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London, England, 1803-02-14 00:00:00

BATAVLAN REPUN2C.

A letter from the Hague, of the fkl of February,
assures us that their government has just sent fresh
troops into their possessions in the East and West
Indies, in order to put them out of danger of a
snrprize. A new armament is also forming for the
East Indies and Cape of Good Hope, in lieu of
that wrecked on the English coast in the frigate
Vreede.

The rigour of the season has caused a suspension
of the works begwi at 1-lelvcetsl ys. There is
a talk of fortifying, in the , the different
points of our coasts tha most accessible and exposed
to a landing.
In the budget published yesterday, by the Legis-
lative Body, the expencxs r the service of the
year are rated at about nineteen &lions of florins.
There is no decision as yet, with zespeft to the
BataTian rescriptions.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROMFRANKEOP.T,

DATED JAN. 31.

a We are informed, that it is in agitation, among
the principal States of Germany, in virtue of the
dispositions of the plan of indemnities, and other re-
gulations decreed by the deputation in the course of
the last three months, to determine a new ecclesi-
astical organization for the German empiro—a mea-
sure rendered necessary in consequence of the
changes that have taken place. This abject is look-
ed upon to be of considerable importance. We are
assured, that it is agreed upon as a principle, that
the bishops and other ecclesiastical dignitaries shall
be named in future by the princes and sovereigns of
the territory to which their sees shall telong, and to
which their jurisdiEtion (which is to be purely eccle-
siastical) shall extend, and that they be responsible to
those princes for every act relative to their funEtions;
that no Bull nor Papal Ordonnance shall be. pub-
fished or put in execution, but with the consent and
confirmation of the Princes exercising the territorial
superiority : in fine, that the confirmation given by
the Pope to the Ecclesiastical nominations, shall be
exempted from the pecuniary tributes with which
that formality has been encumbered hitherto.
These dispositions supposed, give reason to conclude
that the clauses of the Concordat of the French Go-
vernment, have fixed the attention of people in Ger-
many ; and we may from this day look upon it as a
certainty, that the German Bishops are entirety di-
vested of the independence they have till this mo-
ment enjoyed, and that they will be placed, with re-
gard to their several governments, in the same si-
tuation as the Bishops of France and Austria wi:l4
regard to theirs.

" Another important question, which is likewise on
the carpet at this moment, is the diocesan circurn-
sciption of the German bishoprics. It would be
too contrary to the new order of things established
in Germany, to preserve that which has existed un-
till now, only conformably to its conneetidn with
the secular power, which has disappeared by the
adoption of the principle of general secularization.

In consequence, it has been proposed to attach to
each great Catholic state a bishopric, to whose ju-
risdidion the little neighbouring states shall be sub-
mitted. The states of the first order, such as Ba-
varia and Prussia, (for the Catholic part of that
monarchy) may name an archbishop, whose juris-
didion shall extend to the bishoprics existing in
the country. In fine, a regular orginization is be-
come urgent, considering the dissolution of the an-
cient constitution of the German Catholic church.
The ecclesiastical eleflors, the archbishops and bi-
bishops, with the exception of one alone, have-not
only irrevocably lost their secular power, to be no
more than simple pensioners of the Hereditary
Princes, who have divided their possessions, but
many of them have entirely lost all jurisdidion
whatever ; such as the Bishops of BASLE, LIEGE.,
COIRE, STEASBOEGH, WORMS, OSNABUILOH and
Luatcx, (the two last, Protestants), and the Arch-
bishops and Elelors of MENTZ, TILEVES and Co-
LooNe. The Bishops of WORTZBUEGN. BAMBERG,
EICHSTETT, MUNSTER, PADERBORN, HILDESIIEIM,
SALZBUSGH, PAIsAU, RATISBON, AUGSBURGII,
SINGEN, FUL D A,CONST ANCE,CORVEY,TIENT,
and BILIXEN, preserve their sees and jurisdiftion."

BASLE, FEB. 3.

There is a considerable ferment in several of the
cantons stilt In the country parts of the canton of
Bern, and in Oberland, there have been tumultous
scenes, as well between the different parties as be-
tween the country people and the French soldiery.
Several individuals have been killed in the riots that
have occurred. General NEY has ordered the au-
thors of these disturbances to be brought before the
tribunals. Several of them have been already ap-
prehended. The General has just sent off some
troops to Oberland.

We have received the important news, that the
Helvetic Diet, formed according to the principles
L►id down in the general constitution, is to assemble
immediately after the return of oar deputies from
Paris, and that the Er,t sittings will be held in the
city of Friburgh.

BRUSSELS, FEB. 4.

Letters from Treres mention, that several large
detachments of horse chassseurs and infantry, that
had set out on the march, last month, from the 46th
military division, to proceed to the frontiers of the
Helvetic Republic, have received orders to halt, and
that they will shortly return to their respective gar:.

It appears from these accounts that the
camp which is to be formed in the four new De-
partments on the Left Bank of the Rhine will be
fixed in the plain of Andernack. It is added, that
the FIRST CoNsut, will, himself, visit the emplace-
ments of the new fortresses about to be construeted
between Mentz and Holland, to give France a re-
speEtable military line on that point : it is then that
a decision will be made among the various plans
presented by General ANDaxossr, now Ambassa-
dor at London, and the Committees of Artillery
and Engineer Officers, who have been sent succes-
sively to the Banks of the Rhine, for some years
past.

risons.

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LON DON,
MONDAY, Fin. 11.

THEATRE-Rona, DAURr-LANE.
THIS FVFNING will be prewnited the Comedy of
THE WAY TO KEEP HIM.
Sir %%Mil Constant, Mr Bannkter, jun.; Sr 11.61 Fa-
.pion, Mr. C. Kemble• Loveortre, Mr. WrougNt•,r),
Widow Mrs. Joidan; Mrs. Lovemore, MN. Pope;
Lady Constant, Mils Mellon; Moslin, Mrs. Hanowe.
To wlorli will be
LOVE AND hIAGIC.
_ _

On Saturday the 19th inst. will he pruducon a new Muskat
Drama, called The Hero of the North.

THEATRE-ROrAL, COVENT-GARDEN
II I'S EVENING will be nerferined the Tragedy of
HAMLET.
Hamlet. (Third time), by a Young GENTLF.MA
Ghost, Mr. Cory; Polon:us, Mr. Mundt; King, Mr. 'Aradly ;
Horatio, Mr. Brunton; Laertts, Mr. Claremont; Gave
- Diggers, Messrs. Emery and Simmntis.
Ophelia, Mrs. H. John.zon ; and tin-Queen, Mist Chapman.
To which will be a.hled,
HA RILLQUIN's HABEAS.
A New Curn•dv is in relioarsal, called John Ball; or, Au
Englishman's Fire-Sole.

11.• The Readers of this Paper, who are not regularly
served with it, are repiestcd to apply to the °Ace, and there
state their parti.near case. The Editor is tired with general
complaints of irregularif •total negleti is the service of the
Paper.

TILE BRITISH- PRESS.

Paris Papers lip to the 10th inst. vane received on
Saturday. They contain a good deal of interesting
information upon the affairs of St. Domingo, the
particulars of which :ue detailed' in a repilar series
of Official Reports ofevents between the 18th of Sep-
tember and the 3d of December last. This series, in-
cludes the attack upon the Mole by the Blaclzs, the re-
taking of Fort Dauphin, the accession of Roottast-
stau to the command in chief, and the subsequent
events. The two first originally transpired through
the American papers, and were reported in the Paris
papers that arrived on Tuesday last. The new ac-
counts, however, bring some new particulars ; and as
the public te.e is so much turned to that island, we,
therefore, think them not unworthy of insertion.
la the attack upon the Mole, it is stated, that six of
tho prio,:ipal leaders of the brigands were left dead
upon the field of battle, and that not one of their
cavalry escaped. The retaking of the Mole is
said to have been effeeted by the succours from
France, upon the very moment of their arrival.
The most important by far, however, of these do-
cuments, is a Proclamation published by Gen. LE-
C L LYC at the Cape, upon the 6th of October. All
the accounts collet:44d from the American Papers,
and other sources, represented the situation of the
-French as truly deplorable about that period. They
were, however, too vague and too general to convey
an idea of the precise lads, while their uniform ern-
currence left no doubt cf the general result. The
Proclamation supplies this deficiency ; for while its
ordinances prescribe the particular remedies, they of
necessity admit the particulars of the disease. Friar
this document, then, it appears, that in the begin-
ning of Ottober an ir.,,urreetion broke out in the
northern part of St. Domingo. This insurteLlion
was planned and provoked by persons highs in com-
mand in that quarter, particularly by Cu LLS DE-
L its, General of Brigade, who, with his wife, was
tried and condemned to death, by a I'vlili,atry Com-
mission of General Officers, on the ail of October,
at the Cape. Tire French army was, at that pe-
riod, so reduced by sickuess, as not to be able to
take the field, and the insurgents conceived that an
opportunity was nor: etiered of forcing them to
evacuate the island. In prosecution of their plan they
simpered with the colonial troops, and over-ran
the nurehern part of the country with fire and
sword. In this ckplorable situation, General Le-
CLERC published the Preclametion of the .sth of
Occleber, in which he ad .;its his own weakness—the
expectations. of the Rebels, and endeavoured to
inspire confidence, with an assurance that succours
equal to the army originally sent out were
upon their way from France. While the French
troops r.anained in this state, shut up in the towns,
the Brigands contineed to ravage the country ; but
at length the promised succours arrived from
France, and in some measure relieved the general
despondency, by the re-capture of Fort Dauphin.
lint whatever check the Blacks may have received,
there is very little reason to presume that the other
and still more formidable foe of the French—the
yellow-fever, had relaxed its ravages, as the Pro-
clamation of LECLERC taught the army t 9 expect.
To the list of distinguished personages who have
fallen its victims, we are now to add Generals
WA TRI N and DUGUA, both officers of great merit.
'the latter died so late as the Ist Deccauber.

The principal States of Germany, it is said, have
determined upon a new ecclesiastical sy:.tem for
the German Empire : the principle of which, is di-
scaly subversive of the Papal power. It requires
that the principal ecclesiastics shall be appointed by
the Princes within whose territories their sees are rc-
speEtively situated ; that their jurisdiaion shall
be purely .ecclesiastical; and that they shall be
responsible for their conduit to their respective
territorial Sovereigns. , One object of the FIRST
Cuaset.'s intended visit to the North EAstern

part of his territories, is laid to be the inspeA;on of
!cites of new fortresses, which are to be constructed
for the purpose of strengthening the French frontier
upon the side of Holland.

The French Funds still continue to rise. They
were, on the Bth, 58 f. 90. c.

Saturday a Court of Direaors was held at the
Fast India House, which adjourned at six u'clock
till Wednesday next.
By the Minorca, a Botany Baf ship, arrived off
Dover, we are advised that the extra ships L.rd El-
don and Minerva, outward, arrived at the Cape the
20th Oetober last, and the .Sickon Carlle on the
25th of that month.

The Lord Et lon was getting under way the 4th of
November, and the Vrelton Cade on the 10th, WAS
only waiting a fair wind to put to sea.
Yesterday morning arrived a Mail from New
York, brought to 1 alnxiuth, by the Cbs,:pficiti
Packet. "

The papers of yestertisty contain the following
paragraph.: —" The members for the City of Lon-
don yesterday morning waited on the Secretaries of
State, for the purpose of laying before them the
particulars of an event of considerable importance
with regard to the health of the people. We do
not wish to mention the precis: facts that have come
to our knowledge, laqt we ar.2 confident, from the
prompt measures of precatt..ion that have been
taken, thAt no inconvenient,' likely to arise to the
pifadc from zit:: ciitunistancc to which we ailuie."
It k expected, that Oa business of Pariiament
will inrease rapicly, fioni tnis day forward, and it is
leered, smhe obstacles to its progress will re-
sult from their being •ici large a number of Commit-
te.:s on Election Petitions to be hallotted for. These
Election Petition Coniniittees were to have sat on
Saturday, but two of them weie under the neee.;-
sity of adjourning till this day, in consequence of
a member of men being abstat. The medicitl at-
tendant of one gentleman bore testimony of his ab-
sence being occasioned by severe indisposition. The
absence of both the gentlemen must, according to
the Act, be reported to the House.

A parcel of papers were fonnd on Saturday at
the ltoyal•Exchan,;e, by a ticket porter, who took
them to the Lord Mayor. These papers, we un-
derstand, hold out threats of a most seditious and
treasonable natwe ; in case certain sentences lately
passed, should be cal ried into execution. They
must have been written by enemies of the parties
whose cause they affect to advocate.

'The quantity of ice amongst the shipp:ng in the
River is so great, as to prevent the navigation, be-
low bridge, by boats.
There are a► present in the debtors' side of New-
Mto, upwards of one hundred Reduced Naval and
ilitary Offi.crs, who have served the Empire with
Z 321 and gallantry
We are sorry to learn, that the emigrations from
the Highlands of Scotland continue to a great ex-
tent, and that some persons from the back States of
America are now there, for the purpose of seducing
these credulous people from their homes.
It is believed at the War Office, that our troops
have, ere this, evacuated Egypt.
The York Papers of the loth are slent as to the
reported commitment of a Gentiethan to the Castle,
which is stated in the Derby and some other provin-
cial papers to have taken place on the .sth, fur the
inurdi.-: of his two chill-en. They enumerate se-
veral other commitments, and we can hardly sup-
pose they would have omitted one of so mucii
inter-
est, had it taken place.
The Dutch Prui.e.money, for the captures at the
Cape of Good 14.(;;):.,, amounting to upwards of
250,0001. was rno-.-e than nine months since paid to
the Agents, fur the purpose of distribution k but
t Tee Sari;cons in the arm: having preferred a claim
to 611-are in a higher class, the division has been sus-
pended : the Agents should on this, as on similar oc-
casions, reserve enough to cover the ne.v
aad d,st:-,bute the residue.

The Government of the Italian Republic has re-
solved to farm out the ,cttery of that conatry to the
best bidder : they have announced their i itention of
farming the whole togeth,T, or in division., fur each
side o. ttie Po. Books of schemes, &c. aru spee-
dily to be opened in all the prelectoraces.
The sale of redued and common salt, by whole-
sale or ret til, is p.-oliliezed thiougho.it the Italian
Republic, and permitted only to persons ara.horiseo
Lv Government.

The kicnikur* contains seve!al decr!es regulat
log the/0r:44/(J respecting the blectora
01 we two sections auto which the i-Llvetic De-
putation has divided ascii, viz. the partizans of use
old regime, and tile partisans of tile new order 01
things, most of the termer, says the Clef du Cabi-
n t, arc deputies of the ci-devant sovereign cities,
and six or seven deputies from canttins, wh le almost
all the latter are deputies elei:cvd by the cantonal
semblies or Diets.

The FAUST CONSUL, as President of the Italian
Republic, has issued a Decree for Elia organizaiion
of t.ie University of Bologna. In the First Class,
comprising Natural Philosophy and Mat, emat.cs;
ALDINI aadGIuVANt are appointed Professors o.*
Experimental Philosophy, and PiAzzi Clocutim
Lonov ico, Professors cf As.ronomy.
The sidings fur Midulesex commence Lois day at
nine o'clock. 'I here are several curious trials ea-
peeked to come on in the course of the sittings ; and
among others, the trial of M. PLLTIEi for wlibel
upon BONAPARTE.
Some men of property have been committed to
Exeter gaol, for having 15aJ cwt. of cordage, be-
longing to the KING, in their possession : ban to the
amount of 10,0001. was offered, but refused, for
one of them.
Letter from Genoa state, that the arms of the
Poli,h demi-brigade, destined for St. Domingo,
have been packed up, and shipped on board French
.vessels lately arrived in that harbour.
The war in India, beavuen the Mahratta Chief-
tains, SCINDEA and HOLK A it, cannat fail to engage
general attention. By the over-land dispatch we
learn, that the Teishwa has declared in favour of
Sciuns.a, and conclucLxi a treaty with him, by
which his Highness is bound to furnish 5000 ca-
valry. and 4000 infantry, to March immediately to
the succour of the army, which is blocked up by
110LKAR; the declaration of tue Peishwa will pro-
bably influence other Powers as to the part they
will take, and thus accelerate the termiflation of a
war, which, in its opening, has been markied by the
most singular vicissitudes.

PASIIIOM

FASHIONABLE ARIIANGEMENTS TILTS WEEK.

MoxpaT —Lady Metrtaa's Raid, Portland Place. Mar-
grave of ANSPACIeI Pluy, Brandenburgh-House.
TUESDAY ---();,era, Haymarket. Mr. DtvwTNts's Private
Doser.street.
--- Counter' of SCTIIIIR LAN Rout, Ar-
lington street Lord Hoamte'a Griu,d Diana, Gruarowor-
Place. Mrs. BAY Vell Rout, Harley-street.
TituastiAT —Margrave of A nsracu's Play, Brandenburgh-
Mama. Countess of Essex's Par•y, Curzon-street.
FRlDAY—Marquis of sLzoo's
SA 11:11 nkr —Opera, Hapmark.•t Lord Hoa efi Dinner,
Grotivernor-Place. SPRAKILIt of the flii,uita of COMMONS.
Dinner.

Stwomr.--Merehionc:s of SALttouer'i Patty, Alt:lpm..
streo..

His MAJEsty will hold a Levee next Wednes-
day.
The Royal. FAM►L.v are expected to remain in
town during the whole of this week.
Yesterday their MAJESTIF3 and the PRINCESSES
attended divine service, at the private chapel in
Buckingham-house, and heard a sermon preached
by the Rev. Mr. BARN c; Rector of Satteiley, Suf-
folk.

Yesterday morning his Royal Highness the Duke
Of CUIIBI.aI.AND paid his respects to their MAJss-
TIEs and his Royal Sisters. At one o'clock his
MAJEiTY gave an audience to the Earl of HA It-
ItiNGTOti.

Yesterday his Royal Highness the Duke of
CLARLNCL visit4Ll Piince a WALES at Carlton-
House.

Last night their MAMTIEs had a performance of
sacred music, which commenced at eight o'clock,
and finished about ten. It was attended by the
Countess of E.v, Lady CAROLINE DAMLR, Mr.
HENRY Fox, Miss Fi NC:I, Mrs. A. St 4Nt4OPE, &c.
The Dukes of lonic and CUAIRERLANIO visited
their MAJxsrlxs on Saturday morning, at Bucking-
ham House, and the Dukes of CLAREN( E Mid
CLMRERLAND dined with the Royal Family. After
dinner, her tvlxixsr v had a small party, consisting
of Lord and Lady HEN LEV, Earl of HARRINGTON,
Lady and the two Miss DOUGLAS'S, Lady CR AN.
LEY, Miss OMSLOW, Lady BULKELEY, Mrs. A.
Si ANIIOPE, Mrs. How', Color,eis CA RIGHT
and SPENCER, General W Ira v tw, I,4rd CATH-
CART, Lord Mot.NT.EDGECUSIek., C4.,ILInte2,S Of
HARCOURT, Sir W. kialitt.xuN, Lord SLLLEY,
&C. &C. &C.

Ibe Marqui. of BLANDVORD had a Concert last
night, at his licuse in Piccadilly.
Sir HARRY VANE TEMPEST has taken Sir JOHN
BOY o's house in Grafton-street, Bend-street.
Mrs. CAVENDISH I3k AMN AW continues indisposed
at her house in Albernarle-street.

Lady CAHIER'S present severe indisposition has
not originated in it cold, as stated in one of the
Morning Papers, but was caused by a severe fall
her Ladyship received last week in consequence of
the slipperyness of the ice • we are concerned to add,
that the hurt is in the small of her back.

Lord Sr. Viscerir has a slight cold, but it does
not prevent him from attending the Admiraltyßoard
regularly.
The Earl of CfirSTERFIELD gave an elegant din-
ner, on Saturday, at his house w Audley square;
among. the company we noticed the following, viz.
Marquis of BATH, Earl of CHATHAM, Earl of (ix-
neloca,lr..lCAr Healy', Lord lieLKELEY,Gelleral
GARTH, General 1Y1a.14 4./1 as, General car !ic ILT,
&c. &c.

The Marquis of SLico gave yesterday a dinner
to a seleet party, at leis house in Grafton-street.—
Present, the Earl of MORTON, Lord and Lady
CARLEToN, Admiral Lord KEITH, Lord LIME-
RICK, Mrs. HowE, Mr.. WALPOLE, &C. &C. &C.

Lcrd Ha mEwoon and Family returned to town,
on Saturday, from Harewood-hall, Yorkshire.
The Pic Ni:, met on Saturday, for the first time
elis season, at the Tottenham-street Rooms. On
account of the absence of several leading mem-
bers, the meeting was adjourned for a few days,
when a Committee will be appointed tar arranging
and conducting the amusements of the Society fur
tile ensuing season.
Mr. 'l'. Di BDI N'S two comic Operas, the Caliaet,
and Family Quarrel', have proved uncommonly at-
traztive at Covent Garden Theatre this season.

Mr. Co M A res new comedy, called jam Bull;
or, the BufiJhntan's Fire-Sid:, at Covent Garden,
and the facto of the Nunl, which is preparing for
spe.Aly appearance at Drury Lane, will, in all pro-
bability, run the race for popularity at the same
tittle. Report speaks favourably of both.

On the 24th of Jan. the higher order of the no-
of Vienna took an airing in sledjes. Seven-
teen of those vehicles graced, by ladies Elegantly
dressed, drawn by superb horses, and accompanied
by a numerous cavalcade, paraded the city. A
military band accompanied this brilliant spectacle.
Capt. SAMPSON, Of the Compacts of Elgise packet,
left London on Saturday evening, for Calais, to bring
over Lord and Lady BESBUROUGH, Lord and Lady
MORPETH, &c. 'They are expeEted at Calais on
Tuesday.
Levis noNAP AM, accompanied by his wife and
Mad Arne LAM BEET I NI, are said to be on the eve
of their departure on a tour through Italy.
The celebrated sculptor Do4LNakur; VERON ESE,
lately died at Rome.
The Cardinal Legate, CA P ARA, is much better.
He is attended by M. CURVISAItD, tile ksiesT CON-
SUL'S Physician.
DuvatE, the French author and actor, is arrived
at Berlin,. in his route to Petersburgh, and has been
very well received by KOTZEBUE, IF FE AND, and
LaroNTa NE. The first is, at present, emphyed in
adapting to, the Gentian Stage oue of the plea-
unrest vieces of Duv A Le

-a he new Portuguese Ambassador, being con-
duZl,d to witness the masquerade, at the Opera
House, on Thursday night, in company with the
late Plenipotentiary from that court, on passing the
box-door, they were accosted by a man, who, pre-
tending that he belonged to the house, and in a
grave tone of voice, thus addressed them : " Gen-
tlemen, the cruwd is so great on the stage, and the
pickpockets are so numerous, if you enter, your
watches and property are in danger ; you had
better leave them with me for safety, until your re-
turn." The gentlemen not suspating the fraud,
readily agreed, and delivered up their gold watches,
of considerable value, to the sharper, who irnme-.
diately decamped w/th ,his booty, leaving them to
lamest Cheer loss.

.

FROM THE NEW rola" PAPERS.

ST DOMINGO.

The Columbian Centinel (from Bdston, New Eng-
land) of the 22d December, states, that the Fame,
from, Port Republican, has been spoken with at
sea ; the master says, that the Negroes had taken
that place by storm, and put all the white men,
women, and children to death. By the dates of
this account, the Fame left . fort Republican cn
the 16th of November.

The New England Palladium of Dec. 24, further
states, that information had been received at Phila-
delphia, from Cape Francois; to N0v.17. The main
force of the Blacks w g encamped within'twelve milet
of the Cape; the inhabitants of which place were in
constant dread of a desperate attack. A want of
ammunition, on the part of the Negroes, alone delayed
the assault, but a supply was expe6ted from Port
Republican. The French force at the Cape was
about 2,40 men, and that of the enemies, in its
vicinity, 10,000 strong. It was. difficult to decide
whether the French or Negroes were the most cruel.
St. Marks had capitulate.l with the Negroes, whose
final success was almost certain.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF XLNG's BENCH, WESTMINSTER, Ft s. 12

AILIS V. DICKIg.

Mr. Ma R era r, on a former day, obtained a
Rule ai,i, to sliew cause why the inquisition ia this
case should not be executed before the Chief Justice
a.;:d a Special Jury.
It was an a.ftion brought against the Defoliant
for slander, in saying that the Plaintiff, who is the
Keeper of the Cold-bath-fields Prism, had starved
two of the prisoners committed to his custody.
The Dofendant had first pleaded the general it tie,
but had afterwar.is pleaded a jia.Eficati4n, and suf•
fered judgment to go by default.
Mr. SCOTT she‘ted cause against the Rule being
made absolute, and argued that there was nothing
in the same to prevent it from being executed in
the common way before the Sheriff.
Lord Et tr.ueououon was of a different opinion.
It was a charge, he said, of considerable import-
ance to the Plaintiff and the Public : an inquiry
ought therefore to take place in a superior Court,
beloie a Special Jury.

COMMON PLEAS

SA Ili DERS .. JONES.

Mr. Serjeant BAILEY had obtained a Rule to
enter a nonsuit in this case, in consequence of the
Plaintiff not bringing the cause to trial.
Mr. Serjeant ONsi.ou moved for a Rule to shew
cause against the nonsuit, stating that the absence
of a material witness had prevented the trial. It
was an anion for 23 pipes of wine shipped at Oporto
for Lisbon, which the Defendant refused payment
for, on pretence that the liquor hard been caul.
derably diminished in the course of the voyage.
On the 9th of July a commission had been ob-
tained to examine a witness in Oporto, whose de-.
position was not yet returned, but expelled every
day.

The Court refused to make Mr. Serjeant &tit tv's
Rule absolute, and ordered that the caw* should
be set down for trial at be Sittings after Easter
Term.

Nothing further was done at all interesting to the
public, the day bein,q K i..11y devoted to the future
buiiwss of the Ccntrls.
Hilary Term closed this day.

By a decree of the Vice-Preident of the Italian
Republic, all compos!tioits for theltrical represen-
tation, national and foreign periodical publications
sold or distributed, and all forei:ra works exposed
as objects of commerce and merchandize, are sub-
mitted to a censorship of a magistracy, composed of
three persons residue* at Milan:

The charaiinK Mademoiselle Pattie has been
received in Russia, in a manner worthy of her distin-
guished talents. The Emperor has presented her
with a superb diamond necklace.
The poet C Asc r, a Florenthe by birth, and suc-
cessor of METASTASIO, in the place and title of
Poet Laureat of the Court of Vienna, died on the
6th inst. at the Age of 82.
There is not to be any considerable addition to
establishment of Madras in consequence
of the lace treaty With th.: Nizara, it being lik Avise
sailed that the subsidiary force at Hydrabad, is, in
case of emergency, to be at the disposal of our Go-
vernment.

Three tons, 14 cwt .961 b. of foreign specie, was
last week landed at Duvet, from L'Achille and Par-
fait Union Packets.
Allot, 'IAMB KHAN, who was lately in this city,
in December last passed through Constantinople, on
his way to India—lie has presented to the Turkish
Government the Manuscript of a famous Arabian
Diaionary, translated into Persian.
Lord ELGIN had not left Constantinople on the
24th of December.

A letter from Constantinople, of the '24th De:
ceruber, says, " Sidky Effendi, who has left this
with a parzicu!ar commission for Llndon, is said to
be the bearer of different insigniA cf the, Order of
ti►e Moon, of Medals, &c. &C. to be given to the Of-
ficers who slistinguisked themselves in the Campaign
Egy pt:9
As soon as the news of the death of General LE..
CLERC reached Milan, a general mourning. took
place, which lasted for a week; and the Const►tuted
Authorities set off to present compliments of condo-
lence to General MuaA,T, bis Lady, and Madame
LECLERC.

Citizens I)st au P and CVVIER, have been ap-
pointed Perpetual Seeretarizs of First Class of the
National Institute at Paris ; the former fin- the Ma-
thematics, .the latter for Natural Philosophy. Citi-
zen SIC Mt r) has been appointed Perpetual Secreta-
ry of the Class of Languages and French Litera-
ture; and Citizen DAcIEg to the Class of History
and Antient Literature.
The Wicklow and Wexford mail wasuagain rob-
bed on Friday se'nnight, being the time in
about three months. Three armed men stopped
the mail almost at the end of Leeson-street, and
took the bags, which, it is supposed, they opened by
the light of the moon, the letters being found next
morning near thespot at which they had been taken,
one of them containing a draft at sight for 701. on
the bank ; and another a guinea note, doubtless
overlooked iu their hurry. The plunder carried off
principally consisted of Bank Post Bills, of which
there was a cousidaraliie amount hclor.ging to arm
person.

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ST. JAMES'S, FEB. 10.

FROM TILE LONDON GAZETTE, Ft.& 12.

At the Court nf St. James's, the 10th of February,
1803—present the King's most excellent Majesty in
Council.—His Majesty hi Council was this day
pleased to appoint

Joseph Weigewood, of Cunt'lle, Fc t. to be Sheriff of the
County of Irmet, instead of John Arbuthnot, of Weymouth,
H 9•

John Pooley Kensington, of Putney, Esq. to be Sheriff of the
county of Surrey.
Thomas Howell Marmaduke f;wynne, of Llonclwith, Eq.
to be Sheriff of the County of Radnor, instead of Tllolll2i Grove,
of Cwit Edon, Esq.

John Winder, of Vynor, F.sq. to he Sheriff of the Cuunty
of Montgomery, instead of Robert Knight, of Gweri.goe, Esq.

This day Baron SitvERIIJELN, Fnvoy Extraordi-
nary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of
Sweden, had a private audience of her Majesty: to
which he was introduced by the Earl of Morton,
Lord Chamberlain to her Majesty, and condu&ed
by Sir Stephen Cottrell, Knt. Master of the Cere-
monies.