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LAW LITTELLICENCE; '
COURT OF KING'S Nov. sa.

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BAINBRIAGX C. .11191.11011. •
• This was a case of. innirallee• NOW a 'Vessel to
and from 0, orto, n hich, having been captured, was
abandoned by the insured, usid regular notice
given thereof to the underwriters, in order to ren-
der them liable fora total loss. The vessel being
b00:1 iirterWards recuptured,,,it turned out that a
partial loss out) bud been sustained.
The law of the case hating been reseivcd•for the
decision of their Lordships, it was thir day fuiri
and ably argued Ly Messrs. ficatttrr and Hui,'
HOTEL
TheCOURT were of opinion, that a notice of
abandonment, given under each circumstances,
could only cover the actual average ins* which hod
been imstaineSl, and by no 111,100 render the Un-
derwriters liable for a total loss ; because, were it
otherwise, it. would grievously enlarge the respon-
sibility of the Underwriters, and even subject them
to imposition ; for, in almost every case, it was the
interest of the lifOglerri•to abandon.

Upon these grounds judgment wav entered fur
the Defendant.

CRI:IfQAt INFOR NATION.
The ATTORNEY-GENVRA I. moved for a rule to
chew cause why a crimival iiiformution should not
be tiled agaiust Mr. Alorgaa, the Mayor, mid Mr.
Hughes, one of the Aldermen, of Carmarthen', for
Lin abuse of authority. He made this application
upon die affidavit of a Alr. thairy Lewis, who
therein stated, that Carmarthen is a place•at pre-
sent divided ban two parties, called The Reds and
The Mmes. This M... ileury Lewis, it appeared,
espoused the cause Of .11e Reds, and the two Geo-
' tleioen, who were Defendants, that of The Jibes.
It happened that he, Mr. Lewis,. with some others,
was oue evening stalking past tin: house of a Mr.
Harris, his acquaintance, and out of fain they :un-
screwed ma brawl knocker, and tome days there-
after put it Oh again, atterwatils • sequainting Mr.
Harris with the circumstance. Mr. awns Con-
ceived the matter in its true light, stud treated it
•as a joke ; but it wag lint treated-•.i, lightly by
Meritift. Morgan and Hwgl,es. They no sooner got
notice of the ciretoustrrnee, than they seat for Mr.
Ilarris, and said to •." wheo "you missed your
kuucker, did 3on not consider it al'a. felony ?" To.
which he answered, 0, that lie slid • mot, as he imme-
diately leariit who had dime it." TheyrnAraroureat
to reason with km, in order to Mance him to piy
uterine for a felony; and tho' heitersisted iu sayilo;
he did not look upon it as such, yet•thav .thought
proper to draw up a warrant, in ,voice they stated,
that Jonathan Harris had reason to suspect this
person, Lewis, as having been guilty of the felony of
taking his knocker from his door. Upon this war-
rant Mr. Hughes took hold of this young 10:10,
and actually carried hint before the Mayor. Air.
Harris came, and again explained' the circum-
stance ; swore that he never meant to make it Li
felony, and begged they would not keep the yonng
mail in custody. They, however, persisted, anti
said, they would keep him iii the coin non gaol,
from that time (the mouth of May) to the month
of August, when lie could be tried. racy re-
fused to bait hits ; but, tallow the entreaties of Mr.
Harris, they allowed him lobe ent for one alight, in
the custody of a constable, •in order th.,t the
young mail might consult his Attorney. Lewis
had no sooner gof out of their clutches, ;Liu he
secreted himself till the mouth of August, when
he appeared, in order to have the inciter investi-
gated and tried. This Was accordiugly done, and
the Judge told the Magistrates, that unless there
well more against Mr. Lewis thou appeared by their
etateutent, uo trite bill could hr foliar Vgaiiist
Under these circumstances, justice. required that
the conduct of these Alagisirates shOuld be haves-
ligitted.—ltitle granted:

DOCTORS' CoMNIONS, Nos' 91.
BLOGRAVL C. BLOGRAVE.

This was originally a care of restitution of conju-
gal rights, brought by Linty Blognive agitiort Sir
George Berkley tills:mire, Hart. her husband ; but
it had since iessiinied a different appearance, and
was now become • Milne of divorce or 'separation
from bed, hoard, and mutual cohabitation, on the
pzat of Sir George against Lady Blo.grave, by reit-
NO-I a adultery. FlOlll the proceenings mid evi-
dence in the cause, the material facts appeared to
lie these:,—That Sir George Blhgrate war an Offi-
cer in the East Nurfolk Militia, and that whilst he
was with his regiment, in 1805 and 1:4.0:1, accom-
panied by his Lady, he because intimately ac
quainted with Elwin, E-g. is Captain belonz-
lug to the same regiment, by his being invited..
uith tither Officers, to dine with hint. That dur,
ling such invitations, it was observed by the
servants of the house, that great familiarities
piossisl between Lady Blograve and Capt. Edwin,
and that they tired frequently to walk suit together.
That at other times they were °lnert ed to he Mane
in a room for several hour. at it time, and that at
one time in particular, Lady Blograve was seen
sitting on Captain E.:twill's knee, with her arm.
round his neck and he kissing her. Lut the most
material facts were deposed to by Ants fides (Lady
Blograre's own servant). who accompanied Lady
Blograve on her journey to StaustOrd, when she
paid u lying-in visit to her sister. The facts bete
deposed to by this witness went to prove, that at,
the different hies on the road to and from Stam-
ford, Captain Elwin 'diva).* met Lady B.; and al-
though separate hed-rooms were ordered for each
party, it ear el' ar and manifest to this witness,
from the inipre.sionr rad marks observed by her
the next morning ins Lady 13.'s bath, that two pet-,
sons had slut therein. This testimony
was confirrnoll by the-evidence of the chamber-
maids and the other servants belnaging to the dd.-
funait inns where the parties slept.

lu addition to this esi.leuct, there %rcre !skews• it
several Letters of Captain Eisin's prodneed,
dressed t, Lady B.; which letters contained the
strongest expressions of stfectina.
The Conrt (Sir W. WY N N E). after hegirar, the
Ix:trued. Civilian% on both sales, awl recapittt it;
the esielence with great enitioteness, and crinkly, -a-
stral remarks tht.1:011. War clearly of opny ini,itat
the fact of adultery was fully-estr.glished against
the wife, and accordingly pronounced for the re-
suede tile, u thn, husband' darawiaL

MC ins. 66 it.nnil

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r PEDESTRIAIIISK.I,
. learn
We from Curacoa, that a in ir:•11 wes IA tete",
place on the With of August, betve;e., el.: e4levist-
' erlpederitrlen, Lieut. Fuirman, and ei Mr: ~rititt, a
waive of that Island :—Tlw tends of the :1 ft:;l:
are—that he who goes the greatert distance, waft.-
out refreshment, is to be udjiidged the winner.—
The West Indian has stipulated. that the hour of
starting should' he at noon. The great greiehid,
therefore,' for specitlation, seems to be, whether
the Creole or the European will make the best
battle against the meridian sun, as a tropical cisi• •
mate?
• The friends of 'with parties afe 'nistwalfy .1
anxiety to keno the result et' an hatierdour an un-
derrating, to: every one is of opinion, that it duel
kill therii both Mr. Grant, it eeeins, pitteurnet on
his being muted to the climate, end hick therefore
chosen the me:irliatt for starting. in the extwetation
that the heat will be so oppressive. us to compel •
the European to relinquish the contest. The
Lieutenant calculates on his powers of continuance,
should he be able to resist the violence of the
sun. . .
The only milking-MAIO, thnt has ever take,
place in the West tardier, -wire in Jernairm-Im,nlie •
year 17.33, between a Mr. Hughis,, of the loth
regiment, mid a Mr. filitchimaiii, of the 13th, the
former was a 'Minix Man, Mid thti tatter st Creoje ;
they went Tour time, round the Kings' la nice-
ground, which is a two-iiii4 course, in fe, hotirs,
before run-rise ; tvkitt. rear nod telreetUrrOnt at the
end of etieh eirruit, ft earl:ergot! lost hitt life is
coneeeinehre, soft Iliighes went to Europe forithe
recovery of his ht.:llth.
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Till!: ARTS: ,
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Al a General illeeting of the Dedr/in Society,
on Thursday last, the hollowing Nobietuen And
Gentlemen were clocked 011iCitre for thifeuenhass .:-
)tair„., viz.—
President-lEs Grace, Chaeles, Duke of ,Iftlekweirsie
1.0,1 Lieuienatit of Ireton .:
Vice Presidrulo.—A..'i.i.sliop of DIA% i Esell Mark-
silk • Lord FrJelifii t : 1.4... Il ...Ott lids.' Yoke Fee*, ; t'.••
Riebe Floe. David Lstoutlic ; Ttroaroti Sergi, Yap.- tem.
Vail:int ey. •
Trcintarge7-The Boa. Sir Thomas Meadows Neetethnee,
Bart.
• secretaries—The Bev. Doctor Thomas Smyth and John
Letter Kster, Eel.
Aureaset-Secectery•-•-Bockeedi 51Terdiy, Coq. .
,t letter, •dated Blatiche.aer, mint • aimed Jelin
.Bredliury, was laid before the Dunhill Suer, t,, at
the late meeting• stating. that the erotirieusee of lite
I.everpord Ilotatsie (lartleu had resotied on for•iiimi
an establishment at New IJrili•ans, Auteries; with a
view to collect the pletits• of Ketitucky and Liint-
isialia, soil to transmit di England livia-gduplacitra
ce• the plants winch simuld he no eeillerteei and 'dill-
tiplied on such estoildiehment;, and •elesiring to fig
iliformes.l ifthe Dublin Society would, iit colifticieita-'
tam of green speeituens of the same, :cnntrilm re to
the expense, their quota not to exceed 1001. :per
ailment.
The Secretary laid before the Satiety a list octet.
venal valuable West India plants, firtseriteel,tte the
Society by Caoteinitairgh. •
A lath* from Mr. C. Kelly. stating, that he heel
discnvereti the Perpetual illotiws, was preveetedlitd
rteid.
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The Funds have not experienced- any material
alteration for some time pest. Consols' ere but. awl
Outlaws i dim. The se ignine eepeetatione 'rhea, •
some persons entertained of ts porestic result *tithe
litte negoriationi appear to have emtsiderablf
übrited--erhile others maintain 00 iotereeurse. at
prevent subsist% between the two.Clovernineriters and
the negociation is completely at en end.--Shrittiugs
for the undermentioned Annuities: •
Shut Open
per Cent. Consolsa ties. so J.
5 per Cent. Navy - goo --•
3 per Cert. 1731 i
9 '—..- Id —.—
YeittrtLiy the 1,1140 Marne ordered the Lilco
of bread to be coutinned at Is. 3}d. the quarteru
loaf.
flit lluruilg Post has openly and tinenuiro#y
&Tiered, hi its owl, justification, that the./
hood* respecting the Armistice and Coper.oon
which it published, .. ware *toil eertiriirTP•etZt to
that paper for insertion by the reeff-Laorrefillearte of
Sir ARTHUR Wett.r.sLey."—Flea is .14eit—.4 '‘') Ili
next, we trust, become the ditty of tlit,se • frieials t
to come forward iota joistifv thviteo4ves to their
torn, if they can do r.n, by produciug their nte erli•
• rity, One thing, in the menu tiro, is ctirtnni--
Sir Airusus WaLLISSI.SY arrived in Etiglisitil dire .
or tie weeks ago, and lies, of .ceitarse, seed h a
friend, : Hoe is it that th•t4e falliehnoris, so loin..
rious to the repotntine of hie. term:landing ()Geer,
were never coatredicted, till Sir flew complained of
them in open Court ?
The following letters from the Treasury to the
Board at Edinburgh, and from them to the Cone,-
tor et Port-Glasgow, we l•ave been retwee!eil to
publish for the infnrmation cf those coiwertiert :e.—
" tENTI.T"IrI4---Tbe Board I :ring received • letter Arne
one of the'Seeretaries, to the f.....ti1s Cotuidissioners stills e
lifleeireit)'s Treasury; of ult:cli the rorwieiag o a i on„,vig —. t ,
e GE. t rt.r,..tetri—TLe Los...s tosier.saitneets of Dia Ata-
jc sty's 'freesia!, Lariat lAA under their coesilerat ion rare.
cal apptications time entetitiitie it e pet aids fur which inutile
articles are pe.rnitted to 1, Cal tto td, without payment tit
duty, ore of ,ay 'vit.:ion, it ni.„, :.rexitetliest to pertoit sock
needs a. ere now remain:li; a sie trine al for certein pcvit.s,
wh:.:tt ii ill expire before the iri iifJ•t•.r, Igoe, to continue so
Illirchuusei. mahout payoirtit of duty, until the Ist of Jose,
espy, uuder new bet.es, Of such other regulations for the se.
rarity of the duties, as you teal the Curninissioarrii of Leynes
in North Britain, rcapeetii. ty shall thieek emergency. Ate
Lords thercfure desire you will give the aeccessry .Itrectit..te .
thy that narinen aCCUS'aisig.). and tit. 4. Lordsh,p.• rem.,,.
ttellturieiur, the sune, shall iee transvalued mheia c mry'ete.
" 1 eau, ac. (Sit:lmM " CEO. HARRISON.
" Truantry Chamber*, Nov. 10,1355." ,
"-I here it to corn: wind to direct yen to report 'el-at de,„
nerverstinin of pude, ant what noteitite of ett,...h ttrrianui-
natio.. nue remain in warthogs., snit eider e-erie eathot.ity
lodged, at your -port end Greenock respectively, for env
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perud which will esidre OPiOn•-•ist Jane, loop, and who t re-
zulatious aplierr t0...a proper Of itercriar) to he iut.eicd
for the st.,tar!). of :lie tiut,es thereon, persuset to thew
i .Lvedthips' direcilosui iu the se id letter.
I ' • toI am, tlentiewion,
(Sietiodl "
'four., ace.
i "Ceetanai-lanes4Eianbat-gb, " Atiltßie WUT.
1;;Iii :14r. tri.ii...
I A seklier Wes found dead, near Sentigate, on See
1
turtle)? night; he hail several woillids about Ica', ,--
eupposed to have been made by a betonet : he ne_
Imaged to some: of the tempi lying at Sharntlitt bare
•irarint a itennil atialtaLie.m. fr.aut Arlwialas vs. Z....b0a -- --

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NAM. 01211,412aNCE,
eMot: VII. Nov: 21:
Arrived th, Stan,lar.l, ul Cupt. Harvey,
*ill a convoy fro:n the Mediterranean. She nei-
ther hijirga news nor divutehes.
Arrived the Itrsirtamer, Capt. Adam; L'Aim able,
Lord GevirAr Stitcrt ; Hon. Capt. Rodney ;
Seorpifta, eberr, 411a,korel, au 1 !flat !.; Juke, from
Plymouth and
Arrived the ReAri.lge brig. Lieut. Yates, front
Jamaica; and the Ekres, Capt.' Ilalarval, from a
cirniee,
Sailed the .48ielre, Capt. Born, %/Guernsey. ,
Came into h irhour the 41;phea cutter.
D 641., NOY. 41.
Arrived the liraugfiroo, from a cruise, unit has
brought in with her a large privateer, nut from Ca-
lais, at two p. as. and captured, off Dungeness, ut

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ten, p. in.
Arrived the Pe/ter, from Cork, with a convoy,
Which an. sailed for the River; all, the Princess
Nary, Ilutelittison, from St. I/orating°.
uovrAt, NOV. 11.
"Came in last night the brigs Nervier, of Pup-
peaharg, Treace Peters, master, with stilt, fruit.
Lisbon for Dover; and the Gustaf !Yana, of and
item Gottenturgh, A.. I. Ektitau, with salt, for St.
-11 bee; the former had three men put in. board by
Our Trinity Pilots, from their cruising cutter, to
bring Ivor Mr the harbour, two of whom were for-
cibly taken out by a set of persons, who, in cense-
4nence of the late regulations, coueider themselves
ranch injures' ; the event %%416, that in coming for
the harbour, she got it-groutal for the want of
wore westauce. The Officers of the' Customs,
and of the impress Service, with their people,
waisted also by the Military, attended during
the night, and, at the Rowing of the tide, suc-
ceeded iii..gette.•' her in ; the latter one had
been boarded audtakett in tow by a. Ft rod. priva-
teer of )uugeamm, but owing tothe bAtiess of the
weather had brokea adrift, with six Freockmen on
.board„ which the Swesles• got the better of, end got
liter sate into the harbour, with some difficulty, but
net without touch obstruction from the aforesaid,
.party- She has lost her taretop-mwt, and is other-
wise damaged by the late gales. .
This asiseeiag a b'rench privateer h eght sip in
the road., which bad been captured by. a sloop of
war, which the Freuchmels, threugh mistake, had.
been going to beard for a inerehantosae. The pri.
"steer iaainee.gotre into the Downs.
CIACENOCIt, ROI% 16.
.Attired beer, on Monday night, thaSt. Andrew,
nitdvie, a owning ship, from 'f rinidad,Arter a pis-
,whet; of wine weeks. Smiled front thence, in COI 11-
pay with tine Clewed Stewart cutter, Murray,
bound for kalwouth. On .the 15th of September,
Grained* bearing North, distant 6 or 7 haggises,
ow astrangewit in c.barie althea), which they soon
. alter discovered to be e•Frieuch bigger Lrivateer,
Of ten or twelsie-natis,And fall of sten. ' rly .on
the monsiiig.of thesketh,the.St..44adrew shortened
Gni' i- 'he General Stewart .(the privateer still con-
timing istielatrie) and eousetenced•llring her stern
calla!** latikeseeesny. There being little wind at the
thaw, and the privateer, from usiug her sweeps,
coming upliestosnil itappeuring to Captain H. from
bee ttaluuter.of oiantsurriug, that she was resolved
to capture the General Stewart, he, for the purpose
of preventing this, determined to engage her, and
en action shortly ,after commenced at half-musket
• tot, which buts' for upwards of an hour, when,
sotwitlistauding the utmost exertions of Captain
Ritchie, and his gallant crew, the privateer suc-
ceeded in 'boarding and capturing the Genera/
Stewart, a little after which the privateer and the
....slitter hove to, and the firing ceased. 'Captain
lEtehiectur employed his tune in tillitigeertridges,
and repairing some gulfs that were' eliseinuated
dining the action, expecting, front perceiving
'a number of men on bawd the cutter, to be at-
tacked by both during the night, 'but at day-
light of the 17th, the privateer and the cutter were
nearly oto of sight, bearing West' None of the
crew of the St. Andrew, we are hapiiy' to state,
• were hurt, though the enemy, dmiug the action,
kept up an incessant fire of great guns and 'tire arms.
The enemy must have suffered severely. Cap-
tain it. speaks in terms of the bighead com-
mendation of the steadiness and gallantry displayed
by his little .erew, corisi,tingr only of twenty-four
• ' mew The Si. aisclovio 4?ole, on the IBth of Sep-
tember, in lat. li. ati. N. the Mara Ann, Dicky.
- from Port-Glasgow to 'Trinidad; on the 24d, in
• . lat. 16. `3B. N. saw the privateer and the General
' Stewart in company, to the 'westward, standing to
' the soothe aid.
FRAM 157iTil HST.
Gftavearan, Nov. 21.-rParad by the Jenie:la, Gib.
bon, from DOM.': f eine, Cowhand, Gant Maleiza , Bri-
• ' lannia, (Inter: and the &worm, ('tittle, tram Malta.
the Kite/dm, Child;, Ahi,.Ptettairoe; Alfr.d, Parish;
:w itb; Catherine Girds", Kaden; trot Mir Edward
Jimr, fur Jailinilki Lady Ana, Barran .fer-Gre-
; aiioei,limbert; Illerrir beam ;as idventoro,
Jebnaole, fur 'St. %lament's ; From, Young, for Barbadian ;
Gindioe, thaw, fOr St Kittle; Melton, l'belao, fur Moat-
9 yeeese ; Aitteluiar, Bryan, fur St. tr.ia ; Brown, Gray, Air
Gibraltar; Hasuilard, Thom far Leinikealerry ; Santa Alma
Isabel, Groteatroa, fur lite ; Tracw, Main ; and Livonia.,
Weiss, fur Demerara.
te:rameemcm-2r-Ammm.
On the 1 itit i :st. the sloop Brisk, Capt. Cooor,
ureteral at Cove in 35 days from Halifax, to.which
place she sailed limn Critic, sonic time ago, under
secret orders. mid charged With dispatches. She
leit,Helifax on the 9th ult. During her stay, which
was oMy five clays, she hint yrimstent crentniotti-
ration with the squadron ender Sir JOHN B. Waa-
aces Bart. Nothing reinaektitile had recently oe-
, catered upon the roast. The Prisis bieuglit as a pats-
.
winger the A-rroasity-Gettut,te. She reports that
thecnibergo in the. America* porn, ernitrutics to be
enforced with extreme rigour, cud any attempt to
violate it is punished aid: the greaten possible seve-
rity. It ie riewerviog of reinatk, Lbw during her
.hung perrrge. site sew bat two .weeselro which site
erruld not sprek, nwir.g to the weather beam! arms-
itatiiiely tempestatrus the whole wiry. She did net
brui_ an i Atneriesin riper..
(In Wtoltsearlay aught a house in Hollosay, in
the abseure of the fatnilv, wits entered, by some
sill:sins, -It ho carried ott a greet part of the house-.
hold turtethiret, and ether property, to a conaith:r-
' able amount. The fetnale wee was left in rare of
C•i• house imprudently slept out that night. On
I'intraity, when due robbery wissifi.coverett, the rt_
' . iflinArr of the furniture nos found ready pecker;
1111,
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