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Car otc i. "eel q! seen• 'flit'', p a per see, I led in vern. nts is most gners rs re- Ecul. ieved 1 the been )t see I this ta teci tibit into more ii t TO n the ides, !s at Eng ntiori Well VCat• oots, 'JO al of fade.• 3 0 in- Thc liis by ions ;iID• on' 0 e; the ,het ileY age, 'arc a icb . ok )cl'. LOITER, Nov . 3. TWo French vessels which left Calais yesterday afternoon, arrived this morning.—Nine domestics of General ANDREosst came over in them ; and hY the accounts brought by these vessels, it appears that Mons. PoßrALts, Secretary to the Embassy, reached Calais yesterday in the afternoon, and Ge neral ANitREOSSI was hourly expetled. The wind is now unfavourable, but the weather being moderate, he may he looked for here tomorrow. A Captain's Guard of the 521 Regiment, now in garrison at our caste, is on constant duty to receive him ; and or ders have been received for a General Salute to be fired from the Castle on his landing. HALIFAX, JULY 3T. This morning, His Majesty's Royal Newfound land Regiment was disbanded on the Regimental Parad e , under the superintendence and direaion of C ot. LAYARD, of the Royal Fuzileers. Their con_ ` lll O, on this occasion, was equal to their deport illent and behaviour during the time they have been in Halifax.• Every claim was adjusted, and not a single complaint was heard. The Men carried away with them from the Bar_ racks, upwards of 10001. in hard cash—their earn_ ings in the King's Wojks—such has been the good management of this Regiment. Ir was truly grate ful CO see the cheerfulness exhibited in every coun tenance, and the cordiality, gratitude, and respeft with which they took leave of their Officers ; such ever will be the consequence of good order, disci pline, and regularity. It is a tribute justly due to Lieut.-Col. WILL/ANIS, the Commanding-Officer of this Corps, and the other Officers of the Regiment, to say, that the condua of this Regiment, during the period they have been in Halifax, particularly , he present occasion of disbanding, refleas the 'ugliest credit upon them. As thi s respe a a bl e C o rp s of Officers are now upon a the spot,' we forbear to say more. The following Pers, w i t h which we have been favoured, will ne sufficiently chew the high se-rise that Lieut.- L en. Bowy ER, and the respeaable Inhabitants of the Town entertain of their merits : EXTRACT FROM GENERAL ORDERS. " Head-Quarters Halifax, y. 4 2 9 , 1802. 1 . " Lieut.-General BOWYER, in taking leave of 'ltut.-001. WILLIAMS, the Officers and Soldiers of L Corps, cannot refrain from expressing his re gret, at losing from under his command, a Regiment 30 distinguished for discipline, order, and regula !.,ity, which he will not fail to report to His Royal Highness the DUKE of YORK, by the earliest oppor tunity. " The Lientenant-General is convinced, if the Officers and Soldiers of this Corps had had the good fortun e to be opposed to the Enemies of their King and Country, in the late War, that their services in the field would have been as important and exem- Vary, as their condul and behaviour has been me_ t itnrious in this Garrison ; which has amply, en tirelY, and honourably wiped away every aspersion and refletaion, which may have been cast upon it, l c n con sequence o f i m p ru dencies an d irregularities 2 fl nittecl by a few ill-disposed Soldiers, prior to the seven Companies coming to Halifax. " The Lieut.-General intended to have assem bled thi s Regiment at Si. John's, Newfoundland, t hat it might have been disbanded there, and lie is extremely sorry his intentions have been frustrated, 1. 1 receiving His ;Majesty's commands to disband it 1 " the Province of Nova Scotia ; which only leaves t t in his power of offering a passage, to such Men a nd their Families, who chuse to accept of it, in Transports d est i ne d to c a rry the 66th Regiment L. 4 torn Newfoundland to Europe." Datra,y-LANE THEATRE.—The Comedy of The Country Girl, strengthened by the powerful attrac tion of Mrs. Jo tt DAN in Miss Peggy, drew a crowded audience to Drury lane Theatre last night. This ex cellent Aaress was in high spirits, and play_ „",the charader with her usual animation and t i f ,"'ete. The audience testified much pleasure at sight of her, and she received great applause th r°l -Ighout her performance. WROUGHTON's v . m "di was excellent. The crabbed humour and Igitant suspicion of the character were expressed a very masterly manner. R. PALMER gave ParJish with whimsical gaiety. BNUtYMORE .._ 11 (1 C. K EMBLE were respectable i n H arcourt an d M elville; and the Comedy altogether went off with ease, spirit, and effc6t. COVENT-GARDEN THE ATR E. Although the Cabinet has been so oaten represented, arid although it contains no great intrinsic merit, yet the music is so delightful, aril the exertions of the Performers are s o great, that it still continues to attrad very crowded audiences. Frequently as we have had oc casion to expresS our admiration of BRAHAm's Sing ing, we cannot avoid repeating it, in the strongest terms. He gave the song of " The Forest echos," (in which he was encored) in a style that absolutely enraptured the Audience. FAwc ETT and STOR AC E rattled through their parts with their usual vivacity. The new Opera forth-corning ar Drurlane Theatre, is understood to be the produdion of a Gentleman at Bath, whose literary talents'have al ready been distinguished, though not in the dra znaric province. The Musical Circles are likely to be enriched by the talents of Mrs. Asa E, wife of the celebrated Performer on the flute—a Lady whose musical taste and science are highly admired, and whose voice is very sweet and interesting. UPOn STEPHEN KEMBLE'S departure from Lon. d on, the charader of Fahtqf will, of course, re. 2 11 . e rt to PALMER, who performed it with much and who would have deserved public encou. :gement if he had performed it with less, on ac- T?unt of the diffid ent manner in whichhe announced 41 i first appeAreince 4Je ito • LATP REPORT. COURT_ OF KING's BENCH, Nov. SITTINGS BEFORE LORD ELLENHOROUGH AND SPECIAL JURIES, IN GUILDHALL, LONDON. CHATERs 'V. BELL. This was an Adion by the holder of a of Exchange against one of the Indorsers, presented to the Acceptor for payment, and dishonoured.— Defence, that it ought to have been protested for non-payment by the Acceptor, and the Protest drawn up and presented with the Bill to the De fendant. The following is the short state of the fads : The indorsement on the Bill, on behalf of the Plaintiff, was admitted to be of the Defendant's hand-writing, and that payment of the Bill was demanded of the Acceptor on the day it became due, which was the z4th of April 1800. That notice was afterwards given to, and payment de manded in due time, of the Defendant, but that at the time of such demand, no Protest for non-pay ment by the Acceptor was produced, nor was the Bill, at the time of such demand, protested, but that a Protest was afterwards drawn up, namely, on the 13th of May following, when the Protest bears date. That the Bill was noted, and that the date of the noting and that of the demand was on the same day. That the demand was made on the Defendant for payment of the Bill, who refused the same, on the ground that the Protest was not regularly made. ' On the one side it was contended, that the Protest was a mere formal at, which might be made out at any reasonable time after the noting, and would refer back to the date of the noting, and that the Defendant ought to be satisfied of the non payment by the Acceptor, on seeing that the Bill was marked noted, and that the Protest was the mere formal ad resulting from the noting, and might be drawn up at any reasonable tine, in like manner as are the Judgments of Courts after they are pronounced, or the Comtnitments or Con vidions by Magistrates. This doctrine, of course, applied only to in-land Bills of Exchange. With regard to foreign Bills of Exchange, the case was otherwise ; for in that case the Protest was the only evidence of non-payment, but here the noting was sufficient. , On the part of the Defendant it was contended, that the Protest of non-payment by the Acceptor .must be compleat before the Defendant was bound to pay, and that the Protest was his only real secu 'thy for the non-payment by the Acceptor, and ought therefore to have accompanied the demand of payment on the Defendant. The custom, as it appeared in evidence,and by some observations from the Jury, as well as the opinion of my Lord Chief Justice, appeared in favour of the Plaintiff, but at the request of Mr. GIBBS, the whole was turned into a case for the opinion of the Court of King's Bench. After the trial of another Cause the Sittings ended. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 3. SITTINGS AT GUILDHALL, BEFORE LORD ALVANLEY AND A SPECIAL JDR.Y. PETLEY V. STUTTLAND. TfIIS was an aftion brought by the Plaintiff as Owner of a barge, against the Defendant, who was Owner of a brig, to recover damages for having so negligently moored his vessel that it occasioned the loss of the craft belonging to the Plaintiff. The examination of witnesses occupied the whole of the morning ; yet , the subjeft is not of sufficient interest to justify . our entering into any deta:l. The accident happened on a very dark night. The. Defendant's ship was moored off Virginia Wharf, \\Tapping, in the wake of a tier, and the Plaintiff's barge was coming up the River with a strong tide. The persons on board the barge perceived that the ,brig had her anchor a cock-bill, and they called out to the people of the brig to let fall their anchor, and starboard their helm. This operation was not performed, in consequence of which the barge ran foul of the brig's how, and the fluke of the anchor going through her side, she immediately sunk. She was some days afterwards weighed and repaired, and the present Adion was merely for the loss adually sustained—this was proved to amount to Sol. for which sum the Jury gave a verdid for the Plaintiff. The Commissioners for paving and lighting the part of the parish of St. Pancras on the west side of Tottenham-court-road, have appointed an ARMED PATROLE, for the protedion of the Inhabitants within the, limits of their jurisdidion, from five o'clock in the evening until the hour when the watchmen go on duty. A laudable example, which it is to be hoped will be followed by other Parishes in the Metropolis, Many of the streets in London are extremely dangerous to walk through in damp weather, owing to the inhabitants not complying with the regula tion, which requires every person daily to sweep the pavement before his door. This proper regula. tion ought to be strktly attended to. We are sorry to observe that the pralice of Mail Robbery in Ireland increases in frequency. On ThurSday last the Mail from I3allinasloe to Galway, and the Mail from Philipstown to Edenderry, were b:)th robbed by bands of armed ruffians. It is observed in the new Comedy, that the weight of' a Fashionable Lar";''s Dress was exactly two ounces. It may, therefore, DC fairly inferred that the Lady was a light character. Madame it is said, at first intended to have had a much greater number of Maids of honour to attend her, than at present is the case ; but find ing great difficulty in procuring LADIES properly qualified, she unwillingly curtailed the establishrwnt: An Attorney in the neighbourhood of Lincoln's Inn Fields, observing the improvements now carry ing on in that place, remarked, that it was a clay soil, and that nothing would thrive there. " Oh nu, Master," said one of the workmen, who hap_ pened to know him, " not if it Aver, planted with At turniesl for they thrive every rwhere." It is very creditable to the Moral Taste of the Public, that they put a stop to the Epilogue of the new Comedy. It was totally devoid of humour, and so indecent in one of its allusions, that we word IlOw 1 thould escape the Licenser's vet 4. ER :IN , EXTRACTs FROM THE P.AMptiL trIV SIR rRANns D'l V EkNOIS, ENTITLED I,E$ CI NQ PROMESSES, &c." (C,ltinuel fr,pit over Paper of rettrclaf.) What could be more clear or more chearing than these first Councils, and how could BON A - P ART E have adopted a better method of making the Federes feel, that seeing the diErence of their Religions, their Manners, their BouAlaries, their Habits, and even their Climates, they ought to renounce every speculative ilea of symmetrical organization, for the purpose of preserving, reii giously, the type of their Primii inc. Constitution ? The Treaty of Luneville ing appeared to put the Seal to the promises of the Consul, in ranteeing to the Swiss, by the Eleventh Article, the power of adopting such form of Government as they should judge suitable to thermelves, they na turally considered it as an invitation to depart from Anarchy, and the first, the only means of destroy ing Anarchy, was, without d.',uOt, to re-instate their ancient Magistrates, su violently destiluted • by the French DireCtory. Helvetia almost unani mously demanded that they should resume the helm of State, and charge themselves with the care of preparing and organizing the Laws for the Govern ment of the Country. Some of the antient IVlrgi strates consented, and were re-instated on the 2 Bth of Ozlober, i Sat, without any Foreign Influ:-nee, and without those who concurred in the measure permitting themselves for a moment to doubt that BONAPARTE would applaud them for imitating- his example, in recalling to the Administration men who, by their talents, their birth, and their fortune, were peculiarly calculated to confer upon it lustre ,and strength. But what above all increased the hopes of the S.viss was one of the first acts of the new Federative Government, in conferring the office of the Supreme Magistracy on M. RE D NG, one of those rare men whose talents are, only deve loped in a great crisis, and whom Providence seems to keep in reserve for the purpose of retrieving the charaEter of a People ready to This man, who was invested with the dignity of First Landamman of Helvetia, is the same Ge neral ALoys REDING who, on the zd of May 1798, at the head of the Militia of Schwitz, gave baffle to the French, who were much superior in number, forced their Lines, sword in hand, and chaced them to the plain of Morrgarten, already rendered so famous by the Vidory obtained over the . Austrians in 1315 by the Swiss, under command of the Landamman R. RED I NO. Before he concluded his brethren in arms to that desperate attack, this illustrious Inheritor of his Name delivered to them an Address, which they have preserved, which they will transmit to their descendants, and which the Greek Historians would have regarded as worthy of LEON I DAS. " Brave Comrades and dear Fellow-Citizens, we have arrived at a decisive moment. Surrounded by enemies and abandoned by our friends, there re mains nothing for us but the consciousness that we will courageously imitate the example which our Fathers once set before us in this very place.. Do not let us mutually impose upon ourselves in this solemn hour; an almost certain death awaits us.— As to myself, I promise you that I will not abandon you, even in the greatest danger---" Death and no Retreat." " Death and no Retreat," unanimously re-echoed his Soldiers. Two of them left the ranks, and tak ing him by the hand, swore to obey his orders. He gave his little Troop the signal for combat, arid the Conquerors of Europe were vanquished by a hand_ ful of Militia, who, three times in that same day, prevented them from rallying, and at each onset made the greatest carnage. The next day was almost equally glorious for these intrepid Mountaineers.; but a small number of similar viaories would have soon destroyed the whole population •of their Canton. All the others had accepted the new ConstitutiOn. The Heroes of Schwitz consulted together, and were of opinion they 'might subscribe to the Constitution without disl►conour, after hating shewn that the People and their Chiefs remained united to the last, and yield ed only to an immense superiority of numbers.— This great Citizen was the last of The Swiss who kid down his arms, and we shall soon see that he will be the first to resume them. The Historian who has preserved the Address delivered to the Heroes of Schwitz informs us, that shortly before the Revolution, 1/I:REDING, then very young, had withdrawn from the service of Spain, for the purpose of cultivating his lands, and an acquaintance with the Muses, and. that the loss of his wife, whom he tenderly loved, plunged him into a profound melancholy, Which the irruption of the French into Switzerland on a.sudden dissipated. Persons who saw him at that period represent him as much less alarmed at the open aggression of, France, than at the-secret divisions which had arisen amongst the Governors and the Governe& It was . he who gave the signal to the other Cantons for fly ingto the relief of Berne . , but.he was also mongst the number of those who represented to the n ernese, - that in departing from their original Institutions the Aristocratical Helvetians had become too contraded. He saw above all with pain, certain commercial privileges which certain Bourgeoise in the Sove reignties enjoyed, to the exclusion of the People of the Country, and not only exhorted them to re nounce them, but gave the . example of conces sion by prevailing upon his Canton to admit to a participation of the Sovereignty, ail the inha bitants of certain vallies who had previous to that remained in the state in which they were found by conquest, and consequently subjects. Its a word, the Historian whom I have already quoted, depicts him precisely in the same colours in which CLAREN DON displays Lord FALKLAND, deploring the ex. aggerated pretensions of both parties, foreseeing nothing but a sinister event, •and seeking death in order to avoid being a witness of it. Although, since the deathof tire AVOYER STE IG NER, REDING had become the only hope of the Independeot Party, the French Fadion constantly professed for him the greatest respcd. One may judge of this from the only reproach directed against him which I have been able to discover in the Diatribes didated by the spirit of party in Swit. ; it it that of being acidtaed tG sup e rstition. The Wfiters of the French badion colled him, by way of derision, our pious Landamman. This pious and courageous Delcnder of the Democratic Helverians, did not re-appear upon the scene until after the Treaty of Luneville, and when, in order to avail itself of the. poster whieli had been guaranteed to the Swiss, their Central Government convoked and opened itt 13( rne, on the 7th of Sep.., tember,. t Sot, a Gencral Diet, for the utirpose of submitting to them a Plan of definitive organization, M. REDING was present, and declared that an irresistible farce alone having compelled the il!rrio cratic Cantons to accept provisionally t!:c Coustitua tion under `which they groaned, if there was a.ques tion of changing it ; and if France bad truly left them the power of making that ch they de.: manded the enj'oy'ment of their ancient on that condition only w,mld be disposed to concur in the completion of the Federal System. The Revolutionary Parry strongly urged, that such a condition would sap the foundation of the grand principle of absolute Unity. REDING Ope posed to that principle the local conveniences, the influence of habits, and the orders of his Constitu ents. Both sides remained inflexible, and the pre- Ihninary condition proposed by the Deputy for Schwitz not having been admitted, he protested against their proceedings,' and departed on a sud. den on the Izth of ClAaber, with the Deputies for Underwald and Uri. Their Protest and his departure, opened the eyes'of all the - Independent Men in that Assembly. Thirty amongst them immediately seceded;and de:+ elared, that the Deputies of the three most ancient Cantons, the Cradle of true Helvetic Liberty, hav ing separated, the Diet must be regarded as impel-- fctt and incompetent." This trait of firmness, and, still more, the Public opinion gave, in a few days, the majority to the Seceders, who proceeded, without delay, to form a Central Government, consisting of a Senate and Executive Council, composed of the most en lightened Men and the reins of Government were given to REDING. This latter event ;caused every where so much joy, that the Catholic Cantons were illuminated on the occasion, and what was a still greater honour, the Protestant Synod of Zurich presented an Ad dress of Thanks to the Diet, for having confided the Helm.of the State to the hands of those 'who lowa all their hope ;Ir the Supreme Beiug. Two whole montbs, however, passed, and France refused, nor only to explain, but even to communi cate with a Regency thus constituted. REDING at length resolved to put an end to this equivocal con. duet, and determined, to repair, in person, to Paris, to demand, categorically, .of the Consul, what were his final views respeding Helvetia, and tvhat that Country was to expea. This trait of charaler in. d'uced BONAPARTE to hear him with respeel, and the news of his reception produced such an effeft in Switzerland, that the ancient Magistrates yielded to the Public wish, and sheaved themselves more and more disposed to resume the direetion of af fairs. Hardly was BONAPARTE informed upon the subjea, than he addressed, with his own hand, to REDING, the. Letter, which, contrary to custom, he ordered to be published the Official Paper, for the purpose of undeceiving the credulous Swiss, who locked upon the happy event of the zBth of Oaobet, as their 18th of Brumaire, as the Aurora of a new day. first Manifesto, is, in reality, the preamble of that of the 3oth of September, and de serves to be made an epoch in the fast; of the Con sular Diplomacy. I add some Marginal Notes for the better understanding the obje6t and meaning of it. (i'o he continued.) M T A .-Ev the last Ad of Parliament, House holders are required to return Lists of Persons fit and liable to serve in the Militia, according to a form which is to be left at every Dwelling-house in' the Kingdom, by the Constable, which List it to be returned to the said Constable within 1+ days, under a penalty of sl.—The omitting to insert the name of any person liable to serve, subjects the Housekeeper to the like penalty. It may be useful to our. Readers to be informed, that the late Militia Ad requires t at each person's claim of exemption shall be stared in the return which he. is to makc to the Constable. The follow ing are the principal exemptions : Peers of the Realm—Officers and Privates serving in his Majesty's Forces—:Commissioned Officers serving or having served, four years in the Militia—Clergymen or Licensed Teachers, whose Place of Meeting shall have been Registered withing twelve months previous to the General 11leetn.; the.present month—Constables or Peace-0 dicers—A rdcled Clerks—Apprentices—Seamen—poor Men who have, more than one Ch►ld horn in Wedlock—and persons having served personally, or by substitute. But no person who has served only as a substitute or volunteer in the Militia, is exempted from serving again. Married, on Tuesday, at Ruislip, by the Rel. JA M ES HA R RIS, STEPHEN GASELEE, Esq. or :Le Inner Tzniple, to Miss HA4R is, of Hadley, daughter of the lace JAMES HARRIS, Esq, of Great 'Baddow, Essex. On Wednesday se'nnight the house of S. E. SAW.. BRIDGE, Esq..of Olantigh, Kent, was broke into by some villains, and a. si. Union Canterbury Bank Note, and a Bank of England Note stolen ther , 2- from : a small regimental button, with 52, and the - word Oxfordshire upon it, was found in the window_by.which the thief or thieves made their. • escape. Singular .c.ircUcistance. About a month ago Colemere, living near the Newgate in Ches_ ter, missed one of his hens, which on search at that time could not be found. As the waggons foe London go from the 'yard of Mr. C. it was conjcelured, that at the time of going to roost, she had got into one of them, and as they uswdly start at an early hour, that she most have gone by it. However likely this idea at that time, as to the cause-of her disappearance might be,-a few days since proved to the contrary ; for on removing some bags of hops, she was found so hem med in by three of them, as totally to prevent he: escape. In this situation she had remained for three ‘ ree ks, without the least nourishment ! Food be ing_given her, .she ate a little, but on joining the other fowls in the yard, the cock beat her in such a manner that she died a short time after.