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THE ARMY: A division of transports have arrived at Deal froth Htrwich, with part of the 2d Battalion of the 4th and ?nth regiments on board, for foreign service. Wednesday, the last division of the Lancashire Re- viment of Militia marched into Worcestef, where the Ns hole of the regiment is to remain till further orders: ea the same day, the 2.1 battalion of the 36th Regi ment of Foot also arrived there, from Cirencester Mmiday and Tuesday the Royal Cornwall Regi ment of Militia marched into Exeter. The 2d battalions of the 4th and 28th RegiMents 0 , root arrived at Deal yesterday, on board transports for foreign service. The Prince of WALES is expected to review the bri r,szcic of Life Guards, on Monday next, on Wimble don Common. He will be accompanied on this oc casion by the Dukes of YORK and CAMBRIDGE. siV.IYAL INTELLIGE:VLZ. TORBAY, ?LILY lfk . . List evening, after post, arrived his Majesty's xhit, porsisting in this unla . wful course, and of his liability ESPIEGLE, Captain Conn, having under his convoy to the penalties. The LORD CHIEF BARON, in addressing the Jury, the Commissioners yacht of Plyr.south, which has on ' expressed great satisfaction at the conduct of the board the Marquis and Marchioness of Burs, bound Commissioners, in having made so just an example of to Sid:mouth, near which is the Marquis's seat ; they i this defendant. b. i ve ben some time at Malta for the benefit of the ; The Jury gave a verdict for the Crown in two pe . health of the Marchioness : they slept on shore last: na , 16 " of 430 ' niglq, and this morning sailed for Sidmouth. I PLYMOUTH, JULY 18. A large quantity of gold and silver in bars, has I been landed here, out of the Atalantici, from Co. rung. I trust that we may very soon be favoured with more arrivals of this nature ; they would tend relieve the country from the distressed situation in ; uhich it is at present, through the scarcity of cash cenency. Notwithstanding the number of our cruizers, *eve. stout French privateers have been lurking for this fright past, off the Land's End ; two Newfound land ships, and a merchant brig, are known to have Seen captured by ti-:m,; they have also plundered 'several fishing boats, which has deterred several cf , this industrious class of zn..:n from going out, and been the means of our ma; ket being scantily supplied with fisk. One of these marauders, in order to !. escape detection. hoisted cartel colours. Lieutenant CHRISTIAN has been appointed Flag lieutenant to Sir ROBERT CALDER, at this port, vice LAWCAY, who superseded GitovEs. No arrivalip—A frigate is in the Offing, conjec tured to be the I.AvtraA, put back again,tut of this am not certain.—Sailed the DARING grin-bri;;, for the coast of France. The PIICESE frigatd will go to sea this evening, or early in the morning ; she is l bound to the Cape of Good Hope. Captain Mr. i wea,her Commander, is gone on board - with des- I patches. The Pimp. is one of the frigates destined t 4 or the attack on the Isle of France, under Sir . RICHARD STRACHAN. List of ships in commission, remaining in this port : Caledonia, Triumph, Delia nce, San Domingo, S./bine, :wry a, ?i,rnine4, Ulysaes, Druid, Seine. l'Aigie, Niemen, Semiramis, North Star, Sapphire, Trial, Constant, Intelligent, Monkey, Arrow, B:itannia, and Plover. PORTSNIOUTH, JULY Arrived the ItEctimus frigate from the Downs.— Sailed the LION man of war, with the Persian Am- bassad-r on board, for Persia ; also sailed in com pany, the CHICHESTER frigate, fitted as a store-ship ; she will accompany the Licosa to the Cape of Good }lope: sailed the Mvirruc sloop of war, for Lis: bon; and the , RAcooN sloop of war on a cruize.— Several vessels are coming in from the Downs.— Wind Westerly. DEAL, JULY 19. Carne down from the River a few.ships, and remain with the then of war as per last. Arrived the Concord, STORER, from Quebec; FaAay, G t.Ascorrt from Gua daloupe ; Triumph, ; and the Juno, —, from Operto. Wind S. FROM LLOYD'S I.IST. Gitnerentodet v 19.—Arrived the trgenoril, Grippe ; Fa vourite, Gray ; WirLin,Nottmes; and t Nene', :•anr , on, from Oporto ; and the Isla, Nat. th arn, front Lisbon. bailed the Po. caltunteq, Tompkins, for Philadelphia. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JULY 19. TI/E LATE DIETURRANCEs. WILLIAM MAINWARING, ESQ. V. BELL AND DoBsON. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is Chairman of the Quarter Sessions for the county of Middlesex, to recover damages for the injury which his house sustained on the suplit of the 6th of April, from the outrage of a mob. The action was brougle. against the Hundred of Ossulston, in the county et Middlesex, in which Hundred his house in Hanover square is situated Mr. Serjeant SHEPHERn stated for the plaintiff, that it was an action foun.ied on the Ist of George I. which provided, that if a mob unla efully and riot ously assembled, and with force demolished or pulled down, or 'megan to demolish or pla down any horse, chapel, barn, stable, or any ether building, &c. then the Hundred in wh, -,•tell Lou*. &c. was situate, should reimburse the owner. The Learned Sp-- jeant said, that on ::,e night in question a large mob had assembled, in consequence of the Speaker of the House of Commons having issued his warrant to t.,ke into custody Sir Francis Burdett. The defendants admitted that the plaintiff occupied the house in question. John Ross, a watchman, stated, that on the 6th of April, about twelve o'clock at night, he was alarmed by the appearance of a mob on the lett hand side of the square, coming from Bond-street ; there might I be about 150 persons ; they asked him which was Mainwaring's house ? he told them he did not know i that he was a stranger; they went further on in quiring, and knocked at several doors; the witness i knocked at Mr. M.'s door, and told the servants the I ' mob was coining. At that time there was a great i light in his box, he went to it, and a large stone was thrown at him ; he put out the light. Somebody in the interim had informed them which was the house of Mr. Maiawaring. - "hey wt at iip to it, knocked at the door, and some cried, " This is Mainwaring's here goes !" Ther• was a great shouting, and I stones and brickbats were thrown at the windows for nearly half an hour. Previous to the attack, lights i had bee.) put in some of the windows. When they I had broke all the windows they went away. He saw the house in the morning, the window-frames and glass were broke all t , pieces. Some of the mob per i‘ceiving that he was about to spring his rat'te, ex claimed, " Damn the watchman, if he makes a noise we'll kill him !" They inquired for no other house but Mr. Mainwaring's. ' John Price, butler to Mr. Mainwarhig, deposed nearly to the stifle facts. Some of the mob asked . ' him, when he opened the do:ir, it that was Mr. Main waring's house ? He replied, that it was, and thin he would put up lights, it that would prevent them from doing 'nisch:el; but they said " We don't want lights, we'll have a smash at the windows." Elizabeth E allow ay and Sarah Collier, in the ser • vice of Mr. Mainwaring, also gave evidence to the i same effect. Mr. Jos( ph Wood was employed to repair the in jury dune to the house ; his bill amounted to £l2O 6s. Thcre were five or six sashes repaired, one entirely new ; two blinds repaired, &c. In answer to a ques tion from one of the Jury, he stated that he had done ' no more than what was absolute 4 necessary from the ravages of the mob. Mr. 'Wiggins, a surveyor, disposed that the charges were proper ; be surveyed the work ; his charge was six pounds. Mr. Serjeant SELLON for the defendants contended, after referring to the words of the 4th and 6th sec tions of the Act, that it did not contemplate, giving redress in an injury of the kind note before the Court, and instiinc Yd two cases for breaking windows, in which the decisions of ralother Court ilaki been against j plaintiffs. In the present case there was no proof I that a brick hod been remcved, or that any part of I the building had been demolished, and therefore the I Jury were to put a ;iberal construction upon :he Act. I—He would appeal with confid ence to hi s L or d s hip , as to the law being with him ; but m case he should not be of that opinion, then he would beg his Lord . ship to reserve the point for a more solemn decision. Serjeants SHEpliEltD and BEST contended with re spect to the cases alluded to, viz. that of Burrows v. Wright, in Ist East ; and also of Reed v. Clarke, that iri the latter, which was an action of a similar nature, there was this difference : the mob, who had broke the plaintiff's windows, had done so in conse quence of his not lighting tap on the occasion of Lord St. Vincent's victory. When the case came for deci sion, Lord Kenyon had been of opini on , on t h at oc casion, that the assemblage of pet sons did not amount to a species of tumultuous rioting. Here the case was that the mob went with a determination to commit an injury. Sir .1. Marranacei said. abet as it was a question of considerable importance, lie would direct clue Jury to The OuEem CtrAtmorre is orde red down to Chat ham, tole copper-bottomed them: in 'Lek, with all possible dispatch. Captain SP/CEII, of the Royal t Livy, is appointed to the command cf the Impress :service at Swansea, in Wales. Great preparations are makia g throughout the coast of Cornwall, to commence th.? Pilchard Fishery, which is this season to be carried on with more spirit than for several years past. In addition to the gim.boats lately fitted out at Chatham and Sheerness, 20 more are ordered to be go t in readiness, making in the Whole 75. Private accounts from the Texcl, received yester day, state that the Commander of our squadron had latel ) r sent in a flag of truce to obtain the release of a fishing -boat which had been captured by the enemy. King Lot;ts replica, through the Commander of the Dutch squadron, " that the boat having got into the hands of the French, it was impossible for him. to order her to be restored ; but he promised that Upon her coming to be sold by auction he would mself buy her in and read her back ; or if that could not be done, to purchase and send back a boat as nearly resen,bling her as could be procured." A few da)s ago, It hawk of the large kind, near Deitch, very traceiennonionsly dropt from the regions of the sky, and ycpt upon a weazle, which he carried up. In about a minute the hawk came down faster he r ; the we;.zle Laving fasteucd at his throat, find for the plaintiff, tvith liberty to the defendants to enter a non suit, suppcisitig his opinion should be wrong.. His Lordship • observed, thatitltits proved in evidence that the intention. of the *sob Wait to de mash the windows of Mr. Mainwaring's house, for when the servant said he would light up, they told him they did not want that, for they would smash the windows. It did not appear That they were driven away by any force, but that they retired when they had effeeted their purpose. T:ie case therefore clearly came ‘fithin the words of the 4th and 6th section of the Act, and might he decided instanter, were it not that the cases alluded to had been brought under dis. cession. His Lordship thimght it would be better, as it was an important question, that it should be de cided in a solemn manner before all the Judges. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 4126, the point being reserved. sized Stark l the neck, and, in conjunction with his (Cooper's) wife, idmost strangled him.. Thi handkerchief, which Stark produced, mat torn in the struggle. The Officers had desired C. , oper to be his guard—not to resist—as lie was ahead? iii:der a recognizance to keep the peace towards Reve.w 'Officers. Lord ELLeNsonovoit observed; thit here the 01 cers had finished their search. Of course, the) were not in the course of performing any act as Revcnr Officers, at the time the assault was committed. The Jury accordingly found the defendant Cluilt . of the common assault; but acquitted him of the more aggravated charge, by which also his recognizance will be saved. ••:.L4 411211 ia a very 5..0tl time. l i all ", 11 / 1 "7 14 ‘ it With . The in the ) be on under :evenue he Offi- !y Were .evunue d. Guilty re more niiance nd, the should Aid . 11;s ha! th , s . I I se;?..a r bank- liif the a c t inceilor :lief, to e corn- Vincent r i nothing tis sale, to have se s for of the in fact, p infor. fund- entitled aid ac- speared if and ot ma- Cued at er, hav- bre the • rlaineff, of the nkrupt, iblican, ley % It attor- tlf and üblican e. giving struck, to find "dingly. blocks, Klard of itain.-- iable to • er, that that he work, lamages t Guild. ,13 Ald of gold, ; rn Ito as ' Sir Wu. ' . Alder- ach, for London ay next. 'llion of next, to :t Com- was ie- s to in. sporting d to re- ic.)unt of lie alte- 1 10, Pol. .erior of • • tremen- PARIS, le flames ter could timed to fire was ighbour- ich were ited any ch is de- h injury, one heap rere lost. but Mr. —Twelve various I mischief It undet. River in rlotte, at Its reside .tely fell I used to 1 ).—This J teat with t prices, i •. 1 at less : ite Peas here are trAde is l l Y al, late rta. • Liu' INTELLIGEMIE COURT 01. EXCHEa/JER, JULY 10. Till ATTORNNY-GENERAL V. THOMAS DICIRENSONJ This inforination was filed under the direction tif the Beard of Taxes, at the instance of the Commis sioners of the Property Tax at Manchester, against the defendant, who is a butcher, and owner of seve ral small tenements there, to recover two penal ties of £5O, for two distinct refusals to allow Martha Marshall, one of his tenants, the several sums of seven shillings and sixpence and twelve shillings, the land lord's property-tax, on a rent of R 6 per annum, which • she had paid to the collector, and requested the defen dant to reimburse, but which he positively refused to do, telling her that he had no right to pay the tax — that she must pay it herself—and that if he had not his full rent, he would immediately distrain on her goods; and which full rent sl;e accordingly paid. The facts were proved on the evidence of the te nant, a poor widow woman of respectable appearance, and who, from the plain and simple manner in which she gave her evidence, excited particular-interest. It was also proved, that, before these refusals, similar coniplaints had been frequently made to the Commis sioners against the defendant by his other tenants, and that he had been previously cautioned against his • WE tVER V. VINCENT AND SCOTTe Mr. GARKOW stated, that his Learned Friend, ti Attorney General, had informed him that he shou have all he asked in this case I but he was afraid Learned Friend and he would not agree in %vita! -1 all consisted. The plaintiff's goodiliad been $k ;7 on, carried off, and sold, and A COMMISSI' 11 of irr.l rupt had even been taken out against trade had been broken up in consequence of the a, of the defendants in this case. The Lord Chancel', had already granted to the plaintiff tha; which he was entitled for the suing out of the corn. mission, by superseding it, and finding Mr. \queen' liable is costs. But, was the plaintiff to have nothir but the value of his goods, as ascertained at this sa made by the defendants themselves ? Was he to ha' nothing for the trespass on his dwelling-house ?. the breaking up of his trade ? for the selling of 1J ve:y bed on which his wife and childien lay ? iii fel for the ruin of his affairs ? Whtn his Lordship info med him (Mr. Garrow) that the value of his limn ture at such a sale as this was all that he was entitled to by law or such grievances as these, lie should ac quiesce in the decision, but not till then. The facts of the case were proved, and it appeared that along with the plaintiff's effects, carried Lif a: sold under the execution, was a great qnantity of m nuscript music, which one of the witnesses valued fiurn £3UO to .C 4.00. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY r), BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. SMITH V. STODDART. ", . Mr. PARKE stated this to be an action by which the plaintiff sought to recover a compensation in damages for a breach of prone se of marriage. The plaintiff was a widow, about SU years of age, being in a re spectable line of business as a linen-draper, and the defendant was a coach-maker in South Audley-street. The plaintiff had no chil.lren, and the defendant had an only daughter. The defendant was accustomed to deal with the plaintiff in her husband's life-time, ind since she became a widow he had called more constantly at her shop, till, in the month of June, 1809, he tendered her marriage. No person was pre sent at this time, bin the whole tenor of ate defen dant's conduct woniel prove that such was the fact. The plaintiff felt an objection to the defendant's pre posal inconsequence of her having a maiden sister, a Miss Lesves, who resided with her ; btu on commu nicating the matter to her sister, she learned that thei e was a young man who had offered her marriage, and end who was willing to step forward and take the business off Mrs. Smides hands. It would be shewn, teat the defendant actually, in contemplation of his own marriage with Mrs. Smith, negociated with this mute men what he should pay for coming. into the plaintiff's business—that he instructed his child to call her mama—talked of her as being his property`, and engaged that the marriage should take place, and the business of the plaintiff he given up to the y oung man alluded to, immediately on the defendames re' urn from Norwich. He did go to Norwich, and soon atter the plaintiff received a letter from him from thence, in which he states, after beginning with the usual affectionate term of "Dear Mary," that the bu siness on which he went to Norwich was such as would, in all probability, occupy him some months, and 'hat he could not think of marrying at present ; she had, therefore, better continue her shop on for some time longer ; the letter concluded with the de fendant's subscribing himself 46 your's affectionately." A few ' days after, however, the was astonished at hearing he had been seen in London. Upon which she wrote to him, and received an answer, saying he had been in town but a day or two ; that he was of opinion they had better not meet, as, under existing circumstances, a meeting could not but be peinfiil to both. It was impossible, the Learned Counsel oh. served, for men to judge what a woman's feelings must he on such an occesion. The plaintiff, hovrevei„ adepted the only step which was left for her, and that was a most galling one : she had made a tender of -- herself to the defendant by letter, and he had, A Court of Aldermen was held ye, terd ay, at Guild. without any colour or pretext for attacking the chit- hell, at which were present the Loren Meron,l3 Ale racter er conduct of the plaintiff, chose to break off dermen, and the City Officers. Twelve bars of gold, the connection. The circumstances of the defen-1 weighing upwards of 9.030 ounces, were sworn to - dent would appear, from a statement under his own i PLOMER, Knt. and Sesruet. GOODREHERE , Esq. Alder foreign, for exportation. The Sheriffs elect, Sir W. hand, to be most respectable, he having, in contem plation of the marriage, furnished the plaintiff with an men, attended, and gave bond of R1(:00 each, account of his property, amounting to £lO,OOO, and taking upon them- the offices of Sheriffs of London he had also in return been furnished with a state of the plaintiff's stock in trade, Ste. . and Sheriff of Middlesex, on Michaelmas•day net —The LOltD MAYOR gave notice of his intention i Robert Newman, who had offered to purchase the lease, &c. of the plaintiff's shop, which he negoeiatcd I holding a Court of Aldermen on Tuesday next , t finish the business on the Paper.—A Court of Corn. with the defendant, was then called, and proved that in mon Council was afterwards held, at which it was re. that negotiation the defendant took a most active I !erred to the Committee for General Purposes to in part ; the plaintiff did nothing without consulting him, and all the proposals of the witness were made quire into the receipts and expenditure in supportini the dignity of the office of Lord Mayor, and to to the defendant, as well as the plaintiff. The witness port what, in their opinion, should be the amount supped with the. defendant at the plaintiff's, a few even- I an increased allowance, corresponding with the eke. hies previous to thedefendent's going to Norwich, who Faid lie should marry Mrs. Smith immediately on his !ration of the times. A fire broke out yesterday morning at Nn. 10, Pv return. Miss Law, the plaintiff's sister, them, and the defendant took a band which was clasped supped with lard-row, Beth:tall-Green, 6y which the interior the house and the furniture were desnoved. round the plaintiff's waist, off, and gave it to Miss Th . IS morning, about four o'clock, a most tremen. Law, desiring her to wear it as his present. plaintiff said she would not part with her band ; but The dons fire broke out in the prenises of Mr. PART: Printer, in 'look's-court, Chancery-lane. The flames defendant desired Miss L. to keep it, and said to Mrs. raged.,, vehemently for an hour before any water could S. .a whose property are you ?" To which Mrs. S. be-procured, and inevitable destruction 'seemed answered, " I am no one's property ; I am my own await many of the adjo.iniag houses. The fire. mistress." The defendant replied, o No, you are my property, and I am your husband ; you are mine, and communicated to several houses in the neighbour. hood by means of many very large flakes, which were mine alone !" During the negotiation for the shop carried some distance by the violence of the wind— and stock, -the defendant expressed his apprehension, timely aid and assistance, however, prevented lest the witness shit U d nit be able to make good his material damage. The Ps intiag-Office, which is payments, observing, that when he was married to the plaintiff, he should he responsible for all her debts. 'cached from the house, escaped without much inj The witness, however, succeeded in removing his but the warehouse and other offices are now one flee; of ruins. We have not heard that any lives were lost. doubts, and he at last said he was as willing the wit- Some part of the property was insured, but ness should have the shop as Mrs. S. herself could be. p mus has sustained considerable loss.—Twet At the conclusion of the examination of this witness, o'clock —The engines are now playing on varipes Mr. Panes stated to his Lordship, that having con- parts of the walls; and it is feared that more mischief salted with the Attorney General, who was for the will be done before the Banes are entirely got nn defendant, he was willing to take a certificate for , Tuesday, as a party were going down the River . 0200 damages agreed on between the parties ; this a boat, to view the Inench of the Queen Charlotte, a , was agreed to, and the cause proceeded no further. etre KING v. COOPER. Deptford, a young Gentleman, whose p trents reside This was an action against the defendant for an in Prince's-square, Kennington, unfortunately assault on a person of the name of Stark, while in the overboard, and, though every exertion was used execution of his duty as a revenue officer. There was save him, he fell a victim to a watery grave. also a count in the indictment as for a common as. CORN EXeLIANGE, MARE-LANC, JUT 20.—This sault. It appeared that Stark, under the authority iday there are several further arrivals of Wheat with of a writ of assistance directed to a person of the i considerebie on hand, Pane hardly at last prices, name of Norris, now deceased, accompanied him and , other qualities almost without buyers; Rye at less another person named Wells, to the house of Cooper, i again very little Barley; Malt lower; White Peas where they had information that there were secreted likewise ; Beans of both sorts are cheaper.; there - some spices and other prohibited goods. Cooper and also considerable supplies of Oats, and this trade his wife opposed the officers coming into the house, cheaper excepting fine samples; flour nearly as, ineisting that they ought to have a magistrate's war- IniGes• rant to search, but at length submitted ; and, in con- MURAL a:Rainer AS etteaa. Wheat Vb. 90s. 110 a. Beans. 5605. sequence, three new and one old Bandana handker. i pine ditto 16 s , Igo & Tick ditto 4 54. St% chiefs, and a French silk shawl, which had been used, ' Rye, 455. 30s. Oars 216. BSc 9Cs. were seized. On coming down stairs, Cooper obser-IRE:1119 33 .. 40 $. Poland atm, 345. ". Osir . vine that Stark had a silk handkerchief about his ~Ilk a t 74 : " L ners Pontos ditto, 11S. 6.1. ) 6Ca. 745. Rape deed, .C5B. co. ge neck, insisted on Wells seizing it also as beieg a Ban. 'a . ", e l e p'eseass, % i . -- 3 - 5 - ; Jana handkerchief ; and on Wells refusing to do so, ' Floe Flow, Oils. to 1006.—Seeoadii 9:.'s :v :Vs- • The declafation as to this particular, however, ha inz been amended only the second day befole t! tria'. A verdict was agreed to, taken for the plaint. subject to a reliaence to John Gleode, Esq of the Liner Temple. bIANSF.LL V. MFUX. This was an action by the Assignees of a b.►nkrul to recover back the value of the goads Of a public; taken in execution under a wa►ran: of attorney.,. appeared that the defendant took a miarfant of attt. ney to confess a judgment in favour of himself an , other creditors ; that ►t appeared that the public: . had committed an act of bankruptcy before the glvi! the warrant of attorney, and a docket being stink it consequently over-reached the right of 'the def . ( d.►nt, and the Learned Judge directed the Jury to a verdict fur the plaintif, which they d►d •accadingt YOUNG v. GOODFEI.I,OW. •:. This was an act;on to recover £B3. I Is. for bloc, masts, &c. furnished to, and work done on board the Acte,n, of which the defendant was Captain. The defence was, that the Captain was rp)t . liable pay, but the owners. It. appearing, .however, th. the orders were given by the Captain, and that was on board every day, t-uperintending t.be work, the Jury found a verdict for the Plaintiff'—Dama: Z 133. 11 s. 10d. NIB