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1 G II r „PdVAL NEWS. DEAL, Feu. 48. BRITISH NAPY. STATEMPNT OF THE DISTRIVUTIO: BRITISH FORCE, TO TH Line -1 so's In Port and fitting,. and ? 'Mtn sealed orders $ ro 3 Guard-ships • - - - ° I -0 In the English and Irish 2 o 1 0 Channels -• • S On the Downs and North 2 Sca stations- S o o At theWesi India Islands 2 z and on the P a s sage , 5 o On the Jamaica station ro 0 American 4 NeAvlotirld- 2 : • land stations - S C. of G. Hype, E. Intl. 2 s. and on th,.:sa Plge 5 7 • Coast of Africa . o - 0 .'Portwal and Gibraltar . 2 , 0 "Mediterranean and on passage 8 Z . hospital and Prison Ships I 9 Total ia Commission - ' 38 Xi:eels/lag Ships - 7 Serviceable awl repairing 24 tor Service -- In ordin ary _ . - 1 04 Iluilding _ _ . 24 Total zri7 tertsmoutti yrnouth Chatham Sheerness River of o 6f 9 7 I II 4 1 2! 6i 6 2o 'll 9S 0 7 2 I 7* 3 TT i 97 o I to 212 ARRIVED and sailed for the River, the Caroline, and Three Brothers, GRAHAM, from Seville; and Nisu Draper, DUKE, from Dublin. r or THE NAVAL S DAT. Frig Sps. I Tot. 1 35 53 I 101 STATI 0) r$lL OKLINnk? AT Zk r° 4l r• so's Frig' Sps. 37 3 26 1r '79 47 Zi 2 3 9 2 441 7 2) 2 74 4 l to Q 24 3 o 33 25 64 Total ijs iz 1 113 1 73 I .333 His 'Majesty's ship Hercule, of 74 guns, com manded by Capt. Frititts, attempted to put to.sea , on Friday last, from Spithead, but owing to adverse winds was obliged to bring up at St. Helen's.— Capt. 'ERR is sails with sealed orders. THE THEATRE.—Captain CAUL, TEL 6 perform. ed Hamlet again last night, at Covent Garden Thea tre. His spirit carried Mtn through this arduous . part with great success ; but we think he might have attende:i with advantage to the hints of public criticism. He certainly gives an animated portrait of the part, but Hamlet is so elegant as he ought • to be rendered amidst all his perturbations, all his a.oxieties, and all' his bursts of passion. This Gcn_ • IlFinaa's utterance was in .general. much too loud, and marked by a kind of scalding eirriation4qhe audience was not numerous, but vehement in ap. plause; • Drury. Lane Theatre last night had again a very numerous Audience a r the representation of The Here bf the North. Miss MELLON performed the part cif ,-.4j,exv, instead of Mrs. BLAND ) who is indis. posed. Mrs. BLAND'S vocal powers were, indeed, a great support to the Piece, but considering the situations in which the charafter is placed, Miss , MELLOW. person is much better fitted for it, in. Aleper;dently of her imerit' as an Adress. We are happy to hear that Madame PARISOT'S indisposition is of a slight nature, and not likely to depriv e the Public very long of the gratification they always receive from her exquisite performance. Mr. KEMSLE, we understand, is engaged to perfor m in Ireland upon his return from the Can. tinent. The London Stage is finperfed without him. Mrs. EsTtN finished her engagement at Edin burgh, on Thursday last, with the charattem of aphelia and Roxataria. COOPER, the American Mint., is a modest, in telligent young man. He left a good situation in America, to try his fortune en the London boards, and if his reception here should not he proportionate to the success which attended him„in that Country, . his talents are so much admired, and his charafter so much respeCled there, that he can resume his ,station with undiminished credit. SPORTS OF THE WOLDS.—OOIOIIeI THORNTON having Condoled in safety his whole. Sporting An. paaatus to F.►lconer's Hall, on Friday se'nnight a Stag was turned sent for the entertainment of a large assemblage of Gentlemen, Farmers and others, tear the house. After running a circuit of nearly eight miles, he was taken in a plantation of Major TOPHAM'S at Grainge, and from the severity of the run, died shortly .afterwards. On Saturday, the Colonel gave hare-hunting, with a beautiful pack of dwarf beagles, and coursing...—On Monday, a public breakfast was given by the Colonel, at his house, during which aboUt 20 0 horsemen had as. sembled. After-which another Stag, of larger' size than the former, was -turned' out, and after a most severe run of sixteen miles over the High Wolds, was taken at Langtoft.—On Tuesday; after ano-, ti►er public breakfast, some coursing and hare-bunting took place.—On Wednesday, after some private tour:3ing, the Stag which had before afforded such: I mosement, vas turned but before a field of 'nearly Job horsemen. After running about a 'mile, fol. l owed by one stag.hound, he returned in the face' Of the whole company drawn up before . the 'house, as tf tO s;icw• his gallantry, and, taking two ke 3 Os over the cordage that encircled the house, and a spiked gate, went off in a most imperial style over the High Wolds for about ten miles, fol. 'lowed by the whole pack ; then ran down into the low grounds fot about eight miles .mort, where he was at last taken in a drain.—A Wolf had been Procured from Egypt, but the F►►rmers having en. tertalued an idea, that if he had escaped, the nu merous flocks of sheep must suffer, it was resolved be should not be turned our. Saturday night, just as the stage lights at Drury. lane. Theatre had risen to. a level with the - floor, the machinery that supports them gave way, when they fell with a tremendous crash to the bottom of the building, and nearly all the lamps were broke.ro pieces. The mischief was, libweicer, partially re. paired immediately, 'and isetween the first and se. cond alts, entirely new glasses were substituted tor those demolished. THE BRITISH ARMY. CiNERAL DISTRIBUTION. OF TI III L ARMY, MARCH 1, 1803. Regulars. Forcible:. 7 3i * . Inv. C 41.1. by. Inf. C./mfr. England - and Wales - 20 27 4 North Britain . - 2 4 -- 6 -- Ireland - - - 7 25 2 34 rsey, Guernsey, tce. —. s i —' Glbraltar - - - --• 6 Egypt and Malta - 1 7 , - 8 Canada, Nova Scotia, &c.--4 r 23 5 West Indies - - 23 ,- Cape of G. H. Goren, Ice. 5 5 Eastlndies, &cm Pass. to 5 zo 25 On Pass. to Eng. or Ire. ? ..... 6 6 from sundry places S Total, Ex. Artillety,B4c. 35 13z 4 171 LONDON FitSHIONS FOR MARCH. EVENING DRESSES.—A round dress of yellow silk or muslin; the back made plain, and very low on the shoulders, with a small frill of white lace at the bottom of the back. Plain sleeves of white sa tin, with full yellow epaulets,.. trimmed with lace. A dress of blue muslin, made low. and full over t'hc bcisom ; a half handkerchief of patent net or lace, fastened on the shoulders, and drawn full over the bosom. Full sleeves of white satin or sarsfiet.— Pearl necklace. An embroidered .handkerchief twisted round the head, with" one end falling over the right shoulder. A blue feather, fixed on the right side so as to fall over the left side.. • . MORNING DasssEs.—A round dress of white muslin, the back made full : long sleeyes, with bee twisted round. from the shoulder to . thewrist. White tippet.. Bonnet of.white silk, trini4l- and tied under the chin with a white silk handkerchief ; the bonnet turned up in front and lined with co quelicor. A short dress of white muslin, trim med all round with a wreath of white crape and beads. Plain short sleeves of worked mus lin, trimmed round the bottom with puffings of ribbon. Petticoat with a long train trimmed round the bottom, the same as the sleeves. The hair dressed long . and full over the face, and ornamented with a wreath to correspond with the dress. GENERAL ' OBSERVATIONS. Barcelona Hand. kerchiefs of various • colours, and with gold and silver trimmings, are much worn as turbans. A straw bonnet, with a high dome crown, called the St. Cloud, has just been introduced. Pearl necklaces are much worn. The prevailing colours are blue, green, and amber. THE ARTS.—It has always been one of the pur. poses of this' Paper to notice the progress of Tilt ARTS,.aild to give its zealous support to whatever seems calculated to promote their success. Upon this principle the new Institution entitled THE BRITISH SCHOOL, attracted our attention, and we held it forth as a promising nursery for genitis, and asylum for unprotefted merit.—lts progress abun. dantly justifies all our favourable reports, and ii may now be considered as one of the established reposi tories of graphic excellence. THE I.3laEcToas seem anxious to deserve the patronage of the Public, • and to encourage a laudable competition of talents in various departments of . the Art. Some of the most capital productions of British genius now grace this • repository, and they are arranged with, judg ment, taste, and impartiality. Among the recent additions to this ,striking assemblage of pidorial beauties, we observe some of the most distinguish. ed produaions of Sir JOSHUA REYNOLDS, WILSON, GAINSBOROCIGH, HOGARTH, MORTIMER, BAR. RET, LOUTHERBOURGH, HODGES, WEBBER, and other admired Artists. The Earl of Wmiwtcx has added his name to the list of Patrons, and the saation of •st Nobleman so well known for refined taste and knowledge, must give increased lustre to the Institution. • For the satisfaction of the numerous' friends of the Earl of CHESTERFIELD, we have great pleastire' in stating that that Nobleman enjoys the, most per, fed health. He was on Sunday at Windsor on a visit to the ROYAL , FAmrLY. The Morning Post of Friday last, stated his Lordship to be attended by three PhySicians. ,--So much for the accuracy of fashionable HMOS. .The report was equally unfounded of Sir ALURED CLARKS having presented a Petition to the 'King in favour , of Colonel Despard, as of Lord Mix:sores having done so. The Tept.4l, we believe, of igiriated, in some of the Fashionable A Morning Paper gives an account of 'no less than eight grand eutcrtaininents having been given by people of Fashion on Sunday last. People of Fashion would do well to set a , worthy example to the rest of the Community. 'An Englishman, who has lately established a brewery for the manufatture of a liquor similar to the Burton ale, at Altona, with a view to excite at.. • tention, caused a large ox to be roasted whole on the ice on the river Elbe. The novelty of the sight attraded vast numbers, and the projedor is stated 'to have cleared 2001. by the sale of his beef, besides creating a very considerable consumption of his ale. . • • On Friday last a trotting match. took . .place be. tween - a mare the property of. Mr. BELL, of Man. chester, rode' by Mr. ' T. FENToN, and - a mare he. to Mr. DEllll4+l4, of Chesterfield, rode by Mr. C, FAULKNER, for 2001. a aide, 20 miles, and each carrying 16 stone. They started at Burnley, in Lancashire, and • went through Skipton to Skip. den, in Yorkshire, a distance of 21 miles. Mr. &Lt.'s mare won by about a mile and a. half, and performed the length in one hour and 23 Minutes.. Lusus A'atidrie:—ln the parish of East.Knowle last week, a male child was born, having six ,dis, tind fingers on each hand, and the same number • of toes on each foot. The mother of the infant at her birth exhibited the like singular appearance.- - Both are likely to do well. • On Friday last, in Clifford.street, the Lady of the Hon. JOHN SIMPSON, was safely. delivered 014 Son. • Last week an inquest was taken on the body or John POole, of the parish of Mangotsfield, near this • tol, Engineer, whoivas killed in a pit, called Sand. well, by the explosion of a large quantity of . guti. powder, which took fire whilst the work:nen were endeavourirg to blow, up a part of the coal.works. Vet lit!,t, Accidental Death.. MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. The mild and gentle manner in which the severe frosts of the beginning of last month have disap , peared, has completely dissipated the - apprehen. sions of the Farmer, in respeEt to the Clanger of the young wheat crops. In the Midland and all the mare southern DistriEtS, the injuries that have been sustained, even in the later sown crops, .have in .general been but trifling. And in the northem parts of the Island • they have in ,very few instances been of a serious nature. On the whole it may now be stated, that for a great number of yeats past, there has . scarcely been a season so .highly favourable for the various purposes of the Farmer as the present, especially when taken from the beginning of August in the preceding year, to the conclusion of this month. The prices of-grain still continue somewhat on the decline; and from the large quantities on hand, it may be reasonably presumed that they must be still more reduced before the con. elusion of next month. Wheat averages, through. our England and Wales, 565.-Bd. barley 2+3 I id. and oats, 18s. r id.. In must of the northern parts of the kingdom, the markets continue to be fully:supplied, and the aales of grain have been mostly made at . re. heed rates. "Though the frosts during the more early parts of the month, have considerably retarded the operations of the plough, many of the other pro. cesses of husbandry have been performed with great convenience. Much manure, in different places, has been carried out upon the arable, as well as the grass lands. The fences, have likewise been well made and repaired in many, situations. Notwithstanding the abundance of wieter.lc.tep fore cattle, the prices of fat stock continues to keep up. In Smithfield, beef fetches from .41. totl. to 6s. 4.3. and mutton from ss. Si. to 6s. Bd. per stone. The severity or the fate season has had the effeEt :of advancing the, prices of hay in some degree. Kentish hops--bags fell from 51. to 71. and pockets from rah to 121. PRI2E.CATFLE. LORD SOMERVILLit'S Cattle Show,• at LANG. LIORN'S Repository, Barbican, commenced yester day, and was very well attended. It consisted of about thirty head of cattle, and near forty sheep. The oxen were generally of the superior and la bouring breeds. Devonsb:—,.l., Hereford, Sussex,, Kentish, and Glamorgan ; and the sheep of the fine Or ClOthillg..Wool species. The Dvions, this year , seem to make the first figure, both as to form and, Resh. A pair of oxen, bred in Kcnt, one of them skewing much Sussex, the other a mixture of Here ford blood, were much adinired ; and, for size and f o rm, seem equal to any thing lately exhibited. A Devon heifer, of the Duke of BgaFOßn's, at trafted much attention, for her small size, fatness, and beauty ; but no objet in the sho* was more re markable than the figure of the two Kentish Bulls, perhaps the thickest and most short-legged animals of the kind ever seen. The Sheep were Ryeland (Herefordshire), the same crossed with the Spanish Ram, South Downs, an d Wiltshire. Some South Downs were killed, and produced large carcasses of mutton, particularly well tatlowed within, although only two years old Sheep. The wool of Lord SOMERVILLE'S Sheep (tom the Spanish Ram, gave much satisfadlion to connoisseurs in that orticle,, and the Butchers ad mired the form of one of the Wedders of that breed. Lord EGRESAONT, Sir WM. CLAYTON, and a ntimber of Amateurs, were present. The Filefloral Prince MAXIMILIAN of BaVaria died at Munich on the i 201 • The Palace of Grimaldi is preparing at Genoa for the apprOaching arrival of LOUIS BONAPARTE, and Madamelouts Butt etiARTF. The. Porte is said to he disposed to ,grant to Austria the free navigation of the Black Sea. A forgery, apparently done . with a pen, has been discovered on the Twenty Pound Notes of the Paisley Banking Company. A reward of tool. has been offered for discovering the ofrender . The following lamentable mortality lately hap. pened in the family of NI Williamsob, of Gringley, near Gainsborough :--i-On'Monthy/ sennight one of his children died ; on the succeeding Wednesday another, and the following • day„' from grief, 'his who was in ,a. state of pregnancy. They were all buried in,9ne coffin. • . Cbaristte'Bl.iir, a 'young woman only eighteen years old, one of the Cyprian corps' . who livid in Porter.streeti Leicester.ftelds, .on _Friday last. put an end to her-existence by taking laudanum. The general beliet.ts that her predominant passion for drinking, had produced - a variety of misfortunes, which had so forcibly affeeled her feelings, that her intellects became , deranged, in which situation she had unhappily deprived herself of life. Saturday a youth named Briton, only r 4 years.. old, was examined' before the Loan MAYOR, -;chfirgtd with stealing a silk handkerebief from the pocket of Mr. Woo), chemist, of Falcon-square. •Being an old offender, he was committed for .trial. It appeared from the etidence of some of the officers .present, that he had-been under sentence of death three years ago, for stealing, but had received His MA J ESTY' '5 pardon. On Friday a felloW, who has long infested .the. neighbourhood of Cheapside, by • extorting alms, Under pretence of being depraved of . the use of his limbs, and affeding the most severe paroxistns of an ague, was brought befare the Lord Mayor as in impostor. He was, in hii Usual way, claiming the charity, of each passenger, when the . tdissisonsc touch of Mr. Nattier, one of the City - Marshals, at once restmed him to the use of his limbs, and drove away the shiverings from his apparently palsied frame ; and so determined was hr to convince his, operator of his perfeet,eure, that he absolutely made a blbw at him with as much vigour and' science as any of Mr. Belcher's pupils could have done, The Lord Mayor, however, conceiving it. probable that a return of hi; distemper might occur; in order to complete his cure, ditedeil lain to receive.. ail the salutary discipline which could be adminhtered by skilful hands, during orte month's eimfinement in LAW REPORT. COURT OF KING'S BENCIt' Fin. 26. AtIORZ LORD ELLENBOROV%H, IN GUILD. Il# LL, LoziAON GUTRIDGE AND OTHERS'S/. READ. Mr.G133113 said, that this was an'Aaion brought against George Deveral and Robert Read. George Deveral was outlawed, and the Aftioo now pro.• seeded against Mr. Robert Read,' as the Drawer of several Bills of Exchange, eight* in number i an I to the amount . of about 001. and the Case. was shortly .this : Deveral and Mr. Robert Read car. tied on business* together in partnership, but under the ' name of George Deveral only. AIL these Bills were drawn by Deveral, payable to himself or order, and which, after they were accepted, he got discounted by the Plaintiffs, who were Bankers -near Dunstable, who :thereby became holders of them for a valuablelconsideration. Although 'they were thus drawn by Deveral payable to himself, the legal effea of them would be, that Mr. Read would be. now bound to pay them, becaese he was a partner with Deveral, although it Tight, per. haps, be attempted to be denied. Deveral was a manufaaurer of straw hats and bonnets at Dunstable. Mr. Robert Read was a partner in Town in the # firm of Read and Co. - wholesale Haberdashers, and who had occasion for the manufadure of Deveral at Dunstable. Mr.• Robert Read considering this manufaaory a good traffic, entered into partnership with Deveral the Manufaaurer, and therefore be. came a partner in atwo Trades, .that of manufac turing the straw, and selling the goods to Iris part nets in London, and also with them,: selling !bete again as ars Haberdasher here. In . Oat situation, Deveral drew these, and many more -Bills, and abused the truit reposed in him by his partner, be. came bankrupt, and fled under a charge of forgtry, and these Bills were, some 9f them, dishon.orad by the Acceptors, others paid, some five, and QthCN ten shillings in the pound, and this Action was brought against Mr. Road, the partner of Deveral, for the money remaining unpaid upon these Bills. It appeared clearly in evidence, that Mr. Read, the Defendant, was in partnership with Deveral, as well in the manufafture as in two farms, Sic. The partnership being thus proved, it was con. tended on the part of the -Defendant) tiatt !'aere was not due notice given to the Drawer of the bills of their dishonour by the Acceptors. To which it teas answered, that the Defendant's Attorney had waved this objeaion, by arlanawiedg-ing that no. thing should be contested it, this . cau.e upon trial, but the question " Whether Mr: lead was a part ner with Deveral ?" and this the Piaintiffs' slat. tomcat' positively swore which tire Defendant's Attorney denied upon oath also ; but this point i be_ came, at last, *holly immaterial, for that in the instances of the bills which remained unpaid, they .were accommodation bills tit Deveral ; and as he, 'being the Drawer, knew there were no etlo!ls in the Acceptors'_hands, no notice of dishonotur to the Drawer was necessary. It appeared also ihat one of the bills, for about 2501. had ben Paid; so that the sum now remaining unsatisfied was 4391. 25., ,for which the Jury gave the Plaintiffs a verdid. CARTER V. BOND. The Plaintiff was the Treasurer of a Society established at a Public house at Woodbridge, in the County of Suffolk, by a number of Sailors, who deposited each certain sums of money, 'to make op a fund for their mutual benefit. The Defendant was the Landlord of the . Public-house where the Society held their meetings as a Call). ,Upon this Occasion the Landlord kept the but wherein was deposited the treasure- of the Club ; and by way of security 'to the Club, the Landlord entered into a bond to the Treasurer, on behalf of ,the Clttb • 'that he would return the box to them in the same state, order and condition, as it was - delivered 'to him. uri:hoot fraud qui tic%;,;t. Qry Om. sth of August the box was delivered, with two sums of money in it, the one 111. ros., the. othet 821. 105. ad. On the 9th of September , ,the So. ciety held another me ting, when the box was brought down, and opened, and when it appeared the.B2l. sos. was Niter) out 'of it, and the ill. was rei6aining in it ; upon which the lolndlord protested that he .knew nothing of the matter, and insisted upon it that he delivered the hox according to his bond, 'in' the same state as he had!found it • and some suspicion fell- on One of the Treasurers Of the Society, of the name of Davereaux, he was taken before a' Magistrate, by 'whom he was committed to . Pristm, where he 'remained for a consider a bl e time, but was not tried, because the Grand Jury threwoat .the bill of indiament Preferred against him ; .and he was therefore discharged, and was now .'brought forward as a Witness in this cause; which was an' action against the Publican for the money lost out of the box. After several Witnesses were examined, the Jury withdrew, and in ahonr a quarter of an hour brought in a verdia fur the Plaintiff, datnages 621. ros. &dating zol. which 'the Defendant had already paid upun his undertaking. ATINS Z. COVEY. Mr. ERSKINE told the jury, this case would de. serve their most particular attention; and, if there was- any truth in his iti4truetions, tile conduct of this attendant would exhibit such a scene of °pores ,t4on 24 he hoped was rarely witnessed in a Court of Justice. When a Landlord wished to get rid of his he must give him that notice which the law required ; anti he was, not of himself to take posse s. aian from: him whenever he pleased. That would tic attended with any inconveniences. It was ne... cessary to give the Tenant notice, that he might be able, to provide himself with another habitation. And the same rule applied to the Tenant. He was obliged to give a. regular notice to his Landlord, that he. might, have an opportunity w look out fbr ano. then Tenant. The Plaintiff is a Waterman, ai.d the Defendant a man of great wealth. , The Defendant, who was the Landlord of the house, part which was occupied by tilt Plaintiff, ordered this house to be untiled ; in consequence o which, the Plain , tra wife, who,was then sickly, and in the last s tage o f pregnancy anti several of his children, who were ill of t h e si t - t all:pm were expOscd to the inclemency of the weather. A chimney fell down,