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PUGILISAL

The long intended batles between the Chirkee and
Cacti?. Per and Duee4 Seas, Ceti Lid-
u•in and R,an, were fixed for Saturday last, in the
neighbouthoe.! of Blackwalwr, on the Basingstoke
road The wetted sportwas uncommonly dittr.letive.
On Friday erA !sing, and during the whole night, the
road from townwaslined with horsemen, pedery jaw.,
aad cf.alse cartsnf every description. Three • •
ve,ne fot 'lied at an early hour on Sat r !:: the
combatants: the first war at the 22 mile stone,
the second two miles further on, and the third at
lliackwater, distant thirtyrtwo rr.:l o :torn London.
The ring next to town was the intended scehe of
action for the Chicle,' and Gni!, ; but the bets being
favour of the latter, nproi their 'arrival, the
friends of the Chiang, who had laid the odds in his
favour, began to seppose it was n cross. The bets
were, in cons coerce, drawn. and none of the three
Mended fights took place. There was aorne spirt,
hewever, to compensate for this disappointm,:a.
.Volefir, the butcher, from Bullpanch, near Bristol,
who had arrived the day before to attend the
ii.;hts, was matched for a purse of fifty gui-
neas against Cribb. At setting to the bets were
in favour of the latter. In the fith round, however,
the betting became even, and during the remainder
of the fight the bets were 2 to 1 in favour of the
butcher, who ultimately proves the viElor. ile was
allowed by the antatuers to be the het traci-harded
tighter in England. The match was for 50 guineas,
of which it was proposed the winner was to have 40
and the loser 10 ; but so confident was Cribb that he
should beat his Tll.lll, he in.isted the v iaor should have
the whole prize of .30 guineas, and that no part of it
••hould go to the loser. This proposal was readily
accpted by Nichetla, and he had the benefit of it;
Cribb never encountered such a eastaig huteher. He
was so banged in the ca,rase that he was obliged to
sleep upon the road, his friends having procured
him a bed for the night whereon to re se his shat-
tered hones. Another battle, but of little interest,
and for a small sum, was fought by a Jew and a
Christian, that terminated, after a quarter of an
hour, in favour of the latter.

Creat exertions have been making to raise the
ef‘eezaviraty. which was unfortunately wrecked
off ; andswe are happy to say, shefloated Weymouth
tei Friday, by the assistance of the divers, and by
Pitting some of the chests nut of her.
The powerful auradion which arises from such a
satiety of excellent rrformances at the Rouen
Climes. fills that Theatre every evening with a
crowded assemblage of admiring spedatots. The
scenes in 74e Furth cl June, is Maros Bey. are ad-
mirably adapted to the taste of every class, and
Lesides the grand ells& of taking the Fort, the Pri-
son scene displays characters happily introduced,
and highly interesting.—lerogen has such a vanity
of admirable situations and characters as must ever
charm ; amongst the latter, the /worn of Miss .;s-
-sour, Pais!, ve.ue of Roareys, and Cietre of Ass.
xtrn, deserve particular notice ; in the pleasing
Itir:eq.iinacle of A Mogul Talc, the Ciswe of BaA D•
But v is highly diverting; we understand, how-
ever, that the last m. misused piece will be mini wed
but a few days longer, as a new Pantomine d a
Few Ballet comic Dance will my shortly be ro-
duces!.

citarrrk GAZETTE, J. 17, 1404.
ILSrSACT TROLL AI. COMMA 1Y HIS [tett

LtNCY THL COIibIANDE/I IN CHILI. NZAD

QUARTERS, CAMP AT DREG, DEC. 26, 180$.

" The Commander in Chief, basil, receiver! a detailed re-
port of the *lseult of Ship Erring i, and the attack id' the ene-
my's trenches un the bight of the •2!)1, felt infinite sati.far,
sun in pubiishing h . highest approbatum .1- the meritorious
bAseiottr of the troops employed on that occasion.
" To Lieut. Colonel Macrae, who cream ended the trools,
His Excellency feel: the mod partieudir obligations for the
great judgment with which dire the s,veral attacks, and
gallantry which he displayed in the assault of the beach
" Limit. Colonel Ball, who so liandso.nly volunteered his
services in the storming party, ili,ervei Ills Eseeliene.y's
warmest thanks for the uncommon azal and energy he evinced
throughout.
Majot Radcliffe, who led the left, and Capt. S. Kelly,
who led the right, attack on the eirems% trenches, are entitled
at His Eiteellency's hest thanks for the Cr1:1 cud and gallantry
with which they executed the duties which had been assigned
to them.
" Capt. Lindsay, and Offic:rs and men of His Majesty's
Flank Compa:dea of the ted, the o:ficers and men of the
Flank Companies of His Majesty% nth Regiment and KM,.
perm Regiment, aid the whole of the lit Battalion her Regi•
orient, which formed the storming party, the o:Seers arid men
of the European R-girnent, and hat Kota: ein 1 Regiment,
who attacked the enemy's trench: s, Ca:.t. iiaban, and Artil
Ivry, Lieut. Swinton, mid Pvol•ers, and the whole of the
'non.» employed on this OCC3iiOO, are de.erving of the highest
T.:eke and roorinend.tion Cif the iiii,,turrion courage and in.
trepiddy with which they carried the ildirreut works of the
enemy defended by a notation. arm!, and supported by a
powerful artillery.
or His Extellausy should ha wanting in ju-tice, was be not
to express hit highest series of the merits of the officer. and
men emplord at Dzeg, inure paiticularly to Lieut. Colonel
llorsford and Artillery The handsome manlier in which the
British Driven, volunteered their services, as working parte:a,
command. His Excelmey's warmed CAliki."
ThIE FOLLOWING IS A LIST 01 PASSENGERS Pert-
CIELDING TO EUROPE BY THE FIRST FLEET OF
THE SEASON.
LADIES.
The Hon. Mrs. Col. Carletun,—..Mistrestes Cameron, Turn-
boll, Cather ne Edwards, and two cliddren, Robertson. and
Child, Paulo and Lydia Pattie, Matter, F. Wyatt, Ann Char-
Inert Smith. Sarah Gladwin, Gantt, Kitchener), T. Bruno,
Arbuthnot and Daughter, Levesque,J 4.11 Monre, De I.l.tany,
Lloyd, Enal, Woad Junta, Eliza Wordsworth and Smith
GENTLEMEN
MajorGenenl Goons Deane, Major Gen. W. N. Comeron,
Majors..ielohn De, W. C. Alston, Joldi Harris, 9th N R.
hems 74th Regiment. Captains.—E.lint V :de,
10th N. R. James Retire. !Ptii N.li 11. Balfour, 'n4 G
at AO, Artillery, earl J. Ram. 76.1, R.Te..nent, L,eirreiimt
Wm. Parker, Artillery. Mr. James Grine, quarter Stain' 76th
Regiment, Thomas E-q. Head b.irgeon. Mr. D. Nee
bit, As,i,..nt sn.genn, and Mr. A. Ab miters, C.irewimory
General, Jolla Cowan, T. J. C. Pleideir, G Vbutiinot. G.
Mc Lead, and G. C. Maw, Ears. Mes.rs.—iaratiel Imes,
J. Heywood,' N. Chides; James Lk, A. Lair. C Shubrick,
sod Satith.
CHILDREN._

Misam—.M. A. Cameron, Fralorsa B.r':, F.Naal,eili Patile.
Mary Ann Scott, Mary and „fellow' Kellie, El el, Maria, and
Catharine Gane, Charlotte Montgomery, H. .1 tr. and Lou.
i" rmdett, D Mcßae, Ann Alien Jelly M Iry Dalt, Au-
caeca Buckley, Julian, Adeline' and Vwx.., a, De L'E'anr,
AgqlU`rl Buchanan, Louisa Gardner, Mawr Engel', Mai'.
..i. cats, alma. • . one., Isabella and Load'e., Mary and Louisa
Frances Unvd, Louisa Bat .I• Carol, .e Terraneao,
Sarlh El,nrielsa atekbam, sad An., Nell!. M mays
...kieharal and Fredenak Baba, VT. Scott, John G me. John
Francis, Charles Serlbellr, Peter Levesque, J.rae., Fe.wiell,
Eugene De L'E.tang, finsirr, Francis, and Robert Saith, R.
.I,,nes, Edward Thomas, Henry Lloyd, Anthony Greene, Ed.
B o n field. George Lewes. said Hippolitus Poignand, James De-
vaynos, E;,l amid WWI* lames Alenander Terraneau, and
Joh:SS—IP - .•
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THE FFAHAREES.

W.r have been favoured with the following extra fl
o a private letter from Madras, dated in Decemlier
last, which contains the only intelligence that had
reached Judda, respelling the operations of the
army of the Wahabt.es. " In Arabia, it appeats that
th• Wahabees are in greater force, and more for-
midattle than ever, laying the whole country under
heavy contributions. The celebrated post Yarn-
brio fell into their hands some tint., in mime last ;
their forces have surrounded t!..: town of Me:ca and
Judda, and ind-ed they are masters of the whole
Coact. s•wth of Judda to Mocha.

" It was understood, that some preliminary agree-
ment had been entered in be, wren t!'e Doll, of Ho-
deida and the Wari.rtiees, by w!lieli the fo mar stipti-
I.lted to delver op tit..t place entir-lv to the latter,
at a !•ert..in fixed period, if not pt .arintisly relieve.'
by the Imaums. He had. however, admitted tl:e
Wahalseetrinps into the pi ice, sn that it is now li-
terally nodes stood to he comp'. •dy in their posses-
sion. Nfay last, their army was in sight of tie
ramparts of Mocha, and they have rnetrared even
beyond the Straits of Babelmandel. It is to Sc la-
mented, that they do not pay more attention to the
ditlates of that religion which they pretend to in-
culcate ; but it is with pain we have to observe, that
they wantonly and cruelly ravage the country
wherever they go, committing excess of every de..
scription. Several camel drivers, whom they had
mangled in the most cruel and barbarous ma ner,
were brought into the town of Mocha, most of
whom died of the wounds they had received. In
April, they made a very serious attack on the town
of Judda, which continued with unabated fury for
one night, and a put of the ensuing d-ay; when.
from want of artillery, a deficiency of military taaics,
and the brisk and unremitting fire kept up from the
walls of the place, the Wahahees were foiled in their
attempt, and teludantly compelled to withdrew
their troops; and, as it is said, with a very con-
siderable loss.
" oat of wahabool, we believe, were first
formed about fifty years ago ; amongst the Arabs
who inhabit the great desart between Aleppo and
the Persian Gulph.
"'their religious tenets are nearly that of nature,
which singularity at first attraded the particular at-
tention of travellers. Their force and numbtrs have
since increased very rapidly, either by new prose-
lytes. whom they gain over by the novelty of their
doariste, by force of arms, or by those who, allured
by the hopes of plunder, repair to their standard ;
and they are now increased to so formidable a body
as to ses the Porte at defiance.
" We understand that the Wahahees have hitherto
permitted. the English dispatches to pass the Desart
unmolested."

So confident MN BOVAPARTC of striking a great
blow in the West Indies, that ha bad ordered pre-
parations for an illutnination,and fire-works upon the
grandest scale ever knovrn, some to be carried into
effee immediately upon tl.e atrivid of dighttches
from Admiral Vt LLLLL uvi.

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INTEI,LiGgI#CE.
CUURT OP KING'S BENCII, GUILDIIALL,JLEr 20.

Sittandt at Niti Prins before Lea Ertersacurouclf.
and a Special Jury.
%Ilis;Gr111.11 V. LAIC.
This was an aCtion for work and labour. The
Plaintiff was a pilot on the coast of Sussex, ar.3 the
Defendant was owner and master of the ship :
the former brought this action for compensation for
salvage.
It appeared. that on the I I th of Oaober last, the
ship in question mai upon a sand hank at Worthing,
on the coast of Sussex, and contieued for three days
in a very dangerous situation, when, a sm.trt gale
springing up, great apprehensions were entertained
for her safety ; every exertion of the crew proving
ineffedual, the Plaintiff, at the instigation of Lieu-
tenant Hoare, belonging to the look out honst., went
on board, and the Captain gave the sole manage-
ment and dire Lion of the ship to him. The Plain-
tiff, by a most dexterous manoeuvre, set her adrift,
having cut the cable which fastened the ship to the
shore; he at the same time had her k tits fitted, by
which she was thrown upon her beam ends, and a
sea rising at the very moment, she was raised from
the ground, and floated into deep water. He then
carried her safe into the harbour of Eastbourne.

The men who had assisted him, were paid for their
trouble. AB his own expences wee disbursed by
the Defendant, who also gave him five guineas as
a remuneration for his personal exertions : not con-
sidering this a sufficient compensation for his skill
and trouble, the risk being.very great, and the car-
go very valuable, toe brought this anion for such
further reasonable compensation as the Court and
Jury should think him entitled to.
Seine witnesses were then called, who were pro-
ceeding to give evidence with respect to the value of
the shit) and cargo, when Lord ELL CIIBUROVCSI4
inter posed His Lordship observed to the Jury,
that in all cases, where great personal peril and
danger appealed, on the part of the pilot, the own-
ers of ships could not br too liberal in their compen.
cation ; hut if it was to be said that pilots imagines ,
thethaelves entitled to a per tentage upon all ships
and cargoes, which they should happen to give as-
sistance to, when in distress, thete would be an end
o all commerce, shouid such principles be adopted.
alit; Lordship, therefore, left it to the Jury, in the
first i istance, • find whether the Plaintiff had net
already received sufficient payment for his trrah'a ;
and the Jury, after a short consultation, conce:eing
that he had, the Plaintiff was accoi nen:tided.
ROBINSON C. TURPIN.
This was an action brouglu by the consignee of
a cargo of pitch and tar against the Defendant, who
was a lighterman, for the value of a quantity of
pitch and tar, lost in the Defend one's lighter.
This was a question which greatly interested the
ship owners and lighterman upon the Thames. as it
in a great degree decided the liability of the latter.
It appeared that the Plaintiff lied 2.00 hoesii-ads
of pitch and tar on beard the Lidavry, a Swedish
vessel, from the Baltic ; that on the 9th of Novem-
ber leen, the Dafend mt's lighter, the Frrareae, was
sent down to the ship's side to receive these 200
hogshea Is of pitch and tar for the Plainaff. which
414 was to bring from Blackwell to Griffsh's Wharf.
She was lareJel about two o'clock in the day, when
it was slack water, and the tide milling dnwr. the
river: between five and six o'clock in the evening,
being the time In taking her away, it came on very
dark and hazy weather; the crew of the Indaftry
cast her of a-stern, as was usual, and it coming on
a heavy gale in the course of the night, she went
down, and out of 200 casks, may 75 were saved.
The lighterman (lid not tome down to take her away
WI five o'clock in the morning, and the Plaintiff
brolight this aftion to recover the value of the re-
maiader.
Several Witnesses were called on the part of the
Plaeeill, who proved these faßs Some of them
were Laip-owners and merchants in the West India
trade. saaa all gave it as their opinion that the prac-
tke Wel.% that tne lighterman should be accountable
for loss or damage from the period of his coming
alongside the Qjp for goods : the aft ef God, or pe-
ril. of the sea, excepted. It also appeared, that the
lighter in question had a bruise in one of her planks,
from which Counsel on the part of the Plaintiff con-
tended she was not sea worthy.
Mr. ERSK i. e, on the part of the Defendant, in a
most able and learned address, observed. that this
cause had already been twice tried in to t Court of
Common Pleas ; the first time before as dispassionate
and learned a Judge as any in the kingdom, name-
ly, Mr. Justice CHANISKL, when the Jury, he sup•
posed, from some misconception or another, without
hearing the observations of the Learned Jedge open
the case, found a verdiFt for the Plaintiff. That
verdict was afterwards set aside, and the cause was
again tried before the Oiler Jusrice of the Com-
mon Pleas, when the Plaintiff' wa • aonsuited. He
contended at some length, that the responsibility in
this case entirely lay in the ship-owner. In the first
place, it was the custom of the lighterman tc leave
his lighter alongside the ship until she WAS loaded,
and a reasonable time was allowed him to return (n-d
take her away. Until this period, it was the duty
of the master and crew of the ;hip to take care
of the lighter and cargo; the -responsibility of
the lighterman did not commence until he took
possession of the barge for the purpose of nevigat-
ing her. If the lighterman did not come within
a reasonable time after his barge seas seeded
and had been sent to for that purpose, it then bee
came a breach of duty, a premeditated negligence;
and, in that case, he would be completely liable.
But this was not the present case; the barge was
laden at low water. and the tide running down,
the lighterman well knew he could not proceed to
Griffit .'s Whaif with her at that time ; and when
the tide was favourable, the night was dark and
hazy, and a trgmendous gale sprang up, so that it
would have been not only dangerous, bot amounting
to madness aid folly, to attempt to navigate the barge
under such circumstances. He came the next morn-
ing by six o'clock, which, he contended, was the
earliest moment he could come to take h. r away
with any propriety. 'file constant and invariable
custom of the trade on she Thames, which, he
said, he would shew by the testimony of a num-
ber of witnesses, all of whom were aceuahred with
and concerned in the Baltic trade, was, that the
lightertnan left his barge al—ig side the ship, where

she remdit.•ed tat loaded, in the tare eit ibe ship's
company, and tfie lightermen recanted for her toe
beet morning's tide, and then, and not until thee,
did the responsibility lie in the lighteinsan.
Captain Lucas, and several ether witnesses, all of
whom were ship owners and lightermen, wh had
been engaged in the Baltic trade for many years,
corroborated the Learned Counsel's statement as to•
the custom. They ail gave it as their amino the
the liability lay in the ship owners; but none could .
speak to any particuisr instance where the questinn
had ben decided. Captain Lucas spoke of a case
where goods had been stilen, and the ship owners s
paid the loss ; but he could not speak with cer-
tainty to any case where goods were lost. In an-
swer to a question from ()se of the fury, he said, that
lighternien were considered liable, when goods were
damageable by the weather, as in those CAM et was
their duty to find propercovering for them,but for what
he termed rough goods, which could not be affeaed
by rain &c. the lightermen were not cunsidered as
Whiz.. With reaped Of the unsea-worthinest of the
barge . Inestion, it appeased that the bruise i%,
the plane was eighteen inches above the water mar
and could not be the cause of her sinking, so that
the whole question turned on the liability of the
party.
Lord FAA eneoaouou with apparent indignation,
addressed the Jury, "Gentlemen, yon see these light-
ermesere, in the first instance, guilty of gross ne-
gligence, and then they seek to thiow their liablity
on other persons, endeavouring to support them-
selves in their own impotence. It is too air
Verdi& for the Plaintiff, damages 1921.25. 2d.
DAVIDS•N D. DROWN.
This was an union upon'a breach of covenant on a
Bond. There ate( several conditional obligations •
in the Bond for 3,00n1. 0,0301. and 2J,00)1 The
ones prbandi lay upon the Defendant, who nit having •
made any defence, the Jury found a verdid of one
shilling for the Plaintiff, and the breaches were as.
signed at 19,7931. Ils. Id.
SCIIKEDER JAIIES ant I °tem. •
This was an aftion brought by the Underwriters
against the assured of a Pulizy on a Ship Issuance'
to recover back the amount of the Policy.
The Defendants, who were merchants at Liver-
pool, were owners of two ships, the Mary, • •
and the Acasia, which were bound on a voy
Liverpool to Trieste and Venice, with liberty ke.
touch at Malta; and on the Ist of August, 1803, the
Plaintiffs underwrote the Policy for 2001. premium. ."-•
for 2,0001. Mr I lincliley, the Defendants' broker,
*inserted in the Policy " to sail with or without let-
ters of marque." The two ships proceeded sport
the voyage; the Itflry, Stephens, had no butts of-
marque, but as: Acesie had, and there was a hams
for them to sail in company together dories the
voyage: on entering the Streights of Gibraltar,
they were both captured by a Fr•ncli privateer, and
cirriel into an enemy's port, when they were con-
demned as lawful prizes. The prevalent opinion
at Lloyd's a. r time was, that ships carrying let.
tens of marque nad a right to chase, capture, and
man the enemy's ships during the voyage. and thee
cruising was chasing; b It, since that period, the law
has been settled, that the slightest deviation froth
the voyage in search of the enemy was a cruising,
and made the Policy void 11%4 opinion was found-
ed in law, and coul4 not again be questine..l
Mr. 'Anvers...a—

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tiffs, staled, that daring the vvoyag.: these two ships
took every means in their power to fall in witts
enemy's vessels; they srrparated durMg the day, Awl
took what salon t srmed a good birth ; they went i 4
ever y direaron in search of the enemy and juined taro
ge•her at night. In shot t, from the time they left
the Channel. they comm.•nced cruising, and. during
the whole ot the voyage to the time they were cap-
tured, they were guilty of premeditated cruising.
The Plaintiff had made the policy of insurance
upon the statement of Mr. Hinchley, the Defend-
ant's broker, and the Learned Counsel apprehended
that when it appeared a party had made a payment
upua a policy of insurance under a mistake, qr
through misrepresentation or ignorance, or any of
these circumstances, he was clearly entitled to revs-
w:r back the mar:lit; so it wac, he contended, in the
cas2 ot .1 .ite insurance, when the risque is represent-
ed to be fair, and it afterwards turned out to be frau-
dulent representation. This, he observed, was late-
_
Es-

ly decided in a case of Hale v. Hartley, in the
chequor chamber. He admitted, that when a
part/ p •i i upon a mistake in point of law, he could
recover--but, he comer. led. when a party pays
on a mistake, in point of fact, la: had a right tu
recover his money back. In th:. case, he said, Mr.
kiinchley, the broker, only produced the Protests
of the capture of the ships, when he had other do-
cunamts ia his possession, from which it was avi,-
dent, that the ships in question had cruised during
the voyage, particularly the letter of Captain Ste-
fhens, who was killed, to his wif-, fawn which it
ully appeared. 'flies. :lapels %sere not shown to
the Plaintiffs at the time sae arijaAnient rook place.
He therefore submitted, that die payment had been
made, in ignorance of the 1;Q; and the Plaintiff
I had .a right to recover.
Oo toe evidence of Mr. Hinchley, and his Clerk,
I Mr. Willis, it appeared, that iiisieroacts had been
effected upo.n those vessels by them, wi:h several
underwriters ; the d, cements auded to were along
I with the rotors, which were sl tan to all the un-
, derwriters ; the papers wave all afterwards left with
IMr Wantson, the D lendant's Attorney. but, nei-
Mer en uldspesk positively, as to their chewing those
particular documents to tb.,. Plaintiffs ; however
the inference wes. that t..ey had seen them, in com-
mon with the other tan .e• Titters.
Lord Lt.! csaunoi.o ! Oise: ved, that, as the
pPIIOPidi lay upon the Plaintiff, they must pro-
; total on the falsification of the tad,, aid chew on
what ides tie payment was grounded.
N-t being able to prove this, she Plaiptiff was
Futon other actions depended upon the fate of
this one; aosl, upon the nun•sui: bring entered,
! they were all withdrawn.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, GUE.DHALL, Jutir 29.
Sitruls at Nsi brfa,e Si. J.res blAssittetD,
and a Sperinir
lIIINCM V. JuSlikt.
Th:s wag an attina brought to recover 7551. the
a,-floon: of bit of excban:-,e, drawn by Mv,
Mows, in favour of the P411;1441114 accepted by the
Dcferzlanr.

ter)! Ant Ravi stated the case en the pill or the
Plaintiff, and observed, that as it was a simple nation
against the acceptor of a bill ot exchange, he had
wahing mare to do en his part than to prove the
kind-writing of the Defendant, and then lie was
'convinced there must be an and of the cause; though
he must acknnwiedge, if the Jury were to consider
the important link. of his Learned Brothers at the
opposite side, as evidence. the Defendant might be
said in h ire the best tit the case I but as this was
noti generally iillowed. he did not conceive he was
asserting too much, when he said it was iinpOssible
but the verdift mast be his.
The hand-writing of the Defendant to the bill in
iluestion was then proved, also a letter of his to the
P 1 iintiff's attorneys, in which he stated he w de
tirecl not to pay it, but did not absolutely say it was
* forgery.
Se-j. SmEetteen, on the part of the Defendant,
then addressed the Jury, and said, however, con-
fident h:s learned brother at the Opposite side might
be of obtaining a verdict in this cause, he was con-
triaced he mast be dis ippointed. as he would be able
to prove, he several of the mitt respedahle men in
**city, men who had dealings with the Defendant
to a very great ainoent, in the course of the year,
, that Mr. Jisseph's name on this bill, as an accept-
ance, was not his hand writing, nor any china like it
Mr. Wiggan. a!goldstuith in Cheapside, deposed,
that be had for a considerable time back afted as
hanker to the Defendant, and that he generally paid
away about 30,6001. in the coarse of the year for
him. a lie bill was then produced to hint, and he
said he was convinced the Defendant's name was a
forgery. On cross-examination, be aektunvledgeds
in the fairest manner, that some of the characters
were like the Defendant's; but they all appeared
studied, and a much sttiFer, tramper hand than Mr.
Joseph genera:4 wrote.
Several nth:: witnesses were calla', who all de-
poseds that it was not the h Ind-writing of the De-
fendant, nor any thing like it. A number of letters
of the Defendant's were then produced, with the
consent of both parties, by Mr. Wiggan.
The Defendant's case bring closed
&dame Misr ieplied, in the course Of which he
said he was ready to acknowledge *bat Mr. Wiggan
had said, that the writing of this name was studied,
and he thotreht it very easy for A man, when ac-
cepting a hill, t stiffen his hand a little, for the
purpose of al:et-ward : setting up a defence, that it
was a foravry ; and getting teepee-461e men,wbo are
terpasintel with his general mode of writing, to
come forward and state what they really think,
validly, that it is nut exadly similar to what he
usually writes.
S r J• sirs Mat:srtsa D observed on the evidence;
sod she Jury, after examining and comparing the
different bills and letters produced, pronounced a
verdia for the Plaintiff—a set off being allowed, da-
mages 4621.

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SOLLICRS V. W•ICENI•M.
The Plaintiff, a foreign merchant, residing in the
City, brought an anion against the proprietor of a
stage waggon at Litchfield, to recover 1041. the
value of two trunks, which miscarried in the con-
veyance to L la. The trunks belonged to Ge-
neral Logics, a French officer of distinaiou, who
came to England as a prisoner of war ; they con-
tained French military uniforms of the most superb
description, ornamented with abundance of gold
lace, which, with a capital double barrelled gun, were
valued at the above sum. ‘Vhan the wants were left at
the Defendant's warehouse, the necessary expence
was paid for booking, and they were directed to tree
Pi..intiff in London, bat, by some actid..nt, did not
arrive at the place of destination. After the fires of
the case had been proved, Sit .41411$ blassrtsca
was of opinion the aelion should have been brought
In the name of Logief, and that Solliers, to whom
the property W 1; coosigncd, had not sufficient claim
to it to mstain the a:lion. The Plaintiff was there-
fore rum:mita.

PALACE couaT. tTUR DAT, JOLT PI

♦YRF end CLAYTON r. WaLittl.

The Plaintiffs are common brewers, at Battersea,
who sued t:te Defendant, the keeper of the Cross.
keys, for the balance of an account, as well as 21.
for a cask and purse:won not returned.
The Defendant pleaded he had returned the casks,
one of which was tilled with 1 beer.

The Judge asked what was meant by old beer ?'
The witness answered, that it was a liquor, nei-
ther porter nor ale; that it was sent in by certain
persons to the publicans, to mix with their mild
beer. to give it a flavour and body.
The Plaintiirs' Clerk proved an acknowledgment
of the debt, and they obtained • verdict.

Saturday the whole of the causes for trial in the
Cotut of Exchequer were withdrawn with consent.
The stnail-pon rages with great virulence at pre-
sent in the city of Norwich. The bla v oil and pita-
eipal inhabitants held a meeting oa Tuesday las:.
to consider the best means of stopping the ravages
of this fatal disorder. General vaccine inocu-
lation was recommended. and a committee to be
f-•rmed (Jr the furthes.comideratiou of the busi-
ness.

In removing the Mount from Whitcchapel-raad
to fill up the pits by the Commercial-mad, a peat
number of hum,su hones end teeth, p^rfedly sound,
were found Lmong the rubbish ; nails perfedly
fresh ur.d tit for use were likewise discovered, as
also carpenter's shaving; laid in strata, apparently in
a peeled state, but as soon as they were expo,esl to
the air, mouldered into dint. We undentand that
the Contra:kw has engaged to remove the whole
.of the Mount in the watt of four months for 15001.

Ch4rict SisaskruZ Jeeru Priers, and Jaws Hoare.
man, the eldest of whom is not 11 years of age, were
WI Wednesday last comnsitted to Wakefield House
of Corre.Rion, for having, on Sunday, in company
with a bull do 7, which t'ey had decoyed from his
maa,er's house, assaulted a young man in the Mar-
ket-place, Sheffield. A sprit atm interfering, the
rascals turned chair rage ag.tinst him, and set their
brother brute upon him, which tore his thigh and
his side sa a manner ton shocking for description.
The poor suffers, who is a journeyman
named GEORGE PAJUGH, lies in extreme
and we under:tau in great danger of losing his life.
by this most inhuman outrage. He a wife and
ewe.: chlidred, one of which was burn only a few
days Letose his midertune.

• .
kIVAL INTELLIIthENCE.
, .
tira rtmor TH. .Tur.v 19.
Arrived the Fa/otis sloop of war, from a cruise.
Saltzd the N frin bomb, with the Triad bomb teri.
der, the West Indianten, ite under convoy for the
Downs; and the IVca:/e sloop of war, with the
.44" c. Doke of nronte. SymnvirN, I.l:Ailn, A/,rt, and
fleapit transports, under convoy for Plymouth.—
Wind N. E.

JULY 20.

Ssiled the SpeP-harY sloop of war, and the Melt,*
bomb, or. a cruise. The outward-bound MiJiturra-
nean fleet are preparing to sail to-morrow.

itEAL, JULY 19.

Sailed the &lea bnmb, with a convoy to the west-
ward; and La ',eche sloop of war, 1)r Sheerness.
Arrived sevt.ral cruisers from of the French
coast; and remoras in the Drwns, with tl.e rest of
the ships as per last.—Wind N.E.

JULY CO.
Arrived several cruisers from off the French
coast.

SUZIIINV.SO. JULY 19.

Sailed from the Nore, yesterday evening, after
post, the IJ./phie armed ship, with flour; and the
vessels under convoy, (or Tonningem—Wind S.W.

T*llllol'll4 JULY 19.

Arrived the Sophie, Oriuns, fror.• imbden, with
sugar, sec. for Antwerp, detained by the Srqrpice
sloop of war.
The outward-bound Baltic fleet are put into Cot-
ton Road:, and will be ined from hence by the
Warn;re Tele', Wright; Terry, Bennett ;
Newry, Arum; Persevere/see. Ward; Char/u, Wat-
son ; ('em. I..)wes; Mosel, Brown ; and the John,
—, for the Baltic.

7 Cgs L.llllOlO Au 111.11.191341111.