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EPIGRAM.

The new Emp'ror, all bright as a penny just
0 au immature peach, lv log bloom out its r:11
Thus to FRC RC, W 111), in RUMBULLI.4 AILIT, met h:s
Oreetings horrid cepress'd, smiling half, and half grist :
I spurn Nature and brothers, from c7iine it they stray,
But they live its my heart who "bike ill illy way
Ski R founder'd to me-sstack'd with virtue to stasr—s
Snatch his birth, wicked reptile! tang to me, v., freer,
S THEM'S.

His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES re.
turned to town last night, from Bath.
Sir Bno, %VATsoN gave, yesterday, an elegant
dinner, at his house in the Adelphi, to His Royal
Highness the Co M M kN DER I. Cuter, the whole of
his Staff, several General Officers, and Mr. GREEN.
WOOD.
The Marquis of SALISSURV is returned from
Aldhorough, Suffolk, to his seat at Hatfield, much
recovered from his hue
The Earl of STAIR and Family have returned
from Scotland to his Lordship's house is Grosver.ir-
squase.
Lady ALVANL EY and her interesting Family are
returned to George-street, ‘Vestminster, from Arden
in Cheshire.
Colonel Pa 'KG r. and Family, who lately arrived
from the East Indies, have left for Bath.

The noble Family of Nhai.so•ouait !navel+
Sion Hill for Blenteitn, where they intend remain•
ing until After Christm:A.
The Dowaler Countt.ss of EitiOz is nhUged,
indisposition, to return to Rath, having always found
the Bath waters efficacious.

Lady A BERCROMSIC and tter amiable d.iugh:e:
have returned to town from Scotland.

The venerable Lord T.,RLOW is seriously inthir
posed at Bath.
The Earl of Mot r. A dined yesterday with General
lIACTINGS, in I I irlev-street, and left London in the
evening for Scotland.
The King of Bath gives a Ilan en Tuesday week,
where Palley will preside, with youth, Calmly, fashw,
and deco•ant, for her havdmaida.
Lady Me LA ict.►: and suite have returned to their
house in Charles-street, Berkeley-square, for the
season.

MOR EL L I sings at the Bath Ccncett on Wed-
nesday next.
Mr. floc MAN closes his engagement at Bath to
night, in the char:tat-is of Don Feiss and
Pe/rim/tie, and %sill also recite Dryden's Ode as 4!
ander's Feast.

The Op ‘ra House opens punaually to-more
evening, with the powerful combinat on of Mad ir e
GRASSINI and Mis. Bit.LINoroNS united t_...i.leats
the favourite Opera of Proserpina. The house h's
undergone some alterations, and peculiar attention
has been paid to have it well aired.
GroRGC POCOCI:, Esq. M.P. left town yesterday
for his seat at Holwood, Kent.
The new Comedy in preparation at Drury-lane
Theatre, is f ore the pen of Mr. C; n A lir, a Student
in Lincoln's-Ltn.

The Grand Spedacle preparing for representatics
at Drury-lane heave, from the.pen of Mr. Sr rt..
tux, is taken from the popular story of Thr F y
nieces. islks MC:AMP, the Goddess of S;aecla.
Pill be the Heroine.
On Wednesday evening, at six o'clock, was mar-
Tied, at her house in Hinde-street, Manchester-
"Tare, Latly FLacrwoos, widow of the late`a
I DUMAS FI.CI: i WOOD, Bart. to his Excellency
Count Sr. MARTIN Da FRONT, many years Ambas-
sador from Sardinia to this Court. The ceremoal
Wag performed by a Clergyman of the Catholic,
Church, a dispensation having been pressionall o.
rained from u.e Bishop of LuN nu v. "clwea WA, •
superb dinner given on the occasion. tier LI
ship's dress was uncommonly elegant.
It is said that Mr. Cooec, of Covent.'
Theatre, is going to receive the baud
Haesixos at the I hymeneal Altar.
Mr. HARRIS, Proprietor of Covent-Garde
tit, is the purchaser of Mrs. Slovens's W
Great Marlborough-street.
The First Battalion of Roxburglishire
Infantry, under the command of the Rigl
Lord MINTO, arc expofled at Kelso, on
next, to take their winter quartets.
Mvstc.—The sequel of Mr. BR AR ASS%
and Glory, by the composer of The
Fir:etch-1, is spoken of as a composition of g.
and feeling; it is entitled Henry era Lo •
puhlished at No. 75, Long Acre; where ;
be had the much admired ballad of The 80,

Ragre/oi, for piano-forte, harp, and flag=
elegant and pathetic ditty, I'm a
Brattly ire 'alters; the c:letizated grand ov,
Ertuam and Elosire; the beautiful sang of 71.6
Raw ; and where, to-morrow, vi ill be r
Thc tiio;:ing Girl, or The Afattile Wevbrid.ZP,
to I I:r Royal 1 lighness the Duche,s 01 V,if

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A DREA3L

FROMI, SSOLITE' LLS A LA MAIN OF THE V.Orsi
AILSSIOOI, 'YEAR XII. 01 10T11 of JULY, tbui.
Np iv• PACES 6 LT 7.

prophets and Prophetesses pretend that day
dream, are more to be depended upon than those of
the Melt my usual modesty prevents me, however,
iincinee it upon my readers, either as a proba.
Midi., or possibilny, though I think it both.
ff,teing witnessed, with thousand other citizens,
lately metamorphosed with myself into subjefts, the
Brand pres-ntation of the grand diplomatic corps to
the grand Emperor of the grand nation, I went home,
my body fatigued, from standing in the grand crowd
for four hours, and my mind occupied with half
serious and halt gay thoughts concerning the grand
scent I had left. and of which die equal has not
been seen in France, or heard of in Europe for
fourteen centuries. Meditating on my sofa, on the
grandeur and decline of Empires, on the misery
of same kings, and on the fortune of some indivi-
afeals, I beganto slumber, and tinishcd by failing
has: asleep. In some few minutes I iniarti»..l
in -
self in Paradise, where I was surprised to hear the
rood, the virtuous, the Christian and forgiving Louis
vI. reproaching sonic crowned members of his
family with theW late inhuman and degrading COO-
duet, and be was going to forbid them his presence,
anJ disown them as relations, when the young Duke
of Eitgfeien entered, bleeding through all hi pores,
and with a bashful modesty exclaimed, " Sir! 1, too,
ant 2 Lianhou !" His sudden presence, and par-
ticularly his shocking appearance, caused a kind
inernitir of pity —of abhorrence—sighs were heard
every where, and tears were ruhning down the
checks of Louis XVI. who opened Ms arms to
embrace his Royal relative. "My son," said the
kingly martyr, " thou art worthy our ancestors and
better times—"
litre His Majesty was interrupted by the arrival of
several persons, unknown to all, except the Duke of
Enghien, who 'su etched out his hand, and int! aduced
12 friends, whose virtues and sufferings upon earth
Providence had rewarded with the eternal blessing
of inhabiting the same paradise with a Saint Louis,
Henry IV. and Louis XVI. One of them began to
relate some occurrences which took place just before
he was murdered, which caused a degree of sur-
prise and indignation that no words can describe.
A contused noise of trumpets, di urns, &c. was then
heard, which awoke me for an instant; but, falling
asleep again, my bewildered imagination carried
rue to the wood of Vincennes, where heralds, dressed
in imperial liveries, proclaimed the following Se-
Consu'llls
" People of France !---your interest and welfare
made Napoleun the first an Emperor of tile
licoch; his virtues require from your duty and
gratitude, that his Imperial Majesty should be wor-
stripped as a supernatural being. Your representa-
tives, the members of the Conservative Senate, de-
cree, that temples are immediately to be mated in
every city, town, and village, of the French empire,
where Napoleon the First is to be worshipped as the
l'i omit:rice of Europe."
The crowd immeihamly was on their knee!, re-
peating " Sancie ore pro •406 is !" As I
distinguished several foreign accents, I approaciie.:
neater to the place from whence they came, and,
to my great surprise, saw the Kings of Spain, Na
ples, &c. &c. all call out by proxy, "Soncte
.korre, era pro ne6ll. !" I was freezing with horror
at these blast.liemies, when an invisMie hand
carried me suddenly througn the air to tire inner-
most apartments of St. Cloud, where I observed,
upon a bed decorated with an imperial crows., a
short yellow figure of a man gnashing his teeth,
tearing his bosom, and, by convulsi re movements,
opening and shutting Ms eyes, turn from one side
to another, jumping up, and laying down again;
his eyes staring, and hi, tongue exclaiming, " `Cou-
lon! Paris! Italy! JAG! Eaghien ! Geetge !
Guards, seize them! Guards, do you not heaxl
traitors you are sold to the Bourbons! at least give
me my stilletto—my poisoned draft—my dagger—
my pistols, er a rope ! ' Ms he repeated 50 laird,
that tie apartment was instantly lilted with Marne-
Jukes, Italian,, Corsicans, swiss, and henchmen,
who frightened me so much, that Unlined through
the windows, and ran away as fast asl could
A clap of thunder and a flash of lighting caused
me to look behind, when I saw nothing but tem-
ples, palaces, imperial crowns, sceptres, and robes,
reduced to ashes, to rubbish :
J'si rue jk,luea aux vow* lidever le ;
J'ai pave is le v, ramps cumnie Placate
In that instant my guardian angel appeared be-
fore me, and spoke, with a severe voice, as fol-
lows:—" Weak mortal, cease to murmur at the
decrees of Providence, when you see that sentences
of criminal tribunals and military comrnissons
ten exchange the eatth for a paradise; whilst the
Zertetar Con:sham as often make the earth an hell."
Here my servant entered my room, and awoke me,
in telling me that his Majesty the Emperor of the
french had graciously fixed the day of his Corona-
tion on the 9th next November !

ANECDOTE OF FA Et:MUG 11. K 'HOOF PRUSSIA.—••
Ihe King, one day, travelling in his dominions,
and staying for the night in a small country town,
uas informed that a young clergyman, candidate
for the vacant living of the place, intended to
r reach the next moriang. '11:e King, being in a
good humour, therefore sent for him, and asked
him, whether he would undertake to preach upon
the test that he should furnish him with ? to which
the clergyman replied in the affirmative. The ser-
vice being begun, and the candidate having mounted
the pulpit, instead of a text from the Holy Scrip-
tures, as lie expei9ed, nothing was found but a blank
Piece of paper. Upon this the young divine lifts
up the paper and exclaims: Here is nothiag (then
turning it round), and there, is nothing, and out of
nothing Cod created the world. Then pr-ached a
most excellent sermon with which the King was
so much pleased, that he immediately bestowed
upon him a living of con.iderable value.
Yesterday died, aged 60, Mr. kJ A ItRISON, who has
for many years kept the White Horse Cellar, in Picca-
dilly. This Gentleman rote, a: his villa, near Brotrip-
RPpArently in good health ; having given some
dire.ctions to his servants, preparatory to his going
to his office in town, be went into the garden, where
in half an hour I.e was found dead.

LAW.

COURT OF KING'a BENCH, WSSTMINSTSP, Now. 22.
THE KING r. FKANCIS Tilos! IS CIIASIPNEYS.
Mr. ERSKINE moved the Judgment of the Court
upon the Defendant in this case.
The I ndiFiment charged the Def mdant with send-
ing a letter ta James William Silk. with Mtent to
provoke him to fight a duel, and which was in uched
in wards nearly as follows : •' I wish I had been
aware of your insolence, and I would have made
your teeth chatter ; but I suppose, you cowardly
rascal, you would not have been so bold, but you
thought petticoats might have protected you ; the
next time I meet you, if you have the spirit of a
man, I'll fight you any way yoa please, &c. &c."
To which I adiftment the Defendant suffered judg-
ment by default.
The Prosecutor's affidavit was read, which stated,
that the Defendant was married to Silk's sister, and
that they carried on business, as attorneys, in part-
nership together, fur some time ; but, intconsequence
of some disagreement, the partnership had been dis-
solved. O.r the I tith December, 1803, the Prose-
cutor was going through Gray's Inn-lane, in com-
pany with Eliza Blanch, when he was met by the
Defendant, who, without any previous provoca-
tion, called him " a scoundrel and rascal," and
swore he would knock him down. Immediately
after, he received the letter stated in the Indiament ;
in answer to which, he declared he would matte it
the subje.ft of a prosecution.
The Defendant's affidavit was then read ; which
stated, that lie was brother-in-law to the Prosecu-
tor, and had been in partnership with him, till, ob-
serving something he did not liise in the Provcutor's
conduCt, a dissolution took place, when it was agreed
each should retain his own clients ; that there was a
considerable balance due to the Delendaat, on the
foot of the accounts, •vhich he was kept out of by
the Prosecutor. On the day laid in the indidlment,
he met the Vrosecutor in Gray's-Inmltne, in corn-
PanY with a female, with whom he cohabited ; the
former sneered at him in a most contemptuous man-
ner, and his mini being irritated and disturbed at
the moment, he wrote the letter in question ; not-
withstandiag all which, he had no personal animo-
sity aga:nst the Prosecmor—and, so far from perse-
vering in an towards him, their office was
kept in the very s trne house, at the present day.
Several affidavits were then read, no behalf of
the Defendant. One of the Rev. Mr. Champneys,
uncle to the Defendant, and Sub-Dean of St. Paul's
College ; also, one of Defendant's father and sister ;
all tending to shew his contrition and sorrow for
wily had happened, and stating letters of apology
of his for his condua, and prrrposals to submit to
araitration ; all winch had been deemed sufficient by
the Prosectc•ir's own family.
Mr. RE sore, on the part of the prosecution, con-
tended, that the affidavit of the Defendant was ra-
ther an aggravation of his offence, as he threw out
insinuations against the Prosecutor's charaaer, which
he requested time to answer.
Lord ELLEN HOWL 1:11...4 I think the letter both
lose, vulgar. and abusive ; and much more de-
grading to the writer, than to the PEOSCCIVOt. As
the proposition fhr accommodation came from the
Prosecutor's family, and that they deemed the De-
fendant's letter of apology and submission to arbi-
tration satisfadory, let hint go before the Master,
and make such compensation as he may think neces-
sary."
'Sumo! Miler was brought up to receive tit:, judg-
ment of the Court, for secreting various tools, and
other articles stolen out of his Majesty's stores at
Cha-ham, which had the King's mark upon them.
The Defendant', affidavit stated, that be WAS up-
wards of 72 years of age, had been, in the early part
of his life, engaged• in the Greenland Fishes y, and
latterly earned his brea t as a daily labourer.
Mr. Gu RPICV prayed the mercy of the Court, in
behalf of the Defendant, on the grounds of his
own affi•favit.

Mr. G•unow observed, that their Lordships had
so many and painiul occasions to observe upon this
!deuce, he thought, on the part of the prosecution,
it would be quite a waste of time to say any thing
on it.

"the Defendant was committed, and ordered to
be brought up on Mondry.

TILE KiNO V. TIMOTHY C2EIGATON.

Mr. Palm moved the judgment of the Court in
this case.

The Defendant was tried, the last Assizes for Car-
lisle, before Mr. Justice Gut AII A My upon an inform-
ation for assaulting trVilliam Leckey, an officer
of Excise, and obstruCting him in the discharge of
his duty, while in the ad of seizing a quantity of
smuggled salt.
It appeared, upon the affidavits, that the De-
fendant was a poor man, and had been employed
by another person to carry the salt away ; that he
never had been concerned in a thing, of that nature
befOre nor since, and maintained a very good clia-
rafter.
to was sentenced to three months impri;onmeut
in Nentgate.

THE K-INGI V. 101114 LNG@ end MARK SAI"St CRSOM

Mr. Serj..ant Bess moved the judgment of the
Court upon these Defendant,.
It appeared that they were inclined as stewards
of a 13-nett Society, called the Uhiird Brethren, tor
not obeying the or,ler of Magistrates, direding them
to reinstate one Jeremiah Youa, as a member at
that society. The cause was tried in the county of
Surrey, before Mr. Serjeant RUNIIIINGTOS.
On the pan of the prosecutioa it was stated, that
the Prosecutor, Young, had been a member of the
society for five years ; that he had been unlawfully
dismissed ; and that the Defendants were authorised
to give effeEt to the ant of the Magistrates, by re-
instating him ; and, that their non-compliance
amounted to a misdemeanour.

On the part of the Defendants it was contended,
that they had no power to rein'tate. _ _

The Learned iudge, who tried the cense, direled
the Jury to acquit she Defendants, inasmuch as there
was no evidence to skew that they had the power
to reinstate; but, to his utter astooishment, they
found the Defendants fisibn.
He then reconsmendod them to reconsider their
verdift: bat they persisted in the tit st they h.L:i
given. The report then stated the Learned Judge's
opinion, that the vet<ti l of the Jury was unsup.
ported by any fad, and contrary to evident-:.
Mr. &least nears on behalf of the Defendants,

:eat h unnecessary to urge any thing to the Cour:,
as the Judge's Report was spite
On the part of the Prosecution, Messrs. NOVI'LAN
and WEIHEIAL argued in support of the verdia,
upon the grounds of the competency of the Justices
to make such order as was made in this case, and
the obligation of the Defendants to obey it, which,
by the statute of the 33J of his present Maksty,
commonly called Mr. Dundas's ASR, they were
boned to do.

They contended that the indi&ment was tenable
upon two' grounds; first, the disobedience of the
order of the Magisttates, who were of competent
jiirisdiaion to make such ; and, secondly, that it
appeared in evidence that the Defendants were the
stewards of the society, and, as such, bound to obey
the order. This was not a criminal proceed'ng. but a
legal remedy, to enforce them to re-inscribe a mem-
ber's name upon the roll of the society ; and, unless
the Prosecutor had his remedy in this way, by com-
pelling the stewards, the Aiet of Parliament was per-
fealy nugat•lry.
Lord ELLCSROROVCII observed, that.the verdid
was by nn means disturbed ; but, notwithstanding
the time for applying for a new trial was passed,
and it was not in their power to apply for one now ;
yet the Court was always at liberty to oriTr a nev
trial, when there appeared any thing unexplaiacil
upon the first ; and as Counsel on the part of the
Ddendants had not been herd; and also, as there
appeared much matter in this caw to be inve:tigated,
the Court ordered a Rule to spew cauw, why there
should not be a new trial.
WARD V. LOWIIISo.
_ _

Mr. ER SK I!SE moved the Court, that the Exche-
quer Bills, amounting to 2000 i. ladgeti in the hands
of the clerk of Nist P 11,1,, to the cre.iit of this
cause, should be paid over to the Plaintiff.
The Aainn was cformenced in Hilary Term,
1803, and the money lodged in the month of May
following, when this cause was about to be tried.
In November, the Defendant died, and the next of
kin having renounced administration, Mr. A! 1,
the Plaintiff's Attorney, being a creditor of the
Defendant's, took out letters of administration, and
this day, by Mr. GILES, consented to the Plaintiff's
receivint; the money.
Mr. Gins chewed cause against this application,
in the first instancc, and cgs-rved, that it was a
conspiracy against the bail, who had lodged the
money in Court, to exonerate themselves.

In iSO'2, the Defendant was arrested upon a Bill of
Exchange, to which he gave hail; he since had died,
and of course the suit was abated ; the bail there ore
souttla so have their money back again.
ird tu no novo it The money nac lodged
to abide au event, which, by operati,,n of
has abated ; and yea now want to do that which is
impossible. The bail 1.i..17.,ed the money in ord..: to
abide that event: it lies as a tried pledge for tae be-
nefit of those who I..ged it."
Mr. ENSKIME—" Thew, my Lord, I take nothing
by my motion ?"
Lord ELI tssonouoit—', Certainly not."
Motion refused.

DEWEY V IAYNTUN.
This aCti in was brought against the High Sheriff
of Wilts, for the purpose of trying the validity of
a deed executed by Lnrd Arundel, to Trustees
fir Lady Arundel, of his Lordship's seat, called
Wardour Castle, io tha county, and all the furni-
ture, plate, pidures, &c. for the porpoise of raising
a find for the payment of his Lordship's debts.—
[ l'he particulars of tho trial, which was had the sit-
tings after last Term, and the subsequent Motion
by Mr. Gras: to set asi,!e the verdid for the Plaint-
iff this Term, we have giver. in former Papers.
Yesterday the Learned .1 Age's (Lord El. LEN.
nonoc Gm's) Rep t t was read, and Counsel was heard
on either si•ie this day.
Me;sr.. GAItHOW, PARKE, and \Vic lAN, were
heard in support of the verdid, who, in most able
and learned arguments, contended that the deed was
fraudulent, and intended to defeat the creditors of
their just rights, and that there were fads sufficient
before the Jury to warrant that verdict.
Messrs ERiKINE, Giese, and Rica A RDSOtt, were
heard on the part of the Defendant, who contended
that the fads did not warrant the Jury to come to
such a conclusion ; and that the deed, so far from
being fraudulent, was executed for r.he express pur-
pose of raising a permanent fund for payment of
creditors.

The arguments on both sides took up nearly five
hours of the time of the Court; and their Lori.
ships, considering it a question of very great im.
pottance, postpunei their final judgment to another
y.

COMMON PLEAS.

Siftings st Nisi Prrf 6eforc S,r J A K ZS M•NSFIELD.

MILLS r. GRAHAM.

This was an a&ion brought by the Plaintiff; a
leather-seller, itg.imst the Ddendant, a skin-finisher,
to recover 21. 17s. the value of a quantity of skins
that had been got from the Plaintiff.

The Dcfendant went to the shop of Mills, and
asked him had he any skins to sell d to which the
Plaintiff answered, he had not ; the Defendant then,
seeing some undressed skins lying in the shop, said
he was a skin-finisher, and he would take them
and finish them for him, if he had a mind, and he
might as well give them to him as to any one else.
Accordingly, he gave 111:n skins to the amount of
21 17s. the Defendant promising to finish them off
as f ist as he possibly could. They remained a long,
time in his possession. The Plaintiff having found
that the mother of the Defendant kept a leather
shop, and that several skins belonging to him were
exposed for sale by her, went to the Defendant, and
asked for his proprcty : but he refused to give it ;
and took up a large knife that is used in finishing
leather, and threatened to finish Aim, if he did not
go about his business. The Plaintiff afterwards
sent several times to the Defendant to demand his
prsperty, but he always refused to give it up, of-
fering to pay hint for it at the rate of five
pounds a month ; and, on that being refused
on the part of the Plaintiff, the Defendant
said he was a minor, and did not care a d—n
for the law ; but if he proceeded against him,
he would go into gaol and spend the money jo-
vially. The Plaintiff, finding it impossible to ge this
skins from the Defendant in the rw.nner he had
heretofore proved, agreed with a Mr. Fetherston, that
they should go to the Defendant's house, and that
Fetherstnn should pass himself on Graham AS a
country gentleman, wanting to purchase skins;

they went there accordingly, bought the skins. and
p icked them on a dray brought. for the purpose :
out Graham, finding out the deception before thtt
goods I:..ft the door, ordered his men to take them
oil the dray, and bring them into his shop again.
sayirg, " he'd he d—d if they should go."
Serjeant EPPERD, for the Plaintiff, here closed
his case, after establishing those fads by resp;:Cable.
witnesses. • 1.-

Serje.tnt BEST, for the Defendant, moved the
Court that the Plaintiff should be non-suited, and
argue I that this anion could not be maintained un-
der the declaration, which states that he unjustly
detains them; and, as they were given to him for the
purpose of finishing, it was not to be suppot.-ei ltr
WAS to deliver them until that was perfeacd ; -that -
this should not have bee.l an anion in o'etieue, a spe-
cies of anion which had not been tried this century
past, but an anion in OiSallli'Sdi on a special bailment.
Sir JAMCS MtNst,tets• slid, he would not pre-
tend to determine on this point ; that if the law %sea •
with the Defendant, he should have the benefit of
it ; but otherwise, it appeared to him to be a gross
tra.td.
T:le following speci 11 verd;.l was entered fir the
Plaintiff; namely, " that the goods being. specia!!y
bailed, an anion in &lint( was II the proper a iton
to be brought.. but that it shoul-I have bk.vii
anion in cAsidnepcit, and in case that the nhjeftiort
should be established, that a non-suit uhuud .je
entered."
RANKIN r. Few.
The Plaintiff in this anion was a china gilder;
the Defendant sold china : the anion was brought
to recover 141. 9s. fur work done for the De-
fendant.
Serjcant SHCPOERO, for the Plaintiff, stated
that the Defendant, on being app'aed to for the
amount of the bill, offered to give his note for •
101. provided the Defendant would do one pound's
worth of work for him, more than he had already
done, which amounted to an acknowledgment of his '
being indebted 91 at a!iy rate. The D.-ferxiant had
lodged seven guineas in Court, and grounded his
detence on the Plaintiff's having cracked a quantity
of the china in gildie7 it, and that it was an esta-
blished custom amongst people of that trade, that
each party should be at a loss when a piece of china
cracked in the gilding; that is, the owner should
not charge the gilder for the china broke, nor the
gilder charge the owner for the expe eof gilding.
Many witnesses were called; bu. Sir .IA:4ES !V/AN:•
rut o proposed to the gentleman at lee. sides, that •
as the difference was about such a milt, a juror
should be withdrawn, and no costs paid on either
side; which, being agreed to by Serleants Suer-
HEAD and BLST, a juror was withdrawn. •

LIBERTY OF THE SUBJECT.

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Mr. Dowling, of Tavistock-street, the s
gentleman mentioned in our Paper of yesterdly, as
being illegaPy pressed on board the Tender, was
yestershr. at noon liberated, on producing to the
Re;a4iting Captain on beard, the affldits it of his
father, sworn bctore a Magistrate at Bow-;,treet.
that he had never been to sea, otherwise than as a
passenger.
The only satisfaCtion, however, that could he ob-
tained with respect to his forcible seizure and im-
poriionment, was the produCtion of ail anonymous
letter, which the Captain said was received on board
by the twnpenny.post, signed " ri F,;eeit to the
Navy," stating the young man to be a deserter;
that the Captain, therefore, consideied it his duty
to send his officer and gang, to have him press-
ed. Upon representing, that it was somewhat
extraordinary that such anonymotti a,i homy should
be ent.Fi..tered sntficient to warrant the sei.ure of
an min whatsoever, and his conveyance on hoard
a tender, and that any malicious person, desirous if
the ruin of another, had nothing more to do than
to direCt an anonymous letter of this sort to the re-
gulating Captain, and have him seized and carried
out of the country ; the Captain answered, " 'that
in ailing upon such letter', he only did his duty,
and should be liable to a complaint against him at
the Admiralty, if he negleEted to aa upon such in.
formation—that there was no horns d.n:e on the per-
sons seized, only lost amy .a rant, and they were
liberated again, oaproduciii.; proofs that they were
not seamen."
Thus, any man, at a distance from his friends, or
a stranger in town,if anonymously informed against,
may be seized, and sent on board the tender, and
thence sent on board the fleet at the Nore, next day
at eleven o'clock, as soon :1,4 the examining surgeon
shall report him able to sctve.
Amongst the prisoners at present on board the
Tender, are the Master of a ship now in the River,
and also the Suiprcargo of a Prussian vess, I, and
also a naturalised subjeift of the American Star: •,,
both seized on the Deptford-road. The C.,')•
of a transport was, a few days since, carried on I;oard
in the same manner.
Amongst the many eases that have occurred in'
this way, is that of a Mr. Jenkins, an industrioi
working watch-maker, of Forster lane, Cheapside,
who had never been on board a vessel in his life ;
but who, about three months since, upon the author,
ity of one of those anonymous Letters-de-C.:ch.-1, was
seized by a press-gang, dragged from his family,'
and sent down to the sore, from whence he wail
drafted en board the fleet off Brest. lii. wife, a
most industrious poor woman, made several capen-
sive trips to and from the Nore ; and, though she
has actually paid in 491. some time since, to find
r svo men in his stead, he has not yet been restored
to his afflifted family.

" To be in Fortune's way," is a vet y common
saying ; yet is it An adage of more importanc.? than
many imagine. The best mode, perhaps, of prov-
ing it, is by asking :—Can any good result from not
being in the road to the Temple of the blind Cod.
Jess ? Do people imagine that the skies rain For-
tunes ? or, that they spontaneously vegetate from
the earth Now, to be indisputably in the way of
many chances, at least, of meeting good Fortune,
is to be in a Lor /tar ; and in so unprrcedently
a rich one as that which is announced for January's
Chewing, may fairly be said to he in a broad turn-
pike-road that leads to supreme wealth. The little
payment of an sf4ce toll opens the gale, and entitles
nit aJvcriturer to journey in the same path, whet,
Fortune is to be found waiting for her votaries.—.
Such as cannot clearly perceive this, are more bliza4
than the Goddess herself.

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NAVAL INTEL. LICENCE.

eorrssaotram, mow. 21.
Arrived the Arai nt transport, Capt. Thompson,
from Cork
Went wt of Harbour, the Dragon man of war.
—Wind W.S W.
DEAL, VOl7. 21
Arrived theftlrma sloop of war, from Cork, with
a convoy, which are sailed for the Rivet.
Came down from Sheerness, the Me.,o,nrus fri-
gate, and sailed for Portsmouth.
Arrived the %fin:, Sparkler, and Mitchlid gun-
brigs, from a cruise, and remain in the Downs, with
the ships as per laat.—Wind N.W.
GRECNOrK, 1411 V. 17.
Arrived here yesterday, th. Charles, Rr ii, from
Lisbon, a running ship, in 13 days; sailed thence in
company with the armed ship both, N,./tan, *Allis-
ter, bound for Port Glasg iw, ant parted with her
the same evening A Mail from Gibraltar arrived
on the 31st 061 ,bar, and brought most distressing
accounts of the contagion there. Nineteen sail of a
dispersed convoy from Newfoundland arrived at
Lishon on the Ist and 2d instant, most of them in a
leaky condition, three of them dismasted. The
fleet, when they le:t that on the Ist Odober, con-
sisted of 40 sail, under convoy of the Aurora frigate
and Fox cutter, and five days after their sailing, en-
counter° 1 a most tremendous storm, in which, it is
feared, stun,: of the Avec went down. The For was
obliged to throw all her guns over board. A vessel
from Gibraltar, with forty passengers, bound to
London, foundeacd at sea ; the crew and passengers
were picked up by a small brig hound front St. 1..0-
ear to London, which, on account of the crowd on
board, a as obliged to put ir.to the Tagus, where she
was immediately put under quarantine.
Arrived yesterday, the Emily, l'f.tirchie, from
Quebec; spoke the Canada, Hai vie, front hence for
Queliec, inside of the Isle of Beck, with a pilot cn
board.

•
FROM I.l.OYD's LIST.
GI AVIlbaN Noy.gl th, Bengal, Read, for Bar
Woes; Miura Pitt, Friar I,le of Thanst, Goodwin ; Cen-
tgrion,Gloostlale; Lin.lois, Goldfinch; and Cie Idi, Mar:lo,
for _formica; Ealing timer, Sitr, for St. Viricenea; Edward,
Tayl.ir, for Tobag.,; Iri., Phallus, and the Thitins. Doug-
las, 1.4 Grenada; Mare Ann, 'World, for SU11;141111; Patrick,
Stu ,r, and tile Emeral-1, Conk, fur Arits7u.i ; Scout, M'Fies,
for Dubirri; /Circling h AM (Pros,raii),..-.---, for St Michaels;
ll•mrietts, Kelmass, for Twining n ; Vreind chip, Pratt,
Vrow Toeika, Toolr, Joffrow tea, liorkett, and the Jonge
Anna llifargare ta, for Ir. inbden.
All RICID
Off DO v 111.1 iIC F me, Wraith, (met Wat..rford ; Fanny,
Proulin; Rialto, Bailin.; and the Abraham, Cabden, from
Cork
At hfiltonaherrravidrnce, Wah.r, fr 'or Nfernel.
At flutan, 110,1" y, from N^Yifound:and ;
Request, Lle bP ; and the Adscuture, MelLuaby, from the
At ideerroo!....the Imperial, Pmerkin, from Baltimore;
John and Mary, fr. ni Riga ; L'lzabetls, Clifton ; and
the Beam, —, from Dantz:c.
At Clydrawirre Re 1, from Libon ; and the Em.
ley, Mackie, nom Qiieber
In Bravey Blond-41re Dodds', Cobbett, from Philadel-
phia, •or Liye•psoll.
At Whiteha..en-..the Thetis, Cribber, from Peteribulli.
At Lenlitht }love, Andcrwell, front Arebatigel
AtNewfmodlind—the Friends, Doyle; arid the Elizabeth,
Martin, Unlit Bristol.
At the Saha r.inc, William. flied, tom Afriea.
At St. Thonal.•....alis Lrml Ve1a...,, from Africa
At Barhadoe —the Vittervr4-.., Burgas:, ituin London.
At Sirri-ia.ii—the Queen Citailot:e, (-lark; and BOshlo,
(ruin Lornloit• .

The Corporation and Me:chants of Yarmouth
have voted their thinks to Capt. IlAtcoc.K, of the
Cruiser sloop, and his odicers, for their great tier.
tions in capturing the noted Bt. ct:st•rt.
The Waterford Fishery, on the .ymph Bank, in
the Irish Channel, hrs failed ; not for want of fish,
nor for want of money, but f' ..m the indiscreet di-
reetion of the fends of the Company, in not making
the Captains of fishing vessels partakers of loss as
well as profit.
The weather during the whole of last week, was
very boisterous on the eastern coast. The Isle of
Mann packet arrived at Whitehaven on Sunday,
after a detention of several days, during which she
could not get out of Douglas harbour.
The remains of the Countess Dowager of Se A Tr rs-
avltT were on Monday removed from her late man-
sion, in Seymour-street, for interment in the anciert
family vault in Dorsetshire. Ten horsemen pre-
ceded the hearse, and the stite-horse was led by the
two senior streants of the household. Seven car-
riages, belonging to persons of distinetion, closed the
cavalcade.
Some time ago, Mr. Bill:ET' Ef.t.t Rif. of Win.
seer, near Kendal, missed one of his shearling sheep,
ar.d having searched for it in vain, gave it tip as lost.
About a month afterwards, some children going
into his malt kiln to play, on a rainy day, discover-
ed the poor animal in the cistern. It seems that it
had gone thro' a window which opened into its pas-
ture, and remained &ere a %%hole month, ssithnnt
any food whatever ; vet it is now likely to live and
do well.
A very unfortunate accident befel Ms. Tveati,
cf Leadenhall-Market, on Monday last. On his
return from hunting on Epping Forest, it is sup-
posed the animal on which he rode ran away with
him, and threw him with such violence against a
tree, that he tail senseless on the ground. Two
draymen, who saw Mr. Tveza not two minutes
before the accident, and missing him off the horse,
went in search of him, when they found him wel-
tering in his blood, apparently dead; and the tree
against which he bad been forced, was much sprink-
led with blood. The men took the unfortunate
gentleman to Chingford-green, where he had the
benefit of medical assistance. Mr. vi.ea's bro-
ther happened, the same evening, to be in the
neighbourhood, and hearing that a Gentleman
of his name had met with a very alarming acci-
dent, went to see him, and found it was his
brother. He rode immediately to town, and re-
turned with Mr. BLIZARD to Chiogford, when
they found Mr. TYL LIS in the same torpid state in
which he had been left. Mr. BLIZARD, on exa-
mining the woutfd, gase very little hopes of his
recovery. The operation of orpanning was, how-
ever, performed, and Mr. Truitt is still alive, but
has never been able to speak ; nor does he know any
of his friends, who have entirely given up all hope of
his rec,,wery. Mrs. 7'v LLR is far advanced in preg-
nancy, and has been confined to her bed ever since
she heard of the fatal accident.