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. - P 1 I t : i I f ww Ir. ~~ r LAW INTELLIGENCE'. COURT OF LING. BENCH, sillIV•IT 10. 5i1167,S IOW: Sir SOULDIN LAW2II.IICL. PasT v RYl.l3r. This was nn *Rion to recover the sum of 21. 14s. for goods sal to the Defendant. The Plaintiff kept a chandler's shop, and at dif ferent tinits had sold various articles to the amount of the sum specitied. It kad been a regular custom to enter all that was sold in a book belonging to the Defendant, notwithstanding which, it was sus pected that a greater charge had been made than was lawful. Several witnesses proved.that the goods had been delivered to the Defendant t the Jury therefore gave a verdie for the Plaintiff. CLARICV. NUCL. This action was brought for the sum of 121. 2s. on account of cloathes made for the Defeadant. It appeared that the Plaintiff was a taller, and had made a blue coat, a grag coat, and several ar ticles of dress, which were sent to the house of the Defendant per order. The delivery of the things being proved, a verdict was given for the De fendant. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, FEE. R. Sailed his Majesty's ship Le Hercule, of 74 guns, Captain Ferris, from Spithead, with scaled orders. Arrived from the Note, his Majesty's ship Blanche, of JG guns, Captain Mudge, and remains with the N.N.E. and moderate. It is reported here that letters are received from the West Indies, which mention 'the death of Captain Peter Turner Borer, of his Majesty's ship ii.t.mbeer, of 74 guns, who certainly was ill in his bed when the first accounts came away of the B!en keine* arrival in that country. FEB. 9. Put bee:, arc'. anchored at St. Helen's, his Ma jesty's ship Le liercalr. Arrived from the Westward, his Majesty's brig S!arliq, of 11 guns, Lieutenant John Guyon, Commansler, and remains rt Spithead, with the Neptune, Ith, La Lcizc, intazon, Dryad, Cerberus, ilfaziaisa, Port and Kke.—Wind Northerly, and moderate. By orders received at the different ports, seven till of the lize are to be fitted immediately for c Ltttcrs frOM Jamaica mention, that Captain Jennias, of his Majesty's ship b, of 4t guns, has been broke by a court-martial, for iv:officer-like behaviour to the Master-Attendant of Port Royal Yard. PLYMOUTH, FIB. 7. -, and the Nancy, Ro Arrived the Rfevarri, binsen, from Sunderland. Sailed the Bosas Marie, for Havre. t LB. 8. Arrived the Intrepd, Caichen, from Jamaica ; ibyusse, from Lisbon; Frt. ndship, Tanhtett, from Stockholm ; and Revenue Cutter fom a cruise. novta, Es. 8. Last night arrived from Calais La Parfait Union, Capt. Mescot, with his Excellency the Chevalier Domingo Dc Souza Continiho, Ambassador from the ( ourt of Portugal. and his suite; also arrived joapb.tee packet, Capt. Lambert. with mail and pas..engers from (*alai:. Sailed this afternoon for Boulogne, the Dorben of Teri isassage-vessel, with Thomas Paget, Esq. and a few tithes passengers. atiernoon the snow I'.-nor, of Topsham, Capt. "fora°, laden with barilla, from Lasceratto, Canary Isles, unfortunately ran on shore near the South Pier I load. in attempting to come into the harbour w,.h too bale water; as :le is quite a new vessel, and the wind is much abated, it is thought she will oT next tide without any material injury. The following vessels have put into this port since yesterday and 11a; r, brand to London, with wine ; C 3: acne, of and from Sundcylar.d, IEII, with timiser, for Rye. YZB. 9. By the very 3!tive exertions of a great number of pil.,ts and boatmen, with their employers, the snow Vona, men ioned yester.!ay, w.ts got off the shore, and s.afely hr .ught into the harbour last night. The brig P.wavver, Captain Malland, of and from Truro, 1-..lcrt with block-tin, struck on the bar last • rii;;ht bcrore the harbour ; but is fortunately, got into the pier, without any material damage. N' passa,-,e-vessels have railed from France m itt), from this port; the 4t4land Packet will sail to-morrow morning, with the mail and passengers. A French Packet is expeited to-night from Ca lais; but as there is very little wind...it will probably be very late before it arrives. DEAL, VER. R. Remain in the Downs his Majesty's ships, as per lasi.—Wind N.N.E. FEB. 9. Sailed the Vixen gun-vessel, on a cruize.—Wind N. L with snow. GA AVESEND,y EL. 8. Passed by the 11,11:am Sinclair, from Demarara, and the Misserva, Ruston , from Leghorn. Sailed the Windham, Graham, for the East Indies, and the dfal,-, for Leghorn. F La. 9. Passed by the Net:ever, Reynolds, from Alicant ; Arstrins, Friend, from Gibraltar ; and the Vigilant, from Stockholm ; sailed the Concord, Sutton, for Jamaica.; and the Nelson, Harrison, for Barcelona. FROM LLOYD's LIST . The Portarista, Martin, from Newfound:and for Poole, is lust near htorlaix. AIItICID. At Domr, the Penelope, Barry, from Limerick, a'nd Venus, Topes, from Tenerife. A' Plymouth, Wanskuper, —, from Stockholm. A* Guernazy, Mazy Anu, Faliar, from Vi Siuia. At Virginia, Shepherdess Willa, from Lnndnn. At York, Polk, horn Gibraltar, and the Mary, Lrock •tt, Irmo Ant,ti-rdam. At Ducelon*, C.Anartt, 11 krr, from Ba!timnrc, Ynong Suaan i oi....... from Hull, Agirea, ittastoll, front Petersoursh, and the Ente;prer. Flood, front Virginia. _ _ At Cndis, Voice, Ls Bilier, froui .iessev ; Delight, tram Charmtown, Mary, CAlvett;froas Plutod.l:.iiia, Brandy \Vine, Milk:, sad the IStmtgotnety, Wcuo, Duet New At Name, New Hope, C.rr, from l.na.i.n. At (loom, WilltaN, Scoldaorl, tro,n Load. n. The Catha►ine anol+Elisa, Pratt, ot London, is lott nn• the Mason. It. • .. , ~ . .•••••olka , , - 1 -9 mgrutiorl: r ~-: FOREIGN aIfILLIGINCE. aim mashed (From the Detek thieMeasing.l ausaaraosi ' JAS. 21. The Elector of Bavgria has'eittnded to his new Sues of Franconia and Suabia, the regulations already in force, relative to the liberty of worship and general toleration.—Several accounts state, that the Duke de Modena has nominated M. de Graifenburgh, his Commissary, to take possession of the l3risgau and Ortenau. His Imperial Majesty kis also placed at his disposal, two batta li ons of the -regiment of Bender, for this purpose. Letters from Passau, of the 19th, mention, Oat the dragooas of Rosemberg and the Austrian corps of artillery, which formed part of the garison of that place, set out on the lath and 16th for Schard ing. The other troops were to evacuate it on the 22(1; there will only remain one battalion in that part of this l.rincipality situated below the Ilz. On the 19th an Austrian engineer was expected at Passau: at Bavaria one had already arrived. REPLAN, JAN. IT.. The good understanding and harmony which at present subsists between the Court of Rome and the French Government, gave rise and even credit to a report, that one of its ancient provinces would be restored to the Holy See. It is well known, that by the treaty of 'folentino the three Lega tions of Bologna, Ferrara, and Romagnla, were detached trout the Ecclesiastical State, and that they now constitute a part of the Italian Repub lic. The Pope, it was observed, had just reason to hope, that the Romagnia would be restored to him, and that the Italian Republic might he in demnified for the loss by the duchy of Parma. This pretended amusement had, indeed, no appearance of probability in the eyes of those who are well aware that France' at least, is not very free of ter ritorial concessions. It has, however, excited the alarms of the administrators of the department of Ogogna, who wrote immediately to the President, wishing for an explanation upon this point. Bona parte answered through the medium of the Italian First Minister, Alareacaichi, resident at Paris, that he would never permit any of the stipu.ations agreed urn at the Congress of Lyons to be altered, or a relinquishment of any portion of the territory of the Republic. coaen zsov. 17. The reform in the Government of ? the United Islands in the lonian Sea, undertaken under the auspices of the Russian arms, is almost completed ; delegates, who are foreigners with relation to the islands they govern, having taken into their hands the reins of the Administration, and re-orga nized the inferior authorities. It is only to thsanti of Cerigo that these changes have not yet been ex tended. In order to introduce them there also, a Russian frigate is shortly to sail with the delegate appointed for that island. The Russian Plenipoten tiary Count Mocenigo,who has recently arrived at this port, will embark on board that frigate a part of the Russian troops, who are to accompany the Delegate, and who are to be placed at his dis posal. By means of these measures, which are co:intermixed by the principal powers of Europe, without even excepting France, order and tranquil lity, which have been so long banished from these isfands,will gradually be restored, as external appear ances seem already to indicate. It is to be hoped that this tranquillity may bee onsoli.:ated by a good and prudent Administration. stawr, JAW. 17. Government has appointed a provisional Govern ment for the Canton of Schweitz, under the presi dency of the Governor, which is to remain in opera tion till the new organization. According to letters from Basle, General Ney had given assurances, during his residence in that city, that Switzerland had no partition to fear; and that it was the First Consul's intention to recal the French troao as soon as the ccnstitution should be carried into effect. These letters also speak of an exchange, according to which the villages of the Canton of Basle, ou the right side of the Rhine, we:-e to be transferred to the Margrave cf Baden. It was not, liov..'•vcr, known if this exchange would extend to Little Raile, or if Schafhouse was to undergo the sam' lot. _ . JANUARY 21. According to an official statement, the following French troops arc at present in S a witaerland : the 15th, 16... h, 'z7th, and 42d half brigades infantry ; the 6th and the 12th regiments of chasseurs; and the 12th of Hussars; with a detachment of light artillery. The head quarters of Gen. Serras were lately removed to St. Gall ;. those of General Epper remain the& at Solothurn. VIENNA, JAN. 2n. A pension has been granted to Count Satirau, the Tate Ambassador at the Court of Petersburg. It is said that the General Count vor g Meerfeldt Hill go to Berlin in quality of Ambassador from his Imperial Majesty. JANUARY' 9.5. The Danube is at present as dry as in the droughtt of summer ; and the welli produce no water at all : so that this useful clement must be conveyed from, the one place to the other. BERLIN, JAN. 25. In order to bring the University of Halle to the greatest possible state of perfeetion, the King ha.: allotted it 5000 dollars annually, to be paid from the revenues of the monasteries which have been suppressed in the countries which have served for indemnities. FROM TUE PARIS PAPERS. VIENNA, lAN. O. There has been published in this capital, and. in the armies, a Letter addressed by the Archduke Charles, with the approbation of the Emperor, to the Council of the Court, and to the Generals Commandants, on the subjeft of the new organiza tion of the Council of War. The following are stated as the motives which led to this measure : ". Among the defeats of the War Administration mast be reckoned principally that which has so of. ten been remarked to the prejudice of the Empire, .in all the wars of the House of Austria, and which has been sufficiently demonstrated by several Ge nerals even of foreign powers ; that is to say, that military affairs, not only during peace, but even during the continuance of war, were decided in the first instance by a council, chiefly composed of the members of the civil administration; and not of those whose only habits were those of a military life. This inconvenience is trident, when it is con sidered that rirsons connected with the civil adini- , , . . 6 . . ~' ' I Aiwa • .•••••^4•-•• Ilittratiol2. who possess in es Apt the knetristion necessary to enable them 10 toim a juus.w.ait ou what is conne&ed dbrart OtWar, have reported and decided ht the last-instance what it proper to b employed in the netillety sad ordaasee dspastment. 66 'l'be.systensatic distribecion of wore is equally defeftive in the other departments of political eco nomy. The necessary consequence of this was per petual disorders. Frequently the sante subjea was ' decided in two /Efferent departments in a manner entirely opposite. Spe aking generally, the mode Of deciding by a scrutiny on all matters whatever, is. not at 01 applicable where subjeas relative to economy of the most important kind are entirely hetetogeneous in their name. The some observa tion applies in its turn to the conititution of the Council. The Dire&or of the Department particu larly allotted tc the supply of provisions might be perfeccily acquainted with the duties of his particu lar office, and still he might be completely igno rant of what was the duty of him to whom the clothing department was entrusted, and both are incapable of judging of what is proper for the re cruiting of the in fantry or the cavalry. " Another inconvenience resulting from these dif ferent assemblies was, that every determination was usually adjourned from one sitting to another, and frequently to a third discussion. Thus business was . at once accumulated and retarded, and it frequently happened that an affair of the most interesting and important nature was defetred to another sitting, in spite of all the fatal consequences which this delay might create. " It is, therefore. absolutely necessary that every part of this branch of the public administration should have at central point. From the moment that I wa.s appointed to the office of Minister at War, all my, thoughts and all my efforts were employed in devising means of simplifying and reducing to a better system the conduct of business. My great object was to introduce greater order and greater energy into the different branches of the war dc_part meat, by conducting it at the least expence, tad on the most unexceptionable principles. I was forced to proceed gently, and to take every step, with the greatest precaution, that while 1 introduced re form, I might not create other inconveniencies. I was compelled to view • narrowly, defects which were the most striking in their source and in their extent, with the view of discovering the means of removing them in a way the most con formable to the wishes of his Imperial Majesty, and the views whirl 1 myself entertained. After hav ing obtained on all these points the necessary degree of information, I then conceived it to be my duty to submit to the consideration of his Majesty, the pro positions I had to offer for a distibution of the du ties of the Council of War, which while it was mere simple, was also more regular and more convenient. The result of this will be, in the first instance, that in the central department of the war administration, fifty places will be suppressed, and 75,530 florins wilt be saved to the State, without reckoning the ea pence of the several offices. His Majesty has been pleased to give his approbation to my proposition, and the following decree has been accordingly issued : " According to this regulation the Council of War is divided into three departments, who will conduct business in what concerns that department exclu sively, without any communication with the others, except in case of necessity. The first department shall be composed of three divisions, one of which shall be occupied in the consideration of matters purely military, and applicable to the interests of the army at large. ''he second shall be employed in what. concerns the department of artillery ; and the third ordnance. " I reserve to myself," says the Archduke Charles, " the particular inspection of this department, as well as the direction of matters of greater il:iportance." The second department wilt have the management. of the political and eco. nomical arrangements which it may be proper to apply to the a:my. In this branch will be included the equipment of the troops, their provisions, their recruiting, &c. The office of the third department will reh:r to the conduct of military law and tribu nals." - - The Arch: 4 .l;l:e has Made regulations which, while they do not interrupt tae progress of merit, will pre vent officers from procuring promotion by those means which were heretofore in the power of all pos sessed of particular sources of influence. This in convenience has been too frequently felt, and too numerous occasions have been offered of remarking that the , difference and preference, arising from situ ation, manners, and fortune, destroyed the,harmony which ought to exist among officers—tea principle which is inseparably conflated with a sense of hos WU% rat Mayence on the The First Consul is expe&ei Ist of February. We understand it is. the opinion of the first Crown Lawyers, that the legal objections taken against the couviaion of EaJterby and 111 1 Farlasse will hold good, and that the opinion of the Twelve Judges will be delivered to that effect. It is, how ever, understood, that the parties will be tried for aiding and assisting Codlin, in an attempt to es. cape, when. in custody of the officers. At a late hour on Wednesday night, some fellows, of a very suspicious appearance were observed car rying a very unwieldy load in Tooley-street, Bo rough, - which, on being stopped and questioned by the v.-atcliman, they threw down, and ran off. On examination, it proved to be two human bodies, contained in a large sack, which was accorilrly deposited in St. Olive ' s watch-house for further enquiry, but no clue has been discovered that could lead to the apprehension of 'the impious wretches who are supposed• to be of the description called ResurreEtion Men, who make a trade of violating the mansions of he dead, for the purpose of ana tomical experiments. An attrocious murder was lately committed in the department of the Sarre, in France. A Jew, of Meisenheim, having brought a. quantity of met-- chandize to Neukirch, a peasant agreed to purchase part of it, but not having money sufficient to pay for what he bad agreed. for, the Jew did not object to give. him credit. '111,.. peasant, to: convince the Jew that he was able w pay, requested him to look at his stock of wine.—When in the cellar. the un fortunate Jew received some blows with a hatchet, which instantly killed him. His long absence, and other circumstances, excite d suspicion, in consequence . . of which the house of the peasant was searched, where the goods were found, and the dead body was discovered buried in the garden.. The peasant was immediately arrested, together with his wife, whom he acmes of having struck the first blow. " Arßo JAN. sr. On gattaday, the 29th instant, a select party of the patrons and admirers of our Ayrshire poet, Beans, met to dinner at Alloway, in the room in which he was born, to celebrate his birth-day, when the following Ode, composed for the occasion by one of the company, was read ; but a doubt having arisen whether the 25th or 29th of January was his birth-day, and the register of the birthi for the parish of Ayr having been searched, it thereby appears that the 25th, and not the 29th, as has hitherto been most generally believed, was the birth-day of our poet. in 1759. L, THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH-DAY OF BURNS, JANUARY 29, leo. LET otbers,.enarnour'd of seasons more gay, Their harps to the printrosy April attune ! Let them e 4 ,rOl the sweets of the lily-rob'd May, Or garnish theirlays with the roebud of June ! Not the season of beauty, the prime of the year, Su charming, so IJvety, to ma can appear, As the day when the Poet, to Scotia dear, First open'd his eyes on the banks of the Doon. Of that the lov'd Bart, ere his spirit was flown, Ere he bide a short life of misfortune adieu, Wide over my shoulder; his mantle had thrown 0 . Esc bieiith'd a strain worthy of him and of you ; Rut, alas-! cold for eser's the soul-kindling fire, Mvte•tii tongue that could captivate-, rash, inspire, While the bands of the feeble awaken the And the Muses sigh our, a Our adorers are few Yet duly will we, as this season returns, With joy, to the lowly-roord cottage repair, And, as we pour out a libation to BUIM, We'll toast the sweet dames of the Doan and the Ar And sing till each river, his woodlands among, Bid his rocks and. his caverns re-echo the song, And the winds, on their wings, waft delighted along Our esteem of the Bard, and our love to the Fair. BIRTHS. Thursday morning, the lady of George Taylor, Fsq. acmes. Lady Mary Murray, of Ochtertyre, of a daughter. The Lady of the Hon. Captain Ramsay, of the 92 . 1 Regi• mein, of a..atughter. MARRIED. 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