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i P.1P.2 . ‘C% I'% 3. T. I 1 1 . 1 R.NNA, TAN. 2•3.—A violent earthquak e was 1 -e 't at liukk ar i, Id r i a, and ' Fiurna. W e are i n f orme d by Letters from Constantinople, ple,k Mr. S TRATTON, Secretary to the English Ern_ uas i s3' has se.; out f or E gypt, with the intention of ''''' e avourin,T to quiet the disturbances which have eR excited there, on account of the deposition of le Ile Ys. Lord ELGIN still remains at his post. ll nh number Of persons taken up f o r forgin g b an k l 'res, whi c h were c i rculated in the greatest profit_ 4 ' )n 3 is very Coniiderable. Sixteen of their 'accom r'lces wer e di scovered in Italy ; and in consequence (, demand from our Court, given up by the go‘iernment. They are now in irons, and'on t" it way hither through the Tyrol. • PETtrtsnuacx, JAN. Ig. The Petirsburkh C , ix.ett e 11 , whi c h had hitherto borne at the head o f i t , 1 e Arms of Malta, united with those of the In Pire, ha s , in the first number of . the present ye ar, dis • - ' ‘olilinued them. RAitsaoN, FEB. I.—II is now decided, th at toe three Ecclesiastical Electorates are to be pre served, no twithstanding the projeEts by which the oral dignity was to be conferred on the Land_ e 61. CAisEn, t h e P r i nce o f O RANGE , an d the 'lnce of WIRTEMBURGH. , 1 he ELF c•ro rt of HANovElt has taken every pos sible measure to p r event Prussia herself o f the from , possessi C ountry of IVi ldesheim, ng as he would then entirely surrounded by the Prussian States. It is asserted, that Prussia is to have the town of Zr men as a consideration, for having consented to yreserve the three Ecclesiastical Eledorates. Par,Lukei m is a fi . x . eLc or - t i i ' e 20 . --,The opening o f the Diet 1 a l of May. Preparations are already Chamber of ( 1, 1 , i11 ) . Hotel f ormerly occupied_ to hold by the the Sittinos, 'nonce, the pla ce Spp o .; d nte • 13 Y le tters from g .• • gence T enzhik, we nave certain i nte lli, of i • 2l , J.SMA EL BE Y has left S'ekii, with a body grade ' : o °° men; tb re d uce t he Janissaries of Bel- R N; . tiok e EE.4.-The eommotions which had 2, o : ; utili the countries adjacent to the Lake of t i)t gin, by degrees, to subside. There ' 't erich Troops as yet been sent thither. Miinber of French Troops in our Re ttil„ ''mounts to 4000 men, exclusive of those oc c • of j taiy. ll ll the r e d o i.r, and who belong to the Army Ha cti tom tn . 11 E 13 . g.-The Officers of the Squadron orders oded by Admiral DE W NT-E It, have received t ° slee. on board their respe&ive Vessels. I \ ll ll.Av F ar r i vet , 3t B. Courier Extraordinary, whoto 'sere on the 29th ult. in the morning; brought cons ',Government the happy, intelligence that' tilt! : 1 Ica Extraordinary had proclaimed, • the z6: - .11 the new Constitution of oUr Republic, Which in t are will he called the Italian Republic. . " 11 e present .overninent announced the consola i,:._ t•sult of th e l a b ours of the Lyons Assembly by " foll ow i ng Proclamation t `-141,11TTEE Oi* G CVEIifiI\TP.NT TO THEIR rEL,LoW ciTzEt.N3. It Ati " Milan, Pm. 30. te Inst. the tie:public is solidly established !On the . :12ptei the ,•?traorainary Consulta met at Lyoris,..3 nd .4 i the ril,:--:ll,tuution acclamation. This action, fix-, Lle . r ci„tlll_, (i?!ec.lous epoch for a People impatient . to ; 1 1 1 0 1_9 1 f, s rryiYt...._l4-e?eed, -was accompanied by , circu . rnstan t c . c., b ei ' i t worth y o u r s i: au event the most . fortunam and , he. a ! i niiration. The Republic, which be,a , . , 1 , b t. } .tieic,_ot 17:`:iik:iiisalpine Republic, ►has assumed the Republic. NAI?oL. EON E. BON AP X It, tlie A .rt!--has ben appointed Presideht of This• th ic L M Cia P resident. 110, ot" that. painf . ultricertainty, iyhich thus is our 1..41 !nen. and uneasiness into the minds ot all— istances whi c h' .( "'cal sit-nation fixed —the painful circtini- Thent rondered tilz: state of the Provisional Govern tie,rdestabii,,,,,tl,th, will vanish at the approach of the he or ri 'which "ncing to you such great and happy events; h e . cc;f9tilled Citizensnot exPeaed, the liveliest .. joy will till the ~ thus accomplishing all their wishes ; tra risr , or *Li c h enrsurtess the deepest p,leasure are due to an event (Signed) " R N C E, Secretary- General. i ' ~AW.rteA.lrearn, .Calahria, that the Bishop of -nRo was killed by a shot as he was return !4s, to the'Convent where he lodged : the author of )Is horrid assassinatiori is not known: This s i re_ retina! Prelate was a particular friend of Cardinal 4 \14- fo. t h e i lle Lady , of Pius VI, arrived on the evening of 2 4th ult. at Genoa; next morning it was nd k,no,,a " rnd, 'ondutleci by the li g h t of flambeaux, la and th e ,tlie Escort of G rena di ers, to the Church of w forr,• it r i nicans, w h ere Divine Worship w as per _ in he In humour of th e d eceased P ontiff, which rQcrori,Rtil)le. u l ed till the d eparture of Monsignior oi Tlie ' P o P"Pit of Milan seem to carry on the State_ rc e of . w i th , the formation- of The Italian Republic, '. t i ' s 'loch gravity, as appeared in tile represen -1114 mrl Cl the first Scene at Ijons. They might, ..owever, have omitted the Te Deum in honour of __"i s t o v er ' event, which was sung in the Church, 144 thish:elterbet,ation of such . performances better became .7. _There has lately been much intercourse between Iv ir• a x and Mr. ROBSON, and the wonder is, that 11).en whose taleilts and attainments are so very thtferent in their nature and extent, can ever arrive at an interngible level, v , A melancholy accide nt h appened on Wednesday It,,ht, at the louse of RICHAR D HI lIFER NAN, Esq. qtriouth-nreet, Portland_place after the family d retired to rest, Mrs. H. and a Lady on a visit at the house, were alarmed by the smell of some thing burning: they proceeded down stairs, and ;Ton opening the kitchen door, they beheld the . cook ',Ying on the flor, bur - nt in a most shocking manner. Medical asistance was irnmediately sent for, but it l ' s 'as faund that the poor . crenure.had been dead some time before she was first discovered. it is supposed whe t accident must have happened from the candle, ell, was burniner near her, as there vas not a particle of. ri're in ''')the grate. An inquest was held 63 r 1 the body yesieri. • and T . brought in a . , cay evening, the J uly verditft ot—Acidental Death:- .. .. ... CORN EiCiLIIII:7"E; February ! 9. I 1 11Zarket had a middling supply ; but Oats, from the very great imports, continue plenty and moderate ; Barley is brisk at a stall advance ; Wheat continues steady ; and Flour as before. Wheat - 6os 7os a 78s od Fine do. - 79$ a Bos od Malt - 445 4Ss a sos od Fine do. - -52 s oil Barley - -39 s a 43s oct Rye - - —38 s od White Pease 3750 41S od Beans 34's a 36s od Tick do. 32s a 33s 6 , 1 Oats • - -16 s a 2 LS Ofi Poland do. 22S a 23s od Rape Seed 321 a,351 per last Fine Flour Sys a bos per sack Second do. sos a sSs per do. DUBLIN', FEB. 13. Several military waggons, under escort; arrived from different parts of the country this week, and lodged their contents, consisting of camp appa ratus and other matters belonging to the Army, in the stores adjacent to the Grand Canal. . Very large quantities of flout and malt arrived this week at the harbours of the Grand Canal, and were .placed in the adjoining stores..- Large quan tities of flour were likewise brought from the coun try- parts by land carriage, and deposited in private stores in this City. On Tuesday last the 29th ult. J. FR IZL tL, Esq. Surveyor of Excise, assisted by a party of the Fife shire Fencibles, seized at Tubber, in the County of Wicklow, a quantity of private malt in process of inanufa&ure. On Mr. FarzELL'i return to his lodgings at Kilcullen Bridge that night, he met a private still on , a car, which he itnmediately seiz ed, and sent to the King's Stores at Naas. A few days since a person going along Clerken.. well-green, passed by a man carelessly carrying a straw - cutting-knife: the edge of which being very keen, caught the back part of his hand, and cut it in a shocking manner. The man was taken before the Magistrates in Hatton-garden, who committed him to answer the complaint, for his inattention in not covering the knife, as dangerous to people going along the streets. The celebrated Mrs. Barrington was yesterday fully committed from the Public Office, Union Hall, to the New Gaol in the Borough, to be tried at Kingston, being charged with robbing a Gentlerrian in St. George's Fields of his watch. A detainer was lodged against her on a further charge of rob bing another Gentleman of a pocket-book, contain ing some valuable property.: 0.1 Wednesday last at the Old Bailey, Daniel M' alias Captain Ayne, was tried for horse stealing. It was sworn that he hired the horse in question the 13th of August in London, on pretence of going to Dartford, but went to Liverpool, where he borrowed money at two several inns upon the kecurity of the horse, and there left him.---The Prisoner in his defence said, he really went to Dartford, where he met his brother, a Naval Offi cer, to whom he gave the horse in charge, with di. reetions to return him, being obliged himself to go to Plymouth, and consequently that it must have been his brother who pledged the horse at 'Liver ponl. His identify was however proved by all the witnesses, while he called none to support his statement. The jury, after' some deliberation in their room, returned to the box, and the Foreman was just on the _point of delivering the Verdil, when one of them cried out, " No, no."--They again returned to their room, where they remained from eight until near twelve o'clock at night, and then brought in a Verdia of—Acquittal. On Tuesday a Marine, at Plymouth, in a fit of d es pondency at a disappointment in being invalided, and discharged from the corps, cut his throat so dreadfully, that, though every assistance was ren dered hidt, he died in great agonies in the Royal Hospital. Mr. WityrFoito, Coroner for Devon, took an inquest on the body ; and the Jnry found, upon inquiry into the circumstances of the case, a verditt of -Lunacy. A very curious incident is mentioned in a Coun try Paper, as having ccitainly occurred in the neigh. bourhood of Clashmore, County Waterford, only a few days ago countryman had taken so extra. ordinary a fancy to a young girl, who lived at some distance from him, and not meeting with proper en coUragerrient in the usual way of addressing her, he resolved to carry her off, and marry her by force ; and for this purpose engaged a number of fellows to assist him, on an appointed night.—The girl's brother having been informed of this plot by a per son in the secret, dressed himself up in his sister's cloaths, and pretended to be very busy in smooth ing linen when the ravishers approached ; they burst open the door, and placed the supposed damsel be hind bet intended spouse, who instantly gallopped off to his house, where he consigned her to the care of his, mother and sister,' desiring them to be very kind to her, and to keep her in bed until lie went for a clergyman.—By the rudeness of their guest, however, the secret of his sex was almost immedi; ately betrayed ; and the whole terminated in a hearty laugh at the expence of the amorous Knight Errant. Last Thursday se'imight the Brighton fishermen picked up at sea, and brought to shore at that place, upwards of five hundred' casks of contra band Spirits, of which the Revenue Officers - soon got scent, and proceeded very aCtively to unburden the fishermen. This landing and seizing conti nued, with little intermission, from six to ten, to the great amusement of upwards of two thousand people, who had become speaators of the scene. 'When the Officers had loaded themselves with as may tubs as they could carry, the fishermen, in spite, of their assiduity, found means to convey away as many more, andsby that means seemed to make a pretty equal division. On Saturday evening last, at a quarter before eight o'clock, a Welchman, who is an attendant waterman of the stand of coaches in St. Paul's Church-yard, started, for a considerable:: wager, from the gate opposite to Ludgate-hill, to run 18 times round the• iron ra'. 4. ng, in' the 'space of.arl hotir. He performed it five minutes within, the tithe, and was ,triumphantly led off, -and: received' one guinea, for performing the arduous task he had - undertaken. -e• . • !LIM/ REPORP. • . COURT 6i• BENCif, Fi }l. IL • t irrTlNct BEFORE MR. JUSTICE LAW - it-VINCE.; IN WESi:. MINSTER.VIALL. RorFiir v. MR. ERSKINE stated, that; in this the Plaintiff was .a Datieihg Master, and, what was called at the Theatre; a i3allet Master. He entered into an engagement' with the Deleiklant; who was a young woman; to teach her io . danee . , and also to procure her an engagement . at one of the Theatres, as a Figuie Dancer ; for which he had the premium of eight guineas; and he w:ts also to have half her salary for the first three years. That he instruaed her according to this agreeMent, had the premium of' eight guineas, and also the half of her salary for two yearS, and part of the third; biit that there was remaining due to him, on account of her salary for the third season, 141. and a fraction, for which this adion Was-brought. Mr. ERSKINE said, it Might be urged, that this was an imprudent engagement on the part of this young woman, the'Defenclarit ; that she might be better employed at home than by dancing on the Stage--==to which, he siid, he had no answer to make ; except, that these things were to be judged of by the parties who enter into such contraers ; it was enough for him, as Counsel for the Plaintiff, that there was nothing illegal in the contract itself, and, therefore, that a Court of Law would inforce the performance of it, It appeared in evidence, that this agreement was catered into between the Plaintiff and the Defend.. ant : that he .had taken the premium of ei g ht gui. neas for instruaing her in dancing : that he. did so instruct her, and also procure for het an engage ment, as a Figure Dancer, at one . of the Winter Theatres, for which her .salary was twenty-five shil lings per week : that she was engaged for two sea sons, and the Plaintiff received one half of her salary for these two seasons, but part of the remaining sea son he had received nothing. This was evidencegi veil by a young woman -who was also a Figure Dancer,. and which, she said, she heard from the mouth of the Defendant, who :was, at the time of this agreement, under twenty years • of age. _ _ gr. GIBBS took an Objeaion in this case, on account of the Defendant being under age, for that an Infant could, not bind him or herself to any thing except for Necessaries in life. Mk. Justice LAWRENCE over-ruled .this • ob_ jedion, by observing that he could not conclude that this instruction in dancing, by which this young woman was perhaps to earn her livelihood, was nor to be ranked as a Necessary in life. for her, as she had adopted it as .a way of life. _ Mr. GIBBs then observed, that he could proVe in this Case, the Plaintiff had received more than he was entitled to_ by his agreement, suppOsing the agreement to be binding, for that in truth he did receive the eight guineas as a premium for teaching this young woman to dance ; that he had received half her salary while she continued employed, which was for two seasons ; that on the third; the Plain tiff himself was discharged as.a Ballet-master from the Theatre, and so was the Defendaur as a figure_ dancer. That both her and her mother applied, afterwards to the .Plaintiff for an engagement for this young woman as a figure-dancer, to which he answered, " he had none to give her, that she must shift for herself, &c." That the mother after Wards applied to Mr. tremble, stating the dis. tress of the family, &c. 'and that Gentleman out of humanity employed her as a figure-dancer.at Drury lane Theatre, &c.—And also, that the agreement was made with the mother, and not the daughter in this Case. , He had a paper to• the followinc , effed t " London, 19th Jan. 1798, received a Mrs. Riches the sum of 81. Ss. as a premium for taking her daughter as apprentice for thzee years, it being agreed that I should take half her salary for three years." This agreement was proved by the mother to have been entered into by her, the mother, and not'her daughter, and the Defendant. It was proved also that he was discharged from the. Theatre, and that the young woman lost her em ployment on that account, and afterwards procured an engagement on her own account,' &c. ; that the mother paid the eight guineas, and not the daugh ter. Therefore the Learned judge was of opinion, that in either case, namely, *the agreement being with the mother instead of the daughter—or: that the Plaintiff had received the salary of the Defend ant as long as he was entitled to receive it, that was, While . he procured employment fur hitr, the verdid ought to be for the - Defenti,tnr. Verdid for Defendant Accordingly. GLASSINGTON THE'SHERIFFS OF MIDDLEEV. This was an Anion' at the suit- of GlassingtOh, Assignee of the estate and effects of one Dickie, Bankrupt, .in the Strand, to recover back the sum of tool. which was levied by the Sheriffs under an execution issued out by a Gentleman of the name of Thompson, a wholesale Stationer and creditor of Dickie, the Plaintiff, Glassington, contending that .the goods in question were his property by assignment, and that none of them belonged to Dickie, and that therefore, the Sheriff committed a trespass in this Case, in levying on these goods as and for the property of Dickie. To support this anion, Mr. Dickie was examin ed, by whose evidence it was stated, that the houSe in which this Execution was levied, was the house of Mr. Glassington, and not his, Mr. Dickies that Mr. Glassington had lodged in the hOse for i 6 years, but had become the proprieicir•of it ever since 1795, Dickie having then become Bankrupt, and paid one shilling in the pound : that, in Onobet last, Dickie•was arrested, and remained in gaol un til January last, upon which a Commission of23.ank- . ruptcy issued against bins again. The petitioning Creditor,. in 'that case, being Mr. Glassington, who, he said, was the tenant of the house,, but lived in a three pai'r of stairs . back room in it, and held a situation in the Morning Herald : that, al though Glassington was the proprietor of the stock in thii shop, Dickie's name continued over the door both of the house and shop : that in all bills of parcels of gOods brought. into, or carried out 'of this shop, Dickie's name was always made use of; Glas;: singtortt h'et erairarint - a, all; &c. 6.te: he; tetckii!.l owed Giassiogton -75-01. in all; lie having suppcilqedDickie and his family, &c. &c: A great while The ArroRNEY GENERAL contended; that the whale of this trinsaftioni on the face of it, -was a scene of fraud ai the creditors of DiCkie, who, 1 - ,e said, bad. by i flagrani, abuse of the Bankrupt Laws, got two white- , .vashing Coniinisssions, and; he contended, it was manifest that this was a mon.: strous collusion between Dickie and•GlaSsington, to trump up a claim by Glassington, and to call hini the occuper of the hone, See. &c.! Where were the Rates of the Parish paid by Giassington E Where the . Bills of Parcels of Gbads sold to, or by hiM ? Where the Receipts for Rent, &c. &c. I Nothing of this sort to be seen-i-nothing but the bare oath of Dickie, who, the ATtor.NEY GENE: RANG contended, was totally unworthy of credit.. The Learned Judge thought it too much for hirri to advise the Jury to find the B‘mkraptcy fraudu lent, as all the proceedings under it appeared to be regular, and as Dickie had been two months in prison for debt, which was cf itself an a& Of bank-. ruptcy—but all this was nothing , without proof of the petitioning creditor's debt, an t i to prove that fact Dickie was not competent. A Solicitor then proved that he caused Dickie to be-arrested for a debt of 931. which together with the-costs came to more than tool.; That the AEtiorl was settled by Glassington, he. paying 631. ana giving Bills for the remainder,jointiy between him and Dickie. The Learned -Judge then observed, that before the Plaintiff could recover in- this - Action, •it wad necessary that the Jury should be-satisfied that t - debt due to the petitioning creditor, who . in.this case. was Glassington, - the Plaintiff, amounted to tool. Now there was no more proved to have.beeo attuallY paid by Glassington than 631. on his own account, the 'test was paid, or m;ght have been paid by Dickie himself, and therefore, on the short and plain ground, that the fetitioning creditor's debt, did not'amount to tool. in this case the Jury might find' a Verdia for the Defendant: Thee - Plaintiff's Counsel said this turn of the Cause was a surprize on them, and therefore they were not prepared to meet it, but they had abundant evidence to shew the =debt of the petitioning creditor was many hundred .pounds; and they would be prepared with their Witnesses•at another season, and there. fore instead of a Verdia against their Client, they preferred a..nonsuit. Plaintiff nonsuited.: . FEBRUARY 12. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' ACT THE KING ‘7l: THE JUSTICES OF LONDON. TH I S business involved an. important discussion respeding the relief of Insolvent Debtors. Mr. PARK rose Jo shew cause against a Rule obtained - by. Mr. 'Erskine on Tuesday last, for Mandamus, to be direeted to the Lard Mayor of the City of London, for the purpose of compelling the Magistrates, at the Quarter Sessions for the. County of Middlesex, to rake into consideration, and•de termine on, the Petition of John Taylor, an In. solvent Debtor, who bad applied, to bedischatged under the, benefit of the Aft for the relief of persons in his situation. . The qtiestirn to be determined was. Whether he had applied whin tl e proper period oi time prescribed by the At, so that the Magistrates had authority to discharge him ?. Owing to various mistakes and 'delays,• he hard not regularly applied for his discharge until the sth day of the present month, though, as Mr. Park contended; _it _was es sentially necessary, as expressed by the Aft, that he 'should have applied during the first or second General Quarter Sessions, or adjournments thereof, after the passing of rile Aft. This, he said, was 'sufficiently insisted on bye the tst and zd•Seetions of the Aa -the reason of Which was 'explained by. Sect. s r z, which was inserted to retnkly the defects of former Ads, as, by , them, Creditors had beer., harassed with repeated notices, der ng their whole continuance, - tobppose persons clearly excluded from their-benefit. Mr. Park' 'rested on the ground that the Ad expired at the close of the second Quarter Session, and . its adjournment, after the passing of the Aft ; and 'that,. as - Mr. Taylor had not applied within that period, he was -. not enti4ed W its benefit: Mr. GURNEY, who followed, was, as well as Mr. Park, on the part of the Creditors. He also contended; • that any Order of Discharge, made by any ot,l4er Sessions after the first and econd. subse quent so the passing•of the Aft, would not indem oily the Gaoler, who would be subjea to an ACtign for Escape. • • Mr. ATTORNEY GENERAL said; he appeared for the Justices, who had no party interests to gratify, but only wished for such decision as might enable the Officers under them to aa with safety ; and lie submitted that it would be better to enlarge the Rule till next Term, than that the Gaoler should be liable to an Aftion. Circumstanced as he. was, he said he did not feel himself bound to follow his Learned Friends in the construCtiOns which they had thought proper to put on tie Aa. • He thought that the most fair and liberal construaion was, that the Debtors were to be discharged during the first .or second Sessians after their application had been made; and-not that they were to be precluded from the liberty-of applying for relief after the first and `second Sessions subsequent to the passing of the Bill, the two first Seaions of which, he conceived, related only ,to the iresentation of the lists of the names of. those who meant to apply. Th only difficulty which presented itself to him app6red in the szd Settion, ;-elatWe , to the continuance of the Ad : it said, that "whereas, in all former Ads, Creditors had. beer put to great expence and trou ble, during every SessiOns, during the continuance ,Me Ad, to oppse the discharge of those who were clearly excluded from the benefit ; be it there fore enacted, that the first decision of the Justices shall be final, unless the objections made shall be removed, and no NehjeCtions afterwards made shall be taken into consideration." The continuance of the Aft, he repeattii was the , only difficulty wgch presented itself : as to the construction of • the szd Seaion, in other respects, he considered the, pro posed' remedy to mein, that only one regular' notice , of 'application should b© given ; and that, if ant