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DUIILIN, Wham it.

Yesterdav the Common Council of the Oki or
Dublin waited ol the Lord Lieutenant with an Ad-
dress of Congratulation .to bis Majesty, which his
Excellency was pleased to-say he would transmit to
his Sovere'gn.
On Thurday se'nnigh t, General Payne having re-
ceived information that there was to be a meeting of
the deluded Combinators who have lately.di:.graced
the county of Limerick, at llosslivaiu-Wood, gave
directions immediately to the different piquets to
put themselves under the orders of the City Peace-
Officers—himself being with one of them. On their
march to the wood, they came up with several par-
ties of the Comhinators—four of whom were appre-
hendA by the division under the orders of the Ge-
neral : on one of thnnt was found a case of pistols
that were stolen from a private. of the ;;th Light
Dragoons.
•A melancholy accident happened in Tipperary,
on Friday the 25th ult. Miss Cornett, a very
amiable young Lady, in the humane a.aof apply-
ing a bandage to the brotten arm of a young Gea-
tleniaa, a visitor, her clothes comMtmicated vita
the fire at which he was sitting, rend notwithstand-
ing the most prompt assistance, she w:is burnt in
so dreadial a manner as to sul•vive that night only.

Letters from Gibraltar of the ,wth Feb. state,
that the English brig Nile attired there from Leg-
horn in nineteen days, At the time the sailed fram
tei,,horn, a 1. reach frigate was embarking 300
troops tor St Domingo; and a report was current,
and generally credited, that the King of Lt.ruria
was dangerously ill.
We have made farther inquiry into the circum-
stances which gave rise to the r,,port of Wedacsday,
relative to the vessel at Shoreham, and find them
to be these : —On the 26th of December last, a
French brig. of about 170 tons burthen, ran on
shore near ,41.rehani, and the crew, consisting of
aueet twenty persons, reached tee shore, with the
exceetion of two. She lied formerly been a French
gun brig, was .aded by officers, and manned
v.-en me I reeularty belonging to the French Go-
vern. v.., by witem she was citted out. Upon her
being deserter by ner clew, she was taken posses-..
sloe of ey the s'ti.tom-house officers, who found her
C:2,jo to con.ist of 2030 stand of arms, 10 brass
swivels, three pieces of ordnance, five barrels of
Iww.kr, a h:.• rrl of flirts, and shot of ',Lamle sirs.,
seer peters were C.4lCHliand to shew that she was
bound from Dunkirk to New Orleans, and that
,:he, ,v;:1-i a consort, laden also with military stores,
ihi.l 'eft the lerrier port e few cla':s before, and, by
mistr.inagement and stress of weather, site was.
stnl on our cam. 'Though her papers stated
Orli-ans to be her destined port, she had not
pros isioes or stores for so lrmx a voyar circum-
stance that created a good deal of susp;cion ' • but a
few days ago some flags, wh'ch, with other thiegs,
lad floated on shore from the wreck, clearly proved ,
that Ircleed was the place of her destination.
These, OA Monday last only, came into the posses-
sion of a Gentleman at Shoreham, who, on Tuesday
night last, brought them to the Admiralty, 'watch
gave rise to the current report and belief that the
tsaasa&ion had been recent.--(Sun ).
At the late Chelmsford Assize;, P. 4r4n,ron, a
Jew, travelling as a dentist and corn-cutter, was
tri. d for stealing two silk handi.erchiels in• the dwel-
ling-houtc of Thomas Harridge, of fladleigh. The
prisoner, as appeared in eviiience, not finding any
one in the house, went hi and took the two hand-
kerchiefs; soon after be had rctnrned and shut the
doer, he was paceised by Mrs. Harridge. The
dentist offered Mrs H. some of his bills, and asked
if any thing was n anted ; being answered in the ne-
gative, he went away. Shortly after, Mrs. H. missed
the handkerchiefs, and suspecting the core-cutter,
she tent the irinstab!e in pursuit of him ; when he
was found at Itayieig.i, eating his breakfast, but no
-property cf the kinct stolen was found upon him.
It was, however, shortly after diserwerei, that the
prisoner had sett a parcel to his wife tent mornieg
by the South End coach, which was puteted and
ove taken ; the parcel was delivered -te a person on
cue road until the -return el the coach the neet day,
,vh.nl it wits opened and found to contaie the lund-
ke:chiefs end a lettere° the prisoneer wife, written
in Havre*. Mrs. Harridge swore to the handker-
chiefs in Court; bat the person to whom the teach-
man. delve:Ted the parcel upon the road, not ap-
p...ar:og in Court to rtientify its being the same as
v.itcn !het left with him, the Judge stopped the
prosecution, and direet•A the Jury to find the pri-
soner Net Guiky The hansilcereriers were. how-
ever, restored to Mrs; Harridge, at ties exprees de-
sire of his Lordship.
HA TISR9II, MARCH 1.-*-Testerciay ;he Gm:manLc
Diet held an extraordinary Sitting, after the read-
ing of the Note by which the Miiiisters of the Me-
diating Powers call upon the Diet to give a prompt '
ratification to the labour which is nrionitted to it.
The diseus.ion war opened op the general Becet of
the De pnation. The Prussian Mini:ler, M. De Go-
ertz, voted for its adoption. 4n the explanation
which he gave of his rote, he observed, ehat no re-
gard ought to be. paid to ehe deelaration of his Swe.
'dish Majesty, Duke of Pomerania, because that State,
htving abandoned the cause of the country during
the whole course- of the war, could' have now no
other ohjtec,,t in view-but to pronounce against the
diTesirions of the Treaty of Peace. Ths Minister
• of Sweden protested against this declaration, which
he considered as uncalled for and .misplaced, and so
much the more, as his Swedish Majesty, in his
quality, of a State o the Empire, was jultitied in
giving leis adviee as well as all the other Members
Fenpire. The iame Nl,j.nister • then voted kr
iheltdootion of the general .Coridenue, es at first
pro-rercd; so far es the l'rearr of Westphalia, the
ituidamentaL laws of the Empire, and the rights of
the immediate Noblesse of the }..mpire, were con-
firmed ip all their eirspesitions, and have not been
changed by the new Gersuswas.
1: is remarkable that the prop: saions made by
the two Direectorial Ministers, namely, that of
Nlayence in the Elentral College, and that of Atts-
-trie in the Colle;fe of Princes, differ : the first,
the Baron D'Ai.aist •deruends purely and simply
the rariraion- of • the modified: General Rea: ;
whilst tbe eicond,•M: Da f ausrosataa, psoposes
4o tulnert all that relates to the gee oegartieation.of
' the Diet, thelietter votes, theirrank, SP:. to a pasties-a-
im deliberation. diversity of, opinions teach
atilt, to retard ek ileatim of the .R 'ere- it it
even asserted that several Ministers accredited to
poi.% of quitting , fur

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XENT ,13SIZ.ES. •

atainsTon, MARCH 15.
szEsty v. itgst7r.
This was aaion for an assault, brought by a gen-
tleman's valet against the Defendant, who kept a
public-house at Bromley, in this county. The as-
sault was committed by the Defendant, the Counsel
said, without the least provocation being given by
the Plaintiff. He went to the Defendant's house to
drink his pint of ale; but, instead of meeting with
civility, the Defendant assaulted him. To prove
the assault, he called Miss Jessup, the sister of the
Defendant. She said, that the Plaintiff came to
their house, and called fur a pint ot ale in the kit-
chen ; her brother told him to leave that part ,of
the house, anti go into tha wp-room or parlour,
which the Plaintiff refused : the'utner then attempted
to put him out, and in the struggle thUy fell on the
floor. The Plintiff was somewhat hurt. In the
hands of Mr. Qarrosv this witnes4 produced a great
deal of laughter. On cross-examination, she ad-
mitted, that die Plaintiff was her admirer, and that
they ha i eJtenanged mutual vows and pledges of
love ; but such " an antidote to the tender passion"
was never Teen. She was about three feet high,
and as many round. The shape of her body was
bent to tie resemblance of an ale, with a curve
in her hack, and an ama7ing protuberance of hips;
her age about forty. She triumphantly produced
a pin, wl:iLlt had been given to her by her lover ;
but added, that she had given him one of equal
worth. At the outset of her cross-examination, she
desired Mr. Gacruw tuask her no unnecessary ques-
tions ; for if he did, she should call upen the gentle-
man at the upper end of the table (the Judge), to
take her part.-4Verdia for the Plaintiff.—damages
One Farsirng.

gobn "Minces, andll:nm C/arhe were indieted
for stealing 2501. in money and bank notes, twelve
topaz stones of great valee,,a pistol, and sundry ar-
ticles of wearing-apparel, from on board his Ma-
jecty's ship 4go, lying at Woolwich, the severe.) ar-
ticles being the property of Lieutenaal. fOrti.vens, of
the Marines. The prisoner Atkinson Wee -lee c.a.-
pester, and Clarke the Gmener of the bomb-vessel
the Volcano.
The Learned Judge told the Jer,e, that it was a
capital felony to teal to the amount of ss. from a
ship in any navigable river. 'there •eas, however, a
distinetion between the cases of the prisoners, as
made out in the evidence : it did net aepaar that
Clarke had any hand in stealing the true!:; for the
witness Morley said, it was Atkinson who brought
it on board the Volcano. Clarke might be -the re-
ceiver, and perhaps ought to hate been indided as
such, but there was no evidence to show that he had
any hand in the actual stealing it from on board
the Argo...-Verdi, Atkinson Guilt)..—Clarke Nor
MARCH
.the Court, as we reported yesterday, was dis-
lodged from the Court-house to the Ball•roem at
the near Inn; but during the course of the day the
crowd in the roam was so great that apprehensions
were entertained that the floor might give way. At
the rising riche Cuart ;pother place of meeting was to
be sought for. The playhouse was at first suggested,
but on enquiry that was
.found occupied by a cargo
of potatoes. At length some Gentlemen of the
Bar had influence enough to procure the use of a
Mdbodiit Mean, and there it was the Lawyers as-
sembleil this muniing. Nothing could be more
whimsical than the appearaace of the place. t ir.
Baron Hutham was seated in the reading-desk ; the
Associate in the place of the clerk of toe spiritual
congregation. In the great pew, where usually sit
thepiou; Eldees, were placed the leading, Lawyers.
In the opposite pew were ranged the Juumen, most
conveniently situated for liearieg the Law instead of
the Gospel. Other Counsel were diAriine.ed in the
other pews; the rest of the congregation took their
seats after the usual fashion.
The business of the day seemed as if die:oloteed
by the place of meeting, for note irig occurred better
worth reporting than a methodist sermon. The
cause of Asset. v. AMC L, which was txuetted te
afford curioeS -matter, did nod come or. front a want
of Special Jurors.—This is the case of a large estate,
which was left by the will. of the last eroprietor to the
nearest of kin-bearing the name bf Angel. At the
time of his death hp knew of no relation living, but
the estate is so very considerable that it .has induced
many diagel; to claim alliance with the testator.
The prestet claimant, it is said, will be able to make
out his title ; if he does, he will succeed better than
nine others who have preceded him ; for nhe ejeel-
ments have already been tried upon nine different

To the many- strat3gems lately made use of by
the Press-gangs, for procuring men, the following
may be adde4 • •
A smug party of these nautical desperadoes, on'
their way down the Ninories, on Nloaday last, met
an old woman and her daughter, with.• empty fish-
baskets oc their heads, whom they in3inediately de-
tained, mist insisted upon taking titecia to their ren,
desvous, declarinx that they had orders to impress
women as well as men. .The old-fish dealer, at first
treated such an application with contempt, but on '
finding tome begin to force her along the street,
she 'gee.- outrageous, and with the accustomcd po-
liteness of persons of her description, resisted the
guidance of her eekndudors, not wily with her tongue
but her ham's; havhig administered one of her back-
handed lavoup.on ,the nose cif a disciple of the gang,
a return was ma4e in 4 rn*iner that occaricined the
insulted female to express her idea of the designs of
hEr enegliqs, by crying out murder. The young
girl, at the same time piped iu the cry, and with so
much ,triution, that a number of persons imme-
diately tan to the spot to see what was ths matter;
among the rest several tailors from the contiguous
slop-shops, made their appearance, and were in- .
stoutly laid bold of,hy the gang,. yho relinquished
as qUick as possible the old Wid44n• and her daugh,
ter, tot better sport. The :n4ve!ty c,f the alarm,
and the solicitUdt ;of thi* Pg.gikAlt .for .th:protec,'
tion of the gartie4 in flistresti,' *tett immediately
changed 4;404 violent ttezr;:.<;.t?f applehertsioa for
41104 own safilty, wiliCh they atten red to insure by
A hasty retreat) several
...stro:lg thi.A.ll harels -were
,lowever..stmood in thgir z.ls c pnTeygd to
the reudeiyoui: • It -was 'in 4n -the tailors ...pleaded
.to-serve the o.tvy, p;otesting their
other Wea,pOit out the needle ; stub
excus4 stau;il'i)ot 40 f those who wire nble-bodied
were "constrains to ledririis tke •0064-beitril for ship-
-4111 to assist in the sietuiice-44 their country.

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Wlicat ...,....465. '344. 6.2 s Tick Brans. 283 094 04
Fine do. 63:. 6,5. Oil Oats
Rye .325. :355. Polands . 223 '23s 0.
Barley..., 22;. 275. Od , Rape Seed SOL 131.
N.ilt.. , 425. 464 Fine Flour 45s 50s. 434
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