The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-08-11 00:00:00

DEFENCE OF TILE COUNTRY•

Yesterday, pursuant to advertisement, a meeting
of r,speftable Farmers, Hotse-dealers, Waggon-
nia.ters, Stable-keepers, and Master-carmen, was
held at the Globe Tavern, Fleet-street, for the pur.
pose of affording a prompt supply of horses, car.
rmges, and other necessary assistance to govern
ment, for the conveyance of troops in the event of
aft nal invasion.

About twcuty.four respellable persons of the
above description attended, the great,' number of
ullom described the carts, hones, &c. they were
enabLA to offer, and the propositions of criikh were
thankfully received by the Chairman. The busi-
ness lasted but a short time ; several very liberal
proffers were, however, made, and the meeting ad-
journed, after resolving that the number of wag-
gons, horses, carts, &c. which had been subscribed,
should be inserted in the Newspapers, *ith the day
of their neat meeting.

Thursday night a man, having the appearance of
s foreign sailor, went to the Lodge of the Queen's
!louse, and sail he wanted to see the King and the
Queen, when Ow Porter advised him to go away,
which he did, lilt ilurned again in ahoue a quar•
ter an hour; co width the Porter ordered the sen-
tinels to take him to the Guard-house, where be was
kept in custody, till yesterday evening, when
he was cremined before Mr. Boren and Sir
Wi LI.IA M PA 'SONS at Bow-street. He stated
himself to be a Prussian sailor, and that he had
lately come to this country in a corn smack,
from Embdca, for the purpose of getting a ship for
the West Indies, cer America; bat from his strange
behaviour, and incoherent discourse, seemed to wish
himself to be considered as a lunatic. Great doubt,
however, being entertained by the Magistrates, as
to the faA, he was ordered to de committed to
prison, till the pri.p.:r ihquiry can be made respell-
ing
Yesterday a Coronor's Inquest wa-, lield on t'te
lx4si of G. Hr.:. rlalllolB, a s.iilot, and an inhahitant
Shadwell, who eves kii•ed by a tall into the hold
of a West In :Taman in the Dock at Bl.ckwall,
discharging cargo. The Jury brought in
a vertaiiiit

Cd*RT Or CIIANCVA.

LINCOL.N.s-11.11.H•LL, AIM. 10.

,ax TAFIVII 110 V AN.
TM! was a Petition iir the Matter of HornhY,
o:in and another, bankrupts. praying
drat the Petitioner might claim, prove, and restive
dividend out of the separate estates of the batik. •
sorts.
Mr. Rout ry stated, that the Petiticiner had
• aken the joint securities of tire hankritists, to a very
considerable amount, and had come in and proved
under the Commission against the joint estate of the •
bankrupts. The question then before the Court
was, merely, whether the Petitioners, having already
dammed and proved a debt against the joint estates • -
could now come in and claim against the sevesui•
seperate estates? He contended, that the Petitioner
was fully entitled, and had a right to take against
the separate estates, notwithstanding the chums of
the other joint, as well a< separate creditors.
Learned Counsel went into a very long argummn in
support a! his proposition, and quoted several:caws,
'decided by Lord' Chancellarttardtricke,and others*.
Mr. Rion an os, en' the other hand, contended'
that the Petitioner had no right to take against the
'sepat ate estaPe of the bankrupts, having made his
el•tetion, and claimed against the joint estate tno •
case, L, observed, had been decided on the sullied.
The question came to this, whether a man, having
eleded to take against the joint estate, can after-
wards make a further eledion, or take against Alta
separate estate, to the prejudice of all the other
joint creditors ? It was a new case, in whi.:h much •
matter of importance was involved.
Mr. Roams said, that unless there Ives a Mr.'
plus, over and above, of the hankrupes estate, the
Petitioner could not be deprived of his remedy
against the separate estates. lie relied chiefly upon
the orders formerly made by Lord Hardtsicke in
this matter.

The LORD Cnaaczttos observed, that it was
necessary to take time to look into the Lauguage of
those orders, before this case could be decided.
There certainly were some judicial preced,.ots,
which, he had no doubt. would tlucidato thi, matter.
Those, and the several cases mentioned, be would
carefully examine. He could not see how a cie.
ditrr, taking a joint eeeuril, could be debarred
from rcsoctiv to the separate egates of the panics.
He always thought that a eredi-or should have the
benefit of taking against both estates, nor could be
see in what manner the other joint creditors would
be prejudiced thereby. However, he observed it
would be a little too hazardous to alecide the ques•
tion, without reading the orders areal), made, and
looking into the several cases Imam ills point, the
names of which be direttesl might be fuenished
him.

Er Ark ten IN TON MATTIS Or IL•Nt.
This was a petition, praying that certain prawns,
representatives of Joint Tyson. sh.cl., he res:rained •
from proceeding in several actions ai , and that •
they may also be restrained from briagi; any 112111 f
action. against the Petitione. n ; and that
the nuns of 10,2001. and 10001- be ex; z..,,d from
theoofs of debts upon the Si, in this nsA errs
The ATTORNEY GRINER AL stated, 'that ..lar
astl John Spar had proved a debt of opte:::.1. le
further sum of 10001. under .she Conan issi..ll of
Bankruptcy in this case. upon eleven hale of En-
change, chums by Tya a upon Mess:'. i.a..e and
Frazcr, pay.wie par apon which a dividend
had been made, and the consideration given for
those bills were others upon equal terms, the one as-
sisting the other in this way. Alter the dividends had
been made. the Petitioners discovered that Sears had
received, in the year 179 , two bi Is front Ty o•n, ti. en
resit!' ng at St. Kitt's, amounting to 2! as Id. ;
and also a consigiunent of sugars, ah ountirg to
19191. 9s. 7d. which considerably reduced the net
balance. This was to be carried to the a-cohni of
Tyson, to the credit of-the bankrupts. The fad-
ionen contended, that those bills foe!. 71. cis Id.
and the consignment of sugars, were onIT refaatla
to the bills proved under the Commit. ton; whle
the opposite party insisted, they were to go in dis-
charge of other bills, which had been negociaced
between those parties. The Learned Counwl•
served, that it was but reasonable, the matter shhted
be enquired into, and that it should be ante: tanned,
whether the bills and consignment ware retetabk to
the one or the other. and to which account they
ought to he applied.
Mr. Haar, on the part of the Respondents, ob-
served, that the Petitioners bad been defending •
those anions which the Attorney General sought se 0
restrain for upwards of tea year'. He stated, thit 31'
a variety of truncations had taken place between
those parties. That Lane and Freon had drawn
bills on Spar, payable to Tyson, to the amount of
23,400 L and to meet those bills, Spar drew on
Lane and Fraser to the like amount. Spar had
paid all his acceptances, and Lane and Fraser con-
tinued to pay Ifs for some time, till February 1791,
when they were returned. Spar was dead, and
'Tyson was in toe West Indies, so chat no atidavit
could be procured as to these fads, which. *Cr
eleven years lying by, they now try to restrain the
anions. He then read several letters between these
part'''. which all explained the tranmaions, and ap-
peaked very satisfadory to the Court.
The AT roaiseir GENERA I. observed,he had never
seat those letters, and therefore could not say any
thing about them.
Thetoao Cm tamest. toe declared, that it struck
him that Mt. Hart had made a very strong case for
his client. These letters west a rest way in clear-
ing up the matter. and the better way would be for
the ATTORNEY C 'LSE'S A L to be furnished with the
letters, and that the busineis might be again men-
tioned to-morrow ; the mean time he would take
Mr. Hart's brief, which cont.hud copies of thbse
letters, and read them over carefully.

Mr. Oer!Ara, a gentleman well known on the
turf, wilt: had just Arrived is town on horseback,
from Brighton, met with a dreadful aceil.nt n
TbursdAy eveni..g, in heeadiil. Daring till to •
be war
in et nversation with Mr. Justice !Tono, c,p.
M.Porlinuee's stables, a plift..ChliSe ca, tr ti r,
the hurses being on the full grain', and throtivh a
ts sat of Attention in the driver, tbey ran si.tAinst
Mr (3.1-iiszes horse, and one at the wht, h of the
chaise getting entangled in the horses legs, thieve
him and his rider with dreadful tone to the grounds

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 9. -
Arrived the Plato slonp at war, Captain Janve-
tin, with dispatches, tom off Havre.
. Admiral CornwaLis remains at St. Helen's, wind
bound. He has not been on shore.
Remain at Spithead, and in the harbour, the
Rova/ Pui,annt, r•ibane, Haden, allntao,
Eper:•ier, Ph carat. !fiche, Warns',
ride de Paris, /liar, Defiance, Calcutta, .Enlus,
Penzain, and Pluto.
Came into harbonr, the Dragon, of 74 gun',
Captain Gritfi hs; .".Grin. Captain Brentm ;
von h.imh, Captain Paul; and the Hecla bomb,
Cantain Stites.
Sailed the Speeclurl, on a cruise ; Annan, for the
eo.t.t of Sty:set ; and %memo cutter, on a cruise.
Toe Pr.nrecsCharlate is ordered to St. Helen's, to
wait there to take out dispatches. Wind S. W.

DEAL, Avatst 9.
Arrived hi the Downs last nigh?, the Alelponiene,
armed ship. Capt War.on, of the Royal Navy, and
agent 1. rr tr insports, with the following coppered
armed transports, viz. Melpomene, London, Britannia,
Attire: Flora, Tartar, and Loral Briton, under •his
command, in four days from Leith, with the 18th
rezim-nt on board, under convoy of the lionrltt
stoop of war, and are sailed fur Ramsgate ; also,
several of the homewarl-bound East and kVest
&amen, &c. for the River ; also, the Euqatai•
fr-
gate, Arileat and Veteran men of war horn Duige•
tires, and remain in the Downs with the ships as
per last
P S. Jost arrived the ifliandaare store-ship : she
parted from the h ri•mward-tionnd Jamaica fleet, ci•n-
sitting of ab•ist 1.17 sail, under convoy of La V, r; e
frigate. D•siiiewe and Bellerophon men of war, nu t; •
211 of July in a role of win 1 and thick fogs, in lat.
42. 56. loog. 4i. 55. Wind S.W. •

111ARNITAPLZ, AVO. 7.

A. few clays since the Shark revenue cruiser, com-
manded by fr. Wm. 'latt.hews, arrived at this poi",
after a cruise of four daps, bringing in with her the
liele sloop of Fuwey, an entire new ve,sel, of rs
toes burthen, Wen with upwards of 50') anluirs of
writs and a frw cases of sterie, which she cap::: red
the preceding day.
1S 7l AtOtYTN, AventsT 8.
Since my last arrived the Ann, Pirehoren ; and
Hope, Fail, from Limmington ; EA:we', Tozer.
from Bridoort ; and 41.,e and Wary, Harris, from
Dartmouth, with timber hoys, in ballast ; Skknatah.
Flynn. front Swaaage, with stone; Sagitenriasto.
Slade, from Plymouth, with slate, &c. ;
Marther. from I..orkl.ia, with groceries; Blackbird,
ilfcd trn Logi!, and Belle, Amisoa ; john, and
Grn.n, Garter, from Sunderland, with coals ; 7eha,
Enutcher, from Yarmouth, wi.h barley ; Fier tater.,

•
Elworthy, from Dartmouth. in ballast.
Sailed the Ti.tang a,d Satle,/, Purches, for Lon-
don, with bales, &c Fesnautl. Barrett. for Ply.
mruth, vri h ninhet ; and several coasters and coal
ships is ballast, some east and some west.