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London, England, 1806-09-25 00:00:00

BAST INDLMIOUgE.

Yesterday, a Quarterly Court of the Proprletrs
was held for the purpose of taking into con,iderit-
[ion the Resolutions entered into by the Court of Di-
rectors of a formert day, respeffing a Satat y to be
granted to the Recorder of Prince of Wales's Is-

land, &c.
The Hon. Wm. Et. P IDI STONE in the Chair.
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The Resolutions of the Court of Direnors being
read by the proper Officer, purporting, first, to
grant a salary of 90001. per annum to the Recorder
of Prince of Wales's Island; and further granting
a pension of 10001. when he shall have served that
office for the space of 10 years.
The CIiAIHNIAN, rose, and said, it was necessary
for him, lot the better information of the Court of

Proprietors, to state, that the Court of Direffors.
dissenting from the Court of Proprietors, in the ne-
gative which they gave to resolutions relative to
this subjeft, on a former day, and having since
received some official communications from the

Government of that Island. had thought it right to
re-consider this subjea ; the result of which was,
the Resolutions now offered for their concurrence.

From the communications alluded to, he trusted the
Court would see the absolute necessity of sending
out some person imme-liately, in a judicial capacity,
and he was convinced, that when these communi-
cations were read to them, they would acquiesce
with the Court of Directors in :hese Resolutions.

A public letter from the Government of that
Island, to the Direaars, was then read, expressive
of the great want of such a person, and the great
mischief %%hich must ensue from any delay. -Alter

enumerating the various offences which were daily
committed with impunity, for want of judicial
authority, and stating, thai the gaols were full of
felons ; that 21 persons were now in confinement,
charged with murder, without the power of punish-
ing them ; it adverted to a very recent robbery,
cornmi:ted in the Navy Pay-Office, to the amount
of 3000 Dollars, supposed to be done by a Sepoy.
on whom 4 quantity of money was found, which he
could not account for. For want of proper au-
thority to •,ry him in the Island, by the advice cf
the presiding Magistrate, they were under the ne-
cessity of sending him, at an enormous expence,
to the Government of Calcutta, to be there tried.

After some further observations, by the CMAIR.
MAN, is support of the resolutions, the question
was put, and

Mr. ken sic said, he did net eatitely oppose the
ralaer of 3,0001. per annum, although he still
thought, as on former occasions, that '2,0001. was
a very handsome and sufficient allowance. He was
adverse to every measure which might increase the
expences of the Company, in the present depressed
state of their funds ; but, above all, he was adverse
to grareing a pension, at least before the person's
merits were known, or his services performed. He
coastdered 3,0001. per annum a very liberal salary ;
and, if the gentleman was at all prudent, he might,
in the course of ten years, realise a very handsome
pro: timely.tor himself and timely.
Mr. Joersorom, upon the same principles with
which he had ever opposed toy establishment of a
government in Prince of Wales's Island, said he rose
to oppose the present Resolutions in tato. He con-
ceived that it was taking an advantage of the Com-
pany to bring forward such a proposition, on so short
a notice ; it would, he thought, have been more
candid to defer the matter for a longer pet iod, and
give the Cdrhpany an opportunity of considering
the propriety of such a measure. He also opposed
these Resolutions at the Diredors, because they
went to render fixed and permanent an establish-
ment, in the Prince of Wales's Island, which the
Company would ever repent, which he must ever
disapprove, and which he thought would be better
got rid of altogether. In order to have this ap-
pointment of a Judge established, they had resorted
to the one solitary instance of a Sepoy, whom they
might have tried by martial law, being a soldier,
and martial law being in force there, though the
civil law was not.—Phis one solitary instance, only,.
occotring in the space of six months, was now to be
made a pretext for getting a Recorder, with a salary
of 30001. per annum. they had already granted
10,0001. to the Governor, 40001. to each of the
Council,3oool. to the Weber, and 18001. to a Parson;
and now they must have a Judge, with' 30101. a
year more. If the Island was worth all this ex•
pence, he should not mind it—the expence he cons,-
dtred as nothing—but the example was a bad dile
and, however willing he might be to grant a liberal
allowance, when he was cotteinced, and could see
either the use or necessity for it, yet, he advised the
Company, while their finances were at soloot an
ebb, when they were so deeply involved in debt and
difficuliies, not to suffer the public money to be
squandered away with so estravagant a hand.—
When gentlemen recolletled that this Island, for
which so large an establishment was to be appoint.
ed, and such immense salaries were to be granted,
Was not quite so large as the Isle of Wight, they
would see the folly of squaoderiog the public
iouaey in such a way. It was their duty to curtail,
initend of increasing, the expences of the Company
at such a period as the. preseist, and as long as any
Resolutions were proposed, which had for their ob-
knit a lavish expendituM of the public money, he
would give them his most strenuous and decided
opposition. Upon a former day, in debating this
subject, a suggestion had been thrown oat by an
Hunourahle Baronet and Direaor, (Sir Francis
Baring), whose suggestions must ever have weight,
and be treat .d wino the utmost respeil, that it
would be better to transfer the possession of the
Island altoget! er, to Government, than to be sad-
dled with an expeuice so enormous, and which far
exceeded any advantage they could possibly derive
from it. It was ,said to be situated between the
eastern and western part of the Continent of India ;
and a sale harbour and resting Oace for shipping,
but, in his opistion, Trincomalee was better situated
for that ken pose, without the addition of all this
expense. Ha really thought it would be better to
give it up iutirely to Government, whose policy it
had ever been, to reduce the influence of the Com-
pany, to increase their own patronage, and leave
the East India Company to defray all the expences.
Upon all these grounds he gave his most decided
opposition to the proposed measures.
Captain Struts, on the other hand, supported
both Resolutions ; and, in adverting to the salaries
of the l's;she Judges, belonging to the other East

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Tons Governments, he considered the allosisanee
how proposed-com,saratively small, raking it upon
what sc.ile they might. If they expetteJ proper
officers, who would do their duty, they must allow
them liberal salaries. The person appointed to such
a situation, must be a gentleman, a man of edu-
cation, and of some pre-eminence in life ; it was not
every man who would offer, who was calculi:tea to
fill such an office ; besides, it was highly necessary
he should have a sufficie.a allowance, to preserve
that rank and cor.sequenee which belongs to such
an ofß,:e. It WAS also very wen known, that the
living in Prince of Wales's Island was na )re than
double as expensive as any other part of India ; and
it could nut he expeifled a gentleusan could possibly
lay by any thing oat of such a salary. Ile con-
cluded by expressing a wish that the original Reso-
lution, for granting a salary of 4,0301. per annum,
' had been adopted, and gave his hearty concurrence
to the Resolutions.
The CHAlastas, in answer to what fell from an
Ffonnurable Gentleman without the Bar (\lr,
Johnston,) observed, that he never heard any Gen-
tleman zalk so moth, and to so little purpose ; he
was always happy to hear him speak, he did it so
pleasantly and with so much eloquence ; but he
I wished he had contrived to introduce a little more

matter into his speech. He talked of law and judi-
cial proceedings, as if he himself was the only per-
son present who understood any thing about the
matter, yet he (the Chairman) was convinced he
knew nothing at all about it, or he would nut have
talked about trying a fellow by martial law, for .
crime committed against the civil law. He had
also talked, be must
"eaye in a shameful manner
about the Company's finances; he begged leave to
answer, that they were not as he meant to represent
them ; they were now in a very prosperous state,
and improving every day. With respell tp the
Island ititel, it was of the greatest importance; but
especially while the French infested those seas.
The size of a place did not always constitute
its importance. This was a most convenient
harbour fur shipping to rest or weather at.—
There was wood enough on the island to build a
whole navy, and ship building was done at half
the expence,it could be eff-fted in England or else-
where ; and being the centre between the eastern and
western seas of India, it mast ever be the constant
resort of.shipping of all descriptions ; so that, either
taking it in a commercial or naval point of vies , it
was of the utmost importance to the Company.
From all these rarcamstances, theteure, this island
must be the constant scene of litigation, both civil
and criminal, and any Judge who may preside there,
most be employed from week's end to week's end.
With respeel to giving up the island to Government,
it was one of t!e most dangerous propositions he
had ever heard ; and if such was the case, there must
be an end to their influence in India. They had al-
ready repented the Government having Ceylon in
their own hands. He said, he was sure, if the Gen-
tlemen would but take the trouble of perusing the
documents before them, all this would appear very
evident; and for these reasons he highly approved of
the Resolutions as entered into by the Board of Di-
r eZtors.
The question was then put upon the first Resolu-
lution, granting a salary art 50001 per annum to the
Recorder, and carried in the affirmative.
Upon the Resolution for granting a pension of
I POOL at the end of ten years service,
Mr. Herneelsros opposed it, on the grounds of
bad example, and the possibility of their -cirarttr
riot being renewed, or their funds sufficient before
that period.
Sir Huon Lent's, and the CH •MK AN, supported
the Resolution ; !.Ir. Keetste, Mr. Notts, and Mr.
Paris, opposed it.
The qaestion being called for, it was decided by
a chew of hands : the Resolution was negatived by
a small mejer;fy, and the Court dissolted.

Yesterday, at Clerkenteell Sessions there was no
kind of business done; the Court merely sat, and
then adjourned until Saturday, whets the vagrants
will be discharged.
The pudic, we are sure, will be highly gratified
in learning, that a discovery has at length been
tirade, which offers security from danger to malty.
and comfort to all : we allude to the cheap Water-
proof Composition for hoots and Moe', which the
indefatigable industry of Mr. Witwon has brought
to unprecedented pi.:rfeltion, after a laborious series
of experiment..

Oa. Wednesday, a grenadier belonging to the
Guards, named THOMAS HA art* ND, was taken
suddenly id, with a complaint in his stomach, and
died in the course of a tew hours, notwithstanding
every remedy was tried which medical skill could
apply. A strong suspicion was excited in the minds
of the medical gentlemen of the Guards, that the
man had been poisoned ; he was in consequence
opened, and the anpeArance of the stomach justified
their opinion. A Coroner's inquest was held on
the body, before J. Si vstoss, Esq. at the Golden
Lion, in Brompton, Kent, on Saturday, when the
Jury, after mature deliberation, returned a verdiet
—Died ty poison arlainsuicred by some person or person:
unknown.
Yesterday afternnoo, ass gentleman, whnse name
we understand to be GOODRSON, a Captain in the
Army, in company with another Gentleman, was
driving a light chaise at a furious rate down the
New Road, Mary-la-bonne, the off rein became
loosened Irom the bit, and the horse went off at Lull
speed. Mr. G.'s friend jumped out of the g'g, and
broke one of his legs, whilst Mr. Goonssos• re-
mained in his perilous situation, and endeavoured
to stop the horse, but by keeping tight the single
rein, the vehicle was ran against a bank, and upset.
Mr. G. was thrown from his seat a distance of 10
or 12 yards, and besides breaking his hip bone, he
Was so materially hurt by bruises, that his life is
despaired of. The vehicle was broken to pieces.
A very serious accident happened, on Sunday last.
to Mr. Motu's°, second son of Mr. Motuiso, of
LaurencePonntney.lage. About the middle of the day,
as he was returning fmm his father's house at Stock.
well, in a single-horse chaise, driven by his Iroom.
they met two brick carts near Newingten,on dihrent
sides of thermic'. It appeared to the groom that Clot r
was room to pass between them; but the wheel of one
of the carts came in contalt with the chaise, and
produced so violent a shock, that Mr. Mot Limo
and the groom were both thrown nut ; the former
unfortunately had both his arms Voices, and the
latter was dangetously hurt.

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SPORTING rNiIt.I.7GENCis
DONCASTER RACES.
MONDAY, Derr. 22.
Makety-arstre or 10tIgs. for all Horses. Ir c foss-I,W a
to carry wit. 4111 five.year olds, list 61b six-year olds rigs. :k
land aged Mt. 21b beet.
Ldrd Sr Paul, by Sir P:-r, 4 yrs old .
Lent Doby's br. c. Milo, be Sir Peter, 4 Yrs old
Mr. Johnson's be. c Sir Andsew, by Hasobletorrien. *yrs old S !
Lord Messmer br, c. CI •yeland, by Opuitaa, 4 its old dr r
Lord.Darliogtorr's b c. Trafalgar, 4 ere old . . des
Sir M. Maecenas Sykees br. ns. Mu. Hompipe Tree*, $.
4 plaid . .
Sweel.stakcs of 4Sgr. each, for then two rears old colts aloft'
fillies ; colts, Set. ft lies, 74 126 —l..sst rode.
Lord Fitswillrtm's tle,k 13. by Sir Pew., out of Pewee . 1
Sir T. tdiscoigne's ch. 1. by Tims.thy, out of Vireltt .
Lord Druliogtsn's b c brot;rer to Soave( . pd
Lord Strethroore's b. f. by F.richanter . . pt
Mr. f. Miss Be:Ale, by Precipitate
Sir ff .T. Vane's b. c. • • . pd 4
Sweeastaker of Ings. each, with 20gs ad led by the Corpora-
don, for then three and four.yeu olds, on Mond iy, to the
nest D.mcsoter Race week; three-year rod. to carry 7st. 71b..
low-year olds Sot. Sle. Ton miles. 26. er:uwed to maiden,
Horses, arid 41b. to Maiden Fillres.
Lord Derby's br. e. Mikr, by S:r Pier, 4 yea . . 1 -
Lord Manrerree br. c. Cleveland. 4 era old . . 2 J
Sir M Master:nen Sykes's tn. in. Mow Hornpipe
Tenle, 4 in old
Mr. NR. Hodges's guar, b 7 o.lpini, {-yea old . •4 •
Mr. Clowes's br. f. by Steroid, 9.yrs old . pet"l
Lord Fittwillienes Sir Paul, list. Sib. best Mr. Witonseo
Confederate (late Druan•Major), 84 for 20Ligs each, h. R.-ew
Four mile..
The Hon. M. Hawker's b. g. Cock-a-Hoop. ed. 1014. beat
Mr. Hewett's blk. g. Itagg,d-and-Tougli, est. 50p.-.Fosle
to du. •
44//iSs Sur. 24.
The business of this day was confined to petty
id other trivial offences. affording no
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OLD 13.411,EY

larcenies, an..
case of interest. The Judges did not sit, the
business was transacted by the Recorder and Com
mon Serjeant. Thirty-nine prisoners were tried, Of
who.n the following were found platy. viz.
Thomas Mitch., I. Thomas Heenan, Franei; arneet, John
Gale, Gearge Hit, i David Williams,W;lliams, Ann i.th, Ann Hue
Margaret Green, Henry Ferrer, Lleann Ernmett,Wiliant
Bell, Catharine Carey, Itrnjamin Enfield, William Hardy, Is-
rah Berge.s, GenigeCallier, John Morris, Mary Ann Itrotena
Eklatietli Snail) Stephen Parker, Juba Perry, Jane Hul
and Mary Sta!L,rd.
The following were areeirred :
Dsnirl Collins, Elljah Orain, Ann Plumb!
Catherin • Tumer, Mary I....erence, Jane Harper' Mawr
How,
& How, Maryoat, Margar,t Legislate, Mary Roach, Gawp
Liroekit, and Elizabeth buten. •
All these trials were disposed of at nine o'clock
last night, and the Court a•fjourned. In about to
quarter of an hour after, the ReeOstlate case uprose
rite Brach. and stated, that as•lie to leave
town to-morrow, and ali the cap:al charges in thee
calender were disposed d, b? ehot.l.l take ii at
opportunity to pronounce sentence up in tlisese who,
had been capitally convieted. They were accord.;
ingly put to the bar, to the number of seventeens
viz. :
Julia Whaley, a1i3.1 SA, 11.-nlev, Chola Lewis 1
j:Anguis. 'aleph Wettwoort, Alexarider M•Kertie, DOA I
Drew, Jane Rainey, abet Minim Samuel Bet en, Ma'
Wootton, Mary Ballad, Robert Harrimn, alias R. rem, ghee.
heti. Lloyd, John O'Donnell, Samuel Carter, John Gore,wsa.
kins, and Hannah M`Carty. •
When the Rico masa came to pass sentence upen
O'DJltnell, the pugilist, the Prisoner was quite au-
manned, and cried nut most hitTerjy,
low-rearm
HOUSE-IMP:AKERS.
Yesterday,' the charge against Xis-1y and Ll-
evert's, the reputed housz-breakers. on suspicion
of having bickers open the house of Mr. Kearns, in%
Tottenham-court-road, and stealing linen-drapery
goods to the ambunt of about 8001. underweett
a farther investigation b.tore Mr. Grahim..--
Wilkinson, the patrole, produced the Irish linea and
cambric muslin, which he forted is the cell of Ave
Prisoner Kelly's wife, in Newgate, who is under.
sentence for having uttered forged Bank notes a but,
on account of the marks haying been cut of. and
otherwise disfigured, the Prosecutor could not swear
to the property, but had every reason to believe its
to be his. Witklnson said, when he and Mr. Newt
man were searching Neweate, they were told by
some women, that Mrs Kelly and the Prisoner
Edwards's wife (who it likewise under co-,vitlion
for uttering forged, Bank notes), htad been hitter
emploaed in cutting off the marks on linen, and.
sending it out of the prison, for stet., al days past.
Wikinson likewiseproduced tbepicklock keys which
he found in a box belonging to Mrs. .Kelly, hit
Neargate, one of which he said•he found opened dui
street door of tie Prosecutor with very great ease.
Kelly, of course, denied any tnowledge of nut
thing that was found in the possession r' his wife.
Mr. Whitbread was upon the Bench during the
examination. •
atavisms ROHM
SUSPICION OF FORGERY.
Yesterday, Thomas G.ifa, a genteel young ma.
of good connedlions, who had been in custody for
thi) fortnight past, charged on suspicion of forgbipt
and uttering a draft upon the banking.house of
Messrs. Thornton, Down, and Co. for 1501 pore
porting to be drawn by a Mr. Vine, a broker, its
Threadneedle-street, was brcaaght up for further
examination. Ti,i• young m.n has undergone
several private examinations before the Lord •
Mayor, who appointed yesterdsy for the final era- •
mination. At two o'clock * great number of per-
sons attende.'.. by appointment, most of them clerks
from the Bank. who had paid the notes received
for the forged draft, and the persons whom-hey had
been traced to.
From the statement of the Prisonei's Sachets, it •
appeared, that above 1401. of the notes received fat
this forged draft, had been ;aid at the Bank, and PAR
more than three had beers traced to the Prisoner;
but not being able to give a satisfaitory account
how he became possessed of these notes, be was
suspeCled to have some concern its uttering the
draft.
It further appeared in favour of the Prisoner,
that this forged draft had heed uttered six week,
before the Prisoner was suspetted, ana that he had
been in the habit of going back Ward and forward
to this Banking-house ftequently in 'that time, in
the course of business.
The Loin M A yoa. alter hearing the Solicitors /
on both sides, did not think there was proof of
guilt sufficient to conunit the Prism= for trial, and
discharged him,

bArtaLr RANI •
'-he Commissioners in the Commission of Sank-
:urrey issued against Mr. Daniels:met on Tuesday, ,
at Guildhall. when Mr Moniefiore again attended,
to claim a sum exceeding seventeen thousand
pounds, under the Commi,xion, which the Petition-
ing Creditor had before opposed, and was then pre-

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pared to dispute.
Mr. Cones, on behalf of the Petitioning Creditor,
elated, that Mr. Montefiore could have no possible
right to claim under the present Commisiinn, in-
somuch as his debt had arisen out of an illegal trans.
saints ; and he endeavoured m shew, that the bar-
gain for Ownium between Mt. Daniels and Mr.
Montefiore, made it so. He contended, besides,
that Mr. Montefiore cauld not be considered by any
means a principal in the btsiness, but as an agent
airing for others ; and in this point of view he had
r.o claim on the estate of Mr. Daniels.
Mr. Daniels beipg consulted as to the legality of
the business, did not hesitate to answer in the affir-
abotive. .
The Gentlemen who had disposed of the Ownitiet
ts Mr. Montefiore, which afterwards passed into the
betide of Daniels, deposed that they could not pots
'My have any claim upon Daniels, as they did fiot
know him in the tra.nsaalion. h was always cus-
tomary to look to those with whom the business was
done, and sot farther; consequently they considered
Mr. Monteeore amenable to them, and as such it
was their opinion he was entitled to claim under Mr.
Daniels` commission.
' Mr. Coster maintained that Mr. Montefiore had
an undoubted right to prove his debt under the
Co • . • He entered into the minutis of the
case, and taonttrated that the purchase and deli-
Very of the Oevtiela was a ready-money traitsaftion,
anti consequently a legal one. He deprecated the
idea of contending the point, and considered there
was a great injustice in the proceeding. He felt .
strongly, however, the necessity that Gentlemen
were under is making the best of a bad case for their
clients, the injustice of which they condemned in
their own minds: this was one of those cases, and
which ha was persuaded would no: be countenanced
by the Commissioners.
The Commissioners. without much deliberation,
gainaitted Mr. Montefiore to prove his debt, which
amounted to upwards of 17.0001.
Illse Commissioners inquired, if Mr. Daniels was
treacly to surrender to his Commission ? he answered
lie was ; but requited some little time to make out
I statement of his affairs, which he promised should
be an accurate one.
Mr. Gelatin, spoke a few words in behalf of
Daniels; he said, that his Client had done every
thing in his power to repair the fault he hid elim-
Mitted, which he th, ught of with the deepest re-
mixes. He had instructions to say, that, in case •
Mr. Mentefiore's claim had been rejeated; his Client
would have chearfully resigned any surplus accro:
irg to him in consequence, in favour of Mr. Monte-
bore.
Before the meeting was over, Mr. Daniels was
eglereeed from custody by order of the Commis.
Via.
The following is a copy of Mr. Daniels' letter to
ibribliendn of Mr. Montefiore :
a litmes PALMER, TOMLINSON, and THOMSON.
" firs, .. 1.014d011, Sept tn. 1501
4' flawing been informed, 'baths entmequenee of some legal
ing% It esti nut be In Mr. Montefiore s power to prove his
dedbt on my estate t sod as it is my sincere wish that every repa-
ration I can make him sh.tuld be adopted, I, tbengore, hasten
tit 'egotist yon,that t is my firm paoltiiion nut to avail myself
retest bowls, but that I art billing sell desirous, that in this
malls sae surplus nf my erlate, Am um creditors are paid its
fall, be paid woe bins, protitled my Commvssi..a ha owes
ird,d, and Mr. Montefiore be diithatrd by his vcd.tors in the
slack Pahang*. one by them Committee alloyed to do busi-
ness domes befog*.
,s IS driat be *obvious to you, Oentbarrsen, Mayon, rent..
beatable oy Otis conduit hes bean, tbat I aned unAer the
buil tu3pului Ora .no-mw—undit the influent* of a serious
eppress.on of Glad-for Ora
a teameJer of yes..s.—;:od the I mast
soot, with ocaeute in iyassy opportonity that often, to shew
MU. Montstoae that there is nethmg so satisfaanty to any ,
loud. than to make a-separation to hem for the lees he has'
Sastaitied by or. This linhorr my Arm trsnlotinu, I beg rota!
will make seen antivi moot over in bon ,t In neeettry, in ease
Mr Mett•fms should trot by able to ploys ea my await. Oa
Tresday nese. "1 am. rimpefflelly, Sore,
“ it.u, mow n`yerlient sermor.
." JOSUILi. DAIiIELS.'
moisoin
rde new Sheriffs will to sworn into offee at one
O'clock on Sunday, at Guildhall. and on the next
Jay, being Michaelmas-day. a Common Hall will
Ipe held for the Ligation of the Loan MA YOlt.
, At Worcester annual great fair, ea Friday last,
there Was a tolerable sheer of fat and lean cattle,
horses, and pigs, and a very large supply of sheep;
prices en the decline from those of the preceding
tair. There was a good stock of cheese ; best-
snaking sold from Ci6s. to tics. ; second, from 461.
to 52.. per cuss. Upwards of 3,000 pockets of hops
were s•-id : those of the year 1853, brought from
Mk. to 635. ; ISO 4. fiesta 655. to tns.; and new,
keno eds. to 1003 though a few fiat lots fetched
10Se.
yeartow, the smuggler, who made so slngular an
•moepe mine years since from the Fleet Prison. was
' ea y onelawed. for not making his appease
Owe 'mkt a Commission of Bankruptcy.
On Wedassday se'neight, bittereen the hours QC
twelve and one, a desperate attempt was made by
some villains to enter the dwelling-house of Mr.
Lucie, printer and bookseller. of Leeds ; but for-
tunately the mist they made is effraing their pur-
poses awoke a young man (apprentice to Mr.
Le•en); .who immediately got up, and after charg.
log a pistol, advanced to the back window, the.
place from whence the noise proceeded, and asked
what their business was? the only answer to this
question was, the discharge of a blunderbuss; hut the.
hall providentially erred in its course, and struck a
Owe which overhang the house, the fire was
iamantly returned, when one of the villains ex-
claimed, " make of, we are watched, and I am
damnably wounded 1" As there is no egress from
di* pasrage into which the window they were at-
tempting opens, ban over a house, they must have
hest some confederates on the other side, as they
were heard to ask if the rope wits ready. An iroa
crow was left behind. From the great quantity of
%wined left on the ground, it is supposed that one of
the ',Mains was severely wounded ; and as Ills
sentinel may probably require surgical aid, this cir-
clet stanee may poseibly bead tie the detenion of
eon e of the persons concerned in. this dariniat-
tempt.

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PRIYATE LIRR4RIES.

F.leaner de Bokun, Duchess of Gloucester, in
eS99, left her whole library in legacies. To her son,
Humphrey, she gave, tin Cronike de Froun,e, with
silver clasps, enameled with the armorial bearings
of the Duke de. Bnrgnign ; Use Loire de Gifts de
Region,,,e Principora; La Loire de Vices et Verities;
lie Riseie d,r Historic de Chicoler n Clime ; and a
Fussily Psalter, richly illuminated with clasps of
gold, enameled with white swans, and the arms of
'Bohan. To her daughter, Ann, an illuminated
copy, in French, of the Legendis .4area. And to
her daughter, Joan, a l'inlier, Primer, aticl Book of
Decotions ; a French Bible, in two volumes ; Un
Lore fie Deese:des, en Fr inrois; LA Liore de !titmice
Hittoines ; another, De Vitu Parton; Tie Piaturals
of St Gregory; and a plain Piulter. (See the Royal
and Noble ills.)
Lord Clifford, in his will, dated September the
11th, 1404, bequeathed "r to Sire Phylype la Vache,
Knight, my Masse 11,icAe, and my Pythons ; and rrq
Book of Tribulation to my daughter, his wife.
A careful examination of some of our old wills
would no doubt furnish instances in still greati.r va-
riety. But enough has been said, to establish the
prevalence of o.ivare libraries, at * period when li-
terature is usr.ully thought to have been encouraged
scarcely any where but in the monasteries
Nor dues it appear that lenzning was negldled
the sister kingdom, at the Lone period. the ',briery
of Gerald Fitz-Gerald, Earl of Kildare, in 1531,
consisted of a hundred an I six wilitmes, it Latin,
French, and English ; among which the following
were the pietist curious :
Welles, ere Glossa. Le itisinent de la Raise.
Virgihe., eons la,atuer Cora- 4assaattu. de Is SiitAlis
mantis I.r ij et i, Decade de Titus
luselialis, cnitt Glam. Lit us.
Boectu, de Comoiacione Pt' Sot kas.
Insuphita Arthur
Therencius. The Lunches.
Csuiesuarta Sesaris. Chart m.yii.
Vegesius. The Sit-Th.4i' Calendar.
Vthopit Mori. The Ksug of England his
Laureihrias Villa. All•Wrfll to l.uth r; Sod
Frottart, hit indwell. Sir Thous- Moore's honk*
Launeelatt 4" Lek. aleyas the rusts ihruilun
Over I. D 411014. t at huid gay us Pigrim.
Le Tritimplie des names age.
Les Toiainphit de Prharke.
The insertion of these additional notices in some
future Number of your paper, will oblige,
A. M.

Monday night, A little before twelve o'clock, Mr
Dtrasquia. son of Mr Dur• quit, one of the
Pages to His Royal Highness the Pr nee of W Al.'s.
returned to his father's aoartmenrs in Carloin Hon e,
and in loading a pistol. it unfortunately went off,
and shattered his left hand in so shocking a manner,
th.t Mr PHILLIPS was obliged to amputate it im
mediately,
Extra& of a letter from Captain WI tit au
HUTCMINsott, of the ship l'atfri, from Quebec, to
Lynn, dated Holy Island. Sentemho t 6.18°6, to his
father. Capt. Ricuaso kibec-ti moat, of C irnshy
'Dean Ste —lt is with plea,u: e I mf rm you of our
safe arrival here; no duuht yuu have heard it re-
ported bef we now, of our bring 'Area by th.' ene-
my t in fait, we had a very narrow escape; a French
84 gun sh p tell in with us on the Itith august.—
Fortunately, we were the sternmost ship of the fleet,
and ticked, in hopes to weather h e enemy ; but the
wind failing, !nought us under h.q. guns ; .be in-
stn ly one, and the shot went across our hawse,
and obliged us to sr lire, by lowering our main-•op-
sail. hot keeping nut brael.sails full, enabled us to
reach a little a.head, and she standing the other
way, he sent two boats to board u., which very
shortly were alongside, and talking with us t hut
perceiving the enemy's ship and nuts to alter so
much in their eiredtons, we found we were in her
wake. and none hut her stern- base guns were able
to bear on us, which induced us to make all bill •IS
fast as possible ; and a little breeze springing up,
the. two boats dropped *stern, which induced them
I to begin fit mg on us • the shot fb Leads
over our cads
like had-wines ; thank trod, not one of us was hurt.
In about 15 minutes they gave up the chase is we
suppose for want of ammunition). I saw her take
the old ',her lel under her lee, and send her he at-
on board. As soon as they manned the old Surer
Lel, and oth'-r two ships. slue stood away after the
rest of the feet. The Jew°, Capt. Snovt N, and
your ed ship, the klbsen, bore away among,' the
rest. Mr. BA I &NIP was at the helm, a shot flying
over his bead, just missed hint, and lodged in the
mizen boom. All my people belissved like English-
men. We lett the Awn, Mr. lieaatens, at Quebec,
all well ; likewise the Sarriki and Jana Atter we
left the Frenchmen, we were all comfortable till the
31st August. when we discovered a sail astern,
coming fast up with ut ; I took the glass, and went
into the maintop, and found her to he a ship of
war ; we were of opinion she was an English crui-
ser, but did not like her mareuvreing. I made sails
and art stein•sat:s. The ship altered her course
right after us, and gained on us very fast. We
were in sight of Bona Island, and hoisted our co-
lours ; she diredlly heisted Spanish ; then we con.
suited what was best to be done, considering it hard
to he taken in sight of our own land, after running
I.lCh a tisk before. We, therefore, den-opined-0
take the host, and swung her in the tackles rver the
side. ‘Ve provided ourselves with a bag of bread,
some water, quadrants, chests, banks, etc. and our
clothes. We saw how the Lund bore of the main-
top gallant•oard ; after we were all ready, Mr.
&Lawns and poor old Joe said, they would not
leave her if any body would stand by her; this de-
lay put us all hack, and the privateer coming up
fast, all hands agreed to stay by her. We hauled
down our colours, and hove our main-yards aback,
-so that she came alongside. One of the Officers
hailed us, and asked .4 what nation, Ind why we
did net heave-to before f' We answered, .4 we arc
English." They dire Elly hauled down the Spanish,
and hoisted English colonrs. We instantly gave
them three cheers, and related our fortunate escape
from the French 04 gun-ship. They bad been cha-
sing us from five in the morning till three is the
afternoon. We again gave them three cheers, and
parted. The name at the privateer was the Mgt-
lit al, Of Jersey, Capt. Ramon Lest, formerly a Spa-
nish prize. I have lost all I had, but my watch and
sr:a/dram ; all my things w-re brought upon deck,
and, in oar hurry lending a hand with the ',oily
War, and lowering her down, mine, and our of the
men's clothes, tell overboard."

nrrsziloENCE.

PORTSMOUTH. SEPT. 21.
Arrived His Majesty's ships Ardrn►, from th•
Downs; dot schooner, and Clinker gun brig, from
a cruise.—Wind Southerly.
PLYMOUTH. SF.TT. '22.
Came in the Marie (an American), Higgins, from
N.inte, for i-lamhurgh, detained by the Lion priva-
teer.—Wind S.W.

neat., scot. '23.
Yesterday, at five o'clock, p. m. the Thome., fri-
gate, Capt. Taylor, arrived in the Downs. From
her Was landed the Right lion. Lord Hawkeshur y,
who had been fora cruise off Bollogne—a salute
was fired from the VOW'S on his Lordship's leaving
her for Walmer Castle.
Sailed through the Dawns, from the. River. the
Gales, Stedman, for Boston ; also, the Kangaroo
sloop of war, en a et uise.
Carat. down from Sheerness, the Shannon frigate,
and remains in the Downs with the rest of the SiO
as per last.
Passed the hack of the Goodwin Sands, this morn-
ing, to the Northward, a large !tea of vessels under
Swedish colours under escort of a Sweedi►b Mat of,
war, from the Westward.

P A MSG ATIII, Uri. 23.
Yesterday, the tronos of the 9th Regiment of
Light Dragoons, commanded by the Hen. Lieut.-
Colonel Malmo, Matched from this place for Porta.
mouth. The regiment received oria• rs on Sunday
last for foreign service, with three regiments for
Portsmouth, with all speed.
A large convey arrived in the Downs this day,
said to be Swedish ships from the Mediterranean.
HVLI., seer. 22.
The vessels hound for Tnnningen, from this port,
sailor I vesterday, wader convoy of the Prtare William
armed ship.;—Atestiher convoy, for the same place,
will *ail in fourteen days afterward,.
The nappy lieluYa. Hotcheon, hound from hehee
to Searbro', was, on Monday last, in a heavy gale,
driven on shore upon the Lincolnshire coast, near
Terney. and the taste', his motheriinilaw, a young
child, and one seaman, drowned : the bodies of all
eiese unf ir.tttnate people were found, and have been
cl-ceittly interred at Terney part of the ca•go is
got on shore. hut the vessel is a wreck.— l'he
tradesmen of Scitroso ((((( gh had goods on board this
vessel, to a considerable amount..
On Wednesday, the 17th instant, the Triqt, decked
heat. stationed at Whitby, fell in with the following
ships, off Robin Hood's Bay, froth Archangel, bound
to London. with linseed :—The fitioraithoa, Ranter,
and the Clio, Smith ; these vessels sailed from Arch-
anisdl withont, convoy ; had been six weeks upon
their passage, And had nut fallen in. with any ships
of war.
On Fri fay, th• sloop JAN end Georee, Bacon,
hound horn Lynn to Leith, with fruit, was tdvred
into Wiiithy. with the loss of her mast, by the ship
Lees, rod Prop V-4, of "vVhitby, which ran on board
of her. atid carried it away.
The faenir, of Shields, coaliladen, ran on shore
near Staidly,. about ten miles to the Northward of
Whitby, on Sunday se'nollst at night, and it is to
he feared will be totally lost. The crew were six
hours in their boat, unable to land from the violence
of the surf ; and were picked up by a sloop, which
took them into Whitby.
n.stiettutt levy. 9.
the Niehliagafr sloop of war arrived the fth inst.
with a convoy from Leith. which are, we believe,
now all arrived, and, as the wind is now fair, are
procei ling on their voNage for she Baltic. The
downward-hound fir the North fres; will proceed
will the Sat,/ and Cl:mlr. armed ships as soon as
the wind becount s favourable.
Coats, l: PT. 19.
The appearance'sof a frigate on this coast was
yesterday signified by a telegraphic signal at Cove.
Arrived the Lb,ire, of and from Portsmouth,
Wnndrnan, with beef, ttc.; and the Otaitibis,, of
Ernhd,e matt.* for Lon,fonderry, with ballast.
Sailed the ,f,,eres, of and for Bristol, Cribble, with
passengers; *ad thswlllary, of Cork, playbeiry, for
Cardiff.

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RROvl LLOYO'S LIST.
CRAntedate, Starr —,rl•AO4l by the Lma st. Helen',
Senn; !Anton'', Greq ; G1.411y; G.ISk111; Flr.ra, Pell, Vine,
tinetvann; Defence, Reynold.; C.mcnrd, (Hera,; and the
Citlmeine, li•oven, (min rettlibtlrgh • hritith Moon, Ander-
son, Anon Arcbane.l; 'Hillstrom, from Gifll ;
General Elliot, Headley, from ; Br-ed,o, Allan; Frede.
rick Charlotte, and Prawsteln, (rem Stock.
hAm.—.S.dled the Adonis, Baum, In, Revel ; litlrow
Blinder, for Hambrre ; innanos, Rehemli and the Einand-
fur Hreiren

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