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iIIGHLAND ESTERDAY the Highland Society gave a dinner to Earl MoittA, the Commander of His MajestY'i, Forces in Scotland, to testify the:high sense which they entertain of his Lordship's services in that Coon- . try. The Marquis of DOUGLAS, President for the year, was in the Chair, and he was supported by .the Duke of ATHOLL, Marquis of LORNE, Earl of FIFE, Lord JAMES MURRAY, Lord SEA,URTFI, Lord KINNAIRD, Lord .MACDONALt7,Sir DAVID CARNEGIE, Sir WILLIA7.I PU‘TENEY, Sir JOHN SINCLAIR, Sir JOHN I V I AcPuLRsoN, Sir jouN CALLANDER, Rt. HOn. Wt. DUNDA , : Ger). HAY, Adm. CAMPBELL, COI. DICKSON, 42(i, Col. CA MERON, 79th, and a large phalanx of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of that part of the Kingdom; in all, near iso. The day was spent with that high spirit of conviviality which always distinguishes the meet. ings of the Scots. The regular toasts were :given, as usual, in G,;elic, accompanied by the national music. Y The Noble CHAIRMAN, in giving the health of Earl MOIRA, made a short address to the gallant and Noble General, expressive of the high tense which that company entertained of his most season able exertions in their native country to rally its resources, and to make its courage effeaive. Earl Morita, in return to the enthusiastic accla— mations with which his health was received, made a short but eloquent address, in which he said, that his part in the grand and glorious display of spirit which had been made in Scotland was truly little. Hi had in fact had nothin to do but to aired which h e f ound in the g country. He bad not the spirit k to unwilli ng ears —he had not to enkindle to c `pea old or alienated h earts. His experienee'of the char - after of his fellow.creature s had soon pointed to him, that the grandest energies of the human soul were in the breasts of the men whom he had the honour to be as. sneiated with, and that he had only to dired, to dia.. cipline, and to lead on the courage which he found embodied, or ready to he embodied, at the voice of danger. The d escendants of " the Scots who oft with Wallace bled," who had Roman resisted a ll t h e f orce of the Legions, and had kept Scotland unconquer.: ed when all the rest of Europe fell, were nei. they to he contaminated by the principles of the Freneh,, nor conquered by their arms. lie had f () und the spirits° perfea, and the hearts of the peo. Pie so disposed, that he had felt it to be his duty to State to the Commander in Chief, that in case the Entmy should be daring enough to make a landing in Scotland, he made it a request, that not a B attalion of his disposable force might be sent to Scotland : they were fully equal to the prvtedion of their Country, without reinforcement. He did not venture to say this in, boyish forwardness, but on mature relict-bon. He viewed them with an attentive eye, and he was convinced that he Might ventur e to foretel, that though they Might not survive Elle con :lift of a battle, they would sell their lives at such a rate as to make it impassible for the Enemy oppose to them to maintain their position in the a .eountry . fortnight after- they had fought with them. Tilts he fully believed; and it was aliciase which he ed belonged to eve r t, j part nions, for it was a d trus . t : 61axim w ith him, t i l ljestrs Peopl e mi who had not courag e to defend their Country, ot l t a n t tr " ;:did not 'deserve to be protiFied in it. He concluded with a 'warm and grateful compliment to the Scots, flattering manner in which for the he had been received. there, and which should Ever he 1 isztvetion3h.is .1...: colletaion while the blood flow e d i ' n e The Noble Earl was unanimously eleaed an 11 0 rotary Member of the Society, on whiCh Sir Jot , - .Si NC I, A IR observed, they had added a Descendf. the Kings of Scotland to the rolls of the Socie ty, ° .The health of the Duke of ARGYLL, and the highland Society of Edinburgh ; the health of the :Noble Chairman, and a numbe r of other teats were given, interspe Sir rsed wi t h Gaeli c Songs y songs by Dlm, tuo Gael b J GNu OHN M ACPREAsOR, an e of Gow's incomparable band, as well as d the SCOth 'irld IriS.ll piles. LI,XEARD ELEcTIoN...— A double return has been made for this Borough, and Mr. T. SH ER r. DAN and Mr. fiv'XINSON will, of course, both sit until .a Cotrimittee of the liouse shall have deter- mined upon the use of the question. .If in any instance imroer Ships have been re ceived from the Merchants) Yard,, would it not be easy to prevent the re hard,, of such abuse, by ap pointing Surveyors to examin e the Ship s , from time to time, (while Gilding, and make their reports to the Admiralty or Navy Board, Whe n Mr. TIERNEY? in the Debate upon the Irish Insurrettion, applied the Fable of the Fox, the Goose, and the Coen, to the present state of Parties, and observed how difficult it was to bring them together, it was remarked that the Fable was very applicable to biro, and temp te that h e h av i ng at_ d in v a i n to bring them togeth er, h ad at last 4 4 left th e F ox to go to the Goosi, and ' had pat the Coal: i n bi t pocket. " It has been insinuated that the plan said to be on the eve of execution, for chokin g the Harbour of Boulogne is not a legitimate at/ of War. But even admitting the troth of the remark is it proper that we should strialy confine ourselves to the prat-lice of ordina.ry warfare with an Ene m y t h at to effea our total deatruttio n ? It would bethrea mad tens ness and f o ll y not to resort to any means f or avert i ng so g the operat i on of the great an ev il , by obstrutlin f orce he has prepared against us. The following partieolars h ave b een mentioned The with regard to the appre h ension of PICHEGRU : Civil and Military Police had been in pursuit q him for several days, as t h e G rand Judge states, in his report to the Consuls. Positive information was received that he slept on a Sunday night at M. it tiLLE's, a b roker, in Rue w Vivie nne . Th e r ne'rnin house as seatcl ib d at two clock on rite Tuesday g i but o' he was not to be found, M. DIE fsCE and his family d whe re the ,on bein g warmly urged, con y had secreted Pt cit ECRU. It was partner; At the house of one LEBLANCE, TR E I LI. E'S and there Pr cHEGR;ts was instantly apprehended by the UP:ker s oi tile Grand Judge, accompanied by , the commissary of Police, Commt , :c Es 'Y the Gen-d'armerie—LEßLANCE has fled, but and assisted nlitre is an active pursuit after him. -i;tA47l v;c•v10:1, JAMAICA., JAN' 9. 1. " i" s crutable ways of Divine Providence, in discovering and bringing to condign punishment tho s e who have wantonly - shed the blood of their fellow. creature;, was never more .remarkable' than in the deledion of Lalette Beritinger, a Priso nes of War, or, Parole in Spanish Town. This atrocious miscreant was a Captain of Hus sars in the French Service, in Guaddloupe, in 1794, and was, we understand, formerly in the British Service. The cruelties he committed_ in Guada. loupe, on some British Prisoners in his possession, arc particularly noticed in an . Extraet feom . the London Evening Post, under the bead " French Cruelty," and signed " A British Officer," which, bearing every mark of authenticity, was published in this Paper on the 31st ult. This piece having attracted the notice of several inhabitants of Spanish Town, as the name and de scription bore a strong resemblance to a prisoner on parole, who had been with true British gene_ rosity, permitted by his Honour the Lieutenant- Governor to instral a few pupils in the art of horsemanship, for which purpose he was also allow_ ed the use of the Dragoon riding-school. These suspicions being suggeSted to Brigadier. General Carmichael, he very promptly and laudably insti. ruled an inquiry. Fortunately La Violettewas recognized by two privates in the Garrison of that town, who had served in Guadaloupe in 1794, who identi4ed him as having been guilty of the cruel ties stated in the said extract, and mentioned some other atrocious circumstances, one of which was his ordering two British invalid prisoners, who had waded middle deep after his boat, to be shut in that, situation. One of the privates who gaVe evidence against him, was strung with another of the British prisoners, who being unable from weakness to con tinue his journey, was cut from him by a sabre, and ordered by La Violette to be shot, which was done. On these circumstances being ascertained, the villain was immediately ordered into irons, and sent on board the prison-ship on Thursday last. - A .List of the Minority upon Mr. PITT'S Mo tion, in the House of Commons, on. Thursday night, Adams, Wm, Lascelles, - Hon. Henry Adair, Robert - . Lascelles, lion. Edward Binning, Lord - Latouche, - Buxton, Sir R. , Lato VG I; e., - Barlow, Francis W. Laurence, Dr. Burdett, Sir F. Lawley, Sir R. 13;mkes, Henry Lennox, Ccnerai Bradshaw, R. I?. Lowther, john Brooke, .Lco. - 4 Lambe, Davis 13)i4h, T. Lowther, i1.%•,10nel Berkeley, Athniral Maddocks, Vi • A. Burroughs, W. Milner, Sir Win. Bootie, Wilbrahanl Mariners, Lord A. • Babbington, Thomas Manners, Lord R. Cooke, Brian ' Mildniay, Sir Henry Creevey, T. : . Manning, Win.. Couttenay, John ' Morpeth, Lord C.trling,• Right Hon. George Morland, John Cartwright, W. IC North, Dudley Cowper, lion. Spencer Ne.-..port, Sir T. Crauturd, Col. , Ossulstone, Lon:: Caulfield, Hon.'H. Ord, W. Chapman, C. Osborne, john Coddrin'gton, Ch. Ponsoriby, George Daly, Bowes Petty, Lorn Henry -Dundas, Hon. Ch. L. • Peir..c, IlLiiry Dundas, Hon. -- Ponsonhy, Right lion. Wm. Dundas, Right lion. Win.' Pitt, Right Hon. W. •Dickson, Col. . Proby,.Lord DuncOmbe, henry . Portchester, Lord Dent, John . - Portman, H. 13. Dillon, Hon. A. Porcher, Dupre Dupre, - John Penn, John Dennison, John Preston, Sir R. Dickenson, Wm. Prinsep, Irbil - Dickenson, WlO. Ihn.• Russel, Lord Win. . . . Elturd, Sir Wm. Spencer, Lord R. Ellis, Ch. Rose St. john, St. Andrew E uston, -Lord Shakespeare, Arthur Elliot, R. H. Win. .Saville, Christopher Fox, lion. Charles iatnes Sneed, N. '-. Phil . ' Sr''. Francis, - nilio ..rnitli, Fitzpatrick, General - Smith, S. for Leicester Foljainbe, Fernald Smith, Hon. --for Weudover Foster. Right Hon. John Sloane, Col. :Ferguson, 1. - lii.c..s Scott, Claude Fitzhugh, F. Scott, Joseph, for Worcester Fitzharris, Lord Scott, S. Folkestone, Lord Thelluson, P. I, G owe r, Lord G. L. Temple, Lord Cunning, John Thornton, Rob. Grenville, Hun. Thomas Thornton, Henry Gregor, Francis Villiers, Hon. John Greenfeil, Pascoe Walpole, George • Graham, James Wilberforce, W. H usse y, William Willett, John Willett Henderson, A. Ward s Richard Hippisley, Sir J. Ward, Hon. John Holland -- Windham, Right lion, W, lolifle, Hylton Wynne, Ch. W. W. kitty, !ohm (Poole) Wynne, Sir W. W. Kinnaird, Hon. Charles Wrottesley, Sir John Kensington, Lord Wigrant, R. Langton, Gore :- TELLERS. Le Fleming, Sir M. ' . Bourne, Sturges Lee, William Holt Long, Right Hon. Charles Lovable, Lord EXTRACT FROM THE BOMBAY GAZETTE OF 29TH AUGUST, 1803. " Authentic intelligence has been received at Fort William, of the successful commencement of opera tions against Dow LuT-Row-Sc INDIA, by the Forces under command of Major-General WELLES. LEY. On the Bth instant th; large fortified Pettah of Ahmednuggar was carried by escalade, with the utmost gallantry and rapidity. This operation was dialed immediately upon the artival of the Army on its ground before Ahrnednuggar, by the advanced Piquet, reinforced by the Flank Companies of His Majesty's 74.111 and 78th Regiments, and the tst Battalion of the 3d Madras Regiment of Native In fmtry, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel HAR N ESS, the Field-Officer of the day." By accounts received in town from Ceylon, we hear that 398 Soldiers, 37 Officers, and 7 Civilians, were massacred at Candy. The British Forces, reduced to a few hundred•, were driven into Trin. cornale, which was besieged by 20,000 of the Na tives; and, unless they could make their escape by sea, or receive timely reinforcements from Madras, it is feared they also would he in danger of falling into the hands of the cruel and implacable enemy. A letter from Barbadoes, dated February 2, says, " No zki of December, or ist of January packets have arrived here yet, and great tears are enter tained for their safety. Three or four fast sailing French 'Privateers are brought in here, and our cruizers are keeping a good look-out for more of them ; and, no doubt, they will succeed, as they fit out the same vessels as a decoy to others." 110A1E CIRCUIT. MAIDSTONE MARCH f 5. DOE, ON DEMISE (IF ANGEL, Z. ANGEL. TH IS was an ACtion of Ejettment, to recover a considerable Estate in this County, devised by Will in manner as is below stated. It was a cause of considerable expectation, not only on account of the magnitude of the property in dispute, but also because nine different claims have been tried within the last twenty years, not one of which has proved successful. The case, as opened by Mr. Serjeant BEST, and which was partly m evidence, was as * follows :—A Gentleman of the name of Angel, residing at Stock. wed, in Surrey, made a will, dated Sept. z 6, 1775, by which he bequeathed all his real and personal estates in Surrey, Kent, and Sussex, " to the male heirs, if any, of William Angel, the first pur chaser of Crowhurst, the father of his great grandfather, John Angel." He then devised to the other branches of his family, subjed neverthe less to have their right defeated,' whenever the heirs of the above-named William Angel could substan, tiate their claim. Having made this Will, he died in the year 1784., and 'the estate has been possess. ed by relatives, not the right heirs, of William Angel, the first purchaser of Crowhurst. The Leaped Serjeant stated, that his client claimed as the right heie of the person named. He adMit. ted that he must shew his client's descent from the above described John Angel, whom the Testa. tar had described as his own great-grandfather, and the son of William Angel, the first purchaser • of Crowhurst. He accordingly went, through the pedigree, which we shall endeavour to state : Wil liam Angel, who, for this purpose, may be consider ed as the founder of the family, died in 1629, leav ing a son, John Angel, who inherited the chief of his fortune. This son John left several chit dren ; but, fur the purpose of this cause, it was necessary to name only two, John and Justi nian. The Testator, Angel, of Stockwell, was the grandson of Justinian ; when therefore he left his estate to the heirs of William the first purcha ser, it is clear that any one who could claim this, John, Justihian's elder brother, was entitled to preference. It had, however, appeared that John, Justinian's elder brother, hadquarrelled with his family, and wept away, no one knew whither, never having been heard of afterwards by his family. His father, the Serjeant stated, had himself caused an extent to be sent into his house, w hick had swept away all his property. The present Plain tiff, J Butt Angel, of Gloucestershire, traced his descent to a John. Angel, who came into that County about the time that John Angel, of Crow thirst, disappeared ; and he admitted it was for him to offer such circumstances in evidence as should afford proof that the John Angel, of Crow hurst, and the John Angel of Leigh,. in Glou cestershire, was one and the saMe person. He should therefore prove, that it was a tradition, among the ancient people of Leigh, that the Angels of that place came irons Kent or Sussex, where they had rich relations. It was also remembered by a very old man, who died last-year at the age of 90, that the family used to bury under a yew-tree in the corner of the church-yard. Inconsequence of this, that part of the churchyard had.been searched, and ' an old tomb-stone was dug up, which contained an inscription, in his mind, decisive of the cause, and conclusive in favour of his Client. The inscrip. Lion on the tomb-stone was as follows : —fez memory of John Angel, of Alston,in the parish of Cheltenham, late of Crowhurst, in the County of Surrey, 'who died dune 3, 1690, aged 62 . years." Independent of this description, which periedly pointed Out that this was the John Angel who quitted Crowhurst, ' he should shew by the register of his birth at Crowhurst, that he was baptized the 6th May, 1628, so that he would exadly be 6z'years old at the date of his death, as the tomb-stone had described. He was aware of the 'answer which it was intended to set up, namely, that this tomb-stone was a forgery and a fabrication of a much later date ; but he should shew that this stone was above ground in Leigh. churchyard near 30 years ago, long befOre the Tes tator made his At that time he would prove that it was dug up by Freeman, the . old sexton, who was attending the late Assizes at Maidstone, to . give his evidence, when he caught the small-pox, of which he died ; b9r he had now his dying de claration of the fad, which he submitted mtist be received as evidence. Besides the stone under a yew -tree, which all the world knew was one of very slow growth, he should produce in Court the fibres of part of the root, which had grown until, they came against the stone, and there finding re sistance, they had grown in .a curve over it. . The Will of Mr. John Angel, of Stockwell, was first proved, in which he devised his estates to the right heirof Wm. Angel, the fatherof his great grand father, John Angel. The monumental inscriptions of Wm. Angel, and of the first John Angel, were read, which proved that John Angel left a son, named John Angel, surviving bins, who was older than Justinian Angel, from whom the testator de. rived his descent. The Will of Win. Angel, the. first purchaser of Crowhurst, was also read, wherein he described himself a Citizen and Fishmonger, and left, among other things, the Talbot Tavern to his son, John Angel, the father of the lost John Angel. The register of the birth of the last John Angel was produced, by which it 'appeared that he was baptized at Crowhurst on the 6th of May, 1628. George Minchin, of Stonehurst, said, he was born and lived mapyy ears at Leigh. About as years ago, as he was paring turf under the yew-tree for a grave, he found a tomb-stone buried. He recollided that it had the name of John Angel upon it, and Crow., hurst, in Surrey. He believed it described the de ceased as aged 60, Or thereabouts. He put it up.' right again in the ground, near the church-dooth where it served as a scraper for the feet. He had left Leigh now for is years, William Trinder said, he had been many years Churchwarden of Leigh ; he knew Freeman, the late Sexton; he died of the small-pox, which he caught at the late Maidstone Assizes ; he knew the stone found in the church-yard on the 6th of August, 1788. He was sent for about ten minutes after it was dug up. He said, that John Butt Angel, the Plaintiff, had breakfasted with him the morning it - was igglid, and that lie and the old Clerk went to the church. yard, where they dug the stone up it about hail an hour. The Counsel for the Plaintiff' then proposed examine this Witness as to the dying declaration of the Parish Clerk, which was opposed as not adinis_ Bible evidence.- The point was argued for above three hours ; when the Learned Judge decided that it could not be received. Minchin was then called. bacic, and asked if he could swear that the stone produced was the same as dug up 25 years ago. He said he would. The tomb-stone was then produced in Court, cu riously preserved in a wooden case: on the-face it it exhibited suspicious circumstances—the letters were all sharp and distinft, and the spelling con tained none of the redundant vowels used a centur back. Mr. Buckham, stone-cutter to Westminster-AIL_ bey, said, from the appearance of the stone, he should conceive it to be of the date it purported us be of. Mr. Gmtßow was about to cross-examine this Witness, when Mr. Baron f-loniAm interfefed, and the Plaintiff's Counsel consented to be non-suited. This morning the remains of Lord CAME i. FO F.. were interred in the Church of St. Anne, WeiE minster, The procession consisted of a hearse anti six, a mourning. coach and six, and the late Lord CAMELFORVIS own carriage. Mr. CowPER of clic House of Lords, attended as chief mourner. coffin was deposited in the north vault of the Church, where it will remain until the necessary preparetioo, are made to convey it to ihrne, in Switzerlami, agreeable to his,_Lordship's desire. Tiic following inscription - is on the coffin : The Right Hortoqrab:e THOMAS LORD CANIb.LFORD, DIA:d tile loth of Al.tfc;i2, Agcd 29 Ycars. Wednesday dispatches were received from Com modore Hoop. We understand that they bring such accounts as encourage a hope that we shall soon hear of the fall ut Martinico. To the surpriie of every person who knows the spot, he has not only Suc ceeded in taking possession of the Diamond Rock, about one mile distant from the East part of Mar. tinico, which was supposed by the Enemy, and by passengers in, general, to be scarcely possessed of footing for goats, hut has aaually fortified and mounted some very heavy guns upon it. Two long 4-pounders have been mounted on a battery at the base of the Rock ; .a 3z-pounder about two-thirds up the most perpendicular part of it, and two IS_ pounders at the summit. From the time of. Commodore liooo's taking possession of the Rock to the Queen's birthday, when she batteries fired a royal salute, was only eight days—with so much assiduity were the works carried on. The Centaur lies at anchor off the• Rock ; the possession of which will, it is thought, very much facilitate the capture of Martinico. THE ORATORIO.-This harmonic treat, drew at very numerous audience -last night to Cuvent Gar den Theatre. The seleCtion was chiefly from PURCELL, HANDEL, and BoycE. Mrs. 13rLIANG-• Tort‘4 , ll3 finely in voic7,. well J . limpid Springs," and " 17 7 1.2a,f Passion cannot 11 . 1llsic qaell," were delightfully given. She led on " The Horse and lets Ria'..-r," with admirable force and expression. In the last A4,her performance of " 7772 Soldier rired," was, as usu,d, grand and im pressive, and was unanimously encored. BRAHAM also distinguished himself highly his " Oft on et flat of Rising , Ground," was sung with taste and simplicity, and his " Come iflycri Dare," with such.. animati )11 as to secure an encore. 'The rest of the Performers -were all respcaable. The Chorusses` were•very' forcible and very•corred, and the whole constitutes such a sAlime Entertainment, that its • success is highly creditable to the taste of the Pub lic. YANIEwic 7, the violin player, %hose talents were much admired a few years ago in the Metro_ polls, is now at Edinburgh, where he is exerting his talents with success. The Committee of the 23 Battalion of Queen's Royal Volunteers have just published a report of their proceedings from July 27, 1803, to january, S©4.; from which it appears, .that the stnn of 228+1. have been subscribed in the parish of Chelsea : the Battalion consists of 530 men, and will 's.hortly be augmented - to 670 rank and file. Wednesday last arrived in town, in Berners. :street, -the Hon, Col. CosMo GORDON, after an absence,from London of near seven years. Th e sth Dragoon Guards, from Newcastle, re place the 3d Dragoon Guards . at Piershill Barracks. Mr. BfiST who had the misfortune to be involved .in the late melancholy affair with Lord CAME.? FORD, is universally descibed as a very quiet and inoffensive man, and ono who is much more likely to .pradise forbearance than to give provocation, ex cept upon such occasions as, 'in the opinion of all mankind, would compel . him to the exertion of a manly spirit. It is' therefore very unfortunate ; in_ deed for so-peaceable apan to be plunged into an affair so foreign to his nature, and that has been attended with such a lamentable issue." The Rev. CI-00. SLOMAN, L.L. B. has been in.. stituted by The Right Rev. Lord Bishop of . PETER. BOROUGH to the Rectory of ,Marston Trussell,in Northamptonshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. JOHN BIILLIVANT. _ _ _ Yesterday morning a Mr. Floyd, for a wager of 201. leapt or-jumped over the gate going into Hyde Park from thitord.street. Atter he had won the money, which he did with great ease, he gaVe it to be divided among the Poor of the Parish of St. Ma_ ry.le-bonne. A complaint Was lately made to the Loa n MAYOa against the Navigation of one of the Gravesend Vessels, which ran • a Fishing.boat down. This growing evil of carelessness in navigating Passage. boats has now received a check by hi s L or d s hi p ' s interference; .the Owner's having asked pardon in The Ledger of the ch inst. and consented, •as was proposed by Mr. MARTIN, to pay a Fine or twenty guineas •to the lii4mane Society. The public are certainly much indebted to the above Gentleman for the spirited steps he has taken to insure such an . important benefit, as the greater security- of Wh.:r. lie 4 necessarily employed on the