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and 4dzial jurirs.

EGERTON 4. MATHEWS.
This was an atator upon a breach of contraa, en-
tered into by the Plaintiff, with the Defendant, for
the purchase of a quantity of cotton
The Defendant bitcarne bankrupt, and the con-
tra& had been entered into before he procured his
certificate. After he had obtained it, the contrail
was resigned. The obligatory part of the contra&
being only upon the Defendant, and not mutual, and
bean:; vacated under the statute ut frauds, the
I Saintiff was nonsuited.

WILLII r. THEW ASD OTHERS.
This was an anion upon the case, to recover the
value of the Plaintiff's sloop, lost by the negligence
in the Defendants.

It appeared that the Plaintiff was the owner aril
raster of the sloop the Ann and Mary, laden with
.one, from Dundee bound for London. The De-
•ndants we:e the owners of the brig collier, Mar,
On the night of the ^Stli of May last, the .Ina
Cld Mar!, was mining up to Yarmouth Lights, with
I:a; wind South West on her larboard tack, at the
s ime time the brig Mary At..a was coming down
;auth East within two points of the wind. The
night was then so clear that sliii:s might discover
etch other at upwards of half a mile distance, and
when the Ann and Mary perceived the brig coming
down to windward upon her weather bow, about a
quarter of a mile diAance, she hailed her repeatedly
to keep clear, but no answer was returned ; by that
time the vessels were so near, that the brig must in-
evitably come athwart the sloop's mid ships, had she
not put the helm down ; but even with this ma-
oeuvre the brig struck upon her starboard bow,
with such violence as to carry away the bowsprit
and windlass, and tore the,plank off round the bow
down to the water's edge : the vessel immediately
filled with water, and in less than a quarter of an
hour went to the bottom : the crew had just time to
launch their boat, and at last gained the Light-
house. When they found the sloop sinking, they
called to the people on board the brig for God's
sake to assist them ; but she bore away and took no
notice. The Plaintiff at that time did not know
what ship it was which had done the damage ; hut
by means of hand bills, and some damage she her-
self had received in the reneounter, the Defendants
were discovered to be the owners. When the Cap-
tain was applied to, he acknowledged he had done
the injury, and said he would apply to the Com-
mittee a Associated Underwriters to make good
the damage, as he belonged to that society. When
taxed with his inhumanity in not taking up the ship-
wrecked sailors, be declared he was frightened for
himself. lest his ship should be ii:iren upon the
Newarp Sands; and further, having looked oat, he
could not see her, but supposed she had cantinued
ber course.
The boy, who, it was alleged, was at that time en
duty to keep a good loc.k out from the forecastle of
the brig, was not produced.

fett in the evidence, which the Defendants could
not get over ; and as it was the well-known law
of the sea that a vessel going before the wind
should give way to one working against it ; and
as it was proved that the sloop bad given suf-
ficient warning, the Jury were bound to find for
the Plaintiff.

It appealing, however, from the registry, that
one of the Defendants, James Jobson, Was not an
owner at that time, a verdict was entered for James
Jobson, and against the ether Defeadants, for the
full value of the sloop lost, to be ascertained by one
of the Jury.
To elucidate the subjet, two models, one of a
brig, the other of a sloop, were iatroduced upon the
table of the Court, and there manoeuvred according
to the transartion

In the course of the trial, Mr. ESSKIWE applied to
Isis Lordship, to extend his prote&ion to one of the
witnesses, a sailor, who had been impressed on his
way to Court, and when the officer found he was
proteCked by a subpiroa, he took his proteetion as a
northern fisherman from him, until he should re.
turn. His Lordship accordingly ordered an officer
of the Court to attend him, procure his proteftion,
and prevent his being molested.

MAYNE V. MOFFATT.
This was a case in which much intricacy of ac-
counts WAS involved. _ _ _

The Plaintiffs were the Assignees of Messieurs
Thompson, IVinte, and Co. bankrupts, who brought
this anion agai.ist the Defendants, Messrs. Moffatt,
Kensington, and Co. bankers, f-r the recovery of
a sum of money, lodged by them as a deposit in
their bank, on aceouat of the bankrupts' estate.—
In the coarse of some antecedent uansatlions be-
tn•een Thompson and White, with the house of Pa..
yillon, who also became insolvent, a balance was
due to the Defendants, and Papillon had paid into
the bank a quantity of Thompson and Co.'s paper,
which covered this balance. Same time after, a
draft was sent in, signed by Thompson and Co.
which the clerk of the Lkfendants paid in the ab-
sence of the Defendants ; but, on finding out his
mistake, he next day demanded back that sum, but
was refused. Sometime after, the house of Thorip-
sm, White. and Company, became bankrupts, and
the Plaintiffs, as Assignees, lodged a large sum of
money in the hands of the Defendants, to the credit
of the bankrupts' estate; which sum, the Defend•
ants now sought to retain, in discharge of the ba-
lance due to them by the house of Thompson,
White, and Co.

In the course of the proceedings, much confits'on
ara.e, as it appeared, that Mr. Thompson had for-
merly carried on business, under the firm of An-
drew Thompson and Co. and had latterly taken into
partnership his clerk, Mr. White ; and, although
the firm theta became Thompson, %% bite, and Ca.
yet, from the evidence of Mr. 'Thompson, it ap-
peared. he was the principal himself, and White
was only paid as a Cietk.

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The Jury, u;:der the direnion of his Lord Jain,
found, rest, that the money paid by the Clerk of
the Defendants WAS raid by mistake ; and then
found J verlia of 1, .4. for the Phtintis,

suhjea to a point of Law, for the future considera-
tion of the Court.
IPASTVItIt V. TOMLIN.
This was an action against the drawer of a Bill of
Exchange, and the defence set up wits, dust it had
not been presented for acceptance in due time.
It appeared in evidence that the Bill in question
was drawn by the Defendant, who was a merchant
at Manchester, upon Messrs. Darby, at Leghorn,
for the amount of some goods consigned to them.
The Hai was drawn on the 7th of June, payoble on
the 10th of September, ISO°, but was not pre-
seated until the 29th October. At that time the
French were in the possession of Leghorn, after
having been quartered within twenty-five miles of
that neighbourhood, for a great length i:f time, and
were in the constant practice of intercepting all the
English correspondence: from which event, and
the number of endorsers hands the Bill had gone
through upon the Continent, it did not arrive at
Leghorn, until the critical moment when the
French entered that place.
The Jury found a verdict for the Plaintiff of
4201. including interest.
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C.:MMON PLEAS, GlALotutt.L.

Si!liar at Nisi Pr,trs, &pre Mr. offislice CFI Ail BRE.

HIRST V. PATTERSON AND OTHERS.
This was an i,!'tion brought by the Plaintiff, who
lived in Manchester, against the Defendants, who
were proprietors of the mail coach running from
Manchester to London, to recover the sum of
SM. 3s, lid. sent in a parcel by a:two:tail C 034.1. - It
appeared that the notes were packed up and carried
to the coach-office by the Plaintiff, and that he t.. 1 I
the clerk there was money to the amount of sil.
and upwards in the parcel ; but th.. clerk refusing
to take ch urge of them, unless the insurance was
paid, the Plaintiff said he would not pay it, but
that they might take their chance.
The Plah.tiff was nousuited.

Abbe DE PltAnT is nominated by BOVA! A RTE
his master of ceremonies for introducing the clergy.
A letter from Dover of the lfith instalt, says,
The French lugger privateer mentioned in my
last, as having ta7,:en a brig, arrived here on Friday
evening, about eight o'clock. She is named the
Cruiser, of 1.5 guns, of different calibres, and
men, and was taken by the Faziiiiirite sloop of war,
Capt. FOOTE. after a sh ern chacc ; the Frenchmen
supposed nothing would catch her, she sailed so
fast, she was going I 1) knots an nour, when taken ;
one of the crew informs me, there are two others of
the same kind, one the same size as this, and another
bigger. the had taken five vessels since she was
first fitted out, and is a very handsome vessel. The
crew report that there are upwards of 7,000 gun-
vessels, transports, Ste. at Boulogne, Calais, Dun-
kirk, and Ostend ; but I third: this account must be
exaggerated. They say all the houses without the
gates at Calais, on the Qtay, under the Cour de
Gaia Wall, are converted into guard houses, and
every means adopted to strengthen both Boulogne
and Calais from a sudden attack. It is much to be
hoped the Furourite sloop will be continued on her
station off Brighton, as she sails so fast, to counteraa
the depredations of the other two tuggers. Nothing
but a fast vessel like her can catch them."
Extra& of a Letter, received from the Northam.
ler!and, off Ferrol, Dec. 7.—" Our squadron con-
sists here of nine sail of the line. Admiral Coca-
RASE is to be superseded in the command, of which
he is in daily expeelation, being appointed Com-
mander in Chief on the West India ( Windward)
station. Orders were received by the litiotrentiv,
i:rit to detain any Spanish vessels ! The SpAniards
are in much ezpeaation of war, yet, they continue
to supply oar sluadron as usual with fresh meat and
vegetables."
The Progrris, DA wsorr, from Petersbnrgh, for
London. that was on shore at Saltholm, is got off,
and arrived at Elsinore oa the Ist inst. to repair.
The De,ialus, hum Hull, for Kuningsburg,
is stranded i.ear the latter port.
The vrow Margaret:4, GROS, from London, for
Embden, is stranded near Norden; part of the cargo
saved. _ _ _ _ _

The Raster, Oarors, from London, for the Baltic,
is on shore on the Swine Battery.
The Catharine, Me t SON, frOM Dantzig, foundered
on the .13d ult. off Bornholm ; crew saved.
The Elisabeth, GLASS, of Aberdeen. was totally
lost on Memel Bar on the 12th ult. ; crew saved.
The Month:tuna, American ship, arrived on Sun-
day at Dover, from Amsterdam, bound to Boston,
with iron and millstones, states, that the French
totally disregard the late decree of the Dutch re-
specting their commercial affairs, and have sent a
body or French troops over to the Texel, to enforce
their orders, and chew the world how much atten-
tion they pay to the laws of their allies. No person
is permitted to travel in Holland without a French
passport, as well as a Dutch one, and the greatest
exactions mid arrogance are practised daily by the
French rfficers, with impunity.
The Swedish Agent, Ds LA Toes, was released
on the Ist inst. from the Temple, with orders to leave
Paris immediately for Sweden. All his papers are,
however, detained.
The newly-cenverted Jacobin Print says, " Our
Court, as was to be eipefted, has acknowledged
the Emperor of Assists. Mr. Aatitcs PAOLT
presented his new credentials to Hi, le seat AL Ma-
J EST ron the 30th of lA..t month. It seed have bens
invader and anZ(IC to ,zee nufthial ti MI (Eck amid'.
It was r.o recognition of any title or power
usurped or stolen from another—the family, the
power, remained the same. It wit as if an indivi-
dual chose to change his onn Appellation, or the
name of his estate. We might think his motives
puerile, but we could have no pretence for with-
holding our acknowledgment of him udder his new
name or designation." this may be very true, as
put by Me Corner. The owner of an estate may
call it Chalk Farm, Copenhagen House, or the
Treasury, as he pleases ; but. supposing, a tenant
upon an estate wera to style himself Lord of the
Manor, altho' neither suit nor service followed,
does the b...diaor of The Courier think that it would
be unwise and impolitic, on the part of the other
tenants, formerly his equate in rank and title, not
to acknowled;e him? The Morin ea, we tied,
has got sin able supporter in Tic Courier. The day
may come, when political apostacy, ignorance, ana
impudeece, will be bound to supply but poorly the
absence of every proper recommendation.

SMITHFIELD CATTLE SHEIV.
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Yesterd iy being the principal market-day, pre-
vious to Christina::, Mr. Wootton 's yard, in Smith-
field, was thronged with company, for sev..ral hours,
to a degree which deterred many persons from at-
teinpting to get in to view the cattle. A mong the
crowd, it was with difficulty that we distinguished,

Prince Esterhuy„ Hia Grace the Duke of Bedford, Lnrd
Somerville, Lied Sack.,lle, Lar,l William Russell, Sir Thomas
Carr, Thomas An•v:i, Esq. Robert Byes, Esti J. P. Paul,
EN. Charles Gortkin Grey, Esq. Money Hill, Esq Wiillant
Northey, Esq. Moseley, Esq. Henry Holland, Esq. Neil
Malcolm, Eon.
Messrs —Weitctr, Perry, Buckley, Crooke, Fleet, Frost,
Parkinson, Ratclile, Peacr, Reynokla, Jennings, Gras,, Tay,
Whybro, lfud.ou, Knowles, Garrard, Farey, Wil,on, Coringe
Jellico, J. Gamer, S. Davis, Oakley, King, Tooke, W. Smit:i
J. Smith, Payne, J. Beri7l, h &krill, Capt. Perry, Berge
Itackur, Ac. ke.

Sir William Curtis's Bailiff, Mr. Whybro, was
present, and explained the seeming mystery, re-
specting the two black heifers, which had so much
puzzled the breeders on the preceding days, by
stating that they were by a Suffolk, instead of a
Devon Bull, as he had stated by mistake ; the two
yearlings shown yesterday were by a Devon Bull,
out of the same small Indian Cow, which has been
fifteen years in Sir William Curtis's possession. A
very large and tall Hereford Or of Mr. Westcar's,
which had been brought in since Saturday, was
much admired. Mr. Robinson shewed the carcasses
of the three Lincolnshire sheep, which had been
exhibited on Friday and Saturday.
• Yesto'dim**" "Wm of she Smithfield Club,
h. the

after inspecting the Cattle, held a meeting at
Crown and Anchor tavern, when Mr. Ayres, Mr.
‘Viikins, and several other breeders and graziers,
were admitted Members ; and the same prizes, as in
the present show, were determined on for next year,
except Class V. and it was resolved that the toles
and regulations of the Society be printed and dis-
tributed to the Members at the Woburn' Sheep
Shearing in June nett.

About five o'clnek, more than 190 gentlemen sat
down to an excellent dilter, at the Crown and
Anchor, his. Grace the Duke of Bedford in the
Chair—Money llill, Es,l. Vice President. As soon
AS the cloth was withdrawn, " The King," was
drank ; after which, His (;race gave " Prosperity
to the Smithfield Society," " Gool Grazing,"
"The Plough," " The Fleece," " Breeding in all
its branches."
His Grace of Ben►nß o then addressed the com-
pany, calling their attention to the original objetfts
of this Society, which were, to excite the industry of
the breeders and graziers, for improving the breeds
of cattle, and increasing the supply of the markets ;
that, happily, the idle prejudices which had existed,
respeaing the o'ijesets and views of this Society, had
disappeared ; and, it could not be doubted, but the
public must applaud the exertions which had
produced such cattle as had been this year exhibited,
and which were in January last, in the Straw Yard,
or in nse in the Dairy or the Plough ! wasteful or
long feeding could not possibly bete be urged. His
Grace proceeded, in a very an:mated speech, to rate,
that the objea of the Society had last year been to
discourage useless experiments, founded on the im-
portant truth, that the interests of the Breeder, Gt 4.
tier, and the public, were the same and inseparable.
His Grace then pt oceelesi tweed the issijessiic-xiis.ti
of the Prizes by Messrs Pester, Hill, itriswt:rtfi,
Miller, and Bou,hfieisu the five Judges who had ex-
amilied the Cattle
To Mr. John Weimar, the First Prize in Class I.
2. guineas for his Ikrefora Ox, 7 years old, fed un
oil cake.
'1 o the Duke of Bedford, the Second- Prize in
Clan I. t. guineas for his Devon Ox, ti years old,
fed oil
To the Duke of Bedford, the First Prize in Class

11. 25 guineas fcr his lilarnorgan and French Or,
ti outs old, 1...1 on grass, hay, and turnips.
To Mr. IVestcar, the Second Prize in Class II
13 guineas for his Hereford Os, 6 years old, fed un
grass, bay, and turnips.
To Mr. King, the First Prize in Class 111. 15
guineas for his Highland Scotch Oz, 4 years old,
fed on grass, and turnips.
To the Duke of Bedford, the Second Prize in
Class 111. 10 guineas fur his Scotch Os, S years old,
fed on grass, hay, and turnips.
To the Duke of Bedford, the First Prize in Class
IV. 13 guineas, fur his Kent Cow, S years old, and
which had borne five calves, fed on oil-cake, tur-
nips, and hay.
To Mr. Pickford, the 2d prize in Class IV. ten
guineas, for his short horned Cow, eight years old,
and having had rive calves fed on grass, hay, and
turnips.

His Grace then proceeded to Class V. and ob-
served, that it appeared by the Certificates, that Mr.
Gilbert's North %Vales Bullock, weighing sixty
stone in April, and 110 in December, had gained 50
stone ; that the Duke of Redford's Ox. weighing
ISI stone in April, and e 52 in December, had
gained To stone ; that Mr. Westcar's Hereford Oz,
weighing 189 stone in May, and 240 stone 41b. in
December, had gained 59 stone 41b. by, which it
would appear that Mr. Gilbert was entitled to the
prize; but a doubt having arisen on the weight of
Mr. Gilbert's Oz, the Committee had written to
him, and on his answer would depend the final al•
judiettion of this prize, sun .;:ig the parties aove-
mentioned.
To the R-v. Thomas Pla,ket, for three new Lei-
cestersh::e Wethers, which were yeaned in the
month of M... I'lo9, and weaned from the ewe in
September foillwing, having had nothing more than
natural grass and hay through thew inter, and were
removed in the mourn of }lay 1504, into a field
containing three acres of second year's clover hay
(into which were put twenty-two sheep of the wise
agel, where they continued until the month of Oc-
tober 18(14, since which time, they have been upon
natural grass, with turnips fur the last month only :
for these, the prize of ten guineas, in Class VI. was
ad)judged.
To Mr. J0'.12 Westcar, for three new Leicester
Wethers, two years old, fed on grass, the prize of
tea guineas, in Class VII.
Waen speaking of Class VIII. his Grace observ-
ed, that he had ever held it wrong to accept a pre-
rrii ;:r. where no competitor, appeared, and, as no
cr.z kite -elf had sent in South-down wethers of
mie vat old, highly as he felt himself flattered by
the approbation the judges had bestowed on the
I yearling wethers from his Moulden Farm, he

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should let this premium revert to the funds of th
society.
" Proceeding to Class IX. His Gracs stated, that
the judges had assigned to the Dake of Bedford lf)
guineas for his three South Down Sheep, two years
old, fed on grass, hay, and turnips. His Grace
then stated, that no material good having rasiiite
ti•mi the pi tze offered in the V. t.lasi, it won! Ibe ,)
discontinued i t future ; all the others would be con-
tinned for the year ensuing. His Grace apologised
for again stating, that the views of this society were,
as they ought to be. direded to no other end than .
the encouragement of the best breed of cattle, and
to lay the information they could acquire on this
essential subjed freely before •the public ;he /
concluded by giving as a toast : " Increasing
success to the efforts of the Smithfield Society. ."
His Grace then called the attention of the coni-
pany to a subscription which had been proposed at
a former Bath Meeting, fur rewarding Mr. Bellamy
for his discoveries of remedies for scour* and,
other disorders of cattle, which were now fully ex- '
plained in a Treatise which he had is the room
ready for delivery.
Lord Somerville then rose and proposed the health .;
of " Duke of Bedford," which was drank with
three times three, and the loudest applause.
His Grace thanked the company in a neat and
short speech, and proposed " The Memory of hiss
Bakewell."
Mr. Ransoms sheaved specimens, and distributed •
his proposals, for a new invented cast iron plough-
share, which, owing to one of the surfaces being
hardened in the casting, obviates the necessity of
continual resource to the Blacksmith to sharpen
them.
• Mr. Smith, of Buckingham-street, shrived his
map of the Strata of 1•11:41and, which isprepatiug
for Sir Joseph Banks, in whose library it will soot •
be exhibited for the information of the curious. .
The pioposals for Lord Somerville's skew is
February next were distributed, as were also the
plan of a general Canal Company. Sir Thews
Carr proposed a bet for ,hewing some twin heifers
which lie has gut ; and shortly after, Mr. Morey
Hill proposed a bet of WO guineas, which vote
accepted by Sir Thorthis Carr, for shewiug flea
South-down sheep, fed on grass, hay, and turnips,
at Lord Somerville's next show.
Mr. Garrard issued his proposals for a charac-
teristic view of the Duke of Bedford's six.vp-slwar-
ing at Woburn, with poi tra•ts of all the
Agriculturists, his subscribers.
l'he toasts proceeded with—" Small in size and
great in value," " Mr. Coke of Norfolk," "lard
Winchelsea," " The union of hushaudry and cop-
merce," " Lord Egreminit," " Sir darles Da-
, vers," " Mr. Pacey," " Emulation and competition
among breeders and graziers," " Mr. Overman of
Burr ham," " " Lord Somerville, with three times
•
three."
His Grate remarked, that the present Shew bad
been honoioned by the presence of some Foreigners
of distindion, whom the Emperor of Russia in his
enlightened policy, had sent over to this country to
purchase some of the best breed of animals in this
country, and concluded by proposiet,, the health d
" His imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia." ,
Sir Joseph Banks's health was drank with mach
applaire. Room will not permit us to mental; '
more oT the interesting proceedinks albs
or to mention particularly the many noble mac 3
known persons who w. re present.
Extraa .sf a letter from an Officer on hardily!.
M ,JEST% 's
ship Fugard, dated off Cape St. Vinestat,
Nov. 25 :—" I%e cannot desire a better station
we braid of hostilities with Spain on Oftober
and on that very day we captured two ships. ,
N st.sos ree,•ived from us the first intelligence t
rupture. We hare already taken twelve ships. and
entertain hopes of AS mat.y snore Yesterday we fail
in is ith Duliegat, Captaia Sir R. S raxedltiar,,
who has taken a large Spanish frit ate, after a dike '
of hi hours and l 5 minutes ikon, in which the '
Spanish Captain was killed : the prize was Enna
Cadiz, with dispatches for Teneriffe and the Ha- •
vanaah, laden with stores. The De .egel has also
captured another Spanish ship, supposed the richer*
that ever sailed from Cadiz, her cargo reported °
worth 200,0001
" Nov. '.!9.—We have this day taken a large ship 0
from the River de la Plata.
" Dsc. 3.—Since writing the above, we have
captured the following ships :
Swim St:.ora del Rosa-o, value L. 10,000 4i
It Fortuna . . 8,000
St. Joveph . 12,000
La V.rgilie Assumptu • . 6,000
Apollo . 13,000
Super:* del Porefeeatione . . 40,0011,19'
Fawkett . . . 11,1100
Gustavu.Ndullibus . • • • I,COO
A Semi- 6(0
A Sny, 4 th naval Actin, . • to.titu"
As several of the Mameluhee are Mahomeuns,
BONAP•IirE intended to exclude them from escort-
ing the procession on the day of his coronation, but
they petitioned to the Pore, who interfered for
them. This, says the French writer, 'hews that we
live in an age 01 philosophical toleration! he should
have said of religious indifference.
Testes day morning, at eight o'clock, eigT.t wag-
goi.s, laden with dollars, from Portsmoutli, passed
through London, to be lodged in the Bank : they
were escorted by a large party of Light Horse, who
lined the streets on each side of the waggons, with
their swords drawn.
As a proof of the mildness of the season, there
is at present, in the garden belonging to Mr. 3.
Rocs:LEV, at Greenfield, Saddleworffi, a second
crop of gooseberries, about the size of a pea, the
growsh of which has lately been checked by a few
frosty nights.
Last Friday a most dreadful fire broke out in an
outbuilding in the environs of Penhore, Wor
shire, which communicated to several barns,
gaining wheat, other grain, Sec. to the amount
of 4001. We understand it was occasioned by
children playing with fire.
On Saturday night, about nine o'clock, a woman,
decently dressed, passing through Spring Gardens,
was soddenly taken ill, and in a short time after,
WAS delivered of a fine female child, at the door of
a Gentleman's house. A Lady in the neighbour-
hood ordered her to be taken, in a sedan chair, to
St. Martin's workhouse, the infant wrapped in Luz-
nel, and taken by her servant, and every care
of the woman, at her own expense.

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'NAVAL MELLWENCE.

POIVESAIMITH, DEC. 16.
Arrived the Lobala, Smith, from Demarara, for
London, idler haiing hero oit sliore in Stake's Bay.
Sailed the Mclampus frigate, to join the Channel
bet.
The Mact.r., frigate has in tela a si;mal for a con-
Avoy t.r the Mcditera
Admiral o.llrirti Duty has hoisted his flag on
hoard His Majesty's p Prnwe Ornne,. —Wind N.

rat ww rte, DEC. 14.
Sail d Ls Postefte sloop of war, with a c.snvoy to
oEAstward.—Wind. S.W.
lilt A NI Qt. AY. TOMB %Y. DEC. 15.

This afternoon the whale of the fkiit under Cam. I
maid of Admiral t'ornwallis, got under weigh for
their station car Brest.—Wind Norti.erly.
LINOTHCR LETTSR Or Till SAKE OATS.
Sailed this morning the Wiadso. Cast!, for
Plr-
wauth ; and this afternoon the P-incest Ronal,
Go-
lrok. and Thui,drper: their destination. I do not
know, as it was generally supposed that all the ship.
would have sailed. as the wind was at N.N.E.
DEAL, DEC. 15.
Paste down from the river the D•rotha. Forster t
awe., Gpeedire. Hayes; Vona, and
Morriton s owl the Catlierimr. Saunders,
tit, West Indies.
thaSpe sloop of war on a cruise.
Soled through the, Downs several outward-bound
visas.
liWaid the "furore armed ship, with a fleet of out-
wartLboead under convoy for Portsmouth ; also
I the &mulch gun-brig, with a convoy for Plymouth.
TIMID, DEC 15.
The brig Kerie, which arrived at Falmouth on
Tuesday last, was one of it fleet of 4F sail, from the
illlidgrerd Islands, under convoy of the .Emerold
**Wm, Captain O'Brien. The Meet was diaper ed
Jo u {wavy gak of wind, about tti days before the
arrivals, the Kerte. The Eau r 4/./ lost her bowsprit
and rudder, and was otherwise so rousts damaged,
that she was obliged to bear up for Lishon. It is
feared Cut much damag.. has been done to the
coovoy: one of them, the ship Friendibip of London,
is known to have foundered.

lIOULOGNr, Inf. 1.
The privateer Le Itimererr, Capt. Paulet, arrived
the port of Wirnerees, has just captured three
dish ships which have entered the port of Calais.
of them was in ballast, and the two other were
witl• Portia ad-stune, of great value. This is
\ capture made by Capt. Paulet.

FROM LLOYD'S UST.
GI istscno, Dcc 16 —Passed by the Hope, 11,yd ; and
the Mecum. Featonhy, trem Qiiebee; Fanny, Matthews,
from Dominica; Severn. Mason, (Com Barbaksin; upon°.
Coney. from °paten ; Fairfield, Conk; Harriet, ihtolwily ;
Fanny. Stephenson; Paris, Garriock ; and the Emmen.,
Iglichim, 7roni Petersburah i W.lam, Woodman from Lubec ;
Eb....;amil the Biome, Thanias f:orn Damair ;
etiehant, M'Atith.r, hem Sr. Vincent's; Retrieve.
• ; Liberty. Williams; and the Pia, Harper, from
Eirs Ibilsd the Ge yir Pout, Sims, for Tomlin's% ; Befit,
ille Anil's' ; Wm Le•iiington, I:IC-Item $ %mid,
SW VW Anemia Cat:at, Kirby, fia Jamaica_
aelivaii.
lia..o.llt=ierrielre Fordiricit Ludwig. horn st,,,na ;
.11011141illni Velma&
mir."l=t.,e Isiminty, 1 hommon, Rom Quebec ;
Wit*, In wn Philadelphsa; Packet, Trott,
isms; Minorca Callailsaa,imm savannah ; Fa youtite,
Soo St.Vinteses ; Waver, Chsomin, from Antigua ;
Tlisprepeso, aid the Sally, Williams, fr .111 Opono.
York...the tiavAl, sod Di" ....11 town Liverpool.
ihnvideneevothe Jams. Smith, from dose.
!t=6"kra—dr 11'.'eri
CiAti: ttitin,nfinLandal Zane.
if lifitialA6.4he Visa Andersen, Mimi. from Dublin.

CONVOYS.

The Right Hon. the Lord Provost has received
the following communication
" Tettel, in Leith Roads. Dec. 11, 1804
" MY LORD,
• have the hoorror to animate[ !nor Lordvhip, for the is-
hornmation of the periling ao..moveri. that the late OPOIFORRORMI
tv-Mittel having prevented the Tottnotre Cower ISO
Feek sr the Frith; mid that have., received goad iihromelito
that the font hat rendered the river Fyder 111111A•4abl.., I bins
Ott need is it. wine! to ..thoirair the convoy fin Shia RIOSOO.
" I Stave the lion.mr to he, Inv Lord,
" Year Lowt-iop's moat ..betted[ horrible m-rrant,
" The Right Hun. the Lord Peavuot. " J. WASHION:
_
AZ or • La FROM MIL J•MLS TOOTELL.
Of TIM MAUII6as, TO Ms Win IM
AttIt•PULIS, D•ZLO SYRACUSE, JUNE e. 9.
I feel very anxious for a speedy conveyance of
Ibis letter. for fear the report, which Mr. Cos heard
while at Malta, of my being dangerously wounded,
may make you unhappy. Is was reported, and cur-
ready believed, at Syracuse, Malta, and in the
squadron of Tripoli. that Captain Somers and my-
self had been assassinated in Messina ; there was
some foundation for the report, the fig is this : the
second day after our arrival at Messina, the Captain
and myself took lodgings on shore ; that night.
about I t o'clock, I went to the Grecian coffee-house,
which is but a short distance from my lodgings, et-
peaing to tind some of our officers there ; but found
the house shut up. asiJ was returning to my lode-
inge, when I WAS hailed by what I supposed to be
the guard ; I drew my dirk and stopped till they
came up to me : there were about a dozen men
armed with swords, dubs, &c. They immediately sur-
rounded and seized me : I wounded one of them
with my did. Captain Somers, who was returning
borne, beard my voice, and came trp to us ; part of
them immediately seized him, and dragged Lim
softie distance off. I then got loos* from them,
when they pursued me, and one of them knocked me
doom with a stone, which cut my head considerably.
They still followed me, but I got to the house
where I lodged before they fame up. In going up
tle steps. which were remark ably high, and being
very weak from the loss of blood, the villains seized
me on the top. It was no doubt their intention to
assassinate and roh use. They struck ire several
Woes with a broad sword on the head, but did not
cut me. The noise on the steps brought down tl e
master of the house. upon which they started. One
of them made a smoke at Captain comers, with a
cauehet in his hand, and whiff) cut
assassins were all opiate-
-lay ; one of them has since been
th-'ugh +Se streets, And the rest
Captain Sower. and rot self are
fflo

DUBLIN. ,Ptc. It.

COMMISSION

The business of the Court terminated yesterday
with an indiCtment for sedition against a genteel
young man. of th name of John Davis. The charge
alleged against the prisoner was, that he had uttered
the words, "I)—n the King, and d—n the King's Go-
vernment, I mean the Government of King George
the Third."
The uttering of the words was clearly proved,
and the Jury delivered a verdict, Guilty of uttering
the (mooch, but not with a seditious i,tent.
This occasioned ats expostulytion between Mr.
Baron Watt i sin (who tried the cause) and the
Juty, in which Mr. Baron SMITH coincided with
his brother Judge.
The Jury, consented to re-consider their verdid,
which they delivered generally—Mirka /.
The Court then pronounced the sentence, which
was—that the prisoner be fined one mark and be

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The arrivals of Whcat to-day are ennaidenible, and the
samples of fine quality not being numerous, those are full
as dear, but other sorts are heavy sale and cheaper. We
continue with full supplies of Barley, which is at ano-
ther declension; and Malt not so dear. New Brans of each
suit are plentiful and lower; as are Grey sea Outs are in
good supply ; this a•ticle has tolerably brisk sale, at about lust
prices. Price of Fleur as last week.
CIt<RENT PRICE OF GRAIN.
W heat 89,. 100 110 s. Beans 40... 515.0.1
Fine do. ....HS.. 115 s Oil. Tick Beans 444 4ifs 0
Rye.... 54.. 59. Od. flats -294 31a. 34.. Od.
Barley 41s 461. Od. ........35s
Ma't 725. 68,. Od. Rape 5eed...... 42'. 451. Od.
White Peas 565. 625. Od. F10ur...... 904. 9.55. Oil
lire, Peas 425. 421. Od Seccritla 2.5. 90s. OA.

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Re ,1 C10ver....405. to 100 r
%Vhit.• ditto.. 60t. to 121. k.
Trefoil ..... ..I6t. to 445.
CArf3,...• 1101. In 114.
Cornan.lor... 101. to

sword, w•l.ich he cat
Lim considerably.
bended the Mr. d.l]
publicly iloggcsl qr.
confined in prison
pettedly recovered.'