The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-01-23 00:00:00

" The Emperor Napoleon engages to procure a
peace for the Ligurian Republic with the Barbary
Powers, anti to cause the Ligurian flag to be respea-

ed by those powers.
Should he, however, not be so successful in this
endeavour, as he expels to be, he engages to furnish
the said republic with French colours, that they may
be tae, proteded.
" The Emperor of the French will further grant
Permission for the importation of all Ligurian com-
modities into Piedmont, Parma, and Piacenza, only
paying the small importation-toll, which was before
customary, which permission shall begin to be in
force immediately after the ratification of this con.
" On the other part, the Government of the Ligu-
rian republic engages to furnish (1000 seamen dur-
iag the present war; and to have 4000 of them in
readiness in a short time.
" The Ligurian Republic cedes the harbours, with
the arsenal; as also the galley harbours, and the
dock-yard, with the basin, and places them at the
disposal of the French ; and as it is intended to
build in the said dock-;•ard ten ships of the line for
France, the Ligurian Republic engages to enlarge
the basin, sufficiently for the entrance and station-
ing of these ships, at its own expence.
4, And as, at the time of the conclusion of this con-
vention, a new built ship of the line, a frigate, and
two corvettes, are lying finished in the dock of
Genoa, these ships shall likewise be placed at the
disposal of France."

stoaeset, DgC.

The accounts received to-day from Genoa can-
not be more favourable. For the last five days, not
a single person has died of the yellow fever; for
more than a week, not one has been taken ill, and
the few sick there are all ins state of rac. very.
At Pisa, as well as throughout Etruria and the
rest of Italy, there are no longer any traces of the
disorder.

ITALY, Dec. 11.
The English, under the command of Admiral
Nelson, have taken, among other ship!, some Aus-
trian vessels, laden with corn, from the Levant, and
carried them into Malta; but they have been set at
liberty, on application from the Court of Vienna,
with the apology that the capture of them was
owing to a mistake.
A Spanish courier, on his way to Naples, who
endeavoured to pass the cordon drawn in Upper
on account of the yellow fever, has been shot
by the soldiers.
French troops are still drawing out of Upper
Italy, towards the Ecclesiastical State and the
Neapolitan territory. Between Cevignola and
Goggio, 18,000 men have been lately assembled,
who expea orders to advance into the kingdom of
Naples.

LEGHORN, DEC. 14.

The Committee of Health here have published a
notification signed by their Secretary, Alessandro
Spighi, in which they state, that since the sth inst.
no person had died of the fever, either in the city or
suburbs, except a boy of eight years of age, who
died on the 10th day of his sickness.
_ .

The Committee hope they shall in a short time
be able to announce that the disorder has entirely
ceased, which never raged with such violence as
some evil-minded persons have reported.

VIEKR•, DFC. 22.
The Neapolitan Minister here has received a cou-
rier from his court, and immediately after sent off
dispatches to London and to Petersburgh ; since
which, it has been reported that the French troops
have approached the city of Naples, and that the
King of Naples has been required to shut his ports
against the English.

a lc. 26.

The strongest hopes are still entertained of the
continuance of peace on the Continent, as the Courts
of Vienna, Petersburgh, and Berlin, entertain the
same sentiments on this subject, and will take
measures in concert for the preservation of tran•
quillity.
MILAN, Inc. 17.
Mr. Livingston, the late Eavoy from the States of
North America to Paris, has arrived here ; he is
making a journey into Lower Italy.

TnE BRITISH

LOND(rN,
WEDNESDAY, JANU•t• 23.

The arrival of two Gotteuburgh Mails yesterday
has put us in possession of 1-larnburgh Papers to the
sth instant, from which we have estraZted every arti-
cle that deserves notice. In this nu/saber is a copy of
a Convention between France and the Ligurian Re-
public, by which the latter, in consideration of a
peace, which BONAPAKTB undertakes to effea be-
tween her and the Batbary powers, stipulates to
furnish 6000 seamen, and build 10 sail of the line
for France. A ship of the line, a frigate, and two
corvettes, lately built at Genoa, are also to be
placed at the disposal of France.
A tepott prevailed at Vienna on the .`l2d of De-
cember, that the French troops had approached the
city of Naples, and required the K t•o to shut his
ports against the English.—This is an operation
long foreseen, and the great probability of the event
may be the principal foundation of the rumour.
The contagious disease, which aflliaed so large a
portion of the Continent, appears to have almost
entirely subsided at Genoa, Leghorn, and other
parts of the North of Italy.

The SPANISH Astsassatsoe left town yesterday,
at twelve o'clock. upon his return to Spain. If he
shall treat all the post boys, oa his road to the coast,
as liberally as he behaved to those who drove him
the first stage, they will rejoice as much as our tars
in a Spanish war. His Excellency pre 51. to each
of them.

A report prevailed yesterday in the city, that let-
ters have been received from Paris, which announce
the return of the Messenger who was the bearer of
Bot4APARTE'S pacific Overture to our Government,
and that the answer had diffused great joy through-
out that city, in which it is considered as strongly en-
couraging an expectation of peace. As the answer
does not strike us in that light, we doubt very much
the truth of this report. We are assured, however,
that several persons speculated in the funds upon it.

BONAPARTE has changed the title of the Journal
to which he used so frequently to send his articles
against England. It is no longer the Mensortal
Antr-Britamniiste, hut the Memorial Eurepren, which
is to be in future the depot of the sentiments of M.
BONAPARTE upon the danger of the power of
England to the independence of the Continent, and
upin the efforts and sacrifices which the French Go-
vernment is determined to make, to render Europe

-

ii,dependent. The name of Btata
appears no longer at the head of that journal, which
has chosen for its motto, a phrase, that contradifis
the assertion so often made by Bora AAAAA E, VIE.
England is not able to carry on war sillk Undaj
against France." The following is the motto of the
Memorial Euro:wen : "It is certain that England is
too powerful wr the welfare and honour of Europe
Its situation is as httnsiliating as its forces are for.
rnidable." We flod in the Memorial, that M. BONA_

rAR ra is amusing himself with writing against the
power of England, the thoughts of that great
man upon what Spain gains by the war which
she has declared against England. The following
is an extra& :

The publication of the Manifesto of Hit Catholic Ms.
jesty has at length resolved the grand question which rweuei.•a'
Europe. Souse English writers have acksted to cornp's.ii

Spain. It appears to us, that she loses a great deal let .
England by this rupture. She has the adyant.ge of WV.'
t at implacable war openly which was carried on against •ia

slandestintly. Spain has but few expe ices and sac:
to make to retire with advantage Irvin the toots, as long
as she shall remain united to an ally wino alon-
all the strength of the enemy, and who will neve: vio-
late the conditions of her alliance. England, on the coo.
trary, is obliged to aegment her armaments already so
mous, her squadrons so multiplied, her colonial Rai rigor's, that
exhaust her. There is no ration to fear that the .Ixpeditiois
which are preparing, and which make ei great a n e
don, are destined against the Spanish eoloni,x. Eiighwil ioc
in a situation, to sacrifice men, ship:, and money taming i, to
attack Mexico. She doe. not feel herself wring enough to at.
tack the French or &avian colonies, which are of much less
importance. The English Minister due: not Appear lb have een-
calved any serious 'McMinn to open thine/why briUlant opests
tions. He reckoned Apparently a glee d: al Upon that patience
which he has su much abused: he wished to frighten her try ex.
tramiliiiary alarms; but the moderation of Spain prurett in her
favour as much as it turns to the advantage of France. It
very remarkable, that the English Minister, who et:Salmi
without intermission against the influence which l'ance
eiiels over her allies, reduces them to the necessity of declauill
themselves entirely in favour of France.

copy of an Address from the Prince of Peace,
Commander-in•chief of the Spanish armies, in-

citing them against the English nation, was brought
over by the last Lisbon packet. A more contemptible
rhapsody we never read. It is given in the last page.

The ICymouth, of 14 guns, is appointed to con-
voy the outward bound East India fleet.
The Cbrus, of London, outward-bound whaler, is
arrived at Rio .laneiro.
The Earl of Liverpo!, Mut ctos, from Liverpool,
for Africa, has been captured by a French frigate of
31i ifuns, and since lost on the ethist of Spain.
'1 he Ether, asz fa, from Ly nu, for Newcastle,
foundered at sea, on the 5.h inst.
The Hamborgh Pocket, PAIILS, from Riga, is lost
on Gothland.
The Johanna, Ciim resLL, from Copenhagen, for
St. Croix, is lost on Lessoe.
The Charlotte, Taal. rs, from Pillau, has been
on shore, and gone to Copenhagen to repair.
The following outward bound East Indiamen
were all well at sea on the leth of Oaober last, in
lat. Iti. 13. N. long. 21i. W. viz.
Travers, Captain Senders; Unnin, Captain ;
Indus Captain Lord Keith, Captain Ran. i,e;
Ocean, Captain M.Toggart: Devaynes, Ca ,t,nn kiii•-r!ey ;
Harriett, Captain Ly. 1.11; Captain Eanh,dd ; Sachets
Cattle, Captain Norniatid.
The above ships sailed from Portsmouth the 4th
of September la.t, uuder convoy of Its lidajest's
ship ReVelationni,e, put into Madeira, and sailed
from thence the 4th of o:toner.
The Rcoolottonnaire saw them safe off from Ma-
deira, and left them at sea, as above mentioned, on
the 12th of Dauber.
Letters from C3a17,, down to the 28th of last
month, make not the least mention of the meditated
attack on Gibraltar.
Mr. Ilc)IVIS, Consul General; Mr. FREI& j Mr.
Derr; and the tioccaten family, were at Lifibas
when the last packet sailed.
In the list of death; by the fever at Gibraltar, be-
tween the 25th November and the Bth December,
are, Mrs. CARPLICEZO. wire of Cwain CA fir Er:-
Till, of the 10t11 regiment; Mr. Mo-c141..1
one of the lately arrived Medical
seat; and
Mrs. WI LEIPIiON, wife of Capta:n WI minors.
of the 10th tegimmt ; Lieut,narit Hama v Dc
lbw LE, of De Rolle's Regiment ; Dolor Ma-
axial, Assistant Surgeon of ihe 13th Regiment;
and Lieut. PARKES, ot the 10th Regiment.—On the
11th the fever had considerably abated. The num
ber of cases in the hospital was only 56, and the
loss did nut exceed more than one man a-day.
The following is the opinion of the Senior Mr
dical Officers at Gibraltar
at , etc. 0, 104.
" It a the opinion of the Medical Officers Woo emir
toned, that the health of the troops and iithabillebil is melt
int oroved within the last month, and that soy fee erwsei ter
e;ii.teinic fever rims occur arrionglit the military nr the dill
iw
habitants at Gibraltar
(Signed) "J. M. NOOTH, Superintend inr
" AB BOLTON, Deputy Inapeetor
at W. film, Acting Depot. Intp,,,tor.
" THOS. RdSS, Surgeon to the Forces"
Owing to strong winds which have lately pre-
vailed, and drove our cruisers off their stations
six valuable vessels from the Havannah, and
other Spanish colonies, arrived in the port. of
Cadiz, without the smallest molestation, and with-
, out any knowledge of the war. The storm had done
much mischief among the shipping in Cadiz Day
several vessels had been driven on shore.
Accounts from Carthagena, of the 25th ult. state
the returns of death in that city, occasioned bf
fever, down to the above period, to be fourteen
thousand nine hundred and forty. According to
the returns at Madrid from the several places that
had been intated, it appears that in all one border/
and twenty-four thousand two hundred psi bee
died.

of

BEtraAtu:—BAtitat

ad of that journal, which
phrase, that contradiets

by Bora AAAAA vl7,

on vrar sivk Undid

owing is the motto of the
i certain that England is
e and honour of Europe
mg as its forces are for.
ft/ mortal, that M. BON A-
with writing against the
thoughts of that great
;sins by the war which
England. The following

festo of Flu Catho'ic Ms.
nil question which aru,;e•~'
wwe ail;cted to comp's.ii :

Ate loses a great deal le., t
lui tha advantage of wag.. .
licit was carried on spina 1:
few estpeuees and seer
toc trout the cooteat, al long
an ally who alone entelart
Yr and who will neve: TIO.

Ice. England, on the entt.
armaments already so enor.

, her eolomal R. rims's, that
to tear that the :xpethno3s
lake s great a n ti t L
ish colonise. Eingl.o,kl It ~ot
and money enouts, to

herself strong enough to At.
lies, •hich are of much less
dries not Appear Po hate COQ.

open thieswarby brilliant opalin-
e goat d.wl upon that patieuce
he wished to frighten her by ex.

ltion of Spain prove. in her
advantage of Trance. It if

Minister, who exclairuei
the influence which France ewer-
hem to the necessity of ileclariog
of France.

-orn the Prince of Peace,
the Spanish armies, in-
glish natio;l, was brough

acket. A more contemptible
It is given in the last page.

uns, is appointed to cos-
.ast India fleet.
outward-bound whaler, is

Mum.tos, from Liverpoc:,
Lured by a French trigatect
n the coast of Spain.
from Lynn, for Newcastle,
s'h inst. _ .

PA ILLS, from Riga, is I'n
:LL, from Copenhagen, b:

.rs, from Pillau, has been
Copenhagen to repair.
rani ►ound East Indiamen
1 the 12th of attober last, in
i. W. viz.
is;

. .
Union, Captain Maentmh ;
vd Keith, Captain Ram 't;
Devityres,, Ca .tam kitieery ,
'dart, Captain E...tfield;
from Portsmouth the 4th
convoy of His Majests's
into Madeira, and sailer

Lw them safe off from Ma-
ea, as above mentioned, on

down to the 29th of last

mention of the meditatei

General; Mr. FREIL; Mr.
,s family, were at Lisbon

y the fever at Gibraltar, be-
rer and the Bth Deeemb.r,
wite of Cep.aio CA 111•/:
giMent ; Mr. Mol Cl 4
rived Medical Arai'; and
e of Captain WitAtaisom,
Lieutenant Hamar De
's Regiment; Dooßme Ma-
on of the 13th Regiment ;
the 10th Regiment.—On the
iderably abated. The nuns-
.pital was only 36, arid ilia
.e than one man a-day.
opinion of the Senior Mr

tar:—
at Die. 19, 1804.
the Medical dfficers below wee.
the tri.mayis and inhabitable is sera
Nitta, and that vim twoomme dig
meig,t the military or the ea *

(00TH, Superintend int G tiara
JLTUN, Dept,' I,..ipectur
M, Acting Peon. Intpector.
RdSS, Surgeon to the Facets."
Inds which have lately pre•
;cruisers off their station,
from the Havannah, and
ts, arrived in the port of
tallest moleqation, and with"
:he war. The storm had dose
the shipping in Cadiz Bay:
driven on shore.

hagena. of the 25th ult. doe
in that city, occasioned bf
bore period. to be footsie
!d and forty. According.*
from the several places digi
ppears that in all ow Magi
nd two hundred peesteehlta

Mil r ARY BALL.

The Officers of gie Liso's German Legion
lately gave in elegant ball to their Commanding
Officer, M .jor-oeneral Dos and family, and a
few of the neighbouring gentry and military of
Lesvos, in two of the new huts, not yet occupied,
which were united by a temporary covered passage.
The ball commenced soon after eight, and the hut for
bneing was decorated so as to represent an orange
cove, in the centre, hang with real fruit,which,toge-
th:r with iv s , formed two arched coionadei,supported
bc fluted pillars oil each side of the grove, to accom-
modate such of the company as were not dancing.
G. ft. and a crown in ivy, over the fire place,
ornamented the upper end of the room, and the
well illuminated, produced a very
wbeahrialii
beautiful
being
effA An excellent band of music ca-
livened th..llra'ites, Q tadretev, and other German
and English dances. The supper-room was opened
Apace o'clock, and equally handsome, both in re-
ect to the delicacies of the table, and the ()ma-
allots of vie hut, which was tastefully festooned,
and other.% i•e decorated with yahoos devices, cu•
riously wrought in heath, of which G. ft. and a
crown (as in ivy, in the hall-room) was not the least
conspicuous. After supper the cleeriel dance was
renewed, and kept up, with great spirit, till live in
the morning.
- -

Yesterday morning, about ten o'clock, His MA.
aesev, in his post chariot, and attendant. in another
coach, took an airing to Cumberland Lodge.
Her MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES took an airing
to Frogniore.
This day the Roe AL FA AI lL 'V are expelled at the
Queen's House, and in the evening will honour
Covent Garden Theatre With thei, prescice.
On Sunday evening Their NI sJ ES tl ES entertained
s .yeial of the Nobility with .s grand corcert at
Windsor Castle, when a seleAnon of Sacred Music
was performed from HANoit, by the Gentlemen
cf Windsor Choir, and the Qoatio's Band. The
whole of which concluded with the Halliqujah Chorus
from The Messiah. Besides the ROYAL FAMILY, the
following di%tingui lea personages were present :
e Earls of UXBRIDGE and Cm CST LIIT MD, Bishop
Of NORITICII, COLIIIIESSCS El GIN, H ARRINGTON. Sec.
The inutsehle court dress describe.; so minarety in
a rooming paper has been claimed by Cie Invisible
Girl.
Among the other changes, in consequence of the
arrangement for the education of Her Royal High-
ness Princ-ss A Imo r• re of W•i.es, the Bishop of
E.: et ER is also appointed Dean of Ward sor.
Miss not Mrs. 'I'M ALM ea, app tinted Governess to
Her Royal Highness the Princess CH AV LOTTR of
WALES, lately filled that station in the ULrosUHICI
FAMILY.
It is now said, that the Bishop of Ceosivrer will
succeed the late Bishop of Colic, and that Lord
lours Bertasroars will succeed to the diocese of
Cloufcrt.
Sir M. W. ilitnev is expeaed in town in the
course of the present week for the season
Mrs. Sir eos, of Queen Ann-street, has arrived
in town for the season.
It is reported that the Arch-Duke Josuin, the
Palatine 4,1 111.4110 A NV, will marry the beautiful
Ueetorn.o Princess of BAVARIA.
The Author, who lately undertook to mak,. the
Males at Drury-lane, appears to have falltn oshrp.
__ s . d1:1 >oneh indi•posed with a

,iut in her eyes, it is feared she rid not be
_ to perform in the new Ballet at the oi)era
on Saturday.
General I-Lt a couirr is alllfht recovered from the
goat, and Mts. HA gem indirposition ha, taken
a favourable turn.
GSASSINi is so much recovered from her in lis-
position, as to be able to strperinteal the nheratiora
and ir;:earaerratrats making in Wiarr ca's grand Opera
cr:
A very fine painting by Gtitoo, of the Prcsen-
L.-ran of arts( hi Mr Tenrplc, wa, lately purchased
at an obscure sale iii the neighbourhood of Swansea
It has excited the admiration of all the amateurs
al.; have seen it, and is considered one of the first
produCtions of that great master
A great number of ktrers of marque against
:pair: have been issued oat at Dator's Commons: they
are to cruise off Coriotil's Pahl.
A Mr. Woor.r.v has started at the Liverpool
Theatre in the arduous eharafters of Othello and

&Viva.
BON T e., by challenging Eogland to fight
him ringh-imaried, prubaluly meant her one hand to
bis ire.
Tne Paovose of EoiNauann, not having Naga-
iii i: eating+ to discover a new oyster bed, bk.-
a l. indon Lord Mayor, the corpiiration have been
obliged to give all the old beds a jubilee this year,
en accoult of the great scarcity of oysters.
The flea Flay hrthcoming at Drury-lane, is. we
lunder.taad, to b' called "The Lear-aril Peg;' or
The P arlosuphers Stoat-.
We are sorry to hear that Mr. MALONI is at pre-
rsent in a very indifferent state of health. He is a
very respeaabk and erudite chandler, and the Ad-
mirers of Slf AILISPC/AtE are much indebted to bin,
for 3 IIIICCO•IfUl illustration of their favottrite Yoe:.
Ile has alvanced very far in a Life of our great
Dramatic Bard, founded on authentic materials.
Last week, 100 stone of beef, 1.300 three-penny
loaves, and 20 chaldrons iif coal, were distributed
to the poor inhabitants of Lewes, according to an-
nual custom, by order of 1.4. rd F. ()sweet, one of
the Representatives of the Borough.
There will be a grand bail an.. concert at York,
on Friday neat. Mist JACO/11, a pupil to KELLY
and Canecn, and Master Baansuay, from Shef-
field, are at the head of the vocal department.
. The vault of the PtLHA )1 family at Laughton,
An which the temions of the Latl of CHICHESTER
'e deposited, is so remarkably dry, that the velvet
.ich covers the coffins of the late Duke and
':chess of IS;)6CASTLZ, is scarcely discoloured.
A Gentleman, on Sunday se'nnight, displayed
-r humanity in endeavouring to save the life of
young man who was drowned that day in the
)entire. Ile first oEered 10 guineas, and then
to any person who would venture in ; but, the
Laing declined, he went in himself. The
lcompany made a string of handkerchiefs tied to-
air, which he held ; hut, finding his efforts use-
he made a signal, and they pulled him back.
then Illviliated his horse and rode away.


LAPP.

COURT OF CHANCERY, LINCOLN't INH, his. $2.
CAUSE PETITIONS.

RI ►ARTE SISSON.
Mr. ALEXANDER stated, that this was the Peti-
tion of the Assignees of Richard Paley, a bankrupt,
praying that they might be allowed to claim (noun
Kills of Exchange, against the estate of William
Tomlinson, a bankrupt, and receive a dividend
thereon ; and also, that the Bankrupt Tomlinsoifs
certificate might be stayed, until such claim was
allowed, and a dividend made.

the Petition set forth, that in the month of May,
1798, one Simeon Malley opened a banking account
with Paley, and a variety of money transactions took
place between them. In 1800, Malley entered into
partnership with Mr. William Walker and another,
under the firm of Walker, Malley, and Co. and
having occasion for sums of money from time to
time, they applied to Tomlinson, who was a rela- •
tine of Walker's, to introduce them to Messrs. Pays,
Richardson, and Co. bankers at Malton. After this
time there were several money transaaions between ;
these parties, and Tomlinson became an *ding
party ; he drew, accepted, and exchanged bills, a,ld,
in the end, Walker, Malley, and Co. became it:-
debted to Paley in the sum of 70001. In the year !
1802, the house of Walker, Malley, and Co. made
an offer to Paley for an exchange of paper, but the
latter steamed, unless he should have some security
for the use of his name ; and it was agreed that
Tomlinson should be the person to give security.
Paley, in consequence thereof, furnished eight bills,
which were duly honoured and paid according as
they became die at the same time, six bills were
drawn and endorsed as at Hoil, payable to Wiliiarn
Walker, amounting, in the whole, to 20001. ; those
were indorsed by •romlinson, and delivered to Pa-
ley. Four other bills were also drawn for 20001.
more, all of which were exchanged for the bills of
Paley, which were duly honoured. In this way
Tomlinson became the indorser of the bills, the
last four of which, at the request, and by the
diredion of Messrs. Walker and Malley, and
in the presence of Tomlinson, were indorsed
by one John Simpson, in the name of William
Wawn, of wisich transaftion Mr. William Wawn
was afterwards informed, and assented thereto.—
All the bills were negotiated in February, 1902
On the 2 Ws of the same month, Tomlinson wrote
to Paler, relative to those bills, which, he sad,
would be ret :rned upon him. Mr. ALEX•NDLA
stated this to chew that Tomlinson was well awar.
that the hills would not be honoured; and he also
understood the question a-ose upon the nonce given
to Totnlinson, who, by this letter, he contended, was
' petfealy aware they would not be paid. After this,
,• Paley went to Malt n, where he had an interview
pith Tomlinson, who told him that none of the bills
indorsed and drawn by him would be paid: they
proceeded together to 11,1.1 for the purpose of ar-
ranging matters with West :er, Malley, and Co. and
in the course of the jo it telt I c in vertation took pare,
when Turnlins •n said i• p:o's &Ste that Walker
and Co would not 1 mg stand, and in that event he
must follow th.-ir ruin ; upon which Paley urged
him to get security for the bills. Oa their arrival
at Hull, they found that Simeon Malley was gone
to London, and the ii7M was in a very deranged
state. The bills became due, all of them were pre-
sented for payment and refused . • in consequence of
which Paley had to take them all up, and kept them
until he became bankrupt. The l'etitnerts there-
fore called upon the assignees of Tomlinson, who
afterwards became bankrupt, and the only sum re-
ceived by Paley and his assignees was 12671.
The Petition then stated, that the certificate of
Tomlinson was in the cow se of being allo.ved, and
the Cnmmissio revs had ref used to admit the cl
The Learned Counsel therefore contended, in the
tire place, that as Wawn had given his assent to
his name being signed to the bills as an indotser, '
that could he no objedion. In the second, as to du.e
notice t.f the non-payment of the hills not being
given—from the several conversations, and the corre-
spondence which appeared to have been carried on,
previous to their becoming due, in all of which,
tomlinsott had repeatedly undertaken to pay or se-
cure, he relied upon it as evidence of notice, and of
h:s being fully aware of the bills being dishonoured
and unpaid. He therefore, under all these circum- •
stances, trusted, his Lordship would grant the
prayer of the petition, by allowing the petitioners
to go before the Commissioners, and make their
claim Ag.litl,t the estate of lomlins •n, and, in the
mean tan e that his certificate might be stayed.
Loco CHANCELLOR..-" This does not appear to
have been a fictitious transaction by any means, but
an abso'ute f .rgery."
Mr. Itostitav, on the part of the Assignees of
Tomlinson, stated, that he had several affidavits in
answer, which were sworn by Tomlinson, Walker,
Wawn, and others, and denied mcst of the material
fads in the case
His Lordship asked whether Simpson had stated in
his affidavit any antecedent authority from Walker
or Wawn to sign the bills; and, being answered in the
negative, Mx. Mammas, continued—Tomlinaon
being related to some of these Bankrupts, had lent
his name AS a collateral security for some of the
hills in question. He contended, in the first place,
that the indorsement of Wawn was not only irre-
gular, but feloniously put upon the bills, and in a
Court of Law those bills were not recoverable. To.ti-
linson, in his affidavit, stated, that when they proposed
to indorse the bills, Mr. Paley said, that his clerk,
.lohn Simpson, could write three or four different
hands, and he would call him in to endorse Wawa's
name upon the bills, in order to give them greater so-
lidity i to which Tomlinson replied, that it was rather
strange to write a man's name upon a bill, who was
not himself present, and he thought it looked some-
thing like forgery: however, Simpson was called in,
and after making the experiment three or four times
upon a separate piece of paper, Paley seemed per-
fedly satisfied with the ingenuity of his clerk, who
aecordingly indorsed the bills in the name of Wil-
liam Wawa. As to the notice of non-payment of
the other bills, he contended that Tomlinson had
not received any sufficient or regular notice, so as
to make him liable.
LOAD CrnaIICLIALOR" You had better turn it in
your mind, Mr. Alexander, whether you will sub-
mit to impound those bills in Court."
Mr. A LIXANDZI, in reply, said, that was a ques-
tion which required cosuiderariou : be submitted to

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his Lordship, that Tomlinson .having declared tilitt
he knew the Bills woulatuot,be paid, was a 'officio*
notice; and the least submission in that respell was
in law a sufficient waver of notice ; he als^ said,
that at the time there were no effeets in the I. ••.ris
of the acceptor, and therefore he had a right to
call upon Tomlinson as the ir•lorser.
Limo CHatiesttoa--., I have no doubt upon
my mind, but that I have done right in urging these
parties to come to a conclusion upon this matter
now. The Petition does no more than state cenain
trtnsaaions, without chewing how they had taken
place, or how represented to the Commissioners ; it
states, drily, that they went before dlr." Commission-
ers, without giving the Commissioners reasons for
rejeaing the claim, and concludes, drily, praying
that the certificate might he withheld. When eases
of this nature come before the Court, it is highly
necessary that the faas which have been laid before
the Commissioners should be stated in the petition
itself, in older that we may know the patties at
issue ; and not have them set forth in this clumsy
way. The assignees of Paley are not blameable
in seeking to make what they can of the bank-
rupt's estate for the benefit of his creditors
Tomlinson was to be taken to have b. en lending his
name to such paper as was laid before hint. As to
the bills for 2.3p01. payable to Wawn or order, it
clearly appears that the parr*, having set about
contriving, how they could send them into the
world with credit, hit upon the name of Wawn ;
and this Mr. Simpson, whose ingenuity was so re-
markable in that way, was chos!ri to pertea the
business ; and Paley aaually appeared exulting in his
successful imitation of the hand-writing of `Yawn.
The old law of England considered it better to sa-
crifice the civil interest of individuals to the punish-
ment of criminal offences. With respelt to the
other Bills, which fall under the consideration of no
no:ice having been given, the conversation and cor-
respondence by letter went no farther than that
the parties first liable should be sued. Taking
all the circumstances into consideration, the ut-
most 1 can do is, that you may bring your
aaion upon those ten bills, undertaking to produce
them in Court, and let all the counts, which ill! in-
genuity of a Special Pleader can collea, be inserted
in the declaration. I will then allow you to claim
for the amount of such verdia as may be obtained ;
but I will not on this account stay the certificate."
When retiring, his Lordship said, he did not see
how he could well leave the Court without taking
those four bills along with him • and Mr. ALIX-
ANDUt asked permission of his Lordship: to mention
the matter on the next day for hearing ba krurt
pritions, in order to ascertain whether the six and
foul bills might not be divided into separate anions.

SURREY SESSIONS.

PUGILISM.

Manias 04ven was indifted for cnaspiring with
Burt; Verce, Gibbons, Hears, Baldwin, and others,
and raisi•~g with them a riot and affray at Putney,
on the 29d of January, 1104.—This case was not
called on till a very late hour, in consequence of
which Mr. Nloav is, on the part of the prosecution,
said, he would confine himself merely to the state-
ment of faels, which would enable the ditty to un
derstand the case. lle then told them, that in the
battle between Burke and Pierce, fought at Putney
in January. last, Gibbons had been the second to
Pierce, and was convii/ted at Kingstoa. and sen-
t►nced to one month's confinement. lie concluded
by saying, he was happy to inform them, that
Owen, the man at the bar, who, he would prove,
was second to Burke, should not be able any longer
to evade the punishment to which the offended laws
of his country would instantly consign hi.u, when
they had pronounced their verdiet, guilty.

Richard Lovet, a constable of Marlborough-street,
deposed, that he went on the 23d of January last,
acccording to his orders, to Putney: when he ar-
rived there, he saw upwards of one thousand persons
standing in a ring, Burke and Pierce were fighting,
Gibbons was aFfing as second to Pierce, and Owen
the prisoner was second to Burke. He went into
the ring, and told them he was a constable, and de-
sired them to desist, notwithstanding which the
fight went on. He was very sure the prisoner had
heard him, as he was not more than a yard or two
from him, and he spoke in a loud voice.
Wl;ham Jackson, a constable, gave the same
evidence as the former witness: he also desired them
to desist, and be was convinced the prisoner could
not bet have heard him.
Mr. Lsws, on the part of the prisoner, endea-
voured to maintain, that his client should be ac-
quitted, as Gibbons, who had been second to Pierce,
had only he.nt sentenced to one month's imprison-
ment, though it appeared in evidence that he had
been, before the battle begun, warned by the Con-
stables not to appear there. He hoped, therefore,
that as there was no evidence before them, to prove
that this man had gone there on purpose to assist
in the riot, they would acquit him.
The Jury, after a little consideration, found him
Gus/
The CHAIRMAN then, after reprobating the of-
fence, sentenced him to three month, impri•,onment.

POLICE.

MATTON..OARD[M.
Yesterday, a man of the name of troth:, who
keeps a house in Cumberland-court, Compton-street,
Clerkenwell, a milk-seller, and his brother-in-law,
Cornelius Donoghue, were brought up on suspicion
of receiving a large quantity of hosiery and silk-
handkerchiefs, knowing them to be stol:n from Mr.
Flint, haberdasher, in Gracechtirch street, by his
porter, who has been col:mired for the robbery.
The Officers stated, that tliey found six pairs of cot-
ton stockings, concealed in a bud, and in a small
trunk twenty-one silk handkerchiefs, with Mr.
Flint's marks upon them, and one of the Prisoners
lying on the bed, and that they bad reason to believe
them was an intimacy between the Prisoners and
Mr. Flint's porter. Tae robbery having been com-
mitted in the city, they were referred there for final
inv.•ttigation.
Two drummer boys belonging to t}'e Clerken-
well Volunteer Corps were committe‘i to the Sa-
voy as dc sorters, having offered themselves on baud
the Tinder at the Tower for sea se: vice.

. —
• of Bearnaw:-Batatat
cad of that journal, which
The Octffi
I phrase, that contradiets
lately gave •
ado by Boa AAAAA E, Vi 7
• . Officer, M jr
carry on war siegk Ueda few of the 1
plowing is the motto of the Lewes, in tw,
which were al
is certain that England is The ball cow
are and honour of Europe : dancing was'
ting as its forces are for. irove, in the t
fnowithivs,l
re Memorial, that M. BONA. by fluted pilla
f with writing against the ni.sdate such
• thoughts of that great G. R. and a
gains by the war which whol- being
England. The following beautiful eff t
livened th .• a
lanifesto of Flit Catholic MI. and English i
grone deloct
grand question which wr0:,;...
ect to the c
rs hare aiLmded to coom'air : mons of vie
she loses a great deal he, t e. atid others. i•
:e lui the advantage of wag...: riously wrin4
rhich was carried on against 'I? crown (as in I
at few expeuees and seer .c.,i conspicuous.
nave from the contest, al long renewed, and
to an ally who alone enii.lovt
the morning.
sty, and who will never trio.
Yesterday
illiance. England, on the eon.
JeSTY, in his
her armaments already so entry. coach, took a
plied, her colomal go rigours, that Her MAIL
Mon to fear that the :xpetlitters to Frogniore
el make s. great a n .i t in L ra- This day tl
Spanish colonic. Eiigho,d i.. of Queen's Hut
i, stow, and money trump, toCovent Gard
On Sunda,
It feel herself st:ong enough to at.
s •venal of th
colonies, which are of much less Windsor C:tm
foter cLeis not appear Co haveCOQ. was perform'
a open thiewar by brilliant opera- of Windsor
ly a great &Al upon that patience whole of we'
: he wished to frighten her by ex- from The Aft
moderation of Spain prove. in her following di.
i the advantage of Frallet. It il r e Earls of
NR
.ngliah Minister, who exclaimer!
of
ThOeWICH inuotl
the influence which F.MOCe seer- a rooming ;
heat to the necessity of declaring Grig.
of France. Among tt
.....--.. arrangement
a from the Prince of Peace, mess Princ-s•
el ER
of the Spanish armies, in- E. 2
Miss, is a
not ;
English nation, was brough Her Royal
packet. A more contemptible Wares, late
V.
I. It is given in the last page. Fahlri.
It is now •
._ . _ succeed the
' guns, is appointed to con- Joan Btita
East India fleet. Cloilfert.
In, outward-bouud whaler, is Sir M. W
course of tilt
, MuLtros, from Liverpoc:, Mrs. Sin
ptuted by a French trigate or in town few i
on the coast of Spain. It ;s reps
i, from Lynu, for Newcastle, Palatine of
e sth inst. Uectoral Pr
t, Pasts, from Riga, is lost The Ant
s Mares at Dr
mitt, from Copenhagen, fJr Mseisbese
ssoe. eoenpLiitit it
• rs, from Pillau, has been able to peril,
Copenhagen to repair. on Saturday
rand bound East Indiamen Genial 1
s the 12th of O..tober last, in goat, and N
i. W. viz. a favourable
n; Union, captain Macintosh; GIIIISSINt
Lord Keith, Capta:u Ram i!e; position, as
I: Devaynes, Ca lain Alti,ery , and ir;:eareerr
Inddart, Captain Esutfield; tikekum At Laiert.
ed from Portsmouth the 4th A very fi
an ler convoy of His Majesis's
at an °-/f Ck
°bum
at into Madeira, and sailed
It has weirs
(Moiler. whd have se
saw them safe off from Ma-
produdions
: sea, as above mentioned, on
A greet
down to the 29th of last Epain have I
east mention of the meditated are to cruise
A Mr. I
at General; Mr. FRERS; Mr. Theatre in
I. aN• family, were at Lisbon &Viva.
BONAP•It
ailed. him riag/i.i,
by the fever at Gibraltar, be- his fro.
slier and the Bth December, Tire PRO,
a, wire of Captain CA 111•1:N- tit'. edougf
regiment r_ Mr. 1.1. Teo r.' ' , aI. rndon I.
rrived Medical mat; and obliged to 8
de of Captain Wizzassoa, / owaccoutit c
it ; Lieutenant Hamar Ds The nea
le's Regiment; Dakar Ma- tinder.tand,
;eon of the l3th Regiment; Tie Parlor./
t the lOth Regiment.—On the We are m
isiderably abated. 'the num- sent in a sr,
ospital was only 36, and the very respet9
ore than one man a-day. m:rers of S
he npinion of the Senior Mr for 3 saCcei
altar : lle has aft
~ at Dsc 111, 1804. Dramatic B
the Medical Officers bedew wee. Last weel
i the troops and iiihalshOloes is mita loaves, and
north, and that very lidit4lllllllifibe
arnontit the military es tb• OA lir to the poor
nual custon
. NOOTH, Superintendent C mil the Represe
BOLTON, Dept' [wipe-tor. Ti rte wi
ey M, Acting Dcput. inypertor. on Friday r
/S. KOSS, Surgeon to the Femme
and Caotc
winds which have lately pre- field, are al
err cruisers off their station, The van'
from the Havannah, and in which th,
lies, arrived in the port 4 .re deposit.
imallest molestation, and with-
Hch cove
,f the war. The storm had doss ,),:chess of
ng the shipping in Cadiz Boy:
A Gentle
:en driven on shore.
,•reat huma,
rthagena, of the 25th ult. stets
he h
in that city, occasioned bf Serpentine.
above period, to be blow. • 11. to any
fired and forty. According! ,tr
_r ..
bei
eng
id from the several places doi ompany in
appears that
in all one bandl. ether, whi
'sand two hundred posimikil. ss. he ma
e then nit
i.
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