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able cnnv roence to the p:s.fe.;:ional community,
and to the public at large.
Mr. Serjeant IV: row, sas moved to show calve
against a rule obtained by Mr. Serjeant Best, on a
former day,which involved the spestion,whether tlr•
writ of Capias nd revpond.-ndum,issued from this Court,
may be made returnable on general return days,
or must be returnable on a day certain. The
Learned Serjeant, followed on the same side l'y
Mr.Serjealit SH EP II E RD, contentivd that there was no
rule of law so imperative, as to induce the Court to
say, that proceedings shall be set aside, as matter of
irregularity, wherein the writ is not returned on a
particular day.
Mr. Serjeant BEST, on tha other stde, cited seve•
ral precedents, and said, that although he did not
mean to argue the sound sense and utility of the
thing, the praCtice of the Court, for two hundred
years, had required a conformity with a regulation
of that nature; and, until the praelice was altered
from authority, he conceived he stood arm on the
ground be had taken.
The COURT seemed to dissent from the opinion
expressed by Serjeant Best ; but deferred deci,ion
until a future day.
NI.VAAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, TEL 4.
It blew strong last night, with hail, rain,, and
snow, which drove the Isabella West Iftdiamast on
the horse-bank, where she soon bilged, and sank ;
she is valuably laden, being homeward-bound.
Assistance was given her by the Illustrious, time
enough to save the crew'.
Arrived .the /sir of 30 guns, Captain J. Stiles,
from the North Seas; and the Falron and Oita
sloops, with a cnnvov from the Downs.
Sailed the Fie, be sloop of war, Captain T. White,
on a cruise. _ _ _

Arrived the Ilnzh Ingilt East Indiaman, at the
Metherbank, from the Downs. Tae Perseveranrc
and Etphinstone Indiamen, remain there with her.
Arrived the Adamant man of war, from the Earl-
ward ; and the Antwerp, Smith from St. Michael's,
bound to London.
Came into harbour His Majesty's ships Jantoi.a
and Ti tbane.—Wind Easterly.
PLYMoiiTlt, rm.... 53.

Came in the Deftea, Stocks, from Dublin ; Sur-
eras, Blenkiasop, from Lisbon; and the Azores, Gill,
from St. Michael's.
Sailed the Kent man of war, to the Eastward.
Wind E.S.E.
FALMOUTH, TEL 2.
Arrived the Naiad, Ostle, from London, far Ja-
maica, with plantation-stores ; was in company with
the outward-bound West India fleet, under convoy
of His Majesty's ship Canada, Sir J. Warren, in lat.
49.36, and I( sg. 6.0, west ; in consequence of
finding her rudder so much damaged, she was
obliged to get liberty from the Commissioner, to re
turn to England, to repair, during the time that
Capt.Ostle was on board the Commissioner, for that
purpose, the Canada was then preparing for aElion,
and the nine sail of the line that were in company
with them, were in chace of nine sail of the enemy's
men of war, seen from on board the Admita.'.
ship. Also, the Nep'une, Fisher, from Chepstow to
Portsmouth, put in here by contrary winds ; and the
Vegan, latch, I rom Liverpool.
Sailed the Prince or Wales, Harris (aging), for
Lisbon, with Mails.—Wind S.E.
DEAL, TEL 4.
Sailed the Venus frigate, and the Awarantir
sloop of war, on a cruize.
Arrived the Were., sloop of war from Yarmouth,
and remains in the Downs, with the Edger, Uirrcht,
and Trusty, men of war; PtAis and T'/,nines frigates;
Kite and Alucquito sloops of war ; Der astation bomb ;
and a fleet of gun-Wigs and transports. Wind S. E.