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EIS? INDIES. SAVAL 140144/TlONS—.Avoun 13. %CO6. ow Excellency the. Comneoel4 hi Chief. Sir Thaw', ro batd., BM. bat begot pleoud to make the renewing oneth ptaio ata:— Trowbridge, of the Harrier, to be fn.t tutu the Macassar; Lieutanants Mitch-11, of the ""- . Bendash, of the Cl,OllllO and Mr. Priest, of ktenhenta, to be Lieutenants to tIIN MAMA!, ; Mr. its roger of the Harrier, to be Purser of the Moonset; %tr. 1 4.0 03 8, Sargeow of the Harrier, to be Surgeon of the Ma- The Boatswain, Gunner, and Carpenter of the Harms 0, ▪ into the Macastet. liner—Liewenant Wilbraham, of the Blenheim, to th orter, with the tank of Commander ,• the boatswain, Gim et, 3,,c1 Carmetter,'are Made from deserving men of the ',Oriel laid the Harrier, its lieu of those removed into the Mane Mr '. Pelder, of the Blenheim, to be Lieutenant of the IC3e,hue. . OXFORD, APRIL 25. On Wednesday last, the Rev. Samuel Bram, 111, of University College, and Rectoe,of Wyke y,,g;i, of Weymouth, and Portland, Dorset, was thinned Barbielop in Divinity. and on Friday Dr. in Divinity. Grand Compounder. On Thorday lair, in full Convocation, it was una• ' , m00:17 resolvesi.ishat so Address be presentee) to His Majesty, humbly thanking him for his firm and ready attachment is our Civil and Religious Esta blishments. The Rev. Mr. Noires*, A.M. of Corpus Christi Coil/Re, has been appointed Bamptsn Lecturer for' the en.uing year of 1408. Tl.e Rev. S. Puart, M.A. Prebendary of Here ford Cathedral, has been collated, by commission from die Lord Bishop of Hereford, to the Vicarage of Bridnow, in that diocese. On Tuesday last, Mr. Turner Edwatds was elided Scholar of Jesus College. Blusrab, Antic 27. The fnllovring extrati of a letter communicates tc partitulars of the loss of the Loyal Volunteer, Gantge Itlodgson, Master, bound to Dahlin : '• On Friday sennight, at day light. the wind I.lowin7, very hard, thought it right to make for Aff or d, i l ptv.:Ahle ; drove befnre the wind. at the rate of ten , . knots an boar, till we came to Ramsay SOund—st, pur.lps at wick all the time. At ten sednck got into Ramsay Bound, where we struck or.A illa:ten rock. and unshipped the rudder. In ive tn . :rakes after we lost the redder, and then struck „gain, wl k : t knocked a hole in the ship's bottom. A .ea came, and drove us of again, When the Cap tam cried os " Load bare 11101 Cf on as all, we mast perisb. Unless out sails peotea us." In ten R ,I a f te r. 'we were• drawn by dip sea to Ram say Islard, arnkng the locks; where, by the help of Providence, sve were all saved. There is tinly one house on tbe Island to receive twenty-nine ins wagers, some . .khotst shoes and stockings, and emu almost nakeV• • Wken we got Ashore, w.e had a rock to climb, TOO fcct high, which• was decused impossible ; b"t after grc evert* welclthed take top, otherwise WP must all hare inevitably been chlkownial, as the tide ta.i best§ to sat in." CATHOLICS AND PRESBeTERIANS. MIACT 11061 AN IMINIIIIIIII3IO lATill. TO THE. EDITOR. eta—. Observing that several counties are called to titer, for the purpose of 6 . Addressi tg His bf.s. je,:y. on the firmness which he bas lately shown n'or preserving, unimpaired, the constitution and Ten. pion of the country," I cannot avoid siemark'n that the callers of these meetings, are either - perfealy acquainted with the design of the Bill., which occasioned a change of Adininisrration, or are not aware upon what people the Bill was to operate. In fadt, the Bill extended to S.:ntish Presbyterians, as well as to Irish Roman Cat;nolicc ; and its obi •B was neither more nor less, than to re. peal the Test Aft of Charles IL in so far as Dissenters, by that ASR, were rendered unqualified for holding 14:tval or Military Commissions, It only legalized what has hitherto been done in an underhand man ner. But it is not the merits of the Bill that is meant at this time to be discussed. I mean simply to state, that, as the Bill was intended to relieve, &wish Presbyterians, as well as Irish Roman Carlo. Lcs, the good sense of the former may be 'alai questioned, should such addresses be presented. I s t 'nay Ise proper and expedient, at least it would 'vat be oast of ebaracter, were the public bodies of Ee3- land to approach the throne with congratulation's, because the bill in question assuredly touched thair exclusive ivileges ; but the appearance of dissions Serf, or those who, strictly speaking, are considered as dissenters, would, at suck a time, be altogether in coops uor:s Were the Catholics of Ireland to cools .torssarci, with addresses of thanks, dm. no person would be al a loss to ascertain whether wisdom or folly preponderated rids them ; therefore, as the test aft makes no distindion betwixt them and Scot. ssh Presbyterian', I apprehend, that what would be /tanned folly, cx worse, in the one, cannot be consi dered wise and salutary when executed by the other. I do not enter upon the policy or expediency eif the hill alluded to, bet take things as they are, without eferieg comment or observation thereupon; and km, Bit, yout's, &c. A COMMISSIONER or SuetlEE. - - - U.. the 7th of October last, arrived at Calcutta, six Arab ships ti .e Natodas report, that Off Ceylon they wire boas ded by the Pircicooliciis, French fri gate, and completely plundered of all their cash, previsions, Ire. • One ship was actually left without a tingle cask of water on board, and was desired to se«k for a fresh supply at Ceylon ; where they warei.•solen:ly told, it might be had by paying for it. If this vessel had not happily fallen in with an other Arab, who sup flied her with twenty casks of watts, the &,,M* nces might have been dreadful, hoes the waist of tl:is orcessary of life. his add. 41, that t.ne of the Niacodas of the above vessels reports. that mu American vessels, bound •10 Calcutta, had caperi:•nced the depredations of these Pirioca. •two Arab ships had been sent to the Mauritius. The amount of specie tzkzn Item the Arabs is awed to a:nount to tour leas of dollars. LAW INTELLIGENCE'. y .. q. COURT OF LING'S BENCH, Wastritima, 4PRIL 18. The ewers was occupied the greater pert of this Jay, in hearing special arguments upon causes set down for new teats, tee. 'the following is the only case of public interest ; end, as involving the clues. t:cn of voluntary Conveyances, is very import. ant. DOX 9. 1 4 41MN1N04114 ANOTNEII. This was an aaion of hjeament brought to re cover the whole of certain premises in Bermondsey. a part of winch the Detendants claimed an interest ' in, under the late Lessor. Abut the year 1781, the father of the Defend ants conveyed certain pans of the estate to his mother, Plr her life, who, soon after dying. he made another conveyance of the same portion to the Defendants, his brothers and sisters, for their use and benefit, during their lives. In the year 1802, he disposed of the whole of his remaining interest in the premises in question, to the Lessor of the pre sent Plaintiff, but did not give notice to bins of the conveyance to his brotfiers and sister.; and, soon after dying. the Lessor of the Plaintiff brought this "Bien of ejeament to recover possession of the whole of the estate. The ptitscipal taft, Icf; to the Jury was, whether the deed of the conve7ance from the deceased to his family, was executed in contem plation of fraud. or otherwise? And the Jury found that it was not a fraudulent deed. Mr. Laws formerly obtained a rnle to sh.w cause why the verdiet in this case should not be set aide, and a new trial granted ; and the case now came before the Court upon solemn argument ; the question being, whether a voluntary conveyance, without a valuable consideration, was to .be consi dered a fraud in law, and tie deed consequently an invalid instrument, as against a howl fide purchaser for a full and valuable consideration d Mr. Laws, in support of the rule for a new trial, contended, that trim the very first authorities in the books, a voluntary conveyance, without valuable consideration, was always held to be pieta lice, evi dence of a fraud in point of law. The convey ance. in the present use, he considered as coming directly within these authorities, mod the legal con clusion drawn in all such cases was a conveyance in eontemplition of a fraud. 'The Learned Counsel here quoted a vast neriber of autreitities of the first Judges of their time, iu support of this position. Mr. Serjeant Barr contended for the contrary doarine, as laid down by Lord C . rief Justice Mile, Chief Baron Gilbert, Lord Chief Justice Eyre, Lord Mansfield, and others; and in a most able and learned argument insisted, that, in point of tad, thee* could be no contemplation of fraud wriatever in this case, the conveyance itself having been made upwards of twenty years before any fraud, as against the present Plaieriff, could exist. He rest ed his case chicily upon the number of authorities in his favour entbelancing those of his Learned Com petitor, nl or, the id the coastruetra s of themselves;the sfatut a e o n fl i . rath upon of those grounds, he supported the verdia as it now stood. The Cops? considered this a case of the bigheit imerortasice, as it respected voluntary conveyances; and, unless the question was solemnly considered, and the rule of law perfeetly ascertained, all fOn• mances of this nature must sand in a very doubt ful and dangercus predicament, From the . reat variety c!authoritiee cited upon both sides. and the very great contrariety of opinions entertained by these Learned Judges, Cie Court expressed a desire, that if the property was sufficiently considerable to bear the expense, the ease should be pin iato the shape of a special verdiet, for the consrderetion of all the Judges. Mr. Serjeant Best replied, that the whole of the rents was only About 200 i. per annum, which war the only property hi:. clients had in the world. Under these circumstances, the Court ordered the case to stead over for further argument next term. Mr. Plane applied for a Writ of Mandawas ' in be &reeled to the Mayor and Burgesses of the Bo rough of -Zernetrthen, desiring them to admit Mr. William Skein a free Burgess of that Corporation. The Learned Counsel was proceeding to state the words of the charter, when the Court reminded him, they were pettedly acquainted with it al ready. He then stated, that the Corporation insist ed that Mr. skein's title was rot regular, inismuch AS the lease and release (as they termed it) did not bear date the same tittle, because in the body of the deed were these words :—" Indenture of lease and release, bearing date the day next before the day of the date of these presents ;" which were the usual words in all conveyances of that nature. The party was qualified to be admitted to be a burgess in ever y other respedt. 'Me Court granted the writ. In the cos- of AND a aWs O. WI LsON, reported in our Paper of yestcrd.sy, from the Court of King's Bench, there was a material error. It stated, that on account of bills to the amount of 30001. which Mr. Joao K two got to discount for the party, Major Even had only received 1751. ; Whet CAS it' should have added, that the greater part of the bills were returned by Mr. Kiss. A full and satisfac tory account of the whole transaaion will, we under stand, be laid before the public ; but in the mean time we are anxious to remove any bad impression which the omission is our report :nay have pro duced. Sir S l MU kr. Accnuor Y, the Conqueror of Monte Video, on the River La Plats, in Spanish America, was born in the city of New York, in North Ame rica, and was son to the Rev. Dr. S•ssu at Assu rer,, Reaor of that city, whose zeal and loyalty in support of the laws of his Sovereign and the Bri tish Government, during the disturbances in that country, subjetted him to persecutions and insults, which speedily terminated his existence. The brigade of Guards lying at Chatham is or dered for Foreign service. Yesterday morning, at half past five o chick, 260 picked men, with a pro per proportion of Nun-commissioned CXScsink under the command of Col. Ross, marched from the • Bird-cage Walk, St. James's Park. foe Chatham. They were seletted on Monday, from the battalion of the Coldstream Regiment. lying in Portland • Barracks , and from dos battalion of Use 3d Kee mat. HinErORD c/tfivrr MEZTING. in consequence of the 4ttiirs notice of a County Meeting to ne held for the purpose of thanking His Mai-sty for his condua in the Brea: po"tical events which have recently occurred, shout 500 freeholders assembled id Hereford by eleven o'clock on Friday morning. After an inereiftbal attempt to enippro miss the objeas of the oppnsite parries, the Meetine, (by arljnernment from the Shire-hall) veil( place it. the Music Room, when the Address of Thees was formally moved by Dr. Matthews, (laic Memhir of Parliament for the County) in a speech of conrider able shine/, and much moderation. Amidst other topics, he spoke with great liberality on the Cetholie question, declaring, that from an intimacy with many gentlemen of that religion. h knew there to be entitled to every respea, and he believed thern to he as local subjeas as any other class of men pro fe .sing a different faith. Lieutenant Colonel A RMSTa Geo concisely second el the Motion; when Dr. Rosters addressed the Meeting in nearly the following terms t " Mr. Sheriff and Gentlemen—Conceiving that the Address now proposed, means more than has yet been acknowledged q'itepartizans; and deem ing it nothing less than.f.ivoixt of censure on His Majesty's late Minister4,Aistost all those who sup ported them, it is itntrinsjltlrtobat I can concur to its propriety, as long asjlesi those sentimsets of gratitude towards the late.:Administration. which I think they deserve from the country at large; I therefore move that this Meeting do now adjourn." um:rate PUHA. Esq. seconded this proposition, and T. A. KNIGHT, Esq. spoke largely on the same side. He condemned, in severe terms, the pledges said to have been required from the late Mioisters, and pronounced a high eulogium on the virtues and moderation of the Bishop of the Diocese; expressing his wishes that the inferior Clergy would manifest more zeal in the performance of their sacred duties, than in fomenting measures calculated to excite poli tical animosity, and to disturb the peace of the county. The Rev. Dr. YArt then rose, and after express ing his gratitude for the honours conferred on him in his appointment as a Magistrate of the County, and a delegate representing the Clergy in the last Convocation, hoped he should be able to adapt his language, so as to be understood by the whole mixed assembly he was then addressng. The Learned Donor then entered (from notes held in his hand) into a history of the Test and Corporation Aas,` the Reformation, the Revolution, and other important topics of English History, concluding a well delivered speech of half an hour's continuance, with giving his support to the original Address. Motto AN Cttreosn, Esq. followed, in favour of the adjournment, and in very clear and animated Language. reprobated the Address as altogether un• necessary, and censured the call of the Meeting, as an intemperate breach of the harmony which so happily prevailed in the County, before this mea sure was proposed. The Duke of NORFOLK stated, that he could not possibly give feis assent to the Address in its present form. As far as it included general expressions of loyalty to theToverrinert and attachment to the Con ssieweien. in Church and State, he heartily eeineidett with it; but it could not be concealed, that another, and a very different object (as alluded to by the Mover of the Amendment) was meant to be pro. meted t from this he altogether dissented. His Grace then related the transaftions of the mutilated email from the Minutes of the Counsel, and the pledges required, contending, that if one part of Hi, Majesty's cnnduft was to be made the 'tibial of scrutiny. the other ought to be equally adverted to. His Grace cencluded a speech delivered in his usual style, with regretting that a Meeting had been called, :n which unanimity was found imprafticable, and suggesting an amendment to the following ef fea, to meet the objeaion he had stated, that after the assurances of loyalty and attachment in Dr. M.'s Address, there be added, " That at the same time, we cannot conscientiously approach your Ma jesty's throne, without expressing our deepest con cern to have been informed. that your Majesty should have been advised and induced to require of your late Ministers a written pledge, in Jima viola tion of their oaths, and subversive of the principles and safety of the Constitution." The Rev. Mr. WITHER ALL strongly urged, in allusion to something which had fallen from the Duke of Norfolk in replying to Dr. Yate, that a difference existed between the Protesting Catholics of England. and the Non-protesting Catholics of Ireland ; drawing a comparison in favour of the former he was for the Address. The Duke of Noe rote and Dr. YAT2 mutually explained on this point. T. Wu rs•tiso, Esq. was decidedly against the Address. The Rev. Mr. Curvets's deprecated the Adjnum ment and the Amendment with equal warmth. He complained of the personal prejudice excited against him as a principal instigator nt the meeting, hut de clared that nothing should induce him to disavow the part he had taken. He contended, that, as the Clergy conttibuted their share of the public bur den'. they bad an equal right with others to inter fere in the politics of the country. The Reverend Gentleman then spoke of the resolutions of the no bility, ikc. at the St. Alban's Tavern, London, in terms of reprobation ; seedling them of sending a delegate to the present Meeting to assist the comple tion of their views. He concluded by a declaration, that he was ready to shed his blood in the cause he had espoused (load calls for dm pedalos, and some meat of iiidditeobaii,o). The Duke of Noerott. in explanation, tested, that he did not as as the delegate of the Meeting alluded to, nor had he the smallest reason to believe that any other person was commissioned tor that purpose. • Rev. Mr. JoNes spoke in terms of high cemmends ation of the late Ministers, thanking them for ef felling the Abolition of the Slave Trade, and for promoting those matures of economy and reform which he belireed a tie be the real cause of dismitsal. Mr. A atell r age, another Counsellor, spoke with more moderation sad died in favour of the Address; bat the call for the tangiest becoming more general, the Sweater decided, by a thew of handy. that the motion of adjournment was corgi, d by a large ma jority, Thanks were then voted to the Sheriff, and the Meeting was dissolved hatt-past dam k. :pi ttrma 1177R4LIGEACE. NEwmAzor SECO.b SPRING MISTING. MONDAY, SPAM 27, 1807. k s—,e Y. B. When tts.4 Mecting 6i. ia Apnl, Se !.. rSMI, with /Cancel t thee: lee', are coot:dried as if rr hae b in rn May Mr. Wyorhia'a c. by &heat , Tat. lim a M.. Aabut - Worassanoat, toil. gra, Ti, tr. dI C b to 4 oga'is I Mr. Ws 4h • c I). of Craftows 7.b. Coat Sir F. SU, la ,*4 Coto to Dustwiry, list. D C !Ong, 6 to 4 against Dorton'. Mr. Mellsh's Lock's.all, ....at. beat Mr. At.htia MMUS* Btt. 70a. D i .50084. 5 to 4 on Luck' 1,1,4 O•rosennr'! Mcteora, Bst. 2k h. best Mr. Me ' tM dine! Beaufort, litst. 51b. D. I. 200 gs. h. ft. to 4 nn Wieiroti. M• Go4•ltr4'Oefountameer, gat Pb: ree. lOgo. &ea hits Orrer.v , 's C•:.r.ner, b. , . A-rosti the Fiat, Nies. LorA F. tientotek`. Job Th , rilUctry, John Nur, nut of Esther, I , ist. 711 t. tog. (t. from Geh. Grow/riot's o. c the t mer,re, hr Water, 74. /lb. iecross the FLO, g50g..14. It Lord F , ,!ey', Paris. go. 7:b. against Mt. Crawls% thaistara Sot. A-ross the Fiat, Mgs. h. It. Off ^I content. • Mr. 1101IVITVO, Lang'•.n, est. 0!h, rec from Lear H. Cavendish's Pig ,da, est. S'b. 30:11 , . h. 8. MANSION-HOW E. • • CI? Y PRIVILEGIft. Several Weermen from St. Olave's Stairs,Tooley. street, yes erday complained to the Loan M•vria. against the mister of the Hope, a coasting vessel from Bridgewater. They charged him with unloading his cargo, with the assists:we of Eghters, so near to the r.airs, as to almost ens up their plyirg place, and endanger the lives of all persons frequenting it. The Captain, th'y said, had bees warned of the danger to which the parties, their boats, and the public, were thus exposed ; but Le • paid no attention to their remonstrance, until oar of their boats was damaged. They added, tha the place being within the Juri.cliNoo of his Lod.hio, he had it in his power to aff)id redress, and that complaints had been Besot's* made upon the slob. jest of this grievance, several persons having bee* drowned in consequeace a it, within these few years. Capt. Snow, the principal Harbour Master, aft; , tended, and it appeared from his testimony., that the Here was not improperly moored, if Ow bed de- - limited her cargo at the wharf, best that ear daniter and damage arose from the Ughaers employed iel unloading the ship so near to Pie stairs. The LORD Marra% ordered the Captain is ray the amount of all the damage done, and expsMses incurred. Hie Lordship give notice, at . 4o tame time, that all persons so offending in fame, by nu lawfully obstru&ing any plying_piace, pm. • scented at the expense of the City. SHOCKIhU C4T4STROPIIE. An Inquisition was taken on Mlnaday, at Wing. ton, bettle G. HODOSOK, E. 1141. t;01•01aitt for Waddles sex, on the body of an unfortunate female, who met her death on the preceding_day. It appeared us gritisnest. that* deraord„ wibtet . Was the wife of a reputable tanner in tne West et:. England. bad been placed in an Asylum at Islington' in consequence of her having laboured sanest mental defangement. Her apartment was in the attic story, and she was attended by two women; one of whom left the apartment fur a few minutes, at an early hour on Sunday morning. leaving t h e other attendant in bed. The deceased settsesith.s, opportunity, and made her escape in her shwa , to the top of the house. - A perms who lives ep posite the Madhouse. saw the d ecesse cl step deli berately ever a parapet, and suspend herself to the wall by her hands, a few -seconds before she fbil. The fall was from a considerable height, and the deceased broke her breast bone, and was otherwift much bruised. She lingered several hours before death relieved her. The verdia was of course insanity. Another !mnition was taken the same day a before the same Coroner, on the body of a respeftass ble woman, who was burned to death at Highgate; on Sunday, in consequence of her clothes having I accidentally caught fire. A numerous meeting of the Freemen of the Prod and port of Dover, v►as held, last night, at ad Ctcss Keys, Wood -street. Cheapside, when •everel resolutions were unanimously agreed upon, in luta pert of Mr. JACR3 , IO and hlr. Jslsltittauts,lls prop! persons to represent that town in Parliament. Mr. Low, who convened the mceti;...:, proposed the Hon. HEINIT ettltlrOlvT as a proper person to be their representative, but tt,is sitOtit,u wall nets• tived by the whole of the meeting, with the ezetri Lion of the mover add seconder. • Mr. Low stated, that Mr. Pi ra az 'aims wit now adively engaged in canvassing tag •Itneatan at Dover. 1 ry •." 4 J. Baize cv, of Small Brook, in Crompton, Che shire, has a duck of the English species. that laid an egg Lately, the measurement r.: which, the abiding way, is nine inches and a cirsarter, and the other way, six inches seven-eighths, and its weight five ounces. It is with pleasure we can inform the a'x'is, th the Ticket, No. 24,305, drawn lx.: Tliors.:4 ,- . 't Prise of 20.0301. shared by Messrs. lie tritest r a, A Co. was sold in one halt, oae fourth, one eighth, and two sixteenths, and that the half share wsle the property of a Lottery Society in Oxford-Mast, which eon:toted of forty members ; the quarter was divided amongst twenty-foot tradesmen, iseestly young beginners at Norwich ; the eighth woe the property of a very respectable family at adisbet y ; one of the iixteenths toe Club, consisting of hal.a dozen members, at Theme ; the other siz(eenth a one of our brave defenders, on board the Bel.a.r, off Plymouth. Many a lucrative buriner has bean compared to coining. yet the wit of man is challenged to say, what taut is capable of such a rapid coinage 6f guineas, and for so small a stake adventured on Lie occasion, as that of a State Lottery f In 013111 minute after ten o'clock on Satorday morning next, will '30,000L be thus coined, anal of which attraarate individuals. most probable. will part.c , pate I A still larger sum, from alt the g-eater Boating Ca plush. is likely to be produced 111 the cuter e , l that day. If this 'oe act a literati,* business, it is Oink SO say what is. I I I eof rig• ark. 1 at mita . tont ;al. gus will IMO walls Us. Mc. the ; au.l Low I' Rat ♦ti!, lai a wed 11,1 at front ac roi- i frr4• conot I Fri id as kilt/ being rgAlt I I this I aka ma's- ; t.. There leltessel larc nr t• I and d the their Ywk. td dtn at hayl !It Uhl TIV•, 'II :e 1+• N.:c I ivs j l para• Cnei ren tai4 lusineu Ilud:ng br di P of t) rill Wm)al I 1 Pbt ulo F s '