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....... •' similar to the present, which never came to issue., and the same Attorney that brought Ws. Smith's aeion alto brought the preaent. Mrs. Smith avowed v.iit had no claim, as the Plaintiff alone Itid ele work. • Lord Ei.a.cesoacienn saisl, he would recom mend the business to go to arbitration, on the De. ferdant's beim paid his costs on the aftiou brought by Mrs. Bstsithyand in the present aaion the par ties to Payisibtor own costs; it was evident t' :At the money was doe to some one, and if the Plaintiff had heels guilty of an impropriety, the Dctsiadant had sot ationpted to prove any fraud. COURT OF COM MOM PLEAS, Dre t. Sillily id Nisi Pryor, 6eAre Lord Chit!' Justice TURVIR f. ►IORGAII. This was an action fora compensation in damages for an assault. The Plaintiff is a kop-merchant. residing in High-street, Borough, and the Defet,ns ant a hop-fa/lot, residing in the same street. Mr. S.rj.•+nt Best stated 7hp case on the pats of the Plaintiff, which was corroborated by the evi dence. It apeasirea, the Flaiutiff and Defendant are neighbours 4 Plaintiff is a man fifty years of an., and of a great slue, very unwieldy; the Defendant iseoesiderably younger, and cnnsiclered a very pow erful man. Mr. 1 inner dined with a person of the name of 13anrein,nn the day the assault cons plaine.l of was committed ; after dinner he was called not by a person on horseback, with whom he had a little conversation ; he was seen talking to Mr. Morgan a few minutes after, when one of the witnesses heard either a gentleman who was along with Mr. Morgan, or hirrikelf, say, ' , Turner, you had better go house," in a few seconds after he saw Defendant push violen.ly against the rlaintiff, and shore him into the carriage-road ; where, being of great bulk, Is* rolled for some time, and when be arose it was with great difficulty ; he appeared very much agitated ; did not observe he was much hurt; it appeared to him the push was evidently given with an intention. Mr. Turner felt great pain in rising from his chair, and with difficulty could walk up or down atairk; he appeared much bruised, and was confined for ten days or more to his house. The Jury returned a verdita for the Plaintiff— DAmiles 1001. BA V LIT 0. V •RRISON. This was an adion ►rought to recover 131. the price of a horse sold to the Plaintiff by Defendant. and we►raatsd sound, but which afterwards was discovered to be usinund. I: appeared the Plaintiff saw the servant of the Defendant riding this horse, and, struck with his figure, he inquired if his master would sell bins I the servant answered in the affirreetive ;he took the liber ty to ride to Harrison's. to inquire the price ; when, after sonic time, he bought the horse for 551. and gave him a 501. check in paymynt, and a hawse valued at 251. St the titer of the purchase, there was no per son present, but Defendant warranted the horse; a few days previous to his buying it, he took a friend with him, under the premnce of his wanting to buy horse, in whose pretence he declared the horse, bought by Plaintit, sound %rind and limb, in every reaped"; about a fortnight afterwards, having found the horse was unsound, he returned him to Defend ant. who refuted to take him back. William Beane, Livery Stable-keeper, Borough, stated, the horse it. question stands at his stables; was told there was a dispute about the horse ; Wit ness tried, and fc.und upon galloping him be roared very loud, he also roared in trotting ; saw Plaintiff and Detetidint at b:s :tables, the former said he gave 301. and the horse valued by him at W. bat isleich the latter valued at 2.4. Oa his cross-esa rnination, he said, the galloping produced the roar ing sooner than the trotting; Plaintiff mild Witness, Defendant had warranted the horse, but which the other denied. Mr. Marsden. Veterinary surgeon, proved the horse WAS a roarer; and said, the roaring was pro- doted by the membrane, lining the wind-pipe, being swoln ; so that when the horse was put in a heat, and his lungs expanded, there not being suffi cient route for the admission of air, occasioned the roaring, unless the horse had :lad a violent intlatm nuitton its the throat. De was of opinion the dis. elder must have existeciat the time the horse was bought. Daniel Curran, who took the horse to Defendant, proved his having refused to take him back. A defame was set up, in which the unsoundness of the horse was not disputed ; but that Plaintiff bad bought the horse without his having got any warranty ; and, at the same time, knowing he made a noise when rode fast. A person of the name of Fowler, who lives with Defendant, swore his master desired him not to wurant the horse sound, and also that Plaintiff gallopped him on Putney Common, and heard the Noise be made, and asked Witness what was the reason of it who told him be aid not know. The Cuuar pail very little attention to what this evidence said, for it was clearly manifest he stretched a goat deal. The Jury returned a vcrdist for Plaintiff—Da. sages 501. costs 40 shillings. The anion for Crum. Con. brought by the Earl of ELOIN Pe Mr. Fes oussoo, his sisaidest friend, which beseeched so much attention in the fashion able world, and was expened to give a fruitful theme to the eloquence tit the Bar, has taken a.less sonspieuous course, the Defendant having suffered judgment to go by default. The Sheriff's Jury will, therefore, have to determine the raNilllll of damages, very appropriately, in a a 1 .., ~air. It is said that Sir ROBLIIT WILSON, itt the dis guise of a Cossack Cort, was mint on one of the occasions when the Emperor Aiszaavaa, the King of Ps usst •, sad Pen AAAAA a, dined together, end that he was also present, iu the same disguise, at woe of the other meetings. A will has lately been proved in Doctors' Com- Moos, to which there are thine.. caveats entered. This will be rare work for the Donors and Proctors. On Saturday last, a bill of indictment was found by the Giafid Jwy for hiitttlieses, against hart MT—, a Magistrate of Dublin, for an alleged, enntainesi in a letter from that city to.a Gentia natQ residing near Pr.itlassel-plate. nisis •sate lasaly similar to that of /edge Jonsson. ' - .-T - 1.• • NA rig. INTELIICENCE. P•RTSUOUTH, D lc. I. Nothing arrived nr sailed this day. Came into harbour Ills Mnj,sty's ship Sharp abuoter.—W N.E. rEvmour it, DEC Came in the S,orp23, from a crotsr, with the Giontar French privateer, her prize; Toting Etas, an Americ4n.Deiano, from Ph , Lidelphia, tor Boar deraioe4 by the Emerald, for a breach of Ivlockacie. • Totteay. WIC. 7. The wind springing up from th;eastvrard . this morning, Admire) Lard Gardner, with the ships as under, got under weigh and proceeded down Chan nel to resume their station off Ushant, •:z.— Ville de Paris, Itiktat Grow. Texwoni.Sf. Wage. Dread- AMA, Temerautt, C 114151118, of the Ism ; Bases hired armed cutter. DIAL, BCC. B. Came dawn from the river His MAjesty's ship Phersiz, and rem,sins in the Downs with the ships as per last.—Wind N.W. • AMERICA. • FIRE AT FREDERICKSBURG. VIRGINIA. Extraa of a letter from Misers. Thomas Seddon arid Co. dated Falmonth; 19th 061ober We shall probably be the first.to communicate to you a dreadful calamity which this day Isefel Fredericks burg, at eleven o'clock, and during a severe storm freeN.W. A fire broke out in the large house upon the hill, formerly occupied by Mut Carter, nearly - Opposite Mr. Patton's store, which soon com municated to the main street, and burnt every house on that side of the street, at the corner below Roses large brick house, rind destroyed every house on,that side of the street, down as low as J. 11. Rawlin and Co.'s. It burnt all the houses us the river as low as the bank, which is now in flames, with the exception of James Brown's dwelling house. Great fears are entertained for a great deal of paper in the vault of the iciank, which was not ve moved. It is impossible at this moment to say the damage that has been sustained ; 20a,000 dollars is not perhaps too large a calculation. A great sum for Fredericksburg. Adam-Cook and Henderson, we are informed, are amongst the greatest sufferers. This fire happened a few minutes before the great race was to have been rani and of coarse few peo ple were at home, which added much to the loss that most persoas have sustained." 1 BRIGHTON, Dzu. 7. , We are sorry to have to state to our readers the capture of the sloop Mania, of New Shoreham, Richard Holland., late of this town, mastar, by• 4 French lugger privateer, and the unfor tunate death of the Captain, in getting into his boat to prevent being taken prisoner by the ene my, as detailed by his brother, who formed a pan of the unfortunate little crew. The sloop Morena sailed from New Shoreham, with a cargo of whont, consigned by Mr. Rice, (who was a part owner of the vessel), to a merchant at Plymouth, but through contrary winds, Captain Holland. found it pru dent to put into Lymington Creek, from eel:nee he again &ailed foe Plymouth on Saturday se'anight. the With of November, about 12 o'clock at nacre ; but at ten in the eveaing, h“.. was hailvt oty Portlat.d, u or 7 miles from the land, by the crew of a French lugger privateer, who attempted to hoist out ;heir small boat in order to board him ulna while they were doing this, Captain Hollands steer ed away from the privateer, hoping, if he mold get a little farther from them, as is was a dark night, the Frenchmen might not get sight of him again; but the privateer boding this, desisted from hoist ing out their boat, and proceeded again for the sloop; and upon coming near, fired a volley of small arms into her; Captain Hollands then lay to, and observing that the Frenchmen were again pro ceeding to hoist out their small boat, he steered away from them, when the privateer, as before, set sail again Sher the sloop, and, upon coming up, fired into:lW a second time. Captain Holland& now perceiving that he had no means left of eliciting the escape of his vessel, put several articles into his boat, which was then upon the deck of the sloop. gat his watch and pocket-book, put on his coat, and a jacket over it, and then proceeded to launch his beat from the sloop, the privateer still firing into her; but while in the ad of launching, and before the boat got seated upon the water, the Captain not knowing (as is supposed) that the rope was still fast to the vessel, and tearing the boat might be launched away without them, Jump ed into it, when it immediately overset, and floated with the bottom uppermost. The other part of the crew, three in number, were still on board the sloop, among whom was George HoUands, who heard the Captain (his brother) call out several times while in the water, but the night was so dark. that he could not be seen, sus could any assistance be afforded him, as the little crew were still annoyed by a very heavy fire of musketry from the privateer; and thus was lost a very deserving and iudusui,us man, a wader heehawed, and as alisetionats Await; and what is still more to be ransenteri, he has left a wife, very far advanced in her pregnancy, and four children, =provided for. The Euglish people. especially in the coenty of Sussex, have of late not been wanting in generosity on such occasion, and as a snbscription is imosedi- I ately to be set on foot, we doubt not but that this poor widow and het infant offspring, will find many hearts glow with sympathy in the relict of a case of such keen distress. The crew of the privateer, while the Captain was struggling with the eatery element, boarded the sloop, and although they were informed by Captain Holland,' brother, of the disaster which bad hap pened, they were hardened to 1);$ distress, berried the crew into their boat, and told them to go on board the privateer; but instead of which, they dropped astern from her, and through the darkness of she night, escaped their enemies, whom they af terwards saw lookirlg cut for them, but the boat ben% very small, the Freochmen could not discover then.. The, were taken up the next morning, about ti lf o clock (almost spent) by a Hamburgh ship, ari got on shore the second day at BM:Iwo Ilay b lp Devonshire; and the brother on Saturday last arrived here, to Mare the n.elancholy tidings to the poor widow sad children, cud ether telaitts. • GLOUCESTER, Die. 7. Oa Monday last, a ladJer, of a constrnaina to resider it portable by folding up, was found in a piece of ground near our county gaol. It is im possible to determine egad!) , how long it had re. mained there ; but it sremi probable that it was in tended to facilitate the operations of a'..gang of house-breakers, who have lately infested the coun try ; and it behoves all persons to be extremely vig hot in securing their premises at n'ght, in order to disconcert the attacks of these marauders. On Monday, WyMem C4r/ was committed to our County gaol, by H. COOKS. Esq. charged with stealing a piece of black kerseymere cloth, the property of Meurs. Norton, of-the parish of Ares. ing. On Satarday, Mary Harris was committed to stye same prison, by J. B. Clumsy+, Clerk, to be confined to hard labour for fourteen days, for clan. dcstindy leaving the service of her master, Mr. Samuel Barris, of Brockthorp Cow. At the es• piry of her imprisonment, she is to return to her master's service, in order to fulfil her contrth, agreeable to a hiring, till Michaelmas next. Mary Mown has been committed to Bristol Newgate, for uttering a forged el. note, purport. ing to be the promissory note of the Ola B: istol Bank. Last week, Thomas Note was committed to Wor cester gaol, for one month, for tidying threshed out some peas in a negligant manner, to the great injury of his master, Mr. Walker, of Ripple. Also Lepward (owe!!, to PI months Imprisonment and hard labour, being charged by his master, Mr. Edward Steward. of Berrington, near Tenbury, wish carelessly taking a lanthora, wish a lighted candle tbessin, which he negligently suffered to fall out upon, and set Ere to the hay, whereby the Wilding', containing the lent grain, hay, two cows, with ►arious implements in husbandry, and part of the dwelling-house, were deatroyed, at a losi to the proprietor of upwards of SOM. This we hope will he a c4atiou to servants its general. Two you., pen were last week convi4ted and fined at Worcester, for carrying guns on Sunday, for the purpose of shooting, thereby profaning the Sabbath. A robbery was committed at the public-house called the Black Boy, Durdham Down, Bristol, on Monday last, attended with circumstances of rather unusual coolness and deliberation ; the robbers, we understand s regaled themselves with a cup of sou ehong during their see) itrtkehouce, and afterwards left the candle, which had lighted them to their depredations, burning in the porch door on the out side of the house. They stole several silver articles, and about 121. in money. The fallowing is a copy of a letter from the Master of the brig William, of Glasgow, bound from Boston, in America, to Berbice. to her Owner in Glasgow, giving an account of /lis capture, on the 12th of August, off Berbice River, by L' ntesprise, French privateer : " Point Petro, Guadeloupe, Sept. 14, 1807. " informed you in my last letter, of the 22d of Aue. of the capture of vont brig Wilharn, on the 1211* of August, of Perbiee liar, with the Pilot wi beard, by L'Llissepries. I rroch privateer 'chanter, isiousiting six short twelve and two long Gibe poimdr s, manna with seventy atria, besides *Seers. She epriged the William ne..rly •n hour god a waster, rhea she sees obliged to them o'f. beat oe.irly sunk ; after having plueeed up their soot holes (bettor reee.red fit4r between wind arid watt): Next day. the wind still of we could oat get ia, and the privateer at anchor in 'bore of us; at 4 p.m. she got under sail, and envied o. for a few abigluth., when she sheered off, and Battened riot io tea, but the tile not answering as to get over the bar, I eodd not get in. At five pm. she engaged us, whew the spring that way on our Cable, unfortunately wave w.sy, which occasioned our go stet to sw:ng towards her, which they perceiving, cams up, and obliged at to strike our colours ; we had two killed, and myself slightly wounded; they ray on board of the privateta, they hart two killed, and six w•undrid ; but I observed ten wounded men in tide hold my self, and 1 have reason to believe there were more than two killed. " L'Enterpriae proves to be one of the privateers;that we fell in with going to Boston. I had uric man impressed by His Majesty's ship Blond, off Surinam, which reduced our number to 18 vas there was one below sick). lam sorry to inform you, that the Genie, French privateer of 14 6.pounders, and long 24 ditto, and 125 men, cap:oral and brought in hers this day the Clio, Dew ; America, M'Ewing ; brig Marvels, M'Farlan Clyde ships; mid the rattan btig, Clark, of Li verpool, who has not arrived here yet. The Clio had six men wounded, the test I believe had none. There is no exchange of posoneis at present, nor has bees this six mouths past, which occasions the prison ships to be crowded with people; they allow me to stay on shore, which is a favour granted to very few of the Masters, and to none of the mates. The above Shiba ware from Demerara and Berbice, running ves sels, and were eaptured the next day after they sailed from Da eserara." The T►ites. CATTLY, from Petersburgb for Lon 'den, is stranded near Marstrand. A shocking accident happened last week in the •icinity of Carmarthen : a woman who had left her two young children alone in the house, while she conveyed some •iefuals to her husband, who was employed in Carmarthen, found, on her return, the house in names, be: children destroyed, and the little property of the unfortunate family entirely consumed. This dreadful catastrophe is supposed to have been occasioned by the children playing with the fieeslewiug the snether's absence. On Thursday se'nnight, a melancholy accident occurred at Hull ; Mr. Hsnav D MIAS, of Bridling ton, ha•ing been doing with a friend in Dock street, left the house a little before seven o'clock, so come into the town. The night being dark and wet, it appears he hartmistaken his road, and in stead of going along Dork-street into Savile-street, had turned to his left. opposite Crown -court, and proceeded straight forward into the Dock. A gen tleman passing along Dock -street, about that time. thought he heard the groans of-some person in dis- Areas. in or near the Dock, and ran towards the place whence the sound proceeded, in order to ren der every assistance in his power ; but on reaching the side of the water, and hearing nothing further, he cnucluded that he had been mistaken, and went away. No tidings transpiring of Mr. Dais, on Saturday morning, his friends began to be greatly alarmed for his safety; and these circumstances coming to the knowledge of the above gentleman, he direded them to the spot %hem:e lie' fancied he heard the sounds: grappling irons being procured, the body of the unfortunate man was sorts brought up. His hat had been found by a sailor boy, in the Dock that morning. brit he did no: make it known until the body was discovered. ph: dzccased was 49 years of age. • LIMERICK, I)LC. Ewa& of a Letter (torsi Sagan Dublin, to his Father, Doaor Hargrt City :—M I went with ►sy lredihersan Sul ing, to Black-ttock. sin osider some particulars of the ship'', and cannot describe my feelings o, scene of this most lamentable catastrophe, were attracted by a crowd, near 4 ealotnt, four carts, full of dead bodies, err r and children, some of the infants braced ia the death-folded arms of ore of whom, in partictiler, held . close to her breast, tb.it it required lot, loose the grasp, so rigid were ttie muscles quence of the exertioue of the fond her tender offspring in the agonies 4 then saw the body of Lieutenant k'os not disfigured ; he was in regimentals, surtout coat on. and appeared to be young man —next, that ut Ensign W' knew; he was bruised and wounded, many of the rest were. in the most ner, mutilated ; some, as if a l most , strilltng against the sharp points of the rusks. Thepoor woman whom I snentiossed to her two children in her arms, was buried with the. in the sane colfsn—so that it might he literally said ' in death umy were not divided.' Colonel Lyon was there, and in my life I never saw so much grief pictured in any man's countenance—he was present during the interment, aniLthe attention he paid on that melancholy occasion, reflects the highest honour on his charader. We then pro ceeded to the Rochdale, and this presented such * frightful piEtnre as I never before coocetved—the forecastle and poop were retained together by the intervention of a plank, and it the bed of rocks 4 on which the vessel was fixed, did not keep it ih the form, nothing else could; for her sides, down to the keel, and all the parts which formed the middle of the ship, were, to all appearance, scooped clean out. and yet both ends of the deck were whole. Ott looking down into the cabin, casks of provision's Mattered about, clothes, fire-arms, swrds. Illityonets, lay in a confused manner, am , rag deac! 'bodies, extended M the most afflicting postures—. some under beams that put an end perl:4,7s to •Ileit suffnrings sooner than the raging element in whit* they were overwhelmed ; some in the ad of suip. ping off .their clothes, apparently intending E.! Jump overboard and try to save themselves by swimming. The entire appearance in this vesti:l was a perfea chaos; trunks, boxes, and peceiv. military clothes, chests crashing some of the ood:cs to mummy. I saw about 12 muskets wrappe.i op together, and they all bent and twisted like a bit of a hoop." r, t tri. I • 1 )r Se!gelin titivate, OaOr kiri:grOte, IQ 4lini ndther,on Sunday moin• at to be able to give y 0..: ip-wreck on that ciiasr, hugs ma approaching th...! table catastiophe.—W• I, near 4 ea-pOtnt, rs, art bed, men, women, le infants closely eui• arms of their mothers= ir, held two children sii It required sortie force 'ere Me muscles iu coils the fond parent to clasp agonies of (leash. ienant Power, which was ' .egimentals, with a blue. ared to be a very ti , Ensign Way, whom yam wouncled a good deal. al the most shocking in 4 if almost scalped, Ly P points of the ruggeo hom I mentioned to haws 31, was buried with theca SMITHEIz L ALI Rtit ()Lc. 9. This day the supply of Wbest is short. and this sliu this trade toll? maintain our last quoted prier tiArler tolenule supply, dull in sales, and at len priori bsmi.lee fine view Malt •bbut Us. per 411.11111.1. has .rid Beaus .4 tb, two kinJe. vary but little. There are likewise stunt supplies .1 OMB, *hick are at more advance on the lat.: Flour at nut last currency—. Fine American 38s. to 40 r bursa. CURILEN2' PRICE OF GRAIN. i irlame....... 48a. 34•0681 rat duo (t)4) (^t, Irina 745. 0at...... 316- 414. Rye (Mot) :1154. &OS Palen& 43. 444: Elarie ,• • •• •. ow. OM 47. l'utat.se dor set ((SA) 44..4.. 745. it . £2l :. I 1640 Fine nor 505.55, Nye. GNI P.. 1. • •1••• • OM- F•l4. Seconds 64. I COAL-MIARKE r, bac Ships at Market. Sold. Price. Ili.. Newcastle • V ..Sestiieslawl . 8 47. 9! a 52* vd ..Ceclew . PRICE OF STOCKI, YESTERUA) 9 per Cent. Reduced 6eISI 4 per Ccnt. L••ng Annuities lmperial3 peeCtrat. °salute India Bonds par. I diet. Exchequer Bills Consols for ... 64 T. JISH, Smelt-Broker, 4, Cern hill, and 9. Charing.Ctms. IRISM STOCKS, Dm 3. Governm;nt Debentures Si pen cent...... 7!I Government Debentur-s 5 met Cent . COURSE OF EX Antatordain *3 111 U. Ditto at Saga 34 11 Rotterdam c. f.. 11 4 2 U. Hamburgh 54 4 2IU. Altana Pans Ditto 2 Us 24 4 loarditotm Cults ROI elect. Ditto Madrid 4O effect. Ditto Sebes 39 Leghorn 44 I Naples CHAN9E. Die * Gowen 451 Lis. P.. Velma* a. C aft De. lola. Lisboa 4O Op,,rto 6O Ibl 'Cork lir oe••ion. I. s. d. Purnegai Gold in COlO and Bars per os. 4 New D.•u►loons... New Dollars . 4 Silver in Sirs Now Louis etch Ave ill tke Rank el ki1.41a0114 34 per Cent Sanday last, at Lyieingtoe, Lady Charlotte Hevmd, of a ion. MARRIAGES. On Satin , fly the ith omtant, at Wyhunbury, in Cheshire, Colonel Coghtan, to Miss Broughton, daughter of the Key. Ste Thomas Broughton, of Doddingtoon-hall, on the szi.l s•oun.v. Tuesday, by the Rev. Dr. Bingham, at I leinel Heppe e.d, Mr. Philip Grath, of Pa/I-road, to Miss barker, of Heir.tt Hempstead. DEATHS. On Sunday morning lam, after an illness of only thi•ty-u4 hours, oce-sioryed W an accident white in the exeaseio.l or me Lousiness, Mr. Jahn Damon, of linguine WeOl's the Oth year of his age, tae last forty one years of which a roi• nnti.ely oreuo:oed In the faithfu; discharge of Isia dott td Xleors. Woltrans Weston, of St. Pancras, and Mr. lUisort.• Randall, their sucefoior. It may truly be said of him, to.: ha wee a man of grill Industry, itnrovrei integrity, en affectio.•• ass father, and a sincere (mud. He lived rsoirected by justly meriting that good name, which he actualls tresavoc.i, and duel P 11.1,11 beloved and sincerely iegomuol, as welt be than whom he wee in the habit of euouloy oils, as by Is.. r..ta. titres and n.oraarms4 filming% On Monday evening, in Ms gist yeas t Thomas Hagoarg Esq. of the Paragon, ll:snagnrlL 111611 WATER, THIS L)AY, AT WMEMACIKIw;f Mom 3.. m in atter 10 I Vv.., SI . . gu n .im• • _ _ LONDON —Pr atett by G. DAVIDSOI4, Nw. 17... U.''' . • evert, li ••• street, CillWrit-fprilort, And yottsrwhed .t Met, N itotk of St Ciorlent's Church, Stramd. ov of No. New Boltoo.tt.set. (iNferi, &C Mt ti. 4 f spar, SOWS We She U.fee, cpue 8' wla be d..;y tt.add t.