The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-04-20 00:00:00

POSTI2r.

EXTRACT FROM " THE CULPRIT.*
AN 146EGY,

111, NATHANIEL SLoostritt.D.
WHEN li:elfin, with syspended breath,
A wretch his dreadful senvinze huts,
wltcre worse than. Death
The Nlititary Culprit fear;.

And when encin text by the
torinent.„.nblic 51L412
Severity'i nuost ruthless: hand
Lacerates his manly frame

When many a hardy Soldier weeps,
And grieves that hes compeli'd to stay;
Who perforce his station keeps, " *MAP
Or wonld soon be far away ; 3 64;V:443141b
Yet see beyond the circling guard,
Idle gazers ducking, rui:tid,
To see and hear are pressing hard, a. " 7.4.11411
Ai if the Spot were fairy ground. • wet•rl Ids;
it,t4l w it-
What is it that a charm imparts ? 'eels
Why do they press to hear .and sec!
ar:
Can it be that human hearts
.•
Delight in human misery ?
• .

•:
!-

• When the inexorable lons
Chills the hopeless coaviceA blood 1
- When sunk and deowli'd his ev'ry power.
Sorrow's overwhelming t10.,d :
To view the svelte the titutly run,
And o'er the ktpless 'attach to sigh

• 41.

Nor once enquire the crime he's donor-.
They only come to sec him die.

Variona cares mankind 4mplvy
But to gaze on 11111117111 woe
Seems the universal joy,
For which they all their cares Alr4:llL
- - -

Lai h from his purault departs,
Suffering dying Man to see;
Suraly there are human hearts
That joy in human misery.
Where fictitious tragic wua
Entertains the gaudy ring,
Each the horror can forego,
And instant mental comfort bring.
When the spirits take alarm,
Prompt to anger, grief, or spleen,
Reason can di.ris:iire the charm,

.:.:.~

1

-••••

..

And sin•, 'tis a fictitious scents

But to scenes of real woe.

Whey: a wretch is truly dying,

Wherefore do such number. to,
What can be the joy of -i_hL 1,; '

Men of thought, who soar serene,
And loftily philosophize,
Will say they seek the solemn weir,
To contemplate and s!nttrathize.

And all the throng nil t:1 y‘t so
iympathy that b 1:1; them there
They :ow to We .let:' wor,
And come butt., y a tear.

•

a

..:

,

if to cquy the tnr that 'tart:,
They run the s grm,..l scene to
Alas : fur pity—liuman hearts
Delight in hunt misery.

•
Early yesterday morning Mr. MAJOR, the Mts •
stinger, arrived at Windsor with dispatches for his
Majt:sr v from the Secretary of State's Office.
His MAJESTY, attended by Gen. GWYNNE, yester-
day morning took an airing cm horseback, and in-
spaled the extensive improvements making is
Windsor Great Park.
Lord :Ind Lady H A lIC 0 RT, the Marchioness of
BA TR and daughter, Sir W:f.LIA m and Lady NTT.
who have been for some time on a visit to the Royal
Family, left Windsor yesterday morning.
Yesterday morning her MAJESTY and the Piu*.
CESiEi, attended by Lady CRAN LEY, left Windsor at
half past nine o'clock in two coaches and four, with
their usual escort, and arrived at Buckingham-house
a little before twelve. Soon after three o'clock his
MAJESTY also arrived at Buckingham-house.
His MAJESTY will this day hold a Levee at St-
James's, and in the evening the ROYAL FAMILY
will honour the Concert of Ancient Music with
their presence.
The alteration of York-house, formerly Mel-
bourne-house, is nearly completed. The merit of
the design is attributed to Mr. Hott A ND, the cele-
brated Architect, and the whole is executed under
the auspices of Mr. COPEL AND.

Lord DUDLEY and WARD is so much indisposed,
that his life is despaired of, at his house in Park-
lane.

The Duchess of ST. ALB SNS, and Lady DE Cur-
roßr, have each issued 500 cards of invitation for
their intended Routs in May.
The Duchess of CUMBEfti. AND, after various tra-
verses through Italy and Switzerland, is now on her
route for Paris.
SrENCEu.'s Annual Dinner at the Garrick's Head,
was attended on Monday by a very numerous and
respeftable company.
Mr. ST. PIERRE, the Dancer, is said to have lost
one of his wise teeth at an affray which took place
at the Opera House on Saturday night.
The Duchess of BOLTON'S Rout, Grosvenor-
square; Mrs. VILLIER'S Rout, North Audley-
street; Mrs.THELLussoN's Rout, Chandos-street; and
the Countess of PORTSMOUTH'S Rout, Lincoln's-inn-
fields ; are this evening candidates for the favour of
their fashionable friends.

bill ES PLTER ANDREWS, Esq. will give an ele,
gant music party to above 500 of the nobility, at his
house in Cleveland-row on Wednesday next.
Captain MACNAMARA was last night in a fair
way of recovery.
On Monday morning last died, at a quarter past
on c o'clock, at Stratford-House, in the county of
Essex, the Right Hon. JOHN Lord HENNIKER,
Baron HENNIKER of Stratford-upon-Slaney, of
Stratford-House, and Newton-Hall, both in the
county of Essex ; Great Blealing's-Hall, in the
county of Suffolk, and St. Peter's, in the Isle of
Thanet.—His Lordship was descended from an an-
cient family in the county of Kent. He is succeeded
in his title by the Honourable JDHS HENNIKER
MA;4) a, of Parunan-square.

INTELLIGENCE.

Gmur OF KING S BENCH, Gemou Amt. V.
naps/ Irfort LorclELLEtranworoitend a Stecial jury.

MARMME INSURANCF.

1144AIIAM, V. MILVOY.

Mr. Gataow said this was an a,linn to recover
the sum of '2OOl which had been paid by the Plain-
tiff to the Defendant under circumstances which he
would state with as much brevity as possible.
Mr. M'Adam was an Underwriter, and the De-
fendant, Mr. M.Evoy, was now concerned in mer-
cantile transallions, and ocaasionally procurad shins
to he underwmte, and underwrote them himself.
hind he been always an Underweiter, tha Jury
would not this day have had the tried& of de-
ciding upon his cause ; hot when men came into
r.ew situations, they did not always bring with
them that knowledge which was possessed by those
who had been in them all their lives. Mr. M,Evoy
having, in the former part of his life, been a sur-
geon, could not be eepetled to understand the laws
by which Insurance Brokers were regulated. Ile
might, perhaps, have known something about the
warrantry of a man's life, if an insurance was to be
effcQed upon it; or he might be able to give a very
erood opinion upon those suhjeis which he prac-
o
used formerly at the west tell of the town. lie had
not learnt that when men made contra&s with one
another, it was their duty to state all they knew re-
lative to those contrids. This gentleman, tired
with the praftice of surgery, found his way to
Lloyd's, and on the t:c.l of January, i ao.t, he
was desirous of insuring a brig called the Naufifer
for four thousand pounds on the freight and ship. He
proposed diis insurance to a Gentleman who fortu-
nately o ul.l he called as a witness ; he said fortu-
nately, bottle in general most of the Under • ricers
wrote on their own account, and theretOre being
the persons who received the money for the in-
surance, thee could not come forward to state any
thing respeeking the contra& which might require
explanation. Unluckily for Mr. M.Evoy he had
stumbled upon one who did not write on his own
account, and who therefore could •ell the Jury all
that passed between him and this most respectable
Surgeon and Broker. To tl,is Gentleman the De-
fendant aprited, and desired he would sign a slip
or memarandum of a policy on the Nautiimr, from
Demerara to England, warranted to sail with con-
voy ; he stated, that when last he heard of her it
was by letter from the Captain, and she was then
safe ihr Demerara. The Learned Counsel desired
the Jury particularly to take notice of this : eprt sen-
tation ; for he charged that the Deferidant had not
made it in consequence of accidental slip of the me-
mory, but that he had fraudieently, know ingly, and
wilfully concealed a fa
which he knew to have been
of the last importance. To prove this to the Jury,
it was necessary to observe, that this wet thy Gentle-
man, on the 30th day f December, or the last day
of the year, had met a Mr. Dunbar, and they were
talking of various mercantile concerns ; and among
o:hers Mr. MiEvoy observed that he was Arent
for the Captain of the Naut:hia, and he was
about to make insurances upon that ship.
Why, said Mr. Dunbar, there is a letter in town
about the Neter/fa which has been received by a
Mr. Blackburn, and is at Mr. Mompson's ; the
De.en Lint wela to Mr. 'llompson's, and r.:ceired
that itrormation which the letter conveyed. Per-
haps his Learned Friend could state the contents of
that letter better than himself, because his client
had a second time called at Mr. Thompson's, in or-
der to peruse it, and having got it into his possession,
had t 7 ought proper to put it into his pocket, and
walk off with it. The letter was front a Mr. Sandi-
ford, and was dated Martinique, Nov. 5, I r•O I . It
stated that the Demerara ships had arrived, and
that the brig called the Aasiiil,a, had sailed the day
after the fleet left Demerara. intending; to join con-
voy, but had not yet amved at that nlace. The
letter proceeded to int;:r the pn'bability that some
sugars expe:ted by Mr. Sandiford were on board this
vessel, and he therefore wished Mr. Blackburn to
get her insured. if it could be done not at too high
a rate. It added, that the brig having missed con-
voy, she sided from Demerara with the lord
soPs, on Sunday morning, the 94th (Moho-, and kept
her ccmpany t•Il the afternoon, when she dropped
a-stern. That on the Monday morning a topsail
vessel was seen, but she was soon run out of sight,
and had not been se a since. Notwithstanding this
letter, the contents of which Mr. MiEvoy had seen
and read, he had declared that the last representa-
tion he had received was from the Captain, v. hide
sh: was at Demerara, and that she was there safe.
ttpon this statem:nt of the f,'t, he had no doubt but
the Jury would coot: el the Defendant .0 a restitu-
tion of the money he had received under an insur-
ance so improperly effeded.
Mr. M'Adarn. Jun. the son of the Plaintiff,
proved his signing a memorandum of a policy for
ris father on the brig Nautilus. At the time of
ei;oing it the Defendant expressly said, the last time
he had heard of the ship was by letter front the cap-
Lila from Dena ran.

Mr. Dunbar cited that the Defendant called on
tins, and said he %frac going to nuke an insu::►ncc on
the Nashisil. The witncostold him before he did so, lie
had better see a kttcr Cut w;l5 at Mr. Thompson%;
it was a letter written to Mr. Blackburn. tie went
tu see ; the witness sac• him a few days after-
wards at Lloyd's. Thr witness asked him whether
he had seen the letter, and he answered that he had.
Ile then asked h*m wbuther he had communicated

the letter to the Underwriters, as he had heard he
! effeßed the insurance at the current premium ;
i.e replied, no, he had not. The witness then told
Lim his insurance was not worth a farthing.
Mr. Thompson proved the other circumstances
precisely as stated by the I.e.irned Counsel. He
added, that he h.ui attempted to make insuram es on
thy Naati:yi at a premium of ten guineas to return
tire. if with convoy ; but he was not able to get it
done at less than twenty guineas. In fa&, he made
no insurance at all. _

Mr. EnsniNn observed, that his Learned Friend
(Mr. Garrow) had protessed to the Court and Jury
his intention of relieving them from any long consi-
deration of this case, but, animated by that zeal and
ardour fur the exertion of which he was so emi-
nently conspicuous, he had, instead of the short ad-
dress he hat poomised, made a very long one, and
rather unn:cessarily, in his opinion, at the ezpence
vt Mr. M•Evoy, who, in point of fact, was a per-
son totally disinterested; though, as the stake-
hohler the Plaintiffs and the Owner, he was
the object a the present action to recover hack the
rwueY upon t-Le insurance he had made. lis Learn-

,s 1 Fried I had deserl'oel him as a snegteet, teat'
%Celia nave been better able to hive given hi. npi
nion upon subjeCts. of a different description from
those of ship insurances, at certain places at the
west end of the town. He had attacked him for
tearing the trade of a surgeoe to commence that of
a broker. Voon the subjeft of taking to new trades
his Learned Ft iend was not alt. ether without cen-
sure, for he seemed to have quitted the profession of
the lawyer for that of the butcher, and had most un-
mercifolly cut up his client. This case was a very
important one, and he conceived it his duty to lay
down some plain intelligible principles, by the appli-
cation of which the Jury migat come to a just and
legitimate conclusion with regard to the subject.
He was ready to make the admissions he was about
to state for the benefit of Underwriters, and to induce
them not to make any delay in the payment of in-
surences where there was a claim upon them, which
they were b mod in justice to satisfy. He admitted,
that whet.. an Underwriter, from ignorance of those
circumstances which would have constituted a le-
gal defenee, signed an adjustment and paid the
money, he was entitled to an action similar to
the present one, in order to recover it back. He
admitted, that if a man had instruaions to make an
insurance, and he had received from his principal
more letters than one, which had a reference to the
suhjea matter of it, and he seleCted parts of those
letters to communicate to the Underwriters, with-
holding the remainder ; if the parts which be with-
held contained something so material as that in
the opinion of a Jury, it woitid have prevent-
ed any' man from signing a policy of inserance,
in such case the pole!, otteht to be void. He con-
tended, that a person who was making an in-
surance, was not bound to 1. y before the Under-
writers every thing he had hears from other quar-
tets, independent of the communications of his
principal, he was hound only to communicate the
letters written by the Owner, but not the letters
written by a stranger, who had nothing whatever
to do with the transaction; he was readyto admit, that
if letters written by a stanger had been shewn to a per-
son making an insurance, and he thought proper not
to communicate them to an Underwriter, he must
exercise his judgment, at the peril of the ft,lls con-
tained
in them, not turning out to he ; if
they were true, and he had not communicated them,
Ins policy was void ; but if they were not true, he
maintained, his iv lice was not affected by the with-
holding of them ; the concealment of that which
was not true, end which, if it had been stated,
would have made no diEreece with regard to the
contrast, could have no operation to the prejudice
of the person effeCting the insurance. This ar-
gument he would elucidate, by observing that
his Lean eel eiriend (Mr. Darrow) bad a country
house, i., t eery pleasant situation, at a short dis-
tance eiern town, to which he often invited him
and men)* of his learned friends, to partake of
very good dinners, and most excellent cheer.—
His Learned Friend had, during the late dry wea-
ther' exhibited evident symptons of uneasiness, and
hadlooked forward with anxious solicitude to those
genial showers, without which his pleasure garden
must have lost its vegetation, and his kitchen garden
been deprived of those succulent properties by
which he had anticipated the means of supplying
his hospitable table. In faa, his lawn was so
dry, that he might have invited Mons. Vestris to
have danced upon it without the least apprehension
of his catching cold. Suppose (which tor the rea-
sons he had stated he hoped would never happen)
his Learned Friend should think proper to advertise
this delightful mansion for sate, and should employ
Mr. Christie, or some other celebrated auctioneer, to
dispose of it ; suppose a man, previous to the sale,
was go to the broker and say to him, have you
ever seen this place, which in your particulars you
have described es such splendid terms ? llis answer
might be—No. What! hive you never seen it ?
You ought to see it before you put it up to auction,
or vou will disgrace yourself. I can assure you it is
a deep miry clay, you cannot aperoach the house
without being up to your knees. Suppose the
:rt.:homer afterwards sells me the house, without
thinking proper to communicate this conversation,
am I, because I may be afterwards displeased with
my bargain, at liberty to say, 0! this is an illegal
contra& If you had communicated such a conver-
sation to me, I would net have bought the house.
Why the argument is ridiculous, the statement sees
untrue, and therefore could have no application
whatever to the comma. ! said the Learned
Counsel, was it he must undertake to prove ? He
was bound to prove that no part of the letter withheld
from the Plaintiff contained a particle of truth.
Suppose the existence of a case in which the public
mind was agitated, and in which the insurance of
commerce was conceived to be more than an or di.
nary risk, would it he right that a broker, who
was in the habit of effeCting insurances should have
it in his power to invalidate them, by going round
the town, and colleeting a variety of rumours and
false reports, which were neither necessary or worthy
to be communicated to the Underwriters. The prin-
ciple tierwhich he meant to contend was this, that
I where there was no intention to defraud, and where
the circumstances withheld from an Underwriter

were not founded in faa, the policy ought not to be
vitiated. The warrantry in this case was, that the
vessel sailed with convoy on the 23d of Oelober.
Had she sailed on the 23d? Yes. Had she
sailed with convoy ? Yes. Had she sailed with
the Llesi Nelson ? No. Had she fell astern of her ?
No. Had she any goods on hoard helongitl to
Mr. Sandiford ? No. Was s!:e bound to Martinico ?
No. She was under no one of the circumstances
stated in the letter which his client was condemned
for not having communicated to the Underwriters.
It was not, therefore, because a person had wickedly,
maliciously, or perhaps mistakenly, thought proper
to write a letter, containing no one true assertion,
that his client, who had deemed it unnecess:try to
take any notice of it, ought to be deprived of the
benefit of his inrarance. If the letter contained any
one Eta that he should not be enabled to negative,
in such case he admitted this was a void policy, and
surely such admission was sufficient for the 'secur;ty
of the commercial world. If he went about and
heard vague reports prejudicial to his property, he
was not bound to slander his own property by re,
prating them. At the same time he admitted
he anted at the peril of those reports turning out
true. He pas persuaded the principle for which he
contended was sound, and consistent with law and
justice.
Capt. High said he had commanded the Nan-
/As, of which Mr. o,llryen was the owner • she
was consigned to Mr. M‘livoy. He said he left

Denierata on the morning of the aid Oelobor, and
iroceeded to the fort,. and from thence to sea, in
Order to meet the convoy, hut the convoy never
came. This witness did not support any of the farts
upon which Mr. Erskine had founded his address to
the Jury. The Learned Counsel gave op the cause,
humoarously remarking, that he had been in hopes
his witness would have taken him under convoy.
1.,0rd Et scsinortotun observed, though it was
not material to this cause that he should deliver his
opinion, yet as he was anxious there should nut be
aily misapprehension upon a subjea so important to
commercial men, he would just say a few words.
lie took the law to be this : that if what was con-
tained in a letter from an Owner to his Agent, who
was to efeCt an insurance on his behalf, and was ma-
terial to the risk, the Agent was bound to commu-
nicate it to the Underwriter. So if particular fads
came to the knowledge of the Agent under circum-
stances which intitied them to credit, he was
equally bound to comma nica:e them. With refer-
ence to .the liras of this case, he thought the De-
fendant was not justified in saying that the last in-
formation he had received respecting the ship was
by a letter from the Captain. lie conceived that
the Defendant ought to have communicated what
it was evident lie knew respating the ship in
qnestion, and not having done so, he was of opi.
nion the policy had been obtained by a misrepre-
sentation of the fani, and therefore this a&ion
was maintainable. The Learned Counsel t;ir the D,•-
fendant had :)ut the case in the most forcible man-
ner possible, but clearly if a man received that in-
forma:ion which from the circumstances attending
it, he could not but consider as having a mate-
rial c!Fe.t upon the risk he was about to insure, he
ought not be permitted to say he had received no
such thing but something of a different nature. In
order to avoid all mistakes it was necessary that
every thing within the knowledge of the assured,
should be communicated to the Underwriter, for
those principles of justice, common sense, and plain
dealing, which ought to pervade all commas be-
tween man and man, were uniformly applicable
to the decision of questions of this kind. He
thowsht the letter wilt :en by the Gentleman at
Martinico, expressed a doubt as to the insurance be-
ing effected on the ordinary terms, for he had de-
sired his Agent to insure, provided he could do so
without paying too high a premium. Undoubtedly
the Defendant knowing of this letter should have
communicated it to the Plaintiff.
Verdia for the Plaintiff—Damages 2001. with in-
terest from the period the insurance had been paid
over.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

HICKS'S HALL, APRIL 19.
&fore WILLIAM MAINW•ItING, Esq.

ASSAULT.

h'icl•c!ai ifrmidel was indicted for assaulting
Thomas Ratcliffe, his apprentice.
Thomas Ratcliffe was examined; he said that he
had been bound apprentice to the prisoner, a chim-
ney-sweeper, in the parish of St. Leonard, Shore-
ditch ; had served near two years and a half of his
time. He said his master had often put irons on
his legs, by which his ancles had been very much
bruised. Sometime back he made him jump with
both feet confined, for an hour; witness had also
worn the same for three weeks together, without
taking them off; he used to sleep in them.
On being cross-examined by Mr. ALLEY, he said
he went to sweep a chimney which was on fire at
the house of a Mr. Bell ; on going up the same, he
was so confined that he could not get out until his
master broke the brick-work and released him. He
acknowledged that he had frequently run away, and
affirmed that he had done so escape the ill-usage he
had met with. He had been without victuals for
three days together ; and on asking for some, his
master had damned his appetite, and said he was
always eating.
James Stowe, another apprentice bound to the
prisoner, stated, that he had often seen the irons put
on the boy. Witness, eighteen months since, ran
away, in consequence of the ill-usage he had re-
ceived ; he had been nearly starved by his mas-
ter, and was kept without food for a considerable
time.

John Gray, an Officer of the Police, said he saw
the bzw at the time the prisoner was brought before
the Magistrate, his legs were then very much
bruised, and marked with the irons; the skin was
torn off, and he appeared to be in much pain.
Mr. A Li. Ev, in behalf of the prisoner, contended
that no inhumanity had been used towards the boy,
and that the irons, which were hand-cuffs had only
been applied to prevent his vanning away.
William Ratcliffe, the boy's father, was then ex-
amined ; he said that his son had been placed with
his master from his own inclination, and had eloped
several times without occasion. Witness had often
asked him if he was well fed He always said yes.
Several persons gave the prisoner a good cha-
racter.

M. SYLVE;TLR, in reply, lamented the situation of
the bo* in having no mother, as his father did not
apgear to interest himself in his behalf. He expressed
his indignation at the boy's being suffered to go up
the chimney when it was en fire ; and observed that
his only friends were the overseers °laic parish who
had brought the prisoner to justice to answer for his
condat.

Mr. MANWARINn summed up the evidence, and
the Jury found the prisoner guilty, and the Court
sentenced him to pay a fine of 51.

By letters brought by the Dutch mail, we learn,
that a few days ago a Dutch frigate cam? out, and
falling in with Rear Admiral TuoNno ROUGH'S squa-
dron off Goree, saluted his flag in the good old-
fashioncd way, which was of course properly- re-
turned, and sent a boat on board to know if the cap-
Lin of her should personally wait upon the British
admiral. I his cevmony was dispensed with, and
the Dutchman pursued his course.

The following, genlemen have been eleaed Go-
vernor, Depot: -,..overi or, and Direeffors of the Banks'
of Ireland, for the ensuing year.
Geonne P4r.m e it, Esq. Governor.
PA Etiq. Del,uty-Governor.
LIR rctotts.
John Allen, Erg. ' Alex. Kirkpatrick, Esq.
VI, in. Co vi Emil George Lend', Esq.
1.41. Ciostioraite. I I. George Maquay, Esq.
.Ter. D'Olier, Fsq; Wm. Rawlins, Eiq.
ii.teph Goff, Loi. Artli. Stanley, Esq,
Geo. G Hoffman Fq, Nath. Sneyd,
Jkowlph 14 vs:, Es.:. Charles Ward, Fig.
W HATKIAC.I4

IVAPAL INTELLIGENCE.
44

PLVMOVTIIi Al RIZ. 17.
Friday last tfu Prince Frederick, of 64 gt ns, titer
having been hauled down the harbour for cutnmis-
Sian these three weeks, was put into commission as a
receiving and convalescent ship, for recovering con-
valescent seamen and marines sent from the Royal
Naval Hospital, previous to their being sent on
board their respective ships. Mr. Stuart, her stir-
germ, in the late war, is appointed surgeon of her
at this period.
Yc;tcrday at 4 P. M. the Romney, of 50 guns ;
Daedalus, of 3 guns ; and the five East Indiamen,
had made a large offing in the S. E. quarter ; and
the wind having sprung up at W.S.W. the whole
fleet stood to the eastward, and by sunset were out
of sight of the port, and no doubt this evening will
he safely moored in the Dawns. It wits not the
Doris, of 36 guns, which arrived yesterday with
nearly 3,.)0 men for the fleet, but the Al'nzo, of 3ti
guns. The Sound has lost much of its gaiety since
the departure of the East Indiamen. Last evening
sailed for Torbay, to join the fleet of observation, the
Albion, of 74 guns, Capt. Ferrier.
A few days since the Ranger, of 74 guns, Capr.
Frazer, under the order of the Admiral, fell in
with as American ship from Ch trleston, to Fal-
mouth ; of course she was boarded by a Midship-
man and some seamen, to search for English seamen
on board the Ame: the crew were all mustered,
and proved to he natural born Americans, of course
they passed free; but the words, " Are there any
Englishmen on board ?" Having gone aft, the Cap•
tail's Steward ran on deck, not knowing the cir-
cumstance of the inquiry, said he was as English-
man, on which the Midshipman said, he was the
very man they wanted, produced their warrant an.l
proclamations, and claimed the steward as a British-
born snbjea, and fit to serve his Majesty. He was
taken on board the Ranger.

PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 18.
The different men of war, Fast Indiamcn,
undet sailing orders, have attempted to proceed on
their voyages, but have been forced to put back bf
contrary strong winds, and remain with the follow:
ing of 74 guns ; Tongan:, of 74 guns ;
Grampus, of 50 guns ; Calcut:a, of 56 guns ; Arasta,
of 4Ltguns; L'll isle, of 36 guns; Aurora, of Qg guns;
Camilla, of 20 guns; and ilrrow, of 30 guns; with
several excise and revenue vessels employed on the
impress service.—Wind W. N. W. blows hard.

DOVER, APRIL 18.
Arrived last night the Po'sson Volant and Perfait
Union French passage ve\sels, with Gen M'Ken-
zie and flintily, Gerald Fitzgerald, Esq. Thomas
Row, Esq. Mr. Keating, AIL Chambers, Mr.
Di-sat, and a number of other Passengers.
The Qu:en Charlotte packet will sail to-morrow
morning with passengers.
Several East India ships have passed yesterday
and to-day into the Downs.

LLOYD'S LIST.

ARKIVED.

Off Dover—the Alnwick Castle, Prescott, from China ;
and Lady Ne'son, Rowen,fmni St. Kitt's
At Cowe4—the Pegasus, Butler, from Charleston.
At Breitol—the Harni,ny, Warmington ; and the Mary,
Withery, from Oporto.
At Dublin—the Mary, Embrown, from Philadelphia.
At Galway—the lie lova, Moat 5, from New York.
At Cork—the Paolina, Borroda' from Virg.nia.
In the Texel—the Young George, Boiler, from the Cape of
Good Hope.
At Oporto—tile EsdaPz,Biiclian. from Landon.
At Philadelphia—the Eliza, W..de, and Osirk, Coke, from
Liverpool.
At Boston—the Fox, Bunker, from Brigid.
At New York—the
,tici;.io, C iupland, from Rristol.
At China—the Ostergothland, Rouipke., from Gottenburg.
At Jamaica—the Trelawnq Planter, --, from Nev
Brunswick ; Lady Shore, Ross; and the Alfred, Parish, front
London.

At St. Helena—the Lady Jane Dundas, and Wal-
thatnitOw, —, from London.

The Ohl Bailey Sessions commence this dar.
Upon enquiry, we find that our report on Friday.
of the case of HINTON, a bankrupt, in the Court of
Chancery, was not accurate with respell to Mr.
Maw Lrv, the Solicitor. The observations that fell
from the Chancellor were addressed to Solicitors in
general.
On Saturday, as Lord CASTLEREAOII was return-
ing to town from the Marquis of A DER COHN'S, on
this side of Stanmore, his curricle got entangled
between two waggons (which had been entrusted
to the care of boys.) His Lordship jumped out,
and very providentially escaped unhurt, but di.
curricle was broke to pieces.
An old maiden lady, who lived in Cleveland-row
(a Miss RF.VNOL Ds), who died lately, has bequeath-
ed the sum of 50,0001. to Government, towards the
redudion of the National Debt ! The will was
proved on Saturday last.
The Elder Brethren and Wardens of the Trinity-
I louse at have offered a bounty of two guineas
to every able seaman who shall enter with the regu-
lating Captain at that port, within the space of one
month, as a volunteer for the Royal Navy; inaiepen-
dent of the Government bounty of three pounds, and
that of the Corporation of the town of one guinea
and a half to seamen of the above description.
Berwick is again keenly canvassed, for a seat in
Parliament, by three candidates, viz. Sir JOHN CA L-
L ANDER, who stands upon his own interest; SIT.
WELL SiTWELL, Esq. and Major ALLEN, who starts
' upon the interest of Colonel HALL and JOHN Fon -
D VCI., Esq. the rejeded members. It is cape fled
to be a very close pull t. but every degree of caution
is used by each candidate ; not a drop of beer is
given to any of the voters, owing to the others
losing their seats principally to tickets given for
entertainment before the eledion.

A fatal occurrence took place on Monday last at
Gravesend. As a press-gang, headed by a naval
officer, was attempting to press some men, an obsti-
nate conllia took place, by which two men were
killed. On the same day another press-gang entered
the house of Mr. Phillips, of the Plough and Har-
row, at Gravel-hill, Greenhithe, when,. with the most
horrid imprecations, they insisted on searching every
room in the house. On his resisting their attempts, a
scuffle ensued. Phillips knocked three of the men
down, hangers were drawn, the landlord was over-
powered ; two of his maid servants being greatly
alarmed about the safety of their master, going out
of the house to call for assistance, were knocked
down by two of the press-gang, who at length de-
camped, but left Air. Phillips in a doubtful state.

-Rnmegge

MI