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par • • %S wol thy* • •euirieno, to.morro to the ch:ttia,rtent et the Jacobin P•uu. THE BRITISH PRESS. • TUESDAY, A dAsate took place lest night in the Hasse of Commons, upon the Ordnance Extraordinaties, in which. to use the words cf Mr. WIIITOREAD. General TAU stew showed " a determined and manly up,•osition to His MAJESTY'S resent Mi- nisters." Viscount CAITI lIRIAGH, Mr. CASS,Nc.. rued Mr. Ptacrea 1., adopted the same course. We are, therefore, well warranted to repeat, that the Ne•.a Opposition is still in bring, and that the re port of its dissolution is illusory. A long con versation also took place upon Mr. PAUL M i- U for India Papers ; in the course of which, he an - • - ncuinced his intention to arraign the condua of Mar quis WeLtast.av, upon the three following heads, vis his conduel in the Carnatic, his condua in Osde, and his treaty with the Rajah of Butner routs. Being pressed, towards the close of the conversation, to declare the specific M. ..on which Me meant to make against the Noble Mar- (pus, he answered—" For wasteful and profuse ex peultute of the public revetfise committed to his charge, for his own convenience and splendour." Thr Atlantic, from Barbadoes, is arrived at Mil ford ; by her has been received the following letter, dated liarbadoes, .nth January, 180 ti : Con jeaures are entertained that the Rochefort squad- ron, or part of the Brest fleet, are in these seas, and have prozeetled to pilaus:or the neutral islands W leeward. as five strange sail were seen, on the 18th intr. by an English scheo t-r, !tinning down the latitude of Martinique, UI::C!1 was chased the tam. night, hut escaped. Admiral Sir J. Macao/TX's squadron, j iined by the Atlas and Brortbantifr..,u/ m•n of war, were off Marti. *ism on t':e ;Tench squadron, which tell in with the and WIN/mine, con voy from Cork, on the 7th December, consist epd of the of SO pins, Sun:whinge brig, and Sybide, of 40 guns each, front tient." The Prince nr Tra!:: ;mike, with • m4il from Lish.in, is arriveJ at i•alinwth ; she sailed on the 2.1 inst. The Mediterrani-an and W India convoys are ordered to ail. this day, fr-rn Portsmouth. I• The S•e J...sr, Vice Aimit al C ,, ryes, with the Petaros Ro6l, p.,,,, , G i ,, T ,, 8.,.,,,,, Gory, and , aseePse, arrived at Falmouth On Ft iday, from off Ihest. Sunday evening, 'Mir MaJestres had a ult.& piny to tea and coffee. Yesterday morning, a Messearr arrived at Windsor, with dispatches from Ministers to His MAJBST Y. The Duke and Duchess of Iltrienno are eapeCied to leave town neat fhersday for Woburn Abbey, where they intend passing use day, and then pro ceed to Ireland. Yesterday Mr: ADAM, Chancellor to the Prince of Witt. Es, transaded business with the Duke of YOUR at his thee. Vaster-J:ly, Baron JACOB!, the Prussian Ambrs trader, came to town friim his seat at Barnes, in Surrey, and immediately attended at Mr. Secre tary Fox's Office, in Diiwning-street. CM•iLLS O'idAaA, Esq. member for Sligo, and a Governor of that County, is appointed ore et the Lords of the Irish Treasury. We are happy to state the safety of the Dragon, of 7-i• guns, Capt. Galeria-it ; and bile Latina fri gate, Capt. Cosset's, for which much anxiety had been frlt. Advice, have been received by the Nara. caviar (which it arrived at Plymenth, with the Parnir and Re:du/nun/4v.), that they are both cruis jng in the Bay of Biscay. Late on Sunday sigh: an everland Packet was rec, iced et the East India Hou.e ; we learn, it dues ant bring any news, and only contains triplicates of the advice' by former conveyances by sea and land. The Bishop of Los DON has appointed Mr. Goss (a L..y Vicar of Salisbury Cathedral) to be one ef the Gitntlemen of His Slafurv's Chapels Royal, in the room of Mr. Guist, deceased. Mr. Gnus is also eleai•el a Lay Vicar in St. Paul's Cathedral, to EN the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. GILES. In the discourse addressed by the Flee:tor Arch- Chancellor, to Prince Etio erre N•P•L1011, and the Princess ALGUST A, on :serfnrming the ceremony of marriage, is the: fullowing passage :—.4 Avouse Royal Princess, you are about to unite your destiny to that of a husband, who, in early youth, followed the footsteps and shared the dangers of that here, wh:, was vested with a mission f rom Divine Provi. dence to repress the anarchy, which threatened to consulre the world. The illustrious Prince EL:GIEN N ...totems likeveisebeholdsin that great man, the ex atop'e of that felicity so pure, so genuine, which is to be found only in the return of the ardent affection of ' a consort dearly beloved, and worthy of being so.— Son of the Empress Joss PII I ma, his heart resembles ' that of his ay , po Tetv4iiir, whore sole existence is concentr.,,, e , 1.4•4 bene fi cence and an togiour thing that can con <Y. "I •Zivr 's • sublime object of ST. PATRICK'S the Anniversary of the Benevolent Society of St. Patrick, w; s yesterday celebrated at the Crown and Anchor, in the Scram:, with unusual splendour. Upwards of 500 of the patrons and friends of this laudable Institution sat down to dinner ; and, from the previous arrangements, all inconvenience and contusion were avoided. Dinner was announced at halt past six o'clock, when His i.oyal Highness the Duke of Sussex took the Ch After dinner— The Ruip—the Queen ; and Royal Family-4W the Prince sr VV“lei, were severally drank with enthusiastic applause. After this last toast—the Earl of BeseonouG H roe, and in a most impressive and animated speech addressed the Meeting; he acid he had had the . honour to attend five meetings previous to the present one, and he felt be should he wanting to himself and to the As , ernhly in duty, if he did not pav that respell to the beneficence of his Royal Highness the n ince of Wales, who had so long continued his bounty to this Society. He congratulated the Meeting on the happy :ma tmtunnte change in his Majesty's Coun cils ; a change, which, he observed, united all the spit ddid talents, integrity, and honour of the country. The following toasts were then given, and drank with great applause : The Duke nt York anti the Amy. Tne Deke of Claten r and the Nave. The Duke of Kent, the Patron of dirt Society. The Intrioria: Merao•v of Lend Nelson. The children of the charity, consisting of 70 girls and upwards of 100 boys, then peramhul nett the room, according to annuAl custom. The girls were dressed in gret:n, and the boys in blue, with green capes.—They looked very well —The Benevolent Society of St. Patrick was then drank, with three am-s three.—Then The Lord Lieutenant of Ire:ant, his Grace the Duke oflirdfoid, with three times three. Viscount Dose ANNON then read a letter front his Grace to his Royal Highness the Duke of Soviet, expressing his regret at not being able to attend the meeting, and inclining a donation if 1001. The Earl of Mot k A observed. that the bounty of the Royal Family had excited an emnlation in the breasts of others, and from the liberality and fostering care of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, he conceived him to be an Irishman. Ile though him so, as the charafteristic of an Irishman was a generous warmth of soul. He appealed to the whole course of the Prince's past late, nhirh had infused that spirit of benevolence into all his brothers; and, like the sun, his inittence shone on no limited spot, hut pervaded 411 things. Ile con cluded by proposing the health of Ilia Royal High ness the Duke of Sussex. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex rose, and after a panegyric upon the present Adminis tration, declared that the fuln-ss of his heart de prived him of speech He congratulated the So. eiety %soon die change of Ministry, and declared, lie felt himself an Irishman in every respeel, but that of not having been born in that country. Ha beg ged leave to quote a circumstance which occurre.i in his travels. When in Rome, he went to visit an Irish Convent, and was a'ked, WAS he an Irishman? harlot- answered, •• Ni)," 1e was conduCted to a soot where they had aetually grit mane Irish mould, he was made to stan I upon it ; and they swore by J—s he stood upon Irish ground. From that period he always hoped to be looked upon as an Irishman. His Royal Highness, in conclusion, proposed to give the Earl of Moira, .1: a man at tached in his King and Constitution, and worthy of a blessing for his services. The Earl of Mots A expressed his thanks for the honour confined upon him. The interests of this country finned the first principles of his political life. It had been said that they had met without party prejudices, arid should not proceed to any party discussion. He hoped that whatever their approbation of the new Administration might be, the old one would not be wholly condemned. It they had incurred blame, lie wished ;redraw a veil of oblivion over it. The English Constitution had certainly been made sore, from past sufferings ; but when the Irish were called upon, they were calling to make every sacrifice ; they were capable of it; there was no magnanimity in this ; they were pos sessed of a true dignity of soul ; and it was only to call it forth in an extrem:ty, to insure forgiveness for the past. All Ireland would look to these meetings. K. therefore entreated,rhat no party matter might be agitated. but that, like Rome, their little native soil might be suffered to grow into maturity ; and while these countries were united, it was impossible for any foe to prevail against them. Ile rejoiced in the temper of the present evening, which was the ,nkfra of promoting charity to a great number of Has I+l3j:sty's suhjetts ; and by a well-exercised benevolence. secure to the worla is, many objeCts, to b- useful members of society. This speech drew down thunders of applause. The Secretary then announced the collation of the day, which, together with the various dona tions from the Royal Family, and several of the first nobility and gentry in the kingdom, amounted to near 20001. About eleven o'cl •7k his Royal Eliqhness the Doke of Sussex retired, accompanied by the Earl of flcsborough, Lord I)uncannon, Mr. Sheridan, and several other noblemen and gentlemen. Mr. THOMAS Stick:oAm was then called to the and the evening terminated in the utmost harmony and good humour. Among the numerous Noblemen and Gentlemen pre'ent, we observed, besides the Chairman— The Earl of lirbburougli, Earl Mountnorrit, Lord Donran non, the Earl of Moira t Mr 4 1 .4. attn.', Robert, and Latouchr, the Knight of Kerry, Right !lon. R'el d R. Nhervlan, Hon. C. Rrad.haw, llun. A. Dillun, l'etnbzrtt.n Rude% Lot. &Z. &c. On Thursday last, a most distressing accident happened at the Flax Mills at Purdie's-burn, near Belfast :—A young woman, of the name of BOYD, about Id years of age, daughter of one of the workmen, who had gone to assist her father, inad •ertently vanding too near the machinery, it caught her clothes, and diew the untoitunate girl upon the cog-wheel, by which she was instantly crushed to death, in the presence of her father. pigtitrerpir• LAW INTEI IGI.NCE. COURT OF Cli INCERY, LINCOLN' , kr, MARC* IT. DARRtTT O. DOUGLAS and tII Eta: Thu cause came on to be heard upon demurrer to the Plaintiff's bill. The Plaintiff. as the heir-at-law of one Widow Barrett, filed his bill against the Defendants, Messrs. Douglas, Barnard. and Valley, as trustees named in the will of the Testator, `raying a discovery of their trusts under said will, for an ac;:ount, and that the leasehold property of the Testator should be de clared to Le legally vested in him. The deceased died possessed of a considet Ale estate, called Pot Valley, in the West Indies, which, by his wiil, he vested in the Defendants, as his trustees, to support and maintain a Roman Catholic clergyman upon that estate; he was also posse:srd of a ptoperty in Sr. Pancras. in the county of Middlesex, nut of which he ordered all his just debts to be dischasged. The Sutter-roe-Gee tea n, in support of the demurrer, contended, that the Plaintiff had no in terest in the premises in question, inasmuch as the devise had been made for a superstitions use ; and dirt 'Amt., by the oth of George 11. commonly the S.AILIte of Mottmain, all devisees of lease hold premises for superstitious or charitable pur poses, became vested in the Crown, and were void to the neat of kin. Upon these grounds, he argued that the party had a right to demur. They might also demur own the grounds of there root being all the proper parties before the Court ; as, under the statute alluded to, His Majesty's Attorney-General should be made a party, in order to support the in wrests of the crown. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL and Mr. HART for the Plaintiff, contended, that the 'Testator had given these Defendants a secret trust, which it was necessary should be discloses' to the heir-at-law, or next of kin. The first ground of demurrer was, that' the Plaintiff was not interested, and it was allowed that the funds were to be applied to some charitable purposes ; The Plaintiff had paid off a large portion of the Testator's debts out of his per sonal estate, and, since his death, discovered that this was a secret trust for the support of a Roman Catholic Clergyman ; or, as the Bill further charg ed, for some other charitable purpose; and therefore they insisted that the Plaintiff. being the eldest son of the Testator. had a right to have an answer; and the question for the Court was, whether they were bound to answer ? This, in a very recent de cision, had been positively laid down by the late Lord Chancellor Eldon. It was, therefore, for the Court to eleEl, whether the mischief, which i. intended to be avoided by this statute, shall be done or no ? The L 3413 CH wctitoft observed, that when a right was vested in the. Crown, the words of the will must not be general, but special ; and if it were clear that a right was in the Crown, which could take from the heir-at-law, laud devised to superstitious uses, it was necessary that the Crown should be made a parry in the cause. As the Plaintiff had paid a great part of the Testator's dtbt', he had a tight to have the answer of these Trustees as to the nature of tl:eir trusts. His Lordship therefore ordered, that the demurrer should be over-ruled, and the Plaintiff be at liberty to ameiid his bill, and His Majesty's Attorney - General, made a party to the same. 411 COIF. N, FALCONER. and OTHERS. Mr. On Ei &sailed the ohj,ict and ground of this bill. It was an application, praying the Court to order certain deeds of conveyance, which had been executed by the Plaintiff, of valuable estates in the counties of Nottingham, Sussex, and Bedford, and which had been subsequently interchanged between several persons who were Respondents to this bill, should he delivered up, and declared fraudulent, null, and void. The Plaintiff had been an idlier in the Bedfordshire militia, and, in the year 1796, was arrested in London, and lodged in the Fleet prison. Whilst under confinement, he was visited by some persons, who proffered him pecuniary as sistance, and through their medium he became acquainted with the several persons, who were, by the bill, charged with concert and collusion, and with having taken undue advantage of his distress, to procure him to relinquish and convey to them his interest in considerable reversionary property, for very inadequate consideration ; in consequence of which he had been reduced to great indigence, and " had been many days without a dinner, and without the means of obtaining one." One of the transactions by which part of his property had been transferred, was his acceptance of five guineas from one of the Defendants (of the name of Whaley) under an engagement to return five hundred guineas if he ever again played at back gammon, which he did, and paid the penalty by a bond ; ind other similar contracts were recited in elucidation of the means by which the Plaintiff had lost his property. The So icrroa-G isms t, for one of the Defend. ants, Thomas Chipping Falconer, demurred to the bill, on the ground, that it mined together (in a recital, which extended to between three and four hundred folios, and embraced almost every occurrence of the Plaintiff's life, in which he had surered himself to become a dupe) a number of transactions in which this Defendant was not at all concerned, and cited a case horn Lord Redes dale's Practice, 146, where it was Lid down, that the Court will net permit a Plaintiff, in one bill, to embrace matter of several different natures, and against various panics, by which each would be subjected to an unnecessary extension of ex pence, and protraction of proceedings in a court of justice. Mr. Ross ILLY contended, that in consonance to this established and long-approved do:trinit, there ought to be.a distinet bill against - each dis til& Defendant, and he thought, from the attention he had at present given to the case, it could not be made to appear that his client had any concert or conue.ftii.n with the other Defendants, in a way that would warrant the Plaintiff to proceed against them in one common bill. The Loa D CIIANCLI.I.OII inclined to t!ie opinion of the Solicitor-General. but deferred the further hearing of the arguntents until this day. The tat A'est York Regiment of Militia, Earl Firnvit.Ll•m, C. , lonel, now at Yjaley barracks, are expeac.l at [lull in the course of the present 1710110, as are also the East Kent. NAPAL InTri.LICLNCE. fORT , 6IOI;TN. MARCH IC. The leaf-rd, of SO pin. Capt. Kaggett, it ap. poioted a c,invoy for the East Indies The 11, rex sloop of war is appointed cenvo; for Nertoundtaisd. Arrived La Ce•.dae-e frigate, Capt. Grif f iths, from Guernsey, latvirg spi ung her bowsprit. Remain at St. Helen'► the Mature and Qari,c fri gates ; and at the Motherbank, the Feere, manrecno, lard N,h,n, and Asia, Last 1 ndiameii. Arrived the Forward gun-brig from a cruise ; Lady fa, tr,s, Gouil.ty ; Crearterlasd, Simpson ; Per. suit. Montgomery ; and Kiepston, Reissue, Irons Leith, bound to Jamaica.—Wind W. PLYMOUTH, MANCH 15. On Thursday evenirg arrived, from St. Helen's, His Majesty's ship rid, rem, of 110 guns, Admiral Earl St. Vincent, ACC , iriplaied by the rile de Par:, of 110 guns. His l.redsliip was greeted by dm Nit Admiral, on his entrance iri!o the Bay, by a dis charge of fifteen guns from the s ; and, this morning. his Lordship sailed vain to take mend of the Channel Hee:, with a fine breezes: S.E. Sailed also Ili' Maj •sty's ship Vdledr Paris, Capt. Hillier, Kent, Capt. Garrett, IViahr frigate, Cipt„ Luring, Dipolar brie, Capt. Rawlins, aid Pr,•&!e schooners, Froarisiip tender, and Acid gun brig. Arrived Mis Majesty's shi • s nimbus age:, pg guns, Capt. Boyle; Li>, 32, C.lpt Abnerrn, 32, Capt. Collier; Savor., sloop; Eadrayisar and her. irawil hired armed ships; Piper akcier ; and Cavta gun•brig. TORBAY, stance 13. Arrived yesterday, from Poi ismotith, His .h. jesty's ships Alas, 74 , guns ; A. mesh, 28 gam; arid the .Nira•od cutter. The Nimrod sailed again in the afternoon ; and the Mars this morning, to join the fle.it off Ushaat. The A'etee.iis still remains, to tak•• the ships for New foundland under convoy. DEAL, MANCH 16. Sailed the Rqulrs man of war, for nest. Arrived La Herbe sloop of war, front the West ward ; and rerrEHß in the Downs, w;th the rest of the ships a, per last.—Wind E.N.E. squally. CONE, MARCH, 10. Eleven transports, with the Second Ilat.alions et the 39th, CI st, and 69th regiments on board, have arrived at Cove, under convoy of the Mtge,. bomb. The warps will not be disembarked until orders to that cilia are received from Dublln. The Meese and her convoy fell ir. with a carter privateer of Guernsey, mounting ten gunk. littween that Island and the Land's End. She had been captured by a French ship privateer, which relinquished her upon the Meese. appearing in sight. Ihe cutter is ono lying at Cove. THE iIIARKLTS. CORN-EXCIFIANGE, Maede 17. The arrivals us WI eat to-day, are rath.•r short in number. Early in the thy, it had the appearance of an advance; b..t sales in general, are nearly u our last. Barl.i a Free sup ply, and but few sample, of prime qual ty. Malt has rather better sal than of late In Peas or Bean., trot little atterathan. Having very few fre.h arrivals of 1.1 its, thus trader quoted, fur the best sample:, Is. and 24. per quarter dearer. la nigh no alteration. CURRENT PRICE OF GRAII. Wheat........ 43.. 56.. 65.. Means (OA) ....50._ 36. Fiore ..70s 7J.. Od. T.ck Beans .... 42. VI-. Oa. Rye 561. Os. fed. Oats 24. 27. Ids. Earley 0.1 Rape Seed. 3lll. 451 Od. White PrAi.... li.. 40s. 01. Foie Four 60. re. Grey Stns 046. 0.1. seconds 604 Id. PRICES OF U saw ST l A 1411..11 I' AND STRAW. ra••t. Hay.... 51 06 a 41 12$ W Stssw..2l 2s a 21 14$ WIIITICIII4PII. Fla! 4l 10, New 01 Os a 01 06 Closer 4l Os a SI S• Straw .11 let • 21 12a PAWL OF HOPS. BAOS. POCIIIITS. Kent 31 IC. to 71 —eel Kent 6l ..-4 to II lOs Sussex.... .31 16. to 6 1 16s , Sussex 51 ..6s to /I —s F.sex 04 16. to 61 161 i Vor.lham... 81 —s to 111 11, SMITOFIELD, MODIJAT, MARCH 17. To smlt the Offal—per Steno of 81b Reef 4s 8,1 to 3. Pd I Veal.... —44 6.1 to 8. Od Pillutt,n 5t 04 to 4. Od P.ok Od to 61 ud Head of Cattle this Das, Beasts, about I,Boo—Sheep and Lainb4. 8.500 NEWGATE. AND LEADEN/11L1. ey the Carcase. Beer 34 81 to 4. 811 Veal. 4. 01 to 44 RI 4A 4 to 411 Porit 01 to 6 01 CUAL-11ANKFT. Mach 17. Slips at Market. Sold. Yrie•. 24.. liowea•tle 1.; 40s 6d • 491 3.4 6..Sunderl..ad 2.. Stun• Coal 2..Cmders PRICE OF ST , JCI% S. Y I‘ST ER I ) \ I. 3 per Cora. Console b paaCeitt. Navy rxellequa.r Dills - rem par. FrigliA Lottery Tickets .. Batik for n . 2(4 Consah. for...a • T. BISH, Stock-Woker, No. 4, Cornhed, and 9, Ch.tring MARRIIGES. Ow Monday last, at Cawthorn, Yrni "nr the Rev J. , ltn Gnotnr, Rwhert tiverend, of t•,n Co.tag E,q . to ‘1,.• Jane Msealtall, second daushrer of Mr. Cta.nles Marshall, of Dosts-hill !loose, near Cawthorn. On Monday, at Pontefract, the Rev. T. Peres Wrlliansenn, of CritAn•urlt, I . ..rlc.h:re, to Miss Pr.. n ..es Ts)lor, ter of Thomas Taylor, Esq. of the former ,me. DEATHS. On Wednesday, at And row, ag.xl 1 1 3 yea's, M r ,. relict .d tile late It oclia,d Kali., Esti —She Was Lat.d.e.‘ His Majes , 7** lineselial4 for man, revs, and is %Amadei Uy the wife of her sot, Hum, Noma $. 4 / 3 1‘., frq. of 14 , 1.m': - ton Palace. _ . on ch r i.tmns in,. last, in prison, at the liar annall, Bowles, the Cherokee Chug... Ala apachen-k .es of punaltol. placated ha using the food lettered by i 5 SpamatJ., and, r ot forty dap, he 'saturated on oliages alone, And twat ,u two , quence redaeed toe tare skeler.m. Satur:ay last, at 124e:0r, in the 114th yea of his age, Jan Maosew-, F.A. Af. A.. 4 Jsts "W. NUM WATER THIS DAT AT LONDO fI N KKI, .E. M0r0..57 soon. after It. I Ivan ....20 nr1;• an .r 1. - • LONIX•M :--Printe4 by t; D‘VIUSON, No. 17, 110‘. 14 Cottrt, Bow-street, CoveHt-G.anlen, atm Nabbaked at the Office. No. 5, Back of St t.l,oeot's Chum+. S , "" d t by W. STUCK, of No. 7, New &Awn-a:met, Lag Acre. Orders, arc. tor that Paper, tent to the Unto. (p.otliatldlo wtfl•be etriy aztewl.4 te. PP P. " The thmte, E sad hi, Doil Draw bi-% 5 r i•C 1 1 1 etas Peet. lihest Dew., The Mr I. TP..rd e Ti: Prin , Ind 1. The 15. JI 5.,•.• ••• Tw41,1 O' Ilei as the ?meat b be 0. MerlrAt Scik S6'e•;:e T.e Tr lb* Dra OrJRI IF" g :e 1. 5:. C'l UIl d. 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