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TITLE 11. nig ELECTIONS.

VIII. The Senate is elected by the Great Council.
IX. The Great Council shall be elected by an
Electoral Body formed Of the electors of all the
arrondissments.

X. The cantoh is divided into arrondissmcnts,
and each atrondissment into tribes ; each arrondiss-
ment is to have as many tribes as the city.
XI. Each tribe appolnts an elector out of every
200 citizens qualified to vote.
XII. In order to be a citizen, men must have
the freedom of a town in a commune of the can-
ton ; or have resided in Switzerland for 10 years ;
he must, moreover, possess property to the amount
of 1000 byres, and have attained them at the age
of 20 years.
XIII. The right of voting in a tribe requires
to have been domiciliatcd for a year in the commer-
cial arondisscment.

XI V. To be an Elector, requires the age of 25 ;
to he member of the Great Council, the age orso ;
and to be member of the smaller Council,' the age
of 35.

XV. To be Flator, requires, in the canton of
Berne, the possession of property to the amount of
50D0 byres; and in the canton of Zurich,4ooo byres.
To he a member of the Great Council, requires the
possession in the first canton, of property to the
amount of 16,000, and in the second canton '20,000.

TIT.I.S W.

The general Helvetic federation shall be kept up
by a Diet that is to meet every year ; it shall be
composed of a Deputy from each Canton. The
Deputies of the more considerable Cantons shall
have a greater number of votes than the others.
The Diet shall be held alternatively at Berne, Basle,
Lucerne, Zurich, Friburgh, and Soleure. The De-
puty of the Canton where the Diet is held shall be
president for the year.
CADIZ, DEC. 27.

The corvette the Wine, which had sailed from
Tonlon with a division destined for St. Domingo,
having met with some accidents at sea which obliged
her to take shelter on the coast of Spain, the Cap-
tain dispatched his boat to Gibraltar to ask permis-
sion to be received there. _

His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent most
obligingly granted the request ; and at the same
time very kindly promised, that the corvette should
be furnished with every article of which she might
stand in need.

DEC. 29.

From vague and uncertain reports which have
reached us, we have reason to fear that there were
some disturbances =Gibraltar on the 2tith and 47th.
The following is the substance of what we have
been able to collect from all the various accounts
A regiment of tlw. garrison wishing to indulge
in the diversions, sanctioned by custom, on Christ-
mas-eve, sent a deputation of some privates to the
officers. _ _ _

The latter sent to consult the Governor, who re-
turned a refusal, and ordered the delegate to be ar-
rested.
A plot was, in consequence, entered into for put-
ting the Governor on board a frigate, delegating his
funCtions to the officer next in command, and pre-
senting a Petition to Parliament to obtain redress.
'1 his conspiracy was discovered at the parade of
the Sfith. A discharge of muskery took place be-
tween the light troops and the troops of the line,
and twenty-five men were killed.
Several others, who are regarded as the instiga-
tors of the disturbance, will suffer the punishment
which martial law appoints to be inflicted.
P. S. A more recent report mentions, that only
seven men and the Town Major had been killed, and
that order was completely restored on the '2Bth.

GENOA, JAN. S.

This eiy entered our part, three French ships of
74 guns each, coming from Brest in twenty days,
under the command of Rear-Admiral Redon ;
they are the Argonaut, L' Hercule, and the. Foutueux,
each carrying
.160 men. It is supposed that the
Polish demi-bngade, that lately arrived here, and
which was reviewed the day before yesterday by
General Spilhat, and who is to take the command of
it, will be embarked on board that squadron :
They will again be reviewed tomorrow, together
with the French troops that are at St. Pierre-
d'Arena.
FRANKFORT, JAN. 12.
By the way of Vienna,. we have received news
from Constantinople, signifyilag that differences on
subjects of the greatest importance have lately
arisen between England Rnd the Ottoman Porte.
The Divan is fully convinced that the rebellious
Beys receive secret encouragement and support
from the English troops in Egypt. It, therefore,
insists, in the most urgent manner, that the Eng-
lish shall immediately evacuate that country. The
English refuse to leave it, till the expence of their
expedition shall be repaid. The Porte, to ob
its object, has called in the mediation of RUsitii
France. The Austrian Envoy has been applied to.
CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 10.
The Reis-Effendi has received fresh dispatches
from Egypt. They co:npletely confirm the defeat
of the Ottoman army; but it appears not to have
been so disastrous as represented in the first accounts.
The Pacha of Cairo is still master of Upper
Egypt: but he has not, it is true, tither the hope or
the means of placing the Beys in the situation in
which he held them before the last battle. The
latter, at present, occupy almost the whole of Lower
Egypt. A few miles from Alexandria, they have a
a camp of 3,500 men, consisting of Arabs and
Mamelukes. This neat approach has obliged the
Anglo-Turkish garrison of that city to double its
posts, in order to guard against a surprise.
The Secretary of State, Galib Effendi, arrived
yesterday in this cap►tal, on his return from his mis-
sion to Paris. Hellas brought back with him the
ratification of the Treaty of Peace by the First
Consul,

-LAW INTBLLIGVICE. •

.COWIT OF EXCHEQUER,
111,01li tqi sikatoms.

• JARRETT V. BOVETT.
Mr. PLOKER stated, that this was a bill filed by
the Rev. Mr. Jarrett, Vicar of the Vicarage and
Chapelry of Wollington, in Somersetshire, against
,the Defendant, one, of the parishioners of the parish
Wollington, to recover the full value of the tythe
' of hay, and the predial and mixed tythes, Which, as
such parishioner, he was bound to pay to the Vicar.
The Plaintiff had, in the year 1791, been inducted
to the Vicarage and Chapelry, and immediately af-
ter he was invested with •the Vicarial rights—he
gave notice to the Defendant, that he should expect
to receive his tythes in kind—the Defendant, as well
as the other inhabitants of .the parish, insisted on
paying a composition in lieu of tythes, which com-
position they estimated at only 1201. a year, though
the tythe, if taken in •would be equal to 4001.
a year. The motive of the Defendant in insisting on
a composition, Was hit knowledge of the difficulty
of proving the endowment of the Chapelry—the
original endowment had been lost, but it was con-
tained in the Harleian Manuscript. He admitted
the Harleian Manuscript was not a medium of proof
which could be received as evidencetither in a Court
of Law or Equity, but, fortunately for the Plaintiff,
he had discovered a very antient book marked A,
and having on the first leaf these words—" Ab An-
no 1270, usq. annum 13911" This book had been
found in the Muniment Roimn of the Registry
of the Dean and Chapter of •the Cathedral. Church
of St. Andrew in. Wells. It contained i perfect
copy in Latin of the Act of Endowment. The
Learned Counsel then, stated the terms' of this
document in the language in which it .vas couched.
It was prefaced with the words "In nomine Dei,
Amen ;" and as well as we were enabled to trans-
late, the sense of it appeared to be dated from the
year of the Incarnation 13-10, in then 9th Indiction,
oh the 23d October. It was in the sixth year of the
Pontificate of the Most Poly and Reverend Father
in God, by Divine Providence, Pope Benedict the
Twelfth, and purported to be an Act of Endowment
in favour of John de St. Paul, as Prepositus of the
Vicarage and Chapelry of %Vollington, and in
consideration of his obedience and submission to the
Bishop of Bath and Wells, granted to him and his
successors for ever, all the great and small tythes, pre-
dial and mixed, of the Vicarage.
The Learned Counsel having stated .the case,
proceeded to the proof of it, by putting in the an-
tient muniment v:c have mentioned.
Mr. RICHARDS, for the Defendant, objected to its
admission as evidence. He contended it had no ti-
tle, which manifested its being a legal document.
The learned Barons were, however, of opinion
that, as the appearance of the muniment carried
such unequivocal internal proof 4, its high antiqui-
ty and authenticity : further, as it was corroborated
by the Harleian manuscript ; as it had bcmi found
in thi. registry of the cathedral church of St. An-
drew, and as it appeared in the books and manu-
scripts found in the libraries of Deans and Chapters
had been frequently revised as evidence, they were
bound to admit it.
Accordingly, the act or bull of Pope Benedict
the .12th was allowed to be complete evidence of
the endowment of the Chapelry, and the plaintiff
had a judgment in his favour by which he will be
entitled either to take his tvtlies in kind, or receive
a composition at the rate nt 4001. a-year.

This being what is called a Paper Day, it was
chiefly occupied in learned arguments, of points of
law, which, as the limits of a newspaper will not
admit of their being given at sufficient length to
enable theM to be well understood, are better al-
together omitted.

COURT OF KING', BENCH, J tx. 2P

HOLMES V. WAINRIGHT.
Mr. ERSXINE moved to change the venue in this
cause from Middlesex to York.
It was an action for malicionsly suing out a com-
mission of bznkruptey, and had been called on at
the last sittings at Guildhall, but the merits had
not been gone into, in consequence of an objection
being taken, by which the Plaintiff was nonsuited ;
the whole of the witnesses on both sides resided in
Yorkshire ; he, therefore, hoped the Court would
consent to have the cause being tried in that coun-
ty, as the commission of bankruptcy,.which had been
taken out in Middlesex, would be. admitted by the
parties.
Rule to shew cause granted... •
Mr. °ARROW moved, that an attorney at Orford
should pay a sum of 261. and the costs of the appli-
cation. A writ had been sent down to him against
a gentleman of that place ; he shortly after wrote
word that it had been executed, and that the debt
and costs had been paid ; he inclosed a note for 201.
and a draft for t6l. the amount of the debt and
costs ; the draft, however, had been dishonoured,
and upon enquiry, it appeared the writ had never
been put in force ; the learned counsel, therefore,
submitted, that thc attorney to whom it had been
sent should pay the 261.
Rule granted.
BRARD agauta WRIGHT, zed.
Mr: WIOLEY moved, that a new writ of inquiry,
should be awarded in this cause. It was an action
of assault and false imprisonment ; the Plaintiff was
a French Abbe, and the Defendant was an Attorney.
It SOpeared upon the trial of the inquest, that the
Plaintiff had come to this country in consequence of
the French Revolution, and had become acquainted,
with the Duke de Mcrtemort, on whose account he
had received various sums of money, with which
he had attempted to make off to the continent ; but
the Defendant, an attorney for the Duke, had follow-
ed him to Brighton, and having, with the assist-
ance of some custom-house officers, apprehended
him, forced him to pay a s'um of 4.001. It appear-
ed the Defendant had no authority for detaining the
Plaintiff, and Mr. 13Mchall, the undersheriff, in his
address to the Juty, was of opinion, the 4..501. had
been paid by duress of imprisonment. The Jury
withdrew; and gave a verdict for 4501. damages.
Doubtless by this verdict, they meant that the
4001. which was due to the Duke should be included,
and that the remaining 1001, should be by way of
damages for the false imprisonment. He therefore
moved, on the misdirection of the Undenheriff, that
there might be a new inquisition. The defendant
had only acted as the attorney of the Duke, but
the Plaintiff had been in fact seized and detained by
the custom-house officers. If this verdict should
stand, the Defendant could never recover the 4001
of the Dujre de Mortemont, because, as the darna.

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ges were for a tort, it had been that the object
of them could not recover over, and thus the De-
fendant, who had acted for the benefit of his clients
would be the victim of his zeal to serve him.
A► rule to shew cause was granted.

PALACE COURT, JAN. 28.
Before Mr. SERJEANT MARSHALL.

KNOWLES V. IVYSOW.
This was an action brought to recover five gni.
neas for appraising and taking 'an inventory of cer-
tain goods for the Defendant. •
It appeared that the Plaintiff, who is a broker, was
employed by the Defendant to value a number of
goods at the sign of the Adet;ral Keppel's Ilea, pre-
vious to the Defendant's going into that house as a
pitbliCan. An agreement had been entereu into by
Mr. Knowles to do the business for one guinea, but
on going to examine the property which was to be
appraised, he found he must charge considerably
more than a guinea to do himself justice. He there-
fore told Mr. Ivyson that he must have more for
what he was to do, than the sum they had before
mentioned, as it would take him three days tq com-
pleat the inventory. The Defendant immediately
appeared to comply with his request, and desired he
would go on with his work, saying, if it came to five
or ten pounds he should be paid. On this assurance,
he valued. the property, and found the whole to be
worth about 100/. This valuation not being consi-
dered a. true one by the Defendant, a second person
named Bailey, was employed to appraise them again,
which appraisement, as executed by both broken.
was to be decided by an umpire, named Hopkins,
who once more took an inventory of the goods, and
found them to be nearly of the same value as the
other brokers had done. In consequence of this, the
Plaintiff made a charge of five guineas for his trou-
ble, and insisted on being paid. The Defendant,
however, refused to pay more than a guinea, affirm-
ing that sum was all the Plaintiff had a right to re-
ceive by agreement. Accordingly when the present
action took place, one guinea was tendered into
Court by the Defendant.
The witnesses for the Plaintiff stated, that he had
been near three days valuing the goods, during
which time he had been very diligent, but would
have done the business much. tooner, if the defen-
dant had not constantly interrupted him. ,
The evidence for the Defendant made it appear,
that an engagement was entered into between the
parties to do the work for one guinea.
. Mr. Serjeant MARSHALL stated to the Jury the
particulars of the evidence, and directed. them to
consider whether the Plaintiff had actually entered
into andgreement, as in that case, they must give
their verdict for the Defendant. Every man when
he made a bargain ought. to know what the nature
of such bargain was ; if he did not, it was his own
fault, and no blame would attach to the party he
was dealing with ; on the contrary, if it should ap-
pear that the Plaintiff had fairly mentioned that he
could not do the business upon the terms stipulated
for, it would certainly be just to decide in his far
your, and give dentagcs to the amount of the de-
mand,
Tlie Jury returned a verdict for the Dela:dom.

POLICE.

sow-sr aEET.

On Thursday evening, about eight o'clock, as :le
Chis Wick errand-cart was pissing tirrorgh Haninier-
smith, a box belonging to Mr. Motu ys, of Alders.:
gate-stre2t, was cut from behind it, and the robbery
being discovered by the boy who Was driving the
cart, he gave an alarth of the robbery to several pet
sons, wino went in pursuit of the robbers ; and when
they got into Black Lyon-lane, they found the. botr
in the possession of two med, who said they hid just
found it; but the persons who had joined in, the pur-
suit of the robbers net believing the attccr.int, were
about to take them into custody, *hen the men ran
off. They were pursuedoand the cry of Stop thief
raised ; and as they pas.-ed through 'Hammersmith.
one of the men who had been in possession of the
box, exclaimed to his comPanion, with a most hor-
rid oath, he would do thith both," meaning the
tiro men who were pursuing him, and immediately
closed with one of them opposite the four mile stone
at the end of Hammersmith, when a desperate
scuffle ensued. Unfortunately the villain proved the
stronger nun, forced his pursuer down, and was en-.
deavouring to murder him in the most deliberate and
barbarous manner, till assistance came up and se-
cured the villain. It was some time before it could
be ascertained who ,he was, on account of the bloody
state his face was in, from the wounds he had re-
ceivedt He proved to be a man of the name of
PIEORON, a servant to a gentleman in that neigh-
bourhodd. A surgeon was immediately procured
to dress his wounds, when on examination he proved
to have received a desperate cut from his forehead
to the back part of his head, which was crossed with
anther desperate cut across his herd, and several
cuts on his eyes, nose, and lips, besides several on his
hands, which severed two tendons on one, hand, and
one on the other. The villain, not content with this
blood-thirsty conduct, endeavoured to cut the inside
of his mouth, in doing which he actually broke a
large knife in his mouth. We are sorry to say the
poor man's life is despaired of. The villain who
perpetrated the horrid deed wits securedb as well as
his companion. They were examined before Mr.
BOND and Mr. Rem), at the Public-Office, Bow-
street, yesterday, and committed for further exam-
nation. The villain who committed the hOrrid deed,
the front of Ms cloaths were literally covered with
blood. The Magistrates ordered his cloaths to be
taken frOm him, to be produced on his trial.

MANSION-HOUSE.
Three persons belonging to the Post Office, yes-
terday underwent a long examination, upon a
charge of having been concerned in secreting letter a
containing Bank bills—they were committed for re-
examination next week. We therefore forbear to
state the particulars of the evidence adduced against
them. _ _ _ _

The Solicitor for the Post-Office attended the cxa-,
mination.

Thursday morning a meeting took place in Hyde
Park, between a Mr. B. Lieutenant, and Mr A.
surgeon, both of the Royal Navy. They stood at
ten paces, and fired by signal. Mr. A.'9 ball entered
Mr. 8.% right breast and passed out near the left,
without entering the inside. The seconds then in-
terfered, and the business was adjusted. Mr. A.
declares Mr. B. in no danger, and proceeded home
with him to dress him.—The quarrel arose at a
billiard table at Cape Nichola Mole, in the island of
St, Domingo, ia December 1797.

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