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LVEty South- eakh r ERE, laden tptain from rtas, lieces ~~ I Vine, ,S.E. this the .day 'oil. the its 100. im• )rrn4 BY a Decree of the Consuls, dated Ist beet:4ller, General' MENOU is appointed Adniinistrator Gene. ral of the six Departments of the 27th Military Division, in the room of General JouttuAN, who is made a Member of the Council of State. DIJON, JAN. I4.—Two Negroes of Rank passed through this City within these few days, under the escort of a Captain of Gendarmerie, who concluded theth to Besanon. It is presumed that they were - Superior Officers of the Army of TOUSSAINT. Madame Lact.lac„ widow of the General of that ~,. . name, who died in St. Domingo, is expeded in our Pepartment, in her way to Paris. Orders are given , that she may have a Guard of Honour. STUTTGARD, JAN. 7.-4 f we may believe several • .of the G er Man G azettes, very important Negotia. ~ tioni have been for some time on foot at P a ris, hetiveen Lord WHITWORTH and the Minister Tato..evaatro. They relate in part to the Evacua. titan of Malta and Egypt, and to the affairs of Par. pia and Etruria. .England exalts • from France a Promise, that in any case.she shall not send.troops either to Malty or Egypt; but the French Govern. Merit has rejeded Such a proposition, because it is not mentioned in the Treaty of Amiens. As to the affairs of Italy, Lord WHITWORTH has also received an answer in the negative ; and so much the mote precise, as it was neverlutencled 'to treat With the. Court of London on the affairs of the Con. taent, that Court not having in the Negotiations for Peace which took place with Austria, taken any Part with reaped to the affairs of the German EM. lire,' or 'ltaly. larrtrastur 9.... -The Senate of Pueembsteg has re. eeived Letters from its Deputies at Paris, Messrs. • . lon and /Clans No. Those Gentlemen were sent to P ar i s on a most important Mission, as reports have been in circulation that it was in contempla. . tion togive the City of /41srernhaer to the ELEC. 1:10R of B4VMLTA, as an indemnity for the cessions .he has made. . &Mt, Jaw. B.asssWe learn by the last Letter* frem Pathan,' the NeW ,kielvetic Constitution is concluded. It is etpeted that: it will* shortly communicated to the Senate. ARO/11RK EETTiIt, JAN. g.-..We receive from Paris the, moat edntradiftory news. ' We are assured nn the one hand, that all the Members of the Consultor will return home immediately ; that the debts con. traeleci by the Helvetic Government will he paid and divided amongst the Cantons, and that each -- -r , -441 toa—noty estalslish .for itself the Conatitu. • lion which best suits it. On the other, it is asserted, that a Member of the . Consults is '•!itged to prepare a Constitution established on the basis of Unity. Lastly, it is thought here that the Great andlittle Council will he re-established. The French Troops in Sau;tzerhyrd have receiv. ed reinforcements, particularly Cavalry. The 6th Regiment of Horse Chasseurs have arrived from Oetaaa at Berne, where they will remain in garti tons Two Squadrons of the a zth Regiment of Hue. sari have received the same destination • We'liazn anew, that there is a question of unit. lilk to thrice the Canton of Leman, and a part of that ,of Basle; and this report gains the_ more Credit, because, though the French arc 'emptying the Arsenals throughout S r iVitzerland, and taking t e Military Stores, &e. to Lausanne', yet no such rn asure has been adopted with regard to the Arse. nal of Basle. , RATISRON, JAN. 7.....-It is now known here officially, that the Supplementary Indemnity of the Q!tAND Dolce of TUSCANY has been arranged at Paris: it was signed on the 25th December. The rtench and Imperial Ministers have , received copies of this Convention, but it will not be published till after the exchange of Ratifications; `this • intelligence has been communicated to the other Ministers, who imniediately waited upeln M. LAFOR ET .arri M. HUGEL ) to 'congratulate them upon this happy event. Though the. terms 4 this Convention have not been officially pub ' tatted, yet it is generally understood that the Elec. total Dignity will be conferred upon the A a C N. 15 1IK E, and that he is to have the Bishopric of • Xiebart, AA the Distrid of the Upper Paiati tate, situated on the Left Bank of the Naab. The AstcuptsKe will, it is supposed, Cede the lat. ter to Austria, and will receive in return the Vora?. 'berg. :Etat it still remains to he considered, what indemnity theEL ECTOP. of BAvaotta s - is to receive for the Cessions he has been forced to make. ~ lauti hay 8. Yesterday . the Protocol seas opened i an the two First Colleges *f the Em. PIN,' felt: - the 'ratification 'of the General Care/u. 1 ,001 of the Deputation. In the Eledoral Col. : lege, Saxony and Brands7,4urgh have voted. The latter 'has also given his Vote in the College of, Princes, for Mazdabeurg and his other Possessions. In ehet'aecond College have also voted Saxe Weimar, 84 x, Goth,!, and Eisenach, Brunswick Wo‘fesbauttl,.. aitarettinreern;tri, 4:Jed, Viteist, Oldenburg, and calm; aria also the Cdunts of tIitAVIA, FRANCONIA, and WESTrIiAIoTA• All the Representatives of the Ecclesiastical States were absent except those of the Principality of Ratisbon. The latter are, the Baron d'Atarm and the Count of LA Tout. They n ere legitimated on the 6th in the quality of Sub-Delegates to His Highness the EIACTOR ARCH-CHANCELLOR, -23 provisory pos sessor of the Principality of Ratisbon. All the Votes given have been in favour of the complete ratification of the Geneeal Cosa/usues. The Minister of Lubeck, in giving his Vote, reserved himself with respeCt to the regulation of the interests of his Prince, and referred to the Memorial which he lately addressed on that subjea to the Deputation. In the College of Imperial Cities, Nuremberg is charged provisorily with the Diredory, until some thing shall be agreed upon the subje6f. BRUSSELS, JAN. I 2,—Letters from IVestphalia state, that the KING of PRUSSIA. has given orders to increase his Army to Three Hundred Thousand Men. His Majesty i 3 expeaed very shortly to make a tour to the Left Bank of the Rhine : the FIRST Corisur, of France is'expected about the same time on he Left Bank, so that an interview will proba bly take place between these two distinguished Personages. JANUARY !S.—The Inhabitants of Antavcri are preparing Triumphal Arches for the reception of the First Consul, on his journey into our De partments. They wish to testify to the Restorer of the Commerce of the Scheldt, their gratitude for the benefits which it confers, and which promise to restore the splendor which that City enjoyed in the isth Century. FLottENcr, Dre. 27. We received the day before yesterd a y th e M ost pl eas i ng i nte lli gence re speeling the health of our Sovereign and his family. He was at Valence on the /Ith, and was to set out for Carthagena on the 13th, in order to return to Tustizu, where it is supposed they will arrive early in January. Great preparations are making for their reception at Leghorn. RANELAGII MASQUERADE. ON Thursday evening Ranelagh was opened, for the first time this Season, for the reception of Masks, and the Rotunda was tolerably crowded ; but the genius ofinvention seems entirely at a stand ; for this, like all other Masquerades of late, pro duced little excellence or novelty ofeherafier. House maids, Rower and Fruit Girls, were as numerous as ever. The light-fingered gcntry were not the least at home in performing their parts. A Foreigner was r►bbed of his pocket-book, and Capt. HoLues (the Arny Agent) deteaed a fellow, whom lie had previously noticed, endeavouring to draw his watch fr , mt his pocket. Captain H. imtnediate. ly seized him. A large crowd surrounded him, and a violent hustling took place in order to rescue the villain, but Captain H. being a very powerful man, secured him, and, assisted by a few friends, stemmed the torrent which pressed upon him, until he delivered the offender to a constable, from whom he soon after efrefted his escape. This, we under. stand, will be a Subjeft of complaint at Bo w.st reel. It is stated, upon the authority of private Letters from Paris, that much discontent has been excited among the Officers of the Republican Army, by the manner in which the Ft esr Co:ISUL has of late or. ganized the Military Eitablishment. The Officers who have been longest in,the Service, and have par. ticularly distinguished themselves, are said to have felt extremely sore, in consequence of •the regula. , tints, by which young 'men of rich families, or great influence at the•Thuilleries and St. Cloud, have been promoted above men of real merit. 'Many remontrances from different parts of the Republic hive been already transmitted to. the Government, and the appointment of the LAt\trais to the rank of General, as well as that of LATOUR -MAu ouita's son to the rank of 'Colonel, have, in particular, been the subjea of much complaint. The Petition presented against these Promotions, was signed by twelve . Generals, twenty:.six Colonels, and a great number of Subalterns. It was addressed to the Consul - and the Senate. Although the Film- CONSUL concealed his feel. inns on the occasion, the Petition was the stibjea of . a long discussion in the Senate. Ge nera l s K t cr,ak.,. Mar and LEVRIIVRE maintained that it ought not to be read, on the ground that the Senate possessed no right to interfere in the organization of the Army ; • while others contended, that as the Senate had created a Legion of Honour, it had also the. power of inquiring into the justice of any remonstrance pre. ferred by the Military. The debate terminated by deciding that a Message should be sent to the Go. vernment, to know whether, in the adual state of things, the Constitution hail suciently marked the basis of the public force ; and whether the inter ference of the Senate would not be necessary to pro. vide for whatever might he incomplete and detec tive in the Laws respeding the Military •Establish. went. Between twelve and one o'clock on Tuesday morning, an alarming fire broke nut in a warehouse at Anon Juntlion Wharf, near Birmingham, which thteatencd destration to` rile surrounding buildings, but it was prevented frbrrt spreading by t he extra ordinary exertions of the inhabitants, The flames consumed a very large quantity of Grain, and the building where the conflagration began, to the amount of upwards ofi'oool. which, unfortunately for the: Proprietors, were not insured. The fire was communicated (rum a pipe in. the cabin of a boar, where a boy lay, who was awakened by the smoke.— trtie - boat -was- also burnt, and horse In ; 3 table adjoining the_ remises,. W 43 31#1144*/ rfil bum* MAU. CONSTANTINO . PiE, DEc. to. TH E French ColonelSHlSASTiMil l who has been received by thi•PAcnA of CAI act in the Most dis. tinguished manner, has-embarked at Dam;ttra, on board the French Frigate ..arne/ie, to go to Syria. He will visit all the principal Ports of the Levant. Yesterday evening GHAL EFFENDI, our late Ambassador Extraordinary at Paris, arrived here, and brought with him the French Ratification of • the Treaty concluded between France and the Porte. The number of Troops, as well Mamelukcs as Arabs, which the Viaarious Beys in Egypt' have with them in the neighbourhood of Alexandria, is about +coo.. VIENNA, lAN. r. OUR Ambassador to the Court of Spain, Count ELss, who has been long since appointed, has re. ceived . direCtions to repair without delay to the place of his destination. Bills of Exchange to a considerate amount have this week been remitted through the Commercial [louse of the Brothers BETHM at Frankfort, to Colltarefiyq/e, ,for the furthe'r pa) merit of the Eng. Usti Troops in Egypt. RATISBON, lAN. 7. THERE is a report that the Teutonic and Maltese Orders will be abolished. ITALY, Du .c. THE Hereditary Prince of MECKLENBURG STRELITZ has been for some time at Milan, under the title of the Count of STARGARD. This German Prince will not only make the tour of the Continent of Italy, but likewise visit the island of Sicily. The Pope, at the request of some Foreign Courts, has written an Admonitory Letter to Prince Rus- . poL 1, that he eannot accept the reasons he assigns for not taking upon himself the office of Grand Mas ter of Malta, and exhorting him no longer to refuse. LORETTO, DEC. to. YESTERDAY the Image of the MLA- VIRGTN, which had been carried to. France during the Revo lution, was brought back hither from Rome, and . welcomed with the discharge of cannon, and ringing of bells. It was carried on a superb frame, borne by eight Bishops, and placed in the Holy House. A concourse of above 50,003 persons had as ambled on the occasion. In the evening Loretto, and , all the neikhbouring places, were splendidly, HAGUE, JAN. E. GEN. VICTOR and the Chief of the Str,fir, dESAR BERTIII eR, will immediately set out for Hetvott-1 sluyi, to embark with the French Expedition for Louisiana. The . fine Corps of Guides, ;elated by the General from the Dragoons of Breda, con sists of IGo inen, who take their horses with them. This Corps will be commanded by the Ne phew of the Ambassador SEMONIi I LI.E, CitiZen CAR NOV lIA F., who has been the Diplomatic fileve of the French ',elation. The number of Trans_ ports in this Expedition, it is now understood, will be only 18. • WATBRMEN.—The new regulations relating to Waterrnen; iarely maid - eby'the Ciiisit of Aldeitnen, must be first submitted to one the Chief Justices; a copy of them being thirty days previously sent to the Waternien's Company, who ntiey submit ob_ jeetions to the Judges within thirty days after being allowed copies. of the Rules. The• Court of Aldermen, in the regulations abok be adopted, pro. vide, that every . Waterman, %ober: pbillg, shall he campilled to wear a Balse„Ot 111um6 4 .r, rid sr, me con spicuous part. This very salutary regulation has: given Inch great offence to the Knights of the Oar, that a Petition„is now aCtually prefativg4„ and about to he presented to Lord'Et. 80 ROUGH; rieSeeat ing him to relieve them from such unmerited dis. grace. The Fisher, Ftsu tit, anti the if:irt,floV,Pkt. Lti, of Harrington, are arrived .at ,Kitisaig with the Nottingham Feneibles on board, bound istol. Yesterdiy,'hy special licence, was married, at; Lady CRC ILIA TOHNSIO WS in Wimpole-street, by the Rev. ..NUN bAV I ES, Senior Fellow of. Trinity College, in CAmbridge, ANTHONY Mt Rit Y ; Esq., late His Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to the , French Republic, to 'Mrs; t ATI; F'3', i CLOW Of late JOHN LEATHES, Esq, tsf lit:trinket hall, in. the County of.Suffulk. ' • Died on Tuesday last, in Wimpole-street, Lady PARIt ER, Wife of Admiral Sir - Pe-tilt PARK 2R ) cerely and deeply lamented by her . affliCted family and numerous friends. The many virtues acid the. active benevolence this . excellent woman possessed,. ate too universally knowntd need iny comment,i and Were fully evinced at the close oilier well.spent life. There are now a gang of Swindlers about town, who have lately defrauded several tradesmen, par ticularly shoemakers, of a quantity of goods. The story they first commence with is, that they are in, Want of articles to send abroad in their own, vessels, and give a reference as to eharaner to two or three apparently tespedable -persons, who never fail tct speak highly of them, when it turns ont that those personrare confederates, and the-bills they give for the goods never taken up, • LAl#' Cc URT OF KING'S BENO-ii 1161. 13'. SIYYINGS REFORE. LORD EI.LENBOROIOII AND A SPECIAL JURY, IN CUILDHALL, LONDON. THE MAYOR OP CAMBRIDOE ti. MERTON COLLE:di', This case occupied the whole day. It was con.. ducted by Mr. ER RINE; Gin as; Mr. Wood; and Mr: Wri.sori, - or the Plaintiffs, who were the Mayor, Bailiff', and Burgesses of the town of Cambridge; and by Mr. GAartow, Mr. DANcr,4. - ; Mr. WARREN ; and Mr. PULLER, for the Delen_ dants, who were Fellows of Wrlon Hall, in Ox_ fbrd, and Jesus College, and Sidlit JAWS . , of th , i University Of Cambiidgei Mr. ERSKINE; who opened this case with gre3, clearness and perspicuity, observed, that this pro ceeding arose out of a private Act of Parliament; which was lately passed, for dividing, allotting; and enclosing the common fields, and meadows,, &c. within the parish of Sr. Giles's, in the town of Cambridge. On the passing of that All, which had for its object the enclosing of these open fields within this parish, different claims were brought before Parliameot, with regard to the right of th 4 soil of the lands that were to he enclosed and im m i proved ; and they reserved Aet a power foe the different claimants to try this right. The Learned Counsel proceeded to tate ,I.7snatureàf the evidence he meant to produce, ans . ! produce, in support of the Pmintitis' claini to the. 'soil of the open fields and tvase lands in this parisli. The Town of Cambridge consisted .of fourreett parishes, and there was no doubt but the fight tr.) the soil of all the lands in the different parishes; as described in the At of Parliament, belt,i, s ed Coriforation of Cambridge, except the land in dire parish of St. Giles's, which were. chained by the Defendants. . • Mr. GARRow here observed, that he Meant only to trouble the Court and jury in support of the clairri of Merron.Hall. , The first piece of evidence produced on the,part of the Plaintiffs was a Charter, or rather an in !. stru ment, admitting ,that a Charter had been granted by Henry 11. of all these toads, &C. now claimed by the Corporation . of Cambridge. That was dated in the year 1160, and was confirmed by k ing Tor, in the Bth year of his reign, A. D. 1207. Ana there was then produced a Charleroi* Rich..tA IL in the sth year of his reign, and'in .the year 138 2 . The Counsel for the Plaintiffs then proceeded to shew a variety of acts of ownership under this grant from the Crown. They shove(' a nurahet uf,le,,ses granted by the Corporation to different personsi of the waste lands in the parish of St. reter'i St. ilen.;. net's, St. Andrew's, &c. and then they gave a va.: riety of instances, of such leases which they had granted, of lands of this description, in titt parish of St. Gile;'s. These . leases were of an ilodent date, and bad been renewed from time to time, .dowd to the present day. - They also shewed,,from the I)ottk4 of the Corporation, a number of instartres where they had granted, for a valuable N'nshtvrALion, a licence to plant trees on difr,cot parts Of Liit.',be and they had received a sum 01 tnouy front a Vice Chancellor of the University, fot permitting some trees to stand as an ornament, aild as a shade to the On the part of Merton College, the ficfriidatitt, in order to answer the evide:,ccs of the Ptaini began with producing an original be,!d, dated in the 54. th of Henry Ili. from which it, an eared„ that William de Mansftdd had ~ - ,ratiteti• them a tone, house and garden, adjacent to it, in this pari.di of Sr. Giles's. They then producr.-:i a copy of 4 grant to the Warden and Scholars of ; - /lerton Hall. This was a conirmation by Char Lit L. of the Malicif of Merton L'allc#e, In Cainl,ridge, whieh is tat Pythagoras's hunt. Thi y then chewed, that iimn the 14th of Henry NIEL downwardi, a Court be. longing to this Manor had been regularly held, at which ptesentrimits had been tuatic i They Asti shewed that the Corpnation of Cambridge per annum to Merton, for a mill which they hod leased from the Defendapts. It farther-appeared in evidence,,,that farm of Merton College, which was situated in the parish of St. Giles's, in the Town of Cambridge, otd , / con. tained from 50 to 6o Acres, to which they 144 an. undoubted right, and nobody was dispotinwit r with them. But they canter 144, they had a right to ati the open fields and waSte lands in this parish,. whiqh amounted to 1200 acres.. The tenant of Keriott Farm had an extensive Sheep-walk,ovgr parish, when the Corn was taken otf. ne had a right of going on the' of those who did nut hold of Merton' College';' College bad a right &litany extensive,..and Sir Ciatles Cdttolflad alio a right of this sort, hot After anshort ri:plydram Mr. Ectowitt, Mr. Justice LAW It ENC ft smnined op the eVidertee given onlioth sides, with great rroitioo anti:L . 7or, treariess, and pointed Out to the jury the Most int. portant parts of it ; as applied to. the questinn4tre, had to decide: He of opinion, the evidentiqot the Plaintiffs greatly preponderated; • ,e; - The Jury found a verdict for the Cnrpor Cambridge, and that no part of these hods belonged to the College of Mertoni - •t. jARIJAti , WINSCONIE V DIMSDALE Ably ottit Mr. ERMINE Said, thit thk ./Vtion was honsfAt by Mr. Henry Wiiiscomb, a t,c, is a Wool:Gim:it Winchester, aga:ust the betenddlits,. ,wh e are Bankers in this metropolis ; and the founci,tti , , n of the Anion was .this.. Mr. Sithmonds tind Mr. Cradt. were Partners In Trade, .and Dealers in Wool, wishing tppa,Oase, quantity of that article from the. Plaintiff, applied, to him for that parpott, and referred to the D c re a l ant , i who are t h e Bankers of Simmonds andc.rack, and the Plaintitt aceordingly applid' Dainthots to know their diameter, asking. thetn as to tit„. regtit ar i ty o f the , Recounts of Sitrintond3 and Crack. TO whieh the Plaintiff received an - antwOr from the Defrnd. ants, and in consequence of that answer the Plain tiff trusted these persons, which ,he would not otherwise h ave d one ; an d he had, by this, sus tained a lora. 'With recpeet to the'prineiple of this Aetion, it was clear,' .x4l . he :said' he did not w i s h to strain it, or to carry it / , 41 any improper length. Tit a n y persoli tD the ChiL:ttts:l Of