The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-03-08 00:00:00

ALARMING FIRE.

At half-past twelve, la-a night, an alarming fire
brake out at Mr. Caudell's, rocking-horse-maker.
Clement's-lane, near St. Clement's church, Strand.
It burned with great fary, emitting
.Ivge flakes of
lire from the chips and light materials with which
the howl* was tined, until half-past one, when the
roof tell in. • From the activity of the firemen and
as,:stance of the neighbours, the fire was extiu-
guishtd about two o'clock. Every room contained
a family of industrious people, who were all a-bed ;
and, from the rapidity of the flames, which broke
out in the parlour, they have lost all their little
property, having with difficulty saved their lives.
11Ir. Caudell belongs to the St. Clement Danes
Volunteers, and, it is said, had their arms and ac-
coutrements in his house. A timber- and close to
the house narrowly escaped.

The Coast of Common Pleas, sat at Guildhall,
yeste,day, and after hearing two unticfendtsl
Omits, adjourned at I I o'clock, until next term.
The Jane, Capt. NAST, arrived at Liverpool,
Groin Berbite, sailed on the 30th December. On

the tst of Jauusry she spoke the Spec*latur, --,
firs Deuteron', for London. with a brig in corn-

Piny.
he Hasehrtt, MO(' All from Plymouth, for
Charleston foundereri at sea, crewsaved.
The LeCiaa, from Pltiladelehia, war lost
at CapiTrafalgar oo I lth Jemmy.
The America, 140 C TOll, fro.n Philadelphia, for
Rotterdam ; and the Sally Ann, —, from Be-
verly, arat•aptured by the french, and earned lute
the Tete!. _ _ . .

The Eliza, DROWN, from St. Domingo, is sr
rived at Portsmouth; she sailed en the loth Jenu

. _
ary, in company with the Diets (arrived at Live,.
pool) and the ikery, of Liverpool. They were
attacked on the 11th, by three privateers, which
they brae off. -0, deenlbeiserrovereatembeal -by
six privateers, which engaged theta three different
times. The Henry bore away foe Jamaica on the
lath, being leaky.
An action has been fought off Naples between
a Russian frigate and two English ships of war;
after some shots having been fired on both sides,
the frigate, which win ignorant of war having been
declared, was obliged to surrender. It is said that
another engagement had taken place near Corfo ;
but as yet we have received nothusg certain respect-
isg it.
Orders were sent on Satnolarto Sheerness
Yarmouth, to prepare the several ship+ at tlit
places, destined for the Baltic, for immediate
log. The chief command is to be -given to Sir
JANES SAUMARia, and directions have been sent

to hilts to repair to town, to receive his instructions.
It is said, he is to hoist his flag on beard the Bar.
fleas,. of 98 guns, which is preparing at Port.-
mouth. .
The Hon. M. PAILENNAM is returned for the
county of Westuscatit, in the room of Mr. SMYTU.
Tran9ueber,, it is thought, is at present occupied
by a British garrison.
The 14averntneut of Goa, we understand, is to be
*Awned by the Presidency of Bombay, under the
souse conditions that Madeira bee been occupied by

Mie troops.
On Tuesday last, a match, for fifty guineas, was
tun, one tt-mile heat, at Northampton,_ between
eapt. WALLACE'S bay horse joaditne, rode by Mr.
DOC 411LAIL. mat Mr. tiAO6 ROOKWOOO.6 Bangle°.
node by the owner, which air decided a dead heat ;
and, when spin ruu, was well contested, and won
by Cat WALLACE.
A putation left Leeds on Satuiday morning
for Londou, with the Petition for Peace. The rig-
natures to this Petit:on exceed 414,000, the largest
slumber ever signed to a similar document in the
West Riding of that Comity.
A very large raven lighted on board the Ameriw
can ship Diward, lately arrived at Glasgow from
Savannah, when 990 miles from hind. Tbe Cap-
tain bad its wings clipt, keeps it as a curiosity, and
it feeds with the fowls.
A policy was on Saturday effected at Ltoves,
giving so guineas to pay MI. provided Prelimi-
naries of Peace with France were not signed ou or
~
before the let of rebtuary next year.
MARY, the wife of EDWARD gAU NOE'S, No. go
Angel-court, opposite Somerset Home. Strand, is
the mother of five children, three of whom (two
boys and a girl), were all born last moring, March
7th, 1609. The children are living, and healthy.
The father is a porter, and the mother a washer-
woman. Dr. Boys, 61, Mortimer-street, physi-
ciao and man-midwife to the Westminster General
Dupe :y a will take care that any charity which
aim ma • Shall he properly applied.
W Un drawn.—The State Lottery be-
gins dravnag this morning, at eleven o'clock, and
will close, for this day, about three in the after-
noon. HORNSBY and Co. acquaint the public,
that andniwn Tickets and Shares will he on sale
until Tuesday next, the Second Dar of Drawing,
It their Offices. <26, Combat, 52, Mating Cram,
slid St. Margaret's [lilt, Borough.

LAW LVTELLIGENCE.

ROLL'S COCRT, CUANCERV-LANE-M,ARCH 7.

27i' Right flu,. Sir WILLI 01 GRANT, Knight,
Illarter of Me- Rolls, presiding.
VISCOUNT 31.511,1% V. e. STANaora, Tx-poirle.
This was ii bill tiled liar au injunction by the
Plailititi; the ant a.iil hi it apjoareet of the De-
t'eadmit, to restrain the,Defeaftint from cosseted-
Lig a sale of an hoists. in ISerlo shire, and to pre-
seta 1' froin rutting do A a oruniueutal trees on
an estate lii Kent, and resoliriag hint to give 1111
accosts: rectiveil for estates mild
during the life time of the Defeiident's father,
Philip. Earl Stanhope, front the time of a settle-
ment entered into between the ISelentlasit and the
lute End Staiihope, on the marriage or the De-
fendaiit, iu 1774.
Mr. Stoll', Colllthef for the I)efendant, stated,
that the answer sus dilated by the Noble
Pendant. It atlinitted, that he acted under the
settlement of 177 I ; denied that•he usade use
of any money or sold any Llano: to the detiiment
of the Heir Apparent, or made use of any 11.01166
arising float any male, on his own account, contrary
to that settlement ; slei.ieil that he cut down any
trees that were orionnelital ; any trees he had eat
down, it stated, were decaysal, and so far from
injuriug the ornaments, he had planted upwards of
one lisuates,l Arens, atel he had expended a twat
deal of tour and minty, in prejiiißieg a pr.ilosaphia
cal composition, that saved trees from deem ins,
by which means the woods on the estate haii doss-
rished ; that a wing of the mensioialisitibe had taken
tire, and by the means of a composition of his
invention, that was put au the beams of the house,
the fire was prevented from spreading ; that by the
settlement of 1774, he was at liberty to sell the estate
in Derbyshire, and to purchase another; and it was
Ilia intention to purchase one in Kent, item the family
estate. There was tie money to be accounted fur
during the life of the late Lord but YS tame), the
unsomit of an estate sold in 1784. and money
had been out on mortgage ever since that period, at
interest at 5 per teat. That he had not claw any
thing to injure the estates; had not made any
leases for lives, except in Ireland, where they were
customary ; and to skew that he wished and in-
teuticd to do what was right, he war willing to
late it left-to referees, or treated in Truatess, and
he would name Eurl Cooper, he being a relative
of the family.
Mr. Rica tans, Counsel for the Plaintiff, stated,
that the Bill prayed for an account oleo much of
the estates as hod beets sold since the I)efenstatit
tame into possession, anti for the value of tries cut
down, au that it might be paid into bank. The
settlement of 1774 set forth the teouretthat the Ds-
feudant was to enjoy one-sixth of tla estates during
the life of the late Earl, and after Ilia death be b.'.
naut for life ; then there was a jointure of Item
nyear to the first lady of the presect Farl,• and a
provision for younger children ; also a provision for
a second marriage. liabie to be rinsed out of any of
the estates, exceeit the one in heal; Earl Tent*
and Lord Boston were the Trusteed of that settle-
ment ; sad whim tesiesiery tooth, that the reentue
should he laid oat in the purchase of other
estates, Or to be (lisps% of in (love' Litwin
acridity t the Tshateas were 'abrade -owl the lily'
haellust had let 4 1,410 U maims' on mortgage,
the proceeds of an estate sold during the life-
time of the late Earl ; and it is ssoa stated, as a
reasou for disposing of the Derbyshire estate to
Mr. Cartwright for .t. 76,009, that his wanted in pay
off a mortgage of £3,000, and but a farm tie... the
family estate to Kent ; Defendant had made the
Nile without eisionhiug any _Trustee, and there was
but one he could consult, who was only a here-
ditary Trustee, Mr. Daishwood. now within. the
limits of the Kiug's Beach. It could not be
contended that Ise was a proper one, and
it never was the intention of the parties to
leave the deed without Trustees, in wlith case
it would be incumbent on the Court to appoint
Trustees. The Defendant intends selling another
estate in Buckinghamshire, to which his answered,
that the l'lsintiff is satisfied; se lie is as to the price ;
but being also an expectant tenant for life, lie
wishes to have the amount secured. The Defend-
ant admitted that he had thrown down an *ramie ;
it was true it might not have agreed aids his Lord-
ship's idea of onounent, but it being planted for
ornament, a tenant for life could have no right
vested in him to destroy it. It was so well known
to be a law of that Court, that he could not see
how the Court could refuse an injunction.
Sir SASIUSI. Itomat.t.r, on the swine side, con-
tended, that the Court could not refuse sending it
to the Master to examine the accounts.
Mr. MARTIN, C0111111:1 for the Defendant, ar-
gued, that there was nut a single charge made. out
that ought to induce the Court to interfere. His
Noble Client had come forward in that open almo-
ner that must do away with all apprehensions of
fraud. lie was willing to have Trustees appoint-
ed ; why they should he asked to send the account
before the Master he mold net perceive ; as toe
items were plainly laid down in the seheilnle an-
nexed to the answer, and why sit injunctioit should
he laid on the Defendant to prevent him cutting
down ornamental trees, was laughable, whets they
had not sliewn an instance where he ever had cat
down a tree to the injury of the estate. He eau-
citadel by observing, that his Honour must dismiss
the Bill.
Mr. Seen, on the mime side, in a very able
speech, depictured how the feelings of his Noble
Client had been injured by the allegations in the
Bill in its original state. When first filed in that
Coort. there appeared, on the face of it, a charge
against the Defendant for defrauding the estates of
sn,oool. This th.c Plaintiff had thought paper to
have withdrawn. When such a libel as this was
entered on the records of a Court of Justiit , lie a
sexh against his father, the Court could well jutige
what must be the feeling* of the parent. Ile con-
cluded by observiug, that his Noble Client, felt ~,
winch aggrieved. dust he begged permission
address the Court on that suliject.
His Honour the MASTER of the ROLLS olotrrted,
that it was then after his usual hour of esljouris-
went, but he wouht he haopy to hear his Lordship
on another opportunity.

A 9oriety for the Suppremuon of Vice was hist
weck e3tablished is the cit)- of York.

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