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• ornmsrcatn, Jct.? 13. G3verntertt do not relax in their plans of fortify ing this part of the county. The batteries on Galley wood Consison, and those nearer the town, are daily receiving insorovemie Its anl allitions. A ci tadel, it is said, will be built, :and a Governor ap pointed. ‘loulshala-l-fall, the seat of Sir I lenry his been engaged by Government I; r the use of the Staff. The Marquis Cornw tills is es pe3ed to occupy it, as soon as the improvements which are now in contempla . ion may be tinshed. Tise Assizes commence here on ';irtclnesday next. The calendar, we are sorry to tind, will contain a list of prisoners, amounting to clau!,le the number It the last Sommer Assizes. Some law causes of ioniiderahle moment are also expected to occupy Oe attention of ihe Court. Miss Mortimer, from the Theatre Royal, Covent- Garden, made her first appearance at this Theatre, on Wednesday evening, in eie part of Rmiin. Colchester East Brirlge is yet unfinished ; the riles have again been taken down level with the mots of the arches. Weary sorry to observe, in this neighhourhood, that a quantity of hay. which was upon the cock and in the sw trth previous to the late rains, has re ceived so much damage as to become nearly use less. Some very heavy craps have, however. been got up in the best state : possible. ANAGRAM. FR .INCIS BURne rT, anagram nati3-4, %IS DISTURBANCF; Mich word Joupisos defines to be " tumult, lition of tl.e peace, interruption of a settled state." A. fu - the surpl•a F, R. and T, they arc rbvious ia;titis •.t Frenc:4 Re?ub.ic and Mr. TOOK C. Thursday evening, about six o'clock, His Ma- MTV, acc,;:ipanied by the Dukes of Kt:sr and Cuunx s and Princesses Soeti, a and AMELIA, attended bv . . Iy TiIYNNE, General CA RTV‘ RIGHT, and the H • r4Sle Mr. Vl Li EMS, took an air:ng through the aeighbourhood of Ealing and Brent- 11 r STY, aril the other PeiNctsscs, fol lows L•cl in U. ~,!open carriages the R.) v T. PA &Tr returned to Kew- Palace *Sant L;!:.: vesere the Dike of Cy st axe, sAirt,'s Ba :1 wI; !is receive h-m. The i.O FA .•tt.v, accorlinvn tepntt. will make Kew • ir. !pal residence t, r the tem.:inchr of the sem: • Yestesdu•• - r..i •g. s , nn af:-rl-reak:ast,.'rheir /rlmesette. 311. i C:e PkINCL ses accomparied by the Duke of CA malt taut, walked in K?w Gardens. Yesteday morning, Fad C.tstnrv, Lord MEL ire I Le, and Sir Ev AV Nen Ax, had audiences c f Mr. PITT at his !loose, in Downing-sweet. At four o'clock, the Duke of YORK had an inter. view with the Minister. Yesterday, at two o'clock, the R«st s v Amass- Genoa bad An audience of Lori Il•r.Rowar at his Office. Mr. Moot'', the elegant translator of A •4 tc 'taw?, is on his passage hom.2 from the 11,rmulic. Lor I f;euans Sev •tou a is prepariag for a d;plo tnri to St. Petersburgh. Mr. Hanav Hort gave a gr 'id dinner r:sterday to atAr,;e cx.rty at his boast. m Cavendish.wpuire. Monday nest will he a grand day apnn Wimhle. sionC.ommon ; 70a0 men w!ll be reviewed there, by the Lord Leutco.nt of Surry. Sir WILLIAM Cuerrsif in mourning fur the death cf his brother, T. Cuasis, F.4q. Mr. Coogr. and Mrs Lirc4 r gum, a'• the Rni. aad the E.vir aof tbeßiralineham Theatri It is stirred tl..tt L.:rd DU;se. - a.4nes ---- ;*;11 .berth enter the hymeneal temple with the fair claulrter of noble Duke. MSS BRUNTON is pla:lng with great re/.0 at the Eitiz:on .;:i. a t a a er was T.-. n . The Duchess of Maat sot °roe and Lady E. Spic a arrived in town nn Thursday. I, , rd DA to suros's favvirate hone is eareied to be among the Ent on the grightnn list. Sir HA tuts , trusasrot.t . ..ntertaising a selea party at Up P. near Peter.:64U. Hampshire. The Earl of D•wessocru and family left town yeverday for their seat near Birtruagbant. Lord and Lady LsmarQau lift towi, oft lhurs day. for 13..zryir Rocks. The Eleaion for Aylesbury commenced Tester- At Si- Ft %DIN 1 an POO:. ei SAIL, his 1.411 , 111$ stal. Eris, WorrAv. W 2) 1101,1 for 800 plintar• ai.d bLught for the India Cmr.panT. Thee is to be a grand fight between z re I.4e , qed Sew and a Atari...wpm, 3.. at lii.tc!:%-eath. r. 14 ^".. 4 - 1 7- .Tbe pogibsts ay at will be only .1 gan.r ct roa,;(- and 'air. Sir FRANCIS ri..entrt's advertisement in an ",e ll .ing Parer `' , el:l; too ard- :.,c, the I,leworth mil ks WARR proposed to throw crok arlbr uioa it. ..‘n eve Print of yesterday s4‘s. " We have j! -- , :vce:ved )utch papers to the q•h: thev cotit.tia •• z ispreant; but we shall Sop Mc p-ess to riv • 'Stir contents." r 'hewed re it courage in marrying a .1 of Birmingham, a town that so much abounds tith 4° l e'v:i eettatc• articles. 1 3 ,-Er 7 Tow, and Les4(y ea, r-e the two prin cipal chAraaers at the prc*ent moment at all the catering places. - - Thursday eveu:mg, about eight o'clock, the Earl of Moist A led to the Hymeneal Attar the beautiful Comte.. of Lamson. The ceremony was per formed by the Bishap of LONDON. at the town Teti dowce of Lady Nat H s in Grower. dr-s ivare, in the 15et of the Earl and Countess of B•LC•Ilt ptarn, Hun. Miss Et. ern x,roist, and Lady I S e l n .ausTL, &c. 'The Earl of BA tcsaa ss gave the Y away. The btide's muds were the Honourahle Dav , asios.n. Lady E. L INDSAY , Lady A " 1 ST Assmovt. L a di es A rds and CAT:44II:Si "'grand Miss AtGeSTA MURRAY. The Bride It b dressed in plain white =satin. with point lace si %rtes; she wore a superb Brussels lace cloak and 01Ftt white smart bonnet. Immediately aiterthe ceremony, the Bride and Bridegroom set t it . for we seat of Lord Kaarm, u Hampton Court. SIIIPPIRAK MARGATE, Bib' 11 I write to inform you of the sequel of the ship wreck, of which I sent you an account yesterday. The men, nine in number, I am happy to hear, left the ship, as I supposed, in their boat, and the wind be;ng due east, they were blown direaly into Whit stable. The vessel, I hear, had seven feet water in the hold when the crew left her. WHITSTABLE, JI:LY 142. An event very unusual at this time of the year, took place here yesterday morning. At day-light, the crew of a Dutch vessel, nine in number, were driven on shore. 7 hey made a most wretched ap pearance, some naked, and some only half-dressed, and all almost dead with fatigue. At eight o'cic:k upon tie preceding evening, the ship had suffered so much from the storm, that she had very nearly parted in two, when they precipitately took to their beat, in which they were driven about at the mercy of the wind and tides, until four in tie morning, when they came on shore. The vessel was bound for London, with bales, butter, and other valuable articles. Our men are gone off to searcis for the spot where the vessel lies. The Dutch Capt. the only one of the crew that can make himself understood, says, two or three other ships were wrecked about the same time and place, and that all the crews have perished. JOSEPH BONAPART THE HONEST MAX OF TUC F•HILY. Embezzlements and frauds must be committed by the contratiors in France, to repay themselves for the immense sums which they are forced to pay to the ing the contratis from Government, and afterwards to make good the ded.uaions rzquirei by the Bois A. r ART TA, before they can get their payments. Never theless, many contradors, as CoLtor, H•t. tea, HerrottLoo, and others, possess for tunes of thirty (f Pyres (1,200,0331.). The BON AT ART ES command their purses, ao.l in their turn they com mand the treasury of the state. When the p-esont war broke nut, Cokt.or almost foNel Guv:roment to Lt him have the coatrad for the navy stores, by pretendi , g an einbarrassment of his affairs, and threrening a bankruptcy, if not supported and kept up by them. He owed at that time three millions to JOSLPIi BON APART E, and seven millions to the other memhers of that resr.eflable family. Ir i; known fa :1 at Paris that had drawn Kveral small sums fmm this Cou.or when negotiating the peace of Luneville. The day previous to its being signed, when Josern was sere of its taking place, he dispatched a courier, acquainting Cot Lo r pri vately of it, erdeiing him, at the same time, to pur eilsse in the French sto,ks to the amount of eighty millions for his account, for money delivered to him by the Minister of the finances. At Jostru's return to Paris, the sta:e bonds for these eighty mil lions were sent him by Coto:it, accompanied with a very polite letter, including Jostra's note, and assuring him, that he could by no means think of keeping this note of the GRAND Pacir least° a of the greatest nation in the world, among his mercantile papers; he begged him, at the same time, to send an order for what he desired of Co L Lot's prira.: profit. To this there was r.o answer. Eight days after' Cottor himself waits upon him, but be pas re* ribk. Cot tor now saw plainly what was meant. and therefore left. a: his hotel, a parcel, containing Lank-notes and bills of exchange, to the amount of 1,200.^.4 dicta (50,0001). Tbe next dayCoLLOT was invited to dine with this Honest Man of the BnICAT RTC Family!—/Lee Nouveau a /a Mere, 111t4stdor, da YII. No. 1. pages 9 aid 10. A gun-boat, to be called Elie R A.m., is ordered to be fitted f.ir sea service, without delay, at %WA "rich ; as is inc Tigress gu:t-vessel, at the same place. Tar allow once of gu'ssistence money to Ole offieers on the impress service i. I, indoo, has beet increased orn is. 64' to 5s per day. Sir Stositv IttITH is gr-atly recovered from his severe iniispo; Irmo, and i, expeaed to be able to re s lose Lis command off Flashing in a short time. An Account of the Cash belonging to the separate Fund of the EAST INDIA Courser, from the ye r 17)3 inclusive, to the first of Nlarch I ; and of all Appropriations or Payments made trout that Fund in the same Period. Aoseunt of the STinvate Fund on th.• Ist of 1. d March 1773 . . 4: - .7,656 7 4 Add... Amount of amsimulated lotrest, from the Ist of March 1799, to the I.t of Mo.l 1644, at 4 per Ceest. per Ana. oo WM. ritmainiug atter the pevasento: every isalfyeat's dtvulimd 203.123 1 7 6 L 671,020 4 I. Deduct..—A4 . itsnal dividos4 of per C:CL he the Capital Stock peel therm.' r, as per Act of Gets. 111. tap. . 6.27,5:0 0 0 Arnoant of Separate Fund to of Starch. 1804 L 543,590 4 10 The gralnal rise of the funds for some days has revived the rumours of Peace. These rumntirs arc not f and-d on any known tad ; they rest enrire:y nn speculation. It is the rise of the fonds that occa-ions them, not they that occasion the rase of the f.tods. I.AtV INTELLIGENCE. COURT ('P K1:11 1 . BENr.H—luitnPr4Li, JeL• 12 iiiiivattfare 1 Ari LEN 50 ROUGH/7140 Sid.riee .1 m. ASSICSCLS Or iItECOII T. MVITh. R. This was an a9ion to recover the three-quarter part of the ship Ailes. Mr. Ga tau w stated the case of the Plaintiffs, Beeson and Company, being in some difficulties, applied to the Defendant to advia..ce them a sum of money, for which they agreed to sell two ships, the Ooete and the Jet',allq, for 7,0001 for which the De feelant accepted bills l'„-se ships were indebted to several persons , who refused to take the s e a c c e p tanc e s for their shares, and chose rather to keep them. It seas then agreed that three-fourths share of the ship Athir should be given to the Defendant for those acceptances. The ship was then at ea, and every thing was done to carry this contra& into execution. On the lith December, 1803, the ship arrived in. the port of London. and it then became necessary to make valid the transfer. As by an MI of the 24th of his pre'ent Majesty, called Lord Liverpool's Aa, it was necessary that an indorsement of the transfer should be made upon the registry, within ten days after the return of the ship into putt., it was, therefore, necessary this indorsement should be made in due time. And several applications were ITIAIa to the Defendant to attend for that pur pose, but he did net attend. Within the 27th, this aft should be done : it was allowed that day ' • the two days previous to it, and the 28th, w ere holi days. and no clerks attended at the Custom-house : as usual, on the 29th, the endorsement was per. felted In the mean time Beeson and Co. became bankrupts, and the property in the ship became the Plaintiffs, to be dispos d of, f r the benefit of the creditors at large. Ihe learned Counsel contended, that, although it might appear a case of great hard ship ; thus the law was written, and thin it was read, and it was the duty of the Jury not to pre sume to legislate, but to take the law as they should find it, and all upon it accordingly. He said the case resolved itself into a point of law, which onld he reserved for future inyeeigatinu. On the pale of the Defendant it was contended, that the petitioning creditor's debt was not due till long after the commission of bankruptcy issued that some of the Defendant's bills remained unpaid at the time, and that Beeson would not attend pre vious to the 25th of December, to make the neces sary endorsement upon the registry. The question, therefore, was resolved into a point of law, whether the Defendant had made the endorsement as soon as he could ; and if so, whether it was then in time according to the Ad of Parliament A vet lift was taken for the Plai.it:Ts. for 11,0001. and the Delas 'ant undertook to deliver ua the ship in the same state she was when he got possession of he:. day. il COO'“AND OTHLIII D. WOODCOCK. This was an aai• .n to recover the value of the ship We' • • .•.1 her cargo. Ti e I!' • was pursuing her course ▪ ..:e coast cf England, Lff • t:.a. E. 1.1:: tone , standing ay the wind as close as s'..e c lie, which was direaly against her, so that she cottl..l make but little way, when she descried a sail at about threeloarters of a mile distance, going right before the wind; and haled her several times, but received no answer ; at last the two vessels came in mama, and struck with great violence against each other, so that the Welcome Meuenrer was so da maged, as to admit the water in great quantities ; the Captain and Crew made the best of their way on board the other ship, the Paragon, and in less than two minutes the Wr,'ine venzer went down ; upon getting on board the Pe,opn, they found that all hands were below, and they met the Captain on the stairs ladder, half undressed; he d---d his sailors, and said they had made a bad job of it; he supposed, because he had gone down for half an hour, they had followed his example. J. PrJdo, the Master of the !!'newer Meuen !rem de pose?, Olathe had taken in a t ergo of coals at Shields, and soled for London on the 15th March: he had his full complernPnt of 12 hands on board. On the night of the lath, about eleven o'clock, during the mate's watch, he was as alarmed by being suddenly thrown out of bed,and nearing a great noise on deck, be tow as quick as pos.dble, .lid found his ship en tangled with another, and the water 11,wing in on her hail deck. The Paragon had struck diretily on her quarter, her bowsprit was on the other side, and she swung round with the blow. The wizen -max:, the tiller, and most part of the wheel, were gone. Seeing her making an much water, he considered her is a sii,king state, and bad all his hand• on board the Paragon, as fast as they could. %% hen he got on board, lie enquired for the Captain, and finind him ,tanding on the step of the stairs ladder, and be immediately observed it was a bad job, and he bad run down the ship for want of a good Fink oat. In a moment or two after, the n'elcome Ales genrer went down. , He said, his mate died suddenly since that time. If the Po r..g pi's people had kept a good look out, the accident would never have happened ; if he had his watch hailing, and put her helm the lean degree starboard, an damage whatso ever would have happened ; a ship that is going right before the wind could put her helm a-starboard, without losiNg her tack, but it waevery difficult for a ship beating up against the wind to do so : in that ease the chance was, that the ship cuming down would run against her midships, and she must be in evitably lust. _ _ ChaMbers, one of the crew belonging in the We!- , MN Messenger, was pest examined. 7.61-c much the same account As t'.; a .•- s. Several of the crew belonging to the Ireicems Messen it tr were examined, and corroborated the tes timony of tl•esc two \‘'itnesser. On the part of the Detendant, the Witneues de posed, chit the weather was so tl. At that they could not perceive the Ireicome Mturafer as they ran down ; they wholly denied havinge.eard +►nT person hailing them, and ventured Vs swear. that if the crew had exerted themselves, they might have saved the vessel Their evidence was so contradoffory and so improbable, that the Jury found a Verde° for the Plaintiffs to the full amount of the value of the ship and cargo. - Two models of the ships in question were prod d• eed in Co,at, wish. their sails and rigy.ng set evaa ly as the original ships were at the time of the ac cident: they Weft introduced to elucidate tbe state ment of Ms. Et seise for the Plaint's, and to re preseat the positicn of Cie vessels. • MR. JOY-TN G %RM. Tl.ursday ahem:soli aka, at wry advsmerid Mr. Johii Gard ,ioan v VCATS Clrrit of *.i.e Pal iallaSt• 111714:1%, Clerkeowell, Jr NeKitty or Parish Cleiks, and, except one, a tit! tlw nick. ikhabitant of the parish. Those, who have beeri.in :he habit of attending - the duties of the aabhath, will long r - member him to have hems reniaricahle lOr a strong and mellow voice. lie was prevented from attend ing regularly to his situation the two last years, chiefly by the failure of his sight. . There will be a sharp contoc' in the choice of h:s successor. No less &in seven candidates have started, and some of them have been c.nlvassing three or four years. Not only is the reading desk vacant, but the pulpit also, and fur the latter situa tion a most violent opposition is manifested; houses are opened, aulverii.rrnents are issued, committees sit daily, and nightly.too, to receive communica tions, in order to aid the success of the respenin candidates. In short, all the bustle and conlubion incident to a general eleaion. PILLORY FOR FR kW). Yesterday, Rolotrt Rr.aolth, jails Thufev, and yews Howse, stood in the pillory in West Smith. field, pursuant to their sentence at the late Old Bailey Sessions; where they were convi,led of fraudulently forming a conspiracy to defraud se veral tradesmen and shopkeepers out of their goods, by assuming false charaffers; and giving the un suspeaing persons, of whom they pretended to pur chase various valtiable articles, false notes drawn upon each other, and made payable at fittiti..ns places ; and, on engniry, no such persons were known. The numberless swindling trant praltised by these delinquents about the mi:ti opolis, excited general alarm, and ninch satisfaa;na most be felt by all who are concerned in trade, at their being brought to justice. A . great concourse of p-ovle attended, and shouts of mdigna inn proceed. ed teem all quarters; while the culprits, with the rn..ist hardened impudence,laughed at the execrations wtered against them. They wire all disguised, and had their faces painted. Howse was dressed like a sailor, in a check shirt, blue jacket and trnwsers; Thodey in a brown ja-ket ; at , ! Reynolds in a brown coat ; Howse appeared to have more ease and indulgence in his situation than the Aber his bead being more at liberty. The latter heating' the crowd inquire which was 'Squire Reynolds, said very loudly, st they want to see Reynold% tinpl here he goes," at the same time increasing the motion of the machine, and the walk (if his comps-v..ls. Their behaviour, though highly disgustin: s , 'rat occasion them to he much pekes"; the Fen:in:am ware very fiyourable, and the constables k t t (hem a considerable distance off. After standing an I.i.ur, they returned to Newgate in a coach, where they are to be imprisoned i.ne year. We are glad to hear that the hop plantations 'n Worcestershire and Hertfordshire never look"d m',re promising 14 an ahuillant cr. , p ; the apple tree, have failed in some pats. but the pear trees pr; mice •o be very abundant. The Ti..r3 Regiment of l.oyai London Voltm teers will hay( a grand fieli day, in the beighb xrr hood of Pilule" n:1 the 415th instart. Arrange ments arc made for conveying them thither by wa ter; and after the day's duty is finished, they will partake of an entertainment, is which Colonel KENSI.OTON has invited them, at bis house at Putney. VOLVIITITIt Cotter.—lt may be necessary to 116 mind the Gentl , men of the several Volunteer Corps, that the Consol.Jated Volunteer Aft requires that a return shall be made by the Commanding Officer of each Corps. either Cavalry or Infantry, on the Ist day of Auguit nest, in which re-urn it must apaeat that each person claiming an es.:mption, shall have duly attendtd, armed and accoutr:d. at the master of the Corps if Cavalry four jays, if Inf a ntry eight days, at the least, in the four months preceding the date of such return. unless prevented b 7 sickness, which shall be duly certified by a medical prel tioner. It is also necessary be should be returned as being effeeive, and having taken the oath of al legiance. In failure of such attendancr and return, the parties will not be at liberty to claim the exemp tions under the Aft. Thursday night, the Coroner's Iran-•t sat at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on view of the body rf J. Moacrau, son of Mr. Moaio•s, of CI ,th-F.,ir. who was run over by a brewees.dray, in Long. lane, on Wednesday. After a lynx ir.vestigati-m. a verdit of monstesszker was brought in against the draymart, who sv.ts remanded to prison. Thunday everiiig an inqn:sition was taken before the Coroner for the City of Westmin ster, on the body of a poor wornan, nisi had, the preceding day, poisoned herself at her apart ments in Russell.cuurt, Ihurylaoe. It appear ed in evidence, that the decras:d had kng stv pefled that a crirn nal intercourse subsisted hcotw• es her husband and a female lodger in the same him,. : the green•eyed us-ulster so preyed upon her, that she became melatich.,:y, and, progressively, ttantic. In one of her paroxysms of phrenty, it was con ceived she committed the rash mei ; and. the Jury found a verdia of /.'. , r•: y. The body was t •::‘ re moved in a shell withvut a lid, careied only with a black cloth, to St. Martin's workho ;se. In a focuser Paper we menaonedTiatal accident that happened in the family of G. E. Sias LLY, Esq. of P , nsonby Hall, near Whiteliaven. A boy who w , frequently at Ponsonby-Hall, had gone into the tii. - ents hall with two of Mr. Scant sr L daugh ters (the elder between eig! t and nine years of age and, stepping upon a box, took do wn th e d musket, to :et the young ladies see how well .4 he could go through his ezercise"—This, it also now appears, he ha I been in the habit of doing 'lb. piece %vent off! and the principal part of its contents, strik'og the eldest sister, killed her upon the sp^t ! The younger was severely wound ed ; but it is hoped her recovery is now to longer doubtful. On Monday last the science of pugilism WAS d:s. played in the Manchester market.pl4,:e by two so lunteirs, one an officer, and the other a light horse man ; the former took the latter l iv 11 - 1- nose, Nil eh was spiritedly resisted by the light benermin avaIRIP• ally curing time and fifur sit h.s antag.mist with such dexterity as to occasion a cot lip, isloos..y nose, and black eyes.