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CHESTER SUMMER ASSIZES, Au 5.2.9. BcPre the Hon. Sir KOBEAT DACLAN, and a Special Jury. PAYSI WRY 61 7. 0LD DEWS. SICUOLLS 0. WARIL The Attomey-General, Mr. Mammie s opened this case. It was, he stated, an issue out of the Court of Chancery, directed by the Lord Chancel lor, for the purpose of aseertniiini whether three bowls, for very considerable sums of money, which had been given by the late Sir George Wynne, had ever been paid to 11w party of whom the Piniiitiir was the remereetative. The bootie in question were dated as long back as the year 1732, it there fore would naturally be asked to what the delay in endeavouring to obtain payment of them was at tributable? The facts were them :—Sir George Wynoe was a gentleman who mode a very con spicuous figure in life, some time after the com mencement of the lAA century. He was not, it was true, eminent as a Statesman), or us a member of any of the learned professions, but he acquired immense wealth by the discovery of u valnable lead mine upon one of his estates. This mine was so productive, that, in the language of one of the witnesses, the money from it came in by horse loads. Unfortunately for Sir George, productive as it was, it was not equal to his extravagance; his places of residence, in town mid comer), were the mansions of splendour and cretiersl hospi tality ; Princes and Noblemen were his CORI. panions at the table, uud Ire lived altogether as if he thought his mine of lead was a mice of gold, which would never be e xhausted. In this he was inistaken---the mine suddenly failed, hut Sir George continued his style of hying, reel his habit* of expense, long after the source which supplied theta 'sail been drained. Ile became em barrained, mid borrowed money,wherever lie could, on morroge, bond, ited personal securities. At ength executions seized his property ; his houses and rich furniture were. taken possession of by his creditors ; he was, in fact, what would now be termed, sold up; and he was Obliged to retire to the Isle of Man. H r afterwards came to London, and sought refuge within the limits of the Board of Green Cloth; but. finally, he was arrested, and thrown into the King's Bench, where he continued till within a week of his death, when, his creditors finding there were no hopes of their being paid, or of his living much longer, contented tie release him. Sir George, soon after his eulargement. died at the house of his daughter. Among a variety of securities, he had given the three bonds, with re ference to which the present issue way directed. Now. though the presumption of law, arising from the lapse of timo, was, that those hoods were tes ti-4er'. yet, if a stitr-eient reason could be .hewn for the party uot having detuauded l eiyment of thens,: that would repel the presumption of pay meet, and entitle the preseut holder of the seen riiies to demand an.l receive satisfaction for them. The reason lie had to shew was tile state of poverty its which Sir George bail continued during the latter part of :.is af. , and s indeed, nearly from the time the bonds were given. It would have liven of no use to have attempted to enforce them, because he was, to nll appearance, utterly insolvent. After his death, some of his estates, respectilig which law-suits had been Wag depending, turned out to be adequate to payment of his debts; but till those which were due on mortgages were discharged, the bond creditors could ant claim. The mortgages had all of them beets recently pnid, and now the representative of the bond creditors insisted on their right to have the bonds settled, end the raiutif as one of them. The Learned Couusel said he shook shew that these hoed* never could have been paid, and he should then be entitled to a verdict. The bonds were-then pat hi and read; after which, in order to shew the distress to which Sir George lied been reduced, there was examined an old wo man of the age of fourscore and ten, who hail been at the sale of his effects when they were taken in exe cution by the bailiffs; she brought with her a huge pewter platter, about the size of an ordinary round table, whigi she hiul bought at the sale. womb after her marriage, and entering upon horse-keeping; it had Sir Cleotge's crest, a dolphin, eiulioased on it. and she seemed to consider it as a great trea sure; she said they took every thing clean out of the home, and then Sir George left the country, and went to the Isle of Alan. The other circum stances stated by the Attorney-General were fully proved. Mr. GLItkOR, who appeared for the first time on this Circuit, made an able speech on the part of the Defendant. He contended, that, to repel the pre sumption of law, there must be positive proof the lamas had never been paid. There had been periods when Sir George might have paid them. His friends might have paid tisein. And he considered, ' that if the Plaintiff had not been satisfied they had been paid, he would have had recourse to mea sures for their recovery, at a much earlier period. Sir ROBERT DALLAS complimented the Learned Counsel on the ingenuity of his reasoning: but he was of opinion, that the Plaintiff hail sufficiently accounted for the suit not having been before in stituted ; by shewing that the pecuniaorembarraits menu' of Sir George, in his life time, and the in volved state of his property after Ilk death, would have rendered it fruitless and unavailable. The Jury were also of opinion, th it the bonds had never been paid, and they accordingly found a raedict for the Plaintiff. Hit one gad hare 'eat all PI completely verified in the present State Lottery ; .for, if the purchaser of four Tickets of the same number should be lucky enough to hit ice 20,0001. he will take Aar. The however, seem determined that they shall buy them quickly, or not at all: for, by the prevent demand, there will not be more than one Ticket of any number left in a short time. The following are the names of the miming ships in the two lost fleets from the Leeward Islands and Jamaica :-- for London Peggy, Smith. from Antigua. and FAms, Penriee. from Grenada, parted con.oy ggth of Mimi; Bet loos, Thompson ' and Aim, James, tram Jamsicar—For Li verpool Mary, James. from Jamaica; firma, Aylea, from I srtinigue; and Three Sash ra, Tirentymau, from Mamas, parted ml of Atigint.--.For Bristol, Atlas, Reed: from Bs:- Latium or Dublin Bryan, Brthell, from Antigua —For Belfast Good Wan, Taylor, from Antigua, parted nth of COMMERCE. Mt ibeent INT 01 , THE COMMENCE 0? ?RA "ICH WITS •FIICA, AND THE ISLANDS OF FILLNCE AND 111001150 N• [From rre Unitrsal Magnin.] The Europeans have not always appeared as cor sairs upon the shores of Africa : towards the end of the fourteenth century, the Normans and Britons had several establislinierits upon its western coasts, between Cape Verd unit Guinea; they even pene trated into the interior of the country, by means of the rivers Senegal and Gambia ; and having after wards proceeded a short journey laud, they re embarked their European merchin.dizes upon the Niger, and sold them throughout the provinces of Nigritia, the rich kiiigdoon of Tombut, and that of Milli. These merchandises principally consisted of linen cloth, kaives, spi ritunus liquors, salt, and glass beads; in return for which were given skins, ivory, gums, ostrich feathers, ambergris. and gold dust. The bind wars during the reign of Charles VI. gradually diminished die Feerich expeditious to Africa ; so that, by the lith century, of all their esteblisheients, there only re:liaise d to the French that of the island of St. Lorife. The discovery of America having effected a change in the aucient commercial system, souse Dieppe and Rouen mer chants formed themselves into a boil!, under the name of the Cape Vert! Com ',any, which, in 1621, began to truffle with the western coasts of Africa, forming at the saute period a settlement IWO% the :river Senegal ; which, however, they resigned in 1664, ill favour of the New West India Company. The latter obtained, at this epoch, amongst its other grants, the exclusive privilege of trading to the coasts of Africa lying between Cape Blanco and the Cape of Good Hope, an extent - of 1500 leagues. The patent of this company having been cancelled in t67e, Colbert offered a premium of 10 francs for every slave brought by French pri vateers from the coast of Africa to the American co- lomies; but 110011 the moimpolisiug plan was renew ed ; for, in 1673, a Senegal Company was formed, to which 13 francs per head were allowed for *laves. The African commerce, at this period, was divided into two parts ; namely, the commerce with Sene gal, and that with GuMea. The former comprises the traffic carried on between the rivers Senegal and Gambia. The ri;Jit of trading thither was I . vested in a company, c ilied the Senegal Company, j in Isip.3. The charter of this coinjouny was re newed at three suhserpient periods ; namely, ia 1696, 1704, and 171 e ; but in 1719 it was sold to the great India Company, which en joyed its privileges till 1742, when it was forc-.1 to eh:uion the western coasts of A fres. The com merce with Giiiiieu is that exercised between the river Sierra Leone, incinsitely, aml the Cepe of Good Have. The exclu. ve prii.di.ge of trading to these parts was giveii, in 10.41, r.i n company which undertook to furnish the A iierican colonies with 1000 negroes aucii illy; but falling in the fulfilment of this contract, it Me* I.6li;ed, i n 1701, to yield its patent to a nee aworsation, which undertook to pro vide 3,000 negroes annually, on condition of enjoy ing the privileges of the former company, with an additional one, of receiving a mon tv of the duties laid upon West India produce bronebt into Fr nice. The affairs of this company throve better than did those of the former, withowt however benefittioog the•Freireli colonies of America ; this 'rose from the liberty which was given to the cowpony, during the war of succession, of providing the Spanish colonies with blacks. The putAit of this company (as the Guinea Company) ought in justice to have expired in 1705; hut, under the title of the Assiento Coin ',any, it was prolonged to the peace of Utrecht, in 1713. Finally, during the first yeit.r of the reign of Louis XV. (1716) the trade to Guinea became free, and thus it has continued to the present time. The French merchants in general protitted front the circumstance of the East India Company's aban doning the Senegal trade, in 1743, and enjoyed u free trade thither till Ine, when a loot-headed in dividual persuaded some credulous persons, that nothing was eamer than to reavh flautbouk by route, till then unknown ; this delusion was seconded by a weak Minister, who granted exclusive privileges, and censiderahie sums of money, for the carrying on of this chimerical scheme, which, it is almost needless to add, totally failed. Two years afterwards, the di rectinn of the monopoly trussed into better hands, who confined the traffic to the purchase of slave* only. Some years subeequentto the peeve of 1733, the Se negal Company obtained a prolongation of its patent (dated November, 1786) to July, 1796, its territo rial limits being fixed foam Cape Blanco to Cape Verd, and the articles of traffic stated to be sieves, gum, ivory, wax, and camwood ; with this proviso.. that the company shred(' bear the expenses of its civil amid military esteblishments, and moreover send annuidiy 400 slaves to Cayenne. Ito tine, the whole commerce with Africa was pronounced free, by a decree of the National Assembly, in January, 17:)I. As to the traffic in +lavas upon the cistern coasts of Africa, as well near Mozambique es Madagascar; the French privateers have only frequented these parts habitually since the middle of the preseut century, when the colonies of the isles of France amid Bourbon were established. The blacks of these coasts serve to augment the culture and population iii the aforesaid isles ; nevertheless, since 1783, the Freud' traders carry a vast number of slaves from Mozambique to St. Domingo; and there receive a remuneration of 40 francs per ton upon the measurement of their vessels. At the end of the reign of Louis XIV. or, rather, dur ing the first years of that of Louis XV. the imports into France, from the western coasts of Africa, amounted to the sum of 500,000 francs, in gums, elephants' teeth, and skins, the slaves were in steadier )2000, at the price of 1000 francs each, renderiag a sum total of 4,006,1100 francs. At the same period the total amount of the exports for Africa was 630,000 francs. At the epoch of the revolution, France sent to the western coasts of Africa, goods to the value of 18,000,000 francs, ant of whirls, foreign articles amounted to 10,000,000. and those of the growth or manufacture of France to 8,000,000 francs. The merchandise* of these parts of Africa brought into France at the period of the revolution. amounted in value to 140,000 francs ; and the slaves sent to the colonies, in number to 36,000, at the value of 1300 francs each, 'tsking a total of 3n,u00,000 francs. lo treating of the commerce of Africa, it e ill be _, -~ _ -~: perceived, that there is an affinity between it and ►hat of the islands of France and Bourbott: we hail therefore proceed to say senuethiug of the lat ter. These colonies, which are situate in the Indian Ocean, 3 or 400 miles distant from Madagascar, were almost' unknowo at the conclusion of Louis the XlVtles reign, and in fact had no political exist ence before 1738, when Bourdonusie was appointed governor of them. The tint inhabitants of those is lands were some Frenchmen, who had escaped from the massacre to which want of their countrymen were doomed by the natives of Madagascar. At this epoch of the revolution, the exports of France, for the isles of France and Bourbon, amounted to 4,600,000 francs, mid the imports of France, from these colonies, at the same period, to 4,700.000 francs. These imports consisted entirely of Bour don coffee ; for notwithstanding. the Akins of M. Puivre (who superintended the cultivation of the two isles from 1770 to 1773) to raise spices, cloves, mud nutmegs, not a *logic cargo of these valuable articles has hitherto been brought thence to France. There is a commerce carried on. as already stated, between the two islands and the eastern coasts of Africa, as also in the Auntie was, to which latter, however, the late East Indus Company gave a con siderable check ; but at present the two islands not ouly enjoy the privilege of a free trade with India, but have at length seen the pro ject, origiiially formed by llourdonnaie, curried into execution ; namely, the tale of France formed into a rendezvous for all vessels trading to Asiu. By a decree of the mouth of May, 1787, all foreign ves sels are allowed to enter Port Louis, in the said island, without paying any duty. flow far the cointiestree of France with Africa may he benefitted by our noble resolution to abstain front the detestable traffic in humsn flcAli, we will not pretend to determine ; but we hilt every rea son to suppose, from the miserable state of the French eolonies in America, that the humane, me ritorioys, and excellent designs of our Legislature, in abolishing the Slave Trade, will not be couutcr acted through the means of French traders. WIACTIESTER. Starr. 16. On Monday last, et It Common Council at the Town * Andover, William Ludlow. Esq. was elected Bailiff, end Philip Henry Poure,and Ralph Etwall, Estes. Justices, for the year ensuing. 'lke Chi. I Magistrate and other Officers of the town of Southampton. fur the year emitting, wars chosen yesterday. William Lintott, Esq. was elected Mayor; Mr. William Jellitfe, Sheriff; George Atherley, Esq. amid Mr. Richard Eldridge, Bailiff.; after which the present Mayor gave an elegant dinner at the Dolphins, to the Corporation and other Gentlemen of the town mud neighbour hood. Yesterday, also, Mr.. Mackie, jun. was elected a Burgess of the Corporation of Soutliamp- ton. The influx of entapnay at Cowes, during the ba►hing irritants, Mis this summer been greater than ever. rise Theatre hes been warmly patronimed.— The Princ. ie St.pllll4 Of Glottergter eoininsiided the performances on WedneAd iv evemin, when there vrns the fulled home ever known tht:re. On Montin! the 4.5 th regiment of foot marched from this city for Portirri•iith. . . The Coracart ftigate, of 36 guns, is to he hunch ed from Northam - lard, Southauquon, on Satur day next. At Giles's hill Fair, on Tuesday, a large quan tity ofscheese was pitched, du! sale of which ass very brisk, at the following - prices :—New, from 31. to 31. lir. Old, from 41. 4s. to 41. Ills., and 'slime old, 31. 159. per cwt. There was also a good show of young colts, which were neatly all bald, at high prices. Early on Tuesday "rnorninz, as Mr. Bell' was coming through Antield Wood to the above Fair. be wt.. .topped by three footp.i.ls, a n d rohlud of four elteet.-s. Soon after, a can from Motcomb, Dorset, was robbed of eight cheeses, and another cart of two cheerer, with whicl. the thieves got off. Mr. S. Duals ts was sent for express trom 'tre nd. We undrr-istiol the It:viit Ilou. Geutletuan turns to lrelan•l again in a few days. Ia the very great scurcity of medical men in the nrmy, dire-twos have been . 4 ivest to hire All private pruetiti ttttt Lintisn get two toinens per day, and Surgeons and Apothecaries iu pros port ion. t•-•• • ------ The flee. Mr. Carrtm, AO years Rector of Monk and Earl Sohaiu, Sutiulk, celebrated the /NM!, by giving a public: dhow to between 9 and 400 of his poor parishioners. The Duke DEL PARQUE, it is stUd, is appoint ed successor to the Marquis Itousu• in the com mand of the army that General had collected to gether out of the wre:k of so many calamities and defeats. _ Sutu:day last, Daniel Coffins, alias Bonaparte, was brought in here front Listowel, wider a strong escort of the North Mayo Militia, and lodged in the County Gail, charged with the nuirder of Mr. D.evtn MURPHY. of Abheyfeale, on the night of the 3d Oct. last.,—(Cork Western Herold.) On Tuesday night, RR the watchman on duty in Fig-tree-court. Inner Temple, was going his rounds, about ten o'clock, he tuna:lug' his foot against a jar. which he took to the Treasurer'. office. On examine-ion, it appeared to be tilled with tal low; on breaking it, the body of a male infant woe discovered in a putrid state. It appeared to have bled to death soon after its birth. The imuly was removed to the I,Velch Harp public-house. 11 hite friars ; where a Coronae, inipie.t sat on it last night, and returned a verdict of Merrier, against some person or persons unknown. The Richmond lung coach was overt urned en Toes day night, in paining thrungliWalthain Green. It was full of company, many of whom are seriously hurt. One Lady hail her thigh dreadfully bruised, and part of the flesh torn off. tier datighter's erm was much hart, end it is feared is broken; another Lady was bruised in the hip, and a V.entleinan had his head cut ; another was cat in the hand. The honor into which ull the injured persona were carried had the appearance of all hospital. No blame can he imputed to the driver. Tile per:Went was occasion ed by tam state of the road. The workmen had been di;,•ging a drain across it, and when they left off work in the evening, they filled it with loner and soft sta . level with the road. The wheels soak intu it, and the coacla was thus overturned. • • • .11." - 4 ,. ` • BIRTH At Bristol, Mrs. Den.y, wife of Ticootbi Deasy, Erg. of I 114:141. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTLILPT. 26. Sailed the Nonpareil schooner on a cruise; the Ant ditto,. which takes convoy to Guernsey. IPLYMOUTII, 116 PT. 25. The Pickle brig, Lieut. Crawford, has been de tained with the Messenger, (as I heard for Lisbon). through tempestuons and contrary winds and weather; but we now And tier destination to be fur Cadiz, whither she w►ll proceed, the first favour able opportunity. Arrived from !bisque Roar's, the Insolent, Liest. Morris, from a WIZ months' cruise off Rochefort; Swallow and Plover ahem% from the Eastward; the Arrow schooner, from off Rochefort, with sundry light victuallers ; also the 4konser ketch, Lieut. Green, from Ferrol, which place 'he left on Friday last, when there was only' ■ 64 in the harbour. Sailed yesterday the Collingteood fishing muck, . with lei French prisoners, for Morlaix. The Rhin frigate, which lately sailed a secoati time, is put back, w►th two of the tren.ports, us waged. oovra. strr. VS. Nine privateers were olnervesi, this evening, to come nut of Calais. and seven out of Boulogne. This day the following brigs came into the has. hour, via. :—Charlette, of Sunderland. Flaws. with a remnant of coals, from Dungeness !leech. where she lost an anchor, an received considerable damage, being nearly lest, the crew baring at the time deserted her ; Frieszda. of Dover, Lnidge. with cowls from Sunderland. for Sivitudage ; on Friday night last, it blowing hard at the time, they had the misfortune to lose a dud over-board. she fell f ro m the yard-arin ; they saw the lad, but could render bun no wisistanee ; his twine was Castle, and !whinging to this place. Also the suk, g , in ballast, Roan London, bite the Cane de lied Wands; which, last night. was roll foil of by a 73-i4UTI Ship; she had Iter bent 'Jove ul.at deck, awl carried irwii) her main-yard arm, with other damage. DPAL, ism 26. Last eight, the wind shifting to the N.W. several of the otitwaril-biininl got tinder weigh, at:d baited to the ‘Vi-award ; ow!, tidy morning, several others have also sink(' ; hot as the wind is light from the W e sto,ird, it is proliahle Vary will routine. The coat ity Ins not yet This morning screen( transports arrived foam Flushing, with sick on board. The transports that have arrived lately from the Eastward, have this af ternoon ended for the Hirer. Stilled the Supe►b end Dauntless for Portsmouth, and the Monmouth for Sheeniers. Arrived the Mary. Bradley, from Striae. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. Guttarsus rt, Sarr. 46.—. Arrived the Dulwich, Taylor, from Cadiz; Risk, Brown, from St. Übe.; Allrian, Crum Gibraltar; and the Leonidas, Hatchinows, from Mout real —Sailed Mary, fluaden, fur Bermuda; Latune, Grata, fur iiayti ; aid the tlulrpct, Strum, fur Gottenbarzk. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. Prisoner in the KING'S BENCH Prison, is the Comoty of Surrey. THIRD R OTICZ. Ana u6tine evwde, fort:telly of Mile-end New Town, and t.f Market-Avert, St. Joists's, both in the conaty of Mid -I:cte>, merchant} olio we, 011 the tatti day of hmily, !mug, itt tiu "stoat tostoily of the Sheriff of Middlesex, at:ti SITIC^ time rrottorrd to the custody of the Marshal of the 16itig's Bench Poison, by Tit tue ut a writ of Habeas Corpu,. M EE fi NGS OF CIIEDITORS AT GUILDHALL, TO-MonatoW. Rob , rt P.m bcr, \\nding-sileet, London, merchant Tial 11(.01,4., and David I)can, ju oo i oo r, and John Penn, St, John's-ntrect, near West-Smattstictd. Loudon, ahcanem,nige n - 111 DIVIDEND. Theorem+ II ehelte,,bam•place, St. George's- Surrey, COURSE OF LXCIIAN, Amsterdam 31 • 4 l'. Ditto at Sight 3u 9 Ruh. 15 11 amburgb ...err 29 u 21U. Altman I ail!. Paris I dsc'sdslc 2o Ditto au 5 o U. Bourdeaux au S Madrid — ist rarer. Ditto 44 ef f ect. Palermo.. — iu parr. Ditto 3 91 effect. Bilhos 4l Ler,ll,.ru Genoa 53 Venice ......... 52 Nispko 42 . Lisbon 66 Oporto Gs Rao Janeiro 7l Malta Gibraltar Roblin rol Cork lot ■Ut.IJOA PRICE OF SI)C1 3 per Cent. Consols per feat. Navy Imperial 3 per Ceuta ,s YL:STERDAT. 6 SH entl _ _ t)toltiona 6,114 Bond* 20 21 prem. Useliequer Bills .... 5 11 prem. Fatelislt Lottery Tickets.. ..... 17s. Bank fur co s ase s iGE, FRIDAY, SEPT. 9]• Portugal Go1.1:111 Cols and Bar+ per 02. New Doubloons 5 New DoHare — S til Silver in Barn — Ncw Louis Agio of t►e Bask of Holland, per Cent. 6916 T. BINH, Stork•banker, 4. Canaan, and 9, Charing-crop. DEATHS. On Sunday last, SyPerrin% Mnrinrty, Esq. Vice Admiral of the White; he commanded the Itainitivs. io t7S !. 11110 ev Admiral Graves, rettit II from the %V. lit I..dh a, al ea the Ville de Pars ~as lost, and the an Junkie •, eunseqiience of the storm, her gnus he :six thrown ovrebood, that she w.,a set ire to by order of the Admiral, hot every mad was' saved through the Captain's exertions. He was many years regulating Captain or Cuisk ; and went, about Omer years ago to England. to offer his services, from whence he had only returned about a fortnight, when his death tool place. lie has left toile 012111, mew midshipmen in the navy He Inst his elicit sun in the 'retire. and his second ally *SS • Morena np its the Maces Charlotte, iu the Misliterraiiiiin. On the and. of April, un his passage to England, for the btueGl of his health. Mr. J.l'. leitn,tirier Still...l.°d, attn. Honourahle the Last India Company's Civil £sl ablisbn cub Prim* of Wales's Island. _ . _ On Meed.y, ;lea;:tttTost . in Bedford-pinee, John Tratcre. fsq oof of the Direttual attic East India Cuaspauy, sod so elder Erotica of die Trinity-Nam. HIGH WATER AT LONDON ARMOR TAM DAY Mooting 36 aim. after • Afternoon :.4 sta. after 4 LONDON .—Priated by C. 11111111, No I, Clamant hal. and published at the (Nks. Nu. Rack of Ckosent's , Church. strand. by J. WFIITF, air MOM pisar.--Orders, so_ bus doh. raper, scut to the Mice. .:orsi p l / 4 1), will be shay &ties*/ up.