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CORK EXPEDI TIO.V.

COVL Ui CORK, AUGUST 23.
We are still kep in a state of suspense, some-
times expeCtiag to he immediate,y off, and soon
after in an uncertain state as to departure. Sir
David went afloat a few day% ago; yesterday he
came ashore, and again went into lodg;ogs. Our
SuT consisis of
Sir David Baird. Convolr.der in Chief
Ptrig...lier-Geoesai-Gerd, Second in Command.
Er.g.•lser Cile.ovrel F. (gown.
M.j r ruzaer. Droutr Mjut int-General.
Sr rigg,,Q,Lilter-Master Dzueral.
—..— Falcon, P.avoia.ter-Gen-ral.
isaiqie, M. D Inspector of Dopitels.
E.neroont M U t Phi‘icigos.
--. Larkin. M D. $
Coambers )
47;11;;g: ;E.4141 COW/Surgeons.
Vetre., Eq. )
Ile. Fog e..rveyor to the Fortes.
lin4antil, Ey. Apotheesry to the Fasces.
A %pier P.ITV,V•If to the Forces.
A Dc...,tv A o h vary.
Twelve Ho.p t.I Mates.
Three Sui veyure Clerks.

Our strength ccossistv of a detachment of the
Royal Artil:ery,, half of the 20th Light Dragoons,
a detachment of the Royal Stuff Corps. and two
ig Ades of the line. General Ber..sford's consists
of the 38th. 93d. and s t, and General Ferguson's
of the 71st, 72U, and 24th : this last we call the
Scots Brigade. We are likewise duly arpeB.ng
the Carnernnia-s, or 26th Four, under Lord Ll-
phinstone ; this is an uncommonly fine regiment.
Our (It-slit:4.4m is rill unknown ; we fear it is a
long voyage and an unhealthy ciiinate ; our Hospi-
tal Staff, yon see, is very large—it us not for no-
thing that so many of these Gen•ry ate sent with us.
We have a large hospital ship. fitted out for a long
♦oyage.

'rhe George Iramineon, —, from Boston, is
detained and sent into Weymouth.
Letters from Granville state, that the gallan'
Lieutenant G , late Commander of the
Phanrper eue-blig, captured on the Jersey station,
is in a fair way of recovery, and will he soot to
Enc.land as soon as the state of his health will
admit
A inlet from Shorn Ciff at rte., that a duel took
place there on Saturday, between an Officer of the
52.1 and one of the 43d : after exchanging shots,
the Officer of the 433 was wounded ; when the se-
conds en.leavottred, hut in vain, to make it up, as
the wonnded wan insived un standing another shot,
when he was wounded again, and tell, but we hear
is not dead. The seconds and his opponent have
absconded.
The Shin at the top of the steeple of Portsmouth
Church, has been taken down and repaired. There
havi,►g been various reports of her ,lirnensions, we
give the following as an accurate statement:—From
the stem to the taffrail S feet 6} inches ; the width
of the deck 104 inches; and the depth of her hull
141 inches. She is entirely of copper ; and has
been enmely new gilt. On the fane of her foremast
is the date of her being first placed on the steeple-
-1710; the figures beii.g pierced through the lane.
The names S. HA we IN% and J. KORNIS. Church-
wardens, with the date, August 17, 1805, are now
stamped on the vessel ; and also the names G Bat.-
roux, v.. 111 new gilded the ship, and J who
repaired the copper-wo,k. The Line of the fore-
mast. And tire 'a hole body of the ship, traverse with
the wind.
A mania' improvement has lately been made in
the mode of serutiog non-recoil catronades. At
present, the breecher is secured from the outside by
large round pieces of wood, which stop the ship's
way through the water when she is on a wind, or
sailing with the wind on her quarter ; according to
the new ol.en, the breecher is secured within ; and
the N.tvy tra, from its obvious advantage, have
directed in gr mat adoption in all the Royal Dock
Yards.

On Wednesday, the 19th December last, at nig..
was launched, from the Dock Yard, at Bombay, a
beautiful frigate, named the Pitt, being the first eve:
built in India, for His MAJESTY'S service ; between
eleven and twelve o'clock, on the appointed signal
being given, she moved majestically into the
water, amidst the acclamations of a gn•.rt conconse
of specta:ors, and unJer a salute from the saluting
battery. From the stillness oo the night, and the
ship being finely illuminated. the whole effect was
uncommonly grand. It may he remarked, as rather
an amusing coincidence of circumstances, that
Captain Vasil om, and the whole crew of the Foss
w•i,ich is now repairing in Dock, has bees
transit' ted to the new launched iiisate the Pitt.

. . .
LAW. INTROJGENCE.

At the last Assizes fo• the connty of Antrim, a
trial of considerable imeartat:ce was had in the Nis.
PP;as Court, h• lore the Honourable Mr. Baron
i'CLLtLAND, 'v!) .r in ‘Viliian Ower, lEsq was
Plaintiff, and one,. Agnew, Deferidavt. -It at'-
Reared by th- statement of Plaintiff's Council, which
was afterwards fully substantiated by'evidente, that
the Defendant, at Summer Assizes. 1804, was ap-
pointed High-Constable of the Upper Half-Brio
of Antrim, and that the Treasurer of th'e county of
Antrim sh,ally after the same Assizes, *timed hi.
warrant to the Defendant, as /1.4h-Cie.table of the
said Upper Half Barony, recptimig him to applot,
and levy in the ti •ual form of such w.rrants.
certain sums of money, being their contingent
proportion of tt e expences of the county, on
certain disriEts within said Upper Hall-Bnrony,
viz. 821. 13s. 7d. on 1)ooegor, 691. 2s. 7d. on
Upper Kilbride--941. 11s. 10d. on Lower KU-
bride--831 ills. 3d. on Nalteen, and 1951. 11s.
V. on Ballyeaston (said lands being within tha
manor of Moylinny), making altogether 5251. 13s.
7d. thereby trenching on the rights of the applotters,
to be elefted to applot the said entire sum in orth
proportions as they should think the said deoomi-
nations most capable, according to quantity .'.d qua-
lity. of contributing to the general assessment, and
which warrant it appeared was issit..t by toe Trea-
surer in that form, at the ;ns.at,e of tip Defendant,
and nosier a pre mite of Indemnity from him, inst.-a
of pursuing the form pointed ont by t .e county
book, or key of the cotinty. which divides the saitt
Half-Barony into two distrids only. viz. Antrim and
Moylinhy ; an 1, it torti.er appeared, ti:.it Lower Kil
bride (in which denomination the Plaintiff's lands lie).
h td been charged beyond its due proportion of as.
sessment, isod by reason of the warrant being issued in
the way stated, applotters, to be eleded for that dem,.
minatin , could not lighten such proportion, and 1.. y
part of the charge on other denominations in M..
finny, more capable of hearing it, A meeting of
the landholders was held by the Seneschal of the

Manor of Moylinny, tinder said warrant, to appoint
ap?lotters m applot the said respeaive denomina-
tions, the resp?Sive on sums charged on each Os said
warrant, notwithstanding previous n6tice to :dm,
and to the Defendant, by the Plaintiff, that any
conice of applotters to be made at such or any
meeting to be held pursuant to said warrant, would
inefficient;br those, however, present, eleeted the
Plaintlffand Hugh M'Questuo. applotters for Lower
Kilbri ;e. The Plaintiff and M•94e.ton refused to

aft in that capacity, and no appllment having ac-
cordingly been returned to the Defendant, within
the time limited by the statute, the Defendant, on
the I I th of April last, entered into the denomination
of Lower Kilbride, and there seized, 'as a distress,
the Plaintiff's cattle, whin he sold by public CAul
in the next market town, a. the entire cess laid by
the Treasurer's warrant ou that denomination, with
tees.—For this seizure the Plaintiff brought this
anion.
After much ability and ingenuity, displayed by
Counsel on both sides, and after an able charge from
the Learned Judge who presided, who took occa-
sion to observe, that the Treastun had not any
authority to vary the plan always adhered to in issu-
ing his warrant, conforming to the convoy Wok,
and, in particular, under such circumstances as the
present, where that variance •.e.as calculated to de-
feat the provisions of th: statute, for a due and equal
assessment, according to the quantity and quality
of the denomination of land to be asse.sed ; the
Jury found a verdict for the Plantif, for 50: da-
mages, and 6d. co;,s.
Counsel for the Pi A. C. MAC A PIT MEV, H.
Joy, and BLACISEN, lisqrs.---Agent, Nlr. JA MES
AKTHI; 11.
Counsel for the Defmdant, J. M. 0.:, .7. W.
B. LL. and S. SLACKS, Esqrs.—Agents, Messrs
ST SW• RE and Macias rsxv

By a new regulation t tiug the refit of vessels
at the different Dock-Itur,:i, a j;:vcn quantity of la-
bour is appointed to be rendet,d ia a specific pet iod ;
and, on a ship being orieted into dock, it is at the
..ame time determined how long she is to remain
there (excepting under particular ciictimstances) ;
thus 48 hours, were allowed for the MtPa temainin.g
in dock, and three tides for the which pro-
bably would otherwise have remained there several

days.
l'he Yellow Fever, it is said, has appeared
among the crew of the Diligeaties, arrived at Ply-
mouth from Jamaica. She has been put under qua-
rantine, and we hope every precaution will be ad pi-
ed to prevent the possibility of the malady being
brought on shore.
A poor man, of the name of Scum. es, from
Newchurch in Rossentiale, recovered 2001. da-
mages, against two sheriff's officers and others, for
di.training unlawfully, at the late Lancaster As-
sizes. The plaintiff, his wife, and children, had
been used most cruelly.
On Tuesday last, Dame ARTON, who is in the
one hundredth year of her age, joined with other wo-
men in shearing oats in the new incloture at Chapel
Atte; ton, near this town, and, notwithstanding her
advanced age, she performed her work to the ad-
miration of numerous speaators.
There have been buried, in the parish of Holy
Trinity, Hull, between the Bth of June and the Bth
of August, 70 children, all of them viSims to the
small-pox.
Don jar. Cabrera, in the suite of the Spanish Mi.
nister, in America. has been convined, at Philadel-
phia, of forgery, and (being delivered up by t, e
Amhassad,w) has been sentenced to pay a fide of
'.OOO dollars, and to be confined at hard labour hit
twee years.
On Friday la,t was committed to Ilches'er gaol,
by the Rev. Rosetta PALINLII, Edward GA, driver
rf the Old 'Taunton Coach, from Yeovil to Salis-
bury, for stealing out of a p ircel•committed to his
care, sundry Bank of England and other notes, some
of which were found on his person The circum-
stance which led to his a ',prehension was a note
otipped by Mr Bank of Enema' (the nutshell having
been communicated to them), and this at .rds an
additional proof of the folly and danger at stealing
bank paper, which never fads, wh -re business is re
gnlarly conduCted, to lead, as it did in the present
installer, tr a speedy Jett- that of the offender.—We
made, stand the whole of the property stolen has
ler en recovered.

LANK voLunissitt

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Yesterday, chit ey et. !e 7.'oros•wal inspeled
%y the Earl of Flan ir 40n. in the last lad set
pany'sgr.iund, I ••try.tton irtds. A• an ear' vu.
the Ceps Truster. t 4hout 400 strone ; And e 1 •r
oartaking nt An -1,,..t•r• brraktase, r• v; '‘d ,e,
&Ferenc 04-e-house, in the neig'i J, by t .e
Dire 3nrs. they marched to the g- ••1 I yr .
Cifi MAnning, Major M Ste.
.nd a fill baad •.1 music. Soon af.e.. th..i. tr.?
. here, the Ear! of Har• .ng-on ma . • ap-
pe•tance, azcompanieci by Vi..couot C., • !ere eieh.
Ccl '..el M'Queene, ,d sever el et are n• • ains .1 its-
tiaion. Ihe Corps omm-di.. ely it Eh, N'tch-
ble G. :ten], im • through the bartaiion •nov cots,
and fired s•-.'.••.n minds, with the 'r usual p ciiinn.
They the:, passed in review befvre b•sLo who
erpressi•d much sttisfaai en at th •ir stead • ..d
eul-
diet-like Appearance. On their rete •th t, lieu, they
drew up h lore the Mansi'm :louse, .nd
venerable 1 ferd Mayor. .... coed u id
o•ewed see. ;sl times I•.)ey is, • . ••.1 •to tne
Bank. and ..ere di, n, .s d. u•-fice-; I i Di-
reams dined together At the Londo: 7.tvei 7vhere
an elegant dinnet "44 prove ied, to w. c.;. the Earl
of FL' 7 tngtoie, his Ai.'-std, •L'amo bra • layoir,
&c. were invited.

COROS 'S IV (U • T

Yesterday, at Mehl' .CI;,"TC. I en' otter's In-
quest was held nn ".. bo 's the
wife of a very respen b:e master ; g at
No. 3t3, Amid tree', wh r, as t‘e 4. in eur
Paper rf yes erstay. .ot her thrisatt
manner on Sattuda eve ino.
The only vr;t :ess esamined was John G
journtrmar. to the h.rdsaii.; I,' •i. le
de osed, 'hat on Saturday erenin?. a., .u' it
littlt; boy pa.ing tar the ni‘use. saw Orr..
deceased. through the h. I. w : i,..r
blood ; i'istarrly kneci..ti at the t. r. an' the
.-rvant-wonsan. w,., .:5 lin • .1-', Ame ovi
opened k. On he. 1 hop i.e
girl rang th.- workstn,p 'keit? • !,t• wn as me
down stairs ; he immediately wrist •he
and finding the door 10,,;e:". nis;cr. on s. it , s.
The first bsjesi ton pre.. iced itself •.s hi:n.wa use
deceased lying on t`le ground. overed with W 00.% wool
her head tp-arly severed from her body, the
being comple-ely cut actoss; A i):,1 113141 Pr
wa, close lex her with which he su mese,' s e
ht I committed the horrid Jce t. 01 be og y . 1-
tomed with relpea to the general combed 1111
Of mind of the deceased ; he sari I 0 had a../1 ,er
from her t .fancy, and 'ha. she was always eta j,:l
c.mvulsions, after v h.ch she remaimd in a bias 44
d..sponding 1111 Ines, for some days. and talked in
the most incohe ern maltier. He had seen her at
two o'clock on Saturday. two hoots before
was found dead ; though she had not, to his hanw-
ledge. had a tit •)n her la.eir, al:, wit in tha:
stare, be had before said she was sursjtiet to
1 ter zn-vlizions.

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'Me Jury (Moot think it nee.ssary to ex.tmine
al., other witnesses, u the di.edion of ths
Coro:.er, gaves• r het of 1 ;ea.*.

The Si terttAtion tt the erlitt fleiiment, corn-
mandei be Cul. %SAY. ha; remove f from the
Isle of Wight, to the BarriCks .it
In consequence of the condor./ of t•-. Nroliir.teer
Corps of ilia W..st Riding, on ne ;a car .n. Liao- r
meant General V Y .IL hue iis ta.i bilairing. ie
General Oistri& orders, viz.—
" (load Quay's., R,,,rle , i.e '.6;
" Th^ very silken', spirited, trot int tare C...,46 of :ha
V.Ausit• sr. of the Weti 'rhos, who torn .cf --.4 "rr.trzh
alt rinr, prnme.tiade, arid rogu ante, on toe i!at in. o. ca.
pied hy the tweak of mi Officer at nacre re tn. tt.tr-he is
thar Riding. mu.seafford in the en, retry in general, ar.400 iIN
inhabitants of t 4.4• part oftin th - tighest -*Wee-
d "I, by ring in tht wrist euit.4 c • mot Mal
Lee, uncle th, glires...g of 1) 41• e •I it tba e, of
softy end ...vont'', at the hour of der, ei and .. r •
tea the avid the valour of SW: al.l admit. Lois a.*
General Vy.e, though 5e...41.4 now -.Ole hi. appeols.ti* ears
add ti that ssustieluii whit the whole V.slU• fez. EleitU.lllS.
merit of this +sniff aloe experience, ,rom the
ple disrrayed for their intitstani b: their c.i.nrarles in a.m., 41
ti • West-m.riding of it, yet having the honour of cookmasid.
ins the di 'nit, he hosts he mar grarrft niin.eit,.nd in-
dulge s• Inine•t p ide, whim he discharges what he e- iunnere
ass ne-essary duty, by relite.ti..g thaw who hate no enii,,e4ly
&scored •he •., to ace. 4,4 4.f hr. ~neerest thanks To the
N.ni-Com and Povate• of the on-
J• paltiru'arly ad.tre.t.re them; sod
sho d an• other e 4.••, not yet 'courted to him, have es.
if '.4 et, or marehot on the late alam, be requests that they
will Ilkeeine do him tile honour of seceptiii them, iu . Lm.,
mon ith th • foll.rwing ; via. CALA, —IL raster llatnetd,
sn.lieid, Girton, and Rotherham troops. Infantry—Three,
Rot orhsm, Eeelesbcd, Shefs.4; I. n.. wa per, W .th
a... 1 SI tincr us. "THEO. PR ITZLF.R, Aoki' A.I. Gen:"
A forgery of the guinea noes of :I,e Sank of
Sc mood is di,c,ivered. A reward of Eye hu,-..drEd
pounds is offered on conviction of any person con-
e_ _ _

The success of Mrs. THORNTOS in her late ad-
er,ititte at York, has excited the admiiation of the
sporting world, who are unanimously of opinion,
that so considerable a sum as 1,0001. was ri:ver
more easily obtained ; perhaps 22 far as may bc de-
pendant upon skill and elegance. the aziron is ad-
mrsihlr b t, when we consider how omen easier a
sum of twenty times that amount may be gained
by the effel of chafer, in the purchase of a Ticket
in the appro tolling Lottery, we aeed net wonder if
every indi, i ival in thi, kingdom slit n.d think it !is
duty to become a sportsman.
On Saturday, the 240 instant, was launched
from the thfp-faril of WILLIAM Osaotottie. Fsq.
dhea int ) the sea at Kins ator. port, in the Moray
Friih, a tine new s!iip belonging to that gentleman.
and boil' by Mr. Tao:a OS Bustwice, cii* 6.13
runs register- measurement, his, wilt carry up-
wards of 1000 tons—she has ports on her gun-
deck for 24 guns, measures 117 beet on her main
trek, .43 feet 1 inch ex reme breadth, and Y 8 feet
10 inches high. From the situation in w: .ch the
above ship was built, it required hiir ways to be laid
161 2 great extent, so that she had 400 feet to
run before she touched the water. It is supposed
. very few ins ances have °courted in this country of
a similar thing being attempted, which, with the
beautiful form and exceilent workmanship of the
ship, races great credit on the ability and superior
jusiement of the builder. The fitsene:s of the day
comributed greedy to the p'easing scene ; after be-
ing loaded with wood, the growth a the Highlands.
she is to proceed to Hall.