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lIP , 4 . ,. 1 ,w 1 r11 4, :4411 MOEN 1.11•11110. 1 . v , , —ince ; 'but this teqtures confer - - •'•i . am Ver.ice, it appeses that a very , -.1 had been circulated there, of a . ~ , , l oige.mmt off Sardinia between the Eng. . ~, (. French Squadrons, in which the former • are state ,. 4 to hate gained the advantage. An article from Mentz, of the Bth inst. states, thv...notice had been transmitted to General Lavas- , :-cur, of the intention of the First Consul to accom plish very speedily his long intended visit to Bel gium and the Rhine. From Frankfort we learn, that the last of the French troops on the right side of. the Rhine were immediately to evacuate the Brisgau. Accounts from Switzerland state, that France wgrees to observe the old stipulations, by which no Swiss troops in French pay can be seat to serve in ,i(..reign countries. 'Accounts from several quarters of Italy, of Janu ary 22d, say, it is now confirmed that the new Kr4c. of SARDINIA will not at present take possession of .his kingdom, but that he has concluded a Conven tion, by 'which he cedes it with all its annexed .claims to England, and that to this nothing is wanting but the recriprocal ratification, and the con firmation of the English Parliament. The English fleet now cruizing off the Island of Sardinia is said to be' stationed therewith a reference to these ne gotiations, in consequence of which 'E'nglish Couri ers are frequently arriving at .Rome. The condi. tions on which this cession is made, these accounts add, wt.: probably very advantageous to t*.•.e K tNG -of ShRDINT A, since he 'has refused the sum of six millions, with a yearly appanage for life of one mil lion, offered by another rower. Mil LTA IgxTrAcT or A PEIVATE TITTER] Generals Villette and Oakes are not only good Officers, but agreeable men. The Officers here have every reason to be satisfied with their present -situation. The evacuation of this island is •not ex pelled. Sir Alexander Ball, the Civil Commis -sary, 'bas received orders to raise 2080 Maltese troops, who are to be 'kept, paid and clothed by , us. The French Ambassador •complains much of -ear continuance in this.place, and threatens to leave it, if we embody. the Maltese. `His conduct is as ikil l nt as his disposition is unconciliating. He lodges in a house belonging to the Government. As it was out of repair, he has ordered a con.sidera- Ile sum of money to be bid out upon it, and now refuses to .pay .the bills, alledging that he will pay :none but the Grand Master. Two thousand Nea politans have been•here these two -months ; but they alo no duty. Whatever difference of opinion may exist on caller subjects, in one thing we are all agreed—that if we should give up this place, the French will •soon be in possession of it. The troops from Egypt are .not come down, but are daily expected, as or ders, *I am informed, are gone to Alexandria to that effect : if so, Alexandria will soon be in the hands ofale French, who have a fleet now lying at Marmorice, for the express purpose of going there as soon as we are gone. The strength of this place is beyond imagina tion. The 'lenses here are little palaces, built 'with -stone of the 'island, and' have lofty, spacious rooms, paved with stone, and finely painted in pannels. The church of St. John's is the most magnificent place I ever saw. The French, whose paths are always marked with plunder and devas tation, have stripped it of its riches, taking away a gold chandelier, worth, as I am informed, near half a million, besides diamonds and other pre cious stones, which decorated the altars and the ,images. At a very large and respetlable meeting ef•the - wine-merchants, inn-keepers, and' ictuallers of Bris •tol, held a few weeks ago, several resolutions, ex pressive of their loyalty and their attachment to the present constitution of this country, with their determination to support it to the utmost- of their power, were unanimously passed. It was likewise resolved that they would suffer no persons to hold any society in their respeeive houses, or to make use of•any language, tending to subvert the Govern ment of this kingdom, without giving due notiot to .the Magistrates ; and that they would disclose and wake known any treasonable or seditious •ezpres- Lions which might tome to their knowledge, in or der that the guilty persons might receive due pu nishment. The resolutions were signed by 680. Theleng:h of the new Dock at Hull to be•called :the 44 Humber Dock," will he about 900 feet, and its breadth 3+2. It will occupy about seven ecr,es of ground, and is calculatt.d to contain seventy _sail of ships. The lock is to be so constructed as to be ca- rpable of admitting a 50 gun . vessel from the bason into the dock. The bason is intended to encompass about two acres of ground., and will be,carried so far into the Humber, that vessels of large burthen may enter with safety at low water. On the east side of the dock, a quay is to be formed seventy feet broad; and another on the west side forty feet broad, which latter will . adjoin cln a new intended road forty icet. Estrada a letter froth Gibraltar, dated Feb. I, 1803:—" I have the pleasure to inform you the gar rison is perfectly quiet. The objet t .of the first mu tiny was the redress -of supposed grievances: the Royals were .asber.; some fortunate circumstance forced them to arm one day previous to that on 'which they had fixed with the 4 .1.5 th Regiment, in -whose co-operation they were therefore happily dis -.appointed. There was one moment of imminent danger •to ill authority, in which the want of a leader - was the only circumstance that prevented ex -treme violence. The mutiny of the Eath Regiment may be considered is a drunken riot, the eke& of disappointment. The conduCt of the Artillery de serves the highest praise. In justicitolhe Duke of Kent's character I mastsay thus - much—There does rot exist a- - man whose private character has more integrity, or whose public charatier has more zeal than his. •He had the misfortune to . find -the garrison •in a -very -relaxed state of discipline ; and for the security of persons and -property, as mach as for the mere purposes 'of disci pline, he was - forced in resort to a stria pre ventive syne-ri ; which bearing 'equally on the of `ficers and privares, produced opposition from the :forma, :and unwarrantable clamour at their mcs lables. Had the Duke's system been as zealously -supported by the officers as- it'was resorted to con- Licientiously by him, the evil would not have hap fpened—order and justice would have been establish end -sevaity at length relaxed." ~~ glr LAW INTELLIGENCE. ,~ ~- , • "MG% BENCH, WESTMINSTER, JULT 13efore Led Et tis SC RUCG Hs and a Spec,al Jury. THE KING V. KENNET. 'This 'Wan an indietment for perjury. It arose out * of a transalficarbetween the Defendant and the pro secutor, who were of the sarne farnily. The latter had sold the former a freehold, for a certain consi deration stated in the conveyance, but the Plaintiff contended there was a verbal agreement, by which the Defendant bound himself to pay R sutra beyond what was contained in the deeds. He filed a Hal 'in Chance'ry to discover the CO, but the Defendant, by his answer, absolutely denied the existence of any such agreement. It-was upon such denial the penury was assip,-ned. Lt support of the prosecution, it became neces ,sary to compare the bill .and answer with the re e,)rd,-when it appeared they had been taken from the office copies, and consequently that the indict mentcontained the usualabbreviationsadopted by the ChanceryCopying-Clerks instead of being written in words at full length. The first objection was to the word " answer"-:-.it was written " answr"—this was considered, howevers-as ident :mans, and the objec tion WAS over-ruled. The neat was to the lerers " Esq." for " Esquire!' Nosketch of the imagina tion-could make Esq. sound like Esquire. The ob jection was therefore deemed too formidable-to be got over, and -the Defendant was acquitted. ATKINS V. BOVE.T. This was an aiflion brought by the - Plaintiff Atkins, a free Waterman, inhabiting ceruiin morns in an •old building calleJFlanbury-house,in the Hamlet of Poplar, against Mr. Bovey, a gentleman of fortune and his landlord, to -recover damages for a trespass. It appeared that the Plaintiff occupied a few rooms • on the north-east part of the building, and that the . -Defendant, having purchased the whole, was desir ous of converting it into three distinct tenements. With this view he had the place surveyed—it was in a most dilapidated state. The Defendant gave or •dests to untile the house, and that the entire brick work, on the back part of .the building, should be pulled tlowuto the ground. In consequence of this, she rooms-occupied by Atkins, his wife, (who was in a state of pregnancy,) and five children, one of whom was el of the small-pox, were exposed to the inclemency of the weather. The Plaintirs resi dence was rendered, bythis procedure of the Defen dant, dangerous in the extreme. The building, left without its proper support, was in hourly expectation of crumbling to atoms ; and it -was proved, that had there been . andfigh wind, it could not have re sisted it, but the Plaintiff and his family must have . been buried in the ruins. A-stack of chimneys did, in fail, fall, and the terror it operated, upon the; mind of Mrs. Atkins, brought on a premature de- . livery, but, in the language of the midwife who' assisted her, " happily, and by God's providence, she had a good getting up." This witness stated, that while Mrs. Atkins was .laying-in, there were holes in the room which any one might have crept .through. It appeared, that Mr. Bovey was remon strated with, as to the danger to which he exposed Atkins and his'family ; and it was observed, that at the first high wind, the house would be blown down. " Well, then," said he, "it will kill some of them, and I wish to get rid of them." A Mr. Batch stated, that a high wall was left is so danger ous a situation, that he expeCted every moment it would fall. He was so impressed with the impro priety of the Defendant's conduet, that he had made up kis mind, it it should fall and kill any children who might be under it, to appear as a wit ness against the Plaintiff upon a charge of murder. All these faits were stated to the Jury by Mr. Erskine, and were fully proved. Mr. Gaititow endeavoured to palliate the eon.' dud of the Defendant. He observed, that the in jury had ben greatly aggravated, and with regard to Mrs. Atkins- whatever inconvenience she might ' have suflered, :he had been safely delivered of a • " Jolly yoaag waterman." Lord ELLESIIOII4)IIGH, in the couree of his ad drestio the Jury, severely animadverted on the con •of the Defendant. He was of opinion, that had the wall fallen after he had notice of its danger ous state, and killed any children, the .Defendant would have had some difficulty in clearing himself from a charge of murder. He considered the words used by the Defendant as indications of a malicious disposition towards the Plaintiff and his family. He thought it a case in which the Plaintiff was intitled to damages for the misery and inconveni ence he had suffered. The Jury were, hawever,not to take into their consideration the moral depravity of the Defendant, or the criminal disposition by which he was aCtuated ; they were only merely to esti mate a compensation for the injury the Plaintiff had sustained. He would not advise them to give ag ,gravated or vindictive damages, referring to the • oppressive conduit of the Defendant, but a fair, and at the same time a liberal recompense for the inconvenience suffered by the Plaintiff. The Jury returned a verdict for the Plaintiff— damages, 1001. Mrs. Atkins was in Coilrt, and at particular parts. of the pathetic .address of Mr. Erskine, and the evidence of the' witnesses, describing the situation of herself and' her family, her eyes flnwed with tears. Her appearance and manner was some-. what peculiarly interesting. , The Sittings finished.,T—amotrow Lord ELLEN. soaout,st sits.at COURT OF COMNLON PLEAS, Frs. 2S. 4 Sitays after Term, &fort Lord AL VANLCY. -L AZ A RUS C. SOLO MONS. This WaS an aaion to recover damages for an . injury sustained in consequenCe of au assault eons-' nutted by the Defendant. It appeared that the Plaintiff, who is a Jewess, 'was walking, in company with a friend, by the house of Mrs. 801omons, in Goodman's Fields, who opened her window and incautiously threw out a. glass bottle, which unfortunately fell on the head of Mrs. Lazarus. The severity of the blow deprived her of scasation, and she fell•into the arms of Mrs. • Levy, her condudor, who •immediately knocked at . the Defendant's door, and desired to lcrow who had thrown the bottle•into the street. The servant girl said, it was Mrs. Solomons, and that she was fre► quently doing such actions. '1 he Plaintiff was then led into the . pailour, and the girl went up stairs to the Defendant, and exclaimed, " 0, you wicked old woman!— what have you done ?—you have neatly.kilkd a person who was passiug by ;he duor." Mrs. Solomcns\said that she did not understand that. rr~i~r~oa..__ -- I. she had done any harm, Init•she would go and•see what was the matter. She accordingly went down stairs, and found the Plaintiff with her head very much wounded. She pretended to be very sorry, and asked her if she would have a cup of coffee, and make it up ; which proposal was not acceded to, as the pain occasioned by the Defendant's care lessness, or design, could not be so.soon done away, not could the wound be cured with coffee. Mrs. Lazarus was, therefore, conveyed home, under the full determination of making the pocket of Mrs. Solomon's pay for the misfortune she had met with. A day or two after this disagree able accident happened, several of the Plaintiff's friends made application to obtain of the Defendant a compensation in money for the injury-she had re: 'ceived, representing that her life was in mitch dan ger. Mrs..Solomoss (who is a lewms herself) told them they were a gang of Jew thieves who had con spired' to rob her, and that she would not give one 'farthing -upon the crcasion. She , was however in duced, some time after, on hearing that the Plaintiff grew worse, to send a Jewish apothecary to examine the wounds of Mrs. Lazarus, who went to'hcr house, and. exclaimed, " Poh! poh . ! -clap a large poul tice to her head, and all will be well!" His judg ment, however, differed widely from that of Mr. Mostly's, the Plaintiff's surgeon, who stated to the Court, that he found Mts. Lasants at_that time in en alarming state di:bless, occasioned .by a wound she had received on the fore-part of her head, which had occasioned a deafness that had not yet left her. It was contended, that the Defendant .had thrown the glans bottle out of the window without any in tent to assardt the Plaintiff. The learned Judge, however, stated to the Jury, that the condud of the Defendant was highly reprehensible, and direded 'them to give such damages as should appear suffi-• cient to defray the expences occasioned by the acci dent., 'fhetJurr returned a verdict in favour-of the Plain tiff ; damages 201. NORTH 1. ROSICINS. This was an adion.for an assault -committed by the Defendant, a master boat-beilder, upon his ap prentice. The apprentice had been ordered to do some par ticular branith of his business, which he refused to perform, alledging that he did not know how to do it. The Defendant told him that he knew how to dolt as well as he did himself; on which the boy •gave him the lie. The Defendant immediately seized a pieceof oak that was lying by his side, and struck him a blow that occasioned his arm to hang In a sling for a fortnight afterwards. Lord ALVANLEY said, that the present cause ought to have been decided before the Chamber lain—The only question, however, which the Jury had to decide upon was, whether fhe Plaintiff had correded his apprentice in an unlawful manner, or 4vbether the provocation which he had .received, had not occasioned him to take improper means to inflid chastisement. In such a case as the present, any master would be highly culpable, if he did not cornea such behaviour.but correction should be given in a proper manner. It did not appear that the De fendaAt had gone in search of the piece of wood, he took it up as it lay . by him, which might be the ef fed of momentary anger arising 'from the insult of fered unto him. It was therefore for the Jury to determine if the treatment which the Plaintiff had received was unlawftil or malignant. The Jury gave a lerdid e'er the Defendant. -POLICE. )1A NSIO N-U OVS E. Yesterday Charles 73nrs was Charged before the LORD MMvoa, by Mr. Wilson, a iespeaable mer chant in the city, with having assaulted him in the most outrageous manner, the night before, at Tom's coffeehouse, Comhill. Mr. Wilson gave his Lordship . an account of be ing at Tom's coffeehouse on Tuesday night with some Gentlemen, when the prisoner came into the same box, and swore yiolently, threatening to strike him, and put his fist close to his face, and using manyvprobrious expressions, till the room was in an uproar. The waiter, and several Gentlemen who were present, attended and confirmed this state ment. The LORD MAYOR asked the prisoner who he was, and what he had to say in defence of such strange behaviour ? He said, le was an accountant, and lived in Clifford's-inn that he had done seve ral essential services for Mr. Wilson, seven ) , ears ago, for whie'n he never had any compensation, and that being intoxicated he had said more than what was proper, but should abide the consequence. His Lordship said, if he had injured Mr. Wilson's repu tation by what he had said, there was a remedy ; .but it was his duty, in the mean time, to oblige him to keep the peace. He accordingly ordered Jones to stand committed till he should find two securi ties to keep the peace towards Mr. Wilson. WWI NAVAL INTELLIVENLE. - ____ ForTsMOUTn, Fre. 29. The Hercule, of 74 guns, is expelled to sail the first fair wind for the S'Vest Indies, having received her sailing orders. Arrived his Majesty's ship .Acasta, of 44) guns, Capt. Wood, from Leith ; and his Majesty's brig Locust, of 14 guns, Lieut. Leake commander, from a cruize ; and remain at S pithead with the Nrptunr, Isis, Calcutta, Woolwich, Blanc/.e, Loire, Apollo, Amazon, Dryad, Cynthia, Port Mahon, Kite, ard Charger. Came into harbour his Majesty's ship Chichester, of 41. guns, Capt. Spear.—Wind westerly and mo derate. FAtmoUTI4, FEB. Sailed this evenirrg the lflalsingham, Robarts, and Chutecfie/d, packets, Blight ; the former with mails of the 15th inst. for Lisbon, and the latter with those of the 16th inst. for the Leeward Island.; ; passengers by the Watringbant are Sir Archibald Macdonald and daughter, Dr. North. Miss North. and servants : also sailed the French brig Laboriauto Capt. J. M. Charpentier, which put back a few days since, fcr Rochelle ; the Diligence cutter, Johns, on a crnize against the smugglers ; the Ranter, Johns, for Plymouth ; and the Fortune, Brown, for Neath. Arrived the brig Mrs, Capt. Ley, from Meva gissy, and the Four Friend:, - Hoskin, from Gweek, for London. The Duke of - Teri packet, which arrived .on day last from Lisbon in nine days, left there the King George packet, which arrived on the 4th lust. in six days, and was expelled to sail aguin with mails for England on the 17th inst. The Princes: Elizabeth, Kidd. .and the Lady Afra lrella, Porteus, with mails, the former from Jamaica, and the latter from America, may be daily expelled. Wind N. INVINCIBLE BTANDARP. The dispute which has arisen respealng the per son to whom the honour is due of haiing taben this proud .trophy from the enemy, seems to be very sa tisfadorily decided by the following extra&, from Capt. Walsh's Journal of the late Campaign in Egypt :- - “"A standard, covered with the military erploits of the corps to which it belonged .(accortling to Ge neral lteynier. a battalion of the 21,st demi-brigade); fell into the hands Of the Minorca or Queen's German Regiment. It was ufen by a piii-ate, named Anthony Lutz, for which he received a certificate from the Adjutant-general, and the sum of twenty dollars. This man, never having learned to write orread, was incapable.of being made a sergeant, to which post he would otherwise have been.advanced. In the early part of the action, a standard'had bees wrested from the French by the '42d Regiment. .which was, how ever, unfortunately 'retaken from them." P. 101. . _ A letter from Madras says, " Thl celebrated GEtpacE THOMAS, -ahole military exploits have at tracted the ncnice•cf, and of late years been a terror to the native,povmrs in .the We , t of India, died on the 25th of Argust, on ix)ard his pinnace at this station (Berhampore). He was on his way to Cal cutta, and died of a bilious fiver, of only three days duration. He stood upwards of six feet high, was proportionably well made,,and about 42 years of age. He was a native if Irelnd, and had been to India about twenty- ix years. He died .worth 2 . vv.st sum of money, having loft his Lady about• 60001. per antaani.!' • . ....~. - • • BIRTH. At Holton Park, rear Whe.stlet, Oxon, the Lady of the Hon T. racket . , of u daughter. MARRIFID. yesterday, at St. Attilr.-w%:, flulburn, C. Fagan, Esq. of flip Bengal Military Ettalilishment,•to Mira Fagan, of Mitt:ltem, Surrey. Same day, in.the chapel -of ftlisliewell Hospital, the Rt , v.lT. Rudd, Chaplain °fiche same, to Miss Lewin, daughter of Rich ard Lewin, Esq. of Eltham, Kent. On Monday, John March, Esq. of Sambrook-court, Basing. hall-street, to Miss Parker, late of London-Wall. On Tuesday, the lbth inst. at Nottingham, blvd. P.Beath, to Miss E. KillingLey DIED. On the 12thinst. at Cork, after a very few moments illnesc r the Hon. James Torison, brother to Lortt Rive•sdale. Last week, Mrs. Matriot r Princes-coutt,Storey'sGate, West miaater. At Edinburgh, on the 14th inst. Capt. Burnett, brother to the Lite Sir Thomas Burnett of Lves. Orrthe 9th instant, Miss Jean Alexander, daughter of the late William Alexander, Lord Provost, and Member of Parlia ment fur the City of Edinburgh. At Edinburgh, on the 12th instant, A. Tweedie, Esq..of Quarter. On Monday last, aged 39, Mrs. Twining, wife of Mr. Twi ning, of Pleworth. And in July lain, at rirrah, in Bengal, aged 22, Mrs. Twining, the wife ut Mr. Thomas Twining, and daughter of Mr. Cock, of Itenares. Lately, at Calcutta, in an advanced age, Sir C. Blunt, Bart. I I WANTS a Situation, as LADY'S-MAID, a mid. dle-aged Pcr.on, who ca work well at her Needle, and speak French—has no Ohjenion to go abroad, and can ba-ei an undeniable Charafter from a - Family of Distinftion. Please to direet, Post paid, to M.N. No. 8, Adam-street, Great Cumberland.Placc. fairs by Zution• By T.E.TCH, SOTHEBY, and SON., On Tuesday, Feb. 29, at Twelve o'Clocic, THE MEDICAL LIBRARY of Mr. GEORGE WILSOI'4, of Betiford-strett, Covttt-Garden. To be viewed, and Catalogues had at the Place of Sale. By LEIGH, SOTHEBY, and SON, On Saturday, Feb. 26, and following Day, (Sumtay excepted) at Twelve &Clock, THE MEDICAL LIBRARY of ROBERT KNAPP, M. D. late of Stoney Stratford, Bucks. To be viewed, and Catalogues had at the Place of Sale. By Mr. KING, At Tom's Coffee-houve, Connt], THIS DAY, the 24th instant, by Order of the Assignees, AChoice Assemblage of PRINT'S, chiefly in Colours, elegantly framed and glazed, in the most per lea condition. Among them are Views of Ramsgate, Hast ings, Margate, and• Brighton, from LoutherboUrg; Storming, of Stylitgapatnni, and Companion, by Schiavonett ; many from Morland, Westall, .tc. with a few Drawing.; by La port', manger, 1 - )ayes, May be viewed on Wednesday, and Catalogues then had, at No. 38, King-street, Covent garden, and the place of Sale. By Mr. KIWG, At his .Great Itotmt, on Saturday Evottag vext,E Six o'Clock, A N Assemblage of PRINTS, by esteemed Mas -11 ters, chiefly Modern. The Death of Lord Chatham by Bartolozzi•—Cottagers, acrd .Ipcatud Peafowl', by Woollett, tim-.44;lerie du Palais Royale, g vols. hue copy, elegantly bound it Russia. May be viewed Td-morrow the Sale, and Catalogues had at the Room. By Mr. STANDFIELD, At his Auction-Room, No. 4431, Strand, THIS and Fed. ______ LOWING EVENING; at Six . o'clock, CHOICE COLLECTION of BOOKS and 31. PRINTS, the property of a GENTLEMAN. Amonrthe etankh will be found the following : Parson's Chi.wcs, S 2 volt. Smollett's Works, S vols. Sowards Anec= dote', 4 volt. Shakespeare, 9 vuls. Young, 3 vols. Heron's Scotland, 6 vol'. Van Swelter, 18 vols. Dr. Lettsnues 3 wok. Asiatic Researches, 5 vo's. Edwards's West Indies, S vols. and many others equally valuable ; many in elegant &ochry. To be viewed, and Catalogues had at the Place of Sale. LEASEHOLD HOLTSE and FURNITURE, WAL WORTH. By Mr. ABBOTT, At, No. 11, Apollo Buildings, Fast-lane, midway between Walworili-street and Kent Ro.d, on MONDAY, March 7, at Twelve, by Order of the Executors of Mr. JOHN TRICKER, deceased. 9 , E PREMISES comprise a substantial. 1. genteel DWELLING-HOUSE, with Chaise-House, Summer-Mouse,-Out-Buildings, Fore-Court, and large gar den. A desiraule Residence for a Gentleman of Business ira Town being at a short distance .from the three Bridges, tb whitAtages c.alstaktly pass and repass. Held at a low Ground- Rent. At the samelime will be sold the NEAT HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Plate, China, Glass, Books, A care.tal Eke, trial Machine by Adams 4 and a Rebecting Telesoe: pe , To be viewed, .the House on the .211114 P ) ,A ;he E`",ite4s cR March 5. Particulars and Catalogues may 'titers 'be had as }bole , at Giusaway's ; of Mr. Hawke-, igo. Long ' Are anc of Mr. Abbott, No. 23, on the outb. s 2;ide of Sheph er r s Market, _ itairgelent I Aindon : Psiniod ht J. 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