed to the Editor• of that , paper. In that letter Mrs. M. denied that she had applied to this Court to be removed from the pro tection of her husband ; admitted that she had la boured under an indisposition the most unfortunate; and, after stating some ambiguous expressions with. respect to her escape from her father's protection, and that she was in Court the greatest part of the time her . pretended petition, as she called it, wait on, concludes with expressing no wish to be removed from the cus tody of her husband. Sir SAMUEL RoMILLY presented a petition from Mr. Daniels, the father, which now prayed, first, that Mr. Munyard should stand committed for contempt 1 of Court, in publishing, or causing to be published, the letter, bearing the signature of Mrs. M Secondly, that Mrs. M. should be delivered over to the custody and care of such person as his Lordship should judge proper. Sir SAMUEL was heard in support of the petition, and Mr. HART and Mr. WILSON against it. The Gentlemen who argued in favour of Mr. Munyard, contended, that he was not to be implicated in the transaction, for that the letter was the spontaneous effect of Mrs. M.'s regard for her husband ; they de nied that Mr. Munyard had any concern with the publication of the proceedings in the newspapers and trusted that his Lordship would not deem It er pedient to comply with the prayer of the press* petition. Sir SAMUEL ROXILLY replied, and contended, that the letter which he read was couched in such terms as could not be mistaken ; that it was most probable Mr. M. had dictated it, or at any rate had influenced her to write k. That with respect to the publication in the pers, he, for his part, had no wish to restrain the of the press; on the contrary, he wished to GOD that he should never live to see the day, when the doors of British Courts of Justice should be closed upon the public ; the liberty of the was one of the best privileges of Englishmen, soli:ens; as that liberty was made subservient to the ends of justice. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that the petition which came under his consideration this day embraced two objects : first, that he should order the commit tal of Mr. Munyard, for contempt of Court ; and, secondly, that Sarah Ann Daniels should be deli vered over to the care of such persons as he might appoint, there to abide, until the issue should be tried respecting the question of lunacy. The petition did not go the length of praying a rehearing of the mob The affidavits annexed to the petition were founds on a circumstance which was material, viz. that, as it was alledged, Mr. Munyard had made use .of the name of the person to whom lunacy is imputed, if not for any other purpose, at least for the purpose of giving to the world, pending the trial of the issue, a proof or reason to imagine, that such person was sane. His Lordship was concerned to state„ that the case was by far the most distressing that had come within his knowledge, from the circumstances which arose out of it. The present proceedings were had in consequence of a cause, instituted in this Court to de cide the question, Whether an infant, the ward of this Court, was a lunatic or not ? As an infant, she was under the protection of the Court. The princi pal question to be tried, could not be decided on the hearing of the present petition. His Lordship then took notice of the charge in the petition, with respect to the publication of the letter, in which, on one side, it had been contended, that the publication was a con. tempt of Court, and, on the other side, that it would not bear that construction. With respect to its being a contempt or not, without at present entering into that question, all must be agreed, that at least, it would have been better that it had not appeared.— As to what had been said about the publicity of pro ceedings in Courts of Justice, why, the best security, if not the very best security which the people could have, was to be found in the publicity of conduct which Judges on all occasions observed when presi ding for the benefit of the public. Sir Sand Ro. in iffy had said, that the affidavits on the former oc casion had been read publicly, and that, therefore, they might have beeri stated. His Lordship was aware that it might be difficult to catch the effect; but, at least, it was the duty of those listening, to tube care that they did not give to the world an incorrect report of their contents. With respect to the case, his Lordship was in extreme difficulty as to the decision he should give. It was clear, that Mrs. Munyard, previous to her marriage, had laboured under a men tal infirmity ; but, on the Bth April, the day on which the union took place with Mr. Munyard, she was sane. Her father had given his consent to the union; and, therefore, it could not be made null by any. other person. The lunacy of the wife would not au thorize him to withdraw the protection of the hus band from her. His Lordship having observed 4 some length upon the proceedings in the case, and the arguments of Counsel, said, that with respect to the publication of the letter, which was the object of the present application, he found it to be hit indispensable duty to make farther inquiry, and would see the lady himself, and then give his judgment. Directions were given by his Lordship for the at tendance of the Lady a few days since. She accord ingly attended, accompanied by two female friends, and was examined by his Lordship in his private room adjoining the Court. After the examination was over, she returned with her friends. Judgment stands over. tOtißt b &With; MAW, bootie This was• an action brbught by Mr: toutbeo lienwer, and his. partners; to reeoter passessidn of the Mile add Groom • public.hdtisei h :Bedfordbury, d Noised by them to John Edwards► • When the literals :4 Were let, there was a proiso in the agreenient, to deliver tip the possession at fqprteen days notice: It ipppeand chit Edwards died some months since, and thalouse was kept by his widow. The rent pAid f r the house *is €B9 per mufti, and he had agreed to purchase his beer of the plaintiff according to the custom of persons put in brewers' houses. William Ward, Clerk to Messrs. Corribe and Co. proted the hand-writing of Edwards to the agreement. It also appeared from' his testimony, that Edwards had been a tenant for eight or nine years. The plain tiffs a short tittle befbre they gate notice to quit, had distrained on the 'Widow for rent, but she had never been turned out of possessiono bn the contrary, she has since remained on the prethises. After the delivery of the ndtice to quit in fourteen days had been proved, Serjeant Burr contelnded, that the plaintiffs could not recoiet in the action. It did not appear that they had removed the person whom they had placed in possession under the distress for rent, and it had been decided, in several cases, that as long as ti landlord continued a person in possession,'he acknow= . ledged a tenantry. Sir JAMES MANSFIELD reserved the objection for the future consideration of the Court. As there was no defence to. the action, the Jury' found a verdict for the Plaintiffs, With nominal da.i mages. GENERAL STEWART V. BROUGHTON: Mr Serjeant ObCKLE moved for a new trial. It was an action to recover £4,149. The plaintiff, who is Colonel of the Loyal British Fencibles, near Edin burgh, employed the defendant as agent to the regi ment, and by a Power of Attorney he received large sums on account of the officers and men from the paymaster of the forces. The Jury at the trial found a verdict for the plaintiff. The application for a new trial was made en the affidavit, which set forth that the plaintiff's attorney had not admitted the re ceipt of £1,500 of the money paid on account of the plaintiff. Mr. Serjeant BEST opposed the Motion. He stated, on the affidavit of the plaintiff's attorney, that the £1,500 expended by the defendant had not been ado mined, because the defendant had not consented to admit at the trial several orders made by the-War Office. The 'earnest, Serjeant, however, offered to I give the Defendant -mOit for the £1,500, if he would pay the money he had - received into Court. The Court considered this a fair proposition, and the defendant was consulted on the propriety of submitting a settle ment to the Prothonotary, but he stated his inability to pay the whole of the money into Court by Saturday; the Court therefore refused to disturb the verdict, which remains for a balance of 0225). MERCIER AND CO. V. GRIFFITHS. 4 This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, wlib are printers, to recover the sum of £6.25. for printing done for the defendant, another printer. It appeared in evidence that Mr. Griffiths being pushed to bring out in time a periodical publication, called the Agri cultural Magazine, applied to plaintiff for help, which was readily granted. After,proving the work dont, &c. the Counsel for plaintiffs said, that he could not conceive what plea was to be set up for not paying so just a debt. The Counsel for Defendant did not attempt to deny the debt, but endeavoured to prove, by several wit nesses, all booksellers, that there existed an establish ed rule of printers giving a two months' credit to their employers, which was not done by the plaintiffs in the present case. It was, however, clearly aster , tamed, on the other hand, by other witnesses, firsts no such established rule existed ; and, secondly, that though some credit was allowed from printers to book sellers, yet it could not follow that a printer was to grant another printer such a credit, when, as was the case in the present action, he not only generously came forward to help him in his exigency, but charg ed him for such work very little more than what he actually paid to his men for the same. The Jury, after an able charge from the Judge, immediately found a verdict for the plaintiffs. THEATRE, EDINEURGII.••••Miss BAILLIEPi new plays Tie Falsify Legend, was performed here for the first time (on any stage) last Monday se'nnight. The house was completely filled at an early hour, and the appro: bation bestowed on it was enthusiastic. From this favouragle reception it was announced for representa tion every evening last week. A question of considerable importance to all ma nufactories, that require furnaces, forges, or large fires, came on to be heard before Mr. HOLSTERN, the Sitting Magistrate, at the Police Office, Union Hall,' is the Borough, on Monday, under the following cir cumstances :—A short time since fire was seen com ing out of the chimney of the hat manufactory of Mi. Pricker, who resides in the parish of St. Thomas, in the Borough ; and it being supposed to be a chimney on fire, an alarm was given, and, in conse quence, engines attended, and those, who took the first engines, applied for, and obtained from the Ma gistrate, an order upon the parish, for thirty shillings, the reward allowed by Act of Parliament. The pa rish officers applied to Mr. Pricket, for a remunera tion, which he objected to, on the ground that his chimney, as well as all others in his business, was built upon that construction, that it was impossible to sweep them without pulling them to pieces, they all cleared themselves ; and if he was liable to pay for the fire, on the particular day, coming out of his chimney, he should be liable every day ; as he could not carry on his business without. He instanced the glass-houses and iron-foundries in London, Binning. ham, and in different parts of the country, where fire was seen coming out of their chimnies The worthy Magistrate allowed all that Mr. Pricket said, but on examining the Act of Parliament, theta were no exemptions, it having described chimnies ge nerally. He, however, declined determining up* such an Important question, without consulting other Magistratps4 The decision was therefore adjourned. toiiit Mt. 1. Ito Ceirt aviimaingladOlig4oslay, isethid t nit argessont in the ease g(dio Aura against Genet' heron. The further; irgititeitt *as adjourned t next Tenth as—sx'