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ca,MD JUBILRE IN COliK. The preparation; for the Jul;ii,Le in Cork, in com -1 memoration of this si:;:ral and happy event, were u r n. , sc.& or spien,io,:r and ro.!,7,iiificeirce that pro+ rnisco e ery . gt ing complet i• of the Fete which' h .3 since restiftvd. At o'cl: , ck on Monday se'nnight, Sir DAVID Peemelt. t. )e Pl scor'ol Cork; attended by a number et . Genth n , --n of the firs , - distinction in the city., and county of • Cork.einbatked :.app's Island cn board barges prt.vid...Cl for the occa,ion, attended by the band of the city of Cork regiment, add proceeded from thence in Passa.,:te ; where breakfast and every kind of refreshment, in the very first style of 'com fort and elegance, was prepared for .900 persons. The Mayor was there joined by Lord Fosses, Major-General Formes, Admiral SAWYER, the Mar quis of THOMOND, &c. when they proceeded on their excursion down the River, and as they passed the men of war in the harbour, the yards were manned, and every mark of respect paid the Chief Magistrate of Cork, whose loyalty and liberal spirit were so con spicuous on the occasion. The polite attention of Vice-Admiral SAWYER, and every officer under his command, during the entire of the day, was most marked and gratifying. The Mayor then proceeded to the outward en trance of the harbour, and according to ancient cus tom, threw his dart into the sea, to mark the extent et the corporate jurisdiction of the city of Cork. By four o'clock in the afternoon the party•ha.l returned to Cork, and about seven, nearly three hundred Gen tTemen sat doun to a most sumptuous entertainment, at the Great Rooms, in George's street, provided by the Mayor and Corporation. The dinner was of the most exquisite kind—composed of turtle, sturgeon, venison, &c. in great abundance, and the wines were of the first growth, and most delicious. Amongst the company were The Marquis of Thomond, Lords Forbes, Doneraile, and Car' bery, the lion. Mr. Hare, Sir Nicholas Colthurst, Sir Augustus Warren, Vice Admiral Sawyer, and the Captains of the different . men of war Od the Irish station, Major-General Forbes, Colonel Fenwick, of the Engineers, Major Eveleigh, of the Royal Artil lery, and the entire of the Staff of the District. • After.the health of our good old King had been given, .Sir DAVID Peitsrett, in an elegant and appr. , - print , . speech, briefly stated the happy event they had that day met to celebrate, and concluded by propos ing the following toast : g• The Glorious lit of August, 1714—the day which gave ste bility to our Constitution, by placing nn the Throne the illtii trious family of Brunswick, under whose wise and beneficent sway this Empire has 3 , taine4 its prtsent unprecedented height of honour, prosperity, and renown." Athough the Dnke of Y.,nes birth-day was cele brated by the QUERN, at Frogmore, instead of Oat lands, 'heir Royal Highnesses did not deprive their domestics, both in town and at Oatlands, of their annual entertainment to themselves and friends, con noting of a hall and a profusion of refreshments. HAYMARKET THEATRE.—HOME'S tragedy of Doug las was last night. performed, and introduced Mrs. MASON, of the Edinburgh Theatre, to a London audience, in the character of Lady Ram/4A She delivered the text, generally, with sense and propriety, and her reception was, on the whole, very favourable. MT. BARNARD'S Tourg A'orval wits occasionally distin guished by feeling and animaticn. The scene in which he learns his origin, and his cont , ration with Gtmakoo, displayed considerable talent —Mr. Tortav's Old Nor val was a good performance. in describing the as pect of the night on which he saved the son of Lady Randrlph, he was uncommonly successful. The in teresting little narrative was delivered in a natural and affecting style.—The tragedy was succeeded by the new farce of Come and See ! which is now a de cided favourite with the town ; and the entertain ments concluded with Doctor .1P col Pocus ; whose ad herents, Messrs. MATHEWS and Tot( F.Lv, as Harlequin and Scarawouch, kept the house, which was extremely full, in a roar of laughter, until the curtain dropped. LYCEUM THEATRE.—Last night, after the Opera of Frederick the Great, the second performance of Har &quiet Hoax took place; and, as on the first represen tation, was received with bursts of laughter from the commencement to the conclusion. A more entertain ing piece of the kind has perhaps never been pro duced; and its success cannot fail to be permanent. GERMAN SUFFERERS.—The Committee for ma naging the affairs of the German Sufferers do not relax in their exertions for our unfortunate Allies. Their Sixth Report is published, by which it appears that the following Grants have been voted since the last Report : FROM THE GENERAL FUND. has t Voted to Nete and Wartebruck - . £2OO .---. Schnerberg - . - 350 Marienburg . - - 1.50 St. Annabrrg - . - a* --. Weissenfels and Markrolilits - 100 ----. Lusatia generally - . ' 1000 ----w Dresden and vicinity - - 500 ~..--..- Freyberg - - 1100 -- Saxony generally - - -`O' -- Hesse Homburg - - 3r.0 -- Eisensch - - SAO --, 'llorn - - - 1000 -... Lowenherg, on the Bober. villages of Zohten, I.angenneundorf, Pettrsdorff, Plagevitx, Lauteatiseifen, Hoefel - SCO the Committee at Dresden fur Saxony, generally_ - .. - _. - 2000 Tune R. June 9. June 9. June 16. • tun i 5. --- Stralsund, for Swedish Pomerania 500 Selichtern, between Frankfurt and F,sida 200 N.....•• I . • ! Ulla .. .. 200 -.- W r.sel - - - - 100 &Melia in Volgtiand - . 300 Universiry of %Vittemberg - 300 .-- Vash, between Fulda and Hanau 200 -- Billwattlen, Ockseuwarden, itc. - 200 ------ Eicentt el • - . 100 .---.- Dutchy of Gotha - - 800 -- Homburg and vicinity - - 150 PROM Till ORPHANS' 7111 4 10. Jura I. To the Orphans, att. at Hanov mbur er - Ws . Ws ---- Ha - and Scisweidnitd 200 July U. Aug. 2. June 16 'turn Central Committee at Dresden. - 500 June 44. To the Orphans at Hammer - . ZOO July 4. .-.----...--..Biackeneie - - 100 Lily IL To Pirna, for a residenee for Orphans - 400 July 14. To the Orphans at Hatnbergh - - UOO .------.------- Schneeberg, Upper Fzsgeblrge ISO .-...--.........-•-•—•-• Lowe; Erzgebirge • 600 -----•--- Upper I .usacla - 800 -- Hanover • - 400 To Redly, for the Orphan Children to Prussia in gener al . - - . - 1006 Leipsig - • .. • ' -PO Latt.-nburg - - - - WO' To tour I)rphaa Hors at Dresden, Pirna 4 ,Ortn• 1 jOerg o and Dpvukl,swakilit `• i• • • 460, I 1 111 y 21 Ltife AtTELLIG.ENuic CoOCT OF CRANC:ERY, 4kticu3T 17. _ • EXPARTE CALVEIa IN T/ig 111ATI1:11 OF COLTISAV. Mr. AGAIt said that a brief had just been put into his hands, on the part of the petitioner in this case, by which he Was instructed to move his Lordship that the petitioner might have libczty to withdraw the present petition. Mr. MONTAGU desired to know who was the Soli citor from whom Mr. Agar had received his instruc tions ? Mr. CULLEN said he' appeared for Mr. II innam, one of the respondents in this case, and was instruc •.d to state, that a Clerk of Hannam's having atten ded the petitioner to serve him with some notices connected with these proceedings, was then informed by the petitioner that he had given orders to Mr. Hill, who wIS the Solicitor in the petition, six months ago, to withdraw it. Mr. MoNiaGu objected' to Mr. Agar's appearing for the petitioner without having received instructions to that effect from a Solicitor. It was a rule of that Court, that no Barrister could appear without having the name of a Solicitor on the back of his brief. This was a case of such consequence, that his Lordship had thought proper to order the examinations and the whole proceedings under the bankruptcy to be laid before the Attorney-General, and would not now surely allow the petition to be withdrawn without some information on the subject. Mr. AGAR submitted, that if Mr. Montagu was to be allowed to make a•speech, for the purpose of hav ing it published in the newspapers, he would at least, in the first instance, satisfy his Lordship, for whom he (Mr. Montagu) appeared. He (Mr. Agar) held in his hand an affidavit as to the fact of the petitio ner's having ordered this petition to be withdrawn. The LORD CHANCELLOR asked what he had to do with affidavits in such a case as this ? Mr. AGAR said, if the petitioner wished to with. draw a petition which had been presented in his name, it was surely competent for him to make such an application. The LORD CHANCRLLOR observed, that then he must know a little more of the matter. It there was no Solicitor's name on the br;ef by which a Counsel was instructed to move that a petition be withdrawn, and it was stated that there was a Solicitor who in sisted that the petition should proceed to a hearing, his Lordship must know a little more of the matter be fore he allowed sr.ch panic!' to be withdrawn. Mr. AGAR sail the brief had been put into Ws hands by a person whom he did not know, but whom he believed to be Mr. Ilannam, a Solicitor. It had, indeed, no Solicitor's name on the back of it, but was accompanied by an affidavit as to the wish t,f the petitioner to have his petition withdrawn. The Lotto. Ctrairceta.ou had nothing to do with the affidavit, but he would know the truth as to the object of the present application. He could not suf . - ' fer Mr. Hannam, or any other person, to act in this manner. If a petitioner 'wished his petition to be withdrawn, that was a thing which might be done, go payment of costs ; but it a person imagined, that atter having brought under his Lordship's observa tion a case which called for the interposition of his authority, he could afterwards, at his own pleasure, withdraw that case from under hit Lordship's diction, thu person who thought so deceived himself. His Lords!)p would do nothing with the present ap plication till he was informed that there was a Soli citor's name on the back of Mr. Agar's brief. He should then know how to deaf witk the application, as between himself and such Solicitor. Mr. AGAa begged that the matter might stand over ten minutes, to which his Lordship consented. Mr. AGAR afterwards renewed his application, sta ting that the name of Mr. Harman) was now indorsed on his brief, as Solicitor. Mr. Movraou assured his Learned Friend that he had no intention of making a speech in this case, if he should not be compelled to do so. There was a question pending between the estate of the bankrupt and Mr. Hannan), which had been referred to Mr. Bolland—namely, whether the sum of £4.59 and up wards should be paid by Mr. Hannam to the bank rupt's estate ? There was a cheque of Mr. Hannam's which he had granted on his bankers (or this money., This cheque was now in the hands of the Solicitor in the present petition ; and if Mr. Hannam would con- sent to its being deposited in the hands of the Secre tary of Bankruptcy, he (Mr. Montagu) should have nothing further to say. Mr. CULLEN, on the pan of Mr. Hannam, had no oNntion to this. It was right his Lordship should be info' med, that a prosecUtion having been carried on against Mr. Hannam by the Attorney-General, he had been. acquitted. The LORD CHANCELLOR asked, who was included in that prosecution ? Mr. CULLEN said, only Mr. Hannam. The I.OED CHAY.CELLOR understood that the ac quittal took place in consequence of the testimony cf a w'tness who was an accomplice not being thought entitled to credit. Mr. MoNT.tou said, yes ; that witness having sta ted, that when he was sworn to the truth of an a& d ►vit to a false debt, he kissed his thumb instead of the book; the Learned Judge thought that the Jury could not place much reliance on his testimony. Mr. CULLEN observed, that after one witness only had been examined, the Lord Chief Justice turned to the Attorney-General, and asked him if he thcught he ought to carry the matter any farther ? When the Attorney-General declined proceeding. The Lofty CHANCELLOR.--•" I wish I had been at his back.'' Mr. CULLEN was glad his Lordship was not there. The present, however, lie was satisfied, would be found to be a very different case from what it now appeared to be, after it should have been fully en quired into before Mr. Rolland. EX4'ARTE CAMPBELL, IN TILE MATTER OF HARRISON. Mr. LEACH stated the present to be an application vvhic:‘, he believed, was new in bankruptcy. Harri son, and other four persons, his partners, were re puted owners of certain vessels to which the Peti• tioners had furnished repairs, having received their directions from the whole five. It turned out, how ever, that only two of these five, along with Mr. Brickwood, had complied with the provisions in the .4et, by getting their names inserted in the registers of the vessels, and that they, therefore, could be con. sidered as the only legal owners. In these circum. gam" the resent application was, that the PO. tioner might be at liberty to elect to prove either against the estates of tie two inih re g istered owners, or against the 'pint estate of the five rePwed owners, whom the Petitioner had dcalt with, and given credit to, as if they had been the legal and re gistered owners of the ♦essels to which the furnishings had been made. The liability of the parties v.1:o were left in the situation of reputed owners, and by whose directions, as if they were the registered owt:er., furnishings had been made, could never, the Learned Counsel contended, have the effect of taking away the liability of the actual owners. In support of this doctrine, he refilled to the case of Rich and Cne, in Cooper, p. 636, in which it was held, that though the master of a vessel he also the lessee of it for a nem ber of years, and covenants for all the repairs, the owners are still liable, though unknown to the ptr sons furnishing. Mr. COOK followed on the same side. Sir SA1111:0. 12 mkt:LIN had no doubt the Petitioner would now be very willing to go against the separate estates of the registered owners in this case, expecting that they would yield a greater dividend than the joint estate. Besides, however, that it v. , as with the five partners jointly that the contracts for furnishinps were made, and that it was to the joint estate that the credit hadbeen given, the Petitioner in caLe had already made his election, supposing him over to have had a right to prove either upon the joint or se• parate estates. He had already elected, and had proved against the joint estate. Though he might, therefor; have had a right to elect, he had not a right to retract that election. Mr. LEACII said, this the rtitioner had done in ignorance of his rights. Mr. tvlorrrAtax, on the same side with Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY, •ticed a case before Lord Ellenborough, where his Lordship held, that the great and impor tant consideration was, with whom had the party contracted ? The legal ownership, in such a case, was immaterial. Here the petitioner had himself told the Court in whom he confided, by proving against the joint estate. Mr. LEACH• having replied, The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that inch cases as the present went on very nice distinctions. It ap peared to his Lordship, however, that if a furnisher of necessaries and repairs to a vessel chose to say to the reputed owners of a vessel, that he would take them as the owners, and, as such, would contract with them, and upon their credit he would not, after that, be entitled to go and take other persons, as those with whom he bad contracted. He should consider the cases which had been referred to ; but at present he regarded this as a clear case against the petitioner. Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY asked, had not the petitioner, independently of the merits arising on the legal ques tion, made his election, by proving on the joint estate? Mr. LEACH, if i,is Lordship thought it necessary, should have an affidavit tiled, to prove that the peti tioner did so in ignorance. The LORD CHANCELLOR should not trouble Mr. Leach's client to make such an affidavit, thinkinl it more than probable that he mu.t decide the case against him on the merits. GUILDFORD ASSIZE 3, SURREY, AUGUST 16. CRINI. CON. POWLES V. LE MERCIER. Mr. Serjeant BEST stated, that this was an action in which the Plaintiff sought to recover damages against the Defendant for the seduction of his wife. Unfortunately these causes had been late years so frequent in our Courts of Justice, that every argu ment had become threadbare, and should therefore abstain from wasting time, by commenting on the nature and serious quality of the injury. He should content himself with stating to the Jury the parti.ts and circnmstances of the case. The Plaintiff, Mr. Powles, was a respectable London merchant, re siding at Kennington, next door to the Defendant. The latter was a dancing -master, but one of most extensive practice, and possessing a great deal of money—at least he exhibited all the external marks of wealth, fur he kept a splendid house and table, and glittered away in a showy equipage. But al though they were next door neighbours, the patties did not visit for some time. The Plaintiff was ab sent during the greater part of the day, on his busi ness in London ; and it was on one day duet ig his absence that Mrs. Le Mercier first visited at the house of the Plaintiff. When he returned home at night, he fcund his wife full of the praises of dick neighbour, and from thence a communication of visiting commenced between the families. At this time the Plaintiff and his wife were very young.— He had been married but six years, and had Once children. At the 'time of the maniage he was barely twenty-cue years old, and his wile not above eighteen. During the last summer one of the chil dren was ill, and for the benefit of the air, a lodg ing was taken at Richmond ; and while Mrs. Le Mercier herself was in a state tar advanced in preg nancy, the Defendant took the opportunity of catty ing on his work of seduction, and in which he too soon unfortunately succeeded ; fine in the month of June last Mrs. Powles lest her 1 tdging, and he should prove that Mr. Le Mercier and herself passed se veral days together at the Spring Garden Coffee. house, where they cohabited as man avid wile.— Tnis was the case he had to present to them, and for which the Plaintiff sought to recover a compensation in damages. John Harcourt Buckle produced the registry of the marriage of the parties, by which it appeared that they were married at St. Leonard's, Slioreditch, on the 15th February, 1808. Mrs. Hannah Jones was aunt to the Plaintiff:—. She stated that they were acquainted together about four years before they married. Mrs. Powles was then not quite eighteen, and Mr. Powles not twenty. one. The lady was of a good family, and reputed very handsome. They had now three children, and hitherto appeared to have lived in harmony and mu tual affection. Colonel Fleming of Wandsworth, was in the habit of visiting the Plaintiff, and he apparently lived on affectionate terms with his wife. Thomas Williams, a cot.in of the family, cave the tame evidence. John Dandy, waiter at the Spring Garden Cof fee-house, and Mary Botilttr, cilamher-maid at the Wale place, proved that the Defendant and Mrs. Fowles came there in June last. They occu pied the same bed-room, and were supposed to be man and wife. Mr. GIMMES addressed the Jury for the Defer.• &mt. in mitigation or damages. He coined d, that there was no Fri ti vi• acts proved, hot that they were I:ft in the dark as to all those p errs of the case upon which the Jury were to found th.ir estimate cf damage;. Ile warned them nut to sup pose that ti.! Defendant was a wc..10,y man, merely becatist be kept a cat age —for the caniitre of dancing -master, was Ilk-, the c....r:t.ige or an apo thecary, a mere tool of his trade ; and he uarred the Jury not to let their (*.Alsip supersede t h e it ju !x -i:lents, but that tilt'''. would give mcd , :rate and tern p:rate damages. Verdict for the Plaiiitiff—D.tmlge.., One Thou sand Poands. HALT O. /01 TY. This iras an ac,i 3n tot 33 aftAult. It was brought t)y the osilm- t!,e Castle at ltichn:oad, against nis the keeper of the l:ouse. The facts' of the else, as prove.] by 011 nther servants, were,, drat at a public dinner, Mr. F. ty bang disple:isabccause the ovier was not as ready :is he thou,-).t he should have beei, Legan t's use a tittle twastual farce sit!) him. His eon j•inei in the - Affray, and the ostler, as they tiec:ibt.d. was violently beaten, having recti.4.l from N 4:. ferry sccer.sl blows nu the head, %Oki' a tre.rc II nsati said he was apprehensive would have poduc. ti inflamma tion on the brain. Tor the IL:lend:int, several gentlemen of the din ner party were called, and they said the ostler ap. pcared to be riotous atd drunk ; but they could not speak to the beginning of thy tian • !ctioa. Verdict for the Plain ill—Dain.ges Mete was a second action. fr- giving the Pl4in. tiff in charge c.f thc co•nstahle, in which the Jury found a veld ct with £5 damages. The Assizes ended to-day ; and this finishes the Home Circuit. EXETER ASSIZES. MURDER. Kant Plarnd eras indicted for the wilful murder of Thomas Wills, at Churston Ferrero, in 1805. Sxmita•l Matthews said, that in the beginning of May, 1805, (abeut five or six weeks of ter the dete ssed was missing) he was at Ivy Cole, with some other lads, where he saw the body of a man, but could not distinguish whom, as it was much disfigured ; he had seen deceased, who wore gaiters similar to those the body had on ; the body v.-as then taker. in a bust to Bri ham. James Austin said he was a tailor, at Brixham ; that he knew the deceased, whom he saw th seme night that he was missing ; five or s:x weeks after wards he saw a dead body in a !rut ; it hed oa t'ie same ccat deceased had when he went away. Daniel Pierce said, he lived at Brixham ; that he knew deceased, who aiso lived there in l 805; five cr six weeks after deceased was missing, he saw his body in a boat, much disfigured ; he knee:• it by the clothes it had on ; the wrists were very black, as if surneuing had been tied round them. John\Vescombe said, he lived at Brilliant in 1805; that in the spring of that year a sloop arrived from Guernsey, called the Lurcher, with smuggled liquor; be went off in a boat to her, and assisted in bringing some cags to shore ; they went a second time, wirer; Prisoner, Featherbridge, and King (w!.o were on board the vessel) got into the boat ; they then pro ceeded towards the shore, kit the cap on the beach, and hauled and turned up the but against the cliffs ; by this time deceased had arrived, and was gathering lip the cags; Prisoner west and pushed him rawards Featherbridge and King, who took hold of him by the collar, and dragged him to the water ; when they had got deceased there, he exclaimed, " Let me go, and I'll go home quiet;" they made him no answer, but threw him in : witness Is ent away, and returned again in a quarter of an hour, when he saw deceased floating on the Water;—prisoner was in s i ght of the body, and Feathcrbridge and King were hauling down the boat; again left the beach, and retiiincd in a quarter of an hour ; saw prisoner a I:ttle way from the store, and asked him where deceased was ? Prismier said, There," pointing to the body in the water. Witness afterwards ha w prisoner and Feather bridge at Gliernsey ; wired Featherbridge how they came to kill deceased ? who answered, " D— me, it was done in a minute ;" witness said nothing. Robert Burg oin gave an evidence nearly sirni:ar to the list witness . ; and mentioned, that in a conver sation prisoner said to hint—" It's a hard ca.e to go over to Guernsey and lay out our moaty, and cores , home and be taken." Richard Sprague said, that in ISOS, he lived at Brilham ; that one day in March, he heard deceased was missing; the nest day he saw prisoner and Featherhridge in his entry ; he asked them what trey had done ? Featherbridge said ' l ' w•s done, and could not be undone ;" and prisoner said We must all go away." The Learned Judge summed up a•'th great pet sp . :. cuity ; a..sl the July. afi• r retiring 1:: a few minnzes, returned a verdict of Guilty. The Judge, in passing sentence of death upin the prisoner, remarked npon the heinousness of the crime of which he had been fiund guilty, and the clearness 'of the evidence. He said, in speaking of the length of time since the crime had been coin:a:tied, that jus tice would, in aim .t every case, snow's. yr later, he satisfied ; he feelingly entreated the prisoner to make the bust use passible if the little tame he had left, by preparing himself for that eternity into which he RAS SOUL' to be launched. . Sir Jolts Cootrit.r., after an absence of twelve years from his native cc.untry, is returned to k:ngland. He was amongst the original ekenu: in France. Tug WILLIAM PITT SUNDAY Nawsratrm...-While the politics and principles of this new public I urnal cannot be mistaken, to do away the prejudice w:lich 11.1 s been indusminusiy circulated agaig.st it (being given away gratis), an explanation is necessmy and doe to the Public : NIARTINT, of S. 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