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GEDDES O. THE ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CON.

!ANY.
Mr, Eames applied to pot eff the trial in this
case, and for a Commission to examine Witnesses
in Scotland.
This was an anion upon a Policy of Insurance,
which the Plaintiff (who was a Scotchmanj held in
right of his wife. By the will of the late husband of
the Plaintiff's wife, she was precluded f•ons man y-
ing a Scotchman, or the son of any parents born in
that part of Great Br itain, called Scotland ; and so
apprehensive was the deceased, that either his wife
or daughter would be married to a Sciachn•an, he
ordered, in that case, his pre;serty should be other-
wise disposed of, as his will directed. The birth of
the Plaintiff could be proved by all the persons who
knew him ; but, when applied t s, they onanimonly
refused 'o make affidavits in the Cathie. A snit had
bten instituted in Chancery, and it was highly ne-
cessary to have the depositions of those persons, be-
tore the cause was tried, or the Bill answered.
Coe a r.--" Take a Rule to slim cause."
JUIN:Mt:NTS.
VIC ICISG v. 1110hi5S MILVAN.
The Defendant, who had been an Officer of Ex-
cise, was convided of making false returns, and
feigned affidavits, upon the salt duties, and for taking
bribes, for so doing, from fish-curers, at Fis.hgeard.
its Carmarthenshire. This case we have already
noticed in our Paper of the 15th ir.st.
After some very severe animadversions upon the
nature of his offence, by Mr. Justice Goose, which
the Learned Judge observed, was a crime of the
highest nature against the Revenue laws, and, in its
consequences, the most detrimental to the fair col-
ts:Rion of the Taxes, be was sentenced to twelve
months imprisonment in the gaol of Hereford, and
to s:and once its the pillory, within that period, upon
a market day.
' TUC KANO V. RICK SAD ILCSIF.Us JAMES RAIDDAR, and
BKIIJ/1.11/T4 RAUDAC.
These Defend tuts, who were all Volunteers, at
Rodmin, in Cornwall, were also brought up for
judgment, having been convicted of a violent riot
and assault, against a Lieutenant of the Navy, and
some Mat ines, who came to seek a deserter, as mez-
tioued particularly in our Paper of Thursday last.
Mr. Justice Gaon observed, that this was a
Very violent and outrageous riot against persons
annoriied by law, to perform a very necessary ser-
vice in the time of war, that of recovering a de-
serter. These Defendants, wins had been esnrusted
with arms in their hands for the defence of their
country, should have been the last to vitiate the
laws of it. He hoped, that none of those..balls
which whistled over the heads of the flying officer
and his men had been aimed at them, fur, in case
of :env of them being. killed, it was tit that all con-
cerned shoals' know, tlialt-hey would all be equally
guilty of murder. The temper and moderation of
the pis ty thus attacked was highly commendable,
:.a I (;9d only knew what might have bees the con-
sequence bad c'bey aded otherwise.
Avila( cases of. the Defendants were distinguish-
aisle, Linens having taken the most active part in
the begin's-, the Court ordered, that he should be

imp. isoned in the common gaol for the county of
C0m'....a11, for the 'Mee of two years, and the other
Defendants, fur sme year each.
COURT OF tOMNtoI PLEAS, Nov. PS,
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LUDLOW Li.lllll, JAMES COCILIORIS.
Oil a former day, Serjeant BEsr, on the part of
the Defendant, obtaiaed a rule to slaw cause why
the Plaintiff should not pry the costs of the aftiost.
he having arrested the Defendant, and obliged hint
to put in bail for more money than was aOuolly.
due.
This day Serjeant Suteectio, for the Plaintiff.
appeared to show cause to the rule. It appeared
from the affidavit of Sir James Cockburn, that the
Plaintiff, who was a boot maker, had made boots
for him to the amount of 1 5.. 6J. and that he
had arrested him withwut vending in his bill, or
making any demand, obliging him to put in bail
for 01. He accordingly ordered his Attorney to
take defence to the &Rion. and to lodge 151. 15s. 6d.
to Court, as the amount of memory due by him.
Before the trial, the Ploiotiff drew this money out
of Court, and served the Defendant with notice to
tax costs.
Serjeant Best., therefore. grounded his motion on
the Art of Parliament. which stated, that every
person who arrested another for a greater sum than
was due, should be subjea to the costs of the ac-
tion, unless% good cause were shewn for the pro-
ceeding.
lire affidovits on the part of the Plaintiff stated,
that the Defendant, being in the habit of dealing
with him, hod got boots from him to the amount
of 151. Iss. 6.1. as stated in his affiJavit. One Jay.
a Mr. Feiguson, a Lieutenant on board the V 'Neu.

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time to Ms shop, Ad Ofdereil a pail. Q% feint.;
himself, but desired them to be pieced -
count of Sii James Cockburn. Tlse

first riffssed to make the boots withoo. an cif.der •
from Sir James, but Mr. Fergus in i dornirog hiss
he should have an order on derkveri,T, the b•a'tsi
they were made accordingly, and sent in e
CofF:e.nouse ; but Mr. Fergusoa not having ;no.
cured the order, the boots were tot left. A 1: et
days after this, the Rev. Wiiiistrn,Coekbtiru. bro-
ther to the Defendant, aled at the 11.1.1;116ff 's
shop, and was in the greatest pas .ion that the. boots •
mere not sent to Mr. Fergus ,n ; desiring-, alt
Means. that they should h; delivered to hiia, sr hick
was accordingly done. Another day, Sir la.nes'a
servant, who always had autborify to order hoot,. '
came to his shop, and had a pair tor hiorwlf ; and
these two pair of boots it was that raisci the bill
from 151. 15s. 6d. to r?.01. With rc•peEt to she
charge of no demand li-Usg 1114:1V for the money,
that was positively denied.
From these affidavits, Serjeant Sue Pilt111) ar•roe'i
that the rule should be discharged, as he truster
Court would be of opinion he had %hewn sufficient
cause for arresting the Defendant for the 01.
Mr. Justice Roo E, Sir JA tars hl )(sr Yr.° being
absent, expressed the opiaion of the Court, which
coincided with that of Seijeant STILIPHiptu, and Sec-
jrAnt Boss's rule was discharged.
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POLICE►.

GUILDHALL.
Yesterday Aim. EelIU and C.etba,nor
were charged before Sir W•TILIN Lewis, the first
time he sat as Alderman, since he !Acme leather of
the City, with decoying from her friends, a beeutiful
girl. a(sont 13 years of ege.
From the statemernent of Mr. Manning, who
was Accompanied by his Solicitor, it appeared,
that the prisoner Flindall had lived, for some time,
as a servant at his house ; that, on f rii ay list. she
had been discharged from his service, and had pre-
vailed on the young lady in question, who was his
wife's sister, to pack up her clothes, :and go along
with her : that, after much Anxiety and difficulty, he .
found her at the hotter of the prisoner, Evans, near
Thames-:trees. There were also several other }tongs
girls, who, she said, were servants out of place.
'Plc young lady stated, that the prisoner,
when in Mr. Manning', service, had often soarited
lee to run away, and promised t s get her a places.-
uurse a child, where ihe would have both Blarney
and clothes. The Prisoners, in their defe .ce, stated,,
that they did not wish the young lady to western
against her inclination, and that her clothes were
nee. Sir WATK IN Lewis said, it was well for
them they were so, and that the friends of she
young lady had found her so soon, and without in-
jury. Ile threatened to send them to the House of
Correßion, but dismissed them with a severe repri-
mand.
Yesterday, one of the Colletors of the City tolls
applied to Sir WATKIN Lewis, the Sitting Alder-
man, for a summons to. bring up a respeeteble •
keeper in Wood-street, Cheapside, who had re-
fused to pay toll fur a stage-waggon, at the Hol-
born inlet to the City. The Coileetor complained,
that the toll he'd been frequently resisted, by per-
sons who pretended they could not legally be cons-
'pelted to pay ; he therefore requested that she claim
of the City might be fairly decided l.y a Magiscrete-
•l'tie A ens. ast AN observed, he bad no ambority to
enforce the payment of tolls, and he direeted the
Collector to apply to the City Solicitor, woo would
pat him in tile way at recovering the toll by a civil
process.
The Princes Rona?, of ge guns, Captain C. Rav-
Note's, now in Cawsand Bay, has been most cu-
riously painted, froni the gun-whale to the water-
line, in streaks of black, that she looks like what
the seamen term a sea zebra.
The time allowed for receiving claims from tilese
cities, towey, boroughs, &c. in Ireland, f. r corntau-
sa-'on for the loss:which they sustained in conse-
quence of the Union, by ceasing to send Members
tseitarliement. &c. as also of persons whose official
salat ies were discontinued or diminished thereby, will
expire on the last day of the present year.
At Methley Park, the seat of Earl Messtorouoll
L;etateCol. Commandant of the Pontefrad Volun-
teer lntantry, on Thursday last, the 121st of Nov.
was shot for, by Lord POLLINGTON'S Company. in
the said corps, a handsome silver cup, At gift of his
Lordship, their Captain, which was won by Was.
HARI:LT, of Castleford Pottery. After which. his ,
Lordship treated his company with an excellent din-
ner, and the day was passed with she greatest con-
viviality.
Saturday night, a further respite of 14 days, was
• sent to Navigate, for .I.An Iltureum, nuw under sen-
tence of death, for forgery, to be computed from
the rep:ration of his former respite.
ON Saturday morning Fast, between the hours of
one and two o'clock, the paper-mill of Mr. SCOT r,
near Wycomb, Bucks. was burned to the ground ;
also the adjoining flour-mills of Mr. BA•Tniii.
• The-e was no part of the prfiperty saved.
On Saturday seennight, in consequence of a ge-
neral illumination which took place at Ewelnw, in
Oxfordshire. part of the house of the Rev. Mr.
HAUL relight fire; the flames spread so rapidly
that they soon reached the tower of the church ad-
join Me. which was much damaged ; but, we are
_happy to say. that, owing to the timely exertions %of
the ,volunteers of that place, it was extinguisheet
without further damage.
Tuesday, a duel Kai fought at Falmeuth. be-
tween Lieutenant Russ, of the Oci4sotie gun-brig,
and Mr. &urine, the Suh-lieutenant of the same
vessel, in which Lent. Rosa received si wound in
the hand, which rendered amputation necessary. It
we-. performed on beard the Tromp prison-ship. The
Surgeon and Clerk of the gun-bee attended as
seconds. The senior officer of His Mes Est.% 's ships
in the harbour. has put them all under arrest.
On Saturday. as Fir. MAUTIN V•N HltcNttt
W is passing along Holborn, he was rudely accosted
by a Recruir'ng '....erjeant, who, after making meet
impertinent obsereations, seized biro by the heard.
The DeCter. enraged at this outrage on his persou,
gave the offender in charge of a constable. and he
se i; risen to Ikdarlb stooge-street o:fice. The as-
sault was established, and the Complainant stated
that be would teener forgive a highwaymen. then
be that insulted ; bat he suffered the Defeadaate be
set at libelee, on paying a sum of money to then eus.All

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TNt MARKETS.

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031111•EXCItAst.:F., FRIDAY. N Is.
The imports tlf Wheat today are large, and this hawk has a
further reduction of about .. per (Fierier. Barley, with Malt,
It. great eu,i,ils, and ye each cheaper. White Pee. al.*
Si. and 41. Beans of each kind, and Grey Peas, continue
Ht shoat errittals, and at better prices The quantities of Oats
here are Perr, and thn trade has not many buyers, thotigh at
I/met prim Stocks of 11.41. ars shaft, ate! VICO as our 1,..t.
CINRENT PRICE OP GRAIN.
Wheat ....... .Itia A. 6a.. Bel .
Fine do. 644. 66s Pt. Tick Beans .....34, bet.. po.
Rye.... le, 36.. Pl. Oat:. 244. 274 33.
Barley
Malt. ...70s 75.. 0.1 Rape Seer! 421. 441 Pe,
White Pew. • ...43.. Sas 0.1 Fine Flour 608.-65. tt,
C.., P. 11.1. ni, 40S, Ltl Sieeumt.i..... tyy„ Goa. (0.

UXBRAISGE
The Corn-inspetior's Return, on Thur-rbi, Nov 21
Wheat, per load 141 Od to 191 101
Saner, per qr Oa. Od to 37s Od
Oats :l2.s Od to 39s 04
Reath 44s Csl to S4s 04
Pease
"%WE OF SIF.EDS IN MARK-LANE
Carraway SO. Od to 441 04 per cwt.
Conauder l4s Od to 151 Os:
Trefod l3s Ctl to 295 Od
Whist Mustard Seed . R. Csl to 141 Od per 'aushel.
%sown ditto 9, (14 to ifs Od

.10§ Od tu 16. Od
.26 Od to 70s Od per tittalsr.
.30s Od to 50s Od
.9114 Od to 50s Oil

Turnip
Itroad Beans
LOlll Pods .
Tares_

Rye-Gra.

Ibi Od to 30s Od
.45> 001 to 55. 04 to 601

PRICE 0! HOPS.
11rApt .61 Os to 71 7t Kent 6l 6. to 61 A*
=111144 4.4 .61 es to 71 Sure: Cl •to7l 7+
61 Os to 71 Farnham.— 101 —4 tol4l ••••6

PRICES OF HAY
lIATIIIII

ST JAMES'S
Hay 31 —4 a 41 IN
Snow 11 10s a 11 li.

' AND STRAW.
IPAT.

wpm
1105 a 41 8•
Nrw 01 Os a 01 05
Clover 41 45 a 5% 105
Straw .11 85 a 11 185

SMITIIIFIELD, Moo omr, Nov. 2S.
To emit the Ohl—i3er Stunt of
pee. •.•..S4 44 to 4. 114 i Veal ..4. nd se (.4
!Herres..-.4, 14 to 44 104 P . ..4s ed to Se 44:1
'I. of Cattle this Day
114.4% 1,400--Sheep and 1.,:r0b., 11,0 SM.

NIIIIIGATF. AND I.E SDIENIIALL 111 'MOATS.
By*. Carusse.
scsl 21 II Ito4s Od I Veal Ss Od to 4s A.I
4s Od Pork 4s Od so as 41

RAW HIDES.
BM Heiress and steers, per stelae, 91, 154. to .Is. 6.1
ikrettaltint,,‘ 3s. 2.1 to '2l 4d.
Ord.oar)
Market Ca f -...- 121. Gd. tads.
Zosiltah Hone
Sheep Sk

PRICL "F TALLOW.
st. James's %taring.. 4s Yellow 611 s 70s Gd
Clare lset. 4+ 2rl Whitt:ditto Gd
Whiterhspel Market. 44 (41 Sam. ditto_ —s 04 G 7, d
M Stour u(bitt. ; Nein g Stuff...ws Gd b 9. INS
12. 511 ..... 39.
Areas;s de Id ....... —s Its
Town 6.!. 6J 1 C....d 1)reg5......... —s 10.
Yel!owSnap, —I a 7ks—Nettle 904.
Price of Candles, per doz. lis •d....Muuld., Its.

PRICE OF LEATHER. _

Sul*, 50 to Stith. ant i
Ditse, 60 to C,5111. each
Meri.hanu Racks
s..iog Tildes..
)nine Coach !rotor 244 to 254
264 to 274
231 to 244
Dre 914 to 251
Ild to VA
Cio,i Hideo An tutting 241 to 244
Flat Ordinary lid to 224
Call Slcius,l) to 40lb pat Doan
'124 to 424
Ditto, 50 r. 701 b 3hd to 411) •2
Ditto, 70 to ROW oid to 30d ,C
- SitiallSrale (Groenland) 36.1 to 40d' II
Large ,htt., loos to 120, per dozen.
tanned flood, Hide, 2is to 384 p-r hale.
Goat Skins —l to —s dato

COAL-MARKET, Roy.. 25.
Sbips at Market. Sold. Pries.
109..Nevioml• ....19 464 Sd a 53s 64
14..Sonderlarad . 4 361 (d a 443 3d
4..5t David's 2 31s 6l a —s Oft
S..C4wlers

PRICK OF STOCKS. SATURIII Y.
3 per Cent. Reduced
S per Cm' Cwasols 6oi tio
4 per Cant..
pees Csoat. Na.,
Short Annu ties
Ommem
1/14ta fold. r&f ls. prem.
I/chequer Salo Par 19. prem.
inglish InUety Tickets l9l. I :it.
Canoga for Ol 0
T 111S11, Stock-broker,
No. 4, Cerrnhql, and 9, Cliar:uvernes

PRICF. OF IRISH STOCKS—Nna.
Gov. Uebe•.toree. S ver Cent.
Grand Canal Lout. 6 ref Cent
INIAI Canal Loan. 6 nyt Cent.

BIRTHS.
The Lady of F-,neis M.enaghtets, of liner Harley-
street, of a daughter.
Yesterday morning, at her house in Groseenor-equans. the
Lade of Colonel Ilyne.ge. of a ►on
p Sunday la.', at klethetrett, the Lady of Rutert NU:sham,
tan. E.g. of a son and heir.
'1 i RitiAc;r_s.
On Thursday last, Sfr. Jelin Meru, of Ludgate-street. to
mist Mary tVeatherhea,l, daughter of the Rev. Ttnarua% We,
therhead Sodgefrd, Norfolk.

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tun Tumda . ta7st, at Whisky Church, Yorkshire, by the
Iter..l Doll:, Jame. Sidon! Wood, F.N. of It inur, Castle, to
Nos Daryall, only daughter of Royer Darya I, of Green Bain-
Berton, E. 9.
On Thu, day last, at Bracer:el, our Skipton, Yorkshire,
Ifichael Johi. M • -on, Lay. of Comnon Park, Eorlex, to Mier
Jane Crickshott, daughter of l'hoenas Cockstunt, Esq. of
the former place.
DEATHS.
Yesterday rooming, at ..t• apartments, in Pall Affil, the Rev.
rr ,Vhitontrl. late Fenn. of St. John's College, Cambridge,
and Regret of Lawford, sit Ewe),
Land. ,at Oithrtl, the Rev Robert lintmes, D. D. Dean of
Winchester, Prebendary of flyiernrd and Sarum, and Reno(
of Stanton, St. John's, tlermdsisiite.
E sly ..11 Friday montire, aged 44, Mrs. Turner, wife of
the Ken Renew& Turner, IS. I) Minister of Yarmouth. This
lade had been for mariv years sublet.. to epileptic hi. • she i 1.14.1
leti'eti int" her closet Morse, between seven and eight on the
precedin s yiparibmid -a sktirposed that, in env a these fits,
else .• ••-•. Vie 134 t 4 and her clot) es catch:lig fre, stye
eat.- A - di"r.. tiOtwithitata t.g 4-.41 soodbeal
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4 lin.mityy, T.lll a... 17 min. Oki

PAPAL

PONTSMOUTN, NOY. 24.
Arrived His Majesty's ship Qiiiker, from a cruise;
and the American ship Diana. from Newbury
Port, detained by the Pluto sloop of war.
Came into harbour His Majesty's ships Champion
and .414irort.—Wind
PLYMOUTH, NOY. 29.
The wind veering to the Northward yesterday,
gave cheering hopes of same arrivals from the Me-
diterranean ; and, in the evening In amazing large
fleet of merchantmen, tenders, &c. made an at-
tempt to get out, but were obliged to put back again
by the wind dying away. What little we have to-
day is from the East.
Yesterday arrived the Grossite gun brig, from a
cruise ; and the Shay-shooter brig, and John Ball
cutter, sailed.
To-day arrived His Majesty's ship Bellona, of 74
guns, Capt. Pater, and the Labia fiigate, Capt.
Gosslyn, from the fleet off Brest; the limner joined
the Channel Fleet two days after the aelion of Sir
Richard Strachan.
Came in the Staunch gun-brig, and Nimrod cutter ;
I also the If'iaard, a new slncip of war from Dart-
' mouth, to which Cap:ail Palmer iti appointed.
Came in the Ciro, Gross, from Gotte.;burg, re-
taken by tbc Bold gun-briz ; Minerva, K:oter, from
Malaga, detained by the Barry privateer;
JefFreis ; Venus, Ch.lmpion ; and ths Tralth 14
Stephens fr ,nri Newfoundland; New Diligence,
Sinclair, from flerbice ; Rabe, Macfarlane, from
Quebec ; and the Leigh/ea, Meistan, from Ivica,
in distress.

Sailed the Princess Royel, for the Westward, and
the Chad, gun-brig for Gibr... tar.
ALIIOI.IIH, Nov. 2t.
Arrived the brig Co,dirre, Viand, from St. An-
dero, laden with wool, for To acigen, detained by
the Tartar privateer, Guernsey ; also arrived
the Margarella, 13unsl, from St. Übe's, with salt, for
Gottenburgh.

Irgh.
Sailed the Ahrithaw, fla -on, for Llndon ; iral-
si,Thain packet, Cap:. Itatii rt., itn a Mail for Lis-
bo,i ; and the Manch,.ter packet, Capt. Davies, with
a Mail for New York. —Wind East-rly.

cant., Hoy. It.
Soiled His Majesty's ships Leopard and Rea:stance,
to the Eastward ; and the (;r/fro cutter, with the
Pormir, Montgomery, and toe K apt.'s, Benson, from
Jatnaiu for Newcastl- ; (*timberland. Si-upoor. ; and
the Lady RIM, Cour tro•ii Jan. aca for Le;th,
under convoy I,r Yaro.outh Roaas. Wind Westerly.
Arrived His Majesty's ships Zebra and t
with about fifty sail of :ranvports, under convoy
from Portsmouth, w: irh remain in the Downs with
the req ur the ships as per last.
Arrived and sa.'ed for the River, the Indus, Capt.
Weldon. fr :in Bengal, last f m Portsmouth ; and
the Dilateh transpot:. from Plymouth. The Fury
bomb has a signal fo: a convoy to the Westward.
P. S. Just arrived, the Intr,one mm of war, Re tr-
AdmirAl Sir Sidary Smith, with the squadron under
his command, from off the French coast.