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• 110.111. 1 .-•- -Ampssaup .41111111 w - ANIMIMPINIV LAW INZEI.LIGINCE. COURT cpc cif ArictßY, mut 3. CilUAßMAtifititr. The petition of the Coast's% of Tlcheskee to be admitted the guar& n of her infant childrin , the Earl h a ving di e d is November last,' came on to he heard this day. It sefforth, that in'the %car the deceased Vali, under the authority of a statute passed in the nip of Charles li. male a will, ap pointing the gmodiandlip of his children, in case o his demise. to his then Countess, and his brother now Colonel :4t-angcsral..s. llis Countess, .how ever, dying a short time afterwards, he affixed a to his will, supplying his wife's place by that his sister, retooling his brother as joint ;or irdian. In the year I 7: 1 4, he 'tn.Ciried the pre sant Countess, and on the sth of December 1801, lie affixed .1 fresh codicil to his original will, and nude the Countess ,ek guardian of his infant family ; by virtue of which she now claimcd the snpenn tend ince of all matters rolatior to her four children, the oldest of whom W2s only years of an and the youngest "an infant, horn since the Earli tieath. The Citaxesttos acquiesced in thekgal propo sition, that if a man married, having previously made a will, and should die without cancelling it, 'caving no issue by such marriage, the will would have its full iipefanon, to the etclnsion of the wife. He name:shelled a ci a of extreme hardship. ; Whin was in point; an individual had made *VI in favour of a ,prostitute. and had afterwards married a lady c gttat'foytune; the will, however; was not cancelled, art! the 'part:- dying without issue, the prnstituti swept away the wi fe's fortune. A like ease happened th Col. Watson, who made his will in favour of a ratio-al daughter ; but going to India some time afterwards, he marr i e d a l a dy o f treat wealth. On his return he consulted a r;fittary friend, who agreed with hini in opinion, '6 -it the law would, under all' circumstances, give a wife her Airilt, and in that opinion he.rmted and died, when the natural daughter recovered the v.holc of that money which had formerly been the woe's p r operty. With respect to the question hcfore him, he had not the smallest hesitation in pronouncing that the Earl's will Was not revoke& hy his second marriage ; and as to the question—whether the Earl's inten tion, implied by the codicil of 1801, had been rendered incomplete, by the want of two wit nesses—that would depend upon two points ; first, as it was necessary that a Seed should be witnessed by two persons, in orJer to make it effcetive, and to take it out of the Statute of Frauds, whether the instrument revoking such deed did not also re quire the same formalities ? and secondly, whe ther it wai to be considered as falling within another class or description of Writings which the Statute says shall operate as a revocation, though it be not attested. The point at issue was a very important one, as it involved a very considerable property, and as his }lon. and Learned Coadjutors wished to weigh the en int before he decided, he should take time to con sider of it. POLICE. at anstorr-nonst. two jonrneymen cooper: were yesterday fully entntniued, by the Lord Mayor. en a charge of sttaling nineteen pounds of coffee frnm the ware bniise of Mr. Cornish, on Dowgate-hill, on the evi dence of two officers who prhduced the coffee, which they swore they had taken from the prisoners. Efisalvth 1417 and tin: two other fetn.ie pri seiner', mentioned in our Paper of yesterday, as Irbarged with attempting to make away with an in fant chilli, were fully eommitr.ed for trial. GUI LIMA L L. Yesterday two yntetermen printers were brought Wort Alderman Anderson; on suspicion of having rolen several bo"ks. from their master. The Corn rlainant stated. that in Feivruary last, a number of books had been sinlen from his press-room. At that time he did 'bet know who to suspea of being tuilty cif the `robbery, hut since he had every rea son to believe the prisoners were the persons, as they bad been seen by his apprentice going away with a boot of trials, secreted in their pocket. The apprentice was examined, and stated that he sale Parker (one of the journeymen) at various times tape away the sheets of a book he was put ting in the press, the other journeyman had also been guilty of the same offence. The accused party alledged in their defence, that they were ignorant of the crime with which they '*re charged, ;and that the sheets which they had been seen to take away, were poly a copy or the work they were employed upon, which they said they were entitled to by an .Itt of Parliament. Mr. F. the complainant. observed, that Parker had long been considered as a very suspicious person, and these was much reason to believe lie had taken away the property in question It did not, 'however, appear, that anv rutther fails could be traced, than those already mentioned, to convict that accused. The Magistrate. therefore, after advising them to cautions how they incur red a vissilar examina tion in future, ordered them to be discharged. Jenkinson, a Seriearit in the West Middlesex hli idle, brought up a shoemaker, named Taylor, for , giving fames Price (who had 'tasted as a substi tute}, a false chara:ter. It appeared that Taylor was eleinking, in company with die Serjcant and Price. at a public-house in Clerkerismal, where he described Price's place of abode, and affirmed that he was acquainted with an his selatinns. The day following the Serjeant went to the place to which he had been direited, and found Otai all as false that Taylor had t‘li him, w no one knew any thing about Price, cr that thine wag such a person, on : 'which he immediately atoned the latter, sent hini ,down to khc regiment, a:1 the prisoner taken 1 into custody, far attempting to swindle 'him, by It.ing Priee.a Taylor co.nfesscii the charge brought main t him, anB alWged.;in excise of his enndeet, that he was intnxicated, and hadvoten of Price to the Serjeant at the reliant of the . turret. His 'matter for "whotW‘he - woriced came forward and gave him a i % nod t tharailter, in consequence of which he vests discharged: novas Knight, a enpe-maker in Shadwell, brought his brother before the Alderman, for rubbing him of several ariclee, sihich he had pawned. The complainant stated, that the prisoner had been three years at sea, from -whence he returned about three months back, since which time he had kept company with none but thieves and abandoned ' .. ttharletirs. Ile complainant eapresved a wish diat 'the A 14141111111 would send the rri soner to sets Win, to prennt Ow consequences arising front his present mode of behaviour. Several duplicates of the pro perty which the prisoner had stolen were produced, and the robbery was clearly proved ; the Magistrate therefore scut the offender with an officer, who had orders to couducl hint on hoard the tender. NAVAL INTELLIGEN&E. .....a ronessrotiTit, APRIL 5. His Majesty's ship yang, of SI guns, Capt. Rich ardson, is unmoored, and under sailing orders for the Mediterranean : her company was this clay paid twn months advance. Came into harlyinr his Majesty's ship Eurydice, of '.!.s guns, Capt. Malcolm, to be paid off ive hundred seamen are daily expected here from the eastward for his Majesty's ship Drrad nought, of !iti guns ; upon receiving them she is ex pected to sail immediately to join the squadron of line of battle ships, already assembled in Cawsand Bay. iternain at Spithead the Dreadnought, Russell, Dio rama!, isram, CelArtta, Arms, .eirrole, and ..Slripb, with several reveni.e-cutters ; and the Hon. Last India Company's ships Crilcura, Lord Howe, and Hugh Ing U. At St. Helen's the Amnon, and Pr:cnty cutter. — Wind W. he . S. Arrived the Nary, Park, from Sunderland. • PI.VMOUTII, APRIL 4. Arrived the fluor man of war froth Portsmouth, Boadicea fiigate, Ranger, Hind, aril Eagle cutters, from a crutz.e. DOVIA, APRIL 5. Arrived last night the Charlotte packet, with mail and pas,t , ngers, aninii i .; whom were Capt. Gregory, Mrs—lnderson, Mrs. kenney, and Mr. liolsina. "[he ship Britannia, from Jamaica, Jervis, passed "by this morning for the Downs: Captain Cox landed here nut of her. Arrived this morning the Industry of I lull, Lams; with wine, from Cadiz. Sailed this morning the Express packet, Captain Dell, with Kiug's Messenger, and the Charlotte packet, with Mons. Marchand, French courier, with dispatches from General Andreossi. I hill past six o'clock, P. M.—Tke Hyaci.7th and Poisson l'olant, French passage-vessels, ;are just ar rived with :s great number of passengers, but no messenger. DEAL, APRIL 5. Came down the Warren Hatt nib and Lady Castlereagh, for India. and remains with several other outward bound vessels.—Wind S.W. Livtitrooi., Mill!. 4. Arrived the VeaeraMe, Lutas, from Barbadues; Rosalind, Cuite, from Africa and St. Thomas's ; Catharine, Simcock, from Leghorn ; and Diana, Noble, from Boston. The Hanuhoes, Holmes, from Barbadoes for Li verpool, is put into St. Vincent's in distress, and condemned there. The St. Antonia Du Padua, from St. Andero, for Liverpool, with a - cargo of specie, cochineal, &c. to the value of 30,000 1. is lost at Waterford. The Pery, Williams, from Cork, for Liverpool, got ashore near Hollyhead on 'Thursday morning. Letters from Berlin of great credit state, that one of DL ROC'S osj.-ets was to prevail on the kisc of l'aussi A to seize Ilamburgh, for the purpose of com pletely excluding the commerce of England from that port,' and from (lemony ; 1);:noe said too, that if the Kt sic cf Pittssi A would not do so, and (it is added) likewise seize on Hanover, the FIRST CONSUL would send troops to do so. To this it is stat ed, that the Cabinet of Berlin replied, that his Plies- SIAN Mains r v was ;rsolved to observe the most perfeCt neutrality, and, if necessary, draw a cordon of troops round the former line of demarcation, and defend the neutrality of the North. Other accounts of a more doubtful nature state, that BON AP A wiz has declared that, if a war with England takes place, he is determined to have none but friends or foes. This must be only a sally of passion. He will not attempt to bluster with Russia and Prussia. He knows whom he kicks. Last creek, as a Lieutenant of a press-gang was in pursuit of two men at Lynn, they eluded him by entering a house, when the former asked a man in the street if he was not a constable, to which he an swered in the affirmative, whereupon the Lieutenant charged him in the King's name to aid and assist him in toting the two men. The Constable (who was also a Sheriff's Officer) in return enquired if he was not Lieut. -, to which he replied that he was ; when the Bailiff told him thatlie was his prisoner, at the suit of ---, for 401. and took him away. Last week a Court Martial was holdzn at Chelsea College upon two Captains in a distingtiid,ed corps of infantry in his Majesty's service; the case is thus stated :—While the regiment lay at Chatham, some time since, one.of thoee Officers declining to drink more wine at the mess after dinner, was asked by the other the reason.—“ To tell you the truth," replied t 1,.• termer, " 1 have an a•:{ ;nation with yorr snft 10-n ski, and as a man of hor , iur 1 ant rekolved to keep it !" Captain endeavoured to pass this off as a joke ; Lot the other assuring him that he was in earnest, received a glass of wine in his face, and a* rnaratal sentac enstoi, until they were separated by their brother officers. The command ing offieetartiving two day: after, and having heard. the eircemstatee3 of 'this - estriordinarycase, with the addition that no further step had been taken by either party, put thin both tinder an arrest, and reported their conduer to the Commander in Chief, who ordered them to be tried by a Court Martial, which dosed oat Friday last, and the lieport thereof is • now before the )(INC:. On Sunday last died' at scat, at Burton Pyri- Sunkinetchire, in the 5.41 year of ha 2;•r, the Right Her. the Countess Dowager of Cua r :IA M 9 Tebet of the-late great Lord On Atla A M 4Uld mother 1 1- to the present E:trl, and the llight PITT. To an .e!evated Mind, ,uoiversal philan thropy, and the purest principles of Christianity, her Ladyship united thwc spleadid talents, and that refinement of which .rendered hes •u• prior to her sex, arid could not but endear her to all those who haul the honour of her acquaintance, and who must ever kunent the loss they have sus gained by her death : nor will the 'event he le poignantly 'felt by the surrounding poor, to whom she was uniformly a most kind and libtrAl bent laaress. . FORGER r 011 TILE I,IIOK OF LISBOA!' The tontriver is a Brat ilian,Joite Borges de'Burros, a man of astonishing intelleCtual powers,but rendered dangerous to society by a base perversion of princi ple; quick in conception, of indefatigable perseve rance, and determined in execution. Having for former mal-praElices felt the sopurge of the law, Borges aimed at the Jute' subversion of all order and subordination. Fortunately he failed, and then turned his thoughts to forgery, and was dote led ; but owing to the misjudged precipitation of injudicious inexperience, he escaped with the trifling punish ment of being sent out of the cowry as an alien. Despising &urger, he returned :Ind renewed his de predations in the association of Sylvester Godlia, a Portuguese ; and John Farrell, a Printer. The other associate was a man named Gillington, why has been an United Irishman, '.lnd who turned King's evidence. In May last, Gillington, and one John Fen nell, were brought from Liverpool, on a charge of forging and circulating small bank notes ; when, at the instance of the gentlemen of the Bank, Gilling ton was, from necessity, again admitted es an ap prover against his companion, Fennell, who was in consequence executed at Newgate on the 'Zed of June last. These four dangerous men proceeded in their operations, till they were deteCted, by the following providential occurrence:—, On Sunday the 2cl of January last, his Excel lency Mons. de Lima (the then Partugtiese Ambits seder), called at Mr. Bond's house, in Sloan-street, aceoiepanied by a respeCtable tradesman at the west end of the town, who stated, that by accident be had seen a printer casting off an immense quantity of notes, which he knew were forged notes upon the Bank of Lisbon, but of which the printer was com pletely i e enorant. M. de Lima then requested Mr. Bond's advice respecting the measures proper to he pursued in an affair of such importance to the cote, try he represented, observing, that as he bed be fore unfortunately failed in bringing offenders to jas tics, under similar eircie.enances, he should be sorry it through any mismansee:aent his endeavours were again frust. ated ; wlrseuixsn Mr. Bond remarked to ha Excelleecy,'" that in masters of similar descrip tion, success was only the result of caution, patience, and perseverance ; that no alarm should be given ; and that the greatest care should be taken to avoid apprehending the parties too hastily, until the whole was mature, otherwise as they well knew they had ns yet committed no offence punishable in this cotmtry, they would despise the attempt as they had done before ; but that if he acquiesced in the above, his Excellency might be assured that his wishes would be ultimately accomplished, and the offenders rendered amenable." P.I. de Lima expressed his cheerful concurrence ; and the unwary printer was privately sent for, who discovered that Farrell was the only aetive agent ; in consequence of which Farrell was watched, and every proceeding minutely and daily reported to M. de Lima and Mr. Bond for upwards of two months. By this report it appeared, that some Portuguese in this country were the principal agents in carrying on the forgery, which amounted to 40,0001. in Lisbon notes of 51. each, all which were first intended to be carried by the packet to Lisbon for circulation ; but it was finally agreed that Farrell and Gillington should convey the notes to Lisbon, on board of the Antwerp schooner, of London, Qeorge Dickinson commander, in which vessel they had taken their passage, and had each paid twelve guineas. In consequence of this im portant communication, M. de Lima and Mr. Bond consulted together, and the following letter was dispatched to Lisbon by the Ambassador, im mediately upon the ilntwerp leaving the river Thames : " London, 45th Feb. 1803. " Ica addition to my former letter on the subject of the forged notes, I now with certainty acquaint you, that by the schooner Adaccp, George Dickinson commander, of the biirthen of 90 tons, wl.ieh sailed from Land to this day, and is bound to Lis bon, there are on hoard of her two men, named John Farrell and James G;llington, of the folloiving descript.a.i, both equal v guilty of rigging about 8000 notes of the Lisbon Rank, and which not, !; yem will find in their custody, as they are car rying th..m-thitlier fir the purpose of circulation, to s. one per son who has einelov.xl them, and who will well ri waal them f r their labour. When you first secure both them: men, and wit:en must be done in a very prompt and determined manner, great care must be taken to prevent their throwing the notes overb.srti, for the purpose of sinking them, which they cer tainly will attempt, if they have an opportunity, aisd uncles.; their V;atift. are first secured prevent it. It is prohalde they renal the 'motes in the linings of rune of their clothes they wear, all which should be Most scrlaputo,Ay examined, even their shirts, shoes, stockings, hats, re. as well as their clothes, and tvery thing else conuu,ed in their packages, b and trunks; and all whieli•pacleagtm, boxes, and treliks should kkewise be cantfully L.-satin:4, to discover any private drawer or conceahnent they may have." [Direfirllows a de:eription of both.] The Antwerp railing from the River Thames on Tuesday, the 15th of February, arrived in the Downs on the following morning, where she was detained sixteen days by contrary winds; she then sailed, and during the passage Farrell and Gating ton were amusing themselves with dreams of wealth, and all the chimera of visionary fancy ; n.&y, they declared that, should they succeed, their next attempt should be for a million! Hope played about their hearts, and reposed upon their pillows; hut their surprise and consternation can be easier imagined than describe;!, when on entering the port of Lis bon, on the ttith of March last, the Police Officers came on beard, and hi strictly pureaing the in strualons sent them from London, Farrell and Gillington were secured, and forged notes, to the amount of ft/:y thousand pounds, found on the person of the latter, and in a pritate drawer at the bottom of one of their trunks. M. de Lima being at this period su cceeded in the emt e assy to this Court by the Chevalier de Souza Couttinho, his Ex cellency received on Wednesday last adeices of the proceedings of his Government at Lisbon, which fully corroborated the before-mentioned particulars. Mr. Bond in consequence gave direaions for the opprehenSion of Joie Borges de burros, and Saves ter Godlia; :and in the possession of Godlia the re mainder of the forgot notes were found, together with 1000 others. which had proved defeetive. A man named Alexander Aosufard de Berms "has been apprehended at Lisbon, ot whose connec tion in this transaCtion there can be no doubt, from letter with his cignatiare found in the possession of .Borges. It is worthy of remark, that among some snuff in a paper, which Gillington had, were traces of.a plan of the dimensions ot the city of Lisbon. representing Ribeira nova for wharfs) as far as the arsenal and the streets, by which plat“the.dicpatch statist) it is wonderful hove 'easily Oiffingvosi, who had never been in Lisbon before, Marked ia.writ httthe-str.,etsraqoares,publie-bstlldingr, :tad houses, 4 - - "7 - - . for which he was to inquire, and confessed that this plan was given him hf Borges de Barros, that it might not be known he was in alliance with Assuparii de ijarros, for whom he was principally to search. The dispatch from Lisbon &miser states, that the vessel in which the forged notes were found, to gether with the cargo, is likewise detained. Thus a scheme, ingeniously planned, and fraught with destruslion to cotnmercial credit, has, by pru dence anti caution, been most happily defeated ; and from the indefatigable exertions of M. de Lima, the Chevalier de Souza, and Mr. Bond, they are meritedly entitled to the grateful thanks of their re spedive countries. THE LATE DUKE OF BRIDGEWATER. The Duke of Bridgewater is interred on the left side of the altar, in the retired parislichurch of Little Gadneselcit, the village immediately adjoin ing to his Grace's late venerable mansion and beau tiful park of Ashridge, where all the ancestors of his family are interred, froM d Chancellor Ellesmere•, the ancestor of the fir.r f.arl of Bridge water. John Lord Btackley, afterwards the second Earl. Mr. Thomas Egerton and Lady Alice Egerton, the original performers of Corms at Ludlow Castle, and for whom it was written when their father was Lord President of the M trites, have also monuments crated to their memory in this church. Although the late Duke was a liberal er.coneager of every improvement in the arts :old science,, he notwithstanding appears to have had little rrcpe•fc for the venerable monuments of departed greatness. Few mansions more richly deserved the attention of the antiquary, the scholar, and the 'tract, fur none contained finer specimens of architeCture and painting than Ashridge. Bit the whole is now, nearly pulled down ; his Grlcc hayiw; sore time ago' had a sale on the premises, when every tling thought worth removing was taken away. Many valuable and interesting fragments yet remain. One site, and the end of a most splendid hail, may be clearly perceived, the walls of which have been finely painted. Three mutilated sides of the qua drangle, which formed the cloisters, are also in ex istence ; and in ten compartments of which, illumi nated paintings on the stucco may be seen, and a skilful artist might, by immediate attention, yet preserve these curious reliques. The ruins of Ash ridge still retain a solemn grandeur, which is highly augmented by gloomy groves of yew and cypress, which entirely surround the garden. The peculiarities of the late Duke of Bridgewater's manners and temper, are well known. Ore of his most favourite amusements, for many years of the latter part of his life, was stroking► tc barter, and drinking porter ; anti he would never go into any company, unless he was permitted this• enjoyment, which he would not forego ev:n in the ixesence of Ladies. His Grace, a short time berore his eccease, made an offer of his invaluable colltdion of boOks to Mr. TODD, the ingenious Editor of Mitvon ; who, from motives very cr..ditahle to his feelings, declined accepting the rn inificent donation, being unwilling to deprive the cuccc• sors of his Grace of a property which he knevr they prized very highly. The circumstance coming to the knowledge of - Lord Gowsti, his LortHiip, with charalteristic liberality, requested Mr. T. to continue to use the colleCtion as his own, and presented him with an annuity of 2001. RIR Ells. On Saturday, the s6clt ult. at his house in Duke.ztreee. Westminster, the Lady of W. Lubbock. of a son. On tturday, the .Lady of E. Dennison, Esq. of - Castle Bear, Elting, of a son. Ad AR RI ED. On Monday, at S. IVlartitt's church, W. Nettlefohl, Esq. Attorney at Law, of Bamazd's le.», to Miss Grace Gawler, of Lambeth. Mr. J. Barton, of Mark.iane, wine merchant, to Mist Lowe. On the 31st tilt. at Bath, the Rev. J. B. Sumner, of Eton College, to Miss. Robertson. On Wednesday, at Edinburgh, Ulric Theodore Hem. minson, Esq. tit the Hague, to Miss C. J. Ferrier, dank. ter of Nlajor-General Hay Ferrier, of Bellcside. On Sunday, at St. Margatet's church, Westminster. T. Jowl), Etq. to Miss Percy, eldest daughter of time Rev. W. Percy', Qaten-squ. , re. • DIED. On Suaday morning. Mrs. Trimmer, wifeof Mr. James Trimmer, of Brentford. In the beginning of March, at Heyeres, in the South.of Franct, where she went fur the recovery of her health. Mrs. Fitzgerald, aged 26 years. On Sunday last, at Mr. Sykes's, Camberwell, after a short illness, Mr. J. Taylor. of Gueldersome, near Leeds. On Wednesday last, at Harpenden, Herta, Mrs. Stoney, itsll49 of the late Capt. Stoney, of his Majesty's Royal Nary. Lately, at Brentford, within a short time of each other. Mrs. Ansell, aged 76, and Mrs. Jodrell, aged 72, two sisters who had lived together near so years. On the 7th tilt. at Enners, in the parish of Kincardine. lO'Niel, Scotland, in the tostlt" year of her age, Janet Gaul; her husband, who di,d lately, reached his so+th yeas . . . . - PRICE" OF sTocKs. "." DAT. Bank Stork .... jolt Omis tune s per Cent Red 3 per Cent. Cons... 624 3 211 Ditto Bonds 4 per Cent Cunt. .....7918t1 Irish 5 per Cent. *l 3/ j per Cent. 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